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I had a great time today at Texas Instruments’ headquarters in Dallas, where I spoke as part of a Black History Month event. I also got to pitch Dallas Works, our new large-scale summer jobs program for high school students!
Last night, Nikki and I hosted our first United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Dallas Mayor’s Masked Ball. We had a great time and supported a great cause. All proceeds raised last night will fund @UNCF scholarships that allow thousands of students to afford to attend college. Thank you to everyone who came last night to make an investment in our future!
Speaking this morning at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Leadership Meeting about Dallas Works, the new summer jobs program I launched this month. #DallasWorks aims to employ as many high school students as possible this summer. Visit DallasSummerJobs.org for more info!
#BlackHistoryMonth Day 22:
Tonight I will host the @UNCF Dallas Mayor’s Masked Ball. The UNCF, which supports 37 private HBCUs in the U.S., last year awarded nearly $600k in scholarships to North Texas students. #UNCFDallas #MayorsMaskedBall
NBA legend Pat Williams gave a rousing speech today about leadership today at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Leadership Meeting. Awesome to meet him and hear his thoughts!
Today, we are kicking off No Buddy Left Behind, an MDHA initiative to rehouse 100 homeless veterans in 100 days.
I hope one day we can put an initiative like this out of business because we will have eradicated veteran homelessness in our city.
The Dallas City Council is having our retreat today at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. This museum is a truly great asset for our city. I hope this setting will serve as a reminder that we need to look out for all of our residents and be Upstanders.
I enjoyed reading today to first graders at Lakewood Elementary School! 📚 I hope these kids will learn to love reading and will grow up to help make Dallas an even better place to live.
This is my wife, Nikki Johnson. I am the luckiest man on Earth, I know. Happy Valentine’s Day to all of the other luckiest men on Earth, especially the ones who call Dallas home. Represent this evening, my brothers! #HappyValentinesDay2020🌺
Dear Dallas,
Happy Valentine’s Day! 🥰
Love,
Nikki & Eric
Tune in to WFAA’s Good Morning Texas tomorrow to see me and Nikki talk about our love story, our marriage, and more!
This morning, I had the privilege of giving the opening prayer during the annual Dallas Christian Leadership Prayer Breakfast. I am grateful that we could all gather to pray for the strength and wisdom to lead this wonderful city. 🙏🏾
Today, I welcomed British Consul General Richard Hyde to Dallas City Hall. We had a great discussion about ways to strengthen the economic ties between the City of Dallas and the United Kingdom. Looking forward to a continued dialogue! 🇺🇸🇬🇧 @UKinTX
#BlackHistoryMonth Day 9:
In segregated Dallas in the ‘50s and ‘60s, this building was a place where now-famous black jazz musicians honed their craft in the nascent stages of their careers.
#BlackHistoryMonth Day 7:
In 1983, the City of Dallas changed the name of Forest Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Also: the street is a wonderful place for a parade.
Today, I welcomed my former #txlege colleague Helen Giddings to Dallas City Hall to talk about her now role as my appointee to the board of Visit Dallas and to discuss ways to increase diversity on our city’s boards and commissions.
#BlackHistoryMonth Day 4:
In 1998, the City of Dallas officially renamed Oakland Avenue as Malcolm X Boulevard after at least two previous attempts to name a street after the civil rights activist.
This morning, we received a briefing on the Coronavirus and our preparations for it in the City of Dallas Emergency Operations Center. As of 8:32 a.m., we have no confirmed cases in Dallas or in Texas.
#BlackHistoryMonth Day 2:
In 1966, Martin Luther King, Jr. visited Dallas, amid high racial tensions, to speak @SMU. “...I am convinced that if democracy is to live, segregation must die,” he said.
Read about it and see his full speech here: https://www.smu.edu/AboutSMU/MLK#dmn
Dear @CityofDallas:
Happy birthday!
At 164 years young, you’ve never looked better!
Thank you for an amazing year together. I know we will have to deal with some challenges, but we have so many more bright days ahead of us.
Love always,
@mayorofdallas
