A new website called Support Paul Quinn College (supportpqc.com) has been launched in support of the historically black college in Southern Dallas.  Paul Quinn has a hearing set for next month where they will have a chance to appeal the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools decision to revoke their accreditation.

The website has a letter of support from Bob Shapard, CEO and board chairman of Oncor, which is signed off by a number business and civic leaders (see list below).  This will run in the Business section of the Dallas Morning News on Sunday.

Support Paul Quinn College also has a presence on Twitter, and Facebook.

This is a good thing.  We’ve seen how social media can help bring attention to issues, and I hope the same thing happens here.

Let me say this though.  GIVE PAUL QUINN SOME MONEY.  If I thought that it would be throwing good money after bad, I would not make that appeal.  But I made a donation to Paul Quinn earlier this year and don’t regret it a bit.  It doesn’t take much, and every little bit counts.  The struggle that PCQ finds itself in is a financial one.

The school is headed in the right direction and needs the support of the entire community.  I’ll continue to do what I can to help and I hope you will too.

• Joel T. Allison – President and Chief Executive Officer, Baylor Health Care System
• Hon. Rafael Anchia – Texas State Representative District 103
• Hon. Tennell Atkins – City of Dallas Councilmember District 8
• The Bishop College 5 + 1
• Hon. Lew Blackburn – Dallas ISD School Board Trustee 5
• Richie Butler – Managing Director & Executive Vice President, CityView
• Hon. Dwaine Caraway – City of Dallas Mayor Pro Tem
• Rev. Bryan L. Carter – Sr. Pastor, Concord Missionary Baptist Church
• Hon. Carolyn R. Davis – City of Dallas Councilmember District 7
• Bro. Rodney Dulin – Sr. Pastor, Central Pointe’ Church of Christ
• Tom Dunning – Lockton Dunning Benefits
• Matrice Ellis-Kirk – Heidrick & Struggles
• Laura V. Estrada – President, Garza Business Services, Inc.
• Robert A. Estrada – Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc.
• Regen H. Fearon – CEO, Mom’s Office Suite
• Reginald Gates – President, Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce
• Dianne Gibson – “Miss Community”
• Hon. Helen Giddings – Texas State Representative District 109
• Donna Halstead – Dallas Citizens Council
• Rev. Fredrick Douglas Haynes, III – Sr. Pastor, Friendship West Missionary Baptist Church
• Cynthia Hollingsworth – Shareholder, Gardere
• Lyria Howland – President, Howland PR, Inc.
• Jeff Herrington – President, Jeff Herrington Communications
• Matt Hildreth – President & CEO, Amegy Bank of Texas
• Dr. Michael Hinojosa – Superintendent, Dallas Independent School District
• Hon. Angela Hunt – City of Dallas Councilmember District 14
• Debra Hunter Johnson – Reciprocity Restaurant Group
• Eric Johnson – The Law Office of Eric L. Johnson
• Lyndon Johnson – President, Reciprocity Restaurant Group
• Willis Johnson – Dallas businessman
• Hon. Vonciel Jones Hill – City of Dallas Councilmember District 5
• Thomas Joyner, Jr. – President Executive Director, Tom Joyner Foundation
• Kevin Kelley – Kelley Witherspoon LLC
• Hon. Mavis Knight – Texas State Board of Education, District 13
• Dr. Wright Lassiter – Chancellor, Dallas County Community College District
• Ken Luce
• Jack Matthews – Matthews Southwest
• Dr. Lauren McDonald – Chairman of Parkland Health and Hospital System
• Hon. Pauline Medrano – City of Dallas Deputy Mayor Pro Tem
• James Mitchell – Alpha Epsilon Boule’ Education Foundation
• Beverly Mitchell Brooks – President/CEO, Urban League of Greater Dallas
• Kathy Nealy
• Everett New – Cox Smith
• Erle Nye – Chairman Emeritus, TXU Corp.
• Hon. Jessie Oliver
• Dr. Sheron C. Patterson – Senior Pastor, Highland Hills United Methodist Church
• Edna Pemberton – Positively Oak Cliff
• Christopher Plumlee – Dallas businessman
• Hon. Carla Ranger – Dallas ISD School Board Trustee 6
• Carol Reed – The Reeds Public Relation Corporation
• Laura Reed Martin – The Reeds Public Relation Corporation
• Angela Reed Shellene – The Reeds Public Relation Corporation
• John E. Richards – Richards & Valdez
• Andres Ruzo – Link America
• DeMetris Sampson, Esq.
• Bob Stimson – President, Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce
• Frances Valdez – Richards & Valdez
• W. Kelvin Walker – 21st Century Group, LLC
• Dr. Karry D. Wesley – Sr. Pastor, Antioch Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
• Jeff West – Jeff West Consulting
• Hon. Royce West – Texas State Senator, District 23
• Randall White – President, Elettore
• Nuru Witherspoon – Kelley Witherspoon, LLC
• Del Williams – General Counsel, Perot Systems Corp.
• Fritzi Woods – Chairman & CEO, PrimeSource Foodservice Equipment, Inc.
• Ruth Wyrick