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Police Chief: Officer May Have Died by Friendly Fire

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill The Prince George’s County police officer shot and killed Sunday, March 13 from a gun battle outside of a police station may have been shot by another officer, the police chief said.

Police Chief Hank Stawinski admitted to the possibility during a news conference Monday, March 14 at police headquarters adding that one of the suspects shot and now held at the District 3 station in Landover may have been recorded on a cell phone by his own siblings.

Officer Jacai Colson, 28, died

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Tomorrow’s leaders participate in the 2016 Prince George’s County Spelling Bee, presented by The Washington Informer,” held March 11 at the Clarice M.

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Clinton Rolls in Primaries Prepares for Trump Battle

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It’s three days in the nation’s capital that won’t soon be forgotten.

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Hill, Friday, March 11, to meet Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) for a press conference showing support for greater inclusivity. / Photo by Roy Lewis tional Association of Hispanic Pub- Hill, at the Department of Justice lications held a three-day summit at and at historic Howard University locations that included the W Ho- where one of NNPA’s late and hontel and the National Press Club, just ored members, San Diego Voice & blocks from the White House.

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Referring to Donald Trump on Tuesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton proclaimed that she’s been standing up to bullies all of her life.

After the third and final Super Tuesday where she easily claimed victories in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio, Clinton set her sights squarely on the tyrannical New

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By Tia Carol Jones

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Shestretched said theyaround threat,” said.last weekend when Lines the she corner had come together to bringupa at the Among the programs Marlow voters showed District’s Republican caucus sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are on Saturday, March 12.

When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, The Florida senator, who has since suspended his old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families quest for the presidency, beat out Ohio Governor John of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicKasich by 50 votes, wining percent of the assessvote. life, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a 37 domestic violence The convention had to be extended because hunshe knew something had to be push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further dreds of GOP voterstraining were stillforin law line enforcement when the polls done. Out of her frustration said about Marlow. were scheduled to close for most voting Life groups. with law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's ProtecD.C. has Republicans, according of the situation, she decided to who reads Marlow's book27,000 will registered tion Act and mandatory counselstart the Saving Promise cam- “get it.” Shetosaid Board of Elections statistics. she “puts the ing for batterers. paign. case in such a But way,D.C. the average arebright ever going eradiwas one of “If thewe few spotstofor Rubio.

“It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must that won't turn my family end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicshared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said.

Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see Hundreds of District Black women girls of from around country will convene Districtto fromraise Thurson May 7 at the Heightsand wife John Allen the Muhammad, programsin the designed day, MarchCenter.

17 through Sunday, March 20 for the Black Women’s Power National Municipal The sympowho was sentenced to six consec-Roundtable awarenessWomen amongof children in Summit. sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She The three-day summit celebratesbyWomen’s History Month andinincludes a wide range Family and Youth Services a Maryland jury for his role feels children needof toorganizing be educat- and Center of theactivities city of including District a BWR empowering Public Policy on Capitol Hill on Thursday well as forums, the Beltway SniperDay attacks in ed about domestic as violence.

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“We have to stop being pasUp The of Black Women. founderAwards” of After ceremony the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilsummit will culminate withthe a “Sistahs on Saturday.

Marlow has written a book, an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. story about four generations of and their children.

Marlow has worked to break domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, Dr. John hasisbeen confirmed as secretary inspired by her own experiences, years in fear is a long time.King, It is Jr.and confident the policies she of and those of her grandmother, not an easy thing the U.S. Department Education. to come out isofpushing for will start that her mother and her daughter. of,” she said. Congressional Black process.

Caucus Chairman G.K. ButterShe said every time she reads Mildred Muhammad said “I plan to take these policies to field said he applauds the move. excerpts from her book, she still people who want to help a to Congress and continuing implore them “I look forward Dr. King his tocomcan not believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. mitment to creating spaces for every student to excel, from her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of promoting how they go into “I will not stop until these polidiversity in the teaching profession, making won the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” college more affordable and increasing retention rates,” Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached he said. “I am confident that with the wealth of ex“I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net perience he brings to this critical role, he will support my eye first blackened and my “Before you get to 'I'm going our efforts to strengthen lips bled,” Marlow said. to kill you,' it started as a verbal WI Historically Black Colleges and Universities and improve low-performing schools Elaine Davis-Nickens, presiso that every student has a better chance to fulfill their dent of the National Hook-Up academic potential of Black Women, said there is no consistency in the way domestic violence issues are dealt with by WI Staff Writer

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We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor Metro General Manager and CEO Paul J. Wiedefeld anchildren about domestic nounced Wednesday, March 16, the full closure of the Metrorail violence. I plan to take these system as transit agency conducted emergency inspections of the policies to Congress and system’s third-rail power cables following an early-morning tunimplore them to change our nel fire Monday.

The Metrorail system closed at its midnight Wednesday and relaws. I will not stop until mained closed until 5 a.m. Thursday. All six Metrorail lines and all 91 stations were closed.

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Trayon White Reemerges as Grassroots Candidate

By Sam Collins WI Contributing Writer Chapter two of what has become a modern-day David vs. Goliath story popped off last month when Trayon “WardEight” White, millennial community figure and protégé of the late, great Marion S. Barry, threw his hat into the ring for the Ward 8 council race, slated to culminate in an Democratic Primary in June that automatically decides the victor.

Last April, White lost a high profile race for his mentor’s seat to LaRuby May, a Florida-born attorney who had D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s endorsement and corporate financial backing, by fewer than 100 votes. Even with the defeat, White proved that his grassroots message could pose a considerable challenge to what some described as a well-oiled political machine.

With the Ward 8 council seat up for grabs once again, White, now equipped with a team that includes opponents turned allies, has refined his message and taken more of a direct approach in showing residents that he can best represent them at a time when development and displacement go hand in hand for many longtime Washingtonians.

“I think the people recognize that I’m a formidable candidate.

During the last election, a lot of people counted us out,” said White, a former member of the D.C. State Board of Education and onetime staff member in State Attorney of the District of Columbia General Karl Racine’s office.

In early February, White registered as a candidate for the Democratic Party during a visit to the D.C. Board of Elections. Accompanying him that morning were Stuart Anderson and Jauhar Abraham, both of whom ran against White during last year’s election before shutting down their campaigns and endorsing him. Anderson, a staunch advocate for returning citizens and their families, currently serves as White’s campaign manager. Christopher Barry, the late mayor’s son and onetime contender for the Ward 8 council seat, has also reportedly thrown his support behind White’s candidacy.

At this point, White hasn’t revealed much about his campaign strategy but he has hinted at the construction of a movement coalesced around Ward 8 residents of various backgrounds, many of whom have seen him grow as a

leader. White noted that his areas of focus – which include economic development, public safety, and education – resonate with people frustrated with the status quo.

“Together, we’re stronger because it creates more diversity within the campaign. Residents know I have a heart for service. I’ve been consistent with serving the Ward 8 community. Folks are looking for someone who can represent the people. I can be an independent voice on the D.C. Council,” White added.

The current field of candidates in the Ward 8 council race, much smaller than last year’s, currently includes May the incumbent, White, Aaron Holmes, Bonita Goode, and Maurice Dickins.

Whoever snatches victory in the next couple of months will have a lot on their plate.

Even with middle-income enclaves, Ward 8, a jurisdiction where African Americans count among the majority of residents, currently has one of the highest rates of unemployment in the D.C. metropolitan area and U.S. With the lowest concentration of full-service grocery stores in the District, Ward 8 residents often have few, if any, accessible healthy food choices.

Public safety has also been a pressing concern. As of publication time, more than 190 instances of violent crime have been reported to the Seventh District Metropolitan Police Department (7D MPD) which oversees Anacostia, Congress Heights, and other communities within Ward 8.

One of the most recent instances took place at a BP gas station on the corner of Alabama Avenue and Naylor Road in Southeast earlier this month during which gunmen fired more than 40 rounds. On that Sunday afternoon, Ivy Tonnett Smith, a 39-year-old woman from Northeast, died during the melee.

Last year, East of the River reporter Charnice Milton died during a shooting not far from where that gas station while walking home.

In response to the spike in homicides during her first months in office, Bowser organized “pop-ups” in those communities during which she talked to residents and helped them obtain social services and job opportunities. She also reached out to community members, attending large scale events on St. Elizabeths East Campus and spreading messages of peace and unity.

Even with such overtures to voters, things got a bit murky last

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Black Facts MARCH 17

1865 – Aaron Anderson wins the Navy’s Medal of Honor for his heroic actions aboard the USS Wyandank during the Civil War. 1919 – Nat King Cole, singer, born.

1946 – Jackie Roosevelt Robinson made his professional debut as a member of the Montreal Royals in the Daytona Beach ballpark that now bears his name. One year later, Robinson would break Major League Baseball’s color barrier and earn the inaugural Rookie of the Year Award as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1970 – Jacob Lawrence was the first artist to receive the Spingarn Medal.

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1933 – Unita Blackwell was born this day in Lula, Mississippi. She became the first Black woman mayor elected in Mississippi.

1947 – R&B singer Wilson Pickett is born in Prattville, Alabama.

1959 – Actress-singer-songwriter Irene Cara is born in New York City 1963 – Actress-singer and the first Black Miss America Vanessa L. Williams is born in Millwood, New York.

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1619 – Birthday of William Tucker, the first African child born in the colonies. Tucker was baptized in Jamestown, Virginia. There are unconfirmed reports that he lived to be 108 yrs. old.

1872 – T. J. Boyd, inventor, is awarded a patent for an apparatus for detaching horses from carriages.

1883 – The shoe-lasting machine invented by Jan Matzeliger not only revolutionized the shoe industry but also made Lynn, Massachusetts, the “shoe capital of the world.”

1968 – Howard University students seized administration building. Students were demanding campus reform and Black-oriented curriculum. Civil rights forces mobilized in support of striking hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina.

1975 – James B. Parsons becomes the first African American chief judge of a federal court, the U.S. District Court of Chicago. In 1961, Parsons became the first African American district court judge

MARCH 20

1915 – Born Rosetta Tharpe is born on this day in Cotton Plant, Arkanas. Featured in LIFE magazine, Tharpe received a contract with Decca Records and was propelled into national prominence when she performed “Rock Me” with Cab Calloway and the Cotton Club Revue.

1916 – An African native once kept in a Bronx zoo, Ota Benga, commits suicide. In 1906 the crowds thronged the monkey house exhibit at the Bronx Zoo (New York Zoological Park). Here were man’s “evolutionary ancestors” – monkeys, chimpanzees, a gorilla named Dinah, an orangutan named Dohung and an African of short stature.

1950 – Ralph Bunche receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a mediator in the Palestinian crisis. He is the first African-American to be so honored.

1970 – Students strike at the University of Michigan and demand increased Black enrollment. The strike ended April 2, after the administration agreed to meet their demands.

MARCH 21

1947 – James Baskett (1904-1948) is given a special Oscar for his part in Disney’s “Song of the South”. He was the second American of African descent to receive an Oscar. Baskett was also the first American of African descent hired by Disney. Baskett was unable to attend the premiere in Atlanta after being refused hotel accommodations.

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1943 – George Benson, Grammy award winning singer, is born.

1968 – State troopers mobilize to put down student rebellion on campus of Cheney State College.

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SHOULD DONALD TRUMP BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE THAT HAS LEFT SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED AT HIS RECENT CAMPAIGN STOPS? CHANIA DILLARD

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

Not fully responsible, because at the end of the day people are responsible for their own actions.

You can’t say ‘Oh, someone made me do it.’ Trump didn’t put a gun to nobody’s head and say this is what you have to do. I do believe that he should take some partial responsibility simply because he is pirating; he’s fueling the fire for some of the things that have been happening. It’s not like he’s denying it; it’s almost as if he’s promoting. So, if you’re not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

SAMANTHA WILKINSON HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND

Yes, he is the one who promoted it in the first place. When there is some kind of disturbance, he is encouraging to get them out of there. People have had disturbances at these type of rallies and usually they say, ‘Hey, can you get that person out?’ But he just goes with the crowd and rowdy them up, instead of (saying) let’s move on to what I was saying.

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Why Hillary..?

A few years back, as owner of an investment property company, I am reminded of an investor client who during the time of our rebuilding, thought to give my business partner and I some words on the importance of alliances in building a strong business. Mr. Jackson, a multimillionaire was a ‘hard money’ lender. In the investment property business this means he lent short term money at a high rate and return. In addition he owned a successful new home construction business. There are not too many neighborhoods in Chesapeake VA that you can ride through and not come upon property constructed by his corporation.

He comes to mind during this time of the intense battle for the black vote. Mr. Sanders appeal to the younger voter with a platform of issue that certainly appeals to the youth. Insight to why are we voting for Hillary Clinton? He trusted me’ he said. ‘At a time when I had nothing he trusted and extended to me all of the necessary supplies to construct several new homes.’ Mr. Jackson remembering the time he lost everything and what it took to come back from the brink… ‘It was from the sale of these properties I was able to rebuild my business. Because of this, even though today his prices are higher than the big retailer, I would not buy from anywhere else.’

Hillary gets black folk business (vote). Taking the punch of must have seemed like a revolt. A constituency that backed the Clinton name has jumped ship and is now voting for this unknown senator from Chicago. She not only accepted the loss but graciously served. That move spoke volumes to the masses of Blacks who celebrated the win! In that moment, the hope of a nation he stood as the birth of ‘the’ dream. Hillary lent her support to that dream. It is for that reason; Hillary has gained the unwavering support of the black vote. What we are witnessing today is the collective head nod of a reciprocating commitment.

Reflecting on a principle learned in kindergarten in the form of a jingle; ‘make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other is gold’.

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Yes, he should be held responsible for the action of violence occurring during his protest because his ideologies encourage radical measures from people.

These radical measures happen to be harmful to minorities, which is only adding fuel to the already burning fire race of America.

KAHIRY OVIIM

COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND

We know what should happen, and we know what does happen, so I’m going to say no. If I say he has to be responsible for what was incited there then I have to say I agree with the celebrities saying sometimes via social media and having followers act on their own. It’s not that individual person’s own doing, but it can be linked back to them because they sort of enticed.

DARLESHA SHERRILL WASHINGTON, DC

Yes, he should be. He encourages the hate, racism and disrespect that his supporters display towards those unlike them.

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cheon at the hotel, where Academy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. sipped drinks and munched on appetizers in the lobby.

While informed about the historic gathering by famed photographer Roy Lewis, Gooding, although expressing that he was impressed, declined Lewis’ request to photograph him.

NAHP also kicked off the week with a board meeting at the National Press Club and a chairman’s reception hosted by Fusion for both organizations was held at Univision Communications.

While the two organizations parted ways for Thursday’s breakfast – the NNPA dined at the W Hotel while NAHP members ate at the National Press Club – they would come together on most other occasions during the week.

McFarlane, Rolark Barnes and Chavis hosted the Hall of Fame enshrinement at Howard University as the NAHP held an event regarding policy at the Press Club.

NAHP also had scheduled meetings with Attorney General Loretta Lynch while Chavis reached out to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton who held a press conference with both organizations on Capitol Hill to apply pressure on government agencies to advertise in the black and Latino press and to advocate for D.C. statehood.

The groups also announced a Get Out to Vote initiative.

“I am proud to join the formation for the first time of a historic alliance of African-American and Hispanic publishers,” Holmes-Norton said.

“You are the most trusted source of news in our communities.”

Her comments echoed that earlier of Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, who served as keynote speaker at the joint NNPA/NAHP

luncheon at the National Press Club.

“I want to say a word about your role and why your role is so important,” Kaine said “I’ve been looking forward to coming to this historic meeting of the NNPA and the NAHP together. You have the trust of your readers at a time when people don’t trust the media. That is a precious commodity.”

Tasha Boone, the program manager for the 2020 Census Integrated Partnership and Communications Program; Dr. Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, a group leader and robotics engineer at the NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology; Fernando Hernandez, director for Microsoft Supplier Diversity; Dr. J Nadine Gracia, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health and the Director of the Office of Minority Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: and Dr. Thomas Mensah, one of four inventors and innovators of fiber optics at Sullivan Park Research Center at Corning Inc., were among those on the schedule.

In keeping with one of its premier missions of highlighting youth, the NNPA also featured a program that included the SpelBots, Spelman College’s robotics team which encourages students and young women of African descent to explore robotics and computer science.

“It was one of the more impressive things I’ve seen,” Rolark Barnes said of the mannerism and activities of the students.

The 2016 Torch Awards honored Dr. Lonnie Bunch, Baltimore City Attorney Marilyn Mosby, Sterling Premier Group CEO Thomas A. Moorehead, Retired Major Gener-

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Some Voters Still Undecided on Primary Candidates

Forum Helpful in Choosing Among Crowded Fields

Douglas, 59, of College Park, said the federal procurement process should be overhauled, especially when historically black colleges and universities receive no money and contracts to improve their schools.

Holmes, 46, of Upper Marlboro, said the federal government shouldn’t tell a private company whom to hire, decide what businesses receive contracts and regu-

late the process on how to conduct its business.

“That goes against capitalism,” he said.

Circuit court candidates and current judges Dorothy Engel and Eric Nyce responded to a question on what happens if the state legalized recreational marijuana. Medical marijuana became approved by state lawmakers in 2013.

Nyce said it would help expunge

records for those with convictions of marijuana offenses and “give people a fresh start.”

Engel said, as a judge, she couldn’t comment on what the legislature votes on. So Fisher asked if the law would help decrease her caseload.

“That would reduce a lot of cases from our dockets, but I can’t say

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5Five of the candidates running for the 4th Congressional district seat participate in a forum Saturday, March 12 at Southern Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Temple Hills. From left to right: former Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, state Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk, former Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Glenn Ivey, Warren Christopher and Matthew Fogg. / Photo by Travis Riddick

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Nathaniel Bryant of Fort Washington remains undecided on whom to choose next month in the Maryland Democratic primary race for Senate between Reps.

Donna Edwards and Chris Van Hollen.

Billie James of Camp Springs already made her choice for Senate and the person to represent the state’s 4th Congressional District.

“I have not found anyone to be responsive, especially Donna Edwards. I called her office and could never get any contact with her,” James, a retired D.C. public school teacher, said during a forum Saturday in Temple Hills. “I like (state Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk). I see her out in the community. You don’t see Donna Edwards.”

Dozens of interested voters attended the forum at Southern Friendship Missionary Baptist Church to hear from candidates running for Senate, the House of Representatives and Prince George’s County Circuit Court judge.

The Maryland Business Clergy Partnership, a group of industry professionals and church leaders that seeks to improve public policy with elected officials, presented the forum. Harold T. Fisher, radio host of “The Daily Drum” on WHURFM, moderated the nearly threehour session.

Several candidates didn’t attend such as Van Hollen and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland), who represents the 5th Congressional District, which includes Clinton and portions of Bowie and Upper Marl-

boro in Prince George’s County.

Lisa Ellis, a member with the partnership who owns a manufacturing company in Camp Springs, said the candidates who didn’t attend are missing a chance to speak to prospective voters.

“I really understand picking and chosen where you are going to get the biggest bang for your buck, but if you don’t show, it’s like a slap in the face,” she said. “You will not win an election without votes.”

Those who did show up took advantage to make their pitch on what they would do if elected.

In the Senate race to replace the retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski, a poll released Saturday by OpinionWorks for the Baltimore Sun and the University of Baltimore states Edwards has taken a significant margin among women, Blacks and all other voters in the Baltimore region over Van Hollen of Kensington, Montgomery County.

“I’m the right candidate for this time because … there hasn’t been a Black woman in the United States Senate in 23 years,” Edwards said.

“When you have diverse voices, whether it’s in business or government, you make better decisions.”

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Fisher and members with the partnership asked each candidate several questions. Not every candidate received the same question, but the responses are sometimes unscripted.

The Republican candidates running for Senate, Greg Holmes and Richard Douglas, responded to a question about procurement opportunities for minority-owned business.

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According to a police statement, four officers fired their weapons and two did not. In addition, Colson, a four-year veteran who worked as an undercover narcotics officer, came to meet another officer at the station and was not dressed in uniform.

“Heroically, Det. Colson reacted to a set of circumstances I don’t think he was entirely prepared for,” he said. “Seeing the danger presented by the shooter, he took action and demonstrated extreme heroism because it was his actions that allowed officers to take a position and neutralize the threat.”

Police had two suspects in custody Sunday, but arrested a third early Monday: Michael DeAndre Ford, 22, of Landover, who police said initiated the shooting, and his brothers, Malik Ford, 21, of Fort Washington, and Elijah Ford, 18, of Landover.

Police said Michael Ford fired randomly at two cars and an ambulance before shooting at the police station around 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, which Stawinski said Ford did to try and provoke officers into a gun battle because he wanted to die. According to police documents, Michael Ford gave “his last will and testament” just minutes before Malik Ford drove them to the District 3 station.

Colson was shot in the attack and taken to Prince George’s County Hospital Center in Cheverly on Sunday where he later died.

Michael Ford was also shot and taken to the same hospital where he remains in stable condition.

Ford’s two brothers fled the scene after the shooting. Shortly after, police said Malik Ford turned himself in at a fast food restaurant while police took Elijah Ford into custody at his home.

It’s unclear why the brothers planned the attack.

Although the brothers may not have killed Colson, Stawinski said they are responsible for his death.

“This was about nothing. It was unprovoked,” said Stawinski, who added Michael Ford had a mental illness but didn’t have any outstanding warrants. “This community needs to know that this was callously recorded (by the Ford brothers) and could have been prevented.”

According to court documents, Malik and Elijah Ford now face 11 counts of attempted murder, six counts of illegal use of a firearm, three counts of first degree assault and other charges. Both have been detained at the county jail without

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bond with a preliminary hearing scheduled for April 11.

Ford’s aunt, Erica Thomas, could not be reached for comment Monday.

Sandy Lockett, who lives about two blocks from police headquarters, said she moved into the neighborhood in November and until now, it’s been quiet. Even during the shootout, she didn’t hear anything.

“I was sleep,” she said. “My sister called me and told me to stay in the house and I did.”

OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT

Colson’s parents, James and Sheila Colson, attended the news conference and stood near Stawinski and other officers around the podium, but gave no comment. Colson, who would have turned 29 this week, grew up in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania, about 11 miles north of Wilmington, Delaware.

FOP President John Teletchea talked about Jacai Colson’s bravery and how his smile “could light up a room.”

“He made a decision several years ago to make a difference in the world when he joined the Prince George’s County Police Department,” Teletchea said. “He made a difference and he saved lives (Sunday). We thank God he was allowed into our lives and he became a part of our community.”

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Sunday during a news conference outside the hospital the best way to remedy a situation like this remains with the law.

“This crime is not just a crime against Jacai. Murder is a crime against our entire community,” she said. “We will treat it as such with the most aggressive investigation and prosecution. His life was precious.”

As of Tuesday, more than 5,500 comments had been posted on the department’s Facebook page showing Colson in uniform with more compassionate thoughts through Twitter from fellow officers across the country.

“With heavy hearts we send condolences to @PGPDNews and the family of Officer Colson…” said New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton via Twitter.

Gov. Larry Hogan released a statement Sunday on social media to offer support for the county police department and ordered flags at half-staff in honor of Colson.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch also offered her support and any assistance needed to the county.

“The Department of Justice stands in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in law enforcement around the country to condemn this horrific act attack,” Lynch said in a statement Monday. “Officer Colson was a consummate public servant and a proud defender of the law. A young guardian raised in the tradition of service to his community.” WI

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No Tax Increase for Prince George’s County

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III couldn’t stop smiling.

That’s because he announced the county’s proposed $3.7 billion fiscal year 2017 budget, an increase of $161 million, or 4.5 percent over the current budget, with no tax increase.

“I can’t help but smile because there really isn’t [anything] dramatic, or controversial about this [budget]. It is the first time we have dealt with the lowest gap since I’ve been county executive,” said Baker, who presented his sixth budget proposal Thursday, March 10. “We are making progress.”

Baker, who released the proposed budget at the County Ad-

ministration building in Upper Marlboro, said the projected $64 million deficit “is the smallest I have faced since [becoming] county executive. I have been waiting five years for this to happen. This made balancing our budget less challenging than in the past.”

Compared to the current spending plan that forced residents to pay their first tax increase in more than three decades, Baker said the 2017 proposal provides investments on several items.

According to the budget document, education funding at $1.9 billion would increase by $93.3 million, or 5 percent over the current budget, to help pay for school construction projects, expansion of pre-kindergarten and college and career readiness programs.

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Also proposed: merit increases for county workers at an average of 3.5 percent, or $10 million.

Thomas Himler, deputy chief administrative officer for budget, finance and administration, said negotiations are ongoing with union representatives to discuss the raises.

“This is long overdue and it’s well deserved,” Baker said. “This is a small way we can ‘thank you’ to those men and women who work very hard and on the frontline of our government.”

The budget also includes $1 million to combat domestic violence. According to police as of Friday, March 11, eight people have been killed this year due to domestic violence.

Betty Hager Francis, deputy chief administrative officer for the county’s Health and Human Services, said one part of the plan would be setting up offices at various apartment complexes to provide residents with information on mental health and jobs.

“When people live in dense situations, it’s often problematic.

We just want to be where we can serve a lot of people and bring the services right into the community,” she said. “Your government is here to serve you. Some of the violence that’s occurring in homes is a result of stress. We want to interrupt violence in the home.”

Also proposed: hiring new recruits in the police and fire departments, sheriff’s deputies and correctional officers. Twenty-six vacancies are slated to be filled in the Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement office that would help improve and streamline the review process for businesses.

In terms of revenue, the general fund anticipates collecting $3.1 million, an increase of $158 million, or 5.4 percent from the current budget. This stems from an increase in property, income and energy taxes, according to the budget.

The MGM Casino at National Harbor could bring in nearly $20 million scheduled to open later this year. Himler said about $3 million of that allotment would go toward upgrading portions of Route 210 in Oxon Hill.

The county also proposes to handle trash collection one day a week versus two, a savings of $6 million.

The County Council will hold several hearing and meetings on the budget which must be adopted by June 1 and then go into effect July 1.

“We will continue to see our investments pay off for the citizens of Prince George’s County,” Baker said. “We are the place to be and the economic region of the Washington region, and I would dare say, the state of Maryland.”

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Portion of Purple Line Plan Pitched in Riverdale

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill

A portion of northern Prince George’s County could be accentuated with townhouses, apartments, businesses and enhanced walking trails near two proposed Purple Line light-rail stations in Riverdale.

The county’s Planning Department of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission [M-NCPPC] held a meeting Thursday, March 10 for residents to view colorful drawings on how two future train stations – Beacon Heights and Riverdale Park – could liven up the area. They’re two of the 11 locations slated for Prince George’s that will stretch 16 miles from New Carrollton to Bethesda in Montgomery County.

“The Purple Line is definitely one of the biggest projects going on in the county,” County Council Vice Chairwoman Dannielle Glaros (District 3) of Riverdale Park said after the meeting at the M-NCPPC office in Riverdale. “It is going to be transformative not only in terms of how people move, but in terms of economic development opportunities . . . let alone the fact it will connect us to Montgomery County.”

Glaros said a possible design change from the Maryland Transportation Administration, the agency overseeing the light-rail project, stems from an option to build a wall at Kenilworth Avenue and Riverdale Road.

Some residents wondered why not use pylons along those streets to create a more open atmosphere.

“It is very important that area be open. Building a wall is not acceptable to the community. That could divide the community,” said Patricia Hayes-Parker of Riverdale, who’s a member of a non-profit group pushing to improve the Riverdale area.

It’s unclear whether the state, or county, would be responsible to pay for building a wall because officials aren’t allowed to speak with the developer, Purple Line Transit Partners, until the state’s Board of Public Works approves a contract next month.

Gov. Larry Hogan announced March 2 the firm made up of three companies – Fluor, Meridiam and Star America – won the bid to construct, operate and maintain the line for more than 36 years at $3.3 billion. All three companies will invest their own money in the second public-private partnership transit project in the country.

Flour, with its headquarters in Irving, Texas, will be the lead in designer on the project, according to a company news release.

Meridiam, an investment firm based in France, would provide 70 percent of the equity on the project and the other two companies provide 15 percent each, the company stated in a news release.

Star America of Rosyln Heights,

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New York, invests in infrastructure projects. According to the company’s website, this will be its fifth public-private partnership venture since 2013.

The MTA would secure $900 million in federal funding. Prince George’s will contribute $120 million and provide an additional $10

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5Purple Line conceptual map. Construction on the 16-mile light rail line between New Carrollton in Prince George’s County and Bethesda in Montgomery County is scheduled to begin this year 2016 and open in 2022. / Courtesy photo

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Black Democrats Put Party Ahead of Race to do with our betterment.

At minimum, shouldn’t Black votes result in racially selective Black Economic Empowerment programs such as the South African government has to redress inequalities of Apartheid that gives certain previously disadvantaged groups of South Africans economic privileges?

Instead of collaborating on collective capitalism, most Black Americans have put all their faith and futures in “government cheese” and elected officials. Case in point is the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). Most Blacks see the CBC as “representing” them in Congress. But is the CBC just a clique of “entrenched Black politicians” who’ve found a home in Washington?

Many say that “it’s time to kick Andrew Jackson off the $20 bill and replace him with a caricature of Harriett Tubman. What say

with William Reed Instead of seeking legislation and processes toward Black Economic Empowerment, Black Americans are content with being second-class political in campaign and causes that have nothing

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Black voters rarely take the CBC and its members to account, electing to return them to office with regularity.

While the Black Electorate has been asleep, the CBC has become the Congressional Black Caucus PAC. The CBC PAC is Black political establishment run amuck. The Congressional Black Caucus PAC chose Hillary Clinton for president despite her refusal to endorse Black reparations. Although the Congressional Black Caucus PAC bears the name of the CBC, its 21-member board only includes 8 of the Black Caucus’ 46 members. The majority of the political action committee board is made up of lobbyists that represent interests that include private prisons.

Formed in the late 60s, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is an organization representing the Black members of the United States Congress, The CBC has 46 members, including 20 women that hail from 22 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands, and represent upwards of 30 million people. Several CBC members hold leadership positions in the Democratic Caucus and seven hold the top Democratic positions on full committees.

As far as the CBC representing Black America, let’s be clear in quoting Malcolm X, “You’ve

been had, took, hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray and run amok. The best example is: the CBC PAC has almost uniformly endorsed Hillary Clinton’s candidacy despite her statements against reparations.

Actually, civil rights groups and individuals have either out rightly or tacitly endorsed her.

Groups like the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP), the NAACP, the National Urban League are sycophantic supporters of all things Democratic.

The political truth is: again this election cycle, it is another year of Blacks being sold out by their leadership. The CBC may be the thing that is most wrong in America. The CBC PAC raises money privately to influence elections or legislation, especially at the federal level. There is reason to question if CBC/PAC interests are opposite those of Black constituents.

The composition of the CBC/ PAC rings of “the establishment” and should bring about questions such as “Can our politicians can be supported and bankrolled by tobacco companies, private prison lobbyists, payday lenders, and pharmaceutical companies and still serve our communities well”? As “career politicians” become ensconced in the ways of Washington, how can they maintain dedication to tackle

the unique challenges of African American communities?

The linchpin of the CBC PAC is the former Congressman from suburban Washington’s Maryland 4th Congressional District. Albert Wynn is a Senior Director at Greenberg Traurig LLP., which he joined after serving 16 years in the Congress. Now, Wynn’s range of clients include Lorillard Tobacco, maker of Newport cigarettes. “We are not from the establishment, we are from the streets,” says PAC head, Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y. Head of the PAC, Meeks is the consummate Black politician. Born in East Harlem, Meeks was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1993 to 1998 and in the U.S. Congress since 1998 Blacks are being pimped by politicians and should start expecting candidates to engage them on substantive policy issues. They must begin to discuss Black entrepreneurship, school choice, and racial disparities with an eye towards proffering solutions.

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Turning Natural: Anacostia’s Health Store Juice Bar Provides Raw Food and Jobs

By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer Turning Natural Juice Bar takes the spotlight in the second part of the Businesses on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. series for their work in providing jobs for residents and introducing new healthy flavors to the neighborhood.

The Juice Bar opened late last year in Anacostia, where owner Jerri Evans grew up. She wanted to expose the people from her old neighborhood to the natural foods that saved her mother’s life.

“In 2001, my mom was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer,” Evans said. “She had to turn her life around and change everything, and she did that by juicing, raw fruits and vegetables.”

Evans’ mom, Annette Turner, founded Turning Natural in 2005 in District Heights, Maryland, after turning to a holistic lifestyle.

Unfortunately, in 2010, Turner’s cancer came back, and when she died her daughter picked up where she left off.

“I educated myself on what I needed to know about juicing and how to educate people on its benefits and being healthy,” Evans said.

Along with juices and smoothies, the store carries spinach patties, veggie patties, strawberry field salad, kale salad and vegan cookies, cupcakes and cake pops.

Evans said the majority of the products she sells in-store are from other local small businesses.

The liquid menu has fun names like Marion Berry, Milkate Jackson, King Kong Kale, Beta Bomb, Ginger Aide, Swizzz Beatz and Green Latifah.

“The inspiration behind it is that it’s really just a play on words. I am a huge hip-hop fan, so I wanted to incorporate that,” she said.

Evans, an aeronautical engineer by trade, wanted to bring her company to the neighborhood she once called home because she knows the food disparities residents are facing.

“I grew up in Southeast, and this is home for me,” she said. “I definitely wanted our second location to be here as a resource to the people.”

“I remember when my moth-

“In 2001, my mom was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had to turn her life around and change everything, and she did that by juicing, raw fruits and vegetables.”

Jerri Evans / Juice Bar Owner er was diagnosed we didn’t have anywhere to go in our own neighborhood for the kind of food she needed,” she said.

“I want people to know if they have a cold or feel one coming on to come here and get a C-Side, which has oranges, ginger, lemon, grapefruit, and apples, or a flu shot, lemon, ginger and cayenne. It will give them the relief they need,” she said.

Nazareth Francis, 16, said she enjoyed working at a business that payed more than minimum wage and where she could learn new things.

“I love working here because it’s something different,” she said. “I get to know about new things and taste new things.”

Jackie Ward, a Ward 8 resident for 14 years, said it’s high time a business like Turning Natural came to the neighborhood.

“It’s a great idea. I applaud all black women who are business owners and being positive,” Ward said.

“Some people might think of this as a tool of gentrification, but it means more that there are opportunities for our young people to get a job.”

Part two of a two-part series.

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NATIONAL TRAYON Page 5 summer when year-to-date homicides rose to a record of 103. To the chagrin of local Black Lives Matter activists and returning citizen advocacy groups, May supported a proposal by Bowser that, if passed, would increase supervision of parolees and those on probation.

She also pushed for legislation that would impose huge fines on vendors selling K2, also known as synthetic marijuana.

Since its introduction, the anti-crime bill has stalled, perhaps a testament to how polarizing the issue of public safety has become in gentrifying city. Earlier this month, May switched gears, introducing the Social Equity Empowers Dreams Act, legislation that would close disparities in health, education, and business development via incentives for development east of the Anacostia River and deadlines for Mayor Bowser to present plans for a hospital and language immer-

sion school among other resources.

As seen in other areas of the District, such improvements come along with displacement. Despite such prospects, some residents, long frustrated with rampant violence and lack of economic opportunity, have welcomed the development slowly creeping over their side of the city. Whether the ongoing projects will result in a change of fortune has yet to be seen.

Prominent community figures, including Nikki Peale of Congress Heights on the Rise and Charles Wilson of the Historic Anacostia Block Association, have commented on record about the sluggish transformation following the presence of the Coast Guard on the St. Elizabeths West campus.

Earlier this year, news of a deal for a $56.3 million Wizards basketball practice facility and Mystics arena garnered mixed reviews, mainly due to a concerns about displacement.

During a gathering at the Play-

ers Lounge on Martin Luther King Avenue in Southeast last month, White, surrounded by family, friends, and loved ones, reminisced about his upbringing as a youngster and activist in Ward 8, telling guests that he could balance his obligations on the council and that to his constituents if elected.

In the weeks after, White, along with an army of supporters donning apple green and red T-shirts and toting campaign material have knocked on doors and walked the streets of Ward 8, chatting with residents and spreading the word about his new endeavor. In conversing with his neighbors, Trayon said he increasingly understands the importance of economic development that prioritizes common folks’ wellbeing.

“I’m not against development.

I’m pro-people development,” White said. “D.C. invests in the infrastructure but lacks the focus and strategy to build the bridges for everyday people. The poor are get-

“He has always come back to give to his community before he ever thought about running for public office. I don’t see the same passion for helping the poor with any of the other candidates.

Kim Harrison / Ward 8 Resident ting poorer and poverty is getting more concentrated. People from all over the city are moving to Wards 7 and 8. It’s not being addressed and has translated to higher crime. At the end of the day, I represent the interests of the people. I’m a community organizer. It’s at the heart of who I am.”

Kenneil Cole, one of the young men that White mentored during his time as a football coach at a now shuttered recreation center, said he plans to send an absentee ballot from the confines of his Delaware State University (DSU) dorm room, noting it was the least he could do for a person who kept him on a path to academic success.

“I’ve known Trayon since I was 10. He had never been very tall so it was funny walking up on him and seeing a man of that stature,” said Cole, a 22-year-old junior at DSU. “He was always known for helping people. Those people don’t come around very often.”

Ward 8 resident Amanda Lee said she plans to vote for White because of the way he galvanized support among young Black males in the community. She recalled seeing voter turnout among her contemporaries increase immensely during last year’s special election, all due to the prospect of Trayon winning the race.

“Trayon was in the trenches getting young men registered. He was able to do a lot in the last minute with little money,” Lee said. And he’s from Southeast.”

Kim Harrison, Ward 8 resident of 40 years and education advocate, also said she could attest to White’s passion for service, noting

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that the best scenario for Ward residents would be White sitting on the D.C. Council alongside people who won’t easily acquiesce to bad deals, as well as business and corporate executive demands.

“This isn’t new for Trayon. He’s pretty astute,” Harrison said. “He has always come back to give to his community before he ever thought about running for public office. I don’t see the same passion for helping the poor with any of the other candidates. Trayon can work with those who are trying to get on the council. If they win those seats, he could get support. Their presence on the will help [him] represent the interest of the people, particularly those who reside east of the [Anacostia] River. ” Ward 8 resident Porche’ Jordan however had a slightly different take.

Jordan, an artist also known as Porche’ 9-11, said that unity should be the primary goal for whoever secures the Council seat in April.

While Jordan, former PTA president at William E. Doar, Jr. Public Charter School for the Performing Arts, hasn’t decided on a candidate just yet, she expressed her hope for a more conciliatory solution.

“I hate to do the rival thing.

I wish they could both be on the bill,” Jordan said. “I’ve had the honor of working with Trayon [White] on a few events and he spoke at the eighth grade graduation. Even so, I would say LaRuby [May] is included among those trying to bring unity in the community. That’s a beautiful thing with her. I know she has a good heart.”

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HHS Leaders Listen to Issues of Minority Press

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill

Jewel Mullen, a senior official at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, told a group of Black and Latino publishers that minority-owned newspapers remain necessary to tell stories about their respective communities.

“I think the question that all of us, the Hispanic publishers and Black publishers, have ‘is HHS interested in investing in our communities?’” said Larry D. Smith, co-founder of DBS Communications of Florence, South Carolina.

“I want you to take my presence here as a ‘yes.’ I want you to take the longer answer as a ‘to be continued,’” said Mullen, who began her role this year as the principal deputy assistant secretary for health at HHS. Mullen gave remarks Friday, March 11 at the National Press Club in Northwest about health disparities and the role minority publications can have to inform the community.

The luncheon ended a threeday joint conference with the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s “Black Press Week” and the National Association of Hispanic Publications’ “Legislative Summit.” The theme of the joint venture – Publishing Industry: Equity, Sustainability and Service.

“We want a relationship with all of the federal departments and all of the federal agencies . . . to get some of our own in the government,” said Benjamin Chavis, Jr., NNPA president and CEO. “We would be in a better position to make sure the government is truly representative, truly responsive, truly accountable and truly resourceful to our businesses and to our community.”

Mullen, a primary care physician, said Black newspapers such as the New York Amsterdam News that she read growing up in New Rochelle, New York, tell different stories about the community versus mainstream media.

“If we want our communities to continue to grow and thrive to produce the kind of art and scholarship . . . to inspire our communities, we have to continue this,” she said. “If we want children 75 years from now to open the Amsterdam News and

other papers, we need you now more than ever before.”

She gave a few examples on health care challenges in the Black and Latino communities.

For instance, she said they make up a small percentage of health care workers which can deter people from going to see a doctor. Minority patients would miss fewer appointments if employees resembled the community, she said.

She also mentioned how the cost of health inequalities and premature deaths nationwide are $1.2 trillion a year. The amount comes from a 2009 study entitled, “The Economic Burdens of Health Inequalities in the United States,” commissioned by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and carried out by Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland.

Before Mullen joined the Obama administration, she served as the commissioner for the Connecticut Health Department for nearly five years. According to the department’s website, Mullen led efforts to reduce racial disparities in low birth weight and infant mortality and responded to the 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School that became a national discussion on gun violence.

“I know as doctors, we’re really good at talking about health care. While we’re getting better at talking about the social [aspects] of health, we’re not the best at it,” she said. “That’s why we look to you to be the translators. You’re the ones who can best tell the stories of how social factors impact health in your communities.”

Mullen conducted a brief question and answer session before she left.

Mollie F. Belt, publisher for the Dallas Examiner in Dallas, Texas, said the state’s Health Department allocated $60 million last year towards community outreach and health programs.

Belt said Black newspapers received only $12,000 toward advertising.

“We want all Texans to be healthy,” she said. “[Texas Health Department doesn’t] look at Black newspapers as a source to get the word out to educate our people about health issues.”

Mullen said she would look into the Texas situation.

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5Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Jewel Mullen, gives remarks to the National Newspaper Publishers Association and the National Association of Hispanic Publishers at the National Press Club on Friday, March 11 in Northwest. / Photo by Roy Lewis

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Laurel Hospital Chief Stepping Down

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill

As Laurel Regional Hospital continues the transition into an ambulatory care center, its president and chief operating officer has decided to resign.

John H. Spearman, who also serves as Dimension Healthcare System’s interim chief operating officer, will resign from all three positions April 8. He’s headed the hospital since 2012, later joining Dimensions in 2014.

“I have been privileged to serve the residents of the Greater Laurel community and to have contributed to enhancing the

quality of healthcare throughout Prince George’s County,” Spearman said in a news release March 9. “My departure is a part of the preparation for the new ambulatory care center in Laurel and I am truly excited about what’s to come.”

Dimensions spokeswoman Erika Murray said Thursday, March 10 that Spearman’s departure doesn’t coincide with the hospital downsizing.

“This is a very demarcation point personally and professional for Spearman,” Murray said.

Sherry B. Perkins recently joined Dimensions as its executive vice president and chief operating officer and will be re-

sponsible for all health system operations and will help find a new leader at Laurel Hospital.

The hospital founded in 1978 has been losing millions of dollars for several years with a nearly 20 percent decline in total admissions since 2013.

So Dimensions, which oversees the hospital, decided to transform it into a $24 million ambulatory care center. The new ambulatory center will have emergency services, outpatient surgery and comprehensive diagnostic imaging anticipated to be built on the existing campus, according to Dimensions.

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5John H. Spearman, president and chief operating officer at Laurel Regional Hospital in Laurel will step down April 8. / Photo courtesy of Dimensions Healthcare System

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However, employees will work at other Dimensions’ sites that include Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly. Dimensions will phase out all but 30 licensed medical/surgical inpatient beds later this year.

Some residents have expressed their frustration with the hospital downsizing at public meetings wearing “SAVE LAUREL HOSPITAL” stickers. A public service announcement in November asked for those in the Laurel area to contact Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and demand the hospital remain intact.

As for Spearman, he led the hospital to earn full accreditation February 2015 from the Joint Commission, a not-for-profit organization based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, which accredits and certifies health care organizations and programs. The hospital deemed to be compliant with all

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Spearman steps down with more than 30 years in the healthcare industry, according to Dimensions. He previously served as the senior vice president of external affairs for the University of Maryland Medical Center.

“We thank John for his dedication, commitment and service to Dimensions Healthcare System and to the many leaders he has worked with during his time with the organization,” Neil J. Moore, Dimensions president and CEO, said in the news release. “He’s planted the seeds necessary in order for Laurel Regional Hospital to embark on its next journey, which is to become an outpatient care facility.

We are truly grateful for the time that he’s spent with us and wish him well on his future opportunities.”

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Feeding Hungry Children, Because He Was One

By Kandace Brown Howard University News Service WASHINGTON --- Paul Taylor knows what it’s like to be hungry.

He knows what it’s like to not have enough food at home.

“We couldn’t just go in and out of mom’s fridge,” Taylor, 50, said of growing up in Southwest with his four sisters. “We had to eat what was there.”

Consequently, he knows personally how important free meals can be to children, because it was important to him personally siblings.

“It was good for us, because we were able to get something other than what we had,” he said.

It was from those recollections of his personal experience that Taylor, manager of the King Greenleaf Recreation Center in southwest Washington, agreed to partner with Capitol Food Bank and offer a free afterschool meals program at his center.

The food bank, an organization that works to reduce hunger through a number of free meal program,

reached out to King Greenleaf and Taylor accepted.

“I saw a need for a hot meals program, especially during the winter time,” Taylor said.

King Greenleaf Recreation Center has been running the program, Kid’s Café, Monday through Friday for almost four years. The program provides nutritional afterschool meals to children ages 5 to 18.

The program serves about 19 children daily. It has 32 children that are signed up for the program, Taylor said.

He said he is not just trying to provide the children something to eat, but also food that is good for them.

“I go in a lot of households, and what the kids are eating is full of sodium,” he said. “It is so important that these kids receive nutritional meals.”

David*, 10, is a 4th grader at nearby Amidon-Bowen Elementary School. He said he loves attending King Greenleaf every day to play basketball and other sports.

A bonus for him, he said, is know-

ing he can have a hot meal. He particularly likes the macaroni and cheese.

It’s important, he said, because he is hungry after school.

Most of the children in the program attend Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, other charter schools in the area, as well as Jefferson Middle School and Eastern and Woodrow Wilson high schools.

Though the schools in the area serve meals for breakfast and lunch, the recreation center is the only center in the area to serve the meals after school, Taylor said.

Most of the children in the Kid’s Café program also participate in the various athletic and arts programs at the center, he said. Often, however, they come to the center just to eat, he added.

“We don’t turn anyone down,” he said. “If they are under 18, we can serve them.”

Taylor said he and the staff have a very strict regimen regarding the meals.

“When they arrive, we take the temperature of each component,”

5Paul Taylor serves children who are part of a special free after school meals program at

King Greenleaf Recreation Center in Southwest. Taylor said he began the program because of his own experiences as a child. / Photo by Kandace Brown, Howard University News Service

he said. “If it is within standards, we accept it. If it is not within standards, we can reject the meal.”

Each meal contains a meat, a fruit or vegetable, a carbohydrate and a carton of milk.

Salisbury steak, barbeque chicken, tuna fish, chicken salad, tacos, chili and baked chicken are some of the meals that are served to the children.

“We have to serve all components of the meal,” Taylor said. “It is up to

the child what they do with it, but we have to serve it.”

Taylor said he takes pride in helping children receive meals that are nutritional.

“Having the program has really helped the community as far as nutrition,” Taylor said. “I believe it’s the basic component of life in general – a balanced meal.” *This child’s name has been changed to protect his identity. WI

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by DCPS) is a fourth-grade student at Turner Elementary School and a participant in the school’s partnership with the D.C. Youth Orchestra Program.

The young violinist has been playing for more than a year now, and her enthusiasm for music has earned a scholarship to practice with the DCYOP on weekends in addition to her rehearsals with her classmates.

“I like playing the violin because it’s fun and I get to make music,” said Anyiah. “When we work hard, we get better, and I’m going to keep playing for a long time.

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On March 7, half of Capital City Public Charter’s Lower School students (1st-4th graders) presented their Arts Expedition, Jazz & the Harlem Renaissance” at the Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center.

The students sang songs, danced, recited a Langston Hughes poem and displayed their art for the seniors.

4Capital City Public Charter’s Lower School students recently presented their Arts Expedition, Jazz & the Harlem Renaissance project at the Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center. / Photo courtesy DC PCS

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Famous Black Scientists Visit Howard University NNPA Foundation Exposes Youth to STEM

By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer World-renowned Black scientists, engineers and inventors gave their time to a STEM outreach workshop for District youth in honor of 2016 Black Press Week hosted by the National Newspapers Publishers Association Foundation.

The panel, featuring “Black Genius” Thomas Mensah, gave young Black and Latino children a firsthand look at Black scientists on Friday, March 11, at the Howard University Interdisciplinary Research Building in Northwest.

“I am a guy who looks like you, a Black man who is one of four that created the laser light that allows you to send and search information on your cellphone,” Mensah told the young kids. “You can do things no one else can do.

“You have the ability to design robots to land on Mars like the scientist here with me did,” he said.

Edward Tunstel, Howard alumnus, designer of Mars Lander Robot at NASA and senior roboticist at John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory accompanied Mensah to provide inspiration and information.

“It’s a pleasure to come back to Howard for anything, but particularly to speak with the young people about STEM,” Tunstel said.

Also on the panel was Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, designer and robotic expert at NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and Fernando Hernandez, director, Microsoft Supplier Diversity.

“If we’re serious about empowering the youth, this type of stuff should be every day,” Hernandez said. “I will make any little contribution I can as I see my work as a blessing.”

Al McFarlane, chair of the NNPA Foundation, wants the program to be the first of many to start a national discussion about the importance of STEM education.

“We’re going to create a pipeline for kids to imagine themselves in space,” McFarlane

4Students from Francis Stevens Education Campus and Cleveland Elementary School both in Northwest are excited watching a few members of the Spelman College Robotics demonstrate the moves of their robot “Spice” at a STEM event presented by NNPA Foundation’s STEM Reach 2020 Ambassador, Dr. Thomas Mensah held at the Howard University Interdisciplinary Research Building in Northwest on Friday, March 11. / Photo by Roy Lewis said. “I know that in this room there will be people on Mars.

This meeting is about creating content.”

“Our goal is to have everyone know about STEM!,” he said, referring to science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Four students on the Robotics team from Spelman College in Atlanta, known as the Spelbots, traveled to the District to show the kids how their robot “Spice” functions.

Students gleefully gathered around the robot watching it answer commands.

“We want to encourage the under-represented K through 12 students to be a part of the STEM field, especially African-Americans,” Kiara Moore, computer science major from Detroit, said. “Starting young is very important because STEM will always be around and it will always be a job,” she said.

After the panel students were able to team up with the scientist to work on different pieces of equipment and experiments.

Mensah, the Fiber Optics inventor with over seven patents, said that the meeting of the brilliant black scientists in one place can only happen at Howard.

“This is historic for Howard.

Nowhere else can you get this Black brilliance in a room,” he said.

“When I was 12, I watched Neil Armstrong land on the moon. I told myself I am going to do that. I am going to be an astronaut. Now I build machines that goes into space using satellites,” he said.

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Obama Makes Move – Now It’s Time for Senate to do their Job President Barack Obama has made the first move in a real life chess match between the White House and the U.S. Senate with his recent nomination of Merrick Garland, a federal appeals judge in the District, to the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

And as we suspected, Garland won’t being much diversity to the court. He does, however, have an impressive list of public service achievements, including work in the Department of Justice and on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit where he now serves as the chief judge.

Garland, with his age and his moderate record, appears to be the least controversial and the most confirmable of all the candidates who Obama had considered for the vacancy.

It should be noted that Garland had been considered in 2010 for the opening created by the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens. But he was passed over for Elena Kagan who at the time was the president’s top lawyer before the Supreme Court.

Under the Constitution, it is now the Senate’s job to consider Obama’s nomination, and to provide the necessary “advice and consent” to decide if Garland should be confirmed to the Supreme Court. The question is whether they will do their job.

It may bode Garland well that he, a former honors student from Harvard’s Law School, is part of the D.C. Circuit pipeline that gave us Scalia, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

In addition, he’s quite chummy with Chief Justice John Roberts. The two clerked for New York Judge Henry Friendly and participated together in cases on the Circuit.

Since Scalia’s death, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have said they would not even consider anyone that the president nominates. They have vowed to delay the process until someone wins the general election in November at which time the new president should name the next justice.

But as Senator Lindsay Graham has admitted, his party’s obstructionism over the nomination is more about politics than anything else.

The cat and mouse game continues. Meanwhile, American citizens stand to lose the most – we’re the pawns that will be sacrificed should the Republicans have their way.

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by AmeriHealth of the District of Columbia in your Health, Wellness and Nutrition Supplement. After reading that article I think, in all honesty, I can make the necessary changes to my eating habits to start getting my diabetes under control. A lot of the information in the article my doctor has already told me, but there

is something about reading it in black and white.

I really like the part about eating less sugar and less salt; man! That’s where my weakness lies, and eating smaller portions and using smaller plates when you eat, I think will help me a lot.

I’m sure I am not the only person going through tough times dealing with Type 2 diabetes, but I wanted to write to tell you that hopefully that article will help me and others to say thank you for saving our lives.

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By Julianne Malveaux

Condescending or Clueless? Clinton or Sanders on Race Sen. Bernie Sanders doesn’t get race! He gets economics, he gets Wall Street, he gets trade, and he gets distribution. He just doesn’t get race.

Perhaps one of his lowest moments in this campaign happened about a month ago (Feb. 13) in Minneapolis. A woman asked him to directly address “Black people and reparations.” He replied by pulling some lines from his stump speech, talking about wealth inequality, child poverty and investing in poor countries. From the audience, someone hollered, “say Black,” and Sanders,

in a fit of pique, declared that he’d said “Black” 50 times, “Alright,” he said, “that makes it fifty-one.” How churlish!

His crass response to an honest concern made it clear that Sanders thinks that race matters are less important than economic issues.

He’d hit a home run if he ever decided to acknowledge the ways the two are intertwined. Our capitalist economic system was buttressed by the use of people as property and it still is. Profits in the prison industrial complex are determined by the number of people our paramilitary police forces can incarcerate for crimes major or petty. Some of

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the companies that incarcerate use African-American male population to project their capacity and profits years into the future. Race is a social construction designed to maximize the potential for capitalistic exploitation of a subset of the population. Even as all working people are exploited (and Bernie gets that), African-American workers and the unemployed are all the more exploited. The reality of Black joblessness facilitates the exploitation of working-class Whites who fear that African-Americans (or immigrants) will “take” their jobs.

Sanders gets joblessness, homelessness and hopelessness, but he

is nearly clueless when it comes to race. He belongs to the rising-tide school, the same one both President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton belong to. If economic conditions improve, they think, then black folks will be better off, too. Better off, I say, but still behind, and with a huge income and wealth gap. And if the economic system changes, as democratic socialist Sanders would advocate, African-Americans would be better off. Would that deal with the gap? You can’t deal with economics without dealing with race if you hope to address the concerns of African-American people. Sanders’ testy show of impatience when a

woman asked him to speak to race in Minneapolis labeled him as clueless.

While Sanders is clueless, Clinton comes off as smugly condescending.

She knows race matters, she knows Black folks, and we are her friends.

Beginning with her association with Children’s Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman and moving through her more than three decades in public life, she has been an advocate for children, for civil rights and for women’s rights. But then there is that prison thing. She regrets, she says, her 1994 support of

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By Samuel Tramel

Getting the District Back to Work I read a news story recently about how the U.S. economy has made great strides over the past year. Unemployment is back down to a low level. So why is it that when I look around District neighborhoods, that does not seem to be the case?

Or why when I go to work, I hear complaints from families impacted by unemployment or underemployment? The nation as a whole may be experiencing new growth, but there is a lot of work that needs to be done locally before we can say

the same for the District of Columbia.

Employment challenges are especially difficult within the African-American community and those across the river. A recent study by the Economic Policy Institute indicated that the African-American unemployment rate is higher in D.C. than any of the 50 states.

Additionally, the gap between the Black and White unemployment rates is highest in the District of Columbia, with the jobless rate being more than five times higher for African-Americans than it is for White residents.

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We are currently lacking two things in the District. One is the proper training for individuals to obtain certain skilled positions that provide workers with a decent living wage. The second item is the absence of enough opportunities for willing and able individuals. I firmly believe that the way to help remedy this situation is to increase business growth within D.C. This includes welcoming new businesses to operate here, strengthening our current business community and encouraging all companies to invest in our city’s future. In light of recent developments with Wal-Mart, it is

more important than ever that we have other businesses ready to fill in the gap that this disappointment has created.

One logical step in this process would be the approval of Pepco’s merger with Exelon. Not only would this grow new business in the area, but it would also help strengthen a current DC company and provide residents with valuable knowledge and skills to secure jobs.

Exelon has promised hundreds of new jobs in the District as well as millions of dollars devoted to workforce development programs that will help residents get jobs.

Closely related to workforce development projects, since Exelon shares Pepco’s commitment to the local communities it serves, leadership has promised to continue to support charitable contributions to local nonprofits that help residents get back on their feet and back into the workforce.

Exelon has increased its commitment to continuing Pepco’s support for the community by providing close to $20 million over 10 years.

This is a critical component of the merger since many organizations are struggling to secure predictable

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By Armstrong Williams

Flint Residents Deserve Better Than This As the proud owner of NBC 25 in Flint, Michigan, it is important for us to understand the community and to become a part of it as much as we can. As a station owner, we have the ability to elevate the needs and concerns of the downtrodden, hold those in power accountable and showcase the resilience of Flint, and it’s a responsibility that we don’t take lightly.

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people in power and were appalled.

It was the failure of government that abandoned the most vulnerable, leaving them with many unanswered questions. I even added my perspective on the crisis. But that wasn’t enough; I wanted to feel the emotions on the ground, to understand the crisis through firsthand experience because too often in reporting, the people are ignored for political spin. And, after our day in Flint, we can tell you that the personal resilience of the people of Flint is highly under-reported.

When we first arrived on Mon-

day morning February 29, we went straight to city hall where many were there in search of answers. It was at the counter for free water filters’ that we met a young, single mother, who is also a student, and her young daughter. The mother relayed to us a story about how her daughter had elevated levels of lead.

She was at a loss for what to do, but she knew she had to get the water filters for her daughter. She was worried about her daughter’s future, what it would look like, and what could she do as a mother to improve her daughter’s chances? We had no

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answers, but we did have empathy, and we genuinely cared, and it was obvious that the mother appreciated that someone wanted to hear her story. My heart goes out to her and her daughter and reminded me that this is not a temporary crisis, but one whose effect will reverberate throughout Flint for a generation if not more.

City hall was littered with people who wanted their stories heard.

There were women there who had done their own research into the crisis and dug up documents that proved officials knew about the

dangers of the lead levels long before the public. All of the people we met in city hall wanted answers, but more importantly they were there to try as best as they knew how to help the community they love. This is how we started to love the people of Flint.

From city hall, we went to a firehouse where the National Guard was stationed handing out clean water to residents. The men and women of the National Guard were standing outside on a cold,

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By Bill Fletcher Jr.

The Mystery of Black Trump Supporters I saw it on Facebook. These two Black women at a Trump rally expressing their support for “The Donald.” I realized, once again, that there is a certain type of emotional naiveté that I possess when it comes to our people. I assume that in light of the history of White supremacy which we have experienced for several hundred years, including indentured servitude, slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and de facto segregation, not to mention the ideological demonization of our people

at the hands of an assortment of characters, that we can look a racist in the eyes and know their stand.

I found myself staring at these two Black women backing Trump and I realized that I felt the same emotions about the candidacy of Dr. Ben Carson. How is it, I have asked, for a Black person to utter some of the most ridiculous statements known to humanity? It is only when I have calmed down that I remind myself that not only are we, as a people, far from monolithic, but that—despite our history—there is a very conservative, if not outright reactionary minority

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among Black Americans that are actually convinced that we — ourselves — are the problem or that there is some other racial/ethnic/ religious group, e.g., Latinos; Muslims, who can take some of the racist heat away from us that we have experienced for so very long.

It is not simply self-hatred that we are facing. In some respects, that would be easy to address. It is that there are people who honestly believe, for whatever reason, that their personal future or our collective future resides in conforming to the worst caricatures that White America has of us. They seem to believe

that by joining in on the pile-on against Latinos and Muslims, for instance, that we will somehow become accepted as “real” Americans.”

It will never happen. Some Black folks tried that after 9/11. It does not work. We are still hated. It is the revelation that the Adolph Caesar character has at both the beginning and end of the classic film “A Soldier’s Story,” i.e., the ‘game’ has been rigged and masses of Whites still hate us, even when we get on our knees and do everything that they ask.

Donald Trump called for the execution of five Black men who were accused in the Central Park brutal

rape of a white woman in 1989, only for them to be exonerated.

Trump calls for excluding and expelling Mexicans for allegedly bringing crime to the U.S., as if no other ethnic group has ever been or is associated with crime. Trump calls for banning Muslims from entering the U.S. for allegedly bringing terrorism despite the fact that most terrorist attacks since 9/11 have been carried out by white supremacists.

What am I missing? Is there any reason to take anyone who supports Trump with any degree of seriousness? I think not.

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By Marc Morial

Severing the Prison-to-Profits Pipeline “Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.” – Horace Mann, “Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” 1881 America is addicted to incarceration.

No nation holds as many people behind bars as the United States of America, and

the numbers tell it all. The United States imprisons 716 people for every 100,000 residents. That is more than any other country on this planet. Our nation has the largest prison population in the world—both in terms of the actual number of inmates and as a percentage of the country’s population. While the United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population, we lock up almost 25 percent of the world’s total prison population. Well-meaning people will differ on the question of

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whether or not America’s war on crime has truly benefitted the American taxpayer, but because numbers don’t lie, we cannot question the fact that our criminal justice obsession with retribution—versus rehabilitation—has profited private prison operators in our nation’s sprawling prison industrial complex to the tune of billions of dollars.

The country’s two largest private prison operators, Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group, recently posted their earnings. Com-

bined, the two for-profit prison companies collected $361 million in profits last year. According to In the Public Interest, a research and policy center, CCA made $3,356 in profit for every person they incarcerated and GEO Group made $2,135.

Incarcerating Americans at the staggering rate of one in every 110 adults has become a profitable business that promotes the bottom lines of CEOs, but fails to promote effective public safety strategy. Research has shown that investing in social programs and education—re-

sources that can help keep people out of jail in the first place—is far more effective at improving public safety than investing in incarceration. Policies that promote prison over education, incarceration over mental health services and jail over job services comes at the long-term cost of our collective well-being and safety.

Over the past four decades, state spending on corrections has outpaced funding for public education, with states

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By Askia Muhammad

Presidential Politics: Now it’s gotten Physical When I moved to Washington nearly 40 years ago to report for The Chicago Daily Defender on the high expectations Black voters had for the presidency of Jimmy Carter, because Black votes were decisive in Carter’s victory over incumbent Republican Gerald Ford, I also set out to train myself in the ways of the mean streets.

See, I was a dozen years Up From Watts, had attend-

ed college at super-suburban San Jose State, had completed a term at the U.S. Navy Officer Candidates School in super-ritzy Newport, Rhode Island, and had a few years as a top editor at the Nation of Islam’s newspaper, Muhammad Speaks, in Chicago, and I was worried that I had gotten a little rusty with my “street smarts.”

So I engaged folks at Shabazz Barbershop in the heart of the Shaw neighborhood to help school me again.

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I grew up successfully practicing the “flight-before-fight” strategy. So now, in this new D.C. street environment, I needed to know the threshold of self-defense — the point in any given situation where fighting becomes unavoidable.

Of course, various scriptures discuss fighting, retaliation — an eye for an eye — battles, armies, etc., but my concern was when, in an urban environment, an individual must physically fight back.

What individuals who had

served time in various penitentiaries told me is that in the joint, if someone physically touches you, you must defend yourself!

Looking at the 2016 presidential campaign, I thought that fisticuffs might break out among the candidates on stage before widespread violence would erupt among attendees at their rallies. But the sheer absurdity of the limitless boundaries these people who are referred to as “the honorable” trounce on on a daily ba-

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sis in this campaign is wilder than any TV soap opera plot imaginable.

What with Republican tycoon Donald Trump taunting his fellow candidates like a-dude-named-Moose taking everyone’s lunch-money on a junior high school playground, I figured — decorum be damned — these guys are going to rumble.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), who shamed the reputation of his office as a member

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‘Cruciferous’ a Breeze for Prince George’s County Spelling Bee Champ

By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer The 2016 Prince George’s County Spelling Bee, presented by The Washington Informer began with 22 confident and eager contestants from a combination of public, private and charter schools.

At the end of a spirited – and sometimes, nerve-wracking – competition involving 10 rounds and 30 pages of words lasting just over two hours, Ayyub Abdulrezak, 14, remained calm as he leaned into the microphone to spell the one word that he would never forget.

“Cruciferous,” he said clear and loudly, as if he envisioned the word dancing in his head – a word which refers to leafy vegetables that include cabbage, Brussel sprouts and lettuce.

Ayyub, a student at Kenmoor Middle School in Bowie, Maryland, repeated the unfamiliar word one more time as he strategically broke it into syllables, spelled it and stepped away from the microphone to await his fate.

Then, in an instant, as moderator David Zahren immediately deemed the spelling correct, the audience of about 200 people – who’d moments ago, sat quietly and gazed intently – suddenly erupted into wild applause.

Ayyub had emerged victorious at the Spelling Bee held Friday March 11 at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park – and into the

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champion’s spotlight.

“It was amazing to win. For a moment I thought it was over,” said the wide-grinning Ayyub in recalling the vigorous round-for-round beatdown with first runner-up, Gavin Chrisologo, a student at College Park Academy.

“I was worried but I went through it and came out [on top].”

Ayyub, who said he has little interest in sports but likes to play chess, also admitted that he’s “not that good” with words of French origin such as “tabard (a coarse sleeveless garment worn as the outer dress of medieval peasants),” which he said he simply guessed how spell.

Many of the words, taken from the 3rd edition of Wester’s Dictionary, consisted of a mix of origins that included Greek, Latin, French and German, as well as English.

Listed among them, “henna,” “voodle,” “segueway,” kowan, “barabara,” “paladin,” and “ibuprofen.”

Ayyub, who now goes on to compete this spring in the Scripps National Bee Memorial Day weekend at the Gaylord National Harbor Hotel and Resort in Oxon Hill, Maryland, said he will better prepare himself for that contest by “learning a lot more about the different languages and familiarizing himself with more stringent word lists.

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“I’m going to study my words more,” he said. “I’m going to try again next year.”

As the winner of the 16th annual Prince George’s County Spelling Bee, now under sponsorship of the Washington Informer, Ayyub walked away with a huge brass trophy, a $500 cash prize and four tickets to anywhere Southwest Airline flies. His school will receive a $500 check, courtesy of the Greenbelt, Maryland-based Educational Systems Federal Credit Union.

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by Denise Rolark Barnes, in conjunction with Washington Informer Charities, stepped up last year to take over the spelling bee. Before that, the competition had been an annual presentation of the now-defunct Prince George’s County Gazette.

“We express our sincerest “g-r-a-t-i-t-u-d-e” to the Prince George’s County School administrators, teachers and staff for all you [did] to prepare your students for this “e-x-c-i-ti-n-g” and rewarding experience,” Rolark Barnes said.

Chauka Reid, 40, who formerly worked at the Gazette and coordinated its annual bee, continues her role but now as a contracted coordinator for the Informer, which for the past 34 years has sponsored the “Washington Informer Spelling Bee in the District of Columbia.”

“Once the Informer said they were going to sponsor

the bee and they wanted me on board, it went from there, doing pretty much what I had done over the years at the Gazette,” said Reid. “That means I secure the venue and work with some of the Gazette’s previous sponsors and schools in Prince George’s County to encourage participation of their 6th-,7th- and 8th-graders.”

Reid attributed much of the 2016 bee’s success to behindthe-scenes labor of “Gabrielle Furr, Lorraine Walker and Linda Phelps. She credited each of their “compassionate volunteerism” in assisting each of the spellers.

C. Lorenzo Evans, 34, director of Finance and Administration for the Smith center served as one of the bee’s three judges.

He said it was his first time serving in that capacity, and in doing so, he found the event to be both informative and inspiring.

“I would love the opportunity to participate again,” said Evans.

Dr. Gladys Whitehead, who represented the Prince George’s County Public Schools [PGCPS] during the bee and at the awards presentation, recalled competing in spelling bees while growing up in central Florida.

“My sisters and I looked forward to them,” said Whitehead, 67, executive director of Curriculum and Instruction, PGCPS. “It’s important for our students to be involved in spelling bees because they help to prepare them academically,” she said, adding that students who can spell exhibit the mark of literacy.

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM NNPA BLACK PRESS WEEK 4 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton stands with the National Newspaper

Publishers Association and the National Association of Hispanic Publishers as they joined forces on Capitol Hill on Friday, March 11 to advocate for greater inclusivity in federal government advertising spending. / Photo by Roy Lewis

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strates a Lego robot to students from Stuart Hobson Middle School in Northeast, during a STEM event presented by the NNPA Foundation’s STEM Reach 2020 Ambassador, Dr. Thomas Mensah held at the Howard University Interdisciplinary Research Building in Northwest on Friday, March 11 / Photo by Roy Lewis

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PHOTOS FROM THE GREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE’S GALA 3 Several college bound students

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Washington Urban League Honors Heroes Patti LaBelle Gets Lifetime Achievement Award

By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer It’s the time of the year where the District experiences a boom in galas and ritzy events honoring stand-out businessmen, philanthropists and celebri-

ties – and the 44th Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Gala held up to the long-standing tradition.

The Greater Washington Urban League [GWUL] presented its signature event of the year under the theme

“Unsung Heroes” on Friday, March 11 at the historic Omni Shoreham Hotel in Northwest.

Jim Vance, master of ceremonies and anchor for NBC 4 News kicked off the evening with light political banter.

“I am happy to be here, and I am happy to be where Donald Trump ain’t,” Vance said.

Later in the night Vance received the Legacy Award for his 45-year career in broadcasting.

“I am exceedingly grateful. I am humbled and thankful for all of you that hung in there with me,” he said.

The event included scholarship presentations, a live auction hosted by Joe Clair, comedian and radio personality and an hour-plus live performance

by Patti LaBelle who received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

“With your support we empower communities,” president and CEO of GWUL George H. Lambert, Jr. said. “I enjoy the work because I get to impact communities and change the lives of men, women and children.”

The other honorees who were celebrated for being heroes in their communities included Philanthropy Award recipient Ted Leonsis, founder and majority owner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, Corporate Community Uplift Award recipient Gina Adams and the Impact Leader Award Tina Frundt, founder of Courtney’s House.

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NNPA from Page 8 al Charles F. Bolden Jr., and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Melanie L. Campbell.

Also attending were representatives from dedicated sponsors RAI Reynolds, Ford, Chevrolet, Fusion, Charter Communications, Ascension and AP XPRESS Bus Company.

“We realize that as publishers and business owners of the Black Press of America that we have all come here by faith,” Rolark Barnes said.

“Our journey of faith began with two free men, Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm, who laid the first stone on the path we fol-

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5Singer Patti LaBelle is presented the Unsung Hero Lifetime Achievement Award at the 44th Annual Whitney M. Young. Jr. Memorial Gala held Friday, March 11 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Northwest. / Photo by Travis Riddick and Ballou. My people is yours and I am doing this work for all of us,” Frundt said. “We do human trafficking outreach four blocks from the White House, so while y’all are sleep we’re out there helping, not victims but survivors.”

Mayor Muriel Bowser received the Housing Champion Award for her work to end homelessness in the District.

“In a city as prosperous as ours everybody deserves a fair shot,” Bowser said. “We’re able to do that with great partners, the business community and everyday Washingtonians.”

“Our partnership with the Greater Washington Urban League allows us to focus on

training D.C. residents for good paying jobs and a safe and affordable place to live,” she said.

Bowser added that thanks to the work of the D.C. Council, an estimated $100 million has been earmarked for housing in the District.

The GWUL serves as a non-profit that manages and administers 30 programs in the areas of Housing and Community Development, Education, Employment and Training.

“There is no job like this and no better time to be mayor,” Bowser said. “We want to capture prosperity so more Washingtonians can enjoy it.”

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low by publishing the nation’s first African-American newspaper, Freedom’s Journal, on March 16, 1827 in New York,” she said.

“Their articles, editorials, cartoons, sermons, bios and advertisements included arguments for the abolishment of slavery and the expressed pride in the accomplishment of the African-American community.”

Chavis noted the propitious time of the publishing industry.

Innovation and the use of technology will continue to be key components of strategic plans for the next decade as NNPA strives to financially sustain its media and publishing businesses, he said.

“Yet, we know for certain that the profitability of our businesses

is also directly linked to the overall improvement of the quality of life in the communities that we serve and represent,” he said.

“We are committed to working to address the critical issues and challenges that confront the industry at-large, as well as to ensure that equity of consideration is given to our member publishers in advertisements, media buys, partnerships, sponsorships and other business opportunities,” Chavis said.

“We will work together, share meals, and enjoy the fellowship and networking among all conference participants. But, most of all, we will continue to stand for truth, freedom, justice, equality and empowerment.”

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Kaine Addresses Publishers at Black Press Luncheon Senator: ‘Surprising Level of Really Hateful Rhetoric’

By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Virginia Senator Tim Kaine ripped Republicans and chastised some Americans whom he said are acting out in violence during the current presidential primaries.

Kaine, A Democrat, was the keynote speaker at the National Association of Newspaper Publishers and National Association of Hispanic Publishers legislative summit luncheon.

He used that opportunity to tear into the “hateful rhetoric” that’s never been more evident than during the current campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

The Harvard educated former Virginia governor told the gathered publishers of the combined more than 600 newspapers from around the country that he wanted to offer some observation about that rhetoric, particularly the presidential campaign.

“I want to say a word about your role and why your role is so important,” Kaine said during the luncheon held on Thursday, March 11 at the National Press Club.

“I’ve been looking forward to coming to this historic meeting of the NNPA and the NAHP together. You have the trust of your readers at a time when people don’t trust the media. That is a precious commodity.”

Further, the hateful rhetoric began during the early part of President Barack Obama’s first term, he said, adding that the violence – presumably at rallies supporting GOP frontrunner Donald Trump – is the loud death spasm of some who feel very worried about the direction of the country.

“A lot of this acting out are people who have negative views but they’re capturing a sentiment of anxiety out of a majority community that

is worried about losing its majority status, hence the loud death spasm,” Kaine said.

Twice before Americans had heard the kind of rhetoric that has nightly filled television and radio news airwaves, he said.

The senator told the publishers that he was hopeful that the American electorate, which he said didn’t buy into the hatred in twice electing Obama, would continue to reject it.

Kaine, who has held just about every political office in his state from councilmember to mayor to governor and now senator, recently introduced a bill called “The 400 Years of African-American History Act,” which asks Congress to say that African lives and African-American lives matter.

He wants to charter a commission to plan commemorate the 400th anniversary in 2019 of the arrival of captured slaves off a Portuguese slave ship that came ashore at Point Comfort, Virginia, which is now known as Hampton.

“If English lives matter, if Hispanic lives matter, then clearly African lives matter, and the African-American contributions need to be told,” Kaine said.

“There’s pain associated with all stories, but there’s much more pain associated with this story because the arrival was involuntary and it began this diaspora of what became four million slaves by the time we get to the Civil War, so the story is painful but it’s also a story of triumph – a story of heroes that we know and heroes that we don’t, and we need to tell it because it’s like the story that still hasn’t been told,” he said, noting that he’s working to secure more sponsors for the bill.

“This is something that makes me feel, standing here together with the Latino publishers of this country and the African-American publishers of this country, of a shared sense

of history. Now history is not just about the past, Faulkner said history is the attempt at making a usable past, so if you can’t use it for today and tomorrow, you can leave it for the Ph.Ds., but we want to use it for today and tomorrow,” Kaine said.

And, to make clear his thoughts on the rhetoric, Kaine said it’s also evident in the resistance Obama is meeting in attempting to appoint a new Supreme Court Justice.

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preme Court justice on, but we’ve also seen – even in a profession where I shouldn’t be surprised because I’ve been in it since 1994 – a surprising level of just really hateful rhetoric,” Kaine said.

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Lonnie Bunch, Others Honored with Torch Awards

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Already possessing one of the more stunning and legendary legacies anyone – African-American or otherwise – can fathom, Lonnie Bunch is about to accomplish the impossible.

As noted by another Washington-based publication, Bunch is charged with a task so huge it is nearly paralyzing. For more than a decade, he’s been building from scratch the new National Museum of African-American History and Culture on the National Mall.

During the 2016 Black Press Week, the National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation honored Bunch with its Torch Award for African-American History.

“I am pleased and humbled to receive this award, partly because of the amazing group of individuals you are also honoring, but also the role of the African-American press,” Bunch said.

“Freedom in this country came, in part, because of the Black press.

They demanded fairness at a time that nobody else did. The Black newspapers were the guardian of

5(L-R) Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, NNPA president and CEO; Dr. Lonnie Bunch, NMAAHC Director; Melanie L. Campbell,

president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation; Denise Rolark Barnes, chair, NNPA and publisher of the Washington Informer; Anthony Che Bolden, Col. USMC; and, Thomas Moorehead, president and CEO Sterling Premier Group at NNPA’s Torch Awards for African American History, at the W Hotel in Northwest on Thursday, March 10. / Photo by Roy Lewis

the communities they served and this museum will help us to remember the rich and complicated history of African-Americans,” he said, noting that the museum is tentatively scheduled to open in September.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Bunch is a historian, author, curator and educator who has spent nearly 30 years in the museum field, where he is regarded as one of the nation’s leading figures in the historical and museum community.

A prolific and celebrated author, Bunch has published works on topics ranging from slavery, the Black military experience, the American presidency and all-Black towns in the American West to diversity in museum management and the impact of funding and politics on American museums.

In 2010, Bunch published the award-winning book, “Call the Lost dream Back: Essays on Race, History and Museums.” His most recent book, “Memories of the Enslaved: Voices from the Slave Narratives,” was published last year.

“African-Americans are not cursed but blessed,” NNPA President and CEO Benjamin Chavis said in announcing Bunch as a Torch Award recipient.

“Because of institutionalized discrimination, we know that our history is not only important to us but to the rest of humanity. Lonnie Bunch had an idea and it’s a dream that’s now being fulfilled in our lifetime. So, there’s no debate about this Torch Award,” Chavis said.

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“Because of institutionalized discrimination, we know that our history is not only important to us but to the rest of humanity.”

Benjamin Chavis / President & CEO NNPA The NNPA Foundation also honored Thomas A. Moorehead, president and CEO of Sterling Premier Group and Moorehead Properties Inc., with a Torch Award.

“We’ve talked about the struggle, but the other end of that is success and [Moorehead] knows success,” said NNPA Chair and Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes, who introduced Moorehead to a rousing ovation at the ceremony held at the W Hotel in Washington, D.C. “By 2025 there will be a fundamental shift in America and more people will look like us,” Moorehead said.

“We need to keep the pressure on and the voice the Black press has is so amazing,” he said noting that despite earlier attempts to open a Harley Davidson dealership with baseball hero Hank Aaron and former BET Chairman Bob Johnson, it took cutting through much redtape to accomplish the feat.

Melanie Campbell, president and CEO of the Black Women’s Roundtable Public Policy Network who has fought for civil, youth and women’s rights for more than 20 years, also received a Torch Award.

“We need the Black press,” Campbell said. “History is a great teacher and if we let what’s going on right now happen, we will be in trouble. Our children will be in trouble and their children will be in trouble. We also need a sister on the Supreme Court and the next president will likely choose the next two Supreme Court justices.”

Major General Charles F. Bolden Jr., the 12th administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrator, was another Torch Award recipient at the 2015 Black Press Week in Washington as was Baltimore City Attorney Marilyn Mosby.

The awards are given to individuals who provide a light to minorities while preserving a precious legacy.

“The board of directors of the NNPA Foundation worked very hard during Black Press Week and we have had a very productive week,” Rolark Barnes said. “It wasn’t difficult to figure out who we wanted to honor.”

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Late San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Publisher Honored As San Diego’s largest African-American publication, the paper has featured individuals and events in a comprehensive manner, while commentators have argued from different points of view in its lively op-ed pages.

The Voice & Viewpoint has grown over the last decade to over 350 newsstands and outlets in convenience stores and the paper can be found in all 89 zip codes of San Diego and has readership of more than 60,000.

Warren-Darby, who became one of the youngest newspaper publishers in the country, has carried her mother’s torch in an award-win-

ning manner.

She said she was honored to be present as the NNPA enshrined Warren, who died in 2009.

“She was a people person,” Warren-Darby said. “She made time for people and she was never too busy to talk to anyone. She made sure that everyone knew they were important.”

Chida Warren-Darby said it is her mother’s smile and her laugh that she often thinks of.

“It was her secret weapon,” Warren-Darby said. “That infectious laugh and smile opened many a door and, yes, I’ve adopted that too.” WI

5 The National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation at the Gallery of Distinguished Black Publishers where they held an

enshrinement for Gerri Warren, publisher of The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint on Thursday, March 9 (Was this held Wednesday or Thursday???) in Northwest. (L-R) Jackie Hampton, of the Mississippi Link, Benjamin Chavis, Jr. NNPA president and CEO, Chida Warren-Darby, publisher of the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint, Denise Rolark Barnes, NNPA chair and publisher of the Washington Informer, Al McFarlane, chair, NNPA Foundation and publisher of Insight News, Rosetta Perry, publisher of the Tennessee Tribune. / Photo by Roy Lewis

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer For those who knew Gerri Warren, it wasn’t unusual to see her walking around the newsroom, at community, government or other public functions with a smile that lit up the most dimly lit space.

It was a smile that those close to her said grabbed attention – and for all the right reasons.

“Ms. Warren wore many hats, and she touched so many lives,” said Jackie Hampton, the publisher of The Mississippi Link and the enshrinement chair for the National Newspaper Publishers Association Gallery of Distinguished Black Publishers.

On Thursday, March 10, Hampton was joined by NNPA Chair and Washington Informer publisher Denise Rolark Barnes, NNPA President and CEO Benjamin Chavis and a host of others at Howard University to posthumously enshrine Warren, who rightly was installed

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next to other Black press icons.

“This is where we have the opportunity to say to others that we must strive to emulate those like Gerri Warren as publishers,” said Dorothy Leavell, the publisher of the famed Chicago Crusader newspaper.

“There are people who genuinely understand the importance of what we, as publishers, are doing. Gerri started as a teen and it wasn’t until [my] 30s that a light bulb went off that said ‘what you’re doing is important’ and raised hell and demonstrated that we have a fantastic group of publishers in the black press,” Leavell said.

Rolark Barnes called the occasion one of those sad but happy times in which the NNPA – a coalition of over 200 Black newspaper publishers from around the country – can gather and take advantage of the opportunity to honor the legacy of one of its esteemed publishers.

Addressing Chida Warren-Darby, Warren’s daughter who recently

joined her father, John E. Warren, as co-publisher of her mother’s newspaper, Rolark Barnes said she was fond of the late publisher and proud of her legacy.

“I knew your mom and dad who was on the School Board here in D.C., and when they decided to move to San Diego we lost two great people,” Rolark-Barnes said.

Chavis, the longtime civil rights activist and icon, said he was grateful to have a chance to honor Warren.

“She’s one of our leaders, and this candle that we lit today for Gerri Warren will always live in our lives and long live the spirit and legacy of the Black press,” Chavis said.

For more than five decades, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint has reported on news from an African-American perspective.

They’ve carved a special niche covering African-American communities of San Diego County, from small church gatherings to major political campaigns.

of Maryland.

Meanwhile, Prince George’s hired architect, transportation and environmental consultants to provide recommendations on specifically what and how to develop the area around each station. A draft on what exactly to build near the two stations would be completed in November, said Zunilda Rodriguez, a planning coordinator for the county.

What to zone the area around the stations wouldn’t be done until officials implement new zoning and subdivision regulations, which hasn’t been done in more than 50 years. A comprehensive draft of the

plan would be ready in the fall.

Both the sector plan for Riverdale and the zoning rewrite could be completed within a few a months of each other next year.

One of the main visions Prince George’s officials continue to push: transit-oriented development around train stations.

“We have so much going on in the county: MGM [Casino at National Harbor], a regional medical center in Largo, a hotel at the University of Maryland-College Park,” Glaros said. “There’s a lot going on and economic development is a major [reason] for that.”

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The victories helped Clinton nudge ever so closer to the 2,383 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination. The former secretary of state entered Tuesday’s contests leading Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders 1,222 delegates to 565.

Clinton would take Illinois and

Missouri on Tuesday after late returns were posted.

Meanwhile, Trump handily defeated Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in Rubio’s home state, forcing the embattled politician to suspend his campaign.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich still hope to be factors in the Republican primary race.

Kasich did capture his home state

on Tuesday while Cruz mounted serious challenges in North Carolina and Missouri. But Trump would later take both states.

The divisive reality show host entered Tuesday with 568 delegates while Cruz, his closest competitor had 370. Republicans need 1,237 delegates to earn that party’s nod.

Rubio went into Super Tuesday III with 163 delegates while Kasich had 129, but picked up all 66 del-

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egates there.

Like Florida and Illinois, Ohio is a winner take all delegate state for Republicans.

For Democrats, Clinton appeared to erase any doubts that she’s going to the convention as the nominee. A day before the primaries, Sanders noted that he only ran as a Democrat because he didn’t think he’d get media coverage if he ran as an independent.

“I’m not a billionaire. A billionaire can run as an independent [and get media attention],” he said.

Still, as the summer conventions roll around, the consensus is that Clinton, the Democrat, will face Trump, the anti-establishment Republican in a November general election for the ages.

“I’m not a bit concerned about the personal attacks [Trump] might wage. Look, I’ve been standing up to bullies my entire life on the international stage, on the national stage,” Clinton said during a campaign stop in West Palm Beach, Florida.

“I believe that I will run a campaign that is about the future of this country, to break down the barriers that stand in the way of individual Americans being successful. He can run whatever kind of campaign he wants, I have really thick skin,” she said.

Trump has promised to “destroy” Clinton as his rhetoric has ramped up significantly as he gets ever close to becoming the Republican nominee.

“She hasn’t seen anything yet,” Trump has said about Clinton. “I haven’t even started on Hillary, just wait until I start on her.”

However, in a sign of anti-Trump sentiment among some Republicans on Tuesday, almost two-thirds of non-Trump supporters said they would vote for a third party if he were to win the GOP nomination, according to preliminary exit poll data provided by ABC News.

Just over half of Republican voters in five states said they’d be happy if Trump were the candidate chosen to run against Clinton in the general election, but four in 10 voters said they would seriously consider voting for a third-party candidate.

Notably, about six in 10 of nonTrump supporters said they would seriously consider voting for a third party if he wins the GOP nomination.

A new question added to the exit polls this year directly measures intent to vote for Trump, Cruz, Rubio or Kasich in the general election. Across the five states voting on Tuesday – Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio – slightly more than half of Republi-

can voters said they’d definitely vote for Trump, while about 20 percent said they’d “probably” vote for him.

About a quarter of GOP voters said they would not vote for Trump, according to preliminary exit poll data. Fewer than 48 percent of voters saw Trump as “honest,” while 62 percent of voters who said they were looking for an “outsider” supported Trump. The businessman also won 45 percent of votes supporting the deportation of undocumented immigrants, rather than offering them a chance to apply for legal status. Of the voters who described themselves as “angry,” Trump won 42 percent of their support, according to preliminary exit poll data.

“I wish I could take back with all my heart what I said that the winner of the Florida primary will be the winner of the Republican nomination,” a devastated Rubio said.

Trump’s divisive rhetoric, in which he’s used vulgar language in discussing women, minorities, immigrants and just about anyone whose opposed him, has even President Barack Obama concerned with the perception of American politics because of the tirades and the violence that’s erupted at Trump campaign rallies.

Obama used an annual St. Patrick’s Day lunch on Capitol Hill to take aim at what he called the “corrosive, vulgar” state of the 2016 campaign.

“I know I’m not the only one in this room who may be more than a little dismayed about what’s happening on the campaign trail lately,” Obama said. “We have heard vulgar and divisive rhetoric aimed at women and minorities, at Americans who don’t look like us or pray like us or vote like we do.”

ABC News reported that Obama did not directly mention Trump, and he thanked House Speaker Paul Ryan who was in the room for speaking out earlier in the day against violence on the campaign trail.

He also didn’t spare some protesters from criticism, appearing to allude to the canceled Trump rally in his hometown of Chicago over the weekend.

“We’ve seen misguided attempts to shut down that speech. However offensive it may be, we live in a country where free speech is one of the most important rights we hold,” the president said. “In response to those attempts we’ve seen actual violence. And we’ve heard silence from too many of our leaders.”

“We can treat one another as patriots, even if we disagree,” Obama said. “We can condemn this race to the bottom or accept it as the way things are, and sink further.” WI

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Groups Call on Federal Spending, Statehood for D.C.

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer In what can only be described as an awesome display of the power of the press, members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association – a conglomerate of more than 200 African-American owned newspapers across the country – and the National Association of Hispanic Publications – which includes more than 400 publications – stood together on Capitol Hill with a top U.S. congresswoman as they announced several initiatives to hold the federal government accountable.

Led by NNPA President & CEO Dr. Benjamin Chavis and NAHP Executive Board President Martha Montoya, the formidable coalition also emphasized their push for D.C. Statehood and underscored the buying power of blacks and Latinos.

Perhaps, just as important, the alliance noted that they would push for government agencies who are charged with buying advertising to strongly consider the minority press.

Those who don’t should be on alert that they do so at their own peril – the risk of being exposed to African-Americans and Latinos everywhere who can use their trillions of dollars in buying power to send a stealth message.

“The government spends billions in advertising each year and we are left out,” Chavis said. “We have to hold them accountable and that’s what we’re going to do.”

Given that the federal government is the largest advertiser in the United States, Montoya and others in the group have demanded that the U.S. Government Accountability Office issue a report on advertising contracting and subcontracting with African-American and Hispanic-American-owned newspapers and media companies at certain critical federal agencies.

The media organizations were joined in the call for the report at a news conference on Capitol Hill on Friday, March 11 by respected longtime D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton who said she’d investigate the matter first by placing it on the agenda of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Holmes-Norton said she’d also alert members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus as well.

“I wasn’t aware of all of this until today when it was brought to my attention and we will have to look into this,” Holmes-Norton said. “I am proud to join the formation for the first time of a historic alliance of African-American and Hispanic publishers.”

Shortly after the news conference, Holmes-Norton went right to work with several prominent members of the CBC immediately contacting Chavis to say they’ve signed on with their fellow congresswoman in demanding the report from the GAO. Among them, CBC Chair G.K. Butterfield, New York Rep. Charlie Rangel and California Congresswoman Barbara Lee. The NNPA, the leading non-partisan trade association, and the NAHP, a non-partisan trade advocacy organization representing the nation’s leading Spanish language publications, have a combined total reach of over 43 million readers per week across the United States.

Holmes-Norton said more than the numbers, the black and Latino newspapers are far and away “the most trusted source of news in our communities.”

That trust goes a long way in government and elsewhere, she said.

Chavis and Montoya each vowed to continue the pressure.

“With close to 97 million African-Americans and Hispanics in the U.S. today, representing 33 percent of the total population, this consumer segment demands attention,” Montoya said. “We will come back here next year too and hold them accountable. We will keep coming back.”

Like others, GAO should recognize that the buying power of the African-American and Hispanic communities is currently at over $2.3 trillion combined and it continues to outpace the national average, Montoya said.

The historic media alliance is a gigantic step for the two organizations, Chavis said.

“We believe our working together has tremendous potential mutual benefits in today’s marketplace,”

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Chavis said.

“We are grateful that Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will ask the General Accounting Office to conduct a timely research and to issue a report on advertising contracting and subcontracting with African-American and Hispanic-American owned newspapers and media companies by all federal agencies. We salute and appreciate Congresswoman Norton’s leadership and service to our communities,” he said.

The NNPA and the NAHP also announced that they are launching a massive nonpartisan national Get-Out-The-Vote campaign for the remainder of 2016 to increase civic participation in our mutual communities.

“This is 2016 and there is no more an important time for voting and voting rights than now,” Chavis said. “We are going to roll up our sleeves and have a massive get out to vote campaign.”

Chavis and Montoya highlighted their support for D.C. statehood, long a mission of Holmes-Norton.

“We support full statehood and full voting rights for D.C. Taxation without representation is unconstitutional and we will work hard with Eleanor Holmes-Norton to secure statehood,” Chavis said.

Holmes-Norton said she’s grateful for the NNPA and NAHP endorsement of full voting rights and statehood for the District of Columbia.

“Today, as African-Americans and Hispanic Americans are being recognized for their ascending proportion of our population, our press insists that both U.S. parties must pay more attention to our issues.

We are pleased to have in Washington the press that speaks most authentically for us and amplifies our collective voices,” she said.

NNPA Chair and Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes said the historic partnership between NNPA and NAHP represents the nation’s most influential publishing organizations that are currently led by women.

“Martha Montoya and I have a shared vision and commitment to empower our communities by strengthening the voices of the media we serve,” Rolark Barnes said.

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5 Je’Caryous Johnson (left) introduces the cast in his play, “Married but Single,” which ran this past weekend at the Warner Theater in Northwest. (L-R) LisaRaye, Chrisette Michele, Terrell Carter, Darrin Henson, Carl Payne, Samson Logan, La’Myia Good, Skye Griffin, and Clifton Powell. / Photo by Shevry Lassiter

Award-winning writer, producer and director Je’Caryous Johnson came back to the urban theater circuit to debut his 15th stage play, “Married But Single,” which stars LisaRaye, Chrisette Michele and Darrin Henson.

The production kicked off its 11-city tour at the Warner Theatre in Northwest from Friday, March 11 - Sunday, March 13.

“We are a truly special, unique and diverse group of people who love hard and pursue relationships in such a passionately driven way,” Johnson said. “That same passion and love sometimes drive us to be at odds with the very people who are the most important to us, especially when we feel like that love is being threatened or com-

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Circuit Court Judge Herman Dawson did not attend. Judge Karen Mason arrived early but then left before her colleagues spoke.

The fifth judge candidate, former Prince George’s County Councilwoman Ingrid Turner, missed her opportunity to speak because she arrived late. Turner said her scheduled time to appear started at 11:15 a.m., but the judge’s segment ended around 10:25 a.m.

Charles “Sam” Faddis, a Republican, represented the only candidate from the 5th Congressional District at the forum.

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promised in any way.”

The play addressed married people who want to be single and single people who want to be married.

LisaRaye leads the cast as Sharon Wilson, a successful woman dating an up-and-coming musician, Julian Johnson, played by Terrell Carter, obviously has commitment issues.

She longs to be married, and after one of Julian’s charades she ends the relationship and quickly falls back with an old flame.

It’s not long in the production before you see how friends, opinions, social rules and egos can totally dismantle any relationship.

Lisa, played by Chrisette Michele, who performed her original music, wants more than what her marriage is providing her. She Besides Peña-Melnyk, four of her other 4th District Democratic opponents attended: former Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, former Prince George’s state’s attorney Glenn Ivey, military-veteran Warren Christopher and retired U.S. Marshall Matthew Fogg. The winner in the primary would be favored to win the general election in a heavily Democratic district to replace Edwards, who’s running for Senate.

If elected, Brown said he would place a moratorium on foreclosures with thousands of cases going on in Prince George’s.

Ivey said the county deserves to house the FBI headquarters because it has the transportation infrastructure and about 25 percent of those employees live there.

Peña-Melnyk, whose 21st legislative district includes portions of Prince George’s and Anne Arundel

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wants to be with her first love, Lance, who is played by Samson Logan, but he’s happily married, or so he says.

Lisa doesn’t care and tries her hardest to get Lance to break and step out on his wife, but he doesn’t, which left her looking desperate, thirsty and without morals.

La’Myia Good, sister of actress Meagan Good, provided the play with much comic relief as the beautiful but dejected friend to Sharon.

Although she claims she’s happy with no man, her actions prove otherwise.

Carl Anthony Payne, better known as Cole for his role on the hit show “Martin,” plays a pimp, but also a friend and confidante to Julian, whom he gives all of the wrong advice, especially in regard counties, said she’s the only candidate with a more diverse background being a woman and bringing constituent services in two counties.

Christopher, who exclaimed “sick and tired” at least five times regarding the work of current and past politicians, said the county’s public school system should stop using tests to educate students.

Fogg said those previously arrested for marijuana offenses should have their records expunged and be strictly a health concern and not a legal one involving police.

Prince George’s County Councilman Obie Patterson (D-District 8) of Fort Washington will back Edwards. However, he still’s undecided on whether to endorse Brown, Ivey, or Peña-Melnyk.

“We need someone who is ready on day one on Capitol Hill,” he said. “Experience matters.” WI

to Sharon’s new man.

Darrin Henson’s character comes back just in time to save Sharon from heartache, or so it seems.

He goes from Prince Charming to a nightmare, quickly proving that Sharon didn’t trade up or down, but she ended up with

more than she bargained for.

The show gives the age-old lesson that the grass isn’t greener on the other side but where you water it.

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ARIES Relax the grip you have on your attitudes this week, and just go with the

flow. Ease up in full knowledge that goodness is being perfectly fulfilled. Let go of any feelings of insecurity or loss and bless the perfect moment. Soul Affirmation: I quiet all confusion. Lucky Numbers: 1, 5, 24

TAURUS Exhilaration is high and your mental abilities are amazing. Use your intuition to brainstorm your way to a highly creative idea that could change the way you make your living. Soul Affirmation: I give thanks for the chance to give. Lucky Numbers: 23, 46, 49

GEMINI What you say and what you do are in harmony this week. The importance of your idea(s) comes through very clearly to others. They can see that you walk what you talk. Communicate your ideas through your values. Soul Affirmation: I give thanks for the goodness in people. Lucky Numbers: 6, 11, 18

WI Book Review A “Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an A merican Prison”

by Shaka Senghor c.2016, Convergent Books $26.00 / $35.00 Canada 269 pages

CANCER You are the best person that you can be. Evaluate your strengths and

celebrate them this week. So often when self-evaluating we concentrate on weaknesses well this week weaknesses don’t count. You are wonderful and you are becoming better every day. Nobody is perfect and if we all were our journey would be boring at best. Soul Affirmation: I am patient with all that comes my way this week. Lucky Numbers: 9, 13, 45

LEO Lots of communicating going on early in the week. You’ll want to catch up with someone you haven’t heard from, and will probably seek this person out via email. There’s a general feeling of catching up, from correspondence to current fashion. Soul Affirmation: Anticipation of a beautiful night will light up my week. Lucky Numbers: 31, 46, 55

VIRGO Confusion exists over some question, and every time you think you’ve got the answer, circumstances will change and new information will come to your attention. Don’t worry, things are going to clear up and work out. Take it easy. Worry will create the exact problem that you’re worrying about how to avoid. Soul Affirmation: I remain conscious of other people’s feelings all week long. Lucky Numbers: 42, 45, 46 LIBRA Cool jazz! Fly dark glasses! Give yourself a chance to show off. It’s good. Let others know how much you like yourself, and how many ways you can present yourself. All the ways are real. Start fixing the fantasy in your mind and make preparations so you can make the fantasy true just by stepping into it. Soul Affirmation: Seeing my past clearly this week gives me a clear vision of my future. Lucky Numbers: 10, 20, 45 SCORPIO Surprises are in order this week. Keep yourself open and alert for the unexpected. Put yourself in the presence of people whose spirits are akin to yours. The surprise is likely to be a spiritual one, an awakening, a realization. Soul Affirmation: I stay calm when all about me is in an uproar. Lucky Numbers: 14, 19, 20 SAGITTARIUS You need to be with someone this week who does not place too

many demands on you, and who is creative, intelligent, a good conversationalist, and highly spiritual. Perhaps you should be out looking for that person now with eyes wide open! You know what you need. Soul Affirmation: My mood is enhanced by the company I keep. Lucky Numbers: 8, 23, 26

CAPRICORN Work calls and you’re not completely happy with current divisions of labor. Do more than your part as a member of the team and you’ll be glad that you did. Your reward will come from someone who also did more than their part. Soul Affirmation: Generosity of spirit brings generosity to me. Lucky Numbers: 4, 19, 20 AQUARIUS Business looks good this week as you discover a new way of increasing exposure to your product. Even if the product is you. Let hope and optimism lead you into new beginnings and fresh starts. All vibes are good, Go! Soul Affirmation: When I feel good about myself, the world feels good to me. Lucky Numbers: 6, 15, 22 PISCES Everybody should be in a good mood this week, and you’ll want to join friends or family in sharing food and feelings. You may be asked to change your opinion about something you believe in. Make the change. It will enhance your spiritual growth. Soul Affirmation: Clinging to the old will inhibit my growth this week. Lucky Numbers: 9, 23, 37 40 MAR. 17 - 23, 2016

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By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer You can’t judge a book by its cover.

Even so, we do it all the time: we see someone’s outside and think we know what’s inside. We base it on his looks, or his youthful indiscretions – things, as in the new book “Writing My Wrongs” by Shaka Senghor, that he may deeply regret.

Little James White wanted to be a doctor when he grew up.

Enveloped by the love of his parents, he was secure in the idea that he could maintain his honors status and do good for people in his Detroit community. But then his parents split, reconciled, and split again; his mother took her frustrations out on him and she kicked him out of her house.

Jay was just “a little boy” of fourteen then, but it didn’t take long for someone to offer him a job selling cocaine at five dollars a “rock.” He started earning big money, wearing cool clothes, getting girls, smoking crack.

By seventeen, he had been in trouble with the law and had been given many second chances. By eighteen, he had been shot in the leg and foot.

By nineteen, he was in prison for shooting another man, killing him.

In his first six weeks in County Jail, Jay saw it all: rape, robbery, beat-downs, murder.

He learned the “law of the jungle” and knew that he could never let small disrespects slide. It was a whole new world, but a sentence of up to forty-two years for firearm possession and murder put him in another universe.

Years later, transferred to various prisons within the state and carrying a new name and a new assault charge, Shaka Senghor promised himself repeatedly that he would change, only to have it beaten back by prison life and the deep anger and guilt he carried. Finally, mid-way through a four-and-a-half year stint in ad-seg, he “took a long and painful look” at himself and equipped his cell “like a classroom,” reconnecting with the Black history he loved and the religious studies he craved.

“But the real changes,” he says, “came when I started keeping a journal.”

I’m glad he did that. You will be, too, once you have started “Writing My Wrongs,” but don’t think for a minute that this is an easy book to read.

One expects passages of brutality in a book about prison, but author Shaka Senghor takes it a step beyond, to something of nightmares or movies. That he was moved from prison to prison makes the chaos even keener; prisoners, says Senghor, sometimes lose track of time and readers could be forgiven for the same. Enter the maelstrom from the safety of your sofa, in fact, and the ending of this book – Senghor’s hard-won redemption and afterlife – will remind you that you have been holding your breath awhile.

“Writing My Wrongs” may be right for a certain kind of book group. For sure, it’s something every young person should absolutely read. It’s uplifting, triumphant to the skies and, once you start it, you’ll be sorry to reach its back cover. WI

LUNCHEON from Page 33 “When people could feel that they could stand up and challenge whether Obama was an American, whether he was born here, or stand up and shout, ‘You lie,’ in the middle of a speech in the halls of Congress, an unprecedented activity. Even this most recent activity in the Senate, ‘we will not entertain a Su-

preme Court nominee from this president,’ even though there have been 17 occasions in the history of the nation when a president has sent up a nominee during his last year in office, and in every single instance, the Supreme Court has entertained the nominee. But there’s something about this president that is causing them to threaten, to break, this long precedent.” WI

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Broner, Theophane to Fight for World Title Boxers Prepare for Bout at District’s DC Armory WI Staff Report Four-division world champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner (312, 23 KOs) defends his 140-pound world title against Ashley “The Treasure” Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs) Friday, April 1 on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike from the DC Armory in Southeast with televised coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT. At 26-years-old, Broner is one of the most accomplished and outspoken, young stars in the sport today. After picking up world titles at 130-, 135- and 147-pounds, Broner earned a belt in a fourth weight division last October when he defeated tough Russian Khabib Allakhverdiev via a stoppage in the 12th and final round. He has spent portions of his training camp in the District for several years and will now be fighting for the first time in the nation’s capital.

“Ashley Theophane is a world class fighter and this is going to be a tough fight for me,” Broner said.

“I’m very excited to fight in Washington, D.C. My following is huge in D.C., it’s my second home and I think we’re going to give the fans what they’re looking for. I want to fight the best in the 140-pound weight division and Ashley Theophane is one of the best.”

London’s Theophane enters this fight on a six-bout winning streak and has had a long road towards his first world title opportunity. A former British world champion at 140-pounds, Theophane signed with Mayweather Promotions in 2013 and has enjoyed success stateside training out of the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas.

“I’m excited to face Adrien Broner for a super lightweight world championship,” Theophane said. “It’s been a long, hard road to get here. Thanks to Floyd Mayweather and everyone at Mayweather Promotions for their support over the last two and a half years. I get to have my career defining fight against a four-division world champion. It gets no bigger than that. I will be leaving the ring on April 1 as the new world champion.”

Broner boasts a 9-1 record in world title fights on his way to picking up belts in four weight divisions. The Cincinnati-native

owns victories over Paulie Malignaggi, Daniel Ponce De Leon, John Molina Jr., Antonio DeMarco and Gavis Rees. Broner compiled a 300-19 amateur record under the guidance of his trainer Mike Stafford, who continues to train him throughout his pro success.

Theophane has been in the ring with many 140 and 147-pound contenders including Danny Garcia and Pablo Cesar Cano, losing by narrow split-decision to both.

He started his 2015 campaign with a victory over Mahonri Montes in April and followed it up with an easy decision over Steve Upsher in September. He won his British title with a win over Lenny Daws and would go on to successfully defend against Jason Cook and Ben Murphy.

Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by About Billions Promotions and Mayweather Promotions in association with HeadBangers Promotions (located in Ward 8 in the District), are priced at $200, $100, $50 and $25 and are now on sale. To purchase tickets visit www.ticketmaster.com or call 800-745-3000.

After an incredible 2015, Spike is thrilled to welcome the PBC back with a bout headlined by Adrien Broner – one of boxing’s biggest personalities out of the ring and one of the best fighters in the ring,” said Jon Slusser, Senior Vice President, Sports & Specials, Spike TV. “The DC Armory is synonymous with championship boxing in Washington, DC” said Erik A. Moses, Events DC senior vice president and managing director for sports and entertainment. “Events DC is proud to work with HeadBangers Promotions, About Billions Promotions and Mayweather Promotions to showcase PBC in the nation’s capital.”

WI HeadBangers Promotions, Inc. is the premier boxing promotions company on the east coast and is dedicated to promoting talented professional boxers and providing world class boxing entertainment.

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DPR Under 18 Winter Boys Basketball Championships 4 Landi Hart receives the under 18 boys youth

championship trophy from DPR Director of Youth Basketball while Coach Lyndon DeBellotte looks on the game was on Saturday, March 12, at Lamond Recreation Center in Northeast. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

6 Mayer Maboudou is defended by Damonte

Veney in the first half of DPR under 18 boys winter youth championship action on Saturday, March 12, at Lamond Recreation Center in Northeast. Lamond defeated Terrell, 26-23. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

6 Landi Hart drives to the basket leaving Tre’Sean Young

behind in the first half of Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) under 18 boys winter youth basketball championships action on Saturday, March 12, at Lamond Recreation Center in Northeast. Lamond defeated Terrell, 26-18. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

3 Marquette Thomas is defended by Mayer

Maboudou in the second half of DPR under 18 boys winter youth basketball action on Saturday, March 12, at Lamond Recreation Center in Northeast. Lamond defeated Terrell, 26-23. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

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DPR Under 8 Boys Winter Youth Boys Championship 3 Players from both teams fight for a loose ball in the second half of DPR under 8 boys youth winter basketball championship action on Saturday, March 12, at Lamond Recreation Center in Northeast. / Photo by John E. De Freitas 6 Jordan Smith goes up high for a rebound in the second half of DPR under 8 boys youth winter basketball championship action on Saturday, March 12, at Lamond Recreation Center in Northeast. Joe Cole defeated Watkins, 11-7. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

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defended by Michael Johnson in the first half of DPR under 8 boys youth basketball action on Saturday, March 12, at Lamond Recreation Center in Northeast. Joe Cole defeated Watkins ,11-7. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

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3Ward 8 Council member LaRuby May, Betty Jo Gaines, Deputy Mayor Courtney

Snowden, Maria Estefania and other city officials turn dirt in the Ceremonial Shoveling at the Bright Beginning groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, March 15 in Southeast. / Photo by Roy Lewis

6First Lady Michelle Obama introduces actor/playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda,

Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson and Phillipa Soo to students visiting the White House for workshops & musical performances with the Broadway cast HAMILTON, Monday, March 14. / Photo by Travis Riddick

5Actor and activist Malcolm-Jamal Warner (center); Peggy Brookins (left), president and CEO of the 5Former Washington Redskins football halfback and flanker Bobby Mitchell, who spent 40 years with the team, attends the Greater Washington Urban League Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Gala Friday, March 11 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Northwest. / Photo by Shevry Lassiter

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By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer A group of D.C.-area Muslims held a panel to address growing Islamophobia in a hostile political climate, specifically in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The Office of Human Rights presented “Stand With D.C. Muslims” in partnership with Shoulder-to-Shoulder and Georgetown Law on Wednesday, March 9, at the Old Council Chambers in Northwest.

“The goals for the workshop is to talk about diversity and common values of Islam,” Zainab Chaudry, Maryland outreach manager for the Council on American-Islamic Relations and moderator said. “We’re also going to discuss concrete ways to be an ally to the Muslim community.”

“A study shows up to 60 percent of Americans have never met a Muslim,” she said. “They are getting their information about Muslims from biased media sources, Hollywood and pop culture.”

The activists called on to help educate others about the Muslim community included Maha Sayed, staff attorney for the civil rights department of Council on American-Islamic Relations; scholar Imam Suhaib Webb; Imam Daayiee Abdullah, director at Light of Reform Mosque; Ubah Ali, a recent law school graduate; and Darakshan Raja, co-founder of Muslim American Women’s Policy Forum.

“Many people would be shocked to know that Muslims love Jesus. In Islam we believe he is a prophet,” Chaudry said. “Islam is not new to the U.S. Some would be surprised to learn it was here since the found-

5 Panel members (L-R) Imam Daayiee Abdullah, Imam Suhaib Webb and Maha Sayed discuss the issue of Islamophobia at “Stand With Muslims,” a program presented by the D.C. Office of Human Rights at the Old Council Chambers on Wednesday, March 9, in Northwest. / Photo by Nancy Shia

ing of this country when slaves were brought here in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.”

Stereotypes of Muslims “One of the problems about stereotypes that have always been there is that all Muslims are Arab, but they make up one-fifth of Muslims,” Abdullah said. “People have anticipated what a Muslim looks like, and the media has formulated a methodology of fear.”

Webb said Muslims are not viewed in a realistic way, which may be attributed to their “lack of a voice.”

“People have turned Muslims into objects like avatars,” Webb said. “The community is 1 percent of the population and not advanced yet to organize. We’re not at a level where our voice can be heard over others.”

“The rotten root of Islamophobia is White male privilege,” he said.

Raja made clear that things like stereotypes lead to violence and have devastating effects on Muslim communities.

“The violence we’re facing is out of racism,” she said. “After 9/11, 70 percent of my New York City Muslim community was deported and profiled, totally destroying the sense of community.”

“We have been organizing, and now we need to make coalitions,” she said. “It is key that we center Black and women Muslims, because if not the people who will be free are the upper middle class South Asians, and that’s not liberation.”

HOW ALLIES CAN HELP

“An ally is someone who recognizes they have privilege when it comes to Muslim communities,” Raja said. “They should question why does Islamophobia exist and how is it allowed to function? Without that there can’t be an ally-ship.”

Ali encourages those who seek to be allies to the Muslim community to educate themselves on the religion and culture.

“The base of it is knowledge. If you don’t know Muslims or anything about the religion, it will be difficult to be an effective part of the community,” she said. “Not all Muslims are the exact same person. There is more to us than just Islam.” WI

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Click your heels three times, and you will be there too. Yes, that’s a metaphor, but it simply means the power is within you.

God gave your destiny to you while you were in your mother’s womb. You have greatness within you already. You just need to recognize and honor that greatness!

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On the other side of that door, you will find that it won’t be easy; it’s like walking a tight-rope over a rushing, mighty stream. While you’re crossing, have no fear, and know that there’s danger, rushing water underneath you, but don’t give life to the thought. Stay focused and positive, and never allow negative thoughts to grow, not even for a moment.

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Ask God to remove the mountains in your life, and it will be done. He said so in Mark 11:22: Scripture says “And Jesus answering saith unto them, have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them and ye shall have then.

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Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 p.m.

Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”

Pilgrim Baptist Church

Church of Living Waters

Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor 700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849 Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00am 5th Sundays: 9:30am 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30pm

Crusader Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., Pastor

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor

Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor

2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org

800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703

4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30am 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00am Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30pm Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00am “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment

1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661

www.livingwatersmd.org

E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org “God is Love”

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Third Street Church of God

Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors

Drs. Dennis W. & Christine Y. Wiley Pastors

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor

Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor

Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor

4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax

3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax)

5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555

1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office 202-638-1803 fax

610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax

Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00am Communion Service: First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30pm

Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30pm (dinner @ 5:30pm) Sunday School: 9:00am – Hour of Power

Blessed Word of Life Church

www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org

Campbell AME Church Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 am Sunday Church School: 8:45 am Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 pm Thursday: 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

“An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org

Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45am Church School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45am Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 pm Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30am

Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 11:00am Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30pm

“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net

www.thirdstreet.org

“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital”

Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church

Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45am Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45am; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45am; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6am & 6:30pm Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m.

Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.

Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!”

Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net

St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us...

Dr. Raymond T. Matthews Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Services and Times Sunday School: 9:00am Worship Service: 10:00am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45pm Thur. Bible Study: 7:15pm

Twelfth Street Christian Church Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Communion every Sunday: 11:00 am Sunday School: 10:00 am Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 pm Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

Rev. John W. Davis Pastor

Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor

5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089

901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423

Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School: 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7:00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor

Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00am Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30pm Communion Service: First Sunday

www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10am themcbc.org

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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church

All Nations Baptist Church

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471

2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591

2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730

Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Service 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.”

Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com

Zion Baptist Church Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor 4850 Blagdon Ave, NW - Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:15AM Sunday School: 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org

St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon

Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

Israel Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor

2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office - (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family”

623 Florida Ave.. NW - WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 Fax (202) 483-4009

4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org

“Where Jesus is the King”

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Rev. Dr. Diane Dixon Proctor Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor

1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288

1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lpumconthegrow@gmail.com www.lpumcdc.org

5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005

Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10: am Holy Communion: First Sunday 10: am Sunday School: 9: am Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: “A CHURCH ON THE GROW”.

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Eastern Community Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged.

The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

New Commandment Baptist Church

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor

Damion M. Briggs Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 - Fax: 202-544-2964

8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240

13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am & 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm

Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM

Rehoboth Baptist Church

“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org

Salem Baptist Church

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org

St. Matthews Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 pm

Emmanuel Baptist Church

“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m.

Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m.

Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m.

Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 7:30a.m Worship Service: 10:45a.m.

New Members Class: 9:30a.m.

Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m Church School: 9:30a.m.

Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m.

Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”

Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship Service: 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School: 9:30am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service: 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible: 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Service and Times 9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net

Christ Embassy DC

Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Friday Evening Service: 7:00 P.M. ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com

Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study

“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor

Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Reginald M. Green, Sr. Interim Pastor

Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor

Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074

621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 - F: (202) 561-1112

917 N St. NW - Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294

9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4200

Service and Times Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm

Service and Times Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m.

Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m.

Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m.

Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.

Service and Times Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.

Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m Church School : 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m.

Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m.

Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 p.m.

602 N Street NW - Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595

2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m.

Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday 12 Noon

Motto: “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”

The Church Where GOD Is Working....

And We Are Working With GOD

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday) Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org

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Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday School For All Ages: 9:30am Prayer Services: Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute: Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “

Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

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Administration No. 2015 ADM 1021

Administration No. 2016 ADM 146

Administration No. 2016 ADM 115

Administration No. 2016 ADM 132

Administration No. 2016 ADM 204

John F. Walker aka John Francis Walker aka John F. Walker, Jr. Decedent

Mary E. Jinks aka Mary Elizabeth Jinks Decedent

Fred Bethea Decedent

Emma T. Harris aka Emma R. Harris Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney

James A. Thomas aka James Alexander Thomas Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Carole F. George, whose address is 5913 Pope Court, Camp Springs, MD 20746, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of John F. Walker aka John Francis Walker aka John F. Walker, Jr. who died on July 20, 2015 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 3, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 3, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication: March 3, 2016

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara Ware, whose address is 3110 Walnut St., NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary E. Jinks aka Mary Elizabeth Jinks who died on April 4, 2006 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 3, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 3, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication: March 3, 2016

Carole F. George Personal Representative

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Shirley May Reed Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS JoAnne Reed Hunter, whose address is 4630 Hanna Pl. SE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Shirley May Reed who died on January 27, 2016 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 10, 2016.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 10, 2016, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication: March 10, 2016 JoAnne Reed Hunter Personal Representative

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Gladys C. Talley aka Gladys Cornelia Talley Decedent Peggy A. Miller, Esq. 5130 7th St., NE Washington, DC 20011-2625 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Shirley S. Richie, whose address is 5101 Sargent Rd., #303, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Gladys C. Talley aka Gladys Cornelia Talley who died on January 1, 2016 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 10, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 10, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Shirley S. Richie Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2016 ADM 183

Date of first publication: March 10, 2016

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Date of first publication: March 3, 2016 Ella R. Stephens Linda B. Mask Personal Representative

Barbara Ware Personal Representative

Administration No. 2016 ADM 203

Ella R. Stephens and Linda B. Mask, whose addresses are 9060 Cherry Ln., Laurel MD 20708 & 2320 Anderson Hill St., Marriottsville, MD 21104, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Fred Bethea who died on January 19, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 3, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 3, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2016 FEP 22 February 28, 2012 Date of Death Charles Say Scott Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Debra Wharton whose address is 8712 Temple Hill Road, Clinton, MD 20735 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Charles Say Scott, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on March 15, 2012.

Service of process may be made upon Tana P. Miles, 1607 Trinidad Avenue, Washington, DC 20002 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C.

The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property: 1131 Chicago Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020.

Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Date of first publication: March 10, 2016 Debra Wharton Personal Representative Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Elaine C. Myrick, whose address is 11760 Sunrise Valley Drive, Unit 201, Reston, VA 20191, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Emma T. Harris aka Emma R. Harris who died on December 13, 1995 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 3, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 3, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Ronald D. Thomas, whose address is 1319 Spring Road, NW, Washington, DC 20010, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James A. Thomas aka James Alexander Thomas who died on July 16, 2009 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 10, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 10, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication: March 3, 2016

Date of first publication: March 10, 2016

Elaine C. Myrick Personal Representative

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016 ADM 161

Thelma V. Ross aka Thelma Randolph-Ross Decedent

Juanita Jackson Decedent

James Larry Frazier, Esquire 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney

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NOTICE OF AFTER DISCOVERED WILL AND NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Minerva L. Jackson, whose address is 1228 Ingraham Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012, Was appointed personal representative of the estate of Thelma V. Ross aka Thelma Randolph-Ross, who died on July 18, 2015, with a Will. Objections to such appointment or to the probate of decedent’s Will shall be filed with the Register of Wills, District of Columbia, Building A, 515, 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 2001, on or before September 10, 2016.

Date of first publication: March 10, 2016

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William S. Jackson III, whose address is 3716 24th Street, NE Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Juanita Jackson who died on February 20, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 10, 2016.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 10, 2016, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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Administration No. 2015 ADM 1295

Joseph Isaac Decedent

Cleveland Martin, Sr. Decedent

Willie Mobley Decedent

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Donald L. Isaac, Sr., whose address is 3333 M Street, SE. Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joseph Isaac who died on October 28, 2002 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 10, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 10, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Brenda Martin Jacobs, whose address is 3725 Jay St., NE, Apt. 5, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Cleveland Martin, Sr. who died on August 21, 20002 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 17, 2016.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 17, 2016, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Tyra A. Mobley, whose address is 4972 Just St., NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Willie Mobley who died on July 26, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 17, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 17, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication: March 10, 2016

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Cordelius Bowman Decedent

Matthew Paul Shevlin Decedent

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Delores A. Rhodes, whose address is 11911 Ivanhoe Street, Silver Spring, MD 20902, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Cordelius Bowman who died on December 15, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 10, 2016.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 10, 2016, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Brian Shevlin, whose address is 6117 Moonpatterns Trail, Fairfax Station, VA 22039, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Matthew Paul Shevlin who died on January 22, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 17, 2016.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 17, 2016, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication: March 10, 2016

Date of first publication: March 17, 2016

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016 ADM 182 Victoria Nancy Bostic-Thompson Decedent Edward M. Biggin 11300 Rockville Pike, Suite 405 Rockville, MD 20852 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ywain Thompson, whose address is 11100 Pompey Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Victoria Nancy Bostic-Thompson who died on November 9, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 10, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 10, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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Julia Robinson Decedent Edward M. Biggin 11300 Rockville Pike, Suite 405 Rockville, MD 20852 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sherrie Robinson, whose address is 5400 North Morgan Street, Apt. #405, Alexandria, VA 22312, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Julia Robinson who died on January 19, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 17, 2016.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 17, 2016, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication: March 17, 2016 Sherrie Robinson Personal Representative

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Benjamin L. Franklin Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Alver Franklin, whose address is 702 Rollins Ave., Capitol Heights, MD 20743, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Benjamin L. Franklin who died on January 22, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 17, 2016.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 17, 2016, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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MALVEAUX from Page 26 the Omnibus Crime Bill that fasttracked so many African-Americans to long-term incarceration. She backs away from incendiary language when she described people as “predators.” But she presents with a tone of entitlement. She expects the Black vote, and she counted on that vote to get her through Michigan. It didn’t happen.

Clinton enjoys the support of most African-Americans over 50; the young’uns aren’t bound by tradition. They don’t owe Clinton, and they want her to work for their vote. Working and condescending aren’t the same thing. Those who are under 30 or 40 don’t want to hear what you did “back in the day.”

They want to know what you are doing now. They don’t want pandering or “Hispandering” (a great term lobbed at Clinton by Univision anchor and debate moderator Maria Elena Salinas). They want a candidate they can trust.

African-Americans need to wake

TRAMEL from Page 26 funding for their badly needed programs.

This merger will not solve all of our city’s employment obstacles and issues, but it is definitely a step

WILLIAMS from Page 26 damp day handing out cases and cases of water to anyone who drove up. They did not complain about the weather, or the heavy lifting or about being on their feet all day.

They were there for the community.

We watched and even participated in loading the water into cars. We spoke to as many of the drivers as possible. We wanted to hear their stories. Most came daily to pick up multiple cases of water. Many had children who they worried about; most did not have the money to move away. It was after speaking to so many drivers that we came to understand why the National Guard did not complain about being outside in the freezing cold– they were the lucky ones.

After spending time with people at the firehouse, we wanted to see firsthand the living conditions of the city, where 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. It was there that we saw what seemed like abandoned houses on every block. A couple of people welcomed our team into their homes.

There we heard and saw firsthand what it was like not to be able to take hot baths or drink water from the tap. We saw cases upon cases of water stacked up everywhere the eye could see. We heard tales about how it took hours to fill up baths

up and smell the coffee, though.

We should not expect any candidate to feel our pain or to “get” race. Afropandering (after much resistance, you decide that maybe the #Black Lives Matter activists have a point) can be expected from both “friends of long standing” (Hilary’s term) and friends of scant acquaintance. Vermont Black folks don’t have much to say about Sanders, positive or negative. That ought to say something.

More than 20 years ago, author Kenneth O’Reilly wrote “Nixon’s Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics from Washington to Clinton.”

Too often, according to O’Reilly, presidents sacrificed civil rights for White votes. Thus, President John F. Kennedy, revered for his civil rights stance (because of a telephone call to Coretta Scott King when Martin Luther King Jr. was incarcerated) may really have been a “civil rights minimalist.” President Lyndon B. Johnson’s championship of civil rights was swallowed by the huge cost of the Vietnam War.

The cover of the book shows thenVice President Spiro Agnew sitting at a piano at the annual Gridiron Club event, cracking racial jokes at Nixon’s behest. And former President Bill Clinton, the man Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison described as “the first Black president” was only “Black” because he played to the stereotypes – playing the saxophone on the Arsenio Hall show, talking about his undies in public (boxers or briefs – none of your business). While he had great “Black” affinity, he threw Black folks under the bus with welfare deform and the crime bill.

Bottom line – neither Sanders nor Clinton is going to get it right on race, and we should not expect it. Heck, Obama didn’t get it right, and he could have. Now we are stuck between a know-it-all who is condescending on race, and a myopic Vermonter who is clueless.

And then there are these gaggles of Republicans who are positively and pathetically out of touch. Which do we prefer? WI

in the right direction. By welcoming Exelon’s resources and experience, D.C. is encouraging other companies to do business in the District and illustrating its commitment to the development of our business community. WI

answers was now. There was a couple of occasions where emotions rose to a fevered pitched and for good reasons. After being in Flint for nearly 12 hours digging into the issue, I found myself getting upset. I saw the pain and suffering the residents were enduring, and at the town hall, I experienced the hopelessness they felt.

No one had answers. No one could tell the residents when the crisis would be resolved, how the city was going to deal with the long-term health issues, when they would be able to drink the water or when the pipes were going to be replaced.

The hour-and-a-half town hall allowed us to hear every side of the issue. When we walked in, we expected we would have a better feeling about the crisis facing the residents, but sadly we felt worse.

There was nothing we could do at the moment to help other than listen to the citizens and give them a platform. But we could not change the pipes; we couldn’t fix all of their problems and no one on the stage could either.

The people of Flint deserve better. The elected officials need to stop seeking blame and start seeking solutions. They need to act now, because the people of Flint cannot wait any longer. The government failed them when it created the crisis and is failing now with their lack of response.

After we left the town hall, we came to one conclusion — the people of Flint are resilient, their elected officials are not, but that isn’t stopping the citizens of Flint from trying to save their community.

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with enough clean hot water so they could clean themselves. A hot bath, something we take for granted, was so precious to them. They also relayed to us how many of their neighbors did not own cars, so they could not go to the fire stations to pick up the water. Instead, the community pitched in. Those with cars drove those without cars, or just picked up a couple of extra cases for the elderly or infirmed.

After witnessing the strength of the people, we headed to a town hall my WEYI NBC25 Flint station was hosting. We had elected officials, doctors, and professors all gathered to talk with the community about the water crisis. The goal was to bring together the community so the citizens could have their voices heard and so the people could learn what they could do to help. So many of the people we encountered wanted to help, but were unable to due to lack of guidance and a lack of answers about what would actually help.

At the town hall, the passion surrounding the crisis was evident. The auditorium was nearly packed and from the first question, it was evident that the residents were sick of excuses and wanted to action. There was blame enough to go around but instead of blame the citizens wanted answers. The time for political buck-passing was over; the time for

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MORIAL from Page 27 spending three times as much on prisons than schools. Private prisons—which began cropping up as an alternative for cash-strapped states attempting to save money by outsourcing the building and running of prisons to private companies—are incentivized to keep cells full at the lowest possible cost, not to keep cells empty. When every occupied bed represents a broken family, communities torn apart, diminished future job prospects, a potential loss of voting rights and the increased risk of re-

ASKIA from Page 27 of “the world’s most deliberative body,” went all the way to the gutter, talking in a nationally televised debate about the size of various Trump body parts.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush actually got teary and conceivably “ready to rumble” right on the stage, daring The Donald to not talk about his “mama” again. I thought that was going to be a live, better-than- pay-perview incident. Or maybe Jeb would waylay Trump backstage, sucker-punching the front-runner.

But art must imitate life. A real, live 78-year-old Caucasian Trump supporter actually did sucker-punch a 28-yearold Black protester being led out of a rally by police. The cops continued to restrain the protester, who was knocked to the floor. A day later the old man was arrested, but not until after he warned that the next time he encounters his prey, he “might have to kill him.” What? It’s true. This stuff has gotten physical.

So at a Trump rally in Chicago, thousands and thou-

turning to crime, our nation’s over-reliance on jails to combat our entrenched social ills—and the taxpayer money that keeps the system thriving—should be re-routed into education and the social institutions that serve the public good and are aligned with public safety goals.

America’s incarceration addiction is devastating wide swaths of already socially and economically vulnerable communities. Statistically, African-Americans are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of whites. Combined, African-Americans and Latinos represent well over 50 percent of

our national prison population.

Crime induced by a lack of opportunity cannot be solved by punishment. Our current sentencing policies and prisons have not proven themselves capable of fixing mental illness, drug addiction, homelessness or unemployment. They only hide these pressing social issues from view. We must decide, as a nation, if we are going to continue to turn to blind, mass incarceration as a solution for the problems in our society, or if we are going to invest in individuals, not incarceration, and make these private prisons obsolete. WI

sands of protesters showed up, along with thousand and thousands of Trump supporters, many of whom could not get into the event. They came face to face with the angry, anti-Trump protesters. Push came to shove. Fights broke out. People were arrested. The Trump campaign was rattled; it canceled the Chicago event.

One day later, Trump was interrupted several times and someone rushed toward the stage where he was speaking, prompting a Secret Service response. That Ohio rally ended tumultuously. Another Ohio rally was canceled.

The protests have exposed a weakness: Maybe some of these Ku Kluxers who are trying to fight “The Lost Cause” one final time in this Trump campaign, maybe they’ll get so riled up, they’ll lynch somebody.

Trump says he will insist on exercising his constitutional right to free speech in future rallies. He then threatened to send his supporters to possibly disrupt rallies held by Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vermont). Trump then offered to pay the legal fees to defend the 78-year-old

who was charged with assault at his rally!

Trump may really be a “bad dude.” I don’t know. He’s never been to jail. He has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, which means that at any given time and place he could be armed and dangerous. In a Redd-Foxx, Don Rickles, “World Wrasslin’ Extravaganza” (WWE.) kind of way, Trump just may be a “bad dude.” He was a competitive and successful student and athlete at a military finishing school to which he was sent by his father.

So, Trump has got these Old Coots all riled up to the point where they go around, physically sucker-punching Black trouble-makers at rallies the way Ronald Reagan sucker-punched those infernal “welfare queens” back in his day. And then the billionaire promises to pay the legal fees when they take the law into their own hands and just teach these protesters a thing or two.

I am not making this up.

It has literally come to this point. The presidential campaign has gotten physical.

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