ROSIE GRAY Rosie Gray loves to travel and she is a stylish, classy dresser and shopper. A wife, mother, and grandmother, Rosie Owens Gray is living her best life, A retiree from FWISD, she hails from Mansfield LA, but lives in Fort Worth, TX. Rosie studied at Tarrant County College and Grambling State University. Active in her church, she puts family first and loves hitting the road with her daughter and grandchildren, traveling around the country. She’s also a dancer, loving to participate in sessions and display her graceful moves.
DELORES WILSON Delores Wilson has a heart of gold. Loving, compassionate and a true servant. That’s this beautiful diva. Delores Wilson hails from Winston-Salem, August 2022 the dedicated this to spreading message need show empower with love instead of destroying with hate
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IRMA D. CRAYTON A committed educator and community servant Irma D. Crayton greets the world with a smile. Irma D. Crayton attended Justin F. Kimball High School. She studied Elementary and Special Education at East Texas State University now Texas A and M and a Masters Degree from Howard University. A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Irma, the talented and lovely Irma D. Crayton, has almost 30 years of experience in the field of Elementary Special and General Education. She is also a retired United States Navy Veteran.
The Biden-Harris administration announced it would increase Amer ica’s supply of monkeypox vaccine by making an additional 1.8 million doses of Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos vaccine available for ordering begin ning Monday, Aug. 22. According to a White House Fact Sheet, the Department of Health and Human Services has set aside 50,000 doses of vaccine from the Strategic National Stockpile, that health departments that host largescale events can request in addition to their existing allocations and sup ply.
CASSANDRA BRADFORD Cassandra Bradford gets it! She said she absolutely loves what she does and who she is! A senior consultant at Genesis Preferred Solutions, Cassandra Bradford studied business, forensic science and Kinematics at the University of Phoenix and business at California State University-Fullerton. The founder/president of Run Women’s Conference, and the No. Texas Minority Chamber of Commerce, she is a managing partner of Santonye’s Event Center. In 2016 she was the recipient of the NAACP African American Woman in Business and of Influence Award. She’s also a member of Fort Worth Black Chamber of Commerce, Arlington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, DFW Roundtable-Fort Worth. Cassandra also offers a course in securing the government as a client. Log on to: www.contractattraction.com.
Recently, the Food and Drug Ad ministration announced the Emer gency Use Authorization of the JYN NEOS vaccine to be administered intradermally in individuals 18 years of age and older determined to be at high risk of MPV without compro mising the level of immune response achieved or the safety of the vaccine.
Further, the Administration has taken a number of steps to make TPOXX, a treatment for MPV, more accessible to prescribe, and today’s announcements build on those ac tions.Health and Human Services will also launch a pilot program to pro vide additional vaccine allocations to state and local health departments in jurisdictions hosting large events that attract gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in the coming weeks and months. The pilot program sets aside 50,000 doses from the Strategic National Stockpile that jurisdictions can request to order on top of their existing vaccine allocations and sup ply.“The number of additional doses made available to a jurisdiction will be based on the size and nature of the event and the ability to reach attendees at highest risk for MPV,” Administration officials said.
The CDC also released a “robust set of resources and tools to help ju risdictions train providers and health care professionals on how to admin ister the vaccine intradermally.”
YOLANDA HERVEY Smart, beautiful and engaging. That’s Yolanda Hervey! A risk manager at Osburn Contractors, LLC, Yolanda Hervey is a strong finance professional with a Bachelor of Science focused in Business Administration (B.B.A) and Management, General. Previously she worked in risk management at the Wal-Mart Corporation and she is skilled in Claims Handling, Claims Resolution, Team Building, Management, and Leadership A member of North Dallas Community Bible Fellowship, Yolanda is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
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Administration officials said in less than ten days following FDA’s EUA on intradermal administration, some of the country’s largest coun ties have transitioned completely to intradermal administration of the JYNNEOS vaccine for eligible adults, including Los Angeles County, Cali fornia, and Fulton County, Georgia.
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Kimberley Runnels is a campus support team trainer/coach for family and community engagement for Dallas Independent School District. With more than 25 years of experience Kimberley Runnells has also enjoyed stints as a leader for Weight Watchers, a consultant for the Dallas Black Dance Theatre, a family services specialist for Rainbow Days, Inc. and campus manager for Communities in Schools; among others. The Skyline High School graduate received a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish from Prairie View A&M University and she also studied Organizational Development and Leadership at the University of Texas at Tyler,; Spanish language and Literature at Universal-Quernvaca Mexico.
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“Since the first case was confirmed in the United States, the Administra tion has led a whole-of-government response to make tests, vaccines, and treatments more widely available to communities across the country and has worked with the LGBTQI+ com munity to provide information and resources directly to communities most at risk of contracting the virus,” Administration officials stated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data from 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, which revealed that African Americans comprise 26 per cent of monkeypox cases compared to 12 percent of the population. The CDC noted that Hispanic peo ple accounted for 28 percent of cases while comprising 19 percent of the population. Additionally, CDC officials report ed that areas with high numbers of cases that did not submit case re ports are more racially and ethnical ly “Asdiverse.such, the reported data may understate disparities,” CDC officials noted.“Moreover, the share of cases among Black people has risen in recent weeks, suggesting widening disparities for this group.”
“The action means that each vial of vaccine can be used for up to five doses since the appropriate dose for intradermal administration is 0.1mL versus 0.5mL required per dose ad ministered subcutaneously,” Admin istration officials remarked.
ETHEL LORAINE GREEN LEE Ethel Loraine Green Lee hails from Natchez, MI and she is full of southern hospitality. A former Manager, College Planning and Partnerships at Tom Joyner Foundation, Ethel Loraine Green Lee also enjoyed stints at Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Dallas ISD, Visiting Nurses Association, Texas Area 6 Health Systems and the City of Austin. A proud graduate of Jackson State University with a degree in Mass Communications/Oral Interpretation, the graduate of North Natchez High School also studied Journalism/Public Relations at The University of Texas at Austin and received her masters degree in 1978. A wife, mother, grandmother and community servant, Loraine is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
DELORES ELDER JONES Delores Elder Jones is a gourmet baker who specializes in cooking w/liquor and liqueurs. Owner/Caterer at D’s Delectables and sheMemphisElderbyMomentatOwner/PhotographerRememberthePhotographyGrandDiva,DeloresJoneshailsfromTNwherestudiedUrbanRevitalization at the University of Memphis. She enjoyed stints at Richland College, Garland Housing Finance Corporation, Dallas County and Memphis Housing Authority. Also a Community/Patient Liaison at Dependable Care Health Service, LLC, Delores is a community servant.
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The Honorable edge Kim Cooks enjoys training for amateur bodybuilding competitions. The Judge of the 255th Family District Court, Judge Kim Cooks studied at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Hailing from Colorado Springs, CO., Judge Cooks graduated from Roy J. Wasson High School and went on to the University of Texas at Arlington where she received a BS, in Biological/Medical Technology/Business Management. For 12 years she practiced family law litigation at the Law Office of Kim A. Cooks, p.l.l.c. specializing in divorces, child custody, child support, child protective services and juvenile matters. She’s a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
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According to the White House, the Biden-Harris Administration has delivered nearly 1 million doses of JYNNEOS vaccine to jurisdictions –the world’s most extensive JYNNEOS MPV vaccine program.
The increased availability of vac cine doses has enabled more juris dictions to offer second doses to el igibleTheindividuals.JYNNEOSvaccine is adminis tered in two doses, four weeks apart, for maximum protection, White House officials noted. They said the Biden-Harris Ad ministration has also significantly increased the availability and con venience of orthopoxvirus tests, ex panding the capacity of tests from 6,000 tests per week to 80,000.
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NEXT WEEK: PART II We will further explore Winn’s background, why he was picked to create the statue, his struggles as he worked on it, some of his memorable quotes, his gigs as a jazz drummer, and his children. We also will consider how the public could pay homage to him. Stay tuned.
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Yes. He is most remembered for the Dr. King Jr. statue at the King Center. But sculpture was not Winn Jr.’s go-to art form. After years of painting on canvas imag es of people he met, the King Jr. statue was, in fact, Winn Jr.’s first sculpture.Forthose who do not know about Winn Jr., let me take a walk down memory lane and pay trib ute to his person and his skill. My best memory of how I met Walter is as a reporter interviewing him about being chosen to create the King Jr. statue for the King Center in the late 1970s. He deserves our memory.Aftermany months of pains taking work and frustrating re search, the statue was unveiled and dedicated the day before July 4th, 1976 -- the Independence Day bicentennial that marked the nation’s 200th birthday. Dig nitaries – including then-Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby and Dallas Mayor Robert Folsom -- and an enthu siastic public audience, that in cluded me, gathering in front of the King Center. Center officials proclaimed the statue as the only full-standing figure of Dr. King Jr. in the MartinSouthwest.Luther King Sr., father of the assassinated civil rights leader, was the keynote speak er. While Winn Jr. worked on the statue, he met several times with the King family to ensure he was getting physical details correct. Winn Jr. was brilliantly talented and dirt poor. He was unpretentious, likeable, easy-to-get-along-with, and had a pleasant, cheerful personali ty. He was not the moody, with drawn person that you might imagine a Michelangelo or Vin cent van Gogh to be. No. The Walter I remember loved to talk, always was describ ing some image in his mind that he wanted to capture on canvas. Winn Jr. died of a stroke in 1996, 20 years after the unveiling and about a month before his 67th birthday. Records about his frag mented life are so conflicting that it’s hard to decide which dates to trust. One record said he died Au gust 15 another Aug. 31. The scattered records about Winn’s process of creating the King Jr. statue -- and the conver sations he and I had -- record that Oscar M. Graves of Detroit, a more established African-Amer ican sculptor, was added to the project late in the game to quiet ly counsel Winn in his newest art form. Then Graves did final cast ing of the figure at a Dallas-area foundry.Everything artist Winn Jr. did was self-taught; that is to say, he recalled that his earliest memories of using his innate talent was go ing to school with an older sister when he was between ages 4 to 6. Once there, he would help teach ers decorate their classrooms for projects by standing on a chair to draw art on the blackboard. He did not begin to take his visual art talent seriously until he was about age 30, Winn Jr. has said. In interviews in various publi cations, Winn Jr. talked about his very low grades in school, about not being tied to any particular job after he somehow managed to graduate, of trying boxing for a while, getting by as a drummer in New York, and finally arousing the natural talent that had been lying dormant inside him. He began painting portraits continuously of noted local and national musicians he either en countered or admired, such as Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, David “Fathead” Newman, Miles Davis, and Roger Boykin. Some who knew Walter said he had a photographic memory of scenes he saw around town, particular ly street scenes and street people who caught his eye. Friends said he would paint what he remem bered that he saw.
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The late, unassuming Dallas artist and jazz drummer Walter Winn Jr. popped into my mind recently.Iwish his name were more re membered. It certainly deserves to Ibe.had many conversations with Walter while he lived and consid ered him a friend. I would like to think – but know better -- that everyone knows he created the 7-1/2-ft bronze stat ue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that stands today in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commu nity Center at 2922 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. in South Dallas. That is a mouth full of Dr. King Jr.’s name, isn’t it? I’m delighted, though, that we must use his name so much in that sentence. I was just thinking…, I wish there were a way to make Winn Jr.’s name so repeated and re membered.
The Southern University Alumni Federation - Fort Worth Chapter will host “Jaguar Takeover Night,” an annual scholarship dinner party and fundraiser, at 7:30 p.m. at Crowne Plaza Suites, 700 Avenue H, in Grand Prairie. The scholarship event is one of several activities held on the same weekend that SWAC com petitors Southern University of Baton Rouge, La. and Texas Southern University of Houston meet for the His torically Black College classic, the Arlington Football Showdown. Single tickets to the fundraiser are $50. A table for 8 guests at the scholarship event is $400. Tickets may be purchased on Eventbrite
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is a proud Dallas native, University of Texas at Austin journalism graduate and retired Dallas Morning News senior staff writer. She is a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists and was its first southwest regional director. She became The News’ first Black full-time reporter in 1974. norma_ adams_wade@yahoo.com Winn’s 1982 Urban Ghetto Street Scene. Photo: www.worthpoint.com Winn’s 1976 MLK Jr. statue at MLK Jr. Center. Photo: Mary Clark Traveler blog Winn’s 1968 untitled oil portrait, perhaps of an urban dweller. Photo: www.auctionspear.com
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Darren Green wholeheartedly agrees and he was on hand to share hisTheexperiences.formerMarine said he went through an identity crisis and needed to find a niche to direct his drive and sense of purpose. Because he enjoyed working with his hands, and he saw an op portunity for growth, he signed up, graduated from HVAC school and is gainfully employed, doing some thing that is providing him so many opportunities.Andthose opportunities are coming fast, according to Smith, who says candidates interested in careers as HVAC technicians should visit UpSmith.com to learn more, and apply. He said the pro cess is simple and after creating a video, passing checks that include background and drug testing; they will be hiring in the next two and a half“You’llweeks.be a technician by the middle of the Fall,” Smith added. Marva J. Sneed contributed to this report.
Earlier this year, when Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson named Lynn McBee as his Workforce Czar, he said that boosting upskilling efforts in the City was a “top mayoral pri ority.” Because of the importance of this issue, this partnership, said McBee, will help with one of her goals, which she stated when ap pointed, and that is workforce de velopment.“Workforce Dallas is committed to helping up to 10,000 residents a year upskill for jobs of the future. UpSmith’s tech platform provides a needed link to employers,” she said. “I am pleased UpSmith is launching its workforce training endeavor in North Texas to create pathways for Metroplex residents to gain high-demand credentials in the skilled professions.”
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For McBee, solutions include up ward mobility, providing the skills and investing in participants reach ing their fullest potential. To underscore the value of their community partnership, CitySquare Chief Programs Officer Nadia Salibi said: “At CitySquare, our programs address inequality in access to housing, food, healthcare, legal services, and employment op portunities. As we strive to remove obstacles for so many of our neigh bors, we are excited to partner with UpSmith and empower our neigh bors through training that can se cure better pay and a rewarding, sustainable career.” She added that partnering, as well as employment training are critical to CitySquare and their team will be “walking alongside” workers to help them achieve their goals.“In the fight to move our neigh bors out of poverty into the possi bilities, everyone deserves to have equal access to training, and build ing marketable skills is paramount.”
Despite the thunderstorms and flooding early this week, UpSmith CEO and Founder, Wyatt Smith called Monday an exciting day as UpSmith, Inc. and American Residential Services (ARS/Res cue-Rooter) announced a part nership creating “high-purpose, high-pay, high-dignity career op portunities” across Texas for aspir ing HVAC technicians. “Our mission is to combat the U.S. skill crisis,” said Smith, adding that they have a big challenge with over one million job openings in Texas. “To take on those roles and expand, we need a new way of working.” Through UpSmith’s technology platform - UpSmith.com - which connects talent with employers seeking to identify, qualify, staff, and retain skilled tradespeople, ARS, the nation’s largest provider of residential heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) services, is sponsoring candidates o earn credentials as HVAC technicians via paid 8-week training boot camps. According to Smith, upon com pletion of the program, applicants will be offered $20-25 per hour and those rates will have a significant impact on not only the economy but communities, families and the country.
“Texas is a proving ground for how to create fast, affordable path ways to jobs of the future,” he said. “Our platforms are open for busi ness!”“We are excited to announce our partnership with UpSmith in ad dressing the skilled worker shortage across Dallas and Houston,” said ARS Chief Human Resource Officer, Chris Snow. “With their support, we will be able to provide enhanced services to our valued customers and communities. The ARS Net work is proud to pioneer these paid on-ramps to welcome new, hard-working talent into our indus try. In addition to creating home services careers, we are inviting bright, ambitious young men and women to build fulfilling careers in a rapidly advancing market.”
“We are proud to host the State Fair Classic game every year,” said Mitchell Glieber, President of the State Fair of Texas. “It is a great way to kick off the State Fair be cause it always happens on the first Saturday of the Fair. Although our opening day is Friday, the game happens during opening weekend. It provides a jumpstart to get our air and everything kicked off on a very positive note.The economic impact of the game and other festivi ties is enormous, according to “FromGlieber.an economic im pact standpoint, I know that the Dallas Sports Commis sion has done a study that shows the game not only has an impact on the State Fair but the community at large. We have visitors coming from different parts of Tex as and Louisiana to come to see the game. When these people come into town, they are benefiting the city of Dal las and the surrounding ho tels and restaurants that are in the city as well.”
“Since 1985 Grambling and Prairie View have been a great match up. This com bination is a great tradition not only for the schools and their fans but really for the entire community,” contin ued Glieber. “It has turned into a football game which is always entertaining. The battle of the bands adds an extra special element to the game.”Glieber admitted that with an audience of over 50,000 people game attendees are getting more than just a foot ball“Whenexperience.you bring that number of people to the State Fair, they are coming for more than just the game. They are going to show up a few hours in advance of the game, staying for the game and staying afterward as well,” he said. “It is very nice for our vendors, espe cially because all our ven dors that participate at the fair are independent and all the concessioners and ride operators are independent contractors. Therefore, the game is a great business for them.”With millions of dollars being generated by the State Fair Classic, Harrison Blair, President of the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, wants to make sure that Black-owned businesses are benefitting from the city’s fi nancial overflow during the classic“Black-ownedweekend. businesses want to see hungry folk. The Texas State Fair hosts one of the biggest selections of fried foods that you can find any where in the world. When you start looking at different vendors that will be at the State Fair this year, at least 10 of the vendors that we work with on a regular basis will be represented,” said Blair. In 1964, Little Bob’s BarB-Q became the first Black-owned food vendor at the State Fair. In the 1980s Smokey John’s BBQ joined the now growing list of Black-owned food vendors. “The monetary impact from the game is huge for the city. Typically, it generates about $8.5 million from the 55,000 plus fans that attend the event. When you start breaking down that $8.5 mil lion and where it goes a lot of it is coming through vendors who are at the State Fair,” said Blair. In an effort to increase entrepreneurship, Blair is currently working with a few businesses that started out at the State Fair and are now working on getting brickand-mortar locations. Coming out of the pan demic, the State Fair will still be making history with Black-owned businesses. This year Roz Stafford-Grady will be the first African American to have a cigar lounge at the State Fair, with her Cedar Hill-based busi ness, Smoking Jacket Cigar Lounge.“Iwas overwhelmed with excitement to make history as a Black business owner at one of the biggest state fairs in the world,” said Staf ford-Grady.According to Blair, this year is going to be an oppor tunity for many businesses to leverage the State Fair and get their business to the next level.“Ithink the State Fair at tendance will be at a record number because many peo ple haven’t been out regu larly in the last two years. People are eager to get back to life. There will be a huge demand for a lot of vendors. If you haven’t had a corny dog in two years, imagine how happy you will be to see Fletchers and how happy Fletchers will be to see you,” said Blair, who is a graduate of Prairie View. “The State Fair Classic has always been a tradition for my family and me and prob ably for many Black people in the state. If you are Black and, in this state, someone in your family went to an HBCU.”Although gathering large crowds of people can create a high-security risk environ ment, Glieber contends that the State Fair is taking the necessary steps to ensure everyone is safe.
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From smoked turkey legs to custom-made cigars, Black-owned businesses are getting their hustle on as they prepare for the State Fair Classic weekend, which will bring thousands to the southern sector of Dallas, and all across the D/FW Metroplex; with millions of dollars in revenue.
Ambrose’s character, Wes, is charming, witty, smart, sexy, ro mantic and attentive; everything that a woman could hope for and every woman he approaches falls under this playboy’s spell. Hopefully Victoria won’t! And then there’s the other best friend, Kenny, played by Charles Malik Whitfield, who appears to be the only one of the three best buds who acts like he has com mon sense. Despite his contin ued protests and claims that the bet was a bad idea, his friends moved forward. And although it was a packed house at Dallas’ Angelika Theatre for the premiere over the week end, everyone else will have to wait until the release date, in ear ly September 2022, to find out just how dumb men are and what can happen when you make a dumb bet.Directed by Boogievision, Un favorable Odd receives a very favorable review! It’s just further evidence that there’s a lot of great talent right in Dallas!
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Roz Stafford-Grady will be the first African American-owned business to have a cigar lounge at the State Fair this year. She is the owner of the Smoking Jacket Cigar Lounge. Photo: RSG
Toney shares writer credits with Edna Janeen White and Tony D. White in this tale of a man who makes a dumb bet that involves his wife and one of his best friends, played by Maria Tornberg and Charles Ambrose, respectively.
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“We are fortunate to have an excellent relationship with the Dallas Police De partment. They provide our primary on-ground security for the entire fair,” he ex plained. “There is nothing different for game day than there would be for any day of the“Except,fair. of course, we will have Dallas Police Officers inside the stadium. Every day is important to us from a safety and security stand point. Obviously, we want to make sure that the environ ment is as safe as possible inside the stadium and out side the stadium.”
According to the study done by the Dallas Sports Commission, the classic has an annual estimated eco nomic impact of $8.5 million for the City of Dallas. “The State Fair Classic is a significant event for the city, but it also has a great tradi tion for the State Fair of Tex as, and it is something that we have been proud to host since 1925,” said Glieber. The original State Fair Classic game was held on October 19, 1925, in the Cot ton Bowl between the Wiley College Wildcats and the Langston University Lions with about 5,000 in atten dance.According to statistics from the State Fair of Texas in 2017 the classic game at tendance was 55,231 which solidified the event as one of the largest Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) football classics in the nation and the largest Division I FCS football game in Texas that year.
Citing statistics that show 40 percent of Dallasites are in the low income bracket, McBee said she and Mayor Johnson are “hyper-fo cused” and working hard to change those“We’vestatistics.gotto all be involved and working hard to move those people out of the low income situations and multiple job situations, and we know that technology is the way to scale, technology is the future in solving workforce issues.”
When comedian, actor, philan thropist Steve Harvey said “men are dumb,” he had to be thinking about Victoria’s insecure hus band, Brad Wilson, played by Grayson Berry, in the soon-to-be released, Unfavorable Odds. For some reason Brad just doesn’t get it and he could lose everything that is important to him in this romantic comedy that was filmed partly in Dallas and features several locals. This is Dallas businessman Corey “C.T. “Toney’s first major big screen production and if Un favorable Odds is any indication of what future endeavors will be, folks are going to become very familiar with his name and his works.Locals will love seeing familiar landmarks that include the up scale restaurant/club: Michael’s, in Las Colinas, and the catering truck of OMG Cakes & Southern Best Catering,, L.L.C.
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While Critical Race Theory is un doubtedly the buzzword of these times, let me introduce you to a dif ferent and lesser-known counterar gument. In a scholarly piece, he wrote in 2017, Dr. Duane Loynes Sr. intro duces us to Critical Race Theology. Dr. Duane T. Loynes Sr. is an Urban Studies and Africana Studies profes sor at Rhodes College. He resides in Memphis, Tennessee, with his wife Ericka and their son Duane Jr., and is an active member of Mississippi Bou levard Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).Although right-wing cynics and ra bid Trump worshippers point to CRT as the greatest evil, there is another CRT you should know First, listen to how Dr. Loynes started his scholarly work. “The relationship between Christi anity and people of color in the Unit ed States has been characterized by injustice. For example, in his classic Narrative of the Life of Frederick Dou glass, an American Slave, Frederick Douglass described the Christianity of his day as a “corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity.”
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see some activities. We are less than 90 days from the election. What are youOurdoing?vote is our weapon because there are only three things that cor porate America fears: (1) lost profits, (2) bad publicity, and (3) a vote cast against corporate interest. Our vote has been our weapon since the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which the U.S. Supreme Court has sought to dismantle.Nowthat Trump has stacked the Court with his conservative right judg es, our vote for those who sit in the Congress and the Senate represents the only way to neutralize bad Court decisions like Roe vs. Wade. Again, are you preparing to vote or will you just leave it to others to fight for your rights?
4. He who proclaims it a religious duty to read the Bible denies me the right to learn to read the name of the God who made me.
Critical Race Theology, according to Loynes, contends that any theology that seeks to speak to the marginal ization of people and systems of ineq uity is valid.
5. He, the religious advocate of mar riage, robs whole millions of its sa cred influence and leaves them to the ravages of wholesale pollution.
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8. We have men sold to build churches, women sold to support the gos pel, and babes sold to purchase Bibles for the poor heathen! All for the glory of God and the good of souls!
9. The slave auctioneer’s bell and the church-going bell chime in with each other, and the bitter cries of the heartbroken slave are drowned in the religious shouts of his pious
6. The warm defender of the sacred ness of the family relation is the same that scatters whole families — sundering husbands and wives, parents and children, sisters and brothers — leaving the hut vacant and the hearth desolate.
“A critical race theology would ar ticulate a methodology in which each discipline was oriented to ward fashioning an intelli gible understanding of the Christian faith. Christianity must be presented in a man ner that generates informed dialogue about true racial equality as the fruit of gen uineHeChristianity.endshiseloquent missive with a final thought I would leave to you. To construct a critical race theology, a scriptural interpretation of racial equality must be the priority and the goal. America’s history must be told truthfully and with can dor. We must mention the name of slaveowners like George Washington, Thom as Jefferson, James Madi son, and nine other sitting U.S. presidents who owned slaves.Likewise, we have to tell the sto ries of death-defying abolitionists like John Brown, William Lloyd Garrison, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. There are stories of how local United Meth odists at SMU segregated their halls long before most in Texas. Both versions of CRT hinge on the truth. It’s time to tell it.
Secretary of State Races are Important Our Vote: Our Weapon Against Racism CRT? – Which One! Pour into Others Selflessly and God Will Make Sure Your Cup is Full
The recent electoral primaries are giving us important insight into the future politics of our country. All one has to do is look at the num ber of Trump supporters winning pri mary elections for a place on the No vember General Election ballots. Eight out of ten of the Republicans who voted to impeach former Presi dent Donald Trump have either lost their primaries or decided not to run again.Just this week, we saw Congress woman Elizabeth Cheney lose her pri mary race as a Wyoming Republican to a Trump supporter of the “Big Lie” that President Biden did not win the election.Letthere be no doubt that racism in the form of fear of the Black and Brown voting electorate is at the heart of the Trump movement of voter sup pression and planned efforts to decer tify future elections. Our vote is our most important weapon against this movement of racism cloaked in the “Make America Great Again” movement (MAGA). When we allow low voter turnout in the primary elections, we set the stage for the big November General Election Republican sweep that would not only give back control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, but also encourage the acceleration of Hate Crimes we are presently experi encing against people of color. If we want victories during and af ter the General Election of November 8th, 2022, we must get involved NOW. How? Check your Voter Registration. If you have moved since the last election, fill out a new voter registra tion form. We have them available at the Voice & Viewpoint office, or, go online.Itwas our votes that gave the state of Georgia two democratic Senators, shifting the balance of power in the U.S. Senate back to the Democrats. If Black Votes Matter (BVM), then we must vote because there are enough of us to make a difference in the general elections this November. If we plan to vote then we need to be sure we are registered and at the present address. If we don’t vote, then we can’t complain about rent increas es, gas prices, lack of daycare, and job opportunities.Wewillstay on this issue until we
1. “The man who wields the blood-clotted cowskin during the week fills the pulpit on Sunday, claiming to be a minister of the meek and lowly Jesus.
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Dr. John E. Warren is publisher of The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint. I told you many times over, if Lu cille “Big Mama’’ Allen was alive in this digital season, then her playbook would be a TikTok sensation, trend ing every week and a top tier influ encer.Her lesson for me today is Pour into others without a hidden agenda and God will do the rest. Lucille “Big Mama’s Allen said pour into others selflessly and God will make sure your cup is full. Big Mama’s meant it is God who uses our weakest times, the times when we need Him most, to minister to others. In order to be willing ves sels, we don’t need to fill up our cups first. Big Mama knew the Bible showed here a very clear example of this wis dom. The Apostle Paul, author of a huge portion of the New Testament, gave Big Mama this rule: “I am already being poured out as a drink offering…” (2 Timothy 4:6). The key is in the “drink offering.” Paul was referring to a sacrificial offering, well known to the Jews. His journey was an ongoing sacrifice. He was imprisoned, beaten, abandoned… and he still poured himself out as an offering. Throughout his ministry, Paul faced pushback and hardship. And yet he delivered and left so many of the great scriptures that have instructed and encouraged today’s faith filled communities for over 2000 years. As leadership servants we often put ourselves last. But Big Mama said, “Pouring into others will not break my soul.” She spoke, “Give all you got and God will then pour into me.” Lucille “Big Mama” Allen wanted me to know you are asked to share the Gospel and be a servant. I understand and I acted in kind. With the loss of my former employ ment, in the midst of pivot, and with out a leadership tag and under visible opposition, I charged forward. I made sure that those members of my tribe had the dialogue, presence and tools to grow and sustain my industry. That campaign came with pushback and opposition, but I had no person al agenda. I succeeded in creating a platform that gave six professional developments offering in DEI, AI, Job transition, crisis communications, disinformation, mentoring, and best practices.Guesswhat, God did the rest! My tribe brought forth their tribe and their tribe brought forth the data, tips and the networks to create change that lifted others up! The tribe creat ed standing room only events. In this new post-George Floyd mo ment we have created so-called DEI moments in corporate America and the DEI warriors are sometimes dis connected from those who have “skin in the game.” I have had many conversations with multiple veteran and crucial community leaders and organizations that are giving at all times during an attack on their livelihood yet they said God has filled their cup. Big Mama’s investment in me has inspired me to invest in others. I rare ly refuse to spend time with those who may need some guidance or en couragement, although I have noth ing obvious to gain. I maintain healthy boundaries fu eled by helping others. Try it! BIG Mama is dancing in the clouds of heaven right now as her cup is full!
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Democrats play checkers, and Republicans play chess. That’s why the Reagan Revolution, which kicked off in 1980, worked. President Ronald Reagan pledged to trim government bureaucracy, install conservatives into administrative government positions, and deliver a conservative agenda. He didn’t do it in a day or a week; it took years for his plan to take hold. Newt Gingrich’s Contract on America, introduced in the 1994 congressional campaign, successfully ushered a Republican congressional majority, even though President Bill Clinton was the Democratic leader. Their theme – reduce taxes, enact welfare reform, and cut the size of government. In the nearly thirty years since the Contract on America (they called it the Contract for America, but it was an attack on America) was implemented, its strange fruit is still beingConservativeharvested.
11. The slave prison and the church stand near each other. The clanking of fetters, the rattling of chains in the prison, and the pious psalm and sol emn prayer in the church, may be heard simultaneously. Frederick Douglass’ misery-filled musings are hard to hear, but they were much harder to live.
Writing about how Christianity has been deployed in North America, Douglass reflects on some obvious oddities in the slave master’s theology.
2. The man who robs me of my earn ings at the end of each week meets me as a class-leader on Sunday morning to show me the way of life and the path of salvation.
3. He who sells my sister, for purpos es of prostitution stands forth as the pious advocate of purity.
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Republicans have become rabid co-signers of the putrid agenda of the 45th President of the United States. Republicans who know better have chosen to be quiet in the face of neo-fascist election deniers who prefer winning to integrity. These folks think long-term, while Democrats prefer to indulge in internecine squabbling, short-term thinking, and unfocused resistance. Thus, the Democratic focus on midterm elections has not sufficiently amplified Biden’s victories, and there are many. More importantly, Dems have been far more focused on the top of the ticket than the bottom. Election deniers are running for state and local offices, and electing them will have ramifications in 2022 and 2024. The. Democratic National Committee needs to spend money focusing on some of these downballot elections. Congressional and Senate races are important. So are Secretaries of State. In most states, the Secretary of State determines how elections are run. They choose the voting machine vendors and decide on election rules regarding early voting, mail-in voting, and more. They certify election results.That’s why the former President called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, asking him to “find” enough votes to overturn President Biden’s narrow victory in that state. Raffensperger declined to meddle in the election results, which resulted in the former President endorsing his opponent in the May Georgia primary. That hasn’t stopped the former President and his allies from their election denial. And it has not prevented the twice-impeached President from endorsing his supporters who might alter the course of future elections. Secretaries of State certify election results. The former President’s allies, supported by him, will likely bend the rules to “find” votes to prevail in upcomingRepublicanelections.Jim Merchant is the Republican nominee for Secretary of State in Nevada. He is also the founder of the American First Secretary of StateNotCoalition.surprisingly, this group advocates same-day voting only, purging voting rolls, and other measures to limit voting rights. There are twenty-seven Secretary of State elections this year. Currently, 22 Republicans are Secretaries of State, compared to 20 Democrats. Every Republican Secretary of State has not pledged allegiance to the 45th President. Raffensperger is proof enough of that. Still, the Republican Party has imposed a loyalty oath on those who value integrity over the favor of a cultlike former President. How many have the courage of Rafensperger to resist the siren call of the former President? Republicans ran in fourteen primary elections for Secretary of State. Many are election deniers who still think that the disgraced President won the 2020 election. Mark Finchem, the winning Republican candidate for Secretary of State in Arizona, is an election denier who would like to “decertify” the 2020He’selection.inbad company. Six of the 14 people endorsed by the America First Secretary of State Coalition won their elections in Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania. These people can change election rules to limit participation and steal elections. Too many voters look at the top of the ticket and no further. In ignoring Secretary of State elections, they are turning the future over to the election deniers who have already said what they will do in 2024. They will change the rules, purge the voting rolls, and “find” how many votes the former President needs to win.Democrats cede the future to those Republicans playing the long game by promoting election-denying Secretaries of State. When Democrats play checkers, we allow the chess players to claim the victory.
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—Howard Zinn Earlier this month, staff at the Children’s Defense Fund-Texas joined students, parents, teachers and coalition members of Teach the Truth: Texans United Against Censorship in Education at a State Board of Education meeting on proposed changes to the state’s social studies curriculum. Texas is one of many states reexamining what history schools will be expected and allowed to teach, and when young people were given their turn to speak, current Texas middle school, high school, and college students shared comments like these: “We deserve to have ourselves reflected in the courses we study.” “It’s important to accurately teach history to prepare your future leaders to make informed decisions with proper historical context. It is just as important for students to understand the diversity of the human experience.”
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“No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man’s permission when we require him to obey it. Obedi ence to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor.”
“History is important. If you don’t know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.”
I was blessed to have Howard Zinn as one of my own history professors and mentors at Spelman College. An eloquent chronicler of “The People’s History of the United States,” the civil rights movement, and the longings of the young and the poor and the weak to be free, he understood and taught us the importance of history.Healso taught us to stand up and feel empowered to act and change our own lives and the community and region in which we lived. This is a lesson these students already understand.Youngpeople are speaking up, and their voices are yet another reminder that all children need to be taught the full truth about their own and others’ history in our increasingly multicultural nation and world; that Black, Native American, Latino, Asian American, LGBTQ, immigrant and women’s history are all American history, and that none of our children can afford miseducation and ignorance about the rainbow of others around them. Only the truth will set us all free!
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— Theodore Roosevelt If you chanted “Lock her up!” in 2016 but shrug off potential viola tions of the Espionage Act in 2022, it wasn’t concern for national se curity that you were defending. If you responded to “Black Lives Matter” with “Blue Lives Matter” in 2020, and you scream “Defund the FBI” in 2022, it wasn’t respect for law enforcement that you were defending.Thepresence of highly classi fied material at former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach es tate, Mar-a-Lago, is not neces sarily proof that Trump himself is guilty of the potential criminal violations that investigators list ed in the search warrant: con cealment or removal of federal records, destruction or alteration of records in a federal investiga tion and transmitting defense information. But a judge would not have approved the warrant — indeed, the Department of Jus tice would not even have sought approval — without powerful ev idence that such violations were committed.Aformer president is as bound by the law as anyone else. He’s entitled to the same due process as anyone else. And failure to hold him as accountable for his actions as anyone else would be disastrous for the nation. The notion of “a government of laws and not men” is most closely associated with Founding Father and second President of the U.S. John Adams. But Adams was channeling the Greek phi losopher Aristotle, who wrote, “It is more proper that law should govern than any one of the citi zens: upon the same principle, if it is advantageous to place the su preme power in some particular persons, they should be appoint ed to be only guardians, and the servants of the laws.” No president in American his tory has challenged this principle to a greater degree than Donald Trump. From his first days in of fice, he insisted he had the au thority to end the investigation into his campaign’s coordination with Russian election saboteurs. After shocking the international community by sharing classified information with Russia, endan gering an ally’s intelligence asset, Trump declared that he had the “absolute right” to do so. When officials warned him that with holding military aid to Ukraine was illegal, “he didn’t seem to care,” according to former De fense Secretary Mark Esper. The government ethics watch dog group Citizens for Responsi bility and Ethics in Washington has identified 48 criminal offens es of which Trump has been cred ibly accused of committing while serving as president or campaign ing for the office. Due to a combination of ob struction by partisan loyalists in Congress and a policy among federal law enforcement against prosecuting a sitting president, Trump never was held to account for his misdeeds as president or candidate.Eachsuccessive escape from justice appears to have reinforce Trump’s already-powerful mys tique of being above the law. He was recorded boasting, with re gard to sexual assault, “When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.” At least 26 wom en have accused President Don ald Trump of sexual misconduct, including assault, since the 1970s. He has never been criminally charged. The real estate company Trump inherited from his father is on trial for alleged crimes dat ing back 15 years; Trump himself has not been charged. As we saw on Jan. 6, 2021, Trump’s supporters are inclined to retaliate with deadly violence against any perceived slight against him. Pursuing charges against Trump carries a serious risk of an even more violent re sponse. “While the consequences of action might be dire,” columnist Jamelle Bouie wrote in The New York Times, “the consequences of inaction might be even worse.” Bouie and others have pointed to the 1874 takeover of the Louisiana statehouse, New Orleans City Hall and the city’s arsenal by white su premacists bent on deposing Gov. William Pitt Kellogg and installing his opponent from the previous election in 1872. While federal troops quelled the rebellion, Bou ie wrote, “There was no punish ment for the men who planned this attempted coup. So there was no reason not to try again.”
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The second attempt, after the 1876 election, succeeded. The promise of Reconstruction in Louisiana died, and white su premacist terror reigned for the next nine decades. The possible reaction of a vio lent fringe of Trump supporters should not dictate the course of a federal investigation. Caving into blackmail does not deter black mailers; it emboldens them. Fail ure to hold even a former pres ident accountable to the law is a sure path to tyranny.
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The real issue isn’t the lyrics of Beyonce’s song—it’s the lack of connection, understanding and real relationship we have with those in our congregations and communities to see the church as a relevant place of transparen cy, safety, and healing especially for young Althoughpeople.itprobably wasn’t Be yonce’s intention to cause a reli gious dialogue, this song actually provides a glimpse into the mul tiple realities that many young people face—one of church that does not understand the many dynamics they face so differently than each generation before. Young people witness the hy pocrisy within the church that we are willing to call out sins in the world without taking a deep look at the cancer that has cre ated a duality for a “church girl” to “drop it like a thotty” and still “wanna be centered in thy will” as stated in her lyrics. Attacking Beyonce actually helped promote her song even more. If we are not careful, this can become a distraction from what’s really going on that’s much bigger than a song…. let’s pay attention to the culture that we have chosen to ignore in stead of using these situations as a teachable moment to instruct, offer wisdom and not condem nation, but provide a true alter native rooted in love, hope and faith.Ilearned as a parent that the more I said no to something, the more my child wanted it. I real ized that when I explained the circumstances and taught her to think critically, she made the rightMydecision.fearisthat we have become fixated on soundbites and going viral than we are with really cre ating solutions to address the trauma and many wounds’ peo ple have in the church and for some, because of the church. We might find the lyrics ques tionable but until we deal with what’s inside of each of us and our congregations, we will not impact the culture. Many of those that are being preached to on Sundays are the very ones in the club dropping it like it’s hot the night before. They don’t need condemna tion. They need to be in the ser vice seeing something different than what the world offers. Sadly, it’s often hard to tell the differ ence.It’s time for us to look in the mirror. The world is going to do what it does and yet, we are called to be different. Scripture reminds us “What comes out of a man is what makes him ‘unclean.’ For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man ‘unclean.’” (Mark 7:20-23) We tend to look outside of ourselves to believe that it is a problem in the world, but those same issues are in the church. Church girls, boys, men, and women all need a place of deliv erance, healing, and restoration. Beyonce’s song is a reminder of how we are missing the mark. We have a real opportunity be yond the 2-hour services on Sun days to really transform people’s lives if we choose to engage in stead of remaining enraged and doing nothing.
“I’m here as a student to ask for a public education system with an accurate representation of the history of CDF-TexasAmerica.”Youth Civic Education and Engagement Intern Alisha Tuff put her thoughts this way: “It is time to strengthen African American/Black, Latino, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, Indigenous, women, and LGBTQ+ voices in the curriculum. This country was built on the backs of many of these people. It is time to honor all of our experiences. We are going to be the generation that changes things. … We will not allow the whitewashing of our ancestors’ experiences to prevail. We have the power to influence education reform, and our collective voices will lead to the education we deserve. We are the protectors of our ancestors’ stories. We belong in history, and we will no longer allow our existence and history to be tarnished.”
Beyonce’s song, Church Girl, has obviously caused a ruckus within some Christian circles. On one hand, it’s exciting that some of the Black church is waking up. On the other hand, as a body, we have been asleep. Sadly, the decision to speak out about the issues in the music in dustry are too little and too late. Instead of harping on the lyrics of this song, it’s a missed oppor tunity to really address a culture of young adults whose reality is either NOT the church or going to church as a formality due to tradition.According to a recent report by The Survey Center on American Life of the American Enterprise Institute, “Research has consis tently shown that every genera tion of adults is somewhat less religious than the generation that preceded it. This pattern continues with Generation Z demonstrating less attachment to religion than the millennial generation did. In terms of identity, Generation Z is the least religious generation yet. More than one-third (34 percent) of Generation Z are religiously unaffiliated, a significantly larger proportion than among millen nials (29 percent) and Genera tion X (25 percent).”
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4. Set aside your tax refund or pay raise instead of paying bills.
5. Cut out one restaurant meal a month or one weekly visit to Starbucks and instead put that money into emergency fund savings. 6. Get a temporary side hustle or part-time job. Save until you have $1,000. The reason you want to be gin an emergency fund before you begin saving/investing: You don’t want to pull money out of a mutual fund or retirement fund to pay for an unexpected emergency. Not only will you be messing with your investment return, but you also may also face tax consequences. You must consider that emer gency fund to be separate, and only your first step towards and investing for your future and your retirement.
2. Set a reasonable financial goal for your individual emergency fund. 3. Set aside $20 a week, when you have it, or $10 when you don’t. Don’t carry it around, put it in a book or in a sock drawer. When you get it up to a couple of hundred, put it in a bank savings account. You won’t earn much on the mon ey, but you want it in cash.
Rodney A. Brooks is a Texas Metro News Columnist and Senior Fellow at Prosperity Now. The author of Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap: Racism and discrimination put us here, but this is how we can save future generations, he has written for USA TODAY, The Washington Post and National Geographic.
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DORSHA BLACKBURN Dorsha Blackburn is a mother and servant leader who has a promising future ahead and students will benefit from her dynamic personality, caring spirit and knowledge. Dorsha Blackburn is a Special Education Teacher at the Science and Engineering Magnet at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center where she graduated from in 1999. She went on to graduate from Paul Quinn College and then she received her Masters Degree in Business Administration from Dallas Baptist University. Previously she has worked at Stream Energy; Mom at ZiaB, Inc; Already Gear; Walmart; and Dallas Can Academy.
Public Administration and she studied Law at the University of Maryland College Park. Benaisha is dedicated to international aid work, and volunteering in her community, the arts and traveling the world.
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CARRON JONES PERRY To know Carron Jones Perry is to definitely love this kind, caring and committed woman! Carron Jones Perry is a Senior Auditor for the City of Dallas. She received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, where she was initiated into the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (BADST). A wife and mother Carron brings over 25 years of internal auditing expertise to the City of Dallas. Hailing from Vidalia, LA, Carron has enjoyed stints at Tribune Publishing Company, Neiman Marcus, Metromedia Restaurant Group and Haggar Clothing Co. She is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), who is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and the Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA).
SYLVIA HAMILTON Sylvia Hamilton is the Savvy Retiree, and she is enjoying life to the fullest. Hailing from Greenwood MS where she graduated from Greenwood High School, Sylvia Hamilton is a graduate of Dillard University with a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics. A former business analyst and program manager, Sylvia spent almost 40 years at 7-11. She was also a programmer for Haggar Company. A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, she has lived a life of community service and commitment to making this world a better place. Also active with the Dillard University Alumni Association, this wife and mother is someone you can depend on!
RACQUEL WASHINGTON Just add service and sisterly to Racquel Washington’s name because she is a true servant with a sister spirit. There’s so much to know about Racquel Washington. A Diamond Life Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., this Independent Travel Agent with InteleTravel is a Dallas native. Racquel Washington is a proud graduate of Skyline High School (Class of 1991). Then it was off to the University of North Texas and Texas A&M Commerce. An education consultant, she has enjoyed stints as a manager and educator at ChildCareGroup, Care First Consulting, KinderCare, Bright Horizons Family Solution and CMBC Learning Center. A servant leader, previously she was secretary or the Heads Up! Foundation and she is a recipient of the Excellence in Leadership from the Texas Association for the Education of Young Children.
DESREE ROBINSON Desree Robinson is the CEO and Founder of Lost Kids. Desree Robinson created Lost Kids in 2009 and brought it to life, she says, during the pandemic. Lost Kids is storytelling for children ages five and up who experience trauma at an early age. It delivers strength, resilience, and hope and leads to a pathway of overcoming fear and doubt. Desree shares her story of how art gave her the funnel to re-establish her self-worth and the value her purpose has on earth. Desree found a life of gratitude and abundance to share with youth through M & M Beginners Art School. M & M Arts is a time capsule of creativity, emotional healing, and resolutions through expressive color painting for The Lost Kids who cannot communicate, find rest, and have lost connection with their source of life.
TIFFANY JACKSON Kind, sweet, compassionate, talented and a joy to be around, that’s Tiffany Jackson. A graduate of Skyline High School and native Dallasite, Tiffany Jackson received a BA Degree in Public UniversityPsychologyRelations/fromtheofNorth Texas. Skilled in nonprofit management, she’s a fundraiser and philanthropist. She’s a dynamic and motivated professional with a proven record in spearheading programming development, grant writing, cultivating community partnerships, managing projects from conception to completion, designing educational strategies, and coaching individuals to success.
SHARI HICKS Shari Hicks is moving on up! Shari Hicks has just started a new position as executive director, Community Impact at JP Morgan Chase & Co. She has had several positions as VP of Business and Community Development at Amegy Bank, Asst. VP of Corporate Banking at Frost Bank, Senior VP of Marketing and Public Relations at AJ LLEZO, LLC, Special Assistant to the Mayor of Dallas and Senior Advertising Marketing Manager at the Dallas Morning News. A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, she received a BS degree in Applied Arts and Science and an MBA from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas.
REV NEWTONIA P. HEMPHILL Rev Newtonia P. Hemphill loves Clark Atlanta University! Rev Newtonia P. Hemphill is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc-Alpha Rho Chapter, and Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc.- Psi Chapter. She attended Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center, graduating from the Government and Law Magnet then receiving a BA degree at Clark Atlanta University. She studied at Prophetic Ministry at P.A.W.N.S. of God International Ministry, Intercessory prayer at New Birth (Life) Bible Institute and Seminary, Ministers in Training at Howard Thurman Bible Institute at Friendship West Baptist Church, McAfee School of Theology Masters of Divinity at Mercer University, SMU Perkins School of Theology, and Emory University Candler School of Theology and Oblate School of Theology. She received an MA in Christian Education from Morehouse School of Religion.
SANDRE STREET MONCRIFFE Public service is one of Sandre Streete Moncriffe’s passions and she has a solid track record. Soon we’ll be calling her Judge Sandre Street Moncriffe. She attended Hillcrest High School and St. Catherine High School Jamaica W.I. She went on to pursue a degree in English Studies at Wiley College and she studied law at St. Mary’s University School of Law. She served in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, and was a managing attorney in the Law Office of Sandre Street Moncriffe and Assistant Regional Counsel for the U.S. Social Security Administration. She served as a Trustee for the DeSoto Independent School District from 2015 to 2018. She has also been active in the PTA, Girl Scouts, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Dallas NAACP, Tri-Cities NAACP, Texas Coalition of Black Democrats, and the Democratic Party in Dallas County. A wife and mother, she attends Concord Baptist Church.
Felicia Pitre is proud of her community involvement and volunteer activities assisting families, the elderly, job-seekers and helping ex-offenders re-enter the job market.
8 WWW.GARLAND JOURNAL.COMSEPTEMBERTHURSDAY 1, 2022 GarlandJournal NC, and attended Atkins High School and the University of the District Columbia. A proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, serving in several positions and leading with grace, Delores is president of Wilson,Wilson and Associates and owner of MDW Ventures. She’s a community servant, a born leader and a team player. A wife and mother, Delores remains an involved and integral part of the community, serving as a mentor to and for so many.
MICHELLE STIMPSON Michelle Stimpson loves combining her passion for writing with her gift of teaching, training adults on various topics. Bestselling veteran author Michelle Stimpson has penned more than 50 faithbased books including traditional bestseller Boaz Brown, the beloved Mama B series, and Deacon Brown’s Daughters. She has published more than 50 short stories through her educational publishing company, WeGottaRead.com. Michelle holds an English degree from Jarvis Christian College and a master’s degree in education from the University of Texas at Arlington. Michelle believes journaling is a gift from God and a vital component of her success. She regularly hosts journaling sessions so that others can experience the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of writing in all its many forms. When she’s not writing, Michelle coaches educators, listens to audiobooks, or eats chocolate. She’s a wife, mother and grandmother.
JESSICA DIXON WEAVER Professor Jessica Dixon Weaver is a thought leader, multiple award recipient and a distinguished fellow. Jessica Dixon Weaver is the Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law. Professor Weaver teaches Family Law, Advanced Family Law, Professional Responsibility, and Children and the Law. She joined the tenure track faculty in 2009 and became the first African American female to earn tenure at SMU Dedman School of Law in 2015. She is an expert in child welfare law and public policy, and much of her scholarship focuses on theorizing methods for improvement of the legal systems and policies affecting families and children. She received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.
An executive director at Friends of Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy, she has served as director of education at Bishop Arts Theatre Center, Communication Liaison/Recruiter at ETAN Industries and community site manager at Big Thought, and staff writer/editor at the Dallas Weekly and Dallas Gospel Connection.
ANGELA PITCHER When you think of Angela Pitcher, you think of compassion and love! Hailing from Tulsa OK, Angela Pitcher attended Green B. Trimble Technical High School and received her Bachelor’s Degree from SmithUniversity/JohnNorthwoodPeterSchoolofNursing before going on to pursue an MBA from Strayer University, with a concentration in Healthcare. An executive director operations, she is a Nurse Care manager/Community Resource Specialist for Monas Heart Outreach, an organization she co-founded to provide assistance, food, resources, and relief to those who are affected by homelessness, domestic violence, and medical illness in the DFW Metroplex including but not limited to: Mansfield, Arlington, Fort Worth, parts of Dallas County. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority!
LYNETTA HAYNES-OLIVER Lynetta Haynes-Oliver is the epitome of grace, elegance and sisterhood! Lynetta HaynesOliver graduated from Lincoln High School in Dallas and then attended Bishop College where she was initiated into the Delta Omega Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, in Marshall, Texas in the Fall of 1959. She, like the Deltas on campus and as she remains today, was “smart, friendly and had high moral standards.” She has been accurately described as, “wonderful, classy, sophisticated, strong and loving!”
FELICIA QUIGLEY Felicia Quigley is celebrated as a sister, mother, educator and soror. Hailing from Dallas, TX, Felicia Quigley studied at Texas A&M University –Commerce. Recently celebrating 25 years as a Silver Star honoree of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, she was initiated into the Epsilon Sigma Chapter in 1996. An educator, she is a charter member of the Alpha Beta Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha; serving Grand Prairie, Irving, Mansfield and Midlothian. An educator, she is a graduate from Skyline High School Class of 1993. A wife and mother of four, Felicia is a community servant who is committed to the educating of our youth!
TONYA COUNCIL Tonya Council has a servant heart. She’s a community volunteer, too! Tonya Council is a Human Resource Business Manager at Celestica, helping smart managers keep their employees productive and engaged. She’a a single mom on a mission; working to make a better life while also enjoying life. Tonya has enjoyed stints as a Human Resources Manager at several companies, like Lennox International - Commercial Division; McLane Company; Optimal Blue; Neiman Marcus; and Texas Instruments. Tonya received certifications from the University of Dallas, but also received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Campbell University and a Masters in Human Resources, Human Resources Development from Bowie State University. She assays licenses and certifications in Confronting Biases and Developing a Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Program.
The Hon. Felicia Pitre is the Dallas County (TX) District Clerk, was first elected on November 6, 2014 and was sworn in on January 1, 2015. A native of Lake Charles, LA and graduate of Marion High, Felicia received her Bachelor’s degree from Northwood University and her Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. She is a member of the Metropolitan AME Church in Dallas and the former president of the Phillis Wheatley Neighborhood Association in South Dallas/ Fair Park.
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BENAISHA POOLE-WATSON Real Estate Mogul and Bank owner, Benaisha Poole-Watson is passionate and committed while focusing on exceeding expectations. Benaisha Poole-Watson is the Owner / Team Leader / Realtor at The Bailey Watson Real Estate Group. Hailing from Los Angeles where she attended St. Mary’s Academy, Benaisha served in the United States Air Force for nine years. Benaisha graduated from George Washington University in Washington D.C with a Masters Degree in Political Management, a Masters Degree in
CHARLONDRA THOMPSON Charlondra Thompson is a caring and sincere servant leader. A graduate of Townview Magnet School, Charlondra Thompson is a realtor at Charlondra Thompson Enterprises and Network. She studied Marketing at Dallas Baptist University and also enjoyed stints at KW Commercial, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Steed Media Group and KLIF-AM. Charlondra serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Friends of Juanita J. Craft Civil Rights House & Museum and the board of Managers for the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas. Her extensive volunteer efforts include service with Best Southwest Partnership, North Texas CCIM Chapter, Asian Real Estate Association of America, NAHREP, over in Action and the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce.
CHANTE BRANTLEY Professor Chante Brantley is constantly making moves and making a difference Chante Brantley received her B.S degree from Texas Woman’s University studied law, J.D. at University of Texas School of Law, a M.S.S.W. from the University of Texas at Arlington and J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. Prior to joining the faculty at SMU Dedman School of Law, Professor Brantley was managing attorney and mediator at Barnes Prox Law, PLLC, which focused exclusively on family law matters. Professor Brantley began her career as a Child Protective Services caseworker, transitioning to law working as a legislative aide to Texas State Senator Royce West. She’s a leader, a community servant and an educator!
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Lynetta graduated with a Masters of Arts degree from San Francisco State University. As an educator, she has also worked as an instructor at Collin College.
