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Alyce Goff honored for 75 years of service along with other proud members of Dallas Alumnae Chapter, celebrating 25 years. page 11

Demetria Chester

Toni Rose

Renae Christopher

Tracie Shelby

Felicia Kerney

Rhenett Simpson

Sisterly Service Delta Sigma Theta Sorority celebrates founding and long-time members

Valencia Nash-McShann

Marsha Thornton

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HALL: The Fight King!

QUIT PLAYIN’

By Vincent L. Hall

Vincent L. Hall is an author and award winning columnist.

“What does it profit a man to be able to eat at an integrated lunch counter if he doesn’t have enough money to buy a hamburger?” -MLK to striking workers in Memphis Tennessee, March 1968.

Here we go again. It’s Martin Luther King Day again and since they don’t have a “White Sale” in his honor, you don’t know what to do.

If you’re too young to know what a “White Sale” is, let me explain.

Back in the day, most department stores celebrated holidays by deeply discounting sheets, tablecloths and bedding. Back then airing your dirty laundry was faux pas, but that was those glorious days before Reality TV and a president with five kids and three “Baby-mamas.” These days, people say and do anything, without regard to personal reputation and in spite of our lack of parental

controls.

Anyway, millions sojourn annually to pay homage to Dr. Martin Luther King and to look into the pool where the 1963 “”Dream” was delivered. However the greatest disservice we can do his memory is to leave him on the Washington Mall…Dreaming!

To leave Dr. King at that lectern is tantamount to memorializing Muhammad Ali in his dressing room. It wasn’t the oratorical elegance or striking black and white photos that made either man great; it was the fights they waged that won them prominence and regard.

James Earl Ray did not level his Remington Gamemaster .30-06 on Dr. King because he was merely dreaming. Ray was an avid reader and George Wallace convinced him that King was the White man’s enemy; Ray’s enemy. It was warfare, not some utopian hallucination that doomed Dr. King.

Before the ink could dry on the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Dr. King was already

training for the next battlefront. After beating back the legal tentacles of Jim Crow in the South, King looked northward and led “People to People” for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Shortly after enlisting other Freedom fighters, King moved into an apartment at 1550 South Hamlin Avenue on Chicago’s West Side. King lived part time in Chicago, but beat the streets often in his new ‘hood” to meet his neighbors and assess the conditions of Chicago’s slums. Somewhere along the line, King realized that slum living had a direct tethering to slum wages.

By March 1968, Dr. King sent a telegram to Cesar Chavez who was fasting on behalf of farm workers in California: “As brothers in the fight for equality, I extend the hand of fellowship and good will and wish continuing success to you and your members. ...You and your valiant fellow workers have

Lincoln alum hosts annual event at American Legion Post 802 to benefit veterans

There is power in TEAMWORK. Five years ago, the Tommie Robinson American Legion Post 802 inherited a Commander that knew nothing about leading a Post.

Her name is Angelia Herndon and she is an alumnus of Dallas’ Lincoln Humanities and Communications Magnet High School.

Nevertheless, the Post and Commander had a couple of things in common: a HEART and the love for giving back to others. Over the years, Post 802 has made its’ mission to give back and ask for help to meet the needs of others.

On December 10, 2016, Post 802

hosted its’ annual Socks for Veterans Drive Program.

This Drive will benefit hundreds of veterans at the Dallas Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital, area VA Vet Centers, nursing homes and other health care facilities that serve veterans.

Recently, a new neighbor moved into the Post’s neighborhood of Bon Ton and informed the Post that she and her husband were veterans. She asked about the Post and its’ activities.

Coincidentally the neighbor’s curiosity peaked on the same day as the Post’s annual Socks for Veterans Program.

The neighbor informed Command-

er Herndon that she worked for the Dallas VA Hospital and she was one of the social workers that hands out the sock gift bags from the Post each year.

She said that for years she was not aware of the location of the donations, and what an impact the sock gift bags are to the veterans.

On Saturday, January 21, 2017, at 2 pm, the Post will host its annual Socks for Veterans Assembling Party.

At this event, volunteers will be putting together socks gift bags. The Post is located at 2728 Parson Street, Dallas, TX, 75215.

Texas Metro News salutes the Dallas Black Dance Theatre

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demonstrated your commitment to righting grievous wrongs forced upon exploited people. We are together with you in spirit and in determination that our dreams for a better tomorrow will be realized.”

The fruition of Dr. King’s 1963 manifesto was inevitably tied to fairness in employment, so he sought to see that labor laws and labor practices were changed. Here is what he said to organizers and striking workers in Memphis just days before his death.

“Now our struggle is for genuine equality, which means economic equality. For we know now, that it isn’t enough to integrate lunch counters. What does it profit a man to be able to eat at the swankest integrated restaurant when he doesn’t even earn enough money to take his wife out to dine?

What does it profit one to have access to the hotels of our cities, and the hotels of our highways, when we don’t earn enough money to take our family on a vacation?

What does it profit one to be able to attend an integrated school, when he doesn’t earn enough money to buy his children school clothes?”

So I ask; what does it profit you to have a King Holiday if you ain’t fightin’?

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Join the Judges, Prosecutors, Clerks and Defense Attorneys of the Dallas Municipal Court System and the Honorable Judge Dominique Collins at the

C. A. W. Clark Legal Clinic

Good Street Baptist Church, 3110 Bonnie View Road, Dallas, TX 75216 Saturday, January 21, 2017, 9:30 am “WHAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURTS”

Dallas’ incoming city manager says he’s ready for challenges

2017 is full of surenthusiasm, commitprises and challengment and a genuine es to expect the undesire to do the right expected. The year is thing. about changes and While there are new beginnings as citizens who think is evidenced in the that the city managactivity in Dallas and er form of governDallas County. ment is not right for a The year begins city as large as Dallas, with the swearing Mr. Broadnax says it’s -in of former judge the best because the Faith Johnson as the city manager “has to T.C. Broadnax photo credit: S. Curet be responsive” to the Dallas County District Attorney. entire city. He says he The city of Dallas has a new city will listen to the mayor and the rest of manager taking over on February 1 the city council and he will also listen and in addition to dealing with a num- to the community. ber of hot-button issues; T.C. Broadnax “I start with community first,” he has the daunting task of hiring a new said. “I wanted to actually get out, grab police chief. the streets, go to the communities and During a recent visit with Mr. see the needs.”

Broadnax, the topics ranged from the Many of those needs are daunting weather, which was double that in his and could be overwhelming for some, present home of Tacoma, WA, where it but Mr. Broadnax says he grew up in was 19 degrees, to understanding the some of the same types of neighborawesome task waiting for the Universi- hoods. ty of North Texas alum.

He knows that homelessness, redeAdmittedly there’s a lot going on velopment, gentrification, mental illand he expects to be busy, but Mr. ness, affordable housing, employment Broadnax appeared calm and excited will have to be addressed. And yes, as he discussed long-term solutions. there’s also the budget and an upcomHe said he’s blessed and humbled ing city council election. by the support and is committed to Get ready because this Alpha male, not letting those supporters down. who is also a member of Alpha Phi AlAnd for the doubters, if there are any, pha Fraternity, says you will see him he says he plans to remove those out and about. He hopes to get indoubts and exceed their expectations. volved across the city, especially with As he prepares to leave Tacoma, youth programs like the Boys & Girls where he has served as city manager Clubs. since 2012, Mr. Broadnax says he feels He said he wants to inspire the next as though he will be on a “continual city manager. and if the buzz around probation.”

City Hall is any indication, hopes are But he’s up for the challenge. He high and many expressed optimism has almost 25 years of experience in and excitement about the future for city/county government management Dallas under his leadership. and he exudes confidence, passion, Cheryl Smith

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A PARADIGM SHIFT – CREATIVE DISRUPTION! When Dr. Martin Luther King envisioned the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968, he envisioned all kinds of people descending on our nation’s capital, bringing demands to federal agencies.

He envisioned people pushing for affordable housing, for quality education, for better health care, for minority business development programs, and more.

He envisioned them demanding these things, and occupying government offices until these things were produced.

Unfortunately, Dr. King’s death and the curse of disorganization prevented the Poor People’s Campaign from being exactly what Dr. King imagined.

But it still made a difference, and people still refer to its conception as brilliant.

The Poor People’s Campaign was a paradigm shift in our manner of protest. It wasn’t just marching, and it wasn’t just protest. It also involved the creative disruption that would come if thousands of people sat in federal offices and demanded change. Can this kind of creative disruption be useful in the age of Trump?

After all, Mr. Trump has already told us what he thinks of most of the American people. His nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as Attorney General is a flash of the middle finger to men of color, especially the Black men who have been tossed around as cavalierly as the term “law and order.�

It is a slap in the face to the immigrants and women who have already seen what Sessions stands for. And it is not as if other Trump appointments are better.

Indeed not a single Trump appointment passes the centrist smell test or suggests a willingness to reach across the aisle. Indeed, Trump seems to do little more than create a cabinet of billionaires

The Last Word

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux

NNPA Newswire Columnist

who are as far removed from the way ordinary people live that the public policy they attempt to create will be little more than self-serving.

None of them seems to understand the concept of public service. They don’t think they should have to release their financial information, and they shrug off the notion of conflict of interest.

Contrast them with Dr. King who only got a big paycheck when he won the Nobel Peace Prize, and he gave “every penny� of the $54,000 that he won in 1964 to the civil rights movement.

Dr. King was extremely clear about those he identified with. He once said: “I choose to identify with the underprivileged, I choose to give my life for the hungry, I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity . . . this is the way I’m going.

If it means suffering, I’m going that way.

If it means dying for them, I’m going that way, because I heard a voice saying DO SOMETHING FOR OTHERS.�

Our President-Elect has also heard a voice, but the voice he heard said “Do Something for Me, Myself, and I.�

Absent a sense of service or of social/public consciousness, Mr. Trump seems to believe that his own personal richness makes America great

again (hate again, sick again).

His swaggering dismissal of anyone who dares ask a question that challenges suggests that he thinks he is ascending a monarchy, not leading a democracy. And the tone-deaf lemmings that surround him, some (like Kellyanne Conway) called “Trump whisperers� must be whispering sweet nothings because the behavior modification so many expected has not yet happened.

Still, we who are progressive play ourselves cheap when we respond to his smug tweets. We play ourselves cheap when we moan and whine.

The time for whining is over now.

This is the time for a paradigm shift in the way we respond to institutional stupidity. This is the time for us to consider creative disruption whenever, wherever, and however. What does that mean?

Let’s channel the energy of the Poor People’s Campaign. Let’s show up in those federal offices.

Let’s carry demands; let’s ball up our fists. Let’s get it on!

The last two times Dr. King’s birthday was celebrated, it was days before Barack Obama, our first publicly identified Black President (there were other folks, but it wasn’t so public), took office.

I loved the way that the 44th President took his oath holding Dr. King’s Bible.

I’m not sure which Bible Mr. Trump is going to hold, but it is probably a bible that is missing the book of Matthew, and the exhortation (Matthew 25:40) about the least of these.

This is why the President-Elect will need creative disruption to remind him that his job is to share the American dream, not the American nightmare.

Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist. Her latest book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy� is available via www.amazon.com

Texas Metro News salutes President Barack Obama and extends heartfelt expressions of gratitude to the Obama Family and Administration for their service and sacrifices!

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DAVIS: President Obama’s Top Ten Quotes

My Day

By Dr. J. Ester Davis

1. Yes, we can!

2. This is not a liberal America and a conservative America. This is not a black America or a white America. This is not an Asian or Korean America. This is the United States of America.

3. We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

4. You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

5. Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

6. Issues are never simple. Very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.

7. Change will not come if we wait

for some other person. We are the ones we have been looking for. We are the change we seek.

8. If you are walking down the right path and you are willing to keep walking, eventually you will make progress.

them.

9. I know because I won both of 10. Why don’t you sit down?

The history books will pen the 44th President of the United States as an intellectual and memorable image for its people.

The history books will amplify the fact that his wife was the most educated “First Lady” in history. Of the entire eight(8) years that this President served, I remember most vividly the situation he inherited after taking the oath of office.

It was a mess!

Truthfully, not many personalities could have cleaned up this fiasco with such grace, dignity and assurance. The unemployment was the second monumental challenge after

about it.

Legacy has eternal status. The ideals that President Obama built into this nation and the world cannot be erased, eradicated or demeaned.

. . . the last administration allowed the jobs to continue overseas along with a war . . . so much to recall. . .

But moving on, President Obama healed the country and moved the employment rate to the lowest in history.

The rest of the world will continue to emulate his style, character, leadership and sincerely miss his true representation of the position he held.

All Americans were proud of Barack Obama.

Legacies carry a lot of weight. Legacy is built year after year upon that person, and there is absolutely nothing that can be done

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Case in point, people around the world are still singing “we shall overcome” as taught by Dr. King.

One final quote “the best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop. . . is how it threats its women.”

Happy New Year!!

Shop with our advertisers and attend somebody’s Church in 2017 Ester Davis is a celebrated writer, speaker, television and internet host. She can be reached@www.esterday. com

JOHNSON: The State of the Affordable Care Act FROM THE HILL

by Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

As we enter a new year with a new Congress, many Americans have begun reflecting on how their families will be affected by legislation that could possibly impact their access to health coverage.

Normally people approach a new year with joy, happiness and hope for the opportunities that are ahead.

However, in the first few days of 2017 the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is once again being challenged by a Republican-led Congress whose goal is to repeal and dismantle the health coverage for thousands of people in our district and millions in our state.

Over the past six years families were able to take comfort in the security that they and their loved ones gained -- treatment for a pre-existing condition, or a regular checkup without paying out of pocket. Yet for many Americans, it is now a time of anxiety.

The Affordable Care Act has improved the health care and financial security of every American, no matter where he or she gets health insurance.

For those already with insurance, the law made health coverage more affordable, more reliable, and higher quality – guaranteeing access to free preventive check-ups and health services, and holding insurance companies accountable to their patients and their policies.

For millions of Americans who struggled to afford health insurance, including Americans with pre-existing conditions, young adults, and low-income families, the ACA finally put affordable health care within

reach.

The ACA also saved seniors thousands of dollars in drug costs and put Medicare on a more sustainable path, helping protect the Medicare promise into the future.

Repealing the ACA without a new plan to replace those who are currently insured will bring about unwarranted chaos and confusion. Thanks to the enactment of the ACA in 2010 – the uninsured rate in Texas has fallen by 28 percent, which resulted in more than 1.7 million Texans gaining health coverage.

More than 4.7 million Texans (seniors, children, and people with disabilities) are covered by Medicaid, Medicare or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The people affected most will be the middle class and low-wage working families.

Additionally over 13 million Texans were able to receive health insurance through employer-sponsored health plans.

While there are of course improvements

that could be made to the health care law to strengthen the protections and further lower costs, the ACA is paving the way for increased access to affordable insurance for working people.

We cannot lose sight of the millions of Americans who depend on the ACA to keep their families happy and healthy all year round. I will continue to work to ensure that the Affordable Care Act stays in place, despite the uproar and support Republicans have put forth to dismantle it.

I will push for Texas to expand Medicaid so that more Texans can receive the same benefits that millions of Americans in Medicaid expansion states currently receive.

During the 115th Congress, I will make it my goal to improve the law so that we can fulfill the generations-long struggle to make health care a right, not a privilege, for all Americans.

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Community Calendar

Join the Dallas Black Dance Theatre for the 2017 Founder’s Luncheon! Purchase your tickets by contacting the DBDT Development office - development@dbdt.com or (214) 871-2376 **** Small Business Expo Dallas Convention Center 9am-5m

January 21 and 22 The top senior & junior high cheerleaders come to Dallas for the NCA Senior & Junior High School Nationals!

Tickets can be purchased at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas box office. Event located at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas 650 South Griffin Street Dallas, TX 75202

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January 20 SMU TO HOST INAUGURATION VIEWING, RECONCILIATION PANEL DISCUSSION Refreshments at 10:30 a.m., inauguration at 11:00 a.m., panel discussion following inauguration. SMU-in-Plano, the Great Room, Bldg 3, 5228 Tennyson Parkway, Plano, TX, https://www.smu.edu/AboutSMU/Maps/ SMU-in-Plano

January 21 GREEK NIGHT Paul Quinn vs. Langston University. 5:30 PM for women and 7:30 PM for men. The cost of the event is $5 Adults & $3 for kids. At 3837 Simpson Stuart, Dallas, Texas 75241. Wear your Greek apparel!

Join The Judges, Prosecutors, Clerks and Defense Attorneys of the Dallas Municipal Court System and the Honorable Judge Dominique Collins C. A. W. Clark Legal Clinic Good Street Baptist Church 3110 Bonnie View Road, Dallas, TX 9:30 am WHAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURTS **** The National Black Marathoners Association - A healthier congregation is the foundation 9:30AM to 4:00PM (lunch incl), Cooper Hotel & Conference Center, 12200 Preston Road, Dallas, TX 75230 For questions, emai FaithAndWellness@BlackMarathoners.org ****** At 2 pm, the Post will host its annual Socks for Veterans Assembling Party. At this event, we will be putting together socks gift bags.

The Post is located at 2728 Parson Street, Dallas, TX, 75215. ***** NCA SENIOR & JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL NATIONALS

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Dallas entrepreneur and philanthropist Kea Garrett celebrates the release of her inspiring autobiography From Hell to Hair to Millionaire: The Divine Journeys of Kea Garrett with a book signing Sunday, January 22nd at Lofty Spaces located at 816 Montgomery

January 24 Press conference outlining a project to collect, preserve and digitize the educational and political papers and achievements of prominent African American educators and civic leaders in Dallas, past and present, will be held at the African American Museum in Fair Park at 11.30 am.

The project will be led by Dr. Marvin Dulaney, the former head of the department of history at the University of Texas at Arlington.

January 25

Tune in at 11am CST with host Ask the Hair & Scalp Doctor and expert guest Dr. Fredrica Kennedy, Occupational Therapist at the University of Chicago, sharing about ‘Parent’s Rights for your Child With Autism’, autism and alopecia, scalp care, hair care, 4th Annual Alopecia Scholarship, CWAP and more only on www.DfwiRadio.com

January 28

Dallas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. celebrates Founders Day at Sheraton Dallas, 11:30 am Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook is the speaker

Author Ginger McKnight-Chavers will review and autograph IN THE HEART OF TEXAS 3p.m. at the AfricanAmerican Museum in Fair Park

***** The 29th Annual International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance is honoring dance industry trailblazer Robert Battle, the Artistic Director for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater when it meets in Dallas, Texas January 25-29, 2017. Robert Battle is the conference luncheon keynote speaker and will participate in a panel discussion on “Transitions and Stability of Today’s Dance Companies.” Founders Day at their annual luncheon. *****

Anatole. Guest speaker is Dr. Jacqueline Walters, nationally recognized OB/GYN and star of Bravo’s hit reality series “Married to Medicine.” Dr. Jackie is a two-time breast cancer survivor and founder of the 50 Shades of Pink Foundation.

Feb 4 CRESCENT COURT FARMERS MARKET This is a Neighborhood Farmers Market organized by Crescent TC Investors LP to occur on 500 Crescent Court. The market site will be contained within the Atrium of the Crescent Properties, on the north side.

10:00am – 3:00pm. Hotel Crescent Court 500 Crescent Ct Dallas, TX 75201

Feb 7

CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL Chinese New Year Festival from 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Held inside the Crow Collection of Asian Art and outdoors on Flora and Harwood Streets in the Dallas Arts District.The event is free and open to the public. Crow Collection of Asian Art 2010 Flora St. Dallas, TX 75201

DMA MEANINGFUL MOMENTS Designed specifically for individuals with early stage dementia and their family members or caregivers, Meaningful Moments is a monthly program that includes a gallery discussion, an interactive component, and an art-making activity in the Art Studio.

The program is free, but reservations are required and space is limited. Dallas Museum of Art 1717 North Harwood Street Dallas, TX

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February 11

INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY COMMEMORATION Marking the liberation of Auschwitz, International Holocaust Remembrance Day allows for reflection upon the profound tragedy of the Holocaust. Dallas Holocaust Museum/ Center for Education and Tolerance, 211 N. Record Street Suite 100 Dallas, TX 75202

JAZZ with a FUNKYTwist featuring Brian Culbertson and Johnathon Butler at the SMU McFarlin Auditorium at 7p.m. ****

January 30 Join Dallas ISD Trustee Bernadette Nutall for a State of District 9 Community Meeting at James Madison High School, 3000 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. at 5:30 pm

February 4

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Alpha XI Omega Chapter, will have its 2017 Founders’ Day Luncheon 12 noon at the Hilton

Greater Southwest Chamber of Commerce Valentine’s Day Gala benefiting the GSWCOC School of Business and 5% of proceeds go to the Trinity Chapter of Links Inc. Hilton Garden Inn, 800 North Main Street, Duncanville 6p.m. Reception Dinner at 7pm followed by dancing

February 20 Millennial and Multicultural Sales Summit Learn best practices for recruiting, hiring and developing millennial and multicultural sales teams - 9:00 am to 1:30 pm TXU Energy Customer Center, Irving, TX. 75039 Register Now$49 Limited Seating + your copy of “Why Millennial Sales People Now”!Sales Trac Coaching & Management Development, Inc., 13111 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75243

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Dr. King held a mirror up to a nation’s values

rity, jobs, education, health care, housing, justice and mercy.

Beyond analyzing the problem, Dr. King was acting. He and we were putting our bodies on the line — that is, we were willing to be beaten, die and go to jail, and we went many times.

We were demanding that Congress choose healing at home over killing abroad.

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER

by REV. JESSE JACKSON, SR

Dr. King held a mirror up to a nation’s values How should Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday be celebrated? It should be celebrated in many different ways.

Dr. King was an intellectual who reflected seriously and critically on the dilemma facing African-Americans, people of color generally and poor people specifically — of all races.

He was also an activist. He didn’t get bogged down in the paralysis of analysis.

The choices he saw available to the oppressed were threefold: The first option was to respond to institutional violence with violence.

But he didn’t see that as moral, practical or able to really address and solve their problems. In fact, he saw it as counterproductive.

Secondly, the poor and people of color could just endure injustice and essentially do nothing.

Again, he didn’t see that as moral or practical, and he thought that such repression would eventually explode into violence.

The final choice, the one he recommended, was nonviolent active resistance.

He brought thought and action together morally and practically as the best way to bring about structural change.

Dr. King’s birthday also allows us to hold up a mirror and reflect on the nation’s commitment to human rights, democracy and justice.

Dr. King believed in human rights for all human beings, and he believed that it should be measured by one yardstick. He believed people should and could learn to live together and find the joy and benefit of such diversity.

These benefits are all around us in sports, entertainment, the press, business, our work places and the professions. This mixture of ideas, experiences and perspectives helps all of us to grow, see and

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feel things we never have thought, saw or felt before.

When Clemson and Alabama played for the national college football championship, whites and blacks played harmoniously together and fans cheered sideby-side. Both Southern teams had black quarterbacks. In many ways it was the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bowl.

He knew that we had learned to survive apart, but he challenged us to do a much harder and more gratifying thing: to learn to live together.

I shall never forget our SCLC staff meeting and being with Dr. King on his last birthday. He had convened Native Americans, Appalachian whites, blacks from the Deep South, Latinos from Texas and California, Jewish allies from New York and others to work on the Poor People’s Campaign.

Why poverty? He certainly struggled and suffered to advance a racial agenda — the 1964 Civil Rights Act to bring down the cotton curtain of legal apartheid in the South and the 1965 Voting Rights Act to allow African-Americans to vote without discrimination.

But he saw the crisis as deeper than merely race. He also saw caste, which was the moral and economic common ground where black, brown, yellow, red and white, male and female, could fight

together for the common good. He believed poverty was a weapon of human destruction.

He saw the War in Vietnam stealing resources from the War on Poverty at home.

He was planning a Poor Peoples’ Campaign to challenge the nation to choose bread over bombs. He argued that a bomb dropped in Vietnam was exploding in urban America because of neglect of the poor.

Dr. King wanted a floor beneath the poor that no American would fall below. He saw that the keys to peace and tranquility were economic secu-

Dr. King would be heartbroken to see the top priority of the new administration is making affordable health care harder to get, focusing on “law and order” over justice, advocating a nuclear build-up rather than continuing the reduction of nuclear weapons, and promoting incivility in our politics over civility and civil and human rights.

Our challenge today is to not let Dr. King’s rationality and action die.

Keep up with Rev. Jackson and the work of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition at www.rainbowpush. org.

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Zeta Phi Beta inducts honorary members

Breaking with tradition, at their Executive Board meeting, held in Dallas earlier this year, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., under the leadership of International President Mary Breaux Wright, inducted three members into the service organization.

Expressing pride over the calibre of inductees and also the announcement that the organization would be launching Global Year of Service. The members are pledging to provide 20 million hours of community service by the organization’s centennial year in 2020.

“As Zetas, we take service seriously, which can be seen through our partnerships with the March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,” said Dr. Breaux Wright, who jokingly said there was an expectation that the three inductees would each be responsible for 5 million hours. “It is my honor to welcome women of such prominence who are willing and ready to roll up their sleeves, and help us fulfill our mission as a community-conscious, action-oriented organization.”

Joining the ranks of Zeta Women are Dr. Anita Hill, Esq., Cynthia James, and Rhona Bennett.

Dr. Anita Hill, Esq. is a pioneer of women’s equality in the workplace. The Yale

New Honorary Members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated (From left to right – Shonté Fuller, National Co-Chair of Honorary Membership; Natalie Dillard Brannon, National Co-Chair of Honorary Membership; Rhona Bennett, entertainer and "Personal Power" coach; Dr. Mary Breaux Wright, International President; Dr. Anita Hill, Esq., professor, author and women's equality activist; Cynthia James, speaker, author and coach; Dr. Jylla Moore Tearte; Past International President; Valerie Hollingsworth-Baker, National First Vice-President of Membership; and Norma Dartis, National Historian)

School of Law graduate is currently a Professor of Law, Public Policy and Women’s Studies at Brandeis University, and author of Speaking Truth to Power and Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race and Finding Home.

Dr. Mary Breaux Wright, International President of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and newly inducted honorary members.

Speaking to her sisters, Atty. Hill said, “Thanks for the spirit of the organization. I am so full of joy. The anxiety, as we move forward, melts aways as I look out at you.”

Cynthia James is a multiple-award winning author of What Will Set You Free and Revealing Your Extraordinary Essence, and international life coach. In 2014, her Extraordinary Living Project was selected to be a Commitment Maker by the Clinton Health Matters Initiative.

“I feel love, I feel gifted to be here, to be in your presence,” said Ms. James.

Rhona Bennett is a singer, songwriter and actress who appeared on popular television comedies such as Living Single and Martin, with a reoccurring role on The Jamie Foxx Show. She is currently a performing member of the R&B group EnVogue and a “Personal Power” life coach.

“I’m ready, willing to take on how I can help,” said Ms. Bennett. “I look forward to building on the great work you have done.”

In addition to Zetas from around the country, local members of other Black Greek Letter Organizations joined the

Dallas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority President Tonya Derrick, Mary Breaux Wright, International President of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and Curtistene McCowan, Mayor of DeSoto.

reception honoring the inductees, including former national president of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Paul Griffin, National Pan Hellenic Council former regional director Candace Wicks and past president Cassandra Black, who is also a member of Zeta Phi Beta, and several community officials like Dallas City Councilman Casey Thomas and DeSoto Mayor Curtistene McCowan.

According to National Co-Chairs of Honorary Membership Shonte Fuller and Natalie Dillard Brannon, the induction ceremony was very emotional because of the energy and beauty of the sisterhood.

Also praising the inductees, the ladies talked about Zetas commitment to community, providing service, advocacy and being engaged. They agreed that the inductees are excellent role models.

“We have taken three of the finest women that the world has to offer and inducted them into our organization,” said.

Dr. Breaux Wright.

A retired educator and development officer, Dr. Breaux Wright said it was especially special and a dream come true to hold the induction and reception in Dallas, which is right up the highway from her home in Houston. “We have never inducted honorary members at a board meeting... and to have it done here in Dallas, Texas!”

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Dallas Alumnae Deltas celebrate founding with Ambassador

This year the Dallas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., under the leadership of President Tonya Derrick, honors a 75year member, Alyce Roberta Gay Goff, at their annual Founders Day celebration, January 28, 2017 at the Sheraton-Dallas Hotel at 11:30 a.m.

Joining Ms. Goff and the eight 25-year honorees will be Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook, who will be also celebrating her birthday.

Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook was appointed Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom by President Barack Obama.

Ambassador Johnson Cook is the Founder and President of Wisdom Women Worldwide Center and served as the Senior Pastor of the Bronx Christian Fellowship Baptist Church in New York City, the Wall Street Congregation and was a Founder/Board Member of the Multi-Ethnic Center, an enrichment program for youth.

She served as an advisor on President Clinton’s Domestic Policy Council, the President’s Initiative on Race and Chaplain to the New York Police Dept. She has spoken and led delegations throughout the U.S., Africa and the Caribbean.

Alyce Roberta Gay Goff was initiated into the Alpha Iota Chapter in 1942 at Wiley College.

The music educator is a member of Glen Oaks United Methodist Church and she has belonged to the Tyler Alumnae and Waco Alumnae Chapters. Her community involvement is extensive having served in South Dallas Concert Choir, Dallas Metroplex Musicians Association, Dallas Metroplex Wiley College Alumni Association, Dallas Retired Teachers Association, Accompanist - Paul Quinn College Concert Choir, Pianist - Curator’s Forum - African American Museum “Tea at Three”, Pianist - Dallas Chapter - National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. - Awards Luncheon, Accompanist - Paul Robeson Concert Series, featuring Bobby Simmons, Baritone - African American Museum, Accompanist - Townview High School band students in UIL competition, Faith-Based Caregiver Ministry Crest Moore King UMC (now Community UMC), Pianist - Camp Wisdom, Crest Moore King and Glen Oaks United Methodist Churches. The recipient of numerous awards, Mrs. Goff is an author, and inductee – Pioneer Hall of Fame – Founders Homecoming – Preeminence Awards Gala – Jarvis Christian College – Hawkins, Texas and “Special Teacher” Plaque – Dunbar High School of West, Texas – All-School Reunion held in Waco, Texas. She was named Musician of the Year – Dallas Metroplex Musicians Association, Dreammaker Award – Southeast Dallas Business and Professional Women Club, Heritage Award – Dallas Alumni Chapter – Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins, Texas and 2008 – Church Woman of the Year – Community UMC – Dallas,

Felicia Lynn KerTexas. Married to the late ney was initiated Rev. Garrett J. Goff, Sr., a into the Gamma Zeta United Methodist Minister Chapter in 1992 at of the Central Texas ConMorris Brown College. ference, she is the mother An Assistant District of three ( her daughter Attorney in the Dallas Angela is member of Delta County District AttorSigma Theta), and grandney’s Office, the Conmother of eight. She loves cord Church member to work crossword puzzles is a member of the and coloring. For decades Hospitality Ministry she has shared her musical at Concord Baptist talents as a chapter musiChurch, member of cian for several programs the Junior League of of the Waco and Dallas Dallas, Legal advisor Alumnae chapters. to the Texas Humane Demetria Chester was Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook Legislative Network, initiated into the Omicron Omega Chapter in 1991 at Texas A&M Universi- and presenter at various conferences and meetty in College Station. A Business Development ings about the correlation between domestic Specialist for Texas Health Resources, Demetria violence and animal cruelty. She enjoys readis a member of Concord Church where she is on ing, traveling, public speaking, cycling, running the Global Missions Leadership Team, United and working with young people.

The Honorable Valencia Nash-McShann Voices of Concord , Drama Team and Sunday School. She is a member of the National Associ- was initiated into the Zeta Sigma Chapter at ation of Christian Ministers, Member of the Boar the University of Houston in 1992. Currently doc Directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Rock- a Dallas County Justice of the Peace, actually wall County, and African American Profession- the first Black JP in the history of the County; als Network. Demetria has extensive involve- the Friendship-West Baptist Church member ment in Dallas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma is a Girl Scout Troop Leader (5396), a member Theta on various committees and currently of the NAACP and League of Women Voters serving her eighth year as Chaplain. She also and several legal clinics. Her involvement in has served regionally and nationally. She is also the Dallas Alumnae Chapter includes work on a recipient of the Garland NAACP Extraordinary several committees, including Social Action, People Award. The Godmother to five children, membership, Delta Academy, Gems & Jewels she wrote the lyrics for the theme song for the and Founders Day. Judge Nash-McShann was appointed to the Texas Judicial Council, is a reDelta National Convention in Las Vegas.

Renae Levonne Christopher was initiated cipient of the 2009 Urban League Torch Award into the Lambda Nu Chapter at Paul Quinn Col- and the Elite News Mable Chandler Award. In lege in 1991. A second-grade math teacher, the addition to reading, playing tennis and travelVictory Temple Church of God in Christ member ing, the three-time recipient of the Sisterhood is also a member of Site Based Decision Mak- Award from the Zeta Sigma Chapter is married ing Committee for Richard Lagow Elementary to Melvin McShann and the mother of twin School, Girl Scouts Worker; and Youth Worker daughters is an avid Scrabble player.

The Honorable Toni Nichelle Diane Rose with the Victory Temple Church of God in Christ Youth Dept. She has worked with Delta Acade- was initiated into he Lambda Nu Chapter in my; Delta GEMS, and Directory Committee. She 1991 at Paul Quinn College. A member of The currently serves as Sergeant at Arms 2015-2017 Potters House, the consultant/legislator is a Sorority Year. Her honors include Outstanding Silver Life member of the NAACP, Paul Quinn Recognition for Perfect Attendance the past College National Alumni Association, League of two years at Richard Lagow Elementary School, Women Voters, Texas Coalition of Black DemInstructional Excellence Award in Math, Cam- ocrats, Progressive Voters League-NewEra and pus Instructional Leadership Award 1999-2000 board member of the Moorland Family YMCA. and 2000-2001 at W. W. Bushman Elementary Her involvement in the Dallas Alumnae Chapter School. Renae loves Reading, web surfing, includes serving as Vice President, Recording watching movies, Word Seek Puzzles, camping, Secretary, Assistant Recording Secretary, Finanbasketball, and bowling. She also received her cial Assistant, Member-at-Large to Executive Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruc- Board and chairing several committees. The avid traveler has won numerous awards from tion in 2013.

Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Paul Quinn College, NAACP-Dallas Branch, Suburban DeSoto Section of the National Council of Negro Women, National Alliance on Mental Illness and National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women.

Tracie Michelle Shelby was initiated into the Mu Kappa Chapter in 1992 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. An Attorney and member of Mount Rose Church, Tracie previously was a member of the New York Alumnae Chapter. She love traveling and reading, as well as spending time with her nieces and nephews. Her most memorable Delta moment was watching her niece becomes a member of Delta Sigma Theta, through her own undergraduate chapter, Mu Kappa.

Rhenett Ingram Simpson was initiated into the Eta Delta Chapter in 1992 at Texas Woman’s University. An educator in Dallas ISD for 23 years, the True Lee Missionary Baptist Church member is an instructor for the Hope Restoration Summer S.T.E.M. Program, Dance Instructor at the Mary Lois School of Dance, Inc., and a member of the Kiestwood Home Owners’ Association. She has served on several Dallas Alumnae Chapter committees including TASPers, Jabberwock and Founders Day. Her honors include Dallas ISD’s Distinguished Teacher Award (2015-2016), (2016-2017), and Teacher of the Year at Clinton P. Russell Elementary School (2002-2003). The wife to David, and mother of two, loves dancing, especially ballet and tap, traveling with the family and collecting music. Her most memorable moment was pinning her mother when she became a member of Delta Sigma Theta.

Marsha Jan’Nette Thornton was initiated in 1991 into the Theta Nu Chapter at Texas A&M University in Commerce. A member of The Village United Methodist Church (UMC) - DeSoto, the leadership and management executive is a registered Parliamentarian and member of National Association of Parliamentarians, and serves on the Conflict/Crisis Advisory Board for the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church. She has served on a number of committees for Dallas Alumnae, including Budget & Finance, Policies & Procedures, Social Action, PPAD, GEMS, TASPers, and Housing & Properties. She a current regional trainer and previously served as regional advisor, Chaplains Corner. Marsha enjoys cooking, traveling and shopping. Her most memorable Delta moment was “being pinned by my mother who I wish was here to celebrate with me; her 50th - my 25th.”

Find out more about Delta Sigma Theta Sorority at www.dallasalumnae.org

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I Want to Put My Ex-Husband’s Wife into Time Out

Ask Alma:

by Alma Gill

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.

My ex-husband remarried last year. His new wife wants to be involved in our conversations about our kids. I like her, respect that she takes care of my kids when they are at their house, but does every sentence about our kids have to be a group meeting?

My ex doesn’t understand why I get aggravated when my questions can’t be answered until he consults with her or gets her on the phone or suggests a dinner meeting and such. Help!

This is getting on my last nerve.

D.C., Camden, N.J. Dear D.C., Slow down, Mz. D.C., with your rant full of ungratefulness.

Why are you turning this favor into some foolishness?

You should thank your lucky stars that this woman wants to be a proactive, respectful participant of your blended family situation.

The three of you are co-parenting now, and it looks to me that both she and your ex-husband are taking their roles seriously and putting the children first – something you may want

to consider.

There’s no easy way to sip this tea, and I’m not offering any sweetener. First and foremost, your ex has a responsibility to his new wife.

He is no longer your soul mate, husband or best friend; he is now all of those things to her.

He’s not disrespecting you by checking with his wife. Close your eyes, breathe and let that be. It’s time for you to move on.

Your non-existent feelings of entitlement with him has ended. Pause, hit rewind and play it again.

When it comes to the wellbeing of the kids, each parent has a seat at the “what’s best for them” table. Grab your chair and sit, appreciating each role that’s represented.

When he gathers all of you together, he’s rallying his team.

“Team Parents” working on a united front is one of the best lessons of love you can show your children.

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Wells Fargo supports Dallas Black Dance Theatre 40th season

Wells Fargo celebrates Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) during its 40th anniversary season as presenting sponsor of DBDT's Cultural Awareness Series for the 7th consecutive year. The Cultural Awareness series will be held February 17-19, 2017 at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

"At Wells Fargo, caring for communities is embedded in our culture," said Wells Fargo Area President Scott Wallace. "We strive to create and support positive, lasting impact - socially, economically, and environmentally through our business practices, philanthropy and community engagement.

Cultural programs like this are one more opportunity for us to add to the quality of life in our communities. We are honored to have supported Dallas Black Dance Theatre for more than 10 years and to serve as presenting sponsor for seven years, and look forward to continuing to partner with them for many years to come."

DBDT has commissioned veteran DBDT dancer/choreographer Sean J. Smith to create a work that brings the 40-year legacy of Dallas Black Dance Theatre to life on stage. In developing the concept for Interpretations Smith interviewed DBDT Founder Ann Williams, as well as former dance company members, staff and supporters integral in the formation of Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Interpretations is supported in part by an award from Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, and foundations, corporations and individuals throughout Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.

Other works in the Cultural Awareness program include audience favorites by nationally acclaimed choreographers. Fort Worth native Bruce Wood© choreographed Smoke for Dallas Black Dance Theatre in 2001. DBDT will re-introduce its 2014 world premiere Memoirs by Garfield Lemonius, a former principal DBDT dancer and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts faculty member. Also performing Dallas native Darryl B. Sneed's ...And Now Marvin, set to the tunes of Marvin Gaye. Prior to his death in 1997, Sneed was DBDT's Associate Artistic Director, resident choreographer and principal dancer. In 1932 Asadata Dafora choreographed Awassa Astrige/Ostrich, the solo dance that imitates the graceful, but powerful movements of the Ostrich. Dafora was one of the first Africans to introduce African drumming music to the United States in the early 1930's.

Cultural Awareness evening performances will be held Friday and Saturday, February 17-18, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.

There will be a matinee on Sunday, February 19 at 2:30 p.m. For tickets call 214-880-0202 or visit www.ATTPAC.org.

For group ticket sales call 214-8712390. All performances are at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre located at 2400 Flora Street, Dallas, Texas in the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

The student matinees are on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 10:15 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. These performances are for school groups only.

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Founded in 1976 by Ann Williams, Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) is the 10th largest minority arts organization in America, the fourth largest black dance company in the nation and the oldest continuously operating professional dance company in City of Dallas.

The mission of Dallas Black Dance Theatre is to create and produce contemporary modern dance at its highest level of artistic excellence through performances and educational programs that bridge cultures and reach diverse communities. With an ever-expanding national and global audience, the company employs a diverse, multi-ethnic troupe of dancers performing for audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

Located in the downtown Dallas Arts District, Dallas Black Dance Theatre is a nationally and internationally recognized professional modern dance company. DBDT engages the cross-cultural community through contemporary modern dance presented from the African American experience. DBDT is a resident company of the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

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Toyota continues support of HBCUs

TORRANCE, Calif., – In honor of the life and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is continuing its support of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their communities, by providing $60,000 to five HBCUs as well as the Tom Joyner Foundation.

“For the third year, we’re so glad to partner with Toyota Financial Services in supporting the vision of HBCUs,” said Thomas Joyner, Jr., President and CEO of the Foundation.

“These scholarships are an important investment in these schools, and are critical in helping students pursue their dreams.”

The following universities will each receive $10,000: • Paul Quinn College - Dallas, TX • Benedict College -Columbia, SC • Mississippi Valley State University - Itta Bena, Miss.

• Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston Salem, N.C. • Jarvis Christian College -Hawkins, Texas TFS is donating an additional $10,000 to support the Tom Joyner Foundation, as well. The foundation provides academic support, scholarships, and programming to over 80 HBCUs in the Southern and Eastern United States. The overall goal of these contributions is to support edu-

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cational opportunities within many of the communities in which TFS operates.

“Education should be accessible to all – but many talented young minds are unable to complete their college education and realize their full potential because of the lack of financial aid,” said Mike Groff, TFS president and CEO. “In keeping with TFS’ deeply held commitment to diversity and inclusion, we are honored to support the mission of HBCUs and help these students reach their academic and professional aspirations.”

The college graduation rate for African-American students in the U.S. stands at 42%, as opposed to 62% for their white counterparts. Financial support of universities is key in black student retention, thereby producing high graduation rates.

“Dr. King’s dream included the be-

lief that young people should be given an opportunity to receive the best education possible,” said John Ridgeway, TFS Corporate Manager of TFS’ Customer Service Center in Maryland.

“As a Toyota executive and an HBCU alumnus, I am proud to see Toyota Financial Services supporting these fine institutions and advocating higher education within our communities.”

“Financial support has become an area of critical need for a growing number of HBCUs,” added Al Smith, TFS Group Vice President, Service Operations and Corporate Planning.

“Providing this support not only keeps students on track, but contributes to the sustainment of these HBCUs and helps them address the issues that impact student retention.”

TFS has been named a DiversityInc Top 50 company for the past nine years in a row, and has been consistently recognized by Black Enterprise, Hispanic Business, and the Human Rights Campaign as a Best Company for Diversity and one of the Best Places to Work. TFS has provided millions of dollars in scholarships to deserving students across the nation, its executives actively support and sponsor the company’s many diversity and inclusion initiatives, and its associates have devoted their time and talents to many meaningful nationaland community-based programs.

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Students visit with Facebook’s Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg surprised students from the School for the Talented and Gifted and South Oak Cliff High School Collegiate Academy as they performed a service project over the weekend.

Zuckerberg joined the students as they helped build a community garden in Oak Cliff.

“It was truly an unbelievable experience,” said Camryn Pope, a ninth-grader in the SOC Collegiate Academy. “Everyone just about lost their minds.”

The students showed up to help build the community garden as part of a Day of Service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. When they arrived, they learned a surprise guest would join them.The students said that meeting Zuckerberg inspired them to pursue their dreams and career goals. They also credited their schools

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As part of the SOC Collegiate Academy, Pope has the opportunity to earn up to 60 hours of college credit while still in

high school.

“In addition to taking care of my first two years of college while still in high school, my collegiate academy stresses the importance of being involved in my community,” said Pope. “That’s why I showed up to volunteer.”

Following his visit, Zuckerberg complimented the rigorous academics at TAG, which is one of the district’s magnet schools. In a Facebook post, he remarked how TAG is "one of the best public high schools in the country," and that every freshman at the school is required to take computer science.

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Human trafficking focus of Links, Inc. summit

By Dorothy Gentry Texas Metro News

Human trafficking, the exploitation of another, usually women and children – is unfortunately increasing in this nation among girls of color.

A conference this weekend in North Texas will feature a discussion from a noted author and dialogue that will hopefully lead to steps of prevention for this growing crisis.

The Human Trafficking Summit: An Afternoon with Dr. Monique W. Morris will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Collin College Conference Center, 2400 W. University Drive in McKinney.

Presented by the Plano North Metroplex TX Chapter of The Links, Inc., the event features special guest speaker Dr. Monique W. Morris, author of “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools.”

The conference is open to all, including sororities and local girl’s organizations and is specifically designed for young girls ages 12-16.

Human Trafficking is one of The Links’ National Initiatives. Local chapters are charged with educating, raising awareness and discussing prevention tips in the community.

“As we began to make that decision, we chose to look at the prevention perspective, what paths are being taken and choices being made that would cause someone to be recruited, solicited and entrapped,” said Link Gail Lewis.

“In addition, because it has increased among girls of color, regardless of socio-economics, we thought inviting African American women might encourage them to establish an organized girl group,” Lewis said. “We also were hoping they would become mentors to young girls, offering strategies to improve their self-esteem and self-confidence in hopes that they not become a statistic.”

Just 16 percent of female students, Black girls make up more than one-

Dr. Monique W. Morris

third of all girls with a school-related arrest. Pushout exposes a world of confined potential and supports the growing movement to address the policies, practices, and cultural illiteracy that push countless students out of school and into unhealthy, unstable, and often unsafe futures.

For four years Dr. Morris, who also authored Black Stats, chronicled the experiences of black girls across the country. Morris shows how despite obstacles, stigmas, stereotypes, and despair, black girls still find ways to breathe remarkable dignity into their lives in classrooms, juvenile facilities, and beyond.

Pushout speaks to the shared experiences of young ladies who end up on a negative path based on certain behaviors, certain choices, and who become prey to human trafficking, Lewis said.

The Links, Incorporated is an international, non-for-profit corporation, established in 1946.

The membership consists of 14,000 professional women of color in 284 chapters located in 42 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.

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