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Quest for Success Class of 2019 When the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce (DBCC) hosts the 35th Annual Quest for Success Awards Luncheon on Friday, February 8, 2019, they will highlight businesses in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area that have an impact on the local, state, and national economy while contributing to the economic ecosystem in the African-American

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In 1985, the DBCC established the Quest for Success Awards to recognize African-American entrepreneurs in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for outstanding business achievements and service to the community.

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MY TRUTH

By Cheryl Smith

Publisher

Last week I met an angel.

Talk about a beautiful spirit.

Well, she was absolutely adorable and exuded kindness, love, patience, compassion and a deep, abiding faith.

She was also a caregiver to her baby son who was injured 12 years ago and is a paraplegic.

This caregiver is still able to smile and speak with joy when talking about her son, whose voice she hasn’t heard in years. But, she said, he loves to hear other voices.

So I spoke to him, introducing myself and telling him that he was in my prayers.

Although his mom was told by numerous doctors that her child was not going to make it, she kept the faith.

And although her son has not walked, talked or been able to take care of himself, she has never given up on him.

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Let’s care about caregivers

It has to be difficult at times.

Which brings me to my truth.

I knew another mother who took care of her son.

We lived on the same street in Newark, New Jersey and for at least three years of my life I walked past the house where a young man, who was bedridden, always had a cheerful word as he lay in his bed; speaking from his window.

My friend, his niece was my age and while I can’t remember much about the scenario, I did know that he was paralyzed and there was no expectation that he would ever walk again.

Now as a 4th grader, I couldn’t wrap my head around all that was going on.

Sometimes I would stop in and visit, to say hello and ask how are you? I remember thinking that he looked like the musician extraordinaire Stevie Wonder.

For some reason, I never felt sad when I was around him. I wasn’t afraid as often young children are when faced with something or someone they are not familiar with; and I didn’t pity him either.

I never let a day pass without stopping to speak, even if I was running to keep from being late to school.

And he always had a pleasant word or message for me.

As an adult, I can’t help but wonder what was going through his mind. He was a young man, I would guess in his 20s, and it appeared he would live life watching from that window, as the world passed him by.

Then there was his mom, like the mom I met last week; who seemed to have a smile on her face every time I saw her.

Have you ever thought about what goes into caregiving? Have you wondered about the toll it takes caring for someone who can’t do

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for themselves?

And sadly, today, there are people who are letting the world past them by when they actually can get up and get out of bed. They’d rather stay in the bed all day; watching television, in a drunken or drug-induced stupor, or “chilling.”

Now, there is nothing wrong with “chilling” or having fun. Nothing at all. But what about the people who would absolutely love to get out of their beds.

Sometimes we don’t realize how good we have it.

Sometimes we need a reminder.

For some, laying around in bed all day long is not an ideal situation because they’d rather be up and moving around and living life to the fullest.

From time to time I would wonder about that young man on Schley Street. Is he still alive? And if he is, who’s

taking care of him now?

Either the young man I met last week or the one from decades ago could have easily been you or I. Hopefully we would be fortunate enough to have someone in our lives who would dedicate their lives to making ours comfortable and safe.

And hopefully we would have the love and compassion to be of service should anyone in our families or circles find themselves in need of a caregiver.

It’s not easy. Caregivers need love and support or they could find themselves in a bad state because many work themselves into bad health, taking care of others.

Next time you are thinking about something; think about the men and women who are caregivers. Too often people rationalize for the work that a caregiver

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does, just to absolve themselves of guilt because they aren’t doing anything — you know the ones who are the loudest at funerals or make insensitive comments about the work the caregiver is doing, or worse yet, they act like the caregiver is doing it for the money.

In most cases, there’s not a lot of money. Actually folks tend to spend entirely too much time “thinking” about the wrong things. They should think about how to be a blessing to others. It doesn’t have to be big or expensive. It really is the thought that counts. If you don’t know, ask somebody; don’t assume. Now November is Family Caregivers Month, but every day we should show love to caregivers because they need love, compassion, understanding, food, prayers, and so much more.

God bless them!

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By Stacy Brown

Black Women remain backbone of the struggle

For years, Black women have had to rise above adversity, exude humility and care for others — all while not appearing tired, hurt or showing the struggle.

Though almost inarguably the most discriminated and oppressed of all people, Black women might be the single-biggest reason to celebrate Black History Month.

“What a Black woman can do seems easy to the naked eye but rarely do others consider what it takes for them to get there — overcoming stereotypes about women, Blacks and who they are in general,” said Terri Broussard Williams, a Cornell University graduate and founder of the Movement Maker Tribe, which aims to inspire others to create change.

Black women are the backbone of the Black family — college-educated and business-oriented individuals, said Jamila Choyce of Choyce Plus Size Models.

“I believe that the media does such an injustice when we are portrayed as the stereotypical, high school dropout, eyes rolling, trash-talking, ass-kicking, loud-talking b—h,” Choyce said. “We voted for our families, communities and for our future. Our legacy is to use our vote as our voice for change.”

Choyce said Black women

spearheaded the Women’s March and created the #MeToo movement.

“We watched CNN, CNBC, and even Fox News, and decided #NOMORE, #MeToo, and #TimesUP for racism, disenfranchisement of our community, being raped, sexually assaulted, and being less than white women and all other women,” Choyce said.

As an African-American woman and therapist, Ginger Lavender Wilkerson said she believes Black women play a huge role in African-American history.

They are the storytellers, record-keepers and, in many homes, the matriarch, she said.

“As we have seen with women empowerment movements in general, women are tapping into their voice and their ability to influence through power,” Wilkerson said. “Many African-American women are stepping out of the shadows of their Caucasian counterparts and standing in their own light and power. They are no longer subscribing to the world’s standards of beauty and power.

“In addition, to their own shifting, the world is beginning to recognize and embrace Black women as true equals and acknowledging their contributions to enhance the world of business, politics and leadership,” she said.

Wilkerson said many Black

women have begun to look within for validation and are shunn i n g accepted societal standards of beauty and worth.

“There is a sense of collective power which has supported Black women growth,” she said.

In Texas last month, 17 Black women made history when together they were sworn in as judges in the state’s most populated county.

It’s widely believed the women are the largest group of Black female judges elected at the same time in the history of Harris County, which includes Houston.

In January, California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris, a Black woman, announced her candidacy for president on the anniversary of Shirley Chisolm becoming the first Black woman to win a seat in Congress.

Many experts said the blue wave of the November midterms would not have been remotely possible without Black female voters.

And in January, the Congressional Black Caucus welcomed its largest membership ever — a 55-member group

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that includes a number of Black women such as Lauren Underwood of Illinois, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Jahana Hayes of Connecticut.

“What a Black woman can do seems easy to the naked eye, but rarely do others consider what it takes for them to get there — overcoming stereotypes about women, Blacks and who they are in general,” Williams said. “So it’s no surprise that we don’t truly honor the phenomenal women that they are. People like Stacey Abrams are bringing the struggle to the forefront and with a narrative that others are beginning to understand.

“Abrams was the more prepared candidate and clearly won an election,” she said.

“Because of movements like the Women’s March and #MeToo, society is finally realizing the role that Black women play in shaping our economy, communities and country.

This is extremely important, as the success of many in our country was built off their back.”

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Laurel Land Funeral Home & Laurel Land Memorial Park, this week, celebrated the grand opening of its new 22,000 square foot faciity. Working together, the teams at Laurel Land Funeral Home & Laurel Land Memorial Park are dedicated to celebrating every life in a very personal way and manager Pamela Sing-Prater praised her team and touted their service to all.

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Open a book, explore the world: Philadelphia African American Children’s Book Fair

The Last Word

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux

We hear the words “national emergency” so often from the bloviator that masquerades as a President that we forget what an emergency really looks like.

One of our most pressing crises is the educational emergency that our nation faces, with the quality of inner-city education, in particular, so lacking that many young people are graduating from high school unequipped to manage either post-secondary education or employment.

This hits African American communities hardest, with an achievement gap well documented by the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the National Center for Educational statistics.

Why? Researchers like Georgia Perimeter College’s Dr. Tiffany Flowers consider everything from what happens at home to what happens at school, noting that parental involvement in literacy makes a difference in a young person’s reading ability.

Some homes have bookshelves that are groaning with books, though, and others have just a few. The difference in access to children’s

books may partly explain the achievement gap between Black and white students as well as between children in lower-income and higher-income families.

What are families to do?

Vanesse J. Lloyd-Sgambati has one of the answers. As the founder of the African American Children’s Book Project she has, for 27 years, hosted the Annual African American Children’s Book Fair.

This year it was held on February 2, 2019, at Community College of Philadelphia (CCP).

With the theme, A Book Opens Up A World of Opportunities, it feeds literacy hunger, bringing together book authors, booksellers, parents, and children who are eager to experience culturally relevant literary experiences. Last year the event drew more than four thousand people, along with dozens of authors and illustrators.

Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati is passionate about her mission, noting that many economic and cultural factors contribute to the wealth gap.

“You can’t tell a child to read at home if there are no books in the household. With fewer retailers offering diverse books, the need is even greater.”

Her event not only salutes those who produce diverse books but also provides young

people with the opportunity to have access to books. Says Lloyd-Sgambati, “Adults who attended the program as children now bring their children.

They understand the importance of having books in the home and the life-long impact of reading on the journey to success for their children.”

I am writing about this local Philadelphia event because it is the kind of activity that needs to take place all over the country.

Black children’s literacy is improving, but the achievement gap is a national emergency.

We combat the gap by encouraging literacy among young people, by embracing children’s literacy as a cause, and by developing traditions like the African American Children’s Book Fair to salute those who write and illustrate diverse books and to provide opportunities for parents and children to buy books.

Books, says Vanesse, “empower, enrich, and enlighten the lives of all children.” She doesn’t have to convince me.

I’ve so frequently had my nose in a book, that I once wrote an essay about the ways I escaped my childhood life through reading. I was one of those kids who put books in front of my dolls and gave them lessons.

Once forbidden to read a thick book because the con-

tents were not child-appropriate, I climbed up a shelf to get the book, injuring myself but then allowed to devour the contents.

I went to New York City without leaving San Francisco by reading, inhaled parts of the African continent without boarding an airplane through reading, and became livid about issues of economic justice because I had my nose in a book.

I wish the literacy experience for every young person, not only because it will influence their life experiences, but also because it can bring them joy.

I commend Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati who is, in full disclosure, a dear friend, for the work that she does to ensure that teachers and librarians have new books in their schools. Philadelphia is blessed to have her fantastic book fair.

If she had the resources, she could replicate this event all over the country. When a child opens a book, she explores the world.

Her book fair is a stellar commitment to children’s literacy. There ought to be a similar book fair everywhere an achievement gap is documented!

Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist. Her latest book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy” is available via www.amazon. com for booking, wholesale inquiries or for more info visit www.juliannemalveaux.com

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DBFF’S “Women, Wine & Wisdom

By M. P. Stone

Denton Black Film Festival's preeminent event, Women, Wine & Wisdom was held on January 26, 2019 at the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center in Denton, Texas. The panel forum moderated by Freda Frimpong, featured distinguished women professionals in the industry such as Amy Adrion, Christie Herring, Patty Newton and Justina Walford. The creative media panel, introduced by Women In Film Dallas past President Patty Newton, spoke extensively on the evolving diversity in the film-making landscape for female leadership roles and their personal experiences as they fought for a foothold in their career.

According to DBFF, Amy Adrion, is a director and writer whose work has screened at the Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca and Los Angeles Film Festivals, been broadcast on PBS and MTV, and won numerous awards.

Amy’s debut fea-

Director, UPM, Art Director and everything in between. In 2001, Newton won the prestigious Cine Golden Eagle for producing the award-winning short, A Window That Opens. She also produced the Beverly Hills WIFD Membership Director Anietie Antia-Obong, former 5-year WIFD Board Member Vivian Fullerlove and new WIFD member P l a y h o u s e Monique Stone production of Danny and ture, HALF THE PIC- duced Code: Debugthe Deep Blue Sea and TURE, celebrates the ging the Gender Gap groundbreaking work and co-edited NOVA’s wrote, directed and of women film and TV Point of No Return. edited the award-windirectors and had its Christie’s credits in- ning short film Pursuit World Premiere at the clude work with PBS, which played for over Sundance Film Festi- National Geographic, three years on the val in 2018. It also won A&E, MBC1 and the domestic and internathe #WhatNext Award History Channel. Her- tional festival circuit. at Sundance: London, ring received her MA Justina Walford is a the Audience Award in Documentary Film- Japanese-American for Best Documenta- making from Stanford filmmaker and artisry at the Lighthouse University, was a 2013 tic director of Women Film Festival and the San Francisco Film So- Texas Film Festival.

Impact Award at the ciety Film House Fel- Critically acclaimed Through Women’s low and is currently writer, producer, and Eyes Film Festival. a member-owner of performer of stage and screen, Walford Christie Herring is New Day Films. an award-winning Assistant Professor was formerly the A.D. editor, producer, and of Practice/Filmmak- of Split Stage Perfordirector who has er, Patty Newton has mances in Hollywood. worked in documen- worked professionally During that time, she tary filmmaking for in film and television produced a dozen over 20 years. She re- in Texas, Georgia and full-length produccently edited and pro- California as Producer, tions and countless

one-night shows, many of which were her original work.

Justina left Los Angeles for New York City and began creating with husband John Wildman, including writing and producing the horror thriller, The LADIES OF THE HOUSE, shot in Dallas.

Freda Frimpong is a multi-talented media professional with a background in acting, writing, producing and under her company, KUUMBA Media; content distribution can be added to the list. She holds an MBA from Bryant University but calls the University of North Texas, UNT, home as a past alumnus. Her goal is to find the bridge between media and technology that compliments the African educational and entertainment sectors.

KUUMBA Media, a video-on-demand platform to catch up on the latest African cinema, is founded by Freda and is operated by her and a small Afro-centric team in Brooklyn, New York.

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QUIT PLAYIN’

By Vincent L. Hall

This year, on this annual commemoration of Black History Month, pledge to do something you never have before. As you celebrate the honorable handiwork and intellectual inventiveness of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, you should attempt something extraordinary.

Find a book or two that you haven’t read and commit to learning something new about Black history. It’s time to Quit Playin’ like you’re a scholar on the subject.

My grandfather, Ed Hall, used to say something that pushes me daily, and it could probably help you too. He would say that they could take all of the knowledge in my possession out of this world and the world wouldn’t miss much.

Take a deep breath and mull that one over.

Scary, isn’t it?

Don’t get it twisted.

He wasn’t implying that I lacked intellect or ability. What he meant was that there can be no exhaustion of learning and searching. You should never be satisfied with the small amount of facts and minutia that you can personally con-

sume, comprehend or contain. There is no room for complacency in the field of education, formal or otherwise.

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, a college dean, preacher and one of the 10 most intelligent and spherically-learned people in America, delivered a sermon that will never leave me.

Along the length of a virulent diatribe, he declared that one of his misgivings was having black students in his African-American studies class who thought they were exempt. They made the erroneous assumption that being black made them experts at Black history. Quit Playin like you don’t think so too!!

Some of you deem yourself too old to learn, or too smart to study. However, we must encourage our young people to do a

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deep dive into Woodson, W.E. B. DuBois,

Mary McLeod Bethune and others. If they know all the trademark folk, have them read up on Marcus Garvey,

Shirley Chisolm or H. Rap Brown.

Hell, what do you know about the fearless and faithful White abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison and Harriett Beecher Stowe? What about the Reverend John Brown, who along with his supporters was the chief architect of the Pottawatomie Massacre and the Battles of Black Jack and

Osawatomie?

What you know bout’ that?

Before you venture toward Alabama to visit the National Museum for Peace and Justice, you can read up on the subject of “strange fruit” in a book by Ralph Ginzburg. After perusing “100 Years of Lynching,” you will discover that Texas was as likely a place for the museum as anywhere else in the country.

Crowds of so-called Christians, just like the ones who cram into airplane hangars to see Donald Trump, used to lynch “niggers” on Sunday evenings for sport.

Waco, College Station and points nearby, played host to many a vesper service. Texas and Alabama have always been kissing cousins!

Education and especially one of social relevance, is like prog-

ress. It is neither a monument nor a mosaic; it’s a movement. It is neither static nor stationary; it’s slippery.

We behave as if there is nothing left to grasp.

History rewound reminds us that the greatest of our accomplishments in this society ran parallel to our educational gains.

You can’t separate fact from bullshit if all your reading material comes second or third hand on the internet.

You can’t just Facebook; you have to literally put your face in a book!

Don’t worry. Those of you who are gracious enough to put up with my weekly railings won’t be chided.

However, you must become cognizant of the true purpose for Black History Month. Some of us have been playing so long that we’ve forgotten.

History lessons, like school, cannot begin without someone ringing the bell to summon our attendance. That’s my job. And you better Quit Playin’ or the “F” you get won’t be for February. #dingdong Vincent L. Hall is an author, activist and award-winning journalist.

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Protecting Social Security From the Capitol

By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

Recently I joined more than 200 members of the House of Representatives in an effort to ensure the future of Social Security by co-sponsoring the Social Security 2100 Act, legislation designed to expand the benefits program and keep it solvent.

Supported overwhelmingly

by Democrats in the House, the legislation would increase benefits, including the minimum amount that retired Americans receive.

The Democratic Party has resisted attempts to privatize Social Security.

The proposed legislation will

fix the system, and ensure that the program does not run out of funding.

Andrew Biggs, who worked as a commissioner of Social Security under former President George W. Bush, praised the proposed legislation, saying that it ensured the solvency of the program.

The Social Security Act was a brainchild of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration. The legislation creating the program was signed into law in 1935, creating a financial safety net for senior citizens and unemployed Americans. Approxi-

mately sixty-four million people received Social Security benefits in 2018.

The bill is a common sense approach to a problem that we face as a nation.

Social Security represents a promise that our nation made to its senior population, one premised on a pledge that they would not be left to suffer in poverty once their working years were concluded.

Social security represents the only income that many of our senior citizens have at their disposal.

Many worked jobs where they did not receive a pension and a large number of seniors have exhausted their savings due to personal medical emergencies or those experienced by relatives.

Over the years people have become increasingly anxious about

what they will do in their retirements, and whether or not social security benefits would be there for them.

The legislation attempts to abate that anxiety and give people the confidence that they will be taken care of.

Similar legislation is being proposed in the Republican-controlled Senate.

I would hope that the measure would pass in the Senate as this is not a Democratic issue or a Republican issue, but an American issue that benefits our nation’s seniors who have been the bedrock of our economy.

I urge my Republican colleagues, in the House and in the Senate, to support the Social Security 2100 Act. It is in the best interests of all of our citizens, and is in the best interests of our nation.

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The Book of Mormon is a hilariously funny, crowd-pleasing musical written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone with music from Robert Lopez.

The play tells the story of two young Mormon missionaries who travel to Uganda to convert the people of the war-torn African country.

The two young missionaries very quickly learn that this is not the Africa that they had expected from seeing The Lion King.

The play has a very adult theme and seems like an episode of South Park has come to life. There is some very vulgar stuff in the play; still, it’s the kind of comedy we’ve

come to expect from Parker and Stone.

The play was well received by the audience at the Dallas Summer Musical presentation. And while some of the play was shocking, it had me

laughing nonstop.

Although the musical starts out making light of Mormon beliefs, in the end, the play uplifts the message of service and love for one’s fellow man.

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Girlfriend Doesn’t Get It

Within my group of friends, I have a female friend who likes a male friend who is also within the group. The female recently joined the group, but the male has been around some time. The female has tried her best game and, to much dismay, has not won over the male friend.

The male friend, however, has given every cold shoulder possible. She, unfortunately, is slow to catch on.

Others have tried to politely intervene, but the female keeps knocking. It has progressed to the point that the male friend has stopped coming around, and no one in the group is happy. The group now feels the need to address the issue, almost like an intervention. What do you suggest?

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Wrap that book in a pretty gift bag with beautiful tissue paper. I mean, go all out.

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