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• Vol. 10 • Nov. 10 - Nov. 16, 2022
MY TRUTH By Cheryl Smith PUBLISHER
A Dream Deferred
Harlem What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? Langston Hughes Another election has come and gone and there’s another one waiting around the corner! Wednesday morning quarterbacking was in in full effect as everyone, yes, everyone I talked to; had something to say. If only. Why? WTH? How? What were they thinking? If I woulda, coulda, shoulda Next time… And I even got a few, I told you… So what’s a person to do? Which brings me to my truth. Some might say democracy is about to explode. The Honorable Rev. Jesse Jackson, almost 40 years ago, told us to, “Keep Hope Alive.” If you’re like me, you need a message today. You need a sign. You need something that will help you get over the hump, because for me every day, not just Wednesday, has become “hump day” as I attempt to grow and bring others along with me. As we prepare for the next election there has to be some tough, hard and insightful conversations. Some people need to be hired, fired, retrained, educated, while others need to have a come to their inspiration meeting because things can’t keep going on the way they have been going if this world is going to get better. Then too, there is a conversation that has to be had with that person in the mirror. Begin there and see what happens!
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VICTORIOUS!
You need to talk to your children about money Money Talk
Alisa Simmons
Venton Jones
Jasmine Crockett
Marc Veasey
Dominique Torres Williams
Clay Jenkins
Rafael Anchia
Yvonne Davis
Nicole Taylor
LaDeitra Adkins
Campbell, the publisher of the Arizona Informant, also highlighted another of Chavis’ intangibles from which Black-owned media companies would benefit: energy. Eight years later, and a decade after running the NNPA on an interim basis, Chavis has continued to display the kind of energy seen primarily in individuals less than half his age. He’s also led the NNPA, rep-
I never had a conversation about money with my parents. Never. Even when I applied to colleges I don’t remember talking to my mother about the costs and how I would pay. We knew she couldn’t afford to help me pay college tuition. I figured it out – I made it through four years of college with a combination of scholarships, financial aid and income from summer jobs. I went off to college without ever knowing what things cost, like the mortgage or a car note. I didn’t even know how to open a checking account. But I had to learn - fast. Please don’t think I’m blaming my parents or any Black parents for their lack of financial literacy or not talking to their five children about money. It was almost taboo back then to discuss such things, even with children. It still feels taboo today for many Black families. But if you are not sitting down with your children and talking to them about money, finances and what things cost, you are making a big mistake. Let’s start with a couple of startling statistics. • The average Black family has a net worth of $17,000, onetenth of the average White family. • Only 34% of Black Americans own stocks compared to 61 percent of White Americans, according to the Federal Reserve’s last survey. Stocks and retirement plans are the primary way Americans build wealth, so that accounts for a big part of the racial wealth disparities. • Only 44 percent of Black
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John Creuzot
Sonja A. Brown
Midterm Election Returns
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Hairstylists take to the Red Carpet at Gala Hairstylists in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex will receive the red carpet treatment at the Best of Salons Gala this weekend. The inaugural blacktie event is at 7pm on Nov. 13, 2022, in The National Ballroom in The Thompson Hotel, 1401 Elm St., Dallas, TX. Kaye Flewellen, creator and director, grew up attending and working hair shows
Kaye Flewellen
with her family. A salon owner, Kaye dreamed of revamping the hair show into a relevant and opulent industry
experience for today’s stylists. So, the gala will also include a dinner and award show. According to Flewellen, hairstylists and other beauty professionals endured fear and hopelessness during shelter-in-place because of COVID-19. After a difficult period of time, she wanted to give beauty professionals moments to enjoy. “I want to create an
Oscars for hairstylists,” the Dallas native said. “I want them to know we see you, we care about you, and you have not been forgotten.” Flewellen said that Dallas hairstylists are at the cutting edge of fashion styles and trends, and she looks forward to providing them with an evening of glitz and glam. While the event will See RED CARPET, Page 15
Chavis Declares ‘A Luta Continua’ As Black Press Set to Honor Icon with Lifetime Achievement Award By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Senior Correspondent
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis
When the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) removed the interim president and CEO tag from Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. in 2014, then NNPA Board Chair Cloves Campbell conveyed to the membership that the civil rights icon possessed the talent and contacts to make an immediate impact.
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