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Jay Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, SolangeChance The Rapper, and Ice Cube

Announced for ACL Music Festival 2017

By Naomi Richard | The VILLAGER

AUSTIN, TX - TheAustin City Limits (ACL)Music Festival announcedtheir 2017 Lineup on May4 at 6am which includesmega star Jay Z, Red HotChili Peppers, Chance TheRapper, Ice Cube, Solangeand many more. Now thatis a hot ticket any way youslice it!

The festival takesplace at Zilker Park andapproximately 450,000visitors attend each year.The festival is now 2 week-

ends, 8 stages and over130 bands covering genressuch as hip hop, country,folk and R&B. The 2017Festival happens October6th-8th and October 13th-15th. As music royalty pre-

pares to hit Austin bystorm, it is strongly recom-mended that you pur-chase your tickets early atwww.aclfestival.com/tickets.

Inspired by the PBSconcert series of the same

name, the festival is pro-duced by Austin-basedcompany C3 Presents,which also producesLollapalozza. The reputa-tion of the ACL television

See ACL, page 2

AUSTINFASHION

WEEK 2017Announces

Designer LineUp and

Schedule ofEvents

By Naomi Richard |The VILLAGER

AUSTIN, TX - AustinFashion Week (AFW) re-turns to Central Texas withmore designers, trunkshows, runways andunique experiences thanever.

Join AFW at Soireesas Austin boutiques, sa-lons, and spas open theirdoors to host designertrunk shows, mini runwayevents, shopping events,and more. Festivities willbegin at retailers in the2ND Street District on Sat-urday, May 13th beforemoving to retailers in Do-main NORTHSIDE on Sun-day, May 14th. Most

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events are free and opento the public, so comeready for local fun! For acomplete calendar of Soi-rees visit http://austin.fashionx.co.

Beginning ThursdayMay 18 at the JW Marriott,

the Runways & Gallerynights feature collectionsfrom local favorites MayDesigns showing apparelfor the very first time. AlsoSeeLOCAL DESIGNERS,page 2

Trump NowDeclares HisSupport for

HBCU’sRemains

‘Unwavering’by: Darlene Superville

Associated Press

President Trump(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

WASHINGTON (AP) —President Donald Trumpdeclared Sunday that hissupport for historicallyBlack colleges and univer-sities remains “unwaver-ing.”

Trump sought toclarify an earlier state-ment that some highereducation officials inter-preted to mean that heplanned to end a capitalfinancing program thathelps these institutionsrepair, renovate and buildnew facilities. Congres-sional Black Caucus mem-bers criticized the move.

The earlier state-ment was attached to aspending bill Trumpsigned Friday to keep thegovernment operatingthrough September.

Trump said in thesigning statement thatthe administration “shalltreat provisions that allo-See MISINFORMED,

page 7

Capital City Chapter CelebratesHistoric 50 Years of Service

AUSTIN, TX - Satur-day April 29, 2017, CapitalCity Chapter Top Ladies ofDistinction, Inc. (TLOD) La-dies, Lords, and Teens, en-tertained hundreds andhonored five guests as cel-ebration of the Chapter’s

50th Golden Anniversary.The Gala was held at theSheraton Hotel. Guestswere joined by TLODmembers who wore longand golden eveninggowns. The Chapter washonored to have present

for the event, Drema Lee-Woldman, National Presi-dent, TLOD, AudreyLawton, 12th NationalPresident, Jackie Pope,11th National President,

See THEME, page 7

A Little-NoticedTarget in theHouse HealthBill: SpecialEducation

By Erica L. Green

WASHINGTON —House Republicans linedup votes Wednesday for aThursday showdown overtheir bill to repeal the Af-fordable Care Act.

AASA, an advocacyassociation for school su-perintendents, estimatesthat school districts re-ceive about $4 billion inMedicaid reimbursementsannually. In a January sur-vey of nearly 1,000 districtofficials in 42 states, nearly70 percent of districts re-ported that they used themoney to pay the salariesof health care profession-als who serve special edu-cation students.

Republicans say fed-eral health programs mustbe restructured to curbtheir soaring costs — thebiggest driver of projectedbudget deficits — andforce a smarter allocationof limited resources.

But in a letter sent totop lawmakers this week,a coalition of school edu-cators and advocacy orga-nizations said such effortswould force states to “ra-tion health care for chil-dren.”

The advocates ar-gued that under the Housebill, the federal govern-ment would transfer the

See MEDICAID, page 7

Tuckson HealthConnections honordeserving scholars.

See HBCUPage 8

WilCo Democratsshake up the

political landscape.See VOTER

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Two East Austinchurches celebratenotable milestones

this monthSee ANNIVERSARY

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HOW CRUELCAN THE

REPUBLICANSBE??

Watching what is goingon in Washington is likewatching a horror movie. Itseems that the newmajority wants to changeeverything that is in placeto help our more vulnerablecitizens, while at the sametime, they are bringing thecountry to the brink of waron several fronts. While our presidentthumbs his nose at the rulerof North Korea, one of themost unstable leaders in theworld, President Trump isalso considering puttingmore troops on the groundin the middle east. And heis doing it without thesupport of other worldleaders. But, one of the cruelestthings that the newmajority has done was theirpublic display of excite-ment when they passed theHouse of Representatives’version of a new HealthCare Plan that is designedto replace the AmericanHealth Care Act aka“Obama Care”. Theyrejoiced at a press con-ference about the fact thatthe new plan would leavean estimated 20 million ofour citizens without healthcoverage. There was noacknowledgement of thefact that this plan wouldhave to get approval in theSenate before it couldbecome law. PresidentTrump and his team werejust keeping their campaignpromises. The Senate isnow on the spot to come upwith a plan that would beagreeable to the House. Itis estimated that it may takeat least six months for thenew plan to be ready. Thenwe will start the wholething all over again. In themeantime, citizens who arein need of health carecoverage are held in limbo. If this is the way the newRepublican majority treattheir friends, what do theyhave in store for the rest ofus? We must now focus ourattention on the midterm2018 elections and makesure that the people whohave been working againstus are not returned toWashington.

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show helped contrib-ute to the success of thefirst festival.

Along with great livemusic, you may enjoygames, selfies, fun for kids,shopping with vendorsand a wide variety of foodand drink. Each year, ACLlistens to concert goers toprovide continuous pro-cess improvements. Ofnote, ACL now offers manylanes to enter the festivalto reduce your wait time;you will find lounge chairsscattered around the parknear cooling fans; thereare props for taking yourmemory photographswith the ACL Logo; theKid’s Park will entertainyour children for hours;

ACL listens to concertgoers to provide

continuous processimprovements

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many dietary food typesare covered by the diversefood vendors, and the listof improvements goes on!

Founded in 2002, thefestival began as a one-weekend event and re-mained as such throughthe 2012 date. On August16, 2012, Austin CityCouncil members votedunanimously to allow theAustin City Limits MusicFestival to expand to twoconsecutive weekends be-ginning in 2013.

featured are This IsSloane, looks from BalletAustin and UT Fashion Stu-dents. Discover out ofmarket designers BeckyHollands, Rong Zhangand Shalyguo; and starsthat have been featuredon Project Runway includ-ing Amanda Valentine andKelly Dempsey. In additionto these full collections,there will be three-lookcapsules by Texas-baseddesigners Adeara, EllisBell, House of Cynthia’s“Huron Collection,”Jacqueline Bergeron,Megan Fullerton,megMORGAN, PinupHouse, SixChel by DinaChávez, and Tashumbra.

Friday’s Runways &Gallery feature full collec-tions presented by localdesigners Boudoir Queen,Brittany Nicole, Harry Rex,and Lee MerrittSwimwear; out of marketdesigners Hopeless +Cause Atelier, MilesDavid, and WearableSculptures. You will seestars from Project Runwayincluding Daniel Esquiveland Gunnar Deatherage.There will be three-lookcapsules by Texas-baseddesigners Daniel Hinojos,Day Avery, HAUS of Heirs,LaLa, La Lo La Clothing,MariAscoli, My Boyfriend’sBriefs, and Sydney Morris-the Label. Hair provided bySALON by milk + honey,makeup by Koh Gen Do

Friday’s Runways & Gallery feature full collections presentedby local designers Queen, Nicole, Rex, and Merritt

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Runways & Gallery in-clude full collections pre-sented by locals Big

Bertha’s Paradise, RossBennett, and a show fromAustin School of FashionDesign. Enjoy collectionsfrom independent out of

market designers AbiFerrin, Lizna and Primrose.Experience Project Run-way stars including Mel-issa Fleis and Somethingby Sonjia.

Finally, join AustinFashion Week for a stylishBrunch presented byNorthside Next on SundayMay 21. Brunch will honorStyle Setter Ava Late witha portion of all tickets ben-efitting Darrell K. RoyalResearch Fund forAlzheimer’s Disease.

For more informa-tion, please visit http://austin.fashionx.co/sched-ule/. For Individual Ticketsto all events: http://austin.fashionx.co/tickets/.DID YOU KNOW?

10-25% of Westernwomen don’t wear abra, and 75-85% ofwomen who do wear

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Justice Yvonne Williams

“ From TravisCounty Justice ofthe Peace Pct. 1,

Yvonne M. Williamsand staff, we saluteyou for 44 years ofexemplary service

to the Austin &Travis County

community andwish you

100 more.”

St. Peter’s United Methodist Church 4509 Springdale Road Austin, Tx 78723

Office 512- 926-1686 Fax 512-929-7281Christian Web Site-

stpetersaustintx.ning.comstpetersaustintx@att.net

THE PLACE WHERE WE STEP OUT ON FAITH.COME AND STEP OUT ON FAITH WITH US

Sunday School 8:45 a.m. Praise and Worship 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 12:00 p.m.and Praise /Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

(to include Children’s Choir Rehersaland Bible Study with age appropiate Activities)

Rev. Jack C. Gause Pastor

Agape Baptist ChurchIn “The Centre” Bldg. F-15 7801 N. Lamar Blvd. (SE Corner of N Lamar and 183)

AGAPE is a chuch for all people. “Where Jesus Christ is Magnified and the love Heexhibited is Exemplified.” Come, receive God’s unconditional lovefor you.

For there is no greater love!

Church ServicesSunday School 9:30 AMSunday Worship 11:00 AM

Mid-Week Service Thursday: Praise,Prayer and Bible Study 7:00 PMCall 454-1547 for Transporation

Website www.agapebcaustintx.comRev. H. Ed Calahan

Pastor

Imani Community ChurchDavis Elementray Auditorium 5214 West Duval Road

Sunday School 9:00 A.M.Worship Service 10:00 A.M.•Power Hour Bible Life Group 6:00 P.M.

Imani Complex & Office,11800 Mustang at Duval Austin, Texas 78727

Visit:imanichurch.comOffice: 512-343-9300Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Donald-Mims

7801 N. Lamar Blvd,Suite D 102,

Austin, Texas 78752

Worship: Sunday--10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Tuesday Bible Studies--7:30pm - 9:00 pmFriday Prayers--7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

The Church of Pentecost, USA Inc,Austin offers a wide variety of opportuni-ties for children, youth, adults, and olderadults to be involved in worship, spiritualgrowth, education, community outreach,and making a tangible difference to thosein need in our community. You too, canmake a positive difference in our commu-nity through your prayers, your presence,your gifts, your service, and your witness.Tel: 512 302-1270

Leading People to Experience God’s Love, Know Jesus Christ & Grow in His Image

The Church of Pentecost

Olive Branch Fellowship of Austin / All Faith Chapel4110 Guadalupe St Bldg #639 Austin, TX 78751

Sunday MorningWorship @ 11: am

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

Kenneth Hill, Pastor

1179 San Bernard Street,Austin, TX 78702, 512-478-7023

Sunday Morning Bible Study, 9:00 A.M.Sunday Morning Worship, 10:15 A.M.

Visit our website @ www.obcaus.org

Globalizing the Gospel

A Ministry That Ministers

Edward M. Fleming,Sr. Pastor

OLIVET BAPTISTCHURCH

Felix Bamirin, PastorGRACEWAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Experience Grace For Life

(By Parmer Lane Baptist Church building, behind Wells Fargo)

Call: 682.472.9073 l Email: gracewayaustin@aol.com lVisit: www.gracewaycca.org

JOIN US This SUNDAY / THURSDAY@ 12424 Scofield Farms Drive, Austin, TX 78758

SUNDAYS 10:30 A.M., THURSDAYS 7:30 P.M.

Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church 5900 Cameron Road Austin, Texas 78723-1843

(512) 451-0808 (512) 302-4575 Fax Web Site - www.themount.net

WORSHIP SERVICESSunday Worship - 7:45 a.m. & 11 a.m.Church School - 9:45 a.m.Bible Studies - Mon, 6:30 p.m. & Wed., 12 noonWednesday Night Worship - 7 p.m.

“Ministries For Mankind” Luke 4:18

A.W.. Anthony Mays, Senior Pastor

Ebenezer Baptist Church1010 East 10th Street 512-478-1875 Fax 512-478-1892

WednesdayMidweek Prayer Service 7:00 P.M.Child Development CenterAges 0-5 years (Daily) 512-478-6709

Bus Ministry Call 512-478-1875

Worship Service 8:00 A.M.Sunday School 9:00 A.M.Discipleship Training 10:00 A.M.Worship Service 11:00 A.M.

Dr. Ricky Freeman,Pastor

Sunday Services

Do you have church news? Would you like topurchase a monthly ad for your church?

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Villager Youth Brigade will be taking sponsorshipsstarting summer of 2015.Your support has beenmuch appreciated over the years. Please continueto invest in Austin’s youth. We look forward toanother successful year with some promisingstudents. FMI Call 512-476-0082

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New Lincoln Missionary Baptist Church2215 E. 8th St., Austin, TX 78702

DAVID CHAPEL Missionary Baptist ChurchSUNDAY

Christian Education 9:15a.m. | Worship 10:30 a.m.Nursery Available

WEDNESDAY |Worship 1st Wed. monthly 7:00p.m. | Bible Study 7:30p.m.

Dr. Joseph C. Parker, Jr.Senior Pastor

2211 East Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd.Austin, TX 78702

Office: 512-472-9748 Fax: 512-472-5399Website: www.davidchapel.org Email: info@davidchapel.org

“A Church with a Heart for The Community”

Going to Higher Heights,Trusting God along the way.

Sunday School 9:00amBTU: 10:00am

Morning Worship - 11:00 amChurch Phone (512) 477-2714

Cell Phont (512) 585-0744Email:

newlincolnmbc@att.netwww.newlincolnmbc.org

Rev. Darron E. Patterson Pastor

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THE EASTNINETEENTH

STREETMISSIONARY

BAPTISTCHURCH

CELEBRATES90th

ANNIVERSARYAUSTIN, TX - The

Pastor and the membersof The East NineteenthStreet Missionary BaptistChurch, 3401 Rogge Lane,Austin. TX, 78723, willproudly celebrate the 90thAnniversary of theirChurch on Sunday. May21, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. In1927 twenty-four Chris-tians saw the need to or-ganize a new fellowship onthe East side of Austin, toaccommodate the grow-ing African-Americanpopulation in the area.The new fellowship wasorganized and located at2007 Whittier Street andwas named The East Nine-teenth Street BaptistChurch. Reverend R. B.Canady was called to pas-tor the Church. As theChurch grew, property waspurchased and the Churchwas moved to 1500 East19th Street (currentlynamed, East Martin LutherKing. Jr., Blvd.). Over theyears, several outstandingministers lead this flock.

In 1992, because ofthe Urban Renewal Pro-gram and the relocation ofmany of the members,under the leadership ofour current Pastor MiltonC. Walker, Sr., the mem-bers selected and pur-chased the current loca-tion, 3401 Rogge Lane.The Church has continuedto grow and serve the Aus-tin Community.

The Anniversary Cel-ebration will begIn on Sat-urday, May 20.2017 at11:00 a.m. with a “Familyand Friends Picnic” on theChurch grounds. The Anni-versary Program will beSunday, May 21, 2017 at11:00 a.m. The Guest Min-ister will be Reverend T. L.Garner. The Theme is:“Faith Proves your Work”;Scriptural Reference:James 2:14-26. The Pastorand members cordially in-vite you to join us in thiscelebration. Contact MarieDilworth at (512) 928-2401for more information.

Olivet Baptist ChurchCelebrates its 89th Anniversary

“The Testimony of a Loving Church” Acts 4:32-37AUSTIN, TX - In May

of 1928, the weather inAustin was the typical 74degree day loaded withsunshine. Austin, Texaswas growing and hadpassed the City Plan for1928. The City Plan of 1928had provisions to create a“Negro District, east of EastAvenue (IH-35). Prior tothen, African Americancommunities were spreadbroadly across Austin. Co-inciding with the City Planof 1928, a group of baptizedbelievers with membershipat the First Baptist Churchhad a meeting on May 4,1928 at the Mosby-LottBuilding located at 607 SanJacinto. The purpose of thismeeting was to plan to or-ganize a new church. At thisfirst church conference,

Reverend M.M. Haynes wasrecommended as tempo-rary committee chairmanand Mrs. Beulah Murphywas chosen temporary sec-retary.

Within a few days,Reverend M.M. Haynesentertained a motion fromJohn W. Whitley to namethis newly formed church“Olivet Baptist Church”.John W. Whitley also rec-ommended the congrega-tion accept this name andthat the former pastor ofFirst Baptist Church, inAustin, Texas JosephHarrington, become thepastor. The leader andchurch name were ac-cepted by the body. Now,Pastor Edward M. Fleming,Sr. serves as the 7th Pas-tor of the Olivet Baptist

Church, 1179 San BernardStreet in Austin, Texas.

On Sunday May 21,2017, Pastor Fleming andthe Olivet Baptist Churchfamily invite the commu-nity, to the 10:15 a.m. ser-vice. These services willglorify God for His supportof the Olivet BaptistChurch for 89 years. Theguest speaker is PastorByron Green from the Mt.Carmel Baptist Church ofElgin, Texas.

Please come cel-ebrate the life, history,legacies and God’s promi-nence at the Olivet BaptistChurch or visit our websiteat www.obcaus.org , toget more informationabout the church and up-coming worship celebra-tions. God bless you!

AUSTIN, TX – May 3,2017 – The Greater EastAustin Youth Association(G.E.A.Y.A.) will host itsannual Miss. JuneteenthScholarship Pageant,Black Girl Magic on Sat-urday, June 10, 2017 at7pm CST at the historicalHuston-Tillotson Univer-sity located in the heartof the East Austin (900Chicon Street).

This year’s event willfocus on promoting STEMeducation and connectour community to thehollowed grounds rootedin historical East Austin.Joining the current Miss.Juneteenth herself,Ebonie Henderson willbe teen powerhousehosts, Jalisa Styles andBrandon Wooley alongwith a judge panel of

women who have em-powered and influencedour community. The an-nual event will recognizewomen of color in tech-nology through our an-nual Community ImpactAward and highlight sig-nificant landmarks withinthe East Austin commu-nity through the plat-forms of our pageantcontestants.

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Ava RobertsSpring Hill Elementary

Social Innovation Hackathon

On Saturday, May 6,Girls in Tech Austin pre-sented "A Social Innova-tion Hackathon". It washeld at devbootcamp from9am to 6pm. The ‘hackingfor humanity’ event ben-efited two local non-prof-its, Austin Pets Alive andGirl Scouts of Central

Recording EngineerTexas. Both identifiedtheir need for mobileapps. Hack teams wereorganized for each char-ity and had both skilledcoders and coders intraining.

Another scout and Iwere assigned to the GirlScout hack team. Webrainstormed about howto solution the problemposed by Girl Scout CentralTexas. We provided inputabout the app’s designand answered the coders’questions. We docu-mented the presentationand participated in the‘pitching’ of our idea. Af-ter a long day, we left theHackathon feeling verygood about creating some-thing awesome!

It’s been said if youchoose a job you love thenyou’ll never work a day inyour life. For some, choos-ing a career is easy, but forothers, it can be an over-whelming decision. Con-sider the ever-- increasingpressure of career plan-ning which seems to im-pact students (and par-ents) as young as elemen-tary school. Many schoolsafter specialized programsand career-tech classes inpursuit of educational andconsequently professionalsuccess. Consider the fur-ther fact that the averageperson spends time atwork, and it’s no wonderthe career question is onetaken quite seriously.

The Entertainmentindustry has so many fi-nancial opportunities. Forexample, they have Re-cording Engineers. Accord-ing to Career Cruising,“many engineers are self-employed”. I want to be-come a Recording Engi-neer and then a Producer.For my own benefit, I’vechosen to further study thecareer of Recording Engi-neer as well as the educa-tion and training neededto become a RecordingEngineer.

Berklee College ofMusic states that a Record-ing Engineer must have“well-trained ears, ad-vanced technical knowl-edge of recording and mix-ing tools, and an ingrainedunderstanding of studio eti-quette”. Many engineers areon the job for about 40 to50 hours a week and about7 hours a day. As simplisticas this career sounds, ac-cording to Career Cruising,“Recording Engineers workfor many different kinds ofcompanies including re-cording studios, radio sta-tions post-production com-panies and multimediacompanies”. I've been inan actual recording studiomultiple times and the en-gineers are very focus.Even though they taketheir jobs seriously, the job

is more flexible and ispretty fun.

Recording Engineersare also responsible forsetting up equipment, runrecording sessions, withoversight from the Pro-ducer, etc. The averagecareer path for an AudioEngineer starts off as anAssistant Engineer. Afterthe Assistant Engineer ,you then become a Re-cording Engineer. Afterthis, you become a Pro-ducer or Chief Engineer.Throughout this careerpath, you will get a salaryfor this career is $22,000-$100,000.

To become an over-average engineer, youhave to be trained. No re-quired certification in thebusiness but it would help.You can be self-trained orgo to an institute of mu-sic. An Associate's Degreeis also available in thelearning process of beingan Engineer but isn’t re-quired. Most engineersnever went to College butI want to further my edu-cation at Texas State Uni-versity.

Also, I think that thatgoing to College and ma-joring in communicationswill help me further myfield as a Engineer. I amapart of a talk show calledBelow Zero. I attend it ev-ery Saturday as the soundengineer for the show. Ihave been trained to runthe sound board and I'vebeen overlooked duringthe show as well. BelowZero is where I first beganto actually do engineerwork.

Why I’d be a Record-ing Engineer is because Ienjoy creating, help creat-ing, listening to, and fixingmusic. On my own time, Imake beats and mix andmaster them. Also, Record-ing Engineers are a stepaway from becoming a Pro-ducer. My older cousin is asuccessful Producer and Iplan to follow his footsteps.He has set an great ex-ample for me.

I've overlooked somany jobs related to soundand a recording engineer isby far the most interesting.I love music and I love be-ing in the studio. I am in afamily of music and musicis a big part of my life. Ifeel that if I become a re-cording engineer, it wouldhelp me to stay connectedto music. Being a Record-ing Engineer would be agreat job for me.

Damon Luckett IIHays High School

JMBLYA 2017

Wesley DickersonCedar Ridge H. S.

The great city ofAustin, Texas is known fora multitude of things suchas good food, diversity, andof course music. Austin isoften referred to the livemusic capitol of the worlddue to the massive numberof live music performancesthat occur in the city eachyear. I was just able toexperience one of the newmusic festivals in Austin thisweekend. One of Austin’snew and growing musicfestivals is JMBLYA.

J M B L Y A(pronounced jambalaya) isa hip-hop music festivalthat has been coming toAustin for two years now.The festival is a one-dayevent that is known forbringing some of thebiggest names in rap andhip-hop onto one stage forone day full of stellar

performances. Some of theartists from this weekend’sconcert included, three timeGrammy winning artistChance The Rapper,platinum rap group Migos,Lil Uzi Vert, Gucci Mane, andup and coming artist 6lack(pronounced black). Theseare some of the top rapartists in the world rightnow and they were all inAustin for one day!

The festivalstarted off with a DJ andan MC warming up theaudience for the firstartist. While that washappening people werecramming their way intothe fenced areas and weretrying to get as close aspossible to the railing oftheir section for the bestview. I was able topurchase my ticket earlyand get placed VIP sectionand be in a position veryclose to the stage. Theaudience was packednonetheless, I wassquished between multiplepeople at once, but this is acommon sacrifice made bypeople who attend musicfestivals. The amazingperformances by the artistsmade any struggle Iexperienced that day worthit.

Senior Year

With graduation get-ting closer and closer ev-eryday I can’t help but lookback at the years thatpassed. I’ve experiencedpublic speaking, projectbased classes, and tech-nology in ways many onlyimagine. I have experi-enced talking to people

who speak different lan-guages, have a differentculture, or live in differentcountries. One thing theyall had in common was theway they were so accept-ing and eager to learn. Ev-ery year I saw myself growas a person and publicspeaker. I am now able tospeak without being ner-vous and I’m able to findways to communicate.During that process thepeople I met taught mehow to use different com-puter software to edit vid-eos, design a newspaper,create 3D models andmore. Now there are justa few weeks left and Ihave the skills I need to besuccessful and learn newthings in the future.

Kayla WinnManor New Technology

Battle Bay

In battle bay youfight against real onlinepeople and own thewaves in real time teambattles. In this game you

get to choose a ship andattach weapons to makeyour ship better.

Also, you have to usea lot of strategy. You canattack your enemies withfull offensive assault, orplay defense and capturethe point. With differentclasses of ships to chose,each with their ownunique abilities and amotherload of weapons,armor , items, and perks,there is plenty of room forwide range of battle strat-egies.

Joshua MooreKIPP Austin Academy

On Friday, May 5th,from four to seven p.m.,the Round Rock ISD (Inde-pendent School District)STEM (Science, Technol-ogy, Engineering, andMath) Fest was held atPrete Plaza in DowntownRound Rock. This eventgave young children theopportunity to participatein hands-on projects andshowcases, exposingthem to the fun of STEMat a young age. I attendedthe event as a representa-tive for my robotics team,the Lady Cans. We had abooth set up where kidscould drive Lego robotsusing tablets and phones.

We also brought ourlarger competition robot

RRISD STEM Fest

Quinn LangfordCedar Ridge H. S.

that we made last year toshow off. While there I raninto Daniel Presley, RoundRock ISD’s Chief of Schoolsand Innovation and pastprincipal of Cedar Ridge,my current high school. Itold him about how greatFIRST (For Inspiration andRecognition of Scienceand Technology) Roboticswas, and how I wishedmore Round Rock ISDschools had FIRST teams.I explained how we attendmultiple competitionseach year, and those com-petitions last three to fourdays, which means ourmembers have to miss alot of school. Some schoolsthat do not have FIRSTteams are unsympatheticand count these absencesas unexcused, eventhough hands-on robotbuilding and programmingprepares you for life muchbetter than sitting in aclassroom.

Some team membershave had to go to SaturdaySchool because they werelabeled as truant. This isvery unfair, and I hopespreading awareness tothe administrative staff ofRound Rock ISD makes adifference.

We are done with thisschool years STAAR test.STAAR (State of Texas As-sessments of AcademicReadiness) is a series ofstate standardized testsused in Texas public schools

to assess achievementsand knowledge learned inthe grade level. STAAR areregarding math, English,U.S. History, and Biologytests that you have to takein order to go to the nextgrade. There are 4 tests thatcan be taken between the9th and 10th grade but thereis a combination of the testsdepending on the classesyou take. I’ve already taken2 of the tests and next yearI will have the History andBiology tests. I hope every-one that has taken theSTAAR test has done well.

Kevin ParishPark Crest M.S.

STAAR Testing

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Alyssa James WinnManor High School

The Last Weeks of School

The school year is

ending and STAAR testingis over now. Every stu-dent and teacher at theschool are preparing forfinals. The teachers pro-vide final reviews andpractices to the students.In my English class, weare reading “ To Ki ll aMockingbird” and we aredoing a project on thebook.

In my college classour last day is May 12th.We are finishing projectsand studying for our lastexam. We are preparingfor our speech class thattakes place in the June.

Sarah RobertsonAthlos Leadership Acad.

Montrae NelsonFour Points M. S.

Band Solo

Hello, Its the end ofthe school year and wehave to perform ourband solo's. We weretold about out this 2months ago and we'vehad a lot of time to prac-tice, Everyone in the 6thgrade band will attendand participate. We willall have different timeslots and will be able topractice one last time 30

to 40 minutes before thesolo.

The performance isgonna be held at VistaRidge High School, in thepercussion and dramaroom and the judge willbe Mr Champion. Imgonna need to have mydrum sticks, mallets, solomusic and test sheets.The best grade will be a1 and the worst will be a5, the numbers will tellwhat band i will partici-pate in next year.

Lastly, I received a 1in on my solo so I'm su-per excited to be in thebest band next year!! Iwas really nervous but ididn't miss a beat and myparents were reallyproud of me, I practicedeveryday, worked reallyhard and it paid off.Thanks for reading.

Sarah Field Trip

On Tuesday May 2nd,Athlos Leadership Acad-emy 8th grade class wentto Inner Space Cavern inGeorgetown, TX. Thiswas not my first time, I’vebeen to Inner Space Cav-ern before when I was inthe 4th grade but I washappy to go again. When

we arrived at the cavernI saw a goat and a zebra.I was really shocked be-cause I didn’t know whythere would be a goatand a zebra at a carven.A cavern is like a cave butlarger.

In the cave I sawsome unique rocks andcrystals. Our tour guidepointed out some coolrocks like stalagmites andstalactites. Stalagmitesare rocks that hang onthe ceiling and stalactitesare rocks that come upfrom the ground. Whenthey meet together theybecome pillars. I had agreat learning experienceat the Inner Space Cavernand I can’t wait for morefield trips.

A LOOK INTO THE PAST

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Caricature CreationsOpens in Pflugerville

In the past years,Pflugerville has becomethe creativity and businesscenter for the AfricanAmerican community. OneAfrican American artist,Kimberly launched herGiggli Caricature inPflugerville during theyear of 2012. Moreover,she started Giggli Creationto express her love of thearts. According toKimberley, “My specialtiesare Caricature Creations. Iam the inventor of the first“Life Size Me Caricatures!”They are multi-functionaland may be presented inmany ways. You may dressthem, add style, cut, andor color their real hair (wigor weave), makeup, finger-nail polish, clothing, acces-sories, and shoes.”

Over the years, shepremiered her caricaturesat various event. For in-stance when she pre-miered caricatures for theMartin Luther King, Jr.(MLK Day) celebration andalso at the Carver Mu-seum, she received suchan overwhelmingly sup-port that has caused herbusiness to grow. Nowthat there is growth, shedesires to mentor theyounger generation on thearts of making creativecaricatures. According to

Kimberly, “We need helpin creating more. I need tohire interns, young artist,musicians, actors, disabil-ity, seniors, etc... to helpteach our youth this sum-mer and year ‘round howto create and learn in allgenres. We need our localyouth to come out and bea part of this project.”

Moreover, the GiggliCaricature will be havingan event on May 14 atBahadi Restaurant inPflugerville. Not only willit be a way to celebrate

Mother’s Day but, also it’llraise funds to providesummer camp for theyouth. Moreover, it willprovide an opportunity toget a youth to learn abouta caricature but, also it isa life skill that any youthcan take and use even af-ter the summer camp. It istime for the African Ameri-can community to mentorand pass on business lifeskills to the next genera-tion so, that they can do“something with theirlives.”

by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon |Villager Columnist

Central Texans See ADecrease In Voter Turnout

Patricia Bedford and Kimberly Morgan.Photo by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

May 6, 2017, Central Texas went to the polls. Thus, from Hays County and TravisCounty to Williamson County, voters had an opportunity to vote for the variouspositions such as the Mayor, City Council, and School board members. In certaincounties, the voter turnout was very low. For instance, in Travis County there was avery low turnout, especially in the city of Pflugerville. While in other counties likeWilliamson County the voter turnout was very high. Moreover, the WilliamsonCounty Democrats changed the political tide in that county.

After the election, the Democrats in Williamson County changed the politicalmake up of that county. In Cedar Park, the City Council elections of Anne Duffy andHeather Jefts defeated the two Republican incumbents. Moreover, the Cedar ParkCity election outcome has “shaken up” the political landscape in Williamson County.Although it is a “local race” the Trump effect brought out more Democrats and inde-pendents to remove the two incumbent Republican City Council members. In addi-tion, the Williamson County Democrats managed to elect Tammy Young who is an-other Democrat to the Round Rock City Council. Finally, Rachael Grueling Jonrowewas re-elected to the Georgetown City Council. Moreover, it was a great night forthe Williamson County Democratic Party.

In Travis County, the elections was marked by a very low turnout. In Pflugerville,about 1,400 people voted out of the 77,000 pool of eligible voters to cast a ballot. Inother words, the few voters of Pflugerville will decide the implementation of schoolpolicies. According to some political experts, it is less than 10% of Pflugerville whovoted. According to “Diaspora”, the failure of certain candidates to reach to theAfrican Diaspora, contributed to their loss.

by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon | Villager Columnist

Pictured left to right: Healther Jefts, Kim and Anne Duffy.Photo by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

International Night

Saturday, May 6,2017, San Osemenehosted “InternationalNight” at the TropicalRestaurant in the heartof Austin, Texas. More-over, the InternationalNight event provided aplatform for Africans andnon-Africans to cometogether to network andenjoy an African themedenvironment. Not only isit an opportunity forthose in the African com-munities to come to-gether but, it was also anopportunity to relax aftera long week of work.

Moreover, this was

first event over a periodof a longtime. Conse-quently, this “Interna-tional Night” felt like a“kick off” to everyone.According to Mr.Osemene, “We hope-fully plan to hold this ev-ery month.” According tothe organizers, the

by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon |Villager Columnist

event had about 110 andmore attendees. Someof them came for thedances while otherscame to hear RamseyFils sing and rap. Afterlistening to numeroussingers from various art-ists, Ramsey came onstage to perform.

Sam Osemene and Ramsey Fils

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cate benefits on thebasis of race, ethnicityand gender … in a man-ner consistent with therequirement to affordequal protection of thelaws” under the due pro-cess clause of the FifthAmendment. The Histori-cally Black College andUniversity Capital Financ-ing Program Account wasone of several programsnamed in that section ofthe statement.

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In response, Reps.John Conyers, D-Mich.,and Cedric Richmond, D-La., who is chairman ofthe Black caucus, saidTrump’s statement was“misinformed factually”and not “grounded in anyserious constitutionalanalysis.”

“For a president whopledged to reach out toAfrican-Americans andother minorities, thisstatement is stunningly

careless and divisive. Weurge him to reconsider im-mediately,” the lawmakerssaid in a statement.

Trump said Sundaythat the earlier statementspelled out “my intentionto spend the funds it ap-

propriates, including thefunds for historicallyBlack colleges and univer-sities, consistently withmy responsibilities underthe Constitution. It doesnot affect my unwaveringsupport for HBCUs andtheir critical educationalmissions.”

Trump highlightedhis signing of an execu-tive order earlier this yearto move an office dedi-cated to these institutionsfrom the Education De-

partment to the WhiteHouse. The order also directsthe office to help these insti-tutions become financiallystronger, among other steps.

Trump also notedthat Education SecretaryBetsy DeVos plans to de-liver her first commence-ment address this week atBethune-Cookman Univer-sity, a historically Black uni-versity founded in DaytonaBeach, Florida, by civilrights activist Mary McLeodBethune.

John Conyers Cedric Richmond

Sharon Beard, Na-tional First Vice President,Harnell Williams, NationalArea One Director, andJackie Carter, NationalArea One Director Assis-tant. Several El Paso, TexasChapter members werealso present for the cel-ebrations.

“A Past to Remember,A Present to Celebrate, AFuture to Generate” is thefeatured 50th Anniversarytheme. Connecting thepast 50 years of outstand-ing legacy with presentand future programs andprojects strengthens ourresolve to maintain ameaningful presencewithin Austin communi-ties. Five community ser-vants were recognized for

providing crucial serviceswithin Austin communi-ties that exemplify TLOD’sfive programmatic thrusts.

· C o u n c i l w o m a nOra Houston - Recognizedfor her political policies,honorable service, andsupport that exemplifiesTLOD’s programmaticthrust – Status of Women.

· Mr. Rodney Ahart -Executive Director, KeepAustin Beautiful – Recog-nized for providing ser-vices and activitiesthrough Keep Austin Beau-tiful, (KAB) to beautifyAustin communities. KABexemplifies TLOD’s pro-grammatic thrust- Com-munity Beautification.

·Dr. ThomasMcDowell - Recognized for

providing necessary andimproved service andquality of care to seniorcitizens. Impactful ser-vices afforded seniors ex-emplify TLOD’s program-matic thrust- Senior Citi-zens.

· Judge Yvonne M.Williams - Recognized asan advocate for youth inour school systems. Sheadvocated strongly for de-criminalizing youth tru-ancy during the 2015 leg-islative session and contin-ues that effort. Judge Wil-liams exemplifies TLOD’sprogrammatic thrust- TopTeens of America.

· T. L. “Tommy”Wyatt - Publisher and Edi-tor-in-Chief, and owner ofthe Villager Newspaper,

served for decades on vari-ous Boards of political,professional, and civic or-ganizations. He continuesto be a vital and necessaryvoice for the community.His open-door profes-sional policy exemplifiesTLOD’s programmaticthrust-Community Part-nerships.

During the 50th Anni-versary Golden Anniver-sary celebration, scholar-ships were awarded tothree deserving Top Teenmembers, Kaela Watson,Jalynn Foster, and EvanLang. Recipients were cho-sen based on their highacademic excellence, let-ters of recommendationsfrom school counselors,relevant and contentbased essays, and commu-nity service.

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sult in higher taxes, eligibility cuts or curtailed servicesfor children. And they said that schools would have tocompete for funding with other entities, like hospitalsand clinics, that serve Medicaid-eligible children.

The ability of school systems to provide servicesmandated under the federal Individuals With Disabili-ties Education Act would be strained. The law is sup-posed to ensure that students with disabilities receivehigh-quality educational services, but it has historicallybeen underfunded.

Under a little-noticed provision of the health carebill, states would no longer have to consider schoolseligible Medicaid providers, meaning they would notbe entitled to reimbursements.

“School-based Medicaid programs serve as a life-line to children who can’t access critical health care andhealth services outside of their school,” said the lettersent this week by the Save Medicaid in Schools Coali-tion, which consists of more than 50 organizations, in-cluding the American Civil Liberties Union, the Disabil-ity Rights Education and Defense Fund, and the SchoolSuperintendents Association.

School-based MedicaidCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

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HT SCHOLARS EARN AWARDSIN HBCU WRITING CONTEST

AUSTIN, TX - TwoHuston-Tillotson Univer-sity students, Quiaira B.Terrell-White andAndranique Green haveearned first and secondplace, respectively, in theFourth Annual “HealingStories Creative WritingContest” sponsored byTuckson Health Connec-tions.

According to contestdetails, the initiative is“targeted to the creativewriting community ofHBCU institutions and isdesigned to stimulate stu-dents to create and shareworks of poetry, fiction,and memoir or autobi-ography that explore ele-ments of the struggle to

achieve health and whole-ness as well as the burdensassociated with copingwith illness.”

Terrell-White andGreen were two of morethan 50 students fromover 20 HBCUs across thecountry to enter the con-test. With more than 60entries in the poetry cat-egory alone, contest orga-nizers referred to thisyear’s numbers of submis-sions as a “banner year”.

The competition is anopportunity for studentsto develop their talent,showcase their work,make an important socialcontribution to the healingarts, and have the oppor-tunity to earn prize re-wards. The contest offereda $1,000 first place prize,a $500 second place prize,and a $250 third placeprize in each category. Ad-ditionally, noteworthysubmissions will be pub-lished on the TucksonHealth Connectionswebsite and actively pro-moted via social and othermedia.

Ms. Terrell-White’sfirst-place Short Story is

entitled “My Sister ’sKeeper”. The contestjudges said her story is“well-crafted, completewith distinct and full-bod-ied characters, sparseprose and clever dia-logue… Each word ispoised to move the storyforward. This writer’s tal-ent is undeniable.”

Ms. Green’s second-place Poetry entry is en-titled “Unspoken” and isabout a young woman in-volved in a traumatic expe-rience who meets anotherwoman enduring thesame pain – they don’thave to exchange wordsbecause their emotional,physical and spiritualwounds are unspoken.

Quiaira B. Terrell-WhiteAndranique Green

Women in Jazz presents:Jeanette Harris - Chocolate Vibez

AUSTIN, TX - Womenin Jazz presents JeanetteHarris - Chocolate Vibez inJuly on July 23, 2017 atOne World Theatre, 7701Bee Cave Road in Austin,Texas.

Saxophonist JeanetteHarris shows her versatil-ity on her new CD releaseChocolate Vibez. Fromsmooth to hoppin’, Choco-late Vibez lives from the

Jeanette HarrisJeanette Harris

tension between quickhip hop beat and longdrawn sax tones amidstthe powerful synth bass.Jeanette sings with hersax old school songs suchas Tina Marie’s SquareBiz and newer smoothjazz sounds. We are instore for a great perfor-mance from this new re-lease, Chocolate Vibez,Jeanette’s powerful rep-

ertoire. Pamela Hart willstart the evening withher sultry smooth/dy-namic R&B and jazz vo-cals.

Tickets are availableat the One World TheatreBox Office phone 888-616-0522 or online atwww.oneworldtheatre.orgFor more information:womeninjazz.org or call512-258-6947.

TORONTO (AP) —Queen Latifah is hopingthat her role in a movieabout the Flint water cri-sis will bring more atten-tion to what she calls oneof the great Americantragedies of this century.

Flint’s water wastainted with lead for atleast 18 months, startingin spring 2014. While un-der the control of state-appointed financial man-agers, the city of nearly

100,000 tapped the FlintRiver as its water sourcewhile a new pipeline wasbeing built to Lake Huron.But the river water wasn’ttreated to reduce corro-sion, allowing lead fromold pipes and other fix-

tures to leach into thedrinking water.

The movie followsthe story of women fromFlint who sought justicefor residents who wereunknowingly drinking andusing lead-laden water.

Lead contamination

in the past has been linkedto learning disabilities andother problems in chil-dren.

Flint switched from aDetroit regional water sys-tem to the Flint River tosave money. The city hassince switched back to the

Detroit area system.“Flint” is scheduled

to air in the fall on the Life-time channel in the UnitedStates.

The movie also starsJill Scott, Betsy Brandy,Marin Ireland and LyndieGreenwood.

Queen LatifahStars in Movie

about FlintWater Crisis

by: Rob GillesAssociated Press

In this April 6, 2017, filephoto, Queen Latifah speaksduring the Women in theWorld Summit at LincolnCenter. Latifah says Flintgoverment officials shouldgo to jail over the lead watercrisis in Flint, MI. (APPhoto/Richard Drew, File)

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