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Emancipation Day, Statehood Share Spotlight

By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer @bsalmondc All this week, as D.C. residents celebrate the 151st anniversary of Emancipation Day, statehood advocates have been using the holiday to advance their quest for autonomy. But

there are divisions and differences of opinion and approach which make the task that much more difficult.

Panelists who took part in a spirited discussion this past weekend at the Carnegie Library in Northwest, shared similar views but parted company with regards to strategy, planning and

coordination and related issues.

Journalist and activist Mark Plotkin was the most caustic in his criticism of elected officials and he castigated them for not doing enough for the cause.

He chided President Barack Obama, Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton for not doing

nearly enough to support statehood.

“Obama is missing in action.

He doesn’t give a damn about this place,” said Plotkin. “The most he’s done is put the ‘Taxation Without Representation’ license plate on his car and he told Gray initially that he couldn’t do that because the Secret Service

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wouldn’t let him.”

“This person does everything he can to avoid talking about the city he lives in.”

Plotkin and D.C. Shadow Senator Michael D. Brown said Delaware Sen. Tom Carper has a statehood bill he co-sponsored

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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 Usama served as “Principal for a of,” sheYoung, said. safety for the Oakland Raiders process.

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by Khalid Mildred Muhammad saidCampus “I in plan to take these to Naji-Allah people who want to help a Congress and implore them to domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. be careful of how they go into “I will not stop until these poli“It’s inspiring that a classroom and spoke to the group the victim's life, to andknow understand cies are passed.” former student has taken his time moreCarol than Jones 20 students as they that she may be in “survival of Tia can be reached to give back,” said Aqueelha James, completed mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net a reading activity, comprincipal of you John get Burroughs “Before to 'I'mEducagoing mending them for their good beto kill you,' since it started a verbal tion Campus 2013.as“We value WI havior.

He also announced a contest literacy because it is the foundation where students could win a football of all learning. To see an NFL player use his resources to support that autographed by the NFL star for initiative leaves me speechless,” said their drawings that portray children James, an Upper Marlboro, Md. res- reading books.

Tarsha Warren, a kindergarten ident.

Betty Jackson, a parent who vol- teacher at Burroughs Education unteers at the education campus, Campus since 2003, applauded beamed from ear to ear and snapped the professional athlete’s efforts to photos as her four-year-old pre-kin- foster a love of reading among the dergartener and his classmates children, saying that his words have frolicked around the six-foot, 200 planted a seed in their minds that pound safety. She said that the professional athlete served as a positive will inspire them for years to come.

“It’s important that young sturole model for the young males.

“Many of the young men have dents see that professional athletes been impacted in some way,” said take a vested interest in education,” Jackson, 48, a transportation pro- said Warren, 42. “I explained to gram specialist for the federal gov- them that a football player once ernment. “Usama Young’s visit gives went to this school. These days, them something that will push them many children see reading as [someto read. They will carry these books thing that’s] mundane.

L.Y. Receiving Marlow around because a memorable person these books will make such an imgave it to them. They can pick these pact in their lives.

I want these stubooks up and carry them along to dents to have a love of learning.

If the first grade. A lot of these chilyou instill that love of learning, even dren don’t have this experience at home,” said Jackson, a Northeast the children that may be a little beresident. hind will keep pushing,” said WarYoung later visited a kindergarten ren, a Northeast resident. WI

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We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor children about domestic violence. I plan to take these policies to Congress and implore them to change our laws. I will not stop until these policies are passed.

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Washington, D.C.-area friends and supporters of the late Jackson, Miss. Mayor Chokwe Lumumba gathered on Saturday, April 12 at the David A. Clarke UDC School of Law in Northwest to honor the human rights activist and former “people’s attorney.” More than 60 people attended the event.

Lumumba took office as Jackson’s mayor on July 1, 2013.

Barely eight months into his term, he died on February 25, 2014 at age 66. Although the local coroner said Lumumba died of natural causes, Lumumba’s family commissioned an independent autopsy.

“We will know the results on April 22, after the special mayoral election,” said his daughter Rukia Lumumba, 35, an attorney in Jackson. “The doctor wants to meet with us on that day to discuss [the findings].”

Some question the sudden death and wonder if Lumumba was killed because of his activism, and his association with the Republic of New Afrika (RNA), an organization which believed African-Americans have a right to land in the southeast U.S. and reparations for the hundreds of years of their ancestors’ slave labor.

Dr. Gregory Carr, chair of Howard University’s Afro-American Studies Department, noted that many of Lumumba’s civil rights contemporaries of the 1960s and 1970s were assassinated. “Whatever did or did not happen to set Chokwe on his ancestral journey, he lived long enough to become an elder,” said Carr.

“Chokwe embraced the term ‘revolutionary’ as an accolade,” said Jonathan Davis of the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) in New York. Davis said NCBL, to which Lumumba belonged, serves as the legal arm of the black liberation movement. “Wherever [Lumumba] went, it was to meet oppression head on.”

Davis knew Lumumba when both attended Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich. Lumumba was a law student, and Davis was an undergraduate student. “Lumumba was lion-

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Lumumba’s clients included Black Panther Geronimo Pratt, who was falsely accused of murder, and rapper Tupac Shakur, who was cleared of aggravated assault charges.

John Brittain of the David A. Clarke UDC School of Law, met Lumumba in the 1970s in Mississippi. Lumumba was still a law student and Brittain had only been out of law school for two years when they worked together on a case involving RNA defendants.

He was surprised when Lumumba ran for Jackson’s city council and later for mayor, given Lumumba’s revolutionary beliefs. “Lumumba told me he wasn’t running for himself, he was running to empower the people [of Jackson],” Brittain said. “He viewed [becoming a city official] as revolutionary, a part of building a community of people in Jackson who stand in opposition to oppression.”

Lumumba was born Edwin Finley Taliaferro in Detroit, Mich., the second of eight children. As a child, he helped his mother collect donations for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and its voting rights campaigns in the Deep South during early 1960s.

Affected by the 1968 murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Taliaferro changed his first name to “Chokwe” after an Angolan tribe that was never captured in the slave trade, and his last name

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to “Lumumba” after the slain 1960s Congolese anti-colonialist and prime minister Patrice Lumumba.

Chokwe Lumumba’s son Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 31, who is also an attorney, is running for mayor of Jackson in the Tuesday, April 22 special election.

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She said her father believed in participatory democracy and self-determination through people’s assemblies or town meetings, and worker-owned businesses.

Her mother Nubia, who died in 2003, supported and nurtured her father’s vision. “She grew up in Anacostia. D.C. was her hometown. I feel like it’s my home, too,” Rukia Lumumba said.

Part of Chokwe Lumumba’s legacy is an upcoming conference on Sunday, May 4 to Monday, May 5 at Jackson State University. “Jackson Rising: The New Economies Conference” will focus on growing and di- and lowercase, flush left as indicated on artwork at these point sizes: Consultant name in 11-point Helvetica Neue Bo ‡ Please set all copy in upper Beauty Consultant in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light; Web site or e-mail address in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light; phone number in 9-point Helvetica versifying Jackson’s economy.

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Black Facts April 17 1872 – Activist and fiery journalist William Monroe Trotter is born on this day in Boston, Massachusetts. A close friend of W.E.B. DuBois, Trotter was one of the most militant Black leaders of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.

He helped found the Niagara Movement, which led to the establishment of the NAACP. Trotter refused to join the NAACP claiming the group was too moderate and elitist.

He was also a leading opponent of the accommodating policies of Booker T. Washington. Trotter’s primary vehicle of expression was his newspaper – the Boston Guardian.

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April 18 1977 – Alex Haley, author of “Roots,” is awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

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April 19 1910 – The National Urban League is formed in New York City.

It was established from the merging of the National League for the Protection of Colored Women, National League on Urban Conditions among Negroes and remnants of the Niagara Movement which had earlier helped found the NAACP. Among the leading organizers were Ruth Standish Baldwin and George Edmund Haynes. Originally founded in part to focus on economic issues affecting Blacks, today, the National Urban League is considered the nation’s second most powerful civil rights organization after the NAACP. 1971 – Walter Fauntroy becomes the first elected Congressional representative from the predominantly Black District of Columbia since Reconstruction. However, Fauntroy did not have voting rights. To this day, the Congressional Representative from Washington, D.C. is still not allowed to vote on major legislation.

1978 – Max Robinson becomes the first African American anchor of a major network television news program when he begins co-anchoring ABC nightly news from Chicago.

The Richmond, Virginia native died of AIDS in Washington, D.C. on December 20, 1988.

April 20 1899 – Jazz great Edward “Duke” Ellington is born in Washington, D.C. Ellington was perhaps the greatest of the Jazz pioneers popularizing Jazz with his performances, composing and his role as a bandleader. Ellington died in 1974.

1971 – The United States Supreme Court rules unanimously that the busing of students from schools of predominantly one race to schools populated most by students of another race was a constitutionally accepted method for integrating the nation’s public schools.

April 21 1898 – The Spanish American War was fought with major representation of Black soldiers from Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Illinois and Kansas. When the Black troops returned to America, their greetings ranged from parades and speeches in some cities to unfortunate assaults and lynching in other cities.

2003 – African American song stylist Nina Simone dies in Paris. She was 70 years old.

April 22 1919 - S. H. Love, born in 1893 in Colt, Arkansas, served in Europe during WWI where he always claimed later he had passed on to a buddy the

idea for a draw theater curtain, as opposed to one which dropped from the ceiling. He did develop an idea to improve military guns, for which he applied and was granted a patent 22 April 1919.

April 23 1856 – One of the greatest inventors in American history, Granville T. Woods, is born in Columbus, Ohio. During his life he received 65 patents for electrical, mechanical and communications devices. Among his inventions was an advanced telephone transmitter, later purchased by Alexander Graham Bell Company.

1872 – Charlotte E. Ray becomes the first Black female lawyer in American history. Born in New York City to a journalist father and a politically active mother, by age 22 Ray had earned a law degree and was admitted to the D.C. bar.

1971 – Liberian President William Tubman dies. Tubman and his strong-man rule had kept the West African nation founded by freed American slaves relatively stable but not necessarily democratic. His death laid the foundation for the anarchy and civil wars which would grip the nation for the next 30 years.

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Kristal Dail Washington, D.C. I’m shocked and happy that the Wizards made the playoffs. It’s a really exciting time for the city. I think the team will play well and be competitive in the playoffs, especially since they know that this is a great opportunity to step up and represent the [District].

I think it’s good for the area’s other sports teams and will give those players the inspiration and motivation to know that they too can make the playoffs.

THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS ARE HEADED TO THE NBA PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2008. WHAT DOES THE POSTSEASON APPEARANCE MEAN FOR THE CITY, AND HOW DO YOU THINK THE WIZARDS WILL FARE IN THE PLAYOFFS?

Kyron Rose Takoma Park, Md. I’m shocked to see the team make it this far. It’s been a long time since they’ve made the playoffs. I’m really not an avid supporter of Washington’s sports teams, but since they’ve made it this far, I’m giving the Wizards my support. We’ll see how deep they’re able to go in the playoffs.

Janesia Simmons Washington, D.C. I’m excited since this is the first time in six years that the Wizards have made the playoffs. The city has [a team] to root for, and it will lift the morale of people in the area. I’m really excited that the Wizards have given us something to cheer for. I think they’ll be competitive, so they need to step up and continue to play like winners.

Willa Watson Silver Spring, Md. I think it’s good and it will help build camaraderie among the players and fans. I think it will also help motivate the other sports teams in the area, as well. I hope that they’re able to go far in the playoffs, but I don’t know.

The Miami Heat has a good team and could stop the Wizards if they happen to play in the first round. But overall, I’m excited that the Wizards made the playoffs.

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STATEHOOD continued from Page 1 Jon Tester (Mont.), and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) Plotkin pilloried Norton.

“Why isn’t the bill moving and you have a congresswoman who refuses to ask (for a hearing)? You should ask if she made a request. Don’t give me speeches on the floor. We’ve got to move the bill. Do your job. That’s her job.”

Norton, when queried, said Plotkin is misinformed.

“Why would I not ask for it?

I’m not known to be reticent,” she said during an April 14 interview. “I’m working very closely with Tom Carper, who chairs the committee and he’s been very cooperative. Our staffs have been talking back-and-forth but they have not set a date. He became a sponsor of the bill and helped me gather Senate sponsors. We have almost the entire Senate leadership.”

“I’ve asked for a hearing. He (Carper) said (it) will happen. He has lots of other business. I don’t know what his schedule is. The one thing no one can say is I never asked.”

Norton said she meets regularly with statehood advocates and they agreed at a recent meeting to use Emancipation Day, April 16, as a vehicle to put a spotlight on the statehood effort. The holiday marks President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of a proclamation that freed 3,100 enslaved Africans in the District.

She said she will continue to push for D.C.’s autonomy and self-sufficiency.

“I don’t think that I’m under the illusion that it will automatically pass. This is something you do step-by-step,” Norton said.

Muriel Martin of the Free DC Commission expressed frustration, saying advocates had to work harder to educate residents and marshal the groundswell of support needed to produce statehood.

“We cannot continue to say the same things every year,” said the former public school teacher.

“This personally will be my last.

I want to find another way. Why don’t we begin campaigning (more vigorously)? Move forward to where? If you can’t lobby, why do it? We should attack this problem as if it is a war. It’s not a debate. She’s (Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton) doing the best she can but she has no force behind her.”

Brown agreed.

“Power concedes nothing without a demand, and 20 people do not make a demand,” he said. “(Local attorney) Johnny Barnes said give me 50,000 people on the White House lawn and we’ll have statehood.”

“We’re moving but it’s like watching grass grow. We’re moving but it’s like an iceberg.”

Several of the speakers, acknowledged that their passion must be matched by a consistent message, greater planning and coordination, funding and workable strategies. But they said they remain undaunted in their desire to wrest the political power and autonomy enjoyed by other states from Congress.

“During Reconstruction, Congress didn’t want any enclave with a large black population.

Those in power (Congress) are used to having their last plantation. Also, people (in power) like to have a small council that they can buy,” said Anne Loikow, chair of D.C. Statehood, Yes We Can! who spoke about the fundamental differences between statehood and voting rights. “People confuse the issue … voting rights isn’t freedom or liberty for the people of D.C. Voting rights is totally irrelevant if you have nothing to vote for.”

“There are powerful interests who don’t want D.C. to become a state. There has been division all the way. Pursuing voting rights is not on our website and is not representative of us. They [Voting Rights advocates] have gotten hundreds of millions of our dollars to lead us down a deadend.”

Plotkin said he supports voting rights for strategic reasons, with statehood being his ultimate goal.

“Voting rights is a pathway,” he explained. “I want to win on some things. You get to join the Country Club (Congress) … (and) I want to lock in votes.

(Now), you have no autonomy, no control over your own fate. If you’re serious about this, statehood is the only option.”

The panelists at the April 11 event cited several examples to illustrate the District’s political impotence. For example, Congress controls the city’s purse strings; maintains control over which laws city officials can enact; the city’s bond rating is often at the mercy of the vagaries of Congress; Congress siphons off billions of dollars in taxes

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and they said they hoped a hearing would be scheduled soon.

Most of the Senate’s Democratic leaders have signed on in support of the bill. Both men said they and others have being trying to convince the uncommitted such as Sens. Claire McCaskill (Mo.),

for members of Congress on the House Appropriations Committee to routinely add social policy riders to the D.C. budget which prohibit a needle exchange program, fund a school voucher program; deny the city the right to use local taxpayer money to provide abortions for low-income women; and pay for medical marijuana programs.

The irony wasn’t lost on any of them that the very same goals and ideals for which the United States is known around the world isn’t exercised in the Nation’s Capital.

Loikow said too many people in the city don’t know their history, and don’t understand the Constitution. She and other panelists detailed residents’ struggle from the 1800s to the present.

“It is the essence of the right for people to govern themselves,” she said. “People have gone to war for this, declared wars. This is what independence is about: Life and liberty. The government’s power is derived from the consent of the governed. What we have given our consent to is statehood.”WI

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Alexander Bid Generates Talk in Ward 7 The possibility that D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) will run for one of the two council at-large seats in the Nov. 4 general election has elicited strong reactions from Ward 7 leaders.

“I think it is an interesting move,” Villareal Johnson, a community activist, said. “I hope that people will see her value. She’s a great person and deeply cares about the District of Columbia.”

However, Greg Rhett, the former president of the Eastland Gardens Civic Association in Northeast, said that Alexander’s actions are puzzling.

“I was like ‘what in the world’, how, huh?” said Rhett, 54. “I am still trying to absorb this on so many levels.”

Alexander said publicly that she hopes to become an at-large council member because they deal with broader issues and concerns that the city faces as opposed to a ward. Rhett said that it’s his understanding that during a conversation Alexander spoke disparagingly about having to perform constituent service work and that concerned him.

“I heard that she said that she did not want to be bothered with constituent services and would rather focus on her committee chairmanship,” he said. “I don’t like that at all.”

Alexander said, in a April 10 interview with the Informer, that she’s performed constituent service work for residents in all wards and that her work as an at-large council member would benefit Ward 7.

Darlene Williams, a resident of Deanwood in Northeast, has problems with Alexander running in November.

“I will not vote for her,” said Williams, 53. “She has not proven herself in Ward 7. She needs to do more in Ward 7.”

If Alexander runs, she must leave the Democratic Party and register as an independent. For example, she could run as an independent in the general election and keep her seat on the D.C. Council as a Democrat.

Rhett doesn’t agree with the game plan.

“As a voter and a Ward 7 Democrat, I am offended that she would do that,” he said. “We elected a Democrat to represent The Washington Informer

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D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander represents Ward 7. /Courtesy Photo

us in Ward 7. God bless her for what she wants to do but if she does run as an independent, I would suggest that she step down from the council and run.”

Alexander said that she will make up her mind on the at-large race by the end of May. Ed Potillo, the chairman of the Ward 7 Democrats, didn’t comment on Alexander’s plans.

“Once she declares for the council, then I will have a response,” said Potillo, 45.

Hagler Set to Run for D.C. Council The Rev. Graylan Hagler, one of the District’s most progressive ministers, is taking his passion for politics to another level and will soon declare his intention to run for one of the two atlarge seats on the D.C. Council in the Nov. 4 general election.

“The District is politically in a disastrous state of affairs,” said Hagler, 61. “The voter turnout in the April 1 primary was bad.

The reason is that people did not see anyone who represented

them [among the mayoral candidates].”

Hagler recently made news with his efforts to keep WalMart out of the city and his push for a living wage for all District workers.

He said that as a member of the council, he will work to end the “pay-to-play” culture at the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest.

“Lobbyists have more access to members of the city council than does the average citizen,” Hagler said. “If I am elected, I will become the ‘conscience of the council’ and work on behalf of the people.”

Hagler doesn’t have a date set to announce his candidacy.

However, he wants to win the general election and intends to work hard to achieve that goal, he said.

“I have prayed about this and have discussed my bid with people,” he said. “Somebody has to step forward and let the people know that someone will fight for them.”WI

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According to Virginia law, a child must be five years old on or before September 30 to register for kindergarten.

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In the meantime, parents can watch a video on the ACPS website that explains the importance of registering now for the 201415 school year.

The video titled, “Register for Kindergarten at ACPS,” and which is also on YouTube, features Cathleen Chamberlain, a kindergarten teacher at Douglas MacArthur Elementary School and her class. In the two-minute video, the children talk about what they like most about school.

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Brandon Davis, principal at Cora Kelly School for Math, Science and Technology and Lori Shabazz, a teacher at Patrick Henry Elementary School, have been honored for their outstanding roles in the education of ACPS students.

Davis is the recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Educational Leadership Award and Shabazz is the winner of the 2014 Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award. Both awards are given by The Washington Post.

Superintendent Alvin Crawley thanked both educators for being champions of students at their schools.

“Under Mr. Davis’ leadership, Cora Kelly students made significant academic gains,” Crawley said. “Cora Kelly is now one of the division’s best-performing schools on state assessments.”

He added that Shabazz serves as an inspiration to her students and colleagues.

“She carries her unwavering commitment to her students’ success beyond the doors of her school and into her students’ homes and the community,” said Crawley. WI

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By Joshua Garner WI Staff Writer @JoshuaGarnerDC Students and faculty at two schools in Prince George’s County are maneuvering to stop plans for a proposed Wal-Mart store in Oxon Hill that would sit next door to the schools.

Developers are proposing a 100,000 square-foot Wal-Mart Super Center for the site near the intersection of Oxon Hill Road and Clipper Way. The store would abut two schools in Prince George’s County – Oxon Hill High School and John Hanson Montessori School.

The store will be a part of the Potomac Business Park, a site being developed by the Fairfax,Va.-based Peterson Companies, which also developed National Harbor.

But students said they’re concerned about the impact the neighboring store will have on own their school. Parents at John Hanson Montessori School joined students and staff at Oxon Hill High School in October for a protest near the proposed site of the store and are now petitioning the county council to deep-six the project.

“It’s unconventional to put [a Wal-Mart] next to an elementary school and a high school,” said Gabrielle Headly, 16, a student journalist at Oxon Hill High.

“There has been a lot of antiWal-Mart things being done.”

The store was originally slated to open last year but officials at Wal-Mart pulled the project

from consideration by the county. Wal-Mart resubmitted plans this fall that incorporated feedback from the community. WalMart’s current zoning application is now with the Office of the Zoning Hearing Examiner, which could render a decision to move the application forward during a hearing scheduled for Thursday, May 1.

Officials at Wal-Mart said that there is a large customer base in Prince George’s County that prompted the decision to pursue a location in Oxon Hill.

Amanda Henneberg, a spokesperson for Wal-Mart said that residents in southern Prince George’s County spend $16 million annually at Wal-Mart locations in Northern Virginia. The company has three stores in the county including locations in Bowie, Landover, and Clinton along Route 5, which is the closest to the proposed site.

“We think our store will be an anchor for the vision for Oxon Hill Road as a retail destination,” Henneberg said. “We look forward to providing the local community with convenient shopping options that include fresh, affordable food and a wide assortment of general merchandise.”

But students and faculty at Oxon Hill High School said they are mobilizing to put the brakes on the project, or have it built elsewhere in the community citing concerns regarding traffic and safety.

“We’re trying to stop the building of Wal-Mart,” said

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Paulette Brown, a staff member at the school. “Our aim is safety over money.”

Brown said she’s concerned about the increased traffic along Oxon Hill Road, which connects to National Harbor, the new Tanger Outlets shopping center, and the future location of MGM National Harbor.

Brown said more students who live at a neighboring apartment complex along Oxon Hill Road will be walking to the school in the coming year adding to concerns about pedestrian safety.

“Traffic is already heavy…

We’re jammed packed,” she said.

“The neighborhood already has a number of businesses.”

Gabrielle said a second protest is planned near the site along with a petition that is being circulated among students at Oxon Hill High. Still, she admitted student opposition to the store has waned in recent weeks.

“I feel like a lot of students … have fallen off from the battle and it’s just [the] Student Government Association at this point,” she said. “Students never stay on anything for too long.”

But officials at Wal-Mart said they’ve already made concessions for safety in planning for the store and to ensure it will have minimal impact on both Oxon Hill High and John Hanson Montessori School.WI To read this story in its entirety, go to www.washingtoninformer.com

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By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has resigned her post leaving behind some unanswered questions about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), particularly from African Americans, many of whom remain perplexed over the law.

In announcing her resignation, Sebelius said the president knew that asking her to stay on wasn’t an option.

“I thought it was fair to either commit until January of 2017 or leave with enough time that he

would get a strong, competent leader,” Sebelius, 65, said in a statement.

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“Clearly, the estimate that it was ready to go on October 1 was just flat out wrong,” Sebelius said. “The launch of the website was terribly flawed, terribly difficult. Could we have used more time and testing?

You bet. If I had a magic wand and could go back to mid-September and ask different questions based on what I know now, I would. I thought I was getting the best information from the best experts, but clearly that didn’t go well.”

Also, Sebelius told NBC News that she offered Obama her resignation last month, but the president declined to accept it until the March 31 deadline passed for enrollment into the health exchanges.

Obama quickly nominated Sylvia Burwell, 48, the director of the Office of Management and Budget in Northwest to replace Sebelius.

Enrollment through the ACA has reached about 7.5 million U.S. residents.

Sebelius said 11.7 million residents have been determined eligible for Medicaid or for the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

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number of residents who have paid their first months’ insurance premiums, which is required to activate coverage, officials said.

Republicans have promised to continue their fight against the ACA. “I think what you’re going to see is an effort to continue to repeal it and replace it,” Tennessee Republican Sen. Marcia Blackburn told CBS News. “Now, we know we’re not going to get it off the books until this president is out of office, but we will continue our efforts [to get rid of it],” said Blackburn, 61.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Sebelius’ resignation is the latest indication of “just what a disaster [the ACA] is.”

“It’s the most disastrous, the most damaging piece of legislation in modern times,” said Cruz, 43.

“And, I believe she resigned because Senate Democrats are scared of getting trounced in the 2014 midterm elections.”

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There are 7.5 million people across the country [who have] the security of health insurance, most of them for the very first time. That’s because of Kathleen Sebelius and we are very proud of her,” Obama said.

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said Medicaid expanded and Sebelius accomplished a great deal in regard to health care disparities, women’s health, and she’s brought the nation closer to an HIV/AIDS free generation.

“She’s accomplished a lot,” said Cummings, 63. “The website problems were significant, but Sebelius was assiduous in fixing them and ultimately that will just be a footnote in history.”WI

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Tax Shelter: A home can be a great tax shelter. The interest you pay on your mortgage may be tax deductible. You should consult with your tax adviser for further information.

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Celebrating “The Great Society” Having the nation’s first African-American president at the Civil Rights Summit speaks to the immeasurable success of Lyndon Baines Johnson’s presidency.

The Civil Rights legislation LBJ pushed through Congress is the most transformational political legislation since Reconstruction.

Legislation Johnson offered and leadership he proffered has contributed to the betterment of African Americans’ lives in ways no president has since Abraham Lincoln. Contemporary Black Americans would be advised to take note of how a president stepped into the breach and helped our race in the realization of America’s promise.

When Black Americans measure Obama with LBJ, they will see “a man with a plan” versus an empty suit. Many Blacks can’t see beyond the symbolism of the Obama presidency. While Obama shies away from Blacks and their issues, LBJ had a vision for America, that problem of housing, income, employment, and health were ultimately a federal responsibility; and from that premise Johnson used the weight of the presidency and his formidable political skills to enact the most impressive array of reform legislation since the days of Franklin Roosevelt. He envisioned a society without poverty or discrimination, in which all Americans enjoyed equal educational and job opportunities. He called his vision the “Great Society.”

When Black Obama loyalists say “He’s doing the best he can” and “they won’t let him,” tell them about LBJ and what a real and committed president can do toward our cause. A major feature of Johnson’s Great Society was the “War on Poverty.” The federal government raised the minimum wage and enacted programs to train poorer Americans for new and better jobs, including the 1964 Manpower Development and Training Act and the Economic Opportunity Act, which established such programs as the Job Corps and the Neighborhood Youth Corps. To assure adequate housing, in 1966 Congress adopted the Model Cities Act to attack urban blight, set up a cabinet-level Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and

By William Reed began a program of rent supplements.

In 1966, new legislation led to the more than 150, five-year long, Model Cities experiments to develop new anti-poverty programs and alternative forms of municipal government. The ambitious federal urban aid program succeeded in fostering a new generation of Black urban leaders.

Local Blacks elected as local and state officials in the 1970, 80s and 90s came from Model Cities’ initiatives.

The Model Cities programs created a new program at HUD intended to improve coordination of existing urban programs and provide additional funds for local plans. The program’s goals emphasized comprehensive planning, involving not just rebuilding but also rehabilitation, social service delivery, and citizen participation.

On the downside, Model Cities’ funds strengthened local Democratic machines and clubs more than they did for the communities at large. Too often, city hall parceled out contracts and jobs, but brushed aside neighborhood activists. Because of the political undertow, the Model Cities’ programs garnered wide political controversy. Detroit was one of the largest Model Cities projects. Mayor Jerome P. Cavanaugh (1962-69) served on Johnson’s task force. Detroit received widespread acclaim for its leadership in the program, which used $490 million to try to turn a ninesquare-mile section of the city (with 134,000 inhabitants) into a model city. Elected officials that came into office in the past 30 years graduated from Large Model Cities’ programs in Atlanta and Chicago.

Fifty years after the Civil Rights Act, and decades after Model Cities experiments have expired, America remains economically, politically and racially divided.

The divide is both ideological and the result of the vastly different perspectives of each party’s core constituencies. Back in

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Students Should Withdraw from Some Credit Card Programs As 21st Century employers continue to seek a highly-trained workforce, the marketable value of a college education has never been higher. At the same time, the rising costs of a college education force growing numbers of families and students to seek federal financial aid.

In FY 2012, according to the Department of Education (DOE), federal student aid programs provided about $142 billion in grants and loans to 15 million students. Although a large portion of these funds are paid directly towards tuition, many students also receive a portion of their aid to cover the costs of textbooks or living expenses. To facilitate these direct student payments, many colleges have partnered with financial firms that provide debit cards and/or bank accounts. These disbursement products can serve as a revenue opportunity for colleges; but they may not be the best deal for students.

In a recent report, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) identified 852 colleges and universities with agreements to offer either a prepaid debit card or a debit card linked to a regular checking account. In instances that the debit card becomes part of the student’s campus identification, the single debit card can also be used to access banking services.

The GAO expressed concerns about the potential steering of students to these debit cards instead of encouraging them to shop independently for a bank account or prepaid debit cards with better terms and lower fees.

As institutions receiving reve-

nues from these debit card partnerships grow dependent on the funds generated, students might be better served by determining whether these debit cards serve their best interest.

With these and other findings, the GAO report called for actions to address student choice, transparency, and access for the growing market of college debit cards.

The report will likely serve as a factual reference for the current rulemaking process that DOE is developing for college debit cards. For consumer advocates – including the Center for Responsible Lending – a major concern is whether these debit cards will put students at risk of incurring hefty overdraft fees. Some banks simply decline debit card transactions at no cost to the consumer when consumers lack adequate funds. Other banks charge overdraft fees each time a transaction that lacks available monies on account is attempted. This extension of credit also comes at a high cost.

In 2013, CRL research found that debit card transactions were the most common trigger of overdraft fees, causing consumers to incur a median $35 fee per incident. An earlier study of overdraft charges by the FDIC found that young adults were particularly vulnerable to debit card overdrafts.

Two leading civil rights leaders, Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Hilary Shelton, NAACP Washington Bureau Director, co-authored a commentary on the effects of overdraft

fees on communities of color.

“Surveys have found that high overdraft fees disproportionately impact people of color and lower-income communities – those who already suffered a disproportionate impact from the financial crisis, and who are now having the hardest time recovering,”, said the leaders.

Now with so many colleges and universities entering into contracts with debit card providers the opportunity for these lucrative fees to strip away needed student aid is at hand. The DOE faces a major decision. Should the Department restrict schools from entering into partnerships with financial institutions that allow students to overdraw their accounts with the swipe of a debit card? If so, that decision would be consistent with the Department’s existing policy to disallow disbursements of student aid onto debit cards or accounts that can be used or converted into a credit instrument.

Allowing consumers to spend more than they have in exchange for a fee is the equivalent of offering them a loan to be repaid with interest.

Until DOE finalizes its rulemaking, students and their parents should set out on a mission to better understand the terms of the college debit cards issued. If review of the ‘fine print’ details lead to more questions, those concerns should be brought to the attention of the debit card providers, college officials and if necessary, to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through its online complaint forms. Those forms can be found at www.consumerfinance.gov.

Just as the United Negro College Fund slogan advises that ‘a mind is a terrible thing to waste’, so too is financial aid. Funds disbursed to support higher education should not be snatched away for private gain.WI Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at Charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.

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see racial discrimination against Blacks as mostly a thing of the past; Blacks vote overwhelmingly Democratic and view Republicans as “racist.”

Blacks loyal to the party and president, will do all they can to help shoulder Obama through his presidency’s remaining years.

All Blacks would do well to recognize LBJ’s prodigious legislative legacy. The seminal laws he championed continue to resonate. WI William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and available for projects via the BaileyGroup.org

the day, Republicans and Democrats from outside the South worked together to pass the Civil Rights Act. Today, the majority of Whites vote Republican and

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Report Finds Prisons Expensive, Racially Biased

By Margaret Summers WI Contributor @margaretsumme10 Virginia’s corrections system keeps prisoners locked up for years without parole, particularly for drug offenses, costs the Commonwealth’s taxpayers $1 billion, and disproportionately affects incarcerated seniors and African-American men.

These are key findings in an April 2014 report entitled “The Billion Dollar Divide: Virginia’s Sentencing, Corrections and Criminal Justice Challenge.” The Justice Policy Institute (JPI), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit working to reduce use of incarceration, published the report. Details of the report were discussed during an April 3 town hall event at Richmond’s Virginia Union University Police Academy.

“The long sentences are due to Virginia’s Truth-in-Sentencing guidelines,” said Jason Ziedenberg, the report’s co-author and JPI’s research and policy director. Ziedenberg said the guidelines, enacted in the 1990s, eliminated parole

and reduced access to good-time and earned time credits. Virginia later adopted mandatory minimum, or compulsory, sentences, where courts have no discretion over sentence lengths. A fourth of such sentences only apply to drug crimes. The report says between 1992 and 2007, the number of individuals serving time for drug offenses increased by 72 percent, with no corresponding reduction in crimes.

“The longer sentences result in more seniors [living out their lives] in prison,” said Ziedenberg. “This adds to Virginia’s incarceration costs in order to meet the medical needs of seniors. In Virginia, there are nearly 5,000 prisoners between 50 and 59 years old. If you include prisoners between 60 to 65 years old and older, there are nearly 6,000 older prisoners in Virginia’s prison population.”

Also alarming, said Ziedenberg, is that African-American men are 60 percent of the prison population, and 72 percent of all prisoners incarcerated for drug-related crimes, but comprise 20 percent of Virginia’s population. “There

is a lot of talk about achieving fairness in the criminal justice system” said Ziedenberg. “But these figures should be enough to [upset] Virginia taxpayers, and give them pause. Research shows that there is no difference [in white and African-American drug sales and use]. There is no reason why African-Americans should be disproportionately incarcerated.”

Jesse Frierson, executive director of the Richmond-based, nonprofit Virginia Alliance Against Mass Incarcerations, which is a JPI partner, said the only reason Virginia pays billions for ineffective corrections is to support prison-related industries.

“Virginia’s 1990s prison building boom resulted in 14 new prisons,” said Frierson.

“If anyone, beyond lawmakers making political hay [with a ‘tough on crime’ mentality] benefits, it’s the once jobless in the very rural communities in southwest Virginia and other economically destitute parts of the state,” he said. “Maximum [prison] occupancy means jobs and lucrative construction contracts, for the uneducated,

poor, destitute and downtrodden residents.”

Ziedenberg said Virginia’s government should spend much less on prisons and more on support services for returning citizens and their communities. “Many of the more than 400,000 people with felony convictions [released after serving time] can’t vote, have trouble finding jobs, getting an education, or access to other benefits [that could reduce recidivism],” he said.

JPI sent its report to Virginia lawmakers, including Gov. Terry McAuliffe. Brian Coy, McAuliffe’s press secretary, said the governor is reading it. “[McAuliffe’s] responsibility is keeping the Commonwealth safe while protecting the resources of the taxpayers,” said Coy. Congressman Bobby Scott (D-3rd District), a member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued a statement which said JPI’s findings are not surprising.

He said that billions spent on incarcerations should support prevention and early intervention strategies instead.

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Scott called for the elimination of federal and state mandatory minimum sentencing. “Granting judges more discretion to sentence individuals based on the actual circumstances of the crime can also alleviate the discriminatory impact of our current justice system,” said Scott.

Virginia’s General Assembly missed legislative opportunities during this year’s session to reform the corrections system, said Ziedenberg. It did not pass a bill which would have earned release for people convicted with drug offenses by increasing the maximum of good-time credits. Another bill would have provided eligibility for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) to individuals with drug-related felonies.

“We’re hopeful that Virginia will take the same steps other states with similar budgets and corrections issues have taken regarding parole, good-time, and length of sentences,” said Ziedenberg.WI The report can be found at www.justicepolicy.org.

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DC EDUCATION BRIEFS Updated Calendar Released

Students at the District’s public schools may not have to make up two snow days, but they’ll still get a late start on summer, with June 20 being the last full day of classes.

The 2013-14 calendar was updated after officials received permission to waive two of its six snow days.

“Many teachers, principals and parents provided feedback as we worked to develop our final calendar,” school officials said in a statement.

Due to the high number of weather-related cancellations this winter, school officials filed an appeal with the Office of the State Superintendent of Educa-

tion to waive the 180-day minimum. The waiver was granted, meaning students will not have to make up the March 3 and March 24 snow cancellations.

Students will not report to school on May 2, which is a professional development day for teachers.

Schools to Receive Additional Funding

D.C.’s public schools system is poised to receive more than $77 million to assist thousands of needy and at-risk students, partly due to Council Member David Catania’s Fair Funding Act legislation.

Catania, an at-large independent who chairs the council’s

education committee, said the funds have been added to the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2015.

“With the release of the proposed Fiscal Year 2015 budget, we will deliver the resources needed to begin to address the real barriers that stand in the way of our most challenged students and academic success,” said Catania, who is running for mayor in the Nov. 4 general election.

According to Catania’s legislation, which was passed by the D.C. Council, “at-risk” students are those who are homeless, within the foster care system, eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance

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Program (SNAP), or high school students above the expected age for their grade. A combined 37,000 students in both public and charter schools fall under one or more of these categories.

Charter Students at First Lady’s Planting Event

First lady Michelle Obama recently joined students from Friendship Public Charter (FPCS) School in Northeast and leaders from FoodCorps on the South Lawn for the sixth-annual planting of the White House Kitchen Garden.

The White House garden was first planted in 2009 to inspire healthy eating habits. The garden and the nationwide Let’s Move! campaign were launched in tandem to promote healthier lifestyles

among children and their families.

At this year’s April 2 planting, the first lady worked alongside the students planting a variety of fruits and vegetables, including collard greens, rhubarb, onions, strawberries, raspberries – and a new addition called a paw paw tree.

“Guys, this is awesome,” she said complimenting the students.

“Look at all the work you did. You know how long this would have taken me if I did it by myself?”

The New York-based FoodCorps program teaches children about healthy food while ensuring they have access to nutritious meals during the school day.

In addition to FPCS students, FoodCorps members will serve other District-area schools at its fall garden-planting event. WI

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HEALTH AROUND THE REGION

Geriatric Doctor Wants ERs to Face the Holistic Music, But It’s Not Everyone, Part II

By Jennifer Margulis Special to the Informer from New America Media Playing Harps—for Health So if you’ve rushed a loved one to the ER at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, chances are there will be a musician playing classical music on a portable harp. For up to six hours a day, during the busiest times, these harpists quietly play music in the background. The addition of what is more formally known as music therapy has made a palpable difference in the stress levels—of the ER doctors, at least—who are caring for elderly patients.

“We have a fair amount of anxiety throughout our day,” explains David Adinaro, 47, chief of emergency medicine.

Although Adinaro raised his eyebrows at his colleague’s idea at first, he freely admits to loving the music. “The harp makes

us feel more focused and a little calmer. I think the harp players are wonderful,” he says.

Other alternative practices that have been integrated in the geriatric ER at Saint Joseph’s since November 2012 include Pranic healing, Reiki healing and therapeutic touch.

Therapeutic touch, Rosenberg tells me, is a fancy description for a hand massage. Pranic healing (no-touch energy work whereby a practitioner purportedly improves your prana, Sanskrit for life force, to help the body repair itself. When a Pranic healer works on Rosenberg, he said, the therapy allows him to sit, relax and close his eyes. He said he feels refreshed and ready to tackle more emergencies after just five minutes.

“Maybe it won’t work for everybody,” Rosenberg concedes.

“If you think it’s a waste of time, it’s nothing you have to have. But these holistic techniques provide a sense of comfort that brings

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you back to your core that makes you feel more like a person, in spite of not feeling well.”

“You just need to try it,” Rosenberg adds.

Fair enough.

“May I tell you? I hate harp music. I don’t know why. It just irks me,” Belden’s mother-in-law, who asked me not to use her name, admits.

“I am very careful about who I include in my personal space,” Heath Belden says. “I fully support the expansion of those kinds of services, but personally I would feel weird about accepting them.”

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“Harp,” her mom tells her.

“Would you have liked to have harp music when you were getting stitches?”

“I guess that would feel nice,” Naomi says, crawling under a dining room chair and peeking her head out. “Yeah. That would feel nice.”WI Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is a senior fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University and author of The Business of Baby. She wrote this article with support from the Gerontology Society of America and New American Media’s Metlife Foundation Journalists in Aging Program.

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The Civil Rights Act, 50 Years Later

One of the good things about anniversary observances and related celebrations is that they offer us a vantage point from which to gauge our progress as a country and as a people.

For three days last week, President Barack Obama, three former presidents, retired and active politicians, civil rights stalwarts, members of civil society and others, gathered at the Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Presidential Library and Museum in Austin, Texas to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Johnson, who succeeded slain President John F. Kennedy in Nov. 1963, took up Kennedy’s mantle and using experience, savvy, guile, and his legendary powers of arm-twisting and persuasion pushed through the landmark Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the historic Voting Rights Act in 1965.

As Obama explained in his well-received remarks, “He (Johnson) was charming when he needed to be, ruthless when required. He could wear you down with logic and argument, he could horse trade and he could flatter.”

The Civil Rights bill made equality for minorities and women the law of the land. Title II outlawed discrimination in places of public accommodation, including movie theaters, concert halls, stadiums, motels, hotels and restaurants. While the Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed barriers to voting by African Americans.

Johnson, as was the U.S., was buffeted by the winds of social change as the civil rights movement gained momentum, an army of activists took to the streets and used a range of instruments to force the country to come to terms with its racist past. Through Johnson’s efforts, the country began to slowly embrace and accept first racial, then gender equality.

When an LBJ aide advised him against fighting to attempt to secure a legislative victory in civil rights, for fear of his embracing “lost causes,” Johnson is said to have told him, “Well, what the hell’s the presidency for?”

LBJ’s vision and tenacity and his ability to cobble together a coalition of Northern Democrats and moderate Republicans help put America on a different course from the one it has traveled from 1617 forward.

Obama echoed the sentiment of a number of speakers that Americans are heirs and beneficiaries of his legacy.

What’s telling is that even though Johnson signed both pieces of legislation, the laws’ opponents and fiercest critics have never rested in their efforts to reverse the gains born of the legislation.

In fact, historians and other observers note that Johnson saw a backlash in the polls when in 1966 Democrats lost Congressional seats and lawmakers who supported Johnson began to push back against approving money needed to pay for the raft of programs of the Great Society.

Debate about the stage of race relations, discrimination and access for non-whites in this country continues unabated with some saying the glass is half full, while others insist that little has changed. It is a reality that in 2014, blacks are no longer relegated to the back of the bus, barred from movies and restaurants and prohibited from any number of activities that were normal for the mainstream.

Yet, as longtime Civil Rights activists like Congressman John Lewis, Julian Bond and others have always warned, no one should relax, assume the battle is over and become complacent.

As Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page said in a recent column, almost as soon as the ink was dry on the Civil Rights bill, the battle against it began. Last year, the Supreme Court invalidated a key section of the bill, with the majority arguing that enough had changed to question the bill’s continued efficacy. Lewis and Wisconsin Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner are working together to develop legislation to continue the protections the bill offered.

Going forward, vigilance is the key.

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It was a surprise to me to learn that The University of Connecticut men’s basketball coach, Kevin Ollie, was the fourth African American head coach to win the NCAA Tournament [“Ollie Makes History as 4th African American Coach to Win NCAA Tournament,” The Washington Informer, April 10, 2014].

I thought that Georgetown University coach John Thompson, Jr. in 1984 was the only other African American head coach to win the tournament. To learn that Tubby Smith won it as coach of the University of Kentucky in 1998, and Nolan Smith at the University of Arkansas in 1994 (both SEC schools) was just awesome. I just love reading The Informer because I’m always learning something I didn’t know.

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change the child, it changes the parent. The parent starts to feel connected to the school, teachers and administrators.

Resources that are available are more easily found to handle and resolve any issues that might occur when you are working together as a team. In the African-American community we are always saying it takes a village to raise a child. Well, I believe our village is our schools, and parents must take an active role in that village.

While reading your paper I came across the article, “African Americans Say ‘Parent Involvement Key to School Success’” [April 10, 2014 by George White] it made me want to get out of my chair and cheer.

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By Lee A. Daniels

Equal Pay for Women Helps Us All Could you use an additional $24,000 in your yearly wages?

How about nearly $19,000? Or even just another $11,000 to $12,000?

Those figures are what you get – or rather, what women who work full-time don’t get because of the pervasive “wage gap” between women and men.

Correcting that injustice is one reason President Obama last week issued an executive order

and a presidential memorandum meant to ensure that contractors for the federal government follow equal-pay provisions.

True, election-year politics also played their part in the action: One purpose it served was to underscore the opposition of the Republicans in Congress to another proposed federal act – here, the Paycheck Fairness Act – aimed at advancing the rights of women.

That’s an important electoral “talking point” both parties are grappling with as the Democrats

try to offset a widely-expected GOP surge in November that may win them control of the Senate and leave the president facing an implacably hostile Republican majority in both chambers of Congress his last two years in office.

President Obama won the women’s vote by 14 and 12 points, respectively, in 2008 and 2012, and there’s no reason to believe that either the GOP’s policy positions – on, for example, reproductive rights or social-safety-net issues – or the continual

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stream of sexist comments from GOP state and federal officials has changed the ratio of women’s voters’ preference.

That’s likely the reason GOP officials last week were careful to denigrate the president’s and the Democrat’s actions while fervently declaring their support for the idea of equal pay for equal work – without suggesting any proposals to aid its advance.

Their mantra has been to declare the president’s orders will end up hurting women by limiting employers’ ability to offer job

flexibility and merit raises and bonuses.

The president’s two orders bar federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss their pay with one another, and order the Department of Labor to write new rules requiring federal contractors to give the government data on what they pay their workers broken down by race and gender.

Many private-sector employers forbid workers from discuss-

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Women Get Unequal Pay for Equal Work When John and Ann started working on January 1, 2013, John had an immediate advantage.

Because women earn 77 cents for every dollar men earn, it took Ann until last Friday [April 11, 2014] to earn the same amount of money that John earned in the calendar year of 2013.

The issue of unequal pay is so important that President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act 50 years ago. While we

have come a long way, baby, the pay gap has remained stubborn.

This is why President Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act as soon as he assumed office.

This year, to commemorate National Equal Pay Day (that’s the day Ann finally earns as much as John), the president signed an Executive Order protecting workers from retaliation when they speak of unequal pay in the workplace (one of the ways employers can maintain

unequal pay is to make discussing pay grounds for firing). The president, through the Secretary of Labor, is also requiring federal contractors to provide data on pay, race, and gender to ensure that employers are fairly paid.

Furthermore, the Senate is considering the Paycheck Fairness Act, which may pass the Senate, but not the House of Representatives.

We know all about John and Ann, but what about Tamika?

If women earn 77 percent of

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what men earn, what about African American women? Women surely have come a long way, but some are moving far more slowly than others. How many African American women are there in the Senate? Among Fortune 500 leaders? In other positions of power? What about pay? African American women earn about three quarters of what other women earn, meaning that if it takes Ann until April 11 to catch up with John, It will take Tamika until about June

1 – about another six weeks – to catch up. Tamika earns in 18 months what John earns in 12 months.

Even African American women with the highest levels of education experience these differences. White men with a postgraduate degree earn a median salary of $1,666 a week African American women earn a median salary of $1,000 during the same time period. For all the talk of

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By Joe Jefferson

D.C. Must Ensure HIV Treatment The ongoing health care debate has been dominated by implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the issues plaguing the unsuccessful initial launch of the health insurance enrollment website. Largely absent from the debate, particularly on the local level, has been any meaningful discussion of those existing obstacles that stand in the way of sustained patient access to quality and affordable health care.

One such obstacle that has the potential to jeopardize the health of D.C. residents is the burdensome health insurer “prior authorization” process. Although it may sound obscure, health insurer use of prior authorizations has become ubiquitous and threatens patient access to proven treatments for a wide range of conditions.

If you’re taking a prescription medication, you’ve likely been subject to this “utilization management” technique. Prior authorization is an insurance

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carrier policy requiring doctors to obtain the insurance carrier’s approval before it will cover the cost of a particular prescription or procedure. In other words, insurance carriers substitute their own judgment for the judgment of doctors, and often will not pay for the medication that your doctor thinks is best for you.

Recent surveys by the Medical Society of the District of Columbia and MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society, indicate that nearly 95 percent of physicians have been subject The Washington Informer

to insurance company delays or denied treatments for their patients. An alarming 90 percent said they’ve been forced to change the way they treated a patient due to restrictions imposed by an insurance company.

The D.C. Council now has an opportunity to make commonsense reforms to the prior authorization process. By passing the Uniform Electronic Prior Authorization Act (B20-176), the D.C. Council can significantly streamline and modernize the prior authorization process in

the District. First, the legislation would allow doctors to use electronics and other technology to more quickly gain the authorization needed from the insurer.

Second, the bill would establish a fast-track appeals process to prevent patients from waiting days and weeks to hear if their insurance company will pay for the medication their doctor has already prescribed. And finally, these reforms would greatly reduce the time doctors spend

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By Marian Wright Edelman

Improving the Odds for America’s Children More than 40 years ago, the earliest planning for what would become the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) took place at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. CDF began in 1973 in a Harvard University-owned clapboard house. Our beginning was bolstered by a two-volume publication of the Harvard Educational Review in 1973 and 1974 among whose top editors were CDF staff, many of them

graduates of or students at Harvard’s education and law schools.

Another young staff attorney, Hillary Rodham, in her first job after law school, contributed an article on the “Rights of Children.”

At the same time, CDF staff knocked on doors to look for children out of school in Massachusetts and all across America.

A local group, Massachusetts Advocacy, had issued a report on Children Out of School in Boston and we wondered whether this was a statewide or nation-

al problem. After knocking on many thousands of doors in census tracts across our country, CDF documented it was a national problem with at least 2 million children out of school, including 750,000 the census said were between 7-13 years old but did not tell us who they were.

We found many were children with disabilities. Other children were pushed out by discipline policies, language, and the inability to afford school fees.

Children Out of School in America became our first report

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in 1974. We followed it up by organizing with parents at the local level and collaborating with national organizations concerned with children with mental, physical, and emotional disabilities and many others to help push Congress to enact 94-142 – now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act – which for the first time gave children with disabilities the right to a free, appropriate public education.

CDF’s first report led to publication of School Suspensions: Are They Helping Children describ-

ing many of the practices we are still combating today with school discipline policies that suspend children for a wide range of nonviolent offenses include truancy and subjective offenses like disruptive behavior.

After 40 years we are now blessed with a new indispensable evidence-based book from Harvard Education Press—Improving the Odds for America’s Children: Future Directions in Policy and Practice. Kathleen

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By Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Progressives Should Campaign against the Supreme Court When I first heard the news, my response was one of both outrage and a calm lack of surprise. I knew that there was a very real chance that the Supreme Court, in its McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission decision, would make it even more difficult to have limits on campaign spending. I suppose that I did not want to believe it. Thus, when the decision was issued, I found myself both re-

signed and furious at the same time.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s majority has made a mockery of right-wing allegations that it is liberals who have been engaged in so-called judicial activism.

The conservative majority of the Supreme Court has gone out of its way to ensure the political supremacy of what the Occupy Movement called the 1 percent – the plutocrats.

There have been discussions ever since the Supreme Court’s notorious decision in the Citizens

United case that there is need for a Constitutional amendment that addresses campaign finance. We now have an even more urgent need for such an amendment in light of the court’s further opening of the gates to super-money.

So, what do we do?

The first and most immediate step must be the formation of a very broad coalition to take initial steps towards securing such a Constitutional amendment. This coalition needs to make the midterm 2014 elections about the super-rich and money in elections.

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In that sense, candidates need to be running against the Supreme Court. Progressive candidates need to make the McCutcheon decision their battle-cry and use it to demonstrate the extent to which the 1 percent is moving at breakneck pace to derail any pretense of democracy. And they must commit to fighting for a Constitutional amendment to remove corruption from the electoral process.

The McCutcheon decision must be understood in tandem with the voter suppres-

sion efforts that we have been witnessing over the past eight years. These are steps that are being taken to hold back the future, that is, to deflate the power of the growing majority in the U.S.A. that is seeking broad and significant social and economic changes. To the extent to which people of color, youth, seniors, veterans, and others are blocked from voting and to the extent to which the faucets are opened for the super-rich to contribute inor-

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By Askia Muhammad

A Government ‘of Men’ and Not Laws To say that the legal outcome of any dispute in the United States is a function of scientific-like “laws” which function immutably for all regardless of whom or what is nothing more than a joke. Independent of the “justice” involved in any situation, the intransigence of White men has rendered the outcome of all legal disputes to unalterably favor White people.

Whether it’s the fact that

in Congress, the Republican “White People’s Party” received 5 million fewer votes in the 2012 election than the Democrats, yet still holds a 241-190 lead is all the evidence that’s needed.

At least 218 votes are needed to command the majority.

On the state level, legislatures have gerrymandered districts in such a way that more than 90 percent of those districts are either “safe Democrat” or “safe Republican” meaning that unless something cataclysmic happens, that balance of power will re-

main. Furthermore, that House Republican majority is controlled from within by a small clique of 60-or-so Tea Party members whose nihilistic view – that is that all government is bad and must be dismantled at all costs – controls the Party from a perch on the lunatic right-wing fringe.

These Tea Party fanatics vote in lock-step unity, and their brown-shirt, Gestapo-like tactics have put the fear of God in any would-be Republican moderates that they will face a Tea Party-supported primary challenge

at home if they don’t tow the party line.

The Senate has a façade of “independence” from Tea Party fascist ideology, and even though Republicans are in the minority in that branch, when it comes to certain votes, like confirming some of President Barack Obama’s Black nominees to his Cabinet positions, or voting for simple acts like equal pay for female workers, there’s not a single GOP vote to be found. Not one!

And despite their miserable label as a “do nothing Congress,”

the Republicans are confident that they will win a Senate majority, and expand their House lead in the upcoming 2014 mid-term elections.

So, they’ve got a lock on the federal legal system, and in the courts it’s just as bad if not worse. On the Supreme Court, the oldest, sooner-to-retire Justices are the liberals, and unless there’s a vacancy before January 2015, the Senate will never confirm anyone President Obama

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LIFESTYLE The British film “Belle” at Filmfest DC April 17-27. /Courtesy Photo

The documentary film “Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine” at Filmfest DC April 17-27. /Courtesy Photo

Say it ain’t so!

Filmfest DC is celebrating 28 years of bringing two weeks and more than 80 international and independent films to Washington’s culture-hungry masses. But this year may also be the last for the smorgasbord of documentaries, feature films, short films and comedies that has become as much a harbinger of spring as the cherry blossoms.

Filmfest DC grew out of the Black Film Institute (BFI) at the University of the District of Columbia. Founder and Director Tony Gittens, a graduate of Howard University, started the BFI in the 1970s and remained at the helm through its transformation into Filmfest DC. Back then, the festival was shorter and smaller, but still presented the latest international feature films and documentaries. It was as if one could take a trip around the world within the days of the film festival.

So why give up on a good thing that has a dedicated fol-

Filmfest DC Celebrates 28 Years of International Films

By Eve M. Ferguson WI Staff Writer lowing? For one, Filmfest DC has opted to keep ticket prices affordable, insuring that all that have an interest can catch a movie. But, there are other factors affecting the continuation of Filmfest DC. “For 28 years, Filmfest DC has contributed to Washington’s cultural vitality and helped put the city on the national and international map as one of this country’s most sophisticated centers of interest in outstanding movies from around the

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globe,” Gittens said. “Unfortunately, economic pressures in putting on this two-week event may soon be too much for us to continue. As a result, this year’s Filmfest DC may well be the last one.”

In the meantime, there’s plenty to be taken in between Thursday, April 17th and Sunday, April 27th. The festival has four themes this year, including a return of “The Lighter Side (Politics Isn’t The Only Funny Thing in Washington,)” which will feature 14 The Washington Informer

comedies from Ireland, Egypt, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Israel and France, among other countries.

“Trust No One: Espionage, Crime and Thrillers” is the theme for nine mysteries and other tales from the dark side.

Festival organizers tout these films as veering away from the usual Hollywood special-effects and sequel-ized formulaic films, in favor of films with more intense and complex plots, captivating locations and intriguing characters.

“Feast Your Eyes,” of course, deals with the wonderful menu of films on food, a theme that everyone can relate to. While France leads the way in actual foodie-ism, two films will highlight the French obsession with cuisine – “Le Chef,” a collaborative film between France and Spain, and “Paulette.” Four additional European films round out the feast.

“Justice Matters: Do the Right Thing,” explores the genre of film to address matters of social justice, and includes the films “Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine,” a documentary film that follows a Christian gospel choir and American academic/ playwright Dr. Clayton Carson as they traveled through the Holy Land. “Lakshmi,” from India, is a fictional story based on true accounts of abducted children in India, who likely fall victim to a thriving sex trafficking industry.

For those who missed the Washington premiere of “Half of a Yellow Sun,” based on the best-selling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that sold out

for the New African Films Festival in March, there are two opportunities to see it again during Filmfest DC. “Something Necessary,” from Kenya screened at New African Films, will also be shown.

One of the highlights of this 28th year is the screening of the British film “Belle,” based on the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, a woman who was born of an enslaved Caribbean mother and a British aristocrat. The film, directed by Amma Asante, has been called the British version of “12 Years a Slave.” Raised as a part of her wealthy admiral father’s family, Belle breaks barriers by openly falling in love with a white man, whom in real life, she married.

“The primary criteria for films selected for Filmfest DC is artistic quality,” Gittens added. “Programmers also seek out films deserving of greater recognition and try to annually present a well-rounded, diverse representation of recent developments in cinema from around the world.”

So, can Filmfest DC be saved?

Gittens hasn’t thrown in the towel on the annual event yet.

Although it has the patronage and ticket sales, to salvage Filmfest would take something more.

“That would truly be a shame,” Gittens lamented, “because our film festival annually brings together literally thousands of dedicated movie goers, volunteers, sponsors and patrons who have enjoyed what they have seen.”

“Our organization will continue and our smaller Arabian Sights Film Festival will take place in the fall,” Gittens said.

“Of course, if a wealthy individual, company or the District government decides that Filmfest DC makes an important contribution to Washington’s cultural scene, the festival will be able to continue in the future.”WI Filmfest DC runs from April 1727. The schedule of films and tickets can be purchased through www. filmfestdc.org, or by calling 1-888996-4774. A variety of packages for multiple tickets are available. Films are screened at a variety of venues throughout the D.C. metropolitan area.

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(L) Robtel Neajai Pailey, a Liberian writer, Ph.D. candidate at the University of London and author of Gbagba, a children’s book about corruption in the West African country addresses the audience at the National Press Club in Northwest. Pailey is seated next to Denise Rolark Barnes, program moderator and publisher of The Washington Informer Newspaper. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

Duo Helps Liberian Children Fight Corruption

By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @sampkcollins Corruption remains persistent in Liberia more than a decade after the end of a brutal civil war and election of the first African woman head of state. Efforts to curb unethical behavior in the public and private sector have proven difficult in a nation with high unemployment and widespread poverty.

However, many people, including Liberian author Robtel Neajai Pailey and Seren Fryatt, a former player in the Liberian Women’s Professional Soccer League, believe that children have the potential to eliminate corruption in Liberia. Through their individual efforts, both women have sparked discussions among young people about the shady dealings that often occur in the West African country.

“We had a civil war because people felt [they were not treated] equally,” said Pailey, 32, author of Gbagba, a popular children’s book that examines corruption in Liberian society through the story of Sundaymah and Sundaygar, a twin brother and sister who are visiting relatives in the capital city of Monrovia.

“We often think that children do not know about the confusing ethical codes of adults,” said Pailey, who lives in London. “They understand corruption much more than we give them credit.”

An audience of more than 20 people listened as Pailey and Fryatt recounted their experiences and provided insight about the current state of affairs in Liberia in the McClendon Room of the National Press Club in Northwest on the evening of April 10. Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher

of The Washington Informer moderated the hour-long discussion, during which both women drew connections between corruption, tribal conflicts and socioeconomic disparities.

“If we don’t address issues of income inequality, then corruption will persist,” said Pailey. “There is a case [to be made] when politicians are paid thousands per month in a post-conflict country and teachers only receive $100. That shows that you value the politician much more than the teacher or the doctor. We have to set standards and instill [moral values] in our children.”

A 2013 report by the Centre for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia described a culture of corruption that often allows government officials to engage in a host of unscrupulous activities without penalty. Although the report acknowledged the efforts of Liberia’s Anti-Corruption Commission to address and prosecute dishonest behavior, it warned that bribery, nepotism, and out-of-control spending undermine Liberia’s efforts to build a strong infrastructure and provide good-paying jobs to millions of unemployed Liberians.

During the discussion, Fryatt described helping Liberians organize special community sporting events for youth of various ethnic tribes through her Northwest-based nonprofit Life and Change Experienced thru Sports (LACES). During a competition touted as the Kick Out Corruption Game, the referee made calls that favored one team without the participants’ knowledge. After 10 minutes, the young athletes gathered to discuss the impact of corruption in their lives.

“We found that children could peacefully address conflicts within seven months by using our curriculum,” said Fryatt, 34, the founder and

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executive director of LACES who hails from Muncie, Ind. “The children are the future of [Liberia]. In order to take a standardized test in this country, they often have to [pay the teachers fees]. My hope is that when these students become teachers, they will fight that [system]. That’s our motivation and our belief.”

Kimberly Hanson, a global health consultant, attended the intimate gathering to learn more about corruption and ethnic conflict in West Africa. She found the discussion to be enlightening in terms of holding officials accountable.

“It’s important to learn about work against corruption through nontraditional methods,” said Hanson, 26.

“We learned that working with young people makes a great impact for the future. I appreciate learning about the different methods and the valuable skills of the speakers,” said Hanson, an Alexandria, Va. resident.

Since Pailey released Gbagba in 2012, the book has received an endorsement from Liberia’s Minister of Education Hon. Etmonia David Tarpeh. During one of her book tours, Pailey passed out more than 100 copies to children living in Grand Bassa County, Liberia.

Pailey, who once worked in Liberia’s Ministry of Education, said that it was not until she discovered that four students submitted forged government documents in their applications for international scholarships that she felt compelled to write a children’s book about the issue.

“We have to start the conversation about corruption with children and show them that this is how we change society,” said Pailey. “There’s a deliberate attempt in the book to show that there are consequences for actions.

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By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer Dear Diary…

You’ve written that many times in your life. Little hurts, schoolgirl crushes, firsts, lasts, and thoughts. It’s all written in your journal so you’d see where you came from and where you’re going.

But would you want your children or grandchildren to read your journals, unedited, warts and all? Pearl Cleage thinks she might. Maybe. And in her new book, “Things I Should Have Told My Daughter,” she explains why.

The “no” came as no surprise: as a 15-year-old, Pearl Cleage’s daughter, Deignan, declined the opportunity to read her mother’s journals. So when Cleage of-

fered to keep the journals for her granddaughter to read someday, Deignan turned her down, saying that the toddler didn’t need to read them, either.

Deignan figured she understood what happened in Cleage’s life. She was there for much of it, after all, but Cleage wondered if the things her daughter never knew were just as important as the things she knew. There were lessons to learn, and Cleage chose to begin with January 9, 1970.

Twenty-one-year-old Cleage was at a party that night, commiserating with the wife of a friend on his way to jail. Politics and activism were a major part of Cleage’s life then: she had many friends in the SNCC, had met Coretta Scott King, was a supporter of Angela Davis and,

later, worked with Maynard Jackson. Racial issues were on her mind a lot then, as was sexism and feminism.

Though it would alter her plans for her future, Cleage thought about having a baby in her mid-20s. She didn’t mention it to her then-husband, Michael Lomax, but she often wondered what their child might look like.

In August of 1974, she found out. Giving birth wasn’t hard.

Motherhood sometimes was.

And as her daughter grew, so did Cleage. Still politically active, she honed her writing skills and became a playwright, columnist, and author. She got divorced.

Her mother died as Cleage’s career and her love life thrived. Yes, things happened that her granddaughter “probably” didn’t need to know, but Cleage is “glad” overall she wrote them down anyhow.

You know those nature shows where you watch a flower open

in quick-time? That’s what reading “Things I Should Have Told My Daughter” is like: we watch an accomplished writer blossom before our eyes, in a book written while she bloomed.

But that’s not the only appeal here: author Pearl Cleage gives us a front-row seat, not only to her life but to the social issues of the days in which she journaled.

That allows us to see history in the eyes of an idealistic young woman, then a new mother, then

someone who’s on the edge of attaining her dreams – all perspectives for which we know the outcome but getting there, as they say, is half the fun.

Though clarifying notes might’ve been occasionally helpful (particularly in determining ownership of pronouns), this is one diary you needn’t read furtively. For you, “Things I Should Have Told My Daughter” is a book you should see. WI

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Its playoffs time in the nation’s capital and the Washington Wizards and their fans are now getting a taste of what team officials promised when they selected John Wall with the top pick in the 2010 National Basketball Association draft.

For the first time since the 2007-08 campaign, the Wizards will not only finish the regular season with a winning record, but Wall and company have qualified for the playoffs.

“When Ted Leonsis took over as owner of the team, this was his vision and his plan,” said Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld.

“John Wall has grown into a great player and Bradley Beal is very good,” said Grunfeld, 58. “We’ve added some veterans and we feel good about the progress that we’ve made and we feel that we’re headed in the right direction.”

The arrow on the team’s fortunes, which have been pointing upward since the beginning of the season when they signed Wall to an $80 million contract extension, further rose when the Wizards thumped the Boston Celtics, 118-92, at Verizon Center in Northwest on April 2, to clinch a postseason date.

Following the playoff clincher, an emotional Wall said it took a lot of hard work and sacrifice for the team to succeed this year.

“I didn’t think it would be this tough. It’s everything that I’ve been waiting for as a point guard and trying to learn how to lead in this league and become a better player,” said Wall, 23.

Like Grunfeld, Wall said making The Washington Informer

the playoffs is something the fans deserve as much as the team.

“I think our fans really deserve it.

The tough times they went through … and feeling bad when we [were not playing well],” Wall said.

“It took a long time, but I’m kind of happy and excited to say that I’m going to be in the postseason, I won’t have an early vacation.”

Unlike the Wizards last playoff run in which they lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round, this team and its fans are optimistic that the season could end on a special note, perhaps with a championship.

“They are jelling at the right time and it’s a good mix of young stars, veteran all-star types and just savvy older guys,” said Jordan Gray, a Northeast resident and avid Wizards fan. “The top two teams are Miami and Indiana and both have had their share of problems coming down the stretch, so I think if we play to our ability we can do some major damage,” said Gray, 45.

Another longtime Wizards fan, Donald Crutchfield, also of Northeast, said the outcome of the playoffs could be impacted by injury, unexpected slumps or other unforeseen occurrences. “That’s why it’s important to make the playoffs,” said Crutchfield, 44.

“You’re in dogfights, tough match ups and someone, say on the Heat like LeBron James, gets hurt. Well, the series takes a dramatic change in your favor and the next thing you know, you’re onto the next round and then the next round and finally the championship game.”

Also, optimism can be found in the fact that the Wizards have fared well

against the Eastern Conference’s elite this season.

They’ve split the four game season series against the defending champion Miami Heat, including winning at home on Oct. 15, 2013, and, three months later in January at Verizon Center, the Wiz dominated the champs in a 114-97 victory.

The team is 1-2 vs. the stumbling and vulnerable Indiana Pacers, including a 91-78 victory over Indiana at Verizon Center on March 28.

Also, against other East playoff teams, the Wizards are 2-1 against the Chicago Bulls, 3-0 against the Brooklyn Nets, 1-3 against the Toronto Raptors, and 1-4 against the Charlotte Bobcats. Their first round opponent will either be the Bulls, Pacers, Heat or Raptors.

The playoffs open Saturday, April 19.

“It’s my second year, so I’m fortunate to be a part of a great group. It’s a good feeling,” said Beal, 20, Washington’s star shooting guard. “Watching the heart of this team is incredible.

This is a great group that the front office has put together.”

Grunfeld said Wall and Beal have certainly been keys to the success this year and the Wizards front office will continue to look at avenues in which to add even more talent to a roster that already strikes fear into most of its opponents.

“It’s been a process for us,” Grunfeld said. “We said our goal is to make the playoffs and we’ve achieved that goal. Everyone worked really hard and we want to do as well as we can. The fans should celebrate, but as far as the players and coaches are concerned, we have to get back to work.”WI

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12 Things That Make Men Rich Freedom from Fear: No. 4 God didn’t give us a spirit of fear but of sound mind - 2 Timothy 1:7 There is no fear in love. But perfect love casteth out fear because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18 The purpose of this series is to share what Napoleon Hill discovered and shared with millions in his book Think and Grow Rich, written agreement with scripture. He lists 12 Things That Make Men Rich; with money in last place.

Last week, we shared how sound physical health is a necessity. Let us examine the fourth item Hill discovered; “Freedom from Fear.” Fear is a stumbling block for millions because with it, you won’t accomplish anything.

Thirty years ago, I found it extremely difficult to speak before audiences. Fear would cause me to nearly lose my breath; but as years passed, fear became love!

Today, I seek opportunities to stand before audiences to deliver messages of hope; teaching others how to set and reach those goals that the Heavenly Father sent them to achieve.

Doing something about your fear is the only way to make it go away. I found this quote by John Lennon that says it best: “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance.

We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections.

If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”

Love is unconditional; fear is conditional; which means we are only afraid under certain circumstances; and it could be times that hinder desired progress. No one is afraid every minute of their lives unless they are suffering from a mental illness.

Love is strong, fear is weak: It takes a strong person to forgive someone who hurt us in a justifiably uncompassionate manner, yet the one who shows love is the strong one. A weak person will not forgive, they fear someone may hurt them again in the future, so the fear takes control of the situation rather than love.

Love releases, fear obligates: To the same person that hurt you in such a devastating manner, you have now forgiven them and you are free to go on with your life.

However, if you chose to continue to hold these grudges against the one who hurt you; you obligate yourself to remember the pain every time they come around. You remain obligated to feel this fear.

Love surrenders, fear binds: To surrender simply means by dictionary definition that you throw in the towel and you agree to stop fighting, hiding and resisting because you know that you will not win or succeed.

Love is honest, fear is fully of trickery, and will deceive you.

with Lyndia Grant Love trusts never doubting what someone says, however, fear is always suspicious.

Love allows individuals to be who they really are, yet fear would rather dictate. They want everything their way. Love is forgiving, where someone with fear would rather blame someone else, rather than take responsibility and forgive themselves or they will forgive the others around them for what they’ve done.

Love is compassionate. Compassion is the emotion we feel in response to the suffering of others that motivates a desire to help; for example to assist a family who lost their home. Fear will cause you to feel sorry for them, yet do nothing.WI

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Lyndia Grant is an author, inspirational and motivational speaker, radio talk show host and columnist; visit her new website at www.lyndiagrant.com and, call 202-518-3192.

Tune in Fridays at 6 p.m., to the radio talk show, 1340 AM, WYCB, a Radio One Station.

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AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL

Pilgrim Baptist Church

Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

Pilgrim Baptist Church

The Reverend Lyndon Shakespeare Interim Priest Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958 Worship Services Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org

Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor

Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org

Worship Sundays @ 7:30 & 11:00 A.M. 5th Sundays @ 9:30 A.M. 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 P.M.

Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 10:00 am AM Worship Services BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org

Twelfth Street Christian Church

Campbell AME Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney, Pastor 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: am Sunday Church School 8: 45 am Bible Study Wednesday 12:00 Noon Wednesday 7:00 pm Thursday 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE Washington, DC 20020

(Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340

5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089 Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net

St. Stephen Baptist Church Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Bishop 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m.

Church School - 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m.

Tuesday – Thursday - Kingdom Building Bible Institute – 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m.

Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am Radio Broadcast WYCB -1340 AM-Sunday -6:00pm T.V. Broadcast - Channel 190 – Sunday -4:00pm/Tuesday 7:00am

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

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., • Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE • Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 • www.acamec.org 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary”

Crusader Baptist Church

Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org

“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

“God is Love”

Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m.

“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor 800 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 Fax No. 202-548-0703

Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m.

Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m.

2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m.

Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m.

Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.

Third Street Church of God

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

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

Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org

ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us...

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

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Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Bible Study Tuesday 12Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday 6:30 p.m.

Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.”

Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

Mt. Zion Baptist Church Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor

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

Blessed Word of Life Church

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

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor

700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849

All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

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

Church of Living Waters

52 Years of Expert Engraving Services

Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org

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202-561-4100 or email rburke@washingtoninformer.com Zion Baptist Church

All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591

Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

“Where Jesus is the King”

Israel Baptist Church

4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773

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

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

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Study: Monday - 7:00 p.m.

Prayer Meeting: Thursday - 7:00 p.m.

2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 Sunday School – 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 am Baptismal Service – 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study – Wednesday -7:30 pm

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

St. Luke Baptist Church

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

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

Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor

Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services Sunday School 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

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

Mount Moriah Baptist Church Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm

Advertise Your Church services here: call Ron Burke at

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Advertise Your Church services here: call Ron Burke at

202-561-4100 or email rburke@washingtoninformer.com

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

Rehoboth Baptist Church

St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday)

Salem Baptist Church

Emmanuel Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family” Sunday Worship 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor

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

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

Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m.

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

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

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

Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m.

Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

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

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor

2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304

Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator

Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m.

New Members Class 9:30a.m.

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

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

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

Sunday Worship Service 10:00 A.M.

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

Peace Baptist Church

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836

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

Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Services: Sunday Worship 11 AM Sunday School 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study - Wed. 7 PM “A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”

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

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Reginald M. Green, Sr., Interim Pastor

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

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

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

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

The Church Where GOD Is Working....

And We Are Working With GOD

Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.

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

Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m.

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

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

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

Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m.

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

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

Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org

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

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

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

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

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

Christ Embassy DC

6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065

1864-2014

150 Years of Service

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

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Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 P.M. Friday Evening Service 7:00 P.M. ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com

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

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services Worship Service: 7:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

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

Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.

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Claretha F. Smith Decedent

John Pinkney, Jr. Decedent

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

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Herbert L. Smith III, whose address is, 107 Wheeler Lane, Frederick, MD 21702was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Claretha F. Smith, who died on October 24, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 3, 2014. 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 October 3, 2014, 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.

Tisa D. Huff, whose address is 15314 Bennetts Run Court, Brandywine, MD 20613, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of John Pinkney, Jr., who died on February 20, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 17, 2014. 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 October 17, 2014, 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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Marie K. Little Young Johnson Decedent James Larry Frazier, Esquire 918 Maryland Ave., NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara Opuni-Bediako, whose address is 9200 Edwards Way, #812, Hyattsville, MD 20783, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Marie K. Little Young Johnson, who died on September 4, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 3, 2014. 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 October 3, 2014, 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: April 3, 2014 Barbara Opuni-Bediako Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

Estate of Benjamin Attaway Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Sharon Berry Gilbert and Ameice Berry for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.

Admit to probate the Will dated December 16, 2004.

In the absence of a Will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order excluding from probate the Affidavit to Will Property dated may 20, 2008.

Administration No. 2013 ADM 114 George L. Watkins, Jr. Decedent

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Patricia A. Ellis whose address is 7127 Talisman Lane, Columbia, MD 21045 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Alicia Thomas, deceased, by the Office of the Register of Wills Court for Howard County, State of Maryland, on March 26, 2014.

Service of process may be made upon Loretta D. McKethan, 4408 6th Place, NE, Washington, DC 20017 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C.

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Administration No. 2014 ADM 285 David Selkirk Wilson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sara Procacci Wilson, whose address is 329 F Street, NE Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of David Selkirk Wilson, who died on February 5, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 3, 2014. 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 October 3, 2014, 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: April 17, 2014

Date of first publication: April 3, 2014

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014 ADM 200 Joseph Virgil Gonzales Decedent Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Christina Maria Tolbero, whose address is 12000 Scaggsville Rd., Fulton, MD 20759, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joseph Virgil Gonzales, who died on August 21, 2013 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

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DANIELS continued from Page 22 ing their salaries with other workers, and punish those who do.

The discrepancies in wages that enables employers to promulgate was underscored by the Lilly Ledbetter case, which reached the Supreme Court shortly before Obama took office. Ledbetter, a 21-year mid-level manager for Goodyear Tire, had discovered shortly before she was to retire that her salary had always been significantly less than men who had the same job title and duties even though her years of service was equal to or greater than theirs.

The Supreme Court ruled that she had discovered the discrepancy too late to bring a case against the company. Immediately upon Obama’s taking office, the Congressional Democrats, who then held both chambers of Congress, passed the Lilly Ledbetter Act to correct that injustice, and it be-

MALVEAUX continued from Page 22 pay equity and paycheck fairness, the status of African American women is largely ignored.

It wouldn’t take much for the president, or some of those feminist groups who support paycheck fairness to throw in a line or two about African American women. Nor would it hurt African American organizations, especially those who serve Black women, to point out this injustice. Are African American women invisible? Don’t we count? African American women raise the majority of our children, and shoulder many of the challenges in the African American community. Ignoring us in a conversation about unequal pay simply marginalizes our experiences and us.

The focus on “overall” data is yet another way of marginalizing not only African American women, but other people of color well. Reporting aggregate data gives some notion of economic progress. Reporting specific data about African American women and men makes it clear, for example, that African Americans experience depression-level unemployment rates.

JEFFERSON continued from Page 22 contacting and interacting with the insurance company in order to gain approval for their treatment plan.

Reform to the prior authoriza-

came the first act the new president signed.

The Democrats’ Paycheck Fairness Act is going nowhere because it won’t pass the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. But, given that federal contracting involves more than 20 percent of the U.S. workforce and includes Fortune 500 giants as well as small parts and services suppliers, the president’s orders can still have a wide impact.

There is, of course, another way of considering the wage-gap issue beyond playing the Washington political game. That is to consider the questions posed at this column’s beginning. Those figures come from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics setting the overall wage gap between men and women: that women working full-time earn just 77 cents for every dollar that men earn. Republicans claim the figure is so broad in the occupations it includes as to be “misleading.”

But there’s no doubt that an

overall gap of at least 5 to 12 cents exists between women and men who do the same work. And there’s no doubt that the wage gap that Black and Latina women endure is far sharper than that of their White counterparts. So, given that mothers are the primary or co-breadwinners in nearly twothirds of American families, and the primary or sole breadwinners for nearly 40 percent of American families, one would be justified in thinking that—in addition to the principle of fairness—eliminating the wage gap would provide a much-needed income boost to women whose wages sustain their families.

Rep Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn, a sponsor of the bill, said, “This not about women, it is about ensuring families, who are more reliant than ever on women’s wages, are not being shortchanged.”WI Lee A. Daniels is a longtime journalist based in New York City. His latest book is Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America.

I was delighted when President Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Act, and I have been privileged to hear Ledbetter speak on more than one occasion. She is an amazing woman with a talent for “breaking it down.” When she learned that men doing the same job she did earned more money, she cried “foul” but the law said it was “too late” for her to complain. In her inimitable way, she said that grocers did not charge her less money because she was female, nor did doctors, or anyone else. She said that higher-paid men didn’t have to make uncomfortable choices about which child would get new shoes or clothes.

African American women can tell the same story as Lily Ledbetter. Indeed, the gaps African American women are likely to be more severe than the ones Lily Ledbetter faced. The pay gap for African Americans is larger and too many live in food deserts where the cost of food is higher even as the quality is lower.

Lily Ledbetter deserves the limelight she earned because she brought this matter to the president’s attention. There’s a Black woman out there who can tell a similar or more compelling story. She, too, needs to be lifted

up. We ought to know her name, see her name on a piece of legislation. Ledbetter is an ordinary shero, a working class woman who stood up for her rights. She reminds us that, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “You don’t have to be great to serve.”

We need a sister to remind us that we don’t have to be elected, appointed, or anointed to make a difference.

When African American women are marginalized, so are our girls. They are left with the mistaken impression that we have not fought for our rights. We’ve been fighting and fighting, but somehow the story of a sister struggling is too unremarkable to be noted by the media.

Race and gender continue to shape the opportunities that African American women have, and race and gender continue to marginalize us Black women. When do African American women have equal visibility in the policy and imagery arena? When we demand it and when we stop applauding our own marginalization.WI Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer.

She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.

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JEFFERSON continued from Page 37 immediate and uninterrupted access to the regimen that has been tailored by their doctor to meet their particular biological circumstance and to keep the virus at undetectable levels.

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According to the District of Co-

lumbia Department of Health HIV/AIDS Administration, 90.7 percent of all heterosexual HIV transmissions are occurring among African Americans – 58.8 percent of whom are women.

And African Americans still account for the majority of living HIV cases in the District. At the end of 2010, 4.3 percent of black residents were living with HIV. Moreover, although Afri-

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can Americans accounted for just under half (46.0 percent) of District residents over the age of 12, three quarters (75.4 percent) of District residents living with HIV were black.

For its part, the District of Columbia has made significant progress in addressing the HIV/

AIDS epidemic through legislative efforts, including requiring insurance companies to pay for HIV tests. The D.C. Council now has an opportunity to build on these successes by passing the Uniform Electronic Prior Authorization Act to ensure that people living with HIV and

other medical conditions have access to the medications they need to maintain good health.WI Joe Jefferson is the Director of Advocacy and Alliance Development at HealthHIV, an organization dedicated to advancing prevention, care and support for people living with, or at risk for, HIV/AIDS.

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Common threads essential to sound policy and practice emerge quickly, including the impact of poverty and inequality on children’s well-being. Unifying refrains include the need to bring multiple supports together to seek change for children and families; the need for more intensive supports for children and parents with special health and mental health needs; recognition of the harm done to children by withholding help to children and adults who are not citizens nor legally present in the U.S.; and the call to pay attention to the well-being of parents and caregivers and all those who care for children. The book reinforces the importance of never giving up on a child.

This second decade of the twenty-first century is a crucial one for the children’s movement and the nation’s future, as pov-

erty and child poverty have resurged in a prolonged recession and jobless “recovery” and with wealth and income inequality at near record levels and achievement gaps among children who are poor and of color unacceptably wide. Our children are in trouble and our nation is in trouble, and we must reset our moral and economic compasses. CDF has been sounding the siren with urgency and persistence over four decades and will not stop until it is heard. WI Marian Wright Edelman is president of the Children’s Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. For more information go to www.childrensdefense.org.

The time has come to refocus the November elections on what is really at stake: the greed and avarice that now feels completely comfortable showing its face in public.WI Bill Fletcher, Jr. is a racial justice,

labor and global justice writer and activist. He is a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies and the author of “They’re Bankrupting Us” – And Twenty Other Myths about Unions. Follow him on Facebook and atwww.billfletcherjr.com.

been grazing his land for free since he was knee-high-to-agrasshopper, and he doesn’t see any reason why he shouldn’t get to keep fattening his herd on public land for free. The cowboy has lost his case throughout the courts, yet he and his modern posse are there, willing to fight and die for their “freedom” to pick and choose which laws they will obey and which ones they will ignore.

So, the feds backed down and have begun releasing the cattle.

We need not wonder what would happen if that had been a bunch of armed Black men holed up somewhere; they would have been captured, just like members of the Republic of New Africa were captured and imprisoned after a similar armed stand-off with the law down in Mississippi.

We need not wonder what would happen if those men

had been Native American, we already know. That’s what happened at Wounded Knee, S.D. That’s what happened when Leonard Peltier was captured and unjustly imprisoned. But some armed, determined White men have just proven that this is not a country of laws but rather a place where the laws are shaped by a White minority of legislators against the will and best interests of the rest of us; but it’s also a place that when the laws don’t fit the appetites of White men, they can just take up arms and face down the government until the laws are fashioned to suit them.

Someone should just hire some stone masons to remove the lying inscription above the entrance to the Supreme Court: “Equal Justice Under Law.” There’s no such thing in America. There is only law that favors White men. WI

McCartney, President of Smith College and former Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, was the driving force behind this volume that she co-edited with Hirokazu Yoshikawa and Laurie B. Forcier.

Each chapter suggests a prominent pathway for moving forward to level the playing field and improve the odds for children. The volume starts with prenatal and infant health and development, emphasizing parent and caregiver support in a child’s earliest years, moves through the school years and adolescence, and addresses the special needs of the most vulnerable youth involved with the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

FLETCHER continued from Page 23 dinate amounts of money to the candidates that they now own, elections lose any meaning other than being a veneer over a very clever dictatorship of wealth.

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