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Carlos Meltzer & Recipe for Success on 13

Channel 13 did *something* right this week: it featured the Recipe for Success Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to combat childhood obesity and encourage long-term health by helping children understand, appreciate, and eat more healthful food.

The piece shows Carlos Meltzer, Director of Media and Community Outreach, teaching children how to make healthy choices as they prepare dishes: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=6501722

From the Recipe4Success site – http://www.recipe4success.org:

Our Program is focused on integrating nutrition vertically throughout curriculum and after school programs, and operates in selected H.I.S.D. elementary schools.

We train parent-volunteers; connect them to a broad spectrum of community resources—including our Chefs in Schools series; and mentor a city-wide collaboration to affect change. We created a model that will soon be replicated in other schools and communities in Houston and across the country.

Recipe for Success founder Gracie Cavnar was nominated as a National Woman of Worth: please vote for her at http://www.womenofworth.com/ and help Recipe for Success win $25,000 so it can continue its great work! Voting runs from November 10 to November 24, 2008.

One Nation …

Now that he’s made history, can Obama deliver on his promise of bringing our country together? Or, the real question: will the partisan hacks around the country let him?

After his acceptance speech Tuesday night, I was inspired by his hope that we can move beyond being a collection of blue states and red states and, instead, stand together as one United States of America. After weeks of hearing about “pro-American” parts of the country (which implies there are “anti-American” parts), and being hammered by divisive “us v. them” rhetoric, I feel that it will be a long struggle to heal those wounds.

McCain’s campaign staff did such a good job of painting Obama as anti-American, socialist, and a terrorist sympathizer that when he gave his concession speech, the crowd booed. To McCain’s credit, he tried to quiet them by saying Obama had been duly elected President, and, as such, would be his President. The speed at which he made this 180-turnaround from smearing Obama to praising him was incredible to watch.

But then I read the next day about Buck Burdette being kicked off the UT football team for posting the following on Facebook: “all the hunters gather up, we have a n***er in the White House.” (http://tinyurl.com/5fdpoh) And my parents still think he’s Muslim. (He’s always professed his Christian faith: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp.) And possibly still unqualified to be President because he may not have been born in the U.S. (He was born in Hawaii: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/06/obama-birth.html) 

Please Help DJ Melodic!

My friend Tina just sent out this call for help for DJ Melodic (Paco) from Soular Grooves – he’s a great heart, sweet guy, and music-scene regular. Please help out and spread the word!

Dear Friends,

My dear friend Paco, you might know him as DJ Melodic from Soular Grooves needs your help and prayers. On Sunday, he had cardiac arrest and has been in a coma ever since. We are planning a benefit event for him on Nov. 16th and are requesting raffle item donations. If you have any suggestions or would like to contribute, please let me know as soon as possible.

So far, we have been blessed to have great friends like Michelle Avina, Faith and Maria from Stir-it-up, and Thomas from the Tipping Point rounding up items and DJ Chicken George, DJ SUN and Nick Cooper offering his musical talents for the event so we’re gaining some momentum. If you are interested in volunteering to help with the raffle or anything else, please let me know.

The best way to reach me is email, tinazulu@zulucreative.com or by cell 713.291.5788.

An update about Paco from DJ SUN – one of Paco’s his closest friends is attached to this message. (View at Facebook)

Let’s pull together everyone.

Thank you!
Tina

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