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Hire Houston Youth Program Provides 7,500 Summer Jobs
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Hire Houston Youth Program Provides 7,500 Summer Jobs

Houstonians know that the youth of our city hold the future in their hands. They are our next innovators, trailblazers, and civic leaders. For 7,500 of them, our Hire Houston Youth program provided an opportunity to learn about the future while being paid as summer interns working in local government, law firms, insurance companies, hotels,…

Former Houston Texans Player Devard Darling Awards $10,000 In Scholarships

Former Houston Texans Player Devard Darling Awards $10,000 In Scholarships

Former Houston Texans Player Devard Darling Awards $10,000 In Scholarships to Fort Bend ISD Students. Former Houston Texans player and FBISD Alumni, Devard Darling awarded college scholarships to deserving students through his As One Foundation. The $1,000 scholarships were awarded to ten Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD) high school seniors at the 10th Annual Devard & Devaughn Darling Scholarship…

Houston Urban Nutcracker

Houston Urban Nutcracker

Contact: Traci Greene 832-549-9683  Houstonurbannutcracker@gmail.com  Lab Performing Arts Dance Initiative  Press Release   ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, TRACI GREENE, RECREATES A HOLIDAY CLASSIC TITLED “HOUSTON’S URBAN NUTCRACKER”  ON DECEMBER 1 AT THE HOBBY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS Traci Greene invites you on a journey with Clare through her enchanted dream as she travels with the Nutcracker through…

HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO™ SCHOLARS PRESENTED WITH $1.4 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS DURING ANNUAL TEXAS FFA STATE CONVENTION
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HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO™ SCHOLARS PRESENTED WITH $1.4 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS DURING ANNUAL TEXAS FFA STATE CONVENTION

HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO™ SCHOLARS PRESENTED WITH $1.4 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS DURING ANNUAL TEXAS FFA STATE CONVENTION — JULY 11, 2018 — HOUSTON — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Seventy Texas FFA members were presented with $1.4 million in scholarships from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo during the 90th Texas FFA State Convention in…

The Houston Dance Lab

The Houston Dance Lab

“International Broadway Dancer Creates Dance Champions” Misty Copeland, Lauren Anderson, Karina González and Arthur Mitchell are just a few who have broken racial barriers on the plié platform.  But who among those of the next generation will continue the advancement of individuals of color in the world of dance?  The Houston Dance Lab, aka “The…

Tutus and Tuxes Fundraising Gala

Tutus and Tuxes Fundraising Gala

Media Contact: Crystal Edwards crystalbedwards54@gmail.com 832-388-1039 Edison Arts Foundation Honors first African-American Principal Dancer of The Houston Ballet…Lauren Anderson, While Raising Funds to Train Future Greats HOUSTON, TX, MAY 2018 – On May 5, 2018, the Edison Arts Foundation will host Tutus and Tuxes, a fundraising Gala, at the Missouri City Community Center.  The event,…

Doctor, Deejay, Author, Entrepreneur Dr. Cwanza Pinckney is Living Her Best Life

Doctor, Deejay, Author, Entrepreneur Dr. Cwanza Pinckney is Living Her Best Life

When Dr. Cwanza Pinckney graduated from Xavier University, the Dallas native was looking forward to a career as an Emergency Room physician. “I was blessed to work with and be mentored by an amazing and brilliant physician, Dr. Phyllis Gee, throughout high school and college. As a result, I fell in love with medicine, patients,…

Reach Back to Push Forward

Reach Back to Push Forward

By: Noel Pinnock In 1766, the world was introduced to the word “rec-i-proc-i-ty”. Reciprocity has known synonyms such as cooperation, exchange, mutuality, or interchange. The short definition can be summed up in two words, “giving back.” In my contribution this month, the emphasis has been placed on the essentials of giving back. I am a…

The Kenny Lloyd Foundation Perpetuating a Legacy of Greatness

The Kenny Lloyd Foundation Perpetuating a Legacy of Greatness

Hard work has been a cornerstone of Kenneth Earl Lloyd’s life for as long as he can remember. So, it’s no surprise, he’d take that work ethic into everything he does. As the Vice President of North American Sales for Total Life Changes, a leading international network marketing company and one of the fastest-growing companies…

Jarvis Johnson making a difference in the community

Jarvis Johnson making a difference in the community

Since he was a child, Jarvis Johnson was taught by his mother to be a leader. And as a former city councilman-turned Texas State Representative, he’s definitely living up to his mother’s expectations. “She told me that I was the flag bearer, at that time for black boys,” Johnson said. “She always made me feel…

Texas Southern University’s Office of Continuing Education launches the Attorney Ricky Anderson Entertainment Law Institute
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Texas Southern University’s Office of Continuing Education launches the Attorney Ricky Anderson Entertainment Law Institute

Institute expands universities online learning and not-for-credit certificate offerings Texas Southern University’s Office of Continuing Education has increased its online certificate programming with the addition of the Attorney Ricky Anderson Entertainment Law Institute Virtual Campus (ARAELI). The institute’s e-learning certificates are designed to prepare students and lifelong learners for today’s competitive global entertainment and media…

Meet Attorney Charles Collins – Candidate for Judge of 246th Family District Court
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Meet Attorney Charles Collins – Candidate for Judge of 246th Family District Court

A resident of Houston’s historical Third Ward, a graduate of Prairie View A&M University and a graduate of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University are just a few things that describe Attorney Charles Collins. But there’s so much more. He currently serves as Managing Attorney for the Texas Title IVD Child…