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Baltimore Tensions Calming

Officers from other jurisdictions arrive to assist Baltimore officers.

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO

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Southern Baptist’s Senior Facility under construction was destroyed.

Morgan students assist in the cleanup.

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West Baltimore Community: Cleaning Up, Feeding Seniors

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO Signs of the looting that had occurred the night before had been largely swept away by 11 a.m., Tuesday (April 28) morning, as residents from around the city and the state of Maryland joined together to clean up the mess that had been left behind in West Baltimore.

“You have to understand, these are our neighbors,” said Dale Bucks, a retired Vietnam War veteran from Elkridge, Md. who is a member of Glen Mar United Methodist Church in Ellicott City.

“Our sister church is just down the street here, Ames Memorial [United Methodist] Church, and we came to help our friends and neighbors,” said Bucks.

Wayne Rogers, who lives in the community near W. North and N. Fulton avenues where looting took place used his day off to help clean up around his

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Wayne Rogers, who lives in West Baltimore, used his day off, April 28, Continued on A3 to help clean up the city he loves.

Lynch Takes Helm of Justice Department

By James Wright Special to the AFRO Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, officially became the 83rd U.S. attorney general on April 27.

Lynch, 55, was sworn into her office by Vice President Joe Biden before a packed room with an overflow site.

Biden said that he has glad that Lynch, and indeed the nation, had reached the point of her swearing-in ceremony.

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Vice President Joe Biden administered the oath of office to Loretta Lynch, the 83rd U.S. attorney general.

“It’s about time that this woman is being sworn in,” Biden said. “You showed grace and humility during this [confirmation] process.”

Lynch is the first AfricanAmerican woman to serve as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. She is a 1981 graduate of Harvard College and 1984 graduate of Harvard University School of Law. She is the second Black and the second woman to lead the U.S. Department of Continued on A4

It had been a day for cleaning and reflection, of pulling together to bring some sense of normalcy to a community that had seen many businesses destroyed just the day before.

As day turned to evening in West Baltimore on April 28, a young man gave a dance performance to Michael Jackson music for those living near the Gilmor Homes community where Freddie Gray was raised. A group from Diva T Fitness gave a dance performance of their own near the intersection of W. North and Pennsylvania avenues, dancing in front of a line of police in riot gear who were standing in front of armored and other police vehicles.

That line of police with shields was thinner than it had been earlier in the day, when tensions between community members assembling near the corner of W. North Avenue and N. Carey Street and the police occupying the intersection of North and Pennsylvania were much higher.

Around noon, a group of women began to form a prayer circle as a way of easing the tension, directing the energy of those around them into a constructive demonstration before an aggressive show of force. The morning had largely been marked by sustained cleanup efforts, and by this point in the day, there was scant evidence on the street of what had occurred the evening of April 27.

That day the corner businesses at the intersection of W. North and Fulton avenues had been broken into and looted, by a number of young men, many of them still teenagers relishing an opportunity to express their frustration in a way the city might actually respond to.

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Chicago Detective Cleared in 2012 Murder of Unarmed 22-Year-Old Woman

same way I reacted,” Servin told reporters. “I’m glad to be alive. I saved my life that night.”

Since the shooting in 2012, Servin has remained on the police force and he said he plans to return.

“That’s a slap in the face,” Martinez Sutton, Boyd’s brother, told CBS News.

Ohio Woman Wins Case Involving Racial Profiling on Plane

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Chicago police detective Dante Servin, 46, (left), and 22-year-old Rekia Boyd (right).

Chicago police detective Dante Servin, 46, has been declared not guilty of all charges in the slaying of 22-year-old Rekia Boyd with an unregistered firearm.

In March 2012, while Servin was off-duty, he shot a 9 millimeter semi-automatic from his car into an alley where Boyd and her friends were walking, unarmed, with their backs turned. Of the group, Boyd was the only one to get hit; she died after a bullet entered the left side of her head. Servin shot his handgun five times, but only one bullet made contact.

Servin told the court that Boyd’s boyfriend, Antonio Cross put a cell phone in the air, which he assumed to be a gun.

Servin pulled out his firearm, he said, because he felt threatened after telling Boyd and her three friends to quiet down.

Cook County prosecutors charged the police officer with involuntary manslaughter, reckless conduct and reckless discharge of a firearm in Boyd’s death. But in a directed verdict on April 20, Judge Dennis Porter said prosecutors had failed to make their case.

Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez said in a statement that “justice was denied” for Boyd’s family, according to CBS News.

Servin, who was booed as he left the courthouse, expressed sorrow for Boyd’s family and said her death was an accident.

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A racial profiling lawsuit filed by an Ohio woman, who was removed from a plane at gunpoint, stripsearched and detained, has been settled, the American Civil Liberties Union recently announced.

“People do not forfeit their constitutional rights when they step onto an airplane,” said Rachel Goodman, an attorney with the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program, in a statement.

“This settlement sends that critical message, and will help protect future passengers from having to endure what [our client] ACLU Photo went through.”

Shoshana Hebshi said that In January 2013, the in 2011 she was detained ACLU filed the complaint in jail and subjected to a against Frontier Airlines humiliating strip search. and several government defendants on behalf of Shoshana Hebshi, a woman of Saudi Arabian and Jewish descent, who they say was targeted at Detroit Metropolitan Airport because of her Middle Eastern name and appearance.

The mother of two was never accused of any crime, the ACLU said; and a federal judge, in March and July 2014, denied attempts to squash Hebshi’s equal protection and illegal search and seizure claims.

“Under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, a fullcustodial arrest, and a warrantless strip-search of a person in temporary detention, are unreasonable in the absence of

probable cause,” wrote Judge Terrence Berg in his opinion.

“As of yet, there is no ‘suspected terrorist activity exception’ to the probable cause requirement of the Fourth Amendment.

The Court declines to sacrifice these principles of liberty to the cause of hyper-vigilance.”

According to the lawsuit, Hebshi was traveling home to Ohio on Sept. 11, 2011, after visiting her sister in California.

She was seated next to two men, strangers of South Asian descent, who apparently alarmed fellow passengers and flight attendants by the amount of time they spent in the restroom.

Hebshi never spoke to the men nor moved from her seat during the flight. Within moments of the plane’s landing, armed law enforcement agents boarded the plane and arrested all three of them. For several hours, Hebshi was detained in a jail cell and also subjected to a humiliating strip search.

All three detainees were later released without charge.

Under the settlement, Hebshi will receive $40,000 from the federal government to compensate her for the severe humiliation she suffered. Additionally, Frontier has agreed to amend its employee handbook to more clearly state its zero-tolerance policy on discrimination and to provide all new employees with appropriate training. Frontier also will amend its customer complaint policy to ensure allegations of discrimination are given the appropriate attention.

As videos and photos of the devastating riots in Baltimore circulated on social media, a video of a mother beating and reprimanding her son for participating in the destruction surfaced. The AFRO compiled a selection of the comments in response to the video.

Lawanda Stewart Last week she would have been under investigation for child abuse. Today she is a hero! Stop letting the government tell us how to raise OUR children. If more had been disciplined since birth that crowd of kids would have been so much smaller!!!! But that’s just my opinion.

Sally Henderson I hope someday very soon he sincerely thanks his wonderful mother for this.

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That boy should be glad that momma didn’t have a blunt object in her hand to whack him with!

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Hopefully she’ll give other parents the right idea of how to raise their kids. WAY TO GO MOMMA!

Josephine Porter Claiborne Yes! Beat him! My mom beat me and I have beat my kids and guess what??? WE ARE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS!

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Morgan Students Contributing in Baltimore Cleanup

By Kamau High Special to the AFRO

Morgan students help in cleaning up damage from protests in West Baltimore that turned violent over the weekend.

Hundreds of volunteers converged on West Baltimore to help clean up the debris left behind after a night of rioting.

Volunteers helped remove debris and rubble from a burned out CVS while others passed out water and snacks. The scene at Pennsylvania and North avenues during the day April 28 was almost festive, with drum circles, people dancing and young men selling ice cream while wearing shirts that proclaimed, “Entrepreneur.”

Chinedu Nwokeafor, a junior studying speech communications at Morgan State University, helped organize a group of students to come down and help with the cleanup. After arriving at North and Pennsylvania in the afternoon, the group determined that much of the cleanup had already occurred. They moved a short distance away to Monument Street and began to clean up the effects of looting in that area.

“We split into three teams and cleaned 20-25 blocks,” said Nwokeafor. “We encouraged the community that this is something that they should do all the time. And the community said they hoped they would see us again.”

Photo Courtesy Morgan State University

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neighborhood.

“I love Baltimore City,” said Rogers. “Baltimore City’s a beautiful place and I want to continue to see it look like that.”

Shawniece Smith said she had lived throughout the city of Baltimore, including the west side, and that she was proud of the clean

up effort that had unfolded Tuesday (April 27).

“Now people see that the city is capable of coming together,” said Smith, “and this community can be rebuilt again into the West Baltimore that I’ve known and that I played in, and that I went to school in, and that I have friends and family in.”

The looting that had occurred the day before had left a CVS at near W. North and Pennsylvania avenues destroyed, leaving a number of seniors living in an assisted living facility nearby without a place to pick up their prescription medicines.

“As a result of the looting . . .

Meals on Wheels, who normally

delivers meals to the seniors, wasn’t able to do that,” said Bilal Ali, CEO of Bilal Ali Productions, “But the positive note is that you have the Muslims, the American Legion, and [Alpha Kappa Alpha] coordinating the seniors being able to get their prescriptions filled, and the Muslims paid for 62 meals to be delivered at

4:30 [p.m.] today.”

The meals were coordinated in conjunction with Dr. Faheem Younus, president of the Ahmaddiya Muslim Men’s Association USA, Del. Antonio Hayes (D-Baltimore City), and Councilman Nick Mosby (D). ralejandro@afro.com

Photo by Roberto Alejandro

Bilal Ali, CEO of Bilal Ali Productions, helped coordinate meals for seniors living in an assisted living facility near the intersection of W. North and Pennsylvania avenues.

Photo by Roberto Alejandro

Interdenominational prayers were offered up on many corners.

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businesses.

“We’ll sacrifice [the community] to be treated humanely,” said Taharka Bey, 42, near North and Carey, giving his sense of the message those youth were sending with their actions on Monday.

At the same intersection, 22-year-old Javonte Ferguson also spoke to the frustration that many of his peers feel after a lifetime of humiliating interactions with police, describing being stripped naked and searched on what often feels like the arbitrary whim of an officer.

“You’re getting your pride and respect taken and you can’t do anything about it,” said Ferguson of the experiences that informed Monday’s unrest.

Police stayed lined up throughout the day, but did not engage community members save on occasion to clear a path for an incoming or outgoing police vehicle. Community

members continued to express frustration with their presence, with many commenting on how ridiculous it seemed to see officers dressed for an apparent war zone when so much of the previous day’s havoc had been caused by teenagers.

“They were all wearing khakis,” joked one man, referring to the ubiquitous uniform pants of Baltimore City public school students.

Various groups and organizations arrived throughout the day to show support and help with cleanup efforts, a presence that also helped ensure a relatively calm tenor to the day’s events.

Men wearing Phi Beta Sigma, Kappa Alpha Psi, and Alpha Phi Alpha insignias helped with the cleanup efforts throughout the day. Two women with Be The Change New Jersey drove from Newark to spend time with community members and show support. Coppin State University students handed out lunch bags and coloring books to community members.

Sen. Catherine Pugh (D-Baltimore City) also made an appearance, speaking to pastors, police officials, and residents as she surveyed the situation. On Monday, Pugh had also come to Mondawmin to survey the damage.

“I just want our community to understand that we understand their frustration, but violence certainly is not the way,” said Pugh. “And that we’re going to work, in terms of just trying to make sure we bring justice, not just for Mr. Gray but for anyone and everyone who’s had to be victims of this kind of crime. And more importantly, I think that as we look at moving forward, we’ve got to think about what this

community needs. You can see the boarded up houses in the community, you can see the need for jobs, and job training, and wealth creation in these neighborhoods, and the fact of the matter is with the loss of the Bethlehem Steels and all these things, we don’t have that kind of job generating companies here in the city, and we need that.”

Around 4:55 p.m., a group of demonstrators marched north up N. Fulton Avenue. A half hour later, another group of demonstrators gathered near the spot on N. Mount Street and Presbury where Gray had been arrested on April 12.

A group of Gray’s friends gathered at a car nearby, with some expressing frustration that certain people had taken advantage of Gray’s death – Sen. Catherine Pugh – on the day his family and friends buried him no less – to loot and steal.

One friend, Tony Montana, pointed out that police did not allow things to get out of hand on April 25, when some took advantage of a large demonstration to destroy some police vehicles and vandalize some businesses in and around the Inner Harbor, the way they did on Monday when the violent activity occurred in a poor Black neighborhood.

The demonstrators gathered at Gilmor soon headed off to the intersection of North and Fulton before continuing on down North Avenue. Residents along N. Fulton Street sat on their steps, children playing football nearby, all relieved that the rioting that occurred the night before was behind them and hoping to enjoy a quiet evening in West Baltimore.

“I just want our community to understand that we understand their frustration, but violence certainly is not the way.”

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In Fells Point, Rioters Victimize Small Businesses

By Kamau High Special to the AFRO

David Davighi, owner of the property that houses Capitol Mac in Fells Point, received a call early April 28. Looters had broken in around midnight by throwing a cinder block through the front window of the computer repair shop. They then stole computers that were set up as display models and broke through the front door on their way out. “If anything, it makes people whose mind they [protesters] want to change dig into their positions,” he said while checking to make sure the windows were properly boarded up.

While most of the focus on the destruction caused by the riot on Monday night was on West Baltimore, several businesses in Fells Point were also looted. The vast majority of Fells Point was open for business the next day, but several were closed while they tried to clean up the destruction and calculate their losses. In addition to Capitol Mac, at least two Metro PCS’s were hit and robbed of phones and other valuables, said Jesus Viveros, a worker at the Metro PCS located on S. Broadway.

Gold Sun, a pawnshop on Fleet Street near Eastern Avenue was also hit. However, the owner, Gus Plakas, decided to take matters into his own hands instead of waiting for the police to respond while thieves made off with around $5,000 worth of goods. “They were crawling through the door [after shattering the glass] and I was chopping them up,” he said. When asked what he was “chopping them up” with he replied that he was using a machete. He then showed this reporter a machete covered in what appeared to be dried blood.

Photos by Kamau High

Metro PCS and Capitol Mac were among shuttered businesses following the April 27 outbreak.

Pennsylvania and North avenues

became the recovery hub on the West Side. From the guardsmen on Monday night to the national press that descended on Tuesday. Former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume is interviewed by NBC anchor Lester Holt. The local group, 300 Men March,

attracted many more men and women who showed up to help.

Photos by J.D. Howard

Lynch

Continued from A1 Justice.

Lynch served as the U.S. attorney from 1999-2001, appointed by President Bill Clinton and from 2010-2015, an appointee of President Obama. As U.S. attorney, she successfully prosecuted cases dealing with police misconduct, public corruption, financial fraud, human trafficking and terrorism.

Lynch was nominated to as attorney general

by Obama on Nov. 8, 2014 and it took a record 166 days for her floor vote in the Senate to take place. Lynch was confirmed, 56-43, with all of the Senate’s Democrats, two of its independent members and 10 Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) voting for her.

Lynch replaces Eric Holder, the first Black attorney general and a source of contention for conservative political activists and politicians.

During Lynch’s hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, members of Delta Sigma Theta, her sorority, showed up in

large numbers dressed in crimson and cream to support her. Civil rights groups requested that their members contact senators to support Lynch during the period that her nomination was held up by the Senate because of political differences on an anti-human trafficking bill.

Biden praised Holder as “one of the finest attorney generals we have had” and said that he expects the same type of performance from Lynch.

“Loretta Lynch exceeds high standards that are set for her,” the vice president said. “She has excelled in everything she has done.

“She [and Holder] is cut from the same cloth.”

Lynch thanked President Obama for the appointment and her father, the Rev. Lorenzo A. Lynch of Greensboro, N.C., for her successful rearing.

“He has encouraged me in all things, even when my choices were not the ones he would have made for me,” she said. “In that, he has been the best of fathers. Without him, I would

not be here today, being sworn in as the 83rd attorney general of the United States, just one week after his 83rd birthday.”

She also thanked her mother, who was not at the ceremony and her husband, whom she said “has supported all of my choices and my dreams.” The new attorney general also

“You showed grace and humility during this [confirmation] process.”

–Joe Biden

paid homage to people who supported her throughout the confirmation process.

“From the sisterhood of my sorority and all the Greeks who came together, to churches and schools and people on the street who have stopped me and said just a word or two-please know that those few words sometimes made all the difference in the world to me as I travel this road,” Lynch said.

Lynch, who will serve as attorney general until January 2017 unless she is re-appointed by the new president, will face issues such as

terrorism, rising tensions between people of color and law enforcement agencies, voting rights violations and the growing problem of human trafficking. Nevertheless, she said that she and her department are ready to take on those problems.

“We can protect the most vulnerable among us from the scourge of modern-day slavery-so antithetical to the values forged in blood in this country,” she said. “We can protect the growing cyber world. We can give those in our care protection from terrorism and the security of their civil liberties.”

She said “we will do this as we have accomplished all things both great and smallworking together, moving forward, and using justice as our compass.”

Hilary Shelton serves as the director to the NAACP’s Washington Bureau and as the senior vice president for advocacy and policy.

Shelton attended the ceremony and beamed with pride when Lynch was officially sworn in.

“I am glad to be here to finally see the installation of the extraordinarily credentialed first African-American female attorney general,” Shelton said.

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TECHNOLOGY

What’s the What:

Watching The Freddy Gray Protests Online

By Kamau High Special to the AFRO This weekend a small, but violent, number of protesters overshadowed the peaceful demonstrations taking place in Baltimore. The marches that began in West Baltimore, where 25-year-old Freddie Gray died in police custody under still unexplained circumstances, ended in Camden Yards, the part of downtown where the Baltimore Orioles play baseball.

As it happened, I was out of town with limited access to television, so the only way I could follow what was going on was through Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and online sites. What quickly became apparent was that there were two opposing narratives. The first was that young Black people were randomly attacking any White people they saw when they weren’t busy destroying police cars and businesses.

The second was that the cost of replacing a few windows doesn’t compare to the death of a young man and that any acts of violence were by outsiders intent on making the city look bad.

Local discussion groups, such as reddit.com/r/ baltimore, competed to see who could re-enforce their narrative the strongest. For example, when video surfaced of people throwing barricades and trash at people at the Bullpen, a bar near the stadium, the focus was on a woman in a wheelchair at the establishment caught in the middle of the melee. On one side were people expressing their outrage that protesters would appear to attack a defenseless person in a wheelchair while others were expressing their amazement that anyone in a wheelchair would venture out when they knew protests were about to happen.

These discussions were civilized compared to some of the

comments on notorious sites that exist to gin up hate against Blacks such as Breitbart.com. The site can best be summed up by this sadly typical comment: “Stop making this political.. this is every bit racial - and don’t even try to tie in White conservatives - those aren’t Mormons or followers of Billy Graham out there you PC loser. This is black savagery - a bunch of inbred tribal animals dressed in western clothing speaking a tribal dialect (ebonics) and going on a rampage against whitey. Time to start putting them down, in the street, like the rabid, out of control beasts they are. “ On the other end of the spectrum was a video of a reporter for the Russian news site RT who gets robbed on camera.

While filming a report on the protests someone steals her purse and she gives chase. The person who seemed to steal her bag then runs, and with the camera chasing him, heads to an area where there is a police presence. He is quickly tackled and begins screaming that it wasn’t him. A typical comment on WorldStarHipHop went: “That’s right ... when white reporters wanna come too the hood and exploit the harsh realitys of being a young African American in this racial intolerant country.. What did she expect from angry protesters ????”

As these two incidents indicate, depending on your agenda you can draw whatever conclusion fits. And that’s not the way to have a discussion about race or justice. Just as when second amendment rights crazies parade around with assault rifles on their backs hurts their cause, directing anger at people who had nothing to do with the current situation hurts our cause of justice for Freddie Gray.

“This weekend a small, but violent, number of protesters overshadowed the peaceful demonstrations taking place in Baltimore.”

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

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WOMEN’S HEALTH

How Violence against Black Women Impacts their Overall Health

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO

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The Health Toll of Abuse

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO An Abuse, Rape, Domestic Violence Aid and Resource Collection (AARDVARC) describes a number of warning signs for friends, family members, and coworkers for recognizing people who may be victims of intimate partner abuse. Specifically, teens, men, or women who are often absent from school or work, have numerous injuries they try to explain away, low selfesteem, show a change in their personality, fear of conflicts, passiveaggressive behavior, or demonstrate stressrelated physical symptoms (for example, headaches, stomach upset, sleep problems, or skin rashes) may be experiencing abuse in their relationship.

In addition to suffering from physical injuries, victims of Intimate Partner Violence tend to also suffer from emotional harm. Survivors may have trauma symptoms that include flashbacks, panic attacks, and trouble sleeping, low self-esteem and difficulty trusting others.

The anger and stress that survivors feel may lead to eating disorders, depression, and thoughts of suicide.

Annual U.S. medical costs attributable to domestic violence, including yearsold assaults that still cause health problems, range from $25 billion to $59 billion, according to a 2008 study funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some of the damage is from old physical injuries, some from the chronic stress of living in terror for too long.

National Resources • CDC Facebook Page on Violence Prevention www.facebook.com/vetoviolence • National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), 1-800-787-3224 TTY, or www.ndvh.org • National Coalition against Domestic Violence www.ncadv.org • National Sexual Violence Resource Center www.nsvrc.org • Futures without Violence www.futureswithoutviolence.org

Local Resources D.C. - The House of Ruth http://www.houseofruth.org/ Baltimore / Towson - Turnaround, Inc. http://www.turnaroundinc.org/

hen physicians diagnosed Beverly Ward with a host of chronic illnesses, including acid reflux, chronic pain, and anxiety, they were unaware that physical violence served as the common underlying cause. A domestic violence survivor, who left her husband after nearly 12 years of marriage, Ward said that while her bruises healed or have since faded, the conditions she developed as a result of her abuse, continue to compromise her health.

Ward is among the 1.3 million women who experience sexual, domestic or intimate partner violence each year and whose abuse triggers seemingly unrelated health conditions. A recent Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital study found significant links between domestic violence and many chronic health conditions, including stress-related physical consequences like asthma, memory damage, arthritis and other diseases that can last as many as 20 years after the abuse has ended.

Eight years after leaving her husband, Ward, continues to battle anxiety attacks and gastrointestinal concerns.

“There was a certain degree of embarrassment I had to get over in even admitting I was being hit or choked, so I hid those aspects of my condition when I went to my doctor. Those feelings of fight or flight never really ended for me though. I will most likely experience this type of fear and pain the rest of my life,” said Ward, whose primary care physician happened to be on call one night when she was admitted with abuse-related injuries. In cross-referencing her chronic conditions with physical trauma, Ward’s physician was able to provide her necessary care.

“A woman in a violent relationship is often on high alert: She may be frightened about being killed or worried about her kids; if she tries to get away, she may be stalked. All that stress is really toxic.

There’s no organ that’s immune. Your whole body is at risk,” said Michele Black, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Black’s 2011 report on domestic violence-related illness found that victims of intimate partner and sexual violence make more visits to health providers over their lifetime, have more hospital stays, have longer duration of hospital stays, and are at risk of a wide range of physical, mental, reproductive, and other health consequences over their lifetime than nonvictims. Additionally, sustained exposure to violence has been linked with central nervous system problems, including back pain, headaches, and seizures.

“The health care system’s response must be strengthened and better coordinated for sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence survivors to help navigate the health care system and access needed services and resources in the short and long term,” Black said.

Suggestions for more succinctly linking domestic and intimate partner violence to chronic conditions years after abuse include providing more physicians and other health care professionals with training on forensic and patient care issues related to sexual violence.

“One strategy to improve access is co-located, multi-disciplinary service centers that include mental health, legal, economic, housing and other related services for survivors.

It is also important that services are specifically designed to meet the needs of a wide range of different populations such as teens, older adults, men, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people,” Black said.

Meeting the needs of African-American women impacted by violence, according to the National Coalition against Domestic Violence, may be hindered by cultural idioms that deter reporting victimization. Despite making up 29 percent of all victimized women and DV / IPV being among the leading causes of death for Black women ages 15 to 35, Black women are less likely than others to file complaints.

Mental health social worker, Feminista Jones, ties the unwillingness to report abuse among African-American women to a culture of race loyalty.

“A strong sense of cultural affinity and loyalty to community and race renders many of us silent, so our stories often go untold. One of the biggest related impediments is our hesitation in trusting the police or the justice system,” Jones wrote in a recent Times magazine article.

“As Black people, we don’t always feel comfortable surrendering ‘our own’ to the treatment of a racially biased police state and as women, we don’t always feel safe calling police officers who may harm us instead of helping us.”

Gail Reid, Director of Advocacy at Turnaround, said that while there is no definitive cause and effect between growing up in abusive households and developing violent tendencies towards others, that violence against women impacts more than those immediately involved and for decades.

“There is a high correlation between childhood abuse (sexual, physical or exposure to violence in the home) and ending up in abusive relationships as victims or perpetrators. It is important for people to understand that interpersonal violence and victimization is traumatic and survivors suffer from longer term impact of trauma,” Reid said.

The Maryland-based Turnaround provides trauma therapy, victim advocacy, and community education and training among its services, promoting a platform to address the long-term health needs of those impacted by violence. Retooling communities to hold victimizers accountable and support survivors, Reid said, is critical to the improved overall health of Black women effected by violence.

“The culture of the community has to shift to where the victims stop being blamed for the conditions they develop and instead are offered support. We have to also teach that hitting people you care about is wrong and that is about changing the culture of the community,” Reid said.

Peter Sherman, Director of Residency Programs in Social Pediatrics at Montefiore Medical Center said that primary care and family physicians are in an ideal position to diagnose victims of IPV and provide the victims and their families with the appropriate care that is needed. However, an urgent need remained in integrating information on IPV into medical and health care guidebooks.

“If this were an infectious disease, we would have a treatment center in every neighborhood. There is a huge disconnect between the prevalence of domestic violence and what is done in the health system,” Sherman said.

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The Freddie Gray Funeral Just hours before Baltimore went upside down, the Rev. Lisa Weah prayed at Freddie Gray’s funeral “that Baltimore will be a model of how to move forward and to be better than what we’ve been.” After many more rich words that fed the soul and fired the resolve Monday, we went out into the great unknown hoping for a miracle.

But a nightmare had been unfolding even as we heard such inspiring words from the Rev. Jamal Bryant, who was anointed by no less than the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. as a worthy standard bearer in these times; from Billy Murphy, the lawyer who claimed he did not know how to preach but set the house afire anyway; from Rep. Elijah Cummings; and from Jackson himself. The Baltimore Police Department had sent word out that law enforcement personnel were being threatened by a frightening coalition of Crips, Bloods and the Black Guerrilla Family. About the same time, someone sent word out to school-age Baltimoreans to meet at the Mondawmin Mall for a “purge.”

So even before Freddie Gray’s casket was lowered into the ground at Woodlawn, we were upside down. Not only was Freddie dead, but so, too, were hopes for the miracle of peace before justice. The prophetic words of so many speakers did come true, though for reasons unwanted.

“The eyes of this country are all upon us because they want to see whether we’ve got the stuff to make this right,” Murphy said. “The whole world is watching,” Jackson echoed.

Indeed Baltimore is in the spotlight, but because of mindless marauders who struck in the hours after Freddie Gray’s funeral, diverting attention from what should be the focus. As Jackson said in calling a new generation to the way of nonviolence: “Violence distracts, divides and there is no remedy in violence.” Rather than jobs and justice, he said, the focus becomes brick and window.

But those in the purging mood were obviously not in the pews of the New Shiloh Baptist Church, where the rich words of Bryant depicted a too-heroic Freddie Gray, unfortunately signaling that the real Freddie may be replaced by a more perfect Maumau warrior image. We don’t need to go that far in the service of a social justice movement. As Murphy said in his sermonette before the eulogy: “Most of us are not here because we knew Freddie Gray. But we all are here because we know lots of Freddie Grays.” We don’t need a perfect Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. to sustain demands for answers in his case and so many others. We must not be distracted by attempts to drag

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up every unwise decision he made in his too-short life. Nor by the misdirected anger of the marauders.

While an immediate issue is reclaiming this city from the rioters and the cavalry sent in by Gov. Hogan, early signs of cooperation among clergy of many faiths, politicians and even gang members is promising. And after that? What is the road ahead? Murphy has a list of reforms that include body cameras for police officers, the establishment of a permanent special prosecutor for police matters and recruitment of more Black and Brown police officers who live in the city. Michael Eric Dyson, the Georgetown University professor and author, is among those who point to political involvement.

“This is not a passive act,” he told Sean Yoes of WEAA-88.9 FM after the funeral. “Politics is an extremely and aggressively engaged performance of our citizenship identity. So folks have got to see: This ain’t something we do every four years or every off year. This is something we’ve got to be involved in daily. If we do that, we can alter the trajectory of justice for us in the cities.”

Being a man of the cloth, he would no doubt add prayer, as Murphy did.

Some nights before, at a gathering at the Sharon Baptist Church, not too far from where Freddie Gray spent his last moments of freedom, many prayers were lifted heavenward on the wings of a secular action plan in the making. One not yet finalized but likely to include what Murphy and Dyson are saying. They had come “not to protest but to have prayer,” as the Rev. Errol Gilliard said. But make no mistake: the anger and frustration in the church was no less palpable if more subtly conveyed than that being articulated by the marchers in the streets. In their prayers, however, they snuck in subtle digs at others not present who they thought were hogging the

Black Women Killed by Police are Ignored

You know their names – Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice – because these African American men were unarmed and killed by “law enforcement” officers. Their names have been part of a litany invoked when police shootings are discussed. Their deaths have been part of the impetus for the Black Lives Matter movement, especially because the police officers Julianne that killed these men (and a Malveaux little boy) have paid no price for their murders.

You are far less likely to know about Rekia Boyd, shot by an off-duty police officer in Chicago. While the officer who killed Boyd was acquitted, her killing sparked few protests, and little national attention.

Kate Abbey-Lambertz of Huffington Post identified 15 women who were killed during police encounters when they were unarmed, including Tanisha Anderson (Cleveland), 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones (Detroit), and Yvette Smith (Bastrop, Texas). The killing of another woman, Miriam Carey, was especially egregious.

Carey, a dental hygienist, drove her car into a security checkpoint near the White House. The Secret Service fired multiple shots at Carey, killing her and putting her 13-monthold daughter at risk. Meanwhile, a White man scaled the White House fence without a shot fired. Another made it into the White House residence without encountering a gun. A few people protested Carey’s death, but the protests fizzled.

The Coalition Speaks

It takes a village! Accolades to all who kept the emails, phone calls and press conferences going to remove the deadlock on Loretta Lynch’s confirmation. History was made in a 56 to 43 vote, April 23, 2015. Loretta Lynch, an extremely capable attorney, was confirmed as United States Attorney General. She is the third woman and the first African-American woman to hold the position. Hats off to her and to Eric Holder, the out-going U.S. Attorney General.

Many members of The Coalition followed the process from

limelight.

Herding sixth grade boys is probably easier than reining the egos of a city full of ministers of the gospel. But since the infrastructure for leadership among Black Baltimoreans lies in the gazillion houses of worship this city has, someone must at least try. And that sleeping giant — the faith community — must sync its efforts with secular players in politics, academe and the financial world, as well as with the legacy civil rights organizations and the relative newcomers whose flyers are popping up at prayer vigils and rallies.

After Monday’s mayhem, there’s a whole lot of talking going on.

“We will get through this mess,” the dean of preachers in Baltimore, the Rev. A.C.D. Vaughn has assured.

But that was days before the rich words spoken over the casket of Freddie Gray at New Shiloh and before Baltimore turned upside down when kids began to “purge” us of our hopes for peace before justice.

E.R. Shipp is associate professor and journalist in residence of Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism and Communication

AlterNet and Clutch Magazine, online sources such as Huffington Post, reported on some of the unarmed Black women who were gunned down. Again, these killings were barely protested, and garnered no national attention. Little seems to have changed since Gloria Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, and Barbara Smith wrote But Some of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks are Men. The book, written in 1993, addressed the invisibility of African American women. While the majority of the unarmed African Americans killed by police officers are men, about 20 percent of those killed are women.

The publicized killings of African American men have happened all too frequently in the past 12 months. Each killing strikes our collective community like a body blow, especially when officers are poorly trained, have records of brutality, and are acquitted. When the roll of recent killings is called, women may be absent because there has been little publicity about assaults against women in the past year. Based on the record, however, we know such assaults are likely to have happened.

Contemporary African American women are not the only ones who history has swallowed. Fannie Lou Hamer was beaten so many times, and so severely that she developed a blood clot and lost much of her sight in one eye. One kidney was injured and her entire body covered with welts and bruises. She never regained her health, yet when people call the roll of civil rights leaders and icons, her name is too often excluded. There is a historical precedent for the invisibility of African American women. Fannie Lou Hamer is but one of many women whose lives and sacrifices are often ignored.

Public policy also ignores the plight of African American women. President Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative is well-meaning, but ignores the status of young African American women. While young Black women are more

likely to go to college than young Black men, those who do not go to college face some of the same job challenges as men do. Young women can benefit from the same efforts that young men are offered through My Brother’s Keeper, such as mentorship and initiatives to develop pathways to education and employment.

Focusing on young Black women should not minimize efforts to improve the status of young Black men. There ought be no competition, but efforts for inclusion. The Black Lives Matter movement must recognize the killing of Black women as well as Black men. To do any less, to ignore the unarmed Black women who are shot, suggests that only Black men’s lives matter. Any African American who is shot and killed by police officers deserves our attention.

Both African American men and African American women have economic, psychological, and physical wounds because of the racism we experience. Our economic wounds manifest as higher unemployment rates and lower wages. Our health wounds are illustrated through the health disparities we experience, along with differences in life expectancies. Our psychological wounds include dysfunction in our organizations and relationships. We won’t have healthy and functional communities until we focus on healing wounds among all of us – Black men and Black women.

I’ve been impressed and excited by the Black Lives Matter movement and the young leadership that has emerged from it.

This is a movement that, powerful as it is, would be so much stronger if it acknowledged that Black women’s lives also matter.

the Hearings to the Confirmation. More than 150 members of The National Coalition of 100 Black Women were at the Senate to witness the vote on her confirmation, including a large contingent from the Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter.

In an early morning legislative session, Rep. James E. Clyburn of South Carolina reminded the group that to make a difference you have to keep up the drum beat and you must show up. To show up also translates to showing up at the polls.

The Coalition members were charged to start showing up

with voter education and voter registration projects. The cycle continues; to break the dead-locks happens at the polls.

Yes, it took a village to get Ms. Lynch confirmed. History has been made . The Coalition thanks all who answered its call among many other callers who worked in the symbolic village.

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington-based writer and economist. She can be reached at www.juliannemalveaux.com.

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Pastors Insist Gray’s Death Must Lead to Reform

By Roberto Alejandro Special to the AFRO With the nation’s eyes on Baltimore, local and national pastors presiding over the funeral of Freddie Gray insisted that Gray’s death not be in vain, but lead to substantial reforms.

The funeral was attended by a large media presence—many in clothing far too casual for the occasion—a number of prominent national civil rights figures as well as a significant contingent of the city’s political elite. Among those who attended the funeral at the New Shiloh Baptist Church, just blocks from where Gray lived and suffered his fatal injuries on April 12, were the Rev. Jesse Jackson, U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, Baltimore City Council persons Nick Mosby, Carl Stokes, and Helen Holton, former NAACP president Kweisi Mfume, and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson.

“Freddie’s death is going to light a match, not of looting and burning, but [that] laws could change,” said Bishop Walter Scott Thomas, of New Psalmist Baptist Church at the funeral.

“When he came into your life years ago as your baby boy, you knew not the purposes that were uniquely his. You had dreams of what he might be and who he might become, but God had bigger dreams. And even in the tragicness of this moment, a bigger dream is going to be blessed.

The protests around his death, serves, [in] a sense, as the defibrillator to start the heartbeat of change in this city.”

A little earlier, Gray family attorney Billy Murphy had spoken to what some of that change might look like.

“The [nation] wants to know whether our courts are going to respond at the highest level.

Whether our police department will be reformed so that blue wall of justice, that blue wall of police gets torn down. You know the blue wall I’m talking about. The one that says ‘right or wrong, we’re going to cover for you.’”

That Gray’s death would lead to reform remained a theme throughout the service, and one picked up by the Rev. Dr. Jamal Bryant, senior pastor of West Baltimore’s Empowerment Temple, who gave the eulogy.

“Freddie’s death is not in vain,” preached Bryant to a loud response from those gathered to mourn Gray. “After this day we will keep on marching. After this day we will keep demanding justice. After this day we will keep exposing a culture of corruption.”

The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke towards the end of the service, addressing the sort of change needed in Baltimore.

“Do we need more state police?” asked Jackson rhetorically. “I think, when I look at the westside, we need more housing and urban development. Sixteen thousand abandoned or vacant homes? Twenty-five percent unemployment? We don’t need more policemen, we need more jobs, job training education . . . The westside needs the same thing the harbor needs: credit, trusts, investment, TIF money.”

The crowd gave loud affirmation to what Jackson was saying, expressing a common frustration with the uneven development in Baltimore that has left some neighborhoods gleaming and others with an unemployment rate hovering around 50 percent. Those frustrations would soon play out more loudly in rioting and looting that would begin to take place shortly after the funeral let out.

But inside New Shiloh the focus was on the significance for structural change held by Gray’s untimely death.

“We’re going to leave this service for Freddie more determined to make a difference in this city,” prayed New Shiloh’s pastor, the Rev. Dr. Harold Carter Jr., “this nation, and this world.” ralejandro@afro.com

Photos by Roberto Alejandro

The Rev. Jamal H. Bryant encouraged family and friends in his eulogy.

The Young Come Out in Droves for Gray Gray’s body. “I want to pay respects, totally.” were in the happenings.”

Cotton turned 28 on April 19, the same day Parents, including Lakeshia Thomas, Gray died in the hospital. “It’s been downhill attended the services with their children in tow.

Young people peppered the mass of for me ever since,” he said. “But I’m trying to “I brought my son; I have four boys,” she said. supporters who flooded New Shiloh Baptist think positive.... I just wanted to know what he “It [the Gray case] hit home. There should be Church April 27 to help lay Freddie Gray, the did…, why he was treated like that.” more training of officers. And it needs to be African-American man who recently died in That question, which has sparked citywide addressed.” police custody, to rest. protests for days, lingered in the back of the Melakah Barber-El, a 16-year-old who Twenty-somethings, teenagers, and even minds of many young people at the church. stood in the funeral line with her mom, said infants stood in the long lines for seats.

However, most said they attended the funeral— she knows too many people who have been A procession of roughly 25 bikers filed into not to demonstrate, but to respect the Gray mistreated by police. “I think protesting will New Shiloh’s parking lot before the ceremony family. make a difference,” she to serve as a “protective barrier” between Lateshia Wallace, said. “The more people outsiders and the Gray family. “We are going to 26, did not participate who come out, the more direct traffic and make sure no one cuts through in the protests. “I think chance they will listen to the funeral or intervenes,” said biker Eric it’s more personal to us and stop.”

Moore, who said he knew Gray. “At the end of come to a viewing The teenager the day, it’s about letting the family know they because this could be participated in a twohave support. This isn’t just about publicity; any Black male,” she hour-long sit-in during this is somebody we saw every day.” said. “I don’t believe lunch at her high school, Most of the young mourners wore casual protests are effective. the National Academy attire, and several donned shirts with printed We protested in 1965 Foundation.

- Farajii Muhammad, Peace by Piece slogans urging people to “stand for something” and there has not been Cotton reiterated the and fight for justice. change.”

Gray family’s plea for Tavon Cotton wore a T-shirt with a picture She said the answer peaceful protests. “The of Gray and the epitaph, “Rest in Paradise.” He is for Baltimoreans to fight back in “any busting up windows and trashing everything… said he’s a cousin of the 25-year-old who died way,” including politically, economically, at the end of day, people have to clean that one week after suffering a severe spinal cord and physically. “I’m very militant. I couldn’t up,” he said. “I just want an investigation. I’m injury while in police custody this month. “It’s protest because I would be in jail,” Wallace hoping for change.” family to me,” Cotton said while standing in added.

Young leaders of activist organizations a line nearly out of the church doors to view Samierra Jones, a 19-year-old student greeted those who entered the church. activist at Coppin State Farajii Muhammad, of the Peace by Piece University, said when she organization, said groups are joining forces to heard about the Gray case, testify before lawmakers and offer support for she was flooded with despair families in communities that experience police over another Black man losing brutality. “The big thing that came out of this is his life under police watch. the great unity that transpired between different She too advocates for the people—Christians, Muslims, Bloods, Crips,” city’s young generation to be Muhammad said. “This is a game-changing aggressive and unapologetic moment for Baltimore and we have to take in their quest to end police pride. Protests are good, but they have to be the brutality. “You can compare it to being bullied in school,” Jones said. “You can do nothing and allow it to keep happening or you can fight back and it stops, and that’s with everything in life.”

Others at the funeral say the protests are about solidarity. “I was initially not going to participate in it, but I felt that I couldn’t call myself a man and not go stand with other Black people,” said 21-year-old Shaquille Carbon.

“People criticized what happened [at the protests], but Young people expressed hope for real change but feel it at least the people criticized will only come through consistent protest.

Bikers form an honor guard for Gray’s family.

By Shernay Williams Special to the AFRO

“Protests are good, but they have to be the beginning of something that comes after.

We need a movement for change.”

Photos by Shernay Williams

Tavon Cotton, a cousin of Freddie Gray, honors Freddie’s memory. beginning of something that comes after. We need a movement for change.”

He said one of the next steps should be helping the Gilmor community, where Gray was arrested, heal by offering psychological counseling. “We don’t emphasize that enough,” he said. “We go through this [grief and loss] over and over again and we are just spiritually broken.”

May 2, 2015 - May 8, 2015, The Afro-American

The sorors of Iota Chapter, Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority celebrated their founder’s day, March 28 at the Forums Caterers. “Achieving Success through Collaboration, Advocacy and Diversity; Focus Promoting Excellence: Educators Making a Difference,” was this year’s theme. The community service awardees were Edith Bruce, Teresa Hall Cooper and Pamela Booker.

Answering the essay theme, “How an Educator made a difference in my life,” Sabria Johnson a six grader at Dr. Nathan A. Pitts –Asburton Elementary Middle school, won the contest. The Iota Chapter, Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority was founded

by Florence K. Williamson Norman.

Chanel Trussell, event chair.

Honoree Dr. Theresa HallCooper and Basileus Dorothy GlascoJones

Honoree Edith Evans Bruce and Dorothy Stone

Kopelle member Micaela Stewart

Basileus Dorothy Glasco-Jones

Chanel Trussell and Yvonne Hinkson, N.E. Regional Dir. Lambda Kappa Mu

Honoree Pamela Booker and Dorothy Stone

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Basileus Dorothy Glasco-Jones and honoree Edith Evans Bruce

Palma Hampton, Essay Contest winner Sabria Palma Johnson and Dorothy Jordan

Robin Evans, Gloria Jennings, O'Neil McDaniels, Raquel Evans-Clemons, Shirley Evans and seated honoree Edith Evans-Bruce

Annette Dredden and Ella Hamilton Rene Armstead, mother Mildred Armstead, Beverly Holman and Linda Armstead

Julie Purnell, Phyllis Purnell, Michelle Moore, Renee Burley and Cheryl Moore

Kopelle (youth group) table Photos by Anderson Ward

The State of Maryland has officially designated Trinity AME Church a historic landmark. The dedication service was on March 29. Bishop William P. DeVeaux, the presiding prelate of the 2nd Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal church, was the guest speaker. The Rev. Frank M. Reid III , pastor of Bethel AME greeted the congregation.

City Councilman, Carl Stokes spoke kind words and Thomas A. Phillip III presented a citation to the senior pastor of Trinity AME , the Rev. Rodrecus M. Johnson Sr. Lauren Schiszik spoke on behalf of the Commission of Historical and Architectural Preservation.

Trinity AME church has been located on Hoffman street since 1957.

City Councilman Thomas A. Phillips III presenting Citation to Pastor Johnson

Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church

Pastor Frank Madison Reid, Bethel AME Church with greetings City Councilman Carl Stokes

Presiding Elder Ernest L. Montague Trinity Voices of Praise

Trinity Praise Team Photos by JD Howard

Lt. Col. Russell and Mrs. Russell, and Sis. Sonora Johnson

The Rev. Mary Mosely Children’s Choir

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“ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY WITH LAUGHTER & MUSIC”

who exemplify their motto “Culture for Service, Service for Humanity.” Their deeds must encompass the ideals of their three major programs: Social Action, Education and Bigger, Better Business. For more information, call James “Winky” Camphor at 443-850-4582. I will see you there.

a.m. to 3 p.m., May 6. Do all your shopping in one place for Mother’s Day. It will be held at the State Office Complex, 201 W. Preston Street. Vendors’ spaces are still available. For more information, call 410-767-8376.

Hello everyone, I hope everything is well on your end. I St. Paul’s School Jazz Band under the direction of Carl first want to thank all who supported the Rosa Pryor Music Another organization who is doing great things for the Grubbs will perform 1 p.m., May 8 at the Liberty Senior Scholarship Fund Gospel Prayer Breakfast Fundraiser. It was a success. Thanks to you and the fantastic entertainers who donated their talent and time, we raised enough money for another gifted child. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. My emcees, Carlton and Darlene Douglass were outstanding and funny and did a great job of keeping the program going. “Just Being Blessed” and “Heavenly Bless Gospel Group” gifted the guests with their gospel tunes.

Michelle Middleton, the Mime Dancer mesmerized the guests with her facial, hand and body expressions, some guests had The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Zeta Sigma Chapter will host their “Dare to Dream Award Banquet,” 6 to 10 p.m., May 7 at the Forum Caterers, 4210 tears in their eyes and then Primrose Avenue in Baltimore. They are honoring: Thelma Daley, Brother Dr. Warren Hayman, Rosa Pryor, Marco Merrick, Albert Wylie, Matthew there was the gospel soloist, Bradley, Michael Douglass, Helen Hargrove, Peaches Camphor, Brother Bishop Reginald Kennedy and Brother Joe Woodfolk. For ticket information, Nina Dennard who voice was call 443-850-4582 or 410-499-8673. like a gospel angel with a harp.

Rosa Pryor’s “Signature Live!” Motown group from out of the Washington, DC area will be featured at Lexington Market, noon to 2 p.m., May 2.

The New Africa Community Builders Banquet was recently held at the Forum Caterers was a great success.

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby gave a rousing and dynamic presentation. In photo: Councilman Nick Mosby 7th District, Marilyn Mosby, Dr. Walter Gill, vice president, NACB and emcee; Robert Shahid a renowned musician and Radio Personality.

Thanks to Minister Lamont Brown Jr. of Zion Baptist Church, who delivered a heartwarming sermon that garnered for him a standing ovation at the end.

The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Zeta Sigma Chapter will host “Dare to Dream Awards Banquet,” 6 to 10 p.m., May 7, at the Forum Caterers, 4210 Primrose Avenue. Since its inception in 1914, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity has been in the forefront for justice and community services. Their theme: “Dare To Dream” is to honor citizens of Maryland

Comedian, “Grandma G” will host the Mother’s Day Event at the Champagne Ballroom, 2701 Patapsco Avenue, Baltimore. community is the New Africa Community Builders. Their recent fundraising banquet and silent auction was to support the 10th Annual New Africa Festival. Dr. Walter “Wali” Gill, vice president of the organization introduced Baltimore States Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby who was the keynote speaker. The event, I was told was a great success.

I have some upcoming events for you to check out for Mother’s Day, since I won’t be talking to you again until after this special day.

Mother’s Day Expo is 10

Center, 3505 Resource Drive in Randallstown.

R&D Productions presents their 8th Annual Mother’s Day Celebration a full course dinner, dancing and live show by “Spell”, “Blue Magic”, “Halo”, “BADD”, and “The Sensationables,” 4 to 9 p.m., May 10, at the Children’s Guild, 6802 McClean Blvd., Parkville, Md. For tickets, call 443-7569420.

Mother’s Day “Soul Food” Dinner 3 to 6 p.m., May 10 at the Forum Caterers, 4210 Primrose Avenue in Baltimore. For more information, call 410-358-1101.

Friends of Boy Scout Troop #615 will host their “4th Annual Bull-Pork Roast,” 6 to 10 p.m., May 9 at the Church of the Resurrection, 3175 Paulskirk Drive in Ellicott City, Md. Tickets include live musical entertainment, silent auction, gaming wheels, door prizes, buffet style all you can eat. For ticket information, call 410-992-7723. Tell them Rambling Rose told you!

King Neptune’s Cabaret 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., May 9 at the American Legion at Towson Post #22, 125 York Road in Towson, Md. It is B.Y.O.B. Free set-ups, chips, beer and DJ Mike Jones. For more information, call 410-9279231.

Mother’s Day Extravaganza 3 5 to 9 p.m., May 10 at Diamondz, 9980 Liberty Road in Randallstown.

Tickets includes dinner, live entertainment, dancing, BYOB and DJ Mike Jones. For more information, call Joy Brown at 443--324-1892 or DJ Mike Jones at 443-525-5016.

Well, my dear friends, I am out of time and out of space, but remember if you need me, call me at 410-833-9474 or email me at rosapryor@ aol.com. Please send all your correspondence by email not on face book. UNTIL THE NEXT TIME, I’M MUSICALLY YOURS.

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ARTS & CULTURE

The Loni Love Interview

Swan Lake at Kennedy Center Features African-American Leads

Lovely Loni!

By Kam Williams Special to the AFRO Throughout her career, comedian and actress Loni Love has brought audiences into hysterics with her witty satire and hilarious stand-up.

Through her tireless pursuit of excellence, Loni has now found herself at the top ranks of the comedy hierarchy.

When not busy circumnavigating the globe on the stand-up circuit, she co-hosts The Real, the popular, daytime talk show on Fox-TV. She’s also an author, having released her first book last year, “Love Him or Leave Him, but Don’t Pick Up the Tab,” a partmemoir, part-relationship advice opus.

Growing up as a latchkey daughter of a devoted, role model mom in Detroit’s Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, Loni always had an unparalleled work ethic.

Working on the General Motors assembly line in High School, she found a passion for electrical engineering which landed her a scholarship to Prairie View A&M University in Texas.

It was there that she first took to the stage and fell in love with stand-up comedy, routinely getting gigs throughout college. Upon graduation, she landed an engineering job in California and headed west to pursue her dream.

After feeling out the Los Angeles comedy club scene and becoming a regular at the legendary Laugh Factory, Loni reached full steam in 2003 when the electrical engineer by day / stand-up comedian by night was chosen for the comics showcase at HBO’s U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. Soon thereafter, she won the Jury Prize for Best Stand-Up and was a finalist on CBS TV’s revival of Star Search.

Her comedic flair and entertaining presence landed Loni a role in Soul Plane alongside Tom Arnold, D.L. Hughley, and Snoop Dog. On the small screen, she’s starred in her own half-hour special for Comedy Central, and has also been seen on the channel’s Premium Blend, Weekends at the DL, and Chocolate News.

Loni’s very own onehour special entitled Loni Love: America’s Sister aired on Comedy Central to rave reviews. Here, she talks about her latest outing as Donna Erricone opposite Kevin James in Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.

Kam Williams: Hi Loni, thanks for the interview.

Loni Love: Hey, Kam! No problem.

KW: What interested you in Paul Blart 2?

LL: I loved the script. I love the process of it’s being a family-friendly movie that also has action. And I also like the fact that the character I’m playing is the only mall cop that can actually fight. I thought the picture was really cute and I’m just really glad to be a part of it.

KW: I loved your appearance on Joan Rivers’ show, In Bed with Joan Rivers?

LL: Thank you!

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO Many little girls dream of becoming ballerinas. But rarely are they afforded the chance to witness professional African-American ballet dancers in celebrated

Loni Love plays Donna Erricone in Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.

KW: The two of you were hilarious playing off each other. But there was one moment that gave me goose bumps. That was when she said, “If you ever need a Jewish doctor, mention my name. I could drop dead in any of the original 13 colonies, and there’d be a doctor to revive me.”

LL: [LOL] We joked so much that day, and a lot of people have asked me about it. Her passing is such a tragedy, but we do have our memories of her. The thing people don’t know is that after that interview, she took so much time with me. She spent the whole day with me.

I was really amazed by her, and I felt very honored. But it was just a very creepy, weird coincidence that she joked about that.

KW: Why did you go from engineering to comedy?

LL: Because I was the worst engineer in the United States of America. [Laughs] No, I started doing stand-up in college, but I promised my mother that I would finish my engineering degree first.

When I got a job in L.A., I started doing engineering, during the day, and stand-up, at night. Then, I got laid off in 2002, and never looked back.

KW: You still stayed busy. Besides acting and stand-up, you found time to write your relationship advice book, “Love Him or Leave Him, but Don’t Get Stuck with the Tab” and to host Café Mocha Radio.

Where do you find all the time?

LL: One thing Joan taught me was to never turn any gigs down. In this day and age, you have to multi-task to have a career and to get the exposure that you want.

Through doing Café Mocha Radio, I was actually able to interview President Obama and the First Lady. Things I would never have dreamed of have happened to me because if I can schedule it, I’ll do it.

I was raised in the Brewster Projects in Detroit, and my mom taught me to work hard. So, when I was offered an opportunity to publish a book, I hunkered down and wrote it. I’ve been a touring comic for over a decade, and to get a chance to be on a talk show every day is a comic’s dream come true. So, all the things I’ve done in the past was training for what you see today, which is really to just be an entertainer.

KW: What advice do

you have for anyone who would like to follow in your footsteps?

LL: Start with a solid five-minute routine, and go to open mic nights until you build yourself up.

KW: Thanks again for the time, Loni, and best of luck with the film and your many other projects.

LL: [Still laughing] Thank you so much, Kam. To purchase a copy of Loni’s book, Love Him or Leave Him, but Don’t Get Stuck with the Tab visit: http://www. amazon.com/exec/obidos/ ASIN/1451694776/ ref=nosim/thslfofire-20 To see Loni’s appearance on In Bed with Joan Rivers, visit: https:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=T4TLMrzGhrU To see a trailer for Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, visit: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=bmD2vogB6yE

productions or on national stages. This changed for D.C.area residents with The Washington Ballet’s opening of “Swan Lake,” at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater featuring Misty Copeland and Brooklyn Mack. The production premiered April 8 and ran until April 12.

Copeland, a soloist with American Ballet Theatre portrayed the dual role of Odette / Odile, while Brooklyn Mack of The Washington Ballet danced as Prince Siegfried.

Recently named to the Time magazine 100 Most Influential People by famed gymnast Nadia Comaneci, Copeland said that “Swan Lake” was not a production in which she necessarily considered dancing lead.

“It’s just something that’s so engrained in the ballet culture, in us as dancers that you just envision a certain type of person portraying

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that role so it’s incredible to be able to be a brown swan,” Copeland said.

Mack, the first AfricanAmerican man to win gold at the 2012 International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria, said he initially

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Brooklyn Mack and Misty Copeland. became interested in ballet as a means of toning his body for football. Once his training began, however, he never turned back.

“[Ballet] snuck up on me.

I always use the analogy that there’s a vine called Wisteria and it just wraps around trees and engulfs them slowly; that’s pretty much what ballet did to me. It took me over before I knew it,” Mack said.

Productions of “Swan Lake” have been enjoyed by audiences for more than a century and is considered by many to be the greatest classical ballet of all time.

Called “mysterious,” “compelling” and

“lyrical,” the original work by Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky followed the beautiful Princess Odette, a passionate prince, and the wicked sorcerer who turns her into a swan. His evil spell can only be broken when a young man pledges his love and marries her.

Reviewers have offered modest praise for Copeland and Mack, noting as one critique did that “the hype surrounding Copeland and Mack’s casting betrays the astonishing narrowmindedness of the ballet world’s tastemakers in the face of a dwindling audience.”

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Author’s Corner Author’s Corner Rev. Louise A. Battle Parenting by Faith Release Date: March 2015 The Rev. Louise A. Battle was born and raised in Washington, D. C. more than half a century ago. She currently serves as an associate minister at Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church in Washington, D.C. in the Ministerial Alliance where her covering are Shepherds ArchBishop Alfred A. Owens and Co-Pastor Susie Owens. She is the proud mother of April and Phillip and four grandchildren, Precious, Edward, Tatiyana and Azaria. Her books may be purchased at www.battlenolonger.org, e-books ordered through Barnes & Noble Nook, Amazon.com Kindle and Apple iBooks or order paperback books through www. xulonpress.com or write her at P. O. Box 1243, Landover, Md. 20785; E-mail us at Lbattlenolonger@hotmail.com.

What was the impetus for writing your book?

When I look around my world, families are being torn apart. I am happy to be a parent! Children are still a blessing and both of mine are such. Many parents say children don’t come with a manual.....well “Parenting By Faith” is that manual. I wanted to share with the world that in order to reap benefits and for your children to reap benefits, God must be a

part of your parenting skills. in raising them.

What’s the overall theme?

Learn “how” to be a good parent and “Parenting By Faith” tells you how!

What surprised you about the development of the book?

How children have changed, but God’s word in raising them has not.

What do you want the reader to remember forever?

Proverbs 22:6 King James Version (KJV) “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

What did you learn during the writing process?

Rev. Louise A. Battle I realized how blessed I am and I have been humbled by it! Writing this book brought back wonderful, precious moments and reminded and revise again! me of all the hurdles and challenges I faced and how God after the passing of my husband and What’s next on the horizon for you? my children’s Dad..........God brought us through Write a volume of three childrens’ books that teach and it all! give children a message, then a book on prayer and thirdly a powerful love story!

Any advice for aspiring writers?

Be yourself, find your own voice and write from the heart What other books have you written? about things that interest you. Write on topics you know “No Longer Oppressed, Depressed and In A Mess, How to about and don’t be in such a hurry to publish your work, once Hold On!” published by Xulon Press in 2002, “The Fight Is it is finished. Sleep on it. Read, revise, read, revise and read On” published by Xulon Press in 2010.

COMMUNITY CONNECTION ‘Hats Off’ Luncheon

The Winning Women’s Ministry of Celebration Church of Columbia will host a luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 2 to celebrate and honor all mothers. The church is located at 6080 Foreland Garth in Columbia. The cost is $20 for ages 13 and over, $10 for ages 5 to 12 and free for ages 4 and younger. Every woman who registers could win a makeover. Email contact Jemima Davis at jemimadavis2008@yahoo.com for more information.

‘I Remember Mom Prayer Breakfast’

Black Lives Matter, Social Justice Now!

The Baltimore City branch of the NAACP‘s prayer breakfast will be 9 a.m. to noon, May 9 at The Forest Park Senior Center. The Rev. Errol Gillard Sr., pastor of Greater Harvest Baptist Church is the guest speaker. Tickets are $30. For more information contact Joe Aston at 443.226.9459 or via email joeaston1@hotmail.com or the branch office 410.366.3300.

The Ujima Peoples Progress Party in collaboration with Coppin State University Urban Studies Program is hosting a statewide conference on May 2 to build Maryland’s first Black workers-led political party for social and economic justice. Interested persons should meet at Coppin State University Health and Human Services building 103. The conference starts at 8:30 a.m. For more information call 443-826-9654 or register at www.uppmaryland.org .

Life Restoration Ministry is celebrating Mother’s Day on May 9 at Old Country Buffet , 6506 Baltimore National Drive. The prayer breakfast will begin at 9 a.m. Donations are $10.

For more information or to rsvp contact Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo at 443.739.1217.

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‘Listen to Your Mother’

The Fannie Lou Hamer Black Leadership classes are on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. at Coppin State University. For more information contact Dr. Ken Morgan at 410-951-4187 or see www. upppmaryland.org for more information.

Listen to Your Mother is a one day live staged reading event giving local residents and writers the opportunity to share their stories of motherhood. The event is on May 9 at 4 p.m. at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Auditorium on the campus of Mercy High School. This is Baltimore’s 2nd year hosting. Taya Dunn Johnson and Arlene Jackson are the producers and directors of the LTYM project. For more information visit www.listentoyourmothershow.com .

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Black Leadership Classes

The Fly Girl Network is having its spring fundraiser. They are selling delicious seafood dinners to raise money for their Summer Media Camp. The dinners will be sold May 1 through May 3. Please call Brittany at 443-208-1195 or visit www.flygirlnetwork.org to order dinners or to donate. Proceeds will benefit the Fly Girl Network’s summer enrichment programs for Baltimore Youth.

Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration

The Cylburn Arborstum Association with partners, Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks, University of Maryland Extension Services, Master Gardeners, and LifeBridge Health are thrilled to host the 47th Cylburn Arboretum Market Day & Market Day Preview. Market day will be on May 9 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free. See www. cylburnassociation.org for more information. The Market Day preview is on May 8 at 4:30 p.m. the preview It is a ticket event at a cost of $25.

The Arc Baltimore will hold its 2015 Annual Meeting and awards ceremony on May 6. The reception and open bar will begin at 6:30p.m at the North Baltimore Plaza Hotel, 2004 Greenspring Drive, Timonium, Maryland. Tickets are $20 for Arc staff and supported individuals and $40 for all others. To RSVP contact Lauren Seabolt at 410-296-2272 ext 5210 or visit www.thearcbaltimore.org.

Celebrating Streams and Waterways

Marley Musical

Join CAFÉ 347 for a jazz brunch 11:30 a.m., May 10, at 347 N. Calvert St. The Spice Band will be the music entertainment. The cost is $30. Call 443-272-5155 to reserve a table.

The world premiere production of Marley, the first original musical based on both the life and music of Bob Marley, will run May 6 to June 14 at Center Stage, the State Theater of Maryland. International singing sensation Mitchell Brunings has been cast to play Bob Marley.

Visit www.centerstage.org and www.marleymusical.com or call 410.332.0033 for ticket and more information.

‘Mommy and Me’ Family Portraits

Jazzy Studios are hosting photo sessions on May 9 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and outside sessions from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The special price is $75. Call 410.356.7708 for more information. Jazzy Studios is located in Owings Mills Mall, Maryland.

‘Broadway’s Best’

The Towson Encore Chorale Spring Concert is on May 9 at 7:30 pm. The concert will be held at Towson Presbyterian Church, 400 West Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, MD. The admission is free.

3rd Annual African American Children’s Book Fair

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum hosts the 3rd annual African American Book Fair on May 9 . Special guest are poet Eloise Greenfield, Everett Todd Adams, Floyd Cooper, Zetta Elliot, London Ladd and others. Free children’s book will be distributed while supplies last. Admission to the museum is free during the event.

Mother’s Tea

Shiloh Baptist church of Edgemere is hosting a Mother’s Day Tea on May 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Heritage Gardens Champagne Room in Parkville Shopping Center. Join us as we celebrate the legacy of motherhood featuring guest speaker Leah White, pastor of New Bethlehem Baptist church. Isaac Parham will provide the music entertainment. Tickets are $40.

Call 410-477-8886 to purchase tickets.

The 11th annual Greenbelt Green Man Festival will be held on May 9 and May 10 on the Roosevelt Center Plaza in the heart of the Historic Greenbelt, Maryland. For more information see www.greenbeltgreenmanfestival.org.

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AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

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Are the Wizards Ready for Atlanta?

By Stephen D. Riley and Perry Green AFRO Sports Desk The Washington Wizards aren’t out of the woods yet, but they’re up 3-0 against the Toronto Raptors in a series that history says will end soon and favorably for the lower-seeded Wizards. Washington has outplayed Toronto at every turn, but there’s always room for improvement, especially against a talented Raptors squad. After a so-so regular season, the Wizards haven’t proven enough to be trusted in close-out games, so they’re in no position to look ahead. But that won’t stop the AFRO Sports Desk from doing it. Washington could face up with Atlanta in the second round provided that both teams win series that they’re currently leading. The Hawks could prove to be a much different opponent than Toronto if both teams were to square off but who wins? Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, of the AFRO Sports Desk, debates the issue.

Green: Kyle Lowry’s injuries have zapped a lot of intangibles from the all-star guard, seemingly handing the point guard edge to John Wall and the Wizards. Washington has taken advantage of a onesided match up against Toronto and turned it into a dagger that the Raptors can’t help but run into. Atlanta, however, is healthy for the most part, with an all-star point guard of its own in Jeff Teague. Washington won’t be able to just run up and down the court while watching the opposition trot into their sets and run plays. The Hawks have been the best team in the Eastern Conference and it’s barely been close. They have enough firepower to outgun the Wizards and enough defense to corral a team that is

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known to get into scoring droughts Riley: If Washington beats the Raptors then they’ll go into a potential series with Atlanta brimming with confidence and swagger. All the pressure will be on the Hawks to win the series – but it’ll be tougher than what most expect. The Hawks and the Wizards match up well, and Washington appears to be turning things up a notch with the postseason started. Atlanta was the best team in the regular season, but Cleveland and Washington have been the two most impressive teams so far in the Eastern Conference. Washington has the size and talent to match up with the Hawks well and they’ll still have an advantage in the point guard department. Wall is arguably the top point guard in the Eastern Conference and he’s still bigger and faster than Teague in the open floor.

Green: Atlanta shoots better, passes better and plays defense better than the Wizards, but we’ll see firsthand should the teams square off. The Hawks’ ability to adapt to any style gives them a distinct edge that most teams, including the Wizards, simply can’t match. Atlanta spaces the floor very well with stretch-fours and big men who can step out to threepoint range. It’s a difficult team to go up against, and the Wizards are still a traditional team that needs its big guys on the floor to rebound effectively and play defense. The slower Wizards would have their problems with Atlanta, especially their “bigs� as everybody on the Hawks can run well and pass efficiently. It’s a different type of breed that the Hawks have on the floor playing now and for a more traditional team like the Wizards, they would have big time struggles with a team as sound as the Hawks.

Riley: So far this postseason, the Wizards have been pretty sound too. NBA history tells us that you can’t really put too much stock into the regular season because the playoffs is another level of basketball. Washington stepped up last year and proved they weren’t scared of the bright lights. The Hawks cruised through the regular season, but few teams orchestrated blueprints and game plans to slow them. Teams now have film and a season-long tape on them. The Wizards have the right mix of veteran players and a defensive-minded coach that can effectively slow them and top them in a seven-game series. Washington wouldn’t be scared of a second round matchup with Atlanta, in fact, I think they would welcome it. This Wizards team is on a collision course with the top two teams in the Eastern Conference. Washington set out to be a top three team in the conference before the season started but they faltered in the middle of the season. They’re back and shining with confidence, and I’m calling early: Washington in six games over Atlanta in the second round.

Special to the AFRO As a child, I was among the fortunate.  Jim Crow and poverty were around me, but none of this touched me directly.  I had my group of buddies, and although we hadn’t experienced hard knocks, we were tough enough.

I lived in an upper middle-class neighborhood, and my parents were employed in pretty good jobs. Â Sam was busy building a Hall of Fame career at the AFRO, and Alberta (my mom) worked for the Department of Defense.

Although my buddies and I never felt the sting of poverty, we could find plenty of mischief.

Although my parents never got involved in a few of our antics, there were enough signs that we had too much time to find ways to fight boredom.

One that Sam missed involved the mail man.  It was customary for the mail man to pick up his mail at the Post Office to prepare for delivery. The mail boxes on the corners served as places to store half of the mail for the route. We had a mail man that had demonstrated that he didn’t have much love for kids, so we decided to put him on our hit list.

We tracked down a stray cat in the neighborhood and put him on a string leash.  The cat had no objection, probably thinking his captivity would lead to a free meal. We had other plans.  We took this cat to the corner mail box and put him in the mail slot.  I wasn’t in the box with him, but I am sure that after a few minutes he was more than a little ticked off.

After a few minutes, along came the mail man.  When he opened the box this ticked off cat emerged.  The mail man didn’t have a heart attack, but I imagine his shorts were a little wet when he left.  No penalty for the culprits.

One of my favorite incidents involved Sam losing his cool.  At the end of our alley was a cleaners with a coal bin and next door was a Safeway store. The cleaners had a tin roof over half of the coal bin to keep the coal dry in case of rain.  This provided idle minds with an adventure that couldn’t be beat.

There were some protruding bricks on the back side of the Safeway, and we used them to climb to the roof. What better way to exit the roof than to jump off into the coal bin.  What a rush!  It didn’t take long for this exercise in stupidity to get old, so to up the stakes we decided we would run to the edge of the parapet and jump blind.  In the words of Forest Gump, “Stupid is as stupid does.�

Any kid can tell you that most adventures wind up with you trying to outdo your buddies. Â I started thinking with my speed I could take a sharper angle and run up and leap from the roof to the coal bin. Â This worked perfectly except I forgot to factor in the tin roof over the bin. Â When I crashed through that roof, it made so much noise that neighbors emerged from their yards to investigate (including Sam).

I knew I was about to be sentenced to life in the back yard when I realized everybody was laughing, including Sam and the owner of the cleaners.  I didn’t have to pay for the damage, but it was more than a little humiliating for the next few days to have my Pop laugh at me when he thought of the incident.  His only comment was, “That was the dumbest thing I have ever seen.�

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TYPESET: Wed Apr 29 13:18:03 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY Case No.: 24D15000170 IN THE MATTER OF Tanner Evans Minot FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO Tanner Minot Ryan ORDER FOR NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to officially change the name of the petitioner from Tanner Evans Minot to Tanner Minot Ryan It is this 10th day of April, 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 11th day of May, 2015, which shall warn all interested persons to file an affidavit in opposition to the relief requested on or before the 26th day of May, 2015.

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The Marriott Residence Inn Baltimore Johns Hopkins Medical Campus Initial Construction Outreach Information Session Minority and Women Owned Businesses Invited to Learn and Network Thursday, May 7, 2015 3:00pm - 5:00pm @ EBDI’s Large Conference Room 1731 E. Chase Street Baltimore, MD 21213 RSVP/Inquire with James Harper at jharper@henselphelps.com Hensel Phelps Plan - Build - Manage Our Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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CITY OF BALTIMORE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE OF ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for Sanitary Contract No. 944R-Rehabilitation and Improvements to Sanitary Sewers at Various Locations in Baltimore City will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon.

The Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, at the Department of Public Works in Room 6 located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of Friday, May 1, 2015 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $100.00.

Conditions and requirements of the Bid are found in the bid package.

All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call 410-396-6883 or contact the Committee at 3000 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21215. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required for bidding on this project is B02552Sewer Construction Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $10,000,000.01 to $15,000,000.00 A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 3rd Floor Conference Room of the Office of Engineering & Construction, Abel Wolman Municipal Building on May 6, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. Principal Items of work for this project are: Repair, replacement, and rehabilitation of sanitary sewers, manholes, and appurtenances, as well as televising, cleaning, and bypass pumping at various locations, and other related work, including, but not limited to paving and surface restoration. The contractor must be able to mobilize multiple work crews with the necessary equipment to perform the work as designated by the Engineer. Generally, this is a requirements type contract, and work assignments are on an as needed basis. The Contractor must be able to proceed with work within forty-eight (48) hours or receipt of direction from the Engineer.

The MBE goal is 13% The WBE goal is 4% SANITARY CONTRACT NO. 944R APPROVED: Bernice H. Taylor Clerk, Board of Estimates APPROVED: Rudolph S. Chow, P.E. Director of Public Works

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BUSINESS Homme Boutique Brings Style and Culture to Anacostia

Amir Browder

By Christina Sturdivant Special to the AFRO Women have their little black dresses, but what about men?

According to Amir Browder, every man’s closet should include “a crisp white button down shirt, a classic pair of nicely fitted jeans, a black brogue dress shoe, a classic sneaker, tortoise shell frames, a bomber jacket, and classic wrist piece.”

“And all men must have a two-button blazer – blue or black,” Browder told the AFRO, April 2.

As the owner of Homme, a men’s lifestyle boutique that opened July 2014 in the Anacostia Arts Center, Browder ensures his customers know the essentials so they’ll be able to make smart choices about accessories – shoes, jewelry, outerwear, etc.

“You may not want to go with everything trendy because

next year, you may not be able to wear it – [after] you spend so much money,” he says, “But if you stick to the classics you never go wrong.”

Browder works with local and national designers to present a carefully curated selection of men’s clothing and grooming products, making Homme a go-to for one-of-a-kind pieces for D.C.’s most stylish men.

A native Washingtonian who grew up near Potomac Avenue SE, Browder has had an eye on apparel since the age of 17. Over the years, he’s taken courses in fashion from the University of the District of Columbia to the Fashion Institute of Technology. As an entrepreneur, he’s developed several fashion businesses from styling customers to designing garments. Working in Fortune 500 companies, he built a strong skillset in customer service.

After two decades of delving into the industry, he was presented with the opportunity to open a brick and mortar location. “Once I was told that this spot was available to me, I immediately started going back through notes that I collected throughout the years and started putting it into action,” he says. “The plan was already there, it was just having the opportunity to showcase and have the plans executed.”

More than an outlet to sell merchandise, Browder has created an atmosphere that celebrates the historic Anacostia neighborhood and all of its amenities. “People from the community who have never stepped foot in the Anacostia Arts Center started to come in and feel more comfortable with this amazing place that we have here; and not just my boutique, but all the other cool stuff that’s going on,” he says.

Recognizing that access to D.C.’s art scene can be quite political, Homme has also become a space where locals artists can show their work.

As a local boutique and gathering space for creatives, Browder hopes that ultimately his personal touch can thread a fabric that’s beneficial to the community and the D.C. region.

“I try to bring it full circle, show complete support and be someone that people can relate to,” he says. “You don’t have to feel like you have to buy everything when you come in, just kick it with me. I think that’s a pretty good way [to go].”

For more information about Homme DC, check them out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hommedcboutique.

UM School of Medicine’s Dr. Donald E. Wilson to be Feted by the American College of Physicians

By Ariel Medley Special to the AFRO Dr. Donald E. Wilson, the renowned Professor and Dean Emeritus at the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine will be honored with the American College of Physician’s (ACP) 2015 W. Lester Henry Award.

Dr. Donald E. Wilson With a prominent medical career spanning over 30 years, Wilson will be recognized for his outstanding leadership and distinguished service to medical education at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting in Boston on April 30.

A pioneer within his community, Wilson became the first African-American dean of a non-minority school. He was the first African-American to serve as chairman of the Maryland Health Care Commission, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and the AAMC Council of Deans.

During his tenure at the School of Medicine, Wilson played a key role in increasing student body diversity and tripling the number of full-time minority facilities. He successfully increased the school’s grant and contract awards from $77 million to $350 million, and he worked to increase the school’s philanthropic support from $ 1.7 million to $37 million- the result of which aided the construction of two biomedical research buildings.

In 2014, Wilson became Howard University’s Senior Vice President for Health and Sciences and has since spearheaded efforts to transform the historic Howard University Hospital.

He is currently working towards increasing the school’s research funding for HIV/AID and Schizophrenia.

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