I REFUSE
I refuse to be discouraged, To be sad, or to cry;
I refuse to be downhearted, and here’s the reason why:
I have a God who’s mighty, sovereign and supreme;
I have a God who loves me, and I am on His team.
He is all wise and powerful. Jesus is His name;
Though everything is changeable, My God remains the same.
My God knows all that’s happening; beginning to the end;
His presence is my comfort; He is my dearest Friend.
When sickness comes to weaken me, to bring my head down low,
I call upon my mighty God; into His arms I go.
When circumstances threaten to rob me of my peace;
He draws me closer unto His breast, where all my strivings cease.
When my heart melts within me, and weakness takes control;
He gathers me into His arms, He soothes my heart and soul.
The great “I AM” is with me. My life is in His hand.
The “Son of the Lord” is my hope. It’s in His strength I stand.
I refuse to be defeated. My eyes are on my God;
He has promised to be with me. As through this life I trod.
I’m looking past all my circumstances, To Heavens’ throne above;
I give God thanks in every thing. My eyes are on His face;
The battle’s His, the victory mine; He’ll help me win the race.
~ by unknown author
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Claudette Hopkins wishes to thank the BTW family for our prayers and well wishes for Jonathan her grandson...
Jonathan will be admitted into the hospital on Friday 11/18/2011 in preparation for surgery on Tuesday 11/22/11 where he will receive a bone marrow transplant...
Claudette ask that we continue in prayer for Jonathan, and let us not forget to pray for strength fro Claudette and the rest of her family during this trying time!!
Please place comforting messages for our friend on her page!!
Hello Bulldogs. This will be a continuing forum for informing and discussing DISD issues especially as they affect the legacy of our alma mater Booker T. Washington. Announcements in this top blog box may change regularly as new meetings and pressing matters need 'now' action. Thanks in advance for all your input -- as wiser minds than mine have said, we will need to do this together as a vigilant alumni force for the forseeable future.
Thursday's DISD Board Meeting at 7pm Needs YOU THERE!!
The next to last big DISD Board meeting of the year 2011 will be held at 7:00 pm this Thursday, November 17th, in the Ada L. Williams Auditorium at the Dallas Independent School District Administration Building, 3700 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75204, and IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE THERE IF POSSIBLE! Your being there can help insure justice and the best interests of our Alma Mater the historic Booker T. Washington High, Dallas schools and Dallas school students.
As reported before, the push to allow rich donators to essentially "buy a school to be named after them" continues, despite attempts to perpetrate that tragedy on Dear Old Booker T. in 2008, that was courageously protested and defeated in '08 by caring BTW alumni like you and citizen friends of what is right!
Important: Although this "buy a name" policy is NOT on Thursday's meeting agenda as it was at the Nov. 3rd Board briefing several bulldogs attended, Board insiders advise that it's important to let our voices be heard on this as a "non-agenda topic", which is a normal part of the board meeting.
The BTW world is blessed to have guiding information in our midst from long-time alumni DISD administration crusader Brenda Fields and other influential persons dedicated to fairness. This information tells us that strategies behind the REVIVING of this once defeated policy have led to too many board members wanting to support this sort of "Buy A School Renaming with big money donations", which will potentially exclude naming institutions for deserving pioneers and trailblazers whose genius created the excellent legacies of such schools as Booker T. Washington to begin with, as well as modern educational champions who are without such financial means!
PLEASE BE PRESENT AT THIS MEETING - either to speak or to show support!!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT ~ just speak your heart to the Board for 3 MINUTES (the speaking time limit) - to help insure that "what is right" has a fair chance to turn this "bow down to those who donate at any cost" runaway rule !!
You will find friends there with you. We hope to see you there.
If you don't want to speak, you can show support by just coming and standing with us to show the board you care about their decisions on diluting or erasing our school's heritage by renaming Booker T. Washington.
As reported before, the push to allow rich donators to essentially "buy a school to be named after them" continues, despite attempts to perpetrate that tragedy on Dear Old Booker T. in 2008, that was courageously protested and defeated in '08 by caring BTW alumni like you and citizen friends of what is right!
Important: Although this "buy a name" policy is NOT on Thursday's meeting agenda as it was at the Nov. 3rd Board briefing several bulldogs attended, Board insiders advise that it's important to let our voices be heard on this as a "non-agenda topic", which is a normal part of the board meeting.
The BTW world is blessed to have guiding information in our midst from long-time alumni DISD administration crusader Brenda Fields and other influential persons dedicated to fairness. This information tells us that strategies behind the REVIVING of this once defeated policy have led to too many board members wanting to support this sort of "Buy A School Renaming with big money donations", which will potentially exclude naming institutions for deserving pioneers and trailblazers whose genius created the excellent legacies of such schools as Booker T. Washington to begin with, as well as modern educational champions who are without such financial means!
PLEASE BE PRESENT AT THIS MEETING - either to speak or to show support!!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT ~ just speak your heart to the Board for 3 MINUTES (the speaking time limit) - to help insure that "what is right" has a fair chance to turn this "bow down to those who donate at any cost" runaway rule !!
Please plan to be there, and please take these important steps before the meeting day:
1. Call 972-925-3720 before 5:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 16th to register to speak at the Board meeting.
2. Say you want to speak on "Non-Agenda items" about Booker T. Washington High School.
1. Call 972-925-3720 before 5:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 16th to register to speak at the Board meeting.
2. Say you want to speak on "Non-Agenda items" about Booker T. Washington High School.
You will find friends there with you. We hope to see you there.
FROM CHARLES RICHARD WILSON, BTW CLASS OF 1965 ...
Happy Birthdays!!!
Thanks to all the Bulldog family for all the emails and comments. It was very comforting to see so many of you at the wake and the funeral. It was a homegoing, but more like a reunion. We feel blessed to have so many loyal friends that took part and shared in the tribute to his life.
All praises to God and the Bulldog family!
With gratitude, Ozias Clarkson, BTW"63, and family.
Hello to all an thank you for the welcome. Many of you may not know me, I was a 1956 grad and my madien name was Dorothy Dawson
Honest ... share your critiques and suggestions. And "Thanks for being YOU, Bulldogs!"
Our schoolmate Homer Johnson has improved Dramatically, Fred Walker reported, and we consider that an answer to our serious prayers! Early this Saturday evening I called Methodist and he has not yet been discharged, but his good friend Fred gave a glowing report that Homer's eyes and spirit brightened up noticeably when he heard many of us are praying for him.
Homer's room number is 5151 at Methodist Hospital at 1441 N. Beckley Avenue at Colorado in Oak Cliff. Please keep praying for Homer's complete recovery and his attaining strength even greater than before he was hospitalized.
The hospital's contact information is --
Methodist Dallas Medical Center
1441 N. Beckley Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75203
214-947-8181
1-800-725-9664 – toll free
214-947-0000 – physician referral service
877-637-4297 – physician referral service toll-free
Maps and directions
Hospital campus map
