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I WANT TO SING IN THE CHOIR. THEY SAID NO. Dear Gwendolyn: I recently accepted a job on the west coast. I have lived all my life on the east coast except for the few years I attended school in Florida. This is the problem. I immediately joined a church, but I was not accepted into the choir. I have a fantastic voice. I was the main soloist in my church back home. Do you believe they had the nerve to tell me I did not make the audition into their choir? I think I am going to change my membership – and take this Grammy Award voice elsewhere. Elizabeth

Dear Elizabeth: Grammy Award? Are you that good? Of course you are. I am glad to know you believe strongly in your talent. Let me tell you this: Do not let anyone dampen your dream of becoming a great singer. Think about it. Luther Vandross was booed from the Apollo Stage and Jennifer Hudson didn’t win the American Idol. Elizabeth, you have to make your dreams come true. It is good you were turned down for the choir. They didn’t want you and you didn’t need them. You may become our next Mahalia Jackson. Once upon a time an artist had to have a voice. Today you don’t have to be Grammy. Some new artists sound awful, but they are smart. They save their money and start their own recording company. I will share this with you: Along the way you will experience much jealousy. When these stupid small minded people say to you, “Whoever thought you would do so well?” Tell them --- “I did.”

DALLAS - Since its turbu-lent passage in 2010, the American Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been called a lot of things, including unconstitutional, a govern-ment takeover of healthcare and an unprecedented over-reach often tagged with the intended derisive label of Obamacare. But as of today, it can be called the law of the land. This morning, in a 5-4 decision authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the U.S. Supreme Court laid its

long-awaited imprint on President Barack Obama’s land-mark healthcare reform legislation. The ruling came as a surprise to many who were all but certain the ACA would be struck down by a conservative-leaning court. But at least half of Americans have had their faith in government at

least temporarily renewed. Already, foes of the law are mounting forces for its repeal. But as the President said in a noon address, it’s time to move forward, not to rehash the arguments and vitriol of the past two years. It’s hard to see why a law that keeps insurance compa-nies from cancelling coverage on policy-holders who they determine to have spent too much on claims for benefits they’ve paid for is a bad thing. It’s equally confusing that opponents don’t feel the anxiety of seniors - many on fixed incomes - who see their resources fall into the “donut hole,” swallowed by ever-rising prescription medi-cine costs. Those same health care reform critics must also see nothing wrong with denying parents coverage for their children who suffer from chronic illnesses like asthma. Much has been said and written about healthcare reform and many more chapters are sure to come. But today, I’m calling it a victory for working-class Americans and their families. And as confirmed today by the Supreme Court, it’s also the law! And yes, don’t you think that Obama does care?

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GARLAND- The 2012 Inaugural North Texas Juneteenth Golf Tourna-ment took place this week at the MH Wright Park municipal golf course in Greenville. The tournament was organized by Phalcon-star Communications and the ET Club, a fundraising arm for Beehive Lodge #105, PHA. Texas A&M University-Commerce ath-letics was the major sponsor for the event. First place finishers were Clinton Hobdy and Slack Brown with a 69. Second place finishers were Ronnie Poteet and Jerry Deaton who shot a 71 and third place trophies were

awarded to Danny Jones and Brent Money who fin-ished with a 72. Prize sponsors for the inaugural Juneteenth event included Shenaniganz of Rockwall, Steve & Jan Reid, CCS Fashion & Foot-wear, ACN Technology - Cecilia Aguirre and Coun-try Market Natural & Essential Foods. “Compe-tition for prizes was very tight,” says Ray Williams one of the event organizers. Stan McKee took home a $100 cash prize for Clos-est to-the pin, while Danny Jones won an all expense paid party day at Shenani-ganz of Rockwall. “We had a lot of fun,” Williams said.

Other sponsors included Dicks Sporting Goods, McDonalds /Alberto Romero Enterprises, Wright Park Golf Course, Daugh-erty Tax Service -Joy Chenault, Primerica - Tom Chenault, Sam’s Southern Eatery, Office Solutions, Free Discount Pharmacy Cards, Clarissa’s Gifts, LF Graphco, RedBox Movies, Pete Haayen’s Allstate Insurance, Aerobic Water and Country Market Natu-ral & Essential Foods. “We were really pleased with the success we had in Greenville,” said Johnny Courns with the ET Club.

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DOERS OF THE WORD Faith must be an effective, moving faith that pro-duces good works, or it is not the faith of the Gospel and is no real faith at all. True Christianity consists in obedience. However much you may approve of Christianity, you have no faith unless you obey it. In saying that true faith consists in obedience, I do not mean outward obedience. But faith itself, true faith, works by love (Gal. 5:6) and produces action. There is no real obedience but the obedience of the heart. Love fulfills the law, and Christianity consists in the obedience of the heart with a cor-responding change of life. (James 1:23-24.) But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (James 1:22) When you hear the word and believe it in theory, while you deny it in practice. You deceive yourselves. The scripture proves it. Here you have an express “Thus says the Lord” that hearers who are not doers are self-deceivers. Faith is a corresponding change of heart. A man’s belief controls his practice just as his will governs his conduct. Today multitudes of people still profess a certain kind of fear of the Lord who; serve their own gods- other things to which their hearts are supremely devoted, and in which they mainly put their trust. As a Christian we devote one’s self, heart, life, powers, time, influence, and all to build up the king-dom of God and advance His glory. Who are they who profess to fear the Lord but serve their gods? A man is always most easily excited about the subject that lies nearest his heart. Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do they honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: (Isaiah 29:13) This people draws nigh me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is for from me. (Matthew 15:8)

SOUTHERN BAPTIST ELECT THEIR FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT

Southern Baptist Convention elected Pastor Fred Luter, Jr. (above) as their first African American president.

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Last month, on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, as the nation celebrated Juneteenth, the Southern Baptist Convention also marked a major mile-stone in its 167 year history as they elected Pastor Fred Luter, Jr. as their first Afri-can American president. The election of the first black president to head the Southern Baptist Convention is being hailed as a historic moment of promise for the nation’s largest, and argu-ably most influential, Protes-tant denomination. “From my perspective, this is a very, very positive step. It’s a progressive move,” said Dan Wilkerson, senior pastor of the 400-member First Baptist Church of Malabar. “We’re not where we should be, but we’re much closer to that goal.” The Southern Baptist Convention, which split with northern Baptists in 1845 over its pro-slavery stance and which later alienated blacks with its rejection of racial integration efforts following the Civil War, elected 55-year-old Pastor

Fred Luter Jr. during its annual gathering in New Orleans. The move is seen by many Baptists - a congrega-tional-based movement that includes several independent groups and organizations - as the latest sign the SBC continues to distance itself from its racially-divi-sive past. “I’m excited,” said Pastor Stanley Patton of the Met-ropolitan Missionary Baptist Church in Cocoa, Florida. Metropolitan is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, an association of predominantly black churches.

“From a theological standpoint, there is very little difference in what the different Baptist organiza-tions believe, but there’s been a cultural divide,” Patton said. “I think there’s a lot of historic significance there. It looks like they are abandoning some of the battles of the past and are moving forward.” Luther ran unopposed. Some Southern Baptist pas-tors, however, say the focus should not be on Luter’s race but his background and

fidelity to Baptist beliefs. The 16 million member organization has more than 40,000 churches across the country with missions around the globe, according to SBC statistics. In 1995, the SBC formally apolo-gized to African-Americans for its role in fostering slav-ery. Today there are at least 3,500 black congregations that fall under the organiza-tional umbrella of the SBC. “We have come a long way, and we’re growing tre-mendously in our diversity,” said Wilkerson, adding that the gospel of Jesus Christ is being preached every Sunday at Southern Baptist churches in more than 100 languages in the U.S. alone. Wilkerson, a pastor since 1983, said this outreach of brotherly love also is evi-dent in his Malabar church, where the membership is racially diverse. “We’re reflecting our heavenly Father’s family more than ever before,” he said.


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RWC REUNION SET FOR FOUTH OF JULY WEEK

GREENVILLE - The 17th Ross, Washington, Carver Alumni Reunion will begin Thursday July 5, 2012 and continue through July 8. The tentative activities will include: Thursday, July 5, 7:00 -12:00 A.M., with registration at Fletcher Warren Civic Center, Greenville, Texas. Friday, July 6, 8:00 A.M., depart from Carver Elementary School to

Oklahoma for the casino outing, returning by 6:30 P.M. A golf tournament will begin at 10:00 A.M. at Wright Park, also at 10: 00 A.M. tours to the Audie Murphy Museum. No reunion registration to these events apply. A talent show beginning at 12:00 P.M. noon at Fletcher Warren Civic Center. This event is covered with full reg-istration, non-registration

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fee will be $15.00 per person. Beginning at 8:00 P.M.-12:00 A.M. “Around The World” will be also at Fletcher Warren Civic Center with the theme: “Roaring 20’s. Non-registration fee will be $20.00 per person. Saturday July 7, 12:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Lun-cheon at Fletcher Warren Civic Center with key-note speaker, Dr. David Mosby. Semi-formal dance also at Fletcher Warren Civic Center from 9:00 P.M.-12:oo A.M. Non-registration fee will be $30.00 per person. Sunday July 8, Church Services at New Jerusalem Baptist church beginning at 10:45 A.M. Minister Carolyn Traylor will be the guest speaker.Reunion fee is $70.00 per person. Hampton Inn & Suites has been selected as

headquarters for the reunion. Other hotels available are Best West-ern, Holiday Inn Express, Super 8 Motels and Comfort Suites, Greenville, Texas. Any alumni member who did not receive a letter may contact Sarah Skillerns, RWC Alumni Association, P.O. Box 1732, Greenville, Texas 75403 or contact other board members: Phillip Dukes, Earnest Taylor Jr, Janice Fletcher, Jessie Barrett, Ruth Blakley, Margaret Williams, JoAnn Carter, Dimetrous Nixon, Curtis Williams, Melody Booth, Earnest Jackson, Barbara Ander-son, Dimple Lane, Juan-ita Tidwell, Phillip Slade, Thomas Pitts, Angela Jackson and Lotrice Fagin.

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To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Library of Congress will present “The Civil War in America,” a major exhibition opening Nov. 12. More than 175 unique items—many never before on public view—from the Library’s unparalleled Civil War collections, will be fea-tured in the exhibition. “The Civil in America” will be free and open to the public, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, from Nov. 12, 2012, to May 23, 2013, in the Southwest Exhibition Gallery of the Thomas Jef-ferson Building at 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C. The exhibition is made pos-sible by the generous support of the James Madison Coun-cil. Additional funding is provided by Union Pacific Corporation, the Liljenquist family and AARP. “The Civil War in America” will tell the story of the nation’s greatest military and political upheaval. Through diaries,

letters, maps, song sheets, newspapers and broadsides, photographs, drawings and unusual artifacts, the exhibi-tion will chronicle the sacri-fices and accomplishments of those—from both the North and South—whose lives were lost or affected by the events of 1861–1865. The exhibition will reveal the complexity of the Civil War through those who experienced it first-hand. It will feature pivotal documents, such as Lin-coln’s own reading copy of the second Inaugural Address and Confederate Major Jedediah Hotchkiss’s strategic map made for Stonewall Jackson’s historic Shenandoah campaign, together with little-known gems, including the poi-gnant diaries penned by Union veterans who lost limbs in the war. The exhi-bition will offer a human perspective on the war and shed new light on the many ways that this terrible con-flict helped shape the Amer-ican people and the nation.

CIVIL WAR EXHIBITION TO OPEN NOV. 12

Civil War black soldiers were eager to enlist in the Union Army. They were anxious to join the fight against slavery and they believed that mili-tary service would allow them to prove their right to equality. Celebrated abolitionist Frederick Douglass was a strong advocate of allowing black men to fight, believing that this would prove their right to citizenship and the vote. Two of Douglass’s sons served in the Union army. John Brown was another abolitionist who strongly believed that black were capabable and willing to fight for their freedom if given the chance.

(l-r) Mark and Audi Roy went to see their son, Bryn Roy, in Abilene, Texas in 2011. COURTESY PHOTO

FORMER LION LINEBACKER BRYN ROY INKS DEAL WITH CFL’S MONTREAL ALOUETTESCOMMERCE – A&M-Commerce will add to its lengthy resume of football players that went on to play at the professional level as linebacker Bryn Roy has earned a roster spot with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Roy was the 34th player taken in the 2012 CFL Draft in May, selected in the fifth round by Mon-treal, and earned a spot on the Alouette’s 42-man offi-cial roster. “This was an incredibly

tough decision for me to make, as I loved my time in Commerce and in Texas,” said Roy. “At the end of the day, I knew I only had a limited window to pursue this dream of mine, and felt

now was the time to do so. I did want to express my thanks and appreciation for all the people and team-mates that made my time in Commerce so enjoyable, and I’m looking forward to following the Lions this year.” Roy, who came to A&M-Commerce last season fol-lowing two years at Snow College, emerged as a key factor in the Lion defensive unit, playing in all 10

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JUNETEENTH PRESENTATION

Khadidra Coleman,a 2012 Greenville HS graduate and District 2 Masonic scholarship contest winner, competed in the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas F.&A.M. scholarship contest and was a winner in the State wide contest.

Greenville High Graduate Wins Prince Hall Masonic Scholarship

Former Greenville City Councilwoman Betty Franklin presented a synop-sis of Juneteenth and moderated a Juneteenth discussion with the audi-ence at the Greenville W. Walworth Harrison Library. KHN/Photo

The City of Greenville has received a first place state award from the Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers (TAMIO) for its police recruitment bro-chure. The TAMI award was presented to Public Information Officer Lori

Philyaw on June 22, at the 2012 TAMIO Confer-ence in Round Rock. In February, the City of Greenville unveiled the brochure that incor-porates the police depart-ment’s mission statement and information about the organization along

POLICE RECRUITMENT BROCHURE WINS STATE AWARD

The City of Greenville received a 2012 TAMI Award for its Police DepartmentRecruitment brochure.

with the requirements for becoming a Greenville Police Officer. The bro-chure includes photographs of officers, equipment, facilities and provides a QR code to link readers directly to the Police Department Hiring and Recruiting web page. The recruiting bro-chures are being used to gain exposure in the local community through personal distribution at selected offices. In addi-tion, the Greenville Police Department is reaching out to commu-nity colleges and police academies topartner in job fairs and

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THE JOYS OF SUMMER As any child can tell you, the joys of summer are many. For kids of course, summer can mean more sleep, more play and more fun. The kids are out of school and many families plan vacations or take time off work to enjoy some of those long lazy days. Summer is viewed as the relaxation time of year. It can be a fun time for the whole family, a time for picnics, backyard barbeques, ball games, family reunions and gatherings. The country even celebrates its freedom during the summer with the celebration of Independence Day on July 4th! Recalling my own childhood memories of summer brings joy to my heart. I can remember playing all day in the hot country summer sun with my sisters and brothers. In those days kids were expected to spend most of their waking hours playing outside all day, only going inside for a drink of ice water or kool-aide if they were lucky. As kids our natural habitat was usually spent in the front yard until suppertime, then returning outside afterwards to watch the night sky for shooting stars, the big dipper and fireflies. Yes, summertime was a magical joyous time in those days. It was a time of carefree fun and expectancy. Summer still holds that special joy for me and my family today. It is still viewed as a time for leisure and lighthearted fun, a time for taking short road trips. It is a time to enjoy and appreciate nature by spending time outside (but be cautious and mindful of the heat conditions). It is also a time to enjoy nature’s bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables, while sharing the excess with your friends and neighbors. Summertime as with all times is a great time to be thankful, a great time to enjoy your life, your blessings and all that God has provided.

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From Page 6Former Lion Linebacker Bryn Roygames with eight starts. He finished the year with 29 tackles, including 19 unas-sisted, with four tackles for loss and a pair of sacks. Roy notched a career-high seven tackles in the season finale at West Texas A&M, while posting six unassisted stops at Abilene Christian. Prior to coming to Commerce, Roy was a two-year starter at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, was a second team All-Conference selection for the Badgers after accumulating 75 tack-les, four sacks and a pair of fumble recoveries as a soph-omore, including a pair of sacks in his first collegiate start. Roy, along with A&M-Commerce teammates Tyler Rawlings and Travis Zach-arie, helped lead Snow College to back-to-back con-ference championships.

A native of Dalemead, Alberta, Roy was a three year letterwinner at safety and wide receiver at Foothills Composite High School. A three-time all-region selection, he was named the regional MVP as a senior and was an All-Province selection at safety in leading Foothills to a pair of league championships. Roy becomes the 13th Lion to suit up for a CFL franchise and the first since Antonio Wilson played for the Edmonton Eskimos in 2004. The Alouettes finished 10-8 in 2011 and advanced to the CFL playoffs where they fell to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Division Semifinals. Montreal opens up its 2012 season on Sunday, July 1 at Calgary, which fittingly is just 45 minutes from Roy’s home-town of Dalemead, Alberta.

site visits. Philyaw, along with Police Chief Dan Busken, Lt. Charles Starnes, and Personnel and Training Analyst Shanta Woodson coordinated the design and production of the

multi-page marketing piece. Philyaw said, “It is an honor to be recognized by TAMIO for our work on the police recruitment brochure, especially since Greenville’s entry com-peted with larger cities across the state.”

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Media Guru Jim Washing-ton, Public Relations Exec-utive Stan Levenson, Mega Community Activist Edna Pemberton and the world’s largest beverage company, Coca Cola will be honored at the 2012 Urban League Annual Gala on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel, 2201 Stemmons Freeway at 7:00 p.m. For ticket information call (214) 915-4600. “Our honorees have a his-tory of accomplishments in their businesses and in the community,” said Dr. Bev-erly Mitchell-Brooks, Urban League President & CEO “and they continue to set high standards through their volunteerism and commu-nity service. Washington will receive the Whitney M. Young, Jr. award for his long-time sup-port of the Urban League movement and its mission. Washington is currently Chief Executive Officer of the Dallas Weekly, one of the largest, most widely read and respected African-American news weekly in North Texas. He is also President and General Man-ager of the Atlanta Voice,

the largest audited African American newsweekly in Atlanta, Georgia. A communications practitioner for over three decades, Washington is an expert in all forms of public relations, corporate commu-nications, advertising, ethnic marketing, broadcast and print news. In addition to his extraordinary profes-sional career he remains involved in a wide range of community and civic activ-ities. He serves on many area Boards including the Dallas Black Dance Theater, Dallas Theater Center and the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce. He was named “Man of the Year” in 1986 by the Dallas Metropolitan Club of Negro Business and Profes-sional Women and was an original Dallas Black Cham-ber “Quest for Success” recipient. He has been honored for outstanding community service by orga-nizations including The Links, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, United Way, Dallas Independent School District and the NAACP. Levenson, the recipient of the President’s Award, is being recognized for his

advocacy and leadership in community service and the arts in Dallas. He is a widely, recognized public relations professional whose career in Dallas spans over 45 years. He established his first PR firm, Stan Leven-son Associates, in 1966 and it was acquired ten years later by Bozell & Jacobs (B&J). Following a successful tenure with B & J, Levenson co-founded Levenson & Hill with his wife Barbara and Bill Hill. The PR group merged with Brinker Com-munications twenty years later creating Levenson & Brinker Public Relations which operates interactively within the Levenson Group of companies. Edna Pemberton is the recipient of the League’s Spirit of Community Award. You would be hard pressed to find a community activity in the Southern Sector that has not involved Edna Pem-berton. Some say it was the tenacity of Pemberton and the Southern Dallas Task Force that the doors, not only remained open, at Southwest Center Mall, for-merly Red Bird Mall, but it is thriving. Her duties at that time included everything from persuading the meter

URBAN LEAGUE ANNOUNCE HONOREES FOR 2012 GALAman not to turn off the power at the Mall to leading a group of store owners to Washing-ton, D.C. to meet with the Department of Labor. She is currently Marketing Coordi-nator of the Mall. She has also received numerous awards for her many acts of kindness. They include the Elite News Sen-ator Eddie Bernice Johnson Community Service Award; Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Banquet Community Service Award; KKDA She-roees Outstanding Achievement Award; Gover-nors Volunteer Adminstrator Corporate/Business Award; and the Texas NAACP Torch-bearer Award. Even with the

many accolades Pemberton receives, she often says her greatest accomplishments in life are her commitment to her faith, her family and her community. Coca Cola Refreshments will receive the Buddy J. Min-yard Award for their outstand-ing corporate partnership and support of the Urban League. They support Urban League programs that benefit low-to-moderate income individuals and families and help revi-talize economically distressed areas including financial edu-cation focusing on home ownership education. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, the Company is focused on initiatives that

reduce the environmental footprint, support active, healthy living, create a safe, inclusive work environment for its 700,000 employees and enhance the economic devel-opment of the communities where they operate. The mission of the Urban League is to provide the critical skills and resources necessary to enable all cit-izens to secure economic self-reliance. Through its services, which include edu-cation, employment, health, housing, seniors and tech-nology training, the League creates positive choices for residents throughout Dallas County .


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MESQUITE – Romilio Castillo, Director of East-field College’s Upward Bound program, was noti-fied recently that the pro-gram has been refunded by the U.S. Department of Edu-cation for another five years (2012-2017). This assures Eastfield UB the opportunity to continue to serve prom-ising high school students in Southeast/Pleasant Grove area of Dallas, specifically

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ment, we must have hope and remember that we cannot fully recover as a nation unless we lift up every boat. The NAACP will continue to educate, mobilize and agitate to create an informed popu-lace, so that every American feels they have the privilege and the power to go to the ballot box and exercise their right to vote.” The convention arrives as new laws restricting access to the ballot box and racial profiling programs like stop-and-frisk dominate the headlines. The NAACP, the nation’s oldest and larg-est civil rights organization, will adopt a policy agenda to advance civil rights for all people. “From voting rights attacks to institutionalized racial profiling programs to the gross disparities in the

American classroom, we are in the midst of a coordinated attack on civil rights in this country,” stated NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous. “Our 103rd Annual Convention in Houston is an opportunity to set an agenda for how we fight back against these attacks and expand rights over the next 100 years.” Convention speakers include actors, established and emerging civil rights leaders, elected officials, and faith-based leaders. Additionally, as part of its historic relationship with the electoral process, the NAACP has invited the presidential nominees from both major parties—Democratic nominee Pres-ident Barack Obama and Republican nominee Gover-nor Mitt Romney, who has already confirmed. “The NAACP is the most influential and relevant voice in the fight for social justice,” stated NAACP Vice Chairman Leon Russell. “This is espe-cially true in this year when we elect the leadership which will shape our nation’s civic climate for years to come. As we continue our journey toward a greater Nation, we thank our Houston Branch and the City of Houston for graciously hosting our 103rd Annual Convention. Our mis-sion is to define the civil rights agenda for this century, just as we have done since our founding in 1909.” “This year’s convention will allow us to prepare for what we feel will be an all out assault against the Black and Latino voting bloc in November,” said NAACP Texas State Conference Presi-

dent Gary Bledsoe. “Our con-vention begins amid a rising tide of racial hatred in our nation and our meeting is essential as we convene to map out a strategy to combat it. We will join with other people of good will to save the Constitution and restore the hope that this nation has brought us— the sincere belief that people of diverse races and faiths can join together as one nation.” The NAACP Annual Convention has been held in Houston three previous times (1941, 1991, and 2002). “The NAACP Houston Branch Executive Com-mittee, Executive Director, our volunteers and the City

of Houston are looking for-ward to hosting our 103rd NAACP National Convention,” said Rev. Reginald Lillie, President of the NAACP Houston Branch. “Our expectations and excitement are high as we prepare for our National Staff, National Board Mem-bers and many Delegates to return to our great city. Each year our convention is his-toric and this year we will make history in Houston.” In addition to the primary NAACP event schedule, The NAACP’s Youth & College Division will host work-shops, luncheons and forums throughout the week; includ-ing, a Great Debate series competition. Cosponsored by Starbucks, the debate will

feature student debate teams from Wiley University and Harvard. The convention will also spotlight emerging youth from across the nation in the Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics, or ACT-SO, com-petition. The competition will be held July 56, with students competing in 26 ACT-SO categories, including sciences, humanities, performing arts, visual arts, and business over the course of the event. Famed ACT-SO alumni include musician Kanye West, actress Jada Pinkett-Smith, filmmaker John Singleton and comedian Anthony Anderson.

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