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• Vol. 10 • Mar. 23 - Mar. 29, 2023
MY TRUTH By Cheryl Smith PUBLISHER
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BLACK PRESS WEEK
NNPA Publishers at the White House with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during Black Press Week 2023
Deltas strongly oppose Florida legislation
A lesson for women Women’s History Month is rapidly coming to a close. We have been celebrating all of the attributes of women; while calling attention to their many contributions since the beginning of time. Thinking about all of the contributions, I can’t help but think about all the pain that counters the joys of being a woman. Let’s not put women back in some obscure place after this month ends. We must continue to extol the virtues of women. We must continue to be supportive and understanding. We must keep the compliments flowing and share uplifting messages. Which brings me to my truth. If anyone knows how hard a woman has it going through life, it has to be another woman. So, how can we be so condescending, negative and at times down-right mean spirited to one another? Makes absolutely no sense. As an adult, I can look back on my childhood and recall times when my mother did something I just couldn’t wrap my head around. Like when I did something wrong and the punishment was not forthcoming immediately, just as a trial would have been in the court of law. Instead my mother would say something like, “I’m not going to whip you today. Just add another one on to the others you’ve got coming!” When I tell you I would have the worst feeling because we See A LESSON FOR WOMEN, page 10
Photo : Erica P. Loewe/White House
CDC addresses heart disease risk factors in Blacks By Ayesha Hana Shaji Texas Metro News Team
Booker Daniels
Photo: CDC
Heart diseases are the leading cause of death in America and one person dies every 34 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease, according to the CDC. Black folks are at a higher risk than any other race to die from preventable heart diseases, said Booker Daniels, health communication team lead at CDC’s
Division for Health Disease and Stroke Prevention, but it is not because of the lack of awareness surrounding the topic. It’s because of the barriers and perceptions. “Preventable heart disease exists in the context of a lot of different forces and factors,” Daniels said, adding that a few of those determinants are the social environment people are See CDC ADDRESSES, page 6
Elsie Cooke-Holmes
Delta Sigma Theta National President
Sorority's National President Elsie Cooke-Holmes released the following statement on Florida House Bill 999 and academic freedom: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated fervently opposes legislative efforts in Florida and other states to limit academic freedom and undermine historical accuracy in education. Journalistic endeavors such as the New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project and academic concepts like Critical Race Theory have launched a new era of scholarship that questions how governmental policies and cultural See DELTAS STRONGLY OPPOSE, page 10
Feeding the Community Hundreds of families benefit from food giveaways
It was another day of giving at Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball Center under the leadership of Trina Terrell-Andrews.
By Ayesha Hana Shaji Texas Metro News Team
Hundreds of cars lined up outside the Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball Center as early as 7
a.m. to collect free food boxes on Friday, March 17 at the St. Paddy’s Day-themed Center Table Spring Break mobile pantry food drive hosted in partnership with the North Texas Food
Bank and the City of Dallas. With food to feed more than 500 families, the drive started at 9.30 a.m. and wrapped up around 11:30 a.m., said Trina Terrell-Andrews, CEO of Mark
Cuban Heroes Basketball Center. Their first food drive was for Mother’s Day in May 2020. SeeSee FEEDING THE COMMUNITY, page 10