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Overtime Rules Jeni Britton Bauer helps to lead Vice President Joe Biden on a tour of the North Market where he stopped to take photographs with shoppers on May 18 in Columbus, Ohio. More than 4 million U.S. workers will become newly eligible for overtime pay under rules issued Wednesday by the Obama administration. The rule seeks to bolster overtime protections that have been eroded in recent decades by inflation. See story on page A6.

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Port Covington: Developing a Futuristic Vision of Baltimore

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By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent zprince@afro.com Sagamore Development, the real estate firm owned by Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, is promising net returns to Baltimore should the city approve the $535 million in tax increment funding being sought for the Port Covington redevelopment project. A tax increment funding, or TIF, is when the government borrows money to give to a private company to use for property development. The collateral for the borrowed money is the projected tax receipts of the property that is being developed.

“The value to the City from the redevelopment of Port Covington

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will be an absolute net positive, and the economic benefits to the City will be extraordinary,” said Sagamore

President Marc Weller in an interview via e-mail with the AFRO. He added, “As one of the largest urban

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An artists’ rendering of what Port Covington would look like after development.

renewal efforts in America, Port Covington will have a fundamental and far-reaching positive impact on Baltimore, its economy and its future.

A redeveloped Port Covington will mean thousands of new jobs, new businesses, better transit to jobs, 42 acres of parks, new space for manufacturing, fresh opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship, new ways to reach the waterfront and more for Baltimore City residents.”

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Women who give birth behind federal prison bars need better health care services for themselves and their newborns or their lives will be at risk, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said at a May 12 press briefing on Capitol Hill.

Surrounded by national advocates for women’s health, Jackson Lee introduced the

Stop Infant Mortality and Recidivism Reduction Act of 2016 (H.R. 5130), a criminal justice bill that would establish a pilot program to provide critical-stage, developmental nurseries in federal prisons for children born to inmates.

The first 30 months of life are the most critical time for newborns who desperately need nurturing and bonding

By Brandi Randolph Special to the AFRO As part of the AFRO’s 19th Ceremony for Black History Month, a roomful of eight graders were brought to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore, for

recognition and celebration.

The eight graders all participated in an AFRO contest to depict their community heroes using whatever creative material they wanted. During Black History month the AFRO wrote about community

heroes from the past and present.

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After 18 Years in Prison

What’s Next for Balto.’s Malcolm Bryant After Exoneration?

By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO On May 11, Malcolm Jabbar Bryant was exonerated for a murder he didn’t commit. Bryant spent 18 years in prison for the 1996 murder of Baltimore teen Toni Bullock. Only 23 years old when convicted of felony murder, second-degree murder, and carrying a deadly weapon on September 9, 1999, Bryant was sentenced to life plus 10 years for the murder.

“On behalf of the criminal justice system, I’d like to apologize to Mr. Malcolm Bryant and his family for the pain they’ve endured as a result of his wrongful conviction,” said States Attorney Marilyn Mosby at a news conference. “As Continued on A3

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Front Row Winners of the AFRO’s Community Heroes Contest: Amie Pannah, Lia Tejada, Laylah Smith, Julia Bital, Anthony Glen and Lanice Kear with Principal Dr. Otis Lee (Rear Middle) and Gregory Bell (Right).

Defense: Officer Acted Reasonably in Arrest of Freddie Gray

By Juliet Linderman Associated Press An officer on trial for the arrest of Freddie Gray acted reasonably and responsibly and his interactions with the young Black man were so brief that he shouldn’t be blamed for any wrongdoing, according to defense attorneys who rested

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Other artists, including rapper and singer artist Azealia Banks, have criticized Beyoncé’s latest work. Shortly after “Lemonade” was released, Banks took to Twitter on April 26 to write, “This heartbroken Black female narrative you keep trying to push is the Antithesis of what feminism is.” Banks added, “she needs to stay under Jay-Z’s foot where she belongs, and stay out of the creative woman’s way.”

Some defended the work; during a roundtable on feminism at feministing.com, writer Michael Arceneaux praised Beyoncé’s “ideas of feminism, the celebration of women, and femininity in general.”

This is not the first time that hooks has had harsh words for Beyoncé. In 2014, hooks herself became the subject of scrutiny when she called Beyonce an “anti-feminist,” and said that the singer was a “terrorist, especially in terms of the impact on young girls.”

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand together to greet the Iceland Prime Minister and his wife as they arrive at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 13 for a State Dinner.

Michelle Obama stood out in a sea of black tuxedos at the Nordic Summit dinner on May 13, wearing a blush-colored, off-the-shoulder, floor-length gown.

The first lady chose a dress by Indian-born designer Naeem Khan for the White House dinner honoring the leaders of Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Norway. She finished the look with gold jewelry and a wispy chignon.

The gown featured a draped bodice, cinched waist and full shirt. A single, asymmetric sleeve fell casually around the First Lady’s toned right arm.

While state dinners typically celebrate a single head of state — and Mrs. Obama often wears a gown by a designer from the country being honored — the Nordic party was a twist on typical White House protocol.

The president accidentally stepped on his wife’s dress as they made their entrance, but both still looked impeccable.

Noted Feminist Author, Bell Hooks, Calls Out Beyoncé Over “Lemonade”

By Crystal Nunn Special to the AFRO Bell hooks, an award-winning author, feminist and social activist, recently criticized Beyoncé’s latest album “Lemonade,” claiming that it was a “celebration of rage,” and that “violence is made to look sexy” in accompanying videos.

(Photo by Daniela Vesco/Invision for Parkwood In a May 9 Entertainment/AP Images) article published Beyoncé performs during the on her website Formation World Tour at Levi’s entitled, “Moving Stadium on May 16 in Santa Clara, Beyond Pain,” hooks California. criticized some of Beyoncé’s actions in the videos which accompanied the album. Among other examples, at one point, Beyoncé wields a baseball bat while dressed in an elegant golden gown, and randomly smashes cars.

Hooks wrote that, in the video, “Beyoncé is sexualized along with her acts of emotional violence,” and that “violence does not create positive change.”

Hooks added that Beyoncé “doesn’t adequately explore the path to healing,” and that the music videos “embraces the stereotypical trope about Black women and violence.”

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In a Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 file photo, former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager, is lead into court, in Charleston, S.C. A federal judge will decide whether Slager, charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist, can remain free on bond.

Two things stand out about this week’s indictment of a White former South Carolina police officer on federal civil rights charges in the death of unarmed Black motorist Walter Scott: Such charges from the feds against an officer are relatively rare, and they send a message.

Michael Slager, 34, already faces state murder charges in Scott’s death.

Some, including attorneys for Scott’s family, see the new indictment as a message from federal prosecutors that they’ve got their eye on law officers and are fed up with flagrant violence.

“I think the Justice Department is tired of sitting on the sidelines and they think this is one they can definitely win and send a message to police departments around the country,” attorney Chris Stewart told The Associated Press.

A former federal prosecutor offered a similar take.

“Typically, these cases get tried in state court,” said Pete Strom, a former U.S. attorney for South Carolina now in private practice. “The Department of Justice is interested in making this an impact case and sending a message to law enforcement that you can’t shoot somebody in the back.”

Slager’s lawyer, Andy Savage, meanwhile, questioned the timing of the federal charges, called the penalties extreme and suggested the federal case is seeking to make amends for history.

“It really feels as if Officer Slager is carrying the burden of many past cases that were handled differently,” Savage said in a release.

Slager was arraigned Wednesday on federal charges that include depriving Scott of his civil rights. The federal indictment also charges Slager with obstruction of justice and unlawful use of a weapon during the commission of a crime in Scott’s death.

A bystander’s cellphone video captured images of Slager, then a North Charleston police officer, firing eight times as Scott, 50, ran from an April 2015 traffic stop. The case inflamed a national debate about how blacks are treated by white police officers.

The federal indictment says Slager, while acting as a law officer, deprived Scott of his civil rights. A second count says he used a weapon, a Glock Model 21 .45 caliber pistol, while doing so.

The third count, charging obstruction of justice, alleges that Slager intentionally misled state investigators about the encounter, “falsely stating that he fired his weapon at Scott while Scott was coming forward at him with a Taser,” the indictment reads. “In truth and in fact, as defendant Michael Slager then well knew, he repeatedly fired his weapon at Scott when Scott was running away from him.”

It’s uncommon for the Justice Department to bring federal civil rights charges against police officers in deadly shootings.

Such cases require them to prove an officer willfully violated the victim’s civil rights by knowingly using more force than the law allows.

The Pittsburgh TribuneReview reported this year that federal prosecutors have declined to pursue civil rights allegations against law enforcement officers 96 percent of the time since 1995, with most experts blaming the low prosecution rate on the difficulty of winning such cases.

The 12,703 potential civil rights violations turned down nationwide from 1995-2015 include high-profile incidents in Chicago, New York and Ferguson, Missouri, but also thousands of lesser-known incidents.

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with their mothers, Jackson Lee explained. Pregnant women are often handcuffed during childbirth and newborns are often placed in foster care, within 24 hours after birth.

Pregnant inmates are not given the expected delivery dates – in order to stop women from attempting to escape prison, Jackson Lee said.

“We cannot afford to lose any more of our nation’s children, or continue to break the nurturing bonds between mother and child,” said Jackson Lee, adding that incarcerated mothers risk depression, infections, and chronic stress-related illnesses.

Jackson Lee is the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. She said the legislation has a good chance of receiving bipartisan support from

other House lawmakers.

Advocates for Women’s health attending the briefing said the legislation could improve the health of newborns and lower the number of women who return to prison as repeat offenders. They cited CDC statistics showing that the infant

the national infant mortality rate is 5.96 deaths per 1,000 live births.

“It is critical that imprisoned pregnant women and women with infants, who are disproportionately women of color, receive the care and attention they deserve,” said Linda Goler Blount, president of

“We cannot afford to lose any more of our nation’s children, or continue to break the nurturing bonds between mother and child.”

– Sheila Jackson Lee mortality rate for babies separated from their incarcerated mothers is 7.9 infant deaths per 1,000 live births for Hispanic inmates and 14.3 for Black inmates. By comparison,

Black Women’s Health Imperative, a D.C.-based national women’s organization.

Blount said studies show that children separated from their

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Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

imprisoned mothers and placed into social services, often suffer from substance abuse, mental illness, and domestic violence.

Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, noted that 10 states already provide nursery services to women in prison.

“The tens of thousands of babies born to incarcerated mothers each year must have that special close relationship with their birth mother during the early months of life,” O’Neill said.

Jackson Lee’s legislation would allow children to stay with their mothers in prison for 30 months while risk and need assessments of mothers are conducted. Mothers would also receive education and counseling in child development, parenting skills, domestic violence, vocational training, and substance abuse.

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Maryland rested its case against Officer Edward Nero, and a Baltimore judge denied a request to acquit him.

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jail, while the other charges have five-year maximums.

Gray, 25, died April 19 of last year, a week after his neck was broken while he was handcuffed and shackled, but unrestrained, in the back of a police van. The department’s policy is that detainees must be buckled in the van.

Prosecutors say Nero illegally arrested Gray last year without probable cause, and was negligent when he failed to secure Gray in a police van with a seat belt.

Nero’s attorney says his client wasn’t involved in Gray’s arrest, and that it’s the responsibility of a police van’s driver to make sure a detainee is belted in.

The defense called eight witnesses to bolster their argument that any reasonable officer in Nero’s position would have made the same decisions. They hope to convince the judge that the department’s order requiring that all inmates be strapped in is more suggestion than rule because officers are expected to act with discretion based on the circumstances of each situation.

Nero waived his right to a jury trial, instead choosing to leave his fate in the hands of

Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams, who throughout the trial asked witnesses his own follow-up questions.

Nero was on bicycle patrol in a high-crime area in the Western District on April 12, 2015, alongside Officer Garrett Miller and Lt. Brian Rice. While patrolling the area, Rice made eye contact with Gray, who took off running. Rice called over the radio for backup, and Nero and Miller joined the foot chase. Miller caught up with Gray and handcuffed him.

Nero told investigators that he touched Gray only twice: once when he helped the man, who’d already been handcuffed, sit up and look for an inhaler. The second time was when the van made a stop two blocks from the arrest site, and two officers secured him in leg shackles.

Nero helped those officers slide Gray onto the floor of the van, head-first.

Capt. Justin Reynolds, a Baltimore police officer currently on medical leave, was certified as an expert in officer training, policies and procedures, and testified Wednesday that general orders are simply guidelines.

He said officers always have

discretion as to whether to follow them and noted the configuration of seat belts in the department’s wagons are “spaghetti-like in two pieces” — making it virtually impossible to buckle in an uncooperative prisoner. Gray was agitated and kicking about in the van, according to testimony.

“There would be no possible way to seat belt someone if an officer had one arm occupied across an arm or a chest to prevent him from assaulting you,” Reynolds said.

During cross-examination, Reynolds conceded that if a prisoner was cooperating, as Gray had been when he was initially put inside the van, officers could have easily belted him.

Failure to seat belt Gray gave rise to two of the four charges Nero faces: Reckless endangerment and one of the misconduct in office charges.

The other charges stem from prosecutors’ contention that the arrest itself was illegal, and thus a violation of Gray’s right not to be unlawfully touched.

Gray’s death was a pivotal moment in Baltimore, and set off more than a week of protests followed by looting, rioting and arson that prompted a citywide curfew.

In the aftermath, the city’s police chief was fired, and Mayor Stephanie RawlingsBlake announced she wouldn’t run for re-election.

The U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into allegations of excessive force and unwarranted stops.

Nero is the second officer to stand trial. Officer William Porter’s manslaughter trial ended with a hung jury.

prosecutors, our duty is to pursue justice equally and fairly under the law for victims, witnesses, accusers, and the accused.”

On the night of November 20, 1998, 16-year Toni Bullock and a friend were walking back from a store on Harford Road, when they were approached by a man who demanded money. When the girls told him, “no,” the man grabbed them by their arms and forced them over to a grassy field.

Bullock’s friend was able to get away and run home to tell her family what happened.

Unfortunately, Bullock was not able to escape from the man and was stabbed three times, once in the arm, abdomen, and thigh.

She was able to run away where she collapsed in the street before dying at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Bullock’s friend gave a description to detectives; a sketch was drawn up, and released to the media. There was only one other witness who stated that she saw Bullock struggling with a Black male but couldn’t give any other details.

Maintaining his innocence the entire time, Bryant exhausted all options including his right to appeal, starting several petitions for post-conviction relief, and having the University Of Baltimore’s Innocence Project look into the conviction. The re-investigation into Bryant’s conviction came through his numerous appeals and was spear headed by Conviction Integrity Unit Division Chief, Lauren Lipscomb, Assistant State’s Attorney Michael Leedy, Chief of Investigations Kelvin Sewell, and Avon Mackel.

“I have two sons that I haven’t seen in almost 18 years. That’s my first priority.” said Bryant as he walked out of Prison a free man on May 11.

“They had to pinch me to let me know I wasn’t dreaming; that it was real.”

In 2011, the courts ordered the state to send nail clippings recovered from the victim for DNA testing. The DNA report revealed

a partial male DNA on the clippings, and was discovered to be a rare identifier, that did not match Malcolm Bryant. Following this newfound information, the court ordered the state to send the victim’s clothing for DNA testing also. In 2015, the T-shirt of the victim was sent for DNA testing where the fatal wound was caused, revealed a full male DNA match to the partial sample found on the nail clipping which was inconsistent with Malcolm Bryant’s DNA. With DNA testing evolving with more advanced technology, the Conviction Integrity Unit began reinvestigating the case as of January 2016.

While re-investigating the team reinterviewed state’s witnesses, reviewed the trial transcripts, visited the crime scene, reviewed the DNA samples as well as interrogating the DNA experts, and questioned Bryant’s alibi witness. Coming to the conclusion that the strength of the DNA outweighed the identification solely due to the fact that it was an observation made 3 to 4 seconds during rainy, nighttime weather while under the stress of being attacked.

“The only plausible explanation we have for the male DNA’s presence under the victims fingernails and in the area of the fatal wound on the victim’s t-shirt is that the DNA is in fact the killers DNA and does not match Malcolm Bryant,” said Lauren Lipscomb, Conviction Integrity Unit Division Chief.

“This in all probability means Mr. Bryant is not the murderer.”

“My heart breaks for the family of Toni Bullock.” said Mosby. “Please know that your daughter is not forgotten and my office will be working with Commissioner Kevin Davis and the Baltimore Police Department to do all that we can to investigate and prosecute the man who is truly responsible for Toni’s death.”

Neither Bryant nor his attorneys returned calls for comment before publication.

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Anti-Defamation League Honors Former D.C. Police Chief Ramsey

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com Hundreds of leaders and activists gathered May 1617 for the Anti-Defamation League’s National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. Charged with discussing and developing strategic methods of countering racial, gender,

enforcement agents to people of color and diverse communities that proved the highlight of the annual event.

“A law enforcement leader must also be an educator and a mentor and a role model.

Former Commissioner Ramsey used the history of the Holocaust as a springboard to increase law enforcement’s understanding

“We have not always stood on the right side of justice in this country as officers and have not always lived up to the oath of office we have taken, but we are continuing to evolve.”

– Charles Ramsey Courtesy photo

and religious intolerance, the league also used the event to honor former D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey for his innovative approach to antidiscrimination training in law enforcement.

Many of the issues covered in this year’s summit included the use of technology in fostering discrimination, such as cyberhate, and anti-Semitism, homophobia, racism, and religious intolerance using the social media, chat rooms, and texts. It was Ramsey’s efforts to reconnect law

of its relationship to the people that it served, its role as a protector of the Constitution, and a guardian of our individual rights,” said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, League CEO. “At a time when our political season is charged with so much rhetoric that pushes people apart, it is an honor to celebrate someone who helps pull people together,” he said.

Ramsey received the William and Naomi Gorowitz Institute Service Award for developing an officer training program that connected the

The Anti-Defamation League’s National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. honored May 16-17 former D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey for his approach to anti-discrimination training in law enforcement. oath officers took to protect and serve to the their daily duties to preserve the dignity and rights of all citizens.

Ramsey said that a tour of the Holocaust Memorial Museum forced him to examine the critical role police officers played in racism and antiSemitism.

“When I left the museum I couldn’t get the images out of my mind and I was troubled.

One of the first photos you see in the exhibition of

Holocaust is a police officer with the German shepherd and it made me stop and think about the role of police in a democratic society and how these men who had taken an oath similar to mine, participated in this,” Ramsey told the crowd gathered at the Mayflower Hotel, located at 1127 Connecticut Ave NW. “When officers lose sight of their primary responsibility of protecting the rights of all people, those are the types of

abuses that occur.”

Ramsey, a Chicago native, ended his tenure as the District’s police chief in 2008 when he accepted the position of Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department. During Ramsey’s eight-year stint as Chief of Police in D.C., crime rates declined by 40 percent and community policing was expanded to improve the overall quality of recruits, hiring standards,

training, equipment, and facilities.

“We have not always stood on the right side of justice in this country as officers and have not always lived up to the oath of office we have taken, but we are continuing to evolve,” Ramsey said. “The issue is the role of police whose obligation it is to protect all of its citizens and not allow any group to be singled out for different treatment.”

National Urban League Report Highlights Black Community Setbacks

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com National Urban League launched the 2016 State of Black America – Locked Out: Education, Jobs and Justice report during a live web broadcast at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., May 17.

Celebrating the 40-year history of the report from former Executive Director Vernon Jordan, who issued the first report in 1976, key issues in this year’s report include job creation, living wages, voting rights, criminal justice reform, and education.

Hosted by the National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial, the report noted equality gaps between our nation’s richest and poorest citizens and offered thought-provoking solutions in

the form of essays from leading voices in the academic, corporate, political, and entertainment arenas.

The report has “always been an important publication, but this year it provides an opportunity to tell the story of what has been accomplished and to determine what must be done,” said Newseum President and CEO, Jeffery Herbst. “We look forward to using our commitment and ability to explain our foundational freedoms to be part of the struggle of inclusivity and equality in the United States.”

Concern was raised over apparent setbacks in social and educational gains since the initial 1976 report. For instance, in 1976, schools had been legally desegregated for 22 years, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was 12 years old, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 had been

Honors

Julia Vital

“I feel good. I’m proud of myself because I worked really hard and somebody liked it.”

Anthony Green

“It was just one of the ideas and I like putting things together. I don’t like doing collages, so I just did a scrapbook.”

Laylah Smith

“I chose to do a poem and painting because in art class we

address these issues. We must all lead by example in supporting social justice. In our view social justice is far too important to be a matter for individuals; it must also be an endeavor for corporations.”

NUL President Marc Morial said that statistically the gains made in the 1960s had been decimated, and that all gears had been thrown into reverse, effectively moving Black America backwards, but that his organization was poised to offer remedies. “The Urban League is not a think tank, the Urban League is not a talk tank, the Urban League is a ‘do tank,’ and what we need to do is save our cities big and small, north to south, east to west from coast to coast,” Morial said. “We must save our cities. We must develop our economic infrastructure and move people out of poverty – from welfare rolls to payrolls.”

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during the ceremony. The Director of Diversity Initiatives of Montgomery County, Dr. Gregory Bell and Principal of Benjamin Banneker Middle School, Dr. Otis Lee told the eighth graders to pursue their passions and have a vision for their futures.

Six finalists were chosen by the AFRO to receive special recognition. Each student was called up to the podium and said a few words to the audience about why they chose their community heroes. Below are excerpts from each students’ speech and a follow up interview.

in place 11 years, and the economy was one year into economic recovery from the recession that lasted from November 1973 to March 1975. Still, Blacks were nearly twice as likely as Whites to be unemployed; the median Black household had only 59 cents for every dollar of income, and Blacks were three times more likely to live in poverty than Whites.

“If there is one constant in the State of Black America Report it is the importance of spreading opportunities and empowerment. We see the promise of technology to help address many of the disparities detailed in this year’s state of Black America report,” said James Cicconi, AT&T executive vice president of External and Legislative Affairs, who partnered with the NUL to conduct the research. “It will take more than tech to

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were doing acrylic painting and in English, we had to do community projects, so I just tied them both together.”

Lia Tejada

“My teacher is an art teacher. I knew a sculpture was a symbol for her art and how much she loves it.

Also, I love art too.”

Amie Panneh

“I feel amazing that I was recognized for it. I feel special that they recognized my artwork.”

Lancie Kear

“I feel very honored that someone would actually look at my artwork and find it very beautiful and inspiring.”

payments to be paid on the bonds, Weller said.

Since its announcement, the Port Covington development plan has drawn criticism for a lack of transparency regarding its finances, and what some see as efforts to push it through the current city council and outgoing Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake before they both leave office.

The re-imagination of the 260-acre industrial peninsula in South Baltimore is a massive undertaking anchored

by Under Armour’s new 50acre waterfront headquarters and including 40 acres of public parks and about 13 million square feet of residential (7,500 residential units), retail, manufacturing, office, hotel and restaurant space. The build is expected to take place in stages over 25 or more years.

While more than $4 billion in private investment is expected to finance the “vertical” aspect of the build,

the $535 million in city bonds would finance infrastructure improvements needed for the project, Weller said.

Specifically, TIF bonds will pay for: 8 miles of streets, 1.2 million square feet of sidewalks, 16 miles of curbs and gutters, 42 acres of park land, 9 miles of water mains, sanitary sewers and storm sewers, 17 miles of electric

handouts,” Weller said. “This is Baltimore City building up Baltimore City for the future.”

The TIF could also allow Sagamore to leverage more than $500 million in state and federal grants to finance local and highway transit improvements, including bike paths, he added.

According to a Board of Finance analysis released

This is Baltimore City building up Baltimore City for the future.”

– Marc Weller utility connections, 5 miles of telecom utility connections, over 1,000 new street trees and more.

None of the TIF funds would be used for the Under Armour campus, according to the Sagamore plan.

“There are no tax breaks for developers involved; there are no subsidies; there are no

in April, issuing the TIF could cost Baltimore almost $2.2 billion over 41 years, including $1.4 billion in debt service payments.

However, the revitalized Port Covington could net the city $1.7 billion in revenue (about $40.3 million annually) after interest payments and other expenses.

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Norton Pushes for Federal Dollars for Black Media

By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com

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Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) is calling on the federal government to change the way it distributes its advertising dollars.

The trade associations for Black-owned and Latinoowned newspapers are making a push to get more advertising dollars for their members from the federal government. On April 29, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) was joined by leaders of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, chairman of the board Denise Rolark Barnes and the president/CEO Dr. Benjamin Chavis and the National Association of Hispanic Publications president and CEO Martha Montoya on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol to support the release of a letter written by the delegate to the U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO). The AFRO is a member of the NNPA. The letter, sent to Gene Dodaro, comptroller general of the GAO, requests a report on federal advertising contracts and subcontracts with minority-owned

chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and Reps. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), John Conyers (D-Mich.), John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). Chavis said minority media needs federal support. “This is not about charity, it’s about equality, in particular what federal agencies spend is at stake,” Chavis said to the NNPA News Wire. “Hopefully, in the remaining months of President Obama’s administration, there will be an expedited effort to correct what appears to be a gross inequity.”

Malcolm Beech publishes The Eagles News a Black bi-monthly publication that circulates in the District, North Florida, eastern North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia. He is also the president of the National Business League. Beech told the AFRO that he supports Norton writing the letter to the GAO because minority media should have its fair share of federal advertising dollars. “Sometimes when African-American newspapers approach advertisers, their ad person says that they can reach the Black consumer through the general media,” Beech said. “We try to explain to these advertisers that minority consumers will respond to their products and services more if they see the ads in minority newspapers or other media.”

Radio One is the country’s largest radio company that targets Black listeners. The founder and chairman of the board is Cathy Hughes and her son, Alfred Liggins III, is the president and CEO. Radio One released a statement through its corporate communications vice president Yashima White Azilove regarding Norton’s letter. “Most media buying decision makers at both agencies and companies are not minorities, do not personally consume minority media and do not understand the effectiveness of using Black media with Black-focused ad – Krystal Knight copy and production,” the Radio One statement said. “These industry decision makers understand ethnic marketing when there is a language barrier, but few appreciate the value of Black segmentation and opt to reach African Americans in general market buys.”

Krystal Knight is the managing editor of Capitol News, a District monthly newspaper that is published by a company that is owned by Ward 8 businessman Phinis Jones and circulates in Wards 5, 7, and 8. Knight told the AFRO that Norton’s letter is calling for more inclusion.

“Federal advertising dollars would help us tremendously,” Knight said. “We have to work very hard to convince advertisers to support us. We are working at this point at trying to get one major advertiser and that would help us sustain our operation and grow to become a bi-monthly.”

Charles Young, the public affairs officer for the GAO, told the AFRO that Norton’s letter is under review by the agency and a response to it may come within 30 days.

“Federal advertising dollars would help us tremendously.”

newspapers and media companies.

“The federal government is the largest advertiser in the United States, and it is important that news outlets and media companies owned or published by people of color with a primary mission to serve communities of color have the same opportunities as other media outlets – especially as African Americans and Hispanic Americans continue to grow in number in our country,” Norton said in the letter. “In 2007, [the] GAO looked into spending on advertising contracts with minority-owned businesses by five agencies – the Department of Defense, Department of Treasury, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Interior and the NASA – and found that just 5 percent of the $4.3 billion available for advertising campaigns went to minority-owned businesses. We request an update showing how federal agencies spend their advertising dollars.”

Among the lawmakers who signed Norton’s letter were U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.),

Training Requirements Stifle Black Immigrants’ Upward Mobility

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com The Washington D.C. Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA-DC) held a Reporters’ Roundtable May 17 to discuss current immigration issues relating to youth in the United States. While immigration reform and the needs of first-generation immigrant youth often focus on Latinos, the roundtable revealed that sub-Saharan Africans tend to have the most difficulties assimilating into U.S. culture.

According to the New Americans Integration Institute, out of all immigrant groups, subSaharan Africans find it particularly frustrating to move into the American workforce, despite being well qualified and highly educated, largely due to cultural and racial barriers. “If you’re a nurse or a doctor, there are so many federal and state requirements that you have to fill that become very, very complicated and time-consuming, and foreign degrees in general are often less valued than U.S. degrees,” said Jeff Gross, director of the New Americans Integration Institute at the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition.

The result, as families like the Tureys, living in Southeast D.C. find, are children whose parents have advanced degrees, but who are unable to lift them out of poverty and forced to live and work in substandard conditions. “My husband has a master’s degree in mathematics and doctorate in engineering, but because his degrees were earned in Ethiopia, there is much paperwork and red tape to get through so he drives a taxi,” Mariama Turey told the AFRO. “The money is so poor with the Uber competition and people riding bicycles that we cannot afford to live like the professional-class people that we are.” Many foreign degrees require additional training before being accepted in the U.S. Turey’s four children, all born in the U.S., want what other U.S. children have, including cell phones and fashionable clothes. And while her husband would prefer she remain at home and not work, Turey said meeting the needs of the children and living above the poverty line require she braid hair in her spare time.

“It is not a good situation for me at all because the laws are changing and I fear I will be forced to get a license to do something we consider to be a cultural service,” Turey said. “It makes you wonder if the system is not designed to keep you poor and begging when you cannot even scratch out a living without someone wanting to tax that as well.”

But as Gross pointed out, assimilation or “Americanizing” oneself, remains the key to getting into the American professional job market. “If you don’t come to a job interview and approach it with an American attitude, an American style, and an American résumé, that credentialing document won’t do you much good,” Gross said.

Still, for those like Turey, who wanted a bit of a hustle with hair braiding, the restrictions were found to be even worse. Licensing has spread inexorably through the U.S. labor market, often due to horror stories of people being harmed by the actions of someone without the necessary training, with occupational licensure, according to Forbes magazine, damaging the upward mobility of poor people and doing little to protect the public. And while challenged in court, new cases arise almost daily.

In Tennessee, for instance, Pritchard v. Board of Cosmetology, the plaintiff Tammy Pritchard,

was told she had to earn 300 hours of classroom instruction in order to wash hair in an African braiding salon. “These laws represent a hostile, anti-immigration work policy that makes it futile for hardworking citizens to gain full access to the American dream,” George Washington University foreign policy grad student, John Marshall told the AFRO. “When you acknowledge that in the 1950s roughly 5 percent of workers needed permission from federal, state, or local authorities to practice their occupation, these expensive licenses do a lot to keep Africans from earning money.”

African immigrants from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Ghana, and Kenya account for nearly half of the foreign-born African population in the U.S in 2013 and overwhelmingly settle in the South (38 percent) or the Northeast (27 percent) most often in New York, Maryland, D.C., and New Jersey.

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More Work, More Pay? New Rule Extends Overtime to Millions

By Christopher S. Rugaber and Julie Carr Smyth The Associated Press More than 4 million U.S. workers will become newly eligible for overtime pay under rules issued on May 18 by the Obama administration.

The rule seeks to bolster overtime protections that have been eroded in recent decades by inflation. A diminishing proportion of workers have benefited from overtime regulations, which date to the 1930s and require employers to pay 1½ times a worker’s wage for work that exceeds 40 hours a week.

Vice President Joe Biden announced the changes at Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams in Columbus, Ohio.

Being overworked and underpaid is preventing middle-class Americans from improving themselves and from spending time enjoying their lives and families, Biden said.

“You’re deprived of your dignity when you know you’re working much, much harder and much, much stronger than you’re getting compensated for,” he said.

In the fast-food and retail industries in particular, many employees are deemed managers, work long hours but are paid a flat salary that barely exceeds the income of the hourly workers they supervise who receive overtime pay.

Under the new rules, released in draft form last summer, the annual salary threshold at which companies can deny overtime pay will be doubled from $23,660 to nearly $47,500. That would make 4.2 million more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay.

Hourly workers would continue to be mostly guaranteed overtime.

The White House estimates that the rule change will raise pay by $1.2 billion a year over the next decade. Some employers, though, might choose to reduce their employees’ additional hours to avoid paying overtime, thereby making the workers’ schedules more consistent.

“Either way, the worker wins,” Biden told reporters on May 17.

Business groups, however, argued that the changes will increase paperwork and scheduling burdens for small companies and force many businesses to convert salaried workers to hourly ones to more closely track working time. Many employees will see that as a step down, they said.

“With the stroke of a pen, the Labor Department is demoting millions of workers,” David French, a senior vice president for the National Retail Federation, said. “Most of the people impacted by this change will not see any additional pay.”

The overtime threshold was last updated in 2004 and now covers just 7 percent of fulltime salaried workers, administration officials said — down from 62 percent in 1975.

The higher threshold, to take effect Dec. 1, will lift that ratio back to 35 percent, Labor Secretary Tom Perez said. Perez has spearheaded the administration’s effort and has worked on formulating the rule for the past two years.

The new rule is intended to boost earnings for middle- and lower-income workers, Perez

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Vice President Joe Biden and Jeni’s Spendid Ice Cream’s founder Jeni Britton Bauer order some ice cream from her shop in the North Market in Columbus, Ohio. More than 4 million U.S. workers will become newly eligible for overtime pay under rules issued by the Obama administration. said, which have been stagnant since the late 1990s. Overtime pay hasn’t received as much attention as nationwide efforts to increase the minimum wage, but it could have a broad impact.

“This, in essence, is a minimum wage increase for the middle class,” Judy Conti, federal advocacy coordinator for the National Employment Law Project, an advocacy group, said.

Workers making more than $47,500 may still be eligible for overtime pay, unless they perform management, supervisory or professional functions — the so-called “white collar” duties test.

The liberal Economic Policy Institute estimates that 4.9 million people will become newly eligible for overtime, slightly more than the government’s figure, and that an additional 7.6 million will benefit because they have previously been denied overtime pay as white collar workers.

Yet with salaries below the new threshold, they will now have a stronger claim to overtime pay.

Overtime has become a sore point for many managers, assistant managers, and management trainees in the fast food and retail industries.

Despite their titles, they have complained

in lawsuits against such chains as Chipotle and Dollar General that they spend most of 50- or 60-hour workweeks staffing cash registers, mopping floors, or performing other tasks typical of regular employees. Yet they don’t get paid time and a half when they clock more than 40 hours in a week.

The retail federation warns that many of the affected workers will have their hours reduced to below 40 hours a week. Others might receive overtime pay but would have their base wages reduced so their overall income would

Joe Kukla, general manager of the 501 Bar and Grill in Flint, Michigan, said he has mixed feelings about the new overtime rule.

It benefits him personally, but will also “hurt the business.” Kukla, speaking from behind the bar, predicted 501 will be forced to raise its food prices.

Perez said the administration took steps in the final rule to address business concerns: The threshold was lowered from the original proposal of $50,440. Bonus payments can count toward the threshold. And the rule will have a long phase-in before taking effect Dec. 1.

Mara Fortin, CEO of seven Nothing Bundt Cakes bakeries in San Diego, said she might give raises to her “superstar” managers to lift their pay above the overtime threshold. But she –Tom Perez said she’d have to reduce endof-year bonuses she frequently pays to offset the cost. remain the same.

Fortin has 14 salaried managers and Tammy McCutchen, a lawyer who assistant managers among her 110-member represents employers, contended that that staff. The new rule will create problems for workers converted to hourly pay from salaried managers, some of them newer hires, who take status will likely have less flexible schedules. longer to get their work done, she said. She An hourly worker “who takes an afternoon might have to cut their base pay, meaning they off to attend a parent-teacher conference will would earn about the same income they do not be paid for that time, but an employee now, even including overtime. (who is exempt from overtime) will be paid “We can’t pay you time and a half because her full guaranteed salary,” McCutchen said in you’re slow,” she said. “This is extremely congressional testimony last week. frustrating for me.”

“The new rule is intended to boost earnings for middle- and lower-income workers, which have been stagnant since the late 1990s.”

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Donald Trump Unveils List of His All White Top Picks for Supreme Court

By Jill Colvin and Mark Sherman, Associated Press Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, released on May 18 a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia if he’s elected to the White House.

The list of conservative federal and state judges includes Steven Colloton of Iowa, Allison Eid of Colorado and Raymond Gruender of Missouri. Also on the list are: Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, Joan Larsen of Michigan, Thomas Lee of Utah, William Pryor of Alabama, David Stras of Minnesota, Diane Sykes of Wisconsin and Don Willett of Texas. Trump had previously named Pryor and Sykes as examples of kind of justices he would choose.

The news comes as Trump is working to bring together a fractured Republican Party and earn the trust of still-skeptical establishment Republicans who question his electability in the general election, as well as conservatives in his party still wary of his commitment to their cause.

In a statement, Trump said the list “is representative of the kind of constitutional principles I value” and said that, as president, he would use it “as a guide to nominate our next United States Supreme Court Justices.” His campaign stressed the list was compiled “first and foremost, based on constitutional principles, with input from highly respected conservatives and Republican Party leadership.”

Larsen, who serves on the Michigan Supreme Court and is a former law clerk to Scalia, delivered one of the tributes to the late justice at his memorial service in March. She served in the Justice Department office that produced the legal justifications for the enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, that critics have called torture.

Willett, a justice on the Texas Supreme Court, is perhaps best known for his heavy use of social media.

His Twitter handle, @justicewillett, has more than 35,000 followers. Pryor was initially given a recess appointment to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

by President George W. Bush. Senate Democrats had tried to block Pryor’s appointments over his strong criticism of the Roe v. Wade decision that established a woman’s right to an abortion.

Apart from Sykes, who is 58, the others all are younger than 55 and David Stras is just 41.

The eight men and three women on the list are all White.

Trump’s list is also notable for the names that don’t appear. It omits two of the biggest stars in the conservative legal world, Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the federal appeals court (AP Photos) in Washington, and former (Top left clockwise) - Allison Eid, William Pryor, David Stras , Joan Larsen, Don Willett Bush administration and the presumptive Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump.

Solicitor General Paul Clement. Trump first said in March that he planned marked a rare moment of acknowledgment by Trump to release the list of five that he could be doing more to appease those in his party to 10 judges in an effort to ease concerns about his conservative credentials, which had come under attack in opposed his candidacy.

Trump had said he would like to appoint judges in the heated Republican primary. the mold of deeply conservative as Scalia, who died “I am going to give a list of either five or 10 judges in February. In the statement, he described Scalia as that I will pick, 100 percent pick, that I will put in for “a remarkable person and a brilliant Supreme Court nomination. Because some of the people that are against Justice.” “His career was defined by his reverence for me say: ‘We don’t know if he’s going to pick the right the Constitution and his legacy of protecting Americans’ judge. Supposing he picks a liberal judge or supposing most cherished freedoms,” he added. “He was a justice he picks a pro-choice judge,’” Trump said at an event in who did not believe in legislating from the bench and he Palm Beach, Florida. is a person whom I held in the highest regard and will He said then the list would include judges “that always greatly respect his intelligence and conviction to everybody respects, likes and totally admires” — “great uphold the Constitution of our country.” conservative judges, great intellects, the people that you want.” The vow

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Florida Rep Launches New Congressional My Brother’s Keeper Caucus

By Stephen K. Cooper Special to the AFRO

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Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fl.) is forming a Congressional group that will focus on young men of color.

A new focus on the lives and well-being of at-risk boys and young men of color is taking shape in Congress, said Rep. Frederica S. Wilson, a Florida Democrat, who launched the new Congressional My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Caucus on May 17.

Wilson, a former elementary school principal in Miami, said the new caucus will work to educate Congressional lawmakers and the public on issues related to increasing opportunities and removing barriers facing boys of color, including Black, Hispanic and tribal boys.

“As a nation we have to invest in that population because they are the most at risk in health care, health maladies, education and the criminal justice system,” Wilson told the AFRO, following a Capitol Hill program to announce the formation of the caucus attended by lawmakers, students, and Michael Smith, White House special assistant to the president for My Brother’s Keeper. The most dangerous issue facing Black boys in the United States is racism, Wilson said, adding that many in society fear Black boys and see them as criminals by age five.

Wilson called for more federal investment to educate the public and change the mindset of boys of color. She said the caucus is promoting the value of mentoring programs, which can be an effective guide to move young men into a successful adulthood.

“I have witnessed firsthand the seemingly miraculous transformations that can take place in a young boy’s life when paired with caring adults who are willing to help guide them along the rocky road toward adulthood and teach them how to make the right choices,” Wilson said.

In addition to Wilson, caucus board members include Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Rep. Robert “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.), Assistant Democratic Leader Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.). Other members include Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.), Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), and Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), the sole Republican lawmaker.

“I feel like we’re still in the foothills and we have a mountain to climb,” said Booker, when asked about problems facing young Black boys, minority-and-Latino men. He said a lot of innovations are in place to reach this population and are just starting to work.

Booker also noted that educational data shows that young Black boys are disproportionally singled out for out-of-school suspension. He said even though young White men have higher rates of dealing drugs, young Black men will be arrested for using and dealing drugs about 3.7 times more.

Alexander Becomes First Black Mayor of Norfolk Alexander wants to work closely with the school board and provide community support for children and their families. “The health of a community can be measured by the

By Jerica Deck Special to the AFRO Paul Fraim was mayor of Norfolk, Va. for twenty-two years. On May 3, Kenneth Alexander became the first Black man elected as mayor of Norfolk.

Winning over half of the votes, Alexander’s landslide is historic. Not only is he the first new mayor of the city since 1994, he is also the first Black mayor for the city.

The US Census estimates that Blacks make up over 40 percent of Norfolk’s population.

“This speaks volumes for the city of Norfolk and it speaks well for our people.

We are diverse. We are moving and continue to move in the right direction,” mayor-elect Kenneth Alexander told the AFRO. While his win is significant, Alexander plans to represent everyone in Norfolk not just the Black community. “The majority of people who cast ballots that day voted for the best qualified person who happened to be African American,” said Alexander. He won with 51.6 percent of the vote, doing well with both Black and White voters. After being in the Virginia General Assembly and a state senator, Alexander has worked to help the state of Virginia in several ways. He supported legislation that aims to help people who use mental health services, improve the foster care system, and require day care centers to notify parents when their child is injured.

“He’s been fighting for Norfolk for the past twenty years,” said his campaign consultant,

quality of their education system, that’s their financial health, the social culture, arts. It’s ultimately measured by their K-12 system,” said Alexander.

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Kenneth Alexander vows to curb violence in Norfolk following his election. and Norfolk native Robert Williams. “He’s spiritually and morally invested in the city.”

Alexander will take office on July 1. As mayor, Alexander said he plans to improve the education system. According to the Virginia Department of Education, over 60 percent of children in Norfolk City Public Schools are eligible for free or reduced school lunches.

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An Open Letter to Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis

Dear Commissioner Davis, We are eighth grade students from the Park School of Baltimore. We are doing a project called Advoc8. It is a project where we pick a topic that we feel we can make a change in. Our topic is police brutality. We are contacting you because you are the police chief of Baltimore and you probably know that police brutality is a problem.

One reason for police brutality may be the police not having a good relationship with the community they work in. There are officers that don’t even live in the same state that they work in. If they don’t even live in the same state why would they care about that community?

We think that hiring people that live in our community would be better because they would care more about their job and how they handle things in that area. We read an article that about police officers in Philadelphia can’t live outside the state of Pennsylvania. Why can’t similar restrictions be put in place for Baltimore police officers?

Another cause for police brutality could be officer training. We are concerned that the cadets are not being trained as well as they might be for some situations. According to news reports, some police are trained to assume a phone is a gun. Another thing is that some police assume that when they are in a high drug area most people will have drugs. When police are in training they should be trained in how to respond differently in different situations. Could they be trained to presume innocence more often than guilt?

We think one of the root causes of police brutality is the police making implicit assumptions about the community they are policing. Some cops have biases against groups of people and that affects how they handle many of the situations. For an example 27% of the population in Maryland is Black and the percent of Black people that get pulled over is 39%. However, 64% of Maryland’s population is White and of people pulled over, only 47% are White while 53% are Black. We think if the police had a better relationship with the Baltimore community they would not make assumptions about the communities they police.

We would like to hear back from you on this topic. This is something that is happening now and it is important to stop it. We know we can’t stop it ourselves but if enough people try we could make change.

Thank you for your time, Jordan Blum, Ryan Bradley, Garrett Potts, and Ben Charlow are eighth graders at the Park School of Baltimore. Their teachers, who assisted with this project, are Geoff Myers, Paul Worley, Lisa Gottlieb, Rich Estey, and Rommel Loria.

Why I Still Believe in Bernie: A Father’s Unshaken Hope Recently, I voted for Bernie Sanders as our next President.

Why? Well, I’m not a millennial. I’m 40ish, a business law professor and CEO of a STEM nonprofit. Yet, I support Bernie because he’s an underdog just like me.

And how did I earn my underdog label? The hard way: through a bitter divorce.

About 9 years ago, my ex-wife, decided that we had grown apart and wanted out of our 8-year marriage. So, months after our son was born, she filed for separation. When negotiations over alimony hit a snag, she moved for sole custody of our son by alleging that I violently pushed her and held her down.

For the record, these charges are false. Yet, I admit that our marriage was far from perfect and I made lots of mistakes.

My costliest mistake was representing myself in court to dispute these charges.

I reasoned, “I am a lawyer. All I have to do is tell the truth.” I was wrong.

In law school, we are taught, “The lawyer who represents himself in court has a fool for a client.”

Since then, I have spent years and thousands of dollars

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seeking to fix my mistake. To make matters worse, while in a senior government position several years ago, my legal woes were leaked to the press. This caused a minor political scandal and cost me my job.

As a father who is African American and Muslim, I realize my chances are about equal to Bernie’s chances of winning the Democratic nomination.

As a father who is African American and Muslim, I realize my chances are about equal to Bernie’s chances of winning the Democratic nomination.

However, Bernie inspires me.

Sanders argues that his campaign is about more than being elected President. He too is realistic, understanding that he’s up against the most powerful forces in this nation, the

establishment.

Sanders even admits that his big ideas --- free college tuition at public colleges, ending the corrupting influence of big money in politics, and bringing lasting peace to the Middle East --- are impossible to achieve without a political revolution, literally.

Yet, the stakes are too high for me or Bernie to fail.

Not only do I struggle for my family but for countless others. Each week, hundreds of fathers are stripped of their parental rights. Unlike me, few have the resources or will to fight.

And if someone with my credentials can’t get a second chance what hope is there for the millions being released annually from prison.

Bernie Sanders is an underdog. His path to the White House is a long shot. But as I have faith that I will, someday win joint custody of my son, likewise, I refuse to give up hope on Bernie Sanders. #IstandwithBernie, #BernieorBust Talib I. Karim is a business law professor and CEO of STEM4Us. A lawyer and engineer by training, he previously served as the chief health and technology counsel for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX).

Baltimore Needs More Poetry and Activism My biggest fear used to be dying and not being remembered. When I was little, I used to think that no one would notice if I was not around for long periods of time.

Recently, that fear has shifted. My biggest fear now is living and having nothing to say through my poems and short stories.

What if I have something to say and can not share it with the world? What then? Two Baltimore based organizations are focused on making sure young people with something to say have a space to express themselves. They are “Writer’s in Baltimore Schools” (WBS) and “DewMore Baltimore” (DewMore).

WBS is a non profit organization, founded in 2008, that goes into impoverished Baltimore City Schools and teaches middle and high school students creative writing. DewMore, founded in 2013, is an organization that is dedicated to using spoken word, poetry and other art forms as a catalyst for change and community activism. While these two programs have two different approaches to youth engagement and activism they share the same end goal: getting young people writing and sharing their stories.

I first got involved with WBS in the summer of 2012 when a friend of mine asked me to come with her on their summer “Writing Retreat.” On the retreat a group of students from

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Baltimore City Schools go for a five day sleep-away creative writing retreat at Mar-Lu-Ridge Retreat Center in Jefferson, Md. This past semester, high school seniors of the WBS program hosted a “Black Words Matter Write-In”. The Write In was a fantastic forum for both youth and adults to talk about

WBS has taught me to enjoy my passion for writing and to always strive for my best out of each poem that I write.

DewMore has unintentionally taught me to be unapologetically myself and to be uncomfortable when I write. a wide range of topics (ranging from Black privilege, to where they’re from, police brutality, and the realities of living in Baltimore City). I learned that everyone has a perspective on what is going on and people need more places to express these

perspectives.

DewMore is more focused on teen activism and dealing with the repercussions of the Baltimore Uprising. DewMore sent their poets out into the streets to perform and talk about what was going on.

What I admire most about this is their poet’s abilities to be heard without the use of rocks or violence. This is just one example of how DewMore promotes youth advocacy and expression and in the end it worked.

Both of these incredible and compelling organizations have taught me different lessons. WBS has taught me to enjoy my passion for writing and to always strive for my best out of each poem that I write. DewMore has unintentionally taught me to be unapologetically myself and to be uncomfortable when I write. These organizations have taught me that I have something important to say and with poetry I can say them.

To me, there should be more organizations like these in every neighborhood so that youth all across Baltimore can learn the same lessons that I have and change their communities through writing.

Brandi Randolph is an intern in the Baltimore office of the AFRO American Newspaper. She is a senior at Friends School of Baltimore.

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School CEO Lays Out Agenda

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Baltimore City Public Schools newly appointed CEO, Sonja Santelises is following through on a quote made famous by the poet, Nikki Giovanni, who once wrote, “While language is a gift, listening is a responsibility.”

Santelises takes listening seriously. Santelises won’t officially start as CEO of Baltimore Public Schools until July 1, but she is already observing, watching and learning from students, parents and community residents. “I want to get into the schools before school ends pre-July 1. I will be organizing opportunities to hear different groups of stakeholders in the schools and neighborhoods. I want to re-enter Baltimore the same way I entered Baltimore the first time, which is to spend time listening,” Santelises told the AFRO. Santelises replaces Gregory Thornton, who was appointed in 2014 and left the top administrative post earlier this month after complaints by political and community and a critical performance evaluation from Continued on B2

Despite Mounting Pressure, Hogan Rebukes Trump Maryland’s Republican Party held it’s Spring convention in Annapolis May 13 to rally Sean Yoes the troops around Senior AFRO Donald J. Contributor Trump, (or “John Miller,” depending on which persona Trump is presenting at the moment I suspect), the GOP’s presumptive nominee for President of the United States.

Party leaders from around the state choose delegates at large for the Republican National

Sonja Santelises, new CEO of BCPS, is getting ready to take over one of Baltimore’s most important jobs.

By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO

Race and Politics

John W. Franklin, senior program manager, National Museum of African American History and Culture, speaks about the upcoming opening of the museum in Washington, D.C. in September.

By Kamau High Managing Editor, the AFRO khigh@afro.com The Dubois Circle, a women’s group founded in 1906, held their 110th annual meeting at Martin’s West in Baltimore on May 17.

Named after the noted late scholar Dr. W.E.B. Dubois, the Dubois Circle is one of the oldest in Baltimore and prides itself on having notable speakers address issues of the day.

In 1926, for example, Langston Hughes, poet and author, spoke before the group.

Following a recitation of the group’s achievements over the past year by President Patricia C. Jessamy, who is leaving the group to move to Atlanta, the longest serving members were

acknowledged. They are: Helena H. Hairston, Betty I. William, and Roslyn C. Wood.

Following a vocal performance by Aleea Powell, a student at the Baltimore School for the Arts, John W. Franklin addressed the group. Franklin, senior program manager, National Museum of African American History and Culture, spoke about the upcoming opening of the museum in Washington, D.C. in September.

Franklin gave a brief overview of the struggle to get the museum funded and then discussed highlights from the collection. Among them: Remnants of slave ship recovered off the coast of Mozambique, Emmett Till’s casket, Harriet Tubman’s hymnal, a segregated rail road car, a Tuskegee Airmen training plane and the Mothership used during Parliament Funkadelic musical performances.

“I don’t even want to be involved...It’s a mess. I hate the whole thing.”

–Larry Hogan Convention in Cleveland, but the unquestioned leader of the state’s GOP, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan was not present. Unlike several high profile and low profile Republicans around the country who now seem willing to embrace Trump -- some with great zeal and others begrudgingly -- Hogan doesn’t seem to want anything

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Rev. Jamal Bryant Breaks Silence Over Latest Allegations

By James Bentley AFRO Associate Editor jbentley@afro.com

On May 12, the Rev. Jamal H. Bryant of Baltimore’s Empowerment Temple Church took to social media to address rumors and allegations that he had fathered another child and was refusing to pay child support for it.

In the video, Bryant said, “Over the last week a lot has been said, a lot has been suggested and like you I was thrown into a tailspin. I had to shut down for a minute so that my response would not be that of a man but be priestly as a man of God. To that end, let me say to you, I am one of those rare people who are flawed with character.

With all of my issues, I don’t

“…let me say to you, I am one of those rare people who are flawed with character…”

– Rev. Jamal H. Bryant

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Paula Xinis, Baltimore Attorney, Named to U.S. District Court

In Memoriam

Faye Burnett, Faithful Church Member, Dies at 85

By AFRO Staff

By Dameon Byrd Jr. Special to the AFRO Paula Xinis, partner at noted Baltimore law firm Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, on May 16 was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a judgeship on the U.S. District Court, Maryland. President Obama nominated Xinis in March.

Xinis is a civil rights attorney and a former federal public defender.

A graduate of the University of Virginia, Xinis went to Yale Law School.

Retiring Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski (D) said in a statement, “I applaud today’s confirmation of Paula Xinis to serve on the District of Maryland bench, and was

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The Rev. Jamal Bryant says that legal counsel prevents him from addressing the allegations.

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Paula Xinis will be a new judge on the U.S. District Court, Maryland proud to recommend her for the job.” She went on to say, “When I consider nominees for the federal bench, I have four criteria: absolute integrity, judicial competence and temperament, a commitment to core constitutional principles and a history of civic engagement in Maryland.

Paula Xinis not only meets these standards, she exceeds them.”

Faye Valeria McDaniel Burnett, who spent much of her life in service to others, died on May 15 at the age of 85.

Burnett was the daughter of the late Aaron McDaniel and Martha Campbell. She was born May 28, 1930 and was the sixth of eight children.

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the School Board. Santelises served as chief academic officer for Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS) from 2010 to 2013.

She was brought to Baltimore from Boston by former BCPS CEO Andres Alonzo (2007-2013), to prepare the District for the curriculum shift to the Common Core Standards.

“We are going to articulate identifiable goals, one step at a time. We are not going to have all schools achieving at high levels in Baltimore by the end of the first year,” Santelises warned when asked about improving standardized test scores “That will take the full time of my contract and beyond. It is important that we communicate broadly to everybody, from elected leaders to teachers to grandmothers who don’t have students in the schools any more, but who are committed to the young people in their community. Everyone should be able to feel part of the work that we are doing in the schools,” Santelises said.

Students in Baltimore and throughout the state of Maryland performed poorly on PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) standardized state tests conducted in Fall 2015. At every grade level tested, less than 25 percent of Baltimore City Public Schools’ students met or exceeded standards designed to assess understanding of the new Common Core classroom content, adopted in Maryland in the

2013-2014 school year. The state of Maryland boasted only a 33% rate of proficiency for students who took the test in Math and 39% in English.

Santelises is also ready to transform the sometimes onerous relationship between the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland, with regard to public schools. “I have every

“We are going to articulate identifiable goals, one step at a time.”

– Sonja Santelises indication in these early days from the Governor’s Office that they are willing to engage. It is our responsibility to clearly communicate the needs and plans of the city related to the Public Schools. I am going in with the assumption that we will sit down and have a two-way conversation about the needs of Baltimore’s young people”, Santelises said.

State Senator Catherine Pugh, who won the Baltimore Democratic mayoral election before it was decertified last week, welcomes Santelises’ advocacy for Baltimore schools.

“I’ve heard nothing but great things about her and look forward to working with her to move our schools forward,” Pugh said.

Yozmin Draper, Principal of Frederick Elementary School in Southwest Baltimore attended an Education Trust conference on May 17 where Santelises presented a workshop on High Quality Student Assignments. She believes Santelises is the right choice to lead Baltimore City Schools through its current challenges. “She is such a strategic thinker. There is no magic wand – we all have to work together to develop high functioning teams,” Draper said.

Santelises said she will use her first opportunity as CEO of a major public school system to transform negative stereotypes some still have about Baltimore, one year after nationally televised urban unrest.

“I consider it a privilege to be able to come back and serve in Baltimore City. There is a large majority of African American students in this city. We need to be educating them to lead. This is the kind of education we want them to have and this is the education they deserve. I think we have the potential for the next generation of African American leaders, not only in this city, but in this nation and the world – to come from Baltimore. Nothing less. I want this for all students – but this is a majority AfricanAmerican city…and we should be able to do this.”

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to do with the billionaire.

“I’m not a Trump fan,” Hogan told the Associated Press back in March. “I don’t think he should be the nominee. At this point in time, I have no idea who the candidates are going to be or who I’m going to vote for,” he added.

And in reference to the GOP Convention in Cleveland, his party’s state representatives were preparing for last weekend, Hogan said, “I don’t even want to be involved...It’s a mess. I hate the whole thing. I don’t think we have the best candidates in either party that are being put up.

I don’t like the things that are going on, and I’m sick of talking about it, because it’s not anything I have anything to do with.”

Well….so much for Hogan playing coy with a possible Trump endorsement.

Hogan is the most popular Maryland governor since the late 1990’s, according to a Washington Post poll published in April. And according to a Morning Consult survey tracking gubernatorial approval numbers from January through May, Hogan is the most popular Republican governor in the country and he is only edged out of the overall

top spot by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a Democrat, 72 percent to 71 percent.

Hogan’s popularity and his rather emphatic antiTrump stance could make it difficult for Maryland Republicans to fully coalesce around perhaps the most polarizing and unpopular presidential candidate in American history.

“Do we have a split party right now, absolutely,” said Eugene Craig, third vice chair of the Maryland GOP. I was talking to him during an interview on First Edition May 16.

And like Gov. Hogan, Craig is not ready to embrace “Trumpism,” at least not yet.

“It’s not just a changing of tone, there’s going to have to be some level of atonement,” Craig said. “This was the person at the forefront of the birther movement.”

Craig further lamented the potential ominous title, “President Trump,” and all that entails; all the xenophobia, racism, sexism and as President Obama recently said during his commencement address at Rutgers University, “anti-intellectualism.” And Craig pondered what a Trump presidency could mean for him

“It’s not just a changing of tone, there’s going to have to be some level of atonement.”

–Eugene Craig and other Republicans of color, who have worked to make their party more inclusive. It’s a rather apocalyptic vision.

“We have a very, very diverse country, we have a very, very diverse Party,” Craig said.

“I can speak on behalf of hundreds of young Black and Latino Republican activists who have spent the last five, 10, 15, 20 years within the Party, building the Party being active players in developing what we want to be a viable Republican Party...looking at

a potential of seeing all that work and effort wiped out in a matter of months.”

Whether or not Trump ultimately takes the chair in The Oval Office, the GOP as we know it may have already been irreparably torn asunder in the wake of his ignorant crusade.

Sean Yoes is a senior contributor for the AFRO and host and executive producer of First Edition, which airs Monday through Friday, 5-7 p.m. on WEAA 88.9.

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run from them but I stand right next to them.”

On May 5 Obnoxious Television posted the story of a woman named LaToya Odom who claimed that she had given birth to a son in July of 2015 and that the father was Bryant. Odom provided documents to the site that appeared to be a paternity test performed in Aug. of the same year by LB Genetics in Santa Ana, CA. The documents seemed to indicate that for Jamal H. Bryant “the probability of paternity is 99.9999%.”

Bryant neither confirmed nor denied the allegations that the 10-month-old child is his biological son in the 5:17 long video. Instead, he said, “The issues pertaining to and surrounding the allegations are in the middle of a legal discourse that precludes me from going into any depth to talk about it. But let me say to you, while many things have been said about me, running is not one of them.” He added, “My legal counsel said I cannot go into any depth talking about it, but there is nothing that can stop me from talking to God. When there is something to be said, you will hear it directly from me and you will not have to look for a secondary source.”

This is not Bryant’s first brush with public backlash. In 2007, he reportedly admitted to fathering an illegitimate child from the pulpit while he was married amidst pressure for him to step down as pastor. Bryant and his then wife have since divorced.

Bryant closed by saying, “God ain’t finished with me but when he gets through working with me, I shall come forth standing right beside you.” Before he ended his video stream Bryant also tried to pre-empt further questions about the child. He said, “I wanted to come on tonight so that there would be absolute clarity; Sunday morning is to discuss Jesus it is not to talk about Jamal.

So when you come to church get ready to talk about how great God is and not the frailty of what Jamal possesses.”

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“We pray for blessings, we pray for peace, comfort for family, protection while we sleep, we pray for healing, for prosperity, we pray for your mighty hand to ease our suffering. All the while, you hear each spoken need yet love is way too much to give us lesser things ‘cause what if your blessings come through raindrops, what if your healing comes through tears, what if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know you’re near, what if trials of this life are your mercies in disguise…” -Laura Story’s song “Blessings” “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.”-Maya Angelou Once the official ballots are certified, we must work together to support and congratulate our leaders as they move to bring our city forward. Everyone who stepped out of their comfort zone and decided to run for an elected office should feel proud that instead of complaining about what’s wrong decided to make a difference. There are no losers when people join in support of our beloved Baltimore.

“Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.”

Matthew 12:25

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Baltimore County Summer Learning Expos

The Baltimore County Public Schools Summer Learning Expos will offer open house events designed to equip parents and caregivers with resources to support their children’s learning during the summer months. A project of the BCPS Parent University and the Baltimore County Public Library, the Expos will provide information and tools regarding academic resources, summer reading programs, day trips, digital citizenship, transitioning to middle school, tutoring, and everyday activities to support learning at home.

Registration is not required for any expo event. They are free and open to the public. The first event will be on May 23 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Essex Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, 1110 Eastern Blvd, Essex, MD 21221. The second will be held on May 25 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Woodlawn Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, 1811 Woodlawn Dr, Woodlawn, MD 21207.

Fort Mead Community Job Fair

On May 25 veterans, spouses and civilians are invited to a free job fair at Fort George G. Mead in Fort Mead, Md. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A free resume doctor will provide evaluations and preparation assistance. Fort George G. Mead is located at 6600 Mapes Road, Fort Meade, Md 20755. For more information go to ftmeademwr.com.

“We are one” not too long ago we were one, our leaders stood together for the good of the city. African- American women were in the top five most powerful positions in the city and recognized throughout the nation because they worked together not divided. We must pledge our allegiance and support our new Mayor, Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young, the newly elected and reelected members of the Baltimore City Council.

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” -Charles Dickens Each of us has the responsibility to ensure that we are not “a tale of two cities” that we stand behind our elected officials in the season of light and the season of darkness but most importantly during the spring of hope. In order for Baltimore to be successful we must do our part to bridge the differences that divide us while embracing all that unites us, our love for the beautiful city on the Chesapeake Bay, the land of pleasant living.

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”-Nelson Henderson The enthusiasm shown by the young men at Deer Park Middle School at the forum hosted by Delray Wylie and friends with Deer Park Middle School during the 2016, Brother to Brother “Guy Talk” was a huge success. Over 40 boys participated in discussions on topics including continuing education, character building and respect.

Among the speakers were Tony Baysmore, Special Assistant to Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, Subramonianpillia Teal, Co-Founder Clinical Director of Leading by Example, Curtis Black, Founder, Angels Helping Angels, Rodney Nesbit, Under Amour Community Engagement Coordinator, Officer Gary Bennett, Baltimore City Police Special Development and Training and Randallstown High School students Iras Anderson and Niles Bennett. The forum also included a basketball clinic with the students and the speakers.

“You’re gonna fly away, glad you’re goin’ my way I love it when we’re cruisin’ together.

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“Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.”-Ausonius Happy birthday to Carolyn Wainwright, Gary Ellerbe, Kevin Briscoe, Gail Kromah, Joyce Smith, Denise DeLeaver, William Jessup, Gwendolyn Grimes, Councilman William “Pete” Welch, Coyea Thomas Kizzie, Barbara Blount Armstrong, Patricia Gittings, Wes Hairston and Dr. Anne Emery.

“All aboard” The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) will discontinue the Baltimore Metro Subway service from Milford Mill to Mondawmin stations effective July 23 to August 12, 2016 for repairs. MTA Deputy Administrator Suhair Al Khatib said, “This necessary and critical rail work will further enhance service safety and reliability.” For information go to mta.maryland.gov or call 410-539-5000.

“Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.”-Khalil Gibran Condolences to Carolyn Allen on the death of her sister Gloria Smith, to Ann Dyett Morton and family on the death of her husband James Morton, to Angela and Cassandra Burnett on the death of their mother Faye Burnett and to Charles Campbell on the death of his wife Ella White-Campbell.

Sending bushels of flowers to Melvine Turlington as she continues to recuperate and keeping Brian Smoot in our prayers.

“To be able to look back upon one’s life in satisfaction is to live twice.”-Khalil Gibran Coppin State University Alumni Association is hosting the Arena Players production of Luther and a jazz performance by the legendary Carlos Johnson & Zone One Band Saturday June 4. For tickets, contact Winky Camphor 443-850-4582 or Bunny Collier 410-566-8151.

“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.”George Herbert Forum Caterers is hosting a Father’s Day jazz brunch featuring the Craig Alston Project Sunday June 19 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Buffet will include the Forum’s famous fried chicken. Call 410-358-1101 to reserve your seat.

Remember our Veterans.

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educators back to Baltimore for a family-oriented, fun-filled event. The expo brings thousands of reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, spiders, and small exotic animals to area enthusiasts.

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The AFRO hosted its 19th annual Black History Month Program on May 16th at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. The AFRO-American Newspapers Community Heroes Contest was about recognizing the everyday people in our communities who make a difference. Students’ from the Benjamin Banneker middle school in Montgomery County participated. Each student was asked to tell the story of someone in their community who was a hero. They could write about them, make a photo collage, craft a sculpture or create a web site. No limits were imposed on creativity.The showcase finalists accepted their awards and presented their artwork about their Teachers Rachael Pope and Lisa Stauffer heroes. BGE and with Dr. Otis Lee, principal Verizon were the sponsors.

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Amie Pannah with her grandmother

Keisha Clarke-English, marketing manager, BGE

Laylah Smith

Lanice Kear with her mother Community Hero Winners

Diane Hocker, Gregory Bell and Jake Oliver, AFRO CEO

These students received special recognition

Anthony Glen and family members

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The Baltimore Child Abuse Center held its’ Be A Hero fundraiser at the Pazo Restaurant in Harbor East on May 13. It was well attended by supporters, sponsors and city officials. Awards were presented to Monica Haskins, Det. Maynard Johnson (BCPD), Kelly DeCunha, Maryland State Senator Susan Lee (D), Del. Brooke Lierman (D) and Del. Eric Luedtke (D). The Baltimore City Police Commissioner, Kevin Davis, was a special guest. Adam Rosenberg (Exec. Dir. BCAC) and Jennifer Sachs (BCAC Bd.) were the co-hosts.

Amy Kowitz, Andrew Alperstein, Colby Simon and Cathy Pascale (BCAC)

Robert Johnson, Elvera Johnson, Robin Johnson, Tori Johnson and Raynard Johnson

Honorees Kelly DaCunha and Monica Haskins with Jennifer Sachs, Adam Rosenberg and Honoree Detective Raynard Johnson, BCPD

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St. Sen. Susan C. Lee, Landon Eum and Chung Pak

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Honoree Del. Brooke E. Lierman

Honoree Monica Haskins and daughter Brionna Boyd

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Cathy Donaldson, Glenn Donaldson, Lisa Davis and BCPD Commissioner Kevin Davis

Craig Spencer, Nina Spencer and Janese Murray

Lt. Darrell Merrick (BCPD), Sammy Jo Kanekuni and Honoree Det. Raynard Johnson (BCPD)

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Baltimore Eighth Grader Joins Madame CJ Walker Line Relaunches Debbie Allen Dance Academy Historic Haircare Products

By Temprest Myers Special to the AFRO Sage Evans-Rainey is one out of 30 students who has been chosen to join the Debbie Allen Dance Academy this summer in Los Angeles, California.

The Debbie Allen Dance Academy is a non-profit organization that offers dance curriculum to students ages 4 and up.

With over 500 applicants a year the auditions are highly selective and based on age and skill.

The intensive program will consist of 12 hour days, six days a week while training in ballet, Dunham, Horton, Graham, jazz, tap and several other dance styles. Sage has been dancing since the age of two and hasn’t given up on her dreams.

“I’ve worked really hard for this, I’m really (Courtesy photo) excited,” she said “I’m Sage Evans-Rainey is a student well prepared for these at the Baltimore International long hours and long Academy.

weeks.” She added.

Sage, 13, an eighth grade honor roll student at the Baltimore International Academy who studies Russian has been accepted to five top academic performing arts high schools in the area and is set to graduate with honors.

She was also honored as a 2016 Carson scholar at the Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore.

“I’m so very proud of her, she’s worked really hard and doesn’t ask me for anything,” said Aiyda Evans, Sage’s mother “I’ve been working hard myself with working extra hours and doing Uber to pay for any expenses she may need.” She added.

Debbie Allen is well known for her many talents in the entertainment industry from acting and dancing to having her very own dance school for young adults and youth to express themselves and to give youth like Sage the opportunities and resources to follow their dreams.

D.C. Grays Are Ambassadors of Inner City Baseball

By Mark F. Gray Special to the AFRO

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The D.C. Grays are cultivating Black baseball talent in Washington with help from Major League Baseball’s RBI program.

For Major League Baseball to revive its popularity with urban kids the game needs ambassadors at the grass roots level who can connect with the next generation of players and fans. In Washington, D.C. the game has connected with its future through two elite teams fueled by community support and MLB’s RBI [Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities] program.

The D.C. Grays, named in honor of the old Negro League Champion Homestead Grays who originally played in the Nation’s Capital, open their sixth season in the Cal Ripken, Jr. Collegiate Baseball League June 7 at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy at Fort Dupont Park. This season the team of college players from around the country is joined by a youth team hoping to bridge generations of players and stimulate more interest in the game.

“The Grays are ambassadors for baseball in Washington D.C.,” said Antonio Scott, cofounder and general manager of the D.C. Grays. “This organization has brought kids from different backgrounds together and proven they can gel as a team”.

Meanwhile, the team gained immediate credibility once admitted into the Cal Ripken, Jr. Collegiate Baseball League in 2012. The Ripken League is a summer league for college players to develop their skills during their off season. They only use wooden bats as in the

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Sundial Brands new hair care line, Madam C.J. Walker Beauty Culture, pays homage to America’s first Black self-made millionaire.

By Lauren Poteat Special to the AFRO In the spirit of Madame CJ Walker, creator of Black hair products, Sundial Brands, maker of “Nubian Heritage” and “SheaMoisture,” revamped the 1906 hair line for a 21st century approach, entitled “Madam C.J. Walker Beauty Culture.” The line will be exclusively sold at beauty care seller Sephora.

The line is meant to pay homage to America’s first Black self-made millionaire, Madame CJ Walker.

“This line is continuing Madam C.J. Walker’s legacy of women’s and economic empowerment,” Richelieu Dennis, CEO of Sundial Brands, told the AFRO. “This has been almost a decade long endeavor from when we first thought that honoring her legacy in this way was possible to now introducing this brand to a new generation in a way that is worthy of Madam Walker. We’re bringing back more than a brand; we are introducing what beauty culture means to a new generation.”

The new line, for kinky, coily, wavy and straight/heat-styled hair, aims to meet all Black hair care needs. “Our ultimate goal is to bring back more than a brand and introduce a new beauty culture,” Dennis said.

“Madam C.J. Walker Beauty Culture is taking what Madam Walker envisioned more than 100 years ago to a fresh, new level with products and formulas I believe she might have imagined for the 21st century,” A’Lelia Bundles, great-great granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker and official Madam C.J. Walker historian and biographer said in a statement.

Majors and rivals the more established Cape Cod League in Massachusetts.

The Grays promote academic achievement with an aggressive summer outreach program also. The activities include a summer reading program and college access seminars designed to prepare potential student-athletes for college. They also established a partnership with Souza Middle School – across the street from the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy – which allowed them to provide uniforms and equipment to the school’s baseball team.

The perception that young Black athletes aren’t interested in baseball continues but the interest in playing for The Grays is growing. Their 13-15-year-old team will be comprised of all stars from local teams in other league’s throughout the city. This year there will seven teams under the umbrella of the D.C. Grays including two softball teams for girls.

Burris says that the interest in playing baseball is on the rise but the level of play has to progress in D.C. The Grays baseball and softball clinics have improved the fundamentals skills but the need for consistency in competitive instruction is what will help them get better.

MLB’s RBI program provided the D.C. Grays with a $5,000 grant to help them subsidize the relationship with Souza Middle School. Beyond the financial contribution to the organization RBI serves as an example of what may lie ahead for them. Baltimore Orioles all-star infielder Manny Machado is an alumnus of the program.

As products of HBCU baseball programs Scott goes the extra mile to find quality talent from Black colleges. One third of the collegiate team is comprised of African Americans which is not the case at most HBCUs. They play a 40 game schedule in a 10 team league spread through D.C., Maryland, and Virginia with playoffs in late July.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM956 Olga T Gilloegly AKa Olga Torim Gilloegly Decedent M a r i a Wo r t h i n g t o n McKenna 125 West Street, 4th floor Annapolis, MD 21401 Attorney NOTICE OF AFTER DISCOVERED WILL AND NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT J o h n J H a a r m e y e r, whose address is 4626 Lisa Ann St, San Diego, CA 92117, wasappointed personal representative of the estate of Olga Gilloegly AKA Olga Torim Gilloegly, who died on April 1, 2015 with a Will.

Objections to such appointment or to the probate of the decendent’s Will shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 13, 2016 .

Date of Publication: May 13, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter John J. Haarmeyer Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 05/13, 05/20, 05/27/16

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2010ADM119 Oscar Noel Mercado Decedent Robert M Labelle 7213 Burtonwood Drive Alexandria VA 22307 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robert M LaBelle, whose address is 7213 Burtonwood Dr, Alexandria, VA 22307 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Oscar Noel Mercado, who died on January 16, 2010 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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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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 November 20, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: May 20, 2016 TRUE TEST COPY Name of newspaper: TYPESET: Tue May 17 16:54:54 EDT 2016 REGISTER OF WILLS Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Superior Court of Oscar Noel Mercado the District of Personal District of Columbia Representative PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. TRUE TEST COPY 20001-2131 REGISTER OF WILLS Carrothers J. Moore Decedent 05/20, 5/27, 6/4/16 TYPESET: Tue May 17 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO Superior Court of CREDITORS the District of AND NOTICE TO District of Columbia UNKNOWN HEIRS PROBATE DIVISION Jacquelyn Renee Moore, Washington, D.C. whose address is 3538 20001-2131 P a r k P l a c e , N W, Administration No. Washington, DC 20010, 2015ADM980 was appointed personal William Samuel Gwyn representative of the Sr. estate of Carrothers J. Decedent Moore, who died on Enoch Perry III, Esq January 16, 2016 with a 1413 Fairlakes Place will, and will serve withMitchellville (Bowie) , out Court supervision. All Maryland 20721 unknown heirs and heirs Attorney whose where-abouts are NOTICE OF unknown shall enter their APPOINTMENT, appearance in this NOTICE TO proceeding. Objections CREDITORS to such appointment (or AND NOTICE TO to the probate of deUNKNOWN HEIRS cedent´s will) shall be William Samuel Gwyn, filed with the Register of Jr., whose address is Wills, D.C., 515 5th 3386 Spring Garden St. Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Riverside, CA 92501, Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . was appointed personal 20001, on or before representative of the November 20, 2016. estate of William Samuel Claims against the deMarch 8, 2012 (with, cedent shall be prewithout) a will, and will sented to the underserve (with, without) signed with a copy to the Court supervision. All unRegister of Wills or filed known heirs and heirs with the Register of Wills whose whereabouts are with a copy to the unknown shall enter their November 20, 2016, or appearance in this be forever barred. Perproceeding. Objections sons believed to be heirs to such appointment (or or legatees of the deto the probate of decedent who do not recedent´s will) shall be ceive a copy of this notice filed with the Register of by mail within 25 days of Wills, D.C., 515 5th its first publication shall Street, N.W., 3rd Floor so inform the Register of Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM553 Hazel E Glover AKA Hazel Elizabeth Glover Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sean Glover, whose address is 3913 Kansas Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Hazel E Glover, who died on February 27, 2016 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

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Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 20, 2016, 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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Temple Hills, MD 20748 William Francis Frye Personal copy of this notice by mail Claims against the deand 3610 Neighbor Ln, Sr. Representative within 25 days of its first cedent shall be preCheverly MD 20785, Decedent were appointed personal Nathan A. Neal, publication shall so in- sented to the undersigned with a copy to the TRUE TEST COPY representatives of the Esquire form the Register of e s t a t e o f K a t h e r i n e 209 Kennedy Street NW REGISTER OF WILLS Wills, including name, Register of Wills or filed Meneda Austin who died Washington, DC address and relation- with the Register of Wills TYPESET: Tue May 10 17:34:11 EDT 2016 with a copy to the on November 24, 2015 20011-5214 ship.

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515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 20011-5214 was apDecedent Date of Publication: TYPESET: Wed May 11 13:11:57 EDT 2016 Floor Washington, D.C. pointed personal repre- Ara D. Parker 05/06, 05/13, 05/20/16 May 13, 2016 20001, on or before sentative of the estate of 5827 Allentown Road Name of newspaper: N o v e m b e r 6 , 2 0 1 6 . William Francis Frye., Sr. Camp Springs, MD Afro-American Claims against the de- , who died on December 20746 Superior Court of Washington cedent shall be pre- 29, 2009 with, without a Attorney the District of Law Reporter sented to the under- will, and will serve with NOTICE OF District of Columbia Ross W Koenig signed with a copy to the Court supervision. All unAPPOINTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION Personal Register of Wills or filed known heirs and heirs NOTICE TO Washington, D.C. Representative with the Register of Wills whose whereabouts are CREDITORS 20001-2131 with a copy to the under- unknown shall enter their AND NOTICE TO Administration No. TRUE TEST COPY signed, on or before a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s UNKNOWN HEIRS 2016ADM125 REGISTER OF WILLS November 6, 2016, or be proceeding. Objections Ara D. Parker , whose Mary Jane Kirby forever barred. Persons to such appointment (or address is 5827 Allen- Decedent 05/13, 05/20, 05/27/16 believed to be heirs or to the probate of de- t o w n R o a d , C a m p Randy Alan Weiss, legatees of the decedent cedent´s will) shall be Springs, MD 20746, was Esq- Weiss LLP who do not receive a filed with the Register of appointed personal re- 1750 K Street, NW, copy of this notice by mail Wills, D.C., 515 5th presentative of the estate Suite 900 within 25 days of its first Street, N.W., 3rd Floor of Eva N. owens, who Washington, DC 20006 publication shall so in- W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . died on September 10, Attorney form the Register of NOTICE OF 20001, on or before 2012 without a will, and Wills, including name, N o v e m b e r 6 , 2 0 1 6 . will serve with Court suAPPOINTMENT, address and relation- Claims against the de- pervision. All unknown NOTICE TO ship.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. TRUE TEST COPY 2015ADM675 REGISTER OF WILLS Jerome Gladden Decedent TYPESET: Wed May 11 13:13:14 EDT 2016 05/13, 5/20, 5/27/16 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO Superior Court of CREDITORS the District of AND NOTICE TO District of Columbia UNKNOWN HEIRS PROBATE DIVISION Wesley L. Clarke, whose Washington, D.C. address is 1629 K Street, 20001-2131 Ste 300, Washington, Administration No. DC 20006 was appointed 2011ADM561 personal representative Linda Niki Bayer of the estate of Jerome Decedent Deborah Cason Daniel, Gladden, who died on January 16, 2014 without Esq 503 D Street, NW Suite a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All un200 known heirs and heirs Washington, DC 20001 whose where-abouts are Attorney unknown shall enter their NOTICE OF appearance in this APPOINTMENT, proceeding. Objections NOTICE TO to such appointment (or CREDITORS to the probate of deAND NOTICE TO cedent´s will) shall be UNKNOWN HEIRS Deborah Cason Daniel, filed with the Register of whose address is 503 D Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, NW, Suite 200, Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20001, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . was appointed personal 20001, on or before representative of the November 13, 2016.

17:31:58 EDT 2016 Claims against the deestate of Linda Niki Bayer, who died on May cedent shall be pre14, 2009 without a will, sented to the underand will serve with Court signed with a copy to the supervision. All unknown Register of Wills or filed heirs and heirs whose with the Register of Wills whereabouts are un- with a copy to the underknown shall enter their signed, on or before November 13, 2016, or appearance in this proceeding. Objections be forever barred. Perto such appointment (or sons believed to be heirs to the probate of de- or legatees of the decedent´s will) shall be cedent who do not refiled with the Register of ceive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before Wills, including name, O c t o b e r 1 3 , 2 0 1 6 . address and relationClaims against the de- ship. cedent shall be pre- Date of Publication: sented to the under- May 13, 2016 signed with a copy to the Name of newspaper: Register of Wills or filed Afro-American with the Register of Wills Washington with a copy to the under- Law Reporter Wesley L. Clarke signed, on or before Personal October 13, 2016, or be Representative forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent TRUE TEST COPY who do not receive a REGISTER OF WILLS copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first TYPESET: Wed May 11 publication shall so in- 05/13, 05/20, 05/27/16 form the Register of Superior Court of Wills, including name, the District of address and relationDistrict of Columbia ship.

PROBATE DIVISION Date of Publication: Washington, D.C. May 13, 2016 20001-2131 Name of newspaper: Administration No. Afro-American 2016ADM504 Washington Earl Davis Law Reporter Decedent Deborah Cason Daniel NOTICE OF Personal APPOINTMENT, Representative NOTICE TO CREDITORS TRUE TEST COPY AND NOTICE TO REGISTER OF WILLS UNKNOWN HEIRS TYPESET: May 11 Bluette 13:12:58 EDT 2016 E. Lambert-Davis 05/13, 05/20,Wed 05/27/16 , whose address is 5805 42nd Ave, #210, Hyattsville, MD 20781, was apSuperior Court of pointed personal reprethe District of sentative of the estate of District of Columbia Earl Davis, who died on PROBATE DIVISION March 12, 2016 without a Washington, D.C. will, and will serve with20001-2131 out Court supervision. All Administration No. unknown heirs and heirs 2016ADM455 whose whereabouts are Dorothy E Spriggs unknown shall enter their Decedent appearance in this NOTICE OF proceeding. Objections APPOINTMENT, to such appointment (or NOTICE TO to the probate of deCREDITORS cedent´s will) shall be AND NOTICE TO filed with the Register of UNKNOWN HEIRS Gayle A Vailes , whose Wills, D.C., 515 5th address is 517 Peabody Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Street, NE, Washington, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .

DC 20011, wasappoin- 20001, on or before ted personal representa- November 13, 2016. tive of the estate of Doro- Claims against the dethy E Spriggs, who died cedent shall be preon April 4, 2016 without a sented to the underwill, and will serve with- signed with a copy to the 17:31:43 EDT 2016 out Court supervision. All Register of Wills or filed unknown heirs and heirs with the Register of Wills whose whereabouts are with a copy to the underunknown shall enter their signed, on or before November 13, 2016, or appearance in this proceeding. Objections be forever barred. Perto such appointment sons believed to be heirs shall be filed with the or legatees of the deRegister of Wills, D.C., cedent who do not re515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd ceive a copy of this notice Floor Washington, D.C. by mail within 25 days of 20001, on or before its first publication shall November 13, 2016. so inform the Register of Claims against the de- Wills, including name, cedent shall be pre- address and relationsented to the under- ship. signed with a copy to the Date of Publication: Register of Wills or filed May 13, 2016 with the Register of Wills Name of newspaper: with a copy to the under- Afro-American signed, on or before Washington November 13, 2016, or Law Reporter Bluette E. be forever barred. PerLambert-Davis sons believed to be heirs Personal or legatees of the deRepresentative cedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of TRUE TEST COPY its first publication shall REGISTER OF WILLS so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relation- 05/13, 05/20, 05/27/16 ship.

Date of Publication: May 13, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Gayle A Vailes Personal Representative

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of the estate of Dora Ann Elizabeth Murphy, who died on December 18, 2006 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall TYPESET: Tue May 10 17:33:22 EDTenter 2016their aLEGAL p p e a r a nNOTICES ce in this LEGAL NOTICES proceeding. Objections to such appointment Superior Court of shall be filed with the the District of Register of Wills, D.C., District of Columbia 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd PROBATE DIVISION Floor Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 20001-2131 November 13, 2016.

Administration No. Claims against the de2016ADM453 cedent shall be preMarjorie Gonzalez sented to the underDecedent signed with a copy to the NOTICE OF Register of Wills or filed APPOINTMENT, with the Register of Wills NOTICE TO with a copy to the underCREDITORS signed, on or before AND NOTICE TO November 13, 2016, or UNKNOWN HEIRS be forever barred. PerMatthew Plight, whose sons believed to be heirs address is 4519 Clay or legatees of the deStreet, NE, Washington , cedent who do not reDC 20019, was apceive a copy of this notice pointed personal repreby mail within 25 days of sentative of the estate of its first publication shall Marjorie Gonzalez, who so inform the Register of died on March 21, 2010 Wills, including name, without a will, and will address and relationserve without Court suship. pervision. All unknown Date of Publication: heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are un- May 13, 2016 Name of newspaper: known shall enter their Afro-American appearance in this Washington proceeding. Objections Law Reporter to such appointment Sheree R Murphy shall be filed with the Personal Register of Wills, D.C., Representative 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. TRUE TEST COPY 20001, on or before REGISTER OF WILLS November 13, 2016.

Claims against the de- TYPESET: Tue May 10 05/13, 05/20, 05/27/16 cedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Superior Court of Register of Wills or filed the District of with the Register of Wills District of Columbia with a copy to the underPROBATE DIVISION signed, on or before Washington, D.C. November 13, 2016, or 20001-2131 be forever barred. Per2016ADM493 sons believed to be heirs Terron A. Solomon or legatees of the de- Decedent cedent who do not re- Wesley l Clarke ceive a copy of this notice 1629 K St., Ste 300 by mail within 25 days of Washington, DC 20006 its first publication shall Attorney so inform the Register of NOTICE OF Wills, including name, APPOINTMENT, address and relationNOTICE TO ship.

CREDITORS Date of Publication: AND NOTICE TO May 13, 2016 UNKNOWN HEIRS Name of newspaper: Eugene Solomon, whose Afro-American address is 310 S Washington Pleasantville, RD , Law Reporter Warner Robbins, GA Matthew Plight 31088, was appointed Personal personal representative Representative of the estate of Terron A Solomon, who died on TRUE TEST COPY April 16, 2016 without a REGISTER OF WILLS will, and will serve without Court supervision. All TYPESET: May 10 17:33:07 EDT 2016 05/13, 05/20,Tue 05/27/16 unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their Superior Court of appearance in this the District of proceeding. Objections District of Columbia to such appointment (or PROBATE DIVISION to the probate of deWashington, D.C. cedent´s will) shall be 20001-2131 filed with the Register of Administration No. Wills, D.C., 515 5th 2016ADM454 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Corine R Miles Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

Decedent 20001, on or before Wesley L. Clarke November 13, 2016.

1629 K Street, Ste 300 Claims against the deWashington, DC 20006 cedent shall be preAttorney sented to the underNOTICE OF signed with a copy to the APPOINTMENT, Register of Wills or filed NOTICE TO with the Register of Wills CREDITORS with a copy to the underAND NOTICE TO signed, on or before UNKNOWN HEIRS November 13, 2016, or Annie Travers, whose be forever barred. Peraddres is 1050 New Jer- sons believed to be heirs sey Ave, NW, Apt 708, or legatees of the deWashington, DC 20001 cedent who do not reappointed personal re- ceive a copy of this notice presentative of the estate by mail within 25 days of of Corine R Miles , who its first publication shall died on October 23, 2015 so inform the Register of without a will, and will Wills, including name, serve without Court su- address and relationpervision. All unknown ship. heirs and heirs whose Date of Publication: whereabouts are un- May 13, 2016 known shall enter their Name of newspaper: appearance in this Afro-American proceeding. Objections Washington to such appointment Law Reporter shall be filed with the Eugene Solomon Register of Wills, D.C., Personal 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Representative Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before TRUE TEST COPY November 13, 2016. REGISTER OF WILLS Claims against the decedent shall be pre- 05/13, 05/20,Tue 05/27/16 TYPESET: May 10 sented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed Superior Court of with the Register of Wills the District of with a copy to the underDistrict of Columbia signed, on or before PROBATE DIVISION November 13, 2016, or Washington, D.C. be forever barred. Per20001-2131 sons believed to be heirs Administration No. or legatees of the de2016ADM465 cedent who do not reMary Rice Briley ceive a copy of this notice Decedent by mail within 25 days of Shelby G. Hamilton, its first publication shall so inform the Register of Esq Wills, including name, 1907 Barrington Court address and relation- Mitchellville, MD 20721 Attorney ship.

NOTICE OF Date of Publication: APPOINTMENT, May 13, 2016 NOTICE TO Name of newspaper: CREDITORS Afro-American AND NOTICE TO Washington UNKNOWN HEIRS Law Reporter Madeline W. Queen, Annie Travers whose address is 465 Personal Riggs Rd., NE, WashingRepresentative ton, DC 20011 was appointed personal repreTRUE TEST COPY sentative of the estate of REGISTER OF WILLS Mary Rice Briley, who died on March 15, 2016 TYPESET: Tue May 10 17:32:14 EDT 2016 05/13, 5/20, 5/27/16 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs Superior Court of and heirs whose wherethe District of abouts are unknown District of Columbia shall enter their appearPROBATE DIVISION ance in this proceeding.

Washington, D.C. Objections to such 20001-2131 appointment (or to the Administration No. probate of decedent´s 2016ADM495 Dora Ann Elizabeth - will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Murphy 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Dawn Jackson, Esq Floor Washington, D.C. 1300 Caraway Court, 2001, on or before suite 100 November 13, 2016 .

Largo, MD 20774 Claims against the deAttorney cedent shall be preNOTICE OF sented to the underAPPOINTMENT, signed with a copy to the NOTICE TO Register of Wills or filed CREDITORS with the Register of Wills AND NOTICE TO with a copy to the underUNKNOWN HEIRS signed, on or before Sheree R Murphy, whose address is 7308 Barlowe November 13, 2016, or be forever barred. PerRoad, Landover, MD, sons believed to be heirs 20785 was appointed personal representative or legatees of the deof the estate of Dora Ann cedent who do not reElizabeth Murphy, who ceive a copy of this notice died on December 18, by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall 2006 without a will, and so inform the Register of will serve with Court suWills, including name, pervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose address and relationwhereabouts are un- ship. known shall enter their Date of Publication: May 13, 2016 appearance in this proceeding. Objections Name of newspaper: Afro-American to such appointment Washington shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Law Reporter Madeline W. Queen 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Personal Floor Washington, D.C.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION STATEMENTS ENGINEERING AGREEMENT ST. ELIZABETHS EAST CAMPUS WATER TOWER MITIGATION (DCFA #479-WSA) The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) requests the submittal of Statement of Qualification (SOQ) for the St. Elizabeths East Campus Water Tower Aesthetic Mitigation under the proposed Agreement.

DC Water is seeking creative aesthetic design solutions to mitigate the visual impacts of the 2-million gallon water tower under construction on the historic St. Elizabeths East Campus. The construction of the water tower itself, including water piping and associated infrastructure necessary for primary Tower functions, will be performed prior to implementation of the aesthetic mitigation, and is not included in this Project.

DC Water has identified the following as its specific Project goals: 1.The Project’s concept design must be acceptable to various stakeholders such as CFA, DMPED, DC Office of Planning, HPRB, NCPC, and the local community groups. For reference purposes, a complete listing of all abbreviations used in Section 10.3 of the RFQ 2.The aesthetic mitigation solution(s) may require, but are not limited to, the following elements: *Public artwork *Structural and/or non-structural screening *Decorative landscaping and/or community gardens *Kids play areas and/or active recreation spaces *Creative lighting *Interpretive and/or interactive exhibits *On/off site stormwater management *Other creative solutions put forth by the Proposer 3.The Project shall in no way adversely affect the function or structural integrity of the Tower or related functions.

4.The implementation/construction of the aesthetic mitigation solution(s) shall be completed before Spring 2019.

5.The estimated cost range for the aesthetic mitigation is between $2 million and $3 million, including construction costs, design fees and other soft costs.

The agreements resulting from this request for qualifications statements will be subject to a Fair Share Objective for Minority and Women Business Enterprises participation in this work of 28% and 4%, respectively. The program requirements are fully defined in the EPA’s Participation by Disadvantaged Enterprises in Procurement under EPA Financial Assistance Agreements, May 27, 2008.

Interested firms should contact Ms. Senail Manley by email at senail. manley@dcwater.com to obtain a more detailed Request for Statements of Qualifications. Request must refer to DCFA #479-WSA. Firms are invited to attend a Pre-SOQ Submittal Meeting on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 10:00 AM, at the DC Water Visitor Building, Conference Room. After the Pre-SOQ meeting, those interested will be transported to the project site for site visit.

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The overall project is a failing septic system abatement project which will consist of three construction contracts: Contract SAN 16-01 - Septic Tank Effluent Pump Installation Contract SAN 16-02 - Community Sewer Main Installation Contract SAN 16-03 - Transmission Main Installation The work of this contract, Contract No. SAN 16-02, consists of the installation of approximately 75,000 linear feet of 2-inch to 6-inch HDPE pressure sewer mains. A portion of the work must utilize horizontal directional drill methods. Work includes the placement of the mains, including the installation of division valves, clean-outs, air release valves, and curb stops to approximately 775 improved properties and approximately 400 vacant lots.

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INVITATION TO BID

bid within one hundred twenty (120) days after the actual date of the INVITATION TO BID opening thereof.

Bids to remain open for 120 days. No bidder may withdraw his bid within one hundred twenty (120) days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

Sealed bids for the construction of a portion of the sanitary sewerage facilities for Phase 1 of the Southern Kent Island service area (consisting of the subdivisions of Kent Island Estates and Romancoke on the Bay), Queen Anne´s County, Maryland will be received from qualified bidders by the County Commissioners of Queen Anne´s County at the Queen Anne´s County Sanitary District, 310 Bateau Drive, Stevensville, Maryland 21666 until 2:00 p.m. local time on June 29, 2016 at which time they will be opened publicly and read aloud.

Sealed bids reserves for the construction of exercise a portionofofitsthe sewerage The Owner the right, in the solesanitary judgment, to reject facilities forBids, Phase 1 oftothe Southern Kent area (consisting of any or all and re-advertise and Island award service the Contract in the regular the subdivisions of Kent Island Estates and Romancoke on the Bay), Queenor manner, or to waive any informalities, irregularities, mistakes, errors Anne´s County, will and be received qualified bidders by the omissions in anyMaryland Bid received to acceptfrom any Bid deemed to be responCounty Queen Anne´s County of at the theCounty.

Queen Anne´s sive to Commissioners this invitation andoffavorable to the interests County Sanitary District, 310 Bateau Drive, Stevensville, Maryland 21666 until 2:00 p.m. timeCommissioners on July 1, 2016ofatQueen which time they will be opened Thelocal County Anne’s County publicly and read aloud.

The Owner reserves the right, in the exercise of its sole judgment, to reject any or all Bids, and to re-advertise and award the Contract in the regular manner, or to waive any informalities, irregularities, mistakes, errors or omissions in any Bid received and to accept any Bid deemed to be responsive to this invitation and favorable to the interests of the County.

The overall project is a failing septic system abatement project which will consist of three construction contracts:

The overall project is a failing septic system abatement project which will consist of three construction contracts:

Contract SAN 16-01 - Septic Tank Effluent Pump Installation Contract SAN 16-02 - Community Sewer Main Installation Contract SAN 16-03 - Transmission Main Installation

Contract SAN 16-01 - Septic Tank Effluent Pump Installation Contract SAN 16-02 - Community Sewer Main Installation Contract SAN 16-03 - Transmission Main Installation

The work of this contract, Contract No. SAN 16-03, consists of the installation of approximately 46,000 linear feet of 2-inch to 16-inch HDPE pressure sewer main. The vast majority of the work will be within SHA rights-of-way. A portion of the work must utilize horizontal directional drill methods. A crossing under US Rt 50/301 will also be required. Work will include the installation of division valves and air-release valves as well as stub-outs into the communities being served. Also included is the installation of a flow meter and a connection into the existing Kent Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The work of this contract, Contract No. SAN 16-01, consists of the installation of approximately 775 Septic Tank Effluent Pump (STEP) assemblies to service existing homes. Specifically included is the installation of new 1500-gallon concrete tanks, high-head STEP assemblies, electrical work to power the STEP assemblies from the existing home’s electric meter, plumbing work to intercept the existing homes’ sewer lateral to the existing septic system and to connect the existing homes to the new STEP assemblies, abandonment of the existing septic tanks, and full restoration of the yards post installation.

Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained beginning May 2, 2016. Contract Documents will be available at no cost in electronic format (only in .pdf format) on Maryland’s Ebid Marketplace and on the County Web Site at:

Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained beginning May 2, 2016. Contract Documents will be available at no cost in electronic format (only in .pdf format) on Maryland’s Ebid Marketplace and on the County Web Site at:

https://emaryland.buyspeed.com/bso/external/publicBids.sdo http://qac.org/Bids.aspx Plan holders shall register with an expression of interest to the QAC Project Manager, Alan Quimby, at aquimby@qac.org. The expression of interest shall identify: ”Contract Number ” SAN 16-03 * Contractor’s Legal Entity Name & Address * Contractor Contact Person Name, Phone & E-mail address General Contractors who do not register an expression of interest with the QAC Project Manager as described above will not be eligible to submit bids for the project.

A notice of an addendum posting will be sent to all registered plan holders.

Any Addenda issued shall be issued via electronic posting on the ebidmarketplace.com and Queen Annes County Procurement websites (see links listed below). However, it is the Bidders responsibility to ensure receipt of all addenda. https://emaryland.buyspeed.com/bso/external/advsearch/advancedSearch.sdo http://qac.org/Bids.aspx A pre-bid meeting will be held at the Kent Island Estates Community Hall 9402 Romancoke Road, Stevensville Maryland at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 8, 2016.

Bidders on this work will be required to comply with: 1.The President´s Executive Order No. 11246 as amended by Executive Order 11375. The requirements for bidders and contractors under this order are explained in the Contract Documents.

2.The facilities to be constructed under this Invitation to Bid will include funds from the Maryland Water Quality Revolving Loan Fund. Bidders will be required to comply with Federal and State requirements pertaining to minority business enterprise and women´s business enterprise.

3.The Davis Bacon Act labor standards provisions are applicable to this contract.

4.Use of American Iron and Steel provisions are applicable to this contract.

5.The successful bidder will be required to place both a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond, each in the amount of 100% of the contract price, and a Maintenance Bond in the amount of 5% of the contract price.

Each Bidder must submit a bid security of not less than five (5) percent with his bid, in the form and18subject to the conditions TYPESET: Wed May 15:52:53 EDT 2016 provided in the Instructions to Bidders. Bids to remain open for 120 days. No bidder may withdraw his

https://emaryland.buyspeed.com/bso/external/publicBids.sdo http://qac.org/Bids.aspx Plan holders shall register with an expression of interest to the QAC Project Manager, Alan Quimby, at aquimby@qac.org. The expression of interest shall identify: *Contract Number - SAN 16-01 * Contractor’s Legal Entity Name & Address * Contractor Contact Person Name, Phone & E-mail address General Contractors who do not register an expression of interest with the QAC Project Manager as described above will not be eligible to submit bids for the project.

A notice of an addendum posting will be sent to all registered plan holders.

Any Addenda issued shall be issued via electronic posting on the ebidmarketplace.com and Queen Anne’s County Procurement websites (see links listed below). However, it is the Bidders responsibility to ensure receipt of all addenda. https://emaryland.buyspeed.com/bso/external/advsearch/advancedSearch.sdo http://qac.org/Bids.aspx A pre-bid meeting will be held at the Kent Island Estates Community Hall 9402 Romancoke Road, Stevensville Maryland at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 6, 2016.

Bidders on this work will be required to comply with: 1.The President´s Executive Order No. 11246 as amended by Executive Order 11375. The requirements for bidders and contractors under this order are explained in the Contract Documents.

2.The facilities to be constructed under this Invitation to Bid will include funds from the Maryland Water Quality Revolving Loan Fund. Bidders will be required to comply with Federal and State requirements pertaining to minority business enterprise and women´s business enterprise.

3.The Davis Bacon Act labor standards provisions are applicable to this contract.

4.Use of American Iron and Steel provisions are applicable to this contract.

5.The successful bidder will be required to place both a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond, each in the amount of 100% of the contract price, and a Maintenance Bond in the amount of 5% of the contract price.

Each Bidder must submit a bid security of five (5) percent with his bid, in the form and subject to the conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders.

bid within one hundred twenty (120) days after the actual date of the Bids to remain open for 120 days. No bidder may withdraw his bid within one INVITATION TO BID hundred twenty (120) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. opening thereof.

Sealed bids reserves for the construction of aexercise portionofofitsthe sanitary sewerage The Owner the right, in the sole judgment, to reject facilities for Bids, Phaseand 1 oftothe Southern Kent area (consisting of any or all re-advertise and Island awardservice the Contract in the regular the subdivisions Kentany Island Estates andirregularities, Romancoke on the Bay),errors Queenor manner, or to of waive informalities, mistakes, Anne´s County, Maryland will be qualified bidders the omissions in any Bid received andreceived to acceptfrom any Bid deemed to be by responCounty Queen Anne´s County at the County.

Queen Anne´s sive to Commissioners this invitation andoffavorable to the interests of the County Sanitary District, 310 Bateau Drive, Stevensville, Maryland 21666 until 2:00 p.m. timeCommissioners on July 1, 2016of atQueen which time they will be opened Thelocal County Anne’s County publicly and read aloud.

hich will The overall project is a failing septic system abatement project which will consist of three construction contracts:

The Owner reserves the right, in the exercise of its sole judgment, to reject any or all Bids, and to re-advertise and award the Contract in the regular manner, or to waive any informalities, irregularities, mistakes, errors or omissions in any Bid received and to accept any Bid deemed to be responsive to this invitation and favorable to the interests of the County.

The County Commissioners of Queen Anne’s County

The County Commissioners of Queen Anne’s County

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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY-AREA Prince George’s County

School Board Approves 20 Year Facilities Plan

Prince George’s County

Green Education Key Part of D.C. Schools’ Curriculum

New Enrichment Program Helps Students Start College, Careers Early

By Melanie R. Duncan Special to the AFRO The Prince George’s County School Board voted May 12 to approve the county school’s Education Facilities Master Plan for fiscal year 2017. The plan provides $232 million for more than 130 school modernization projects. The County’s public school system will know, by the fall, if the state approves.

The plan works in conjunction with the school system’s Capital Improvement Plan which calls for state-ofthe-art education facilities that assist with teaching and learning goals for county schools. “The EFMP is a guiding document as far as what goes into the Capital Improvement Plan,” Elizabeth Chaisson, CIP Planner II, told the AFRO. “Instead of doing a six year plan, which is what we usually do for the master plan, we decided we would do a 20 year plan so we could see a roadmap for modernizing these schools.”

The master plan shows 50 percent of county public schools are underutilized, 31 percent are overutilized and 19 percent are at ideal capacity.

“…we decided we would do a 20 year plan so we could see a roadmap for modernizing these schools.”

– Elizabeth Chaisson The master plan is broken into three cycles to align with the improvement plan.

The first cycle will range from 2017-2022 and include 32 projects surrounding overutilization and school conditions. Fifty-eight projects around school conditions are expected to be addressed in the second cycle, and the third cycle will concentrate on 49 projects around planning recommendations. The plan also notes that schools, which have not been determined as of yet, will close and be consolidated where necessary to address problems of underutilization. During community meetings on the master plan, parents voiced concerns over what schools would and would not close.

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By Melanie R. Duncan Special to the AFRO

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On May 4, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) led a tour of Brookland Middle School in Ward 5 with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. The mayor used the tour of the school to show the secretary-general how D.C. was becoming a greener place.

By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com The District of Columbia has fully embraced the “Go Green” movement and the public schools offer a window into the District’s commitment.

On May 4, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) led a tour of Brookland Middle School in Ward 5 with United Nations SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-Moon as her guest. Ki-Moon was in the District participating in the Climate Action 2016 conference and Bowser, who spoke earlier at the event, wanted to show him an example of how the city is working to become greener.

Brookland is considered a model for District schools because it has a green outdoor classroom, a solar learning station, geothermal heating and cooling system, exterior green wall, underground cisterns, and a solar rooftop array, among other amenities. Newly built schools such as Ballou, Wilson, and Roosevelt have green features as well.

– Rebecca Davis However, the District has gone further than just the buildings. Green education is an instructional tool for all students K-12. In 2010, D.C. Council member Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) passed a bill, The Healthy Schools

“What we try to accomplish through our program is to convince students, but also teachers the importance of learning about the environment.”

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D.C. Youth Lawyers Try to Stem Rising Crime

By Linda Poulson Special to the AFRO Amid a spike of youth violence within the city’s limits, DC Lawyers for Youth (DCLY) hosted a fundraiser May 12 to help improve the conditions in the juvenile justice system and to deter youth from entering it.

The “Stand for Youth Justice Day” raised more than $15,000 to make the youth justice system one of the smallest and best

justice reforms that put young people on a path to success,” R. Daniel Okonkwo, executive director of DCLY, told the AFRO. The organization was instrumental in helping Judiciary Chair and Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) with the ground breaking {Comprehensive Youth Justice Amendment Act of 2016} on April 5. The bill has five key provisions: prioritizing rehabilitation,

“I see what happens when youth have positive influences and we give second chances to youth…”

– Kimberly Bowers juvenile justice systems in the country, according to the organization’s website. As part of the fundraising effort, the organization held a happy hour at Local 16 Restaurant in Northwest D.C. “All of the donations, which are 100 percent tax deductible, will support our work to advocate for youth

improving the conditions of confinement, reducing over incarceration through intervention and appropriate sentencing, improving data collection and analysis, and protecting abused and neglected immigrant children.

“This year we are specifically focused on ending the incarceration of

youth in the adult D.C. Jail, stopping the use of solitary confinement of youth, and looking at how childhood trauma can affect young people,” he said.

Along with improving the juvenile justice system, Okonkwo said the schools also have a part in how children who have been incarcerated are dealt with.

“Our schools and the justice system must account for and treat that trauma,” he said.

The District of Columbia defines a juvenile as a person under the age of 18.

The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services outlines procedures juveniles go through once they are arrested. If a juvenile 15 to 17 years old is charged with a violent crime, the Office of the Attorney General may charge the youth as an adult.

According to the department, about 1600 youth are currently incarcerated.

“I care about the future of our youth, and the school-toprison pipeline that we hear about in the news is real,” said Kimberly Bowers, DC Lawyers for Youth board member. “I see what happens

when youth have positive influences and we give second chances to youth, so I’m really excited [about] what this organization is doing as it relates to shrinking that pipeline [and] also giving youth positive options.”

Prince George’s County government officials and educators recently celebrated the first group of students to graduate from Youth CareerConnect, a $7 million U.S. Department of Labor grant enrichment initiative designed to boost college and career readiness across the country.

County Executive Rushern Baker congratulated Bladensburg High School and Fairmount Heights High School students for successfully completing job training on healthcare and information technology during the youth organization’s Senior Celebration at Prince George’s County Community College on May 11. “This is one of many steps that we’re doing to move Prince George’s County forward,” Baker said. “One of the things that we tried to do with this administration is really to tie our education system with our executive and to use all of our resources.”

Program Director Yolanda Tully said 2,500 students from Bladensburg, Fairmont Heights, and Potomac High School will participate in the program over the next four years. She hopes the program will make sure students graduate, make sure students receive support through tutoring and mentorship, and make sure students get college credit and job skills before graduating high school.

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Man Charged for Killing Brother

By The Associated Press

Homicide Count 2016 Total

33

Past Seven Days

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Data as of May 18

Prince George’s County Police have arrested a man they say fatally shot his brother and set his body on fire.

The department said, in a news release, that officers arrested 29-year-old Jacobi Williams and charged May 16 in the death of 32-year-old Rashaad Tate.

Police say officers found Tate’s body on March 23 in Forestville. Authorities say he had been shot and set on fire. Investigators said they believe the shooting stemmed from an earlier dispute.

Williams is charged with first- and second-degree murder and is being held without bond.

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Jacobi Williams was charged May 16 with the March shooting of his brother Rashaad Tate.

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Prince George’s County

Man Accused of Ramming Police Cruisers, Not Criminally Responsible

By The Associated Press A man accused of ramming two police cruisers with a dump truck has been found not criminally responsible.

Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks announced in a statement May 16 that Gene Thomas

Brandon Jr. of Aquasco has pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Brandon will remain in a mental health facility and his status will be updated every six months.

Prosecutors say in January 2015, Brandon pulled up to two officers talking next to their cruisers in Glenarden and

said they had killed his brother. Then prosecutors say Brandon drove the truck toward the cruisers. The officers jumped to safety.

Authorities say the dump truck crashed into the back of one cruiser, forcing it into the second vehicle, then continued pushing for about 100 feet.

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facilities to 21st century learning is the primary goal behind the master plan. He pointed out that middle schools in the county’s northern region are over utilized whereas middle schools in the southern region have a surplus of 4,500 seats. “The goal is to transform the schools such that all schools will be in a state of good repair,” he said.

For a complete list of projects for priority schools, visit pgcps.org/cip.

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Through the program students participated in financial literacy training, test preparation and employer interview preparation, and many worked at Doctors Community Hospital in Lanham-Seabrook, Maryland to get hand-on training in the medical field. The program will also provide training in homeland security and cyber security.

“All of our partners that come together provide support and not only help those students get those skills but to help them successfully get through high school,” Tully said. “They (students) are leaving high school with not just the skills in those fields, but certifications, as well.”

Bowie State University, Lockheed Martin, and Prince George’s County Community College are among several program partners who helped students build academic and work skills. Teaming with outside professionals has been one of the biggest strengths of the program, according to Torrie Walker, Fairmount Heights High School principal.

“The program just has a lot of benefits to exposure that normally students would not receive,” she said. “We had so many students to participate in internships last summer. We also had students to attend a Bowie State summer program.”

Walker also boasts of more than 200 Fairmount Heights students receiving qualifying accuplacer scores that allow them to take high school classes for half the day and Prince George’s County Community College classes for the second half of

“This is one of many steps that we’re doing to move Prince George’s County forward.”

– Rushern Baker their day, paying only for books. About 65 students have taken advantage of the program, with at least one student almost set to earn an associate’s degree.

“Dual enrollment has definitely been a benefit when you can begin college early,” Walker said.

According to the Maryland Department of education,

more than 95 percent of Bladensburg students completed the requirements needed to receive a diploma. Each graduating senior, who participated in the program, has also been accepted into college in the fall, with one joining the U.S. Army. “Through the Bladensburg YCC program, I was able to have a lot of internships,” said Keyri Bonilla, a senior from Bladensburg. “We all have skills to be able to excel in any field we want to go into.” He said he will be a pre-medicine major at the University of Maryland College Park as a Gates Millennium Scholarship recipient.

The program employed 63 Prince George’s County Public School students for six weeks last year and will nearly triple that number this year with 163 working students. “You’re going to a get a chance to really enhance your skills so you can get into science and medicine,” Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Jim Coleman told the students during the program’s opening ceremony. “[YCC graduates] are well on their way to transforming the world. We’re looking right at the next Bill Gates, the next Barrack Obamas, the next Michelle Obamas and the next Rushern Bakers.”

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Act of 2010, that focused on providing healthy nutritious meals for District public school children and created a “D.C. Environmental Literacy Plan” that, in essence, incorporates green education into the general school

curriculum.

The purpose of the environmental literacy plan is to incorporate into the schools’ the value of sustainability and attempt to get young people to become good stewards of their

natural surroundings. “What we try to accomplish through our program is to convince students, but also teachers, the importance of learning about the environment,” Rebecca Davis, past president of the D.C.

PUBLIC MEETINGS:

Proposed Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization (PAR) Program at Joint Base Andrews The Air Force is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization (PAR) Program at Joint Base Andrews. Through this program, the Air Force would construct a new Presidential Complex with a multi-bay hangar to accommodate the proposed replacement to the aircraft used to transport the President of the United States, Heads of State and other senior officials.

To gather feedback, the Air Force is holding two, identical public scoping meetings.

The meetings will be held in an open house format, to allow attendees to arrive any time during the meeting and speak to project representatives at poster stations.

Your participation will assist Air Force representatives in identifying public issues and concerns associated with the PAR Program and defining the scope of analysis for the EIS. The meetings will take place on: • Monday, May 23, 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.

• Tuesday, May 24, 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.

VFW Post 9619 6527 Suitland Road Morningside, MD 20746 If you are unable to attend one of the open house meetings, comments may be submitted on the project website, www.parprogrameis.com.

You may also submit written comments to: United States Air Force, AFCEC/CZN 2261 Hughes Ave, Suite 155 JBSA Lackland, TX 78236-9853 ATTN: Mr. John Guerra Comments requested by 28 May 2016.

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Environmental Education Consortium, told the AFRO. “For example, you have students who live near the I-295 corridor in Northeast and Southeast Washington but may not know how the exhaust from the cars and trucks that use that highway affects their air quality.”

The consortium, founded in 1993, has a mission to bolster the network of environmental and conservation educators in the school system and to increase their capacity to provide meaningful environmental education for the District’s students and residents.

According to Fred Lewis, Office of the State Superintendent, funding for green/environmental education programs come from both federal and District taxpayers and agencies. There are some school-based programs that have no cost and some programs are the products of fundraising efforts by the schools.

The consortium works closely with the Office of State Superintendent of Education’s D.C. Environmental Literacy Coordinator Grace Manubay.

Manubay’s job is to implement the environmental literacy plan, formalized in 2012, with other city

agencies, the public and charter school systems, and the University of the District of Columbia.

Manubay told the AFRO there are a number of programs that are in place and being developed to make students in the District’s education sector more green aware. While many of the programs are science-

public schools and their needs haven’t been ignored.

“We have a program through the Department of Energy and the Environment where students in Wards 7 and 8 are immersed in the study of the Chesapeake Bay. In 2013-2014 school years, the program had 19 participants and we have expanded this year to 64. “Our goal is to

“Our goal is to see this program go across the city to all of the schools.”

– Grace Manubay based, Manubay said other disciplines are also included.

“In the field of art, students at Tyler Elementary School had an ‘Earth Day’ contest in which they created art that dealt with recycling and we had a school that dealt with climate change in one-minute films,” she said.

“In the high schools, we are focusing on public speaking contest on environmental topics and at Cesar Chavez Charter School they had to complete a pollution project.”

Black students make up the overwhelming majority of students in the District’s

see this program go across the city to all of the schools.”

There are program for teachers and principals in the form of fellowships and study tours. One program has principals sponsored by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation has principals from the District spend a number of days on one of the islands of the Chesapeake Bay. Manubay wants to set up an environmental education certification program for teachers and school administrators along with continuing efforts to make the District school curriculum green friendly.

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Broderick Johnson, assistant to President Obama and the White House Cabinet Secretary. He is the chairman of the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force.

UDC Chorale with Orchestra, Richard Odom, director, Monique Steele-Griffths, soloist

Earl W. Stafford Sr., CEO and president, The Wentworth Group, LLC (Doctor of Humane Letters); Raymond A. Huger, CEO and president, Paradigm Solutions International (Doctor of Humane Letters) and Eric T. Pulley, senior class president

UDC President Ronald Mason

The University of the District of Columbia held its 39th Annual Commencement May 14 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest D.C. Broderick Johnson was the keynote speaker.

Photos by Robert Roberts

Rev. Lewis M. Anthony, administrative assistant for Contemporary and Political Affairs Adviser to the Assembly of Christian Educators

Elaine A. Crider, chair, UDC Board of Trustees

Tasneem Robinson, Abdurahim Robinson, Sadiyya Rockett (Masters Early Childhood Education), Nasim Robinson and Noorudin Robinson

Torch of Truth Award Recipient Kimberly Stokes, vice president, T. Rowe Prince Group with Hercules Scholar Charles Moka Jr., Jacqueline Sales, chair of the BSU Foundation and BSU President Mickey Burnim

Military Service Award – Lt. Col. Jonathan Watson could not attend. Accepting on his behalf was his brother John Watson and niece Jiamond Watson

The Bowie State University Foundation Founders Kim Coles Day Awards Gala paid tribute to the individuals who have made a significant impact on the university and its surrounding communities on April 23. Grammy Award-nominated singer/ songwriter Will Downing and actress Kim Coles helped Bowie State honor the achievements of alumni, friends and community leaders for their significant impact. The gala was held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Will Downing Center in Maryland.

Logan Gaskill, vice president of Human Resources, MGM National Harbor

Founders Promise Award Recipient – M. Sammye Miller, chair, Department of History & Government, Bowie State University

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BSU Student Leaders and Miss Bowie State University Carissa Smith

BSU First Lady LaVera Burnim

Former Congressman Al Wynn

Hercules Scholars Jackie Berry and Eric Berry (twins), Charles Moka Jr. and Jacqueline Sales

Tammi Thomas and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)

Honorary Committee Member Valencia McClure, vice president of Governmental and External Affairs, BGE

Charlene Dukes, president, Prince George’s Community College

Tammi Thomas, BSU’s chief of staff

Heritage Ward Recipient Lonnie Bunch, director, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution

BSU’s oldest alumni, J. Sidney Sheppard (’47) (sitting in front), and Essie Molock Banks (’48) (sitting in blue dress)