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By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia America’s economic situation has plummeted since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis and families across race and ethnicity feel the pain, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution which says that the coronavirus now stands as the third leading cause of death among African Americans. “If I told you on January 1 that a new virus that we did not even know about would, in August, be the third leading cause of death for Black Americans, our hair should have been set on fire and we would have an extensive public policy response to this unprecedented pandemic,” noted Trevon Logan, professor of economics at the Ohio State University. Logan co-authored the report titled, “The
Hamilton Project, Racial Economic Inequality Amid the COVID-19 Crisis,” with Bradley L. Hardy of the American University in Northwest. “In 2020, more Black Americans will die of COVID-19 than will succumb to diabetes, strokes, accidents, or pneumonia. In fact, COVID-19 is currently the third leading cause of death for African Americans,” Logan and Hardy concluded. Among the reasons for the disparity is that African Americans are more than twice as likely as the average worker to be employed in the healthcare support service industry which has been decimated by COVID-19 in assisted living facilities and nursing homes. African Americans are also significantly overrepresented in the personal care and service and
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Ward 8 Residents Express Frustration with the Postal Service
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District Republicans participated in this week’s GOP national convention to support President Trump but building the party in their hometown re5 Bishop Harry Jackson, pastor of Hope mains the primary goal, leaders and activists say. Community Church in Beltsville, Maryland (Courtesy photo/Hope Community
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Even with a delay in Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s remodeling of the U.S. Postal Service and a bill to pump $25 billion into the mail agency, District leaders and residents, especially in Ward 8, remain frustrated by inconsistent mail service from a troubled, underfunded agency with a demoralized workforce. DeJoy, facing allegations of crippling mail delivery on the verge of an expected avalanche of mail-in voting, suspended further changes in postal operations until after the Nov. 3 election.
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CIRCULATION Paul Trantham
Shoot Unarmed Black Man, Jacob Blake
By Tia Carol Jones
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 WI Senior Writer When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, @StacyBrownMedia old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicpolice Aug. child, 23 re-kinlife, Aand the shooting life of their story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessdled angry protests throughout the she knew something had to be push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further nationOut this of week an unarmed done. herafter frustration said about Marlow. training for law enforcement Kenosha, Wis. Black man’s apparent with law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecto settle she a squabble ofattempt the situation, decidedleft to himwho reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselparalyzed from the waist down start the Saving Promise cam-from“get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. police bullets. paign. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradishooting,cycle in frontperson can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must “ItProtests seems over to bethe a vicious of thewon't man’s three that turn small my children, family leftend of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. buildings and businesses destroyed loose,” Marlow said. Marlow andhelp people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicdisplaced in the indus-logue about domestic violence. shared her residents story with thesmall, auditim and the batterer,” Marlow trial town by mid-week. ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said. Meanwhile, demonstrators gatheredMildred Muhammad, the exDomestic Violence Symposium Marlow would also like to see Los 7Angeles, New York City, trig-wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise oninMay at the District Heights Municipal Center. The sympogered arrests in Minneapolis, Minn.,who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in sium was sponsored by Ore. the andutive life terms without parole public and private schools. She Seattle, Wash. and Portland, Family and Youth the Wisconsin NationalServices Guard wasby a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatJacob Blake was paralyzed by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Aug. 23. (Courtesy photo) Center ofquell the unrest city of District andthe 5 called to in Kenosha Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. Heights andthethe National administrative leave immediately. Jill and pray forpasJacob’s recovMildred Muhammad is “Wenation. have to stopI being Madison, state capitol. Hook- 2002. Up of Women. of After the ifTrauma, sive-aggressive poor chilIt’s also unclear both officers ery and forwith his children.” TheBlack latest incident of police-in-the founder Marlow has written helps thethatdren domestic violence,” opened fire butthat Crump noted his about Biden said the “nation wakes up yet volved shooting occurreda inbook, the earlyan organization “Color MeinButterfly,” is a citysurvivors of domestic Marlowagain said.with grief and outrage that yet client took seven shots violence to the back. Two evening that agingwhich industrial story about four generations of 10and officers their children. hasBlack worked to break were placed on administrativeMarlow another American is a victim of of nearly 100,000 residents– about domestic violence. The book is “Ileave livedfor intheir fear for years. Six the cycle of abuse her calls family, rolesix in the shooting. excessive force.inThis for an immepercent of whom identify as African inspired by her the ownsoutheastern experiences, fearalliswatched a longthe time. It isvideoand confident thetransparent policies she horrific of is diate, full and investigation American—in corneryears in“We and those of her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will startbethat Jacob Blake being shot in the back sev- and the officers must held accountof the state. her Video mother and ofher she times said. by Kenosha police,” Crump process.able. footage the daughter. shooting of Ja-of,” eral She said every time she reads Mildred Muhammad said to takejustice these has policies to real for not been cob Blake –including the sound of sev- said. “Even worse, his three sons wit-“I plan“Equal excerpts from her book, she still people who helpafter a being Congress and imploreand them to others. theirwant father to collapse Black Americans so many en gunshots--flooded social media and nessed can not believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. immediately drew outrage. Protestors riddled with bullets. Their irrespon- We are at an inflection point. We must from her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of how they go into “I will not stop until these politook to the streets as news accounts of sible, reckless and inhumane actions dismantle systemic racism. It is the won the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” nearly cost the life of a man who was urgent task before us. We must fight the shooting Books” Award.revealed the dubious andthat she may be in “survival Carol Jones belaid reached simply trying to do the right thing byTia to honor thecan ideals in the original callous nature in which officers opened “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net intervening in a domestic incident. It’s American promise, which we are yet fire as Blake approached the driver’s my eye first blackened and my “Before you get to 'I'm going a miracle he’s still alive.” to attain: That all men and women are sidebled,” of his vehiclesaid. where the threeto kill lips Marlow you,' it started as a verbal WI Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers released created equal, but more importantly, young were passengers. Elainechildren Davis-Nickens, presiBlake Hook-Up was struck by a statement condemning the shoot- that they must be treated equally.” dentSeven of thetimes National ings. White House Chief of Staff Mark the gunfire, Blake’s family of Black Women, said there isattorney no “Tonight, Jacob Blake was shot Meadows said the video told a “trouBen Crump stated. Blake was airlifted consistency in the way domestic in the back multiple times in broad bling story.” Meadows added that it to Froedtert Milwaukee, violence issuesHospital are dealtinwith by where, at press time, he’s listed in criti- daylight,” Evers said in a statement. was too soon to unravel what actually “While we do not have all the details happened. cal condition. The American Civil Liberties Union Crump said Blake had been at the yet, what we know for certain is that he scene as a peacemaker, helping to break is not the first Black man or person to [ACLU] released a statement that inup a dispute between two women. have been shot or injured or mercilessly voked George Floyd and Breonna TayPolice said they were summoned to a killed at the hands of individuals in law lor, two other unarmed African Americans killed by police. domestic disturbance and arrived at enforcement.” Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes added, “This demonstrates that the very inthe scene shortly after 5 p.m. where a crowd had gathered. It’s unclear what “The irony is not lost on me that as stitution of American policing is rotten precipitated the interaction between Jacob Blake was actually trying to dees- at its core,” Jeffery Robinson, ACLU Blake and the two unidentified offi- calate a situation in his community, the deputy legal director, said. “With each cers, but video of the incident clearly responding officer didn’t feel the need of the seven shots fired, the police department made their intent clear. They shows Blake walking away from the to do the same.” Democratic Presidential nominee believed they had the right to kill an officers and leaning inside his vehicle on the driver’s side when he was repeat- Joe Biden also weighed in saying the unarmed Black man for the crime of edly shot. Two officers were placed on police bullets “pierced the soul of our walking away.” WI WI Writer ByStaff Stacy M. Brown
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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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Supporters Lukewarm Over Missed Opportunity in Biden Acceptance Speech By James Wright WI Staff Writer @JamesDCWrighter Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden didn’t mention his support for the District becoming the 51st state during his acceptance address on Aug. 20 with some advocates expressing disappointment while others said getting President Trump defeated in November remains the priority. Anise Jenkins, executive director for Stand Up! for Democracy, a pro-statehood organization, said she was chagrined that Biden didn’t mention the District’s aspiration for full political rights and autonomy. “I am very disappointed,” Jenkins said. “It is a part of the Democratic Party platform. The Democratic Party has not put D.C. statehood on the front burner for many years and I don’t know why.” Since District residents became eligible to vote in presidential elections in 1964, the city has supported the Democratic candidate for president overwhelmingly. Despite the District’s support of Democrats, no presidential nominees have addressed statehood in an acceptance address or Democratic advocated it as president in a State of the Union address, according to research by the Informer. However, this year Biden has gone on record supporting D.C. statehood. On Feb. 25, 51 for 51, a group lobbying the U.S. Senate to change its rules so it would take only 51 senators to vote on a D.C. statehood bill instead of the usual 60 required to prevent a filibuster, announced Biden embraced their cause. “Vice President Biden has been
fighting for representation for D.C. for decades and we’re proud to have him as an ally in this fight,” Ty Hobson-Powell, a leader with 51 for 51, said in a statement. On June 2, Biden easily won the District’s Democratic presidential primary with 75.97 percent of the vote, followed by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) at 12.85 percent and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at 10.04 percent. While neither the D.C. Democratic Party nor the statehood movement officially requested Biden to mention the District’s quest to become a full member of the union during his address, Stanley Mayes, a Ward 1 Democrat, said it he would have preferred a statehood mention by the former vice president. “I am always looking for people to promote the issue and thought it would have been great for him to say something about it,” Mayes said. In contrast, Ward 4 Democratic activist Douglas Sloan said Biden’s non-mention of statehood didn’t bother him. “Democrats are now aware of statehood and how it will benefit them with two senators,” Sloan said. “If he chose not to mention it, it was probably due to strategy. The Democrats don’t want D.C. statehood to become a central issue, they want to do what is necessary to defeat Trump and not mentioning statehood may help do that.” Mayes agreed with Sloan in not mentioning statehood as a strategy. “We have to get Trump out of there,” he said. “We have to take care of that first. Mentioning statehood might deter some people from supporting Biden so we can wait until the election is over and the discussion becomes ripe again.” WI
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Someone recently told me how much they admired the ways in which I was raised, taught and nurtured by my parents, my sister (15 years older) and the extensive village of elders who surrounded, encouraged and protected me. I suppose I hadn’t thought about it much as it was just the way things were – it was my reality – the “way of the world” as Earth, Wind and Fire once expressed in song. However, in more reflective moments that I’ve taken in the midst of political conventions, accusations of voter suppression and the likelihood that most ballots will be mailed rather than cast in person due to the still unabated health pandemic, I realize how fortunate I have been. As a father of two young adults, 30 and 26 years of age, and a grandfather as well, I have become one of the respected elders, not only in their lives but in the lives of many of their friends. It is a role and responsibility which I do not take lightly. And as I consider my own upbringing, what stands out most vividly are the lessons I learned not by hearing directions about what to do or how to do it but rather by seeing acts of goodwill completed and promises fulfilled. The old saying about the differing outcomes which occur when one is given fish to eat, a temporary fix, ver-
sus teaching one how to fish which becomes a lifelong and invaluable skill comes to mind. One lesson which I believe all Black families must teach their children is the practice of active engagement in the political process which obviously includes exercising our guaranteed
And as I consider my own upbringing, what stands out most vividly are the lessons I learned not by hearing directions about what to do or how to do it but rather by seeing acts of goodwill completed and promises fulfilled. right to vote as American citizens. Sometimes our reluctance, refusal or decision to vote are guided by the persons on the ballot – like the first time that Barack Obama ran for president when Black folk across the U.S. stood in lines that circled city blocks, refusing to move until their ballot had been cast. I find such behavior a bit strange as my family didn’t base their voting practices on personalities, charisma, race or religious affiliation. Instead, they confirmed their commitment to having their voice heard by voting each and every time the opportunity arose. Further, they took the time necessary to become educated about the candidates and conversant about the differences between those seeking office – from the president to district judges and schoolboard representatives – up and down the ballot. I was only a little boy, a child of the 60s, when America was struggling with racial injustice and demands for equal rights in ways the nation had never seen before. I remember the horror and anguish that my parents and other elders experienced as our leaders were assassinated: John
F. Kennedy, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, Bobby Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I witnessed how they processed prejudice when we were refused admittance to or service in hotels, restaurants, gas stations and rest rooms during our annual car trips to Virginia, Maryland, Alabama and northern Florida. And I learned that in order for change to come – permanent, life-altering change – that the ballot box served as the most effective means to reshape society for the better. And so, little my cartoon favorite Yogi Bear who had an unquenchable thirst for “picnic baskets,” my mother and my primary caregiver, Mrs. Hunt, would pack breakfast sandwiches, fruit, coffee and juice for our families and friends and we’d walk two blocks from our homes in northwest Detroit to the neighborhood public library, the Sherwood Forest Branch. Momma voted early in the morning as did Daddy since both had to get to work. Mrs. Hunt, however, stayed all day long as a poll watcher. As the day wore on, I would see a growing number of people wearing their buttons or stick-on labels which read, “I voted today!” And I could see the pride on every face of the men and women who, by voting, had been presented with a button or label to wear on their chests, tantamount to a badge of honor. We don’t need to tell young people tales from history about Blacks being beaten, intimidated or outright denied the opportunity to vote, although these stories remain essential to our collective memory. The most effective means of passing on a tradition is to show how it’s done and why it matters. If we want to see voter turnout meet or surpass previous highs, we must make voting something that’s fun and exciting. Make voting a family outing. Make it a family affair. And do it every time there’s an election. That’s how we change the world and empower the next generation to do even bigger and greater things that we’ve accomplished. WI
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AROUND THE REGION REPUBLICANS from Page 1 Patrick Mara, executive director of the D.C. Republican Party, attended the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, held Aug. 24-27, which took place despite the coronavirus pandemic albeit with several changes from its usual format. “Because of the pandemic, all delegations were given a limit of six delegates,” Mara said. “Usually that includes a state or territory’s GOP national committeeman and committeewoman, the chair of the state or territory party, the chair of the convention delegation and two others. D.C. had 19 delegates and 16 alternates for the convention before the rules changed – the new rules put us on par with states that have large delegations like Texas which had over 100 delegates before being reduced to six.” Mara said the convention clearly differed from its normal celebratory atmosphere. Even prior to his arrival in Charlotte, delegates were required to undergo testing for COVID-19 and send the results via FedEx to the Republican National Committee. Those who tested positive could not attend – attendees were directed to practice social distancing with access to a health screening desk provided onsite. No D.C. Republicans spoke on the convention floor. Mara declined to elaborate on whether he supports Trump’s re-election, saying he attended so in order to maintain active membership in the GOP National Committee – a status achieved by meeting a specific total number of attendees. Still, he recognizes the numerical disadvantages Republicans face in the District. No Republican has ever been elected mayor since D.C. Home Rule took effect in 1975 and there’s been no GOP representation on the D.C. Council since 2009 when Carol Schwartz left office. The D.C. Board of Elections reports a total of 29,145 registered Republicans in the District, 5.79 percent of the electorate, as of July 31, with Ward 6 having the largest number of registered Republicans, 7,803. But Mara says his party has the best chance to expand its ranks in 2022 when the next mayoral election takes place and there’s greater opportunity to engage citizens in conversations
about “our issues and values.” “We want to speak to voters east of the Anacostia River like where I live – Ward 7,” he said. “Some of my neighbors support the economic message the Republican Party articulates but are very quiet about it. They just want to live normal lives and not be identified as Republicans.” Ralph J. Chittams, Sr., another resident from Ward 7, hasn’t been quiet about being an evangelical Republican. A former vice chairman of the D.C. Republican Party and a candidate for one of the D.C. Council at-large seats in the 2018 general election, he says he strongly supports Trump’s re-election. “I support the policies he’s put forward during his first term which warrant him being re-elected,” he said. “He is pro-life, pro-Israel, has set up permanent funding for historically Black colleges and universities and signed the First Step Act into law which helps reduce the prison population responsibly and changes sentencing laws for some offenses.” Like Mara, Chittams wants to increase the number of Republicans in the District but believes it should occur by “being real Republicans instead of Democrat-lite.” “We should provide reasonable policy alternatives and offer real choices, not just duplicate what the Democrats are doing,” he said. However, Willie Leftwich, a retired attorney in the District and a Republican since the 1960s, admits he doesn’t recognize the local party now and remembers when Democrats and Republicans worked together in the city. “I don’t know who these people are,” Leftwich said. “The real Republicans who groomed me and taught me how to get things done like businessman Theodore Hagans are gone. The D.C. Republicans now are a different kind of people. I don’t know them but what I do know is that they don’t raise money here in the city and need to learn to work with D.C. Democrats to make things happen.” “When I was active in the party, we worked with people to get things done. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is an example of that. He gets things done by working with the Democrats. I don’t see any of that from the group running the local party now.”
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In 2016, after serving 21 years in a non-violent drug offense, Alice Marie Johnson quickly vacated the state of Alabama after President Trump commuted her life sentence at the request of Kim Kardashian. And while Johnson’s political affiliation remains unclear, the 65-yearold grandmother counts among those who spoke during the recent Republican National Convention, presumably to glean support for Trump’s reelection. Unlike last week’s Democratic National Convention, people of color on display will not necessarily be party loyalists, elected officials or even icons of the Civil Rights Movement. Instead, the common thread they have all claimed both trust in the president and admiration for the job he’s done so far. Since the days of Dwight D. Eisenhower, there have been a few Blacks working in the White House, most recently during the administrations of Republican presidents George Herbert Walker Bush and George W. Bush including former Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, among others.
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forth a transparent, clear plan under the guidance of medical experts so parents and teachers who have been stuck in this fearful dilemma of how to make an informed choice know the expectations for every single school,” the president said. Mulgrew unveiled the union’s comprehensive school safety plan with safety reviews and testing protocols designed by medical experts. ixThe plan requires the presence of a school nurse, a six-foot separation between student desks, sufficient masks and other protective equipment, ample cleaning supplies, working ventilation systems and an isolation room for students who develop symptoms of infection while at school, as well as a rigorous and extensive tracing program in the event of a COVID-19 infection. The UFT says because many students and staff will remain home for full-time remote learning, a maxi-
Educators around the nation are protesting the opening of in-person schooling citing unpreparedness of school districts to protect teachers, students and staff from COVID-19. New York City, the largest school district in the country, will return in September on a hybrid schedule with in-person and virtual learning. United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said at a press conference on Aug. 19, that school buildings cannot open on Sept. 10 unless they meet stringent coronavirus safety standards. Mulgrew vowed to go to court or take a job action, including a strike, if the city attempts to reopen any school building that does not meet the criteria in a safety plan created by the union. “It’s time for New York City to put
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mum of about 750,000 children and adults will need testing before school resumes. New York City has about 1.1 million school children in its system. Mulgrew promised to go to court or strike in spite of the penalties the union would face because of the state’s Taylor Law, which prohibits public sector labor strikes. The UFT who represents about 75,000 of the city’s teachers says they’ve lost 130 members to COVID-19, including 67 in-service members, 61 retirees and two-family childcare providers. Mulgrew pointed out the criticism the city received for a delay in closing schools at the start of the pandemic, a delay UFT believes put school staff and students at risk. “The city went to hell and back, and we’re not going back to hell,” Mulgrew said. “Opening the schools without following the procedures in the safety plan could be one of the biggest debacles in the history of the city.” In some cities like Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest school district of about 700,000 students protests by educators seem to be working. The Los Angeles Unified School District recently announced what’s being called the most ambitious coro-
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navirus testing and contact tracing plan in the country. This comes after the United Teachers of Los Angeles and the school district reached an agreement in early August on virtual schooling after weeks of protest. In Texas, teachers have protested for months and even held sit-ins at the state capitol in Austin as Gov. Greg Abbott continues to push for in-person instruction. According to EdWeek, the pres-
ident of the Texas American Federation of Teachers said his members are desperate enough to consider anything, including a strike—despite the fact that striking is illegal in Texas, and teachers could lose their retirement funds and their licenses. “There’s a point that you get to where you risk it all because conditions get too bad,” Zeph Capo, president, Texas AFT said. “If you’re not around to enjoy your retirement, what good does it do?” WI
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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY School Policies, Procedures Hurt Girls of Color: Report By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Adrienne Hawkins says she’s blessed her daughter entering the eighth grade has a strong support system at Thomas G. Pullen performing arts school in Landover. When Hawkins’ daughter begins the first day of school virtually Aug. 31, she hopes the Prince George’s County school system will provide patience and flexibility for students who’ll be at home for the entire first semester through Jan. 29. She’s specifically pleased the school system won’t enforce a school uniform policy. “[Students] shouldn’t have to wear a uniform for virtual learning. Some par-
ents are out of work during COVID-19,” said Hawkins, who’s able to work from home as a grant’s monitor for the U.S. Department of Education. “They clearly have to attend to class and be appropriately dressed. Everyone needs to put students at the center of the work and support them as best we can to make sure they are successful.” A guide released Thursday, Aug. 20 stresses that certain policies and procedures affect student achievement for girls of color, specifically Black, Latina and American Indian/Native Alaskan students. For instance, the document from The Education Trust and National Women’s Law Center highlights when some school districts enforce dress and hair code and defiance policies, it creates gender and racial biases. In turn, those guidelines have exposed
some of those biases amid the coronavirus pandemic and caused suspensions and other exclusionary practices based on the report entitled “…and they cared: How to Create Better, Safer Learning Environments for Girls of Color.” “What schools have been doing isn’t working,” Kayla Patrick, senior policy analyst for The Education Trust and one of the report’s three authors, said in an interview. “Suspensions and expulsions don’t help students to learn more or do better. It doesn’t create a better outcome for students.” The document presents some statistics from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights on school suspensions from the 2015-16 school year. About 14 percent of Blacks girls accounted for all students suspended during that year but represented only 8% of students registered in school. During that time, Black girls were more four times likely to be arrested in school compared to white students. A spokesperson from the county education department confirmed that’s the latest school year of data available. Meanwhile, the report, www. edtrust.org/discipline, offers a checklist for school and state officials to utilize under four headings – data, discipline policies and practices, support for systemwide policy change and culture and communication. Some of the questions outlined include: • Does your district make discipline data publicly available in a way
5 Jalah Berrian, a fifth-grade student at William Beanes Elementary School in Suitland, jots down notes Jan. 30 during a class discussion on climate change. (FILE: Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
that breaks out race, gender, and disability status? • If the dress code requires a uniform, does the school or district provide sufficient resources, multiple times a year, to students/ families to cover the costs? • Does the district partner with local health providers and community organizations to provide mental health services to students? • Are students and families an integral process of writing the code of conduct, harassment policies, and dress codes? Patrick said Maryland’s education plan, the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, presents an example to improve a school’s setting. However, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) vetoed the nearly $4 billion annual plan this year based on state
Prince George’s Seeks Developers for Public-Private County officials have said the P3 cussed Friday dealt with certain proPartnership School Projects format would increase the time to tections for workers.
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Final proposals by developers to build six new schools costing nearly $1 billion in Prince George’s County are scheduled to be submitted next month. The majority Black jurisdiction became the first in the nation to utilize a public-private partnership, also known as P3, for school construction by selecting a private company to handle construction and maintenance. Jason Washington, the school system’s new public-private partnerships director, said during a school board meeting Friday, Aug. 21 four developers expressed interest in submitting final proposals.
According to the terms of the proposal, at least 30 percent of the contract value must be procured through minority and county-based businesses. “Not participation, but pure dollars. It is an unwaivable requirement,” he said. The cost would be an annual cap of $32 million for 30 years to build these schools for an estimated total of $960 million: Adelphi Area, Drew Freeman, Hyattsville, Kenmoor and Walker Mill middle schools and Southern Area K-8 school. According to a proposed schedule, the first schools would be occupied by July 15, 2023 and the last schools exactly a year later. Kenmoor and Walker Mill middle schools are slated for occupancy by Dec. 30, 2023. A timeline shows the board is to approve a company Oct. 20.
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construct the schools and decrease an estimated $8.5 billion backlog. Once construction gets completed and students, teachers and staff are inside the schools, the school system would regain control of the buildings and payments to the contractor is to begin. Prince George’s will receive some state funding toward the projects thanks to lawmakers approving the $2.2 billion public school construction bill called the “Built to Learn Act of 2020.” Besides overcrowding in the schools, a state agency ranked the county as one of the top three jurisdictions in Maryland to house some of the oldest school buildings. The average age of buildings in Prince George’s: about 41 years. A proposed part of a contract dis-
Washington said workers will receive prevailing wages, but the county has no authority to dictate those benefits provided by subcontractors. Board Vice Chair Edward Burroughs III said regulations should have “teeth in it” to ensure those hired receive decent wages, health care and other benefits. In addition, he said other government agencies have put in certain provisions. “It’s really important to hire folks who live in the county and we ensure that we are not only paying them a prevailing wage, but we’re also ensuring those companies treat them appropriately,” he said. “We’re using this as an opportunity to pull people out of poverty and really giving them good jobs and benefits.”
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spending to combat COVID-19. Advocates continue to plead the Democrat-controlled legislature to override Hogan’s veto when lawmakers are scheduled to return to Annapolis in January. Lawmakers approved the first three of years the plan that seeks to expand early childhood education, add special education resources and increase teacher salaries. The trust and women’s law center report notes several inquiries on law enforcement intervention, but underscores one statement and question directly on school culture: “Police do not belong in schools. Has your district committed to ending the criminalization of Black and Brown students in schools?” “We really need to focus on what we know matters and research shows that school resource officers often interact with students in ways that they shouldn’t,” Patrick said. “They are taking on classroom management, suspending girls for having a cell phone and interacting with them for minor offenses.” The Prince George’s school board plans to discuss school resource officers Sept. 14. Another part of the education trust and law center report questions whether a state or school district has a gender-neutral dress code that allows or prohibits a student wearing the same items of clothing identifies as a girl, boy, or nonbinary. The Prince George’s system-wide dress code defines how students should wear pants, shirts, blouses, dresses, skirts and shoes. It doesn’t separately specify outfits for boys and girls. However, those genders are highlighted for uniforms on some school websites. “You can write something and not realize that it’s going to have a negative effect based on how it’s applied,” said Krystal Oriadha, co-founder of the LGBTQ Dignity Project in the county. WI
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Commission Considers Police Officers’ Bill of Rights, Digital Interrogations By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill A bill of rights for police officers is among the measures under consideration as a Maryland group created to instill trust between the community and law enforcement discussed police reform recommendations making interrogations digital, training and more citizen input. The ideas received Monday, Aug. 24 will continue to be refined by the Commission to Restore Trust in Policing, which held its first meeting in October 2018 to investigate corruption within the Baltimore Police Department’s defunct Gun Trace Task Force. After thorny court proceedings, several officers drew convictions for robbery, extortion and other federal offenses. The seven-member commission chaired by retired Prince George’s County judge Alexander Williams Jr. received broad authority by state legislation to not only scrutinize the city police task force, but also subpoena witnesses and receive documents to make public. A preliminary report was released in December 2018 and a final report may be released in October to submit proposals to improve police action not only in Baltimore, but also in other law enforcement agencies in the state. The report will be sent to the governor and presiding officers in the General Assembly. “This is our third meeting since resuming our activities that were previously suspending due to the pandemic,” Williams said. “We want to work hard and read this proposal and any other information or issues we want to discuss.”
PROJECTS from Page 12 Burroughs and board member Raaheela Ahmed asked about provisions of the contract which would penalize a company $1.5 million if it doesn’t comply during a 60-day negotiation period to finalize an agreement. “It seems really insignificant,” Burroughs said about the penalty for a developer working on a nearly $1 billion project. “We wanted to incentive developers to deliver schools as quickly as possible,” Washington said. “It’s one of those where we had to balance in
One of the key items discussed Monday focused on the state’s Law Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights, also known as LEOBR, which criminal justice advocates say provides too many protections for officers. However, law enforcement officials have said it ensures officers receive the right to due process. Sean Malone, former counsel to the Baltimore Police Department and former labor commissioner in the city, highlighted several topics within the LEOBR statute. One problem, he said, deals with how officers are charged and who’s making the charges based on the facts presented because “it varies by agency.” For instance, Montgomery County has a civilian review board. Baltimore City does not. A recommendation would be for Baltimore and the other 23 counties to establish a “police accountability board” comprised of residents, representatives from the state’s attorney’s office, public defender’s office, county attorney’s office and the police department. One of the responsibilities would look at certain charges assessed and investigated by a police department’s internal affairs office. “They would actually take the investigation and review what charges should be leveled,” Malone said. “This is a way to get citizen involvement at the charging process.” Another recommendation Malone presented would ensure police interrogations are recorded by video and audio and then transcribed. Currently, he said law enforcement agencies can choose which format to use. A key measure under consideration deals with the current five-day waiting
making sure we receive schools on time with the fact that they are incentivized to get them done.” Even though the school system will use a non-traditional method to build new schools, some board members said the P3 model remains a worthy investment. “There are controls in there so that we do not let someone go willy-nilly and build whatever they want,” said board member Sonya Williams. “I just want everyone to have an open mind when we talk about this new process because we don’t have an alternative other than waiting 10 years for one school to be built at a time.” WI
period for police officers to be interviewed after an incident, which remains part of a collective bargaining agreement in the LEOBR. Malone read a recommendation to trim the period to three days. The commission plans to meet again Sept. 14, the same month the state Senate will hold its first session on police reform and accountability.
State Sen. William C. Smith Jr. (D-Montgomery County), who chairs the Judicial Proceedings Committee and presented police reform recommendations this summer, said he supports the police trust commission’s idea to use digital technology for police interrogations. Smith suggests trimming the waiting period for police interviews to one day
because an attorney for an officer will be able to assist an officer immediately. “We’ve been working throughout the summer and engaged with activists, advocates and academics to get as much input and insight as possible,” he said. “I’m excited to put some of those ideas forward for public scrutiny. It will be ready to take quick action when the session starts in January.” WI
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saulted or killed by police. DCP Entertainment, a media and distribution company that provides a platform for underrepresented voices, including people of color, women, the LGBTQ+ community, and other overlooked communities, says “Say Their Name” will offer a personal look at each event through the eyes of family members and those closely involved in the cases. Chris Colbert, founder and CEO of DCP Entertainment says he traveled the country to gather these important stories. “It was a harrowing experience sitting with these families in their living rooms, as they told us about the life that was stolen from them, and the re-victimization they have faced time and time again as they continue to fight for justice.” Among those highlighted:
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Danny Ray Thomas was killed by police in Houston on March 22, 2018, at the age of 34. He was shot
POST OFFICE from Page 1 DeJoy’s removal of some letter collection boxes and sorting machines has generated spirited discussion with critics saying his actions are designed to curtail mail-in voting. The recently named postmaster general refutes critics by saying he seeks to reorganize the postal service to become a more efficient agency. The Democrat-controlled House approved $25 billion for the agency Aug. 22 but action on the measure is in doubt by the Republican-controlled Senate amid President Trump’s attack on mail-in voting. The president says mail-in ballots can’t be trusted because of the potential of vote fraud but his assertion has been disputed by election experts and officials who say otherwise.
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by police while having a manic episode in the middle of the street with his pants around his ankles. Danny’s sister speaks about his life and their strong bond while navigating multiple family tragedies in the days leading up to his death.
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Kaldrick Donald was killed by police in Gretna, Fla. on Oct. 28, 2014. At the age of 24, he was shot by an officer in his family’s bathroom after the officer arrived to help get Kaldrick mental health care. Kaldrick’s family and attorney discuss how the case was kept out of the public eye, and how the officer’s pattern of behavior has terrorized their small town. But user-friendly mail service, a problem the District for a few years, has reportedly become more acute in Southeast’s Ward 8. Tiara Holland, a Ward 8 resident, said she has experienced bad service for several months. “The mail is late and it is slow,” Holland said standing outside of the post office located on Southern Avenue, S.E., the only postal facility in the ward. “I see letter carriers delivering mail late at night, even at 10 or 11 p.m. I think it is dangerous for postal employees to be out at that time of night doing that.” Holland’s concerns are echoed by Salim Adofo, the advisory neighborhood commissioner for single-member district 8C07. “It’s really makes no sense,” Adofo said. “You have one post office for 70,000 people. People talk about Ward
Colbert says DCP Entertainment is also raising money as part of the series to equally distribute to the seven families profiled. The funds raised will assist the families with medical bills, counseling, legal fees, fund foundations and scholarships, as well as continue their pursuit for justice. “The families I spoke with were previously unable to control their own narrative, as police, politicians, and media spin stories that make the deceased seem like perpetrators, and the killers look like victims,” Colbert said. “The families have not had a national platform to be able to fight back until now.” WI 8 being a food desert but it is also a postal desert, too. I have to praise the work of those postal workers on Southern Avenue. They are short-handed and overworked and often what can go wrong does go wrong there.” One of Adofo’s colleagues, Pat Carmon who represents 8D01, said mail delivery to her apartment has become a major problem. “At one time I did not receive any mail for two weeks,” Carmon said. “I heard my constituents saying the same thing so I decided to see what was going on. I went to the post office and saw a long line of people waiting to get served but I only saw one postal worker at the window. People were complaining loudly and sometimes rudely and
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REPUBLICAN from Page 9 Local Republican Party appointees ranged from Mel Bradley who worked in the Office of Public Liaison to Kristen Clark Taylor who served as director of communications for George H.W. Bush and Constance Newman, former head of the DC Control Board under George W. Bush. During the 1988 Republican National Convention, these appointees could be found in attendance along with groups like the National Black Republican Council and the Council of 100. During the George W. Bush Administration, Black ministers would be invited to attend meetings for his Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. After Bush left office and upon the death of former Republican strategist Lee Atwater, many of the remaining Black Republican either retired from active office or died. Prominent D.C. Republicans like former Councilmembers Carol Schwartz and the Rev. Jerry Moore, a Black man, also left politics. During this week’s Republican National Convention, as Trump delivered his acceptance speech at the White House, Bishop Harry Jackson, pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, will be among the attendees. As a member of Trump’s Evangelical Advisory Council, Jackson has been in a number of meetings and
included in photo opportunities with Trump along with other Blacks who include the Rev. Darryl Scott (Detroit) and the Rev. Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jackson said in explaining his support for Trump, “he’s results oriented, a champion of historically black colleges and universities, encourages wealth creation and home ownership and supports criminal justice reforms.” “I see Trump winning on his record,” he added. “The Democrats are only talking rhetoric and just want to pull on our heart strings.” WI Contributing Writer Hamil Harris contributed to this story. WI
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By James Wright WI Staff Writer @JamesDCWrighter Anticipation continues to grow with calendars marked for Friday, Aug. 28 when Americans will gather on the National Mall to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the 1963 March
on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. And while Marvin Fauntroy, 55, had not been born, as the son of civil rights icon and former D.C. delegate, the Rev. Walter Fauntroy, 87, he has had dozens of conversations with his father detailing the formative stages of the march and the varied responses of American citizens.
This time, instead of Dr. King, Walter Fauntroy and others laying the groundwork for the march, the Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network, has volunteered his organization to lead the commemorative event. Marvin says the event remains a defining moment in his father’s life. “My father, Dr. King and many others began to pull the event together in early June, 1963,” Marvin said. “They had about eight weeks with Bayard Rustin serving as the chief organizer and my father tagged as one of the architects on the local level. There were no new-age devices available like today’s Internet. Even travel was different – the majority of participants came by bus, train or car instead of by plane. Still, they had a job to do and realized that the march had to be successful or the entire Civil Rights Movement would suffer untold setbacks.” Marvin pointed to a popular story related to the march when the event’s sound system somehow became damaged and how the problem was resolved.
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“Somebody sabotaged the sound system the day before the march and my father and other organizers feared things weren’t going to work out,” Marvin said. “Without the sound system, just a handful of the 250,000 attendees would have been able to hear the speeches. So, he called Robert Kennedy, the then-attorney general of the U.S., who reached out to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who fixed it.” “Some may not know that portions of Dr. King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, his most memorable sermon which he shared to the throng at the march, had been written by both King with other ministers’ assistance. In addition, King first delivered it, with few changes from its later and more historic version, while speaking to a congregation in Detroit earlier that year.” As for the march, Marvin says it established a bond between many of the families in which one or more members served as civil rights leaders. “All of the civil rights leaders’ immediate families are like relatives,” he said. “Dr. King’s children became like Cousin Marty or Cousin Bernice to me and Ralph Abernathy and Andrew Young became Uncle Ralph and Uncle Andy. We were family because we understood the stress and strain that we were all experiencing.” “My father and Dr. King established a strong bond years before the march which explains why Dr. King appointed my father to lead the District branch of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference [SCLC]. They met when Dr. King was a student at Virginia Union in the 1950s and they became close. When he chose my father to oversee the SCLC office in D.C., it seems he wanted someone who knew how Congress and the federal government worked. That was part of the strategy: learning how the system worked so things could get done.” The success of the march and the movement opened many doors for Walter Fauntroy according to his son including his serving as vice chairman for the pre-Home Rule Washington City Council, a role to which he was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967. He would go on to win the election in 1972, becoming the first District delegate in Congress after a vacancy that had lasted for close to 100 years. He achieved other milestones including his participation in the anti-apartheid movement – something that Marvin describes as “a natural extension of the work my father did
5 Marvin Fauntroy, son of former D.C. delegate and civil rights leader the Rev. Walter Fauntroy, standing at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall. (WI Photo by Anthony Tilghman)
during the Civil Rights Movement here in the U.S.” The senior Fauntroy’s political career ended when he declined to run for reelection to Congress and set his sights on a losing bid for mayor of the District in 1990. He would lose the Democratic primary to then Sharon Pratt Dixon, who eventually became mayor. “I still don’t understand why Dad left Congress to run for mayor,” Marvin said. “If he had become mayor, I think many of the things he did and tried to do for his community, the nation and the world, may have been overlooked or unappreciated.” After his exit from politics, Walter remained as the senior pastor at New Bethel Baptist Church, a position he had held for decades and from which he retired in 2009, also serving as a lobbyist and political consultant. Marvin hopes people will remember his father’s work and remains open to ways to best celebrate his legacy. He noted that due to his father’s failing health, he will be unable to attend Friday’s march. “If he could attend, he’d probably be thinking about those days back in 1963,” Marvin said. “Both Blacks and whites showed up for the march – something that was unheard of especially in such large numbers. You had people from all ages and backgrounds there. Fifty-seven years later, we’re focused on COVID-19. And human rights aren’t just about Black issues – right is right.” “One thing I know – he’s pleased to see today’s younger generation picking up the torch.” WI
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Census Count Coming to an End Next Month By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Participating in area protests, discussion on this year’s presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic, Shanzah Khan of Bladensburg admits those topics overshadowed the 2020 Census. But the 24-year-old Howard University law school student began filling out a census form online while talking with a reporter Saturday, Aug. 22. She began to complete her form before the Sept. 30 deadline which then became the new date to count the millions of Americans from the previous date of Oct. 31. As of Monday, Aug. 24, the national response rate stood at 64.5 percent while Virginia ranked eighth in the nation with a response rate of 69.1 percent and Maryland right behind at 68.9 percent.
In terms of internet response, Maryland ranks third in the nation at 58.9 percent behind Minnesota and state of Washington. Maryland could receive about $16 billion of the $800 billion in federal dollars from the count held every 10 years. The money can be used for schools, roads, housing and even determine the state’s representation in Congress. In Khan’s jurisdiction of Prince George’s County, a Census Bureau official calls its response rate of 66.5 percent “impressive.” Meanwhile, Julius Maina, a census coordinator for Maryland, says the county could exceed its 2010 mark of 68.6 percent but shy of this year’s goal, for now, of 74 percent. For those who didn’t fill out forms online – a first for the Census Bureau – residents can fill out forms at food distribution events. Churches and other faith-based organizations helped distribute literature
throughout the community. “Our team is good, but the boots on the ground and the trusted voices in the community have been better than expected,” Maina said. “You meet people where they are.” Although similar outreach efforts are done in the District, the Census Bureau statistics on Monday show the District and Arizona ranked 34th in the nation with a response rate of 60.9 percent. Some Black residents have expressed a lack of trust in completing the census, particularly in District neighborhoods like Ward 8 whose response rate stands at 47 percent – a percentage that community activist Philip Pannell called “abysmal.” In comparison, he says neighboring Ward 7’s response rate hovers near 54 percent while the predominantly-white Ward 3 in Northwest stands at 75 percent. Pannell, executive director of the
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5 Sabreena Geddie, media and partnership specialist with the US Census Bureau, talks to Amos Kulumba in Southeast on Aug. 22 about why it is important to fill out the census report. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Anacostia Coordinating Council, has led an effort since last year to educate residents about the census and has been tasked with improving upon the 2010 response rate of 60 percent. “People have received the mailing from the census, but they haven’t turned it in,” he said. “I
think the coronavirus pandemic has been a factor. People have been distracted by other things going on with the pandemic and the census message has almost been totally forgotten.” WI Staff Writer James Wright contributed to this story. WI
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President Ouattara Chosen By Party To Run For Re-Election Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara was formally chosen by his party on Saturday, Aug. 22, to run for a third term in an October election, despite opposition charges it is unconstitutional. The decision came a day after election authorities rejected the candidacies of the former president, Laurent Gbagbo, and ex-rebel leader Guillaume Soro. Ouattara, who has been in power since 2010, said in March that he would not stand again but changed his position after the death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly -- seen as his anointed successor -- in July. The announcement came a day after the country’s election authorities rejected appeals by Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro to be allowed to run in the country’s October election. Outtara’s decision to contest a third term in October has already triggered outrage among opposition and civil society groups, who labelled it a “coup” that risked triggering chaos. The constitution limits presidents to two terms, but 78-year-old Ouattara -- who has served two five-year terms since 2010 -- and his supporters argue that a 2016 constitutional tweak reset the clock. His ruling Houphouetist Rally for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) party said Ouattara was nominated as its candidate at an event attended by 100,000 people in an Abidjan stadium. On Friday, the country’s Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) rejected appeals by Gbagbo and Soro to run in the October election. The shock news heightened tensions before the Oct. 31 vote, which takes place in the shadow cast by violence following 2010’s election that killed around 3,000 people. Ivory Coast, one of the world’s biggest producers of coffee and cocoa, is still traumatized by the post-electoral violence after the 2010 vote, when Gbagbo refused to cede to the victor, Ouattara. Gbagbo was freed conditionally by the International Criminal Court (ICC) after he was cleared in 2019 of crimes against humanity. His return to Ivory Coast would be sensitive before the presidential election. His Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) party urged him to throw his hat in the electoral ring. Soro, a former rebel leader, has been forced into self-imposed exile in France in the face of a long list of legal problems at home. He was a leader in a 2002 revolt that sliced the former French colony into the rebel-held north and the government-controlled south and triggered years of unrest. He was once an ally of Ouattara, helping him to power during the post-election crisis in 2010. The two eventually fell out. WI
caribbean now Plans In Action For Diversified Tourism Sector Partnerships are already being sought with various industries to aid in the diversification of the tourism sector, which has been left reeling due to Covid-19, The Barbados Advocate reported Aug. 23. Addressing the 25th anniversary celebration of the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre on Friday night, Aug. 21, Minister of Tourism Senator Lisa Cummins highlighted the heavy toll the Covid-19 pandemic has exacted on the island’s main foreign exchange earning sector, thousands of its now jobless workers and the wider economy. Pointing to the belief being shared by some that now was the time for the island to pull away from the industry, Cummins insisted such a move was not necessary, particularly in light of the heavy investment placed in tourism over past decades. “What we have an opportunity to do now – is to diversify within tourism, expand the sector and build the kind of niche segments that we are already working on in the industry, and also to build the value chain and supply chain linkages that are required to take the broader economy along with us,” Cummins said. “With that in mind, in the coming weeks we will be meeting with the manufacturing sector the agricultural sector, the services sector under which the orange economy often falls – the creative and entertainment industries… We are going to be meeting also with the international business partners about the possibility of attracting into our country further illustrations of conference tourism and education tourism. So, we are looking at all of the niches and all of the opportunities.” WI
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This month, The Bridge is pleased to collaborate with Studio Sonic to bring you a commemorative Freedom edition. I decided this month that, instead of my musings about freedom, In Explanation of Our Times by Langston Hughes would be more appropriate as it still holds true today. CLAUDIA M. WATTS, BRIDGE
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The folks with no titles in front of their names All over the world Are raring up and talking back To the folks called Mister.
Shut up, says Gerald L.K. Smith Shut up, says the Governor of South Carolina Shut up, says the Governor of Singapore Shut up, says Strydom
You say you thought everybody was called Mister?
Hell no shut up! Say the people With no titles in front of their names
No, son, not everybody. In Dixie, often they won’t call Negroes Mister. In China before what happened They had no intention of calling coolies Mister. Dixie to Singapore, Cape Town to Hong Kong The Misters won’t call lots of other folks Mister. They call them, Hey George, Here Sallie, Listen, Coolie, Hurry up Boy! And things like that.
Hell, no! It’s time to talk back now! History says it’s time, And the radio, too foggy with propaganda That says a mouthful and don’t mean half it says -But is true anyhow: LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY!
George Sallie Coolie Boy gets tired sometimes, So all over the world today Folks with not even Mister in front of their names Are raring up and talking back To those called Mister From Harlem past Hong Kong talking back.
True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
Shut up, people! Shut up Shut up! Shut up, George! Shut up, Sallie! Shut up, Coolie! Shut up, Indian! Shut up, Boy! George Sallie Coolie Indian Boy Black brown yellow bent down working Earning riches for the whole world With no title in front of name Just man woman tired says: No shut up! Hell no shut up! So, naturally, there’s trouble In these our times Because of people with no title In front of their names.
The people with no title in front of their names Hears those words and shout them back At the Misters, Lords Generals Viceroys, Governors of South Carolina, Gerald L. K. Strydroms.
A SHORT MESSAGE FROM STUDIO SONIC™ At Studio Sonic we are makers first and we strive to use our creative endeavors to uplift. This special issue has been curated in the same spirit as those before us who have fought for equality. We are happy to continue that fight. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, we at Studio Sonic wanted to commemorate a special issue of the Washington Informer Bridge that allowed a range of different creatives to give their take on “freedom”.
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or that Lady Liberty Tooth Fairy didn’t put a tax return under your pillow last night that pales in comparison to the actual reparations Blacks are owed?”
Or they’ll grow to be adults who never quite let the myth go — counting down the days until the 4th of July, starting their obnoxious firework
Because, of course, all fables matter. At first they’ll resist and throw a temper tantrum — usually attacking, with no just cause, the bearer
displays and hanging their red, white and blue decorations earlier and earlier each year, leapfrogging over Memorial Day to get closer and closer to the holiday that soothes their inner child of a mind.
of such bad news. They’ll say things like, “You’re just saying that because your parents are divorced Jamal! The only reason Uncle Sam didn’t bring you the American Dream is because your lazy, non-believing, victim-ass didn’t work for it in the first place!” Next is denial — when they’ll say things like, “Whats next? You’re gonna tell me the Easter Bunny isn’t real, or the Judicial System is rigged,
And eventually they’ll be left with two options… Either they accept the truth and decide to become productive citizens who help bring about change.
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We call those converts - allies.
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Fifty-seven years ago, America’s best and brightest Black leaders converged on Washington, D.C., to advocate for quelling racism by securing jobs and freedom for African Americans nationwide. Nearly six decades later, America’s best and brightest Black leaders will reconvene in the nation’s capital in a continuous attempt to achieve these goals. WORDS BY: CLAUDIA M. WATTS
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he Reverend Al Sharpton often spoke to how the August 28 march will “restore and recommit to the dream Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. defined.” Similar to Sharpton nationally, Tony Lewis, Jr. has a long history of decorated service to D.C.’s Black community. In discussing the march and the state of Black D.C., and Black America overall, the tenuous, dynamic inflection point regarding the future of D.C.’s Black residents emerges. The future of social movements surrounding Black civil rights also receives consideration. The March on Washington in the wake of one of the country’s most gut-wrenching years of racial unrest since the 1960s is a logical move. The deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd have had a devastating impact on the Black national consciousness. However, Tylik McMillan, the national director of youth and colleges for the National Action Network (NAN), inspired a note of bittersweet pause when he told CNN that “we’re walking in the spirit of Dr. King and in the spirit of John Lewis to make ‘good trouble’.”
“Black people from D.C., 45 and under, we’re in a state of emergency,” Lewis said. “We’re in danger insofar as displacement, unemployment, homelessness, food insecurity, population not achieving median income, and a population living beneath the poverty line; many issues are impacting us,” he added.
Here, the silver lining of honoring the legacy of a recently deceased civil rights leader and renowned legislator becomes apparent.
Lewis is entirely correct in all of these notions. In the decades following the original March on Washington, the town once regaled by Parliament-Funkadelic’s George Clinton as “Chocolate City” has seen both the emergence of bootstrapto-success entrepreneurs, along with the growth of an urban poor population on the brink of tremendous devastation.
If you listen to Lewis’ voice and that of others in Washington, D.C., the local-to-national views of dissenting “good trouble” are growing. They portend well for the future of the District’s Black residents.
“Seventy-five percent of jobs in D.C. require a bachelor’s degree, and 15 percent of Black D.C. residents have a bachelor’s,” Lewis continues.
“This is an epic moment. Black people need tangible outcomes to stabilize our community,” said Lewis. The tenor of his voice resonates with a passionate immediacy. Lewis, famously the son of one of D.C.’s most notorious cocaine kingpins of the 1980s, has a unique and impactful perspective on the city’s economic stability.
“There’s a $90,000 gap between white and Black median income in the nation’s capital, and white Washingtonians outlive Black Washingtonians by 15 years,” he added. “There’s no room for symbolic change and lip service. Wealth empowerment and reparations are needed. This issue isn’t as much about equality as it is about equity.”
The future has a dark present, but a bright horizon.
Intriguingly, the other side of D.C.’s fascinating duality can be best seen in politics. In the last three years, as Black politicians grow in national prestige, the names of young Black leaders like 30-year-old real estate developer Marcus Goodwin and 32-year-old lawyer Janeese Lewis George have emerged alongside that of the city’s renowned Mayor Muriel Bowser. George -- akin to former Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-
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Cortez -- is a Democratic Socialist. She’s also, after defeating incumbent Councilmember Brandon Todd, the Democratic candidate for the Ward 4 council seat. Meanwhile, Goodwin’s is an Ivy League-educated Democrat running on a platform of affordable housing, job training, and quality education for all -- primarily Black -- Washingtonians. In the hands of a mayor willing to paint streets as a form of social protest, the city is one massive symbol of change. However, as Lewis noted previously, “symbolic change is not what many Washingtonians necessarily want.” To that end, George telling the Washington Post that, “sometimes it feels good [to] see a young person you gave a chance to, you see them graduate high school and go on to college, thanks to that mercy you gave them as a prosecutor,” is heartening. As noted by Greater Greater Washington, Goodwin hopes to “provide equitable economic opportunity for the lower and middle-wage earners” and “leverag[e] his professional experience to build a coalition of people focused on addressing the rising cost of housing, reforming our education system, building government accountability, and tackling public safety challenges.”
The future has a dark present, but a bright horizon. In 1963, a moment occurred in Washington that predated both a redoubling of Black angst and incredible moments of freedom for Black Americans. 2020’s similar moment, according to Lewis, cannot be accompanied by more Black angst. Instead, it’s a time in history that, in honoring the legacies of those who died for justice, and elevating Lewis’ work along with that of George and Goodwin, that others can create sustainably and equity for Black lives in both the nation’s capital and across the country. “I think we have a lot of the right voices present to have a full message conveyed about the need for Black equity,” Lewis said. “Twenty years from now, I would love to be able to look back at this exact moment in time and realize that this was when everything changed.”
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We’ve all been conditioned by colorism. We’ve allowed it to determine who gets access and who is deemed beautiful, as seen by whitewashing and lack of dark-skinned representation in media and film.
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e’ve allowed colorism to disguise itself as our preference while fueling our ignorance, as often echoed in the “I’m only attracted to light-skinned women” narrative. We’ve also allowed it to set the standard for what shade of brown is acceptable, as seen in the lack of accessibility to products for dark skin — think Band-Aid (until recently), make-up, and other products marketed as nude or flesh tone.
If that was the messaging I received, what did that mean for my dark-skinned sisters? What internalized beliefs were they forming? My social media bio back then highlighted me as THAT girl. I actually led with “light skinned and green eyes.” Cringeworthy. The misogynistic culture I was immersed in taught me that my value was reduced to my physical traits while colorism told me which ones. The reward for being picked was fetishization.
Though the effects of White Supremacy can be felt globally, no one is more undervalued and underrepresented than the dark-skinned Black woman — but that’s not my experience to speak on. What I, a light-skinned, Black Bi-racial woman, can tell you is that we got work to do. I’ve been using this time to explore the ways in which I’ve benefited from and upheld colorism, more specifically light-skinned privilege.
By now we’ve all seen the repetitive positioning of darkskinned women as second best in music videos, TV, film, etc., along with the plethora of Instagram pages dedicated to our obsession with “exotic” women and mixed babies. Acknowledging privilege and holding space for another person’s experience and identity is not a threat to my own, but we have to question the cost of our silence. To be silent is to be complicit with white supremacy and the structures that uphold it. That’s why we need solidarity. Does your bio lead with physical markers? Do you date men who perpetuate anti-Blackness (i.e. only dating light-skinned women)? Do you accept compliments that put other down women in the process? I do not want to be lifted at the expense of one of my sisters. I can’t relish in compliments born from learned hatred. Black is beautiful, and we must collectively reject and call out anything that tells us otherwise.
My name is Shamona (SHA-moe-nuh), or at least it was in high school. To everyone else, I was Alex. That name, a nod to my dad, came from my easier-to-pronounce and easier-to-digest middle name. I loved how ambiguous the name Alex was. On the surface, I told myself that it fits my androgynous aesthetic, but I was really using it to code switch. The neutrality Alex provided meant someone couldn’t easily identify me as Black. On the other hand, Shamona didn’t provide that same protection, especially not on paper while I was looking for jobs. My “Black girl name” was butchered by even the most well-intended folks, and I was constantly ridiculed for having it.
it is my responsibility to actively and intentionally challenge my beliefs and the systems that informed them;
That’s why I chose to go by a name that didn’t reveal my Blackness. In doing so, I was using my proximity to whiteness for safety. With a new name and the racial ambiguity my European features provided, my assimilation was complete.
This choice, especially when convenient, constitutes privilege. I think back to the 13-year-old me. I didn’t have the language for it at the time, but I felt it — the “otherness” that made me special. It was reinforced every time I received compliments about my light skin and green eyes. I quickly learned how valuable these traits were, thereby internalizing the belief that my European features were what made me beautiful.
With privilege comes responsibility. As a light-skinned woman, it is my responsibility to actively and intentionally challenge my beliefs and the systems that informed them; to call out fetishization instead of basking in it; and to advocate for Black people, especially if I’m the
only one in that room. I don’t have all the answers, but I’m asking all the questions and having the uncomfortable discussions. What I do know is that real confidence doesn’t tear down other women. The notion that we have to be in constant competition is also by design. I mourn for every young girl who thinks her value is tied to her appearance. We cannot dismantle colorism without revisiting the lens through which we view ourselves and each other, and the biases we’ve formed along the way. Perhaps this is an invitation to redefine our idea of beauty and its gatekeepers.
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We the People of the United States, In order to form a more perfect union, Establish justice, Insure domestic tranquility, Provide for the common defense, Promote the general welfare, And secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity Do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America Asterisk Some conditions may apply
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If you bind lies with ignorance In a beautiful document that establishes a nation 233 years later It’s still a beautiful lie If that introduction to the Constitution was accurate When folks who looked like me were treated like a mule with a plow Why do those same chains ring louder Than the bells of freedom do now? Some folks protest holding immutable signs While tears well in their beautiful eyes Others burn and destroy establishments & pedestals within reach Holding accountable the supporters of equality’s breach And still some stay stagnant and silent with their eyes on painted streets Stay out of the way and call it living free But if freedom is the power to choose our chains Then please clarify which ones you’re wearing this week
Freedom isn’t for the week or the weak It’s accountability and vulnerability tightly wound but that bow ain’t neat It’s bowed bodies with scattered welts taken in my stead to protect me It’s dying so that I could live then turn and give what I learned to teens Kids Our babies The echoes of the clink of these chains have been ringing in their ears lately Some folks are searching for leaders and they just want to make it to 18 If you ask 1,000 Black people what freedom really means You’ll get 1,000 different answers and all 1,000 of them will sing A song of equality A song of justice Songs to dismantle institutions of oppression Encouraging and empowering us to walk the pathway to freedom paved by our ancestors
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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS
EDITORIAL Like it or Not, Voters May Have to Decide Based on Personalities over Platforms With the Democratic National Convention now history and the Republican National Convention drawing to a close, the differences between the two parties four-day events are evident. Like it or not, voters may have no choice but to base their decision on which party offers presidential and vice presidential candidates that best meet their needs according to personalities instead of platforms. And that’s truly unfortunate, disheartening – even tragic. But it’s real. Clearly, neither Biden or Trump offered detailed political platforms over which voters could reflect, analyze and digest before marking their ballots in the coming weeks and months – whether via mail or in person. However, those who spoke on behalf of the Democrats or Republicans did attempt to clearly delineate between the two parties and their chosen candidates. But if you watched carefully, the distinctions that were more evident and easier to discern had more to do with personalities than political platforms. Joe Biden remained in the background while those speaking on his behalf – mostly Democrats but a few Republicans – made their pitch to voters. On the other hand, the current president, Donald Trump, made sure that he was in the camera each day of his party’s convention in an undisputed role of the conductor for the GOP orchestra. And while we do not presume to say which candidate was most effective in their words to the American public, and while our publication does not and has never endorsed candidates, we do feel compelled to summarize what we observed during both conventions. It seems that Biden and his supporters sought to emphasize a theme or mission of increasing unity for all Americans for the benefit of the common good regardless of differences among U.S. citizens. Meanwhile, Trump cast himself as the candidate who has the best chance for improving the lives of everyday, ordinary people – even when his rhetoric stood in stark opposition to the collective views or policies of the Republican Party. We urge our readers to look for and demand concrete policies and objectives from both sides so they can make an informed decision in their choice for president. And we discourage those who make their decision based on theatrics, antics or rhetoric presented by or on behalf of either candidate, no matter how convincing. After all, we’re voting for president of the United States, not the next host for a reality show. WI
What Next America?
The Democrats and Republicans have both concluded their national conventions throwing one of the nation’s most important presidential elections on November 3 into full throttle. President Donald Trump continues to conflate his record of doing more for African Americans since Abraham Lincoln, while former Vice President Joe Biden disputes Trump’s claims and attempts to convince voters that he will do more and do better. Meanwhile, America is in crisis. Coming out of an administration led by the nation’s first African American president who peddled the power of hope, Americans are succumbing to a sense of hope lost due to a pandemic, the incessant threat on Black lives, sweeping job losses, and the emotional and mental toll it all is taking on all lives. The recent shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man shot in the back seven times by Wisconsin police, is reigniting a smoldering fire of unrest and violence in cities small and large across the country. Americans are tired. They are growing more stressed out over events they feel no one has the power to control. Yet, this is a time we must reflect on the words of the late D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, who often reminded his constituents, “Don’t give up, give out or give in.” Americans still have power and it’s called The Vote. Therein lies the solution to what’s ailing America. Beginning with prayer, voting is the antidote that must begin as soon as each jurisdiction allows for mail-in balloting, but no later than in-person voting on November 3. Whether you believe Black Lives Matter, or all lives matter; nothing matters when it comes to changing the trajectory of America without your vote. WI
TO THE EDITOR Power to the People A Picture is Worth a I was truly informed by the “CashThousand Words Strapped Tenants Face Possibility of Eviction” story. I had no idea there was a rent strike happening in the District and that 150 tenants at the Woodner Apartments are participating. I hope their cause is heard and the powers that be do the right thing. Stacey Ann Gerald Washington, DC
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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist
By Charlene Crowell
Federal Housing Assistance Falls Short of Meeting COVID-19 Needs
As the nation’s double dose of health and economic crises continue, many consumers believe that federal assistance to make ends meet has virtually disappeared. While the $600 weekly federal supplement to augment state unemployment benefits expired July 31. And the Paycheck Protection Program again stopped accepting applications on August 8.
A recent policy analysis developed for the Brookings Institution suggests that the wages and earnings of economically vulnerable workers left little – if any – funds for regular household savings. “Unemployed respondents, on average, report a household income of $33,000 which is well below the U.S. median household income of $78,500 and less than 130% of the federal poverty line for a family of four,” wrote authors Jevay Grooms (Howard University), Alberto Ortega (Indiana University), and Joaquin Alfredo-Angel
Rubalcaba (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). “While all unemployed Americans are facing significant economic challenges, these findings suggest that unemployed Black workers are less likely to receive unemployment benefits and are disproportionately experiencing delays in receiving critical benefits designed to mitigate economic hardship,” wrote the professors. “These findings indicate that our society has failed to address many of the socioeconomic inequities faced by racial and ethnic minorities that were brought to light
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during the Great Recession.” Additionally, a three-part consumer survey by Morning Consult, a DCbased global intelligence firm, determined that by the end of this August, 5.4 million consumers who lost $600 per week in unemployment insurance will also lose their ability to pay for daily living needs like housing, health care, food and clothing. By the end of September, the same survey found that an additional 9.2 million consumers will be in the same financial dilemma should Congress fail enact new or extended aid.
Despite COVID-19’s ongoing disruption to the economic health of many Americans, our lawmakers have not taken steps to alleviate all the resulting strain, including housing. In late May, the U.S. House passed legislation to continue vital federal assistance as the pandemic continues. Entitled the HEROES Act, it would extend the CARES Act’s previous moratorium on evictions and foreclosures. But it would also provide new housing assistance including $100 billion in
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By Jesse Jackson, Sr
A New Generation of Protest Holds Great Promise for America
The inspiring rise of a new generation protesting against racial injustice is driving a new era of change in America, like the generation that emerged 60 years ago to build the civil rights movement of that time. July 16, 1960 is marked in my memory: that is the day I joined seven other friends to walk into the whites only Greenville Library, and
to be arrested for violating the segregation laws. That was more than five years after the 1954 Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision that declared “separate but equal” — the lie that justified segregation — a violation of the U.S. Constitution. Yet in Greenville, South Carolina, where I grew up, nothing had changed. We still lived in a segregated bubble. The public library, the buses, the schools, the pool — all were still segregated. There were no Black police officers, or firemen, no Black
elected officials. Even the graveyard was segregated. Our options were limited. For example, graduating from high school, I could not even apply to Furman or to Clemson or to the University of South Carolina. I went to the University of Illinois on a football scholarship. When I returned from Christmas vacation in 1959, I could not use the public library to do my assignments. The Blacks-only library did not have the book I needed; the white library did, but I could not walk in the door. I
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vowed that I would not accept that when I came home in the summer. Protests were beginning to spread, as a young generation decided to burst the bubble of segregation and claim their rights under the Constitution. Students in Nashville and Greensboro and elsewhere were beginning the sit-ins. The July demonstration at the library was a turning point in my life, as demonstrations were for many across the South. We met with fierce resistance. We were denounced as
outside agitators, tarred as socialists or communists, and suffered from violent opposition from private vigilantes and uniformed police officers. But the movement kept building and would not go back. In 1964, we won the Public Accommodations Act, that declared an end to segregated public facilities. In 1965, we won the Voting Rights Act, propelled in part by the horrible specta-
of Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughters. Stanton-King is running as an anti-abortion champion. Example two: Kim Klacik, another GOP Black woman is attempting to seize the vacated seat of another fallen Black Democrat, this time the late Elijah Cummings of a mostly Baltimore, Maryland district. Young Republican Klacik, clad in tight red dress and stilettos, walked a decrepit ghetto neighborhood like a runway model and in a video says the Democrats have failed Black Baltimore folk for 53 years. Klacik claims she can
do better, but has no record of service and wasn’t offering any proof of political skill. But hey, sex appeal sells. Visually, she could hypnotize enough voters and win. Example three: Those Black males who remain steadfast behind Trump. Consider Immanuel Jarvis of Durham, N.C., who is a GOP elected official. Fellow Blacks curse him and try to shame him, yet Jarvis remains unwavering in his support of Trump. More extreme is Desmond Grant’s
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By Wayne Dawkins
The GOP’s Feeble Race Card
It is now Republicans’ turn this week to make their case to keep President Donald Trump in office for four more years. Black Republican lives, rare but not to be ignored, matter during RNC convention week Aug. 24-27. Despite the raucous, joyous Democratic Party virtual convention Aug. 1720 that included the historic nomination of Black and South Asian Kamala
Harris as vice president, diverse Democrats make grave errors if they take their overwhelmingly paleface adversaries for granted. Here’s why. Trump, barely slipped into the presidency because 13 percent of Black male voters chose him and enough Black men and women stayed home in 2016 because they weren’t feeling Hillary Clinton, the first competitive woman presidential candidate, a mic.com analysis revealed. Indeed, 88 percent of Black voters chose Clinton over Trump, however in the 2012 election, 93 percent of Black
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voters showed up and chose Barack Obama over is GOP opponent. That slippage in support helped Trump. And Trump, inept at governing, but masterful at mass media manipulation, has a handful tricks up his sleeve that could distract, disgust or disenfranchise enough Black voters to allow him to retain his Oval Office seat. Example one: Candidate Angela Stanton-King, a felon Trump pardoned, who is now running for the Georgia congressional seat vacated by civil rights icon John Lewis, who died last month. King is the niece of one
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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist
By Dr. Barbara Reynolds
Black Male Sexism Confronting Sen. Kamala Harris Vice Presidency
Sexism is raising its ugly head again and this time it is not just white men who trashed Hillary Clinton in 2016. This time the rumblings are coming from some Black men. And their target is U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, the first Afro/Asian woman nominee as vice president on a U.S. major political party ticket. Hopefully, the Black male inquisitionists and Sen. Harris will sit down together and work this out.
Right out the box, the mentally challenged Trump, who championed the lie that Barack Obama was unfit to be president because he wasn’t USA born did the same thing to Harris. The senator was born in Oakland, Calif. to a mother from India and a father from Jamaica, but Trump began spreading the message that her heritage disqualified her as a vice president designee. These antics are expected from a White Supremacist president who thinks people of color aren’t fit for much of anything, but a nascent anti-Kamala narrative from Black male
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crumbs their way it wouldn’t matter how he was crushing voting rights and killing social programs while fattening the coffers of his billionaire cronies. Now I hear rumbling that the Black male vote could go as high as 15 percent for Trump—a sure sign of self-emasculation—because some feel they are being taken for granted by the Democrats and Harris as VP might even make it worse. How could they throw gasoline on the GOP fire that is already burning down the house of Black America? I raised this question in complete an-
corridors is troubling. The GOP is bringing out its heaviest artillery to suppress the Black vote and a Black male problem could be detrimental to the life and death cause of getting rid of Trump. Remember polls show that black women voted an overwhelmingly 96 percent for Hillary Clinton in 2016, but Black men voted up to 13 percent to Trump—the man who called football players kneeling in protest of police brutality SOB’s and black homelands “..itholes.” Perhaps if Trump would just throw a few business
guish. At the center of the harsh feelings some black men have about Harris started in her pre-Senate era. She was California’s attorney general, as well as district attorney of San Francisco. In those positions she reportedly came down like a hammer on black men, often unfairly prosecuting them too heavy-handed on non-violent offenses, especially marijuana. If her record is not perfect, I’d like to know which politicians in the last 200
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By Dr. E. Faye Williams
Old Friends
Friends and friendships have always been valuable commodities in my life. Periods of absence of my friends have always left gaps in my sense of personal wholeness. Things always seem better when I have meaningful interaction with friends. Things are more complete when my life’s journey includes like-minded companions with whom mutually supportive goals are our basis
in working for the achievement of a higher quality of life in our respective communities. If you can understand these perspectives, you can understand the joy I experienced in watching the 2020 Democratic Party Virtual Convention. Each night I turned off my television with a more finely tuned sense of purpose. Each morning I awaken with a heightened spirit of possibilities. Although virtual, I was able to confirm the existence of hundreds, if not thousands, of citizens who also de-
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sire for a government based in truth, unity, and justice for all. Through their expressions, I realized that, although committed to the continual struggle, many had been worn and demoralized by the conflict and confusion generated by the current administration. Good news—relief can be a short ten weeks from us! Of all the indicators of success in the coming election, I’m most inspired by the active engagement of Black women. Projections of overwhelming participation and support
of the Biden-Harris team confirm the dedication of the most reliable block of voters in the Democratic arsenal. The significance of Kamala Harris as the vice-presidential candidate of the party is, undoubtedly, of great historic significance, but she’s just the first cog in the wheel of parity in diversity that our times now require, and that people are rightly demanding from our party. Although inspirational, I hold no naïve ideas about perfection from the candidates for whom we vote. We
should, however, be realistic in predicting the consequences of a continuing future with the current administration. Most of us are thoroughly disgusted with the profane, racist, ignorant, uncaring words and behavior of those currently charged with leading our nation. They’ve demoralized our people and caused the loss of so many of our friends around the world. We have a leader who can rightly be blamed for
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By Askia Muhammad
Biden Insults Muslim Democrats
When it comes to politics, I like to say: “Be for who, who be for you.” That means, my support is contingent upon a candidate’s demonstrated support for matters which are important to me and my people, not the other way around. So, don’t ask me who I’m supporting, look to see who’s backing my positions on this, that, or the
other. It should be abundantly clear that Donald J. Trump nauseates me. His divorces, his philandering, his bankruptcies, his cheap talk, his overthe-top narcissism and his wicked policies should turn the stomach of every reasonable onlooker. But because Trump literally hates me and most of what I treasure, his “deplorable” white nationalist followers— who have hated Black people since before the first slave ship arrived here—love him, despite his being
tacky and low-life, beyond compare. But as far as Muslims are concerned, Joe Biden—who is supposed to be the “un-Trump”—is no better than the disgusting, obese, orange-skinned incumbent president. While Biden received fairly good marks after the Democratic National Convention, one group of constituents remains silently unhappy—Muslim Democrats. The former vice president is facing a minor backlash after his campaign trashed the appearance of Women’s March
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co-founder, criminal justice reform, and Palestinian-rights activist Linda Sarsour at the convention’s Caucus of Muslim Democrats and Allies. Her chastisement was not because of anything Sarsour said—in her three-minute remarks, her most controversial comment was: “the Democrats are not perfect, but they are absolutely our party now.” No, the campaign condemned her appearance, apparently because the Muslim Caucus did not get prior approval from the Israel lobby
for her invitation, or more precisely, over her support for the BDS movement—boycott, divestment, and sanctions—which seeks to boycott, divest and sanction Israel over its treatment of Palestinians and its illegal occupation of the West Bank. Campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates told CNN: “Joe Biden has been a strong supporter of Israel and a vehement opponent of anti-Semitism his entire life, and he obviously
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HEALTH COVID-19 UPDATE
WHO Director Warns Against Vaccine Nationalism Ghebreyesus Wants to Avoid Failures of PPE Distribution
By Sarafina Wright WI Contributing Writer The leader of the largest international health body in the world has called on countries to not make the mistake of hoarding vaccines as they develop and become available, like what was done at the onslaught of the pandemic with personal protective equipment [PPE], which left millions vulnerable to COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva last week that he invited WHO’s 194 member
states to join the COVAX Global Vaccines Facility, an agreement that will ensure equitable access to treatment and equipment for the highest risk populations everywhere. “While there is a wish amongst leaders to protect their own people first, the response to this pandemic has to be collective,” Ghebreyesus said. “This is not charity. We have learned the hard way that the fastest way to end this pandemic and reopen economies is to start by protecting the highest risk populations everywhere rather than the entire populations of just some countries.” Ghebreyesus added that as the science accelerates toward a vaccine, there
needs to be an effort to prevent what happened with the distribution of PPE at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. “For a period of time some countries were without key supplies, such as key items for health workers who were dealing with surging cases of COVID-19,” he said. “And many countries still do not have enough. “As new diagnostics, medicines and vaccines come through the pipeline it’s critical that countries don’t repeat the same mistakes. We need to prevent vaccine nationalism.” The director-general said WHO is working with governments and the private sector to both hurry science through the ACT-accelerator and ensure that new innovations are available to everyone, everywhere starting with those at highest risk. “Like an orchestra, we need all instruments to be played in harmony to create music that everyone enjoys,” Ghebreyesus said. “One or two instruments playing by themselves won’t suffice when the world is waiting and listening intently.” The director-general said due to a so-called lockdown in several key countries there was a collapse in air transportation, which impeded supplies from getting to everyone in need.
“Some countries put in place export restrictions and there were several instances of requesting key medical supplies for national use.” Ghebreyesus contends that supply nationalism exacerbated the pandemic and contributed to the total failure of the global supply chain. “For a period of time some countries were without key supplies, such as key items for health workers who were dealing with surging cases of COVID-19. And many countries still do not have enough.” WHO says to boost manufacturing and ensure that supply chains began to function, the global health body convened meetings with key companies and industry groups, utilizing new and existing logistics hubs to establish a solid network between suppliers and distributors. They added partners like UNICEF, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Alibaba Foundation purchased and delivered hundreds of millions of pieces of PPE for health workers globally. Since May, WHO has been in extensive consultations to develop a new framework to guide fair and equitable access to diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines for COVID-19 as they become available, according to the director-general.
5 World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. /Photo courtesy of WHO.
Ghebreyesus said once a successful vaccine has been identified WHO will provide recommendations for their appropriate and fair use and will likely roll out in two phases. In phase one, doses will be allocated proportionally to all participating countries simultaneously to reduce overall risk. In phase two, consideration will be given to countries in relation to threat and vulnerability. “If we don’t protect the highest-risk people from the virus everywhere, we cannot stabilize health systems and rebuild the economy. This is what the first crucial phase of the vaccine aims to do.” WI
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EDUCATION Students, Parents and Teachers Gear up for All-Virtual Fall Quarter By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins As the first day of a school year unlike any other in recent history quickly approaches, Sarah Jackson said that not even the support of empathetic inlaws and co-workers has quelled her anxiety about how best to balance the demands of her career and ensure that her six-year-old daughter Olivia gets
off on the right foot. Though Olivia, a rising first grader at a District charter school, exhibited academic prowess in the classroom before COVID-19, like other young people her age, she has somewhat struggled to adjust to the physical solitude of a home-based virtual learning environment. That’s why, after a trying spring semester. Jackson has committed to tailoring Olivia’s virtual learning expe-
rience to enrich her and fit her various interests -- like dancing and chanting. “You have your learning from the school, but you also have certain aspects of your upbringing and parenting style that you want to incorporate,” said Jackson, a married mother of two from Northeast. Strategies Jackson said she has explored in advance of the upcoming school year, scheduled to start on August 31, include hiring a Spanish tutor and forming a learning pod through which her daughter can enjoy the company of her peers. Given Jackson’s concerns about COVID-19 however, she has decided to help Olivia focus on being her best self. “I value affirmations [so] I have a spot at home where Olivia can say her affirmations and feel confident,” Jackson said. “When she’s at school and around her friends, she feels confident and knows the expectations, but at home, it’s a bit of a loss, especially at six,” she continued. “I couldn’t imagine having to use a computer at that age. Oliva
was so used to her tablet, so it hit her as a shock. During the latter part of last month, Deputy Mayor for Education Paul Kihn, DC Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Lewis Ferebee and other officials announced that the more than 50,000 students enrolled in the public school system will participate in virtual learning, at least until November 6, with their charter school peers more than likely following suit. The July 30 announcement followed weeks of protests from teachers concerned about the health risks of physically engaging students in closed spaces during a pandemic. It also happened amid efforts by the Trump administration to corral students, teachers, and school personnel into buildings this fall through threats of funding cuts, and more recently a declaration that teachers are classified as essential workers. All the while, teachers across the District have been in the thick of professional development sessions outlining best practices for virtually educating students. They’ve also been
preparing to implement an online learning schedule that, while it varies between grade levels, includes live lessons, individual assignments, and group work. . Since D.C. education officials announced virtual learning, social studies teacher Samantha Boyd has been developing various means of maintaining contact with students and their families. She acknowledged recent professional development sessions as an opportunity to plan beyond the school day, and create opportunities -- after-school hours and weekends, for instance -- for pupils to receive extra help. “I’m anticipating being flexible, building relationships with families, and not using just one mode of communication,” said Boyd, a teacher in her fourth year at Roosevelt Senior High School in Northwest. “I’m also anticipating being compassionate because people are learning and adjusting together,” she continued. If there are issues you just have to meet your students where they are.” For the complete story, visit www. washingtoninformer.com WI
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LIFESTYLE Al Roker Serves Up Straight Talk About His Success ‘Today Show’ Co-Host Has Learned Not to Over-Think Life By Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer Al Roker has a well-earned reputation as a smart, level-headed veteran who has earned awards and accolades throughout his career. The weatherman and co-host of the Today Show has released his 13th book. It is a wisdom-filled autobiography called “You Look So Much Better in Person: True Stories of Absurdity and Success.” The title comes from what Roker and his Today Show co-anchors usually hear
from fans outside NBC Television studios in New York. “I’m talking to the crowd, taking pictures, and invariably someone says, ‘Oh my gosh, you look so much better in person’,” said Roker, “You say “Oh thank you, but you’re thinking, well I make my living on TV, so that’s not really a compliment. You take it in the spirit in which it was given, and you move on.” That is one of Roker’s traits. He will ponder for a minute, then moves one. That everyday interaction with fans is on hold during the pandemic.
Like most on-air personalities, Roker is doing his NBC gig from home where he lives with his wife, ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts, and his son Nick, one of his three kids. Roker conducted a virtual chat about the book for journalists and fans from his backyard while preparing dinner on the grill. The setting reflected his passion for cooking. Some Washingtonians may remember that Roker was in the D.C. market from 1976-78 as a weatherman working at WTTG-TV, now Fox 5. It was also in the District where Roker met his mentor Willard Scott who at that time was at WRC-TV, now NBC 4 Washington. “He called me out of the blue,” said Roker. “We went out to dinner and he told me that he had been around a long time and had done a lot of things. He encouraged me to be myself,” Roker said, “He also told me not to give up my day job. Meaning that doing the weather is my main job and I could still do all other fringe stuff.” Keeping your day job is one of the life tips called “Altruisms” that is in Roker’s book. Those Altruisms are titles of the book chapters. Taking his own tip, Roker was able to keep his
day job while performing a pivotal role in Broadway production of the musical “Waitress” in 2019. Roker had doubts about accepting the Broadway opportunity, but it was one of his daughters who said, “Dad, who says ‘No’ to Broadway?” Roker realized his daughter was right. He counts being on the Broadway stage as one of the best things he has ever done. When asked if there is anything that he has longed to do, his response reinforces the openness that Roker maintains. “I’ve never had a plan. Plans put up guardrails and constrict you” said the 40-year broadcast veteran. “The power of ‘yes’ is taking that risk.” That perspective supports another Roker Altruism “Never Say No and Say Yes.” A few more clever Roker Altruisms are “Madness with a Reason is Straight-Up Insanity,” “Assumptions Are NOT Your Friend,” and “Unless You’re *Literally* the Sun, Work Doesn’t Revolve Around You.” Roker has seen a lot during his career as a broadcast journalist. I asked for his thoughts about how diversity has evolved in the news business. In response, Roker reflected on his stint as the first African American anchor at a station in in Syracuse, N.Y. The station was so worried about fan reaction and his safety that they hired a security
5 NBC weatherman and Today Show cohost Al Roker’s news book is “You Look So Much Better in Person: True Stories of Absurdity and Success” published by Hachette Books. (Photo provided by Hachette Books)
guard, just in case. Well, nothing ever happened. “Of course, we have made strides. I think what is important for our business to not only have diversity in front of the camera, but it is so important to have it behind the camera,’ said Roker. “From the very top to the producers and the writers. Those are the folks who can inform and write stories with a voice that will be different from somebody who has not lived that experience. Al Roker’s news book is “You Look So Much Better in Person: True Stories of Absurdity and Success” published by Hachette Books. WI
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History Should Never Forget the Contributions of Suffragist Irene Moorman Blackstone
By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia
This is part of an ongoing Washington Informer series about the Women’s Suffrage Movement and an initiative that includes Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes that will use the lens of history, the fabric of art and culture and the venue of the public square to shine a light into dark places, equipping all with a compass to chart the way forward. The initiative lives in the institutional home of the Washington Informer Charities. Irene Moorman Blackstone isn’t a name that immediately jumps off the pages of history – but if Black history were taught in schools, the name undoubtedly would grab attention. Blackstone, an African American businesswoman who was born in Virginia in 1872, counted as one of the strong Black women of the suffrage movement. According to historians at Iowa State University, Blackstone is best remembered for her role in bringing racial cooperation into the New York suffrage campaign and for her work to prevent discrimination against African Americans in attaining socio-economic and political equality. A member of the women’s auxiliary of the Negro Business League of New York, Blackstone served on the boards of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs and Young Women’s Christian Association. In 1907, she joined the Colored Women’s Equal Suffrage League of Brooklyn and worked for several politicians who supported suffrage. Blackstone also attended Marcus Garvey’s first public lecture in New York and later served as president of the Garvey-founded Ladies’ Division
of the New York Chapter of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. “After the passage of the 19th Amendment, Blackstone focused her attention on UNIA and other programs which worked to prevent discrimination against Blacks in attaining socio-economic and political equality,” the Iowa State University researchers wrote. In a recent dissertation titled, “When Gilded Suffragists Reached Out to Black Activists,” Johanna Neuman described the interaction between Blackstone and white suffragists. Neuman, one of the nation’s leading experts on the history of women’s suffrage and an award-winning historian and a scholar in residence at American University, recounted a New York meeting between Blackstone and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont. Belmont was a prominent socialite who had inherited wealth from two Gilded Age family fortunes. Adopting the cause of suffragists, Belmont opened her opulent summer cottage for a suffrage fundraiser and single-handedly moved the mainstream National American Women’s Suffrage Association from its tiny headquarters in Warren, Ohio, to sumptuous offices in New York. Neuman wrote that Belmont started her own new suffrage organization, the Political Equity Association. “To bridge the distance between the races that had existed in the movement for forty years, she asked Fanny Garrison Villard, daughter of famed abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, to stand with her as she reached out to women and men of color, Neuman wrote. “For Alva, it was an act of rebellion as well as practicality. Ambitious, she craved fame for her suffrage activism – but infamy would do too, as
long as the newspapers gave her ink.” Neuman continued: “Willing to upset the strict social codes of a class that often snubbed her after her divorce from a Vanderbilt, she persuaded [Blackstone] that white progressives were interested in extending the female franchise to all women. “[Blackstone] dutifully organized a suffrage meeting at the Mount Olivet Baptist Church, then on West 53rd Street in New York. Belmont spoke of ‘that bond of humanity and equality, which alone the woman suffrage
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movement can create.’ If more than half the two hundred in attendance joined her Political Equality Association, she promised to provide them a headquarters’ building. Sign up, they did, and she opened an office in the neighborhood. So unusual was the outreach that the New York Times covered the event. So controversial was it that the Iowa City Press covered it with the alarming headline, ‘Mrs. Belmont Crosses Line.’” Throughout the 1930s, Belmont continued her activism for the Black community and women’s rights, noted the Iowa State University historians. Blackstone’s was said to have died in the late 1940s. WI
5 Irene Moorman Blackstone (The Colored American magazine. v.12-13 (1907) page 230/Via Wikicommons)
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wi book review “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey” By Kamala Harris c.2020, Penguin Books $18.00 paperback 336 pages
By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer It starts early-on. At first, it seems spontaneous: parents who enjoy their interests naturally display those passions to small children who are dragged along for the ride. The child observes and absorbs until one day, parental interest becomes child’s obsession. And in “The Truths We Hold” by Kamala Harris, that’s how a politician is made. Supporters can almost see the trajectory in the history: Kamala Harris’s parents, both highly educated immigrants, instilled a sense of independence in their daughter and both remained supportive of her choices, even as they divorced. Harris’s mother, especially, gave Harris lessons in strength and activism through an upper-middle-class childhood with ballet and piano lessons alongside marches and protests. Says Harris of her mother, a breast cancer researcher, “... she was determined to make sure we [Harris and her sister] would grow into confident, proud black women.” Harris describes her community – the women and men who helped raise and educate her – with obvious affection, saying that “the seed was planted very early on,” and she knew that she wanted to be a lawyer and to make a difference in the lives of others. “When activists came marching and banging on the doors,” she says, “I wanted to be on the other side to let them in.” By the time Harris had finished law school, her sights were set on working “for the people.” She focused on the prosecution of child molesters, sexual predators, and rapists. On her way up the career ladder, she continued to advocate for the poor, for women and children, and for the rights of LGBTQ people and immigrants. She worked for the reduction of recidivism, for Americans in need of health care, and for consumers and homeowners. Says Harris, “In the years to come with all the challenges to come, we cannot lose sight of who we are and who we can be.” As biographies by famous people go, “The Truths We Hold” is a refreshing surprise, in that there’s very little look-at-me name-dropping. Author and assumed Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris mentions people because of work or family ties, not to impress. Remarkably, she also writes of her friendship with Beau Biden. The other interesting thing about this memoir is that readers will not see laidout plans for the future: remember, this book was likely written at least two years ago and Harris presumably had no crystal ball. Instead of plainly stated plans, what she offers “is a collection of ideas and viewpoints and stories...” Readers are left to see passions between the lines and can draw their own conclusions. Aside from this, there’s plenty of biography which, again, is not filled with esoteric names-and-dates but with things that are relevant to the story of who Harris is and how she sees this country. That makes “The Truths We Hold” easy to read, if not a bit long in the achievement department, but not uninteresting. If you’d like to know more about the woman who may sit in the Vice President’s chair next January, read it now, while it’s early-on. WI
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ARIES A potential windfall or stroke of good luck may happen in connection with your home. This could be somebody giving you a valuable piece of antique furniture or you’re able to refinance at a great rate. If you’re looking for a new apartment, you can find a real gem. 31,11,27 TAURUS Outside forces are slowing your forward motion this week like someone on a passenger train pulling the emergency brake cord, everything is grinding to a halt. Patience will be needed. You may be called upon to do paperwork or provide some sort of notarized documents as proof of a claim. All this you can do, but it takes time and throws you out of your current rhythm. Take a breath and then proceed. 29,4,58 GEMINI Plans may be cut short this week or canceled entirely, Gemini. Obligations and responsibilities crop up and could put the kibosh on the plans you had with friends. A business opportunity or something bringing financial gain is possible, but there are some hoops to jump through first. 26,17,38 CANCER You may be interacting with influential people and they will appreciate your attention to detail. If you’re happy with your current job, this energy could bring important clients or a presentation in front of the company’s top brass. You can make a great impression by focusing on the needs of others, which is a talent you have. 3,12,17 LEO Don’t allow yourself to be blocked by procrastination. Remember, procrastination just means your brain doesn’t like your plan. Avoid arguing with your boss or your spouse. Resolve to find other ways of getting these things done that don’t require your time and energy. 39,33,51 VIRGO Be your usual cautious self and you will do well this week. You are generally flexible, but you still may feel a little disappointed when somebody you thought was going to come through has to postpone or cancel. Time to pivot and focus on something else. 51,9,6 LIBRA There’s a great deal of focus now on other people, which is right in your wheelhouse. But it will have you juggling your schedule to fit everything in this week. Now you have a growth opportunity in connection with a love relationship. Love is possible right now, but it means breaking free of a negative pattern. 27,4,44 SCORPIO This week you have the ability to take focused action on a big goal. Don’t allow others to talk you out of this. Trust yourself and move forward. Today is about mind over matter, about overcoming insecurities and procrastination to make progress. 35,8,39 SAGITTARIUS This week there is a difference between what you want to buy and what your budget can handle. This time your concern for your budget beats the impulse buy. You can have such plans, big dreams of trips to the far reaches of the globe, but today is about being practical and balancing the books. 2,23,15 CAPRICORN You are likely to feel quite energized this week and able to get many things done especially at home. You can finish up projects that have been waiting for the final touches for weeks. Avoid procrastinating so you can make full use of your energy. 20,12,1 AQUARIUS Your days this week are filled with activity with almost nothing holding you back. You’re jumping into projects and situations without looking to see if there’s a net to catch you. Your forward motion is tripped up by some unexpected obstacles. 34,44.12 PISCES It’s likely a financial opportunity will come your way, but there are some strings attached, Pisces. There may be some stipulations leaving you wondering whether this is going to be worth it. Weigh your options carefully this week. 7,10,18
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SPORTS Ron Rivera Diagnosed with Cancer, Camp Positional Battles Ensue By Daniel Kucin, Jr. WI Contributing Writer danielkucin88 The Washington Football Team announced on Aug. 20 that head coach Ron Rivera was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) located in a lymph node and detected from a self-care check. The form of cancer was caught during an early stage and is considered very treatable and curable, providing a good prognosis for Rivera. Coaching during the pandemic could prove to be a risky decision for Rivera if he experiences a weakened immune system during treatments. He asked the organization that the team keep things on a business-as-usual basis, but team officials noted that an alternative, called “Plan B”, is in place if he needs time off. “Coach Rivera has consulted with leading doctors and oncology specialists and is establishing his treatment plan in conjunction with the team’s medical staff and his outside physicians,” the team said in a statement. Should Rivera miss any time coaching during the 2020-2021 campaign, the Washington Football Team will turn to former 12-year NFL head coach and current defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio during his absence. Rivera confirmed to the media on Aug. 22 that Del Rio is “Plan B.” The 57-year-old served as interim head coach during former Denver Broncos Head Coach John Fox’ recovery from heart surgery in 2013. “Coach Rivera wishes to extend his thanks to the team doctors and athletic trainers, and all of the healthcare specialists who will be assisting him through his treatment plan. In addition, Coach Rivera wishes to extend his heartfelt thanks to the Snyders, coaches, players, staff and fans of the Washington Football Team, as well as his family for their love and support during this time,” the team said.
On the football side of the house, quarterbacks Alex Smith, Dwayne Haskins and Kyle Allen are in a positional battle for the starting role during training camp. Haskins looks to improve on his rookie campaign (1,365 yards, 7 TD, 7 INT). Meanwhile, Smith is determined to defy all odds and play his first game since 2018 after suffering a leg injury that required 17 surgeries. Rivera mentioned that he has seen a lot of progress in Haskins’ development so far in camp and sees Smith getting comfortable back under center during 9-on-9 drills. “It’s just a part of another step in the process,” Rivera said of Smith. “Hopefully, he’ll continue to grow. We’ll get a chance to look at it. We’ll watch it. I know our trainer will watch it. As long as he’s feeling more and more comfortable with it, we can go ahead and continue to add more and more. It is another milestone for Alex. I’m very happy for him, especially with the way that he works and that’s a huge plus for us and for him, especially.” The other man in the mix, Allen, started 12 games for the Carolina Panthers under Rivera’s tutelage last season, throwing for 3,322 yards, 17 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. He is familiar with the Rivera offense and is fighting for
position in the competition. “Kyle’s done a nice job. It’s interesting because you watch his decision making, and it’s very typical of him based on my experience with him the last two seasons. You see that he has a grasp and an understanding for the things we’re doing. The other thing is he works well with the other quarterbacks. “He seems to really help out with [QB] Dwayne [Haskins] and Alex – you don’t need a lot of help with Alex in terms of learning it.” Like the quarterback position, Washington’s tight end situation is a bit of a hodgepodge, and the depth chart got even murkier after the team waived former LSU star tight end Thaddeus Moss, on Friday. Should the undrafted product clear waivers, Moss will return to Washington’s injured reserve list. Moss reportedly did not practice much due to his injury designation, and, according to many accounts, another unheralded prospect, second-year tight end Marcus Baugh, has been impressing the coaching staff, including Rivera. “He’s a young, athletic tight end. He’s got a good skillset,” said Rivera about. “Last year, we started to see his development and growth. We played the last preseason game last year against Pittsburgh, and he really had a good game. It was exciting to see.” The Ohio State University product hauled in three receptions for 29 yards during that contest against the Steelers in 2019 and was familiar with playing for Rivera in Carolina last season. Baugh has not played in a regular season game, yet Rivera has liked what he has seen so far from the young man with no definite starter in the mix. “He’s quick; he’s got good speed, good hands,” Rivera said. “He’s got good strength. He plays with good leverage. But again, he’s got a long way to go, a lot to learn, but he’s somebody we were interested in enough we wanted to take a second look at.” WI
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COVID from Page 1 food preparation industries which are disproportionately essential worker industries, the authors discovered. “Black Americans also comprise more than a quarter of the meatpacking industry’s frontline workforce which has seen several outbreaks of COVID-19. Among those out of the labor force, the outbreak of the virus among the incarcerated has a disproportionate racial impact as well, given the overrepresentation of African Americans in the prison population,” Logan and Hardy wrote. Additionally, on average, African Americans share their living quarters with more people. While only 48 percent of white households have three or more members, more than 58 percent of Black households do, the authors noted, citing a 2013 Pew Research Center study. “This increases the scope for exposure to COVID-19 in living quarters for Black households. For nearly all of the health conditions that increase the likelihood of serious COVID-19 complications, African Americans have higher rates of prevalence, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,” Logan and Hardy said. For example, African Americans are more likely to have cancer, be obese, have diabetes and have kidney disease relative to white Americans. African Americans also have higher rates of lung disease than white Americans which is particularly pertinent for respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19. Death rates among African Americans due to diabetes, heart disease, kid-
POST OFFICE from Page 14 it got so bad, the postal worker closed the window, despite people waiting for service. I was able to get one of the postal workers to look for my mail and they found it. Packages that were sent to me were there waiting to be delivered. Something has to be done because people need their checks and their medications in order to survive.” Keith Hooks, an officer of the local chapter of the National Association of Letter Carriers, said he understands the concerns of Ward 8 residents. He said work at the postal service has backed up recently due to the coronavirus pandemic with employees becoming ill. “What happens is when someone calls in sick, their route has to be covered plus the person doing that route has to do their own, too,” he said. “The postal service also delivers for Amazon, too, and that’s why you see
3 Graph shows African Americans are dying from COVID-19 more than triple the rate. (Infographic courtesy/ COVID Tracking Project)
ney disease and obesity are all higher than among white Americans, according to the CDC. The authors summarized the report by noting that America’s economic situation has substantially deteriorated since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the gross domestic product fell at an annualized rate of 32.9 percent from April to the end of June 2020 – the most significant decline on record. Families across race and ethnicity are feeling the pain, but African Americans are generally in an even weaker position to absorb this economic adversity, the authors said. Further, Black families face a range of economic risks without the buffer from stable employment, adequate earnings, or sufficient savings and wealth accumulation. “Amid substantial economic and policy uncertainty, there is the po-
tential for this crisis to have negative, long-term economic and educational consequences. COVID-19 has exposed and further highlighted existing racial inequality across economic and health status,” the authors wrote. They continued: “As a result, these preexisting factors have left many Black families at greater risk to bear the consequences of this historic economic crisis. Inadequate, additional federal economic relief, such as legislation that does not provide enough unemployment assistance and supplements to the safety net, potentially threatens Black families’ economic security.” “Ultimately, robust, reliable fiscal policy responses to the crisis will help to reduce the negative impacts of the pandemic on families. If the economic and public health crisis continues at its current pace, many American families will require such assistance, including a disproportionate share of Black families.” WI
postal trucks with employees working on Sunday. Basically, we have become a seven-day-a-week operation and we deliver 350 million parcels a day nationally but we are short-staffed and don’t get overtime.” Ray Robinson, who works with the American Postal Workers Union, said taking away sorting machines from postal facilities has become problematic. “In the Washington area, sorting machines have been taken out of post offices in Gaithersburg, D.C. and southern Maryland,” Robinson said. “Those machines process 35,000 pieces of mail per hour and without them they have to be done manually in many cases and that causes delays. We have been told by upper management in the agency the machines were taken out to cut costs but this is the worst time to do it.” D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform
that has jurisdiction over the postal system, knows about the postal woes of Ward 8 residents and blames DeJoy. “DeJoy has admitted that the harm done so far will be left in place, no replacement of sorting machines or of blue mailboxes that have been removed and no promise of overtime,” she said. Norton said Congress should pass the Delivery for America Act sponsored by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.). That bill would prohibit the postal service from making changes inhibiting the efficiency of mail delivery, including paying employees’ overtime. The delegate also supported a $25 billion bailout of the agency. Theodore Mitchell, a Ward 8 resident, offers a solution to the ward’s postal service dilemma. “What this post office needs are more employees to do the work,” he said. “If more people are here, the mail service will get better.” WI
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Prayer Is the Key to The Kingdom! Today, we’re in the midst of a pandemic, racism running rampant, millions of people seeking assistance in one way or another; and a president who says if he loses, he may not leave office! It is time for us to pray, together. Scripture simply says, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Chronicle 7:14. Folks, we have the key to the Kingdom. Remember this song that came out back in the day and simply says “When you pray, you’ve got the key to the kingdom. And by faith, you’ll unlock any door, if you fall on your knees, let the Lord give you ease. He is near and He’ll hear, when you pray!” That’s one of my favorite old songs. Though that was more than 40 years ago, nothing has changed. Prayer still works, as long as your faith is strong. The book of James (1:6) reminds us “Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the billowing surge out at sea
that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind.” Take a little optimistic experimenting time with the power of prayer and test it out for yourself. It doesn’t matter what name you give to the Higher Power. It could be Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Shalom, or Jehovah Rophe. Many call Him God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Regardless of the name to which you pray, even if it is simply the Universe, what matters is your willingness to admit that the entire world is set up according to an orderly process and that you pray daily. The sun rises daily, oak trees grow from acorns not from apple seeds, and the planets, the sun, moon and stars move through space in a regular and predictable pattern. Gravity kicks in without any effort at all times – you can count on it. It doesn’t matter whether your behavior is good or bad, if one chooses to jump or falls from a tall building, they’re going to hit the ground. It is the law of gravity and it never changes. You can certainly depend on nature. Once you acknowledge the order of the world, you will see that it can be understood, and thus changed by acting within its rules. You’ll notice that as you go from place to place seeking, you will find what it
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Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 AM 7 10:00 AM Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 PM Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”
Blessed Word of Life Church
Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00 AM 5th Sundays: 9:30 AM 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 PM www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ
Church of Living Waters
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464 Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
St. Stephen Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., / Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 / Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00 AM Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30 AM 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00 AM Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30 PM Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00 AM “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
Third Street Church of God
Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors
Reverend William Young IV Interim Pastor
Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor
Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor
4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax
3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) / (202) 562-4219 (Fax)
5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45 AM Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45 AM Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday , 12:30 PM Mid-Day Bible Study Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 PM Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30 AM
1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office / 202-638-1803 fax
Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00 AM Communion Service: First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Campbell AME Church Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 AM Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 PM Thursday: 7:00 PM “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address : Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020
Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher 421 Alabama Ave. SE Washington, DC 20032 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 Service and Times Sunday School: 10:15 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11;15 AM Children’s Church: 11:15 AM Tuesday Bible Study: 6:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: gr8luv4u2@gmail.com
Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) Sunday School: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org / E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 AM “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org
Crusader Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor 800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703 Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45 AM Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00 PM Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00 PM Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org / “God is Love”
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax
Sunday Worship Service: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6:00 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church / Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org / emailus@gmchc.org
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661 Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Sunday Church School: 9:20 AM Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 AM Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 PM Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... Dr. Raymond T. Matthews Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Services and Times Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45 PM Thur. Bible Study: 7:15 PM
Twelfth Street Christian Church Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Communion every Sunday: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 10:00 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 PM Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org / Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mount Carmel Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Paris L Smith, Sr. Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00 PM Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00 PM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10 AM themcbc.org
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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor 7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471 Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 AM Service 11:00 AM Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com
Zion Baptist Church Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor 4850 Blagdon Ave, NW - Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773 Service and Times 9:00 a.m. – Sunday School 10:15 a.m. – Worship Service Wed. Noon: Dea. Robert Owens Bible Study 7 PM Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Sunday, Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission: Zion shall: Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, And Exalt our Savior. (Acts 2: 41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 PM Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591 Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education / School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
Israel Baptist Church
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor 2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 AM Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 PM “Where Jesus is the King”
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office / (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . . 100% Forgiven!
623 Florida Ave.. NW - WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 / Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 / Fax (202) 483-4009
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30 PM Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00 PM www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
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Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor
Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:45 AM Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 PM Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 PM Bible Study: Tuesday at 10:30 AM
Mount Moriah Baptist Church Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM Holy Communion: First Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30 PM Motto: "Faith On The Hill"
Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 PM Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 PM Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 PM Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42
New Commandment Baptist Church
Eastern Community Baptist Church Damion M. Briggs Pastor
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor
1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 - Fax: 202-544-2964
8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240
13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 AM and 10:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 AM & 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 PM Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 PM Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 PM
Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Reverend Peter R. Blue Sr. Pastor
Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor
2001 Brooks Drive District Heights MD. 20744 240.838.7074
621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 - F: (202) 561-1112
Service and Times Sunday Worship Experience: 10:15am Sunday School: 9:00am Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Morning Noontime Bible Study: Tuesday @ 12:00pm Prayer Meeting/Bible Study: Tuesday @7:00pm Theme: "Building On A Firm Foundation"
Service and Times Sunday Service: 10:00 AM Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 AM 1st Sunday Baptism: 10:00 AM 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10:00 AM Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting: 7:45 PM
Email: revprbstmbc@gmail.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org
Motto: “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”
“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958
Shiloh Baptist Church
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Dr. Joseph D. Turner / Senior Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 8:00 AM Worship Service: 11:00 AM New Member’s Class: 9:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00 AM Church School: 9:45 AM Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00 PM Saturday Bible Study: 11:00 AM Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00 AM “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class: 8:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Service: 12:00 PM “The Loving Church of the living lord “
4504 Gault Place, N.E. / Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service : 11:00 AM The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Prayer & Praise Services: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: 7:30 PM Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries: 10:30 AM A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Christ Embassy DC
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Friday Evening Service: 7:00 PM ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com
Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 PM Prayer Service Bible Study
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor
Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor
9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288
602 N Street NW - Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595
2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30AM & 10:30 AM Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 PM. Wednesday 12 Noon
www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org
Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 AM Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 AM and 10:55 AM Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 AM Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 PM
All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.
Email: sbc@shilohbaptist.org Website: shilohbaptist.org
Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 AM Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 PM Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 PM Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 PM Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor
Email Address: admin@pbc712.org
Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest
Holy Trinity United Baptist Church
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor
Rev. Dr. Jerryl V. Moody Pastor-Elect
Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
St. Matthews Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
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Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 AM Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 AM Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30AM Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 PM Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 PM Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “
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CROWELL from Page 20 emergency rental assistance, $75 billion for homeowner assistance, $11.5 billion in homeless grants and expand Section 8 vouchers with a $1 billion revenue infusion. Together, these measures could help shore up housing, a major pillar in the nation’s economy. Likely as a result of one of four recent executive orders, HUD extended the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures on homes with FHA-backed mortgages. As reported by Politico, an estimated 8.1 million single-family homeowners will now be protected until 2021. Omitted in this new development are mortgages that originated with other government-sponsored mortgages like VA and USDA, as well as those backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. By contrast, the CARES Act included limited forbearance, a postponement - not forgiveness - of monthly payments for financially challenged homeowners with an FHA, VA, or USDA loans. These mortgage borrow-
ers can request a suspension for up to 180 days plus an additional 180 days if needed. Thirty days before the end of forbearance, mortgage servicers should contact these homeowners to discuss available options. Repayment options will also depend upon the type of loan held. Many homeowners sought to take advantage of lower mortgage interest rates, and filed applications to refinance their loans, in hopes of lowering their monthly payments. But beginning Sept. 1, a new surcharge fee will be added to refinance applications with both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the other GSE with a large share of the mortgage market. A 0.5 percent fee on refinanced capital will be charged directly to lenders and then be passed on to consumers making applications. This new fee adds an upfront, estimated $1,400 to the mortgage cost, and as a result may eliminate any savings that might have been possible. In reaction, outraged housing stakeholders are demanding that the Federal
Housing Finance Authority (FHFA), that oversees both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, reverse this new and harmful fee. “The implementation timeline is intentionally punitive and absurd,” Bob Broeksmit, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, told MarketWatch. “This is harming American families,” says Mike Calhoun, president of the nonprofit Center for Responsible Lending. “It’s absolutely the wrong thing to be doing now… We should be doing more to help people refinance,” he says. “And this is going in the opposite direction.” What lawmakers, regulators and corporate decision-makers must remember during these terrible times is that everyone deserves a future full of hope and genuine opportunity. It’s time our lawmakers got back to work. Every consumer should be afforded an equal opportunity to survive this pandemic and achieve financial prosperity. WI
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JACKSON from Page 20 cle of the police riot on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Personally, I started working With Dr. King in 1965. The barriers that we struck down opened the way for a new South. Industries and modern companies like CNN would come to the South. As universities desegregated, so did athletic fields. Professional teams like the Atlanta Braves could be built. African Americans began to win elections at the state, local and national level. We broke the chains of legal apartheid in the United States and transformed the country. Yet, as we have witnessed time and again, we did not end racism in this country. We did not succeed in breaking the biased institutional structures that still enforce racial injustice — from red-lined neighborhoods to savagely unequal schools to wage and hiring discrimination to a
DAWKINS from Page 20 reason for backing Trump: “He does know how to make money,” the Houston trucking company owner told writer David J. Dent of the Daily Beast last spring. “He’s not an honest man and he’s not too bright, but he don’t give a [expletive]. You know what I’m saying? He’s not the most well-spoken but he stands his ground – and that’s part of being a man. He can do that very well.”
dangerously discriminatory criminal justice system. Dr. King’s drive for economic equality as the next stage of the civil rights movement was cut short by his assassination. Now a new generation is emerging to challenge these injustices. The demonstrations in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder have been the largest in our history. On opinion surveys, a stunning 15 million to 26 million Americans report that they have participated in demonstrations for Black lives in 2,500 places from small towns to big cities. Forty percent of the counties in the country have witnessed protests. White participation has far exceeded that in the first civil rights movement. And already politicians have begun to respond — reforming police practices, banning choke holds. Mississippi legislators voted to retire the state flag with its Confederate battle emblem. This new generation of protest
holds great promise for America. Despite its breadth and depth, it will face great resistance — and not simply from a Donald Trump desperate to discredit it for his political purposes. Entrenched interests will resist change. The movement is focused on reforming areas — criminal injustice, economic inequalities, basic economic and political rights — that threaten the privileged and the powerful. Yet what we learned 60 years ago is that when people move, change is possible. Then the powerful forces of segregation that seemed overwhelming could not withstand the moral force of a generation not willing to put up with glaring injustice silently. Now this generation has an opportunity to make America better, and the lives and options of millions are at stake in their struggle. This is a time for anyone with a conscience and a pulse to join this extraordinary movement. WI
Democrats, independents too, allow Grant’s take to sink in. November’s election is not assured. Oh, and how about this carnival barker special: Kanye West for president! The erratic-behaving performing artist was on the ballot in a few states and his campaign kicked up dust over a weekend for failing by a minute to qualify for placement on the ballot in Wisconsin, the state that got Trump
over in the Electoral College. On Facebook late last week, two Black political reporters I respect, one a Baby Boomer male, the other a Gen X female, respectively asked their friends if they planned to watch this week’s RNC convention. Overwhelmingly, responders said “NO,” often emphatically. That would be a tragic mistake. Better study, take notes, prepare or risk broken hearts come November. WI
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most of the white female activists who war against men. Black female leaders emphasize lifting the entire family as they climb, especially wanting the Black males at their side. Now is not the time for an argument to drag on about which gender is going to reign if Biden wins. If Trump continues his dictatorial reign, thousands more will die because of his incompetence and malfeasance of COVID 19, our children are being forced back into unsafe schools; the Postal Service has been sabotaged to stop mail-in ballots from arriving on time for the Nov. 3 election. As Dr. King once warned, “We either learn to live together as brothers and sisters or die together as fools.” WI
cies of his party are mainly objectionable to so many Americans. Again, he’s hedging his bet with Russian interference in our election. The theme advanced from the Democratic convention was the fact that, despite the negatives of #45, the election is not a gimme. If Democrats want it, more than Black people will have to work for it every day from now to Nov. 3 late into the night and maybe a few days later until all the votes are counted. We mustn’t forget the inspirational
words of these great speakers—especially the powerful women of whom I am so proud. How can any woman not be proud? We must use each word of promise as inspiration to do all we can to make Nov. 3 a glorious day for the American people that says, “Democrats have just shown us what America should look like in order to perfect our union.” Joe Biden is an old friend, and he has been through the years. We know Joe, but more important, Joe knows us, and he has for a very long time. WI
my communities under the bus. You can’t make this up.” Meanwhile, Ady Barkan, the American Israeli lawyer who was a featured speaker in prime time at the convention, called the campaign’s attack a “vile and dishonest statement.” Barkan tweeted, “Linda is a fierce advocate for justice and freedom, and a leading antiracist and organizer against antisemitism. The Biden campaign must retract and apologize.” Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK Women for Peace, also denounced the campaign’s decision to ostracize Sarsour. “That is atrocious the way that they came out, attacking Linda, Sarsour,” Benjamin told this writer. “I’m very glad to see how many groups and individuals have pushed back against that. And they’re demanding that they take those attacks back; that they recognize her as a great leader in the progressive movement; and that they recognize that criticizing Israel is definitely not antisemitic.” And while Muslim Democrats have been complaining, mostly in private because the candidate urinated on their shoes and threw
them under the bus, they are mostly declaring their shoes are wet because it’s raining Trumpism in America. But there is a danger. Muslim loyalty to the Biden ticket in several key battleground states, may be shaken by the denunciation, according to Awad. “Absolutely. The Biden campaign has a long way to go to gain support from American Muslim voters. “Not only on this issue, but on many other issues,” he continued. “And Joe Biden has been part of it. And we have not seen in promises or commitments from the Joe Biden campaign to the commitment to inclusion leadership, and also progressive politics that look upon people equally at home and abroad.” “That is lacking and that is a challenge, to receive the support that he would like to get from the Muslim community. And I think it’s a clear message that American Muslim voters should not be taken for granted by any candidate.” In other words: “Be for who, who be for you.” Muslims could be the swing voters in critical states including Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. We’ll see. WI
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year’s election; this figure has increased steadily since 2012, when it was 48, according to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP). Good news but black women are still underrepresented. They are nearly 8 percent of the U.S. population, but 4.3 percent of Congress and Sen. Harris is the only Black women in the Senate, according to a report here by the Center of Women and Politics. If Democrat Joe Biden becomes president, he has promised a Black woman will finally have a seat on the US. Supreme Court Yet, while some Black male egos seem bruised as they see Black women rise, they should remember that most Black women as author Alice Walker proclaimed are not feminists, like
WILLIAMS from Page 21 most of what ails us now. Compliance with his policies by his puppets have allowed over 170,000 deaths of Americans from COVID-19. His response: “It is what it is!” Thirty million Americans are unemployed and the man in the White House only “speaks” support of a continuing lifeline to our citizens. That same man has crippled the post office we need to maximize voting opportunities. His deliberate efforts to suppress the vote acknowledge his understanding the poli-
ASKIA from Page 21 condemns her views and opposes BDS, as does the Democratic platform. She has no role in the Biden campaign whatsoever.” Silly Biden. For their part, Muslim Democrats have been mostly silent about the condemnation of their invited speaker. But others, outside the party protested. Nihad Awad, co-founder of CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim Civil Rights organization told this writer. “I call on Joe Biden and his campaign to apologize to American Muslims. “She was attacked solely because of her outspoken advocacy on behalf of Palestinian rights,” he continued. “Their action is Islamophobic anti-Palestinian, and should be rejected by all Americans.” In another insult, the day after Sarsour’s appearance, the DNC aired a video titled “America Rising: Women’s Suffrage to the Women’s March” featuring footage of the Women’s March that Sarsour co-founded. She tweeted in response, “When the DNC uses footage of my labor at the Women’s March to make themselves seem relevant while throwing
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