{"id":6193,"date":"2022-09-15T13:09:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=6193"},"modified":"2022-09-15T13:09:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:09:01","slug":"my-truth-did-you-do-what-i-asked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/15\/my-truth-did-you-do-what-i-asked\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMy Truth\u201d Did You Do What I asked?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6194\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6194\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cheryl-Smith-IMM-Publisher-Editor-265x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cheryl-Smith-IMM-Publisher-Editor-265x300.jpg 265w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cheryl-Smith-IMM-Publisher-Editor-221x250.jpg 221w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cheryl-Smith-IMM-Publisher-Editor.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheryl Smith IMM Publisher &amp; Editor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>By Cheryl Smith<\/strong><strong>, Publisher of I Messenger Media<br \/>\nTexas Metro News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest Column<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year when I attended the inaugural Arlington Showdown, where the Southern Jaguars and the Texas Southern Tigers took to the Gridiron, I talked about the importance of supporting HBCUS. I just love it when I see folks out supporting HBCUs because I love all HBCUs. I also told you to get ready to support the Classic games in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>It was a message specifically for folks within a 300 mile radius of the two HBCU classics coming to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex; however, the message is good for any and everybody, especially you sports fans and those who say they support higher education!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Which brings me to my truth.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have a few tips for alums who are not supporting their schools. And yes there are more ways to support than attending a football game; however, support is support. HBCU alums, here\u2019s what I want you to do for me!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Start saving two dollars a week \u2014 then you can buy tickets for two to least one game (anything over, donate it, or put toward your alumni dues<\/li>\n<li>Even if you only attended one semester, join the alumni association<\/li>\n<li>If you feel compelled to ask for donated tickets, make an outright donation to the school<\/li>\n<li>If you can, buy tickets for some high school students<\/li>\n<li>Get your company\/corporation to sign on as a corporate sponsor<\/li>\n<li>When you purchase tickets from Williams Chicken, at least get a two piece and a pepper or some corn fritters<\/li>\n<li>Support the vendors who purchase booths and travel annually to these classics<\/li>\n<li>Attend the games even if your teams are not playing!<\/li>\n<li>Support Black-owned businesses<\/li>\n<li>Support those businesses that support HBCUs<\/li>\n<li>Call out the hotels and businesses that practice price gouging And<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Go out, have a good time, be safe and start the process all over again! Do this every year, increasing your savings by a dollar each year. This is just a simple way to begin a process that could be so beneficial for so many!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cheryl Smith, Publisher of I Messenger Media Texas Metro News Guest Column Last year when I attended the inaugural Arlington Showdown, where the Southern Jaguars and the Texas Southern Tigers took to the Gridiron, I talked about the importance of supporting HBCUS. I just love it when I see folks out supporting HBCUs because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[139],"class_list":["post-6193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6195,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6193\/revisions\/6195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6193"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=6193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}