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HURRICANE HARVEY “I am deeply saddened by the flooding and destruction overtaking homes, businesses, and streets as individuals and families pursue safety,” said Congresswoman Johnson. “I commend the first responders, our military, brave citizens who have volunteered, and medical personnel who are dedicating their time to assist in rescue efforts and providing care and comfort to those in need.

I am always moved to see people coming together to help their neighbors in hard times like this. I extend my condolences and hope to those who have lost everything and my full support of the efforts being made to provide safety and rescue to those in danger.”

“As a native Texan, a Member of Congress, a family member and friend to those who have been displaced in the Houston area, I want my fellow Texans to know we are resilient and will overcome this tragedy. There is hope for a better tomorrow and you have my support for legislation that will allow you a future and to rebuild your communities. When Congress reconvenes in September, there will be a tight deadline to pass legislation ensuring affordable flood insurance provided through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). It is imperative that we not place the lives of thousands at a standstill and that they be able to have the resources needed to rebuild.”

Representative Nicole Collier is addressing some of the conflicting reports on how to support Hurricane Harvey evacuees.

After a visit with displaced individuals and families at the Wilkerson-Greines Athletic Center today, Representative Collier would like the community to know the most effective ways to help. Repre-

sentative Collier lent her support and provided handouts with helpful numbers to contact Local, State and Federal agencies for items such as identification recovery and information on food and shelter as well as FEMA. In order to meet the needs of the community, FEMA will also be hiring temporary positions which can be seen at fema-careers@fema.dhs.gov. For those interested in donating their time, volunteer opportunities are welcomed through www.voly.org. Representative Collier would also like the Tarrant County community to consider donating to the Tarrant Area Food Bank, the American Red Cross at (214) 678-4800 as well as Goodwill Industries of Fort Worth and make a notation of “Harvey” on the donation to ensure it gets to the right place.

Displaced Texans are encouraged to contact her office at (817) 332-1180 or go to www.fwhelpforharvey.com for more information.

The Representative expressed her support for displaced Texans and is grateful for the City of Fort Worth and Tarrant County’s efforts and their willingness to help. “I’m happy to see the outpouring of support. In such a short amount of time, our community has stepped up and is ready to address the various needs of our fellow Texans.” Representative Collier said.

Texas Higher Education Community Launches Unified Giving Initiative to Provide Emergency Aid to College Students Impacted by Hurricane Harvey Harvey HELP will enable individuals, institutions, foundations, and corporations to contribute funds for emergency aid for Texas college students as they recover from storm and return to classroom Texas and national leaders from higher education associations, institutions, foundations, and businesses have come together to launch the Harvey HELP Fund, a crowd-sourced relief fund dedicated

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to aiding the close to 500,000 students impacted by Hurricane Harvey--almost a third of all of the college and university students in the state. Announced today, HELP, which stands for Higher Education Learning Pathways, will provide emergency funds to enable students in southeast Texas to stay on or more quickly return to their education pathway.

“The storm has disrupted hundreds of thousands of students’ lives, most of whom were just about to start the new school year. We all know students, neighbors, and fellow Texans who are now displaced from their homes, employment, schools, and are even coping with the loss of loved ones,” said Dr. Richard Rhodes, President of Austin Community College.

The relief efforts are being led by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), Austin Community College (ACC), Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC), Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT), Council of Public Universities Presidents and Chancellors (CPUPC), Civitas Learning, and Communities Foundations of Texas (CFT), the parent of Educate Texas.

Tax-deductible donations can be made through the Harvey HELP GoFundMe page at GoFundMe.com/HarveyHELPStudents or directly through Communities Foundation of Texas. The Communities Foundation of Texas is serving as the charitable partner as education has been a primary focus of its philanthropic investments and through Educate Texas, its statewide, public-private initiative.

Emergency aid will help students and their families recover from and manage immediate life-and-logistics emergencies so they can afford to resume their studies and complete their higher education pathways. Research shows that many students leave school because of non-academic challenges related to work, family, and personal finance. Hurricane Harvey is likely one of the most extreme examples of the range of issues that can knock students off their education pathway.

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September 2

Theta Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. in conjunction with the Theta Alpha Foundation presents 2nd annual Martinis and Linen Party - Shaken not Stirred, 150 Turtle Creek Blvd.

Dallas. $40/$50 at door. Call George Bennett 469245-9672 or Royce West Jr., 972-514-7495 You are invited to join Judge John Creuzot and Judge Elizabeth Frizell for their first Debate for Dallas County District Attorney 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

1408 N. Washington Ave (CWA Hall) Dallas, TX

September 4 Noon Exchange Club of Garland Presents the Labor Day Parade & Festivities Sept. 4 | 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Downtown Garland A true community event, spectators will enjoy local bands, sports groups and floats during the parade through historic Downtown Garland.

The parade will begin at the intersection of Glenbrook Drive and Avenue D, then will head north on Glenbrook toward Main Street. Follow the parade east on Main and north on Fifth Street. The parade will continue down Fifth and will end near the Granville Arts Center.

Following the parade, gather in the Downtown Garland Square for the Sixth Annual Exchange Club Labor Day Classic Car Show and Kids’ BBQ Competition.

September 7

Regional Black Contractors Association General Membership Meeting Homewood Suites Arlington 4550 Waxwing Dr Arlington, TX 76018 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM

September 9

3rd Annual Rattler Generations Brunch: The Terrance Hunt Scholarship Brunch 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Blue Mesa 14866 Montfort Dr. Addison, Texas

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Christians in Public Service are pleased to announce Dallas City Councilmember, District 10 The Honorable B. Adam McGough as the 2017 recipient of the Ron J. Anderson, M.D. Public Servant Leader Award.

Hotel InterContinental, 15201 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX 75001 Invited Guest Reception - 6:15 p.m Dinner and Award Presentation - 7:00 p.m.

Register today at https://allevents.in/…/ron-j-anderson-md-pu…/288681954939665.

Admission is $150 per ticket. *****

The third Jubilee of Cultures Festival will be held on the grounds of the A.W. Perry Homestead Museum at 1509 N. Perry Road in Carrollton, Texas from 10a.m. – 6p.m. on Saturday, September 9.

The festival will feature talent and acts from the North Texas area.

The Perry Museum is in a first-time association with the festival which, in previous years, was held in old downtown Carrollton.

Cody Scallions, Curator for the city of Carrollton noted the city’s excitement to showcase the uniqueness of the city. Phyllis Stromile, Chairman of the festival, said, “It has given our community awareness of the different cultures in our area, something that our youth will cherish for years to come.”

Representatives of city government will be present for the official opening of the festival and local organizations will be available to share information at locations on the museums’ expansive grounds. There will be activities for youngsters during the day. A trio of oral histories featuring local citizens will take place at designated times inside of the museum. Local restaurants and other vendors will be present.

For Information contact:

Phylis Stromile – Festival Chairman - 214 783 6276 Cody Scallion - Curator/ Perry Museum – 972 466 6382 Rudy McDonald – Coordinator of Performers & Volunteers 214 277 4066 Charles E. Siler – Press Information – 469 803 1398

September 16

Garland Branch NAACP 27th Annual Freedom Fund Brunch and Silent Auction Hyatt Place Garland 10:00a.m.

September 22 Regional Black Contractors Association Chairman’s Awards Gala You are invited to the Regional Black Contractors Association’s of North Texas, Inaugural Chairman’s Award Gala, held Friday, September 22nd, 2017 at the newly renovated Double Tree By Hilton Dallas Campbell Centre (8250 North Central Expressway Dallas, Texas 75206), at 7:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom.

Nomination Deadline - September 15, 2017 Become a member of the RBCA today! www.regional-bca.org

September 23 Live Well | Go Green Expo Sept. 23 | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Curtis Culwell Center Garland’s free Live Well | Go Green Expo provides a day full of opportunities to learn more about living a healthy and environmentally friendly lifestyle.

September 28

12:00 PM to 1:15 PM CDT

An Update on State & Federal Legislation Affecting Business Tickets are $25 for members, $35 for non-members.

Methodist Dallas Medical Center Hitt Auditorium 1441 N. Beckley Ave.Dallas, TX 7:30am-9:00am hosted by Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce

Fellowship of Professional Women Luncheon Speaker Babbie Mason, an award winning singer, songwriter, teacher and TV talk show host.

Park City Club 5956 Sherry Lane 17th Floor Dallas, TX 75225

TIRE RACK® STREET SURVIVAL® teen driver safety is coming to Burleson to stop the #1 killer of teens!

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Confederate statues are falling, not economic racism

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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux Cheers to New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, one of the first mayors to take Confederate statues down and to make the strong point that these statues represent nothing but oppression. (Watch his May speech at http://www.marketwatch.com/ story/watch-new-orleans-mayor-mitch-landrieu-defend-removal-of-monuments-to-heroesof-a-four-year-historical-aberration-2017-08-15) More cheers to Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh who had statues removed in the dead of night to avoid Charlottesville-type confrontations between racist white supremacists

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(also known as “good people” according to 45) and those who oppose them. And though he does little that I agree with, in the interest of equal praise, I must lift up Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, who had the statue of Roger Taney removed from the Maryland state house. Taney was an especially vile racist who authored the Dred Scott decision in 1857. He wrote that Black people had no rights that whites were bound to respect, and provided justification for enslavement even as many in the rest of the nation were clamoring against the unjust institution.

As the statues are falling, economic racism is not fading. African Americans still earn just 60 percent of what whites earn. We have just 7 percent of the wealth that whites have. We have double the unemployment rates. Even with equal incomes, we find it

more challenging to get mortgages or other access to capital.

And our economic rights are being challenged every day.

It is important to note that these statues were not erected immediately after the Civil War. Of course the South – a bunch of losers – was too broke to build statues. They were still trying to recover from the devastation of the Civil War. How did they plan to recover? They needed a captive labor force to work their fields, just as enslaved people had before the war. So they ensured quasi-captivity through intimidation. That need was partially responsible for the emergence of the KKK. They inspired fear, suppressed resistance, and, through Black Codes and Jim Crow, engineered the near-re-enslavement of Black people.

Black people who wanted to leave the South after the end of Reconstruction had to do it in the dead of night. Black people who had land were often forced to concede it or be killed. The Emergency Land Fund, a now-defunct organization that documented the Black loss of land, indicated as Black folks lost as much as 90 percent of their accumulated land by 1970, at least partially due to trickery and intimidation.

The origins of the wealth gap lie in this loss of land, and in the intimidation that kept African American people in near-slave status in the South. Confederate statues, flags, and Klan activity appeared whenever there was resistance – during and after the reconstructions, in the 1920s after the Red Summer of 1919 and the return of Black men from World War I, men who were men, men disinclined to step off sidewalks or defer to white people. Again, we saw the rise of this activity, these statues and these flags, in the 1950s as the Civil Rights

Movement pushed hard for equality. When people talk about taking “their” streets back, what they really mean is they want Black people (and other people of color) in their place, in their economic place. And that place, for them, is subordinate.

So while Confederate statues are falling (not quickly enough – there are more than 700 of these odious symbols still standing), and Confederate flags are waving less frequently, the economic racism the Confederacy established is alive and well. Just ask the young Black couple redlined away from a banking opportunity, or the innocent arrested person who can’t pay bail. Ask the Black student whose loan burden is nearly twice that of her white counterpart, or the Black woman who pays more, and at a higher interest rate, for a car loan.

Sure, we have come a long way since those ugly days of enslavement or stark segregation, but some power comes from the Benjamins. And, according to some estimates, it will take more than 200 years to close the wealth gap.

The statues may be falling, but economic racism is alive and well.

While I commend Republicans Lindsey Graham, Tim Scott, John McCain and so many others for condemning their President for his abject and ugly racism, I wonder if any of them would be so forceful in condemning economic racism, or in advocating for reparations. Absent their willingness to do that, they are making very important stylistic points, but they do not seem prepared to change the harsh realities of Black life in our country today.

Julianne Malveaux is an economist, author, and Founder of Economic Education. Her podcast, “It’s Personal with Dr. J” is available on iTunes. Her latest book “Are We Better Off: Race, Obama and public policy is available via amazon.com

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The Arpaio Rule of Law?

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Here’s a definition for the concept that gets so much play these days. “The term, rule of law, refers to a principle of governance in which all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the state itself, are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated, and which are consistent with international human rights norms.”

The kind of legal anarchy and debauchery that Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio practiced was nothing of that sort. Not even close.

Sheriff Joe has been pardoned for statutory malfeasance that included; Unconstitutional jail conditions, failure to investigate sex crimes, abuse of power, election law violations, misuse of funds, racial profiling, illegal searches and seizures of “suspected” illegal immigrants, official oppression, contempt of court and many more. Now the “Birther” crime he supported Benedict Trump in was just a side hustle.

Sheriff Joe’s side hustle literally saved his ass; espe-

cially had he been ordered to jail in pink panties in tent cities like many of those he denied civil rights and due process to.

The whole tragedy has come full circle like a bad movie. If Trump had to go retro to “Make America Great Again”, why didn’t he use some really good examples? Examples like the Rifleman.

There was a sitcom about the rule of law. The Rifleman was introduced in 1958, starring Chuck Con-

social justice was equally compelling. Consider.

Not only was he the doting (widowed) father of his adorable son Mark, played by actor Johnny Crawford, the show broke ground on other fronts. The Rifleman was the first series to have a Black guest star without making a comment on race.

The inimitable Sammy Davis Jr. shows up in two different episodes. The Rifleman was the first TV Western where a gun wasn’t fired in every episode. As a former Lieu-

nors, a former tri-lettered athlete who played for basketball’s Boston Celtics and the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs baseball clubs. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears football team but never suited up.

As Lucas McCain, Connors was featured as the first single father of prime time television among many other distinctions that make it one of my all-time favorite television shows.

Lucas’s 44-40 Winchester kept the rule of law intact on-screen, but his brand of

tenant in the Union Army, Lucas knew a lot about diplomacy and the sanctity of human life.

Finally, and adjacent to my original point, The Rifleman was the first American series to be broadcast in Russia.

After Leonid Brezhnev attended his historic 1970’s meeting in the United States, Connors and Brezhnev became friends, which led to several invitations to visit the U.S.S.R. It is just damned near uncanny, that Donald

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Trump would execute a pre-emptive pardon to Sheriff Joe Arpaio within seven months of his yet to be determined term of office. We understand why he has pardoned Vladimir Putin, because Putin owns Trump from his blonde combed-over pompadour to his overly protruding tie.

However, the pardon of Arpaio has a double entendre working.

Trump saved Arpaio in a very efficient and public way to signal to folks like Paul Manafort, General Michael Flynn and his own namesake,” Little Donnie,” that he would do the same for them.

Simultaneously, Trump offered a high pitched inaudible communiqué to his base, that he remains festooned to the philosophy of White Superiority and the classic Klan narrative.

The Rifleman will go down in history for the nobility of character and consideration of the U.S. Constitution that Lucas McCain practiced in precept and example.

The pardoning of Joe Arpaio will live in infamy and recollection of the day when the charge, pledge and badge of oath taken by law enforcement professionals ceased to mean any damned thing at all.

The rule of law has officially been rewritten…For now!!

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Apple HBCU Scholars Program

Apple, in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), is proud to present the Apple HBCU Scholars Program to outstanding students with a minimum 3.3 GPA who will be graduating between December 2018 and June 2019. Selected students will participate in a 12-week internship during the summer before their senior year, and based on individual financial needs, will receive up to $25,000 in scholarship funding that will be applied to their final year of study.

Each student will have an Apple mentor throughout their experience, receive an opportunity to develop key skills, enhance their resume, and help launch their career through one of the top companies in the world.

As part of the Apple HBCU Scholars Program, Immersion Week will bring students to Apple for a seven-day introduction event geared toward educating them about Apple’s ecosystem. This gives them the opportunity to experience Apple and Silicon Valley culture.

For more information and to apply, visit tmcf.org/apply-to-apple/

These scholars will have the opportunity to: Participate in an Apple HBCU Immersion experience in Cupertino, California in early 2018 Participate in a 12-week internship with Apple in Cupertino, California during the summer of 2018

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) in partnership with Apple is proud to announce the application for the 2018-19 class for the Apple HBCU Scholars Program is now open to outstanding students with a minimum 3.3 GPA who will be graduating between December 2018 and May 2019.

Be awarded a need-based scholarship to help defray the costs (e.g., tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, books and supplies) of their senior year of study

Selected Scholars will participate in a 12-week internship during the summer before their senior year, and will receive up to $25,000 in scholarship funding based on individual financial needs that will be applied to their final year of study.

Receive on-going coaching and guidance from an experienced Apple employee Serve as Ambassadors on their HBCU or PBI (Predominately Black Institution) campuses to build awareness for the Apple and TMCF HBCU Initiative

Participate in various development activities to help prepare for post-graduation careers

PROGRAM CRITERIA: Enrolled full-time at a fouryear accredited HBCU or PBI (Predominately Black Institution) Currently in the second-to-last year of study, graduating in Fall 2018 or Spring of 2019. (e.g., juniors or seniors pursuing a fifth year of study.)

Prior internship experience is preferred HOW TO APPLY: For more information, you can click here or contact BernĂŠe E. Long, Director, Distinguished Scholars Programs, at bernee. long@tmcf.org.

The application deadline for the program is 11:59 pm EST on Sunday, September 17, 2017.

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2017 HBCU Alabama A&M University Visitor: Alcorn State University Location: Louis Crews Stadium, Huntsville, AL Date: October 8, 2017 | 2 PM Alabama State University Visitor: Miles College Location: ASU Stadium, Montgomery, AL Date: Nov. 24, 2017 | 3 PM Albany State University Visitor: Morehouse College Location: Albany State University Coliseum, Albany, GA Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2 PM Alcorn State University Visitor: Prairie View A&M University Location: Spinks-Casem Stadium, Lorman, MS Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2 PM Benedict College Visitor: Clark Atlanta University Location: Charlie W. Johnson Stadium, Columbia, SC Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2 PM Bethune-Cookman University Visitor: Hampton University Location: Municipal Stadium, Daytona Beach, FL Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 4 PM Bowie State University Visitor: Lincoln University of Pennsylvania Location: Bulldog Football Stadium, Bowie, MD Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1 PM Central State University Visitor: Miles College Location: McPherson Stadium, Wilberforce, OH Date: Oct. 7, 2017 | 1 PM Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Visitor: Alabama State University Location: O’Shields Stevenson Stadium, Cheyney, PA Date: Nov. 23, 2017 | 3 PM Clark Atlanta University Visitor: Albany State University Location: CAU Panther Stadium, Atlanta, GA Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 2 PM Delaware State University Visitor: Howard University Location: Alumni Stadium, Dover, DE Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2 PM Edward Waters College Visitor: Warner University Location: Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, FL Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 4 PM Elizabeth City State University Visitor: Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) Location: Roebuck Stadium, Elizabeth City, NC Date:Oct. 14, 2017 | 1:30 PM

Fayetteville State University Visitor: Saint Augustine’s University Location: Luther Nick Jerald’s Stadium, Fayetteville, NC Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 2:00 PM

Florida A&M University Visitor: North Carolina A&T State University Location: Bragg Memorial Stadium, Tallahassee, FL Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 3:00 PM Fort Valley State University Visitor: Morehouse College Location: Wildcat Stadium, Fort Valley, GA Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 2:00 PM Grambling State University Visitor: Texas Southern University Location: Robinson Stadium, Grambling, LA Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 2:00 PM Hampton University Visitor: Florida A&M University Location: Armstrong Stadium, Hampton, VA Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 2:00 PM Howard University Visitor: Morgan State University Location: William H. Greene Stadium, Washington, DC Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | TBA

Location: Alumni Memorial Football Stadium, Salisbury, NC Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1:30 PM Miles College Visitor: Kentucky State University Location: Sloan-Alumni Stadium, Fairfield, AL Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2:00 PM Mississippi Valley State University Visitor: Virginia University of Lynchburg Location: Rice–Totten Stadium, Itta Bena, MS Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 2:00 PM Morehouse College Visitor: Benedict College Location: B.T. Harvey Stadium, Atlanta, GA Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 2:00 PM Morgan State University Visitor: Savannah State University Location: Hughes Stadium, Baltimore, MD Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 1:00 PM Norfolk State University Visitor: Savannah State University Location: William “Dick” Price Stadium, Norfolk, VA Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 2:00 PM North Carolina A&T State University Visitor: Florida A&M University Location: Aggie Stadium, Greensboro, NC Date: Oct. 29, 2017 | 1:00 PM

Jackson State University Visitor: Alabama State University Location: Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, MS Date: Nov. 4, 2017 | 2:00 PM

North Carolina Central University Visitor: Delaware State University Location: O’Kelly–Riddick Stadium, Durham, NC Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 2:00 PM

Johnson C. Smith University Visitor: Shaw University Location: Irwin Belk Complex, Charlotte, NC Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 1:00 PM

Prairie View A&M University Visitor: Bacone College Location: Panther Stadium, Prairie View, TX Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 2:00 PM

Kentucky State University Visitor: Tuskegee University Location: Alumni Stadium, Frankfort, KY Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 1:30 PM

Saint Augustine’s University Visitor: Johnson C. Smith University Location: George Williams Athletic Complex, Raleigh, NC Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1:00 PM

Lane College Visitor: Langston University Location: Lane Field, Jackson, TN Date: Oct. 7, 2017 | 2:00 PM Langston University Visitor: Arizona Christian Location: W.E. Anderson Stadium, Langston, OK Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 2:00 PM Lincoln University (Missouri) Visitor: Truman State Location: Dwight T. Reed Stadium, Jefferson City, MO Date: Sep 23, 2017 | 2:00 PM Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) Visitor: Virginia State University Location: LU Football Stadium, Lincoln University, PA Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 1:00 PM Livingstone College Visitor: Fayetteville State University

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Texas Southern University Visitor: Alabama State University Location: BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2:00 PM Tuskegee University Visitor: Central State University Location: Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium, Tuskegee, AL Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1:00 PM University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Visitor: Central State University Location: Golden Lion Stadium, Pine Bluff, AR Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2:30 PM Virginia State University Visitor: Bowie State University Location: Rogers Stadium, Ettrick, VA Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2:00 PM Virginia Union University Visitor: Elizabeth City State University Location: Hovey Field, Richmond, VA Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1:00 PM West Virginia State University Visitor: Glenville State College Location: Lakin Field at Dickerson Stadium, Institute, WV Date: Sept. 30, 2017 | 1:30 PM Winston Salem State University Visitor: Shaw University Location: Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1:30 PM alphabetically listed

Savannah State University Visitor: Hampton University Location: Theodore A. Wright Stadium, Savannah, GA Date: Oct. 7, 2017 | 2:00 PM Shaw University Visitor: Saint Augustine’s Location: Durham County Stadium, Durham, NC Date: Nov. 4, 2017 | 12:00 PM South Carolina State University Visitor: Howard University Location: Oliver C. Dawson Stadium, Orangeburg, SC Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1:30 PM Southern University and A&M College Visitor: Alabama A&M University Location: A.W. Mumford Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA Date: Oct. 7, 2017 | 6:00 PM

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 I Messenger JAZZ DIVA TAKES TO STAGE AT AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM Dallas native Sandra Kaye, the only daughter of a minister, grew up singing gospel music and was often featured in church socials as a young girl with various choirs and girl groups.

Sandra started her professional career by winning an amateur contest at the West End Cabaret Dallas, in 1986.

She established herself as the consummate artist.

She attributes her success to having a good rapport with great musicians, many hours of practice, countless gigs and frequent visits to open mic nights of local night spots and other Ameri-

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Her first experience of big band was with the Shelley Carroll Big Band and she has been featured with the Curtis Bradshaw's First Reunion Orchestra, The Dallas Jazz Orchestra, The Galen Jeter Orchestra and the Vecho Vecencio Group.

Kaye performed at The Dallas Museum of Art, The Caravan of Dreams, The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, The African American Museum of Art and Culture, The Sammons Center for the Arts, The Morton Myerson Symphony Hall, The Botanical Gardens, The Women's Museum, The Texas Stadium, Eastfield College, Richland College, The Univer-

sity of North Texas, The University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Dallas, The South Dallas Culture Center, The Mesquite Arts Center, The Dallas Theatre Center (Kalita Humphreys), The Bob Hope Theatre @ Southern Methodist University, The Marshall Texas Civic Center and the Preservation Hall in Fort Worth, Texas.

In 1991 and 1992, Sandra performed for the Duke Ellington Birthday Celebration in conjunction with the Fort Worth Jazz Society and in 1994, Sandra Kaye was the key performer for the launching of the Anthony Mark Hankins Design Company at the Hall of State in Fair Park Dallas, Texas.

Also, in 1997, Sandra was the key performer for the Beaux Arts Ball held at the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas.

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her to see what she’s doing is wrong and how can I stop her Alma Gill’s newsroom expe- from drinking in front of my Dad? rience spans more than 25 My Dad won’t stop drinking if she years, including various roles keeps providing it.

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Dear Alma, My Dad and my Stepmom have been together for over 20 years.

They both have and always did drink way too much. I’d even say both are alcoholics. Recently my Dad was hospitalized and obviously told he has to stop drinking.

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C.K., Alexandria, Va. Hi C.K., This is a tough situation and I sympathize with the position you’re in. That still, however, doesn’t remove the fact that your Dad has an addiction that he’s “large and in-charge” of. Let’s pause here and give you a minute to understand and resonate, this is your Dad’s burden to bear.

door to the crack house. You feel me?

Offer your Dad resources to finding a local Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. He has to take the first step.

Once associated, I’m sure they’ll direct him on what his next step should be. Remind your father that facing his addiction is a sign of strength. Let him

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know you’ll support him unconditionally.

After taking hold of his responsibility, your Dad will decide what to do about your stepmom.

That, too, is his choice not yours.

I’ll be praying for your Dad, you and your family.

Alma

Allow me a minute and address the consideration and compassion this deserves. I say this as respectfully as I can muster – you can’t give up crack living next

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