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VOL. 7 NO. 36 MAY 14, 2019

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MY TRUTH

Celebrating Women

By Cheryl Smith, Publisher

I talked to one of my mother’s best friends over the weekend. I always check on her and a few others because they now get the Mother’s Day calls that I can’t make to my mother.

Virginia Magee Virginia is really sweet.

While there are other friends I can recall who Mother had known since she was a teenager, Vera English Virginia is See MY TRUTH, page 4

Mozee, Allen declared “actually innocent” after 15 years in prison

in unreliable jailhouse informant testimony, a false confession and substantial prosecutorial misconduct.

Mozee and Allen had maintained

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By Innocence Staff Stanley Mozee, Conviction Integrity Unit Chief Cynthia Garza, Dallas County D.A. John Creuzot, Innocence Project Senior Staff Attorney Nina Morrisn, Dennis Allen, and Innocence Project of Texas Gary Udashen.

Texans found factually innocent and exonerated based on DNA testing Last week, two men who were wrongfully convicted of murder in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison were fully exonerated and formally declared “actually innocent” by Judge Raquel Jones, who granted a motion

by Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot to dismiss all charges against both men.

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Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson joined by representatives from each of the U.S. Military Service Academies and members of her academy nominations board during the 2019 Military Service Academy Day on Saturday, May 4.

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, on Saturday hosted her annual Military Service Academy Day at the DeSoto High School Collegiate Cafeteria.

Conducted for each of the last 27 years, the 2019 Service Academy Day connected

students from the 30th Congressional District of Texas with information and individuals representing the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Merchant Marines Academy. This yearly event is designed to expose students to the benefits of a free education provided through one of the service academies.

Comerica Bank receives Cornerstone Award

The Texas Bankers Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Texas Bankers Association, presented a Cornerstone Award to Dallas-based Comerica Bank for its Comerica Bank Gift of Knowledge project.

Kevin Mondy, president and executive director of Project Still I Rise, accepted the award at the Texas Bankers Association’s 135th Annual Convention in Austin.

The Gift of Knowledge, a part of Comerica’s

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District 111 Childcare Providers were recently recognized in the Texas House of Representatives Chamber Galley by State Representative Yvonne Davis during their visit to the State Capitol. The Childcare providers were in Austin to advocate for House Bill 4286 by Representative Davis designed to streamline rules governing the Texas Rising Star Program which will assist childcare providers to provide quality child care. Representative Davis is pictured with a group of District 111 Childcare Providers. Beverly Chiles, Tobitha Holmes, Murriel Webb, Alma Langrum, Doris Robinson and Brenda Pace.

Money sense program, is an initiative that allows students to receive high-end and engaging financial education training, the opportunity to open their first savings account and access to Comerica Bank personnel and banking center tours. Upon successfully completing Comerica’s Money Sense program, scholars receive seed money to start a savings account at Comerica Bank.

In 2017, the Gift of Knowledge expanded thanks to a partnership with the City of Dallas, Project Still I Rise and a second nonprofit, Big Thought, with the goal of providing 1,000 Dallas low-to-moderate income students with financial education. This year, the program expanded to San Antonio, allowing even more students the opportunity for the Gift of Knowledge.

This is the 17th year the Texas Bankers Foundation has recognized Texas banks for their outstanding community involvement through the Cornerstone Award competition.

Projects have included neighborhood and housing development, small business and industrial development, main street revitalization, community celebrations and support of music or theater programs.

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NATIONAL PREVENTION WEEK TO BE OBSERVED National Prevention Week (NPW) is a campaign dedicated to increasing the prevention of substance use and promotion of mental health by promoting prevention year-round. The week long observance brings individuals, agencies, and communities together to celebrate events and activities communities have held throughout the year to raise awareness on the importance of preventing substance abuse and mental health disorders.

During NPW (May 12-18, 2019), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) and Drug Prevention Resources/IMPACT Communities asks schools to plan preventionthemed events such as health fairs, physical activity challenges, and media campaigns as the school

year comes to an end. Remind students that they can create positive change by making healthy choices and inspiring others to do so!

Five of the seven days of NPW have suggested health topics that organizations can use to guide the theme of events: Preventing Prescription and Opioid Drug Misuse (Monday, May 13) Preventing Underage Drinking and Alcohol Misuse (Tuesday, May 14) Preventing Illicit Drug Use and Youth Marijuana Use (Wednesday, May 15) Preventing Youth Tobacco Use (Thursday, May 16) and Preventing Suicide (Friday, May 17).

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Chinese tariffs and higher consumer costs

BY CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON Congresswoman Johnson represents the 30th congressional district of Texas in the US House of Representatives.

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With his mind focused on next year’s national election, President Trump maintains that his administration’s trade war with the Chinese government is in the best interests of American consumers.

I am among those who are not so certain that the president is correct. His tariffs lead to increases on consumer goods imported from China, resulting in rising costs for Americans families, many of whom struggle from one pay period to the next to make ends meet.

While Mr. Trump insists that the Chinese will experience severe pain from higher

tariffs, his senior economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, recently contradicted his boss.

He admitted that American consumers will experience financial pain because of the tariffs.

Looking for a way to blame former President Barack Obama for the trade deficit with the Chinese, Mr. Trump ignores the fact that during the Obama administration more trade cases were filed against China than during the prior Republican administration.

In fact, the cases during President Obama’s administration were won by America, and resulted in job

creation in our country. It is something that President Trump is unaware of, or simply chooses to ignore.

The higher tariffs, expected to be in place in a matter of weeks will result, experts predict, in rising prices for products such as electronic equipment, wooden shingles, washing machines and a variety of food products, certain fabrics, backpacks and lights for Christmas trees.

Farmers who sell products to China can also expect to feel additional financial pain, and the American stock market will be harmed by the president’s tariffs.

Mr. Trump brags that he is playing a “long game” with the Chinese, but neither he nor those close to him live on a limited amount of dollars each month.

They play golf and pontificate while others suffer economically

at their kitchen tables.

It was not too long ago that the the president said that the Chinese would accept his trade demands. Now, after finding them a bit more resolute than he thought, he has decided to make his debacle a 2020 election issue, saying that he can do what others are incapable of doing. Well, we have heard that tune before!

Sadly, the president will give little thought to those consumers who will emerge from shopping centers with fewer items in tow because of his trade policies.

One would hope that the president would be empathetic, but we only need to be reminded of his lack of compassion for government employees who went without pay during the government shutdown that the president caused. That should tell us enough!

Confederate statues are a monument to what?

By Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas)

Among the many discussions that are taking place in Austin during this legislative session, it appears that a Sen. Royce West history lesson is still necessary for many, as a bill has been presented that would create more stringent guidelines for removing certain landmarks and historical markers.

A bill authored by Texas State Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe) would, if approved, make it more difficult to remove Confederate monuments and markers from state-owned or leased property and also work to limit such decisions from being made at the local government level.

According to Senate Bill 1663,

two-thirds of members are needed from both legislative chambers to approve the removal, relocation or alteration of monuments or memorials that have been on state property for more than 25 years, while city or county monuments that have been up for at least 25 years could only be removed, relocated or altered if approved by a supermajority of the governing board.

Also, monuments and memorials that have been around for less than 25 years can not be altered without approval from a state agency, state official or local government body, depending on who erected it.

While Sen. Creighton seemed sincere in his expressions, I disagree that the removal or destroying of controversial monuments is a “careless act” that would cause Texans to look back with regret because we are deleting history, rather than learning from it.

I submit to you that when you

consider the current involve everyone times and events like in the process and what happened at I shared those Charlottesville, North sentiments with Sen. Carolina, the Charleston, Creighton, because South Carolina church our constituents shooting and the many need to be heard atrocities that continue from. to occur, some have I also attemptnot done a good job of ed to add an amendlearning from history and ment that would the heinous acts that were have excluded supported, condoned and Confederate monperpetrated by many who uments from now have monuments Sen. Creighton’s erected in their honor. Confederate War Memorial stringent bill.

Those who have brought I’m not alone in harm to many under the banner of advocating for removing Confederate the Confederacy were not just fondly and other offensive symbols. Cities whistling Dixie. across the state and around the country I stood proudly with the members are also grappling with this consistently of the Texas House’s Legislative Black polarizing issue.

Caucus, against Senate Bill 1663. I The debate also extends to the wanted a good faith effort made to names of schools. Unfortunately, as

is the case in Dallas, many of the schools named after members of the Confederacy have student bodies, the majority of which are the descendants of enslaved Africans.

Something is wrong with this picture. Why this bill? Why now? What is the intended message?

Even our youth speak out about the monuments and the messages that shared by those supporting their presence.

While true that they are a painful chapter of our history, those featured on many of the monuments or landmarks should not be immortalized or celebrated.

Yes, we are mindful of the past, but pray that it shall never be repeated.

Sen. Royce West was first elected to the Texas Senate in November 1992. Since taking office he has represented the 23rd Senatorial District on behalf of the citizens of Dallas County in the Texas Legislature.

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EDITORIAL

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By VINCENT L. HALL Vincent L. Hall is

an author, activist

and award-winning columnist

Jim Carville, a brilliant political strategist and Southern gentleman, has a way with words. Most AfricanAmericans who know the dialect of Dixie would turn him off immediately.

But he made a distinction early on that forced me to listen. “I am not a redneck; I am a coon-ass. And damn proud to be a coon-ass.”

If you don’t know anything about Cajuns, coon-asses or culture in Louisiana, that might not mean much.

But to declare defiantly that he’s not a redneck gave me some comfort.

Besides being among the most notable Democratic tacticians, and being married to a woman who holds parallel status in the GOP, Carville became prominent based on a phrase he coined for candidate Bill Clinton; “It’s the economy stupid.”

I love Carville, so I channeled him in my message to the Dems and talking heads that don’t get Trump’s base. It’s about survival…stupid!

MY TRUTH Continued from pg 1 someone she met and they would hang out together for decades until my mother’s passing in 2014.

My mother and Virginia went to church at the historic New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. They attended events with other senior citizens, were active in the National Council of Negro Women and the NAACP branches, and they had their regular “therapy” sessions in Atlantic City.

Virginia even traveled with my mother to Dallas for the Don’t Believe the Hype Celebrity Bowl-a-thon around 2000.

Then after Mother relocated to Dallas in 2012, Virginia returned to Dallas to spend quality time with her.

They were friends til the end. I thank

It’s About Survival…Stupid!!

four in 2004.

Meanwhile, America’s foreign-born population is projected to rise from 14 percent of the population today to 17 percent in 2060, 2 percentage points above the record set in 1890. The rise has been staggering in its speed: As recently as the 1970s, America’s foreign-born population was under 5 percent.

It would be easy to dismiss these

comments as the over-the-top rantings of pundits, but Limbaugh and O’Reilly’s views are widely shared.

A 2016 Public Religion Research Institute poll found that 57 percent of whites agreed that “discrimination against whites is as big a problem today as discrimination against blacks and other minorities.”

The article revealed that a staggering 66% of white working class respondents believed there was “discrimination against whites,” but the most woeful statistic followed.

“A 2017 GenForward poll of white millennials found 48 percent agreed with a similar statement, showing that the sentiment isn’t confined, or even concentrated, among older whites.”

This “white survival” show of force will stigmatize civility in America and Europe for at least another generation.

An eye-catching March 2018 Brookings Institute piece codified my thoughts. However, the subtext was a

greater threat to Americans who enjoy that 400-year-old franchise and family heirloom known as white privilege.

“The US will become minority White in 2045, Census projects - Youthful minorities are the engine of future growth.”

“The new statistics project that the nation will become “minority white” in 2045. During that year, whites will comprise 49.7 percent of the population in contrast to 24.6 percent for Hispanics, 13.1 percent for blacks, 7.9 percent for Asians, and 3.8 percent for multiracial populations.”

Whites like Carville who grew up where being white was just a fraction of their identity, much like urban Whites who grow up with diversity, aren’t easily spooked. But Middle America and the bounteous bastions of homogenized communities aren’t ready. Gun sales and Trump rallies are booming in the “Red States” out of sheer panic.

The Trump demographic needs a sovereign and savior…a pugilistic prince waging warfare on the nonWhite world. “I alone can save us” is all the reassurance they need.

Trumpism ain’t about the economy, military might, or whether America provides health care for none or for all; it’s about White survival…Stupid!!! #NorthPark…I love it!

She speaks truth to power, and more importantly, truth to my heart.

I don’t worry about whether or not she is telling the truth or whether she has a hidden agenda, or an ulterior motive. I know that Vera is the real deal.

Like my mother and Virginia, Vera loves to dress! She loves to be colorcoordinated and yes, she can top off the most stylish outfit with a hat.

That hat or headpiece notwithstanding, Vera always made sure that should it blow off your head, the hairstyle underneath was just as glamorous and appealing.

Going to the Pink Palace was an escape for me, a place to go to get away from the hustle and bustle of the world.

Sure we would have discussions about the troubles of the world, but it was also a place that gave new meaning to the phrase, “let your hair down.”

Some times there would be no talking at all because I would fall asleep as soon as I sat in her chair. And she was fine with that!

The Pink Palace was the “no judgement” zone, where women and some men could share thoughts and offer advice, without condemnation or vicious attacks. Sure there were the discussions about politics, education, and world peace. And we talked about raising children, caring for parents, relationships and more.

For some reason, the people who came to Pink Palace and engaged in conversations came with a positive spirit and a respectful tongue.

Maybe it was because of the leadership of Vera.

Although small in stature, probably standing 4 feet 4 inches in those stiletto heels she loved to strut around in, Vera

seemed almost larger than life.

Okay I may be exaggerating.

But she is short!

With a big heart.

And her heart and infinite wisdom has kept my head level many a time.

You see, Vera is quiet and unassuming.

And while she does not appear to carry a big punch, her actions and demeanor command and receive respect and reverence.

She doesn’t have to raise her voice to get your attention.

A word to the wise should be sufficient and if you don’t take heed with Vera; it’s all on you because you are definitely operating at a deficit and could end up in a very bad situation.

I thank Vera for being my friend, my confidante, my light at the end of a sometimes dark tunnel.

I’m talking about unconditional love.

If you want to know why 38% of Whites will never leave that draftdodging, promiscuous, prevaricating, wannabee wealthy wimp; who raw dogs porn stars and sees no issue in flaunting five kids and three “baby mamas”…It’s about survival stupid.

It seeped into my psyche a few weeks ago in NorthPark Mall; one of the highest-rated and best-run in the U.S. Dallas’ NorthPark has gone from “White World” to “We are the World” since the last census.

Life was easy when all White America had to do was oppress “The Blacks.” Maintaining control in “Technicolor” is complex. Suddenly there are new languages and customs. Diversity is inescapable! Americans skin tones range from pasty pale to blue black.

You can’t stereotype what you can’t define or discern.

My “It’s about survival stupid” theory was buoyed by “White threat in a Browning America”; a June 2018 Vox Magazine story.

“A new report out of the University of Wisconsin Madison’s Applied

Population Lab found that white births are now outnumbered by white deaths in 26 states, up from 17 in 2014 and

Virginia for being a friend to my mother and I will cherish and respect her forever.

You see, I’m so glad that I have friends of my mother who I respect and can talk to. Her friends help me, especially during those times when all I can do is breathe heavily and say a prayer.

Which brings me to my truth.

About 29 years ago, Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price introduced me to Vera English.

A very stylish woman, Vera was an entrepreneur. The owner of Pink Palace, a beauty salon in Oak Cliff, Vera has won numerous hair competitions and when I need my hair/scalp taken care of, I go see her.

But then again, I go see her for more than hair treatment.

Vera, much like my mother’s friend, Virginia, is a source of inspiration, support, guidance and love.

MAY 14, 2019

This Calls for a Celebration WORDZ OF WILSON

BY CHELLE WILSON Our souls look back In wondrous surprise At how we have made it So far from where we started Maya Angelou My social media feeds have been full of Black scholars celebrating dissertation defenses, completion of advanced degrees, graduate school and Post-Doc acceptances, joyous graduation ceremonies with family and friends, and the most inspiring and absolutely fabulous graduation photo shoots I have ever seen. I’ve had the pleasure of attending a few ceremonies this month and let me just say, from the undergraduates who have already filed patents to the new PhDs doing groundbreaking research, I am so excited about what lie ahead for us.

“Sankofa means go back and get it. While some may assume our greatness lies in the future, it truly lies in the past,” that was just one of the many gems Ammishaddai GrandJean dropped in the “student speech” at the University of Georgia’s Rite of Sankofa Ceremony.

This spring’s commencement exercises have brought many opportunities to go back and look at the past.

After Autherine Lucy Foster earned her B.A. in English from Miles College, she sought to continue her education and applied to the University of Alabama. She received her letter of acceptance, but a few days later the offer was rescinded. It was 1952 and admissions realized that Autherine Lucy was Black. The university’s unwritten “whites only” policy had gone unchallenged for 121 years, but that would soon change.

Attorneys Thurgood Marshall and Arthur Shores launched a legal battle on her behalf. After three years and by court order, Lucy was admitted. She wasn’t allowed in the dining hall or dormitories and had to be driven either by university officials or the police to her classes and home.

This was the South and no diversitywelcoming committee existed. Instead, Lucy was met with death threats, mobbed by students, bombarded with rotten eggs, and after three days, the university expelled her.

I can’t imagine what that must have been like; to have a three-year legal battle result in expulsion after only three days, and in an extremely hostile environment at that. Marshall understood the weighted burden of defeat but never allowed it to cloud his vision of the future.

In a letter to Lucy he wrote, “Whatever happens…remember for

Autherine Lucy Foster

all concerned, that your contribution has been made toward equal justice for all Americans and that you have done everything in your power to bring this about.”

Eventually, the University of Alabama invited Lucy Foster back.

She earned a master’s in elementary education in 1992. Then, 67 years after she first applied, the University of Alabama again invited her back, awarding Lucy Foster an honorary

doctorate during the Spring Commencement.

The class of 1969 at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University was also recognized during their university’s Spring Commencement. In a time that should have been filled with preparation for finals, planning for graduation, and making decisions about post-college life, this historic class found themselves in the middle of the Greensboro uprising.

Many described their campus as a “war-like zone” as the governor and mayor sent a tank, helicopter, and hundreds of national guardsmen, who with tear gas and guns, ordered male students out of their dorms and into buses where they were taken to the city and county jails. During this “military invasion,” one student, Willie Grimes was killed. To date, no one has been implicated in his murder.

The A&T Class of 1969 includes many notable professors, ministers, corporate executives, military officers, corporate bankers, and others received their Golden Aggie recognition and also got to participate in the joyous graduation experience they always wanted.

I had a conversation with a friend about recent graduation ceremonies we had attended and half joking she

5 said, “why do we have to be so loud though?” I said, “You know, I used to think like that, but then I thought about the few opportunities we really get to be happy, proud, and excited. Our communities see a lot more tragedy than triumph.”

I went on to say, “More than onethird of all students in higher education are the first in their family to attend college. Think about that, this diploma represents so much and so many more than the one walking across the stage.”

I borrowed from Grand-Jean’s student speech as I shared my feelings about Sankofa and what it means to be able to go back into spaces and get the things denied to our ancestors. Before we parted ways, my friend said, “I guess we do have more reasons to be thankful…and with that feeling, you can’t help but shout!”

Celebrate, stand up, clap hands for ourselves and those who went before Clap hands, let faith find a place in our souls Clap hands, let hope live in our hearts We have survived And even thrived with Passion Compassion Humor and style Maya Angelou

Chelle Wilson is a speaker, journalist and the International Secretary of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Learn Your Numbers during Stroke Awareness Month

By Roger Caldwell

NNPA Newswire Contributor May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and it is very significant to me, because I am a stroke survivor. As a stroke survivor, I consider myself to be a miracle. One of my goals in life is to educate Americans (particularly Black men), that 80% of strokes can be prevented with knowledge and education. Strokes have the potential to be a silent killer, and nearly 85% of all strokes that occur show no warning signs.

Although there are no major warning signs, there are risk factors, diseases, and health issues, which make an individual more susceptible to having a stroke. High blood pressure (hypertension) is the number one cause in the country for a stroke and it can

be regulated with medicine, a proper diet, monitoring your blood pressure and a healthy lifestyle.

“Healthcare in one of the wealthiest countries on the face of this earth is not a primary focus or concern. In this society, many people are not interested in improving their health. They prefer to take a chance and hope that health issues will resolve themselves. I was not taking care of myself and not taking the necessary steps to correct my health problems. This is a major crisis confronting this country today,” says Roger Caldwell in his book, “The Inspiring Journey of a Stroke Survivor.”

It is obvious with the recent news of the passing of actor Luke Perry (52), and director John Singleton (51), who both died suddenly of massive strokes, that something

is wrong with the healthcare system. Both of these men were very successful, and if 80% of strokes are preventable, I would have expected these two men to have received the best medical care, but they are gone.

When I had my stroke, I was well aware that I had hypertension, but I was still not taking my prescribed medication. I was walking around with a time bomb. At any time, I knew the bomb could explode but I took a chance. Eventually, it exploded but I lived, and now part of my responsibility is to educate Americans about strokes with a primary focus on African Americans.

After having my stroke, I was completely paralyzed on the entire right side. I spent the next seven weeks in rehabilitation relearning basic tasks: How to dress myself, how to talk, how to write with my left hand, and how to

graduate from a wheelchair to a cane. My efforts paid off, but I did not recover 100%.

All Americans must know more about stroke prevention and awareness, and they should know their personal numbers as well as their family members’ numbers.

As a culture and community, Black Americans have the highest incidence of high blood pressure, with 1 out of 2 adults having some form of hypertension. May is stroke awareness month, and it is essential to understand the mechanics of blood pressure and what the numbers represent.

The higher number is the systolic number, and it represents the active portion of blood pressure, when the heart is pumping. This number should be around 120 or lower.

The lower number represents the diastolic number, or the passive or resting portion

of blood pressure. This number should be around 80 or lower.

Know your numbers, take your medication, educate your children, and adult family members, and talk about your health.

Visit a physician on a regular basis. Take control of your health, your life depends on it. Remember at any age a person can have a stroke, but as you get older you are more susceptible to having a stroke.

FAST is an acronym that everyone should know when they suspect that someone is having a stroke. The “F” stands for face, and one side of the face droops. The “A” stands for arm and the arm drop’s down. The “S” stands for speech, and check for slurred or strange speech. The “T” stands for time, and time is of the essence and call 911.

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This is Frisco ISDTV's third year to be named National Finalist.

Frisco ISD-TV consists of students enrolled in Audio/Video Production I and Audio/Video Production II at the Frisco ISD Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center under the guidance of Executive Producer/ Instructor Eva D. Coleman.

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Grad returns home as doctor

Dr. George Lewis, a 2008 graduate of Evolution Academy Charter, will return to inspire current graduates at the 2019 graduation ceremony, which will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 7 p.m. at Curtis Culwell Center, 4999 Naaman Forest Blvd, Garland, TX 75040.

When George Lewis first walked through the doors at Evolution Academy, he was just 16 years old and in search of an alternative to the traditional high school setting that would allow him the flexibility to complete his high school education, while also working to help provide for his family. He found just that at Evolution Academy.

While attending Evolution Academy, Dr. Lewis excelled as a dual credit student, taking advantage of the school’s partnership with Richland Community College. Upon graduation, he initially pursued a career in the music industry, but eventually decided to continue his education at Texas Southern University in Houston.

Dr. Lewis excelled academically in college and was awarded a full scholarship as a Louis Stokes Association for Minority Participation scholars. He also received awards from NASA as a Center of Bio-Nanotechnology and Research (NASA C-BER) Scholar and The Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program for his oncology research focused on breast cancer.

He represented Texas Southern University in several leadership roles, most notably as Executive Vice President of the Student Government Association and as President of Collegiate 100 Black Men. While in college, Dr. Lewis became a member of the

Dr. George Lewis

Delta Theta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated. He went on to graduate from Texas Southern University in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.

After undergrad, Dr. Lewis was accepted into the number two pharmacy school in the country at the University of Illinois at Chicago to pursue his Doctor of Pharmacy degree. While at UIC, he served as President and Vice President of his class. He also completed three more research projects, which were magnified in one of the leading industry publications; Journal of American Pharmacist Association.

Just this week, Dr. Lewis was awarded his Doctor of Pharmacy degree and is excited to return to his alma mater, to share his journey of overcoming, persistence and success with 120 graduates of the Evolution Academy.

“We are so proud of Dr. George Lewis and all that he has accomplished,” said Cynthia Trigg, superintendent and founder of Evolution Academy. “We work hard to provide an environment that meets our students where they are and gives them the resources they need to succeed. Like many of the students who walk through our doors, George just needed an encouraging environment that would allow him to succeed in the classroom and work to earn money at the same time.”

Evolution Academy is a public charter high school system and dropout recovery center. Founded in 2002, Evolution Academy offers one-on-one attention with a mix of traditional and computer-based instruction, which enables students to earn 2 or more credit hours every nine weeks, allowing them to catch up or graduate early. The main campus in Richardson includes a science lab, fitness center and wellness program, piano lab, culinary arts program, full-service cafeteria and a state-of-the-art music studio where students can write and produce music.

The school also offers multiple career and technical education courses that prepare students for certificates in professional fields. Students who enroll also receive DART bus passes provided by Evolution Academy, so they won’t have to worry about how to get to school. At all three campuses, Evolution Academy offers a flexible school day schedule, where students can enroll in a four-hour morning or afternoon session. Since inception, Evolution Academy has taken an innovative approach to educating youth.

To date, Evolution Academy has graduated more than 3000 students, many of whom were unsuccessful in traditional school settings.

Like Dr. George Lewis, Evolution Academy graduates have gone on to graduate from some of the top colleges and universities in the country, enlist in military service and embark on productive careers in the workforce.

Evolution Academy has campuses in Richardson, Beaumont and Houston, Texas and has open enrollment year-round on all three campuses. Students can enroll online at www.evolutionacademy.org or visit one of the campuses to enroll in person.

Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Journalists

Spring Networking Mixer Butler Brothers Bar 1710 Young Street, Dallas, Texas Sunday May 19, 2019 2:00pm-5:00pm

RSVP to 214-941-0110 by Friday, May 17, 2019 Please join the Dallas-Ft Worth Association of Black Journalists and our network partners: NBPRS-Texas, Black Sports Professional Network of North Texas, and the NBC5 Black Employee Network; for an afternoon of networking, drinks, appetizers and giveaways. Take advantage of this opportunity to connect with your fellow journalists and communicators and learn more about our exciting plans and events for the Summer and Fall, along with information about the NABJ 2019 National Convention in Miami.

We will have our own VIP section to mingle, eat, and drink within. The purchase of food and drinks is allowed on individual tabs.

Come out ready to eat, drink, laugh and network with DFW/ABJ.

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URBAN GARDEN By: Yvette Blair-Lavallais

Photo credits: Roderick J. Miles, Jesse Herrera and Yvette Blair-Lavallais

MAY 14, 2019

Local Black farmer tackles food insecurity in Ft. Worth

Lady Butterfly’s Urban Garden is growing produce and hope in Stop Six (Ft. Worth) – When the psalmist wrote, “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein,” there was an inherent unspoken responsibility in Psalm 24:1-2 to celebrate and honor what has been created.

And that’s exactly what Iris Milton, a Black farmer in Ft. Worth’s southeast community of Stop Six is doing. She is cultivating and stewarding the land at her new urban farm, Lady Butterfly Urban Garden, located directly across the street from The Leadership Academy at Maude I. Logan Elementary School, in the heart of the community.

By planting produce that she can sell in this, she is also cultivating food justice in this predominantly African American and Latinx neighborhood.

She plans to grow greens – kale, spinach, mustards and collards, along with eggplants and peppers. With the certification that she is pursuing from the city, she will be able to sell her produce to the community.

The urban garden is part of the Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration, which partners with Tarrant County Commissioner Roy Charles Brooks’ office, and

Urban Theory, a non-profit that addresses systemic challenges in under-served communities.

Together, they are addressing the immediate needs of this community that is saturated with fast food restaurants and too few grocery stores.

Lady Butterfly Urban Gardens is a site ripe with agricultural sustainability and a plan to help fight food insecurity in an area that sits in a declared food desert, defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the absence of a supermarket within a one-mile radius that offers fresh produce and healthy food options. Grow Southeast, an initiative of the Collaboration, aims to dig in and work with local farmers to produce healthy options.

The 34.8 square-mile area of southeast Ft. Worth has two grocery stores, and there are 100 convenience stores that sell mostly unhealthy food.

Lady Butterfly Urban Garden is one of five urban farms in the Grow Southeast network seeking to spark an urban agricultural movement in Southeast Ft. Worth.

“There’s a great need in this area. You have to drive so far just to get fresh produce,” says Milton, whose determination,

passion and love for her community is planted in every inch of her half-acre farm on Dillard Street. As a Black woman cultivating and farming her own land, she is digging in and addressing the issue of food insecurity by getting back to her roots and reconnecting with her heritage.

“It’s a passion and a love for me.”

Milton was raised in east Texas. She spent the formative years of her childhood with her younger sisters and mother, living with her great aunt in the Terrell and Wills Point areas. She recalls the community in nearby Elmo named “The Frog,” where she was surrounded by farming life.

“There were ranchers and farmers in the country.

I went to school with their children,” shared Milton, as she reminisced on living what she describes as a “great and innocent childhood.”

You could say that faming is in her DNA. Milton’s greatgrandfather, Henry Carter, had land in Dennison, near Sherman, Oklahoma, and grew his food. “He lived near Lake Texoma and used well water, along with the rain water to grow vegetables,” Milton shared on a recent Saturday afternoon as she was

Students in front of Butterly Sign working on her urban garden in the Stop Six community of Ft. Worth’s southeast side. “He and my great-grandmother, Leona Carter, worked as share croppers.”

The idea for starting the farm was planted six years ago and grew from a dream of starting a garden. “I wanted to grow flowers and offer people a way to relax.

Being in the garden is good therapy,” she explained. It was a chance meeting with some community leaders that unearthed the idea of her starting a farm.

She credits Carlos Walker, a former principal at Paul Laurence Dunbar High

School, with introducing her to the Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration (HTCC), a partnership of hospitals, public health organizations and universities working to build healthier communities.

Milton also believes that the desire to become an urban farmer could have easily been planted in her during those days in Elmo where she lived along the fishing banks and going to Hardin’s Farm on Saturdays after she and her sisters took piano lessons.

Whether it was the crispness of the country air, the chickens running around or the cows whose

lazy afternoons often crossed paths with Milton, she says farming and urban agricultural sustainability is who she is.

“It’s in my blood and soul.

It’s just in me. I’m part of the earth and it’s in me.” Now she’s cultivating a relationship with an entire new crop of potential farmers ---students across the street.

Recently, fifth grade science students from The Leadership Academy at Maude I. Logan got handson STEM experience, an upclose look at urban farming and a real-life lesson in what it means for the community to work together and address

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Commissioner Roy Brooks, Principal Steven Moore, Iris Milton and Science Teacher Safiyyah Omar food insecurity.

They trekked across the street to the Lady Butterfly Urban Garden, and dug their hands into the soil, helping to cultivate space for tomato plants and a Texas pecan tree.

It was an opportunity for them to see where produce comes from before it makes it to their dinner table or school lunchroom.

“I knew that tomatoes came from the land before they show up in the store,” said Esmeralda, one of the enthusiastic students.

“But now, I’m seeing it in action as it’s actually growing in the ground.”

Their “field trip” was part of Earth Day/Arbor Day. That’s just the kind of impact that the collaborative partnership with Commissioner Brooks’ office hoped that this urban farm would spark for the community. It helps that Lady Butterfly Urban Garden is directly across the street from the school.

“I realized that I cannot do this on my own.

It would take longer and be harder. This is not about me --- it’s about the community. By bringing the community in…that’s where it’s going to blossom,” she noted, explaining how Whole Foods Market has been a supporter of the Grow Southeast efforts by providing grant money.

Milton also receives financial support from the HTCC. “One of the biggest challenges is finances and resources. I have to get out and see what’s going on in the community and see what the resources are --- doing that and networking,” she shared as she knelt to see the progress of her newest tomato plants.

She envisions the students at Logan Academy learning science in the outdoor classroom that she’s building.

“I want to educate people and it starts with

Commissioner Roy Brooks with Logan Academy students

the students. If you have the proper education, with resources and ways to smoothly navigate you can help yourself,” she said, adding that the steps involved in starting an urban farm. eventually she’d like to be a source supplier of Also at the table each month are members fresh produce for the school. of the collaborative partnerships, and Commissioner Brooks spoke at the recent arborists who help walk the farmers through Earth Day event and said, “This Digging Days the application process, gaining access to event is a celebration of Earth Day. It’s an tractors, clearing brush from the land and opportunity for us to take time to give back to determining the canopy ---which is the our community, to the land, and to ensure its aboveground portion of the land suitable for preservation. It’s about creating healthy food planting crops. access and options for all the citizens of Tarrant Students from Texas Christian University County, especially those also share in the work, in Southeast and Stop engaged in tasks like Six.” mowing the land, pulling He continued weeds and helping with that, “It is even more collecting research data appropriate that you on the impact of urban students are here farming in declared food today to help us do desert areas. this because students “I developed this place helped start Arbor Day. based on the community,” Kids are the ones who said Milton. “When I saw helped us adults focus how much everyone loved on the environment. the farm, it inspired me to You are heirs to a great do more,” said the longlegacy started by kids time Ft. Worth resident who just like you.” studied chemistry, physics Commissioner Brooks’ and health at the University office has been working of Texas at Arlington. with local farmerShe told the fifthA student plants his crop preneurs to cultivate graders that her farm is opportunities for for them to help steward. them to not only help “Education is important. eradicate the food deserts, but to also provide You are the future. It’s important for me to sustainable agricultural farming to the area. pass on what I learned about farming from Roderick J. Miles, Jr., the Executive my mom and others to you. When you love Administrator for Programs and Outreach in a plant, it will always return the love back the Commissioner’s office, meets monthly to you,” continued Milton, who along with with the farmers to listen to their progress, her son, Brian Davis, will offer an outdoor frustrations and joys, and to help guide them classroom for this Stop Six community.

The students in Safiyyah Omar’s science class eagerly demonstrated their knowledge about the life-giving sustainability that trees have on the environment.

When Cheri Cuellar, a senior plans examiner with the City of Ft. Worth’s Urban Forestry Department, talked about the history of Arbor Day and asked the students about the benefit of trees, hands up went immediately and answers ranged from trees give us oxygen to they absorb water, help with flooding and give us shade.

“This is STEM at work,” said Steven Moore, principal at The Academy, proudly watching as the students grabbed shovels, gloves and started working alongside Milton. “Having this urban farm right here and accessible is bringing beauty and functionality for our kids to see,” said Moore. For some of the students, this was their first time being on a farm. For other students, they shared that they’ve helped to plant strawberries with their grandparents. In one hour, the students learned invaluable lessons that will serve their community for years to come.

They learned how to measure the amount of water needed when planting, the required protective clothing and shoes to wear, and the process of loosening the hard soil to make it pliable for planting.

Most of all, they learned the economics of what it means to see urban farming as a way to build a future of food security.

“It seeks to inform, to educate, to produce and to distribute healthy foods in southeast Ft. Worth. We also believe there is an opportunity to develop urban entrepreneurs through farming.

That means folks who can make their living off plots of land just like this in urban communities throughout southeast Ft. Worth will have an opportunity,” said Commissioner Brooks.

Grow Southeast is ending food and economic insecurity in southeast Ft. Worth, one farm at a time.

To learn more about the work that local farmers are doing to address food insecurity in Ft. Worth, contact Linda Fulmer with Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration at (817) 4518740 or Jesse Herrera with Urban Theory at (817) 239-9561.

Yvette R. Blair-Lavallais is a Dallas minister, food justice activist and a doctoral student at Memphis Theological Seminary focused on land, food and faith formation.

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Free at last, thanks to Innocence Project, continued from front page

Mozee and Allen with Judge Raquel “Rocky” Jones their innocence for two decades.

Mozee and Allen were wrongfully convicted of murdering Rev. Jesse Borns, Jr., a store owner and lay minister, who was found stabbed to death in his place of business in April 1999.

There was no physical evidence linking Mozee or Allen to the crime scene, yet they were convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison in 2000.

Due to egregious misconduct by the trial prosecutor, these two innocent men spent 15 years of their lives in prison.

Both men had been incarcerated for 15 years for Borns’ murder until a Dallas County district court released them in 2014 based on new information uncovered through a joint re-investigation conducted by the Innocence Project, the Innocence Project of Texas, and the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.

The re-investigation continued for four years, and ultimately turned up substantial additional evidence proving the two men’s innocence.

Much of that evidence was in the trial prosecutor’s own files, but was hidden from the defense until the district attorney’s office adopted an “open file” policy years after Mozee and Allen’s trials.

In 2018, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that the lead trial prosecutor, Rick Jackson, withheld numerous items of exculpatory evidence at the trials,

Mozee and Allen, members of Innocence Project, with Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot

violating Mozee and Allen’s rights to a fair judicial process.

The district attorney’s office announced that it had decided to dismiss all charges against both men based on “actual innocence.”

“Due to egregious misconduct by the trial prosecutor, these two innocent men spent 15 years of their lives in prison,” said Nina Morrison, senior attorney at the Innocence Project.

“Today, the Innocence Project is thrilled to have an official declaration of what these two men have always known: that they are innocent. We are extremely grateful to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office for its commitment to pursuing justice and the truth in this case.”

Gary Udashen, president of the Board of the Innocence Project of Texas, noted that these exonerations would not have been possible had the district attorney’s office not opened its trial files and investigated the defendants’ innocence. “This case stands as a model for prosecutors and courts who are committed to promoting policies that will mitigate prosecutorial misconduct and offer a clearer path to freeing the innocent,” said Udashen.

Read the detailed findings entered by District Judge Everett Young in 2017 established that former Assistant D.A. Jackson (who was discharged from the Dallas D.A.’s Office in 2006) knowingly presented false testimony at the trial.

He failed to disclose the benefits

and agreements that were exchanged between the state and at least four informant witnesses— all of whom had pending criminal charges or convictions—who falsely implicated Mozee and Allen in the murder case. Both former ADA Jackson and lead detective Rick Berry also failed to disclose favorable eyewitness evidence that pointed to the two men’s innocence.

In 2013, former Williamson County District Attorney Ken Anderson was permanently disbarred for suppressing exculpatory evidence that contributed to the wrongful conviction of Innocence Project client Michael Morton, who served 25 years of a life sentence; Anderson was also ordered to serve nine days in jail as part of a separate criminal prosecution.

In 2016, former Burleson County District Attorney Charles Sebesta was stripped of his law license based on findings that he committed “egregious” misconduct in the prosecution of Anthony Graves, who spent 18 years on Texas’s death row for a murder he did not commit.

In response to the Morton and Graves cases, in 2013, the Texas Legislature extended the time to file grievances against prosecutors whose misconduct is alleged to have caused a wrongful conviction.

Justice is slow sometimes, but today is a great day.

In the years since Allen and Mozee were wrongfully convicted,

the Innocence Project and the Innocence Project of Texas (“IPTX”) helped get legislation passed in Texas to prevent the types of injustices that both men have suffered. The Innocence Project and IPTX supported the passage of the 2017 Texas House Bill 34, which requires that prosecutors keep thorough records of their use of jailhouse informants.

Notably, four separate elected district attorneys in Dallas County– the Hons. Craig Watkins, Susan Hawk, Faith Johnson, and John Cruezot–handled the case at various stages and empowered their conviction integrity units to work with the Innocence Project and Innocence Project of Texas on a comprehensive reinvestigation.

Each of these elected DA’s agreed in court papers that Mozee and Allen were wrongly convicted, with District Attorney Cruezot ultimately declaring in today’s hearing that Mozee and Allen met the demanding legal test under Texas law for “actual innocence.”

Today’s ruling formally exonerates both Mozee and Allen by dismissing the indictments against them and makes them eligible for financial compensation under Texas Law. “If there was ever a case that warranted my office to take appropriate action to try to right these wrongs, the wrongful conviction of Mozee and Allen is it,” said District Attorney Creuzot.

“Justice is slow sometimes, but today is a great day.”

Mozee was represented by Nina Morrison of the Innocence Project, affiliated with the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, and Ezekiel Tyson, Jr., of Dallas.

Allen was represented by Gary Udashen and Bruce Anton of the Innocence Project of Texas.

Both organizations worked on this case for over a decade before the exoneration.

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Pilot Premier at Texas Theatre Cast members and the Creator/Director Mahalia Jackson-Butler & Family.

MAY 14, 2019

COMMUNITY CALENDAR Lupus Month Older Americans Month May 20-26 Restaurant Week

Recurring Events

Older Americans Month Health Fair at Centennial Hall in Fair Park 10am-1pm. Register: www.Dart.org/seniors. Questions call 214-749-2582.

Judge Dominique Collins Re-Election Kickoff Criminal District Court 4 Host: Dr. Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. at Park City Club 6956 Sherry Ln. Ste. #1700, Dallas. 5-7:30pm.

Forum with Dallas Mayoral Runoff Candidates at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church5144 Dolphin Rd. Tickets: Eventbrite.com. 6-8pm.

All New Thursdays Ladies Night Soulful Soundz at Vinetti’s –14833 Midway Rd. Addison 5pm-12am. Free Cover.

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Wordspace: Africa Diaspora – Roger Reeves at South Dallas Cultural Center 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave. 7:30pm. Free

May 17-18

May 18 IHCC Hora De Poder at Irving Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 135 S. Jefferson St. Irving. 9-11am. www.IrvingHCC.com.

Women Winning Emerging at Ft. Worth Botanic Gardens 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd. 9:30am. Tickets: Eventbrite.com.

Malcolm X Fest, We Who Believe In Liberation/Unfinished Business at Friendship-West Baptist Church 2020 Wheatland Rd. 11am-7pm. Tickets: Eventbrite.

Trap Daiq & Bounce Party at Tipsy Tuesday Daiquiri Shoppe 247 N. Hampton Rd. DeSoto. 7-10pm. Tickets: 214-296-7355.

To The Bridge All White at To The Bridge Dance Series 109 Continental Ave. Dallas. 4-7pm.

For The Love Of Neo Soul Open Mic Dallas Edition at Sway’s Room 921 W. Belt Line Rd. DeSoto. 8pm.

Elephant Room Day Brunch Dance at Daytime Event Venue 4791 S. Buckner Blvd. Dallas. 2-6pm. Info: 214-245-6241.

May 19

Feeding The Needy Hosted by: Hollywood Hernandez Live 1698 Corsicana St. Dallas. 3-5pm. Sundays

India Are The Worthy Tour at The Theatre at Grand Prairie 1000 Performance Pl. 6:30pm.

Marvelous Marriage Monday’s at Friendship-West Baptist Church 2020 W. Wheatland Rd. Dallas. 7-8:30pm 1st & 3rd Monday Info: covent@friendshipwest.org.

Summer Enrichment Camp at Bishop Arts Theatre 215 Tyler St. Dallas, 7am-5pm. 06-3 - 07-25, 2019, ages 6-12. Enroll: Tiffany Jackson 214-948-0716 ext. 307 education@bishopartstheatre.org Qualified Home- Builders Needed City of Dallas HIPP Contact: City’s Home Repair; 214-670-3644 Bids: housinginspections@dallascityhall.com. Now until Sept. 2019

May 15 Neighborhood Legal Clinic at Friendship-West Baptist Church 2020 W Wheatland Rd. Dallas 5:30-7:30pm.

Unmasked Women Presents: Before The Mask Host: Creeping Vines Online at African American Museum 3536 Grand Ave. Dallas, 2pm-6pm. Tickets: Eventbrite.com Jazz at The Muse Café Satin Dolls Concert at TBAAL 1309 Canton St. Fri. & Sat. 9pm. Tickets: 214-743-2400.

May 17- 19 Spring Celebration Dallas Black Dance Theatre at Dee & Charles Wyly Theatre 2400 Flora St. Dallas 7:30pm.

May 17 Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time Tour at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory 300 Las Colinas Blvd. Irving. 8pm.

The Ladies of Justice presents a Women2Women & Kids Evening Social Host: Legal Shield at Fairfield Inns & Suites 409 N. Clark Rd. Cedar Hill. 6-8:30pm.

Friendship-West Presents: Friday Night L.I.T. Hosted by: Singles Community 25 & up Location Narthex 2020 W. Wheatland Rd. 7-9pm.

Cardio Hip Hop with JessieMae at LC Fitness 901 N. Polk St. #370. DeSoto. 6:30pm. Mon. & Wed. Info: www.jcfitness.info.

DFW HBCU Skate Night at Southern Skates Roller Rink 2939 E. Ledbetter Dr. 7pm-12am. Tickets: Eventbrite.

The Real James Bond was Dominican Regional Premier at Bishop Arts Theatre 215 S. Tyler St. Info 214-948-0716 & times.

Lunch & Learn Dream; Plan; Act at Meadows Conference Center 2900 Live Oak St. 11:30am-1pm. Tickets: www.event.r20. constantcontact.com.

May 16

90’s & 2000’s Hip-Hop-R&B Party at Foundation Room 2200 N. Lamar St. 10pm-2am. Fridays

Betty Carter born in 1929 - Grammy Jazz Singer “Godmother of Jazz”

Happy Hour with Don Diego at Chocolate Lounge Exclusive 4222 W. Camp Wisdom Rd. 6-8pm. Fridays

Soul Jazz Thursday’s w/ Vandell Andrew at Sandaga 813, 813 Exposition Ave. Dallas. 8pm-12am.

Too Much Woman Host: LeTitia Owens at Granada Theatre 3524 Greenville Ave. Dallas, Fri. 7-10pm. Tickets: www.granadatheatre.com.

Poetry Smash at TBAAL 1309 Canton St. 7:30-9pm.

Tickets: 214743-2400.

Maximize Your 501c3 Master Class I at Jefferson Boardwalk Complex 1901 Kingsbridge Rd. (Lakeside Lounge Bldg. 4/Level 2) Farmers Branch. 3-6pm. RSVP Info: at Office 469-730-3621.

Arlington Black Chamber’s Diversity Women’s Business Brunch at Brickhouse Lounge 2525 E. Arkansas Ln. 11am-2pm. RSVP at Eventbrite.com

Arlington Regional Connect – Your Business & Finance at Shady Valley Country Club 4001 W. Park Row Dr. 111pm. Tickets: www.events.r20.constantcontact.com.

May 18-19 Dallas Ultimate Women’s Expo at Irving Convention Center Las Colinas 500 Las Colinas Blvd. W. 10am Sat. & 11am. Sun. Tickets: www.dfwwomensexpo.com.

ENO – Entrepreneur’s Night Out at Fairfield Inn and Suites

by Marriott 409 N. Clark, Cedar Hill. www.facebook.com. 6-9pm.

Judge Monica Purdy Campaign Kickoff at Veronica & Richard Sayles 3930 Shorecrest Dr. Dallas. 6-8pm. RSVP: JudgePurdyCampaign@gmail.com

May 22 Further Jazz: Peter Brotzmann & Heather Lee at Wild Detectives 314 W. 8th St. 7-10:30pm. Eventbrite.com Community Action Day at South Dallas Cultural Center 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave. 11am-2pm.

Women of Distinction Host: Girls Scout of TX OK Plains Key Note Spkr: Pat Smith at Hurst Conference Center 1601 Campus Dr. 11:30am-1. Tickets: www.interland3.donorperfect.net Wednesdays Swing Dance Class at Allure Jazz & Cigar Lounge 110 S. Cockrell Hill, DeSoto. 7:30pm-9:30pm. Instructor: Lady Champagne. Free before 8pm.

Women of the West Bible Study at Friendship West Baptist Church 2020 W. Wheatland Rd. Wednesdays at 7pm.

May 23-24 Women’s Conference 2019 at Believers International Ministries 716 Garza St. Dallas.

7:30pm

May 23 Breakfast at the BAC “Collections…and we’re not talking fashion… at Fort Worth Business Assistance Center 1150 South Fwy. 7:30-9am. RSVP at Eventbrite.com.

410 Line Dancers Thursday Class DFW Sports Garden 1850 E. Beltline Rd. Coppell. 7-9pm. Info: www.410linedancers.com

James “Cool Papa” Bell Base Player born in 1903

Social Media Success 2019 Guide at Bill J. Priest Small Business Innovation Center 1402 Corinth St. #1530B Hoblitzell Auditorium 9:30am. RSVP: Dir. Rose Blair: www.rblair@dcccd.ed.

May 16-19

Unique Visions Bridal Expo 2019 at Upscale Event Center 324 S. Hampton Rd. DeSoto. 3pm-7pm.

Karaoke Night $2 Tuesday’s at Hero’s Lounge 3094 N. 35 Fwy. Dallas. 7pm-2am. Tickets: eventbrite.com.

Wine & Hip Hop Feat: Camille Thompson at Checkered Past Winery 1409 S. Lamar St. #008, Dallas. 7-9pm. Eventbrite.com

May 24 DFW/ABJ Spring Networking Mixer at Butlers Brothers Bar 1710 Young St. Dallas. 2-5pm. RSVP at 214-941-0110.

May 20

Lincoln University Chartered in 1855 1st U.S. Black College in Oxford, PA.

Armed Forces Day

Our Music Fourth Friday Concert Presented by: Lyric Stage at DeSoto Corner Theatre 211 E. Pleasant Run. 7pm.

Willow Grove Baptist Church Grief Counseling at 1222 W. Kiest Blvd. Info, Kim Fincher 214-371-7325. 5:30-7pm.

Head Wraps and Head Shots at Grow DeSoto Market Place. 324 E. Beltline Rd. DeSoto. 6-8pm. www.brandisdiary.com.

Cardio Hip Hop with JessieMae at LC Fitness 901 N. Polk St. Ste. #370. DeSoto. 6:30pm. Info: www.jcfitness.info.

African Liberation Day; An Instrument to help organize our people at Pan African Connection 4466 s. Marsalis Ave. 7-9pm.

Monday Jazz Happy Hour w/ The Willis Duo at The Balcony Club 1825 Abrams Rd. Ste. #B, Dallas 6-8pm. Free

Absolut Power Women Empowering Women Special Guest Speaker: Shavonda Fields at Stemm Studios 1499 Regal Row Ste. #505. 10-2am.

May 21- June 8 Protect Yourself-Defense Class at Friendship-West Baptist Church 2020 Wheatland Rd. Tue. & Thur. at 7pm.

May 21 Paul Edward Winfield born 1939 in Los Angles California

The Jazz Jam at Jazz BeCuzz Art Center 9319 LBJ Fwy. Ste. #120. Tickets: via Eventbrite.com. 7pm.

May 25 Bill “Bo jangles” Robinson a Vaudeville dancer Born 1878

Beards & Bowties Fashion Show & After Party at Athletic Zone 423 Singleton Blvd. Dallas. 7-10pm. Tickets: www. instaseats.com Kandi Koated Entertainment Presents: Welcome to the Dungeon at The Bomb Factory 2713 Canton St. 9pm. Tickets: via www.ticketfly.com

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NAACP, NNPA lead protest against Police Brutality

Attorney and activist Ben Crump, Broward/Fort Lauderdale NAACP president Marsha Ellison, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., Westside Gazette Publisher Bobby Henry and the late Trayvon Martin’s Mother Sybrina Fulton, were among the many marching against police brutality.

APRIL 24, 2019

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HANGING w/ HOLLYWOOD

THAT CELEBRITY INTERVIEW

BET NETWORKGAMES PEOPLE PLAY

By VALDER BEEBE

BY HOLLYWOOD HERNANDEZ

Texas Metro News staff, Executives and hostesses from FUBU Mobile-red carpet event

We never know the influence that we are creating by just being who we are. This month an early Intern of the Valder Beebe Show invited me to lunch. I was delighted to lunch and hear that Oprah and I had quite an impact on her life. She also share she saw me as a Proverbs 31 virtuous woman. We never know the blessing God has for. My lunch was great and I received the compliments with grace and honor. So keep in mind you may influence others.

Invited into he Valder Beebe Show SATELLITE Studio Jackie Long who portrays Kareem Johnson, Marcus’ best friend and assistant on BET’s Games People Play.

BET’s Games People Play a new series is a sexy, stylized drama about the L.A. high life, where everyone plays to win.

Jackie Long who portraying Kareem Johnson, a former college basketball standout once destined for fame and fortune. Frustrated by living on the sidelines, he’s willing to risk everything for a shot at the life that should have been his. You can remember Jackie as he rose to prominence with a lead role in the hit film ATL. Since then, he has been a fan favorite on multiple BET series including Real Husbands of Hollywood opposite Kevin Hart, According to Him + Her with Tiffany Haddish, Let’s Stay Together, and the hugely successful BET miniseries The New Edition Story.

On the film front, Jackie stars in this year’s Bodied produced

by Eminem and also co-starring Charlamagne Tha God. He can also be seen in the dramatic film Never Heard also starring

Robin Givens, Romeo Miller and Master P. Angela Burt-Murray is an American author, journalist, and editor. In March 2017, BurtMurray was named Deputy Editor of Glamour Magazine.

She was formerly Editor-in-Chief of Essence Magazine, Executive Editor of Teen People Magazine.Text provided by Jackie Long publicity team VBS: Welcome Jackie Long to the Valder Beebe Show broadcasting live from Dallas, Texas.

JL: Good morning and I love your name ‘Valder Beebe’ VBS: Well thank you and I adore BET’s Games People Play, you think my name is cool, I think you’re in a sexy new series on BET. I really appreciate Angela Burt Murry, the former editor of Essence Magazine being the writer of Games People Play, first as a bestselling book, now as a BET Network series.

JL: The Games People Play, is a series that mirrors the games people play in real life. My character, Kareem Johnson is a former college basketball star, now he [Kareem] is frustrated by living on the sidelines. My character is doing things that my real life me would never do. This is what makes the character so interesting on-screen for you.

VBS: Are you just a good guy in real life, playing a bad boy on screen?

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ASK ALMA

Yes, he is the father!

Dear Alma: I had a baby in my twenties when I was dealing with this guy, who was in the military, stationed close to where I live. I thought that we would get married and live happily ever after. Obviously, that didn’t happen. He relocated and eventually we stopped talking. He did however send money to take care of our daughter. I get a check in the mail from him every month and I’m forever grateful for it. I was heartbroken when he moved away and I don’t think I ever really healed. I was in relationships here and there and eventually got married.

When that marriage ended, I just shut down. I let myself go and made some not so good decisions. I put on weight, because I’ve been depressed and I just try not to bring attention to myself. I’m a great cook and all my daughter’s friends and my family usually come over when they want a good home-cooked meal.

Recently, a knock came on the door and it was my daughter’s father. He asked if she lived there and then he asked if her mother was home; he didn’t even recognize me. I just said that she wasn’t home and that I’d give her the message.

He said, “Okay” and I shut the door. I was so hurt afterward, I just cried and cried.

I don’t know how to feel. I haven’t told my daughter yet, because I don’t know if I want to see him again. What’s your advice Alma? Should I give my daughter her father’s contact information or should I just pretend like he never stopped by?

Reunited, but It Doesn’t Feel So Good Dear Reunited, The question you asked has nothing to do with the answer you need, but because of the circumstances, I’ll offer you a two-fer.

First, let me get this straight. Your daughter’s father consistently provides for her and although he didn’t stay connected, his coins come regularly to help you take care of her. He recently stopped by to reconnect, but didn’t

recognize you and you think that’s enough reason to keep him away from her? Okay, I’ve gotta stop rightchia: I’m sorry Sweet Pea, I don’t mean to kick you when you’re down, but this ain’t about you. It’s about your daughter and her father reconnecting—period. Run to your pocketbook, pour out your belongings and give the contact information to you daughter, plain and simple. Now, scooch over and let me sit, here’s part two: Ain’t no doubt about it, it can seem like forever to spoon your way out of a dark, deep ditch, but you can do it. Once you get started, your spoon becomes a spatula, the spatula becomes a ladle and then the ladle becomes a shovel—you feel me?

What you thought you couldn’t do, suddenly becomes natural to you, but first you’ve got to change your mind, change your thinking. It’s been a long time since your old flame has laid eyes on you, that doesn’t mean you didn’t look the same. It just means he didn’t initially recognize you. Let that go, use it as the fuel you need to get back to your best. If you can’t find the strength in yourself, do it for your daughter.

Whenever you get tired, don’t let “Ms. Easy” rule your decisions. Ms. Easy will lead you back to eating fried chicken, mac & cheese a drinking milkshakes, but don’t do it. No excuses. Today is the day you are #sickntired of being #sickntired. Start walking. You own your mind and body; nobody should love you more than you love yourself. Stop allowing the pains of your past to deter you from making yourself a priority. Go find the happy you, the fabulous you, the confident you and reintroduce yourself.

When you start healing your mind, your body will follow. And once that happens, a heap of friends and family members won’t recognize you, but that’s okay, because it’ll be for all the right reasons.

Email your questions to: alwaysaskalma@ gmail.com. Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” Tweet @ almaaskalma.

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Foster Kidd Foundation fundraising weekend

It’s Hollywood!

The Foster Kidd Foundation announced they will host a kick-off VIP reception on Thursday, June 6, 2019, for its annual fundraising weekend.

The charity weekend takes place June 6-10, 2019 and will benefit Paul Quinn College, The First Tee of Greater Dallas, Under 1 Roof and other North Texas Charities.

Congressman Marc Veasey, 33rd Congressional District and Tonya Veasey (Paul Quinn College, Class of 1999) are this year’s Honorary Chairs.

The kick-off on June 6 will bring together community, nonprofit and higher education leaders, plus event sponsors to gear up for the big charity weekend.

Speakers include title sponsor Keisha Townsend, Marketing Executive for BMW North America and Mrs. Verna Jones, Founder of (Under 1 Roof), which is our 2019 Community Service Awardee.

Many fun events and activities are lined up for the charity weekend including a gala, entertainment and the popular scramble golf tournament held at the Hackberry Creek Country Club.

3Media representatives are invited to the reception

Feeding the homeless

Jaren’s Angels 5 K-Fundraiser for pediatric cancer.

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to learn more about the Foundation’s impact in supporting local community and nonprofit organizations, junior golf programs and providing financial assistance to college students.

WHAT: The Foster Kidd Foundation Annual Fundraising Weekend KickOff VIP Reception WHEN: Thursday, June 6 from 7-11 P.M. WHERE: BMW of Dallas: 6200 Lemmon Avenue Dallas, Texas 75209 To RSVP for the kick-off reception and other events, go to www.fosterkidd.org.

For questions, contact LaWonda Peoples at or call (817) 689-4344. info@ eventfullyyourscompany. com The Foster Kidd Foundation dba Pro-Duffers Foundation is a charitable, tax exempt, 501(c) (3) organization.

Its mission is to support and promote the development of self-esteem, academic excellence, character and sportsmanship among young people, i.e. The First Tee, while learning the game of golf.

Do you know this man?

HE IS A SERIAL RAPIST He targeted members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. but this is more than about a sorority. We’re talking about a community.

Come on PEOPLE! Don’t you CARE? Will it matter when it is your sister, mother? aunt or grandmother or maybe YOU?

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