Our Superb Woman
today is
Whitney Peoples, PhD
-Fort Worth's own Dr. Whitney Peoples is a scholar, author and educator.
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Dr. Whitney Peoples is the inaugural director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. Dr. Peoples previously served as a director in Educational Development and Assessment Services and coordinator of DEI Initiatives and Critical Race Pedagogies. A Fort Worth native, this author was a visiting assistant professor at Texas Woman’s University and Provost Post-Doctoral Fellow at UTA. Whitney earned a PhD in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Emory University, an MA in Women's Studies from the University of Cincinnati, and a BA in Political Science from Agnes Scott College. She has spoken and written on the intersections of race, gender, health, and popular culture, taught broadly in the area of Women's and Gender Studies and African American Studies, and published critical essays on topics including reproductive justice, Black feminist health science studies, advertising for oral contraceptives, and representations of women in African American film. Whitney is the co-founder of the Black Feminist Health Science Studies, which aims to highlight the necessity of incorporating social justice into medical science. |
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Our Superb Women!
2021 is the "Year of the Woman," especially the Black Woman! We are dedicating this space to uplifting Black women and spreading a message that we need to show love and empower people with love instead of destroying them with hate and disrespect.
We celebrate Black Women and call them SUPERB!
Cheryl Smith, Publisher
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Congresswoman
Eddie Bernice Johnson
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Our Voices
On the Need for New Investments & Developments in South Dallas
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By Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
As I drove through the Fair Park Corridor last week, the signs of infrastructure inaction were clear and visible. One, in fact, was qui- te literal—a sign hanging over an undeveloped lot that read “Expected Date of Completion: 2017.” South Dallas has been historically plagued by deteriorating infrastructure and incomplete development. Insufficient plumbing, wiring, pipeline, and transportation systems not only define the current state of the area, but have also prevented new investments and developments from coming in.
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OUR VOICES
Devolution: This is what we've come to
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By Sen. Royce West
Evolution by definition means that an idea, a person or entity has undergone change. I know I certainly have. A caterpillar evolves into a butterfly. And yes, my behavior and perspectives are much different than me, the 40 year-old attorney and certainly from me, the 18-year-old, college student- -athlete. I hope you can say I’ve evolved.Such is not the case for the condition that currently besets America. I’ll back my thesis. Evidence being compiled to this day accuses the most recent, former Commander-in-Chief of taking numerous illegal steps to overturn the outcome of the November 2020 Presidential Election.
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Staying Safe during Your Summer Escapes from COVID-19 and the Delta Variant |
By Darryl Sellers
The long, hot days of summer are giving many Americans the burning desire to travel and escape COVID-19 fatigue after being mired in its throes for more than a year. The good news for travel this summer is that COVID-19 deaths in the United Stateshave dipped to their lowest level since March 2020 in the earliest days of the virus outbreak.
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Joli Robinson describes her new CEO Job as the “honor of a lifetime to be a part of an organization that is working to end homelessness and to serve our unhoused neighbors.”(Brandon Wade / Special Contributor) |
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Meet the new CEO who is determined to end homelessness in Dallas and Collin counties
As Joli Robinson has tried to help her own father get off the streets in Atlanta, she understands better than most of us the complex challenges of the unhoused.
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By Sharon Grigsby
Who can blame us for feeling dog-tired and more than a little depressed amid this latest stretch of misery generators? Harrowing images out of Afghanistan. Data screw-up’s at Dallas City Hall. Politically motivated finger-wagging and mask smack-downs that surge more viciously than COVID’s delta strain.
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This story, originally published in The Dallas Morning News, is reprinted as part of a collaborative partnership between The Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News. The partnership seeks to boost coverage of Dallas’ communities of color, particularly in southern Dallas.
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Brunch and Business, 2nd Annual Sunday Funday. Presented by The Plug Boss Experience at
4735 E. Lancaster Ave. Fort Worth.
August 22, 2021, 12-5 pm.
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Congratulations!
Class of 2021!
Toryana Jackson
Henninger High School in Syracuse, New York
She is the first Black, female valedictorian in the School’s history.
She received a full scholarship to Wellesley College, where she will be pursuing a career in journalism
in the fall.
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Beenie Man, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, GZA, Christopher Williams, Apollo Crews, Keith Powers, Randall Cobb, Brandon Adams, Kenedi Houston, Eric V. Moyé, Joy Lewis, Tonya Richard, Da'Mun Harris, Roxy Heart-Edwards and Dr. Karen Hills Pruden. |
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National
Be An Angel Day
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Scientists reportedly noted that the quake possessed a seven-mile depth and residents 200 miles away in Jamaica felt the trembles |
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Tropical Storm Now Threatens Earthquake Ravaged Haiti
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Tropical Storm Grace, which has gained strength over the nearby Dominican Republic and Cuba, has set its sights on Haiti. The island nation continues to assess the death toll and wreckage of a destructive 7.2 magnitude earthquake. Weather forecasters warned that large parts of Haiti could see 10 inches of rain, leading to flooding and deadly mudslides because of the earthquake.
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By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire
The National Hurricane Center issued a most unwelcomed forecast for earthquake-ravaged Haiti on Monday, Aug. 16. Tropical Storm Grace, which has gained strength over the nearby Dominican Republic and Cuba, has set its sights on Haiti. The island nation continues to assess the death toll and wreckage of a destructive 7.2 magnitude earthquake.
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On Monday, the nation realized 191,385 new Covid cases, 84,739 Covid-related hospitalizations, and 653 deaths. |
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Family of Congressman John Lewis Continues His Legacy by Fighting for Voting Rights |
Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire
The late Congressman John Lewis, a Democrat, lived every moment of his life doing for others. And, as the world knows, the Congressman gave every ounce of his time, energy, blood, sweat and tears, in fighting for all Americans to have the right to vote.
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