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Vol. 24, Issue 17

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LIVING LEGEND

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Elijah J. McCoy received patent for Improvements in IroningTables - 1874

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Robert Small captures the Confederate ship. - 1862

Rev. Bill Lawson HOUSTON - William A. “Bill” Lawson is Pastor Emeritus of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston’s, Third Ward.

Lawson was born in St. Louis, Mo., and reared by Walter and Clarisse Lawson Cade in Kansas City, Kansas, where he graduated from Sumner High School in 1946. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at Tennessee A & I State University of Nashville in 1950. He returned to Kansas City to attend Central Baptist Theological Seminary, which conferred upon Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees.

While in seminary, he married Audrey Hoffman Lawson of St. Louis. The Lawsons have four children, two grandchildren, and celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary in January of 2015.

He came to Houston after graduation from seminary to serve as director of the Baptist Student Union and Professor of Bible at the new, Texas Southern University. He served in that position for ten years, also becoming director of Upward Bound, a pre-college program for high school students on the TSU campus.

During his years at TSU, a number of residents of the neighborhood persuaded the Lawson’s to establish a church near the university.

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Charles Calvin Rogers receives the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service in the Vietnam War. - 1970

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U.S. Congress declares foreign slave trade an act of piracy punishable by death. – 1820

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Motown receives first #1 single on Billboards with Mary Wells’ “My Guy”. – 1964

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LETTERS TO EDITOR

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EDUCATION

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education. – 1954

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A-AN&I readers respond to Aldine ISD story, “Cant’ We All Just Get Along?”

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We MUST Understand charges Clery members and religious leaders to be accountable.

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TSU hosts 2019 Maroon & Gray affair, honoring some of Houston’s best.

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Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. - 1896

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Dear Editor, We have kept a close eye on HISD and the actions of the district’s board members and how the Hispanics have attacked and plotted against the Black board members.

However, the amazement has been how Aldine ISD has remained under the radar with the same kind of issues.

Aldine’s issues stem from the two board members that voted against the hiring of current Superintendent, Dr. LaTonya Goffney. They are Dr. Viola Garcia and Rose Avalos. They have been intentionally challenging her leadership. Why???

Believe it or not, the main culprit is Dr. Wanda Bamberg. She has been conspiring with Dr. Viola Garcia and Rose Avalos and others to push an agenda that undermines the progress Dr. Goffney is making. They meet with Dr. Bamberg regularly. Isn’t this unethical, and why would a former Superintendent conspire to do this?

After all, she retired and left the district in the lowest academic position it has ever been in and with being more than $60 million in the hole. The district has lost many good teachers over the years, because of poor leadership and schools have to survive on bare minimum resources because of lack of funds.

Dr. Bamberg pushed to close Bethune Academy with the support of Dr. Viola Garcia.

Dr. Garcia portrays to be a classy and respectful woman, but many people have observed her to be rude, disrespectful and outright nasty towards Dr. Goffney in public settings.

She intentionally ignores her and looks for something to complain about. Does it sound like they are trying to help students be successful? Hell No! One very shameful thing about this is, former board member, Marine Jones is right in the midst of them. See the enclosed picture. It was posted on Aldine’s Twitter account. It’s time out for the racism and hate when Aldine’s Superintendent is working hard to try and bring Aldine back with a reputation of pride and success. We should also look at term limits for school board members. It appears they believe, they are invincible and forget what their role is as board members. This is very disturbing and needs to be made public.

-Anonymous Dear Editor, Thank you for highlighting such an important matter. As a taxpayer in Aldine ISD and as a parent of Aldine ISD graduates, it’s important for the Superintendent of Schools and the Board of Trustees to “keep the main thing.....the main thing”, our students’ education. It appears in my research of Dr. Goffney, that this is exactly what she is doing for the students of Aldine ISD. I have spoken to several administrators and teachers this school year and every last one of them are very supportive with Dr. Goffney’s plan of action.

They are on board and feel like the district is finally heading in the right direction. So what’s the problem? Do the Board Members want to see student success or do some of them want to see the Superintendent fail because she doesn’t look like them? What is it? The community deserves an answer.

Are these the same two that didn’t vote for her during the Board Meeting? I was there and I heard their response, which didn’t make a lick of sense. I felt like they were going to give her the blues starting that night. Now we know...they are.

There are a lot of people that stand behind OUR Superintendent and her efforts. If they didn’t want her here, they shouldn’t have hired her. But since Dr. Goffney is OUR Superintendent, she deserves a fair chance. Not because she is a woman or because she is a Black woman, but because she is a phenomenal leader.

Let’s stop playing the RACE card with our kids future at stake. Maybe it’s time for some of the Board Members to STEP DOWN! Oh I forgot...I was told that in order for you to keep your national title, you must be on a local school board. So maybe some are on the Board for selfish gains and not for the benefit of our students. Let’s investigate!!!!

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POLITICS State of Black Texas in the Texas Legislature

By Senator Borris Miles

The Confederate Debate

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enate Bill 1663 is a disgraceful and divisive bill that seeks to add unnecessary obstacles and restrictions to remove or alter statues, monuments, street names and other types of public spaces.

Certain events in our history do not deserve the distinction of having a statue erect in its honor. I refuse to memorialize slavery or the Confederacy. To the African-American community, these pieces of history represent painful symbols of slavery and oppression.

During the floor debate, I questioned the author of SB 1663 on several issues I had with his legislation.

I reminded him that there was a time when I would not have been able to challenge him in a debate, as I was doing that afternoon, without the fear of severe retaliation, arrest, imprisonment or worse.

I respectfully asked the author to consider the pain and heartache that my brothers and sisters of color, on the Senate floor, experience as it relates to Texas history.

I asked the author if he knew the individuals who had the honor of having their portrait hung in the Senate Chamber.

I inquired if individuals

like Confederate figures, Jefferson Davis and Albert Sydney Johnston and others represented the historical significance of yesterday or today.

I wanted to know if they were worthy to receive such a prestigious honor.My impassioned plea struck a chord with my fellow senators, as I unanimously passed two amendments regarding Confederate memorials at the Capitol.

One amendment would create an advisory committee to review artwork in the Senate Chamber and the other would reinstate the Historical Representation Advisory Commission that was abolished in 2007, to evaluate the historical significance of monuments installed on the Capitol grounds.

It is sad that in 2019, we still have to remind folks of our state’s tragic history.

During an exchange with a Republican senator who shared what he told his children of Texas’ past, I asked him what should I tell mine.

During my freshman year in the Texas Legislature, my son, who was eight at the time, walked in the Capitol and saw a portrait of African-American men hanging from a tree with two white sheriffs watching.

Underneath the picture, it read, “Doing God’s Work.”

African-Americans should not have to explain why slavery or its depictions is wrong.

I voted against SB 1663, a divisive and disgraceful bill that should have never come up for debate in our chamber. This bill will now move to the Texas House for further consideration.

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We MUST Understand

By Roy Douglas Malonson, Publisher

Accountability Part IV.

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Clergy

often say, ‘I have a P-P’! That is to say, I have a problem with preachers and politicians.

Now, don’t get me wrong because some of my bestfriends, just so happen to be preachers and politicians; and I don’t cut no corners with them either.

But the reason, I have a problem with preachers is because they have more power, influence and persuasion over Our People and others.

Many of them have the resources to help Our Communities, as well as, the ability to speak out about the things that matter most to us. But instead, they are too busy coming into the community and taking the people’s money, screaming and hollering at them for a few minutes, and then leave the community with Our People still suffering.

Time-Out! We have got to hold our religious officials accountable in every way.

We MUST Understand Our people are in a terrible condition and if that state is to ever change, it has to start with US protecting Our Own. Some

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of these religious leaders will pass by members from Our Communities and see the pain and keep going about their lives as usual. This has to stop!

We MUST hold them accountable. What good is it to preach righteousness to the People and not live up to it? And since I’m on the subject, that brings another term into the equation. O ye Hyprocrites!

Now, for those who don’t know what a hypocrite is, I will enlighten you. According to Webster, a hypocrite is, “A person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion.” I felt it neccessary to associate this term with Our clergy members because it is something we see so much of in the religious world.

We MUST Understand the church has always been a major cornerstone in the Black community.

It was in the Black church that many of US first received education. As a matter of fact, there was a time when the only place Black folks could gain any type of education was in the Black church.

But today, not only are we losing all of the value that used to come with the Black church, we are losing ourselves in the process. So clergy members...

I’m calling you out and sounding the alarm that it is time for YOU to be Accountable to Our People!

For Your Consideration By Oscar H. Blayton

House Democrats Want US to do Their Job!

$

174,000.00 – That’s what every member of the House of Representatives receives in salary each year. Every member, that is, except Nancy Pelosi, who as the Speaker of the House, gets to take home $223,500.00.

Those are not bad wages, even if these legislators work five days a week with only two weeks off annually for vacation. But Congress has averaged only 138 legislative days a year since 2001. If you do the math, you will see that comes to less than three days a week.

Undoubtedly, many members of the House of Representatives can articulate why they need so few days in session. Their stated reasoning might include the rigors of carrying out their constitutionally mandated functions.

But therein lies the rub.

The House of Representatives is refusing to carry out one of its more important constitutionally mandated functions.

When the Founders of this nation wrote the

Constitution, they did not want the country to be forced to blindly trust and follow the person holding the office of the President.

And for this reason, they divided the power of the government into three distinct branches and gave each branch, equal status.

In order to prevent the President from becoming a tyrant, the House and Senate were given the responsibility and authority to perform oversight of the Executive Branch.

In order to properly carry out their job, Congress must provide oversight of the president.

We now have a sick and twisted man-baby fouling the oval office. Donald Trump does not respect the rule of law or the institutions of our federal government. He is determined to bend all aspects of our national structure to his will and he has found pliant minions who have been willing to ignore, and even break, the law in service to their overlord.

Neither Congress nor the nation has ever seen anything like this before.

The purulent character of Trump has infected most agencies of the executive branch of our government and released bigots, misogynists, xenophobes and every other manner of villain as antigens into the body of our democratic society.

While Trump burns down the house that

America has built, Republican lawmakers have become his collaborators.

And too many Democratic members of the House of Representatives, cowered by the thought of angering the Republican base, simply quail in the face of this onslaught against our liberties.

Two centuries ago, Congress was given a tool with which to rein in or remove an abusive president because the Founders knew it was possible a day like today might arrive.

The House of Representatives has the power of impeachment. In fact, it has the “sole” power of impeachment. The Senate cannot impeach. It can only try a federal officer who has been impeached by the House of Representatives.

The process has been clearly laid out in Sections 2 and 3 of Article I of the Constitution. Once the president has been impeached by the House of Representatives for high crimes and misdemeanors, he or she is then tried on those charges by the Senate; and if convicted, he or she shall be removed from office. The House of Representatives does the impeachment and then the Senate conducts the trial.

The impeachment process allows the House of Representatives to investigate the wrongdoings of Donald Trump – wrongdoings that are clearly laid

out in the report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. And if substantiated, those wrongdoings can then be presented to the Senate where their deliberations can be observed by the American public.

But rather than carry out their sworn duty, the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives, citing the difficulties in carrying out impeachment proceedings, would rather call on the American electorate to vote Trump out of office in 2020.

This strategy is designed to maximize Democratic seats in Congress while relieving the Democratic majority in the House of the obligation of doing its difficult job. Fear of losing elections because you did your job is putting party before country.

This calculated political expediency – and shirking from impeachment – is one reason why the current Democratic leadership in the House cannot stay in place much longer.

Attempts at dressing this self-serving cowardice in a suit of tactical shrewdness will not dupe right thinking Americans.

Nancy Pelosi has argued that impeachment proceedings will solidify Trump’s base. Clearly, she is making a political calculation and not a moral decision grounded in the Constitution and her oath of office.

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HOUSTON - “Well, well, well... It appears America has finally accepted the century-old secret, that scores of slave masters have always known. OUR BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL! Always has been, always will be.”

- Rebecca S. Jones For the first time in history, three Black women possess the crowns of three major national pageants, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America.

Kaliegh Garris at the age of 18 won the Miss Teen USA contest; 25-year-old Nia Franklin was crowned Miss America last fall and Cheslie Kryst (28), won the Miss

majors in Theater.

She is a competitive dancer who is trained in contemporary, jazz, pointe, hip hop and tap.

Of all that she does, she is most passionate about her personal movement, “We Are People 1st,” which she started in honor of her older sister who has multiple disabilities. Kaliegh was also recently recognized for her work by the Department of Disabled Services.

Miss America, Nia Franklin: Nia Franklin was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and lived in the state through graduate school. She earned an

Miss Teen USA, Kaliegh Garris USA title.

In past, Vanessa Williams (Miss America, 1994), Carole Gist (Miss USA, 1990) and Janel Bishop (Miss Teen USA, 1991) and others have previously held titles in the competitions. But, never have three Black women held the titles simultaneously until now.

Miss Teen USA, Kaliegh Garris Kaliegh Garris is an outstanding dual-enrolled student at Joseph A. Foran High School and the Educational Center for the Arts where she

undergraduate degree in composition from East Carolina University and a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

During Nia’s college freshman year, her father was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and she became his stem cell donor. This experience sparked a turn of events in her life which led her to seek out the Miss America Organization.

She says, “I had to find a way to pay for myself to go to school and so I entered

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five, “Love, love, love, love, love is the only thing that matters to me…” Today, she resides in Brooklyn, NY. Miss USA: Cheslie Kryst A native of North Carolina, Cheslie Kryst is a fulltime attorney, licensed to practice law in two states.

She earned both her law degree and MBA from

Wake Forest University and graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree from the Honors College at the University of South Carolina.

Furthermore, she is a former Division I athlete, having competed in the heptathlon, long jump and triple jump on South Carolina’s track and field team.

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Miss America, Nia Franklin the competition.” “It became much more than just the scholarship money for me, it was also about the mentorship, leadership and sisterhood you find in this program,” she added.

Shortly after Nia’s graduation from the North Carolina School of the Arts, she was awarded a Kenan Fellowship at New

York’s Lincoln Center of Education and made the move to New York City.

Since then, she has been crowned Miss Five Boroughs and won Miss New York in 2018.

In past, Nia has been a teacher, music mentor and has written over 100 songs, including one she began performing at age

Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church was established in their home in June, 1962. The congregation has grown to over 12,000 members, with many outreach programs, and is much respected in the community.

Since the church was born and lived its infant years during the Civil Rights Movement, Lawson has been

Rev. Bill & the late Audrey Lawson.

Miss USA, Cheslie Kryst

deeply involved in advocacy activities for African-Americans, Hispanics-Americans, women and the poor.

In 1996, his 50th anniversary of being a minister, the Houston community honored him with the creation of a non-profit advocacy agency called WALIPP, the William A. Lawson Institute for Peace and Prosperity.

That agency has gone before public officials and bodies on behalf of the underclass, and now has established two single-gender charter schools for boys and girls. WALIPP has also constructed 50 units of apartments for seniors in Houston’s Third Ward.

Finally, the agency is pulling together community development groups, churches, civic clubs and local governments to redevelop the Third Ward, so that aggressive real estate development will not expel all who need affordable housing.

He has received honorary doctorates from Howard Payne College in Brownwood, the University of Houston and Texas Southern University. He is the author of a book of meditations called Lawson’s Leaves of Love.

Prior to Audrey’s passing in 2015, she and Lawson always worked in close partnership with the Baptist Student Union at TSU, the church during his tenure there and now with WALIPP. Rev. Lawson will celebrate his 91st birthday in June.

He retired from Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in 2004, but remains its Founding Pastor Emeritus.

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TSU Hosts 2019 Maroon and Gray Affair

By TJ Baker

TSU - “Invites of Generation Souls are still being created and crafted in the care of Texas Southern University!

The History Monologue has never been Misinterpreted or Misleading while irrational antipathies Marvels {vis-a-vis} Texas Southern University! Teaching – Training – Trusting and never Trading or Trailing away from the Task at hand! ” - TJ Baker Thus saying, you would think Dr. Austin Lane is an alumnus from Tex-

ton; even though I didn’t win the Cadillac and I had to leave before SWV performed, it was wonderful and everyone was having a marvelous time.

I’m so glad African -American News & Issues was there to cover the event, thanks to Steve Scheffler and Jourdan B. Scruggs. I met and was re-acquainted with so many TSU friends and politicians. Speaking of politicians, two of my favorite guys were there.

Mayor Sylvester Turner and Congressman AL

the award.

But my favorite interview was with Vince Duncan’s daughter, Ashtyn, a 2017 Graduate of Texas Southern University. She graduated with Honors and earned a degree in Finance and Accounting.

Ashtyn was also among the first students to be honored at the 1st Annual Maroon and Gray Affair.

Ashtyn was recruited and hired by 12 Fortune 500 Companies, the list includes: Chevron, Wells Fargo, Ally Bank, Black and Decker, John Deere

Microsoft recruiters to visit TSU and Prairie View A & M Univerisity, in search of talent.

Ashtyn is currently working at the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington. She shared that while, “Living away from Houston has been an adjustment,” “the experience has been priceless.”

She and other past TSU scholarship recipients also keep in contact with Dr. Austin Lane at least once or twice a year. Upon sharing their continuous blessings that the Maroon

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the opportunity to pursue a college education.

I am proud to announce that the Annual Maroon and Gray scholarship effort was very successful, raising a total of $1.2 mil-

lion dollars. This will help many more worthwhile students have the opportunity to be successful, just like Ashtyn and others are.

Student Lands Job with Rubberband Bracelet WORTHING H.S. - Jared Merchant, a senior at Worthing Early College High School in Houston’s, Sunnyside was hired when the employer saw

awesome kids! I wanted to motivate them, so I purchased rubber band wrist bracelets. One side reads ‘I’m Certified’ and the other side reads ‘Microsoft’. Since

Jared Merchant, Worthing H.S. student.

l-r Ronnisha Bowman, Sharon Burney, Linda Dunson, Tonia Finch, Loren & Dr. Austin Lane, Angela Graves – Harrington, Erica Hughes, Germaine Tanner & LaShawn Williams. as Southern University (TSU), because he nearly jumped out of his skin and started “boogie-woogie” with delight when the TSU - Ocean of Soul entered the ballroom.

Recently, TSU hosted its’ 3rd Annual Maroon & Gray Affair which turned out to be a fabulous gala event. It was held at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Hous-

Green looking sharp as a tee!

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee, along with Mr. Early Hudnell taking photos of the event, Mr. Edrick Moultry; my wonderful former boss who now is the Principal of (HISD) Chavez High School. I also met one of the sponsors, Architectural Floors, who donated $10,000. Diane Nicholson was the recipient of

and Microsoft. She accepted a position with Microsoft as a Financial Analyst with an International Rotation.

This year she has worked in Dublin, Ireland, Copenhagen, Denmark, Singapore and Sydney, Australia. Ashtyn is very proud of the unique experience attending an HBCU offers; she is so proud, in fact, that she convinced

and Gray’s scholarships have given them; they will keep giving because the purpose of this event is to partner with the community in a fundraising effort that will keep providing scholarships for deserving students.

TSU has hundreds of students who excel in their area of study, but without the necessary funding, would not have

his bracelet.

Jared said, “I had on my bracelet during the interview and I was asked what was I certified in? ‘I told them Microsoft Word Expert and HTML5 (Web Technologies) Application Development Fundamentals’”.

The company has been servicing the Houston area oil and gas market for more than four decades.

Nina Jolivet-Gronski is the Career and Technology Education teacher at Worthing Early College High School.

She says, “These are ‘Industry Recognized’ Certifications. Students learn hands-on technology application skills. I teach

Jared shared his story now everyone wants to be certified.”

Jared is a wonder student whom I have had the pleasure of teaching for the past two years in Principles of IT, Web Technologies and Computer Programming.

He is also Vice President of Business Professionals of America and was placed in the BPA Regional Leadership Competition this past January in Intermediate Word Processing.

“Next year there will be three levels of bracelets to encourage students to pursue more than two certifications,” says Jolivet-Gronski.

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WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ Aldine ISD May Community Meetings Aldine ISD has planned a series of community meetings to celebrate student success and highlight campus initiatives and programs.

Superintendent Dr. LaTonya M. Goffney will also share an overview of district priorities, discuss plans for the 2019-2020 school year and take questions from parents and community members in attendance.

Meetings will begin at 6:00 p.m. Refreshments and child care will be available.

•Thursday, May 16 Eisenhower High School 7922 Antoine Dr. Houston, 77088 For more information, contact the district’s Communications Office at (281) 985-6200.

FRIDAY, MAY 17 Nabor House Community Spring Luncheon Fundraising Event Faith Center Fellowship Hall, Room 106 8009 Long Point Rd Houston, 77055 Free

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WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

SUNDAY, MAY 26 SATURDAY, MAY 18 THURSDAY, MAY 23 Women’s Day STEM Career Fair 2019 Community God’s Grace Black Kids Count Math Bridging Event Community Church Lone Star College Cy-Fair Friendswood United Rev. Isaac Matthews, College Conference Methodist Church Senior Pastor Center 110 North Friendswood Dr 9944 West Montgomery 9191 Barker Cypress Rd Friendswood, 77546 Houston, 77088 Cypress, 77433 From 6-7:30p.m.

For more information: Free (713) 290-8030 THURSDAY, MAY 23 From 5-7p.m.

Starting at 10a.m.

30th Accordion Kings & SATURDAY, MAY 18 Queens Kick Off Event MONDAY, MAY 27 SUNDAY, MAY 19 San Jacinto Building Memorial Day SATURDAY, MAY 18 3rd Annual QM Events 1300 Holman St 10K/5K Run Wellness Fair Black Tie Gala Houston, 77004 St. Thomas High School God’s Grace Studio 809 Starting at 6p.m. (near Downtown Community Church 809 Congress St Houston) FRIDAY, MAY 24 Rev. Isaac Matthews, Houston, 77002 4500 Memorial Dr #theredproduction Senior Pastor Tickets start at $25 Houston, 77007 Summer 2019 Event 9944 West Montgomery Starting at 9p.m.

1601 Live Oak St Houston, 77088 TUESDAY, MAY 28 Houston, 77003 For more information: SUNDAY, MAY 19 Open Project Night Tickets: $25-$50 (713) 290-8030 Third Ward Black 12th Edition Starting at 7p.m.

From 10a.m.-1p.m.

History Bike Ride Impact Hub Houston 3rd Ward Tours & Sketch City SATURDAY, MAY 18 FRIDAY, MAY 24 2301 Elgin St The Black Sheep Agency Job Fair Houston Black Houston, 77004 611 West 22nd St Mt. Ararat Baptist Church American Democrats Starting at 11a.m.

Houston, 77008 5801 W Montgomery Rd Johnson Rayburn Free Houston, 77091 Richards Luncheon SUNDAY, MAY 19 From 6-8p.m.

From 10a.m.-2p.m.

George R. Brown Black Women For more information: Convention Center Pregnancy Loss (713) 692-9954 1001 Avenida De Las Support Circle WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 Americas Fannin St. Square GB Healthcare SATURDAY, MAY 18 Houston, 77010 4118 Fannin St Community Society of Champions Starting at 11a.m.

2nd Floor Networking Mixer Outreach and Heroes Houston, 77004 Pearland Medical Center Luncheon From FRIDAY, MAY 24 (HCA Houston Sylvester Turner Park 11:30a.m.-1:30p.m.

Sixth Annual Global Healthcare-Pearland) 2800 W Little York Rd Seven G7 Awards 11100 Shadow Creek Houston, 77091 SUNDAY, MAY 19 The Ballroom at Parkway From 1-4p.m.

2019 Black Excellence Bayou Place Pearland, 77584 Gala & 2019 500 Texas Ave SATURDAY, MAY 18 Miss Black & Houston, 77002 WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 Black Writer’s Natural Pageant For more information: TFC Capitol Complex Pop Up Shop!

Sheraton Houston (832) 526-3335 HUB/MBE/WBE Mass Mutual Texas Gulf Brookhollow Hotel From 6-9p.m.

Outreach Mixer Coast Midtown 3000 North Loop West JE Dunn Construction Houston Office Houston, 77092 SATURDAY, MAY 25 Houston Office 2100 Travis St., Ste. #650 From 5-9p.m.

Memorial Day 10350 Richmond Ave Houston, 77002 Community Party Suite #900 Starting at 11a.m.

MONDAY, MAY 20 Emancipation Park Houston, 77042 The Walker’s Legacy 3018 Emancipation Ave Free SATURDAY, MAY 18 “Women of Color in Tech” Houston, 77004 From 4-6p.m.

Black Wealth 2018 Emancipation Ave Boot Camp Houston, 77004 SATURDAY, MAY 25 THURSDAY, MAY 30 Sheraton Houston From 5:30-7:30p.m.

SignatureCare Executive Decisions West Hotel Community Staffing Agency 11191 Clay Rd TUESDAY, MAY 21 Pizza Party Ribbon Cutting with Houston, 77041 Women Leaders of SignatureCare Greater Houston Black Starting at 11:30a.m.

Memorial Hermann Emergency Center Chamber of Commerce Spring Networking Event 1925 East TC Jester Blvd 11200 Broadway St Memorial Hermann SATURDAY, MAY 18 Houston, 77008 Ste. 2743 Memorial City Expo Health From 11a.m.-3p.m.

Pearland, 77584 929 Gessner Rd & Fitness Free Free 12th Floor Omni Houston Hotel From 11 a.m.-1p.m.

Houston, 77024 at Westside SUNDAY, MAY 26 Starting at 5p.m.

13210 Katy Fwy. THURSDAY, MAY 30 “Up, Up & Away” 1 Yr Houston, 77079 THURSDAY, MAY 23 Anniversary & Open House Mask Off: Overcoming From 11am - 5pm Imposter Syndrome 2019 Champions for Adventure Kids Lemon Laine Youth Luncheon Playcare Memorial City Subscribe Today!

714 Yale St Fort Bend Chamber 10403 Katy Fwy., Ste. 220 Community News Suite 1K 445 Commerce Green Houston, 77024 www.aframnews.com Houston, 77007 Sugar Land, 77478 (713) 838-1414 Tickets: $30-$40 From 11:30a.m.-1p.m.

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SATURDAY, MAY 18 Black Girls CODE Houston Chapter presents: Wakanda by Design West Loop Center Houston Community College 5601 West Loop S Houston, 77081 Tickets: $35 From 10a.m.-4p.m.

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