Monday, December 30, 2019
Microsoft Jobs - Experienced Software Professionals Hiring Event
Will Moss microsoft.events@hbcuconnect.com via email.nlgrid.com
Sun, Dec 29, 8:58 PM (2 days ago)
to me
Donna,
On February 13th, Microsoft and HBCU CONNECT will be hosting a special hiring event in the Dallas area for Black Tech Professionals that will include a networking reception, next day interviews, and next day job offers.
They would like to make at least 70 job offers on February 14th!
I think this is the single biggest opportunity for Black Software professionals to get their foot in the door at Microsoft in the history of the company.
They are looking for experienced Software Developers and Technical Program Managers and they have over 300 high paying positions available with full benefits and a generous relocation package (if necessary).
I need your help - If you or someone you know has software development experience or technical program management experience, please register today or share the link:
http://hbcuconnect.com/campaigns/1925/microsoft-cosine-event
Thanks!
Will Moss | CEO | HBCU CONNECT
750 Cross Pointe Rd. Suite Q | Columbus, Ohio 43230
614.864.4446 (office) | 614.388.5638 (fax)
SURE PROGRAM Jan 11th - Opportunity to Develop a Business Plan
Here's a great opportunity for a Start-up or a business professional to develop his/her business plan.
Spring 2020 Application Day for the SURE Program is January 11, 2020!
To apply or learn more, visit the official Eventbrite page by clicking on the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-2020-sure-program-application-day-tickets-86187772949
To hear from some SURE alumni, watch our informational video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0P97Ckj8pc
Please direct questions to SUREINFO@BAUER.UH.EDU.
Happy Holidays!
From the website:
SURETM Program
Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
Mission
SURE™ provides an educational platform that facilitates a value-added partnership between UH students, industry experts, and entrepreneurs from under-resourced communities.
Goals
To produce socially engaged students who have developed empathy, critical thinking and key soft skills.
To stimulate urban renewal by empowering entrepreneurs in under-resourced communities.
Read about the history of our program, or see frequently asked questions by students and potiential entrepreneurs. If you have any questions, please email SUREinfo@bauer.uh.edu
Spring 2020 Application Day for the SURE Program is January 11, 2020!
To apply or learn more, visit the official Eventbrite page by clicking on the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-2020-sure-program-application-day-tickets-86187772949
To hear from some SURE alumni, watch our informational video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0P97Ckj8pc
Please direct questions to SUREINFO@BAUER.UH.EDU.
Happy Holidays!
From the website:
SURETM Program
Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
Mission
SURE™ provides an educational platform that facilitates a value-added partnership between UH students, industry experts, and entrepreneurs from under-resourced communities.
Goals
To produce socially engaged students who have developed empathy, critical thinking and key soft skills.
To stimulate urban renewal by empowering entrepreneurs in under-resourced communities.
Read about the history of our program, or see frequently asked questions by students and potiential entrepreneurs. If you have any questions, please email SUREinfo@bauer.uh.edu
Amazon Internships and Jobs HBCU students - HBCUConnect.com
https://hbcuconnect.com/resumes/?cid=95&src=referral
Thanks efamily member Janice Weaver for sharing!
https://hbcuconnect.com/resumes/?cid=95&src=referral
Mayor's Inauguration Tickets info from efamily member Janice Weaver
Good Morning EFamily and Thank You for your support in getting our Mayor Sylvester Turner elected to serve 4 more years as Mayor of the City of Houston!
However you contributed your time, money, etc. is most appreciate.
PLEASE SEE BELOW INFORMATION ON THIS WEEKS INAUGURATION.
Mayor Sylvester Turner, the City Controller and the City Council Members will take their oaths of office Thursday January 2, 2020.
The Inauguration will take place at the Wortham Center in downtown Houston, 501 Texas Avenue.
The event is by invitation however, there is a limited number of tickets available for the public.
To secure tickets to the event, you must go to the box office at 8:30 a.m. Inauguration will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are first come, first served. Flash photography is prohibited.
Free parking courtesy of Houston First Corporation in the Theater District Parking Garages.
The Inauguration is produced by the Mayor’s Office of Special Events, under the direction of Susan Christian.
Click on link below for more information.
https://www.houstontx.gov/2020inauguration.html
Happy Holidays!
watch live on abc13.com
However you contributed your time, money, etc. is most appreciate.
PLEASE SEE BELOW INFORMATION ON THIS WEEKS INAUGURATION.
Mayor Sylvester Turner, the City Controller and the City Council Members will take their oaths of office Thursday January 2, 2020.
The Inauguration will take place at the Wortham Center in downtown Houston, 501 Texas Avenue.
The event is by invitation however, there is a limited number of tickets available for the public.
To secure tickets to the event, you must go to the box office at 8:30 a.m. Inauguration will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are first come, first served. Flash photography is prohibited.
Free parking courtesy of Houston First Corporation in the Theater District Parking Garages.
The Inauguration is produced by the Mayor’s Office of Special Events, under the direction of Susan Christian.
Click on link below for more information.
https://www.houstontx.gov/2020inauguration.html
Happy Holidays!
watch live on abc13.com
Sunday, December 29, 2019
President Obama's List of Favorite Books, Films and Music
Thanks to Efamily member P. Evans who shared this ...
Here's President Obama's long-awaited annual list of his recommended books, movies (including an Obamas' film), and TV shows....folks around the globe wait to see this list every year! Susan Rice's book Tough Love is indeed a must-read! The President has both a high IQ and a high EQ, so, he is not bound by one type of author, nor one thought, not victim to confirmation bias, etc...as we all know from previous years' lists. Plus, the Obamas launched their OWN production company in 2018 and their first production, American Factory, was acquired by Netflix out of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary. The film is a portrait of post-industrial Ohio, where a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant and hires two thousand blue-collar Americans.
Barack Obama
20 hrs ·12/28/19
Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing my annual list of favorites — books, films, and music — with all of you. This has become a fun little tradition for me, and I hope it is for you, too. Because while each of us has plenty that keeps us busy—work and family life, social and volunteer commitments—outlets like literature and art can enhance our day-to-day experiences. They’re the fabric that helps make up a life—the album that lifts us up after a long day, the dog-eared paperback we grab off the shelf to give to a friend, the movie that makes us think and feel in a new way, works that simply help us escape for a bit. To start, here are the books that made the last year a little brighter for me. Most of them came out in 2019, but a few were older ones that were new to me this year. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
• The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff
• The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
• Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep
• Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
• How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
• Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
• Lot: Stories by Bryan Washington
• Normal People by Sally Rooney
• The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
• The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
• Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
• Solitary by Albert Woodfox
• The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
• Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
• Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
• We Live in Water: Stories by Jess Walter
For the sports fans:
• A Different Way to Win: Dan Rooney's Story from the Super Bowl to the Rooney Rule by Jim Rooney
• The Sixth Man by Andre Iguodala
And here’s a reminder of books that I recommended earlier this year:
• American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
• The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power
• Exhalation by Ted Chiang
• Finding My Voice by Valerie Jarrett
• Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh
• How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu
• Inland by Téa Obreht
• Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
• Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
• Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami
• The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates
• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
• The Shadow of Sirius by W. S. Merwin
• The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
• Toni Morrison’s collected works
• Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For by Susan Rice
• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
No photo description available.
No photo description available.
Barack Obama
58 mins ·12/29/19
Next up are my favorite movies and TV shows of 2019. This year’s list includes everything from explorations of class dynamics and relationships, to an inspired reboot of a classic graphic novel, to a portal back to one of the most special places in history — an Aretha Franklin concert. Of course, there’s also American Factory, a film from our own production company, Higher Ground, that was recently shortlisted for an Oscar. It’s our first offering in partnership with Netflix, and I’m excited about the other projects we’ve got in the works. Here’s the full list:
• American Factory
• Amazing Grace
• Apollo 11
• Ash Is Purest White
• Atlantics
• Birds of Passage
• Booksmart
• Diane
• The Farewell
• Ford v Ferrari
• The Irishman
• Just Mercy
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
• Little Women
• Marriage Story
• Parasite
• The Souvenir
• Transit
And a quick list of TV shows that I considered as powerful as movies:
• Fleabag: Season 2
• Unbelievable
• Watchmen
No photo description available.
Higher Ground Productions, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company in partnership with Netflix, has announced its first slate, spanning scripted, unscripted and documentary series.
tbivision.com: Higher Ground Productions, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company in partnership with Netflix, has announced its first slate, spanning scripted, unscripted and documentary series.
The projects are in different stages of development and are set to be released over the next few years, according to Netflix.
They include a biopic of anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass, an adaptation of Michael Lewis’ The Fifth Risk, family show Listen To Your Vegetables & Eat Your Parents, and disability rights feature doc Crip Camp.
Higher Ground was launched last year in 2018. “We created Higher Ground to harness the power of storytelling. That’s why we couldn’t be more excited about these projects,” President Obama said. “Touching on issues of race and class, democracy and civil rights, and much more, we believe each of these productions won’t just entertain, but will educate, connect, and inspire us all.”
“We love this slate because it spans so many different interests and experiences, yet it’s all woven together with stories that are relevant to our daily lives,” Mrs. Obama said. “We think there’s something here for everyone—moms and dads, curious kids, and anyone simply looking for an engaging, uplifting watch at the end of a busy day. We can’t wait to see these projects come to life — and the conversations they’ll generate.”
The slate was announced by Priya Swaminathan and Tonia Davis, co-heads of Higher Ground Productions.
The slate is as follows:
American Factory was acquired by Netflix in association with Higher Ground Productions out of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary. The film is a portrait of post-industrial Ohio, where a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant and hires two thousand blue-collar Americans. The producers are Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Jeff Reichert, and Julie Parker Benello. It will be the first release from the Higher Ground slate.
Here's President Obama's long-awaited annual list of his recommended books, movies (including an Obamas' film), and TV shows....folks around the globe wait to see this list every year! Susan Rice's book Tough Love is indeed a must-read! The President has both a high IQ and a high EQ, so, he is not bound by one type of author, nor one thought, not victim to confirmation bias, etc...as we all know from previous years' lists. Plus, the Obamas launched their OWN production company in 2018 and their first production, American Factory, was acquired by Netflix out of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary. The film is a portrait of post-industrial Ohio, where a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant and hires two thousand blue-collar Americans.
Barack Obama
20 hrs ·12/28/19
Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing my annual list of favorites — books, films, and music — with all of you. This has become a fun little tradition for me, and I hope it is for you, too. Because while each of us has plenty that keeps us busy—work and family life, social and volunteer commitments—outlets like literature and art can enhance our day-to-day experiences. They’re the fabric that helps make up a life—the album that lifts us up after a long day, the dog-eared paperback we grab off the shelf to give to a friend, the movie that makes us think and feel in a new way, works that simply help us escape for a bit. To start, here are the books that made the last year a little brighter for me. Most of them came out in 2019, but a few were older ones that were new to me this year. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
• The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff
• The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
• Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep
• Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
• How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
• Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
• Lot: Stories by Bryan Washington
• Normal People by Sally Rooney
• The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
• The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
• Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
• Solitary by Albert Woodfox
• The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
• Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
• Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
• We Live in Water: Stories by Jess Walter
For the sports fans:
• A Different Way to Win: Dan Rooney's Story from the Super Bowl to the Rooney Rule by Jim Rooney
• The Sixth Man by Andre Iguodala
And here’s a reminder of books that I recommended earlier this year:
• American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
• The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power
• Exhalation by Ted Chiang
• Finding My Voice by Valerie Jarrett
• Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh
• How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu
• Inland by Téa Obreht
• Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
• Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
• Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami
• The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates
• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
• The Shadow of Sirius by W. S. Merwin
• The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
• Toni Morrison’s collected works
• Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For by Susan Rice
• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
No photo description available.
No photo description available.
Barack Obama
58 mins ·12/29/19
Next up are my favorite movies and TV shows of 2019. This year’s list includes everything from explorations of class dynamics and relationships, to an inspired reboot of a classic graphic novel, to a portal back to one of the most special places in history — an Aretha Franklin concert. Of course, there’s also American Factory, a film from our own production company, Higher Ground, that was recently shortlisted for an Oscar. It’s our first offering in partnership with Netflix, and I’m excited about the other projects we’ve got in the works. Here’s the full list:
• American Factory
• Amazing Grace
• Apollo 11
• Ash Is Purest White
• Atlantics
• Birds of Passage
• Booksmart
• Diane
• The Farewell
• Ford v Ferrari
• The Irishman
• Just Mercy
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
• Little Women
• Marriage Story
• Parasite
• The Souvenir
• Transit
And a quick list of TV shows that I considered as powerful as movies:
• Fleabag: Season 2
• Unbelievable
• Watchmen
No photo description available.
Higher Ground Productions, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company in partnership with Netflix, has announced its first slate, spanning scripted, unscripted and documentary series.
tbivision.com: Higher Ground Productions, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company in partnership with Netflix, has announced its first slate, spanning scripted, unscripted and documentary series.
The projects are in different stages of development and are set to be released over the next few years, according to Netflix.
They include a biopic of anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass, an adaptation of Michael Lewis’ The Fifth Risk, family show Listen To Your Vegetables & Eat Your Parents, and disability rights feature doc Crip Camp.
Higher Ground was launched last year in 2018. “We created Higher Ground to harness the power of storytelling. That’s why we couldn’t be more excited about these projects,” President Obama said. “Touching on issues of race and class, democracy and civil rights, and much more, we believe each of these productions won’t just entertain, but will educate, connect, and inspire us all.”
“We love this slate because it spans so many different interests and experiences, yet it’s all woven together with stories that are relevant to our daily lives,” Mrs. Obama said. “We think there’s something here for everyone—moms and dads, curious kids, and anyone simply looking for an engaging, uplifting watch at the end of a busy day. We can’t wait to see these projects come to life — and the conversations they’ll generate.”
The slate was announced by Priya Swaminathan and Tonia Davis, co-heads of Higher Ground Productions.
The slate is as follows:
American Factory was acquired by Netflix in association with Higher Ground Productions out of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary. The film is a portrait of post-industrial Ohio, where a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant and hires two thousand blue-collar Americans. The producers are Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Jeff Reichert, and Julie Parker Benello. It will be the first release from the Higher Ground slate.
Senior Dining Deals (ages 55+)
If you don’t feel like cooking be sure to turn to these places for good senior dining deals. From fast food to steak restaurants, our compiled restaurant list will definitely help you make your choice.
Keep in mind that deals may vary at participating locations and can change without notice.
■ McDonald’s: discounts on coffee and beverages (55+)
■ Whataburger: free drink with purchase of a meal, depending on location (55+)
■ Wendy’s: give free coffee or other discounts depending on location
■ Piccadilly Cafeteria: 10% discount with “Prime Time for Seniors” card
■ IHOP: 10% discount (55+) and a menu for people aged 55 and over at participating locations
■ Golden Corral: Senior discount varies by location
■ Krispy Kreme Senior Discount: 10% off (50+) (age and discount varies depending on location)
■ Perkins Restaurants: Fifty-Five Plus menu Offers special deals (55+)
■ Subway: 10% off (60+) varies by location
■ The Old Spaghetti Factory: Spaghetti Factory “Senior Menu” offers discounted list of menu items
■ Uno Pizzaria & Grill: “Double Nickel Club” 25% off on Wednesday (55+)
■ Sizzler: Offers “Honored Guest Menu” (60+) varies by location
■ Papa John’s Senior Discount: check with your local stores (no standard senior discount policy)
■ Old Country Buffet: Daily discounts for seniors (55+)
■ Friendly’s Restaurants: 10% off meal w/ free coffee at breakfast or free small sunday during non-breakfast hours
■ Fazoli’s: Join “Club 62” for special senior menu items (62+)
■ KFC: free small drink with any meal depending on location (55+)
■ Country Kitchen: Great Senior Menu (55+)
■ Burger King: 10% discount on purchase depending on location (60+)
Keep in mind that deals may vary at participating locations and can change without notice.
■ McDonald’s: discounts on coffee and beverages (55+)
■ Whataburger: free drink with purchase of a meal, depending on location (55+)
■ Wendy’s: give free coffee or other discounts depending on location
■ Piccadilly Cafeteria: 10% discount with “Prime Time for Seniors” card
■ IHOP: 10% discount (55+) and a menu for people aged 55 and over at participating locations
■ Golden Corral: Senior discount varies by location
■ Krispy Kreme Senior Discount: 10% off (50+) (age and discount varies depending on location)
■ Perkins Restaurants: Fifty-Five Plus menu Offers special deals (55+)
■ Subway: 10% off (60+) varies by location
■ The Old Spaghetti Factory: Spaghetti Factory “Senior Menu” offers discounted list of menu items
■ Uno Pizzaria & Grill: “Double Nickel Club” 25% off on Wednesday (55+)
■ Sizzler: Offers “Honored Guest Menu” (60+) varies by location
■ Papa John’s Senior Discount: check with your local stores (no standard senior discount policy)
■ Old Country Buffet: Daily discounts for seniors (55+)
■ Friendly’s Restaurants: 10% off meal w/ free coffee at breakfast or free small sunday during non-breakfast hours
■ Fazoli’s: Join “Club 62” for special senior menu items (62+)
■ KFC: free small drink with any meal depending on location (55+)
■ Country Kitchen: Great Senior Menu (55+)
■ Burger King: 10% discount on purchase depending on location (60+)
Saturday, December 14, 2019
WATCH PARTY FOR ELECTION RETURNS WITH MAYOR TURNER - Efamily and Friends Invited
“Please join Mayor Sylvester Turner on Saturday, December 14th @ 7 p.m.
Election night results!
George R Brown Convention Center
3rd Floor Ballroom
Let's Celebrate!!! 🎶🎵🎶🎼🔊”
Election night results!
George R Brown Convention Center
3rd Floor Ballroom
Let's Celebrate!!! 🎶🎵🎶🎼🔊”
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Archie Bell at Phillis Wheatley Purple Carpet Affair Friday December 13th at 7pm
Purple Carpet Affair
A Night of Stars
DECEMBER 13th, 2019 at 7 P.M.
Phillis Wheatley School Auditorium
A PHILLIS WHEATLEY merry Christmas
Please join us for a fun filled evening of entertainment at 5th Ward’s historic Phillis Wheatley High School Friday December 13th in the school auditorium located 4900 Market Street at 7:00 pm. Internationally acclaimed and Wheatley graduate Archie Bell will be headlined along with MC Henry Cooper, Bass player Totty Swearingen, Vocalists Donny Buggs and Gale Evans DJ Bruce Wiggins.
Performances by the Purple Dynasty Dancers, Men of Distinction, Tracie Ki-Roger Valentine, Smiler Smith and others.
Archie Bell began singing in Houston night clubs at the age of ten and was influenced at an early age by seeing the performances of Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke. He formed the talented group Archie Bell and the Drells in 1956 while in junior high school. He became known around the world for the hit that he had with the Drells, "Tighten Up". He has pursued a solo career since the breakup of their breakup. Bell later released one solo album (I Never Had It So Good – 1981) on Beckett Records and continued to perform with The Drells off and on for the next twenty years.
Wear your favorite Christmas or purple attire as a photographer will be available to produce instant photos in the front of the auditorium. Vendors will be available for early Christmas shopping!
TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR $20 DONATION
A Night of Stars
DECEMBER 13th, 2019 at 7 P.M.
Phillis Wheatley School Auditorium
A PHILLIS WHEATLEY merry Christmas
Please join us for a fun filled evening of entertainment at 5th Ward’s historic Phillis Wheatley High School Friday December 13th in the school auditorium located 4900 Market Street at 7:00 pm. Internationally acclaimed and Wheatley graduate Archie Bell will be headlined along with MC Henry Cooper, Bass player Totty Swearingen, Vocalists Donny Buggs and Gale Evans DJ Bruce Wiggins.
Performances by the Purple Dynasty Dancers, Men of Distinction, Tracie Ki-Roger Valentine, Smiler Smith and others.
Archie Bell began singing in Houston night clubs at the age of ten and was influenced at an early age by seeing the performances of Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke. He formed the talented group Archie Bell and the Drells in 1956 while in junior high school. He became known around the world for the hit that he had with the Drells, "Tighten Up". He has pursued a solo career since the breakup of their breakup. Bell later released one solo album (I Never Had It So Good – 1981) on Beckett Records and continued to perform with The Drells off and on for the next twenty years.
Wear your favorite Christmas or purple attire as a photographer will be available to produce instant photos in the front of the auditorium. Vendors will be available for early Christmas shopping!
TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR $20 DONATION
Houston Museum of African American Culture - Champagne and Ribs
Date: Wed. Dec. 11th more details at Eventbrite.
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Meet a HistoryMaker First Artist in America to Host African American Art Exhibit Efamily invited by efamily member Alvia Wardlaw
Museum Fine Art Houston, Texas Southern University invited you to Living Legacy Tour: Celebrates David Driskell
Can you go? RSVP on the web: https://hbnb.io/e/61mE/HZ
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For the full invite, view in the Hobnob app: https://go.hbnb.io/61mE-HZ-i0
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Friday, December 6, 2019
Houston Chronicle Endorsements for Mayor, City Council,and HISD School Board
https://projects.houstonchronicle.com/2019/elections/voters-guide/assets/endorsements.pdf cut and paste the link - be an informed voter for all the races https://projects.houstonchronicle.com/2019/elections/voters-guide/assets/endorsements.pdf
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Kennedy Center in DC - Deep Discounted Tickets for ages 18-30, vets, elementary-undergrad student and more!
My Center. My Way. MyTix
With MyTix, you can experience the Kennedy Center your way. If you are 18-30 years old, an elementary through undergraduate student, or an active duty member of the armed services, join this program designed to make the performing arts more affordable. With discount offers galore, you’ll have access to all kinds of Kennedy Center performances.At this link https://www.kennedy-center.org/mytix/ or paste into your browser https://www.kennedy-center.org/mytix/
So see a Broadway hit, hear a symphony concert, or try something new. Plus you’ll get to meet other arts lovers and share your experiences online and in person. Sound like a deal? You better believe it! Thanks Efamily member Pat Evans for Sharing!
Ari Shapiro joins Taylor Mac for the holidays
Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce
Taylor Mac's
Holiday Sauce
With Ari Shapiro
Dec. 12 | Opera House
Celebrating the holiday season in all of its dysfunction, drag artist and MacArthur “genius” Taylor Mac returns to the Kennedy Center with a show that'll "cure your Christmas blues" (San Francisco Chronicle). Just announced! The award winning co-host of NPR's All Things Considered Ari Shapiro joins the show! Plus, get photos with Sexual Consent Santa!
Unwrap a fresh new show that's more fun than a Christmas movie marathon. Begins this week!
Dec. 3–29 | Theater Lab
Get Tickets Now
Best availability Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. & Dec. 9 at 8 p.m.
Love, Actually—whether you love it, hate it, or have never even seen it, you’ll definitely love this romantic romp that parodies the film along with many other classic holiday rom-com moments. Back by popular demand following a sold-out run in 2018, this year's Love, Factually is packed with even more parody of the classic holiday film Love, Actually, more audience participation, more improvisation, and more hilarious moments the entire family will love...actually!
So see a Broadway hit, hear a symphony concert, or try something new. Plus you’ll get to meet other arts lovers and share your experiences online and in person. Sound like a deal? You better believe it! Thanks Efamily member Pat Evans for Sharing!
Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce
Taylor Mac's
Holiday Sauce
With Ari Shapiro
Dec. 12 | Opera House
Celebrating the holiday season in all of its dysfunction, drag artist and MacArthur “genius” Taylor Mac returns to the Kennedy Center with a show that'll "cure your Christmas blues" (San Francisco Chronicle). Just announced! The award winning co-host of NPR's All Things Considered Ari Shapiro joins the show! Plus, get photos with Sexual Consent Santa!
Dec. 3–29 | Theater Lab
Get Tickets Now
Best availability Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. & Dec. 9 at 8 p.m.
Love, Actually—whether you love it, hate it, or have never even seen it, you’ll definitely love this romantic romp that parodies the film along with many other classic holiday rom-com moments. Back by popular demand following a sold-out run in 2018, this year's Love, Factually is packed with even more parody of the classic holiday film Love, Actually, more audience participation, more improvisation, and more hilarious moments the entire family will love...actually!
NASA High School Student Opportunity - WEAR STEM Challenge
The Advanced Exploration Systems' RadWorks team and the Office of STEM Engagement are teaming up to offer the Wearable Equipment for Averting Radiation (WEAR) Challenge to middle and high school students and educators. The challenge tasks student teams to design wearable radiation countermeasures that have multiple functions to reduce parasitic mass, or to design headgear. In addition to designing garments, teams will participate in online webinars to learn about deep space exploration and the design process. Top teams will be invited to visit a NASA center and share their designs with NASA personnel.
To learn more about the WEAR Challenges, click here and please share this opportunity.
http://go.nasa.gov/NASA_WEAR
The WEAR STEM Challenge (aka WEAR) is an engineering design challenge where NASA presents problems about wearable technologies to middle and high school students seeking student contributions to the deep space exploration missions. WEAR focuses on wearable technologies that aid crewmembers and others in tasks such as monitoring conditions, protecting organs, and collecting data. Once astronauts venture into deep space beyond Earth's protective atmosphere, they may be exposed to the high-energy charged particles of galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events (SPE) as well as secondary protons and neutrons. Spacecraft design is one of many ‘sheltering’ techniques used to protect crewmembers, but the use of wearable technologies as physical countermeasures are also beneficial and are being heavily researched. The RadWorks team at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) and NASA Langley Research Center is a leader in this type of research as it employs a spiraling design method to incrementally decrease radiation exposure and increase flight time.
Challenging the Artemis Generation
The Advanced Exploration Systems' RadWorks team and the Office of STEM Engagement are teaming up to offer the Wearable Equipment for Averting Radiation (WEAR) Challenge to middle and high school students and educators. The challenge tasks student teams to design wearable radiation countermeasures that have multiple functions to reduce parasitic mass, or to design headgear. In addition to designing garments, teams will participate in online webinars to learn about deep space exploration and the design process. Top teams will be invited to visit a NASA center and share their designs with NASA personnel.
To learn more about the WEAR Challenges, click here and please share this opportunity.
Michael McGlone 281-792-7899 http://go.nasa.gov/NASA_WEAR
[top]In the WEAR STEM Challenge, teams of middle and high school students engineer wearable technologies solutions to problems presented by NASA. In the FY19 challenge, students designed vests to protect the blood forming organs during a solar particle event (space weather storm). The FY20 challenge gives teams two options. Option 1 is to design headgear to protect against high-energy radiation during a solar particle event. Option 2 is to design a multipurpose garment to help mitigate radiation exposure. The RadWorks team will identify the constraints for intravehicular wearables and student teams will design concepts and develop low fidelity prototypes that can be evaluated by NASA personnel. There will be one onsite culminating event at either JSC or LaRC.
Submissions
During the proposal period, students and educators will participate in webinars and badges provided by Educator Professional Development Collaborative (EPDC). Student design teams will submit a proposal via video for review by NASA personnel. Top teams will be selected to build a prototype of their low fidelity design using the engineering design process. Students will be required to prepare technical documentation the design process for NASA personnel review. In addition to the EPDC activities, NASA subject matter experts (SME’s) will be recruited to share information about deep space travel, radiation, the design process, and answer questions from teams during a series of online sessions scheduled throughout the prototype period.
Scoring
Submissions will be evaluated using a rubric by the WEAR and Radworks teams. Middle school design teams will compete against each other and the high school design teams will compete against each other. Among many incentives to be provided, teams with the top scoring designs will be invited to send a small traveling team to a NASA center. These small traveling teams (including educators) will travel to a NASA center for the WEAR Culminating Event. During this event, the small traveling team will tour NASA facilities and present their prototype to NASA personnel. NASA will cover the housing, transportation, and food expenses for the traveling teams.
Afrofusion Science Fiction Book Club Dec 22nd -Efamily and Friends Invited
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We're continuing our Afrofuturism book club here in Houston where we mainly read short stories. There are so many of us here who love science and speculative fiction, fantasy, comics, and overall multidimensional Blackness in general so this is a space for us to come together. See some of our past reads here: https://jaisonoliver.com/2019/08/09/houston-afrofuturism-book-club-recap-august-2019/
Next up we have the collection of verses from Octavia Butler's Earthseed duology: Earthseed: The Books of the Living. It's available to read here: https://godischange.org/the-book-of-the-living/
We're at Around the Corner at 1510 Hutchins Street. Join us!
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Date And Time
Sun, December 22, 2019
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM CST
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Houston, TX 77003
Election Day Dec. 14 - over 700 voting locations listed here!
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NIA BECNEL FAMILY CENTER
3815 LIVE OAK ST., 77004
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Dinner with the Divine 9 Holiday Party Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha and more!
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Six ways to nurture high-aptitude math students in under-resourced schools Partners, and rigorous instruction, can help pave paths toward STEM careers
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OPINION: Six ways to nurture high-aptitude math students in under-resourced schools
Partners, and rigorous instruction, can help pave paths toward STEM careers
by JACOB CASTANEDADecember 5, 2019
The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education. Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get stories like this delivered directly to your inbox.
Far too often, talented math students at schools in low-income communities barely have access to grade-level work, let alone advanced curricula. Common obstacles include high teacher turnover, insufficient resources and overcrowded classes. Math teachers must ensure that diverse groups of learners acquire a basic understanding of the material, and they may not have the capacity to meet the needs of their most accelerated students.
Rather than letting these high-aptitude students founder, we must find ways to nurture their talent. Students from higher-income high schools graduate from college with majors in science, technology, engineering and math at twice the rate (16 percent) of those from low-income high schools (8 percent).
Often, a lack of mathematical preparation and socal-emotional challenges prevent students from completing STEM majors, despite their declared interests in such fields. But the problem begins long before college.
To envision themselves as future computer scientists, engineers, programmers or mathematicians, talented students in low-income communities need exposure, opportunities and support from a young age.
Related: OPINION: From a former teacher, four ways to take the drama out of math class
In short, they need access to more rigorous instruction and the types of enrichment commonly available to their more affluent peers. Here are six strategies that teachers, coaches and administrators can use to try to encourage students to go beyond what their schools offer.
First, involve parents: One of the most important steps that teachers can take is to get parental buy-in. Parents want to see their children do well, but often are not plugged into the enrichment opportunities that are common in higher-income communities. If educators share with parents information about summer programs, community-based organizations or online resources, parents may be willing to take the next step to get their children involved. One resource to explore is the American Mathematical Society, which curates a list of STEM programs across many grade levels. While some programs do cost money, others offer substantial or even full financial aid based on need.
Second, partner with outside organizations: Schools can augment what they’re able to offer on their own by partnering with outside organizations. Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM), where I am executive director of programs in Los Angeles, works with schools in low-income communities in Los Angeles and New York City to provide high-aptitude students with rigorous math enrichment through summer and school-year programs.
Third, connect with local universities: Local universities often provide academic enrichment programs within their communities, but some of these programs may fly under the radar, like math circles and MESA. In addition, many community colleges offer dual-enrollment programs that allow students to take classes for college credit while they’re still in high school. Educators can reach out to local universities to explore what’s available and connect students with these types of programs.
Fourth, leverage online programs: A variety of free online programs offer challenging academic work as well, such as Alcumus on the “Art of Problem Solving” website. Designed for students seeking deeper math challenges, this program explores wide-ranging topics and problems that promote critical thinking. It is an excellent supplement to the math taught in school and gives accelerated students ample opportunity to grapple with more challenging material.
Fifth, build a list of resources: Compiling a list of resources is a time-intensive project initially, but it’s well worth the effort. By spending some time each year updating resources and adding new ones, teachers can create a long-lasting collection that will benefit students and families for years to come.
Finally, look beneath the surface: Some students may not readily reveal their math aptitude in class, so it may take patience and creativity to discover it. Their grades may seem to reflect a lack of interest, but teachers shouldn’t overlook the possibility that their performance instead reveals how bored they are with the math taught in class. Often these students don’t know how to advocate for themselves, or they don’t have the confidence to do so. Engaging them with math puzzles or non-traditional problems may reveal that they have mathematical talent that ought to be nurtured.
Related: OPINION: Numbers evoke joy and wonder, why doesn’t math class?
Differentiated instruction includes making space for the strongest students and ensuring that they are adequately challenged to further their thinking. Sometimes that space is beyond the classroom. However, talented students from underserved communities often lack access to external resources and fall behind their more affluent peers.
This point becomes more salient when we think about how we are preparing our underserved youth to develop the skills and capacities they’ll need for the jobs of the future. Available jobs in STEM are expected to increase by 13 percent, compared to 9 percent for non-STEM jobs, by 2027. Recognizing the talents of high-potential students and helping create pathways to the educational enrichment they need to prepare for futures in STEM are shared responsibilities that can make all the difference in helping influence the course of students’ educations and, ultimately, their life pursuits.
This story about nurturing high-aptitude math students in under-resourced schools was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up here for our newsletter.
Jacob Castaneda is executive director of programs in Los Angeles for Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM), a nonprofit dedicated to creating pathways for underserved students to become scientists, mathematicians, engineers and computer scientists. Prior to joining BEAM, Castaneda taught high school math in South Central Los Angeles and enrichment math in Compton, California.
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OPINION: Six ways to nurture high-aptitude math students in under-resourced schools
Partners, and rigorous instruction, can help pave paths toward STEM careers
by JACOB CASTANEDADecember 5, 2019
The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education. Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get stories like this delivered directly to your inbox.
Far too often, talented math students at schools in low-income communities barely have access to grade-level work, let alone advanced curricula. Common obstacles include high teacher turnover, insufficient resources and overcrowded classes. Math teachers must ensure that diverse groups of learners acquire a basic understanding of the material, and they may not have the capacity to meet the needs of their most accelerated students.
Rather than letting these high-aptitude students founder, we must find ways to nurture their talent. Students from higher-income high schools graduate from college with majors in science, technology, engineering and math at twice the rate (16 percent) of those from low-income high schools (8 percent).
Often, a lack of mathematical preparation and socal-emotional challenges prevent students from completing STEM majors, despite their declared interests in such fields. But the problem begins long before college.
To envision themselves as future computer scientists, engineers, programmers or mathematicians, talented students in low-income communities need exposure, opportunities and support from a young age.
Related: OPINION: From a former teacher, four ways to take the drama out of math class
In short, they need access to more rigorous instruction and the types of enrichment commonly available to their more affluent peers. Here are six strategies that teachers, coaches and administrators can use to try to encourage students to go beyond what their schools offer.
First, involve parents: One of the most important steps that teachers can take is to get parental buy-in. Parents want to see their children do well, but often are not plugged into the enrichment opportunities that are common in higher-income communities. If educators share with parents information about summer programs, community-based organizations or online resources, parents may be willing to take the next step to get their children involved. One resource to explore is the American Mathematical Society, which curates a list of STEM programs across many grade levels. While some programs do cost money, others offer substantial or even full financial aid based on need.
Second, partner with outside organizations: Schools can augment what they’re able to offer on their own by partnering with outside organizations. Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM), where I am executive director of programs in Los Angeles, works with schools in low-income communities in Los Angeles and New York City to provide high-aptitude students with rigorous math enrichment through summer and school-year programs.
Third, connect with local universities: Local universities often provide academic enrichment programs within their communities, but some of these programs may fly under the radar, like math circles and MESA. In addition, many community colleges offer dual-enrollment programs that allow students to take classes for college credit while they’re still in high school. Educators can reach out to local universities to explore what’s available and connect students with these types of programs.
Fourth, leverage online programs: A variety of free online programs offer challenging academic work as well, such as Alcumus on the “Art of Problem Solving” website. Designed for students seeking deeper math challenges, this program explores wide-ranging topics and problems that promote critical thinking. It is an excellent supplement to the math taught in school and gives accelerated students ample opportunity to grapple with more challenging material.
Fifth, build a list of resources: Compiling a list of resources is a time-intensive project initially, but it’s well worth the effort. By spending some time each year updating resources and adding new ones, teachers can create a long-lasting collection that will benefit students and families for years to come.
Finally, look beneath the surface: Some students may not readily reveal their math aptitude in class, so it may take patience and creativity to discover it. Their grades may seem to reflect a lack of interest, but teachers shouldn’t overlook the possibility that their performance instead reveals how bored they are with the math taught in class. Often these students don’t know how to advocate for themselves, or they don’t have the confidence to do so. Engaging them with math puzzles or non-traditional problems may reveal that they have mathematical talent that ought to be nurtured.
Related: OPINION: Numbers evoke joy and wonder, why doesn’t math class?
Differentiated instruction includes making space for the strongest students and ensuring that they are adequately challenged to further their thinking. Sometimes that space is beyond the classroom. However, talented students from underserved communities often lack access to external resources and fall behind their more affluent peers.
This point becomes more salient when we think about how we are preparing our underserved youth to develop the skills and capacities they’ll need for the jobs of the future. Available jobs in STEM are expected to increase by 13 percent, compared to 9 percent for non-STEM jobs, by 2027. Recognizing the talents of high-potential students and helping create pathways to the educational enrichment they need to prepare for futures in STEM are shared responsibilities that can make all the difference in helping influence the course of students’ educations and, ultimately, their life pursuits.
This story about nurturing high-aptitude math students in under-resourced schools was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up here for our newsletter.
Jacob Castaneda is executive director of programs in Los Angeles for Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM), a nonprofit dedicated to creating pathways for underserved students to become scientists, mathematicians, engineers and computer scientists. Prior to joining BEAM, Castaneda taught high school math in South Central Los Angeles and enrichment math in Compton, California.
The Hechinger Report provides in-depth, fact-based, unbiased reporting on education that is free to all readers. But that doesn't mean it's free to produce. Our work keeps educators and the public informed about pressing issues at schools and on campuses throughout the country. We tell the whole story, even when the details are inconvenient. Help us keep doing that.
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Mayor Turner and County Judge Hidalgo Sign Fast Track Cities Paris Declaration to End AIDS Epidemic 2030
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Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo have signed on to the Fast-Track Cities Paris Declaration to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
The Dec. 4 signing marked the conclusion of Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit, an annual event that brings together clinicians and health professionals to highlight the role biomedical prevention tools in ending the epidemic. This year’s event was hosted in Houston.
"Ending HIV is not only a lifesaving endeavor, it is also an economically sound approach that saves millions of dollars in health care costs,” said Mayor Turner. “I’m proud to add Houston as a Fast Track City, complementing the quality work of the Houston Health Department in ending the HIV epidemic.”
“Today, we are proudly reaffirming our commitment to helping those living with HIV/AIDS and to ending the epidemic,” said Judge Hidalgo. “We will continue to provide the best quality care for our HIV/AIDS community and work to stop new transmissions from occurring, but we know there is so much more to be done.”
The Fast-Track Cities Paris Declaration is a commitment by municipalities to achieve the 90-90-90 HIV treatment targets by 2020. These targets will rapidly reduce new HIV infections and AIDS related deaths and put cities, now to include Houston and Harris County, on the “fast track” to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
The Declaration calls on cities to strengthen their local HIV/AIDS responses and meet a set of targets to significantly reduce new HIV infections and end-AIDS related deaths. These targets are to ensure that 90 percent of people living with HIV (PLHIV) will know their status, that 90 percent of all PLHIV will receive sustained anti-retroviral treatment and that 90 percent of all PLHIV on anti-retroviral treatment will have durable viral suppression.
More than 1,200 new HIV infections occur every year in Houston/Harris County, where more than 28,000 people live with the disease. Houston/Harris County is a national hotspot for new HIV diagnoses, along with Washington D.C., San Juan and Puerto Rico.
The Houston Health Department offers free and confidential HIV and other STD testing at its health centers and mobile clinic. People can call 832-393-5010 or the City of Houston 311 Help & Info Line to find the nearest health center. The mobile clinic schedule and health center locations are also available at HoustonHealth.org.
Testing123, Harris County Public Health's (HCPH) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) / Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention Program, provides cost free HIV and Syphilis testing, education, and counseling to help prevent the spread of HIV and STIs. Its mobile program operates 24/7 and people can text 281-962-8378 to be connected with HCPH outreach staff to set up a time to meet for a free and confidential HIV and Syphilis test.
“IAPAC welcomes Houston and Harris County to the global network of Fast-Track Cities committed to accelerating their local AIDS responses and placing affected communities at the center of efforts to get more people tested and linked to prevention and treatment services, as well as addressing barriers such as stigma related to HIV, mental health, substance use,” said Dr. José M. Zuniga, President/CEO of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC), the core technical partner of the global Fast-Track Cities initiative. “By focusing our efforts in cities with high HIV rates across the United States and in the District of Columbia, the Fast-Track Cities initiative will save and enhance the lives of people living with and affected by HIV and contribute to the national goal of ending the domestic HIV epidemic by 2030.”
Fast-Track Cities is a global partnership between cities with an HIV burden and four core partners: the City of Paris, France, the first city to sign on; the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS); the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC); and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
About Fast-Track Cities
Cities bear a large share of the global HIV burden. In countries with large HIV epidemics, the numbers of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in urban areas are so high that effective city-level action is likely to influence national outcomes. Even where an HIV epidemic is smaller, cities are home to large numbers of people belonging to populations at higher risk of HIV infection but which often receive limited attention in HIV programs. The Fast-Track Cities initiative is a global partnership between more than 250 high HIV burden cities, the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), and the City of Paris. The initiative was launched on World AIDS Day 2014 in Paris. For more information please visit: www.iapac.org/fast-track-cities.
About the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC)
IAPAC was founded more than three decades ago with a mission to improve access to, and the quality of, prevention, care, treatment, and support services deliver to people living with and affected by HIV and comorbid diseases, including tuberculosis and viral hepatitis (HBV and HCV). With more than 30,000 members globally, IAPAC is the largest association of clinicians and allied health professionals who are working to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. For more information, please visit: www.iapac.org.
Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo have signed on to the Fast-Track Cities Paris Declaration to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
The Dec. 4 signing marked the conclusion of Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit, an annual event that brings together clinicians and health professionals to highlight the role biomedical prevention tools in ending the epidemic. This year’s event was hosted in Houston.
"Ending HIV is not only a lifesaving endeavor, it is also an economically sound approach that saves millions of dollars in health care costs,” said Mayor Turner. “I’m proud to add Houston as a Fast Track City, complementing the quality work of the Houston Health Department in ending the HIV epidemic.”
“Today, we are proudly reaffirming our commitment to helping those living with HIV/AIDS and to ending the epidemic,” said Judge Hidalgo. “We will continue to provide the best quality care for our HIV/AIDS community and work to stop new transmissions from occurring, but we know there is so much more to be done.”
The Fast-Track Cities Paris Declaration is a commitment by municipalities to achieve the 90-90-90 HIV treatment targets by 2020. These targets will rapidly reduce new HIV infections and AIDS related deaths and put cities, now to include Houston and Harris County, on the “fast track” to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
The Declaration calls on cities to strengthen their local HIV/AIDS responses and meet a set of targets to significantly reduce new HIV infections and end-AIDS related deaths. These targets are to ensure that 90 percent of people living with HIV (PLHIV) will know their status, that 90 percent of all PLHIV will receive sustained anti-retroviral treatment and that 90 percent of all PLHIV on anti-retroviral treatment will have durable viral suppression.
More than 1,200 new HIV infections occur every year in Houston/Harris County, where more than 28,000 people live with the disease. Houston/Harris County is a national hotspot for new HIV diagnoses, along with Washington D.C., San Juan and Puerto Rico.
The Houston Health Department offers free and confidential HIV and other STD testing at its health centers and mobile clinic. People can call 832-393-5010 or the City of Houston 311 Help & Info Line to find the nearest health center. The mobile clinic schedule and health center locations are also available at HoustonHealth.org.
Testing123, Harris County Public Health's (HCPH) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) / Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention Program, provides cost free HIV and Syphilis testing, education, and counseling to help prevent the spread of HIV and STIs. Its mobile program operates 24/7 and people can text 281-962-8378 to be connected with HCPH outreach staff to set up a time to meet for a free and confidential HIV and Syphilis test.
“IAPAC welcomes Houston and Harris County to the global network of Fast-Track Cities committed to accelerating their local AIDS responses and placing affected communities at the center of efforts to get more people tested and linked to prevention and treatment services, as well as addressing barriers such as stigma related to HIV, mental health, substance use,” said Dr. José M. Zuniga, President/CEO of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC), the core technical partner of the global Fast-Track Cities initiative. “By focusing our efforts in cities with high HIV rates across the United States and in the District of Columbia, the Fast-Track Cities initiative will save and enhance the lives of people living with and affected by HIV and contribute to the national goal of ending the domestic HIV epidemic by 2030.”
Fast-Track Cities is a global partnership between cities with an HIV burden and four core partners: the City of Paris, France, the first city to sign on; the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS); the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC); and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
About Fast-Track Cities
Cities bear a large share of the global HIV burden. In countries with large HIV epidemics, the numbers of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in urban areas are so high that effective city-level action is likely to influence national outcomes. Even where an HIV epidemic is smaller, cities are home to large numbers of people belonging to populations at higher risk of HIV infection but which often receive limited attention in HIV programs. The Fast-Track Cities initiative is a global partnership between more than 250 high HIV burden cities, the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), and the City of Paris. The initiative was launched on World AIDS Day 2014 in Paris. For more information please visit: www.iapac.org/fast-track-cities.
About the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC)
IAPAC was founded more than three decades ago with a mission to improve access to, and the quality of, prevention, care, treatment, and support services deliver to people living with and affected by HIV and comorbid diseases, including tuberculosis and viral hepatitis (HBV and HCV). With more than 30,000 members globally, IAPAC is the largest association of clinicians and allied health professionals who are working to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. For more information, please visit: www.iapac.org.
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