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Ward 7 Celebrates Exemplary Women

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Violent Crimes Drop in District Despite Uptick in Homicides

Cherry Blossoms Dominate the Horizon

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

Local Stars Continue to Make a Difference By Barrington M. Salmon Special to the Washington Informer The service, sacrifices and stellar examples of women who care for and about their community often receive short shrift because of those who dominate the national scene. But that’s not the case in the District’s Ward 7 where the East River Family Strengthening Collaborative, Inc. [ERFSC] has paused for the last five years to recognize the contributions and accomplishments of women who

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5 A sign of the times – Spring is very near! The Japanese cherry trees around the Tidal Basin and on the grounds of the Washington Monument reached peak bloom on April 5. The blooms are expected to last at least until April 14. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

Aminta Breaux, New Bowie State University President

Maryland’s Oldest HBCU Hires First Female Leader

By Brenda C. Siler Contributing Staff Writer

5 Aminta Breaux, president of Bowie State University. /Courtesy photo

This is a historic time for Bowie State University. Aminta Breaux will become the university’s president this week, the first woman to do so in the school’s 153-year history. Breaux has actually been on board since July, but her role becomes official with Thursday’s inauguration activities, headed by Rep. Steny Hoyer (DMd). As she prepares to fully take the reins of Maryland’s first historically Black institution of higher learn-

ing, Breaux spoke with The Informer about her vision for BSU: Washington Informer: What is the significance of you serving as the first female president at BSU? Aminta Breaux: My role begins a new era for the university signaling more inclusive and diverse talent across all populations throughout this region and the country. Furthermore, it is an honor and privilege to serve in this capacity knowing that I stand on the shoulders of other African-American women chief executive officers in higher education — women such as Mary McCleod Bethune, who founded Bethune

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Violent crimes are down overall in the District over the first quarter of 2018, according to new Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) statistics. MPD noted homicides slightly rose in the first three months of the new year, violent crimes reported to the police decreased by 12 percent, or 929 from the 1,058 at the same timeframe a year ago. However, the number rose for homicides and robberies with a gun used in the crimes.Homicides increased from 28 a year ago to 32 this year — up nearly 14 percent — while the number of gun robberies in the first quarter rose from 184 in 2017 to 199 this year, an eight percent increase. As the nation observed the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death on April 4, the late civil rights leader’s son, Martin Luther King III, spoke passionately about crime in the District and around the nation. He recalled the 39th anniversary of the March on Washington with Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network in 2000. At the gathering, leaders focused on the issue of police brutality and misconduct and King noted that he, Sharpton and others had gained momentum in having federal legislation pushed through Congress. “But six to eight months later,

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law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicstory, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assesspush forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further said about Marlow. training for law enforcement Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecwho reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counsel“get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradiperson can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the viclogue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow Also present at the event was said. Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatthe Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasthe founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilan organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. and their children. Marlow has worked to break “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that of,” she said. process. Mildred Muhammad said “I plan to take these policies to people who want to help a Congress and implore them to domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. be5careful how they go into “I will not stop until these poliTimothyofRay /Courtesy photo the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” ever,she because me laugh. Tia KingCarol lived. Those in reached the courtthat may he be made in “survival Jones can be I asked him what it was like to yard became still during mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net the solmarch imme- emn moment. “Beforewith youDr. get King. to 'I'mHegoing saidithe was probably cuss- WITwo of King’s children, Martin todiately kill you,' started as a verbal ing and fussing the whole time III and Dr. Bernice King, showed because of his bad feet. It was a incredible strength throughout. nice, honestly shared memory. The anniversary of Dr. King’s While cold temperatures death serves as a reminder that shocked our bodies and strong we must live the dream he prophwinds moved us from side to side, esied. We must be the change we the sun still shone brightly on the want to see. We must look beday of the 50th anniversary cer- yond our biases and prejudices to emony. Thousands packed the build upon his work, to display courtyard of the National Civil true humility and to treat our difRights Museum where special ferences with respect and dignity. tributes included a video message Dr. King, like any human, has from President Barack Obama. his shortcomings which made He expressed his sentiments that him one with whom we can all he attributes the possibility of his more easily identify. Meanwhile, becoming America’s first Black the totality of his work, even 50 president to Dr. King and chal- years later, continue to resonate lenged us to follow the example – even louder – than ever before. set by Dr. King. As for me, who he was and the Civil rights icons like John things for which he stood, still inLewis and the Rev. Jesse Jackson spire me. WI also joined in the celebration. In fact, Jackson stood on the balcoEDITOR’S NOTE: Hot Topics ny outside room 306 where Dr. will return next L.Y. week.Marlow We hope our King died, saying the memories readers will enjoy and be encouraged of that day and the emotions they by this special tribute to the Rev. Dr. elicited remain fresh and raw. Martin Luther King, Jr. as America Church bells rang out 39 times and the world recently marked the representing the number of years 50th anniversary of his death.

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Nine-Days Standoff, Nine Demands Met By Tatyana Hopkins WI Staff Writer Howard University students on Friday, April 9 ended the school’s longest-ever student-led occupation of the administrative building, after the nine-day takeover resulted in university officials agreeing to give students a greater voice in decisions. Hundreds of students led by the student-run protest group HU Resist occupied Howard’s administration building after it was revealed that university officials failed to disclose embezzlement in the school’s financial aid office that prompted the firing of six employees. Though already planning a demonstration before finding out about the embezzlement, the financial aid scandal sparked HU Resist to move more than 400 students into the administration building for the dayslong protest. Marking the walls with posters of their nine-point demand list and the hashtag #StudentPowerHU, students dubbed the building the “Kwame Ture Student Center,” after former Howard University student Stokely Carmichael, who coined the Black Nationalist phrase “Black power.” “It’s important for us to acknowledge that no significant change that has ever happened in within the Black community has happened without struggle,” said Alexis McKenney, a student organizer with HU Resist. “I want to thank every student who walked through the halls of the Kwame Ture Student Center, formerly

known as the [Administration] Building, which is now open again.” Changes agreed upon in the negotiations settlement include an overhaul of the school’s sexual assault policy, a review of policies allowing campus police officers to carry weapons and the creation of a food bank to serve students and residents in the surrounding community. “As we transition into this agreement and as we transfer out of this occupation [of the administration building], this is not an end, but a beginning to our call of what is student power given this agreement and how do we implement it in a way that changes at our university are institutional,” McKenney said. Through several days of negotiations, students and representatives of the administration and board of trustees conferred to establish the last version of a “Statement of Commitments.” After reviewing the student activists’ nine-point list of demands, the two sides compromised on seven. “Today marks the next chapter of progress at Howard University,” said board member Marie Johns. “These commitments are meant to address the needs and are for the benefit and welfare of the entire Howard University community.” Other changes in the agreement include the board pledging to consider a tuition freeze of undergraduate tuition rates to stay at its current level, reexamining of the adequacy of on-campus housing for students and establishing a task force to review the school’s

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grievance mechanisms, with the help of student and administration representation. HU Resist had been calling for Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick to resign, but the day before the end of the protest, they changed their view. In a tweet, the group explained why they had altered their stance. “There have been 8 days of negotiations, and we have been deliberating ways in which we can recenter our cause around the overall improvement of our institution instead of the elimination of one figure. That being said, we are no longer calling for the resignation of the president,” the tweet read. HU Resist and the hundreds of students that joined them in the takeover of the administration building continued a tradition of student protest at Howard. Two previous protests in 1968 and 1989 also took place in March and involved students occupying the university’s administration building. Among the most pressing de-

5 Howard University Trustee Marie Johns speaks during a press conference announcing the end of the student take-over of the Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Administration Building on April 6 in Northwest. /Photo by Roy Lewis

mands for the 1968 protest were the establishment of a Black Studies curriculum at the school and the appointment of a Black president for the university. Students of the 1989 protest called for improvements to the school’s financial aid programs and campus buildings and the resignation of Lee Atwater, the Republican national chairman, from the university’s board of trustees. The 1968 and 1989 demon-

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strations lasted four and five days, respectively, with many of the demands being met. Frederick congratulated the current student demonstrators on making sure their issues were heard. “I appreciate what they have done to bring this community together,” Frederick said. “There’s no university without its students and the students must be the primary focus of the university. WI

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signed by President Abraham Lincoln. 1864 – Internationally known singer Flora Batson, 1975 – Famed singer and entertainer Josephine Baker dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Paris at 68. known as “The Double-Voiced Queen of Song,” is 1981 – Heavyweight boxing great Joe Louis dies of born in Washington, D.C. 1947 – Basketball Hall of Fame center Kareem cardiac arrest in a Las Vegas-area hospital at 66. Abdul-Jabbar is born in New York City. 1983 – Harold Washington becomes the first 1994 – Ralph Ellison, author of “Invisible Man,” African-American mayor of Chicago. dies in New York City at 81 of pancreatic cancer.

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1862 – The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, or simply Compensated Emancipation Act, a law that ended slavery in D.C. by paying slave owners for releasing their slaves, is

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ate to say this, but you guys need to get over yourselves. We need to beat the Republicans first, and then talk about our issues as the Democratic Party.

ANNETTE KESSEE / LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Not a good time to start refusing to vote for Dems before midterms, because if Black folks refuse to vote blue, Republicans will remain in control of Congress. We need to continue putting pressure on them, but to not vote for the party during the upcoming midterms is a really bad idea!

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As I watch the second criminal trial targeting the man once known as “America’s Dad,” I can’t help but wonder if the relentless drive to humiliate and punish the now, old, wizened celebrity is fueled, in part, by the fact that he’s a wealthy, arrogant, power-mongering Black man who many believe has long grown too big for his britches and who needs to be taught a lesson. Don’t get me wrong. Given the long list of women who have come forward with their stories of sexual assault undertaken by Bill Cosby and the fear they felt if they refused his advances, or made public his heinous acts, thereby facing his wrath, I am fairly convinced that many things were definitely wrong in Denmark. Still, I cannot say if I believe that throwing him behind bars for what would more likely be the rest of his life is the best way for him to atone for his alleged crimes and sins. Here’s what I do know. Bill

“Still, I cannot say if I believe that throwing him behind bars for what would more likely be the rest of his life is the best way for him to atone for his alleged crimes and sins.” Cosby, in following patriarchal tactics long employed by powerful men, should not bear the brunt of wrongdoings that have similarly been used by an ever-growing list now made public, of others who seem to have been given a “pass” because of their white privilege membership card. I do not choose to name the others – we know who they are. Even our president, Donald J. Trump, faces accusations by a woman – one with whom he does have a history – even if not to the extent that the buxom, for-

mer porn star asserts. Let me also be clear. As one who fought off not one man, but two during my youth who attempted to sexual assault me, I know full well what it’s like to be thrown into such a situation. I know what one feels after it’s over. I have handled the anger, the confusion and the shame. But back to Bill Cosby. I just want to know what about the rest of the wolves? Don’t they deserve the same kind of public scrutiny and undoing? When will their court dates be scheduled? Will we go after them in like fashion? Or is this yet another example of America’s centuries-old zeal for castrating Black men? Cosby, it appears, is from far innocent and is certainly not the victim here. But if justice is to be served and if we are serious about changing the way sexual desires and proclivities are routinely used by men to debase women, then Bill Cosby is just the tip of a very large iceberg. WI

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Youth Reflect on the Life of MLK By Tatyana Hopkins WI Staff Writer On the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, the builders of the memorial dedicated to the civil rights icon on the National Mall gave young people a stage to reflect on his life and legacy. The Memorial Foundation held a ceremony complete with spoken word and song from youths from Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Northwest before a candlelight vigil at the memorial. “With the march two weeks ago and the shooting in Parkland, I think it’s time for young people to take the mantle of leadership,” said Harry E. Johnson Sr., president/ CEO of the Memorial Foundation. Johnson said he was inspired to include young people in the reflection on King’s life by the recent March for Our Lives movement, in which tens of thousands of student activists stormed D.C. to fight for gun control following a mass shooting a high school in Parkland, Florida. “In Montgomery, it was the older folks like Rosa Parks who led the [civil rights] movement, but in Montgomery, as King wrote a letter from prison, young people led and helped transform the movement,” Johnson said. “It’s one thing for us people with the gray here to get up and talk, but these young people were talking about the future, their future.” The young people on the program took time to honor King’s legacy, but also reminded the crowd of roughly 100 people that his work for justice is not done. “Dr. King, I am from Minnesota Avenue, Southeast D.C., apartment

302, 20019,” Jalynn Thomas, 17, of Duke Ellington said during the recital of a poem over the vocals of the school’s Sophisticated Ladies choir. “People say when I state my address it sounds like I’m saying my prison number, but I might as well practice since one in every three African Americans can expect to be arrested at some point in their lifetime, and in my neighborhood, just make that two out of three.” Jalynn said her life experiences and those of the people around her influenced her poem about trying to accomplish her dreams in a neighborhood affected by mass incarceration and poverty. Other young artists echoed her sentiments. “I am disappointed in America, and there can be no great disappointment where there is no great love,” three young poets of the R Street Collective recited in unison. “I am disappointed with our failure to wield positively and forthrightly with the triple evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism.” Silas Newby, a 17-year-old Seattle native, said the marginalization of ethnic minorities remains an issue today. “It’s important for youth to be aware of injustices,” Silas said. “We need some sort of new movement that furthers or moves to establish equality regardless of race.” Will Searcy, 23, a program manager for inclusion and opportunity at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, said he believes his generation’s role in moving racial equality along rests in fighting for legislative and economic progress. “My generation has come of age where we’ve had to juxtapose the election of the nation’s first Black president with Sandra Bland, Tamir

Rice, Trayvon Martin and I could keep going on, but there are too many to name,” Searcy said. He said many of the victims of state violence experienced failures of the state before their fatal encounters in the form of poor education, inadequate housing and lack of access to proper health care services. “King believed that full equality could be realized not only through political power, but also through economic autonomy and opportunity,” Searcy said. WI

5 Will Searcy, program manager for inclusion and opportunity at the Joint Center for Political Studies speaks during the candlelight vigil held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Southwest on April 4. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

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Civil rights groups have threatened to sue D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for a two-year delay in the implementation of a law that requires law enforcement to collect data on police stops in the city. Provisions of the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results (NEAR) Act, which passed in March 2016 and received full funding in October 2017, require D.C. police to collect information on all “stops and frisks” conducted by police in the city. However, the ACLU-DC, Black Lives Matter and the Stop Police Terror Project say there are very few signs that the city has taken steps to implementing the collection of police-stop data. Last week, the coalition sent a twofold demand to the mayor’s office, calling for the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to either provide the legally required stop-and-frisk data collected since the passing of the NEAR Act or provide a plan and timeline for doing so. The coalition said it will take legal action if the demands are not met. The group’s threat to sue the mayor is based on the power of the D.C. courts to compel action that is mandated by law but has been “unreasonably delayed” by the executive branch. “They are not in compliance with the law,” ACLU-DC Policy Director Nassim Moshiree said of the city’s failure to implement the data collection changes. “It’s ridiculous to keep having this conversation over again.” In February 2017, ACLU-DC filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the city’s stop-and-frisk data, but the mayor’s office responded that no records that met the NEAR Act’s data collection requirements existed. In testimony before the D.C. Council, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kevin Donahue indicated that few steps have been taken to implement the law’s data collection requirements. “We are concerned with their motivation to do this and concerned with their effort to get compliant,” Moshiree said. “This should be a priority for

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Md. Senate Approves School Safety Measure

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill

ANNAPOLIS — As the 2018 Maryland General Assembly wrapped Monday, lawmakers gave near-unanimous approval to a bill requiring a resource officer in every public high school in the state by the 2018-19 school year. If an officer isn’t available, a school system can partner with local law enforcement to provide coverage for a high school. “Three different committees worked on that bill,” said Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., one of the 44 senators who approved the legislation. “It’s a lot of funding in that bill for school safety. It’s a very big bill that we passed.” Only one senator voted against the bill: Paul Pinsky (D-District 22) of University Park, who disagrees

with a portion of the bill that provides $10 million toward public safety protection. Although the legislation designates funding for mental health services, it doesn’t specify how much each school system would receive. A school safety subcabinet would establish an amount based on school officials who apply for grants and explain the use of the money. The six-member group would include these individuals or their designees: the state superintendent of schools; secretary of health; secretary of state police; attorney general; secretary Department of Disabilities; and executive director of Interagency Committee on School Construction. “My concern is $10 million to respond to an incident, but no money to providing mental health services,” Pinsky said. “I think it is the wrong priorities. Funding to respond to an incident instead of funding to pre-

vent an incident is wrong.” After the February massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan proposed earmarking $175 million for school safety, including $125 million in capital improvements at schools and $50 million to pay for school resource officers, counselors and other technology. One month later, a student at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County shot two fellow students, one fatally, before committing suicide when confronted by the school resource officer. The officer, who simultaneously fired a shot that struck the gunman in the hand, is credited with helping to end the incident. Miller praised colleagues who pushed to ensure a bill passed this year, including Sen. Steve Waugh of St. Mary’s County, whose district includes the high school. Maryland lawmakers approved setting aside more than $40 million in the budget for school safety improvements. With that funding, each school system requires a safety coordinator who must be certified by the Maryland Center for School Safety and serve as a liaison between school system, local law enforcement and the school safety center, located at the Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center in Baltimore County. A satellite office for the center would open at Bowie State University. Because of that, overall annual operations costs for the center would increase from $500,000 to $2 million. By June 15, 2019, school offi-

5The Maryland Senate reviewed and approved dozens of bills on April 9, the last of the 2018 General Assembly. /Photo by William J. Ford

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Prince George’s School Structure Remains Unchanged By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill ANNAPOLIS — After more than three months of working on recommendations to improve the Prince George’s County public school structure, nothing will change for now. A proposal to allow elected members of the school board to select a vice chair and create an inspector general office died in a Senate committee on Monday, the last day of the Maryland General Assembly. The committee didn’t receive a letter of recommendation from senators who represent Prince George’s to state their position on the idea, so the current system of the county executive choosing the board’s chair and vice chair will continue. In addition, two-thirds of the board, or exactly half its 14 members, can vote on any item contrary to the chief executive officer. The proposed change in the legislation was three-fifths, or eight of the 14 members. The House unanimously approved both bills labeled HB 184 (inspector general) and HB 186 (school board structure). Some blame longtime state lawmaker and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., who supports a hybrid structure over an all-elected school board. Miller resides in Calvert County but represents portions of Prince George’s and backs

County Executive Rushern L. Baker III. “I think it’s sad when one or two persons can set the agenda for all the elected officials who are here, and we would be deaf to what our constituents have asked us for,” said Sen. C. Anthony Muse (D-District 26) of Accokeek, who presented legislation for an all-elected school board. “We’ve heard from hundreds from our constituents that they wanted change.” The proposed changes stemmed from controversies such as alleged pay raises for high-ranking school staff and grade inflation among high school seniors that some officials, educators and residents have called lack of accountability. According to a brief, historical analysis of the legislation, Prince George’s swayed through changes to the school board structure and a hybrid format with nine members in 2002. In December 2006, the legislature changed to all nine members elected with five from a particular district and four atlarge colleagues. Based on a recommendation in 2012 from Baker, state lawmakers approved to add four appointed members and expand the board to 13. The county executive can currently appoint three members, select both chair and vice chair and the County Council approve a third member. A high school student makes

up the 14th person on the board, but she’s chosen by a regional Student Government Association and doesn’t vote on the budget, school closings and personnel matters. The Prince George’s County Educators Association released a statement Tuesday, April 10 to express its displeasure with state officials who ignored the union’s no-confidence vote in February on the school system’s top leadership. “Over the past few years, our educators have watched PGCPS lose $6 million in Head Start money, over 600 educators placed on administrative leave and a grading scandal that emanated from the [school system’s] central office,” said union President Theresa Mitchell Dudley. “There is no accountability to the PGCPS Board of Education.” Belinda Queen, a member of

5Prince George’s County school board holds a meeting on Dec. 19. /File photo by William J. Ford

the county’s Democratic Central Committee running for a school board seat, supports an all-elected board. “The people wanted an all-elected school board,” Queen said in Annapolis minutes after the General Assembly’s last session ended after

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Anthony Brown Endorses Alsobrooks for Prince George’s Executive By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Maryland Rep. Anthony Brown has remained supportive of Prince George’s County incumbents and others who seek various state and local offices, but he made a public endorsement Tuesday, April 10 for Angela Alsobrooks as county executive. “I’ve had the opportunity over the years to work with Angela and to see firsthand how she establishes goals,” Brown said during a tour of the Prince George’s Community College’s Center for Health Studies in Largo. “She works hard and smart. Perhaps more importantly, she works together with the community in achieving those goals. We’re going to see that as Prince George’s County’s next county executive.” Alsobrooks even received a word of support from Senate

President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. the previous day when he mentioned her name among others Prince George’s officials being part of a “great team.” The county’s state’s attorney already received the support of two major unions — International Brother of Electrical Workers and Service Employees International Union 1199. Both organizations combined have nearly 20,000 members throughout the D.C. region. IBEW supported Edwards in her 2016 bid for Senate and SEIU helped Edwards succeed to her run for Congress. Edwards and Alsobrooks join a crowded Democratic primary election for the county’s top seat. The other opponents are state Sen. C. Anthony Muse; Paul Monteiro, a former official with the Obama administration; and Lewis S. Johnson of Forestville, a retiree from the U.S. Government Printing Of-

fice on Capitol Hill. Four other Democrats — former lieutenant governor Samuel Bogley III, Billy Bridges, Michael E. Kennedy and Tommie Thompson — filed near the deadline to enter the June 26 primary. Jerry J. Mathis filed as a Republican, but the county is predominantly Democrat. Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III, whose term expires at the end of the year, seeks the Democratic nomination in the gubernatorial primary. Poll numbers have shown him as the top Democratic candidate, but plenty of Marylanders affiliated with that party remain undecided on who they would choose. As for Brown’s support, Alsobrooks said he helped to bring money for a strategic investigations unit in the state’s attorney’s office to combat violent repeat offenders during Brown’s tenure

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5 Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks stands next to Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Maryland) at Prince George’s Community College on April 10 during an event to announce Brown’s endorsement of Alsobrooks in the county executive race. /Courtesy of the Alsobrooks campaign

as lieutenant governor. “We are going to need the right kind of partnerships, especially around education,” Alsobrooks said in an interview. “Congressman Brown has come forward and is really excited to work with us.” Brown said he supports Alsobrooks’ education platform, which she spoke about Thursday, April 5 during a Facebook Live discussion at her campaign headquarters in Largo. If elected, Alsobrooks proposes school-based counselors in every school, increasing teacher pay and providing money to renovate some of the most underserved schools. Another recommendation she offered is for for schools to incorporate character education, namely more parental involvement. “It means we teach our children to respect their teachers and to respect each other,” Alsobrooks said after the nearly hourlong chat. “Develop an environment we care as much about what goes

into the child’s academics into what they become as people. The parents need to be allies and not adversaries.” She maintains her focus is strictly on children’s academic and social needs, versus the political power struggle of adults. “Every policy we put forward, will be one designed to make sure that our kids are spoken about first,” she said to the audience. “If the conversation doesn’t start with children, why are we here?” Hallie Williams, a PTA president at the Accokeek Academy, said Alsobrooks’ student-first approach is what won her over. “I worked on [late former County Executive] Wayne Curry’s campaign 20 plus years ago, [and] it’s been status quo 16 years for me,” Williams said. “It’s too many adult issues. She is focusing on the students first. That’s more important.” Alsobrooks plans to conduct another social media discussion this month focusing on economic development. WI

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BUSINESS At-Large Candidate Envisions Smart Growth Real Estate Developer has Vision for Equitable Expansion By Tatyana Hopkins WI Staff Writer Marcus Goodwin sat in on a March community meeting where Councilmember Trayon White (D-Ward 8) gathered dozens of concerned residents to face the overseers of the $50 million Maple View Flats development weeks after protesters shut down construction, citing a lack of community engagement and hiring on the project as their reasons. Goodwin, an at-large candi-

date for the D.C. City Council, watched as residents emphasized the importance of development companies interacting with the community “before the shovel touches the ground” and further expressed their fears of gentrification to their area. “This one building will gentrify the neighborhood,” said one resident, Marley Soto, 24. “This will not be the last one; there will be many more to come.” Goodwin, 28, says he believes he has the aptitude to solve the

city’s ongoing problem of providing more affordable housing. For years, he considered a career in politics. He found political advice and inspiration interning under the late Councilmember Jim Graham and interacting with former Mayor Adrian Fenty while working under then-Deputy Mayor Valerie Santos Young. But, the Harvard graduate found himself in New York City on Wall Street working as an investment banker and later for the acquisitions arm of the largest development firm in the District. Currently employed by D.C.based developer Four Points LLC as an acquisitions associate, Goodwin has thrown his hat into the District’s political arena as one of five contenders looking to oust Councilmember Anita Bonds from the atlarge Council seat she’s held since 2012. Goodwin has made creating affordable housing the centerpiece of his campaign and said he hopes to use his experience as a developer to move more residents along in the city’s upward-growing prosperity. “There didn’t seem to be a community base of support or consensus of what was being built,” Goodwin said of the

Maple View Flats development. He says the District’s most at-risk populations are minorities and working-class families and that development in the city should put people over corporate profit by having strong, community-vetted benefits agreements when they’re sold public land at lower-thanmarket-rate. He has called for D.C. resident hiring requirements for publicly-supported developments as well as the city offering incentives to rent to local retailers that are more likely to hire locally. He adds that he believes his experience will allow him to maneuver conversations with development firms that will maximize community benefits so that all residents welcome building in their communities and view developments as “assets to the community.” A native Washingtonian, Goodwin’s mother, a teacher, lived in Columbia Heights in Northwest. His father, an environmental scientist, lived in Congress Heights in Southeast. Splitting time between the two neighborhoods, he watched his mother’s neighborhood grow to attract development while his father’s community remained one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city. “Coming from a working-class family, in both my mother’s and father’s households, I saw what it was like to really have to fight and scrape to make your way in this city as the cost of living continued to rise,” he said. Still, he did not allow his youth as a child from a single-mother household with few economic means to limit his goals, eventually creating a lucrative career in real estate development. “That was the consequence of me taking advantage of the economic opportunity that was there,” he said. “Now, I want to create that opportunity for all people.” He said his experience will allow him to maneuver conversations with development

firms that will maximize community benefits so that all residents welcome building in their communities and view developments as “assets to the community.” With impressive support, the first-time Council candidate tops his opponents in fundraising, raising more than $80,000 since his September candidacy announcement. Incumbent Bonds has raised just over $63,000, while opponents Jerimiah Lowery and Aaron Holmes have raised about $30,000. Goodwin touts his financial savvy as an asset needed in the city’s Council to help steer it in a direction to better work with the private sector to develop more affordable housing in the District. “I’m in a position where not only do I understand [real-estate development], but I’ve built a level of expertise,” Goodwin said. “Smart development is an absolute necessity for us to build a city that creates economic opportunity for all and promotes social mobility.” He said the city has made efforts to build more affordable housing, but has been inefficient on the projects, sending too much money on developments that yield small numbers of affordable units. He also said that Average Median Income (AMI) should be localized to neighborhoods to protect the affordability of areas with incomes lower than the current standard AMI. Goodwin also supported the measure that would help convert vacant apartment buildings into affordable housing units as he said the process would help the city and developers save money on infrastructure costs. “We need to take a hard stance and determine whether we value community and people building or continued profit and growth of our city’s annual budget, and there’s a delicate balance in that,” Goodwin said. “Economic prosperity shouldn’t come at the cost of working and middle-class families.” WI

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Bowser’s proposal also includes other public safety improvements like a $900,000 commitment to expand the Immigration Justice Legal Services grant program which defends the rights of immigrant residents through informational programs and direct legal aid. The proposal also includes $11 million to continue funding for third-party ambulance services and $4.6 million to hire 80 additional officers at the Department of Corrections. Bowser also is calling for $2.4 million for the hiring of 42 new dual-role firefighter/paramedics. The budget proposal includes $22 million in capital investments in fiscal 2019 and $76.4 million through a six-year capital improvements plan for the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department for emergency vehicles and apparatus; and $4.7 million in capital investments in fiscal 2019 and $36 million through a six-year capital improvement plan for MPD vehicles. “This budget is about giving more Washingtonians a fair shot,” Bowser said. “From investing in tax credits that make child care more affordable to expanding programs that allow seniors to age in place, the Fair Shot budget will do more to make Washington, D.C., a place where people of all backgrounds and in all stages of life are able to live and thrive.” WI

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Coming of Age as a Senior By Aimee D. Griffin So much planning and preparation is considered when we acquire the status of becoming an adult. There are often celebrations that mark the ability to vote, register for selective service and high school graduation. Becoming an adult means different things to different people with options like heading off to college, joining the military or securing employment. There should also be planning and preparation for coming of age as a senior. Much like hitting the age of majority, there are different considerations and options for coming of age as a senior. There are folks who are required to retire at specific dates such as some employees of federal agencies like the State Department. There are folks who are considering when to start taking distributions for Social Security at 65 or 72. Taking a holistic approach to “growing up” we need to thinking about all of the PIECES of our lives. Often we have been living in certain circumstances for a while and should take time to step back and consider our options. The PIECES of our lives reflect the Physical, Intellectual, Economical, Cultural, Emotional and Social components that make up our lives. • Physically- we should consider our physical health as well as our physical location. Can we age in place or should we consider relocating? Is our physical health allowing for independence? Do we want to physically stay in the geographic area that we are currently in or do we want to relocate based upon temperature, support system or economics? • Intellectually - we should consider what is necessary to stay stimulated. We underestimate how important it is for us to challenge our minds. While we are employed and/or engaged intellectually our cognitive skills are being sharpened regularly. While we may not want to continue attending a job regularly we still want to be intellectually stimulated. That is one of the ways to stave off Alzheimer’s and Dementia. • Economically - we should consider how to protect and transfer assets. Do we have the funds that we need to have the lifestyle that we want? If not, what can we do about it? Finances are an important quality of life resource. • Culturally - we should be mindful of those things that keep us entertained and our availability to acquire those things. • Emotionally- we are able to explore and balance our emotions when we are able to connect with others. We use other people to balance our realities so often. Hearing ourselves speak out loud is often enough to help us see a different perspective. • Socially- we often take for granted the network that our participation in the workplace provides for us. The relationships that we have provide a network of emotional and social support. Depression is a great concern among older people because of the lack of social networks. Coming of age as a senior requires major considerations. Too often we ignore this reality and strategic planning provides more options that reacting. As we come of age as seniors we need to be even more thoughtful and strategic as our mistakes are not as forgiving as when we came of age the first time. Aimee D. Griffin, Esq., The Griffin Firm, PLLC 5335 Wisconsin Ave NW • Suite 440 Washington DC 20015 www.thegriffinfirm-PLLC.com • 202-379-4738

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Zimbabwe To Expats: ‘Return Home And Rebuild Country’

The new dispensation in Harare needs the buy-in and investment of millions of Zimbabweans who left the country and settled elsewhere, particularly the multitudes resident in neighboring South Africa, if the vision of turning around the Zimbabwean economy is to be realized, Zimbabwe consul general Henry Mukonoweshuro told expatriates in Johannesburg Saturday night. Addressing a glitzy Zimbabwe Achievers Awards ceremony, Mukonoweshuro appealed to Zimbabweans based in South Africa to consider moving back and investing in their motherland, now led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. “As we meet today, in the new dispensation as we called it since last November, the government of Zimbabwe is very proud,” Mukonoweshuro said. “We, as the representatives of the government of Zimbabwe are very proud to say as you toil, as you make names in these foreign lands, you should now start looking north of the Limpopo [River]. As the president [Mnangagwa] always says, his mantra — Zimbabwe is now open for business.”

DA Committed To Rooting Out Corruption

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has used its federal congress to celebrate its successful decadelong legal battle for the reinstatement of charges against former South African President Jacob Zuma, describing it as a demonstration of the party’s commitment to rooting out corruption, The Sunday Independent reported. The DA, South Africa’s opposition party, held its federal congress in Tshwane over the weekend. Party leader Mmusi Maimane said Zuma, who was charged Friday in the Durban High Court with 16 charges relating to corruption, fraud, money laundering and racketeering, would have to be forced to answer for his alleged criminal activities, The Independent reported.

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Jamaican Men Delaying Fatherhood

Professional men in Jamaica have been deliberately delaying or foregoing fatherhood, a worrying trend in light of the county’s graying population, The Jamaica Gleaner reported. Though the median age in Jamaica is currently 29, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding recently pointed out that by 2050, it could reach 40, and urged the government to move quickly to have a national conversation on the issue, The Gleaner reported. However, pointing to the influences of the growing Men Going Their Own Way movement, sexologist Dr. Karen Carpenter told The Gleaner that men are making bold moves in looking out for themselves.

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Venezuelans Fleeing To Trinidad And Tobago

The ongoing economic crisis in Venezuela is forcing its citizens to flee their island and apply for asylum in Trinidad and Tobago. To date, approximately 2,000 Venezuelans have applied for asylum in Trinidad and Tobago and the numbers are increasing, acting Chief Immigration Officer Charmaine Gandhi-Andrews told a Joint Select Committee on Human Rights, Equality and Diversity on Friday. The issue of Venezuela was raised by member Esmond Forde, who questioned Gandhi-Andrews about the influx of Spanish speaking nationals, as their country faces shortages of food, medicine, violent crime and rising unemployment, the Trinidad Guardian reported. WI

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April Greetings From DC Office on Aging Laura Newland DC Office on Aging Executive Director Happy spring! Last month, Mayor Muriel Bowser released her Fair Shot Budget for fiscal year 2019, a commitment to all Washingtonians that D.C. is a city where no one gets left behind. The Fair Shot budget is all about investing in our people—those who’ve made this city what it is today, and those who are paving the way for tomorrow. And because our older residents are the core of this city, this budget reflects the Mayor’s commitment to ensuring that Washington, D.C. is the best city in the world to age!

SO WHAT CAN OUR SENIORS EXPECT IN FISCAL YEAR 2019?

Support Community Living We’ll help more of our older residents continue living in their own homes and communities thanks to a $4.5 million investment into our Safe at Home program. This program addresses safety concerns in and around the homes of our older residents and adults with disabilities by providing preventative in-home safety adaptations and exterior security cameras. Since we launched this program in January 2016, we’ve completed more than 1,000 projects, from installing grab bars, to safety railings, stair lifts, to bath tub cuts. Thanks to the Mayor’s continued investments, we are making sure more and more of our residents are able to live and thrive in their own homes and communities. And thanks to $28 million invested for 50 new permanent supportive housing units for senior women, we’re making sure our older residents have a place to call home, in the community—where they want to be and where they belong.

PROMOTE LIVING WELL

Because we know that aging well means living well, access to health, wellness, and recreation to keep you active and

engaged is a priority for this Administration. This means capital investments in all of our Senior Wellness Centers. In addition to the $4 million committed to refreshing our wellness sites, the Mayor has committed an additional $1.5 million to expand the Model Cities and Congress Heights Senior Wellness Centers. We’ll also be investing in a new Senior Wellness Center in Ward 8! But we also know how important it is to have more high quality wellness programs in more places, so that no matter where you live, you can join a fitness class, group activity, or social event. Thanks to the Mayor’s annual commitment of $350,000 to YMCA’s Fit & Well program, we are making it easier for you to stay active and engaged, wherever you are. Living well also means being able to move around the city, get to your appointments, shop, and socialize. Thanks to the Mayor’s $2 million increase for the popular Transport DC service, Metro Access customers will be able to do so with more $5 taxi cab rides.

CARE FOR THE CAREGIVERS

Whether you’re a caregiver, a former caregiver, a future caregiver, or will be cared for, chances are that you will benefit from more caregiver resources and supports. We’re excited about a partnership with the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to provide therapeutic, respite, and support services all under one roof for all of the caregivers in the District. Here in D.C., we’re committed to providing care for the caregivers, because you are the soul of our city. You are the reason our older adults and people with disabilities are able to continue being a part of our communities. Thanks to the Mayor’s support and our strong partnership with DPR, we will all be working together on plans to build a state-of-the-art caregiver complex. This was just a snapshot of the investments made to support our older residents. My team and I are excited to talk to you more about what’s planned for FY 2019. Join us for one of our budget town halls, and be a part of the conversation around what the FY 2019 budget will mean

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for you. To attend, reach out to us at 202-724-5626. When I say that D.C. is the best city in the world to age, it’s because we truly have the best seniors in the world! And it’s also because we have a Mayor who sees you and who knows that investments in our older residents are investment in our communities. Thank you for all of the contributions you’ve made and continue to make, every day. I’ll see you out in the community!

Ambassador Program Workshop Series

The Office on Aging Ambassador Program is designed to train members of the community who are interested in helping District residents access D.C. Office on Aging services. Trained Ambassadors now have the option of completing training hours as part of the DCOA Ambassador Workshop Series. This will advance their knowledge and ability to address needs of others in the community.

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NATIONAL Attorney Mario Williams Secures Justice for the Poor Civil Rights Lawyer takes on Bad Cops, White Supremacists and More

By Curtis Bunn Urban News Service Delma Jackson’s New Year’s morning started with the receipt of a disturbing photo on her cell phone – a man’s beaten, bloodied, swollen face – so badly disfigured that she couldn’t tell it was her husband. While an inmate at a South Georgia prison in December 2011, prison guards attacked Miguel Jackson with a claw hammer in a brutal act captured on video. Horrified, Delma called the

prison for answers. She got none. She wasn’t even sure if her husband was alive or dead. She looked through the Yellow Pages and eventually found a lawyer – one who would secure both answers and justice. But not before being turned down again and again by others. “No one would touch it,” Delma said. “I had the photos to show but no one would help except Mario.” Mario Williams, an Atlanta-based civil rights attorney, has taken a circuitous route be-

fore becoming one of the country’s foremost legal advocates for those unable to secure legal representation. The bulk of his cases center on civil rights violations, police misconduct, the rights of prisoners and wrongful incarcerations although he initially wanted to work on environment-related cases. Williams serves as a legal advocate of last resort for those too poor or too unconnected to engage a big law firm. In fact, he’s now preparing an unprecedented $20 million legal campaign to investigate and uncover the ties of business and political leaders to white supremacist groups. Libre by Nexus, a Verona, Virginia-based firm that guarantees bail bonds for immigrants, win their release and reunite them with their families, will fund the effort. The for-profit company, founded by Michael Donovan and Richard Moore in 2012, gives away millions of dollars each year to fund free legal aid. Both incarcerated during their college days, they say they remember how hard it can be for prisoners to get a fair shake. They tagged Williams, 46, as the point man in the probe of

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white supremacists. “Mario is fearless in advocating for those without a voice,” Donovan said. “A lot of idealists learn of the [civil rights] abuses and it shocks them when they’re unable to do anything.” “With Mario, he is personally offended and it fuels him to act. He didn’t lose his ideology. And that’s hard to find in an attorney. The goal is to find the funders of extremist groups that advocate violence and sue them into submission. Williams says when he first began working with the Peace Corps in small Central American villages in the 1990s, he thought he’d found his calling where he discovered the real price paid by the poor and the powerless. He spent three years helping to bring clean water to some of the world’s poorest people by putting his hands to work as much as his mind, helping to build water systems and filtration tanks in the hills of remote villages – systems that produced clean, drinkable water that saved countless lives. “It was a human rights violation that they did not have potable water,” he said. “Kids were dying and people were getting sick because of the water. In the U.S., we just turn on the facet and we have water ready to drink. We take it for granted. It’s not like that in many parts of the world.” The plight of the Central Americans he helped struck a nerve in Williams. Since then, he’s gone on to become one of Atlanta’s most respected attorneys. For Delma and Miguel Jackson, he would be the answer to their prayers. “Mario was right on it,” Delma recalled. “We met him on a Monday, showed him the photos, gave him the background on my husband and he knew exactly what do and what motions to file. Tuesday, he was at the prison,” “My husband’s case had a lot of discrepancies including being sentenced for 50 years for an armed robbery in 1996 when he was just 20. – 50 years. Mario’s

been there every step of the way. We need more people like him.” However, despite his efforts, the guards who beat Miguel were never charged with any infractions. The case sits in summary judgment as Williams continues to seek justice. “One issue I began to have is ‘how do you sleep at night?’ he said from his desk at his downtown Atlanta law office. “I have seen so much denial of human rights in Central America and sadly, denial of civil rights of non-white people here in America. It’s simply not right.” “The abuse of power of law enforcement officers is running rampant. Doing this work means something to me – fighting every day for people’s rights and for justice.” “Emotionally, it gives me a sense of completeness,” Williams said. “There is something very rewarding in battling for rights for people and protecting their rights.” Still, the satisfaction that comes from winning cases doesn’t last long. After winning a jury award of $350,000 for the family of Terrance Dean, an imprisoned Black man in Georgia also brutally beaten by guards, Williams said he was elated and happy for the family . . . for about an hour. Then he said, the time had come to “move on to the next [case].” WI

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Prosecution of Cosby is Senseless, Some Argue By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer The prosecution of Bill Cosby is senseless, akin to a modern-day lynching, some say. When considering the ongoing sexual-assault retrial of Cosby, it’s only natural to first consider race. That’s an instinct — one based on hundreds of years of injustice for African Americans in the criminal justice system. “It’s the quintessential prosecution when you consider that even during jury selection the #MeToo movement has come into play, yet Harvey Weinstein, Bill O’Reilly, Woody Allen and Matt Lauer have never seen the inside of a courtroom,” said Jalen Vickers, who lives near the Montgomery County Courthouse where Cosby is being tried on three counts of aggravated indecent assault stemming from a 2004 incident with former Temple University employee Andrea Constand. The judge hasn’t allowed Cosby’s attorneys to provide his business records they say show that fateful visit by Constand to Cosby’s Elkins Park, Pa., home happened much earlier than January, likely in November or December 2003. That’s key because prosecutors didn’t bring charges until Dec. 30, 2015, just two days prior to the statute of limitations expiring on a January 2004 claim. By law, charges cannot be launched after the expiration date. Then-District Attorney Bruce Castor declined to pursue charges against Cosby in 2005 when Constand reported the incident after consulting with civil lawyers and her brother-in-law, a police officer. Vickers said he refuses to seek a pass to watch the proceedings because it would only upset him. “This ‘me too’ movement is good in a way, but everyone is presumed guilty,” he said. “Even with that, I’d be good with it if it didn’t only apply to Bill Cosby. None of those other guys have been arrested or charged yet Cosby is the only one and you have to wonder if it’s because he’s Black.” Vickers also pointed out that prosecutors have played the age-old race card, as Assistant District Attorney Kristen Feden already has stirred the pot by

suggesting Cosby had a couple of token Black jurors and shouldn’t be entitled to more — regardless of the law that says an individual should be tried by his peers. “They are using Kristen Feden, a Black girl who’s just as Black as Ben Carson, to be the mouthpiece, the loudmouth in the court because they believe jurors will see this Black lady and think this isn’t about race,” he said. In the year that elapsed after the alleged incident, Constand called Cosby more than 50 times, even securing tickets to his concert for her parents. Castor then got Cosby to agree to sit for a deposition which the comedian would not have otherwise done without such a deal. He and Constand would eventually strike a confidentiality agreement in which she received a $3.5 million payoff not to go public with her allegations. She broke the agreement in 2015, which some argue was an attempt to help current District Attorney Kevin Steele’s political campaign. During the first trial last year— which was declared a mistrial in June after the jury reached an impasse — Constand testified that she was health-conscious, she watched everything and anything that she consumed. However, when she complained of being stressed to the point of losing sleep, she quickly agreed to take two blue pills that Cosby offered. “This is what I take when I need to relax,” Cosby said to her. Constand testified that she didn’t know what the pills were, directly contradicting her health-conscious consummation of foreign objects. She said she was in and out of consciousness after taking the pills, but somehow knew that she was in Cosby’s arms, he digitally penetrated her and put her hand on his penis. She awakened in the morning and acquiesced to Cosby’s offer of a muffin and her favorite Red Zinger tea — hardly something you’d accept from someone who you suspected of drugging you just hours earlier. “Call me when you get home,” Cosby told Constand, a phrase familiar with many who are dating. In deposition testimony, Cosby said he and Constand had pre-

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HEALTH Food Waste Drop-Off Locations Re-Open for Earth Month

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Free Kitchen Compost Caddies Offerd to First 50 Participants By Sarafina Wright WI Contributing Writer In honor of Earth Month, the Department of Public Works [DPW] announced the reopening of food waste drop-off’s throughout the city, and an array of other services. On Earth Day weekend, April

21-22, DPW will be giving away kitchen caddies to the first 50 participants at each open drop-off location to help residents compost their food waste. “Helping residents recycle and compost are priorities for DPW year-round as we work toward a cleaner and greener D.C.,” DPW Director Christo-

pher Shorter said. Mayor Muriel Bowser kicked off DPW’s first citywide Food Waste Drop-Off program on Earth Day 2017. Through the free service, residents are able to drop-off food waste at designated farmers markets in all eight wards. The food waste collected at these drop-off locations is composted locally at District community composting sites and at

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search tool on the Zero Waste DC website. Using the app, “What Goes Where?” residents can type in almost any item they can think of, after which they will be provided with information on how that item should be disposed of, recycled, reused or composted in the District. The app includes instructions on how to safely and legally dispose of household hazardous waste items and e-cycle electronic items. “This Earth Day and throughout April, I encourage residents to familiarize themselves with the services DPW offers, and consider how they can fully utilize our city’s programs to be good environmental stewards,” Shorter said. WI

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HEALTH ‘AWARE for All’ Provides Vital, Educational Health Info

Globally-recognized, Free Event Coming to Howard University By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir Greater access to both health care and health-related information now rank among the top of most Americans’ list of essentials. Perhaps that’s why free community health events like “AWARE for All,” scheduled to make its third visit to the Greater Washington Area since 2015 in just a few days, continue to attract more and more participants whenever the program is hosted in cities around the world. Howard University’s Armour J. Blackburn University Center will be the venue for “AWARE for All D.C.” on Thursday, April 19 (5 – 8 p.m.) where patients and the public will have direct access to some of the nation’s most respected medical professionals, organizations and experts. Produced by The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation [CISCRP] with the help of an impressive list of supporters, the goal of the event remains consistent according to Ellyn Getz, CISCRP’s senior manager

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of development and community engagement – “to bring together community members, clinical research experts, patient advocates and patients to generate a meaningful dialogue about the clinical research process.” Getz emphasizes that CISCRP seeks to provide education and raise awareness about clinical research being conducted in the D.C. area and that recruiting participants in studies remains outside of their intentions or goals. “This is free for everyone and it’s a great way for people to learn more about research taking place and resources available right here in their own communities,” she said. “We want the public to be empowered to make better, informed decisions about their health. We recognize that there are always risks, so we advise those who may be interested in clinical research and clinical trials to come and ask as many questions as they want. For some, the benefits for themselves or for family members, may strongly outweigh the risks.” Attendees will have access to free

dinner and health screenings, including blood pressure checks, colorectal cancer screening and COPD, glucose, hypertension, mental health and rapid A1c tests. There will also be an “information alley” that will allow participants to connect with local and national community health partners and sponsors. In addition, the evening will feature a presentation about clinical research, a panel discussion with clinical research professionals and an opportunity to hear from clinical trial participants as they share their experiences. CISCRP routinely employs onsite surveys in each city to measure outcomes, to gather demographic information and to establish a benchmark in terms of the knowledge of those who attend and as Getz notes, the organization remains committed to publishing more of its findings from recent events which for 2018 will include Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta, Dublin, Ireland and the District. Attendance is free, but the public may reserve a spot by visiting www.awareforall.org, or by calling 877-MED-HERO. WI

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By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Maryland gubernatorial candidate Alec Ross has proposed a plan to make the state environmentally friendly. His plan includes public and private partnerships to create energy efficient business and homes; ensuring Maryland has the most charging stations for vehicle per capita in the nation; and creating more energy jobs such as applied sciences in universities. “Too often, career politicians offer voters a false choice between protecting our environment and growing our economy,” Ross said in an April 3 statement announcing the plan. “It’s nonsense: the demand for clean energy has never been higher, and it’s the establishment in Annapolis that’s preventing a true market from opening up.” His proposal would create a Maryland Green Bank, a nonprofit financial institution that loans money to companies that can build successful energy-efficient projects. Ross cited such a bank approved in Montgomery County nearly three years ago. According to the county website, its Green Bank program seeks to promote, enhance and support private sector financing for clean energy projects, and expand financial market and public money to leverage private capital. The county plans to use $14 million in funding provided as part of the Exelon-Pepco merger. If elected, Ross would push for a five-year, $200 million plan into a Maryland Green Bank paid for with Regional Greenhouse Gas initiative money and funds raised through the private industry. The tech entrepreneur also wants to protect the Chesapeake Bay, the state’s biggest environmental resource and the largest estuary in the nation

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with its watershed that touches six states and D.C. In terms of emissions, Ross would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent in the next seven years. A few ideas he outlines in the plan (https://bit.ly/2IBkiKU) are prohibiting new natural gas pipelines; rewarding companies and families helping to decrease omission with a dividend check or tax rebate; and hiring professionals such as architects, engineers and carpenters. “More efficient homes, stores and offices mean more money kept in Marylanders pockets,” the Ross plan states. “Moreover, environmental sustainable buildings and houses require expertise from a range of design and construction professionals.” Ross will face seven opponents for the Democratic bid: Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III; former NAACP President Ben Jealous; Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz; state Sen. Richard Madaleno Jr. of Montgomery County; Krish Vignarajah, a policy director for former first lady Michelle Obama; Baltimore attorney Jim Shea; educator Ralph Jaffe; and James Jones of Baltimore City. The winner in the June 26 primary would face Republican Gov. Larry Hogan. WI

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Rehoboth Baptist Church Child Development Center 621 Alabama Avenue, SE • Washington, DC 20032 (202) 561-1111, ext. 4 The Rehoboth Baptist Church Child Development Center is looking for a Janitor, or custodian, to take care of our building and carry out cleaning, maintenance and security duties. The goal is to keep our building in a clean and orderly condition. Responsibilities • Clean and supply designated building areas (dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, cleaning ceiling vents, restroom cleaning etc.) • Perform and document routine inspection and maintenance activities • Carry out heavy cleansing tasks and special projects • Notify management of occurring deficiencies or needs for repairs • Make adjustments and minor repairs • Stock and maintain supply rooms • Cooperate with the rest of the staff • Follow all health and safety regulations Requirements • Proven working experience as a janitor • Ability to handle heavy equipment and machinery • Knowledge of cleaning chemicals and supplies • Ability to pass yearly physical exam and a TB test every (2) years • Must pass background check including fingerprinting • Integrity and ability to work independently and near children • Ability to lift up to 55lbs. • Ability to work split shifts • High school diploma or GED preferred Contact: Shirley Cooley, Director at (202) 561-1111, ext. 4 or hannahj1@verizon.net Open until filled

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EDUCATION D.C. Residents Among Most Stressed, Study Finds By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Wanna get away? That’s the age-old — and commercialized — feeling that many District residents might just be experiencing. The nation’s capital ranks among the most-stressed locations in the country, according to D.C.-based personal finance website WalletHub. Ranking 12th overall, just behind Georgia and just ahead of Alaska, the District rates as third-worst in

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work-related stress and fourth-worst in family-related stress. The District ranked fifth in the number of hours worked per week, second in least-affordable housing, and first in both crime rate per capita and divorce rate. “Financial stress can be burdensome and produces a sense of loss of control,” said WalletHub expert Camilla W. Nonterah, an assistant professor of healthy psychology at the University of Richmond. “Creating a plan can help alleviate some of the stress over finances and facilitate

5 The District ranks among the most stressed places in the nation, according to a new report. /Photo courtesy of Houston Defender problem solving.” Nonterah said it’s important to note that most individuals already practice stress management, including listening to music, exercising, going for a walk, meditating, being in nature, engaging in a hobby such as gardening, or by spending time with pets and loved ones. Unfortunately, during periods of

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stress, many often forget techniques that have worked well in the past and don’t use them because of the pressure they’re currently experiencing, Nonterah said. There’s a fundamental factor that protects individuals and families from all manners of stresses, and it involves the relationships they have with others which some call their social network, said fellow WalletHub expert Jay A. Mancini, professor emeritus of human development at Virginia Tech and an adjunct professor of human development and family science at the University of Georgia. “Even as relationships can cause us various concerns, it’s our relationships with others that often lifts us from becoming discouraged and feeling hopeless,” Mancini said. “In fact, it is often these relationships with others, which could be family members, friends, work associates and neighbors, that help us to feel hopeful.” The study, which arrives during Stress Awareness Month, notes that American stress levels have been on the rise for two years. To determine the states with the highest stress levels, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District across various key metrics. The data ranged from average hours worked per week to personal bankruptcy rate to share of adults getting adequate sleep.

The top 10 most stressed states, in order, are Louisiana, New Mexico, West Virginia, Mississippi, Nevada, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee. Arizona and Georgia followed at 11 and 12, ahead of the District. Minnesota ranked as the leaststressed state, followed by North Dakota, Utah, Iowa, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Nebraska. Maryland ranked 37th overall while Virginia held the 33rd spot. Maryland ranked 18th for work-related stress while Virginia came in at 16. “Stress is a universal experience, everyone experiences it, it’s normal and has been viewed as a necessary part of life,” said WalletHub expert Velma McBride Murry, a professor and Lois Autrey Betts Chair in the department of human and organizational development at Vanderbilt University. “It’s any noticeable change that occurs in our life that sends a signal that something isn’t quite right.” Numerous strategies that could be used to combat stress, Murry said. “Having someone to talk with and be affirmed can reduce anxiety, create a sense of calm, promote psychological well-being, and help individuals respond better to stress,” she said. To view the full report, go to wallethub.com. WI

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Thurgood Marshall Academy will hold its gala reception on May 3, where participants in the school’s mentorship program will talk about why they volunteer. “My student inspires me to be a better human being,” said Joanna Morrow, who mentors TMA student Destiny. “She inspires me to hold myself accountable for every decision I make.”

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DC State Board of Education staff members recently visited an open house at Chavez Prep Middle School in Northwest. Chavez Prep, one of the Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy, has served grades 6-9 since 2009. The open house attracted several prospective students and their parents and included a presentation by Director of Campus Operations Myisha Trice, introductions to Chavez’s administrative personnel and a tour of the school.

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A group of 4th- and 5th-graders at Moten Elementary School in Southeast are learning to play the piano, thanks to a successful pilot program launched last year. According to their teacher, Tommy Atkinson, the class is part of a program called “D.C. Keys,” a partnership with Washington Performing Arts which teaches elementary students the basics of playing the piano. Atkinson was one of a few teachers to pilot the program in which students also learn concepts like tempo and rhythm as well as some basic songs. They even compose their own music. The program, which serves about 27,000 DCPS students, is available at all elementary schools.

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OFFSHORE ENERGY Plays Vital Role in U.S. Security By Lieutenant Colonel Dennis O. Freytes, USA (Ret.) Florida Chairman, Vets4Energy No one understands the connection between energy security and national security better than the military, and veterans like me strongly support expanding oil and natural gas production, both onshore and offshore. It is a rather easy choice when the options are (1) safely produce oil and natural gas here at home, or (2) defer to hostile and despotic regimes outside the U.S. There’s no question that U.S. oil and natural gas production plays a vital role in enhancing the national security interests of our nation and our allies around the world. The rise of the U.S. as the world’s leading producer of oil and natural gas has effectively curtailed the power of countries like Russia and Iran, who heavily rely upon energy as a geopolitical tool. And offshore energy resources are a big part of our success. Providing more than 1 million barrels of oil per day for the past 20 years, offshore energy is the backbone of a domestic energy revolution that has shaken up global energy markets and helped to drive down prices for homes and businesses.

While we’ve been producing oil and natural gas in the western and central Gulf of Mexico for decades, 94 percent of federally controlled offshore acreage remains off limits to production. It is vital to our military and national interests that we expand opportunities for exploration and production. That’s just what a proposal from the Interior Department would do. The department’s draft proposed leasing program for 2019-2024 opens the door to responsible energy exploration in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic. Government estimates indicate 90 billion barrels of oil and 327 trillion cubic feet of natural gas could be awaiting discovery on the U.S. outer continental shelf (OCS). Opening additional areas to development could generate hundreds of thousands of jobs and lead to production gains of more than a million barrels of oil equivalent per day – further reducing dependence on overseas energy. State officials from Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas – where offshore energy exploration actually is allowed – are onboard. These policymakers and

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their constituents have experienced firsthand the economic growth that energy development brings to communities, and they know that energy operations safely coexist with other industries – and with military activity. As more than 20 members of Congress wrote to the Interior Department, “[The] experience in the Gulf of Mexico over decades clearly demonstrates the compatibility between oil and gas activities and other ocean uses, including military training, tourism, and commercial and recreational fishing – all of which thrive cooperatively in the Gulf.” The key word when it comes to military compatibility is “cooperatively.” Under longstanding practice, military leaders control the location and conditions of energy development near its bases, and a long history of coordination with the Department of the Interior ensures that energy activities follow any necessary stipulations. In the central Gulf of Mexico, in close proximity to Texas and Louisiana ports and military bases, 36 percent of leases are located in military use areas, and military activities have been carried out successfully and without conflict. In a recent letter, Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick M Shanahan recognized that an expanded offshore energy strategy “is intent on increasing domestic energy production to fortify national security objectives and reduce our dependency on imported energy” adding that the Defense Department “supports the development of national domestic energy resources in concert with enabling military operations, training and testing.” Not only is offshore development compatible with other critical industries and military activity, it is safer than ever. Through joint efforts from industry experts and government regulators, more than 100 industry safety and environmental standards have been created or strengthened since 2010, and the industry launched the Center for Offshore Safety to ensure continual safety improvements. Our nation has come a long way in advancing our national security interests through the development of U.S. oil and natural gas resources, especially our offshore energy resources. Given the long lead time necessary in offshore development, decisions we make today will determine our energy security 15 years into the future, and beyond. It makes sense to keep as many options on the table as possible. Let’s focus on the facts and move forward with policies that enable our energy and military sectors to thrive as the greatest in the world.

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EDITORIAL Voter Education, Not Age, Will Make a Difference When D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) joined the masses of mostly young people from the District at the March for Our Lives Rally last month, he marched with his young daughter perched on his shoulders. It was obvious he wanted her to see what was ahead, not just the hundreds of thousands who came to D.C. to rally against gun violence but to get a bird’s eye view of the issues children her age are already confronting. He must have also wanted her to hear how they want to effect change. She may have even overheard her father making plans to enfranchise them locally at age 16. Moved by the articulate, visionary and passionate voices of those no older than 19, Allen wasted no time introducing legislation this week to lower the voting age in the District to 16. District youths at 16 are eligible to get a driver’s license, work, pay taxes and help care for family members, and, Allen noted the hours of testimony by District’s youth before the D.C. Council on legislative issues that impact them directly. “Some people will say young people aren’t mature or educated enough. But I beg to differ,” Allen wrote on his webpage. “Just a few weeks ago, young District residents organized a citywide school walkout and spoke passionately at the Rally for DC Lives calling for an end to gun violence. In hearings on our schools, students testified with informed opinions. And yet, they can’t exercise their voice where it matters most – at the ballot box.” While we see a perilous path on which the Democratic process is headed for any reasons, permitting 16-year-olds to vote could be a breath of fresh air if they in fact vote. However, since qualified D.C. electors with no age restriction can also hold elected office in positions other than Delegate, U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative, if the law passes, we predict a few 16-yearolds will run for elected office, as well. If this is the intent of Allen’s bill, we take a pause in supporting it. If serious voter education is required for all 16-year-olds, then a better-informed electorate may bring about the change Allen wants. WI

Howard Students Succeed through Civil Rights Movement Strategy Watching students from Howard employ a strategy proven to be successful during the Civil Rights Movement illustrated several positive things including, not definitely not limited to, the importance of Blacks knowing our history. The students were angry, they said, after learning that money for student aid had been funneled into the accounts and hands of unscrupulous school administrators. They were frustrated because these dollars were and are essential to their being able to continue and complete their matriculation at the historically Black university. And they wanted to know why the truth had been withheld from them for so long. And so, they took a page out of the annals of the modern day Civil Rights Movement, taking over the university’s administration building, holding a sit-in for over a week, carefully articulating their demands and even conferring with local attorneys in order to make sure they weren’t straying too far afield from rights that Blacks finally received through blood, sweat and tears. What’s most impressive is they were successful in their efforts. We couldn’t help but smile – even being tempted to utter a more contemporary form of urban vernacular by shouting “you go, young folks!” Certainly, Howard University’s president, trustees and other top officials have significant work to do – particularly, but not limited to, reWWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

TO THE EDITOR Historical Capital Hill Church When most people think of Capitol Hill, they seem to seldom visualize the presence of Black History and Culture. However, it depends on through who’s eyes, ears and mouths the stories are told. One such case is that of Brown Memorial AME Church, which in June of this year will celebrate its 135th year on Capitol Hill. A history and legacy that predates Black civil rights, our right to vote, to sit and eat at lunch counters and our right to enter in through the front door of white homes and businesses. Yet even then, the descendants of Brown Memorial AME were entering in through the front doors of their church, a stone’s throw from the seat of our government, which had not yet recognized our equal rights as citizens. Our God-given rights at that. Before a gas powered city turned electric and segregation was abolished, Brown Memorial sat as a beacon of hope and prayer for its

gaining the trust of their students and their families. But for the moment, a semblance of normality has been restored on the Howard University campus. And that’s something that happened, not because of the rhetorical musings of old folks but through the courageous actions of determined Black youth who showed that they care

members. That is among so many reasons we are blessed and proud to celebrate our 135 years. The original structures have long since been replaced and upgraded more than a half century ago, but the history and the spirit remain 135 years later. Charles Swinton

George Wilson Remembered as ‘Black America’s Voice on the Hill’ I am so sorry to hear about the passing of George Wilson. When I worked as a local radio reporter, our paths crossed and he was always extremely professional, helpful, kind and courteous. He knew the “Hill” inside and out and provided accurate insight on the issues of the time. May he rest in peace. Robert Hainey

about their futures. Were Dr. King still alive, he would undoubtedly find a lot has happened since thousands joined him for the historic March on Washington that may evoke feelings of frustration, disappointment – even rage in some cases. But he would be pleased too. Why? Because Black youth, at least those who have chosen to

continue their educational pursuits at schools like Howard, historically founded in order to provide greater and more equitable opportunities for youth of color, have learned their history well. And they’re making the best of that history while recasting and reshaping it for use in tackling the challenges they now face in this brave new world. WI

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By Vincent C. Gray

In Response to the ‘Origins of East of the River’ Washington Informer Op-Ed A recent opinion column in The Informer about the term “East of the River” suggested that beginning last year I had “embarked on an ill-fated attempt to rebrand the neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.” The writers penned a doom and gloom view of our neighborhoods, focusing on banal tropes like poverty, “crack and crime.” In conclusion, they said my efforts were tantamount to “gimmickry.”

You will not find anything hopeful, nor any constructive ideas or solutions proposed in the nearly 1,000 words they wrote. You will, however, find factual errors. Accordingly, allow me to set the record straight and define my objective. I began using the term “East End” when I was mayor, not last year. Why? Because “East of the River” had become synonymous with “the other side of the tracks.” Those of us who live here understand that the decades-old phrase means no such thing, but outsiders — and investors — too often see things differently. Rebranding is a

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device employed by the real estate industry and image-makers across our country. Look no further than the thriving “NOMA” neighborhood, an amalgamation of Truxton Circle, Sursum Corda, Eckington, and near Northeast. The term NOMA didn’t exist a decade ago, nor did the investments that are bringing vitality to a neighborhood that once struggled. A generation ago, when Dupont Circle was becoming a hot spot in which to live and invest, Logan Circle was anything but. It wasn’t long before people started calling the area Dupont East; soon that

neighborhood got hot, too. Have you ever heard of Brighton? Probably not, because we now call it Brightwood. The name was changed to avoid confusing the District neighborhood with a town in Maryland. We can bring the story closer to home. Anacostia was once “Uniontown,” but after the Civil War, towns with that name were formed in several states. Again, to avoid confusion, the name was changed. No one is saying we should change the names of our neighborhoods. “East of the River” isn’t a neighborhood. Indeed, it is no different

than “west of the park.” Both are geographic terms that sadly have come to suggest division, segregation and are loaded with negative connotations. Updating terminology doesn’t change reality, but it can be helpful toward achieving progress and eliminating preconceived notions. It is sad that the writers to whom I am responding feel as though a new term necessarily disparages an older term. Their reaction is antithetical to achieving the progress we all seek. I welcome all construc-

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By E. Faye Williams

Are You Getting Your Money’s Worth?

Recently, Chris Rock made a good point when he said that, for the past 30 years, Sen. Mitch McConnell has represented the state of Kentucky, and he’s one of the nation’s most powerful and richest senators. It’s great to be rich, but Chris and I question how this power and wealth translate into actions which benefit his constituents. Theoretical-

ly, he could give some assistance with a portion of his personal wealth and provide even greater assistance with his legislative sway. Yet, a majority of Kentuckians live below the poverty level. When I tried to learn what McConnell does to help the poor and marginalized, a more surprising fact emerged. Prior to 2008, McConnell was well below the average of U.S. senators in terms of wealth. My current research tells me that he now has

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accumulated at least $22.8 million of personal wealth. Inquiring minds want to know, “How did he become the wealthiest less than 10 years later?” This is a question that not only Kentuckians, but all voters need to ask legislators supposedly elected to represent their interests. I think that few voters have a problem with wealth so long as it is earned honestly and without compromising voter well-being. With so many speakers, during the past week, speaking

about the challenges of keeping Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream alive, I thought it a good idea to suggest that we examine the backgrounds and voting records of all of our representatives who, while in office, mysteriously gain unusual wealth - even as they vote against the best interests of the poor and marginalized people they have sworn to represent. One does not have to be wealthy to stand against such malfeasance or make her/his vote count.

Let us ponder a bit: What if we joined with other marginalized people to vote for legislators who truly represent our interests or to vote out those who don’t? The groundwork has been laid. Significant numbers of voters are already working on gun control, joblessness and poverty, a clean and healthy environment, DACA students who deserve to have a pathway to citizenship, and others who

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By Julianne Malveaux

HUD Secretary Ben Carson Must Enforce the Fair Housing Act

The Fair Housing Act was passed a week after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. President Lyndon Johnson encouraged Congress to pass the legislation as a tribute to the slain civil rights ladder, who, along with several civil rights organizations (including the NAACP), strongly supported the act. African-American veterans’ organizations (including the American GI Forum) were especially passionate about the legislation, especially since Vietnam veterans were

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among those experiencing severe housing discrimination. Sen. Ed Brooke (R-Mass.), the only African-American in the Senate at the time, along with Massachusetts colleague Ted Kennedy (D), was especially focused on the legislation. The Fair Housing Act, also known as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (later amended in 1988), prevents discrimination in the sale, rental, financing and advertising of housing because of race, color, religion, disability, family status, and national origin. But with the severe wealth inequality in our nation, there are still major gaps between homeownership by race, and Af-

rican-American households were more heavily impacted by the Great Recession than any other race group. Between 2004 and 2016, every group experienced a decline in homeownership, but while Whites experienced a 4.1 percent decline, African-American households experienced a 7 percent decline, dropping from nearly half (49 percent) of Black households owning homes to just 41.9 percent. Meanwhile, White homeownership remained over 70 percent. As much as a third of African-American wealth was wiped out by the Great Recession, and this is partly due to discrimination in banking, in-

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cluding the ways that some banks aggressively pushed subprime loans on African Americans, even those who qualified for traditional loans. HUD is the federal agency that is responsible for enforcing the Fair Housing Act, as well as providing rental assistance, public housing and housing vouchers for those who cannot afford housing on their incomes. Our 45th president had proposed deep cuts in the HUD budget, but the budget that was passed on March 23, 2018, just hours before the government was scheduled to shut down, actually adds money to the HUD budget, especially in the rental assistance

and public housing capital funds program. Still, cuts are scheduled for the next fiscal year, and the issue of non-discriminatory and affordable housing remains a pressing one. But will HUD Secretary Ben Carson enforce the Fair Housing Act and effectively administer an agency that can make a difference in the quality of life for low-income people? One has to raise the question, especially as Carson seems to want to spend more time looking for a $30,000 dining table than administering his agency. 45’s pick of Carson to administer the agency was a strange

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Small-Business Program Has Potential to Close Racial Wealth Gap “Investing to support the launch and growth of Blackowned businesses could build wealth for individuals and their families, assist with closing the wealth gap, revitalize communities, and contribute to an overall healthier economy, which benefits us all. To do so, thoughtful and innovative approaches are required to overcome the exponential effects of the interplay among

the wealth gap, the credit gap, and the trust gap. While challenging, this is worth striving for so that we can move one step closer to an inclusive economy.” — Association of Entperprise Opportunity, “The Tapestry of Black Business Ownership In America” If every Black-owned business with employees added two Black workers and 15 percent of those with no employees hired just one Black worker, the racial unemployment gap in the United States would be

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virtually eliminated. A recent study on Black entrepreneurship concluded that Black-owned businesses could be a key to closing the racial wealth gap. While White adults have 13 times the wealth of Black adults, the gap between White and Black business owners is only three to one. The median net worth for Black business owners is 12 times higher than Black nonbusiness owners. That’s why supporting and nurturing small business

growth is one of the National Urban League’s top priorities, and Goldman-Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is one of our most important partnerships. Through greater access to education, capital and business support services, 10,000 Small Businesses graduates are able to grow their revenues and create jobs at rates that outperform the economy in general. In 2016, 47 percent of businesses grew their revenues. But 30 months after graduation, nearly 78 percent of 10,000

Small Businesses alumni increased revenues. About 25 percent of businesses added jobs. But, at 30 months, more than 56 percent of 10,000 Small Businesses alumni created jobs. In this 50th anniversary year of examining racial progress since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the enormous role of Black-owned businesses in the civil rights movement cannot be overstat-

Foundation. South Africa is booming. It is home to a population of 57 million, and a Black population of 41 million, and where 43,600 individuals with high net worths have net assets of $1 million or more. Among the world’s richest countries, South Africa is home to 2,200 multimillionaires (net assets of $10 million or more), and five billionaires with net assets of $1 billion or more.

However, the average annual household income for Blacks is 60,613 rand (roughly $8,700), about a sixth of the average annual income for White households. But Ramaphosa is billed as “president of all the people,” and voters expect him to lean toward the country’s Black majority. Internationally respected as a

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Cyril Ramaphosa a Black Man of Note

“Democracy will be meaningless unless it can lead to the transformation of the quality of life of all our people.” — Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa America’s Blacks thought everything was corrected once Nelson Mandela was released and apartheid rescinded. So it’s

saddening to see how far some in the ruling elite have strayed from example set by “Madiba.” But his time around, the current president of South Africa is a Black man that is one of the richest people in the country, but also one that could emerge as a role model for Blacks around the world. President Matemeola Cyril Ramaphosa, 65, who became the fifth president of South Africa in February, is a symbol of

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substance for Black youth to emulate. There is little fear of corruption scares that haunted his immediate predecessors, as he has already made his money before ascending to president as an anti-apartheid activist, trade union leader and financial businessman. Ramaphosa, worth $450 million, looms large among Blacks as a man who’s paid his dues and continues to give back through his Cyril Ramaphosa

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By Askia Muhammad

The Real ‘Fake News’

I’ll tell you about your real “Fake News” if you’ll bother to listen. The real Fake News is all this celebrity gossip of which we can’t seem to get enough. It all started with so-called grocery store tabloid newspapers (gossip sheets really). Then something happened on television. It was the O.J. Simpson trial, and every lawyer, the judge, news analyst, and wayward companion of Simpson became a well known

celebrity/personality. One family — the Kardashians — is still trading off of O.J. fame. Then, an outfit called TMZ started reporting celebrity gossip in the tube, only with actual footage of the stars to back up the reports. The show “went viral,” and is often the source of footage shown on the major broadcast network “news” shows. So now, Hollywood and Broadway celebrities and champion athletes are the source of attention by most news media outlets just like elected officials. In fact, I wonder who would draw a larger

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crowd in Los Angeles, Rep. Maxine Waters or Taraji P. Henson. Popular entertainers, celebrities, and athletes are not opinion leaders. They are not at all democratically chosen, and most are accountable only to their owners, the bigwigs who monopolize and manipulate all forms of the entertainment industries. Too many of our young would rather be a no. 1 draft pick (in any sport) or an “American Idol” contestant than be a member of a town or city council, or serve on a school board.

We as a public are so celebrity-obsessed, and celebrities are so money-hungry that some trademark their own children’s names so they can market clothing and toy products in the child’s name. And all of this is dutifully reported to us via major, corporate-owned, online news outlets. A life well-lived must be about more than simply luxury and comfort — admiration for those who have them in abundance, scorn for those who don’t. So, here comes a president of the United States — arguably the most powerful man

on earth, the leader of the free world — whose only claim to fame is his celebrity, his conspicuous display of luxury and comfort. But morally, he’s more like a slut, a person of very, very low character, but his core supporters still love and support him. Too many members of the general public, in my opinion, view the ongoing wretched behavior of this president, the members of his Cabinet, and of course the icons of the hedonistic entertainment culture as being fit role models. That’s

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LIFESTYLE Fans Amped for Washington Nationals Home Opener By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Markus Jackson considers every Washington Nationals home opener “a national holiday.” The 32-year-old Dumfries, Virginia, native proudly walked inside Nationals Park on Thurs-

day decked out in full Nationals paraphernalia — white jersey, red socks, baseball cap, eye black stickers and a red, white and blue blanket. He even brought a stuffed camel dressed in Nats gear. “The camel is to get over the

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hump of the first round [in the National League playoffs],” Jackson said. “I’ve been to a couple of Game Five divisional series here, so I hope this is our year.” He joined the thousands of Nationals fans excited for the team’s home opener against the New York Mets in southeast D.C. All who walked through the entrance received a red Nationals T-shirt that outlines every home game. It doesn’t matter to Cynthia Blagmon who the Nationals play, what the weather’s like or how long it takes for a game to end. She’s even kept tabs on the contract situation of Bryce Harper, the 25-year-old left-handed slugger who’s slated to become a free agent after this season and reportedly could receive the richest contract in MLB history. “He’s one of my favorite players,” said Blagmon of Falls Church, Virginia. “If [the Nationals] want him that bad, pay the money.”

LIFESTYLE Besides fans getting to see Harper, Michael A. Taylor and the other players, fans who entered the ballpark through the left field gate bounced to tunes played by DJ Flexx. Baseball also offers the most affordable tickets in the country among the four major North American professional sports of football, basketball and hockey. According to Statisica.com, the average price for a Major League ticket in 2016 was $31. Fortunately for Stacey Taylor of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, his wife and two sons, Tyree and Stacey Jr., he received tickets through his information technology job to sit in a club suite. What made Thursday more special: Tyree, 12, didn’t know the family would come until they drove by Nationals Park. “It’s pretty awesome,” Tyree said about attending his first professional baseball game. “I thank my dad for taking me out here.” To view the full Nationals 2018 schedule, go to www.mlb. com/nationals/schedule. WI

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LIFESTYLE BOWIE from Page 1 Cookman College, and Lucy Laney, who founded the first Black school for children in Augusta, Georgia — Haines Institute for Industrial and Normal Education. More recently, there have been African-American women presidents such as Johnnetta Cole and Ruth Simmons, who have opened the door so that other women might find greater consideration as we advance in our career ladders. WI: What is the “best kept secret” about BSU that illustrates the value of the institution? AB: We are in this amazing location that is accessible to everything. We are just outside of Washington, D.C., north of Annapolis, and just below Baltimore. With a MARC train station on the campus, students can easily obtain a quality education that is affordable and accessible. Recent newer facilities are next on the list. We have state-of-the-art facilities such as the Fine and Performing Arts building that was built in 2011.

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It is home to a recording studio where talented artists have prepared to go into the performing arts. BSU graduates such as Stephan Marcellus from last season’s “The Voice” on NBC and Jovan Adepo, who appeared in “Fences” with Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. Another remarkable facility on the BSU campus is the Center for Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Nursing. That facility provides smart classrooms and research labs focusing on the use of DNA barcoding to identify fish and vegetables. The [center] also houses a nursing simulation lab to prepare nurses with experiential learning prior to their direct work with patients. WI: A major responsibility of a university president is fundraising. What makes BSU a valuable investment for individual and institutional funders? AB: BSU’s enrollment is up nearly 13 percent. We are educating students in areas with some of the most

rapid growth in the employment including computer technology and information security, cyber security education, management information systems, computer science and entrepreneurship studies. With the opening of new facilities, we have additional opportunities to grow in areas that matter to this region. An investment in our students through scholarships, internships, co-operative education, partnerships with industry and contributions to the infrastructure of our campus — are ways individuals and institutions can invest in BSU. It is an investment in our communities and supports the heart of the economic engine for this entire region. Further, BSU has received top rankings on several national higher education lists including US News and World Report, Money magazine, The Economist and Diverse magazine. WI: It seems that an HBCU closes every few years. What is your

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5Bowie State University President Aminta Breaux with Bakari Sellers. /Courtesy photo

message about HBCUs, their value and their future? AB: HBCUs more than ever offer a uniquely impactful educational experience serving a large proportion of first-generation and low-income students. The campus climate that is often termed as “nurturing” fosters a climate of success. However, as with any organization today, it’s important to keep ahead of the trends and to diversify offerings, disciplines, as well as how you deliver education. My vision for BSU is entitled “Racing to Excellence” and it is intended to convey a sense of urgency to change how we think about education for the 21st century generation of learners, because leaders in higher education understand that our environment and customer base is quite different today than it was 30 years ago. Thirty years ago, I would have reluctantly used the term “customer base” but as we know our students have a great many choices for their education. Simultaneously, it’s important to rapidly grow a culture of philanthropy, including educating our donor base about the value of increasing the endowment. It’s important to have potential donors understand that giving at all levels is important, and we need to educate our donors and prospective donors about the various ways one can contribute, including: planned and estate gifts, charitable gift annuities as well as contributions to the annual fund. WI: You’ve been at the helm at BSU since July 2017. What are the top three issues you want to tackle? AB: Academic excellence, student success and the long-term viability of the institution. Specifically, I want to increase the amount of scholarship dollars and grow the endowment to enhance student success. Helping students defray the cost of education has the potential to enhance other areas for student success including retention and graduation rates. Many of our students are working two, three jobs. Research shows that academic performance is negatively

impacted when students work more than 20 hours per week. To improve retention and graduation rates, we must help students address the gap between costs and financial need. BSU will hire a new vice president for enrollment management to provide greater oversight to the management of the overall student experience from the time the student applies until graduation. WI: You established an endowed scholarship in honor of your father, Alex J. Woodley II. Is this scholarship targeted for specific majors? What are the qualifications for being considered for this scholarship? AB: The scholarship is entitled The Racing to Excellence scholarship in honor of my father, Alex J. Woodley II, who was an educator as well as a track & field coach for the Philadelphia Pioneers Educational Athletic Development Club, where he coached Olympic athletes. The scholarship is open to students in any academic discipline, with first preference given to student-athletes in track and field. Students will need to write a short essay on the impact the funds will have on their educational pursuits. My father taught English as well as African American Studies at the high school level at Abington High School, outside of Philadelphia, and he would have wanted students from all disciplines to have an opportunity to further their education in general. WI: Any final comments on your historic installation? AB: Bowie State University is a brilliant gem in Prince George’s County! The university’s rich history, along with the outstanding academic programs and caring faculty, staff and student body, makes for a welcoming, bright and unique educational setting for today’s students. I am passionate about BSU and believe we are positioned for even greater success as we race to excellence. I am delighted that my life’s journey has brought me to this remarkable institution and to Prince George’s County, Maryland. WI

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LIFESTYLE Emancipation Day Activities in the District of Columbia Saturday, April 14 10:00 AM - Laying of Wreath African-American Civil War Museum 1925 Vermont Avenue, N.W. 11:00 AM - Book Signing “Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life” By Betty Reid-Soskin African American Civil War Musuem 1925 Vermont Ave, NW 2:00 PM - Emancipation Day Parade Begins: 10th & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Ends: Freedom Plaza, 13th & Pennslvania Ave., N.W. 3:00 PM - Black Classical Concert (Free) Lincoln, Douglass & King NY Avenue Presbyterian Church 1313 New York Ave NW, Monday, April 16 11:00 Reading of the Names of D.C.’s First Freed Ceremony African-American Civil War Museum Film Screening: “Voting Rights: the Struggle to be Counted” “The Road to DC Statehood; Still Under Construction” For more information call: (202) 667-2667

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Louis Gossett, Jr. to Produce Ali Film By Eunice Moseley WI Contributing Writer Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. has signed on as executive producer for a documentary on Muhammad Ali, set during the era when the famed boxer refused to accept orders to enter the military. And while Gossett admits he must still secure the needed funds to get things in motion, he’s confident that he’ll be able to overcome that hurdle. The movie, “Ali’s Comeback: The Untold Story,” will explore the boxing icon’s refusal to participate in the military draft that remained the law of land during the midst of the Vietnam War and the challenges he subsequently endured. “It’s an American project,” Gossett said of the film. “Ali found a loop hole and was able to make a comeback.” In 1966, as Ali’s career continued to soar, with several heavyweight titles under his belt, the Army drafted him to serve in the Vietnam War. Ali cited his religious beliefs as a Muslim for his refusal to obey the orders when officials ar-

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rested him in violation of federal law. The conviction that followed his refusal to join the Army resulted in losing his boxing license and having his heavyweight champion titles taken away. Ali successfully won the ap-

peal and his conviction was eventually overturned by the Supreme Court. However, that decision was overturned because a paperwork error. Outside of the ring, Ali succeeded as a motivational speaker, author and spoken-word artist, winning two Grammy Awards. Gossett believes those who “make it,” as he and Ali did, should use that position in life to influence or put a light on issues that benefit everyone. “He was my friend before he was Ali,” Gossett said. “I remember him speaking to 4,000 people and he saw me … there was an undercurrent of friendship there. “He was a kid when I got an Oscar,” the actor continued. “He used to tease my son, who was 5 years old at the time, tickling his ear. I told my son, who is over 40 now, that [Ali’s] his godfather.” Gossett aims to keep Ali’s legacy alive with the documentary and by challenging racism. “I’m an American-African, not an African-American,” he said as a man who has lived and witnessed racial injustice for many years. “The conflicts are getting old. We need to start making people aware of the need to raise peace.” Eunice Moseley’s syndicated column, The Pulse of Entertainment, has an estimated weekly readership of over ¼ million. WI

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Each year we pause to honor the lives of over 3,000 slaves freed eight months (April 16, 1862) before Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation that liberated slaves in the South. Our celebration includes the Emancipation Day Concert – an event you dare not miss this year. Nationally-known acts include one of rap music’s legends, the incomparable Big Daddy Kane, the sultry Angie Stone, Rare Essence (yes, throwback Thursday) and “Empire” co-star Jussie Smollett who’s just released his first CD, “Sum of My Music.” But the icing on the cake will be this writer’s favorite female vocalist – that sister with perfect pitch and a personality to match: Brandy, who’ll close out the concert Saturday, April 14. In the words of the late Soul Train host, Don Cornelius, “It’s gonna be a stone gas, honey.”

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LIFESTYLE Bakari Sellers Exhorts Youth to Keep King’s Dream Alive By Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer Bakari Sellers knows the importance of a youth movement firsthand. At age 22, he became the youngest elected Black official in American history, serving as state representative for South Carolina’s 90th District from 2006-2014. Now, at age 33, Sellers works as a CNN political analyst. “Young people were always the impetus of change in every social movement we’ve seen,” he said as the keynote speaker at Bowie State University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Symposium on April 4, the 50th anniversary of

King’s assassination. “For my generation, you have Mike Brown, which spawned Black Lives Matter,” Sellers said, referring to the Black teen fatally shot by a White police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. “It wasn’t so much that he was killed, it was they left his body on that sweltering cement for ten hours treating him as inhumanly as possible.” Sellers said what moved his father’s generation to protest was the killing of another Black teenager, Emmett Till, in the 1950s. “The strength of Mrs. Till to have an open casket is the reason why many leaders during the civil rights movement carried pictures of Emmett Till in

their wallets,” he said. Sellers reminded his audience of America’s not-too-distant past — just one generation removed from King’s assassination and the impact of Jim Crow — and the work that remains, but acknowledged the massive change on many different levels. He cited the Women’s March, in which Black women and White women put forth issues under one umbrella, as an example of how to accumulate power. He compared what his parents’ generation experienced to what today’s youth is now taking on. His father Cleveland Sellers, retired professor at the University of South Carolina and a former leader in the

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Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC), was the only person convicted and jailed for events at the Orangeburg Massacre, a 1968 civil rights protest where three students were killed by state troopers. Sellers said he sees the future of political power with young people, realizing that in 2024, millennials and Generation Z — the first generation in Amer-

ica in which people of color will be the majority of the working class — will make up 49 percent of the electorate, with the ability to dictate policy. “Where do we go from here?” Sellers asked the audience. “I think Dr. King wanted us to dream with our eyes open. We must continue to do what’s right, if for no other reason than because people gave their lives simply because it was.” WI

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WOMEN from Page 1 live in Southeast. Residents, ERFSC employees and others nominated those whom they believe deserving of receiving their flowers while they’re among the living. In the past, women in the arts, politics and education have been spotlighted for their selfless efforts to improve their communities and help those around them. And so, on March 27 almost 300 citizens attended a festive and entertaining luncheon at St. Luke’s Center in Southeast where eight distinguished women – Sylvia Butler, Andrea Christie, Patricia Dunston, Carolyn Holbrook, Yvonne Johnson, Sandra E. Lee, Brenda Liddell and Hope Spruill – found themselves singled out for recognition. Spruill received her honor posthumously. The Fifth Annual Ward 7 Women of Excellence awards, produced and staged by Rosie “Peppy” Parke and ERFSC in association with Peppy Entertainment & Promotions, recognized women who have worked with seniors in the District’s Ward 7 for at least two consecutive years. Special guests included keynote speaker Laura Newland, executive director of DC Office on Aging; representatives from

Mayor Bowser’s office and ANC members. Unfortunately, inclement weather and challenging schedules made it impossible for other city officials, including Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray and At-Large Councilmember Robert White from attending. So, while they may have been present “in spirit,” those who did attend made the most of the celebratory afternoon. “I no longer work with East River but you just seem to keep drawing me back,” Parke joked while performing Mistress of Ceremony duties. “This event was birthed five years ago when Ms. Best and I decided to do something special for women in March and every year it’s gotten better. I’m so very pleased with this special event’s growth and also that you were all able to make it,” she said. Parke, who served as ERFSC’s director of Communications, Partnerships & Community Engagement for 10 years, spoke in a separate interview about the importance of lifting up those who often work tirelessly, make a considerable difference to their surroundings but who often go unrecognized. Her personal annual Women’s History month event which she initiated in March 2006

served as the inspiration behind ERFSC’s awards luncheons. ERFSC Executive Director Mae H. Best agreed. “When we started this event back in 2014, we knew it was something special and we wanted it to grow,” she said. “It has grown so much that others around the city are staging similar events honoring other women. We are much honored to be the trendsetter.” “I’m glad to be here and excited and gratified for residents’ support and attendance. But being able to salute and honor these outstanding awardees who’ve done amazing work with

our seniors, gives me the most pleasure.” Laura Newland, executive director of the DC Office on Aging, praised the honorees for their work while discussing her agency’s commitment to fully support seniors and provide them with vital needs and safe spaces so that they can live out their lives comfortably and in familiar surroundings. She also lauded the Model City Steppers whose high-energy performance emerged as one of the highlights of the luncheon. “They aren’t seniors in the traditional sense because they have so much energy and passion,”

she said of the group of 12 whose ages range from 60- to 90-yearsold. “They were amazing.” Among the honorees – Sylvia Butler – a life-long Washingtonian, who has long been an advocate for seniors in the city. She has won several awards over the years and also served as an advocate for change with both the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization and the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Rebuilding Community Initiative. Another honoree, Patricia Dunston, leads the way as a

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WOMEN from Page 39 volunteer line dance instructor at the Washington Seniors Wellness Center [WSWC]. Every Friday she takes the seniors through their paces and currently has more than 100 line dances in her repertoire. Dunston worked for the US Coast Guard and then the Department of the Navy from which she retired after 37 years of service. She has been a member of WSWC since 2007 whose members nominated her and describe the “super sister” by one word: “awesome.” Yvonne Johnson is legendary in her community for her absolute commitment to the rights of senior citizens. Part of her activism stems from the fact that she is herself a senior. She says she’s felt for quite some time that seniors have not been getting the respect they deserve and believes strongly that seniors shouldn’t wait for someone else to voice their issues and concerns. She’s an advocate of independence and says that while some services are good for seniors, older Americans should never give up on doing for themselves. Even with eight children and 14 grandchildren, Johnson still finds the time to serve as active member of the Deanwood Civic Association as well as remaining

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devoted to her spirituality as manifested in the many churches she regularly attends throughout the ward. Andrea Christie appeared breathless as she received her trophy. “I don’t know what to say; I’m so honored,” she told the guests. “I’m glad to see friends and family who came out to support me. Thank you. Thank you.” Christie, born in Jamaica and educated in London, shared with guests that she’s become referred to as “The Yoga Lady” because of her love for yoga and the years she’s spent providing instruction. She says she’s passionate about her Ward 7 community and has even adopted a UDC garden plot in the heart of the ward. Hope Spruill, who died at 69, continues to be remembered as a woman of many talents, including playing the piano, painting, knitting, designing clothes and sewing. She worked as a taxicab dispatcher for Yellow Cab Company as well as lending her talents as a Maryland auctioneer. For more information, contact Rosie Park at msrparke@ gmail.com. Next year’s awards will be held in March 2019. Event photos can be viewed at www.erfsc.org. WI

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ARIES Although a part of you may feel like rebelling against authority, the stellar landscape suggests it would be just as easy to work with such people. The Aries sun angles toward passionate Pluto on Tuesday, which could coincide with a difference of opinion with a superior. However, a positive tie between easygoing Venus and feisty Mars could help you see the benefits of cooperating. Lucky Numbers: 7, 19, 51

“Strange Fruit Volume II”

TAURUS You could experience a crisis of belief early this week, which could inspire you to let go of a limiting mindset and adopt a more expansive outlook. Pay attention to your instincts regarding this. If something feels good, you will likely feel it deep down. If it doesn’t, your body will let you know in no uncertain terms. All you need to do is listen to its messages. Lucky Numbers: 16, 18, 34

by Joel Christian Gill c.2018, Fulcrum Books $19.95 ($26.95 Canada) 108 pages

GEMINI You could be at odds with a friend who may not take your issues seriously enough. Don’t let this get in the way of your relationship. This person may not understand what you’re going through. With a potent focus on an intensive sector of your chart, you could be working through things on a very deep level, and it may not be easy to explain this to others. If you discuss it with someone who can relate to what you’re saying, you could benefit from such a healing conversation. Lucky Numbers: 25, 27, 38 CANCER Others could be demanding, so it might be helpful to say no to anything you can’t manage. You have enough on your plate already without other people adding more. But unless you’re firm, they may continue in the same vein. With expressive Mercury preparing to turn direct over the weekend, be particularly careful when signing contracts or purchasing big-ticket items. Lucky Numbers: 1, 14, 29

Strange Fruit By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer Apples, bananas, cherries, and oranges. Tasty things, available from an appropriate tree, perhaps even one in your backyard. But what’s the story about them? Who was the first brave soul to take a chance and take a bite? In the new book “Strange Fruit Volume II” by Joel Christian Gill, you’ll see that some histories remain hidden on the vine. Throughout history, a lot of untold things happened that deserve to be remembered and retold. That’s especially true of Black history and in this book, author Joel Christian Gill offers up a few tales of inspiration and amazement. Take, for instance, the story of Stagecoach Mary Fields. At a time when the average man was not quite five-and-a-half-feet tall, Mary stood six feet in height and weighed 200 pounds. It’s been said that she never backed down from work nor gunman; she was brave, she loved baseball, and when the Postal Service needed a stagecoach driver for a dangerous route, Mary literally fought to get the job. And then there’s the tale of Blind Tom Wiggins. Born into slavery, Tom was without sight from his very first day. He was also autistic and because of that, his master didn’t think much about him — until the day that Tom sat down at a piano and played beautiful music without having received any lessons at all. Alas, his owner tricked Tom’s mother into signing away his life, and though Tom later became famous, he was never given his freedom. On the other side of the world, Millie and Christine McCoy were perfectly willing to speak up for themselves. Also born into slavery, in 1852, the girls were conjoined at the pelvis and were exhibited in Paris as “freaks” that could sing; their managers, in fact, called them “The Two-Headed Nightingale.” They performed beautifully, and at age 15, they used their voices to announce their decision that their performances would no longer include “embarrassing public medical examinations.” At the height of the Civil War, the enslaved girls took complete control of their lives! Have you ever thought about the parts of history you might have missed? A small story here, a single person there, things you might like to know about? If you’ve wondered, then you can stop now: “Strange Fruit Volume II” helps fill you in. With a title based on a Billie Holliday song about lynching, you can bet that the tales inside this book — most of which come from the late-1800s — are inspirational in the courage shown by their subjects. Author Joel Christian Gill brings eight individuals to light, telling about them with sparse colors, illustrations and few words; despite that the stories begin awfully abruptly, that irresistible artwork makes this book kid-friendly. A bibliography offers a path toward more information. While adults can (and will) surely enjoy this book and may learn a thing or two, it’s really meant for those 11 and up. If a quick-to-read curiosity-satisfier is exactly what’s needed for home or school, “Strange Fruit Volume II” is peachy. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

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LEO Thoughts of journeying to exotic places could clash with your workload. Nevertheless, the presence of delightful Venus in your sector of goals and career can add a steadying note to this situation. Her influence can encourage you to successfully delegate certain tasks and find help in other ways. With just a little charm, life could be much easier for you. Ties to dreamy Neptune indicate that you could be inspired by an imaginative idea. If you can get others on board, this could turn into a fruitful project. Lucky Numbers: 9, 20, 21 VIRGO A decision made at the start of the week could see you getting more or perhaps less involved in a creative project. The presence of the sun in your sector of shared resources suggests that it might be worthwhile to continue for the experience you’ll gain as a result. On another note, an upbeat tie between harmonious Venus and dynamic Mars hints at a reunion with someone you don’t see very often. If you go ahead, this can be a wonderful and memorable occasion. Lucky Numbers: 1, 14, 55 LIBRA Relationships continue to be edgy, particularly if the perspective of a friend or loved one differs from that of your family. You’ll need to be the go-between and compromiser here. It is possible to find shared values in this situation, and this can make it easier to resolve an issue or reach an agreement. With lovely Venus, your guide planet, linking to Neptune in your lifestyle sector, it might be easier to give in to temptation than resist. Lucky Numbers: 18, 20, 40 SCORPIO Ongoing partnerships and friendships seem upbeat and positive with lovely Venus in your relationship zone. However, a budding romance could be perplexing this week. You might wonder if you’ve lost your ability to make an impression. Rest assured that you haven’t. Issues regarding your health and well-being seem upbeat, too. If you’ve experienced delays at work, these should begin to improve as of the weekend. Lucky Numbers: 12, 16, 19 SAGITTARIUS Try not to let your friends rain on your parade or dampen your spirits. With chatty Mercury retrograde in your social zone until the weekend, they could criticize your latest sweetheart or cramp your creative style with their comments. If what you’re doing feels good, carry on and ignore them. They could just be jealous. New friendships materialize when you’re having the most fun, and they’ll reflect your latest interests and moods. Mercury turns direct in your leisure sector on Sunday, which can bring an end to any misunderstandings and see you pushing forward to success. Lucky Numbers: 8, 45, 54 CAPRICORN Progress may have been difficult lately with lively Mercury retrograde. Making headway on domestic projects may have seemed like an uphill struggle. But being who you are, quitting isn’t likely an option. The good news is that chatty Mercury turns direct over the weekend, so things should get much easier in this area. At the same time, family arrangements could clash with your plans and projects and take up time you can’t spare. However, family members might be upset if you don’t join in, so a compromise may be necessary. Lucky Numbers: 40, 41, 49 AQUARIUS It’s important that you not doubt yourself this week, especially if you have an idea that could be worth its weight in gold. At least talk it over with friends and get some feedback. Expressive Mercury turns direct in your communication sector later this week, which is good news if you have suffered delays and general frustration in this area. Try not to sign important documents for another week or so because there could still be room for confusion. Lucky Numbers: 5, 14, 31 PISCES You could get a brilliant idea from a magazine or the internet that inspires you to redecorate your home. In fact, the week ahead could see you investing in paper, paint, or furnishings. You could also be moved to help someone who is going through a difficult time. With lovely Venus in your communication sector aligning with compassionate Neptune in your sign, you might be genuinely touched by their plight and eager to assist where possible. Lucky Numbers: 11, 17, 22

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5 Washington Wizards forward Markieff Morris drives past Atlanta Hawks center John Collins during the Hawks’ 10397 win at Capital One Arena in Northwest on April 6. /Photo by John E. De Freitas 3 Atlanta Hawks guard Isaiah Taylor is defended by Washington Wizards guard Tim Frazier during the Hawks’ 103-97 win at Capital One Arena in Northwest on April 6. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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5 New York Mets center fielder Juan Lagares is forced out at second base as Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner completes a double play during the Mets’ 3-2 win at Nationals Park in Southeast on April 7. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

5 Washington Nationals center fielder Michael A. Taylor successfully steals third base as New York Mets third baseman Todd Frazier awaits the throw during the Mets’ 3-2 win at Nationals Park in Southeast on April 7. /Photo by John E. De Freitas 3 Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper is congratulated by third base coach Bobby Henley after hitting a home run during a 3-2 loss to the New York Mets at Nationals Park in Southeast on April 7. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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People of different faiths from across the country gathered in D.C. for a rally Wednesday, April 4, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination and to confront racism. Hundreds gathered on the National Mall for the “Unite to End Racism” rally, organized by the National Council of Churches of Christ USA (NCC), to make the commitment to continue King’s nonviolent work for social justice. Vincent McCall, a member of the Freedom Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Baltimore, attend-

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during an interfaith service. Multigenerational performances ranged from youth groups to Grammy-winning gospel singer Yolanda Adams. Featured speaker Vashti McKenzie, the first woman elected bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), told the crowd to take a stand against unjust systems that oppress people and call out inappropriate or racist jokes and comments. McKenzie reminded those in attendance that remaining silent about race will not make racism go away, and that people must take a personal responsibility to eradicate it. “Racism will end when people stop creating systems of racist tactics that create a divided class system supported by public policy and tax dollars,” she said, adding that public demonstration is important for social change. McKenzie also spoke of the challenges of addressing racism for predominately White congregations that have Black members, describing “terror tactics of racism” used to make people feel ashamed, embarrassed or afraid to broach the topic. She suggested faith communities create the spaces to have difficult conversations about the tough issues on race, then to actually have those conversations. WI

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Don’t Go to Sleep Angry

with Lyndia Grant Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. — Ephesians 4:31-32 NIV This week, in my “Forgiveness Series,” let’s talk about how so many of us go to sleep at night with unforgiveness in our hearts. Who are you really hurting those times you’ve done this? Try a different approach. Wayne Dyer suggest that at night as you drift off to sleep, tell yourself how much you refuse to use this precious time to review anything you don’t want to reinforce during rest time, when your subconscious mind is at work. Here is where you’ve got to think of your connection to your Creator. God uses our rest time to guide our minds to places and things we need for the good. Consider saying “I am good, I am holy, I am special, I am God’s child, I am made in His image, I am love,” and with each “I am,” you say to yourself, “I give myself, by way of my imagination, the chance to allow my subconscious mind to be dominated by those last waking concepts of myself.” Tell yourself, “I am peaceful, I Mt. Zion Baptist Church Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.) Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold”

am content, and I attract only to myself those who are in alignment with my highest ideals of me.” Make this your nightly ritual! Feel free to rewrite your wording to best fit your life and always remember, never to allow yourself to go over any fear of unpleasantness that your ego might be asking you to review. See, feel and believe yourself already in possession of every “I am” you repeat. Know that you’re allowing yourself to be programmed while sleeping for the next day you rise knowing you are a free agent, being led and guided by the God who created you. Sleeping time is when God does His perfect work. Allow Him to electrify our subconscious minds with His conceptions of those “good works” He created you to do. If only we listen! Stop going to sleep at night worrying about what somebody has done to you, thinking of things you can and must do to get back at them for the wrong they’ve done to you, And though what they did was hurtful, wrong or negligent, remember God has given us a spirit of forgiveness. Reread Ephesians 4:31-32. Hang it where you can see it before sleeping! Here are four steps you can use for your forgiveness goals. First, write down who you need to forgive. Secondly, write how you feel about what has happened, and say how you feel right now, being careful to be honest to yourself, and write your willingness to at least be open to the possibility of letting go of those bad feelings. Third, write how much better

you’re going to feel once you forgive these people. You won’t feel that good immediately, but faith cometh by hearing. Keep writing it and repeating it: “I forgive you for leaving me, your wife, and I forgive you for not paying child support for your children.” You may feel a bit of sadness, but joy cometh in the morning. Your anger will become peace, your heaviness will become a feeling of lightness. Just imagine how much better you will feel when you have forgiven. Finally, the fourth step: become committed to allowing yourself to forgive. This cannot be fake — it must come from your heart. If you still feel that negative energy rise up when you see this person the very next time, your forgiveness is incomplete! Keep working, and soon this negative energy will be erased from your subconscious mind. You will be at peace! WI Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958 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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Mount Olivet Lutheran Church

John F. Johnson Reverend Dr. 1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com

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RELIGION 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 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 www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Church of Living Waters

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor

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

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

Crusader Baptist Church

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

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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

Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher 4275 4th Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20034 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 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 Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: faithdefender@verizon.net

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

Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45am Church School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45am Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 pm Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30am “We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net

Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 11:00am Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 am “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org

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 emailus@gmchc.org

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net

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

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

Mount Carmel Baptist Church Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 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 “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . . 100% Forgiven!

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

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00am & 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. Richard B. Black Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor

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

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

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 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: "Faith On The Hill"

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

Reverend Christopher L. Nichols 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 Rev. Joan E. Buchanan Executive Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 7:30am Worship Service: 11:00am New Member’s Class: 9:45am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00am Church School: 9:45am Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00pm Saturday Bible Study: 11:00am Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00am

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

“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 Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class 8:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:00 am Wednesday Service 12:00 pm

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: admin@pbc712.org

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. Oran W. Young 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) 232-4288

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 First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 a.m. Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 a.m. Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 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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Email: sbc@shilohbaptist.org Website: shilohbaptist.org

Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 a.m. Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30 a.m. Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 p.m. 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.

APRIL 12 - 18, 2018 49 THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

LEGAL NOTICES

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

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000251

Administration No. 2017 ADM 001152

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000194

Administration No. 2018 ADM 267

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000228

Lillian Marie Waugh Decedent

John J. Robinson aka John J. Robinson, Jr. Decedent

Jacqueline Sykes Vaughn Decedent

Herbert Horner, Jr. Decedent

Henrietta Keen Slade Decedent

Matthew F. Shannon, Esq. 1420 N. Street, NW #102 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney

Barry M. Tapp 14662 Cambridge Circle Laurel, MD 20707 Attorney

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

Matthew F. Shannon, whose address is 1420 N. Street, NW #102, Washington, DC 20005, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Herbert Horner, Jr. who died on January 16, 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/29/2018. 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 9/29/2018, 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.

Florence Ann Elizabeth Smith, whose address is 406 13th St., NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Henrietta Keen Slade who died on October 23, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/29/2018. 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 9/29/2018, 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.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Kevin A. Waugh, whose address is 3406 24th Avenue, Temple Hills, Maryland 20748, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lillian Marie Waugh who died on February 9, 2018 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/29/2018. 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 9/29/2018, 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: 3/29/2018 Kevin A. Waugh Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Betty A. Greer, whose address is 1910 Wintergreen Ct., District Heights, MD 20747, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of John J. Robinson aka John J. Robinson, Jr. who died on August 11, 2017 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/29/2018. 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 9/29/2018, 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: 3/29/2018

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Crystal Jones & Kimberly Oluremi, whose addresses are 3404 13th St., SE, #302, Washington, DC 20032 & 5033 Kansa Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Jacqueline Sykes Vaughn who died on 1/27/2018 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/29/2018. 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 9/29/2018, 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: 3/29/2018

Betty A. Greer Personal Representative

Crystal Jones Kimberly Oluremi Personal Representative

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Date of first publication: 3/29/2018 Matthew F. Shannon Personal Representative

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Anne Meister Register of Wills

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Date of first publication: 3/29/2018 Florence Ann Elizabeth Smith Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000249

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000309

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000248

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000286

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000217

Eric Michael Terrell Decedent

Jeffrey Darnell Webster Decedent

Cecelia V. Burreal Decedent

Joseph Bellamy Decedent

Mary Bower Troland Decedent

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

Kenneth Bellamy, whose address is 6506 Rockland Court, Clifton, VA 20124, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joseph Bellamy who died on October 1, 2007 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. 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 10/5/2018, 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.

Ellen T. Rigby, whose address is 2106 Berkley Ave. SW, Roanoke, VA 24015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary Bower Troland who died on January 31, 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. 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 10/5/2018, 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: 4/5/2018

William E. Newman Personal Representative

Kenneth Bellamy Personal Representative

Ellen T. Rigby Personal Representative

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Eric Michael Montgomery, whose address is 1475 Columbia Rd. NW, apt 203, Washington, DC 20009, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Eric Michael Terrell who died on 05/05/2017 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/29/2018. 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 9/29/2018, 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: 3/29/2018 Eric Michael Montgomery Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

Larry C. Williams, Esquire 7600 Georgia Avenue, NW, Suite 405 Washington, DC 20012 Attorney

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

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Richard T. Tardy, whose address is 6501 Cedar Street, Cheverly, MD 20785, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jeffrey Darnell Webster who died on January 24, 2018 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. 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 10/5/2018, 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: 4/5/2018 Richard T. Tardy Personal Representative

William E. Newman, whose address is 1606 U St, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Cecelia V. Burreal who died on 2/4/2018 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. 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 10/5/2018, 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: 4/5/2018

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LEGAL NOTICES

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

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000296

Administration No. 2017 ADM 001441

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000266

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000312

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000299

Mary Wall Decedent

Weldon B. Smith Decedent

Halima S. Stevens Decedent

Mary Maxine Jacobs Decedent

Thomas I. Meriedy Decedent

Gretchyn G. Meinken 616 North Washington Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Day’le Lathon, whose address is 816 Elm Street, PO Box 35274, Fayetteville, NC 28303, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary Wall who died on June 24, 2005 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. 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 10/5/2018, 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: 4/5/2018 Day’le Lathon Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Margaret Smith, whose address is 156 Park Terrace Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Weldon B. Smith who died on January 24, 2002 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. 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 10/5/2018, 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.

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

Date of first publication: 4/5/2018

Mary R. Smith, whose address is 2301 Good Hope Court, SE, apt. 101, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Halima S. Stevens who died on August 28, 2017 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/12/2018. 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 10/12/2018, 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.

Margaret Smith Personal Representative

Date of first publication: 4/12/2018

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Mary R. Smith Personal Representative

Anne Meister Register of Wills

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Anne Meister Register of Wills

Edward G. Varrone, Esq. 910 17th Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney

Anne Meister Register of Wills

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Mary Ann McCoy, whose address is 107 Brandywine Place, SW, Washington, DC 20032 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary Maxine Jacobs who died on December 27, 2017 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/12/2018. 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 10/12/2018, 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: 4/12/2018 Mary Ann McCoy Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara Meriedy, whose address is 3745 Donnell Drive, Apt. 202, Forestville, MD 20747, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Thomas I. Meriedy who died on February 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 shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/12/2018. 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 10/12/2018, 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: 4/12/2018 Barbara Meriedy Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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

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

Administration No. 2018 ADM 276

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000330

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000280

Administration No. 2018 ADM 247

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000281

John B. Anderson Decedent

George C. Holley aka George Holley Decedent

Mary E. Johnson Decedent

Nezzie Lloyd aka Nezzie L. Lloyd Decedent

Wanda Williams Decedent

Kisha L. Woolen, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW #700 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney

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

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

James Larry Frazier, Esq. 917 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney

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

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

Ronald G. Holley Personal Representative

Apryl Johnson, whose address is 5120 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary E. Johnson who died on March 26, 2017 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/12/2018. 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 10/12/2018, 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.

Lizzie Mae Ferguson, whose address is 419 Kettering Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Nezzie Lloyd aka Nezzie L. Lloyd who died on January 23, 2018 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/12/2018. 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 10/12/2018, 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.

Jerry Cannady, whose address is 1620 17th Place, SE, Apt 3, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Wanda Williams who died on October 2, 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/12/2018. 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 10/12/2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Keke Anderson, whose address is 4120 48th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20016, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of John B. Anderson who died on December 3, 2017 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/5/2018. 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 10/5/2018, 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: 4/5/2018 Keke Anderson Personal Representative

Ronald G. Holley, whose address is 710 Delafield Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of George C. Holley aka George Holley who died on January 24, 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/12/2018. 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 10/12/2018, 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: 4/12/2018

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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017 ADM 001368 Zefferine G. Wheeler 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 Deborah D. Boddie, whose address is 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Zefferine G. Wheeler who died on November 7, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/12/2018. 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 10/12/2018, 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: 4/12/2018 Deborah D. Boddie Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2018 ADM 000275 Willie N. Hewett Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sage B. Hewett, whose address is 9520 Long Creek Green Drive, Apt 203, Charlotte, NC 28216, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Willie N. Hewett who died on December 26, 2017 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 10/12/2018. 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 10/12/2018, 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: 4/12/2018 Sage B. Hewett Personal Representative

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opens up his mouth at all, is not likely to be an effective advocate for the people he has frequently disdained. Indeed, though he has thrown his wife, Candy, under the bus on the matter of the dining table, he is no different from other Cabinet officials who have a “let them eat cake” attitude toward those they serve. First class travel, high-end furniture and chicanery are the name of the 45 Cabinet game. Fifty years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act as a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it is not clear that the current HUD secretary will be a warrior in the fight against housing discrimination. WI

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and positive change is not an allor-nothing, win-or-lose proposition. My guess is that with a full stomach, a little money in the bank and the door of opportunity swinging open, many of our more pressing conflicts will seem less important. The real challenge we must overcome is the disease of poverty and lack. Our nation is bleeding for a leader to step forward to say, “Send me, Lord; I’ll go.” Maybe the “Poor People’s Campaign” led by Bishop William Barber is the right vehicle. Let’s give it a try. WI

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effort has been just the opposite. At a recent Council hearing on health that I conducted, every person who referenced geography referred to the area as the “East End” with no mention of East of the River. The “East End” of our city has beautiful vistas and breathtaking views. So, there is nothing smacking of gimmickry about renaming the area. This is about a genuine effort to create the kind of image that conjures a positive future for all of us. WI

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Ramaphosa was Mandela’s choice for future president. Ramaphosa’s net worth includes scores of urban properties and ownership in companies such as McDonald’s South Africa. He also did work for Coca-Cola Company. After he lost the presidential race to Thabo Mbeki, he basically moved to the private sector, where he became a director of New Africa Investments Limited. He was executive chairman of Shanduka Holdings, a company he founded to participate in Black economic empowerment transactions. South Africa has a major program to gain eco-

nomic parity for Blacks. He was chairperson of the Bidvest Group, MTN Group and SASRIA Limited. His directorships include Macsteel Holdings, Alexander Forbes, Standard Bank and SABMiller. He maintains an ownership stake in Mondi, a leading international paper and packaging group, which emerged from Anglo American. The ANC once described Ramaphosa as “one of the most outstanding figures of his generation.” They were right. WI

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want to be like me?” Meanwhile, the schools responsible for producing the next generation leaders are deteriorating from within — pretty remodeled buildings with no desire to learn inside. Administrators and teachers wind up excusing poor performance by schoolchildren, just so they can be promoted on to the next grade — a better outcome some folks reason, than pushing the delinquent students out of the schools, and into the streets as truancy cases. What to do? What to do? Charters, vouchers, money to line the pockets of the allies of the political victors. All of the solutions proposed by politicians simply benefit a small cadre of political hacks and loyalists who swarm around the candidates, and who get the lucrative jobs, government credit cards and police-escorted motorcades. But stories about such “whistleblowers,” as some are called, are often not believed, and suppressed. Those who come forward retaliated against with hardly any recourse. The United States is crashing all around us. Fake news. WI

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