Nearly one in three

African American adults (30

percent) and four in ten His-

panics (39 percent) say they

are more likely to support a

cause or social issue online

than offline today -- both sig-

nificantly higher percentages

than Caucasians (24 per-

cent), according to the new

Dynamics of Cause Engage-

ment study. Jointly con-

ducted in late 2010 by

Georgetown University's

Center for Social Impact

Communication and Ogilvy

Public Relations Worldwide,

the study examined trends in

cause involvement and the

roles of a variety of activities

in fostering engagement with

social issues among Ameri-

can adults age 18 and over.

Among American adu-

lts, there appear to be some

significant differences in

how the ethnicities perceive

social media and their effec-

tiveness in facilitating cause

involvement. African Ameri-

cans and Hispanics are sig-

Study: Blacks more likely than whites tosupport causes and social issues online

The family of the late Al

Lipscomb have released fu-

neral arrangements for the

former Dallas City Council-

man on Monday.

Lipscomb, 86, died at his

home early Saturday morn-

ing.

Lipscomb’s body will

lay in state at the Hall of

State at Fair Park, 3800

Grand Ave. in Dallas on

Thursday, June 23 and Fri-

day, June 24 from noon to 6

p.m. Lipscomb’s wake is

slated for Friday from 6 to 8

p.m. at the hall.

Homegoing services are

planned for 11 a.m. Satur-

day, June 25 at Friendship

West Baptist Church, 2020

Wheatland Road in Dallas.

Funeral services are under

the direction of Evergreen

Funeral Home in Dallas.

Eddie Bernice Johnson

(D-Texas) said Monday that

Lipscomb was a strong com-

munity leader, businessman

Funeral arrangements announced for Al Lipscomb

Black Newspaper pub-lishers from across thecountry will meet at the an-nual National NewspaperPublishers Association/TheBlack Press of America con-ference June 22-25 at theDrake Hotel in Chicago.North Dallas Gazette editorRuth Ferguson will be re-

porting from the event. Among the highlights at

this year’s event include adebate between National Ac-tion Network founder andcivil rights leader ReveredAl Sharpton and Dr. CornelWest, Professor of Religionand African American Stud-ies at Princeton University

on the subject of PresidentBarack Obama and theBlack Agenda Friday, June24 at 12:30 p.m.

Also featured will be anational leaders forum mod-erated by Charles Ogletree,the Harvard Law School

Sharpton and West to face off in debateon Obama and the Black Agenda

Friendship West’s Dr. Frederick Haynes also scheduled to appear at conference

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.(NNPA) Forty years ago

this month, PresidentRichard Milhous Nixon de-clared America’s “War onDrugs.” This failed warcontinues even today tohave a devastating and de-bilitating impact on the livesof millions of Americanswith the most devastatingimpact on Black Americansand Latino Americans. Weshould add our voices to thegrowing number of peopleof good conscience to de-mand a resolute end to thisawfully destructive andnonproductive war.

The “War on Drugs” hasnot only wasted more than atrillion dollars over the lastfour decades, but also thismisguided war has causedmillions of families andcommunities to be injuredand decimated. Instead ofa “War on Drugs,” PresidentNixon should have declareda “War on Poverty.” Today,we all know the bitter truththat the prolonged socialdisillusionment and self-de-structive consequence of thepetulant mire of decades ofpoverty for millions ofAmericans actually sets thestage for the persistence of

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Nashville based gospelsinger, entrepreneur, andconference founder CeCeWinans continues sharingthe vision and empower-

ing youth with her threeday conference, "AlwaysSisters, Forever Brothers."The conference is back forits 5th year and will beheld July 21-23 at theCurb Event Center located

at Belmont University inNashville, TN.

In 2005, Winanslaunched Always Sisters topromote the true value of

pure sisterhoodand friendship.Her long-timedream to reachyoung girls wascreated so thatthe older sisterscould pour love,wisdom andknowledge intothe younger sis-ters. Winanswanted theyoung women tolearn what sis-terhood is allabout and toteach the impor-

tance of loving God, them-selves and others. In 2009,she decided it was time tobroaden the vision and in-clude young men, so theorganization’s name wasthen changed to Always

Sisters, Forever Brotherswith the goal of empower-ing and equipping youngmale and females simulta-neously.

“I am so excited abouthaving the opportunity tomake a positive impact onthis generation. I knowthey will in turn affectpositive change on thegenerations to come. Myexperience has been thatyoung people want to beloved, heard, understoodand told the truth,” saysWinans.

The conference willfeature an array of talentedspeakers and musical per-formances with emphasison the importance havinga male foundation in thefamily setting. Over theyears disturbing statisticshave been reported aboutthe effects of young peo-ple without fathers or fa-ther figures, leaving singlemothers to do their best totake on the responsibilitiesof both parental roles. This

year the registrants willhear from strong men andwomen who will speakinto their lives as family,spiritual leaders, friends,mentors and positive rolemodels.

Special guest speakersinclude Dr. I.V. Hilliard,Judge Greg Mathis, MattPitt, and CeCe Winans.Panelists include KimDaniels, Nancy Alcorn,Dr. Deirdra Jackson andWarren Ballentine. Topicswill include Love or Lust(dating violence, bullying,anger), Do You See WhatI See (self esteem and ad-dictions), Oh DaddyWhere Art Thou (the ef-fects of and living beyondfatherlessness), What WillIt Cost to Be Your OwnBoss (AIDS, STD’s, Teenpregnancy – from hope-lessness to hope), Sick andTired (Health) and somany more issues thatyoung people face daily.Conference and concertguests include Mary Mary,

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UNTOLD: The NewOrleans 9th Ward YouNever Knew, by Dallas au-thor and New Orleans na-tive Lynette Norris Wilkin-son, was recently named aFinalist in the AfricanAmerican category of the2011 Next GenerationIndie Book Awards. Earlierthis year, UNTOLD wasnamed 2010 Book of theYear by the Sankofa Liter-ary Society. Thevideo/book trailer for UN-TOLD was also a Finalistin the African American

Literature Book Club 2010Best Book Trailer of theYear contest.

UNTOLD features theriveting true stories of 16Hurricane Katrina sur-vivors from the New Or-leans Lower 9th Ward, anarea still devastated almostsix years after HurricaneKatrina, and the commu-nity where the author grewup. In the book, survivorsnot only share their strug-gles of overcoming Hurri-cane Katrina, but also sharetheir strong messages of

faith, hope, and courage.They share their happymemories of living in the

close-knit predomi-nately African-Amer-ican community lo-cated less than fivemiles from World-Fa-mous Bourbon Street.Readers of UNTOLDwill also enjoy read-ing the interesting his-tory of the Lower 9thWard and how it cameto be developed. Thebook includes storiesfrom men, women,and children of allages and experi-ences—including one

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from Hurricane Katrina inthe New Orleans Super-dome. “If you want toknow the real stories be-hind the faces and imagesyou saw during HurricaneKatrina, this book is foryou,” says Wilkinson.

The author had theGod-inspired idea to writethe book because she wantsthe world to know the sto-ries of the people behindthe desperate imagesshown during media cover-age of Hurricane Katrina.”Proceeds from the bookwill be donated to an or-ganization helping the res-

idents of the Lower 9thWard recover.

To purchase copies ofUNTOLD: The New Or-leans 9th Ward You NeverKnew, read excerpts of thebook, and view interviewswith the author, vis-itwww.HurricaneKatrinaS-tories.com. Join the authoron Facebook.com/Lynet-teNorrisWilkinson andTwitter.com/neworlean-swrite.

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By Bill Fletcher, Jr.(NNPA) The Obama ad-

ministration has been pushingmajor free trade agreements,including one with Korea andColombia. Yet, for all of thediscussion in the media, it isnot always clear what a freetrade agreement actually is andwhat it means for us.

Free trade is fundamen-tally about getting rid of tariffsor taxes on goods that aretraded between countries.That may sound fair and equi-table but concretely it can havea dramatic impact on a coun-try's ability to develop an

economy. Consider a countrythat has a very developedeconomy that decides to tradewith a less developed country.The developed country sellsmanufactured goods to the lessdeveloped country and the lessdeveloped country trades agri-cultural items, such as cotton.The less developed countrymay not have sufficient tech-nology to produce the manu-factured goods, either at all orcheaply. Well, this sounds allwell and good, but let's saythat the less developed countrywants to develop their abilityto manufacture goods. As

long as the less developedcountry is importing cheap,manufactured goods from themore developed country, itwill be nearly impossible todevelop their own manufactur-ing sector. Therefore, the lessdeveloped country maychoose to impose tariffs ortaxes on the imported manu-factured goods so that they aremore expensive and the man-ufacturing sector in the lessdeveloped country has achance to grow and compete.

Sound familiar? It should,this was the basic scenario,which in addition to slavery,

contributed to the U.S. CivilWar. The South sold cotton toBritain and France and boughtcheap manufactured goods.The North was trying to buildup its own industry but couldnot as long as they had to com-pete with the cheaper goodsfrom Europe. It was in thatcontext that taxes were im-posed on manufactured goodscoming into the USA.

So, one impact of freetrade carried out by developedcountries like the USA is thatthey often undermine the abil-

NIXON, continued from Page 1drug abuse, violence, andhopelessness.

It's most regrettable thatthe majority of voters in No-vember 1968 underestimatedRichard Nixon's repressivepolicy intentions. How didNixon manage to becomePresident of the United Statesin the first place? The answerto this question is important in2011 as the nation preparesfor the 2012 elections.

The current sentiments ofthe so-called Tea Party arevery similar to the regressiveviews of Nixon and Agnewback in the late 1960's. Nixonand Agnew ran a divisive butsuccessful "law and order"campaign and were electedin1968 in direct counter ac-tion to the profound socialand political change in theconsciousness of the majorityof people who wanted realchange in their lives. Thus,President Nixon was elected

during a reactionary period inAmerican history. It was aperiod of repression and theso-called “law and order”theme really was a codephrase for solidifying the “sta-tus quo” on the right to pre-vent further progressive socialchange that had become char-acteristic of the early and mid-1960’s. Keep in mind thatNixon and Agnew wereelected in the immediate wakeof the tragic assassination ofDr. Martin Luther King Jr.

We should be mindful notto let history repeat itselftoday as we approach 2012elections. President Obamahas to strive both to put anend to the failed drug policiesof the past and to promotemore treatment for drug re-lated illnesses rather than tobuild more prisons. Americaneeds more public policy re-habilitation from the punitiveand careless drug policies that

have led the United States tohave the highest incarcerationrate in the world while ex-panding the ranks of the poorand destitute.

The consolation is that wehave won some victories evenin the face of the failed Waron Drugs. We recalled that inthe aftermath of Nixon's dec-laration, the state of NewYork passed one of the mostdraconian drug laws ever en-acted by a state: The Rocke-feller Drug Laws in 1973.The results, in particular forAfrican Americans and LatinoAmericans, were horrible thatleft thousands unjustly im-prisoned for long prison termseven for first time, nonviolentoffenders. But we thank thehip-hop community for help-ing to lead the way to suc-cessfully challenge and endthe Rockefeller Drug Laws.

Let us all on this somberanniversary re-dedicate our-

selves to struggle to endpoverty and to further dis-mantle the drug policies of thepast that have had such a neg-ative impact on the soul,spirit, and life of our nation.Let us prepare ourselves topush for more reforms and ef-fective strategies and policiesthat will enable more peopleto become self-empoweredand compassionate on behalfof the whole of humanity.

And finally, let's workharder to end the madness ofineffective drug policies. It'stime to end Nixon's 40 yearwar on Blacks and Latinos.We should always strive tolearn from the past withoutpermitting the repetition ofpast wrongs.

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.is Senior Advisor to the BlackAlliance for educational Op-tions (BAeO) and Presidentof education Online ServicesCorporation.

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By Tarice L.S. GraySpecial to theNNPA fromthedefendersonline.comLong before terms like

workplace diversity, affir-mative action, and inclu-sion became Americanstandards, Branch Rickeyand Jackie Robinson con-spired to change theirgame of baseball.

Rickey, then the presi-dent and general managerof the Brooklyn Dodgers,wanted two things for histeam: a World SeriesChampionship, and aracially-integrated ballclub. In Jackie Robinson,Rickey found a man whowas not only receptive to

both ideas and also pre-pared to deal with those

who didn’t want him in thegame.

By the 1940s, no Blackplayer had crossed MajorLeague Baseball’s color

line for nearly half a cen-tury – until Rickey, who

embraced the philoso-phy of tough love, toldRobinson he thought hewas the man to do it.Rickey understood thaton the diamond and inthe public eye, Robin-son would face extraor-dinary pressure; hewould succeed or fail onthe strength of his ownability. But Rickey wasalso determined to helphim as much as possible— to prepare him to

succeed by becoming hisbaseball mentor.

Like so many thingsabout America’s mythicpast time, the relationship

of Rickey and Robinsondramatically illustrated inthe broadest possible termsthe impact a mentor canhave on an individual andthe larger society. That re-mains especially true forpeople of color in all fieldsof endeavor today.

Appropriately, one ofthe organizations that hasused the techniques ofmentoring to great effect isthe Jackie Robinson Foun-dation, founded by Robin-son’s widow, Rachel, ayear after his death in1972. Since then it has ex-tended the ladder of up-ward mobility to thou-

Minority Mentoring: The True Value of a Hand Up

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Cheryl Pearson-McNeilNDG Special ContributorShow of hands. How

many of you are parents ofa teenager? Then you real-ize that kids today havenever lived in a world with-out the internet or cellphones and have a myriadof media choices. So I’msure it isn’t news that ouryounguns’ (teens 13-17) areburning up the phone lineswith texting. (Figure ofspeech since Smartphonesdon’t use old school phonelines.) I work for Nielsen,but even I was stunnedwhen one of our latest stud-ies revealed just how muchtexting was going on. In thefirst quarter of 2011, teenssent an average of 3,364mobile texts per month! Icompared my 14-year-oldson’s phone bill against thisnumber and was astonishedto learn that he actuallysends more than that eachmonth. That’s a lot of talk-ing! But texting isn’t actu-ally talking now is it? Casein point; consider this typi-cal titillating conversationwe have daily when I call tocheck in on him afterschool:

“Hey KC, it’s mom.Whatcha doin’?”

“Nuthin’.”

“Anything excitinghappen in school today?”

“No”“Ok, anything happen

in school today that Ishould KNOW about?”(Big sigh, but no response.)

“Hellleerr, you stillthere? Anything Ishould knowabout?” (Even big-ger sigh, becauseclearly I am annoy-ing him now. Soundfamiliar?)

“Nooo mooom.”“Ok, well, I’ll be

home on timetonight. What do youwant for dinner?’”

“I don’t care”“Alrighty then!

Been great talkingwith you too. Loveya!”

“Love you t ----”Click. He hangs upbefore he even gets afull, whopping three wordsentence out. But he cansend more than 3,000 textmessages a month? Re-ally?

If you ask him why thefreeze out over the phonehe’ll tell you, “I’m just nota phone person.” Period.End of story. This is in linewith his “peeps” as Nielsenalso reveals that amazingly,

teens talk less on theirphones than any othergroup, running neck andneck with seniors 65-plusfor an average of 515 min-utes per month. (Can some-one please call my momand let her know on aver-

age she’s talking way morethan this? I would call her,but then, um, I wouldn’t beable to get her off thephone!)

Back to your teens:don’t try reaching themthrough email either. If itwasn’t for his school as-signments my teen proba-bly wouldn’t touch his lap-top because he can do

everything through hisSmartphone. He may be alittle ahead of his age (andI’m modestly blushinghere, because, well, he al-ways has been advanced!)because Nielsen saysAmerican 18 year olds also

spend less time on theircomputers, averaging 39hours, 50 minutes onlineper month from their homecomputers. When it comesto online video viewing,12-17 year olds watched 7hours, 13 minutes of mo-bile video a month, com-pared to 4 hours, 20 min-utes for the general popula-tion. Perhaps that explains

why teens age 12-17 watchthe least amount of TV thanthe average American, 23hours, 41 minutes per weekas opposed to 34 hours, 39minutes for most of us.

And who foots the billsfor all of this mobile texting

and video viewing?Like many of you, Itotally foot the billfor my son’s textingaddiction. ButNielsen data showsthat out of eightcountries surveyedyoung people in theUnited States are themost likely to saythat someone else isfooting the bill; withonly 45% sayingthey pay for theirown service. Whilea whopping 84% ofyoungsters ages 15-19 in Germany and88% in Russia re-

port paying their own mo-bile charges. (Before yourhead spins totally aroundkeep in mind that it wasn’tspecified if they paid theirmobile bills from their own

money or parent-paid al-lowance.) But still!

My sister lives in Ger-many, and she hasn’t gottenmy 10 year-old nephew acell phone yet. I think it’sworth the international callto her to find out how all ofher German friends are get-ting their kids to foot theirown cell phone bills – al-lowance funded or not. I’lllet you know what their se-cret is. But it may takeawhile, because like mymom, my sister can talk upa blue storm too. So don’thold your breath, it maytake me awhile.

I know I preach thatknowledge is power. And,it is. So, Mom and Dad,consider yourself warnedand armed with informa-tion. Go forth and do withit what you will!

Cheryl Pearson-McNeilis senior vice president ofPublic Affairs and Govern-ment Relations for Nielsen.For more information andstudies go to www.nielsen-wire.com

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Thursday, June 23 from 9a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Dr. Fred-erick D. Haynes, III, SeniorPastor, Friendship-West Bap-tist Church in Dallas will bespeak on the topic of the“Press & the Pulpit.”

Fortune 500 companiesincluding AT&T, Ford, GM,Nielsen, and Wells Fargo willjoin NNPA Chairman DannyBakewell for a discussion onthe importance of advertisingin the Black press on Friday,June 24 at 10:30 a.m.

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Rev. Tandra Johnson hasannounced the “WonderWoman” Women’s Empow-erment Conference on Sep-tember 17 from 9 a.m. – 5p.m. at Friendship-West Bap-tist Church (old location) lo-cated at 616 W. Kiest Blvd,Dallas, TX 75224. The objec-tive is to bring women of allages, economic backgrounds,and lifestyles together tobond, celebrate, and learn

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teem, Bullying, and Courage.Women of all ages, commu-nity leaders, housewives,mothers, employees, entre-preneurs, aunts, friends, andstudents are invited to attend.

The theme for the confer-ence, “Wonder Woman”, isbased on the scripture Psalm139:14. The conference willinclude: Workshops w/inter-active discussion, Power ses-sions, SuperGirl sessions (for

teenage girls), Continentalbreakfast, Lunch, experi-enced facilitators, a “Waitingfor Superman” male paneldiscussion, Self-guidedprayer stations, Chair mas-sages, a SuperGirl fashion fi-nale, Vendors, Entertainment,and Networking opportuni-ties. Women will experiencea vibrant setting while enjoy-ing a day wonderfully filledwith Information, Celebra-

tion, and Empowerment.They will discover the au-thority, influence and powerthat they have to be WonderWomen in their homes, ontheir jobs, and in the commu-nity.

“I am striving to providea high quality, life inspiringand spiritually transformingwomen’s conference that islocal and affordable,” saysRev. Johnson. The event is

not sponsored by or affiliatedwith any particular church.

In addition to all the con-ference has to offer, interestedbusiness owners will have theopportunity to showcase theirproducts and services. Vendortables are available for $50 abooth. Please contact AngelaWilliamson at angela_williamson1@yahoo.com torequest a vendor packet.

nificantly more likely to be-

lieve that they can help get

the word out about a social

issue or cause through online

social networks (58 percent

and 51 percent, respectively,

vs. 34 percent of Caucasians).

They also subscribe more

readily to the belief that social

networking sites like Face-

book make it easier to support

causes today, and that these

sites help increase visibility

for causes.

While traditional media

(print and television) and per-

sonal relationships remain the

primary ways in which Amer-

icans learn about causes, both

African Americans and His-

panics are significantly more

likely than Caucasians to look

to social media as an addi-

tional source of information

(31 percent and 27 percent vs.

21 percent, respectively).

Similarly, social media are

not among the top ways

Americans most often sup-

port causes -- donating

money or personal items,

talking to others and learning

about the issues rank the

highest -- but again, African

Americans and Hispanics are

significantly more likely than

Caucasians to engage with

causes through promotional

social media activities (e.g.,

joining a cause group on

Facebook, posting a logo to a

social profile, contributing to

blogs).

Americans are generally

in agreement when it comes

to potential cause-related so-

cial media overload, though

they differ in the degree to

which certain tools drive their

"cause fatigue" the most. For

example, Caucasians are sig-

nificantly more likely to feel

that emails about causes

sometimes feel like spam (76

percent, vs. 66 percent of

African Americans and 69

percent of Hispanics). His-

panics are significantly more

likely to believe that every-

body "likes" causes on Face-

book and it doesn't really

mean anything. And while

half of Caucasians and His-

panics (48 percent and 51

percent, respectively) agree

that they get too many emails

about causes now, a signifi-

cantly lower number of

African Americans (33 per-

cent) feel this way.

Americans are in strong

agreement that everyone can

make a difference by support-

ing causes. However, African

Americans and Hispanics are

significantly more likely than

Caucasians to believe that

supporting causes makes

them feel like a part of a com-

munity. They also are signifi-

cantly more likely to feel that

it is important that their fam-

ily be involved in causes (55

percent of Hispanics and 54

percent of African Ameri-

cans, vs. 46 percent of Cau-

casians), and to have been ac-

tively involved in supporting

causes when growing up (40

percent of Hispanics and 45

percent of African Ameri-

cans, vs. 32 percent of Cau-

casians).

Overall, Americans are in

agreement when it comes to

the causes in which they are

most involved, with support-

ing our troops, feeding the

hungry and health-related

causes (e.g., breast cancer and

heart disease) topping the list.

However, African Americans

and Hispanics are signifi-

cantly more likely than Cau-

casians to be involved in sev-

eral key issues, including dia-

betes, domestic violence, bul-

lying, childhood obesity,

Haiti relief and HIV/AIDS.

Ogilvy Public Relations

Worldwide and Georgetown

University's Center for Social

Impact Communication de-

veloped the study with the

objectives of showcasing

trends in cause involvement

and evaluating the role of a

variety of activities in foster-

ing engagement. An online

survey was conducted by

TNS Global among a nation-

ally representative sample of

2,000 Americans ages 18 and

over. The survey was fielded

November 30 to December

22, 2010, and has a margin of

error of +/--2.2 percent at the

95 percent confidence level.

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The Rev. Al Sharpton

‘Wonder Woman’ Empowerment Conference

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No more Red Planet dis-asters. No lost spaceprobes. No failures.

That was the missiongiven to 46 Dallas CountyCommunity College District

students who were asked todesign a Mars rover thatcould maneuver the Red

Planet’s terrain during theirthree-day visit the JohnsonSpace Center in Houston.

The project – which in-cluded an actual debriefingwith NASA astronauts on

Discovery shuttle missionSTS-133 – was part ofDCCCD’s special partner-

ship in the NASA Commu-nity College AerospaceScholars Program.

DCCCD, in partnershipwith the NASA CAS pro-gram, brings the largestnumber of students from itsseven colleges to NASAthrough assignments that in-volved both interactive,web-based learning activi-ties plus an on-site experi-ence at the Johnson SpaceCenter. The DCCCD schol-ars participated in the teamproject – designing the Marsrover – and were directed byNASA engineers. They alsotoured the facilities and re-ceived an exclusive invita-tion to meet the crew and at-tend the debriefing for STS-133.

DCCCD’s partnershipwith NASA is designed toencourage students to con-sider or continue a STEM(science, technology, engi-neering and mathematics)career path. “Our participa-tion in NASA CAS encour-ages DCCCD students totake a leadership role intheir educational environ-ment,” says Perla Molina,who coordinates the NASACAS program for DCCCD.“In the past, the NASA CASprogram was open to com-munity college studentsthroughout Texas. Thisyear, based on DCCCD’sparticipation, we had an ex-clusive agreement withNASA CAS for our stu-dents.”

DCCCD has partici-pated in the NASA CASprogram for nine years (in-cluding the spring 2011class), sending more than125 students to becomeaerospace scholars. Thisyear, 46 of the 87 applicantsfrom the district’s collegeswere selected to participate,based on a specific set ofcriteria.

Before the students leftfor the Johnson Space Cen-ter, they already had Marson their minds. Their firstassignment was to completetheir first NASA assign-ment, which instructed themto research and design aMars rover that could suc-cessfully handle the planet’s

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DCCCD NASA Community CollegeAerospace Scholars Programstudent hometowns list – 6/11

Balch Springs – Terina Smith, East-field College

Carrollton – Sameer Lakhani,Brookhaven College

Cedar Hill – Romeo Espana and EricMedina, Mountain View College

Dallas – Jesse Coreas, Laura Hill, Tra-gan Knight, Ariana Najera, Joshua Oliverand Stacey Velasquez from Eastfield Col-lege; Tarrah Davis, LJ Dial Jr., Cindy Her-nandez, Jennifer Moreno and MirelleNavarro from El Centro College; MartinFlores, Christopher Jung and LaurenWollmershauser from Brookhaven Col-lege; Gary Freeman and OkechukwuOkeke, Richland College

Duncanville – Juan Ochoa, MountainView College

Farmers Branch – Brandi Arledge,Brookhaven College

Flower Mound – Aneel Devaraju,North Lake College

Fort Worth – Aleta Chavez, Cedar Val-ley College

Garland – Mohamed Hassan,

Brookhaven College; Allycia Hennum andBrandon Quach, Richland College; Ampe-lio Mendez, Bryan Palma and Andrew Par-rill from Eastfield College; Saray Pesina, ElCentro College

Grand Prairie – Jose Baez, NorthLake College; Joel Rodriguez, MountainView College

Greenville – Chesley Kraniak, East-field College

Irving – Nathan Miller, North Lake Col-lege

Lancaster – Marcus Brewer, CedarValley College

Lantana – Danny Nguyen, North LakeCollege

Lewisville – Jubenal Aguilar, El Cen-tro College; Christina Townsend,Brookhaven College

Mesquite – Lura Chambers, ShekaKanu and Tamara Starling from EastfieldCollege

Rockwall – Colby Purcell, RichlandCollege

Sunnyvale – Amitpal Dhillon, EastfieldCollege; Gregory Duckworth, MountainView College

The Colony – Richard Campbell,North Lake College

See MARS, Page 11

sands of the best andbrightest young people inminority communities byawarding them generousfour-year scholarships tocollege. But there’s acatch: JRF requires alltheir students to participatein their mentoring pro-gram.

Despite their value,finding mentors stillproves elusive to manywho need them. A recentHarvard Business Reviewexploration of diversity incorporate America foundthat although big-businesscompanies professed theircommitment to seeking outand promoting top minor-ity talent, many of thosesmart and capable employ-ees of color often left theirrespective companies“frustrated.” Minority menand women who did excelhad a “strong network” ofmentors and sponsors thatoffered more than just in-struction, they nurturedtheir careers. Their busi-ness journey was madesuccessful by someoneelse lighting the way.

Karen Thompson un-derstands the conse-quences of trying to getahead without a mentor.Before joining NAACPLegal and Educational De-fense Fund (LDF) as direc-tor of its, scholarship pro-gram, she was an associateat a respected law firm. Al-though she found successas an attorney, her roadwas tougher, she believes,

because she did not have amentor.

“It felt very lonely tome,” she said, “and I reallyfelt like I taught myselfhow to be a good lawyer.”

As she rose higher inthe ranks, she saw lesspeople like herself in theoffices. Last year, Thomp-son moved to LDF as Di-rector of its scholarshipprogram and has madebuilding the program’smentoring component amajor goal. Part of that ef-fort involves the creationof something called an “ol’boy, ol’ girl network”among the program’salumni in order to ensurethat they don’t have tonavigate corporate watersalone. She said that com-mitment to mentoringneeds to be ongoing, be-yond undergraduate andgraduate school into theworkplace. The minoritycorporate veterans needcontinual guidance andfeedback to help themreach their full potential.

Management Leader-ship for Tomorrow worksto that end at the very topof the corporate structure.The mentoring-based or-ganization, founded nearlya decade ago by John Rice,brother of Susan Rice, theU.S. Ambassador to theUnited Nations, helps vet-eran workers reach theCorporate Suite, home ofthe top positions of ChiefExecutive Officer, ChiefOperating Officer, Chief

Financial Officer and thelike.

According to MLT,African Americans, Lati-nos, and Native Americanscollectively compriseroughly 30 percent of theU.S. population. But, theymake up only 3 percent ofsenior leaders in corpora-

tions, non-profits and en-trepreneurial ventures. Pa-tricia Price, managing di-rector for executive pro-grams for MLT, said theirinitiatives are designed tohalt the revolving-door dy-namic that drains compa-nies of Black, Latino andNative American talent be-

cause these mid-level ca-reer workers feel their ca-reers have hit a plateau.They believe the mentor-ing programs, oftenthought necessary only foradolescents and under-graduate and graduate stu-dents, need to be re-fash-ioned for people trying to

climb the corporate ladder.Price said MLT wants tomake sure when they get toa place where they are“comfortable” they keepgoing.

“Ultimately, we’re try-ing to raise the number ofleaders, in the country,”Price said.

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Cheryl Smith, host ofweekly radio talk show TheReporter’s Roundtable onSoul 73/KKDA-AM and ex-ecutive editor of The DallasWeekly and morning showhost of Cheryl Smith Live onDFWiRadio.com, will host the

17th annual Don’t Believe theHype Celebrity Bowl-A-Thonon Saturday, June 25, 6 p.m.Presented by American Air-lines and Peaches Party Pack-age, this year’s event will beheld at USA Bowl, 10920Composite Drive in Dallas

and will feature local and na-tional celebrities including co-median Dick Gregory, SenatorRoyce West, Dallas MayorDwaine Caraway, formerShowtime at the Apollo host-ess and Texas native KikiShepard, actresses Dawnn

Lewis and Vanessa Bell Cal-loway, local recording artistImaj Thomas, rapper Tedashi,Dallas Cowboy Jason Hatcherand former I Want to Work forDiddy contestant Ivory Tabb.

The bowl-a-thon providesscholarships to aspiring jour-

nalists and the Dr. Emmitt J.Conrad Leadership Program,an internship program spon-sored by Senator West. Theevent will kick off with a VIPreception and silent auction at6 p.m. with the bowling at 8p.m.

There will also be a break-fast on Sunday morning, fea-turing comedian Dick Gre-gory during the live broadcastof KKDA's Reporters Round-table with Cheryl Smith at8:00a.m. Tickets are $20.

American Airlines and Peaches Party Package present the 17th AnnualDon’t Believe the Hype Celebrity Bowl-A-Thon

Event hosted by KKDA Radio Personality Cheryl Smith raises funds for scholarships for students

See HYPE, Page 16

Dwaine Caraway Dick Gregory Dawnn Lewis Glynn Imaj Thomas Kiki Shepard

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Community Calendar Visit www.NorthDallasGazette.com and click on Community Calendar for more events!

OngoingCollin County BlackChamber of Commerce,CC-BCC General Meetings,2nd Thursday of everymonth at 6:30pm. Call 469-424-1020 or email: info@CCBlack Chamber.org forlocation.

DFW Financially Empow-ered Women meet monthlyfor lunch or dinner and afun, informative seminar onvarious financial topics.Info: 469-942-0809 ormeeetup. com/378.

Group Business Seminarsat 4907 Spring Avenue, Dal-las, 11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.;3rd Friday of the month11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. forthose interested in startingyour own business, it is aBrown Bag Lunch with FreeParking

No Limit Network Busi-ness Networking Lunch 1stThursday at 1 pm in PlanoMust RSVP at www.TheNo-LimitNetwork.com or 972-898-5882.

The National BusinessWomen Enterprise Net-work (NBWEN) LearningOver Lunch Series: 4thSaturdays, 11am-1pm, Re-Markable Affairs Cafe,2727 LBJ Fwy., Suite 140,Dallas. $20 for members;$35 for non-members, $5 offfor early bird registration.www.nbwenorg.ning. com.

North Dallas Texas Demo-cratic Women Regular Me-etings 4th Thursday, 6:45p.m. Northaven UnitedMethodist Church, 11211Preston Rd (between Forest& Royal Lanes).

Target Second Saturdaysat Latino Cultural Center Onthe second Saturday of everymonth family-fri-endly ac-tivities celebrating Latinoarts and culture. Come in forone hour, or stay the wholeday.

Business EmpowermentSessions. Learn to grow asuccessful small business.1st Thursday of each monthat Christian Chapel Templeof Faith, 14120 Noel Rd.,Dallas. Info @ 214-942-6698.

How to start a business.Free sessions on gettingstarted the right way. Ses-sions held the last Mondayof each month. Call ThePLAN Fund for details 214-942-6698.

Oak Cliff Cultural Center,223 West Jefferson Blvd. inDallas, offers Tango classesevery Wed-nesday from7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Cost is $10per person or $15 per coupleper class. www.tango-canyen-guedallas.com

The Art Centre Theatre,5220 Village Creek Drive inPlano, will hold auditionsfor its summer productions.Seussical on May 7 and May14; into the Woods on May21 and May 28 and 13 onJune 11 and June 18. All au-ditions will take place from9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The theatrewill also host a slew of sum-mer dances for young chil-dren. www.artcentretheatre.com

Now through June 26

The Art Center Theatre,5220 Village Creek Drive inPlano, will host productionsof Mel Brooks’ The Produc-ers starting Friday at 7:30p.m. Sunday matinee per-formances are slated from3:30 p.m. on June 12, June19 and June 16. All seatspurchased online cost $12each. Tickets purchased atthe door are $15 each. Tick-ets for Wednesday andThursday performances are$6 online and $7.50 at thedoor. www.artcentrethe-atre.com

Now through June 25

Eastfield College will hostthe Eastfield Metroplex EastPiano Festival. Admission to

the special concerts is in-cluded with registration tothe festival; general admis-sion tickets are $20. Info:972-860-7136, Pierrette-Mouledous @dcccd.edu orwww. emepianofest.com

Through June 26

The Art Center Theatre,5220 Village Creek Drive inPlano, will host productionsof Mel Brooks’ The Pro-ducers starting Friday at7:30 p.m. Sunday matineeperformances are slatedfrom 3:30 p.m. on June 12,June 19 and June 16. Allseats purchased online cost$12 each. Tickets purchasedat the door are $15 each.Tickets for Wednesday andThursday performances are$6 online and $7.50 at thedoor. www.artcentrethe-atre.com.

June 23

From 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.,the Urban League is Re-em-ploying Dallas and FortWorth at this year’s Job Fairand Career Symposium.The event will be held at theTexas Discovery Gardens atFair Park, 3601 MartinLuther King, Jr. Blvd, Dal-las. 214-915-4600

June 24

George Lopez at the Veri-zon Theatre in Grand Prairie

June 25

Blood Drive 10 a.m. - 2p.m., DayStar DeliveranceMinistries, 635 W. CampbellRd., Ste. 201, Richardson.Please call 1-800-RED-CROSS (733-2767) toschedule an appointment.

June 25

Community Roundtable:The State of Black Arts inDallas: Then, Now and Be-yond will take place at 10a.m. at the South Dallas Cul-tural Center, 3400 Fitzhugh,in Dallas.

June 27

City of Dallas Mayor and

Council Inauguration Dayat 10 a.m. at the MortonMeyerson

June 30, July 1, July 8

The “Down Under’s”Homebrewe concertsscheduled for: June 30 9:30– 11 p.m. at the LakewoodBar & Grill- 6340 GastonAve. Dallas, TX , cost is $5.July 1 9 p.m. -1 a.m. at LoneStar Legends, 1146 BeltlineRd.-Garland and July 8 9:30p.m. -11 p.m. at the Lake-wood Bar & Grill- 6340Gaston Ave., Dallas, visitwww.lbgdallas.com formore info

June 29

Jennifer Hudson, Tank andMiguel at the Verizon The-atre in Grand Prairie

June 30

The Color of My Skin com-ing to Terrell High School

July 2

Chuck Berry at Choctaw

July 4

Celebrate 4th of July withfireworks, concerts in thegardens at the Fort WorthBotanic Garden or at theTexas Rangers vs. Balti-more Orioles game in Ar-lington. Fireworks after thegame.

July 8-10

Taste of Dallas at Fair Park

July 9

Cedric the Entertainer willperform at Verizon Theatrein Grand Prairie.www.aeglive.com

July 11-July 12

Rover Dramawerks willhold auditions for BlackComedy on Monday from 6to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from7 to 10 p.m. Callbacks, ifneeded, will be July 13.www.roverdramawerks.com

July 10

2:30 Rising Star Recital:

Sam Hong, piano. In May of2011 at the age of 16, Mr.Hong graduated with aBachelor of Music degree inpiano performance fromTCU. 3:00 Feature Per-formance: Gary Levinson,Senior Associate Concert-master of the Dallas Sym-phony Orchestra, and pianistDaredjan Baya Kakouberiperform an all-Beethovenprogram featuring sonatasfrom Levinson/Kakouberi'ssoon-to-be-released CD ofthe complete Sonatas forPiano and Violin byBeethoven.

August 20

AnyEvent Event PlanningServices is hosting EventPlanners Boot Camp atUTA, 701 S. Nedderman Dr.Arlington, from 8:30 a.m. –3:00 p.m. Info: Teri Robin-son at 214-376-6530 or atteri@anyevent.org. Registeronline at www. anyevent.org.

Aug. 1-Sept. 2:

"Citizens at Last: TheWomen's Suffrage Move-ment in Texas," at TheWomen's Museum, Dallas

August 13

5th Annual “Do the WriteThing” Writing Workshop8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Tar-rant County College –Northeast Campus, 828 W.Harwood in Hurst, Texas.The cost is $50.00; includesmeals and workshop materi-als; Onsite registration is$75.00; $25.00 for students

Steve Harvey to host the2011 Ford Hoodie Awardsat the Mandalay Bay Resortand Casino in Las Vegas

Amon Carter Museum's50th Anniversary Bash inFort Worth

August 14

Hatch Chile Festival onMarket Street in Col-leyville

August 19-21

Tax-free weekend

September 15-18

Addison Oktoberfest

GrapeFest in downtownGrapevine

September 23-24

Jazz by the Boulevard inthe Cultural District in FortWorth

September 30

State Fair of Texas opens atFair Park

October 22-23

Fort Worth Alliance AirShow

November 3-6

AAA Texas 500 Weekendat the Texas Motor Speed-way

November 9-13

Lone Star InternationalFilm Festival in FortWorth’s Sundance Square

Nov. 5-Jan. 8

"John Marin: Modernismat Midcentury" at AmonCarter Museum in FortWorth

November 18

7th Annual Real Girls RealWomen Luncheon VenusWilliams will be the speakerfor the event this year at theHilton Anatole Dallas.Doors open 11:30 a.m., Pro-gram 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

November 24

Turkey Trot in downtownDallas

November 25

The Parade of Lights inFort Worth’s SundanceSquare

December 4

Dallas White RockMarathon

Holiday picnics, parades and fireworks are an easy ride

away on Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).

Great holiday travel suggestions are available at

www.DART.org/fireworks. Plan a trip for the family using

the online DART Trip Planner at www.DART.org or by

calling DART Customer Information at 214.979.1111.

Great times are available throughout the area all weekend

long.

July 3

Addison Kaboom Town featuresdazzling fireworks choreographed to music, plus food, live

music, spectacular Cavanaugh Flight Museum's historic

war-bird flyovers and more. Avoid the traffic delays and

stay after the fireworks for a free movie under the stars.

Admission is free. Events run 5 p.m. to 12 midnight. Ad-

dison Circle Park is at 4970 Addison Circle Drive. Infor-

mation: 972.450.2851 or addisontexas.net. (Via Addison

Transit Center, then a short walk)

Farmers Branch Independ-ence Day cel-ebrates America with

free admission, live

music and spectacu-

lar fireworks at the

Farmers Branch His-

torical Park. Tour the

historical buildings,

indulge in delicious

concessions, and enjoy kids’ activities. Park gates open at

6:30 p.m. with a concert by local variety band Professor D

beginning at 8 p.m. Fireworks follow the show at approx-

imately 9:30 p.m. Farmers Branch Historical Park is at

2540 Farmers Branch Lane. Information: 972.919.2620 or

farmersbranch.info. (Via DART Rail Green Line to Farm-

ers Branch Station).

Plano Community Band offers asummer con-

cert of patri-

otic tunes.

Pack a picnic

dinner, bring

blankets and

chairs and take

the whole fam-

ily to this con-

cert in the

park. The con-

cert begins at 7 p.m. at Haggard Park in Downtown Plano,

901 E 15th St. Information: planoband.com. (Via DART

Rail Red to Downtown Plano Station)

Rowlett Fireworks onMain takes place on Main Street in DowntownRowlett. Listen to great live music from Time Machine,

one of DFW’s top cover bands. Finish with an amazing

fireworks display at dusk. Festivities take place 6 to 10 p.m.

Downtown Rowlett is at 4000 Main St. Information:

972.412.6145 or rowlett.com. (Via free DART Shuttle 5:30

to 11:00 p.m. from Rowlett Park & Ride and Rowlett High

School)

Independence Day Concert& Picnic at theDallas Arboretum cel-

ebrates with rock ‘n’

roll and patriotic

tunes on the Martin

Rutchik Concert

Stage. Bring a picnic

or enjoy tasty treats

from Highland Park

Cafeteria. Admission

is free for all active and retired military with photo I.D.,

and general admission is $12. Concert begins at 2 p.m. The

Dallas Arboretum is at 8525 Garland Road. Information:

214.515.6500 or dallasarboretum.org. (Via Bus Route 60)

July 4Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Fair Park Fourth includes free admis-sion to Fair Park’s museums. Enjoy “dancing water” shows

at the Esplanade Fountain, musical entertainment, games

and plenty of Fair Park food. A patriotic concert by the Dal-

las Wind Symphony begins at 8:00 p.m., followed by a fire-

works at 9:30 p.m. Celebrate at this free public event 4:30

to 10 p.m. throughout Fair Park, 1200 S. Second Ave. In-

formation: 214.421.9600 or fairpark.org. (Via DART Rail

Green Line to Fair Park and MLK, Jr. Stations)

Irving Patriotic Paradeand Concert displays patriotic pride in Down-town Irving. The parade will begin at 9 a.m., followed by

a patriotic concert and free watermelon at Heritage Park,

217 Main St. Information: 972.721.2501 or

cityofirving.org. (Via Bus Routes 408, 549, FLEX Route

840 or Bus Route 301 to South Irving Station, then a short

walk)

Irving Fourth of July Cele-bration and Fireworks is anevening of entertainment at the intersection of Las Colinas

Boulevard and Lake Carolyn

Parkway with concerts by the

Irving Symphony Orchestra

and the Kenny Chavez

Combo. Activities include in-

flatables and water slides,

and food concession stands

and vendors will be available. Festivities begin at 6:30

p.m., with a professionally choreographed fireworks show

at 9:30 p.m. Admission is free, and event parking is $5 at

the Irving Convention Center parking garage, 500 W. Las

Colinas Blvd. Information: 972.721.2501 or cityofirv-

ing.org. (Via North Irving Transit Center, then walk to Las

Colinas)

Patriotic Pops Concert fea-

tures the Plano Symphony Orchestra, The Rich Tone Cho-

rus, and the Plano Men of Note Chorus. Tickets are $10-35.

The show is at 3 p.m. at the Eisemann Center for the Per-

forming Arts, 2351 Performance Drive. Information:

planosymphony.org. (Via DART Rail Red Line to Galatyn

Park Station)

Star-Spangled Spectacu-lar with the Dallas Wind Symphony is a red, white and

blue salute to

Mom, Apple Pie

and an 11-ft. tall

Uncle Sam.

Tickets are $21-

$38 and sold

through the

AT&T PAC. The show begins at 1 p.m. in the air-condi-

tioned comfort of the Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301

Flora St.Information: 214.880.0202 or dws.org. (Via

DART Rail Red, Blue or Green Lines to Pearl Station)

Flagpole 8K is an annual run along the east-ern shores of White

Rock Lake and the

peninsula neighbor-

hood. After the race

enjoy ice cold

Gatorade, water, sodas,

and a variety of fresh

fruit. Cost is $25. The

race starts at 7:30 a.m.

in Norbuck Park, 200

N. Buckner Blvd. In-

formation: whiterock-

racing.com. (Via DART

Blue Line to White Rock Station, then Bus Route 428)

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DART to4th of July festivities

Voices of Destiny, and willbe hosted by David “Mr.Brown” Mann of “MeetThe Browns.” Event spon-sors include Verizon Wire-less, Mercy Ministries,How Sweet The Soundand internet partner

UGospel.com. Donations and registra-

tions can be made onlinefrom $72 - $130 with sin-gle purchase of concerttickets available for $17.Conference details areavailable on the confer-

ence website http://al-wayssistersforeverbroth-ers.com/conference-info/featured-guests/, and fanscan follow and chat withCeCe at http://www. ce-cewinans.com/, on Fa-ce-book and on Twitter @Ce-

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Entertainment Studios, the

company owned by Byron

Allen, has announced they will

launch a new high-definition

channel early next year with

programming intended for an

African-American audience.

Legacy TV, which has not yet

made a deal with a TV or satel-

lite provider for carriage, is ex-

pected to offer programs on

black history and biographies

of African-American leaders.

"The mission of Legacy.

TV is to celebrate African-

American excellence every-

where," said Allen, the former

comedian who heads Enter-

tainment Studios. "Our goal

and commitment is to make

Legacy.TV an engaging and

compelling platform which

communicates the entire

African- American journey.

All content will be originally

produced in-house to insure

the highest level of creative

quality, as well as the ability to

distribute our content globally

on all platforms."

Entertainment Studios cur-

rently produces six niche-ori-

ented HD channels including

ES.TV, Comedy.TV, Pet.TV,

Car.TV, Recipe.TV, and My-

Destination.TV. All are pre-

sently being carried by Veri-

zon’s FiOS TV service and

other outlets.

By Tonya WhitakerNDG Staff WriterJune 25 marks the sec-

ond anniversary of theKing of Pop’s death, and tono surprise of mine that LaToya Jackson is still tryingto gain notoriety – and adarn buck – off MichaelJackson’s passing.

On June 21, theCelebrity Apprentice re-leased a book with Michaelas the subject Starting Overtells of accounts fromMichael’s daughter, Paris.The teen said in the daysbefore his death, Michaelwas “always cold” and al-ways crying. According toThe Associated Press, LaToya talks of her encoun-

ters with the infamous Dr.Conrad Murray and notesshe found that were writtenby Michael where he sayshe wants to “get these peo-ple out of my life.”

La Toya needs to stop!

Forget about the tabloid forruining the memory of ourbeloved Michael. I refuseto hate on Paris; she is achild. Just look at what theadult leaches in his ownfamily is doing to him.

Keeping occupied

New Orleans SaintReggie Bush has decidedthat tweeting ain’t the bestway to occupy his timeduring the NFL lockout. In-stead, the running back hasdecided to film a realityshow about a man with afamiliar name – ReggieBush.

According to ProSportsTalk, Bush will star in a re-ality show called Same

Name. For a day, Bush willtrade places with Danville,Ill., construction workerReggie Bush. While inDanville he took where hetook part in a weightliftingsession with Danville Reg-gie’s son, Jacob, at Schlar-man High School.

At least he isn’t relax-ing as much as he claimedin those problematic tweetshe sent out last month.

Low hit

Frank Ocean may notbe as popular as ChrisBrown, but he is throwingsome words at the singeron Twitter. According toYoung, Black and Fabu-lous, the Novocain singertold Brown he remindedhim of Sisqo (the blondhair Brown sported for aminute) and Ike Turner(past abusive acts towardRihanna). Brown didn’ttake those commentslightly. Oh lawd you knowthose are fighting words for

Brown (remember GMA);the two got into a tweetbattle. Ocean was wrongfor touching on the abuseissue. At least fighting withBrown will help recordsales, right?

Through June 25

The Plano Children’sTheatre, 1301 Custer RoadSuite 706 in Plano, willpresent the Willy WonkaKids at the theatre. Ticketsare $8 in advance and $10at the door. www.planochil-drenstheatre.org.

June 23 and June 30

The city of McKinneybrings back Jammin inJune on Thursdays. Theconcerts will take place atTowne Lake Park, 1405Wilson Creek Pkwy., inMcKinney. Acoustix willplay on June 23 and thePhares Corder Orchestra on

June 30.

June 25

As part of the JoshHoward Celebrity Week-end, a celebrity basketballgame will take place at 5p.m. at the P.C. Cobb Com-plex, 1702 R.B. CullumBlvd. in Dallas. Admission

is $10, and an autographsession is planned for 3 to4 p.m. Slated to appear areKenyon Martin, Tracy Mc-Grady, Marcus Spears andMartellus Bennett.www.joshhowardweek-end.com

June 24 - 25

In conjunction with itSummer Youth Arts Insti-tute, The Black Academyof Arts and Letters and Dal-las ISD will present Aretha:The Musical present threesensational public perform-ances of the play Friday at8 p.m. and Saturday at 1and 4 p.m. on TBAAL's

Naomi Bruton Main Stagelocated in the Dallas Con-vention Center TheaterComplex on the corner ofCanton and Akard streets indowntown Dallas. Admis-sion is $2, and tickets canbe purchased at TBAAL'sBox Office at 214-743-2400. www.TBAAL.org.

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and public servant who was

never afraid of controversy.“He was a true advocate

for peace, racial justice andsocial equality,” the longtime

congresswoman of 30th Dis-trict of Texas said in a state-ment. “Al was a man of greatcommitment. He providedtremendous support for me as

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terrain. With plans in hand,the group formed four teamswhen they arrived in Hous-ton and were assigned rolesthat would enable each teamto complete the phases ofthe mock Mars rover devel-opment. They followed thespecifications they receivedin a NASA request for pro-posal and then built the ro-botic rover.

From Mission Controlto Mars, students from allseven DCCCD collegeswere excited to participateand awed by the opportunityto attend a real astronaut de-briefing and meet the crewmembers personally.

“From the beginning tothe end, the trip was phe-nomenal! We were giventhe opportunity to grow per-sonally and to work as ateam – which is critical intoday’s workforce, espe-cially for the astronauts andengineers who risk theirlives…for the innovatingadvancement of our coun-try,” says Aleta Chavez, astudent at Cedar Valley Col-lege.

She adds, “We were in-

vited to the briefing of STS-133, and we met the astro-nauts who were on board.We also met Jerry Woodfill,the warning systems engi-neer who helped saveApollo 13. This (trip) wasthe opportunity of a life-time, and my childrenthought it was the coolestthing ever! It’s pricelessand makes them realize thatanything is possible.”

Richland College stu-dent Colby Purcell believesthat the NASA CAS tripwas a life-changing experi-ence that helped her grow.“I’m not the same person Iwas before,” she believes.“The prevailing theme ofthis program and at NASAin general seems to be oneof optimism and overcom-ing failure in order to suc-ceed. The fact that failurecan and will come is some-thing that everyone has tolearn. What you do next iswhat matters! I think thatthis is a big part of NASA’slegacy, and I loved this pro-gram for passing that (be-lief) on to the aerospacescholars.”

Laura Hill, who attendsEastfield College, learnedabout team work and goals.“I had an absolutely won-derful time at NASA. It wasa great learning experience.I had not had an opportunityto work with a team beforethis event,” she explains. “Itwas very neat to see howeveryone was so willing towork hard and to give ittheir best to help the teamcomplete its goals. If I hadthe opportunity, I would doit all over again.”

DCCCD outreach staffmember Perla Molina al-ready is making plans forspring 2012 so that anothergroup of the district’s stu-dents will have the same op-portunity to grow and learnthrough the NASA CASprogram. “With the help ofseveral faculty and staffmembers at several colleges– and with NASA’s support– our 2011 aerospace schol-ars from DCCCD learned somuch from their projectsand interaction with NASApersonnel,” says Molina.“We’re ready to launchagain!”

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By Charlene CrowellNDG Special Contributor In recent months a series

of settlements by the federalDepartment of Justice signalthat charges of discrimina-tory lending not only havevalidity; but occur withamazing similarity in differ-ent locales. In the past week,a lawsuit against mortgagelending practices in the St.Louis metropolitan areaended with a $1.45 millionsettlement to resolve chargesof discriminatory patternsand practices. MidwestBankCentre agreed to opena full-service branch in amajority African-Americanarea of the metro. Addition-ally other terms of the settle-ment call for $900,000 to in-crease the amount of lendingto majority African-Ameri-can neighborhoods;$300,000 for consumer edu-cation and credit repair pro-grams; and $250,000 foroutreach to promote theirproducts and services toprospective customers.

In a separate but related

action, Nixon State Bank ofNixon, Texas will pay nearly$100,000 to settle a lawsuitthat charged with bank en-gaged in discriminatorypractices on the basis of na-tional origin. Latino borrow-ers, according to the com-plaint, were charged higherprices on unsecured con-sumer loans, a violation ofthe Equal Credit Opportu-nity Act.

If these settlementssound familiar, you’re right.Earlier this year, a similarsettlement focused on De-troit and the practices of Cit-izens Republic Bancorp andCitizens Bank of Flint,Michigan. In this settle-ment, the banks agreed toopen a loan office in a De-troit African-Americanneighborhood and invest ap-proximately $3.6 million inWayne County.

In December 2010,PrimeLending, a nationalmortgage lender with 168offices in 32 states, agreedto pay $2 million to end alawsuit that alleged African-

American borrowers werecharged higher annual per-centage rates of interest forprime fix-rate home loansand for home loans guaran-teed by the Federal Housing

Administration and Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs.Terms of this settlement re-quired PrimeLending tobegin in 2011 to implementpolicies to prevent discrimi-nation.

Beyond these four DOJsettlements, two additionallawsuits are still pending on

behalf of residents in Balti-more, Maryland and Mem-phis, Tennessee. Both ofthese cities have alleged thatWells Fargo Bank violatedfair lending laws that re-

sulted in a higher number ofunnecessary foreclosures intheir respective locales.Both cities allege that dis-proportionate foreclosuresand resulting economiclosses were caused by steer-ing black consumers intohigh-cost, unsustainablemortgage loans.

In Brooklyn, New York,eight African-Americanhomeowners were awardedmore than $1 million in ajury trial against a devel-oper, United Homes. Whilethe defendant already an-nounced plans to file an ap-peal, plaintiffs maintain thattheir respective purchases ofrenovated and flippedhomes were all appraised atinflated values reflected insignificantly higher salesprices.

It seems ironic that de-spite a series of laws enactedyears ago to prevent thesekinds of practices that in2011, some of America’slenders seem to be thumbingtheir noses to fair lending forall Americans. Million-dol-lar settlements are notenough to compensate com-munities of color for all thedevastating financial harmthat their illegal practiceshave wrought.

According to the re-cently-released 2011 State ofthe Nation’s Housing by theJoint Center for Housing

Studies of Harvard Univer-sity, nearly half of foreclo-sure auctions in 2010 werelocated in just 10 percent ofthe nation’s 65,000 censustracts. According to the newreport, homeownership ratedeclines for African-Ameri-cans (3.8 percent) and Lati-nos (2.1 percent) have out-paced those for white house-holds (1.5 percent). As a re-sult, these homeownershipdeclines have erased thehomeownership gains of thepast two decades.

CRL’s own research pre-viously found that $350 bil-lion of wealth has been lostto African-American andLatino families due to fore-closures and their ripplingeffects on neighborhoods.

In the 19th Century,newly-freed slaves werepromised 40 acres and amule. In the 20th Century,African-Americans werejoined by progressive organ-izations and individuals tofight and win civil rights. In2011, our silver rights arethe issue.

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While mortgage lenders pay millions, Black America loses billionHousing discrimination settlements pale in comparison to consumer financial losses

During the summermonths the number ofteenagers searching for jobsincreases dramatically. Lastyear, the number of 16- to19-year-olds employed orsearching for work skyrock-eted between April and July,increasing by 1.5 millionworkers to a total of 7.2million in July, according toa 2010 U.S. Bureau ofLabor Statistics (BLS)study1.

“Summer jobs are animportant part of a youngperson’s development. Theygive high school Texans achance to earn their own in-come, acquire experienceand develop the habits andwork ethic that they’ll needfor career success in the fu-ture,” said Texas WorkforceCommission (TWC) Chair-man Tom Pauken.

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cantar said. “It’s never tooearly for a young person toexplore their interests andlearn valuable skills theywill retain throughout theircareers.”

Texas teenagers aged 16to 19 may face increased

competition as many enterthe workforce for the firsttime. The 2010 average un-employment rate for thoseaged 16 to 19 in Texas was22.3 percent compared to a2010 average overall unem-ployment rate of 8 percent.

Tips for teens looking for summer jobs

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