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No School Lunches: Food for Thought in the Summertime FROM THE HILL by Congresswoman
Eddie Bernice Johnson During the summertime, we usually envision children running through sprinklers, learning new skills in camps, playing with friends, and eating hot dogs by the pool. For many children, sadly, this picture is a stark contrast to reality. Many children from low-income backgrounds instead spend their summers alone at home while their primary caregivers are away at work, without access to food. Summer is not always as carefree as we may think. In the Dallas community, childhood food insecurity is a serious problem. Recent data indicate that 26% of children are uncertain about their next well-balanced meal.
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Since the level of need has increased over time, the number of organizations is also rapidly increasing with 18 added sponsor organizations in 2015. And in Dallas, cooperation among these programs is working well. While the Summer Meals Program is growing over time, only 24.5% of eligible children and teens participated in the program in 2015. Much of this low percentage is due to barriers to the accessibility of feeding sites. We must work to increase the accessibility of these sites to bring this program’s success to more needy children in Dallas.
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Clinton is the Clear Choice in November By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. President, Rainbow PUSH Coalition
This has been a negative political season. It’s time to stop the insults. Let’s stop the negative branding. Let’s stop the negativity and name-calling and get on with a real debate about the real issues facing the American people and our future. The stakes are high. People are looking for answers, not insults. They face real challenges. They want someone who will fight for them, someone who can show them that they both know what needs to be done and that they are committed to getting it done. Hillary Clinton is the clear choice in November. She fares better as the moral compass of the nation - telling hard truths and offering not conversation but correction. Donald Trump says he will build a wall. Clinton says we need to build bridges, and tear down walls of separation, fear and hatred. She offers a clear eye and a bold alternative to Trump. Clinton can electrify her voters by laying out a bold agenda to rebuild our cities. Anger and violence is rising. Poverty is more deeply entrenched. Drugs and guns are too readily available. Schools
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are being closed; children are being lost. Jobs are scarce, particularly for the young. Why not call for ending the deferral of taxes for global corporations, making them pay what is owed for the profits they report as stashed abroad? Use that money to rebuild neighborhoods in need. Provide jobs retrofitting buildings, renovating a decrepit infrastructure from safe water systems to mass transit. Invest in community public schools, with wrap-around services. Provide child nutrition, health care, pre-k and the basics in education. It is always easier to nurture a strong child than to rescue a broken adult. The theme “Rebuild America, and put America back to work” rings true today. A bold program to rebuild our cities, to move them to renewable energy and energy efficiency, to build affordable housing, guarantee access to high-quality health care, prepare great public schools, crack down on drugs and guns and reform our criminal injustice system would create jobs and accelerate growth. It would move us toward a full-employment economy in which wages would rise on the bottom, not merely at the top. Hillary offers a bold agenda that will electrify
voters. Defending it against inevitable gibes and attacks affirms the seriousness of the commitment. The scope allows people to see themselves in the change. The audacity galvanizes hope and makes people not only more likely to vote but more likely to bring others to the polls. The votes of urban America were central to Clinton’s victory in the primaries. African-Americans and Latinos have not yet recovered from the Great Recession. We were hit the hardest in the loss of homes, the loss of jobs, the loss of wealth. The residents of our impoverished neighborhoods are looking for someone with a real plan and a clear commitment to rebuild these neighborhoods. What we are looking for is a plan commensurate with the size of the challenge. Hillary answers the call. Want to get voters excited about turning out to vote? Offer answers, not insults. Offer commitment, not posturing. Fear of Trump may drive some to the polls, but Hillary offers real hope for change that will inspire many more. It’s all about Healing, Hope and Hillary. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is founder and president of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is founder and president of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition. You can keep up with his work at www.rainbowpush.org
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by Vincent L. Hall
Jesus brought Black people to America and we have been catching hell ever since. Not Jesus our chosen Lord, Jesus of Lubeck. That was the name of the first British slave ship to reach the Americas. In fact between 1562 and 1567, Britain’s very first slave trader, John Hawkins, profited so greatly from the slave trade, that he arrested the Queen’s attention. And the rest as they say is Black history. It is blatantly obvious that some of us are historically limited. I hope to explain in n 600 words or less how this policing problem began. And yes, we must go back that far. Slave Catchers were the original nomenclature of “community policing’ which is a working model of law enforcement officers as we know them today. The concept was offered by Sir Robert Peel in 1812 and is believed to have reached the continental United States soon after. “The United States first
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HALL: From Jesus to Jim Crow adopted the community policing model for the purposes of organizing “slave patrols.” That is, the first implementation of Peel’s “community policing” model did not happen until the days of slave revolts – Nat Turner and John Brown – when more and more human beings, kept in forced captivity and labor, took the risks to run away for the freedom of the Northern states.” The Black Codes - President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated five days after the Civil War and Vice President
were last on Johnson’s list. This legislation was passed to provide food and medical aid to the former slaves and made provisions for schools. In fact, 1870 recorded a quarter million black children and adults attended more than 4,000 of these schools in the South. South Carolina created an answer to what they saw as a breach of their states rights…They created the Black Codes. South Carolina’s Black Code applied only to “persons of color,” defined as including anyone with more
Andrew Johnson assumed the balance of his term. A Southerner, Johnson wanted to readmit the Southern states as quickly as possible into the Union. He appointed military governors who held complete power in the former Confederate states until new civilian governments could be organized. Congress created the Freedmen’s Bureau right before the end of the war, but the newly emancipated slaves
than one-eighth Negro blood. The Black Codes sought to abridge civil rights, labor contracts, vagrancy, apprenticeships, courts, crimes, and punishment. It rescinded the 2nd Amendment Right of “coloreds” to bear arms and required the enforcement of local, state and national policing agencies. “Jim Crow” was the late 1800’s phase of militarized martial law and official oppression for Negroes.
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Jim Crow was a slang term and “code” for a black man, when Nigger was not an appropriate reference. JC established different rules and laws for Blacks and Whites, and was based on the theory and practice of white supremacy. After Reconstruction and the depression-racked 1890s, racism appealed to whites who feared losing their jobs to blacks. Politicians abused blacks to win the votes of poor white “crackers.” Some newspapers allegedly beefed up the bias of white readers by amping up or making up black crimes. “In Richmond S.C., one could not live on a street unless most of the residents were people one could marry. (One could not marry someone of a different race.) By 1914, Texas had six entire towns in which blacks could not live.” Signs bearing the wearing “Whites Only” or “Colored” became the tapestry and texture of the South. Alabama Police Commissioner Bull Connor of the 1960’s became the poster boy for outward racism in policing. But the 2006 FBI report detailing the infiltration of White Supremacist groups into police agencies around the country proves that there is much to do. This deadly friction did not start yesterday and will not end tomorrow. Vincent L. Hall is an author and award-winning writer.
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Fitzhugh, Dallas, 75210. Soul Rep Theatre presents this satirical play about race and black culture composed of 11 funny and thought-provoking “exhibits” reflecting black America. $20. Contact: www.soulrep.org;soulreptheatre@gmail.com; 214-664-1456.
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Using Microsoft Excel to Create Financial Graphs How the common citizen can be a decision maker in our***** justice & Projections, 10am – 12 noon. Pleasant Grove Li-and political systems? brary, 7310 Lake June, Dallas, 75217. This is one in Heath Harris, Former Dallas a series of seminars from the Business Assistance County First Assistant District Center (BAC), to help micro-businesses succeed. Attorney Co-sponsored by the City, HUD and Dallas Black Topic: Serving on Grand Juries Chamber, small businesses are encouraged to par6:30 pm – 9:00 pm ticipate. Open to all small businesses. Contact: DalBill J. Priest Institute 1402 Corinth las Black Chamber; 214-421-5200; info@dbcc.org. St., Room 2200, Dallas, TX Special Guest Heath Harris, Former Dallas County First Assistant District Attorney Topic: Serving on Grand Juries
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Maze featuring Frankie Beverly & Chaka Khan with special guest Raheem DeVaughn will be at the Verizon Theatre Saturday at 8p.m. Tickets prices ranges from $34.75-$150.00.
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By Lee A. Daniels George Curry Media Columnist
Since Donald Trump effectively won the Republican Party nomination by winning the New York primary in May, keeping up with every outrageous statement and small lie and Big Lie he utters has become even more difficult. Instead of becoming “more presidential,” as he and his aides promised then, he’s become more demagogic - so much so that some politicians and pundits have begun to question what’s really going on in that mind of his. You know things are bad when President Obama bluntly says Trump is “unfit” for the presidency - an unprecedented attack by a sitting president against the nominee of the opposite party - and no leading Republican has challenged that description. You know things are bad when conservative and liberal pundits alike suggest “options” by that the GOP could take the unprecedented step of abandoning Trump even while acknowledging that won’t happen. You know the Republicans are desperate when you have the diehard conservative pundit, Jennifer Rubin, of Washington Post, writing “There is something farcical about Republicans who flacked and vouched for Trump now complaining that he is ‘off message’ and fretting that he needs a ‘reset.’ They are, it seems, still in denial that they are responsible for lifting an unfit, unstable man to the nomination of a once-great party.”
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In fact, there really is no question about who has “lifted” Trump to this position: It’s his overwhelmingly White mob of supporters. Nor is there any doubt about why they’ve been drawn to him. They reflect what motivates Trump himself -a toxic mix of racism, sexism and a ferocious need to cruelly dominate others. The examples of this from Trump himself and from his supporters began piling up from the moment he announced his candidacy in June 2015. The latest documentation comes in a video published August 3 by the New York Times of the language that pervades Trump rallies - language that is, one can say, the soundtrack of the Trump campaign. What you see and hear in the video isn’t the behavior of a political constituency. Instead, it’s behavior so reminiscent of the mobs of Whites that once gathered in places like Little Rock, Ar. and Montgomery and Selma, Ala. and dozens of communities across the South to try their best to murder the activists of the Civil Rights Movement. Watch the video and you see people who’ve shed whatever decency they possessed and are ready to do anything evil. This is one of Trump’s greatest sins. He and his followers have revived the lynch-mob dynamic in American life. So, to anyone who’s even slightly followed the Trump campaign this last year, it’s no surprise that Trump has now drawn another gambit from the demagogue’s playbook: the stab-in-the-back charge. Last week, Trump claimed that the Clinton campaign and the political establishment have “rigged” the campaign debates and the election itself against him. He said they’ve conspired to deliberately schedule the debates opposite National Football League games in order to reduce the number of people watching them - implying this was done to reduce the number of viewers watch him beat Clinton in the debates. Of course, anyone who thinks Trump could out-debate Clinton is a fool. Again and again, Trump has shown he has a deeply disorganized mind that can barely com-
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pose two consecutive sentences that make sense. Moreover, both the National Football League and the bipartisan presidential debate commission, which set the dates of the debates last year, quickly effectively said Trump was lying. But Donald Trump lives by lies; and the purpose of his lies here is three-fold. First, the charge is “red meat” to the majority of his supporters, who, as has been evident all along, crave a steady diet of callous insults of others, brazen lies, and bizarre conspiracy theories to feed their fantasies of White victimization. Secondly, Trump needs to avoid debating Clinton for the same reasons he did so in the GOP primary once only he, John Kasich and Ted Cruz were left. He can’t survive a debate focused on substantive domestic or foreign-policy issues. Finally, Trump has laid down the excuse for a November defeat - via the “stab-inthe-back” charge that demagogues have forever used to undermine electoral processes and election results in other countries throughout history. Trump long ago made clear he’s willing to trash any American institution and American tradition if he can profit from it. Of all the wrongs Donald Trump and his followers have committed against America’s national character in the past 14 months, one could say this latest attempt to undermine the American democratic tradition may be their most damnable sin. The operative word, however, is “may” because the frightening certainty is that neither Trump nor his mob is finished trying to build themselves up by tearing America down. Lee A. Daniels, a former reporter for The Washington Post and the New York Times, is also a former editor of The National Urban League’s The State of Black America. He is a keynote speaker and author whose books include Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America. He is writing a book on the Obama years and the 2016 election. He can be reached at leedanielsjournalist@gmail.com
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Even Funerals are Not Family Reunions Anymore By George E. Curry George Curry Media Columnist
Most of the relatives on my mother’s side migrated from Tuscaloosa, Ala. to Johnson City, Tenn., where my oldest aunt, Julia Mae Cousin, established roots after she was married. Growing up, I divided my summers between Johnson City and Reform, Ala., where my father’s relatives are anchored. Because I spent so much time with my cousins, we have always enjoyed a strong bond, stronger than some brothers and sisters. And because we were closer in age, I spent most of the early years romping the streets of Johnson City with Aunt Julia Mae’s kids - Hattie, D.D., Charles and Little Buddy. My cousin, Bertha Mae, was almost a decade older and she was more like an aunt than a cousin. With her strong personality and huge heart, Aunt Julia urged her siblings to move to this small, east Tennessee town, near the Virginia-Tennessee border. Over the years, a parade of uncles and aunts acquiesced: Uncle Frank, Uncle Buddy, Uncle Percy, Uncle Padna (Jesse) and Aunt Kat. Mama (Martha L. Brownlee) and Big Mama (Sylvia Harris) were the holdouts, preferring to stay in Tuscaloosa but making frequent trips to Johnson City. No one loved going to Johnson City more than I did. By day, I lived at the Carver Rec Center with D.D., Charles and Little Buddy and at night, Hattie would take me to one of the Black clubs. There was a rough one
up on Wilson Avenue, but we knew to stay away from there unless Hattie and I had been dispatched by Aunt Julia Mae to look for Uncle Frank. For the younger members of the family, nothing was more popular than our family reunions that featured us cracking jokes on one another. Aunt Julia warned us each year not to showcase our comical side, which was considerable, and this was the one time we brazenly disobeyed. Everyone had a story about Uncle Percy, who perfected lying to an art form. Uncle Buddy, a Navy veteran who introduced me to world travel, was easy-going and fun. But he should have known better than to wear red socks to the reunion one year. As expected, we lit into him, accusing him of everything from having been cut on the ankles to working for the Red Cross. The next year, the first thing Uncle Buddy did was raise the legs of his pants to show us he was wearing black socks. When he was only 4 or 5 years old, Hattie’s son Robbie surprised everyone by going to the front of the room and cracking on his mother. Hattie gave Robbie a look that only Hattie can give, but it was too late - Robbie had brought the house down. His brother, Phill, was accused of bringing a rent-a-date to one reunion. Through those family reunions and hot summers, I grew closer to my younger cousins: Lynn, Phill, Robbie, Charlene, Audrey, Albert, Regina, Greg, the twins (Ronald and Randall), and “Suzie Q” (Katherine Madison). I had already been close to Uncle Frank’s children, especially the older ones - LuLu, Dosha, Doris, Carolyn, Alberta, Knuck and Herman - because he held out a long time
before moving from Tuscaloosa to Johnson City. Over the years, the family elders died - Big Mama, Aunt Kat, Uncle Frank, Uncle Percy, Uncle Padna and, most recently, Aunt Julia Mae, who took over as head of the family upon the death of Big Mama. With each passing, the reunions became fewer and fewer, to the point that we don’t hold them anymore. In recent years, I have said family funerals have become our family reunions. I told it as a joke, but it was the painful truth. At my cousin Charlene’s funeral last week, family relations had deteriorated to the point where it was obvious that funerals can no longer be used as family reunions. For a variety reasons, some relatives refuse to speak to others. I remain on speaking terms with all of my cousins and have made it clear that whatever dispute they have with one another will not alter my relationship with any relative. I have made appeals for a truce, but my cousins are strong-willed and nothing I or anyone else can say will get them to move off of dead center. My cousin Lynn said it would be like this when Aunt Julia Mae passed, but I did not want to believe it. Now, I have no choice but to accept that reality. Uncle Buddy and Mama are the only two children of Big Mama still living. And sadly, this next generation of relatives are nowhere near as close as I was to my cousins growing up. Neither Big Mama nor Aunt Julia Mae would be pleased that our once close-knit family is in shambles. But as long as I have breath in me, I am going to try to get my family back together. I know it’s a very long shot, but I owe that to Big Mama and Aunt Julia Mae to keep trying.
George E. Curry is President and CEO of George Curry Media, LLC. He is the former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine and the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA). He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at twitter.com/currygeorge, George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook, and Periscope. See previous columns at http://www.georgecurry.com/columns.
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Changing Our Racial Narrative Child Watch By Marian Wright Edelman President, Children’s Defense Fund
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Bryan Stevenson, the brilliant founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, believes it’s possible to change our nation and world despite the inequality and violence that sometimes threaten to overwhelm us. He speaks often about the urgent need to confront our historic narrative including recently to young servant leaders preparing to teach children in Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® programs across America.
created this narrative of racial difference that allowed us to tolerate slavery. “And when we talk about slavery, we have to understand what we’re talking about. I don’t think the great evil of American slavery was involuntary servitude and forced labor. I think the great evil of American slavery was the narrative of racial difference that we created to legitimate it. The great evil of American slavery was the ideology of White supremacy that we made up to legitimate the way we treated people of color, and we didn’t deal with that . . . And because of that, I don’t think slavery ended in 1865. I think it just evolved. It turned into decades of terrorism and violence. And we’ve got to deal with what it’s turned into.
“There is a narrative that explains how we got here. Mass incarceration was created by policy decisions. We decided to deal with drug addiction and drug dependency as a crime issue rather than a health issue . . . We didn’t do that for alcoholism. We said, ‘Alcoholism, that’s a disease,’ and now we don’t have a consciousness that when we see an alcoholic going into a bar that we have to call the police - but we didn’t do that for drug addiction. The reason why we didn’t do that was because of a narrative. And there’s a narrative of fear and anger out there.”
“From the end of Reconstruction until World War II, people of color were terrorized, pulled out of their homes, lynched, burned alive, taken from jails, hanged, shot. Older people of color come up to me sometimes and say, ‘Mr. Stevenson, I get angry when I hear somebody on TV talking about how we’re dealing with domestic terrorism for the first time in our nation’s history after 9/11.’ They say, ‘We grew up with terrorism. We had to worry about being bombed and lynched every day of our lives,’ and we’ve got to tell that story.
He continued: “You see, there’s a smog that’s hovering in the air. It’s a pollution created by our history of racial inequality . . . We’ve got to talk about the fact that we are a post-genocidal society. There was a genocide on this continent. When White settlers came, they killed millions of Native people. It was a genocide where famine and war and disease destroyed a whole culture, and there are things you have to do to recover from genocide that we haven’t done. And because we didn’t deal with that, we
“When I look at this country, I look at a country whose demographic geography was shaped by terror. The Black people that are in Cleveland and Chicago and Detroit - those of you who live in these cities in the North and West, you need to understand how you got there. The Black people in New York and Boston and Cleveland and Chicago and Detroit and Los Angeles and Oakland didn’t go to those communities as immigrants looking for new economic opportunities. They came to these communities as refugees and exiles from terror in
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the American South. And there are things you’re supposed to do for refugees that we didn’t do, and that turned into this era of segregation. “And I have to tell you, I think we have to change the narrative of how we think and talk about civil rights . . . I hear people talking about the Civil Rights Movement, and it sounds like a three-day carnival: On Day One, Rosa Parks didn’t give up her seat on a bus. On Day Two, Dr. King led a march on Washington, and on Day Three, we changed all the laws and racism was over. And we’ve got to change that narrative. Because the truth is that for decades in this country, we had segregation, and segregation was brutal. We told Black people that they couldn’t vote just because they’re Black. We told Black kids you couldn’t go to school because you’re Black. My parents were humiliated every day of their lives. Those signs that said ‘White’ and ‘colored’ weren’t directions. They were assaults. And we haven’t done the things you’re supposed to do to help recover from those assaults. “We should have committed ourselves to a process of truth and reconciliation in the 1960s - but we didn’t do that. And because we didn’t do that, now we are suffering from a presumption of dangerousness and guilt, and we have to deal with it. Black and Brown people in this country are presumed dangerous. They’re presumed guilty. It is the reason why we’re having these issues with police on our streets, and we’ve got to change that narrative.”
Marian Wright Edelman is president of the Children’s Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. For more information go to www.childrensdefense.org
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Jones brings high energy show By Dorothy Gentry
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If you don’t watch music competition shows on TV, chances are, you’ve never heard of Evan Taylor Jones.
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He plans to change that soon.
On his blind audition for The Voice and being cut: I was contacted to do a blind audition and made the trip in July (2015). I had been reading a book about opportunities and this one came along and I just took it. After a couple of more auditions and performing on the show, I was cut. I was devastated at first but it helped me to learn about the music industry. I want my career to be full of longevity.
The self-described soul-rock artist garnered national attention last season on The Voice, the popular reality television singing competition broadcast on NBC, and is coming to Dallas next week as part of his first North American Tour. He will be playing Thursday, August 11 @The Prophet Bar in Dallas at 9:30 p.m. Jones, who grew up on the classics left behind after his mother passed away when he was young, is showcasing his new CD, The Sunray Sessions Live, recorded with his eight -piece band. He said those who attend his shows should be prepared for an energetic evening. “In person my shows are high energy,” he said via phone from his home in Orland, Florida where he grew up. “ It’s like a party with the crowd crazy involved, singing along with us and having fun.” The show also features an “intimate part” Jones said, with love and happiness in the air. “I might address the crowd, speak on more personal issues, then turn around and jam out again and the crowd is into that too. “ He spent his childhood studying the music of his mother’s generation after she passed away when he was only 13 from lymphatic cancer. His mother, who he considers his guardian angel, became the influence that would guide his entire musical career. Jones’ music is a blend and melting pot of classic soul and rock, Motown, Muscle Shoals, Rock and Roll, Wilson Pickett, the Detroit music sound and more and reaches all generations. His music is being played in over 34 countries, and he's opened for Bob Marley’s band, The Wailers, as well as completing his own successful tours. During a break from preparing for his tour, which opened July 30 in Orlando, Jones took time to share his thoughts on different topics. Describe your songs: My songs are about love
and peace. I don’t want to make people feel down and depressed listening to my music. I want people to listen to my music and come together and dance and relate on a happier level like this feels good.
Who inspires you (musically?) Marvin Gaye, who is my favorite artist. Stevie Wonder. The past couple of years I have gotten into Lenny Kravitz and of course Jimi Hendrix. How do you want your music remembered? I want my music to be remembered as a communal thing. Where people gather naturally together in joy and peace. I want them to take heed to my words in my song; I agree with and promote love and peace.
What is your new single, “Happy to Groove with You” about? I wrote it with the intention to express how in relationships you have nothing to lose. We get caught up with life, kids, paying bills, etc. but at the end of the day, you come back to their person and melt into them and confide in them. This song is about that time. You have nothing to hide. You can express yourself and be happy with your loved one. And a lot of this is just communication.
The history behind his hair: My mom passed and I dissected her music and what she listened to and started asking questions about my history and learned we have a lot of family from Ethiopia. I believe in hair being a sign of strength. I am a very spiritual man. I see the power of God, the universe, heart, mind, and soul. I urge people to surround themselves with positive thoughts and things, good people, etc. It naturally comes back to you. Universe grants your intentions.
The legacy of musician Prince: The drummer in my band kept telling me to get into him (Prince) for the past 5 years. I actually never really got into his music until his death. Now I am infatuated and I love it all. He was deep man, humble too. His only showmanship was on stage. He knew how to guard his soul.
On going by three names: As a kid, I always knew I was in trouble or it was time to eat when my three names were called. I use it now (Evan Taylor Jones), as away of saying it is time to take care of business or an opportunity that has come up. Like it is time to eat. (business wise, etc.)
Advice to young musicians on keeping free of the music industry “ills” When talent is there, save money. Put it back into your craft. Save your money. Take care of your body. What you put
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Designs By Cake Daddy Manuel & Kellee Pruitt In 1992, Manuel Pruitt began designing cakes as a hobby until 2013 when he lost his job. Manuel and Kellee relied on their FAITH and turned their hobby into a full time career. God has been blessing them abundantly and they have been on the nationally televised "Cake Wars" on Food Network, WFAA's News 8 Daybreak and even being featured on "Good Morning Texas" recently. Cake Daddy has created cakes for Bishop T.D. Jakes, Dez Bryant of Dallas Cowboys, and Michael Finley of San Antonio Spurs. Manuel Pruitt acknowledges his success due to God first, his mother, and his wife. Come hear Dynamic Duel tell their Faith based story We are proud to announce that Manuel & Kellee Pruitt, owners of Designs By Cake Daddy, will be a featured panel speaker at the Oak Cliff Chamber's Small Business Expo. Where: Mountain View College - Performance Hall (4849 West Illinois Ave., Dallas, Tx 75211) When: Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:30 AM - Noon Cost: $10.00 per person $100.00 vendor table (Breakfast provided)
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Kimball teacher receives top honor at national convention Each year, students who participate in the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism (AOHT) cluster at Justin F. Kimball High School are thrust in to real-world experiences. But it’s not met without high expectations. Pants must be neatly pressed and, once shirts have been ironed, it is only fitting for them to be worn tucked in. Mary White, Kimball’s career and technology chair, implores excellence among each of her students, and she believes it starts with their appearance. Her goal is to make sure each AOHT student gets scholarships at the end of the program. White recently received her own nod of excellence at the National Academy Foundation’s (NAF) Next Conference in Orlando. She was awarded the prestigious Janet Linton Award for her contributions to the foundation. Only three leaders are chosen annually for this award.
dents who often face severe adversities, White was excited to receive the recognition. “I want to say a special thank you to [Dallas ISD], academy teammate, administrators, core teachers, my family and the outstanding AOHT scholars,” White said. White’s hard work at Kimball included transforming an underperforming AOHT into a distinguished status academy for other districts to model after. This year, White helped lead a team to host educators from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area in North Carolina for an AOHT site visit. White has built a reputation for developing business partnerships by serving in leadership roles for programs such as: the Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Industry Expo, 21st Century Girls Clinic and the Capital One internship program.
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Ask Alma: by Alma Gill
NNPA News Wire Columnist Alma Gill’s newsroom experience spans more than 25 years, including various roles at USA Today, Newsday and the Washington Post. Email questions to: alwaysaskalma@gmail.com. Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and Twitter @almaaskalma.
Dear Alma,
I work in a small accounting office of 16 people. We sit in cubicles very close to one another and we have more men than women. This is important to share as I explain my situation. My problem is my coworker. She’s a very young woman who insist on sitting with her legs wide open. She will turn away from her desk and what seems to be purposely, prop up one leg so you can see up under her dress. I know this sounds crazy, but she does. And every time she does it I think, WTH! When we have meetings in the conference room, she puts her feet in her chair and sits so you can look all the way up her dress. I am sick of it! Several employees talk about her behind her back. They even make jokes about it. I know that too is immature. She’s a mess, what she’s doing is a mess, the stupid jokes are a mess and I’ve had enough. What can I do? Seeing too much at work Dear Seeing, Help me to clarify, are you mad because she’s trying to show her cookies in the office or are you mad that you don’t have enough nerves to do the same? LOL. Naaw, I’m just kidding, I can see the steam coming outta your ears! Bear with me as I’m clarifying because, sometimes I get mad about an act someone else is committing that irritates me, but
when my nitty checks my gritty, I’m really irritated cause I don’t have enough nerve to do the same. With that being said, in your case I’m sticking to door number one, and grateful along with your mother, that you aren’t looking to “show all you know” in the next staff meeting. Trust me when I say you’re not alone in your exasperation of experiencing an unnecessary glance of ones undies. I’ve seen short dresses giving off a light show that would rival a neighborhood 4th of July fireworks display - and I know there’s gotta be a breeze above those knees. You’re right, this form of a sometimes dainty display can make for a very uncomfortable situation in the workplace, so here’s my take - you can choose to do one of two things. Send an anonymous note to Human Resources or grab your big girl glove and pitch it to her straight! The next time she’s spread eagle at her desk, hand her a note (no, not an email) a note that says, “Girl, adjust yourself. I really don’t feel like looking up your dress right now,” LOL. I think a note is appropriate because, like you said, you’re one of a few women in a small office setting. Follow up with a whisper of “Thanks, I hope we’re cool, no worries.” Allow yourself to be super, super casual and not come across demanding. Sorta like you would in the community room of your dorm. With that acknowledgement, you’ve laid all her cards on the table. It’s totally up to her to win, lose or cover up her drawzz. Alma
National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice Confab in Dallas
In addition to being elected Asst. Treasurer of the organization, Andre Turner, shown here with members of the Texas delegation, received the President’s Award
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by James A. Washington How many of us have an addiction, a weakness, something we are aware of but just cannot shake on our own? It may be a secret, your secret, something you dare not reveal for it goes completely opposite of who you believe yourself to be and counter to the person whom you are truly trying to become. 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 says, “To keep me from becoming conceited, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” If I’m the only one shouting right now, it’s okay. It should be noted that this is indeed some powerful stuff. You know some things in the bible reverberate over and over again and some of us still don’t get it and that includes me. I don’t mean to infer that we don’t understand the words because most of us do. The point is we do not or
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It’s Who You Are Good and Bad cannot incorporate what we’re would reject the notion that reading into our daily lives. In sinful could be anything more this passage Paul lets us know than just sinful. The text that there is indeed a reason to however says it is our duty to accept our shortcomings and understand through spiritual deal with our flaws and faults recognition that God chooses with a basic understanding your problems to show off His that in doing so, God will righteousness through you by invariably show up and then doing miraculous things. When proceed to show out. It is you get a hand from the Lord to through your warts that God overcome your addictions, your can demonstrate to you and me passions, your vanity, your and the world that He is Lord. shortcomings, you get so much Can you imagine experiencing more than what you bargained the “perfect power” of the for. According to this part of Lord? Apparently it’s as easy the bible, you also get Christ’s as looking into the mirror and power to work with. Isn’t that making an honest assessment something? No wonder Paul of who you really are and continues by saying, “That is who you should be striving to why, for Christ’s sake I delight become. To put it into proper in weaknesses, in insults, in perspective, you are who you hardships, in persecutions, in are only in relationship to God. difficulties. For when I am And don’t forget to take your weak, then I am strong.” imperfections with you. If you By itself, you might wonder know and accept yourself to how Paul comes up with this be a child of God, then you conclusion. But when taken must attempt to be an example in the context of the entire of God’s Word and His work. passage, isn’t it true that out of The only thing standing in your many impossible situations and way is admitting to yourself, you can’t go it alone. You and I need help and that help comes EARLINE GADSON only from one source. It’s the 9-10-1934 - 6-10-2014 perfect source and comes with consequences. T h e consequences begin with recognizing that there is divine purpose in your particular set of weaknesses. That may be hard to believe, but it’s true. Dare I say most of us
circumstances, God rescued you? How many testimonies do you need to hear before you give God the praise He deserves? Or is it that you can testify on your own about frailties that have become strengths to be relied upon and give you wisdom to share? All I’m saying is stop denying yourself. Stop denying your insecurities. Accept them and give them also, over to the Lord. Then step back and watch God do His thing with your life. He’ll do things you never could and watch Him revel in those who see His divine work through you. It’s that let go and let God thing. Paul just reminds us that even on your worst day, it’s not about you. Just remember it’s all about Him, your good as well as your bad. May God bless and keep you always.
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I Messenger Built4U Mobile, A New Nationwide Mobile Telephone Company, Signing Up Direct Sales Agents Built4U Mobile, a telecom start-up, is signing up direct sales agents to become part of its new nationwide mobile telephone company that offers a full suite of products and services for customers tired of overpaying for their phone services. Anyone interested in becoming an agent can sign up online at built4ucareers.com. The company is setting out to avoid traditional brick-and-mortar stores to keep overhead costs low. In doing so, the company pays higher commissions to our agents and recycles money back into the community. Agents earn residual commissions and portions of each sale are shared with a local partner charter. The opportunity is available to college students and professionals of all backgrounds. The company’s founder, Darrell Woolen, is building the infrastructure for what he believes will become a highly profitable company, but he wants to make sure he also gives back to the community. As part of its social entrepreneurship philosophy, Built4U Mobile is lining up strategic partnerships with local schools, colleges, and churches so they can raise money from cell phone usage. “We like to think of it as recycling revenues back into the communities we serve,” Woolen said. Recently, Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III of Friendship-West Baptist Church, added Built4U Mobile to its West Wall Street Initiative, an effort to empower local businesses and consumers to reinvest in their communities. “We’re looking for individuals who are hungry and share our passion for our product,” said Woolen, who has more than 35 years in the telecommunications industry founded the nationwide full-service mobile telephone company. “There’s a great opportunity to earn extra income, and, in the long run, help support your family and community.” Woolen started the firm because he, along with so many friends and family, complained about their rising cell phone bills. Built4U Mobile has no hidden costs. Customers pay for what you want and what you use. Said Woolen, “It’s easy to sign up, get going and start using your phone without worrying about how much your phone bill will be every month.” Woolen’s team consists of a group of experienced sales, telecommunications and operations executives who joined him to start the nationwide full-service mobile telephone company. Convenience and flexibility are among the key components of the Built4U model. Customers can sign up for plans online 24/7, contact a local sales agent or call by phone (855-399-2470) to have access to high-quality multi-carrier networks available around the country. The company offers customers a full suite of products, including voice, text, data and cell phones. No contracts for service are required and devices are available with $0 interest for a two-year agreement, with approved credit.
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Transitional and Proven Leader for Interim President of the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce
Position: Interim President Organization: Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce Location: Dallas, TX Type of Employment: Full-time with benefits or Consultant
The Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce is celebrating its 90th year as an advocate for the creation, growth and general welfare of African America businesses in Dallas and the North Texas region. The Interim President will lead and manage the chamber during an executive search for a permanent President and assist with the transition of leadership. The position will be for at minimum of six months and the Interim President can apply for the permanent President position. Excellent candidates for the Interim President position should possess the following qualifications and experience: Great passion to make a difference in the African American community Day-to-day leadership and management of a major organization and its staff Report to a board of directors and achieving the board's metrics and goals for the organization Success in gaining funding from corporations, government, and grants of at least $25K per transaction Fiduciary responsibility of a major organization including managing an annual budget of $500K and monitoring an organization's financial statements and activity Great credibility and relationships with C-Suite executives, bankers, and leaders in the Dallas area that have lead to major partnerships Success managing and staff development Exemplary writing and presentation skills Develop policies and procedures to flawlessly execute the operations of a major organization Public relations and marketing for a major organization Bachelor's degree in business or related field preferred Please follow the directions below to apply: Send resume to dljames@dbcc.org with job code IP1 in the subject line of email. Within the body of the email, please answer the following questions: Why are you passionate and interested in the position? What proven success (examples) do you have in the qualifications and experience required of the position? What is the greatest accomplishment you can bring to the organization? What positive feedback have you been given by your supervisor or clients at you current or former employer?
Join Big Tex’s Team: State Fair of Texas Seasonal Job Applications Now Available Online! Are you an outgoing, friendly and energetic person who likes to celebrate all things Texan? Join Big Tex’s team for the 2016 State Fair of Texas! Working at the Fair is just as fun as a visit to the annual event. The State Fair provides more than 6,000 seasonal job opportunities every year, with approximately 1,500 to 1,600 people employed directly by the State Fair of Texas. As the annual event is a collection of small businesses, the remaining seasonal positions report to independent contractors including concessionaires, ride operators and vendors. Applications for seasonal positions can now be found online, with opportunities available in the following departments: Coupon Sales, Creative Arts, Special Events, Exhibits, Food Service, Gates, Livestock Operations, Maintenance, Midway Games, Security, Ticket Office and Tram Operations. To apply for a seasonal position at the State Fair of Texas, please visit BigTex.com/Jobs. Don’t have a computer? No problem. Visit your local public library to see if it has computers available for job seekers, or this year the State Fair is partnering with several local computer labs that will allow people to use their facilities to complete the online application process. Please find details on some of the participating locations below: In partnership with the Wilkinson Center: Eastfield College, Pleasant Grove Campus 802 S. Buckner Blvd., Room 222 Dallas, TX 75217 Contact: Myra Collins 214.821.6380 x 214 Friday, July 29, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Friday, August 5, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Friday, August 26, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
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Details related to future potential locations will be posted as they become available at BigTex.com/Jobs. The 2016 Fair runs from Friday, September 30 through Sunday, October 23.
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