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From the Desk of Dr. Grenita Lathan

Songstress, Lena Horne was born. - 1917

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HISD Superintendent Proposes a Balanced Budget and Across-the-Board Salary Increases HOUSTON - Over the last few months, HISD administration has worked diligently to prepare a sound budget for the 2019-2020 school year that would provide our students with the tools they need to succeed, while keeping our district on track financially. I am the leader of the largest school district in Texas and it is my mission that every employee in the district be treated fairly and equitably. Our students deserve the resources to be successful and so do our employees. One of my strategic priorities is attracting and retaining top talent and this proposal is a step in the right direction. That is why I am urging the Board of Education to pass the recommended budget and approve the compensation package for all HISD staff.

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The Acres Homes Transit Company became the first African-American-owned bus franchise in the South. - 1959

President L. B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Bill. - 1964

Ruth J. Simmons was born. She became the first Black president of an ivy league school. - 1945

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WHATâ€™S HAPPENINâ€™

The Texas Republic Party, formed at a convention in Houston with African-American delegates outnumbering Whites. - 1867

Andrew Beard was issued a patent for the rotary engine - 1892

The Hutchinson Report discusses the reason for Black invisibility at Los Angeles constuction sites.

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Local organizations team up for a water safety event to raise awareness and educate.

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Black Nurses Rock Houston Chapter will host a Commumity Health Symposium at Mount Moriah Baptist Church.

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Lt. Jackie Robinson refused to move to the back of a post bus and was taken into custody by military police. - 1944

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State of Black Texas in the Texas Legislature By Senator Borris Miles

Helping Kids with Incarcerated Parents

here were many transformative criminal justice reform bills lawmakers filed and pushed this session. Bail reform, the Sandra Bland Act, the TDCJ Independent Ombudsman and Raise the Age, are a few pieces of legislation that were proposed, but never had a chance with Republicans in charge. But, one bill was able to get out, I authored Senate Bill 1746, which will help kids with incarcerated parents stay on track to graduate from high school. According to a research study conducted by the University of Texas at San Antonio, about one in twenty-eight children has a parent in prison. Students with incarcerated parents are at a higher risk of suffering through academic difficulties. Also, these students are at risk of developmental challenges such as poor diet and sleep; some students have difficulty in staying focused in school. This, in turn, puts them at risk of dropping out of school. Education Code re-

quires school districts to provide accelerated instruction to students who are at-risk of dropping out of school. Currently, the TEA classifies a student being at-risk from a list of 13 indicators. Indicators on the list include: homelessness, pregnancy or if the student has a limited English proficiency. The governor signed SB 1746, which adds students with incarcerated parents or guardians to the list of at-risk indicators. Now, these students will qualify for certain benefits other at-risk students currently receive which will help them graduate from high school. These benefits include programs like supportive guidance, enrichment activities, academic enhancement and support services and college and career awareness. There are organizations that have stepped up to offer intervention services and programs to help atrisk youth. I am proud to do my part by passing this legislation to help kids in our community and Texas. The school to prison pipeline disproportionately targets minority students from our neighborhoods. It introduces them to the criminal justice system at a young age and once in, it’s hard to get out. This bill will not dismantle the pipeline, but it removes a path to it. This bill will give our kids the help they need to graduate and get on a path to success.

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For Your Consideration By Oscar H. Blayton

Creatures of the Deep

ormer Vice President Joe Biden speaking in his “aw shucks, I’m just Joe” style has set off a firestorm within the ranks of the Democratic presidential contenders. During a recent fundraiser with wealthy potential donors, he lamented the lack of civility in government. To make his point, Biden recalled how well he got along with Southern segregationists in Congress, such as former Senators James O. Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia. – This struck a sour note with many progressive and left-leaning Democrats. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey issued a statement calling for Biden to apologize for his insensitivity. Biden responded by demanding that Booker apologize to him for inferring that he is a racist. New York City mayor and presidential candidate Bill de Blasio also weighed in, pointing out that the segregationists with whom Biden had a civil relationship thought that his multiracial family was illegal and that his

children should not exist. As quickly as criticism was raised against Biden, defenders came to his aid. House Majority Whip James Clyburn, an African-American Democrat from S.C., argued that you have to work with people with whom you disagree in order to get things done. Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi gave a more careful statement about Biden: and said: “If he was able to work with Eastland, he’s a great person.” Several of the hosts of the television show, The View, jumped to the former vice president’s defense and resolutely declared that Biden is not a racist. But the issue here is not that Biden is a racist, and Booker did not call him a racist. What gives so many people concern about Biden is that he can be comfortable with racists without realizing he is normalizing their hateful views. The most glaring example of the tone-deafness of some of the advocates joining this debate is a statement made by T.V. host, Joe Scarborough during the MSNBC show, Morning Joe. Scarborough likened Joe Biden to former President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he said, Roosevelt “had to deal with the same segregationists as we moved toward World War II to defeat Hitler.” But let’s take a moment

to think about that statement. President Roosevelt was willing to work with segregationists for the sake of the war effort. But Roosevelt, unlike the African-American soldiers stationed in Southern states, was not humiliated and disrespected because of the color of his skin. Black G.I.s suffered the indignity of watching Nazi prisoners of war they were guarding sit down and eat meals in restaurants where the Black soldiers themselves were barred by law. Neither Roosevelt nor Joe Biden nor Joe Scarborough had a relative treated with less respect than the enemies fighting to destroy our country – a country that African-Americans were giving their lives to defend. People like Franklin Roosevelt, Joe Biden and Joe Scarborough can survive in the depths of a racist nation because they, like the segregationists they “work with,” are configured for survival. They are “Creatures of the Deep.” They live and thrive in a racist America that is like the bottom of a deep ocean - an environment where such great pressure is exerted, only those equipped with protective shells can survive. And while that protective cover may be the hard exoskeleton of a lobster at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, in America, that protective cover is White skin.

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We MUST Understand By Roy Douglas Malonson, Publisher

The Truth About Integration The Black Community Part V. “One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the Black community.” - Ed Smith

n the root of destroying our neighborhoods and communities there were many elements involved. We MUST Understand everything our parents, our parents-parents and other ancestors worked so hard to build, was destroyed when integration came. When integration was placed into effect many people do not realize, we as Blacks just gave it (our hard work and sacrifices) away, to our counterparts. Because when integration came in, it closed all of our schools in the neighborhoods down. You see… Our schools were not good enough for the White folks to go to school in and as such we lost many of our schools and many of their schools became ours and they ended up leaving, once we got there. Because rather it was legalized or not, they still didn’t want to be around us. We MUST Understand, before integration Black folks were dependent on themselves and the Black

community. We did not go out supporting and buying from other races, simply because we couldn’t. There was a time, if a Black person went into certain stores, segments of the city or otherwise they faced the danger of being locked up or killed. I write these statements with no exaggeration either. Every week in some shape, fashion or form we are constantly, trying to persuade our readers to support Black-owned businesses. But, back when I was coming up, there was no need to encourage Blacks to support other Blacks because that was the only people we could support. We didn’t have choice but to support the local “mom and pop” stores because we couldn’t go to nobody else stores. We had no choice but to patronage our Black seamstresses, because nobody else certainly was going to sew clothes for us. We had our own banks back then too and I’m sure you can figure out why. My point in stating all of this is that we threw our Black communities into the path of others when integration came in. I guess many people were just so excited to finally be included amongst the majority that they forgot they were still the minority. As a result, our communities have suffered the cost and the loss. Concluding, I would like to echo the words of Dorothy Day. She said, “The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.”

The Hutchinson Report By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Here’s Why You Don’t See Blacks on L.A. Street Construction

t was a surreal sight. Three young Black men were standing idly on a South Los Angeles street corner. Directly across from them was a street construction project. Not one of the workers on the site were African-American. The site was on a street corner in what’s still a predominantly Black neighborhood. With the proliferation of street construction in Los Angeles, this same sight can be seen countless times, at countless locations every day on the city’s strets. That is young Black men idling on streets while construction projects bustle with nonBlack workers.

How to explain this? There are lots of stock answers. Take your pick, Blacks are: A. too lazy. B. using weed or dope C. unwilling to apply, to take classes, to pay union dues, or to join unions D. possess criminal records E. won’t work for low pay. These answers dump the burden for the invisibility of Black men and women on street construction projects squarely back on Blacks. It’s vicious victim blaming with a vengeance.

All these answers are dead wrong. The reasons for Black invisibility at street construction sites in L.A. are racist exclusion, cheap labor and the refusal of L.A. city and county officials to enforce anti-discrimination labor laws. But most importantly, the reason is racist exclusion. The starting point is the unions. The long history of racial closed doors toward African-Americans in the trades is wellknown and documented. Construction being at the top of the list. These are the plum paying and plum benefit jobs in the construction industry. They have long been jealously guarded as the sole preserve of blue-collar Whites. The only change in recent years is the willingness to crack the door open at the low pay and benefit end for Latino and other foreign workers. They have been a ready, willing and endless pool of relatively inexpensive labor to do the hardest, grittiest, manual labor. The unions for decades erected open and hidden dodges to bar Blacks. They included closed shops, hiring based on family insider contacts and preferences, lengthy, costly, often inaccessible apprenticeship programs and training programs that exclude Blacks. Cities and Counties have tried to break down the racial barriers with a sea of requirements to promote diversity, such as the mandate to hire a certain percentage of persons

from the geographical areas of the construction projects. This has made a small dent in the rigid exclusion barrier, but only a small dent. Contractors have an endless array of dodges to skirt these requirements. They include: Hiring offices far removed from the areas of the project, reliance on friends and relatives for referrals, little to no public disclosure of hiring opportunities, and token if any outreach programs within the communities where the street construction projects are. Unions and contractors have gotten a huge boost from court rulings that bar work force racial quotas, and specific timetables for bringing a construction crews workforce up to standards of that represent the ethnic mix in a community. These contractors also know the labyrinthine requirements of the contract bidding process, and have the financial wherewithal such as bonding, insurance, and certification required to snag the lucrative contracts. These same strict requirements on the bidding process slam the doors for many small Black and medium sized African American contractors. Once the bid is accepted, contractors, move quickly to recycle workers and sub-contractors –skilled and non-skilled, that they have used on prior projects. They can do this while claiming color-blind hiring through clauses in many construction con-

tracts that give employers the absolute right to reject any applicant for employment without citing any reason. In one labor contract the wording is: “The employer shall have the right to reject any applicant for employment.” This is a huge loophole that contractors hide behind when confronted with the charge of racism and a lily-White workforce all the while loudly proclaiming their adherence to equal opportunity and non-discrimination policies. This perpetuates the insular, good ole boy (and occasionally girl) network to exclude African-American workers on these sites. There have been protests, sit-ins and shut down protests by civil rights groups and Black labor advocacy organizations at the various sites. There have been countless demands that city and county officials rigorously require full publicly disclosed bidding on street construction projects, vigorously enforce monitoring and compliance with workforce diversity requirements as a requisite for the awarding of contracts and totally open and promote training and apprenticeship programs. Where this is done, there has been some improvement in the number of Blacks on major construction projects in both skilled and non-skilled positions. However, the resistance and the sneaky dodges that contractors and unions employ haven’t ended. That must end.

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HOUSTON - In an excerpt retrieved from Youth Baseball and Life Lessons written by Coach Jon, he explains the varying ways the sport may empower and teach young people vital life skills. Values such as learning baseball and life isn’t always fair, how to deal with failure and adversity, follow directions, handle success; and knowing how to

ship. As such, Davis is the President of the Lincoln Park Rays Little League Baseball Youth Organization. In 2009, Davis and a group of volunteers from the community established a youth baseball program in partnership with the City of Houston Parks Department and Harris County Precinct 1. The program is based at Lincoln Park Com-

of Lincoln Park and its’ personnel in the Center’s after-school and summer programs and consistently work in any other areas needed. The Lincoln Park Rays Little League Baseball Youth Program recently celebrated its 10th Anniversary by hosting a banquet. Officers of the program include: Elder Reuben Rice, Vice President; Janice Crawford,

type of impact the organization has had on the community, the President explained how working with park officials has helped to strengthen the community and build closer family relationships. He said, “Our presence at Lincoln Park has led to more participation of parents and youth at the park; the park has become a safe environment which offers quality programs for both

Pictured are some of the staff, members, parents, players and cheerleaders from the Lincoln Park Rays Little League Baseball Youth Organization. Photo Credit Larry T. Davis be a positive team player and leader, are just a few of the things baseball can teach youngsters.

Mr. Larry T. Davis President Having had exceptional mentors growing up in Acreage Homes, Mr. Larry T. Davis personally knows the benefits of mentor-

munity Center located at 979 Grenshaw, Houston, 77088. It is free to the public and open to children ages 4-16. The program was designed to use baseball as a tool to mentor area youth. Since inception, the Center has provided a safe and rewarding facility for the youth and volunteers to engage with one another. Annually, 25-30 volunteers assist with the program, which sponsors of over 100 children. Volunteers are not just limited to serving the baseball youth program; they assist the leadership team

Secretary/Treasury and Lewis Crawford, Sergeant at Arms. The organization’s goal is to “help youth acquire the necessary physical, mental, spiritual and educational skills needed to guide them to a productive future; by striving for excellence with grace and honor.” The year-round project teaches children how to play baseball and softball through its Grand Slam for Youth Baseball and Jr. R.B.I. programs, sponsored by the Houston Astros Foundation and Minute Maid Park. When asked about the

parents and kids to participate in.” Davis, who is a retired veteran and postal worker has over 50-years of experience in mentoring youth. He says, “The development of our youth is very important and baseball is a good sport to teach kids life skills; because it teaches you how to think and use that and teach them different ways to approach a situation.” He continued, “The kids appreciate what we do and we always try to use the mentorship approach – a little sternness and a whole lot of love.” See Full Story Online

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HISD Superintendent Proposes a Balanced Budget and Across-the-Board Salary Increases Continued from Page 1

The Texas Legislature recently passed sweeping school finance reform. As a result, our district has an additional $135 million in resources of which $26.9 million is mandated to increase the compensation for classroom teachers, full-time librarians, full-time counselors, and full-time nurses. The proposed compensation package presented to trustees designates $34.1 million in raises for these positions, exceeding the amount mandated under HB 3 by $7.2 million. The total cost of the full compensation package is $64 million. A smaller percentage of the funds can be used to give raises to the remaining full-time employees, some who have not received a raise in the last three budget cycles. Our focus has been to provide a raise to the lowest-paid employees in the past three budget cycles, by increasing minimum wage twice from $8.25 to $10 in 2015 to $12 in 2017. It is at the district’s discretion that all employee groups receive salary increases this coming school year. HISD is the seventh-largest district in the country and one of the largest employers in the Houston metropolitan area with nearly 30,000 employees. Every single employee plays a crucial role in the success of our students. We carefully examined the $15 an hour minimum wage for support staff, including custodians and cafeteria workers. It became clear that our district would then be operating at a multi-million deficit, over $17 million. HISD is a public entity and we must continue to be strong stewards of taxpayer dollars. HB 3 does not have a long-term funding mechanism to cover the portion of the raise funded by the Legislature, so we must create responsible proposals and reject deficit spending at the local level. The proposed budget and compensation plan exceed expectations set by the state and secures our financial future. I value the work that our employees provide, and my priority is making sure we reward all members of HISD. In order to keep a balanced budget this is the maximum increase I can recommend at this time. Truly, Grenita Lathan, Ph.D. HSID Interim Superintendent

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Taylor Powers and Tina Fey By Carol Vaughn HCDE Comm. Dir.

CY-FAIR - Within a whirlwind of 24 hours, Cy-Fair ISD graduate Taylor Powers met actors Tina Fey, Rose Byrn and designer Zac Posen. The young photographer was treated like a celebrity herself at Carnegie Hall as one of eight, $10,000 art portfolio recipients awarded by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards through the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artist & Writers. The Cypress Woods High School student traveled to New York this June with her family and photography teacher Tina Fox for the prestigious national awards ceremony. This year Scholastic recognized 800 teen Gold Medalists selected from more than 340,000 national entries from young artists and writers in grades 7-12. Locally, Taylor’s portfolio was chosen last winter by a panel of art professionals from Harris County Department of Education, regional affil-

iate of the Awards. “New York City was like a fairytale to me,” said the 18-year-old. “From visiting the Today Show and seeing the Jonas Brothers to getting lost on the subway and experiencing Times Square, the experience mimicked a movie, a dream come true,” she said. Backstage at Carnegie Hall, visiting celebrities greeted the top-award students. Tina Fey posed for a personal photo with Powers, and the Saturday Night Live star even complimented the teen on her dress. “I was smiling so hard that I could barely get out the words “thank you’,” she said. Photography teacher Fox has been an art teacher for almost 30 years and has been involved with HCDE’s regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for 27 years. Through the validation and recognition students gain from Scholastic, she sees student confidence rise. As Powers began working on her senior

photography portfolio this year, her teacher knew it was unique and powerful as she created the body of images. “This is the first time I’ve had a student receive this type of award,” she said. “I know this award has opened opportunities for her that she otherwise might not have had.” HCDE Scholastic Art & Writing Coordinator Andrea Segraves sees the power of expression that Scholastic Art & Writing Awards lends to young student artists and writers as they gain notoriety for their artistic talents. “The Awards have identified and honored so many talented writers and artists over the years like Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Robert Redford, Lena Dunham and Ken Burns,” said Segraves. “To join in those ranks is such an empowerment for these teens.” Powers’ future career plans include attending community college until she hears back from the esteemed Savannah College of Art and Design, her dream college. “I hope to be able to commission art pieces for clients one day and do photo shoots for anybody seeking a photographer with a keen eye,” she said. She is quick to credit her teacher for encouraging and pushing her artistic endeavors while thanking Mom Letitia for influencing her creativity and buying the digital camera to help her forge her artistic pathway. See Full Story Online

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HOUSTON - Flanked by his five-year-old daughter, Karem Greene was one of many parents who spent the afternoon at the Weekly Family YMCA on Stella Link, for a free water safety event.

“I wanted to make sure she is water safe. I wanted to get a sense of where she is with water and see what you guys can provide her in terms of safety.” Greene’s African-American daughter is in a high-risk group when it relates to drownings.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the fatal-drowning rate of Black/African-American children is three times higher than white children. Greene didn’t know the statistics, but he wasn’t surprised at the alarming rate. “There are more kids in urban ethnic communities who can’t swim because they don’t have access to the facilities, but getting them to the facilities so they can learn is important,” he said. Greene registered his daughter after seeing the promotion for the YMCA’s Water Safety event. He and others took advantage of the event which was hosted by the YMCA and See Full Story Online

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THURSDAY, JULY 11 AHCBED cordially invites you to attend their Monthly Business Networking Luncheon from 11 - 12:30p 6112 Wheatley Street Houston, 77091

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FRIDAY, JULY 12 ENCOUNTER CHURCH Presents Netflix & Meal 6260 Westpark Dr, Ste. 231 Houston, 77027 From 7-10 p.m.

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SUNDAY, JULY 14 The Strong Black Superwoman Syndrome Gite Gallery 2024 Alabama St Houston, 77004 Tickets: $20-$25 From 2-6p.m.

THURSDAY, JULY 25 OST/South Union Movie Night Yellowstone Park 6900 LaSalette St Houston, 77021 Free From 5-8 p.m.

SUNDAY, JULY 14 FSU Black Alumni Brunch/FSUBAA Doberman’s Bar and Grill 519 Shepherd Dr Houston, 77007 Free From 12-2 p.m.

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MONDAY, JULY 15FRIDAY, JULY 19 HCC Stem Summer Camp for Teens/Young Adults with Disabilities FRIDAY, JULY 26 HCC West Houston Texas Black Pages & Omai Institute Network 2811 Hayes Rd Presents Houston, 77082 DO or DIE From 9a.m.-3p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 13 Development & Walk to End Organization: of Diversity, Alzheimer’s Event TUESDAY, JULY 16 Inclusion & Equity Star Cinema Grill Houston Career Fair (Dallas area) 4811 Highway 6 Live Recruiting/ Microsoft Corporation Missouri City, 77459 Hiring Event 7000 State Highway Free Crowne Plaza 161, Building LC1 From 10:30a.m.-3p.m. Houston-River Oaks Irving, 75038 2712 Southwest Freeway From 11a.m.-2p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 13 Houston, 77098 FRIDAY, JULY 26 Community Health Nearest the Broken SATURDAY, JULY 20 Symposium & Lions Back to School Event Mount Moriah (2-one woman shows 2019 Crossover Baptist Church in one evening) Bible Fellowship 4730 Pederson St City Life Church 12332 Perry Rd Houston, 77033 7120 Grand Blvd Houston, 77070 Free Houston, 77054 Free From 10a.m.-2p.m. Tickets: $15 From 10a.m.-2p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 13 Starting at 7p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 20 Parenting Your Child SATURDAY, JULY 27 Greek Olympiks with ADHD Black Annlettered’s Worthing High School Black Elementary School 2019 Art Exhibition 9215 Scott St 14155 Grant Rd The Woman’s Earth Houston, 77051 Cypress, 77429 2814 Isabella St Free Free Houston, 77004 From 2-8 p.m. From 11a.m.-12p.m. Free SUNDAY, JULY 14 From 7-9p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 20 Taste of Pan Hey Dee Events SATURDAY, JULY 27 Africa-Houston presents: Black Cigar Festival Ayva Events Center The L.I.E. Experience Sharespace-Naylor St 9371 Richmond Ave Leaders - Inspire Houston, 77002 Houston, 77063 Empowerment Tickets: $25-$85 For tickets and more info: Hilton Garden Inn Starting at 6p.m. TasteofPanAfrica.com 12245 Katy Freeway From 1-7p.m. Houston, 77079

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