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Vol. 41 No.20 Phone: 512-476-0082 Email: [email protected] October
4, 2013
Austin MournsWillie Mae Kirk
Civil Rights Pioneer
Austin MournsWillie Mae Kirk
Civil Rights Pioneer
Willie Mae Kirk 1921-2013Family members of Civil rights leader,
ac-
tivist and school teacher Willie Mae Kirk saidshe passed away
Saturday, September 28, 2013.She was 92 years old. Kirk taught
school chil-dren for 32 years and was a formidable advocatefor
justice and equal opportunities for her EastAustin students. Kirk
facilitated protests againstsegregation in Austin area commerce
districts,the Barton Springs Pool and East Austin schoolsto name a
few. A memorial service for Kirk isscheduled for 11am Saturday at
St. James Mis-sionary Baptist Church. A wake for Mrs. Kirk isFriday
from 1-5pm at HT. Kirk’s son Lee, Jr.preceeded her in death. She is
survived by threechildren - Connie Jo, V. Saundra and Ronald,
4Grand Children, 3 Great Grand Children and ahost of relatives and
friends. (Photo courtesyGeneral Marshall)
The Color Purple
Photo by Melissa Fontenette-M
itchell
The Color Purpleby Shirley A. Hammondfollow her on
twitter.com/@xtremeridewish1
(Austin) - What wasAlice Walker thinking?To be sure, she hadmore
than the vividcolor of royalty on hermind. On Friday, Sep-tember
27, manyAustinites showed upat the Frank Erwin Cen-ter to view a
live perfor-mance of a Theatre 47production of the play,“The Color
Purple.”Adapted from Walker’sphenomenally success-ful book by the
samename, the play has been
making a circuitthrough various venuesduring the last
severalyears. Friday’s Broad-way musical perfor-mance was rather
true-to-form and alignedwith the book in manykey areas. One
particu-lar borrowed aspect wasthe delay in revealingwhy the book
was sotitled. This was re-vealed at least midwayin the Harcourt
publica-tion, and the production
See PURPLE, page 2
From Humbling Incarcerationsto Poetic Inspirations by Shirley A.
Hammond
(Austin, TX) - TrinaCleveland has blazed anew pathway for
her-self. After a couple of in-carcerations and a nar-cotics
addition, she de-cided to spin her life offinto a better
direction.During the weekend ofSeptember 22, she waspart of a
series of 12step meeting and eventsin a 12-step fellowship,where
she celebratedwith others recoveringfrom various addic-tions. She
had the op-portunity to shine asboth the hospitality
Trina Cleveland
Photo by Shirley A. H
amm
ond
chair and on the enter-tainment committee. Inthe later capacity,
shewas both the emcee forthe Spoken Word eventand a featured poet.
Thepoetry slam began atmidnight on Saturday.
She reported thatthe poetry slam was herbrainchild. She
sharedwhy she wanted to addthis component to thefestivities.
“Afterspending two years inprison I began puttingmy thoughts and
feel-ings into poetry. Hav-ing been predisposed to
“spoken word” poetry,I thought it would be agreat idea to do a
12-step poetry slam, invit-ing other people in re-covery to express
theirthoughts and feelingsthrough poetry.”
She also shared asecret nugget of logicthat fueled her desire
tobring poetry into themix. “Because addictsare creative in nature,
Ifigured there weremany more addicts inrecovery who were intopoetry
as well.”See POETESS, page 2
Writers ForumLaunched in Austin
Writers ForumLaunched in Austin
by Shirley A. Hammond
(Austin, TX) - Writers facing challenges, want-ing help, or who
are up-and-coming have been at-tracting the attention of Rose Chase
Smith for awhile now. On Thursday, September 19 shelaunched a new
authors’ forum. Titled W.O.W. OrWoes of Writers, the sessions are
designed to fa-cilitate author discussions, prompt
suggestions,generate tips and enlarge services for authors.
Themeeting was held at Mexitas Restaurant, which islocated on IH35
Frontage Road between 11th and12th Street. It lasted from
6:30pm-900pm, but couldhave gone on longer. Smith mentioned how
reluc-tant the group was to disassemble.
Designated agenda items kept the meetingSee Williams of W.O.W.,
page 2
Texas Council host10th educationalefforts fundraiser.
See GOLFPage 6
The U. S. Senate re-fused to be blackmailed bythe U. S. House of
Repre-sentatives into eliminating theNational Health Care
Act(ObamaCare) from the bud-get in order to prevent a shut-down of
the government.This came as a last ditch ef-fort to get rid of the
newHealth Care Act.
The new Tea Partywing of the Republican Partycampaigned on the
pledgethat they would overturn theprogram that was approvedmore
than five years ago. Itis the key legislation of theObama
Administration.
After the House re-fused to take this languageout of the budget,
and theSenate refused to approvethe version of the House Bill,we
were at a standstill andthreatened with a govern-ment shut down,
the first inmore than 17 years.
The Senate is to becommended for holding theirground against a
group thatwould rather see the govern-ment shut down rather thanto
admit that they were wrongin trying to change the lawthrough the
budget. Theproper way to make changesis to pass a bill that
wouldamend the law. However, theamendment should be tochange some
elements of thelaw rather than to eliminatethe entire
legislation.
The House majority isnow saying that it is the Presi-dent and
the Senate major-ity who is responsible forshutting down the
govern-ment and not them. That isan argument that the voterswill
not buy. And an exampleof this is the millions ofAmericans who
couldn’twait until October 1st for anopportunity to sign up
forhealth insurance under theNational Health Care plan.
There is so much inter-est in the program that all ofthe phone
lines and web siteshave been overwhelmedwith citizens trying to
takeadvantage of the program.The Republicans believe thatthis is
their last chance toeliminate Obama Care. Let’shope that they are
right. It istime for us to move on toother issues.
Luminary Austinleaders convenea minority forum.
See COMMUNITYPage 3
Cadence, Drumsand Marching!
See FESTIVALPage 7
Thanks to theU. S. Senate and
PresidentObama.
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at Erwin Center fol-lowed that pattern.
The quote off whichthe title spins is well-known in literary
circles,and beyond. The famedwords of Shug Averyseem to never get
old ortoo often quoted .Theyare very telling, and hintat the need
for praise andgratitude. ”I think it ****God off if you walk bythe
color purple in a fieldsomewhere and don’tnotice it.’ ‘ No matter
who
Photo by Melissa Fontenette-Mitchell
“The Color Purple,” is both a social critique and a study in
contrasts continued from page 1
puts on the movie or pro-duction, they don’t deletethis
scene.
John Ruffin, of J.Ruffin Entertainment/Theatre 47 spoke to
theaudience before the playbegan and asked themfor their energy. He
alsogave a quiz on otherpopular quotes by ask-ing the audience to
finishafter he prompted themwith the first words. Itwas an audience
familiarwith the often repeated,
sometimes spoofedquotes. Ruffin’s com-pany is listed as
amulticultural performingarts company located inChicago.
A view of an onlinearticle published byHurt2Healing
Magazineindicates that the per-formers are all youngBlack
college-aged menand women. This pro-duction debuted in Julyat
Chicago’s HaroldWashington Cultural
Center.The performance
lasted just under 4hours, with a 15 minuteintermission at the
half-way point. What wasclear from the cheers,audience
participation,claps and other indica-tors, is that people
wereenjoying themselvesfrom start to finish.
Anyone who hasalready seen the Broad-way production needednot
feel disappointed,
as there were slightmodifications fromprior presentations.
Forexample, different partsof the story that wereskipped in prior
pro-ductions were featuredin Theatre 47’s version.By any measure,
it’s aPulitzer Prize-winningstory of enduringstruggle and
ultimatetriumph. It covers therange of love and love-less
relationships andbrutal betrayal; along
with bristling confu-sion and startling clar-ity. “The
ColorPurple,” is both a so-cial critique and astudy in
contrasts.
As was the casewith the 2008 sweepacross the nation, oneof the
most stellar mu-sical voices of the nightwas that of the charac-ter
who played the re-jected yet emergenttop-billed character -Celie
Johnson.
A lot of peoplestate that poetry is oftencathartic for them,
al-lowing them to evictsome of their grief, sor-row and woes.
Cleve-land shared what writ-ing poetry does for her.
“Poetry providesme with a creative out-let and it is very
thera-peutic when I encoun-ter feelings that I don’tknow how to
processin a healthy way. Afterbeing on drugs formore than half my
life,I’d lost the ability tofeel or often medicatedmy feelings with
drugsor alcohol. Experienc-ing feelings clean andsober are new to
me.Poetry helps me to ex-press those feelingswithout the use
ofdrugs or alcohol.”
She shared a littlemore about the day ofevents in the recent
12-step fellowship.
“Most 12-stepgroups have daily orweekly meetings. Thesemeetings
are open forpeople in recovery toshare their strength,hope, and
experiences.
There are also speakermeetings where there isonly one member
shar-ing their experience.There are also meetingswhere the
literature isstudied and discussed.At times, there are“speaker
jams” whereseveral speakers fromother cities share
theirexperience.”
”There are morethan 45 NA groups inthe Central TX area,more than
114 AAgroups in the Austinarea alone, and around10 CA groups in
theAustin area.”
The dynamic poet-ess shared what she getsout of participating in
a12-step fellowship.
“Participating in a12 step fellowship, I getto meet regularly
withother recovering ad-dicts who have found anew way to live.
Partici-pating on committeesand doing events is aform of service
work,there is no pay in-volved. It is simply anopportunity to
giveback what was freelygiven to me.”
Poetess Cleveland Revelsin the Gift of Giving
continued from page 1
WRITERS OF THE GUILD TABLE - Authors at the Mexitas WOW
gathering. Photo by Shirley A. Hammond
flowing and onpoint and featured piv-otal discussions, withSmith
serving as mod-erator. Self-described asan overachiever,
shementioned in an emailthat she often encoun-ters authors who
don’thave a lot of industryinformation, and thatwas another reason
thatshe formed the focusgroup.
She elaborated onher reasons for birthingthis type of
assembly.“But most importantly,I am a huge advocate ofhelping
others andchanging lives for thebetter. So, sharing whatI’ve
learned, researchedand created brings mejoy. And, inviting
otherauthors and poets to dothe same increaseseveryone’s chances
forsuccess. Since I host anannual “Meet the Au-thor” Extravaganza,
I
Williams of W.O.W. says, “People Needto Know We Were Here”
continued from page 1
shared the idea withthose who have partici-pated, and invited
themto attend. My idea waswell received, and I lookforward to this
becom-ing one of the biggestfocus groups in Aus-tin.”
Authors such asher came with resourcematerials on copyrightand
other relevant au-thor subjects. Partici-pants ranged in agefrom
early twenties toearly seventies. Someauthors had alreadypublished
titles, such asThelma Williams of St.John. “People need toknow we
were here,”the author of 27 bookstold them group. Therewere authors
withwork- in-progress, aswell. Considering that itwas a new venture
andjudging from the wealthof subjects approachedand covered, it
seems
destined to continue.One author, Mary
Inez, mentioned that herfirst book brought hersuch tremendous
free-dom. “I also like the factthat my dream cametrue,” she told
thegroup. She said she ishoping to write herdad’s biography
next.“He was a fascinatingman to me,” she said.After that she
antici-pates working on someghost stories.
Comments fromnewbies in the industry,such as one who toldthe
group, “I have somuch to say. I have sto-ries to share with
thewhole world.”
Commenting onthe vibes she received,Smith shared the fol-lowing
words, “Our firstmeeting was eye open-ing,
thought-provoking,honest, insightful andthe dose of reality all
authors need to experi-ence. The authorspresent were excited
tohave an opportunity toparticipate, and itshowed.”
Details and contactinformation on the nextscheduled
W.O.W.meeting follow below:Monday, October 21st at6:30pm. The
meetingwill be held at MexitasRestaurant located at1107 N IH35
FrontageRd. - Austin, TX. 78702(next to CVS Pharmacyoff IH35 and
12th St.). Forauthor information, tipsand upcoming events,‘LIKE’ If
you would liketo attend, please contactRose Smith at (512)-579-8265
by October 18th.For more author informa-tion, tips, and
upcomingevents, ‘LIKE’ Mrs.Smith’s author page onFacebook
atwww.facebook.com/NothingLikeMe2011.
Please Be Advised!The Scheduled October 4th Concert
has been cancelled
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Texas 78723-1843
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WORSHIP SERVICESSunday Worship - 7:45 a.m. & 11 a.m.Church
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“Ministries For Mankind” Luke 4:18 A.W.. Anthony Mays, Senior
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True Hope Apostolic ChurchThe Apostle Gerald E. Loveless, Senior
Pastorwww.thcm.org 8863 Anderson Mill Rd.
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Pastor’s Anniversary Marks21 Years of Service
David Chapel Bap-tist Church (2211 E.Martin Luther King,
Jr.Blvd., Austin, 78702)celebrates 21 years ofservice by its
SeniorPastor, Rev. Dr. JosephC. Parker, Jr., Esq.,D.Min and the
pastoralfamily October 12-13,2013. The appreciationtheme is “A
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Upright Heart” (IChronicles 29:16-17).The key event is the
Cel-ebration Service on Sun-day, October 13, 2013 at10:30 a.m. with
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in wor-ship as we praise Godfor Pastor Parker’s ser-vice and impact
to thechurch and communityover the last 21 years.Contact the
DavidChapel church office at(512) 472-9478 for addi-tional
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Community Leaders Gather atHT to Address Opportunities
for Young Minority Males
(AUSTIN, Texas) —Huston-Tillotson Univer-sity President and
ChiefExecutive Officer Larry L.Earvin, Ph.D., invites col-lege age
men to discussreal issues affecting theAfrican-American maleduring
a Brother toBrother forum. The fo-rum will be held onWednesday,
Oct. 9, 2013,at 6 p.m. on the campusin King-Seabrook Chapel,located
at 900 ChiconStreet.
Earvin will be joinedby HT’s Roderick L.Smothers, Ph.D.,
VicePresident for InstitutionalAdvancement; William“Teddy” McDaniel
III,President and Chief Ex-ecutive Officer, AustinArea Urban
League; Gre-gory J. Vincent, Ph.D.,University of Texas atAustin
Vice President and
Leonard Moore, Ph.D.,Associate Vice President,both in the
Division ofDiversity and CommunityEngagement.
An enrollment of973 students reflects HT’shighest enrollment
sincethe 1952 merger of SamuelHuston and Tillotson col-leges into
what is nowHuston-Tillotson Univer-sity. This year’s incomingclass
also marks 14 yearsof consecutive enrollmentincreases with a
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tion of 54% female and46% male students.
The Brother toBrother dialogue mirrorsa series of
conversationsbetween Earvin and thestudent body as part ofthe Ram
Dialogue initia-tive that has covered top-ics ranging from guns
oncampus to dining choices.
The forum is freeand open to the public.For more information,
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8-year-old Angelina Gianiof Boca Raton, Florida is a hugefan of
Bratz dolls. But when shestarted to notice that the dollsdidn’t
really resemble her, shedecided to write to MGA Enter-
Camari StiggersElgin Middle School
tainment, the company behindBratz. She wrote to the doll mak-ers
requesting that they createa doll that more closely re-sembled her
and even sent de-signs to accompany the handwritten letter.
The illustrations depicteddolls with less makeup, shorterhair
and longer dresses, whichshe felt more closely, reflectedher look.
Four weeks after theletter was sent, LA based MGAEntertainment
surprisedAngelina and her mom by send-ing three custom made
dollsthat were inspired by their fan’sdrawings. “I never knew
theywere going to respond, I didn’tthink they would take her
seri-ously.” Angelina said, “It feltkinda cool, and I felt
proud.”
New Doll Creation Away GamesWesley DickersonCedar Ridge H.S.
Sarah RobertsonPioneer Crossing Elem.
Away games are impor-tant to sports teams especiallyin high
school athletics. Allteams are judged on how welltheir fans show up
at games. Forexample in high school footballall teams are judged by
howmany fans show up at their awaygames. The fewer the fans
theworse the team will be is thestereotype. If a team only hastheir
band there that is a goodhint that they will not be verygood. It
also reflects on theschool. If the game is not veryhard to get to
for the other schoolthen most of the fans shouldcome. Most students
come tothe games just to talk with theirfriends, they could care
lessabout the score. The studentslike the atmosphere. If the
stu-dents aren’t there that is usuallya sign that their team is not
en-
tertaining at all and they prob-ably lose a lot. If the
studentsaren’t there it also shows thatthey don’t care about what
goeson in their school.
The parents are usu-ally there to support theirchild no matter
what the situ-ation is. The school might nothave won a game in
threeyears but the parents stillcome out to support theirchild. So
if even the parentsare not there the team isprobably horrendous.
Awaygame attendance is mostlyimportant to the players. Theplayers
are having fun whennearly the whole studentbody is at the game
alongwith all their parents. Even ifthey are terrible they still
likehaving the chance to play ona big stage.
Deria GoodDaily Middle School
Student Council
Last week I was selectedto be on the school studentcouncil. My
classmates andteacher selected me.
I am so happy. Studentcouncil is for 3rd , 4th and 5thgrade
student. In order to be onthe student council
You must be in good aca-demic standing, have a good
attendance, no behavior prob-lems and have a desire to be
aleader within your school.
Being on the studentcouncil is a great way to pro-motes good
leadership and willteach me organization andteamwork a sense of
self-worthand it will build self- esteem.
As a member of the stu-dent council I will be participateon
campus community im-provements along with collect-ing the recycling
from eachclassroom and being a morn-ing hall monitor, the
studentcouncil will work together tomake our campus clean, safeand
efficient.
The 5th grade council willhave a opportunity to run for of-fice
to lead monthly meetingafter school I have some greatIdeas on how
to make myschool better. I am so excitedabout serving on the
studentcouncil.
Hello October
The month of Septem-ber went by very quick but Ienjoyed it. So
in October formost students it will be theirsecond month of
school.Yesterday on September28,2013 there was a dance
event called Movement Ex-plosion. Movement Explo-sion was an
event where alldance teams from the DelValle district learn
fourdances within four hours.There were three categorieskick,hip
hop, jazz and lyrical.It was a cool and fun experi-ence! We did
awards at theend and I got Miss Jazz frommy team. I was so proud
ofmyself and yet shocked atthe same time. I'm really soreand hope I
will get better.
Adult zumba classesfor this month is October1st,8th,15th,22nd
and the29th. Just for the adults inter-ested in zumba. I hope
youenjoy your week of October!
Alon RodgersHendrickson Highschool
Hawks Game Plan
This week theHenrickson HS boys basketballteam played in a 3
game tour-nament in San Marcos to getback in the groove of things
andnot only did they win somegames but they became closeras a
family. People are doubt-ing whether the Hawks will begood this
year and if they willwin district. I want to be thefirst to say we
will not be talk-ing trash or hyping people up.We will do one thing
and onething only, make a statement.
The Hawks footbal lteam came out on top onceagain 48-6 against
CedarRidge in the first district game.The Hawks are a proud
house tired of being under-rated. They have 4 d-one ath-letes;
one is the number onerunning back in Texas. Ac-cording to MaxPreps
HHS isnumber 7 in the state andnumber 42 in the nation.
Rivers and Ravines FallShow is scheduled for 7 pm Oct.9, 10 and
12 in the PerformingArts Center.
Last Friday morning oneof our Seniors unexpectedlypassed away in
her home dueto natural causes. Loss of alife is a difficult
experience forstudents. There were coun-selors available to help
sup-port her friends, and studentswere released to attend
amemorial. We will keep herfriends and family mourningher loss in
our thoughts.
Andrae HatcherHarmony Academy
Harmony Highlights
The school year is mov-ing along quickly. I have en-joyed
getting to know my newteachers.
Some are very funny andsome are very strict. TheChromebooks we
have beengiven, to help us complete as-signments are working out
well.We have access to what ever
we need to research our assign-ments, or get them turned in
ontime.
Picture day was suc-cessful, students came withclean uniforms
and brightsmile. Yearbooks are beingmade, and you can pre-orderthem
, so that you can alwayshave these memories. Soccerand basketball
ball tryouts aretaking place.Good luck to ev-eryone trying out.
Zachariah WashingtonCedars Academy
Respect
Aubri Allen-BrentDel Valle High School
What is Respect? The
word at my school is Respect.The definition of respect is tohave
deep admiration for some-one or elicited by their
abilities,qualities or achievements. Myschool says that the
definitionof respect is to admire some-one, be nice to that person
orjust care. I honestly think that isthe easiest way you can put
it. Ithink that respect is when yougenerally care about someoneor
honor their skills for exampleI respect my superintendantand my
Social Studies teacher.That is what my school and Ithink respect
is!
This week is spirit week.Sprit week leads up to ourhomecoming
game we playagainst the Anderson Trojans.Our Varsity team plays
Fridayand freshman plays on Thurs-
day. Spirit week will ensure ev-erybody is hype for the
gameFriday. Each day there will havea different theme. Monday
isopposite day where boys candress like girls or boys. Tues-day is
tacky day you can cometo school as tacky as you want.Wednesday is
twin day you candress like your bestie if you like.Thursday is our
freshman gameand is also throwing back day.Everyone is encouraged
to wearsomething old school. FinallyFriday is cardinal day where
youdress in your favorite cardinalgear. I am super excited aboutthe
game on Thursday, thecheerleaders have learned anew
performance.
Spirit Week
Montrae NelsonRiverplace Elementary
I had a great day atschool today! I learned aboutsimple
machines. There aremany examples of simplemachines that we use. A
le-
ver; wheel and axle; pulley;wedge; screw and manymore. If it’s
hard it is not asimple machine but if it’seasy it is a simple
machine.It is a good thing to knowabout simple machines be-cause
many of them we useeveryday. You should thankGod for all these
devicesbecause they are used inmany ways like putting
thingstogether, lifting, construction,we use wheels on cars andtoys
and to make it easier tomove heavy objects. I amglad we have simple
ma-chines where would we bewithout them?
Simple Machines
Kenya Mall AttackGenesis StiggersElgin Elementary
Kiara MyersVista Ridge H.S.
The bloody attack of anupscale mall by Islamist mili-tants
finally ended Tuesdaywith five of the attackers deadand eleven
taken into cus-tody. There was fears, how-ever, that the death of
60people could rise as authori-
ties begin searching throughthe wreckage. “As a nationour head
is bloodied but un-bowed,” Kenyan presidentUhuru Kenyatta said in a
tele-vised speech as he declaredthree days of national mourn-ing.”
We have ashamed anddefeated our attackers.” Let’shope for the best
of the rela-tives that are still mourning. Top Teens of America
On September 21, 2013,the Capital City Chapter of TopTeens of
America held their firstmeeting of the 2013-2014 cycleat Carver
Library. We installednew officers, I being the newrecording
secretary, and partici-pated in introductory ice- break-ers.
We also discussed up-coming community serviceprojects this fall.
Top Teens isa great place to become activein the community while
alsomeeting other teens fromaround Austin. We are spon-sored by the
Top Ladies of Dis-tinction and hold monthly meet-
ings on the third Saturday of ev-ery month. It is always
excitingevery year to see new teens joinand show a desire to help
oth-ers in need around them.
The experiences are in-credible provide great opportu-nities for
the present and future.An induction for all new mem-bers will be
held on October 19that 10 am, in the auditorium ofthe ACC Eastview
Campus. Alsoin November we will be holdinga fundraiser at the
Applebee’son William Cannon and I-35.Fundamentally, the
programallows me to serve my commu-nity with a sense of pride and
asthe Top Teens of America mottogoes “Participation is our
foun-dation as leaders of tomorrow.”
Who knows what Gatti-land is? I do and I think anyonethat has
eaten Mr. Gatti’s Pizzadoes too. For those of you whomay not know,
Gatti-land is likeChuckie Cheese. People gothere and order food and
playdifferent types of games. Everyyear, in October, Lamar
MiddleSchool has a fundraiser for the
athletic department. They havewhat is called a “lock-in” at
theMr. Gatti’s Pflugerville.
A lock-in is when stu-dents, teachers, and chaper-ones spend the
night at Gatti-land and eat food, play games,and sleep for a whole
day andnight. There is a fee of $30 andyou bring your sleeping bag,
butother than that you are free toeat and play. The best thing
isthat all the money is used forthe athletic department to helpwith
uniforms and other things.I hope to be going and if I do Iwill make
sure to let you knowhow it was.
Until next time, stay safe,De’ja’
Gatti-Land
De’Ja HillLamar Middle School
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YOUTH BRIGADEJory Henderson
Anderson High School
Going Down
Hello Readers,I am not happy to be
the one to tell you this, but un-fortunately the Reagan
Raidersfreshman team was defeated bythe McCallum Knights. It
was
most likely our worst defeat byfar, the score was 48 – 6. It
justseemed as if McCallum couldnot be stopped from scoring.We have
a game coming soonagainst our long time rivals, theL.B.J. Jaguars;
and I am certainthat we will beat them.
Until next time, Zyon
Zyon HillReagan High School
College Prep
For the most part we allare in High School for prepara-tion for
college and to get ourdiploma. So wouldn’t you wantto be at a
school that would ap-propriately prepare you for yourhigher
education? I spoke witha concerned parent and askedher a few
questions about herthoughts on Anderson HighSchools ability to
prepare herchildren for college.
Question- How do youthink Anderson is doing in prepar-ing your
child for college?
Response- “I think Ander-son does a really good job withthe AP
and IB classes. But I thinkthe academic classes could doa better
job of preparing students”
Question- What if anything
do you think Anderson could im-prove on?
Response- “They couldhave teachers with the same skillset teach
the academic classesso that those students get thesame attention as
the students inthe higher level classes becausethat appears to me
to be a prettybig gap in teaching styles.”
Questions- Do you haveany more suggestions or com-ments to
add?
Response- Over all Ander-son does a good job of
preparingstudents for higher education. I’mglad to see that the
district is mov-ing towards also preparing stu-dents who may want
to pursue atrade if they don’t want to go tocollege.
I want to thank JillHenderson for her time and in-sight.
HomecomingI would like to tell all folks
to come and support the DellValle Cardinals this Friday at
ourhigh school. We will be goingagainst Anderson high school.This
is our homecoming gameso I would like for you guys thatare coming
to be as loud as youcan when you come support us.I would really
like for us to winthis game. Let's Go Cardinals!!
Lanette DempsDel Valle High School
College Fair
It was a long week forthose of us seniors who are try-ing to see
what colleges inter-est us. I went to several collegemeetings and I
enjoyed themall. Some of the colleges wespoke with were UTSA,
TSU,and TAMU. They were all ap-pealing from what was dis-cussed.
Because of my desireto be a journalist, I have been
Jaquarry WilsonLBJ High School
asking every school about theirjournalism programs. Universityof
Houston is also a school I wasreally looking at because of
theirjournalism program.
Also, If I were to everchange my major, they have alarge
selection. Other thanthe col lege vis i ts at theschool, we went to
a collegefair that was held at the DelcoCenter. There were a lot
ofcolleges and I really enjoyedmyself at the event.
College Fair
Our school had a college
Latrice LipscombManor High School
fair last week. It was about 70different colleges,
universities,and technical schools present.Events like this are
encourag-ing to students. There werecolleges present from all
overTexas.
The goal was to encour-age as many students as theycould to get
interested and goto college.I believe schoolsshould do this more
often. Theyboth inform the students andhelp them decide on a
pathwayfor future after high school.
Halls of Horror
Fall is here, and withthat comes the scariest holi-day of them
all Halloween.The community ofPflugerville will be hosting a“Hal ls
of Horror” hauntedhouse on October 17-18 andOctober 25-26, in
celebrationof Halloween.
Haunted Houses areconsidered a form of enter-tainment that
simulates theexperience of entering ahaunted location that might
beoccupied by ghosts, monsters,criminals, serial killers or
hu-morous characters.
Haunted attractions cantake place in many locations,including
dilapidated homes,abandoned asylums, old pris-ons, run down
factories, fields,farms, and parks.
The Hall of HorrorHaunted House will be held atthe Green Red
Barn in HeritagePark, at 901 Old Austin HuttoRoad, from 7 p.m. -11
p.m. Ad-mission to get in will be acanned food item or $2 per
per-son, to help benefit local foodpantries in the area. Come
outand support the community,while having a great time. TheHalls of
Horror is not recom-mended for children under 10.Prepare to be
scared.
Darius HatcherHarmony Academy
Averill ToppsPease Elementary
At Pease Elementary, theschool met it's goal of raising
$2,000 for our music class inorder to buy classical guitars.The
music teacher played herguitar at school and students,parents, and
teachers donatedmoney to help buy guitars. Also,Basketball try outs
are in Octo-ber. This will be my first basket-ball try out and I
hope to makethe team. I really love basket-ball and my dream is to
be anNBA basketball player, and inthe off season when I am
notplaying basketball, I will be prac-ticing medicine. Go
PeaseBobcats!
Goal Reached
SaNaya WhiteCedars Academy
At my school, we are
proud Jaguars! Our volleyballteam had their first game lastweek
and the cheerleaderscheered at the game. It was veryexciting! The
girls played verywell and played hard.
The jags did lose but wedidn't give up and we kept oncheering
for our team! I reallyenjoy volleyball, I played lastsummer.
Unfortunately thisteam is for middle schoolgrades only. But one day
I willplay again. Don't mess with theJags!!
Cedars JagsMarshay HatcherHarmony Academy
National Night Out!
The community ofPflugerville celebrated “Na-tional Night Out”,
on October1st, 2013. Members of the com-munity are given a chance
tomeet with their neighbors andcome together to achieve onemain
goal , “ feeling safe wherethey live”.
The introduction of Na-tional Night Out, “America’sNight Out
Against Crime”, in1984 began in an attempt topromote the
involvement incrime prevention activities, cre-ate police-community
partner-ships, develop neighborhoodparticipation and to send a
mes-
sage to criminals. A messagethat lets them know that
neigh-borhoods are organized andready to fight back against
vio-lence and crime. Historically,Pflugerville and neighborhoodsall
over usually celebrate thisnight with block parties, cook-outs,
visits from local police,flashlight walks, and contests
forparticipation.
Members are encour-aged to contact the manage-ment office to
register theirblock party in our communitycontest,organize and host
theirparty, notify their neighbors toturn on their porch lights
from 7p.m. - 10 p.m. Turning on theirporch light represents a
symbolof solidarity against crime.Another Week at Del Valle
This week school wasgood. I got my grades and had a53 in
physics. That was a slap inthe face because I thought I wasdoing
good in all my classes. Iwent in and tried to fix it. I reallyhope
that helped because Iwould hate to fail on my first sixweeks. But
other then that my
week was good I learned a lot ofstuff in speech. Speech is
notwhat I expected I thought it wasgoing to be about talking but
itsnot. It teaches you how to work ingroups and how to
communicatewith people and much more. Wealso video chat with people
formdifferent places throughout theworld. Witch is cool because
youlearn about how things are differ-ent in different places.
Imani DempsDel Valle High School
Brice Dudley Jr.Cedar Ridge H.S.
The Big Test
Dezhia GorrerLBJ High School
Hello Readers,Aside from the STARR
tests students take every year,there is a test coming up
onOctober 16th that studentsaround the nation from grades9th – 11th
(optional for 9th grad-ers) will be taking - the Prelimi-nary
SAT/National Merit Schol-arship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). The
PSAT/NMSQT“is a program cosponsored bythe College Board and
NationalMerit Scholarship Corporation(NMSC). It’s a standardized
testthat provides firsthand practicefor the SAT®. It also gives you
achance to enter NMSC schol-arship programs and gain ac-cess to
college and career plan-ning tools” (College Board). Ittests over
the areas of criticalreading, math, and writingskills.
Two of the NMSCscholarship programs areThe National Merit
Scholar-ship and The NationalAchievement ScholarshipPrograms. The
NationalMerit Scholarship Program is
an academic competi t ionrecognizing the top PSAT/NMSQT
performers acrossthe nation and The NationalAchievement
ScholarshipProgram is an academiccompetition that recognizestop
African Americans stu-dents across the nation foroutstanding
performance onthe PSAT/NMSQT.
This year Cedar RidgeHigh School’s Class of 2014has two students
who, basedupon their PSAT/NMSQT scorewill continue on to compete
formerit scholarships. GabrielleWilliams is a semifinalist forboth
the National Merit Schol-arship and The NationalAchievement
Scholarship Pro-grams. Asha Issacs is a semifi-nalist for The
National Achieve-ment Scholarship Program.Congratulations to both
ladiesfor this terrific accomplishment.
For more informationabout the PSAT, visit CollegeBoard
atwww.CollegeBoard.com. Re-member, it is never too early
toprepare.
Until next time,Brice Dudley
Banned Book WeekLast week at the Dailey
Middle School library wasbanned books week. Since; itwas banned
books week, therewere more interesting books toread. They drafted
names outof the library for people that readhe banned books and the
win-ner got a special prize. I havemore books to read now that
I'vegotten interesting books. Wedon't have to read only onbanned
books week, we canread every week. Let's Read!
Tierra GoodDailey Middle School
The feeling you have whenyou know you’re going in circlesas you
try to find your class. Weare going into our second sixweeks of
school for the first se-mester. I still get lost in the hallsof
LBJ. I know the room numbersbut all the halls seem to look thesame.
This appears to be a com-mon occurrence at the school asI often see
the same people aswe attempt to figure out the mazein an effort to
make it to class ontime. As time goes on and withthe help of our
peers and adults,it becomes a little easier to navi-
LBJ Mazegate through the halls of LBJ.Many of the teachers stand
intheir doorways during passingperiods and are very helpful withthe
process.
Aside from the confusinghallways, LBJ is a great schoolwith a
lot to offer. In addition toacademics, clubs and sportsfound at all
schools, LBJ has ad-ditional programs which sets itapart from the
rest. Not only dowe have LASA (Liberal Arts Sci-ence Academy), LBJ
is now con-sidered a Early College StartSchool. Many schools have
theability to allow for dual creditclasses. The great thing
aboutthe Early College Start at LBJ isthat students have the
opportu-nity to take dual credit classes atboth ACC and right there
at theschool. This is a great opportu-nity to receive college
credits to-wards a initial Associatedegree….getting ahead in
col-lege. Even better, the classes arefree.
I’m very excited to finish myhigh school years at LBJ,
espe-cially after I figure out this maze!
Until next time go Jags !
Trenton LearyHighland Park Elem.
On October 8,2013, High-land Park Elementary will be hold-ing
basketball try outs. This willbe for 4th and 5th graders. The
games will be played after schooland coaches ask that the
stu-dents be picked up at 4pm andno later. If parents pick their
kidsup late they will not be able tocontinue playing for the
team.
This past Saturday BearcatJunior team played the Scorpi-ons and
we won. We are still un-defeated. Good game Bearcats.Our senior
team also won theirgame on Saturday as well.
Until next time stay safe andbe bless.
Basketball Tryouts
Adrian JacksonHarmony Academy
Pfall Chili Pfest
It's that time of year again,for cool breezes, leaves chang-ing
colors, and of course thePfall Chili Pfest. It is chili cookoff
time, to see who is the bestchili cook in Pflugerville.
The City of Pflugervillewill have it's 6th AnnualPflugerville
Pfall Chili Pfest, Sat-urday, October 19, 2013 at 12-9 p.m. in
downtown Pflugerville,100 E. Main. Admission is freeto the Pfall
Chili Pfest. For $5you will recieve 20 sample cups
of chili. The chili contest will bejudged by the Chili Pfest
Com-mittee and a special prize willgo to the People's Choice.
InPeople's Choice guests receivetickets when they purchase
theirtasting cups and vote by puttingit into the jars of their
favoritechili cooks. At the end of theday, the cook with the most
tick-ets wins People's Choice.Awards will be given for 1st to6th
place cooks. Chili winnerswill be announced at 5 p.m. andthe party
continues into theevening with family-friendlymusic until 9
p.m.
There will be lots of artsand crafts, vendor booths, a carshow,
and lots of entertainmentand activities for children.Come out and
enjoy this won-derful community event, park-ing is available at
PflugervilleHigh School, 1301 W Pecan,with free shuttles dropping
offat 4th and Main.
This weekend me and mysister went to my Dad's house.We had a
good time. My dad
Erika LipscombManor Elementary
always cook. We watched mov-ies then dad made us helpclean up.
My sister helped dadcook. I wanted to just watch TV.I finally
finished the book I wasreading. Til next time. See ya.
The Weekend
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CITY ~ STATE ~ NATIONAL ~ WORLD10th Annual
“T. J. Patterson, Sr.Scholarship Golf Classic”
Nigerian Independence Day Celebrationby Tsoke (Chuch)
Adjavon
President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria
On October 1, themost populated Africancountry of Nigeria willbe
holding its Indepen-dence Day and com-memoration. The na-tion of
Nigeria is lo-cated in Western Africaand is one of the top
oilproducers.
In recent times, ithas become a verystrong ally of the
UnitedStates due to the fact theU.S. plans to get 25% ofits oil
from this part ofthe world. Nigeria isconsidered among the"giants"
of the Africancontinent due to the factthat it has the
largestAfrican population onthe continent of Africa inthe world.
Nigeria isbordered by the nationof Benin to its West;Cameroon to
its East;Chad to its North-East;Niger to the North; andthe Atlantic
ocean to itsSouth.
Moreover, Nigeriahas seen its share oftroubles and goodtimes.
Recently, the Is-lamic radical group,Boko Haram has un-leashed a
wave of terrorin Northern Nigeria.This wave of terror haskilled
innocent people
and destroyed the fabricof society in the North-ern parts of
Nigeria.And on the verge of theNigerian Independence,Boko Haram
shot andkilled 50 students whilethey were sleeping.
Moreover, Nigeriahas also seen it share ofgood times
andachievements. The na-tion of Nigeria recentlylaunched a
satellite intoorbit. Its soccer team
recently won the Afri-can Confederation Cup.And its economy
hasbeen booming due itsvast resources of oil/gas and
agriculture.
Although the na-tion of Nigeria will cel-ebrate its 63rd
Anniver-sary on October 1, itsdiaspora living in Cen-tral Texas
celebratedover the past weekendwith various activitiesand events.
Moreover,
the Nigerian commu-nity and its friends hadthe opportunity to
cometogether to celebratetheir IndependenceDay. As a result,
peoplehave the opportunity toknow more about theircultures,
traditions, andcustoms.
On October 5, theCentral Nigerian Asso-ciation will be having
adinner in North Austin.And on October 11, thenon-profit
organizationknown as "A God SentFoundation" will alsobe having an
event tocommemorate their In-dependence Day.
The NigerianDiaspora in CentralTexas is very large anddiverse.
According tocertain Census, the Ni-gerian community isabout 6,000
people witha host of professionssuch as business own-ers, community
leaders,pastors, teachers, mili-tary personnel, profes-sionals,
health care pro-viders, and students.Moreover, the
Nigeriancommunity has wovenitself within CentralTexas;
consequently,they are an integral partof Central Texas.
In the past days, thenation of Sudan has beenrocked with
violence. Thenation of Sudan has beenrocked by violence due tothe
fact that the governmentof Sudan has bowed downto the pressure of
the Inter-national Monetary Fund(IMF) to cut its fuel subsi-dies.
As the governmentcuts its subsidies to satisfythe IMF the people
haveseen the increase on theprices of fuel and basicfood. As a
result, the peopleof Sudan have gone to thestreets to protest
thesemeasures. Furthermore,both sides have hardenedtheir positions,
includingsome opposition groupscalling for the governmentof Sudan
to resign.
As each side hardenstheir positions, protestershave been killed
and shot.According to a source inSudan, “The Sudanese
Unrest in Sudan
people are being massa-cred for demonstrating andprotesting to
bring down theprices for obvious reasons,even though peaceful
orotherwise, they are still be-ing shot down. Almost 200people were
reported deadin 4 days.
Countless women,men and children havebeen injured”. They
havealready had one 24 hourinternet and media black-out, with all
newspapers ei-ther shutdown by the gov-ernment or were on
strike.They are expecting anotherinternet and communica-tion black
out very soon.Anyone who wants to orga-nize a rally in front of
theSudanese Embassy or ad-vocate for their cause in anyway will
only bring attention
of the media and AmnestyInternational. This samesource in Sudan
is makingan appeal from anyone tohelp save their land. Ac-cording
to this source inSudan, “We are defense-less and weaponless. Weonly
have our fists and barechests to face the rainingattacks and
bullets. Pleasestand with us.”
Moreover, it is time forthe government to begindialogue with the
Sudanesepeople so that both partiescan find a peaceful solutionto
this crisis. Although, thegovernment of Sudanneeds to secure
fundingfrom the IMF, it must still findways not to cut the fuel
sub-sidies to its people. An in-crease of fuel subsidies willalso
mark an increase of
by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
food prices and other basicnecessities for the people
ofSudan.
The Texas Association of Black CityCouncil Members (TABCCM) is
hostingthe 10th Annual T. J. Patterson, Sr. GolfClassic Tuesday,
October 8, 2013 in Aus-tin. The tournament will be held atBarton
Creek Resort & Spa. It will be ashotgun start, 4 person
scramble.
Patterson is publisher of the South-west Digest newspaper and
was a long-time member of the Lubbock, Texas Citycouncil. He was
one of the founding mem-bers of the TABCCM.
The tournament is the association’slargest fundraiser in support
of their edu-cational efforts. The public is invited toparticipate.
For information log on to:www.tournevent .
com/TABCCM-bartoncreek.
T J Patterson, Sr.
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Heart Associa-tion, East Austin Relayfor Life, American
CancerSociety, Sickle Cell Ane-
mia, UNCF, and others.TLOD is driven by andsupports five
majorthrusts: Status of Women,Senior citizens, Commu-nity
Beautification, Com-munity Partnerships,and our primary thrust-Top
Teens of America.TLOD , serving the Aus-tin community and be-yond
through service.
The Original L. C. Anderson Alumni Assoc. Austin Chapter
(OLCAAAAC) was formed in 2005;its members are ex-students, teachers
and staff at “Old Anderson High.” The chapter held its
annualpicnic/raffle Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Rosewood Park
Pavilion. The activities included cardgames, a raffle and
bingo.
CapitalCity
ChapterT.L.O.D.MembersReceive
CPRTraining
The 21st ANNUAL CAPITAL CITY MARCHING FESTIVALSaturday, October
5, 2013 10am – 8pm
Toney Burger Stadium - 3200 Jones Road, Austin Texas 78745The
state’s best high school bands will show-
case their halftime shows at the 21st Annual Capi-tal City
Marching Festival.
Co-hosted by Crockett and LBJ High Schools,the festival features
bands competing by divisionfor the coveted “Best Musical
Performance” and“Best General Effect” awards at the largest
andlongest-running marching band competition inCentral Texas.
The Capital City Marching Festival gives highschool bands an
outstanding opportunity to per-form their University
Interscholastic League (UIL)contest shows competitively in front of
a large au-dience. Nationally recognized judges providehelpful
criticism and recommendations in thisspirited competition.
Band members dress in full band regalia as theyshowcase their
musical abilities and showmanshipin front of cheering crowds.
Support your local highschool band as they strut their stuff on the
field.
FESTIVAL HISTORYThe Capital City Marching Festival was
founded in 1993 with seven bands competing thefirst year. Last
year marked the festival’s 20th An-niversary with more than
twenty-three bands com-peting. Each festival showcases great band
talentsand encourages students to achieve their maxi-mum potential,
with the goal of sending each au-dience member home with a special
memory.
Admission: $8 adults, $5 students, childrenunder 5 free.
Concessions and souvenirs available.Parking is free.For more
information and a complete listing
of all participating
bands:http://www.capitalcitymarching.orgEvent organizers: Co-hosted
by the Band par-
ents and Boosters of LBJ and Crockett HighSchools. All proceeds
benefit LBJ and CrockettHigh School band programs.
Ruben StuddardAmerican Idol
HeadlinesCarver Season
The Carver Commu-nity Cultural Centeropens its
electrifying2013-2014 PerformanceSeason with RubenStuddard. Ten
years ago,Ruben Studdard’s lifechanged in an instantwhen he
becameAmerica’s favorite, sur-viving every eliminationto win the
title of “Ameri-can Idol” in a dramaticfinale on May 21, 2003;it’s
been changing eversince!
Influenced by R&Band gospel singers earlyon in life,
Studdard hadthe good fortune and tal-ent to be praised by mu-sic
legends Lionel Richieand Robin Gibb of the Bee
Gees during his time onAmerican Idol. Studdardreceived a
GrammyAward nomination in2003 and received mul-tiple nominations
for theAmerican Music Awards,BET and Soul TrainAwards.
This year hasbrought about even morechanges, with the releaseof
Ruben’s fourth album,Love IS (Hickory Records/19 Recordings). Love
IS,helmed by two of the mostsuccessful producers inthe business,
Jimmy Jamand Terry Lewis, has beencelebrated for its collec-tion of
love songs. Vibesays “The “velvet teddybear” can belt billowinglove
songs” and Enter-tainment Weekly calledthe album a “mix of
craftyoriginals and sturdy cov-ers”.
It’s been an amazingnumber of years for theman from
Birminghamand he feels blessed tohave experienced it all. “Ifeel
like I’m on a course tohave a very long career.
I just completed myfourth album and a lot ofpeople don’t get to
thatpoint. I’m a very happyman.”
Tickets are availablethrough all Ticketmasteroutlets by calling
1-800-745-3000, or at online:www.ticketmaster.comor at the Carver
Box Of-fice, (210) 207-2234 lo-cated at 226 N. Hack-berry. The
Carver BoxOffice is open Mondaythrough Friday, 8 a.m. to4 p.m. and
three hoursprior to curtain. For moreinformation call theCarver at
(210) 207-2234,
www.thecarver.org.
Artist:Ruben Studdard;
rubenstuddardfoundation.orgDate:
Friday, October 18, 2013Time:
8:00 p.m.Location:
Jo Long Theatre, 226 N.Hackberry, San Antonio,
TX 78202Price:$35.00
Ruben Studdard
Police MonitorCitizen Review
PanelOctober 7, 2013 @ 6pm
Council Chambers301 W. Second Street,
1st FloorAustin, Texas 78701FMI: 512.974.9090
Keep Calm & VOTE OnTexas law now requires vot-
ers to show photo identification whenvoting in person.
Voters heading to the polls forthe Nov. 5 General Election will
besubject to new photo identificationlaws.
For information on these lo-cations, the types of ID accepted
atthe polls, and documents required toobtain an EIC, please
visitwww.KeepCalmVoteOn.com.
Beginning November 1,2013 The City Will Put In PlaceCemetery
Rules Enforcementat Austin Memorial Park andEvergreen
Cemeteries
Additional informationcan be found at the City’s cem-etery
website: austintexas.gov/department/cemeteries. Orcontact Gilbert
Hernandez,Cemetery Manager at (512)453-2320
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PROGRAMS ~ AWARENESS
The African AmericanYouth Harvest Foundation,a flourishing
communityresource center, impactingover 8,000 youth in
centralTexas, held its First AnnualChanging the Story Lun-cheon,
honoring LegacyChanger, Dr. CharlesAkins. Thursday, Septem-ber 26,
2013, countlessTexas officials, dignitariesand community
leadersgathered at the AT&T Ex-ecutive Conference Center.The
Ceremony was openedand greeted by MichaelLofton, AAYHF
ExecutiveDirector and Dr. GregoryVincent, AAYHF BoardPresident and
Vice Presi-dent of DDCE (Division ofDiversity and
CommunityEngagement) of Universityof Texas at Austin. Invoca-tion
was given by PastorSylvester Chase, of WesleyUnited Methodist
Church.A delightful showcase byKamrye Collins, Lone StarDance. The
afternoonclosed with a heart felt per-formance by songstress,Pamela
Hart.
The 2013 honoree re-cipients were, RichardGlasco, State Farm
Insur-ance (Business); NelsonLinder, Austin NAACP(Community); Dr.
MeriaCarstarphen, Austin ISDSuperintendent (Educa-tion); Marc Ott,
City ofAustin Manager (Govern-ment); Shannon Jones
III,Austin/Travis CountyHHSD (Health); AlbertBlack, Child INC.
(Non-Profit) and Roger Davis,3M (Technology). All re-
by Angela Wyatt
ceived the “LegacyChanger Award”, honor-ing the lifetime
achieve-ment and tireless service,contributions, proven lead-ership
and undying com-mitment towards advanc-ing the best interests
ofyouth and families in theAfrican American Commu-nity in Austin
and beyond.
The “Story ChangerAward”, honoring theachievements and
contri-butions of professional ex-cellence, community ser-vice and
leadership waspresented one exceptionalman, Dr. Charles Akins
ahistory maker in centralTexas.
Dr. Akins’ distin-guished career hasspanned over 30
years,merging significantly withthe creation of equal op-portunity
education. In1964, the Austin ISD beganintegrating faculty mem-bers
and Dr. Akins became
the first African Americanteacher assigned to a de-segregated
high school,with many accolades andaccomplishments later, in1998
Dr. Akins obtainedthe honor of having one ofAustin’s new high
schoolsnamed after him. W.Charles Akins High Schoolopened its doors
in August2000, continuing the legacyhe has built within the Aus-tin
community and be-yond!
Founded in 2005 theAustin community, muchlike the nation at
large, wasdiscussing and debatingthe cause and effects of
thealarming number of Afri-can American male stu-dents who were
dispro-portionately overrepre-sented among those ex-pelled or
suspended frompublic schools nationally,statewide and locally.
Inresponse to this crisis, com-munity activist Michael
Lofton, organized parents,educators, mentors as wellas church
and communityleaders who shared hispassion for helping youngmen
succeed and createdthe African American Menand Boys Conference.
Since the initial fo-rum, the organization hashosted over 45
confer-ences. These events typi-cally serve approximately350
students each month,who are served by a coregroup of 75 volunteer
men-tors as well as speakersand workshop facilitators.As a result
of their success,the conferences have ex-panded to include womenand
girls and disadvan-taged youth and adults ingeneral.
Today, the AfricanAmerican Youth HarvestFoundation is uniquely
de-signed to deliver a rangeof educational, health andsocial
services through itsnewly developed, centrallylocated, Youth
ResourceCenter located at 6633Highway 290 East, Suite307 in North
East TravisCounty.
The mission of theAAYHF is to advocate, tostrengthen and to
provideculturally relevant, familycentered, educational,health and
human services;including economic devel-opment opportunities
forAfrican American youth,their families and other at-risk
populations that resideprimarily in NortheastAustin and the
GreaterAustin area.
For more informationon how you can volunteerand make a
difference visitwww.aayhf.org
A day filled with planting, empowering and connecting.Thursday
produced an eventful evening with the Capital City BlackFilm
Festival.
Building on the city’s tradition of celebrating the arts,
CCBFFhosted a meet and greet reception, honoring urban
filmmakers,dedicated to recognizing black filmmakers and actors.
The eveningconsisted of competitive screenings of documentaries,
features,shorts and music videos, as well as exclusive licensed
contentshown in private screenings. Former Austinite and film
producer,Julius Tennon, Deborah Riley Draper, participated in a
panel dis-cussion during the event.
CCBFF creators, Winston G. and Harrell D. Williams laidmuch of
the groundwork. Their mission is to provide up and com-ing Black
filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their works andtap into the
vast resources available in the Austin area and in Texas.The
brothers say the festival will fill a void in the Austin
entertain-ment scene. “My brother and I have both spent a lot of
time visitingfilm festivals across the country, and the one thing
Austin lacks isthis type of event,” says Winston, entrepreneur,
writer, actor andcofounder of CCBFF. If you are interested in the
film industry orjust would like to learn more, visit
www.capcitybff.com
Dr. Gregory Vincent, Board Director of AAYHF and VP ofDDCE at UT
Austin (center) and Michael Lofton,Executive Director of AAYHF
(right), present Dr. MeriaCarstarphen, Superintendent of AISD
(left) with “TheStory Changer” Award. Photo by Angela Wyatt
Lights, Camera,Action!
(l to r) Harrell D. Williams, filmmaker and cofounder of CCBFF,
T.L. Wyatt,Editor and Publisher of The Villager Newspaper and
Winston G. Williams, writer and cofounder of CCBFF. Photos by
Angela Wyatt
Damita Miller-Shanklin, Founder/Publisher of Ujima Magazineand
KAZI Radio Co-host interviews film producer, Julius Tennon
at the Capital City Black Film Festival Red Carpet
Reception.
Lights, Camera,Action!
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