Cornell Summer Programs 2017

Start planning now for 2017 Would you like to take an undergraduate course at a great Ivy League university next summer? Then Cornell University Summer College should be on your radar! Summer College will offer programs in a wide range of fascinating and challenging subjects next summer during the following sessions: Six week programs: June 24–August 8 Three-week session 1: June 24–July 15 Three-week session 2: July 16–August 5 Two-week Robotics program (non-credit): July 2–15 At Summer College you can earn college credit, work closely with our expert faculty, make friends from around the world, and enjoy one of the United States' most beautiful campuses. And with our college admissions workshops and college fair, you'll also develop the tools you need to excel in the college application process. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram for the latest news and program announcements. Next summer will be here before you know it….     LEARN MORE   Facebook Twitter Instagram Website

Parents and Kids Interested in Gaming - Evan Reynolds article published today in the Cornell Sun

http://sunspots.cornellsun.com/2016/09/02/ataristotle-how-the-playstation-3-made-us-obsessed-with-power/

Enjoy!

FREE ACT Practice Test Sat Sept 3

White House HBCU Initiative All Star Students & FEDERAL FUNDING WEBINARS & other Key Sites!

HBCU All Star Student Program

http://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/resources/hbcu-all-star-students/ 

Slides available from the White House Initiative on Historically black College and Universities webinar: Federal Funding Opportunities at the Department of Defense  http://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/resources/

As a follow-up to the White House Initiative on Historically black College and Universities webinar:  Federal Funding Opportunities at the Department of Defense, I would like to inform you that the slides have been posted to  http://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/resources/. 

How to find the solicitations - GRANTS.GOV:

Visit the website http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html

STEM College Fairs - Wow Site!

www.gotomystemfair.com

Part-Time PAID Positions Available for Tutors in Math and Science - Gregg Elementary

Interested in tutoring in math and science?

Contact efamily member Dr. David Jackson, Principal 
Email resume to djackso4@houstonisd.org

20 Hours a week - excellent school with great students! 
Science and Math Tutors needed ASAP!

National College Fairs -- STEM and Other College Info Links

National College Fairs includes advice on majors, financial aid, back to school and more!
http://www.nacacnet.org/

STEM FAIRS http://www.nacacnet.org/college-fairs/STEM/Pages/default.aspx
Thanks efamily member Erica Littlejohn Burnette for sharing the NACAC with us!

Hearing on New HEB at 288 and MacGregor

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The City of Houston's Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD) is hosting a public hearing on September 7, 2016 to engage the community and discuss the acquisition of land located at the corner of Highway 288 and MacGregor in City Council District D for the development of an HEB grocery store. This hearing is part of HUD's eight-step environmental process for a potential development in a flood plain. This area is considered a food desert: an urban area, in which it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food.

HEB proposes to develop a 72,000-square-foot grocery store. The construction costs of $20 million will be funded by HEB and its investors.

PUBLIC HEARING

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

6-8 p.m.

Judson Robinson, Jr. Community Center, 2020 Hermann Drive, Houston, TX 77004

ADA Accessible

For additional information about the public hearing or to request special arrangements (interpreter, sign language, CART for the hearing impaired), contact Paula Jackson at paula.jackson@houstontx.gov or 832.394.6181.

HCDD published a Public Notice in the Houston Chronicle on Friday, August 12, 2016 regarding this proposed Economic Development Incentive/Section 108 project. The 30-day comment period for this proposed project extends until Sunday, September 11, 2016. Written comments can be submitted by mail to Peggy Colligan at HCDD, 601 Sawyer Street, Suite 400, Houston, TX 77007 or by email to margaret.colligan@houstontx.gov.

For more information on this item, please contact Ana Patino-Martinez at 832.394.6222. For more information on HCDD and its programs, please access HCDD's website at www.houstontx.gov/housing.

 

SAVE THE DATE Sat. March 4 2017! Port City Links Health, Education, Science Fair and Carnival at South Central Sportz Baseball Opening Day!

Before your 2017 Calendar fills up -- mark our annual Port City Links Health, Education, Science Fair and Carnival at Sunnyside Park held in conjunction with South Central Sportz Youth Baseball Opening Day! Be there! Get the kids involved in Baseball - TryOuts in January 2017.

Team Names honor the Negro Leagues! Sponsor a Team, Carnival Ride, Booth - over 1,000 attend every year! This is a 12 year collaboration of Port City Links and South Central Sportz!

Get an idea of what's in store from a sample of previous years press:

2016

Mayor Turner on Twitter photos
https://twitter.com/sylvesterturner/status/706205075748814848

Houston Defender
http://defendernetwork.com/photos/galleries/2016/apr/03/port-city-links-health-fair/

Majic102 Radio
http://myhoustonmajic.hellobeautiful.com/3217053/2016-port-city-links-health-education-fair-recap/

Guidry News http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000075941

Houston Style https://issuu.com/houstonstylemagazine/docs/hsm_31016

A sample of prior years:
2015 
Style Magazine
http://stylemagazine.com/news/2015/mar/18/south-central-sportzs-13th-annual-baseball-opening/
River Oaks/Bellaire Examiner
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/west_university/news/sunnyside-opens-youth-baseball-season-saturday-with-annual-fair-and/article_59cf9684-d399-536f-902f-437268ef560d.html

2014
KPRC TV-video
http://www.click2houston.com/news/south-central-sportzs-13th-annual-baseball-opening-day
Houston Style
http://stylemagazine.com/photos/galleries/2014/mar/31/south-central-sportzs-13th-annual-baseball-opening/

2012
http://www.isiahfactor.com/2012/04/08/the-health-science-and-education-fair-in-sunnyside/

2011
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34960254@N04/sets/72157626451476890/

2010
Isiah Factor
http://www.isiahfactor.com/2010/03/25/port-city-links-science-and-health-in-the-park-at-south-central-sportz-opening-day/

Help the Victims in Louisiana - Mayor Turner Sponsored Effort!

http://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/press/aid-louisiana-flood-victims.html

Microsoft Networking and Recruiting Event hosted by HBCU Connect Targeting the Recruitment of Diverse Professionals

You are invited to a special networking & recruitment event being hosted by Microsoft and HBCU CONNECT

The event will be held in the Dallas, Texas area on Thursday September 22nd, 2016 from 5pm to 7:30pm.

Who: IT, Tech Support, Networking and Software Engineers open to traveling to the Dallas area for a unique VIP event hosted by Microsoft's hiring managers!

Registration Link - www.hbcuconnect.com/microsoft/dallas

Microsoft will be hiring folks as a result of this event and formal interviews will be held on September 23rd, the following day for attendees that are a fit for open opportunities.

If you would be interested in attending, please register as soon as possible.

www.hbcuconnect.com/microsoft/dallas

If you know Tech Professionals that might be interested, PLEASE share this opportunity with them as well...

Will Moss | CEO | HBCU CONNECT, LLC
750 Cross Pointe Rd. Ste Q | Gahanna, Ohio 43230
614.416.5515 (office) | 614.388.5638 (fax) 

Seeking Golfers for Fun Networking Event! Be a Hole Sponsor $200!

Click this link and when you sign up... Your Port City Link Contact: Donna Blackshear-Reynolds

Nominate Female Trailblazers in Space

Sharing the Women@TheFrontier Space survey--please share it with your colleagues / department / community. Thanks efamily member Alotta Taylor for sharing... 

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Looking for The World's Female Trailblazers!

Nominate your Space Role Model and share with your community!

Buscamos las Mujeres Pioneras y Disruptivas Conquistadoras del Espacio!
Nomina tu agente de cambio! Women@TheFrontier Survey: Women in Space!

http://www.womenatthefrontier.org/womenthefrontier-survey-women-space/

Susan Fonseca Founder, Women@TheFrontier  ​​Founding Member, Singularity University Atlanta, GA  Silicon Valley, ​CA ​

16 College Specific Essay Prompts - Get Started!

http://collegeexplorations.blogspot.com/2016/07/getting-started-16-college-specific_59.html

Also, on the efamily blog are links to FREE fly-ins for 11th and 12th graders -search box "fly-in"

MALE Volunteers Needed to Welcome Students

Attucks Middle School is looking for 100 positive men to welcome in our students on Monday, August 22nd (first day of school) from 7:30-8:00 AM.
If interested, please contact Julia Andrews
Julia.andrews1922@gmail.com

Families Read Children RISE - Start during Pregnancy! HAUL Initiative

EXCERPT from HAUL blog - click link to read more... so important!!!! 
http://familiesreadchildrenrise.blogspot.com/
Families must begin literacy development of their babies in the third cycle of the mother's pregnancy. The neural network has developed enough, for the baby to begin taking on and retaining information. Families who read to, talk to, hug and love their babies in the mother’s womb during the third cycle of that mother’s pregnancy, begin building little black, white, red, brown, or yellow engines that comes out saying, “I CAN.”

NFL GRASSROOTS PROGRAM HAS GRANTS FOR NON-PROFITS

http://files.ctctcdn.com/867888f4101/8e8ae8cc-1e91-4650-b180-ff206ce982d6.pdf

Entrepreneurs get NOMINATED to the SURE program!

http://www.bauer.uh.edu/microfinance/

Free Movie Thursday - Putney Swope

August 18th ~ 6:30 PM

A hallmark of 1960s radicalism and one of the first major underground films to gain a large audience. A classic film with African American Putney Swope at its core.

WOW a lot of FREEBIES for Back to School-haircuts,immunizations, free food and music

Contact Byron Cobbin, Project Chair Network of Brothers P.O.Box 2191 Houston, Texas 77252 Phone:713­962­7836

The Network of Brothers (NOB)

And St. James United Methodist Church will work together again in Freedmen’s Town to provide immunizations, health screenings, haircuts for African American males and school supplies for the Second Annual Back to School event. This family experience will also showcase a collection of Mercedes­Benz and Motorcycles. Free Food and Music will also be available.

Saturday, August 27, 2016 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. St. James United Methodist Church

1217 Wilson Street Houston, Texas 77019

After observing the ever growing negative perceptions of African American males,the Network of Brothers (NOB) was formed around 2005 to encourage positive networking opportunities for adult African American males in the Greater Houston area to create change and challenge or dispel those perceptions. We also facilitate speaker forums and mentoring.

Special Thanks to the City of Houston Health Department, African American Library at the Gregory School ,Coalition of Pastoral Leaders, Dr. and Mrs. Scott Roberts, Imagiread Consulting LLC, Kroger Foods, Must Be the Music Entertainment: DJ KevKe, Mercedes­Benz Club of America Houston Chapter, The Rutherford B. H. Yates Museum, Carolyn Burnley and Ultimate Predatorz MC.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wonderful Article on Efamily Member Alvia Wardlaw - Curator TSU's University Museum!

http://www.papercitymag.com/arts/alivia-wardlaw-pioneering-african-american-arts-force-texas-southern-mfah/

Trolling the Cornell website found this high school program!

http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/08/high-schoolers-create-business-ideas-summer-boot-camp

Pro Bono Consulting for Businesses

NBMBAA Houston Pro-Bono  Consulting Initiative

The National Black MBA Houston Chapter is offering pro-bono consulting to help eligible businesses tackle their toughest business challenges. We are leveraging the unique intellectual capital and business talent of our members to help minority-owned businesses in tackling business-related issues in areas such as strategic planning and development, operations management, finance, and marketing.  Do you know a minority-owned firm that can benefit from this initiative?  Learn more about the initiative here.

NASA Student INTERN California

Student Trainee (Social Science) Apply Online

The expected start date of this internship is SEPTEMBER 06, 2016 not to exceed AUGUST 31, 2017. The NASA Pathways Intern Program provides students with the opportunity to explore NASA careers and gain meaningful developmental work experience. This is a temporary position not to exceed August 31, 2017. This internship is not Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship (APPIC) or California Psychology Internship Council (CAPIC) approved although the California Board of Psychology considers this an exempt site and considers hours here as Supervised Professional Experience (SPE) toward licensure. The student trainee will receive advanced and broad-based experience in clinical, consulting, and organizational psychology with clinical supervision from the Program Manager who is a licensed clinical psychologist. The aim is to apply treatment, training and consultation services for the benefit of center employees. The position is located in the Armstrong Employee Assistance Program Office (EAP). In accordance with NASA policy, the purpose of this position is to aid in the performance of psychological diagnosis and treatment, employing generally accepted psychotherapy techniques for diagnostic testing and psychological assessment. The incumbent is a participant in the Pathways Intern Program and serves as student trainee.

Center:	Armstrong Flight Research Center
Location:	Edwards AFB, CA
Salary:	$66,137 to $85,977 / Per Year
Open Period:	Friday, July 22, 2016 to Monday, August 08, 2016

Houston Museum of African American Culture 2 Films Aug 11

Two Great Films On One Night August 11th ~ 6:30 PM

 

GIRL HOOD

 

Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the "boys law" in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls.. She changes her name, her style, drops out of school and starts stealing to be accepted into the gang. When her home situation becomes unbearable, Marieme seeks solace in an older man who promises her money and protection. Realizing this sort of lifestyle will never result in the freedom and independence she truly desires, she finally decides to take matters into her own hands.

 

Life and Crimes of Doris Payne

 

An 80 year old international jewel thief. Features interviews with Doris Payne, her daughter and son, her childhood best friend and law enforcement officers. Doris tells stories that include a daring escape, how she used "slight of hand", and the first time she "took" a piece of jewelry at the age of 10. As the movie begins we see Doris dealing with her most current charges and the possibility of facing a term in prison. From there the film goes back and forth between the past and the present until we finally learn what her destiny will be after over 50 years as an international jewel thief.

Women Tech and Finance

On Monday, July 25, 2016 6:20 AM, Deavra Daughtry <tweforg@hotmail.com> wrote:

CLICK HERE Greetings:          Join Microsoft and TWEF for this high-energy workshop & mentoring luncheon to learn how to tap into a deeper level of creativity, and explore the uncharted world of your imagination to maximize your greatest potential in areas of finances, technology, and innovation. This year, with great pleasure, we invite you to be speaker/host at a mentoring table at our "Women, Tech & Finance Mentoring Luncheon," on Thursday, October 6, 2016, at the JW Marriott Galleria.  The IFLS Women's luncheon is a fascinating combination of mentoring conversations over lunch, led by dynamic women of various cultures, professions and experience at each table speaking into the life of young women from different backgrounds. TWEF past participants and speakers have included: ·        Tina Knowles, International Business Mogul ·        Soledad O'Brien, Award Winning News Anchor ·        Solange Knowles, American Singer, Songwriter, Model and Actress ·        Edie Fraser, CEO of STEMconnector ·        Cicely Tyson, Legendary Academy Award-Winning Actress Prior to the luncheon, guests are invited to workshop sponsored by Microsoft where they'll have the opportunity to engage in: ·        Hands on financial planning & management in MS Office 2016 ·        Career & Entrepreneur leadership growth skills mapping ·        Design Thinking and Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Ideation ·        Innovation Growth Hacking to increase leadership skills ·        Interviews with Microsoft for roles beyond Tech We look forward to having you at our luncheon on October 6th! We will send a logistics letter once you've confirmed. If you have any questions please call (832-434-5325) or email twefexecutiveorg@hotmail.com Best regards, Founder, Deavra A. Daughtry www.TWEF.org  TWEF.org