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Don’t let your yesterdays use up your todays!

Make 2013 a Great Year!

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

Chrystal Cummins-Beckles of Barbados wins title

by Nerissa Golden

Festival City, Montserrat Chrystal Cummins-Beckles of Barbados reigned supreme over a group of talented female calypsonians to take the 2nd Euphony Vibes Regional Female Calypso title.

The competition was one of the major events on Montserrat's Festival 50 calendar which runs until January 1,2013.

Cummins-Beckles performed sixth in each round singing two songs she wrote and arranged herself. In the first round she powerfully delivered Fly on the Wall and in the second, Forgive de Caribbean.

The winner told the Backstage Live Stream host Sharlene Lindsay she was very confident that she'd brought her all to the stage and that each of the women competing

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Chrystal Cummins-Beckles of Barbados performs after winning the 2nd Euphony Vibes Regional Female Calypso Competition on Friday, December 22, 2012 at Festival City, Montserrat. (A Wayne Fenton Photo)

had done the same, making it very hard to know who the judges would choose.

Cummins-Beckles was visible shocked when her name was called ahead of Montserrat's former female calypso monarch Silvina "Khandie" Malone who was first runner-up and Shereena "Shea

Shea" Richardson of Anguilla who was third.

The other performers were last year's champ Minelle of St. Lucia, Singing Althea of Antigua & Barbuda, and Shaunelle McKenzie of St. Vincent & Grenadines.

The winner takes home EC$ 8000 in cash and a round trip to London. The runner-up received EC$ 5000 and two-nights at the West End Hotel Suites in Anguilla.

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Message to the People...

INSIDE I MESSENGER December 28, 2012

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I MESSENGER Cheryl Smith, Publisher Established 2011 IMESSENGER is a tribute to Le Messager, founded by Cameroonian journalist Pius Njawe and The Messenger, an independent magazine, founded by labor activist A . Philip Randolph and economist Chandler Owen.

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Folks. Not a Good Story to Report!!!! Long time African American Community Icon and Friend, Soul 73/KKDA, has been sold to Koreans, and Korean programing wi" start soon. Tragic for us!!??

Asians control the Black Hair Care market and Blacks have difficulty entering the business or getting products thru them.

Asians own Big T Brazzar and we have difficulty renting space or maintaining shop there.

They even bought a popular hamburger shop near The Coaches Corner

Not to mention donut shops, nail shops and cleaners!! Right in our communities!!! We support their homes in Flower Mound and points North. I know, there are those who live in points south and have local businesses and I teach some of their kids.

The owner of the cleaners, Lee, on the corners of Lp 12/Hampton, and in the shopping center near RAC, charged my debit card $432.00, for a $4.32 cleaning bi", and kept my money, he said, at the head quarters in St. Louis, MO, five days. Complaining got me nothing but promises to return my money, and lastly I was told," I don't need you or your business, and 'don't care if you come back or not!' My money was re-deposited the Tuesday, a)er the problem occured (sic) that previous Thursday. I did not have $4.32 on me and used my debit card for the lowly amount.

If you attend the meeting, do you have a plan?

Over the holidays BET showed Roots and Queen. prepare them for the future?

Does looking at one’s past

Will we go back to supporting our own? Will we recycle dollars in our communities?

2013 has to be better!

Stay tuned.....

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DBDT Founder’s Luncheon recognizes Dallas Weekly and TWU Sponsors, Supporters and Friends of Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) will gather for the 17th Annual F o u n d e r ’s L u n c h e o n honoring Ann Williams on January 4, 2013 at the Hilton Anatole C h a n t i l l y Ballroom.

The event brings James Washington, publisher, The t o g e t h e r Dallas Weekly and Ann Stuart, PhD, individuals who Chancellor, Texas Woman’s University share the vision and passion of Dallas Black Dance Theatre founder, Ann M. Williams and the accomplishments of the company, which is celebrating its 36th Season. The luncheon will include a presentation recognizing Texas Woman’s University and The Dallas Weekly for their achievements and support of the arts community.

The Founder’s Luncheon is a major community fundraiser for DBDT and helps the organization to present dance programs that provide an educational message, bridge cultures and reach diverse

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communities in the Texas, across the nation and around the world. Event proceeds benefit DBDT’s community outreach and educational programs in the DFW Metroplex including dance classes, workshops and lecture demonstrations to over 20,000 students (grades K-12) from DISD and other private and home schools.

Chase is sponsoring the event for the third consecutive year. Chase began sponsoring the luncheon when the Company moved into the AT&T Performing Arts Center as a means to celebrate Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s entry into its new performance home.

Serving as Honorary Chair this year is the Honorable Helen Giddings. This year’s Co-chairs are the Revs. Claude D. and Patricia B. Maples.

Luncheon honorees were recognized at a private reception held in the home of Jim and Joleen Chambers on December 11th. A committee of community volunteers has assisted with the planning of this year’s luncheon.

Returning for the 13th year as Mistress of Ceremonies will be Fox 4 News anchor Clarice Tinsley and conducting the live auction will be the dynamic Bernice J. Washington, of BJW Consulting Group, LLP. Table centerpieces for the luncheon will include the exclusive and highly sought after, one-of-a-kind blown glass vases from Seapoot’s Studio Collection.

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Violence is ‘as American as Cherry Pie’

By George E. Curry

and injured 12 others last year, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, in Tucson.

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the late 1960s, Black revolutionary H. Rap Brown, now known as Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, was often quoted as saying violence is “as American as cherry pie.” More than 40 years after the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) firebrand made that pronouncement, the numbers supports his assertion.

According to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, nearly 100,000 people in the U.S. are shot each year in murders, assaults, suicides, accidents or by law enforcement officials. Of the 31,593 who died in 2008 from gun violence, 2,179 were murdered; 18,223 killed themselves; 592 were killed accidently; 326 were killed during police intervention and 273 died, but the intent was unknown.

This year has seen an unusual number of high-profile shootings. In April, three Black people were killed and two more injured in Tulsa as part of a hate crime. In July, 12 people were killed and 58 were injured in Aurora, Colorado at the midnight premier of the Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises.” And in August, seven people were killed at three injured at a Sikh temple in a Milwaukee suburb.

Other terrorizing acts also come to mind, including Timothy McVeigh’s 1995 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City and Ted Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated “Unabomber,” who was sentenced to eight consecutive life sentences in 1998 for killing three people and injuring 23 others over a 20-year period.

And, now a mass slaughter at an elementary school.

The report shows that 66,769 survived gun injuries, including 44,466 who were injured in a gun attack; 3,013 were injured during a suicide attempt; 18,610 were shot accidently and 679 were shot during police intervention.

On average, according to the Brady Campaign: · Every day, 270 people in America, 47 of them children and teens, are shot in murders, assaults, suicides, accidents and police intervention; · Every day, 87 people die from gun violence, 33 of them murdered; · Every day, eight children and teens die from gun violence; · Every day, 183 people are shot, but survive their gun injuries and

At a prayer vigil Sunday night in Newtown, Conn. for the 20 children, most of them 6- or 7years-old, and six adults, President Obama said it is time to explore what can be done to curb gun violence.

He said, “Can we honestly say that we’re doing enough to keep our children – all of them – safe from harm? Can we claim, as a nation, that we’re all together there, letting them know that they are loved, and teaching them to love in return? Can we say that we’re truly doing enough to give all the children of this country the chance they deserve to live out their lives in happiness and with purpose? I’ve been reflecting on this the last few days, and if we’re honest with ourselves, the answer is no. We’re not doing enough. And we will have to change.”

In the wake of the latest shooting spree, even some longtime National Rifle Association supporters are saying we need more stringent gun laws.

· Every day, 38 children and teens are shot, but survive their gun injuries.

Every time there is mass murder, there are flashbacks to earlier killings: The University of Texas tower sniper in 1966, the 1986 post office shootings in Edmond, Oklahoma that inspired the term “going postal,” the Columbine High massacre in 1999, the deadly shooting spree at Virginia Tech in 2007, the Fort Hood Texas mass murder in 2009, the weird-look on the face of Jared Loughner after he fatally shot six people

Senator Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Va.) – who has an “A” rating from the NRA – said: “I just came with my family from deer hunting,” Manchin said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “I’ve never had more than three shells in a clip.

Sometimes you don’t get more than one shot anyway at a deer. It’s common sense. It’s time to move beyond rhetoric. We need to sit down and have a common-sense discussion and move in a reasonable way.”

Even Rupert Murdock, CEO of News Corp., asked rhetorically on his Twitter account, “When will politicians find courage to ban automatic weapons?” Murdock’s media empire includes Fox News, which strongly advocates pro-gun positions.

Although it may not seem like it, America is less violent than it was two decades ago, according the FBI crime statistics. The homicide rate, which peaked at 10 per 100,000 in the early 1990s, is now about half that rate. However, the same can’t be said of mass murders, defined as involving the deaths of at least four people.

James Alan Fox, professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston, said there is no pattern with mass murders. He said there were 645 mass-murder events between 1976 and 2010.

Even at its greatly reduced level, the U.S. is far more violent than other high-income countries.

Data from the World Health Organization for 2003 from 23 heavily populated high-income countries showed that the U.S had far higher rates of firearm deaths than the other 22 countries studied.

In fact, of the 23 countries examined, 80 percent of all firearm deaths occurred in the U.S., 86 percent of all women killed by firearms were females living in the United States and of all children 14 and under killed by firearms, 87 percent of them were in the U.S. Speaking in Connecticut, Obama said, “Since I’ve been president, this is the fourth time we have come together to comfort a grieving community torn apart by a mass shooting. The fourth time we’ve hugged survivors. The fourth time we’ve consoled the families of victims. And in between, there have been an endless series of deadly shootings across the country, almost daily reports of victims, many of them children, in small towns and big cities all across America – victims whose – much of the time, their only fault was being in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

George E. Curry is a journalist, keynote speaker, moderator and media coach. He is chairman of the Knoxville College Board of Trustees, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Kemba N. Smith Foundation, St. Paul Saturdays, a leadership training program for young AfricanAmerican males in St. Louis; and Young D.C., a regional teen-produced newspaper.

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2012 is almost done! Plan on making 2013 great!

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UNCF LUNCHEON HOSTED BY GOVERNOR RICK PERRY RAISES MORE THAN $100,000 – UNCF (United Negro College Fund) the nation’s largest and most effective education assistance

organization, recently announced that its fifth annual North Texas Governor’s Luncheon hosted by Governor Rick Perry held on November 28th at the Omni Mandalay Hotel Las Colinas, raised more than $100,000. Net proceeds will benefit UNCF’s Campaign for Emergency Student Aid, scholarships and other programs at UNCF’s colleges and universities.

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The luncheon was a well attended event with a distinguished audience of 350+ business & academic professionals, community, church & civic leaders and students. In addition to the keynote address by Governor Rick Perry, other speakers included City of Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne, State Senator Wendy Davis, Texas College President Dr. Dwight Fennell, UNCF President & CEO Dr. Michael Lomax and Mistress of Ceremonies CBS 11 Morning News co- anchor Adrienne Bankert. Guests were also entertained by A Cappella - Wiley College’s award winning 35 student choir’s thoroughly inspirational and joyful performance.

Overall, it was an excellent event

advocating the importance of higher education access for Texas’ and our entire nation’s youth.

"Education helps close the ever widening disparity of income, increases the possibility of homeownership and even impacts incarceration rates," said Bishop T.D. Jakes, senior pastor of The Potter's House of Dallas, Inc – Presenting Sponsor of the Luncheon.

"There's no greater responsibility than ensuring that our young men and women at UNCF institutions are given the support they need to establish a firm foundation for success."

“The funds raised from this luncheon are vitally important to low-

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income students – especially those whose college education continues to be threatened by the current economy,” said Diane Stephenson, UNCF Area Director.

“We are grateful to Governor Perry for supporting the work of UNCF. Our service to the community not only helps deserving students attend college – it benefits everyone because a more college-educated workforce is vital to the well being of our national economy.”

Since its inception UNCF Governor’s luncheons have raised more than $5 million benefiting HBCU’s, reducing financial barriers and increasing access to higher education for hundreds of low-income college students. The luncheon’s national sponsor was AT&T and it was presented

by The Potter’s House. Other top sponsors included American Airlines/ AA Credit Union, BNSF Railway Company, Energy Future Holdings, Mary Kay, Texas Rangers, Trammel S. Crow and Trinity Industries.

For more information or to make a donation towards UNCF scholarship programs, contact UNCF’s Area Development Director Diane Stephenson at the UNCF office: (972) 234-1007 ext.

1002 or via email at: diane.stephenson@uncf.org. UNCF events and other information can be found at www.uncf.org/dallas

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Soft Surroundings releases new catalog Soft Surroundings, a leading multi channel women’s retailer of stylish and comfortable clothing, luxurious bedding and the latest beauty solutions, is excited to announce that it has added an expanded furniture and décor line, showcased in its new catalog.

“For years our customers have asked us for the furniture, rugs, paintings – even the dogs from our catalog photography. We’ve always done our best to find the sources and pass them on. We finally realized that by not having these things readily available to our customers, we weren’t providing the experience we want them to have,” says

Robin Sheldon, President and Founder of Soft Surroundings.

At the request of its customers, the Retreat Collection was born. Robin and her team have traveled the world gaining inspiration for their products, and for this new line, they visited France, where they immersed themselves in the countryside of Provence. Bringing back antiques and artifacts, they used these pieces to translate into the beautiful French reproduction furniture and vintage inspired décor that Soft Surroundings will now offer.

With this expanded line comes a new catalog, titled Soft Surroundings Retreat, that will be exclusively home

and décor products and will be sent out to many of Soft Surroundings’ current customers. The full collection will be available online beginning January 4th at www.softsurroundings.com.

The Retreat line will also be available at the ten retail store locations in St. Louis-MO, Boston-MA, Chestnut HillMA, South Windsor-CT, South Barrington-IL, Kansas City-MO, Denver-CO, DallasFt. Worth-TX, The Woodlands-TX and San Antonio-TX. Headquartered in St. Louis, MO, Soft Surroundings is an upscale trichannel retailer of women’s apparel, home, and beauty items.

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CBS’ The Insider’s Kevin Frazier discusses the business of celebrity CBS' "The Insider" CoHost Kevin Frazier talks about covering celebrities and his passion project, the entertainment site Hiphollywood.com.

Los Angeles, CA - Television host and sports anchor Kevin Frazier sits down with Lee Hawkins of Wall Street Journal Live's "Business of Celebrity" to discuss his successful

media career - with significant roles at ESPN, "Entertainment Tonight" and a host of other positions before joining CBS and "The Insider" - his urban entertainment news website hiphollywood.com, and production company Kevin Frazier Productions.

Frazier also discusses how he was recruited by "ET", the role of hiphollywood.com in highlighting Black celebrities, the rising influence of the Internet in the broadcasting world, and competing against other celebrity news outlets.

Kevin Frazier currently serves as the co-host of CBS' "The Insider," soon to

(L-R) Wall Street Journal Live's Lee Hawkins and Co-host of "The Insider' Kevin Frazier.

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be rebranded "OMG! The Insider."

Previously, Frazier served as the weekend anchor and correspondent of "Entertainment Tonight," the number one entertainment magazine show in the world. Prior to his 8 years with CBS, Frazier served as host of ESPN's "SportsCenter," "NBA Shoot Around" and "NBA Fastbreak."

He has also worked for Fox Sports as the

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Ask Gwen My Son Met A Girl and Married Her Two Weeks Later Dear Gwendolyn: My son is not speaking to me. He has completely distant himself. I have worked for the last twenty-five years two jobs to provide for him. His father left me when he was only two years old.

This is the problem: My son dated and lived with a lady for four years, then last year met a girl and married her two weeks later. She is not a nice person, but if my son is happy, I’m happy. My son is angry because I will not keep her children during the day and not even during nights or weekends.. She has four children – the youngest being nine months old. She had never been married.

Gwendolyn, I recently retired and do not care to keep the children. She does not work. Why can’t she keep her own children? I intend to enjoy my retirement. I am making reservations to do some traveling and may go on a cruise with some friends. My daughterin-law thinks I don’t love her children

because they are step-grandchildren to me. That is untrue. What should I do?

Joan Dear Joan: Ignore her. Give no more thought to your son’s problem. She must have been something else to cause him to marry her within two weeks. Then on the other hand, your son just happened to be the shy, timid fool who came along. After all, no other man married her. I don’t say this because she has children. I make this assumption because she is lazy and was only looking for a provider.

Let me tell you this: Retirement is to be enjoyed and after working two jobs, Joan, you definitely need to focus on your happiness.

Because she has four children and no income whatsoever, the next issue will be your son wanting to borrow your money to provide for his wife and her children. Do not get into that headache. Keep your money.

I find it so amazing how men can date a woman for years, then overnight — marry a stranger. ***Got a problem? Don’t solve it alone.

Write to Gwendolyn Baines at: P. O. Box 10066, Raleigh, N.C. 27605-0066 (To receive a reply, send a self-addressed stamped envelope) or email me at: gwenbaines@hotmail.com and visit www.gwenbaines.com Gwendolyn Baines is an author, lecturer and syndicated advice columnist. The “Ask Gwendolyn Baines” advice column is distributed by the National Newspaper Publishers’ Association. (NNPA)-Washington, D.C.

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UNCF receives grant from The Colonial Charities

UNCF received $1,000 grant from The Colonial Charities from annual Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial golf tournament in Fort Worth, TX. The grant will support UNCF’s Campaign For emergency Student Aid ( more campaign details at www.uncf.org). Pictured: Vance Miller – Colonial Country Club President, Diane Stephenson – UNCF Area Director and Bobby Patton – 2013 Tournament Chairman

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GREENVILLE, TX Neylandville Healthco, a distributor of free discount prescription cards continues to expand its reach and form partnerships with others who want to help consumers save money on their prescription drug purchases.

Willie Hobdy, president of the company has announced that the company recently surpassed $18,451.28 in consumer savings in its first eight months of business.

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“With more than 49 million uninsured individuals nationwide, according to a 2011 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Neylandville Healthco free pharmacy discount card program has already made a significant impact by providing access to more affordable medications,” said Hobdy. “I encourage residents to explore the money-saving benefits of the Neylandville Healthco card to see what options are the most costeffective for them.”

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Hobdy’s company is aligned with Denver, Colorado based HealthTrans, a leading provider of pharmacy and healthcare management solutions and the company that provides the discount prescription card.

To download and print the free card or to find out about specific medication costs at different participating pharmacies, consumers can visit http:// discount.prescriptiondiscount123.co m/HTA222 for immediate savings on prescription costs.

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Allstate Insurance Company Accused of Redlining Â

Civil Rights Organization Files Federal Housing Discrimination Complaint A"eging Suspected Redlining in Delaware Â

WASHINGTON, DC — The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) announced a federal housing discrimination complaint filed recently against Allstate Insurance Company with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. This complaint is the result of an investigation by NFHA into suspected redlining practices in providing residential hazard insurance.

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in 1997 to eliminate policies that denied replacement coverage for homes because of the age or value of the home,� said Shanna L. Smith, President and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance.  “African American homeowners living in and around Wilmington deserve access to home insurance policies,� continued Smith of the National Fair Housing Alliance. “There is no legitimate business justification for the no-flat-roofs policy – an Allstate practice which unnecessarily denies insurance coverage for African-American homeowners.�  The National Fair Housing Alliance is represented by Relman, Dane, and Colfax PLLC, a civil rights law firm based in Washington, DC, and the Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., located in Wilmington, Delaware.

 The complaint alleges that Allstate, one of the nation’s largest home insurers, refuses to underwrite homeowners’ insurance policies for homes that have flat roofs in the Wilmington, Delaware area. That policy was discovered

by NFHA investigators who contacted Allstate agencies for a homeowners’ insurance quote and were told the insurer does not provide policies for homes with flat roofs.  NFHA has found that the no flat roofs policy has a racially disparate impact on AfricanAmerican and other homeowners of color, who are significantly more likely to live in areas with a concentration of homes with flat roofs. The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits any and all forms of discrimination by homeowners’ insurers on the basis of race.

More than 40 years ago, Bailey's Furniture started out as a small, local antique store. Over the years, we have grown and expanded our inventory and services. Now we offer beautiful contemporary and traditional furniture, as well as design services.

Some of the things we offer include:

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THE THIRD EYE & Community Based Organizations Annual Citywide Kwanzaa Ujima (oo-JEE-mah) Collective Work & Responsibility Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 To build and maintain our community together and to make our Brother's and Sister's problems, our problems and to solve them together.

Kuumba (koo-OOM-bah) Creativity Monday, December 31, 2012 To do always as much as we can in the way that we can in order to leaveour community more beautiful and beneficial than when we inherited it.

12 noon The Griot Storyteller will host a Ujima workshop on how to practice the principle daily by recognizing and respecting that without collective work and struggle, progress is impossible and liberation unthinkable at White Rock Library, 9150 Ferguson Road. Call 214-374-1174.

7:00pm “ A Tribute to Freedom Fighter Paul Robeson” A discussion and viewing of the documentary ‘The Tallest Tree in Our Forrest’. Paul Robeson was a genius who gave his heart and soul to the people. Community activists, labor organizers and human rights workers will share their insight and wisdom Pan African Connection Bookstore, 828 Fourth Street. Call 214-943-8262 http://panafricanconnection.com or email panafric@airmail.net

3:00pm “Salute to African Women”. A short film on Amy Ashwood Garvey and presentation on Amy Jacques Garvey - two Pan-African women who were organizers in the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League -both were the wives of the ‘Back to Africa Movement Leader’, Marcus Mosiah Garvey. We will salute the women in our personal families and histories. Please bring pictures and stories of strong women (big mama’s, play mamas, aunties, Sunday school teachers, educators, and neighbors, etc.) to honor their example and sacrifice they made for family and community. Pan African Connection 828 Fourth Street Dallas Call 214-943-8262 http://panafricanconnection.com or email panafric@airmail.net 5:00pm “Creating Our Future” The South Dallas Cultural Center will celebrate with the Pan African Connection Bookstore at the store – 828 Fourth Street. Our youth will share their musical, literary and dance talents. Bring a dish for the Karamu Feast that will follow. Call Vicki Meek, at 214-670-0315. l 214-943-8262 http:// panafricanconnection.com or email panafric@airmail.net

Ujamaa (oo-JAH-mah) Cooperative Economics Sat. December 29, 2012 To build and maintain our own stores, shops and businesses and to profit from them.

5-7:00pm “Ujamaa Networking Session” Inviting all small non-profits and for profit businesses to come together to share how we can collectively build and sustain businesses in our community in these harsh economic times. Pan African Connection Bookstore, 828 Fourth Street. South Dallas, Call 214-943-8262 http:// panafricanconnection.com or email panafric@airmail.net 7:00pm NCOBRA presents a discussion on “Why are African Descendants Entitled to Reparations? The Trans-Atlantic Slave "Trade" and chattel slavery, more appropriately called the African Holocaust, was a crime against humanity. Millions of Africans throughout the Diaspora were brutalized, murdered and kidnapped from their communities in Africa. Chattel slavery lasted officially from 1619 to 1865. Pan African Connection Bookstore. 828 Fourth Street. Call 214-943-8262 http:// panafricanconnection.com or email panafric@airmail.net Nia (nee-AH) Purpose Sunday, December 30, 2012 To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.

2:00pm St Luke’s “Community” United Methodist Church, 5710 East R L Thornton, celebrates creativity with a program of drumming, dancing, and the Kwanzaa ceremony. Contact Paula Watkins 214-926-0173 for more details.

7:00 pm “Culture as a Weapon In our Struggle: Music and Revolution” Come share with us how music can be used as a tool for our liberation. Special guest artists and young adults in the Hip/Hop business and various arts genres will discuss how to transform and organize our society through the cultural arts. Guests TBA. Pan African Connection Bookstore, 828 Fourth Street. Call 214-943-8262 http:// panafricanconnection.com or email panafric@airmail.net

7:00pm Join us for the “Kwanzaa Ancestral Masquerade Ball” Please come dressed as your favorite African/African American historical person or personality. African Market will be open. Please bring a dish to share. (No pork). The Act of Change Located at 3200 South Lancaster, Ste. 623. Call Esudele 214-500-7747. Afi, 214-374-1192, 214-434-8009, or ISIS – 214-329-3820. for more information about the celebration.

Imani (ee-MAH-nee) Faith Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 To believe, with all our heart, in our Creator, our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.

No public programs scheduled. Celebrate at home with the “Day of Assessment and Meditation.” Historically Jan. 1st has been for African people a time of sober assessment of things done and things to do, of self-reflection and reflection on the life and future of our people and recommitment to their highest cultural values in a special way.

Kwanzaa is based upon the premise of Kawaida: "that social revolutionary change for Black America can be achieved by the act of revealing and disclosing individuals to their African cultural heritage." Each year, on January 1st, Dr. Karenga suggests that we ask ourselves the three (3) Kawaida questions, originally posed by Frantz Fanon, author of "Wretched of the Earth.“ 1. Who am I? "To answer the question correctly is to know and live one's history and to practice one's culture." 2. Am I really all I say I am? To answer we must employ cultural criteria of authenticity, i.e., criteria of what is real and unreal, what is appearance and essence, what is culturally-rooted and foreign. 3 Am I all I ought to be? “To answer the question is to self-consciously possess and use ethical and cultural standards which measure men, women and children in terms of the quality of their thought and practice in the context of who they are and must become – as African people, creators of Civilization."

County Democratic Party website and the ticket donation deadline is Thursday, December 28.

"Our congressional, state and local elected officials do more for less," said Darlene Ewing, Dallas County Democratic Party Chair.

"I'm proud of newly elected officials Phyllis-Lister Brown, Dominque Collins and Teresa Daniel -- the district, criminal and county commissioner's courts will be better for the elections of these capable, intelligent women," she said.

Hundreds are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony and brunch. The South Oak Cliff High School ROTC will serve as Color Guard and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts music cluster students will perform.

DEMOCRATS TO TAKE OATH OF OFFICE ON NEW YEAR’S DAY DALLAS -- Democratic Dallas County Elected Officials will take the oath of office in a celebration open to the public on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at the Dallas Hyatt. Democrats will celebrate the four-peat of a Democratic sweep in countywide offices and look happily toward another year of innovation and efficiency at a lower cost to the county's taxpayers.

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Mark your calendar HAPPY KWANZAA December 28 Verizon Theatre Grand Prairie 8:00pm KEM & Rickey Smiley ****** New Orleans native Lynette Norris Wilkinson will sign copies of her award-winning book, “UNTOLD: The New Orleans 9th Ward You Never Knew” at Barnes and Noble—Uptown Village Cedar Hill, Friday, Dec. 28, from 6 to 8 p.m.

UNTOLD features the riveting true stories of 16 Hurricane Katrina survivors young and old from the New Orleans Lower 9th Ward, and is one of the few books that focuses on the devastated area. It is a mustread for anyone who wants to know the real story behind the faces and images shown during Katrina, and learn from the touching stories of survival, faith, history and community. UNTOLD was named Book of the Year by the Sankofa Literary Society, nominated for the Christian Literary Award, and received film credit in the National Geographic film Forecast Disaster: Deadly Floods. Proceeds from the God-inspired book will be donated to an organization helping residents recover. For more information, call 972.283.0586 or visit www.HurricaneKatrinaStories.com. Barnes and Noble— Uptown Village Cedar Hill is located at 305 West FM 1382 Suite 520, Cedar Hill, TX 75104, 972-291-1169.

December 29 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

"A Huge, Gigantic, Grand" Community 'Parking Lot' Sale/Fundfraiser (Books, Spa Services, Food, Clothes, Baked Goods, Plants, Coffee, Tea, Face painting, Food, Art, Furniture and more)

The PAN Afrikan Connection Expansion Project Fundraiser Committee is sponsoring a garage sale. We are asking the PAC family for donated items for the garage sale. PLEASE, make sure your items are CLEAN, IN GOOD CONDITION and, USABLE !!!

Bring clothing items on hangers if possible. The drop-off date is Saturday December 22,- December 28th. You will be able to make CASH donations as well.

Please join us as we continue to raise funds in an effort to to expand services, products, and programs for the collective community.

Vendors are also welcome to set up for a $35.00 fee (Bring own table) PAN-AFRICAN CONNECTION Bookstore 828 Fourth Ave. Dallas, TX., 75226 For more information Call 214-943-8262

December 31 THE DFW SOIRÉE NEW YEARS EVE COUNTDOWN (TO 2013) RETURNS TO THE OMNI DALLAS HOTEL The event that was voted the Best New Year’s Eve Celebration in Dallas-Fort Worth last year The Red Room Presents New Year's Eve @ The Red Room Bringing in The New Year With A Blast!

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For New Year's Eve! 8pm - 2am Featuring: - Complimentary Buffet: 8pm - 9:30pm - Champagne Toast - Balloon Drop - Party Favors PLENTY OF FREE PARKING Dress Code: Classy & No Athletic Attire 4950 Belt Line Rd Dallas, Texas WATCHNIGHT SERVICE ON THE MOUNT! You are invited to bring in the new year on THE MOUNT! The Celebration will take place at 1233 Highway 66, in Garland.

Come out and hear the children's choir (Genesis of Praise), the youth choir (True Praise), the Senior Choir (Spirit Of Caleb), The Mount Hebron Missionary Baptist Church Mass Choir, plus the combined Praise Dance Ministries. Senior Pastor Leonard O. Leach has prepared and inspiring and moving message to launch you into 2013, and, breakfast will be served immediately following the Service. Don't miss Watchnight Service on THE MOUNT! For more information contact Aaron Gaddis at 972-276-5218, email socialmedia@onthemount.org or call 972-276-5218 or go to www.onthemount.org.

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Enjoy Inspired Spoken word * World Class Clean Comedy* Live Entertainment* Singing* Dinner Buffet a special musical performance from BET's SUNDAY BEST show (Andrea Helms) & Much More....Including JUST added "Yarbrough & People's" live performance of there brand new Gospel single entitled "I'm In" ********* "FIRST SUNDAY'S" Enjoy Inspired Spoken word * World Class Clean Comedy* Live Entertainment* Singing* Dinner Buffet a special musical performance from BET's SUNDAY BEST show (Andrea Helms) & Much More....Including JUST added "Yarbrough & People's" live performance of there brand new Gospel single entitled "I'm In"And Live Performance by "Norris Spivey" A 5 Time Rhythm Award Nominee. *If you've been then you know & if you haven't then please join us for this fun & dynamic experience! **And Exclusive Vendor Opportunities***

*** Starting Sunday Jan. 6, 2013 (12 consecutive Sundays) 4 to 6:30PM Path~Way to Life Center of Hope 302 West Palestine Street Hutchins, TX 75141 (12 minutes South of Downtown Dallas off HWY 45) Register NOW Space is limited WWW.CynthiaMickens.com

January 1, 2013 Happy New Year Featuring: Avery Sunshine, Melanie Camacho, & Junior 2013 Heart of Dallas Bowl Game: Purdue Boilermakers vs.

Oklahoma State Cowboys 11:00 a.m.

Cotton Bowl Stadium: 3750 The Midway Dallas, TX 75210

The Heart of Dallas Bowl presented by PlainsCapital Bank will kick off at Cotton Bowl Stadium on Jan. 1, 2013, at 11 a.m. The Purdue Boilermakers will face off against the Oklahoma State Cowboys and be broadcast live on ESPNU-TV. Net profits from the event will benefit charities serving the homeless population in Dallas. For tickets and more information, visit theheartofdallasbowl.com, find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter at @WeHeartDallas.

Contact Number: 214-774-1370 email: tickets@theheartofdallas.org http://www.theheartofdallasbowl.com

**** Democratic Dallas County Elected Officials will take the oath of office in a celebration open to the public on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at the Dallas Hyatt. Democrats will celebrate the four-peat of a Democratic sweep in countywide offices and look happily toward another year of innovation and efficiency at a lower cost to the county's taxpayers.

January 5 Pens and Pancakes Writer's Brunch Free!!!!

The Dock Bookshop 6637 Meadowbrook Dr in Fort Worth, TX 76112 www.thedockbookshop.com 817-457-5700

Topic - Part 2 of Telling Your Story without Telling All of Your Secrets! ******* The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans convention is 10 AM January 5, 2013, at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Austin, 1106 Lavaca.

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January 7 Methodist Charlton Heart of the Community Challenge. Methodist Charlton HoC Challenge is open to all households in the BSW areas. The only requirement is they MUST register on-line starting Jan. 7, 2013. We will take the first 100 households that register. Please pass this along to your membership including businesses and others! Remember the on-line registration starts at 7am Jan. 7th and will close upon 100 household registrations

January 8 STATE REPRESENTATIVE ERIC JOHNSON CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO ATTEND THE OPENING DAY OF THE 83RD TEXAS LEGISLATURE 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Texas State Capitol Room E1.014 112 East 11th Street Austin, TX 78701 Opening Day Activities: Tours of the Texas Capitol Photos with Rep. Johnson Swearing-In Ceremony Telecast Luncheon Tours of the LBJ Presidential Library

January 9 GLOSSARY w/ Telegraph Canyon 8pm at Dan’s Silverleaf, 103 Industrial Street, Denton, TX $10 adv/$13 dos

January 10 St. Philip’s School and Community Center is now accepting applications for the 2013-2014 school year.

The next Open House is being held January 10, 2013 at 8 am in the chapel. St. Philip’s is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in Dallas. For more information or to register online, please visit www.stphilips1600.org/ admissions or call 214.421.5221 ext. 150. !

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January 21 South Dallas Cafe’s Inauguration Chicken & Waffle Swearing in Brunch for those not attending the inauguration in Washington.

This year-(2013), all attendees must be prepaid @ $20.00 each (no refunds). Only 350 tickets are available. There will be singing, fellow-shipping and fun for all. 11am For more information please email: ednapemberton@yahoo.com or call South Dallas Cafe' at 214-337-9200

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January 15 Balch Springs Chamber of Commerce speaker series #3 featuring

National Capital Area Cowboys & Cowgirls 7 Springs Mountain Ski Resort, Champion PA

Glenda Lee Agape Home Health Lecture / Book Signing "The Power of Positive Thinking"

* Irving International Women's Consortium Getting The Job You Want In a Tough Market 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM WHERE: Irving Chamber of Commerce 5201 N. O'Connor Blvd., Vault Room Irving TX 75039

January 17 African Chamber of Commerce Weekly Business Luncheon

Rev. Jones served as Interim Pastor on four different occasions and in many other capacities at New Hope prior to being elected as the Senior Pastor. He also serves as the Mayor of the City of Garland, currently serving his third and final term.

He is a dedicated, committed servant of God who has extensive pastoral and leadership experience. There will be several events commemorating the installation of Rev. Dr. Jones and the community is invited to share in the celebration. They include:

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Reserve your copy of Count Your Blessings for $15.00 *****

Civic Center 12400 Elam Road Balch Springs, TX 75180 balchspringschamber.org 11:30-1:00pm RSVP by Monday, January 14th, 2013 Chamber members: Free Non Members: $10

DALLAS – Rev. Dr. Ronald E. Jones has been named Senior Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church. He will serve as the thirteenth Senior Pastor of this historic church, the oldest African American Church in Dallas, Texas entirely organized and owned by Black people.

Brunch Saturday, January 26, 2013 11:00 a.m.

Hilton Anatole Hotel, Dallas Stemmons Ballroom Speaker: Rev. Dr. Zan W. Holmes, Jr., Pastor Emeritus, St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church, Dallas The Brunch is open to the public. Call 214-421-5296 for tickets. The cost is $40.00

2 Per Room $573 (pp) 3 Per Room $473 (pp) 4 Per Room $423 (pp) Child (6-11yrs) $220 (Slope Side Rooms Additional Fee)

Children Welcome w/limited Parlor Room Access!

$100 Non-­Refundable Deposit Required

Call About Non-­Transportation Prices Bus Departs: Greenbelt Metro Park & Ride (Greenbelt, MD) Thursday, January 24th , 2013 @ 10AM Bus Returns: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 approximately 6PM

Visit us at http://www.ncacowboy.com

January 25 Crimson Sunset An Evening of Jazz 6:00 pm - 9:00pm Tickets: $35 event 1013 1013 E 25th St Plano, TX 75075

January 26 Preview UNCF’s national television special “An Evening of Stars” on the big screen amongst your friends, colleagues and other UNCF supporters. This fun–filled “western” themed “party with a purpose”** also includes food & beverages, casino games & prizes, dancing and more!

6:30 pm @ Eddie Deen’s Ranch - Dallas Tickets: $40 donation

Special end of year offer! Buy one ticket – Get one Free – if purchased by December 31, 2012.

Sunday Morning Worship Service Sunday, January 27, 2013 10:45 a.m.

New Hope Baptist Church 5002 South Central Expressway, Dallas Speaker: Rev. Richard Jones, Asst. Pastor New Birth Baptist Church, Dallas Installation Service Sunday, January 27, 2013 4:00 p.m.

New Hope Baptist Church 5002 South Central Expressway, Dallas Speaker: Dr. Tony Evans, Senior Pastor-Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, Dallas

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Tuesday, January 1

HOST: DEBORAH CHAMBERS

Wednesday, January 2

HOST - YVETTE BROOKS

Thursday, January 3

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Quarterly conferences offer ways to ‘fireproof ’ marriages

By Donald Lee The movie “Fireproof,” starring Kirk Cameron, opens with the scene that shows Cameron’s character, Fire Capt. Caleb Holt, reprimanding a subordinate after they return from fighting a fire.

“Eric, he’s got a right to be upset with you,” the captain says immediately after another fireman rebukes that subordinate, Eric Harmon (Jason McLeod). “You left him in a dangerous spot and tried to be a hero.”

“But Captain,” Eric responds, “I thought I heard someone calling for help.”

“It was coming from outside the building,” the captain interjects.

“But it was so dark, I mean I couldn’t see anything,” Eric tries to explain.

“That’s why you stay with your partner,” the captain says. “He had no choice but to assume that something happened to you and you needed his help.

You never leave your partner — especially in a fire.

“You give him some time and then give him an apology,” he says. “And make it sincere.”

“Yes, Sir,” Eric responds.

Capt. Holt pats Eric on the back and then walks off.

While the captain approaches his job of putting out literal fires with great passion and wisdom, the film is about how he lacks that same zeal and is ignorant when

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it comes to extinguishing the metaphoric fires that threaten his marriage.

This movie is an accurate depiction of so many real-life marriages. Husbands and wives, in many marital relationships, put their hearts and souls into their careers or rendering aid to others while failing to protect their own “partners” in marriage.

For reasons such as this, my friend, Aimee Colbert, her husband, Brandon, and I hold our Christian Couples Conference every three months here in the Fort Worth area. Each conference, which is free, offers biblically based, practical ways that married couples can “fireproof” their marriages. Also, we share wisdom with singles and divorcees on how to get one’s self ready for the right kind of relationship, if having one is desired, and how to discern the spirits that influence persons who show interest in a romantic relationship with them.

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For more information regarding our next conference date and location, visit our website at http:// www.christiancouplesconference.com or call Aimee Colbert at (817) 564-5289.

Again, these conferences are for married couples, singles and divorcees.

Donald Lee, a former copy editor and columnist for the Arlington Morning News and The (Baton Rouge) Advocate, is founder-pastor of Kingdom Living Christian Center in Dallas and co-author of the highly successful book on relationships, “Married to Commitment.” Lee’s a Beaumont, Texas, native and can be contacted at (225) 773-2248 or pastordonjlee@yahoo.com . “Married to Commitment” can be ordered by calling the Xulon Press Christian publishing company toll-free at (866) 909-2665 or by visiting http:// www.xulonpress.com or http:// www.christiancouplesconference.com.

Lee also welcomes readers to call Kingdom Living Christian Center’s teleconference line for the Sowing of the Word at 10 a.m. (CST) on Sundays and for intercessory prayer from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Mondays through Fridays. The teleconference line is (218) 862-4590 (conference code: 279498#).

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Wednesday 09/05/12

at New York Giants MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ

Sunday 09/16/12

at Seattle Seahawks Loss CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA

Sunday 09/23/12

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX

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Sunday 10/21/12

at Carolina Panthers Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC

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Sunday 10/28/12

New York Giants Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX

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Sunday 11/04/12

at Atlanta Falcons Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA

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Sunday 11/11/12

at Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA

Won

Sunday 11/18/12

Cleveland Browns Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX

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Thursday 11/22/12

Washington Redskins Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX

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Sunday 12/02/12

Philadelphia Eagles Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX

Won

Sunday 12/09/12

at Cincinnati Bengals Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, OH

Won

Sunday 12/16/12

Pittsburgh Steelers Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX

Won

Sunday 12/23/12

New Orleans Saints Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX

Loss

Sunday 12/30/12

at Washington Redskins FedEx Field, Landover, MD

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“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.” . Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Come on PEOPLE! Don’t you CARE? POLICE have not apprehended Pookie the serial rapist.

Aren’t you concerned? Do you care?

We know he has attacked members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and there is a $5,000 reward offered by Crime Stoppers.

If you have ANY information, PLEASE call Crime Stoppers

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