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Baltimore Demonstrators Take to Streets to Protest Killing of Freddie Gray

By Corinne Hollis Special to the AFRO

Walter Scott, of South Caroline, was shot and killed April 4, but the video detailing his murder didn’t go viral until days before the National Action Network’s (NAN) 17th annual convention, held April 8-11 in New York City. Widespread Continued on A6

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Amid tears and cries for justice, demonstrators poured into the streets of Baltimore carrying signs emblazoned with the name of a man who died from a spinal injury he suffered while in police custody. Tuesday’s demonstration marked the beginning of a week of protests and rallies planned across the city.

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The Justice Department said earlier in the day that it has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Black man who suffered a fatal spinal-cord injury under mysterious circumstances after he was handcuffed and put in the back of a police van.

At the site of Gray’s arrest, more than a thousand

demonstrators gathered to remember Gray, who friends and relatives say was kind, funny and generous, and call for police reform.

“I want this to be a sign to the Baltimore Police Department that this is not an act of surrender,” said Pastor Jamal Bryant of the Empowerment Temple, one Continued on A8

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Talk show host and panel moderator Iyanla Vanzant, center, comforts Esaw Snipes, right, the wife of police victim Eric Garner, during a panel on police brutality, including Lesley McSpadden, left, the mother of police shooting victim Michael Brown, at the 16th National Action Network’s (NAN) annual national convention.

Loretta Lynch Set for Senate Floor Vote

By James Wright Special to the AFRO

The vote on the nomination of Loretta Lynch as the U.S. attorney general took a huge leap forward on April 21, when U.S. Senate leaders agreed to terms on an anti-human trafficking bill. The bill, “The Justice for Victims of Trafficking,” had abortion restrictions that the Democrats thought were unacceptable but those issues were resolved when a compromise, negotiated

by Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), was reached.

The anti-trafficking bill had nothing to do with the Lynch nomination but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said several weeks ago that her confirmation process won’t move forward until there was an agreement on the legislation.

Lynch, who would be the first Black woman to be the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, has had to wait more than five months-a record-for a Senate floor vote on that position.

McConnell said that her process will proceed.

“As soon as we finish the trafficking bill, as I’ve indicated for some time

now, we’ll move to the president’s nominee for attorney general-hopefully in the next day or so,” the senator said.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) concurred with McConnell.

“So let’s get rid of this quickly,” Reid said. “Let’s get Loretta Lynch confirmed quickly and move on to other matters.”

President Obama, who selected Lynch to replace U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder late last year, chastised the Senate for the holdup.

“Enough. Enough,” Obama said on April 17.

“Call Loretta Lynch for a vote, get her confirmed, put her in place, let her do her job. This is embarrassing.”

Lynch is the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern -Sen. Harry Reid District of New York. She has been praised in legal and political circles for her work in prosecuting terrorism, public officials’ misconduct and police brutality cases.

Lynch holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, which she got in 1981 and a 1984 law degree from the Harvard University School of Law. On Feb. 26, Lynch’s nomination was sent to the Senate floor by the Senate

“Let’s get Loretta Lynch confirmed quickly and move on to other matters.”

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Barry Wants to Replace Father in Ward 8

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Marion C. Barry has been putting up signs for months throughout Ward 8 as he runs for to fill the former District City Council seat his deceased father, Marion S. Barry.

As he walks through the southeast Washington neighborhood, almost everyone knows who he is.

Many have known him since he was a child.

His notoriety, however, has worked in his favor and against him. Some say that he is immature and unfit for the position and is riding on the name of his father, who served three terms as mayor and was on the council when he died in November.

Others say he has a unique

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connection with Ward 8 that makes him the perfect person to serve.

“It’s challenging when some of the people that I thought would be supportive aren’t,” Barry said, “but I have a passion for the people in this community.

“I grew up here, I’m from here. I know the people here, but at the same time, I’ve also had the blessing of having a father where I have been exposed to the government end.”

Barry has not held any elected or legislative positions.

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Williams Wants to Use Skills, Spunk to Serve Ward 8

By James Wright Special to the AFRO

Natalie Williams is a former aide to the late Marion S. Barry.

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Natalie Williams, the advisory neighborhood commissioner for singlemember District 8A07, is one of the candidates for the Ward 8 vacancy on the D.C. Council. Williams, president of the Ward 8 Democrats, wants to use her experience and political chutzpah and savvy to represent the ward at the John A. Wilson Building.

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Hamline University, an institution that values social justice, equity, inclusion, and civic engagement through its servicelearning opportunities for students, curriculum offerings, and innocence initiative,” Miller said in a statement. “I am looking forward to working together with board members, students, faculty, staff, and the community in enhancing Hamline University’s strong commitment to high academic standards and developing students who understand and appreciate their

Minn. Man Charged With Murder of 10-Year-Old Son

A Minnesota man faces a murder charge in the death of his 10-year-old son, according to reports.

Pierre Collins of Crystal, Minn. was charged April 14 with second-degree murder in connection with the death of 10-yearold Barway Collins.

Barway Collins had been missing since March 18. His body was found floating in the Mississippi River on April 11 by a volunteer searcher.

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The father Pierre Collins (left), and his son 10-year-old Barway Collins.

A video showed the youth exiting his school bus and entering an apartment with his uncle and father, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The newspaper reported that Collins had taken out two insurance policies on his son’s life, and that his family faced severe financial difficulties.

“I work with the law enforcement,” Pierre Collins told Minneapolis CBS affiliate WCCO at the time of his son’s disappearance. “I bend my back from the day my son went missing. I gave them my car, I gave them my home computer, I gave them my iPad, I gave them my cell phone.”

That cell phone, as it turned out, helped provide police with key evidence.

“We have electronic evidence that Pierre Collins was in the immediate vicinity of where Barway’s body was found at the time of his disappearance,” Crystal, Minn. Police Chief Stephanie Revering said in a statement.

Collins has maintained his innocence; he is being held in Hennepin County jail on $2 million bail. An autopsy is scheduled to provide additional information on the cause of the boy’s death.

“I feel really sad right now,” Pastor Harding Smith, a spokesperson for the Collins family, told NewsOne. “Really sad.”

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Fayneese Miller will begin her term as the 20th President of Hamline University on July 1. role as members of a civil society.”

Before taking on her professional role at the University of Vermont, Miller was at Brown University. She served at Brown University for 10 years, and became the first nativeborn African American woman to be given tenure as an associate professor.

Miller is a graduate of Hampton University in Virginia where she majored in psychology. She earned her master’s degree and Ph.D in experimental psychology from Texas Christian University. As a social psychologist, Miller specializes in the psychosocial development of adolescents.

Music Stars Gather for Gospel Performance at White House

Fayneese Miller Named First Black President of Minnesota’s Hamline University

A landmark will occur on July 1 when Fayneese Miller begins her term as the 20th president of Hamline University, in St. Paul, Minn. Miller is the first African American and second woman to ever be appointed to the position by the university’s board of trustees.

Currently, Miller serves as the dean of the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont, where she is charged with developing both graduate and undergraduate curriculum, fund development, budget management, professional development of faculty and more.

She is also a professor of leadership and developmental sciences at the school.

“I am honored to be selected as the 20th president of

Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon

Shirley Caesar and the Morgan State University Choir perform during “The Gospel Tradition: In Performance at the White House” in the East Room of the White House, April 14, 2015.

Musical heavy-hitters were “In Performance at the White House” as part of a celebration of gospel music on April 14.

Pastor Shirley Caesar, Darlene Love, Rhiannon Giddens, Rance Allen, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Tamela Mann, Lyle Lovett and the Morgan State University Choir were among the performers who participated in the latest of a series of concerts in the White House’s East Room.

“Tonight, we continue one of my favorite traditions here at the White House by celebrating the music that has helped to shape our nation,” President Barack Obama said in remarks at the event. “Over the years, we’ve had the quintessential sounds of America fill this room, from jazz to Motown, to blues, to country. So it is fitting that, tonight, we honor the music that influenced all those genres—gospel.”

Earlier that day, Michelle Obama and some of the gospel artists addressed students during a workshop on the history of gospel music that was arranged by the White House along with the Grammy Museum.

The first lady said she was “thrilled” that they were finally focusing on gospel, citing the important role it has played in U.S. history.

“It really has—from the spirituals sung by slaves to the anthems that became the soundtrack of the Civil Rights Movement, and to the hymns that millions of Americans sing every single day in churches all across the country,” she said.

Obama said that, beyond its historical importance, gospel music has personal significance for her and many around the world. Gospel was her introduction to music and is what “fuels my love of music, in general,” she said.

“And I know that for many folks across the country and around the world, there’s nothing like hearing a choir sing an old gospel classic. When you hear that music, it gets your feet tapping and your heart pumping,” she said. “It’s what helps connect us to God, to that Higher Power.”

“And for so many, when times are dark and when you’re struggling, gospel music is that ray of hope and it gives you that strength,” she added.

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HEALTH Catching Zzzzs for Optimum Health and the busiest bedtime routines, resulting in fewer sleep hours, more frequent interruptions in sleep, and the need for occasional medications to help produce sound sleep. Several neurologists spoke exclusively with the AFRO to discuss the importance of sleep and ways to get the necessary amount of sleep for good brain and body health.

Marian Emr, of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, said that sleep deprivation may be less about race than living in urban areas where people are driven to put a premium on work, play, and entertainment, but little on sleep.

“The amount of sleep you get, the amount of water you drink and the amount of food (nutrients) in the body all have a strong impact on the health of your brain. We’re starting to see where blood pressure is impacted negatively by lack of sleep, and also that chronic high blood pressure is leading to memory loss. Sleep is vital to controlling blood pressure and overall brain health,” Emr said.

Chandra Jackson, postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard School of Public Health, said, “With increasing numbers of Blacks entering professional and management roles in numerous industries, it is important to investigate and address the social factors contributing to short sleep disparities in Blacks, compared with Whites in general, and particularly in professional settings,” said Jack¬son.

Robert Cowan, Director of Neurology and Neurological Science at Stanford University Medical Center, said that in addition to impacting performance and memory, lack of sleep impedes the body’s natural ability to heal itself and contributes to chronic pain. “People really do get mood variability when they do not get enough sleep, but by exposing patients to preventative care and helping them understand the importance of quality sleep, keeps health concerns from becoming chronic. Diet, daily exercise, water intake and sleep are lifestyle changes that make a difference in overall brain health,” said Cowan.

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Connie Womack and her daughter Najwa get a lesson in sleep, memory, and blood pressure from one of the thousands of neurologists providing volunteer tutorials and demonstrations during the Brain Health Fair.

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO Most adults have heard the adage: “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,” but many African Americans continue to burn the midnight oil and often to the detriment of their health. Neurologists are finding new correlations between a host of chronic conditions – including diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease – and the body’s inability to heal itself due to lack of proper sleep. Lack of sleep can also alter memory, cause accidents, cause weight gain, and impact mood stability.

The American Academy of Neurology recently kicked off its annual convention with a daylong Brain Health Fair highlighting new advances in treating brain ailments and offering free health screenings and consults with neurologists to the public.

According to a National Sleep Foundation study, Blacks reported the least amount of sleep

Sleep Repair: Tips to Better Sleep Hygiene

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO Pediatric neurologist Raquel Bernier offered {AFRO} readers a number of ways to improve sleep hygiene in children that transition well into adulthood and ward off chronic illness. Good sleep hygiene requires a commitment to getting both a consistent number of hours’ rest and maintaining a regular sleep schedule.

“Routines are necessary for young people and anything that is mentally stimulating should be shut off an hour or two before bedtime to allow your child’s mind and body a chance to relax. We should think of the bedroom as a space for quiet and sleep, only,” Bernier said.

Bernier recommends regulating room temperature and in cases where a bedroom is shared by more than one child who have different bedtimes, consider staggering bedtimes to ensure that one person does not keep the other from falling asleep.

Additionally, the Mayo Clinic offers the following: • Cut out the caffeine at least six hours before bedtime • Be easy on the liquor before bed – it will wake you up in the morning • Rest before bedtime in to attempt to reduce your stress level • Keep your bedroom dark and comfortable • Try not to go to bed hungry, but avoid heavy meals before bedtime.

• Don’t let pets sleep in the bed with you –they may be the reason behind why you keep waking up.

• No television-watching, eating or talking about major issues – the bed is for sleep and sex only.

• Limit daytime naps to between 10 and 30 minutes • Include exercise in daily activities.

An attendee participates in one of the Health Fair’s brain activities.

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D.C. Mayor, Leaders Honor Legendary Educator

By Jacquelyn Johnson Howard University News Service Floretta Dukes McKenzie legacy as an educator is more than just impressive.

The life-long educator served as superintendent and chief state school officer for Washington, D.C. Public Schools, deputy commissioner in the U.S. Office of Education, deputy superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland, assistant deputy superintendent for the Maryland State Department of Education.

that legacy and tell stories about her impact. McKenzie died March 23. She was 79.

As a mentor, McKenzie touched the lives of many, including friend and former colleague Linda W. Cropp, chairwoman at Care First.

“Have you ever been in a situation where you are around people that are considered equal, however, there may be one individual who commands a little more respect,” Cropp told the crowd.

“You listen to them a bit more carefully, and you’re lifted by their ability to express a point in a way that

“…many who sat with her always thought that when they left they picked up a remarkable life lesson.”

– Salene Hitchcock-Gear Her accomplishment as an entrepreneur was as impressive. She was founder and chairwoman for the McKenzie Group, an educational consulting firm with special emphasis on urban education. She was chairwoman emerita for Howard University, having served on its board from 1993 to 2014.

She also served on the boards of Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the National Geographic Society Education Foundation and the White House Historical Association.

Her admirers, including Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, came to Cramton Auditorium at Howard University Saturday to honor

they have you buying into their ideas with a sense of your own ownership? Well, that was Dr. Floretta Dukes McKenzie.”

President and CEO of Ameritas Investment Corporation Salene Hitchcock-Gear shared some of her thoughts on the late educator.

“She was also remembered for her delightful dinner conversation, and many who sat with her always thought that when they left they picked up a remarkable life lesson,” Hitchock-Gear said.

Howard University President Frederick Wayne A.I. President announced that in honor of McKenzie’s dedication to the university and to education that, “Every District of Columbia

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Floretta Dukes McKenzie’s life was celebrated, April 18, at Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium.

public school student who attends Howard University, that qualifies for a tuition scholarship, will receive that scholarship out of the Dr. Floretta Dukes McKenzie Scholarship Fund.”

Bowser offered praise of McKenzie, who earned a bachelor’s degree from D. C. Teachers College and master’s degree, from Howard, and admiration for McKenzie’s work for the city.

“We look to the life of Dr. McKenzie, because she dedicated herself, her learning, her great talents to this community, this city, spending her career almost entirely advancing innovation, education, and challenging young people to live up to their greatest aspirations,” Bowser said.”

“She will be remembered for her very high standards and always supporting the District of Columbia. Dr. McKenzie was a graduate of D.C. public schools and she became its leader. She would be so, I have no doubt, happy by Dr. Frederick’s announcement that D.C. public school students can attend Howard University in her name,” said Bowser.

Donations in honor of McKenzie can be made to the Dr. Floretta Dukes McKenzie Education Scholarship Fund and the Dr. Floretta Dukes McKenzie Memorial Fund.

Barry

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“I was impressed, because I didn’t know what to expect from him,” said LaChett Landrum, after a recent candidate forum. “I have a higher respect for him after this. I just don’t know about his experience or if this is long term.”

Barry’s strengths lie in his relationship with residents, said Liz Matory, his campaign manager.

“The most rewarding part has been to watch him grow and watch how residents interact with Marion,” Matory said. “It’s like this organic connection that’s really inspiring” Barry says that his impact is shown through his construction business, which has created jobs for hundreds of the residents. The most recent project was the new $142 million Ballou High School.

Barry said he is providing jobs in the ward with the highest unemployment.

“I am the only candidate that has built schools and rec centers in this area,” Barry said. “Ward 8 residents need opportunity and jobs, and I am the only one who has directly given residents jobs and built in this community.”

In conversations with voters and political pundits during candidate forums and debates, the the criticism is Barry is summed up in the refrain “He’s just not ready.”

Barry’s foibles, have been documented, from run-ins with police for drug allegations and driving offenses to temper flare-ups, including a clash with his father that led to him being barred from a local hospital.

In his most recent incident, Barry, who is currently on probation for an earlier offense, in January, when he allegedly threw a trash can at a bank teller window.

“I’m going to have someone waiting for you when you get off, you bitch,” he is alleged to have told the clerk.

This makes his critics concerned about wheter he has the maturity to work with other Courtesy photo members of the council. His campaign said Barry on the campaign trail with his many Barry is at an unfair disadvantage, because supporters. the media and his critics don’t pay attention to the good that he does.

“He’s never been in the media for anything positive that he’s done.” said Carl Thomas, director of field operations for Barry’s campaign. “They always want to catch him in those ‘gotcha’ moments, when in between those ‘gotcha’ moments he’s been doing things that really are extraordinary and should be highlighted as well.”

“But I think that the people of Ward 8 really understand who he is, what he is, where he comes from, what his understanding is and his level of expertise as it relates to following this

By Jacquelyn Johnson Howard University News Service Great music, great weather and the best ticket price in town – free -- brought thousands of people from across the region, and even across the Atlantic Ocean, to the National Mall to celebrate Earth Day as they listened to messages of hope and had fun in the sun.

The message was about climate change, protecting the environment and ending global poverty, the sun brought 80 degree temperatures and the music was provided Saturday by some of the biggest names in the music industry, Usher, No Doubt, Fall Out Boy, Mary J. Blige, Common and others.

The crowd included Kristina Norman from Great Britain.

“I am visiting here from the U.K.,” Norman aid. “We were just trying to walk around and see everything, and then someone told us about it. It’s such a gorgeous day. Everyone should be here.”

The event, which was streamed live using solar energy, was a joint initiative with the Global Poverty Project, an organization whose goal is to end extreme poverty, and other groups.

Several speakers also took the stage to share some of their thoughts on the

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The Earth Day Celebration at the National Mall was a joint initiative with the Global Poverty Project.

importance of Earth Day, including United Nations Secretary General Ban Kimoon, the president of the World Bank, im Yong Kim, actor Don Cheadle and the rock group Coldplay’s Chris Martin.

A crippled Usher hopped on the stage with golden crutch in tow and performed for the crowd despite just having surgery on his leg a few weeks ago. He told the crowd how important it is for people to educate themselves on the important issues affecting society.

“To end poverty, it starts, in my opinion, with an education about it,’’ he said.

Attendees were also asked to sign petitions going around for a scheduled December United Nations conference on climate change in Paris.

The event coincided with the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, which is officially observed on April 22, and the meetings at World Bank and International Monetary Fund Area residents, weather weary from one of the region’s most brutal winters, said they enjoyed the music

and the climate.

“I think this concert came right on time, and the weather was in accordance, perfect weather for a perfect cause,” Erica Watson said. “It can’t really get any better,” Erica Watson said.

Brittany Highland traveled from Manassas, Va., with her three small children to enjoy the concert, but also, she said, to teach her children about making a difference.

“My babies are so little, but I want to teach them that you have to make a difference in the world if you want to see change,” Highland said.

“This was a perfect blend of fun and education for us all.”

The rally also looked to help bring awareness to the U.N.’s sustainable development goal of eliminating poverty by 2030.

“Climate change is something that affects us all,” Highland said. “Even those of us who are older cannot deny how the weather has been changing. If you care anything about the generations to follow, you’d pick up a book and learn how to make a difference.”

process, you know, because he’s been around this his whole life.”

Barry said yes, he has had some bumps along the way, but he feels that he is the best to represent the ward given his background.

He said he plans to improve the school systems by investing more money into the extracurricular activities of school. It would also lower the crime rate among youth and they would have the resources to spend their time on more productive activities, he said.

“I want to make sure that they have a full school experience instead of just their report card,” he said. “I want to put more money into the band, athletic equipment, ROTC exchange programs, so that when the child wants to go to college, they actually have a resume.”

Barry said he also has a particular interest in public housing, a hot issue in Ward 8 with the imminent destruction of the Barry Farms public housing. It’s demolition will displace 400 residents to move.

Barry said he wants to create more job opportunities for the residents.

“This is where former slaves and the children of slaves established their first homes and businesses,” he said. “I would like to see Ward 8 stay predominantly black and at the same time, develop a strong middle class with black-owned businesses.”

Some who have been longtime observers of Ward 8 politics said Barry’s campaign is “a joke.”

“You know it’s bad when the people who changed your diapers won’t vote for you,” said an attorney who has worked in the community.

Barry counters that he has a unique experience, seeing the issues of the ward and how they are dealt with since he was child.

“I have love for this city and I understand the importance of maintaining this community and developing a strong middle class,” he said.

There will be early voting on April 21 at Malcolm X Elementary School. General voting is on April 28.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION Chincoteague, Va. BREW ‘N’ QUE Chincoteague, Va. is having its first craft beer festival April 24 and April 25 at the Chincoteague Fairgrounds in Chincoteague, Va. The Saltwater Brew ‘N’ Que features a lineup of MidAtlantic artists, over a dozen regional breweries pouring unlimited tastings and a Kansas City BBQ Society Cook-off. Tickets are available online at www.saltwaterbrewnque.com.

Washington, D.C. 2015 Tots to Teens Expo Bring the whole family to the 2015 Tots to Teen Expo.

The free event will be held at the Washington Convention Center, located at 801 Mt. Vernon Place, N.W. D.C. on

April 25 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be activities for everyone including bumper cars, basketball games, face painting, kids Zumba classes, live performances and more.

Visit http://www.thebetterfamily.com/join-us-for-fun/ for more information.

DC Community Heritage Project Grant Apply for the DC Community Heritage Project Grant

by May 8. The DCCHP is a partnership between the Humanities Council and the DC Historic Preservation Office. This program is designed to provide funding and support to community leaders interested in preserving the history, architecture, and collective memory of their neighborhoods. The DCCHP is local history at a grassroots level, placing control of the narrative in the hands of those who create it. These grants are awarded in mid-June, and the final product is due in October. In December, each DCCHP grantees present their work at the DC Community Heritage Project Showcase and Symposium, a public event celebrating historic preservation in Washington, DC. Past grantees have produced documentary films, oral history projects, digital archives, walking tours, and many other types of educational materials.

For more information and to apply, visit: http:// www.wdchumanities.org/humanities-programs/the-dc-

community-heritage-project/.

Upper Marlboro, Md. The Maryland Black Mayors Gala The Maryland Black Mayors organization will host its annual fundraising gala on May 1 at Camelot by Martin’s, located at 13905 Old Central Ave. in Upper Marlboro, Md. at 7 p.m. The event will celebrate community leaders and raise capital needed to fund academic scholarships Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available at www.mbmhonorsgala.com or call 202-670-7494 for more information.

Crystal City, Va. 2015 Black Alumni Networking Expo The Black Alumni Networking Expo will be held at the Ronald Reagan HYATT Hotel, located at 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway in Crystal City, Va. on July 25 from 11:00 a.m.4:00 p.m. The Black Alumni Networking Expo is an annual event founded to foster a networking environment for the Black Professionals in the Greater Washington, DC area. This event aims to give black professionals and organizations the opportunity to promote their missions, expand their reach, and broaden their network in a business casual, enjoyable, and social environment. Please visit the website www. blackalumninetworkingexpo.com for a recap of last year’s event and for additional information.

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Veteran Moves Battlefield to Ice Rink D.C. Fire Offers Free them I was keeping it, and I still have it,” Gatson said.

After several surgeries, a Nearly five years after frame-like device known as losing his left leg, index an external fixator was placed finger and thumb in combat, on his right leg to stabilize the retired Army Sgt. Kevin bones, thus allowing Gatson Gatson is still a warrior, but to retain his leg. Although he his field of battle has changed.

Kevin Gatson was able to keep his leg, he It once was Afghanistan. lost his ability to play sports, Now it is a hockey rink. because doctors said that the Gatson, a member of the risk of further injury to his leg an outlet and an environment veterans include basketball, Army for over 17 years, is a was too high. that helps veterans make a baseball, skiing, sailing and member USA Warriors, an “There were several sports smooth transition into life golf. One private program, ice hockey team made up of teams I wanted to try, but I outside of the war zone.

Warfighters Sports, says it has kept getting told no because disabled veterans. Gatson “I personally did not enrolled 8,200 veterans. and his teammates play a of the frame,” he explained. need the team for coping The Department of game called sled hockey, in After a year with the purposes,” said Gatson, who Veterans Administrations has which players sit on a sled frame, Gatson was told about instead of a hockey skating. clinic where Like other disabled regular veterans hockey learned to players, play hockey. they wear That brought shoulder pads, Gatson to the helmets and ice hockey face masks. program.

But instead Hockey of a long was the first hockey stick, team to allow each carried Gatson to two shorter participate, versions, one but it was in each hand. far from the At one end of Mississippi each stick is native’s go-to a version of sport. a regular ice “When hockey blade.

I first heard At the about the Courtesy Photos clinic, it other are metal “picks” Retired Army Sgt. Kevin Gatson, left and his team mates play a game called sled hockey. wasn’t that bite into something the ice and I was into,” allow players he said. “but to propel themselves across I thought I’d give it a shot. lives in Bethesda, Md. “My a broad array of winter and the ice with surprising speed.

Once I tried it, I found it to be injuries never really bothered spring programs for veterans.

The team has been around something I liked.” he said. me. I came from a good Gatson, was on patrol for six years, and offers Many like Gatson, crave family and I have faith in with his unit in Afghanistan players a chance to forget a team environment. Gatson God. I knew that I was still in 2010 when a bomb the about their wounds and joined the hockey team alive, and that’s all that really military calls an improvised injuries for a while. The team because to him, it provided an mattered to me. explosive device, or IED, is funded by donations and environment similar to that of “But I can definitely see exploded, severely injuring travels the Northeast playing a military unit. how it can be that for others.” him and other members of his other teams of players with “You’re a part of a team Many disabled, returning team. various disabilities. when you’re in the military veterans are not as fortunate.

Doctors amputated his left and in the rink it’s the same There are several adaptive Many struggle with leg, and his right was also in sports teams designed to thing. There’s a mission and depression, PTSD and jeopardy. help disabled veterans, in you need a team to accomplish adapting back into society.

“They wanted to amputate that mission, or else you particular, with coping and Sports programs for disabled my right leg too, but I told recovery. The teams provide probably won’t succeed.”

By Jacquelyn Johnson Howard University News Service

“They wanted to amputate my right leg too, but I told them I was keeping it, and I still have it.”

National Action Network

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Alarms Following Fatal Blaze

By Sarafina Wright Howard University News Service

The District of Columbia Fire Department and Emergency Medical Service offered to install fire alarms in the homes of Colombia Heights and Parkview residents for free after an 81-year-old woman died an unknown man was injured in a blaze and in the northwest Washington neighborhoods.

The fatal fire occurred earlier this month in the 1000 block of Kenyon Street.

Alysia Taylor, chief of staff for the DCFD and EMS, made the offer recently during an Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting for the northwest Washington neighborhoods. The free alarms are part of the A’Sia Sutton Smoke Alarm Giveaway and Installation Program.

“The program allows all residents in the district to receive a free fire alarm and installation,” Taylor told those gathered at the meeting.

“It was important for us to come out to this community and offer residents help with fire prevention.”

It is standard practice for D.C. Fire & EMS to visit communities that have been affected by fires, Taylor said.

Additionally, Inspector Thomas Burr, a 23-year veteran, gave residents fundamental tips on fire safety.

“A lot of fire code violations are behavioral,” Burr said, “things like unmanageable storage, faulty electrical appliances, extension cords without surge protectors and so on. We try to be proactive, so that loss of life and property will be minimized.”

Burr also encouraged residents to monitor their smoke alarms. It remains imperative to have a dual smoke/carbon monoxide alarm on each floor of a home, he said. Families should also have an escape plan as well as a distinguished meeting place, he added.

“We only install fire alarms through the program, however, we encourage residents, if they can to purchase the dual alarms, and we will install those free of charge,” he said.

Burr warned the residents not to make the same mistake as Rodney Todd, a single father who was found dead with his seven children of carbon monoxide poisoning in their Princess Anne, Md., home. Todd was using a generator to heat the home after the electrical power in the hoe was shut off, police said.

“That is why it is important to get the dual fire alarms,” Burr said. “These alarms work even if the home has no power, because it is battery operated.” We’re all about prevention. We want to arrive on the scene before the fire.”

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that between1999 – 2010 there were an average of 430 deaths each year due to carbon monoxide poisoning, and the National Fire Protection Association reports that between 2007 and 2011, home fires caused an average of 2,570 deaths annually.

Johnny Williams, 64, does not have a need for a free smoke detector, but as president of a seniors’ apartment building, he has concerns for his residents who are hearing impaired.

“My concerns are about the elderly and seniors who suffer from loss of hearing – and who won’t be able to hear the beeping,” Williams said. “I would like for the fire alarm program to include LED fire alarms that flash when it is going off.”

attention to the clip caused previously planned conference for more police accountability. sessions to be even more emotional and relevant, symbolizing “Stand with me to have the governor sign an executive ongoing issues in communities of color nationwide and order to have a special prosecutor for these types of cases,” Ms. amplifying the need for racial healing and police accountability. Bell told attendees. “During my son’s trial I watched what was poor Whites as well. And they wanted order. They didn’t want “You can’t watch that as a human being and not feel pain,” happening. They were badgering witnesses. We need a special somebody peeing on their front steps. They wanted that taken New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said standing next to the prosecutor.” care of.”

Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of NAN, at the convention’s opening A panel of law enforcement officers and community The broken windows theory debated on during the NAN ribbon-cutting event. “It makes no sense, according to what our activists spoke after the victim’s family. Many topics were conference was the main topic of a 1982 article by Kelling and core notions of humanity and decency and justice are.” discussed, but special focus was placed on the “broken window James Wilson. The two professors postulated that addressing Following Mayor de Blasio’s comments, NAN held theory.” minor disorders in communities is key to deterring major two panel sessions further highlighting the commonly felt One of the authors of that theory, George Kelling was crime. Naysayers – including those on NAN’s panel – attribute perception: The “Police Brutality Panel – The Impact of Police also on the panel. He defended it saying, “I’ve learned my this theory to a drive toward numbers and to the increase in Brutality – The Victims Speak” and the “Police Policy Panel – lessons sitting in living rooms and church basements, talking incarceration of Black men, instances of police brutality, and Fighting Crime Without Suspending Rights.” to citizens, many of them African-American or Hispanic, many discriminatory practices.

In the sessions, the pain alluded to “One of the things that we know is that by de Blasio was both expressed from the police are operating out of production victims of recent acts of police violence goals and most of those production goals in one panel, and addressed by current are negative,” said founder and CEO of law enforcement officers and community Street Corner Resources, and panelist, activists in the other.

Iesha Sekou.

“Sometimes I just feel so lost,” Sekou continued, “We can’t just talk widow to slain Eric Garner, Esaw Snipes, about what’s on paper and there is no real exclaimed to a crowd of hundreds. “It’s application in the community. You talk to been nine months and I haven’t been able officers about what should be done, but to shake it, sometimes I just want to give they get in the community and they do what up.” they want to do. We have to make sure that Snipes was not alone in her feelings what is on paper is actually applied in the of despair and anguish. Also on the panel community and we hold them accountable to share their stories were mother to for that.” slain Sean Bell, Valerie Bell; father to Throughout the conference, Sharpton slain Sean Bell, William Bell; mother to was critical of law enforcement while slain Eric Garner, Gwen Carr; father to maintaining that collaboration is necessary John Crawford, III, John Crawford, Jr; to prohibit instances of injustice. He said mother to slain Michael Brown, Lesley his focus is also on expanding civil rights McSpadden; and mother to slain Tamir (including the right to vote), access to Rice, Samaria Rice. education for all students, and criminal As celebrity life coach and inspirational justice reform. As an organization, NAN speaker, IyanlaVanzant moderated the is pushing for police officers to wear body conversation, each victim’s family member cameras nationwide, and recently launched explained how life has unfolded following a hunger strike campaign in support of the tragic incidents. Some provided AP Photo Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama’s anecdotal stories about the past few nominee for U.S. Attorney General who Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during the 16th National Action Network’s annual national convention months and year(s), and others implored awaits confirmation. opening April 8 in New York. the crowd to join them in advocacy efforts

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Congressional Report Shows Economic Lag Among Blacks • The median income of African American households is $34,600—nearly $24,000 less than the median income of White households ($58,300).

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent African Americans struggle far behind White Americans on most measures of economic well-being, according to a recent congressional report.

The report, created by Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, revealed that Black Americans face a range of economic challenges, including disproportionately high rates of poverty, unemployment and long-term unemployment as well as significantly lower incomes and slower wealth accumulation than White households.

“Today’s report detailing the disparities that African Americans face comes as no surprise to those who experience the reality of such inequities in their daily lives,” Congressman G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said in a statement. “This report sheds light not only on the state of affairs for Blacks in America but on the country as a whole and the divide that has persisted for generations due in large part to our country’s history of racial divide, oppression and lack of access.”

Key findings in the report show:

• The median net worth of White households is 13 times the level for Black households.

• Blacks are almost three times more likely to live in poverty than Whites.

• At 10.1 percent, the current unemployment rate for black Americans is double the rate for White Americans.

• Black Americans currently face an unemployment rate that is higher than the highest national unemployment rate ever reached during the recent recession.

“The numbers are stark, they are troubling and they are unacceptable,” said Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), ranking Democrat on the Joint Economic bing.com Committee. “What’s especially concerning is that the already-large racial gap in household wealth has grown even wider since the recession. This report is a powerful, sobering reminder that policymakers must do more to open doors of opportunity for African Americans.”

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The Afro-American, April 25, 2015 - May 1, 2015

Anniversary of Nigerian School-girl Kidnappings Brings Renewed Conviction to Fight

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO “When I came to America, I [found] that American people say ‘Give me liberty or give me death.’ When I heard that, I remember the time I decided to jump out of the truck that I’d rather die than live,” said Saa, one of roughly

and holding placards of protest to acknowledge the one-year anniversary of the kidnappings, and encourage the world to continue the fight to bring the remaining girls home to their families.

Though outpourings of concerns and demands for justice have yet to yield the desired results, Wilson said

“We have not forgotten the girls and the world must not forget about them.”

– U.S. Rep. Frederica S. Wilson

50 Nigerian schoolgirls able to escape Boko Haram militants who had taken siege of her school and forced over 267 of her classmates into bondage.

Saa stood courageously alongside her fellow classmate, Patience, U.S. Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (Fla-24), and a small group of politicians and supporters dressed in red

she hopes to reinvigorate the call to justice that made the #BringBackOurGirls campaign a global effort.

“My colleagues and I have convened this press conference along with advocates committed to this movement to send a clear message: We have not forgotten the girls and the world must not forget about them,” Wilson said. “I will continue to call attention to the

atrocities committed by Boko Haram, call for the return of the kidnapped girls, and hold Nigeria’s leaders accountable.”

Opposed to Western education that includes instruction for girls, the militant group reportedly took siege of the Chibok Government Girls Secondary school, and forced the girls into waiting trucks. “This crime has rightly caused outrage both in Nigeria and across the world. Today is a time to reflect on the pain and suffering of the victims, their friends and families. Our thoughts and prayers, and that of the whole Nigerian nation, are with you,” Nigeria’s President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari said in a statement.

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) said that the year since the Chibok kidnapping has been long and heartbreaking and it is important for the world to know that – even a year later – the girls have not been forgotten.

“These girls were abducted from their school because they were seeking an education. No girl or young woman should have to choose

AP File Photo

Demonstrators call on the government to rescue the 276 missing kidnapped school girls of a government secondary school in Nigeria, May 5, 2014. between their education and the threat of violence or modern day slavery. We must recommit ourselves to ensuring access to an education for all and ending human trafficking in all its forms,” Lee said. “Not only is this a Nigerian problem, it is a world crisis.”

Boko Haram’s reign of

terror has impacted nearly 1.5 million people, displacing them from their homes and separating thousands of school children from their families. Still, those like U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, (D-N.Y.) insists the fight against Boko Haram continue as a human rights imperative. “[The Schoolgirls] have

spent the last year in horrific conditions, married off to their captors. We must seek to bring these terrorists to justice so that other women cannot be hurt by their savage acts. We cannot accept a world where horrific acts are carried out against young girls just because they want an education,” Maloney said.

Baltimore Demonstrators

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of the rally’s organizers, as he called on those in the crowd to raise their hands. “It’s a sign of strength, of one unity and one commitment that we will not rest until we get justice for Freddie Gray.

“The world is watching,” Bryant said. “The world is watching, and the world needs to see that Black Baltimore is unified.”

Gray was taken into custody April 12 after police “made eye contact” with him and another man in an area known for drug activity, police said, and both men started running. Gray was handcuffed and put in a transport van. At some point during his roughly 30-minute ride, the van was stopped and Gray’s legs were shackled when an officer felt he was becoming “irate,” police said.

Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said Gray asked for an inhaler and then several times asked for medical care. He was eventually rushed to a hospital.

“The world is watching, and the world needs to see that Black Baltimore is unified.”

– Pastor Jamal Bryant Gray died Sunday — a week after his arrest — of what police described as “a significant spinal injury.”

Exactly how he was injured and what happened in the van is still not known.

Demonstrators called for answers, accountability and a change to how they say people in inner-city Baltimore are treated by officers patrolling the neighborhood.

Pricilla Jackson carried a sign reading, “Convict Freddie’s killers,” that listed the names of the six officers suspended with pay while local and federal authorities investigate the death. Jackson, who is black, said she wants Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to know that she and others have been brutalized by police.

“They’re hurting us when they throw us to the ground and kick us and punch us,” said Jackson, 53.

As night began to fall, the crowd gathered outside of the Western District station house and held candles in front of banners that read, “Black Lives Matter, Stop Police Terror.”

“How many of you have a Freddie Gray in your family?” shouted one demonstrator at a line of police officers outside of the station. “How many of you have lost a child, a brother?”

Another demonstration is planned for Wednesday evening at the site of Gray’s arrest, and on Thursday protesters are expected to gather outside City Hall.

Williams

Continued from A1 April 28 and Williams wants her neighbors to know she is the best candidate for the position.

“I am running because I see the struggles and opportunities of our ward,” Williams said. “My candidacy represents a unifying factor that is the key to the forward progress for all Ward 8 residents. Better education and training leads to better employment, which leads to a better quality of life for our entire Ward 8 community.”

Williams is the former vice president for public relations and communications for the United Medical Center and has served as the communications director for the man she wants to replace on the council: Marion S. Barry. In 2011, she ran for the president of the Ward 8 Democrats with Barry’s support and in 2012, she ran against her former boss for his council seat.

Williams was elected as the Ward 8 Democrats president in September 2013 and she didn’t hesitate to put her mark on the organization. She has had public conflicts with the organization’s second vice president, Trayon White, who is the ward’s former D.C. State Board of Education member and a candidate for Barry’s seat, and Markus Batchelor, who served as the interim president of the Ward 8 Democrats from JulySeptember 2013 because the president, the Rev. Joyce Scott, stepped down.

At one point, the D.C. Democratic State Committee, of which Williams is a member, was involved in trying to resolve the conflicts she had with dissenting members. However, Williams said that controversy sometimes comes with leadership.

“Leadership is not always comfortable,” she said. “I wanted to move this organization to a place where it is relevant and represented in the ward and across the city. Sometimes you make hard choices and it requires that you operate in a manner that suggests you say what you mean and mean what you say.”

Mary Cuthbert, a veteran, tough-talking commissioner, has publicly disagreed with Williams’s decisions as the Ward 8 Democrats president. Cuthbert thinks that Williams shouldn’t represent the ward on the council.

“Natalie Williams is a carpet bagger,” Cuthbert, who is supporting Barry’s son, Marion C. Barry, for the council seat, said. “She’s only lived in the ward for five years when there are some people who are running that have lived and worked here for many years. Other than Natalie, how has she helped anybody else?”

The Rev. Anthony Motley, who was a strong political ally of Marion S. Barry, shocked some when he opted to support Williams instead of Marion C. Barry. “Natalie Williams is very thoughtful and a progressive-minded person,” Motley said. “She is a professional and is a capable and compassionate individual who will represent the ward well if given a chance.”

Ward 8 D.C. State Board of Education member Tierra Jolly, the only other ward-elected politician, is voting for Williams, too. “Natalie is committed to investing in the future of our children by working with education representatives and supporting policies and programs designed to improve the lives and educational outcomes of our children,” Jolly said.

On Feb. 28, Williams won the important DC Women in Politics Ward 8 Straw Poll, which had her competing against the other female candidates in the race.

While Williams has fought battles in the public arena, she recently took on a personal one: breast cancer. “When I was running for the council in 2012, I missed two doctor

Hilary O. Shelton, the NAACP Washington Bureau director and senior vice president for advocacy, sent out an action alert on April 21 to its members stating that a vote on Lynch is tentatively set for April 23. Shelton advised NAACP members to call their senators to demand

in that body who, according to his spokesman, has not announced his decision on Lynch’s nomination.

Later that day, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was joined by members of the Congressional Black Caucus and leaders of civil rights organizations

“Natalie Williams is a carpet beggar.”

– Mary Cuthbert appointments,” Williams said. “When I went to the doctor, I took a mammogram which revealed a cancerous lump in my left breast. Instead of having that breast removed, I decided to have both removed.”

Williams said that she went through chemotherapy and “lost weight, lost hair, and lost friends but I didn’t lose faith.”

The breast cancer ordeal convinced her to start a foundation, the Natalie Williams Breast Care Foundation, which educates women of color about the importance of breast cancer screenings.

“We have changed the lives of thousands of women by encouraging them to get tested regularly and to maintain their health,” she said.

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Judiciary Committee by a 12-8 vote. All of the Democrats on the committee supported her nomination and three Republicans, Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) voted for her also.

Lynch has also gained the support of Sens. Susan

Collins (R-Maine) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.). Former Republican New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, a harsh critic of Obama, supports Lynch also.

It is believed by civil rights groups and political observers that Lynch has enough votes to win confirmation.

they vote “yes” on Lynch.

On April 22, member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity marched to the Senate office buildings to visit senators in support of Lynch. The fraternity members made it a point to go to the office of Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the only Black Republican

called for a quick vote on Lynch. Even D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) weighed in on the matter responding to a tweet from House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.).

“My friend Steny Hoyer has it right,” the mayor tweeted on April 21. “It is time for the Senate to confirm Lynch.”

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Transforming Our Wish For Healing Into Action April is National Minority Health Month, a time each year when Americans of Color are encouraged to give special consideration to preserving our families’ health — and the health of our nation.

As a call to action, we are reminded of former Surgeon General David Satcher’s finding that more than 886,000 premature deaths could have been prevented during the 1990s if African Americans had received the same health care as White Americans.

We have made some progress Elijah Cummings in challenging minority health disparities since then, especially during the Administrations of Presidents Clinton and Obama. However, in the final analysis, health is more than a relative goal.

Life or death is not a relative matter. It is an absolute.

We either make our health a top priority — or we do not.

National policies either help us to sustain our lives and the lives of those we love — or they do not.

These are the core messages of National Minority Health Month.

Here in our home town of Baltimore, widely acknowledged as one of the world’s great medical centers, our continued struggle for better health has even greater poignancy this year as we remember the accomplishments of two of our community’s most prominent healers.

The medical careers of two renowned African American physicians, Dr. Elijah Saunders of the University of Maryland and Dr. Levi Watkins of Johns Hopkins, exemplified the vision for better health attributed to the Roman philosopher, Seneca the Younger.

“The wish for healing has always been half of health.”

The wish for healing was central to the mission of these departed giants of medicine — but only part of their legacy. The more important half of their gifts to us was their well-informed and effective actions on our behalf.

Dr. Elijah Saunders gained international acclaim for his groundbreaking efforts to inform us about the impact of hypertension on African Americans’ survival and the interaction of diabetes, heart attacks and stroke.

Dr. Saunders is also remembered, however, for his extraordinary efforts to reach out to patients in medically-underserved neighborhoods – bringing world-class healing into the inner, inner city.

Dr. Levi Watkins made history as the first African American to serve as chief resident of cardiac surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital – and in 1980, he became the first surgeon to install an automatic defibrillator in a human heart.

Less well known were his tireless efforts to expand the number of minority medical students at Johns Hopkins and help them succeed.

I was grateful to have Elijah Saunders and Levi Watkins as friends — and as my teachers in public health policy. During our many conversations over the years, I learned from them that improving our nation’s public health must be driven by three major forces.

First, we must expand access to affordable, high-quality health care. This is the mission of our Affordable Care Act (“ObamaCare”).

Second, we must sustain and increase our public investment in medical research. We doubled our public commitment nearly a decade ago, but since that time, public funding has remained flat – a critical issue in our current national budgetary debates.

Finally, we must lead and sustain a national movement toward healthier lifestyles on the part of the American people.

When our First Lady encourages us to eat healthy foods, exercise regularly and show up for the doctor’s appointments that can detect dangerous conditions early, she is not playing a game. Michelle Obama is doing everything she can to help us prolong our lives.

Consider this.

Since the 1990s of Dr. Hatcher’s report, we have made important progress toward helping Americans live longer and more vital lives — especially, in combatting the two most deadly health challenges: heart disease and cancer.

Yet, it is far too soon to declare victory.

Despite all of our advances, more than 69,000 African Americans will die prematurely of heart disease this year; and more than 64,000 of us will die of cancer.

In Washington, I remind my Republican colleagues of these harsh facts, asking them why they continue to attack our expansion of health insurance and why they are not willing to invest more public funds in the medical research that will save lives.

I try to drive home the fact that their constituents are dying prematurely as well: nearly a million White Americans die each year from heart disease and cancer combined.

To be fair, some Republicans do understand the economics of life and death. To their credit, Representatives Matt Salmon of Arizona and Kevin Yoder of Kansas have both called for significant funding increases for the National Cancer Institute. The Republicans’ budget proposals, however, do not.

They should take a lesson from my teachers, Dr. Elijah Saunders and Dr. Levi Watkins, and their own more enlightened members.

Our wish for healing is important, but only constructive actions save lives.

Congressman Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.

A Young Sister ‘Hashtagged’ Me Out of My Silo When a colleague dropped the line, “You can’t hashtag your way to freedom,” I loved it! I laughed out loud, and promised that I’d not borrow the line, but steal it because I was so enamored of it. I’ve used it quite a few times since then, and gotten my share of grins and guffaws. So I used it again and again, always getting the same reaction.

Imagine my surprise, then, when Frenchie Davis, 35, the Howard University alumna who burst onto the music scene with her 2003 turn on “American Idol,” took me to school by Julianne Malveaux telling me she thought my remark was “condescending.” I didn’t mean to be condescending, just to make the point that there is a difference between tweeting and fighting for change. Hashtags are not votes. Even if a million people hashtagged #bringbackourgirls, the hundreds of Nigerian young women abducted by Boko Haram are still missing.

Frenchie Davis thought my glib remark dismissed a form of communication that young people find effective, a form of communication that raises their awareness. She is right to point out that electronic and social media is far more consequential today than it was just a decade ago, and that her generation relies on social media more heavily than it does traditional media. While many people of my Baby Boomer generation use electronic media, we are not as

immersed in it as younger folks are.

Reality check. The median age of the African American recorded in the 2000 Census was 30.4, compared to the national mean of 34.4.

As of 2013, the mean age of U.S. born Blacks was 29, compared to a national mean of 37. That means the average African American is closer in age to Frenchie Davis than to to me.

Members of that generation – too often disdained by their elders for their work ethic, commitment to civil rights, or style of dress – are the ones who will propel the Civil Rights Movement into the future. So Sister Frenchie was right to call me on my snarly/funny remark about hashtagging to freedom. If the hashtag takes you to a conversation, and that takes you to action, then the hashtag may be a step in the right direction.

My conversation with Frenchie Davis took place when I moderated a panel on “Race, Justice, and Change,” as part of the Washington, D.C. Emancipation Day commemoration. By way of background, the Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 paid the owners of 3,100 slaves $300 each to emancipate them; for the past decade D.C. commemorates this day with an official holiday.

The other panelists, Malik Yoba, Doug E. Fresh, and Mali Music, are, like Davis, socially and politically active artists, who are also concerned with ways to increase involvement in civil rights matters. Mali Music, 27, was the youngest member of the panel. His comments about young Black male alienation offered an important perspective in a conversation structured to address voting, policing, and organizing. I’d not heard of the Grammy Award nominee before, which perhaps reveals the generational silo I occupy.

I’m uncomfortable in my silo. Uncomfortable with how easy it is to join a conversation about generational differences without embracing generational similarities. “Back in the day,” a phrase I

probably should use much less, many of our radio shows or stations were called “The Drum,” after the drumbeat form of communication.

Hashtag can rightly be seen as another word for drum. And getting out of my silo, it’s important that drummers (or hashtaggers) both teach and learn.

How do we get young people involved in the Civil Rights Movement? Many already are involved – check them out at #Blacklivesmatter. More than conversation, this communication has galvanized tens of thousands to stay focused on continued police violence and the attacks on Black life. The hashtag has connected people planning marches and protests. That’s involvement.

Are we insisting that young people be involved in the movement as we know it? New organizations and movements are emerging, and some younger folks won’t embrace or engage in organizations they consider irrelevant. Has anyone marketed the contemporary Civil Rights Movement to younger African Americans? Do we feel that we need to? Do we expect people to show up (where?) and roll their sleeves up, task undefined?

How do we get young people involved? Ask them. Sit back and listen, really listen, to their reply. And understand that there are some, not so young, who may also need a nudge to get involved.

I am energized, enlightened, and privileged when I am pushed out of my silo. I am grateful to Frenchie Davis, Malik Yoba, Mali Music and Doug E. Fresh for helping me connect the drums with the hashtags. The generational conversation is engaging, frustrating, and effervescent. It is an essential part of our movement for social and economic justices, and its many definitions and experiences.

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington-based writer and economist.

She can be reached at www.juliannemalveaux.com.

Proof that the Supreme Court Got it Wrong in Shelby When the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act nearly two years ago in Shelby County v. Holder, many of us suspected that Chief Justice John Roberts in particular was distorting the severity of voting violations in jurisdictions covered by the act.

As a popular GEICO commercial says, now we know.

We now know because of extensive research conducted by William R. Kenan Jr., a professor at the California Institute of Technology, titled, “Do the Facts George E. Curry of Voting Rights Support Chief Justice Roberts’ Opinion in Shelby County?”

By a vote of 5-4, the Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional Section 4 of the law that requires certain jurisdictions with a proven history of racial discrimination to pre-clear any changes in their elections – such as redistricting, annexations and switching to at-large elections – with either the Justice Department or the federal District Court in Washington, D.C. Despite renewals of the Voting Rights Act by Congress in 1970, 1975, 1982 and a 25-year extension in 2006, Roberts contended that the preclearance provision was no longer needed.

Writing for the majority, Roberts said, “…. But history did not end in 1965. By the time the Act was reauthorized in 2006, there had been 40 more years of it. In assessing the ‘current need’ for a preclearance system that treats States differently from one another today, that history cannot be ignored. During that time, largely because of the Voting Rights Act, voting tests were abolished, disparities in voter registration and turnout due to race were erased, and African-Americans attained political office in record numbers.

And yet the coverage formula that Congress reauthorized in 2006 ignores these developments, keeping the focus on decades-old data relevant to decades-old problems, rather than current data reflecting current needs.”

However, as Kenan points out in his research, “Neither the Chief Justice nor any scholars or civil rights proponents or opponents have systematically examined the evidence on the entire pattern of proven voting rights violations over time and space.”

Kenan examined the issue by compiling what he called the largest such database in existence, including numerous maps to make his point.

“Congress in 2006 was not presented with maps or other documents that laid out the pattern of proven voting rights infractions so starkly, but it received plentiful evidence in the form of lists and discussions of cases that showed that the problems were still overwhelmingly concentrated in the South and that discrimination continued to be widespread,” he wrote.

“And the map would have shown that the number of voting rights infractions had increased, not decreased, compared to the earlier

period.”

Kenan explained, “An objective observer in 2006 comparing the number and location of all successful voting rights events in the period since the last renewal in 1982 with the events of the years from 1957 to 1981 would conclude that Section 5 needed to be renewed, and that the coverage scheme still fit the problem remarkably well, hitting the target about 94% of the time. Even among Section 2 cases, which could be filed anywhere in the country, 83.2% of the successful cases from 1982 through 2005 originated in covered jurisdictions.”

Roberts was joined by the court’s conservative majority, including Clarence Thomas. As usual, Thomas asked no questions during the proceedings. In his concurring opinion, he stated, “I join the Court’s opinion in full but write separately to explain that I would find Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional as well.”

That comes as no surprise. But what did come as a surprise, as I have written here, was that the National Black Chamber of Commerce (not to be confused with the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.), established by Harry C. Alford and his wife, Kay, filed a brief in support of Shelby County mirroring the objections raised by John Roberts.

George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA) and can be reached through www.georgecurry. com, or on Twitter and Facebook.

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The National Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter School held its 2015 Sankofa Ball with young men and women gracing the ballroom in their formal attire, engaging in an evening of fun, singing and dancing while exercising good etiquette. According to its founder and executive director, Jennifer Ross, the goal of the school is to create life-long learners and give them the tools they need to succeed in college and beyond. Special guests included Jim Vance, NBC4 news anchor.

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Jennifer L. Ross; founder/ executive director

Students Nia Walton

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Garry Anderson Jr.

Jennifer L. Ross, founder/ executive director; Dianne Brown, chief academic officer; Alison Mayas, board chair

...then the gentlemen recited poems

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Christina Eaglin, MMPP; Jim Vance, NBC4; Jennifer L. Ross, founder/executive director After party

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The Northern Virginia Chapter of the National Hampton Alumni Association(NHAA) held its Annual Scholarship Gala at the Sheraton Hotel in Arlington, Va. on March 21. The NOVA Chapter has awarded over $200,000 in scholarships to local students attending Hampton University, established an endowed Alumni Kirk and Kay Weems

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Chapter President Willie Williams presents award to chapter Treasurer Rashemah Malloy

scholarship at the university named for founders James A. and Lelia Freeman, and distinguished itself by its service to the community and the university. Hampton University Alumni and friends had a festive evening that featured, a silent auction, an address by the National Alumni President, Dorothy Lee-Murray and plenty of dancing.

Alumni Sue and Josey Briggs and Monica Lee

Alumni Dyanne Baldwin, Victoria Saunders, Kim Daleny, Beverly Uzzle and Norleta

Hampton Alum and Board of Trustee Member James T. George and wife, Juliette

Joe Nickens Emeritus Class Alumnus Deborah Wright and Guests

NHAA President Dorothy Lee-Murray

Chapter President Willie Williams presents award to Gala Committee Chair Judith Vaughn

NHAA Vice Pres Dyanne Baldwin

Joe Briggs, Emeritus Class Chapter Vice Pres Michelle Hudgins

Hamptonians and friends

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HBCU NEWS

Lincoln University Senior Katrina Springer Earns Prestigious Rangel Fellowship Lincoln University senior Katrina Springer was awarded a Rangel Program Director. “During her time at the Lincoln 2015 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship last University, she demonstrated outstanding scholarship, month following a highly competitive nationwide contest. leadership and commitment to service. These experiences The Rangel Fellowship, funded by the U.S. Department bode well for her success in graduate school and in the of State and managed by the Ralph J. Bunche International Foreign Service. I look forward to seeing all that she will Affairs Center at Howard University, supports extraordinary accomplish in her career.” individuals who want to pursue a career in the U.S. Foreign An aspiring Foreign Services officer, Springer has focused Service. on international travel and exposure to foreign culture “I am really excited to have been selected as a Rangel through participation in Semester at Sea, the 2014 U.S.-China Fellow,” Springer said. “I have been working toward a Student Summit, the Middlebury Language Schools’ Summer career in the U.S. Foreign Service since my freshman year at Arabic Language Program, and a World Affairs Council of Lincoln, and receiving the fellowship affirms that my efforts Philadelphia internship while at Lincoln. She plans to pursue have paid off.” graduate studies in public diplomacy at Syracuse University.

Springer, a Syracuse, New York native and a firstThe Rangel Fellowship, which will provide Springer with generation American of Barbadian and Panamanian heritage, approximately $95,000 in benefits over a two-year period to Courtesy photo is the daughter of Joyce and Roberto Springer. The political pursue a master’s degree in international affairs, also affords The Rangel Fellowship will provide Katrina Springer science major, who is completing a minor in international the opportunity to work for a member of Congress on foreign with approximately $95,000 in benefits over a two-year relations, has participated in student government as a class affairs issues this summer. period to pursue a master’s degree in international senator, and executive board member of the Horace Mann The following summer in 2016, the U.S. Department of affairs.

Bond Honors Program and Thurgood Marshall Pre-Law State will send her overseas to work in a U.S. Embassy to Society. get hands-on experience with U.S. foreign policy and the work of the Foreign Service. After “We are thrilled that Katrina will be joining the Rangel Program,” said Patricia Scroggs, completing her master’s degree, Springer will become a U.S. diplomat.

Hampton University Receives Grant for Professional Development Program

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Dr. Isai T. Urasa, Chair of the Chemistry Department, Dr. Vanessa Thaxton-Ward Hampton Museum curator, and Valinda Carroll, Manager of the Hampton Preservation Department.

The Hampton University Department of Chemistry has been awarded a $225,728 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a project designed to assist science teachers in the Hampton City School system to develop laboratory activities.

N.C. A&T to Lead $5 Million Project on Unmanned Vehicles A research team led by North Carolina A&T State University will develop control systems for a new dimension in battlefield strategy: large teams of unmanned vehicles.

The five-year project will expand the use of autonomous vehicles, such as drones, to a larger scale and more diverse missions. It will be funded by a $5 million grant from the U.S. Air Force.

The vision is to manage future battlefields with autonomous vehicles working together in the air, on the ground, on the water and/or underwater. The vehicles could be controlled remotely by human operators or they could maneuver autonomously in complex environments. Teams of autonomous vehicles working in concert with soldiers, sailors and fliers would be capable of a variety of cooperative missions, such as surveillance and reconnaissance.

“The concept of systems of vehicles is new,” says Dr. Abdollah Homaifar, Duke Energy Eminent Professor of computer engineering at N.C. A&T and leader of the project. “It’s about teaming and cooperation among the autonomous vehicles.

“Teams of these vehicles could provide an advantage on the battlefield, but we need to learn how to move beyond controlling, for example, one drone at a time, and how they can work together. These are complex systems that will operate together in extreme conditions.”

The funding will allow N.C. A&T to establish a multi-disciplinary Center for Testing, Evaluation and Control of Heterogeneous LargeScale Autonomous Vehicles. A&T’s partners on the project will be the University of Texas at San Antonio and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, a national tribal community college, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The one-year pilot project titled “Inquiry-based learning using cultural heritage materials and other locally accessible resources: A professional development program for public school science teachers.” The project is designed to assist science teachers in the Hampton City School system to develop student-centered laboratory activities for their science curriculum. Six science teachers selected from three high schools in the city of Hampton will attend a series of monthly workshops during the school year, and a two-week summer institute where the teachers will design and test inquiry-based laboratory activities.

The pilot project is under the direction of principal investigator Dr. Isai T. Urasa, Professor and Chair of Chemistry and co-principal investigators Dr. Vanessa Thaxton-Ward HU Museum curator, and Mrs. Valinda Carroll, Manager of HU Preservation Department.

“The idea is to interject in laboratory instruction the critical elements of personal identity, relevance, and practical applications,” said Urasa.

The development of inquiry-based activities will be guided by the State of Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) for Science. These activities will also incorporate local resources including materials from the HU Museum and the preservation department; the Chesapeake Bay watershed; and faculty research programs.

“We are using examples from the library to show how we use science in our work,” said Carroll. “For example, we measure pH to detect acetic acid vapors from deteriorating photographic film. We also measure pH when we use alkaline solutions to preserve paper documents. Chemistry is an essential part of preservation, and this project provides an opportunity to explain real-world applications of science in a cultural heritage context.”

The teachers will return to their schools with one-to-two inquiry-based laboratory activities ready for implementation. Working together with their respective science curriculum leaders, the participating teachers will facilitate the adoption of inquiry-based laboratory activities at their respective schools. They will receive continual support, mentoring, and collaboration from HU science faculty. They will also be provided opportunities to pursue research interests in collaboration with HU faculty researchers.

“The long term goal is to establish a multi-year professional development program for local precollege science teachers that will serve as a vehicle for promoting and supporting STEM education in precollege schools,” said Urasa.

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ARTS & CULTURE

‘Blackbird’ Film Chronicles LGBT Coming-of-Age Tale

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO Coming-of-age stories remain the little darlings of Hollywood dramas. Highlighting teen angsts, peer pressure and the general insecurities associated with growing from childhood to adulthood, audiences easily relate to and embrace them. Few of Tinsel town’s efforts, however, have focused on the trials faced by African-American LGBT youth.

Director Patrik-Ian Polk’s Blackbird, offers a compassionate, often painful exploration of the sexual and religious identity confusion experienced by 17-year-old Randy Rousseau.

The story of a choirboy whose sexual desires for a fellow classmate cause him to

question his spirituality, Blackbird opens wide the dialogue on youth sexuality and maps out the undocumented narratives of countless members of the LGBT community.

Newcomer Julian Walker is powerful in his performance as Rousseau, demonstrating a level of compassion for both the execution and nuances of the script.

“There were a lot of things that I could relate to with Randy. Coming out to my family and religious issues that

“‘Blackbird’ is a film about the choices people are forced to make as they struggle to figure out how to be themselves.”

– Sidney Hicks

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Academy Award-winning actress Mo’Nique plays Claire in ‘Blackbird.’

I dealt with when I was a child …

I thought I was over it. I thought I wasn’t still holding on to memories or feelings of how I felt. But doing the film, it was like therapy getting over it,” Walker said.

Academy Award-winning actress Mo’Nique serves as the films’ executive producer with her husband Sidney Hicks, and said the story will have a monumental impact on the lives of young people struggling with sexual identity.

“It’s a story that will resonate profoundly in the hearts of many, and a story that I knew, if told correctly, would create a movement and bring about change to the lives of so many people, especially within the African-American and LGBT communities,” Mo’Nique said.

Mo’Nique plays Rousseau’s mother, Claire, a devout Christian, whose mental health is compromised following the disappearance of her daughter and estrangement of her husband, Lance, played by former Grey’s Anatomy

actor Isaiah Washington.

“Blackbird is a film about the choices people are forced to make as they struggle to figure out how to be themselves. And why should just being who you are be a struggle?” asked Hicks.

Based on Larry Duplechan’s 1986 novel by the same name, Blackbird was filmed in Hattiesburg, Miss., and takes on a type of Southern-gothic tone, using the Bible belt, its conservative core, and the ideological shaping of taboo sex as grotesque to reimagine what it means to go from child to adult, virginal to sexual. Rousseau’s sexuality is fashioned as much by what he feels as where he is, who society tells him he is, and the rejection he believes he will incur. Rousseau offers a multi-dimensional characterization by negotiating sexual discovery outside of common stereotypes.

Most importantly, Walker’s Rousseau is likeable. Audiences will want him to find love and happiness.

“No matter who you are or no matter what you choose to be with your life, you deserve love,” said Walker. “I hope everyone enjoys this beautiful film of love, understanding and the many trials teens face while figuring out who they really are.”

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Queen Latifah and Keke Palmer

Heavenly Sistahs Expound on Brotherly Love The “Brotherly Love” Interview

By Kam Williams Keke Palmer is a multi-talented actress, singer, songwriter and talk show host who made her screen debut at the age of 10 in Barbershop 2 before landing a breakout role a couple of years later as the title character in Akeelah and the Bee. The emerging ingenue has since embarked on an enviable showbiz career in film, on TV and in music while also finding time to give back to the community.

By contrast Oscar-nominee Queen Latifah (for Chicago) started out as a hip-hop artist before adding acting to her repertoire. She’s also proved to be a popular spokesperson for everything from Jenny Craig to Pizza hut to CoverGirl cosmetics.

Here, the two talk about Brotherly Love, a hip-hop driven drama starring Keke which was produced by Latifah.

so much more creative control and creative liberties, as well as a lot of time to spend with one another while we were trying to get everything going. I think the chemistry among the cast is what really makes the film feel so good to me. We got to work with each other long enough to get a feel for each other and that really made the characters come to life.

KW: Children’s book author Irene Smalls asks: What message do you want people to take away Brotherly Love?

KP: I want them to get whatever they honestly get from it. I don’t want to tell them what they should be receiving from it, ‘cause that would kill the experience. But what I took away from the film was the importance of choices. Sometimes, when you grow up in one of these poverty-stricken neighborhoods where the educational system isn’t the best, you don’t realize that you have any choices.

Often, kids don’t appreciate the choices available, as if it’s either the street or nothing. I want them to understand that reality is what’s relative to you, and that you can make choices that allow you to create a new reality for yourself.

Kam Williams: Hi Queen and Keke, I’m so honored to have this opportunity to speak with both of you.

Keke Palmer: So are we.

Queen Latifah: Thanks, Kam.

KW: Bobby Shenker says: I was so excited to hear that you’re starring as Bessie Smith. Years ago, when I saw you in Living Out Loud [with Holly Hunter and Danny DeVito], I said, “This woman needs to play Bessie Smith in a biopic.” And I’m sure I’ve posted numerous suggestions of this over the years. So I’m ecstatic! I think I revisited that thought when you did Chicago.

My only wish would have been that it was on the big screen.

Love from Philly to the Queen!

QL: Thanks Bobby!

KW: Queen, Professor/Filmmaker/Author Hisani DuBose has a question for you: With all that you’ve accomplished, was it still difficult for you to get this project greenlit?

QL: Well, it wasn’t hard to get it greenlit, because we greenlit it. [Laughs] It’s easy when you’re the greenlighter.

Really, it was more about lining up the financing. It always comes back to the dollars and cents, and finding the money to be able to fund the project and make it happen. That’s what we went on immediately, and I’m fortunate to work with a tiger who doesn’t rest until it all happens. He and I really jumped in on it until and worked with some other partners to help create the finances, and they came through for us. So, we all put it together, collectively, and made it happen.

KW: Hisani has one for Keke, too: Did you feel a lot of pressure having to grow from a child star into a woman under the bright lights of Hollywood?

KP: I definitely, at times, felt the pressures of life similar to the pressures anyone would feel growing up. The only difference was that maybe more people were aware of mine. But, if anything, I changed the pressure from negative to positive. So, instead of thinking everybody wanted to see me fail, I decided everybody wanted to see me win, since I wanted to see myself win. I’m glad and appreciate having people on my team who are watching and looking out for me. Let me continue to make them proud and continue to give away the gift that was given to me.

KW: Editor/Legist Patricia Turnier asks: Keke, how did you prepare to play Jackie?

KP: I thought it was really awesome that I got a chance to be in a movie being made right in Philadelphia. Being around a lot of kids, walking around the streets of Overbrook and actually getting to know the neighborhood helped give me an idea of what their reality was like. It was nice to discover that it wasn’t that much different from where I grew up. And then I also got to spend time with the rest of the cast, because this was an independent film. That meant we had

KW: Marcia Evans says: Share that we sistahs are proud of the Queen. And tell her that not only myself but my mother and my aunt adore her work. So she must keep her film projects coming because we will be watching. We can’t wait to see her upcoming new biopic about the iconic blues singer Bessie Smith. She asks: Do you have another biopic planned?

QL: Thanks, Marcia. There are actually a couple floating around, but the scripts aren’t quite where they need to be for me to pull the trigger on them yet. And I’m working on three scripts that are really close to me featuring three completely different characters from totally different time periods. So, I’m going to have a lot of fun once I decide which one’s going to go first. And I can’t wait! [Chuckles] KW: Reverend Florine Thompson asks: What advice do you have to offer young girls hoping to emulate your success?

KP: To be true to your heart, and if you’re passionate about your dream, work towards it but don’t allow your idea of how you think it should manifest prevent what’s actually unfolding from happening. You know what I mean? Be present in the moment and allow yourself to be guided by it by God. Allow Him to guide you and just embrace every situation, good or bad, since you’re experiencing it because you’re meant to go through it.

KW: Thanks again for the time, and best of luck with Brotherly Love.

QL: Thanks, Kam. KP: Bye. To see a trailer for Brotherly Love, visit: http://brotherlylovethemovie.com/#trailer

Corruption Officer

From Jail Guard to Perpetrator inside Rikers Island work at the infamous facility on Rikers Island. Unfortunately, Gary didn’t keep his nose clean very long.

His descent into depraved behavior began with sleeping around with female officers, even going so far as to record the act. He would subsequently pass his cell around the locker room to impress his male colleagues with proof of each conquest. Next, he started smuggling contraband behind bars: coke, booze, telephones and whatever else convicts’ friends and relatives were willing to pay a pretty penny for.

Gary eventually escalated to pimping in an attempt to cater to his captive clienteles’ carnal needs, too. He referred to his whores as “copstitutes” since they were fellow corrections officers secretly supplementing their modest civil service salaries by fellating and fornicating with felons in Rikers’ utility closets.

All of the above is recounted in riveting fashion in Corruption Officer: From Jail Guard to Perpetrator inside Rikers Island, a jaw-dropping memoir that’s as demoralizing as it is shocking. After finishing this eye-opening pageturner, one can’t help but wonder how much hope there can be for a country where the cops are just as crooked and as degenerate as the outlaws they’re supposed to be protecting society from.

A brutally-honest confessional exposing the ugly underbelly of an American incarceration system that nobody really wants to take a long, hard look at.

Book Review by Kam Williams “This shocking memoir from a former corrections officer… shares an eye-opening, gritty, and devastating account of his descent into criminal life, smuggling contraband inside the infamous Rikers Island jails. Gary Heyward… was warned of the temptations he’d encounter as a new officer, but when faced with financial hardship, he suddenly found himself unable to resist the income generated from selling contraband to inmates.

In his distinctive voice, Heyward takes you on a journey inside the walls of Rikers Island, showing how he teamed up with various inmates and other officers to develop a system that allowed him to profit from selling drugs inside the jail.

Corruption Officer is… a rare insider’s look at a corrupt city jail.”

-- Excerpted from the back cover After being honorably discharged from the Marines, Gary Heyward had a hard time finding a decent paying job. That took a toll on his marriage, so he ended up moving back in with his mother in Harlem, while his childhood sweetheart took custody of their two kids and returned home to stay with her own mom.

Gary’s fortunes changed for the better the fateful day in 1997 that he received a letter from the New York City Department of Corrections offering him a position as a prison guard. During basic training, he was warned by instructors that he could jeopardize his career by fraternizing with inmates.

And upon graduating from the Academy, he was assigned to

To order a copy of Corruption Officer, visit: http:// www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1476794324/ ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20

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Kirk Whalum’s ‘Gospel According to Jazz’ Invokes Divine Encounters

By Rachel Kersey Howard University News Service Kirk Whalum, the Memphis-born, Grammy Award-winning jazz musician whose saxophone has accompanied and legendary singers Whitney Houston, Barbara Streisand, Al Jarreau and Luther Vandross, guitarist Larry Carlton and music producer Quincy Jones, is back with a new album/documusical entitled The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV. “The Gospel According to Jazz is about the radical hospitality of the creator, God, and the welcome that he has gone out of his way to issue to every human being,” Whalum said during an interview during his recent visit to the Washington area. “It’s a creative way of presenting that.”

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“The Gospel According to Jazz” combines concert film with a documentary that addresses pressing contemporary issues.

This new installment, which follows three other highly successful “Gospel According to Jazz” albums, combines concert film with a documentary that addresses some pressing contemporary issues, including healthcare, homelessness and gun violence with what Whalem said is Christian love, peace, and redemption.

“I think Jesus would be very upset about a volunteer policeman accidentally killing someone, or a policeman in South Carolina shooting somebody in the back as they’re running away as if they’re some kind of animal,” Whalum said, referencing the recent shootings of unarmed black men Eric Harris and Walter Scott.

It was gun violence that inspired him to cover this topic in his work, he said. It was the December 2012 shooting in Newtown, Conn., in which 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and 6 adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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“For me it was more so the demographic,” he said.

“It was little kids. It could have been any color kids.

Something about that setting where you’ve got little kids in their little elementary school and someone comes in with an assault weapon.

That is what really just got me going.”

The events at Sandy Hook have made him question one of the tenants of the Constitution.

“How can we say that [the right to bear arms] is fundamental to our culture as a country?” he mused. “I question if everyone should be able to bear arms, and not even get into assault weapons. They would classify me as radically left.

I don’t think that’s left at all.”

Whalum has moved back to Memphis, where he said he enjoys volunteering helping the homeless.

“I endeavor to live in solidarity with the marginalized,” he said. “In my lane, it happens to be homeless people. I’m a volunteer barber at a place

called Manna House in Memphis.”

Founded in 2005, Manna House offers homeless people access to showers, clothing, gently used walking shoes, and of course, haircuts three days a week.

“We share humanity,” he said. “It’s not about us giving charity, which is a downward motion. It’s more like I am endeavoring to create a space where we can all give.” Whalum says, describing the way he shares his grooming skills in exchange for the chance to learn from someone’s incredible story, for example.

Some of the stories he has learned and some of the people he has met have influenced his music.

His new album includes tributes to some of Whalum’s family, friends, influencers and heroes, including Nelson Mandela, President Barack Obama, the late bassist Waymon Tisdale, composer and singer Curtis Mayfield and saxophonist John Coltrane.

It also includes keyboardist George Duke, who performed on the three previous installments of The Gospel According to Jazz, but died before he could contribute to them most recent album.

The second song on the album is Whalum’s rendition of Paul McCartney’s hit song “Let ‘Em In.” “That song is axiomatic to what it is to issue forth the welcome for people to know their God,” Whalum said. “He does not want you to jump through any hoops. God does not have a form for you to fill out. There is no purity test.”

It’s all a part of what Whalum calls the “radical welcome of God,” which he said is the central theme of his latest musical feat.

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The Washington Nationals continued to recover from their slow opening week, winning four of seven games in their next two series. Washington beat the Philadelphia Phillies on April 12 to avoid a series sweep, but lost two of three against the Boston Red Sox from April 13 to April 15. Matched up with the Phillies again, Washington won two of three games from April 15 to April 18.

April 12: Nats Avoid Sweep by Phillies After losing the first two games of the series, Washington, in 10 innings of Game Three of the series, pulled out a 4-3 win to deny the Phillies a sweep. Bryce Harper homered, Clint Robinson had three hits and Wilson Ramos delivered the go-ahead RBI in the 10th. Max Scherzer wasn’t as sharp as he was in his first start of the season, but left the game with the lead after giving up one run in six innings with six strikeouts. Drew Storen got into a little trouble, but earned his second save in as many chances.

April 13-15: Nationals Lose Two of Three at Boston Opening Day at Fenway Park is always one of the most picturesque scenes in baseball, and this year was no different, providing a perfect backdrop for the emergence of Red Sox rookie Mookie Betts. In Game One of a three-game series, Betts robbed Harper of a homer, stole two bases on the same play as the Nats continued their shoddy early season defense, and hit a three-run homer as the Sox dominated in a 9-4 victory. The only solace for the Nats was the return of Jayson Werth to the lineup.

Game Two looked to be the breakthrough fans have been looking for, but more defensive miscues in the seventh inning, including two errors by pitcher Blake Treinen on one play and another by Ian Desmond, virtually guaranteed Washington’s fifth loss in six games. Stephen Strasburg gave up five runs as he pitched into the sixth inning, but was off the hook for the loss thanks to a six-run rally by the Nationals in the fifth inning. Michael Taylor had a bases clearing triple to lead the team with three RBIs in a losing effort.

The offense continued the momentum from the night before with a dominating performance in Game Three, plating 10 runs and once again avoiding a sweep with a 10-5 victory. Ian Desmond blasted a solo shot over the Green Monster and Wilson Ramos had a bases clearing double to support Gio Gonzalez (1-1), who gave up five runs, four of them earned, in six innings.

April 16-18: Washington Takes Two of Three Over Phillies Back home after the week-long road trip, the Nats welcomed the Phillies for their first visit to Nationals Park this season. In Game One, Doug Fister pitched solidly into the seventh inning, allowing two runs on just four hits as home runs by Michael Taylor and Yunel Escobar and a two-run double by Ryan Zimmerman powered a 5-2 victory. Drew Storen pitched the ninth inning to pick up his third save.

Game Two marked Washington’s most complete game of the season so far, as Bryce Harper hit his third home run to pace the offense and Max Scherzer secured his first victory as a Nat in a 7-2 win. Scherzer has been as good as advertised since signing a seven year, $210 million dollar contract, allowing only two earned runs and striking out 25 in 21 innings this season. This win marked the team’s first three-game winning streak of the young season.

In Game Three, Ian Desmond’s physical issues in the field may have become a mental hurdle as well. Desmond committed another error, and his dropping of a ball while trying to complete a routine double play in the third inning enabled the Phillies to score two unearned runs off starter Jordan Zimmermann (1-2). The Nationals were unable to overcome the gaffes, falling 5-3 to end the winning streak. The error was Desmond’s majorleague worst eighth in 12 games. Bryce Harper absolutely crushed his fourth homer to dead center field, a blast estimated at 461 feet and the longest home run to dead center in Nationals Park history.

Next: Washington completes its four-game

Black Women Face Pay Gap

By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black women working full time earned just 64 cents for every dollar White men made in 2013, according to a new report by the Center for American Progress (CAP).

Researchers with CAP, a nonpartisan education and policy group, released the issue brief that reported that even though the types of jobs and the number of hours that women worked can affect the wage gap, “structural and economic realities that limit women’s abilities to compete with men in the labor force” also contribute to the pay disparities. It noted that Black women working several parttime jobs to make ends meet may be falling further behind.

Although White women working full time also earned less than White men (78 cents for every dollar), women of color often earned because they were stuck in low-paying jobs, worked fewer hours and had greater responsibilities as the primary caregiver in their

The Baltimore Orioles won three of five games between April 13 and April 18, taking two games from the division rival New York Yankees before splitting wins with the Boston Red Sox in a weekend series. Baltimore carries a 6-5 record and sits in second place in the American League East.

April 13-15: Baltimore Claims Two Wins over Yankees at Home Wei-Yin Chen got the start for the Orioles in Game One of a three-game home series against New York on April 13 and pitched a solid game, allowing just four hits and two runs through six innings of work. But Tommy Hunter relieved Chen in the seventh inning and immediately gave up four runs, setting New York up for a 6-5 victory. O’s center fielder Adam Jones hit his third home run of the season and had a team-high three hits with two RBI in the loss.

Baltimore flipped the script in Game Two on April 14, beating the Yankees, 4-3. Starter Miguel Gonzalez pitched a beautiful game, tossing 10 strikeouts while surrendering only four hits and one run in seven innings. Kevin Gausman came in for Gonzales in the eighth inning but was pulled after giving up two quick runs. Zach Britton closed out the game for his second save of the season. Baltimore had success hitting against Yankees starter C.C. Sabathia; Adam Jones nailed a home run for the second straight game, marking his fourth of the season. Everth Cabrera and Caleb Joseph both also came up with big RBIs off Sabathia.

Game Three on April 15 fell on the leaguewide celebration of Jackie Robinson Day, and saw the Orioles pull off a 7-5 win. Following a modest start, Baltimore’s bats got red hot in the sixth inning as the O’s scored five runs.

Jonathan Schoop hit his third homer of the season and Manny Machado also went the yard for his first homer of the year. Starting pitcher Bud Norris threw seven strikeouts while giving up three runs in five innings.

Britton earned his third save of the year. home series with the Phillies on April 19, and then hosts the St. Louis Cardinals in a threegame series from April 21 to 23. The Nationals then head to Miami to face the Marlins in a three-game series from April 24 to 26.

hire part-time workers and adjust their schedules without warning to meet immediate customer demands.

“Moreover, because precarious employment is concentrated among relatively lower-income earners, it not only exacerbates growing income inequality stifling potential economic expansion

April 17-18: O’s Split First Two Weekend Games in Boston Traveling to Fenway Park for a four-game

series against the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore lost Game One on April 17. 3-2. Starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez and the O’s bullpen had a strong performance, holding the Red Sox to just four hits and three runs. But the Orioles struggled offensively, recording just five hits.

Joseph had the only RBI of the game for Baltimore, a home run in the fifth inning.

Oriole ace Chris Tillman took the mound for Game Two on April 18 and led Baltimore to a dominant 4-1 win. Tillman pitched five scoreless innings and didn’t give up his first earned run until the sixth inning. Brad Brach and Darren O’Day both came out of the bullpen in relief before Britton eventually closed out the game for his fourth save of the season. Jones led all batters with three hits and Chris Davis picked up his second home run of the season with a ninth inning blast that helped seal the win for the Orioles.

Next: The Orioles will complete their fourgame road series against Boston with Game Three on April 19 and Game Four on April 20.

The O’s then head to Toronto for a three game series with the Blue Jays from April 21 to 23, before returning to Baltimore to host the Red Sox in a three-game set from April 24 to 26.

Baseball is a marathon, so being overly critical after one or two weeks really isn’t fair.

But if their defense does not improve, this team with postseason aspirations will have a hard time even making the playoffs.

report explained.

Workers who made less than $22,500 annually were more likely to work irregular households. effects of irregular work schedules than workers who More than half of all schedules by the Economic earned more.

Black children grow up in Policy Institute (EPI), a The EPI report said single-parent homes with their Washington, D.C.-based that, “For workers with mothers. Black men raise think tank focused on lowsignificant caregiving or children alone in 9 percent of and middle-income workers, financial commitments, single-parent households. noted that employers in the having weeks with as few Black women are also retail and wholesale trade as zero hours and days less likely to graduate when there may be either from high school or no work or short notice attend college than White to arrive at work, may women. make balancing work with “This places African life stressful, intolerable, American and Hispanic or even impossible, women at a disadvantage forcing them to choose from the moment they between participating enter the workforce, in the paid labor force, creating major structural unemployment, or barriers to entering topwithdrawal from the labor earning professional force.” fields,” stated the report.

Just 35 percent of Nearly 60 percent of Black women were Black women worked in employed in higher-paying either the service industry, management, professional sales or office jobs. and related jobs compared Stock Photo to 48 percent of Asian “Jobs in industries Nearly 60 percent of Black women worked in either the service such as food service— women and 43 percent of where women of color are industry, sales or office jobs.

White women, according to concentrated—are often the CAP report. hourly jobs in which many EPI researchers also workers are part time and reported that 43 percent of schedules are subject to workers may have less than cancellation or alteration on and services industries, such and underutilizing potential a week’s advanced notice of short notice,” stated the CAP as hospitality and leisure, available labor input, but their hours. Another 8 percent report. professional and business takes a toll on the wellbeing indicated that they knew their A recent report on the services are more likely to of working families,” the work schedules one to two

weeks in advance had and 6 percent had two to four weeks.

“Employees who work irregular shift times, in contrast with those with more standard, regular shift times, experience greater workfamily conflict, and sometimes experience greater work stress, stated the report and that work-family conflict is in turn associated with lower job and life satisfaction,” the EPI study said.

The CAP report on the race and gender wage gap said that expanding policies like paid family, medical leave and paid sick days, and strengthening equal pay laws would help women of color remain in the labor market and protect them from racial and gender discrimination.

Milia Fisher, a research associate with the Women’s Initiative at CAP and the author of the report, wrote that public policy alone will not close the gender wage gap for women of color.

Fisher concluded: “The United States needs to address both the structural drivers behind the pay gap and the persistent cultural biases against women and people of color if it wants to truly affect change for these populations.”

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‘Black Panther Party’ Film Seeks Wider Audience

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, the first feature-length film to focus on the origin and downfall of the Black Panther Party for SelfDefense is making waves in the film community. It’s been a breakout entry at the Sundance Film Festival, and has already won an award at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival in Los Angeles.

But for acclaimed director

Stanley Nelson, the real triumph will be in getting the film to the masses.

“We’re going to film festivals…and getting great, great, great responses. But one of the things that we feel

is that film festivals reach a certain segment of the population,” says Nelson, the filmmaker behind Freedom Riders, The Murder of Emmett Till, and other notable documentaries on the African American experience.

“Another segment of the population doesn’t go to film festivals, and those people are the people we want to reach in the theatrical release.”

Thanks to financial backing from PBS, the film will have a theatrical release in more than a dozen cities across the country

this September. Still, the documentary team hopes to raise additional funds through donations website, Kickstarter (kck.st/1IjSI1V).

These funds will support the film’s expansion via

“Another segment of the population doesn’t go to film festivals, and those people are the people we want to reach in the theatrical release.”

– Stanley Nelson

broad advertising, and public appearances and events with

the filmmakers and Black Panther Party leaders.

“Our hope is that if we raise a bit more money… as we go through these [13] cities, if we’re successful and recoup our investment, then we’ll just put that money into

going to more cities,” Nelson explains. “Our goal is not to make a profit, our goal is to get people out and have as many people see it as we possibly can.”

Other documentaries and movies have either focused on Black Panther figures such as Kwame Toure and Assata Shakur, or have explored the Panthers as one part of a larger picture. The Black Panther Party focuses solely on the organization in its entirety and weaves together a variety of voices, from Party martyrs to those tasked with their destruction.

The film also boasts original content from notables such as Kathleen Cleaver, Elaine Brown, Henry Douglas, Elbert “Big Man” Howard, and more.

“One of the things we tried to do in this film is make sure it’s exciting and we tell a new story to everybody,” both the well-informed and the newcomers, Nelson says.

“Some of the great things that have happened in the screenings is, people who were Panthers themselves come up to us and say, ‘You know, I was in the middle of it. I didn’t know half the stuff that was in the film.’ There’s a lot of new information.”

Donations through the Kickstarter come with interesting perks, ranging from social media shoutouts for donations as small as $5, to T-shirts, tickets to screenings, autographed photos, and more. For those who cannot donate, Nelson recommends sharing the Kickstarter link with others.

New York, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley, Chicago, Boston, Portland, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta, Seattle and Washington, D.C. are the 13 initial cities slated for

wide release this fall. The film will also be screened at several film festivals around the country throughout the summer. More information on these screenings can be found on www.TheBlackPanthers. com.

Most schools teach little to nothing about the political and social movement launched by the Black Panthers. And in the midst of today’s movements against injustice and discrimination – from police

violence to reproductive rights – the film is well timed.

“We want a lot of people to see the film, especially young people. It’s not only a film about the Black Panthers, but the Black Panthers represent young people who really became involved in changing the world,” Nelson says. “Right or wrong, they did feel like they were changing the world. And we want young people to get that message.”

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Superior Court of Representative theTEST District of TRUE COPY District of Columbia REGISTER OF WILLS PROBATE DIVISION 04/10, 04/17, 04/24/15 Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM391 Thomas M. Christiana AKA Thomas Michael Christiana Decedent David B. Lamb 1740 N Street, NW Suite One Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Audrey S. MylesChristiana whose address 9602 Tuckerman Street, Lanham, MD 20706, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Thomas M Christiana AKA Thomas Michael Christiana, who died on January 29, 2015 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before October 24, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 24, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 24, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Audrey S. Myles -Christiana Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/24, 05/1, 05/08/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM180 Marietta G. Petros Decedent Philip N. Margolius 4201 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20008 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS George Petros, whose address is 3608 Fulton Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Marietta G. Petros, who died on December 20, 2014 with a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before October 24, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 24, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 24, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter George Petros Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/24, 05/01, 05/08/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM184 Bertha Lancaster Decedent Marilyn Cain Gordon 7603 Georgia Ave, NW, Ste 304 Washington, DC 20012 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Marilyn Cain Gordon, whose address is 7603 Georgia Ave, NW, Ste 304, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Bertha Lancaster, who died on August 23, 2014 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 .

20001, on or before October 24, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 24, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 24, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Marilyn Cain Gordon Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/24, 05/01, 05/8/15

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the Legal District Advertising of Rates District of Columbia Effective October 1, 2008 PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. DIVISION PROBATE 2014ADM394 Deleware Parker (Estates) Decedent 202-332-0080 Tina Smith Nelson PROBATE NOTICES 601 E. Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 NOTICE OF TYPESET: Tue Apr 07 14:06:49 EDT 2015 APPOINTMENT, a. Order Nisi $ 60 per insertion $180.00 per 3 weeks NOTICE TO b. Small Estates (single publication CREDITORS$ 60 per insertion Superior Court of AND NOTICE TO c. Notice to Creditors the District of UNKNOWN HEIRS 1. Domestic $ 60 District of Columbia $180.00 per 3 weeks Linda Parker, whose ad-per insertion PROBATE DIVISION $180.00 per 3 weeks dress is 220 56th Street, 2. Foreign $ 60 per insertion Washington, D.C. NE, Washington, DC d. Escheated Estates $ 60 per insertion $360.00 per 6 weeks 20001-2131 20019 was appointed Administration No. $125.00 e. Standard Probates personal representatives 15:21:32 EDT 2015 2014ADM1131 of the estate of Deleware Parker who died on Sandra Gaddy AKA November 25th, 2013 CIVIL NOTICES without a Will and will Sandra L. Gaddy a. Name Changes 202-879-1133 $ 80.00 serve without Court su- AKA pervision. All unknown Sandra Lavern Gaddy $ 200.00 b. Real Property heirs and heirs whose Decedent NOTICE OF whereabouts are unAPPOINTMENT, known shall enter their TYPESET: Tue Apr 07 14:07:31 FAMILY COURT NOTICE TO appearance in this CREDITORS proceeding. Objections 202-879-1212 AND NOTICE TO to such appointment Superior Court of UNKNOWN HEIRS DOMESTIC shall be filed with theRELATIONS the District of Register of Wills, D.C., Karen Wilis, whose ad202-879-0157 District of Columbia 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd dress is 3721 18th St. PROBATE DIVISION Floor Washington, D.C. NE, Washington DC Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 20018, was appointed 20001-2131 a. Absent Defendant O c t o b e r 2 4 , 2 0 1 5 . personal representative$ 150.00 Administration No. Claims against the de- of the estate of Sandra b. Absolute Divorce $ 150.00 2015ADM299 cedent shall be pre- Gaddy AKA Sandra L. Ernest G. McClain sented to the under- G a d d y A K A S a n d r a$150.00 c. Custody Divorce Decedent signed with a copy to the Lavern Gaddy who died NOTICE OF Register of Wills or filed on December 7, 2011 APPOINTMENT, with the Register of Wills ext. with 262, a will, Public and will serve To place your ad, call 1-800-237-6892, Notices $50.00 & TO up NOTICE with a copy to the under- without Court superviCREDITORS on or before sion.

All unknown heirs per inch. depending onsigned, size, Baltimore Legal Notices are $24.84 AND NOTICE TO October 24, 2015, or be a n d h e i r s w h o s e 1-800 (AFRO) 892 UNKNOWN HEIRS forever barred.

Persons whereabouts are unRollin McClain, whose to be heirs or call known shall enter their ext. 244 For Proof ofbelieved Publication, please 1-800-237-6892, legatees of the decedent a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s address is 14 Jefferson who do not receive a proceeding. Objections A v e n u e , Ta k o m a copy of this notice by mail to such appointment (or Park,MD 20912 was apwithin 25 days of its first to the probate of de- pointed personal reprepublication shall so in- cedent´s will) shall be sentative of the estate of form the Register of filed with the Register of Ernest G. McClain, who died on April 25, 2014 Wills, including name, Wills, D.C., 515 5th address and relation- Street, N.W., 3rd Floor with a will, and will serve TYPESET: Tue Apr 21 15:21:58 EDT 2015 without Court superviship.

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LEGAL NOTICES Date of Publication: 20001, on or before sion. All unknown heirs April 24, 2015 October 10, 2015. a n d h e i r s w h o s e Name of newspaper: Superior Court of Claims against the de- whereabouts are unAfro-American the District of cedent shall be pre- known shall enter their Washington District of Columbia sented to the under- a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Law Reporter PROBATE DIVISION signed with a copy to the proceeding. Objections Washington, D.C. Register of Wills or filed to such appointment (or Linda Parker with the Register of Wills to the probate of de20001-2131 Personal with a copy to the under- cedent´s will) shall be Administration No. Representative signed, on or before filed with the Register of 2014ADM394 Deleware Parker October 10, 2015, or be Wills, D.C., 515 5th TRUE TEST COPY Decedent forever barred. Persons Street, N.W., 3rd Floor REGISTER OF WILLS Tina Smith Nelson believed to be heirs or W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .

601 E. Street, NW legatees of the decedent 20001, on or before Washington, DC 20049 TYPESET: Tue Apr 07 14:06:49 2015 who do EDT not receive a October 10, 2015.

04/24, 05/1, 05/08/15 NOTICE OF copy of this notice by mail Claims against the deAPPOINTMENT, within 25 days of its first cedent shall be preNOTICE TO Superior Court of publication shall so in- sented to the underCREDITORS the District of form the Register of signed with a copy to the AND NOTICE TO District of Columbia Wills, including name, Register of Wills or filed UNKNOWN HEIRS PROBATE DIVISION address and relation- with the Register of Wills Linda Parker, whose adWashington, D.C. with a copy to the undership. dress is 220 56th Street, 20001-2131 signed, on or before Date of Publication: NE, Washington, DC Administration No. October 10, 2015 or be April 10, 2015 20019 was appointed 2014ADM1131 forever barred. Persons Name of newspaper: personal representatives Sandra Gaddy believed to be heirs or Afro-American of the estate of Deleware AKA legatees of the decedent Washington Parker who died on Sandra L. Gaddy who do not receive a Law Reporter November 25th, 2013 AKA Karen Wilis copy of this notice by mail without a Will and will Sandra Lavern Gaddy Personal within 25 days of its first serve without Court su- Decedent Representative publication shall so inpervision. All unknown NOTICE OF form the Register of heirs and heirs whose APPOINTMENT, Wills, including name, TRUE TEST COPY whereabouts are unNOTICE TO address EDT and 2015 relationREGISTER OF WILLS TYPESET: Tue Apr 07 14:07:31 known shall enter their CREDITORS ship.

04/10, 04/17, 04/24/15 appearance in this AND NOTICE TO Date of Publication: proceeding. Objections UNKNOWN HEIRS April 10, 2015 Superior Court of to such appointment Karen Wilis, whose adName of newspaper: the District of shall be filed with the dress is 3721 18th St. Afro-American District of Columbia Register of Wills, D.C., NE, Washington DC Washington 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd 20018, was appointed PROBATE DIVISION Law Reporter Floor Washington, D.C. personal representative Washington, D.C. Rollin McCLain 20001, on or before of the estate of Sandra 20001-2131 Personal O c t o b e r 2 4 , 2 0 1 5 . Gaddy AKA Sandra L. Administration No. Representative Claims against the de- G a d d y A K A S a n d r a 2015ADM299 cedent shall be pre- Lavern Gaddy who died Ernest G. McClain TRUE TEST COPY sented to the under- on December 7, 2011 Decedent REGISTER OF WILLS signed with a copy to the with a will, and will serve NOTICE OF Register of Wills or filed without Court superviAPPOINTMENT, 04/10, 04/17, 4/24/15 with the Register of Wills sion. All unknown heirs NOTICE TO with a copy to the under- a n d h e i r s w h o s e CREDITORS signed, on or before whereabouts are unAND NOTICE TO October 24, 2015, or be known shall enter their UNKNOWN HEIRS forever barred. Persons a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Rollin McClain, whose believed to be heirs or proceeding. Objections address is 14 Jefferson legatees of the decedent to such appointment (or A v e n u e , Ta k o m a who do not receive a to the probate of dePark,MD 20912 was apcopy of this notice by mail cedent´s will) shall be pointed personal reprewithin 25 days of its first filed with the Register of sentative of the estate of publication shall so in- Wills, D.C., 515 5th Ernest G. McClain, who form the Register of died on April 25, 2014 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wills, including name, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . with a will, and will serve address and relation- 20001, on or before without Court superviship. sion. All unknown heirs October 10, 2015.

Date of Publication: Claims against the deand heirs whose April 24, 2015 cedent shall be prewhereabouts are unName of newspaper: sented to the underknown shall enter their Afro-American signed with a copy to the appearance in this Washington Register of Wills or filed proceeding. Objections Law Reporter with the Register of Wills to such appointment (or

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM307 Delores B. Clipper Decedent Izu I. Ahaghotu 3724 12th Street NE Washington, DC 20017 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jacquelyn B . Shaw, whose address is 112 Castleton Dr. Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, was, appointed personal representative of the estate of Delores B. Clipper, who died on November 17, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 10, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 10, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 10, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Jacquelyn B. Shaw Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM255 Maude Rose Young Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Loretta L. Kelly, whose address is 3904 Ames St NE Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Maude Rose Young who died on May 25, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 10, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 10, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 10, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Loretta L. Kelly Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM427 Estate of WILLIAM M. MUNN Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Wesley L. Clarke for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.

0 in the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate appoint an unsupervised personal representative Register of Wills Clerk of the Probate Division Date of First Publication 04/17/15 Names of Newspapers: Washington Law Reporter Washington AFRO-AMERICAN Wesley Clarke Signature of Petitioners/Attorney TYPESET: Tue Apr 14 04/17 & 04/24/15 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM382 Sharon J. Turner Decedent Steven LarsonJackson 1629 K Street NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, 14:07:52 EDT TO 2015 NOTICE CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gerald Turner, whose address is 4404 7th Street NE, Washington, DC, 20017 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Sharon J. Turner, who died on July 23, 2014 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before October 17, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before Octobr 17, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 17, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Gerald Turner Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM822 DOROTHY L. WHITE Decedent JOYCE ANN WILLIAMS J. WILLIAMS LAW 7981 EASTERN AVE., #C-5 SILVER SPRING, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Vernessa C. WhiteJackson, whose address is 7115 Pony Tail Lane, Hyattsville, MD 20782, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Dorothy L. White, who died on 12/ 11/1991without a will, and will serve (with, without) Court supervision.

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

20001, on or before October 17, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed

TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Apr 14 04/17, 04/24 & 05/01/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM385 Robert Lee Davis Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ronald E Davis, Sr., whose address is 1700 Prairie Ct, Severn, MD 21144 was 17:14:18 EDT appointed 2015 personal representative of the estate of Robert Lee Davis, who died on March 6, 2015 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 17, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 17, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 17, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Ronald E. Davis, Sr Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Apr 14 04/17, 04/24,Tue 05/1/15 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM400 GLORIA E. SMITH DICKERSON Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Dawn D. Dickerson, whose address is 206 Q Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, wasappointed personal representative of the estate of Gloria E. Smith-Dickerson, who died on March 08, 2015 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision.EDT All 2015 unknown 15:25:28 heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/17/15. 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 10/17/15, 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: 04/17/15 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Dawn D. Dickerson Personal Representative

TYPESET: Tue Apr 14 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION W a s h i n gNOTICES ton, D.C. LEGAL 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2015FEP36 Date of Death 09/10/13 Tyrone Martinz Maxwell AKA Tyrone Martinez Maxwell Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Eduardo Travonte Moten whose address is 2930 Arrowwood Circle, Hephzibah, GA 30815 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Tyrone Martinz Maxwell AKA Tyrone Martinez Maxwell, deceased, on February 25, 2014, by the Circuit Court for Stafford County, State of Virginia.

Service of process may be made upon Johnnie D. Bond,EDT Jr, Esq., 17:25:47 2015Bond Law, PLLC, 1100 H Street, NW, Suite 315, Washington, DC 20005 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Colombia real property: 63 Danbury Street, SW, Washington, DC 20032 Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, 500 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Eduardo Travonte Moten Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: 04/17/15 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American

TYPESET: Tue Apr 14 04/17, 04/24 & 05/01/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM357 Oscar Ford Jr. Decedent Michelle Lanchester, Esq 601 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 900South Building Washington, DC 20004 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Kenneth O. Ford, whose address is 2818 Pumpkin Street, Clinton, MD 20735 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Oscar Ford Jr., who died on March 1.EDT 20152015 without a 17:32:52 will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 17, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 17, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 17, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Kenneth O. Ford Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Apr 14 04/17, 04/24, 05/01/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM390 Edna Gordon AKA Edna M. Gordon Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Velma A. McDowell, whose address is 8104 Mike Shapiro Drive, ClinTRUE TEST COPY ton, MD 20735, was apREGISTER OF WILLS pointed personal representative of the estate of TYPESET: Apr 14 17:42:21 EDT AKA 2015Edna 04/17, 04/24Tue & 05/01/15 Edna Gordon M. Gordon, who died on January 28, 2015 with a SUPERIOR COURT OF will, and will serve withTHE DISTRICT OF out Court supervision. All COLUMBIA unknown heirs and heirs PROBATE DIVISION whose whereabouts are W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . unknown shall enter their appearance in this 20001-2131 proceeding. Objections Foreign No. to such appointment (or 2015FEP36 to the probate of deDate of Death cedent´s will) shall be 09/10/13 filed with the Register of Tyrone Martinz Wills, D.C., 515 5th Maxwell

pointed personal representative of the estate of 17:42:21 EDT AKA 2015Edna Edna Gordon M. Gordon, who died on January 28, 2015 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown enter their LEGALshall NOTICES appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before 10/17/15. 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 10/17/15, 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: 04/17/15 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Velma A. McDowell Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Apr 14 04/17, 04/24 & 05/01/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM65 Agnes B. Green Decedent Jeremy D. Rachlin 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 800 Bethesda, MD 20814 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Fredora Green-McRae, whose address is 7015 Shagbark Ct, Fort Washington, MD 20744, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Agnes B. Green, who died on October 17, with a 17:46:57 EDT2011 2015 will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before 10/17/15. 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 10/17/15, 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: 04/17/15 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Fredora Green-McRae Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Apr 14 04/17, 04/24 & 05/01/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM386 Joyce H. Johnson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jacqueline Simms, whose address is 4017 Blue Slate Drive, Alexandria, VA 22306, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Joyce H. Johnson, who died on September witha 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 17:48:20 2015 of filed withEDT the Register Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before 10/17/15. 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 10/17/15, 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: 04/17/15 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Jacqueline Simms Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/17, 04/24 & 05/01/15

a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the 15:22:41 EDT 2015D.C., Register ofNOTICES Wills, LEGAL 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 24, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 24, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 24, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Ernest Twyman Personal Representative

April 25, 2015 - May 1, 2015, The Afro-American TYPESET: Tue Apr 14 18:21:42 EDT 2015 Tue Apr 14 18:54:47 EDT 2015 TYPESET: Tue Apr 21 LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES TYPESET: LEGAL NOTICES Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM398 Annie Inez Dupee Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cheryl Alexander, Dana Gee, Thomas Dupee, whose addresses are 5707 Eads Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019, 12105 Ballina Court, Fort Washington, MD 20744, 4008 Crathie Lane, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Annie inez Dupee, who died on January 21, 2005 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register EDT of Wills, 17:55:17 2015D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/17/15. 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 10/17/15, 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: 04/17/15 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Cheryl Alexander Dana Green Thomas Dupee Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM414 John H. Reed Decedent Wesley L. Clarke 1629 K Street Ste 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Letha Reed, whose addressis 251 11th St., NE, Washington, DC 20006 was appointed personal representative of the estate of John H. Reed, who died on November 8, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before October 17, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 17, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 17, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Letha Reed Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

TYPESET: Tue Apr 21 15:25:07 EDT REGISTER OF2015 WILLS Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM343 James H. Tillery AKA James Harrell Tillery Decedent June Hatton Barr Esquire 9672 Pennsylvania Ave Upper Marlboro MD 20772 Attorney NOTICE OF* APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Arthur L. Tillery, whose address is 838 Booker Drive Seat Pleasant , MD 20743, was appointed personal representative of the estate of James H. Tillery AKA James Harrell Tillery, who died on October 26, 2013 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this 18:00:52 EDTObjections 2015 proceeding. 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 Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 17, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 17, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 17, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Arthur L. Tillery Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/17, 04/24 , 05/1/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 1995ADM001898 Anthony Phoenix Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Frederica Archibald, whose address is 216-14 135th Ave., Laurelton, NY 11413 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Anthony Phoenix, who died on February 17, 1995 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision.

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

20001, on or before October 24, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 24, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 24, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Frederica Archibald Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

REGISTER OF WILLS TYPESET: Tue Apr 21 04/24, 05/01, 05/08/15 Superior Court of the District of

TYPESET: Wed Apr 15 10:57:29 EDT 2015 District of Columbia 04/17, 04/24, 05/01/15 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM353 Eva M. Hunter Decedent Julius P Terrell 1455 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20004 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Evelyn Hunter Armstrong, whose address is 5222 Central Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Evan M. Hunter, who died on January 25, 2015 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before October 17, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 17, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 17, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Evelyn Hunter Armstrong Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/17, 04/24, 05/01/15

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known 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 17:08:04 W a s h i nEDT g tNOTICES o n 2015 , D.C. LEGAL 20001, on or before October 17, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 17, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 17, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Vernessa C. White-Jackson Personal Representative

PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM1256 Stella McFadden Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Nathan A. Neal, Attorney at Law,whose address is 209 Kennedy Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011-5214 , was appointed (successor) personal representative of the estate of Stella McFadden, who died on October 26, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before October 24, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 24, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 24, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Stella McFadden Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Apr 21 04/24, 05/01, 05/08/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014ADM1387 Ernest Twyman Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Audrey Boyd, whose address is 1528 Heather Hollow Circle, Silver Spring, MD 20904 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Ernest Twyman, who died on November 16, 2014 without and without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 24, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the under-

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TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Apr 21 15:23:08 04/24, 05/01, 05/08/15

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM418 Harold Jones Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara Brown, whose address is 6452 Forest Road, Cheverly, MD 20785 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Harold Jones, who died on January 14, 2015 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of 15:22:21 EDT 515 2015 5th Wills, D.C., Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before October 24, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 24, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 24, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Barbara Brown Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/24, 05/1, 05/8/15 TYPESET: Tue Apr 21 15:24:04

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM399 Yolande Hyacinthe Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Serge Hyacinthe, whose address is 2814 17th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Yolande Hyacinthe, who died on December 24, 2014 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 15:23:39 EDT 2015 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 24, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before October 24, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of Publication: April 24, 2015 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Serge Hyacinthe Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 04/24, 05/01, 05/08/15

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The Afro-American, April 25, 2015 - May 1, 2015

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31% Minority Business Enterprise participation, exceeding the 30% project goal 16% County-based Minority Business Enterprise participation, exceeding the 12% project goal These outstanding results reflect the historic commitment to diversity and inclusion that are cornerstones of the corporate mission of MGM Resorts InternationalÂŽ.

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