The Dallas Morning News has a piece this morning on the Trinity Parkway, an important piece of the overall Trinity River Corridor Project. I've been tracking the progress of this project for the last 8 years, and though you hear how it's about bridges, parks, water sports, wildlife, and most of...
Tonight, the South Oak Cliff Golden Bears begin the defense of their Class 4A State Championship against Lincoln. The Golden Bears are two-time defending champions, so SOC Coach James Mays II has his team in a familiar position. Coach Mays filled us in on what’s going on with the program...
Tavis Smiley was in Dallas on Saturday to promote his latest book What I Know For Sure, which is his 10th. The book is semi-autobiographical and details his upbringing, and some of the lessons he has learned along the way. Tavis stopped by Friendship-West Baptist Church where he delivered a 45 minute talk describing some of the...
I'm not much into predictions, but I checked into a comment I made at Blue Island on October 14 in reference to Black Republicans. …I hope that the Johnny Come Lately Republicans don't get caught on the wrong side of the impeding political shift. I've talked to a number of African-Americans...
The national shift towards the Democratic Party may have made it all the way down to Dallas. With 99% of precincts reporting, it looks as though Craig Watkins will defeat Toby Shook and become Dallas County's next District Attorney. Watkins, who has promised changes in the DA's office, built on...
Early projections show that all 12 Dallas bond proposals should pass easily. Prop 10, which is for the acquisition of land in Cadillac Heights for a future Dallas Police Academy seems to be the least popular.
On Friday September 1 of this year, Marcia Page was named President and CEO of the Foundation for Community Empowerment. The Foundation seeks to revitalize "low-income" areas of Dallas. I recently wrote about the Annual Conference the group (and it's research the Williams Institute) held where they focused on disparities in...
Black Churches in Southern Dallas led their members out to the polls in record numbers this Sunday. Voters at the Oak Cliff Sub Court House waited up to 3 hours to cast their votes, on a historic day for Dallas County. A number of candidates used the event as an opportunity to gather last minute support for...
A number of churches in Southern Dallas will caravan to early voting locations this Sunday, October 29th. The caravan will travel to the following locations: Martin Luther King Jr. Center @ 2922 Martin Luther King BLVD Oak Cliff Sub-Courthouse @ 410 S. Beckley Samuell Grand Recreation Center @ 6200 E....
Yesterday I attended the second annual J. McDonald Williams Institute Conference. The Williams Institute is the research arm of The Foundation for Community Empowerment, whose vision is to "…catalyze Dallas into being a city where all residents have the opportunity to realize their full potential and live in vibrant, thriving communities." FCE...
