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Presorted Standard U.S. Postage Paid Austin, Texas Permit No. 01949 TPA TEXAS PUBLISHERS www.TheAustinVillager.com ASSOCIATION This paper can be recycled Vol. 46 No. 7 Phone: 512-476-0082 Email: [email protected] June 29, 2018 Supreme Court rules Texas did not intentionally INSIDE discriminate in drawing political maps By Defender News Service Film veterans, Leon and Malik serve as CCBFF ambassadors. RAPPIN’ See CAPITAL Tommy Wyatt Page 2 The Paid Sick Leave controversy! On February 16, 2018, GRAMMY winning the Austin City Council artist debuts special passed an ordinance that mixtape project. will require private See TRAP companies with Page 3 employees working in the City of Austin to provide between 48 and 64 hours per year of paid sick leave to employees. In addition to providing leave, employees must have written notice of their paid sick leave (DEFENDER NEWS) - Extinguishing the possibility The Supreme Court’s ruling, which keeps all but Activists unite with rights and receive that Texas could be placed back under federal electoral one of the state’s districts in place through the end of a common goal of monthly statements supervision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday the decade, is a major blow to the maps’ challengers improving Pflugerville. informing them of the pushed aside claims that lawmakers intentionally dis- — civil rights groups, voters of color and Democratic See COMMUNITY time they have criminated against voters of color when they enacted lawmakers — who have been fighting the Republican- Page 4 remaining. the state’s congressional and state House maps. controlled Legislature’s adjustment of district bound- This ordinance seems to In a 5-4 vote, the high court upheld 10 of 11 con- aries since 2011. City Council be an overstep on the gressional and state House districts that the maps’ chal- That year, Republicans were forced to grapple with part of the council. One lengers said intentionally undercut the voting power how to redraw the state’s political maps to account for to hear public of the benefits of private of Hispanic and black voters, oftentimes to keep white 2010 U.S. census numbers that showed that the state’s input on 2018 business has been the incumbents in office. The Supreme Court found that demographics were shifting against them. Most of the freedom to operate their the evidence was “plainly insufficient” to prove that state’s growth was attributable to people of color, par- bond language businesses without much the 2013 Legislature acted in “bad faith” when it en- ticularly Hispanics, who are more likely to vote for interference from the acted the districts. Democrats. Still, lawmakers managed to redraw elec- AUSTIN, TX - Next government. Most The one exception was Fort Worth-based House toral maps to add more Republican-friendly districts, Thursday, June 28, the businesses hold their District 90, which is occupied by Democratic state Rep. particularly in Congress where Republicans gained three Austin City Council will ac- employees in high Ramon Romero and was deemed an impermissible ra- surefire districts and Democrats gained just one. cept public input on a esteem and work very cial gerrymander because lawmakers illegally used race The maps lawmakers first drew in 2011 to account bond package to go to vot- hard at making sure that as the predominant factor in deciding its boundaries. See GERRYMANDER, page 5 ers on Nov. 6, 2018. they are treated fairly. Sign up to speak be- While there has been fore the Council by com- government intervention ARA 2018 Juneteenth HAYES Basketball pleting an electronic reg- in providing minimum istration form in person at wages, historically, Artist Exhibition Camp Scores Again the kiosks located in the private independent lobby of City Hall, 301 W. businesses have been 2nd St. given a free hand in Indicate you want to looking out for their employees. As a result, speak on Item No. 27. many of our citizens Speaker sign up starts spend most of their Monday, June 25. working years working The proposed resolu- in the private sector. tion is based on recom- The new ordinance mendations from the goes into effect October 1, Bond Election Advisory 2018. And the employer Task Force and City staff. will not be fined for It establishes a bond pack- failure to comply until age of $816 million in gen- May 2019. Employers eral obligation bonds as with five or fewer From L to R: Brian Joseph (Bydeeman), Youthful participants of the annual HAYES the starting point for de- employees in the City of Lakeem Wilson (Artist), Basketball Camp at Travis High School in veloping proposition lan- Austin at any time in the Gregory L. Smith (ARA President & CEO) Austin, Texas. Photo/Wanda Hayes. guage to be considered by last 12 months have until AUSTIN, TX - In celebration of Juneteenth, the Council. Bond funding is October 1, 2020 to AUSTIN, TX - Travis High School played host to Austin Revitalization Authority hosted “From Kids To proposed to fund the fol- comply. the HAYES Basketball camp for the second year in a Kings: a Juneteenth Celebration” featuring the artistic lowing summarized im- An injunction has been row. This year was an even greater success as kids work of Artist Lakeem Wilson. provements: $161 million filed with the courts from all over the city came in to showcase their skills. for Affordable Housing; calling for an injunction Brian Joseph, “Bydeeman,” lent his expertise to The week was spend working on skills building drills, the event by curating the exhibition and making the $176 million for Transpor- against the ordinance. A shooting clinics, and competitive games. tation Infrastructure; temporary injunction show a true reflection of Juneteenth Cultural Heritage. These campers ranged in age from 8 to 16 years $167 million for Parks and was denied. However, “From Kids To Kings: a Juneteenth Celebration” old. “Many of the campers were able to leave hav- Recreation; $184 million this fight is not over and took place on Thursday, June 14, 2018 from 5-8 pm at ing gained something they did not start camp with for Stormwater and Open could go all the way to the historic Eastroom (also known as the Herman and that is the goal” said Coach Hayes. I am very the Supreme Court. In Schieffer House): 1154 Lydia St., Austin, TX 78702. Over Space; $74 million for Li- the meantime, employers 65 patrons of the community attended the event where pleased with the turn out and show of support and braries and Cultural Cen- and employees need to several art pieces were sold. hope for even more campers next summer. HAYES ters; $38 million for Pub- keep abreast of what is in For more information, and to view all ARA com- Academy would like to extend a special thank you lic Safety; and $16 million the ordinance and learn munity engagement events, please visit our website Tommy Wyatt and the Villager Newspaper for their for Health and Human how it affects them. at: http://www.austinrev.org. continued support. Services. Page 2 ~ THE VILLAGER/June 29, 2018 THE COMMUNIQUÉ www.theaustinvillager.com CAPITAL CITY BLACK FILM FESTIVAL TO RETURN TO AUSTIN AUGUST 30TH thru SEPTEMBER 2ND (Black PR Wire) than 25 films including his AUSTIN, TX — The breakout film was his role Capital City Black Film Fes- as ‘Yul Brenner’ in Cool tival (CCBFF) today an- Runnings and ‘Gavin’ in nounced the return of its Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get premier film festival to the Married I and II. Yoba is city of Austin on August 30 well-known for his starring – September 2, 2018 at the role as ‘Detective Will- Austin Convention Center. iams’ in 90’s hit television This year’s festival will show New York Under- feature film screenings of cover, as well as recent TV documentaries, features, roles in Empire, Desig- shorts and music videos nated Survivor and from talented filmmakers Netflix’s Seven Seconds. from across the globe. “We are honored to Filmmakers and fans can have industry veterans’ expect engaging and edu- Leon and Malik Yoba join cational programming and as ambassadors for CCBFF. the opportunity to network These artists have exem- with and learn from indus- plary careers and a wealth try professionals. Film sub- of knowledge that spans missions are currently be- Leon Malik Yoba over three decades. We ing accepted and tickets four athletes who go to ex- are excited to have their are now on sale for All Film tremes to compete as is most notably known for Bannock’ in the 1993 film over the years. He is also support and look forward and VIP festival passes. bobsled racers at the Win- his roles as ‘David Ruffin’ in Cool Runnings, and as an accomplished musician to bringing aspiring film- Visit www.capcitybff.com ter Olympics. Actors will the television movie The ‘Shep’ in the 1994 basket- and leads the band Leon makers and supporters an for more information. attend screening and Temptations, ‘J.T. ball drama film, Above the & The Peoples. enhanced experience at Leon and Malik Yoba meet-and-greet to allow Matthews’ in the 90’s clas- Rim. Leon has collectively Yoba’s acting career this year’s festival,” said will serve as ambassadors fans an opportunity to sic Robert Townsend film appeared in more than 40 spans more than 25 years. CCBFF Executive Director to this year’s festival – learn more from their ex- The Five Heartbeats, ‘Derice television and film roles He has appeared in more Winston G. Williams. bringing with them a periences. wealth of experience in Leon Robinson is an Cori ‘Coco’ Another Black tennis the film industry.