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Presorted Standard U.S. Postage Paid Austin, Texas Permit No. 01949 TPA TEXAS www.TheAustinVillager.com PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION This paper can be recycled Vol. 43 No. 9 Phone: 512-476-0082 Email: [email protected] July 17, 2015 Steve Harvey Brings More Entertainment to INSIDE Star-studded Lineup at 2015 Neighborhood Awards! Naomi Richard | The Austin Villager ATLANTA, GA – nounced headlining perfor- Award-winning superstar mances on Saturday August recording artist Robin 8th from award-winning su- Thicke has joined the star- perstars Usher, Tyrese DNC remains vigilant to ensure voters studded list of performers Gibson and Kenny are protected. during the 2015 Neighbor- “Babyface” Edmonds at See OBAMACARE hood Awards Weekend in the 13th Annual Ford Neigh- Page 2 RAPPIN’ Atlanta, along with addi- borhood Awards, hosted by Tommy Wyatt tional entertainment from EMMY-winning Family performer Tyrese Gibson Feud, talk show and radio Congress to address screening his movie Shame, star Steve Harvey. Predatory Lending judges David and Tamela Bringing their signa- Mann joining host Sheryl ture unforgettable style to This week Congress- Underwood to crown the light up the stage, Usher winning singer at the Sing will close out the 2015 woman Maxine Waters (D- Austin entrepreneur Ford Neighborhood CA), Ranking member of Your Way to the State Farm is buzzing her way Awards on August 8th, in the Committee on Finan- Freedom Friday Party finale to the top in 2015. cial Services, convened a performance, and more! addition to a performance See BEESWEET Faith Leaders conference Thicke will take the stage set from Tyrese Gibson, Page 3 and Kenny “Babyface” in Washington. She invited Steve Harvey: Host Steve Harvey hits the during the Steve Harvey Morning Show Live Broad- Muslim, Christian and stage at the 2014 Ford Neighborhood Awards in See cast on Friday August 7th, Jewish communities to Atlanta-Philips Arena. Photo courtesy of The TYRESE GIBSON, adding to a sizzling lineup highlight the moral and re- Neighborhood Awards. page2 ligious objection that faith that includes previously-an- leaders have raised in re- sponse to predatory pay- Willie Nelson Wins Again Willie Nelson AISD works to day and small-dollar lend- Willie Nelson will be the next recipient of the close the learning ing practices in communi- Library Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular disparity in schools. ties across America. Song. This lifetime achievement award will be pre- See ADVISORY Every day online and sented November 18 in Washington D.C. The only Page 4 storefront payday lenders previous recipients are Paul Simon, Stevie Won- trap borrowers in long- der, Paul McCartney, songwriting duo Burt term cycles of debt. Their Bacharach and the late Hal David, Carole King and Talented triple-digit interest rates Billy Joel. and access to borrowers’ Rep. Lloyd Doggett said, “I’m pleased that bank accounts or car-titles Willie will be on the road again to Washington— Youth places these borrowers in this time to accept a well-deserved prize. He rep- financial jeopardy. resents so much of what makes Texas special and The Interfaith Payday Austin the Live Music Capital of the World. His Keepin’ Lending Roundtable ad- lyrics and his life touch the human experience like dressed the impact of these no other.” harmful products on the It Real communities that these (Left) Willie Nelson From: [http://geekphilosopher.com/ bkg/flagwillieNelson.htm] Public domain according to: faith leaders serve. Federal [http://geekphilosopher.com/MainPage/bkgAbout.htm] lawmakers are rightly con- {{PD-USGov-Military-Marines}} Jazz! cerned. Over 100 Mem- bers of Congress repre- Austin Housing Authority and Austin senting 35 states, the Dis- trict of Columbia and the Pathways Award $57,500 in Scholarships Virgin Islands recently urged the Consumer Fi- nancial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to enact a strong rule to curb abusive prac- tices by pay lenders and other high-cost predatory loans like car-title and cer- tain installment loans. In separate let- ters, 33 U. S. Senators and Women in Jazz presents Keepin’ 68 House Members urged the same action: strong It Real Jazz Youth Concert regulation and enforce- Sunday, August 2, 2015, 5 PM at the George Wash- ment of abusive and preda- ington Carver Museum and Culture Center Boyd Vance tory consumer lending. The Housing Author- ated in 2000. Since 2002, Theatre, 1165 Angelina Street, Austin, TX These practices have ity of the City of Austin nearly $1 million in schol- This vivacious presentation of traditional jazz, the now been extended to (HACA) and its nonprofit arships have been original Americana art form, will feature some of Austin’s Small Businesses. Their subsidiary, Austin Path- awarded to low-income most talented youth performing traditional jazz music: loans are required to be ways, has awarded 36 re- students. Recipients range iamhannalashay, Blaigne Ayuma, Clayton Winfrey, Jadyn paid back on a daily basis. newable scholarships to- from newly graduated Blackmon These are usually done taling $57,500 to residents high school students to Kya McGruder, Simone Washington, Kylie Phillips, online. of its public housing and returning adult students and the ATAP Trio with Cameron Riggs. According to policy Housing Choice Voucher and those attending col- Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students over experts, CFPB could act on programs to pursue post- lege for the first time. His- tion,” said HACA President age 7, available online at keepitrealjazz.eventbrite.com the pending regulation secondary education op- torically, nearly half of the and CEO Michael Gerber. or call 512-258-6947 and at the door. sometime this fall. Texas portunities at local institu- awardees are the first gen- “We are thrilled to award This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts residents should make sure tions of higher education. eration in their family to these scholarships to 36 Division of the City of Austin Economic Development De- that this state is a party to Scholarship funds are attend post-secondary fully deserving individuals partment and a grant from the Texas Commission on the actions that is being made possible through education. so that they may continue the Arts. taken in congress. One support from HACA’s “We are proud of all their education and pur- For more information, visit www.womeninjazz.org payday lending company Southwest Housing Com- residents in our self-suffi- sue endless opportunities or call 512-258-6947. in Kansas already been pliance Corporation, a ciency programs who wish for themselves and their fined. nonprofit subsidiary cre- to pursue a higher educa- families.” Page 2 ~ July 17, 2015/THE VILLAGER www.theaustinvillager.com THE COMMUNIQUÉ By Damon C. Williams to the polls. DNC Chairwoman Special to the NNPA ity communities. Shultz, as a veteran Shultz took umbrage from the “I talked about the legislator, is intimately with the GOP presidential Philadelphia Tribune importance of making sure aware that voter ID is a Talks Obamacare, that we not roll back all of lightning-rod issue, espe- candidate slate in general PHILADELPHIA - Mo- the progress we’ve been cially in her home state, – and with Walker in par- GOP and Voting ID ments after delivering a able to make over the past which requires photo iden- ticular – for their positions Says Republicans are still Attempting keynote address at the almost seven years under tification to vote. on voter ID and what NAACP national conven- President Barack Obama’s According to the Shultz perceived as the to Block Path of Voters tion Monday at the Penn- administration, whether Florida Division of Elec- party’s less than authentic sylvania Convention Cen- it’s the 16 million Ameri- tions, voters there will be recent catering of the Af- ter, Democratic National cans who benefited from asked to provide accept- rican–American commu- Committee Chairwoman access to quality, afford- able forms of identifica- nity. and U.S. Rep. Debbie able healthcare that they tion; if voters there do not “Scott Walker an- Wasserman Schultz (D- have not previously had, to have an acceptable form nounced [his presidential Fla.) expanded on the voting rights, which is ob- of photo ID, they can still candidacy on Monday], Democrats’ agenda re- viously right in the wheel- cast a provisional ballot. and whether it’s Scott garding the Affordable house of the NAACP,” she Pennsylvania is one of Walker, or Rand Paul, or Care Act, voter rights and said. “And to reiterate that several states that do not Jeb Bush, the Republicans the “transparent” efforts we have to all stand and require a photo ID at the are trying to make a show of Republican Party to remain vigilant to ensure polls. over their outreach to the U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) make inroads into minor- [voters are protected], Schultz reiterated her African–American commu- whether its photo ID laws, belief that Republicans, nity, and I stress [that vot- or early voting hours, or especially Wisconsin Gov. ers remember] you are weekend voting, or pro- Scott Walker, are still “try- dealing with a party that tecting the ‘souls to the ing to throw obstacles” in ignored the African– polls Sundays’ [church- the path of voters who American and other minor- voter education effort].” would more likely vote ity communities for many, Schultz, who repre- Democrat. many years,” Shultz said. sents parts of Broward To counter, the DNC “Now, they’re sud- and Miami–Dade Coun- is in the midst of a nation- denly putting some win- ties, said the Republicans wide voter expansion pro- dow–dressing around “are all in lockstep, led by gram and working with or- their record, but when you their governors across the ganizations such as the have a guy like Rand Paul country,” to try to derail NAACP and other allied who opposes both the Vot- progress made regarding groups, to help register ing Rights Act and Civil voter ID.