Happy Anniversary !
August 2022
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Israel and Jill Braden Balderas
23 years.
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Elder Marvin and Victoria Thomas
12 years.
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Mr. and Mrs. Elston
32 years.
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Lamont and Kiki Jones
20 years.
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Anthony Collier
General Counsel for the Dean of the Texas Senate
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JBJ Management has been selected as the HUB Manager for Children’s/UTSW Pediatric Tower($2Billion) |
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Elise Durham
2022 Inductee
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Southeast Chapter) Silver Circle
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Carolyn Bradley-Guidry, DrPh, MPAS
UT Southwestern Medical Center recognized during Women in Medicine Month
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Foremost Family Health Centers' own Dr. Dorothy Marshall is the star of the award-winning documentary short film, "The Doctor on the Edge of Forever." |
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When Two Worlds Collide
Woman says teens stole her car before crashing into South Dallas pizzeria
Working mom now left to pick up pieces without transportation to get to her new job.
By Cheryl Smith
A stolen car crashed into a South Dallas pizza restaurant Monday, leaving several injured, a business in turmoil and a young mother without transportation.
For two women, it was a day they would not soon forget. Dorothy Jones, owner of the popular Black Jack Pizza, was enjoying herself on Monday morning, doing the things she usually does on her day off when she got the call.
Across town Taylor Hunter, a young, struggling mother of two, was finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. She was happy because she finally had a home for her family and on Tuesday she was set to start a job that was paying well over the Texas minimum wage.
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Inside Black Jack Pizza, surveying damage |
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Customer and car hit as building collapsed |
Teens stole car and after chase, ended up at Black Jack Pizza |
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Where car ended up at Black Jack Pizza |
Taylor Hunter needs her car to start her
new job!
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Crew arrived to begin clearing debris and securing building |
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After car removed, looking inside from street |
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Taylor Hunter discusses theft of her car |
Note: Excuse graphic language
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Celebrating 195
years of the Black Press
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Check out
The Trendsetter
Texas Metro News' student journalists produced publication
(inside Texas Metro News).
* Are you in high school and interested in joining a winning team of young journalists?
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Tune in to I was just thinking... show with Norma Adams-Wade at 11 am Wednesday her guests are DeMetris Sampson is board chair and Frances Smith-Dean is executive director of the nonprofit Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. Community Outreach Center. They will discuss how the center serves the community and the various programs it offers. The center’s primary mission is “creating self-sustaining pathways out of poverty for young people and families in Dallas through education and job placement.” The center places an emphasis on South Dallas and the Southeastern sector of Dallas. Join the conversation. |
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Proposition 8 for voters - STAY TUNED! |
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BUY BLACK! When Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, of Friendship-West Baptist Church, announced 100 Days of Buying Black in acknowledging the 100th Commemoration of the Tulsa Race Massacre, we joined the movement. December 31, 2021 marked 100 days of featuring Black Businesses, and we decided that the struggle continues and we must also. So enjoy reading about more Black-owned businesses and please support.
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Messages by Jodie
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OUR SUPERB WOMAN OF THE DAY
Candace Sweat
It was a joy to have Candace Sweat returning home to North Texas to join the NBC 5 team in April 2019.
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Candace Sweat earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and a graduate degree from Florida State University. Candace is the recipient of awards from the Associated Press and the Radio Television and Digital News Association. In 2017, she was part of a team at WRAL-TV that received the National Association of Broadcasters Service to Community Award for the documentary "Black and Blue," which explored the relationship between local law enforcement and Black communities. As a self-proclaimed "adventurer," Candace is always looking for enriching experiences, delicious food and interesting people in her community. She has an appreciation for the outdoors and the arts.
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Our Superb Women! 2021 was the "Year of the Woman," especially the Black Woman! For 10 months we dedicated 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! AND WE ARE KEEPING THE CELEBRATION GOING IN 2022!
Cheryl Smith, Publisher
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Join us as we call attention to the many Black girls (and boys) who have gone missing. The headlines are not as bold and glaring but they will be here. Stay tuned! |
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OUR VOICES:
Right To Vote Is Not Tied To A Political Party
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By Dr. John E. Warren
It appears that our recent discussions about the importance of each of us becoming Registered Voters and using our right to vote has been taken by some as an endorsement of a political party preference, as a necessity to voting. For the record, there is no constitutional requirement of a political party affiliation as a condition of voting. One only has to declare a party affiliation in states requiring such affiliation for voting Democratic or Republican in primary races. While the Democratic and Republican parties are dominant political entities, in the State of California there are more Independent registered voters than Republicans. There are also other parties that many of you have heard of, such as Libertarian.
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Vasectomy is more than 99% effective at preventing pregnancy and is a simpler, less invasive option than tubal ligation in women. |
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Vasectomy: Safe, effective, affordable birth control for men |
UTSW
By Yair Lotan, M.D. Urology
Photo: Dr. Yair Lotan M.D.
We’ve all seen the sitcoms where the male lead is given an ultimatum: Get a vasectomy or say goodbye to sex. He freaks out, digs in, hilarity ensues, and eventually he decides to get the procedure – only to discover it was quick, easy, and much less scary than he thought. In real life, most patients are far less dramatic. But that last part is true. Vasectomy is a safe, relatively simple procedure that is more than 99% effective at preventing pregnancy.
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RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY FOR UNT DALLAS’ HISTORIC RYAN TOWER – SERVING AS A BEACON IN SOUTHERN DALLAS – SET FOR TUESDAY, SEPT. 13, AT 10 A.M.
New 180-foot landmark, officially named the Amanda & G. Brint Ryan Tower, will be visible from miles away; tower serves as university icon for higher learning and a location to establish Trailblazer customs and traditions
WHAT: Visible from miles away in every direction, the historic Ryan Tower at the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT Dallas) will be dedicated at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 10 a.m.
UNT Dallas broke ground on the new landmark – officially named the Amanda & G. Brint Ryan Tower – in 2021. The 180-foot tower serves as an icon of the university, a symbol for higher learning and a location to establish UNT Dallas Trailblazer customs and traditions.
Joining Amanda and G. Brint Ryan for the ribbon-cutting will include UNT Dallas President Bob Mong, Senator Royce West and other UNT Dallas leadership team members.
WHO: Speakers are:
Amanda and G. Brint Ryan, $2 million donors and Ryan Tower namesake
President Bob Mong, University of North Texas at Dallas
The Honorable Royce West, Texas State Senator
WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Ryan Tower at the University of North Texas at Dallas, 7300 University Hills Blvd. in Dallas.
MEDIA INFO: There will be a mult box.
PARKING: Media will park in the lot adjacent to Founders Hall. Park in visitor or general parking spaces only, please. Do not park in reserved or numbered parking spaces. Founders Hall is identified as building 2 on the parking map.
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On September 13, 1972
Two Blacks, Johnny Ford of Tuskegee and A.J. Cooper of Prichard elected mayors in Alabama.
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James Armstrong, president and CEO of Builders of Hope, speaks alongside Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson (left) and Dallas police Chief Eddie García during a press conference at the Juanita Craft Recreation Center in Dallas on Tuesday.
(Elías Valverde II / Staff Photographer)
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South Dallas neighborhood gets $150,000 to fight blight
City announces grant to support community project that is fixing up buildings and cleaning up vacant lots in Mill City
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By Sriya Reddy
The city of Dallas announced $150,000 in grant funding Tuesday for the Mill City Public Safety Initiative, a community-focused project aimed at remediating urban decay and decreasing crime in the South Dallas neighborhood. The grant was originally $100,000, but District 7 council member Adam Bazaldua increased it by another $50,000 saying that he wanted to maximize the effort in South Dallas.
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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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National
Celiac Disease Awareness
Day
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Tyler Perry, Nell Carter, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Swizz Beats, Playboi Carti, Michael Johnson, Iyanla Vanzant, Joni Sledge, Eartha Parker, Florida Ques, Je' Wesley, Tracey Hill, Lola Simone, Tiffini Hall, Carla Butterworth Knight, and Sheryl Rush |
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Congratulations
CLASS OF 2022!
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Ashley M. Montgomery
Southern University and A&M College
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Sunset Jazz Series: Terence Bradford, September 13th for a concert featuring Terence Bradford LIVE on The Topo Chico Hard Seltzer Stage & Lawn! Experience all that is Grandscape with this family-friendly concert out on the lawn at 7:00pm. |
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Residents gather to remember lives lost during the July 2022 earthquake in Haiti.
Photo by Leonardo March.
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Servicing Haitian New Yorkers after the storm |
The Haitian Times
www.haitiantimes.com
By Larisa Karr
BROOKLYN — About one year ago, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti on a bright
summer morning. Fifteen-hundred miles away in New York, the Haitian American Alliance of New York (HAA) joined dozens of other organizations that sprang into action to help. Within days, HAA had spearheaded a collaboration that helped collect and ship essential supplies and donations, working mostly through virtual meetings as Covid-19 was still prevalent.
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Bridge Builder Charity Foundation (BBCF) Scholarship Recipients |
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Top Scholars Honored at Bridge Builder Charity Foundation Scholarship Ceremony |
NNPA Newswire/BlackPressUSA
By Forward Times Newswire
Forward Times Associate Editor and BBCF Scholarship Chair Jeffrey L. Boney served as the Keynote Speaker at the Scholarship Ceremony The Bridge Builder Charity Foundation (BBCF) recently held its annual BBCF Scholarship Ceremony, in partnership with the Mu Mu Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
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The Path
As we walk through life's journey, we leave footprints. Some just show where we are going. Others redirect us when we get lost. Still others remain to guide those we leave behind. I see your footprints.
Will you/they see mine?
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