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Carey A. January hasalready received his letterfrom the Huston-TillotsonRegistrar confirming that hehas successfully completedhis academic requirements fora Bachelor of Arts degree fromthe University. His degreewill be awarded during theannual Commencement Exer-cise next May. At that timeJanuary will be 61 years ofage.

January was born inAustin, Texas. He is the thirdof four children, Brothers Wil-liam January (Deceased) &Byron January and SisterClaudia Williams. His father,Concho January Jr., andmother Vera Williams attendH.T.U. before the merger of thetwo institutions. His sister isalso a 1982 graduate of H.T.U.He grew up attending GreaterMt. Zion and Pilgrim RestPrimitive Baptist Church. Hegraduated Class of 1968 atOld L.C. Anderson High.

After graduation fromOLCAAA, Carey attendedHuston-Tillotson College in1968-70. He received an As-

Carey Alvin January tograduate from H.T.U. at age 61

sociate of Arts degree fromLee College in Baytown,Texas. Carey has lived in LosAngeles California for thepast 20 years and continuedhis education at Cal StateDominguez Hills University.In the summer 2010 he com-pleted has academic require-ments for a Bachelor of Artsdegree in Sociology. Careywill graduate with honors inMay 2011 and is a member ofPhi Gamma Mu.

Prior to returning toAustin, Carey was ProjectDirector for the Girls Club ofLos Angeles. He worked incommunity outreach forover a decade in the Los An-geles area. During this timehe has been featured in theLos Angeles WAVE newspa-per in “Making A Differ-ence”. He has received aCommendation from LosAngeles County SupervisorYvonne Braite Burke; Certifi-cate of Recognition from Cali-fornia Assembly memberRoderick Wright; Commen-dation from CA GovernorGray Davis; Mayor’s Certifi-cate of Appreciation LosAngelesfrom Mayor JamesHahn. Carey also spear-headed a Smoking Ban in allLos Angeles City Parks.

Carey was recentlyinducted into his L.C. Ander-son High School Hall ofFame for Community Service2009. He also received thePath Way to Freedom Awardfrom the American CancerSociety for his communitywork in Los Angeles.

Carey is a member ofChappie James AmericanLegion Post 578 (Sons ofAmerican Legions) and aPrince Hall Mason. Carey issingle and has a son anddaughter. He has two grand-children.

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Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation Awards Grants toFive National Groupsto Address Social Justice Is-sues Driving the Obesity Epi-demic

Princeton, NJ, Sept. 7,2010 – A $2 million initiativeof the Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation (RWJF) is bring-ing together five civil rightsorganizations with theprominence and strength tohelp reverse childhood obe-sity, especially in African-American and Latino com-munities where the epidemiccontinues to hit hardest.

Over the next 16months, the groups will aimindividually andcollaboratively to advance the

public advocacy andpolicychanges critical to cre-ating healthier communities.The initiative recognizes thepower of their work to solvesystemic issues of racial andsocial injustice, which under-lie many neighborhoods’ lim-ited access to affordable, nu-tritious food or safe places forchildren to be physically ac-tive.

The organizations in-clude the League of UnitedLatin American Citizens(LULAC); Mexican AmericanLegal Defense and Educa-tional Fund (MALDEF); Na-tional Association for the Ad-vancement of Colored People(NAACP); National Councilof La Raza (NCLR); and Na-

tional Urban League (NUL).“These national organi-

zations are coming togetherto take a stand,” said RisaLavizzo-Mourey, M.D.,M.B.A., president and CEO ofthe Foundation. “They willhelp ensure that all commu-nities benefit from the policyand environmental changeswe know are necessary to re-verse childhood obesity. Theirunity speaks volumes abouttheir commitment.”

RWJF’s announcementof the initiative coincides withSeptember’s designation asNational Childhood ObesityAwareness Month. Preven-tion is acutely needed in com-munities of color given thetroubling disparities that per-sist in rates of childhood obe-sity and related health prob-lems.

Forty percent of His-panic boys are overweight orobese, for example, whilenearly three of every 10 Afri-can-American adolescentgirls are obese. And whileobesity is associated with in-creased risk of asthma, type 2diabetes and cardiovasculardisease for all children, therisk is decidedly higheramong these populations.

Leading Civil Rights OrganizationsUnite to Fight Childhood Obesity

Benjamin Todd Jealous,NAACP

(AUSTIN, Texas) — A135-voice choir will helpcommemorate the 135th an-niversary of Austin’s oldestinstitution of higher educa-tion—Huston-Tillotson Uni-versity. Former Huston-Tillotson choir members orthose interested in joining thechoir for this special occa-sion should contact La JuanaR. Napier, Director of AlumniAffairs, 512.505.3074, alumni@htu.edu, or visit www.htalumni.htu.edu for more in-formation.

The anniversary cel-ebration begins with the Char-ter Day Convocation at 10a.m. on Friday, Oct. 22 on thecampus in King-SeabrookChapel, 900 Chicon Street.Charter Day represents theofficial designated celebra-tion of the Board of Trustees’signing of the State of TexasCharter of Incorporation thatestablished Huston-TillotsonCollege (now known asHuston-Tillotson University).The 1952 merger created oneof the largest black Protestantchurch-related colleges in thecountry at the time.

The special 135-voicechoir will perform on Friday,Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. at First United

Methodist Church, 1201Lavaca Street, during the an-niversary concert featuringworld-renowned artistsCarmen Bradford and MelbaJoyce. Bradford, who at-tended Huston-Tillotson inthe late 1970s, was discov-ered and hired by Count Basieand was the featured vocalistin the legendary Count BasieOrchestra for nine years. Sheplayed the lead role in DukeEllington’s “Queenie Pie”that was released in Austinthis summer. Joyce, hermother, was the opening actfor many musical greats in-cluding Smokey Robinsonand the Miracles. She alsoshared the jazz festival bill

with Miles Davis, FreddyHubbard, and BobbyHutcherson to name a few.Tickets are $50 for VIP seat-ing; $25 for general admis-sion; and $5 for students.Huston-Tillotson Universityofficials will also mark the ob-servance with a site locationceremony for the newplanned Health andWellness Center. The Center,the first new building on thecampus since 1974, willhouse the kinesiology and in-tercollegiate athletics depart-ments, and a communityhealth clinic as well as a newUniversity gymnasium.

The celebration will be-gin on Thursday, Oct. 21 at 1p.m. with a symposium inKing-Seabrook Chapel onhealth disparities amongunderserved populations.The commemoration willconclude on Sunday, Oct. 24with University Day atWesley United MethodistChurch, 1160 San Bernard, at10 a.m. Alumnus Dr. J.D.Phillips will deliver the ser-mon. The Huston-TillotsonUniversity Concert Choir,under the direction of Dr.Gloria Quinlan, will renderthe music.

Huston-Tillotson University Announces a Call forVoices for the 135-Member Choir

Carmen BradfordAttended HT in the 1970’s

The Austin City Councilwill meet in East Austin in-stead of City Hall for its Sept.30 session as it attempts tomake municipal proceedingsmore accessible to residents invarious parts of town.

The meeting will be at 10a.m. at the George Washing-ton Carver Museum and Cul-tural Center, 1165 Angelina St.This is the first time in 10 yearsthat the Austin City Councilhas scheduled an off-site meet-ing. It is presented as an op-portunity to enhance publicawareness of its governmentas well as a convenience tothose who may not be able toget downtown for a Councilmeeting.

The idea of resuming off-

site Council meetings was ad-vanced by Mayor LeeLeffingwell during his 2009mayoral campaign. Future off-site meetings are beingplanned.

“Rather than alwayshaving the citizens come to CityHall, sometimes we need tohave City Hall come to the citi-zens,” Mayor Leffingwell said.“I’m very pleased that we areresuming this initiative in EastAustin and look forward toholding future Council meet-ings in other parts of the Cityvery soon.”

City Manager Marc Ottsaid the off-site locations willfurther the transparency ofgovernment.

“It’s a great step forward

City Council to conduct meeting at Carver Museumin our efforts to open up thegoverning process to our resi-dents,” Ott said, praising Citystaff for working out the logis-tics of taking the Council meet-ing out into the community.

“Conducting a meetinglike this requires the collabora-tion of multiple people and de-partments,” Ott said. “Being ableto offer this opportunity and tobroadcast the proceedings liveto the entire city is a credit to thestaff that has been involved.”

To access the agenda forthe meeting, go to www.cityofaustin.org/cityclerk/edims council_ meeting_ info_center.htm.

City Council meetings areregularly conducted at AustinCity Hall, 301 W. Second St.

The dream act:will it work? Have you heard aboutthe DREAM Act that is nowmaking its way throughcongress? This programwould provide a way forsome of the people in thiscountry to become natu-ralized Americans. Theact requires a commit-ment to this country, andrequires for youth to re-turn the investment theU.S. has already made inthem. The Department of De-fense believes that thisprogram is important forour national defense.They believe in so muchthat they have included itin their strategic plan for2010-2011. The DREAM Act wouldgive a conditional path tolegal residency to undocu-mented children who ar-rive in the country whenthey were 15 or younger,have lived in the U.S. forat least 5 years, have nocriminal records, gradu-ate from high school, andobtain a college degree orjoin the U. S. military.Senator Hutchison, whosupports the act, estimatethat 258,000 of the 850,00eligible under the act livein Texas. DREAM has also beenendorsed by various uni-versity presidents, includ-ing University of TexasPresident William Powers. The DREAM Act is an-other way to deal with theillegal immigration prob-lem in the country. How-ever, we need to find a wayto make many of our citi-zens legal again. Thatgroup include the thou-sands of minorities whohave lost their citizenshipbecause of criminalrecords. I am not talking aboutthe murderers and rapistor even bank robbers. Iam talking about thelarge number of our citi-zens who have lost theircitizenship right becauseof drug problems. Thesecitizens need to have asecond chance at being asuccess in their nativeland. When I was a teenager,it was common for youngmen who had run afoul ofthe law to be given the op-tion of serving in the mili-tary or going to jail. Manyof them chose the military.As a result, they turnedtheir lives around and be-came successful citizens. The criminal record ex-clusion could be amendedto make room for thepeople who have not com-mitted violent crimes.Maybe some of our repre-sentatives can make thatchange.

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EDITORIALS/COMMENTARY

By. Marc H. MorialNNPA Columnist

October 2nd One Nation Rally: Demand the Change We Voted For

On October 2nd, theNational Urban League willjoin a coalition of more than150 progressive organiza-tions and tens of thousandsof Americans at a national

rally for jobs, education, andsocial justice at the LincolnMemorial in Washington,D.C.

The goal of the One Na-tion Working Together(ONWT) rally is to galvanizeAmericans of every race, reli-gion, and walk of life to de-mand swift action that willput America back to workand pull America back to-gether. I will be a featuredspeaker along with a numberof other human rights, civilrights, union, and progres-sive thought leaders.

Seven weeks before themid-term elections, theAmerican people are in a rest-less mood and rightfully so.

The latest employment reportshows that the economy lostanother 54,000 jobs lastmonth.

Overall unemploymenthas climbed to 9.6 percent,with African American un-employment rising to 16.3percent and Latino jobless-ness now at 12 percent.

While much of this isthe result of the persistentgreat recession, which beganin 2007. Unfortunately, thereis a faction in the Congressthat has repeatedly refused topass job creation legislation,which could alleviate the suf-fering of millions of middleclass and working Ameri-cans.

In addition to the eco-nomic woes, the nation is alsoexperiencing deep social divi-sions, fanned by hateful anti-Muslim sentiment, self-serv-ing Tea Party vitriol and con-stant cable news and conser-vative talk show bluster. Theprospects for our youngpeople are especially bleak,with a staggeringly high 45percent unemployment ratefor African American teens, amillion students droppingout of school each year andrecent college grads finding itmore difficult than ever to landthat first job.

Clearly, this confluenceof crises calls for a unity ofpurpose and action that has

defined the American expe-rience through most of thepast 234 years, but which hasbeen sorely lacking in recenttimes. The One Nation rallyis intended to rekindle thatspirit and to demand thechange we voted for in 2008.

Millions of Americanswant to know - if we can bail-out big banks and investmentfirms on Wall Street, whycan’t we bring good jobs toMain Street? Are we a nationthat believes in shared pros-perity for all who are willingto work for it, or are we a na-tion that favors only the privi-leged few?

The American peoplewant to know — if education

is the gateway to prosperityand a life of meaning, why areso many of our schools fail-ing so many of our children?

And do we believe inthe religious pluralism andfreedom that first brought ourfounders to these shores, orwill we remain silent in theface of faith-based bigotry?These are some of the issuesthat have defined the Na-tional Urban League move-ment for the past 100 years.

The October 2nd rally at theLincoln Memorial will givethe majority of us who believewe must be One Nation againthe chance to make our voicesheard. I hope you will join us.

Harry C. AlfordNNPA Columnist

$50 Billion and No Blacks Allowed

What is happening inWashington, D.C. is similar toa situation in Oakland, CA, afew years ago. My friend, Sh-annon Reeves, was presidentof the local NAACP chapterthere.

One night, at a citycouncil hearing, everyonewas unloading about howbad the economic situationhad gotten. Finally Shannonlet them have it, “You have aBlack mayor, predominantlyBlack city council, Blackschool superintendent, Blackpolice chief, Black fire super-intendent, Black state repre-sentative, and a Blackcongressperson and Black

everything else. If things arebad then someone Black haseither done it or let it hap-pened.” In essence, the solu-tion must start with us andcities like Oakland, Compton,East St. Louis, Gary, Detroit,Camden , etc. must start topolice and correct themselves.Outside sources are not goingto do it for us.

So far, this Stimulus Billhas been a disaster for BlackAmerica. We have partici-pated in about 1% of the rev-enue, at best. Only thing is theUnion movement is madabout that 1% we have addedto the 1% Hispanics have andthe 3% women share. In total,it is 5% and they see that asawful. The greedy unionswant it all for themselves andthey aren’t going to stop untilthey get it. After all, they paidthe Obama Campaign over$200 million and they wantthe big return on that invest-ment.

The latest union hustleis the High Speed Rail Systemthey want built throughout

America . We need this like a“hole in the head”. Oureconomy is in the tank. Wecan’t fill airplanes, normaltrains or buses. But, theywant to fill the nation upwith these bullet trains thatwill not be used by many.There is at least $50 billionin jobs and the unions wantall of those jobs. They alreadyhave gotten the Obama Ad-ministration to eliminate civilrights and affirmative actionprograms, regarding theoversight of this project.

Normally, the U.S. De-partment of Transportation’sDisadvantaged Business En-terprise (DBE) programwould apply. This states thatgoals must be set for minor-ity and women businessesand equal opportunity em-ployment must be enforced.But oh, the little bigots havefound a loophole. There is anunderutilized agency withinthe Department of Transpor-tation where the DBE pro-gram doesn’t apply. That isthe Federal Railroad Admin-

istration. So, in a sinister way,the Obama Administration isshifting all the responsibilityfor the high speed rails to thisdepartment so affirmative ac-tion and civil rights cannot beenforced. This is terribly sadisn’t it? It is change all right –change for the worst.

Courageously, Con-gresswoman Gwen Moore(Black Democrat, Milwaukee) stepped in the way and filedhouse bill H.R. 5010 whichstates that the Federal Rail-road Administration mustabide by the DOT civil rightsprograms. The bill states: “Toamend title 49, United StatesCode, to require that not lessthan 10 percent of theamounts made available forcertain high-speed railprojects be expended throughsmall business concernsowned and controlled by so-cially and economically dis-advantaged individuals, andfor other purposes.” Shedropped this April 13, 2010.However, Speaker of theHouse Pelosi went to work

against it. She assigned thebill to CongresswomanCorrine Brown (Black Demo-crat, Jacksonville ), Subcom-mittee Chair for Railroadsand Congresswoman NydiaVelasquez (Hispanic Demo-crat, NYC), and Chair for theHouse Small Business Com-mittee. The bill has been fro-zen ever since. It has beenover five months and they areconspiring to kill it.

Strangely enough, therehas not been one member ofthe House of Representativesto co-sponsor this bill withCongresswoman Moore. Nomember of the CongressionalBlack Caucus, DemocraticParty, Transportation orSmall Business Committees.Congresswoman Moore is outthere by herself. It is a betrayalof African Americans, minori-ties and women, in every sinceof the term.

Remembering Oakland,I must state that if we have aBlack President, Black HouseWhip, 43 members of theCongressional Black Caucus,

Black Attorney General (incharge of Civil Rights) andBlack representationthroughout the federal gov-ernment then someone Blackis doing this or letting it hap-pen. It is 2010 and they areopenly killing civil rights.Somehow we are going tohave to rally and fight this ter-rible assault.

One thing we can do isremember this in Novemberwhen we go to the polls. If yourcongressperson is not goingto fight this then you need anew congressperson. Thereshould be no high speed railsystem built in this nationunless it comes correct. Rac-ism should not be allowedand certainly not promotedby the Democratic Party andsupported by the Congres-sional Black Caucus.

I shall close this sadcommentary with one of myfavorite tunes of the 1960’s.“They are all chicken feath-ers; all without one gut; try-ing to make it real; but com-pared to what.”

By CongresswomanYvette Clarke (NY)NNPA Columnist

African Americans in the Immigration Reform Debate:Debunking Myths and Raising Our Voices

As Congress preparesto discuss Comprehensive Im-migration Reform (CIR), I amgreatly concerned that Afri-can Americans will findthemselves in the middle of thedebate without a voice. Previ-ously, the economic plight ofAfrican Americans has beenused by CIR opponents to gal-vanize negative sentimentaround the issue. They havecontinuously used fear andmisrepresentation to mufflethe black voice in the CIR de-bate.

Some African Ameri-

cans have been fearful that themigration of our undocu-mented neighbors might havean adverse affect on their em-ployment. The truth is, ac-cording to a May 2009 reportfrom the Immigration PolicyCenter, there is no correlationbetween immigrants enteringthe labor workforce and theunemployment rate amongnative-born African Ameri-cans. Unfortunately, the un-employment rate in the Afri-can American community sitsat 14.8%. This is due tobroader macroeconomic de-velopments, such as the lossof jobs in the auto and steelindustries. We must work toaddress these issues head on,as opposed to using immigra-tion as a scapegoat.

This recession was NOTcaused by immigrant workers“taking jobs” from Ameri-cans. It was caused by the eco-nomic meltdown of the pastthree years brought on by the

loose lending standards andunregulated market practicesof some in the financial ser-vices world, pushing oureconomy to the brink of di-saster. It was caused by thefailure of the last administra-tion to use resources in theeconomic stimulus plan totarget African Americansand other hard hit popula-tions facing the highest ratesof unemployment.

The notion that immi-grants are a detriment to Af-rican American employmentis further disputed by theturnaround of our nation’simmigration population. The2008 Census reports that theforeign born immigrationpopulation dropped slightlyin 2007. Nonetheless, the Af-rican American unemploy-ment rate had risen to 11.9%by December of 2008, accord-ing to data released by theU.S. Bureau of Labor Statis-tics (BLS). We cannot con-

tinue to point our fingers atimmigrants. We must insteadfocus on investing in oureconomy through major im-migration reform.

I will continue to pushfor making ComprehensiveImmigration Reform a prior-ity for Congress. The Ameri-can Council on InternationalPersonnel reported thatwhile the United States hasclosed its door on our immi-grant innovators and job cre-ators, other countries haveopened theirs to critical talentneeded for economic growthand job creation. My esteemedcolleagues and I will offer leg-islation that can increaseAmerica’s competitive edgeand create jobs in this chal-lenging economy.

Immigrant neighborsand the black communityshould not be pitted againsteach other, as they face thesame challenges. AfricanAmericans and immigrants

share a common desire for fairopportunities to reach theAmerican Dream. The real is-sue is found in the discrimi-natory practices that immi-grants and African Ameri-cans both face. Comprehen-sive Immigration Reform canbe a sensible answer to theseproblems. When the blackcommunity raises theirvoices for ComprehensiveImmigration reform, theyshould focus on supportinglegislation that stops employ-ers from paying below mini-mum wage to undocumentedworkers, therefore, exploitingAfrican American workers.They should use their voiceto call for reasonable accessto our immigrant neighborswho can enhance the market-place in a positive way. In-deed, the economy has af-fected the employment rate ofAfrican Americans; however,no community should bepleased with the indentured

servitude mentality that em-ployers force on immigrants.

We cannot delay the de-bate on Comprehensive Immi-gration Reform any longer,and the progressive voices inthe Black community will beheard.

With the support of theAfrican American commu-nity, this legislation will em-power our nation, provide apathway to citizenship for ournation’s immigrants, and addmeasures that will strengthenand stabilize our economy.We must form a unified frontbetween the African Ameri-can and immigrant communi-ties and fight for the commonground we share in our desirefor the American dream.Whether citizen, or immi-grant, everyone makes up thehistory of this great nation,and I will continue to workdiligently for Congress’ sup-port for Comprehensive Immi-gration Reform.

By. Julianne MalveauxNNPA Columnist

Young, Gifted and Poor

The 2009 poverty num-bers were released last week,and things are a lot worsethan many economiststhought they would be. Thepoverty rate jumped up a fullpercentage point, from 13.2 to14.3 percent. This means thatone in seven Americans livein poverty, 4 million morethan a year ago. This is thethird year the level of poverty

and the number of poorAmericans has risen.

The poverty rate amongAfrican Americans rose, too,from 24.7 percent to 25.8 per-cent. The rate for Hispanicsrose from 23.2 percent to 25.1percent. African Americanshave the highest poverty rateof any racial ethnic group. Incontrast, the rate for non-His-panic whites is 9.4 percent,less than half the rate for Af-rican Americans.

These data are badenough, but New York Uni-versity economist Max Wolffsays the data behind the dataare even worse. The youngeryou are in American, says Dr.Wolff, the more likely you areto live in poverty. So while onein 7 Americans is poor, beingyoung raises the poverty rateto 1 in 4. While one in 4 Afri-can Americans is poor, being

young raises the AfricanAmerican poverty rate to onein 2.5. Some think that youngpeople will lessen theirchances of being in povertyas they age, but early povertyexperiences are likely to in-fluence future opportunity.

When young peoplelived with non-relatives, two-thirds of them lived in pov-erty. This is ominous data forthe hundreds of thousandsof foster children in our coun-try. In disaggregating thedata that were released lastThursday, Dr. Wolff showthe extreme vulnerability thaturban youth experienced, es-pecially those that drop outof high school. Again, theseyoung people are dispropor-tionately African American.

The health insurancedata are no more promising:50.7 million Americans, 16.

7 percent of the population,do not have health insurancecoverage. This data make itclear why it was so very im-portant for President Obamato push hard for nationalhealth care. More than 15 per-cent of whites lack health in-surance coverage, comparedto 21 percent of AfricanAmericans and 32 percent ofHispanics. The percentage ofthose without health cover-age is undoubtedly tied to thepercentage of those who arejobless or who have cobbledtogether part time jobs with-out benefits.

Another aspect of thispoverty data is the risingnumber of people who aresimply hungry in our nation,people, especially childrenwho do not have enough toeat. This week, policy makerswill throng to New York to

speak of world poverty,which is an important andchallenging issue. At thesame time, some attentionmust be paid to the povertyand hunger that exist righthere in the United States.President Obama haspledged to end hunger in ourcountry by 2015, but childnutrition legislation (HR5504), which needs reautho-rization, languishes in Con-gress. At the same time asmore people need foodstamps, food stamp benefitswere cut so that budgetscould be balanced.

While my work focuseson the economic status of Af-rican Americans and I havebeen particularly concernedabout the growth of povertyin African American commu-nities, the fact is that povertyhas a most diverse face in this

nation. Eighteen million ofour nation’s poor are non-Hispanic whites; nearly 10million are African Ameri-can, more than 12 million areHispanic and 1.7 million areAsian. There is a RainbowCoalition of poor people inthis country, enough to sparka Poor People’s Campaignlike the one Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr. planned in 1968.What would happen if thenation’s poor united to talkabout the economic restruc-turing that is badly needed inthis country? Poverty is at adisturbing high in our nation– it is higher than it was in1960. Its reach is wide, andnot a single population hasbeen exempted. Still, I am es-pecially sympathetic to thosewho are young, gifted, andpoor. What will their liveslook like in the future?

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Websi te :www.rosewoodbaptistchurch.org

“Divine Enpowerment for Bold Ministries”

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

Rev. Lois Hayes, Pastor

Advancing the Ministry -Expanding the Church

David Chapel

Wesley United Methodist Church Presents 33rd Annual Musical

One of the best parts offall in Austin is the AnnualMusical of the Inter genera-tional Choir at WesleyUnited Methodist Church.This year in its thirty-thirdcelebration, the theme is“Worship: An Element ofPraise.” The service will beheld on Sunday, September26, 2010 at 4 p.m. at WesleyUMC, located at 1164 San Ber-nard Street in Austin. Thepastor is Rev. Sylvester E.Chase, Jr.

One special aspect ofWesley’s Annual Musical isthat each year the focus isnever about the perfor-mance. Rather, it strives tospeak to the current needsof the people. “In these try-ing times,” said LaMonicaLewis, Director of Music, “itis just good to know thatthere is someone we can de-pend on to supply our needsand to walk with us everystep of the way.

“Just knowing thisgives us reason to praiseHim,” she said, “and to tellof God’s goodness.”Wesley’s annual musicalincludes a wide range of se-lections from hymns tospirituals to gospel, all ex-pertly executed. “I hear somany different opinions ofwhat worship should be,”said Lewis, “and how weshould praise God.

“In the music selectedthis year and every year,”she continued, “I pray thatpeople will recognize thateveryone goes on their ownexperiences. No two per-sons worship in the same

way and that’s okay.“Whether it’s shout-

ing it to the world, prayingquietly alone, lifting Holyhands, dancing or just fall-ing down on bended knee,”said Lewis, “the ultimategoal through our singing isto get the message out there– how glorious and excel-lent is His name and thatHis blood still works!”

Wesley’s Annual Mu-sical always is filled to ca-pacity, so it is best to arrive

early for the service and staylate for the reception. “Wewant people to leave withconfidence in knowing thatGod is our protector and ourshield,” said Lewis, “andknowing that He is AL-WAYS there. I want them tofeel like going out and let-ting others know about Hisgoodness.”

For more information,call Wesley United Method-ist Church at 512-478-7007.

Dr. Alveda King Reports: Black Leaders Call forPro-Life Economic Recovery

Atlanta, GA – Dr.Alveda King, Director of Afri-can American Outreach forPriests for Life and Founderof King for America, todaycalled on the President andCongress to bear in mind civilrights and the life issue whentrying to fix the economy.

“Any meaningful eco-nomic recovery act under-taken by Congress must strivefor a pro-life economic recov-ery,” said Dr. King. “We arecalling for sensible and rea-sonable acts that will supportlife, liberty and the pursuit ofhappiness for every Ameri-can. These acts would includeprocreative reproductivehealth/choice efforts.”

“ Films like Maafa21and Blood Money providesignificant research that sup-port our urgent plea to ourgoverning officials,” saidAlveda.

“For decades many ofour officials have governed asthough there are not moralconsequences to their eco-nomic policies. That day isdone,” said Catherine Davisof the“Toomanyaborted.com”Campaign.

“Families, includingour babies in the womb mustbe given equal protection. Ata minimum that means end-ing all abortion funding withtaxpayer money,” said DayGardner, founder of the BlackProlife Union.

Pastor Dean Nelson ofthe Network of PoliticallyActive Christians added, “lawmakers who focus on theeconomy must ensure thattheir actions encourage thebirth and not the terminationof the next generation whowill have to pay for all thedebt we are now incurring.”

Dr. King concluded: “Inhis book GOOD RETURNS:MAKING MONEY BY MOR-ALLY RESPONSIBLE IN-VESTING, George Schwartzencourages us to put ourmoney where our values are.This means we won’t investin companies who fund abor-tions or euthanasia or the de-struction of families. How canwe be forced to invest ourtaxes into government fundedabortion? How can the dreamsurvive if we murder our chil-dren?”

“We are one humanrace, and we do not live bybread alone, and definitelynot by aborting our children.For me this all translates notinto the old model of “gunsor butter,” but now is definedin the 21st century by thisquestion: Do we invest inabortions or diapers?”

Lone Star MissionaryBaptist Church, 268 ShilohRoad, Bastrop, TX, Rev. FredBlackman, Pastor, cordiallyinvites each and everyone totheir Annual Women’s DayService, Sunday, September26, 2010. The 11:00 AM GuestSpeaker will be First Lady,Sister Sharon Walker, Nine-teenth Baptist Church, Aus-tin, TX, Rev. M. C. Walker,Pastor.

The soloist will be Sis-ter Sharon DeShay, ofBastrop.

The 3:00 PM GuestSpeaker & Church will beRev. Byron Green, & Mt.Carmel Baptist Church, Elgin,TX.

Theme: “A VirtuousWoman”, Proverbs 31:10-28For more information contactSister Sonji Greene @ 512-985-6913, Or Sister Lula Reese@512-775-5621.

Lone Star Annual

Women’s DayService

Churchnews?, If so,

send to vil3202@aol.com orcall 476-0082

Shiloh Primitive BaptistChurch, 385 FM 20, Bastrop,TX, Elder Larry Washington,Pastor, cordially invites eachand everyone to their UnityDay Program, Sunday, Sep-tember 26, 2010, @ 3:00 PM.

The guest speaker andchurch will be, Pastor A. L.Hardeman & Zion ChapelMissionary Baptist Church,

Bastrop, TXTheme: Behold, how

good and how pleasant it isfor brethren to dwell to-gether in Unity. Psalm133:1.

For more informationcontact, Deacon ElworthBarnett@ 512-303-1530 orSister Doris Brown @ 512-303-0280.

Shiloh Unity Day Program

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Last week, was home-coming and everyone waspumped up and excited! OnFriday everyone wore theoriginal lockhart colors ma-roon and white. As the daywent on the pep rally beganaround 3:15 during the sec-ond half of 8th period. Thesky had looked gray and darkblue like it was going to rainbut no one knew for sure. Thepep rally was wild and I hadfun. But when the pep rallywas over, and everyoneopened the doors; massiverain drops plopped down! Ihad a jacket on, except itdidn’t have a hood. I ran un-

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Youth of Today, Hope of Tomorrow

Tori Smith, Lockhart Junior High School

Alon RodgersKelly Lane Middle School

Olivia SmithLockhart H.S.

Lexus WrenKIPP: Austin Collegate

Jaquarry WilsonLBJ High School

The VillagerYouth Brigade, the voice

of Austin youth since1986!

Jaylon KnightenDailey Middle School

KAC’s first spirit weekhas arrived. On Monday we

have neon day(dress up withbrightly colored cloths). OnTuesday we have tackyday(dress crazy). OnWednesday we have Cardi-nal day(wear as muchred,black,white and grey). OnThursday we have nerdday(dress nerdy). On Fridaywe have twin day(find some-one and be their twin). We arealso goinq to have cardinalwars where they judge thespecifics on each grade level.

KAC’s First Spirit Week

On Sunday my church,The Rosewood Ave BaptistChurch had a special guestcome to join us in morning

service. The Governor ofTexas, Rick Perry. came andfellowship with us and I wasable to meet him and shakehis hand.

September 13th the DailyMiddle School football teamplayed their first gameagainst Hutto Farley MiddleSchool. The 8th grade A/Bteam loss, A team score was12-6 and B team score was 28-8. Our 7th grade teams bothA/B won their games, A teamscore was 22-0 and B teamwas 43-0.

Bearcats news, the jun-ior team won on Saturdayagainst Burnet 40-0.

The Governor came to churchTayla Terry

LBJ High SchoolThis week I am report-

ing to you about my adven-ture with my dad. Sunday, mydad and I went to The Uni-versity of Texas to view theexhibit of “Dead Human Bod-ies”. The exhibit was a studyof the human body. Yes, itsounds wierd, however, it

was actually really educa-tional, fun and interesting.

I learned a lot of factsthat are not really taught inschool. One fact was that thehuman body is made up of270 bones and muscles. Ilearned that the heart beats 70times per minute, 4,000 timesper hour and that your foothas more bones than anyother part of the body.

I also learned how thestages of pregnancy are verycrucial in the full develop-ment of a baby. The dead bod-ies modeled the texture of de-composed skin, bones andmuscles. My dad and I en-joyed the exhibit at UT. Wehad fun learning together.Remember kids and adults,stay off drugs and stay inschool! Peace Out.

Me, My Dad and “DeadHuman Bodies”

Chelsea RasberryMcCallum High School

First year of high schoolhas been great. I have to ad-mit these have been the bestweeks ever and I am lookingforward to more.

The things I wanted tobring up are peoples special-ties. Most people don’t reallyacknowledge peoples spe-cialties. They always judge by

the cover of the book and notthe inside(personality.

People may see a boywith sagging pants and thinkhe is the dumbest, but he actu-ally could be one of the smart-est .Other people may see a boywith his pants all the way tohis belly button ,and think heis the smartest, but turns outto be not a smart person.

I just want to say, keep itreal and get to know a personbefore you judge them. Peoplealways have the nerve to notaccept a person for the waythey look, speak, or presentthemselves. But once you getto know them and their SPE-CIALTIES ,you come to findout everyone is special andunique in their own wayRather than being judgmental,try to help that person presentthemself better.

Get to know the Specialties

Kelly Lane football hasgotten off to a great start bydefeating the Parkcrest Pu-mas 32 to 8. The score was 24-0 after the first quarter and wetook out the first string formost of the game. Josh Evansand Tajh Malloy had the besteffort on offense.

We will keep that moti-vation going the rest of theseason and win the district

championship just like lastyear. We are playing on theroad against the Diamond-backs of Dessau with a chal-lenge we will go over thereand do what we do. Nomercy, no regrets!!!!!

The school dance iscoming up on Oct 8th. Youmust have your ID if you wantto get in. If you don’t have itthey will not let you in so besure to bring that.

Kelly Lane MiddleSchool is the highest achiev-ing middle school in CentralTexas. We will stay that wayforever. If you don’t want tolearn or get smarter, do notcome to Kelly Lane.

We help kids that wantto be helped, not those whowill give us a hard time in theclass room and not do theirwork.

Kelly Lane deftats Parkcrest 32-8

Kayla MitchellManor High School

Last week on September13-14th in Lockhart at the Jr.High, we had diagnostics.On the 4th week of school!

There were advan-tages and disadvantages ofthe diagnostics. The advan-tages- we got to bring junkfood , but no juice, chips, oranything crunchy. The 6thgrade had diagnostic mathon Tuesday, Sept. 13th and di-agnostic reading on Wednes-day, Sept. 14th.

The test were hardmostly just the math test, be-cause we didn’t know muchabout the 6th grade mathstuff. The disadvantages- youcouldn’t go to the bathroom

whenever you had to go andyou’d only take the test 1st,2nd, 3rd, and 7th period.Then the next day and the nextday until you were finishedwith the test.

Then on Friday, Sept.17th we had our picturestaken as Fall pictures and forour yearbook. I liked that ittook up most of the time ofthe school day. I think it’ssilly how Lockhart does year-books. Like for example I’min the 6th grade. After wesixth graders past the gradewe’re now 7th graders. In thebeginning of 7th grade theyearbooks are for sale and sofor us we are buying our 6thgrade yearbooks. In the pastwe’d get our yearbooks of thegrade that we were in then.

On the 4th week of school

It’s that time of yearagain for the Manor district!Homecoming week officiallykicked off Monday, September20, 2010. Manor HighSchool’s floral design classwill be selling mums in honorof this week. You can designyour own mum and send inyour order form to either theoffice or stop it by the floraldesign class. Students whowere nominated for the home-

coming court have alreadystarted campaigning for thevotes of Manor High Schoolstudents.

Posters adorn and ag-gressively decorate the hall-ways with the names of myfriends, demanding potentialvoter’s attention and ManorHigh School spirit is runninghigh. Also, don’t forget tocome out and support theManor Mustangs Varsityteam against the Elgin Wild-cats on Friday September 24,2010 at 7:30 P.M.

As for AVID, we areselling snow-cones duringhomecoming week to raisemoney for our future endeav-ors. We plan to use this timeto advertise for the AVIDcommunity and show howhard we are willing to workto achieve our goals. Staytuned for more Manor HighSchool news! GO MUS-TANGS!!

By Adrian JacksonPflugerville Middle School

Homecoming is this week

This year PflugervilleMiddle School has five choirs,Tonalities, Barbaro, Concert,and Chamber Choir. I am apart of the Barbaro choir, an

all boys choir for 6th 7th and8th grade. I enjoy singing andperforming with my friends.

Learning music notes,new songs, and the musicscale are just a few expecta-tions in choir. Our choirteacher, Ms. Kelly Sedatoleteaches us to do our best, notto be nervous, and to just havefun.

We participate in socialevents to motivate students,fundraisers, UIL, and Sight-reading Contest. I enjoy beingin choir and can’t wait to per-form in front of an audience.

Marshay HatcherPflugerville Middle School

Pflugerville Middle School Choir

On my road to successcollege is a major part of thatsuccess. To help myself andother students reach that goalPflugerville has an electiveprogram called A.V.I.D (Ad-vancement, Via, Individual,Determination).

A.V.I.D is designed toteach students to become ac-

tively involved in their owneducation. Taking responsi-bility and being aware ofwhat it takes to make it to col-lege. We receive academicsupport from teachers, class-mates, and tutors. Writing,inquiry, collaboration, read-ing, and problem solving areskills that are mastered inA.V.I.D. We also takefieldtrips to nearby colleges,to meet with college students,tour the campus, and discusstheir experiences.

Through A.V.I.DPflugerville panthers have anamazing opportunity to pre-pare for a wonderful future. Ithink many young adultshould take interest in thisprogram. Congratulationsand here’s to a successfulyear.

A.V.I.D at Pflugerville

der the covered part, but rainstill leaked through. Peoplewere screaming ridiculouslyand acting insane. Then thewind started picking up, cre-ating cold air. I had the hard-est time trying to find my dad,because the rain was hittingmy glasses repeately. And bythe time I found our car I wassoaked! I even assumedhomecoming was going to becanceled, little did I knowthat they won’t cancel it un-less its lightning. I wasn’t ableto attend homecoming butfrom what I’ve heard, it waswet and rainy. The Lionsplayed Dripping Springswith everything they had. GoLions!

Pumped up for Homecoming

“The African AmericanMen and Boys Harvest Foun-dation, Inc. is a unique 501 (c)3 Non-Profit organization thatwill bring together successfulAfrican-American men asmentors and partners withAfrican-American boys whiledoing so within a structured,educational environment andwith a specific focus upon re-ducing the academic achieve-ment gap between African-American boys and their Cau-casian peers.”

In my opinion this eventwill encourage and strengthen

young African Americanmales, such as myself. Accord-ing to the foundation, theirgoal is to work cooperativelywith local school districts andinstitutions of higher educa-tion to identify the barriers pre-venting academic achieve-ment and to eliminate the aca-demic achievement gap be-tween African-American andCaucasian students.

There will be distin-guished Keynote speakers at-tending such as, Mr. Marc Ott,City Manager, City of Austin,and Martin C. Egwuagu Jr., LBJAlum, Ex-UT Football Player.“This will be the 40th AAMBHFConference and milestone in-deed for the foundation. Thegoal for this historic event is1000 - our hope that the major-ity will be KIDS!”

If you are interested in in-teracting with this organization,there will be a conference occur-ring on Saturday September 25,2010 at LBJ High school from10am-2pm.

Men and Boy’s Conference at LBJ

Mendez Middle School eighth grade students GreciaBejerano, Yalitza Ibarra and Evalia Barberena (left to right) areamong thousands of Austin students whose improved cardiovascu-lar health has led to improved grades. The Maverick cheerleaders,standing in front of Austin maps that highlight Fitnessgram resultsfor middle school students from 2007-2010, shared their healthyeating habits and physical activity practices at a September 16 event.Photo by C. Luevanos.

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Council in community

Family Game Night

Go! Toys & Games, adivision of Calendar Club,has announced a contest toencourage family together-ness in the months of Septem-ber, October and November,2010, and enable them to wina shopping spree just in timefor the holidays.

To encourage betterfamily interactions, the con-test will kick off September29th, which is National Fam-ily Game Night, with eventshosted by the TownLakeYMCA and all 16 YMCA ofAustin Afterschool ChildCare sites throughout theMetro Austin area. During thenext three months, parentscan get their families on boardby hosting their own gamenights and submitting pic-tures of those events atwww.GoFamilyGames.com.The games cannot be elec-tronic—they must be boardgames, card games or puzzlesthat foster interpersonal inter-actions.

On November 26th,photo submissions will bejudged on several criteria, in-cluding creativity, Facebookvotes and use ofGoFamilyGames.com in thepicture. Winners will receivea $500 shopping spree at Go!Toys & Games, with severallocations in the Austin area.If families do not currentlyhave board games, or mightbe looking for something newor different, they can down-load a coupon for 20% off atwww.GoFamilyGames.com.

“Board games help de-velop valuable life skills suchas patience and teamwork,along with proficiency inother areas like counting,spelling and reading,” saidMarc Winkelman, CEO of theCalendar Club. “Parents andchildren will have lots of funwhile bonding and learningvital life and school skills.Since the YMCA is committedto building strong families,they are the ideal partner tokick off this celebration.”

“On September 29th,

we want to invite our YMCAmembers and the communityat large to our TownLake Y tocelebrate Family GameNight,” said James Finck,YMCA of Austin President &CEO. “We will offer a varietyof fun games as well as excit-ing raffles during each hourfor participating families. Ourgoal is to provide new andcreative ways for families tocome together and spendquality time while they learn,grow and have fun.”

Go! Toys & Games Promotes Family Togetherness with‘Family Game Night’ events,

The stirring sound ofthe famous drums of Burundireverberates throughout thebuilding as the procession ofdrummers playing hugedrums while balancing themon their heads marchesthough the audience. This isthe scene whenever Jampara& The Burundi Drummerstake the stage as they will thisSunday at 6pm at EsquinaTango salsa club located at209 Pedernales in Austin.Jampara Makangira, the ex-citing Reggae singer whosings in Swahili and Englishcombined his love for Reggaemusic with his Burundi rootsto create an exciting experi-ence of music and dance.

“I really wanted toshare the powerful rhythmtradition of my country withthe fire and pulse of Reggaemusic,” Jampara explains.The Drummers of Burundiare a percussion ensemblefrom the tiny country ofBurundi in Central Africa.

The tradition of drummingthere comes from an ancient,royal heritage. For centuries,the monarch’s rule and thepeople’s harvest have beenaccompanied by the thunder-ous and celebratory proces-sion of the nation’s drummersand dancers.

They bring a rhythm,dance and performance un-paralleled – ancient and com-pelling, rooted in a traditionof mystical belief and aselectrifyingly modern as anycontemporary beat.Jampara, “This is an exampleof the kind of African musicand dance performances weintend to bring to Austin on aregular basis,” says producerOko Drammeh, founder ofEurope’s largest African mu-sic festival. “There are a host

Roots Reggae Meets African Drums

of musicians from all over theAfrican continent that sharerich traditions and uniqueexperiences that can enrichthe cultural life of Austin,” heexplains. Soto Koto Musicbrought the act to the UnitedStates.

The performance of thedrummers has remained pow-erful for centuries, the tech-niques and traditions passeddown from father to son. Theirperformances form part ofmany social ceremonies inBurundi, including births, fu-nerals, and coronations ofmwami (Kings). Timeless andageless, the rhythm of Burundiis a truly powerful, hypnoticand enthralling experience.

For more informationcall 512-289-4281 or visitwww.sotokoto.tv/jampara

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Oct. 4 is last day to register to votefor municipal, general elections

The last day for submitting voter registration applications tobe eligible to vote in the Nov. 2 City of Austin general and municipalelections is Monday, October 4, 2010. Early voting will occur Oct. 18-29.

Travis County Austin residents can obtain a voter registra-tion application and get additional voting information atwww.traviscountytax.org/goVotersRegistration.do or by calling(512) 238-8683.

Austin residents also will be eligible to vote on a propositionauthorizing the City to issue $90,000,000 in general obligation bondsfor mobility projects throughout the city.

SECOND AUSTIN CAMPUS TO BENEFIT FROM PLAYGROUNDDONATIONS TO PROMOTE OUTDOOR PLAY

With childhood obesity on the rise in Texas, researchers from the Michael & Susan Dell Center forHealthy Living, part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), will leadvolunteers in painting physical activity-promoting artwork at the last of two elementary schoolsSaturday, Travis Heights Elementary School, located at 2010 Alameda Drive.

The art will center on fun and interactive games and movement cues on school blacktops andsidewalks, as part of the Center’s continuing battle against the devastating effects of childhood obesity.Forty-five percent of fourth grade students in Texas are overweight, according to research by theCenter.Researchers, parents and school faculty will paint fun and educational markings on school blacktops andsidewalks, with guidance from a local Austin artist. Teachers will also be trained in games that students canplay using the markings while at recess.

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Kirk WatsonAA Womens Health

The African Diaspors SectionBy Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

Immigration From an AfricanView Point

Since the enactment ofthe Immigration and Nation-ality Act of 1965, there hasbeen an increase of immi-grants coming from the Afri-can continent. Over the years,greater shares of African im-migrants have come to theshores of America.

These legal immigrantsare coming to the United Statesin quest of higher educationcolleges; a chance to have abetter economic opportunity;and the freedom from politi-cal persecution.

Although there was anincrease of African immi-grants, there are still too much“red-tape” that blocks Africanimmigration. Consequently,the majority of African immi-grants would like fair and justimmigration policies that ap-ply the same standard acrossthe board. To better under-stand, the immigration red-tape, we must look at the re-quirements set for African im-migrants.

Unlike their Euro-pean or Asian counterparts,African immigrants must gothrough several steps in orderto immigrate to the UnitedStates. Prior to coming, Afri-cans must apply for a visa,which entail several steps. Toapply for a visa, an Africanimmigrant must provide theproof of vaccination. If theydon’t then they must get therequired vaccination neededto enter the US. They must also

conduct a blood test to seewhether or not they are carry-ing certain diseases and epi-demic. African immigrantsmust also provide the immi-gration services with proof ofaddress and proof of financialsupport in the US. Once theyarrive in the US, these immi-grants are fingerprinted at theport of entry. Moreover, thesenew immigrants must find ajob within the first year upontheir arrival or they could facedeportation back to theirhome country.

According to Steven,a Liberian refugee living inAustin, he believes that thereis too much red-tape to cometo the US.

Moreover, he wishesthat America had a simplifiedimmigration system for all.Furthermore, the majority ofAfrican immigrants are in fa-vor of tougher immigrationcheck and policy, because thecurrent one is too “soft” on il-legal immigrants. They be-lieve that illegal immigrantsget benefits that are not

offered to those whosought to come to the US inthe legal way. For instance,illegal immigrant benefit fromin-state tuition, which cannotbe applied to students whoimmigrated legally. More-over, legal immigrants have tocarry their “green cards” at alltimes, while people whocome to the US are not re-quired to have on them at all

times. Consequently, Stevenbelieves that an Arizona typeof immigrant bill is neededacross the US because itwould differentiate amongthose who come to the USthrough the legal process fromthe undocumented immi-grants. According to Steven,he believes that illegal immi-grants must be given at leasta pathway to gain legal sta-tus.

In summary, the en-actment of the Immigrationand Nationality Act of 1965,has allowed for the increaseof immigrants coming fromthe African continent. Al-though there was an increaseof African immigrants, thereare still too much “red-tape”that blocks African immigra-tion. Prior to coming, Africansmust apply for a visa, whichentails several steps that cantake a lot of time and money.

Furthermore, the major-ity of African immigrants arein favor of tougher immigra-tion checks and policies, be-cause the current one is too“soft” on illegal immigrants.They believe that, illegal im-migrants get benefits that arenot offered to those whosought to come to the US inthe legal way. However, nu-merous legal immigrants be-lieve that the US governmentshould provide a “pathway”for illegal immigrants to be-come legal immigrants with-out leaving the US territory.

Proposed Rate Hike Set beforeCity CouncilBy Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

On September 23, 2010,the Austin City Council willconvene. During the next

meeting the city will behearing testimonies and alsovoting on items set before thecouncil. Moreover, their votewill either add new regula-tions or take away certainregulations. Consequently,the regular citizens living andworking in Austin should beinvolved in the process be-cause the Council’s vote af-fects everyone in CentralTexas. During the council’smeeting people are welcome togo to give their input whileitems are set before the Coun-cil for hearing. It is importantfor people to attend these meet-ings because the Council’s fi-nal vote will either increase ordecrease the fees for variousservices, such as, electricity,property taxes, fines, andother household items. Other

items set before the City Coun-cil would help the city savemore because it would estab-lish program to help peoplewith mental issues, instead ofplacing them within thecriminal justice system.

During the Councilmeeting, the members wouldvote on

Item 6, which would au-thorize the execution of Con-tract Amendment No. 6 to theInter-local CooperationAgreement with AustinTravis County Integral Care

(formerly known as theAustin/Travis County Men-tal Health and Mental Retar-dation Center) to extend thecontract for an additional 12-month period to provide treat-ment services for certain ClassB enhanced public intoxica-tion offenders known asProject Recovery for a totalcontract amount not to exceed

$393,427 for the Fiscal Year2010-2011. Moreover, thisitem seeks to stop the revolv-ing doors of prison for thosewho have mental health is-sues. Furthermore, it wouldhelp the city in the long runbecause it would allow thenecessary aid to people withmental issues, instead ofwasting resources needed toimprison someone.

Also, the City Coun-cil will vote on setting Item 95as a public hearing to con-sider an ordinance regardinga proposal from Atmos En-ergy Corporation to increasecustomer gas rates and ap-proving an agreement settingterms of rate review for thenext two years, which wouldoccur at George WashingtonCarver Museum & CulturalCenter, (1165 Angelina Street,Austin, TX) on September 30at 4:00 PM.

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A Day of Events With LindaChavez-Thompson

By Tsoke Adjavon

Yvonne Williams with Jeff, “blockwalking for LindaChavez-Thompson

On September 18, 2010Linda Chavez Thompsonwho is running for the Lieu-tenant

Governor position,made a whole day stop inAustin, which was full of ac-tivities and events that wasgeared toward the November2, 2010 elections. The firstactivity conducted was aspeech; the deputizing of vol-unteers; and a “Get Out toVote” block walking. Volun-teers, like Yvonne Williamswent throughout TravisCounty to register new votersand reminding registered vot-ers to vote in the November 2,2010 election. For instance,Yvonne Williams mentionedthat “She was block-walkingin order to register more vot-ers in Travis County”. Ac-cording to Yvonne Williams,“The increase of new votersin Travis County will affectall the candidates running onthe Democratic Party ticket”.After the block walking,Linda Chavez held a roundtable with local leaders andthen at the end of the nightthere was a “Hook -em andHear -em” watch party.

Moreover, LindaChavez- Thompson presentin Travis County shows thatthis county will play a majorpart in the November 2, 2010elections, in which, there areseveral issues at stake on boththe State level and nationallevel, such as, the 18 billionbudget deficit, education, andthe expiration of the Bush taxcut on the national arena.First of all, the State of Texasfaces an 18 billion deficitwhich can be directly attrib-uted to the failure of the cur-

rent Republican leaders whohold both the Governor andLT Governor Office to enactpolicies that would generateincome for the state. More-over, last legislation sessionthe current Republican lead-ership was able to balance thebudget through the stimuluspackage in which they de-cried as “Socialist Measures”.

Under the watch ofthe Republican leadership atthe State Board of Education,Texas has seen a significantincrease of drop-outs due tothe fact that the current boardis more focused on politicsthan setting educationalguidelines for children. Con-sequently, Linda Chavez Th-ompson presence remindedpeople in Travis County, es-pecially Democrats to get outand vote. On the nationallevel, a Republican take-overwould mean that a Republi-can Congress would make

the Bush tax cut permanent.Moreover, the Bush Tax cutsare tax breaks directed onlyto the 2% of Americans whomake more than $250,000.

In summary, LindaChavez presence was to in-crease the turning rate inTravis County. During herone day stop, she went outblock-walking in order to getnew voters or to remind reg-istered voters to

vote. Moreover, Sheheld a round-table with localleaders on how to increase theDemocrat base because thereare several issues that arestake after the November 2,2010 elections, such, as thestate budget the 18 billionstate deficit that needs to beplugged by an increase ofstate revenue. Another as-pect at stake is finding waysto better educate our studentsbecause they represent thefuture of Texas.

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The recently purchased2,300 square foot pre-engi-neered building is being read-ied for occupancy for City-sanctioned youth sports pro-grams. The building is at 1183Chestnut Ave., near the inter-section of Pleasant ValleyRoad and Chestnut Avenue.

Today’s announce-ment begins a 90-day periodfor public discussion aboutpossible names for the park.

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By Herb Boyd Special toThe NNPA by The New YorkAmsterdam News

With five contendersnipping at his politicalheels, facing daunting eth-ics charges, and folkspleading with him to bowout gracefully, Rep. CharlesRangel, D-NY, won hisumpteenth primary, lettingthe media know that the“Lion of Lenox Avenue,” ashe is affectionately known,is alive and well.“I don’tknow how this will be mis-construed by the press,” thecongressman, who is on aleave of absence as chair ofthe ultra-powerful HouseCommittee on Ways andMeans, told a bevy of sup-porters at Harlem’s UptownGrand supper club. “But nomatter what they say, I goback to Washington a stron-ger man than I have everbeen.”If it’s true that some arestrengthened by adversity,Rangel should be ofHerculean proportions andwill probably vanquish hisRepublican opponent, theRev. Michael Faulkner, inthe general election.It waswidely presumed thatRangel would win becausethe five contestants—AdamClayton Powell IV, JoyceJohnson, Ruben Vargas,Jonathan Tasini, and

By La Risa Lynch Specialto the NNPA from the

Chicago Crusader. As the name implies, A

Safe Haven became a refuge forChicago resident Daniel Soto.

At age 13, Soto joined agang, became addicted to drugsand, subsequently, cycled in andof jail. Since age 18, he has serveda total of 13 years behind bars.Now 41, Soto has a new lease oflife thanks to A Safe Haven, a Chi-cago-based residential substanceabuse treatment facility.

Soto is nearly one year so-ber. He has reunited with his twin18-year-old daughters and worksas a substance abuse counselorat the same agency that got himsober. Soto admits it was tough.He was mandated to the programin 2008.

“When the pressurecomes, my first instinct is do whatI know I have to do and that isdoing the wrong stuff,” Soto said.“That is all I knew. [But] throughSafe Haven, I know there is a bet-ter way.” More ex-offenders, likeSoto, will get a second chance atredemption thanks to new appro-priations for the Second ChanceAct. This year, Congress appro-priated $100 million for the act,which will fund 178 new grantsnationwide.

The act provides federalfunding for programs that helpsex-offenders with educational ser-vices, job training, substanceabuse treatment, and mentalhealth counseling. The goal is toreduce recidivism.

Safe Haven was amongseveral Illinois agencies to re-ceive funding under the act. Illi-nois received more than $4 mil-lion. Last year, Congress allotted$25 million for the Act. It is ex-pected that the Obama adminis-tration will allocate $200 million in2011.

Safe Haven’s $500,000

Federal Funds Target Ex-OffenderRe-entry Programs

Rangel Roars back in re-election bid

Vincent Morgan (they fin-ished in that order)—wouldcancel each other out and pro-vide the incumbent with themargin needed forvictory.But, if you take theirpercentages and combinethem, Rangel, with more than50 percent of the vote, wouldstill have won. Of course, themargin over Powell wouldnot be as great as it was in1994, when Rangel won twoto one.Rangel tossed a barbat the press. “The papersdon’t elect our officials,” heboomed, reminding the audi-ence of the electoral process.“I will go back to Washing-ton with such pride…andthis isn’t a win for CharlieRangel, this is ourcommunity’s win.”And thecommunity was representedboth far and near as he was

surrounded on the podium byhis wife, Alma, former MayorDavid Dinkins, Council-woman Inez Dickens, the Rev.Jacques de Graff, City Comp-troller John Liu and Assem-blyman Keith Wright, to men-tion a few dignitaries cheer-ing him on.“The public mustbe geniuses because they readbetween the lines. They readbetween the ink and they re-elected Congressman CharlesRangel,” said Gov. DavidPaterson, taking another slapat the press, according to astory in the ColumbiaSpectator.Rangel’s next realtest comes when he goes totrial before the House ethicscommittee with 13 chargeshanging over his head. Per-haps advised to stay clear ofany discussion of the upcom-ing trial, Rangel only re-marked that his heart wasbeating fast not because of“the terrible accusations andallegations, but because…ofcoming from a communitywhere my friends and voterssay, ‘Hey, we’ll make thedecisions.’”True, the commu-nity made the decision, butRangel’s beating heartshould take note that nearlyhalf of the community he rep-resents voted for someoneelse. Another first for theseemingly invincible con-gressman.

Rep. Charles Rangel

grant will expand services andprovide individualized case man-agement. The funding also re-places state funding the agencylost due to Illinois’ $13 billionbudget deficit. The agencyserves 4,000 formerly incarcer-ated and homeless individualsannually.

“This money that Con-gressman Davis brought to Illi-nois is the best stimulus pack-age that you can come to uswith,” said Neli Vazquez-Rowland, president of Safe Ha-ven.

For each dollar spent ontreatment, the state saves $7 to$18, Vazquez-Rowland explained.That $500,000 grant, she added,saves the state $3.5 million.

Second Chance fundingprovides resources to addressjuvenile delinquency, violenceand addictions behaviors thatcould lead to incarceration, saidCongressman Danny K. Davis(D-IL). He introduced the legis-lation in 2007. He recalled gettingsupport for the measure was ahard sell in Congress. It wassigned into law a year later.

“Lots of people told us itwould never happen; that wewere whistling Dixie,” he said.

But support came from anunlikely source - Former PresidentGeorge W. Bush. The presidentlamented his own recovery fromalcoholism and how faith-basedorganizations “helped me withmy drinking,” Davis recalledPresident Bush as saying.

Ultimately, Davis added,Second Chance is about redemp-tion for people who have mademistakes, paid their debt to soci-ety, and want to get their life backon track.

Hardiman has been cleanand sober for 20 years. He nowdirects CeaseFire, a violence in-tervention group that addressesviolence from a public health

standpoint. The group employees ex-

gang members as violence inter-rupters to mediate gang conflictsbefore they escalate. Over the last10 years, CeaseFire has hired over300 ex-offenders.

Davis earmarked $750,000for CeaseFire. That funding is notpart of Second Chance. But thefunds serve the same purpose.The money allow CeaseFire tofund additional staff for its workin Chicago’s 11th police district.The district has seen 64 shootingsfrom January to June of this year.The group works with about 100high-risk youth and has mediated70 conflicts that could have turneddeadly.

Hardiman contends thatstreet outreach has contributed tothe declining Chicago homiciderates. He noted that since 2004,Chicago has not been in the top25 cities for the most homicides.“We are on pace this year to gethomicides under 400,” he ex-plained. “There were 458 homi-cides last year. Although you heara lot about shootings, homicidesare actually down.” The DigitalDevelopment Corporation andOversight Committee (DDCOC)received a $250,000 grant. The five-year-old organization trains ex-of-fenders in computer repair. Themoney will allow the volunteerorganization to hire a career coachand focus more on job placement.

Located on Chicago’sWest side, the group has madestrides. Over the last four years,the group has trained 217 ex-of-fenders of which 107 have foundjobs. Some West Side communi-ties have recidivism rates upwards56 percent. “Our focus is to getpeople lives turned around and itworks,” Taylor said. Some ex-of-fenders who have completed theprogram successful have foundemployment making upwards of$45,000, he noted.

Free expo features hands-on science for everyone, from thesmallest child to the most estab-lished scientist.

AUSTIN, TX (September7, 2010) — Austin Science andEngineering Festival makes itsdebut October 2-24, 2010,bringing the community to-gether to celebrate and to raisefamily awareness of the city’sresources in science and tech-nology. The month-long festi-val, which is a satellite eventof the USA Festival, is ex-pected to attract at least 50,000visitors to events designed to

Austin Science and Engineering Festivalinvites you to discover YOUR world

engage the public with thelatest thinking is science,technology and engin-eering.”The great thingabout the festival is that itreaches the community as awhole,” said festival direc-tor, Enrique Gomez. “Sci-ence and technology are in-dispensable tools for em-powering people andshould be supported withefforts that promote curios-ity toward science and theintelligent use of technol-ogy.”

Designed to be an in-

clusive public celebration, thefestival will mobilize aca-demic, educational and com-mercial scientific resources toshowcase science and tech-nology in Austin and to in-crease citizens’ awareness oflocal science-based opportuni-ties, activities and resources.There will also be events at ven-ues across the area and exhib-its will be hands-on and inter-active for the community.

The inaugural 2009 Fes-tival began in San Diego withhundreds of school activitiesand

2.5% Increase in ChildPoverty Demands Action, SayAdvocates.

New Census data re-leased this morning revealedthat 4,262,000 Texans (17.3%),including 1,774,000 children(25.6%), lived under the fed-eral poverty line in 2009. Thesenew numbers represent a1.4% rise in poverty statewide,and a 2.5% jump in child pov-erty over the previous year.

The sharp rise in childpoverty comes at a time whenCongress is considering leg-islation, known as the ChildNutrition ReauthorizationAct, that would feed morehungry children.

“If these numbers don’tconvey a sense of urgency, Idon’t know what will,” saidJC Dwyer, State Policy Direc-tor of the Texas Food BankNetwork. “We need Congressto act now to ensure that allour children have access to

Census: 17.3% of Texans Live in Povertybasic nutrition as they learnand grow.”

In 2009, the poverty linefor a family of four in Texaswas $22,050. Research hasshown that growing up inpersistent poverty poses highrisks to child health and de-velopment, particularlywhen children are faced withmalnutrition.

The legislation underdebate would strengthen thenation’s most successfulchild nutrition programs, in-cluding school meals, sum-mer meals and after-schoolsnacks. However, advocatesare concerned that legislatorsmay try to offset the cost of

improvements by cuttingother programs for the poor,notably SNAP (aka foodstamps).

“Clearly, now is not thetime to divest in the institu-tions we’ve created to addressthese problems,” said Dwyer,referencing both federal andstate programs. “We needthem now more than ever.”

The Texas Food BankNetwork provides a unifiedvoice among nineteen foodbanks in support of a com-mon mission to end hungerin Texas. Follow breakingnews, commentary andanalysis at Twitter.com/TexansVsHunger.

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