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March 8, 2021

GREATER HOUSTON EDITION

Vol. 26, Issue 07

“Addressing Current & Historical Realties Affecting Our Community”

VERNON JORDAN DEAD AT 85

By: N.L. Preston

DUMB oR THE DUMBEST

By: Roy Douglas Malonson

Greg Abbott has lost his damn mind!

The Texas governor announced this week that Texas will be reopening at 100 % and he is lifting the mask mandate. With all of the statistics and everything going on, why would he choose to do that when we know that, not only is COVID-19 not under control, but there are new variants popping up that we just don’t know enough about? Abbott said the ending of the statewide mask mandate will be effective March 10, and all businesses in the state can operate after that with no capacity limits. “I just announced Texas is OPEN 100%,” he tweeted. “EVERYTHING.” Abbott claims his decision is based on helping the economy bounce back, and that it is up to the people to take the necessary precautions to protect themselves.

“People and businesses don’t need the state telling them how to operate,” he said. Many people feel “White is right,” but you better realize now more than ever, that damn sure is not the case. Blacks and Hispanics, I beg you, please don’t fall for the ‘okie dokie.’ Listen to Greg Abbott, you could be soon whispering from your graves. It seems like Abbott is intentionally trying to destroy the minority community, due to the obvious disparities in healthcare access to Blacks and Hispanics. We are left sitting ducks out here! The COVID Tracking Project broke deaths down by race or ethnicity with 74 black Americans dying per 100,000 people as of July 2020. By comparison, that figure stands at 30 deaths per 100,000 for white Americans and 31 per 100,000 for Asian Americans. The figure is also higher for American Indian or Alaska Natives and Hispanics or Latinos who both have 40 deaths per 100,000 people.

Vernon Jordan Jr., a renowned civil rights activist and former adviser to President Bill Clinton died quietly at his home in Washington, D.C. Monday at the age of 85. Jordan grew up with his family in the segregated societal cosmos of Atlanta during the 1950s. He graduated from DePauw University in Indian in 1957 and earned a Juris Doctor at Howard University School of Law in 1960. He later became executive director of the United Negro College Fund, and president of the National Urban League. In 1980, he was shot in an assassination attempt. He went on to serve as part of Clinton’s transition team in 1992–93. - AANI

On a day when the city of Houston reported 408 new positive cases and five additional deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Sylvester Turner called Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to lift the statewide mask mandate “disappointing and disheartening.” “The governor is wrong to roll back the statewide mask order. The decision is not supported by most medical professionals, science, and data. The Texas Legislature must speak up, and the people of Texas must hold their leaders accountable,” said Turner. “The governor’s decision is a step in the wrong direction. It does not make any sense unless the governor is trying to deflect what happened two weeks ago during the winter storm. It was a statewide system failure.” Before Abbott’s announcement, the mayor and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo sent the governor a letter urging him not to lift the mask mandate. Sitting Ducks cont’d page 2

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“Masking requirements have allowed many small businesses to remain open and their employees to return to work. The mask order has allowed more students to return to in-person learning and has better protected them, their teachers, and school staff,” the letter stated. There is a provision in Abbott’s executive order that allows county judges to take their own actions if COVID-19 hospitalizations in their area rise above 15% of the hospital bed capacity for seven straight days. “What I see here is a premature and misguided discussion putting our community at risk and it’s unnecessary because we’re headed where we need to go,” Hidalgo said. “This is just not the time to give up.” The governor’s order will take effect Wednesday, but the city plans to enforce its mask mandate in city-owned venues and buildings. Locally, people visiting all city venues and all city employees are still obligated to follow protocol. If you are going to places like the public library or the George R. Brown Convention Center, you will still be obligated to wear a mask. “What Abbott is doing is extraordinarily dangerous,” Gilberto Hinojosa, the state party chairman, said

in a statement, adding, “This will kill Texans. Our country’s infectious-disease specialists have warned that we should not put our guard down, even as we make progress towards vaccinations. Abbott doesn’t care.” “I’m stunned,” said Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. “This is going to explode community spread and right in the midst of these variants that are coming. It is the wrong decision and it’s dangerous.” The nation as a whole has been averaging more than 67,000 new cases a day lately, more than at any time during the spring and summer waves of cases. And like we said in the beginning, minorities are getting a double whammy. Former Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke may have summed it up best when he called the decision “a death warrant for Texas” and accused Abbott of “killing the people of Texas.” You better recognize who’s for you and against you! Wear your mask, keep social distancing and remember, you don’t live in the protected Governor’s mansion! You live in ‘the 44’ Acres Home, Third Ward, Fourth Ward, ‘The Nickel’ Fifth Ward, Freedmen’s Town, East Houston, Pasadena, Galena Park, Sunnyside, South Park, Greenspoint and that “Nawf ” and southwest side.

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NOTICE OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE STATE PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF METRO’S FISCAL YEARS 2016 THROUGH 2019 The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO) is holding a virtual public hearing to receive public comments on its State Performance Audit for Fiscal Years 2016 through 2019. The audit will be presented during the public hearing held at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 11, 2021 by telephone and video conference call on the Zoom virtual meeting platform. The public may join the virtual hearing on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom. us/j/85198217272 Meeting ID: 851 9821 7272 or by dialing the Toll Free Telephone: 346-248-7799 or 1-888-475-4499 (Toll Free). Participation on Zoom is only necessary if you want to provide comments during the public hearing. Otherwise, you may view a livestream of the virtual hearing online at https://www.RideMETRO.org/Pages/BoardStreamingVideo.aspx. A video recording of the hearing will also be archived on RideMETRO.org. A copy of the State Performance Audit and METRO management responses will be available for review by the public beginning on February 3, 2021 on METRO’s website at RideMETRO.org and in the lobby of the METRO RideStore in the Lee P. Brown METRO Administration Building, located at 1900 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002. Based on the current guidance from public health officials recommending the limitation of in-person public meetings to slow the spread of the Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, the public hearing will only be conducted virtually. PROCESS FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENTS It is recommended that anyone wanting to make public comments register as a public speaker with METRO’s Board Office at least 48 hours in advance of the hearing by calling 713-739-4834 or sending an email to boardoffice@RideMETRO.org, and providing their name, address and telephone number. If you pre-register, your comments will be heard first at the public hearing. Your name will be called at the appropriate time for you to make your comments. Alternatively, you may provide public comments after the pre-registered speakers by selecting the “Raise Hand” feature on the Zoom platform online or by pressing *9 if joining by telephone. Those calling in will automatically be placed on mute. After an unregistered speaker’s name or number is recognized, the operator will prompt the speaker to press *6 to be unmuted, and they will be able to provide their comments. The public may also provide comments by calling METRO’s Customer Care Center at 713-635-4000 in advance of the public hearing. LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE, ACCESSIBILITY AND SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS Upon request, METRO provides free language assistance to help patrons who have a limited ability to read, write, speak or understand English in accordance with its language assistance plan. METRO’s public hearings are accessible to persons with disabilities. Request for language assistance and other accommodations should be directed to the Board Office at 713-739-4834 at least 48 hours in advance of the hearing.

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Marzo 2021

EDICIÓN DE HOUSTON

Volumen 2, Numero 6

“Nuestro voto y nuestro dinero son las dos cosas más poderosas que tenemos. Ten cuidado a quién se los das “. - Roy Douglas Malonson

CONTINÚA LA BÚSQUEDA DE PADRES DE NIÑOS SEPARADOS EN LA FRONTERA

¡PELIGRO! El gobernador de Texas anunció esta semana que Texas reabrirá al 100% y levantará el mandato de la máscarilla. Con todas las estadísticas y todo lo que sucede, ¿por qué elegiría hacer eso cuando sabemos que no solo COVID-19 no está bajo control, sino que se están formando nuevas variantes de las que no sabemos lo suficiente? Abbott dijo que la finalización del mandato de máscararillas en todo el estado entrará en vigencia el 10 de Marzo y que todas las empresas en el estado pueden operar después de eso sin límites de capacidad. “Acabo de anunciar que Texas está ABIERTO al 100%”, tuiteó. “TODO.” Abbott afirma que su decisión se basa en ayudar a la economía y que depende de la gente tomar

las precauciones necesarias para protegerse. “Las personas y las empresas no necesitan que el estado les diga cómo operar”, dijo. Parece que Abbott está tratando intencionalmente de destruir a la comunidad minoritaria, debido a las obvias disparidades en el acceso a la atención médica para afroamericanos e hispanos. El Proyecto de Seguimiento de COVID-19 desglosó las muertes por raza o etnia con 74 estadounidenses afroamericanos que murieron por cada 100,000 personas en Julio de 2020. En comparación, esa cifra es de 30 muertes por 100,000 para estadounidenses blancos y 31 por 100,000 para estadounidenses de origen asiático. La cifra también es más alta para los indígenas es- Peligro continúa en la

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La Administración Biden está trabajando arduamente para tratar de encontrar a los padres de casi 500 niños que fueron separados de sus familias en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. Biden formó recientemente un grupo de trabajo dedicado a encontrar y reunir a las familias, pero ha sido difícil localizar a los padres. Una de las principales razones por las que muchos padres permanecen separados es que no quieren traer a sus hijos de Estados Unidos a sus peligrosos países de origen, según Lee Gelernt, abogado de la Unión Estadounidense de Libertades Civiles. Los abogados dicen que es probable que los padres de 322 de los niños hayan sido deportados.

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Por: Roxanne Castillo, Editora

Aquí estamos a tres meses del nuevo año con lo que me gustaría ver como un año esperanzador. Este virus se ha apoderado del mundo entero poco a poco con nosotros no tener ninguna comprensión. Después de un largo 2020 ahora estamos recibiendo nueva información y ayuda. Ahora no sólo tenemos una vacuna, sino que tenemos tres tipos de vacunas disponibles para la gente. Las vacunas se distribuyen lo antes

RECIBA SU VACUNA posible. En Houston incluso tenemos un mega sitio para la vacuna, se encuentra en NRG todo lo que debe hacer es inscribirse cuando es su turno. El estatus migratorio no es cuestionado por la vacuna. Es una gran cosa que tengamos la oportunidad de obtener la vacuna. Si estuviéramos en nuestro país de origen, probablemente ni siquiera tendríamos la oportunidad de reci-

bir la vacuna. Tenemos tantos miembros de la familia que están en nuestro país de origen sufriendo de este virus. Por lo tanto, asegúrese de que se está poniendo en línea virtualmente para obtener la vacuna. Nuestra gente es más propensa a morir a causa del virus, así que sigamos estando a salvo. Hablemos también de cómo el presidente Biden también ha seguido adelante con su

plan para reunir a las familias que han sido separadas debido a razones de inmigración. Hasta ahora, han encontrado más de 200 niños para reunirse con sus padres. Nos estamos moviendo en la dirección correcta. Puede ser un proceso lento, pero será un resultado increíble. Miente siempre digo que hay tan-

tas cosas negativas sucediendo en este mundo que tenemos que encontrar las grandes cosas y centrarnos en ellas. Continúe siendo seguro, saludable, y fuerte. Sus familias lo necesitan y nos necesitamos mutuamente como comunidad.

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Separados continúa de la página 1 Muchos padres aceptaron ser deportados para darles a sus hijos la oportunidad de permanecer en Estados Unidos y solicitar asilo, explicaron los abogados. Gelernt dijo que esperan que el grupo de trabajo de Biden se

comprometa a traer a los padres deportados de regreso a Estados Unidos bajo protecciones especiales para reunirlos con sus hijos. La política de “ cero tolerancia “ del expresidente Donald Trump, que pedía las separaciones, se considera

uno de los programas más racistas y despiadados que apuntan a separar intencionalmente a las familias. No se sabe exactamente cuántas familias se han reunido hasta ahora.

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presas permanezcan abiertas y que sus empleados regresen al trabajo. La orden de máscarillas ha permitido que más estudiantes regresen al aprendizaje en persona y los ha protegido mejor a ellos, a sus maestros y al personal escolar”, decía la carta . Hay una disposición en la orden ejecutiva de Abbott que permite a los jueces del condado tomar sus propias acciones si las hospitalizaciones por COVID-19 en su área superan el 15% de la capacidad de camas de hospital durante siete días consecutivos. “Lo que veo aquí es una discusión prematura y equivocada que pone a nuestra comunidad en riesgo y es innecesaria porque nos di-

rigimos a donde debemos ir”, dijo Hidalgo. “Este no es el momento de rendirse”. La orden del gobernador entrará en vigencia el miércoles, pero la ciudad planea hacer cumplir su mandato de máscarillas en lugares y edificios propiedad de la ciudad. “Lo que está haciendo Abbott es extraordinariamente peligroso”, dijo Gilberto Hinojosa, presidente del partido estatal, en un comunicado, y agregó: “Esto matará a los tejanos. Los especialistas en enfermedades infecciosas de nuestro país han advertido que no debemos bajar la guardia, incluso mientras avanzamos hacia la vacunación. A Abbott no le importa “. Pero algunos apoyan su decisión.

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El representante estadounidense Dan Crenshaw retuiteó el anuncio de Abbott con la leyenda “Feliz Día de la Independencia, Texas”. La administración Biden advirtió a los estados que no relajen las restricciones demasiado pronto, a pesar de la reciente disminución de casos. El CDC también ha advertido a los estados que no reduzcan las restricciones. El ex candidato presidencial demócrata Beto O’Rourke puede haberlo resumido mejor cuando calificó la decisión como “una orden de muerte para Texas” y acusó a Abbott de “matar al pueblo de Texas”. - HN


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