Invisible Man: A Hard Look at Mayor Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson’s escape from poverty reads like a fairy tale. But his story took a turn when he became mayor. Why has he disappeared from so many of his old friends lives?
By Peter Simek
Published in
D Magazine
May
2021
Photo Illustration by Natalie Goff, Photography by Bret Redman, and Courtesy
It was more than four hours into the June 5, 2020, special meeting of the Dallas City Council called to discuss the George Floyd demonstrations, and Mayor Eric Johnson had no more patience for bullshit. Johnson had sat quietly listening to one resident after another lecture him about Dallas’ endemic racism and struggles with over-policing. When it was finally his turn to speak, he wanted answers about what had happened on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge the previous Sunday. Dallas police officers had fired so-called nonlethal rounds of ammunition and tear gas canisters at a peaceful crowd that included many children. Who was ultimate
Share this article
Share this article
DALLAS, April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ EarthX will celebrate Earth Week with virtual and in-person activities, including the EarthxTV Show premieres, a 10-day EarthxFilm festival, conferences, youth programming and more. Festivities begin on April 16th and includes an April 22
nd Earth Day celebration featuring environmental and conservation leaders that represent a range of environmental interests and efforts around the globe. The Earth Day event will also stream on NowThis Earth.
EarthX Celebrates Earth Week 2021 with Full Line-Up of Events
EarthxTV Show premieres Earth Week 2021
EarthDay2021 We can have all the good ideas in the world, but we need to shepherd them and convene the right parties to help them come to fruition so we can take steps now for the betterment of our future, said Trammell S. Crow, Founder of EarthX.
Neighborhood-grown For Oak Cliff nonprofit acquires former YMCA with roots in historic Black Dallas dallasnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dallasnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Jennifer Collins
To meet the growing demand for affordable housing and care and services for the aging lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) population in the Dallas community, Resource Center has launched a $4M capital campaign for the construction of LGBTQ-friendly affordable senior housing.
Artist rendering courtesy of The Resource Center
The campaign is led by community advocates Lynn McBee and Phil Clemmons. The Center has partnered with Volunteers of America and developer Matthews Southwest and has purchased property in the Oaklawn neighborhood of Dallas, which is historically significant to the LGBTQ community. With a recent donation of $150,000 by longtime Center supporters Stephen Tosha and Stephen Strecansky, the Center has crossed the $1 million mark of the campaign. Tosha says: “We feel grateful to be able to give support to this worthy project as we believe the need is so great in our community. The community has supported us in my b
Resource Center launches a $4M capital campaign for LGBTQ-friendly senior housing
Dec 16, 2020 |
Artist’s rendering of proposed LGBTQ senior housing project
Resource Center has launched a $4 million capital campaign for the construction of LGBTQ-friendly and affordable senior housing, officials announced today (Wednesday, Dec. 16). The campaign, led by community advocates Lynn McBee and Phil Clemmons, was prompted by the need to “meet the growing demand for affordable housing and care and services for the aging lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning population in the Dallas community,” according to a statement released this afternoon.
Resource Center has partnered with Volunteers of America and developer Matthews Southwest, the press release noted, and has already purchased property in the Oak Lawn neighborhood. A recent donation of $150,000 by longtime Center supporters Stephen Tosha and Stephen Strecansky put the capital campaign over the $1 million ma