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He has participated in National Black Caucuses, protested apartheid in South Africa, advocated for the release of a wrongfully convicted death row inmate, and the list goes on. Though his endeavors have
spanned national and international issues, for Boney it has always been and will always be about the community first.
The Honorable Jew Don Boney is a two time Texas Southern University Alum. He served as a member of Houston City Council, representing the historically African American District D, as well as Mayor Pro Tem. Presently, he is the Associate Director of the Mickey Leland Center on World Hunger and Peace at Texas Southern University. He has recently decided to step back onto political scene after a ten year hiatus and is running for Houston Community College Board of Trustee District IV seat. Tré had the distinct honor to sit with Mr. Boney to ask 10 simple questions about his legacy, his dedication and his vision for Houston Community College.
1Tré: You have an extensive background in fighting injustices
and supporting causes ( i.e Clarence Brandley, Apartheid in South Africa, etc) that would have otherwise held no direct implications for you, What would you say is the driving force behind such self-less commitments?
Boney: I found it impossible to ignore human suffering… I have not been able to abide social injustice. It’s something about racism and social injustice that my spirit won’t abide so, I have not been able to be silent, be uninterested and unengaged when I’m aware of and confronted by human suffering, particularly, and social injustice.
2Tré: With over four decades under your belt in
civic engagement and political activism, what accomplishment are you most proud of and why?
Boney: It has to be the participation in the collective effort to save a human life. The fact that a human being is alive today partly because of efforts that I and others made; it can’t be trivialized. That’s very, very meaningful.
3Tré: What would you say is the force that drives you to
continue to advocate for this community?
Boney: I think it’s a spiritual force. It’s certainly not a material force because material gain was never a primary objective of mine and I’ve been willing to risk
and sacrifice material gain. But spiritually, it is what I believe to be ethically right and morally responsible. I think we are all connected. I think human beings have a responsibility to respond to human suffering and injustice. I think others, in my mind, should feel the same calling. Maybe they do. I just answered mine.
4Tré: What are some of the major issues you see in the community
presently that differ from when you were in office? Boney: There is a disconnectedness that I see that is extremely troubling. There’s a fragmentation that I see. There are some institutional and institutionalized inadequacies that I sense and see that hinder our collective development… I see individuals making
heroic efforts so they can get theirs. Get their job. Get their degree. Get their family and their kids through. But the neighborhood and the community are not at the top of that list...If you lose your community, if you lose the collective, how much security does the individual have? The pressures that we confront are not individual pressures…they’re institutional.
5Tré: Your father served as the second president of Houston
Community College, what aspects of his legacy do you plan to carry on if you are elected as Trustee for District 4? Boney: My father realized that the key to our regions competiveness is a highly educated well trained, skilled workforce. HCC is the critical key to Houston’s success.
Straight Talk
BY IYSHA BATTS, TexAS SouTHern unIverSITY
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Let's Move: Tackling
Childhood Obesity
BY: MYRA JONES ROMAIN
In the 1970’s, 5 % or 1
out of every 20 children
in the United States was
obese. Now, less than
two generations later a
dramatic change has taken
effect in childhood obesity
rates. This number has
increased to 1 out of every
3 children being obese. An
increase to 30%.
What has caused such a
dangerously rapid increase
in childhood obesity in the
United States? A number
of factors contribute to
higher childhood obesity
but no single factor or
small set of factors have
been identified as the
direct cause. Consider
the wide range of factors
contributing to childhood
obesity. They include
the growing popularity
of fast food replacing
traditional home cooked
meals; increased snacking
during long hours of non-
physical activities such as
watching television, using
a computer or playing
video games. In addition
to these, the tightening
of budgets in schools
and homes resulted in
the reduction of recesses,
fewer physical education
and extra-curriculum
activities in schools and
far fewer summer camps
are available for children.
Economics also plays a
factor because processed
foods which are higher
in sugars, preservatives
and fat are cheaper than
fruits and vegetables.
Extensive studies have
identified and defined
two primary categories for
these factors that lead to
childhood obesity. They
are, factors that contribute
to high caloric intake
and the second, factors
that lead to less physical
activity.
Our children are taking
in much higher levels of
calories and less physical
activity to burn those
calories. Those excess
calories cause obesity.
Physicians are now treating
an increasing number of
children for weight related
diseases that were formerly
associated with adults such
as diabetes, arthritis, heart
disease, hypertension,
depression, lung disease
and cancer. For children,
these diseases that can be
prevented.
On February 9, 2010, First
Lady Michelle Obama
made this growing
epidemic a national
priority by announcing
her “Let’s Move”
campaign to eradicate
childhood obesity within a
generation. The ambitious
program seeks to: (1)
Educate parents about
nutrition and exercise;
(2) Improve quality of
food in the schools; (3)
Make healthy foods
more affordable and
accessible for families;
and (4) Re-emphasize the
importance of physical
education in schools.
For free tools and
resources go to www.
healthykidshealthyfuture.
org. Sign-up today for
updates, webinars and share
your success stories.
1. Pack a healthy lunch
or snack of fruits and
vegetables school;
2. Work with school’s
administration to
provide healthy
alternatives (Swap
Deep Fryers for Salad
Bars);
3. Join a food
cooperative for
inexpensive fresh
fruits and vegetables
(S.H.A.P.E. Community
Center has one);
4. Go outside and play,
spend some more
quality physical
activity time with
family and friends, on
a regular basis;
5. Go to the library and
learn about nutrition,
creative ways to get
exercise and new fun
nutritional recipes;
6. Help keep your
neighborhood park
clean and safe so that
you and your family
will use it often;
7. Volunteer to coach a
kids league to insure
that the program
continues; and
8. Reassess your own
lifestyle and eating
habits. Children learn
best by example.
9. Reduce time
watching television
and on the computer
and DO NOT snack
during these times.
First Lady Michelle Obama
delivers remarks in the East
Room of the White House about
commitments from major food
retailers to provide access to
healthy, affordable food to
millions of people in underserved
communities across the country,
July 20, 2011. (Official White House
Photo by Samantha Appleton)
Ways you can help your child get and stay healthy:
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TOWN HALL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE STATE OF EDUCATION REFORMTeach for America reminds us that we have A Chance to Make History:
In a town hall conversation, Wendy Kopp discusses her new book, A Chance to Make History (PublicAffairs). Drawing on the experiences of Teach For America’s 28,000 corps members and alumni, A Chance to Make History illustrates what it will take to provide “transformational education”—education that changes the academic and life trajectories of children facing all the challenges of poverty. Rod Paige, former U.S. Secretary of Education and HISD superintendent, will offer opening remarks. Tue. May 3, 7p.m. Grand Hall,Rice Memorial Center, Rice University , 6100 Main Street
MICHELLE BARNESThe Collective showcases teaching artists and their works: Behind every creative endeavor there’s a teacher, a mentor or someone who has shared their talent and discipline with their students in school, after school and community settings. The Community Artists’ Collective recognize these artists/teachers in their exhibit, “I Create: The Teaching Artist,” opened Saturday, April 2, in the Midtown Art Gallery Tea Room, 1413 Holman at La Branch. The exhibit includes Michelle Barnes, Kerri Carmouche, Lee Carrier, Joseph Dixon, Jessica Fields, Julie Gawel, Karl Hall, Derek Hawkins, Cletus Johnson, Leerkamp Cavan, Mandy Peyrani, Bridgette Phillips, Roy Thomas, Shunshieva Trahan and Lloyd Wade. An opening reception will be held Saturday, April 2, from 2 to 5 p.m. The Collective is open Thur-Sat from 12 to 5 p.m. For more info call 713-523-1616 or visit www.thecollective.org.
FORMER YATES STUDENT ELECTEDSENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT OFMOREHOUSE COLLEGE
While in high school, Yates Alumnus Jonathan Howard played on the Yates Football Team but his scholarship to Morehouse is not based on sports. It is based on academics. That’s an important point that he
makes to students as he gives them advice on how to succeed in school.
Howard tells students, “When I was playing football at Yates, there was a sign that hung over the door to our locker room that few paid attention to. By my senior year, I began to realize just how important the words were. The sign said, “The reason most people fail is because they put off what they want most for what they want right now.” Howard goes on to tell students, “Don’t say 'what I want most is to be a businessman but right now I want to let my pants sag, skip class, fight and talk any kind of way', because that’s not how real businessmen behave. You have to act and think like what you want to become.”
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Coach Bria Fischer, L.O.T. Students Farrah Fisher, Derrick Kent, Gabriela Caminos, Dominique Caminos, Allahjah Brown, Jordin Taylor and
Coach Kimberly Williams. Photo Nicole Thomas
National Black MBA Association- Houston Chapter recently held the Leaders of Tomorrow 2011 Case Competition at Minute Maid Park. Over 60 students competed for $5,000 in cash and prizes. The Leaders of Tomorrow Case Competition was established to increase student participation in LOT® Program activities, improve the student’s analytical and presentation skills, and increase interaction with other students in LOT® Programs across the country.
Congratulations to the team and good luck as they represent Houston at the National Competition held at the NBMBAA Conference in Atlanta.
2011 LEADERS OF TOMORROWCASE COMPETITION WINNERS
Hosted by National Black MBA Assoc.- Houston Chapter
VOICING THE MEMORYFilm Festival on the African Diaspora II. On March 29
and 30th 2001 at 1pm Texas Southern University hosted a free event, featuring world-renowned, Cuban filmmaker, Gloria Rolando (1912 Breaking the Silence, Eyes of the Rainbow, The Jazz in Us) Sponsored by: The
College of Liberal Arts & Behavioral Sciences, The Urban Learning Center, Department of Foreign Languages.
BROOKLYN WOMEN HAVE THEIR SAY VIA USTREAM TVThe team of Bklyn’s Bridge include Kywani Wade, India Ferguson, Denise Lendor, Felicia Parrish, Tyeisha Delk, Monique Crayton and Genese Morgan. Travis Wade (production)
Bklyn’s Bridge is Real Talk in Reel Time The mission of Bklyn’s Bridge is to bring women and men together to
chat about entertaining and thought provoking topics that matter most while creating a live viewing experience that perpetuates community and sharing of information. The show gives the inside dish in a salon talk manner as childhood friends–now adult women in their 30‘s–converse on an array of attention grabbing, funny, sometimes out of the ordinary subjects they deal with in their own lives.
The concept was inspired when the ladies all came together on Blackberry Messenger to advice a friend who was making a courageous career transition from corporate to entrepreneurship. Cast member Tyeisha Delk says “sharing adviseand information with friends—we all can use more of that. Bklyn’s Bridge is here to inspire and encourage our viewers to great living.”
Bklyn’s Bridge airs Wednesday nights on Ustream TV at 9pm EST. www.bklynsbridge.com, www.ustream.tv Follow the show on Twitter @bklynsbridge Twitter Hashtag: #SoBklyn (for event only) Facebook: BklynsBridgeGroup
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Tré: Brother Shango, would you mind telling us a little about your trip?Brother Shango: Yes. We, Sundiata,Sentwali, Ojo,and myself traveledto Washington D.C. picked up myother son Jawanza and bused toNew York, where we then caughta plane to West Africa. First, welanded in Burkino Faso, becauseof bad weather, and then after theweather cleared up, we went on toCasablanca, Morocco, where we laidover for a few hours and then flewon to Bamako, Mali, West Africa.
he trip across the African Ocean,so know as the Atlantic Ocean,as about 7 hours. Interestingly
nough, while on the plane we metbdulaye, a brother from Bamako,oming home after completing hisniversity schooling in the Unitedates. He had actually finished his
raduate work at the University of exas. He showed us to the hotelalibris which became our placef residence for the first few days.here at the hotel we would meetrother Ali who was to be our guide
and friend for the next ten days.Tré: Could you tell us the purpose of your trip and was it accomplished?Brother Shango: Yes. Although,as individuals we all had ourseparate reasons, as a groupour purpose was:1) A continuing Rite of Passage
for all of us, especially for myyounger sons, Ojo, Sundiata, andSentwali. As you may alreadyknow, the over all theme of SehahYouth & Fitness Center is “RitesTo Pass”. We believe that all of us,especially our youth should gothrough and experience certainthings (on purpose) in order tobe well prepared for all thingsthat life presents to us. Actuallywhile on the trip my son Jawanzagave me a verbal thank you forsome of the earlier rites to passexperiences I exposed him tosome 20 years ago. I smiled andfelt really good about the work I do. And I guess that’s whatkeeps me doing it. A crucial partof our Rites To Pass Program is
Baba Shango of SEHAH Youth and Fitness Center and his sons traveled to Mali, West Africa for two weeks, venturing into
internal Africa for a first hand look and to carry the spirit of Sehah and the Tré to some of our brothers and sisters in that part of the world.
and experience the world in orderto be full citizens of the world andto know how to navigate through alltypes of situations. In addition, onlya handful of African-American youthget a chance to travel the world.My work with Sehah and anotherinternational youth organizationsinsures this.
2) Travel to internal Africa was critical,because most travelers to Africaonly visit the coastal countries andnot internal, but we went inside.
3) We fulfilled our mission to reachand see the great & ancient city of Timbouctou where lies the ancientUniversity of Sankore and some of the oldest Mosques in North Africa.
4) We traveled over some of the sameroads traveled by the great MansaMusa, we touched the soil andwalked in the land of the great MariJata, Sundiata Keti,uniter of the MaliEmpire, we sailed the Niger river(and I swam in it)
5) We visited Dogon land and sat inthe presence of the brothers andsisters whose direct ancestorsmapped the stars in the sky.
6) Being martial artists & developersof youth, it goes without saying wetaught a few martial arts classesto the youth and trained with anindigenous African martial artist,witnessing a little Kupigana Ngumi from Mali.
Timbuktu (Koyra Chiini:Tumbutu; French: Tombouctou),formerly also spelled Timbuctoo,is a town in the West African nation of Mali situated 15 km (9.3 mi) north of the River Niger on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. The town is the capital of the Timbuktu Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali.
In 1820 in Shabeni in James Grey Jackson’s An Account of Timbuctoo and Hausa stated “The natives of the town of Timbuctoo may be computed at 40,000, exclusive of slaves and foreigners [..] The natives are all blacks: almost every stranger marries a female of the town, who are so beautiful that travelers often fall in love with them at first sight.”
In its Golden Age, the town’s numerous Islamic scholars and extensive trading network made possible an important book trade: together with the campuses of the Sankore madrassah, an Islamic university, this established Timbuktu as a scholarly centre in Africa. Several notable historic writers, such as Shabeni and Leo Africanus have described Timbuktu. These stories fuelled speculation in Europe, where the city’s reputation shifted from being extremely rich to being mysterious. This reputation overshadows the town itself in modern times, to the point where it is best known as a metaphor for a distant or outlandish place.
Hundreds of thousands of manuscripts were collected in Timbuktu over the course of centuries: some were written in the town itself, others – including exclusive copies of the Qur’anfor wealthy families- imported through the lively booktrade.Hidden in cellars or buried, hid between the mosque’s mud walls and safeguarded by their patrons, many of these manuscripts survived the city’s decline. They now form the collection of several libraries in Timbuktu, holding up to 700,000 manuscripts:
MoorishMarabout of the Kuntua tribe, an ethnic Kountaclan, from which the
Al Kounti manuscript collection derives its name. Dated 1898.
“If the University of Sankore [...] had survived the ravages of foreign invasions, the academic and cultural history of Africa might have been different from what it is today.”
– Kwame Nkrumah at the University of Ghanainauguration, 1961
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HISTORy + EDuCATION
FESTIVITIES + FOOD
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TRADITION + SOCIETy
CELEbRATIONS DECLINE
DID yOu kNOW?Nowhere in the annals of history has a people experienced such a long and traumatic ordeal as Africans during the Atlantic slave trade. Over the nearly four centuries of the slave–which continued until the end of Civil War– millions of African men, women, and children were savagely torn from their homeland, heredd onto ships and dispersed all over the world. It has been estimated that between thirty and sixty million Africans were subjected to this horrendous triangular trade system and that only one third – if that- of those people survived...
DID yOu kNOW?The average voyage took from five to twelve weeks, in sub-human conditions, without proper hygene, adequate food and chained to others in close quarters.
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