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Empire’s Calhoun returns home for NB&PW The South Central District of the National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc., will hold their 2nd “We Speak Your Name & District Awards Luncheon� in the Malachite Showcase Ballroom of the InterContinental Dallas Hotel, 15201 Dallas Parkway, Addison, TX 75001, on Saturday, March 5, 2016, at 12 noon.

Ten phenomenal women from throughout the District will be honored and recognized for their public and government services in Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Technology and Services in areas of Health, Education, Employment and Economic Development.

Dallas’ own Wendy Calhoun is the Luncheon’s Honorary Chair and Guest Speaker. Wendy Calhoun is a Co-Executive Producer/Writer for Fox’s hit drama, Empire.

Her prime time writing and producing credits include FX’s Justified, ABC’s Revenge and Nashville.

She is also the Narrative Consultant for Electronic Arts’ BATTLEFIELD HARDLINE video game. Calhoun has written, produced, and/or directed over 40 hours of non-fiction programs for PBS, Animal Planet, VH1, TLC, The Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, and FBC including Co-Producing the second season of Hell’s Kitchen. Calhoun received a 2010 Peabody Award and WGA Best New Series Nomination for Justified, which was named as one of WGA Best 100 Written Series of

all time. She received her second WGA Best New Series Nomination in 2012 for Nashville.

Born and raised in Dallas, Calhoun now lives in Los Angeles with her supportive husband, two delightful daughters, three lazy cats, and mischievous puppy.

Also recognized during the luncheon will be women for the Community Service Award, the Achievement Award and the District’s HOPE and highest Award.

For over 54 years the South Central District has impacted the communities in seven states (Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) through their services. It is a privilege to have such outstanding women recognized in our Metroplex.

To purchase tickets for the luncheon at $65, contact Chair Ella Johnson at egoodejohnson@hotmail.com or (214) 3398866.

The mission of the South Central District of the National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. is to sponsor and support programs that lead to improved social and civic conditions in our local global communities and to provide opportunities for personal growth and professional development of youth while promoting and protecting the interest of its membership of business and professional women.

Killen elected President of TAMHO

Citizen’s Fire Academy

Garland Code Compliance Director Steve Killen has been elected president of the Texas Association of Municipal Health Officials (TAMHO), an organization which advances and promotes the cooperation and exchange of information and ideas among Texas municipal officials. Mr. Killen has served in Garland’s Code Compliance Department since April 2004.

Prior to joining the City of Garland, Mr. Killen was an instructor at Eastfield College and served as the Manager of Health for the City of Mesquite.

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The Garland Fire Department (GFD) hosts Garland Citizen’s Fire Academy to provide a greater understanding of the mission and responsibilities of the fire department. Class members participate in various “hands-on� operations and are exposed to the GFD’s many functions. The eight-week program is held twice per year. Classes are held each week on Thursday evening, and the program culminates with a Graduation and Burn Day. The Spring 2016 session will run from March 3 to April 28. Apply at GarlandFire.com or call 972-781-7100.

UT Dallas to host the annual African American Male Academic Bowl Forty teams of area students in grades 4 through 8 will face off in a battle of the brains at the seventh annual African American Male Academic Bowl, a quiz show-style competition at UT Dallas on Saturday. The elementary and middle school teams will answer questions on a variety of subjects to advance to the championship round. Teams come from schools in districts including Dallas, Carrollton, DeSoto, Fort Worth, Frisco, Irving and others. Last year, two teams from the P.L. Dunbar Young Men’s Leadership Academy in Fort Worth won 1st and 2nd place in the middle school division. The school faces additional competition this year.

Saturday, Jan. 30 -The event will feature comments from speakers including Texas Sen. Royce West, Dr. Hobson Wildenthal, President of The University of Texas at Dallas; and Dr. Joe May, Chancellor, Dallas County Community College District.

UT Dallas hosts the event with partners Sen. West, the Dallas County Community College district and Project Still I Rise, Inc. WHERE: UT Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of Management, 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson TX 75080

Mayor Athas appointed to Public Power Council

Garland Mayor Douglas Athas was recently named to a three-year term on the American Public Power Association’s Policy Makers Council by APPA’s Board of Directors. APPA is the Washington, D.C.–based national service organization representing the nation’s more than 2,000 notfor- profit, community-owned electric utilities that serve 48 million consumers.

The Policy Makers Council assists APPA in promoting federal legislation that is important to public power systems and opposing harmful legislation. Members of the council meet a minimum of twice per year and participate in meetings with elected representatives and congressional staff for the purpose of supporting APPA’s national legislative agenda.

The council is made up of 40 members who either serve on utility boards or are elected officials in public power communities. Four members are appointed to the Council from each of the 10 geographic regions recognized by APPA. In addition, there are a number of “At-Large� members of the Council from across the country who are appointed based on vacancies in the 10 regions.

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NAACP Image Awards to air LOS ANGELES, CA – This year the Chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors, Roslyn M. Brock, will present the prestigious Chairman’s Award to individuals and organizations who have used their distinct platforms to be agents of change.

The recipients are Brittany “Bree” Newsome; Justice League NYC; Concerned Student 1950 Collective at the University of Missouri, Columbia; The University of Mississippi NAACP College Chapter; Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III; Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley; Rev. Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant, and Jussie Smollett. The presentation will take place during the 47th NAACP Image Awards, broadcast live on Friday, February 5 (9:00 p.m. ET/PT tape-delayed) on TV One. “It is a rare privilege for me to present the NAACP Chairman’s 2016 Award to an outstanding group of trailblazing leaders all under the age of 50 who have given voice and vision to the mantra that black lives matter,” said Roslyn M. Brock, Chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors. “The five individuals and three organizations have raised awareness of social, educational, and economic injustice from college campuses, church pulpits and the streets, and exemplify what this award symbolizes -’Courage Will Not Skip this Generation.’”

The NAACP Chairman’s Award is bestowed in recognition of special achievement and distinguished public service. Past honorees include Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Navy Vice Admiral Michelle Howard, Radio One Founder and Chairperson Cathy Hughes, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin, Tyler Perry, Former Vice President Al Gore and Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai, Aretha Franklin, Bono, then-Senator Barack Obama, The Dave Matthews Band, and Danny Glover.

47th NAACP CHAIRMAN AWARD HONOREES: Justice League NYC Justice League NYC is a rapid-response criminal justice task force launched by The Gathering for Justice, a non-profit organization founded by iconic actor and activist Harry Belafonte in 2005.

The Justice League NYC has established itself as a leader in the Movement for Racial Equity, utilizing the talents and resources of its members to advocate for viable reforms to the criminal

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The University of Mississippi NAACP College Chapter The University of Mississippi NAACP College Chapter is an organization committed to ensuring the educational, political, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. The College Chapter’s leadership was a key catalyst in the student led campaign to remove the Mississippi state flag, which includes the confederate battle emblem in its upper left corner from campus grounds.

Its entire executive board was responsible for the planning and execution of all dialogues, rallies, and meetings with University administrators. The Chapter issued this statement to support removal of the flag, “We the University of Mississippi NAACP can no longer tolerate the use of Confederate iconography within context of our shared academic space. We strive for inclusion of all people and believe that our state flag should represent the heritage of all of its inhabitants. Our state flag should inspire future generations to prosper in the state of Mississippi with no symbolic barriers impeding upon individual growth and one’s understanding of belonging.”

University of Missouri Concerned Student 1950 Collective Concerned Students 1950 Collective at the University of Missouri, Columbia stood up to institutional apathy and racial hostility on the campus. The Collective organized a series of “Racism Lives Here” protest rallies that included a hunger strike by a graduate student and a pivotal boycott by its football team the Missouri Tigers that resulted in the resignations of the University of Missouri System President and the Chancellor. The group's name, Concerned Student 1950, highlights the year the University of Missouri admitted its first black student. United together for change, the group recited a line from an Assata Shakur poem, “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” The campus activism led by the Concerned Students

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1950 Collective inspired similar protests on college campuses across the nation.

Brittany “Bree” Newsome Bree Newsome has always been sensitive to the essential role that art and symbols play in shaping culture and consciousness.

As she watched the funeral of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of 9 people slaughtered in the name of white supremacy at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, she recognized the message being communicated clearly by the US flag and the SC state flag at half-mast while the Confederate flag remained fully furled. Refusing to accept the premise of this image – that white supremacy is supreme, untouchable and invincible – she scaled the 30-foot flagpole in front of the South Carolina Statehouse and removed the “stars and bars” boldly declaring, “This flag comes down today!” The image of Bree with the Confederate flag in hand has become a touchstone of empowerment for disenfranchised people around the globe.

Jussie Smollett Widely recognized as Empire’s Jamal Lyon, actor-singersongwriter Jussie Smollett is a longtime activist who has actively stood up for civil rights, HIV/AIDS awareness and more social justice causes since age 15. Smollett volunteers with such nonprofits as the Black AIDS Institute, Artists for a New South Africa, and United Negro College Fund, among others. Jussie is an outspoken advocate for LGBT issues and extremely active in GLAAD. Recently he interrupted his performance at the BET Awards to speak out about the Supreme Court decision allowing gay marriage.

Rev. Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant Time magazine has identified Jamal Harrison Bryant as one of the key figures of this hour to move the generation forward. His training and tutelage emanated from his time serving as National Youth and College Director of the NAACP where he organized a national “Stop The Violence Start the Love” campaign to counter the violence that claimed the lives of thousands of young African Americans. As pastor of 10,000 millennials, he has fused spirituality with social responsibility registering more voters than any church in the state of Maryland. His on the ground social justice commentary and leadership were exhibited during the uprisings in Baltimore in the aftermath of the death of Freddie

Gray, and Trayvon Martin.

Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Ill., Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III is a preacher, activist, author and culture critic; with an eye toward justice and equality, as evidenced through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Dr. Moss regularly provides biblical context and theological support to a myriad of groups and causes. This “new millennial” preacher is committed to preaching prophetically that the message of love and justice are inseparable companions. As part of his community engagement through Trinity United Church of Christ, Dr. Moss led the team that came up with the “My Life Matters” curriculum; which includes the viral video “Get Home Safely: 10 Rules of Survival,” created in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death at the hands of Ferguson, Missouri police. He recently addressed the Congressional Black Caucus during its annual legislative conference prayer breakfast on “Accept Your Desert Assignment,” where he provided a religious framework for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley, a biblical scholar and arguably one of the greatest orators of our generation, is the much sought after, gifted, anointed, and dynamic pastor of the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, whose history dates back more than 200 years. Under the helm of this powerful visionary, teacher and social justice leader, Alfred Street Baptist Church is the first and only faith-based organization to date to donate $1 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Not afraid to take on social and political issues, Rev. Wesley led community protest marches against the New York grand jury’s decision not to indict in the death of Eric Garner.

His sermon, “When the Verdict Hurts,” was acknowledged in Time magazine’s July 29, 2013 cover story, “After Trayvon” as one of the best sermons preached in the United States following the “not guilty” verdict in State of Florida v. George Zimmerman.

Three of Dr. Wesley’s sermons, “When the Verdict Hurts,” “A Rizpah Response,” (along with the black hoodie he donned while preaching this sermon), and “Tell Your Own Story,” will all be archived in the NMAAHC’s faith-based collection.

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Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk to hold Town Hall Meeting at GREATER CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk will hold a town hall meeting on Thursday, February 11, 2016 “My hope is for our office to continue connecting with Dallas County neighborhoods so that we, as representatives of the criminal justice system, can maintain, rebuild and in some cases, even establish a positive relationship with our community,� Judge Hawk said. “My goal is to bring everyone to the table, to listen, and to formulate fair, balanced, effective solutions for the challenges we, as a community, face when it comes to our criminal justice system.� Hawk continued.

The town hall meeting will include an update on office initiatives, and seek input from attendees on how the office can collaborate with the community to ensure that it continues its mission of seeking justice both in the courtroom and in the community. This event will be open to the public: Dallas County District Attorney Town Hall Thursday, February 11, 2016 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. at Greater Cornerstone Baptist Church 8350 Forest Lane, Dallas, Texas 75243

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Esmaeil Porsa, MD, MPH, CCHP-P, CCHP-A, has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Integration Officer at Parkland Health & Hospital System. In this new role, Dr. Porsa will collaboratively lead efforts to improve the integration of care delivery systems, including ambulatory, acute and post-acute care. Improving coordination of care across all of Parkland’s services is a critical area of focus and will lead to improved outcomes and efficiency while also improving the experience for patients and providers. Dr. Porsa will oversee the implementation of Parkland’s strategic plan and prioritization of initiatives aimed at improving the way the health system delivers care to best meet the needs of patients, their families, providers and the community.

Dr. Porsa most recently served as Parkland’s Interim Chief Medical Officer. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President for Academic and Professional Affairs and Associate Chief Medical Officer at Parkland. In that role, he oversaw the Medical Affairs and Graduate Medical Education divisions and represented medical and house staff interests with Parkland’s administrative leadership. In addition, he served as Parkland’s Medical Director for Adult Medical Services for Jail Health, where he was responsible for overseeing the health and well-being of the Dallas County jail’s inmate population.

“With his medical acumen, extensive administrative experience and focus on improving the quality and efficiency of care, Dr. Porsa has the expertise to lead Parkland’s strategic planning efforts for the next critical phase of our growth,� said Fred Cerise, MD, MPH, Parkland’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “His commitment to healthcare excellence will enhance Parkland’s efforts to set the standard for public academic health systems across America and to best meet the needs of our patients, their families and the communities entrusted to our care.�

Dr. Porsa received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School in San Antonio. He completed his internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston where he also served as a Chief Medical Resident in 1996. As an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UTHSC-Houston, Dr. Porsa completed an MPH degree in epidemiology as well as a fellowship program in primary care at the UTHSC-Houston Medical School.

He recently completed a Leadership Fellows program with the Texas Hospital Association and is currently enrolled in an MBA program with the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Porsa has a special interest in the management of tuberculosis, particularly in the correctional population. He has published several articles in this area and has participated as expert scientist in national meetings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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EDELMAN: Keeping Children Healthy, in School and Learning Child Watch

By Marian Wright Edelman President, Children’s Defense Fund via George Curry Media

Brandon, a six-year-old in the Houston Independent School District, had two working parents until his father was laid off. Brandon lost his health insurance when his father lost his job. Brandon’s mother quickly scrambled to try to enroll her son, who has asthma, in new coverage, but met some obstacles and didn’t know where to turn. Then, the school district, which had been working with the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) and the School Superintendents Association (AASA) through a partnership supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies, stepped in and helped her find coverage for Brandon under the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

With his new health coverage, doctors discovered Brandon also had high blood pressure and prescribed medicine to control it. Now, the school nurse monitors his blood pressure every day and Brandon is healthy and happy to be in school learning.

This U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Deputy Secretary Mary Wakefield on behalf of HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Acting U.S. Department of Education Secretary John King, spoke recently in Brandon’s school district to encourage other districts across our country to take important steps to ensure children everywhere are in school each day healthy and ready to learn.

The Secretaries urged state and local health and education entities to collaborate around five action items: Helping eligible students and family members enroll in health insurance; Providing and expanding Medicaid reimbursable health services in schools, including immunizations, health screenings and others; Providing or expanding services that support atrisk students, including through Medicaid-funded case management; Promoting healthy school practices through nutrition, physical activity, and health education; and Building local partnerships and participating in hospital community needs assessments.

The Departments of Health and Human Services and Education have created a toolkit of existing resources to support real action in states and communities to strengthen the link between health and education. CDF and AASA’s school-based child health outreach and enrollment model that links health enrollment to school enrollment is one the Secretaries highlight as a best practice to increase enrollment in health coverage for students and their families.

After five years of piloting school-based child health outreach and enrollment in Texas, in 2007 CDF began

working in partnership with AASA to introduce and expand health enrollment as a routine and ongoing part of school district operations. The model provides a basic question for districts to add to their school registration materials: “What type of medical insurance do you have for this child?�

Parents who answer “none� are noted and able to receive information from school district staff on Medicaid, CHIP, or other health coverage options. But it doesn’t stop there. Parents can receive help applying for or renewing coverage for their children and for themselves and are introduced to community partners who can help them successfully navigate the process.

CDF and AASA over the years have partnered with school districts in Texas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi, including urban, rural and suburban school

systems serving elementary through high schools and hundreds of thousands of Black, Latino, Asian and White students. This work has gotten many children health coverage and led to an increased awareness among school superintendents, staff and parents about the important and positive connection between health and academic

success.

In one of these districts, the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District (ECISD) in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, health coverage screening has been built into the daily operations of Parental Involvement Assistants, or PIAs. Each of the district’s 41 school campuses has a PIA who, among other responsibilities, calls absent students’ homes every morning to ask why students are missing school. The PIAs make a home visit that same day if they don’t reach anyone, about 80 visits each day. If a child is home sick, the PIA asks about their insurance status and, if the student lacks coverage, offers the parent assistance filling out the application.

Sandra Rodriguez, the district’s PIA Coordinator, is especially excited they have a new school-based health center attached to the district headquarters to refer families to through a partnership with the Doctors Hospital at Renaissance.

For many Edinburg families this is the first time they can receive care near their home, school, and work, and regardless of their immigration status. Thanks to additional support from another local health system, the 945-square-mile district will soon have two mobile clinics making scheduled visits to school campuses farther from the clinic site.

More students and families need these kinds of supports. It is critically important that school districts and community partners across the country respond to Acting Secretary King’s and Secretary Burwell’s call to action to connect children to needed health coverage and ensure they’re in school and ready to learn. As Superintendent Lillian Maldonado French of the Mountain View School District in El Monte, California puts it, “Being in school matters and if we can do something to make sure our kids are in school every day, then that’s what we need to do.â€? Â

JACKSON: Michigan poisons poor to save a few bucks Â

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. President RainbowPUSH Coalition via George Curry Media

Flint, Mic. is impoverished. The auto plants have closed.

Forty percent of the city’s 100,000 residents live below the poverty level. It is majority minority. It’s been in fiscal crisis since 2011, with the state taking over budgetary control and a state-appointed “emergency manager� driving policy focused on cutting spending.

Flint residents are Americans, but like many impoverished Americans they are forgotten. And state officials led by Gov. Rick Snyder have shown that they consider the residents disposable.

In Flint, the water supply has been poisoned by lead.

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Police are now delivering bottled water from door to door.

But it may be too late for hundreds of kids who are already suffering from elevated levels of lead in their blood. The damage done is irreversible with lifelong consequences, including lowered intelligence and long-term mental and emotional damage.

How did this happen? The emergency manager -  accountable only to the governor and state officials decided to save money by switching Flint’s water supply from Lake Huron to a cheaper source, the Flint River. Only the river had been poisoned by waste from nearby factories for generations. The toxic wastes not only turned the water brown, it corroded the aged pipes of Flint’s water system, unleashing lead into the water. Federal law required that the water be treated, but that would have cost $100 a day, so it was not done.

Parents began to complain of rashes and hair loss. The state’s environmental quality agency denied there was a problem. High-level state officials knew that the water supply was lead poisoned for six months before declaring

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an emergency. Finally, a Flint pediatrician tested the blood of children and discovered lead levels double and even triple the prior amounts. State officials denounced her work before realizing the truth could no longer be hidden.

Finally, Gov. Snyder ended the denial. He declared an official emergency, and four days later called for delivering bottled water. The head of his environmental agency resigned. Snyder apologized for the catastrophe, but calls for him to resign continue to build.

Flint is not alone. Across America, in ghettos and barrios, reservations and rural valleys, the poor are isolated and too often forgotten. Systems basic to civilization - plumbing, water systems, school houses, garbage collection and treatment, roads and public transport - Â are in squalor, lacking even the investment to keep them up to minimum standards. Impoverished neighborhoods often lack hospitals, grocery stores, and decent public spaces. The poor are left to fend for themselves, rising to attention only when violence breaks out, when innocents are shot, when tragedies like Flint become public.

Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is founder and president of the Chicagobased Rainbow PUSH Coalition. You can keep up with his work at www.rainbowpush.org

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The cost of this callousness -  in lives lost, disease, mental damage, crime, drugs, hopelessness -  are immense. This isn’t about money. We pay more on the back end - in prisons and emergency rooms, cops and guards, prisons and addiction centers - than we would have to spend on the front-end investments that would give every child a chance.

Conservatives continue to call for dismantling environmental regulations. They slash budgets for policing violations by corporations or cities. They want to slash support for poverty programs and block-grant them to the states and localities. The next time you hear that rap, think of Flint, its poorest children betrayed by state officials. Think of Flint deprived even of safe water in order to save a few bucks. Think of Flint and investigate your own community -Â Â the horrors of Flint are not exclusive to that city.

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HALL: Dirty, Shallow Water!

Quit Playin’ Vincent L. Hall Vincent L. Hall is an author and award-winning columnist.

I may have said this before; if you heard it, please forgive me. You know writing weekly editorials is a lot like preaching. At some point or another you will use the same analogy more than once.

My brother, the Reverend Victor Hall recalls that the Old Black Preacher used to petition God with three sober supplications. “Lord don’t let my body outlive my mind,” which, when translated is just a prayer that one will not fall to dementia. The second prayer was; “Lord don’t let me outlive all my mourners.”

That says, “I want to live a long good life, but Lord let there be someone in my funeral congregation who knew me back in the day.”

The final leg of the prayer tripod was; “Lord

don’t let me die in shallow water.”

Now that one is trickier, but what it means is “don’t let me die under a cloud of public embarrassment or controversy after having lived a reputable and well regarded life.”

You know, like Bill Cosby, who was once America’s classiest parent and has rightly or wrongly been rendered a closet pervert and criminal pharmacist.

That’s shallow water!

Those pleas make a lot of sense, but we have to add another one. “Lord don’t let me die from this dirty, shallow water.”

And although you think that’s just the plight of the people in Flint, Michigan, it could very well be happening in “Your neck

of the woods.” America has some serious environmental problems and as usual, poor Black folks are the specimen trapped in the national Petri dish.

Hillary Rodham Clinton, former First Lady and a lifelong advocate for children, made her position known at the latest Democratic debate. According to the Washington Post; “I spent a lot of time last week being outraged by what’s happening in Flint, Michigan, and I think every single American should be outraged.

“We’ve had a city in the United States of America where the population which is poor

in many ways and majority African American has been drinking and bathing in leadcontaminated water. And the governor of that state acted as though he didn’t really care.

“He had a request for help and he had basically stone walled. I’ll tell you what, if the kids in a rich suburb of Detroit had been drinking contaminated water and being bathed in it, there would’ve been action.”

Usually, I’d give a synopsis of the Flint, Michigan lead-infested water story…after an unconstitutionally appointed, undulyelected Mayor was forced on the people as a Republican show of force…which really proves they don’t give a f*ck about your constitutional rights, just theirs. If you don’t know this story, Google it.

I can’t add any symmetry without crying…

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Mrs. Clinton’s remarks are being grafted for future arguments against discrimination, but don’t wade out into the deeper parts of her argument and neglect to do something about this dirty, shallow water.

For me the Flint water story is analogous to the dirty, shallow water that runs through the American public school system. The dirty water that runs from the shallow street cop into America’s courtrooms and crests in the public and private jail industry.

This former “cottage industry” that makes its living on the misery of poor folks with inferior court appointed attorneys and judges armed with mandatory minimums.

It’s that same dirty, shallow water that calls out all Muslims in the name of “just keeping it real.” The dirty, shallow water that wants to build a dumb ass wall in Mexico that any farmer in a crop duster could fly over. Dumb idea Donald!

I’d rather be dead and in my grave than be a dirty, shallow water slave!! Lawd Please!!!

CURRY: Dr. King did not dream of winning the Lottery or dying in a terrorist attack on an airplane TRUTH TO POWER (1 in 25 million) than winning the Powerball

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George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge

magazine and editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Dr. Martin Luther Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached King, Jr. wasn’t the through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also only person who had a follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook. dream.

Af ter Evidently, neither you nor I had the Jan. 13 tithing, sharing some of my winning Powerball combination: 4, 8, 19, 27, winnings with relatives, 34, (10). setting up trust funds for the After allowing ourselves to dream of grandkids, stashing money winning it all, fantasizing about how we away in some conservative would spend the first few millions, and long-term investments and vacillating between whether to take our setting aside allocations for share in an annuity or a lump sum payment, the tax man, I wanted to figure reality has set in. We did all that dreaming for out a way to help save my alma mater, Knoxville College, nothing.

But it was fun while it lasted, which wasn’t which is perilously close to long. I don’t usually purchase lottery tickets. permanently closing its doors.

I have always dreamed of setting up a But after spending Christmas and New Year’s in Georgia and attending a funeral in family education fund to support any relative Alabama, heading back home I bought tickets who will need financial assistance in the in Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland and future to attend college. the District of Columbia.

Winning even a third of the Powerball It takes neither a rocket scientist nor would have provided enough funds to a social scientist to figure out that 1 in endow that project. On a smaller scale, I also 292,201,338 are not good odds. As we kept dreamed of funding my new business venture, being reminded, we had a better chance of EmergeNewsOnline.com, a digital version getting struck by lightening (1 in 134,906), of Emerge: Black America’s Newsmagazine, being attacked by a shark (1 in 11.5 million) where I served as editor until it closed 15

years ago. Winning the Powerball would have allowed me to discontinue my GoFundMe campaign to raise funds to make that a reality.

Ah, dreams are so nice - until you wake up to the cold reality of not having Powerball numbers 4, 8, 19, 27, 34, (10).

As I mentioned, I don’t usually buy lottery tickets. It’s not a regular habit I am about to adopt now. I am going to bring a digital version of Emerge back in the next month or

poorest counties bringing in the most lottery revenue. North Carolina Policy Watch found that counties where nearly a quarter of the population lived in poverty sold as much as $434 a person in lottery tickets.

“Why? Maybe because most of the lotto machines are in the poorest neighborhoods, in the liquor and convenience stores and delis that are more prominent in low-income areas.

“Some studies estimate that the poorest households - those bringing in less than $13,000 a year spend an average of 9 percent of their income on lottery tickets.”

Like conservatives, some states have misappropriated Dr. King’s name - and dream - to sell lottery tickets.

“Kasey Henricks, a law and social science fellow at the American Bar Foundation, who has a book coming out later this year on ‘State Looteries’ argues there’s also been a racial component to states’ increased reliance on lottery revenues, since people of color play the lottery more, even controlling for income,” according to Fortune magazine.

We’re expected to feel good about buying lottery tickets because most of the money goes to good causes, such as scholarships and improving schools.

But even that often has a catch to it. so and continue writing my weekly syndicated column. Instead of merely dreaming about winning the Powerball, I have an obligation to write about the downside of state-sponsored gambling.

One of the cruelest aspects of lotteries is that they prey on people who can least afford to stand in those long lines to buy tickets.

Writing in the Washington Post, Petula Dvorak observed, “In many states, it’s the

“In an interview, Henricks noted that advertising in the 1980s by the New York

and Washington D.C. lotteries actually played off Martin Luther King’s famous ‘I have a dream’ speech. ‘All you need is a dollar and a dream,’’ was the New York slogan. DC proclaimed: ‘His [Martin Luther King’s] vision lives on ... honor the dream.’”

We’re expected to feel good about buying lottery tickets because most of the money goes to good causes, such as scholarships and improving schools. But even that often has a catch to it.

One report concluded, “There is a growing body of research that concludes that the reverse Robin Hood effect is indeed a problem when lottery revenues fund meritbased scholarships. Two recent studies have examined Georgia’s HOPE scholarship and Florida’s Bright Futures scholarship.

“Rubenstein and Scafidi (2002) estimate the tax incidence of the Georgia lottery combined with the incidence of the benefits of the HOPE scholarship for households in each of Georgia’s counties. Their results indicate that lower income and non-white households purchase a disproportionately large number of lottery tickets; whereas, higher income and white households receive a disproportionately large number of HOPE scholarships.”

That’s not honoring Dr. King - it’s turning his dream into a nightmare.

“Our people have made the mistake of confusing the methods with the objectives.” Malcolm X

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We need good journalists and better journalism ONE AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN’S OPINION

By Cheryl Smith The Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Journalists (formerly the Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Communicators) will present its annual Urban Journalism Workshop for high school and college students in 2016.

This 12-week workshop is open to students in Dallas, Tarrant, Ellis, Collin and Denton counties. Students receive hands-on experience working with seasoned professionals who have gained a reputation locally and nationally, as well as internationally.

The program, which emulates one started by George Curry, Gerald Boyd and other members of the Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists in St. Louis, has graduated students who have gone on to anchor newscasts, edit newspapers, open public relations firms and produce radio shows.

Mr. Curry visits the Dallas workshop students annually to conduct his “basic training.” Mr. Boyd died of lung cancer in 2006.

“We’re excited about continuing the tradition that was started almost 30 years ago,” said Eva Coleman, one of the instructors for the program. “I am looking forward to working with students this year.”

Ms. Coleman, who teaches radio and television in Frisco ISD will be overseeing the radio and television segments of the workshop, pulling together experts in the field.

Previous speakers have included: Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, Senator Royce West, Star-Telegram editor and columnist Bob Ray Sanders, Dallas Morning News columnist Norma Adams Wade, Our Texas Publisher General Berry, PR gurus Lyria Howland and Rose Gafford,

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Irwin Thompson, K104’s Sam Putney, 97.9’s Gary with the T, Dallas Examiner Publisher Mollie Belt, Producer Haile Gerima and Dallas Weekly Publisher James A. Washington.

Ms. Smith, who has been with the program since its inception, took over the directorship in the mid 90s and continued through 2004. Ms. Smith returned to the program as director in 2007.

At the conclusion of the workshop, the students will participate in a closing ceremony where they will present a newspaper, television and radio broad-casts, a website and a special project.

Here’s what a few alumni had to say about the program: Kevin Abercrombia - I am a former student of the DFW-ABJ workshop. It is a great experience when it comes to journalism. The other thing is you have a great mentor in Ms Smith, who will be in your corner no matter what.The one thing I gained from the workshop is experience, getting to do live newscasts at Channel 5, learning to write news scripts, getting to write article for the workshop newspaper and most importantly, doing protocol. So if you are looking to step up your game and come out of your shell the workshop is the best way to do that. Speaking as a person who was shy and reserved, the DFW/ABJ workshop helped me gain confidence in myself.

Alecia Thompson - I used the lessons and the connections that I gained in this great workshop throughout my 14 years in radio and, actually, to this day. From how to introduce myself to how to conduct an interview to how to write and produce a story from start to finish for talk radio.

The friendships, the professional

networking relationships that goes well beyond the actual workshop are not only priceless but, are very beneficial in whatever path you take in life. I am so glad that I invested myself in this workshop and appreciate, from the bottom of my heart, the people and the hard work as well as the fact that this even exists!

Andre Smith - As a member of the journalism workshop I learned many trades that I still use to this day. From public speaking, to asking the real questions. Along with learning how to network, and when taking photos “get in there”. To always double shoot, because it is better to have two to choose from.

Jeremy Erwin - I learned the importance of punctuality, a firm handshake, and professionalism.

I was informed on what’s appropriate and inappropriate. I got the tools necessary to build a foundation for leadership.

I was 15 years old having professional conversations with commissioner John Wiley Price, Senator Royce West, news anchors, and hosts. Those opportunities made it easy for me to now have professional conversations and meetings with A list celebs and execs in Hollywood. This workshop prepared me for the real deal.

It’s definitely worth the TIME! Because after all, it’s Free.

Angela Lang Through this program, I gained experience, friends, mentors, and

School Choice Matters for Texas’s Families

By Andrew R. Campanella

When it comes to K-12 education, America’s parents want more choices.

In fact, almost two thirds of parents – 64 percent – say they wish they had more options for their children’s education.

In a society where Americans choose practically everything, from the brands of coffee they drink in the morning to the types of cars they drive, it is understandable that parents are demanding more of a say in where they send their children to school.

Parents understand that with greater options come better results for their children. Every child is unique, with distinctive interests and learning styles. Moms and Dads know that a school that might work for one student might not be a good fit for another.

From January 24-30, millions of Americans will raise awareness about the importance of school choice at an unprecedented 16,140 events – including 1105 events in Texas. These events are planned to coincide with National School Choice Week, the largest celebration of opportunity in

education in US history.

For families in the Lone Star State, National School Choice Week provides a good opportunity to review the different types of education options available to their children.

Parents can choose from schools in the public sector – such as traditional public schools, public charter schools, magnet schools, or online academies.

Parents can also pay to send their children to private schools, or educate their children in the home.

Parents who are not happy with their children’s current schools, or would like to explore their options, should use January to consider the alternatives available to them. Families can use National School Choice Week as an opportunity to visit schools, ask lots of questions of teachers and administrators, and talk with other parents to find a school that may be a better fit.

Starting the school search process in Jan-uary, rather than waiting until summer break, means that parents have more options available to them.

Of course, some – if not many – parents in Texas will find that they do not have as many education options as children and families in other states. For these families, National School Choice Week provides an opportunity to stand up and have their voices and opinions heard.

great memories! It’s a great opportunity for young people who are interested in journalism to make contacts, get real world experience, and have a lot of fun! It’s tough!

Remember those weekly current events quizzes? But will get you ready for college and a career in journalism.

Providing greater access to education options in Texas and across the country is essential, not just for individual families, but for the future prosperity of communities.

Research has demonstrated that when parents actively choose the schools their children attend, or choose to educate their children in the home, high school graduation rates increase dramatically.

A student with a high school diploma will, over the course of his or her life, earn more than a quarter million dollars more than a student who has dropped out. High school graduates are far less likely to be incarcerated, and are six times more likely to participate in community and civic affairs, than individuals without high school diplomas.

In the short term, and over the long haul, school choice pays dividends.

Most importantly, though: school choice matters because every child in America has potential. Today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders, and together, we must do everything possible to prepare them for success.

Andrew R. Campanella is president of National School Choice Week, the nation’s largest annual celebration of opportunity in education. A recognized expert on education reform, Andrew lives in Blue Mountain Beach, Florida.

Gray Hall - This is where it all started for me. The workshop is more than worth its weight in gold. I am surprised it is still FREE. Please take advantage of this life changing experience.

Royle King - Wouldn’t be where I am today without this program!

This is definitely the real deal!

Dallas, TX 75203

For more information, call 214-941-0110. Applications must be turned in by January 21, 2016. Mail completed applications to: DFWABJ, 320 South R.L. Thornton Frwy #220A

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early! For more information, visit GarlandTx.gov.

Nontombi Naomi Tutu the daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, will speak at 1:00PM at The Black Academy of Arts & Letters (TBAAL) 1309 Canton Street Dallas, Texas 75202 (Corner of Canton & Akard St).

John McCaa WFAA-TV News Anchor will act as Master of Ceremonies.

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********* Artist Exhibition/Reception Saturday, February 6, 2016 - 5PM Featuring works of Johnathon Foster, Kirk Garnett, ShaLana Mitchell, Kevin Owens & C-Ray Rayson Irving Arts Center - Main Gallery 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX Admission: FREE

Neighborhood Vitality Matching Grant - Updated Guidelines The Garland City Council has approved updated guidelines to the Neighborhood Vitality Matching Grant (NVMG) program, which allows neighborhood groups to apply for matching funds to complete enhancement or beautification projects on public property. Applications are due March 1, and are available online.

Learn more about the grant program at the NVMG workshop, scheduled from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. For more information, call 972-205-2451. ****

Dallas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is celebrating the founding of the public service organization with a financial expert, Carla A. Harris, as the keynote speaker.

Attendees at the public event will surely have finance questions for this Vice Chairman, Wealth Management, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley when she joins her sorority sisters for this year’s program, Saturday, January 30, 2016, 11:30a.m., at the Dallas Hyatt Regency Hotel, 300 Reunion Blvd. Dallas.

February 1 Black History Month Restaurant Row Hosted by MOSAIC Join us as we celebrate Black History Month by showcasing your business’ menu and offerings to over 3,000 Frito Lay employees.

Black-Owned Restaurants and Food Businesses (Pepsi Pour preferred, others will be considered) When: Week of February 1st, 2016 Frito Lay North America Headquarters 7701 Legacy Dr., Plano, TX 75024 If interested, please contact Courtney M. Cola Courtney.cola@pepsico.com for more information.

February 3

DBCC Power Lunch!

Bill J Priest Institute 1402 Corinth Street, Dallas 75215 1-3pm February 3, 2016 Understanding Government Contracting *********

February 6

Annual Sweetheart Dance Dads, granddads, brothers and uncles are invited to watch their little princess shine at the annual Sweetheart Dance on Saturday, Feb. 6, at The Atrium at the Granville Arts Center, 300 N. Fifth St. Cost is $16 per person and will include dinner, dancing and a professional 5x7 photo. Registration is required and may be completed in person at any Garland recreation centeror by calling 972-205-3991. Space is limited, so register

**** Straight Talk about the use of the “N-Word” with Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters.

February 6 Know Your Status Dallas

10 a.m. – 2p.m. (Panel discussion with elected officials and local celebrities at 12p.m.)

Guest of Honor: Sheryl Lee Ralph Southwest Center Mall 3662 W. Camp Wisdom Road Dallas, TX 75237

February 13 AMOUD FOUNDATION ANNUAL FUNDRAISER at 6:30 PM

February 14 12th Annual Dallas Blues Festival featuring Latimore, Sir Charles Jones, Theodis Ealey, TK Soul, Shirley Brown, Cupid, Bobby Rush Sun, Feb 14, 2016 - 6:00PM Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie 1001 Performance Place, Grand Prairie, TX 75050

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JD Lawrence presents Martin, Malcolm and Me at the Majestic Theatre. Call 888-929-7849 for tickets March 2 DBCC Power Lunch!

Bill J Priest Institute 1402 Corinth Street Dallas 75215 1-3pm March 2, 2016 How to do a Business with DART

March 12

MaDea’s on the Run - Two shows 3p.m. And 8p.m. At the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie. Call 888-929-7849

February 17 DBCC Power Lunch!

Bill J Priest Institute 1402 Corinth Street Dallas 75215 1-3pm Understanding the RFP &RFB Process

2016 National Women’s History Month Program Women’s Education – Women’s Empowerment March 19, 2016, 12:00 Noon Black Police Association of Greater Dallas,211 Centre St, Dallas, TX 75208 Ticket Price: $10.00 per Person

February 20

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UNCF Masked Ball at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. Call 972-2341007 for tickets.

February 21

African-American History Program & Reception Sunday, February 21, 2016 - 4PM Irving Arts Center - Dupree Theater 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX Admission: FREE

South Dallas Business and Professional Women’s ClubAnnual Founders' Day Observance Come spend some time with your family and friends at the Irving Arts Center. Irving Black Arts Council and the City of Irving Focus: Celebrating 62 Years of Community Service will present our annual African-American History Month family "Continuing The Legacy of Community Service, Lifting Others program. This year's program will highlight "A Conversation As We Climb" with Robert Haynes", Curator of the Interurban Railway Museum Time: 3:00 -6:00 PM in Plano, TX, Special Guest Tuskegee Airman Homer Hogues DeSoto Civic Center, 211 E Pleasant Run Rd, DeSoto, TX and the 2016 U.S.P.S. Heritage Stamp HonoreeRichard Allen Bluebonnet Room Unveiling by Irving Postmaster Rodney Malone.

Ticket Price: $25.00 per Person 2016 Honoree: Linda Darden Lydia, Sojourner Truth Award New Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church will host its 11th Annual Raymond B. Spencer Scholarship banquet on February 26th 2016, at 7:00 p.m. at the Fort Worth Hilton Hotel. The Featured keynote speaker will be Dr. Rev Raphael G. Warnock, Ph.D., a civil rights leader and new generation trailblazer. Dr. Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, running February Warnock is the senior pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist 10th - March 6th. All evening performance for this show will Church, Atlanta, Georgia, the church home of Dr. Martin Luther start at 7:30 at the Undermain Theatre King, Jr.

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53rd Annual V. Alyce Foster Trailblazer Awards Luncheon Theme: Lifting Others As We Climb" Date: Saturday, April 16, 2016 12:00 Noon Hilton-Anatole Hotel, 2201 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207 Imperial Ballroom Ticket Price: $60.00 per Person

April 2 HERB ALPERT & LANI HALL 8 p.m. Majestic Theatre The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center and AEG Live announced Herb Alpert and Lani Hall will perform at the Majestic Theatre Ticket prices for Herb Alpert & Lani Hall range from $76.75 to $36.75 and can be purchased, beginning on October 2 at 10 a.m., online at www.attpac.org, by phone at 214-880-0202 or in person at the AT&T Performing Arts Center Information Center at 2353 Flora Street (Monday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Tuesday thru Saturday 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.).

The Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center (DCAC) will celebrate the 9th annual Appetite for Advocacy Luncheon featuring keynote speaker Brené Brown on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 12 p.m. at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, 400 N. Olive Street. A VIP sponsor reception will be held following the luncheon in a private room at the Sheraton from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

The luncheon highlights the importance of education and child abuse awareness in the community.

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Malveaux challenges sorority members to continue tradition of founders Speaking to a filled-to-capacity room during a recent Founders Day observance, Dr. Julianne Malveaux talked about the courageous women who founded Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., over a century ago.

D-FW Area Chapter Presidents This year’s co-chairs were Katrina R. Haley of Denton County Alumnae, Sandra Dorsey Malone of Dallas Alumnae and Meekins of Zeta Eta. Not pictured among the 50-year honorees is Beverly Kenner. Other 50-year honorees recognized at the D-FW Area celebration appear on next page with story on Dallas Alumnae Chapter.

Dr. Julianne Malveaux with Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price This year’s D-FW Area Founders Day Luncheon and Celebration for Delta Sigma Theta brought together 67 Alumnae and 24 Collegiate sisters. As the 67 honorees were lauded for 50 and 25 years in Delta, the collegiate members were recognized for obtaining their undergraduate degrees.

With an impressive theme of “Holding Aloth the Torch of Justice, the Flame of Truth and the Promise of Equality, in a captivating speech of approximately 32 minutes economist, author, and commen-tator Dr. Malveaux gave a “shout out” to friends Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and State Sen. Royce West as she applauded her “sorors” for their dedicated service to the sorority and the communities they live and work in.

A member of the public service organization for women for more than 4 decades, Dr. Malveaux, who is the former president of Bennett College for Women referenced the history of the women who made bold statements on the campus of Howard University by breaking away from an early group to form a more progressive group to address social change and taking a stand on women suffrage issues.

Interrupted numerous times by the applause from the mostly-female audience, Dr. Malveaux challenged members, especially the collegiate attendees to be agents for change and to follow the rich tradition of Delta Sigma Theta’s 22 founders.

Dr. Malveaux’s message was echoed by the organization’s national president. “As members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., we have an obligation to our Founders, our communities and each other to continue to use our collective strength to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to those in need,” wrote Dr. Paulette C. Walker, in the event’s program book. “Our Founders were determine to make the clear distinction that Delta Sigma Theta was a service-oriented and socially-conscious organization.

Through their valiant demonstration of fortitude, we realize that there is no greater purpose; no greater calling; than to accept the commitment of leading others in a forward and positive direction.”

State Rep. Toni Rose speaks Tonyia Williams - Collin County Alumnae Tonya R. Derrick - Dallas Alumnae Cleopatra Birckbichler - Denton County Alumnae Myra McGlothen-Sutton - Fort Worth Alumnae Amye Thompson Hollins - Metropolitan Dallas Alumnae Nikeya Anderson - North Central Texas Alumnae Jada Burton - North Dallas Suburban Alumnae Pier Crenshaw - Southwest Dallas County Alumnae LaKeisha Adams - Nu Iota - SMU Audra Jackson - Sigma Mu - UTD Keandria Bonner - Theta Nu - Texas A&M Commerce Kassadee Dews - Williams - Lambda Nu - PQC Nyriah Hampton - Lambda Chi - UTA Dynasty Jackson - Eta Delta - TWU Samantha Koehler - Iota Eta - TCU Kali Meekins - Zeta Eta - UNT

The 25 year honorees are: Madelyn Petty Bowman, Jocelyn Johnson, Thurstine McCloud, Anita Roussel, Elizabeth Vann, Regina Wheel, Beverly Williams-Wanza, Micheon Brackens, Carla Dow, Caroline Kennedy Gordon, Karen JohnsonNwaorgu, Jonna LaGrone-Haynes, Michelle Lang, Tara WiltzMajor, Seraphin Jones Price, Antoinette Renee, LaShaun Turner-Coleman, Danielle Wesley, Felicia Cox Henderson, Aundrea Mitchell, Leslie Annette Swann, Dr. Rosalyn Walker, Courtney Weddington, Carron Perry, Robbin Venita Robinson, Valerie Baston-Sutton, Angela Brent, Charitta Bryant, Rhonda Madison, Sharie Rambo McEwing, Yvette Runnels, Tunisia Sadruddin, Tymesia Smaw, Erica Smith-Branton, Edna Booker, Asani Charles, Thelma Clemons, Anita Davis, Annette McLendon Henson, Valarie Houston, Mary Kennedy, Marilyn Reese, Silvia Rose-Sterling, Wanda Ware-Franklin, Leslie Washington, Trena Burgan, Debra Nash, Kimberly Wade, Yolanda Bables, Samantha Cash, Yolanda Lilly, Phyllis Otto, Dawn Marie Patterson, Regenia Phillips, Jacqueline Renfro, Mary Stanton, Rhonda Stoneham, Elka Yarbrough.

The collegiate honorees are: Eta Delta - Texas Woman’s University Raven Bellard

Co Chairs Katrina R. Haley and Sandra Malone not shown - Kali Meekins

Neosha White Iota Eta - Texas Christian University Kyla Bell Chelsea Gillespie Ashlea Harper Erin Jacobs Samantha Koehler Elon Wylie Lambda Chi - Univ of Texas at Arlington Raven Alston Myriah Hampton Tahlia Pope Lambda Nu - Paul Quinn College Kassadee Dews Dominique Griffin Stefanie Scott Shambrika Taylor Nu Iota - Southern Methodist University La’Keisha Adams Tien Dang Jasmine Richardson Kevelyn Rose Sigma Mu - University of Texas at Dallas Audra Jackson J’oni Scott

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The D-FW area presidents are: Jamita Machen - Arlington Alumnae

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Harris also to pay tribute to 50 and 25 year honorees students wanted to use their collective strength to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to persons in need.

Local member Frederica Chase Dodd was one of the 22 founders.

The Grand Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has a membership of over 200,000 predominately African-American, college-educated women. The Sorority currently has over 900 chapters located in the United States, Tokyo, Japan, Okinawa, Japan, Germany, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Seoul, Korea, and St. Thomas and St Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information on the history and other areas of interest of this dynamic organization, please visit the official website of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Noted members include: recently deceased member singer/actress Natalie Cole, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, journalist Soledad O’Brian, U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, economist Dr. Julianne Malveaux and Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman.

Dr. Paulette C. Walker is the National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Initiated into the Sorority through the Epsilon Epsilon Chapter of Michigan State University in October 1966, Dr. Walker has shown an uncompromising commitment to service for nearly 50 years.

Carla Harris is a Vice Chairman, Wealth Management, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley. She is responsible for increasing client connectivity and penetration to enhance revenue generation across the firm. She formerly headed the Emerging Manager Platform, the equity capital markets effort for the consumer and retail industries and was responsible for Equity Private Placements. Ms. Harris has extensive industry experiences in the technology, media, retail, telecommunications, transportation, industrial, and healthcare sectors.

Ms. Harris was recently named to Fortune Magazine’s list of “The 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America”, U. S. Bankers Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance (2009, 2010, 2011), Black Enterprise’s Top 75 Most Powerful Women in Business (2010), to Black Enterprise Magazine’s “Top 75 African Americans on Wall Street” (2006 – 2011), and to Essence Magazine’s list of “The 50 Women Who are Shaping the World”, Ebony’s list of the Power 100 and “15 Corporate Women at the Top” and was named “Woman of the Year 2004” by the Harvard Black Men’s Forum and in 2011 by the Yale Black Men’s Forum.

Ms. Harris began her career with Morgan Stanley in the Mergers & Acquisitions department in 1987. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Carla received from Harvard Business School an MBA, Second Year Honors and an AB in economics from Harvard

University, Magna Cum Laude.

She is the immediate past Chair of the Board of the Morgan Stanley Foundation and sits on the boards of the Food Bank for NYC, The Executive Leadership Council, The Toigo Foundation, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), A Better Chance, Inc, Mt. Sinai and St. Vincent’s Hospitals, Xavier University, and is an active member of the St. Charles Gospelites of the St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church and the Mark Howell Singers.

Ms. Harris is co-chair of the National Social Action Commission of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and was a member of the Board of Overseers’ Committee on University Resources, Harvard University.

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Management, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley when she joins her sorority sisters for this year’s program, Saturday, January 30, 2016, 11:30a.m., at the Dallas Hyatt Regency Hotel, 300 Reunion Blvd. Dallas.

Considered one of the most powerful women in business, Ms. Harris is an honors graduate of Harvard University and in August 2013, she was appointed by President Obama to chair the National Women’s Business Council.

Ms. Harris will join Dallas Alumnae Chapter president Tonya Derrick as the organization recognizes 50 and 25 year honorees for their service to Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Also on hand for the 103rd anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and the 92nd anniversary of the Dallas Alumnae Chapter is Marjorie McColl Petty, J.D., M.S., Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The Dallas Alumnae Chapter has been very instrumental in educating citizens about the Affordable Healthcare Act and other critical issues affecting their communities.

The 50-year honorees are: Jennifer Brown Clark, Cressie M. Menefee Ellison, Katharine Williams-Hunter, Verna G. Brown Mitchell, Henri L. Simpson, Ph.D. and Zelma Brooks Washington.

The 25 year honorees are: Felicia Cox Henderson, Aundrea Denise Mitchell, Keva Phillips Munson, Leslie Annette Swann, Dr. Rosalyn Walker and Courtney Dawnyell Weddington.

Tickets are still available for the luncheon at www. dallasalumnae.org/FoundersDay.html.

It was a historic day for Dallas, Texas, in 1924 when the DALLAS ALUMNAE CHAPTER of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was established. Soror Frederica Chase Dodd, one of the twenty-two National Founders, organized the chapter and served as its first president. Along with Soror Dodd, the following sorors will long be remembered as the cornerstones of the chapter: Jessie Pollard, Ruth Mason, Ruby Pollard Reed, Nettie Wycliff, Rowena Wilkins Blackmon, Lillian Thompson, Koletta Jefferson Washington, Marie Starks Burke, Jessie T. Rice, Rezolia Thrash, Doris Tipps, Irene Dobbs Jackson, Deraline Winston McKenzie, Leatrice Porter, Myrtle Saddler, and DeArtis Pryor Purify.

Today, as inheritors of a remarkable legacy of greatness, the Dallas Alumnae Chapter has withstood the test of time and continues to grow tremendously in its membership, which enables the chapter to be in the forefront fulfilling the mission of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. empowering people and making a difference in the Dallas, Texas community.

DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC. was founded on January 13, 1913 by 22 collegiate women at Howard University. These

Cressie M.Menefee Ellison

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Carla Harris

With headlines of the largest lottery ever dominating news coverage, the Dallas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., is celebrating the founding of the public service organization with a financial expert, Carla A. Harris, as the keynote speaker.

Attendees at the public event will surely have finance questions for this Vice Chairman, Wealth

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I had a wild but humbling thought recently when I was wondering in sheer amazement about God’s eternal being. I mean He always was and always will be. In simple terms, there was never a time when there was no God. There will never be a time when He won’t exist. Just to contemplate that is a challenge to one’s ability to comprehend as well as an impossible reach for the imagination. But I’ve come to appreciate imagining the awesome power of God. My point about being humbled in this respect is that in God’s infinite knowledge, I’m supposed to have been there. I mean God knew me before I knew me. Apparently, if I believe scripture (and I do), I am an integral part of God’s great plan.

I have a role to play. Somehow then, I was there when Adam was created, if God fashioned me (and you) as a descendant of the original man. That means you’ve also been around in God’s mind forever.

Scripture teaches that if you believe in the Godliness of Christ, then our very existence in eternity is guaranteed. It’s incredibly humbling to think that the Almighty in His infinite being and power had and has room for you and me in His thought process. I still struggle with that. That means from the moment I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior, I became aware of my immortality. So often as we grow older, we tend to accept our mortality (maybe even begrudgingly), when really we should be more aware and appreciative of our own

immortality. The bible reaffirms this constantly throughout scripture. “And this is the (God’s) testimony: God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son does not have life.” 1 John 5:11-12. Baptized believers understand the words of Christ. “I tell you the truth; whoever hears my words and believes Him who sent me has eternal life…” John 5:24. I am merely, in as humble a way as possible, accepting this truth. The reality of that truth is what boggles the mind. If I calculate time in human terms, I was born. I lived and I will die.

By accepting Christ as my Lord and Savior, I must recalculate time as follows: I was born. I lived and I will die in this physical world. At that moment I will live again, forever.

One of the by products of this truth is also a fundamental belief in God’s Word because Jesus is the one telling us God’s intention. So therefore, faith here demands we’ve got to accept God’s Word first and above all else. Now I don’t know about you, but given an option of taking God’s Word or not, you pretty much can take what I’m going to do straight to the vault in heaven. I mean just think about it for a moment. From the instant God thought of you, you became eligible for immortality. That eligibility gets realized when you start an intimate relationship with Christ. Through the Holy Spirit, we confirm our relationship with Christ and our existence in eternity. All we have to do is choose.

Listen up! Choose life or choose death. I’ve made my choice. I choose life, and you know what? I’m going to live forever. You know what? You are too.

Imagine that. May God bless and keep you always.

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Guess who can’t handle the Kandi bubble?

On-and-off friend, Phaedra Parks. Yes, I know she’s going through a dark season, but putting down others only makes things worse. She loves putting down Kandi’s husband every chance she gets. Although her one-liners are funny, she needs to lighten up.

Porsha is having a really hard time handling her sister’s pregnancy. She got vulnerable this week - she ate her feelings as she shared how she would give up everything she has for a family.

She’s not just a single lady dreaming of a husband - she had a husband and was pregnant. Porsha tends to hide her pain, but she let it all out finally!

Cynthia’s dreams of a stable and loving marriage may be headed in the right direction; she’s headed on a getaway with her hubby!

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Lisa Vanderpump, the self-appointed head diva, is dissing Erica the most by asking ridiculous questions. Erica is a smart and seemingly secure housewife; the comments roll off her back.

On the Real Housewives of New York (RHONY) front, I love Bethenny, but often cringe when she attacks. She loves giving unsolicited advice.

Again, much respect B, not everybody cares. Housewives Yolanda Foster and Evelyn would love to step into someone else’s shoes for different reasons.

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