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Self-Made Black Real Estate Developer Melissa Wyatt Offers Tips in Times of Crisis
Urges Real Estate Investors and Developers to Help Tenants and Hold Steady
Melissa Wyatt is an innovative and forward-thinking serial entrepreneur, real estate developer, coach and mentor who has spent decades honing her skills through multiple startups. As the powerhouse behind MW Enterprises, LLC, a privately managed and diversified real estate company with holdings in excess of $7mm, and headquartered in Los Angeles, Ms. Wyatt’s focus includes acquisition, development and management of residential, multifamily, small office, and commercial properties as well as undeveloped land. Her newest land project will pay homage to her grandparents and bringing food resources and solutions to impoverished, resource-scarce communities.
TDQ Continues to Serve Loyal Customers by Offering Drive-Thru and Take-Out Options
As an Essential Business, TDQ Continues to Serve Loyal Customers by Offering Drive-Thru and Take-Out Options, as well as Delivery and Online Ordering Where Available
NEWS: Bernie 2020 Releases New Video with the Sunrise Movement
“Young people have had enough”
Today, Bernie 2020 released a new video spot, “On Strike For The Future” highlighting the Sunrise Movement’s recent sit-in outside Gov. Charlie Baker’s office at the Massachusetts State House. Hundreds of students gathered outside of Governor Baker’s office demanding that he sign a Green New Deal.
Meals offered to children at no cost at three HISD high schools during winter break
School may be out soon for winter break, but cafeterias will be open at three HISD high schools, where Nutrition Services will offer meals free of charge for all children ages 1 to 18.
Rice chemist wins grant to simplify drug design
Fed award to László Kürti will support sophisticated, simplified drug precursors
Rice University chemist László Kürti and his lab have received a prestigious Maximizing Investigators' Research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to speed up drug design by simplifying the synthesis of essential precursors.
Governor Abbott Continues to Mismanage the Unemployment Crisis in Texas
Under Abbott’s Leadership, Over 1 Million Texans Have Filed for Unemployment
This past month, more than 1 million Texans filed for unemployment, more than the total number of Texans who filed for unemployment in all of 2019. The Texas Workforce Commission failed to upgrade its “outdated and broken” unemployment benefits system. Abbott’s hand-picked Commissioners were “well-aware of [these] shortcomings.” This failure leaves unemployed Texans “locked . . . out of the system.”
Rockets’ Star Russell Westbrook Purchases 650 Laptops for Local Students
Even when he is not on the court, Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook is still making his presence felt in the community. Westbrook is teaming up with Comp-U-Dopt and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner to donate 650 laptops through his WHY NOT? FOUNDATION to underprivileged children throughout the city.
HISD partners with Houston Food Bank for mass food distribution site on Saturday at NRG
The Houston Independent School District is partnering with the Houston Food Bank to organize a mass food distribution site from 4-7 p.m. on Saturday in the parking lot of NRG Stadium.
#ASCAPREALSOUNDS x Grammy-Nominated Songwriter Deante Hitchcock
Today, ASCAP Rhythm & Soul will present their next #ASCAPRealSounds “Deconstructed” event with Grammy-nominated songwriter and rising artist Deante Hitchcock. The session is part of ASCAP Rhythm & Soul’s weekly live-streaming series, which has featured previous guests including Warner Records A&R Executive Norva Denton, producer OG Parker, singer/songwriter Kirby, artist Bri Babineaux, songwriter/producer Dre Moon, singer/songwriter Theron of R. City, singer/songwriter Joelle James and Atlantic Records VP of A&R and producer Hitmaka.
Applications Being Accepted for This Year’s Bird City Texas Program
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Audubon Texas are now accepting applications for the Bird City Texas Program’s (BCT) community certification. Communities selected each year must meet certain criteria showing how their city is working to protect birds and their habitat.
PVAMU instructor hosting summer web series on the book, “The Death of Cliff Huxtable”
The seven-week series explores Cosby Show memories against the alleged predatory acts of Bill Cosby.
After teaching her first virtual film and television production class amid COVID-19 restrictions, media production adjunct instructor Terésa Dowell-Vest is taking a similar approach with her fanfiction book, “The Death of Cliff Huxtable…So We Can Survive Bill Cosby.” The series will include panelists and cast members from all over the country, including PVAMU faculty and students.
Urban South - HTX Joins More Than 300 Breweries In “Black is Beautiful” Beer Initiative
Houston brewery participates in global beer collaboration to bring awareness to injustices faced by people of color
Urban South - HTX, Urban South Brewery’s new Houston location, is honored to participate in the “Black is Beautiful” initiative, a global beer collaboration created to bring awareness to the injustices that many people of color face daily. Urban South’s “Black is Beautiful” creation will be released to the public in early July, and the brewery will donate 100% of the proceeds from beer sales to Black Lives Matter: Houston.
NAACP Presents Juneteenth Family Reunion and Virtual Town Hall
The NAACP, in conjunction with REVOLT, will host a special virtual Juneteenth Black Family Reunion and Juneteenth virtual Town Hall on Friday, June 19th at 4 PM ET/ 1 PM PT and 6PM ET/3PM PT. The afternoon of events will commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States with music, moments, and discussions around the growing awareness of racial disparities, mobilization, and bold actions necessary to further the fight for social justice and equal opportunity throughout the nation.
Biden Ahead in Polls but Trump 5/6 Favourite from 10/11 for Four More Years
Joe Biden Eased to 5/4 from 11/10 Despite Record-Breaking Poll Results
Joe Biden is leading in the polls, but Trump is still being backed for another four years in the White House, according to the latest betting with BoyleSports.
New memoir follows the lives of an American family in South America during the 1960s
Ginny Tschanz announces the publication of ‘Under the Condor’s Wing’
The adventures of an American family in South America are recounted through their letters written during the 1960s in the new memoir “Under the Condor’s Wing: A Memoir of South America” (published by Lulu) by Ginny Tschanz. The memoir is the portrait of a marriage in which husband and wife adapt differently to extreme changes in culture, language and geography.
HISD partners with Houston Food Bank for second mass food distribution site on Saturday at NRG
The Houston Independent School District is partnering with the Houston Food Bank to organize a second mass food distribution site on Saturday, April 25 from 4 to 7 p.m. at NRG Stadium.
Book shares the diary of a woman struggling from mental health issues and how she is finding positive ways to restore her sanity
Emiria Walker releases ‘Journal of Emiria Walker: Mind, Body, Soul’
The WHO stress that mental health is “more than just the absence of mental disorders or disabilities.” Peak mental health is about not only avoiding active conditions but also looking after ongoing wellness and happiness. They also emphasize that preserving and restoring mental health is crucial on an individual basis, as well as throughout different communities and societies the world over.
MAGLITE® Joins National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum as Partner for Honoring American Law Enforcement
Mag Instrument, Inc., the leading flashlight company in the world for 40 years, has committed to a partnership engagement with the National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum in Washington, DC. The new partnership represents a financial commitment in support of the organization’s national programs and operations, and is the first such commitment from the manufacturing sector.
Senator West Calls for Arrest of Amy Cooper
State Senator Royce West (D-Dallas), candidate for U.S. Senate in the July 14 Democratic Primary Runoff, on Monday called for the arrest of Amy Cooper, a woman walking her dog in New York’s Central Park who threatened to have an African American man arrested after falsely claiming he threatened her life.
Chevy and OnStar Help Families Track Santa on Christmas Eve
Whether you’ve been good or bad, starting Dec. 24, you can follow the big guy’s journey around the globe with the simple push of a button – and for each Santa location request in the United States, a donation will be made to the American Red Cross1.
