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Ruth Simmons will resign early as president of Prairie View A&M University
Simmons was expected to step down June 1. The abrupt resignation appears to be over a difference with Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp over hiring during the rest of Simmons’ term as president.
BY KATE MCGEE
Prairie View A&M University President Ruth J. Simmons said Friday she will resign by the end of February. Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune
Ruth Simmons, president of the historically Black Prairie View A&M University, said Friday she will resign at the end of February, four months earlier than her expected resignation date, June 1.
The abrupt resignation appears to be over a difference with Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp over hiring during the rest of Simmons’ term as president. In a letter to the campus community Friday, Simmons said she was recently informed that “she could only continue as president with limited presidential authority.”
“My immediate response was that I could not and would not agree to being president in name only,” she stated. “No enduring good can arise from subservience to low standards and expectations.”
Simmons declined further comment through a university spokesperson.
In a statement, Sharp said that presidents in the Texas A&M System who are leaving cannot hire senior staff or deans except on an interim basis so the new president can choose their team. Sharp said he informed Simmons he would not make exceptions and she chose to resign.
“I am sorry she chose this path, but I am forever grateful for her service at Prairie View A&M University and look forward to even greater things in the future,” Sharp said in a statement.
Simmons announced last March that she would step down as president of Prairie View, where she has served since 2017. Sharp convinced her to come out of retirement to lead the historically Black university.
The Houston native been a leading voice in higher education for decades and previously worked at Smith College in Massachusetts, where she served as the president, and Brown University, where she was the first Black woman to lead an Ivy League school.
Under her leadership, Prairie View grew its endowment by 40%, increased fundraising and boosted financial aid. In 2020, billionaire MacKenzie Scott donated $50 million to the university.
Simmons was supposed to serve until the incoming president, Tomikia LeGrande, assumed the role on June 1.
LeGrande is the current vice president for strategy, enrollment management and student success at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Simmons said she would remain at the university as a professor and continue to help with university fundraising and leadership development.
In the letter, Simmons pledged to continue advocating for historically Black colleges and universities.
“I will support the efforts of faculty, staff and students who seek the best for themselves and their university,” she wrote. “We must not be held hostage to how others choose to see
us or treat us, but, instead, continue to chart our own path demonstrating the pride, commitment and integrity that defines us.”
The Texas A&M System said it will appoint an interim president to serve before LeGrande starts in June.
Disclosure: Prairie View A&M University and the Texas A&M University System have been financial supporters of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune’s journalism.
Exclusive: Trump to be charged Tuesday with 34 felony counts, but spared handcuffs and mug shot
BY MICHAEL ISIKOFF
and New York City court officials, concluded there was no reason to subject the former president to handcuffs or a mug shot.
The stated reason for handcuffing defendants is that they might be a flight risk or a threat to the district attorney or court personnel, neither of which was judged to be relevant to the handling of a former president protected at all times by a phalanx of Secret Service agents.
The charge of falsification of business records can be prosecuted in New York state as a misdemeanor. But Bragg’s office bumped up all the charges to Class E felonies — the lowest level of felonies in the New York state penal code — on the grounds that the conduct was intended to conceal another underlying crime, according to the source.
Under the New York State penal code, a conviction for the Class E felony of falsifying business records can result in a prison term of up to four years. But as a practical matter, that seems extremely unlikely. “No one gets jail time for that as a first offender,” said a New York law enforcement official.
spokesman for Trump said the former president’s legal team had not seen the indictment or been briefed on the details. Trump himself responded with a post on Truth Social.
“Wow! District Attorney Bragg just illegally LEAKED the various points, and complete information, on the pathetic Indictment against me,” Trump wrote. “I know the reporter and so, unfortunately, does he. This means that he MUST BE IMMEDIATELY INDICTED. Now, if he wants to really clean up his reputation, he will do the honorable thing and, as District Attorney, INDICT HIMSELF. He will go down in Judicial history, and his Trump Hating wife will be, I am sure, very proud of him!”
A spokesperson for Bragg said in an email that the district attorney’s office “declined to comment on a sealed indictment.”
Donald Trump will be placed under arrest on Tuesday and informed that he has been charged with 34 felony counts for falsification of business records, according to a source who has been briefed on the procedures for the arraignment of the former president.
A New York City police arrest report summarizing the charges against Trump will then be prepared and entered into the court system before he is led into a courtroom to be formally arraigned on the charges, none of which are misdemeanors.
But, the source said, Trump will not be put in handcuffs, placed in a jail cell or subjected to a mug shot — typical procedures even for whitecollar defendants until a judge has weighed in on pretrial conditions. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, which has been consulting with the Secret Service
The evidence for the underlying crime that escalated Trump’s alleged misdemeanors to felonies is still not clear and won’t be until the indictment is unsealed on Tuesday. But it is believed to relate to the payment of $130,000 in hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels during the closing weeks of the 2016 election to conceal an extramarital encounter with Trump.
After this story was posted, a
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Divorce for Business Owners with Miles D. Peterson
business came about. Did you start it up on your own, or did you inherit your position? A business inherited will likely be considered separate property, regardless of whether it was inherited before or during the marriage.
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When it comes to the topic of divorce people’s first thoughts often go to things like: How will it affect the children? Who will get the house and the cars? How much am I going to have to pay for child and/or spousal support? Will I have to part with half of my stock portfolio? But for those who own their own business, there are additional things to be considered.
Texas is a community property state. Which means that half of the marital property belongs to you, and the other half belongs to your spouse. So much like the marital residence and joint bank accounts, your business will be justly and rightly divided by the Court if it is deemed to be community property.
When it comes to categorizing your business as community or separate property there are two key words that must be examined: when and how. Timing is everything when it comes to property division. When your business was established directly determines how much of its worth is your separate property. There will need to be an analysis of how much this business was worth before the marriage, and how much it was worth after. The increase in value during the marriage may be considered community property. Next you must determine how that
If portions of or all of your business is classified as community property, it will be divided by the Court. That’s it, end of story. Where things can vary is how. For example, if before marriage you built the business and now you run the business, profit from the business, and put your name on the business, it’s not likely you’re going to have to transfer ownership after divorce. What may happen is that the Court will order you to pay half of the community property portion of the business to your spouse. However, if you started the business during the marriage, and gave yourself X number of shares, you could have to split those shares in the divorce. Then there’s a scenario where the Court could simply order that your shares/the business be sold, and the profits split between the spouses.
There are certain situations where it’s best for all parties and the business as a whole to avoid division and to continue as it was prior to divorce. This, however, is a special situation. One that occurs when both spouses equally built the business together, equally managed the business, own equal shares in the business, and the business would suffer without the contributions of either one of them. If you truly believe that you and your spouse can coexist as just business partners, without harboring any ill will towards one another, this may be an option for you.
It is with deep and profound sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Kirk D. Myers-Hill, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Abounding Prosperity, Inc. and President of Dallas Southern Pride. Mr. Myers-Hill founded AP, Inc. in 2005 and was a tireless advocate for the health and wellness of the Black family, particularly Black LGBTQ+ community members in Dallas. His contributions to the community will be deeply missed.
On behalf of the Myers-Hill family and the staff of Abounding Prosperity, Inc. and Dallas Southern Pride, we ask for privacy at this time so that we may process and mourn the loss of our beloved leader. We will continue to honor Mr. MyersHill's legacy by carrying on the important work that he began, and by striving to create a more just and equitable society for all. All of our offices are closed until further notice.
Funeral arrangements and other updates will be announced in the coming days. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Abounding Prosperity, Inc. DONATE HERE.
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CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS OFFICIALLY ENDORSE THE FREEDOM TO LEARN CAMPAIGN
National Urban League, National Action Network, NAACP, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and National Council of Negro Women: “Together We Stand Against Fearmongers”
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“At this very moment, 21 states have enacted measures that censor the honest examination of racism and race in this society; a measure that has already impacted millions of K-12 and college students. Those who promote this extremist agenda of ‘anti-wokeness’ are undermining not only public education, but diversity and inclusion practices throughout government, the military, and corporate America. Vulnerable, marginalized, and historically oppressed communities are merely pawns in their game of extreme partisan politics.
“This movement to ban information is not only a detriment to future generations and their understanding of history but to the efforts of our growing multiracial democracy to combat systems of white supremacy. Our organizations understand that if we expect to be successful in creating equity and fighting for justice within the communities we serve, we must be able to address and discuss the very issues others are fighting to ban.
Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director, Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel, Legal Defense Fund
Maya Wiley, President and CEO, Leadership Conference
Rev. Shavon Arline-Bradley, President and CEO, National Council of Negro Women
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• Niambé Tomlinson (National Urban League): ntomlinson@ nul.org | (585) 576-4406
• Rachel Noerdlinger (National Action Network): RNoerdlinger@ActumLLC. com | 347-821-9678
• Jonah Bryson (NAACP): Jbryson@naacpnet.org | 647530-6641
• Angelo Greco (Black Women’s Roundtable): angelo@ trillmulticultural.com | (917) 499-2688
infrastructure. NCNW is known for its signature programs; Good Health WINs―which provides trusted health care information; producing the Black Family Reunion; and establishing HBCU College Fairs. For more information, please visit www.ncnw.org or NCNW's social channels via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 4, 2023) – Today, leaders of the nation’s Black-led legacy civil rights organizations emphatically rejected the effort to suppress Black history and endorsed the Freedom to Learn campaign, a movement created to fight the growing disinformation campaign against the erasure of history and lived experiences of marginalized communities, critical race theory, and equitable legislation:
“On the anniversary of the assassination of civil rights icon and leader Martin Luther King, Jr., we come together to officially endorse the Freedom to Learn campaign – a campaign initiated by Kimberlé Crenshaw and Khalil Gibran Muhammad – that will work to confront the abhorrent attack on the freedom of the next generation to learn their collective history and its impact on the present, which is an assault on democracy itself. We are alarmed by the concerted efforts to discredit and censor vital topics such as structural racism and gender inequity.
“As leaders of the nation’s legacy civil rights organizations, we understand acutely how our history impacts the present. Our children have a right to be taught the truth in our nation’s classrooms – all of it. Not a watered down, inaccurate, misleading, or sanitized version of it. It is a betrayal of democratic values for any responsible leader to actively participate in distorting or denying any part of our country’s history.
“That is why the Freedom to Learn campaign is vital. Together we stand against fearmongers who falsely allege that anti-racist teachings are a form of racism and stand for the honest reckoning with our history that is necessary to create an inclusive, multi-racial democracy.”
Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League
Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President, National Action Network
Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, NAACP
Melanie Campbell, President and CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable
• Lacy Crawford Jr. (Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law): lcrawford@ lawyerscommittee.org | (202) 558-7900
• Phoebe Plagens (Legal Defense Fund): media@naacpldf.org | (212) 956-2200
• Mattie Goldman (Leadership Conference): goldman@ civilrights.org | (202) 973-8000
• Tonita Perry (National Council of Negro Women): tperry@ eaddyperry.com | (704) 9656956
About NCNW
National Council of Negro Women Inc. (NCNW) is a Washington, D.C.based national and international charitable organization making a difference in the lives of Black women, their families, and their communities. Founded over 87 years ago, NCNW has 330 community and campus-based sections and thirty-three national affiliates representing more than two million women and supportive men. NCNW’s priorities are focused on mobilizing people, advancing policy, revitalizing programs, and stabilizing
The Dallas College Male Achievement Program (MAP) is a mentoring and successoriented effort that helps men of color develop academic, leadership and professional skills. The goal is to instill confidence, expand mentoring and explore viable career options.
Male Achievement Program is hosting a daylong leadershipbuilding summit on Sat., April 15 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Dallas College Cedar Valley Campus, 3030 N. Dallas Ave., in Lancaster. This year’s theme is “Rising Toward Greatness.”
“Men rise when they are empowered. And, with empowerment, they learn to transform their communities and provide the keys of success to others,” said Gabe Randle, MAP’s senior manager who assists students with numerous services including academic transfer fairs, scholarship
This event is a collaboration between MAP and the Maiden Foundation, a local nonprofit that fights for social justice and empowerment. Its founders are business leaders and entrepreneurs, Terrence Maiden and Tim Maiden. The siblings, graduates of Texas Christian University, are passionate about uplifting communities and individuals.
“Dallas College is a pillar for education in our city,” said Terrence Maiden. “Our foundation is privileged to have the opportunity of partnering in this important male initiative. Having grown up in Oak Cliff and been afforded the opportunity to attend college (TCU), I realize the career options available with a good education.”
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pastor of Concord Baptist Church in southern Dallas, will deliver the keynote address.
This free summit was created to provide mentoring and support to minority males ages 14 to 24, while creating new educational opportunities for this traditionally underserved group. The Summit will feature a series of speakers and concludes with a mini career fair and is open to the public.
For more information or to register, please visit Inspire Male Summit online.
WHAT: Dallas College Male Achievement Program (MAP)
Male Summit
WHEN: Sat., April 15 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
WHERE: Dallas College Cedar Valley Campus, 3030 N. Dallas Ave., Lancaster, TX. Check in: Building E, Performance Hall. Breakout sessions will take place in Building M.
offers dual credit for students in partner high schools and early college high schools throughout Dallas County. Students benefit from partnerships with local business leaders, school districts and four-year universities, and Dallas College offers associate degree and career/technical certificate programs in more than 100 areas of study, as well as a bachelor’s degree in education. Based on annual enrollment, it is the largest community college in Texas.
About Dallas College
Dallas College, formerly the Dallas County Community College District, was founded in 1965, and consists of seven campuses: Brookhaven, Cedar Valley, Eastfield, El Centro, Mountain View, North Lake and Richland. Dallas College offers online learning and serves more than 125,000 credit and continuing education students annually. Dallas College also
Remembering
Dallas Entrepreneur Mary Wright Lucky
4-9-30 to 3-27-23
College, Luckey worked as an award-winning cosmetologist receiving outstanding accolades for hairstyling and coloring. She opened her first beauty salon in East Dallas, Smart Set Beauty Salon and shortly after opened a neighborhood eatery called “The Bean Parlor”. Attending Miss Wade’s Merchandising and Fashion College after completion, Mrs. Luckey modeled in the community and eventually created the modeling group known as “Fashionrama”. Moving her business to the Oak Cliff area, she opened Smart Set Beauty Salon & Boutique where she began offering millinery and ladies clothing and fashion accessories.
Additionally, Luckey worked as a cosmetology instructor for the Madam CJ Walker Beauty College and the DISD Pinkston High School while offering services in fashion consultation and personal shopping. Including her husband and daughters Ms. Luckey traveled statewide and nationally vendoring her millinery and women’s fashions and accessories.
Personal:
Born to parents John Wilhite and Bessie Davis Wilhite in Terrell, Texas. The family moved to Dallas, Texas where Mrs. Luckey grew up attending Julia C. Frazier Elementary School and Lincoln High School. She attended Madam C J Walker Beauty College and years later completed her AA degree from Dallas Community College-Mountainview Campus. She was married to Robert Wright to whom two daughters- Diane and Yvonne were born. Later in her career she married Dave Luckey who passed away in 2017. Mrs. Luckey was a long-standing member of Greater Bethlehem Baptist Church where she raised her girls. During her failing health she attended the St. Phillips Missionary Bapt Church where she considered Pastor CJR Phillips as her “community” pastor.
Employment: After completing Beauty
Civic and community involvement: A strong community advocate, she was active in the Dallas school’s PTA’s, the Dallas Democratic Party where she served for over 50 years as a precinct chair; and was a Life member of the Dallas NAACP Chapter serving as Membership Chairperson. As a political leader in her community, Mrs. Luckey who served as President Emeritus of the Southeast Dallas Business and Professional Womens’ Club chaired the Political Action Committee. As such she energized its members to become involved politically in voter registration drives and voter education projects.
Through her leadership she partnered with various community organizations to provide the club’s “Breaking of the Bread” Voter Education Forum and participation in the Annual Womens’ Equality Luncheon at Dallas City Hall recognizing Women’s Right to Vote. Dallas Mayor Annette Strauss appointed Luckey to serve on
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the city’s Licensing Board. Mrs. Luckey held membership in the Progressive Voters League, worked hard in the 23rd Senatorial District as deputy registrar of Dallas County, and was elected to serve her community as a Statewide delegate for the Democratic Party. In the summer of 2008, she led a campaign to support BPW Club youth members to travel to Austin to participate up close in the political process volunteering and learning about civic responsibility. Internationally, she traveled to Ghana with the National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women’s Clubs to provide community service and for the installation of a water well. Mrs. Luckey was quoted in saying “When I’m at my lowest, I go and do something for someone.”
Memberships: During her lifetime some of the organizations she worked with were: National Beauty Culturists League, Shop Owners Guild, Theta Nu Sigma Sorority; Pylon Salesmanship Club, Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, Life Member of the NAACP and the NANBPWC, Inc.
Recognitions and Awards: The Dallas Post Tribune recognized Mrs. Luckey several times as “Charmer of the Week” and “Businessperson of the Week”. She received the Texas Congressional Black Caucus Award for “Outstanding Businesswoman”. Honored as a “Quest for Success” Awardee by the Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Black Chamber; Eta Phi Beta Sorority awarded Luckey the “Unsung Heroes” Award; and NANBPWC honored Mary Luckey with the “Woman of Courage” Award, the Sojourner Truth Award for meritorious community service in 1987, and she received the “Distinguished Political Leadership Award at the United Nations Oct 13, 2008.
Homegoing Services: Visitation: April 7, 2023, from 3pm-8pm at Evergreen Funeral Home, 6449 University Hills Dallas 75241
Services: April 8, 2023, 11am at the St. Phillips Missionary Baptist Church, 6000 Singing Hills Dallas 75241 astor CJR Phillips officiating
Will Your Child be Killed at School Today?
chemists, psychiatrist, psychics, psychoanalyst and the rest of the “psy” family members line up to take a bow. So many questions and no real answers except it seems as though we are “racingto-the-bottom” of hell in gun violence games. And sadly, we have become nonchalant, noncaring about the tone and tenor of mass school shootings…. because it is somewhere else, at another Christian School, another 2nd grader, on another campus, et cetera.
….. or how long will it be before the number in gun violence deaths include your child? Will your beautiful grandchild, who brightens your day, not make it home today from daycare? How long will you carry the car seat in the back seat after your child is buried? Why is an AR15 for sale to an 18-year-old online who just happens to have a credit card with an ample limit? What type of person carries an AR15 in the city limits of America? Why do you need an AR15 to buy ice cream at Baskins and Robbins? More importantly, why would a governor of any state want a ‘permit less” law on assault rifles with three (3) small children at home?
So unfortunately, we have all the statistics. The saga is the same. The playbook has no changes. And it’s old – like a Gunsmoke rerun. We cry and watch parents cry about the loss of their precious child. The “media has a circus” called coverage every time there is a mass killing. The clinicians, psych
June 3, 2022 was National Gun Violence Awareness Day. In the Gun Violence Archive, there were 692 mass shootings in 2021 and about that same number in 2020. The term ‘mass shootings’ is three or more humans. Let me point out that these numbers do not include the 20,000-gun homicides, 25,000-gun injuries, 115,000 non-fatal gun injuries and the largest category of all children… shot, killed wounded every year. Our number of mass school shootings to date has staggering statistics shedding ‘new light on just how pervasive its is’. To add insult-to-deaths, there are statistics on how many more school shootings are expected this year. How utterly ridiculous is this mindset!
I sincerely do not think it is hard to stop gun violence in America. There is a hand full of politicians “elected” … and in office now that are holding America and the voting community hostage while ‘literally killing’ our children. We are always in a voting cycle. The vote and careful examination of those running for office is the master key. Simply vote them out of the office. And make it a priority all across this grand nation.
Senate Chaplain Barry Black said it best as he prayed for legislative action on gun violence after the
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Kirk D. Myers-Hill, MPH, an Oak Cliff native, was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder of Abounding Prosperity, Inc. Founded in 2005, the agency’s mission is to address health, social and economic disparities among the Black Diaspora with a particular emphasis on gay and bisexual men, cisgender women, transgender women and their families. In fulfilling this mission, Mr. Myers-Hill tirelessly dedicated over 20 years of extensive experience in both the private and public sector to influence HIV/ AIDS policy, including increasing access to biomedical interventions, treatment as prevention (TasP) and research on behalf of Black communities living in the Southern United States. He drew upon his extensive network of Black men and organizations through his leadership in the Texas Black Gay Network, a founding member of the Dallas Chapter. Additionally, he served in a multitude of capacities with the Visit Dallas Diversity Committee, State of Texas Community Planning Group (CPG), including Chair of the Interventions Committee, the City of Dallas LGBT Task Force and various nonprofit boards across the country. In addition to testifying as a subject matter expert before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Washington DC, to advocate for PrEP for women, Mr. Myers-Hill was featured in numerous local and national publications and articles for his advocacy and work.
Mr. Myers-Hill conducted trainings, provided capacity building assistance and facilitated workshops that
essential services to communities in Dallas and beyond.
Some accomplishments to date include:
• Spearheaded the renaming of Kimble Park to the Irene H. Trigg-Myers Prosperity Park to create generational green spaces in South Dallas
• Founding agency houses the only transgender health center in the South that services Black and Latinx trans people
• Founding Board member for the Muhlaysia Booker Foundation
• John Beckwith Business Award
• Unveiled first in the country, “All Black Lives Matter” crosswalks throughout South Dallas
HAP) Activism Award, B/HAP Communities Health Disparities and Leadership Conference
• Bayard Rustin Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letter, Greatest Ball on Earth
• Champion of Change Award, IMPACT Washington, DC
• Community Legend Award, Anthony L. Jordan Health Center
• Dallas Leadership Award, Mayor Pro Tem Adam Medrano
• Heritage Legacy Award for Outstanding Career Achievement, New York City Black Pride
• Jon Michael Harrington Humanitarian Award, Gay Men’s Health Crisis House of Latex Project
helped to disseminate information that informed Black men of their basic human right to good health and well-being. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consulted Mr. Myers-Hill on health issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS among Black men who have sex with men (MSM) and young MSM. For the past several years, MyersHill continued to inform the national research, advocacy and service delivery system’s agenda as a PrEP Advisory Board member for Gilead Sciences, AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition’s (AVAC) PxROAR Program and President for Dallas Southern Pride, Dallas’ Official Black Gay Pride.
Mr. Myers-Hill used his enormous social and political cache to create culturally specific spaces that improve health outcomes among Black and Latinx communities through Abounding Prosperity Inc.’s Ball/House and Pageant (B/HAP) Communities Leadership and Health Disparities Conference, Juneteenth Unity Weekend Celebration, Black Gay Pride Events and educational campaigns.
Devoted to the advancement of Black families, Kirk’s activism and community mobilization efforts focused attention on equity and service pertaining to eradicating the disproportionate impacts of HIV/ AIDS and other health inequities in Black and Brown communities. With the support of his team, he grew Abounding Prosperity, Inc (APInc) over the past 17 years to become a critical safety net provider of
• Infused almost $10 million dollars into the Dallas economy annually as President of Dallas Southern Pride
• 2023 Outstanding Texan Award, Texas Legislative Black Caucus
• 2022 Grand Marshall of Dallas Pride
• LGBTQ+ Heroes of Texas Playing Cards Deck Representative
• Albert Santana Humanitarian Award, People of Color in Crisis
• Ball/House & Pageant (B/
• Kiyoshi Kuromiya Award for Prevention, AIDS Education Committee at Philadelphia FIGHT
• Kwame Ferragamo Banks Lifetime Achievement Award, COLOURS Organization, Inc.
• Ronald T. Ramashala Memorial Award for Community Development and Consumer Advocacy, Lincoln University
• Unsung Heroes of HIV, United States Conference on AIDS
• His Superhero Legacy continues…
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killing at a Christian School in Nashville. “When babies are killed it is time to move beyond thoughts and prayers. Lord, deliver our senators from the paralysis of analysis that waits for the miraculous. Use them to battle the demonic forces that seek to engulf us. Remind our lawmakers of the words of the British Statesman Edmund Burke. All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing”.
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Martin calls out agencies for disparity, inequities
By Ayesha Hana Shaji
and Valerie Fields Hill Staff Writer and News Editor Texas Metro News
can be watched on Martin’s own Black Star Network, YouTube and other digital platforms – the Houston native said, “Black owned media are being starved to death by corporate America and largely white ad agencies.”
“We’re talking about the hoops we have to jump through,” said Martin, referring to his own network and outlets owned by other Black executives, including Byron Allen, who owns, among other media, The Weather Channel; and Earl Graves, Jr. whose father founded Black Enterprise magazine. In 2021, some companies, including Target, PepsiCo, T-Mobile, Discover, Nestle, No. 7 Beauty company, Doordash, General Mills, Adidas, WW, MGA Entertainment, and AARP, acknowledged the issue. The corporations agreed to spend at least two percent of their advertising budgets with Black owned media to rectify the problem, they said in a June 8, 2021, news release. Martin questioned whether they had done so in the two years since they made the proclamation. “All these companies have made commitments to spend with Black-owned media, and they’re claiming that they’re meeting or exceeding their goals,” Martin said on the show. “But, where’s our money?
products, to keep driving their market share, but they in turn do not want to reciprocate and invest in Black-owned media, which is a place where you trust your information more than any place else,” he told his viewers. The problem for Black-owned media, said Martin, a Texas A&M graduate who got his start reporting and writing news in Houston, Austin and Fort Worth, is not limited to corporations and privately-owned ad agencies. The trend also is seen in federal government advertising expenditures.
Journalist Roland Martin has stirred the pot, again. This time the popular podcaster and host of the daily digital show, #RolandMartinUnfiltered, caused staunch disagreement among his own viewers over an accusation he made earlier this month. The issue is still brewing or, rather, stewing. On his March 1 show, Martin, who frequently touches some listeners’ nerves over issues of race and equity, accused some white-owned advertising agencies and their corporate clients of being systemically racist. According to Martin, some ad agencies pay Black-owned media outlets pennies on the dollar when compared with the billions they spend with Esquire, GQ and other national publications. During a twohour “special report” that was streamed by more than 40,000 viewers and now
Something is not right here.” Meanwhile, some Dallas-based African American business executives- and Black media owners - agreed with Martin’s assessment. Harrison Blair, president and CEO of the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, said white corporate executives often misunderstand Black consumers’ buying decisions, their influence on product creation and their power in the market. For example, he pointed to a recent cultural war between restaurants Chick fil-A and Popeyes over the chicken sandwich, a product Blair said originated among Black cooks and diners. Yet, he complained, both restaurants continuously fail to significantly advertise to the very consumers who created and popularized that product. “It's a shame that there was a battle for the best chicken sandwich,” Blair said in an exclusive interview with Texas Metro News. “…Fried chicken is a staple of Black culture...
It comes from the pain and anguish of slavery and having to take what you can get and turn it into something that is a cuisine.” “Now, it’s in the culture, and everybody profits off that…except not… Black communities,” Blair said. “That's just a vestige of them not feeling like they have to talk to you.” “You are expected to purchase these big brands – and these big brands don't necessarily feel loyalty to you.” “…They don’t advertise to us,” Blair told Texas Metro News. “They don’t feel as though they need to advertise to us…” Martin expressed a similar sentiment. “Corporations and ad agencies want you to keep buying their
Citing a report by the federal government’s General Accounting Office, Martin said, the federal government spent $560 billion on contracts during a recent year. About $1 billion of that was spent annually on advertising. “Blackowned media got $51 million out of the nearly $1 billion,” Martin said. “That means we are getting Biden and Harris to the White House and yet, the dollars are not coming back to Black owned media.” Cheryl Smith, publisher of Dallas-based I Messenger Media, which owns Texas Metro News, said not only are federal agencies not advertising with Black-owned media, but neither are many political candidates – Black, Latino, Asian, or Caucasian. “I was in Birmingham talking to a sorority sister who was running for office,” Smith said this week. “I asked her if she was going to be advertising in the Birmingham Times? And she said, ‘Well, I hadn't thought about it’.” “I was like, ‘Well, you need to’.”
Now keep in mind I was not asked to ask… to do that. I was not encouraged and was not getting any benefit out of it. The publisher of the Birmingham Times had no idea I was doing it. For me, it was the right thing to do. Raise a consciousness level.” When you consider how consistently loyal the Black voter is, you would think that they wouldn’t be taken for granted like they are by the grocery chains that say “they’re going to shop anyway,” or the car dealers that say “we don’t have to advertise to Blacks because we know they are going to buy cars, whether we advertise or not.” To remedy the problem, Black media executives must continue to elevate the issue, as Martin has, in the public consciousness, said Smith, adding that even the Biden administration has paid attention to the disparity. Still, some of Martin’s viewers boiled over at the premise that an unfair proportion of advertising dollars were not being spent on Black-owned media.
“Why do you race bait,” wrote viewer Kowaiski Critton, during Martin’s broadcast. Another viewer, Dave Pirtle, questioned the magnitude of the problem, during the March 1, broadcast. “Although
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he is a polarizing figure, I wish Roland would speak with Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks,” Pirtle wrote. “Almost all of the top executives are Black. Talk about putting your money where your mouth is.” According to Smith, Cuban is an exception, not the rule. “There’s a consciousness and
Quit Playin’
Remember Bridget
By Vincent L. Hall Texas Metro News
The field trip to Austin, Texas, to lobby the lamest legislature in American history seemed wasted. It was deflating to hear from our state representatives and senators who can only warn how bad proposed legislative bills are for our community. However, as long as 248 of the 254 counties in Texas vote 90% Republican, we are doomed. This present reign of ignorance, insolence, and intolerance will last at least a few cycles. Thanks be to God that I made it to church the following Sunday.
Dr. Frederick Douglas Haynes III wrapped a parable with a slave testimony that gave us hope. It reminded me of sermons in the past. Dr. Manuel Scott often said, “White folks made a mistake when they let the enslaved go to church.” My grandfather, Rev Z. R. Figures, used to say, "trouble doesn't last always." Dr. E. K Bailey often mused, "That the devil always outplays his hand."
They are gone now, but their words and testimonies live in vibrance and validity. Dr. Haynes preached all three of those points in one sermon, but his insertion of a formerly enslaved woman called Biddy accentuated Bailey's assertion that the devil is crafty but always takes it a
business sense, as well as commitment, that Mr. Cuban and Mavs CEO Cynt Marshall have that many don’t.” In a second post, Pirtle called the problem “unbelievable.” “I am trying to understand how these ad companies could justify paying almost 90% less to Black media companies without being outright called racist,” he wrote. “What that means is the same Coke ad on BET, for example, was let's say $100 and the same exact ad on TNT was $900. Unbelievable.”
Ayesha Hana Shaji is a 2022 graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, where she was on The Shorthorn staff.
Email: www.ayeshahshaji@gmail.com
“step too far.” There is an informative website called "Gold Chains, the hidden history of slavery in California, which offers the best summation. “Born enslaved in Georgia, Bridget "Biddy" Mason walked more than 2,000 miles through rugged terrain to California, where she eventually won her freedom in a landmark court case and became a celebrated philanthropist.
Mason was forced to travel West with Robert and Rebecca Smith, slaveholders who had joined the Mormon migration to Utah. The Smiths eventually took Mason and her three children to San Bernardino in California. While California was supposedly a “free state,” Smith continued to hold them captive. Mason and her children befriended free blacks who alerted the local sheriff when the Smiths made plans to take Biddy and her daughters to Texas with them. The sheriff took Mason and her family into protective custody under a writ of habeas corpus.”
OK. Did you get it so far? The enslavers made Biddy Mason and the others walk more than 2000 miles. But they messed up when they walked outside the bounds of legalized slavery. So here is the rest of the shout! “Judge Benjamin Hayes circumvented racist testimony laws that prevented blacks from testifying against whites by interviewing Mason in his
chambers. There, she said that she did not want to go back to the South with the Smiths.
As a result, in 1856, Hayes ruled that Mason, and her children were "free forever." Mason became a doctor's assistant and ran a midwife business. She accumulated a fortune worth about $7.5 million in today's dollars, making her one of the richest women in Los Angeles. She established a homestead in what became downtown Los Angeles. Mason used her wealth to establish a daycare center for working parents and created an account at a store where families who lost their homes in flooding could get supplies.
She also co-founded and financed the First African Methodist Episcopal (FAME) Church, which is still going strong. Known as Grandma Mason, she died in 1891 and is honored through the Biddy Mason monument in downtown Los Angeles.” I love beautiful endings, but Biddy's story probably wreaked havoc on another enslaved American. Legal scholars' conjecture that the testimony laws that Judge Hayes "circumvented" had a play in the "Dred Scott decision that came 13 ½ months later.
The essence of Dred Scott was that “people of African descent cannot be, nor were ever intended to be citizens under the U.S. Constitution.” It further stated that the “Due Process Clause of the 5th Amendment prohibits the federal government from freeing slaves brought into federal territories. Dred Scott is known as the worst decision ever.
However, it should remind us in 2023 that the fight is only lost if we stop fighting. We know the value of the Black Church. We know that trouble doesn't last always. We know that no weapon the devil forms against us can prosper. We know all those things but learning about Bridget Biddy Mason reminds us that the devils in Austin can't do me no harm. Thank you, Biddy!
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Stress Management 101: How to Cope Better and Find Relief
By Paula Derrow and Moira Lawler
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Unless you plan to lock yourself in a room for the rest of your life, it’s impossible to exist without at least some level of stress every day, even while you’re on vacation.
And that’s okay. Stress isn’t all bad. Stress helps us avoid danger, adjust to new situations, and cope with challenges; think of it as a normal reaction that ignites certain physical and mental responses in the body.
“When you feel stress, hormones — such as adrenaline — are released that can improve alertness and performance in the moment,” says Margie Sieka, PhD, a counselor based in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. This response can help your body become more alert, focus better, and even work harder.
Stress becomes a problem when it becomes chronic; when instead of coping with the thing that’s stressing you out, you let all those challenging thoughts and feelings percolate.
“That’s when it starts to take a toll on your emotional and physical health,” says Jennifer Haden Haythe, MD, a cardiologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City.
Just as you likely can’t sprint for long periods of time without rest, your body can’t run at a heightened state of alertness, focus, and performance without rest.
Your move? Be proactive about stress management so that your stress response doesn’t outweigh the stressor you’re facing. You’ll have a set of tried-and-true techniques for dealing with whatever shows up to find relief from your stress.
How to Set Yourself Up to Deal With Stress
Regular self-care practices and behavior modifications can help keep stress from overwhelming you — and scale your stress response in proportion to the stressor.
“It’s important to understand that when it comes to stress and its impact on health, you may want to think about trying longer-term strategies and changes in lifestyle,” says Michelle Dossett, MD, PhD, MPH, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
A healthy lifestyle — eating well, getting high-quality sleep, staying hydrated, and exercising regularly — can buffer you against the wear and tear of stress, says Holly Schiff, PsyD, a clinical psychologist with Jewish Family Services of Greenwich in Connecticut. These steps don’t eliminate the challenge, but they will ensure your strongest, calmest, most rational self shows up to meet whatever obstacle you’re facing. If, for example, you got a good night’s sleep, you spent an hour doing a workout you love after waking up, and you ate a satisfying breakfast, a midmorning crisis at the office is likely going to feel a little less hair-raising than if you were feeling sleep deprived, hungry because you skipped breakfast, and burned out because you haven’t made it to your favorite Pilates instructor’s class in so long.
Research indeed backs this up. One study that looked at how regular selfcare practices helped medical students cope with stress during their early years of training, for example, found that those who reported more regular selfcare routines also reported feeling less stressed and having a higher quality of life.
A study published in 2014 found that participants who exercised at least once per week had modest protection against the negative consequences of stress (with stress being measured by heart
rate, blood pressure, cortisol levels, and self-reported mood)
As far as exercise goes, just make sure it’s something you enjoy. “Exercise doesn’t have to be intense, and you don’t have to join a gym,” Dr. Haythe says. “I tell my patients to buy a pair of sneakers and start walking for 15 to 20 minutes a day.”
How to Get Relief When You’re Going Through a Stressful Time
Some stressors get resolved relatively quickly and go away (a travel delay, a deadline at work, a toddler’s temper tantrum, to name a few). Other stressors are ones you have to cope with for long stretches of time, such as going through a divorce or breakup, managing a difficult health diagnosis, or looking for a new job. It could even be something exciting — say if you’re preparing for an upcoming move or planning a wedding.
“Anything that puts high demands on you can be stressful — even positive things,” Dr. Schiff says. On these occasions, sticking to your usual routines can be helpful.
“There is some reassurance in knowing what’s going to happen and when, not to mention that routines promote positive physical and mental health,” Schiff says. “When faced with events that are scary and largely out of our control, it’s important to realize what you can control.”
It’s also important to acknowledge the extra stress you’re feeling and perhaps take your stress management up a notch.
If you’re feeling trapped, and the worrying is getting in the way of your daily routine, a therapist may be able to help you find a way forward.
It’s also a good idea to lean on your social circle in times like these. “Spending time with family or friends who make you feel good, or finding a community with whom you share interests or spiritual beliefs, reduces stress,” says Alka Gupta, MD, the chief medical officer at Bluerock Care in Washington, DC.
Establishing a mindfulness practice may help. “Meditation is an important tool that can support us during those [stressful periods],” says Kelley Green Johnson, a mindfulness coach based in Brooklyn, New York. “Grounding ourselves through our breath can bring calmness and peace to our mind, instead of letting the outside world take control of our emotions and feelings.”
Numerous studies suggest, for example, that Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction — a group training program based on mindfulness meditation — can help with mood issues, sleep trouble, and emotional health struggles (as well as helping with symptoms of physical health problems).
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“Learning to stay in the present moment breaks the train of everyday thought that can stress you out,” Dr. Dossett says. “Whether you’re meditating, doing yoga, or taking a walk, if you pay attention to your body and your breath, you can’t be worrying about something else.”
Do keep in mind: Your stress management tools should serve you and not add to the stress. “It should feel natural and enjoyable and should fit into your routine relatively easily,” Dr. Gupta says. That means you should choose stress management practices that are affordable and convenient and that fit into your schedule.
How to Better Cope With Stress in the Moment
Even if you do all the above, you may still enter that “fight-or-flight mode” when a stressful moment strikes (the casserole burns, your train is delayed, you’re about to give an important presentation at work). You know the feeling: Your heart starts to race, and your muscles tense up.right up arrow Pay attention to these signs. “It is important to recognize the physiological signs of stress and address these symptoms in the moment to alleviate the potential harmful effects,” Dr. Sieka says.
Stress can not only lead to short-term effects like headaches or insomnia, but if it lingers, it can affect your hormones, blood pressure, and relationships.right up arrow When this type of response happens, your body is prepping for survival mode (hence the physiological changes to help your body fight or flee).
The goal of stress management here is to acknowledge the feeling and then dial down those physiological changes and approach the challenge rationally with your mind (unless you truly do need to flee a fire or fight a bear), explains Melissa Dowd, a therapy lead at PlushCare, a virtual health platform.
If your reaction to stress (increased blood pressure, heightened alertness, and so on) sticks around even after the trigger is gone (you catch the train, the presentation goes just fine), short-term stress can become chronic, Dowd says.
“Stress that is not handled well and continues without relief can lead
to chronic stress and contribute to physical concerns, such as headaches, gastrointestinal issues, and high blood pressure, and mental health problems, such as irritability, depression, anxiety, and substance use,” Sieka says.
Dowd says some people are more prone to chronic stress. “This can be due to genetics, life experiences, and unhealthy coping mechanisms,” she says.
It’s good to have a few tricks up your sleeve that can help you de-escalate stressful situations quickly, such as squeezing a stress ball, cueing up a
mindfulness app, and doing deepbreathing exercises.
The point of these in-the-moment quick fixes is that they help turn off the body’s fight-or-flight stress response, so that you can more calmly cope with the challenge at hand and so that stress doesn’t become chronic, Dowd says.
If you find yourself frequently feeling that fight-or-flight response, or it’s difficult to manage, consider seeking help from a mental health provider (or asking your doctor if you don’t have a mental health provider).
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Ministry House of Restoration San Antonio Church
1729 E. Houston St
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(210)375-4176
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St. Phillips Missionary Baptist Church
6000 Singing Hills Dr. Dallas, TX 75241 (214)374-6631
Morning Worship
8:00AM & 10:15AM Sunday School 9:00AM Lords Supper 1st Sunday 6:00PM Pastor Rev C.J.R. Phillips
New Mount Zion Baptist Church
550 Shepherd Rd , Dallas, TX 75243 (214)341-6459
Intercessory Prayer Wednesday
6:16PM – 7:15PM
Bible Study Every Wednesday 7:00PM – 8:00PM Pastor Rev. Tommy Brown
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Tel-Star Baptist Church
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Rev. Mark A. Proctor / Pastor
2515 S. Denley Drive Dallas, TX 75216
Saved By Grace Restoration Ministries
1700 NW 7th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 405 537 1061
Sunday Morning Prayer 10:00 AM Service 11:00 AM
Mon-Sat 7:00 AM
Bible Study
Monday Night 5:00PM - 6:00PM School of Ministry 6:00PM6:30PM
East Gate Missionary Baptist Church
6960 S. Polk St. Dallas, TX 75232 (214)371-2633
Sunday Worship:
David E. Wilson
7:30AM & 10:30AM
Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00PM & 7:00PM Pastor Rev. KennedyYoungJr.
Lighthouse Church of God in Christ
2127 S. Corinth St. Rd Dallas, TX 75203 (214)371-2421
Morning Worship: 11AM
www.lighthousecogic.com Superintendent Michael Clerkley, Sr
Cornerstone Baptist Church 1819 MLK Blvd Dallas, TX 75215 (214)426-5468
Sunday
Sunday School: 9:30AM Worship: 8:00AM & 11:00AM
Wednesday Bible Study 7:00PM Pastor Chris L. Simmons
Bexar Street Baptist Church
2018 S. Marsalis Ave Dallas, TX 75216 (214)943-3579
Sunday School: 9:30AM
Sunday Worship: 10:45AM
Bible Study
Wed: 7:15PM
Thursday 11:00AM Pastor TC Marshall
Concord Ministries Baptist Church
6808 Pastor Bailey Drive Dallas, TX (214)331-8522
Worship: 7:30AM - 9:15AM 11:00AM – 12:24AM
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PLEASANT GROVE
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1655 N. JIM MILLER RD DALLAS TEXAS, 75217
SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:45AM10:30AM
MORNING WORSHIP: 10:45AM -12:45PM
WEDNESDAY BTU: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Community Baptist Church
One Church Two Location (972)230-4477
115 W. Beltline Rd, Desoto
Sunday: 7:30AM – 9:30AM
820 E. Wintergreen, Cedar Hill
Mark A. Proctor, Pastor
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Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Pastor Rev Oscar D. Epps
Tabernacle of Praise
MBC
6925 Woofford Ave. Dallas, TX 75227 (214)275-4959
Sunday School: 8:30AM Worship:9:45AM
Wed. Praise and Prayer:6:15PM
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411 N. Hampton Rd. Desoto, TX (469)297-4771
Sunday Worship
Sunday School: 9:00 A.M.
Morning Worship: 10:30 A.M.
Wednesday
Mens & Women Ministry: 7:00 P.M.
Young Adults Ministry: 7:00 P.M.
Carver Height Baptist Church
2510 E.Ledbetter Rd, Dallas, TX 75216 (214)371-2024
Sunday Worship
Sunday School: 8:30 A.M.
Morning Worship: 9:30 A.M.
Wednesday: 7:00 P.M.
Marsalis Avenue Baptist Church
2723 S. Marsalis Avenue
Dallas, TX 75216
Ph: 214.943.6007
Church School: 9:00 A.M.
Morning Worship: 10:00 A.M.
Wednesday Prayer & Praise: 7:00 P.M.
Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church
1819 n. Washington Ave., Dallas, TX 75204
Phone : (214)823-7308
Fax : (214)823.9720
Sunday: 10AM
Sunday School: 9AM
Pastor Darrell W. Pryor Pastor Rev Daryl Carter
New Birth Missionary Baptist Church
444 West Ledbetter Dr. , Dallas, TX 75224 (214)374-0828
Early Risers Sunday School
7:15 AM
Morning Worship: 7:50AM
Sunday School: 9:30AM
Morning Worship: 10:30
Tuesday Night Bible Study
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New El Bethel Baptist Church
2023 Mouser Ln Dallas, TX 75203
Sunday Service
9:30 AM – Church School
11:00 AM- Worship II Mountain Top Experience
Wednesday Services
12:00PM - Noonday Prayer
6:30M - Corporate Prayer
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Greater Emmanuel Baptist Church
2110 E. Eleventh St. Dallas, TX 75203 (214)942-0218
Sunday Service
10:00AM
Wednesday Daytime Bible Study/Prayer: 11AM
Evening Bible Study/Prayer Dinner Served: 5:30 PM
Prayer: 6:30PM
Bible Study: 7PM Pastor Rev BurleyHudson
Friendship West Baptist Church
2110 E. 2020 W. Wheatland Rd. Dallas, TX 75232 (972)228-5200
Sun Morning Services
8:00AM & 10:45AM
Wednesday Bible Study
Pastoral Bible Teaching Class Pastor Rev Micheal D. Pryor
7:00PM
New Leaf Family Church
1707 St. Augustine Dr. Dallas, TX 75217
**order of services**
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Sunday School: 8am
Sunday Praise & Worship: 9:30am
St. Paul Baptist Church
1600 Pear Street Dallas, TX 75215
Phone: (214)421-3741
Fax: (214) 421-3926
Sunday School
9:30AM
Service Times
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Greater Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church
1010 Bayonne St., Dallas, Tx (214)744-1677
Morning Glory: 7:45AM
Sunday School: 9:15AM
Morning Worship: 10:30AM
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Divine Inspiration Missionary Baptist Church
4325 W. Ledbetter Dr, Dallas, TX 75233 (214)337-1713
Sunday School: 9:15AM
Pastor / Founder : Dr. Corey C. Toney / Clarette L. Toney-First Lady
Bible Study: 7:00PM
The “Exciting” Singing Hill Baptist Church
6550 University Hills Blvd, Dallas, TX 75241
Main: (214)375-5952
Fax: (214)371-1611
Sunday Worship: 8AM-10:45AM
Sunday School: 9:45AM
Wednesday Night: 7:00PM Pastor
Pastor Rev Lelious A. Johnson
Dr. H.E. Anderson
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Grace of God Baptist Church
601 N Hampton Rd, DeSoto, TX 75115 Phone: (972) 274-1074
Sunday School 9 am
Praise & Worship @ 10 am
Brotherhood & Women Ministry meet every 4th Sunday @ 930 am
Choir Rehearsal - Thursday @ 8 pm Pastor BrianBonner
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