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Russell Simmons Speaks Out on RushCard Glitch Vows to Regain Customers’ Trust By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer, NNPA Contributing Writer Russell Simmons hasn’t slept much since news broke in mid-October that users of his RushCard couldn’t access their own money and were locked out of their accounts due to a computer glitch, which left some unable to make rent payments, pay utility bills or buy groceries for their families. “Technology glitches happen, but this was a tsunami,” said Simmons in an exclusive, hour-long interview with the National Newspaper Publishers Association News / Photo by Valerie Goodlow of NNPA
Wire. Users began experiencing problems when Simmons’ company switched to a new transaction-processing provider, something that he said it has done successfully at least four times. “We made the transfer of processes four separate times in the past, and the next thing you know, I get a text message that we sent to our customers that we were down for two hours,” said Simmons, the iconic business magnate who founded Def Jam Records and the Phat Farm clothing line. “Our call center usually gets about 600 calls – now it’s [getting] 600,000 calls.” Simmons said that three multi-billion dollar corporations
were involved in the process and each has been helpful in resolving the technical issues related to the latest transition. Simmons credited MasterCard CEO Ajaypal Singh Banga with immediately responding to the problem and helping to fix it. “He’s the CEO of a $120 billion company, and he picked the telephone up on the first ring,” Simmons said, adding that Banga has talked a lot about finding ways to reach underserved communities and others who don’t use traditional banks. In the aftermath of the outage that wreaked havoc on the lives of
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Exelon: Merger Opponents are ‘Misguided’ Stadium Deal not tied to Bowser Agreement By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Environmentalists are being disingenuous or they’re flat out wrong when they claim that the proposed $6.8 billion merger between Pepco and Exelon doesn’t provide tangible customer benefits and interferes with clean energy efforts, Exelon officials said. The fact is, the merger settle-
ment enjoys broad support in the District, said Paul Elsberg, the senior media relations manager for Exelon. “The merger settlement was endorsed and signed not only by the D.C. government, but by the Office of the People’s Counsel which is the ratepayer advocate, the Office of the Attorney General, the Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Wash-
ington, and the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, among others,” Elsberg said. A majority of the District of Columbia Council – seven members – have sent a letter to the Public Service Commission stating their support for the settlement and urging the PSC to approve the deal. Also, numerous residents, business leaders, faith groups, nonprof-
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Nationals Hire Dusty Baker as Team Manager The Washington Nationals recently named Dusty Baker, born Johnnie B. Baker, Jr., as manager, agreeing to terms on a multi-year contract and making him the sixth field manager and the first Black in Nationals history. Baker, 66, has become accustomed to being the “first” to break the color line in professional baseball. He was hired as the manager of the Cincinnati Reds in October 2007 (2008-2013), making him the first African-American manager in that franchise’s history. He previously served as the manager for the Giants (1993-2002), the Chicago Cubs (2003-2006), and won NL Manager of the Year honors in 1983, 1997 and 2000. The California native was drafted out of high school by the Atlanta Braves in 1967, playing 19 years for the Braves, the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A’s. Baker brings nearly 50 years of professional baseball experience to the Nationals, including 20 years as a Major League manager, six as a coach and a 20-year playing career including being chosen six times as an All-Star, twice as a player, three times as a member of the coaching staff and once as a manager. “We were looking for a manager to help us achieve our ultimate goal of competing for a World Series championship. During our broad search process we met with many qualified candidates, and ultimately, it was clear that Dusty’s deep experience was the best fit for our ball club,” said Theodore N. Lerner, managing principal owner of the Nationals.
Euille Loses in Bid to Maintain Mayor’s Seat in Alexandria, VA
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Bill Euille, mayor of Alexandria, VA since 2003, lost in his efforts to continue at the helm of the City, after being defeated on Tuesday, Nov. 3 by Allison Silberberg. Euille, who lost in the Democratic mayoral primary earlier this summer by just over 300 votes, launched a write-in campaign because it was too late for him to enter the race as an Independent. According to unofficial Virginia Department of Elections results with 100 percent of precincts reporting, Silberberg won more than 63 percent of the vote. Nearly 37 percent of voters wrote in their candidate. Silberberg took 16,554 votes (63.05 percent), ahead of all write-ins with 9,702 votes (36.95 percent). Euille has vowed to work with the mayor-elect, who also once served as his vice mayor, in order to “ensure a smooth transition so that the city can continue to move forward.” Meanwhile, Silberberg said, “It’s a new day and a time for change and that’s what voters said across the city. We have a shared sense of purpose that I will stand for going forward.”
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With Veteran’s Day being observed on Wednesday, Nov. 11 throughout the U.S., the largest Veterans Remembrance East of the River will be held one day later, on Thursday, Nov. 12, at the historic Saint Elizabeths East Campus Ceremony, located on the Hospital Campus, 12th Place SE, behind Johnson Middle School. The ceremony will include keynote speakers, the Headquarters Chorus, the United States Coast Guard Pipe Band, honor guards and Civil War reenactors. The Veterans Remembrance will take place from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. with sponsors that include the District of Columbia Cemetery Committee, the U.S. Coast Guard, Saint Elizabeths and the DC Preservation League. Contact LCDR Jonathan Schafler, Coast Guard Headquarters community affairs officer at 202-372-2272 for more information or go to http://tinyurl.com/paomyda.
Fundraising Efforts to Benefit People of Burkina Faso For most people in the world, water is considered a human right. But for those in Burkina Faso, a small country located in Western Africa, water scarcity remains a daily threat. One local organization, the Community Building Group, LTD [CBG], under the leadership of Phinis Jones, chair of the board, is holding its 2nd annual fundraiser in its continued efforts to supply the people of Burkina Faso with sustainable solutions for water insecurity with rainwater catchment basins. Each rainwater catchment basin is for one village of 2,000 to 3,000 people and once constructed, ensures that water is available every day of the year. Villagers learn how to build, use and maintain the water collected in the basin. The fundraiser will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 10 from 6 – 9 p.m. at the Congress Heights Arts & Culture Center, 3200 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE. Those interested may RSVP to Jaimie@thecsmi.com or send financial contributions to www.givewatergivelife.org/ contribute. The Washington Informer
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Verizon at Odds With Union Fight Gets Heated With Safety Allegations By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer In January 2014, a Verizon customer explained his inability to call 911. The customer noted that there have been many times when the lines would not dial out and outside callers attempting to reach his house were disconnected before the phone could be answered on one ring. Frustrated, the unidentified individual noted that his calls also were randomly disconnected in the middle of conversations and that Verizon workers had been dispatched to his home as many as 20 times in less than a two-year period. “Nothing has been rectified.” The complaint is found among the 27-page petition filed with the Public Utilities Commission by the Communications Workers of America, which is based in Washington, D.C. The union, which represents 700,000 workers in private and public sector employment in 10,000 communities – including in the District – across the country, is calling on officials to open an investigation into unsafe conditions at Verizon locations. The dangerous conditions are due to Verizon’s systemic underinvestment in its traditional landline network, union attorney Scott J. Rubin said. In July, Verizon admitted in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission in Southwest Washington, D.C., that it had only spent $200 million over the last seven years to maintain its copper landline network in the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and 10 other states, Rubin said. The union asked the PUC to order Verizon to take immediate actions to correct “these dangerous conditions” and to fine Verizon for what appear to be willful failures to safely maintain its equipment. According to the petition, the commission has the authority to fine Verizon up to $1,000 per day for each safety violation. “The commission takes all of these very seriously,” said Nils Hagen-Frederiksen, the press secretary for the PUC. The petition, which includes nu-
5 The union representing Verizon workers remains at odds with the company over safety issues. / Courtesy photo merous photos depicting the alleged violations by Verizon, was received on Oct. 21 and is being reviewed, Hagen-Frederiksen said. Taken during the summer, the photos show cut-off utility poles that are dangling above busy streets and sidewalks. They also show phone equipment that has been wrapped in plastic and phone lines that have been spliced. Union officials allege that Verizon has neglected its copper network and, instead, has financed the introduction of its high-speed fiber-optic Internet and television services in major areas like Philadelphia. “Per PUC regulation, the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, Office of Small Business Advocate and Verizon PA have been served with a copy of the petition,” Hagen-Frederiksen said. “The parties have until Nov. 10th to file answers and responsive pleadings to the petition.” Verizon officials, however, appeared to shrug off the complaints as a union negotiating ploy, noting that the company’s contract with more than 37,000 employees in Pennsylvania and nine other states expired on Aug. 1. “We believe the CWA’s filing in Pennsylvania is part of a narrowed-minded attempt by the union to try and divert attention from our ongoing contract negotiations,” Verizon spokesman John Bonomo said. “As we’ve seen many times in the
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past, union leaders have an ill-advised pattern of creating campaigns filled with mischaracterizations and inaccurate statements. This is another example of that same old broken record.” Still, the union, which called the situation “dangerous,” said an investigation is necessary, and while there have been no reports of injuries, thousands of individuals already have complained. “We know this is endemic across the footprint,” said Debbie Goldman, the union’s telecommunications policy director. In the petition, Goldman and other union officials wrote that “What CWA found . . . were numerous instances throughout the commonwealth of physical plant in an appalling state of disrepair that pose a safety hazard to utility employees and the public.” Verizon maintains that if there’s an issue that needs to be addressed, they will look into it and fix it, if necessary. “The reality behind the union’s campaign is a misguided attempt to try and force the company to hire more union employees, which will increase membership and enhance revenues for the union,” Bonomo said. “It’s the wrong approach. If the CWA truly wants to improve our network, they could start by working with us at the bargaining table on a new contract that’s fair to our employees, our customers and positions the company on a path toward success.” WI The Washington Informer
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1968 - Shirley Chisolm of Brooklyn, New York, becomes the first African-American woman elected to Congress.
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1868 – The Howard University Medical School – the first designed to train black medical personnel – opens in Washington, D.C. There were 8 students in the first class.
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1901 - James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson compose “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, widely regarded as the Black national anthem. 1989 - L. Douglas Wilder is elected governor of Virginia, becoming the nation’s first Black governor since the Reconstruction.
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1898 – George H. White introduces the first anti-lynching legislation in the U.S. Congress. The North Carolinian was one of the last blacks in Congress before Jim Crow laws and attitudes drove most blacks from high elected offices. After leaving Congress, he founded a black bank and established an all black community called Whiteville near present day Trenton, New Jersey. 1994 – Famed Jazz singer Carmen McRae dies in Beverly Hills, California. She was born in New York City on April 8, 1920.
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BERNARD BUTLER WASHINGTON, D.C.
I think his tenure will be the same as Boehner’s because they must follow an agenda that is already set for them. Ryan will come in with high expectations, but he’ll end up going along with the status quo – nothing will change. American government has gotten away from the people and it’s now all about the powers that be. We didn’t start out that way, but we’re so far removed from a [representative democracy].
I’m 65 years old and I haven’t seen any change, one way or another, with the system of government. The government, from my perspective, does not govern for the people. If it did, the changes that it has helped to create over the years would be more monumental. We’re one of the richest countries in the world, yet people still starve and that’s acceptable. People are homeless, yet that’s acceptable. To a degree, we need to dismantle the current system and then reassemble it with the people’s input.
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WISCONSIN CONGRESSMAN PAUL RYAN REPLACED OUTGOING, OHIO CONGRESSMAN JOHN BOEHNER AS SPEAKER OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LAST WEEK. WILL RYAN’S TENURE BE MORE PRODUCTIVE?
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I believe Ryan’s tenure will provide more of the same. He’s going to have to deal with the House’s Freedom Caucus and keep them in line the same way as Boehner. The Freedom Caucus is trying to pull the Republican Party to the right, and Ryan is going to try to keep it as close to center that he can, in order to get things accomplished. But I think he’s going to end up hitting the same roadblocks as Boehner.
I think Paul Ryan’s success will be determined by how willing the Freedom Caucus is to work with him. I think he’ll get a pass from constituents for a little while, but eventually things will go back to normal. Ryan at least knows that he has to work with House Democrats in order to get legislation passed, and members of the Freedom Caucus aren’t willing to do that. He must get them to work together in order for them to reach a common goal. He’s going to be on a short leash.
I think he’s very idealistic, politically. And I think he’s a bit naïve and I think that he’ll be disappointed when he finds out how the speakership works. The problems that plagued Boehner aren’t just going to disappear. The powers that be will do what they have to do and Ryan will have to fall in line or else he’ll end up like Boehner.
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and now he’s doing everything in his power to make his cardholders whole, even going beyond that. “The way I view it, I will take every complaint and claim and pay it, if it has any legitimacy,” said Simmons. “I’ve heard people being put out of their apartments or in the hospital needing medicine, and what I have done, what I do, is if
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Simmons said his company has hired additional employees to help answer and resolve customer complaints and that cardholders should continue to report problems and any financial hardships caused by the two-week outage to the RushCard call center. they say they (lost) $400, I’ve given them back that exact amount. And I’ve also adjusted their fees.” In addition to restoring customer accounts in full, Simmons said that from Nov. 1 through Feb. 29, RushCard customers will enjoy a no-fee holiday, which will exempt card users from paying monthly transaction and ATM fees during that period. People who open new accounts will also be eligible for the no-fee holiday benefits, but all cardholders will still be responsible for paying third-party fees. While it will cost him money, he said it’s just one way of regaining the trust of his loyal base. “I like when this company is really profitable; then we can go out and help the community in a way that no bank, no non-Black institution ever will,” he said.
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UniRush LLC, the company that owns RushCard, was co-founded by Simmons 12 years ago to help low- to moderate-income individuals and families have an easier time paying bills and managing their money. “The RushCard is the embodiment of my message of empowerment because it is a better and more transparent option for millions of ‘underbanked’ and ‘unbanked’ Americans who often suffer at the hands of large financial institutions,” Simmons said. Helping Blacks Access the American Dream The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation reported that Black households are more likely to be unbanked (20.5 percent) than Whites, which means that they don’t have an account at an insured institution. Less than 4
percent of Whites are considered unbanked. Nearly 33 percent of Black households are considered underbanked, which means that even though they have a bank account, they have also relied on alternative financial services within the last 12 months as compared with 16 percent of White households. Simmons said it’s tantamount to be locked out of the American Dream. “It was important to put plastic in their hands so they could go online and pay their bills,” explained Simmons. “We can get their (direct deposits) to them two and sometimes three days earlier, as soon as it’s posted, and it keeps them away from payday loans.” Federal regulators have argued against the use of prepaid cards, citing high fees and the ease in which scam artists can access accounts. But despite the outcry by regulators and others before and since the RushCard technical problems began, Simmons said that he’s providing a needed service for those who either don’t have access to traditional banking services or are being overcharged. “No one else is giving it to them, this service,” he said. He added that fees for his card aren’t as high as other prepaid cards and RushCard members have access to 25,000 free ATMs. According to Bankrate.com, the Prepaid Visa RushCard “Pay As You Go Plan” is among a handful of cards that have no monthly maintenance fees. The card does carry an activation fee that ranges between $3.95 and $9.95, and users are also charged 50 cents for every out-of-network ATM balance inquiry. In comparison, Walmart’s MoneyCard Plus has a $3 monthly maintenance fee and an activation fee that can be as high as $4, and it charges $1 for every ATM balance inquiry, except for inquiries made at MoneyPass ATMs. Simmons said his company has hired additional employees to help answer and resolve customer complaints and that cardholders should continue to report problems and any financial hardships caused by the two-week outage to the RushCard call center. “I want my customers to know that we will restore RushCard as the gold standard of (prepaid debit card) services in our community,” he said. “And I want to assure those who rely on the RushCard that I will not rest until we have regained your trust.” WI
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Four Virginia Teens Dead Within Days Three Commit Suicide By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Prince William County Police determined the deaths of three Virginia teenagers last month were due to suicide. Department spokesman Nathan Probus said the ruling Wednesday, Oct. 28 into the death of Christopher Owens, 15, was by a gunshot wound. Police found Owens on Monday after his family from Bristow reported him missing Saturday, Oct. 24. Also on Oct. 24, police said 17-year-old David Joseph Cobb committed suicide in his home. On the same day, police found two 17-year-old teenagers, Indya Davis and Lyle Ferringer, dead inside a van at a park in Dale City. Probus said the County’s Medical Examiner’s Office continues to investigate the death of Ferringer. The county school system’s website – www.pwcs.org – has a link “What Every Parent Should Know about Preventing Youth Suicide” explaining what to do when a crisis occurs. Some of the suggestions that come from the Virginia Department of Health include: • Be honest with your children about what has occurred and provide facts about what has happened. Use age-appropriate terms for better understanding. • Encourage your child to talk to you about his or her feelings and concerns. Share your feelings with your child. • Spend extra time with your child. Prince William County Schools Superintendent Steve Walts sent a recorded message Monday, Oct. 26 to all middle and high school parents. “I am calling to ask for your help as we cope with the tragic and unexpected deaths of four Prince William County High school students, at three schools, over the past few days,” he said. “Please talk to your children about what has happened. Share your love and support and a big hug as well.” Meanwhile, the school system’s Critical Incident Team recently visited three of the schools the students attended. Those individuals included nurses, psychologists, school counselors and social work-
ers. Indya, a senior, and David, a junior, both attended Osbourn Park High School in Manassas, accord-
ing to a letter posted on the school’s website by Principal Neil A. Beech. Lyle, a senior, attended Gar-Field Senior High School in Woodbridge, according to the letter from its principal, Cherif Sadki.
The letters dated Oct. 26 from both principals offered recommendations to help students deal with their grief. No funeral arrangements have been announced but will be posted on the school’s web-
sites when they become available, according to the letters. Philip Kavits, a spokesman for the school system, said Christopher was a freshman at Brenstville Dis-
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‘Carter High:’ Film Shows Impact of Bad Decisions By Janelle Berry Howard University News Service WASHINGTON — It’s one of the most storied, yet tragic tales of high school football history – one that unfolded in the State of Texas. In 1988, the David W. Car-
ter High School football team in Dallas seemed a story of success and boundless promise, the stuff of legends. As the Texas 5A state champion, rated one of the best teams in the nation and possibly the best ever in Texas history, its players had limitless options. One would even go one to become a
five-time pro bowler in the NFL. But poor decisions derailed the team’s legacy, brought shame to the school and its community and landed five of the team members behind bars for armed robbery, including its star player. Writer and producer Arthur Muhammad said he wanted to
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drive home the serious notion that decisions, good or bad, have consequences in his new movie, “Carter High,” which screened at Howard University on Monday, Nov. 2 and opens in theaters nationwide Nov. 13. “I want to help these youngsters make better choices,” said Muhammad, 44, who played wide receiver on the team and consequently knows the story intimately. Muhammad said he made the film with the hope that current Black youth will be deterred from the mindset of popular culture and Hollywood by watching a true, non-glorified story where wrong decisions changed lives for worse forever. As Muhammad tells the story in the film, five of the team’s players were irresponsible teenagers who often got into trouble. They started food fights, gambled excessively and generally had disregard for the rules and others. But on the field, with their self-acclaimed “11 Man Posse” defense, they could do no wrong. Their victory over the Permian High School Panthers on the way to the state championship would later be depicted in the 2004 film “Friday Night Lights.” Days after taking the state championship, things began to unravel. Six of the players faced charges of 21 armed robberies. Five of the young men were found guilty. Upon sentencing, District Judge Joe Kendall told the teenagers that they had committed “more armed robberies than Bonnie and Clyde did in their lifetime.” Muhammad factors into his film his belief that the boys’ sentences were unjust: Derric Evans, sentenced to four 20-year concur-
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rent terms; Gary Edwards, sentence to three 16-year concurrent terms; Keith Campbell, sentenced to four 25-year concurrent terms; Carlos Allen, sentenced to three 13-year concurrent terms; and P.K. Williams, sentenced to three 14-year concurrent terms. The harsh sentences registered with the Howard students. “The court scene was emotional for me,” said Howard student Gerald Doe of Ridgeland, S.C. “It was so touching and just a really great scene.” Today no record exists of one of the most talented Texas high school teams ever assembled, its state title stripped from them in January 1991, the trophy returned and the record book revised. It’s all gone because of youthful indiscretion, Muhammad noted. At the end of the movie, former Carter players Campbell, Williams and Evans were shown giving advice to youth to always make good choices. After sevenand-a-half years, all five players were released. Ashley Blake of Washington, one viewer in the audience, said all youth should see the film. “It was a very influential movie,” Blake, 25, said. “If young African-American men could see this movie, it would definitely be effective. The timing is perfect and the message is great.” Muhammad said he’s pleased with the discussions and reactions the film has generated. “We just released the movie in Dallas and the feedback has been tremendous from young people,” he said. “They said the movie has helped change their lives – that’s the point we wanted to make. You can impact your destiny based on the choices that you make.” WI
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Art Festival Comes to Prince George’s County By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Art enthusiasts looking to see eclectic pieces such as baby dolls wearing helmets and hanging from the ceiling can visit Artomatic’s first art festival in Prince George’s County for the next five weeks. Paul Christopher White of Largo produced a risqué piece of art called “Hot! Boom” that features pictures of Betty Boo, a slice of cherry cheesecake and women in provocative poses on playing cards. “It’s difficult to promote your own work because you don’t know what people like, but you just have to try to do it,” White, 34, said. “This is my second art gallery, so we’ll see what happens.” Artomatic, a nonprofit organization that organizes art festivals throughout the Washington Metropolitan region, hosted a grand
opening celebration Friday, Oct. 30, outside a 90,000-square-foot building at 8100 Corporate Drive near the New Carrollton Metro Station. The group’s event inside thefour-story structure being donated by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission will run until Dec. 12. M-NCPPC Chairwoman Elizabeth Hewlett enthusiastically told the crowd to bring friends, family and anyone else to the free festival that will feature exhibits from at least 500 artists. “Gentlemen, we have tie-died ties, so you can spruce up your wardrobe,” she said. “I am advocating for everyone to come and tell all your friends. This is just one more beautiful thing happening in Prince George’s County.” The majority of the art galas took place in the District, but the last one in 2012 was held in Crystal City, Virginia, inside a
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Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker is a strong supporter and advocate of the Artomatic project of the arts in Prince George’s County which celebrates the economic advancements that artists have helped bring to the county. / Photo by Robert R. Roberts
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Alanna Rose, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker III, “Rush” Baker IV and Rhonda Dallas, executive director Prince George’s Arts & Humanities. / Photo by Robert R. Roberts
380,000-square-foot building slated for demolition. Artomatic seeks buildings that are about to be torn down or refurbished or uses a new building scheduled for occupancy. Micheline Kirsch, president of Artomatic, said Prince George’s officials came to the exhibit in Virginia and convinced her and the organization’s board of directors the festival will succeed in Maryland. “They really wooed us coming here to Prince George’s County,” Kirsch said after the ceremony. “It’s near the New Carrollton Metro Station, which is good for our artists and visitors to come. We couldn’t ask for such a great host.”
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Although the organization has been promoting various artists since 1999, it’s been challenging to conduct a yearly art exhibit. George Koch, founder of Artomatic, said one of the main reasons stems from the lack of industrial spaces in the metro area as compared with other places like Baltimore, Philadelphia and Chicago. Besides creative art, Artomatic will highlight visual performers such as musicians, poets, dancers and present other special events. Koch said the one unique aspect with Artomatic is any artwork and performance can be seen and heard because participants can register on a first-come, first-serve basis.
“Unlike a museum, or gallery, work is not selected. It is opened to all kinds of artists,” Koch, who lives in the District’s Northwest section, said Thursday, Oct. 29. “I think our mission is pretty simple. It is to build community among artists, build an audience for artists and use space to showcase their talent.” Painters and other visual artists rent a space for a $125 fee to showcase their work and must volunteer at least 15 hours to help prepare the space and run the show. The same goes for musicians, dancers and other performing artists. In the meantime, Kate Heneghan will showcase her collection artwork converted out of used books. Heneghan, an art teacher at Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, participated in Artomatic’s exhibit in Crystal City in 2008. “It has become more professional since then,” said Heneghan, who lives 10 minutes away from festival event. “Artomatic is not as edgy as other art exhibits. Being here in Prince George’s County is a big deal, especially since I live only 10 minutes away. I had to be in it this year.” After all the artists leave the building, the M-NCPPC will refurbish it to house the park police’s new headquarters by January. For more information on Artomatic, go to www.artomatic.com. WI
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By William Reed wide. Blacks have trillions of dollars in spending power; however, most Black banks struggle to get Blacks to make deposits there. Instead of trying to get Whites to pay attention to them, BLM activists need to start conversations about Black banks’ common cause with their communities. It’s time to reverse economic trends in America, where Blacks have been perennial “victims,” likelier to lack jobs, be poor, get arrested and serve time in prison. It’s time Blacks realized that the solution for out plight in America will not come from Whites but from within. Wealth in America is accumulated through the practice of successful capitalism. The key for the mass of Blacks to become “successful capitalists” is embracing and employing a well-coordinated political, cultural and economic group pressure that encompasses wealth creation, financial literacy and community development. William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and is available for projects via busxchng@his.com WI
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By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer The District’s first standalone Chick-fil-A opened in the DC USA Complex in Northwest on Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the Columbia Heights neighborhood, bringing with it 100 new jobs for residents. Owner and operator Jessie Chesson made it a priority that community members who are seeking employment will have an opportunity to work where they live. “It is so exciting and surreal for me, truly a dream come true,” Chesson said. “We have shy of 90 employees and the vast majority are from this area.” “Many of our employees had been unemployed for long periods of time for various reasons, so we are excited to offer D.C. residents an opportunity to work,” she said. Chesson, a native of Maryland and an alumna of Howard University, pursued her dream of being a business owner after almost 20 years in an advertising and marketing career. “About three years ago I went to a franchise interest meeting and after a long process, I was selected to operate this Chick-fil-A in Columbia Heights,” she said.
Chesson asserts that 20,000 people put in franchise applications for the restaurant each year, but only 100 will be selected to own and operate a store. “This has always been my exit strategy. I knew I did not want to retire from Corporate America,” she said. The company’s urban expansion has led to two milestones in Chick-fil-A’s market growth: a store in New York City that opened in September; and now the first standalone franchise in the District. “As far as real estate, we typically start in suburban areas and then build our way in,” Brenda Morrow, northeast regional communications manager said. “Our real estate strategy is about finding the right spot that offers financial security. So we look for spaces that have elements of residential, retail, commuter traffic and community,” Morrow said. “This location provides that – and there will definitely be more stores in urban locations soon.” Chick-fil-A will award more than $32,000 in free food for the first 100 people in line when the doors opened at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. Guests can enjoy free Wi-Fi in the spacious restaurant that
seats 70. The location will also feature a book house for community members to donate child-related reading material that will benefit Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Northwest. “Personalized customer service and freshly prepared food have been the hallmarks of Chick-fil-A since the day its founder Truett Cathy opened his first restaurant,” Chesson said. “My team members and I are committed to those same ideas as we welcome our guests to our DC USA restaurant and provide them with a remarkable experience.” Jeff Cousins, Federal Communications Commission employee, got in line early Tuesday morning at 12:45 a.m. so that he wouldn’t miss out on the chance at free meals for a year. “I was so excited I couldn’t sleep last night, so I told my wife that I was coming down and when I got here nobody was in line,” Cousins said. Cousins used a sleeping bag to keep himself warm throughout the night. “I was always hoping and asking why there isn’t a Chickfil-A in D.C., but now it’s here, and I am excited. This has been on my bucket list,” he said. WI
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Were Blacks at World Bank Betrayed by CBC? By Phyllis Muhammad WI Contributor Congressman Gregory Meeks (New York) issued a release on racial equality on Oct. 21 praising World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, stunning Black staffers. Meeks wrote: “President Kim’s passionate commitment to (the World Bank’s) mission is re-
markable.” The congressman’s commendation was shared by Congresswoman Gwen Moore of Wisconsin. The World Bank Staff Engagement Survey differs. Only 6 percent of the general staff “strongly agreed” Kim’s administration “is taking action to improve diversity and inclusion.” The World Bank’s1998 report
acknowledges the Congressional Black Caucus has been pressing it to address racial matters since 1978. The 1998 report said Blacks were “rated inferior” and segregated. On a scale of one to six (with one representing a racist institution and six reflecting an anti-racist one), the study found the bank “hovering between 2
and 3.” Because the World Bank enjoys immunity from U.S. laws, the only legal avenue for staff alleging discrimination is a tribunal that controls or tamps down racial dissent. Since its establishment, the tribunal has summarily rejected all racial discrimination claims – in an institution that admits “Black staff members face
On a scale of one to six (with one representing a racist institution and six reflecting an anti-racist one), the study found the bank “hovering between 2 and 3.” 5 North Carolina Congressman G.K. Butterfield currently serves as the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. / Photo by Shevry Lassiter
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inequitable treatment because of the color of their skin.” In one case, a black tribunal judge wrote a victim of racial discrimination he had denied justice. He voted to summarily dismiss the case, but he wrote: “I did not find it fit to dissent. I was not yet ready for such a momentous step.” The staff member filed an appeal to contest the violation of his due process rights. Kim’s administration filed a motion to dismiss the staff member’s appeal. In May, the tribunal accepted the bank’s argument and summarily dismissed the appeal. Although he is well aware of this case, Kim is opposed to resolving it or discussing any request about alternative means of justice. His administration has given financial incentives to one of the leaders of the D.C. Civil Rights Coalition to persuade him to drop the coalition’s demand for access to justice for Blacks at the World Bank. This is unprec-
edented. Another first for Kim is his administration’s tampering with diversity data. The bank’s former director of diversity, who served four presidents, including Kim, is on the record as stating: “The data is fudged now for obfuscation …. So sad.” Kim’s public relations charm offensive is matched in degree by the campaign of fear he wages that has at best silenced his internal critics or at worst forced vulnerable World Bank staff to praise him. Concerning racial affairs in the World Bank, the reality is best described in an article in the Jan. 14 issue of the Afro-American newspaper. The author, who used a pseudonym to avoid retaliation, noted institutional racism has worsened under Kim. There are two U.S. Appropriations acts, which require the World Bank to grant its staff access to justice through external arbitration or face losing U.S. funding. The laws were carefully crafted to avoid undermining the bank’s immunity from U.S. courts. Two World Bank Committees have made similar recommendations in the past. Kim emphatically said no. Kim is asking the government for more funding. As noted in the Oct. 4 issue of the Financial Times, he has the support of President Barack Obama’s administration. Because Congress controls the purse strings, Kim needs the support of the CBC, particularly those who are members of the House Financial Services Committee. The timing of the Congressional Black Caucus’ meeting co-led by senior members of the Financial Services Committee is most disturbing, given that African-Americans are the most underrepresented group. Martin Luther King Jr. died so that African-Americans would gain equality in every aspect of life, most importantly in securing justice – economic, political, and social. We should not tolerate it when Kim reduces King by making his work only about fighting for job opportunities. Rewarding the World Bank with additional funding before it honors the rights of its Black staff would mean betraying civil rights heroes who died fighting for recognition of their full humanity. WI
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Effort to Halt Prison Revolving Door Loses Funding By Briahnna Brown Howard University News Service BALTIMORE – Antoin Quarles stood at the podium proud. He was dressed in his burgundy cap and gown, adorned like his 68 fellow graduates in a room at the University of Baltimore. Quarles had been asked to speak to the audience because his previous life was relatable to many. “All I seen was hustlers, stickup boys, shooters,” Quarles, 43, would say later. “I didn’t have a father to guide me. … The streets became the vision that I was into. Going inside prison was always about image, identity and having my nickname connected to my hood.” Taking a deep breath, he told them he had been in and out of prison for selling drugs for 20 years, almost all his adult life. He was homeless at times, roaming the streets with guns and knives looking for a crime to commit, and then he was back behind bars. He struggled to maintain a relationship with his daughter and family. Those days are over, he said. And with that, Quarles verbally embraced the other graduates from Public Safety Compact, a program that helps ex-offenders — typically on drug-related charges — get their lives on track and provides counseling, training, education and jobs. “It’s 10 guys over here that every time we go in the system, we all on the same tier, the same units or the same jails,” he said, “and now we all need to give ourselves congratulations.” Family and friends of the graduates stood up and cheered as their loved ones walked across the stage to receive certificates. Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and other officials congratulated the program’s graduates. “You have taken the first step, and each of you deserves to be recognized for what is already a story of triumph,” Mosby said. PSC, created in 2010, starts while people are in custody, and if participants are successful, they can get out early. Quarles, for example, was released early in 2014 after participating in the program and became a mentor to others.
The goal is to end the revolving-door process that has become the prison system. It has been funded with over $2 million in one-time grants as a partnership among several Maryland nonprofits and the state’s correctional system. According to the organization, it has saved $2.25 million in tax dollars through early release and by reducing the recidivism rate for graduates three years after release to 6.5 percent, which is 84 percent less than Maryland’s average of 40.5 percent. This year’s ceremony was bittersweet, however, because the program lost funding in October. For the 75 people who are working toward graduating from the program and the 60 people who were approved for early release, their futures are uncertain. Those awaiting release may have the opportunity revoked. Those working toward graduation may never see the day. “It’s kind of baffling that they’re canceling it,” said Kate Wolfson, the director of the PSC. “It’s saving the state money, and it’s helping people. After the ceremony, graduates and their families wrote messages to Gov. Larry Hogan on a giant poster board to ask him to con-
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tinue the initiative. The graduates praised the program, noting how they now have jobs and opportunities that would have otherwise not been available to them. Baye Parker, 34, another graduate and community organizer with Safe and Sound, was released last year, roughly five years early, through the program. Parker told the audience how on the day of his release he thanked Maryland Parole Comm. David R. Blumberg, who was in attendance. “He had a conversation with me that day and said, ‘Why do you deserve to go home?’” Parker recalled. He then called his two sons down from the audience to stand by his side. “This is why I deserve to go home,” he said. “I say these two, because I understand what I was going through when I was 10 and 11. I understand what I was going through when I had a single mother. “PSC is no longer a single mother. PSC is no longer children without a father. PSC is no longer me throwing bricks at the penitentiary. PSC is now me being a taxpaying citizen.” WI
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Graduates from the Public Safety Compact program gather for a group photo. Baye Parker, center, spoke on how the program has changed his life. / Photo by Briahnna Brown, HU News Service
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Hospital Provides Breast Cancer Awareness
Community Has Fun While Getting Informed By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer Doctors Community Hospital in Lanham, Maryland, held two free P.I.N.K.I.E. (Purposely Involved N Keeping Individuals Educated) parties to educate employees and community members about breast health as well as the importance of annual mammogram screenings and clinical breast examinations. During the month of October, which serves as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, hospital leaders wanted to make sure women in the surrounding communities are focusing on their health. “We hear from some women who state that they are more focused on ensuring that their loved
ones receive regular health screenings, however, that same level of emphasis is not always given to maintaining their own personal health,” Terrie Trimmer, director of Center for Comprehensive Breast Care at Doctors Community Hospital, said. “When combined with access barriers and screening anxieties, many are not getting this and other preventative health services,” she said. “That’s why the P.I.N.K.I.E. party and other types of community outreach initiatives are so important in improving people’s health or saving lives.” The experts at the Doctors Community Hospital recommend women receive regular screening mammograms to help detect breast cancer early – when it’s most treatable.
Also, women ages 40 and up should have a clinical breast exam and mammogram yearly. Breast cancer, a disease in which malignant cancerous cells develop in breast tissue, even in early stages does not always have symptoms. Some may develop as the tumor grows. Symptoms include a painless lump in or near the breasts, change in breast size or firmness, nipple discomfort including discharge and swelling in the armpit. The hospital partnered with It’s in the Genes – a health advocacy organization dedicated to advancing breast cancer awareness – to assist with the two October events. “The atmosphere for these events is one of fun, health education and more fun!” Victorianne Rus-
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Dr. Regina Hampton, general surgeon, Doctors Community Hospital and Victorianne Russell Walton, It’s in the Genes pumps up the crowd at a P.I.N.K.I.E. party in October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Lanham, Maryland. / Photo courtesy of Doctors Community Hospital.
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Leukemia and Lymphoma: Reflections of a Survivor By Ariel Medley WI Contributing Writer Thousands gathered Oct. 17 at Freedom Plaza in Northwest D.C. for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s annual fundraiser, Light the Night Walk. Beneath a blanket of stars, the crowd raised brightly lit lanterns of white, read and gold symbolizing the survivors, the patients and the victims of Leukemia and Lymphoma. Among the sea of faces stood Mertine Brown, 62, of Prince George’s County. With her white lantern raised high into the night sky, Brown beamed joyously as she walked the 3-mile path through the heart of the city, and as she walked, she reflected on her own battle years ago with Leukemia. Brown had always lived an active lifestyle. She worked as a clothing designer, she ate well, she was never sick, and she knew nothing about Leukemia. But in the summer of 1999, that would all change. “It began with this aching pain in my right arm,” said Brown. “Out of nowhere, it just started to hurt. It got so bad that I had to leave work. I didn’t know what was going on.” Brown headed home to rest,
but the pain intensified well into the evening. “[At dinner], my arm was hurting so bad, I couldn’t even cut my food. My sister Rhea thought I was having a stroke, and she took me straight to the hospital.” At the hospital, she was given oxygen, an electrocardiogram, an ultrasound, and a CAT scan. Three hours later, doctors gave her the news. “They said I had Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, and I just sat there in shock. (The doctors) told me I needed a bone marrow transplant in order to live.” Chronic Myelogenous, otherwise known as Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, is an uncommon blood cancer that begins in the blood-forming cells of bone marrow. These cancerous cells begin to grow and divide, ultimately creating an overabundance of white blood cells in the bone marrow. Unlike acute leukemias, which advance faster if left untreated, chronic leukemias tend to progress slower but are often harder to cure. CML can affect people of all ages, yet it is mostly found in older adults and only rarely seen in children. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 10 percent of all new cases of
Leukemia are CML. ACS reports that an estimated 6,600 people will be diagnosed with CML before the end of 2015 and an additional 1,140 people will perish from the disease before the start of the new year. “I thought I was going to die,” recalled Brown. “My mother passed in 1996, and I just knew I was on my way to meet her. But my friend the Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds came to see me and told me that God wanted me to live and not die. We became great prayer partners. My husband and Dr. Reynolds, my family and my friends, they were all invaluable to me. Much kudos to my family. They helped keep my spirits up.” A few weeks after her diagno-
sis, Brown received good news. A bone marrow donor had been found. “My older sister Ayo was a perfect match.” In August, Brown was transferred to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where she underwent extensive chemotherapy treatments. “I spent 30 days at NIH. It was the hardest period of my life, but the roughest part about it was not being able to see my baby, Harri. He was only 5 years old at the time. That was truly the hardest part.” By September, Brown had received her transplant and was released from the hospital, but the road to recovery would be a lengthy process. “It was rough in the beginning. Very draining and I felt tired a lot”, recalled Brown. “My husband and my
brother Charles were my caregivers. I was always tired, and I couldn’t do anything. When I left the hospital, I was on 45 pills a day. It took me close to two years to recover, but I finally did.” Today, Brown is Leukemia-free. Her doctors have given her a clean bill of health, and she can now regain some of the active lifestyle she had before. Walking alongside her family, friends, other supporters and survivors, Brown waved her white lantern as she crossed the finish line. “I feel a sense oneness and of togetherness here tonight,” said Brown. “It’s a rough battle, but you’ve got to have faith. You have to draw on your faith and you have to trust in God.” WI
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Diabetes Prevention Program Launched at UMD By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer For what is known, the numbers are staggering. In statistics revealed last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 29.1 million individuals in the United States have diabetes. That’s 9.3 percent of the country’s population, and it doesn’t consider the estimated 8.1 million – or 27.8 percent – of those who have the disease but don’t yet know it. The unknown is all the more
3 Angela Ginn-Meadow, a certified diabetes educator, said it’s important for all to be screened for diabetes. / Photo Courtesy UMD
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astonishing considering that an estimated 86 million Americans age 20 or older have a condition where an individual’s blood sugar or glucose level is higher than it should be but not in the diabetes range. “The key is to first get screened and tested. If you have a family history, you will have increased your risk of developing diabetes and the test is just a simple finger prick from your primary care doctor or health care provider,” said Angela Ginn-Meadow, a certified diabetes educator at the University of Maryland Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology at the school’s midtown campus. “If a person is diagnosed, it’s okay, it only means that you can do something about it,” Ginn-Meadow said. “People often walk around for 10 years without knowing they have developed diabetes.” Some of the symptoms include extreme tiredness and sores and wounds that don’t heal well. People who are overweight, over 45, or do not exercise regularly are at higher risk, Ginn-Meadow said. A woman has given birth to a baby over 9 pounds or anyone who has a family history of diabetes should be sure to get tested, she said. Ginn-Meadow and others at the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus is kicking off National Diabetes Awareness Month by sponsoring a 16-week lifestyle change and prevention program designed to help reduce the risk of diabetes. The program, which advocates that participants take charge of their health, will meet twice weekly for four months and then once a month
for six months to help individuals maintain healthy lifestyle changes. “There have been other programs, but this prevention program was recognized by the CDC, and it’s part of a statewide initiative,” Ginn-Meadow said. “It really is for people who either have prediabetes or have actually completed a risk assessment that puts an individual at a high risk of having diabetes.” The start date for the program is still being worked out but will begin either the first or second week in November, Ginn-Meadow said. During each session, lifestyle coaches will teach lessons and lead group discussions on various topics such as eating healthily, adding physical activity, managing stress and ways to stay on track when eating out. The coaches will also assist in setting goals, building relationships, working as a team and helping to keep individuals motivated, Ginn-Meadow said. “Those in the class who have stayed active and gone beyond 150 minutes of activity each week have the biggest outcome,” she said. “You can cut years off of developing diabetes if you have prediabetes but your lifestyle really is the key. Education is very important for prevention, for management and treatment and a diabetes education can help people manage living with diabetes.” Registration for the class is free and open to those at risk or those with prediabetes and other lifestyle challenges. To register, call 410328-8402. WI
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Relationships are never easy. Everyone gets angry sometimes, and the most loving couples will argue. That’s normal. But if you are arguing too much, it can be unsafe. It’s important to know what is healthy and what is not. If your relationship is unhealthy, it can impact your mental health and overall health. Understanding what makes relationships healthy or unhealthy can make all the difference.
• Getting angry when drinking or using drugs • Blaming you for his or her violent outbursts • Destroying things that you care about • Threatening you or your loved ones • Hitting, pushing or biting • Threatening to hurt him self or herself when upset with you Besides mental and physical abuse, there is sexual abuse. Never allow yourself to feel forced into sex. In healthy relationships, sex should always be safe and positive. Know what each other wants and make sure you both agree.
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Signs of a healthy relationship are: • Supporting each other • Having more good times than bad • Having a life outside the relationship, with your own friends and family • Making choices together • Dealing with conflicts by talking honestly • Feeling that you are allowed to be yourself Signs of an unhealthy relationship include: • Being afraid of your partner • Dropping friends and family or activities you enjoy • Spending all your energy on your partner • Feeling pressured or controlled by your partner • Having more bad times in the relationship than good • Feeling sad or scared when you are together When relationships are unhealthy, it can lead to abuse. But abuse isn’t always physical. There are many types of abuse, like mental and emotional. Even if it isn’t physical, abuse can still be harmful to your health. It can lead to depression, anxiety and fear. Some signs of abuse may include your partner: • Watching what you do all the time • Controlling your money • Stopping you from seeing friends or family
Abuse is common and it happens every day. But women and men can help prevent abuse through talking with each other. Talk to your children about healthy relationships that are not violent. Be sure to show your children how by treating your partner with respect. You may be in a healthy relationship, but know someone who is not. If this happens, listen to him or her and encourage them to get help. Never blame them, or tell them they don’t have the right to feel afraid. Never force them to make a choice, but help them find healthy options. If you or someone you know is being abused, there is help. You can get the support you need. Talk to a trusted friend, family member or counselor. If you are afraid to end the relationship, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (TTY: 1-800787-3224). If you are in a crisis, call 911.
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PARCC Results Abysmal for D.C. High Schools District Officials, Community Leaders Respond By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer According to new test results released from the Office of the State Superintendent, the percentage of students at Ballou, Roosevelt and Woodson high schools in the District on a college readiness track comes in at a startling zero. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career’s numbers on Tuesday, Oct. 27, showed a grim picture for the future of many DC Public School students. “The PARCC scores show that DC Public Schools still have a lot of work to do to prepare every student for a successful future in college and a career,” Kaya Henderson, chancellor, D.C. Public Schools said. “This year’s test serves as an important baseline from which we will work to help prepare all
students.” Twenty-seven percent of DCPS students are proficient in 10th-grade English, and 12 percent are proficient in geometry. That means less than half of District high school students are competent in their core curriculum. “DCPS is committed to having difficult, but honest, conversations with families about how their children are doing,” Henderson said. “By working together, we can once again demonstrate significant student achievement.” Council member David Grosso, chairperson, Committee on Education, released a statement calling the results a sobering but necessary performance reality check. “As expected, today’s release of PARCC high school scores is nothing to cheer about; however, we must remember that this is a
recalibrating moment in our city for assessment of progress in the public education system,” Grosso said. “When the District of Columbia transitioned to the PARCC assessment, we knew that the test would be more difficult,” he said. But we also knew that it was important for us to raise our standards to ensure that our students are honestly “college and career ready.” According to OSSE, 11 states including the District of Columbia administered the PARCC assessment for the first time last spring. PARCC replaced the former
DC Comprehensive Assessment System in an effort to raise the bar academically for students. Although the District as a whole overwhelmingly underperformed, two high schools exceeded. Benjamin Banneker High School in Northwest saw 74 percent of its students rated as college- and career-ready in 10th grade English and 32 percent for geometry. School Without Walls High School in Northwest had 97 percent of its students rated as college- and career-ready in tenth grade English along with 76 percent for geometry.
Democrats for Education Reform D.C. said in a written statement that there are gaps in opportunities for students from different backgrounds. “We know that overall, our schools are improving, but these scores show that there’s still work to be done, particularly for our low-income children, children of color, children with special needs, and English language learners,” Joy Russell, DFER D.C. advisory board member said. “Previous assessment systems often painted an overly optimistic picture, but today’s results show the work we have to do on behalf of our kids — so let’s get to it.” WI
5 Tenth grade PARCC English test results. / Courtesy DCPS
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Nationals Team Up for Student Film Competition
Collaborate with White House Historical Association WI Staff Report The Washington Nationals and White House Historical Association are forming an education program to help boost student achievement in social studies, more specifically, presidential history. The program called “White House at Bat: A Presidential History Challenge,” asks students in grades nine through 12 throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area to create short video featuring one of the five racing presidents previously highlighted by the baseball team during home games at Nationals Park: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, William Howard Taft, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. “This project continues efforts to foster partnerships with our regional schools,” Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association,
said Saturday, Oct. 31. “Moving forward, we will be taking the content of our curriculum to schools to do White House Historical Association events that focus on the five original racing presidents.” McLaurin said the Association has a three-year agreement with the National to produce more programs geared toward American history. A 50-second video must be produced that examines the Constitutional powers of a president, his decision-making and how executive decisions have been influenced by the diverse constituencies that make up the American citizenry. One of the challenges in conducting the project stems from using historical footage such as black and white photographs and newsreels of the presidents during a time when video didn’t exist. For example, Washington held the presidency from 1789 to
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1797. Before the short film is produced, each must be accompanied by a storyboard, or a graphic organizer in the form of illustrations or images displayed in a sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic, or interactive media sequence. Here are some of the questions outlined at http://www. whitehousehistory.org/nationals/ plan-your-storyboard: • What are the most important points of your presidential decision to show in your documentary? Hint: What was the issue that captured the nation’s attention? • What is the role of the White House in your documentary? As a setting for important actions and decisions, how can you represent the president’s house? • Do you want to film any of your shots on location? If so,
these locations need to be in the Washington, D.C., area. Keep in mind that many locations require special permission for filming. • How can you incorporate your primary source research into your documentary? The contest will have five winners representing each president who will receive a $1,000 prize equally shared by any team members. The work will be shown on the White House Historical Association’s website and the winners will participate in an award ceremony with their families, teachers and principals. In addition, their video will be broadcast at Nationals Park next year and they’ll receive tickets to a game with their teachers. All entries will be reviewed by these six judges: John H. Dalton,
former secretary of the Navy; Cathy Gorn, executive director of National History Day and an adjunct professor of history at the University of Maryland in College Park; Martha Joynt Kumar, an author and political science professor at Towson University in Townson, Maryland; David Lundin, director of production and operation for the Washington Nationals; James I. McDaniel, chairman of the White House Endowment Trust and secretary of the White House Historical Association; and Gail Berry West, former director of Armstrong World Industries and a board member of the White House Historical Association. All entries are due Feb. 25 and participants will be notified by April 15. For more information, go to www.whitehousehistory.org/nationals. WI
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More Clean Energy for DC We want a cleaner and greener District. The Pepco Holdings-Exelon merger will bring $7 million to fund renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, add more than $10 million into the District’s Green Building Fund and make it easier for customers to connect their solar panels to the grid. Exelon will also significantly expand solar energy in the District and purchase wind energy – enough to power more than 23,000 homes. The merger also brings other benefits that will help our neighbors like a one-time direct bill credit of more than $50 per residential customer and increased reliability standards that would lead to fewer and shorter power outages. We support the merger, and we made our voices heard. You can, too. Go to PHITomorrow.com where you can sign the petition and send a letter to voice your support.
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trict High School in Nokesville. “This was an effort to reach our school community to help them with the immediate situation and to help them get into the routine of teaching and learning,” he said. “The safety and the well-being of our students and teachers are the highest priority for us.” In the District, a School Emergency Response Plan and Management Guide outlined some of the protocols to help teachers and administrators prepare in the event of a crisis. Michelle Lerner, spokeswoman for District of Columbia Public Schools, said in an email Monday, Nov. 2 officials will call 9-1-1 and inform the school’s mental health team when a threat of suicide presents itself. Some of the individuals on the crisis team include the principal, school nurse and counselors. When a crisis is over, one of the follow-up activities is to “hold small group discussions for both students and staff members and to encourage students and staff to speak with a mental health professional if the grief reaction is severe.” In addition, parents are notified and provided numbers for mental health resources in their community. For more information on mental health services in the District, go to http://dbh.dc.gov/. WI
its and others have come out in support of the merger and the settlement, some by signing an online petition and others in more public forums, Elsberg said. On a news conference call held on Tuesday, Oct. 27, opponents DC Sun, Public Citizen’s Energy Program, Chesapeake Climate Action and an energy analyst from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, claimed that the merger presents a conflict of interest with the District. “We’re concerned about how this happened … now Pepco and Exelon are tied at the hip with D.C. government pushing for an expedited review,” said Anya Schoolman, the executive director of DC Sun, an organization that expands access to solar by educating District residents about the benefits of distributed solar energy. “Mayor [Muriel] Bowser’s decision to settle with Exelon does nothing to change the fundamental conflict of interest identified by the Public Service Commission in their unanimous rejection of this bad deal,” Schoolman said. Elsberg said those statements simply are untrue and have not been proven. “Our new merger proposal has numerous commitments that accelerate the District’s progress toward its sustainability goals,
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fall, and marks the conclusion of negotiations between Pepco and the District that began in 2013. “Because the development will increase the value of property Pepco and its parent company will still own in the area and Pepco’s varied development and community interests across the District, Pepco sought an opportunity to sponsor one or more projects to be developed in District,” he said. Pepco is paying $25 million for the sponsorship, which provides Pepco the opportunity to promote its brand and to contribute to the community. The sponsorship rights agreement was signed with the District on Sept. 18, before the settlement agreement was signed, it is not conditioned on the merger closing and has value whether or not the merger closes, company officials said. Also, on Oct. 28, the D.C. PSC agreed to reopen the case to consider the settlement as part of the current proceeding. “We are pleased that the Commission will consider our settlement agreement with the District government, Office of the People’s Counsel, Attorney General and others within the existing proceeding,” company officials said in a statement. “The procedural schedule approved by the commission has reply briefs filed on Dec. 18, which would allow for the commission’s decision sometime in the first quarter of 2016,” the statement continued. “The schedule affords all parties and the public a fair opportunity to present their positions and ensures that the commission has a complete record to render its decision.” WI
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The ‘Ferguson Effect’ – Just another Excuse? We don’t have to look beyond our very own city limits to see that there’s been a troubling increase in violence this year. From D.C. and Baltimore to Chicago, St. Louis and Washington, murder rates, after years of decline, have experienced a precipitous rise. And as one would expect, the finger pointing has already begun. Law enforcement gurus cannot fully explain why murder rates are climbing saying that numerous factors are at play in different cities. Some officials believe that as the scrutiny of the use of force by police has taken the attention of the nation, that many officers have become less aggressive while criminals have become bolder and more brazen in their actions. Other experts say homicides have spiked to unprecedented highs because of the availability of guns, drug sales and successful recruiting by rival gangs. Finally, there are police officers who acknowledge that young men in poor neighborhoods, like those in Southeast and Northwest, feeling disenfranchised and hopeless as they witness luxurious condos being built around them and the posting of new high tech jobs for which they are far from qualified, have resorted to violence as a means of maintaining what’s left of their status, honor and credibility on the streets. No matter what the reason, our police officers still have a sworn duty to “protect and serve” the communities in which they are placed. They still have a job to do. The question is are they doing it? That said, that’s why we are troubled when we hear more and more law officials claiming that they feel handcuffed and unable to do their job effectively because of cellphone cameras and the so-called “Ferguson effect.” As the popular myth goes, police officers are avoiding confrontations with suspects because of their fear of being showcased in “viral videos.” The result – an increase in violence and crime. We consider the idea of the “Ferguson effect” to be nothing more than an excuse – a convenient notion bandied about by police authorities that helps them take the spotlight off of the true object of the many protests and episodes of public unrest lodged by groups like Black Lives Matter and others – that is, the police themselves and the constant killings of unarmed citizens. One of the fundamental rights of U.S. citizens is that of peaceful protest. In fact, this country was founded on the notion of protest – just read the history behind the American Revolution. Somehow we must gain control over our cities and make our streets safer, from urban America to small town U.S.A. And we believe that as city officials, state and country politicians and law enforcement experts continue to examine the recent swell of violence, that solutions will be found. In the meantime, we can ill-afford our police officers to stop doing that for which they have been trained and hired to do – keep the innocent safe and arrest and detain those who engage in criminal actions. It shouldn’t matter whether people have cellphone cameras or if officers have body cams on their person. If they’re doing their job, and doing it within the confines of the law, than justice will prevail. WI
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I have recently moved to the DMV from the south and I think your newspaper is outstanding. I wish we had a newspaper like yours in the city where I just left. I am sure many of your readers can’t imagine never reading any good news about themselves, or seeing photos of positive events happening where they live. Well, that’s the way it is where I come from. Even though there are events and happenings that could be published, unfortunately the only way blacks get in the papers is if we commit a crime or do something stupid. It’s very degrading to only see yourselves in the media as criminals and dummies. Hopefully someday someone will start a newspaper similar to yours for the people of my hometown so that they can see themselves in a better light and start to feel better about themselves. I got the opportunity to leave, and I did, but for many there is no choice but to stay, so a paper like the Informer would be a tremendous addition for individuals looking for positive images. I have already sent your web site to friends and family members so they can see the type of information that I am reading on a weekly basis. I just felt like I had to let you know just how lucky your readers are.
The article by Stacy M. Brown, “Environmentalists Blast Exelon-Bowser Deal” in the October 29, 2015 edition of the Washington Informer made for good reading, but I am now even more confused than I was before reading it. My wife and I are seniors living in the District of Columbia and for the past year or so we have be bombarded with mailings and people knocking at our door asking us to switch our gas or electric company to this or that company. Each time they say that Pepco or Washington Gas will continue to be the provider, but another company will bill us at a lower rate. What’s going on? How is this merger going to affect all of this stuff? I think more information needs to be disseminated throughout the community on how this new company will work for all of us. Also, we need to know if these people who are out here trying to get people to switch to their companies are legit are not; it’s just too much confusion. I hope someone will do an article explaining which utility companies are for real and which ones are not. James Long Washington, DC
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By James Clingman
Black Media Ownership in Drought In war, one of the first things the enemy does is destroy his adversary’s ability to communicate within its ranks. Chaos likely ensues if a fighting force cannot communicate internally. Individual soldiers end up doing their own thing, left to their own devices; they make decisions based on their individual situations and in their individual interests. This allows the enemy to come in and pick them off one by one, using false information and propaganda (Tokyo Rose) instilling fear of being captured or killed
or by making the individual feel abandoned and left with no hope of victory. If the ability to communicate is maintained within a fighting force, it strengthens the group and provides confidence, assurance and cohesion. Considering our penchant for sound bites, 140-character chirps, and listening to great speeches, but not analyzing them and taking appropriate action, communication among Black folks has largely been reduced to little more than noise. And it’s getting worse. Black newspapers used to be our main communication organ, but
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as the demand for electronic access to news has increased, newspapers have nearly become obsolete in some circles. Books were also a great source of communication because they contain so much knowledge written by scholars, historians, educators and activists, but now we are so intellectually lazy that books have become passé and just something to brag about having on our bookshelves. Now we rely on Twitter and Facebook for our news. Newspapers, radio, Internet, and television are the four dominant means of communication today. Black people still own a
few hundred newspapers, many of which are struggling from week to week because Black folks do not subscribe, nor do Black businesses buy ads to any large degree. Black ownership of radio stations has drastically decreased in the past 20 years. Aside from a couple of great Black-owned Internet wire services, “Black-oriented” sites are not Black-owned, and two of the three long-standing Black magazines, Essence and Ebony, have been reduced to fashion and entertainment, leaving Black Enterprise to carry the load of informing Black folks on economic issues. (I don’t mean to overlook other Black
There are two federal agencies that are responsible for measuring the Earth’s temperature. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA operate independently. They report their findings on a monthly basis. The fact is that both of these organizations have reported that there has been no global warming detected for the last consecutive 18 years. That is over 216 months in a row that there has been no detected global warming. At the
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By Harry C. Alford
Pressing ‘Pause’ on Global Warming Debate same time, sea ice in Antarctica is building up at record levels. One must wonder why all of these environmental alarmists groups are running around in hysteria. It is not difficult to research this, but somehow the mainstream media is not reporting the findings. You can read about it in scientific publications, but the Posts and Timeses of the world seem to keep it a secret. No global warming, but millions of jobs have been erased through adverse regulations in the name of addressing the global warming issue. Billions of
periodicals; I know they are out there getting the word out as best they can.) Now let’s look at television. According to an article on TVNewsCheck.com, which was written by Doug Halonen, “Racial minorities owned 41 of the U.S.’s 1,386 full-power commercial TV stations in 2013, up 32 percent from the 31 they owned in 2011— but only nine of those stations were owned by African-Americans during 2013, down 18 percent from the 11 they owned two years previously,” according to a study of station
dollars, mostly tax dollars, have been spent trying to address the same “ghost.” Many low-income and minority communities have greatly suffered from these onerous regulations that seem to be made in vain. Scientists as well as NOAA and NASA call this state of no warming a “Global Pause.” How long it will last no one predicts. For all we know, it may last 20 additional years or even forever. The Sierra Club and similar organizations are clinging to the global warming myth. In fact, they can be fanatical about it.
They are funded by billionaires who try to manipulate our economic status and disrupt the common peace. They have even funded a cadre of “goons” who will verbally and sometimes physically attack any person or group who questions the global warming issue. Believe me, I have personally experienced these nuts, and the National Black Chamber of Commerce has been slandered for its energy positions. It appears that we are right and they are wrong. Let the whole world know about it. Boldly, the Sierra Club claims
that global warming is a fact and the issue non-debatable. Right, it should not be up for debate. They ignore 216 months of no detected warming. As British environmental official Lord Christopher Monckton has said: “The Great Pause is a growing embarrassment to those who had told us with ‘substantial confidence’ that the science was settled and the debate over. Nature had other ideas.” He goes on to say, “Though more than two dozen more or less implausible excuses for the ‘Pause’ are appearing in
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By Marian Wright Edelman
Adults Fostering Social Decay Accept That We’re Failing Children It is time for adults of every race and income group to break our silence about the pervasive breakdown of moral, family and community values, to place our children first in our lives and to struggle to model the behavior we want our children to learn. School children don’t need one more “Officer Slam” as some students referred to the White South Carolina school resource officer who this week shamed the nation with his violent ejection of a 16-year-old Black female student from her classroom for a nonviolent offense. A very
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welcome counter narrative took place when a White female police officer in Washington, D.C., after diffusing a potentially volatile conflict between two groups of Black teens, then charmed with a “dance off” a defiant teenage girl who had refused to leave. Any parent who has gone through the challenges of adolescence could only admire the quick thinking and agile footwork of the D.C. police officer. The last thing children need is violent assaults in schools, which ought to be safe havens, and a suspension, expulsion and arrest to blot their school records and push them closer to the prison pipeline. And the very last
thing children need is out-of-control adults using violence as a way of resolving differences. I am often asked what’s wrong with our children, and I almost always answer that adults are what’s wrong. We tell our children to control themselves while slapping, spanking and ejecting them violently in our homes, child care centers, schools, detention facilities and prisons. Adults tell children to be honest while lying and cheating and not to be violent while marketing and glorifying violence. I urge every parent, adult, educator, and faith and public leader to conduct a personal audit to determine whether we are contributing
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to the crisis our children face or to the solutions they urgently need. And, if we are not a part of the solution, we are a part of the problem and need to do better. Our children don’t need or expect us to be perfect. They do need and expect us to be honest, to admit and correct our mistakes, and to share our struggles about the meanings and responsibilities of faith, parenthood, citizenship and life. Before we can pull up the moral weeds of violence, materialism and greed in our society that are strangling so many of our young, we must pull up the moral weeds in our own backyards and educational institutions. So many children are
confused about what is right and wrong because so many adults talk right and do wrong in our personal, professional and public lives. If we are not supporting a child with attention, time, love, discipline and the teaching of values, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the family breakdown today that is leaving so many children at risk. If we are abusing tobacco, alcohol or other drugs while telling our children not to, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution in our overly addicted society. If we have unlocked and loaded
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By Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
Lilly Endowment Funds Black Minds Matter There is an old African proverb that says: “Where you put your wealth signifies where and how your life’s priorities are ordered.” Such is the case when one views where and how corporate America invests its wealth beyond the boardroom and the stock market. There are some companies, however, like the Eli Lilly and Co. and the Lilly Endowment Inc. that have had a long track record of investing portions of its wealth to support the education of Black America.
Our nation’s historically black colleges and universities and predominantly black institutions of higher education are struggling today financially to survive. I serve on the national board of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education that represents all the presidents and chancellors of HBCUS and PBIs. I know something of the fiscal balancing act that the leaders of these important institutions of higher learning have to endure annually. The United Negro College Fund is the largest minority edu-
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cation organization in the United States. Since 1944, the UNCF has raised more than $4.5 billion and has helped more than 400,000 students receive college degrees at UNCF-member institutions through scholarships and other forms of financial assistance. Each year the UNCF works to enable more than 60,000 students each to attend college. We all should know or remember that UNCF iconic saying, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” This is so true today more than ever before. In fact, I affirm that
Black minds matter and “Black Lives Matter!” The Lilly Foundation recently announced a commitment of $50 million for UNCF to launch the UNCF Career Pathways Initiative. Through this initiative, UNCF will award competitive grants to four-year historically black colleges and universities and predominantly black institutions to help students gain the knowledge, skills, training and academic rigor needed for meaningful employment in a technology-driven, global economy. The UNCF president and
CEO, Michael L. Lomax, stated “We have designed a program that we envision will serve as a model of best practices to solve the unemployment and underemployment crisis among recent college graduates … In today’s marketplace, students need both the knowledge and soft skills to compete in the global economy. Sadly, too many of our nation’s talented students are having difficulty finding good jobs after graduation. Our goal is to work with students, faculty, colleges, alumni, and employers to better
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By Charlene Crowell
Corinthian Colleges Loses Half-Billion-Dollar Suit After more than a year of legal tap dancing by Corinthian Colleges, half a billion dollars of financial justice has been ordered for students who attended the now-defunct private college. On Oct. 27, a federal court issued a default judgement against the former institution for a predatory lending scheme that was as illegal as it was abusive. While the bankrupt Corinthian does not have the means to pay the judgment, the ruling should provide a basis for students at-
tending the for-profit college to seek relief from the Department of Education for the debts they took out to attend a school of questionable value. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Corinthian Colleges in September 2014 for luring thousands of students into borrowing its high-cost, private-label Genesis loans. More than 60 percent of Corinthian borrowers defaulted on these loans within three years. And – unlike other student loans – Corinthian required repayment to begin while students were enrolled. When the
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institution deemed it necessary, its staff assumed the role of debt collector as well. According to the order issued by U.S. District Court’s Judge Gary Feinerman, “From approximately March 2008 through July 2014, Corinthian created and marketed the Genesis loan program to students so that Corinthian could charge its students more in tuition than would be covered by Title IV funding from the United States Department of Education (ED). Corinthian did this because ED required schools like Corinthian to obtain at least 10 percent of
their revenues from sources other than Title IV funds. “Thus in order to continue receiving those funds, which was the main source of Corinthian’s revenue,” the order continues, “Corinthian burdened its students with this additional cost.” Corinthian’s tuition costs were so high that an associate degree came with a price tag ranging from $33,000 to $43,000. The costs for a bachelor’s degree ran higher from $60,000 to $75,000. Because of these high costs, students needed to borrow a combination of federal and private loans
to cover expenses. The investment students made in their education did not pay off. CFPB’s lawsuit also accused Corinthian of bogus advertising that promised jobs and career services that never happened. If you’re like me, you’re fuming at the thought of taxpayers footing the bill for a “college” that gave its students more debt knowledge than marketable skills. Students of color disproportionately enroll in for-profit institutions, like Co-
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By Askia Muhammad
Thanks To The GOP, All Public Offices Have Been Diminished Pity the poor elected official. When the political ninja-assassins first emerged in this country, the target of the nihilistic, kamikaze, ultra-conservative politicians was simply ruining The Black President. Now, it seems, all politicians have been tarnished and covered in mud by other mud-slinging politicians. It began with a coterie led by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and a dozen or so others meeting on the night of President Barack Obama’s first inauguration
in 2009. While so many others in Washington were at inaugural balls or otherwise celebrating, these guys were conspiring to ruin the president and oppose every word and every initiative that came out of his mouth. And they did it, even rejecting Obama proposals that had originally been put forward by Republicans. Then, just weeks later during his first State of the Union address, a House member defiled the decorum of the occasion, and the World’s Most Deliberative Body — a joint session of Congress — by shouting out “You lie!” during
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the president’s speech. Today lying politicians are the rule and not the exception. Just study any one of a number of fact-checkers that have reported that virtually every claim made by the dozen or so GOP presidential candidates has been — putting it mildly — a prevarication. That’s “karma” for you. Now that xenophobic, rightwing mentality — defined at first as the Tea Party — has morphed into something even more toxic, and it’s called The Freedom Caucus in the House of Representatives. It is at war with its own GOP House The Washington Informer
leaders, with the GOP-controlled U.S. Senate, (with Obama, it goes without saying), with the U.S. citizenry, with the tide of world history, and with Mother Earth herself. They are consumed by that “Mighty Whitey,” “Manifest Destiny” philosophy of “American Exceptionalism,” which promises to “Make America Great Again,” and they are destined to bring about their own ruin. Me, I understand it and them. Thanks to Craig Wilson from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, whom I met at the Democratic National
Convention in Denver in 2008, I’ve come to see clearly the devilish scheme they employed to win power but which now seems inadequate. Until 1968, when Republican Richard Nixon won the presidency utilizing his “Southern Strategy,” Christian, segregationist White Democrats – so-called “Dixiecrats”– ruled the South telling White voters (when Blacks could not vote) six “truths”: 1. the federal government’s a threat; 2. federal courts don’t understand the
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Storytellers Take to the Mic in Ward 8 By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor Story District returns “East of the River” with its monthly program that teaches volunteers the intricacies of storytelling and then gives them a chance to display their prowess at the microphone. The sessions, which kicked off in October, resume on Thursday, Nov. 5 and continue on Dec. 3, Jan. 7 and Feb. 4, in the Uniontown Bar and Grill in Southeast [2200 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.] The non-profit organization, Story District, established in 1991 and based out of the Columbia Heights community in Ward 1, has
evolved over the years and now offers programs in all of D.C.’s wards. Amy Saidman, artistic and executive director of Story District DC, along with Mel Harper, East of the River project manager, have been instrumental in the creation of the new program. “We have sponsored bigger programs in the past that required a greater time commitment but this time we were looking for something that was smaller in scope, required less of the participant’s time and was held at a venue that would make people feel more comfortable when it was their time to step to the mic,” Saidman said. “October was a great beginning
and because the restaurant already has its own clientele, we believe each month we’ll see an increase in both participants and the audience,” Saidman added. Each month has a theme – November’s will be “All in the Family,” inviting participants to share true stories about reunions, traditions and belonging. Those who sign up or drop in can join an interactive one-hour workshop at 7 p.m. From 8 to 9:30 p.m., participants will share what they’ve learned at the mic. “We teach a more personal style of storytelling – it’s autobiographical in nature which distinguishes it from griots, folkloric, fables and traditional tales. We value those other forms but our goal is to collect the stories of real life experiences. Along the way, we hope we can help people find a path on which they can begin their story. Hopefully, the monthly themes will serve as a spark for a good idea,” Saidman said. Harper, who lives in Ward 7, said the best thing about Story District remains its collaborative approach to program development. “I started with them in 2014 as a participant, taking a class on storytelling,” she said. “I joined the East of the River ‘Home Sweet Home’ cast. Then I was invited to work on another project. We brainstormed
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Mel Harper hosts Story District’s Southside Story Sessions through February 2016. /Photo by Kimberly C. Gaines
and came up with the five sessions now being offered, collectively called the ‘Southside Story Sessions.’ There are countless ways to get involved and share your gifts.” Saidman calls the entire experience “rewarding.” “We’re holding these workshops and open mic sessions in Ward 8 but we know it will expand beyond this community,” she said. “From a
chance to be featured in our larger shows next year to improving one’s skill at storytelling, this is a tremendous opportunity to be part of a larger audience and touch a lot of lives.” For more information including free RSVP, go to www.storydistrict. org. A minimal charge at the door will apply for those who do sign up prior to the event. WI
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Rwandan Genocide Play ‘Unexplored Interior’ Marks Company’s Debut To say “Unexplored Interior (This Is Rwanda: the Beginning and End of the Earth)” is an easy play to watch would negate the horror of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, but it is a story that needed to be told again. The debut play by the Mosaic Theater Company, written by Jay O. Sanders and playing at the Atlas through Nov. 29, is a bitter pill to swallow despite its state-ofthe-art lighting, sound and projections that add to the nightmare that transports the audience from pre-genocide Rwanda via the story of Raymond, a Rwandan aspiring filmmaker who leaves his homeland for training and opportunity in New York City. The play starts off at a sweet time in Rwanda, when the neighboring country, Burundi, had Hutus and Tutsis and the Twa people living in peace. But that was before the plane carrying Hutu President Juvénal Habyarimana was shot down while returning from the Arusha Accords, which were intended to quash intertribal violence that had flared up time and again since 1990, when the Rwandan Patriotic Front invaded Rwanda from Uganda, where Tutsis had been pushed into exile in favor of a Hutu-led government. The assassination of Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira in April1994 caused the Rwandan genocide that took
the world by surprise, especially when it went unaddressed by Western nations. Through the melding of fictional characters such as Raymond and the composite character, Thomas Sibomana, representing the Hutu government officials who inspired and instigated violence against the Tutsis, with real characters such as Gen. Romeo Dallaire, who was in charge of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force and was an eyewitness to the genocide, the complex interwoven stories of those who lived and died are fleshed out in 2.5 gripping hours. The story is anchored by the wise words of Raymond’s grandfather, Felicien, a traditional Tutsi storyteller whose disappearance during the genocide leads Raymond to return 10 years later knowing that the other members of his family had perished. Through his search for Felicien, Raymond learns the fate of his lost love, Cat-treen Bunyanyezi, who became the lover of Sibomana, and his childhood friend Alphonse, whom Raymond later finds out was the killer of his grandfather. As a first-time playwright, Sanders chose a much-covered but not
well-understood topic, as the genocide still perplexes sociologists, historians and, of course, the people who lived it. But through the personal stories of Raymond, Dallaire, Sibomana and Cat-treen and Alphonse and his murderous Burundian cousin, Innocent, this difficult scenario is imbued with passion, wisdom, sensitivity and respect. The supporting cast, including Kate as the African-American widow of Raymond’s Caucasian mentor and film teacher Alan and the Boy, who plays the torturer and the tortured Rwandan, lends authenticity and color to the unfolding stories as observers and participants in the aftermath. “Why are we opening our inaugural season with a brand-new play about genocide in Africa?” Mosaic Theater Founding Artistic Director Ari Roth asked. “Because Mosaic is an identity-driven theater, made up of artists from diverse backgrounds, fused by our connection to traumatic history. As African-Americans, Jews, Catholics, Muslims, South Asians, Africans, we have all been ravaged by loss, disfigured by violence. The persistence of genocide in our times forces us to sum-
mon Holocaust history and understand how atrocities still live in our moment – how African-American identity is heightened by identification with the under-told story of African pain. Conjoining these consciousnesses makes for a kinetic fusion, and that’s what we have with this inaugural.” “Unexplored Interior” is accom-
panied by a rich roster of community outreach programs at the theater and elsewhere. On Nov. 12, playwright Sanders will speak about this inspiration and process for writing the play at the Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division at noon. Admission is free. Visit mosaictheater.org for more information and scheduled events. WI
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American Spiritual ‘Deep River’ Gets New Life Choirs, Soloist Combine Forces in Performance at UDC By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor The spiritual “Deep River” can attribute its success to Harry Burleigh, the son of a former slave who, from the late 19th to mid20th century, made his living as a composer and professional baritone singer. The onetime assistant to the great Czech composer Antonin Dvorak, Burleigh produced a concert arrangement of “Deep River” that would have a significant impact on the presentation of it and other spirituals on the concert stage. And on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m., Washington Performing Arts and the PostClassical Ensemble will present “Deep River: The Art of the Spiritual” at the University of the District of Columbia – a multifaceted program that will blend on-stage narration, historic film footage, audio recordings and live vocal performance into one transformative evening that’s sure to entertain, educate and enlighten all who attend. Joseph Horowitz, the writer and director of the program and the executive director of PostClassical Ensemble, explained the impact that Burleigh had on spirituals.
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“Before Burleigh, the music we call ‘spirituals,” if it was sung in concert, was sung by chorus,” he said. “Burleigh was the first person to present spirituals as art song, with a single singer and a piano. So, if you’ve heard Paul Robeson or Marian Anderson sing ‘Deep River,’ they’re singing Burleigh’s version.” The director for the two choirs that will perform, Stanley Thurston, said there’s been a recent resurgence in terms of the interest of the history of and stories behind the spirituals. “I thinks organizations like Washington Performing Arts, whose membership is more diverse in terms of race, has a lot to do with why we’re there’s been an increase in the spirituals and we’re experiencing new arrangements that are more interesting and more fun to sing,” he said. “The younger generation, both in high school and college choirs, want to sing this music. And they can use social media, like You Tube, to see interpretations of this musical genre from earlier choirs and singers.” While the music of former slaves was once referred to as “Negro spirituals,” Thurston said it’s more correct to refer to the repertoire of music as “American spirituals.” “People like Burleigh and then
Anderson and Robeson brought ‘Deep River’ and other spirituals to the concert stage, and with those performances, people slowly began to acknowledge that the spirituals were more accurately an American art form,” said Thurston, who lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, and who remains excited about the attention that the spirituals are now receiving. WPA President Jenny Bilfield, clearly exuberated after her organization was recently honored for Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education at the 30th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards, said District residents can expect to see more innovative programming like the one on Friday evening. “Last year we put on a big tribute that recognized the 75th an-
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4Kevin Deas, a renowned bass-baritone. / Photos courtesy of Washington Performing Arts
niversary of Marian Anderson’s performance at the Lincoln Memorial (Easter Sunday, 1939),” Bilfield said. “Many people knew her as an opera singer but she also performed gospel music and the spirituals – two different art forms.” “This time we wanted to find a way to focus on the spirituals as a social art form and show how the spirituals have evolved from their origins to the modern day. And with contemporary soloists like Kevin Deas, a renowned bass-baritone and master at interpreting the spirituals on our stage, and with our two talented choirs, we believe this performance will help us reach both our normal supporters and a new
audience as well,” she said. “This is a true collaboration – it’s a complicated program but one that we’re truly excited about,” she said. The WPA will examine the Art of the Spiritual in future performances Nov. 22, Jan. 9, Jan. 20, Feb. 13, Feb. 21 and May 1. For more information, go to washingtonperformingarts.org or call 202-785-9727. WI
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ARIES Rev up your engines. This is a fine week for making progress
with projects that you’ve got in the works. Your energy is high and your mind is clear. Use every advantage this week to finish up your works. Look for love in the right places. Know the difference between love and lust. Soul Affirmation: I forgive and set myself free. Lucky Numbers: 19, 26, 39
“Buffalo Soldiers: Heroes of the American West”
TAURUS Educate those around you in the area of personal growth. Their improvement will bring benefits to you. Humor in communication is the key. Humor in introspection is a must. Soul Affirmation: Success that has been following me is trying to catch up. Lucky Numbers: 16, 30, 39
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GEMINI This week romance is begins to percolate. Enjoy your feelings and let your brain relax. Suspend all judgments of others. Being stern won’t work for you this week. Soul Affirmation: I go along to get along. Lucky Numbers: 1, 6, 19
Your family is filled with people to whom you look up. There’s Grandpa, who served in the war, Grandma, who raised many children with little money. Your uncle another veteran overseas, and both your parents, who keep you fed and safe. You look up to all of them but imagine how high you would have to look if they were on horseback, and then read “Buffalo Soldiers: Heroes of the American West” by Brynn Baker. At the beginning of the Civil War, many freedmen and recent-runaway slaves tried to enlist in the Army to fight for the North. There were laws against that kind of thing then, but after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the Union Army was open to former slaves, who fought in segregated units. Says Baker, “By the time the war ended in 1865, about 186,000 black soldiers had joined the Union army.” Twenty-five of them were awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery in battle and so, seeing that African Americans made fine soldiers, Congress “reorganized the army” to create six “all-black regiments” (later reduced to four) and sent them to patrol the Western territories on foot or by horse. They were called Buffalo Soldiers, although nobody knows exactly why. Segregation was still the law of the land then, but being a Buffalo Soldier was a way to make a living while also gaining “the respect of white men.” Riding on horseback, the Buffalo Soldiers kept the peace in a lawless Western frontier. Relations between settlers and Native Americans were shaky, and the Soldiers helped eliminate disputes. They were assigned to fix forts, help local sheriffs uphold the law, and guard mail carriers. While doing their jobs, they mapped the new territories and took note of the wildlife they often encountered. There was adventure, but the job was “challenging,” too: housing was usually poor, food was sometimes lacking, while battle and disease also took its toll. Buffalo Soldiers often worked with second-rate equipment and broken-down horses. Still, they “took their jobs seriously and served with honor” and eight states can thank their existence, in part, to “the Buffalo Soldiers’ service to their country.” Dates and names -- Does your child think that history consists just of those two sometimes-boring things? Show him that there are lively stories behind those names and dates by giving him “Buffalo Soldiers.” With plenty of pictures and sidebars, author Brynn Baker puts history into perspective by explaining, in child-friendly terms, how black men (and at least one woman!) helped settle the West at a time when African Americans sometimes struggled for the chance to own property themselves. Baker furthermore shows how Native American history is intertwined with that of the Soldiers, and it’s told in an engaging, almost story-like way that I think kids will enjoy. For 9-to-12-year-olds, this is a great introduction to a sometimes-overlooked facet of history and it might spur them to delve even further into the topic. History-minded children, especially, may want to read “Buffalo Soldiers” for pleasure, too, so go ahead – look it up. WI
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CANCER Romance will find you this week. Don’t be looking the
other way. Your “rap” is especially strong. Make as many of those important phone calls as possible. People will respond. They are waiting to be receptive. Soul Affirmation: Friendships are shock absorbers on the bumpy roads of life. Lucky Numbers: 11, 13, 20
LEO This week should bring an opportunity to further your education, don’t pass it up. Pay special attention to details at work. A friend needs your support. Find joy in giving it. Soul Affirmation: All things work together for good. Lucky Numbers: 26, 35, 43 VIRGO You and your mate should increase your saving for the future
this week. Future plans should be spotlighted. A relationship is likely to take a serious turn. Be open to making an unusual purchase. Soul Affirmation: I can see clearly now the rain is gone. There are no obstacles in my way. Lucky Numbers: 10, 30, 50
LIBRA Don’t take any big gambles this week, the time is not right
for a flight into the unknown. A newfound harmony is in store for you and your mate. Your mate will understand your fears. Soul Affirmation: New insights create new directions and a new cast of characters. Lucky Numbers: 6, 48, 51
SCORPIO The air can be cleared easily. Admit your need for help. Seek understanding. You’ll help another by seeking help from them. Communication problems will smooth themselves out. Soul Affirmation: Moving slowly might be the fastest way. Lucky Numbers: 33, 52, 54 SAGITTARIUS You and your partner are on the same wavelength.
If you are presented with a contract this week, it’s an ideal week to reach an agreement. Make the important phone call to set things up. Soul Affirmation: What I’ve been waiting for has been here all along. Lucky Numbers: 4, 6, 33
CAPRICORN Beware of financial pitfalls that you’ve set for your-
self. Strengthen all your relationships by understanding motivations of others. Spend time at home. Enjoy what you already have. Soul Affirmation: Often it’s not what I say but the way I say it that gets the message across. Lucky Numbers: 4, 6, 47
AQUARIUS Don’t expect to win every battle, especially with your
lover. This week winning is losing. Backing down is winning. Shyness produces a bold result. It’s easy to collect that long-standing debt. Soul Affirmation: I keep money on my mind this week. Lucky Numbers: 18, 25, 39
PISCES Possibilities of hearing good news about home are greatly expanded. Savor the news rather than thinking about other annoyances. Travel is on the horizon. Plan the trip this week. Soul Affirmation: Jewelry reflects the beauty of my feelings about myself. Lucky Numbers: 26, 44, 52
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After a successful world-premiere run in Minneapolis, a new production about an 11-year-old spelling prodigy, “Akeelah and the Bee,” prepares for its D.C. appearance at the Arena Stage in Southwest. The inspirational, heartwarming story, which many may remember seeing as a film in 2006, has been adapted for the stage by veteran playwright Cheryl L. West in collaboration with director Charles Randolph-Wright. The play, a Children’s Theatre Company production, promises to be a sure hit for families or anyone who likes a tale with a happy ending and runs Nov. 13 – Dec. 27 in the Kreeger Theater. Johannah Easley, a 17-year-old Minneapolis native, plays the title role of Akeelah – a determined young girl who overcomes numerous challenges to compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. She stars opposite Broadway veteran James A. Williams, who originated the role of Roosevelt Hicks in August Wilson’s “Radio Golf,” and portrays Akeelah’s demanding coach Dr. Larabee. For Johannah, whose performance in the Minneapolis world-premiere has been hailed by critics as “delightful and thoroughly engaging” and “effortless naturalism and poetic economy,” it’s the biggest role in her young career. “In many ways I’m a lot like Akeelah – headstrong and prone to speak sometimes before I think about what I’m saying but of course I’m actually a bit older than the role calls for,” said Johannah, who first began acting 12 years ago. “I’ve always wanted to act and to sing – I knew since I was a little girl that I wanted to be a performer,” she said. “Lately, the focus has been on acting. I was thrilled when I learned that I had been chosen for the part and I’ve had to really work hard. It’s not easy playing a girl that’s five or six years younger than you.” Johannah, whose older brother has also been working on his own career in theater, said the toughest thing about preparing for the show, surprisingly, was giving up coffee. “Caffeine dries out your vocal chords and because I have to speak in a higher-pitched voice than I The Washington Informer
5 (L to R) James A. Williams as Dr. Larabee and Johannah Easley as Akeelah in Children’s Theatre Company’s “Akeelah and the Bee” at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater Nov. 13-Dec. 27. / Photo by Dan Norman
normally speak, the director told me I had to eliminate caffeine from my diet – and I was a threeor four-cups-a-day consumer,” she said. “For a while I had headaches and found myself getting tired. But it was worth it.” “I want to pursue a degree in musical theater and have applied to five colleges but if I get the chance to continue touring as Akeelah – well, that’s a decision I’ll have to make when the time comes. For now, I’m just thrilled to have this chance of a lifetime,” she said. Williams, 63 and a native of St. Louis, said that in some ways, the story behind how he became an actor mirrors that of the fictitious Akeelah. “I was enrolled in an Upward Bound Program at Washington University in St. Louis and walked into a theater class one day and wound up being cast for my first show – it was a life-changing experience,” said the actor who has been hard at his craft for 40 years. “Being on that stage was the first time in my life that I ever got recognition for doing something and that positive feeling stuck with me,” he said. “I entered college not
having a clue what I would study or do with my life. I eventually found a home in the theater department at McAllister College in St. Paul, Minnesota.” “Then a friend of mine started a theater company. Before I knew it, an avocation [something done as a hobby or for pleasure] became a vocation. The best thing about being an actor – a Black actor specifically – has been having the chance to tell our stories our way,” he noted. Wilson added that he realizes how blessed he has been in his long career, having had the opportunity to perform in all 10 plays written by the incomparable playwright August Wilson, a man who would not only serve as one of his greatest inspirations but as his friend. “This play is about holding on to the power of your dreams and believing in yourself and in your community,” Williams said. “So many pictures of the Black community are negative. But we are better and stronger than that – this play reminds us of that.” For tickets go to www.arenastage.org or call 202-488-3300. WI
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(L-R) Fox news television executive Micheline Bowman, Mayor Muriel Bowser, and BET co-founder and businesswoman Sheila Johnson attend the D.C. Chamber of Commerce Chamber’s Choice Awards & Gala held at the Marriott Marquis in Northwest on Friday, Oct. 30. / Photo by Shevry Lassiter
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Harry Wingo, president & CEO of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce with the Lifetime Legacy Award recipient, Marcella A. Jones and Carl Hairston of M&T Bank at the Chamber’’s Choice Awards & Gala held at the Marriott Marquis in Northwest on Friday, Oct. 30. / Photo by Robert R. Roberts
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Former D.C. Council member Linda Cropp with the Business Leader of the Year recipient, Joseph Rigby of Pepco and presenter Chester Burrell, president and CEO of CareFirst at the Chamber’s Choice Awards & Gala held at the Marriott Marquis in Northwest on Friday, Oct. 30./ Photo by Robert R. Roberts
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The D.C. Boys Choir sing the National Anthem at the opening of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce Chamber’s Choice Awards & Gala held at the Marriott Marquis in Northwest on Friday, Oct. 30. / Photo by Shevry Lassiter
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Bison Crush Savannah State, 55 – 9 4 Howard University wide receiver
Mathew Colvin makes a flying catch while being defended by Savannah State defensive back Juwuan Tolbert in the first quarter of Mid-Atlantic Eastern Conference (MEAC) college football action on Saturday, Oct. 31, at Greene Memorial Stadium in Northwest. The Howard Bison defeated Savannah State Tigers 55-9. / Photo by John E. De Freitas
6 Howard wide receiver Robert Mercer
stumbles over the goal line after hauling in a 19-yard reception from Kalen Johnson for a touchdown, making the score 27-3 in the second quarter of MEAC college football action on Saturday, Oct. 31 at Greene Memorial Stadium. Howard defeated Savannah State 55-9. / Photo by John E. De Freitas
3 Howard University tight end
Justin Chaney and wide receiver Myles Williams celebrate after Williams scored a touchdown extending his team’s lead to 13-0 in the first quarter of MEAC college football action on Saturday, Oct. 31 at Greene Memorial Stadium. Howard demolished Savannah State 55-9. / Photo by John E. De Freitas
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Arshon Spaulding runs for a first down while being tackled by Howard left back Elijah Anglin in the second quarter of MEAC college football action on Saturday, Oct. 31. Howard defeated Savannah State 55-9. / Photo by John E. De Freitas
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Uriah Oliver is pushed over the sideline after making a first down for his team by Howard defensive back Travon Hunt in the second quarter of MEAC college football action on Saturday, Oc. 31. Howard defeated Savannah State 55-7. / Photo by John E. De Freitas
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New York Knicks Steal a Win over Washington Wizards, 117 - 110 6 Washington forward Nene goes for the basket as two Knicks opponents look on helplessly in the first quarter of NBA action on Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. The Knicks stopped the Wizards 117-110. / Photo by John E. De Freitas
6 Wizards guard John Wall is defended by Knicks guard Jose Calderon in the second quarter of NBA action on Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. The Knicks won 117-110. / Photo by John E. De Freitas
5 Wizards guard Gary Neal goes above two Knicks
opponents in the second quarter of NBA action on Saturday, Oct. 31 at The Verizon Center in Northwest. The Knicks defeated the Wizards 117-110. / Photo by John E. De Freitas
3 Wizards guard getting a blocking help from team-
mate Marcin Gortat to get past two Knicks in the first quarter of NBA action on Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. Wall said, “I think we could have done a better job of not giving up so many second chance points but these guys are professional athletes just like we are.” The Knicks defeated the Wizards 117-110. / Photo by John E. De Freitas
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Lopez and forward Kristaps Porzingis in the first quarter of National Basketball Association (NBA) during the Wizards 2015 season home opener on Saturday, Oct. at the Verizon Center in Northwest. Beal said, “We were just letting them do whatever they wanted offensively – 117 is way too many points. In order for us to win, we have to defend.” The Knicks defeated the Wizards 117-110. / Photo by John E. De Freitas
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Evangeline Moore, Daughter of Slain Civil Rights Couple, Dies at 85 WI Staff Writer
Corey Jones, a well-known drummer in South Florida, was fatally shot by a plainclothes police officer after his car broke down on I-95 in Palm Beach./ Photo courtesy heavy.com
Hundreds Mourn Corey Jones in Florida Hundreds showed up to honor Corey Jones in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, Oct. 31, after he was fatally shot on Oct. 18 by a plainclothes police officer. The Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network and Apostle Sharon Walker of Glory International Ministries in Tallahassee, Florida, delivered the eulogy, calling for justice at Payne Chapel AME Church. Jones, 31, a public-housing inspector and part-time musician, was waiting for a tow truck about 3:15 a.m. when he was shot multiple times by Palm Beach Gardens officer Nouman Raja. According to reports, Raja, 38, who was a new hire, apparently wasn’t qualified for his undercover surveillance assignment. The family is requesting that the media respect its privacy during this period of mourning. Payne Chapel streamed the service live on its website, http://paynechapelamewpb.org. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that contributions be made to the Corey Jones Memorial Fund at https://www.gofundme.com/justiceforcorey. Check donations may be made payable to the Estate of Corey Jones to Parks & Crump LLC, 240 N. Magnolia Drive, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301.
Evangeline Moore, daughter of slain civil rights activist, died at her home in New Carrolton, Maryland, at 85. Moore’s family came to fame in the most tragic of ways when in 1951 a bomb detonated underneath her parents’ house on Christmas Day in Mims, Florida. It was their 25th wedding anniversary. The murder of the couple was then publicized as the first civil rights assassination in America. The heinous crime sparked international outrage among those black and white. Evangeline’s father, Harry Moore, founded an NAACP chapter in Brevard County, Florida, in 1934, which he used to advocate for racial justice and argue against salary disparities between Black and White schoolteachers. Moore, along with his wife, organized the Florida Progressive Voters League; they also spoke out against lynching and police misconduct. According to documents, the Moores’ children, who survived the bombing, decided to not speak about what happened to their parents, but live in a way that would make them proud. Evangeline migrated to the District for work in 1951. She retired from the State Department in 1995. She is survived by one son and a grandson.
Former Rep. Gus Savage Dies at 90 By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer Controversial former U.S. Rep. Augustus Alexander Savage (D) passed one day after his 90th birthday on Oct. 31. Savage served the Second Congressional District of Illinois, representing Chicago’s South Side for six terms from January 1981 to January 1993. Born in Detroit on Oct. 30, 1925, and raised in Chicago, Savage served in the Army from 19431946 before beginning his career as a journalist and politician. Savage founded the Citizen Newspapers, which is touted as the largest black-owned weekly newspaper chain in the Midwest during the ’70s. He retired from the newspaper business when he launched his political career in 1980. During his time as a lawmaker, he was often criticized for so-called racist remarks and anti-Semitic views. Savage’s children, Emma Savage-Davis and Thomas Savage, and his grandchildren survive him. He died at home in Illinois with family by his side.
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Schedule of Services: 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
Worship Sundays @ 7:30 & 11:00 A.M. 5th Sundays @ 9:30 A.M. 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 P.M.
Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 10:00 am AM 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.covenantbaptistdc.org
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Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m. Church School - 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. Tuesday – 7:00pm – Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m. Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am
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Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m. 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m. Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m. Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org
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Third Street Church of God Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m. “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org
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 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 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
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661 Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Dr. Raymond T. Matthews, Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews Sunday School 9:am Worship Service 10:am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service 6:45 pm Thur. Bible Study 7:15 pm
Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Bible Study Tuesday 12Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE Washington, DC 20020
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423
Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089
TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net
St. Stephen Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., • Pastor
Crusader Baptist Church
(Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340
2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: am Sunday Church School 8: 45 am Bible Study Wednesday 12:00 Noon Wednesday 7:00 pm Thursday 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out”
Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm
www.livingwatersmd.org
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Twelfth Street Christian Church
Campbell AME Church
Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am
4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464
Blessed Word of Life Church
4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor
700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849
www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors
Church of Living Waters
Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org
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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church 7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471 Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Service 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com
Zion Baptist Church
All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591 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. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor
Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor
4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services Sunday School 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday)
Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.
Mount Moriah Baptist Church Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor
King Emmanuel Baptist Church Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor 2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 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
Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Dr. Diane Dixon Proctor, Pastor 1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 lpumconthegrow@gmail.com www.lpumcdc.org Sunday worship 10: am Holy Communion first Sunday 10: am Sunday school 9: am Bible Study each Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: “A CHURCH ON THE GROW”.
Eastern Community Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family” Sunday Worship 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor
623 Florida Ave.. NW • WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 • Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 • Fax (202) 483-4009
4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184
Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Christ Embassy DC
Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor
6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065
Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor
2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator
Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M
Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m. New Members Class 9:30a.m. Communion and Feet Wash Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Church School 9:30a.m. Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Prayer/Seeking Wednesday 7p.m Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m. Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42 Multitude of Souls to Christ”
New Commandment Baptist Church
13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm
8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240 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
Services: Sunday Worship 11 AM Sunday School 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study - Wed. 7 PM
Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Church Email Address: ecc@easterncommunity.org
Salem Baptist Church
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Holy Trinity United Baptist Church
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church
Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith
Damion M. Briggs Pastor
1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
Peace Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell
Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm “The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net
Shiloh Baptist Church
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
1864-2014
Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Reginald M. Green, Sr., Interim Pastor
621 Alabama Avenue, S.E. • Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 F: (202) 561-1112
917 N St. NW • Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294
9th & P Street, N.W. • W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4200
602 N Street NW • Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595
The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD
Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.
Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.
Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m Church School : 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m. Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 p.m.
150 Years of Service
Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV
Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion: 10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm
Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com
Motto: : “Where God is First and Where Friendly
Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org
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Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor
712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
Sunday Worship Service 10:00 A.M.
3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study
Mt. Horeb
Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.
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Administration No. 2015 ADM 827
Administration No. 2015 ADM 1179
Sally S. Langley Decedent
Mary C. Allen Decedent
Administration No. 2015 ADM 1200 Emily B. Bullock Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sharon P. Musa, whose address is 8409 Schultz Road, Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Emily B. Bullock who died on August 19, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 29, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 29, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 29, 2015 Sharon P. Musa Personal Representative
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Administration No. 2015 ADM 1204 Jean T. Frayer aka Jean Taybron Frayer Decedent Peter D. Antonoplos, Esq. 1725 DeSales Street, NW #600 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gloria Joyce Frayer, whose address is 5334 Chillum Place, NE Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jean T. Frayer aka Jean Taybron Frayer who died on April 1, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 29, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 29, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 29, 2015 Gloria Joyce Frayer Personal Representative
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Administration No. 2015 ADM 161 Frances E. Fuller Decedent Dalton Howard, Esq. 4020 Lee Street, NE Washington, DC 20019 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jacqueline F. Banks and Oney F. Dickens, whose addresses are 4238 Southern Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20019 and 512 Bentwood Dr., Ft. Washington, MD 20744, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Frances E. Fuller who died on November 4, 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 April 29, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 29, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 29, 2015
Robert Lee Butler Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Angela Jasper, whose address is 510 Quincy Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Sally S. Langley who died on July 26, 2012 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 April 22, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 22, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Milford J. Mayo, whose address is 2200 S. Fayette St., Beckley, WV 25801, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary C. Allen who died on October 11, 1982 without a Will. 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 April 22, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 22, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Date of first publication: October 22, 2015
Date of first publication: October 22, 2015
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Aimee Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robert Bernard Butler, whose address is 5103 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Robert Lee Butler who died on August 16, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 22, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 22, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 22, 2015 Robert Bernard Butler Personal Representative
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Administration No. 2014 ADM 635
Administration No. 2015 ADM 780
Administration No. 2015 ADM 1191
Administration No. 2015 ADM 1258
Evelyn A. Underhill Decedent
Keisan Griffith-Roberts Decedent
Cleveland Roberson Decedent
Terry Martin Decedent
Michael Forster 2007 Vermont Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 Attorney
Shanelle C. Patterson 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Ste. 400 Washington, DC 20007 Attorney
Bradley A. Thomas 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006-1631 Attorney
E. Nichole Patterson 1003 K Street, NW, 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20001 Attorney
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Mabel B. McNeill, whose address is 801 Mentor Avenue, Capitol Heights, MD 20743, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Evelyn A. Underhill who died on December 2, 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 May 5, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 5, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Sandra Griffith, whose address is 542 East 49th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Keisan Griffith-Roberts who died on December 28, 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 May 5, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 5, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Dorothea Baity, whose address is 5050 Whetstone Road, Columbia, MD 21044, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Cleveland Roberson who died on September 12, 2015 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before May 5, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 5, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Mark D. Severe, Jr., whose address is 63 Quincy Place, NW, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Terry Martin who died on August 11, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before May 5, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 5, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Date of first publication: November 5, 2015
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Administration No. 2015 ADM 1196
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Carrie L. Free Decedent
Cleo J. Hendricks Decedent
Thomas R. Magruder Decedent
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Eddie F. Harris, whose address is 2615 32nd Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Carrie L. Free who died on September 30, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 22, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 22, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Andre R. Hendricks, whose address is 1408 Primrose Road, NW, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Cleo J. Hendricks who died on September 3, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 22, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 22, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Derwinn D. Magruder, whose address is 5717 Butterfield Ct., Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Thomas R. Magruder who died on August 20, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 29, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 29, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
Date of first publication: October 22, 2015
Date of first publication: October 22, 2015
Date of first publication: October 29, 2015
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Curtis Hester Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Katrica Hester, whose address is 1109 Wilber Force Court, Capitol heights, MD 20743, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Curtis Hester who died on September 10, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before May 5, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 5, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: November 5, 2015 Katrica Hester Personal Representative
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Warner H. Session, Esq. The Session Law Firm, P.C. 1300 I Street, NW Suite 300 West Washington, DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Abe Hart, III, whose address is 2820 6th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Willia Mae Hart who died on January 16, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before May 5, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 5, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: November 5, 2015 Abe Hart, III Personal Representative
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CLINGMAN from Page 28 ownership released by the FCC. Whites owned 1,070 full-power commercial TV stations in 2013, up 14 percent from the 935 they owned in 2011 The FCC report also found that “Asians owned 19 full-power TV stations in 2013, up 73% from the 11 they owned in 2011. Hispanics or Latinos owned forty-two full power TV stations in 2013, up 8% from the thirty-nine they owned in 2011.” I guess I could end this article right here, but without application, knowledge and information are without effect. The obvious point
ALFORD from Page 28 nervous reviewed journals, the possibility that the ‘Pause’ is occurring because the computer models are simply wrong about the sensitivity of temperature to manmade greenhouse gases can no longer be dismissed.” The big exposure came during a Senate congressional hearing on Oct. 6, which was chaired by Sen. Ted Cruz. The president of the Sierra Club, Aaron Mair, came to testify. He starts off with the usual “Global warming should not be up for debate. The science is in, and the fact is set-
EDELMAN from Page 28 guns in our home and cars and relied on them to feel safe and powerful and didn’t stand up to those who market guns to our children and to those who kill our children with guns or glamorize violence as fun, entertaining and normal, then we are part of the problem rather than the solution to the escalating war of American against American, family member against family member, children against adults, and adults against children that is tearing us apart. If we profess to be people of faith and send rather than take our children to worship and religious education services and believe that the Sermon on the Mount, Ten Commandments, the Koran, or whatever religious beliefs we hold pertain only to one-day worship but not to Monday through Sunday home, professional and political life, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the spiritual famine and hypocrisy plaguing America today. If we tell, snicker or wink at racial, gender, religious or ethnic jokes or engage in or acquiesce in any practices intended to diminish
here is the necessity for Black people to own more communications outlets in order to control and disseminate pertinent information to Black people. How? Establish syndicates that could purchase more outlets; form an alliance of affluent and conscious Blacks to purchase communications outlets and produce programs to empower rather than dumb-down Black people. Increase support of Blackowned media and their advertisers by Black consumers; leverage the support of Black readers, listeners, and viewers of Black media by insisting on more than just mind-numbing idiotic portrayals
of Black folks. These simple tactics could strengthen our lines of communications. Accessibility, accountability and acceptability are essential elements to a strong and relevant media presence within Black society. Our current position in that game is untenable and tenuous at best. In light of the fact that we have the financial wherewithal collectively and individually to purchase and support media outlets, it is intriguing how we seem to have settled for much less than we need. Most of us understand and even admit we are in a war, behind enemy lines, and are fighting for
respect and empowerment. That being the case, why are we content with having our lines of communication controlled by others? If we are reluctant to acquire more conscious media outlets, the least we can do is hold those who purport to be “Black media” accountable by refusing to accept the trashy
caricatures of Black people and the negative portrayals of Black life that bombard us every day. Without control of communications, an army is severely handicapped. We had better get rid of our negative channels of communications, shore up the positive ones and create more of our own. WI
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tled.” He also claimed that “Our Earth is cooking, heating up and warming.” For the next 10 minutes, Cruz “chopped” his claim into little pieces. What we witnessed was the president of the Sierra Club had very little knowledge of the global warming issue. He was just a very loud proponent of the false claim. He was stumped when the senator asked, “Are you familiar with the phrase ‘The Pause?’” Mair first said he knew about it, but could not explain it. Finally, he muttered “It refers to global warming back in the 1940s.” It was obvious he knew noth-
ing about “the Pause,” and that speaks volumes. It is fortunate that the above “showdown” is on YouTube and is going viral. The whole world can now realize the big farce being played on us to the detriment of our economy and quality of life. You are strongly encouraged to view it at https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9tY1oZNw. Let us all start looking at this issue with an honest approach and accept it for what it really is. Alford is the president/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce. WI
rather than enhance other human beings, then we are contributing to the proliferating voices of racial and ethnic division and intolerance staining our land again. Let’s not fight the Civil War or repeat the worst lessons of our past. Let’s prepare for the future in an irreversibly interconnected world that is majority non-White and poor. If we think being American is about how much we can get rather than about how much we can give and share to help all our children get a healthy, fair and safe start in life and a successful transition to college and productive work in our boastfully wealthy nation and are unable and unwilling to support a concept of enough for the poor among us, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution. If we or our organizations are spending more money on alcohol and entertainment than on scholarships, books, tutoring, rites of passage and mentoring programs for youths, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to ensuring positive alternatives to the streets and drug dealers for children. If we’d rather talk the talk than walk the walk to the voting booths, school board meetings, political fo-
rums, and parent-teacher association, congregation and community meetings to organize community and political support on all sides of the aisle for our children, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution. If we are not voting and holding political leaders at every level and in every party accountable for investing relative pennies in quality early-childhood opportunities, education, housing for homeless children and jobs – jobs with dignity and decent wages – and billions in the military budget and for cutting investments for poor mothers and children while protecting massive government welfare for rich farmers and over-paid corporate executives, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the undemocratic unjust and growing gap between rich and poor. And if we think we have ours and don’t owe any time or money or effort to lend a hand to voteless, voiceless, hungry, homeless, miseducated, neglected and abused children, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric and violence and uncertainty that threatens all Americans. WI
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connect the student experience with the jobs of the future.” The point that needs to be emphasized here is that the UNCF Career Pathways Institute would not have been possible without the financial investment of the Lilly Endowment. We need more American corporations to follow the good example of Eli Lilly and Company and the Lilly Endowment. As the economy in the U.S. continues to recover with renewed vitality and corporate profits, more private corporate investments in higher education needs to happen. We cannot afford to divert or miss encouraging a generation of young Black American scholars, scientists,
teachers, inventors and innovative business leaders. N. Clay Robbins, the Lilly Endowment’s chairman, president and CEO explained that “This grant for the UNCF Career Pathways Initiative builds on this long-standing support and furthers the Endowment’s belief that a high-quality college education fosters an enhanced quality of life for individuals and their families.” Robbins is correct and on point. The Lilly Endowment practices what it preaches and exhibits outstanding corporate social responsibility. Their support of cultivating and developing young Black minds and the genius of those who strive for academic excellence in Black America deserve our resolute salute and acknowl-
edgement. By sharing some of their wealth with UNCF and with HBCUs and PBIs, the Lilly Endowment exhibited in a profound manner that Black minds matter. We should recognize and lift up those companies and foundations that help to make a positive difference in our communities. The education of our youth has to be our highest priority. Our lives matter and our young people deserve the highest-quality education possible. Yes, thanks to Lilly, Black Minds Matter. WI
actually enroll only 13 percent of all college students, they account for nearly half of all student loan defaults. “For profit colleges have positioned themselves as a means for traditionally underserved students of color to achieve educational success and thus to increase their ability to earn higher incomes, and build wealth,” states the report. “If these schools do not engender better outcomes for their students and instead merely saddle students with debt, then the access these schools provide could prove to widen existing income and wealth gaps, rather than to narrow them.” “The Department of Education needs to act swiftly and robustly to provide relief to defrauded Corinthian students,” said Whitney Barkley, CRL Policy Counsel. “The current system puts all the
risk of fraud and financial harm on students and taxpayers. But fairness demands a remedy when a college has been conclusively found to have engaged in such widespread fraud.” “We all have much more work to do before current and past students who were hurt by Corinthian’s illegal practices can be made whole,” noted CFBP Director Richard Cordray. “We remain deeply concerned about risks facing student borrowers in the for-profit space and will continue to be vigilant in rooting out harmful practices.” Our quest for full financial justice continues. WI Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.
fordable Care Act, which has provided health coverage for 8 million Americans who had none before, the right wing has succeeded in vilifying the law so much that many, even poor White folks, hate it and want to see it repealed. So, these wealthy robber-barons who are content to defile and pollute the Earth and exploit workers the way they stole the free labor of millions of enslaved Africans have a message for the flat-Earth-Neanderthal-thinking White folks who are blinded by race hate and envy of President Barack Obama: that he is a Marxist-Socialist-foreign-born-Muslim, who would impose Sharia Law and turn America into a caliphate, robbing them of their guns and their booze, so vote in favor of anybody who says they are against Obama. Liberal economist Paul Krug-
man stated the obvious after the last election: “Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth. Still, it’s not often that a party that is so wrong about so much does as well as the Republicans did” in 2014. The GOP-blame-everythingon-the-Black-guy strategy worked like a charm for them at first, but now it has come back to haunt even them. They beat former Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) like he was a rented mule and dogged him out of office, and their presidential campaign looks like an endless stream of clowns piling out of a car at the circus. But they trudge on. They are like beasts in the wild that devour their own offspring, and now the result is that all politicians — not just Obama — are potential prey. WI
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CROWELL from Page 29 rinthian, as compared with their white peers who are more likely to attend either public or private, nonprofit schools. Sensible people feel the hurt caused to students of color who were lured into these institutions and usually received no degree and no skills but tens of thousands of dollars in debt. For several years, Corinthian Colleges were among the nation’s largest for-profit schools, operating under several brands – WyoTech, Heald College and Everest College. Last year, the Center for Responsible Lending released research that found how high-cost, for-profit colleges make millions each year by targeting students of color. Although for-profit colleges
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