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are just dating. The term is called “Dating Violence” and it has the same standards as family violence. A dating relationship is defined as a romantic or intimate relationship between individuals. The existence of that romantic relationship is determined based on the length of time, its nature, and how often the individuals interact in a way that would signify a dating relationship.
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And who can blame them, when for over a decade our state has continually stripped and dismantled our public education system? And now, the people at the frontline of education, our teachers, have had enough.
In my field of practice there are certain types of cases that I take very seriously, and they are protective orders. Now this is not to say that I do not take a divorce, or child custody case seriously, but when a protective order is filed someone’s, life may be at stake. This week I want to talk about what protective orders are and how you can get one.
A protective order is an order signed by the court to protect victims of abuse from their abuser. Under the Texas Family Code, a person is entitled to a protective order when the court finds that family violence has occurred and is likely to occur again in the future. Of course, in order to determine if you qualify for a protective order, you must know what the definition of family violence is under the code. The more obvious portion of the definition is physical acts by a member of a family or household against another member of the family or household. This covers things such as bodily injury, physical assault, sexual assault, and physical harm. However, the family code goes on to include threats from the abuser that would reasonably cause you fear of imminent physical harm.
There is an important exception to note under the defining statutes for family violence, and that is physical harm or bodily injury that you inflict will not be considered family violence if it is done in self-defense. For example, if a spouse comes home after a night of drinking and grabs the other spouse by the throat to choke them, then the other spouse will not have committed family violence if they punch the assaulting spouse in the nose.
The Family Code also has provisions for people who aren’t married but
If a protective order is granted the abuser will be prohibited from directly or indirectly hurting, threatening, or harassing you or your children if applicable. They will be under orders to stay away from you, your family, your home, workplace, and the children’s school. And they will no longer be permitted to carry firearms. The order will generally last for two years, however the judge can set it for longer. This usually occurs in orders protecting against stalking and sexual assault. If the abuser violates the protective order, they have committed a crime. Call the police, show the responding officer the order, and have them charged. If they violate multiple times, felony charges can be applied. If you find yourself the victim of abuse, please reach out to someone who can help you take the necessary steps to get protection.
Longer working days and larger students per classroom, coupled with less resources and less pay, just doesn't add up anymore. So what began as a “quiet quitting” movement a few years back, has recently turned into a “public panic”, as more and more teachers are leaving the classroom to pursue other careers or simply retire. And lest we forget the added pressure we put on our teachers during Covid-19 and continually are putting on them now during the great Critical Race Theory (CRT) debate.
All the while, Texas ranks 28th in the nation for annual teacher pay at almost $7,500 less than the national average. Even worse, the way our minimum salary schedule is formulated for teachers, it would take almost 20 years for the average one to earn $54,000 per year! This schedule by the way, has not been increased by state lawmakers since 2019. I guess we don’t always do everything bigger in Texas?
Here are three things that our state lawmakers must act on and act on fast to put faith back into our public schools and confidence back into our much needed teachers:
Raise Teacher Pay
When I say raise teacher pay, it can’t be just a little, it can’t be enough to account for inflation since 2019, it can’t even be just enough to meet the national average. IT NEEDS TO BE A LOT! So far, State Representative James Talarico, a Democrat from Round Rock, has authored a bill to increase teacher salaries the most at $15,000 with House Bill 1548. And for you penny pincher’s out there always asking, “where will the money come from?”. The State of Texas has a $32.7 billion, yes billion dollar budget surplus from 2 years ago. We have the money to do this!
Explore Non-Traditional Teacher Certification Opportunities
to become Certified Teachers similar to on the job training or apprenticeships programs. Let’s be honest, the average in-state tuition cost for a 4-year university is $43,508, it just doesn’t make financial sense for most to obtain a Bachelor’s Degree for a starting salary of less than $41,770. A combination of in-class learning with economical community college credits will make a teaching pathway more feasible at the least.
Create Better Teaching Environments
Now if we are truly honest, we are going to have to take some shared responsibility on this one. Truth be told, a lot of teachers are leaving the workforce because they can’t deal with some of y’all bad (you know what I want to say)
churrin’. From the disrespectful looks, to the verbal threats, to the all out physical assaults, it is not a teacher's job to raise or discipline our children. That being said, the state has a responsibility from the operations side as well to at the very least pass guidelines that form and streamline productivity to allow time for more planning and development during school hours, to create a sustainable workload, and don’t forget to fund classroom supplies.
When these two forces come together, a commitment from our state, and buy-in from our community, it will foster the positive working environment necessary for our teachers to thrive and then our students “will be the future”.
In 1986, Whitney Houston released the classic hit entitled “Greatest Love of All”. The song opened in an A Major key and the first line she sang was “I believe the children are the future”. 37 years later sadly, the only future the majority of our children believe in is a rapper that has a
In Texas, there are two pathways to become a certified teacher. 1) Obtain a Bachelor’s Degree, complete an Educator Preparation Program, and pass the Certification Exam; or 2) Complete the Alternative Certification Program, which will allow you to learn, become certified, and teach one specific subject area. Our certification models cannot stop there. We need to create pathways for our Educational Aides and Assistants
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Where are the new age Dr. Leon Sullivan’s? My Day
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jobs for African Americans in about four years. But he soon realized that training needed to be a serious partner. Somewhere around 1962, with national attention Dr. Sullivan tagged from Fortune Magazine and The New York Times, Dr. King and the SCLC asked Dr. Sullivan to share information with them on his success.
Instruments in Dallas. But due to outsourcing and proposed cheap labor, East Asia now produces roughly 75% of the world’s chips. America imports high tech chips from Taiwan and China, but the pandemic taught us a very valuable lesson … loudly demanding it is time to return to ‘made in America’.
Americans and a Mexican woman were killed in the gunfight.
The surviving Americans were sped to the border near Brownsville in a convoy of ambulances and SUVs escorted by Mexican military Humvees and National Guard trucks with mounted .50-caliber machine guns.
Did the Chip Act pass? What is in it? How many chips are in your phone? How many technology hubs will be created? What else is there to compliment this forward-thinking act to boost our economy? How many jobs are projected? Will your car run without chips? Where are the school districts on this issue? What job training and education is planned for African Americans?
For some strange, odd reason this $280 Billion Bill to boost microchip production in America made me think about Rev. Leon Sullivan and his self-help movement. We do not hear much about Dr. Sullivan today, and that is tragic, but his job training opportunities for African Americans was undoubtedly one of the first action role civil rights moves in these United States. Dr. Sullivan organized a march on Washington, D. C., in the early 1940’s. He believed that job training was the key to improving African American lives. So, in 1958, he asked Philadelphia’s largest companies to interview young blacks. Two companies responded positively. Working with other ministers, Dr. Sullivan organized a boycott of “various businesses”. Dr. Sullivan estimated that the boycott produced thousands of
Dr. Sullivan’s work was based on the principle of ‘self-help’ which provided people of color with the tools to overcome barriers of poverty, oppression and ignorance. The absolute key was that African Americans had been excluded from training for better paying jobs. Making jobs available was not enough. “Integration without preparation is frustration”, he preached. In 1964 Dr. Sullivan, a Baptist minister, founded Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) of America in an abandoned jail house in North Philadelphia. The program offered job training, etiquette, instruction in life skills and then placement on jobs. The movement quickly moved around the nation. The movement served millions of under-skilled people from more than thirty (30) states. Today the Zion Investment Association (ZIA) is alive, well and in living color now headed by his daughter, Dr. Julie Helen Sullivan. ZIA an investment company, Dr. Sullivan started new businesses. Dr. Sullivan’s theory about the “power of money” to deal with persistent racial inequalities was proving to be correct.
As Americans, we have to be the largest user of chips. They exist in all our ‘have-to-have products”. The “Chip Act” was necessary, and President Biden responded accordingly to the demand to build them in America. After all, we started the ‘chip’ right here at Texas
Pastor Dr. Leon Sullivan (1922 – 2001) was a longtime General Motors Board Member focusing on the creation of job training for African Americans, a model of self-help and empowerment to the people of Africa and a master principled legacy maker. He retired from Zion Baptist Church in 1988.
The Chip Act is one powerful answer to “new age skilled jobs” for African Americans. The Chip Act has some other fascinating points in it. PLEASE read it. You can read all about it on your cell phone.
2 Americans are in a Texas hospital after surviving deadly kidnapping in Mexico
By Alfredo Corchado and Dianne Solis
Two other Americans and a Mexican woman were killed, caught in the crossfire of armed groups in the northern border city of Matamoros, officials said.
A relative of one of the victims said Monday that the four Americans had traveled together from the Carolinas so one of them could get a tummy tuck from a doctor in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, where Friday’s kidnapping took place.
According to The Associated Press, the deceased were Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown. Latavia McGee and Eric Williams were found alive.
Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal said the four were found in a wooden shack, where they were being guarded by a man who was arrested. Villarreal said the captive Americans had been moved around by their captors, and at one point were taken to a medical clinic “to create confusion and avoid efforts to rescue them.”
The bodies of Woodard and Brown will be turned over to U.S. authorities following forensic work at the Matamoros morgue, the governor said. A 33-year-old Mexican woman was killed by a stray bullet a block and a half away from the incident, he said.
Villareal said Williams had been shot in the left leg but the wound was not lifethreatening. He and McGee were taken
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Two Americans are back in the U.S. after surviving a deadly kidnapping in Mexico, and have been taken to a Texas hospital for treatment, officials said. Two other
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Two other Americans and a Mexican woman were killed, caught in the crossfire of armed groups in the northern border city of Matamoros, officials said.
to Valley Regional Medical Center with an FBI escort, the Brownsville Herald reported. A spokesperson for the hospital referred all inquiries to the FBI.
The U.S. citizens were found in a rural area east of Matamoros called Ejido Tecolote, according to Tamaulipas state chief prosecutor Irving Barrios.
The shooting last Friday highlighted what has become an all-too-common occurrence in the state of Tamaulipas and particularly in Matamoros for nearly two decades. Amid the violence, thousands of Mexicans have disappeared in Tamaulipas alone, part of the estimated 100,000 disappeared throughout the country, security experts and human rights organizations have said.
Deaths confirmed Villarreal confirmed the deaths by phone during a Tuesday morning news conference by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, saying details about the four abducted Americans had been confirmed by prosecutors.
The four U.S. citizens had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, on Friday at 9:18 a.m. and were traveling in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates. A little more than two hours after entering Mexico, they were caught in a crossfire of rival cartel groups, the Mexican governor said. A video showed them being loaded into the back of a pickup by gunmen.
A former U.S. law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation confirmed to The Dallas Morning News that both U.S. and Mexican officials are examining the possibility that the assailants mistook the Americans for Haitian smugglers.
At a Tuesday afternoon news conference, reporters asked whether the attack had anything to do with allegations in Mexico that one of the victims had ties to U.S. intelligence. “There is no fundamental information to make us think they [had anything to do] with FBI,” said Villarreal. He said investigators found evidence,
including medical lab information, inside the vehicle to suggest one of the victims was there for a medical procedure, “and that’s the cause for their presence in Matamoros.”
“This appears to be a case of mistaken identity,” said Barrios, the Tamaulipas prosecutor.
“Attacks on U.S. citizens are unacceptable, no matter where or under what circumstances they happen. We will continue to work closely with the Mexican government to ensure justice is done,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.
“Since day one of this administration, we have been focused on disrupting transnational criminal organizations, including Mexican drug cartels and drug smugglers. ... Our immediate concerns are for the safe return of our citizens, the health and well-being of those who who survived this attack, and the support which must be rendered to the families of those who need it,” she said.
Speaking on Fox News, Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn said: “We need the Mexican government to step up. ... The cartels are not afraid of [López Obrador] and are running rampant in Mexico. This is all about money. The cartels trade in human misery.”
‘A bad dream’
Zalandria Brown of Florence, S.C., said she has been in contact with the FBI and local officials after learning that her younger brother, Zindell Brown, is one of the four victims. “This is like a bad dream you wish you could wake up from,” she said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. “To see a member of your family thrown in the back of a truck and dragged, it is just unbelievable.”
Brown said the four friends were extremely close and they all made the trip in part to help split up the driving duties. They were aware of the dangers in Mexico, she added, and her brother had expressed some misgivings. “Zindell kept saying, ‘We shouldn’t go down,’ ” Brown said.
Robert Williams told the AP that he and his brother, 38-year-old Eric Williams, are from South Carolina but now live in the Winston-Salem area of North Carolina. Williams described his brother as “easygoing” and “fun-spirited.”
He didn’t know his brother was traveling to Mexico until after the abduction hit the news. But from looking at his brother’s Facebook posts, he thinks his brother did not consider the trip dangerous.
A video posted to social media Friday showed men with assault rifles and tan
body armor loading the four people into the bed of a white pickup in broad daylight. One was alive and sitting up, but the others seemed either dead or wounded. At least one person appeared to lift his head from the pavement before being dragged to the truck.
Warring factions
Matamoros is home to warring factions of the Gulf drug cartel. Shootouts there on Friday were so bad that the U.S. Consulate issued an alert about the danger and local authorities warned people to shelter in place.
The drug cartel situation in Tamaulipas “is fluid and too often chaotic,” said Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a George Mason University professor with expertise in U.S.-Mexico relations, organized crime and border security.
Two factions of the Gulf drug cartel have off-and-on turf battles. They are the Scorpions on the fringes of Reynosa and the Cyclones in Matamoros. The Cyclones are run by Jose Alberto Garcia Vilano, known as “La Kena” or “Cyclone 19″ in Matamoros. Garcia Vilano is wanted by federal Mexican authorities.
“The level of violence in that part of Tamaulipas has amped up this year because of new dynamics on the ground, which only means much more bloodshed to come,” said Arturo Fontes, former FBI agent and president of Fontes International Solutions, a security consulting firm.
Near Brownsville, across the border from Matamoros, immigration attorney Charlene D’Cruz told The News that cartel dangers have long been an issue in Matamoros and nearby Reynosa for migrant families and those seeking asylum.
Human Rights First has tracked more than 13,000 reports of murder, torture, kidnapping, rape and other violent attacks on migrants and asylum-seekers since President Joe Biden took office.
Impact on Black asylum-seekers
For years, Felicia Rangel-Samponaro, co-director of the Sidewalk School aid group, has warned that Black immigrants face far worse treatment in Mexican border cities than other Latin Americans.
The migrant camps in Matamoros are divided into Black and Latino populations, she said. By Saturday, Haitian immigrants were clearing out of their camp, which lies at the southern end of the larger camp near the international bridge that crosses into Brownsville.
“The American public should know that [kidnapping] is not rare. This happens on a daily basis. The only difference is they did this to Americans instead
of the asylum-seekers,” said RangelSamponaro, a U.S. citizen who works with Black asylum-seekers targeted by violence.
The kidnapping “definitely scared the
Black asylum-seekers,” she said. “They are just leaving Matamoros.”
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Staff writers Todd J. Gillman and Joseph Morton and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Press conference: Mayor Eric Johnson to serve as Grand Marshal of the 42nd Annual Dallas Mavericks St. Patrick’s Parade & Festival
On Thursday, March 9th at 10 a.m. the Greenville Avenue Area Business Association (G.A.A.B.A.), together with presenting sponsor The Dallas Mavericks, will host a press conference for the 42nd Annual Dallas Mavericks St. Patrick’s Parade & Festival, featuring City of Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson as the parade’s 2023 Grand Marshal.
Attended by over 125,000 people each year, the largest St. Patrick’s event in the Southwest returns with live music, floats, food trucks, family zone, festival zones, private tailgate areas and an Irish spirit of celebration.
Thursday's press conference will be held at Comerica Bank’s Greenville & Lovers Banking Center at 10 a.m. in front of an audience of Dallas-area dignitaries, Greenville Avenue business owners, professional bagpipers, and Dallas Mavericks Drumline performers as the 2023 parade’s “Presenting Sponsor” representatives.
When 10 a.m.
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Where Comerica Bank’s Greenville & Lovers Banking Center 5302 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75206
Who Mayor Eric L. Johnson, Grand Marshal
Kevin Vela, GAABA Chairman
of the Board; Amanda G. Mahaney, Senior Vice President, Director of Business Banking SW Region at Comerica Bank
Tommy Donahue, Milo Butterfingers, GAABA Board Member;
Philip Brewer, Comerica Bank, GAABA Board Member; Jorge Levy, Desperadoes Restaurants, GAABA Board Member;
Jake Levy, Desperadoes Restaurants, GAABA Board Member;
A letter from Mayor Eric
L. Johnson
city's next generation.
The program has grown every single year since. Last year, nearly 1,300 young people in this city participated in Dallas Works — a new single-year record. And according to last year's survey, 92% of the Dallas Works employers who put these kids to work last summer said they wanted to participate in the program again this year.
This is a program that is truly all about this city's future. Dallas today is growing and brimming with opportunity. And Dallas is in an extraordinarily strong position on a number of fronts, especially compared to other major cities.
But true leaders don’t rest on their laurels. That's why it's critical to focus on building a city that thrives both today and in the years to come. And young people are central to that effort.
Happy March!
It's still technically winter, and the weather lately has felt like a typical tumultuous Texas spring, but make no mistake: summer is right around the corner. And now is the time to plan to keep Dallas kids safe, busy, and out of trouble while they are out of school.
That’s why I launched the Summer of Safety campaign last year. And as part of this year's Summer of Safety efforts, the fourth year of Dallas Works — this administration's summer jobs program for youth — is now officially underway!
Dallas Works started in early 2020. The idea was to take the exclusive Mayor’s Intern Fellows program and transform it into an initiative that puts as many young people to work as possible over the summer months. And the goal was to provide greater safety and opportunity for this
That’s why Dallas Works is a labor of love. As someone who grew up in West Dallas and Oak Cliff back when crime was hitting record highs in this city and in this nation, I know what a job opportunity can mean to kids in historically underserved and overlooked communities. Having goals — and staying focused on them — can keep children away from the dangerous criminal element.
So to all the employers, partners, sponsors, and young people ages 15 to 24 out there, Dallas Works is a great opportunity this year on its own merits. But you’ll also be helping to build a safer, stronger, and more vibrant city. So, please go online to DallasSummerJobs. org to learn more about how to participate in Dallas Works!
Here’s another fun initiative: Last year, as a way to liven up
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the workplace, I began working with the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture to rotate selected local art through the office. It has really added vitality to the space.
The artists were invited in for a meet-and-greet recently so they could see their artwork on display at Dallas City Hall. Thank you to artists Keith Williams, Claudia Maysen, Elizabeth Mahy, and Magda Plagge for stopping by and for allowing their beautiful work to be featured in the office.
Let this be a reminder to support local artists here in Dallas!
That’s all for today. Have a great week, and be good to each other.
Until next time,
Did You Know? Now You Do. Black History
Harriet Tubman
ca. 1820-1913
Edited by Debra Michals, PhD | 2015
She is considered the first African American woman to serve in the military.
Tubman’s exact birth date is unknown, but estimates place it between 1820 and 1822 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Born Araminta Ross, the daughter of Harriet Green and Benjamin Ross, Tubman had eight siblings. By age five, Tubman’s owners rented her out to neighbors as a domestic servant. Early signs of her resistance to slavery and its abuses came at age twelve when she intervened to keep her master from beating an enslaved man who tried to escape. She was hit in the head with a two-pound weight, leaving her with a lifetime of severe headaches and narcolepsy.
Although slaves were not legally allowed to marry, Tubman entered a marital union with John Tubman, a free black man, in 1844. She took his name and dubbed herself Harriet.
Contrary to legend, Tubman did not create the Underground Railroad; it was established in the late eighteenth century by black and white abolitionists. Tubman likely benefitted from this network of escape routes and safe houses in 1849, when she and two brothers escaped north. Her husband refused to join her, and by 1851 he had married a free black woman. Tubman returned to the South several times and helped dozens of people escape. Her success led slaveowners to post a $40,000 reward for her capture or death.
Tubman was never caught and never lost a “passenger.” She participated in other antislavery efforts, including supporting John Brown in his failed 1859 raid on the Harpers Ferry, Virginia arsenal.
many of these individuals find food, shelter, and even jobs in the North. She also became a respected guerrilla operative. As a nurse, Tubman dispensed herbal remedies to black and white soldiers dying from infection and disease.
After the war, Tubman raised funds to aid freedmen, joined Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in their quest for women’s suffrage, cared for her aging parents, and worked with white writer Sarah Bradford on her autobiography as a potential source of income. She married a Union soldier Nelson Davis, also born into slavery, who was more than twenty years her junior. Residing in Auburn, New York, she cared for the elderly in her home and in 1874, the Davises adopted a daughter. After an extensive campaign for a military pension, she was finally awarded $8 per month in 1895 as Davis’s widow (he died in 1888) and $20 in 1899 for her service. In 1896, she established the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged on land near her home. Tubman died in 1913 and was buried with military honors at Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New York.
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Known as the “Moses of her people,” Harriet Tubman was enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor" of the Underground Railroad. Tubman also served as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Through the Underground Railroad, Tubman learned the towns and transportation routes characterizing the South—information that made her important to Union military commanders during the Civil War. As a Union spy and scout, Tubman often transformed herself into an aging woman. She would wander the streets under Confederate control and learn from the enslaved population about Confederate troop placements and supply lines. Tubman helped
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Irving brought his daughter and walked away as big winners. Irving bid $25,000 for a
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STEAM education and ultimately STEAM careers for these young women of color.
With support from Capital One, Linda Todd, President of the Dallas Chapter of The Links, Inc says “Capitol One’s assistance is a vital part of our efforts to expose our STEAM scholars to new STEM experiences such as this trip to NASA where they will participate in 3 laboratory experiments. The scholars will also visit Texas Southern University where they will participate in a panel entitled “Improving the Pathways to STEM Careers and Degrees for Girls”. This real world NASA experience encourages our scholars to Dream big!
Event Details:
STEAM Academy NASA
Experience March 25-26, 2023
NASA and Texas Southern University (Houston, TX) Departure at 5:30 AM on Saturday, March 25, 2023 from St. Luke’s “Community” United Methodist Church, 5710 E R L Thornton Fwy, Dallas, TX 75223
About The Dallas (TX) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated: For more than 60 years, the Dallas (TX) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, comprised of more than 50 women linked in friendship and transforming the Dallas community through service, has been at the helm of numerous vital community service programs. The Chapter’s signature
African American Women and Neiman Marcus My Day Ester Davis, Fashion Icon Speaker at “African American Women and Neiman Marcus” Program.
By Dr. J. Ester Davis (esterdavis2000@gmail. com)
pageants for two decades and the one brand that stood out above them all was Neiman Marcus. Lest we forget, Dallas had a “jump start” with the Mary Kay ‘designer-color Pink Cadillacs’ and manufacturing based in Dallas. And so was Annette II Cosmetics, a black-owned manufacturer.
The most unforgettable times before women-of-color could try on couture clothes in white stores was our ability to design and sew our one-of-a-kind garments. This was a huge consumerdriven market leading the way for tailors, alterations, zipper repair, hems, covered buttons and the polished image “make ready” for the designer age. The ‘Age of Harlem’ writes that the real fashion shows were held on Saturday Nights by black women with their elaborate decoration and froufrou where you were ‘free-to-create” and capture over-the-top images.
lemonade out of lemons, she lost weight to gain entry into the gown and the rest is history.
The Neiman Marcus brand is most renowned, instinctively high fashion, and has maintained status in the luxury world. The African American Woman has been an intoxicating part of that legacy, concept and stardom. In addition, Stanley Marcus, a masterful retailer, was charming, accessible and ‘entertained’ women-of-color in fine style. I found a few of these early Neiman Marcus shoppers who personally knew Stanley Marcus. Despite his obvious schedule, Stanley Marcus remained busy in civic and cultural communities after his chairmanship days at the flagship store downtown. I was reminded of an interview while I was reporting for Time Warner Cable. I interviewed Mr. Marcus when he
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Texas stretches 773 miles from eastto-west and 800 miles north-to-south and it’s all full of fashionable African American Women who trend and reset the course of fashion. Fashion is a passion, but the ‘art of appearances’ is a symphony-in-motion with universal appeal.
The Dallas (TX) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated will travel to NASA in Houston, Texas with 40 female middle and high school STEAM Scholars who are participating in their awardwinning STEAM Academy program. This inaugural experience will expose the scholars to all NASA has to offer –hands on STEM activities through The STARS & STEM program labs, lunch with an astronaut – ideally who looks like them, tram rides and more!
We are creating a pipeline to
STEAM Academy for 7th– 12th grade female scholars of color is in its 11th year of cultivating selfconfidence, critical thinking and leadership capabilities by engaging scholars in exciting activities that promote and support innovation, creativity and problem-solving skills.
The Dallas (TX) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated is committed to cultivating young female scholars, championing diversity and inclusion in STEAM fields, celebrating the contributions of women of color in STEAM fields to inspire and ignite young girls of color to pursue careers in STEAM.
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Before my Neiman Marcus days, I started modeling at Davis Apparel Shop which was located for over 30 years in South Dallas, where it was affectionally called ‘the black Neiman Marcus’. Connie and her husband, Owner and CEO, welcomed buses and carloads of black women from the DFW surrounding towns and communities, i.e., Forney, Corsicana, Buffalo, Jasper, Lindale, Marshall, Mineola, Big Sandy, Gilmer, Longview, etc., at every Fall and Spring Fashion Week.
In Dallas during “Fashion Week” we had Davis Apparel with tons of Texas Instruments glamor girls, the most defense contracts, Dallas Cowboy wives, cheerleaders, dynamism and confidence. Houston had Diana’s Boutique with Jackie O, a daringly stunning designer with a stately magnificent poise. Possibly one of the most influential black designers of the age. Cassie Cook of San Francisco had the ever popular flamboyant …the Honorable Willie Brown, former mayor and assembly man setting fashion trends for women and men. In Atlantic City, a father of two daughters, J. Morris Anderson, founded the “Miss Black America Pageant”. By 1978, there was a Miss Black America contestant from 40 states. I directed
In preparation for my speaking engagement at Neiman Marcus a few weeks ago, I needed help from “friends” of the fashion genius. The first thing that came to mind was the African American sensational weddings that broke through the aristocratic mold after we could physically go into high-end couture stores and try clothes on. And then there were the debutante gowns especially ordered from Neiman Marcus. The gown that Mrs. Cash bought for her wedding in 1957 has a very unique story that comes with it. Of course, she could not walk in Neiman Marcus and try the gown on. Her Mother-in-Law worked there. The dress was purchased and sent to Maxine Cash. “Max” told me that the dress was not her size. It was too small. To make
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11 Vitamin D Myths and Facts
How much do you really know about the sunshine vitamin?
By Leslie Barrie
Medically Reviewed by Justin Laube, MD
Reviewed: December 8, 2020
The most common way this happens is by taking too high a dosage of vitamin D supplements.
The NIH recommends that adults ages 19 to 70 take in 15 mcg (600 IU) and adults ages 71 and older take 20 mcg (or 800 IU). The maximum daily limit is 4,000 IU for people age 9 and older, Kimberlain says, but Harvard Health Publishing notes that an increasing number of phttps://www.everydayhealth.com/ vitamin-d/vitamin-d-myths-and-facts/ eople are taking more than this upper recommendation.
“Vitamin D increases calcium absorption, and therefore toxicity is marked by a buildup of calcium in the body,” says Kimberlain. Symptoms of vitamin D toxicity may include nausea, vomiting, frequent urination, weakness, bone pain, and kidney pain, according to the Mayo Clinic.
or at least twice a week, on the arms, face, legs, and hands without sunscreen usually leads to a sufficient amount of vitamin D.
But avoid too much sun exposure, which increases your chances of skin cancer and wrinkles, by wearing sunscreen with at least SPF 15 along with protective clothing, notes the NIH. Because not every inch of your body will be covered, you’ll likely still allow your body to synthesize a sufficient amount of vitamin D.
3. Myth: It’s Easy to Get Enough Vitamin D Through Food Alone
Getting your vitamin D fix solely through food isn’t impossible, but it can be tricky because few foods contain ample D, Kimberlain says.
With the possible exception of C, there’s perhaps no vitamin more frequently discussed than the sunshine one — aka vitamin D.
It’s no wonder: Vitamin D is a workhorse nutrient. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), among its functions are strengthening bones, absorbing calcium, and bolstering immunity.
Still, with all that chatter come some misconceptions. “There’s an expectation that vitamin D is a miracle drug, and that if we all just take megadoses of it, it will solve all problems,” says Anne McTiernan, MD, PhD, a professor of epidemiology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and the author of Starved: A Nutrition Doctor’s Journey From Empty to Full. That, of course, simply isn’t true. There’s no vitamin or supplement that is a cureall, health experts agree.
1. Myth: The More Vitamin D You Get, the Better
Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing, and so it goes with vitamin D.
“While it is rare to get too much vitamin D, it’s not that it can’t happen, and this situation — a vitamin D toxicity — has serious health consequences,” says Amy Kimberlain, RDN, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a certified diabetes care and education specialist (CDCES) based in Miami.
When choosing a supplement, check the IU on the bottle. Ideally, consult your doctor for a blood test to identify whether you need a supplement in the first place. MedlinePlus notes that they can check your levels with a simple blood test. And if you do need more of the sunshine vitamin, work with your provider to figure out the best supplement and IU for your individual health.
2. Fact: Getting Out in the Sun Helps Your Body Produce Vitamin D
It’s called the “sunshine vitamin” for a reason. When the sun’s ultraviolet B light hits you, it turns a chemical in your skin into vitamin D3, according to Harvard Health Publishing. Vitamin D3 is transferred from your liver to your kidneys, where it becomes an active form of vitamin D that’s usable in your body.
Most people get some of their vitamin D through sun exposure, according to the NIH, but factors like the season, time of day, cloud cover, skin pigment, and sunscreen affect how much vitamin D a person can synthesize via the sun. For example, the NIH notes that people with darker skin aren’t able to produce as much vitamin D through sunlight.
“People would get sufficient vitamin D with daily sun exposure, but with large cities blocking light, an increase in indoor activities, clothing covering much of our bodies, or daily use of sunscreen, we don’t get that natural source of vitamin D,” says Dr. McTiernan. “Many of us can benefit from supplementation.”
Experts suggest that about 5 to 30 minutes of daily sun exposure, particularly between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Excellent food sources of vitamin D include fish, such as 3 ounces of salmon, or ½ cup of white mushrooms exposed to UV light, according to the NIH.
But among the most common vitamin D foods eaten in the United States are eggs, cheddar cheese, fortified foods such as milk and cereal, and portobello mushrooms. These foods cover only a fraction of the daily value (DV) for vitamin D. For example, one large egg offers 1.1 mcg (44 IU), and vitamin D–fortified cereal offers 2 mcg (80 IU), providing 6 percent and 10 percent of the DV, respectively. This makes these foods only minor sources of the vitamin.
Think of noshing on vitamin D foods as just one step in your quest to get enough of the sunshine vitamin. “Fueling up with foods that naturally have vitamin D and those that are fortified vitamin D will provide some vitamin D; however, getting some of your vitamin D through sunlight and taking a supplement can help you reach sufficient levels,” says Kimberlain.
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411 N. Hampton Rd. Desoto, TX (469)297-4771
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“In this adaptation, when CJ declares he has “three eyes,” the Reverend’s Riddle challenges CJ to be a witness who discovers how “to really see” with his two eyes – but more importantly to discover “What’s the third “I” gonna do?”
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“Some of my best memories as a child included sitting at my grandmother’s feet on Saturday afternoons and asking what, I’m sure, felt like HUNDREDS of questions. She was always honest and incredibly patient with me - answering anything I asked - even when the answers weren’t always fun to hear. What an honor to share this experience now from the perspective of the grandmother. I hope that this show encourages those kinds of conversations between parents and their children.”
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