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Black Faith Leaders Turn Focus to Next Generation

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The Obama’s Last State Dinner

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama prepare to greet Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife Agnese Landini, for the final State Dinner of the Obama presidency on Oct. 18.

The closure of Baltimore’s Bethlehem Steel in 2003, following years of shedding jobs, lead to a massive disruption in the Baltimore area.

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The uprising in the wake of Freddie Gray’s murder brought national attention to Baltimore. The focus of the national conversation stayed on the highly publicized instances of police brutality, and the resulting rallying cries from the Black Lives Matter movement.

Often ignored is that the rioting in cities like Ferguson, Mo. and Baltimore were underscored by the economic decline from the loss of manufacturing Black residents

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent zprince@afro.com Jesse “the Buckeye Bullet” Owens was the poster child of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin.

He was not alone, however, in defying the Aryan superiority complex that plagued Adolph Hitler and likeminded

Whites—17 other African-American athletes combined to win a quarter of the medals won by the U.S. team. Their courageous achievements, however, have been long overlooked—beginning with the White House.

In 1936, when then-President Theodore Roosevelt fêted the other Olympic competitors at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., he did not invite the

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Black women are poised to make the difference in who wins the Nov. 8 general election and AfricanAmerican female leaders want to make sure that turnout is high among them.

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“Hitler didn’t snub me; it was our president who snubbed me,” said a then23-year-old Owens, at the time. “The president didn’t even send a telegram.”

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Hitler Won’t Shake Hands Intentional Discourtesy Is Shown Owens, Johnson

By William N. Jones August 8, 1936 Adolf Hitler, German dictator, showed the white flag of Nordic prejudice Monday when he declined to welcome and shake hands with Cornelius Johnson, first American to win a championship at the Olympic Games.

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Jury Clears NBA’s Derrick Rose in Rape Lawsuit

Effort to Mobilize Black Female Vote is Underway

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

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Obama Recognizes Snubbed 1936 Black Olympic Athletes

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Women’s Roundtable Public Policy Network held a teleconference with the media on getting Black women to vote in the general election.

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Melanie Campbell, the convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable Public Policy Network, is trying to get Black women to vote in large numbers.

Jurors cleared NBA star Derrick Rose and two friends Oct. 19 in a lawsuit that accused them of gang raping his exgirlfriend when she was incapacitated from drugs or alcohol.

The jury reached the verdict in federal court in Los Angeles after hearing dramatically different accounts of the August 2013 sexual encounter.

Rose says he’s thankful that the jury rejected the lawsuit.

He said in a statement to The Associated Press that it was important to prove he did not do what he was accused of, even

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NATION & WORLD FBI: 149 Sexually Exploited Children Recovered-150 Pimps Busted

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resulted in the recovery of an estimated 4,800 sexually trafficked juveniles and the conviction of more than 2,000 pimps and others involved in the illegal sex trade.

“From an investigative standpoint, Operation Cross Country targets the individuals and criminal enterprises responsible for the commercial sex trafficking of children,” said one of the Bureau’s victim specialists. “But our main goal is to provide support and services for these young victims—to help stabilize them and get them moving forward in a positive direction.”

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Screenshot from raw video footage from Cross Country operations in Alexandria, Va. A nationwide sex trafficking sting has resulted in the recovery of 149 sexually exploited children and the arrests of more than 150 pimps and other perpetrators, the FBI announced Oct. 13.

It was the ninth such annual action – codenamed Operation Cross Country – that the FBI has conducted in partnership with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

“Our mission is to protect the American people—especially our children—from harm,” said FBI Director James Comey in a statement. “When kids are treated as a commodity in seedy hotels and on dark roadsides, we must rescue them from their nightmare and severely punish those responsible for that horror. We simply must continue to work with our partners to end the scourge of sex trafficking in our country.”

This year, 73 of the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Forces, comprising more than 500 federal, state and local law enforcement officials, conducted exercises in 135 cities. Authorities raided hotels, casinos, truck stops, and other areas frequented by pimps, prostitutes, and their customers. The youngest recovered victim was 12 years old; also, three of the rescued minors were transgender, and three were males.

Denver ranked first among the targeted cities in the number of juveniles recovered from trafficking for the second time in row.

Twenty underage victims were recused in the Mile High city. Detroit came in second with 19 recovered minors.

“We’re not playing around. If you’re caught hurting and trafficking our children, we’ll do everything we can with prosecutors to put you behind bars forever and take away your freedom,” Thomas P. Ravenelle, special agent in charge of the FBI Denver Division, said.

The cross-country shakedown was part of the FBI’s Innocence Lost National Initiative. Since its inception in 2003, the program has

The father of a 2-year-old girl who was starved and badly beaten before she died was sentenced to death Oct. 17 for aggravated murder.

Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Shanahan followed the jury’s recommendation that 34-yearold Glen Bates should be executed for the death of his daughter Glenara.

Bates’ attorney said he (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP) wants to appeal the sentence.

Glen Bates is seen in court Bates didn’t speak at the sentencing hearing.

Oct. 17, in Cincinnati, as he The jury in Cincinnati was sentenced to death by convicted Bates on multiple Judge Megan Shanahan charges in Glenara’s death. His in the killing death of his attorneys had argued that he two-year-old daughter, should get life in prison and Glenara, who was starved that such a sentence would and badly beaten. force him to think about what happened every day.

Glenara was pronounced dead in March 2015 after her mother took her to a hospital. Prosecutors said Glenara had belt and bite marks, bruises, missing teeth, broken ribs, head trauma and other injuries.

Glenara weighed 13 pounds when she died. The average 2-yearold weighs more than 20 pounds.

“This man is a murderer who needs to pay for what he did to this innocent baby,” Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said in a statement. “My heart breaks for this little girl. She died in one of the most horrific ways imaginable.”

Glenara’s mother, Angela Bradley, has pleaded not guilty in the case. She has a plea hearing scheduled for Tuesday.

Authorities said her other six children are in the custody of relatives or family services.

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the Rio Games’ Team USA. President Obama lauded Owens—who became the first American to win four gold medals in an Olympiad, beating out his competitors in the 100-meter sprint, the long jump, the 200-meter sprint, and the 4 x 100 sprint relay and died in 1980—but he also praised the other 17 African-American athletes who had been relegated to near-obscurity.

“It wasn’t just Jesse. It was other African American athletes in the middle of Nazi Germany under the gaze of Adolph Hitler that put a lie to notions of racial superiority – whooped them – and taught them a thing or two about democracy and taught them a thing or two about the American character,” the president said. “So we’re honored to have many of their families here today.”

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The other athletes were: John Woodruff, Ralph Metcalfe, Dave Albritton, Jack Wilson, John Brooks, Tidye Pickett, Louise Stokes, James LuValle, Fritz Pollard Jr., Mack Robinson, Archie Williams, Cornelius Johnson, James Clark, Howell King, Art Oliver, Willis Johnson and John Terry.

Together, they amassed 14 of Team USA’s 56 medals during the 1936 Games.

Randilyn Woodruff Gilliam, 70, whose father, John Woodruff won gold in the 800-meter race in Berlin as a 21-year-old University of Pittsburgh student, said she was touched that her father’s historical achievement—and those of the other Black athletes—were finally being spotlighted.

“I was quite moved when they asked us to step up to represent our fathers, grandfathers, mothers and grandmothers,” she told the AFRO. “What made it so bittersweet is that our parents were not invited to the White House by President Roosevelt in 1936 because he didn’t want to upset his Southern White supporters. So, after 80 years of not being recognized….Better late than never, I suppose. And, it was even more special to the acknowledged by the first African-American president.”

President Obama also honored Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who made their way into the history books during the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City when, after winning gold and bronze, respectively, in the 200-meter sprint, they raised their gloved fists in a “human rights salute” during the playing of the American anthem.

“We’re proud of them,” the president said on Sept.

29. “Their powerful silent protest in the 1968 Games was controversial, but it woke folks up and created greater opportunity for those that followed.”

Smith’s and Carlos’ powerful protest was symptomatic of a sad irony that the pair and the Black Olympians of the ’36 Games had to face—representing a Jim Crow America that devalued their humanity.

“They didn’t have their rights in America, but they represented America proudly and gracefully,” said Deborah Riley Draper, producer of a new film chronicling the 1936

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athletes called “Olympic Pride: American Prejudice,” in an interview with CNN. In a 1996 interview with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, John Woodruff recalled his pride in his achievement: “It was very definitely a special feeling in winning the gold medal and being a black man. We destroyed his [Hitler’s] master race theory, whenever we start winning those gold medals. So I was very proud of that achievement and I was very happy, for myself as an individual, for my race, and for my country.”

But he also recalled the sobering realities encountered when he returned home: “After the Olympics, we had a track meet to run at Annapolis, at the Naval Academy. Now here I am, an Olympic champion, and they told the coach that I couldn’t run. I couldn’t come. So I had to stay home, because of discrimination. That let me know just what the situation was. Things hadn’t changed. Things hadn’t changed.”

That those 18 athletes achieved such heights under such trying circumstances makes their legacy even greater, Woodruff Gilliam said.

“My father’s legacy as well as that of the other AfricanAmerican athletes in the 1936 Olympic Games was to set the stage for other athletes of color to participate in the Games,” she said, adding, “You could see the legacy our parents created by how many Black athletes—Olympians and Paralympians—were there at the White House.”

President Obama, too, seemed to recognize that legacy, highlighting the achievements of Black 2016 Olympians like Allyson Felix, a six-time track-and-field gold medalist; Simone Biles, the only American gymnast to win four golds in a single Olympiad; Simone Manuel, the only AfricanAmerican woman to win a swimming gold; Michelle Carter, the only American woman to obtain gold in the shot put; and others.

“That’s one of the most extraordinary things about our Olympic team,” the president said. “There’s no kid in America who can’t look at our Olympic team and see themselves somewhere.”

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was a worthy example of German womanhood.

He did the same for Hans Woelke of Germany, who won the shot put and immediately promoted him to a lieutenancy in the army.

He also had words of praise and a hearty clasp for Ilmari Saliminen of Finland who won the 10,000-meter Olympic race

Hiter Runs Away

Before the time to present Cornelius Johnson and David Albritton, American winners of the high jump, Hitler and his party arose abruptly and announced that they were going early in order to get away before the crowds began leaving.

Uncertainty as to whether this discourtesy was intentional or not was cleared up Tuesday, when the German realm leader declined publicly to receive any of the winning group of athletes which included Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe.

Owens was led past the Hitler box and bowed. Der Fuehrer gave him a wave of the hand.

Afterwards, in his private quarters under the stadium, he did receive and congratulate Hein and Black, German winners of the hammer throw.

At least one white finalist whose name I am not at liberty to give, refused Hitler’s private congratulations.

Hitler was so anxious to greet Long, who finished second to Owens in the broad jump Tuesday, that he called Long while the latter was talking to Jesse.

Athletes Won’t Comment

None of the American boys resented the Hitler slights. Papers at home have been full of the Nazi persecution of Jews and the government order to colored residents to take a vow to chastity or else submit to a sex operation.

They had also heard of German official statements that all Jews and colored races are sub-normal (untermenchen).

However, they did not think the Nazi leader would show his prejudice in public, but none would make a statement. They had the Olympic championship, the gold medal, the wreath of laurel on their brows and the little pot containing an oak tree and the plaudits of the crowd of 100,000 still ringing in their ears.

Anti-U.S. Feeling

There has been some anti-American feeling here undercover because the U.S. team at the opening exercises in

marching past the Hitler reviewing stand did not give the Nazi salute or dip the U.S. colors. This latter is forbidden

by U.S. Army regulations.

Americans also kept their hats on during the playing of “Horst Wessel,” which is considered a national anthem.

Jesse Owens was not in the parade opening exercises, Sunday. He was excused because he had to compete Monday. So were 12 other Americans.

Haiti had one lone representative in the games. Up to Tuesday night five colored boys had won 50 of the U.S. team’s 83 points.

Cornelius Johnson and David Albritton, who have finished competition, toured the city in sweaters, old white trousers and suspenders.

They gaped and the street crowds gaped politely back. Jesse Owens was mobbed by autograph seekers, when he tried to take a walk in the city.

Press Section Buzzes

The American press section buzzed with comment when the Hitler snobbishness was confirmed.

Henry McLemore, U.P. correspondent, cabled home as follows: “Of all Old Man Nordic’s thousand s of children in the giant stadium. Hitler was the only man who couldn’t take it.”

Comment of Papers

New York: The Daily Worker here said recently: “Hitker publicly insulted both Owens and the American team.”

Frederick T. Birhali, New York Times, wrote: “German nationalism and the prejudice that seems to go along with it revealed themselves somewhat

disagreeably this afternoon.”

Stuart Cameron, United Press, said: “It was also noteworthy that when Johnson made his third try for a new world’s record after winning the high jump, the loudspeaker blared forth with the distances in the shot put and the band played loudly.”

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The Daily Worker added this: “Nazi government officials, who have been preaching ‘Aryan superiority’ over the black race – were further chagrined by the showing of the performances of the colored athletes.”

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On Nov. 8 The AFRO will host a free symposium on the role of the Black press at Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism and Communication as part of the celebration of the newspaper’s 125th anniversary as well as Morgan’s 150th anniversary. In addition, on Nov. 12, at 8 p.m., Morgan alumnus Anthony Brown and Group therAPy will perform in the Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center’s Gilliam Concert Hall, 2200 Argonne Drive on the University’s South Campus as part of the celebration.2201 Argonne Drive, Baltimore, Md. 21218, as part of the celebration. For more information go to Ticketmaster.com or call 800-551-SEAT.

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Barbara Marshall, Football Star’s Mother, Speaks Out

By Akira Kyles Special to the AFRO In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month, a single mother of two told her story of domestic violence and her work with helping abuse victims.

Barbara Marshall, born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, is retired and recently relocated to Colorado to do volunteer work to help domestic violence victims.

Marshall married the father of her two children, Brandon, linebacker for the Denver Broncos, and Marcus, singer/songwriter, at 21.

He also already had a daughter of his own from a previous relationship.

One year into their marriage, her husband began showing signs of abuse, both verbal and physical, she said.

“For a while everything was good and then he started changing and using drugs, therefore the violent behavior started,” Marshall told the AFRO. “It wasn’t always violent; he was very controlling, he was verbal. The physical altercations was a couple of time, two or three, which is two or three too many.”

It was hard for Marshall to notice the red flags at first, since she had never seen anything like it before.

“Looking back, there were red flags, I either just didn’t see it or didn’t want to see it. My parents were married for 43 years, I had never seen this. I wanted things to work with my husband, my children’s father so I stayed and tried to help him through it,” said Marshall.

Marshall stayed with him for ten years, in hopes that they could work it out. His abuse

was drawn from him getting laid off and his drug use, which he went to rehab for three times, she said.

After leaving her home with her two boys in 1999, she stayed with her nieces until her husband found her again and physically abused her. Marshall said she had to take her sons and hide from him in domestic violence shelter.

“We were together for ten years and as the years went on, it escalated to the point where, in December 1999, my boys and I had to leave the home and hide from him. My boys and I went to live with a family member, my husband couldn’t find us,” said Marshall.

“He searched all over the place and one day he found us. He kicked in the door of the apartment we were staying in and pinned me in the bathroom and was violent towards me.

So I had to take my children and we had to stay in a shelter for 26 days because he was hiding out and nobody could find him. In order for us to be safe, we had to go to a domestic violence shelter.”

Her step-daughter went to live with her grandmother.

Her husband later turned himself in, in 2001, to serve a three-year sentence. After he was sent to prison, Marshall moved back into her home with her sons.

Through it all, her two sons are the ones that gave her the strength to leave her husband. “[My children] were at an age where they would hear things. They had never seen him strike me until the incident on Dec. 12, 1999.

When he started acting really erratic, with the drug use, I really felt that I needed to get my children out of that environment and away

from him,” said Marshall.

“I didn’t want them to grow up thinking this was how you treat women that you say you love, I didn’t want them around the drugs. I just wanted better for them. They gave me the strength to leave.”

Marshall currently has no contact with her ex-husband but her two sons are working on a relationship with him.

“They’re working on it. It’s been a lot and as they’ve become adults, they’re trying to

The workforce continued to decline with only 8,000 workers by the late 1980s, and this loss was accompanied by lower wages and benefits.

Baltimore lost 75 percent of its industrial employment between 1950 and 1995, over 100,000 manufacturing jobs. Steelwork was no longer a means for middle-class wages.

The loss of those jobs was accompanied by a loss of residents and businesses as the city saw the beginnings of White flight.

Baltimore’s Black population doubled between 1950 and 1970 while White residents moved to the suburbs. Black residents were faced with discrimination, unemployment, poverty, housing deterioration and crime at disproportionate rates.

The loss of Bethlehem Steel set the stage for the economic disparity seen today. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment in Baltimore is at 6.9 percent, compared to 5 percent nationally. That rate for Black men between the ages of 20 and 24 was at 37 percent in 2013 compared to 10 percent of White men that age, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Just under 24 percent of Baltimore residents live in poverty.

Housing deterioration continues to be a problem; there are around 16,000 vacant buildings and 14,000 vacant lots in the city, according to the Housing Authority of Baltimore City. As CNBC reports, some areas of the city have not been rebuilt since the riots in 1968. The city’s pipes haven’t seen necessary maintenance in years.

Most recent Baltimore police data shows

there have been 252 homicides so far this year, as of Oct. 19., compared to 266 homicides last year to date. The city saw its highest per capita murder rate last year with 344 homicides.

Still, the prospect of future industrial endeavors could offer hope for Baltimore’s residents. The Port Covington development project has the potential of bringing 26,500 new jobs and $209 million in revenue, according to a study commissioned by Sagamore Development. Sparrows Point may also be revitalized with Under Armour’s plans to open a distribution warehouse and employ 1,000 people at what was once Bethlehem Steel.

Statistics compiled by various political and academic organizations show that Black women in 2008 and 2012 had the highest percentage of voters of any demographic group. In 2012, 74 percent of Black women who were eligible to vote did and 96 percent of them voted to re-elect President Obama.

Political scientists, like Michael McDonald of the University of Florida, have said that Black women, along with other women of color, were responsible for Obama winning the female vote in 2008 and 2012, while the majority of White women voted for Republican candidates.

Daniella Leger, the senior vice president for communications and strategy for the District of Columbia-based Center for American Progress, told the AFRO that the Obama election isn’t the only instance where Black women have made the difference. “In 2013, it was Black women who put Terry McAuliffe over the top against Republican Ken Cuccinelli

in the governor’s race,” Leger said. “There was a racial gender difference because most White women that year voted for Cuccinelli.”

Waikinya Clanton, executive director of the Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women, said it is in the best interest of Black women to vote in November. “Black women have a lot to lose if we don’t vote,” Clanton, on the teleconference call, said. “We need to organize in the states where we have the most impact.”

Leger agrees with Clanton. “Black women are concerned about the economy, their children, and affordable child care,” she said. “Black women have an extreme burden because child care is expensive and going up and at their workplace, they are facing a pay gap in terms of making less than a male for doing the same job. Black women also are concerned about crime, mass incarceration, and every other issue Americans deal with.”

Tameka Mallory, co-chair of the New York City-based civil and human rights organization The Justice League, said it is important to get Black females millennials to the polls.

“We are excited about the activities around Black millennials,” Mallory said on the call.

“During this election cycle, young people do not feel they haven’t been represented so we are trying to engage them. We are empowering millennials with talking points and encouraging them to influence one another to vote.”

Ebony Riley, District’s bureau chief for the National Action Network, said they are encouraging Black women to vote through their organization’s chapters. “We have activated our 124 chapters and their youth components as well as our clergy network,” Riley said. “This is a critical time because women have been dehumanized by one of the presidential candidates.”

Leger said Republican candidate Donald Trump has lit the fire of Black women. “Black women are disgusted by Donald Trump,” she said. “Black women support President Obama. Michelle Obama recently gave one of the best political speeches in a while saying there is a stark choice between him and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.”

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of these cities have been facing for decades.

During the first half of the 20th century in Baltimore, Bethlehem Steel had established itself as the backbone of Sparrow Point. Black children throughout the city were bussed there to attend the Bragg School, one of the first public elementary schools for AfricanAmerican children, between 1948 to 1964.

The houses built were racially segregated, and training in skilled jobs was stilled reserved for Whites, but steel work still offered opportunities to Black families.

In the 1970s, the national trend in the decline of domestic manufacturing hit Bethlehem Steel hard, with a massive layoff of 10,000 workers between 1971 and 1975.

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Continued from A1 Brown, president of the A. Phillip Randolph Institute, made it clear her organization is working to maximize that goal.

“We are really making a push in North Carolina, particularly Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville, and Charlotte,” Brown said. “In addition to North Carolina, we are working in the Hampton Roads, Va., area on voter enfranchisement there and we have operations in Flint and Lansing, Mich., Dade County, Fla., Orlando, Fla., and Columbus, Ohio. In places that have early voting, we are literally pulling folks to the polls.”

Among African Americans, Black women constitute 52 percent of the population, according to the U.S. Census American Community Survey in 2011. That survey reported that 54 percent of the voting age populations (18 and older) among Blacks are females and this statistics peaks with the 65 and older age group, with Black females making up 61 percent of the population.

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Barbara Marshall, mother of Brandon Marshall, linebacker for the Denver Broncos, is a survivor of domestic violence.

move forward,” said Marshall. “Right now, it’s a little strained.”

Marshall didn’t speak about her abuse for another two years until she said something at her church. This made her feel empowered and want to help. Marshall went through training at her church in Virginia, where she lived for four years, and became an advocate.

Marshall also lost a cousin to domestic violence a few years after her experience.

“I didn’t want to see anyone else lose their lives if I could have anything to do with it,” said Marshall.

Marshall helps victims at the Rose Andom Center, a domestic violence help center, in Denver, CO that has been open for three months.

“This center is unique because it has all the tools that a battered person, male or female, needs,” said Marshall. “They can fill out their paperwork to get a protective order, detectives are there, they can get medical help, they can get help with housing, they can get daycare for their children; it’s like a one-stop place the [victim] can feel safe. Brandon, Marcus and I partnered with them a couple years ago and we had a clothing drive and gave a donation to start the center up.”

Marshall wants victims to know that there is help out there and they shouldn’t give up hope.

“I just hope with my story and where I am today that it just gives them hope. That they don’t give up and understand that it’s a process that takes time,” said Marshall. “They don’t have to stay in the situation, there is help out there. All they have to do is reach out and they can be safe.”

Part of a series of articles and commentaries describing the impact the change in the manufacturing industry has had on the Black Community in major American cities.

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though he had to share private details of his personal life.

“I am thankful that the jury understood and agreed with me,” his statement said. “This experience and my sensitivity to it was deep. I am ready to put this behind me and focus on my family and career.”

Jurors later posed for photographs with Rose one at a time in the courthouse lobby.

One of the two men among the eight jurors who identified himself only by his first name and age, Jared, 25, said the panel tried to look at the case in the plaintiff’s favor but in the end could not believe her and felt her tears were not genuine.

“It felt like she was playing us,” he said.

Neither side denied the three men had sex with the woman, but the issue was whether she consented or was too intoxicated to do so.

Defense lawyers tarred the woman as a liar who tried to sway jurors through her tears to get at Rose’s fortune. They claimed she was angry he had dumped her and she set him up

and brought the lawsuit in hopes of a big payoff.

The woman’s lawyer called the men “sexual deviants” and says they conspired to gang rape her after she was drunk and incapable of consenting to sex.

Rose was in court, looking down as the verdict was read.

As soon as the first question was answered by the jury, his attorney got up and shook the hand of each of the three defendants.

“All three men were innocent from Day 1,” Rose’s attorney, Mark Baute, said. “We’re very happy that the system worked.”

The woman’s attorney, Waukeen McCoy, said he will explore appeal options.

“I think it’s a shame for women, for this country that a celebrity can come into court and slut-shame a woman like my client,” McCoy said.

Though the accuser’s reaction could not be seen as the verdict was read, McCoy said she was devastated and did not understand how jurors could reach their conclusion.

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NBA star Derrick Rose smiles as he leaves federal court in Los Angeles, Oct. 19.

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her medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and completed her surgical residency at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. After realizing the lack of resources in the area, she set out to make a difference.

“I just have a passion for it and what’s motivating for me is I really want to change the statistics for women in Prince George’s County, Ward 7, and Ward 8. I’m really motivated by just trying to make a difference in the community.”

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Dr. Regina Hampton practices in Prince George’s County and Washington, D.C.

By Zanha Armstrong Special to the AFRO Black women in the United States are less likely than White women to be diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age, however their risk of dying from the disease is higher at 42 percent.

Dr. Regina Hampton is one of the few female breast surgeons in Prince George’s County, Md. Her practice, Signature Breast Care, provides breast services to both men and women. Dr. Hampton is also the Medical Director of the Breast Care Center at Doctors Community Hospital, the first in Prince George’s County.

“I’m a general surgeon and I was one of the few female surgeons in Prince George’s County, which is where I practice primarily. And I just really didn’t like how breast care was being delivered, especially because most of the women were African American. So I decided in 2009 to focus my practice to be just a breast only practice. And I opened the first dedicated breast surgery practice in Prince George’s County.

And then from there then helped my primary hospital, which is Doctors Community Hospital, open the first breast center in Prince George’s County,” she told the AFRO. Dr. Hampton, who was born and raised in Seattle, obtained

With those low income areas in mind, Dr. Hampton went on to co-found Breast Care for Washington (BCW). BCW was founded to provide women with access to breast cancer screening in the District of Columbia. Their operations were specifically designed to overcome current barriers that prevent low-income, medically underserved women from receiving high quality breast care. Their location in Ward 8 brings services to locals that previously were unable to receive care because of either distance to providers, a lack of transportation options, or just a lack of knowledge.

They offer an abundance of services including initiation into screening, assistance with identifying eligibility for public assistance programs and post image navigating services.

Washington D.C. has had the unfortunate distinction of having some of the highest rates of breast cancer mortality in the country. The latest CDC statistics show the District of Columbia high numbers in both breast cancer incidence rates (132.8 per 100,000) and breast cancer mortality rates (29.6 per 100,000) According to the District of Columbia Department of Health, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the District of Columbia and the second in deaths.

When speaking of her legacy, in addition to striving to significantly decrease the mortality rate and increase the survival rate, Dr. Hampton hopes that the conversation on diligent breast care continues.

“I think if we can be more open and talk more public about it, we can help more women. I hope to inspire others to keep the conversation going and to be positive and supportive to other women so that they don’t feel ashamed.”

BCW will be marking the milestone of serving their 2,000th patient at the end of October.

“Breast cancer is not what it used to be. It’s not a death sentence, it can be survived,” she said.

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Black Faith Leaders Turn Focus to Next Generation

Recently we were moved by Zianna Oliphant -- a brave young girl who spoke to the Charlotte City Council after the death of Keith Lamont Scott: “We are Black people and we shouldn’t have to feel like this. We shouldn’t have to protest because ya’ll are treating us wrong.”

That is courage in the face of fear. In the face of injustice. Can we please offer this girl a microphone every day?

Black voters have been a particular focus of this election. However, it is about time politicians and the media expand their view of our people beyond that of victims and perpetrators.

Before Charlotte, America watched a Black mother in Flint reveal a rash on her two-yearold boy’s legs after he’d bathed unknowingly in poisoned water. Estimates are that between 6,000 and 12,000 children in Flint have been exposed to drinking water with high levels of lead. Politicians like Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and polluters who have contaminated the Flint River for decades are responsible. In response to the water crisis, 8-year old Mari Copeny, “Little Miss Flint”, wrote this to President Obama before traveling across the country to meet him: “I’ve been doing my best to march in protest and to speak out for all the kids that live here in Flint.”

Of course, Flint is no outlier. Last year we learned that nearly 5,000 children in Baltimore had been poisoned by lead in the last decade and many others before that, including young Freddie Gray. Maryland has its own young Black hero in Destiny Watford, who this year won the international Goldman Environmental Prize for organizing Baltimore residents to defeat plans to build the nation’s largest incinerator less than a mile from her school.

Like Zianna, Mari, and Destiny, African American faith leaders are taking action in the face of crisis.

Our great city of Baltimore will host an important gathering of African American faith leaders with the partnership of Green For All and Interfaith Power & Light at Gwynn Oak Methodist Church - the third annual Green The Church National Summit Oct. 25 and 26. Then, on Nov. 13, hundreds of Maryland pastors will preach climate justice from the pulpit as part of the second Climate in the Pulpits weekend.

Our Green The Church Summit could not come at a more opportune time for the country to turn toward the prophetic tradition of the Black Church.

Since its inception in 2010, Green The Church has brought together more than 400 Black Churches with three goals: 1) Amplify Green Theology, 2) Promote Sustainable Practices, and 3) Build Power for Change.

Now is the time to build power for change; before, during, and beyond this election. One way we can do so is by voting. But the voting booth is not the only place our voice matters right now.

In the coming weeks, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and eight Northeast Governors will make a decision that will impact millions of dollars in annual funding for utility bill relief, tens of thousands of good green jobs for a decade, air quality in our most polluted communities, and the strength and speed of our changing climate. That decision is whether to extend and strengthen the carbon pollution cap in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

Governor Hogan’s administration has been supportive of RGGI. In recent weeks they have expressed disappointment at their portrayal in the media as being prepared to potentially withdraw from the program, assuring advocates that they will not do so. They do maintain

Ambrose F. Carroll and Kevin Slayton Sr.

The Re-Birth of A Racist Nation

In 1915, President Woodrow Wilson hosted a special White House screening of D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation,” a film based on The Clansman, by Wilson’s friend Thomas Dixon. The film was a racial marker of the time - it portrayed Black politicians as drunken buffoons and set the stage for the Ku Klux Klan’s savage attempts to remove them from office.

While showing such a film would spark outrage today, it really shouldn’t surprise us given President Wilson’s track record at the time: he segregated federal workers in Washington, D.C. and following World War I, he blocked efforts to include racial equality as a founding principle of the League of Nations.

Pretty unsavory behavior for a sitting US president.

One century after Birth of a Nation premiered America Keith Magee is - again - grappling with indelible racism. A nation that, seemingly, made progress in the election of its first President of both, African and White American heritage, still sits amid painful memories. Rather than America being fully conscious of her progress, she now appears to be travailing in re-birth.

Arguably the “birther” inquisition of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump gave credence to this resurgence. His questioning of President Obama’s legitimacy and identity wasn’t actually based in concern about his being born in America. Instead it speaks to an inherent privilege to determine if, where, how and to whom he belonged. America must acknowledge its own gritty memory and at times, sobering present.

Film director and actor Nate Parker recently reclaimed the “Birth of a Nation” title and

a concern that stronger pollution limits could harm the economy and put Maryland at a disadvantage in the region. The evidence suggests otherwise. In 2015, the Analysis Group reported that Maryland had gained $213.8 million in net economic benefits and 2,475 net jobs through RGGI from 2012-2014. They also concluded that the net impact on consumer utility bills was a decrease of over $100 million, not an increase. With the green economy growing and polluting power becoming more expensive worldwide, the benefits of a stronger RGGI will only grow.

More than most, African Americans understand the threat of climate change and the opportunity of green jobs for our communities. However, right now our families are paying the health, economic, and environmental costs that polluters should be paying, given their emissions. That is one reason why President Obama and Black leaders around the country are speaking out on this issue. And that is why, in the spirit of building power for change, today we are announcing that Green The Church is joining the call for Governor Hogan and all RGGI decision makers to support a stronger, 5% declining annual carbon pollution cap from 2020 to 2030. We pledge to continue to lead the way as our state and our country transitions toward a green economy.

The Rev. Dr. Ambrose F. Carroll is the founder of Green The Church (greenthechurch. org) and senior pastor at the Church by the Side of the Road in Berkley, Calif. The Rev. Kevin Slayton, Sr. is president of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Metropolitan Baltimore and senior pastor at New Waverly United Methodist Church in Baltimore.

repurposed his new film as a vehicle to challenge racism and White supremacy in America. He depicts the same issues as the original film, but from a different vantage point: he points to slave rebellion leader Nat Turner (played by Parker) as his central character.

When Turner’s master positions him as a preacher to fellow slaves - and makes money from the preaching engagements - Turner begins to see the scope of slavery. The system’s consequences are pervasive and reach further than he’d fully imagined. He decides rather than being used for profit he’d rather become a prophet. Parker hopes his film will give birth to “the kind of honest confrontation that will galvanize our society toward healing and sustained systemic change.” In a riveting scene, Turner evokes his fellow enslaved faith community with a call towards justice: they are the individuals creating America’s prominence and wealth, and thereby deserve rights.

A friend told me that giving birth to a child (beyond the agony of labor) brings something “new” into the world that you commit to nurture and protect. It is also a time of bringing two families together as one. Our nation is less than 30 days from a moment that will redefine the rebirthing of our nation, from its economics to social policies to leadership of the Supreme Court.

Keith Magee is a public intellectual who focuses on economics, social justice and theology.

He is currently senior researcher of culture and justice, University College London, Culture; Director, The Social Justice Institute at the Elie Wiesel Center on the campus of Boston University, where he is a Scholar in Residence; and senior pastor, The Berachah Church at the Epiphany School, Dorchester Centre, MA. For more information visit 4justicesake.org.

Gardening: A Healthful Medicine for Seniors Over the past year, I have been active with seniors presenting hands-on environmental projects at nursing and assisted living facilities. I know as an environmental educator, working with the soil through gardening exercises promotes all over good health for people and the environment.

In today’s society, we as humans have detached ourselves from nature. As we become more obsessed with technology we are becoming more deprived of the natural connection we have with the Earth, which is causing alarming effects to our health and the environment.

The senior population is among the 90% of people in the U.S. living indoors. This causes extreme sedentary, disconnection, unhealthy and unnatural behaviors.

Studies show that seniors that garden or are involved in some kind of regular planting activities are happier, healthier, smarter and more alert then those who don’t.

Here are my top five reasons why gardening is good for our growing senior population.

• The Soil-Mycobacterium Vaccae is a strain of bacterium found in all soil all over the world. Research shows that this bacterium elevates one’s mood and decreases anxiety by

promoting happiness.

• The physical activity associated with gardening helps lowers the risk of dementia. A recent study that followed a group of 60 and 70 year-olds for 16 years found that those who gardened regularly had a 36% to 47% lower risk for developing dementia then non-gardeners.

• When gardening outdoors, the body is taking in natural vitamin D from the sun which absorbs into the body as calcium promoting strong and healthy bones and immune systems while supporting a better sleep.

• When you dig, plant, weed, cultivate in the soil, it requires the individual to stretch the major muscle groups to complete the planting task; thus decreasing the risk of osteoporosis in seniors.

• According to the American Heart Association, gardening can reduce the risk of stokes because planting and tending a garden is considered exercise like jogging and swimming.

Senior gardening is good medicine for the mind, body and soul, naturally.

Cathy Allen is an award-winning Urban Environmentalist, the co-creator of G.R.A.S.S. (Growing Resources After Sowing Seed) as well as Chair of the “Grow-It Eat It” campaign.

G.R.A.S.S. is an environmental entrepreneurial nonprofit program based on the fundamentals of gardening, agriculture and ecology. In conjunction with Baltimore City Public Schools, Allen’s campaign has planted over a half-million trees on the lawns of Baltimore City public schools.

She can be reached at cathy.allen@thegreenambassador.org.

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BALTIMORE-AREA Race and Politics

Trump’s Undermining of America

To be clear, the fate of Donald John Trump’s diabolical campaign for president of the United Sean Yoes States was most likely Senior AFRO sealed after Contributor his first calamitous presidential debate against Hillary Clinton last month at Hofstra University in New York. That was the debate where it was revealed Trump had repeatedly, “fat shamed,” a former Ms. Universe (1996), Alicia Machado. A day or two after the debate, Trump continued to attack Machado launching one of his infamous Twitter tirades, with prurient fervor at 3 a.m., obsessing over a nonexistent “sex tape.”

But, a few days before the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, the “Access Hollywood” tape from 2005 was released, where Trump bragged with perverted glee about being able to sexually assault women, grab them by the vagina (he used another word), with impunity.

From the time he descended the escalator of Trump Tower to announce his candidacy in June of 2015, and in the process condemn a huge swath of the Mexican people as rapists and murderers, to him creepily stalking behind Clinton on the debate stage in St. Louis, Trump has crafted dozens of transgressions. Any one singularly would have killed the campaign of just about any other presidential candidate in modern history.

However, when Trump metaphorically upended the pedestal of pristine White womanhood, with his socalled, “locker room talk,” that was the death blow.

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Draper Makes Case for Two African American Museums

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Wanda Q. Draper is the newly appointed executive director of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture.

By Terrance Smith Special to the AFRO

neighborhood that I’ve experienced first hand. I grew up in this area for 15 years of my life. Growing up in that area and in Reisterstown and Gwynns Falls, commonly called RNG, you learn to adapt. You learn the neighborhood, the kids, their parents, the drug dealers.

Inez, 71, is a long-term resident of the Penn North/RNG community. Her son was killed in 1990. “My only son was murdered. I heard the shot that killed him,” she told the AFRO. He was killed a few feet from her home of thirty-two years but she does not live in fear.

While some people in the community know her to be “nosey,” she’s that lady that’s always watching. FedEx and the Postal Service will deliver packages to her to hold for her

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum’s new executive director, Wanda Draper, doesn’t think the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., will hurt business but improve it.

The Baltimore native, a graduate of Forest Park High School and a parishioner at New Shiloh Baptist Church, Draper has been actively involved with the museum since 1999 as one of the first board members. She stepped down from the board in 2007 but continued to advise the museum in an unofficial capacity about marketing and public relations.

However, the role of executive director is new for

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The Penn North/RNG community has changed drastically over the past 20 years.

By Donnell Taylor Special to the AFRO As a young man growing up in Baltimore, there’s this fear.

This fear of not making it home to your family at night, the fear of seeing a red and blue light in your rear view mirror, this fear that the last time you’ve spoken to your friends or family was the last.

These are not only my fears, but the fears of millions of African American men and women living across the United States. This fear does not stem from the media or society, but from the place that I call home. Baltimore is a beautiful city if you’re only referring to the Inner Harbor. Outside of the touristy attractions lie some of the worst neighborhoods in Baltimore City. Penn North in West Baltimore is a

Food Deserts Plague Certain Baltimore Neighborhoods

By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO The City of Baltimore recently received international recognition from the Caripolo Foundation and the City of Milan, Italy for its efforts to bring healthy foods to the one-in-four persons living in the city’s many food deserts. But while the Charm (Courtesy photo) City was being Terry Patton, principal at Franklin Square Elementary/ showered with Middle School, is working with Harvest for the Hungry global accolades, to ensure students and families at her school have fresh local residents food. in one of the city’s worst food grocery store. Research conducted by the deserts said there’s just not enough Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, progress in bringing supermarkets reveals that more than 63% of residents in the and healthy food choices to their 9th City Council District live in food deserts, community. the highest percentage of residents living in a “There are no healthy grocery food desert in Baltimore. stores around here. None at all,” Terry Patton, principal at Franklin Square Stephen Smith, a Poppleton resident, Elementary/Middle School in District 9, told the AFRO. The closest facility initiated support for her students and families is Lexington Market, which is about through a partnership with Harvest for a mile down the road from Smith. the Hungry. The school serves as a food/ “Unfortunately, that wouldn’t be vegetable pick-up point allowing families to my first choice for healthy foods,” obtain boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables at a Smith said. reduced cost.

The United States Department “They called us and asked if we would of Agriculture (USDA) defines an be interested. Of course, there are no grocery urban food desert as a location with stores around here. Many of our families look at least 500 people and/or at least to us to help them bridge the gap,” said Patton.

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The Baltimore City High School Football Wrap-Up

By Jordan Hawkins Special to the AFRO Welcome to the AFRO’s weekly sports wrap-up.

The Matchup Wrap-up: The Mergenthaler VoTech Mustangs shut out the visiting Central Falcons 35-0 in their out of league matchup on Oct. 14. The Mustangs, now with a 5-2 Courtesy Photo record stand as the current Devone Stubbs of Poly High top team in Baltimore City School is the Player of the Week.

I region. They will put that record on the line as they travel to take on the Poly Engineers for a Baltimore City I face-off on Oct. 28.

Player(s) of the Week: The Baltimore City player of the week is Devone Stubbs of Poly High School. Stubbs is a junior quarterback for the Engineers, and is one of their offensive stat leaders. Stubbs carries a showing of 895 yards, 70 of those rushing and the rest spread over eleven touchdown passes and an average of

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Continued from B1 neighbors. Times are not the same anymore. Before Ms. Inez moved to the Penn North community, she lived in the Gilmore Homes Projects for 20 years, which is where the late Freddy Gray was killed while in police custody last April. Following the death of Gray, much of the destruction caused during the unrest was concentrated in the Penn North area of Baltimore.

Both communities have changed drastically over the past few decades, she said. Her community has many vacant homes that have disintegrated with time. “What bothers me now is the city’s [investments in the reconstructive of Port Covington], why are they doing that when they can take all these old foundation homes and build them up nice,” she said.

Inez was not alone in that thought. Chantice Morris, a pharmacist at the Care One Pharmacy located near the bottom of Reisterstown Road, said the youth of today suffer from a

lack of Recreational Centers. “Some kids are followers, and if they don’t have that guidance to guide them in the right direction, they’re just going to find somewhere where they can fit into,” she said. Unfortunately, she noted, that can lead to them finding shelter on the streets.

Tyra Hughes, a resident of the Penn North community for 33 years said she hasn’t seen many significant changes during her time in the neighborhood. Her biggest concern is raising her four sons, who range in age from eight to fourteen and a daughter who will soon be 21. “It makes me angry and very worried about my boy’s future. Will they be able to walk the streets in a city they were born and raised in without being profiled as a drug dealer, a robber or a thug based on how they look or dress?,” she asked.

Hughes doesn’t let her sons go outside much because

Race and Politics pivotal Philadelphia suburbs by nearly 30 points), Trump made his disparagement of the electoral process plain.

“We have to make sure the people of Philadelphia are protected that the vote counts are 100%. Everybody wants that, but I hear these horror shows. I hear these horror shows and we have to make sure that this election is not stolen from us and is not taken away from us. And everybody knows what I’m talking about,” Trump said.

Yup, we sure do.

What you are saying, in essence, Mr. Trump is, “If we Whites are not vigilant, the niggers will steal this election.” That’s pretty much what you are saying.

It is a tired narrative that falls in lockstep with the overarching themes of anti-intellectualism, misinformation and outright lies, of the Trump campaign, because there is virtually no evidence of modern American

election rigging.

In fact, according to a study by Justin Levitt, a professor at the Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and a widely acknowledged expert in constitutional law and the Democratic electoral process, since 2000, there has been 31 credible incidents of voter fraud in a billion votes cast.

Thirty-one incidents out of a billion votes.

Further, with 31 Republican U.S. governors including the battleground states of Florida, Ohio and North Carolina, the advantage is clearly with the Republican Party at the state level where the electoral battle is ultimately won or lost.

The United States has engaged in an uninterrupted, peaceful transfer of power since 1789. “It is the loser of the election that validates the results for the winner,” said veteran Republican strategist Steve Schmidt, who was presidential campaign manager for Sen. John

Two Double Shootings Leave Four Injured in Baltimore

By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO Four people were injured in two separate double shootings on Oct. 16 and Oct. 17 , according to Baltimore City Police.

At 10:24 p.m. Oct. 16, in the 700 block of West North Avenue near North Fulton Avenue, near the city’s Penn North and Sandtown-Winchester neighborhoods in West Baltimore, an officer discovered two gunshot victims and notified dispatch.

As of Oct. 17, at least two victims were still in critical condition.

One of the victims, a 23-year old man had been shot in the head

and was transported to a hospital in critical condition. Another victim, a 35-year old man was shot in the thigh and was listed in good condition, according to police.

This shooting occurred four hours after a fatal shooting took place only a block away in the1800 block of McKean Avenue. 18-year old Tre’Quan Mullock was killed in that shooting.

On Oct. 17, detectives were called to the 400 block of Paca Street, just north of Lexington Market, for a shooting, where they found a 23-year old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body. He was listed in critical condition,

This is the first in an ongoing AFRO series exploring the neighborhoods of Baltimore.

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of White paranoia, victimization and privilege (the latter two seem antithetical), where Trump is god-like and beyond reproach, even he knows he’s done.

He fears he may be destined for an Election Day blowout of mythic proportions, perhaps landing somewhere between Lyndon Baines Johnson’s defeat of Barry Goldwater in 1964 and Ronald Reagan’s demolition of Walter Mondale in 1984.

So, he has made the calculated decision to simply burn the damn house down before November 8.

On Oct. 16, Trump tweeted: “The election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing Crooked Hillary -- but also at many polling places -- SAD.” But, earlier this month, at a rally in front of a rabid, nearly all-White crowd in WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania (where he is losing to Clinton in the

of the potential threats that could find her sons. Though her relationship is equally close with her daughter, she said her sons are a little shaken up by what they are seeing in their community and media outlets.

“I would love to see the curfew get reinstated, a strong presence of the police back in the community, let’s fix these vacant houses and open up some Rec Centers for our kids,” Hughes said.

When an opportunity arises in your life, always make sure that you take full advantage and hold nothing back. I am holding on to hope that someone with the power to make a change will. Hoping they’ll see this story and begin forming an alliance to begin restoring these neighborhoods.

said police.

A little time after, a 29-year old woman walked into Mercy Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the right arm, police said. She told police she was also shot on North Paca Street. She was treated and released.

Antonio Miles, 30, has been identified as a victim in a shooting that occurred on Oct. 15, in the 200 block of N. Monastery Avenue in the Allendale neighborhood in Southwest Baltimore.

Anyone with information on any of these shootings, are asked to call citywide shooting detectives at 410-396-2221 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7-LOCK-UP

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McCain in 2008.

If Trump indeed loses spectacularly on November 8th, which seems almost inevitable, a peaceful transfer of power could very well be imperiled.

I recently saw Rep. Maxine Waters, the democratic firebrand from Los Angeles go in on Trump on one of the cable news networks.

“He’s a liar...he doesn’t believe in this country,” Waters said. “Who is this man?” Over the last 14 months Trump has made it abundantly clear who and what he is. Perhaps the more perplexing question is, who are the millions of people who support him and will vote for him no matter what?

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

Wrap Up

Continued from B1 127.9 yard per game. Stubbs is a player who is steadily on the rise in the Baltimore City Region. To see more from Devone, watch him and the Poly Engineers take on the Digital Harbor Rams on Oct. 20.

The Games to Come: Be sure to check out when Poly takes on Digital Harbor on Oct. 20. The Engineers come into the match 4-3 on a two-win streak after beating the Carver Vo-Tech Bears Oct. 14. Meanwhile the Rams, coming off of their second loss in a row to the Patterson Clippers enter the regional matchup 3-4. The Engineers and the Rams both want to improve their records as playoffs are right around the corner. Both teams go in, only one will come out the victor.

That’s it for this week’s Baltimore City football wrapup.

Continued from B1 Draper. When she was offered the opportunity to become the executive director in August she “jumped on it” she said.

“They recruited me to be on the board for my marketing expertise and public relations. Now they are looking for management experience. I am now at a point in my career where I can do something that I want to do and support an organization that I really love,” Draper told the AFRO. Draper was announced as the new executive director in August. Now she is “just settling in” and deciding which of the museum’s challenges to focus on first.

“We have some fiduciary challenges. Fiscally we need to work on meeting our state match. My priorities are working on hiring a director of finance and director of development, which are two positions that are open.”

Draper said. The museum for the past several years has fallen short of its fund raising goals.

Once those positions have been filled, Draper said she hopes that the museum will grow in many different areas with a focus on increasing the donor base, membership, promoting the museum and meeting fiscal responsibilities.

The state of Maryland reportedly covered the museum’s budget shortfall, but Draper said that was not true.

Draper explained that the state did not spend additional funds on the museum but had continued to make their part of the contribution to the museum’s success and then discussed moving the museum forward. “...I think initially what we need to do is hire a development director. One of our greatest weaknesses is not having a development director to raise money, so I think we’ll be able to do that and I think we’ll be able to look at opportunities here to increase our donor base,” Draper said.

For 2016, the state of Maryland provided $1.9 million to the museum,

roughly the same amount as in 2015.

Draper said she believes that a problem for the museum is that people do not know the museum’s identity.

“I think people don’t know what we are. If you’re going to an arts museum you know what to expect. When you go to the Newseum you know what to expect. When you go to the [National] Aquarium you know you’re going to see fish,” Draper said. “I think people who go to museums don’t know what to expect from an African-American museum. They’re in limited markets. I think our biggest challenge is people don’t know what to expect.” Draper said.

Despite the fanfare and massive amount of press coverage the African American Museum in Washington, D.C. received when it opened in Sept., Draper said she is not concerned with being overshadowed.

“Not at all. I think that’s to our advantage. First of all, we’re so close. Secondly, because our former curator, Michelle Joan Wilkinson, is there, some of our board members are there and lots of our former employees are there we have very good connections. In addition, we are an affiliate of the Smithsonian, so we will be looking to share with them and work with them,” Draper said.

As an affiliate, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum can receive national membership from the Smithsonian, discount purchase and reciprocal admission at other Smithsonian affiliates.

“When you have something like the Smithsonian open, all it does is open the minds of so many more people. You look at the millions of people that will go there, particularly in the first six months, and that’s awesome because we couldn’t buy that kind of thought process or exposure.”

Food Policy Initiative, an intergovernmental collaboration consisting of the Department of Planning (DOP), Office of Sustainability (BOS), Health Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) and Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) was founded in 2010 and charged with the responsibility of expanding access to healthy and affordable food choices in Baltimore’s food deserts.

The Baltimore Food Policy Initiative promotes the city’s farmer’s markets as well as community gardens and urban agriculture. The agencies within the group support a

central kitchen model for Baltimore Public Schools and a generous tax credit program coordinated by The Baltimore Development Corporation.

Still, only one of the city’s 45 supermarkets calls District 9 “home.”

Smith believes it shouldn’t be that difficult to attract a quality supermarket and restaurants to his area – just across from The University of Maryland’s Baltimore campus. “A lot of folks don’t like to speak out. And that’s why we don’t have those type of things that we need,” Smith said. “Things are not going to change unless we stand up and make them change.”

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29,000 residents, according to a recent report issued by The Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The City’s Department of Public Health has encouraged corner stores to stock healthy foods through its Healthy Stores Initiative, however none of the stores involved in the initiative are close to Smith or the Franklin Square School.

More than one-third of Baltimore’s AfricanAmerican population lives in a food desert and 30% of all school-aged children live without nearby access to healthy food as well. The Baltimore

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“Come gather ‘round people wherever you roam and admit that the waters around you have grown. Accept it soon, you’ll be drenched to the bone if your time to you is worth saving then you better start swimming you could sink like a stone. For the times, they are a-changing.

Come mothers and fathers throughout the land and don’t criticize what you can’t understand your sons and your daughters beyond your command. Your old road is rapidly aging. So get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand for the times, they are a-changing.”-Bob Dylan Artist, poet, singer and songwriter Bob Dylan, at the age of 75, was awarded the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize in Literature. We congratulate him on his artistic ability to create lyrics that continue to stand true about life, death and people. In 1964 he wrote, “The times they are a changing” that told us how to deal with change or get out the way. With the upcoming election, we will see change both locally and nationally. If you want to be part of the change, exercise your right to VOTE on Nov. 8.

“Sitting in the park… Yes I’m sitting right here waiting for you my dear.”-Billy Stewart Blanett Lynch, Everlon Moulton, Lyberian “Libby” Massey, Maxine Turnipseed, Yvonne West, Victor Green and Willard Wright, “Five Girls and 2 Guys” hosted their annual picnic in the park. More than 100 people enjoyed the camaraderie and the beautiful fall afternoon dancing and tasting a variety of dishes prepared by the guests to share. With the Champagne flowing, fireplace blazing, people line dancing and folks being photographed by our favorite photographer, Anderson Ward of the AFRO, it was a picture perfect afternoon with Mother Nature majestically providing a colorful background. It was a pleasure meeting the spry 95 year-old Roberta Mans and seeing her enjoying herself at this awesome picnic.

“There’s something on my mind.” You know you “gotta put it on paper” when you miss the birthday celebration for your childhood friend, Delegate Nathaniel Oaks. I had the invitation and thought I had memorized the date. I was looking forward to a fun filled evening and the home-style cooking of Ms. Judy at the Forest Park Golf Course Clubhouse. As the divine one Sarah Vaughn sings in “Send in the clowns,” “Well maybe next year.”

Happy birthday Dr. Walker Robinson, IOTA founder Lonnie Spruill Jr. Dean Evans, Delegate Curt Anderson, Ray Haysbert, Minnie Carter, Jennifer Lewis, David Bunn, Ackneil Muldrow ll, Jean Powell, Berice Bogans and my granddaughter Allyson Lee. “All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.” –Walt Disney Our friend Kevin Brown and Bill Maughlin, the owners of SNAC, just celebrated the 10th anniversary of their Station North Arts Gallery on Charles Street on 10/10/2016.

Colin’s Restaurant celebrated their 3rd anniversary on Oct. 15. Please continue to support our minority-owned businesses.

Speaking of, “Living for the weekend” wants to congratulate Colin’s Restaurant owners Dante and Candes Daniels on the birth of their daughter Aris Raine and Colin on the arrival of

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10/10/16 also saw the birth of Autumn Maria, daughter of Sharnita Alexander and Antwon Johnson. The proud granny is Angela Alexander. Karen Kay is beaming with the birth of her granddaughter, Leah, on 10/10/16. The stars were aligned in the right position on 10/10/16.

“Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.”-Orison Swett Marden Many of us knew the larger than life William Lloyd Adams, husband of our good friend Victorine Quille Adams, founder of Women Power and a Baltimore City Councilwoman. Mark R. Cheshire has written a book titled “They Call Me Little Willie: The Life Story of William L. Adams.” The book gives an in-depth story of Little Willie from his childhood as a poor boy living in North Carolina, his arrival in Baltimore, to being the first Black to have a company publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Little Willie’s death at the age of 97 ended his life but not the legacy he created. Little Willie’s involvement in Baltimore politics, his interaction with the government and the roles of various people, including the Afro –American Newspaper was pivotal to his success.

Kevin Shird, author of “Lesson of Redemption” has penned another book titled “Uprising in the City.” His new book explores the unrest in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray.

The book features the author’s observations as a Baltimore native and national youth advocate.

Mark your calendar for a book signing hosted by the Friday Night Bunch on Nov. 11 by Nancy at SNAC, 131 W. North Avenue, Baltimore.

Congratulations to Nicolas Abrams, founder and CEO of AJW Financial Partners, on his appointment to Saint Agnes Hospital Foundation’s board of directors.

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”

-Foster C. McClellan Congratulations to Baltimore artist and performer, Joyce Scott, recipient of the MacArthur Fellow award and the Baker award. Joyce’s talents are well known throughout the city and now nationally. Way to go, home girl!

Rehoboth Beach’s 16th annual Jazz Festival ended on a bitter note with the death of our friend Jeanette Bynum. Jeanette was in Rehoboth partying and dancing with friends when “suddenly” she stopped dancing, sat down, took her final curtain and exited this life for life everlasting. Rest peacefully in Paradise Jeanette you always knew how to leave a party with style.

Like the sand in an hour glass these are the days of our lives. VOTE!

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FallFest 2016 in Towson

FallFest 2016 will be held on Oct. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Historic Courthouse gardens along Washington Avenue in downtown Towson, Md. The event will feature scarecrow making, games and contests, food trucks, vendors, a silent auction, kittens available for adoption, music and more.

The event is being held rain or shine and is free and open to the public.

Stevenson A.M.E. Church 150th Anniversary

Stevenson A.M.E. Church is celebrating 150 years of service on Oct. 22 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel in Timonium, Md. Contact the church at 410-472-4500 or visit stevensonamechurch. wixsite.com/sparks.

The Children’s Home Presents FACES 2016

FACES 2016 will take place on Oct. 28 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Highway, Baltimore.

There will be live music

by The Swingin’ Swamis, raffle drawings, pumpkin decorating, airbrush tattoo and body painting from Airbrush Unlimited Group and a photo booth from Fun Fotos MD. The event’s highlight will be the live and silent auctions featuring one-of-kind, original

artwork created by The Children’s Home residents, who respond positively to art as an innovative approach to rebuilding their lives. For more information call 410-744-7310 or visit thechildrenshome.net.

No Boundaries Coalition of Central West Baltimore Presents Beets and Ballots

This spook-tacular family fun event will be held on Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 3

p.m. at the Avenue Market on Pennsylvania Ave., Baltimore. Come to trick or treat. Activities include a haunted scavenger hunt, free food and pumpkin painting.

Starting at 10 a.m. the No Boundaries Coalition will be providing free rides to the

polls for voters to cast their ballots during early voting for the 2016 general elections.

Rev. Frances Toni Draper Book Signing

The Rev. Frances Toni Draper will be signing copies of her new book, “No

Ordinary Hook Up,” on Oct. 30 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Freedom Temple AMEZ Church, 2926 Hollins Ferry Road, Baltimore, Md. 21230.

Light refreshments served from 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Please go to www.eventbrite. com to RSVP.

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They screamed when the Beatles came to town. They rejoiced over the coed swimming classes with the Knights across the street. They plowed through record snow storms in the prerequisite skirts and brown and white shoes when buses failed to show up. They were crushed at the news that President John Kennedy had been assassinated. But they survived it all and came together Oct. 1 at Richlin Ballroom & Catering in Edegewood, Md. to celebrate the 50th year since their graduation from Baltimore’s Eastern High School in 1966.

From the ancient halls of ivy on 33rd Street and Loch Raven Blvd. to the Richlin Ballroom in Edgewood was a journey with a lot of joy and too much sadness as they also remembered their sisters who’d transitioned over the years. World

renowned jazz singer Brenda Alford sang and then teamed up with recent MacArthur Fellow, singer, artist, raconteur Joyce J. Scott.

More than 150 showed up to reminisce and take an abundance of selfies and to look forward to their next gathering.

Former AFRO Editor Dorothy Boulware with AFRO writer Jannette Witmeyer and MacArthur Fellow and artist, Joyce J. Scott.

Kathy Robinson, JoAnn Armiger Holbach and Carolyn Austin Smith

Sue Danz Costello, Barbara Snyder Barr, Susan Haslup Ruhl and Joan Fleming Prinjinski

Dale Parker Brown, Sheryon Green Mclean, Yvonne Moten and Karen Long

Brenda Alford, her sister, Sharon Alford and Lynda Byrd Logan Margaret Hubbard, Margaret Elizabeth Bell and Patricia Lynne Bell

Jazz singer Brenda Alford making everyone want to sing

Sandy Smith Barger, Eileen Patzwall Howe and Kathy Snead Hottel

Standing: Clara Cox Forrest, Mary Widomski, Phyllis Woods, Paula Gwynn, Carolyn Austin Smith and Alice Hawks Johnson, Seated: Yvette Burrell Young, Elenora Faulcon Houston and Helen Alford Photos by J D Howard

LaVerne Gaither, Donna Price, and Dr. Gina McKnight-Smith

The Links Foundation and the Patapsco River Chapter (MD) of The Links held its annual Denim and Diamonds bull roast on October 2 at the Martin’s Caterers Valley Mansion in Cockeysville, Md. Chapter members of The Patapsco River Links, dressed in black shirts with the Links logo greeted their guests who mixed and matched their finest tops with sparkles and rhinestones, and completed their look with distressed and ripped jeans, a casual but an elegant affair.

This annual event provides funds to benefit students in Baltimore County who depend on scholarships and financial assistance, and the implementation of integrated programs in the areas of education, economic development, and cultural enrichment in the lives of the surrounding areas of Baltimore County.

Robin Ott and Geanelle Griffith Harding served as chairs. Alice Cole is president.

Cylia Lowe-Smith, Corliss S. Alston and Grace Coffey

Nyree Wright, Alice Pinderhughes, Joan Pratt and Judge Yvonne Holt-Stone

Chandra D. Jackson, Kimberleigh De Laine and Ellsworth Jackson

Rita Turner, Anita Turks-Hunter and Laura Phillips Byrd

Karen Berkley, John Berkley, Helen McDonald, Evelyn “Chris” Cephas and Charles Cephas

Denim and Diamonds Bull Roast chairs, Geanelle Griffin Herring and Robin S. Ott

Alice Cole, president, Patapsco River Chapter, Dr. A. Lois De Laine, Emily Hunter and Evelyn “Chris” Cephas

Francine Stokes-McElween and Levern McElween

Dr. William Lupton, Monica McKinney Lupton, Karyn Riley, Sherita Thomas and Gerrod Thomas

Siblings Gabrielle Styles, Greta Styles, Gerred Styles and Genna Styles

Dr. Dallas Dance and Dr. Thelma T. Daley Photos by Dr. A. Lois De Laine

To purchase this digital photo page contact Takiea Hinton: thinton@afro.com or 410.554.8277.

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Baltimore TV Tech Personality Launches New Venture with Al Roker

Mario Armstrong Joins Roker Media to Produce & Host New Live-Streamed Online Interactive Show

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent zprince@afro.com Baltimore native Mario Armstrong, Emmy Award– winning talk show host and digital lifestyle expert, has just signed a deal with Roker Media to co-produce and host the first ever interactive talk show to be livestreamed on Facebook Live.

The “Never Settle Show” will feature a traditional live audience, but social media users will also be able to participate in real time, a cutting edge blend that caught the interest of Roker Media, a new venture backed by NBC weather man and host Al Roker and his business partner, Ronald C. Pruett Jr. “I’ve watched Mario over the years come into millions of homes and talk to people about trends in technology and how it impacts their lives, but what I also always loved about Mario was his passion for helping people better their lives,” said Roker in a statement.

“Mario has the perfect personality, talk show format, and new media experience that will make the Never Settle Show hugely successful on a platform like Facebook Live. We could not be more pleased for the opportunity to partner with Mario and help make the Never Settle Show a reality.”

The new show promises a mix of celebrity guests, all sharing their “never settle” stories and the ingredients of their success. It will also allow members of the public to share their own inspiring stories, all with an eye toward spurring viewers to pursue their own dreams and goals.

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Baltimore native Mario Armstrong (right) , Emmy Award–winning talk show host and digital lifestyle expert, has just signed a deal with NBC weather man and host Al Roker (left) of Roker Media to co-produce and host the first ever interactive talk show to be livestreamed on Facebook Live.

Armstrong said he is grateful to Roker for his support.

“Al Roker has been someone I have admired for a long time, as well as a true friend, so I could not be more thrilled about partnering with Roker Media on the Never Settle Show,” Armstrong said in a statement.

“Through our new deal, we now have an experienced, award-winning team on the production side and access to even more resources, especially distribution. I can’t wait to launch a talk show that’s for the people and by the people, on a platform where most people live and interact daily, which is Facebook.”

Armstrong has an established media presence as a television and radio host and a regular contributor on NBC’s “TODAY” show, CNN, and NPR, in addition to “Inside Edition,” “Dr. Oz,” “Steve Harvey” and “Rachael Ray,” where he advises consumers on the new trends in technology. He is also the author of the monthly “Learn It” column in Men’s Fitness magazine.

In 2011, he won an Emmy for Best TV Show Host/Moderator for his work on the Maryland Public Television Program “You Can Afford College,” one among many awards and accolades.

In addition to his work in the media industry, Armstrong has used his technology know-how as chief technology advocate for the city of Baltimore and as the IT director for the state of Maryland Tourism Department.

Armstrong is a graduate of Baltimore’s Calvert Hall College High School and attended Hampton University and the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

The Hip-Hop Artist Playing at an HBCU Near You On October 20, Uzi comes to Baltimore to headline Morgan State’s Homecoming, before heading to Washington D.C. that evening for Howard University’s homecoming concert at Echostage Nightclub.

By the end of the month, you can add Middle Tennessee State, Delaware State, North Carolina A&T, Norfolk State and Clark Atlanta to the list.

Aside from his appearances at HBCU’s Uzi rounds out the month with shows in Richmond, Connecticut and Stroudsburg, PA.

By Maliik Obee Special to the AFRO Touring is often seen as the main source of revenue for entertainers, and Philadelphia rapper Lil Uzi is reaping the financial benefits of his fame. As homecoming season approaches, Uzi is taking his show on the road, invading every Historically Black College & University that will have him.

Born Symere Woods, Uzi burst onto the hip-hop scene via his 2015 mixtape “Luv is Rage.” The project has garnered millions of downloads on the Internet, with underground hits like “Super Saiyan”, “7AM” and “All My Chains” receiving major club and radio play. Philadelphia legend Beanie Sigel once called Uzi a “rockstar”, referencing his unique image, further breaking down stereotypes of rappers.

Following the success of his breakout project, Uzi followed up with “Lil Uzi vs. the World” in April. The mixtape peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard rap charts, with the single “Money Longer” peaking at No.9.

After a successful tour, Uzi has set his sights on HBCU’s this October. On October 11, Uzi performed in front of a sold out crowd at Virginia’s Hampton University. On October 14, Uzi rocked the house at Bowie State University for homecoming and Oct. 15 he performed at Lincoln University’s homecoming concert.

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Philadelphia rapper Lil Uzi Vert is making a name for himself on his HBCU tour.

For one of the industry’s hottest rappers, this quasi-HBCU tour is surely profitable, but it is also a chance to connect with students of color, giving them an experience they will never forget.

As he Tweeted on Oct. 17, “Thank you for believing in me.”

Comic Book Conventions Not Diverse Enough? Start Your Own two comic books and also two children’s books that are available on Amazon. He also has his own publishing company called Apple Avenue Publishing.

Sutphin’s children who will also be attending the After a lifetime of reading comic books, attending convention and are following in their dad’s artistic comic books convention and even writing and illustrating footsteps. His twin daughters, Holly and Heidi, enjoy his own comic book, there was one thing Wayne Sutphin Marvel movies and his youngest, Hanna, is in the process thought the comic book industry lacked: diversity. So, the of writing her own children’s book.

44-year old South Boston, Va. native decided to start his Comic book conventions are a chance for people to own. dress up as their favorite super hero, but when it comes to “It’s a lack of support because there’s not that many the industry itself, the Black community isn’t getting the to support,” Sutphin told the AFRO. “We eventually have recognition it deserves. African-Americans are putting to say, ‘All right, no one is helping us…we have to do it millions of dollars into the industry, Sutphin explains, but ourselves.’ I get inspiration from all those Black people mainstream companies like Marvel, are slowly putting that came before me that were successful. If they had Blacks on the map with televisions shows like the recent to go through much more than what I’m going through “Luke Cage” and the upcoming “Black Panther” film. now then I should be able to put together a comic book “We make up less than 2.4 percent of the industry,” convention.”

Sutphin says when referring to employment in the comic Sutphin is a single father of four children (twin book industry.

“We just now stopped being sidekicks.” daughters, 18; a step-son, 25 and his youngest daughter, FredCity is looking to stand out from other comic 9) who currently lives in Hagerstown, Md. He decided to book convention that cater to big name companies and open his own comic book convention in Frederick, Md., artists.

Sutphin’s convention will focus on independent where he once lived, and named it FredCity, a nod to the artists, authors and vendors. “I have more authors, historic city’s nickname. illustrators and people that are closely associated with the The first FredCity will take place on Oct. 22 from 1-7 books that they’ve bought…they’re more hands on,” he p.m. at the Motel 6. said.

“You get to see first-hand the individual that get’s it Sutphin has been illustrating comic books since the (Courtesy photo) going..you might just see the artist or the writer.” fifth grade and at the age of 17 began writing his own.

There will also be guest appearances from Marvel Sutphin earned his B.A. in psychology and minored in Wayne Sutphin, founder of the upcoming comic book convention FredCity in Frederick, Md., with his three daughters. comic book artist Ron Wilson as well as Michael Howell, studio art at University of Virginia. a cartoonist from Baltimore.

“I came to the conclusion that if I’m not going to be “There should be something there for everybody. It’s making much more money doing a real job than I might already destined to be much larger next year,” said Sutphin. as well do what it is that I would like to do,” said Sutphin. “People say something about a

By Charise Wallace Special at the AFRO

starving artists…you can also be a starving psych major.”

Sutphin has published six books of his own between 2012 and 2015: two graphic novels,

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D.C. NFL Players Team Up For Haitian Relief Effort

(AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington football players Pierre Garcon (88) and Ricky Jean-Francois (not pictured) have been volunteering their time in Haiti in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.

By Mark F. Gray Special to the AFRO Washington’s defensive lineman Ricky Jean-Francois knows first-hand what it takes to make an impact on the front line. His play has spurred the improvement of the NFL franchise’s defense leading them on a four game win streak and to second place in the NFC east.

However, the team’s success is only a part time diversion from the thoughts of those dealing with another recovery in his family’s homeland. Francois and receiver Pierre Garcon are of Haitian descent and with the help of the Washington football team have become major players in the NFL’s commitment to relief efforts after the devastation from Hurricane Andrew. “[Football] keeps my mind occupied for a second but reality always sets in,� said Francois.

“It bothers me but it really doesn’t get to me. I’ve still got a smile on my face because slowly but surely things are getting back together.� “I just hope more people join in [relief efforts] so we can get them the help they need�.

Francois and Garcon spent little time celebrating Washington’s victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Oct. 9. Team owner Daniel Snyder donated his personal airplane so Garcon and Francois could continue their hurricane relief efforts. Armed with medical supplies on their owner’s airliner they went to the impoverished Caribbean nation trying to bring hope on what is normally an off day. That was the franchise’s second mission in less than a week at the time following a mission to the Bahamas which began its commitment to help with the post Matthew recovery. “[Snyder] knew we were Haitian and wanted us to go down there to make sure everybody was O.K.,� said Francois. “I take my hat off to Dan Snyder because he didn’t have to make his plane available or provide supplies for us to take down there. That says a lot about our owner.�

By the time Francois and Garcon arrived in Port Au Prince the death toll had reached over 1,000. Most hospitals were either inoperable or without adequate medical supplies. Their “much needed� cargo included basics such as alcohol, peroxide and IVs that are vital in the fight against the epidemic of cholera which is still a concern as the recovery from Matthew continues.

While images of the destruction have faded from media coverage the lives affected by Matthew continue to rise. Over one million Haitians have been killed or displaced by this latest hurricane which slammed the island nation with torrential storms fueled by 140 miles per hour winds Oct. 4. The devastation is so severe that many of the dead have been buried in mass graves throughout the country to curtail the spread of cholera as bodies began to decompose.

Francois and Garcon are using the NFL stage to promote the relief efforts and keep Haiti at the top of America’s consciousness. They are spokesmen and ambassadors for the nation sharing its virtues despite its peril. For Washington’s game versus the Philadelphia Eagles they wore special “Pray for Haiti� red, white, and blue cleats that is considered a violation of the league’s dress code which could have led to a fine. “It’s worth paying the fine if it keeps attention on Haiti,� said Francois.

Some Haitian American groups have been critical of previous relief efforts which could have better prepared Haiti for Hurricane Matthew. But instead of people making financial contributions Francois feels the most immediate impact will come from those who volunteer to help put care packages together. “We don’t need your money, checks, or ATM cards,� said Francois. “We need people’s time to help pack the supplies for delivery�.

AFRO Sports Desk Faceoff

Is the Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant Rift Real? glory to himself.

At least that’s how he was perceived. Durant’s decision flipped all of that, however, and now Westbrook stands as the hero while Durant inherits the selfish villain role. Durant’s comments about his new team being “selfless� may be 100 percent accurate, but the Thunder accomplished so many great things during Durant’s tenure there with Westbrook that it would be silly to just overlook despite them not winning a title together. The Warriors and Thunder might be the two most talented teams in the NBA’s Western Conference so this obvious rift will only grow as the season revs up.

By Stephen D. Riley and Perry Green AFRO Sports Desk

Former Oklahoma City Thunder and current Golden State Warrior Kevin Durant already made headlines earlier this summer when he landed with the 2015 NBA champions and now the perennial all-star forward is causing controversy with one of his more popular ex-teammates. Durant was interviewed in early October and praised his new team for being selfless, an affection that Russell Westbrook later labeled as “cute.�

Westbrook told reporters in the summer that he still hadn’t spoke to Durant since he joined Golden State despite reports from Durant in the offseason that his relationship with Westbrook was Green: You don’t play together for a number of years and just develop a total dislike for each “still cool.� After a turbulent tenure in which both other because one player chose to change teams.

Westbrook and Durant often argued on the court A lot of these so-called “rifts� are developed from but backed each other off of it, there was already (The Canadian Press via AP) media interviews to fuel an agenda. Durant and an obvious tension between the two. But now, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez); Golden Westbrook are two great players who shared a lot with the pair separated by thousands of miles on State Warriors’ Kevin Durant (Darryl Dyck of moments with each other, both good and bad. two completely different teams is there a real rift They’re fresh off of the breakup of a team that between Westbrook and Durant? Perry Green and lasted nearly a decade so of course there’s some animosity that will come off like a heated rift once it’s Stephen D. Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate is interesting question. reported. Without Durant, Oklahoma City wouldn’t even be called a rival by Golden State, so maybe this is a ploy to drum up more interest in what will be a crazy matchup between the two final seeds from last Riley: There’s always been an underlying beef between the two but now it’s even more obvious season’s Western Conference Finals. and will probably only get worst from here. Having two alpha male personalities on one team was a huge problem for the Warriors with Durant and Westbrook.

Westbrook was always viewed as the selfish villain who didn’t want to pass Durant the ball in key spots and wanted to hog the

Riley: The media doesn’t really have to do much work with this beef since it has a life of its own. The disdain and aggravation were already present before Durant even left. Golden State will enter the year loaded with minimum competition. And while most teams will undoubtedly be ready to play them, there’s not going to be a more difficult place for the Warriors to play than Oklahoma’s Chesapeake Energy Arena.

There won’t be much competition for Golden State this season, but they’re definitely going to be challenged by Westbrook and the Thunder. The rift is real, and the Warriors/Thunder matchup will push ratings for the next two seasons at least, as both Westbrook and Durant can, ironically, be free agents together after the 20172018 campaign.

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Green: We’ve spent so much time in prior seasons trying to carve out a problem between these two that it only makes sense that we’re desperately trying to do it again.

Trying to drain the noise saying that Oklahoma City can’t match up to Golden State won’t work.

These two players definitely aren’t friends right now and it’s a legitimate question as to when they will ever be friends again. But most of this heat is coming from the fact that these two literally just separated.

They may not be friends right now but the admiration should still be there when they finally meet on the court. We’re going to take this and run with it like it’s a story, but it’s not. The Warriors are title competitors and we’re just finding something for the Thunder to stay relevant.

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Chuck Berry at 90: Releasing First New Album in More than 35 Years

By The Associated Press Ninety-year-old rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry is set to release his first new studio album in more than 35 years.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Berry’s album, titled “Chuck,” will be available in 2017.

The album was recorded in St. Louisarea studios and will feature mostly original work by Berry, who turned 90 on Oct. 18. He is the sole producer on the album.

Jimmy Marsala, a bassist in Berry’s longtime band, suggests the new album took so long to come together because Berry wanted to make sure it lived up to everyone’s expectations. His last studio album was “Rock It” in 1979.

Marsala said Berry whose writing credits include “Roll Over Beethoven,” and “Johnny B. Goode” started working on the new album as soon as “Rock It” was completed.

“He was constantly working on stuff

(AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

In this Feb. 26, 2012 photo, rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry performs “Johnny B. Goode” at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.

Robert ‘Big Sonny’ Edwards, Member of The Intruders, Dies at 74

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The Intruders in 1968 (clockwise from bottom): Sam “Little Sonny” Brown, Phil Terry, Eugene “Bird” Daughtry, and Robert “Big Sonny” Edwards.

By The Associated Press An original member of the pioneering Philadelphia-based soul group The Intruders has died. Robert “Big Sonny” Edwards was 74.

Edwards died Oct. 15 at a Philadelphia hospital after suffering a heart attack at his home. His death was announced Tuesday by music producers Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff.

After forming in 1960 as a doo-wop group, The Intruders signed with Gamble and Huff in 1966 and helped define the smooth, soulful Philadelphia Sound. Their 1968 smash, “Cowboys to Girls,” topped the R&B charts and was the first hit song for Gamble and Huff.

The original lineup of The Intruders disbanded in 1975.

Gamble and Huff say Edwards and the rest of The Intruders helped launch their career as a producing team.

Edwards is survived by his wife, a son and two grandchildren.

all the time, on airplanes, writing lyrics down, always coming up with new ideas ‘Let’s try this, let’s try that,’” Marsala said.

Spokesman Joe Edwards says the new album is a gift to his fans.

Berry’s son, Charles Berry Jr., says the songs “cover the spectrum from hard-driving rockers to soulful, thought-provoking time capsules of a life’s work.”

According to Edwards, Berry is likely retired from touring, but anything can happen.

Berry played his 200th concert at a St. Louis restaurant and music club called The Duck Room in 2014 before pulling back from touring.

Artifacts from Berry’s career are on display at the National Blues Museum in downtown St. Louis, the city where he was born, and the recently opened National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

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Kerry Washington has given birth to her second child, but in typical fashion kept news of the arrival of her son under wraps for nearly two weeks.

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FOR AGAINST CHARTER AMENDMENT CHARTER AMENDMENT QUESTION G Charter Amendment Board of Estimates – Local, Small and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program FOR the purpose of authorizing the waiver or modification of certain procedures in order to assist local, small, or disadvantaged businesses; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.

BY restating, without amendment Article VI - Board of Estimates Section(s) 11(a) Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition) BY proposing to add Article VI - Board of Estimates Section(s) 11(i) Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition) SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows: Baltimore City Charter

(VI) ENSURE THAT CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS RECEIVE MAXIMUM BENEFIT FROM THE FUND. (3) THE FUND SHALL BE ADMINISTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS: (I) PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SHALL BE PROVIDED AND FUNDS ALLOCATED BASED ON BEST PRACTICES AND SUCCESSFUL AND INNOVATIVE MODELS; (II) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT FEASIBLE, FUNDS SHALL BE ALLOCATED EQUITABLY AMONG SERVICES FOR ALL AGE GROUPS – FROM INFANCY TO TRANSITIONAL-AGED YOUTH; (III) PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SHALL BE GENDER-RESPONSIVE AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT; AND (IV) PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SHALL BE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION AMONG SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING COLLABORATION AMONG PUBLIC AGENCIES AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. (B) LIMITATIONS ON USE. THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUND MAY NOT BE USED TO SUBSTITUTE FOR OR REPLACE FUNDING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAMS OR SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE ORDINANCE OF ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT FEDERAL, STATE, OR PRIVATE AGENCY FUNDS FOR THOSE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES HAVE SINCE BEEN DISCONTINUED. (C) REVENUE SOURCES. THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUND SHALL COMPRISE: (1) A MANDATORY ANNUAL APPROPRIATION IN THE ORDINANCE OF ESTIMATES OF AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO AT LEAST $0.03 ON EVERY $100 OF ASSESSED OR ASSESSABLE VALUE OF ALL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE (EXCEPT PROPERTY EXEMPT BY LAW FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXES); AND (2) GRANTS AND DONATIONS MADE TO THE FUND. (D) CONTINUING NATURE OF FUND. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHARTER, UNSPENT PORTIONS OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUND: (1) REMAIN IN THE FUND, TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR ITS SPECIFIED PURPOSES; (2) DO NOT REVERT TO THE GENERAL REVENUES OF THE CITY; AND (3) THEIR APPROPRIATIONS DO NOT LAPSE. (E) IMPLEMENTATION.

BY ORDINANCE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE OVERSIGHT, GOVERNANCE, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUND, INCLUDING: (1) METHODS AND CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC PROGRAM AND SERVICES ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING BY THE FUND;

Article VI. Board of Estimates § 11. Procurement. (a) Board of Estimates responsible.

The Board of Estimates shall be responsible for awarding contracts and supervising all purchasing by the City as provided in this section and elsewhere in the Charter.

(I) LOCAL, SMALL, AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MAY, BY ORDINANCE, ESTABLISH PROGRAMS THAT GRANT PURCHASING PREFERENCES TO LOCAL, SMALL, OR DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES AND, FOR THAT PURPOSE, WAIVE OR MODIFY THE APPLICATION OF THIS SECTION (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUBSECTION (A)) TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.

FOR AGAINST CHARTER AMENDMENT CHARTER AMENDMENT QUESTION H Charter Amendment – Inner Harbor Park FOR the purpose of amending the provision for Inner Harbor Park to provide for outdoor eating places in the areas known as West Shore Park and Rash Field; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.

BY proposing to amend Article I - General Provisions Section(s) 9 Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition) SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows: Baltimore City Charter Article I. General Provisions § 9. Inner Harbor Park.

There is hereby dedicated to public park uses for the benefit of this and future generations of the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland the portion of the City that lies along the north, west and south shores of the Inner Harbor, south of Pratt Street to the water’s edge, east of Light Street to the water’s edge and north of Key Highway to the water’s edge, from the World Trade Center around the shoreline of the Inner Harbor to and including Rash Field, except that, in order to provide eating places and other commercial uses, areas totalling not more than 3.2 acres plus access thereto, within the dedicated space and north of an easterly extension of the south side of Conway Street shall be set aside for such purposes; AND EXCEPT THAT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE OUTDOOR EATING PLACES FOR THE AREAS KNOWN AS WEST SHORE PARK AND RASH FIELD, AREAS TOTALLING NOT MORE THAN 0.5 ACRES WITHIN THE DEDICATED SPACE AND SOUTH OF AN EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF CONWAY STREET SHALL BE SET ASIDE FOR SUCH PURPOSES; and except that an area of not more than 3.4 acres shall be set aside for use by the Maryland Science Center, plus access thereto.

FOR AGAINST CHARTER AMENDMENT CHARTER AMENDMENT QUESTION I Charter Amendment – Biennial Agency Audits

CHARTER AMENDMENT

SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows:

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LEGAL NOTICES 8. MAYOR’S OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT (OR SUCCESSOR ENTITY TO THIS OFFICE).

FOR the purpose of transferring and amending the section certain provisions on agency audits; to require requiring that the City Auditor conduct performance audits of principal agencies at least twice during every 4-year term of the Mayor and City Council; adding to the list of principal agencies subject to these audits; establishing a staggered schedule for these audits; redefining certain terms; providing for public posting of audit reports; establishing a Biennial Audits Oversight Commission and providing for its powers and duties; conforming related references; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.

(B) BIENNIAL AUDIT REQUIRED. (1) IN GENERAL. AT LEAST TWICE DURING EVERY 4-YEAR TERM OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY AUDITOR SHALL CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF EACH PRINCIPAL AGENCY’S OPERATIONS FOR THE PRECEDING 2 FISCAL YEARS.

BY proposing to amend Article V - Comptroller Section 8(a) Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition)

(2) STAGGERED SCHEDULE. THESE AUDITS SHALL BE STAGGERED SO THAT:

BY proposing to add Article V - Comptroller Section 11 Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition)

(I) AUDITS OF THE PRINCIPAL AGENCIES LISTED IN SUBSECTION (A)(3) (I) AS “GROUP A” ARE INITIATED IN ODD-NUMBERED CALENDAR YEARS; AND (II) AUDITS OF THE PRINCIPAL AGENCIES LISTED IN SUBSECTION (A)(3)(II) AS “GROUP B” ARE INITIATED IN EVEN-NUMBERED CALENDAR YEARS.

BY proposing to amend repeal Article VII - Executive Departments Section 4.5 Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition)

(C) COSTS OF AUDIT. IN EACH FISCAL YEAR PRECEDING THE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH AUDITS ARE TO BE CONDUCTED UNDER THIS SECTION, THE COMPTROLLER SHALL INCLUDE THE COSTS OF THOSE AUDITS IN THE ESTIMATES THAT THE COMPTROLLER SUBMITS FOR THE NEXT YEAR’S ORDINANCE OF ESTIMATES.

SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows: Baltimore City Charter

(D) STATUS OF PRIOR RECOMMENDATIONS.

Article V. Comptroller

(1) IN GENERAL.

§ 8. Department of Audits – general powers and duties.

In accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards and State and federal law, the City Auditor: (1) shall at appropriate intervals conduct an audit of the financial transactions of every municipal agency, except the Department of Audits; (2) shall conduct an annual audit of all accounts, revenues, and receipts of the City;

(2) CONTENT OF REPORT.

THE ANCILLARY REPORT SHALL:

(3) SHALL CONDUCT BIENNIAL AUDITS OF PRINCIPAL AGENCIES, AS PROVIDED IN § 11 OF THIS ARTICLE;

(I) DESIGNATE EACH RECOMMENDATION’S STATUS EITHER AS “ IMPLEMENTED”, “PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED”, OR “NOT IMPLEMENTED”; AND

(4) [(3)] may audit the expenditure of City granted funds by any public or private agency that receives such funds;

(II) PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE STATUS DESIGNATION ASSIGNED.

(5) [(4)] may audit City contracts, grants, subgrants and other agreements as required by the terms and conditions of these instruments and, when the contracts, grants, subgrants and other agreements require that audits be conducted by other auditors, review such audits; and (6) [(5)] shall make such other audits as the Comptroller or the Board of Estimates may request[;], provided[,] that[, such] THOSE requested audits [shall] DO not, in the judgment of the City Auditor, unduly hinder the performance of regular audits. § 11. DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS – BIENNIAL AUDITS OF PRINCIPAL AGENCIES. (A) DEFINITIONS. (1) IN GENERAL. IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED. (2) AUDIT. (I) “AUDIT” MEANS AN AUDIT UNDERTAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS AND FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. (II) “AUDIT” INCLUDES BOTH: (A) A FINANCIAL AUDIT OF A PRINCIPAL AGENCY’S FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, INCLUDING ALL REVENUES AND RECEIPTS; AND (B) A PERFORMANCE AUDIT THAT ASSESSES A PRINCIPAL AGENCY’S PRACTICES TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE AGENCY IS OPERATING ECONOMICALLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND WHETHER CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOR IMPROVING ITS PERFORMANCE ARE APPROPRIATE. (3) PRINCIPAL AGENCY. “PRINCIPAL AGENCY” MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS: (I) GROUP A –

1. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. 2. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. 3. FIRE DEPARTMENT. 4. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 5. DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES. 6. BALTIMORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 7. MAYOR’S OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (OR SUCCESSOR ENTITY TO THIS OFFICE).

8. MAYOR’S OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES (OR SUCCESSOR ENTITY TO THIS OFFICE).

(II) GROUP B – 1. DEPARTMENT OF LAW. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES. 3. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 4. POLICE DEPARTMENT. 5. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS. 6. DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING. 7. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

(E) PUBLICATION OF REPORTS. REPORTS OF ALL AUDITS CONDUCTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE: (1) POSTED ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY COMPTROLLER; (2) FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE; AND (3) SUBMITTED TO EACH MEMBER OF: (I) THE BOARD OF ESTIMATES; (II) THE CITY COUNCIL; AND (III) THE BIENNIAL AUDITS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. (F) BIENNIAL AUDITS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. (1) COMMISSION ESTABLISHED. THERE IS A BIENNIAL AUDITS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. (2) COMPOSITION. THE COMMISSION COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING 7 MEMBERS: (I) THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE; (II) THE INSPECTOR GENERAL; (III) THE COMPTROLLER; (IV) THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT; AND (V) 3 MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. (3) OFFICERS. (I) THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHALL DESIGNATE 1 OF THE MEMBERS TO SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION. (II) THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, BY MAJORITY VOTE, MAY ELECT ANY OTHER OFFICERS THAT THEY CONSIDER NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE. (4) MEETINGS; VOTING. (I) THE COMMISSION SHALL MEET AT THE CALL OF THE CHAIR AS FREQUENTLY AS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ITS DUTIES. (II) 4 MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION CONSTITUTE A QUORUM FOR THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS. (III) AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST 4 MEMBERS IS NEEDED FOR ANY OFFICIAL ACTION. (5) PROCEDURES. THE COMMISSION MAY ADOPT RULES OF PROCEDURE TO GOVERN ITS MEETINGS AND OPERATIONS. (6) POWERS AND DUTIES. THE COMMISSION: (I) SHALL PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND ADVICE TO THE CITY AUDITOR IN DETERMINING THE SCOPE OF A PRINCIPAL AGENCY’S PERFORMANCE AUDIT; (II) SHALL HOLD AT LEAST 2 PUBLICLY ADVERTISED MEETINGS A YEAR, AT WHICH MEETINGS THE CITY AUDITOR SHALL APPEAR AND REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE AUDITS AND RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER THIS SECTION; AND (III) FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN BY A PRINCIPAL AGENCY, MAY WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A FINANCIAL AUDIT TO BE CONDUCTED UNDER THIS SECTION.

CHARTER AMENDMENT

EACH REPORT OF AN AGENCY AUDIT CONDUCTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE AN ANCILLARY REPORT ON THE STATUS OF ALL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION THAT RESULTED FROM THAT AGENCY’S IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING AUDIT UNDER THIS SECTION.

(a) In general.

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Article VII. Executive Departments

CHARTER AMENDMENT

§ 4.5. Agency audits.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND

(a) Definitions.

Thy City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows:

In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

(2) Audit. [(i)] “Audit” means [an] A PERFORMANCE audit [undertaken] THAT, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards and federal and state law[.], [(ii) “Audit” includes both: (A) a financial audit of an agency’s financial transactions, including all accounts, revenues, and receipts; and (B) a performance audit that] assesses an agency’s practices to determine whether the agency is operating economically and efficiently and whether corrective actions for improving its performance are appropriate.

(3) Principal agency.

“Principal agency” means any of the following executive departments: (I) GROUP A – 1. [(i)] Department of Finance.

2. [(iii)] Department of Public Works.

3. [(iv)] Fire Department.

4. [(vi)] Department of Housing and Community Development.

5. [(x)] Department of General Services.

6. [(vii)] Baltimore Development Corporation.

7. [(xiii)] Mayor’s Office of Information Technology.

BY proposing to add

Article I-General Provisions

Section 14

Baltimore City Charter Thy City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows: Baltimore City Charter Article I. General Provisions Section 14. Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

(A) Fund established: scope.

There is a continuing, nonlapsing fund to be used to promote fair housing in neighborhoods throughout Baltimore, develop and preserve affordable housing for renters and homeowners, and increase affordable housing opportunities for low-income working families and other, including: 1. providing assistance, by loan, grant, rental subsidy, or otherwise, for the planning, production, maintenance, or expansion of affordable housing, including inclusionary housing; 2. providing predevelopment activities for the acquisition, development, new construction, rehabilitation, and or restoration of affordable housing; 3. providing capital and operating assistance for the creation of community land trusts that will develop , own or operate permanently affordable rental housing and assist low income residents to build a path to homeownership; 4. providing affordable and fair housing –related services to low income households to assist them in obtaining housing and remaining stably housed, provided such uses shall not exceed 30% of the funds allocated in a given fiscal year; and 5. providing administrative and planning cost for the operation of the Trust Fund provided such uses may not exceed 5% of the funds allocated each fiscal year.

(B) Revenue sources: A fund established under this section may comprise: 1) money appropriated to the fund in the annual Ordinance of Estimates;

8. MAYOR’S OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES.

2) grants or donations made to the fund;

(II) GROUP B –

3) mandatory or voluntary payments made pursuant to development policies established by ordinance;

1. [(ii)] Department of Law. 2. [(xii)] Department of Human Resources.

3. [(ix)] Department of Transportation.

4) a portion of the tax increment financing revenue from increased property tax receipts for the development of affordable housing inside the project area and special taxing district, or in other locations as permitted by law; and

4. [(v)] Police Department.

5) other sources as established by ordinance.

5. [(viii)] Department of Recreation and Parks.

(C ) Continuing nature of fund.

6. [(xi)] Department of Planning.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, unspent portions of a fund established under the section, repayments of principal and interest on loans provided from the Fund, and interest earned from the deposit or investment of monies from the Fund:

7. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. 8. MAYOR’S OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT. (b) [Quadrennial] BIENNIAL audit required.

(1) IN GENERAL. At least [once] TWICE during every 4-year term of the Mayor and City Council, [each principal agency] THE CITY AUDITOR shall [arrange for] CONDUCT an audit of [its] EACH PRINCIPAL AGENCY’S operations for the preceding [4] 2 fiscal years.

(2) STAGGERED SCHEDULE.

(1) shall remain in the fund, to be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in section 14(A) of the article; (2) do not revert to the general revenues of the City; and (3) any appropriations do not lapse.

(D) The Trust Fund shall be administered by Baltimore City Housing and Community Development and overseen by a Commission, the members of which shall be appointed, must be confirmed, and shall serve pursuant to Article IV. Section 6.

(1) Members The Commission shall include:

THESE AUDITS SHALL BE STAGGERED SO THAT: (I) AUDITS OF THE PRINCIPAL AGENCIES LISTED IN SUBSECTION (A) (3)(I) AS “GROUP A” ARE INITIATED IN EVEN-NUMBERED CALENDAR YEARS; AND (II) AUDITS OF THE PRINCIPAL AGENCIES LISTED IN SUBSECTION (A) (3)(II) AS “GROUP B” ARE INITIATED IN ODD-NUMBERED CALENDAR YEARS. [(c) By whom to be conducted.]

[The audit shall be conducted by: (1) the City Auditor; or (2) an independent certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants.]

(C) [(d)] Costs of audit.

In each fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which an audit is to be conducted under this section, the [principal agency] BOARD OF ESTIMATES shall include the costs of [the] EACH audit TO BE CONDUCTED in the [estimates that it submits for the] next year’s Ordinance of Estimates.

(D) {RESERVED}

i.

a member appointed by the Mayor with experience in the fields of housing, community development, planning, social service, or public health; ii. a member of the lending community with experience in community development and affordable housing finance; iii. the Baltimore City Housing Commissioner or his/her designee; iv. a resident who rents his/her home and who lives in a household that is extremely low income (i.e. no more than 30% of Area Median Income); v. a resident who owns his/her home and who lives in a household that is very low income (i.e. no more than 50% of Area Median Income); vi. a homeowner who received assistance through an affordable homeownership program; vii. a resident who has received rental assistance; viii. a social service provider; ix. a representative affordable housing developer; x. a low-income housing and or fair housing advocate; xi. a nonprofit affordable housing developer; xii. a representative of a homebuilders of realtors association of Baltimore; and xiii. such different or additional members as may be designated by ordinance.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the composition of the Commission shall be comprised of at least four residents of Baltimore City whose Incomes are reflective of those individuals who will be assisted by the expenditures of the Trust Fund.

(3) President The Mayor of Baltimore shall designate one member of the Board as its President and may withdraw that designation and so designate another member.

(e) Reports.

Reports of ALL audits conducted under this [subtitle] SECTION shall be: (1) POSTED ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY COMPTROLLER; AND (2) submitted to: (I) THE BOARD OF ESTIMATES; AND [(1) the Mayor;] [(2) the City Comptroller; and] [(3) the President of the City Council.]

(II) EACH MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That City Charter Article VII, § 4.5 is proposed to be repealed, in its entirety.

SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the first group of audits under this amendment shall be initiated in January 2017.

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(4) Duties The Commission shall: (i) make recommendations, advise, and consult with the Department of Housing and Community Development regarding the establishment of essential policies, rules, and regulations, relating to the implementation , expenditures , and ongoing operation of the Trust Fund: (ii) Submit an annual report to the Mayor and City Council on the activities and usage of the funds in the Trust Fund including tenure (rental and home ownership), income level served, unit size (number of bedrooms), and make the report available to the public; (iii) if necessary, recommend change to the Trust Fund to maximize affordability outcomes of the Trust Fund to the Mayor and City Council; (iv) ensure an audit of the fund every four years by a certified public accounting firm; (v) exercise any additional duty related to the Trust Fund as directed by the Mayor and City Council.

(E ) Income Targeting: All assistance provided by the Trust Fund shall serve very low income households, at least half of the assistance in any three year period must serve extremely low income households.

(F) Minimum Affordability periods: All rental housing assisted by the Trust Fund must have a minimum affordability period of at least 30 years. All homeownership housing assisted by the Trust Fund must meet affordability criteria based in part on the amount of Trust Fund monies invested in the unit.

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Mayor Jennell A. Rogers, Chief Bureau of Treasury Management Alternate Custodian of the City Seal

CHARTER AMENDMENT

(1) General.

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At the General Election to be held in Baltimore City on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, the following ordinances authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to borrow money in the amounts and for the purposes hereinafter indicated will be submitted to the legal voters of Baltimore City for their approval or disapproval. ______________________________________________ FOR AGAINST QUESTION A BOND ISSUE Affordable Housing Loan - $6,000,000

General Assembly representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell its certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding $45,000,000 from the sale of such certificates of indebtedness to be used for the cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, attorneys’ fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, and the remainder of such proceeds to be used for or in connection with planning, developing, executing, and making operative the community, commercial and industrial economic development programs of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, including, but not limited to, the acquisition, by purchase, lease, condemnation or any other legal means, of land or property, or any right, interest, franchise, easement or privilege therein, in the City of Baltimore; the payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with or incidental to the acquisition and management of said land or property, including any and all rights or interests therein hereinbefore mentioned; the payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with relocating and moving persons or other legal entities displaced by the acquisition of said land or property, or any of the rights or interests therein hereinbefore mentioned; the development, or redevelopment, including, but not limited to, the comprehensive renovation or rehabilitation of any land or property, or any rights or interests therein hereinbefore mentioned, in the City of Baltimore, and the disposition of land and property for such purposes; the elimination of unhealthful, unsanitary, or unsafe conditions, lessening density, eliminating obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare or otherwise removing or preventing the spread of blight or deterioration in the City of Baltimore and the creation of healthy, sanitary, and safe, and green conditions in the City of Baltimore; the demolition, removal, relocation, renovation or alteration of land, buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or improvements, and for the construction and reconstruction, installation, relocation or repair of buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or improvements; the payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with doing any or all of the things herein mentioned, including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of securing administrative, appraisal, economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing, architectural, surveying, and other professional services; the lending or granting of funds to any person or other legal entity to be used for or in connection with the rehabilitation, renovation, redevelopment, improvement or construction, removal or demolition of buildings and structures located within the boundaries of Baltimore City, which buildings or structures are to be used or occupied for residential or commercial purposes; making loans and grants to various projects and programs related to improving the cultural life and promotion of tourism in Baltimore City, including but not limited to the Modell Lyric Foundation, Inc., the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, Baltimore Heritage Area, Maryland Science Center, American Visionary Arts Museum, Creative Alliance and B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, the National Aquarium, Port Discovery, National Great Blacks in Wax, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Star Spangled Flag House, and the Walters Art Museum; and doing any and all things necessary, proper or expedient in connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; all such land or property shall be acquired, developed, redeveloped, renovated, rehabilitated, altered, improved, held or disposed of, as provided by law; authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds; conferring and imposing upon the Board of Finance of Baltimore City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of this Ordinance to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval, at the General Election to be held in Baltimore City, on Tuesday, the 8th day of November, 2016; and providing for the expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of indebtedness in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and by the municipal agency designated in the annual Ordinance of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to Resolution I of 2016 approved by the members of the Maryland General Assembly representing Baltimore City) to create debt, and to issue and sell, at any time or from time to time and in one or more series its certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding $6,000,000 from the sale of such certificates of indebtedness to be used for the cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, attorneys’ fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, and the remainder of such proceeds to be used for or in connection with planning, developing, executing, and making operative the Affordable Housing Program of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, including, but limited to, the acquisition, by purchase, lease, condemnation or any other legal means, of land or property, or any right, interest, franchise, easement or privilege therein, in the City of Baltimore; the payment of any and all cost and expensed incurred in connection with or incidental to the acquisition and management of the land or property, including any and all rights or interest therein hereinbefore mentioned; the payment of any all costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with relocating and moving persons or other legal entities displaced by the acquisition of the land or property, or any of the rights or interest hereinbefore mentioned, in the City of Baltimore, and the disposition of land and property for such purposes, such costs to include but not limited to rental payment and home purchase assistance, housing counseling and buyer education assistance, and activities to support the orderly and sustainable planning, preservation, rehabilitation, an development of economically diverse housing in city neighborhoods; the elimination of unhealthful, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, lessening density, eliminating obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare or otherwise removing or preventing the spread of blight or deterioration in the City of Baltimore; the demolition, removal, relocation, renovation or alteration of land, buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or improvements, and for the construction, reconstruction, installing, relocation or repair of buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or improvements; the payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with doing any or all of the things herein mentioned, including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of securing administrative, appraisal, economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing, architectural, surveying, and other professional services; and doing any and all things necessary, proper or expedient in connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; all such land or property shall be acquired, developed, redeveloped, renovated, rehabilitated, altered, improved, held or disposed of, as provided by law; authorized the issuance of refunding bonds; conferring and imposing upon the Board of Finance of Baltimore City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of this Ordinance to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval_, at the General Election to be held in Baltimore City, on Tuesday, the 8th day of November, 2016; and providing for the expenditures of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of indebtedness FOR AGAINST in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council QUESTION A of Baltimore, and by the municipal agency designated in the annual Ordinance of BOND ISSUE Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Recreation and Parks and Public Facilities — $45,000,000 FOR AGAINST FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore QUESTION A (pursuant to Resolution IV of 2016 approved by the members of the Maryland BOND ISSUE General Assembly representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and School Loan - $34,000,000 sell its certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding $45,000,000 from the sale of such certificates of indebtedness to be used for the cost FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, attorneys’ (pursuant to Resolution I of 2016 approved by the members of the Maryland fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith (which may include the General Assembly representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and proportion of the compensation of employees and general administrative expenses sell its certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceedof the Department of Finance reasonably allocated to the issuance of the bonds); ing $34,000,000 from the sale of such certificates of indebtedness to be used for for the development of the buildings owned or controlled by the Mayor and City the cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, Council of Baltimore, the Enoch Pratt Free Library, public park and recreational attorneys’ fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, (which may land, property, buildings, structures or facilities; for the acquisition and installation include the proportion of the compensation of employees and general administraof trees for tree planting programs, including but not limited to, the acquisition by tive expenses of the Department of Finance reasonably allocated to the issuance of purchase, lease, condemnation or any other legal means, of land or property, or any the bonds); and the remainder of such proceeds shall be used for the acquisition, by rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and constructing and erecting on said land or purchase, lease, condemnation or any other legal means, of land or property, or any property, or on any land or property, new buildings, structures, and auxiliary facilirights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and demolishing, constructing and erecting ties; and for the renovation, alteration, construction, reconstruction, installation, on said land or property, or on any land or property now or hereafter owned by the improvement and repair of existing buildings, structures or facilities, to be or now Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners and/or the Mayor and City Council being used for or in connection with the operations, functions and activities of the of Baltimore, new school buildings, athletic and other auxiliary facilities including Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and the Enoch Pratt Free Library, public park community health and recreation facilities, and for additions and improvements and recreational and related land, buildings, structures or facilities; the demolition, to, or the modernization or reconstruction of, including the inspection, removal, removal, relocation, renovation or alteration of land, buildings, streets, highways, encapsulation, management, containment and abatement of asbestos from existing alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or improvements, and for the facilities, and for equipment for any and all new or existing facilities authorized to construction, reconstruction, installation, relocation or repair of buildings, streets, be constructed, erected, added to, improved, modernized or reconstructed by the highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or improvements; for the provisions hereof; the payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred for or in acquisition of trees or tree planting programs and for equipment and fixtures for any connection with doing any or all of the things herein mentioned, including, but not and all facilities authorized to be constructed, erected, altered, reconstructed, renolimited to, the cost and expenses of securing administrative, appraisal, economic vated, reconstructed, installed or improved by the provisions hereof; the payment of analysis, engineering, planning, designing, architectural, surveying, and other any and all costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with doing any or all professional services, including, without limitation, services relating to planning of the things herein mentioned, including but not limited to, the costs and expenses for future projects of the same general character which may be constructed out of of securing administrative, appraisal, economic analysis, engineering, planning, future loans; and for or in connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matdesigning, architectural, surveying and other professional services; and for doing ters or things hereinbefore mentioned; authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds; any and all things necessary, proper or expedient in connection with or pertaining to conferring certain conditions in connection with the expenditure of the proceeds any or all of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; authorizing the issuance derived from the sale of said certificates of indebtedness; conferring and imposing of refunding bonds; conferring and imposing upon the Board of Finance of Balticertain powers upon the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; imposing more City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of this Ordinance certain conditions in connection with expenditure of the proceeds derived from the to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval, at the sale of said certificates of indebtedness; conferring and imposing upon the Board of General Election to be held in Baltimore City on Tuesday, the 8th day of November, Finance of Baltimore City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of 2016; and providing for the expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates this Ordinance to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or disof indebtedness in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and approval, at the Election to be held on Tuesday, the 8th day of November, 2016, and City Council of Baltimore, and by the municipal agency designated in the annual providing for the expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of indebtedOrdinance of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. ness in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and by the municipal agency designated in the annual Ordinance of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Board of Finance of the City of Baltimore FOR AGAINST Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Mayor and President QUESTION A Larry I. Silverstein, Vice President BOND ISSUE Joan M. Pratt, Comptroller and Member Community and Economic Development Loan - $45,000,000 Frederick W. Meier, Member Dana C. Moulden, Member FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore Stephen M. Kraus, Clerk to the Board of Finance (pursuant to Resolution II of 2016 approved by the members of the Maryland

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Gentrification Pushing Black Churches Out of D.C.

D.C. State of Our Schools Address

Chancellor Highlights Progress of Schools East of the River

Howard University News Service

Word of God Baptist Church, once located at 1512 K St., SE, has sold its property in D.C. and relocated to Prince George’s County in Maryland.

By Courtney Davis Howard University News Service Long-standing Black churches are disappearing from the nation’s capital one at a time, the culprit – residential only parking. As the city’s new, mostly White residents push for special neighborhood parking, they are inadvertently forcing churches out of the District of Columbia, city officials and church members said.

On K Street in Washington’s southeast neighborhood, two churches have been demolished since August. In their places are empty, gated plots of land waiting to be developed into condominiums. Word of God Baptist Church, once located at 1512 K St., SE, and nearly century-old Mount Paran Baptist Church, two blocks away, have sold their properties and relocated to Prince George’s County in Maryland. City officials said many other churches have done the same including, Metropolitan Baptist Church, a church attended by former President Bill Clinton.

As apartment buildings replace old businesses and homes, parking is getting tighter in the District. Now, residents can petition for exclusive street parking,

AP Photo/Susan Walsh

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Benjamin Banneker Academic High School senior Ifunaya Azikiwe during his visit to the school in Washington, Oct. 17, where he highlighted the steady increase in graduation rates.

By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com Interim D.C. Schools Chancellor John Davis recently delivered his presentation on the state of the District of Columbia’s public schools (DCPS), focusing on schools east of the Anacostia River.

On Oct. 18, Davis broke with the tradition of delivering an address from a podium. Instead, he allowed principals, teachers, staff and students to present what they do in the school system.

“If you are going to see DCPS, see our kids, see our teachers and see what

our programs are,” Davis told the AFRO. Later in the program, Davis said that if he delivered a traditional address, “it would take a couple of weeks to complete” to talk about all of DCPS’s programs.

The event took place at the Theodore Roosevelt High School in Ward 4, with 300 people in attendance.

Davis assumed his position on Oct. 1 after Kaya Henderson, who was the chancellor for the school system since November 2010, left to pursue other interests. Davis is believed to be in the running for the permanent job and that decision will be made by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) in a few months.

“President Obama said that DCPS is outpacing the country in improving the graduation rate,” Davis said. “Our graduation rate has improved 16 percent over the past four years.”

Davis said that eastern Washington schools such as the Ron Brown College High School in Ward 7 and Thompson Elementary School and Anacostia High School in Ward 8 are making academic progress, noting “we will have equitable resources across the board” throughout the school system.

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Are D.C. College Students Using Synthetic Drugs?

By Alexa Lisitza Special to the AFRO

Synthetic drugs have forced their way into the D.C. metropolitan area. According to an October 2015 University Continued on D2 of Maryland study more than half of synthetic drug users are teenagers. However, those in their upper 20s and lower 30s have also suffered repercussions Benning Rd. Metro Station from the drugs. In 4400 East Capitol St., NE August, synthetic drug were cited as a CVS contributing factor in 320 40th St., NE produce side effects such as psychotic reactions, kidney the death of Christopher Barry, son of D.C’s former failure, hallucinations, seizures, amnesia, suicide, death, and Deanwood Recreation Ctr. Mayor Marion Barry. more. The herbs are also sometimes sprayed with phenazapam, 1350 49th St., NW “Among 456 synthetic cannabinoid intoxication a prescription drug. All of the drugs run high risks of addiction Safeway cases, 322 (70.6 percent) occurred in persons aged and dependency.

320 40th St., NE 19 - 65 years and 125 The current market price for synthetic (27.4 percent) occurred drugs is $20 - $30, according to a 2013 in persons aged 13–18 CNN report. years,” Lakia Bryant, However, the drug doesn’t seem to Health Communication resonate at local institutions of higher specialist for the Center CVS education. “There are no dealers on this for Disease Control 3605 East West Highway campus who sell K2,” a junior business and Prevention told the West Hyattsville, Md. – Howard University Junior management major at Howard University AFRO. CVS said. “That’s not the sort of thing you Synthetic drugs are 5621 Sargent Rd. would a chemically induced Hyattsville, Md. find here. cannabinoid versions of marijuana. According to It’s easier to find cocaine Giant D.C. officials, consumption has increased in the city, or something of that nature 3521 East West Highway citing one to two reported overdoses per day. before you’d see someone Hyattsville, Md. According to DrugAbuse.org, out of 11,406 selling a synthetic.” emergency room cases related to the abuse of the Giant Even so, local schools synthetic drug K2, 75 percent of patients were 5815 Eastern Ave. and universities are making between the ages 12 - 29 and 77.5 percent of those Hyattsville, Md. strides toward combatting the cases were male. Other types of synthetic drugs are use of these life-altering and Shoppers labeled Spice, Mojo, Scooby Snax, Black Mamba, sometimes deadly drugs on 2441 Chillum Rd. and Annihilation.

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“There are no dealers on this campus who sell K2.”

Policing in the Age of Black Lives Matter

By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com The high-profile deaths of unarmed Blacks have put the law enforcement profession on the defensive. Their leaders recently responded with a forum explaining their practices and procedures.

On Oct. 12, the Office of The U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia sponsored a forum, “Police and Community: Building a Bridge of Trust” that took place at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Northwest D.C. The purpose of the forum was to allow law enforcement leaders to explain their duties and responsibilities to advisory neighborhood commissioners, civic association officers, and community activists.

“We are out there every day,” said Morgan C. Kaine, commander of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s First District.

“Many police officers spend hours in the community on their own time. We sponsor events like ‘Shop with a Cop’ and activities like that.”

Kaine said that District residents can get involved in police activities through its junior cadet program for

“We are human. Our goal is to keep you safe.”

– Commander Morgan C. Kaine.

teenagers and the Community Engagement Academy that teaches people what police officers deal with. She encouraged members of the audience to ride along with an officer. “You get to see what police officers have to go through every day,” she said.

Kaine said people should remember one critical thing as they observe police officers doing their jobs. “We are human. Our goal is to keep you safe,” she said.

Unlike other municipalities, the District has several police agencies operating within its borders because of the city’s federal presence. Lt. James Murphy works for the U.S. Park Service Police Department that is responsible for all national parks in the D.C., New York, and San Francisco metropolitan areas.

Murphy said that many residents and visitors don’t understand the jurisdictional lines between the D.C. police department and his agency.

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D.C. Schools

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Also receiving stage time was The Empowering Males of Color, a fellowship that allows DCPS alumni to come back to the schools to teach students.

“I am glad that I took advantage of this program,” Michael Smith, who graduated from Washington Metropolitan School, said. “Efforts and energy can take you pretty far.” Smith teaches students at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in Ward 6.

The Empowering Males of Color program has drawn some

“We are re-writing the narrative at Ballou.”

-Jonathan Faber. controversy because of the single-sex nature of it but Davis told the audience not to worry. “There will be something for our young ladies of color and it will be rolled out in the

coming months,” he said.

In the Safe and Supportive segment, Ballou High School’s principal Yetunda Reeves, Jonathan Faber, a teacher and a student, Romello Leftwich, talked about how they make their Southeast school work.

“When I talked to our teachers this year I explained to them that I wanted a magical experience for the students,” Reeves said. “I also wanted our faculty to teach their students as if they were their own children.”

The program ended on a musical note with the Eastern High School choir singing “It is Well within My Soul.”

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campus. Howard University’s plan of action is rooted in education, according to Kenneth Holmes, vice president of Student Affairs.

“We are putting together a drug and alcohol task force that will address the effects of K2 and other altering substances,” Holmes told the AFRO. “Our first initiative will be going into the halls in September (2017) and doing a series of interactive educational workshops.”

George Washington University plans a similar route to educate its students as a main

part of the drug prevention tactics. George Washington’s media relations specialist, Kurie Fitzgerald, told the AFRO they educate students on a wide variety of substances to impact their initial decision making.

George Washington University offers online resources, programs, and in-person discussions where students learn about alcohol, drugs, sexual health, tobacco, nutrition, and stress, among other topics.

The university’s Colonial Health Center works with campus and community partners

to recommend individualized treatments as appropriate, according to Fitzgerald.

The chief of staff at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) did not respond to the AFRO on awareness and prevention efforts by press time. However, the UDC Employee Assistance Program provides confidential counseling and referral services to employees and students with problems related to drug use and alcohol abuse.

ROTC cadets suffering from drug usage on college campuses, whether it is narcotics

or synthetic, are able to receive help through their program. “ROTC students on scholarships are tested for synthetic drug use, and they are generally removed from ROTC if they test positive,” Department of Defense spokesman Eric Pahon told the AFRO. “Sometimes there might be a punishment in rehabilitation. It is not always one positive and they are done. This is usually decided by a local unit commander and rehabilitation happens with their permission.”

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known as resident zoned parking. Once a street is zoned, vehicles without the appropriate zoning sticker are limited to only two hours of parking during the hours designated on the sign. As a result, one person’s solution becomes another’s problem.

Edward E. Doxen III, a community outreach specialist in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office, and Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Frank Wiggins for 6E03 in Ward 6 agreed parking is a major issue for Washington churches. “There are known problems in the past couple of years where people had to pay $250 for coming to church on Sunday,” Wiggins said.

“People have to decide between coming to church and getting a ticket. That hurts the church, especially if those parishioners are living in Maryland.”

Not only is Sunday parking an issue for church members, but also during the week, said the Rev. Dwayne Gilliam of Word of God Baptist Church.

“Residents made it challenging at times,” Gilliam said. “There were instances where they called police to ticket us, not just Sunday, but during the week when we had classes, like Bible study or prayer meetings.”

Deacon Paul London, president of the missionary ministry at the church, said he received at least two tickets attending either a Bible study or prayer meeting. “We had to go down to the police station and explain to them that we park there because of Bible study,” London said. “They kind of eased up on the ticket writing, but they started again when the community started complaining.”

According to London, over the past 15 years, members of various churches have been moving out of the District because of high taxes and expensive real estate. Suburbs outside the city are more appealing because of the affordability.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Black population in the southeast region of the District was about 55 percent in 2000. The White residents made up 41 percent of the population. As of 2014, the White population increased to 60 percent. The Black population decreased to 34 percent.

Stacey Smith, a member of Word of God Baptist Church for about two decades, says about 70 percent of the congregation is from outside the District, which meant that members were

traveling from Maryland to participate in Sunday service and other events. “When we saw the changes in our neighborhood, it became very difficult,” Smith said. “We would argue, fight, try to get permits for us to park there. It felt like they were trying to push us out. There were a lot of handicap signs in front of our church. So our members couldn’t even park there.

That went on for the last two years we were there.”

Though the issues with parking might have been a nightmare, members said they have benefited from the churches relocating. Officials at Metropolitan Baptist Church, now in Upper Marlboro, Md. near the Washington professional football team’s stadium, said because of the move they are closer to their members and they have a larger facility. Member Phyllis Davis said she is extremely pleased that she is now five minutes away from church.

Word of God Baptist Church is also closer to the congregation and has expanded dramatically.

According to Deaconess – Frank Wiggins Janet Humphrey, the church administrator, the new site is about four times bigger than the old site. The K Street site was a one room church, squeezed between townhouses. It could seat about 100 people.

The new church in Prince George’s County has balcony seating and a basement that houses the fellowship hall. The church now has its own parking lot and is surrounded by trees and grass. Across the street there is a soccer field and in the back, there is a playground just a couple of steps from the church.

“We have more opportunities,” Smith said. “In our old location we had two buildings, the church and then an apartment building right next to it. Now we’re all under one roof; the children don’t have to be in a different place,” she said.

Gilliam said the church is planning to expand its programs and services for the community. “The pastor had some visions of a school and daycare and things like that,” he said.

The church’s fellowship hall and a new boy scouts program serves the University Park community, he said.

London said things are much better. “Everything seems more tranquil,” he said. “Now the kids have a place to run, and I have yet to see a ticket. So, we’re happy.”

“People have to decide between coming to church and getting a ticket.”

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“For example, we patrol Lafayette Park across from the White House but when you step outside of it, in front of the White House, you are in D.C. police jurisdiction,” Murphy said. “If you misbehave on national parks lands, we have the same arrest powers as the D.C. police.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Malis explained what his office entails and whom they work with and report to.

The District of Columbia doesn’t have a local prosecutor therefore the U.S. Attorneys’ Office serves in that capacity.

“My boss, Channing Phillips, reports to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch,” Malis said, inferring that he doesn’t answer to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D). “Keep in mind that we don’t report to MPD but we work with them on cases.”

When it comes to an officer accused of wrongdoing, Malis said the case is prosecuted as fairly and independently as any other case. “That independence is

important,” he said.

Malis said prosecuting an officer for killing a resident consists of getting an autopsy and gathering evidence to determine whether that officer should be charged on the “reasonable officer” standard. “We look at the facts and determine whether the police officer acted reasonably during the course of action,” he said. “That is a standard set up by the U.S. Supreme Court and we abide by it.”

Even though the forum occurred after a recent officer involved-shooting of an unarmed man, Terrence Sterling, in the District, William Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office told the AFRO that the shooting did not spark the need for police to explain their tactics.

Many people want to file a complaint against an officer but are afraid to because they think it is difficult and there will be retaliation by the police department. “Not so,” says Mike Tobin, the executive director of the District’s

Office of Police Complaints.

“You can file a complaint with an officer by going to the station, going online or mobile phone, going to our web site or by fax, asking an officer for a form and there are also community groups who can help someone start the complaint process,” Tobin said. “When we get that complaint, we do a thorough investigation and through that we have access to all police reports and camera material. If there is a problem with an officer or his behavior, we recommend mediation.”

According to an annual report from the District of Columbia Office of Police Complaints, there were 407 complaints against D.C. police officers in 2015. Of the number, 71.6 percent of the complainants were from Black residents and 20.6 percent were from White residents. The report states that more Black officers received complaints, totaling 51.3 percent, while White officers only received 37.3 percent.

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Historic D.C. Black Church Aids the Less Fortunate

By Gabrielle Oliver Special to the AFRO Even before he was ordained to the priesthood in 2010, the Rev. Dr. Raymond Massenburg was working towards his goal of positively influencing lowincome, Black communities and unifying them through community initiatives, projects, and events.

With a master’s degree in Business Administration in Business Management and Accounting from Purdue

University in Indiana, a master’s of Divinity from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Chicago, and a doctorate in Urban Planning from the University of Illinois in Chicago, Massenburg was able to combine all of his skills to help make a difference – and still is doing so through St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Northwest D.C. The church holds events to feed the homeless. Coming up on Oct. 26, members of St. Luke’s will make

and distribute lunch to residents of Christ House, an organization that provides healthcare for homeless men and women in the area. Members host a “Feed the homeless in the Park” event every third Saturday of the month, a community event to furnish apartments for the needy, projects to

raise funds for the poor and provide food, and health initiatives. The church held a three-day festival on Oct. 4 to honor their founder, Father Alexander Crummel.

In 1883, Crummel opened St. Luke’s in response to the segregation in the city.

More than 100 years later, the people of the community

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Massenburg said.

Massenburg said he realizes the Black community in D.C. is constantly changing, alluding to gentrification. But, through the church’s events, Massenburg said he is able to reach out and meet the needs of Blacks seeking God and unity in the D.C. area.

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Rev. Dr. Raymond Massenburg serves the less fortunate in D.C.’s Black community through various events sponsored

by St. Luke’s Episcopal.

have come and gone, but the Church remains.

During the Church’s three-day festival, hundreds of people stopped by to enjoy the food, vendors, and performances for all ages. “This weekend we have come here to solidify the community. We will eat, dance, and be blessed,”

AFRO Presents The Coalition for Blind Justice Town Hall The AFRO American Newspapers in connection with it’s 125th Anniversary year-long series of celebrations will present the Coalition for Blind Justice Town Hall meeting on Oct. 20 from 2-4 p.m. at the Howard Theatre, 620 T Street NW. This town hall meeting and panel discussion will include elected officials, community leaders, media professionals, entertainers, civil servants, representatives from law enforcement and more. Guests include CNN host Ras Baraka, Mayor of Newark, N.J. Jelani Cobb, author and educator Roland Martin and artist and community organizer Charlamagne Tha God. This discussion will be in response to the modern civil rights movement and the need for unity and participation during this time. The panel aims to

collect the mental power of its guests and foster the beginnings of change for the betterment of the community. The event is free to the public.

Black Public Relations Society Hosts Political Cypher: ‘Why We Still Matter in America’ The National Black Public Relations Society will be hosting a political cipher: Why We Still Matter in America in response to the current political climate and its surrounding issues of individual rights, race, gender and policy in America. The panel will be held on Oct. 20 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Thurgood Marshall Center, 1816 12th St. NW. Panelists include Communications Director at the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Kiara Pesante; the principal for the Podesta Group, Dana Thompson;, the National Director of Faith and African american Engagement

for Enroll America, David Street; the Senior Vice Chairman of DCGOP, Ralph Chattams; the President of D.C. Democratic Women’s Club and Pastor, Rev. Dr. E. Gail Anderson Holness and the Co-founder of Higher Heights, Kimberly Peller-Allen. Barbara Holt Streeter will be the moderator. The event is free. To register for the event, visit eventbrite.com.

Aphrosoul Lukumi Pays Homage to the Ancestral Spirits of Music and Dance On Oct. 22 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Sankofa Video Books & Café, located at 2714 Georgia Avenue NW; the Lukumi People Music & Indigenous Bohemian Arts group will be hosting an event that will pay homage to the Egùn (ancestors) and Òrísá (deity of nature).

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit eventbrite. com.

SunTrust Foundation Gives $50,000 to D.C. Non-Profit that SunTrust can make a big impact in the community and that’s through supporting organizations that really make a difference The SunTrust Foundation recognized and a big impact in other people’s lives and a local D.C. nonprofit for providing low promoting financial confidence,” said Dan income residents with programs to help them O’Neill, CEO and president of SunTrust learn financial literacy. On Oct. 17, SunTrust Bank’s Greater Washington and Maryland presented Capital Area Asset Builders division.

(CAAB) with its first Lighting the Way award One of the people in the savings program for the organization’s positive impact on the is Stephen Bridges. As a recovering drug Washington D.C. area by promoting financial addict, Bridges said he decided, three years education. The award included a $50,000 ago, that it was time to get his life together. grant to the nonprofit.

He entered the Back on My Feet program “Through the support of the SunTrust that provides a running-based model that Foundation we are now able to put this restores confidence, strength and self-esteem, $50,000 investment to good enabling individuals to work in the greater D.C. tackle the road ahead and area,” Joseph Leitmannmove toward jobs, homes Santa Cruz, CAAB’s and new lives, according director of external to the program’s website. relations said at the event.

After Bridges was clean The organization is for 60 days, he was then known for its matched introduced to CAAB and savings program – Back other financial literacy on My Feet -- that assists programs. residents of the Greater “It was a time when – Muriel Garr D.C. community with money management or the saving money for postidea of owning a home secondary education, buying a home, or or going to a good school or having a really starting or expanding a business. According good job was . . . for many different reasons to Muriel Garr, vice president of SunTrust it just seemed to be that’s not the cards I’ve in the greater Washington area, the program been dealt,” he said. Bridges said he had to consists of individual development accounts realize, through CAAB, that you have to put and encourages people to save by matching something in to get something out, which he $8 to every $1 in savings – a much higher said came to fruition when he saved his first rate than a bank would normally do. The $25. maximum match is $4,000.

“I remember when I got my first statement “We think this is a very important way from my first $25 I put in the $1- $8 match, I

By Cassidy Sparks Special to the AFRO

“It’s about changing lives and so I’m glad we’re able to do it.”

Courtesy photo

(left to right) Rich Petersen, Stephen Bridges, Joseph Vaughan, Joseph Leitman- Santa Cruz, Dan O’Neill and Nancy Register pose with the check that SunTrust is providing to CAAB.

said ‘hmmm ok, we’ve got something going here,’” he said. Now Bridges is in the process of purchasing his own home. “A part of that

journey was ‘can I?’” said Garr. “It’s about changing lives and so I’m glad we’re able to do it.”

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The Afro-American, October 22, 2016 - October 28, 2016

Bradley Via, Brian Via, Gen. Via, Linda Via, Mrs. Milley and Gen. Mark Milley, 39th chief of staff of the Army Gen. Via addresses attendees

Photos by Rob Roberts Gen. Via and Linda Via

Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John Hawkins, Gen. Dennis Via and Edgar Brookins

Lt. Gen. (Ret) William Ward, Joyce Ward, Linda Via and Gen. Dennis Via

A special retirement ceremony, hosted by Gen. Mark A. Milley, 39th chief of staff of the Army, was held in honor of Gen. Dennis L. Via on Oct. 6 at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Virginia. Family, friends, fellow soldiers and U.S. Army leadership gathered to bid Via farewell after more than 36 years of service. He is a native Virginian and a graduate of the Army ROTC at Virginia State University. Via is also the only Signal Corps Officer that was promoted to the rank of 4-star general, in 2012, when he began his last assignment as the 18th commander of the Army Materiel Command.

Gen. Milley gives Gen. Via a letter of accommodation for his service from President Obama

Linda Via receives a Department of the Army Certificate of Appreciation from Mrs. Milley

Robert Wright, Gen. Dennis Via and Gen. (Ret.) Johnnie Wilson

The Ms. Veteran America 2016 competition, on Oct. 9, held at the Shakespeare Theatre in Northwest D.C. featured 25 women veterans from various military branches.

The theme of the event was “The Woman Beyond the Uniform”. Pageant contestants competed to raise funds for Final Salute, a non-profit organization founded by Maj. Jas Boothe that provides homeless women veterans with safe and suitable housing.

Capt. Molly Mae Potter, U.S. Air Force, was crowned as Ms. Veteran America.

Photos byRob Roberts

Lt. Gen. Mike Williamson, Brig. Gen. Richard Dix, Lt. Gen. Gwen Bingham, Lt. Gen. Larry Wyche and Maj. Gen. Phil Churn

Denyse Gordon, Allania Guiton, Tiye Young, 2nd place winner, Molly Mae Potter, Ms. Veteran America 2016, Charlynda Scales, 3rd place winner, Kimberly Wolfanger and Kerri Turner Maj. Jas Booth, U.S. Army Reserves

Lamman Rucker and Lawrence O’Neal Command Sgt. Johns and Chiquita Pena, push-up competition winner

Marissa Strock, Iraqi veteran, double amputee below the knees and actor Lamman Rucker were the emcees

Sally Rejas, pageant contestant

2016 Finalist, Jasmine Cordova

Marissa Strock, Allania Guiton, Ms. Veteran America 2013; Kimberly Wolfanger, Ms. Veteran America 2014 and Kerri Turner, Ms. Veteran America 2015

Maj. Jas Booth

Yvonne Gordon-Owens and Denyse Gordon-Watts, Ms. Veteran America Emeritus 2012 Pageant contestants in evening wear

Pageant contestants

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