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Clinton Taps Drane for Black Outreach

By James Wright Special to the AFRO Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton knows that she will need strong Black support to win the White House in 2016.

So she has hired a former Congressional Black Caucus executive director to help her do that.

Clinton has hired LaDavia Drane, who works for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) as the director of federalregional affairs, as her campaign’s director of African-American Outreach.

Drane, who will formally join the campaign at the end of this month, is excited about the opportunity.

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“In order for Hillary Clinton to win in 2016, she will need the turnout among Blacks that Obama had in 2008 and 2012.”

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LaDavia Drane is D.C.’s director of FederalRegional Affairs. my role in the campaign will be because I am not working with it yet,” Drane said to two dozen professional Black women at the LEAP Luncheon Series on June 3. “But I love working on campaigns and I live and thrive on them. It was hard Continued on A6

The new Public Safety and Policing Workgroup of the Maryland General Assembly has begun holding hearings on law enforcement practices in Maryland. The group is moving towards generating a slate of bills for next year’s legislative session to help improve relations between police departments and communities across the state.

Co-chaired by majority leader Sen. Catherine Pugh (D-Baltimore City), and chair of the Baltimore City delegation to the House, Del. Curt Anderson (D-Baltimore City), the workgroup received an overview of Maryland law enforcement from the

Department of Legislative Services. There was also a presentation on the state’s role

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The Public Safety and Policing Workgroup held its inaugural meeting on June 8, in Annapolis. Co-chairs Sen. Catherine Pugh (D-Baltimore City) and Del. Curt Anderson (D-Baltimore City) presided over the first meeting.

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Youth Unemployment Bill Expands Training, Access

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO The young people trained by Raymond Bell through D.C.’s Project H.O.P.E. are no strangers to the transformative power of proper training. Since 2009, Bell has successfully trained 375, mostly African-American youth, in the IT field, with 315 of them earning employment in their fields and grossing average incomes of $42,000 annually. It was fitting then, for U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to announce the introduction of legislation to address youth unemployment through the funding of similar job training centers.

Calling the lack of foundational training a crisis that has contributed to a 27 percent unemployment rate among African Americans youth, Sanders and Conyers associated the lack of work, education, and hope to a slippery slope leading to mischief and prison.

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By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent On April 12, SandtownWinchester resident Freddie Gray looked into the eyes of a Baltimore police officer, and whatever he saw there caused him to run. After a brief chase, he was arrested for possession of a pocketknife that was later

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McDuffie Bill Prohibits Employment Credit Checks

By James Wright Special to the AFRO D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) is the chief author of a bill to prohibit credit checks of potential employees until a conditional offer is made. He introduced the bill, The Fair Credit History Steering Act of 2015 to his colleagues on June 2. McDuffie wants to use the legislation as a vehicle to help more District residents obtain employment.

“This bill will abolish restrictions that unjustly exacerbate challenges faced by applicants who are already having difficulty with finding employment and making ends meet,” McDuffie said.

“As a result, we will create economic opportunities for more of our vulnerable residents.”

The Fair Credit bill will prohibit an employer from considering a job applicant’s credit history during the hiring process, and will restrict an employer’s inquiry into an applicant’s credit history until after a conditional offer of employment. The bill would allow certain employers exemptions from enforcement, like financial institutions.

The legislation establishes a complaint process for aggrieved potential employees and a penalties component for alleged employer violators. The D.C. Office of Human Rights would be responsible for enforcing the bill.

According to a May 2013 Courtesy Photo online article, “Discredited: How Employment Checks Kenyan McDuffie Keep Qualified Workers Out represents Ward 5 on the D.C. Council.

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Riot Redux: 2015 Mirrored 1968 Unrest

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent For elders within Baltimore’s Black community, the recent uprising after the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray was like a flashback to the riots that erupted in April 1968 after the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Both were birthed from tragic events involving the deaths of an African-American man and both represented the underlying rage and frustration present in the African-American community caused by years of not just benign neglect but [also] what appears to be intentional neglect caused by racism,” said Bishop Douglas Miles, pastor of Koinonia Baptist Church and cochairman emeritus of the advocacy group, Baltimoreans United in Leadership (BUILD).

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2 Brothers Seek to Find Normal Life after Being Pardoned

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two brothers will receive more than $1 million from the state of North Carolina after they were wrongfully imprisoned for three decades in the killing of an 11-year-old girl, but for one of them, the windfall isn’t the issue.

“It ain’t about money,” said Henry McCollum, 51, who, along with his 47-yearold brother Leon Brown, was pardoned by Gov. Pat McCrory. “It was about just being able to see that I was innocent of a crime I was charged with. It was just a blessing to be out here, to 47-year-old Leon Brown (left) live a normal life.” and his 51 year-old brother, The pardon qualifies Henry McCollum each of the brothers for $50,000 from the state for every year they were imprisoned, with a limit of $750,000 each. The compensation still needs to be approved by a state agency, but it is considered a formality. It’s not clear exactly when they could get the money.

McCrory’s office announced Friday that he had signed the pardons.

Defense attorneys have said the brothers were scared teenagers who had low IQs when they were questioned by police and coerced into confessing. McCollum was then 19, and Brown was 15.

The DNA from the cigarette butts doesn’t match Brown or McCollum, and fingerprints taken from a beer can at the scene weren’t theirs either. No physical evidence connects them to the crime, a judge and prosecutor acknowledged last fall.

Based largely on their confessions, both were initially given death sentences, which were overturned. Upon retrial, McCollum was again sent to death row, while Brown was convicted of rape and sentenced to life.

The path to freedom began in early September after a judge vacated their convictions and ordered their release, citing new DNA evidence that points to another man killing and raping 11-year-old Sabrina Buie in 1983. The inmate whose DNA was on the cigarette is already serving a life sentence for a similar rape and slaying that happened less than a month after Sabrina’s killing.

Current Robeson County District Attorney Johnson Britt, who didn’t prosecute the men, has said he’s considering

Man Charged with Killing 3-Year-Old Son Over Potty Training Incident

A Houston father of two has been charged with capital murder for allegedly beating one of his sons to death over a potty training accident.

Anthony Trakemon Powell, 24, could possibly face the death penalty if convicted for allegedly killing his 3-year-old son Tristan Powell.

Prosecutors say Powell picked up his two sons on Mother’s Day from their mother’s house, and took them to his sister’s apartment, according to USA Today. Once there, he apparently realized they were not properly potty trained and beat them several times with his hands and a belt. On one occasion, either May 26 or May 27 according to Powell’s sister, the 24-year-old took Tristan into the bathroom where he beat him critically with a belt, causing him to fall to the ground and hit his head.

“I’m tired of beating their ass and them not learning,” the irate father reportedly told his sister, according to court documents cited by Click2Houston.com.

The next morning, Tristan was found not breathing, and his aunt Prosha Nicole Land, 23, called an ambulance that took him to Texas Children’s Hospital. Tristan died at the hospital from a fractured skull and swelling in the brain.

Facebook photo Tristan’s 2-year-old brother Anthony Trakemon Powell also was hospitalized, when and his son in 2011. health care workers saw signs that he had been beaten and scalded with hot water. He is expected to survive.

Land and Powell were arrested and charged with injury to a child by omission, and murder.

“The way his voice sounded, I didn’t think it was something as bad as it was,” Jade Tukes, Tristan’s mother, told USA Today about receiving a call from Powell that Tristan was in the hospital.

“Thought he maybe had an allergic reaction or something.”

More charges could be brought against Land and Powell in the future.

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deemed legal under state law. One week later, the 25-year-old man was dead from a broken spine and other injuries sustained while trussed up in the back of a police transport vehicle.

Gray’s death spawned outrage in Baltimore and beyond that manifested in violent clashes with police, looting and arson on at least one occasion in Charm City. More significantly, Gray’s death, the unrest and the subsequent indictment of six officers involved in the incident spurred discussions about the relationship between minority communities and police, particularly the impact of the controversial zero tolerance policing policy. It’s an issue the AFRO has chronicled since its introduction to Baltimore back in the 1990s.

In 1999, then-Baltimore City Councilman Martin O’Malley, D-District 3, made an unexpected entry into the race for the mayoral seat left open when incumbent Mayor Kurt Schmoke decided not to seek re-election. The lone Caucasian among a field of primary candidates, O’Malley ran on a platform of public safety, preaching the zero tolerance policing strategy, which he had advocated for on the City Council, as a cure to the city’s crime.

The issue was one that played out on the pages of the AFRO, with columnists, experts and residents mostly expressing doubt about the policing approach that was modeled after New York’s.

As early as January 1997, then-State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy expressed caution about Baltimore’s adoption of the approach in an opinion piece titled, “Zero Tolerance - What does it mean?” Because Baltimore had different laws, less police manpower and fewer resources than New York, translating a zero tolerance policy to the smaller city would not necessarily work, she advised.

“Increasing the caseloads through more arrests and citations, places extraordinary strains on a system already lacking in resources. If we expect the criminal justice system to be efficient, effective and expeditious, the entire criminal justice system must be adequately funded and given the resources needed to get the job done,” she wrote.

In an April 2, 1999 AFRO commentary, “Zero tolerance or no tolerance,” writer Joseph Brown Jr.—a local community and Republican Party leader—opined, “Zero tolerance has been hailed as the cure-all for crime-ridden cities. It trains its police officers to be more aggressive in the pursuit of criminals whether it is a jaywalker or a drug peddler. Both are treated as criminals.”

However, he added, the approach will encourage an “arrogance” among “rogue” officers that would “exacerbate an already tense relationship between the citizens of Baltimore and its police department.”

In a September 1999 AFRO commentary, “The New York Experience,” Wiley A. Hall supported Brown’s statements, citing examples from New York’s own “broken windows” policing that resulted in incidents such as the Aug. 9, 1997 torture—including forced sodomy— of Abner Louima by police officers in Brooklyn, N.Y., and the Feb. 4, 1999 police killing of an unarmed 22-year-old Amadou Diallou outside his Bronx apartment.

The New York judicial system has been clogged with “junk” arrests of mostly Black and Latino residents; thousands of New Yorkers have been jailed without ever being charged for a crime; and the city has had to pay out millions of dollars to settle brutality complaints against its officers, Hall wrote.

“Zero tolerance policing is like Pandora’s Box. Once you unleash the police, it is very difficult to reign them in,” he said.

“And police traditionally have resisted attempts to hold them accountable by outsiders. Baltimore’s Complaint Evaluations Board is virtually toothless and there is no serious proposal to create a civilian review board with bite.”

During Baltimore’s primary, O’Malley insisted Baltimore could learn from New York’s mistakes. “We can police the police,” he during the Sept. 7 televised debate on WMAR-TV, as reported by the AFRO. O’Malley further defended his crime-fighting approach—which he referred to as “quality of life policing”—in an October 1999 AFRO article, “O’Malley under fire over zero tolerance strategy.”

“It’s not a suspension of the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. It’s not police brutality or encouraging police to be more aggressive,” said O’Malley at the time. “It is directing and supporting the police to be more assertive about improving the quality of life on corners throughout the city. Not just downtown or parts of the city where we would never tolerate the 24-7 open-air drug-markets we so readily ride by in other neighborhoods.”

Voters seemed to believe him. And, despite a tough primary, in which he was the only Caucasian among the field of candidates, O’Malley earned the endorsement of State Del. Howard “Pete” Rawlings, State Sen. Joan Carter Conway among other notable African-American lawmakers, pastors and other community leaders (including this newspaper), resulting in his victory in the September primary (with 53 percent of the votes) and the General Election.

In an Oct. 22, 1999 article referencing continuing concern with the policy, AFRO writer Vicki T. Lee interviewed New York management consultant Jack Maple, who along with former New York cop Edward Norris were considered architects of the “zero tolerance” policing strategy.

By April 2000, AFRO journalist Sean Yoes was reporting that Maple and his fellow law enforcement consultant John Linder had authored Mayor O’Malley’s “much-maligned” crime-fighting plan titled, “Dramatically Reducing Crime in Baltimore.” He also reported that Norris, formerly the deputy police commissioner, had been elevated to acting police commissioner after the unceremonious ouster of Baltimore City Police Commissioner Ron Daniel—who reportedly did not support the plan—after a mere 57 days on the job. Yoes, reflecting the conspiracy theories and doubts that abounded in Baltimore’s Black community, questioned whether Norris’ elevation to the top post was “inevitable,” and whether Daniel’s initial appointment was meant to “put a ‘Black face’ on zero tolerance.” “…It was widely speculated that a White mayor of a predominantly Black city could not put another White man in charge of Baltimore’s Police Department, especially if that candidate had to implement so-called zero tolerance, a strategy widely viewed as hostile to people of color,” the author wrote.

As the years went by, complaints among Baltimore’s Black community increased, including the belief that O’Malley’s police plan was not addressing the real source of crime—the drug trade.

That belief was brought into stark reality with the October 2002 murder of the Dawson family, whose home was firebombed after the mother, Angela Dawson complained about the activities of drug dealers near her home. Many residents expressed frustration that officials knew about the escalating threats against the family but did not do enough to protect the family.

“There’s too much focus today on petty crime, somebody

drinking in the park, instead of marshaling our forces against drug dealers,” former cop, Bennie Nealey, a 27-year veteran, told AFRO reporter Earl Byrd.

People like then-state Sen. Clarence Mitchell IV disputed that zero tolerance was even working, saying in an April 2002 article that when Norris first came on board, a report came out of the New York attorney general’s office as to whether zero tolerance was good for their city.

“We said let’s wait and look at the report. They went ahead and voted him in, 19-0. But the report concluded that zero tolerance did not decrease crime.

“Now, two years later, we’re going to show that shootings are up [in Baltimore], murder is up, crime is up, so why should Norris be confirmed”?

By 2005, the clamoring of voices decrying the explosion of “illegal arrests” under O’Malley’s zero tolerance plan—and an alleged police department quota program that rewarded and punished officers based on the volume of arrests—had grown louder.

“Unfortunately, it creates a mentality that we really can’t be safe in the streets from either the thugs or the police,” said noted Baltimore defense attorney Warren A. Brown, who handled several high profile illegal arrest cases in 2005. “And for those of us who live in the community that’s a helluva’ situation to be in when you can’t trust either.”

In an August 2005 article titled, “Baltimore City On Lockdown,” AFRO reporter Sean Yoes told the story of Derrick Jessup, who was held for nine days in the bowels of Baltimore Central Booking without an explanation for his detainment.

“Nine days later,” Jessup is quoted as saying, “I’m just getting

“Zero tolerance policing is like Pandora’s Box.” – Wiley A. Hall to see somebody for them to say, ‘You need to take a paternity test.’ Nine days of just suffering down there. I could have lost my job.”

The story went on to point out the disparate arrest rates between Baltimore and other Maryland jurisdictions.

Jessup was one of the 95,907 people booked in Baltimore City between April 2004 and March 2005, compared to 45,168 arrests combined in eight other counties, according to Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services statistics cited in the story. More disturbing, however, was the fact that 21,721 of those booked in Baltimore were not charged, compared to 179 persons in the eight other jurisdictions.

“We’re talking about unlawful, illegal arrests where there is no probable cause. We’re talking about minor, petty offenses that are so insignificant that the state’s attorney’s office is deciding that even if it happens ... we’re not even going to waste our time charging this,” said then-state Del. Jill Carter, D-Dist. 41, who spent years fighting the measure.

On Jan. 5, 2006, public outrage over the overcriminalization of Baltimore’s poor and minority residents exploded at a public hearing on law enforcement policy at the War Memorial Building in downtown Baltimore. Officials, particularly Mayor O’Malley— who left right after his testimony—were jeered and booed; and residents left with heavy doubts that anything would be done.

None of the officials admitted that people were being arrested without reasonable cause.

“This community is a powder keg; this thing is going to explode and it’s going to be ugly. ... History tells us that,” Dr. Tyrone Powers, a WEAA-FM host and director of the Institute for Criminal Justice, Legal Studies and Public Service at Anne Arundel Community College, told AFRO reporter Zenitha Prince at the meeting. “All the ingredients are there, and if we don’t do something to defuse this bomb, there is going to be an explosion.”

In June of that year, the AFRO reported that the ACLU of Maryland had filed a lawsuit on behalf of the NAACP and several residents decrying the allegedly illegal arrests. Along with the Police Department, the suit named as defendants O’Malley, thenDepartment of Public Safety and Correctional Services Secretary Mary Ann Saar, then-Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm, and former Police Commissioners Edward T. Norris and Kevin P. Clark.

“Despite the patently unconstitutional and illegal nature of this conduct and its detrimental effects on the Baltimore residents whom the laws are supposed to protect, city officials have refused to end this practice, and the rights violations are continuing in the state’s central booking facility,” Deborah Jeon, ACLU’s legal director, said at the time. “The time has come to rein in this abuse of power and stop these unconstitutional and illegal acts.”

Marvin “Doc” Cheatham, president of the Baltimore NAACP

at the time, told the AFRO that many of the persons who were arrested on frivolous charges and later released face a lifetime of repercussions.

“Innocent people are getting caught in the dragnet and their arrest record will follow them for the rest of their lives,” he said.

“An arrest record seriously affects your ability to get jobs and housing, which already is a big challenge for so many people here in the city of Baltimore.”

In June 2010, a report was released indicating that Baltimore locks up a higher percentage of its population than any major metropolitan area in the nation. That same month, the AFRO reported that the city agreed to pay $870,000 to the victims of the so-called illegal arrests.

According to Del. Carter, at least 750,000 persons were illegally arrested from 1999-2006.

The settlement also called for officer retraining, an independent auditor and for an official rejection of the zero-tolerance policing policy championed by O’Malley.

Still, O’Malley—by then the governor of Maryland—said the settlement was hardly a rebuke of his mayoral administration’s marquee policy. “There was never, ever a policy that asked officers to go beyond the Constitution,” O’Malley said during a press conference June 23, 2010, the AFRO reported.

In 2015, the explosion Powers predicted back in 2006 occurred, ignited by the death of Freddie Gray. Now the city is trying to pick up the pieces, and dealing with the lingering impact of zero tolerance policing will undoubtedly be part of Baltimore’s recovery.

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economy and progress has been slowest among America’s youngest workers. Here we have it, this school to prison pipeline,” Conyers said. “You don’t have to be a criminologist to know this is a natural reaction.”

Under the Employ Young Americans Now Act, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) would provide $4 billion in grants to states and local governments to offer summer and yearround employment opportunities for low-income youth, with an additional $1.5 billion in competitive grants set aside for work-based training.

“It makes more sense to invest in jobs, job training, and education than to build more jails. By investing in programs like Project H.O.P.E, America can stop locking up its young people and give them hope, education, and job training,” Sanders said. “That’s what this legislation does.”

While the correlation between unemployment and crime remain far less definitive than Sanders and Conyers suggest, the success of youth programs that offer access, as well as life skills, business fundamentals, and specialized training, is proven.

In the tradition of powerful grassroots organizing, Bell donned the hats of instructor, recruiter, and counselor, from 2009 to 2013, Bell’s dedication has helped Project H.O.P.E grow from 25 students a year, to approximately 250. In everything, Bell said, is the spirit of hope – Helping Other People Excel.

“These are kids coming from the streets and they are working in big time corporations. We are developing them as professionals – they speak well, they understand how to carry themselves, they write well – that’s what excites me,” Bell said. “We build a community by showing that among our mentors some were homeless or facing real challenges and now they are working at Lockheed or the World Bank. It’s always about how my success can help someone else.”

Bell’s trainees, including Phyllis Ussery, have not only moved into high-yielding careers, but have also come to embody the “Each One, Teach One” mentality that brackets Project H.O.P.E. “The young people who join Project H.O.P.E are no longer hanging outside doing nothing, they’re too busy planning their futures and improving their lives,” Ussery said. “I hope this legislation passes so that it helps young people view their peers as role models who gained access to the world outside their neighborhoods, and who are always prepared to also help them build successful lives.”

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Hogan Blocks Voting Access to Felons Baltimore Delegation Looks to Overturn Veto

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO Expanded voting rights for felons was among the bills Gov. Larry Hogan (R) vetoed after it successfully made its way through the Maryland General Assembly last session.

However, its two sponsors are vowing to keep up the fight and work to overturn the governor’s decision.

The push to expand felon voting rights was sponsored

by Sen. Joan Conway (D-Baltimore City) in the Senate and Delegate Cory McCray (D-Baltimore City) in the House.

Senate Bill 340 managed to successfully navigate the 2015 legislative session and pass the General Assembly, but was vetoed by Hogan on May 22, just weeks after rioting in Baltimore had seemed to make clear the need for more members of the community to be heard in decisions that affect their lives. msa.maryland.gov For McCray, Hogan’s veto flew in the face of much of Delegate Cory McCray cothe political rhetoric that accompanied the weeks of unrest in sponsored the push to expand Baltimore. felon voting rights. “[Hogan] came through (during the unrest), he played basketball at our local courts, he attended a lot of different church services, he looked towards the community to say ‘I’m here to help,’ and one of the best ways he could’ve helped was giving a person a voice in their community to deal with challenges with housing, deal with challenges with unemployment, deal with challenges with not having access to food, and what [better] way to deal with challenges [than] through policy?” said McCray.

And though the law was met with the governor’s veto pen, both McCray and Conway say the fight is not over. For McCray, the same people who helped pass the bill must now mobilize to overturn the veto.

“I think it takes (House and Senate) leadership, but it also takes ex-offenders within those communities that have high ex-offender populations, the [Job Opportunities Task Force] has to be back involved, the Maryland Working Families, the Communities United, Sen. Conway, myself, so many people that were instrumental in getting this over the hump, we have to make sure that we’re on the 10 yard line and try our best to get it over the goal line,” said McCray.

For her part, Conway says she has already begun working to pick up the remaining votes she needs to overturn the veto (two in the senate and three in the house, she says).

“From the time that the bill passed, I didn’t think that the governor would sign it so I’ve been working actively to override that veto,” said Conway.

While not many additional votes are needed, the General Assembly will have to wait until the start of the next session in Jan. 2016 to attempt to override the veto. Overriding a veto requires a three-fifths majority in both houses, according to the Maryland General Assembly website.

If Hogan’s veto is overturned, approximately 40,000 Marylanders will see their franchise rights restored, according to the ACLU Maryland.

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Police and Correctional Training Commissions, at the first meeting, held on June 8.

According to the presentation by the Department of Legislative Services, Baltimore City is alone among Maryland’s 24 political subdivisions (23 counties plus Baltimore City) in possessing a crime rate that exceeds 4,800 crimes per 100,000 residents. It is also the only subdivision whose police department does not receive direct state aid, a function of an agreement between the city and the state in which the latter foots the bill for the Baltimore City Detention Center and Central Booking, but at the cost of not giving any direct aid to the Baltimore Police Department.

The workgroup’s most pointed questions, however, were reserved for J. Michael Zeigler and Albert Liebno, executive and deputy directors, respectively, for the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions.

Under questioning from both chairs, Zeigler testified that while all law enforcement agencies are required to have some form of psychological evaluation as part of their training and recruitment process, individual departments are responsible for determining the standards recruits must meet in order to pass the evaluation, as well as who performs the evaluation itself. There is also no requirement that police officers receive more than an initial psychological evaluation.

“They’re required by law to recertify with their weapon every year, why shouldn’t we also want to make sure they’re not crazy every year?” asked Anderson rhetorically in comments to the AFRO after the initial workgroup hearing.

Anderson said he expects a slate of bills to come out of the workgroup that will hopefully carry the bipartisan –Del. Curt Anderson sponsorship of all 22 committee members, helping to give the recommended pieces of legislation more traction heading into the 2016 legislative session. Anderson also expects recommendations to amend Maryland’s controversial law enforcement officers bill of rights (LEOBR).

“There’s going to be big changes,” said Anderson. “We already have some concessions from the Fraternal Order of Police about changes that they would agree with in the LEOBR, for instance, making the trial boards more transparent. Allowing people to be there. Allowing the results to be posted. Changing the 180 day rule, so that a person can file a suit against a police officer in more than 180 days. So there’s a lot of low hanging fruit that can get done, but there may be some more comprehensive things that we can do as well.”

Pugh was a bit more cautious in making predictions about what might come out of the work group, but stressed the importance of having diverse representation among the workgroup’s members because it gives more credibility to whatever its end product ultimately is. “I’m not sure what the end result will be, but what we do know is that we have to hear from the public, we need to hear from the police department, and we need to hear from some experts in terms of how we present – if we present – legislation moving forward,” said Pugh.

The next meeting of the Public Safety and Policing Workgroup will take place at 1 p.m. in Annapolis (6 Bladen St., room 101) on June 23, where it will hear testimony on recruitment and hiring practices for law enforcement in the state.

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In the summer of 1967, smoke hovered over cities such as Detroit, Newark and Chicago as Black Americans expressed frustration over the lack of social and economic progress—and the redirection of federal focus and funding from the War on Poverty to the Vietnam War—in the form of riots. Baltimore had largely kept its cool until the assassination of Dr. King on the balcony of a Memphis, Tenn., hotel on April 4, 1968 ignited the smoldering anger that had been, until then, contained.

“The death of King in 1968 signaled for many in the African-American community that the dwindling hope—after the [1963] March on Washington saw little response from the federal government to rectify conditions in the AfricanAmerican community—that hope was finally gone,” said Bishop Miles, who was an undergraduate student at Johns Hopkins University in 1968.

Black militant leader Stokely Carmichael had warned in an April 5, 1968 interview of the violence King’s murder would spawn.

“When White America killed Dr. King last night, she declared war on us,” he said. “The rebellions that have been occurring around this country is just light stuff compared to what’s about to happen. We have to retaliate for the deaths of our leaders. The executions of those debts will not be in the courtroom, they will be in the streets of America. “[When] White America killed Dr. King last night. She made it a whole lot easier for a whole lot of Black people today. There no longer needs to be intellectual discussions, Black people know that they have to get guns. White America will live to cry that she killed Dr. King last night. It would have been better if she had killed Rap Brown and/or Stokely Carmichael, but when she killed Dr. King, she lost.”

Within two days of King’s death, Baltimore had joined the almost 100 cities across the nation where riots had erupted. Driven by frustrations over limited job and housing opportunities, and further fuelled by resentment of merchants who practiced usury and charged higher prices for lowerquality goods, fire bombers struck the first major blow in the Gay Street commercial corridor on the night of April 6.

“The looting and burning swept eastward from Gay St. to Milton Ave., and spread in crazy-quilt patterns across the inner city,” reported the AFRO in its April 13, 1968 edition. “Targets of youthful bombers were commercial establishments – bars, cut rate liquor stores, appliances stores, pawn shops and the like.”

“Smoke and fire could be seen and smelled all over the city of Baltimore—particularly in Black neighborhoods,” the late Rev. Marion C. Bascom, a former bastion of Black Baltimore leadership, recalled in a Jan. 13, 2007 AFRO retrospective article on the riots. “This happened with a spontaneity that’s unbelievable: smoke—the terrible odor of it; people running and screaming in the streets; people breaking down and breaking into institutions or stores that had mistreated them and poor-priced them.”

Vandalism, looting and arson were reported on Monument and Aisquith streets, and on Greenmount Avenue and Harford Road in East Baltimore. On the West side, outbreaks were mainly concentrated along the Pennsylvania Avenue corridor, but stores along Fulton Avenue and on Whitelock Street were also vandalized and looted.

Pastors, community activists and political leaders such as Clarence and Parren Mitchell walked the streets trying to calm protestors. And there were unexpected voices, like that of then-

notorious drug kingpin Melvin Williams.

“Little Melvin (Williams) had talked to some of the guys to come together,” Clarence Mitchell recalled in an April 2008 AFRO article. “The hustlers of the day came from East Baltimore, they came from South Baltimore and they came from West Baltimore and they made appeals to the communities that they came from to stop the riots. The next day the riots had stopped.”

After four days of rioting, four people had been killed, 700 injured; there had been more than 600 fires, about 1,000 businesses had been looted or burned and 5,800 people had been arrested, according to an AFRO recounting.

The seeds of disillusionment, hurt and frustration that gave birth to the ’68 riots were in many ways responsible for the unrest that bloomed almost 50 years later.

“The same societal ills that beset African Americans in ’68 had been heightened over the years because of the lack of federal, state and local funding to correct many of the ills,” Bishop Miles said. “And what made it worse is the fact that the employment opportunities present in ’68 are virtually nonexistent in 2015, particularly Rust Belt jobs like those at Bethlehem Steel, which at its peak employed about 32,000 people.

“That employment has been replaced by minimum wage, part-time, often seasonal jobs in the service industry,” he continued. “And now the largest employer in poor communities

“We’re still recovering from a situation that occurred 40 years ago and now we have further destruction on top of it. This just sets us further back.”

– Sen. Nathaniel McFadden

in Baltimore is the illegal drug enterprise, which was virtually non-existent in 1968.”

The explosion of the drug trade in turn influenced the adoption of an aggressive, “broken windows” policing policy that fostered police mistreatment of African Americans and bred mistrust.

The slaying of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and countless other unarmed Blacks at the hands of police and vigilantes over the past few years triggered protests across the nation. And, the death of Freddie Gray, a Sandtown-Winchester resident, while in police custody on April 19, brought matters in Baltimore to a head.

Days of peaceful protest were transformed April 27, the day of Gray’s funeral, when a group of students began to taunt and throw missiles at police officers and their cars near Mondawmin Mall. The roving band proceeded down North Avenue, looting and burning stores, including a CVS on the corner of North and Pennsylvania avenues. Businesses in

Fells Point, on the East side were also targeted; and parts of Monument Street, around the commercial center, and buildings around Church Square were damaged. The biggest loss was that of Southern Baptist Church’s Mary Harvin Transformation Center, a $16 million project on the 1700 block of North Chester St. that would have provided affordable housing for seniors and a community center.

Activists and interfaith leaders, particularly the Rev. Jamal Bryant of Empowerment Temple, took to the streets, offering prayers to God and petitions to rioters to stop the destruction.

And, as the hustlers did in ‘68, members of the Crips, Bloods and Black Guerilla Family gangs also stepped up to try and renew the peace in 2015.

In all, at least 20 police officers were injured, more than 150 fires were started, more than 200 businesses from East to West Baltimore were damaged and more than 200 persons were arrested, according to reports.

The damage was nowhere near as far-ranging or extensive as that left in the wake of the ’68 riots.

“1968 saw the destruction of just about every business in the African-American community that was not African-American owned, many of which never returned to the community,” Bishop Miles said.

In fact there are still some burnt-up shells of businesses that were burned in 1968, particularly on Gay Street. But the new destruction compounded blight left behind 47 years ago, some leaders said.

“There are still vacant buildings from the ‘60s that were destroyed during the riots. And we have, for the last 30, 40 years, been trying to rebuild,” said Sen. Nathaniel McFadden, who represents communities on the East Side and who attends Southern Baptist Church, whose community center was burnt down.

“We’re still recovering from a situation that occurred 40 years ago and now we have further destruction on top of it. This just sets us further back.”

Bishop Miles concurred, saying the ’68 riots precipitated “White backlash” nationwide that led to further economic depression in Black communities and the rise of anti-Black political forces, and that impact has not ebbed.

“The ’68 riots created a sense of ill will by the majority community towards the African-American community that led to opposition to affirmative action, a rise in efforts to resuscitate restrictions to voting, neglect of urban communities and White flight from those communities,” he said. “2015, unfortunately, has the same potential to create that same set of dynamics unless people of goodwill in all communities choose to take a different path.”

The same slow-paced or nonexistent recovery that took place after 1968 will likely reoccur unless the philanthropic, business and government communities work together to create job opportunities, out-of-school activities for youth, economic development, reform the criminal justice system, etc. for Baltimore’s African-American communities, Bishop Miles continued.

“There needs to be the same type of strategy development for neighborhoods as was created for the development of downtown, a strategy that must go forward regardless of who is in the mayor’s office or the governor’s seat,” he said. “Unless that kind of higher commitment is made, three to five years from now we will be reliving the same type of turmoil that we are witnessing today.”

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Continued from A1 for me to sit on the sidelines for the first African-American president and it would have been hard for me to sit on the sidelines for possibly the first female president.”

Drane served as the executive director of the CBC from 2013-2015 under the tutelage of her political mentor, U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), who served as chairman of the organization during that time.

She had worked with Fudge in various staff capacities before becoming the administrative leader of the CBC.

and her hire guarantees that Hillary Clinton’s campaign is committed to working to earn every vote in our community,” Fudge said. “Whether it is criminal justice, education or healthcare, LaDavia understands the issues and how they impact our community.”

While her duties have not been defined at this point, it is clear that Drane will supervise the Black vote turning out for Clinton next year. The Black vote has played a crucial role in

“Whether it is criminal justice, education or healthcare, LaDavia understands the issues and how they impact our community.”

– Marcia Fudge

Drane holds a bachelor’s degree from Miami University and a law degree from Cleveland State University’s ClevelandMarshall College of Law, and has worked in the legal field before joining the Obama campaign in 2008.

Fudge said that she knows her protégé will make a difference for the Clinton campaign. “LaDavia was instrumental to the work and successes of the CBC during her time with us,

the election of presidents, starting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) winning Illinois in 1940 to win that year’s election over Republican Wendell Willkie; President Harry S. Truman’s (D) upset victory over Republican New York Gov. Thomas Dewey in 1948; Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy’s win over Republican Richard M. Nixon in 1960; and Democrat Jimmy Carter’s victory over President Gerald Ford (R) in

1976.

In 1992, Democrat Bill Clinton defeated Republican President George H.W. Bush with the support of Blacks in states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and even Georgia, in which Bill Clinton won only by 0.59 percent or about 9,000 votes.

Paul Brathwaite has served as executive director of the CBC and presently works as a principal for The Podesta Group, a lobbying and public affairs firm in the District.

Brathwaite said that “LaDavia will do a fantastic job as Secretary Clinton’s AfricanAmerican outreach director.

“However, LaDavia will need the organizational infrastructure and funding for her operation to be successful,” he said. “It’s just can’t be her. LaDavia needs African-American outreach regional directors, AfricanAmerican outreach state directors, and in some cases, African-American outreach city directors.”

Brathwaite said that Drane will need to have people who understand their cities and states well and the Clinton campaign needs to provide her the resources to work with in order to be successful. “In order for Hillary Clinton to win in 2016, she will need the turnout among Blacks that Obama had in 2008 and 2012,” he said.

Bowser knows that Drane is up to the challenge. “I am very excited for her,” the mayor said. “It is an awesome opportunity. LaDavia Drane is a consummate professional and she will do a great job for the Clinton campaign.”

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Continued from A1 of a Job” by Amy Traub, one in 10 people who are unemployed have been informed that they would not be hired because of negative credit report information. The article, cited by McDuffie in a statement, showed that one in seven denied job applicants were advised that they were not hired because of their credit. The article also showed that people of color and the chronically unemployed are adversely affected when their jobs search depends on creditworthiness.

D.C. Council members Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4), Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7), LaRuby May (D-Ward 7), Vincent Orange (D-At Large), Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) and Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1) have indicated favorable interest in McDuffie’s bill. Todd, who reportedly declared bankruptcy earlier in his life, thinks this bill is needed.

“I strongly believe that past mistakes should not prohibit our residents from attaining future success,” Todd said. “This legislation will provide those with perseverance and discipline an opportunity for a fresh start.”

B. Doyle Mitchell, the president and CEO of Industrial Bank, one of the country’s largest Black-owned banks, said Industrial conducts credit checks for potential employees.

“We would not turn somebody down solely based on poor credit,” Mitchell said. “It is part of the application process because our employees handle –Brandon Todd large amounts of cash.”

Thomas Penny, the general manager of the Courtyard by Marriott Convention Center in downtown Washington, said that as a matter of policy, they don’t conduct credit checks until a conditional offer is made, which is what McDuffie’s bill mandates.

“When we do a credit check, it is position-specific,” Penny said. “If a potential employee will be working in the food and beverage area or housekeeping, credit is not as critical as if they are handling cash. We handle these matters on a case-by-case basis.”

Both Mitchell and Penny say they have hired some people with less than perfect credit because they felt that the applicant would be a good, trustworthy employee.

Harry Wingo, the president and CEO of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, said that he and his staff are examining McDuffie’s legislation. “We at the chamber support any effort to remove barriers to employment,” Wingo said.

“However, we have to look at hard at any effort to restrict businesses in the operation of their businesses.”

Wingo said that background checks, whether credit or character, are vital for a business to determine the best applicant for a particular job.

“We look forward to working with McDuffie on the details of this bill,” he said.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) said that she hasn’t read McDuffie’s bill but will approach with an open mind.

“I am always looking for ways for people to get jobs,” Bowser said. “My ears are always open for that.”

“I strongly believe that past mistakes should not prohibit our residents from attaining future success.”

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By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO

For thousands of youth living in the D.C. metropolitan area the threat of violence creates constant fear. From random assaults and homicides positioned in the news media as commonplace, to the often-used refrain that victims were “in the wrong place at the

Tips for Helping Youth Manage Grief

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO

Awa Jangha, an art therapist and pastoral counselor with Art and Spirit Counseling in Northeast, D.C., offers the following suggestions to parents and neighbors of youth experiencing grief. Using a holistic approach to therapy, Art and Spirit utilizes art media and faith to assist families through the grief process.

Grief and depression can look similar.

Over time if you notice that your child’s grief continues to affect his or her ability to do school work, socialize, sleep, eat, and/or engage in daily normal activities that they did prior to the death, then you may want to check in with them and with their school counselor to find out if any other events are contributing to their experience.

Parents should: • Maintain your normal routine to reinforce structure during a time when things feel unpredictable and possibly overwhelming; • Be open to grieving together – If the parent is close to the person who died it is important to remember that children and teens observe how adults close to them handle grief and tend to follow suit. If you completely hide your grief, your child may receive the message that it is not okay to cry, grieve, or talk about the person who died.

Other advice: • If you don’t know what to say, sometimes you do not have to say anything at all. Don’t let the idea of having to have the “right words” keep you from supporting others (children, classmates, etc.). Just your presence can be immensely helpful.

• If there are court proceedings involved, reconciling the loss may be more of a challenge because often some of the grief work is postponed until litigation is completed.

Grief is a process that is different for each person. While each person’s experience may be unique, it is good to remember that you do not have to go through it alone and that it is normal to experience grief at unexpected times.

wrong time,” a growing sense of fear and grief have come to characterize adolescent development. Think tanks like the Rand Corporation have found that inner-city communities often incur rates of posttraumatic stress (PTSD) symptoms among young people comparable to those seen in veterans of the Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq wars. Recognizing the symptoms of associated grief, depression, and chronic stress, however, is often clouded by stereotypes, leaving sufferers to go untreated.

Chronic stress and prolonged grieving cycles have a profound impact on the physical and mental well-being of young people. Sleeplessness, anxiety, cardiovascular disease, behavioral problems, and complaints of headaches or stomachaches are common. Among middle and junior high school students in urban school systems, 41 percent reported witnessing a stabbing or shooting in the past year; and 83 percent reported experiencing one or more traumatic events themselves.

The epidemic of trauma-related stress and grief, however, becomes most evident in hospital visits and school disciplinary hearings.

Chaz Kohlreiser, a certified counselor at the Wendt Center in D.C., works with young people, aged 6-21, suffering complex trauma as the result of losing friends to violence. He said treatment requires re-establishing their sense of community beyond the sidewalk memorials and candlelight vigils.

“Our young people are dealing with the loss of friends and classmates from backto-back murders, with them sometimes witnessing those homicides and other times hearing graphic details about them.

Their sense of trust, safety, and control are taken away,” Kohlreiser said. “Many have grown sick of going to the vigils and may be experiencing a sort of numbness that desensitizes their reactions.”

Kohlreiser said that clinical researchers are beginning to recognize that not feeling safe in their own communities keeps these young people from expressing the grief of loss, particularly if they come from rocky households where domestic violence or absenteeism already exist.

Such was the case with LaShawna Duncan, who attended more than 20 friends’ funerals in one year and is currently being treated for PTSD-symptoms.

“I used to be afraid to step outside my door because so much was happening in my neighborhood, so I stayed in the house; then stray bullets started hitting the sides of the apartment building,” said LaShawna, who lives near Stanton Road in Southeast.

“Where do you go when everywhere you stand could be where you die?”

LaShawna, who lived with extended family members, said no one paid attention to her grief or fears until it turned into anger and she was suspended for fighting at school.

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“…a growing sense of fear and grief have come to characterize adolescent development.” she said.

Robert T. Phillips, an Annapolis-based psychiatrist, said that as unresolved grief morphs into a more intensified complicated grief, adolescent behavioral issues may manifest in acting out or fighting, similar to LaShawna’s.

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parents, and community members should seek professional help for grieving teens if dysfunctional and non-developmentally appropriate behaviors become consistently present in their lives.”

Phillips said that assuming the passage of time will necessarily heal deep wounds is a false hope that blocks healthy individual development. “Intentionally connecting grieving adolescents with professional help can potentially break the cycle of violence in the African-American community and the community at-large,” Phillips said.

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What’s The What: Small Businesses Struggle In Wake Of Riots

By Kamau High Special to the AFRO

Last week I attended the Maryland Business Recovery Workshop on Morgan State University’s campus. The event was ostensibly about connecting small businesses damaged by the riots with state and federal agencies that could help them with loans, grants, insurance questions and other such matters.

What it turned into was a searing indictment of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s handling of the riots, accusations that the police did not care about small crimes and worry that something similar would happen again.

Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford opened the event, with a group of close to 100 business owners and operators, by saying, “A lot of the challenges the city has were not caused overnight or a couple of weeks ago. We’re going to be looking to long term solutions to address some of those challenges. And you’re part of that. Getting you back up and running and helping you to expand and to be able to do business in the city. To be able to hire. To be able to pay taxes. All of those things. Hopefully we’ll be able to lower the taxes. To be able to be productive is what our objective is.�

What followed were presentations from the Small Business Administration, the Maryland Insurance Commission, the Department Business and Economic Development, the Baltimore Development Corporation and several others. The entire spiel took several hours and by the time the floor was opened to general questions at the end the mood had shifted from one of expectation to anger.

The main problem seems to have been that many of the talks focused on giving new loans to people who already had massive loans from running their businesses. And while several of the representatives of the various agencies stressed that they did offer forgivable loans—loans that would not have to be paid back if certain conditions were met—much of the audience took issue with having to take on a another loan instead of receiving some form of government assistance.

Otman Damoun, the owner of Charles Village Dollar Plus, was one such speaker. “A loan is a sword hanging over your

“We need people to come invest in Baltimore. Just yesterday someone got mugged behind my store and it took the police 30 minutes to get there.� – Otman Damoun, local business owner

Community members aid in the clean up at Pennsylvania and North Avenues following the riots. head that takes a piece of you every month. If you’re not going to give us a grant then you may as well tell us to close down,� he said. “We need people to come invest in Baltimore. Just yesterday someone got mugged behind my store and it took the police 30 minutes to get there.�

As a parade of proprietors continued to lambaste what they saw as the city not doing enough to help them, many of the representatives seemed stunned by the vitriol. Kerry DeVilbiss, East Team Director for the Baltimore Development Corporation, said “You’re right. We’re sitting up here on a panel trying to help you all and you’re out their running your businesses. As a Baltimore resident and part of a third generation of businesses owners I know this [the riots] rocked your world.�

The shadow of more riots hung in the air. Asked by a business owner if more riots would happen if the six police officers indicted in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray while in police custody were acquitted DeVilbiss paused and then said, “Will it happen again? I don’t know. I certainly hope it won’t.�

As with many discussions of events in Baltimore, race and

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class were an undercurrent. Lewis Evans, president of On Demand Labor Baltimore, a temporary worker agency, brought it to the fore when he stood up and said, “Many of the people here, they had no problem destroying neighborhoods. They [the rioters] destroyed your business because you destroyed their neighborhood. Many of these businesses don’t deserve to go back into the neighborhood. When I see stores with lines of Black customers but no Black employees, I wonder what they’re doing for the neighborhood.� Evans’ statements were met with an uncomfortable silence and the meeting broke up soon thereafter.

Murders are up. Tourism is down. Drugs from the looted pharmacies have flooded the streets. Summer is here and school is out. The question is what, if anything, can the Mayor do to make Baltimore safem not only for tourists but for its residents as well?

Kamau High is a journalist living in Baltimore and can be reached at kamauhigh@yahoo.com.

SOUTHERN MARYLAND RAPID TRANSIT STUDY

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5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Surrattsville High School 6101 Garden Drive Clinton, MD 20735

Note: The same project information will be presented at each meeting. Brief presentations will be given at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. The public can stop by anytime between 5:30 and 8 p.m. * The Maryland State Highway Administration will provide information on the US 301/MD 5 MattawomanBeantown and the US 301/MD 228/MD 5 Business Planning Studies only at the June 11 Progress Meeting.

The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), in collaboration with Prince George’s County and Charles County, is hosting progress meetings to provide updates on the Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Study (SMRT). The ultimate goal of the SMRT Study is to select a locally preferred alternative for high-capacity rapid transit improvements along the MD 5/US 301 corridor from the Branch Avenue Metrorail station to the Waldorf/White Plains area.

We welcome your comments and suggestions. MTA project staff and consultants will be available to answer your questions throughout the evening and you will be able to provide feedback on new information being presented. Written comments can be submitted at the progress meetings, emailed to smrt@mta.maryland. gov or by visiting the project website mta.maryland.gov/smrt. Mailed comments will also be accepted at: Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Study, SMRT Project Manager, Project Development, 6 St. Paul Street, 9th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202.

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Ferguson is Still Everywhere If You’re Black

It’s been 250 days since our fallen brethren Michael Brown Jr. was fatally shot in Canfield Apartments in Ferguson, Mo. by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson.

Wilson got rich, famous, and a vacation after killing Mike Brown, a phenomenon that is occurring all too often across the U. S. In fact, an MXGM (Malcolm X Grassroots Movement) study has reported that every 28 hours a Black person is killed by police.

Accountability is the key.

Accountability is the answer.

As you may remember, Rika Tyler and Wilson was not indicted T-Dubb-O and the community of the Saint Louis and Saint Louis County Region still suffers for it. Ferguson’s response sparked a movement and uprising from people of different congregations, ethnicities, genders, and ages nationwide to stand up against this system and be a voice for Black, brown, and oppressed people.

“Why don’t normal morals and human standards apply to police officers?”

Since the killing of Michael Brown, there have been numerous similar killings and then protests, rallies, direct actions, and more. Yet it will not stop. From private attorneys to the Department of Justice, there have been several investigations of shootings of unarmed AfricanAmericans; yet we still cannot fully attain the transparency or accountability that we deserve from police officers.

Ferguson is still everywhere if you’re Black.

Therefore, we must start moving in a way to create our own narrative. This means doing our own investigations of these incidents involving officers, who are sworn to protect and serve us. The system itself also needs investigating.

In other words, we need policies that establish accountability. Accountability by police would mean

them taking responsibility, being liable and answerable for these travesties of justice. Looking at what accountability actually means, can we as a nation say our police departments are truly held accountable for their fumbling of community relationships?

The constant mistakes, bad judgement, racist motives and lack of transparency would result in immediate termination in any other fields in this country. Why don’t normal morals and human standards apply to police officers?

They tell us police have the right to make it home.

Well shouldn’t every citizen in this country have the right to make it home? Or how about the right to be able to sleep in your home and not be killed due to reckless gun fire by police like 7-year-old Aiyana Jones who was killed by Detroit police during a raid at her home. Final charges against Joseph Weekley, the cop who shot her, were dismissed early this year.

We must hold these officers accountable. In the Saint Louis Region there have been at least 10 more police involved killings since Michael Brown Jr. which happened in August of 2014. Around the nation, there are too many names to name with similar circumstances with no transparency and no justice in the system: Kimberly Randall King, Vonderritt Myers Jr., Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, and more recently Freddie Gray of Baltimore.

Fortunately there are indictments of the officers in the Freddie Gray case, but for the most part around the country, there is currently no way to hold these departments accountable. It seems as if they run the nation and we serve them instead of the other way around.

During protests in Ferguson, municipalities established many unconstitutional rules. For example, they refused to wear name badges even after the Department of Justice said they were legally obligated to do so. They refused to identify themselves. They continued to use illegal unnecessary force against citizens. Ferguson Police officers even issued a five-

second rule stating that a person could be subject to arrest if they stood still for longer than five seconds while protesting.

A federal court ruled against it. Yet, police officers are still on the normal predator policing tactic.

The Department of Justice released a report confirming all the racial targeting that the Ferguson Police Department practiced against people of color and oppressed people in general. Yet, police still use shoot first tactics because there is no one holding them accountable. Ferguson is still everywhere if you are Black.

T-Dubb-O, a Hip-Hop artist, is a director for Hands Up United, a grass roots organization building towards the liberation of oppressed Black, Brown and Poor people through education, art, civil disobedience, advocacy and agriculture.

Rika Tyler, a community organizer and advocate for children, is a program director of Hands Up United.

She works to ensure programs are aligned to serving the community of Ferguson and the Greater St. Louis area.

This article is second of an op-ed series on behalf of the Civil Rights Coalition on Police Reform. For more information, please visit www.lawyerscommittee.org.

I Love the Thought of Leaving Baltimore, But It’s Finally Starting to Feel Like Home For the past two years, I have been counting down the days until I am free.

Ever since my brother had a gun pointed at his face while sitting at a bus stop, I have tried to picture a place where I will feel safe. I have dreamed about what that place would look like.

I am going to college soon, and lately, college is all I can think about. It is all I can talk about. It occupies Glory Aganze every thought in my mind.

Barongozi It is not that I love the thought of college. Rather, I love the thought of leaving Baltimore.

Witnessing what has happened in Baltimore is heartbreaking. Before Baltimore, I lived as a refugee in Uganda, and I spent my days and nights longing for the day when I would be able to leave for the United States. Before Uganda, I lived in Bukavu, in the eastern part of Congo, and when war broke out, I spent my days and nights longing for the day I would leave for Uganda.

And here I am again, with a feeling of deja vu. Longing.

Longing for the day I will leave Baltimore for college.

Except this time, something feels different. I do not know how or why, but during the past couple of weeks, I have realized that I have formed a relationship with Baltimore.

Maybe it is because I am tired of running, or maybe it is

because I grew and matured here, but it is happening. And it feels strange and unusual.

As a refugee living in Baltimore, I must accept the fact that there is simply nowhere else to go.

Everywhere I go, I will be Black. Perhaps somewhere in the world I will be accepted. I have heard Dubai is full of

“I do not know how or why, but during the past couple of weeks, I have realized that I have formed a relationship with Baltimore.” wealth and is a land of immigrants. London and Paris and Tokyo and Berlin sound lovely.

But I will still be Black.

When I left Uganda for the United States, I was searching for the American Dream. I was promised an equal opportunity to achieve success through hard work, determination and initiative. I had no idea that this would be largely impossible because of the color of my skin. I still boil with anger when asked to fill in on various paperwork my race because it reminds me of the discrimination and stereotypes that have destroyed my belief in the American Dream.

In the future, I picture myself leading a large company or organization, but part of me feels as if this is impossible in

a White man’s country. As I prepare to attend the University of Maryland, I think of what a career in the mining business would look like. I had an uncle who worked in mining in Congo, and I know that I would be able to make good money and leave the United States.

Must I really leave this country to truly find success and prosperity?

In Uganda, I did not have food, and my mother, who raised me on her own, did not have enough money to pay for me to go to school. She could not find work, and I hated every second I spent in that country. But my mother always provided for me, and she always made sure that I felt safe.

I cannot say the same about my life in Baltimore. I was the lowest-level citizen one could find in Uganda; here, in the “Land of Opportunity,” I feel even lower. But I am tired of running.

It is time I stayed in one place and learned to challenge and confront the issues that make me want to leave. I will go to college, but I will come back to Baltimore. I will fight for my rights and for the rights of my friends, classmates and family members, many of whom very easily could have ended up like Freddie Gray. I will protest, find my voice and find my people. And when I fall asleep at night to the sound of helicopters flying overhead, I will no longer dream of running. I will dream of staying. I will dream of fighting to make a difference. I will dream of how amazing it will feel when I finally find a place where I belong.

The writer is a senior at Digital Harbor High School.

This fall, he will study business at the University of Maryland.

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2015 Little Miss Jabberwock, Khalen Janae’ Turner; 1st runner up, Aniya Simone Dyer; 2nd runner up, Leila Stephanie McDonnaugh; 3rd runner up, Neveah Pillan Awkard and 4th runner up, Corrine Kadijah Lewis

Mothers with contestants

The Prince George’s County DELTA Alumnae Foundation in partnership with the Prince George’s County Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority proudly hosted its 10th Biennial Jabberwock Cotillion, under the theme, “Dazzling Diamonds Daring to Dream” on May 3 at Martin’s Camelot in Upper Marlboro, Md. The Jabberwock committee Jabberwock process spans a period of at members, special guests and least six months, offering a number of cultural, media educational and social opportunities for the participants; it is comparable to a rite of passage experience that culminates an afternoon of absolute sophisticated elegance for young ladies from middle Presentation of Little school to high school to young adulthood. The ultimate goal Miss Jabberwock is to assist young women of color in becoming productive contestants Nia Danielle Rooney, 1st runner up; leaders in the community and beyond. The program is Kendall Alexis Baker, 2nd place runner two-tiered which allows younger girls, ages 8 - 12, to up; Leah Nicole Herring, 2015 Miss compete in the Little Miss Jabberwock component.

Jabberwock and Morgan Elizabeth Anderson, 3rd runner up

Committee members: Dr. Katina JanuaryVance, chair; Bernadine Jordan-Howard,cochair; Cynthia Birks and Patrice Watson

Presentation of Little Miss Jabberwock contestants with their fathers

Shannon Cross, emcee

Jazz singer Lori Williams

Miriam L. Brewer, Greta Wiggins-Lewis and Carol Moses, chapter president

The planning committee headed by Dr. Katina January-Vance (7th from right)

Past Miss and Little Miss Jabberwocks

Priscilla Smalls and Marcia Fields Milton

The Proud Fathers

Fathers and Miss Jabberwock Waltz

Photos by Rob Roberts

Lisa Hasegawa, executive director, National CAPACD

Racial Gap Panel: Heather Boushey, William Emmons, William Spriggs, Dean Baker, Judy Woodruff

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (DMo.)

Angela Glover Blackwell

Emcee Kelvin Boston, president of Moneywise Financial Solutions

Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.)

Rep. Maxine Waters (DCA), Maya Rockeymoore, president and

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J.C. Watts, chairman, Watts Partners Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.), U.S. House of Representatives

Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) Kelvin Boston, Rep. Gutierrez (D-Ill.), Maya Rockeymoore and Henry Ramos

Every year, the Color of Wealth summit engages members of Congress, Congressional staff, the media, and the public in a dialogue about the racial wealth gap, its effect on marginalized households, its impact on the U.S. economy, and solutions for closing the gap. For every dollar in wealth held by the typical White family in 2011, typical Latino and African-American families only own six and five cents,

Kelvin Boston, Anne Price, managing program director and chief asset building officer, Insight Center for Community Economic Development; Tanya Fiddler, awardee, executive director, Four Bands Community Fund; Maya Rockeymoore; Henry Ramos, CEO, Insight

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Lost in the conversation about inequality in America has been the fact that racial and ethnic wealth inequality is more stark, has a devastating impact on households of color, and, if left unchecked, will have profound implications for the U.S. economy as the nation’s demographics shift over the next few decades.

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Jack and Jill of America Alumni’s Executive Board Members - 1963-1983 1st Row - Left to right: Muriel Gates, Ivy Gates-Smith, Lynda M. Brown, Penny Davis Morris, Donnice E. Brown, Steward D. Beckham, 2nd Row - Left to right - Roland Gelby, Dr. Felicia Hill Briggs, Kim Mumby Green, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Talmira Hill DeLana, and Catherine Howard

Danielle Brown, Regular Member at Large, Angel M. Walker, 35th President Baltimore Chapter, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake

Jack and Jill of America held its 70th Anniversary Gala, in Downtown Baltimore, April 18, with Johns Hopkins University & Medicine as the Chapter’s Pink & Blue Sponsor. Now in its 47th year, the chapter has been an impressive force in this community, and through its

philanthropic arm, has lived up to their theme, “The Power to Make a Difference.”

This historical organization is well and thriving with Angel M. Walker, the 35th president of the Baltimore Chapter; gala chair and co-chair, Mellasenah Edwards and Angela GinnMeadow, members and their families who have made significant things happen for the benefit of others, like the Franklin Square Elementary Middle School, their community service partner.

Kai Jackson, News Anchor WBFF Fox 45, served as emcee and music was presented by the Tim Green Jazz Associates - mothers with children who have graduated from Ensemble.

Jack and Jill of America

Erin Drew Spruill, recording secretary; Taiwan Johnson, editor; Marian Callaway, president of Jack and Jill America

Opening Remarks Kia Jackson, emcee, News Anchor WBFF Fox 45

Group of Franklin Square Middle School teachers

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Rep. Elijah E. Cummings gave a riveting speech about the chapter’s commitment to community detailing their focused service, time, money, and history of helping children and families.

The night ended with spirited dancing with the music of DJ Little Mic.

Darryl & Lisa Armstrong

Shelley Bennett and Smittie Ridiney

Evan and Cheryl Mickel Kelly Swoope of Channel 2 News and husband, Timothy Holloway

Catherine Howard (was a child in Jack & Jill) and Granville Herndon Jr.

Left to right - Angela M. Walker, president Baltimore Chapter, Dr. Kirk Crawley, Terry Patton, Award Recipient for Franklin Square Middle School Joy and Reginno Brown

Marilyn Mosby, state’s attorney and Nick Mosby, Councilman

Nadine Turner, parliamentarian

NyRise and Over Accessorized presented its Night of Networking Event, “Believe and Move,” April 23, at The Forum, located at 4210 Primrose Avenue in Baltimore, Md. This was a first time event with great hosts, Del. Antonio Hayes and Essence Magazine Lifestyle and Relationship Editor Charreah Jackson. There was an impressive list of speakers that included, Wells Fargo Sr. VP Monica Mitchell, who is a Big Brother & Big Sister Mentor. She reflected on the importance of following up and remaining consistent, adding that “that perspective

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake, who had to stop to reflect as she spoke with heart felt emotion about her work on behalf of the children in our city

Left to Right Talmadge Hill-Son of a Founding Baltimore Chapter Member Frances Hill, Shirley Hill, Felicia Hill-Briggs, Talmaria Hill-DeLena Lawrence Gilliard Jr., actor, Walking Dead and The Wire, Alumni of Franklin Square Middle School

dictates your reality.” Radio Personality Frank Ski spoke about being successful and maintaining correctness and integrity. Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon stated that having respect, education, and replacing the word “can’t do” in one’s vocabulary is key. Success Coach Curt Anderson encouraged attendees to think about the importance of mentoring your children, as he and his wife have helped their own two children 13 and 15, both authors of a series of children books, called: “Dream Chasers,” to become successful entrepreneurs.

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings Story and photos by Da’Rrell L. Privott

Antonio Hayes, Frank Ski-, Monica Mitchell, Nykidra Roberson, Katie Marie Fickling, Sheila Dixon, Curt Anderson, Charreah Jackson

Story and photos by Da’Rrell L. Privott

Left to right, Denisha L.Queen and Cailah Brock Frank Ski, radio personality chats with Sheila Dixon, former Baltimore mayor Katie Marie Fickling and Charreah Jackson

Monica Mitchell and Shalita O’Neale

Angela Johnson

Kelly Daniels, Alberta Fennoy, Nykidra Roberson, Tiffany Fennoy

Hosts 40th District Delegate Antonio Hayes and Charreah Jackson, Essence Lifestyle & Relationship Editor

Maurice Bradford, local artist

Nishan Gugsa

Sheila Dixon, former Baltimore mayor; Frank Ski, radio personality and journalist and Da’Rrell Privott, entrepreneur and journalist Frank B. Coakley and success coaches Tishina and Curt Anderson

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ARTS & CULTURE

Singer Akon Offers Assistance with African Energy Crisis

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO The African continent holds some of the world’s richest natural resources from stones and gems to the boxite necessary for laptops and smartphones. Still, millions of Africans remain disconnected from electricity and the freedom to work beyond the sun’s light and power. That will all change soon, with the help of acclaimed singer Akon, who recently launched a Solar Academy in Bamako, Mali.

The initiative “Akon Lighting Africa” trains local African engineers and entrepreneurs in the production of solar power and will bring solar power to over 600 million Africans.

According to Akon, who is SenegaleseAmerican, the goal is two-pronged: provide clean alternative energy, as well as great, meaningful jobs.

“We’ve actually overachieved. We’re beyond a million households now and are 14 countries,” Akon told Al Jazeera. “We started off creating solar energy in rural areas in households and now we are fitting in streetlamps throughout countries. We’re putting solar in all the countries and employing the locals to keep things in order.”

Founders of Akon Lighting Africa have initiated an aggressive campaign to

“We have the sun and innovative technologies to bring electricity to homes and communities.”

– Samba Bathily

The initiative “Akon Lighting Africa” trains local African engineers and entrepreneurs in the production of solar power and will bring solar power to over 600 million Africans. introduce a broader scale of energy and an expedited deployment. To achieve this, the Akon Lighting Africa initiative involves the installation of three types of solar-powered equipment: public street lighting, solar

DC Jazz Festival Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Top Artists

By Kelly-Ann Brown Howard University News Service

programs that introduce students and adults from all walks of life to jazz, our nation’s singular original art form,” according to its organizers.

The festival also offers “pay-as-you-can” and free performances throughout the week as part of one of

River, where performances will be held at local libraries and senior wellness centers.

Other festival programs include DC JazzFest at the Yards June 12 and 13 in Yards Park at Capital Riverfront, DC JazzFest at the Hamilton hotel from June 10 to 16 and the

The DC Jazz Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with over 125 performances across more than 60 venues throughout the Washington area. The festivities run from June 10 to June 16 and aid in the DC Jazz Festival’s mission to diversify the jazz audience and expand its following.

The festival lineup will feature the musical styling of a variety of artists, including the Afro Horn Sextet, The Bad Trio plus renowned saxophonist Joshua Redman, the Charlie Hunter Trio, Academy Awardwinning rapper Common, the sevenmember Cookers band, and bassist/ singer/composer sensation Esperanza Esperanza Spalding (top,) Joshua Redman and Common Spalding as well as (bottom) will perform at the DC Jazz Festival. up and coming talent.

Since its inception, the festival its major features, Jazz in Capital Bop DC Jazz Loft has sought to provide, the ‘Hoods.

Series from June 11 to 13. “enriching and entertaining In its fifth consecutive The festival also features jazz performances and year, this series partners an education component with varies through its Roberta Flack venues throughout Education Program. One Washington – from is Jazz for a Healthier local clubs to Generation, which uses the galleries to bring the genre to promote a healthier musical influences of lifestyle and encouragement jazz to communities for the ill. Another is Jazzin’ that might not at Sitar, “a year-round otherwise have the weekly instrument and jazz exposure. history sessions for Sitar This is especially music students,” according true for the East to dcjazzfest.org.

River JazzFest, which caters For more information on specifically to DC Jazz Festival, including residents of Ward event schedules and artist 7 and Ward 8, both biographies, visit the official east of the Anacostia website, www.dcjazzfest.org.

micro-generators for use by communities and household connection kits.

“In Guinea-Conakry, we have 30,000 street lights there and it is awesome. These are places where at night you could not even drive or walk out at night because you’d have no clue where you were going,” Akon said. “We also have 100,000 home systems in selected villages and are still expanding and that’s just one country,” Akon said.

Akon’s solar panel in Africa initiative was launched in February 2014, via a partnership with entrepreneur Samba Bathily. Among the countries impacted: Senegal, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, and Kenya.

“We have the sun and innovative technologies to bring electricity to homes and

communities. We now need to consolidate African expertise,” said Baithily. “We are doing more than just investing in clean energy.

We are investing in human capital. We can achieve great milestones and accelerate the African transformation process on condition that we start training a new generation of highly-qualified African engineers, technicians and entrepreneurs now.”

Sierra Leone-native Fatu Kabba, of Alexandria, Virginia said Akon’s efforts will have a long-lasting and powerful effect on his country. “There is some power already there, but when you go into the hillside where my grandparents live, you have the night sky and the stars only to light your path,” Kabba said.

“When you begin talking about the need for grids to handle digital devices like cellphones and computers that run whenever you want, that is something the younger generation must have in order to compete and succeed globally.”

With 70 percent of the continent’s inhabitants under the age of 35, having access to sustainable energy sources propels many into digital spaces that allow them to interact with the rest of the world and bridge the digital divide in concrete ways.

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“REGINALD F. LEWIS MUSEUM CELEBRATES 10 YEARS”

Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying your week so far.

My calendar is almost full for this month with so many events indoors and out. This is also my busy time of the year because I have not only been invited to do book signing, but I am also covering events for my columns. I am not complaining. I am enjoying every monument of it.

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum is celebrating its 10th year Anniversary with a lot of music, dancing and educating the public on Black History. At 7 p.m., June 18, the museum will present Maysa who will perform her album “Blue Velvet Soul.”

Maysa has sung in Stevie Wonder’s backup band and has

appeared on Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever soundtrack. She has toured as a solo artist and internationally with Incognito. The museum will continue to celebrate, 8 p.m., June 20 at Morgan’s Murphy Fine Arts Center, featuring the Maysa’s “Blue Velvet Soul” was Dance Theatre of nominated for a Grammy in Harlem. These are seven categories. In line with the ticketed events. For Reginald F. Lewis Museum 10th more information, Anniversary Month to promote call 410-243-3790 Maryland African American or 443-263-1800. culture makers, Baltimore-born From 10 a.m. to 5 songstress Maysa will be in p.m., June 25 is their concert 7 p.m., June 18 at the Birthday Open House Museum, 830 E. Pratt Street. For with free admission. ticket information, call 443-263My goodness 1800. gracious! We need to put on our shouting shoes for this. It is right up the road a piece (as the southerners would say). It is the “Best of the Best in Gospel” presented by Mt. Hill Missionary Baptist Church at the Bridgeton Senior High School, 111 Northwest Avenue in Bridgeton, N.J. on June 13. This gospel concert will feature The 5 Blind Boys of Jackson, Mississippi, Highway QC’s, Gospel Keynotes, Jay Caldwell & the Gospel Ambassadors, the Exciting Stephens Singers, Renewed of the Carolinas, James Nesmith & the Original Gospel Helpers, Deacon Leslie Pittman & Harmonica Gospel and the Inspiring Hank. For ticket information, call 609-680-7175.

While you are on the road you can check out some blues.

That’s right folks. Tinner Hill Blues Festival is June 12 thru the 14 at the State Theatre, 220 N. Washington Street in Falls Church, Va. They call it “Nights of Blazing Boogie Woogie Blues” with all day concerts in Cherry Hill Park on June 13 and a Blues Brunch on June 14 at JV’s Restaurant. The line-up are Daryl Davis, Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, Deanna Bogart, Selwyn Birchwood, Arlen Roth, Jimmy Thackery, Shirleta Settles, and Blue Steel Blues, just to name a few. For more information, you can email Nikki at thbf2015@gmail.com. or

www.tinnerhill.org.

Alright my dear friends, because it will be a couple of weeks before I talk to you again, I want to wish all the fathers under the sound of my voice and the sight of my words, a very Happy Father’s Day. Be happy, safe and enjoy your special day.

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Featuring: The Darrell McFadden & The Fantastic Disciples, Pittman & The Burden Lifters, Kenny Davis & the Melodyaires Sparkey & The Tones of Joy and many more at Brown’s Brittney Wright, Grammy Memorial Baptist Church; nominated songwriter and 3215 Belvedere Avenue. singer will perform at a For tickets, call 410-358“Father’s Heart” Father’s 9661.

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Topics: State of Black Business in Baltimore, Developing an Action Plan to promote & support Bmore Black Businesses!

• Rebuilding Ground Zero, Penn – North Cultural Corridor • Arch Social Club Revitalization & Musical Legacy Mural • Baltimore City African American Business, Tourism, Entertainment, Heritage & Preservation Commission (See Baltimore City Council Resolution 15-0204R, introduced Feb 23, 2015) • A Taste of Soul Light Refreshments, Panel Discussions, Special Guests, Open Discussion 6 to 8:30 p.m., July 9 at Arch Social Club, 2426 Pennsylvania Avenue

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Planting Trees to Remember Freddie Gray Parks & People Foundation along with the Maryland Master Gardener Program came together in support for a tree planting for the late Freddie Gray, May 30, in the 1700 block of Presbury Street. Kliffi Blackstone of the Parks & People Foundation Community Forestry Project Organizer and Cathy Allen organizer for this event from The Maryland Master Gardener Program designed to train volunteer horticultural educators for University of Maryland Extension.

After receiving 40-50 hours of basic

Catherine Allen 7 yrs. old and Kahlil Adams 3 yrs. old working

#OneBaltimore Community Day Hosted

by Word of God Church In the light of April’s unrest and recent gun violence in Baltimore, Word of God Church and Ministries teamed up with several area businesses and organizations to bring hope, love, service and fun to its community. So on May 30, they literally shut down the street to serve the residents of the Garrison and Forest Park neighborhoods through its Community Day. It was free food, personal prayer, games for children as well as health and social services. The NAACP conducted voter registration and criminal record expungement assistance.

St. Agnes Hospital and University of Maryland Medical Center provided

Pastor Keith Green praying with community member Photos by Nicole Green and Aaron Gilliam

access to free or reduced breast and colonoscopy exams. And there were free pony rides for the children.

The Word of God S.W.A.T. (Soul Winning Advance Team) mobile along with

Kliffi Blackstone, Parks & People Foundation Community Forestry Project Organizer training from University of Maryland professionals, Marylanders then have knowledge of how to cultivate garden spaces and manage landscapes sustainably using research-based information. Then they agree to work in their communities. On this day at Baltimore’s Gilmore Homes many supporters and volunteers, young, old, from the community, and not, came together among many neighborhood memorials: Beautiful murals located on 1700 Block of Presbury St. and the 1700 Block of N. Fulton Avenue, and Freddie Gray Garden located at the corner of

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the 1600 Blk. of N. Mount St. and 1700 Block of Presbury St. It was hot, the work was hard, but even the little kids persevered and smiled as they worked to change their environment.

The trees planted represent new life, color

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dozens of S.W.A.T. members marched from Walbrook Junction Shopping Center, 3421 Clifton Ave. down Garrison Boulevard to the church as a sign of unity with and support of the community.

The Rev. Keith Green, Word of God’s pastor, said this was their first of many steps in establishing relationships with surrounding businesses that will be beneficial to their success and that of the community.

The Church is located at 3220 Garrison Blvd. and can be contacted through wogbaltimore.org or 410-6646454.

amongst the cement, kids growing up with the trees, and Baltimore on the mend as this is planned to continue with both organizers into the court yards, school lawns, and more communities.

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Growing up Hafu

By Marsha R. Joyner Special to the AFRO Ariana Miyamoto crowned Miss UniverseJapan, endured abuse after winning the crown because she is Hafu. Ariana Miyamoto, who is part African-American, became the first biracial person to represent Japan in the Miss Universe contest when she won the national qualifying pageant in Tokyo.

To say I was surprised at the verbal abuse I read in the comment sections of the various newspapers is an understatement. Because there are 38,000 active duty military stationed on land in Japan and 11,000 afloat with 85 military facilities and the military has access to 77,000 acres of land; is it reasonable not to expect co-habitation with this many young healthy Americans living in Japan. I thought the perhaps that day had passed.

Despite shifting demographics, about 20,000 children are born annually to mixed racial parents Japan Hafu, (the Japanese word

for half) who have grown up in Japan as native Japanese speakers and are still considered foreign by many, even if they have a Japanese passport.

Hafu children are minorities so they struggle to fit into the mainstream Japanese society that constantly teaches the Ariana Miyamoto importance of harmony and unity.

Why is it so difficult to be Hafu in Japan? Japanese society is of one nation, one language and one culture.

There is a saying: “The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.” In spite of the fact that they speak fluent Japanese, Hafu children are often bullied in school just because they are different.

The new Miss UniverseJapan was born and raised in Japan. Her mother is Japanese and her father is an African American who was stationed at the U.S. naval base in Sasebo, Japan. As a child, she endured daily discrimination and racial taunts.

“In school I had trash

thrown at me and was laughed at, and everyone pretended not to notice.

When I was talking to my friends in the classroom, both boys and girls would be told not to talk to me,” she said.

On field trips or in gym class, other students would avoid holding hands with her because they thought her skin color would rub off.

It was the same in the

David Yano swimming pool, she said.

Even when a Japanese man is married to a Caucasian woman who has blond hair and blue eyes and the children look very White they struggle to fit in school.

Regardless of the skin color, it isn’t easy to be Hafu in Japan because they are the

outsiders and the nails that may be hammered down.

“Hafu” carries an awful lot of weight in Japan. “Hafu” in Japanese describes a person who has one Japanese one non-Japanese parent. The word is immediately indicative of something very un-Japanese, and many Hafu, who have never set foot outside of Japan and speak no other language – are never truly accepted by society.

According to the “AN Investigation of Global Policy” with the Yamato Race as Nucleus, a classified report in 1943 of the Ministry of Health and Welfare completed on July 1, 1943, just as a family has harmony and reciprocity, but with a clear-cut hierarchy, the Japanese, as a racially superior people, were destined to rule Asia “eternally” as the head of the family of Asian nations.

Racial discrimination against other Asians was habitual in Imperial Japan, having begun with the start of Japanese colonialism. The Meiji era Japanese showed contempt for other Asians. The Shōwa regime preached racial superiority and racialist theories, based on the nature of Yamato-damashii. Racism was omnipresent in the press during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Greater East Asia War and the media’s descriptions of the superiority of the Yamato People was unwaveringly consistent.

Attacks against Western foreigners and their Japanese friends by nationalist citizens, rose in the 1930s under the influence of Japanese military-political doctrines in the Showa period, after a long build-up starting in the Meiji period when only a few samurai diehards did not accept foreigners in Japan.

After WWII-the Pacific War, Westerners were detained by official authorities, and on occasion were objects of violent assaults, sent to police jails or military detention centers or suffered bad treatment in the street. This applied particularly to Americans and British; in Manchukuo at the same period xenophobic attacks were carried out against Chinese and other non-Japanese.

Allied (primarily American) forces were set up to “supervise the country,” and for 80 months following its surrender in 1945, Japan was at the mercy of an army of occupation, its people subject to foreign military control. The loss of the war is still buried deep in the Japanese ethos.

28-year-old filmmaker, David Yano was born to a Ghanaian mother and Japanese father.

David describes his feelings after visiting Ghana – the country that most Japanese assume is his home despite the fact that he was born and raised in Japan.

David says that he never felt especially welcome in Japan during his childhood, but on going to Ghana he felt very much like a foreigner there too. Not belonging in either country is one of the greatest challenges Hafu kids growing up in Japan face.

The real issue arises when Hafu children grow up and start looking for a job.

Many conservative Japanese firms are still reluctant to hire Hafu, especially those who obviously look mixed.

It doesn’t matter if they speak perfect Japanese; many companies feel that for a position that requires you to deal with Japanese customers, you must also be Japanese.

“Attitudes toward race are shifting, and overall there is a growing move toward appreciating diversity in all its forms and really understanding what that means. But it’s a very slow, slow process here in Japan,” Greg Dvorak, associate professor of Pacific and Asian History and Area Studies at Tokyo’s Hitotsubashi University said.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM593 Judy E Martin Decedent Thomas DeCaro, Decaro & Howell PC 14406 Old Mill Rd #201 Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Nikita Petties, whose address is 419 Newton Place, NW, Washington DC 20010, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Judy E. Martin, who died on April 2, 2014 witha will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

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TYPESET: Jun 09 13:14:36 EDT 2015 05/29, 06/05,Tue 06/12/15 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM581 Patricia Adams Decedent Wesley L. Clarke 1629 K Street Ste 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Wesley L. Clarke, whose address is 1629 K Street, Ste 300.Washington, DC 20006 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Patricia Adams, who died on March 29, 2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before Noveber 29, 2015.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM74 Violet Minor Decedent James E McCollum Jr McCollum & Associates Llc 7309 Baltimore Ave, Suite 117 College Park, Maryland 20740 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Janice Edwards, whose address is 3940 Bexley Place, Apt 512, Suitland Maryland 20748 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Violet Minor, who died on December 4, 2013 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM598 Benita Richardson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Maurice Richardson and Lemar Richardson, whose addresses are 642 Brandywine St. SE, Washington, DC 20032 & 127 Galveston St., SW #301, Washington, DC 20032 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Benita Richardson, who died on March 28, 2015without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before November 29, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 29, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 29, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Maurice Richardson Lemar Richardson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/30, 06/05, 06/12/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM1363 James A. McRae Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Arza Gardner, Dion Mcrae,Donte Mcrae whose addresses are 2224 16th Street, NE Washington DC, 20018 and 7204 Quantum Leap Lane, Bowie MD 20720 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of James A Mcrae, who died on June 25, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before November 29, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 25, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 29, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Arza Gardner Dion Mcrae Donte Mcrae Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM460 Evelyn R. Heigh Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Dennis E. Heigh, whose address is 3104 V Place SE, Washington, DC 20020 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Evelyn R. Heigh, who died on April 1, 2015 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 12, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 12, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 12, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Evelyn R. Heigh Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 06/12, 06/19, 06/16/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM608 James Jones Decedent Andrew T. Richardson, III 1629 K Street NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jacqueline Jones, whose address is 4923 Brooks St., NE, Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of James Jones, who died on December 26, 2008 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 5, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 5, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 5, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Jacqueline Jones Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM610 Mary J Stewart AKA Mary Juanita Stewart Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Natisha Braxton, whose address is 4615 G Street SE Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mary J. Stewart AKA Mary Juanita Stewart, who died on January 7, 2015 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 5, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 5, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 5, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Natisha Braxton Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 06/05, 06/12, 06/19/15

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TYPESET: Tue Jun 09 06/05, 06/12, 06/19/15 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM456 Eva E. Bell Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Yvette Bell Harris, whose address is 320 15th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Eva E. Bell, who died on December 1, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 12, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 12, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 12, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Yvette Bell Harris Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM1387 Ernest Twyman Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Audrey Boyd, whose address is 1528 Heather Hollow Circle, Silver Spring, MD 20904 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ernest Twyman, who died on November 16, 2014 without and without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 12, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 12, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 12, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Audrey Boyd Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM282 Joseph Leroy Cherry Sr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Laquetta Lofton, whose address is 5520 Bass Pl, SE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Joseph Leroy Cherry, Sr., who died on September 10, 2010 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 12, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 12, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 12, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Joseph Leroy Cherry Sr. Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY INVITATION TO BID INVITATION NO. 150040 POPE BRANCH STREAM RESTORATION The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) is soliciting bids for Invitation No. 150040: Pope Branch Stream Restoration The following listing enumerates the major items of work included in the contract *General work that is common to and necessary for the major items of work below, including but not limited to mobilization and demobilization, clearing, removal and disposal of trees and vegetation, construction, maintenance and restoration of access roads, construction stake-out, erosion control and prevention, etc. *Furnish and install 1 storm sewer endwall and associated storm sewer piping *Furnish and install 1 storm sewer flared end section and associated storm sewer piping *Stream restoration of Pope Branch in Pope Branch Park from Texas Ave., SE to Fairlawn Ave., SE (Part 1, 2 and 3) The project requires completion within 240 consecutive calendar days.

This project is estimated to cost between $1,700,000 and $2,400,000 DC Water will receive Bids until 2:00 p.m., local standard time on July 8, 2015.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be conducted on June 24, 2015 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm at the DC Water Visitor Center, Classroom, at Blue Plains AWTP, located at 5000 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20032.

This project may be funded in part by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A Fair Share Objective for Minority and Women?s Business Enterprises participation in this work of 32% and 6%, respectively, has been established. The program requirements are fully defined in USEPA’s ”Participation by Disadvantaged Enterprises in Procurement under EPA Financial Assistant Agreements - May 27, 2008” The Davis-Bacon wage determinations shall apply.

Bid documents are available at the Department of Procurement, 5000 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20032. Sets of Bidding Documents can be procured for a non-refundable $50 purchase price each, payable to DC Water. Payment must be in the form of a money order, certified check or a company check. Documents can be shipped to Bidders providing a Federal Express account number.

The DC Water Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant is a secured facility. Persons intending to pick-up Bidding Documents are to contact the Department of Procurement at 202 787 2020 for access authorization.

For procurement information contact DC Water Procurement Dept. via email; ProcurementConstructionInquiry@dcwater.comFor technical information contact: DETS-Construction.Bid.Inquiry@dcwater.com.

Please insert the IFB No. in the Subject Line.

View DC Water website at www.dcwater.com for current and up coming 06/12, 06/19,Wed 06/26/15 solicitations.

TYPESET: Jun 10 11:31:11 EDT 2015 06/12, 06/19,Wed 06/26/15 TYPESET: Jun 10 12:26:47 EDT 2015 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM1320 Vasco P. Eldridge 13:04:13 EDT 2015 Decedent Dennis Eshman Esq 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Dennis Eshman, Esq, whose address is 1629 K Street, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Vasco P. Eldridge, who died on January 15, 2009 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before November 29, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 29, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 29, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Dennis Eshman, Esq Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 005/29, 06/05, 06/12

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM594 Ellene Heath Decedent Mack C. Allen 3300 Wheeler Road, SE Washington, DC 20032 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Mack C. Allen and James Heath Jr., whose addresses are 3300 Wheeler Rd, SE, Washington, DC 20032 and 7204 S Osborne Rd., Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Ellene Heath, who died on June 29, 2003 with a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before November 29, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 29, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 29, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Mack C Allen James Heath Jr. Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 06/12, 06/19, 06/26/15

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM607 Johnnie M. Dowdell Decedent David W. Kestner 5849 Allentown Road, Camp Springs, MD 20746 301-423-1000 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Patricia A. Boston & Pamela A. Lemons , whose addresses are 8156 Mississippi Rd, Laurel, MD 20724 and 12809 Norwood Lane, Ft. Washington MD 20744 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Johnnie M. Dowdell, who died on April 14, 2015 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before December 5, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 5, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 5, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington TRUE TEST COPY Law Reporter TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Patricia A. Boston REGISTER OF WILLS TRUE TEST COPY Pamela A. Lemons REGISTER OF WILLS Personal 06/05, 06/12, 06/19/15 05/29, 06/05, 06/12/15 TYPESET: Jun 09 13:09:36 EDT 2015 TYPESET: Tue Jun 09 13:13:51 EDTTue 2015 TYPESET: Jun 09 13:05:45 EDTTue 2015 Representative 05/29, 06/05, 06/12/15 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM596 Sylvia A. Hunter AKA Sylvia Ann Hunter Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS William Simpson Jr, whose address is 5307 Vienna Drive, Clinton, MD 20735 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Sylvia A. Hunter AKA Sylvia Ann Hunter, who died on January 8, 2015 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before November 29, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 29,2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 29, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter William Simpson Jr. Personal Representative

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LEGAL NOTICES TYPESET: Tue Jun 09 17:19:35 EDTTue 2015 TYPESET: Tue Jun 09 17:20:00 EDT 2015 TYPESET: Jun 09 17:19:06 EDT 2015 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY Case No.: 24D15001551 IN THE MATTER OF Eliyahu Eliezer Werdesheim FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO Eli Albrecht

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY Case No.: 24D15001586 IN THE MATTER OF Emily Elizabeth Riggs FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO Emily Elizabeth Cannon-Coleman ORDER FOR NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to officially change the name of the petitioner from Emily Elizabeth Riggs to Emily Elizabeth Cannon-Coleman

ORDER FOR NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to officially change the name of the petitioner from Eliyahu Eliezer Werdesheim to Eli Albrecht It is this 29th day of May,2015 by the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, ORDERED, that publication be given one time in a newspaper of general circulation in Baltimore City on or before the 29th day of June, 2015, which shall warn all interested persons to file an affidavit in opposition to the relief requested on or before the 15th day of July, 2015.

It is this 1st day of June, 2015 by the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, ORDERED, that publication be given one time in a newspaper of general circulation in Baltimore City on or before the 1st day of July, 2015, which shall warn all interested persons to file an affidavit in opposition to the relief requested on or before the 15th day of July, 2015

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY Case No.: 24D15001016 IN THE MATTER OF Rebecca Nicole McDaniel-Hutchings FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO Rebecca Nicole McDaniel ORDER FOR NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to officially change the name of the petitioner from Rebecca Nicole McDaniel-Hutchings to Rebecca Nicole McDaniel It is this 19th day of May, 2015 by the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, ORDERED, that publication be given one time in a newspaper of general circulation in Baltimore City on or before the 19th day of June, 2015, which shall warn all interested persons to file an affidavit in opposition to the relief requested on or before the 13th day of July, 2015 Frank M. Conaway Clerk 06/13

PUBLIC NOTICE OFFICE OF BOARDS & COMMISSIONS ARCHITECTURAL & ENGINEERING AWARDS COMMISSION MEETING June 17 - 3:00P.M. A meeting of the Architectural & Engineering Awards Commission will be held on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 3:00 P.M. in Room 215 City Hall (Board of Estimates Chambers).

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BALTIMORE AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER Legal Advertising Rates Effective October 1, 2008 PROBATE DIVISION (Estates) 202-332-0080 PROBATE NOTICES a. Order Nisi $ 60 per insertion b. Small Estates (single publication $ 60 per insertion c. Notice to Creditors 1. Domestic $ 60 per insertion 2. Foreign $ 60 per insertion d. Escheated Estates $ 60 per insertion e. Standard Probates

CIVIL NOTICES a. Name Changes 202-879-1133 b. Real Property

If you require special accommodations to attend or participate in the meeting, please contact Michael Augins at (410) 396-6883.The following projects will be considered for award during the meeting:

3.PROJECT #1232 - On Call Civil Engineering Design Services 4.PROJECT #1233 - On Call Civil Landscape Architectural Design Services 5.PROJECT #1234 - On Call Architectural Design Services Michael L. Augins Acting Chief Issues of: 7-10-2015 Daily Record Baltimore Sun eMaryland MarketPlace The Baltimore Times

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY INVITATION FOR BIDS JANITORIAL SERVICES AT VARIOUS HABC PROPERTIES IFB NUMBER: B-1796-15 The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (”HABC”) will issue an Invitation for Bids (”IFB”) for qualified and interested vendors to submit sealed bids to provide janitorial services at various HABC properties.

BIDS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 10, 2015.

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Monday, June 29, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., at the Charles L. Benton Building, 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 416, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202.

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West Baltimore Bike Boulevards Project BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Will host an open-house at the University of Maryland Bio-Park Life Sciences Conference Center 801 W. Baltimore Street Baltimore, Md. 21202 Tuesday, July 14th 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Bicycle Boulevards are becoming an increasingly popular way to create bicycle networks on neighborhood streets.

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A group of women and girls gathered at Morgan State University on June 6 to talk, in part, about the fate of the planet’s food supply. The women were all scientists and environmental experts. The girls were Baltimore City residents. It was all part of a workshop series called Inform and Inspire. The girls were to learn about the animals that help make it easier for many of the foods humans eat to grow – pollinators.

Even though humans need pollinators, the animals are at risk because of pollution and climate change. “I think you don’t realize how much food comes to us due to pollinators,” said Daffny Pitchford, of the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Pitchford, who was one of the event’s speakers, said that without pollinators we wouldn’t have foods like strawberries or chocolate. She said she wanted to impress on the girls that there are things they can do right now to

save the fate of animals like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

“There are different types of things one might do to make sure that their habitat is optimal to support all types of pollinators.” She brought with her bags of wildflower seeds that the girls could spread to create a food source for pollinators.

Tylar Greene, public affairs with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Association, said she relishes the opportunity to teach young people about nature.

“As a public affairs specialist, my role is to focus on urban areas,” she said. A New York City native, Greene said she didn’t start discovering the great outdoors until college. She said programs like the one held Saturday give the next generation the jump-start she didn’t have. She also said that even for girls in the heart of the city, nature is closer than they might think. “They can do things right in their communities,” she said.

Dr. Mamie Parker, a fish and wildlife biologist and one of the event’s workshop leaders, described the day’s activities as “wild STEAM.” That

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is – events that focused on science, technology, engineering, arts, and math but with a focus on nature and wildlife.

In addition to the bags of wildflowers the girls took home, stations were set up to teach attendees about butterflies and fish.

The event got off to a late start because a marathon elsewhere in the city snarled traffic for many attendees. A little after the event’s 9 a.m. start time, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s daughter Sophia was in attendance, as were 11-year-old Niya Bell and 12-year-

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“I wanted to get out of the house and do something that would excite me,” said Imani. As an athlete, she’s out in nature a lot. She attended the event to learn more about it.

The event was hosted by The Black Women’s Agenda Inc. The group is a non-profit that focusses on the needs of black women and their families. This is one of a series of Inform and Inspire workshops The Black Woman’s Agenda is holding in cities all over the United States.

Special Find in S. Africa for African-American Museum been archaeological documentation of a vessel that foundered and was lost while carrying a cargo of enslaved persons,” he WASHINGTON -- It was the find that said.

Lonnie Bunch III and the new National The remains of the slave ship are the Museum of African American History and latest addition to the museum, which is Culture had searched for so desperately scheduled to open 2016. The museum, – the remains of one of the hundreds of which will be the 19th in the Smithsonian ships that were used to transport millions collection of museums, has collected a of Africans into slavery in the Western wide array of African-American history Hemisphere. memorabilia, ranging from the trumpet The sunken slave ship, São Joséof legendary jazz music musician Louis Paquete de Africa, was found late last Armstrong, to the boxing headgear of month off the coast of Cape Town, South former heavyweight champion and human Africa. According to Bunch, director of rights icon Muhammad Ali. the museum, the Portuguese ship sank in Currently, the Smithsonian is offering 1794 on its way to Brazil while carrying a preview of what is to come at the more than 400 enslaved Africans from National Museum of American History.

Mozambique. It is estimated about half Selections from the permanent of those on board perished, and the other collection are displayed in a temporary remaining were auctioned off into slavery. exhibition.

The remains were discovered and “The exhibition showcases the later brought to Iziko Museums of personal and intimate narratives of South Africa. The museum, part of the various families, organizations and Construction continues on the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall.

Smithsonian Institute, will be receiving individuals spanning the Revolutionary a permanent loan for the item and its era to the present. It also offers an overall Bunch said in a statement that the ship “represents one remaining content. introduction to the new museum and a of the earliest attempts to bring East Africans into the transThe objects recovered from the ship include iron ballasts preview of its rich collection,” according to the museum’s site.

Atlantic slave trade.” used to weigh the ship down and copper fastenings that held Included in the display are James Brown’s organ, rock “This discovery is significant because there has never the structure of the ship together. and roll pioneer Chuck Berry’s Cadillac, abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s hymn book, Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks’ dress, revolutionary slave leader Nat Turner’s Bible, “King of Pop” Michael Jackson’s fedora and an airplane used by the World War II Tuskegee Airmen.

The items are symbols of transition from slavery to freedom, to civil rights, to woman’s rights.

In efforts to encompass every aspect of African Americans since their initial arrival on slave ships from Africa in the 1700s, the museum spans every era in history— even the stories still unfolding, –Lonnie Bunch III according of museum officials.

The stories of the deaths of unarmed black men by police in places like Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore and the unrest that are being collected by the museum.

Curators have collected a gas mask worn in Ferguson and a hoodie worn during the protests following the death of Trayvon Photos courtesy of Howard University News Service Martin, an unarmed black teenager slain by a white security The sunken slave ship was found late last month off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. guard in Florida.

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“This discovery is significant because there has never been archaeological documentation of a vessel that foundered and was lost while carrying a cargo of enslaved persons.”

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