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Rice’s Glasscock School, Texas Tribune to host ‘The Federal Response to Harvey: One Year Later’ Aug. 30
Rice University’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies will host a Texas Tribune conversation Aug. 30 about the federal response to Hurricane Harvey one year after the storm made landfall in Texas. Panelists from federal and local government will discuss the status of recovery and the long-term plans for getting neighborhoods and towns back on their feet.
Bayou Preservation Association presents 18th Annual Symposium Oct. 6-7
“Green, in a Word, Is Good” is a virtual event featuring experts and thought leaders
The Bayou Preservation Association presents its 18th Annual Symposium Wednesday, Oct. 6 and Thursday, Oct. 7 as a virtual event with the theme Green, in a Word, Is Good. The Symposium, from 8 a.m. – noon over two days, will focus on green infrastructure as our path to a sustainable and resilient future.
TSU Students Complete Holiday Food Drives
Texas Southern University students are dedicated to serving their immediate community. Students in two organizations, American Pharmacists Association - Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) and the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program, recently completed food drives in time for the holiday season.
New Gig Service Delivery App "Guys With Trucks" Debuts In The Houston Market
frican-American Founder Aaron Potier Solves the Problem of Small Item Moves for Local Consumers
Debuting March 2022, once a new request is booked on the Guys With Trucks app, a vetted single driver works with the customer to pick up and deliver their items securely and safely to their new geo-targeted location in the selected vehicle.
Alabama NAACP to Protest Sessions Nomination Tuesday
NAACP President Cornell William Brooks to Join Protests at Sessions' Mobile, AL Office
NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks will join with local Alabama chapters of the NAACP for a statewide protest of the nomination of Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III for U.S. Attorney General.
Poet Laureate Workshop: Imagine a Houston In-Person
Join Aris Kian Brown, Houston’s Poet Laureate, for a creative writing workshop that explores your relationship to Houston and what you want the city to look like in the future, through imagery and sound, using a poem by a Houston poet as a model. You will then write your own poems and share them together.
Central Houston Launches Learn Central Website
Central Houston announces the launch of Learn Central, an online portal developed to help parents evaluate the K-12 education options available in the central city. The interactive website is now live at www.learncentralhouston.org.
10 Local Graduating High School Seniors Just Received a Surprise of a Lifetime All Thanks to Florida Power & Light Company
On June 18, 2022, 10 students were surprised with big checks, hats and university swag inside of the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale.
New liquid biopsy-based cancer model reveals data on deadly lung cancer
Intratumoral heterogeneity may be responsible for chemotherapy resistance in patients with small-cell lung cancer
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) accounts for 14 percent of all lung cancers and is often rapidly resistant to chemotherapy resulting in poor clinical outcomes. Treatment has changed little for decades, but a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center offers a potential explanation for why the disease becomes chemoresistant, and a possible avenue to explore new diagnostic approaches.
Mayor Turner Issues Statement on Passing of Captain Dowling
I join the Houston Fire Department in mourning the loss of Captain William “Iron Bill” Dowling, who died today from complications suffered in the 2013 fire at the Southwest Inn that claimed the lives of four other Houston fire fighters. Captain Dowling left us on the day we were honoring our first responders at the Houston Rodeo. He was truly a hero whose service to the city will not be forgotten. I ask all Houstonians to pray for his family and friends.
With 2017 Annual Awards, Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Celebrates 40th Anniversary Milestone, Accomplishments of Hispanic Business Community
In honor of its 40th anniversary, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce played host to the largest gathering of Hispanic business leaders in the region in Downtown Houston on Saturday night. The Chamber’s 40th Anniversary Annual Awards paid homage to the organization’s past, acknowledged the road taken thus far, and celebrated the work yet to be done by one of the largest chambers of commerce in the United States.
The Conrad O. Johnson Music and Fine Arts Foundation Presents “Let the Children Play” A Tribute to Music Educators & Icons Scholarship Luncheon
Honoring Ezra Charles ■ Archie Bell ■ Dr. Aubrey Tucker Musical Guest Appearances by Eloise Laws ■ Joe Carmouche ■ Kyle Turner ■ Imaj
The Conrad O. Johnson Music and Fine Arts Foundation presents “Let the Children Play” A Tribute to Music Educators & Icons Scholarship Luncheon on Sunday, January 14, 2018, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. at The Bayou ( 500 Texas Ave., Houston, Texas 77002).
The Alliance and PlazAmericas Host 15th Annual Back to School Drive to Support 3,000 Students and their Families
Event will feature School Supplies, Books, Giveaways from Corporate Sponsors, Food Boxes from Houston Food Bank, Children’s Immunizations and COVID-19 Vaccines, Games and Entertainment
HESP Union Honored School Bus Drivers and School Staff Lost to COVID-19 Inbox
Event will feature HESP President Wretha Thomas, Rep. Al Green, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, State Rep. Ron Reynolds
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the working poor and communities of color especially hard in Houston. This is especially true for school bus drivers and support personnel who have transported students to school, provided healthy meals and cleaned schools that have COVID-19 hotspots this past year. Many workers and their families have died or still suffer from long-term complications from COVID-19.
Beyoncé Partners with Google.org for Homecoming Scholars Award Program
Google.org matches her original $100,000 grant; BeyGOOD urges other businesses to do the same
Beyoncé, through her BeyGOOD initiative, announces a partnership with Google.org, the charitable arm of tech giant Google, to award four new scholarships as part of her Homecoming Scholars Award Program. The iconic performer also issues a challenge to other businesses to join Google.org in investing in excellence through education.
Rev. Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy at funeral of Pamela Turner, who was killed by police in Texas this month
Rev. Al Sharpton, civil rights leader and founder of National Action Network (NAN), will deliver the eulogy at the funeral of Pamela Turner, a Black woman shot and killed by a police officer on May 13 outside an apartment complex in Baytown, TX. Turner suffered from schizophrenia.
Texas Native Defies Odds in Technology as CEO of Black Tech in Nashville
Dr. Fallon Wilson defied the odds stacked against her and took a roundabout way to a career in the technology field. Now she’s making a splash in Music City as the CEO and co-founder of Black in Tech Nashville, which helps develop people of color as leaders in the tech world.
HBCU Representation at its Best: The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities honors two Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law students
Law Students Honored as HBCU Competitiveness Scholars, both to represent Texas Southern at the 2018 National HBCU Week Conference, September 16-19 in Washington, DC
Third-year, Thurgood Marshall School of Law students, Elizabeth A. Opara and Veisha Godfrey-Phelps have been named 2018 HBCU Competitiveness Scholars by The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (WHIHBCU)—a student recognition program which honors outstanding students for their academic merit, campus leadership, civic engagement and entrepreneurial spirit and empowers them to be advocates for excellence and competitiveness. As HBCU Competitiveness Scholars, both Opara and Godfrey-Phelps will attend the 2018 National HBCU Week Conference on September 16-19, 2018 in Washington, D.C. and be publicly acknowledged during the recognition ceremony on Monday, September 17. Both students will also receive an acknowledgment certificate signed by the Mr. Johnathan Holifield, WHIHBCU executive director.
Pentagon Nominee’s Record on Race and Segregation Draws Scathing Rebukes from Civil Rights Groups
Anthony Tata’s Self-Serving Apologies Don’t Excuse Long, Thorough History of Bigotry
Today, a diverse coalition of more than 50 civil rights, faith, education and labor groups have come out in opposition to the nomination of Anthony Tata for Under Secretary of Defense for Policy because of his long record of bigotry. Additionally, the North Carolina NAACP released a scathing statement of opposition documenting mismanagement, racial hostility, and efforts to resegregate schools when Tata was the schools superintendent of Wake County, NC.
TSU Commemorated 90th Anniversary with Homecoming Celebration
Texas Southern University’s campus was abuzz for seven days as students, alumni, faculty and staff celebrated its 2017 Homecoming – Tiger Dynasty: The Reign Continues – from October 7-14. This year’s weeklong calendar of events featured a coronation ceremony, block party, golf tournament, parade, comedy and fashion shows, concerts, the Homecoming football game and tailgating.
