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INSIDE Vol. 45 No. 3 Phone: 512-476-0082 Email: [email protected] June 2, 2017 This paper can be recycled RAPPIN’ Tommy Wyatt TPA TEXAS PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Presorted Standard U.S. Postage Paid Austin, Texas Permit No. 01949 www.TheAustinVillager.com CORRECTION!-Last week, Thelma Riley was not identified in the photo of the Original L. C. Anderson group. We apologise for the Not hav- ing this information before press time. HAYES Academy looking for “Young Ballers” Hello Austin, I am Adrian Hayes founder of HAYES Acad- emy and I am grateful to have a chance to return to my hometown and give back to the city that gave so much to me. The sum- mer is the most important time for young ballers to develop their game. Whether it’s constantly perfecting your shot, lift- ing weights to gain muscle, jogging to build your endurance, or work- ing on your favorite drib- bling move. Whatever it is you must take the time to work on it if you want to take your game to the next level. At HAYES bas- ketball teen camp we will cover everything from the basketball basics to elite skills training. Take advan- tage of this chance to ad- vance your game at HAYES Basketball Camp and you will not be disappointed. I have had a chance to Coach Athletes from all over the world and now I am looking forward re- turning to Austin as Travis High School hosts HAYES Basketball Camp atTravis High School, June 12th- 14th from 10am-3pm for Ages 12-18. Bring your basketball and ballers bring your game. For registration in- formation please visit www.hayesacademy.net or you may email us at [email protected]. See you soon! Anita Hill to Join Sheryl Sandberg and Viola Davis as Keynote Speaker AUSTIN – The Texas Conference for Women announced that attorney and activist Anita Hill will speak at the 18th annual conference on Thursday, November 2nd at the Aus- tin Convention Center. Hill will join previously an- nounced keynote speakers Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO and author of Lean In and Option B, and Viola Davis, Academy award-winning film, stage and television actress. More than 7,000 attend- ees are expected to attend the largest gathering for women in Texas. Anita Hill is a re- nowned attorney, author and professor, whose tes- timony during the 1991 See REGISTRATION, page 3 AKELF Recognizes Outstanding Ministries and Awards Scholarships in Greater Austin at Annual Ball AUSTIN, TX - On Sat- urday May 13, 2017 the Austin Kappa Education and Leadership Founda- tion (AKELF), in conjunc- tion with the Austin Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., held the 6th annual AKELF Black & White Ball. The theme of the event was “Achievement in Every Field of Human Endeavor: Faith Based Community Service”. This gala took place at the Sheraton Aus- tin Hotel at the Capitol, located at 701 East 11th Street. Approximately 400 guests enjoyed a night of fun, food, silent auction items, and entertainment while the Foundation hon- ored several church minis- tries in Greater Austin, while also awarding schol- arships to several deserv- ing high school seniors. During the gala, HARD WORK PAYS - Mr. Wesley Dickerson (center) is awarded a $1,500 scholarship from AKELF. (Photo/KeepitDigital) AKELF presented recogni- tion awards for outstanding faith based community ser- vice to The Voice, Inc. (One Way Baptist Church), the Greater H.O.P.E. Center (Greater Nt. Zion Baptist Church), and the Youth Ministry at St. Mary Mis- sionary Baptist Church in the categories of Education and Combating Poverty, re- spectively. Receiving scholarships in the amount of $1500 each were Jaylen Crenshaw (Pflugerville H.S.), Wesley Dickerson (Cedar Ridge H.S.), and Devon Harris (UT Health Dentistry of San Antonio). Over the past six years, AKELF has awarded over $23,000 in scholarship funds. For more information on the Austin Kappa Educa- tion and Leadership Foun- dation, please email [email protected]. Tiger Woods Says Medication, Not Alcohol, Led to DUI Arrest by: Doug Ferguson AP Golf Writer (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) Players arriving for a tournament this week at Muirfield Village might notice a framed picture of Tiger Woods with a re- splendent smile and bright red shirt. He’s posed there with the trophy, an image that embodies the excite- ment he once brought to golf. A far different photo emerged Monday, this one from the Palm Beach County jail in Florida after Woods was arrested on a DUI charge. Sullen, lifeless eyes. Thinning hair mussed at the top. Scraggly facial hair. A white T-shirt. See ROOMMATE, pg 6 Trump’s Racist Rhetoric and the Spread of Hate: Taking Stock of Hate Fueled Events in Oregon, Texas, and Across the Land Ricky Best (top) and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche lost their lives during heroic attempts to combat hate in Oregon. Photos courtesy CBS News and the Asha Deliverance (Meche’s mother) Facebook page. Washington, DC – During the 2016 cam- paign, Donald Trump in- spired acts of bigotry, in- tolerance, violence, and harassment with such dis- turbing frequency that we started tracking them on a “Trump Hate Map. While nativism, racism, and ac- companying harassment and bloodshed have a long and sordid history in America, Trump’s cam- paign and presidency re- energized these forces, fil- tering into society at large and increasing the fre- quency of hate, violence, and harassment across America. As Mark Potok, se- nior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center, said: “2016 was an unprec- edented year for hate … See F*** THEM, page 5 Where is the Ghetto? Most American cities have a ghetto. It is where the low income and poor citizens live. It is where local governments refuse to spend the resources necessary to keep the rundown neighborhoods up to par with more affluent areas of the city. The Ghetto is where law enforcement turns a blind eye to the crime that takes place in these communities. The ghetto is where the poor housing is and where jobs do not exist. The ghetto is where the local government considers the citizens who live there as under privileged and expendable. Many years ago, I would have visitors from other states who would ask me to take them to the ghetto in Austin. They especially wanted to see the public housing projects in the city. When I would show them Booker T. and Rosewood, they would usually say, “I mean the real projects.” It was hard for them to understand that Austin did not have a real ghetto. We had low income communities, but no real ghetto. While African Americans and Hispanics are being driven out of the Eastside, the city is making improvements that they refused to do when these groups lived there. And as the citizens are disbursed to other surrounding neighbor- hoods, they are not creating ghettos in those areas. They are making a strong effort to blend-in in their new neighborhoods. We must make every effort to insure that ghettos are not created in our new neighborhoods. To insure that, we must stay engaged with whatever governing body that is in place in whatever community where we now reside, work, and send our children to school. We must do one other thing. We need to create jobs for our communities through the creation of businesses that can service our new communities. I am confident that, as we move forward, we will continue to be ghetto free. Community leaders address restoration concerns. See AUSTIN Page 4 Star Jones’ exclusive novel triggers new TV series. See DIVAS Page 2 Local nonprofit conducts youth camp pilot. See SUMMER Page 3 T.I. Hustle Gang Tour @ Empire Sunday|June 4, 2017 @8:00 PM 606 E. 7TH STREET AUSTIN, TX 78701
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INSIDEVol. 45 No. 3 Phone: 512-476-0082 Email: [email protected] June 2, 2017
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TPATEXASPUBLISHERSASSOCIATION
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CORRECTION!-Lastweek, Thelma Riley wasnot identified in the photoof the Original L. C.Anderson group. Weapologise for the Not hav-ing this information beforepress time.
HAYESAcademylooking
for“YoungBallers”
Hello Austin,I am Adrian Hayes
founder of HAYES Acad-emy and I am grateful tohave a chance to return tomy hometown and giveback to the city that gaveso much to me. The sum-mer is the most importanttime for young ballers todevelop their game.Whether it’s constantlyperfecting your shot, lift-ing weights to gainmuscle, jogging to buildyour endurance, or work-ing on your favorite drib-bling move. Whatever it isyou must take the time towork on it if you want totake your game to thenext level. At HAYES bas-ketball teen camp we willcover everything from thebasketball basics to eliteskills training. Take advan-tage of this chance to ad-vance your game at HAYESBasketball Camp and youwill not be disappointed.I have had a chance toCoach Athletes from allover the world and now Iam looking forward re-turning to Austin as TravisHigh School hosts HAYESBasketball Camp atTravisHigh School, June 12th-14th from 10am-3pm forAges 12-18.
Bring your basketballand ballers bring yourgame. For registration in-formation please visitwww.hayesacademy.netor you may email us [email protected] you soon!
Anita Hill to JoinSheryl Sandberg
and Viola Davis asKeynote Speaker
AUSTIN – The TexasConference for Womenannounced that attorneyand activist Anita Hill willspeak at the 18th annualconference on Thursday,November 2nd at the Aus-tin Convention Center. Hillwill join previously an-nounced keynote speakersSheryl Sandberg,Facebook COO and authorof Lean In and Option B,and Viola Davis, Academyaward-winning film, stageand television actress.More than 7,000 attend-ees are expected to attendthe largest gathering forwomen in Texas.
Anita Hill is a re-nowned attorney, authorand professor, whose tes-timony during the 1991SeeREGISTRATION,page 3
AKELF Recognizes OutstandingMinistries and Awards Scholarships
in Greater Austin at Annual Ball
AUSTIN, TX - On Sat-urday May 13, 2017 theAustin Kappa Educationand Leadership Founda-tion (AKELF), in conjunc-tion with the AustinAlumni Chapter of KappaAlpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.,held the 6th annual AKELFBlack & White Ball. Thetheme of the event was“Achievement in EveryField of Human Endeavor:Faith Based CommunityService”. This gala tookplace at the Sheraton Aus-tin Hotel at the Capitol,located at 701 East 11thStreet. Approximately 400guests enjoyed a night offun, food, silent auctionitems, and entertainmentwhile the Foundation hon-ored several church minis-tries in Greater Austin,while also awarding schol-arships to several deserv-ing high school seniors.
During the gala,
HARD WORK PAYS - Mr. Wesley Dickerson(center) is awarded a $1,500 scholarship
from AKELF. (Photo/KeepitDigital)
AKELF presented recogni-tion awards for outstandingfaith based community ser-vice to The Voice, Inc. (OneWay Baptist Church), theGreater H.O.P.E. Center(Greater Nt. Zion BaptistChurch), and the YouthMinistry at St. Mary Mis-sionary Baptist Church inthe categories of Educationand Combating Poverty, re-spectively. Receivingscholarships in theamount of $1500 eachwere Jaylen Crenshaw(Pflugerville H.S.), WesleyDickerson (Cedar RidgeH.S.), and Devon Harris(UT Health Dentistry ofSan Antonio). Over thepast six years, AKELF hasawarded over $23,000 inscholarship funds.
For more informationon the Austin Kappa Educa-tion and Leadership Foun-dation, please [email protected].
Tiger WoodsSays
Medication,Not Alcohol,Led to DUI
Arrestby: Doug Ferguson
AP Golf Writer
(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Players arriving for atournament this week atMuirfield Village mightnotice a framed picture ofTiger Woods with a re-splendent smile and brightred shirt. He’s posed therewith the trophy, an imagethat embodies the excite-ment he once brought togolf.
A far different photoemerged Monday, this onefrom the Palm BeachCounty jail in Florida afterWoods was arrested on aDUI charge.
Sullen, lifeless eyes.Thinning hair mussed
at the top. Scraggly facialhair. A white T-shirt.
See ROOMMATE, pg 6
Trump’s Racist Rhetoricand the Spread of Hate:
Taking Stock of Hate Fueled Events inOregon, Texas, and Across the Land
Ricky Best (top) andTaliesin Myrddin
Namkai Meche losttheir lives duringheroic attempts to
combat hate in Oregon.Photos courtesy CBSNews and the Asha
Deliverance (Meche’smother) Facebook page.
Washington, DC –During the 2016 cam-paign, Donald Trump in-spired acts of bigotry, in-tolerance, violence, andharassment with such dis-turbing frequency that westarted tracking them on a“Trump Hate Map. Whilenativism, racism, and ac-companying harassmentand bloodshed have a longand sordid history inAmerica, Trump’s cam-paign and presidency re-energized these forces, fil-tering into society at largeand increasing the fre-quency of hate, violence,and harassment acrossAmerica.
As Mark Potok, se-nior fellow at the SouthernPoverty Law Center, said:“2016 was an unprec-edented year for hate …
See F*** THEM, page 5
Where is theGhetto?
Most American citieshave a ghetto. It is where thelow income and poorcitizens live. It is where localgovernments refuse to spendthe resources necessary tokeep the rundownneighborhoods up to parwith more affluent areas ofthe city. The Ghetto is wherelaw enforcement turns ablind eye to the crime thattakes place in thesecommunities. The ghetto iswhere the poor housing isand where jobs do not exist. The ghetto is where thelocal government considersthe citizens who live there asunder privileged andexpendable. Many years ago, I wouldhave visitors from otherstates who would ask me totake them to the ghetto inAustin. They especiallywanted to see the publichousing projects in the city.When I would show themBooker T. and Rosewood,they would usually say, “Imean the real projects.” Itwas hard for them tounderstand that Austin didnot have a real ghetto. Wehad low incomecommunities, but no realghetto. While AfricanAmericans and Hispanicsare being driven out of theEastside, the city ismaking improvementsthat they refused to dowhen these groups livedthere. And as the citizensare disbursed to othersurrounding neighbor-hoods, they are notcreating ghettos in thoseareas. They are making astrong effort to blend-in intheir new neighborhoods. We must make everyeffort to insure that ghettosare not created in our newneighborhoods. To insurethat, we must stay engagedwith whatever governingbody that is in place inwhatever community wherewe now reside, work, andsend our children to school. We must do one otherthing. We need to create jobsfor our communities throughthe creation of businessesthat can service our newcommunities. I am confidentthat, as we move forward, wewill continue to be ghettofree.
Community leadersaddress restoration
concerns.See AUSTIN
Page 4
Star Jones’ exclusivenovel triggersnew TV series.See DIVAS
Page 2
Local nonprofitconducts youth
camp pilot.See SUMMER
Page 3
T.I.HustleGangTour
@Empire
Sunday|June 4, 2017@8:00 PM
606 E. 7TH STREETAUSTIN, TX 78701
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Star Jones OpensUp About
‘Daytime Divas’by: Nadine Matthews|Special to the AFRO
THE LUNCH HOUR - From L-R: Vanessa Williams, Tichina Arnold, Fiona Gubelmann ina scene from ‘Daytime Divas,’ which premieres on VH1 June 5. (Courtesy photo)
Star Jones(Justin Hoch/Hudson Union Society)
Star Jones had al-ready distinguished her-self in the courtroom andon the airwaves when shegot the call from BarbaraWalters to be one of theinaugural co-hosts of thedaytime chatfest, “TheView.” The North Carolinaborn, New Jersey raisedlawyer’s reputation as atough on crime Brooklynprosecutor opened thedoor for her to become alegal analyst on televisionat a time when televisionexecutives realized thattrue crime had started tointersect with entertain-ment.
Court TV was lookingfor a legal analyst for theinfamous William Smith
Kennedy rape trial andtapped Jones for the job.It wasn’t long before shecame to the attention ofJeff Zucker, then head ofNBC. In a 1993 interviewwith the Washington Posthe recalled of Jones, “Shehad knowledge of the le-
gal aspects, but she talkedlike a regular person. Ev-eryone was using F. LeeBailey and [Harvard Lawprofessor] Arthur Miller,the same middle-agedWhite men talking in le-galese, saying the samething over and over. Stardidn’t look like them andshe didn’t sound like them.We said, ‘Let’s use her.’”
Jones went on to givetrenchant yet accessiblelegal analyses for a num-ber of high profile legalcases during the ninetiesincluding the Mike Tysonrape case and the O.J.Simpson murder trial. Herskill and charisma led towhat is arguably her mostfamous television foray asone of the first hosts of
“The View.” Walters’ pio-neering concept broughttogether five women ofvarious ages and back-grounds, to discuss the hottopics of the day.
Those experiencescame full circle whenJones, whose parents andsister live in Maryland, setabout writing her firstnovel as cognitive trainingafter undergoing openheart surgery. “My physi-cian had advised that I doan activity that would nottax me physically butwould exercise my mind.When you have your hearttaken out of your body for22 minutes there is alwaysa concern that your shortterm and your long termmemory might be af-fected. Well this was awonderful exercise for meto kind of gather up all ofmy memories and putthem together in a fictionalaccount,” she told theAFRO.
That book becamethe novel, Satan’s Sistersand is the inspiration forJones’ newest project theVH1 drama “Daytime Di-vas” starring TichinaArnold and Vanessa Will-iams. “Daytime Divas” isabout five co-hosts of adaytime talk show called“The Lunch Hour.” Like thebook though, it exploresmuch more than work-place politics and deeplydelves into each woman’soff-screen life with family,friends, and community.For source material, Joneslooked at her own life.“Just like “Daytime Divas,”
actually every story in“Satan’s Sisters” comesfrom someone I inter-viewed, was interviewedby, worked with, workedfor, prosecuted. So it reallywas born of my gut. I wrotewhat I knew which is usu-ally the first rule of anysuccessful author; writewhat you know. There is agrain of truth in each oneof the stories. “DaytimeDivas” kept with thatpolicy. That’s why I thinkthe audience will spendmost of their time thinking,‘Ooh, who’s that about?’”
She promised thatthe New York City set pro-gram, which premieresJune 5, will be just assteamy as the novel onwhich it is based. “I was alittle worried about that.The book was very steamybecause daytime TV isvery steamy you just don’tget to see it all. “DaytimeDivas” took out some ofthe creepier steaminessbut kept the sexysteaminess I would say.”
For all of her accom-plishments, many of StarJones’ personal chal-lenges have also playedout under harsh mediascrutiny. In addition to hav-ing heart surgery, therewas also her long battlewith obesity. After shed-ding over a hundredpounds in the early aughts,there was a lot of pressureto disclose exactly howshe lost the weight; some-thing that for most peopleis a private matter.
Then there was theharsh characterization of
her being, as the tabloidNY Post put it, a “Celeb-rity bridezilla” in the leadup to her wedding tobanker Al Reynolds after athree month courtship andover the top proposal fromhim during a televisedNBA game. They were di-vorced four years later. Fi-nally, there was her sur-prise on-air revelation thatshe had been fired from“The View” by ABC. Ex-ecutive producers BarbaraWalters and Bill Geddieboth claim to have beenblindsided by the timing ofthe disclosure, causingsome bad blood. It remainsunclear how much of therelationship has been re-paired. Of Walters, Jonessaid, “Listen, we’ve hadour issues but that’s be-cause we’re family. Wemay be dysfunctional butwe’re still family.”
To get through thesemultiple challenges, Jonesreveals that she drew onlessons learned from herfamily and that she en-listed professional help. “Ichoose not to focus onanything that was hurtfulbecause clearly I gotthrough it and I moved for-ward and I moved on. If youlook up you can get up. Iknow it was the way I wasraised but it’s also a resultof sitting down and doingthe hard work in therapy.Not enough people talkabout that that sometimesyou need to sit down andtalk about your own be-havior and make sure thatyou are being the best per-son that you can be.”
Jeff Zucker(Photo/David Shankbone 2010)
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Romans 5:1 Therefore,having beenjustified by faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ
This life, therefore, is not righteous-ness, but growth in righteousness; not health,but healing; not being, but becoming; not rest,but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be,but we are growing toward it. The process isnot yet finished, but it is going on. This is notthe end, but it is the road. All does not yetgleam in glory, but all is being purified.
--- Martin Luther
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confirmation hearing of U.S. Supreme Court nomi-nee Clarence Thomas ignited a national debate on work-place sexual harassment. In 1997, Hill published herbiography Speaking Truth to Power, and in 2016, ac-tress Kerry Washington portrayed Hill in the HBO filmConfirmation. Hill is a University Professor of SocialPolicy, Law, and Women’s Studies at Brandeis Univer-sity and a faculty member of Brandeis’ Heller Schoolfor Social Policy and Management. She is a member ofthe board of directors for the National Women’s LawCenter and the Boston Area Lawyers Committee for CivilRights.
“We are honored to welcome Anita Hill to ourstage,” said Johnita Jones, Board President of the TexasConference for Women. “As a history-making advocatefor women in the workplace, Professor Hill’s messagefor women to speak out and stand up is more relevantthan ever.”
The Texas Conference for Women will host thou-sands for a full day of networking, inspiration, profes-sional development and personal growth. In additionto a standout lineup of keynote speakers, the nonparti-san, nonprofit Conference will feature breakout sessionsled by experts in the fields of business, philanthropy,health, finance, media and professional development.
Among the 100+ speakers at the Conference willbe: Tiffany Dufu, catalyst for women and girls and au-thor, Drop the Ball; Mary Jennings Hegar, helped re-peal the Combat Exclusion Policy to allow women inmilitary combat and author, Shoot Like a Girl; SarahRobb O’Hagan, CEO, Flywheel and author, Extreme You:Step Up. Stand Out. Kick Ass. Repeat; Sarah Thomas,first female referee in the NFL; and Laura Vanderkam,author, I Know How She Does It: How Successful WomenMake the Most of Their Time.
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AFFORDABLECAMP ACTthis summer
A local nonprofit, Activiteca International, is offer-ing to conduct a pilot “Affordable Camp” for childrenand youth in neighborhoods where no suitable campsexist.
The camp would emphasize science, math, andthinking skills and use hands-on methods with a vari-ety of equipment, models, and games from theActiviteca collection of learning materials. It would runfor 2 weeks during the summer and serve youngstersfrom age 6 to 18. The cost would be less than $100 aweek, says Executive Director Joan Penzenstadler, orlower, depending on how much could be obtained fromgrants and donations of food and supplies.
“The first thing we need is the site,” Penzenstadleremphasized. “We need a building that’s either free orvery low-cost, that has at least 4 rooms, a bathroom,and hopefully a kitchen, because we want kids to learnto make their own snacks. It should have some greenspace nearby, and air conditioning, unless it’s by a swim-ming pool. We will give free training to the volunteerguides; they will learn to conduct activities with kidsusing various materials and exploratory, interactivemethods.”
The dates for the camp are not set yet; “It will de-pend on what conditions come with using the space,and also on the parents’ input. We must have at least8 interested persons contact us by June 8 for a meet-ing to work out the details, such as the dates, the hours,the payment methods, some rules, etc. They will helprecruit and screen the volunteers. We want to makethis camp user-friendly, not a replica of school. Thingswill be flexible, but we’ll still have firm discipline and ahigh level of learning going on.”
Activiteca International is an Austin-based non-profit dedicated to providing learning opportunities tounderserved populations, with an emphasis on devel-oping thinking processes such as observation, predic-tion, experimenting, and drawing conclusions.Penzenstadler and her husband, Archie Gress, launchedActiviteca in 2002 in Honduras, and operated it in sev-eral locations in that country. Two Activiteca centersnow serve in two vocational schools in the departmentof Yoro. Persons interested in having an AffordableCamp in their neighborhood should contact: (512) 350-4864 or [email protected] The website for the or-ganization is www.activiteca.org.
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CongratulationsYouth BrigadeClass of 2017
Graduation is a time to commemorateyour achievements, anticipate new oppor-tunities, and embrace a world of infinitepossibilities. The Villager staff wish youwell on future endeavors, it’s been a plea-sure seeing you thrive throughout the pastfew years. Pictured left to right: VillagerYouth Brigade Coordinator ArleneYoungblood, Wesley Dickerson, KaylaJames Winn, Jarian Galloway and T.L.Wyatt. Photo by Angela Wyatt
The 2017 Mount Sinai Family Picnic is June10th, and there’s no time to waste. Though youhaven’t heard much from the picnic committee, youshould know that we’ve been making our list andchecking it twice; just to make sure that the Bar-b-que has just the right amount of spice.
Our scripture reference is – Psalm 133:1 -Be-hold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethrento dwell together in unity! And our theme is – “It’s AFamily Affair”. From 11am – 3pm we’ll gather inand around the Family Life Center for Fellowship,Fun, and some really good Food. And this is thelast day to order your t-shirt so make your way tothe table in the foyer after service to make sureyou’re outfitted on that day. Ministry Leaders checkyour boxes because the request forms should bewaiting for you.
Volunteers are also needed for everything fromservers to relief support for different activities. Andif you have an ice chest help us by donating it forthe day. Interested parties should email JC Criderat [email protected]. So Saints let’s getexcited, let’s start saving our calories, and let’s getready to enjoy The Lord together because “It’s AFamily Affair”!
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City Officials and Community Leaders Address “Black Austin”
Once again, therewas an “Address of theBlack Austin” in NorthEast Austin. It was anevent that was meant totalk about the positiveand negative movementsof African Americans liv-ing in the city of Austin,Texas. It was an opportu-nity to address key con-cerns and accomplish-ments within the Black orAfrican American com-munity. Some of the top-ics varied from music andthe arts to economic de-velopments. In otherwords, every aspect thataffects the lives of Afri-can Americans or Blackswas discussed. Further-more, most of thespeakers had a stronggrasp of their subjectmatters.
Some of the topicsdiscussed were businessor economic develop-ment and the arts. In thehearts, the speakers
spoke about both theadvances and drawbackof the arts in the com-munity. One of thepanel speakers was
Charles “Nook” Byrdwho spoke and men-tioned that the city ofAustin is trying to im-pose a heavy fee for
them to hold the “JumpOn It”. According to Mr.Byrd (Nook) “Jump OnIt” has been successfulfor keeping the younger
African American boysaway from trouble. Con-sequently, he doesn’tunderstand why the cityof Austin is trying to “de-mand a high paymentfor this event to beheld.”
In attendance wereAustin dignitaries includ-ing; Councilwoman OraHouston of the AustinCity Council District 1,Mayor Steve Adler, JeffTravillion of the TravisCounty CommissionerCourt and numerousTravis County PrecinctChair members. In addi-tion, there were count-less community leadersand activists. Though thisevent was necessary, itseems that after the dis-cussion nothing “con-crete” will be done tochange the lives of Afri-can Americans or Blacksliving within the Austincity limits.
by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon |Villager Columnist
Pictured left to right are: Breanna Byrd, Council Member Ora Houston and Mitzi Wright.Photo courtesy of Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
Gentrification in East AustinRaises New Concerns
Over the years, Austin has faced the issues of gentrification that haveaffected the African American population. The gentrification of Austin hascaused African Americans to move away from East Austin into areas likePflugerville and Round Rock, Texas. As the African American population leavesEast and North East Austin, then they are getting replaced by Anglo Ameri-cans. Consequently, East Austin has seen a drastic demographic change.For instance, in the 1990 Blacks represented at least 15% of the populationand now they represent about 8% of the population. As the demographicchanges so does the business landscape and their attachment to East Austinchanges.
Just recently, a business that recently moved into a building in East Aus-tin decided that they would erase the mural that depicted Black artists ofTexas. The business erased the Black artist mural because they probably feltthat the gentrification affect is changing the face of East Austin. In other words,the business leasing the building believes that the trace of African Americansin East Austin is no longer as strong as it was in the past. Since that businesserased the mural, there has been uproar and even a “backlash” from Austin.Consequently the new business lease held a meeting at Six Square so, thatthey can engage the community.
The meeting held at Six Square between the business and the commu-nity was moderated by James Nortey and Sela “Vie”. It was an opportunityfor the community and the business lease to have an “open” and “honest”debate about the mural. Numerous community members didn’t even under-stand, “Why would the business erase such a mural that depicted the story ofthe African American in East Austin? Or not even asked if the mural matteredto those living in the area.” Moreover, the moderator helped to keep the de-bate focused, calm, and fair. After the debate, the business leasing the build-ing decided that they would call back Chris Robert, the painter of the mural toeither redo it or to make another painting on the mural.
by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon | Villager Columnist Texas Host Black StarSoccer Tournament
by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon |Villager Columnist
Pictured above are Black Star team members accross Texas.Photo by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
On May 28th, theAustin Black Star held asoccer tournament inwhich other “Black Starteams throughout thestate of Texas” were in-volved. For instance, therewere three different BlackStar teams from Houston,San Antonio, and Killeen,Texas. These four different“Black Star” teams com-peted among each otherto win the “Cup.” The at-mosphere was very joy-ous, fun and festive. Al-though, it was a relaxed at-mosphere, each of the 4teams played their hardestand best to win the title.The competition started atthe “crack of dawn” anddid not finish until the late
afternoon. Upon comple-tion, there was one teamthat won everything.
Not only was it a soc-cer game but, also a cul-tural event. It an opportu-nity for Ghanaian Ameri-cans and other Africanspresent such as Nigerian,Cameroonian, andTogolese Americans whocame together to cel-ebrate. At the tourna-ment, there were numer-ous African dishes thatwere served to the partici-pants and attendees. Inaddition, it was a “friendlyfamily” event. Accordingto John Mensah, “Thisevent was an opportunityfor the entire family toenjoy both Ghanaian andAfrican culture. And it wasimportant to bring the en-tire family because it is
one of the rare opportuni-ties to have the childrenenjoy their African cul-ture.”
At the end of thetournament, there was atrophy given out to the 1stplace winner and the 2ndplace team. It was the BlackStar of Houston that wonthe entire tournament.Then the Black Star of Killencame in 2ndposition and3rd place was the AustinBlack Star (host); while the4th place winner was theBlack Star of San Antonio.
Now that the tourna-ment is over for this year,they plan to hold the nexttournament in Houston.Furthermore, they plan toadd a “Dallas Black Starteam,” which would widenthe field of teams playingthe tournament.
This event is a talent showcase of Singers, Rappers, Dancers, Youth Comediansand more! To kick off the showcase, we are proud to introduce Dani on Purpose whois a Gospel Singer, Writer, Actress, and Author. This event will be televised on Austin’sChannel 10 Public Access. HOSTED BY: D.R.E.A.M. ( Destiny Reached [Through] Ex-pressions [of] Art [and] Music) and DoThangz
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Integral Care is currentlysoliciting proposals through aRequest for Qualifications (RFQ)process for Audit Services. RFPsmay be sent electronically, bycontacting Brody Ballard [email protected] May 16, 2017. Thedeadline to submit a proposalunder the RFP is 4 p.m. CST onJune 20, 2017. HistoricallyUnderutilized Businesses,including Minority-OwnedBusinesses and Women-OwnedBusinesses, are encouraged toapply.
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Gifts Will Promote Excellence in Medical Education at Dell Medical SchoolAUSTIN, TX - A pair of
gifts from a senior DellMedical School leader andher husband will promoteinnovation and reward ex-cellence in medical educa-tion through an outstandingteachers academy and anendowed chair in medicaleducation at the school.
Dr. Sue Cox and herhusband, Doug Morris,made the gifts to extendthe reach of the innovativecurriculum that Coxhelped create and install atthe Dell Medical School atThe University of Texas atAustin — the first brand-new med school createdat a top-tier research insti-tution in decades. Cox,one of the school’s firstemployees and a primaryarchitect of the school’sgroundbreaking curricu-lum, is executive vice deanfor academics and chair ofmedical education at DellMed, and Morris is a re-tired engineer. The schoolwelcomed its inauguralclass in July 2016.
“I believe in the DellMed School,” Cox said. “Ibelieve in its mission. Join-ing this community gaveme the opportunity to cre-ate something new andinnovative from scratch.Not many people get that
chance.”The gifts will create
the Susan M. Cox, M.D.Academy of Medical Edu-cators Fund and the Su-san M. Cox, M.D. and Dou-glas N. Morris EndowedChair for Medical Educa-tion. Part of each gift willultimately come fromtheir estate — Cox andMorris said they hope thatothers will be inspired toalso support Dell Medthrough gifts that are be-quests.
Dell Med’s new Acad-emy of Medical Educators,made possible by thecouple’s investment, willreward outstanding medi-cal teaching and training inboth classroom and clini-cal settings.
“There are a lot ofgreat teachers in medicalschools and medicine, butthey’re not recognized,”Cox said.
Two to four memberswill be elected to the acad-emy each year through arigorous selection processthat includes student andpeer evaluations, as wellas consideration of candi-dates’ publications andcontributions to medicalscholarship. Members willcarry the title of distin-guished teaching profes-
sor. The fund’s distribu-tions will support mem-bers’ research, innovationand travel to conferences.
Proceeds from the en-dowed chair, which will beavailable to Cox’s succes-sors, will be used at thechair’s discretion to supportrecruitment, retention,scholarship and innovation.
This isn’t the first timethe couple has supportedDell Medical School. In2015, they established theSusan M. Cox, M.D. & Dou-glas N. Morris EndowedScholarship, which supportsstudents facing financialhardship who exhibit thequalities of a first-rate, pa-tient-centered physician —compassion, empathy andsuperior listening skills.
These gifts under-score Cox’s commitmentto Dell Med and her pas-sion for medical educa-tion, which has been adriving focus of her 35-year medical career.
“Susan is very muchdedicated to the disciplineof medical education,”Morris said. “And she hasbeen involved with it eversince she graduated frommedical school — sheprobably even mentoredher class at medicalschool.”
Cox worked towardestablishing a medicalschool in Austin before theDell Medical School ex-isted. She came to Austinin 2011 as UT Southwest-ern Medical Center’s re-gional dean for Austin pro-grams. Soon after she ar-rived in town, state Sen.Kirk Watson tapped her tohelp lay the groundworkfor a new medical school.Working half-time for UTSouthwestern and half-time for UT Austin, sheformed community com-mittees and a task force todraft the medical school’scurriculum and start theaccreditation process. ATravis County ballot mea-sure to support the medi-cal school was passed in2012, the school was for-mally created in 2013, andCox became one of DellMed’s first full-time em-ployees in 2014.
“Sue has been a keyarchitect of the school,designing our highly inno-vative curriculum,” saidClay Johnston, the school’sinaugural dean. “W iththese gifts, we can con-tinue our push to stay atthe forefront of medicaleducation, and we can ac-knowledge forever hercritical contributions.”
Cox earned abachelor’s degree fromWest Texas State Univer-sity, a master’s from Uni-versity of Texas MedicalBranch and a medical de-gree from Baylor Collegeof Medicine. She com-pleted postgraduatetraining in obstetrics andgynecology at BaylorMedical Center and ma-ternal and fetal medicinetraining at UT Southwest-ern Medical Center.
Recreational WaterIllness Prevention
Time for summer funwhich usually includeshealthy activities likeswimming. But the swim-ming season also comeswith some risks includingrecreational water ill-nesses (RWIs). Austin Pub-lic Health wants everyoneto stay active throughoutthe summer months andoffers these tips forhealthy swimming.
The germs that causeRWIs, such ascryptosporidiosis (alsoknown as “crypto”), arespread when you swallow,breathe in the mists from,
or have contact with con-taminated water frompools, water parks, hottubs, lakes, oceans, andany other type of waterused for recreation. Thegood news is that germscausing RWIs are killed bychlorine; however, chlo-rine doesn’t work rightaway and some organ-isms can live in the poolfor days.
Even the best main-tained pools can spread ill-ness. Pool water is sharedby every swimmer so tohelp stay healthy everytime you swim, take an ac-tive role in stopping thespread of germs by follow-ing six steps for healthyswimming:
o Don’t swim whenyou have diarrhea. You canspread germs in the waterand make other people sick.
o Don’t swallow thepool water. Avoid gettingwater in your mouth.
o Practice good hy-giene. Shower with soapbefore swimming and washyour hands after using thetoilet or changing diapers.Germs on your body end upin the water.
o Take your kids onbathroom breaks or checkdiapers often. Waiting tohear “I have to go” maymean that it’s too late.
o Change diapers in abathroom or a diaper-changing area and not atpoolside. Germs can spreadin and around the pool.
o Wash your childthoroughly (especially therear end) with soap andwater before swimming. In-visible amounts of fecalmatter can end up in thepool.
The country saw a re-surgence of white nation-alism that imperils the ra-cial progress we’ve made,along with the rise of apresident whose policiesreflect the values of whitenationalists. Trump’s runfor office electrified theradical right, which saw inhim a champion of theidea that America is funda-mentally a white man’scountry.”
It’s with this contextin mind that we reflect onthe events in Oregon andTexas from the past fewdays.
In Oregon, a white su-premacist threatened andharassed two young Mus-lim women on-board a Port-land commuter train, be-fore stabbing three menwho tried to intervene, kill-ing two. The attacker, Jer-emy Joseph Christian, is awhite supremacist with vileviews towards non-whiteAmericans.
Writing in the Wash-ington Post and reflectingon the Portland murders,writer and academic ArjunSingh Sethi noted:
“Trump has intensi-fied this second-class citi-zenship through immigra-tion raids and the specter
of bans and walls. He con-tinues to view Muslims asvaluable only insofar asthey fight and condemnterrorism. His recent state-ment commemoratingRamadan focused pre-dominantly on violenceand terrorism, and only ofthe sort ostensibly com-mitted in the name of Is-lam.
An array of electedofficials and civic leaderswill condemn the Portlandtragedy in the comingdays. But will they con-demn the criminalizationand national security poli-cies that cultivate hate andbigotry? Will they help il-luminate and dismantlethese policies, which inevi-tably reinforce notions ofwhite privilege and preju-dice? If the governmentsees our communities asinherently suspect and un-worthy of dignity and re-spect, so will everydayAmericans.”
In Texas, RepublicanRep. Matt Rinaldi calledhundreds gathered at thestate capitol in Austin toprotest the discriminatorySB4 law a “disgrace” andsaid he’d called immigra-tion authorities on them.“F*** them,” he said. “I
called ICE.” Rep. Rinaldialso reportedly threat-ened to “put a bullet inone of his colleague’sheads.” When DemocraticRep. César Blanco toldRinaldi that Italian immi-grants [e.g. Rinaldi’s an-cestors] are “just like us,”Rinaldi responded, “Yeah,but we love our country.”
As Rep. Blancostated, “The Trump rheto-ric is trickling down andallowing current electedofficials and candidates toresort to racism and vio-lence making it sound likeit was O.K. This has to stop.It is not what our countryor what Texas is about.”Rep. Rinaldi’s hateful com-ments and threats alsounderscore the racial pro-filing and discriminationinherent in the SB4 lawand behind its support.
“We cannot and willnot allow Trump’s presi-dency to normalize hateand turn neighbor againstneighbor. The future ofour society and our de-mocracy is being tested.We will fight to continue tobe a country that lives upto our stated values,” saidLynn Tramonte, DeputyDirector of America’sVoice Education Fund.
Rinaldi: “F*** Them...I called ICE!”
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Texas state lawmakers got into a scuffle on May 29 on the House floorin Austin,Texas, amid protests over immigration. (Nar Dorrycott)
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WalkerLukens
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Got AReason
EPAustin, TX - Walker
Lukens officially releasedhis brand new Ain’t Got AReason EP April 7 viaModern OutsiderRecords! The EP is nowavailable for purchase viaiTunes and streaming viaPaste Magazine andSpotify.
With excitement to-wards the release of hisAin’t Got A Reason EP,Walker explains, “This ismy little love letter to all
the songs I heard on clas-sic rock radio while drivingaround in the backseat ofmy parents car: Elvis,Springsteen, ZZ top,Fleetwood Mac, Bowie...Jah Bless not having achoice over the music youlisten to as a kid. Changedmy life.”
Naomi Richard ofThe Austin Villager hadthis to say, “Walker Lukensis an innovator, blazingnew trails while master-fully blending funk, R&B,soul and rock music. Youget a taste of it all. This ris-ing star is someone to fol-low and destined for great-ness. Recently I enjoyedhis band at The Mohwak inAustin, but I would say,catch him if you can… Hisact is Madison Square Gar-den and LA-Live quali-fied!”
In 2013, Walker re-leased his first full lengthrecord Devoted. The word
spread far and wide, tak-ing Lukens all over the USwith his backing band TheSide Arms, made up ofKyle Vonderau (guitar),Zac Catanzaro (drums,percussion), MckenzieGriffin (vocals, keyboard,percussion), and GrantHimmler (bass, vocals).
After meeting Spoondrummer Jim Eno in a bar,Walker & The Side Armsstarted recording newmusic at his studio, PublicHi-Fi. Their first collabora-tion, ‘Every Night,’ hasbeen streamed over a mil-lion times now. Their sec-ond collaboration, ‘Lifted’from Never UnderstoodEP (Modern Outsider)spent 11 weeks in total onthe specialty commercialradio charts, including 5weeks in the Top 5 and 3weeks at #1!
Walker Lukens’ newAin’t Got A Reason EP isofficially released.
In another stunningdevelopment for a playerwho became one of thedominant figures in sports,Woods was arrested onsuspicion of DUI and spentnearly four hours in jailbefore he was released onhis own recognizance.
Woods said an “unex-pected reaction” to pre-scription medicine — notalcohol — was the reasonfor his arrest. He said heunderstands the severityof the incident and takesfull responsibility.
“I want the public toknow that alcohol was notinvolved,” he said. “Whathappened was an unex-pected reaction to pre-scribed medications. Ididn’t realize the mix ofmedications had affectedme so strongly.”
Woods said hewanted to apologize to hisfamily, friends and fans,adding that “I expect morefrom myself, too.”
“I will do everythingin my power to ensure thisnever happens again,” hesaid.
Jupiter Police spokes-woman Kristin Rightlersaid an arrest report maybe available Tuesday.
Woods, a 14-timemajor champion whoranks No. 2 in PGA Tourhistory with 79 victories,has not played golf for fourmonths. He had a fourth
back surgery on April 20,and just five days ago re-ported on his website thatthe fusion surgery broughtinstant relief from painand that he “hasn’t feltbetter in years.”
Rightler said Woodswas arrested about 3 a.m.Monday on Military Trail,a six-lane road south of In-dian Creek Parkway. Hewas about 20 minutesfrom his home on Jupiter
Island. His statement didnot indicate where he wasgoing at that hour orwhere he had been.
Woods’ agent at Ex-cel Sports, MarkSteinberg, did not respondto a voicemail from TheAssociated Press seekingcomment. PGA Tourspokesman Ty Votaw saidthe tour would have nocomment.
Players arriving at
Muirfield Village in Dublin,Ohio, for the Memorial didnot want to comment, ei-ther.
Within an hour of thenews, they all had seenthe photo.
Notah Begay, a closefriend and roommate ofWoods when they playedat Stanford, wasempathetic. Begay was ar-rested for aggravateddrunken driving in 2000when he ran into a car out-side a bar in New Mexico.He was sentenced to 364
days in jail, with all butseven days suspended.
“It’s embarrassing forTiger, something that youcan’t go back and change,”Begay said on Golf Chan-nel from the NCAA men’sgolf championship inSugar Grove, Illinois,where he was working forthe network. “I’ve beenthere myself. … But it wasa turning point in my life.Hopefully, it’s somethinghe’ll learn from, growfrom, take responsibilityfor and use it to make
some changes.”Begay later said on
Golf Channel he had ex-changed text messageswith Woods after the ar-rest.
“He seemed like hewas in a better place,”Begay said.
Woods has not beenseen at a golf tournamentsince he opened with a 77at the Omega DubaiDesert Classic in February,withdrawing the next daybecause of back spasms.He was in Los Angeles forthe Genesis Open, run byhis Tiger Woods Founda-tion, but he did not cometo the course at Rivierabecause of his back.
He was at the Mas-ters, but only to attend thedinner for past champions.
Woods, who hadbeen No. 1 longer than anyother golfer, has not beena factor since his last vic-tory in August 2013 as hebattled through back sur-geries from a week beforethe 2014 Masters until hismost recent fusion surgeryon his lower back a monthago.
In this March 20, 2017, file photo, golfer Tiger Woods prepares to sign copies of his new book at abook signing in New York. Police say golf great Tiger Woods has been arrested on a DUI charge inFlorida. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office says on its website that Woods was booked into acounty jail around 7 a.m. on Monday, May 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
EX-ROOMMATE BEGAY SAYS, “IT’S EMBARRASSINGFOR TIGER...HE’LL LEARN AND GROW”
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