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RAPPIN’ RAPPIN’ RAPPIN’ RAPPIN’ RAPPIN’ Tommy Wyatt Tommy Wyatt Tommy Wyatt Tommy Wyatt Tommy Wyatt Vol. 36 No. 45 Website: theaustinvillager.com Email: [email protected] Phone: 512-476-0082 Fax: 512-476-0179 April 10, 2009 Presorted Standard U.S. Postage Paid Austin, Texas Permit No. 01949 This paper can be recycled On April 17th, 2009, at the BiG Idea luncheon, Jeannette Peten will pass the baton to a ca- pable person to lead the organi- zation she founded in 1995. As founder and President of Busi- ness Investment Growth (BiGAUSTIN), a not-for-profit micro-lender, Peten has directed the spectacular growth of this organization which has served over 6,000 entrepreneurs in Cen- tral Texas. After two decades in the financial sector, Peten left a lucrative career and founded BiGAustin. She has dedicated her life to inspiring individu- als to start, expand, and grow small business vehicles stra- tegically, and to move them to- ward self-empowerment and economic stability. The entire community – not just BiGAUSTIN – has reaped the benefits of Peten’s vision and determination. Her focus on job creation and economic development resulted in the creation of over 1700 jobs in Central Texas and the distri- bution of $6M in loan or le- veraged capital. Small Busi- nesses served by BiG have generated over $18M in sales revenue. Peten says, “Em- powering individuals to be- come economically self-suffi- cient through business own- ership is the most rewarding way to serve my community.” One of the lessons Jeannette Peten learned from her mother’s death in Octo- BIGAUSTIN’S FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT ber, 2007, was that life can change in a moment. Peten says her mother was the big- gest influence on her life. From an early age, she saw her mother fight battles from de- manding quality education to later demanding fair treat- ment for all races in business lending. Upon hearing of her mom’s devastating cancer di- agnosis, Peten says she learned yet another vital les- son — that every moment is precious and certain life goals could no longer be put off. As a result, Peten made a major decision: To pass the baton to a new leader for BiGAUSTIN. Peten wants to use ini- tial time away from BiGAUSTIN to reflect, to re- group, and to rejuvenate. One thing she knows for sure is that she will continue to con- nect businesses with commu- nities and to promote social enterprise, which she calls the “double bottom line.” A nationwide search to fill Peten’s position is in progress. Reverend Joseph Parker, a Board member who is also on the selection com- mittee, said, “We are not seek- ing someone to fill Jeannette’s shoes; we are seeking some- one to stand on her shoul- ders.” Thanks to Peten, BiGAUSTIN will continue to thrive with a new baton holder. She leaves us her legacy as she moves on to cre- ate new legacies. BiGAUSTIN Founder and President Jeannette Peten Local mall closing sends the wrong message to visitors and perpetuates negative stereotypes – Demonstration sched- uled for Saturday, April 11th at 9:00am On Saturday April 11, at 9:00am, the Austin NAACP will organize a community response against the racist and xenophobic behavior of the management at Highland Mall. The decision by officials Austin NAACP organizes community response to Highland Mall Closing during the Texas Relays Austin NAACP Presidnet Nelson Linder to close the mall at 2:00pm on Texas Relays weekend, sends a very negative and discour- aging message to African Americans who are visiting the city. The behavior of High- land Mall management, also reinforces and fuels the nega- tive stereotypes that many African Americans have of Austin, Texas around the na- tion. Despite Highland Mall decreasing services and its declining status in recent years, African Americans in Austin have been loyal sup- porters. The purpose of the demonstration is to encour- age African American con- sumers to spend their money in retail establish- ments that treat them with dignity and respect. The plan of action will also ex- tend to Emo’s Bar and Fla- mingo Cantina. The demonstrations will begin at 9:00am, on the sidewalk in front of the mall and end at 12:00pm. The demonstration on Sat- urday, April 11th will be the first step in a concerted effort and long term strategy, designed to en- courage African Americans to support retail establishments that embrace the community’s goal of mutual respect and mu- tual appreciation. For more information please contact the Austin NAACP offices — Nelson Linder, President via telephone at: (512) 695-6674 or email at: [email protected] The photos of President of Barack Obama will continue to hang in Austin Community College offices until a meeting of the Administrative services Council of the college meets on April 23, 2009. The Obama photos were re- moved from the Riverside Cam- pus Manager’s Office in late March after President Dr. Steve Kinslow received an anomious complaint from a student of the college. After the removal of the photos, a num- ber of employees of the college raised concerns over the action. A community meeting was held on March 26 at the Carver Branch Library to discuss the issue. Micahel Lofton coordi- nated the meeting. During this meeting, an announcement was made that stated that the photos could be put back up “while internal dialogue oc- curs” occurs through em- ployee forums and a meeting of the ASC. According to Vice President and Human Services Director Jerri Tucker, a final decision will not be made until some- times this summer. The ASC meets monthly. This group will decide whether a policy will have to be made about the issue in ac- cordance with statutory providions and ACC practices. Photos of President Barack Obama will continue to hang in ACC offices, temporarily (NNPA) - Chicagoans tuning in to WVAZ-FM (102.7) over the past two weeks have been greeted with a new voice. For 13 years, host Tom Joyner has been the voice of the Windy City during weekday mornings. But sta- tion executives have replaced the longstanding host with comedian and author Steve Harvey. “Tom Joyner has been a great partner with V103 for the past 13 years, making it difficult to part ways,’’ WVAZ-FM program director Derrick Brown told the Chi- cago Tribune. ‘’We appreci- ate all Tom’s hard work and wish him continued success.’’ Joyner has been a main- stay favorite on the Chicago airwaves since the 1980s. Harvey, however, began his radio career in 1996 at WGCI- FM and now boasts the No. 1 syndicated radio show on Black radio with a reported 7 million listeners daily.major market for years. Until now, the powerhouses co-existed in the same “Steve Harvey is an entertainment and market- ing juggernaut,’’ Brown told the newspaper. ‘’There are very few entertainers who have successfully tackled ra- dio, TV, film, stage, online and publishing. ... Being a ‘King of Comedy,’ nobody can beat Steve being funny.’’ Tom Joyner released a statement saying he was shocked by the chain of events, all which occurred while he was on vacation two weeks ago. He also encour- aged Chicago listeners to visit his Web site. “We always say that when we come back from va- cation something big has ei- ther happened or is about to happen. Well, this one topped them all,’’ he said in a state- ment. ‘’After 16 years, the Tom Joyner Morning Show won’t be broadcast on a local Chicago radio station, at this time.’’ Tom Joyner Show Booted for Steve Harvey Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspapers Tom Joyner Steve Harvey Saturday, April 25, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. Capital City Chap- ter of Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. will showcase some twenty- two African American men and women in Austin, Texas. “A Grand Salute to Seniors” will be at David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 2211 East Mar- tin Luther King, Jr., Blvd., where Dr. Joseph C. Pastor is Senior Pastor. “A Grand Salute to Se- niors” had its beginning on Oc- tober 20, 1990 and has since showcased 142 seniors at five different churches in the commu- nity under the leadership of five outstanding ladies and commit- ted committee chairs. This obser- vance is an outgrowth of one of the five programmatic thrusts of Top Ladies of Distinction, In- corporated. This thrust is de- signed to enrich the lives of our community’s senior citizens and provide activities that are con- ducive to the optimal living of our honorees, thereby assisting them to more adequately enjoy their golden years. One of our founders, Lady Ruth Payne Smith was a mov- ing force in all the early chapter’s projects. Capital City is proud to recognize those in our commu- nity blessed with the wisdom and experience that can only be gained through a long and fruit- ful life. To our honorees who have allowed us this opportu- nity to share highlights of their lives, their careers, and their commitment to service, we say “Thank you” for providing us with a glimpse of their leader- ship acumen and unselfish deeds in family, community, Christian and civic affiliations. The public is cordially in- vited to attend. Top Ladies to sponsor “A Salute to Seniors” The Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agen- cies (TALHFA) recently an- nounced the appointment of Margaret R. Shaw to its Board of Directors. As a board member, Shaw will plan for and support the needs of local housing fi- nance agencies in their goal to increase affordable housing in the State of Texas. Shaw is currently the Di- rector of the City of Austin’s Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Of- fice and Treasurer of the Austin Housing Finance Corporation. She oversees approximately $20 million in annual Federal and local funds to create affordable housing and job opportunities for low and moderate-income residents of Austin, Texas. It is time to choose our next Mayor and Council This is one of the more unusual elections that I have seen in Austin. One of the unusual things is that this is one of small- est field of candidates to run for council. There is also an uncontested race. That never happens in Austin, even for an in- cumbent One thing that has not changes is that Blacks are still afraid to run in any place except place 6. We have accepted the fact that we can have only one Afri- can American on the Council at a time. We usually make our endorsements a week be- fore the election, but this year we are doing that dif- ferently also. We think that the voters need to have a little more time to make up their minds and get involved with the can- didates of their choice. After co-sponsoring two candidate forums and looking over the informa- tion from the candidates, we feel that these candi- dates will be the best choice to move us to the next level: MAYOR--Carole Keeton Strayhorn has served as Mayor of Austin and as State of Texas Comptrol- ler. She has the knowl- edge and experience to lead us out of our current economic crisis; PLACE 1--Chris Riley, an attorney and former judge has many years of work- ing in the political arena; PLACE 2--Mike Martinez deserves to continue his work on the council for the people of Austin; PLACE 5--Bill Spelman, a college professor and former council member believes that his experi- ence would help us right what is wrong with the city. He is unopposed. PLACE 6--Sheryl Cole, at- torney and current city council member, need an- other term to complete come of the things that have been started on the council. She is willing to listen and work with any- one who has a solution many of the problems in our community. However, she will need us to tell what those issues are and what we believe can be done to come up with the desired results. All of these candidates need our support to help get out the vote on May 9. We need to get out 50% of the eligible voters for us to have a successful election. Margaret Shaw appointed to TALHFA Board
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RAPPIN’RAPPIN’RAPPIN’RAPPIN’RAPPIN’Tommy WyattTommy WyattTommy WyattTommy WyattTommy Wyatt
Vol. 36 No. 45 Website: theaustinvillager.com Email: [email protected] Phone: 512-476-0082 Fax: 512-476-0179 April 10, 2009
Presorted StandardU.S. Postage Paid
Austin, TexasPermit No. 01949
This paper canbe recycled
On April 17th, 2009, at theBiG Idea luncheon, JeannettePeten will pass the baton to a ca-pable person to lead the organi-zation she founded in 1995. Asfounder and President of Busi-ness Investment Growth(BiGAUSTIN), a not-for-profitmicro-lender, Peten has directedthe spectacular growth of thisorganization which has servedover 6,000 entrepreneurs in Cen-tral Texas.
After two decades in thefinancial sector, Peten left alucrative career and foundedBiGAustin. She has dedicatedher life to inspiring individu-als to start, expand, and growsmall business vehicles stra-tegically, and to move them to-ward self-empowerment andeconomic stability. The entirecommunity – not justBiGAUSTIN – has reaped thebenefits of Peten’s vision anddetermination. Her focus onjob creation and economicdevelopment resulted in thecreation of over 1700 jobs inCentral Texas and the distri-bution of $6M in loan or le-veraged capital. Small Busi-nesses served by BiG havegenerated over $18M in salesrevenue. Peten says, “Em-powering individuals to be-come economically self-suffi-cient through business own-ership is the most rewardingway to serve my community.”
One of the lessonsJeannette Peten learned fromher mother’s death in Octo-
BIGAUSTIN’S FOUNDERAND PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES
RETIREMENT
ber, 2007, was that life canchange in a moment. Petensays her mother was the big-gest influence on her life. Froman early age, she saw hermother fight battles from de-manding quality education tolater demanding fair treat-ment for all races in businesslending. Upon hearing of hermom’s devastating cancer di-agnosis, Peten says shelearned yet another vital les-son — that every moment isprecious and certain life goalscould no longer be put off. Asa result, Peten made a majordecision: To pass the baton toa new leader for BiGAUSTIN.
Peten wants to use ini-tial time away fromBiGAUSTIN to reflect, to re-group, and to rejuvenate. Onething she knows for sure isthat she will continue to con-nect businesses with commu-nities and to promote socialenterprise, which she calls the“double bottom line.”
A nationwide search tofill Peten’s position is inprogress. Reverend JosephParker, a Board member whois also on the selection com-mittee, said, “We are not seek-ing someone to fill Jeannette’sshoes; we are seeking some-one to stand on her shoul-ders.” Thanks to Peten,BiGAUSTIN will continue tothrive with a new batonholder. She leaves us herlegacy as she moves on to cre-ate new legacies.
BiGAUSTIN Founder and President Jeannette Peten
Local mall closingsends the wrong message tovisitors and perpetuatesnegative stereotypes –
Demonstration sched-uled for Saturday, April 11that 9:00am
On Saturday April 11,at 9:00am, the Austin NAACPwill organize a communityresponse against the racistand xenophobic behavior ofthe management at HighlandMall. The decision by officials
Austin NAACP organizes community response to
Highland MallClosing during the Texas Relays
Austin NAACP Presidnet Nelson Linder
to close the mall at 2:00pm onTexas Relays weekend, sendsa very negative and discour-aging message to AfricanAmericans who are visitingthe city. The behavior of High-land Mall management, alsoreinforces and fuels the nega-tive stereotypes that manyAfrican Americans have ofAustin, Texas around the na-tion.
Despite Highland Malldecreasing services and its
declining status in recentyears, African Americans inAustin have been loyal sup-porters. The purpose of thedemonstration is to encour-age African American con-sumers to spend theirmoney in retail establish-ments that treat them withdignity and respect. Theplan of action will also ex-tend to Emo’s Bar and Fla-mingo Cantina.
The demonstrationswill begin at 9:00am, on thesidewalk in front of the malland end at 12:00pm.
The demonstration on Sat-urday, April 11th will be the firststep in a concerted effort and longterm strategy, designed to en-courage African Americans tosupport retail establishmentsthat embrace the community’sgoal of mutual respect and mu-tual appreciation.
For more informationplease contact the AustinNAACP offices — NelsonLinder, President via telephoneat: (512) 695-6674 or email at:[email protected]
The photos of President ofBarack Obama will continue tohang in Austin CommunityCollege offices until a meetingof the Administrative servicesCouncil of the college meets onApril 23, 2009. The Obama photos were re-moved from the Riverside Cam-pus Manager’s Office in lateMarch after President Dr. SteveKinslow received ananomious complaint from astudent of the college. After theremoval of the photos, a num-ber of employees of the collegeraised concerns over the action. A community meeting washeld on March 26 at the CarverBranch Library to discuss the
issue. Micahel Lofton coordi-nated the meeting. During thismeeting, an announcementwas made that stated that thephotos could be put back up“while internal dialogue oc-curs” occurs through em-ployee forums and a meetingof the ASC. According to Vice Presidentand Human Services DirectorJerri Tucker, a final decisionwill not be made until some-times this summer. The ASCmeets monthly. This group will decidewhether a policy will have tobe made about the issue in ac-cordance with statutoryprovidions and ACC practices.
Photos of President BarackObama will continue to hang in
ACC offices, temporarily
(NNPA) - Chicagoanstuning in to WVAZ-FM(102.7) over the past twoweeks have been greeted witha new voice. For 13 years, hostTom Joyner has been the voiceof the Windy City duringweekday mornings. But sta-tion executives have replacedthe longstanding host withcomedian and author SteveHarvey.
“Tom Joyner has been agreat partner with V103 forthe past 13 years, making itdifficult to part ways,’’WVAZ-FM program directorDerrick Brown told the Chi-cago Tribune. ‘’We appreci-ate all Tom’s hard work andwish him continued success.’’
Joyner has been a main-stay favorite on the Chicagoairwaves since the 1980s.Harvey, however, began hisradio career in 1996 at WGCI-FM and now boasts the No. 1syndicated radio show onBlack radio with a reported 7million listeners daily.major
market for years. Until now,the powerhouses co-existedin the same “Steve Harvey isan entertainment and market-ing juggernaut,’’ Brown toldthe newspaper. ‘’There arevery few entertainers whohave successfully tackled ra-dio, TV, film, stage, online andpublishing. ... Being a ‘Kingof Comedy,’ nobody can beatSteve being funny.’’
Tom Joyner released astatement saying he wasshocked by the chain ofevents, all which occurredwhile he was on vacation twoweeks ago. He also encour-aged Chicago listeners to visithis Web site.
“We always say thatwhen we come back from va-cation something big has ei-ther happened or is about tohappen. Well, this one toppedthem all,’’ he said in a state-ment. ‘’After 16 years, theTom Joyner Morning Showwon’t be broadcast on a localChicago radio station, at thistime.’’
Tom Joyner Show Booted for Steve HarveySpecial to the NNPA from
the Afro-American Newspapers
Tom Joyner
Steve Harvey
Saturday, April 25, 2009,at 11:00 a.m. Capital City Chap-ter of Top Ladies of Distinction,Inc. will showcase some twenty-two African American men andwomen in Austin, Texas. “AGrand Salute to Seniors” willbe at David Chapel MissionaryBaptist Church, 2211 East Mar-tin Luther King, Jr., Blvd., whereDr. Joseph C. Pastor is SeniorPastor.
“A Grand Salute to Se-niors ” had its beginning on Oc-tober 20, 1990 and has sinceshowcased 142 seniors at fivedifferent churches in the commu-nity under the leadership of fiveoutstanding ladies and commit-ted committee chairs. This obser-vance is an outgrowth of one ofthe five programmatic thrustsof Top Ladies of Distinction, In-corporated. This thrust is de-signed to enrich the lives of ourcommunit y’s senior citizens and
provide activities that are con-ducive to the optimal living ofour honorees, thereby assistingthem to more adequately enjoytheir golden years.
One of our founders, LadyRuth Payne Smith was a mov-ing force in all the earlychapter’s projects.
Capital City is proud torecognize those in our commu-nity blessed with the wisdomand experience that can only begained through a long and fruit-ful life. To our honorees whohave allowed us this opportu-nity to share highlights of theirlives, their careers, and theircommitment to service, we say“Thank you” for providing uswith a glimpse of their leader-ship acumen and unselfishdeeds in family, community,Christian and civic affiliations.
The public is cordially in-vited to attend.
Top Ladies to sponsor“A Salute to Seniors”
The Texas Association ofLocal Housing Finance Agen-cies (TALHFA) recently an-nounced the appointment ofMargaret R. Shaw to its Board ofDirectors. As a board member,Shaw will plan for and supportthe needs of local housing fi-nance agencies in their goal toincrease affordable housing inthe State of Texas.
Shaw is currently the Di-rector of the City of Austin’sNeighborhood Housing andCommunity Development Of-fice and Treasurer of the AustinHousing Finance Corporation.She oversees approximately $20million in annual Federal andlocal funds to create affordablehousing and job opportunitiesfor low and moderate-incomeresidents of Austin, Texas.
It is time tochoose our next
Mayor andCouncil
This is one of the moreunusual elections that Ihave seen in Austin. Oneof the unusual things isthat this is one of small-est field of candidates torun for council. There isalso an uncontested race.That never happens inAustin, even for an in-cumbent One thing that has notchanges is that Blacks arestill afraid to run in anyplace except place 6. Wehave accepted the fact thatwe can have only one Afri-can American on theCouncil at a time. We usually make ourendorsements a week be-fore the election, but thisyear we are doing that dif-ferently also. We thinkthat the voters need tohave a little more time tomake up their minds andget involved with the can-didates of their choice. After co-sponsoring twocandidate forums andlooking over the informa-tion from the candidates,we feel that these candi-dates will be the bestchoice to move us to thenext level:MAYOR--Carole KeetonStrayhorn has served asMayor of Austin and asState of Texas Comptrol-ler. She has the knowl-edge and experience tolead us out of our currenteconomic crisis;PLACE 1--Chris Riley, anattorney and former judgehas many years of work-ing in the political arena;PLACE 2--Mike Martinezdeserves to continue hiswork on the council forthe people of Austin;PLACE 5--Bill Spelman , acollege professor andformer council memberbelieves that his experi-ence would help us rightwhat is wrong with thecity. He is unopposed.PLACE 6--Sheryl Cole, at-torney and current citycouncil member, need an-other term to completecome of the things thathave been started on thecouncil. She is willing tolisten and work with any-one who has a solutionmany of the problems inour community. However,she will need us to tell whatthose issues are and whatwe believe can be done tocome up with the desiredresults. All of these candidatesneed our support to help getout the vote on May 9. Weneed to get out 50% of theeligible voters for us tohave a successful election.
Margaret Shawappointed to
TALHFA Board
