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"Who Got Game? Baseball: Amazing But True Stories!" by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by JohnJohn Bajet
Everybody’s supposed to stay home now. It’s probably not the “home” you’re thinking about though. The home you want to see involves running around a diamond, cheers in your ears, ahhh, you wanna hear that again. For now, though, you may have to make do with a home run like “Who Got Game? Baseball: Amazing But True Stories!” by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by JohnJohn Bajet.
Mayor Turner Launches Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign
Mayor Sylvester Turner and Council Member Abbie Kamin announced a city-wide domestic violence awareness violence awareness initiative to reach vulnerable populations and provide resources for victims. Local law enforcement and the Houston Area Women’s Center are tracking a rise in domestic violence incidents linked to the crisis.
Risky Behavior: What Is Proper Social Distancing?
Taking risks involves belief in a plan and courage to follow it up with action. Then there are times when taking risks means ignoring information and living life carelessly. Tons of people are adhering to the Stay Home Order, wearing masks in public, and washing your hands frequently. But then there are those who don’t follow the rules, who questioned authority, and always do what they want regardless.
HOUSTON TEXANS Go Into NFL Draft With One Position Solidified
Over the past couple of years, there have been two things that didn’t go together when Texans fans talked about the upcoming season. Consistency and the offensive line were never men- tioned in the same sentence. Well that has changed and no matter what the feel- ings are towards the moves head coach and General Manager Bill O’ Brien has made this offseason, one thing he has finally solidified is the offensive line.
$349 billion COVID-19 Small Business Program short-changes businesses of color
Federal lawsuits allege systemic lending biases place 8.7 million jobs at risk
A $349 billion program created to assist America’s small businesses was launched on April 3 to provide payroll, utilities, rent and more for eligible applicants screened by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). On April 16 – less than two weeks later -- this national stimulus enacted in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, ran out of funds. In separate but related legal actions, federal lawsuits were filed, challenging the lack of equitable access to the stimulus program.
Impactful Community Efforts Prove YMCA of Greater Houston Is More Than A Gym
Local YMCAs respond and reinvent to address the needs for Houston’s most vulnerable communities
For more than 130 years, the YMCA of Greater Houston has served communities large and small, working tirelessly in order to provide for more people each day, and responding to the needs of the community that need it most. While the doors to locations may have been closed due to COVID-19, the YMCA of Greater Houston continues serving and strengthening its communities, demonstrating the Y always has been and continues being more than just a gym. The nonprofit is offering child care for essential workers; operating more than 20 food distributions sites; providing virtual exercise and education classes, teen programs, senior programs, international services and more.
Cross-Genre Talent Shea Diamond Highlight's Reasons To Unite In New Single 'I Am America'
The New Single And Theme Song to HBO's new unscripted series We're Here Is Available Now
Uncertainty often breeds tension and division, but singer-songwriter and trans woman Shea Diamond, reminds listeners of the undeniable truths with new single 'I Am America,' - available today on all platforms here. The tour de force's new Justin Tranter co-written and Eren Cannata produced-party track is featured as the theme to prolific new HBO unscripted series, We're Here starring Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O'Hara and Shangela Laquifa Wadley. The up-tempo song drags you to the dancefloor, while pointing out to listeners that our very differences are what make us the same.
UH Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic Offering Virtual Therapy
Transition Serves Clients and Speech-Language Pathology Students
The University-Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic: A United Way agency has expanded the way it treats patients as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. All sessions are now being conducted remotely to adhere to social distancing guidelines.
Two-thirds of America’s Teens are Concerned About the Financial Impact of COVID-19
Research Shows Financial Wellbeing as Big a Concern among Teens as Health
The financial impact and pressure brought by COVID-19 are weighing heavily on American teenagers, with more than two-thirds of teens (69%) saying they are either somewhat or very concerned about the impact of the pandemic on their families and day-to-day lives, according to a new survey by Junior Achievement USA (JA) and Citizens Bank.
Virginia 30 Day Fund & Fairfax County NAACP Team Up To Fund Minority-Owned Small Businesses
Partnership Aims to Provide a Lifeline to Businesses in Northern Virginia
The Virginia 30 Day Fund and the Fairfax County NAACP announced today that they have launched a partnership to provide direct financial assistance to minority-owned small businesses in Northern Virginia that are struggling to meet payroll, preserve health coverage and save jobs as they await recently approved federal funding in light of the COVID-19 crisis.
Digital Pioneer Roland Martin and Grammy Award Winning Artist Jay King Support Small Black Businesses During Coronavirus Pandemic
As the newly elected CEO and president of the California Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC), Grammy Award winning artist/entertainer and veteran music industry executive, Jay King, recently joined award winning journalist and talk show host Roland Martin, on his daily show, "Roland Martin Unfiltered" to raise financial support for struggling Black owned enterprises. King's interview with Martin boosted the CBCC's "Everybody Pitch In" GoFundMe campaign close to the $10,000 mark for funds raised to support California-based small Black businesses.
Harris County Attorney Ryan Prevails In Fight to Maintain Local Government Authority
Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan has prevailed in yet another attempt by the Texas Attorney General to limit local government authority.
Kroger and the Houston Food Bank Prepare to Distribute Groceries in Partnership with James Harden’s Non-Profit, 3 The Harden Way
Last week, James Harden and his non-profit 3 The Harden Way, the Kroger Company (NYSE: KR) and the Houston Food Bank announced their partnership to provide groceries to thousands of local families in need.
Beyond the Rhetoric: Harry C. Alford & Kay DeBow Affirmative Action Remains MIA in Trump Administration – Where is the Outcry?
There seems to be a very strange quiet regarding all organizations that claim to be defenders of Civil Rights and protectors of our hard-fought liberties won through the results of institutions that fought against segregation, lynchings and bloody demonstrations. Dr. Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers and others are “rolling in their graves” as the current White House has just disassembled the hard-fought victories of the 1990’s.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Press Release - Interim Emergency Coronavirus Relief
Jackson Lee: “I continue to fight to ensure small businesses receive appropriate access to the funding in the Interim Emergency Coronavirus Relief Package. This stimulus package is not a corporate bailout, but a concerted effort to replenish the small business loan program created to support our very small businesses. It also provides $100 billion to keep hospitals open and operational which includes $25 billion for an expanded Coronavirus testing program. The key to reopening our economy is testing, testing, testing! We cannot wait. We must pass this bill now.”
Tristan Helm brings focus to what beauty really is — a state of mind — and how all should present their attitudes and character
‘After Midnight: Finding Your Inner Beauty’ released
Tristan Helm dealt with low self-esteem for a great number of years and was trying to identify with who he was and who he wanted to be. He was raised in a variety of different cultures and backgrounds and always looked up to many other people while struggling to care about himself. However, he was able to learn more about himself and became satisfied with where he is and who he was as he tries to improve himself. His passion to help people see their true worth and overcome their obstacles inspired him to write “After Midnight: Finding Your Inner Beauty” (published by WestBow Press).
Texans' Whitney Mercilus deliver pizza to nurses
Houston Texans' Outside Linebacker Whitney Mercilus partnered with Papa John's Houston to deliver pizza to nurses at Texas Children's Hospital earlier today. Mercilus, works with his foundation, WithMerci, which focuses on helping families with children with disabilities; each year Mercilus and the foundation serves Thanksgiving dinner to nearly 50 families at Texas Children's Hospital. Mercilus brought along DJ and Producer Rican McGusty (AKA DJ Big Reeks) from the Waxaholics, also his partner in this giving back mission, Keith Sullins, President of Papa John's Houston, to help deliver 125 pizzas.
Local Home Remodeling Businesses Introduce Innovative Methods to Work with Homeowners
Window World Provides Remodeling Solutions for Homeowners Forced to Stay Home During Pandemic
Many local homeowners are stuck inside, staring at their homes’ flaws. Homeowners are trying unusual and outside-the-box solutions to renovate their homes in the middle of a pandemic.
TX Restaurant Relief Fund Receives $1 Million Grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
Donation will support independent restaurateurs and their employees, and feed Texas’ COVID-19 healthcare workers and First Responders
Today, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) gifted a $1,000,000 grant to the Texas Restaurant Association’s TX Restaurant Relief Fund, an initiative of the Texas Restaurant Association Education Foundation (TRAEF). Established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the TX Restaurant Relief Fund provides immediate financial support to Texas’ independent restauranteurs and their employees.
Texas A&M-Texarkana expert fights ignorance about coronavirus
Dr. Benjamin Neuman answers questions from journalists – and children – from around the world
The coronavirus behind the current pandemic is scary, but ignorance about it is even scarier.
