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This paper can be recycled TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TEXAS PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Presorted Standard U.S. Postage Paid Austin, Texas Permit No. 01949 INSIDE Vol. 42 No.3 Phone: 512-476-0082 Email: [email protected] June 6, 2014 RAPPIN’ RAPPIN’ RAPPIN’ RAPPIN’ RAPPIN’ Tommy Wyatt Tommy Wyatt Tommy Wyatt Tommy Wyatt Tommy Wyatt TheAustinVillager.com TheAustinVillager.com Phenomenal Woman Maya Angelou Dies Maya Angelou Phenomenal Woman Maya Angelou Dies By Shirley A. Hammond twitter/xtremeridewish1 Maya Angelou, who once described the space between her teeth as big enough to hold a number two pencil, passed away on Wednesday, May 28. With a command of words that rivaled some of the most articulate on the planet, Angelou was earthbound for 86 years. It is almost fit that she left this earth during a month designated as “Get Caught Reading Month.” For Angelou, who was amongst other things a prolific poet, wrote so many pieces of great literature that they spanned bookstore, li- See ANGELOU, page 2 Texas Publishers: Kroger ignores the African American community Texas Publishers: Kroger ignores the African American community By NICOLE SCOTT and ROBYN H. JIMENEZ Texas Publishers Association Walter and Maxine Sessions, founder and publisher of The Texas Informer newspaper, stand outside a Krogers grocery store in Palestine, TX with papers in hand after finding their display shelf was removed. “Have you been in- vited?” It’s a simple ques- tion that the Black Press has asked its commu- nity for several years, with the underlying message, “Don’t go where you haven’t been invited.” Many publishers of Black newspapers have expressed that stores that do not carry African American products, ad- vertise in African American-owned me- dia, and refuse to carry African American news- papers and magazines for its customers, have sent a clear message that Blacks are not in- vited. Maxine Session, founder and publisher of The Texas Informer newspaper, said she got the message loud and clear. The Informer is an African American news- paper that has served Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston and Rusk counties for 19 years. During a routine delivery in August of 2013, Walter Session , Informer owner and co- publisher, arrived at Kroger grocery store to find that the newspaper shelf, that had stood for many years inside the store entry, had been removed. He immedi- ately found the store manager Christine Tate HASTINGS PERFORMANCE TIMES KEEP GETTING BETTER See BATTLES, page 2 Olympic gold medalist Natasha Hastings competed in the Prefontaine Classic held in Eugene, Oregon this past weekend, posting a season best time of 50.67. “The goal is to improve every time I step on the track” said the athlete, who was very pleased with her performance. Hastings won the US women’s 400m title last year and was the top American listed on Track and Field News World rankings; placing 4th overall. Natasha Hastings HASTINGS PERFORMANCE TIMES KEEP GETTING BETTER Congresswoman Waters Remembers Dr. Maya Angelou Los Angeles, CA– “I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend, Dr. Maya Angelou, one of the most renowned and inspira- tional voices of our time. In a career that spanned over more than five decades, Maya was a cel- ebrated author, poet, educator, producer, actress and filmmaker. She was a phenomenal woman who shared her wisdom with the world, inspiring countless individuals and teaching us how to reach unity in the midst of division. “Maya was always very generous in respond- See MAYA WAS MORE THAN A POET, page 4 JOHN LEGEND ANNOUNCES NEW SUMMER DATES FOR 2014 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR Citibank Pre-Sale Begins June 3rd; General Public On- sale Begins June 7 th Details on page 4 Eminent Texas pioneer launches Mayor campaign. See TRAIL Page 6 TAAACC and UT collaborate to exalt 150th anniversary. See JUNETEENTH Page 4 Underrepresented, students receive 75 million dollars. See EDUCATION Page 7 Let’s Talk About Taxes! Now that all of the property in Central East Austin has turned over, thanks in part by ever in- creasing property taxes that has been applied to that area. For more than 20 years, residents of the Eastside have complained, to no avail, about the un- fairness of the system of appraising property in the area. Their complaints fell on deaf ears. That ulti- mately transformed the area. And now that others have moved in, they are now asking the Travis County Commissioners Court to look into the mat- ter and consider whether to challenge commercial property tax appraisals. It is not just about the Eastside, but for commer- cial property tax apprais- als in general. They want to know just how the ap- praisals process works and whether it favors one cat- egory of property owners over another. While prop- erty taxes are used to fund local services such as schools, roads, emergency services, courts, parks, li- braries and other services. And one of the problems has been that the people who are least able to pay high taxes are asked to pay the most. Now that the com- mercial property owners are being asked to pay more, they now want to challenge the way the taxes are determined. One of the people who want the study done is newly elected Tax Assessor-Col- lector Bruce Elfant. He now sees the reality of the situation that homeowners have known for years. And that is that state law favors commercial prop- erty owners. And they will exercise their right to chal- lenge their appraisals by employing the best lawyers and appraisals experts to appeal at every level. Most homeowners cannot afford to employ lawyers to fight what they consider unfair appraisals. It would be good if the Commissioners would also look at residential proper- ties while they are review- ing this matter. Homeowners are in much need of relief. But every- one should be paying their fair share.
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Phenomenal Woman Maya Angelou Dies
Maya Angelou
Phenomenal Woman Maya Angelou Dies
By Shirley A. Hammondtwitter/xtremeridewish1
Maya Angelou,who once described thespace between her teethas big enough to hold anumber two pencil,
passed away onWednesday, May 28.With a command ofwords that rivaled someof the most articulate onthe planet, Angelou wasearthbound for 86 years.It is almost fit that sheleft this earth during amonth designated as“Get Caught ReadingMonth.” For Angelou,who was amongst otherthings a prolific poet,wrote so many pieces ofgreat literature that theyspanned bookstore, li-See ANGELOU, page 2
Texas Publishers: Kroger ignores theAfrican American communityTexas Publishers: Kroger ignores theAfrican American community
By NICOLE SCOTT andROBYN H. JIMENEZ
Texas Publishers Association
Walter and Maxine Sessions, founder and publisher of The Texas Informer newspaper, stand outside aKrogers grocery store in Palestine, TX with papers in hand after finding their display shelf was removed.
“Have you been in-vited?”
It’s a simple ques-tion that the Black Presshas asked its commu-nity for several years,with the underlyingmessage, “Don’t go
where you haven’t beeninvited.”
Many publishers ofBlack newspapers haveexpressed that storesthat do not carry AfricanAmerican products, ad-vertise in African
American-owned me-dia, and refuse to carryAfrican American news-papers and magazinesfor its customers, havesent a clear messagethat Blacks are not in-vited.
Maxine Session,founder and publisherof The Texas Informernewspaper, said she gotthe message loud andclear.
The Informer is anAfrican American news-
paper that has servedAnderson, Angelina,Cherokee, Houston andRusk counties for 19years.
During a routinedelivery in August of2013, Walter Session,Informer owner and co-publisher, arrived atKroger grocery store tofind that the newspapershelf, that had stood formany years inside thestore entry, had beenremoved. He immedi-ately found the storemanager Christine Tate
HASTINGSPERFORMANCE TIMESKEEP GETTING BETTER
See BATTLES, page 2
Olympic gold medalist NatashaHastings competed in the PrefontaineClassic held in Eugene, Oregon this pastweekend, posting a season best time of50.67. “The goal is to improve every timeI step on the track” said the athlete, whowas very pleased with her performance.Hastings won the US women’s 400m titlelast year and was the top American listedon Track and Field News Worldrankings; placing 4th overall. Natasha Hastings
HASTINGSPERFORMANCE TIMESKEEP GETTING BETTER
CongresswomanWaters RemembersDr. Maya Angelou
Los Angeles, CA– “I am deeply saddened tolearn of the passing of my dear friend, Dr. MayaAngelou, one of the most renowned and inspira-tional voices of our time. In a career that spannedover more than five decades, Maya was a cel-ebrated author, poet, educator, producer, actressand filmmaker. She was a phenomenal womanwho shared her wisdom with the world, inspiringcountless individuals and teaching us how to reachunity in the midst of division.
“Maya was always very generous in respond-See MAYA WAS MORE THAN A POET, page 4
JOHN LEGENDANNOUNCES
NEW SUMMERDATES FOR 2014
NORTHAMERICAN TOUR
Citibank Pre-SaleBegins June 3rd;
General Public On-sale Begins June 7th
Details on page 4
Eminent Texaspioneer launchesMayor campaign.
See TRAILPage 6
TAAACC and UTcollaborate to exalt150th anniversary.
See JUNETEENTHPage 4
Underrepresented,students receive 75
million dollars.See EDUCATION
Page 7
Let’s TalkAbout Taxes!
Now that all of theproperty in Central EastAustin has turned over,thanks in part by ever in-creasing property taxesthat has been applied tothat area. For more than 20years, residents of theEastside have complained,to no avail, about the un-fairness of the system ofappraising property in thearea.
Their complaintsfell on deaf ears. That ulti-mately transformed thearea. And now that othershave moved in, they arenow asking the TravisCounty CommissionersCourt to look into the mat-ter and consider whetherto challenge commercialproperty tax appraisals. Itis not just about theEastside, but for commer-cial property tax apprais-als in general.
They want toknow just how the ap-praisals process works andwhether it favors one cat-egory of property ownersover another. While prop-erty taxes are used to fundlocal services such asschools, roads, emergencyservices, courts, parks, li-braries and other services.And one of the problemshas been that the peoplewho are least able to payhigh taxes are asked to paythe most.
Now that the com-mercial property ownersare being asked to paymore, they now want tochallenge the way thetaxes are determined. Oneof the people who wantthe study done is newlyelected Tax Assessor-Col-lector Bruce Elfant. Henow sees the reality of thesituation that homeownershave known for years.And that is that state lawfavors commercial prop-erty owners. And they willexercise their right to chal-lenge their appraisals byemploying the best lawyersand appraisals experts toappeal at every level.
Most homeownerscannot afford to employlawyers to fight what theyconsider unfair appraisals.It would be good if theCommissioners would alsolook at residential proper-ties while they are review-ing this matter.Homeowners are in muchneed of relief. But every-one should be paying theirfair share.
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Angelou knew andmet presidents withgrace and stately char-acter. She read herpoem, “On The Pulse ofMorning,” at Clinton’sinauguration and re-ceived the PresidentialMedal of Freedom fromPresident BarackObama. She walkedwith Dr. Martin LutherKing, was a friend toauthor/poet/professorNikki Giovanni and was
ANGELOU:BEACON OFLIGHT FORMANYcontinued from page 1
the most frequent gueston the Tavis Smileyshow. She first came toprominence with hertelling memoir, “I KnowHow The Caged BirdSings.” Her body ofworks span over half acentury. So many calledher friend, many sawher as mother.
Described on herofficial website as a glo-bal renaissance woman,Dr. Angelou wore thehats of educator,dancer, actress, histo-rian, civil rights activist,producer, poet, novelistand more. The peacefulpassing of Angelou at aseason when compre-hension and acuity hadnot failed as detailed byGuy B. Johnson on
Angelou’s website,seems fitting for her.Although she wasknown as having expe-rienced scathing racism
and intolerance in herlifetime, she was knownto fight for those thingsand to be an advocatefor peace. Her speeches,penned words andmore were so rich with
meaning and under-standing that she wasalmost an improvementupon the common dic-tionary.
Nora O’Donnell ofCBS Evening News de-scribed her as able tospin words into gold.Also, President Obamastated upon hearing ofher passing, “She was
one of the brightestlights of our time.”
Angelou spentsome time in Austin, as aspeaker during UT’s Lec-ture Series. She made anappearance as Aunt Maein Tyler Perry’s movie,“Madea’s Family Re-union.” She read herpoem, “In and Out ofTime,” in a weddingscene in that film. It be-gan with the words, “Thesun has come, the misthas gone...”
Angelou may bethought of as a sun shewrites about in thatpoem. For she was tomany a beacon of light.She showed no racialbias, and seemed tokeep a sweet taste in hermouth despite grave
hardships and a rockystart. She seemed to liveout the advice given inher essay collectiontitled, “Letter to MyDaughter:” “You maynot control all the eventsthat happen to you, butyou can decide not to bereduced by them.”
Most would agreethat she was also thephenomenal woman ofwhom she writes in herpowerful poem and an-them to diverse womenof power. Described byOprah as “life-defin-ing,” the often-recitedpoem shares where canbe found the well of se-crets that make an ex-traordinary womanqualify to be called phe-nomenal.
Books of Maya Angelou: (L) ‘A Song Flung UpTo Heaven’ and ‘The Heart of a Woman’. Photocredit: Shirley Hammond
and stated that the newspaper shelf had beenremoved, and he wanted to know where he canplace the Texas Informer. She said that he could notleave it there, that it was not her decision, but thatof the corporate office. However, the mainstreamnewspaper was still in the store.
After having delivered to Kroger for 10 years,Tate informed Walter that he could not continueto place his newspaper in the store, because it wasconsidered solicitation. She told him that it wasnot her decision, but that of corporate and if hewanted to continue to offer the publication to thestore’s customers he would have to contact thecorporate headquarters in Cincinnati.
Walter contacted headquarters, but each timehe called their corporate office, customer servicetook a message with the response that someonewould give him a call. No one did. The issue be-came one of many long battles in the struggle torun a minority publication.
“When you have an African American news-paper you fight a lot of battles,” Maxine said.
But having to pick her battles, Session decidednot to pursue the lost distribution drop and con-centrate on moving forward.
During an interview, Tate denied the conver-sation with Walter and suggested that the personto talk to regarding the matter would be BrianMixon, another store manager.
At first, Mixon claimed Kroger Corporatemade the decision to stop carrying the AfricanAmerican newspaper. But he quickly retracted hisstatement and claimed the regional office in Hous-ton would have made the decision. Rather thanexpound upon the decision, he suggested contact-ing the consumer affairs office in Dallas.
James Smith, a long-time reader of the TexasInformer newspaper, said he was very concernedwhen he saw the newspaper was no longer avail-able at the store. He stated that the absence of thenewspaper affects the local African American com-munity as well as other ethnicities in the area thatread the publication.
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“Many other groups, Asians and what haveyou, not just Blacks read the paper,” he said.
Other publications, such as The Power PagesNews, have reported receiving the same clear mes-sage from Kroger that they weren’t invited. Thepublication has served Collin and its surround-ing counties for almost 20 years.
Publisher and founder Hattie Kelly said thather newspaper has sought advertisement fromKroger for several years to no avail.
Black newspapers depend on advertisingfunds to provide jobs in the community – such assecretaries, reporters, graphic artists, etc., evensummer internships for students.
Other Texas publishers have experienced thesame response from Kroger, according to MollieF. Belt, vice president of the Texas Publisher’s As-sociation.
Belt is also the publisher and CEO of The Dal-las Examiner. Her newspaper doesn’t receive anyads from the grocer either.
Karen Carter Richards, CEO and publisher ofHouston Forward Times, said Kroger flat-out refusesto advertise with any Black newspaper in Hous-ton.
“We don’t do any advertising in any AfricanAmerican newspapers,” Theresa Bordelon,Kroger’s regional hub manager told Judy Foston,Houston Forward Times’ publicist.
This is not expected to change any time soon.Even though Kroger’s is ranked 23rd on the list ofFortune 500 companies, it has no advertising bud-get allowed for its African American consumers.
In 2013, it set aside $198,058,196 for advertis-ing. Mainstream television stations, newspapersand radio stations received the bulk of the adver-tising, which is common. It carved out a small por-tion for other minority media, but refused to in-clude African American media.
However, Blacks spend $1 billion annually insupermarkets, with Kroger being their secondchoice.
“Are we really invited in their stores?” Belt
asked. Or has the Black community become com-placent?
“After so many years of being told ‘No,’ I’ve juststayed away. But now I feel it’s time to take action asa group,” said Kelly, who is the president of TPA.
Forming a united front, the publishers of TPA– representing African American newspapersacross Texas – hope to spread their message totheir readers.
Fifty years ago, one would not expect busi-nesses to invite them in through advertising orcarrying products designed for the African Ameri-can community. Blacks took what they could getbecause that’s the way things were. But the Blackcommunity no longer has to accept being left out.TPA suggested that the African American commu-nity demand equality from their grocers.
Without fear of repercussions, Blacks can asktheir managers for products that are designed tomeet their needs; write to corporate offices andexpress their concerns about the lack of advertis-ing geared toward their needs, and printed in thepublications they read most; and insist that theycarry African American publications in their stores.
Furthermore, TPA has suggested that AfricanAmericans do business with people who do busi-ness with Black businesses.
Hattie Kelly, Publisher and Founder of ThePower Pages in Farmersville, Texas. (Villager)
Mollie F. Belt, Publisher and CEO of TheDallas Examiner. (NNPA)
Karen CarterRichards, CEO andPublisher of HoustonForward Times.(InsightNews.com)
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ing to requests by her friends to make public appearances. I rememberin response to a request from me to make an appearance at the Black Women’sForum in Los Angeles, she not only honored the request, but thrilled theaudience by sharing her life experiences and encouraging the women to re-flect on their own lives. Maya was a wise and spiritual woman who taughtme valuable lessons about life and did not hesitate to compliment or criti-cize anyone.
“Maya was also much more than a poet; she was an influential leaderduring the civil rights movement. She fought for social and racial justice bypromoting the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin LutherKing, Jr. and through her work with the Organization of Afro-American Unity,led by Malcolm X.
“Dr. Angelou once said, ‘I’ve learned that people will forget what yousaid, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how youmade them feel.” Indeed, she truly left her mark on all who knew her and Iknow her presence will be missed. Our nation is grateful for the legacy shehas left behind and it will live on through her words and actions. My thoughtsand prayers are with her son, Guy Johnson, and her entire family during thisdifficult time. “
Maya Was Much More Than A Poetcontinued from page 1
JOHN LEGEND COMINGTO CEDAR PARK IN JULY
Los Angeles (May 29th, 2014) Nine-timeGrammy Award winning, multi-platinum sellingartist John Legend will continue his highly ac-claimed 2014 North American tour with new sum-mer dates, including a performance at Cedar ParkCenter on July 22nd.
Tickets to John Legend go onsale Saturday,June 7th at 10:00 am and are available throughwww.C3Concerts.com, www.ticketmaster.com, allTicketmaster Outlets, or by calling 1-800-745-3000to charge by phone.
The highly anticipated tour comes on the heelsof Legend’s #1 smash single “All of Me,” from hiscritically acclaimed fourth studio album LOVE INTHE FUTURE, which recently claimed the #1 spoton Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles Chart. The singlemarks Legend’s highest selling and charting singleof his career to date, with sales over 3 million inthe US. Fans can purchase tickets for John Legend’ssummer tour beginning Saturday, June 7th at10:00am EST. There will be a Citibank pre-salebeginning Tuesday June 3rd at 10:00am local time.For more ticket purchase information, please visitwww.johnlegend.com.
Legend’s current tour, “An Evening with JohnLegend: The All of Me Tour,” wraps June 28th inWoodinville, WA and features John in an intimateand acoustic setting, highlighted by guitar/vocalaccompaniment as well as a string quartet. In arecent review, Billboard hailed the show as “oneof the best concerts ever.”
THE H-E-BAUSTIN
SYMPHONY 38th
ANNUALJULY 4th CONCERTAND FIREWORKS
MOVES TO CIRCUITOF THE AMERICAS!
Austin,TX - Spendthis Independence Daywith thousands of yourclosest friends and yourAustin Symphony Or-chestra at the beautifulCircuit of The Americas(COTA)! While Audito-rium Shores is underrenovation, COTA hasgenerously offered tohost the Austin Sym-phony Orchestra’s July4th concert and fire-works. Thousands ofCentral Texans willhurry to claim primeviewing with the Aus-tin Symphony Orchestrathis July 4th for one of thelargest IndependenceDay Celebrations in thestate. The spectacularH-E-B Austin Sym-phony 38th Annual July4th Concert and Fire-works is planned, pro-duced, and performedentirely by the AustinSymphony Orchestra,with the help of our gen-erous sponsors. Tens ofthousands of familieswill be decked out inred, white, and blue andheading to COTA’saward-winning Aus-tin360 Amphitheater foran amazing event com-plete with a fireworksdisplay, symphonic pa-triotic classics, and evena little auto-themedmusic for the race fansin attendance.
COTA will host avariety of fun, old-fash-ioned July 4th holidayactivities, including in-teractive games andcontests for the wholefamily, starting at 6:00PM. The orchestra willperform at 8:30 p.m., fol-lowed by “mile-high”fireworks at approxi-mately 9:30 p.m. Theevent is free and open tothe public.
If you can’t make itout or wish to listenfrom your device, tuneinto our media sponsor,Majic 95.5 FM, as theywill be simulcasting theconcert. Tell your fam-ily and friends to marktheir calendars now.This is the one outdoorevent this year you donot want to miss! Sograb a picnic and a blan-ket, and join us at COTAto celebrate your Inde-pendence!
This Dayin History
1831 - Philadelphia
served host to the 2ndNational Negro
Movement Convention
BlackChambers
CommemorateRole of
Business inJuneteeth
Events
University of TexasPresident Bill Powers
Texas State SenatorRoyce West
AUSTIN, TX – TheTexas Association ofAfrican AmericanChambers of Commerce(TAAACC), the state-wide organization rep-resenting 200,000 Black-owned businesses andthe 22 chambers thatsupport them, plans tocommemorate thestrides Black businesseshave made in Texas in aspecial way this June.
“Black businesses
have made tremendouscontributions to theState of Texas sincenews of the Emancipa-tion Proclamationreached Texas on June19, 1865,” said TAAACCChairman Jim Wyatt.“In virtually every in-dustry – banking, en-ergy, construction,trans-portation, and cer-tainly in all the trades –the labor, goods and ser-vices produced byBlack Texans have re-sulted in dramatic im-provements in Texas’quality of life.”
In recognition of
those contributions, aswell as to chart a pathforward for continuedcontributions, TAAACCwill host two events onJune 19, 2014.
“We will begin theday with a news confer-ence on the steps of theState Capitol at 10:30announcing the resultsof the first-ever surveyof Black entrepreneur-ship in Texas,” saidWyatt. “This historiccollaboration betweenTAAACC and the Uni-versity of Texas Schoolof Business provides asnapshot of the currentstatus of Black-ownedbusinesses in Tex-as,and will be used as aroadmap to overcomechallenges that have his-torically barred Blackbusinesses from oppor-tunities to grow and ex-pand.” University ofTexas president BillPowers and state sena-tor Royce West areamong state dignitariesconfirmed to note theoccasion.
Following the newsconference, TAAACCwill convene “FromGalveston to Great-ness,” at the AustinClub.
“We thought it im-portant to begin thecountdown to the 150thanniversary ofJuneteenth with some-thing special this year,”Wyatt noted. “Far toofew Texans are aware ofthe role of Black busi-nesses in our state’seconomy, and it is piti-ful that so few Texans
are aware of this richpart of Texas history.Just as Juneteenth marksthe day Black Texanspassed from slavery tofreedom, Juneteenthalso marks the day thatsparked the dreams ofbusi-ness ownership inthe hearts and minds ofour ancestors.”
Dr. Juliet E.K.Walker, Founder andDirector of the Univer-sity of Texas Center forBlack Business History,Entrepreneurship andTechnology, will markthe occasion, with de-
tails of the strides madeby Black businessmenand women over thepast 149 years.
“While I came toUT-Austin in 2001, myfather’s family (theKirkpatricks – wholived in Texas duringslavery) left during theGreat Migration of theWWI Era. Because ofthis personal connectionto our state, I take greatpride in our fellow Tex-ans’ accomplish-ments,especially in businesshere in Texas,” said. Dr.Walker. “It is a remark-able, con-tinuing story
that deserves a renewedfocus.”
For more informa-tion on the news confer-ence and the “FromGalveston to Greatness”
commemorative eventvisit the TAAACCw e b s i t e(www.taaacc.org) orreach Mr. Wyatt viaphone (512.535.5610).
8th Annual AustinAfrican American
Book FestivalUnder the theme
“We Have Tomorrow:Black Literature as In-spiration for Change,”the 2014 Austin AfricanAmerican Book Festivalhighlights talents andachievements that haveso enriched Americanhistory and culture.
To be held Satur-day, June 28, 10 am – 4pm at the Carver Mu-seum and Library (1165Angelina, Austin,Texas), the festivallineup includes two dis-tinguished writerswhose works depict leg-endary figures inAmerican sport, politicsand literature.
MacArthur FellowDr. Arnold Rampersadwill deliver the 2014keynote. His biographysubjects include trail-blazers like ArthurAshe and JackieRobinson, as well as lit-erary icons W. E. B.DuBois, LangstonHughes and RalphEllison. Rampersad is aprofessor at Stanfordand a winner of the Na-tional Humanities
Medal. “Stokely: A Life”
by Dr. Peniel E. Josephis an examination ofStokely Carmichael, animportant but lesserstudied figure of theCivil Rights movement.The New York Timesdescribes the book as“insightful, highly en-gaging and fluentlywritten.” Dr. Joseph,who is a National BookAward winner and ac-tivist in his own right,will attend the festivalvia Skype.
Senator David Jor-dan will discuss andsign his book about hispersonal journey fromthe cotton fields to theMississippi senate.
Rounding out thefestival will be a show-case of local authors andtwo facilitated discus-sions. The first aboutJackie Robinson and theresponsibility of beingthe first and the secondreferences “The NewJim Crow,” by MichelleAlexander, to tackle thetopic of mass incarcera-tion. The festival is free.
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COLLECTED PRÉCISBusiness Community Partners to Survey Austin Professionals
Local Affiliate Chambers of Commerce Work Togetherto Ask Key Questions, Engage Austinites
The Austin YoungChamber of Commerceis partnering with theGreater Austin His-panic Chamber of Com-merce, the Greater Aus-tin Black Chamber, andthe Greater Aust inAsian Chamber ofCommerce in a surveyof the business com-munity.
In the first of itskind partnership, thepurpose of the surveyis to develop adeeper understand-ing of the challengeswe face and the
strengths of ourc o m m u n i t i e s .
The Aust in YoungChamber of Com-merce (AYC) has al-ready received nearly400 responses and thehope is to bolsterthose numbers anddig deeper into theprofessional commu-nity of central Texas.
“We are excitedand proud to beworking with a di-verse, well organized,and passionategroup,” said MattGlazer, Executive Di-
rector. “The AustinYoung Chamber ofCommerce is takingbig steps to be a voicefor young profession-als in Austin and toempower personaland profess ional
growth. The first stepis knowing their pas-sions, their plans, andthe systemic prob-lems they face in theirlives.”
“We have alreadyseen research and
pol l ing this springthat confirms what wehave seen anecdotally.Austin and young pro-fessionals overall areready for changes.Now we need to knowwhat form thosechanges should takeand how we help. Welook forward to work-ing with the affiliatechambers and businesscommunity and worktogether to makeyoung professionals’voices heard,” addedAndrew Cates, AYCBoard member and de-
veloper of the survey.The survey will
run until mid—-sum-mer and all are wel-come to participatehere: http://bit.ly/1ffKdDf
For questions re-garding the survey re-sults, please contactAndrew Cates:[email protected] questions regard-ing AYC, the partner-ship, or programs,please contact MattG l a z e r :[email protected]
AUSTIN, Texas—As part of a new granti n i t i a t i v e ,CommUnityCare isproud to announce theprovision of primarycare services to theHornsby Bend Com-munity. Starting June3rd, under a licensingagreement betweenESD#4 andCommUnityCare tosponsor the facility,our team of health careproviders will be at thePortable Building nextto ESD #4 Fire Station401, located at 14308Hunters Bend Road,Austin, TX 78725. Allcommunity members,particularly adults, areeligible for primarycare services. Pleasecall 512-574-1003 tomake an appointmentor for more informa-tion. CommUnityCare
Travis CountyESD-4 Collaborates
with CommunityCareto Serve Our Citizens
(Left to Right) ESD4 President Frank Fuentes,MHA Jesus Kain, Program Specialist
Margarita Arroyo, Legal Council Senator HectorUribe, and ESD4 Chief Flo Soliz.
accepts all patients re-gardless of insurancestatus or their ability topay.
The physiciansand staff atCommUnityCare arecommitted to provid-ing quality care in afriendly, caring and ef-ficient environment.
We believe all pa-tients have a right tohave their cultural,psychological, spiri-tual, and personal val-ues, beliefs and prefer-ences respected. Weare committed to ser-vice excellence. Thismeans all staff receivescustomer service train-ing and patient satis-faction is measured onan ongoing basis. OurCore Values are: Re-spect, Integrity, De-pendability, Team-work and Quality.
City Sets Calendar for10-ONE Candidate Forums
The seven Council Candidate forums will beheld in districts across the city.
The City of Austin in partnership with the City’sEthics Review Commission and the AustinLeague of Women Voters will conduct a seriesof single-member district City Council CandidateForums for the November 2014 election.
For the first time in Austin’s history voters willselect an Austin City Council from 10 geographicsingle-member districts. This change to geo-graphic representation was approved by votersNov. 6, 2012, as Proposition 3, commonly re-ferred to as 10-ONE.
Under this Charter amendment the Mayor willcontinue to be elected citywide and 10 otherCouncil members will no longer be electedcitywide, but only by voters in which they live.
The seven Council Candidate forums will beheld in various districts across the city. The fol-lowing are the dates:
Under City Code the City will conduct twoother opportunities for voters to get informa-tion about the candidates. In addition to the inperson forums video statements from each ofthe candidates will be posted on the City’swebsite, austintexas.gov. Additionally, the can-didates will respond to a League of WomenVoters questionnaire. This information andvideo statements will be posted on the websitein September 2014.
The first day a Council Candidate may filean application for a place on the ballot is July21, 2014 with the last day on Aug.18, 2014.Election Day is Nov. 4, 2014.
More in format ion is ava i lab le a twww.austintexas.gov/10-ONE.
Sept. 4: District 1Sept. 11: Districts 4 and 7
Sept. 15: Districts 6 and 10Sept. 16: Districts 8 and 5
Sept. 18: District 9Sept. 29: Mayoral Candidate
Sept. 30: Districts 2 and 3
City ofAustinSBD
ProgramJune 2014Classes &
Events
BizAid BusinessOrientation (6/10/2014)
MUST REGISTER!BizAid Business Orien-tation provides a gen-eral overview to open-ing a small business orre-evaluating an exist-ing business during itsgrowth. This courseprovides information onwhere entrepreneurscan find assistance at theidea, start-up, and exist-ing stages of their busi-ness.
Time: 5:30 PM -7:00 PM
Location: Entrepre-neur Center of Austin,4029 South Capital ofTexas Highway #110,Austin, TX 78704
Fee: FREE
How to Get Investorsfor Your Business
(6/11/2014)
Whether you arelooking to start a newbusiness or to expandthe operations of an ex-isting business, you willalways need capital.How to Get InvestorsFor Your Business ex-plores a wide spectrumof opportunities inseeking venture capitalor risk capital investors.From friends and fam-ily to professionallymanaged venture capi-tal funds, all potentialsources of capital arereviewed and consid-ered. This course ex-plains the processes ofdetermining capitalneeds for the small busi-ness and will help youto understand the dif-ference between equityinvestors and businesspartners. You will learnthe different methods offinding and raising
capital and how to re-search and contact po-tential business inves-tors.
Time: 9:00 AM -11:00 AM
Location: Entrepre-neur Center of Austin,4029 South Capital ofTexas Highway #110,Austin, TX 78704
Fee: $35 includeslight breakfast
QuickBooksIntroduction (6/12/2014)
Whether you are abrand new user lookingto master the fundamen-tals of QuickBooks, oran existing user wish-ing to take yourQuickBooks knowl-edge to another level,the QuickBooks Basicseminar can help youimprove the way youuse QuickBooks ac-counting software tomanage your business.This seminar covers ac-counting basics, track-ing revenue and ex-penses, bank reconcilia-tion and file setup usingQuickBooks Pro ac-counting software. Don’twaste time through trialand error learning. Ifyou want to reduce frus-tration, and increase ac-
curacy in your business,this training is for you.
Time: 9:00 AM -4:00 PM
Location: Entrepre-neur Center of Austin,4029 South Capital ofTexas Highway #110,Austin, TX 78704
Fee: $85
For RegistrationInformation:www.austin
smallbiz.com or512-974-7800
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CITY ~ STATE ~ NATIONAL ~ WORLDCasar and Pierce Make Campaign Announcement
by Tsoke (Chuch) AdjavonDuring the week, several other candidates
announced their intention to run for office. Somecandidates, such as Darrell Pierce who is run-ning in Austin city council district 8 andGregorio Casar who is running in Austin citycouncil District 4 formally announced their in-tention to run for office. According to the Casar'scampaign about 150 people attended this kick-off event.
First of all, Gregorio Casar is running inAustin city council district 4 covers parts ofNorth Austin, such as: the Runberg andRutland parts of Austin. Mr Casar mentionedthat he is running for the Austin city councilfor several reasons, such as: to preserve the
affordable housing unit that can still be foundin District 4; and to continue to promote a liv-ing wage. Moreover, some of his supporters,include Mr. Mergha Vice President of the Aus-tin cab association.
Secondly, Darrell Pierce announced hisintention to run for Austin city council Dis-trict 8, which includes parts of South Austinarea.
Darrell Pierce grew up in Austin and heis also a small business owner. As the Princi-pal and founder of SNAP Management Group,Inc. "Darrell has been able to play an activerole in assisting organizations with changemanagement, best practice implementationand project management support."
by Tsoke (Chuch) AdjavonOn May 31st, 2014 Sheryl Cole the current Mayor Pro Tem finally an-
nounced her intention to run for the Austin's office of Mayor. During hercampaign kickoff, there were about 100 people of diverse race/ethnicitywho attended this rally. In other words, Sheryl Cole's campaign for Mayorhas attracted people of various races/ethnicity and economical backgroundAt this event, there were elected official, candidates; and community lead-ers, such as: Nelson Linder of the National Advancement Color People(NAACP).
Prior from her announcement, Sheryl Cole the Mayor Pro Term, helda series of "Greet and Meet" event throughout the 10 District. Moreover,the greet and meet event were held in the homes of various supporters,which provided an opportunity to meet the voters and talk with the at-tendee regarding the various issues that the city of Austin faces. For ex-ample, the attendee asked question regarding transportation and issuesdealing with affordability.
When Sheryl Cole announced her desire to run for Mayor of Austin, abig seismic shift occurred on the Austin political scene. If elected SherylCole would be the 2nd women to be mayor and the 1st African Americanwomen to be elected as a Mayor. Sheryl Cole has been a trailblazer andwill continue to be one. As a result, her race for Mayor is a very "historicalone." Furthermore, Sheryl Cole is probably the only candidate who canunite Austinites of various social-economical background and race.
On May 31, theGraceaway ChristianChurch of Austin Texasheld a "barbecue greetand meet festival" at theirchurch. Moreover, thisevent was opportunity forthe Austin community toknow more aboutGraceaway ChristianChurch. It was a "familyatmosphere", in which,families could come withtheir children, in order, toeat some barbecue, playgames, and also listen tolive music.
At this event, thecrowd had the opportu-nity to be entertained bythe David Straley. DavidStraley played a coupleof Christians songs. Inaddition, to the music,
the organizers had set upa place in which childrencould play. According tothe organizers a dozensof "families" stop by tolearn more aboutGraceAway ChristianChurch.
Finally GraceAwayChristian church is aaaptist church in theheart of Austin-RoundRock started in February2013. Since then thechurch has grown to in-clude college students.GraceAway ChristianChurch meet on Sundays10:30 am and Thursdays6:30 pm for food fellow-ship and a Tuesday Biblestudy at 7:00 pm on theUniveristy of Texas atAustin campus.
GCC Austin HostBBQ Festival
by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
TrailBlazer Runs For Mayor
First Saturdays ConnectingCommunities Conversations
Speaker: Dr. Christopher King, SeniorResearch Scientist and Director, Ray Marshall
Center for the Study of Human ResourcesTopic: Austin Equity Commission Report
St. James Episcopal Church;3701 E. MLK, Jr. Blvd.; Austin, Texas 78721
FMI, contact: Doug Bell/Rev. Hugh Craig@ 512-926-6339
First Saturday, June 7, 2014; 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.Focus: Travis County Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4
City of Austin Districts1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. For The Latest Election Information visit www.austintexas.gov
Mr. Mergha, VP of the Austin Cab Association and Candidate Gregorio Casar.Photos by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
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CLASSIFIEDS ~ PUBLIC INFORMATION
City of AustinPurchasing Office
EMPLOYMENT PROPOSALSPUBLIC INFORMATION
FOR SALE FOR RENT BIDSMISCELLANEOUS
The City of Austin Purchasing Office invitesyou to view current bid solicitations at https://www.c i . au s t i n . t x . u s / f i nanceon l ine /vendor_connection/solicitation/solicitations.cfm.Vendors are encouraged to register on-line in theCity’s Vendor Self Service System. Once yourcompany is registered, you will receive notifica-tions about new bid opportunities. For addi-tional information regarding current bid opportu-nities or Vendor Registration, please call the Pur-chasing Office at 512-974-2500.
For information on the City of Austin’s Mi-nority Owned and Women-Owned ProcurementProgram and the certification process, pleasecontact the Small & Minority Business ResourcesDepartment at 512-974-7600 or visit their websiteat http://www.austintexas.gov/smbr.
NOW HIRINGPatient Access/Registrar positionsat St. David’s South Austin MedicalCenter Check In and interviewspatients for demographics andcollection of copay/deductible.Must be available weekend,weekdays, daytime, evening, andovernight hours. $12.00-$15.00/hour. Send resume to [email protected] Parallonis an Equal Opportunity Employer(EOE), Minority/Female/Veteran/Disabled.
SOLICITATION FOR QUOTES:Quest Civil Constructors, Inc. issoliciting proposals from M/WBE’sfor the City of Austin, LockheedRehab & Other Shaft WarrantyInspections, IFB 6100 CLMC481,bids publicly June 19, 2014 at9:30am. For information concerningsubcontracting and/or purchasingopportunities contact FeliciaHendricks at (623) 581-9700”
Apply at HRMiddle Fiskville Rd.
6th Floor, Austin, TX 78752Job Line (512 223-5621hhtp://www./austincc.ed
EEOC/AA/M/F/D/V
New Jobs for theeek of 6/01/2014
Coordinator, RecordsService Center
Monday-Friday,8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
$2,879-$3,599/MonthlyJob# 1405022
Supervisor, Computer SupportNorthridge Campus
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
$3,674-$4,593/MonthlyJob# 1405021
AUSTIN COMMUNITY COL-LEGE DISTRICT (ACC) issoliciting proposals from qualifiedfirms to conduct an InternalUtilization Study.
Request for ProposalsNo. 918-14022VJ
Completed proposals must besubmitted to the PurchasingDepartment by no later thanMonday, June 30, 2014, at 2:00 PM.Proposal packages are available onthe ACC Purchasing website at http://www.austincc.edu/purchase/.In addition, the proposal documentswill be available in the ACCPurchasing Office (512) 223- 1044between the hours of 9 am and 4 pm,Monday through Friday.Proposals, when submitted, must beproperly identified, sealed, andreturned to the ACC PurchasingOffice, ACC Service Center, 9101Tuscany Way, Austin, Texas 78754,by the deadline for submission.Electronically transmitted responseswill not be accepted. Late proposalswill be retained unopened.ACC reserves the right to accept orreject any or all proposals, in wholeor in part, to waive informalities ortechnicalities, to clarify ambiguities,and to award items or groups ofitems as may be in the best interestof ACC.
TheBeautyCollegeOptionBy Shirley A. Hammondtwitter.com/xtremeridewish1
Places to get one’shair done abound. Seek-ing a professional for aperm, braids, an updo,a relaxer or somethingin-between is easy to doin most cities. Wal-Martsuper stores have them,most strip center mallsand free-standing mallshave at least one. Citymain streets tend tocarry them in sufficientnumbers. But there isalso the beauty collegeoption. With thischoice, the patron hastheir hair done by stu-dents who are workingto obtain their license topractice.
Cosmetology stu-dents do their work un-der the supervision ofinstructors, and some
customers try to havesome say in the skilllevel or specialization ofthe student who putstheir hands in their hair.Some students knowethnic hair very well, soin some cases, a patroncan ask for such a spe-cialized student. Othersgo so far as to ask for anadvance student who isclose to graduating.This final option mightbe a student in great de-mand, because theyhave gone through suf-ficient and training,practice and instruction.
Austin has all typesof beauty colleges, rang-ing from high end to ba-sic. On Airport Boule-vard, near the new In &Out Burgers is the Bella
Beauty College, whichused to be VogueBeauty College. Many ofthe instructors there havedecades of experiencetraining professionalstylists. They offer a va-riety of salon services,including color services.Bella (north Austin) is lo-cated at 4631 AirportBlvd and south at 623Ben While Blvd.
Baldwin BeautySchool also has two lo-cations, one at 8440Burnet Road and theother at 3005 SouthLamar. They have afull-service StudentSalon at both sites.
Central TexasBeauty College providessalon services by stu-dents in Round Rock.Located at 1400 North
Mays, they often have aparking lot full of pa-trons. A customer is usu-ally in a chair within fiveminutes of arriving atthis college.
Regency Beauty In-stitute, at 500 Ben Whiteand 2711 LaFrontera inRound Rock offers a va-riety of guest services.They encourage appoint-ments made at (Austin)512-687-0938 or (RoundRock) 512-310-1501.
Avenue Five at8620 Burnet Road usesspecialized hair careproducts and stylingproducts. They encour-age online scheduling ath t t p : / /www.avenuefive.com/guests/index .html .Aveda Institute has atemporary location in
the upper level of High-land Mall, 6001AirportBlvd. Patrons can checkfor appointment avail-ability at 512-454-9656.
Because the beautycollege is using stu-dents, they have dis-counted rates in com-parison to beauty shopsand beauty salons.Someone on a budget,or between paycheckscan go in for hair servicesand emerge with a morepolished look.
While this articlefocuses on hair services,most of the beauty col-leges listed offer awhole catalog of ser-vices for nails and skin.Some also offer mas-sage, barber, laser andother forms of hair re-moval.
Experts: Central Texas NotImmune to Atlantic Hurricane
Season, Running June 1 to Nov. 30Even though Cen-
tral Texas doesn’t havebeach front property,the public should stillgear up for the annualAtlantic Hurricane Sea-son, running June 1 toNov. 30.
Regional emer-gency planners and theAmerican Red Crosswant to remind resi-dents as far inland asSan Marcos, Austin andGeorgetown they stillcan be affected by ma-jor hurricanes.
Hurricanes canproduce severeweather deep intoTexas, creating damag-ing hail, tropical storm-force winds, lightningstrikes, tornados, flashflooding and electricpower disruptions. Re-verberating coastalstorm winds can alsostoke inland wildfires.
It is also inevitablethat the region will hostGulf Coast evacueeswho flee inland, such asit did in 2005 for hurri-canes Katrina and Ritaand in 2008 for hurri-canes Gustav and Ike.
Central Texas gov-ernment partners, to-gether with the Ameri-can Red Cross, maintainthe Capital Area ShelterHub Plan to houseevacuees. The sheltersare located in high
schools and middleschools in Travis,Williamson, and Hayscounties. Additionally,the City of Austin main-tains an agreement toaccept evacuees fromCity of Galveston andGalveston County whodo not have their owntransportation.
In extreme condi-tions, Central Texas canhouse as many as 25,000coastal evacuees in 75shelters.
Residents can dotheir part by preparingthemselves for severeinland weather, and fa-miliarizing themselveswith ways to help theirfellow Texans, as notedbelow.
PreparednessResidents can pre-
pare by creating a basicemergency kit for eachmember of their family,to survive for at leastthree days if an emer-gency or disaster occurs.More information can befound at http://www.ready.gov/basic-disaster-supplies-kit.
Additionally, arearesidents should beaware that Central Texasis nicknamed “FlashFlood Alley.” Residentshould investigate ifthey live in a floodplainand have a plan to re-spond to flash flooding.
City of Austin residentscan explore floodplainsat the websitewww.atxfloodpro.comonline.
Residents inBastrop, Blanco, Burnet,Caldwell, Fayette, Hays,Lee, Llano, Travis andWilliamson counties canalso sign up for emer-gency notification byvoice, email, SMS textfor emergencies andnon-emergencies nearwhere they live andwork. Please visitwireless.capcog.org.
Victim AssistanceTo support your
community and help af-fected families, there aremany ways to get in-volved.
People can make amonetary donation tolocal American RedCross disaster relief orbecome a Red Cross di-saster volunteer todayso you’re prepared tostep into action immedi-ately when the timecomes.
Other volunteeropportunities are avail-able through the Com-munity Emergency Re-sponse Teams (CERT).To locate a CERT teamin your community,visit http://www.fema.gov/com-munity-emergency-re-sponse-teams.
U.S. Department ofEducation
Announces $75Million GEAR UP
Competition
To focus on build-ing successful practicesaimed at improving col-lege fit and collegereadiness for under rep-r e s e n t e d ,underprepared andlow-income studentsacross the country, theU.S. Department of Edu-cation announced to-day the availability of$75 million for two newGaining Early Aware-ness and Readiness forUndergraduate Pro-grams (GEAR UP) com-
petitions.At the Obama
Administration’s Col-lege Opportunity Sum-mit earlier this year, theDepartment made sev-eral commitments tosupport low-incomestudents and help moreof them pursue a path tocollege success. TheGEAR UP programhelps to ensure that allstudents achieve thenecessary milestonesthat provide a pathwayto a strong future. To-day, the Department isacting on its pledge tofocus this year’s GEARUP college preparationprogram on improvingboth college fit and
readiness, so all stu-dents graduate fromhigh school prepared forcollege without needingremedial courses andenroll in an institutionthat will help themmaximize their success.
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