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The National Leagueof Cities has recognizedthe City of Austin forimplementing programsthat enhance and pro-mote cultural diversity inthe community. Austinearned second placeamong cities with popula-tions over 400,000. Theaward was announcedlast week at the League’sCongressional City Con-ference in Washington,D.C The City Cultural Di-versity Awards recognizemunicipal programs thatencourage public involve-ment and honor citiesthat develop creative andeffective programs de-signed to improve andpromote cultural diversitythrough a collaborativeprocess with city officials,community leaders andresidents. The City of Aus-tin received the award forits Quality of Life Initia-tives which serve to bring

City of Austin Earns National Awardfor Cultural Diversity Efforts

community improvementpriorities to the City Coun-cil. The programslaunched in 2006 with theAfrican American Qualityof Life Initiative and havesince expanded to the His-panic/Latino Quality ofLife Initiative in 2008 andthe Asian American Qual-ity of Life Initiative in 2015.The Quality of Life im-provements address sixdesignated areas: Art, cul-ture and entertainment -Business and economicdevelopment - Employ-ment and education -Health - Neighborhoodsustainability and Policeand safety. “Great citiesare defined by their cul-tural integration and diver-sity, and we have a respon-sibility to ensure that cul-tural diversity is a priorityin a rapidly growing citylike Austin,” said City Man-

Austin City Manager Marc OttSee NLC, page 2

Austin pays respectto civil rights activist

Cesar E. Chavez.See SIPage 6

Mayor Steve Adler Named Huston-TillotsonUniversity’s Commencement Speaker

Mayor Steve Adler

AUSTIN, TX — Austin, Texas Mayor Steve Adlerwill render the Huston-Tillotson University Commence-ment Convocation address on Saturday, May 7, 2016,at 8:30 a.m. The ceremony will held on the Huston-Tillotson University athletic field, located at 900 ChiconStreet.

Mayor Adler became Austin’s 52nd mayor in Janu-ary 2015 after practicing law for nearly ten years. Anattorney, civic leader, and resident of Austin for morethan four decades, Mayor Adler believes that Austin isa great city capable of doing big things. The first in hisfamily to graduate from college along with his brother,

Mayor Adler attended Princeton and the University ofTexas Law School on scholarships. He also founded asuccessful eminent domain law practice representinglandowners.

Mayor Adler also spent almost ten years as chiefof staff and general counsel for State Senator EliotShapleigh, working primarily on school finance, equity,and access issues.

Mayor Adler has been deeply involved, and evenchaired, many Austin civic and non-profit institutionsover the past 20 years.

See REUNION WEEKEND, page 2

DMA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY BRINGING MOREWORKFORCE HOUSING TO CENTRAL AUSTIN

“Aldrich 51” Breaks Ground on AffordableWorkforce Housing Community at Mueller

AUSTIN, TX – March23, 2016 – DMA Develop-ment Company is break-ing new ground in afford-able housing for CentralTexas. The company re-sponsible for the success-ful Wildflower Terracecommunity in Mueller, isnow constructing its nextaffordable residentialproject at Mueller called“Aldrich 51.”

As a part of theMueller AffordableHomes Program, 85 per-cent of the 240 units willserve young families,working couples, singleparents and older adultswho earn 30 to 60 percentof Austin’s Median FamilyIncome (MFI), whichranges from $32,000 for asingle occupant to$41,250 for a family offour.

“Affordable housingin Central Austin is vital toour community, especiallywhen it’s become morechallenging than ever forhard-working householdsto find affordable housingoptions,” said DianaMcIver, president of DMADevelopment Company.“We’re eager to continueplaying a role in Mueller’saffordable housing pro-gram and look forward toseeing the communitycontinue to flourish.”

Aldrich 51 is locatedon an approximatelythree-acre site alongAldrich Street betweenBarbara Jordan Boulevardand 51st Street. The com-munity will provide a mixof studio, one-, two-, andthree-bedroom units andoffer convenient access toa number of major em-

ployment areas such asAmerican Institutes forResearch, Dell Children’sMedical Center of CentralTexas, H-E-B, the SetonFamily of Hospitals Admin-istrative Offices andMueller’s Regional Retail

Center.Amenities will in-

clude a pool, fitness stu-dio, rain garden, coffeelounge, training class-room, laundry facilitiesand a community roomcomplete with a kitchen

for gatherings, residentmeetings and special so-cial events. Individualunits will boast 9-foot ceil-ings, Energy Star-ratedkitchen appliances,

ALDRICH | Southeast Perspective (Aldrich Street at Barbara Jordan Boulevard)

See ALDRICH 51, pg 2

What’s Next? February and March havebeen very busy months. Wecelebrated Black HistoryMonth in February with a widevariety of events that were allover the area and manyhappening on the same day andtime. March was dominated bySXSW Film and Music. It tookup the first two weeks of themonth followed by Easter. Thiswas also the month whereSpectrum Theatre Companyrolled out its first productionof the year. And if that was not enough,we had to follow MarchMadness basketballtournaments. It appears thatthe underdogs rose to the topand became the members ofthe Final Four. It should befinished this week. No matterwhich school takes the finalprize as national champions, Ican safely say that not manypeople gave them a chance atthe beginning of the Madnessseason. With all of this going on,there was daily drama on thepolitical scene as we movedcloser to the NationalConventions of theDemocratic and Republicanparties. But, there was verylittle attention paid to the localCounty Conventions where thedelegates were chosen toattend the Texas Conventionsand hopefully get a chance togo to national conventions tocast their ballots for the nextPresident. Among all of this activity,there is an unnatural appetiteto keep up with candidatesgoing state-to-state, vying fortheir party’s approval, torepresent them for president.As of this week it appeared thatHillary Clinton is beginning toget a push from Bernie Sanderson the Democratic side.However, there are not manypeople who believe thatSanders has a chance ofcatching up. On the other side, it seemsthat Donald Trump’s campaignis experiencing a lot of pushback from the Republicanestab- lishment, who wouldlove to have a chance to pickanother candidate at theconvention. However, in orderto do that, he must be stoppedfrom getting the necessarynumber of delegates neededfor nomination when he goesinto the convention. In the meantime, it isimportant for us to start payingattention to our local elections.We have several runoffslocally that will determine theface of our county government.The candidates will have tofind a way to get local votersto go to the polls again. But, itis in the interest of the citizensof Travis County to make surethat the best man/woman wins.

Historical aviationunit celebrates 75th

anniversary.See TUSKEGEE

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ager Marc Ott. “Ev-eryone that has been in-volved with these Qualityof Life initiatives shares inthe credit, though all of uswould agree that there is– and will continue to be –work to be done. Theseinitiatives ensure that thecommunity will continue tohave a meaningful role inthat journey.” The Qualityof Life program recom-mendations have led tothe creation of the City ofAustin’s Joint InclusionCommittee last year. TheCommittee, comprised ofmembers from across CityCommissions, advises theCity Council on issues re-lating to diversity and in-

The National League ofCities presented Austin witha Cultural Diversity Award

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clusion. Its work has pro-vided a foundation onwhich Ott believes a newCity Council-approved Eq-uity Office will build. “TheEquity Office will ensurewe are looking across thespectrum of City programsand policies with an eyetoward their impact on ourdiverse communities,” Ottsaid. “So while this awardrecognizes what we’vedone, I’m excited aboutwhere we’re going.”

Marc Ott made themayor and city councilaware of Austin’s secondrecognition received. “

The second recogni-tion is one that is equallyimportant because it vali-dates a conscious effort toinclude all of Austin intothe decision-making pro-cess of our organization”,

said Ott. The National League

of Cities (NLC), highlight-ing Austin’s Quality of Lifeinitiatives, presented thecity with a Cultural Diver-sity Award at the recentCongressional City Confer-ence in Washington, D.C.The second place rankingamong cities with popula-tions over 400,000 was inlarge part due to Austin’scivic leaders’ collaborationwith the Austin communityto ensure all voices areheard. Of the latest ac-knowledgment Ott said,“I’ve always said that wewill leave it to others out-side the organization todeclare the good work wedo. The NLC award affirmsour quest to be the best-managed city in the coun-try.”

The 2016 ceremony represents the first HT com-mencement program for President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer Colette Pierce Burnette in addition to the firstdegree conferring for graduates earning a master’s de-gree.

Commencement Convocation occurs in conjunc-tion with Huston-Tillotson University’s Honors Convo-cation and Reunion Weekend 2016 activities. HonorsDay Convocation, recognizing students who have earnedhigh academic honors, is scheduled on Friday, May 6 at10 a.m. in King-Seabrook Chapel. Reunion Weekendactivities begin on Thursday, May 5 at the Holiday InnMidtown and continue through Saturday. Registrationand packet information is online at http://htu.edu/alumni/reunion-weekend-2016. In addition to the cer-emony for the 2016 graduates, HT’s 50th year Class of1966 will be honored at the graduation program andthroughout the weekend festivities in addition to mem-bers of classes ending in 6s and 1s. This year’s 50th

year class includes the Honorable Ora Houston whoserves as Austin City Councilwoman, District 1. Hous-ton becomes the second HT graduate to serve on theCity Council with the Honorable Charles E. Urdy, Classof 1954, serving in the Place 6 seat from 1981 to 1994.The Class of 1966 will be honored with a City of AustinProclamation that will be presented on Thursday, May5 at 5:30 p.m. before the City Council meeting.

For more information about Reunion Weekend2016, Honors, or Commencement Convocations, call512.505.3073, or visit the Web site at www.htu.edu. ;Convocations are open to the public. Event parking isavailable on Chalmers Avenue.

Commencement Convocationoccurs in conjunction with HT’s

Honors Convocation and ReunionWeekend 2016 activities

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Aldrich 51is DMA’s

seconddevelopmentin Muellercontinued from page 1

washer/dryer hook-ups and ceiling fans. DMAis pursuing LEED certifica-tion.

The City of Austin,through the Austin Hous-ing Finance Corporation,contributed $4 million toprovide a level ofaffordability at Aldrich 51that ordinarily could not beachieved through conven-tional financing alone.

“We are excited topartner with DMA to bringnew rental units to Austinthat provide a high stan-dard of housing,” saidBetsy Spencer, Director ofNeighborhood Housingand Community Develop-ment for the City of Aus-tin. “Aldrich 51 increasesthe affordable housingoptions available toAustin’s young families,seniors, and workingcouples.”

Aldrich 51 is DMA’ssecond development inMueller, following the suc-cessful Wildflower Ter-race, a predominantly af-fordable multifamily com-munity for seniors. UponMueller’s completion, atleast 25 percent of the pro-jected 5,900 apartments,condos and houses atMueller (approximately1,475 homes) will be apart of the Mueller Afford-able Homes Program.

“Diana and herteam’s success at Wild-flower Terrace is phenom-enal, and we’re confidentAldrich 51 will be no dif-ferent,” said Greg Weaver,executive vice president ofCatellus, the master devel-oper of Mueller. “Reachingour affordability goals atMueller is a top priority forCatellus, and we’re eagerto welcome Aldrich 51 lo-cated just blocks fromMueller employers andthe Market District.”

CBC Health Braintrust Chairwoman Dr. RobinKelly Statement on the Sixth Anniversary

of the Affordable Care ActU.S. Congresswoman

Robin Kelly (D-IL), chair-woman of the Congres-sional Black CaucusHealth Braintrust, todayissued the following state-ment in recognition of thesixth anniversary of theAffordable Care Act.

“Today we recognizethe sixth anniversary of theAffordable Care Act, whichhas provided health cover-age to 20 million previ-ously uninsured Ameri-cans. African Americans,in particular, have ben-efited tremendously fromthe ACA.

Among AfricanAmerican adults, the unin-sured rate dropped by 53percent since 2013, result-ing in 3 million people

Robin Kelly

gaining coverage. Nearly8 million African Ameri-cans with private insur-ance now have access topreventative services likemammograms or flu shotswith no co-pay or deduct-ible. More than 500,000African American youngadults between the ages of19 and 26 who would havebeen uninsured now havecoverage under their par-ents’ plan.

For decades, millionsof Americans lacked thesecurity of healthcare cov-erage they deserve. Butaccess to comprehensiveand affordable health careis not a privilege – it’s abasic human right. The Af-fordable Care Act helpsensure that right. As Chair-

woman of the Congres-sional Black CaucusHealth Braintrust, I’mworking with Congressand stakeholders to pro-tect and defend the ACAand push for the furtherexpansion of coveragenecessary to provide allAmericans with the qual-ity healthcare they need.”

Agencies to Host Fourth AnnualHUB Vendor Fair

AUSTIN – Fifty-eightstate agencies and univer-sities will be available towomen, service-disabledveterans and minority-owned businesses for anevent where they canlearn about vendor oppor-tunities, state businessneeds and network withstate government pur-chasers. This Fourth An-nual HistoricallyUnderutilized Business(HUB) Vendor Fair willtake place on April 7 at theCommons Learning Cen-ter, located at the J.J.Pickle Research Campusof the University of Texas,10100 Burnet Rd. in Aus-tin. Admission and parkingare free for registered par-ticipants.

The day-long busi-ness fair is co-hosted bythe Texas Department ofMotor Vehicles (TxDMV),the Texas Workforce Com-mission (TWC), the TexasHistorical Commission(THC), the Office of CourtAdministration (OCA), the

Texas Education Agency(TEA), and the Texas Gen-eral Land Office (GLO).

Welcoming remarkswill be presented to HUBparticipants by GLO Com-missioner George P. Bush,TxDMV Executive DirectorWhitney Brewster, TWCDeputy Executive DirectorEd Serna, TEA DeputyCommissioner of FinanceKara Belew, OCA DirectorDavid Slayton and THCChief Financial Officer andDivision Director CoreyCrawford. The vendor fairwill offer HUB vendors anopportunity to better under-stand the purchasing re-quirements of state agen-cies, advantages of HUBcertification and benefits tobuilding relationships.

A HistoricallyUnderutilized Business is aprofit-making corporation,sole ownership, partner-ship or joint venture inwhich at least 51 percentof the shares or stock orother equitable securitiesare owned by an Asian

Pacific American, BlackAmerican, Hispanic Ameri-can, Native American,American woman and/orService Disabled Veteran,who resides in Texas andactively participates in thecontrol, operations andmanagement of theentity’s affairs.

There will be one-on-one meetings with stateagencies, universities andprime contractors in theconstruction and informa-tion technology industries.Workshops will includeThe Power of MarketingYour Business, Communi-cating with Your Client,Construction and Univer-sity Panels, Texas Procure-ment and Support Services,and Department of Infor-mation Resources. Eventand registration informa-tion can be found at http://www.twc.state.tx.us/events. REGISTRATIONAND CONTACT INFOR-MATION: For registrationinformation, email:

HUBinfo@twc.state.tx.us

McCombs School LaunchesMaster of Science inMarketing Program

AUSTIN, Texas — The McCombs School of Busi-ness at The University of Texas at Austin is launching aMaster of Science in Marketing (MSM) program duringthe summer of 2016. The inaugural Texas MSM classwill begin July 1.

The program was created in response to the grow-ing demand for professionals who are able to extractconsumer and product insights from the overwhelmingamount of data available to companies, and leveragethat data to improve marketing outcomes. The TexasMSM program is a 10-month degree designed for stu-dents with nonbusiness backgrounds and little to noprior work experience.

Students in the Texas MSM program will complete36 credit hours of graduate coursework during a 10-month period consisting of three semesters — sum-mer, fall and spring. The program will draw studentsfrom diverse undergraduate backgrounds and preparethem for careers in a new economy — a world wheredata, decisions and actions are intertwined.

“The curriculum is built to take traditional market-ing theories and look at them through an analytical lensand take advantage of how we use statistics, how weuse new available data and how we use new marketingtechniques to get better insights,” says Jade DeKinder,assistant professor in marketing and director of theTexas MSM program.

The expectation is that students will be seekingto augment their undergraduate education with amaster’s degree in marketing, ultimately seeking ca-reer placement in marketing analysis, digital market-ing, product planning, pricing, or other marketing-re-lated positions.

“Austin, Texas is an exciting place to launch yourmarketing career right now because of the direct ac-cess to companies with demand for students who havethe marketing skills we are teaching,” says DeKinder.

McCombs career services will offer Texas MSMstudents exclusive resources and support to help themsecure full-time positions.

Applications are now being accepted for the classof 2016. The tuition is $34,000 for in-state studentsand $42,000 for out-of-state students.

For more information on how to apply, visit thehttps://graduate-admissions.mccombs.utexas.edu/ap-ply/.

State of theBlackWorld

ConferenceScheduledBy Frederick H. Lowe

Special to the TriceEdney News Wire from

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- Actor Danny Glover willserve as honorary chair-man for the Pan AfricanInstitute’s State of theBlack World Conference IVin November.See GOALS, page 7

St. Peter’s United Methodist Church 4509 Springdale Road Austin, Tx 78723Office 512- 926-1686 Fax 512-929-7281

Christian Web Site-stpetersaustintx.ning.com

stpetersaustintx@att.netTHE PLACE WHERE WE STEP OUT ON FAITH.

COME AND STEP OUT ON FAITH WITH USSunday School 8:45 a.m.

Praise and Worship 10:15 a.m.Wednesday Bible Study 12:00 p.m.

and Praise /Bible Study 6:30 p.m.(to include Children’s Choir Rehersaland

Bible Study with age appropiate Activities)Rev. Jack C. Gause Pastor

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

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

For there is no greater love!

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

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

Website www.agapebcaustintx.comRev. H. Ed Calahan

Pastor

Imani Community ChurchDavis Elementray Auditorium 5214 West Duval Road

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

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

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

7801 N. Lamar Blvd,Suite D 102,

Austin, Texas 78752

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

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

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

Leading People to Experience God’s Love, Know Jesus Christ & Grow in His ImageThe Church of Pentecost

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

Sunday MorningWorship @ 11: am

Romans 5:1 Therefore,having beenjustified by faith, we have peace

with God through our Lord Jesus Christ

This life, therefore, is not righteous-ness, but growth in righteousness; not health,but healing; not being, but becoming; not rest,but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be,but we are growing toward it. The process isnot yet finished, but it is going on. This is notthe end, but it is the road. All does not yetgleam in glory, but all is being purified.

--- Martin Luther

Kenneth Hill, Pastor

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

Sunday Morning Bible Study, 9:00 A.M.Sunday Morning Worship, 10:15 A.M.Visit our website @ www.obcaus.org

Globalizing the Gospel

A Ministry That Ministers

Edward M. Fleming,Sr. Pastor

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Felix Bamirin, PastorGRACEWAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Experience Grace For Life

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Ministries For Mankind” Luke 4:18 A.W.. Anthony Mays, Senior Pastor

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

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

Bus Ministry Call 512-478-1875

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

Dr. Ricky Freeman,Pastor

Sunday Services

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ProphetessStephanie N’ChoAssociate Pastor

469-226-4679 | www.vainqueurs.org805 S. Sherman St. Richardson, TX 75081

La Génération des VainqueursMinistry Church

Tuesday - Friday: 3pm -10pmWalking and Appointment

Wednesday Bible Study | 7:45pmFriday Prayer |7:45pm

Sunday Service | 10:00am

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

DAVID CHAPEL Missionary Baptist ChurchSUNDAY | Christian Education 9:15a.m.Worship 10:30 a.m. (MLK)Nursery AvailableTUESDAY | TNT Bible Study(Pflugerville) 6:45p.m.WEDNESDAY | Prayer & Praise 7:00p.m.Bible Study 7:30p.m.

Dr. Joseph C. Parker, Jr.Senior Pastor

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First Baptist ChurchCelebrates

149th Anniversary

The members and friends of The First BaptistChurch, 4805 Heflin Lane, Austin, Texas cordially invitesfriends and the church community to join in a specialservice commemorating its 149th Anniversary. FirstBaptist Church has continued to provide worship ser-vices to the congregation, community and citizens ofAustin, Texas and Travis county since 1864.

Event to be held on April 24, 2016 at 3:00 PM.The theme for this occasion is “Upon this Rock I

will Build My Church”, Matt. 16:18. Special guests willbe Reverend, DoctorJimmy D. Hunter, Pastor and mem-bers of Toliver Chapel Baptist Church, Waco, Texas.

The members and friends of the congregationwould appreciate your presence and support at this cel-ebration.

For more information, call us at 512-926-4759.

“Upon this Rock I will Build My Church”, Matt. 16:18

The Agape Baptist Church Family cordially inviteall to our Pastor and Wife, Pastor and Sister H. EdCalahan Twenty-first Appreciation Service, Sunday,April 10 , 2016 at 3:30 p.m. Reverend Noah Diggs, Pas-tor of the Mount Olive Baptist Church, Kerrville, Texaswill deliver the Message. Agape is located at 7801 NorthLamar Blvd., Bldg F-15 on the Southeast Corner of NorthLamar and 183. The Agape Family invites all to comecelebrate with us and receive God’s unconditional love.

“God Servants:Living and Walking

by Faith”II Corinthians 5:7

12th Annual Prom RackCommunity Event

Saturday, April 2,2016, Mount Sinai BaptistChurch will host their an-nual Prom Rack eventfrom 2:00 p.m. - 6:00p.m.at Mount Sinai BaptistChurch Family Life Center,5900 Cameron Road, Aus-tin TX 78723. Studentsmust show a high schoolID Card and be accompa-nied by a parent or guard-ian over 18. Parents willhave a designated waitingarea. Parents are not al-lowed in the gown selec-tion or dressing areas. Stu-dents are served on a firstcome, first served basis.There will be communityvolunteers to help eachgirl select a dress. Proof offinancial need is NOT nec-essary to attend.

The gowns are freeand there are no costs toattend. There is an eventprior to the Communityevent, so girls arrivingearly will need to wait inline. The doors won’t openuntil 2:00 p.m. Dressingrooms are screened fromthe gown selection area,

but are not totally private.Consider wearing tights orcamisoles if you are un-comfortable dressing infront of others.

Girls will have about30 minutes to pick out adress. Because of the vol-ume of girls wanting adress, we encourage youto choose quickly so allparticipants have a chanceto shop. We will have vol-unteer seamstresses whocan make minor repairsand alterations.

How to DonateWe need new and

gently worn, quality for-mal dresses....both longand short. Dresses shouldbe clean and on hangers.We also accept shoes, jew-elry and other accessories.We especially need plus-sized dresses 16 and up.

Westbank Dry Clean-ing accepts donations yearround. WestbankDrycleaning.com Depart-ment of Family ProtectiveServices, 14000 SummitRoad, Suite 100, Austin TX78759

St. Stephens Missionary BaptistChurch Spring Revival

Theme: " Character Honed by God" Titus 2:11-14;Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 7 PM Pastor Eric White,Little Zion B C, Austin; Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 7 PMPastor Raymond Fennell, New Birth Community B C,Cedar; Friday; April 8, 2016 at 7 PM and Sunday, April10, 2016 at Sunday Worship will be Pastor PatrickJaubert, The Fellowship Church of Fort Worth Texas.Hosted At: 12300 Amherst Drive Austin, TX 78727, By:Dr. B J E McQueen, Pastor

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Youth of TodayHope of Tomorrow

Wesley DickersonCedar Ridge H. S.

March and Bracketology

During the month ofMarch many people de-vote a large portion oftheir free time to collegebasketball. The craze ofMarch Madness sweepsthe nation every year theNCAA Men’s BasketballTournament comesaround. Many peoplesimply like to watch thegames for the enjoymentof the sport. However,many people nationwidetake a sudden, or in-creased interest in col-lege basketball duringtournament time becauseof the nationwide obses-sion with brackets.

A bracket is the struc-ture for any tournament,and for such a specialtournament such as theMen’s National Champion-ship tournament the 64-team bracket is filled outby millions of peopleacross the country. Peopleget very excited becauseby picking teams to wincertain games, they arenow personally invested inthe tournament. Makingpicks for every game in thetournament generates alot of interest for each in-dividual matchup. Theother fun part about fillingout brackets is the compe-

tition aspect of it. Peopleusually compete againstone another by havingpools, or groups wheremultiple people submit abracket for the purpose ofpicking more correctgames than their peers.Additionally there is thechance of winning largeamounts of money andprizes for filling out a per-fect bracket, which hasnever happened beforeand most likely will nothappen anytime soonconsidering the nonstopsurprises that the tourna-ment brings.

To go along with thecompetition and excite-ment, March Madnessalso brings stress. It canbe very stressful towatch some games whenit is not looking favorablefor the team you pickedto win. While peoplehandle botched selec-tions differently, onething is certain, and thatis that no one wants abusted bracket. Mybracket is most definitelybusted and it is not a godfeeling to know that ashocking amount of yourpicks are wrong. How-ever, that is partially whatmakes March Madnessworth watching. Seeing15th ranked Middle Ten-nessee State defeat 2ndranked Michigan Statecertainly was not benefi-cial to my bracket, but itwas an impressive gameto watch. This is whatmakes the month ofMarch one of the mostenticing, stressful, andamazing months out ofthe year.

Over spring break, Igot to do a lot of things. Igot the chance to visit theCameron Park Zoo inWaco, Texas while wewere on a trip to visit mymom's family. Also, not sofun things as well like go-ing to the dentist. I had aschool project to do aswell over spring break. We

Spring Breakate out a lot over springbreak. As mentioned in mylast article, I got the oppor-tunity to go on the YouthBrigade field trip to theHeritage Center.

I enjoyed sitting atthe old fashioned deskwhere you can lift up thetop. It was so cool to seethe yearbook that was allthe way back in the 1900s.They also have a researchstudy area where you cansearch and look up yourfamily if they were born inAustin/Travis county or anyother thing that you wantto look up that happenedback then.

As you see, it was alot to see and learn fromthe Heritage Center. I'mglad my spring break wasfun as well as educational.

Erika LipscombManor Middle School

Good Friday

This past Friday wasGood Friday and at mychurch (St James Mission-ary Baptist Church) we hadthe seven last sayings of

Jesus on the cross and anEaster play called He Rose.I was in the play and had thepart where Peter deniedJesus two times. I will re-member the lesson ofheartbreak that Peter feltbecause of his denyingJesus. Between the scenesthere would be a preacherspeaking on the sayings ofJesus on the Cross.

The program was re-ally interesting and good. Itwas unique Good Friday pro-gram and I’m glad that I gotto be a part of somethinglike that. I hope that every-body had a wonderful GoodFriday and a Happy Easter.

Sarah RobertsonAthlos Leadership Acad.

SaNaya WhiteAnn Richards

Happy Easter Peeps

The Easter Bunnyhas hopped around Aus-tin and finally arrived atmy house. On Saturdaythe 26th he hopped me allthe way to Navasota TXwhere I could visit andsee my Grandma's sistersand then the EasterBunny hopped me rightback to Austin where Icould sleep in to wake up

in the morning. On Sun-day the 27th I woke upwith joy because it wasEaster.

I went to church andparticipated in a wonder-ful play. The play was anact about being on anews channel giving theGood News and I was oneof the anchors. It wasgreat! Afterwards I wenthome and my grandma,cousin, and I preparedsome boiled eggs andthen dyed them. Afterthat we prepared plasticeggs by putting candyinto them. Then theadults in my family hidthe eggs for me and mycousin and we had to findthem. I found 18 eventhough there weren't alotof eggs and after that mycousin and I prepared aegg hunt for the adults. Ihad a lot of fun and Ican't wait for the nextholiday to come.

Kevin ParishPark Crest M.S.

Spring Break

Last week I had agreat Spring Break. Duringthe week I slept over at myfriend’s house and also my

grandparent’s house.While I was over there Ihelped them with commu-nity services. For somereason it felt like it wasshort break but I wish itwas longer. On Fridaymorning my parents and Iwent to Louisiana for mycousins wedding. FromPflugerville to there is 6hours but it was a fundrive. I had a great time inLouisiana and the weddingwas pretty. I hope you allhad a good Spring Break.GO PUMAS.

Ira “T.J.” WilliamsCedar Ridge H. S.

Buddy Hield

Chavano “Buddy”Hield is a Bahamian-borncollege basketball playerfor the University of Okla-homa. Hield plays theshooting guard position atthe height of 6’ 4”. Com-pared to average shootingguards, Hield is fairlysmall. Buddy and the restof the Oklahoma team arecurrently competing forthe National CollegiateAthletic Association(NCAA) championshiptitle.

On Saturday, March26th, 2016, the OklahomaSooners faced off againstthe Oregon Ducks of theElite Eight round of MarchMadness. The Soonersbeat the Ducks with thefinal score being 80-68.Buddy Hield was the lead-

ing scorer, finishing with37 points. "He shot 8-for-13 for 3s, and we didn’t doour job as players. So itcost us the game,” saidElgin Cook of the OregonDucks.

Buddy Hield hasshown a tremendous workethic on the court from theday he stepped foot intothe Oklahoma gym. Everymorning, Buddy wakes upand shoots 200 jump shotsbefore class and then 400more before practice. Hisdedication for the sportshows in game situations.He averages 25.4 pointsand 5.7 rebounds pergame. Since his freshmanyear, Hield has beenawarded with the Big 12Conference Men’s Basket-ball Player of the Year in2015 and 2016.

Hield and the Okla-homa Sooners will playVillanova in the Final Fourround on Saturday, April2nd, 2016. Most of the at-tention will be on BuddyHield to see if he can bringthe Sooners to their firstnational championshipappearance since 1988. Iwill be looking to see howBuddy will play under thepressure and in the pres-ence of a bigger crowd.

Junior Chef Competition

Aramark and ChefPatrick is hosting a JuniorChef Competition. Studentswill create a one-of-a-kind,healthy recipe. Contes-tants must take a photo withtheir recipe, complete theentry form, and give both tothe cafeteria manager by

April 15.All recipes will be in-

cluded in Chef Patrick's Pals2016 Recipe Book. The win-ning dish will be featured atthe beginning of the book.All finalists will receive aspecial Chef Patrick cook-ing kit. The Grand Winnerwill receive a Chef Coat,and have their dish servedfor lunch at his school'sCool Caf.

Any student in gradesK - 12 can enter the contest.Spring Hill Elementary isjoining this year's ChefPatrick's Pals Junior ChefCompetition. Chef Ava Rob-erts is entering the contest!

Ava RobertsSpring Hill Elementary

National Donate Life Month

National Donate LifeMonth (NDLM) was insti-tuted by Donate LifeAmerica and its partneringorganizations in 2003. Cel-ebrated in April each year,NDLM features an entiremonth of local, regionaland national activities tohelp encourage Americansto register as organ, eyeand tissue donors and tocelebrate those that havesaved lives through the giftof donation.

Zachariah WashingtonCrockett High School

For the 2014 NationalDonate Life Month art-work, the Donate LifeAmerica team was in-spired by springtime andthe symbol of a flying kite.Spring is a season of newlife that calls to mind themany men, women andchildren whose lives havebeen saved or healed byorgan, eye and tissue do-nation. Likewise, the kiteis an image that appealsto all ages, genders andnationalities and is oftenassociated with hope andcelebration. What doesthe kite mean to you?

To many, it may illus-trate their wish for amuch-needed organ. Toothers, it may represent aconnection to a donorfriend or family member.And to some, a flying kitemay symbolize the free-dom and new life that atransplant has providedthem.

More than 100 businesses and organizationswill discuss career and job options, internship pos-sibilities and volunteer opportunities to more than1,000 area high school students.

The event will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. atPalmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Road.

City of Austin Youth Career Fair

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Malakhi WashingtonCunningham Elementary

My Easter Service

Last Sunday at myChurch we has a EasterServices. A lot of guest

came. I was at children’schurch. I was very fun be-cause we played gameswith Easter eggs. And wehas a Easter egg hunt, atthe Main Sanctuary theyhad dancers, and the choirsang songs I like I liked alot. Every year we have aEaster Service it is kind oflike a tradition in ourchurch family some timesI wonder how where Eas-ter Services where when Iwasn’t there next yearsEaster Service will be fun Iknow it and I hope you willbe my Guest Next Year.

Please Be Kind To Cyclists And CaptialMetro Begin Community Partnership

DriveKind RideKind campaign tobe featured on local buses

Austin, TX - Please BE KIND to Cyclists (PleaseBE KIND) and Capital Metro have entered into athree (3) month Community Partnership to pro-mote DriveKind RideKind, a bicycle safety educa-tion program jointly developed by Please BE KINDand the Texas Department of Transportation(TxDOT).

Each year Capital Metro receives requestsfrom nonprofits to enter into an advertising cam-paign to promote an event. The Community Part-nership is offered on a first-come first-served ba-sis, to any nonprofit or government agency thatmeets the qualifications mentioned in the Com-munity Partnership Guidelines. The requests mustexplain the benefits of the proposed campaign tothe Capital Metro service area. They are approvedby the Capital Metro Marketing Director and areselected to align with the agency's goals. This yearPlease BE KIND submitted a request to promoteDriveKind RideKind, a program that educates andinspires all road users toward safe behavioralchange and to encourage personal responsibility.

The Community Partnership will run fromApril 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016 and coincides

with National Bike Safety Month, which occurs inMay. "Our focus is on education and awareness,said Garret Nick, Please BE KIND Board Chair."This campaign helps us maintain those objectivesand expands on our limited resources to poten-tially reach thousands of people," he said.

Please BE KIND and supporters will be onhand on March 31 at 9 a.m. at the Capital MetroHeadquarters located at 2910 E. 5th Street, as theagency rolls out three (3) Queen ads (96"x30")featuring the DriveKind RideKind message. Anadditional 50 interior place cards (28"x11") willbe placed on 50 buses.

"This is a great opportunity because the part-nership with Capital Metro increases our effortsto drive traffic to the DriveKind RideKind websiteand increase viewership of the educational video,"said Pat Bastidas, Program Manager. "It's abouteducating all road users," she said.

Capital Metro donated the ad space andPlease BE KIND paid for ad production costs andinstall/removal fees.

For more informat ion p lease v is i tdrivekindridekind.org

AUSTIN, TEXAS – The Travis County Tax Officebranches will serve the public from 8.m. to 4 p.m.,Monday

through Friday, beginning April 4.The shorter hours of public operation are neces-

sary so staff can complete their paperwork within theireight-hour shift. The shortened hours for the pub-

lic will help save taxpayers from having to pay staffovertime to complete the day’s transactions.The county’s population growth is outpacing the

space and staffing at the tax office’s four branchoffices. The main tax office, 5501 Airport Blvd, will

continue to serve customers from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30p.m., Monday through Friday.The new 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. public hours of opera-

tion take effect on April 4 at the following branch of-fice

Locations:• East Austin – 4705 Heflin Lane.• Southeast Austin –4011 McKinney Falls Parkway.• Southwest Austin –8656 Hwy 71 W, Building B.• Pflugerville – 15822 Foothill Farms Loop.

Travis County TaxOffice branch hours

Changing April 4

NNPA,ChevroletLaunchHistoric

InternshipProgram

atHoward

University(From left to right): Chairwoman of the NNPA Denise Rolark Barnes, leg-

endary lyricist and hip hop pioneer MC Lyte, President and CEO of the NNPABenjamin F. Chavis, Jr., Dean of the School of Communications at HowardUniversity Gracie Lawson-Borders and Chevrolet’s Diversity Marketing Man-ager Michelle Matthews-Alexander break for a photo-op during the launch ofthe NNPA’s “Discover the Unexpected” Fellowship Program Sponsored byChevrolet. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

By Freddie Allen(NNPA National News

Managing Editor)

In an effort to providestudent journalists with aunique experience work-ing in the Black Press, theNational Newspaper Pub-lishers Association(NNPA), teamed withChevrolet and the Schoolof Communications atHoward University tolaunch an innovative jour-nalism fellowship pro-gram.

The program titled,“Discover The Unex-pected” (DTU), will featureinternships at four NNPAmember publications foreight Howard Universitystudents.

The journalism fel-lows that are selected forthe program will receivestipends and also have ac-cess to a 2016 ChevroletMalibu to commute be-tween their local news-rooms and their assign-ments.

The MichiganChronicle, the Chicago De-fender, The WashingtonInformer, The AtlantaVoice, were selected asparticipating publicationsfor the first round of in-ternships and legendaryhip-hop pioneer MC Lytewill serve as the nationalspokesperson for the pro-gram.

MC Lyte said that sheentered into the music

business not only to havea voice, but also to inspirepeople to be unique andto stand up for what theybelieved in. The hip-hopicon, who is known for herstorytelling prowess, saidthat she wanted the jour-nalism students to havethe opportunity to tell sto-ries that mattered andthat have the capacity tochange lives.

Denise RolarkBarnes, the chairwomanof the NNPA and the pub-lisher of the WashingtonInformer said that studentjournalists who work atBlack newspapers get aglobal experience, be-cause the needs are oftengreater and the expecta-tions are higher.

“We don’t havebeats,” said Barnes. “To-day you can be covering astudent who’s won a [Billand Melinda Gates Foun-dation] scholarship at oneof the local high schools,tomorrow you might be athe White House coveringan event for First LadyMichelle Obama’s “Let’sMove” campaign. The nextday you might be on [Capi-tol Hill] covering a con-gressional hearing.”

Francina Akuazaoku,a senior television produc-tion major at Howard Uni-versity from Washington,D.C. said that she wasshocked, when MC Lytewalked into her classroomto announce the new ven-ture.

Akuazaoku, whogrew up in the nation’scapital said, that if shewere selected, she woulduse the experience to helpher community and futuregenerations.

Chavis said that thepractical experience thatthe students will gain fromthe DTU program will beinvaluable in helping themget to the next level afterthey graduate.

Hiram Jackson, thepublisher of the MichiganChronicle agreed.

In an e-mail to theNNPA News Wire, Jack-son said that he wantsthe student journalismfellows to learn the im-portance of being accu-rate, fair and unbiasedand that he hoped thatthe program would helpto build a foundation ofcore journalism prin-ciples that will stay withthem throughout their

careers.Chevrolet’s Diversity

Marketing ManagerMichelle Matthews-Alexander said that theauto company recognizesthe important role that theSchool of Communicationsat Howard University playsin producing the next gen-eration of journalism lead-ers.

Gracie Lawson-Bor-ders, the dean of theSchool of Communicationsat Howard Universitythanked the NNPA andGeneral Motors forlaunching the fellowshipprogram at the school andsaid that it is a wonderfulopportunity for all com-munication students, “toprepare for the next jour-ney in their lives.”

The NNPA memberpublishers who are partici-pating in the DTU programthis year also expressedtheir support of the pro-gram and the long-stand-ing partnership betweenthe NNPA and GeneralMot

For more informationabout the “Discover TheUnexpected” journalismfellowship program, visitwww.NNPA.org/dtu

Actor Nate Parker LaunchesTexas HBCU Film Schoolby: Zenitha Prince

Senior AFROCorrespondent

Nate Parker(Photo by Chris

Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Nate Parker, actor,writer and director of theacclaimed Nat Turnerbiopic “The Birth of a Na-tion,” recently took a gi-ant leap forward in hisquest to increase diver-sity in media with thelaunching of a film anddrama school at a TexasHBCU. W iley College,based in Marshall, Texas,was the setting for thefilm, “The Great Debat-ers,” in which Parkeracted alongside DenzelWashington, JurneeSmollett-Bell, amongothers. Parker main-tained a close relation-ship with the institu-tion—he was recentlynamed as one of its trust-ees, he used its ‘a capella’choir in the score of “TheBirth of a Nation,” andraised corporate dollarsto provide 100 Black menwith scholarships to at-tend W iley Collegethrough the 100 Men ofExcellence initiative —and now it will becomehome to the Nate ParkerSchool of Fi lm andDrama, beginning in thefall. School officials madethe announcement viaTwitter on March 19.“You control the movingpicture, you control themasses. So really [thisschool is about] getting

them (students) ralliedaround the idea of re-claiming the narrative ofAmerica, specificallythrough the eyes ofpeople of color,” Parkersaid in an interview withTexas ABC affiliate KLTV.Before classes arelaunched in the fall, thecollege will host a nine-day seminar—intendedas a pilot program—dur-ing the summer. About30 high school and col-lege students will be se-lected to participate.“The hope is that wecover all aspects of film-making, from sound,lighting, and cinematog-raphy, to just studyingfilm specifically with thecultural component andthe history of fi lm,”Parker said about hishopes for the school.

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Si Se Puede

Pictured left to right is Dave Cortez and Pete Riveria attendAnnual Cesar Chavez March. Photo by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

On March 26, 2016, the Annual Cesar Chavez March was held in the heart ofEast Austin. The starting point of the march was the Terrazas Library on 1105 E.Cesar Chavez Street. Then, the crowd marched down Cesar Chavez Street all theway to the Mariposa Centro Cultural - 4926 E Cesar Chavez. According to the orga-nizers, the purpose of the march was to celebrate the life and legacy of Cesar E.Chavez. His legacy of workers’ rights, civil rights, environmental justice, equality forall, peace, non-violence, children and women’s rights deserve national recognition.

At the march, there was a cross field of people and of Austin leaders. For in-stance some of the community leaders present at the rally, included Mayor Adler ofAustin, County Commissioner Gomez, City Council Member District 2 Delia Garza,and Jeff Travaillon who is running for the Travis County Commissioner Precinct 1was also at the rally. In addition, there were various types of musical and danceperformances. Furthermore, the event was very family friendly.

Although Cesar Chavez birthday is March 31, the event was held earlier due tothe weekend. Moreover, Mr. Chavez has a special place in history due to his fight tomake America a better place. Mr. Chavez who founded the United Farm Workersfought so that farm workers and all workers would get paid “equal wages for thework that they do.”

by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon | Villager Columnist

Juneteenth Pageant Meetswith the African Community

Every Juneteenth,the Greater East AustinYouth Association (GEAYA)organizes its yearly Ms.Juneteenth Pageant inCentral Texas. Moreover,the Juneteenth Pageanthas three different catego-ries: Miss Juneteenth forHigh School; Jr MissJuneteenth - for MiddleSchool; and Lil’ MissJuneteenth for Grades2nd- - 5th. All three cat-egories allow for girls,teenage girls and also

young ladies to be a pag-eant candidate.

According to MimiStyles, the pageant orga-nizer, the event will beheld on June 4, 2016. Thisyear, the theme of theevent will be “unity.” As aresult, Mrs. Styles hasreached out to the AfricanDiaspora community inCentral Texas. Mrs. Styleshas the desire to see moregirls, teenage girls andyoung women from theAfrican Diaspora Commu-nity become a part of this,“great celebration of Blackpeople in Central Texas.”

Just recently, Mrs.

by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon |Villager Columnist

Styles has tried to holdmeetings with various Af-rican communities in or-der to talk to them aboutthe upcoming pageant.For instance, she recentlymet with some women ofthe Burkinabe commu-nity of Central Texas totalk to them about thepageant. Not only is thepageant for the AfricanDiaspora community tounite with the AfricanAmerican communitybut, also an opportunityfor both communities totake part in great educa-tional scholarship pro-gram.

Meme Style and Aida

Togolese Association ofCentral Texas Host

Independence Day Celebration

Prior to its Indepen-dence Day Celebration,the Togolese American As-sociation of Central Texasplans to hold numeroussmaller gatherings. For in-stance, there is a plan tohold a “Family Day.” Ac-cording to the organizers,the “Family Day” is meantto be an event in which thecommunity, especiallychildren can learn moreabout the nation of Togoand the rest of the AfricanContinent.

Moreover, the FamilyDay will be held on April23 at the Pflugerville Li-brary. The organizers planto hold various culturalpresentations such as thehistory and the geographyof Togo. In addition, thereare plans to hold somestory telling about Togoand the rest of the Africancontinent. Both Togoleseand non Togolese familiesare welcome to join asthey celebrate this uniqueevent.

The following week,the Togolese Americancommunity plans to holdits annual “IndependenceDay Celebration.” The an-nual celebration will entail

by Tsoke(Chuch) Adjavon |Villager Columnist

inviting the rest of thecommunity to also learnabout Togo. The Indepen-dence Day Celebration willbe on April 30th in ManorTexas. All the Togolese and

Africans living in CentralTexas will be inviting to theevent. Moreover, the inde-pendence celebration willmark Togo’s 57th anniver-sary.

Julienne

The Austin HistoryCenter invites you to afamily-friendly afternoonof ‘Music in the Park,’ anevent featuring studentmusicians of the Austin In-dependent School District.The event will take placeon Sunday, April 3, from2:00 to 5:00 p.m. atWooldridge Square Park,located on GuadalupeStreet between 9th and10th.

Groups from variousAISD schools will be per-forming including theLamar Fiddlers fromLamar Middle School &Fine Arts Academy, theDobie Middle School Gui-tar Orchestra, theBlackshear ElementaryFine Arts Academy’s Choir,and more. Pack a blanketand a picnic to enjoy while

Music In The Parkyou listen to the music.The Austin Public Library’sYouth Services depart-ment will have craft sup-plies available for kids tomake their own musicalinstruments.

This fun musical after-noon is planned in conjunc-tion with the Austin HistoryCenter’s exhibit, “Makingthe Grade: Austin’s FirstPublic Schools.” The exhibitexplores the origins ofAustin’s public school sys-

tem with original photo-graphs and vintage schoolephemera such as reportcards and course sched-ules. Visitors are invited toview the exhibit at the His-tory Center (located nextto Wooldridge SquarePark) before and after themusical event. An in-gal-lery scavenger hunt gamemakes the exhibit fun forthe whole family.

For more informationcall 512.974.7580

The Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Depart-ment announces the next free Diabetes Empowerment EducationProgram (DEEP) series. The DEEP series includes 6 different classes, heldone class per week, focusing on diabetes self-management skills and resources.Our next DEEP series begins: April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, and 12, 2016. Thursdayevenings, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the BRITTON, DURST, HOWARD & SPENCEBUILDING (Chestnut Community Center) 1183 Chestnut Avenue, Austin, TX78702

City of AustinPurchasing Office

The City of Austin Purchasing Office invitesyou to view current bid solicitations at https://www.c i . au s t i n . t x . u s / f i nanceon l ine /vendor_connection/solicitation/solicitations.cfm.Vendors are encouraged to register on-line in theCity’s Vendor Self Service System. Once yourcompany is registered, you will receive notifica-tions about new bid opportunities. For additionalinformation regarding current bid opportunitiesor Vendor Registration, please call the Purchas-ing Office at 512-974-2500.

For information on the City of Austin’s Mi-nority Owned and Women-Owned ProcurementProgram and the certification process, pleasecontact the Small & Minority Business ResourcesDepartment at 512-974-7600 or visit their websiteat http://www.austintexas.gov/smbr.

City of Austin Featured JobOpportunities

Apply at HRMiddle Fiskville Rd.

6th Floor, Austin, TX 78752Job Line (512 223-5621hhtp://www./austincc.ed

EEOC/AA/M/F/D/V

The City of Austin is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please visit the City of Austin employmentwebsite at www.austincityjobs.org to view

requirements and apply for these and other jobopportunities. We encourage you to check the

employment website often as new jobopportunities are posted daily.

If you have any questions or need assistance,please call 512-974-3210 or email us atemployment.services@austintexas.gov.

EMPLOYMENT | PROPOSALS | PUBLIC INFORMATIONFOR SALE | FOR RENT | BIDS | MISCELLANEOUS

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DPR Construction Invitation to BidDPR Construction as CMAR for Texas State University will be constructing the 18,845 sfLibrary Repository Building and site development at 250 E. McCarty Ln., San Marcos, Texas78666-4684 at their Star Park Campus.

The project is a one story Library Repository and archive facility, with a High Bay Storage area,Arts and Artifacts storage, Processing, Archival Workroom, Reading/Viewing Room, Crate andStorage Supply, Loading Dock, Van Garage and extensive site work, utility infrastructure andlandscaping.

We are currently seeking competitive proposals from Subcontractors on the 50% ConstructionDocuments Issuance with a goal of receiving all Subcontractor bids for Precast Wall Panels,Earthwork and Site Utilities by Thursday, 4/14/2016 at 2:00 PM CST.

The High Bay Storage area has 250 each shelving units, 35 feet tall for storing books, photographyand artwork at about 54 degrees and is enclosed by 50 foot tall Insulated Precast Panels.

Extensive Earthwork over a 7 acres area, with Over Excavation and Offsite Select Fill required atthe Building Pad and Paving areas and a large new Detention Pond.

New Water Service, Fire Supply, Sanitary Sewer and Extensive Storm Drainage Utilities.

If you’re interested in pursuing this project please contact us and we will provide a Smart Bid Netor Box link to access the bidding documents with the necessary bid forms and instructions.

DPR Construction is an EEO Employer and all HUB and M/WBE Subcontractors and Suppliersare strongly encouraged to submit bids on this project.

IMPORTANT: If you have not already prequalified with DPR, please begin the process immediately.Your company does not have to be prequalified to bid a DPR project, but it is a requirement to beawarded a contract.

Please contact Brooke Bures, Ann Hershberger or Ted Muckleroy for any questions or informationregarding this project at 512-345-7699.

brookeb@dpr.comannh@dpr.comtedm@dpr.com

New Jobs for the Week of03/27/2016

Specialist, Program-MathematicsHighland Campus

Job# 1603011Faculty, Computer Science

Location is as assignedJob# 1603008

Faculty, Electronics & AdvancedTechnologies

Riverside CampusJob# 1603005

Faculty, Culinary ArtsEastview Campus

Job# 1602012Assistant III, AdministrativeHighland Business Center

Job# 1505067

The City of Austin is currently acceptingapplications for the following positions:

• Human Resources Quality AssuranceCoordinator

• EMS Customer Care Program Manager

• Accountant Associate (full-time or part-time)

• Health & Human Services ProgramCoordinator

• Irrigation Technician II• Ground Transportation Enforcement Officer

· Water Meter Technician Assistant

• Athletics Activity Specialist

• Score Keeper I-II

• Power System Engineer Senior

Round Rock ISD is cur-rently accepting sealedbids and proposals. So-licitation Documentsmay be obtained fromthe RRISD atwww.roundrockisd.orgunder “ERC Purchas-ing” or by calling 512-464-6950.

Attendees will dis-cuss a wide-range of top-ics, including healing theBlack family after the waron drugs and the implica-tions of the U.S. presiden-tial election on BlackAmerica and the Pan Afri-can World.

The five-day confer-ence, which is scheduledfrom the 16th through the20th in Newark, N.J., willalso focus on the strugglefor democracy and devel-opment in Africa, the Car-ibbean, and Central andSouth America. A major

town hall will be devotedto exploring develop-ments in the U.S. and theglobal reparations move-ments.

Two conferencespeakers are Sir HilaryBeckles, author of“Britain’s Black Debt:Reparations for CaribbeanSlavery and Native Geno-cide,” and Mirelle FanonMendes, chairman ofFrantz Fanon Foundationof France, and the daugh-ter of Frantz Fanon, MD.

The goal for each ses-sion is to address the criti-

cal need to heal and repairAfrican-American families,Black communities andnations from centuries,generations and ongoingdamages inflicted by en-slavement, colonialism,segregation, discrimina-tion, racial violence, re-pression, oppression, ex-ploitation as a conse-quence of White su-premacy and structural/institutional racism.

Each session is in-tended to explore inten-tionally ways to draw oncultural, spiritual, histori-

cal and institutionalstrengths to enhance orto devise collaborativestrategies and models forblack empowerment.The conference head-quarters is the RobertTreat Best Western PlusHotel in Newark. The In-stitute of the Black World21st Century is based inElmhurst, N.Y. The emailaddress isInfo@ibw21.org. Formore information onState of the Black WorldConference: http://sobwc.ibw21.org/.

Session goals include addressingdiscrimination, oppression and

exploitation continued from page 2

Documentary CelebratesTuskegee Airmen

by: Monica Smith Special to the AFRO

Some of the Tuskegee Airmen featured in the documentary,‘In Their Own Words: The Tuskegee Airmen!’ (Courtesy Photo)

Seventy-five years agothe Army broke its decades-old tradition of excludingBlacks from the Air Corps,announcing plans for a flighttraining squadron inTuskegee, Alabama. The99th Pursuit Squadron wasconstituted (on paper) atTuskegee on March 19,1941. It was activated withpersonnel at Chanute Field,Illinois on the 22nd, accord-ing to Dan Haulman’s latest“Tuskegee Airmen Chronol-ogy,” a detailed history ofthe group available online.

Haulman is chief ofthe Organizational HistoriesBranch of the Air Force His-torical Research Agency atMaxwell Air Force Base inMontgomery, Alabama.

On Mar. 22, theTuskegee Airmen Foundationcelebrated the 75th anniver-sary of the 99th’s activationwith a press conference atMoton Field in Tuskegee.

One week later,Bryton Entertainment will

present the documentary“In Their Own Words: TheTuskegee Airmen!” in a na-tionwide 7 p.m. showing onMarch 29 in select theaters.

The fortitude of theseindividuals to stand strongin the face of adversity wasa key factor in establishingthe first Black military avia-tion units composed of pi-lots and support personneltrained at Tuskegee ArmyAir Field and other loca-tions.

Leon Johnson, a re-tired U.S. Air Force Reservebrigadier general and presi-dent of the Tuskegee Air-men Foundation, is creditedwith the organization’s vi-sion to “build on the suc-cesses of the past, highlightthe role models of todayand develop the workforceof tomorrow.”

Upwards of 16,000flight and maintenancecrew members, administra-tive staff, nurses, and othersupport personnel contrib-

uted to the Tuskegee Expe-rience and are known asdocumented originalTuskegee Airmen. Manymembers of the GreatestGeneration have passed on.

Stateside, Airmencombated racism at placeslike Freeman Field, Indiana.“The 350 officers of the477th BombardmentGroup…are boycotting alljim-crow facilities at thebase,” the Baltimore Afro-American reported on Mar24, 1945, noting Black offic-ers called the club desig-nated for their use, “UncleTom’s Cabin.”

One hundred and oneofficers were arrested in theensuing uprising at Free-man Field and three werecourt-martialed. Haulman’schronology shows all werevindicated in 1995.

President Truman’s1948 executive order inte-grating the armed forces didnot take effect immediately,or smoothly. The Air Force

integrated first, beginning inApril 1949 and ending in1951, according to historianand retired Air Force Col.Alan Gropman, author of“The Air Force Integrates.”

What stands firm isthe 332nd Fighter Group’soutstanding combat recordin North Africa and Europe,which Gen. Ron Fogleman,the Air Force’s 15th chief ofstaff, praised, lauding theairmen at the 1995Tuskegee Airmen Conven-tion.

“The men andwomen of the Tuskegeeexperience broke foreverthe myths that allowedsegregation, inequity, andinjustice to exist with a thinveil of legitimacy…’Servicebefore self’ was more thanjust a phrase to theTuskegee Airmen. It was away of life,” Gropman said,quoting the general’s re-marks from a 1996 AirForce Magazine article.

EVENT:Vince Harding, Chair,

Travis CountyDemocratic Party

WHEN:Monday, April 4, 2016

TIME:10:00AM - 11:45A

WHERE:Carver Library, 1161

Angelina

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