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Hillary Clinton Nominated for U.S. President

By D. Kevin McNeir, WI Editor Stacy Brown, WI Senior Writer and Will Ford, WI Staff Writer Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton addressed delegates and all of America via video on Tuesday, July 26 saying, “We just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet.”

And with personal, even touching remarks made by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, who made sure to highlight the differences between his wife and her opponent, Republican nominee Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton made history this week, becoming the first major-party female nominee for president of the United

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History Maker, Glass Ceiling Breaker 5D Sen. Corey Booker of New Jersey stands with his state's delegation during the roll call to nominate Hillary Clinton as the presidential candidate at the Democratic National Committee Convention in Philadelphia on July 26. / Photo by Roy Lewis

Blacks Urged to Vote, Work Against Trump

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Don't let Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump win.

Roll up your sleeves and work.

Get out and vote.

Those are the messages national community leaders and activists blared through the speakers inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center at a Black Caucus session Monday, July 25, the first day of the Democratic National Con-

vention.

DNC Vice Chairwoman Donna Brazile spoke highly of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) helping to inspire younger people to vote and apologized for the emails published by WikiLeaks that show party officials conspiring to hurt Sanders during the primary.

"I sincerely apologize for the emails from the Democratic Party. The ridiculous, insensitive and inappropriate emails from the Democratic Party," she said as her

voice rose to the crowd applauding. "[We're going to] win this damn thing!”

Speaker upon speaker encouraged the several hundred Black delegates to ensure they and their constituents vote.

Actor and activist Danny Glover said that although he doesn't want Trump to win the presidency, people are individually responsible for making their own choices.

"There have been a great number of voices heard … not only in the Republican Party but [also] the Democratic Party," he said.

"Both of them seem to be in a state of flux. We have to speak truth to power and it is our re-

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Top Priority: Mobilizing the African-American Vote

By DR Barnes WI Staff National civic and civil rights leaders are counting down the days to the upcoming General Election with nervous anxiety over their ability to turn out a significant number of voters to the polls on November 8.

Invited by the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, a non-partisan group dedicated to increasing civic engagement and voter participation, more than 30 Black-led organizations met in Philadelphia on Monday, July 25 to discuss plans to

increase Black voter turnout.

“We’ve got to move from protest to politics to policy change,” said Eugene Hudson of the American Federation of Government Employees [AFGE].

“We’ve got to vote with everything we’ve got.”

With less than 105 days left before voters will choose between Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump for U.S. president, leaders are extremely aware that too many voters, including Blacks, have suggested that neither candidate has the pull to draw

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W I HBreak O T the T OCycle P I C of S Women Domestic Violence District Sees Slight Decline in Unemployment Rate COMPILED BY D. KEVIN MCNEIR / WI EDITOR

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She said they Columbia Department Employment Ser-

threat,” she said. bring a Among the programs Marlow sense uniformity unemployment rate was 6.0 percent in Juneof– down 0.1 per-in the way wants to see implemented are When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, centage point from the reported May unemployment rate. old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families The District’s preliminary June job estimates showed a deof her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a viccrease of the 1,700lifejobs, a total of 775,800 the District. life, and of for their child, story,jobs herinown personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessTheknew privatesomething sector decreased while the publicDavis-Nickens secshe had by to 4,000 be jobs push forward,” ment unit coupled with further tor payrolls 2,300 jobs. The were drawn done.

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Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise Metrowho continues the fifth phase its “SafeTrack” maintenance project with continuous Municipal Center. The sympowas sentenced to sixofconsecawareness among children in sium was sponsored by single-tracking the utive on Orange and Silver lines between Fallsprivate Churchschools. and Ballston-MU lifetheterms without parole publictheand She Family and Youth Services a Maryland jury for histracking role in willfeels stations inbyArlington, Virginia.

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Heights and the National Hook2002.willMildred is Monday, “We Aug. have1 with to stop being pas-on the The agency transitionMuhammad into its sixth phase single-tracking Up of Black Women. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilRed Line between the Takoma station in Northeast and Silver Spring station in MontgomMarlow has written a book, an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” ery County, Maryland, with work scheduled to end Aug. 7. Metro has warned commuters “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. to expect extreme overcrowding and delays of more than an hour in each direction. story about four generations of and their children.

Marlow has worked to break domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, inspired by her own experiences, years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she and those of her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that her Gunshots mother and daughter. rang her out during a recentof,” teenshe night at a Florida nightclub said. process.

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Strawder, 18, a local high school basketball star who had hoped to Books” Award.

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Black Alumni Expo Returns Bigger and Better than Ever

Weekend of Fun Connects Millennials

By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer Three millennial partners wants to bridge the divide between young African-Americans alumnus from historically black colleges and universities and predominately white institutions (PWI) by bringing them together for a weekend of partying and education.

The Black Alumni Expo will run from Aug. 11-13 in D.C. to provide a much-needed meeting space for young professionals looking to connect and foster relationships.

"After moving to Washington, D.C., after college, we found that certain HBCU alumni only connected with certain HBCU alumni and certain PWI alumni only connected with PWI alumni," said Jonathan King, a co-founder of the event. "It was a gap and we wanted to create an event that will allow all Black alumni to connect with each other."

A few years ago, King and fellow co-founders Carson Byrd and Jarrett Walker moved to the nation's capital after completing their educations at Hampton University, Norfolk State University and the College of William & Mary, respectively.

Already working as promoters, they had a vision for young Black professionals in D.C. They wanted to create a networking space for their peers to engage and be heard, so they put their plan into motion.

"We wanted to solve two problems," King said. "The connection problem between Black alumni based on the

school you went to, but also [to] give the opportunity for small businesses and minority-owned companies to connect directly with the people of a certain age group that they couldn't connect with before."

With the event in its third year, Byrd describes it as nothing he has ever seen before.

"It's a social engagement as well as a business development conference where Black alumni specifically millennials as well as baby boomers are able to interact and network," he said. "A lot of places are having issues with diversity and integration in the business world because they don’t know how to culturally correspond with the people that they're meeting."

Byrd said the expo serves as a meeting ground for companies to meet and converse with Black millennials in a relaxed atmosphere.

"We provide that niche kind of market for people 21-35 who are looking for employment or maybe some entrepreneurship endeavors we provide here," he said.

The expo will feature special guest speakers, breakout sessions, onsite recruiting and a host of vendors, including My Suited Life, Waller & Co., Sole Savers Shoes, Frugal Finds, Diggin Her Roots, Viktoria Boutique, Adinkra, National Care Financial Group and Edward Jones Financial Advising.

A happy-hour event on Thursday, Aug. 11, at Smith Commons in northeast D.C. will kick off the weekend.

For a full list of events and more details and registration, visit blackalumninetworkingexpo.com. WI

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What will Tim Kaine bring to Hillary Clinton's campaign?

DIONNE MAYERS / BALTIMORE, MD.

To be honest, I'm not too sure as to why Clinton chose him in the first place. Kaine lacks charisma and a bit boring to me.

However, I do like that he speaks Spanish.

That may help aid them in winning the Latino vote because he's able to connect with them.

DOMINIQUE WALKER / DURHAM, NC.

In a perfect world, I was hoping [Elizabeth] Warren would be the VP pick, but we all know that wasn't going to happen. Oddly, he seems a lot more trustworthy than Clinton. Apparently he took a missions trip to Honduras when he was younger, which illustrates that he's a selfless person. He's not the pick liberals were hoping for, but I think he's gonna do some great things.

GREGORY WASHINGTON / CHICAGO, IL.

It brings a moderate to balance a liberal nominee. A moderate can talk about race issues, such as immigration, housing and racism, and not scare off white voters. It also helps Hillary get to 270 quicker and locks off Donald Trump from winning a large swing state.

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BLACK AND BLUE LIVES Can They Co-Exist..?

The unending news cycle of pundits continue to drive home the message that certain communities with their blatant disrespect for authority display a distain for police officers. That somehow the deduction is that these same communities have no need for the police officers that serve their neighbors in efforts to deter crime.

Given the fact that the communities to which these comments are directed generally have a higher percentage of crime due to the extreme poverty, how does one surmise..? To conclude the former seems to be an over simplification of the problem or an exit strategy so as to not have to engage the dialogue that may uncover there being a part played by the very establishment that perpetuates the acts against the very people they are sworn to protect.

And therein lies the problem. When the authority of a badge and the uniform is reduced by the character of the man/woman who wears it; it reflects on the whole system. It is the system that is on trial…the system that aid & abetted the criminal acts of a relative few is being judged as a whole and extremely harsh. But how much of the acts is the undoing of the system itself. Decades of ignoring the cries of injustice have weighted down and are now exacting justice in the manner it was dealt.

Is it ‘the’ answer, probably not but for some it is ‘AN’ answer obviously; and it appears to get the attention of those who previously turned a deaf ear. We are now a nation that’s ready to admit; we have a problem. Trust has been broken; faith in the system has been compromised. If we do not want those who operate on the fringe of our society to determine how we resolve our differences, whether black or blue and in some cases black & blue, there is still much work ahead.

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JUANESHA GREENHILL / RICHMOND, VA.

A lot of people don't know about him, but he's actually really great. While governor of Virginia, he helped crack down on gun violence and expanded early childhood education. As vice president, i think he'll do wonders for the country because he's for the people. I believe Hillary made the right choice.

WILLIAM RUSSELL / CHATTANOOGA, TN.

Tim Kaine just seems more down to earth than Hillary. I think there's something likeable about him that'll gravitate people to him. We understand he's no Joe Biden, but let's just be relieved he's not as corrupt as Mike Pence. I haven't done much research on Kaine, but so far I've only heard great things.

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Cornell Brooks, president of the NAACP, outlined three challenges voting advocates will face in efforts leading up to November’s “very important” General Election.

“This is the first presidential election in 50 years without the full protection of the 1964 Civil Rights Act,” Brooks said. “It’s also the first election with this degree of diversity among the electorate in terms of millennials as a slice of the American population.

And, it’s the first election with this degree of diversity in terms of voter suppression; not your grandmother’s style of voter suppression, but with respect to race, ethnicity and religion. The forces against us are unlike anything we’ve seen before.”

“We have to imbed something in our civic engagement programs that motivates, mobilizes and inspires millennials, and their parents and grandparents to vote,” Brooks said.

One by one, representatives of labor, faith-based, education, business, and social justice and media organizations previewed their voter engagement initiatives with the anticipated results of victories from top to the bottom of ballot races across the country.

Becky Pringle, vice president of the National Education Association [NEA], said her members who represent the nation’s largest labor union have partnered with other organizations to address the structural issues of racial injustice in education.

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“We are looking for a candidate that will help us do that,” Pringle added.

The four-day event, held at the Philadelphia Convention Center, attracted thousands of Democrats who gathered to rally behind Hillary Clinton as she prepared to introduce her vice presidential running mate Senator Timothy Kaine (Virginia) and deliver her nomination acceptance speech on Thursday, July 28 at the Wells Fargo Arena.

Speakers pitched their “Get Out the Vote” ideas that included: online voter registration drives; social media messages; door-to-door campaigns;

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Millennials represent a huge challenge to their efforts, although many have been galvanized by the progressive message of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

Sanders’ younger supporters have not easily accepted his exit from the campaign nor his now vocal support for Clinton. Neither has their loyalty to him necessarily translated to support for Clinton.

One panelist noted that many millennial voters might opt out of voting this year because they believe politics will continue to be business as usual. Even with their added influence resulting from youth-driven movements including Black Lives Matter, voting, they believe, will not result in any positive changes that will directly impact their lives.

Meanwhile Black Youth Vote, 100 Black Men, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., the Hip-Hop Caucus and other voter education programs are using strategies to bring young people out to vote, including visits to HBCU’s, concerts and events where a completed registration card serves as a key to entry.

The new wave of voters, also known as the Rising American Electorate [RAE], say they resent the way members from the older generation tend to communicate with them.

“There is a generational divide – we need to look more closely at ways to improve our intergenerational dialogue because it is proven that some messages don’t work among our community,” one panelist noted. “Like the fact that people died for the right to vote. That is somewhat inaccurate,” she explained. “They didn’t die to vote, they died to be free and voting was one of those avenues that they were pursuing at that time.”

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Marvin Gaye, my favorite songwriter and singer of all time, once said that the only things we could count on in life were “taxes, death and trouble.” I’d like to add clarity to his notion about trouble.

You see, trouble often knocks on our door when we move too soon, move too slowly or refuse to move at all when movement is actually needed or required.

Put another way, and as one of my mentors in the AME Church, Bishop John Hurst Adams often said when I was a much younger man living in Atlanta, “we’re either in the midst of the storm, coming out of the storm or about to enter the storm.”

I refer to these similar notions about trouble and storms because as the Democratic Convention draws to a close, and with the Republican Convention already completed last week, it’s pretty clear that voters will have to contend with storms and trouble on every front. And in this case, we have but two choices: choose Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton to serve as our country’s next president.

Then there are those who will argue that they can’t, won’t, or shouldn’t vote at all because they’re unable to support either candidate. Neither candidate “resonates” with us.

The only answer, one would argue, would be to stay home, pout and simply wait until the next election cycle when someone more of our liking appears on the scene.

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even a “no vote” equates to a vote.

In just over 100 days, voters in America will go to the polls and cast their ballot for president, and other important offices. In the case of the presidency, someone will win – Clinton or Trump.

No amount of haggling, protesting, lambasting or inertia can change that. We can certainly complain about the electoral process. We can moan and groan about the two-party system. We can even step out on our own and write in some other name on our ballot. But we’ve got to do something – we must make a choice – we must vote.

There’s a long history associated with voting in America – one that illustrates not only the power of the vote but the centuries-old legacy of those in power, those who own property, those who believed and still believe that they know what’s best for us and who therefore sought and seek to maintain a stranglehold on the right to vote.

I’ve written in early reflections how my parents taught me and my sister when we were children about the importance of voting, the hardearned privilege and the responsibility we bear because of this right, guaranteed to us through the U.S. Constitution. Voting, for my parents, was like eating and breathing – something that you could not, not do (yes, I kind of like using the double negative here.)

So, fellow Americans, in the spirit of Fannie Lou Hamer, James Meredith, Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King, Jr., and millions of other unnamed souls, we must vote! WI

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By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer In a hearing Wednesday that was supposed to be the start the trial of Officer Garrett Miller, Chief Deputy State’s Attorney Michael Schatzow announced that the state was dropping all charges against Miller, Officer William Porter and Sgt. Alicia White. Miller’s trial was to begin this week while Porter had been scheduled to be retried

in September, and White had been scheduled to be tried in October.

State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby 5Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn had scheduled a news conference Mosby failed to prove any of her cases later in West Baltimore. The move against the Baltimore officers charged in the was an apparent acknowledgement death of Freddie Gray / Courtesy Photo. of the unlikelihood of a conviction Baltimore Sun. following the acquittals of three It also means that after all of the other officers on similar and more public declarations, her high-proserious charges by Circuit Judge file attendance at a Prince concert Barry G. Williams, who was ex- in Baltimore after announcing pected to preside over the remain- charges, Mosby will secure no ing trials as well, according to the convictions in the case. WI

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Clinton had already achieved the 2,382 ballots needed to win the nomination but she still needed the support and official endorsement of the Democratic delegates, including those who had previously backed her opponent, Bernie Sanders.

She officially accepted the nomination on Thursday, July 28.

But in her remarks on Tuesday, she spoke to little girls still too young to vote or officially participate in the political process.

“I may become the first woman president but one of you is next,” she said.

Nearly eight years after Barack Obama became the first African-American president and just one night after the only Black First lady in history delivered a seminal speech at the Democratic National Convention, Hillary Rodham Clinton has both broken glass ceilings and taken her place in the annals of American history, bearing the distinction as the first woman ever to be nominated for the presidency by a major political party.

The oldest continuing party in the U.S. and the party that, under the leadership of President Woodrow Wilson, amended the U.S. Constitution in 1920 to grant women the right to vote, now seeks to continue to set precedence as Clinton attempts to gain the presidency against her fiery and controversial Republican opponent, Donald Trump.

Clinton’s former Democratic primary rival, Bernie Sanders, threw his support behind her and nixed the roll call vote.

Punctuating the moment came cheers, tears and anger from some of Sanders’ supporters, dissatisfied with the primary contest and its outcome.

According to ABC News, more than 1,800 delegates – short of the 2,382 needed to clinch the nomination – cast their votes for Sanders, who surprised observers with strong showings early on and built a movement of supporters with his grass-roots campaign, built on small donations and railing against Wall Street.

The final delegate tally: 2,838 for Clinton, 1,843 Sanders and 55 abstentions. Vermont’s 22 dele-

gates for Sanders and four for Clinton were not included in the count because Sanders moved to end the vote early.

Moments earlier, when Clinton reached the magic number, she marked the occasion with a single-word tweet. However, before she won the historic vote, speeches for both candidates, including calls for unity, were met with rollicking applause from the audience.

Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a prominent Clinton backer and civil rights activist, said, “We are not going back. We are going forward,” in endorsing his candidate and called her “one of the most qualified candidates to ever run for president.”

Competing chants of “Bernie” and “Hillary” broke out as states announced their votes. Larry Sanders, the brother of Bernie Sanders, spoke emotionally of his brother and their family when Democrats abroad announced their tally.

News outlets immediately recalled the contentious election battle between Clinton and Obama in 2008. The Wall Street Journal noted that Clinton’s new status as the party nominee is sweet redemption coming off her loss to Obama in the 2008 primaries. She proved to be a resilient campaigner in her second presidential bid, yet she also displayed campaign vulnerabilities that Republicans will look to exploit, the newspaper said.

Chief among them: likability.

Wall Street Journal/NBC News polling has shown that both Clinton and Trump suffer worse public images than any nominee in the past quarter-century.

Reversing those numbers fell to one of the party’s most persuasive speakers, Former President Bill Clinton, who shared stories aimed at softening his wife’s persona by showcasing a side of her that voters haven’t seen, drawn from a relationship that spans more than four decades.

John Podesta, Mrs. Clinton’s campaign chairman and a former chief of staff in the Clinton White House, told reporters: “She’s constantly referred to as the least-known, best-known person in America. But you heard from President Clinton a sense of what attracted him to her in the first place.”

Now, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former first lady, former party front-runner and one-time Secretary of State, has emerged as the

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ing in viral content attends the Democratic National Committee Convention in Philadelphia on Monday, July 25. / Photo by Shevry Lassiter first female to ever win a major party’s nomination for the Oval Office.

Philadelphia resident Elaine Steward said she had to be part of history, even though she lacked the credentials required to join fellow Democrats at the Wells Fargo Center. So she watched with dozens of others at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

“I'm here because this is a historical moment for me. People need to understand we need Hillary. If you don't vote, [Donald] Trump will be the next president,” said Steward, 66, a recently-retired elementary special education teacher.

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who runs a nonprofit organization called Able Body Christian Men, convinced nearly a dozen young people (12 to 21) to watch the proceedings with her.

“It helped they got to munch on free popcorn and drink soda and water while learning about politics,” she said.

Jalen Holmes, 12, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, said: “I just know that people get excited because they're happy that the person they voted for will make a change in their lives.”

Still, his mother, Christine, said she hadn’t decided for whom she will vote.

“I'm leaning toward the ‘Hillary Train’ because I can't see voting for Trump,” she said. “I'm looking to hear something that will make me excited in voting in her direction.

For now, it’s still a toss-up.” WI

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Alsobrooks Shines in Maryland Delegation Session at DNC

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill PHILADELPHIA — Prince George's County State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks spoke Tuesday to Maryland delegates and their guests during a breakfast meeting on the second day of the Democratic National Convention for less than 15 minutes, but made a huge impression as a humble, public servant.

Alsobrooks, the county's first woman elected to state's attorney, expressed optimism about living the American dream even as some Blacks fear law enforcement and quality education are not being granted to children based on a zip code.

"Her speech was phenomenal and it was just wonderful being in the room listening to Angela Alsobrooks," state Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, (D-District 45) of Baltimore

said after the roughly hourlong session at the Inn at Penn, a Hilton hotel near the University of Pennsylvania. "She reminds me of a young Michelle [Obama]. I think she has a bright future. As chair of the legislative Black Caucus, I'm going to do everything in my power to help her."

Rumors swirl of Alsobrooks running for county executive in 2018 once Rushern L. Baker III leaves due to term limits, but she downplayed the talk, choosing instead to focus on her current work.

"I have an amazing job already that people trust me with," said Alsobrooks, who supports Hillary Clinton for president. "We have to focus on the issues in front of us … and '18 will take care of itself."

Dozens of the 115 Maryland delegates are residing this week at the Inn at Penn, where daily breakfast meetings will take place to boost morale among the state's party officials and

5Prince George's County State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks chats with Michael G. Miller, CEO of Ogos Energy of

Severna Park, Maryland, after a state delegation meeting at the Inn at Penn in Philadelphia on July 26, the second day of the Democratic National Convention. / Photo by William J. Ford

encourage others to participate in the political process.

Before Alsobrooks spoke, several high-profile politicians such as Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) urged the delegates to take the presidential bid of Republican nominee Donald Trump seriously, while Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) and Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland) received standing ovations for their longtime service to the state.

But Alsobrooks saved her final words for the morning to speak about being a proud Democrat, continuing to work for the underserved and how the new civil rights issue is education. She highlighted two statistics to stress the importance

of education: 65 percent of Prince George's children in kindergarten "show up not ready to learn," and 75 percent of all violent offenders she has prosecuted dropped out of high school.

She admitted the county has been through a tough year with several high-profile cases, including a former teacher's aide accused of producing child pornography, a police officer who accidentally killed his colleague during a shootout in front a police station, and the fatal carjacking of a 68-year-old man at a gas station in Capitol Heights.

"If we want out children to do better, it’s no mystery how we get them there," said Alsobrooks, also a

staunch advocate against domestic violence. "It is our sacred obligation that we ensure every child has an opportunity to be well-educated."

After the breakfast session ended, several people shook her hand, talked about community programs they manage throughout the state and even took a selfie with Michael G. Miller, a delegate and chief executive officer Ogos Energy in Severna Park.

"If you haven't been to Prince George's County in recent years, you need to get there because what they've got going on there is mindblowing," said D. Bruce Pool, the state's Democratic party chair. "Central to that is Angela's contribution. You need to get to know her." WI

Judge Orders Walter Fauntroy to Pay Outstanding Debt

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill

5Former D.C. Congressional Delegate Walter E. Fauntroy (right) and his wife, Dorothy, address reporters outside the Prince George's County Circuit Court in Upper Marlboro on July 20 after a judge ordered him to pay the remaining balance of a debt he had when he left the U.S. more than four years ago. / Photo by William J. Ford

Former D.C. Congressional Delegate Walter E. Fauntroy smiled and calmly walked out of a Prince George's County Circuit Court in Upper Marlboro on Wednesday, July 20 after a judge ordered him to pay off a debt he left behind while fleeing the country more than four years ago.

The court proceeding dealt with the remaining balance of a $55,000 debt Fauntroy owed Karen Bryant, a Maryland business consultant who organized an Obama presidential inauguration ball at the National Harbor in 2009.

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month or face trial this fall.

"I hope this matter can be resolved prior to this [trial]," said Judge Michael R. Pearson, who set a trial date of Sept. 12.

Fauntroy, dressed in a navy blue suit jacket, striped tie and white pants, was flanked Wednesday by his wife, Dorothy, and about a dozen supporters who plan to help him settle his financial obligation before the trial.

The 83-year-old retired pastor said minutes after the hearing that he was "sitting on top of the world."

"God has brought me through yet another crisis," he said.

Fauntroy, who left the U.S. in 2012, lived in the United Arab Emirates, sometimes on the streets, before arriving at Dulles Airport in Loudon County, Virginia, on June 27. He was immediately detained by police on an outstanding bench war-

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rant for the bad check before being released the next day.

Fauntroy's extensive history dates back to 1963 when he helped Martin Luther King Jr. organize the March on Washington. He pastored New Bethel Baptist Church in D.C. for 50 years.

"This is an example why we need to get past this case," said one of his attorneys, former Prince George's State's Attorney Glenn Ivey. "This is a civil rights icon and we need to give him the time to go share his legacy."

Ivey said Fauntroy's debt is now slightly less than $20,000.

In addition to the support of his wife of 59 years, Dorothy, Fauntroy is backed by others who say they want to help him as he has them.

Saymendy Lloyd of northeast D.C. said she met Fauntroy about 18 years ago after she saw him and

Dick Gregory conduct a civil rights march in the city. Lloyd, a native of Liberia, said Fauntroy assisted thousands of Liberians in avoiding deportation and obtaining the proper documentation to remain in the U.S. "Seeing what he's going through regardless of what it is, we have to remember what people have done for us," she said. "I am able to walk with whites and live in a neighborhood with whites because of this man.

Congressman Fauntroy did nothing personal for me, but he has done it for my people. I will go through the dungeons to save him if I have to."

Civil rights attorney Johnny Barnes, who helped put together a support group for Fauntroy, said Fauntroy will eventually hold a lecture to discuss what he learned and experienced while living overseas.

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Inmates at Prince George's Jail Recognized for Completing Domestic-Violence Course in Pennsylvania, said his ex-girlfriends sought counseling after their relationships with him ended.

"This is the first time I was able to get help," said Gray, who's scheduled to be released next year.

"After going through Mr. Da-

vidson's program, he has actually opened my eyes … that domestic violence and anger management is not just about [being] physical, but also emotional. The Prince George's Correctional Center saved my life."

Markena Townsend, 32, said

she plans to channel her energies toward producing music in a Baltimore recording studio next week upon her release — an opportunity she doesn't take lightly.

"I [endured] a lot of abuse I suffered as a child and I have to take that rage and put it in a good way instead of acting out," she said. "The main thing I learned [from the class] is you are responsible for your own actions. We all got choices."

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5John Davidson, executive director of Project C.A.N. Inc, a domestic-violence prevention and anger-management program, speaks during a July 21 ceremony at the Prince George's County Correctional Center in Upper Marlboro to recognize 34 inmates who completed the six-week course. / Photo by William J. Ford

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Nearly 40 inmates at Prince George's County Corrections Center in Upper Marlboro were recognized Thursday, July 21 for completing a voluntary class on domestic violence and anger management.

The inmates received a certificate during a ceremony held at the jail for finishing the six-week program ran by Project C.A.N. (Controlling Anger Nonviolently) Inc., which aims to rehabilitate abusive and violent individuals.

John Davidson, the project's executive director, said there's a spiritual base to teach the individuals to love first. The class also reinforces how anger stems from seeing others do it.

Davidson meets with the men and women every Wednesday to openly discuss their feelings in separate therapy sessions. A more intense 18-week post-release course is also available, which he strongly encouraged the program participants to take.

"Domestic violence, anger management — it's a learned behavior," Davidson, a licensed psychotherapist who formerly was a probation officer in D.C., told the group. "You don't get it corrected, you will be back in [jail]."

One participant, Roderick Overton, plans to move with his girlfriend in September to Columbus, Indiana, which he ad-

mits he was ill-equipped to do prior to the class.

"I used to get mad at my [former girlfriend] for nothing," Overton, 53, said. "I didn't know how to be in a relationship. I learned in this program you have to be more positive in a relationship. I'm going to do just that."

About 15 percent of the 1,000 inmates at the jail are housed there no longer than 18 months; the rest of them await trial dates for court.

Mary McDonough, director of the correctional center, said the jail doesn't have the money to follow up on whether inmates partake in outside counseling. In addition, dozens of them relocate to jurisdictions outside the county.

County Council approved more than $2 million in this year's fiscal budget to combat domestic violence. Jail officials hope some of the money could be used for programs such as Project C.A.N. "A lot of these individuals didn't graduate from high school," McDonough said. "They weren't Boy Scouts. They weren't on the basketball team. They didn't do anything we consider as part of growing up. So when they accomplish something and [are] giving something tangible like a paper certificate helps their self-confidence. Anything they accomplish is positive."

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BUSINESS Russell Simmons Pushes for Peace Between Police and Local Communities

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Russell Simmons is as afraid of a confrontation with police as most other black men are.

However, despite a recent incident in which he was pulled over by police in the Hamptons, the RushCard co-founder and business and music mogul is most concerned about the relationship between African-Americans and law enforcement.

"I have a healthy fear [of being pulled over]," Simmons said during his keynote speech at a convention of the National Organization of Black Law En-

forcement Executives (NOBLE) in D.C. on Tuesday, July 19. "The other day I was pulled over in the Hamptons and I was scared. I was really scared.

"There was a rabbi behind me and [the officer] told the rabbi 'You go ahead and keep it moving,'" Simmons said. "I told the rabbi to stay right here. I didn't think they were going to abuse me but I was scared."

Simmons remarks came after recent tragic events involving police officers and young black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Dallas.

At the NOBLE conference, Simmons and RushCard announced the expansion of their

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partnership and support of The Peace Keepers, a nonprofit whose goal is to maintain peace in communities where gun violence is high and whose mission is to bridge the growing wedge between law enforcement and the African-American community.

The Peace Keepers are also partnering with NOBLE in an effort to strengthen relationships between the black community and law enforcement. Simmons spoke of building stronger relationships between communities and the police, restoring com-

munity faith and trust in law enforcement.

He also discussed ways to reduce community deaths at the hands of law enforcement as well as methods to help eliminate violence towards police officers.

"My heart is broken for the families of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and the law enforcement officers in Dallas who senselessly lost their lives," Simmons said. "While I am saddened and outraged, I realize that throwing my hands up in frustration won't accomplish anything.

"RushCard is prepared to help finance The Peace Keepers and the valuable work [The Peace Keepers founder] Captain Dennis Muhammed is doing in communities throughout the country," Simmons said. "I also look forward to partnering with NOBLE to bring law enforcement to the table to build bridges that will ultimately save lives."

Muhammad, who also attended the conference, said men in particular and the community in general must take responsibility to help make their neighborhoods decent and safe places to live. That also means working in partnership with law enforcement, he said.

"However, due to the recent national attention of police misconduct and controversial shootings of young black males, police and community relation-

ship is at an all-time low," Muhammad said. "The lack of trust and respect with the police or the 'them vs. us' is not new — it goes all the way back to the civil rights era where we would watch on TV police sic the attack dogs, use fire hoses, beat the marchers with nightsticks, and we have also seen them use the butt of their guns.

"These images were seen all across America and left a bitter taste in the mouths of Black Americans across the country," he said. "We no longer view the police as friends and helpers, we see them as foes or enemies.

We need police, we cannot live in a lawless society. However, we must not go backward but move forward and not give up on building a relationship of mutual respect with the law enforcement community."

Simmons said he sympathizes with black officers and wants to build a bridge between them and the community, as well as between them and their white counterparts.

"We have 25 cities where The Peace Keepers are funded

by RushCard," Simmons said.

"We want to work with police not only in protecting our community but building a bridge so the future can be different from where we are today. It's obvious the Black community has had trouble with police for many more years than we've had iP-

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Protesters Paid to Disrupt?

By William Reed

"Hands Up, Don't Shoot" and "I Can't Breathe" are among signs and placards black youth are hoisting in streets across the country to express their anger and frustration as they demand change. America needs societal, political and economic change; toward that end, multitudes of blacks are expressing themselves through marches and social media blitzes to demand attention to longstanding economic and power chasms.

Definite inequities exist between blacks and whites, and operations such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) use audacious attention-grabbers to highlight the differences. There is money to be made in the protest industry; a fashionable "Black Lives Matter" sweatshirt retails for $50. Take note: organized oper-

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ations as BLM don't just pop up. Operationally BLM requires money for staff, protest signs, bullhorns and transportation to protest sites. The national scope of BLM requires infrastructure that includes regular secure communication among BLM activists.

So who's funding Black Lives Matter? Who pays for their placards, phone calls, faxes, iPhones, internet and front-line activists' food, lodging and transportation?

Some of the protesters who looted, rioted, burned buildings and overturned police cars in Ferguson, Missouri, were rumored to be promised payment of up to $5,000 per month. One of the big funders of the Ferguson fiasco was George Soros's Open Society

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Foundations, which helped transform a local crime story into a national cause célèbre.

Also reportedly giving money to BLM was entertainers Jay Z and Beyoncé.

BLM's primary purpose is to get the white power structure's attention. The BLM business was started by three women that were into community organizing and "riling up" activists. They came up with the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag to bring attention to the deaths of young black Americans. Over months, BLM morphed into an umbrella term for a decentralized network of agitators who disrupt political events and individuals. The Democracy Alliance was created in 2005 by donors that include financier Soros and Taco Bell

heir Rob McKay, investing to build permanent infrastructure that advances Democratic Party's establishment ideas and causes. The Democracy Alliance specializes in support to scrappy groups that utilize confrontational tactics to stridently inject their grievances into political debates. The alliance's movement includes the Black Civic Engagement Fund funded by Texas oil fortune heir Leah Hunt-Hendrix who has donated $200,000 to BLM. Both Open Society and the Democracy Alliance provide funds to Color of Change, a BLM group that doesn't pull punches and took on the Republican Party with a petition

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NATIONAL NAACP Declares at Annual Convention: Our Votes Matter Leaders Gear Up for Election Day

By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer The NAACP convened its 107th annual convention in Cincinnati this month, with voting rights and Black lives at the top of the agenda.

Thousands of business, political leaders and celebrities came together for the convention — themed "Our Lives Matter, Our Votes Matter" — from July 16-20 at the Duke Energy Center, where NAACP President Cornell William Brooks used his keynote speech to address the recent slayings of Black men and police officers.

"This is an anguishing hour," Brooks said. "Amidst this anguishing hour of our American democracy, we're reminded of older words, spoken by a fiery activist. Words that yet whisper with a fierce ferocity of truth

into our hearts. She wrote, and said, 'Year after year, the butchery of men, women and children continues in spite of plea and protest.'

"This foremother of the Black Lives Matter movement, a founder of the NAACP, Ida B. Wells, did not utter those words in reference to the 990 lives lost in 2015 at the hands of police," Brooks said." She did not lift up those words in response to the 522 lives lost at the hands of the police thus far in 2016. Ida B. Wells did not speak these words at the 107th conference of the NAACP in 2016, but rather, she said those words at the first annual NAACP convention in 1909."

Brooks said Wells' words are a stark reminder that Americans are dying at the hands of the police at a rate not unlike the early part of the 20th century.

5 Cornell William Brooks, NAACP president and CEO, speaks during the organization's annual national convention at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati on July 18. / Courtesy photo

He said that while many Americans are tempted to give into despair, the NAACP understands that hope is not a moral luxury, but a necessity.

"We come to this 107th convention unrepentant in our hope," Brooks said. "Unapologetic in our praise. Unforgiven by our enemies for our determination, because we will not turn back."

The events of the four-day conference included sessions and workshops, luncheons, a youth dinner, a youth concert and the Spingarn Dinner/Freedom Fund Banquet.

Dozens of prominent figures attended the yearly event, including attorney Benjamin Crump, Sens.

Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman

of Ohio, Rep. Sean Maloney of New York, singer Chrisette Michelle, comedian Sheryl Underwood and actors Nate Parker, Yara Shahidi and Tika Sumpter.

The NAACP holds its convention annually to establish policies and programs of action for the ensuing year.

During the assembly, officers and respective committee members vote on resolutions in legislative meetings that will govern the organization.

With this year's convention falling on an election year, the association specifically focused on voter education, voter registration and restoring the Voting Rights Act. Brooks said the NAACP will not

sit by while 50 million Americans are not yet registered to vote and restrictive voter ID laws loom over several states. "[In] Alabama, 500,000 votes hanging in the balance because of voter ID laws," Brooks said. "In the state of Texas, 600,000 votes hanging in the balance. There is one organization that stands between America being a voteless and hopeless people, that would be the NAACP. "So you be clear," Brooks said.

"Our presidential contenders … Secretary Clinton, Mr. Trump, members of Congress, you be clear. We are serving notice. By hook or crook, by courts or the street, we will protect the right to vote." WI

U.S. Transportation Dept. Approves Flights to Cuba Travel Ban Remains for Citizens

By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer

5 An airplane bound for Cuba. / Courtesy photo

As part of the Obama administration's efforts to normalize relations with Cuba, the U.S. Department of Transportation approved six domestic airline services for flights to the island.

Department Secretary Anthony Foxx announced Friday, June 10 that the scheduled flights between Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago, Philadelphia, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Cuba could begin as early as the fall.

"Last year, President Obama announced that it was time to 'begin a new journey' with the Cuban people," Foxx said. "Today, we are delivering on his promise by relaunching scheduled air service to Cuba after more than half a century."

In February, Foxx and

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Charles Rivkin, assistant secretary for economic and business affairs at the State Department, signed a nonbinding arrangement to re-establish scheduled air service between the two countries.

The airlines that successfully applied to the department are American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Silver Airways, Southwest Airlines and Sun Country Airlines.

The initial nine participating Cuban cities were Camagüey, Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Cienfuegos, Holguín, Manzanillo, Matanzas, Santa Clara, and Santiago de Cuba, with Foxx announcing July 7 that Havana would also join the list.

"Today we take another important step toward delivering on President Obama's

promise to reengage Cuba," Foxx said. "Restoring regular air service holds tremendous potential to reunite Cuban-American families and foster education and opportunities for American businesses of all sizes."

The transportation department proposed eight U.S. airlines to begin flights to Havana this fall between Atlanta, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York City, Orlando and Tampa.

The airlines receiving the tentative awards are Alaska Airlines, American Airlines,

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National Urban League Conference Heading to Baltimore BET Chief, U.S. Education Secretary to Attend

By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer Political, business and community leaders will convene in Baltimore next month for the annual National Urban League Conference to confront the crisis in education, economy and police brutality facing communities in America.

This year's conference — themed "Save Our Cities: Education, Jobs & Justice" — will take over the Baltimore Convention Center from Aug. 3-6.

"We made the decision to come to Baltimore after the Freddie Gray incident," Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, told The Baltimore Sun. "We made a deliberate decision to come here and help rebuild and heal the community. A big part of the conference is talking about the great challenges urban communities and people of color face."

As it does each election cycle, the organization has invited presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to the conference, though their attendance has not yet been confirmed.

"We have considered the racial hostilities in the country and the growing divide

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Under the new arrangement, each district has the opportunity to operate up to 10 daily roundtrip flights between the U.S. and each of Cuba's nine international airports, other than Havana, for a total of 90 daily roundtrips.

For Havana, the airlines applied for 60 flights per day, exceeding the 20 daily flights made available by arrangement between the two governments.

A final decision on all U.S. airlines regarding Cuba travel will be issued later in the summer.

Although airlines can lawfully fly to the island, the travel ban has not been lifted;

between law enforcement and communities, the frustration mounting over the Baltimore Freddie Gray trial acquittals and continuing economic and academic disparities across the U.S.," a NUL statement said.

"The conference this year is of utmost importance and will focus on solutions and influencing public policy through grassroots political action."

Planned speakers include Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, White House Senior Adviser Valerie B. Jarrett, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, University of Baltimore President Kurt Schmoke, U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr., attorney Benjamin Crump and Black Entertainment Television CEO Debra Lee. The conference will feature sessions and workshops where political, business and entertainment leaders will focus on topics such as health, justice, economy and education.

There will also be an expo showcasing exhibits, a career and networking fair, an awards ceremony honoring trailblazing women for achievements in the arts, politics, journalism, and sports, an entrepreneurship summit and more. WI therefore, Americans would still need permission from the government.

However, there are special circumstances that will allow travel, including U.S. government business, professional research, athletic competitions, humanitarian projects, family visits, workshops, public performances, religious activities, educational reasons and other similar circumstances.

"It makes no sense that Americans will soon be able to go online and book a flight to Cuba, but U.S. policy will still prohibit tourist travel to our island neighbor," James Williams, president of Engage Cuba, told The Hill. "[The] announcement further proves that the travel ban is an outdated relic of the Cold War era. It's time for Congress to act and end the travel ban." WI

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H E A LT H MPD Provides Resources for Greater Senior Safety

Programs, Wellness Centers at Forefront

By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer In light of recent crimes involving D.C. seniors, many wondering what is the government's role in protecting the city's most vulnerable.

In late June, eight elderly retir-

ees were robbed in broad daylight while playing tennis at Hillcrest Recreation Center tennis courts in Southeast.

Since then there have been numerous crime-related incidents involving seniors. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) along with the D.C. Office on Aging has

5 Senior citizens Charles and Jennette McNear of Mitchellville, Md., chat after a church service. / Photo by Patricia Little

come forward to provide answers.

"MPD has a number of District wide events as well as programs in place to help seniors stay connected, including safety seminars on specific topics such as white-collar crimes," Alice Kim, public affairs specialist of MPD said. "It is based on request or when we identify a

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The annual Senior Citizen Police Academy is held for 12 weeks on Tuesdays at the Office on Aging in Northwest. The courses are free and designed to provide seniors with information for their protection.

The benefits of the program include: how to apply a five-step problem solving model and other crime-prevention tools in their community; police procedures and operations; becoming champions for the department in their local neighborhoods; how to be proactive in the criminal justice system and neighborhood services and emergency preparedness in order to more effectively access resources and protect themselves and their communities.

Opportunities are available within the MPD and the National Citizen's Police Academy Association to become a volunteer and connect with crime-prevention efforts locally and nationally.

Along with the MPD, the Office on Aging advocates, plans, implements and monitors programs in health, education, employment, and social services for District residents 60 and older, people living with disabilities age 18 and older and their caregivers.

Darlene Nowlins, a representative from the Office on Aging, said that along with safety, seniors also have other major concerns.

"The calls we receive most often from seniors are regarding housing, transportation, employment, assistance with the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Waiver and case management with a social worker,"

she said. "The Office on Aging has a variety of programs and services to assist seniors as they age in place in the community.

"There are six wellness centers in the District where seniors can access services," she said. "Each center has activities that include health and nutrition education, safety information, social outings and activities for mind, body and spirit."

The full list of wellness centers is below: CONGRESS HEIGHTS SENIOR WELLNESS CENTER 3500 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE Washington, DC 20032 (202) 563-7225 BERNICE FONTENEAU SENIOR WELLNESS CENTER 3531 Georgia Avenue NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 727-0338 HATTIE HOLMES SENIOR WELLNESS CENTER 324 Kennedy Street NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 291-6170 HAYES SENIOR WELLNESS CENTER 500 K Street NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 727-0357 MODEL CITIES SENIOR WELLNESS CENTER 1901 Evarts Street NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 635-1900 WASHINGTON SENIORS WELLNESS CENTER 3001 Alabama Avenue SE Washington, DC 20020 (202) 581-9355

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Study: Intellectual Activity Could Delay Onset of Alzheimer’s WI Staff Report

5 Alzheimer's disease is the fourth-leading cause of death for older African-Americans. / Courtesy photo

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Two recently-released reports, presented in Toronto at the Alzheimer’s Association’s International Conference, indicate that sustained intellectual activity could help protect one against the onset of dementia.

Typically, memory loss has served as the key hallmark of Alzheimer’s. However, telltale signs tend to occur in the middle aged or elderly including: anxiety, confusion and disorientation. In order to delay the development of the mentally-debilitating disease, researchers found that work that involves complex thinking and interaction with others could be the key.

The two studies took a look at how complex work and social engagement can counteract the effects of unhealthy diet and cerebrovascular disease on cognition.

Believe it or not, diet, specifically the kinds of foods typically consumed in a “Western” diet, have a lot to do with cognitive decline.

However, one can still consume red and processed meats, white bread, potatoes, pre-packaged foods and sweets, the diet of many Americans, but counteract their negative effects and experience less cognitive decline if they employ a mentally stimulating lifestyle.

The studies pointed to occupations that foster a more stimulating way of life: lawyers, teachers, social workers, engineers and doctors. Jobs that offer the fewest protections include: machine operators, grocery store shelf stockers, laborers and cashiers.

Mentoring occupations like social workers, physicians, school counselors, psychologists and pastors, all considered as more complex, also helped delay dementia, according to a study conducted by the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute.

“Physical activity has been reasonably well-documented but with intellectual activity the data get pretty soft . . . These two studies speak to that,” said

Ronald Petersen, director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging.

One specialist in neuropsychiatry from the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary said it’s important as one ages into midlife, people should watch for the development of five categories of symptoms: apathy, mood, impulse control, social appropriateness and perception.

“Research is increasingly showing that if you’re a midlife or older adult, and you have a new onset of any of these neuropsychiatry symptoms, then you’re more likely to decline and experience mild cognitive impairment or dementia,” said Zahinoor Ismail of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute.

If these symptoms are identified earlier, that can change the course of treatment, from antipsychotic to dementia treatment.

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“Research is increasingly showing that if you’re a midlife or older adult, and you have a new onset of any of these neuropsychiatry symptoms, then you’re more likely to decline and experience mild cognitive impairment or dementia.”

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REED from Page 14 drive that stopped Coca-Cola from donating to the GOP convention, under the slogan "Share a Coke with the KKK." Because of American white supremacy, an insidious strand of racism may well exist among the movement's donors and their practices. These grants and funded money are typically in the hands of white people who oversee the types of services their nonprofit provides, while selecting token blacks to spearhead conversations with and within the community. Too many blacks refuse to recognize: The first business of America is racism. Modern

SIMMONS from Page 14 hones. I announce that it is better today than yesterday, which is surprising to some, but Black law enforcement is sensitive to it and uniquely aware of the issues we have had for hundreds of years.

"Now, we come to this point in time where everyone knows how bad it is because they see it on the iPhone and with the advent of the Go Pro, we have awareness and with that awareness we want to promote change and positivity," he said.

The biggest lament expressed

by Simmons on Tuesday was the absence of members of the Black Lives Matter movement.

"If Black lives matter, you have to have dialogue," he said.

"There was no way to get Black Lives Matter with the police on this stage together? I don't understand that.

"In our community, we believe we need a revolution," Simmons said. "We need a revolution in how we engage with police and vice versa, so revolutionaries create a discussion and we have to create organizations to guide you and, in some cases, give you direction."

The Def Jam Records co-founder also spoke of the importance of having a special prosecutor for police-involved incidents. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order mandating the use of special prosecutors in such cases, after similar legislation failed.

Simmons said a special prosecutor likely would have indicted the officers in the Eric Garner case.

"Having a special prosecutor is a simple give to the communi-

protests are just ongoing statements and actions expressing disapproval of an enduring American institution. The opposite of protests is what blacks actually need: power and the ability or right to control people, things and situations. In blacks' war against racism, what benefits have these protests wrought?

When will blacks focus on leadership based on our values and ideals? Protest groups' premises are good, but don't their actions have to be more steak than sizzle to lift black communities? Blacks' activism must involve changing economic and financial practices.

No one can save us, but we

must turn protests into productive activities – each teach one to coalesce our talents and resources by buying and banking with each other. Substantive and definitive acts by African-Americans within and among ourselves will positively enhance our overall status, gravitas and economics. Black protesters disrupt "mainstream politics" because they feel invisible in American society.

What blacks need to make visible are actions of buying and banking with other. Demonstrating against whites gets attention, but helping economically stabilize where we live will empower more of our own.

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ty," he said. "In the Garner case, [the officer] looked guilty but the local district attorney didn't indict. With a special prosecutor he would have been indicted and went to trial."

While many argued that Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby should have called in a special prosecutor for her case against the officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, Simmons agreed that Mosby may have erred but still applauded her efforts even as a judge con-

tinues to acquit the officers involved.

"She was courageous and went against the grain," Simmons said. "The local district attorney in Staten Island could have indicted the officers in the Eric Garner case but didn't. The Baltimore case wasn't as easy as the Garner case and I applaud Mosby for trying. I know it didn't work out and they'll probably get rid of her now because they probably believe she betrayed [the police department]." WI

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EDUCATION Clinton's African-American Base Starts With Top Staffers

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Marlon Marshall is as seasoned as any individual in any political camp.

The St. Louis native possesses a broad portfolio that includes helping the presidential campaigns of John Kerry and the 2016 presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Marshall's colleague, Nadia Garnett, is also far from a political novice, having worked with pollster Cornell Belcher at his Washington, D.C.-based Brilliant Corners and as a field director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Independent Expenditure.

Together, Marshall and Garnett could be viewed as the face of the Clinton campaign in the black community. But they also do much more in trying to help the former first lady and secretary of state become the first woman elected president.

They are Clinton's eyes and ears and they lead her efforts to make sure her message is known in every state, including where the assumption is that the GOP will ultimately carry that particular territory.

"I've been blessed to be a part of this and I'm proud of our team," said Marshall, 36, who serves as director of state campaigns and political engagement for Clinton. "Thirty-seven percent of our team out there in the states are people of color. We work hard to hire people who look like us."

Garnett, the campaign's African-American Vote director, is leading overall strategic efforts for Clinton.

"We have a theory," Garnett said. "You have to meet people where they are. Where they eat, where they play and pray. We want to make sure that the African-American community understands the secretary's commitment and I don't think people

"We have a theory. You have to meet people where they are.

Where they eat, where they play and pray. We want to make sure that the African-American community understands the secretary's commitment and I don't think people fully understand her story."

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5Nadia Garnett, an experienced campaign director, is helping to lead ican community. / Courtesy photo

fully understand her story."

Garnett has displayed her skills in ways that few have. In addition to serving as national political director for the Center for Community Change, Garnett was a special adviser in the Office of Presidential Personnel at the White House.

She also served as eastern state director for The Atlas Project, where she vetted and managed the interview process of more than 150 former presidential, senatorial, congressional, gubernatorial and coordinated campaign staffers, political consultants, and state experts regarding their role in developing, managing and executing campaign plans in presidential election years, according to her bio.

As Kerry's southern political director, Garnett also helped to establish and strengthen political relationships with Democratic National Committee members, Congress, state and local elected officials and grassroots activists in Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana and Virginia.

Once a key White House aide, Marshall ultimately became the highest-ranking African-American staffer of any presidential campaign. He organized for John Kerry in 2004, joined Clinton's campaign in 2007, and then worked on both Obama campaigns.

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mittee — the first black person to hold that role.

Marshall joined the White House staff in September 2013.

In a November 2015 CNN profile, several Clinton aides credited Marshall with helping to create a diverse campaign team at the state and upper-staff level.

When Clinton held an event some miles from Ferguson, Missouri, shortly after the Charleston shooting, Marshall helped organize it, drawing on his ties from growing up in St. Louis and from his fieldwork days.

For him, Ferguson was personal, he told CNN. Plugged in staffers have helped Marshall to make sure the campaign is attuned to what people are talking about.

When, for instance, video surfaced of a South Carolina black high school student getting yanked from her chair by a school resource officer, a digital staffer flagged the incident and Marshall coordinated the campaign response.

One of his most important tasks is helping the Clinton campaign navigate a cultural and political terrain that includes a new civil rights movement, viral racial incidents and the waning tenure of the nation's first black president.

"I do feel that our message is getting across, especially given that a first-time candidate like [presumptive GOP presidential

nominee] Donald Trump is getting so much media attention," Marshall said. "Trump is temperamentally unfit and he's divisive.

Trump is out for himself and he's not who Americans want as president of the United States."

Both Marshall and Garnett said Clinton believes in developing and maintaining a strong economy for all Americans and working with U.S. allies.

When noting Trump's slogan of "Making America Great Again," Marshall said it's just talk.

"Secretary Clinton believes in working together," he said.

"Trump has catchphrases but he's unfit and he will not succeed. [Clinton is] fighting to bring back jobs and what's also important to her obviously with the horrible things that have happened [police shootings], there's a huge need for criminal justice reform."

In part, Clinton wants resources for training police officers. She also has a global view of the future and what needs to be done, he said.

"One reason I'm excited about her is that she gets it," Marshall said.

It's also important to recognize that Clinton has previously been elected to office and knows the ins and outs of politics and the needs of American citizens, Garnett said.

"You don't need someone who doesn't understand these things," she said. WI

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Intellectual Honesty about Race and Criminal Justice Reform

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr NNPA President & CEO There is an old adage that posits “The more things appear to change, the more they stay the same.” Once again millions of Americans are engulfed in what has become a reluctant national debate and dialogue concerning race and the urgency to reform the nation’s criminal justice system. Finding and identifying transformative remedies and solutions are long overdue.

In the wake of the most recent fatal tragedies in Dallas, Minneapolis, and Baton Rouge, there are renewed fervent calls for improving relations between police officers and the communities they are sworn to protect and serve. I believe these calls are being made in earnest seeking conclusive change.

However, the underlying systemic reasons why these and other tragedies continue to happen are somehow routinely avoided. There is a pervasive fear to speak and articulate the truth about race and the institutionalized devolving impact of racism on all levels of the criminal justice system.

To put it bluntly, there is too much intellectual dishonesty concerning the historical and contemporary role of race in America. In particular we need more intellectual honesty about why and how real reform of the criminal justice system should be achieved.

We need remedies that actually work to enable and to empower people to improve their quality of life without the debilitating and too often death-rendering consequences of a broken criminal justice system. Mass incarceration, prosecutorial misconduct, judicial inequality, racial profiling, and police brutality are all interrelated and interconnected in the counterproductive web of the system named criminal justice.

It is a system that lacks honesty, truth and integrity. Yet, my purpose here is to go beyond merely joining the public chorus that bemoans the prolonged contradictions of this failed social system. I know that there are some preventative programs and initiatives that are producing positive results about which more people should be made aware.

Criminal justice reform requires the coordinated and combined efforts and support of principled leaders in the private sector along with government officials, community organizations, and family members who are impacted. We all also should acknowledge that poverty and economic insecurity feeds the pipeline to the jails and prisons in the United States.

Acquiring a good education and training that provides everyone a means of generating a sustainable income is also a key factor if reform of our system of justice is to be productive.

Last year ironically in Baton Rouge, I was pleased to be on a panel about criminal justice reform at the 57th national convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We discussed the need for re-entry programs for the thousands of ex-offenders who are returning to our communities across the nation.

One such program I want to highlight, Project JumpStart in Baltimore, MD, is an effective and efficient model to reforming an important aspect of the criminal justice system: offender re-entry workforce development. The construction trades are a growing skilled-workers industry in most urban areas where there are high-paying job opportunities.

JumpStart is Baltimore’s premier construction training program. It is a 14-week skills training program in plumbing, carpentry and the electrical trade. Trainees also received financial literacy coaching as well as practical courses in mathematics as it is related to the construction industry. Most importantly more than 70 percent of the JumpStart trainees actually go on to attain apprenticeships, licenses, and high-wage jobs.

Mark Holden, general counsel and senior vice president at Koch Industries, was on the SCLC panel with me in Baton Rouge. We agreed that bipartisan support of results-oriented criminal justice reform programs is essential. I was also pleased recently to review Mark’s appraisal of Project JumpStart.

Holden emphasized, “Project JumpStart allows ex-offenders to rebuild their lives, providing opportunity and hope. We all have a moral obligation to stop punishing people for their past actions once they have paid their debt to society. We need to build and support a culture of opportunity so that the ex-offender leads a productive and purposeful life – Project JumpStart is essential to that process.”

Maryland, like many of other states, disproportionately incarcerates African Americans.

What will happened to our brothers and sisters once they complete their prison sentences?

I support President Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative as one of a series of programs targeted to keep our young people from entering prison. But we also have to be concerned about the millions of people who are now hopelessly languishing in America’s prisons and jails.

When I was unjustly imprisoned in my home state of North Carolina during most of the 1970’s as a member of the Wilmington Ten, I witnessed firsthand how thousands of young, gifted and talented prison inmates were given no rehabilitative chance to re-enter society with an opportunity to become productive and successful in their respective life journeys.

To that end there should be more programs like JumpStart in every city and state. We need principled national, state and local leadership on all the key reform issues, in particular on overcriminalization, re-entry training, prosecutorial accountability, community policing, and restorative equal justice. Urgently today across America we need more intellectual honesty about race and criminal justice reform.

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Submitted by AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia Before you know it, children in the District will be getting ready to start a new school year. That means it is time to get a head start on your child’s back-to-school needs. To get ready for the new school year, some schools may give parents and caregivers a back-to-school checklist. If your child’s school does not provide you with a checklist, it is important to make your own. This will help keep you organized so your child has everything he or she needs before the 1st day of school. If you already have a checklist, be sure the items listed here are on the list. These important tasks will help your child stay healthy and be ready to learn.

Before school begins: • Take your child to visit his or her doctor • Make sure your child is up to date on his or her immunizations (vaccines or shots) • Make sure your child’s Universal Health Certificate and Oral Health Assessment Form is completed before the 1st day of school • Take your child to visit his or her dentist and eye doctor • Get the school supplies your child needs • Help your child review his or her school lessons from the previous year Immunizations (vaccines) keep your child healthy Helping prevent the spread of diseases inside and outside the classroom is important. That is why students are required to get several vaccines before going to school. Schedule your child’s annual check-up, and talk to the doctor about the shots your child needs. The doctor may suggest other vaccines that aren’t required, but will keep your child healthy, like the flu shot.

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gram is also called Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT). The HealthCheck program starts right after your child is born and lasts until he or she is 21 years old. This provides your child a number of important check-ups as they grow.

Dental and eye exams may help your child learn Your child’s dentist and eye doctor play an important role keeping your child healthy. They can also help your child get ready for the new school year.

For example, a dental exam may help prevent cavities and other mouth or teeth issues. This may help with learning since poor dental health can cause pain and distraction in the classroom.

Your child’s eye doctor can help keep your child’s eyes healthy. The eye doctor will check your child’s vision and may prescribe glasses or contacts. This check-up will ensure your child can see class lessons clearly and has the best chance at learning.

Don’t forget the school supplies Stocking up on school supplies doesn’t have to be a bother. Shop at home by looking for deals online, or try back-to-school drives to save money. Dollar stores and other discount shops often carry back-to-school basics, too.

You can even spend quality time with your child and go shopping together. Talk about his or her plans for the future, and be excited that your child is continuing his or her education.

Help your child review his or her school lessons Before school starts, help your child remember lessons learned from the previous year. Play a game with flash cards or create a new game to help refresh your child’s skills. You can even find helpful games online. Try www. funbrain.com or www.learninggamesforkids.com. These sites offer fun educational games at no cost. Your local library may also have resources available.

Have fun practicing math, science and grammar with your child. Parents may even learn something, too.

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CONTENTS

EDITOR’S LETTER

PUBLISHER

What’s July 4th to Black Folks? 3

Peace and blessings WI Bridge reader,

Denise Rolark Barnes

Recent Killings Strengthen Movement For Black Liberation 4-6 Our Call to Action! 7 On The Lookout: The Self-Care Edition 8

ON THE COVER

By now, you’ve seen and heard the news of more Black bodies succumbing to officers’ bullets. In the age of social media, it’s hard to avoid the traumatizing footage and ignore the harsh reality of life as a Black person in the United States. No, these aren’t the type of conditions our parents promised us. Unfortunately, we haven’t overcome and the question remains of what’s to be done in the ongoing fight for Black liberation.

The answer to that question is as complex as the issues at hand. In meeting our journalistic obligation, the WI Bridge wants to present an analysis of what young people are doing on the ground to raise awareness, organize, and combat the institutional forces that marginalize Black folks. As I’ve learned in the course of my short life, everyone has their own way of contributing to the movement. This issue is a testament to that, highlighting people who represent different industries and ideologies. Regardless of their profession, they have something to offer us as we work to change the tide.

Read their stories and understand how imperative it is that we remember our purpose as human beings in this Earthly realm. Also, check out the WI Bridge Call to Action and our compilation of activities and events you can take part in to keep your spirits up. As always, we’re more than happy to be of service to the D.C. community and show the rest of the world just what our millennials can do. Enjoy this read and see you next month.

This month’s cover photo is part of the “IMMOORTAL” catalogue, coordinated

by Afrovelvet, Donnisha Hebert, Gary Williams, and Temon George on the National Mall. Afrovelvet, the creative director of this project, said the oncamera deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile compelled her to show the world how it preys on the magic of Black people. In this photo, models lie under a damaged, worn-out American flag. / Photo by Gary Williams

MISSION STATEMENT The WI Bridge sets out to highlight contemporary issues through the experiences of youth and capture the progressive, entrepreneurial spirit of the Millennial generation other publications gloss over. Writers will take to streets and feature people, programs, initiatives, and movements that uniquely address prominent youth issues. This hard-hitting coverage will lay to rest misconceptions of Generation Y and bring all to an understanding of diverse youth experiences.

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Yours in the struggle, Sam P.K. Collins Editor-in-Chief WI Bridge

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Sam P.K. Collins

PHOTOGRAPHER Dejah Greene

LAYOUT Kelcey Abney

CONTRIBUTERS Ambre Tomlinson Austin Weatherington Brianna Rhodes Sam P.K. Collins Tia Dolet William Langford

WHAT’S JULY 4TH TO BLACK FOLKS?

By Tia C. Dolet

WI Bridge Contributing Writer Earlier this month, I observed Fourth of July the same way I celebrate any other day off—sleeping in, watching daytime talk shows, day drinking, and Netflix.

When I finally did leave my apartment, I was very intentional about not wearing red, white or blue and most certainly not a combination of the three.

Although I do identify as an American, as a Black American I find it extremely hard to be patriotic. Growing up, July 4th was my favorite holiday. For my family, it meant the Cookout of All Cookouts.

After eating, my cousins and I would count down the minutes until nightfall but could never wait for the sun to set before lighting sparklers. Every single year, someone would accidentally kick over a lit sidewalk firework, sending us all bolting up the alley to avoid losing a limb.

Those were some of my happiest memories growing up in the Washington, D.C. area. But as I grew older and started to learn more about our history in this country, the timeline didn’t seem to add up. How would we (Black people) commemorate the “freedom” and independence of the U.S. when our ancestors were still enslaved on July 4, 1776—and would remain in bondage for nearly another century? In college, I stumbled upon Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”. While reading this passionate address, it became vividly clear that my then-favorite holiday was a scam.

Another photo from the “IMMOORTAL” catalogue, coordinated by Afrovelvet, Donnisha Hebert, Gary Williams, and Temon George on the National Mall. / Photo by Gary Williams

join them in exulting over “freedom”.

Seizing the platform, Douglass made it clear to his White audience that “this Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.”

Ironically, my grandparents lived right across the street from Frederick Douglass’ former D.C. home, now a historical site in Anacostia. For decades, just steps away from his home, our

and protections that document promised us.

When put into perspective, my yearly routine of running to Old Navy to buy a commemorative flag t-shirt no longer felt like a notion of logic, but one of indoctrination.

We are all taught through our K-12 education, and subconsciously through

How would we (Black people) commemorate the “freedom” and independence of the U.S. when our ancestors were still enslaved on July 4, 1776—and would remain in bondage for nearly another century? In college, I stumbled upon Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”. While reading this passionate address, it became vividly clear that my then-favorite holiday was a scam.

In 1852, then a freed man, Douglass was asked to give a speech monumentalizing the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Although it was fellow abolitionists who extended the invitation, these White abolitionists overlooked their biggest privilege of that time period—neither they nor their White family members had ever been enslaved.

This was not Douglass’ reality, so one can imagine how insulted he must have felt by their selfish assumption that he’d

family would happily and unknowingly celebrate the day he denounced. Now at the start of July, I am constantly asking myself: Still, what is this holiday to Black folks? Within that 87-year timespan between July 4, 1776 and the 1863 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, countless Black people lived their entire lives under the toil and trauma of American slavery. And for the next hundreds of years, we continued to fight and die for the full-citizen rights

our family traditions, that July 4th is a day to celebrate our autonomy in this declared great country.

But as part of a community where our people continue to struggle for basic American entitlements, I find it hard to have American pride on this day or any other day. This year, before people could fully clean their grills, two Black men were racially profiled and senselessly murdered by police officers—Alton

Sterling of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile of Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to The Counted project, their untimely deaths marked at least 136 Black persons murdered by the police this year. How can this nation be celebrated as the Land of the Free when a large part of our population is still being persecuted for being Black and are still being disproportionately murdered by paid public servants? Why are we lighting fireworks?

Like Frederick Douglass did back in 1852, I challenge this nation to reevaluate what this holiday truly means to Black Americans. Are we living in a country that justly rewards us with equal rights, equal access and equal protection under the law? As a Black person, I am unwaveringly committed to holding this nation accountable for the daily systemic attacks on many aspects of our livelihood. Until then, July 4th will be just another day.

“There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour.” Written in 1852, Douglass’ statement still holds remarkable truth in 2016.

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RECENT KILLINGS STRENGTHEN MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIBERATION On Various Fronts, Black Millennials Show No Signs of Backing Down

By Sam P.K. Collins and Brianna N. Rhodes WI Bridge Editor-in-Chief & Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins

Between videos of police officers killing of Black men and women, white supremacist rhetoric at the Republican National Convention, and concerted efforts to incite violence against Black activists and label them as terrorists, July proved to be a turning point in the contemporary fight for Black liberation.

As signs of social injustice and inequality become more frequent and conspicuous, Black millennials in the D.C. metro area, many of whom are angry, confused, and eager to do something, have taken their fight for Black lives to new levels,

WI Bridge, she opened up an account at Industrial Bank, a D.C.-based Blackowned financial institution.

community. The teller told me the more people they get, the more opportunities they can make,” she said.

Spivey, and a significant number of other customers as she would learn upon visiting Industrial, made this move not long after Alton Sterling of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile of Minneapolis, Minn. died in encounters with police. These post-July 4th incidents, both of which people close to the victims filmed, reopened wounds from recent judicial and legislative

Spivey counted among the legions of Black people from various walks of life, including the Hip-Hop industry, who either opened up an account at the Blackowned bank or transferred their funds there in light of the shooting deaths of Sterling and Castile. This recent act of resistance has made a highly noticeable impact; some sources estimate that as much as $1 million Black dollars have

combined their chants of Black solidarity with calls for Black-centered advocacy and commerce at all levels that can financially cripple the entities doling out Black pain.

Kenneth Worles, Jr., a communications specialist and D.C. resident by way of Memphis, walked through the crowd that humid July 10th evening passing out sheets of paper outlining action steps that people could take after protesting. Tips on the one-pager included learning the names of and

“The Fraternal Order of Police and police unions operate like fraternities.

They close ranks around the most horrible members. These organizations invested $220,000 to ensure the acquittal of officers in the Freddie Gray case. We want to continue to confront the people and institutions that show us Black lives don’t matter. As more people see how messed up the institution of policing is, the more it forces them to speak up,” added Master, 28 from Southeast. making moves that will not only benefit them, but their communities. Some have called it something reminiscent of the 1970s.

“This is a good time for Pan-Africanism.

Things have gotten more blatant and people are getting more enlightened.

With Black August coming up, I hope more folks follow,” Falani Spivey, a guerilla filmmaker and native Washingtonian said in reference to the annual commemoration of martyred 1970s-era Black liberation fighters George Jackson, Jonathan Jackson, William Christmas, James McClain, and Khatari Gaulden. Days before talking to 4 | WI BRIDGE VOL 2, NO. 6

disappointments and served as a painful reminder to Black America that the fight against institutional racism would require more than social media rhetoric and protesting.

“People want to talk and revisit history and not do anything,” Spivey added, noting that consolidating Black dollars can strengthen neighborhoods and provide more economic opportunities for Black people. “We consume too much to not put our money in these banks. People ask where are the small business loans [for Black people] but Industrial Bank does stuff in the

been transferred in the last couple of weeks.

In D.C., Black millennials have coalesced on other fronts, converging at public spaces to peacefully protest as has been done before. In the past, many young people with radical leanings have criticized such course of action as soft and dependent on a system with no conscious to acquiesce to will of oppressed groups. However, during a recent gathering at the African-American Civil War Memorial in Northwest aptly named #BeyondtheHashtag, an intergenerational cadre of speakers

contacting local and state officials who could push legislation, collecting the contact information of fellow protestors, compiling and circulating information about the current grassroots movements, and raising funds that will keep local and statewide efforts rolling.

“D.C. is one of the only cities where people know how to make stuff happen.

We can raise money and make change,” said Worles, owner of the 3i Design Group. When he’s not putting his feet on the pavement, Worles spreads information about what’s happening nationally, and in D.C. and Memphis

Millennials Kenneth Worles and Jasmine Gales hold their fists up in solidarity during the Beyond the Hashtag protest at the African American Civil War Memorial in early July./ Courtesy photo

via “You Gon’ Get This News Mane,” a daily roundup of the top stories. Since its launch on Facebook earlier this year, it has been a critical tool in keeping Worles’ friends, family, and colleagues abreast of the issues.

“You have a local government and the federal government. You can make a lot of moves in one city; scheduling meetings with congressmen and senators.

I like how people maneuver. That’s why I plan to take all the information I learn here and take it back to Memphis.”

Across the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia, the Northern Virginia Urban League Young Professionals Network hosted an event at Shiloh Baptist Church during which millennials connected with community leaders and discussed action steps. A marketing and advertising professional by the name of Matthew counted among the dozens of young people in the audience on the night of July 14th. He attended the gathering out of a need to stay abreast and express what some may consider radical thoughts.

Though Matthew, who declined to give his last name, said he gained a lot from

participating in the discussion, he felt that more millennials should’ve been in the room. For him, alcohol and lowvibrating media impedes any effort to sustain a movement for Black lives.

“This is a town hall meeting but people would rather go to happy hour. That’s the problem,” said Matthew, 26. “They call it fake Negro outrage; when you’re mad for a day and want to be up in arms but then Beyoncé drops a new album or Power comes on this weekend. So we’ll halt something that should mean way more to us for something that’s destructive. There’s a time and place for everything. Right now there’s an awakening but we’re just a hashtag and a rally. That’s all we are,” said Matthew, a Glendale, Maryland resident.

But responses to police brutality have gone well beyond hashtags. In recent weeks, people took far more aggressive approaches to combatting deadly policing tactics, sparking outrage, spurring calls for peace, and raising questions about what’s to come next in the movement for Black lives.

Less than a week after Sterling and

Castile’s deaths, a Black military veteran by the name of Micah X Johnson allegedly killed five police officers during a protest before officials used drone technology to blow him up. Days later, three officers also died during an attack alleged to have been carried out

by Gavin Long, also a military veteran, on his 29th birthday.

Though Black grassroots organizers decried the acts of violence, media outlets, police organizations, and politicians have conflated these solo actors with Black Lives Matter, and more generally the movement for Black liberation. Additionally, the litany of “good-cop porn,” as the videos that show police officers committing acts of kindness has been colloquially called, has become a distraction in the ongoing conversation about the institution that allows officers to commit acts of violence with impunity.

Despite criticism from pro-cop conservatives that he hasn’t done enough to quell violence against law enforcement, U.S. President Barack H. Obama has shared their police sentiments about recent events, notably

revealing his viewpoint during a town hall on race that aired on ABC on the night of July 14th.

Just as he had done during the Dallas officers’ funeral, Obama showed his appreciation for law enforcement, attempting to dispel rhetoric critics of anti-police brutality movements say paints all officers in a bad light. For millennials perturbed by the nation’s first Black president’s lukewarm response to police-sanctioned death of Black people, his recent overtures to the boys in blue have been displeasing.

But some people, like freelance photographer and D.C. native Naomi Hawk, remain unfazed by the cop propaganda, describing it as part of an attempt by the government to absolve itself of any responsibility in the deaths of Black people, and more recently police officers who died in acts of retaliation.

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers shot and killed during a jump out in 2011. To her family’s dismay, a jury later cleared the officers involved.

Hawk said that situation helped her truly understand the power’s reach of power and deteriorated her trust in D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier and MPD. “I’m not one to personally cheer when I find out an officer lost their life in the line of duty but that doesn’t necessarily negate why that even happened in the first place,” she added.

While police officers and their supporters would be quick to contest such an assertion, history has shown time and time again that law enforcement officials rarely face consequences for their involvement in civilian deaths, due mainly to the lobbying power of the local, state, and national police union organizations.

Nearly two weeks before Sterling and Castile died, Baltimore City Police Officer Caesar Goodson, Jr., the transport van driver in the Freddie Gray case, was acquitted of all charges in his trial. Legal analysts say this latest non-conviction, the third so far in the case, could make securing convictions in the last two trials more difficult. The Baltimore police union head later renewed calls to have Maryland State Attorney Marilyn Mosby drop charges for the officers who’ve yet to have their day in court.

Disappointed, but not deterred, several on-the-ground actors have jumped into action, using an infrastructure that’s been in place since George Zimmerman’s acquittal to directly address these organizations for their part in perpetuating violence against Black men and women.

Last week, 40 activists representing Black Youth Project 100, Black Lives Matter DMV, and other grassroots organizations blocked the entranceway of the legislative office of the National Fraternal Order of Police, a coalition that represents law enforcement official.

They, along with their comrades in Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia, chained themselves to the front steps of the Northeast-based building. Protestors said this act of resistance, which started on the morning of July 20th and lasted well into the nighttime hours, counted as a means of the stopping the passage of the laws that protect police officers from prosecution when they killed Black people while on duty.

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Black Youth Project 100 and other grassroots coalitions protested in front of the Fraternal Order of Police headquarters in Northeast last week as part of an effort to stop legislation that protects officers who kill Black people. Samantha Master (pictured) counted among the 40 participants. / Courtesy photo

Project 100, an activist-member based organization of millennials dedicated to justice and freedom.

“The Fraternal Order of Police and police unions operate like fraternities.

They close ranks around the most

During her interview, Master debunked the notion that the vigorous organizing seen locally and nationally this month came out of nowhere. For her, and more than likely other young Black people, the most recent police-involved killings reaffirmed that Black men and women

“Young people have reacted to the false prophecy. We want a world where Black people are free,” she said. “That looks like economic justice, the end of policing as we know it, the end of Palestinian oppression, gay and queer people living with dignity and respect, Black women

“I don’t want to neglect that there are good cops but when you belong to an organization that assures no one is held responsible for the death of Freddie Gray, there’s a problem,” said Samantha Master, a member of Black Youth Project 100, an activist-member based organization of millennials dedicated to justice and freedom. horrible members. These organizations invested $220,000 to ensure the acquittal of officers in the Freddie Gray case. We want to continue to confront the people and institutions that show us Black lives don’t matter. As more people see how messed up the institution of policing is, the more it forces them to speak up,” added Master, 28 from Southeast .

aren’t safe from the law, regardless of what protocol they follow or how they act.

That’s why Master said she’s in this fight for the long haul, hoping to fulfill the dreams that the elders wanted to see in the decades after the passage of promising Civil Rights legislation.

making their own decisions, and the investment of a Black future. We don’t see our work for the moment. Our work will be finished once our vision for a world where Black lives matter is realized.”

OUR CALL TO ACTION! Compiled by William Langford WI Bridge Contributing Writer @WilliamL_SEN

The current climate of the nation has caused many in our community to really take a step back and begin pondering the type of future we want for ourselves and our children. Time and time again, African Americans have met brutality and injustice with diplomacy and we have not seen any legitimate attempts by our decision makers to create an environment of true equilibrium. The time has come to take proactive measures rather than simply reacting to the injustices as they occur.

The following consists of what I believe will give us the collective impact to create a better future for our community.

1 Boycott of all things economically feasible that aren’t Black owned or directly influential to our community We shop in our community and slowly redirect our business services there. Our elite students and student athletes start committing to HBCUs instead of traditionally white colleges and universities. Our elite professional athletes and entertainers redirect their resources, attention, public appearances, etc. back into the communities for which they represent by their very color. Our best doctors, lawyers, professors, teachers, etc. uplift the quality of those services provided directly related to those particular industries.

2 Community protection by current and former military and law enforcement personnel Current and former law enforcement and military personnel (initially voluntarily but eventually a well-funded entity) supply the community with a ready militia and defense unit from those who seek to intimidate our communities, undermine our inalienable human rights, and attempt to carry out overt or covert acts of violent injustice within the community. Card-carrying, firearmholding members of these distinguished fraternities who have sworn allegiance in protection of this country must now come together and swear an even greater allegiance to our communities.

3 Resurgence of community development and community outreach programs Through the resources and manpower redirected through the aforementioned economic boycott, we rebuild opportunities for both young people and adults alike. Professional athletes, bring your personally funded camps, leagues, and other auxiliary endeavors into local community recreational facilities. Market your merchandise at a cost that is realistically feasible. Instructors should bring camps and programs that increase our community knowledge reservoir. Elite athletes can create high school academies directly dedicated to elite athletic development that employ former professional and college athletes, professional agents, general managers, presidents, etc., to teach sound financial management and career planning.

4 A direct call to accountability of all our local community leaders at the city, county, state, and federal levels.

Those who have been voted in by us, to represent us, will no longer be allowed to steal our votes for the purpose of professional advancement. Our aldermen, city council men and women, U.S. House and Senate representatives, police chiefs and all other leadership positions will be vetted by the community.

Those who have a history of putting their livelihoods on the line in the face of resistance and pushing our concerns to the forefront will be counted on to play a more active role.

5 An immediate shift in the media content being displayed and portrayed BY our community or those who would be readily identified as one of US. We will no longer support, encourage, or tolerate entertainers or entertainment outlets that portray us negatively. Black actors, artists, and CEOs of media outlets and production companies who perpetuate false stereotypes will no longer be tolerated.

We will petition our entertainers to present well thought out entertainment content that elevates our minds. We will fully fund and support our own media outlets that show our lives organically, not acting as a controlled medium for dissemination of agendas.

6 A reinvented job market within our community.

Those with hiring decision-making powers must bring jobs to the community. Local establishments will hire within the community based on needs and abilities only. Criminal history will no longer be considered a deciding factor for employment. Able establishments must begin offering internship, apprenticeship, and mentorship programs for youth and those seeking job training in a market that’s constantly changing. Establishments in the community that are not Black owned or show an unwillingness to hire at all levels within the company from directly within the community will no longer receive our financial support.

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ON THE LOOKOUT: THE SELF-CARE EDITION

By Austin Weatherington

WI Bridge Contributing Writer @a4aus

It was Audre Lorde who so brilliantly stated “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” If her words ring true, now more than ever, radical political warfare in the form of loving self-care is imperative.

So what’s one to do when staring state-sponsored violence, deafening political clamor, and complicit community members dead in the face? They surround themselves with positivity and love. That honest, unapologetic, sharemy last-dollar type of love.

Here are some ways you can give, receive, and be in the midst of love in these most trying times.

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

BLACK JOY SUNDAYS

It was the 1970s funk band, the Blackbyrds who introduced the world to the allure of Rock Creek Park. It is safe to say that in 2016 the legacy of the park lives on. The storied Summer Concert Series at Fort Dupont and Carter Barron is back and better than ever.

Whether its blues, jazz, or funk bands both locations are sure to get your head-bopping and toe-tapping. Shows happen each Saturday in the summer. Be sure to visit nps.gov/fodu and nps.gov/rocr for lineup.

Imagine fruitful discourse of revolution, melodic hymnals, poems and prayers, and cunning games of Uno & Spades all housed on one majestic pallet in the middle of the park. These are just a few of the features of #BlackJoySundays.

Coined as a place where “ALL Black people” can bring their “love and their pain” #BlackJoySundays is an initiative of #BLACKLIVESMATTERDC and happens each Sunday evening at Malcolm X Park. For more information, refer to the Facebook page “Black Joy Sunday.”

THE ANACOSTIA COMMUNITY MUSEUM Although originally intended to be an outreach opportunity to bring more Black people to the National Mall, The Anacostia Community Museum is reversing that mission and bringing all people back to community. The museum’s newest exhibit “1963-1975 Twelve Years That Shook and Shaped Washington” explores D.C.’s rich history of community building, activism and engagement. The exhibit is FREE and will be on display until late October. The museum is also offering free shuttle service from selected locations across the city. For more information on Twelve Years, as well as other events and exhibits at the museum go to www.anacostia.si.edu

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THE NIGHT OUT FOR SAFETY & LIBERATION The Night Out for Safety and Liberation aims to shift the narrative within the community around public safety to go beyond policing and incarceration, and to instead focus on what actually makes our communities safer. This event will take place on August 2nd from 5:30 to 9:30 PM at The Perch, 3400 Georgia Avenue NW Washington DC 20010. For more details, go to Facebook.com/ DCnightoutforsafetyandliberation.

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Bernie Supporters: Get On Board Now that Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the nomination of the Democratic Party and is poised to become the first woman president of the United States of America, the race to the White House has heightened in intensity. Between now and November 8 when the General Election takes place, Clinton faces two distinct yet related tasks: defeating Republican Party nominee Donald Trump and uniting a deeply-divided party consisting of many who once held the highest of hopes for seeing Senator Bernie Sanders occupy the coveted seat.

On Monday night at the DNC Convention in Philadelphia, Sanders told his supporters: “I understand that many people here in this convention hall and around country are disappointed about the final results of the nominating process. I think it's fair to say that no one is more disappointed than I am. But to all of our supporters, here and around the country, I hope you take enormous pride in the historical accomplishments we have achieved.”

It is too early to close the Sanders chapter that wrote a new script for American voters, fed up with the status quo. Sanders accomplished much during his campaign. Most important, he, like President Obama, galvanized and electrified a huge group of voters. Many of them have yet to lick their wounds and move on. Some are young, first-time voters who, just eight years ago, would have been feeling the same way about another candidate, Hillary Clinton, who lost the nomination to Barrack Obama.

Despite his disappointment, Sanders has given his supporters permission to not only move on but to go even further by getting on board with the Hillary campaign. In fact, he told them, “Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here tonight.”

If the old adage holds true, “time heals all wounds,” then in a few short weeks, the Sanders supporters will have undergone the healing process and be ready to unite behind their candidate’s choice for president of the USA – Hillary Rodham Clinton. WI

Backyard Pools: Deathtrap for Many Young Children It’s been a record-high hot summer across the U.S., causing a slew of adults and youth alike to seek temporary relief in their local lakes, rivers and pools.

But parents, guardians and caregivers should be on alert, especially when it comes to protecting young children – it takes just seconds for an accidental drowning to occur.

Data compiled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission shows that nationwide, 350 children under five drown in pools each year. The majority of these deaths occur in June, July and August, mostly in backyard swimming pools.

In fact, drowning, while an unintentional injury, remains the second leading cause of death for those under five, except in Sunbelt states like California, Florida and Arizona, where it’s number one.

But another 2,600 children wound up in hospital emergency rooms for near-drowning incidents – some resulting in permanent brain damage.

Within the last 10 years, an estimated 50 families here in the DMV have faced the trauma of having a child drown in a backyard pool – tragedies that could have been easily avoided with just a few cautionary steps. Here are the facts behind those cases.

More than half of the victims were boys between 1 and 3 – with toddlers often doing something unexpected as their capabilities change almost daily.

Most were being watched by parents. Most of the accidents happened in familiar surroundings. Most accidents happened quickly – 3 out of 4 of the victims (77 percent) had only been missing from sight for five minutes or less.

So it’s clear that seconds count in preventing death or brain damage caused by the silent death of drowning. When it comes to toddlers, there’s rarely any splashing to alert an adult that a child is in trouble. Then, it’s too late.

If there’s a pool near you, make sure fences surrounding the water are locked securely and that there aren’t any small holes through which an inquisitive child can crawl.

School doors will open in the District in just a few weeks but community and backyard pools will remain open and popular spots at least until October.

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TO THE EDITOR We Must Make Black Dollars Matter

Interns Make Most of Opportunity

In the Business section of the July 21 edition of The Informer, you have an article by Stacy M. Brown, "Black Lives Matter Movement Helps Make Black Banks Matter."

While reading the article I got to thinking, this is what we should have been doing all along. In the article it said this movement started a hundred years ago. Well, I don't know about that but it's time for black people to start investing in black people, and I'm not talking about Air Jordans! There are hundreds of black-owned businesses in and around the Washington, D.C., area that black people should patronize. I'm not advocating not doing business with other businesses, but most of us have more than one bank account, why not have your checking at one bank and your savings at a black-owned bank? The same can be said for eating out, go to what you think is your favorite restaurant one time and then try a black-owned restaurant the next time. Unfortunately, in this capitalistic society that we live in, this is the best way that we can show that our lives matter.

All I can say is "very impressive." I am talking about the article written by your summer intern, Kayla Foster, "Southeast Student Cuts Teeth at Informer for Summer Program," in the July 21 edition. Reading such a well-written article by and about our youth in the DMV helps to reinforce the philosophy that when we expose our young people to professional and positive environments, they have a much better chance of succeeding. It seems both Kayla and Tameyah have great futures ahead of them and I wish them both nothing but success in all their endeavors. I would also like to thank you, The Washington Informer, for providing these two young ladies a very positive platform, as it says, "To Cut Their Teeth On."

Amos Johnson Washington, D.C.

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By James Clingman

From Boycotts to Buying From Black-Owned Businesses Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. — Matthew 25:21 In recent days we have heard much about efforts to demonstrate our frustration and anger about the killing of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.

Boycotting malls and various stores, depositing funds into Black-owned banks, are important and have had some positive effects. We must do

more of the same, but in a more strategic and organized manner.

Are Black folks, the recipients of $1.2 trillion annually, poor stewards of this tremendous amount of money and, thus, unable to obtain economic empowerment because of our slothfulness? Is that why we find ourselves in "outer darkness," continuously attempting to "show" others how much money we spend instead of redirecting more of our money to ourselves?

The Parable of the Talents is quite fitting for Black people, in general; of course we fit the description of the last

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steward who buried his talent in the ground and did not multiply it. Unfortunately, we have used our billions in income to buy everything someone else makes, no matter the cost.

If we cannot demonstrate our ability to manage the resources we have, the small things, how will we ever gain authority over the larger things?

How will we ever change the behavior of corporations when it comes to supporting us the way they do other groups? If we refuse to shop at Target, for instance, but go to Wal-Mart instead, what's the gain? What's the impact of staying away from the mall

for a day or two, or even a week, and then return to spend all the money we withheld?

Martin Luther King Jr. stated in his final speech, "I call upon you to take your money out of the banks downtown and deposit your money in Tri-State Bank. We want a 'bank-in' movement in Memphis." That was 1968. Here in 2016, in response to the murders of two Black men, some of us are finally getting it. In Atlanta, there was a call for Black folks to open accounts at Citizens Trust Bank. My question was: Why would it take two dead brothers to get Black people in a

majority Black city to put their money in a Black bank that has been in their community since 1921?

Don't get me wrong, I am glad to see the effort, and I trust the bank will not be used as an ATM machine where folks put money in Friday and take it all out Monday. I am, however, bewildered over someone having to die before we followed through on such a practical solution by Martin Luther King Jr. nearly 50 years ago. Is this just another fad, another temporary gesture of outrage, or just another

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By Marc H. Morial

Dallas Tragedy Debunks Gun-Control Myths "We can't tolerate this anymore.

These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change. We will be told that the causes of such violence are complex, and that is true. No single law — no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world, or prevent every senseless act of violence in our society. But that can't be an excuse for inaction. Surely, we can do better than this." — President Barack Obama, Sandy Hook interfaith prayer vigil, 2012

One of the more unsettling revelations about the tragedy in Dallas is that the mentally unbalanced gunman was rejected, after a background check, for membership in an extremist group, but was legally able to purchase a high-capacity assault rifle.

According to media reports, Micah Johnson was labeled "unfit for recruitment" among a network of extremist groups, including some designated as "hate groups" by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Yet within months of that rejec-

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tion, Johnson was able to meet in a parking lot with a gun seller he contacted online and take possession of a military weapon designed to slaughter human beings as quickly and efficiently as possible.

In what kind of a world do we live when hate groups that actually encourage violence against law enforcement officers are more circumspect than our current firearm safety laws?

The man who sold Johnson the AK-47 said Johnson appeared normal during their 15-minute meeting — as though dangerous mental

instability is written across someone's face.

"It's my belief he would have passed a background check," the man said.

But it wouldn't have mattered, not in Texas. Federal law requires only licensed gun dealers to conduct background checks. Millions of guns are sold each year online or at gun shows through private sellers. Felons, domestic abusers, the violently mentally ill are able to acquire firearms and the law does nothing to stop them.

More than 90 percent of Ameri-

cans support universal background checks. Legally-required background checks have blocked more than two million gun sales to dangerous people since the system was instituted.

Maybe Micah Johnson's background would have slipped past the system. Seung-Hui Cho, who killed 32 people and wounded 17 on the Virginia Tech campus in 2007, was banned from buying guns because a court found him severely mentally ill. But he passed a background

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By Marian Wright Edelman

Our Nation's Unfinished Business [The summer] brought racial disorders to American cities, and with them shock, fear and bewilderment to the nation. The worst came during a two-week period in July, first in Newark and then in Detroit. Each set off a chain reaction in neighboring communities. … What happened? Why did it happen?

What can be done to prevent it from happening again?

These words are from the 1968 summary report by the National Ad-

visory Commission on Civil Disorders — known as the Kerner Commission after its chair, then-Illinois Gov. Otto Kerner Jr. President Lyndon B. Johnson created the commission to study the causes of the "racial disorders" that had erupted across the country during the summer of 1967. But substitute July 2016 for July 1967, change the place names to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Dallas, and St. Anthony, Minnesota, and this passage could have been written today.

In 1967 the "disorders" resulted in weeks of devastating rioting, vio-

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lence, and deaths. Then as now, frustration with aggressive policing precipitated more violence. The Newark riots began after a Black cab driver was arrested and beaten after passing a double-parked police car; the Detroit riots started after police raided an illegal after-hours club hosting a party for two Black veterans who had just returned from Vietnam. The riots during the "long, hot summer" of 1967 followed earlier ones during the 1964, 1965, and 1966 summers that left many Americans terrified that violence would continue to escalate with no end and no solutions.

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But the Kerner Commission Report determined that ending the violence needed to start by acknowledging the persistent American truth at its root: This is our basic conclusion: Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal. … This deepening racial division is not inevitable. The movement apart can be reversed.

Choice is still possible. Our principal task is to define that choice and to press for a national resolution.

The Kerner Commission did not believe our country was doomed to a permanent cycle of rioting and

racial division and offered specific recommendations. The majority of them centered on creating economic opportunity for Black citizens imprisoned in concentrated segregated poverty. Others addressed hiring and training more diverse police forces. An entire section was devoted to education with special concern about the poor reading and math skills and low graduation and employment rates of millions of Black students stuck in predominantly Black, poor, and unequal schools.

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By Charlene Crowell

Financial Justice a Key Focus at 2016 NAACP Convention With 2,200 branches in every state and added presence at 60 military installations — five overseas — the NAACP's grass-roots reach is unparalleled.

And throughout its 107-year history, the annual NAACP conference has addressed issues that affect people of color. From the Niagara Movement to Jim Crow, discriminatory education, employment and more, the NAACP still stands as this nation's largest and oldest racial

justice advocacy organization.

In 2016, another issue — just as pressing as those for which the NAACP is historically known — was echoed throughout the convention by several speakers and resolutions: financial justice.

"Vote to stop the payday lenders and the car title lenders that come in like vultures and prey on our communities," Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate's Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, said July 18.

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Similar remarks on financial justice were also offered during a legislative session by Houston Rep. Al Green, a former NAACP branch president, and Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, a marcher in last year's America's Journey for Justice, sponsored by the NAACP. A day later, the convention unanimously approved a resolution that reaffirmed the NAACP's forceful stance against predatory payday lending. This year, the resolution specifically called for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

(CFPB) to finalize strong rules to stop the payday loan debt trap.

Noting how payday loans are heavily marketed in communities of color, and its hopes for regulation that would require loans be affordable, the resolution tied major banking institutions to the predatory, small-dollar loan. In part it reads, "The NAACP recognizes the significant enabling/collaborative role of the major banking institutions in providing payday and other predatory lenders favorable financing."

Other sections of the resolution

stated how high-cost, small-dollar loans are designed to last months, if not years, forcing borrowers into repeated refinancing and high-default rates. Making these loans affordable, in the NAACP's view, should require lenders to take into account borrowers' incomes and expenses.

A number of studies have found that each year payday and car-title loans strip more than $7 billion — largely from people of color

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By Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.

After Dallas and Baton Rouge, We Need Action Americans have been shaken by the shootings of police in Dallas and Baton Rouge, La., following the police shootings of black men in Baton Rouge and Falcon Heights, Minn. I spoke at the funeral of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, weeping with his family and friends, as they remembered and mourned their loved one. I spoke later at the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, leaders of the police in different communities, and witnessed their

tears as they mourned the deaths of their fellow police officers in Baton Rouge.

There is a national call for mourning, for a conversation, for peace.

But we need more than a conversation, more than weeping for our lost loved ones. We need common sense and action.

The police now are stupefied.

They face people armed with weapons of war — assault rifles designed for battlefields, not for American street corners. There is no defense against snipers armed with such weapons. These weapons can take down planes. They can slaughter

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crowds. They can pick off police.

Incredibly, people have the right to carry these weapons of mass destruction openly in various states.

No police chief in America supports easy access to military-style weapons. They want these weapons banned. The ban used to have bipartisan support. Now the gun lobby has turned it into partisan gridlock. Those who bluster loudly that they are champions of law and order and of the police vote at the same time to allow their enemies to be armed to the teeth. But the police are crying out even as they are being buried: Protect us from these

weapons.

Some on the right denounce Black Lives Matter, blaming the protesters for fanning antagonism toward the police that triggers the attacks on them. This doesn't make sense.

Black Lives Matter's nonviolent demonstrations began after numerous videos revealed blacks being shot at point blank range by police.

Following some of these incidents, police witnesses filed false reports, covering up what happened. Police killings without accountability sparked nonviolent demonstrations across the country.

The discipline of the demonstrators has been impressive. In fact, the demonstrations deter violent attacks by offering a nonviolent outlet for pain and outrage. They have not created the tensions between the police and the community. It is the shootings and mistreatment of African-Americans that have caused the tension. The videos do not cause the tensions. They simply ensure that those outside the black community now see with their own eyes what African-Americans have known for a long time.

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By Julianne Malveaux

Where's the Corporate Leadership on Racial Justice?

When North Carolina passed laws eliminating anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, along with passed its "bathroom bill," mandating that transgender people use the bathroom of their birth gender, they experienced almost immediate backlash. Several artists cancelled concerts, and at least two corporations that had planned to locate corporate headquarters in North Carolina decided to move them elsewhere.

Now, the NBA says it will not play the its All-Star Game in Char-

lotte, as planned. They threw the Queen City a bone by saying they "hope" they will play the games there in 2019, implying that they will play in Charlotte if the state changes their discriminatory laws by then.

Moving the All-Star Game away from Charlotte is an economic blow to that city, and to the entire state.

The three-day activity-filled and star-studded event draws tens of thousands of visitors and millions of dollars to the city. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says the league has a long record of speaking out against discrimination, and North Carolina's governor has issued

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an angry statement saying the sports and entertainment industries have "maligned" the people of the state and "misrepresented its laws." He said "American families should be on notice that the selective corporate elite are imposing their political will on the communities in which they do business, thus bypassing the democratic and legal process."

I say that the NBA has offered corporate leadership on discrimination against LGBTQ people, and I applaud it. I am wondering, though, what it would take to get NBA and corporate leadership involved in the unnecessary shootings of Af-

rican-Americans by "law enforcement" officials. Instead of support here, the WNBA has fined players from wearing logo-less black shirts as a "deviation from uniform." (Yes, I know that the NBA and the WNBA are different organizations.)

What if a few leaders in Fortune 500 companies took a position on the number of unarmed African-Americans by "law enforcement" officers. What if they said that in response to the killing of Philando Castile in Falcoln Heights, Minnesota, they would reconsider their monetary commitment to this city or that? To be sure, police organiza-

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tions would push back, and hard, just as they have every time President Obama says something about the ways people have been slaughtered at the hands of police officers. Still, if corporate leadership even lifted up these shootings as a matter of concern, it might make a difference.

Or, perhaps corporate leadership could use a carrot instead of a stick, making contributions to police training and arbitration in the name of corporate social responsibility.

What if corporate leaders offered to support a few diversity leaders in de-

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LIFESTYLE ‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ Returns to VA with New Twists and Turns D.C. Jazz Pianist Mark G. Meadows Stars at Signature Theatre

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor The popular musical that unpacks the life of the famed jazz entertainer, Jelly Roll Morton, returns to the Signature Theatre in Arlington, kicking off a new season with a production that promises new twists, turns and the stage debut of a D.C. native.

The musical, by George C. Wolfe, Susan Birkenhead and Luther Henderson, features the music of Jelly Roll Morton (born Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe), the

Black pianist and songwriter, born in New Orleans in 1980 who blended the styles of ragtime and minstrelsy with dance rhythms and who eventually emerged at the forefront of a movement that would one day be known as “jazz.”

D.C. native, Mark G. Meadows, 27, an acclaimed jazz pianist, recording artist and music instructor, plays the role of Morton. However, the play has been ingeniously revised by Director Matthew Gardiner, abandoning the format of earlier productions

5Mark G. Meadows, who stars as Jelly Roll Morton in a production of "Jelly's Last Jam," rehearses with the cast at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Va. / Courtesy of Christopher Mueller

in which the character of Jelly Roll Morton, once brilliantly portrayed by the legendary Gregory Hines, tap danced his way into our hearts.

Now, keeping with the true story of Morton, Meadows will share his character’s fascinating story through the triad of piano artistry, singing and dialogue.

“It’s an amazing story – particularly when you begin to understand how Morton felt that his music had been stolen by the

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likes of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong,” said Meadows, who also teaches high school students the art of jazz at Ellington High in the District where he directs juniors and seniors, The Mellow Tones –young musicians in training.

“I’m really excited to see how people will respond to the show and to my acting debut – this marks a new chapter in my life.

In many ways, I think audiences will feel like they’re really attending a jazz concert because I pretty much play throughout the entire show. Of course there’s the added context of acting. But for me, because jazz piano has pretty much defined my life, it’s a little easier to pull off. Still, mastering the music and the role hasn’t been a walk in the park,” he said.

Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer said it feels right to start the new season by immersing the audience into a show that celebrates the music and life of Jelly Roll Morton.

“The time is right for this acclaimed musical to be brought back into the spotlight with jazz pianist Mark G. Meadows. It promises to be a terrific night of musical theatre,” he said.

Other members of the ensemble include: Chris Broughton, DeWitt Fleming, Jr., Olivia Russell, DeMoya Watson Brown, VaShawn McIlwain, Joseph Monroe Webb and Stephen Scott. Featured with Meadows will be the soul-stirring Nova Y. Payton, the Broadway twosome of Felicia Bo-

swell and Cleavant Derricks and the choreographic splendor of Jared Grimes.

“Tap is my first love and is part of my DNA. But this show won’t be like what people are used to seeing when Gregory Hines performed,” said the show’s choreographer Grimes, a native New Yorker who grew up in a small North Carolina town.

“We have an ensemble of five tap dancers and there will actually be more tap numbers than the original show featured,” he said. “We’re doing some really fun things with all kinds of dancing that will illustrate the versatility of the performers. I’ve even put together a production with all-new rhythms so that what you see is a totally new take and a fresh approach.”

Signature Theatre associate artistic director and the director of the play, Matthew Gardiner, said he’s long wanted to tackle the play.

Now he’s been given the chance.

“The original production was built around the tap dance abilities of Greg Hines. But Jelly Roll Morton was a jazz pianist. I wanted to showcase who he really was and tackle the conversations of race that are once again dominating the American landscape.

We have a phenomenal cast and Mark was the perfect piece to the puzzle. We’re honoring the past even while we look to the future,” Gardiner said.

For information go to www.sigtheatre.org. The show opens Aug. 2 and runs through Sept. 11. WI

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Carmen de Lavallade Recalls Illustrious Career

5Carmen de Lavallade, Elizabeth Alexander, Isisara Bey / Courtesy of Kevin Allen

By Eve M. Ferguson WI Contributing Writer When the March on Washington Film Festival and the National Museum of Women in the Arts team up, as they have for the past four years, something special always happens with legendary women.

This year, the festival presented a dialogue between two phenomenal women: poet/scholar Elizabeth Alexander, who delivered a poem at the 2008 Obama inauguration, and the iconic dancer/actress/choreographer Carmen de Lavallade.

Now an octogenarian, de Lavallade looked elegant and energetic in a colorful kimono robe draped over a black pants ensemble. As she entered the auditorium, her grace was still evident as she glided across the floor as if on a cloud of air.

Born in Los Angeles in 1931, de Lavallade recounted her early years growing up in East Los Angeles, a primarily Mexican neighborhood, under the tutelage of her Aunt Adele, who owned one of the first progressive Black bookstores in the area.

"My mother was taken to a sanitarium and my father ended up raising us," de Lavallade said. "But we had these five aunts, and Auntie Adele was one of those aunts. She didn't have children but [I and my two sisters] were like her daughters.

She had a bookshop on Central Avenue in L.A., the Hugh Gordon Bookshop. Auntie was a Communist so we used to hand out these pamphlets. We didn't know!"

She talked about the richness of Black Los Angeles during that era and the luminaries who came from that background and Thomas Jefferson High School in East L.A., such as Ralph Bunche and Etta James. She also recalled W.E.B. DuBois having a conversation about what books her Aunt Adele should sell in the store.

Later, a young de Lavallade would begin dance class, as she was always "twirling around," and ultimately landed a scholarship with Lester Horton in Los Angeles, where she learned the essentials about dance.

De Lavallade also brought her high school classmate, Alvin Ailey, to Horton's studio where they encouraged each other to embrace the all-encompassing Horton Technique, which also focused on other arts and literature.

"We knew each other since junior high school, then high school," she said. "He was a Spanish major, he was very good at languages. And he was gorgeous. He was one of those kids who hid all of his talents. I took him to Lester's once and that's how he got into the dance, through Lester. But that is a whole other story.

"Alvin's body was a like a stevedore," de Lavallade said. "He didn't have those fine lines like a dancer usually has. Goodness, he looked beautiful on stage and Lester's technique really worked beautifully with Alvin.

"That where you learned your technique, she said. "He had a particular way of movement. But there were no Barres, no mirrors. Just the stage. The beautiful thing was that you lived on the stage. Your focus as a performer was here, and you were very aware of your body. If you were doing something wrong, someone would just come and lift your arm."

De Lavallade spoke about the racism that used to exclude people of color from the art because of their body type, including her first cousin, Janet Collins, who she said was also a dancer but had been discriminated against and barred from mainstream ballet classes because of her color. Eventually Collins became the principal dancer for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. De Lavallade succeeded her cousin as the principal ballerina.

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De Lavallade and Holder were married from 1955 until his death in 2014. They had one son, Léo.

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when she discussed the secret of their long and happy marriage.

"We each did our own thing. I supported him and he supported me," she said. "We were each other's greatest fan."

The two were the subjects of the film Carmen & Geoffrey (2005), documenting their 60-year partnership and artistic legacy.

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Latest 'Star Trek' Installment Light-Years Beyond its Closest Competition

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The more interesting conversation is about whether "Star Trek Beyond" is a better sci-fi space adventure film than 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." On most levels, the answer is yes.

Director Justin Lin, from the "Fast and Furious" franchise, takes the helm from J.J. Abrams, who comes aboard as a producer. The result is a taut piece of filmmaking, with perfectly choreographed action scenes (jumpstarting a spaceship is a highlight) and a rapid-fire pace that only leaves time to gasp for air.

Visually, the film is eye candy from scene to scene. The pleasing colors, amazingly crystal-clear and perfectly lit cinematography and wondrous sets give the footage a fresh new look.

The costumes have a hip futuristic style. The music akes explosive scenes to higher levels with choirs and orchestras blaring. Essentially the tech credits are exemplary on every level and overshadow those from the latest Star Wars episode.

At the hands of scribes Simon Pegg (who also plays Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the film) and Doug Jung, the storyline bursts with danger, humor and strong relationships. It's easy enough to comprehend without an advanced degree in astrophysics, yet complex enough to hold your attention for 120 minutes. The constant stream of discovery, conflict, betrayal, daring escapes and death-defying events in space and uncharted planets

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Various subplots develop around different pairings (Uhura and Sulu, Bones and Spock, Kirk and Chekov) versus the normal myopic focus on Kirk and Spock.

It all begins with a jolt. In the midst of the first leg of a five-year mission, Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) meets the leader of a foreign species.

He brings a gift, a relic with him. His generosity is not well received. Midget creatures attack him. His crew arranges a quick escape. It's just the beginning.

A rogue spacecraft hurls toward earth. Its inhabitant claims her ship and crew has been lost on a nebula far far away. Captain Kirk and his team set out on a rescue mission that may be more treacherous then they imagined: Commander Spock (Zachary Quinto), Dr. "Bones" McCoy (Karl Urban), Lt. Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Scotty, Sulu (John Cho) and Chekov (the late Anton Yelchin).

Nothing goes as planned. Their starship, The USS Enterprise, comes under attack. Crash landing. Emergency escapes. Everyone is under siege on the planet Altamid, a dangerous alien world that is a way station for a vicious, evil reptilian-looking demon named Krall (Idris Elba). For very personal reasons, he has a plan to annihilate The Federation. A victim of Krall's vengeance, a warrior named Jaylah (Sofia Boutella of "Kingsman: The Secret Service"), joins the crew's efforts to stop him.

There's a weary feeling among the captain and commander. Kirk and Spock, seemingly at the end of their ropes, contemplate a different

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life. Kirk laments, "The more time we spend out here, the harder it is to see when one day ends and the next day begins." It's a rightful malaise for crewmembers who've been on the job for decades, protecting the universe.

Much of the far-reaching themes of this long-lasting, space-age phenomenon, which started on TV 50 years ago, are still relevant in a multicultural, borderless world that grows more interdependent and intertwined every day. That yearning to achieve great things as a team, for the good of everyone, is a constant.

The returning cast appears to be very comfortable in their roles. Pine radiates a self-assuredness essential for playing the unflappable Kirk.

Quinto and Saldana make the quirky romance between Spock and Uhura amorous. Urban and Pegg as Bones and Scotty provide a natural comic relief.

The new addition of the Jaylah character gives Boutella an opportunity to introduce a younger fighter to the mix. Elba as Krall invents a towering persona, with a raspy voice and intimidating mannerisms. He exudes a rage that is believable. His performance is more intense than the rest of the cast. It's as if he's a Shakespearean actor moonlighting in a big-budget film.

Director Justin Lin, a gripping script, a topnotch technical crew and a very enthused group of actors have taken this franchise up a notch. Do their efforts provide more of a thrill ride than the latest Star Wars saga?

That's a heated conversation Trekkies need to have with Jedi chasers.

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WPAS 'Deep River' Programs Making Spiritual Connections

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By Eve M. Ferguson WI Contributing Writer The Washington Performing Arts Society has focused its 201516 season on a series of programs showcasing the organization's resident choirs, the Men, Women and Children of the Gospel and engaging the spiritual communities in Wards 7 and 8.

On Friday, July 29, the "Deep River" program series kicks off at THEARC for a panel discussion, "Extending the Tradition: Reaching a New Generation: Youth and Gospel Music Today." The panel will feature a discussion with Joyce Garrett, founder and musical director of the Washington Youth Choir, and Alisha Lola Jones, assistant professor of ethnomusicology at Indiana University, moderated by Michele Fowlin, music director of the WPAS Children of the Gospel Choir.

The event will start with the East of the River Film Series screening of "Sister Act 2" at 4 p.m., followed by the panel at 5:45 p.m. and the Fowlin-directed WPAS Children of the Gospel concert at 7 p.m.

Fowlin is a graduate of Howard University, where she majored in vocal performance/pedagogy with a piano minor. Under the mentorship of James Weldon Norris of Howard University's School of Fine Arts, Fowlin began conducting as well as studying under opera greats such as Carmen Balthrop and Regina McConnell. She eventually became the assistant to the conductor for the University Choirs and traveled with the choirs locally,

nationally and internationally.

After Howard, Fowlin's vocal career took her to Russia, England, Spain and the Virgin Islands. She also taught music in D.C. public schools. For the past several years, Fowlin has worked with the Children of the Gospel Choir as vocal coach and music director and also participates in the Children of the Gospel's summer camp. She is currently director of choirs at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in northwest D.C. and is the co-founder of HerSanctuary.

Founded in 1993 to celebrate the richness of traditional and inspirational gospel music, the WPAS Children of the Gospel Choir works with some the area's noted choral directors. They have also shared the stage with such gospel greats as Richard Smallwood, Kathleen Battle, Bobby Jones and Sweet Honey in the Rock.

THEARC will also host another Deep River program on Saturday, Aug. 13 with a panel discussion and a gospel workshop and showcase. Choral singers and community members are invited to join Dr. Raymond Wise, director of the Indiana University African American Choral.

Two other panel discussion, "The Role of the Black Church as Community Engager" on Aug. 13 and "Spirituals vs. Gospel" on Oct. 2.

The Deep River program stems from the Washington Performing Arts Mars Urban Initiative to explore spiritual communities in Wards 7 and 8 through their focus on "the art of the spiritual."

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5Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) shares a word with delegates during the Democratic National Committee Convention in Philadelphia on Monday, July 25. / Photo by Roy Lewis

3Howard University News Service students are a significant news reporting team this week at the DNC2016 in Philly. / Photo by DR Barnes

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ARIES I The continued focus on your sector of creativity makes this one of the better times of the year to dive in and explore your talents. However, early in the week you may decide to choose safety over risk, which could mean you miss an opportunity to go even further with a plan or project. Lucky Numbers: 30, 39, 42

"Brave Like Me"

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TAURUS Would you rather go boldly into the world or stay under the covers? Tuesday could see you making such a decision. With a major focus on your home and family sector, you may feel that the time has not yet arrived for you to share or do what needs to be done. Some reflection could help get those creative wheels moving and help you come up with bright ideas. Lucky Numbers: 7, 23 33

GEMINI A conflict between keeping a secret or letting everyone know about it could arise Tuesday. The focus on your communication sector suggests there might be a way to compromise so you can still keep part of the information to yourself if that feels easier. There's a restless energy this week that could see you looking for the next best thing and networking for your job. Lucky Numbers: 2, 20, 41

Never be afraid of…

CANCER Should you enjoy yourself or save the money? If this week's lineup is anything to go by, there might be a way to do both. The focus on your financial sector encourages you to save your money, but there are times when enjoyment is far more important than caution. From Friday, you may feel like doing your own thing regarding your career, which could be very exciting and creative. Lucky Numbers: 10, 15, 45

By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer Your Mommy and Daddy have taught you that. Never be afraid of spiders, big animals, lightning, or loud noises. Always be brave, they say, and so you are — and in the new book "Brave Like Me" by Barbara Kerley, you'll see how that courage you’ve got helps them, too.

Your Mom or Dad isn't home right now. They won't be home for supper tonight, either, because they're serving their country in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard. That makes you a Military Kid, which means you need to be very brave.

Before Mom or Dad went overseas, you spent lots of time together. Remember all the fun things you did? The trips and treats? Remember the kisses? Great big hugs had to "last the whole time" they'd be gone, so you grabbed as many as you could and Mom or Dad was glad to give them.

You might have wondered a lot of things about this process. Who would be there when you came home from school? Where would you live? How are far away is overseas, anyhow? You might be sad or mad about not having Mom or Dad with you for all the important things you do in your life.

Most of all, you're scared that someone is going to be hurt.

The good news is, you know how hard Mom or Dad works to stay safe and you know they do the job right. You'll still be able talk to them sometimes, on the phone or on a computer. You can write letters, draw pictures, or send silly cartoons. There are many ways to stay in touch and even more ways to make your parents proud.

Just be sure you remember all the things you do every day — birthday parties, school plays, pals, pets and parks — and keep those "million hugs and kisses to share" because you’re going to need them. Mom or Dad will be home soon.

In the meantime, be brave…

As a nation, we're proud of our soldiers. We know they do a hard job and they sacrifice a lot in their duties. Keeping things as even-keeled as possible here at home is what we can do for them, which might include having around "Brave Like Me." Using a huge abundance of pictures, and including kids of many ages and cultures, author Barbara Kerley gives military families a little bit to hang on to as a soldier-parent is packing up, and suggestions for things to remember once a parent is deployed. Kerley offers photos of joy and happiness, of soldiers at work, and the inevitable miss-you scenarios that happen. She also includes ideas for keeping morale high both at home and abroad, accompanied by words of encouragement for kids and caregivers.

While this book can certainly be read by kids of any age, its simplicity of word and photo is meant more for children ages 3 to 6. For them, in this time of uncertainty, "Brave Like Me" could make them a little less afraid.

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LEO The world is your oyster now, and with the Sun in your sign your vitality is likely

higher as well. Bearing this in mind, use this opportunity to forge ahead with those projects you've been dreaming up recently. If you have to take time away from your responsibilities to do it, it might prove worthwhile. Lucky Numbers: 3, 18, 29

VIRGO Even though it might seem like you're less productive in certain ways, there's a lot going on behind the scenes that's important. The focus on a more secluded sector of your chart encourages you to dive within and tap hidden resources that can inspire and motivate. Lucky Numbers: 8, 12, 26 LIBRA This is the time to be seen out and about enjoying your social activities. You might even have more invitations than time in the days ahead. Even with the quickening pace, you'll still enjoy yourself. Dating options seem plentiful, as do opportunities to enjoy quality time with your sweetheart doing the things you love. Lucky Numbers: 1, 20, 48 SCORPIO The early part of the week could see you conflicted about going with other people's expectations of you or following your own star. If you're really excited about an idea, run with it. There are times when you can't help but let others down, but you can to make it up to them. Lucky Numbers: 4, 39, 49 SAGITTARIUS The search continues for new opportunities to expand your horizons. This may conflict with your day job or other routines you have in place. The present picture actively encourages you to seek ways to challenge yourself and take your life to the next level. As if to underscore this, the week could see you eager to focus on what's best for you rather than what others expect of you. Lucky Numbers: 14, 22, 32 CAPRICORN With a focus on your sector of shared resources and business, this is an ideal time to get creative about your money. If you have any new business ideas, this could be an excellent time to work on them and consider doing something with them. However, there are restless energies at work over the days ahead that could see you wanting something more. Lucky Numbers: 5, 14, 20 AQUARIUS You could get a lot of support and help from other people over the weeks ahead. It's also a time when you may have to compromise in order to keep things going. Make time to focus on interests that grab your attention and give you a buzz.

Doing so will help you feel recharged on all levels. Lucky Numbers: 26, 38, 46 PISCES Health, wellness, work, and lifestyle issues are very much a part of the agenda this week. Also important is developing the right mindset to achieve your goals in these areas. Don't think you'll never lose the weight or have the home you want — you can. You just need to believe that it's possible. Lucky Numbers: 1, 21, 43

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SPORTS 6 Washington Mystics guard Kahleah Cooper takes on Los Angeles Sparks

forward Evgeniia Belyakova in the second quarter of the Sparks' 95-75 win at Verizon Center in northwest D.C. on Friday, July 22. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

Sparks Rout Reeling Mystics

5 Los Angeles Sparks forward Essence Carson

drives past Washington Mystics guard Tierra Ruffin-Pratt in the second quarter of the Sparks' 95-75 win at Verizon Center in northwest D.C. on Friday, July 22. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

6 Washington Mystics guard Bria Hartley drives

past Los Angeles Sparks Nneka Ogwumike in the first quarter of the Sparks' 95-75 win at Verizon Center in northwest D.C. on Friday, July 22. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

6 Washington Mystics forward Emma Meesseman drives

past Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike in the first quarter of the Sparks' 95-75 win at Verizon Center in northwest D.C. on Friday, July 22. / Photo by John E De Freitas

5 Washington Mystics guard Ivory Latta takes on Los Angeles Sparks guard Kristi Tolliver in the first quarter of the Sparks' 95-75 win at Verizon Center in northwest D.C. on Friday, July 22. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

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SPORTS Padres Hammer Nats Late, Get Road Win 4 San Diego Padres center fielder Travis Jankowski beats

Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos' tag at home plate in the third inning of the Padres' 10-6 win at Nationals Park in southeast D.C. on Sunday, July 24. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

6 Washington Nationals pitcher Lucas Giolito holds San Diego Padres baserunner Ryan Schimpf at first with a pickoff move in the fourth inning of the Padres' 10-6 win at Nationals Park in southeast D.C. on Sunday, July 24. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

5 Washington Nationals second baseman Trea Turner drops the ball while attempting to tag San Diego Padres baserunner Alex Dickerson during the Padres' 10-6 win at Nationals Park in southeast D.C. on Sunday, July 24. / Photo by John E. De FreitaS

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Prior to the caucus meeting, a news briefing took place with two Clinton campaign officials to highlight this week's agenda, which included speeches from President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) touting criminal justice reform, racial intolerance and economic prosperity.

They also pointed out how the Democratic convention will present more diversity in comparison to last week's Republican National Convention in Cleveland. For instance, the Republican party had more than 2,000 delegates present, only 18 of whom were Black.

"You are going to hear people leaning into hope and real ideas and solutions," said Karen Finney, senior communications spokeswoman for the Clinton campaign. "From last week … it was putting Donald Trump first and Trump's message. We don't believe the country is as glib as Donald Trump."

Besides politicians, others spoke about meeting with Clinton, such as Anastasia Somoza of New York City, a disabilities rights advocate diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

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RELIGION THE RELIGION CORNER

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Your Body is a Temple, It Houses Your Soul!

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — 1 Corinthians 6:19, King James Version Sound physical health is a principle that we must pay more attention to; it is self-evident and should be number one on our list of priorities.

Without health, you cannot create anything, you will not have the strength to be of service to mankind. Health is the ultimate gift because with it, everything else is possible. We can be a blessing to our Heavenly Father. Each and every day, you can fulfill your mission by helping yourself and others.

Let's look at my own health. Five years ago, I learned I had Type 2 diabetes. With no health insurance at the time, I didn't even know my health had spiraled out of control.

But I knew there was something going on with my health. I could hardly walk, and felt very weak.

My energy and enthusiasm for living was no longer prevalent.

My breakthrough came when I finally got health insurance and went to a marvelous female doctor, Dr. Muriel Vemury. My A1C was 7.5, with normal blood sugar in the of 4.0 range. It hit me like a ton of bricks!

Heartbroken because of how my own mother died — both legs amputated, kidney failure, seven strokes, high blood pressure — I felt a determination within myself to change my life immediately.

Immediately, I went into my kitchen and cleaned out foods I Turning Hearts Church

knew may be bad for my health.

During my mother's illness, I had studied causes and effects of diabetes, and had learned that a change of diet and exercise would make a difference.

In fact, Mother died on Christmas Day in the year 2000, and in 2005 when I was completing my communications program for my master's degree at Trinity University, my public relations campaign was "Stop Fanning the Flames of the Diabetes Epidemic," in memory of my mother.

Research by the National Institutes of Health, the American Diabetes Association and other medical journals had been included in my research, so when my own life became affected by this horrific disease, I knew immediately what must be done.

It worked! Within 90 days, my blood glucose had gone down to an A1C of 6.2; and within eight months, I lost more than 40 lbs.

Dr. Vemury said, "You're like my poster child, I'm so proud of your progress!"

She didn't understand how strongly I felt about the topic of diabetes! The Lord knew I would share my story and He knew I would share my mother's story with others so they, too, would know what to do.

Let us begin with the foods we are purchasing in most of our grocery stores. The meats are filled with hormones — chicken legs almost as large as a turkey's! — from animals that became full-grown in a matter of weeks or months.

Jeff Gillman, associate professor

Reverend James Manion Priest

4275 4th Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20034 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445

Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958

Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: faithdefender@verizon.net

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202-379-4738 with Lyndia Grant of horticulture at the University of Minnesota and author of "The Truth About Organic Gardening," said, "Many of these chemicals have the potential to be very damaging to humans if they are exposed to high concentrations, or to low concentrations over an extended period of time."

Folks, let's be willing to search for healthier foods for ourselves and our families. Buy organic foods, especially meats and vegetables. The health effects of these unwanted ingredients are causing cancers, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's and more. Let us stop spending money wastefully on fast foods and in nail salons. Use that hard-earned money to feed your body the nutrition it needs in order to help us to function properly for the purpose of helping others. WI

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Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher

Service and Times Sunday School 8 – 9 AM Worship Service 9 – 11 AM Tuesday Night Bible Study 6:30 – 8:00 PM Wednesday Daytime Bible Study 11 AM – 12:30 PM

Committed to providing services and supports to increase the capacity of individuals, businesses, and communities.

Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

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RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 Fax: 301-499-8724

Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 a.m. 7 10:00 a.m.

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

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

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

Pilgrim Baptist Church

Church of Living Waters

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

Crusader Baptist Church

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

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor

Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.livingwatersmd.org

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

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Third Street Church of God

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

Drs. Dennis W. & Christine Y. Wiley Pastors

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Blessed Word of Life Church

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.thirdstreet.org

“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital”

Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church

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

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

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

Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m.

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

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

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

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

St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us...

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

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

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

Rev. John W. Davis Pastor

Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor

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

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

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

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor

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

www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

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

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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church

All Nations Baptist Church

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

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

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

Israel Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

“Where Jesus is the King”

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Rev. Dr. Diane Dixon Proctor Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Eastern Community Baptist Church

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

The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

New Commandment Baptist Church

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor

Damion M. Briggs Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rehoboth Baptist Church

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

Salem Baptist Church

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

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

St. Matthews Baptist Church

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

Emmanuel Baptist Church

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

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

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

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

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

Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m.

Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

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

New Members Class: 9:30a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

Christ Embassy DC

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

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

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

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor

Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Reginald M. Green, Sr. Interim Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m.

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

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

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

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

Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m.

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

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

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

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

Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

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

Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday 12 Noon

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

The Church Where GOD Is Working....

And We Are Working With GOD

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

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

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

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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016 ADM 694 Pearl Virginia Scott Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Berthena L. Lyles, whose address is 2648 Basingstoke Lane, Bryans Road, MD 20616, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Pearl Virginia Scott who died on April 10, 2012 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 January 14, 2017. 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 January 14, 2017, 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: July 14, 2016 Berthena L. Lyles Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2016 ADM 698

Administration No. 2016 ADM 686

Gloria Hall aka Gloria Jean Brown Hall Decedent Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Alicia Vicks Hall, whose address is 1218 Jefferson St., NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Gloria Hall aka Gloria Jean Brown Hall who died on May 9, 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 January 14, 2017. 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 January 14, 2017, 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: July 14, 2016

Minnie B. Edwards Decedent Cheryl Chapman Henderson, Esq. 4920 Niagara Road, Suite 200 College Park, MD 20740 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sherryl L. Edwards and Donna L. Edwards, whose addresses are 9808 Lakepointe Ct., Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 and 121 Manor Ter., Landover, MD 20785, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Minnie B. Edwards who died on December 8, 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 January 14, 2017. 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 January 14, 2017, 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: July 14, 2016 Sherryl L. Edwards Donna L. Edwards Personal Representatives

Alicia Vicks Hall Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2016 ADM 727

Administration No. 2015 ADM 931

Paris Desiree Gant Decedent

Vernelle V. Warren Decedent

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Sheila T. Gantt, whose address is 7205 8th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Paris Desiree Gantt who died on September 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 January 14, 2017. 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 January 14, 2017, 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.

Toussaint Freeman, whose address is 4210 4th St., NW, Washington, DC 20011 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Vernelle V. Warren who died on March 23, 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 January 14, 2017. 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 January 14, 2017, 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: July 14, 2016

Date of first publication: July 14, 2016

Sheila T. Gantt Personal Representative

Toussaint Freeman Personal Representative

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Josephine Louise Stuart Decedent

Charles M. Waespy Decedent

Frances Branen aka Frances Arlene Branen Decedent

Andrellos Mitchell 717 D Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20004 Attorney

William H. Roberge, Jr. 15204 Omega Drive, Suite 210 Rockville, MD 20850 Attorney

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Carlton W. Stuart, Sr., whose address is 14204 Derby Ridge Rd. Mitchellville, MD. 20721 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Josephine Louise Stuart who died on June 4, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 21, 2017. 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 January 21, 2017, 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.

Tina Latter, whose address is 14701 Botany Way, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Charles M. Waespy who died on May 5, 2016 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 21, 2017. 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 January 21, 2017, 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: July 21, 2016

Date of first publication: July 21, 2016

Carlton W. Stuart, Sr. Personal Representative

Tina Latter Personal Representative

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Bernice Smith Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Michael L. Cobb, whose address is 1175 Morse Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Bernice Smith who died on March 14, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 January 21, 2017. 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 January 21, 2017, 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: July 21, 2016 Michael L. Cobb Personal Representative

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Thomas Francis Branen, whose address is 33 Quincy Place NE, Washington, DC 20002 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Frances Branen aka Frances Arlene Frances who died on May 10, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 January 21, 2017. 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 January 21, 2017, 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: July 21, 2016 Thomas Francis Branen Personal Representative

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Pearl McSene Jones Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Terese McSene Jones, whose address is 4407 Banks Place NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Pearl McSene Jones who died on June 9, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 21, 2017. 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 January 21, 2017, 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: July 21, 2016 Terese McSene Jones Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2016 ADM 756

Foreign No. 2016 FEP 72

Administration No. 2016 ADM 469

Sheridan Benet Easterling Decedent

December 5, 2012 Date of Death

Fabian H. Barnes Decedent

Jacqueline Jones Moore 7605 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20012 Attorney

Bonita Thompson Name of Decedent

Johnny M. Howard Houston & Howard 1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney

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Gretchyn G. Meinken 616 North Washington Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

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Gary Thompson whose address is 4041 Caribon St., Bowie, MD 20721 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Bonita Thompson, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on December 2, 2013.

Service of process may be made upon Chaundra Jordan, 1312 Franklin St., NE, Washington, DC 20017 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C.

The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property; 5236 Central Ave., SE. Washington, DC 20019.

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

Franks D. Barnes, whose address is 540 NE 102nd Street, Seattle, WA 98125, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Fabian H. Barnes who died on April 8, 2016 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 28, 2017. 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 January 28, 2017, 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.

Katina Barham, whose address is 3903 23rd Place, Temple Hills, MD 20748, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Shirley Romaine Taylor who died on June 24, 2015 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 28, 2017. 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 January 28, 2017, 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: July 28, 2016

Date of first publication: July 28, 2016

Date of first publication: July 28, 2016

Frank D. Barnes Personal Representative

Katina Barham Personal Representative

Sharon Leigh Easterling, whose address is 2737 Knox Terrace SE, Washington, DC 20020 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Sheridan Benet Easterling who died on November 23, 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 January 21, 2017. 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 January 21, 2017, 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: July 21, 2016 Sharon Leigh Easterling Personal Representative

Gary Thompson Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2016 ADM 749

Thelma E. Evans Decedent

Adina Johnella Green Decedent

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Administration No. 2016 ADM 812 Arthur H. Looper, Jr. Decedent Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara Looper, whose address is 2404 Perry Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Arthur H. Looper, Jr. who died on April 5, 2009 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 January 28, 2017. 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 January 28, 2017, 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: July 28, 2016 Barbara Looper Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2016 ADM 803 James T. Green aka James Tiller Green Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Arletha C. Green, whose address is 4504 20th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James T. Green aka James Tiller Green who died on April 28, 2018 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 January 28, 2017. 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 January 28, 2017, 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.

Gemma Antoine-Belton, Esq. 1101 L St., NW, Suite 806 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gemma Antoine-Belton, Esquire, whose address is 1101 L Street, NW, Suite 806, Washington, DC 20005, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Thelma E. Evans who died on February 28, 2013 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 January 28, 2017. 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 January 28, 2017, 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: July 28, 2016

Date of first publication: July 28, 2016

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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 January 28, 2017. 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 January 28, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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Their solutions included "extension of quality early childhood education to every disadvantaged child in the country" and "efforts to improve dramatically schools serving disadvantaged children through substantial federal funding of year-round compensatory education programs, improved teaching, and expanded experimentation and research." They believed their recommendations were both attainable and essential: Violence cannot build a better society. Disruption and disorder nourish repression, not justice.

They strike at the freedom of every citizen. The community cannot — it will not — tolerate coercion and mob rule.

Violence and destruction must be ended — in the streets of the ghetto and in the lives of people.

Segregation and poverty have created in the racial ghetto a destructive environment totally unknown to most white Americans.

What white Americans have never fully understood — but what the Negro can never forget — is that white society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White

institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.

Decades since the Kerner Commission Report's release, what has been done? Far from enough as the authors feared: "One of the first witnesses to be invited to appear before this Commission was [noted Black psychologist] Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, a distinguished and perceptive scholar. Referring to the reports of earlier riot commissions, he said: ‘I read that report … of the 1919 riot in Chicago, and it is as if I were reading the report of the investigating committee on the Harlem riot of '35, the report of the investigating committee on the Harlem riot

of '43, the report of the McCone Commission on the Watts riot. I must again in candor say to you members of this Commission — it is a kind of Alice in Wonderland — with the same moving picture re-shown over and over again, the same analysis, the same recommendations, and the same inaction."

Almost 50 years later, historians and scholars look at the Kerner Commission Report as another reminder of how much is still unchanged and needs changing to make the promises of American democracy work for all. Division is not inevitable.

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dren that live in other high-income countries to be killed in gun accidents, with as many as 100 children dying each year.

Our firearm safety system is broken — tragically, fatally broken.

Lobbyists for the firearm industry hold our lawmakers in an almost literal death grip, blocking common sense reform at every turn.

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check, because his records never made it into the system. And if the current system wouldn't have deemed Johnson's bizarre behavior a red flag for a gun purchase, it certainly should have.

The background check database must be complete, and the types of incidents that warrant prohibition must be thoroughly examined.

Prior to the attack in Dallas, each mass-shooting incident in the United States has prompted a bizarre chorus calling for even more guns in our society. "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," as

the saying goes. Setting aside the impossibility of distinguishing a "good guy" from a "bad guy," there were plenty of people with guns at the scene of the Dallas massacre and not one of them was able to stop the sniper. The police were armed. About 30 of the marchers at the demonstration where the attack took place were armed. Not one of them managed to stop Micah Johnson with a gun.

Every modern study concludes that more guns equal more crime.

Right-to-carry laws are associated with significantly higher rates of aggravated assault, robbery, rape and murder. American children are sixteen times more likely than chil-

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plan and an organized movement to redirect the money we withhold back to our own businesses as much as possible.

As for depositing our money in Black banks, we must do our due diligence, meet and develop relationships with bank managers, and I would recommend doing what the Collective Banking Group (Now called the "Collective Empowerment Group") have done from 1995 to present day.

The group wrote covenant agreements with the banks and held them accountable for what they said they would do for their members in return for their deposits.

We must practice good stewardship if we want to be empowered.

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Additionally, I know "for everything there is a season," and the effort taking place now in Atlanta at Citizens Bank, started by noted entrepreneur and rapper Killer Mike, is the right message. Yes, there have been other messengers, but if he is the one that gets our people to respond, not only do I applaud our people, I also applaud Killer Mike. I had a chance to speak with him on the Carl Nelson radio show and he impressed me as a brother who is not egotistical and not concerned about being the HNIC in this issue. He was very respectful and open to learning more about the history of his efforts and willing to listen

to recommendations. I appreciated that and look forward to working with him.

Back to the stewardship issue and how it relates to our reactions not only to police shootings of Black people, but also to our overall position in this country. Boycotts, if sustained, can work, but "work" to do what?

Yes, they may turn the tide of recalcitrant corporations that only care about our dollars, which we give to them without reciprocity. However, the "work" that any economic sanction effort should and must produce is economic empowerment for Black people. Our efforts cannot be centered on hurting someone else; they must be done in an effort to help ourselves. Thus, we must have a strategic

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Financial justice remained the convention focus with a keynote address from Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Created as a cornerstone of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, CFPB has in five years enacted financial regulations and returned $3.48 billion in restitution to consumers who were harmed by unfair financial practices. "[F]or African-American communities in this country, credit is often unavailable, may be quite expensive, or is offered through predatory practices," he said. "For too many consumers of color, the pursuit of prosperity can be dif-

JACKSON from Page 27 The killers of the police in Dallas and in Baton Rouge did not come out of the civil rights movement.

They came out of the military, where they were trained to shoot, to make bombs, to ambush, to kill. They were veterans of war, not of the nonviolent movement for justice for all. They returned from risking their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan to communities plagued by real economic fears and racial anxieties. Post-traumatic stress disorder is real, yet mental health assistance is too limited and weapons of war too readily available. The mix is toxic and sometimes lethal.

MALVEAUX from Page 27 veloping training for police officers?

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Doing nothing means things will get worse. Police are on edge for good reason. Civilians are on edge about the police for good reason.

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through our city streets are making money from police aggression.

Those who own the private prisons that profit from mass incarceration have no interest in minimizing arrests. And those who shilly-shally around economic justice find there is no down side to taking no position, a tepid one, or an ambivalent one.

The NBA felt there was a downside in condoning North Carolina's discrimination against LGBTQ people, such a downside that they would

offer a crushing economic blow to that state. They don't seem to care about the "collateral damage," those folks who don’t discriminate but will still suffer because the All-Star Game is going elsewhere. Few feel strongly enough about racial and economic justice to strike a similar blow against it. Instead, there is head-shaking and hand-wringing but no action.

What would be the outcome if even one corporate leader said, "We don't like doing business in this environment"? What if just one corporate surveyed their African-American employees about their police interactions, including unjustified stops, "misidentification," and the burden of WWB and BWB (walking while black and breathing while black)? What if just one corporation said "enough" about this nonsense? I think corporate leadership on racial economic justice could make a difference.

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Cleveland, where the Republican National Convention was held this month, is in a state with open carry laws. Demonstrators for and against Donald Trump have the right to carry their military weapons openly into demonstrations outside the convention hall. This is an utter distortion of the Second Amendment.

The Founding Fathers wanted to make certain that the states could maintain independent militias.

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"We are grateful that the NAACP's foot soldiers are actively joined with its leaders and others in the fight for an end to predatory lending," Standaert said. "Everyone — whether with families and neighborhoods or on social media — will generate a drum beat for justice that includes financial fairness for all."

Roslyn Brock, NAACP chairman, said the organization is ready and able to carry on.

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