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New Kidney ‘Key to Life’ AP photo

In this Nov. 27, 2018 Associated Press photo, Stevie Wonder performs live at the “House Full of Toys 22nd Annual Benefit Concert” press conference in Los Angeles. Wonder says he will be receiving a kidney transplant this fall. The 69-year-old music legend made the announcement to concertgoers in England on Saturday, July 6. See story on A6.

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HU Hospital Announces WIC Center

D.C. Activist Dishes on Dem Debates D1

By William J. Ford NNPA Newswire

Melanie Campbell flew to her native Florida to personally feel, hear and see the 20 Democratic presidential candidates debate on health care, race, foreign affairs and other topics last week.

The president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation in northwest D.C. said while she appreciated the diverse field of candidates onstage, she lamented that several key issues weren’t broached in the second round of debates Thursday, such as two important Supreme Court rulings earlier that day on gerrymandering and the 2020 Census citizenship question.

Additionally, Campbell said, there

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Melanie Campbell, president and CEO of the National Coalition of Black Civic Participation (second from left) traveled from northwest D.C. for the Democratic presidential debates held in Florida last week. Here she poses with Presdiential Candidate Kamala Harris and other attendees.

Mosby Testifies on Marijuana Reform

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On July 7, Marilyn Mosby addressed the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security at the “Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Justice and the Need” hearing at the Rayburn House Office in Washington D.C. At the hearing, Mosby suggested that marijuana be removed under statutes as a scheduled controlled substance in order to create economic growth and incentives for investments within Baltimore communities.

The Baltimore State’s

Attorney’s continued activism toward those who have faced injustices during their time with law officials has been the catalyst of her career.

Upon taking office shortly after the death of Freddie Grey, a tragic event in Baltimore’s not-so-distant history, Mosby promised Baltimore citizens she would have the police officers responsible for his death prosecuted. And she did.

Mosby has also honored the commitment to advocate for lesser sentencing regarding marijuana charges, when she announced that would stop prosecuting

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should have been more focus on voting rights, especially with past controversies in Florida.

“Why the moderator didn’t get into it? That was a concern with the people sitting around me,” she said during a phone interview after midnight Thursday.

“That will have long-term implications.”

The candidates who debated Wednesday included New Jersey Sen. Cory

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Oldest Woman in the United States

Celebrated as Supercentenarian at 114

By Blacknews.com The oldest woman in the United States is Black.

Alelia Murphy has been confirmed as the oldest living person in the United States.

She just celebrated her 114 birthday on July 6th. She was honored by officials in Harlem, New York as they declared her birthday as “Alelia Murphy Appreciation Day” in the local community.

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Alelia Murphy celebrated her 114th birthday with family, friends and New York state officials on July 6, now known in her Harlem as Alelia Murphy Appreciation Day.”

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The Afro-American, July 13, 2019 - July 19, 2019

Storms and Flooding Impact the D.M.V.

By Mark Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Around 8:30 a.m. July 8 scores of people received the blaring alerts on cell phones throughout Prince George’s that there was a flash flood warning and that low lying areas were vulnerable. As rush hour reached its peak the heavens opened wreaking havoc throughout southern Maryland.

When Mother Nature made a wake-up call, areas such as Fort Washington and Oxon Hill were victimized by a massive deluge that left many areas crippled. Cars were submerged, traffic lights were inoperable and the full work days for many at the office turned into half days of telework after basements and lower floors of many homes succumbed to rising tides brought on by record setting rains that hit the area between 8:30 and

10:30 am.

The Fort Washington Oxon Hill area was hit by a slow moving storm event that dumped nearly four inches of rain within a two-hour span. Officially Reagan National Airport recorded 3.6 inches which was a record, but pales in comparison to the five to six inch totals seen in places just over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in northern Virginia.

While Rock Creek rose causing well publicized rescue efforts that were caught on video by news crews throughout the region, there similar incidents near National Harbor. Many cars found roads that were overwhelmed by the rain which led to hazardous conditions making it impossible.

On a traditionally dangerous stretch of road known for its propensity for speeding drivers, there were no accidents or fatalities on Rt. 210 (Indian Head Highway.) However, raging waters rose and vehicles couldn’t pass for approximately 90 minutes while residents and drivers waited for the water to recede. A portion of Livingston Road saw water rise to a level near the door handle on the entrance of a McDonald’s restaurant.

Several residential areas were hit with flooded basements

off Brock Road. The topography of that neighborhood with its set of peaks and valleys and underscored how the County’s infrastructure hasn’t kept up with commercial and expanded residential development. Homes in the low-lying areas were hit hardest as water mains were overwhelmed causing quick moving but damaging floods that hit basements and single family dwellings.

The sounds of mostly retired residents who meticulously care for their lawns by mowing them daily were replaced by a similar sound of water vacs that were pushing water out of the lower levels of homes. Some owners faced more than 1.5 inches of standing water in basements after the aggressive storms created its brand of high tide in the morning.

However, there was a retail victory, as home improvement stores such as Lowe’s in Clinton and Home Depot in Oxon Hill, nearly sold out all inventory of water cleaning products.

Water vacuums and portable pumps sold out like snowblowers prior to blizzards during winter months.

Officially there have been no estimates on the amount of damage this brief storm caused, but the amount of inconvenience figures to rise as the cleanup resumes.

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Debates

Continued from A1 Booker; former Obama administration official Julián Castro; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; former Maryland Rep. John Delaney; Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard; Washington Gov. Jay Inslee; Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar; former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke; Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan; and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Thursday featured Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet; former Vice President Joe Biden; South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg; New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand; California Sen. Kamala Harris; Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper; Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders; California Rep. Eric Swalwell; motivational speaker and author Marianne Williamson; and tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang.

Campbell said Castro “had command of that stage” Wednesday.

She said Thursday’s debate moved faster and was “a little bit more feisty,” especially when Harris (D-California) challenged Biden’s previous stance on busing.

“Sen. Harris was able to bring the racial justice perspective into the conversation,” said Campbell, who hasn’t endorsed any candidate. “You got to hear her tell her personal stories.

That’s what I felt in the room from all kinds of folks. I felt Vice President Biden wasn’t ready and didn’t seem to be ready about the concerns of the whole issue dealing with bipartisanship and

activist and journalist Shaun King tweeted Friday. “I think the two biggest winners were Julián Castro & Kamala Harris. I think the two biggest losers were Beto O’Rouke & Joe Biden.”

Also, she said, pay attention to any future Republican presidential debates.

“I do believe it is a historic moment we are in,” Campbell said. “It is not

“I felt Vice President Biden wasn’t ready and didn’t seem to be ready about the concerns of the whole issue dealing with bipartisanship and working with folks who are segregationists and busing.” working with folks who are segregationists and busing.”

Political pundits and commentators posted similar thoughts on social media.

“I’ve watched the debates from start to finish again,”

As for Campbell, she said voters shouldn’t focus on the number of candidates running, but on their respective positions and how they propose to improve the Black community.

just a generational shift, but young people need to feel this and know what’s going on.

This is important.”

This article originally appeared in the Washington Informer.

Mosby

Continued from A1 for marijuana possession in January. She has been fighting to have criminals who have been convicted and sentenced with drug charges involving marijuana overturned.

Now she’s taken her case to the District to impact marijuan reform on a national level.

“National data has consistently shown that Black people are almost four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession in the United States than White people, despite individuals of both races using marijuana at the same rate.”

She continued, “In the city of Baltimore, prior to the decriminalization of 10 grams or less of marijuana, Black people were six times more likely to be arrested for possession of marijuana,” said Mosby in a written statement.

“In the city of Baltimore, prior to the decriminalization of 10 grams or less of marijuana, Black people were six times more likely to be arrested for possession of marijuana.”

Supercentenarian

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Dozens of people from the neighborhood gathered at her birthday celebration hosted by the African American Caucus of 1199SEIU, a union of health workers. State Sen. Brian Benjamin presented the declaration as well as a framed poster to Murphy.

During his speech, Benjamin said Murphy is a “Harlem landmark” and thanked her for her contributions to the community.

Murphy was wearing

bright yellow with a crown on her head as she greeted partygoers from her wheelchair. She didn’t speak at the event, but her family said that according to Murphy, her secret to long life is “being a good person” and faith in God. Murphy, who was born in North Carolina in 1905, has been in Harlem since she moved there in 1926.

She has been well-known in the community after

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being involved in several organizations and the church.

Her husband died in 1953 and since then, she had to support her two children alone as a seamstress.

“She is the glue that holds this family together,” her granddaughter Nefer Nekhet told New York’s PIX 11 TV. Murphy’s daughter, Rose Green, considers her mother her best friend. She said she is thankful that the last time they checked, Murphy doesn’t have any illnesses.

“I’m so proud of her and so glad to have her as long as I have,” Green said.

Murphy has been considered supercentenarian, with her age exceeding 110, as validated by the Gerontology Research Group.

The oldest person in the world is Kane Tanaka from Japan, who is 116-years old.

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Black Women Stand in Solidarity with Migrants

By Brianna McAdoo Special to the AFRO Around the world, people are watching a humanitarian crisis unfolding throughout the United States of America and along its Southern border as the commander and chief, Donald Trump has waged a reign of terror on Black and Brown migrants.

Since October 1 six people have died in ICE custody, thousands of children have been separated from their parents, children have been caged for seeking freedom, in addition to many other harsh acts that have been the response to migrants seeking a shot at the “American Dream.”

President Trump has kept a narrative that the detention centers are not a place for the inhumane caging of people. “I’ve seen some of those places and they are run beautifully,” Trump said.

Last week, on July 1, 14 Democratic members of Congress visited two migrant detention centers in Texas in response to the numerous reports of poor conditions at the U.S.-Mexico detention center’s. After their visit, Congress confirmed the horrendous conditions the migrants are being subjected to, which include overcrowding, limited to no access to hygiene care and showers, minimal to no access to clean water (including being told to drink out of a toilet), continued separation of families, denial of medical attention as well as harassment from the guards within the detention center’s.

Rep. Alexandria OcacioCortez (D- NY) released a series of tweets following

“We stand in solidarity with immigrants and all people of color in demanding that America live up to its promise of liberty and justice for all.” her visit to the detention center stating. “This has been horrifying so far. It is hard to understate the enormity of the problem,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “We’re talking systemic cruelty w/ a dehumanizing culture that treats them like animals.”

The National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda (NBWRJA) President and CEO, Marcela Howell swiftly released a statement condemning the crimes being committed by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.

“The problems with Customs and Border Patrol did not start with the Trump administration, however, they have exponentially worsened under the leadership of a racist, sexist and xenophobic president.” While the NBWRJA statement calls out the Border Patrol and the Trump administration, it also challenges all American’s to push for immediate change.

The NBWRJA emphasizes the human right’s crisis at hand and proclaims, “Every American with simple basic

Below: Black women publishers, including our shero, Ida B. Wells, stood at the forefront of the movement, and it is incumbent upon us to ensure that story is boldly and broadly told.

Right: Gwen McKinney, the lead visionary for Suffrage.Race.Power., a collaboration of Black women and other “woke” women across the United States.

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compassion should rise up and demand and end to these inhumane conditions. We must stop this administration’s campaign to decimate families and destroy immigrants’ lives.”

While the NBWRJA is an organization that champions reproductive rights for Black women, they make it clear that their struggle is intrinsically connected to that of migrants.

“As Black women, we understand how it feels to be stripped of our rights. We know the pain of having our children torn from our arms.

We are intimately familiar with the systematic attacks on our rights, our families and our lives,”NBWRJA wrote.

“We stand in solidarity with immigrants and all people of color in demanding that America live up to its promise of liberty and justice for all,” NBWRJA added.

The National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda is a national organizational initiative dedicated to highlighting the voices of Black women and girls in the fight for reproductive justice. For more information about the work that they do, visit: http:// blackrj.org

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WHAT’S TRENDING ON AFRO.COM Mary J. Blige Signs Production Deal with Lionsgate

Kamala Harris Raises $12M in Second Quarter

By Juana Summers The Associated Press

Mary joins a list of other artists like “Power” creator Courtney Kemp, “Love & Hip Hop” creator Mona ScottYoung and Common.

By BlackPress Newswire

Mary J. Blige seems to be winning in every way. Days after she honored her darn self at the BET Awards, Lionsgate announced that the Grammy-award-winning singer turned Oscar-nominated actress has signed a first look deal with Lionsgate.

According to The Hollywood Reporter Blige will develop and produce series through her company Blue Butterfly Productions. The deal will also allow Blige to create content for the studios various platforms.

“I couldn’t be more excited to be working with Lionsgate,” Mary J. Blige said on July 3 in a statement about the deal. “They are incredible collaborators and have been natural partners from when we first started talking. I can’t wait to bring all of our projects to life.”

Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate Television Group chairman, also spoke about the partnership: “Mary is a very talented artist, fearless visionary and an incredible human being. We’re delighted to be working with someone with such a powerful and impactful creative voice. Every art she touches blossoms, and we’re humbled she’s chosen us as her home. We look forward to all the exciting new content Mary and her Blue Butterfly banner will bring to our television slate and Lionsgate 360 orbit.”

The partnership comes after Mary is set to star in Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy and the third season of Scream, which will air next month on VH1.

Mary joins a list of other artists like “Power” creator Courtney Kemp, “Love & Hip Hop” creator Mona Scott-Young and Common.

“The deal will also allow Blige to create content for the studios various platforms.”

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Group grants $1.6M for Places That Are Part of Black History

By Chevel Johnson The Associated Press

More than $1.6 million in grants are going to 22 sites and organizations to help preserve Black history.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced the grants Friday during the 25th annual Essence Festival in New Orleans.

The trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund’s executive director, Brent Leggs, says the recipients “shine a light on once lived stories and Black culture.”

Grants are given across four categories: capacity building, project planning, capital, and programming and interpretation.

This year’s awardees include the home of Negro League Baseball phenom Satchel Paige; the Emmett Till Memorial Commission; ‘The Forum’ in Chicago’s Bronzeville and more.

“The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced the grants Friday during the 25th annual Essence Festival in New Orleans.”

Sen. Kamala Harris of California says she raised $12 million in the past three months — roughly equal to what she collected in the first fundraising quarter, which ended March 31.

Her fundraising total is significantly less than the $24.8 million raised by Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind. Harris also raised less than former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Her campaign said July 5 that of the money she raised this quarter, half a million dollars came from her online store.

The campaign is pointing to sales of a shirt seeking to fundraise on the much-watched moment from the first Democratic presidential debate, when Biden struggled to respond to Harris’ tough questions about his past positions on public school busing.

“Harris also raised less than former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.”

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Black high school wrestler in New Jersey was told by a referee that he had to cut off his dreadlocks if he wanted to compete.

California’s Democratic governor said the video was a clear example of the discrimination Black Americans face.

“His decision whether or not to lose an athletic competition or lose his identity came into, I think, stark terms for millions of Americans,” Newsom said before signing the bill alongside Mitchell and half a dozen advocates. “That is played out in workplaces, it’s played out in schools — not just athletic competitions and settings — every single day all across America in ways subtle and overt.”

Though California is the first state with such a law, New York City earlier this year issued legal guidance banning discrimination against someone based on their hairstyle. The beauty company Dove is part of a coalition pushing for more hairstyle protections, and Mitchell said she hopes other states follow California.

Mitchell’s bill adds language to the state’s discrimination laws to say that “race” also includes “traits historically associated with race,” including hair texture and protective hairstyles. It further defines protective hairstyles as braids, twists and locks.

The term locks, or “locs,” is the preferred term to dreadlocks, which has a derogatory connotation.

At Hunter-Ray’s studio, Exquisite U, on July 3, her stylists and customers reflected on the new law.

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Special Prosecutor Named for Police Shooting of Black Indiana Man

By Kathleen Nayne The Associated Press

California Becomes 1st State to Ban Hairstyle Discrimination

By Kathleen Nayne The Associated Press

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law July 3 a bill making California the first state to ban workplace and school discrimination against Black people for wearing hairstyles such as braids, twists and locks.

The law by Democratic Sen. Holly Mitchell of Los Angeles, a Black woman who wears her hair in locks, makes California the first state to explicitly say that those hairstyles are associated with race and therefore protected against discrimination in the workplace and in schools.

“We are changing the course of history, hopefully, across this country by acknowledging that what has been defined as professional hair styles and attire in the work place has historically been based on a Eurocentric model — based on straight hair,” Mitchell said.

Stephanie HunterRay, who works at a makeup counter, says she typically wears her hair braided or in an afro, but one day she showed up to work with it straightened and styled in a bob. Her manager told Hunter-Ray her hair had never looked so normal.

“It bothered me,” Hunter-Ray said in an interview at the hair salon she owns in Sacramento that specializes in natural hair styles. “What do you mean by ‘normal?’ Your normal is not my normal. My normal is my ‘fro or my braids.”

Alikah Hatchett-Fall, who runs Sacred Crowns Salon in Sacramento, said she’s had Black men come into her salon asking to have their hair cut off because they can’t find jobs.

The law, she said, “means that psychologically and mentally people can be at ease and be able to get the jobs they want, keep the jobs they want, and get promoted at the jobs they want.”

California’s new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, is significant because federal courts have historically held that hair is a characteristic that can be changed, meaning there’s no basis for discrimination complaints based on hairstyle. The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear the case of an Alabama woman who said she didn’t get a job because she refused to change her hair.

The issue burst into public view last December, when a

“Stephanie HunterRay, who works at a makeup counter, says she typically wears her hair braided or in an afro, but one day she showed up to work with it straightened and styled in a bob. Her manager told Hunter-Ray her hair had never looked so normal.”

A judge appointed a special prosecutor July 3 to investigate a White police officer’s fatal shooting of a Black man in the Indiana city where Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is mayor.

A St. Joseph County judge named Richard Hertel from southeastern Indiana’s Ripley County as the special prosecutor to oversee the investigation into Eric Logan’s shooting . County Prosecutor Ken Cotter said he sought a special prosecutor to “avoid any appearance of impropriety, conflict of interest or influence upon the ultimate prosecutorial decision to be made,” the South Bend Tribune reported .

The fatal June 16 shooting of the 54-year-old Logan

by South Bend Sgt. Ryan O’Neill prompted Buttigieg, who’s seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, to leave the campaign trail for several days to answer questions about public safety and race. Buttigieg had said he wanted an independent investigator appointed in the case.

Buttigieg’s campaign did not immediately respond July 3 to a request by The Associated Press for comment on Hertel’s appointment.

Police have said that Logan was armed with a knife when he approached O’Neill and that O’Neill shot him. Prosecutors have said Logan’s shooting was not recorded by the officer’s body camera.

In a statement tweeted Wednesday by South Bend’s police union, O’Neill said he and his family never expected “being thrown into the middle of a Presidential campaign.” O’Neill, who remains on paid administrative leave following the shooting, also said he and his family face “intense pressure.”

Logan was shot after O’Neill responded to a call about a suspicious person going through vehicles, a prosecutor investigating the case has said. O’Neill spotted Logan leaning inside a car. When confronted, Logan approached O’Neill with a 6- to 8-inch knife raised over his head, the prosecutor said.

O’Neill fired twice, with the other shot hitting a car door.

“O’Neill said he and his family never expected “being thrown into the middle of a Presidential campaign.”

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Logan was shot after O’Neill responded to a call about a suspicious person going through vehicles, a prosecutor investigating the case has said. O’Neill spotted Logan leaning inside a car. When confronted, Logan approached O’Neill with a 6- to 8-inch knife raised over his head, the prosecutor said. O’Neill fired twice, with the other shot hitting a car door.

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COMMENTARY

A Time for Action to Save Lives

On June 19, our House Oversight and Reform Committee held its third hearing of 2019 on the adequacy of the federal government’s response to America’s ongoing opioid epidemic. As we expected, the testimony of Dr. Susan R. Bailey, President-Elect of the American Medical Association, and our other experts was compelling.

“The nation’s epidemic of opioid-related overdoses and deaths continues to worsen,” Dr. Bailey informed us. “More than two million people in the United States have Opioid Use Disorder …, and of the 70,237 drug overdose deaths in 2017, 68 percent (47,600) were from opioid-related causes.”

It appears, moreover, that although the final mortality statistics for 2018 are not yet available, the opioid death toll remained far too high.

Here in Maryland, as well as nationally, the public health challenge is clear. Our state government reported in May that 2,114 Marylanders died from opioid-related causes in 2018, the second consecutive year in which these fatalities reached that unacceptable level.

The human tragedies reflected in these deadly statistics demand a more comprehensive and effective public health response. They are compounded. moreover, by a second harsh, yet potentially promising, reality.

Most, if not all, of these lost lives could have been saved.

The expert witnesses at our June 19 hearing uniformly confirmed that clinical interventions like Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) work.

Yet, the evidence also reflects the fact that, last year, only 10.8 percent of the adults afflicted with this dangerous and often deadly disorder received specialty treatment for their disease – and only 36 percent of specialty treatment facilities offered any form of FDA-approved medication for opioid use disorder.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine warned earlier this year that “efforts to date have made no real headway in stemming this crisis, in large part because tools that already exist—like evidence-based medications—are not being deployed to maximum impact.”

Although the Congress has undertaken some actions in response to this public health crisis, the medical experts attest – and I agree – that we have failed to act with the urgency that this crisis demands. Meanwhile, nearly 200 Americans continue to die every single day.

Check afro.com for full story and a video of the committee’s third hearing of 2019 on the adequacy of the federal government’s response to America’s ongoing opioid epidemic.

Congressman Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the United State House of Representatives. He is Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

We have the ability to overcome this carnage being inflicted upon the American people – but only if we significantly expand, carefully tailor and sustain the federal government’s response. Toward this end, the Congress should follow the assessment and advice of a national leader in fighting the epidemic, Baltimore City’s former Health Commissioner, Dr. Leana Wen. “Addiction is a [chronic] disease,” Dr. Wen has informed us. “Treatment for that disease exists, and it works..., [but] the infrastructure needed to treat addiction as a chronic ailment that it is does not exist.”

“More than anything else,” Dr. Wen has advised us, “what is required … is an investment of resources.”

In both the last Congress and currently, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and I have taken Dr. Wen’s advice to heart. Now, a growing number of our colleagues on Capitol Hill are doing the same.

We have introduced proposed federal legislation that will begin to provide the sustained federal resources needed by local and state health providers if we are to respond to the opioid crisis like the critical public health emergency it has become.

Fortunately, our nation has a successful model that is guiding us as to how best to defeat this epidemic in an effective, efficient and humane way.

Congressman Elijah Cummings

Our proposed Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act (H.R. 2569 / S. 1365), first introduced last year and reintroduced in May, is modeled directly on the bipartisan Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act that was enacted nearly 30 years ago to support the federal investments and local decisionmaking needed to successfully tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Now, confronted with a comparable threat to our nation, it is time for the Congress and President to come together, put politics aside, and provide adequate and sustained funding to combat the opioid epidemic.

Our proposed federal legislation would provide $100 billion over the next ten years, targeting a major share of these new resources directly to our nation’s hardest hit communities as they mobilize to provide the medically-assisted treatment that has been shown to work.

Tragically, as I have noted, some of those communities are close to home. More than one-third of Maryland’s opioid-related deaths last year occurred in Baltimore City.

Nearly another one-third occurred in nearby Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties.

Although all of the current 117 House and Senate co-sponsors of our CARE Act are Democrats, I am cautiously optimistic that my Republican colleagues will come to support our proposal. After all, this epidemic is devastating communities in red states, blue states, and purple states. It is terrorizing families that are wealthy, poor, and everywhere in between.

My more conservative colleagues will also come to realize that our proposed federal funding is more than justified in federal budgetary terms: a $10 billion annual investment to combat an epidemic that the President’s own economic council concluded cost our nation more than $500 billion in 2015 alone.

The CARE Act has been endorsed by more than 200 organizations, including the American Medical Association, the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the American Psychological Association, and National Nurses United.

Now, the Congress and President should do so as well.

“The human tragedies reflected in these deadly statistics demand a more comprehensive and effective public health response.”

Dear Editor, In 1776, Thomas Jefferson declared of King George, “He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.” In 2019, plastics have overrun our seas, oil tankers have devastated our coasts, and forest fires have burnt our towns. Today, in place of one evil tyrant, we need to confront our own apathy, selfishness, and greed. The 13 colonies in the North and South had to compromise to ensure the survival independent United States of America. Today, we must compromise. We cannot continue to consume fossil fuels at the same rate, or we will all be extinct. Today’s biggest threat to our Life, Liberty, and Happiness is a world where there is no food to eat, water to drink, or air to breathe. This year, there is a bill before Congress and supported by the Citizens Climate Lobby, a global organization with over 100,000 members in 54 countries. I urge all of you to mobilize, call, and write your reps showing your support of HR763. This bill promises to authorize programs to provide incentives to choose alternative energy sources and to create 2.1 million new jobs. Act now, before it’s too late.

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Stevie Wonder to Have Kidney Transplant

By Gregory Katz The Associated Press Stevie Wonder surprised concertgoers in London the night of July 6 by announcing that he will take a break from performing

so that he can receive a kidney transplant this fall.

The 69-year-old music legend made the announcement after performing “Superstition” at the end of a packed British Summer Time concert in London’s sprawling Hyde Park.

He said he was speaking out to quell rumors and sought to reassure fans that he would be okay.

“I’m going to be doing three shows then taking a break,” he said. “I’m having surgery. I’m going to have a kidney transplant at the end of September this year.”

He said a donor has been found and that he would be fine, drawing cheers from a devoted crowd of tens of thousands that stretched out from the stage as far as the eye could see.

“I came here to give you my love and to thank you for yours,” he said. “You ain’t gonna hear no rumors about us. I’m good.”

He did not provide additional information about his kidney illness. There had been a recent report that Wonder was facing a serious health issue.

A representative for Wonder didn’t immediately respond to a request July 6 for details about his health. He has kept an active schedule, including performing recently at a Los Angeles

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memorial service for slain rapper Nipsey Hussle.

Wonder, who has received more than two-dozen Grammy Awards, has produced a string of hits over a long career that began when he was a youngster who performed as Little Stevie Wonder. His classic hits include “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” and “Living for the City.”

Wonder seemed in top form throughout the concert, performing a series of his hits and paying tribute to musical heroes including Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and John Lennon, performing a stirring rendition of the latter’s “Imagine” near the end of the show.

It was a joyous event, with his fans reveling in the warm summer night — though a light drizzle fell near the end — and the career-spanning retrospective that evoked Wonder’s early days as a young Motown star.

He did seem less ebullient than in the past and made his health announcement in a somber tone with a severe look on his face. But he was smiling as he left the stage with the band playing the memorable conclusion of “Superstition” one final time.

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Race and Politics

In Memory of Earl Byrd

“I smoke a blunt to take the pain out If I wasn’t high I’d Sean Yoes try to blow Baltimore AFRO my brains Editor out…” syoes@afro.com -Tupak Shakur Since I first entered the doors of the AFRO in January 1989, at the original headquarters on the corner of Druid Hill and Eutaw, I’ve been blessed to work with some of the most talented storytellers in America.

The most talented I’ve ever known by far is Earl Byrd.

A few weeks ago my friend and colleague Diane Hocker, the AFRO’s Director of Community and Public Relations came over to my desk and handed me an original manuscript written by Byrd titled, “Gettin’ High Like I’m Goin Die.” “I knew you would appreciate this,” Hocker said with a smile.

She knows me well; I revered Byrd and his towering talent.

His essay starts with the quote from Tupak Shakur, which I led with at the top of this column. And although it was not dated, I’m fairly sure Byrd penned it in 1999. How do I know?

Because Byrd refers to the

Pocomoke Co. Police Chief Gets Probation

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By Stephen Janis and Taya Graham Special to the AFRO

Despite efforts by prosecutors to elicit jail time for Pocomoke’s first Black police chief Kelvin Sewell, a Worcester County Judge ruled that the former Baltimore Homicide Supervisor would serve probation for a misdemeanor misconduct conviction tied to a 2014 accident investigation.

Prior to sentencing by Judge Newton Jackson III, supporters of Sewell filled the courtroom and made impassioned pleas on his behalf, according to several attendees who spoke the AFRO. “I’m just glad people showed up today,” Pocomoke Pastor Ronnie White said. “I think the judge actually listened to what we had to say.”

Sewell was convicted of misconduct in office by a nearly all White jury in April 2019. The charges stem from a 2014 accident involving two parked cars. State Prosecutor Emmitt Davitt sought a six-month sentence for Sewell.

But the investigation itself has been controversial, with Sewell’s attorneys arguing the probe occurred after Sewell was fired by the Pocomoke City Council amid

allegations of racism.

The accident occurred in May 2014 when Pocomoke resident Doug Matthews hit two parked cars driving home from a meeting of an African-American chapter of the Masons.

He testified he momentarily fell asleep at the wheel.

The impact caused his front tire to come off, but Matthews continued driving three blocks home and called police.

Insurance covered the damage. And there was no bodily injury from the crash. But investigators zeroed in on the decision not to charge Matthews as part of a criminal conspiracy.

The key to the prosecution case was another Pocomoke City officer named Tanya Barnes. She told the jury Sewell’s behavior that night was unusual.

However, during pretrial motions Sewell’s defense tried to introduce emails sent to his civil attorneys by Barnes claiming that the criminal investigation was suspect.

“Chief Sewell’s firing was illegal, and I think they’re trying to build a case of corruption and use me as the scapegoat,” Barnes wrote in an email.

The judge did not allow the email to be introduced.

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What do you love about Baltimore?

By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware Special to the AFRO

No one would deny Baltimore is a city with its own unique challenges, but it is so much more than tally-marks in negative columns. Ask any Baltimorean, native or transplant. Baltimore rises above continually and it’s because of the people, the neighborhoods, the indomitable spirit of the collective...it’s because Baltimore is destined to soar, to compound the victory of its beginnings with ingenuity, technology, faith and sheer human determination.

Because of that, it’s always a good time to celebrate our city and that’s exactly what the AFRO is doing with its upcoming publication, “The Thing I Love About Baltimore.” It’s a book compiled of chapters by local - teachers, students, preachers, leaders, young people, not-as-young people, singles and couples. It’s a declaration that there’s so much to love about Baltimore as each writer, people you know well, highlights different aspects, different places, different concepts that all spell out the beauty of Baltimore.

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Celebrating a ‘Hart’ Filled with Life and Love

By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware Special to the AFRO

When family and friends gather July 17 to celebrate the life that blessed them so much, they’ll remember in concert Deacon Filmore W. Hart, the man with a heart that just couldn’t stop loving.

“He had a great love for life and an overwhelming zeal to live it to its fullness,” said his daughter, the Rev. Jocelyn Hart Lovelace, presiding elder of the Boston Hartford District of the AME Church. “He loved to laugh. He was a great jokester and was quite competitive.

People just loved being around him.”

Church leader, gifted administrator, great friend and

amazing father, he died July 5 at 90 years old after a short illness that ended in peaceful transition with his children around him.

Deacon Hart, spiritual leader, community leader, convention instructor, family leader, faithful servant and friend to all,” said his pastor for many years, now pastor emeritus of Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, the Rev. Dr. Charles Coger. “Each of these represents his 64 years at Mt. Ararat.

With a great amen from his successor, the Rev. Myeskia Watson said, “Deacon Hart was a great man of godly character who served faithfully and fruitfully modeling how to enjoy life standing on the Solid Rock of Jesus Christ.” And she echoed the sentiment of many, “He will be missed because his seat will be empty.”

Rev. Lovelace hardly knew where to start in talking about her father. Reflecting on the earlier days, she said, “I remember running out the front door to greet him when he came home from work.” And even more day to day memories.

“Every day greeting him, every day seeing him kneel at his bedside in prayer, every day knowing he’d be there for us, when we were kids and even as adults,” she said, adding, “There for us, his children, his grandchildren and his great grandchildren. He wanted to know everything that was going on with us and them.”

She remembered how he safeguarded them when he was involved with his community work.

“He would take us to the Boy Scout Jamboree and place us so we were never out of his sight, and dare us to move. And every moment he made sure we were safe,” Rev. Lovelace said.

Her sister, Sandra Hart Harris, said their father was all about family.

“We were raised in the traditional way. Our time was spent between church, school and family. We were either visiting with his mother in D.C. or our mother’s side of the family in Ohio and Atlanta.”

They remembered Saturdays when their mother, Marion, was working on her masters and Dad was in charge, feeding them things she’d never have allowed.

“On those days we had salami sandwiches we couldn’t ordinarily eat because of nitrites or anything with garlic.”

And many road trips because he loved to drive and would drive almost anywhere.

So many people have shared their memories of Deacon Hart with the family.

“You think you know your parents, but you don’t know it all,” Rev. Lovelace said she discovered when she recently heard a young man acknowledge her father as one of three men who’d had the most impact on his life.

Always there for his family and community. And always there for his church, Mt. Ararat Baptist, where he has served for many years as chair of the deacon board.

And where he was reacquainted with Elaine Harris who had previously been a member and returned after a 30 year absence. There they began a courtship and sealed it in marriage when he was a young 87. Together they’ve enjoyed their blended family of seven children, 17 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Services for Deacon Hart begin with viewing, 4-8 p.m., July 16 at Joseph Brown Funeral Home, 2140 N. Fulton Avenue. Viewing will also be available 9 a.m., July 17, with services following at 10 a.m. at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, 3008 Gwynns Falls Parkway, where the Rev. Myeskia Watson is pastor. Rev. Jocelyn Hart Lovelace will be the eulogist.

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Teen Charged In Double Homicide

Race and Politics

The man has not been identified.

Police are still working to establish a motive.

A 17-year-old West Baltimore Teen Anderson, who was out on $100,000 out on bond for robbery charges is now unsecured bond for robbery, was in the suspected in a double homicide. process of getting his case moved to Charles Anderson was one of 64 juvenile court. people arrested in a three-day sweep Court records state according to Baltimore Anderson is being represented Police Commissioner by a public defender but his Michael Harrison in a lawyer could not be reached press conference held last for comment. week. The operation aimed There is no lawyer listed to catch those wanted for in online court records for violent crimes, such as Donyell Morris. shootings, armed robberies Foster’s family spoke and assaults and was with Baltimore television executed with the help of Donyell Morris station FOX 45 after it was state police and federal announced their daughter’s agents. killers were arrested.

The officers also “So how do you bury a arrested 18-year-old child? I’m going to find out Donyell Morris, of Cherry but this is hell. This is pure Hill, and charged him in hell,” said Robert Foster, the same double killing.

Brittany’s father.

According to police, the “There’s a problem in two teens allegedly gunned the city because all these down a couple in the early criminals are being released Charles Anderson morning hours of July 2 in a week later, they’re going the 1200 block of block of back on the streets and they’re Bloomingdale Road in West Baltimore. not scared. They’re not afraid. They’re When officers arrived on the scene, shooting people everyday. Why is that they found a 28-year-old man and happening? Why?” 26-year-old Brittney Foster of Harford Both Anderson and Morris are charged County suffering from gunshot wounds. with first-degree murder and various other The man was shot in the chest and charges.

Foster was shot in the head. They were Anderson is scheduled to appear in transported to area hospitals where they Baltimore Circuit Court on July 23 on the were pronounced deceased. robbery charge.

age of Liddy Jones, the infamous drug dealer being 57, which Jones would have been in 1999.

If journalism was Byrd’s sanctum sanctorum, surely the underworld of narcotics was his perdition.

“Malik woke up at the morgue on a cold steel slab inside a body bag with a tag tied to his big toe.

Paramedics had found him overdosed on heroin near the reservoir in Druid Hill Park and thought he was dead,” Byrd wrote.

“It was a moment of truth, horror, and decision, he tells a room full of recovering and laughing addicts in the basement of his home group Serenity in Sandtown, at Ames Memorial Church at Carey and Baker streets, one of more than 300 Narcotics Anonymous meetings held in Baltimore daily.

Thousands of recovering addicts from every strata of society attend these group meetings.”

Byrd knew Malik’s world intimately; he struggled with drug addiction for decades. He died around 2005, but I’m not sure of the exact date. Jake Oliver, the AFRO’s former publisher and CEO (now publisher emeritus), sent Byrd on assignment to Atlantic City.

He was sent to explore the burgeoning phenomenon of people flocking to the East Coast gambling capital via ultra-cheap bus rides and tossing their money away.

By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO

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What do you love about Baltimore?

In the coming weeks, we will print your Baltimore “loves” in the paper, and select the most interesting of them to include on a page in the book. I love the Inner Harbor. I love City Hall Plaza. I love the Great Blacks in Wax Museum and the people who created it. I love the squeegee guys. I love the folks who defend the squeegee guys. I love the people who weep when the “running man” is assaulted. I love the folks who show up at City Hall when things aren’t going well. I also love the ones who show up to celebrate Resurrection Sunday. I love the debaters. The policy makers. The scout leaders. The marching bands. I could go on and on.

What do you love about Baltimore? Send your responses, 100 words or less, to afrolovebaltimore@gmail.com as soon as possible so they can be published. Look for them in the paper and online at Afro.com. And maybe even on the locals’ page of “The Thing I Love About Baltimore.”

“The Thing I Love About Baltimore” can be preordered by calling the AFRO front desk at 410-554-8200 or at webmistress@afro.com.

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It is unclear whether Byrd actually died in Atlantic City, but Oliver said he is certain he fell ill in the coastal town. And although the circumstances of his death are murky, I believe his decades of narcotics abuse contributed to his ultimate demise.

Oliver told me recently he originally hired Byrd to write for the AFRO in the early 1990’s. He had been highly recommended by reporters at the now defunct daily, The News American, who Byrd wrote for. He allegedly freelanced for the Baltimore Sun as well. The word on Byrd as a storyteller was undisputed.

“They told me (the News American reporters),`This is the best writer you will ever meet,’” Oliver said.

“His use of imagery was something...it was pure poetry.”

Oliver is right; Byrd was the embodiment of an extraordinary storyteller. I didn’t meet him until 2004, not long before he died.

I had just won a series of awards for my reporting on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board, and Byrd would chide me by referring to me as, “You award winner you.” We were definitely competitive, but it was a Brotherly competition.

Ultimately, I was in awe of him; I’m pretty good, but Byrd was great.

I would actually watch him write in our newsroom.

He would rhythmically pat

his feet when he was in the mix, his muse flowing freely, informing every phrase.

I miss him; I miss his talent, I miss his laughter, I miss his spirit. I miss his stories; nobody did it like Byrd.

“For most addicts like Malik, however, slinging drugs and committing crime did not earn them homes and luxury cars. It supported their habit. And smoking crack-cocaine brought individuals to their knees who otherwise would never have thought of themselves as junkies. Not viewed with the loathing of injecting heroin and cocaine with needles, crack proved to be a nightmare drug that addicted instantly and wrecked middle-class and Wall Street types at the peak of their careers,” Byrd wrote.

“All, for a time, found drug use insurmountable.

Babies were born addicted.

Families were lost. Friends used. Self-respect denied.

The will to overcome destroyed. Tens of thousands were left confined to ghetto poverty, prison, or the cemetery.”

Nobody did it like Earl Byrd.

Sean Yoes is the AFRO’s Baltimore editor and author of, Baltimore After Freddie Gray: Real Stories From One of America’s Great Imperiled Cities.

Sewell

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The sentence is the second time Sewell has faced a Worcester County judge after being convicted. The original 2016 conviction was overturned by the Court of Special Appeals after they ruled, he did not receive a fair trial.

But the most recent iteration provoked a strong reaction from Sewell supporters, who said his signature style of community policing transformed the town and thus the ongoing prosecution was unwarranted.

“I started crying,” Michelle Lucas, a former Pocomoke resident told the AFRO. “I was so scared he was going to go to jail for something he didn’t do.”

For Lucas, watching the trail during which almost all defense motions were denied has shaken her trust in criminal justice system.

“Not only has this rocked my whole faith in law enforcement, but it rocked my

faith in the justice system too.”

Looming over the sentencing was the continued fallout over Sewell’s 2015 termination.

The council was silent about the reason. But Sewell recently settled with city officials for $450,000 and commitment to a consent decree to reform racially biased employment practices.

Still, for Pocomoke residents the damage brought by the protracted prosecutions has inflicted deep collateral damage. A town that has not been safe, nor hospitable since his termination.

“I told the judge chief did everything by the book. He was always a man who was committed to the law. He spent a lot time out in our community,” White said.

“And now that he’s gone community policing has just stopped.”

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“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” I Corinthians 13:4-7 On a hot balmy day [on the] sixth of july, 1995 Charles Paul and Kathy Truxon Fitzgerald were married.

[During that] afternoon more than 175 guests witnessed Paul and Kathy as they renewed their marriage vows and recommitment to each other in a beautiful garden ceremony at their spacious Overlea home. The bride’s sister Bishop Dr. Josephine Truxon-Ridgley officiated the spirit-filled occasion.

“All is as if the world did cease to exist. The city’s monuments go unseen, its past unheard, and its culture slowly fading in the dismal sea.” Nathan Reese Maher Friends of Arch Social Club under the guidance of Sozufe (Van) put the spotlight on Pennsylvania Avenue with live Straight-Ahead Jazz featuring the Michael Thomas Quintet. The club was beautifully decorated into a supper club with table clothes, covered chairs and floral centerpieces. The club listened to the patrons and provided complimentary valet parking for the guests. Jazz supporters in attendance were AJ and Carol Miles, Peter Brooks, Salima and Charles Gibbs, Josephine and Thomas Ridgley, Eunice Jenifer Robinson, Rosemary “Duchess” Atkinson, Sarah Smalley, Ronald Bailey, Judson Hughes, Annie Hall, Dr. Nancy Connor and Mr. Washington.

Congratulations to Baltimore’s Janora “Lady J” Winkler who took a busload of supporters when she opened for the legendary Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and The Intruders at the Duke Energy Center in Raleigh North Carolina.

Keystone Korner International Jazz founder Todd Barkan is excited about the response his club and restaurant is receiving with the live jazz he is showcasing six days a week in Harbor East. We recently heard Baltimore Collective Jazz a group of different jazz talents like Todd Marcus, Blake Meister, Mark Meadows and others with a young lady tap dancing with the band. Check out the website or contact toddbarkan@gmail.com. Baltimore great Gary Bartz is scheduled to appear this month.

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Sagamore Pendry new general manager Juan Webster is making a difference in the two weeks since he started. The pool side bar is an oasis in the heart of Baltimore. Monday is Moet Monday, Taco Tuesday and Wine on Wednesday are just a few special events during the summer hours.

Happy birthday Marco Merrick, William Shorty Trusty, Betty Green, Takiea Hinton, Gregory Williams, Everene Johnson-Turner, Alaina Allen, Ari Hill and a happy 60th birthday to Robin Riley.

“Somebody prayed for me, had me on their mind, they took the time and prayed for me. Oh Yes they did, I’m so glad…” Dorothy Norwoood In celebration of her birthday Dr. Marion Davis-Foster invited her friends to join her for 6:00 am prayer service at New Shiloh Baptist Church. Rosemary Atkinson joined Marian and gave her birthday wishes from Sarah Smalley, Tobi Pulley and me.

Continue to keep the family of Dr. Charles Towns in your prayers as they mourn his death, the family of Johnson Davis as they mourn his death, Judy Neal as she mourns the death of her husband Howard Neal and to Nita Clopton on the death of her husband Linwood Clopton.

What’s Happening!

“Laissez le bon temps rouler” Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated 25,000 strong convene in the “Big Easy” New Orleans for the National Convention this week.

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“It’s a family affair” Sly and the Family Stone.

The wedding party included the couple’s daughters, bridesmaids Cherise Finch and Keisha Smith, flower girl, granddaughter Amelia Finch, grandson Kamron Fitzgerald was their ring-bearer, and son Charles Fitzgerald was his dad’s best man. The bride escorted by her son Christon Fitzgerald walked towards her husband singing Gladys Knight’s, you’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

Guests traveled from California, Pennsylvania and throughout Maryland to witness the couple pledge their continued love to each other as they recited their personal vows.

The menu included baked salmon, swedish meatballs, catfish, fried chicken, Potato salad, string beans, turkey salad, salmon salad and assorted hors d’oeuvres. Dee-Jay Mike Jones has guests celebrating into the “wee small hours in the morning”

The fourth Thursday of the month Coppin State University has live jazz in the courtyard in front of the library bring your chair for a front row seat of jazz under the stars.

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 Wishing “love and happiness” to Robert and Gladys Rice on their 57th anniversary, to Bishop John and Cecelia Williams Bryant on their 50th anniversary and to Professor Larry and Diana Gibson celebrating 46 years of marriage and Bishop Ronald and Elder Candance Willis.

Two of my favorite lines in “Cat on the Hot Tin Roof” was Elizabeth Taylor “Maggie the Cat is alive” and Burl Ives as Big Daddy saying, “Let no man write my epitaph”.

These memorable lines came to me when I thought about the revival of jazz on the avenue and in Baltimore.

Jazz like Maggie the cat is alive in Baltimore and its epitaph has not been written.

“Jazz stands for freedom. It’s supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don’t be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.” Dave Brubeck Caton Castle has continued to keep jazz alive in southwest Baltimore and James Hamlin at the Avenue Bakery has transformed the courtyard at the bakery into a jazz arena the first Saturday of each month during the summer.

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Indiana Martin-Hunt’s daughter, Janice Martin

PFC Willie Woods, SSGT Ivor Griffin, SSGT Eugene Groves and GSGT Charlie Myers

ore than 100 people flocked to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore on June 30 for the showing of The Six Triple Eight Movie—A Documentary.

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the Six Triple Eight, was the only all-black female battalion to serve in Europe during WWII. After the showing, a discussion was held featuring James William Theres, writer and executive producer; Edna W. Cummings, associate producer; Betty Matthews Schuler, daughter of 6888 member Vashti Murphy Matthews; Indiana Hunt-Martin one of the few surviving members of the unit and Edgar Brookins of the AFRO. Courtesy Photos

Edna Cummings, associate producer 6888 Documentary

Andre Draper, Betty Schuler, Rev. Frances Draper, Harriette Lane Matthews, Carl Matthews (back), Robert Matthews, Rodger Matthews and Carol Matthews

James William Theres, executive producer, Elizabeth A. HelmFrazier, associate producer, Edgar Brookins, contributor and Edna Cummings, associate producer

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Black America’s Pillars in Print Press On

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor

Part I in a series Since the founding of the Black Press 192 years ago, African American-owned newspapers have served their communities in ways that no other publications have.

Historically, these publications have operated on “shoe-string” budgets, are usually understaffed, and also face other severe limitations. Yet, the Black Press always has maintained its mission as the voice of Black America.

That tradition has held true through many transitions and has continued during the 79-year history of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA). The NNPA is the trade organization representing America’s Black-owned newspapers and media companies. The organization’s members serve millions of readers that rely on the Black Press to provide content not regularly found in other media.

For many, the Black Press is just as essential to the

“It is undeniable that the Black church and the Black Press have been, and continue to be, the foundational pillars of Black America’s long struggle for freedom, justice, equality and empowerment.” culture of the community as the Black church.

“It is undeniable that the Black church and the Black Press have been, and continue to be, the foundational pillars of Black America’s long struggle for freedom, justice, equality and empowerment,” said NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. “We know first-hand the power of the pen and we remain committed to helping to ensure and to mentor the next generation of freedom-fighting publishers, editors and journalists,” Chavis said.

On March 16, 1827, The Rev. Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm made history by publishing “Freedom’s Journal,” the nation’s first Black newspaper.

NNPA Chairman Dorothy R. Leavell, who publishes the Chicago and Gary Crusader newspapers, has often described “Freedom’s Journal” as courageous and she regularly cites the newspaper’s motto as one that remains a focus of the Black Press today.

“We wish to tell our own story,” Leavell said, quoting Russwurm and Cornish’s mission that, “for too long others have spoken for us, but we wish to tell our own story.”

Circulated in 11 states and in Europe, Canada and Haiti, “Freedom’s Journal” provided international, national and local details pertinent to the Black community. They denounced slavery and lynching and, among the many features that endeared the newspaper to its readers, were African American community-based marriage, birth and death announcements.

Soon, other Black-owned papers like the Savannah Tribune, The Afro-American in Baltimore, the Indianapolis Recorder, and The Philadelphia Tribune began publishing.

Those newspapers and others, like the Pittsburgh Courier, the New Journal and Guide in Virginia, and The Kansas City Call, have maintained the tradition and continue to deliver news and insights today.

The NNPA honors the history and legacy of the Black Press via The Black Press Archives and Gallery of Distinguished Publishers at Howard University.

Each year during Black Press Week in Washington, DC, a NNPA member is posthumously enshrined in the Archives and Gallery.

“It’s so important we remember our past and remember those whose shoulders we stand upon,” Chavis said.

As community-focused publishers, the news that appears in NNPA’s member publications affects the dayto-day lives of their readership. For example, in Dallas, Texas, where voters recently elected a new mayor, U.S. congressman and Dallas County District Attorney.

For many in Dallas’ African American community, these much-needed changes were underscored through the resilient coverage of the city’s Black-owned North Dallas Gazette, which for decades has provided some of the most in-depth coverage of local elections for a publication of its size.

“We regularly inform our readers on the bills and positions offered by our new congressman and last year, we featured several stories on criminal justice and bail reform,” said the paper’s publisher Thurman Jones.

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Since its first issue nearly 50 years ago, the South Florida-based Westside Gazette has maintained the high level of professional, insightful and reader-sensitive reporting that has gained the trust and respect of South Florida’s African American community.

Two of its signature events – “Sweet Potato Pie, Politics and Ice Cream,” and “The White Hat Gala,” – have proven a hit throughout the Sunshine State.

“The ‘Sweet Potato Pie, Politics and Ice Cream’ event is where our politicians come out and actually serve the audience sweet potato pie and ice cream,” said Westside Gazette publisher, Bobby Henry.

“It’s really unique and it gives an opportunity for an intimate formal discussion with those who are vying for political position,” he said.

The “White Hat Gala,” counts as a fundraiser for Sickle Cell Disease.

The Toledo Journal Newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, has been publishing since 1975 and, like the content found throughout its pages, its slogan is an attention-grabber: “Everybody is Somebody in The Toledo Journal.”

“This has made a difference in making our Black community feel important,” said the newspaper’s publisher, Sandra S. Stewart.

“Over the years, we have had an impact in the areas of business, political, social, recreational, religious, and sports, in our community. So, our readers believe in us and know we are fair to our community,” she said.

The impact of the legacy, history and challenges met and overcome by members of the Black Press has not been lost on or squandered by today’s NNPA members.

While the Black Press has expanded to include cities and communities throughout the country, including New York, Washington, South Carolina, New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago, Texas, and California, member publishers have continued to live up to the civil rights mantra of “Soldiers without Swords.”

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AFRO Sports Talk

SPORTS

Raptors, Durant; Wishful Thinking And NBA Fallout

By Vincent Jones Special to the AFRO

The drama, the circumstance, and the fallout surrounding Durant’s - should he or should he not have played in Game 5 is hot on the pundits’ program topic list of discussion. Here is my rebuttal to many of the arguments being played out: it is the competitive nature of any athlete to compete so the rationale to get into the game - as a player - is not surprising; however, the denial of real economic, physical, and long-term risk is not given it’s due diligence.

We know corporations are enamored and oriented toward both the end game and the bottom line that the human element (Durant’s Achilles) got lost in the decision-making to play, to go, or to stay put. Yet the decision-making process almost always has a determinant: a risk assessment undergirded and underwritten by either Lloyds of London or the Lord of wish-full thinking. Durant, the Warriors, and the NBA were fully engaged in wishful thinking, rationalization, denial, and a win-at-all-cost mentality. But was a one-point win, an Achilles rupture, millions of lost dollars, and a career worth it? I don’t think so. The problem is the Warriors thought of their Achilles Heel and not Durant’s... their economic return if he played and not his possible re-injury.

Let’s look at a rundown of similar situations that resulted in botched management of professional athletes and their high priced anatomy: remember RG3 - QB Rookie of the Year whose knee injury precipitated a crash and burn mentality by team ownership; how about the National’s Steven Strasbourg Tommy Johns surgery and the team’s conservative approach for his return deflated the teams playoff push. And by all means, let’s not discuss NFL concussions! Look it all comes down to the math, the accounting, and the bottom line on a ledger regardless of the human cost on a stretcher. The annals of sports injuries are replete with accounts that confirm

almost all athletes with a ruptured Achilles - Durant’s now confirmed - never return to the court, the field, or the ring, 100% recovered - never. The myth of the Achilles heel speaks for itself just as corporate greed and bottom line thinking screams its agenda to win at all cost. In those days the games were for life and death; in these days the games are for corporate treasury only. Durant doesn’t have to look far to understand why Kawhi Leonard chose to leave a storied franchise because they mismanaged his injuries. Self advocacy is critical to balance corporate greed and arrogance hence you have the NFLPA ( National Football League Players Association), MLBPA ( Major League Baseball Players Association) and the NBAPA (National Basketball Players Association).

There are a multiplicity of plots going into the next season and successful surgery or not Durant will never be the same, even with modern recovery treatment and stem cell infusion for a miraculous comeback; it’s mental now, its economic now, it real now, and sadly it’s not a game anymore. Every step he or Klay takes, every stair they climbs, and every shower offers an opportunity to re-injure. Ask John Wall about getting out of the shower. Ask Demarcus Cousin, Rudy Gay, Wes Mathews, Elton Brand, etc, etc, etc. I reiterate it’s not a game anymore. Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Demarcus Cousin, sadly, oddly, represents the high end fallout of intense competitive pursuit. Injuries do happen.

The Raptors won the title without a lottery pick on their roster. Characterized with the competitive tenacity of a giant killer and the right physical talent calibrated Toronto managed a championship season that no one saw coming.

This duality not only dethroned a five-time champion but it also repudiates the ‘big three concept’ to build an NBA champion.

The history of sports, winners, and underdogs, if you do the deep dive, divulge giant killers to be the small guy, the

less likely team, and on paper overwhelmed. In print it was quite possible the Warriors could have obliterated the Raptors with unprecedented offensive output. But the Raptors had a different John Hancock - defensive blowback. The team from the North was aversely repugnance of the Warriors implied expectation of victory and introduced a special team alchemy - intrepidity - to thwart the highly combustible offensive chemistry of Klay, Curry, and Durant.

Consider, if you will, that Kevin doesn’t play Game 5 that awful night; and they lose the game and the championship series, hence, Klay doesn’t tear his ACL. Sometimes the momentum on the court can create a seismic reaction off the court. Off the court issues like free agency, multiple injuries, questionable decision making, and a breach dynasty cast an ominous cloud over the Warrior’s organization going into next season. I contend the fate of this series was cast during the Raptor’s last second victory over the 76ers with a lucky bounce and the Warriors desperate and unlucky decision to play Kevin Durant. They paid a high price for that one game they won after losing all together. This is exactly what greed does. It’s said that if you focus on making a bigger pie you don’t have to worry about the size of your slice. Wrong!

Achilles, ACL’s, Knees, and elbows are premium slices of the high end premier athlete, let along the average person, not pieces to a corporate pie.

The victory changes a few things in the NBA; the Raptors blueprint legitimize the scouting report on how to beat the Warriors... and shattered Warrior invincibility. It also raised doubt about having to recruit the big three super stars in order to win a championship. As the NBA process the Warrior’s meltdown and the subsequent free agency fallout reactions are running amok. Perhaps the game will become less and less about corporate valuation and more about human values.

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Monopolized Athletic Wear Forbes estimated Nike paid Jordan $100 million in 2015 as Jordan’s brand still made $3 billion for Nike in US sneaker sales.

We have watched corporations and Lebron James is reported to receive as much famous Americans have ups and downs as $1 billion from Nike in endorsement throughout the years. money by the time he is 64 years old.

We’ve all watched as Tiger Woods, Colin Kaepernick was already on Nike’s Robert Kraft, and most recently, billionaire payroll before he became controversially Jeffrey Epstein have had low moments. famous for not standing for the National Sadly we heard last weekend about coal anthem. Nike wasn’t using him and billionaire Chris Cline’s tragic and fatal reportedly didn’t know what to do with him helicopter crash. until he became famous over his social issue Time and again we learn none of us stance. Kaepernick, currently is not playing are too famous, too successful or too rich professional football. to encounter a human No one has signed him downward life turn and after he became a free tragedy. agent but he is making The Nike athletic millions a year by shoe and apparel being the face of Nike’s corporation is [a] world revived “Just Do It” leader in athletic and campaign. apparel sales. They made Recently, about $34 billion in Kaepernick ignited 2017. They have a global controversy by presence of athletic sales Courtesy Photo reportedly telling Nike in over 160 countries. to pull its Air Max 1 Nike is a global athletic shoe and Their products are sold QuickStrike Fourth clothing corporation that serves through 22,000 retail of July sneakers. as the world leader in athletic accounts worldwide.

Nike said, he told the apparel sales.

They are the largest company he believes, supplier of athletic “the colonial flag used footwear in the world. on the shoes is offensive, because it was Almost all of Nike shoes are made flown when slavery was legal.” While there outside the US in Asia and Latin America. has been much consternation toward Nike’s Nike does not make the shoes themselves decision, Nike’s stock has risen $3 billion but they contract production out to other within the last week. If you can find a pair companies. There are various reports about of the Betsy Ross shoes they are going for who Nike employs and how much their about $2,500. workers make. One report claims Nike The question is this, Can Nike do no has 100,000 people making their shoes in wrong? Are they too big to fail? Nike is Indonesia and that these workers make about utilizing controversy well to breathe new air $3.50 per day or about $3,500 a year. Thus into its products. With major national sports Nike is very profitable and has massive figures wearing and promoting the Nike dollars for marketing. brand and cheap Asian labor Nike has locked For example, Nike entered into a $50 into a formula that appears unstoppable. million endorsement deal with tennis star Nike will continue on their path of global Serena Williams in 2003. When golfing success if the American people buy their star Tiger Woods turned pro in 1996 Nike products. It’s a free country. If Americans lavished him with a $40 million five-year decide to stop buying Nike products it would golfing endorsement. They would later be financially troubling. Either way, Nike’s go on to pay Woods $30 million a year in continued success or failure will be decided endorsements. From 2002 to 2012 Nike by how Americans utilize Nike’s slogan, paid Michael Jordan $44 million a year to “Just Do It,” and how Americans decide to represent their brand. They still pay him.

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By Vincent Jones Special to the AFRO

Although I am a fan of the NFL they constantly find ways to tick me off. Readers of this space are probably tired of hearing my opinion of Commissioner Roger Goodell, and oddly enough he enters into this conversation.

My peeve with the NFL at the moment covers my concern of their snub of Ken Stabler as being eligible for payment of money to players suffering from advanced CTE. This is a brain disease that attacks ex footballers in later life. The fact that Stabler’s condition was discovered after his death is just another loophole for the NFL to screw him. The expectation was that Stabler’s family would receive the compensation despite his death. Not so. The NFL seized this loophole as another opportunity to sock it to the “Snake.”

Ken “The Snake” Stabler played for the Oakland Raiders through the 1970’s. During this time, he managed to bring home a Super Bowl Trophy and some fond memories for fans all over Football Land. Kenny was a character. He would sometimes show up at the Stadium before a game with a woman on each arm. It was said that he would study the play book by the light of a jukebox in a honky tonk and show up at game time with a little red in his eyes and fire in his heart. Ken set the tone for left handed quarterbacks and paved the way for undersized guys playing the game.

Ken was one of three characters who played every Sunday and won the fan’s hearts. The other two being Paul Hornug of the Lombardi era Packers and Joe Namath of the Jets. When the Jets beat the Colts on Namath’s guarantee, a lot of people had to lie down and put a cold compress on their heads.

The NFL found a way to show dislike for the Raiders by denying the presentation of a Gold Jacket and a ring as the standard prize for Hall of Fame inductees. This time the coveted loophole was enacted once more. Ken was inducted a year after he died. Since they waited 32 years to “honor” him it seems they should have found a way to apologize instead of finding a way to screw him. All it takes is a phone call from the Commish to right this wrong, but consider the source.

NFL commissioners have been anti Raiders supporters because of the code former owner Al Davis lived by, “Just win baby, just win!” Al packed up his team and moved to LA leaving the NFL powers with egg on their collective faces. Anyone connected to “Raider Nation” was automatically looked upon as a leper.

The proof of this anti Raider feeling towards the Raiders comes out of the mouths of the talking heads. Their constant excuse for not voting a player into the HoF is, “He didn’t win a championship”. Well, Jim Plunkett has two Super Bowl Rings but has been ignored forHoF Honors. Now he is relegated to his pain medication and a life of educating youth on the perils of football.

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The NFL is refusing to pay the family of Ken “The Snake” Stabler (right) after finding out he suffered from CTE, a brain disease that often attacks footballers, after he died.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2019ADM000638 Erileene S. Pinckney Decedent William A Bland Esq. 80 M Street SE #330 Washington, DC 20003 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS S h a r o n F. M c C r e a , whose address 2017 Perry Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018 were appointed personal representative of the estate of Erileene S Pinckney, who died on November 18, 2018 without a will, and will serve with without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 5, 2020. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 5, 2020 or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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TYPESET: Jul 10 16:04:11 EDT 2019 04/12, 4/19, Wed 4/26/19 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2019FEP80 Date of Death February 23, 2019 Constance F. Turner Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Natalie Turner whose address is 2703 Curry Drive, Adelphi MD, 20783 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Constance F. Turner, deceased by the Orphan’s Court for Montgomery C o u n t y, S t a t e o f Maryland, on April 4, 2019. Service of process may be made upon Benjamin Alkon, 2000 F S t r e e t N W, # 8 0 4 Washington, DC 20006 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Colombia real property: 212 36th Street, SE, Washington, DC 20019.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2019ADM000342 Frederick Ulysses Friday Jr. Decedent Tyler King 700 12th Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Frederick Ulysses Friday III, whose address is 9592 Penns Hill Rd. La Plata, MD 20646 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Frederick Ulysses Friday Jr., who died on July 3, 2017 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

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Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2019ADM000528 Mahoua Keita Williams Decedent Williams A Bland Esq 80 M Street, SE, Suite 330 Washington, DC 20003 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS William A Bland, whose address is 80 M Street, SE, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20003 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mahoua Keita Williams, who died on March 4, 2019 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 28, 2019.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 28, 2019 or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: June 28, 2019 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter William A Bland Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 6/28, 7/5, 7/12/19

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TYPESET: Wed Jul 10 16:06:05 2019 OF OF THEEDT DISTRICT Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2019ADM000503 Alma Belle AKA Alma Lene Belle Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jeanette G. Belle, whose address is 920 E Meadows Ct., Oxon Hill, MD 20745was appointed personal representative of the estate of Alma Belle AKA Alma Lene Belle, who died on March 16, 2019 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

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NOTICE TO HEIRS OF MICHAEL GARRETT, who lived at 2482 ALABAMA AVE SE #102, Washington, D.C. 20020 at the time of his reported death is the subject of an action for a nonredeemable judgment for possession by Plaintiff District Realty Inc in the Landlord and Tenant branch of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Case No. 2019 LTB 7044. A judgment for possession may lead to eviction and the loss of personal property in the residence. Any and all heirs and/or potential heirs may enter their appearance in this proceeding after publication is completed.

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Per- known shall enter their to such appointment shall be filed with the by mail within 25 days of sons believed to be heirs a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s its first publication shall or legatees of the de- proceeding. Objections Register of Wills, D.C., to such appointment 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd so inform the Register of cedent who do not reWills, including name, ceive a copy of this notice shall be filed with the Floor Washington, D.C. Register of Wills, D.C., 20001, on or before address and relation- by mail within 25 days of 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd January 12, 2020. ship. its first publication shall Floor Washington, D.C. Claims against the deDate of Publication: so inform the Register of 20001, on or before May 24, 2019 Wills, including name, January 5, 2020. Claims cedent shall be preName of newspaper: address and relation- against the decedent sented to the undersigned with a copy to the Afro-American ship. shall be presented to the Register of Wills or filed Washington Date of Publication: undersigned with a copy with the Register of Wills Law Reporter July 5, 2019 to the Register of Wills or with a copy to the underGeorge Felder III Name of newspaper: filed with the Register of 16:05:28 EDT 2019 signed, on or before Personal Afro-American Wills with a copy to the January 12, 2020, or be Representative Washington undersigned, on or be- forever barred. Persons Law Reporter fore January 5, 2020, or TRUE TEST COPY Elbert Toby Brown be forever barred. 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Applicant: Limoncello of Baltimore, LLC T/a Limoncello Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar - Mark Spitalnik Petition: New restaurant license requesting live entertainment and outdoor table service Premises: 900 E. Fort Avenue, Suite 101 21230

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Applicant: Rich and Andy, LLC T/a West Madison Craft Beer and Wine Bar - Richard Barnswell and Jennifer Sima Petition: Transfer of ownership with continuation of live entertainment and outdoor table service, requesting delivery of alcoholic beverages Premises: 307-11 W. Madison Street 21201 4. CLASS ”BHM”, BEER, WINE & LIQUOR LICENSE (HOTEL-MOTEL) Applicant: SC Baltimore Hotel, LLC T/a Marriott Inner Harbor Hotel - Sam Chang and Ashley Klima Petition: Transfer of ownership with continuation of outdoor table service, requesting off-premise catering Premises: 110 S. Eutaw Street 21201 5. CLASS ”BWL-VLF” CASINO VIDEO LOTTERY FACILITY LICENSE Applicant: CBAC Borrower, LLC T/a Horseshoe Baltimore - Jacqueline Grace Pope Petition: Request to expand licensed premises Premises: 1525 Russell Street, 2105 Haines Street, & 1555 Warner Street 21230 6. CLASS ”D” BEER & WINE LICENSE Applicant: Dovecote Café, LLC T/a Dovecote Café - Breonna Cole and Aisha Pew Petition: Transfer of ownership and location of a Class ”D” BW license presently located at 2556 Madison Avenue to 2501 Madison Avenue requesting outdoor table service Premises: 2501 Madison Avenue 21217 7. CLASS ”D” BEER, WINE & LIQUOR LICENSE Applicant: North Avenue Arts, LLC T/a Motor House - Victoria Munoz and Jessica Solomon Petition: Transfer of ownership with continuation of live entertainment, requesting outdoor table service Premises: 120 W. North Avenue 21201

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TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2019ADM655 Helen L. Glover Decedent Thomas H. Queen Esq. 7961 Eastern Avenue Suite 304 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robin Glover and Keith N. Glover, whose addresses are 138 Mississippi Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20032; 2330 Good Hope Rd, SE, Apt 1211, Washington, DC 20020 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Helen L. Glover, who died on May 18, 2019 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 12, 2020.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 12, 2020, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: July 12, 2019 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Robin Glover Keith N. Glover Personal Representative

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Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2019ADM654 Jessie James Hunt AKA Jessie Hunt Decedent Julius P. Terrell, Esq 1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20004 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sylvia Beatrice Shamburger , whose address is 500 N Harry S. Truman Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 60557, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Jessie James Hunt, who died on December 22, 2002 with a will and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before January 12, 2020.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 12, 2020, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: July 12, 2019 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Sylvia B. Shamburger Personal Representative

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TYPESET: Wed Jul 10 16:03:25 EDT 2019 TYPESET: Wed Jul 10 16:02:43 EDT 2019 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2019ADM000649 Catherine Marie Grooms Decedent June Hatton Barr 7672 Pennsylvania Avenue Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Judith C Grooms, whose address is 3921 Illnois Ave,NW, Washington, DC 20011 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Catherine Marie Grooms , who died on Junes 25, 2018 witha will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before January 12, 2020.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 12, 2020 , or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: July 12, 2019 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Judith C. Grooms Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 7/12, 7/19, 7/26/19

Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2018ADM001232 Terri A Grier Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Thecla Bethel, whose address is 3321 Toledo Terrace, Suite 203, Hyattsville, MD 20782 was, appointed personal representative of the estate of Terri A. Grier, who died on October 9, 2004 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision.

All unknown heirs and h e i r s w h o s e whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before January 12, 2020.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 12, 2020, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: July 12, 2019 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Thecla Bethel Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 7/12, 7/19, 7/26/19

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LEGAL NOTICES TYPESET: Wed Jul 10 16:09:07 EDT 2019 NOTICE TO BIDDERS: Bethel Outreach Center located at 1429 McCulloh Street, Baltimore Maryland is now accepting sealed bids for: The Interior Renovation and build-out of 3 floors and basement (totaling 17,065 SF) and the addition of a new 425 s.f. 3 story Atrium / Entry. The work includes a new elevator, new 3 story storefront entry, new roofing, new walls, flooring, ceilings, bathrooms, minor modifications and repair of interior brick, new mechanical, electrical, plumbing and new extensions of existing sprinkler system for entire building, new FA system and rough-ins for new phone/data systems.

It is the intent of the Owner that the bidding process is inclusionary. It is also the intent of the Owner that a minimum of 27% of the cost of the Work be performed by Contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers from Baltimore City and or State of Maryland that are registered MBE/WBE companies. Preference will also be given to those companies located in and or that utilize workers living in the Marble Hill community.

Documents and information for bidding are available on Dodge Reports Open Plan Room, Bid Plan Room Marketplace, Maryland Reproductions or from the Architect’s Drop Box https://spaces.hightail.com/space/DJaurFapgc . Please contact George Fowler of Levin/Brown & Associates, Inc. by calling (410) 581-0104 or by email: Georgef@levinbrown.com. For any questions.

A prebid walk-thru will be conducted on July 17th from 1:00-3:30 pm for all interested contractors. Additional prebid walk-thrus will be scheduled as needed.

Bids are due at the Architect’s office by August 9th, 2019 by 4:00pm.

Electronic or paper copies of the bids are acceptable.”

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WASHINGTON-AREA Congrats Lonnie Bunch

Howard University Hospital Announces WIC Center

By Nyame-kye Kondo Special to the AFRO

By Tyra Wilkes Special to the AFRO

Howard University Hospital announced the opening of their Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Family Center at the Joint Base Anacostia –Bolling (JBAB), located at 53 MacDill Boulevard (Building 53) S.W., Washington, D.C. The center will provide healthcare to low-income military families with infants and children, access to healthy foods, nutritional and educational counseling, breastfeeding support, health care and immunization resources,

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With major local Black figures and influencers present, Council member Anita Bonds (D-At-Large) commemorated the historic appointment of Lonnie Bunch III as the first African American Secretary of the Smithsonian on July 9.

“Poverty and lack of health care access

By Justin Johnson AFRO Staff Writer among military Georgia Avenue just got a lot sweeter. families are quite D.C. native Karin Sellers made her dreams a reality by often overlooked bringing the Georgia Avenue corridor its first Black woman ice cream shop, Here’s The Scoop. with many fami- owned Karin Sellers was born and raised in Washington, D.C. lies living well be- and exposed to entrepreneurship at a young age.

“My father, Milton low the poverty Douglas, was very big “Cars and clothes on passing things down. line.” are nice, but you He wanted to create and community-based social generational wealth,” have to make sure Sellers said. services.

With the huge influx of lack of diverse your foundation is foodTheofferings postnatal death amongst in the women and children in the neighborhood led to the solid.”

D.C. Native Brings Sweets to Chocolate City

District, this announcement is major news as it guarantees accessibility for community members whose

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idea of a dessert shop.

“I saw a need for desserts here, plus Georgia Avenue hasn’t always been a positive place. The community needed other options.” Sellers added.

The grand opening on June 29 saw a huge crowd despite

the sweltering weather. “I’ve never had sherbet this good,” first time customer Sam Yaworski said.

The menu is unique in that it is centered around products from multiple bakers.

“I am most proud that I am able to give them another platform.” Sellers said.

Vegan options are also in the works and expected to be Photo by Justin Johnson

Here’s the Scoop is a new Black woman owned ice cream shop on Georgia Avenue.

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Confessions of a Side Chick

Local Talent Brings Important Message

By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com

Imagine hearing a conversation in a Target so good, so juicy, so enticing, that you decide it should become a playthen you make it so.

That’s what happened to Vernon Williams III and the DC Black Broadway crew after Williams overheard a conversation in 2015.

Four years later that overheard conversation is now Confessions of a Side Chick and is coming Courtesy Photo to the Lincoln Theatre on Confessions of a Side Chick will be at the July 20.

Lincoln Theatre on July 20 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

“How I wanted the play to go- beginning, middle and end- all that came about years ago,” Williams told the AFRO in an exclusive interview. “I did other stage plays and things of that nature, before I got to this one. And we decided to sit down and get this one done because it’s a great topic and a great story line.”

“It’s a topic in our society that needs to be talked about. That needs to be dealt with,” Williams added.

The topic of a “Side Chick,” is one that has been mentioned in popular culture, but not always fully discussed, explained and investigated through the arts. In classic DC Black Broadway fashion, as the same people who brought the sold-out productions of Stranger in My House, What Your Man Won’t Do and The Giz, Confessions of a Side Chick was created to bring homegrown talent and celebrities to local audiences and entertain with a powerful message.

Some of the play’s talent includes BET Sunday’s Best winner Y’anna

Crawley, D.C. native Anwan “Big G” Glover, actor and producer Omar Terell and actor Dremon Cooper.

Williams explained why he feels the Side Chick message is so relevant in today’s culture.

“It’s so much variety out here… so people are not staying to their core values, they’re not sticking to the values of marriage,” he said.

“Everybody’s looking for something else to do, but there are other things to do. You could pick up a hobby, read a book, do something else- get with the Lord. People are out here finding easy ways out and that’s not the easy way out.”

Speaking of getting with the Lord, as DC Black Broadway worked on the finishing touches of the four-year project, Pastor Keith Battle was also delving into the subject of Side Chicks.

Battle, pastor of Zion Church Landover released a book Side Chickology: Why Men & Women Cheat: Understanding, Avoiding, & Recovering from Infidelity earlier this year, to rave reviews. In addition to the book, he also took the lessons of Side Chickology to the pulpit.

Battle’s recent book and sermons perfectly correlated with DC Black Broadway’s mission of bringing awareness to the dangerous nuances of cheating to audiences.

“It just so happened that Pastor Battle was doing his book Side Chickology and doing a lot of sermons about it… So this coincided with Pastor Battle and his book,” Williams told the AFRO. As audiences attend the Lincoln Theatre for the play, Battle will be there selling his book and will also be present to provide spiritual and mental comfort for those grappling with the heavy topics explored in Confessions of a Side Chick.

“His book can sell at the stage play, and then people can come to the show- that are also having issues in their marriage or whatever- Pastor Battle can fill the need for counseling for people there,” Williams explained.

The creative team behind Confessions of a Side Chick made it clear that while entertaining, the play was raw and heavy.

“It’s a real life story. It’s a story and it’s not cleaned up,” writer and producer Lovaill Long told the AFRO. Its raw nature is one of the reasons Long contends the message and play is so necessary.

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For the last 13 years, D.C. based organization, Butterfly Works has provided high school students in the D.M.V area with quality classes to get them prepared for one of the most important standardized test’s in America, The SATs. Founded by native Washingtonian, Shuyinthia Hembry, Butterfly Works is consistently contracted by various high schools and organizations throughout the region to teach SAT prep to burgeoning college students.

The AFRO was recently able to catch up with Hembry at Friendship Public Charter School, where Butterfly Works is currently based as apart of the College Success Foundations work study program, an initiative under the Marion Barry, DC. Summer Youth Employment Program.

Hembry gave us a glimpse into a bright future for college bound teenagers in the District, and what their goals are. “Our goal is simple: To transform minds and create learning success stories, one student at a time,” she told the AFRO. Butterfly Works seeks to truly allow students to blossom into their best selves.

“Here at Butterfly Works, we believe that students’ minds are like butterflies and that once they learn how to fly, they

“Our goal is simple: To transform minds and create learning success stories, one student at a time.” can never go back to being a caterpillar. We believe in this work and we expound on this idea communally by preparing our students for the scholarly trials that are sure to come if they decide to continue on the track of higher education,” Hembry said.

The reality is that the SAT is one of the primary factors that determines whether a student gets accepted to college or not, and statistics proves that with any test, it’s best to be debriefed over a span of time, rather than attempt to cram everything at once.

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Howard Basketball Heads To Spain For Tour

Howard Hospital

However, NCAA rules do allow for extra practice time which gave the Bison a chance to start offseason practicing on July 30 for this international excursion. The tour runs August 9-18 in Barcelona and Valencia and is as much a cultural experience for the players as it is about basketball. It begins in Barcelona where the 1992 Olympics were hosted. Those were the games of the original USA Basketball Dream Team which is considered the greatest collection of talent on one squad in the history of the game.

Howard will play two games in that city while touring one of soccer’s premiere venues Camp Nou Stadiumhome of FC Barcelona where all-time-great Lionel Messi played most of his club career. The competitive phase of the trip will end in Valencia with a single contest.

“It’s such a unique experience that will provide great momentum towards the improvement of our program,” Courtesy Photo Blakeney added. “No matter how much you train or Howard Basketball is headed to Spain for a tour August 9-18. practice, you really don’t know about a team until you When the fall semester begins and students at Howard see it in game competition.”

University ask their men’s basketball team how they spent This trip should be a chance for the team to bond on an summer vacation, they will pull out a passport. The Bison extended road will get a while learning head start “It’s such a unique experience that will provide great offensive and on the momentum towards the improvement of our program.” defensive systems 2019-2020 that are going to be season when they head to Europe for a Summer Tour in implemented by Blakeney in his rookie year.

Spain this August.

Howard’s team already has an international flavor.

Howard, who figures to be a contender once again for the Upcoming Sophomore Andre Toure’ is from Paris, France Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship, and was born to a Nigerian father and Rusian mother. As a gets the chance to face tough competition as the foreign freshman Toure’ battled through injuries and averaged five exchange road trip marks the tipoff of first year head coach points and 3.4 rebounds. Center Akuwovo Ogheneyole, Kenny Blakeney’s era as the new Bison head coach. another rising sophomore from Nigeria, averaged 4.6 points “This trip will give us an opportunity to bond [as a and five rebounds in his first season. Princewill Anosike, team],” Blakeney said in a statement released by the who also is Nigerian, averaged just 1.6 points and barely university’s sports information department. “We’ll also get over two rebounds. Two of Blakeney’s late editions will to see how we compete before we start practice in the fall.” compete with their teammates for the first time. Ian Lee, an Blakeney, a former McDonald’s High School AllAsian player from Toronto and Ireland’s Cian Heaphy will American from Dematha and two-time national champion debut with the team also. player at Duke, is a first-time head coach at Howard. He Meanwhile, former head coach Kevin Nickelberry was part of Tommy Amaker’s first Ivy League championship has landed a new job in one of the top conferences in coaching staff at Harvard and previously coached at the America. Nickelberry, who recruited the current Howard University of Delaware under current Notre Dame coach roster including two-time all-MEAC guard Charles Mike Brey who is a Dematha product as well. Blakeney Williams, is now an assistant at LSU. He is known as one wasn’t hired until early May, which puts him behind in of the top recruiters in the safe but the Tigers program is preparing for the upcoming season as it does for most facing allegations for its recruiting practices and is being coaches in transition. investigated by the FBI and NCAA.

By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com

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lives depend on having access to affordable healthcare.

“Poverty and lack of health care access among military families are quite often overlooked with many families living well below the poverty line,” said Davene White, director of the HUH CARES Public Health Program.

“Howard UniversityHospital is proud to open a new WIC center at Joint Base Anacostia – Bolling, which will help eliminate barriers and provide local military families with valuable nutrition education and resources to address their dietary and health needs.”

The fight against the rising maternal mortality rate in Washington, D.C. has already caught the attention of major media and government. With mothers and children in lowincome areas of the city dying at rapid rates in comparison to wealthier zip codes, Howard University Hospital is taking a step to combat this horrific trend and end the major health disparities issue facing the city.

“Studies show that babies born prematurely or with low birth weight are at a higher risk of an early death,” White said. “The HUH CARES WIC program is very effective at reducing these incidents by offering resources focused on helping women improve the quality of their diet; as well as staying abreast of childhood immunization standards, growth and development and increasing access to prenatal care much earlier in their pregnancy.”

The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Family Center is open from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

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Howard University Hospital announced the opening of their WIC Family Center at the Joint Base AnacostiaBolling (JBAB) in S.W., Washington, D.C.

Providence Urgent Care Center Now open • Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–10 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m.–3 p.m.

• Pharmacy available onsite with access to free medication for those who need it most

Seven days a week, no appointment needed

Providence Health System has always been here for D.C. Now, we’re here in a new way – with Ward 5’s only urgent care center.

Providence Urgent Care Center is open seven days a week for things like flu, strep, sprains, strains, broken bones, vaccinations and more. We work to see you quickly, so you can get the care that’s right for you, when you need it, right here.

Visit ProvidenceHealthyVillage.org for more information. © Ascension 2019. All rights reserved.

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Butterfly Works

Side Chick

from 100 to even 400 points, on average.”

Lack of resources being one of the main reasons that African American students have historically been disenfranchised in this country, programs like Butterfly Works aims Courtesy Photo to bridge this gap by coming to it’s students Butterfly Works is a Black through the schools, owned SAT Prep program especially those in low that focuses on helping bridge the success gap for income areas.

African American students.

Whether it’s one student at a time or in a classroom with a couple of dozen, Butterfly Works, works. Head over to their website, http://www. butterflyworksdc.org for more information.

many changes, sometimes everything is not good.

Sometimes it takes bad things to happen for us men to grow up,” he added hoping to not ruin any bit of the play’s storyline.

For now, audiences will only have one day (July 20) and two performances (4 p.m. and 8 p.m.) to see this juicy topic played out on stage at the Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St N.W. For tickets to Confessions of a Side Chick visit https:// www.thelincolndc.com or call (202) 888-0050. Tickets range from $48.50 to $100 depending on seating preferences and availability.

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Photo by Justin Johnson

Here’s the Scoop store manager Earnest Telfaire and store owner Karin Sellers on opening day.

featured soon.

The stores motto is “Community One Treat At A Time.” Sellers embodies her motto in a variety of ways, including employing local youth.

“I wanted to train young people in entrepreneurship and how to succeed in it,” Sellers said.

“Cars and clothes are nice, but you have to make sure your foundation is solid,” she added.

The store’s environment is exceptionally warm and welcoming. The outdoor patio is the perfect place to kick back and enjoy your frozen treat. “The atmosphere that Karin was trying to create was a place where people could not only get ice cream but see their neighbors as well.

That’s the type of stuff that builds community.” Sellers’ brother, Mark Douglas said.

The idea for this shop was born in 2005 and included many ups and downs. “It was a lot of

sleepless nights,” manager Earnest Telfaire said.

“This was 14 years in the making. She put her all into this,” staff member Jackie Lassey said. “We work hard to prove her dreams weren’t for nothing,” she added.

Sellers admitted to feeling dejected from so many initial setbacks. Lack of capital made her vision more difficult to navigate. However, good fortune was on her side. She soon became the beneficiary of numerous grants, including a pivotal $50,000 grant from Great Street Funding.

Here’s The Scoop is a play on the shop’s ice cream centered menu as well as its place as a community resource outlet.

The outdoor patio area is planned to eventually be used as a staging area for pop-up events featuring other local small businesses. Tucked just across the street from Howard University, Here’s The Scoop stands to be a community staple.

Sellers hopes that customers will enjoy a variety of sweets while learning about important community happenings. Sellers cited her short term goals as staying grounded in the community, and continuing to deliver a quality product. Stop by any day of the week at 2824 Georgia Ave N.W and to learn more, visit them online at http:// heresthescoopdc.com.

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Radio and TV host Guy Lambert

Angie Gates, director of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment

Actress and Boris L. Henson Foundation Founder Taraji P. Henson

Singer and actress Traci Braxton with husband and reality star Kevin Surrat

Actress Jenifer Lewis Jabray Franklin, AFRO Intern

The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation kicked off their first conference on mental health, “Can We Talk?” with a fundraising gala at the Newseum in Northwest, Washington, D.C. on June 7. Actress and D.C. native Taraji P. Henson is the founder of the Foundation and spent her time in D.C. testifying on Capitol Hill, holding panels and seminars on mental health, and raising awareness on speaking about mental health in communities of color. Celebrities from the arts, health fields, academia and activism were present at the gala that brought out thousands for an evening of fun, but to also discuss the important topic of mental health- often considered taboo in the Black community.

Photos by Edgar Brookins

Brig. Gen.(Ret) Clara AdamsEnder, Gen.(Ret) Lloyd and Charlene Austin

Gen(Ret) Vincent Brooks and Edgar Brookins, AFRO Washington, D.C.

Gen. James C. McConville, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army hosted a Special Retirement Review in honor of Lt. Gen. Gwen Bingham, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management as she prepared to retire after 38 years of service to our Nation. The event was held in Conmy Hall on Fri/ June 28 at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Fort Myer, VA. Family and friends came from across the

Lt. Gen. Gwen Bingham with her son Phillip, her daughter Dr. Tava Bingham and her spouse, Dr. Patrick Bingham

Gen. (Ret) Dennis and Linda Via, with her sorority sister Joyce Shambley and Harold Shambley

country to witness this military review. All of the military Pomp and Circumstance was on parade as guests watched as members of the Third US Army/Old Guard, the Army band, the Drum and Fife Corps executed various military drills in salute to Lt. Gen. Bingham. Various military awards were presented to Lt. Gen. Bingham that was culminated in the presentation of her official Retirement Certificate by Gen. McConville. Lt. Gen. Bingham’s spouse, Dr. Patrick J. Bingham was also presented with a Certificate of Appreciation for his service to the Nation. Special guests included their children, Dr. Tava M. Bingham and Phillip Bingham, Gen. (Ret) Lloyd and Mrs. Charlene Austin, Gen.(Ret) Dennis and Linda Via, Gen. Vincent Brooks, Lt. Gen. Nadja West, the Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford, the Army Chief Communicator Lt. Gen.(Ret) Bob Ferrell and Maj. Gen.(Ret) George Alexander. A group of her sorority sisters from Delta Sigma Theta were also in attendance. The official review concluded with the singing of the Army Song. A reception followed at the Spates Community Club and Conference Center.

Lt. Gen. Gwen Bingham (center) with her sorority sisters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority