PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDITION
Volume 123 No. 12
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Hogan Claims Blacks Have Been Left Behind By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent
The Larry Hogan campaign has a message for Black voters in Maryland: If they keep voting the same way—read, Democrat—they will keep getting the same thing— nothing. “Our overwhelming message is that if you take a look at how things have
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gone for the state in the past eight years and if you look at communities in Baltimore City and Prince George’s County (Black enclaves) for the past 30 years, things are still moving in the wrong direction,” said Election 2014
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campaign spokesman Adam Dubitsky. Boyd Rutherford, Hogan’s running mate, said as they campaign all over Maryland, a recurring theme among Black voters is that “they feel forgotten.” “African-American communities, particularly in certain jurisdictions, are being left behind,” he said. The campaign said both parties have failed African Americans. “Look, I’ll be the first to admit that many people in my party are unwilling to reach out to the Black community about our ideas, about the promise of empowerment, economic freedom and Continued on A4
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Garteh Korkoryah, mother of Thomas Eric Duncan, has her tears wiped by her great-grandson Josephus Weeks III at a memorial service for her son Oct. 18, in Salisbury, N.C. Duncan died of Ebola in Dallas on Oct. 8. AP Photo
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Lucile Adams-Campbell, professor of Oncology and associate dean of Community Health & Outreach at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has long understood the power of outreach and serving the under-served. A native Washingtonian, who grew up in Ward 7, Adams-Campbell is the first African-American female to earn a doctorate degree in epidemiology in the country; and in examining the cancer mortality rates of the nation, Washington, D.C. has proven a social laboratory of high rates, disparities, and potential for her. Breast Cancer Awareness Month has aided Adams-Campbell in a “call to action” that looks beyond the “dismal side of breast cancer,” to embolden those most impacted to be their own best advocate. While breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among African-American women under age 45, the best overall preventive health strategy, according to Adams-Campbell, incorporates reducing known risk factors. “We don’t know how to cure cancer but have good ideas about the prevention of cancer. Obesity caused by longterm positive energy imbalance – eating more than exercising – increases cancer risks. We used to walk and now Continued on A3
Obama Supports Anthony Brown’s Bid for Governor, Draws Thousands By Lauren E. Williams Special to the AFRO “Forward Not Back! Forward Not Back! Forward Not Back!” Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-Md.) implored the crowd of over 9,000 as they waited Oct. 19 to hear words from President Barack Obama in support of Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, Democratic candidate for governor. The response from the crowd was defining as the campaign slogan rippled through an audience of black, white, young, and old. Crowds lined up as early as 11 a.m. for Sunday’s afternoon event at Wise High School in Upper Marlboro. The high school’s gym was at capacity by 2 p.m. Hundreds of attendees were turned away. “I know it’s hard to be at school on a Sunday,” Obama joked to the audience. “But we are here for a good reason.
We are here to support a man who has not just spent his career fighting for you, but his entire life fighting for you.” The rally was led by several Maryland heavy hitters and high-profile political players, including Howard County Executive
Ken Ulman, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.), Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III. The event was held four days before the beginning
of Maryland’s early voting period on Oct. 23, with the purpose of sparking statewide interest. Low voter turnout remains to be an issue among all political parties rolling into the November elections. Continued on A4
President Obama with Maryland gubernatorial candidate Anthony Brown during a campaign rally at Wise High School
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Gubernatorial Candidates Debate Future of Pre-K By Lisa Snowden-McCray Special to the AFRO BALTIMORE – Clinton resident Allisa Queen teaches Pre-K4 at a Washington D.C. charter school. She also has two little girls: Jasmyn, age 6 and Sky, age 4. So, she has given the subject of universal pre-K a lot of thought. Jasmyn is in first grade at a Prince George’s County public school. Sky spends all day at a child development center “It’s like a big daycare center,” Queen says. She chose to put her there because she liked the center’s educational program, and because she didn’t qualify for the county’s public pre-k program. “You have to be pretty much dirt poor to get in,” she said. “They don’t have a lot of programs if you are middle class.” She also said that county’s current half-day program doesn’t work well for her schedule since she and her fiancé work full time. The idea of whether or not it’s economically feasible to make free pre-K available for all Maryland four-year-olds is just one subject in a highly volatile gubernatorial race. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown has vowed to make it a reality for the entire state, should he win the race. Brown’s plan would call for a half Continued on A5