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COMMUNITY SERVICES : Founder and Executive Director Rainbow Bridge Youth Outreach Program EXPERIENCE Over 10 years in community activism and neighborhood development and affirmative action advocacy, including working with grass roots groups, businesses, and Dallas city staff to promote issues of equal access to goods and services throughout the community. Lead Plaintiff in City Council redistricting lawsuit (Williams vs. the City of Dallas, 1988) which successfully changed systems from 8-3 (at-large) to 14-1 (single member districts). Hosted and produced the "Razor's Edge," a community access program and talk show for 4 years COMMUNITY AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS Dallas Multi-Ethnic Community Summit Founder and Executive Director. Rainbow Bridge Dallas Police/Paramedics Complaint Committee Mayor's Advisory Committee on Crime President, NAACP Youth Council Member NAACP
ACCOMPLISHMENTS : AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS NAACP Civil Rights Award Texas Peace Officers Association Law Enforcement and Community Service Award South Dallas Business and Professional Women’s Community Service Award Greater Dallas Community Relations Community Service Award KKDA Community Service Award Men's Club of Dallas Community Service AMW African-American Students Alliance Community Service Award City Council Candidate Lobbyist, Affirmative Action, City of Dallas and Dallas Police Department Organizer/Participant, U.S. discussions with Nelson and Winnie Mandela Lobbyist, Dallas Anti-Apartheid Ordinance Organizer, House Sub Committee on Criminal Justice Hearing on Police Brutality, Dallas-1986 Organizer, Community Advisory Committee and Media Awareness Campaign, WFAA-TV Organizer, Debate on decriminalization of drugs, Advisory Committee on Crime Obtained grant from Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for Phyllis Wheatley Elementary school Obtained Security System for Bethlehem Center, South Dallas from Junior League of Dallas Distributed food and clothing to Dallas area service providers for use by low income community Co-authored the book "Time Change an Alternative View of the History of Dallas."
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