_ Shawn P. Williams cordially invites you to join in a special night celebrating the Third Blogiversary of Dallas South Friday, the Twelfth of June Two thousand and nine Eight o’clock in the evening Bishop Arts Theater Center 215 South Tyler Street Dallas, Texas Kindly RSVP by June 8th Carla@dallassouth.com...
On Saturday morning, leaders from the African-American community gathered at St. Luke’s Community Church to discuss the Dallas County Community College’s termination of the contract of DISD school board member Carla Ranger. According to Ms. Rangers Blog (Carla Ranger DISD Journal), this was the letter she received after 20 years...
Tavis Smiley doesn’t know it, but he’s been a mentor to me since I read his book Doing What’s Right back in 2000. Much of what I do today is based on seeds that were planted in his book who’s subtitle is “How to fight for what you believe-and make...
Here are the sights from the Belmont Hotel Dallas and “Get Into the City” last week. Plenty of food, plenty of fun, and congrats to Starsky and Kristin Hall who won a free night stay in a Garden Suite. They are celebrating an anniversary this week.
Here are the venues that will host important events during and leading up to Super Bowl XLV. 1st Kickoff Concert – Bass Performance Hall Ft. Worth, March 6, 2010 2nd Kickoff Concert – Winspear Opera House (Dallas) May 22, 2010 3rd Kickoff Concert – Cowboys Stadium (Arlington) September 22, 2010...
Host Committee Chairman Roger Staubach and Shawn Williams
There’s a media event today that where the North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee will announce the venues that have been selected to host Super Bowl related events. The committee was briefed yesterday and I can’t let the cat out of the bag yet. Let’s just say I’m happy with...
The Texas A&M University-Commerce athletic department has announced that the 2009 Harvey Martin Classic will take place on September 12th at the Cotton Bowl. The game will match Texas A&M-Commerce against Abilene Christian with kickoff at 5 p.m. The initial Harvey Martin Classic as played last season. Prior to the...
One of my biggest frustration in the three years I’ve been blogging is my inablility to connect with the local black media. I’m not sure if Dallas South is seen as a threat or just insignificant, but most of my attempts at outreach to local black papers and radio have...
I’ll be talking a lot about “the new media reality” over the next few weeks. In the new media space, we will see more newspapers going out of business, more newsrooms announcing layoffs, gaps in coverage. All of this impacts people of color exponentially. Shawn P. and Carmen D. A...
