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Date:
Friday
March 25, 2016
Time:
7:00 p.m. -
9:00 p.m.
Location: 6112
Wheatley Street Houston Texas 77091
Theme:
" Determination and Persistence"
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Dr.
Stephen C. Head, Ph.D.
Chancellor, Lone Star College
System
Head was
appointed as the fourth chancellor of the Lone Star College System
after a thirty-year history of high-level positions at LSCS
including President of Lone Star College-North Harris,
Executive Vice Chancellor, acting Chief Executive Officer,
interim President at Montgomery College and President of Kingwood
College.
Lone Star
College System, the largest institution of higher education in
the Houston area, is nationally recognized, globally connected
and locally focused. Known for its innovative and visionary
thinking, Lone Star College System is the fastest-growing community
college in the nation and a major contributor to the local and
regional economy.
"I place a high value on the success of our
students and on having joint goals to work to improve
communities," he said. "I want people to know that I care
first about building confidence in individuals and
helping them pursue and reach their academic goals by giving
them an equal opportunity and equal access to education."
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Hon. Sylvester Turner
Mayor, City of Houston
Sylvester Turner's birth on
September 27, 1954 in Acres Homes doomed the young male child to a
life on the margins of American society. There is no doubt that
such a negative perspective flowed from two primary areas, (a)
Sylvester Turner was born into this world as an African-American
male and (b) Sylvester Turner would be reared in Acres Homes.
It was this location that
young Sylvester Turner entered the world. Although many outsiders
discount individuals born into areas such as Acres Homes, their
doubt is exceeded by their failure to understand that the lack of
economic resources is most certainly no barometer of an absence of
pride, hard work, diligence, and belief in a glorious future.
Sylvester Turner, the sixth of nine children, was born to parents
who moved to Acres Homes in 1954, the same year that he was born. Turner
was born into a home where his father worked as a commercial
painter and his mother served as a maid at the Rice Hotel.
From the moment that young
Sylvester entered school, he shined; as evidenced by his election
as Senior Class President and earning the distinction of
Valedictorian at Klein High School. From Klein he entered the
University of Houston, where he continued his stellar academic
record and not only served as the Speaker of the Student Senate,
but also graduated Magna Cum Laude from the venerable institution
with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. The Acres
Homes native would go on to earn a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law
School.
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Hon. Amanda Edwards
Houston City Council,
At-Large Position 4
Amanda K. Edwards is a native
Houstonian, raised on the outskirts of Acres Homes, who was most
certainly born with the necessary tools that all true leaders
possess: intelligence, patience, kindness, courage, vision, and a
willingness to serve others.
As is so
often the case, Amanda's passion for helping others sprouted from a
personal tragedy; in her case it was the untimely passing of her
beloved father, which opened her eyes to deficiencies within our
U.S. healthcare system. Ms. Edwards recognized that true power
emanated from working within the system in some capacity, not by
boisterously criticizing the system from the outside. Many of these
lessons were instilled in her as a result of her membership at St.
Monica Catholic Church in Acres Homes. Amanda graduated from Emory
University and from Harvard Law School. Amanda is now an attorney
dedicated to empowering neighborhoods and communities and serves on
numerous non-profit boards.
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2016
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