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Tuesday, September 11, 2001, began like any other day for most Americans with no one prepared for the cataclysmic events that would occur before some had even finished their morning coffee. Baby boomers, at the peak of their power, continued to maintain bragging rights as America’s largest living adult generation – a distinction which they would not yield to millennials until 2019. Smartphones had not been invented and despite its growing popularity, the internet counted more as a luxury item than an essential with many businesses and most households still without the technological wonder. As adults headed off to work and children boarded buses on their way to school, radios pumped out the sounds of an emerging “girl power” lineup including Destiny’s Child’s “Survivor,” Janet Jackson’s “All for You,” Alicia Keys’ “Fallin’” and J. Lo’s “I’m Real” remixed with the rapping skills of Ja Rule. Still, for all its idealism and promises of justice
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The co-chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will join local activists in supporting the return of Mose African Cemetery to the Macedonia Baptist Church in Bethesda, during a rally Friday. Descendants of those buried in the cemetery and church members will attend the rally at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 10, at 5119 River Road in Bethesda, while the co-chairs, the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, will speak via Zoom. The rally will be live streamed at Maryland Poor People's Campaign Facebook page. The Moses African Cemetery, where over 500 enslaved and free people are buried, lies under the parking lot of an apartment complex constructed by developers in the 1960s. After Emancipation, the cemetery served the historic African River Road Community in Bethesda, which was also wiped out by development, discriminatory developers, realtors and county officials at the time. “One of my most sacred duties is committing the souls of the deceased and ensuring the sanctity of their burial ground,” said the Rev. Dr. Segun Adebayo, pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church. “Because of the county, we can’t do that now at our Moses African Cemetery.” “Black lives must matter even – and especially – in death,” said Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, president of the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition. WI
CBC Prepares for 50th Annual Legislative Conference On Sept. 12 – 17, the 50th Annual Legislative Conference will be held virtually as the Congressional Black Caucus [CBC] celebrates its largest class to date. The conference programming reflects the CBC’s charge for 2021 and beyond to a continued commitment to uplifting, empowering and mobilizing Black communities through the theme of “Black Excellence Unparalleled: Pressing Onward in Power.” You can be part of the leading policy conference on issues impacting African Americans and the global Black community. For more information about ALC, email alc@cbcfinc.org or visit their website. WI
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Howard University Faces a Trifecta: Cyberattack, Rise in COVID-19 Infections and Housing Shortage Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer On Tuesday, a ransomware cyber attack brought most activity at Howard University [HU], including academics and wireless-based tasks, to a halt for a still undetermined period of time. HU’s IT department detected unusual activity on the university’s network over the weekend and shut it down to investigate the situation. It has since enlisted the help of forensic experts and law enforcement to determine the impact of the incident and to reach a long-term solution. “This is a highly dynamic situation and it is our priority to protect all sensitive personal, research and clinical data,” university officials wrote in an official statement on Tuesday, Sept. 6. “We are in contact with the FBI and D.C. city government and we are installing additional safety mea-
sures to further protect the university’s and your personal data from any criminal ciphering.” As has been the case at other schools, community members at Howard started the academic year excited about students’ long-awaited return to campus but uneasy about infection rates of the COVID-19 Delta variant which continues to increase as cases spread nationwide. In recent weeks, housing shortages and reports about positive on-campus COVID-19 cases have only intensified such concerns, causing many to question whether university officials may have been too hasty in reopening the campus. Historically Black colleges and universities throughout the South have weathered similar situations in states where leadership has been strongly opposed to mask and vaccine mandates. One example includes officials at Johnson C. Smith University in
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The new bridge will be 1,600 feet long and is studded with three sets of parallel white arches. The bridge will have six traffic lanes and a joint bicycle-pedestrian path on either side of it. At both ends of the bridge, an esplanade runs under the bridge and along the Anacostia River adjacent to a community park. It consisted of the reconstruction of the Suitland Parkway/I-295 Interchange. Formal construction began in the summer of 2017 and it is expected to be fully operational in Spring 2022. However, Bowser said the bridge will be open for traffic on Sept. 10. It is the biggest construction project in the District’s history, Bowser said, employing about 1,300 workers and involving minority and women-owned businesses at the level of $91 million in contracting.
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Friendship PCS Blow Pierce Campus Maintains Connections with Parents During In-Person Learning
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With their children learning at home for more than a year, parents had ample opportunity to engage teachers and help their young ones navigate the virtual learning environment. This arrangement, in many cases, strengthened parents’ ties to their school community. To keep up the momentum, the Parent Advisory Council [PAC] at Friendship Public Charter School Blow Pierce Campus has provided virtual yoga sessions, wellness offerings to parents, along with soon-to-come game nights and healthy cooking demonstrations. PAC President Sharisse Baltimore said the programming will encourage parents to collaborate with teachers as they address socioemotional issues students developed during the pandemic. “Children are coming in with emotional problems, being trapped in the house for the last year and a half,” said Baltimore, a mother of three elementary school-aged children who currently attend Friendship PCS Blow Pierce Campus. +Baltimore took over Friendship PCS Blow Pierce’s PAC in the fall of 2019, just months before COVID-19 forced schools to shutter. Throughout the pandemic, she maintained contact with parents, but found that her struggles to engage them persisted, even though they spent more time at home with their children. In speaking with some of them, Baltimore recalled learning about economic stressors and unease about being more directly involved in their child’s education. “Parents have to take into consideration that [when] they’re going through financial problems, all of that trickles down to their child who comes into the building and deals with the teacher who tries to educate them,” Baltimore added. “I want to work with our parents to change our attitudes [so] we can become one big family.”
ADDRESSING MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
A report published by the D.C. Policy Center in March found that Dis-
trict children who stayed home during the pandemic experienced social isolation, anxiety and depression. As adults increasingly reported symptoms of anxiety and depression, experts anticipated the likelihood of unreported and undetected child abuse cases. During budget season earlier this year, education advocates in the charter sector lobbied D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) to invest in mental and behavioral health resources. This happened as the District and other jurisdictions received an infusion of dollars from the American Rescue Plan. As part of a mental health expansion, 60 public charter schools, including Friendship PCS Blow Pierce Campus, connected with community-based organizations for mental and behavioral health services. Each school has a behavioral health coordinator who works with a student support team that refers students for services. SMILE Therapy Services, based in Northeast, serves as Friendship PCS Blow Pierce’s community-based organization. As outlined on its website, SMILE’s treatment areas include children and adolescents, therapy for depression and anxiety, and trauma therapy. Staff members at SMILE didn’t return The Informer’s inquiry about its role in tackling mental and behavioral health issues.
BRINGING PARENTS INTO THE CLASSROOM
On Aug. 23, Friendship PCS Blow Pierce Campus opened its doors to new--and returning--students and families. For the first couple of days, students, particularly those in the lower levels, didn’t spend all their time in the classroom. School officials instead conducted special activities and hosted meetings with parents. After that, school officials, to prevent the spread of COVID, would no longer allow parents inside the school building. This year, cases of separation anxiety, more so than in previous years, have occurred among PK-4 students still getting used to learning outside of the confines of their home. In anticipation of this developmental hurdle, instructors utilized video conferencing
apps to connect young ones with their parents during the lunch hour. As students ate lunch, a peer’s parent or guardian addressed the class and spurred a moment of excitement. Dominique Foster, a PK-4 teacher, said this strategy maintained bonds that children, parents, and teachers established during the pandemic. “Parents got to see how students learned and they saw the strategies teachers used. They got to see their children’s growth,” said Foster, a teacher of nearly two decades who’s in her ninth year at Friendship PCS BlowPierce Campus. “When we can make them partners, it makes our job easier. As a student, you want to see your parents proud of you and parents want to see their children grow. We have to figure out a way they can stay connected.” WI
5 Sharisse Baltimore serves as the Parent Advisory Council president at Friendship Public Charter School Blow Pierce Campus. (Rob Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY SECOND OF A TWO-PART SERIES
Prince George’s Teachers Share Tools, Strategies for Successful School Year William J. Ford WI Staff Writer Prince George’s County public schools count as one of several school districts in Maryland that began the new school year on Wednesday, Sept. 8. But for thousands of educators to achieve success, they must prepare their schedules, classrooms and minds for students who must wear masks. And with the county leading the state in confirmed COVID-19 cases, substitute teachers must now be vaccinated. Three teachers at Capitol Heights
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Elementary, a Talented and Gifted [TAG] school located inside the Beltway near the D.C. border, shared their backgrounds, goals and strategies which they hope will lead to a smoother transition for in-class instruction. Besides pencils and books being on their checklists, Kori Edwards, Natasha Rubin and Tyrone Frierson must now include masks, Lysol spray, wipes and other personal protective equipment for themselves and their students. While the three educators have different backgrounds, their similarities extend beyond the classroom as Black residents of Prince George’s County,
each of them vaccinated, who appreciate the “resiliency” of elementary, school-age children.
VETERAN BRINGS FOUR DECADES TO THE CLASSROOM
When Frierson attended Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., he wanted to study law “to sue people.” But after someone in the education department suggested he mentor students in an after-school program in mathematics and social studies, the teaching bug soon kicked in. He moved to Virginia and almost quit his first-year teaching gig in Woodbridge but stuck it out. “Something told me not to give up,” he said. “Some students would show up in my class only talking about football and other things in life. I realized that I needed to find a way to connect with them.” After three years in northern Virginia, he moved to Capitol Heights Elementary in 2004 where he bears the distinction as the school’s longest-serving teacher. As a math and science teacher, the 47-year-old educator of Upper Marlboro integrates hip hop with old-school artists into some of his lessons. He said each song, such as “Children’s Story” by Slick Rick, can be used to help multiply the number of verses and chorus lines, or hooks, that repeat throughout the song. “Math is all about patterns,” he said. “They listen to the flow of the song, what it’s about and how certain things repeat. It’s about solving
5 Natasha Rubin, a fourth-grade reading, language arts and social studies teacher at Capitol Heights Elementary, explains some of the professional development she and her colleagues will receive this year. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
a problem to get the answer.” The pandemic has increased the student’s ability to utilize various technologies. Fortunately for Frierson, he’s competent in Zoom and other remote forms of communication. “I always wondered what it would feel like to be an online teacher at a college,” he said. “I realized I don’t want to do that. I’d rather be in a classroom with some paperwork, still using some technology and being with the kids. Plus, sitting at home all day is kind of boring.”
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tended Learning” programs are now Vendor Managed Childcare Programs (VMCCP). The school system is also pleased to announce that two additional vendors – “Champions” and “Sanbridge Early Learning Center”-- have been selected to provide school-age child care for selected sites. In addition, “AlphaBEST Education” program services will be expanded to more schools. Parents should contact the vendor representatives to demonstrate interest in using the vendor’s services. More specific instructions regarding enrollment will be distributed once the site capacities are determined by Maryland State Department of Education - Office of Child Care. However, keep in mind that an expression of interest to enroll does not guarantee enrollment.
5 Bowie High School Cadet Ashton Burton was one of 21 nationwide participants to complete the Flight Academy program and receive his private pilot's license. (Photo courtesy PGCPS)
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Bowie High School Cadet Ashton Burton has completed an intensive eight-week “Flight Academy” program at Delaware State University to become a FAA Certified Private Pilot. Burton was one of 21 participants from across the country to complete
the program and receive his private pilot's license. With plans to become a naval aviator, Burton entered the program with no flying experience and earned 35 hours of classroom aviation academics, more than 45 hours of flight training and 17 hours of solo flights to receive his license. WI
‘FITS RIGHT IN’
Teaching youth inside a classroom didn’t touch Rubin until she and her family moved from New Jersey to Bowie, Md., more than six years ago. Her husband works with the county’s Social Innovation Fund. Before Rubin entered her fifth-year of teaching, all of them at Capitol Heights, she served as a parent liaison who later became a substitute teacher and then a long-term substitute. Some of the long-term requirements at www.marylandpublicschools.com include a bachelor’s degree and work experience. Rubin, 46, received her bachelor’s degree in business economics at Fordham University in New York before beginning a career at a health care company and as a youth program coordinator in New York and New Jersey. She’s also an author of two books entitled “When Waiting Hurts: A Personal Journey From Pain to Promise” and “21 Words to a Better You.” She received copies of her second book last month. She keeps connected to others through her website, www.natasharubin.com, but her first love remains teaching fourth-grade reading, language arts and social studies. “I don’t have a traditional teaching background but I bring a different skill set and I’m a parent with a child in the school system,” she said. “I am
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Prince George’s Libraries Helping Students, Educators William J. Ford WI Staff Writer Students and educators in Prince George’s County can receive additional resources outside the classroom during the 2021-22 school year, thanks to the county’s library system. One major boost will be a $500,000 grant it received to purchase nearly 900 Chromebooks with unlimited data students can borrow free of charge. The Chromebooks are currently at these locations: Baden in Brandywine; Bladensburg; Fairmount Heights; Glenarden; Largo-Kettering; New Carrollton; Oxon Hill; and Spauldings in District Heights. They will be available at the remaining branches in the fall. Nicholas A. Brown, the library system’s chief operation officer for communication and outreach, said the county has about 116,000 residents without broadband internet access.
“The library is here to supplement the primary education PGCPS students receive. We try to make the learning fun and engaging,” he said. A new online feature from the library called “Brainfuse HelpNow” allows students in kindergarten through 12th grade to register for free tutoring in both English and Spanish. Patrons will have access to 3,000 tutors nationwide, Brown said. On the Brainfuse page under the “Expert Help” tab, a person can click live tutoring which provides a choice to select a grade and a subject. Under eighth grade, certain subjects listed include English-language arts, algebra and pre-algebra for math and social studies. If a parent or guardian doesn’t have a library card, then access can be obtained using a student’s ID assigned by his or her school. Brown said 55,000 tutoring sessions have been offered since the pandemic affected the
county last year. Educators, no matter where they live, can receive online access to books, high school testing materials and even invite a librarian to talk with their class about the library’s assets. A frequently asked questions tab can be found at www.pgcmls.info/2120. Although the highly contagious delta variant continues to increase confirmed coronavirus cases in the county, each of the nearly two dozen branches are open with limited hours. Parents seeking a head start on their child’s education can register for the “Books from Birth” program at www.pgcmls.info/ freebooks, which allows children to receive a free book in the mail every month until the child’s fifth birthday. For more information on the library system, go to www.pgcmls. info, or call 240-455-5451. WI @jabariwill
5 The Prince George’s County library is offering Chromebooks with unlimited data which students can borrow. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer) 4 Ann Jennifer, an associate at Spaulding Library in District Heights, is ready to help students with the resources offered by the library. (Anthony Tilghman/ The Washington Informer)
Four Metrorail Stations Reopen in Prince George’s County William J. Ford WI Staff Writer After working through most of the summer to conduct platform work and other safety improvements, Metro recently reopened four stations in Prince George’s County. Commuters who travel those stations along the Green and Yellow lines – West Hyattsville, Prince George’s Plaza in Hyattsville, University of Maryland in College Park and Greenbelt – will see LED lights, walk on slip-resistant tiles, hear improved sound systems and can charge cell phones underneath stainless steel shelters. The stations closed May 29 as part of the transit agency’s 10-year, $15.5 billion capital improvement plan to refurbish platforms and perform other safety measures. Next summer, the agency plans to complete the three remaining stations in Prince George’s along the Orange line: Cheverly, Landover and New Carrollton. “This is a special day on which we not only reopened the station but ask everyone to remain safe,” Metro
5 P.A. Hill, one of the two station managers at Prince George’s Plaza Metro station in Hyattsville, helps a commuter at a fare vending machine. The plaza was one of four Metrorail stations in Prince George’s County that reopened Sept. 7. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said at the Prince George’s Plaza station. As Wiedefeld toured the station with Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Maryland) and Prince George’s County Council Chair Calvin
Hawkins II, Metro employees and patrons must wear masks when inside any of the 91 Metrorail stations in the D.C. region or while traveling on trains or buses. Tuesday also marked the agency’s latest COVID-19 vaccination policy
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which requires employees to be vaccinated or to either face weekly testing or provide documentation which requests religious or medical accommodations. As a way to encourage patrons to return, Metro has provided discounted fares and an extension in service hours that include: • Metrorail flat rate of $2 on the weekends and free bus transfers to and from Metrorail. • Seven-day regional bus pass from $15 to $12. • Metrorail stations closing at midnight Sunday through Thursday; at 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. • About three dozen bus routes operating between 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. (20 bus lines every 12 minutes and 16 bus lines every 20 minutes). In addition, Metro will work toward decreasing average wait times at Metrorail stations. Commuters at stations serviced by three lines are expected to wait no more than three minutes, with two lines no more than five minutes and with one line no more than seven minutes.
When patrons entered and exited the Prince George’s Plaza Metro station, Metro workers handed each person a flier about the SmartTrip card. All cards purchased before 2012 will no longer be valid because of updated technology at faregates throughout the transit system. If the numbers “0167” appear in the second position of serial number on the back of a card, passengers need do nothing. In addition, incorporating a SmartTrip card in a mobile wallet also allows customers to utilize Metrorail service. Metrorail rider Dorothy Manahanch of New Carrollton said she traveled on Metrorail this week to Hyattsville so she could shop at Prince George’s Plaza. “It’s good it opened back up,” she said minutes after getting off a Green Line train. “I use Metro every morning when I’m going to work. This [Metrorail] service is something I need.” A summary of the service changes can be found at https://bit.ly/3n7SO7b. WI @jabariwill
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BUSINESS Jason Miskiri: From Basketball Player to Restaurant Owner James Wright WI Staff Writer Jason Miskiri knows when people hear his name, they think of a basketball player who rose through the ranks to the professional level but presently, he wants to be known as the owner of quality restaurants located in his home-
town of Silver Spring, Md. “I played basketball for many years and the sport has been good to me,” Miskiri said. “But now, I want people to come into my restaurants and enjoy the food and the atmosphere.” Miskiri played basketball at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Montgomery Col-
lege for his freshman and sophomore years, his junior and senior years at George Mason University, had a brief stint in the NBA with the Charlotte Hornets and other professional teams throughout the country. While honing his basketball skills, Miskiri would cook food from his native Guyana for his family and friends. His love of food and socializing led to the founding of the JKJ Hospitality Group in 2011 that includes The Society Restaurant & Lounge and seven weeks ago, the opening of The Angry Jerk, an eatery that specializes in Caribbean food. Both restaurants are located in downtown Silver Spring and are within a few yards of each other on the same block. Miskiri said he will open up another establishment, The Breakfast Club, in the same area in a few months.
THE ANGRY JERK
Miskiri said he started The Angry Jerk out of his love for Caribbean food. The name, he said, has a specific purpose. “I thought about a name that
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5 Jason Miskiri owns The Angry Jerk located in downtown Silver Spring. (James Wright/The Washington Informer)
would be catchy,” he said. “I thought it would stand out among the Caribbean restaurants that are in the area. I also wanted to emphasize jerk food, which is popular in this area. When you add peppers to jerk food, you can say the food becomes angry and that makes it better.” Miskiri said the richness of Caribbean food with its many herbs and spices “makes for an incredible dining experience.” The Angry Jerk’s menu offers its customers such items as jerk chicken, brown stew chicken with roasted carrots and gravy, jerk salmon, jerk or fried snapper, tacos, salads, rice dishes and slaws, plantains, yucca, macaroni and cheese and roti doe. Sauces to go along with the main items include barbecue and mambo. Customers can carry-out or dine-in their orders. “While it is the food that I love, it is really helping people that drives me,” Miskiri said. “In order to have a successful restaurant, you have to like being around and being with people.” Miskiri said he has faced challenges other Black entrepreneurs have had to endure, such as getting a prime location for his businesses. “When I came here in 2011 with The Society restaurant, there
was nothing in this area,” Miskiri said. “Now you look at it. There are buildings going up everywhere. The foot traffic in this area has increased significantly.”
MISKIRI’S FUTURE
Miskiri said he wants to expand his restaurant holdings to about 20 within the next five years. He said the Washington metropolitan area will be the main target but won’t rule out going to other cities. “I would not mind having a restaurant in Baltimore,” he said. “I love Baltimore.” Whatever plans he has, Miskiri said his sister Samantha and a friend who owns Green OwL Design in Hyattsville, will be part of his future. Miskiri said maintaining his businesses keeps him going constantly. “There was a time last month when I only got seven hours of sleep for 48 hours,” he said. “But this is what has to be done to be successful. I employ about 100 people and I work more hours than they do. But I don’t see it as work because I love what I do.” WI @JamesDCWrighter
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Howard University Announces Debt Relief for Some Upperclassmen Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer Amid ongoing uncertainty about COVID, some Howard University students learned that they would have one less issue to worry about this semester as they make the transition back to campus. On the evening of Aug. 30, officials announced that the university eliminated the outstanding debt that some juniors and seniors incurred during the spring semester. The Informer wasn’t able to determine how many students received the credit or the total amount spent by the university. The credit, designated as “HU COVID Need Support,” stands as the most recent of Howard’s efforts to assist students who’ve suffered financial hardship throughout the pandemic. Students who qualified had an expected family contribution of $0. The university’s announcement hinted at assistance for more students in the coming weeks. Howard followed in the footsteps of universities, particularly those serving Black students, that have cancelled student debt this year. For instance, Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark. and Wilberforce University in
Ohio counted among more than 20 historically Black colleges and universities that wiped out the balances owed by 2020 and 2021 graduates. In the District, Trinity Washington University cleared $2.3 million in balances for more than 500 graduates in July. This happened as the White House and congressional lawmakers remained immersed in discussions about wiping out federal student loans, and the Biden administration championed loan forgiveness for certain populations. Schools wiping out loans, not to be confused with the cancellation of loans owed to banks or the federal government, happened, in part, because of funds allocated to higher education institutions in the American Rescue Plan. Since the pandemic started, Howard has doled out more than $27 million in direct cash payments, waived fees, emergency housing and meal assistance and other supportive services. In a statement, Howard University President Wayne A.I Frederick recognized students who weathered an 18-month storm. “I am...thankful for the perseverance exhibited by these and all students who have persisted in their educational journey despite
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difficult circumstances,” said Frederick. “We take our responsibility to our community and to all those who place their trust in us for their education or employment very seriously. Howard will always devote as much of our resources as we can to minimize the challenges our faculty, staff and students encounter.” More information about “HU Covid Need Support” to come in a future article. If you are a student who received this type of assistance from Howard University, please email Sam P.K. Collins at scollins@washingtoninformer.com. WI
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NATIONAL MY 9/11 from Page 1 with his brothers for a spectacular night at the World’s Most Famous Arena. In Mount Vernon, my editor told me that I would confront the compelling story of Patrick Dolan Critton, a 54-year-old teacher who for 30 years hid as a fugitive in plain sight. Critton belonged to a Black liberation group that, in 1971, allegedly robbed a bank and engaged in a shootout with the police. The group then hijacked an airplane to escape arrest. But there he was, teaching high school in New York as if he had never been on the FBI’s Most Wanted List and oblivious to the desperate desires the NYPD maintained for his capture. Yes, this had A-1, above the fold, written all over it with my byline. Early that morning, I gathered the pertinent details and headed back to my bureau located in nearby New Rochelle. Indeed, I possessed all the goods and if we were a tabloid, I’d have “The Wood.” Entering the office shortly after nine in the morning, I found my colleagues standing around the bureau’s wall-mounted television. The first terrorist-controlled airplane had just
struck the Twin Towers. “Wow, what an accident,” a colleague remarked. Moments later, after the second airplane struck the towers, one colleague shirked, “That’s no accident!” It certainly was not. I had been to the World Trade Center and entered those towers many times. Now, right before my eyes, they quickly disintegrated to immense piles of rubble. Shocking and completely unnerving, my colleagues and I realized that many lives had been lost -- as would later be confirmed. But the terrorists weren’t finished. Far from it. Another airplane would rock the western side of the Pentagon in D.C., and still, one more crashed in southwestern Pennsylvania. We began to wonder how many more airplanes the terrorists had hijacked. Suddenly, my hijacking story about a former Black liberationist fell off the radar – ticketed for the middle of the newspaper. Someone had declared war on America and for the first time since Pearl Harbor, an enemy had attacked America on U.S. soil. Phones in the office rang wildly. Reporters ignored incoming business-related calls, choosing, of course,
to check in on their loved ones who lived or worked in lower Manhattan. Jermaine Jackson, the king of pop’s brother, called me. “How do we get out of New York? Can you help us get out of the city,” Jackson asked? The Jackson family had arrived in New York as part of Michael’s shows to celebrate his anniversary in show business. At that time, we were longtime acquaintances and collaborators. “This is scary. People are panicking,” exclaimed Jackson, who, along with several family members, had stayed at the W Hotel in downtown Manhattan not far from the terrorist attacks. Ultimately, the Jacksons rented two RVs and escaped from New York by taking the 3,000-mile drive back to Los Angeles. For me, the irony couldn’t be overstated. I sat there with a notebook containing facts about a man named Critton who had hijacked an airplane 30 years ago. American justice had finally caught up with him. But his story -- as big as any -- had become a mere footnote. A terrorist and mastermind named Osama bin Laden, who lived a cloak and dagger life more than 6,700 miles away in Afghanistan, escaping U.S. forces by living in caves and underground bunkers, stole Critton’s frontpage. Bin Laden stole my front page. More importantly, his wicked and cowardly act cost thousands of precious lives and broke countless hearts. Twenty years later, I’m confident that many would have preferred if my story had remained the biggest headline of September 11, 2001. WI @StacyBrownMedia
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5 The memorial garden and bench errected to honor and remember the students, parents and teacher who were part of the Leckie Elementary School family, killed when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. In year's past, students commemorated the lives lost with a day of service. (DR Barnes/The Washington Informer)
District Prepared for Terrorist Attacks, Homeland Security Official Says James Wright WI Staff Writer The District stands prepared for terrorist attacks on the scale of 9/11 should it occur, the city’s director of homeland security said recently. “If the unfortunate case of an international terrorist attack were to take place here, the District of Columbia’s Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency [HSEMA] is ready to coordinate the city’s response,” Dr. Chris Rodriquez told the Informer. “We are the agency designated by the District government for that type of action. We are ready to serve and aid D.C. residents.” His remarks came on the heels of the House Armed Services Committee’s approval Sept. 2 of a measure giving D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser control of the District’s national guard. While the international terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 focused on New York City, Shanksville, Pa., and the Pentagon located in nearby northern Virginia, the District had its share of bedlam that day. Former Ward 7 advisory neighborhood commissioner Kathy Henderson remembers traffic being snarled on Florida Avenue for four hours as she went to pick up her daughter from school near the
U.S. State Department. Former D.C. Council member Sandy Allen received orders from the office of Mayor Anthony Williams to stay in her house while a police escort remained outside throughout the day. And while some District residents wonder what would happen if another attack occurred, Rodriquez says plans already exist to keep citizens safe.
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Rodriquez said in the case of a terrorist attack, HSEMA would quickly initiate actions to thwart the impact. “We work in conjunction with the Emergency Management Services, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and the Department of Human Services to prepare for that type of event,” he said. “Since 9/11, the city has engaged in comprehensive planning and training of city employees for an attack. Additionally, we will work with our regional partners in Maryland and Virginia to see what can be done to keep people safe.” Rodriquez said while he lived in another part of the country on Sept. 11, he has since heard about
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NATIONAL COVID-19 Accentuates the Problem of a Nationwide Nursing Shortage James Wright WI Staff Writer The shortage of nurses has been a problem for decades but profession leaders said the coronavirus pandemic has heightened the issue because more of them are needed to treat virus patients, and others, and to man hospitals. In August, the American Nurses Association, the trade organization for the country’s 4.2 million nurses, urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) “to declare the current and unsustainable nurse staffing shortage facing our country a national crisis.” In a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, the ANA wants the Biden administration to take solid action to address the nursing shortage that prevents its members from serving patients.
“The nation’s health care delivery systems are overwhelmed, and nurses are tired and frustrated as this persistent pandemic rages on with no end in sight,” ANA President Ernest Grant said. “Nurses alone cannot solve this longstanding issue and it is not our burden to carry. If we truly value the immeasurable contributions of the nursing workforce, then it is imperative that HHS utilize all available authorities to address this issue.” Grant’s comments come as the New York Times in its Aug. 23 edition published an article, “Nursing Is in Crisis: Staff Shortages Put Patients at Risk” revealed that more than 1,200 nurses have been killed by coronavirus-related illnesses. In late August, many retired or former nurses in Nebraska have received notices from the state
government asking them to come back into service with bonuses as high as $5,000 and with no requirement to be vaccinated. Many nursing journals and scholars say the U.S. faces a critical shortage of nurses until 2030. In May 2021, “The American Nursing Shortage: A Data Study” published by the University of St. Augustine for Health Science revealed that 1.2 million new registered nurses will be needed by 2030 to meet the needs of the present shortage. The shortage challenges will be compounded by a prediction from a 2015 study that over one million nurses will retire between the present and 2030. Meeting the Challenge In his letter to HHS, Grant wants the Biden administration to convene stakeholders to identify short-and-long term solutions to
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staffing challenges, work with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to promote payment equity for nurses, educate the nation on the importance of the coronavirus vaccine, sustain a nursing workforce that meets current and staffing demands and provide additional resources including re-
cruitment and retention incentives to attract students to the nursing profession and keep skilled professionals working. “ANA stands ready to work with HHS and other stakeholders on a whole government approach
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First CARICOM-Africa Summit Convenes
History was made on Sept. 7, 2021, when the inaugural CARICOM-Africa Summit was held. Kenya hosted the virtual event under the theme, “Unity Across Continents and Oceans: Opportunities for Deepening Integration.” Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta chaired the summit. Plans for Kenya to host a CARICOM and Africa Summit in 2020 had to be put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The summit followed on the declaration by the African Union of the Diaspora as the sixth region of Africa. Participants at the event included heads of state and government of the Caribbean community and the African Union, chairs of CARICOM and the African Union Commission and the Africa Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the secretaries-general of CARICOM and the Organization of the African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the president of Caribbean
Development Bank (CDB). The deliberations institutionalize CARICOM-African Union collaboration, and an agreement was reached to host the Summits of the CARICOM- African Heads of State and Government bi-annually. Included among matters discussed were greater economic trade and investment opportunities between Africa and the Caribbean; and solidarity in actions to address global challenges, including climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. The African Union generously agreed to invite CARICOM to be part of the African Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP) for the acquisition of COVID-19 vaccines which allowed the community to benefit from bulk purchasing. The vaccines began arriving in CARICOM last month. The summit followed a series of visits between the leaders of CARICOM and Africa, including the visits by President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and President Kenyatta to the region in 2019; a reciprocal visit to Kenya by Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, also in 2019; as well as visits to Namibia and South Africa by Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica in 2018 and Kenya in 2019; and a visit to Ghana by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley in 2020. While in Kenya, Mottley unveiled a plaque for a CARICOM diplomatic mission at an ultra-modern business complex in Nairobi. Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda, chair of CARICOM, announced recently that the mission will be opened soon as he committed to strengthening relations between CARICOM and Africa during his term as chair of the regional integration movement. WI
caribbean now PLP Promises to Grant More Commercial Bank Licenses to Bahamians
Opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Deputy Leader Chester Cooper said a PLP government would encourage the Central Bank of The Bahamas (CBOB) to grant at least three commercial bank licenses to Bahamians or groups of Bahamians, The Nassau Guardian reported. Cooper made the remarks during the PLP’s recent economic summit, explaining that the PLP hopes to bring more Bahamian ownership to the commercial banking sector. The move would also be used as an impetus to stimulate the country’s economy. “We are committed to Bahamianizing the sector with a view to empowerment,” said Cooper. “We are also committed to finding solutions for the unbanked Family Islands.” Most of the large commercial banks in The Bahamas have their roots in Canada, and many have pulled out of the Family Islands in the past two years, contending that it did not make business sense to have branches in certain communities. Led by prominent Bahamian lawyer Philip “Brave” Davis, Q.C., the PLP is conducting a vigorous campaign leading up to the Sept. 16 general election in The Bahamas. Many political observers in The Bahamas are predicting that the party will win the majority of the seats in the 38-member House of Assembly and replace the governing Free National Movement (FNM) as the new government of The Bahamas. WI
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September 2021 Message from Department of Aging and Community Living DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
By Laura Newland, Director D.C. Department of Aging and Community Living September is Healthy Aging Month! Every day we age regardless of what’s happening around us but aging well and living well requires a community of support. In the District, healthy aging means making sure that DC is a great place to live for people of all ages and at every stage of life. It means our seniors can live safely in the communities they know and love through initiatives like Safe at Home. It means having places to go like community dining sites and senior wellness centers where older adults can engage in fun programming and connect with friends. It means creating systems that combat senior isolation and decease senior hunger. It means supporting you no matter where you are on the journey of life. Brain health is critical to healthy aging, so I invite you to join us on September 21 as we host our 4th Annual Brain Games—our citywide, Jeopardy-style trivia competition where seniors represent all eight wards to compete for the title! On September 22, we’re celebrating both National Falls Prevention Awareness Day and National Centenarian Day. Throughout the city, our team will be hosting a series of screenings for balance, vi-
sion, and blood pressure to help lower the risk of falls, which is a common fear the older we get. As we celebrate our centenarians, we want to remind people that the best chance all of us have to reach 100+ is to make sure we’re learning new things, staying connected to our community, and doing everything we can to prevent falls! Just like last year, we’ll be hosting our virtual Centenarian Salute, celebrating the lives and legacies of our city’s oldest residents, age 100 years and older, through safely masked visits to each centenarian’s home! We identified more than 45 DC centenarians and we’re teaming up with the Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs to celebrate their longevity, resiliency, and contributions that have made Washington, DC so special. You might not be a centenarian (yet!), but centenarians live in all eight wards, and there’s a good chance that one (or more!)
is your neighbor. Knock on their door, check in on them, and find out the secrets to getting to 100! No matter what age you are, I’d love to hear from you. What are the lessons you’ve learned as you aged? What are the things you wish you would have told your 20-year-old self? As we gear up for this month of celebration, I’ve been thinking about these questions a lot for myself and reflecting on the conversations I’ve been so privileged to have with so many of you. If I could tell my hard-headed 20-year-old self anything, I would tell her that nothing matters more than kindness and love. I’m so privileged to live in a city that reminds me of that every day. I’d love to hear from you. Please email me at director.dacl@dc.gov or feel free to write me: Laura Newland, 500 K Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Here’s to healthy aging for all of us!
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HEALTH Georgetown University to Conduct HIV Study among Women Natalie C. Hockaday WI Staff Writer A virus that has continued to plague people throughout the world since the eighties, HIV continues to be studied by medical professionals to understand its complexity. Georgetown University is conducting a study by social, not medical, researchers to learn and control the impact of chronic health conditions for those living with HIV. The study is planned to be conducted until 2024 as of now and will examine women’s experiences of living with HIV. The university hopes to have 425
participants between the ages of eighteen and forty-five for the study to examine social determinants of health pregnancy outcomes for women who are HIV positive. The study will have a mix of women who are HIV positive and negative with a three to one ratio. “Having women’s health research is very important especially when thinking about something like HIV and AIDS because the majority of the research that has been conducted has been with men. So, women lag behind men regarding many health advancements,” said Lari Warren-Jeanpiere, STAR (Study of Treatment and Reproductive outcomes) Project Director
at Georgetown University. In Washington, D.C. Black women are more likely than women of any other race to contract HIV, according to local health officials. In D.C. DOH Annual Epidemiology & Surveillance Report, nine in ten women diagnosed in 2019 with HIV in the city were Black. Black women, Black men and people in other communities of color are disproportionately infected with the illness and are more likely to have less access to care. “Black women are disproportionately impacted by HIV and AIDS. [Out] of all racial groups, Black women experience the highest rate of it and this is across classes but it is particularly higher for low income and poor women because of the intersection of race, class and gender,” said Warren-Jeanpiere. Black mothers who are HIV positive face different experiences in the way they are treated and are advised to care for their children, she said. “You think about the social construction of motherhood, especially Black motherhood and how it differs for HIV positive women who are Black compared to HIV positive women who are white,” said Warren-Jeanpiere. As explained by Warren-Jeanpiere, Black women are more likely
5 Lari Warren-Jeanpiere represents STAR (Study of Treatment and Reproductive outcomes.) (Courtesy photo)
to contract HIV because their network size is smaller. Black women are more key to have relationships within their own race which makes their sexual network smaller, says Warren-Jeanpiere. Warren-Jeanpiere also notes that sex education contributes to the spread of the virus. Lack of resources and access to information on
the illness is in part why the Black community is on the forefront of infection rates. As a sociologist, Warren-Jeanpiere says that a sense of community is built with the participants of the study. One of the benefits she says is that the women participating
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Clinical Trial for New HIV Vaccine Gets Underway
Approach to HIV/AIDS Mirrors Attack on COVID-19 Natalie C. Hockaday WI Staff Writer
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A new HIV clinical trial is to be launched this month. George Washington University is partnering with International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and Moderna, along with other universities and organizations to create a vaccine for HIV. The trial will be starting its first phase and is anticipated to take years to develop a vaccine. This trial differs from previous trials in how pharmacists make and study the vaccine. Previous vaccines were constructed around an antigen of a protein; this time, the vaccine is built around ribonucleic acid components of the virus using the same approach chemists used to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. “What’s important to mention is
all the work that is being done with this is early work. It’s called experimental medicine, so this is not a product development. It’s to learn the process to learn what the possible responses could be,” said Dagna Laufer, Vice President and Head of Clinical Development at IAVI. Developing this vaccine differs from developing other ones because of HIV’s complexity. She says that they are using a targeting approach which will see if the body can teach itself to make broadly neutralizing antibodies. She also says that it doesn’t happen automatically, and it takes time for this to develop. The hard thing about HIV is that it attacks the immune system which can make it tedious to build immune resistance. Those who have a small viral load, which is rare, have a different experience
when battling the virus. They can fight the different mutations of the virus and develop a type of immune response. “The problem though is that in these elite controllers, they’re infected [and] they’ve developed this immune response only after they have been infected with the virus,” said Daniel Diemert, Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine at George Washington University. The goal of this vaccination in the program, Diemert says, is to produce a form of resistance for those not infected with HIV. Trial sites for this vaccine are in Washington D.C., Georgia, and Texas. The trial will have fifty-six healthy individuals that are HIV
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CDC Updates their Guidelines for the 2021-2022 Flu Season Natalie Hockaday WI Staff Writer
The CDC has updated their information on what they call the seasonal flu as the season for the illness approaches. This year the flu vaccine is designed to protect against four flu viruses which includes two influenza A two of influenza B viruses. It is also safe to receive a flu shot and a COVID-19 vaccine at the same time. The CDC also advises that people over the age of six months should still get their flu shot even as the pandemic continues. The flu season is coming whether people like it or not and the CDC has provided new information for people to prepare. The CDC estimates that there are between 9.3 million and 45 million cases of the flu each year, however, last flu season was relatively low in cases in the United States as COVID-19 continued to surge. Flu season in the United States typically is between October and May and the CDC says it is ideal to receive a vaccine by the end of October. The CDC has updated their website with more information as the season approaches and how to navigate it as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. WI
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get to connect with others facing similar experiences. Participants are also able to receive free laboratory tests. Warren-Jeanpiere, also noted the importance of having Black women researchers. She feels it is important because Black women’s experiences differ from other demographics and wants there to be more representation. “If you’re not Black and if you’re not a woman you will never know what it feels like to be a Black woman… I think it is important to have Black female researchers in HIV and AIDS research,” says Warren-Jeanpiere. WI
negative. The hope is that this clinical trial will be more efficient and create a more timely vaccine development timeline. WI
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The goal of this vaccination in the program, Diemert says, is to produce a form of resistance for those not infected with HIV.
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New research from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is triggering concerns about increases in youth living with diabetes in the U.S. The agency says in a report released last month that there is a surge of Type 1 diabetes in white and Black populations, while type 2 diabetes is skyrocketing in Black and Hispanic youth. From 2001 to 2017, the number of people under age 20 living with type 1 diabetes increased by 45 percent , and the number living with type 2 diabetes grew by 95 percent. Type 1 diabetes, or juvenile diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Type 2 diabetes, a preventable condition, typically found in adults, affects the way the body processes blood sugar. “Increases in diabetes are always troubling – especially in youth. Rising rates of diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes, which is preventable, has the potential to create a cascade of poor health outcomes,” Dr. Giuseppina Imperatore, chief of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, Economics, and Statistics Branch in CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation said. “Compared to people who develop diabetes in adulthood, youth are more likely to develop diabetes complications at an earlier age and are at higher risk of premature death.” Additional key findings from the report: The estimated number of under 19 year olds with type 1 diabetes increased from 148 per 100,000 in 2001 to 215 per 100,000 in 2017; Type 1 diabetes remains more common among white youth than among youth from racial or ethnic minority groups. The estimated number of youth aged 10-19 living with type 2 diabetes increased from 34 per 100,000 in 2001 to 67 per 100,000 in 2017; Type 2 diabetes remains more common among youth in racial or ethnic
minority groups than among white youth. The CDC says the greatest increases in type 2 diabetes prevalence was seen in youth who are Black or Hispanic, and the highest number of youth per 1,000 living with type 2 diabetes were seen in youth who are Black or American Indian. The impact on youth from diverse racial and ethnic groups may also be linked to social determinants of health such as where children live and play, says the agency. Jean M. Lawrence, director of the Diabetes Epidemiology Program, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at the NIH said more research is needed to better understand the underlying causes of the increases in type 1 and type 2 diabetes in U.S. youth. “Increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes could be caused by rising rates of childhood obesity, in utero exposure to maternal obesity and diabetes, or increased diabetes screenings,” she said. “The impact of diabetes on youth is concerning as it has the potential to negatively impact these youth as they age and could be an early indicator of the health of future generations.” WI
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“He saved all of our lives.” - Soccer Coach’s Observation Leads to Lifesaving Diagnosis for D.C. Family Rachel Stevenson Special to the Washington Informer It was like any other day when competitive soccer players Ava and Maci headed into a summer soccer clinic in August 2020. After some time off from travel sports during the COVID-19 pandemic, both were eager to restart their training before school, however, not long into the clinic, Ava started experiencing dizziness and felt faint. A near 100-degree day, Ava and her mother Terry Manago of Washington D.C. first attributed her lightheadedness to the heat and dehydration. Having seen similar symptoms in other athletes, the clinic soccer coach recommended Ava get checked for a heart murmur. “At first, I was doubtful, but now I do believe it was some sort of divine intervention. I feel like he saved all of our lives,” Terry reflects on the coach’s potentially lifesaving guidance. After reflecting on the coach’s advice and remembering her mother-in-law, who was born with a hole in her heart and eventually developed congestive heart failure, Terry scheduled Ava an appointment with her pediatrician, which led to an electrocardiogram (EKG), echocardiogram (Echo) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Ava’s tests were consistent with an abnormally fast heartbeat known as supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and a congenital disease of the heart muscle known as left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy (LVNC). To determine if the SVT and LVNC were genetic, doctors performed an Echo and MRI on Ava’s immediate family, leading to Maci and her father being diagnosed with LVNC. The family is currently awaiting testing on genes commonly associated with cardiomyopathy to proactively manage the conditions. For now, it’s “business as usual,” and Ava and Maci are cleared to return to full-contact sports. They will continue playing school and travel soccer, and Maci will also join her school’s swim team this year. Moving forward, they will see a cardiologist and repeat an Echo annually while monitoring their heart rate at home. Ava will take a beta blocker to control her heart rhythm. “I feel like we are super lucky to find this out because information is power. The fact that we know all of this at 16 and 14 is the best blessing,” Terry said regarding what Ava and Maci’s medical team considers to be an “incidental finding.” However, to Terry, the finding is more than incidental. She
feels it is through the vigilance, compassion and foresight of the clinic soccer coach that she and her family now have the knowledge to understand and monitor these conditions. “I am so grateful to him. He isn’t a coach they work with on a regular basis. We were just working with him in the summer to get out of the house and get some exercise, but without him telling me that, we would have just been living our lives and not knowing,” Terry said. “We are where we are today because that coach cares about kids and their physical and mental health - not just winning.” This year, Terry, Ava and Maci are participating in the American Heart Association’s 2021 Greater Washington Region Heart Walk and are most looking forward to sharing their story to advocate for the AHA’s mission - to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. Maci shared she is excited to participate and hopes to connect with other survivors because she’s “looking forward to seeing how they continue to live their lives and seeing that although we all have different health challenges, we’re working toward an overarching goal” – to end heart disease and stroke. The Heart Walk will take place on Saturday, November 6, 2021 and is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to get moving and join friends, family and colleagues in raising funds toward research, advocacy and promoting better health in our community. “The past year has shown us the importance of coming together – even virtually or from a distance – to support a common cause,” said Cynthia Cifuentes, 2021 Heart Challenge Chair and Vice President Brand, Communications and Community Engagement at Kaiser Permanente. “Kaiser Permanente is a healthcare delivery system fundamentally rooted in preventative medicine and promoting healthy lifestyle choices in our community, including heart health. We are honored to support the 2021 Greater Washington Heart Walk and invite you to join us as we take steps toward better heart health for all in our community.” To register, visit GreaterWashingtonHeartWalk.org. From there, participants can stay up to date by downloading the Heart Walk mobile app and encourage friends and family to join in via e-mail or on social media. All walkers are encouraged to connect and share on social media using, #DCHeartWalk to bring the entire community together in support of the American Heart Association. Register today to stay informed as plans and community guidelines evolve. For questions, email esgwrheartwalk@heart.org.
5 Competitive soccer players Ava and Maci are participating in the American Heart Association’s 2021 Greater Washington Region Heart Walk
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EDUCATION Khan Academy Addresses COVID-Related Learning Gaps with National SAT Prep Day Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer The COVID-19 pandemic has not only exacerbated learning loss among students of all ages, but compelled education leaders to embrace curricula and technology tailored to people of various learning styles and skill levels. As students across the country ease back into in-person learning, an online education pioneer is gearing up for a National SAT Prep Day that, much like its products, rejects a one-size-fits-all style of education and helps students strengthen their understanding of foundational English and math concepts. “The process of students having gaps and the system expecting them to move on has happened for years and we know where that leads,” said
Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, a nonprofit that provides a free education for students globally. Khan Academy, in conjunction with College Board, will host National SAT Prep Day on Sept.18 via YouTube to help students practice for the test that, in part, determines college admission. During this event, participants, as many have done with Khan Academy in the past, will navigate practice SAT problems and gain an understanding of their skills gaps that impede their academic progress. “There are kids who are graduating from high school and trying to go to college,” Khan told The Informer. “Even though they’ve taken classes, the colleges are showing them that they have so many gaps that they’re going back to seventh
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grade [content]. It’s demoralizing.” Remedial education, a process where first-year college students take non-credit grade school level courses, costs students $1.3 billion annually and, some researchers say, hints at the public school system’s failure to prepare students for undergraduate coursework. In July, research conducted by NWEA determined that students of color, particularly those in elementary school and high poverty areas, experienced a decline in achievement during the pandemic. In the winter and spring months of the 2020-2021 school year, students made less progress than what school districts recorded in years past. The largest declines happened in math, which Khan said indicates students’ need to master elementary concepts that can ease their understanding of higher level material in the future. Since its inception in 2008, Khan Academy has provided, to students in the U.S. and nearly 200 countries, tens of thousands of online practice problems and videos that cover a range of K-12 subjects. In 2013, Khan Academy and College Board established a partnership to help students score high on the SAT. A key component of Khan Academy involves the real-time assortment of practice problems in accordance with each student’s skill level and progress.Problems, and accompanying videos, focus on skills giving students difficulty.
5 Jaide Kelly, a 16-year-old from Suwanee, Ga., said she often uses Khan Academy to master geometry and to raise her SAT scores. (Courtesy photo)
School districts across the country partner with Khan Academy to provide differentiated instruction in historically disadvantaged communities.
Jaide Kelly, a high school junior from Suwanee, Ga., credited Khan Academy with highlighting her problem areas in the realms of geometry, and placing her on a path where she could reach her goal of 1300 out of 1600 on the SAT and attend the college of her choice. Since she started high school, Jaide has taken the SAT three times, including last month after practicing on Khan Academy throughout the pandemic with her tutor’s guidance. Jaide expressed plans to take the SAT two more times this year, but not before tackling several more geometry problems on Khan Academy. “If you need to practice a lot, Khan Academy is a great website [because] it’s free if you can’t afford a tutor or coach,” said Jaide, a 16 year old with plans to pursue medicine. “It's what you need to help with your scores [with] personalized tests and videos. Khan Academy is a great tool for learning the SAT.” WI @SamPKCollins
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STRONGER, SAFETY PLEDGES
Here’s a list of pledges D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office has created to help students and staff have a successful 2021-22 school year: Wear my mask at school and on school grounds at all times, and when in close proximity to others outside my household. Get the COVID-19 vaccine if I'm eligible. Wherever possible, maintain physical distance from those outside my household. Practice safe hygiene, like washing my hands for at least 20 seconds and using hand sanitizer regularly. Limit or postpone nonessential travel to areas outside of the DC, Maryland, and Virginia region. Choose family activities that minimize the risk of COVID-19 spread. Complete my daily health as-
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sessment to monitor any symptoms of COVID-19. Stay home if I do not feel well or have symptoms of COVID-19. Immediately alert my school if I test positive for COVID-19 and work with contact tracers to identify any close contacts. Be a champion for health and safety in my community.
SYMPTOMATIC, RANDOM ASYMPTOMATIC TESTING
Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education recently announced that all DCPS students and students at public charter schools participating in the District’s testing program, will be automatically eligible for symptomatic and random asymptomatic testing as part of the centralized, school-based COVID-19 testing program. According to the mayor’s office, the non-invasive test will require students to hold a small vial with a funnel attached and produce a saliva sample. Consent for student COVID-19 testing which has already begun, will take place via an “opt-out” process. Parents, guardians, and students 18 and older can revoke consent through an opt-out form on the OSSE Office website. Comprehensive COVID-19 testing plays a critical role in safely reopening the city’s schools and keeping students learning in person at school as well. The District’s
5 Weekly testing remains available for all unvaccinated staff in participating schools. (DCPS photo)
transition to an opt-out model will significantly increase participation in its COVID-19 school-based testing program while simultaneously reducing administrative burdens and barriers to testing for schools, students and families. Participating schools will aim to test a random sample of 10-20 percent of asymptomatic students, targeting unvaccinated students. Students who develop symptoms of COVID-19 while at school will also be eligible for symptomatic testing. The opt-out form, which will be available in the seven most-commonly spoken languages in DC, will allow for electronic signature so that signatories can email the form to their school. Weekly testing will remain available for all unvaccinated staff in participating schools. Staff will continue to opt into this testing program.
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5 The D.C. State Board of Education recommends adjusting attendance policies to provide additional flexibility for excused absences. (DCPS photo)
The D.C. State Board of Education remains confident that many more families will be sending their students for in-person instruction five days a week. However, for those who believe a different option is best for them, school officials believe it is important to provide options until the pandemic is over, or at least until infection rates have substantially decreased. To facilitate this decision-making process, SOE recommends adjusting attendance policies to provide additional flexibility for excused absences. WI
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Remembering Sept. 11, Honoring Lives Lost and Shaping the Future
“In order to understand our present and ensure our future, we must know our past.” (The meaning of Sankofa.) As the nation pauses to reflect on the horrific events of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, otherwise known as 9/11, individual memories are focused on what one was doing on that dreadful day and time. That morning life in America was, for the most part, proceeding as usual. Most Americans were headed to work or already seated at their desks, including school-aged children starting a new school year. Suddenly, the routine was disrupted when news spread that a U.S. airplane had slammed into one of the twin towers at the World Trade Center in New York. Within minutes, the second tower was hit, and then the Pentagon, and soon after, a fourth plane crashed in rural Pennsylvania. Thousands of Americans were killed, including three D.C. Public School teachers and three students on their way to California to participate in an event sponsored by National Geographic. Reports quickly circulated that hijackers were responsible. It wasn’t long before U.S. authorities identified these men and their country of origin. Nevertheless, it was an attack on America, and public outcry demanded revenge. While Americans sought their loved ones in the rubble caused by the crashes -- and to date, the bodies of hundreds of victims were never found -American troops were called to war against a country believed to be the home of the enemy -- Afghanistan. Soon after, Iraq also became the target of the U.S. military and the allied forces. Realizing the mounting number of U.S. casualties, along with the hundreds of thousands of Afghan civilians also killed, U.S. officials moved beyond rhetoric to action. Twenty years later, President Joe Biden called for an end to the war and ordered U.S. troops home effective Aug. 31, 2021. Much has changed in the U.S. since 9/11, especially related to homeland security. In many ways, we all are subjects of U.S. surveillance, but do we feel any safer? Many ask, “Was this war worth it.” And, where would we be today if Congress and President George Bush took heed to the warnings of Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Cal.), who cast the single vote against the Afghan war? She warned of its repercussions, and today, she has no regrets. We will never forget 9/11 because of the lives lost on that day and after. More importantly, remembering the past must help us understand the present and ensure a better future. WI
Is the Growing Crisis at Howard University Indicative of Things to Come? Just over a month ago, officials at Historically Black Colleges and Universities [HBCUs] celebrated after posting record-breaking enrollment numbers for the fall semester. Several HBCUs in the Greater Washington Area, including Howard University, whose freshman class may be its largest in history, and Bowie State University, which reported an 8% increase, were overjoyed – particularly as many colleges in the U.S. have seen their numbers shrink dramatically during the pandemic. But with the new semester less than a few weeks old, several problems have already occurred. For Howard’s students, the first challenge is finding housing. Officials say more upperclassmen, unable to pay the rising prices of apartments in the District, have chosen to remain on campus. These students are experiencing the dilemma that adults have faced for years – a lack of affordable housing in the District. But the more serious problem with which Howard must now contend is the increase in COVID-19 infections on the campus – something which was probably inevitable. With a record-number of students occupying the yard, reporting to classrooms and packing rooms in student housing facilities, chances are great that infection rates will keep going up. Did officials have a contingency plan just in case? If so, we haven’t heard about it. As for the faculty and staff at Howard, many of whom are either 65 or older or living with pre-existing health conditions, returning to campus might not be the best decision. And you can’t blame them for their growing anxiety. Whether you support being vaccinated or not, as much as we would like to believe it, the truth remains that COVID-19 and emerging variants have not been eradicated. Is the party over almost as soon as it began? And is the crisis that Howard University officials now face, one that is indicative of things to come for other colleges and universities? We hope not. But it’s difficult to think otherwise. WI
Let’s Get Back to School While I understand reservations about the COVID-19 virus in schools, I think most children should go to school. Virtual options should be for children with health conditions and who are at more risk of severe illness. In my opinion, children need in-person learning and socialization. Rita Ladson Washington, D.C.
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I didn't know that September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month and was glad to find that out from your paper. I have several family members who have suffered and continue to suffer with the disease. It’s truly hard to watch people you love in pain. Let’s continue to make our community aware and combat this together. Mavis Tepin Washington, D.C.
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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist
David W. Marshall
Elijah McClain's Death Shows Us that Public Pressure Can Never End
The day that Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) announced a 32-count indictment in the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year Black man from Aurora, was a day that almost didn't happen. In Aurora, two police officers, one former police officer and two paramedics will face charges in the death of McClain. The police officers and paramedics are charged with manslaughter and
criminally negligent homicide. Manslaughter is a Class 4 felony in Colorado punishable by up to six years in prison, while criminally negligent homicide is a Class 5 felony punishable by up to three years in prison. On Aug. 24, 2019, nine months before George Floyd's death in Minneapolis, Elijah McClain was walking home from a convenience store listening to music on his headset when he was approached by an officer. From that moment, every part of the system to serve and protect failed. Though McClain commit-
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ted no crime, he was immediately restrained. The officers eventually brought him to the ground, claiming he had reached for one of their guns while they were pinning him against a wall to handcuff him. The encounter escalated with McClain eventually losing consciousness as an officer applied a carotid control hold which restricts blood to the brain. And like George Floyd, he told police, "I can't breathe," as three officer held him while handcuffed on the ground. The law enforcement system failed. An independent panel ob-
tained by the City Council determined that police officers who stopped McClain had no apparent reason to suspect a crime had been committed. It also determined that a subsequent internal police investigation was flawed. The emergency medical care system failed. When medical paramedics arrived, they injected McClain with ketamine, a powerful sedative. The amount of ketamine given was inappropriate and was for someone 77 pounds heavier than the 143-pound McClain. The indictment stated that the paramedics failed to
follow medical protocols before and after they injected McClain. McClain was already handcuffed when medics arrived at the scene. The paramedics did not talk to McClain, check his vital signs or properly monitor him after giving him the powerful drug. McClain went into cardiac arrest and died a few days later. The judicial system failed. The Adams County district attorney announced that criminal charges would not be filed, saying there was not enough evidence that the
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Marc H. Morial
Leaders Make Matters Worse By Playing Politics with Students' Health and Education
"We cannot return to the classroom and do things the same as they have always been done and expect to see a different outcome. Instead, we must use this critical moment in education to radically rethink how programs, policies, and opportunities are designed and fiercely commit to prioritizing the communities most impacted
by the pandemic and distributing resources accordingly." — NWEA Center for School and Student Progress Across the country, students are embarking on what is certain to be a third consecutive academic year that is compromised or disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While this is unfortunate for all students, it's especially dire for students of color and low-income students, who experienced the steepest setbacks as a result of in-
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terrupted instruction. To make matters worse, students are being used as pawns by politicians more concerned with signifying partisan loyalty than with the health and education of public-school children. Twenty states have prohibited proof-of-vaccination requirements. At least eight states — Florida, Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Iowa, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah — have imposed bans on school districts requiring masks. Florida and Arizo-
na have gone so far as to threaten to withhold funding from districts that impose mask mandates. As U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has pointed out, these policies represent discrimination against students who cannot attend school because of the risk to their health. The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is preparing to launch investigations in states block mask mandates — a move the National Urban League
emphatically supports. It's appropriate that Secretary Cardona recognizes pandemic-related educational disruption as a civil rights issue. As I testified earlier this year to the House Education and Labor Committee's Subcommittee on Early Childhood Elementary and Secondary Education, Black children are more likely than their White counterparts to lack the internet access
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Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
Fixing NYC's Homelessness Crisis Is an American Priority
I congratulate New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams. He will be a strong new mayor of our nation's largest and most diverse city. Adams has promised to address homelessness in the city, a problem that has grown increasingly desperate as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cripple the economy and drive record numbers
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of individuals into bleak and unwelcoming shelters. In May 2021, almost 52,000 New Yorkers — including 15,930 children — were sleeping in shelters, the highest rate of homelessness the city has experienced since the Great Depression. Worse still, homeless families are often forced to live in deplorable conditions, including shelters with mold and mildew, mouse and roach droppings, poor heating, bedbugs, asbestos and broken bathrooms.
This is not what Mayor Bill de Blasio had in mind when he brought new leadership into the city's Department of Homeless Services (DHS) in 2016 after ordering a comprehensive review of the homeless policies and of conditions at city shelters. As part of that overhaul, the mayor appointed Steven Banks to lead the DHS. Banks, a veteran legal aid attorney who de Blasio had tapped in 2014 to be commissioner of the city's Human Resources Administration, was
widely praised at the time as the right person to champion the city's most vulnerable citizens. Now, Adams — who is all but guaranteed to be our next mayor — says that he is considering keeping Banks in his new administration to implement his bold vision for homeless services, including new facilities for those struggling with mental health challenges. But that, in my opinion, would be a mistake. While Adams lauded
Banks for his "fresh ideas" during a recent interview, Adams might want to take another look at the city's distressing experience managing its homeless population in recent years before reappointing Banks. After a litany of poor management decisions made during the pandemic, when New York's most vulnerable could least afford bureaucratic mistakes, it has become painfully obvious that it
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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist
Ben Jealous
A Red Flag on the West Coast
In just a few days, California will wrap up its recall election targeting Gov. Gavin Newsom, a scheme orchestrated by a far-right still seething over the Big Lie. At first glance, that may seem like a problem that only affects California. But it's not, and the red flag being raised in the West deserves attention from all of us. Thanks to an oddity of Califor-
nia law, voters could end up replacing Newsom with a candidate who wins only a fraction of the total vote. That's because there are more than 40 people on a list of folks vying to be that replacement, a list that by law does not include Newsom. Whoever gets the most votes in the overcrowded field, wins, and for weeks now the leader has been Larry Elder, an ultraconservative talk show host whose extreme positions embrace racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, COVID-denying and anti-environment stanc-
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es — among others. Elder's ascendance is very troubling on a whole host of levels. That it was engineered at all in a progressive state like California shows the stop-at-nothing determination of a far-right enraged and emboldened by the Big Lie. And Elder himself is a marquee example of the type of candidate that could soon be foisted on voters everywhere. He is more than just one person running for one office; he is the product of an unsavory stew of extremist factions liberated by
Trump to do their worst. One of Elder's biggest promoters is a radio host named Eric Metaxas, the host of a "Stop the Steal" rally where the Oath Keepers threatened civil war if Trump didn't stay in power after losing to Joe Biden. Another is a megachurch pastor named Jack Hibbs, who says Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Kamala Harris have "antichrist views." Elder is a Black man who allies himself with white supremacists. He denies that systemic racism exists. He argued forcefully to the
Los Angeles Times that he wants to "change the rhetoric about how bad the cops are." According to the same Times article, he "shared a graphic with socalled facts depicting Black people as murderous," cherry-picking and skewing data to suggest Black people are disproportionately criminal. This is tragic. From a national standpoint, Elder's election would certainly send a very dangerous message and encourage extremists. But
peals and challenges. This law has been labeled by progressive broadcasters as the most egregious anti-abortion law in history. I agree! Not only does it outlaw legal abortions after six weeks, but it also makes no exceptions for rape or incest. One can only imagine the distress of having to carry your rapist's child fullterm. Contrary to what most perceive, this would be a child conceived in violence and given birth with a measure of hate. "Legal standing" is a way of in-
dicating that a person has an interest in the outcome of a situation or circumstance, or that a person can be injured — physically or emotionally — by the outcome of an action. This dystopian law gives legal standing to any citizen of the United States and allows her/him to bring a lawsuit against anyone who participated or assisted in an abortion process. Beyond any moral outrage, the person bringing the lawsuit also has a
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E. Faye Williams
Believe It!
Unquestionably, Maya Angelou's most famous quote is: "If someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time." Current events lead one to seriously question whether people are hearing the radical right and listening to where they are intent on taking the country. If we questioned the true meaning of the phrase "Make America Great Again," it should
be clear to us now. For practical purposes, legal abortion is dead in the United States. I've discussed ad nauseum the torrent of lies that issue from their mouths in the style of their orange leader, but among those lies rests the truth of their viciousness and evil. I have suggested before, and am now even more convinced, that the intent of Republican acolytes and the conservative base is to return the country to that point in time where women were subjugated to men and people of color
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knew their "place," whether force needs to be used for that purpose or not. The most recent travesty is the adoption of Texas' new anti-abortion law and the Supreme Court turning a blind eye to its unconstitutionality. This law outlaws legal abortions after six weeks or when viability can be established with a fetal heartbeat. Few women even know they have become pregnant within a six-week window. Adding insult to injury, SCOTUS has refused injunctive relief for ap-
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Askia Muhammad
9/11 Until Now: White Americans Don't Want Peace
Even before the civil rights movement's leaders began complaining about this country's decisions, choosing "guns" with which to kills and oppress, over "butter" with which to feed and improve the lives of people, President Dwight Eisenhower warned about the "military industrial complex" and how it dominates the political landscape.
In April 1953, three months after he took office, retired five-star general and Supreme Allied Commander President Dwight Eisenhower addressed the American Society of Newspaper Editors in what would become known as his "Chance for Peace" speech: "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Guns and butter — the quintes-
sential debate — indeed. "This world in arms is not spending money alone," he continued. "It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children." So, the United States remained embarked on the road of constant war and conflict, constant weapons consumption, death, injury, wounded warriors for a wasted cause. Sept. 11, 2001, sparked an orgy of war and anti-Islamic rage which expressed itself in war and destruc-
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tion, in Iraq, in Afghanistan, the fulfillment of Eisenhower's warning. Only in Afghanistan it was a waste made apparent as the last major-general, the U.S. superpower commander slinked out of Kabul airport under cover of darkness, sounding retreat, defeat. The cost? A nation's pride. Upwards of $2 trillion in cash. Left behind? Billions of dollars, worth of armored vehicles, helicopters, ammunition, the stuff of war. Might the people of this country
have chosen instead, to eradicate poverty and eliminate curable illnesses, and house the people, and employ the people, we would all be better off. But one of the personality quirks of white folks, which keeps them perpetually at war, is their resentment of any prosperity among non-white folks — hatred. White folks especially have no desire to ever see anything prosperous attain to the benefit of their Black
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LIFESTYLE
Billy Porter’s Chops and Swerve Save the Day for Amazon’s ‘Cinderella’ Superb Costumes, Choreography and Creatively-Mixed Music Add Much-Needed Luster D. Kevin McNeir WI Senior Editor
5 The stars of the new Amazon Prime Video “Cinderella.” (Courtesy photo)
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Among all of the fairy tales that I remember from my childhood, the story of Cinderella has always been one of my favorites – probably because my mother loved it just as much, if not more than I. But it wasn’t the story alone that evoked such pleasure for us but one version in particular – a delightful musical retelling of the classic tale conceived by the talented duo of
Rodgers & Hammerstein. (For those who may not know, they’re the team that struck gold with “The Sound of Music” and helped elevate Julie Andrews to stardom). Their musical fantasy, “Cinderella,” originally aired on television in 1957 with Julie Andrews in the lead role before its modernization which resonated more with a changing society returned to television in 1965 featuring Lesley Ann Warren. As the years passed, “Cinderella” in its 60s form no longer held my attention. But the music and lyrics, which I thought I’d forgotten, remained with me, as I would discover many years later. In a production by Walt Disney Television, “Cinderella” returned in 1997 – this time with a new script whose themes appealed to a more contemporary audience. Cinderella became a stronger heroine, mirroring the changes in how society viewed women. The film featured Brandy who led a racially-diverse cast – a decision made by the producers in efforts to reflect how society had evolved in the 1990s. Most critics loved the film’s new music which augmented the Rodgers & Hammerstein score, as well as the costumes, sets and supporting cast, particularly Bernadette Peters in her role as the stepmother. But reviews remained mixed on the success of Brandy as Cinder-
ella and Whitney Houston who portrayed a much-jazzier fairy godmother. By the way, Houston had been cast to portray Cinderella when negotiations first began. However, after years of delay, by the time production finally began, Houston felt she had aged out of the role and passed it on to her protégé, Brandy.
JUKEBOX MUSICAL OF CINDERELLA RETURNS FOR 2021
But have no fear, fairy tale fans. You can’t put stories like Cinderella on the shelf but for so long before it returns, reshaped and updated to speak to a new generation. At least that’s what it appears served as the motivation for the just-released version of the classic story, now available on Amazon Prime Video. Described as a “jukebox musical,” it features several original songs along with chart-topping hits from today’s rock and pop genres. The latest “Cinderella,” while still based on the Perrault fairy tale, features a markedly-different theme and storyline. Cinderella no longer dreams of meeting her true love and being whisked away from a life of servitude. Instead, she longs to become a businessowner, making her fortune as a dress designer.
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5 Brandy starred in the lead role in the 1990s version of the classic fairy tale, “Cinderella.” (Courtesy photo)
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Black World War I Infantry Unit Honored with Congressional Gold Medal ‘Harlem Hellfighters’ Succeeded Despite Racism and Prejudice Sarafina Wright WI Contributing Writer The Harlem Hellfighters, the all-Black 369th Infantry Regiment of World War I, will join what is becoming a pantheon of elite Black combat units with the award of the Congressional Gold Medal. President Biden signed the Harlem Hellfighters Congressional Gold Medal Act on Aug. 25, to honor the servicemen who served as a regiment of the New York National Guard. The bill passed the Senate in August and the House companion bill passed in June. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), architect of
the bill, hailed the bipartisan action that resulted in the bill’s congressional passage. “The long overdue Harlem Hellfighters Congressional Gold Medal Act pays homage to these brave Black men who risked their lives overseas to defend our freedoms, only to come home to segregation and racism. I want to applaud President Biden for signing this bill into law, and thank my House colleagues Representatives Suozzi and Espaillat for their outstanding partnership on this legislation.” The Harlem Hellfighters spent 191 days in combat, more than any other similarly sized American regiment.
THESE FLOWERS HAVE A LOT OF FIGHT IN THEM.
5 Members of the all-Black 369th Infantry Regiment, who fought in World War I. (Courtesy photo)
In 1918, the U.S. Army assigned the Hellfighters to the French army because many white American soldiers refused to go into combat alongside Black Americans. But the men earned the sobriquets “Hommes de Bronze” (Men
Among the most celebrated of the Harlem Hellfighters was Pvt. Henry Johnson, a former Albany, N.Y. railway porter, who earned the nickname “Black Death” for his actions in combat in France.
of Bronze) from the French and “Hollenkampfer” (Hellfighters) from the Germans due to their doggedness and strength. The Hellfighters earned 11 French citations and a unit Croix de Guerre and 170 soldiers were individually awarded the French Croix de Guerre. However, despite their courThe Alzheimer’s Association Walk to age and devotion, the Hellfighters End Alzheimer’s® is full of flowers, faced prejudice and racism upon each carried by someone committed their return to the United States. to ending this disease. Because like Among the most celebrated of flowers, our participants don’t stop the Harlem Hellfighters was Pvt. when something’s in their way. They Henry Johnson, a former Albany, keep raising funds and awareness for N.Y. railway porter, who earned the a breakthrough in the fight against nickname “Black Death” for his acAlzheimer’s and all other dementia. It’s time to add your flower to the fight. tions in combat in France. In May 1918, Johnson and another soldier, Pvt. Needham Roberts, fought off a German patrol The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is while on guard duty. happening on every sidewalk, track, and trail across this country. All of us are raising funds for one goal: A world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. Because this After a German grenade incapacNATIONAL HARBOR SEP. 25 disease isn’t waiting, and neither are you. itated Roberts, Johnson continued Take your first step at alz.org/walk NATIONAL MALL OCT. 9 to fight with the butt of his weapon and a bolo knife, according to Army ADDITIONAL WALKS AVAILABLE. FIND website army.mil. Johnson killed at 2020 NATIONALPRESENTING PRESENTING SPONSORS 2021 NATIONAL SPONSORS ONE NEAR YOU AT ALZ.ORG/WALK least four German soldiers, wound2020 Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Manassas ed as many as 30, and sustained at Saturday, October 17 least 21 injuries himself. He was posthumously awarded the Medal 2021 NATIONAL PRESENTING SPONSORS
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of Honor, the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Service Cross. The United States Congress gives the Congressional Gold Medal to those who have “performed an achievement that has an impact on American history and culture that is likely to be recognized as a major achievement in the recipient’s field, long after the achievement.” There have been only two other Congressional Gold Medals awarded to distinguished African American military units: the Tuskegee Airmen in 2007 and the Montford Point Marines in 2011, both from World War II. “These patriots gave their all to America's enduring struggle to secure global freedom while simultaneously facing racism from the very nation they swore an oath to protect,” said Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.). “It is never too late to do the right thing, and I am proud to work alongside Congressman Suozzi, Senators Schumer and Gillibrand to make today possible and honor these brave patriots with one of our nation's highest military honors.” WI
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HBCUs Honored in Upcoming National Broadcast Stories Will Be Shared about Positive Economic and Cultural Impact in America Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer Giving honor to HBCUs is the theme of the broadcast “Salute THEM ‘My HBCU Joy'’” airing on Sept. 12, 2021. Awards will be given to seven individuals and organizations that illustrate the significance of HBCUs. National sponsors are BCN.TV, Toyota America, AARP and the Café Mocha Network. The national broadcast will air on BCN.TV on Sunday, September 12. 2021 at 10:00 p.m./ET. The show will also stream earlier that same day at 7:00 p.m.ET on the AARP Black Community Facebook page and Café Mocha Radio YouTube channel. This tribute program airs at the conclusion of HBCU Week, Sept.7-10 2021. “This event allows BNC to honor and showcase Black excellence and the myriad of contributions that people of color have made to American culture,” said Princell Hair, CEO of BNC.TV. Leading the accolades for “Salute THEM Awards ‘My HBCU Joy’” is Café Mocha’s Emmy and two-time NAACP Image award-winning co-host Loni Love, a graduate of Prairie View A&M University, an HBCU. Special tributes during the broadcast will be from Café Mocha co-hosts Angelique Perrin who attended North Carolina A&T State University, also on HBCU and Yo-Yo.
5 Loni Love, a graduate of an HBCU, visited her alma mater, Prairie View A&M University, in preparation to co-host “Salute THEM Awards ‘My HBCU Joy’” airing on September 12. (Photo courtesy Miles Ahead Entertainment and Broadcasting)
HBCU HONOREES REPRESENT MANY PROFESSIONS AND INDUSTRIES
Honorees for “Salute THEM Awards ‘My HBCU Joy’” includes a mix of HBCU alumni and organizations committed to upholding a history of educational excellence. Individual awardees are actress, comedienne and Fisk University graduate Kym Whitley, President and General Manager at RCA Inspiration music label Phil Thornton and a graduate of Norfolk
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5 The “Salute THEM Awards ‘My HBCU Joy’” airing on September 12, recognizes the importance of HBCUs to the American economy and culture. HBCU honorees include: Kym Whitley, actress/comedienne, Phil Thornton, president/general manager, RCA Inspiration record label, Dr. Theresa Price, Founder of the Black College Expo, Dr. Valerie Daniels-Carter, co-owner of Milwaukee Bucks, David Banner, hip hop artist, actor, entrepreneur and activist, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and UNCF-The United Negro College Fund. (Photo courtesy Miles Ahead Entertainment and Broadcasting)
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LIFESTYLE September is Life Insurance Awareness Month Aimee D. Griffin, Esq. September is Life Insurance Awareness month. As an estate planning attorney, I am quick to share the connection to insurance and estate planning. The consistent theme is vision, direction and purpose. A true tragedy is when someone has passed away and there are no resources to celebrate the life. The people who love him or her the most are not given the space to adequately grieve. The focus is immediately on gathering the necessary resources to manage the immediate crisis. The crisis plan may be to reach out to family members to access the resources or the community or worse to yet to have to depend on strangers through “Go Fund Me” pages to be able to pay for the services necessary to lay someone to rest. Insurance can be a great tool if used strategically with a vision. I believe that it is a tool that should be used thoughtfully and in conjunction with other tools. I rarely suggest that anyone should haphazardly distribute large amounts of money without a plan for the recipient and the distribution. Statistics show that one-third of lottery winners file bankruptcy within 3-5 years of receiving winnings. A significant inheritance can have the same result as a lottery winning. The significant change in financial status can create disorientation and destabilization for the recipient. I often encourage grandparents to purchase a one-million-dollar whole life insurance policy for each grandchild upon birth as a strategic investment for their education and legacy. I was introduced to the concept of Million Dollar Baby by George Fraser, the leader of the empowerment movement. He explained the concept to provide the child a policy that would provide lifetime resources for college and also for the down payment for a home that would provide a platform of economic support and fuel future while also seeding future generations with the death benefit. While we are often buying gifts that have no term return on the investment, we can provide appreciable assets that can be transformative for multiple generations. The vision for the recipient of the gift is an opportunity to enhance the quality of life and reduce the burden in the future. Often employers provide insurance. If the employer owns the policy, it often ends when the employment ends. There is often a policy that will decrease after retirement. The goal the employer sees is to solely replace the income that was being earned. The diminishing death benefit eventually provides resources to provide end of life or burial support. That is indeed a resource and will avoid the “Go Fund Me” pages. However, it does not leave loved ones in a greater position. I believe that most people endeavor to leave a legacy that positions our loved ones in the best position possible. We can provide a platform that lifts our loved ones to greater heights. I am an advocate for providing as much direction as possible. I am not an insurance professional but I am always encouraging people who have a Trust to make the insurance beneficiary the Trust. The Trust provides a safe haven with directions for the insurance benefits. Given specific instructions on how the insurance proceeds are distributed limits the haphazard or disorientation that the recipient may experience. The directions provide opportunity to create a legacy of economic empowerment for multiple generations. Aimee D. Griffin, Esq., The Griffin Firm, PLLC http://yourestateplanningattorney.com (855) 574-8481 5335 Wisconsin Ave NW Suite 440 Washington DC 20015 4041 Powder Mill Drive Suite 215 Beltsville MD 20705 100 International Drive 23rd Floor Baltimore MD 21202 4601 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 1200 Arlington, VA 22203
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HBCU from Page 36 State University, Founder of the Black College Expo Dr. Theresa Price, Co-Owner of the Milwaukee Bucks and graduate of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania Dr. Valerie Daniels-Carter and Hip Hop artist, actor, entrepreneur, activist and graduate of Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. David Banner. Organizations being honored during “Salute THEM ‘My HBCU Joy’” are Thurgood Marshall College Fund the umbrella group for public HBCUs and UNCF-The United Negro College Fund the umbrella organization for private HBCUs. “We’re proud to continue our collaboration with Café Mocha to empower HBCUs,” said Hampton University alumna Shani Hosten, AARP Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, African American/Black Strategy & LGBTQ Strategy and one of the sponsors. “AARP is committed to serving and engaging Black Americans 50-plus by addressing the issues important to them as they age”
HBCU LIFE HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
Viewers of “Salute THEM Awards ‘My HBCU Joy’” will see vignettes of campus life from the perspective of school administrators, faculty, students and some of the honorees. Southwest Washington, DC resident Willie-Lloyd Reeves, Esq. received his bachelors and juris doctor degrees from Howard University. Though not featured
on “Salute THEM Awards ‘My HBCU Joy’, he did recall why he chose the institution known as “The Mecca.” “I really did not consider going to any school but an HBCU until I entered high school. It was the late 60’s and a lot of the White universities started reaching out to African American students to integrate their schools,” said Reeves. “I was accepted into a number of White institutions, I started thinking about being one of just a few Blacks at a predominantly White university. Also, the financial commitment was not there. Money made a big difference. I received a full scholarship to Howard.” The 60s were a time when America was changing for Blacks and that meant changes on HBCU campuses. Campus protests about more Black studies courses and being heard by boards of trustees were in abundance. Alumni from North Carolina A&T University, Bennett College, Morehouse College and Howard University made local and national news. Some of these campus movements will be included on “Salute THEM ‘My HBCU Joy’.” “Howard was in the forefront of the Black Power movement,” said Reeves. “In high school I participated in some civil rights demonstrations in the South and integrated lunch counters in my hometown. I wanted to be a part of that movement and Howard was the best place for it.” HBCU students and alumni are encouraged to share upbeat “joy” videos of their HBCU. Visit the “Salute THEM ‘My HBCU Joy’” website at https://www.salutethemawards.com WI
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Friends Mourn Sudden Death of Actor Michael K. Williams “The Wire’s” Wendell Pierce and more celebrities honored the late actor who was also a “!2 Years a Slave” star, after news broke of his death on Monday, Sept. 6. “It is with deep sorrow that the family announces the passing of Emmy-nominated actor Michael Kenneth Williams,” the 54-yearold’s rep told The Hollywood Reporter. “They ask for your privacy while grieving this unsurmountable loss.”
Williams, a New York native, is best known for his roles on “The Wire,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Lovecraft Country” and “When They See Us.” He reflected on a “difficult” part of his life in a July 2016 NPR church-setting interview. “I was broken,” Williams said of the time he spent filming season 3 of The Wire. “I was on drugs, and I was in jeopardy of destroying everything that I had
worked so hard for. And I came in [those church] doors, and I met a man who had never even heard of The Wire, much less watched it. “He was somewhere else in the Bronx preaching at another church when I first went there. And he stopped everything he was doing, ran back to New Jersey just because his team at the church told him that someone … was in trouble and needed to speak to him. He never judged. You know, he just nudged.” The Emmy nominee noted that his drug use stemmed from not feeling “worthy of the opportunity” to star in the HBO show. “I definite-
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ly wore that dark energy that [my character], Omar, was,” Williams explained. “He was a dark soul, tortured soul. And I just woke all of that up and lived in that.” “Directors didn’t want me just to dance in the videos anymore. They wanted me to act out these thug roles,” Williams told NPR. WI
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Can you find your way through the pipes?
What do you want to be when you grow up? Have you ever thought about being a plumber? ave you ever turned on a water faucet? Taken a bath in a tub in your house? Flushed a toilet? If so, it’s thanks to the skill of a plumber! Plumbers are the people who install and repair the pipes that are needed to bring water in and out of your home, school and other buildings.
You have probably seen pipes under a sink, behind a toilet or even at a school drinking fountain. These pipes carry water to and from sinks, tubs, toilets, washing machines, water heaters, dishwashers, drinking fountains and more within a building. How many of these things can you find in your home? Go on a plumbing search with a parent!
APPRENTICE SHORTAGE PLUMBER WRENCH TRADES MASTER FAUCET PIPES SINKS WATER BATH EXAM TUBS BOLT NUT
The master plumber teaches the apprentice plumber skills needed for the job. After learning as an apprentice, plumbers must pass a special exam to become a journeyman plumber. A journeyman can work freely as a plumber. Read the above and match each word to its definition. A. A job that involves a particular skill.
Wrenches help plumbers do their work. A wrench can fit around a nut, bolt, or pipe fitting making it easier to tighten and loosen them. Wrenches come in different sizes to fit different nuts and bolts.
Draw a line from each nut to the wrench it fits best.
Plumbers earn a special certificate in order to practice their trade. A plumber learns the trade and earns a certificate by becoming an apprentice to a master plumber.
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ARIES The great thing is you will get a lot done. The not great thing is that you'll want to snack every step of the way. Watch that. At a certain point, snacks only weigh you down. You really don't need to watch anything — your natural impulse will be toward healthy competition, and everyone else will be on the same page — and Friday offers the added bonus of action on the romantic front. Lucky Numbers: 10, 23, 36 TAURUS You're feeling secure enough to let down your guard and characterize your feelings to someone else. They will be curious and ask great questions. Unfortunately, Wednesday through Friday offer less in the way of good responses from others. A power struggle is in the stars, as is a tendency toward righteousness, and there's a chance that, reacting to all this, you may come across as pompous. Lucky Numbers: 5, 7, 40 GEMINI You're just being practical. Someone around you might accuse you of being stingy but perhaps they're just moody because they're not getting what they want. They're not being showered with cash. Wednesday, thankfully, your social interactions turn on how interesting your conversations are, not how much money is flying out of your pocket, and bring you further enjoyment on the intellectual front. Lucky Numbers: 2, 8, 10
Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer You remember exactly where you were. You were in your office, at home doing breakfast dishes, just getting out of bed and at first, you didn't believe what you were seeing. It was not April Fool's Day, it was September 11, 2001, and these books commemorate the anniversary of that day … Though the images you saw that morning are probably seared in your mind, you'll still want to spend time reading "September 11: The 9/11 Story, Aftermath and Legacy" by journalists of The Associated Press (Sterling Publishing, $35). Packed with photos that are rarely seen, taken by professional photographers that fall morning, this book also includes a moment-by-moment timeline and hundreds of recollections from the men and women whose job it was to chronicle what happened. But this book takes things further: you'll read here about the weeks after September 11, 2001, and how everything changed forever. Also with a timeline – this one wider and longer – is "On That Day: The Definitive Timeline of 9/11" by William M. Arkin (PublicAffairs, $18.99). This book takes readers much deeper behind the scenes, in the White House, near the Pentagon, and in the air above, and it's not necessarily good news. Unique about this book is that readers don't usually see such in-depth, government-based reporting on September 11 and the days afterward. Another little-known story can be learned in "The Lives They Saved" by L. Douglas Keeney (Lyons Press, $26.95). Here, you'll read about the kind of heroism that you might have missed: on the day of the attack on the Twin Towers, people who lived and worked in Manhattan needed to evacuate from the area, fast. But how do you get large numbers of people out when many escape routes were blocked? The question is answered in documents and interviews that have been declassified: boat owners, medics, and others who knew the waters around Manhattan came together to shuttle some 300,000 people off the island and to safety. It became the largest boat-lift in history, larger than any other boat-lift in any war, and it happened in one single day. It's a powerful story, perfect for understanding this seminal event. And finally, there are two generations that won't remember 9/11, either because they were babies then or because they weren't even yet born. For them, there's "I Survived The Attacks of September 11, 2001: The Graphic Novel" by Lauren Tarshis, art by Corey Egbert (Scholastic, $10.99). This is the fictional story of a young boy who struggles with a decision his parents made that he doesn't agree with. He needs to talk things over with his beloved uncle, who works at a firehouse in Manhattan but shortly after he arrived, something happened that was unimaginable. Meant for kids ages 7-and-up, this book will be a quick read for any young adult who likes graphic novels. If you'd like more information, you'll find plenty of information on September 11, 2001, at your local bookstore or library. In the meantime, these great books will help you remember … WI
CANCER The beginning of the week is also the beginning of the rest of your life. What you do next is crucial. Be assertive. Tuesday you are humming with energy. You may also make an extravagant purchase — no garage sales for you! On Friday, you're so excited about your new acquisition that you may tip into a showing-off territory, which isn't becoming. Lucky Numbers: 18, 24, 29 LEO Your incredible sensitivity on Monday and Tuesday is going to lead to beautiful things. It connects you deeply to your intuition. It makes you modest. And it inspires an honest desire to maintain good will. By Wednesday, friends will be discussing plans for a statue in your honor. And that isn't even the pinnacle of your week. Thursday and Friday are magnificent. You are supremely loved. Lucky Numbers: 1, 14, 27 VIRGO What you should be orchestrating on Monday and Tuesday is an excuse for a bunch of people to come together — maybe a thing for friends, maybe a family thing, maybe a friends and family combo. You get your motivation these days from other people, and motivation is what you'll need to get through your hectic days on Wednesday and Thursday. By Friday, your focus is on helping a certain underdog. Lucky Numbers: 22, 42, 58 LIBRA Sure, many things may not be going your way, but check out all the flowering trees along the street, or the sounds of the wind, or the smile on a kid at the top of a slide. The small things. Even when everything else is difficult and crazy, there are ways to enjoy yourself. Wednesday and Thursday, most of your enjoyment comes from seeing other people, and on Friday, from being creative. Lucky Numbers: 35, 47, 56 SCORPIO By virtue of your ability to make things happen, your desires are satisfied with very little string-pulling on your part. Everything just opens up the way you want it to. Don't ruin it by trying to exert control. Just when you were thinking of asking for a raise! Don't, obviously. Keep a low profile on Friday as well. Lucky Numbers: 31, 32, 40 SAGITTARIUS Apply yourself toward really getting to know you-know-who. It's time to get deep. You have a lot of questions and so do they. You are too distracted by your good luck to think very deeply about anything, although you are utterly grateful. The sun shines down on you on Friday as well — a perfect day for travel, or for doing something creative, or even for taking a test. All will go well. Lucky Numbers: 12, 25, 36 CAPRICORN You'd rather be someplace else. This is a frustrating feeling, but there is little you can do. Deal with whatever's in front of you, and you'll end your days with a sense of accomplishment. Midweek isn't easy on the work front — turns out, someone you thought you understood has a whole backstory that changes everything — and by Friday you feel utterly taxed by everyone else's demands. Oddly, you feel more relaxed and assured about work once the weekend comes. Lucky Numbers: 1, 31, 38 AQUARIUS You are handy. If the clock breaks you'll wind it up and set it back on the wall. You need a functioning clock in order to be at your best, what with all the organizational responsibilities you shoulder this week. A creative solution to an interpersonal problem is far superior to a punitive solution, and on Friday, an experiment with a friend leads to an extraordinary discovery. Lucky Numbers: 6, 12, 18 PISCES Romance is the dominant theme on Monday and Tuesday. Rather than a typical date — coffee, food, a movie — try climbing a tree together, or sitting in the middle of an empty soccer field, or reading aloud to one another. The more creativity you put into this, the more you'll get out of it. It's natural that your thoughts midweek (especially Wednesday and Thursday) take a turn toward fantasy, what with how much you like this person. But try to keep your head firmly in reality, especially at work on Friday. Lucky Numbers: 17, 22, 37
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sons who fought on the Union side of the Civil War and was a true Washingtonian who believed everyone should be treated with dignity and respect.” Troy Prestwood, an Anacostia resident who has served as an advisory neighborhood commissioner and presently chairs the Ward 8 Democrats, said the new bridge will be an economic stim-
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with community members who are then required to complete a COVID-19 self-assessment before entering any building. Sources close to The Informer said these plans have been in the works since before the ascent of the Delta variant. Howard University boasted a 15 percent increase in enrollment during the pandemic and leading into the fall semester. Many believe that similar trends at both Bowie State University and Morgan State University suggest a growing fervor for the HBCU experience in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder and students’ eagerness to live and learn on Black college campuses. However, Howard University
has been unable to meet an unprecedented demand for student housing, leading many co-eds to take to social media in frustration. Toward the end of last month, the Howard University Young Democratic Socialists of America led a protest on the corner of Howard Place and Georgia Avenue as a means of drawing greater attention to students’ concerns. Howard University didn’t return The Informer’s inquiry about recent COVID-19 cases and campus housing shortages. The Informer will provide more updates about these issues and the ransomware cyberattack as they develop. WI @SamPKCollins
ulant to his neighborhood. “The construction of the bridge has brought jobs to our community,” Prestwood said. “The bridge connects Ward 8 to the rest of the city, particularly Ward 6. The two wards are different demographically and economically. The multiple modality of the bridge where one can drive, walk and run brings the two wards together and will boost economic development on both sides of the Anacostia.”
Kevin Douglass Greene, a resident of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and a great-grandson of Frederick Douglass, applauded District residents for honoring his ancestor. “This is a great honor for the family,” Greene said. “My great-grandfather used to come across the river to go to the U.S. Capitol and back. This bridge is a great symbol of what my great-grandfather stood for.” WI @JamesDCWrighter
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NURSE from Page 18 to ensure we have a strong nursing workforce today and in the future,” Grant said. “Our nation must have a robust nursing workforce at peak health and wellness to administer COVID-19 vaccines, educate communities, and provide safe patient care for millions of Americans. We cannot be a healthy nation until we commit to addressing the underlying, chronic nursing workforce challenges that have persisted for decades.” Nurses have many mental challenges facing them as they deal with the pandemic, reduced public health care budgets and persistent long working hours, nursing ex-
perts say. To help alleviate the problem of stress in the profession, the Pfizer Foundation awarded the National Black Nurses Association a $1 million grant to support nurse wellness during the pandemic and $40,000 for coronavirus assistance for seniors. “We are so grateful for the generous gifts of the Pfizer Foundation,” Dr. Martha A. Dawson, president of the National Black Nurses Association, said. “The mental well-being of our nurses is in serious jeopardy. As nurses are treating COVID-19 and risking their lives, they are still humans fighting through depression, mental illness and anxiety.” On the employment front,
some hospitals in the Washington, D.C. area are taking on the nursing shortage, such as the Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center. Tina Bergeron Sheesly, director of public relations and marketing with Adventist said the hospital system will utilize agencies or parti-time nurses and reassigning nurses to the busiest units, WTTG-TV (Channel 5) reported on July 21. “Adventist HealthCare also is using several innovative strategies to recruit new nurses to our system, such as a nurse residency program for recent graduates,” Sheesly said, WTTG reported. WI @JamesDCWrighter
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SPORTS DC Breeze Sweeps into District
Ultimate Frisbee Franchise Spawned by Ballou Grad Rob Warren WI Sports Writer As Friday night, Sept. 2, ushered in a cool summer prelude to the Labor Day weekend here in the District, two teams met for a berth in the final four of the American Ultimate Disc League [AUDL] playoffs at Audi Field. One of the teams which hoped for frisbee tossing supremacy would be the DC Breeze – an open professional ultimate team based in the District which competes in the League’s Atlantic Division. The Breeze, founded in 2013, play their home games at Carlini Field on the campus of the Catholic University of America in Northeast, averaging crowds between 600 to 800 people.
Before going into details on the franchise’s journey, let’s explain the rules. There are seven players on each side, with the goal of trying to pass their disc from one end of a rectangular field to the other, much like in football or rugby. The clock continues to run unless it’s the end of the quarter (there are four twelve-minute quarters), halftime or a time out is taken. Each side has two timeouts to use per half. Players cannot advance the disc once catching it. They have to keep throwing and catching the disc until an offensive player completes a catch inside of the end zone. For a successful catch in the end zone the team is awarded one point. A drop of the disc and the other team takes over possession
There are seven players on each side, with the goal of trying to pass their disc from one end of a rectangular field to the other, much like in football or rugby. The clock continues to run unless it’s the end of the quarter (there are four twelve-minute quarters), halftime or a time out is taken.
5 Garrett Braun tosses a frisbee during a DC Breeze loss to the Raleigh Flyers, 19 - 16 at Carlini Field in North-
east. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer) and it becomes their chance to advance and score. Now, back to Ultimate Frisbee’s origins: The league marks its beginnings in 2012 with team competition starting in 2013. Breeze founder Aaron Foreman, an African-American man from D.C., has always had a penchant for sports including his formative years at Ballou Senior High School in Southeast and later coaching youth football in Montgomery County. Foreman says he saw not only an investment opportunity but recognized a sport whose popularity continued to increase which garnered rising support both locally and globally The team’s coach, Darryl Stanley, an African-American and native of Philadelphia, said players who succeed in the league often have speed, more than average height and a strong arm which they need for both catching and throwing the disc. Stanley highly-regarded in the pro frisbee world, has coached at both the national and international levels. Unfortunately, the season ended for the Breeze on Friday in a playoff loss to the Raleigh Flyers, 19-16. For more information about the team and Ultimate Frisbee download the DC Breeze mobile app, where you can buy tickets and merchandise and support the District’s fast-growing and exciting frisbee franchise. WI
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5 AJ Merriman and Joe Richards jump for the frisbee during a DC Breeze
loss to the Raleigh Flyers, 19 - 16 at Carlini Field in Northeast. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer)
5 Rowan McDonnell throws the disc to ateammate during DC Breeze
loss to the Raleigh Flyers, 19 - 16 at Carlini Field in Northeast. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer)
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and equality as espoused within the documents composed by the nation’s Founding Fathers, in 2001, political correctness had not erased generations of institutionalized racism, sexism and the frequent marginalization of others including the handicapped and homosexuals. But in an instant things would change forever. As the clock struck 8:45 a.m. (EST), a series of suicide attacks against targets in the U.S. carried out by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda began with the hijacking of four airplanes. Two of those passenger jets each struck one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City [NYC] with a third hitting the Pentagon just outside of Washington, D.C. A fourth plane crashed, after several brave passengers failed in their heroic efforts to regain control of the aircraft, in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all 44 of those aboard. And while its intended target has never been confirmed, theories suggest that its goal could have been the U.S. Capitol, the White House or one of several nuclear power plants located along the eastern seaboard. Passenger jets quickly became converted into guided missiles. In the end, 2,996 people died in the 9/11 attacks, including the 19 terrorists. Among the dead: 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 NYC police officers and another 189 at the Pentagon including 64 on the airliner which struck the building. In retaliation, the U.S. led by then-President George W. Bush, launched a flurry of initiatives to combat terrorism. America’s “War on Terrorism” had begun. As for Muslim Americans, in the days that followed 9/11, hate crimes against Muslim Americans – once the second-least reported among religious bias incidents in the U.S. – would suddenly become the second-highest reported as Muslims became our “common enemy.” Now, 20 years later, we have yet to fully understand how 9/11 changed the lives of American troops and their families as well as millions of people in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some changes have
been swift with their impact being felt almost immediately. Other have caused more of a ripple effect – slow and insidious in nature. Nonetheless, America would undergo a paradigmatic shift in how we view ourselves and the world and how we treat our friends and those who we deem to be our enemies. As Americans gather over the next few days to read the names of the fallen, to light candles and hold vigils, to share newly-produced documentaries or to unveil works of art that cause us to reflect on the events of 9/11 and to mourn the lives of those who died, what have we really learned? Some would argue that as 9/11 becomes more of an historical event and less of something that Americans actually experienced and survived, we have grown more intolerant of others – even other Americans whose religion, skin color, place of birth or sexual orientation differ from our own. Yes, we have made amazing advances in science and technology with people living longer, healthier lives – despite the unprecedented challenges we now face due to the global pandemic. But partisan politics, juxtaposed with a Democratic party often unable to resolve its own internal differences, have led to a stalemate
on issues that need to be immediately resolved: devising methods to slow the impact of climate change, fortifying the infrastructure, removing any obstacles that might keep one from voting, finding a solution to gun violence and mass shootings and once and for all allowing women control over their own bodies count as just a few of the more pressing agenda items. Who could have imagined on 9/11 that a segment of Americans, with the blessing of the then-sitting president, would attack the U.S. Capitol with aims to injure if not kill another segment of Americans? In the days that followed 9/11, Americans chose to put aside our many differences and come together as one nation. Today, we have become a country as intolerant and divided as the America of the 1960s when anger over the war in Vietnam and the fight for civil rights seemed to have our nation standing at the precipice of destruction. We need to recapture that unity that made Americans forget their differences – when we resolved that the needs of the many outweighed the needs of the few. What we do not need and can ill-afford is another 9/11. WI @mcneirdk
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RELIGION the religion corner WITH LYNDIA GRANT
An Eyewitness Account of September 11, 2001
What a privilege to interview this man of God, Rev. Emanuel Lipscomb, for the 20th anniversary of September 11 — a day from hell we never hoped to see. During my interview with Rev. Lipscomb, a Baptist preacher, I heard his eyewitness account of the World Trade Center events. He heard the first plane hit the North Tower and saw the second plane fly into the South Tower. Here is his story: Rev. Lipscomb traveled to New York weekly for an important nonprofit project as they helped the downtrodden. For that week's trip, he drove to New York, picked up a contact he had dropped off earlier, which happened to be right there at ground zero, directly across the street. He actually saw the plane hit the South Tower, and before fire, police and rescue workers arrived to clear the streets and to help get folks to safety, Rev. Lipscomb joined many other citizens in aiding thousands of fleeing people. Once the fire, rescue workers and police arrived, they created a taped off safe zone across the street from the South Tower. Afterwards, Rev. Lipscomb continued in the help mode. He said he rushed inside that condo building to ask the man at the desk to call upstairs to the gentleman he dropped off earlier, asking him to hurry him downstairs. He realized the streets were becoming so crowded with people in the panic mode needing assistance. Rev. Lipscomb and the others near him helped trapped people get out of the immediate area safely. Fire workers and police arrived to help, they put up police tape to keep everyone
out, when suddenly, they heard a large boom! The tower was falling. Directly underneath the building, Rev. Lipscomb said he quickly turned after hearing the boom, his friend got hit, he saw a hole in the wall, and jumped inside. Everybody around him was dead or disintegrated. Gone! Gray ash, a black chemical storm of fire, disintegrated bodies, jet fuel, concrete and building debris filled the air with a deathly silence, instantly at ground zero. Rev. Lipscomb stayed in the hole, held his breath, gasping for air, until he felt his way, step by step, touching stairs. This was his temporary refuge. He went down to the floor underneath the stairs, to try to get some air. As people around him were choking, he thought his life would end there. A voice told him to go to the river, which was outside to the right. He screamed to everyone to go with him to the river as God had told him, so he ran half a block west, and was blessed to find a building that did not have the chemical cloud around it, so he ran inside. It felt a little safer, since they could breathe there. In the basement of that building were 120 people. A baby was screaming and crying, and someone said, "What do we do?" Then someone said, "Sing." They all began to sing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." A working TV presented them the opportunity to see the
North Tower falling, and their building began to shake. "We thought we were gone again," Rev. Lipscomb said. Covered in ash, like a snowman, he asked everyone to try to calm down. The attack was finally over! Once they got outside, both buildings had fallen, and people in boats from New Jersey came to the edge of the river to help. They were saved, taken by boat into New Jersey. Rev. Lipscomb was hosed down with water and sent by ambulance to the hospital. From his hospital, where he remained for two weeks, he could look over and see New York, burning, Treated by teams of doctors, Rev. Lipscomb had two strokes, several heart attacks, short-term memory loss. Today, he still suffers, 20 years later. They stayed at Ground Zero, willing to sacrifice their lives for others. These were the heroes of the World Trade Center attack. Attacked directly by terrorists themselves, those who stayed to help stood together willing to fight so others could live. Rev. Lipscomb closed by saying, "Together we Thank God for those who survived and those who stood face to face with danger in love for others. I thank God for saving my life to be a witness to one of the worst but greatest moments in our history." WI
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RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor
Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor
9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 / Fax: 301-499-8724
700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849
Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 AM 7 10:00 AM Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 PM Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”
Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00 AM 5th Sundays: 9:30 AM 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 PM www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ
Blessed Word of Life Church
Church of Living Waters
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464 Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
St. Stephen Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., / Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 / Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00 AM Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30 AM 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00 AM Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30 PM Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00 AM “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
Third Street Church of God
Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors
Reverend William Young IV Pastor
Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor
Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior 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 Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45 AM Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45 AM Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday , 12:30 PM Mid-Day Bible Study Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 PM Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30 AM
1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office / 202-638-1803 fax
Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00 AM Communion Service: First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) Sunday School: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org
Campbell AME Church
Twelfth Street Christian 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: 7:00 PM “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address : Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020
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
Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher 421 Alabama Ave. SE Washington, DC 20032 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 Service and Times Sunday School: 10:15 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11;15 AM Children’s Church: 11:15 AM Tuesday Bible Study: 6:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: gr8luv4u2@gmail.com
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org / E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45 AM Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00 PM Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00 PM Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org / “God is Love”
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax
Sunday Worship Service: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6:00 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church / Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org / emailus@gmchc.org
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: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45 PM Thur. Bible Study: 7:15 PM
5101 14th Street, NW / Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.) Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold” www.mtzbcdc.org
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901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423
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Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661 Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Sunday Church School: 9:20 AM Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 AM Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 PM Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
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Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Reverend Dr. Paris L Smith, Sr. Senior Pastor
Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00 PM Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00 PM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10 AM
Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 AM
Crusader Baptist Church
Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com
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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor 7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471 Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 AM Service 11:00 AM Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM 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 9:00 a.m. – Sunday School 10:15 a.m. – Worship Service Wed. Noon: Dea. Robert Owens Bible Study 7 PM Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Sunday, Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission: Zion 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 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 PM Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591 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
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor 2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 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 “Where Jesus is the King”
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office / (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . . 100% Forgiven!
623 Florida Ave.. NW - WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 / Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 / Fax (202) 483-4009
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30 PM Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00 PM www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith
Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Richard B. Black 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 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:45 AM Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 PM Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 PM Bible Study: Tuesday at 10:30 AM
Mount Moriah Baptist Church Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM Holy Communion: First Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30 PM Motto: "Faith On The Hill"
Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 PM Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 PM Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 PM 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
Eastern Community Baptist Church 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
Reverend Peter R. Blue Sr. Pastor
Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor
2001 Brooks Drive District Heights MD. 20744 240.838.7074
621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 - F: (202) 561-1112
Service and Times Sunday Worship Experience: 10:15am Sunday School: 9:00am Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Morning Noontime Bible Study: Tuesday @ 12:00pm Prayer Meeting/Bible Study: Tuesday @7:00pm Theme: "Building On A Firm Foundation"
Service and Times Sunday Service: 10:00 AM Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 AM 1st Sunday Baptism: 10:00 AM 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10:00 AM Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting: 7:45 PM
Email: revprbstmbc@gmail.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org
Motto: “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”
“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958
Shiloh Baptist Church
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 AM Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 PM Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 PM Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 PM Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church
4504 Gault Place, N.E. / Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service : 11:00 AM The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Prayer & Praise Services: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: 7:30 PM Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries: 10:30 AM A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Christ Embassy DC
Dr. Joseph D. Turner / Senior Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 8:00 AM Worship Service: 11:00 AM New Member’s Class: 9:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00 AM Church School: 9:45 AM Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00 PM Saturday Bible Study: 11:00 AM Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00 AM “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Peace Baptist Church
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Friday Evening Service: 7:00 PM ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com
Pennsylvania Ave. 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 Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class: 8:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Service: 12:00 PM “The Loving Church of the living lord “
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 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 PM Prayer Service Bible Study
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor
Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor
9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288
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 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30AM & 10:30 AM Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 PM. Wednesday 12 Noon
www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org
Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 AM Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 AM and 10:55 AM Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 AM Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 PM
All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.
Email: sbc@shilohbaptist.org Website: shilohbaptist.org
Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor
Email Address: admin@pbc712.org
Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest
Holy Trinity United Baptist Church
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor
Rev. Dr. Jerryl V. Moody Pastor-Elect
Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
St. Matthews Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER
Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 AM Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 AM Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30AM Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 PM Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 PM 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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2021 ADM 000683
2021 ADM 000201
2021 ADM 000838
2020 ADM 819
2021 ADM 000813
Richard R. Ford, Jr. Decedent
Anna Mae Glover Decedent
Carol Ann Shepherd Decedent
Edward G. Varrone, Esq. 1825 K Street, NW Suite 1150 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney
Dareather Lowe Decedent
Harvey S. Jacobs, Esq. Jacobs & Associates, Attorneys at Law, LLC 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 975 Rockville, MD 20850 Attorney
Joan M. Wilbon 1120 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 1020 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
Harrison L. Davis aka Harrison Levi Davis Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robert V. Lyda, whose address is 8111 Maplegate Place, Glenn Dale, MD 20769, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Richard R. Ford, Jr. who died on November 10, 2020 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 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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: 8/26/2021 Robert R. Ford, Jr. Personal Representative
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Macleta Kingsland, whose address is 8606 Dunbar Avenue, Landover, MD 20785, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Anna Mae Glover who died on March 6, 1996 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 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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: August 26, 2021 Macleta Kingsland Personal Representative
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Charles Reid, whose address is 409 Seville Drive, Edmond, OK 73034, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Carol Ann Shepherd who died on 2/8/2015 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 (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 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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: 9/2/2021 Charles Reid Personal Representative
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2021 ADM 000778
2021 ADM 000852
Margaret Montague Bottelson Decedent
Allison R. Brown Decedent
Notice of Reference : 0112358-13 Declaration of Nationality & Notice of White Flag Surrender In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender. Notice of Special Appearance: I am that I am:" Brian Paul Terry©", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of:" TERRY, BRIAN PAUL©", corp.sole Dba.: "BRIAN PAUL TERRY© ", having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands , the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable , allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of I899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of lndigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: " Brian Paul Terry©", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality/ Status/ Jurisdiction, shall be known as:" brian terry bey©". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, TV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title: This order is to preserve legal and equitable title, and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: State File Number 156-56328 121, " BRIAN PAUL TERRY© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to " 7 Steps Trust©". All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact, as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary/ Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: " brian terry bey© ", nom deguerre: " Brian Paul Terry©", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of: "7 Steps Trust© ", an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent/ bailee/ donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente
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2021 ADM 000799
2021 ADM 000823
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gregory Lee Livingston, whose address is 7441 Shady Glen Terrace, Capitol Heights, MD 20743, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Carrie Mae Livingston who died on February 28, 2020 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 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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: August 26, 2021 Gregory Lee Livingston Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barry J. Washington, whose address is 2900 Hatboro Place, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James Monroe Washington who died on April 23, 2021 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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: 8/26/2021 Barry J. Washington Personal Representative
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Matthew C. Bottelson, whose address is 1516 32nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Margaret Montague Bottelson who died on September 11, 2020 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 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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: 8/26/2021 Matthew C. Bottelson Personal Representative
Aimee D. Griffin, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Masai Brown-Andrews, whose address is 2400 33rd Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Allison R. Brown who died on August 15, 2020 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 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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: 8/26/2021 Masai Brown-Andrews Personal Representative
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Lonnie R. Lowe Personal Representative
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Bradley A. Thomas, Esq. 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC, 20006-1631 Attorney
Sharon Davis-Holmes Personal Representative
Date of first publication: August 26, 2021
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James Monroe Washington Decedent
Date of first publication: 8/26/2022
Lonnie R. Lowe, whose address is 100 15th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Dareather Lowe who died on February 24, 2021 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 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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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Carrie Mae Livingston Decedent
Sharon Davis-Holmes, whose address is 5623 Silk Tree Drive, Riverdale MD 20737, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Harrison L. Davis aka Harrison Levi Davis who died on February 23, 2021 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 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 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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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Notice of Reference : 0112358-13 Subject of Notice : Declaration of Nationality & Notice of White Flag Surrender
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
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In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender. Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am:" Larry Smith Bey© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: " SMITH, LARRY © ", corp.sole Dba.: " LARRY SMITH© ", having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands , the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as an: Moorish American but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, and [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of lndigenous Peoples], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: " Larry Smith Bey© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: " larry smith bey© ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as " hors de combat ", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: " The Arkansas Department Of Health & Vital Statistics: State File Number 7022 ", " LARRY SMITH© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to " The Tehuti Amon Trust© ". All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact , as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: " larry smith bey© ", nom deguerre: " Larry Smith© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : " The Tehuti Amon Trust© ", an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank , nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente
2021 ADM 000798
2021 ADM 000752
2021 ADM 865
2021 ADM 000908
Burnell Edgar Irby aka Burnell E. Irby Decedent
Roderick Andre Avery Decedent
Colden Murchinson Decedent
Valerie Edwards, Esq. 1725 DeSales Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
Joan M. Wilbon 1120 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
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Claudia M. Walker Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Tomeka Walker McNeal, whose address is 2656 Bowen Road, SE, Apartment 103, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Claudia M. Walker who died on 10/4/2020 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 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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: 9/2/2021 Tomeka Walker McNeal Personal Representative
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Wilbert Baccus 11807 Lisborough Road Bowie, Maryland 20720-3423 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Melissa N. Irby, whose address is 1436 Montague Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Burnell Edgar Irby aka Burnell E. Irby who died on September 23, 2019 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 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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: 9/2/2021 Melissa N. Irby Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cheryl Marvray, whose address is 11524 Cox Hill Road, Gordonsville, VA 22942, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Roderick Andre Avery who died on March 13, 2021 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 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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: 9/2/2021 Cheryl Marvray Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jonathan Murchinson, whose address is 4640 84th Ave., SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Colden Murchinson who died on 5/14/2021 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 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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: 9/2/2022 Jonathan Murchinson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
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2021 ADM 000899
2021 ADM 000866
February 26, 2018 Date of Death
Olivia Stroman aka Olivia R. Stroman Decedent
Johnny Rufus Bowen Decedent
Norbert Okechukwu Ezeh aka Ezeh Norbert aka Rev. Fr. Ezeh Norbert Okechukwku Name of Decedent
Tina Smith Nelson, Esq. Legal Counsel for the Elderly 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 Attorney
Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney
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Patricia A. Griffin, whose address is 2220 R Street SE, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Olivia Stroman aka Olivia R. Stroman who died on December 18, 2020 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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.
Dena Bowen, whose address is 1605 Taylor Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Johnny Rufus Bowen who died on 3/2/2021 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 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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.
Arnold Cook and Aileen B. Cook Whose addresses are 4707 Lisborough Ter., Bowie, MD 20720 and 5821 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Beatrice M. Cook, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on May 29, 2019. Service of process may be made upon Aileen B. Cook, 5821 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011 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 estate. 5821 5th St., NW, Washington, DC 20011. 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.
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Patricia A. Griffin Personal Representative
Dena Bowen Personal Representative
Arnold Cook Aileen B. Cook Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Most Rev. Hilary Paul Odili Okeke and Rev. Fr. Celestine Okonkwo whose addresses are P.M.B. 5099 of Nnewi, Anambra State of Nigeria were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Norbert Okechukwu Ezeh, deceased, by the High Court of Anambra State of Nigeria Court, on May 13, 2019. Service of process may be made upon Aimee D. Griffin, Esq., The Griffin Firm, PLLC, 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. 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: 9/2/2021 Most Rev. Hilary Paul Odili Okeke Rev. Fr. Celestine Okonkwo Personal Representative Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
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2021 ADM 000867
May 13, 2019 Date of Death
Katie Mae Crawford Decedent
Beatrice M. Cook Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Mary Elizabeth McNeil, whose address is 4337 4th St., SE, Apartment 4, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Katie Mae Crawford who died on 12/15/2020 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 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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: 9/2/2021
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2011 FEP 000132
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February 9, 2011 Date of Death
Wanda C. Thomas Decedent
Annie Oakes Decedent
Wesley N. Gordon Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Carl W. Gordon whose address is 9135 Creekstone Lake Dr., Houston, TX 77054 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Wesley N. Gordon, deceased, by the Circuit Court, operating as Orphan’s Court for Montgomery County, State of Maryland, on February 23, 2021. Service of process may be made upon Jason Gordon, 6615 Georgia Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20012 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 estate. 7301 Georgia Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20012, 7303 Georgia Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20012, 7309 Georgia Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20012, 6615 Georgia Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20012, 867 Van Buren St., NW, Washington, DC 20012. 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: 9/2/2021 Carl W. Gordon Personal Representative Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender. Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am: " Vaughn Edward Greathouse© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: "GREATHOUSE, VAUGHN EDWARD© ", corp.sole Dba.: " VAUGHN EDWARD GREATHOUSE© ", having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: " Vaughn Edward Greathouse© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: "vaughn edward greathouse© ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : 121-0076459 , " VAUGHN EDWARD GREATHOUSE© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to "Greater Life Trust© ". All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact , as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: " vaughn edward greathouse© ", nom deguerre: "Vaughn Edward Greathouse© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : "Greater Life Trust© ", an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.
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Tina Smith Nelson, Esq. Legal Counsel for the Elderly 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Roscoe P. Johnson, III, whose address is 5614 Blaine Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Wanda C. Thomas who died on May 14, 2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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: September 2, 2021 Roscoe P. Johnson, III Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Reginald K. Oakes, whose address is 2317 3rd Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Annie Oakes who died on 12/24/2020 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 March 2, 2022. 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 March 2, 2022, 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: September 2, 2021 Reginald K. Oakes Personal Representative
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Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am:" Deanne Sophia Lorne © ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: " LORNE, DEANNE SOPHIA © ", corp.sole Dba.: " DEANNE SOPHIA LORNE © ", having reached the age of majority, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as an: American National, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to the united States of America, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, and all natural laws governing We the People, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: " Israelite ". I am that I am: " Deanne Sophia Lorne © ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: " dana bit ashayah © ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as " hors de combat ", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of Ahayah's covenant: Law of the People, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: N/A : N/a , " DEANNE SOPHIA LORNE © ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to "Deanne Lorne Trust © ". All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact , as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: " dana bit ashayah © ", nom deguerre: "DEANNE SOPHIA LORNE © ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : " Deanne Lorne Trust © ", an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank , nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.
Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am: " Richard Stanley McHenry Jr© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: " MCHENRY JR, RICHARD STANLEY© ", corp.sole Dba.: " RICHARD STANLEY MCHENRY JR© ", having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: " Richard Stanley McHenry Jr© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: " rick mchenry bey© ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: State File Number 66-137508, " RICHARD STANLEY MCHENRY JR© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to " Richard Stanley Mchenry Jr Trust© ". All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact , as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: " rick mchenry bey© ", nom deguerre: " Richard Stanley McHenry Jr© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : " Richard Stanley Mchenry Jr Trust© ", an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente. nding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.
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2021 ADM 000121
2020 ADM 000726
2021 ADM 000869
2021 ADM 000878
Pearl B. Thompson Decedent
Hurshul Goosby aka Hurshul Louis Goosby aka Hurshul L. Goosby Decedent
Anita Austin aka Anita Iona Austin Decedent
Alberta Addison aka Alberta Gertrude Addison Decedent
Joan M. Wilbon 1120 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 1020 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
Aimee D. Griffin, Esq. The Griffin Firm, PLLC 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Ste. 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney
Reginald Harris 1775 I Street, NW, Suite 1150 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ruby Clayborne and Deborah Clayborne- Faison and Robin Marie Reid, whose addresses are 9120 Emersons Reach, Columbia, MD 21045 & 10104 Newhall Road, Potomac, MD 20854 & 645 Sheridan Ave., Plainfield, NJ 07060, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Pearl B. Thompson who died on July 14, 2020 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: 9/9/2021 Ruby Clayborne Deborah Clayborne-Faison Robin Marie Reid Personal Representative
Adria Goosby-Gresholm 221 Rittenhouse Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Adria Goosby-Gresholm, whose address is 221 Rittenhouse Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Hurshul Goosby aka Hurshul Louis Goosby aka Hurshul L. Goosby who died on 10/19/2006 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: 9/9/2021 Adria Goosby-Gresholm Personal Representative
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Grace Minns and John Minns, whose address are 9767 Polished Stone, Columbia, MD 21046, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Anita Austin aka Anita Iona Austin who died on 3/17/2021 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: 9/9/2021 Grace Minns John Minns Personal Representative
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jean M. Harris, whose address is 1913 Randolph Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Alberta Addison aka Alberta Gertrude Addison who died on 11/1/2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: 9/9/2021 Jean M. Harris Personal Representative
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2021 ADM 000909
Bertha Johnson Decedent
Phillip Datcher Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Monica Taylor, whose address is 4652 Kendrick Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Bertha Johnson who died on May 10, 2021 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: 9/9/2021
Rachelle H. Raphael, Esq. 4800 Hampden Lane, Ste. 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cheryl Saunders, whose address is 4302 22nd Place, Temple Hills, MD 20748, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Phillip Datcher who died on April 10, 2020 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: 9/9/2021
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
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2021 ADM 000884
Constance Hackett Name of Deceased Settlor
Cassie B. Johnson Decedent
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gwendolyn Daniel, whose address is 1551 Hemlock Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Cassie B. Johnson who died on February 8, 2020 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: September 9, 2021 Gwendolyn Daniel Personal Representative
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Constance Hackett whose address was 5412 13th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011 created a revocable trust on October 26, 2015, which remained in existence on the date of her death on March 9, 2018, and Catherine Hackett Botts, whose address is 515 Roxboro Place, NW, Washington, DC 20011, is the currently acting trustee, hereinafter the Trustee. Communications to the Trust should be mailed or directed to James Larry Frazier, Esq. at 918 Maryland Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. The Trust is subject to claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors, costs of administration of the settlor’s estate, the expense of the deceased settlor’s funeral and disposal of remains, and statutory allowances to a surviving spouse and children to the extent the deceased settlor’s residuary probate estate is inadequate to satisfy those claims, costs, expenses, and allowances. Claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors are barred as against the Trustee and the trust property unless presented to the Trustee at the address provided herein on or before 3/9/2022 (6 month after the date of the first publication of this notice.) An action to contest the validity of this trust must be commenced by the earliest of (1) 3/19/2019, (One year from date of death of deceased settlor) (2) 3/9/2022, (6 months from the date of first publication of this notice) or (3) Ninety days after the Trustee sends the person a copy of the trust instrument and a notice informing the person of the trust’s existence, of the Trustee’s name and address, and of the time allowed for commencing a proceeding. The Trustee may proceed to distribute the trust property in accordance with the terms of the trust before the expiration of the time within which an action must be commenced unless the Trustee knows of a pending judicial proceeding contesting the validity of the trust or the Trustee has received notice from a potential contestant who thereafter commences a judicial proceeding within sixty days after notification. This Notice must be mailed postmarked within 15 days of its first publication to each heir and qualified beneficiary of the trust and any other person who would be an interested person within the meaning of D.C. Code 20-101(d). Date of First Publication: 9/9/2021 \ Catherine Hackett Botts Signature of Trustee TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
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CINDERELLA from Page 32 Still, Ella, as she’s called by her stepmother and stepsisters, must overcome a world in which women are rebuked for having such dreams. Men still rule the world – or so they believe. As for her stepmother, she wants to find a suitable match for Ella and get her out of her house. Sounds a bit far-fetched for this tale that has survived for hundreds of years. But, I guess it makes sense given how far women have come in the 21st century. Written and produced by Kay Cannon, the film stars singer Camila Cabello as the title character in her acting debut. Cabello, who has proven herself as a great singer, may want to take a few more acting lessons. She was adequate but not particularly exciting, except in the scenes in which she was required to dance. The cast also includes Idina Menzel, the star from the Broadway hit musical, “Wicked,” who, like Cabello, has far greater talent as a vocalist than an actress. Other members of the cast include Minnie Driver, Nicolas Galitzine and Pierce Brosnan – that’s right James Bond, himself. And while he’s only on screen for one scene, the enigmatic Billy Porter, in all of his “diva-like glory,” saves the day and this movie in his role as . . . you got it – the Fairy Godmother – also known as “Fairy G.” Porter can act as he’s proven time and time again. And he has an
amazing voice. But when you add his ability to deliver lines which both creatively and tastefully blur the distinctions between “godfather” and “godmother,” you can’t help but love him and the character he so effortlessly portrays. Finally, like the cherry on top of a mouth-watering hot fudge sundae, when he breaks out in a version of the Earth, Wind and Fire classic, “Shining Star,” later joined by Cabello, it’s on and poppin.’ It’s without a doubt, one of the best scenes in the entire film. Songs immortalized by Janet Jackson and Madonna also appear in the movie, mixed with other tunes that make them even more captivating. Yes, I’m still snapping my fingers! As for the choreography and costumes, they’re so outstanding that in some respects, they serve as the glue that keeps the movie together. Just when there’s a lull in the action and the acting may be a bit disappointing, the pace picks up – from the villagers cutting a rug on the town square to a cadre of stylishly-dressed potential brides dancing to the Salt-N-Pepa/ En Vogue classic, “Whatta Man” in a serenade to the prince at the ball. I liked this new version of Cinderella. But I had to watch it a few times to both catch and appreciate the nuances while patiently overlooking the scenes in which the action slowed so much that I had time to throw some popcorn in the microwave. WI
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TEACHERS from Page 12 confident with the teachers here to know my son will be safe. For me, this school fits in my dual role as a teacher and a parent.”
BABYSITTING LED TO A TEACHING CAREER
Babysitting her younger cousins led Kori Edwards into the teaching profession. After graduating from DuVal High School in Prince George’s, she earned an early childhood degree at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. In December, she’ll receive a master’s degree from Trinity Washington University in Northeast. The 27-year-old educator of District Heights said the county encourages teachers to achieve additional education including master’s degrees, fellowships and other certifications. But COVID-19 has “completely” impacted the teaching profession. “With the coronavirus, technology has been implemented in every classroom and you won’t find any classroom in the county without it,” said Edwards, who enters her third year at Capitol Heights teaching second-grade TAG math and science. “That’s been the biggest change in education.” Through virtual learning last school year, she witnessed children help their parents use various technology tools and devices. She remembers being a second-grade student in D.C. when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks shocked the nation 20 years ago. “Everything changed after that point with safety drills,” she said. As part of her science instruction, COVID-19 will be integrated to highlight the importance of washing hands, covering mouths when sneezing or coughing and maintaining social distances to avoid spreading germs. Each student will have their own math blocks, cards and other materials. She believes in-person instruction remains an additional need, especially for elementary students. She’s scheduled to have an average of 21 students in her two classes. “Going through virtual learning, I could tell they need that social and emotional piece of being around their friends and other people,” she said. “It’s an important factor . . . to know how to share, talk, sit and eat lunch and play. These things you can’t learn behind a screen.” WI @jabariwill
MARSHALL from Page 30 officers had broken the law when they used force on McClain. The subsequent George Floyd arrested on May 25, 2020 changed the social climate both nationally and internationally. It brought about a heightened level of attention, scrutiny and protest in regards to all unjust deaths of Black citizens at the hands of law enforcement. Attention, scrutiny and protest prompted Gov. Jared Polis (D) to have Attorney General Weiser open a criminal investigation in the McClain case. For with-
MORIAL from Page 30 and the devices necessary to receive adequate remote instruction. This "homework gap" affects one in three Black, Latino, and American Indian Alaska Native students. The effects on inequality have been stark. Research released last month showed students in majority Black or Hispanic schools ended the school year six months behind where they normally would have been in math, compared with four months for white students. Students in low-income schools were seven months behind. "Put simply, the students who could least afford to lose ground relative to other students are those who were the most impacted," wrote the authors of a similar report that reached the same conclusions. The educational research organization NWEA, which produced
CHAVIS from Page 30 is time for new leadership at the city's DHS. In particular, African Americans, Latinx Americans and other people of color are disproportionately, devastatingly affected by COVID-19 and are also disproportionately entrapped with homelessness across America. The New York City homeless rates are at the tipping point of this growing national problem. Consider how the city dealt with homeless people living in street "encampments" during the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned localities not to clear homeless encampments if emergency shelter is unavailable, arguing that dispersing the homeless people "increases the potential for infectious disease spread" and inter-
out those protests, it is unlikely the three officers and two paramedics would have been indicated. Indictments are not enough in wrongful deaths — we need convictions. Convictions are not enough — we need sentencing with teeth. The murder conviction of Derek Chauvin resulting in a 22½ year sentence in the George Floyd death case should be a statement to those in law enforcement concerning the changing social climate of accountability. We need a strong conviction and sentencing in the Elijah McClain case to reinforce that state-
ment. This case shows that paramedics should also take note. Now, we see that the former Georgia District Attorney in the Ahmaud Arbery case has been indicted. Jackie Johnson was just indicted for wrongfully showing favor to the men who have since been charged with the murder of Arbery. District attorneys everywhere should take note concerning the violation of oath while serving the public. When police officers, paramedics and district attorneys start to consistently go to jail for any wrong doing in the line of duty, it should make all of those holding positions
of public trust consider their own individual actions and choices when faced with life and death situations. Unfortunately, we know the reality of our society. Personal and professional accountability are not characteristics willingly embraced by every man and women throughout the law enforcement and the judicial ranks. Accountability has to be forced. The indictment in the Elijah McClain case almost didn't happen. For that reason, it shows that concerned citizens have to always pay attention, show scrutiny and peacefully protest if necessary. WI
the report, offered several policy recommendations to support students' health and well-being while at the same time expanding access to excellent educational opportunities. These include: • Re-engage for all students, with a focus on historically underserved students. • Continue to support access to remote learning technology for students and families. • Attend to physical, social, and mental health needs of students and families. • Measure student progress, rethink assessment systems, and use data to support recovery. • Support and train teachers and leaders. • Move from restarting to reimagining accountability and school improvement. None of these goals are served by endangering the health and safety of students and their families
with anti-mask and anti-vaccine policies, or by inviting even more learning interruption by withholding school funding. These misguided, politically-motivated and racially-discriminatory policies can only serve to widen the already alarming racial achievement gaps.
The National Urban League and our network of 91 affiliates across the country stand ready to work with states and school districts on policies that uplift all students and expand educational opportunities for everyone. WI
rupts any connections they have with local service providers. But during the pandemic, the city nearly doubled the number of encampments and other places that homeless people used to sleep, according to published reports. The bungling does not end there. The city was also behind plans to house homeless individuals in hotels during the pandemic only to boot them back on the street amid the rise of the highly contagious Delta variant. And the city's policies have allowed our subway system to become inundated with homeless people looking for safe, warm places to sleep. The pandemic may have exacerbated these issues, but it certainly did not start them. A report last year from city Comptroller Scott Stringer's office clearly laid out the poor conditions that have been allowed
to take hold in the city's shelters in recent years. Of the 91 individual units at shelters examined by inspectors, 92% had at least one violation and over a third — 32 units — had four or more violations. Overall, auditors found 264 deficiencies, including missing or broken window guards, ramshackle cribs, babies living in shelters with vermin infestations, exposed electrical outlets, and mold and mildew growth. No one person, of course, should be held entirely responsible for the failures of a system as vast as New York City's Department of Homeless Services. But the buck ultimately stops with the person at the top, and in this case it's Banks. Even The New York Times, after praising Banks in 2015, wrote a critical piece just a year later lambasting the DHS chief
for the rising homeless rate and his flip-flopping on housing the homeless in hotels. There are ways to solve the homeless crisis in New York — getting people into high-quality transitional housing run by culturally attuned and sensitive organizations, making sure shelter staff and outreach workers have the proper tools and training, and improving access to mental health care and drug and alcohol recovery programs, to name just a few. But these are long-term solutions. For now, the best thing the incoming Adams' administration can do to remedy the city's protracted homeless crisis is to pick fresh new leadership for the Department of Homeless Services. It's long overdue. In fact, New York City's efforts to fix and prevent homelessness should serve as a national model for all American cities. WI
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"Put simply, the students who could least afford to lose ground relative to other students are those who were the most impacted," wrote the authors of a similar report that reached the same conclusions.
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it would also have the potential for more concrete effects. If California's 88-year-old senior U.S. senator, Dianne Feinstein, had to step down during an Elder term, he could appoint someone to her seat and flip the Senate. That would spell doom for the agenda we elected the Biden-Harris administration to advance. As someone who grew up in
California, and whose parents still live there, I find all of this incredibly disturbing. I worry that progressive Californians, thinking "it can't happen here," will dismiss the chance of an ultraconservative coup in their state and skip voting against the recall. I'm aware that conservatives in the state, by contrast, are incredibly energized to get their voters to the polls. This is a train wreck that could really happen and could have ripple effects
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are fewer memories of bent wire coat hangers used as surgical tools monetary incentive. If the com- to perform the illegal abortion. plaint is upheld, the complainant There are gravestones which mark must pay the plaintiff the sum of the final resting places of young $10,000 and any legal fees. If the women who died from infection, complaint is defeated, there is no perforated uteruses or a myriad of penalty for bringing a false claim. complications associated with the This law is genuinely draconian. desperation of an unsanctioned Fewer and fewer people still live medical procedure. Unfortunatewho remember the time before ly, we can anticipate a recurrence Roe v. Wade was decided on Jan. of these events, impacting primar22, 1973. Generations of women ily, as they did before, on the poor now live without the memories and young women of color. of back-alley abortions. There If past is prologue, we can also
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former slaves. Nothing. The militaristic surge in this country since 2001 has justified astronomical increases in military spending, with no appreciable improvement in security. That means there was far less to spend on education, housing … human needs. The Rev. Jacksons, the Rev. Sharptons, the Rev. Barbers have appropriately appealed for relief again, and again, to no avail. Next enemy, China. Even as the United States has gone from conflict to invasion to occupation to withdrawal in defeat after defeat all over Asia, right in China's "backyard," so to speak, China's neighbors wrestled the mighty U.S. military machine to its knees, and instead, the Chinese spent their trillions of dollars over the same time, on development, trade, infrastructure improvement. Remember the image of Chinese cities, full of people commuting via bicycle? Well, their country now has thousands and thousands of new millionaires, modern cities, and relations — especially in Africa — based on trade and investment, not conquest and exploitation. They didn't have to spend their nation's treasure, and sacrifice its youth fighting needless, racist wars. China launched its "Belt and
nationwide — but it's not too late to stop it. I'm talking to everyone I know in California about the urgency of voting "no" on the recall. All of us need to do the same. This is a critically important moment in the battle against the far-right extremism that threatens to overtake us as a country. We can't miss the chance to nip this dangerous trend in the bud, wherever it threatens to bloom. WI anticipate the wealthy unencumbered by any anti-abortion law. Just as they did before Roe, they will send their daughters out of the country where a safe procedure can be performed. They might even find a local physician who will take an under-the-table payment to perform an abortion — just as was done before Roe. To where they are taking women back is now clear. The only question left is where they will attempt to take others who they deem as "second class" or "less than." WI
One of the greatest tragedies of 9/11 is that it made us lose sight of the deliberations which took place at the World Conference Against Racism, in Durban, South Africa, which had just concluded, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001. Road Initiative" (BRI), a strategy that seeks to connect Asia with Africa and Europe via land and maritime networks with the aim of improving regional integration, increasing trade and stimulating economic growth. Meanwhile, the U.S. has been busy launching drones and "bunker-busters," spending trillions on wars, making lasting enemies! One of the greatest tragedies of 9/11 is that it made us lose sight of the deliberations which took place at the World Conference Against Racism, in Durban, South Africa, which had just concluded, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001. The following Tuesday came the 9/11 attacks, and the needed conversations coming out of Durban about, racism, xenophobia, were pushed to the side by the ongoing conversation about "Islamic extremism." The arms manufacturers rejoiced, proclaim "cha-ching!"
Eisenhower was correct. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was correct, and yet Americans keep falling for the guns-over-butter argument. Perhaps that's the philosophy of the first White settlers, living in the people today: conquest rather than trusting the abundance of nature and the goodness of the human spirit. White people find it difficult to ever trust anyone because they know themselves to have always been so untrustworthy. Let me caution to say, "not all White Americans" are crazy like that, but the enlightened ones cannot hold back that zombie-KKKtribe, mob mentality, the mad, hysterical, college-homecoming type of mentality that takes over and is now driving them all to their ruin. See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya. I ain't going to war with you, Uncle Sam. WI
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