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An Open Letter from Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price

“Wouldn’t take nothing for this journey”

It’s been a Journey!

Dear Sojourner,

It would go beyond the bounds of protocol for me to neglect the duty I have to thank the citizens of Dallas County.

I feel compelled to seize this time and space to express my august and sincere appreciation for the outpouring of encouragement and support over the breadth of this six-year journey.

You kept me prayed up, which left no room for me to be preyed on.

The only way to describe my feelings at this point would be to borrow from the title of Maya Angelou’s first book of essays; “I wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now.”

That line was a lyric lifted from “Keep Your Eyes on the Prize,” a freedom song of the Civil Rights era and one of Dr. King’s favorites.

But more than that, it should remind all of us that God never puts on any of us any more than we can bear.

My mother, Willie Faye said it, and I believe it.

My deepest and singular regret is that dozens of my friends and associates were treated as “persons of interest” during this

been reunited process.

There is no way with students I that I can atone spoke to decades for the losses you ago and been have sustained in privileged to meet legal fees, loss of the children of this business or levergeneration. ages on your repGod provided utation. strength and soMajor corpolace for me with rations who had every impromptu been partners in selfie and snapcommunity outshot that I have reach were inconbeen privileged to venienced and “I feel compelled to seize this time and appear in. in some cases You held me up sullied. Please acspace to express my august and sin- on Facebook and cept my apology.

Twitter. But more Nothing grieves cere appreciation for the outpouring of than that, you me more than the have used this “collateral damencouragement and support over the journey as a meetage” that accoming place for companied this odysbreadth of this six-year journey. You kept munity issues. sey.

I wouldn’t take I wouldn’t take me prayed up, which left no room for me nothing for this nothing for my journey now, but journey now bewhat I pray is that to be preyed on.“ cause the love we reconnect as you showered me a community and with was uncongrow as a political to Highland Park who have been ditional, phenomenal and gen- more than gracious. power. uine.

Not power for the sake of its The constituency that I have Clergy leaders in many churchserved for more than 30 years wielding, but for the sake of the es installed me on their prayer 22% of Dallas children who live greeted me with a hero’s wellists and my name was lifted up in poverty. come at every point of meeting. regularly.

The kind of power that is not I wouldn’t take nothing for blinded by an excess of cranes I have met men and women of all ages from Hamilton Park this journey now because I have and construction, but a commu-

nity whose heart and head can no longer tolerate the sight of the homeless waking up underneath bridges, lodged in doorways or camped near highway underpasses.

I wouldn’t take nothing for this journey now, but there is nothing I wouldn’t give to expand educational excellence in our public schools and uplift our educators.

We must make all of our law enforcement agencies accountable and show them love simultaneously.

Teachers and the Police have inherited the job of making up for all of our state legislature’s mess-ups.

We have to manage their success because each is tied to the safety and health of this community.

I wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now. Thank you for standing by me.

Thank you for praying for me, so I wouldn’t be preyed on.

Thank the “Free Press” for believing in me.

I wouldn’t take nothing for this journey now, and I wouldn’t take anything in exchange for the love we share in community.

John Wiley Price

Dallas County Commissioner District No. 3

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Cosby says it’s time to talk

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor)

Bill Cosby is blind.

It’s been more than two years since the embattled, television and film legend, who was once known as “America’s Dad,” has spoken out publicly. During a recent interview with the NNPA Newswire, Cosby revealed that he’s lost his sight.

Waking one morning about two years ago, he nervously called out to Camille, his wife.

“I can’t see,” he said. Doctors later confirmed the worst: that there was nothing that could be done to repair his vision.

“When he would perform, we’d draw a wide straight yellow line from backstage to the chair on the stage and he’d rehearse the walk, hours before the show,” said Andrew Wyatt of the Purpose PR firm, a public relations agency in Birmingham, Ala. Wyatt has worked with Cosby for years.

Wyatt said that his star client has decided that it’s time to talk. Together, Wyatt and Cosby said they grew comfortable that the NNPA Newswire would be more interested in “facts over sensationalism.”

Cosby has shunned most media inquiries, since allegations of sexual misconduct sur-

faced in late 2014; some of those accusations dated back almost fifty years. In 2015, According to CNN, Cosby was charged with three counts of felony aggravated assault in a case involving Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee.

Earlier this year, CNN reported that Cosby’s, “criminal sexual assault trial will stay in Montgomery County Court in Pennsylvania, but the jurors will come from another Pennsylvania county.”

In February, a federal judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against Cosby by accuser Katherine McKee, according to USA Today.

“This marks the third defamation lawsuit against Cosby that was either withdrawn or dismissed recently, prompting some Cosby crowing,” USA Today reported. “However, another defamation case against him, filed by six accusers, is still pending in the same federal court in Massachusetts.”

Devin T. Robinson X, an actor and renowned poet who’s been featured on MTV, NBC, CBS and BET, said that Bill Cosby represents the finest example of someone being found guilty in the court of public opinion without ever facing trial.

“Punishing people before they’re convicted

in court only seems accurate when it serves a media narrative that doesn’t hurt a specific demographic,” Robinson said.

Dr. E. Faye Williams, the president and CEO of the National Congress of Black Women, Inc., agreed. “If the President of the United States can go on working in the White House after he has bragged about doing gross, sexually-explicit and abusive things to women, without their permission, then justice requires that Bill Cosby should not be punished, unless he is convicted of crimes,” said Williams.

Perhaps, the closest Cosby came to addressing his ongoing legal battles during the interview was when he opined about the true history of America. “The history about African-Americans is a history of the United States; but the true histories, not the propaganda that is standard in our nation’s history books,” Cosby said. “The great writer, James Baldwin, said, ‘If you lie about me, then you lie about yourself.’ The revolution is in the home.

There is something about someone saying, ‘I didn’t know that,’ that could cause a change in that person’s thinking.”

Cosby said he thinks about his illustrious career that, at least for now, has been placed on hold because of the court cases. Few have

achieved the legendary status enjoyed by Cosby.

His career has spanned more than six decades and includes a host of best-selling comedy albums and books, gold and platinum records, and five Grammy Awards.

With his role in “I-Spy” in the 1960s, Cosby became the first African-American co-star in a dramatic series, breaking TV’s color barrier and winning three Emmy Awards.

After starring opposite Academy Award winner Sidney Poitier in the 1970s trilogy, “Uptown Saturday Night,”“Let’s Do It Again,” and “A Piece of the Action,” Cosby’s star soared even higher in the 1980s when he single-handedly revived the family sitcom and, some argue, saved NBC with “The Cosby Show.”

Just recently TV One began braodcasting the Cosby Series.

“Darn right,” he said, when asked if he missed performing. “I miss it all and I hope that day will come. I have some routines and storytelling that I am working on.

Cosby continued: “I think about walking out on stage somewhere in the United States of America and sitting down in a chair and giving the performance that will be the beginning of the next chapter of my career.”

Jealous tosses hat into Gubernatorial Ring Race and Politics

by Sean Yoes

Senior AFRO Contributor/ Special to Texas Metro News

Ben Jealous, former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) formally announced May 31 that he is a candidate for governor of Maryland. He made the announcement in Ashburton, the venerable West Baltimore community where his mother grew up and Jealous spent many of his summers as a young boy.

But, the former NAACP leader spent much of the day before his announcement making the case for why the state needs new leadership, while toeing the line on a definitive statement on his candidacy. However, his intentions did slip out during a conversation I had with Jealous on First Edition on May 30.

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am eager to see us get back to a Jealous went further, describing large swaths of our wealthy place where we solve big problems,” Jealous said preempting his state that have struggled for debig announcement on Wednesday. cades with unemployment. “You Nevertheless, he laid out part of his listen to families across the state vision for the state during that conand folks want to get beyond versation. this place. You know, we’ve “We’re in a place as a state…that been stuck in places like West many Marylanders find confusing.

Baltimore for decades. You go Ben Jealous We are a very rich state, we are out to Hagerstown you see the a state that is used to moving forward very same thing, you go out to Dundalk you see quickly and yet we find ourselves stuck,” Jeal- the same thing,” he said. “There are families ous said. who 40 or 50 years ago, people were working “Our young people are stuck in this era of in factories that no longer exist and yet, our massive student debt…there younger broth- state has tolerated it, in these pockets across ers and sisters are in schools that we’ve been the state, across Baltimore, these pockets of talking about getting more funding to for persistently high unemployment. And we’re years, but we are somehow stuck not being stuck there too,” Jealous added.

When I first met Jealous in the early 2000’s, able to get them the funds, even though we have seen massive increases in tax revenues he was in his late 20’s or barely 30 when he coming from the casinos, that were supposed was tapped to be the executive director of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, to accomplish that end,” he added.

the organization that represents over 200 Black newspapers, including the AFRO, across the country. He had cut his teeth as a journalist at the Jackson Advocate, in Jackson, Mississippi under the mentorship of the legendary Charles Tisdale, who was the owner and publisher of the newspaper until his death at 80, in 2007.

During the height of the civil rights movement and beyond, the Advocate was firebombed dozens of times, as the newspaper relentlessly reported on the often brutal and deadly oppression of Black people in one of the most perilous places on earth for people of color.

So, Jealous was firmly entrenched in the work of the civil rights movement before he ascended to the presidency of the NAACP, just two months before the inauguration of Barack Obama, the first Black president of the Unit-

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UNT Dallas College of Law earns provisional accreditation

Pol. Adv. paid by Tennell Atkins Campaign.

at a big-time Manhattan firm, a The announcement that local solo practice, government the University of North Texas service, providing much-needat Dallas College of Law has ed legal aid to Texans living in earned provisional approval for poverty and also those who accreditation from the Amerilive in the ‘justice gap,’ who do can Bar Assoc. (ABA) is a fitting not qualify for legal aid but testament to the tenacity of visionary leaders who would not Sen. Royce West cannot afford legal services. . . or anything in between. I also accept just "any OLE' law school education" for its law students and grad- hope that many of the lawyers created uates, said State Senator Royce West, by UNTD College of law will stay and who worked with community leaders practice in the community, helping to and elected colleagues to bring Dallas strengthen it through their professional its first, state-supported law school as a work, volunteerism, and participation in professional school of the University of local schools.

According to the senator, the new North Texas at Dallas.

"The vision that birthed the law school graduates have the distinction of bebecame a reality today and its first grad- ing the first ABA accredited, public law uates, who were hooded just weeks ago school in the city of Dallas.

Senate Bill 956 passed in 2009, by West, are the beneficiaries of a law school education that was tailor made for them,” created the first-ever publicly supporthe said. "My sincere hope is that the first ed law school in Dallas. The law school graduates and each successive class, is located downtown Dallas and will be will find fulfillment and success in their permanently located in the historic, Old respective jobs and areas of law, and go Municipal Building at 106 S. Harwood out into this city, the state, and the world Street through after renovations currentand find further success, whether it be ly underway are complete. www.texasmetronews.com

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SOUND THE ALARM: Breaking the silence together

By Yvette Blair -Lavallais

When God created humanity, God did so with the intentions for us to be in community with one another.

Being together in community is how we are able to accomplish God’s agenda.

It’s how we are Rev. Yvette Blairable to do good Lavallais works. And it’s also how we are able to help one another when something happens – something so gut-wrenching that it renders us voiceless and silent because often times, the shock of the situation is so overwhelming that we aren’t sure who to tell and how to tell it.

Choosing how and when to sound the alarm can be challenging.

I know. It happened to me when I was the repeated victim of “unwanted touch� by a male member at the church where I served as an associate pastor.

After reporting it to the senior pastor, to my District Superintendent, and to my senior pastor once more, and then another more, I was so overwhelmed by the trauma of it that I was not sure who else I could trust with this information.

Then I knew that I had to share the impact of my situation because I needed to begin the healing process.

I also knew that there was the possibility that someone else in my same ministry setting could be suffering in silence as well – potentially even a minor, at the hands of this same male member.

So, I broke the silence and shared it in a staff meeting. It was there in the staff meeting that I learned that this same man had uninvitingly approached a young woman who had joined the choir. He showed up at the rehearsal, sat beside her, took her hand and placed it on his genitals.

I can only imagine the suffering that this woman encountered. I never had the opportunity to talk with her, but at some point, she either broke her silence or her situation was made known because others at choir rehearsal witnessed it. In my situation,

remain a part of the worshiping community so that the church could respond to him, it was clear to me that breaking the silence about my situation didn’t ensure that this man’s behavior would stop. Because he was not being stopped. He had done

Editor’s Note:

This is the second in a series looking at the misogeny, sexism, disrespect and abuse perpetrated against clergywomen. Here Rev. Yvette Blair-Lavallais continues sharing her experiences at First United Methodist Church Lewisville.

There is a problem that needs to be addressed. Hopefully by calling out wrongful acts and how they are dealt with by those in power, we can put an end to the suffering. We will not be silent and we thank Rev. Blair-Lavallais and the other valiant women and men who are contributing to this series. the senior pastor witnessed one of the times that it happened to me.

Much to my chagrin, some of the staffers were not at all surprised by my encounter with this male member. In fact, before I even said his name, someone said, “you must be talking about‌something must have happened to trigger this. He was doing so well.â€?

He had a history, and they knew his history. Now my present situation was being added to that history.

It turns out that by breaking the silence of my situation, I exposed an unfortunate situation that had been going on in this church for some time, long before I arrived last July.

This male member, who had a history of doing this to women, and who had been assigned “handlers and shepherds,� as the senior pastor announced, was still allowed to be a part of the worshiping community, and for all intents and purposes, be allowed to continue in this damaging behavior.

I had to break my silence about my situation because I didn’t want the situation to break me. I also knew that when the senior pastor announced that this man needed to

it before. And now he was doing it again. To me.

And the fact that it was even a topic of discussion in our staff meeting was evident that breaking the silence was not enough to make it stop. It was already known and still happening.

And that’s alarming. Alarming enough that I had to request to be removed from that setting. I had endured enough over four months.

As I sounded the alarm and began to talk with clergy colleagues who had served in that same setting before, they, too, knew who I was talking about without me ever uttering the name of the male member.

They shared their own encounters about this ongoing situation. The way I understood it, the perpetuation was commonplace and allowed.

My narrative is my own, yet in sharing my story, I learned that my situation was not an isolated one. It turns out that other clergy women (not connected to this church), had their own stories. I was dismayed to learn that they, too, had experienced either sexual harassment or sexual assault in their church settings. And the more alarming part is that when they reported it, nothing was done.

The response they received was “well, this is just what happens.�

It’s time to break the silence on all of that. It’s time to hold people, systems and our churches accountable for whatever part they play in allowing the perpetuation of sexual harassment. Whether it is a woman being harassed or a man being harassed, it’s wrong.

Whether it’s an attack on their sexual orientation, or gender identification, it’s wrong. We can no longer continue with “business as usual� in any setting and take a “do nothing� approach when improper behaviors are witnessed, reported, shared in staff meetings, etc. This goes for schools, churches, companies, non-profits, anywhere that has people present.

That pretty much sums it up.

So, for anyone who has been intruded upon, this is your invitation to break the silence. For anyone who is in a position of authority and you know it’s happening, and have turned a blind eye to it, stop perpetuating it. Use your position of authority to make it stop.

There are friends, co-workers, and even family members in our midst, who are unsure if they can break their silence of sexual harassment.

As you are reading this, please be intentional about reaching out to those around you to assure that person that they do not have to go through their situation alone.

Be especially intentional about listening to the children and youth in your midst. It is their voices who are usually overwhelmingly silent because they are afraid to speak their pain.

The time is now to sound the alarm and break the silence together. Especially in the church. If we don’t sound the alarm, then we will continue to see far too many people who are hurt in the church, and who equate that church hurt with God-hurt.

God does not condone this. And neither should we.

On behalf of the Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. Community Outreach Center, thank you for your support of In Conversation! Your photo with Roland Martin is attached. If you had guests who also took pictures TEXAS METRO NEWS June 7, 2017 5 with Roland Martin, please forward their contact email information and a photo, and I will look for their Finding Ways to Combat Youth Crime in our Community pictures as well.

By Rep. Eddie tionship between gun violence and break, there is a predictable in- path. throughout the community will ofBernice Johnson

As members of the 30th District fer tutoring services, summer activpoverty. crease in youth-related crimes. This who live in the same community, The U.S. stands out among other and week-long Vacation Bible spike can often be attributed to a Friends of ZWHJCOC kicks off its Juneteenth Economic Forum & Marketplace Expo with a ities, reception On Saturday, countries, as the inequality that per- lack of constructive outlets for our we should heed to the old adage Schools. By committing to being MayHon. 27, 2017, “it takesof a village” and provideour rec- volunteers sists in our nation is indicative of theTrustee productive and and active, we can enyouth, through summer honoring Bernadette Nutall, DISD District 9, activities, the Friends ZWHJCOC, our commu- violence that is rampant in select programs, or otherwise. ommendations to our family and sure the safety of all Dallas citizens. supporters on June 15, 2017 from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. supporter, we invite nity suffered a communities who are you parents,tosothe that Juneteenth across the country.

The summer months are full That is why IAs haveabecome a firm friends great loss due Countries that are most believer in devoting the their teenage sons and daughters of opportunity and potential for Economic Forum Marketplace Please RSVP for the reception to savery@zwhjcoc.org to the passing &equal to make safe decisions growth,or have the lowest Expo. rate but(214) it is up to each individnecessary resources to pro- can continue of recent Carter High School grad- of gun related violence. vide our youth with ded- and remain actively involved this ual to seize the moment and lead 324-4443.

The reception both of thetoForum and Marketplace Expothrough are atexample.

Billy E. uate, Ledajrick Cox or “LD”, as he And there isand a strong rela- days (June 16-17) Every morning, icated programs keep summer. was affectionately referred to by his The city of Dallas provides a varitionship between gun reone must wake up committed to them engaged throughout Dade Middle School, 2727 Al Lipscomb Way, Dallas, TX 75215. Please encourage your colleagues to join many friends. ety of activities for young children making the right decisions and to lated violence and income each summer.

LD was accomplished athleteand inequality, evidenced by Last month, I hosted my and teenagers alike. The City offers lead constructive lives. usanfor the forum marketplace expo, and register at www.zwhjcoc.org. with a bright future. Except his life the gun issues that are Each child, teenager, and adult annual Youth Crime Pre- an array of summer camps throughwas cut short when he was shot and seen in our nation. While vention Summit, where I out the city, and every parent is must continue to surround themkilled by two male teenagers for we arefor taking steps support! to enencouraged the youth of guaranteed to find one in their price selves with positive role models, and Again, we are grateful your Ledajrick Cox protecting a female friend in front sure safety in our commuDallas to utilize the sum- range. The range of camps in Dal- equip themselves with the tools to of an Irving convenience store. nity, we must also work to decrease mer break to cultivate leadership las is sure to please each child: the make sound decisions, while chanDeMetris Sampson It is extremely disheartening that the income inequality in our com- skills, make informed decisions, and promising engineer, budding per- neling positive energy to do good our city has once again lost a prom- munities as well. surround themselves with positive former, or dedicated athlete. Venues for our community. ising young man due to another such as Klyde Warren Park also proBy taking these steps, I am confiSummer break is a time that mentors and peers.

Board Chair, ZWHJCOC senseless act of violence.

Tragedies Those who tend to participate in vide an assortment of things to do dent that Dallas will see a decrease in many youth look forward to as it afsuch as these remind us of the im- ford them the freedom of no school, constructive activities tend to have for all ages. Recreation centers and youth related violence and together less time on their hands which could churches in Dallas are also a great we can all take positive steps to importance of nurturing our youth free time, and warmer weather. prove the communities we live in. and providing them with construcHowever, there is a consequence lead to a situation where they find resource for summer activities.

Eddie Bernice Johnson is a politician tive outlets.

The Juanita J. Craft Recreation to having such copious amounts of themselves in a situation that they the state of Texas, currently repreMultiple studies have been con- free time. Each year after schools will later regret or in a moment that Center offers summer camps and from senting the state’s 30th congressional ducted in order to explore the rela- release their students for summer can lead them down the wrong exercise classes, while churches district in the United States House.

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Even before Donald Trump invaded the sanctity and solemnity of the White House, he made a questionable decision to recruit his highly acclaimed son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Since then, Trump has appointed Jared as jack of all trades, but even the village idiot could have predicted that he would become a target, “Family and Friends” work well for Fox News, but the concept is foreign in American politics.

Almost immediately, the questions began to swirl. What role would daughter Ivanka and husband Jared play in which wing of the White House? Donald, a lifelong sexist and misogynist, relegated Ivanka to all the girly stuff. You know…women in the workplace issues and “eye candy” for the guests.

Works out fine since immigrant trophy wife Melania is in no hurry for the scorching white-hot lights of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

But for Jared, whom Donald sees as a young swashbuckling body double with a brain…bigger, more manly duties would be assigned. Jared would be the Chief Counsel to the Resident, business attaché and magnate to corporate America, to the globe and on behalf of the Trump brand. Jared is the envoy who would finally bring peace to the Middle East and unity to Jews and Arabs on Jordan’s stormy banks.

Donald Trump knighted the 36-yearold Jared Kushner and declared him “Captain-Save-A-Whole-Lot.” If you’re culturally lost, go, to the Urban Dictionary and research the term; “Captain save a ho.” It may sound like a far reach, but it parallels. I love the lexicon of the Millennials.

Anyway, in the midst of storms that appear to be rising on the banks of Washington’s Potomac, I was compelled to dig into more of the Kushner background.

In fact, my to-do-list included learning how New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie (an on-again, off-again Trump protégé) was responsible for jailing

Jared’s father, Charles Kushner. It has stifled most to wonder how Trump can simultaneously entertain sworn enemies like Jared and the Governor. I mean…Who does that? Donald Trump does that!!!

Well, it turns out that Christie, a former U.S. Attorney, “relocated” Kushner from his posh home near the Jersey Shore to a Podunk town near Montgomery, Alabama.

Christie charged Kushner with 18 counts of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion and witness tampering. Now the first two are routine/easy charges for the Feds, but researching the witness tampering charges led me to a whole different appreciation for the Kushner genetic and social makeup.

A January 13, 2005 New York Times article blew me away.

“In an emotional handwritten letter in August, Charles Kushner, a major developer, political donor and philanthropist in New Jersey, apologized to his sister for hiring a prostitute to seduce her husband, who was cooperating in a federal investigation against him, and then sending her a videotape of the encounter.

"What I did as an act of revenge was wrong in every way," Mr. Kushner said at the start of a five-page letter to his sister, Esther Schulder. "I only ask that you forgive me for resorting to such despicable behavior, which is disgraceful.

I was wrong and I committed a terrible sin. How did I let hatred invade my heart and guide my actions?"

Now, we know that the “sins” of the father aren’t always visited upon the son. We have also concluded that learning from the misdeeds of your father can become the roadmap to successful living for generations to come. The Kennedy family and many others prove that.

But I don’t think Jared can be rehabilitated or freed from his father’s past after marrying into and being closely associated with another notorious sinner.

Like father, like Son-in-law? We will see!!! #birdsofafeather

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On the Green with Greatness

Emmitt Smith celebrity golf tournament more than a game

Story and Photos

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kids.

NFL Hall of Famer and celebrity weekend namesake, Emmitt Smith, brings successful athletes and business people to the forefront, providing kids with a realistic view of possibilities.

“It’s to build the solid foundation of confidence and truly let them see, or take the lead off of their limitations so they truly believe in the true American dream that they can achieve and become anything that they want to by getting their education or doing a combination of playing sports and getting your education, and seeing it up close and personal,” Smith said.

Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman is a longtime supporter and brought her golf game and

heart for kids to the course.

“I’m here because what Emmitt and Pat do for children is impactful. They’re trying to change the lives of young people that need them, and that’s exactly why I’m here,” Lieberman said.

In addition to fun with friends,

the family component is a big draw for Smith during his invitational tournament as well.

“Me and my son EJ, we get a chance to play golf at least one time a year together and this is it.

This is generally when we do it,” Smith said.

The Emmitt Smith Celebrity Invitational Weekend creates memories for all who take part.

As Smith reflected on Friday evening honorees Roger Staubach and Larry Fitzgerald, he echoed his mission of letting kids know they can achieve the same level of success.

When speaking of Fitzgerald, he summarized how the benefits of fame are transferable.

“Obviously [Fitzgerald] is very successful on the football field but

also have this caring heart. The balance between the two, of being successful but yet humble enough to where you share that success with others,” Smith said.

Many came to the huddle on the green to celebrate the champion and support his life efforts that go well beyond sports.

“You have to have great teammates,” Lieberman said. “Emmitt could not have been the all-time leading rusher in the NFL if he didn’t have somebody pulling and hitting and knocking people out of the way. That’s our job.”

---Attendees included Winfred Tubbs, Thomas Hollywood Henderson, Dante and Reneta Wesley, Donna Richardson, Nancy Lieberman, Seema Sadekar - The Golf Fashionista, Journalist Roland Martin and McKinney Mayor Brian Loughmiller.

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Praise for artist Keyondra Lockett’s music, passion and style

By Eva D. Coleman

Dare I say sexy gospel? Apparently, it’s a thing. With strong beats and a familiar type of flow, gospel singer Keyondra Lockett’s music pulls people in.

“That’s not the first time that I’ve heard sexy gospel,” Lockett said. “They call it sexy Jesus music too. But I ain’t trying to be sexy at all.”

In this instance, the desire is to draw people closer to Christ.

“I understand the thing that mainstream artists have is the know-how to keep people engaged, and they use music, they use style, and they use passion and words,” Lockett said. “So, as a gospel artist, I use music. I use style. I use passion. I use words. The passion of Christ and the Word of God.” Lockett is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana who currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother, who is also her “momager,” lives in Garland, Texas. Lockett is proud of her southern roots, and smiled wide as she proclaimed to be a graduate of Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport which she quickly mentioned is “Home of the Gators.”

The gospel music arena is not new for this 32 year-old artist. Having released her first solo project in 2012, Lockett credits her former and two-time Stellar Award nominee group, Ziel (pronounced Zy-El) as the launch pad for her current success.

“I think that that platform definitely catapulted me. I’ve always wanted to do music,” Lockett said. “The things that I’m doing now, I never thought that I would do them and they’ve been placed in my lap,

and I feel like that’s when you know that that’s the hand of the Lord, and that’s purpose.”

The goal of living a purposeful life also has Lockett involved with numerous non-profit organizations. From Glam Camp for Girls and the American Red Cross to bringing awareness to human trafficking through Rock, Paper, Scissors and Saving Our Daughters, she feels working with these organizations aid in a higher purpose.

“I think community work is the best work. It’s actually working God’s hands and feet,” Lockett said. “Gospel music is not just a platform, it’s not just radio or a number one hit. It’s working and bringing people to Christ.”

Lockett is such a doll. Literally. The Keyondra Doll is a friend to The Kenya Doll, a brand of the early 90s. She says Shereese Slate of Jenesis Milan Agency brought this project to life.

“The Kenya Doll brand, passion, and pursuit is to allow young black girls to know they are growing up proud and to be proud of who they are,” Lockett said.

She added “The Keyondra Doll is going to take that stance too – be a brown, beautiful chocolate girl… whether mocha brown, caramel brown, dark brown, and love who you are.”

Lockett’s doll brand is connected to her summer campaign called The Beautiful Experience that teaches young, black girls to know and understand their purpose.

“Your skin don’t block nothing, your hair don’t block nothing – God made you who you are and you’re beautiful,” Lockett bold-

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Her songs Luh This Life, On Ya Way Up and others make your head bob. With the beats, you can’t help but move. Lockett has the pulse on this current trend in gospel music and says as a young person, she loves all types of music. Her style definitely resonates with young people.

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June 10 Soul Food Festival TX Hosted by The Soul Food Festival 4 PM - 11 PM 5700 Lake Ridge Pkwy, Grand Prairie, TX 75052performances by Cameo, Brick, El DeBarge, Ready For The World, Ruff Endz, Vivian Green and Noel Gourdin! Don’t forget at 10pm, party gets live w/ performances by Uncle Luke and The 69 Boyz ******* Jazz On The Trinity at Panther Island Pavilion Hosted by Jazz on the Trinity 5 PM - 10 PM EDT 395 Purcey St, Fort Worth, TX 76102**** Come chill to the sounds of TBAALs young recording artists, JADA THOMAS, ERIKA JOHNSON, TER-

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Lone Star Park celebrates 20th Anniversary Thoroughbred Season

Photos and Story By Dorothy Gentry

Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie is celebrating its 20th anniversary with celebrations that will run throughout its 2017 Thoroughbred Season, operating through July 30.

The celebration includes live horse racing, delicious menu offerings at Park restaurant, Silks and its other restaurants, live music, fun family entertainment, patriotic revelry, fantastic deals and plenty of giveaways. There is something for the entire family to enjoy.

Lone Star Park’s 20th anniversary menu, created by Chef Saleh Nasser includes: • 20” Trifecta Dog

Jockeys, horses and more during a recent race day at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie.

• 20” Finish Line Burrito • 20” The Stud, barbecue sandwich • 20 oz. Lone Star Rita margarita TICKET INFORMATION FOR THE 2017 THOROUGHBRED SEASON: Visit LoneStarPark.com. Children under three years of age are free. Restrictions, exclusions and additional charges may apply. Children under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent.

20th ANNIVERSARY FUN FACTS: • $5.8 billion – Total money wagered by Lone Star Park customers from April 1996.

• $47.8 million – Purchase price of Lone Star Park when sold to Global Gaming Solutions, LLC (Oct., 23, 2009).

• $121,139,593 – Lone Star Park record for total amount bet in a single day (Oct., 30, 2004).

• $702,114 – Largest single-ticket pari-mutuel payoff (June 11, 2016).

• 19 million – Number of customers that have passed through Lone Star Park turnstiles since April 1997.

• 866,000 – Square feet of all structures (including barns).

• 53,717 – Lone Star Park single-day live racing attendance record (October 30, 2004) Breeders’ Cup Day. • 2004 – The year Lone Star Park hosted the Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships.

• 315 – Number of acres on Lone Star Park’s property.

• 32 – Number of barns in Lone Star Park’s stable area (includes Hold & Test Barn, Receiving Barn).

• 850 – Number of workers employed at Lone Star Park during the live racing season.

• 250 – Number of workers employed at Lone Star Park during the non-live racing season.

• 1,600 – Number of stall applications the racing office annually receives by horsemen who want to race at the park.

• 1,100-1,500 - Number of horses stabled at Lone Star Park during the live season.

• 9,207 – Number of live Thoroughbred races run from 1997-2016.

• 85,146 – Number of Thoroughbred horses that ran in the 9,207 races (from 1997- 2016).

I didn’t know he was her ex I’m so embarrassed. I feel just terrible. My cousin who still lives in the old neighborhood where we grew up asked me to help out with a wedding. She needed some extra hands at the reception. It was no biggie, I had done it before, so I said ok and didn’t really think twice about it. We’re close in age but went to two different high schools. So when I asked about the bride, she told me her name but it didn’t ring a bell. My instructions were to show up at the wedding and reception ready to work. And that’s what I did.

Lo and behold I was completely shocked when I saw the groom. He was my high school best friend’s husband. OMG, I had no idea! I heard that they’d had an awful breakup because he was having an affair, but that’s all I knew. I didn’t even know they were divorced. Anyway, there I was, stuck, assisting the event planner with a wedding that if I had had any idea who the groom was, I would not have been there. Honestly, I hadn’t talked to this old friend in a long, long time. I left and went away to college and just lost touch. But I feel terrible. I’m sure she heard I was at the wedding and I hate that she probably thinks that I’m totally ok with him having an affair and then marrying the woman, but I’m not. I mean, whatever happened is none of my business, but more than that, I surely wouldn’t have been a part of it had I known it was her ex-husband. What can I do to make it right with my friend?

Wedding Regretter Dear Wedding Regretter Drive to her house Mz. Minnie Mouse, early, on a Sunday morning. People seem more relaxed early on Sunday morning. Take two cups of coffee, a homemade lemon glazed pound cake and a large piece of your heart.

Tell her, straight up, “I had no idea she was

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marrying your husband.” Explain how you were asked to be an extra hand at the reception, which turned into assisting with the wedding as well. Let her see your honesty. I can tell this is very important to you, otherwise you wouldn’t care how she was feeling.

Fall on the knife, girl, and ask her to pull it out. You can put a bandage on yourself later.

Accept whatever she throws at you. You deserve it. You wanna know why? Let me put it like this: If I offered you $100,000 to jump out of a plane without a parachute, would you do it? I bet you said no. Just wait, you didn’t let me finish. What if I told you, the plane was on the ground? Mmhmm!! Life Lesson: Know all the facts before you make up your mind. You committed to this wedding before you had all the facts – really before you had any facts. When this happens, trust me, you open yourself up to making all kinds of mistakes. I applaud you for longing to apologize for this unexpected, unanticipated crash and burn.

After your apology over cake and coffee, give her a hug and say goodbye. Leave the leftover cake, don’t make this visit long and drawn out. If you want to rekindle your friendship, devote attention to that another time. I respect you for finding it necessary to stand up and do what you feel is the right thing. Making amends when you’ve been imperfect. You’re my kind of woman, you’ve got a good heart. I hope you can carve out some time for her. I suspect, right about now, she could use some belly laughs with a really good friend who knew her when.

Alma 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.

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ed States. Jealous now seeks the Governor’s mansion in Annapolis with Donald Trump in the White House.

“What I know at this moment, we need to shift from being almost exclusively focused on defending ourselves from what will become Trump’s legacy to get back to extending and building on top of what was Obama’s legacy,” Jealous said.

“We have the opportunity in this moment to actually make use of all of the power that has been concen-

trated in our states, which may have started out 50 years ago for all the wrong reasons. But, at this moment when every branch of our federal government is controlled by right wing extremist conservatives, the reality is that this new era of state’s power and state’s rights gives us, sort of makes Maryland a very powerful place for us to come together as Marylanders and decide we’re going to move our families forward no matter who’s in the White House.”

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Urschel's Mom offers Perspective on Football ensuring that her son's - The National Football Founcoaches put his safety dation (NFF) & College Hall of first.

Fame released today the newest "I know sports can be video in its "I'm A Football Mom" dangerous, but it's the series, featuring Venita Parker, same thing as a parent, the mother of former Penn State you have to do your offensive guard and 2013 NFF homework," Parker says William V. Campbell Trophy rein the video. "Anything cipient John Urschel. Click here that your child becomes to watch the video. involved in, whether it's The Venita Parker interview captures her perspective on how Venita Parker (right), the mother sports or even academiof John Urschel. cally, you just keep your she addressed the safety concerns of having her son play football, and the im- finger on the pulse of things to make sure that portance of football in turning her son into your child is getting a benefit and it does not a well-rounded individual. Urschel is current- become a detriment."

The "I'm A Football Mom" initiative was ly pursuing his PhD in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while launched last year by the NFF to highlight the playing in the NFL for the Baltimore Ravens. unique perspectives of mothers around the Parker said the key in addressing her concerns country who believe in the benefits of having centered on becoming knowledgeable and their sons and daughters play football.

"The National Football Foundation makes a concerted effort to create opportunities for all the groups who influence the game and play a role in supporting our mission," said NFF Chairman Archie Manning. "Whether it is coaches, players, officials, administrators, or parents, the NFF works to engage all the people who support the game. Moms represent one of the most powerful influences in a young person's development, and the 'I'm A Football Mom' initiative gives them a voice in the promotion of the game."

The Parker/Urschel video marks the second video in the series, and both have been produced by Business Media Group (BMG) of Indianapolis, Ind. The initiative's first video, posted last year in October, captured the insights of Pam Martin from Indianapolis, Ind., the mother of three sons who each played college football: Josh (University of Indianapolis [Ind.]), Nick (University of Norte Dame) and

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Zach (University of Notre Dame). More than 20 stories have been written and posted to the FootballMatters.org site.

"Parents face a myriad of choices about the activities for their children," said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. "And we believe there is no better vehicle for teaching teamwork, discipline, and leadership than football. This initiative has a lot of people excited, and we have a third video already in the works."

The "I'm A Football Mom" initiative is part of a larger campaign launched by the NFF in 2013 called Football Matters, which provides people throughout the country with a voice in highlighting the positive impact that football has had on their lives by utilizing social media platforms and the hashtag: #ImAFootballPlayera.

If you are a proud football mom and want to share your story, please email news@footballfoundation.com.

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Phillips joins Dallas Wings as Director of Player, Franchise Development

WNBA champion and Australian National Team member Erin Phillips has joined the Dallas Wings as the team’s Director of Player and Franchise Development.

“Erin has experienced success at every level of the game of basketball and has been a valuable member of our organization since joining the team,” said Dallas Wings President & Chief Executive Officer Greg Bibb.

“Having someone with her level of experience and past success involved with our team, both on and off the court, will help the Wings organization continue to grow and progress.”

Phillips, who spent nine years in the WNBA while also appearing in two Olympics with her native Australia, will work closely with the Wings basketball operations department in a number of capacities including on-court player development, game planning, scouting and

draft preparation.

Additionally, she will assist the players with off-court development initiatives, serving as a liaison between the roster and staff in areas such as strength and conditioning, nutrition and sports psychology.

The two-time WNBA Champion will also serve the organization in a business role, assisting with corporate partnership engagement, ticket sales initiatives and community involvement.

“I am very excited to continue to be a part of the Dallas Wings family,” Phillips said. “I am very grateful for the chance to get to work and learn from three great coaches in Fred Williams, Bridget Pettis and Taj McWilliams-Franklin. I would like to thank the Dallas Wings Organization for this amazing opportunity.”

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