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The Austin Area Heri-tage Council encourages all Austinites to realize Dr. Mar-tin Luther King’s dream of unity and equality by partici-pating in the 2010 MLK Cel-ebrations. The Heritage Coun-cil has planned a variety of events designed to bring Aus-tin together.
The festivities started on
Sunday, January 10, 2010 with the MLK Scholarship
Awards, which was at 2:00
p.m. at the Austin Community College’s – Eastview Campus The 5th Annual MLK
Children’s Oratory Contest,
sponsored by Child Incorpo-rated will be held on Thurs-day, January 14, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. at the Carver Museum’s Boyd Vance Theatre, 1165 Angelina Street. Finalists from Blackshear, Maplewood, Norman, Oak Springs and Overton Elemen-tary will compete in a five-minute speech based on the theme, “If you could share your
dream with Dr. King, what would it be?” These inspiring
young speakers will compete by delivering personally writ-ten speeches commemorating Dr. King’s legacy of peace and unity. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will each re-ceive a U.S. Savings Bond.
The MLK Day of
Ser-vice will be held on Saturday,
January 16, 2010, sponsored by the United Way Hands on Central Texas, will be held at 9:00 a.m. at Huston-Tillotson University. The MLK Day of Service is a day where many groups and organizations come out to join together by volunteering their time and energy to provide service to the East Austin community.
The celebrations con-tinue with the 17th Annual
Keynote Address on Sunday,
January 17, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. at the Long Center for the Per-forming Arts, which is lo-cated at 707 West Riverside
Drive. This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. An American Book Award recipient and two-time NAACP Image Award Winner, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, is one of the nation’s most influential and renowned public intellectu-als. He has been named one of the 50 most powerful Afri-can AmeriAfri-cans by Ebony magazine. The Philadelphia
Weekly contends that Dr.
Dyson is reshaping what it means to be a public intellec-tual by becoming the most vis-ible black academic of his time.”
Dr. Dyson’s pioneering scholarship has had a pro-found effect on American ideas. His first book, 1993’s,
Reflecting Black: African Ameri-can Cultural Criticism, helped
to establish the field of black
American cultural studies. His next book, 1994’s Making
Malcolm: The Myth and Mean-ing of Malcolm X, was named
on of the most important Af-rican AmeAf-rican books of the 20th century. Dr. Dyson’s first book on Martin Luther King, 2000’s I May Not Get There
With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr., made a
signifi-cant contribution to King scholarship by recovering the
radical legacy of the slain civil rights leader.
Dr. Dyson is presently University Professor of Soci-ology at Georgetown Univer-sity. His legendary rise – from welfare father to Princeton Ph.D., from church pastor to college professor, from a fac-tory worker who didn’t start college until he was 21 to a figure who has become what writer Naomi Wolf terms “the ideal public intellectual of our time” – may help explain why author Nathan McCall sim-ply calls him “a street fighter in suit and tie.”
The Keynote Addresswill include a perfor-mance by the 2010 Grammy Nominees for Best Gospel Per-formance, the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, with special performances by the Huston-Tillotson University Choir and Ballet Afrique Contempo-rary Dance Company.
The celebrations end with the popular Citywide
MLK March and Rally, which will begin at 9:00 a.m.
on Monday, January 18, 2010 at the University of Texas, on 21st and Speedway. March-ers will continue on to the south steps of the State Capi-tol where a short program will begin at 10:00 a.m. From the Capitol, the marchers will continue to the historic Huston-Tillotson University. Parking for the March is available at UT’s Disch Faulk Field near the Capitol, state parking garage on 12th and San Jacinto or at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 1610 E. 11th.
The MLK Community
and Cultural Festival at
Huston-Tillotson University, 8th and Concho, will begin after the March from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This will be an open outdoor concert fea-turing Les and the Funk Mob and other local Austin musi-cians.
Community prepares for 2010 MLK Celebration
Austin area Heritage council Presents Series of Events to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressing a large crowd.
Capital Metro will increase service on the #2 Rosewood on Jan. 18 and will increase service to support the 2010 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., community march and celebration planned by the Austin Area Heritage Council.
Capital Metro will increase frequency on the #2 Rose-wood from the start of service until 4 p.m. on Jan. 18. Riders can expect a bus every 15 minutes.
New bus fares apply ($1 one way).
All other Capital Metro services will operate on a Satur-day schedule on the MLK holiSatur-day.
In previous years, the march has drawn an estimated 15,000 people. Several free parking locations are near the #2 Rosewood route, which travels along E. 11th Street and stops near both the Texas State Capitol and Huston-Tillotson Uni-versity. The #4 Montopolis and #20 Manor/Riverside may also be viable options to get to and from the festivities.
For further questions about routes or scheduling, cus-tomers can visit at capmetro.org or call the GO-Line at (512) 474-1200.
Capital metro will have
increased services for MLK
Texas Publishers held screening for statewide candidates
The Texas Publishers Association (TPA), The Black Press of Texas held its first round of screen-ings for state-wide candi-dates on Saturday, January 9, 2010 in Austin, Texas. The event is held annually for statewide elections. TPA represents 29 African American owned newspa-pers in Texas and hold the screenings for the benefit of their publishers and their communities in try-ing to access the candi-dates running for office.
Five candidates ap-peared at this screening. Appearing before TPA were three Democratic can-didates for Governor - Dr. Clement Glenn, Bill White
and Farouk Shami; one candidate for Lt. Governor, Marc Katz; one candidate for Railroad Commis-sioner, Jeff Weems.
All of the candidates laid our their plans if elected to their respective offices. After each candi-date made a presentation, the publishers were given the opportunity to ask questions.
TPA will use the in-formation obtained to share with fellow publish-ers for the prupose of mak-ing endorsements for the election.While many of the papers do not endorse as a common rule, all are re-quired the endorsement of the TPA.
Other screening are planned for next month when all other candidates will be invited. The screen-ing is open to all candi-dates of all parties and they are all encouraged to attend. The TPA does not endorse any candidate that does not appera before the organization.
The next meeting of the TPA will be February, 13, 2010 in Corsicana, Texas. The organization will make their endorse-ment at the end of the screening process. Any candidate who wants to appear before TPA should contact Waseem Ali at wsmai@aol.com, or T.L. Wyatt at Vil3202@aol.com
Jeff Weems
Dr. Clement Glenn Bill White Farouk Shami Marc Katz
P h o t o s T h o m a s W y a t t
Another
MLK Day to
celebrate!
There are many people who would question the fact that we continue to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr Day in America. Some believe that “we have overcome” and that there is no need to cel-ebrate while others feel that nothing has been gained.
Martin Luther King, Jr. himself would probable not be happy with the progress that we have made, but he could appre-ciate the gains that have been made.
When King started his historic marches, we were in a segregated America where separate but equal was the rule. But everyone who was around during that period knew that there was no such thing as separate but equal. That is why the 1954 Court ruled that there was no such thing as separate but equal. In the Brown vs The Board of Edu-cation case, it was ruled that there could be no equality in separate schools.
Later, in Texas the Inglewood School District in San Antonio won a case that showed that unequal tax revenue from property taxes was also a form of dis-crimination. And the courts ruled in that case that a poor school districts could not operate their dis-tricts off of property taxes alone and declared that the state had a responsibility to all of the student in Texas to see that their schools were properly funded. Thus, the Robinhood Plan was adopted (The state would take money from the wealthy school districts and give to the poor school districts in an effort to equalize funding for all dis-tricts). We are still trying to make that system work, with not much success.
While all of Dr. King’s dreams have not been re-alized, the country is still moving forward toward those goals. We take a step backwards every not and then, but the King Holiday gives another opportunity to see just how far we have come and how far we still have to go.
I was a young high school student when Martin Luther King, Jr. came on the scene. But, I was very happy to join in the struggle and have continued until this day. The goal now is for my grandchildren, who must now cross this way. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. KING!
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Johnson Publishing Matriach Remembered as a Trailblazer
(NNPA) - Those who knew Eunice W. Johnson, the matriarch of Johnson Pub-lishing Company, said she would always be remembered as a trailblazer in the fashion industry. She died Sunday at age 93.
Johnson was the company’s longtime director of its Fashion Fair cosmetics division and served as the company’s secretary and treasurer. JPC publishes Ebony and Jet magazines. JPC said, in a statement, “On behalf of the entire company, we are deeply saddened by the passing of Eunice W. Johnson. As a trailblazer in fashion, philanthropy and the arts, Mrs. Johnson has al-ways been a woman ahead of her time. (She) made a tre-mendous impact on the fash-ion industry, showcasing in
style on African American models. It was her sheer de-termination and astute busi-ness sense that helped pave the way for supermodels Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, Iman, and Beverly Johnson.” A fashion lover at an early age, Johnson studied interior decorating at the Ray-Vogue School of Design, now the Ray School of Design.
She also earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Talladega College in Alabama and a master’s in social work from Loyola Uni-versity.
Eunice Johnson was preceded in death by her hus-band and JPC founder, John H. Johnson, who died in 2005. She is survived by her daughter, Linda Johnson-Rice, CEO of the family
com-pany.
Eunice Johnson
“I submit
that an
indi-vidual who
breaks a law
that conscience
tells him is
unjust, and who
willingly
ac-cepts the
pen-alty of
impris-onment in order
to arouse the
conscience of
the community
over its
injus-tice, is in
real-ity expressing
the highest
respect for the
law.” - M.L.K.
16 April 1963
Letter from a
Birmingham Jail
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JOSHUA CHAPEL CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1006 Yeager Lane, Suite 102-A Austin, Texas
Sunday Services
Sunday School 10:00 A.M. Worship Service 11:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY Bible Study 6:30 P.M.SATURDAY New
Member Assimilation 10:00 A.M.
Agape Baptist Church
In “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 He exhibited is Exemplified.” Come, receive God’s unconditional lovefor you. For there is no greater love!
Church Services
Sunday School 9:30 AM
Sunday Worship 11:00 AM Mid-Week Service
Thursday: Praise, Prayer and Bible Study 7:00 PM Call 454-1547 for Transporation Website www.agapebcaustintx.org
Jesus is Coming Again
The church fellowship where everybody can be somebody!
Maranatha Faith Center
4930 South Congress Avenue, C-302 512-750-4628 512-804-2537
Sunday School 9:00-10:00 A.M.
Morning Service 10:00 A.M. -12Noon
Floyd Fontenot, Sr., Founder Floyd Fontenot, Jr., Pastor St. Peter’s United Methodist Church
4509 Springdale Road Austin, Tx 78723 Office 512- 926-1686 Fax 512-929-7281 Christian Web Site-stpetersaustintx.ning.com stpetersaustintx@att.net THE PLACE WHERE WE STEP OUT-COME AND STEP OUT ON FAITH WITH US Sunday 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
Imani Community Church
Davis 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.com
Office: 512-343-9300
Rev. Dr. Jacquelyn Donald-Mims
Ebenezer Baptist Church
1010 East 10th Street 512-478-1875 Fax: 512-478-1892
Radio Ministry (KIXI 970 AM 9:00 A.M. TV Ministry (ACTV. Ch 32) 9:00 A.M. Bus Ministry Call 512-478-1875
Sunday Services
Worship Service 8:00 A.M. Sunday School 9:00 A.M. Discipleship Training 10:00 A.M. Worship Service 11:00 A.M.
Wednesday
Midweek Prayer Service 7:00 P.M. Child Development Center Ages 0-5 years (Daily) 512-478-6709
Rev. Marvin C. Griffin Pastor
Rev. H. Ed Calahan
Pastor
Sunday Services
Wednesday Service 7:00 - 8:00 P.M.
St Annie A.M.E. Church
1711 Newton Street Austin, Texas 78704 Voice mail (512) 444-4509
E-mail: saamechurch@peoplepc.com
Church School 9:30 A.M. Sun Morning Worship 10:45 A.M. Sun
Bible Study 7:30 P.M. Sun.
Rev. Derwin D. Gipson, Pastor
AFRICAN ASSEMBLIES of GOD
CHURCH
A growing church ministering to African American and other nationals
Come worship with us
S u n d a y Wo r s h i p 11:30 A.M. We d n e s d a y P r a y e r M e e t i n g 6:45 P.M.
Place of Worship
The Church of Glad Tidings 2700 Northland Dr. Austin, TX 78756 For more information, contact Pastor Jonah Ghartey
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Rosewood Avenue Missionary Baptist Church
1820 Rosewood Avenue, Austin, Texas 78702 (512) 476-8201 Fax (512) 476-5693
Weekly Services Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m. Wed. Night Bible Fellowship 6:30 p.m.
Rev. Coby Shorter, III P a s t o r
The Spencer & Ora Lee Nobles “Hope Center” (512) 476-6722
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“Divine Enpowerment for Bold Ministries”
Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church
5900 Cameron Road Austin, Texas 78723-1843 (512) 451-0808 (512) 302-4575 Fax
Web Site - www.themount.net
WORSHIP SERVICES
Sunday Worship - 7:45 a.m. & 11 a.m. Church School - 9:45 a.m.
Bible Studies - Mon, 6:30 p.m. & Wed., 12 noon Wednesday Night Worship - 7 p.m.
“Ministries For Mankind” Luke 4:18
A.W.. Anthony Mays, Senior Pastor
Rev. Lois Hayes, PastorAdvancing the Ministry -Expanding the Church
David Chapel
Local Photographer, Naomi Richard, has been ap-proved for Media Access to the 2010 Stellar Gospel Mu-sic Awards on January 16 in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Stellar Awards, the premier gospel event that rec-ognizes and honors gospel artists, will take place at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House on January 16. The Stellar Gospel Music Awards will celebrate 25 years of hon-oring the biggest and bright-est in Gospel music, with a star studded 25th Anniver-sary Awards event hosted by
Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, Vickie Winans and the City of Nashville, Tenn. Stars from music, film and television will join Don Jackson, Chairman and CEO of Central City Productions, in celebration of this impor-tant milestone. The Award Ceremony will air later on the Gospel Music Channel.
We congratulate our own Naomi Richard on being selected to participate in this international, exclusive event. What an honor also for Aus-tin, Texas, the Live Music Capital of the World.
Local photographer to cover
Stella Music Awards
The Office of Black Catholics of the Diocese of Austin is sponsoring the 3rd
Annual Diocesan-wide Martin Luther King Day Eucharistic Celebration. The Celebrant will be Rev. Michael Ajewole, MSP, Pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church and the Homilist will be Deacon Limas Sweed. The Theme of the MLK celebration is “Where Do You Stand” and will be held on Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 10:00am at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 1610 East 11th Street, Austin.
A reception will be held immediately following Mass. All are invited to attend this celebration and reception. Contact Johnnie Dorsey at
johnnie-dorsey @austin dioce se.org or 512-388-1320 for any questions.
The Office of Black Catholics of the Diocese of Austin is sponsoring the 8th
Annual “Blood of the Mar-tyrs” Blood Drive in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The campaign’s name was chosen to honor men and women who died in the 1960s Civil Rights move-ment and also to remember those who have given their blood and sacrificed their lives as martyrs for human-ity.
The blood donation campaign will be held on Mar-tin Luther King Day, January 18, 2010 from 10:00am to 2pm at the City-wide MLK
Celebra-tion. A Blood and Tissue Cen-ter van will be parked on Chalmers Street between 8th &
11th Streets on the Campus of
Huston-Tillotson University in East Austin to accommo-date those who want to give blood.
Donors must be at least 17 years of age, have a picture ID and provide a Social Secu-rity Number at the time they donate.
Advance Sign-ups are being taken, so if you wish to donate blood or if you have any questions, please contact Johnnie Dorsey at johnnie-dorsey@austindiocese.org or 512-388-1320.
8th Annual Blood Drive
Holy Cross holds
3rd Annual
Docesan-wide MLK
day Eucheristic
Celebration
Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church, 385 FM 20, Bastrop, TX, Rev. Larry Washington, Interim Pastor, Women’s Ministry cordially invites each & everyone to their 3rd annual 50 States Brunch, on Saturday, January 16, 2010 @ 11:00 AM.
The guest speaker will be Sister Carolyn Carter of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Sayers Community, Rev. Ronald Carter, Pastor, Theme: “It is time to move”, Deuteronomy 1:6.
Deacon Johnny Sanders Chairman of Deacon Board, Mother Ora Moore -Motherboard President., Sis-ter Christine Cyphers - Mis-sion President.
For more information contact Sister Christine Cyphers @ 512-303-2957.
Shilo to hold 50
States Brunch
The International Com-mittee of the Red Cross has launched a Family Links Website aimed at enabling persons in Haiti and abroad to register the names of rela-tives with whom they are striving to restore contact. It will progressively incorpo-rate information offering re-sponses to those queries.
Persons seeking news from their loved ones can therefore register the name of the sought persons directly on the site at:
h t t p : / / www.icrc.org/familylinks
“While it may take time to locate victims, the Red Cross already has folks on the ground working to reconnect families. We are proud to offer this tool to get the process under way as quickly as possible,” said Elaine Acker, CEO of the American Red Cross of Cen-tral Texas.
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; sup-plies nearly half of the nation’s blood; teaches life-saving skills; provides in-ternational humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a chari-table organization — not a government agency — and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the Ameri-can public to perform its mission. For more informa-tion, please visit www.redcross.org or join our blog at http:// blog.redcross.org.
International
Red Cross
Helping to
Reconnect
Families in
Haiti
(Austin—Texas) In the late 1850’s times were difficult for slaves, beaten, humiliated and of-ten separated from family mem-bers. But for some, life changed in the cover of darkness, during heavy rains and with the constant threat of capture as Harriet Tubman led them to freedom through the Underground Railroad. In celebra-tion of Black History Month, the dance drama, “Sister Moses: The Story of Harriet Tubman” tells the story of Tubman’s passionate pur-suit of freedom through move-ment, African drumming, tradi-tional spirituals and dynamic nar-ration. This exciting event, pre-sented by Desert Dance Theatre (DDT) of Phoenix, Arizona, takes place Friday, February 5, 2010, 7:30p.m. at Shoreline Center lo-cated at 15201 Burnet Road. Tickets are available through austix.com.
Local dancer/choreogra-pher, Renee Davis has danced the role of Harriet Tubman for nearly 18 years. Since relocating to
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BROUGHT TO LIFE
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tin more than 11 years ago, she has returned to Arizona each year to dance the role she helped create. “This amazing dance drama is both educational and entertaining, and brings to life the true story of hero-ism reminding us of the sacrifices those before us made to ensure our freedom,” Davis said. The Huston Tillotson University Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Gloria Quinlan, will be featured along with several other local mu-sicians and dancers.
Tubman led more than 300 people to freedom through the Un-derground Railroad, her trips sometimes taking weeks at a time, and all the while evading slave hunters and the authorities. Later, Tubman served the Union as a scout, spy and nurse.
For information on the public performance visit SisterMoses.org or call 512-297-7410. For information on the school performance contact Karen Peters at 512-732-8993.
In ‘Sister Moses’ The Huston-Tillotson University Concert Choir are featured performing traditional spiritusals
Youth of Today. Hope of Tomorrow.
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Jeremy Henderson
McCallum High School Lexus Wren
KIPP
Alonzo Black Hendrickson High School
Alon Rodgers
Kelly Lane Middle School Jaquarry Wilson
Kealing Middle School Marissa Hornsby
Connally High School
Citing a demographic report that predicts steady but slower than originally ex-pected growth, Pflugerville school district leaders shared plans with the PISD Board of Trustees to extend the timeline for the District’s fourth high school, while con-tinuing to strengthen college and career opportunities at the District’s three existing high schools.
“When we began plan-ning for our fourth high school, there were two driv-ing forces,” PISD Superinten-dent of Schools Charles Dupre said. “Demographic projections that told us our current high school facilities would be severely stressed by the 2012-13 school year, and our belief that we must offer more opportunities for
stu-dents, whether they plan to attend college or enter the workforce right out of high school.”
According to the most recent demographic report, the District’s high schools have enough space to accom-modate growth for several more years. The preliminary report indicates a potential growth of only 214 high school students for 2010-11, most of which are expected to attend Hendrickson. The Dis-trict will receive a 10-year pro-jection in January, which will be crucial in its long range planning.
“Now that our projec-tions tell us Connally, Hendrickson and Pflugerville high schools will be able to handle the growth expected to take place over the next sev-eral years, we can extend the timeline for building another school, and continue to work to expand the course offer-ings at our existing schools,” Dupre said.
The District will pro-vide the Board with a detailed demographic report and up-date on high school planning at a February board meeting.
Possible 4th high school for PISD
This week all the McCallum students returned to school to begin the second semster. This week was also stressful, because all of stu-dents schedules were messed up and a lot of classes were full. Some of the students got their schedules, while others couldn’t get it fixed, because once again a lot of classes were full and there was no more room for anymore
stu-dents. The good thing about this first week of the second semster was that I got to see all my friends, because I had missed them over the winter break. My schedule was messed up but I finally got it fixed and now Iike my sched-ule and hope everyone likes their schedules too and hope everyone enjoyed the first week of the second semster, because I did. I just want to say to all the McCallum stu-dents Happy New Year!!!
To all my fellow se-niors this is our last semster of high school ever, so lets work hard this semster, so that we will be graduating together and to everyone else work hard also. Once Again, Happy New Year to everyone and welcome to the second semster of school. Until Next Time…..
Second Semster Begins
Coming out of the break the Hendrickson boy’s and girl’s basketball teams played basketball last Monday night. The lady Hawks played at home against Killeen High School in their first district game of the season. The Hawks battled hard against their district opponents, but eventually lost by a final score of 36-48.
Hendrickson’s boy’s basketball team played their game away at St. Michael’s
Catholic Academy’s home court. The Hawks played tough, and tried to keep their record above five hundred. Unfortunately, St. Michael’s had other plans for the Hawks, taking down Hendrickson 76-73 in the last seconds of the game.
In other sports news, Hendrickson’s junior run-ning back Kenny Williams re-ceived first team all Centex honors. Kenny racked up nearly 2000 rushing yards, and 20 touchdowns this sea-son.
Also the school’s Senior Celebration Garage Sale has been moved to the HHS caf-eteria due to the weather. It is still this Saturday, January 9th, from 7 am-3 pm. If you are interested in donating to the garage sale, donations are being accepted on Friday af-ter school in the Hendrickson cafeteria.
Boys and girls lose after the break
Toni Nelson
KIPP
Hello readers glad to be back! First I would like to say to Mr. Wyatt for the NICE Christ-mas party given to us at the Millenium, thanks also to Mrs. Youngblood for everything (keeping up with all of us) and Mr. Wyatt’s staff, THANKS. I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday, I have been so busy this holiday season with finals and basketball. Thihs Thankgiving
my family went to Dallas to visit my NELSON family another re-union, at the home of my Uncle Ira and Aunt Regina Nelson that was a nice gathering I hope we can do it again. Hi Iris!!!!
KIPP basketball team has been struggling!! I would like to make NO COMMENT! but we have to keep in mind we are brand new, this is only our sec-ond year, every year KIPP will do it’s best to do better and stay focused on the game, always be a team. GO CARDINALS!!! I hope everyone did well on finals and will continue to turn in work and do well on test and don’t be afraid to ask for help. Well read-ers it’s time for me to get back to work. The Lady Cardinal bas-ketball season is not over we will continue to play hard.
The question is, What are you doing for Spring Break?
Hope everyone had a nice
Holiday season
The biggest game com-ing up ever in middle school basketball history is today Westview vs. Kelly Lane. Our school is 3 and 0 in district, both 7th and 8th grade boys.
Every team that has faced us regrets the day they were born. I mean we have demol-ished the teams. We run them up and down, around and around until they fell down — just gave up. We are what you call excellent. We are the best of the best.
We are the best team you will ever see. The Westview people are punks. They say that they have the future; that they have the best player that you have ever seen; that he is 6 foot 3. We have two or three people like that. We are not scared, for us that is like breakfast. We eat that and spit it out everyday. Also if this team is as good as they say then we will have the biggest game that you will ever witness in your life. It will be the best of the best; it will be the biggest game of the week,
no month, no year, no decade, no century. Wait no, no, no, no, it will be the biggest game of the life of the earth, it will be so big that your grandchil-dren great grandchilgrandchil-dren and for on will be talking about it. This game will change my life, our school’s life and most im-portantly your life. I am say-ing this right now to Westview. Yeah, I hope you are reading this. YOU WANT SOME THEN COME GET SOME!!
I am here waiting; you want this, come and get this. You said it already, the time to talk will be over it is time to put our feet down your throat and shut y’all up.
No Place for Hate “Anti-Bullying” Walk. The KLMS Diversity Team, Wellness Team, and Cheerleaders are teaming up to sponsor a cool event at KLMS on Tuesday. At the end of the day, students that signed up last week will walk the KLMS track as a sym-bolic stand against bullying. This event will take place at 3:15 and last until about
4:30-5 pm. If you’re avail-able / looking for a good ex-cuse to get some cardio, feel free to join us.
This month marks the end of online sales for the KLMS Yearbook, The Shield. Log on to www.smart-pay.com by January 15th to reserve your copy.
Westview vs Kelly Lane
Samone Marks Pflugerville High School
School started up again and everything has been back to normal as usual except. . . i forgot my locker combination. Anyways academically ev-erything has been going well but one of our teachers has passed on. I’m pretty sure everybody will miss him and love him dearly. He was a great teacher and a really cool person to go to.
The school has been so hiped up about the game that is goining on right about now. Pflugerville and Aikens High school. And
I’m pretty sure Pflugerville will win becasue we are just that good. The girls play aways at Aiken while the boys play home with the same team. As for our debate team, I got out of it so the re-sults don’t come to me so quickly. Our Key Club has made an extraordinary ac-complishment though. By going to Pflugerville Park and cleaning the area they have made it cleaner. Which to me is very good becasue a lot of people just throw things around and never think about the mess in can make. Keep Pflugerville Clean!!!
I forgot my locker combination
Greeting readers, I know that’s all over but, I hope ev-eryone had a wonderful Christmas and will have a Happy New Year. At KIPP I was able to perform in the Winter concert before the break in the band of course, no dancing. The dance team was a real hit!! With plenty of practice they did very well, special shout to “Will” for a job well done, great job to the
KIPP dance team. I did well on my finals and I hope all student in all schools did too. I had a very, very good Christ-mas, we went to visit my Grandpa Marvin McCooks and it was good nice and calm at his place. Thanks to the Nelson’s in Dallas for a very good Thanksgiving with very good food!
Spring break is near my family will go and participate in a Stroke 5k run/walk in Houston Tx then it’s off to the beach!!
Thanks Mr. Wyatt for the nice party, we ran into a fellow writer for the Villager and she told us she was in college and also, I think a chief reporter for the school news paper at the college she at-tends now and she is plan-ning to pursue journalism!! I think this is wonderful good job.
I had a very good Christmas
Throughout the last se-mester I have realized how im-portant school is for me.
With-out It Where would I be? This question has changed how I view the whole idea of school. In the past I’ve hated going to school and never wanted to go. Now I think I like it and want to continue attending school. Dur-ing the break I have had my fun and I may have forgotten at least a fourth of the things I’d learned. Now I can’t even wait to go back. When school begins I will be taking new classes and I will be surrounded by new people. But Through it all I am glad to say I enjoy attending school.
Jaylon Knighten Campbell Elementary
A New Semester begins
Happy New Year! And wel-come back to school. Hope everyone had a good holiday.
It has been awhile since I last wrote. I am now playing bas-ketball and my first game is schedule for this Saturday Jan 16th. I am so happy about the
game because when I practice I always feel ready. My first week back in school was good I thought it was going to be hard for me to get back in the routine but it wasn’t. I have a new dog and she is cute. Her name is Madison she looks like a puppy but she is already three years old so she will not get any bigger than the size she is now.
Welcome back to school
By Isiah Collins Kelly Lane M.S.
At our school we have school the only thing people like is the cafeteria. Now our cafeteria has three lines. Our first line which we call A line serves some-thing new everyday day that’s the line if you want variety I usually don’t go in that line. The second line which we call B line serves the same thing everyday pizza, burgers, salad, sand-wiches, and a hot dog that’s usually for people you are just want the same thing I
go to that line all the time. The third line which we call C line is usually were every-body goes all the time. Now this line serves snacks and comfort food. Like chips, pizza, burritos, cookies, ice cream, hot pockets, juice, and slush’s. Now that sounds good until you see the prices there outrageous. I usually try to stay away from this line. And the food isn’t nasty it’s actually pretty good. I mean most cafeteria food is nasty, but this is pretty good. They must do something to it that just makes you like it.
The Cafeteria has three lines
S o t h i s y e a r i n 8t h
grade we take midterms for t h e h i g h s c h o o l c r e d i t classes that we have. Now in high school they also take midterms or finals. I d o n ’ t u n d e r s t a n d w h y they get to have half a day and we don’t. We work just as hard as they do and we don’t get out of school
Midterms in 8
th
grade
Arayla Reese Kelly Lane
early. Well today on Friday 12/18/09 we got out at 12:45 p.m. School some-times just isn’t fair these days. Midterms are always hard for me because I like t o p r o c r a s t i n a t e a n d I never get around to study-ing for the big test the next day. My midterm was over health. Health is fun but it can be boring at the same time.
William Purcell, lll Manor New Tech HS
Christmas break is over and it’s back to school. Christmas break was fun for me. I got cool things
like video games and shoes. I had even gotten money. Christ-mas break is for everybody but, mostly people in school. Christ-mas break is the best way to end
the year. You can relax and hang out with your friends. Stay up real late and sleep late too. One of the best parts of Christmas break was “New Years”. Me and most of my family members celebrated. We counted down then toasted drinks and partied
until after 4:00 am. There was some good food in my house. Pretty soon after “New Years”, the days go by fast until school starts. I’ll still remember and think about Christmas break of 09. And you will too.
MLK Events
Capital Metro
The Austin MLK cel-ebration includes the 17th Annual Keynote Address on January 17, 2010. This years keynote will feature Michael
Eric Dyson and the Fisk
Ju-bilee Singers.
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson – who is an American Book Award recipient and two-time NAACP Image Award winner – is one of the nation’s most influential and re-nowned public intellectuals. He has been named one of the 150 most powerful African Americans by Ebony maga-zine. The Philadelphia Weekly contends that Dr. Dyson “is reshaping what it means to be a public intellec-tual by becoming the most vis-ible black academic of his time.”
No t only has Dr. Dyson taught at some of the nation’s most prestigious universities – including Brown, Chapel Hill, Columbia and the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania – but his influence has carried far beyond the academy into pris-ons and bookstores, political conventions and union halls, and church sanctuaries and lecture stages across the world.
Dr. Dyson has ap-peared on nearly every major media outlet, including The Today Show, Nightline, O’Reilly Factor, The Tavis Smiley Show and Real Time with Bill Maher – and he has cemented his star appeal on such shows as Rap City, Def
There are two oppor-tunities to hear Reverend Otis Moss Jr., a civil rights leader who worked with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and has served as an advisor to President Obama
On Sunday Jan. 17th, at 10:15 A.M., Reverend Moss
Thursday, January 14, 2010
MLK Children’s Oratory Contest Sponsored by Child Incorporated The Carver Museum, Boyd Vance Theatre, 1165 Angelina Street, 6:00 p.m. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners to receive a U.S. Savings Bond
Open to the public.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
MLK Day of Service Sponsored by the United Way Hands on Central Texas Huston-Tillotson University 9:00 a.m. Open to the public.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
17th Annual Keynote Address
The Long Center for the Performing Arts , 707 West Riverside Drive 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 pm Featuring special guest speaker, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson.
Performances by the 2010 Grammy Nominees for Best Gospel Performance, the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, along with special performances by the Huston-Tillotson
University Choir and Ballet Afrique Contemporary Dance Company.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Citywide March & Rally
Beginning at the University of Texas, 21st and Speedway (near MLK Statue), ending at Huston-Tillotson University.
Cultural Festival immediately following the march at Huston-Tillotson University
on 8th and Chalmers, featuring Les and The Funk Mob and other local Austin musicians.
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Open to the public.
Poetry Jam and The Colbert Report. He is also a contrib-uting editor of Time maga-zine.
His powerful work has won him legions of admirers and has made him what the Washington Post terms a “su-perstar professor.” His fear-less and fiery oratory led the Chronicle of Higher Educa-tion to declare that with his rhetorical gifts he “can rock classroom and chapel alike.” Dr. Dyson’s eloquent writing inspired Vanity Fair maga-zine to describe him as “one of the most graceful and
lu-cid intellectuals writing on race and politics today.”
Dr. Dyson is presently University Professor of Soci-ology at Georgetown Univer-sity. His legendary rise – from welfare father to Princeton Ph.D., from church pastor to college professor, from a fac-tory worker who didn’t start college until he was 21 to a figure who has become what writer Naomi Wolf terms “the ideal public intellectual of our time” – may help explain why author Nathan McCall sim-ply calls him “a street fighter in suit and tie.”
will preach at St James’ Episcopal Church, 1941 Webberville Road, Austin, TX 78721. The Huston -Tillotson Choir will per-form at the service. A con-versation with Reverend M o s s w i l l b e h e l d i n Founders Hall following the service.
Former King Associate to give to appearances
in East Austin
DETAILED LIST OF EVENTS
MLK Keynote address to be given by Dr.
Michael Eric Dyson at the Long Center
The African Diaspors Section
By Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
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As the diaspora trav-eled throughout West Africa, we meet a countless number of entrepreneurs. Their ideas ranges from starting their own information technology business to starting small res-taurants. Other entrepre-neurs have the desire to one day have a big retail com-pany. One of these entrepre-neurs is named Dédé Kpodar who has opened her own re-tail business in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. For years, Dédé would sell items of merchandise for different individuals while never owning her own store. Since working in the re-tail industry, Dédé has al-ways dreamed of owning a retail business. After saving
her money and receiving seed money gifts from family members, Dédé was able to open her business in the larg-est city of the Ivory Coast. In her retail store, Dede sells a variety of products such as telephone cards, shoes, chil-dren and adult clothings, toys and pursues. Moreover, the opening of her store, allows longtime clients to purchase irems from her shop.
Although Dédé enjoys being a business owner, she has faced several difficult is-sues. The first issue was in regards to raising money. The banks don’t usually finance small micro-entrepreneurs like herself. Consequently, she had to raise money
through the investments of family members. Secondly, she faces the issues of a slow bureaucracy. In other words, she had to wait a long period of time before receiving all the necessary paperwork to start a business.
In summary, Dédé has achieved her dream of own-ing her own retail business. In her store, she sells a vari-ety of items such as telephone cards, shoes, clothing for all ages, pursues and toys. She also enjoys owning her own store but goes through several obstacles, such as, finding the necessary capital to start her business. Someday, she hopes to open up a larger store with more goods.
The Austin City Coun-cil will meet on January 14, 2010. Also, the Austin Hous-ing Finance Corporation Board will meet at 3:30 pm. The first item of business for the AHFCB will be to approve the December 10, 2009 min-utes. The second item of busi-ness will be to
authorize negotiations and the execution of four ser-vice agreements with the fol-lowing firms to provide resi-dential roofing services and emergency home repair ser-vices under the General Obli-gation Bond Home Repair Program for a combined total amount not to exceed $500,000: ADVANTAGE USAA, INC., Spring Branch,
Texas; AgH20 HOLD-INGS, L.L.C., Round Rock, Texas; VALDEZ
REMODELING AND WEATHERIZATION, INC., Austin, Texas; and UNITY CONTRACTOR SERVICES, Austin, Texas.
On January 11, 2010 the city of Pflugerville will hold a reception to welcome Bran-don Wade, the new city man-ager. The reception will be held at City Council Chamber between the hours of 5:30 pm and 6:45 pm. Moreover, this will be time in which the resi-dents of Pflugerville can meet the new city manager. Then on January 12, 2010 the Pflugerville City Council will hold their regular meeting.
After the call to order, the City Council will hold an appre-ciation presentation for out-going Board and Commission members and an oath of of-fice ceremony for newly ap-pointed Board and Commis-sion members.
The Round Rock City Council will meet on January 12, 2010 at 7:30 am. The coun-cil will hold a meeting about the four year financial plan for the city. Then, the council will hear a report from the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce regarding eco-nomic development. Then the council will have a discussion about convergent technolo-gies. Finally, the council will adjourn.
Part I of a Conversation with
Candidate, Yvonne Mitchell
Williams
By Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon
On March 2, 2010 the voters of Travis County will be voting in the primary for various candidates who are running for different offices. In some cases, the primaries will determine the next office holders because those candi-dates don’t have an opponent from the other party. There-fore, it is important for the voters to know about the can-didates and the platform of ideas. Consequently, we will report on these candidates, so that readers can make the best choice regarding their elected officials. Moreover, for this week and next week, we will be writing about Yvonne Wil-liams who is one of the can-didates for Justice of the Peace, Precinct One.
Yvonne Williams is one of the democratic candi-dates who is running for Jus-tice of Peace, Precinct One. If elected, her job will include the handling of civil and criminal cases. The civil cases cover issues, such as,
debt, evictions, car accidents, unlawful towing, property, truancy, and lawsuits up to $10,000. Furthermore, the criminal cases include Class C misdemeanors, such as, traf-fic citations, and issuance of bad checks. Also, if elected as judge over this court, then she would try to clear the backlog of cases that the court faces.
Moreover, the geo-graphical boundary of the Justice of Peace, Precinct One includes the majority of East Travis county, which has a diverse population. It in-cludes cities like, Manor, parts of Elgin , Pflugerville and Austin , Colony Creek , and Del Valle. However, Jus-tice of Peace, Precinct One doesn’t include the Windsor Park subdivisions. Moreover, the jurisdiction has a popu-lation of about 150,000. Also, the precinct is a mixture of urban, suburban and rural. So if elected Yvonne Williams will be a presiding judge over
a jurisdiction that covers most of East Travis County , which has a diverse population.
In summary, the voters of Travis County will be vot-ing in the primaries for vari-ous candidates. In some cases, the primaries will de-termine the next office hold-ers because these candidates will not have an opponent from the other party during the general elections. So, it is important to know about the candidates platform because if elected their decisions and ruling would affect the lives of those living in that area. Moreover, Yvonne Williams is one of the candidates who has an opponent in the pri-maries. Consequently, for this week and the coming week, we will be writing excerpts of Yvonne Williams, Justice of Peace, Precinct One from an interview with this candi-date. Moreover, next week’s interview will be about the reasons why she chose to run for this particular office.
ELEVENTH ANNUAL ZETA FUNDRAISER
SHOWCASES HIGH SCHOOL STEP TEAMS
(Round Rock, TX) — The Eleventh Annual Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Pi Omega Chapter Step Show featuring high school teams and collegiate Greeks com-peting for cash prizes in sepa-rate competitions will be held Saturday, January 30, 2010.
The event is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Old Settlers, 3300 Palm Valley
Blvd, Round Rock.
The family friendly event, formerly the Zeta Zydeco, starts with the high school step show from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the collegiate strut competition afterward.
Merchant and food vendors round out the evening. Tickets are avail-able in advance for $10 or at the door for $15. Proceeds
benefit the scholarship pro-grams of the Pi Omega Zeta Chapter. For tickets, to com-pete in the step show or strut competition, or to reserve merchant space, call 512-699-0443 or visit www.orgsites.com/tx/ piomegazeta/.
Old Settlers is located on Highway 79 next to the Dell Diamond ballpark.
Rally Near Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
AUSTIN, Texas — The 17th annual community march celebrating the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will begin with a rally at the King statue on the east mall at The University of Texas at Austin at 9 a.m., Monday, Jan. 18.
“The MLK March is a powerful reminder of the work yet to be done to create an equitable society. The act of gathering is a way of say-ing ‘Yes, I commit to maksay-ing a world of justice and peace,’” said Dr. Omi Osun Joni Jones, director of the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Stud-ies. William Powers Jr., presi-dent of The University of Texas at Austin, and Liam O’Rourke, president of the university’s Student Govern-ment, will provide the wel-come. The event will include performances by the Innervisions Gospel Choir, God’s Anointed Next Genera-tion and the winner of the MLK Oratory Contest from a local elementary school. Kyle S. Clark, founder of MasterPeace Solutions and president of the university’s Black Faculty and Staff
Asso-ciation, also will speak. Wilhelmina Delco, former speaker pro-tem of the Texas House of Representatives, will be the grand marshal from the statue to the Capitol. The march will continue from the Capitol to Huston-Tillotson University, 900 Chicon St., where a commu-nity festival will be held.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration has drawn up to 15,000 people, accord-ing to the Austin Area Heri-tage Council, which coordi-nates events. The celebration events are sponsored by mul-tiple community organiza-tions, including the university’s John L. Warfield Center for African and Afri-can AmeriAfri-can Studies and the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement.
Dr. Gregory J. Vincent, vice president for diversity and community engagement, said, “We are honored to sup-port the celebration of Dr. King’s life and accomplish-ments. The University of Texas at Austin has gained strength from its diversity and cultural richness—much of which would not have be-come possible without the
leadership of Dr. King so many years ago.”
Free parking will be available at The University of Texas at Austin’s UCFC Disch-Falk Field, the state parking garage at 12th Street and San Jacinto, and at the Holy Cross Catholic Church parking area at 1610 11th St. The 2010 celebration festivi-ties, as well as the free park-ing locations, are along tal Metro’s bus routes. Capi-tal Metro will add service on the #2 Rosewood so it can run on a 15-minute frequency from the start of service on Jan. 18 until 4 p.m. Regular Capi-tal Metro bus fare applies.
Other activities in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day planned by the Aus-tin Area Heritage Council in-clude the United Way’s Mar-tin Luther King Jr. Day of Ser-vice starting at Huston-Tillotson University at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16, and the annual keynote address on Jan. 17. The keynote will fea-ture Dr. Eric Michael Dyson and the Fisk Jubilee Singers at the Long Center. Tickets for the keynote address and more information about the events are available online.
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11TH ANNUAL MLK, JR.
BOULEVARD CLEANUP
Join us in honoring the memory of Martin Luther King by joining togetherto take pride in our East Austin community as we pick up lit-ter alongMartin Luther King Jr. Blvd. - from Airport Blvd. to Springdale Rd.
Refreshments will be served.
A/TRC and ProArts Collective have participated in this event for 10 years! Dress Warm and come ready to sing a song, dance the dance whole cleaning your community. Make Your Com-munity Aesthetically Pleas-ing!
10 A.M. JANUARY 16TH @ J.J. Seabrook Park2000 Pershing Drive just north of MLK, Jr. Blvd.
SPONSORED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAWNNA DUKES District 46 (D-Austin)
For More Information Contact:
Melissa Rosser at (512) 463-0506 or
melissa.rosser@house.state.tx.us Rep. Dawnna Dukes
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR
ANNUAL MLK DAY OF SERVICE
To honor of the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, more than 500 volunteers are ex-pected to join with the United Way Capital Area’s Hands On Central Texas program and other nonprofits for the annual MLK Day of Service on Saturday, Jan. 16.
Volunteers are urged to pre-register for projects at www.handsoncentraltexas.org or register at the kickoff event on Jan. 16 starting at 8:30 a.m. at Huston-Tillotson Univer-sity, 900 Chicon Street, in the Davage-Durden Union Build-ing. All projects will begin at 10 a.m.
Among this year’s projects are:
· Painting of the Dove Springs Recreation Center – organized by 1 Hour for Kids, a United Way initiative, that recruits mentors and tutors for at-risk middle school stu-dents in the Austin and Manor Independent School Districts. Both mentors and students are expected to join in to celebrate January’s des-ignation as National Mentor Month.
· Community Garden and Classroom Cleanup – a
project of Mainspring Schools, an accredited pre-school serving low income children in Austin. Volun-teers are needed to spruce up the school garden, as well as organize and clean class-rooms.
· Paint, Clean and Orga-nize – a project of Austin Groups for the Elderly (AGE). Volunteers will work on the more than 100-year-old AGE building which houses more than 20 nonprofit organiza-tions.
Numerous other projects are available and in-clude park and street cleanup, book sorting and building projects are available throughout the Austin area.
About Hands On Cen-tral Texas
Hands On Central Texas, a program of United Way Capital Area, strength-ens communities though meaningful volunteer action. Hands On Central Texas is a member of the Hands On Net-work, whose mission is to in-spire, equip, and mobilize people to take action that changes the world. At the cen-ter of the network are more
than 250 affiliates, called HandsOn Action Centers that serve 83% of the American population and located 12 international communities. The vast majority of Points Of Light Institute’s work and activity happens through HandsOn Network’s Action Centers and its expanded net-work of hundreds of non-profit, community and faith-based and government orga-nizations.
About United Way Capital Area
United Way Capital Area is working hard to ad-vance the common good by focusing on the building blocks of a better life: educa-tion, financial stability and health.
UWCA helps individu-als and families in need and works to create long-lasting changes that prevent prob-lems from happening in the first place.
Our vision in Central Texas is a caring community where the opportunity to ful-fill human potential is always within reach. For more infor-mation, please visit www.unitedwaycapitalarea.org.
HUSTON-TILLOTSON
UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY
WITH A DIVERSITY LECTURE
(AUSTIN, Texas) — Two intriguing lectures are scheduled at Huston-Tillotson University in cel-ebration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday and to launch Black History Month. In collaboration with South-western University and the Mellon Foundation, Huston-Tillotson University will present a lecture on race, ethnicity, gender, and class. At the end of the month, the Third Annual Bishop E.T. Dixon Lecture features Rev. Valerie Bridgeman presenting the Book of Ecclesiastes from a hip hop perspective. Details of the programs are as fol-lows:
Mellon Faculty En-gaged Diversity Exchange Project
“Collaborations in Cur-riculum, Research, and Peda-gogy on Issues of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Class”
by Dr. Joseph Zavala Tuesday, Jan. 19 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Agard-Lovinggood Audito-rium 900 Chicon Street Dr. Joseph Zavala earned his doctorate in for-eign languages and literature from the University of Miami, Coral Gables. He is one of more than 18 presenters par-ticipating in the Mellon Foun-dation faculty exchange project. He has published a number of peer-reviewed ar-ticles about the late colonial period, including the book:
Visión del Perú de académicos peruanos en Estados Unidos
(December 2007).
Third Annual Bishop E.T. Dixon Lecture Rev. Valerie J. Bridgeman
Thursday, Jan. 28 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Agard-Lovinggood Au-ditorium
900 Chicon Street
This lecture launches a host of Huston-Tillotson Uni-versity Black History Month activities. Rev. Bridgeman will speak on the topic, “Hip-Hop and the Preacher: A Cul-tural Reading of the Book of Ecclesiastes.” Bridgeman is the associate professor of He-brew Bible/Homiletics and Worship, Lancaster Semi-nary, Lancaster, Pennsylva-nia. She previously taught at HT.
Both programs are free and open to the public.
Rev. Valerie J. Bridgeman
City of Austin offices close to
observe Martin Luther King Jr.
Day
City of Austin adminis-trative offices including City Council offices and City Hall will be closed Monday, Jan. 18, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Normal business hours will resume Tuesday, Jan. 19.
All Austin Public Li-brary facilities; the Town Lake Animal Center; and recre-ation, cultural and senior cen-ters will be closed along with day labor services at the First Workers north site. Some pools will be open. For loca-tions and hours of operation, check www.cityofaustin.org/ parks/park_news.cfm.
Garbage and recycling pickup by City of Austin Solid Waste Services will stay on regular schedule on Monday.
The Austin Nature and Science Center will be open for normal business hours.
The 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade and Fes-tival will begin at 9 a.m. at the Martin Luther King Statue on the University of Texas cam-pus at 21st Street and
Speed-way. The parade will proceed
to the Capitol and end at Huston-Tillotson University at 11th Street and Chalmers
Avenue. Austin Police De-partment escorts will accom-pany the parade, resulting in only temporary street clo-sures.
The festival in East Austin, adjacent to Huston-Tillotson, will entail the fol-lowing street closures (with local access only) from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan.18:
· East 11th Street from
Conchos Street to Chalmers Avenue.
· Chalmers Avenue from East 11th Street to East
Eighth Street.
· Conchos Street from East Eighth Street to East 11th
Street.
· East Eighth Street from Conchos Street to Chalmers Avenue.
For more information about the parade route and festival street closures, check: www.cityofaustin.org/ specialevents/downloads/ mllkmarch_map_011810.pdf
Who: East Communi-ties YMCA
What: 10th
Anniver-sary Celebration – Free & Open to the Public
Where: East Commu-nities YMCA, 5315 Ed. Bluestein (& E. 51st St.)
When: Saturday, Janu-ary 23, 10am – 2pm
Why: To commemo-rate the landmark commu-nity effort that brought the East Communities YMCA into existence and celebrate the thousands of lives that have been changed for the better, the YMCA is hosting a free community event. Ac-tivities include free class demonstrations in Gymnas-tics, Piano, Art, and KidFit, plus face painting and car-nival games, free NBA Fit-ness Tests, free food & drink and a special visit from the Games 2 U video game the-ater. As a special commemo-rative offer, anyone who joins the YMCA by Jan. 31 will receive a waiver of the standard joining fee (a $48 savings) and a free exclusive YMCA gift.
Contact: by phone – 933-9622 for details; by email – Adrienne.sturrup@austinymca.org; web – www.austinymca.org. East Communities YMCA 10th Anniversary Celebration