Houston Style Magazine Vol 32 No 44

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Volume 32 | Number 44

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Ben Jealous

Far-Right Political Playbook Is a Threat

Houston Honors

Barbara Jordan

Virtual Learning

Latinos Look to Home School to Reduce Health Risk

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COMMENTARY

THE FAR-RIGHT POLITICAL PLAYBOOK IS A THREAT TO OUR HEALTH, OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR DEMOCRACY

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By Ben Jealous, National Political Writer

he New York Times recently reported that the public health system in the United States may be less prepared for the next pandemic than it was for the current one. Given everything we have been through, and everything we have learned, how can that be?

The answer is disturbing. Our public health system is being put at risk by the same right-wing disinformation tactics that are undermining our educational and election systems.

Right-wing media outlets and social media spread false information and conspiracy theories. Conservative activists and politicians opposed public health measures as a form of “tyranny.” Angry people have harassed and threatened public health officials, and politicians have passed more than 100 laws restricting their authority to take action to protect the public.

Those new laws, combined with chronic underfunding and staff burnout, are making us all more vulnerable to health threats in the future. So is the fact that extremism is being embraced by public officials, not just agitated activists. The Times reported that one county sheriff in Washington state threatened to arrest any government official enforcing health restrictions that he thought were unconstitutional. New laws will make it harder for schools and hospitals to enforce vaccine requirements that have been in place for years.

We are seeing this destructive political dynamic play out in our schools and elections as well.

The opposition raging against public officials trying to protect our health care is the same opposition raging against teaching about systemic racism in our schools and feeding the

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“Big Lie” about a stolen 2020 election. It’s all coming from the same playbook.

All across the country, school board meetings have turned into angry mob scenes. Parents’ frustration over school closings and mask requirements has boiled over in some places, and it is being inflamed and exploited for political purposes. To make matters worse, right-wing media and political groups have manufactured a panic about the supposed threat of “critical race theory” being taught in schools.

Critical race theory is an academic framework for understanding how systemic racism affects people’s lives. But right-wing activists, with a big boost from Fox News and Donald Trump, are getting parents riled up with claims that honestly teaching about the racism in our history and institutions is part of a Marxist plot to impose tyranny by making students hate America.

It sounds ridiculous, and it is. But the rising tide of threats against educators and school board members is no joke. Neither is a widespread campaign by right-wing activists to take over school boards and impose a whitewashed “patriotic education” on students. They are passing laws that will make it impossible to teach about racism in schools—even in some state colleges.

This is part of an ugly backlash against the Black Lives Matter movement and a reaction to the increasing diversity of our schools and communities.

Speaking of ugly backlash, the assault on voting rights continues. Trump supporters couldn’t handle the fact that he lost. They could

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not accept that their hero was defeated in part by increased turnout among Black voters in key states. Or that Black voters in Georgia and their allies took control of the Senate away from Republicans.

So, we see the same right-wing playbook in action. Spread lies and conspiracy theories to convince conservative and right-wing voters that their country and their freedom are being “stolen” from them. Launch attacks on the officials who oversee our elections. Undermine confidence in elections with fake “audits” and tell more lies about the outcome of those “audits.”

Use the lies and anger to justify new laws that make it harder for people to vote. Some Republican state legislators have given themselves the power to ignore voters altogether and declare their own winner if they don’t like the results.

We are seeing the fruits of social media outlets pushing people deeper into conspiracy theories and further from reality. We are witness-

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ing the destruction of trust and community by powerful right-wing media figures who profit from inflaming fear and division.

These are all threats to our future as a peaceful, multiethnic, multiracial democratic society. And there’s no easy solution to overcoming these threats. There’s a lot of hard work to do. Exposing lies and telling the truth. Lifting up voices with moral authority to break through the deceptions. Organizing people of good will to get involved. And insisting that our friends and allies in positions of cultural, economic, and political power have the courage and commitment to defend our families, schools, communities, and democracy

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POLITICAL: INTELLIGENCE LEADERS DEFEND EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY IN FACE OF REPUBLICAN ATTACKS

By Katie Bo Lillis, www.CNN.com – Newswire

Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, said diversity and inclusion efforts -- including attempts to boost recruitment and retention -are "essential to our mission and our values." (AP Photo)

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he Biden administration's most senior intelligence officials defended their push to boost diversity in the ranks of the intelligence community in a congressional hearing on Wednesday, amid attacks from Republicans that such efforts are a distraction from core national security priorities.

Diversity and inclusion "is not only the smart thing to do for an agency with a global mission, it's the right thing to do for an agency that represents and defends our diverse society," CIA director Bill Burns told the House Intelligence Committee. "Simply put, we can't be effective and we're not being true to our nation's ideals if everyone looks like me, talks like me

and thinks like me."

Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, said diversity and inclusion efforts -- including attempts to boost recruitment and retention -are "essential to our mission and our values."

Republicans on the committee hammered the efforts and claimed they are politically motivated and detrimental to US security.

"We can't counter hypersonic missile launch with better pronoun usage, and deeper understanding of Whiterage won't rescue Americans stranded in Afghanistan," said Rep. Devin Nunes of California, the top Republican on the committee, an attack

echoing much of the culture war rhetoric those on the right have employed in recent elections.

He pointed to "trivial recruitment videos" -- an apparent reference to a recent CIA recruitment video promoting diversity within its ranks -- and what Nunes said were major intelligence assessments that "show an infatuation with left-wing dogma and politicized actions that have nothing to with deterring our enemies and winning wars."

"The intelligence community's mission is to secure information and conduct actions that help deter our enemies and when that cannot be done to help us win wars and other direct con-

flicts with these enemies," Nunes said.

"The IC, however, seems to be increasingly focused on issues that distract from that mission."

Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut, implicitly but unambiguously criticized Nunes'rejection of diversity inclusion efforts as racist.

"Now, maybe you believe that an IC comprised of White males is the result of a perfectly meritocratic system," Himes said, without mentioning Nunes by name.

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NATIONAL: MANY LATINOS CHOSE VIRTUAL LEARNING FOR CHILDREN TO MINIMIZE HEALTH RISKS TO FAMILY

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any Latino families chose virtual learning for their children instead of returning to the classroom last fall in an effort to minimize health risks and protect vulnerable family members from COVID-19, according to a new study from a Rice University sociologist.

Julia Szabo, a sociology graduate student and the study's lead author, said the debate over virtual versus in-person schooling during the early days of the pandemic inspired her article, which included interviews in the summer and fall of 2020 with 21 Latino families with children enrolled at a Houston-area charter school.

"Many educational leaders said that vulnerable, low-income and/or nonwhite families needed access to in-person instruction, citing historic achievement gaps and arguing the pandemic would exacerbate inequality," she said. "However, as schools reopened in major cities, enrollment patterns did not reflect this."

Szabo said Hispanic families in

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her study regularly had to put themselves at risk of contracting COVID-19, usually due to work obligations.

"While high-wage workers transitioned to working at home, many low-wage workers did not have this option," Szabo wrote in the paper. "Parents who worked in construction, manufacturing and cleaning continued to work in person throughout the pandemic, and they experienced the risks of COVID-19 because of this work."

As a result, Hispanic parents who were unwilling to introduce any unnecessary threats to their families often saw virtual learning as a way to lower their risk.

“They sent us a survey about if we wanted the children to go back to school or not, and I mean, at this moment, I say no," one respondent said during an interview with Szabo. "There are so many infected people ... I want the minimum contact and exposure to others and the virus that I can have so that they cannot bring it into my home, this is my concern."

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In our home we’ve had three scares because men who work with my husband had it," said another interview participant. "One colleague died. ... It was very difficult."

The decision to keep children from returning to in-person school in fall 2020 came alongside an acknowledgment that virtual schooling was not as beneficial in the long run.

"It's not the same instruction, you know, it’s a hard decision," one of the parents said in an interview.

Szabo said data on school enrollment collected during the pandemic showed white families sent their children for in-person instruction at higher rates and were less likely than Latinos and Blacks to support mask mandates in schools. She said these decisions may be attributed to factors such as higher-income families having access to larger houses with room to quarantine sick family members, access to better health insurance, and access to remote work and/or

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job benefits that allow family members to miss work to care for sick relatives.

"These resources are not equally distributed in the United States, leaving some communities and families more vulnerable to the pandemic than others," Szabo said.

Szabo hopes the research will encourage school districts to consult with parents or caregivers of students to better understand how virtual versus in-person options affect individual families.

The study, "Online or in-person instruction? Factors influencing COVID-19 schooling decisions among Latinx families in Houston, Texas," appears in the current edition of the American Educational Research Association journal AERA Open and is available online.

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NATIONAL: MACY’S BELIEVE CAMPAIGN INVITES CUSTOMERS TO WRITE THEIR LETTERS TO SANTA IN-STORE OR ONLINE

acy’s announces the launch of its 14th annual Believe letter-writing campaign, in partnership with Make-A-Wish, giving believers of all ages the opportunity to send letters and deliver wishes. From Monday, Nov. 1 through Friday, Dec. 24, for every letter sent to Santa online at macys. com/believe or written at a Believe mailbox station located in Macy’s stores nationwide, Macy’s will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish, up to $1 million, to help children fighting critical illnesses’ life-changing wishes come true.

For the second year, Macy’s offers additional ways for customers to give back.

From Monday, Nov. 1 through Friday, Nov. 19, customers can round-up their in-store purchases to the nearest dollar amount and donate the change (up to $0.99) to benefit Make-A-Wish. Throughout the entirety of the campaign, customers can also donate online when shopping at macys.com. Additionally, for those who are interested in spreading holiday cheer with gifts that give back, they can purchase aMacy’s exclusive Believe bracelet with $2 of the purchase price benefitting Make-A-Wish through Dec. 31.

“For the past 14 years, our customers have helped grant wishes across the country through Macy’s Believe campaign.

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nesses and provides hope and joy when they need it most,” said Sam Di Scipio, Macy’s senior director of corporate communications, giving and volunteerism. “We’re proud to see how Macy’s Believe campaign has continued to evolve, offering our customers even more ways to give back throughout the holiday season to help make life shine brighter for MakeA-Wish children and their families.”

This year’s campaign features 7-year-old Pastor, a Make-A-Wish child di-

agnosed with leukemia, whose wish to meet Santa is coming true. To kickoff Macy’s Believe on Nov. 1, Macy’s and Make-AWish will officially grant Pastor’s wish with a surprise visit from Macy’s Santa. Pastor and Santa will enjoy a winter wonderland experience with festive elements including reindeer, Santa’s sleigh, and snow. This July, Macy’s Downtown Sacramento celebrated “Christmas in July” with Make-A-Wish by revealing to Pastor that his wish to meet San-

ta is coming true thanks to Macy’s. Learn more about Pastor’s story here. For images of his reveal celebration in July, click here.

Since 2003, Macy’s has donated more than $137 million to Make-A-Wish, including more than $25 million through the retailer’s annual Believe campaign, helping grant more than 16,200 wishes and impact more than 3.2 million people, including wish kids and their families, volunteers, community groups, medical professionals and more.

“We’re extremely proud of the lasting partnership with Macy’s and the Believe campaign that helps Make-A-Wish deliver hope to children with critical illnesses year after year,” said Richard K. Davis, president and CEO of Make-A-Wish America. “A wish can be an important part of the healing process, helping kids deal with, and even overcome, their illness. It’s partners like Macy’s that allow us to continue to bring joy to communities across the country through the power of a wish.”

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STATE: TEXAS UNIVERSITIES WITH FEDERAL CONTRACTS ARE CAUGHT BETWEEN GREG ABBOTT AND JOE BIDEN OVER COVID-19 M

any Texas universities — which collectively hold billions of dollars in federal contracts — are wrestling with how to navigate the Biden administration’s mandate that all federal contractors be vaccinated

by Dec. 8 in a state that bans vaccine mandates.

While more public universities across the country are announcing that all employees must be vaccinated to comply with the federal requirement, several Texas public universities — all managed by Gov. Greg Abbott appointees — told The Texas Tribune they are still evaluating the executive order, which applies to new federal contracts of $250,000 or greater and awarded as of Nov. 14 or existing contracts that have been renewed as of Oct. 15.

“This is unprecedented,” said Michael LeRoy, a labor law expert at the University of Illinois College of Law. “There have been conflicts between the state and federal government, but not at this magnitude with this kind of money on the line.”

LeRoy believes the issue will be resolved in the courts because of

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By Kate McGee, Texas Tribune - Newswire

Students at Texas State University Photo: Jordan Vonderhaar Texas Tribune the two conflicting issues at the center.

State universities receive funding from the state and federal level but they are run by a board of regents appointed by the Texas governor.

While LeRoy said it’s unlikely the federal government will immediately terminate a grant if universities

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don't comply, he said a university’s actions could impact future bids for federal grants. The federal government could begin to give notice to rescind a grant, he speculated, but that is a lengthy process. For now, universities are awaiting guidance from their own lawyers.

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“... [T]he White House has been clear that noncompliance will not be excused, even in situations where state law contradicts the federal directive,” University of Houston spokesperson Shawn Lindsey told the Tribune in a statement. “It’s an extremely complicated situation that requires further analysis.”

Texas Tech University is working with its lawyers to determine if there are contracts that would trigger the vaccination requirement, school officials said in a statement. Texas Tech is also requesting guidance from the Texas attorney general’s office.

A Texas A&M University System spokesperson said they are also still evaluating the order. The A&M system has about 500 contracts with the federal government worth $2 billion, most of which are tied to the flagship university in College Station..

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LOCAL: DISCOVER GREEN PRESENTS A MOSAIC OF LIGHTS

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his winter, discover new ways of seeing shape, light and shadow with the immersive art experience: Mosaic of Light by artist collective HYBYCOZO at Discovery Green.

The installation will be on view daily during park hours from Nov. 12, 2021, through Feb. 27, 2022. A full schedule of related programming and activations, including weekly music events and workshops, is made possible by Mosaic of Light programming sponsor PNC Bank.

Commissioned by the Discovery Green Conservancy’s Public

Art Committee, Mosaic of Light by HYBYCOZO consists of 24 sculptures made of laser cut metal. The site-specific display will be placed along the Brown Promenade, or hung from the voluminous oak trees, and illuminated from within at night. During the day the sculptures are gold jewels, which glisten in the sunlight. At dusk and beyond, the glowing structures create light, and dancing shadows give them an expansive presence that interacts with visitors and the surrounding environment.

HYBYCOZO, located in Los

Angeles, Calif., is a design studio created by two artists, Serge Beaulieu and Yelena Filipchuk, who use patterns to create larger-than-life sculptures celebrating geometric forms.

The installation includes two locally oriented pieces designed with imagery from Houstonians’ answers to the question: What shapes evoke Houston? Replies included everything from grackles to SLAB cars and, of course, freeways. HYBYCOZO chose magnolias, the Texas star, the Mexican art of papel picado and the geometry of the city’s architecture. Visitors will find many surprises hidden in the light and shadows of the pieces.

“For more than 13 years, Discovery Green has been shining a light on the diversity of traditions that exist in Houston. What makes this installation so unique is the artists designed the site-specific pieces with input from the community. There’s no better metaphor for Houston’s diverse culture than a ‘mosaic of light,’” said Barry Mandel, president of Discovery Green Conservancy.

Visitors are invited to share their experiences using the hashtag

#mosaicoflight.

“Houston is such a vibrant and diverse city,” said Julie Young Sudduth, PNC regional president for Houston. “This is due—in no small part—to organizations like Discovery Green that are incredibly intentional about their programming. We are honored to sponsor programming for the magnificent Mosaic of Light show, which serves as a shining example of what makes this city so special.”

Artists will be in Houston for the installation Nov. 6, through Nov. 11, and are available for interviews.

Contact Frankie Ortega at frankie@ discoverygreen.com to schedule. More information is available at www.discoverygreen.com/mosaic. Images and press kit are available at discoverygreen.co/mosaic.

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reat Futures Start Here.” That’s what the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston is all about.

And the Great Futures Dinner: Resilient Together was a big step in ensuring that will happen, as it raised more than $900,000 to support high quality after-school and summer programming for some 30,000 children and teens who walk through the doors of its 23 clubs every year. The dinner, attended by more than 600 enthusiastic BGCGH supporters, is the nonprofit’s premier fundraising event of the year and is a showcase to the Houston community on how BGCGH positively impacts the lives of area youth every day and helps them achieve great futures.

Guests began arriving at the Hilton Americas hotel downtown at 5:30 p.m. for the VIP reception honoring major donors and cocktail hour. They were able to mix and mingle and peruse the silent auction items before being seated in the ballroom at 7 p.m. and treated to a dance performance by Club members.

Emcee for the evening was Yve Rojas, with co-emcee Austin J., a Wharton Dobson Club member. Rojas also served as the high-energy auctioneer for the live auction.

The corporate and community honorees were then recognized, including presenting sponsor Sysco

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and the Mary Louise Dobson Foundation. It was an emotional time when Michelle Young, the wife of BGCGH board chairman, Julius Young, who passed away Sept. 22, announced the new “Julius Young Youth of the Year Award,” named in honor of her husband. Later in the evening, she presented a $10,000 scholarship to Robert Ellis from the Johnny Mitchell Club in Galveston and now a freshman at Xavier University.

He is the first recipient of the “Julius Young Youth of the Year Award.”

A live auction including a ski vacation, a wine country trip and NASCAR driving experience (among other items) contributed to the evening’s bottom line, thanks to the mastery and persuasiveness of Yve Rojas.

Closing out the evening was a moving musical performance by Club youth and a thank you video to all who made the 2021 Great Futures Dinner: Resilient Together possible, along with a final “paddles up” appeal for donations to support continued programming.

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LOCAL: HOUSTON NATIVE SERVES AT NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND

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By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jerry Jimenez, Navy Office of Community Outreach

etty Officer 1st Class Kendrick Pope, a native of Houston, Texas, is serving with the U.S. Navy’s cutting-edge maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft squadron in Oak Harbor, Washington.

Pope joined the Navy 11 years ago. Today, Pope serves as an intelligence specialist. Pope serves with Maritime Patrol Squadron Forty-Seven, a high-tech maritime patrol and reconnaissance squadron tasked with monitoring the world’s oceans in the state-of-the-art P-8A “Poseidon.”

Pope attended Lawrence E. Elkins High School and graduated in 2009. Today, Pope uses skills and values similar to those found in Houston.

“I learned about order and discipline,” said Pope.

These lessons have helped Pope while serving in the Navy supporting the P-8 Poseidon mission.

The P-8 Poseidon mission is to conduct maritime patrol and reconnaissance as well as long-range anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and intelligence gathering missions. They deploy around the globe to monitor the world’s oceans wherever they are needed.

The P-8A Poseidon, the Navy’s newest maritime, patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, is a replacement aircraft for the legacy P-3C “Orion”. According to Navy officials, leveraging the experience and technology of the successful P-3C “Orion” with the needs of the fleet, the P-8A is designed to be combat-capable, and to improve an operator’s ability to efficiently conduct anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

to a strong and ready Navy.

According to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday, four priorities will focus efforts on sailors, readiness, capabilities, and capacity.

Petty Officer 1st Class Kendrick Pope Serving in the Navy means Pope is part of a world that is taking on new importance in America’s focus on rebuilding military readiness, strengthening alliances and reforming business practices in support of the National Defense Strategy.

“It maintains freedom of air and seas,” said Pope.

With more than 90 percent of all trade traveling by sea, and 95 percent of the world’s international phone and internet traffic carried through fiber optic cables lying on the ocean floor, Navy officials continue to emphasize that the prosperity and security of the United States is directly linked

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“For 245 years, in both calm and rough waters, our Navy has stood the watch to protect the homeland, preserve freedom of the seas, and defend our way of life,” said Gilday.

“The decisions and investments we make this decade will set the maritime balance of power for the rest of this century. We can accept nothing less than success.”

Pope and other sailors have many opportunities to achieve accomplishments during their military service.

“I'm most proud of getting my Master Training Specialist qualification," said Pope. "It's becoming an instructor and being able to pass lessons I have learned to people coming behind me. It's really shaping other people.”

As Pope and other sailors continue to train and perform the missions to support national defense, they take pride in serving their country in the United States Navy.

“I means having the opportunity to really affect the world,” added Pope.

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Houston Honors with Monumental Artwork

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Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Art Installation - Drawings: Courtesy of City of Houston

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ay the name Barbara Jordan with dignity and respect. As the lady of many firsts including the first African American woman in Congress, she demands it. Honoring her and the legacy she created is monumental in commemorating the history she made, the work she did, and the example her life still serves people of today, There is a U.S. Post Office named in her honor and a building in the business

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school at Texas Southern University too. Her photo hangs in the Texas capitol. And now she will receive another first. Her likeliness will be sculpted for the Civic Art Collection for Houston Public Library's African American Library at the Gregory School for Houston's first permanent outdoor artwork.

“Barbara Jordan is a Houston legend and the artwork created by these artists brings present the impact she had in defending the United States

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Constitution and representing the people of this City,” said Mayor Sylvester Turner. “The City of Houston is proud to honor Congresswoman Barbara Jordan in such a creative way. Jordan was a pioneer – a woman of many firsts and seeing her image and her writing will keep her legacy alive to new generations.”

This sculpture is something that is overdue for someone of Jordan's caliber who contributed so much during her 60 years on this planet. In 2019,

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Mayor Sylvester Turner issued a national call for artists from all over to submit their qualifications to take the $235,000 project.

“It’s well past time we memorialize our hero Barbara Jordan with inspiring public art, especially since the city’s art collection contains only one outdoor sculpture or monument honoring a woman,” Mayor Turner said at the time.

Debbie McNulty, Director of the Houston's Cultural Affairs Office, told Houston Public Media that Jordan was the ideal candidate for the piece since there are so few women honored in art in Houston.

McNulty is eager to see how the public might interact with the exhibit and the conversations it will evoke.

Native Houstonians, Jamal Cyrus and Charisse Weston, were selected to create the artwork.

Cyrus has a long-standing career in the art world spanning over 15 years. The former member of the pioneering collective Otabenga Jones & Associates is a professor at Texas Southern University. In addition, blafferartmuseum.org notes that Cyrus is the recipient of the 2020 David C. Driskell Prize, an occasional curator, and steadfast mentor. Cyrus's collaborative partner Weston is well verse in the art world too with master’s degrees from the University of California-Irvine, and the University of Edinburgh. She holds a BA from the University of North Texas, and completed the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program.

Cyrus and Weston were selected by a panel of City department, community, and art world representatives was assembled by Houston Arts Alliance.

Panelists included artist Leamon Green, curators Rebecca Matalon, Kanitra Fletcher, and Danielle Burns Wilson, and Director of Freedmen’s Town Conservancy Zion Escobar thoroughly combed over all the submissions before selecting the team of Cyrus and Weston.

The project is a collaboration of the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs' Civic Art Program and the Houston Public Library. In a press release from the city, it describes the commissioned artwork underway, Meditative Space in Reflection

Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Art Installation Drawings: Courtesy of City of Houston of the Life and Work of the late Barbara Jordan, is a dynamic, commemorative space wherein free-standing glass panels situated within a tranquil structure function as vehicles to represent, through an intricate photographic and text-based collage of materials, the life and work of Barbara C. Jordan. Transforming the lawn to the right of the Gregory School Library’s entrance, the Meditative Space invites visitors to enter a place of reflection to consider Jordan’s dedication to public service, racial justice, and the fulfillment of American ideals. The footprint of the commission is informed by the Adinkra symbol sepow, which represents justice and authority.

All aspects of Jordan on the personal and professional level are captured.

“This commission marks a pivotal moment in the timeline of our Civic Art Program. This is but the second public artwork honoring a woman to be featured in our Civic Art Collection – and the first honoring an African American woman – a leader of people whose influence crossed racial barriers and whose voice is very much relevant today,” said Necole Irvin, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. “Commissioned at the special request of our Mayor, this artwork firmly demonstrates the City’s commitment to broadening those perspectives represented by the artworks in our collection and our commitment to recognizing the diversity of heroes Houston enjoys.”

“The Houston Public Library is pleased through our partnership with MOCA to elevate civic art in the city in such a powerful way through this commission of the iconic Barbara Jordan. This project underscores The African American Library

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at the Gregory School’s founding charge to preserve, promote and celebrate the rich history and culture of African Americans in Houston and we are honored to host this dynamic work of art for the community to enjoy and experience.” stated Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson, Director of the Houston Public Library.

Jordan made her debut into Houston in 1936.

She was educated at Texas Southern University and Boston University. Before beginning her career in politics, she taught at Tuskegee Institute and then opened a law practice in Houston. In 1966, she became Texas' first African-American senator since 1883. In 1972, Jordan was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Texas’s Eighteenth Congressional District, serving as the district’s first representative.

She was also the first African American woman from the South to serve in Congress. She is the first woman and first African-American to give the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. The Presidential Medal of Freedom winner died in 1996.

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LOCAL: MFAH APPOINTED ANITA BATEMAN AS ASSOCIATE CURATOR OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART

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ary Tinterow, director and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, today announced the appointment of Anita Bateman as Associate Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art. Dr. Bateman will work with Alison de Lima Greene, The Isabel Brown Wilson Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, on exhibitions, acquisitions and the display of the permanent collection, with a special focus on work by African American artists and on defining and expanding long-term collection goals.

“I am delighted to welcome Anita Bateman to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in a role that will encompass the Museum’s exhibitions, collections and programming in Modern and Contemporary Art,” said Tinterow in announcing the appointment. “Dr. Bateman’s groundbreaking work on East African photography; strong background with African-American art and artists; and teaching experience in the museum environment will all enhance the Museum’s efforts to further our longstanding commitment to the work of African American artists and artists of the African diaspora.”

Dr. Bateman earned a B.A. cum laude from Williams College in art history and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University, in art history and visual culture. She has held curatorial positions at the RISD Museum, the Williams College Museum of Art and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke. Dr. Bateman’s curatorial projects, teaching and writing have centered on modern and contemporary African art and art of the African diaspora. Among her most recent projects, she curated Black Flyyy and Defying the Shadow, two exhibitions at the Rhode

Dr. Anita Bateman as Associate Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art

at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Photograph Richard Barnes

Island School of Design Museum in Providence; Roots & Roads Dr. Bateman will focus on developing exhibitions and defining at Franklin Street Works in Stamford; and co-curated, with Car- and expanding the Museum’s long-term collection goals rie Mae Weems, Beyond Space at The Carr Center in Detroit.

For more information visit: Her writing has been published in the International Review of African-American Art, in The Photographer's Green Book, and in the Journal of Black Studies.

A curator and art historian in the fields of modern and contemporary African art and art of the African diaspora,

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SPORTS: JOSE ALTUVE CLUTCH HITTING HELPS THE ASTROS TIE THE WORLD SERIES AT ONE APIECE M

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ost Houstonians will tell you that if you don’t like the weather, wait about 30 minutes, and it will change. Major League Baseball officials got a real scare on Wednesday as the city was under a tornado watch in the early morning hours. That would threaten the playing conditions they had set with the roof of Minute Maid Park scheduled to be open.

Yet, in typical Houston fashion, the weather was a perfect 73 degrees by game time with little to no humidity and no signs of a tornado. Well, unless you count the damage caused by the Houston Astros bats that destroyed the Atlanta Braves pitchers winning Game 2 of the World Series by a score of 7-2.

The best-of-seven series now heads to Atlanta tied at one apiece with Games 3-5 at Truist Park.

Houston got some timely hits off Braves starting pitcher Max Fried in the second inning to score four runs that broke open a game tied at one apiece heading into the bottom of that inning. Those five hits were the most in franchise history in one inning of a World Series game.

“It gets to be like a feeding frenzy,” said Astros’ manager Dusty Baker about Houston’s second inning flurry of hits. “Everybody wants to get in on it. I was just hoping that we could score some more because you know they were going to threaten before too long. You never really feel comfortable during these playoffs and the World Series.

You're always wanting more.”

If there was one player in the Astros lineup that wanted more.

It would be second baseman Jose Altuve. After going 0-for-5 in Game 1 of the World Series, the former A.L. MVP entered Game 2 with only 3 hits in his last 29 plate appearances.

On Wednesday, Altuve came out more aggressive than in the previous game and got a lead-off double to put himself in scoring

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position for the Astros. He would score the first run of the game when third baseman Alex Bregman hit a sacrifice fly into the outfield. Altuve also sent a solo home run into the Crawford Boxes in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Astros another insurance run.

“For me, the stats in the playoffs don't matter because you're winning,” said Altuve whose 22nd postseason home run ties him for second place all-time with former New York Yankee Bernie Williams.

“You can be 0 for 20, but what about if you get the big hit? So that's what playoffs is about. I don't care I went 0 for 5 last night, but I didn't care. I show up today, try to get good pitches to hit, and I'm glad that I'm helping my team to win tonight.”

The Astros approached Game 2 as if it was Game 7 of the series, knowing that they did not want to head to Atlanta down 2-0. They got a Game 7 like performance from starting pitcher Jose Urquidy who went five innings while striking out seven Braves hitters and allowing only two runs. He also kept runners off the bases by not allowing a walk in the 74 pitches he threw.

Urquidy became the first Mexican-born player to win two World Series games. He was elated that he could get the win in front of the 42, 833 fans that were in attendance at Minute Maid Park.

“As far as pitching here at home, it's really special for me,” Urquidy said. “It means a lot and makes me very happy, just to be able to hear the music they put on for me. It really motivates me. I know there's a lot of Mexican people in the stands tonight that are supporting me.

It makes me feel even more motivated and focused to do a good job, and it makes me really proud to represent the country that I'm from.”

Houston used a combination of relievers, including Cristian Javier, who pitched 1 1/3 innings to help the Astros

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seal the victory.

“He's been the bridge guy many times,” said Dusty Baker. “Sometimes bridge guys come in and throw gasoline on a situation, but he's come in and put the fire out most of the time and given us a chance to win.”

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CULTURE: VISIONARIES: ART LEAGUE GALA DRAWS AN ECLECTIC A-LIST CROWD

By Katheen Coleman, Arts and Entertainment Editor - www.StyleMagazine.com

Dr. Alvia Wardlaw

Awards Recipients with Chairs

Vicki Meek

he Art League of Houston has been a fixture in the Houston art community for over 30 years. It is also responsible for art classes taught by art professionals, exhibits, and public art installation. Recently, implosion house. Also, the Texas Artist of the Year Award, Patrons of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement Awards. Past award recipients include John Biggers, Rick Lowe, and Jesse Lott.

The honorees for 2021 are Artist of the Year, Vicki Meek, Patrons of the Year, Chinui Hun and Eddie Allen, and Lifetime Achievement Award, Dr. Alvia Wardlaw.

Highlights of the evening include welcoming remarks from Gala MC Phillip Pyle II and Art League Houston Executive Director Jennie Ash; awards created by artists Chris Herod, Delita Martin, and Tiffany Chung; congratulatory remarks from Bonna Kol, President of the Asia Society Texas;

Michelle Barnes, Founder & Director of the Community Artist Collective; and Lonnie G. Bunch III, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; a proclamation announced by Necole Irvin, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA) issued by Mayor Sylvester Turner recognizing October 15th as Dr. Alivia Wardlaw Day; music by Flash Gordon Parks; and deeply moving acceptance remarks by the night’s honorees, Vicki Meek, Dr. Alvia Wardlaw, and Chinhui John & Eddie Allen. The Visionaries gala co-chairs were Co-chaired by Christian Barker & Dr. Grant Hopping, Gaynell Floyd-Drexler, and Yvonne M. Garcia. The extraordinary chairpersons raised $250,000.00 through sponsors and ticket sales, including an art auction. Most of all, the highlight of the evening was the diverse, eclectic crowd that included many of the former

art students of Dr. Alvia Wardlaw, who have now become successful international artists. In addition, former TSU Art Department student Delita Pinchback Martin presented Dr. Alvia Wardlaw with a beautiful original portrait. The lovely early and talented Vicki Meek from Dallas, Texas, guest included Harry Robinson, director of the African American Museum, Dallas, Texas. After months of isolation, the guests were delighted to be present to participate in an evening of dancing and art.

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ENTERTAINMENT: THE LUTHER VANDROSS ESTATE IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY KEEP THE R&B LEGEND'S LEGACY ALIVE!

By Ngozi Nwanji, www.AfroTech.com

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he influence of the late Luther Vandross will always be seen throughout the music industry. Today, his estate is making sure of that as they keep the R&B legend’s legacy and music alive through a new partnership.

Variety reports that Vandross’ estate closed in on a $40 million deal with Primary Wave Music — an independent publisher known as “the home of legends.” In the longterm partnership, the company will manage all assets and acquire a stake in his publishing, master recording income stream and name and likeness rights.

“We are delighted to join forces with Larry and Primary Wave. The LV Estate’s goal is to see Luther’s legacy continue to flourish and believe the partnership with Primary Wave is a clear step in that direction,” Carmen J. Romano, of FBBM Entertainment Business Management, told Variety.

Over his influential career spanning over three decades, Vandross sold over 40 milLuther Vandross, Photo Credit: Wishum Gregory's Legends Series lion records worldwide. According to Variety, the deal will include several of his biggest hits “Luther Vandross was a soulful Primary Wave Music. “We look forward to workand fan favorites “Never Too Much,” “Here and American icon who was the voice of a gen- ing with Carmen and the estate to help expand Now,” his cover of “Endless Love” featuring Mariah Carey and “Dance With My Father.” eration,” says Larry Mestel, CEO & Founder,

Luther’s influence.”

Earlier this year, Google Doodle honored Vandross by recognizing his influence in music with a heartwarming tribute on what would have been his 70th birthday, as previously reported by AfroTech.

“It is a true reflection of Luther Vandross’ musical legacy around the world to be honored by Google with an animated Doodle that fittingly captures the joy Luther has brought the world,” the Luther Vandross Estate told Billboard. “Luther made each of his songs about one simple, universal subject — love; an emotion and feeling common to the human experience no matter who you are, where you’re from, or what you look like. No one else has expressed this emotion in song to the level Luther did for over 35 years, and to have Google broadcast that around the world is a wonderful showcase of his immeasurable talent.”

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FOOD: CHEF ONYI OF THE KITCHEN FINESSER

By Alex Jack, Feature Food Writer - www.StyleMagazine.com

Chef Onyi - Food: Cajun Suppli, and La Street Salad (Photos Alex Jack)

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was scrolling through Instagram and an ad popped up for a pop-up restaurant. I took a look at the menu and it looked very good. They got me hooked when I saw the main course included Jollof rice. I wanted to find out who was the chef behind this menu.

That's when I found Chef Onyi.

Raised in San Diego, Chef Onyinyechukwu Akpa, a first-generation Nigerian-American, was surrounded by many different cultures that influenced her cooking. With a love for travel, she started as a server and lived in many cities like Washington, DC, Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Los Angeles to "absorb the flavors". After dropping out of culinary school, in 2017 she started The Kitchen Finesser and in 2020 she landed in the great city of Houston, Tx. As we all know Houston is one of the most culturally diverse places in the United States. When it comes to food, we got it all!

The pop-up restaurant, located at The Flat Houston, was such a beautiful outdoor space. The Kitchen Finesser team included Chef Ray and Chef Webster. They were such a joy to talk and hang out with during dinner.

Our dinner started with the Cajun Suppli, which re-

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minded me of a fried boudin ball, but the flavors were put together so well. Tapping into my Cajun roots and boudin being a staple in our community, this dish set the tone for where the meal was going. Chef Onyi made the boudin rice from scratch took the dish to the next level.

Next, we were presented with the Shrimp Ceviche. This dish and the next had San Diego written all over them. The Shrimp Ceviche was on top of a flash-fried plantain cup. I enjoyed the texture of the plantain cup with the refreshing taste of the shrimp ceviche. The avocado cream sauce was perfect!

Our next dish was the La Street Salad. Mango, Watermelon, and sweet pineapple over a bed of arugula in a sweet and tangy tajin-lime vinaigrette. This dish made you visualize a cup of fresh fruit with Tajin and a Mangonada from a Mexican Fruit Cart! All of those things I love.

For the main course, we had Everything Suya. This dish took us home with the spicy and nutty flavor of the suya. If you have been reading with me for a while, you know how I feel about jollof rice. It is my favorite! Chef Onyi's Jollof rice made

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me so happy. I remember growing up and my Aunt Cici would have coolers full of rice for every occasion. This dish took me back in time and it told me a lot about the passion Chef Onyi has in her cooking.

This pop-up restaurant with Chef Onyi was not only an experience but it was storytelling. I was able to travel from California to Nigeria to Houston all in one meal. This meal really blessed our souls and it was an honor to try a meal that elevated the senses. She has a God-given skill that didn't need to be taught.

Passion runs through her food. Please support Chef Onyi and The Kitchen Finesser by following her on Instagram @justonyi and @thekitchenfinesser, where you will find the available menus including the Thanksgiving menu. You will not regret allowing her to cater your next meal!

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ENTERTAINMENT: RAPPER TRAVIS SCOTT JOINS HISD AND HOUSTON TO UNVEIL CAMPUS GARDEN AT YOUNG ELEMENTARY By www.StyleMagazine.com

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he HISD Nutrition Services’ Get Growing Houston program, in partnership with the Cactus Jack Foundation, will celebrate the unveiling of the Young Elementary School campus garden.

The initiative includes seven campus gardens installed through the partnership at Alcott, Bastian, Rucker, and Wesley elementary schools, Attucks and M.C. Williams middle schools and Washington High School.

Along with parents and community volunteers, Young Elementary students prepared a campus garden and constructed newly raised planting beds.

Through a partnership with the City of Houston, supplies were donated by The Cactus Jack Foundation, Lowe’s Heroes program, and a grant from the Houston ToolBank.

Get Growing Houston, an agriculture education program of the Nutrition Services Food and Agriculture Literacy Department, builds on and sustains eco-friendly campus and community gardens that are currently

empower and enrich young people in Houston while targeting underserved communities.

American rapper, singer and record producer Travis Scott, HISD Chief Operating Officer Wanda Paul, Nutrition Services Area Manager Marcus Glenn, City of Houston representatives.

Editor’s Note: Media are invited to Young Elementary School, where they can view the unveiling and interview attendees, students, and staff.

RSVP required by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2.

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American rapper, singer and record producer Travis Scott, at Young Elementary School, 3555 Bellfort, 77051 Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. located on 20 HISD campuses. The program’s Good Food goal is to help students develop more than a consumer relationship with food and seek food-related careers.

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