Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Monday, April 27, 2015
CASE for Kids AmeriCorps recruitment, summer job opportunities from Efamily member Harris County Board of Education Trustee Erica Lee Carter
Please share this CASE for
Kids AmeriCorps summer job opportunity with your family and friends. CASE for
Kids will be hiring 21 AmeriCorps members for summer service. Attached are the
two fliers about the program. Candidates may go to the following link and apply
directly on the AmeriCorps.gov website:
Vote for MacGregor Park for a $20,000 grant to resurface the Homer Ford tennis courts for youth play.
Vote at NRPA.org/BeInspired every day through April 30.
$20,000 grant is sponsored the National Recreation and Park Association, Disney | ABC Television Group and ESPN are collaborating to revitalize parks across the U.S., including one here in Houston!
Cast a daily vote daily until April 30. At the end of April, the park project with the most votes will receive the grant funding. Houston is one of 15 American communities selected to participate in this initiative.
Story http://abc13.com/society/vote-for-your-favorite-houston-park-this-earth-month/664796/
Link Vote for MacGregor Park
or paste this link in your browser http://www.parksbuildcommunity.org/?cid=cy.7TgF9B3OGYcmmQ.1430170232.E7b61YjsHI2mMaC815Yp7aolntOWP-3EWYm6RAyPNy_R03l1NfZ11P_USwYxDNxw8u6bihxUMBP_WnPSt-1Uro2gVexNOZ9iinxGhLyiwA4_413YFmc0ktHOWQKG9NlJiNyJndFQeLsZNyhin5xyep23zWcvWYaRqq86UjNNK-7I558cCRb_DeQ-fmhy00Ye.1fd7ad874e9b5061896eca0cee627a9e.2
Efamily member Barbara Paige has workshop for those concerned about preparing for layoffs...
Dear Donna,
Are you or someone you know concerned about
layoffs at Schlumberger, Trans Ocean, Baker Hughes, Halliburton and other
energy industry companies?
The financial steps you take in anticipation
of or after a layoff are critical to your ability to maintain your momentum
towards your financial goals. To help affected employees, my colleagues and I
are hosting a series of webinars to discuss financial planning strategies to
help weather the job transition.
The one hour webinar is offered on the
First Friday and the Third Thursday of each month at 11:30 am.
The next installment is Friday May 1, 2015.
Topic:
Weathering
Job Transitions: Preserving Your Future
Host: McGill, DeGrange, Lillie, Chu & Associates
Host: McGill, DeGrange, Lillie, Chu & Associates
A
financial advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
Date: Friday, May 1, 2015
Date: Friday, May 1, 2015
Time:
11:30
am-12:30 pm, Central Daylight Time (Chicago, GMT-05:00)
Please share this information with your colleagues.
Please share this information with your colleagues.
To register for the online event
1. Go to https://ampfconferencing.webex.com/ampfconferencing/onstage/g.php?MTID=e63682f731669a93ff1069751fd89d66b
2. Click "Register".
3. On the registration form, enter your information and then click "Submit".
Please indicate that I am the referring advisor. Once the host approves your registration, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the event. You will need to phone in for audio. The phone number is (844)666-9449. The conference ID is 34401737.
2. Click "Register".
3. On the registration form, enter your information and then click "Submit".
Please indicate that I am the referring advisor. Once the host approves your registration, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the event. You will need to phone in for audio. The phone number is (844)666-9449. The conference ID is 34401737.
Notice
of related event
The webinars will provide strategies that can
be utilized by employees in any company. In addition, on Wednesday, May 27,
2015, we will be offering a seminar specifically targeted to
Halliburton/Baker Hughes employees. It will be held at Pappas Seafood House
on I-45 North. There will be two opportunities to attend: Lunch Hour
(11:30 am – 1:00 pm and Happy Hour (6:00 pm-8:00 pm). Details are
forthcoming under separate cover.
I hope you will join us.
Best
regards,
Barbara
Paige, Barbara <Barbara.Paige@ampf.com>
O: 713.260.1381
Barbara is one of our efamily members in this area of expertise - if interested in getting on her mailing list let me know.(we have several efamily in this area of expertise including financial advisors and attorneys... and we love them all as you know this area of personal finance is so important to our community!)
Friday, April 24, 2015
May 2 Gregory Lewis (Anne Lundy's son), a violist and performance major @ UofH at his Junior Recital
From efamily member and Godmother Kirsten Mullen (spouse of Dr. William Darity)...
I'd like to invite you and any of your number who are free to join
us at Noon at the Fine Arts Building's Dudley Recital Hall on the U of H
campus. It should be a fun, life-affirming event.
Very inspiring for other kids... consider attending with your youth! Anne Lundy is the founder of the Community Music Center at TSU (my kids did piano there ... they have instructors some PhDs in music that teach ALL instruments!!) - Anne is best known for her string quartet as well as the Scott Joplin Orchestra. The fundraiser concert for the Community Music Center is one of the best every year at the TSU Museum!
Donna
Very inspiring for other kids... consider attending with your youth! Anne Lundy is the founder of the Community Music Center at TSU (my kids did piano there ... they have instructors some PhDs in music that teach ALL instruments!!) - Anne is best known for her string quartet as well as the Scott Joplin Orchestra. The fundraiser concert for the Community Music Center is one of the best every year at the TSU Museum!
Donna
Efamily member Estate Sale -Held over to TODAY 4-26
Jackie Miller from South MacGregor
Estate Sale, April 25-26,2015 from 9am/1:00pm- 4626 N. Roseneath and Calhoun, ladies clothes, men clothes, kids clothes, toys, bar stools, outdoor furniture, pictures and lots more!!
Attica Locke Booksigning April 27th shared by efamily member Mary Fontenot - story on NPR - daughter of Gene Locke
The booksigning for the novel Pleasantville is on April 27th, at 7pm at Brazos Bookstore. Brazos Bookstore is located at 2421 Bissonnett St. 77005. The phone number is 713.523.0701.
The author of Pleasantville is Attica Locke who is one of the lead writers for the hit series Empire and the daughter of Gene Locke.
This was the first planned neighborhood designed for African American home owners - had curbs and parks ! The elementary school there for many years was one of the top for achievement in the city!
Hope to see you there!
NPR Story -
http://www.npr.org/2015/04/21/400413486/attica-locke-s-pleasantville-shows-a-changing-america-in-thriller-form?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social
The author of Pleasantville is Attica Locke who is one of the lead writers for the hit series Empire and the daughter of Gene Locke.
This was the first planned neighborhood designed for African American home owners - had curbs and parks ! The elementary school there for many years was one of the top for achievement in the city!
Hope to see you there!
NPR Story -
http://www.npr.org/2015/04/21/400413486/attica-locke-s-pleasantville-shows-a-changing-america-in-thriller-form?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Special Opportunity for your college student to go to Paris this summer!
2 slots available for college students to travel to Paris this summer - very reasonable cost includes everything $4000 -- For more details contact Alvia Wardlaw Founder and Director of the TSU Museum at awardlaw@tsu.edu
Women for Turner Meeting Monday May 4th
Women for Turner
His Vision, Our Future
General Meeting
Monday, May 4, 2015 @ 6:00 PM
CWA Hall, 1730 Jefferson Street, Houston, TX 77002 (Downtown)
ALL WELCOME TO JOIN AND GET INVOLVED!
Questions: Email Judyloraine@aol.com
ALL WELCOME TO JOIN AND GET INVOLVED!
Questions: Email Judyloraine@aol.com
FREE GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP June 4-6 for Asst Professors and Post-Doc Scientists & Faculty
2015 ASBMB MAC Grant Writing Workshop
http://www.asbmb.org/grantwriting/
http://www.asbmb.org/grantwriting/
The ASBMB grant writing and mentoring workshop is designed to help
assistant professors and postdoctoral scientists that are preparing to
transition into an independent faculty. Sponsored by the ASBMB Minority Affairs
Committee, the workshop is free and includes all meals.
Takita Sumter
Chair, ASBMB MAC
Professor of Chemistry
Winthrop University
GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP
The ASBMB grant writing and mentorship workshop is for assistant professors and postdoctoral scientists that are preparing to transition into an independent faculty position.
Quotes from Previous Participants:
"Inspired by the workshop, I have a “living” 5-year plan document that, in addition to keeping on track with administration, has helped me organize my overarching plans into something that is tangible." Benjamin Swarts, Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University
"The workshop was incredibly helpful and got me thinking about some important points that I needed to include in my grants.” Nick Grossoehme, Assistant Professor, Winthrop University
"The comments, feedback and advice I received at the workshop were very helpful, and I am glad I attended the workshop before starting preparing my first NIH grant application.” Patricia Silveyra, Assistant Professor, Penn State University
Next Workshop: June 4 - 6, 2015, Embassy Suites Hotel, Chevy Chase Pavillion, Washington, D.C.
Key features of the 2015 workshop include:
- Talks by NSF Program Directors about funding opportunities and strategies for successful proposal submission
- Real time, constructive feedback on potential research proposals
- A mock review panel to provide insight into the grant review process
- Presentations on best practices for crafting a logical research plan and a creative broader impact statement
- Practical advice on work-life balance, navigating academia and positioning your research program for sustained success
- Networking with mentors, NSF Program Directors, and previous participants that have successfully been awarded funding
- Access to an interactive, web-based forum for interacting with past and future participants and learning about new funding opportunities
- Post-workshop one-on-one mentoring with a senior, funded ASBMB member
Mentors attending the 2015 workshop include:
- Squire Booker (Penn State)
- Sonia Flores (University of Colorado School of Medicine)
- Orlando Acevedo (Auburn University)
- Vahe Bandarian (University of Arizona)
- Craig E. Cameron (Penn State)
- Karen Allen (Boston University)
- Marion Sewer (UCSD)
- Takita Felder Sumter (Winthrop University)
If you have questions about the workshop please contact education@asbmb.org
Carpentry Job Opportunities
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Friday, April 10, 2015
Proud of Efamily member Ezra Brown's son and his Robotics Team from Harmony Science Academy! Seeking Support for Travel to Regionals
Ezra Jr and his robotics team from Harmony Science Academy High School won the regional in their division April 4th and will compete in the national competition in St. Louis, Missouri April 19 - 26. They will be working in alliance with the team from Clear Creek High School, who is sponsored by NASA. Ezra's dilemma, although the students have a commitment from Bechtel for $5 -10,000.00 and from the High School for another $3 - 5000.00 towards their expenses it looks like they need to raise a total of $17,000.00.
Given the short notice they have had to increase the budget for transportation and lodging.
If you have ideas for fundraising for Efamily member Ezra Brown - please contact him at...
Ezra J Brown
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Conference and College Fair - thanks Efamily member Ulrica Fontenot for sharing!
PACE is hosting it's first Annual Call to College Conference and College Fair! Organized in student and parent tracks, college readiness sessions are available to increase attendees' awareness with higher education. For students, some of the sessions include the following: Understanding Institution Types, Preparing College Applications, Deciding on a Major and Career, and Getting and Keeping an Athletic Scholarship. For parents, the following sessions are available: Helping Students Transition to College, How to Pay for College, Understanding Career Options, and Models of Success - A Panel of Parents. Additionally, attendees will have lunch and a special presentation from area college students. Lastly, there will be a college fair in which recruiters and special speakers from approximately 30 colleges and universities will take questions and college applications from attendees.
For more information, visit www.PaceInAction.org and click on the Call to College Conference and College Fair flier or link. You can also contact the Conference Organizer, Lakia Scott, by email at lakia.scott@paceinaction.org.
For more information, visit www.PaceInAction.org and click on the Call to College Conference and College Fair flier or link. You can also contact the Conference Organizer, Lakia Scott, by email at lakia.scott@paceinaction.org.
Have questions about 2015 Call to College Conference? Contact PACE <---click here
Summer Camps
Helpful links and info about camps and after school programs in and around the Houston area.
| Website | Description |
|---|---|
| Children’s Museum Houston | 2015 Spring Break Camp |
| Mad Science | 2015 Spring Break Camp |
| Mad Science | 2015 Summer Camp Locations |
| University of Houston Downtown | 2015 Summer Camps |
| YMCA of Greater Houston | 2015 YMCA Summer Science Camp |
| University of Houston | 2015 Summer Tech Camps |
| Nature Discovery Center | 2015 Summer Camps |
| Bricks 4 Kidz | Summer Camps |
| Techno Chaos | Spring Break and Summer Camps |
| The Woodland’s Children’s Museum | 2015 Spring Break and Summer Camps |
8th Annual Family Day at Sylvester Turner Park To Be Held April 11
Efamily member Sylvester Turner presents...
The 8th Annual Family Day
at Sylvester Turner Park will be bigger and better than ever.
Sponsored by State
Representative Sylvester Turner, Family Day will be held Saturday, April 11,
from 2 to 7 p.m. at Sylvester Turner Park, 2800 West Little York. Admission is
free.
As always, plenty of
delicious free food will be served, including turkey legs, sausage on a stick,
corn on the cob, nachos, popcorn, snow cones and drinks.
Entertainment will be
provided on three stages. J. Paul and the Zydeco Nubreeds again bring their
foot-stomping music. Schools get into the act with the Eisenhower High School
Jazz Band, the Aldine Dance Company and the M.C. Williams Middle School
Orchestra. Mariachi bands from the Houston Independent School District and Rice
University proved popular in their first appearance last year, so they are
returning to Family Day again. There will be a step dance group, the Swat
Steppers with a Testimony. And for the first time, Family Day will feature the
Lion and Dragon Dance Group from Linh Son Pagoda. Whatever kind of music you
like, we have you covered.
For the young, we will have
inflatable games and face painting. And the young at heart will find activities
at our senior tent.
It
wouldn’t be Family Day without baseball, with play on three fields. Baseball
fun can also be had at the Houston Astros’ Wanna Play games.
METRO is again generously
donating buses that will pick up attendees at parking lots away from the park
and bring them to Family Day. The buses will run from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Attendees can park for free and catch the buses at:
· Carver High School, 2100
South Victory
· Lone Star College,
Victory Center, 4141 Victory and
· Living Word Fellowship
Church, 7350 T.C. Jester
Attendees will be required
to pass through security check points this year. They are asked not to bring
backpacks or large bags, large containers, grills, alcohol, motorcycles or
animals, except service animals.
We will see you on Saturday and thanks for all you do........
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Thursday, April 2, 2015
7th Annual Accounting Career Awareness Program (ACAP) summer residency week program - University of Houston
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Spring Branch ISD -- earned your BA and have a 2.75 GPA or higher -- become an SB Fellow!
Hi Donna;
I’d love to share this new opportunity with the eFamily.
I am project manager of several innovative initiatives in my
school district, Spring Branch ISD and want to share this new and exciting
project with as many potential educators as possible.
Thank you Donna.
Spring Branch ISD is excited to launch a
new opportunity for those of you interested in joining the teaching profession!
If you've earned your BA and have at least
a 2.75 GPA - read on!
SB Fellows is a unique two year immersion
into the world of teaching sponsored by
Spring Branch ISD in partnership with RELAY Graduate School of Education.
Spring Branch ISD in partnership with RELAY Graduate School of Education.
Join us Wednesday, April 8 from 4:30 - 5:30 for an information session!
If you have questions, ask me or email SBISDRELAY@springbranchisd.com
Warm Regards,
Mandelé C. Davis
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Efamily member Dr. Ronald Johnson selected as President, Clark Atlanta University
Husband of Port City Links President and efamily member Irene Johnson,
Ronald Johnson (PhD Stanford), the dean
of Texas Southern University’s business college, has been named the new
president of Clark Atlanta University.
Johnson, who will become
the university’s fourth president on July 1, replaces Carlton Brown, who
retires in June after seven years leading the institution.
Johnson was unanimously
selected by Clark Atlanta’s board from a pool of more than 100 applicants, and
three finalists. He has served in his position at Texas Southern, another
historically black institution in Houston, since 2011. Johnson’s previous
experience includes serving as the dean of the business college at Western
Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C., and several other academic and
private-sector business leadership positions.
Clark Atlanta
University President-elect Ronald Johnson. (Photo courtesy Clark Atlanta
University)
Clark Atlanta made the
announcement Tuesday in a press conference attended by notable alumni,
including U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson and Atlanta City Councilman CT Martin.
Clark Atlanta’s
announcement follows Spelman College’s selection last week of former New York University dean
Mary Schmidt Campbell as its new president.
Campbell will replace
Beverly Tatum, who also retires this summer after 13 years leading the
acclaimed women’s college.
Martha's Vineyard home of Efamily member Pam Everhart available for summer rentals...
Looking for a 2015 Martha’s Vineyard Summer Rental? If so, then please click on the link to our
home at www.homeaway.com. property
#3001615. Our home has all the
amenities you need to enjoy your time on Martha’s Vineyard. It’s a two-story home with five bedrooms
(including an in-law apartment with full kitchen and bath), four and a half
bathrooms, central A/C, well-equipped kitchen with granite counter-tops,
hardwood floors, dining room, living room with fireplace, and two decks. Sleeps 10 and perfect for gathering family
and friends. It’s located in a nice
secluded area; yet minutes away from Circuit Ave and the both ferry
locations.
A few 2015 summer weeks are still available...however
going fast. So let me know. We rent
Sunday to Sunday and have May 31-7, June 14-18 (a four-night stay), June 21-28,
June 28-July 5, and Aug 30-Sept 6 available.
If you'd like a quiet late summer rental, then September is available
too.
You can reach me at pamela.everhart@fmr.com or
508-361-7414. Thanks!
Pamela Everhart
Note: several efamily members have taken advantage of Pam's summer openings!
Efamily member Rae Martel has home in 3rd Ward available for rent!
"Well kept lovely older home
in 3rd ward is centrally located. The property has three bedrooms and two
full bathrooms along with formal living and dining room. House also
boasts a large family room that opens to kitchen. The home is furnished!
Large corner lot and covered patio in rear of home. Contact owner
at: rmartel@aol.com."
Inspirational - Check out the White House My Brother's Keeper Program 1st Anniversary
https://www.whitehouse.gov/my-brothers-keeper
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