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Award: ICDC’s founder, Diane Ragsdale, was honored by the Smith Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church with the 2023 Community Service Award. During her speech, she states that

“It is simply not enough to be included at the table. Diversity is not enough. We have to change the systems that continue to promote that which is unjust and unfair.” She goes on to encourage us to create new structures that serve us all.

ICDC is so proud of the impactful work Ms. Ragsdale continues to do. Congratulations on this wonderful achievement!

WEDDING: BREAKING NEWS

Mayor Eric Johnson Releases Film

Highlighting

Years as Mayor of Dallas. See page 3 for more.

Why do we celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Everything to know about the Mexican American holiday by Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer. Read more on page 4. Read more on page 3.

Alex Beebe and Nanci Mendoza have tied the knot! Congratulations! See more on page 4.

Dallas megachurch pastor T.D. Jakes, Wells Fargo pair on $1B Neighborhoods Project. Learn more on page 5.

2023 FIRST IN PERSON - FREE COMMUNITY LEGAL ASSIST. Learn more on page 10.

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we provide a wide range of solutions that go beyond name badges, backdrops and yard signs. Our goal at FastSigns North Arlington is to provide the necessary tools and resources needed to make BSPNTX and its members successful.”

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DALLAS — Mayor Eric Johnson released a film today highlighting his journey to public service and the progress made in Dallas during his first four years in office.

“I ran for Mayor because I believed that Dallas could be better,” said Mayor Johnson. “Today, I believe our city is stronger than when I took office four years ago. That is why I am pleased to share this new film highlighting the journey we have taken and the progress that we have made—together.”

Since taking office in 2019, Mayor Johnson has worked tirelessly to clean up local government, lower crime, improve the economy, reduce taxes, and create jobs. In his first term as Mayor, he led the city through the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple tornadoes, devastating winter storms, a surge in violent crime, civil unrest, and many other challenges.

Prior to his election as Mayor of Dallas, Mayor Johnson represented Dallas in the Texas House of Representatives for nearly a decade.

Mayor Johnson is unopposed in the upcoming general election on Saturday, May 6, 2023.

DALLAS – The National Society of Black Sports Professionals North Texas (BSPNTX) is excited to announce a partnership with FastSigns North Arlington.

As a part of this sponsorship, FastSigns North Arlington will continue to work with BSPNTX on expanding its branding presence via printed and digital assets as well as collaborate on developing branded and co-branded signage, promotional merchandise and apparel that supports the chapter’s mission and complements its sponsorship program.

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Why do we celebrate Cinco de Mayo?

Everything to know about the Mexican American holiday

Cincinnati Enquirer

Cinco de Mayo, also known as the Battle of Puebla Day, is Friday.

The annual celebration marks the anniversary of Mexico’s victory over the French Empire in 1862 at the Battle of Puebla during the FrancoMexican War. Although it’s often confused with Independence Day in Mexico (Día de la Independencia), celebrated on Sept. 16, Cinco de Mayo is also an important day in Mexico’s history and commemorates Mexican American culture in the United States.

What is Cinco de Mayo?

Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration on the anniversary of Mexico’s victory over the French Empire during the Franco-Mexican War.

On May 5, 1862, 2,000 Mexican

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year on May 5.

How is Cinco de Mayo celebrated in the United States?

Cinco de Mayo celebrations often include parades, parties, mariachi music, Mexican folk dancing and traditional foods, such as tacos, enchiladas, tamales and mole poblano. Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois, and Houston, Texas, are among the cities with the largest Cinco de Mayo celebrations in the United States.

WEDDING: BREAKING NEWS

Alex Beebe and Nanci Mendoza soldiers defeated 6,000 French soldiers during a battle in Puebla de Los Angeles, a small town in EastCentral Mexico. Days later, Mexican President Benito Juárez declared May 5 a national holiday.

According to USA Today, the holiday commemorates the start of France leaving Mexico during a time when Mexico was “economically vulnerable.”

The battle also had an impact on the American Civil War. After France was defeated, the Confederacy could not use the European country as an ally to win the war, per USA Today.

Why do we celebrate Cinco de Mayo?

While it’s not a significant holiday in Mexico, Cinco de Mayo has become an annual celebration of Mexican American culture in the United States.

The celebration of Cinco de Mayo began as a form of resistance to the effects of the Mexican American War, which occurred in the late 19th century. The holiday gained popularity during the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. By the 1980s, companies began commercializing holidays.

Today there are Cinco de Mayo festivities throughout the United States and Mexico, especially in Puebla.

When is Cinco de Mayo celebrated?

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated every

announce to family, college friends and loved ones their marriage ceremony on March 23, 2023, was beautiful, because of the love and support that they received.

Alex is the son of James and Valder Beebe and Nanci is the baby daughter of Edwin and Virginia Rosa. The happy couple, both of their parents reside in Dallas. Alex is a 2014 and Nanci’s a

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Former Dallas natives James “Alex” Beebe and Nanci Mendoza
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Alex Beebe and Nanci Mendoza (CONTINUED)

2012 graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington. The couple has begun their new life in Los Angeles, California. Nanci is in private employment and Alex is pursuing a career in music.

Their wedding is being called the ‘wedding of the year’ by family and friends. The wedding was held at the beautiful outdoor venue Divine Grace, 3747 Grace Ranch Trail, McKinney, TX. The open-air wedding ceremony included a traditional catholic unity rosary segment called a “Lasso”. The end of the ceremony, Alex’s parents continued the African tradition of placing

Dallas megachurch pastor T.D. Jakes, Wells Fargo pair on $1B Neighborhoods Project

a beautiful broom for the couple to “jump the broom” united into their future. Jeremiah 29:11 shared during the vow ceremony will become a beacon to guide the young and gifted pair.

In the open pavilion cocktails and hours d’ oeuvres were served to guests mingling on the beautifully manicured grounds. After cocktail hour, the wedding moved to the beautiful grand ballroom. The wait staff served a three-course lobster or chicken dinner in a formal setting. The evening of joy included entertainment from a lady DJ, dancing and the traditional serenade from Alex’s and his Fraternity brothers to Nanci.

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the consumer banking giant was ordered to pay $3.7 billion in fines and refunds to customers by U.S. government regulators, after The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau listed out an abundance of consumer financial law violations, from illegal fees and interest on auto loans and mortgages, as well as wrongly applied overdraft fees against savings and checking accounts.

The bureau said the bank’s bad behavior impacted more than 16 million customers.

Over the last two years, Wells Fargo has put big money into rectifying its relationships. The company closed

$10 billion in financing through its community lending and investment group and $5.7 billion in financing through its group aimed at developing affordable housing and communities.

Jakes called the partnership disruptive in its ability to bring overdue transformation to Black and brown communities across the U.S.

“We recognize the need for CEOs like Charlie Scharf bending the arc and aim of Wells Fargo toward correcting systemic inequalities,” Jakes said. “We are committed to ensuring additional opportunities actually reach as many areas of need that we can influence.”

Taste and Tell!

Wells Fargo & Company and the T.D. Jakes Group, which includes the Dallas megachurch pastor’s multiple enterprises, are joining together over the next decade with the goal of revitalizing neighborhoods and driving economic opportunity.

Wells Fargo said it could give as much as $1 billion in capital and financing to the effort, as well as grants from the Wells Fargo Foundation.

“This strategic partnership goes beyond a one-off capital investment and underscores our continued commitment to diverse and inclusive communities,” said CEO of Wells Fargo Charlie Scharf.

The Wells Fargo Foundation and T.D. Jakes Foundation also plans to push capital into low-and moderate-income communities to increase homeownership and create businesses in several cities including Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas. With the first project near Atlanta, the project is set to prioritize green space

along with mixed-income housing and an array of single-family homes, townhomes and apartments, alongside grocers and healthcare.

Building out this kind of real estate development is not a new endeavor for the pastor-turned-businessman. Seated on a rare lush hill ten minutes from downtown Dallas is Capella Park, a master-planned 400-acre neighborhood funded by one of Jakes’ nonprofits, built just a mile from his megachurch, The Potter’s House.

Elements of the Fort McPherson development will be modeled after Jakes’ Dallas multigenerational community.

The union between the bank and the iconic Black pastor comes after a slew of discrimination and labor violation settlements throughout the last decade that challenged the bank’s reputation with historically marginalized groups.

In 2012, Wells Fargo agreed to pay a $184 million settlement to homeowners after customers alleged the bank discriminated against qualified Black and Latino borrowers in its mortgage lending from 2004 through 2009.

More recently, the bank agreed to pay $7.8 million in back wages and interest to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination in 2020, after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs alleged Wells Fargo discriminated against more than 34,000 African-American applicants and hundreds of female candidates.

As the company worked to distance itself from past scandals, late last year

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Antonio Church

1729 E. Houston St

San Antonio, Texas 78202

(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

Surviving The Times

Service Times:

Sundays: 11:00AM Thursday Bible Study: 7PM

Come Worship with Us

556 Rancho Canyon

Haslett, Texas 76052

Tel-Star Baptist Church

Sunday School:9:30 AM

Sunday Worship: 10:30AM

Bible Study-1st and 3rd

Wednesday's

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

1819 MLK Blvd Dallas, TX 75215 (214)426-5468

Sunday

Sunday School: 9:30AM Worship: 8:00AM & 11:00AM

Church

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

A. Charles

Rev. Mark A. Proctor, Pastor

www.concorddallas.org Pastor Bryan Carter

PLEASANT GROVE

COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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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

Sunday School : 9:30AM

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. Bible Study: 7:00PM Reverend Dr. A. E. SharpPastor

Wed. Praise and Prayer:6:15PM

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New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church

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

7:00PM

Pastoral Bible Teaching Class

New Leaf Family Church

1707 St. Augustine Dr. Dallas, TX 75217

**order of services**

Pastor Rev Micheal D. Pryor

www.marsalisavenuebc.com

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

7:00PM -Bible Study

http://www.pilgrimrestdallas.org/ Pastor Carlos D. Williams

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

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

Tues- 12 Noon & 7pm BibleStudy

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

8:00am and 10:45 am

Pastor / Founder : Dr. Corey C.

Toney / Clarette L. Toney-First Lady

Bible Study: 7:00PM

Pastor

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

Pastor Rev Lelious A. Johnson

Wednesday Night: 7:00PM Pastor Dr. H.E. Anderson

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

12:00PM & 7:00PM Pastor FrederickD.Haynes, III

Divine Inspiration Missionary Baptist Church

4325 W. Ledbetter Dr, Dallas, TX 75233 (214)337-1713

Sunday School: 9:15AM Morning Worship: 10:30AM Pastor Rev Wade Simmons

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

Thursday Night Theology @ 7 pm

Choir Rehearsal - Thursday @ 8 pm Pastor BrianBonner

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May is Women’s Health Month

DALLAS – Parkland Health is encouraging women to give themselves permission to pause and put their health first. A recent survey commissioned by the Alliance for Women’s Health and Prevention (AWHP) found that nearly half of American women skip preventive care services like check-ups, cancer screenings and vaccinations, often due to time constraints. The report also found that social and environmental factors often contribute to disparities in preventive care.

Cross-culturally, women tend to be the primary providers of care for family members with chronic medical conditions or disabilities, including the elderly. This responsibility, on top of childcare and work responsibilities, can often lead to women putting themselves last when it comes to their own primary and preventive care, resulting in late detection of chronic illnesses.

Parkland providers want to encourage women to take proactive steps to improve their health by holding a community event designed specifically for women.

“Making your health a priority is not selfish, it’s an act of love and the foundation of a good life,” said Marjorie Quint-Bouzid, DPA, RN, NEA, BC, Senior Vice President of Women & Infants’ Specialty Health at Parkland.

Parkland will host its first Permission to Pause Women’s Health Event on Saturday, May 6. The collaboration with Dramatic Results Salon & Day Spa aims to create a comfortable space for women to simply put themselves first. Health resources, live music, food, spa amenities and more will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 111 S. Cedar Ridge Dr., Duncanville, 75116.

Parkland services that will be offered at no cost include:

Blood pressure screening

Blood sugar screening

Women’s health education

Behavioral health education

Tips for healthy eating

Breast health education and assistance with scheduling future mammogram appointments

Parkland Financial Assistance

“Too often, Black women put their own health at the bottom of their ‘to-do list.’

If at least one woman leaves this event feeling lighter and more supported with the proper resources and education to start prioritizing her health, we have accomplished our goal,” said Angela Morris, Senior Director of Community Relations at Parkland. “Permission to pause means giving yourself grace and relieving yourself of everyday responsibilities in order to go inward and listen to your own body.”

For more information on services at Parkland, please visit parklandhealth.org

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