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BEAUMONT- Jefferson County Republicans attacked a city sponsored Juneteenth event. Rick Williams, who is legal counsel to the local GOP, told council members the city-sponsored event promoted Democratic candidates and contended the incident may have violated the law. Williams cried foul and claimed that citizens want honesty and integrity from elected officials and that the way it was done was not proper. Councilman Jamie Smith, who is Black, organized the Juneteenth event, and he says in an effort to help increase voter participation, candidates were introduced, but he said the disc jockey at the event announced candidates and could have gone too far by endorsing some of them. Mayor Becky Ames wants to make sure it doesn’t happen again, she’s asking the city attorney to draft a policy in which candidates are not introduced at city funded events.

DALLAS- The Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees examined its balanced $1.3 billion budget for the 2014-2015 school year that includes the smallest student to staff ratio in three years, funding for 389 additional teachers, and 3-percent pay increase for most employees. The financial blueprint also includes additional funds to offset employee health expenses, 23 more teachers to support the growth of the district’s pre-kindergarten program, support for the new Teacher Excellence Initiative and additional staff to support the new early college program at W.W. Samuell High School. The 2014-2015 budget will support a projected enrollment of 161,521 students, an increase of 1,808 students from the 2013-2014 school year. However, with added staff positions, the staff-to-student ratio will be 1:15. The proposed budget also demonstrates the continued fiscal strength of Dallas ISD, and includes a projected all-time high fund balance of more than $311 million.

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DALLAS- Texas Democrats gathered in Dallas for their state convention. The theme of the convention is “A Texas Promise.” Women issues highlight the convention, but along with that, other issues Democrats are fine tuning platforms on are public education, access to healthcare, well-paying jobs, taking care of the environment and equal treatment for women.

Immigration is another big topic as state Democrats are calling for major immigration reform.

FORT WORTH- A Fort Worthbased health care facility will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged The Fort Worth Center of Rehab­ilitation with unlawfully failing to accommodate a disabled applicant with a kidney disorder.

According to the EEOC’s suit, the company denied Patsy Roberson, an applicant for a certified nursing assistant position, the reasonable accommo­da­tion of a blood- or hair-based pre-employment drug test. Roberson’s kidneys were removed several years ago after a failed transplant, rendering her unable to produce concentrated urine for purposes of a drug screen. The EEOC alleged that Roberson was told by her interviewer that the job offer was contingent on passing a drug test, at which point Roberson indicated that she could not do a urine-based screen because of her disability and requested a reasonable accommodation in the form of a different method of drug testing. The EEOC said Roberson’s request for accommodation was denied despite the existence of alternate forms of drug screening, and her conditional offer of employment was revoked as a direct result of the failure to accommodate. Refusing to grant a reasonable accommodation to an individual with a disability violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), unless granting that accommo­dation would create an undue hardship for the employer.

GRAND PRAIRIE- Isaiah Austin was a 7-foot-1 star center playing for Baylor. He had NBA dreams and was working out with NBA teams, hoping to be picked high in this week’s draft.

However, the dream was cut short with the diagnosis of an abnormal EKG. The EKG led to a test for a condition called Marfan Syndrome – a condition that damages connective tissues in the body. According to The Marfan Foundation, the condition affects about one in 5,000. Few people ever get tested. Even though his basketball dreams were over, Austin is planning other ways to make a difference with his life.

HOUSTON- The Lone Star College System Board of Trustees unanimously approved the 2014 tax exemptions for qualified residents in Harris, Montgomery and San Jacinto counties. The 2014 tax exemptions continue the same as 2013. The board vote took place earlier this month at the June board meeting. Last year, LSCS also reduced the property rate tax by 3 percent to 11.60 cents per $100 property evaluation for the 2013-14 tax year. That reduction was the sixth time in the last 10 years the board has lowered the property tax rate for LSCS taxpayers. The 2014 tax exemptions are as follows: Homestead Exemption $5,000 or 1 percent (whichever is greater), Over 65 Exemption $75,000 and Disability $75,000. Taxpayers who are eligible for the Over 65 or Disability exemption will automatically qualify for a “tax freeze” (actual dollar tax amount owed is frozen), as approved by the board in September 2006.

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Fifty Years Later the 1964 Civil Rights Act Is Still Under Assault Earl Ofari Hutchinson Author & Political Analyst

The commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the passage of the monumental 1964 Civil Rights Act in July, 1964 was accompanied by a wave of celebratory events back in April at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. President Obama gave the keynote address and three other living presidents, Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton also gave their thoughts on the significance of the Act. They paid due homage to the profound impact the Act had in serving as a powerful wrecking ball that demolished the walls of legal segregation and ushered in an era of unbridled opportunities for many Blacks. The changes are unmistakable today. Blacks are better educated, more prosperous, own more businesses, hold more positions in the professions, and have more elected officials than ever before.

Yet the towering racial improvements since Johnson put pen to the bill a half century ago masks a harsh reality. That is that the challenge and threats to civil rights 50 years later are, in some ways, more daunting than what Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights leaders of that day faced.

When Johnson signed the bill, Black leaders had already firmly staked out the moral high ground for a powerful and irresistible civil rights movement. It was classic good versus evil. Many White Americans were sickened by the gory news scenes of baton-battering racist Southern sheriffs, fire hoses, police dogs, and Klan violence unleashed against peaceful Black protesters. Racial segregation was considered immoral and indefen-

sible, and the civil rights leaders were hailed as martyrs and heroes in the fight for justice.

As America unraveled in the 1960s in the anarchy of urban riots, campus takeovers, and anti-war street battles, the civil rights movement and its leaders fell apart, too.

Many of them fell victim to their own success and failure. When they broke down the racially restricted doors of corporations, government agencies, and universities, it was middle-class Blacks, not the poor, who rushed headlong through them.

As King embraced the rhetoric of the militant anti-war movement, he became a political pariah shunned by the White House, as well as mainstream White and Black leaders.

King’s murder in 1968 was a turning point for race relations in America. The self-destruction from within and political sabotage from outside of Black organizations left the Black poor organizationally fragmented and politically rudderless. The Black poor, lacking competitive technical skills and professional training, and shunned by many middle-class Black leaders, became expendable jail and street and cemetery fodder. Some turned to gangs, guns and drugs to survive.

A Pew study specifically released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington celebrations in August 2013 graphically made the point that the economic and social gaps between Whites and AfricanAmericans have widened over the last few decades despite massive spending by federal and state governments, state and federal civil rights laws, and two decades of affirmative action programs. The racial polarization has been endemic between Blacks and Whites on the George Zimmerman trial to just about every other controversial case that involves Black and White perceptions of the workings of the criminal justice system.

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History is Repeating Itself – Part 1

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fter watching the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) recount history leading up to the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, I could not help by ask this question in 2014. Is History Repeating itself?

Events leading up to the historic March on Washington were monumental in demonstrating the power of people to rally around a common cause and present a common goal. In this case it was the promotion of voting rights and the protection of Black against Southern terrorists and police brutality going during that period in history.

I lived through that era, but seeing Jim Crow Segregation, open racism and discrimination on film reminded me that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

We MUST Understand a few facts about history repeating itself.

Black Voting rights are again under attack and being assaulted.

Things were suppose to get better with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, but in a short period of 50 years, I see history repeating itself.

Altering or taking away the voting rights of people or making it harder for them to cast their ballots in states using Voter Photo identification is the same old tricks warmed over. The goal is to dilute the voting power of the Majority minority, which is Blacks and Hispanics in Texas.

Coupled with that is the age old trick of gerrymandering and redistricting and using the courts to control congressional districts and maintain Republican strongholds.

History is repeating itself because we see the same racists “ghosts” resurrecting and bully-

ing from the Post Reconstruction and Jim Crow Era of American history and politics.

The results of this nudging is setting up Black America for future challenges and assaults on our Black leaders in communities across America at every political level.

Once it starts, history will repeat itself from school boards to Black churches, mayor’s chairs, city councils, county commissioner chambers to state representatives.

Know Your History It has been well documented in American history how some Whites have gone to great lengths to keep Blacks from voting or to dilute the Black vote so much that it discourages turnout and sends a message our voice and votes do not count or just don’t make much difference. In 1875, the U.S. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, making it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, but there was a national backlash against civil rights, including lynching, threats and uproars in the South leading to the Supreme Court’s nullification of the Civil Rights Act in 1883. The pressure to keep Blacks from the polls occurred, because many Southern Blacks were active in politics after the Civil War. According to a PBS report on Jim Crow, after 1877, most lost the right to vote or to hold government positions and a year later Congress disallowed use of the Army to protect Black voters from intimidation and physical violence and threats at the polls. Congress later stopped using federal marshals to protect Black voters opening the door to intimidation and threats from Whites hating Blacks. After 1900, the assault on Black voting and civil rights continued at state,

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congressional and presidential levels. President Woodrow Wilson and congressional leaders cooperated to decrease the number of federal appointments to Blacks and ensure federal officials met White supremacists’ goals wanting to control and dominate Blacks in the south. The assault on African American civil and voting rights left many Blacks feeling worn, disfranchised and demoralized, because Blacks knew state and federal leaders were not concerned about the Black vote or the overall state of Black America. In 1964, the Voting Rights Act declared it illegal to use literacy or character tests as a requirement for voter registration and in counties and states.

At last, Jim Crow was dead, or so we thought. Today, Whites are at it again, attempting to reduce the meaning of civil rights and voting legislation having slowly started the same Jim Crow pendulum swinging again to eventually affect our ability to make decisions, have equal representation and voice and enjoy the same kind of equal treatment and opportunities as Whites now enjoy in America.

This time instead of making sweeping wholesale changes at the top, racist Whites are using a “back door” approach from the bottom up and working to crumble and erode Black power at local and state levels, opening the door for Black voter apathy and “state’s rights” issues that were the lightning rod for starting the first Civil War in America.

Next week, Part 2, “We Must Understand Power!”

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July DALLAS - The City of Dallas, Friends of Fair Park and the State Fair of Texas invite everyone to celebrate America with a day of family fun at the City of Dallas’ official Independence Day celebration. Enjoy live music, water features and access to rides, games and concessions within the State Fair of Texas Midway, starting at noon. Throughout the afternoon, music will be performed by the celebratory Razzmajazz Dixieland Band, and at 7p.m. experience the explosive sound and crazy look of the legendary Texas trio ZZ Top, performed by one of the nation’s top tribute acts. Admission to the Midway is $5, or complimentary to those who participate in the Dallas Park and Recreation “Dallas 7/4” race that morning. Ride and game costs will vary.

Fair Park Fourth - Dallas, TX 2014 When: Friday, July 4, 2014. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., Fireworks start at 9:30 pm Where: Fair Park, 1300 Robert B. Cullum Blvd., Dallas, TX More Info:fairpark.org

DALLAS - Kick-off your Fourth the fit and fun way. Join the inaugural running of the Dallas 7/4. Held at the historic Fair Park this event features unique race distances including a 4K and a 7K. This fun run will, not surprisingly, start at 7:40 a.m. and will benefit the Dallas Park and Recreation Department’s scholarship programs. This event ensures fun for the entire family. After the race participants will enjoy food, live music, a complimentary admission ticket to rides, games and concessions on the State Fair of Texas Midway.

Dallas 7/4 - 7k or 4k Race When: Friday, July 4th, 2014 at 7:40 a.m.

Where: Outside of the Fair Park Band Shell More Info:dallas74.com DALLAS - Dallas Arboretum Spend 4th of July outdoors at the beautiful Dallas Arboretum. On Thursday, July 4th, 2013 the garden will offer complimentary admission to all active and retired military personnel (must have valid ID). That evening the Dallas Wind Symphony will perform a special patriotic performance on the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage. The best patriotic costume will win a 1 night stay in deluxe accommodations at the Ritz-Carlton Dallas. A limited number of tickets are available online. Daytime admission is $15/adults, $12/seniors, $10 children ages 12-3 and free for children under 3 and members. Concert ticket prices are $15/ adult-members, $25/adult-nonmember, $10/ children ages 12-3. More information is available at www.dallasarboretum.org or by calling 214-515-6500.

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Fair Park Fourth - Dallas, TX 2014 4.875 x 5” When: Friday, July 4, 2014. 10jba.m. - 10 p.m., Fireworks start at 9:30 pm Where: Fair Park, 1300 Robert B. Cullum Blvd., Dallas, TX More Info:fairpark.org DALLAS - Fireworks inside? You’d better believe it. Beat the heat this Fourth of July by spending it at the Meyerson Symphony Center with Dallas Wind Symphony’s Star Spangled Spectacular. Be transported back in time with all the classic patriotic tunes. Along with the indoor fireworks, this event will feature an 11-foot-tall Uncle Sam, hot dogs, ice cream, and more. It’s a unique way to say “Happy Birthday, America.”

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HOUSTON - Dr. Stephen Head looks forward with great vision and positive optimism for the communities that are part of the Lone Star College System.

Head was appointed as the fourth chancellor of the Lone Star College System after a thirty-year history of high-level positions at LSCS including President of Lone Star College-North Harris, Executive Vice Chancellor, acting Chief Executive Officer, interim President at Montgomery College and President of Kingwood College.

Lone Star College System, the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area, is nationally recognized, globally connected and locally focused. Known for its innovative and visionary thinking, Lone Star College System is the fastest-growing community college in the nation and a major contributor to the local and regional economy.

“I place a high value on the success of our students and on having joint goals to work to improve communities,” he said. “I want people to know that I care first about building confidence in individuals and helping them pursue and reach their academic goals by giving them an equal opportunity and equal access to education.”

According to Head, his focus is on student access, equality, success and completion; academic quality; workforce programs in alignment with community needs; and collaborative agreements with educational, business and local civic organizations.

Dr. Head brings a wealth of education and experience to meet the needs of a growing college system.

He received his Ph.D. in History from

C ver St ry Texas Tech University. He earned a Master of Arts degree in History and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Lamar University in Beaumont Texas. In addition, he is a lecturer in the higher education doctoral program at Sam Houston University and teaches classes in community college leadership and higher education finance, and he has taught a number of History undergraduate and graduate classes for LSCS and university partners. Head also has served on the board of five area chambers of commerce and three economic development districts or councils.

He has also held significant community positions such as chairman of the board for the Humble Area of Chamber of Commerce, board chair for Kingwood Medical Hospital for five years, and chair for the Economic Outlook Conference for South Montgomery County Chamber (The Woodlands)—one of the largest and most prestigious conferences of its kind.

He was a founding member of the North Houston Economic Development Council (Greenspoint area) and on the original board of the East Montgomery County Improvement District and the EMCID Foundation Board.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Greater Greenspoint Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, Greenspoint Management District, Greenspoint Bayou Coalition, and is chairman of the North Harris Education Alliance.

In addition to his work, Dr. Head has been recognized as a Shirley B. Gordon, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Outstanding Leadership award winner; and Citizen of the Year by both the Houston Intercontinental Chamber of Commerce and the Acres Home Chamber of Commerce.

The college opens its doors in the fall of 1973 and the 16-member staff welcomed 613 students to the first classes held at Aldine High School.

Currently, the Lone Star College System is growing at a rapid rate. In just 40 years, Lone Star College System has grown to six colleges, multiple centers and two University Centers with 78,000 credit students and a total of more than 90,000 students.

There are also about 25,000 distance learning students and both numbers are projected to

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LSCS is now the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and is one of the fastest-growing community college systems in the nation.

“My goal is to work to keep that momentum going, eliminate barriers that have hindered people and build the kind of confidence in them that will help each become skilled workers and lead to good jobs and salaries in the workforce,” he said. “I believe that anyone can be successful if given and equal opportunity.”

That is why Head is dedicating his administration to finding employees that share the same mission he envisions and support network that works for the student – starting with hiring the best professors and instructors committed to making the success of students a number one priority.

One of the greatest positives that will help bolster Head and LoneStar College attempts to rocket past others and become the premier college system in America is the planning that

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has education centers placed strategically in every community.

LoneStar College has locations in Victory Center, Cy Fair, Kingwood, Montgomery, North Harris, Tomball and University Park.

Another site in East Aldine is being planned and is coming soon.

“We want the college to be the center part of the community,” he said. “We want first generation college attendee and first timers to get and education and have that opportunity to determine their own future.”

His other plan includes not only being an example, but also bringing the kind of values that include operating the college on a sound, fiscally conservative model based on data, efficiencies, accountability and common sense.

“We will be making some financial decisions to help get us ready for the future,” he said. “We want to ensure the finances stay sound and in good shape as we grow into the future.”

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2600 Holman Street - Houston, Texas 77004 Trinity United Methodist Church has a rich history. It has been in existence for a hundred and forty-six years.

It has produced outstanding Educators, Ministers, a Bishop, a College President and two Institutions of Higher Education.

Mission Statement: Trinity United Methodist Church is a congregation of believers commissioned by God to be in the Mission and Ministry of Jesus Christ. We are empowered by the Holy Spirit to do the work of ministry. We are becoming more Christ-centered through Bible Study and reaching out to the community through various support ministries.

We are about mission and ministry as we share the Good News of Jesus Christ with everyone. We are trying to reach people of all ages where they are: regardless of present state, need, locality or ethnic background.”

History: On March 2. 1843, a cornerstone was laid for the first brick church in Texas, a Methodist Church. The dimensions of the lot were 50 feet x 60 feet to be located in the Church Reserve given by the Allen brothers when the city of Houston was laid out. This block was bounded by Milam. Prairie, Travis and Texas Streets. Records reflect that in the afternoon the Presiding Elder preached to 32 Negro members in the same house in which the whites worshipped.

Sacrament was also given the “colored” members.

In 1848 an African Mission was organized. After the formation of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, a small frame building was built on the northwest corner of Milam in 1851.

Both Baptists and Methodists worshipped there.

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1865, some members of the small mission church with their preacher, Elias Dibble, held a meeting at the home of Richard Brock, North of Buffalo Bayou, near the Central Machine Shop, for the purpose of organizing a Methodist church. The deed was filed on February 3, 1866. It made these trustees - Charles Chapman, John Sessems, Peter Jackson. Peter Noble.

George Edward Brooks, Frank Vance, and Sam Noble - responsible for the payment of a note to be paid in gold at a rate of 10% interest for a period of one year.

The small wooden building was moved from the site on Milam property bounded by Travis, Bell, Clay and Milam Streets. Plans were made for the building to be named Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. The cost was S 500.00. Twenty-five members pledged a total of $300.00. The cornerstone was laid on June 16, 1879, and Bishop Gilbert Havens dedicated the building sometime thereafter.

On September 8, 1900, this building was destroyed by the great storm of 1900. Anew building was planned immediately. The cornerstone was dated September 27, 1900. The Rev. Wade Logan, who had been the minister from 1882-1884, was called again to this task. Henry Franklin, Hiliard Taylor, T.C. Davenport, C.B. Ramsey, H.L. Jacob, W.B. Cogle, F. Vance, James Kyle, R. Doby, H.L. Scott, and Rev. E. Lee were leaders. A donation of $2,000.00 and a loan of $3,000.00 given by the Board of Extensions enabled the church to rebuild. The total indebtedness of $16,000.00 was paid in seven years.

The structure on the corner of Bell and Travis stood as a giant oak from which all other Black Methodist Churches in the area sprang. From it’s

midst came leaders, bishops and college presidents. The Texas Conference (1867) Wiley College, Olivewood Cemetery, and Emancipation Park.

Texas Southern University, had their beginnings in this great church.

A fire on July 25.1946 ravished this citadel of Methodism. A $10,000.00 pipe organ and other valuable furnishings were destroyed. Services were held in the Calanthe Building from 1949-1951 when the current building was erected on the comer of Holman and Live Oak Streets. This $153,000.00 structure was one of the finest structures erected during this time in the city of Houston. Rev. Cosum Luster was the preacher.

In 1969, the Church congregation purchased the property, which is now the parking lot for S62.000.

The two lots adjacent to the parking lot were purchased in 1985 and 1986 for $20,000.00 and $18,500.00 respectively. In 1990. a longtime dream was fulfilled with the purchase of the Pilgrim property where the BradfordTaylor Center now stands.

The ministers who made Trinity a great church were: Elias Dibble, Spencer Hartwell, B.M. Taylor, Jesse H. Shackleford, J.F. Crozier, Paul Douglass, Wade H. Logan, Bishop Isaiah B. Scott, J.K. Loggins, Peter Morgan, C.C. Minegan, V.M. Cole, Wade Hamilton, Freeman Parker, L.S. Blakeney, G.A. Deslands, J.M. Johnson, A.W. Carr, Bishop Willis J. King, J.O. Williams, Charles K. Brown, Elkin B. Woolfolk, Jesse Lovell, A.J. Newton, W. L. Turner, Lee A. Thigpen.

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Veteran Manager Champions Supplier Diversity Mission at CenterPoint Energy

Houston- Jewel Smith is manager of supplier diversity for CenterPoint Energy Inc. She is responsible for providing strategic guidance and success towards enhancing the company’s supplier diversity initiatives and the integration of supplier diversity into the company’s overall corporate strategy and culture.

CenterPoint Energy Inc (Houston, TX) is a major player in gas and electricity transmission and delivery. The company has had a supplier diversity program since the early 1980s.

“There was a lot of activity around federal government regulations at that time, and that was the initial impetus for the program,” Smith said. “But over the last couple of decades or so it has evolved from a compliancedriven program to a value-driven one, as we see the benefits diverse suppliers have added to our bottom line! They’ve had a positive effect in terms of innovation, cost savings and partnering. There are numerous ways we’ve been able to see benefit from the program.”

Smith has a key role in the

design and implementation of processes and procedures to grow relationships and business opportunities with diverse & small business enterprises at CenterPoint Energy.

Internally, she and her staff are on the front line of providing and overseeing supplier diversity training, communication, outreach, supplier identification, accountability, business case, best practices, and return on investment for this corporate initiative.

Externally, she uses her influence and expertise to bring attention and advocate the value adds of including diverse & small suppliers in supply chains across the nation.

She also serves on the Corporate Advisory Committee of the Women’s Business Enterprise Alliance (WBEA); is a member of the Leadership Team of the Houston Minority Supplier Development Council’s (HMSDC) SDAC Committee. She is Chair Emeritus of the Edison Electric Institute’s National Supplier Diversity Task Group. She serves as the Chair of the Association of Electric Companies of Texas’ (AECT) Diversity Committee. Jewel is an

active supplier diversity advocate within the Utility Market Access Subcommittee of the National Association of Utility Regulatory Commissioners (NARUC).

Jewel also has over 30 years of utility experience, which includes the areas of power consulting, customer service management, and supplier diversity.

Smith has received special recognitions and awards for her work.

She is often called upon to mentor and advise new supplier diversity professionals and to share tips for strengthening the supplier diversity efforts of entities and corporations and frequently makes presentations, facilitates, and serves on diversity panels in her areas of expertise.

Some of her plans for increasing participation include the following: Being Committed to supplier development The company has a mentoring program, of course. Participants are selected on the basis of the value they bring to the business.

The company is committed to increasing spend with diverse and small and suppliers

CenterPoint’s diverse and small suppliers are found through online registration, databases, trade shows and conferences. Smith networks actively with potential suppliers, and gets referrals from other supplier diversity professionals.

The company requires certifications from organizations such as WBENC, NMSDC and SBA. Currently, CenterPoint Energy has achieve over 11 percent spend with diverse suppliers.

The company is on track to reach our 12-percent spend goal with diverse suppliers for 2014.

Oversight of Prime Supplier/ Second Tier Participation CenterPoint utilizes goals and encourages its prime suppliers to initiate their own supplier diversity programs if they don’t have them already.

“If a major supplier doesn’t have a program we will certainly work with them in that area,” Smith said. “We concentrate on mentoring those prime suppliers until their supplier diversity programs are functioning at a satisfactory level.”

A Texas Southern University grad with a BA in math and a M.ED

Jewel Smith

in math secondary education, Smith has over thirty years of utility experience in power consulting, customer service management and supplier diversity.

She and her loving husband James have two wonderful daughters J’Mill and Jennerette.

To continue reading more Energy stories visit us online at www.aframnews.com Story by: Darwin Campbell, African-American News&Issues

Call is On for Emergency Action to Stop Price Spikes Caused by Oil Speculators

Gas Prices on a Rise Nationwide

WASHINGTON- Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and 14 other U.S. senators have introduced legislation to give federal regulators emergency power to stop speculators from taking advantage of turmoil in Iraq to drive up oil prices and make motorists pay more for gasoline.

“I am getting tired of big oil companies and Wall Street speculators using Iraq as an excuse to pump up oil and gas prices,” said Sanders, a member of the Senate energy committee. “The fact is that high gasoline prices have less to do with supply and demand and more to do with Wall Street speculators driving prices up in the energy futures market.”

The Senate bill is cosponsored

by Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Ben Cardin (DMd.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Al

Franken (D-Minn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ed Markey (D-Mass), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.).

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced a companion bill in the House.

Wall Street has pushed up the price of crude oil by more than 5 percent since June 12, when militants attacked and took control of several Iraqi cities.

In the longer term, oil prices rose 53 percent since 2009.

While developments in Iraq have had no impact on the supply of gasoline in the United States today,

gas is more expensive now than it’s been in six years at the beginning of the summer driving season, according to AAA. The increase has occurred despite the fact that the supply of gasoline is 4.3 percent higher and demand is 1 percent lower than it was five years ago, when national gas prices averaged $2.69 a gallon.

Sanders’ legislation would force the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that regulates oil markets, to use to use all of its authority, including its emergency powers, to eliminate excessive oil speculation.

Nationwide, the average price of a gallon of gas yesterday was $3.70-agallon, according to the Energy Information Administration, a buck more than five years ago.

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MD Anderson Nurse-Oncologist Receives Hospital’s Highest Nursing Honor

that she was selected as the recipient of the 2014 Ethel Fleming Arceneaux Outstanding NurseOncologist Award - MD Anderson’s highest nursing honor.

Hardly able to catch her breath, this dedicated MD Anderson Cancer Center nurse ac(center) Diane Barber cepted a plaque and bouquet of flowers HOUSTON- For Diane amidst an uproar of applause.

Barber, June 9 was not just “That was the proudest moanother work day. She came in and ment of my career,” said Barber, in her own special way carried out who has a Ph.D and been a nurse her duties as an advanced practice for 26 years. “Never in my wildest nurse in Investigational Cancer Therapeutics in the Phase I Clinical dreams would I have thought I’d be nominated, let alone a finalist. And Trials Program at The University to win, I just keep thinking I’m in a of Texas MD Anderson Cancer dream and need to wake up.”

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An MD Anderson committee Little did she know that this comprising clinical faculty, patient day was going to be like no other care administration and nursing and one she will always remember staff reviewed award nominations and cherish for the rest of her life. submitted by peers and patients.

Co-workers, friends and members of the selection committee sur- The committee then narrowed the selection to three finalists before prised Barber as she was carrying ultimately naming Barber. out her daily duties with the news

The Brown Foundation, Inc. established the award in 1982 as the institution’s highest nursing honor.

Barber came to MD Anderson in 1998 as a nurse in Bio-immunotherapy and has since served the Lymphoma/ Myeloma and Integrative Medicine departments.

Barber recently took advantage of MD Anderson’s Nursing Cohort Program, which allowed her to earn a doctorate of philosophy in nursing while maintaining her fulltime position.

Her love for nursing developed at an early age when she was 10.

“In the late 1960s, there was a TV program whose lead character was an African-American nurse named Julia,” she said. “It was the most awesome thing at that time because I didn’t have any health care role models in my family.”

Barber said her Phase I clinical trial patients, many who have advanced stage cancer that hasn’t responded to standard treatments, motivates her to give her all every day. With the use of new drugs, the program has the potential to make major strides in the fight against cancer.

HOUSTON- Anyone living in the greater Houston area is now able to talk directly with a registered nurse, 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week by calling the new Nurse Health Line at 713-338-7979.

The new Nurse Health Line helps you get answers to your medical questions when you need them.

The call line is only part of services being offered by Memorial Hermann Health System.

According to Memorial Hermann Health, people can call night or day, weekday or weekend, and reach an experienced registered nurse who will carefully evaluate your health needs and advise you on the best course of treatment for your illness or injury.

From diaper rash to migraine headache, this free service is avail-

tures bilingual staff and language interpreters who are a valuable source of reliable and caring health information, education, and support.

“It’s amazing how our patients are willing to leave their homes, jobs and families to participate in our clinical trials, not even knowing if they’ll get any benefit,” she says. “Their courage, spirit and hope constantly inspire me.”

Patients frequently comment on Diane’s exceptional and professional manner of patient care.

One said, “Sunshine came shining through when I met Diane. She is an angel who touches patients with her smile and her motivational, contagious energy. The journey feels way easier when I see her. Diane has a passion for caring for people.”

Barber shares a mutual respect and compassion for everyone she cares for.

“I have the privilege of providing care to some of the most amazing patients and caregivers,” she said. “They enrich my life on a daily basis with their courage, spirit, hope and determination to beat cancer.”

With 26 years of experience, she remains passionate about cancer prevention.

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All calls to the Nurse Health Line are confidential and answered by a staff of professionals who are experienced in assessment of clinical situations. To help patients who call, nurses use their training, experience, evidencebased decision-support tools, and peer-reviewed materials to conduct their assessments.

The Nurse Health Line is funded through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Texas Health and Human Services Commission. It is not designed to assist with life-threatening conditions or emergencies.

People with life-threatening conditions and emergencies should immediately call 911.

An integrated health system, Memorial Hermann is known for world-class clinical expertise, patient-centered care, leading edge technology, and innovation.

The system, with its exceptional medical staff and more than 20,000 employees, serves to advance health in Southeast Texas and the Greater Houston community. Memorial Hermann’s 12 hospitals include three hospitals in the Texas Medical Center, including the Texas Trauma Institute – a level I trauma center which houses the Life Flight® air ambulance – a hospital for children and a rehabilitation hospital, eight suburban hospitals, and a second rehabilitation hospital in Katy.

The system also operates three

organizations, she regularly speaks at churches, health fairs and local businesses and thoroughly enjoys sharing her knowledge with the community.

“Every interaction, no matter how brief, has the potential to prompt someone to get a screening, mammogram or colonoscopy,” Barber said.

Barber received a cash award of $15,000, a crystal plaque and a commemorative pin Thursday in a ceremony at the Onstead Auditorium in MD Anderson’s George and Cynthia Mitchell Basic Sciences Research Building. MD Anderson President Ron DePinho, M.D. led the award ceremony.

Aside from winning the Arceneaux Award, Barber said her greatest accomplishment is earning her doctorate of philosophy in nursing. However, not looking back, she has a vision for her future that also includes nursing.

Barber, who already teaches nursing part time, plans to become a full-time professor when she retires from nursing. She feels it’s part of her purpose to help educate the next generation of nurses.

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