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woman. I didn’t want to categorize you as a “beautiful, young” African-American woman, because that would limit you to “our” people only. We first met you in 2012 as an Olympian and cheered you on as a member of the “Fierce Five” where you won gold medals in the allaround and team competitions. Prior to that you were a member of the 2011 gold-winning American team at the World Championships. You are the first African-American woman in Olympic history to become the allaround champion. There can only be one “first” in any historical or nonhistorical event, ranging from being a “first-born child” to being the “first African-American President of the United States (POTUS)”. It is a tremendous feat no matter how you view it. Training as a gymnast is a hard. I can only imagine that training as an Olympic gymnast is even more difficult. The time and effort put into it is astronomical and the precision required to become the best in the world is unimaginable, but Gabby Douglas, you’ve done it once and now you’ve done it again. Just last week you were a part of the “Final Five” at these 2016 Olympics where you won gold in the team competition. Honey, you’ve accomplished more in your 20 years on this earth than many people will accomplish in a lifetime. Americans of all races, creeds, and colors are very proud of you. I want you to re-read what I just said. “Americans of ALL races, creeds, AND colors are VERY proud of you”. My heart hurt for you as you tried to respond to all of the negativity directed at you at both Olympics. NOTHING should overshadow what you have accomplished in your career and I will offer some sound advice to you on how to deal with this later in this letter. But first, I’d like to ask you to please forgive us in the African-American community for
being a part of said negativity. I hope you know that deep down inside we would go to war for you, because you belong to us. You represent us. You are us. Yes, we talked about your hair and we have no excuses for doing it. We were wrong. Many African-American children are raised to look their best “out in public”. We’ve been taught to do this for centuries. I guess it was because our forefathers/mothers wanted their children to represent our families outwardly in an eye-pleasing manner much different than those depicted as “naked savages running through the jungles of an un-civilized Africa” by our White oppressors. African-American women, by the most part, have borne the brunt of much of the criticism, especially when it comes to their hair. Black mothers start caring for the hair of infant daughters as soon as they exit their wombs. The bible speaks of a woman’s hair being her “glory”. Images of women in National Geographic Magazines showed both the “nappiness” and the braided adornments of African women as far back as I can remember. From the time that Madame CJ Walker first introduced her “straightening comb” to “Brazilian extensions”, Black women’s hair is a topic discussed every day, all day. It’s nothing new. There are times, however, when contrary to popular AfricanAmerican belief, that how you wear, care, or display your hair shouldn’t be all that important. This statement probably sent shockwaves to narrowminded people but we’re going to deal with them a little later, too. Gabby Douglas, you are a beautiful woman. I stated many reasons why in previous paragraphs. I hope t this letter finds its way to you and this editorial touches everyone who reads it. Continue Reading “Before I lay it down” online @ www.aframnews.com
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Two Years After Garner And Ferguson, Real Change Is Still Needed Rev. Al Sharpton President, National Action Network
Over the weekend, I was in Ferguson, MO for the second anniversary of the police killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown. This comes three weeks after the second anniversary of the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY who was killed after being placed in a police chokehold. As one who raised awareness of both cases and movements that grew out of them; preaching at both funerals, leading rallies for both and highlighting the issues consistently both on my radio and TV shows, I look back now with family members over the last two years and fear that people will be comfortable reducing this to a salon discussion. I worry that society will say we need to do something, but never truly do it and instead use the parents of these victims as a symbol for a proper discussion rather than a radical change in policing. Talk is simply not enough; we must implement legislation and reform that results in a shift in the way our nation polices and treats its citizens — irrespective of their race, ethnicity or what neighborhood they reside in. There are those that will rally around the parents and loved ones of victims and temporarily feed them ideological goals but not put in the hard work for real legislative and social change. Neither these families, nor the deceased, should be pawns of the elite who want to use them for conversational pieces. And they must not be used by extremists on both sides who just want to rally their troops and not really deal with the need for change. The killing of unarmed Black men — and women — and others is
real and must end with real change. More than 100 Blacks have been killed by police this year alone. That means more than 100 families who have lost either a son, daughter, husband, wife, sibling or grandchild. We ask, where is the accountability? Investigations and prosecutorial conduct must be taken out of the hands of local authorities (as was done by executive order in NY after National Action Network and mothers of victims were able to get Gov. Cuomo to do so). We must demilitarize police so that we don’t see more of what took place in Ferguson as I personally witnessed in the aftermath of young Michael Brown’s death. Body cameras and other monitoring devices must be mandatory with strict guidelines on their usage. We must have residency requirements so that police live in the cities where they police. Extensive training programs must be in place, and community policing must be allowed and law enforcement must work with these community leaders. Read more artcles by Rev. Al Sharptom
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Hillary Does What Democrats Should Do: Make Like FDR Earl Ofari Hutchinson Author & Political Analyst
Hillary Clinton is doing what Democrats should have been doing all along, and that’s looking and sounding — and, if given the chance, acting — like FDR. This means going big, big, big and fully using government to radically ramp up new programs and initiatives to tackle everything from the nation’s crumbling infrastructure to the chronic unemployment, especially among the urban poor. Her FDR-like chorus was in full effect in her speech at a Michigan auto and aircraft parts manufacturing plant near Detroit. She promised a big spending spree to the tune of nearly $300 billion on a vast array of infrastructure building and repair projects; roads, bridges, airports schools, sewer systems and so on. The projects would create new jobs for thousands. Clinton made it clear that she expects the rich to foot much of the bill by demanding hefty tax hikes on them. She added the final FDR touch to her big spending plan by promising to plop the legislation on Congress’ table within her first 100 days in office. Now in line with the FDR theme, Clinton knows full well the perils ahead. The biggest threat is the Congress that she’ll have to go to with her big spending package. If it’s still a GOP-controlled Congress after November, it will be as hostile to the big budget and tax increases. It waged war against a far more modest jobs and infrastructure spending plan by President Obama than Clinton will offer. GOP rival Trump has already taken shots at her plan with the standard GOP rap about Democrats
soaking the rich, further eroding the living standards of the middle class and igniting inflation. The loud message is that it’s DOA if it ever hit Congress, and that it’s nothing more than a campaign stump promise to get votes. And besides that, the public would be so up in arms at the big spending that it would trigger backlash at the polls against the Democrats in the mid-term elections. The GOP used that tact in 2010 when it grabbed the House. It claimed the win as a total rejection of the Obama administration’s program on health care, financial reform and stimulus spending, and claimed that Americans loudly clamored for a return to fiscal conservatism, permanent tax cuts for the super-rich, and a sprint backward on expanding government programs in education, housing and highway and urban infrastructure construction and reconstruction. But Clinton is on far more solid ground if she follows through with the pledge than her GOP and rightwing economist assailants would have one believe. After his smash presidential reelection win in 1936, FDR took a drubbing a bare two years later in the 1938 midterm elections from the GOP. The Democrats lost seven seats in the Senate, and a crushing 81 seats in the House. The economy turned even sourer in the two years after Roosevelt’s 1936 land slide win, and unemployment crept up higher from its still double digit numbers. The GOP played hard on the feeling that the New Deal wasn’t working, and that it had run out of steam and that the real answer to the nation’s economic crisis was to turn things back over to big business and let it run the economic ship without the Roosevelt and New Deal governmental restraints, agencies, tampering and meddling. To continue reading online visit Source: Huffingtonpost.com
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African-American News&Issues has been and is a publication that has existed for 21 years, which serves to address and highlight both current and historical realities that are affecting our communities. While there remain many elements that have continued to plague our culture over the years, I can only present one at a time. However, I feel that it is necessary to bring to the forefront a common reality that is truly killing our communities. Our communities are dying because of the lack of leadership and it seems that not a lot of people are concerned about it all and this really bothers me. The thing that a lot of folks fail to realize is that, anything that affects our community affects us as a people whether we chose to admit it or not. It’s very simple to me people need to learn to respect those who do what’s best for the community. And the thing is there are many people that are working in, with and for the community that do not have a title. This is another problem within our community. So many people are caught up on titles, when titles have absolutely nothing to do with a position unless you are truly upholding the title. But nowadays, so many people are hung up on not doing anything unless there is a title attached and that is just ridiculous. I honestly don’t care what a person does or who they are if they do what’s best for the community then they have my respect. You really don’t have to like a person to work with them as long as everybody is working toward one common interest everything else is simply rhetoric. For example, throughout the years me and my wife have established various organizations geared
toward benefitting and bettering the community. Even though we have worked tirelessly trying to help the community, we have had people to come through and try to destroy everything that we have tried to do for the community, in these organizations. None of the things we do or have done, have been to be publicized or because we want praise from someone; but it is sincerely because we both have a genuine desire to help people and our community. I believe that every person should be that way, in giving back to the very communities that helped to make us who we are today. But that just isn’t the case most of the times. Yet and still everybody want to blame it on me because I curse. And yes it is true I do curse from time to time to get my point across but that has nothing to do with the message that I’m trying to convey. I may have an unorthodox way of delivering my messages but; I just believe in calling an, “ace an ace and a spade a spade”. That’s just how I am and how I will be but when it comes to supporting and doing what’s right for the community and my people I will not waiver in what I believe in. We MUST Understand that it is a very vital part of our community to have leaders within that are truly concerned about what our people need. Right is right and wrong is wrong and no matter how other people may see or try to paint a picture, I’m going to always speak the truth no matter how it comes out. So they can blame it on me all they want to because I certainly don’t care. If people can walk around taking advice and listening to some of these so-called educated but really mis-educated folks who don’t mean them no good; then certainly
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I have a right to do and say what I know is best for our communities. So again, I state they can just blame it on me! Some of these same educated but mis-educated folk who were born and raised right in the same communities; get to a place where they believed they have arrived and leave the community and forget where they came from. It bothers me because some of these people if they had their head on straight could really help the community. But they are so anxious to leave our communities to occupy other communities where there is nothing but folk that don’t look like them and in most cases don’t even like them. As previously fore-mentioned there is a major decline in our communities that is resulting from a lack of leadership. As a result, our communities are becoming the communities of others who do not look like us, nor do they have the best interest in mind in regards to our people. Others are coming in and taking over homes and resources that our parents, grandparents and other ancestors work, fought and died to have. We MUST Understand that it is time out for everybody benefitting off of things that we worked for. It is constantly happening over and over again, but it’s like no one is concerned about what is going on right in our own backyards. But I’m going to talk about it and I’m going to write about it as long as I have strength, so once again just Blame it on me!
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SPORT: GYMNASTICS Discipline(s): Artistic Gymnastics Event(s): Team Height: 4-8 Weight: 105 DOB: 3/14/1997 Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio Hometown: Spring, Texas High School: Homeschooled (Spring, Texas) ‘15 Team/Club: World Champions Center Coach(es): Aimee Boorman Olympic Experience • Olympian (2016); five-time Olympic
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medalist (4 gold, 1 bronze) • Rio 2016 Olympic Games, gold (team, allaround, vault, floor); bronze (beam) World Championship Experience • Most recent: 2015 – gold (team, all-around, balance beam, floor exercise); bronze (vault) • Years of participation: 2013-15 • Medals: 14 (10 golds, 2 silvers, 2 bronzes) • Gold – 2013 (all-around, floor exercise); 2014 (team, all-around, balance beam,
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floor exercise); 2015 (team, all-around, balance beam, floor exercise) • Silver – 2013 (vault); 2014 (vault) • Bronze – 2013 (balance beam); 2015 (vault) Background • Became the first woman to win four straight U.S. all-around titles in 42 years at the 2016 P&G Championships… • Selected USOC’s Female Olympic Athlete of the Year
Relay), gold (100m free); silver (4x100m free, 50m free) World Championship Experience • Most recent: 2015 – 4th (4x100m medley); 6th (100m free); 8th (50m free) • Years of participation: Long Course – 2013, 2015 • Medals: 1 (gold) • Gold – 2013 (4x100m free) Personal: Daughter of Marc and Sharron Manuel...Has two older brothers, Christopher and Ryan… Enjoys listening to upbeat music when working out and gospel music always motivates her… If she wasn’t a competitive swimmer, she would be either a singer or dancer… Hobbies include backing and cooking because it relaxes her… Other interests include traveling, and collecting sunglasses and pictures.
SPORT: SWIMMING Event(s): 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 DOB: 8/2/1996 Birthplace: Houston, Texas Hometown: Sugar Land, Texas High School: Fort Bend Austin High School (Sugar Land, Texas) ‘14 College: Stanford University ‘18, Undeclared OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE • Olympian (2016); Four-time Olympic medalist (2 gold, 2 silvers) • Rio 2016 Olympic Games, gold (4x100m IM SPORT: TRACK AND FIELD World Championship Experience Event(s): Shot Put • Most recent: 2016 – gold Height: 5-9 • Years of participation: Outdoor – 2009, 2011, 2013, Weight: 300 2015; Indoor – 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 DOB: 10/12/1985 • Medals: 3 (1 gold, 2 bronzes) Birthplace: San Jose , Calif. • Gold – 2016 Hometown: Red Oak, Texas • Bronze – 2012, 2015 High School: Red Oak High School Other Career Highlights (Red Oak, Texas) ‘03 • 2011 Pan American Games, bronze College: University of Texas ‘17, Youth and • 2006 NCAA indoor champion...Enjoys singing, baking, styling Community Studies hair and makeup...Competed at the state level in high school choir. Team/Club: New York Athletic Club Personal: Daughter of Michael and Sandra Carter...Has one Coach(es): Michael Carter brother, Michael Jr., and one sister, D’Andra… OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE Father, Mike, won the men’s shot put silver medal while • Three-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2016); representing Team USA at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Olympic medalist (gold) Games and also played professional American football for • Rio 2016 Olympic Games, gold the San Francisco 49ers from 1984-1992, winning three Super • London 2012 Olympic Games, 5th Bowls and earning three Pro Bowl team selections • Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, 15th Source: Team USA Website
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HOUSTON - Three Gold performances at the Olympics in Rio by African-American women athletes from Texas present outstanding examples for Black youth and teens and should inspire many to dream, set and achieve even greater personal goals in life. Olympic athletes Simone Biles, Simone Manuel and Michelle Carter have given youth hope that dreams still matter and that even in the face of challenges, maintaining a positive attitude and not giving up still brings winning results. Each has inspired us by teaching valuable lessons about beating odds, positive thinking, dedication to details and also stirred discussions about racial and gender equality. Also, coming from different backgrounds, stereotypes and challenges, these three Black women have much in common on the road to Gold Medals in Brazil. Each path was paved with the same kinds of sweat, sacrifices and patience it takes to be a winner. SIMONE BILES Words Inspire and Actions Speaks Biles is a gifted American artistic gymnast whose performances as the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil can only be described as superhuman. From Spring, Texas, she is the first African American to win an all-around World title ,winning four Olympic Gold Medals and a Bronze medal, she is the individual all-around, vault and floor champion. Biles also was part of the gold medal-winning team dubbed the “final five” at the 2106 Summer Olympic in Rio. She is known for many inspiring quotes, but most impressive is the way she has fine-tuned her life to be in sync with those words and her actions confirm her genuine commitment to them and to being a winner. She is not intimidated by a small frame build at 4’8” tall. She believes she was built the way she is for a reason and has set out to prove that purpose. “I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use it,” she said in numerous media interviews. “I’m out to prove what I’m capable of.” This kind of determination has her led to many accomplishments prior to Rio. Biles also is a three-time world all-around champion (2013–15), three-time world floor champion (2013–15), two-time world balance beam champion (2014, 2015), four-time United States national all-around champion (2013–16), and a member of the gold medal-winning American teams at the 2014 and 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She stresses hard work, practice, dedication and surrounding yourself around positive people and focusing on positive things. In one of her public quotes, she says,
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“Surround yourself with the dreamers, the doers, the believers and thinkers but most of all surround yourself with those who see greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.” Her successes at the Olympics and before Rio undoubtedly are driven by an inner desire that does not run from the competition, but faces challenges head on. “To go out there and prove what I can do has taught me a lot about who I am,” she says.”A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I’m doing.” On her lighter side, despite her stardom, she is still maintains a kind, down home personality, loves life and having fun. SIMONE MANUEL Modern Trailblazer- Social Pioneer Maitza Correia and Cullen Jones had no idea how their past efforts and challenges in the sport of swimming would inspire and impact Olympic swimmer Simone Manuel. Her talents were on full display in Rio as she became the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming and set an Olympic record and an American record. In winning she finished the 100-meter freestyle in a tie with Penny Oleksiak of Canada. “This medal is not just for me. It is for some of the African-Americans who have come before me,” she added in media interviews following her historic accomplishment and referencing former Olympians Maritza Correia and Cullen Jones. “This medal is for the people who come behind me and get into the sport and hopefully find love and drive to get to this point.” Manuel, who is from Sugarland and graduated from Fort Bend Austin High School, is a competition swimmer specializing in sprint freestyle. She won two gold and two silver medals: gold in the 100-meter freestyle and the 4x100-meter medley, and silver in the 50-meter freestyle, according to Team USA website. In 2002, Maritza Correia made history when she became the first black woman to break an American record. She later became the first black woman to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic swim team, according to Biography.com website. Jones was part of the 2008 US Swimming team that broke the world record in the 4x100 Relay. However, before Manuel, Correia and Jones, Blacks were part of and endured the era of segregation and discrimination that discouraged Black involvement in the sport, according to Author Prof Jeff Wiltse, author of Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America. “Black Americans were largely and systematically denied access to those pools,” he noted. “…Swimming never became a part of African- American recreational culture.” According to Wiltse, Segregation in pools
Read us online! www. aframnews. com ended in the northern United States in the 1940s and early 1950s, but many white swimmers abandoned municipal pools for private clubs in the suburbs where segregation was enforced. After the race riots of the 1960s, many cities did start building pools in predominantly black areas, he added. Manuel has benefited from that rich history and allowed it to motivate her to achieve her goal and raise her to the level of a modern trailblazer and social pioneer seeking to break down barriers for African-Americans and women. “Coming into the race I tried to take weight of the black community off my shoulders,”she told USA Today. “It’s something I carry with me. I want to be an inspiration, but I would like there to be a day when it is not ‘Simone the black swimmer.’” Manuel’s record of excellence started before Rio. She also holds three world records as a member of a relay team, and she is a two-time individual National Collegiate Athletic Association champion, becoming one of the first three African American women to place in the top three spots in the 100-yard freestyle event in any Division I NCAA Swimming Championship. Since 2014, she has attended University where she swims for Stanford Cardinal.
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In sharing some secrets to success, she was quick to cite her faith in God, Phillipians4:13, her favorite Bible verse, and her commitment to maintaining her focus and training hard. “...I train hard and want to win just like everyone else,” she told USA Today. “This win hopefully brings hope and change to some of the issues that are going on.” MICHELLE CARTER Confident Positive Image Promoter/Producer Michelle Carter is the strong Black woman who preaches to youth and adults alike to never give up on yourself - a message that travels far and is as powerful as the shot put throw that put her in the 2016 Rio Olympics record books. “… My focus is always to just do my best and I think that our competition always brings out the best in all of us,” she said in media interviews. Carter won the 2016 gold medal at the Rio Olympics on the last of her six throws, edging two-time defending champion Valerie Adams of New Zealand. She became the first United States women’s athlete to win the event since the women’s competition began at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, and only the second American to win any medal. To continue reading visit us online @ www.aframnews.com Story by: By D. Campbell, African-American
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awd “help me” is what you’ll be screaming at the end of this Power packed episode. Courtney Kemp Agboh and Power’s writing team give the audience what they have been begging for ever since Holly stole Tasha’s earrings. The turn of events for the character everyone loves to hate set Twitter and Instagram on fire and provided solid evidence that Power is the hottest show on television. Take a deep breath and brace yourself before diving in because although this was inevitable, it still somehow came as a surprise in terms of the who, what and how. The episode opens with Tommy still reeling from the attempt on his life. Shell shocked, he is rubbing a groove into the windowsill with his gun with such great intensity that Holly has to snap him out of it. Tommy tells her that he isn’t so sure that Lobos ordered the hit on him. To him, it doesn’t make sense because his death would cut off the money supply that Lobos so desperately needs. Holly, who still hasn’t told Tommy that she is pregnant, tries to convince Tommy that they have to kill Ghost to save them selves. She blocks Tommy from responding to a text from Ghost and says they aren’t leaving the apartment until they figure it out. On the other side of town, Ghost is putting it DOWN (Yaass ladies, in all caps!) but Angie is really not feeling him. The whole situation with Tariq hating her, Paz hating Ghost, and him still being married to Tasha is getting to her. Ghost tries to reassure her but she makes a quick getaway after receiving a text from Saxe saying that she needs to come in for a Ruiz strategy session. In response, Ghost asks Proctor to look into a legal separation from Tasha. Proctor asks Ghost if he is sure he wants to do that because spousal privilege keeps Tasha from testifying against him. Ghost is clear that he is seeking legal separation not a divorce. Lobos flips out at the news that Ruiz is back. Mike tells Lobos that another high profile witness murder on his watch will cause unwanted scrutiny. He tries to deescalate the situation by telling Lobos that he will handle Ruiz in his own way but Lobos comes off the hinges and threatens Mike and his daughter. Lobos says that Hugo is going to kill somebody; Mike’s job now is to make sure he and his daughter aren’t the targets. He convinces Lobos to sign an affidavit that will get him immediately transferred. He tells Lobos that he can arrange for his people to get him at the airport during the time of transfer. Lobos calls Tommy and leaves a message for him. Continue reading online @ www.aframnews.com BY LAWANDA THOMAS
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picking up food for the people that will utilize their service. One of the greatest parts about their business is that it is very cost efficient. People who utilize their services will only spend five dollars to get the food they want. According to Lenzy, “Some people think that the service is too good to be true.” However, five bucks is all it will cost you! Although this company has had a great start thus far, they do have goals that they would like to achieve. In regards to short- term goals, they would like to expand and operate in different areas within Houston, and even cities that surround the Houston area. As far as long-term goals, they would like to grow their business outside of Texas, and would eventually like to go nation wide. J.E.T Delivery is working hard everyday to not only progress their business, but to get closer to reaching all of their goals. Furthermore, this company also thrives on helping caterers and chefs get their business out to people as well. They work hard to market and promote caterers and chefs, and even will do deliveries for their businesses as well. They take pride in what they do, and want to extend their support and help those who are trying to grow just like them.
J.E.T Delivery wants people to know that they are a family oriented business, and that they are a business that people can trust and depend on. Furthermore, if there is a service that isn’t advertised, if you request it, they will be willing to work with you in order to help take care of your needs. “We cater to the customer in all ways,” expressed Lenzy. In addition to, they take care of their drivers, and are always looking for people to join their team. Drivers can make great tips, and even join a team that will care about them. They are a team who takes care of their workers, and support their driver’s needs as well. Lenzy stated, “I treat my drivers like their family.” So the next time you have a craving for something delicious, and you don’t feel like going to get it, then try J.E.T. Delivery to satisfy your cravings. If you are interested in using their services, or interested in being a food runner, you can visit their website at http://jetdelivery15.wixsite.com/jetphast. You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat under the name Jetphast15.
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Marion Montgomery Speaks: Speaker * Life Coach * Start Over Strategist
HOUSTON – “There is a place that you are to fill, that no one else can fill, something you are to do, that no one else can do.” Marion Montgomery subscribes to this theory and has spent nearly the last decade adamantly training, coaching and counseling others to be the best that they can be. She knows all too well through life experiences of her own, that there is nothing written which suggests that we will live a life exempt from “trials and tribulations and disappointments and detours.” However, she believes that when circumstances arise, they come to make a person stronger. During our interview, Marion strongly expressed that, “you can use what has happened to you in two ways; you can use it as fuel to propel you to the next level or you can let it burn you up.” As such she has built a business as a, “professional counselor specializing in individual, family and group therapy.” But her destination did not come without much determination; she had to go through a series of life events that assisted her along the way. Read on to learn more about her inspiring story! Marion hails from Lettsworth, Louisiana. After graduating high school she attended Southern University in Baton Rouge where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. She moved to Dallas in the mid 1980’s, where she worked for Texas Instruments as an engineer. After working over ten years as an engineer in the Defense system, she was laid off when the market crashed. Though she worked as an engineer at other firms she was also laid off from them as well. This season in her life caused her to lose many possessions, but it never distracted her from persevering through. Undoubtedly, it was a strenuous task for her to recuperate from being
laid off from the field that she went to college to study in; but she remained driven. She said, “There was nothing out there that prepared you for getting laid off, time and time again; when you’ve spent all these years getting this engineering degree that you thought would be the cement that keeps you going.” Nonetheless, after encountering the burdensome task of being laid off several times; she began to inquire of the Lord what it was that He would have her to do. Hence, she initiated a career as a teacher in the Dallas Independent School District. She later moved to Houston where she taught at Lone Star College System before it was renamed and Aldine Independent School District. Even though she was passionate about educating children, she still found that there was something nudging her regarding a greater purpose. She revealed that she was always a, “go-to” person anytime someone had questions. Due to her being an avid reader of a broad spectrum of literature, she always had answers to the questions that people needed answered. As time went on, she had a younger sister that passed away unexpectedly who had two young children. Marion took custody of her sister’s children and soon found that one of them had a severe behavioral issue. This occurrence ignited a spark in her to aspire to a degree in Counseling. Accordingly, she enrolled at Prairie View A & M University, where she earned her Master’s of Art in
Examiners of Professional Counselors and a Certified Life Coach by the Life Coach Institute of Orange County. While working at several agencies to obtain the amount of hours needed to receive her licensing as a Professional Counselor, she was able to gather experience dealing with mental health issues and a great deal of other elements. During that time, she found that she had a gift for not looking at a person for how they were, but instead how they could be. Collectively, all of these things equipped her with the skills and “know-how” to create her own business, using her personal treatment format. In the formation of her business she started out as a counselor. From this experience she was fortuned with the opportunity to have a wide array of clients, of which she was able to deal with a plethora of issues. She rebranded her company with the name On Point because she found that it was a term that constantly emerged as she would talk, coach and counsel with her clients. Though she loved her role as a counselor, she soon realized that there was more that she needed to do. She explained that counselors are in place to provide a listening ear for others. However, she knew that she needed
to do more than just listen. Therefore, she began to expand her horizons. Today, she does training for companies and trains workers; she also incorporates her talents to assist children, daycares and children in foster homes. She has a niche for Math and offers her knowledge and assistance to students as a tutor. Her expertise has yielded her with the skill to train the staff of schools, which have students with behavioral issues. Additionally, her company has provided services to many colleges, universities and churches. Since operating as an entrepreneur, Marion has had the privilege of having counseled over at least 15 students that have proceeded on to graduating from college. In addition to the counseling phase of her business, she is also a well-respected motivational speaker.
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Rotten Fruit!
STORY BY: SHELONDRA PEAVY
In a recent issue of the AfricanAmerican News&Issues paper, I submitted an article about how the efforts of a woman named Tameka Mottley were nearly brought to an abrupt halt, due to the actions of a property manager named Cheryl Foster. In short – From an empty apartment unit, Tameka was feeding the hungry children from her low-income apartment complex. She also used the unit as a place for the children to read books, watch movies, and avoid crime or mischief. Essentially, Miss Mottley had converted the empty apartment unit into a safe haven and make-shift community center. Then, when a new property manager (Cheryl Foster) arrived, she shut the love-based operation down within her first two weeks of being employed there. Mottley then shared her dilemma with the public by way of the media. Thus, when the lights, cameras, interviewers, and community activists arrived, Cheryl Foster told them that her sole reason for stopping the unofficial “youth services center” was due to her personal concerns about health
Krystin Collins Attorney at Law Facing criminal charges can be a very stressful and expensive predicament. In addition to being arrested and going to jail, you most likely will have to pay a bond to be released from jail, hire an attorney, and attend court several times in order to dispose of your case. Once a person is arrested, the first order of business is usually to post a bail bond. A bail bond is the amount a defendant must pay to be released from jail while their case is pending.
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and safety. “I’ve been here two weeks and it wasn’t done the proper way to begin with,” said the new Apartment Manager, Cheryl Foster. “…We’re gonna work with her (Tameka Mottley) though.” At least that’s what Foster said while there were lights, cameras, and activists present. But, it was what happened next that caused me to write this article. When the media representatives left and when the community activist
moved on to the next call of duty, it appears that Cheryl Foster’s fangs, claws, and true character came out. An anonymous resident shared the following information about Cheryl Foster’s alleged actions: “That lady is giving everybody a hard time. If we speak up or if we have kids who are a
part of the lunch program, she is going through our files and looking for stuff so she can kick us out. And, she’s feeding the kids around here molded food and rotten fruit. Some of the lil’ kids done got sick from the stuff she’s feedin’em. She don’t care, because she’s not doing it from the heart like Tameka was… Matter of fact, she told Tameka that she can’t even help with feeding the children. She told Tameka that she can only watch from the sideline... She just wanna hurt
her… Really – She just wanna hurt all of us.” And from that information, the title of this article was born. Rotten fruit: it’s what Cheryl Foster is said to have been giving to the children of Copper Tree Apartments in place of “wholesome”
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fruit. Furthermore, it’s my personal opinion that “rotten fruit” is what Cheryl Foster and many people like her are giving to society as a whole. If allowed, I’d like to share two definitions with you: 1) Rotten - good for nothing… bad… suffering from decay. 2) Wholesome - good… healthy… nourishing. That said - Both, literally and metaphorically, you can tell a tree by the fruit it bears. If I claim to be a fig tree, but all you see is apples, then you’ll know that I’m either a liar or a misguided fool. And, even if a fruit (or a person) is shiny and firm on the outside, it wouldn’t matter at all if it’s hollowed out (decayed) and rotted to the core. It all stems from the initial seeds that were planted. Of course the soil and the roots are important factors as well. Clearly, I could break the subject down further, but rather than getting too deep, I’m going to shove myself into more shallow waters and simply make a plea to Black women specifically: Sisters – stop causing grief for other sisters. Stop assassinating each other’s characters. Stop destroying each other’s opportunities. Stop threatening one another’s livelihood. Stop being evil, self-serving, cold-blooded backstabbers. Stop putting your foot
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In Loving Memory of Mrs. Diane M. Gainous
Sunrise February 24, 1949 -
Sunset August 14, 2016
Born February 24, 1949 Mrs. Diane M. Gainous, 67, transitioned into eternal rest on Sunday, August 14, 2016. African American News&Issues sends our condolences to family and friends. on the neck of another sister who’s struggling and striving to improve her circumstances. Stop knocking each other down. Stop pulling each other down. Stop keeping each other down. Stop the toxic “nigger-lady” mentality and by all means, stop giving rotten fruit to your own kind!
Understanding the Law: Criminal Bail Bonds
Bail bonds are implemented to insure that a defendant will appear in court to face the charges against them. Every case is different, but there are certain factors judges consider when setting a bail bond for a defendant. Personal Recognizance Bonds (PR Bonds) - Personal recognizance bonds are implemented for low level offenders. If the judge finds that a defendant is a low level offender and not a flight risk, the defendant can be granted a pretrial release from jail without posting a bail bond. When a defendant is granted a PR bond they must report to pretrial services instead of a bondsman. Bail Bond Schedule – One of the primary tools used when setting a bond is a bail bond schedule. A bail bond
schedule provides guidelines for setting bail based on the offense. Under certain circumstances a judge will deviate from the bond bail schedule and elect to increase or decrease the amount to be paid in order to be released. Harris County, Texas Misdemeanor Bail Schedule Class: B, Standard Offense 1st Offense $500; 2nd Offense $500, plus $500 for each prior misdemeanor conviction, plus $1,000 for each prior felony conviction (not to exceed $5,000) Class: A, Standard Offense 1st Offense $1,000; 2nd Offense $1,000, plus $500 for each prior misdemeanor convic-
tion, plus $1,000 for each prior felony conviction (not to exceed $5,000) Class: Family Violence or Threat of Violence 1st Offense $1,500; 2nd Offense $1,500, plus $2,000 for each prior conviction for a violent offense or threat of violence Class: DWI 1st Offense $500; Subsequent Offense $2,500, plus $1,000 for each prior conviction not to exceed $5,000 Class: Any offense committed while on bond, community supervision, intervention, or parole Any motion to adjudicate or revoke community supervision $5,000 Outstanding Warrants - If a person
is arrested on criminal charges and has outstanding warrants, the judge may deny bail even if the warrants are in a different jurisdiction. Criminal History – If a defendant has an extensive criminal history, most likely their bond will be set a higher amount. Read more online @ aframnews.com
Attorney Krystin Collins is a native of the Acres Homes Community. She is a graduate of Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law and has been a licensed attorney since 2009. Her primary practice areas are criminal defense, civil litigation, personal injury, estate planning, and divorce. She may be contacted at 713-775-0332 or krystin. collins@gmail.com.
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TEXAS • AUGUST 22 - 28 2016
Rotten Fruit!
STORY BY: SHELONDRA PEAVY
In a recent issue of the AfricanAmerican News&Issues paper, I submitted an article about how the efforts of a woman named Tameka Mottley were nearly brought to an abrupt halt, due to the actions of a property manager named Cheryl Foster. In short – From an empty apartment unit, Tameka was feeding the hungry children from her low-income apartment complex. She also used the unit as a place for the children to read books, watch movies, and avoid crime or mischief. Essentially, Miss Mottley had converted the empty apartment unit into a safe haven and make-shift community center. Then, when a new property manager (Cheryl Foster) arrived, she shut the love-based operation down within her first two weeks of being employed there. Mottley then shared her dilemma with the public by way of the media. Thus, when the lights, cameras, interviewers, and community activists arrived, Cheryl Foster told them that her sole reason for stopping the unofficial “youth services center” was due to her personal concerns about health
Krystin Collins Attorney at Law Facing criminal charges can be a very stressful and expensive predicament. In addition to being arrested and going to jail, you most likely will have to pay a bond to be released from jail, hire an attorney, and attend court several times in order to dispose of your case. Once a person is arrested, the first order of business is usually to post a bail bond. A bail bond is the amount a defendant must pay to be released from jail while their case is pending.
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and safety. “I’ve been here two weeks and it wasn’t done the proper way to begin with,” said the new Apartment Manager, Cheryl Foster. “…We’re gonna work with her (Tameka Mottley) though.” At least that’s what Foster said while there were lights, cameras, and activists present. But, it was what happened next that caused me to write this article. When the media representatives left and when the community activist
moved on to the next call of duty, it appears that Cheryl Foster’s fangs, claws, and true character came out. An anonymous resident shared the following information about Cheryl Foster’s alleged actions: “That lady is giving everybody a hard time. If we speak up or if we have kids who are a
part of the lunch program, she is going through our files and looking for stuff so she can kick us out. And, she’s feeding the kids around here molded food and rotten fruit. Some of the lil’ kids done got sick from the stuff she’s feedin’em. She don’t care, because she’s not doing it from the heart like Tameka was… Matter of fact, she told Tameka that she can’t even help with feeding the children. She told Tameka that she can only watch from the sideline... She just wanna hurt
her… Really – She just wanna hurt all of us.” And from that information, the title of this article was born. Rotten fruit: it’s what Cheryl Foster is said to have been giving to the children of Copper Tree Apartments in place of “wholesome”
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fruit. Furthermore, it’s my personal opinion that “rotten fruit” is what Cheryl Foster and many people like her are giving to society as a whole. If allowed, I’d like to share two definitions with you: 1) Rotten - good for nothing… bad… suffering from decay. 2) Wholesome - good… healthy… nourishing. That said - Both, literally and metaphorically, you can tell a tree by the fruit it bears. If I claim to be a fig tree, but all you see is apples, then you’ll know that I’m either a liar or a misguided fool. And, even if a fruit (or a person) is shiny and firm on the outside, it wouldn’t matter at all if it’s hollowed out (decayed) and rotted to the core. It all stems from the initial seeds that were planted. Of course the soil and the roots are important factors as well. Clearly, I could break the subject down further, but rather than getting too deep, I’m going to shove myself into more shallow waters and simply make a plea to Black women specifically: Sisters – stop causing grief for other sisters. Stop assassinating each other’s characters. Stop destroying each other’s opportunities. Stop threatening one another’s livelihood. Stop being evil, self-serving, cold-blooded backstabbers. Stop putting your foot
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In Loving Memory of Mrs. Diane M. Gainous
Sunrise February 24, 1949 -
Sunset August 14, 2016
Born February 24, 1949 Mrs. Diane M. Gainous, 67, transitioned into eternal rest on Sunday, August 14, 2016. African American News&Issues sends our condolences to family and friends. on the neck of another sister who’s struggling and striving to improve her circumstances. Stop knocking each other down. Stop pulling each other down. Stop keeping each other down. Stop the toxic “nigger-lady” mentality and by all means, stop giving rotten fruit to your own kind!
Understanding the Law: Criminal Bail Bonds
Bail bonds are implemented to insure that a defendant will appear in court to face the charges against them. Every case is different, but there are certain factors judges consider when setting a bail bond for a defendant. Personal Recognizance Bonds (PR Bonds) - Personal recognizance bonds are implemented for low level offenders. If the judge finds that a defendant is a low level offender and not a flight risk, the defendant can be granted a pretrial release from jail without posting a bail bond. When a defendant is granted a PR bond they must report to pretrial services instead of a bondsman. Bail Bond Schedule – One of the primary tools used when setting a bond is a bail bond schedule. A bail bond
schedule provides guidelines for setting bail based on the offense. Under certain circumstances a judge will deviate from the bond bail schedule and elect to increase or decrease the amount to be paid in order to be released. Harris County, Texas Misdemeanor Bail Schedule Class: B, Standard Offense 1st Offense $500; 2nd Offense $500, plus $500 for each prior misdemeanor conviction, plus $1,000 for each prior felony conviction (not to exceed $5,000) Class: A, Standard Offense 1st Offense $1,000; 2nd Offense $1,000, plus $500 for each prior misdemeanor convic-
tion, plus $1,000 for each prior felony conviction (not to exceed $5,000) Class: Family Violence or Threat of Violence 1st Offense $1,500; 2nd Offense $1,500, plus $2,000 for each prior conviction for a violent offense or threat of violence Class: DWI 1st Offense $500; Subsequent Offense $2,500, plus $1,000 for each prior conviction not to exceed $5,000 Class: Any offense committed while on bond, community supervision, intervention, or parole Any motion to adjudicate or revoke community supervision $5,000 Outstanding Warrants - If a person
is arrested on criminal charges and has outstanding warrants, the judge may deny bail even if the warrants are in a different jurisdiction. Criminal History – If a defendant has an extensive criminal history, most likely their bond will be set a higher amount. Read more online @ aframnews.com
Attorney Krystin Collins is a native of the Acres Homes Community. She is a graduate of Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law and has been a licensed attorney since 2009. Her primary practice areas are criminal defense, civil litigation, personal injury, estate planning, and divorce. She may be contacted at 713-775-0332 or krystin. collins@gmail.com.
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