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Gillum Stuns Opponents, Wins FL Democratic Primary

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Tallahassee Mayor Poised to Become State’s First Black Governor

By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins In the year that he’s practiced boxing, Elijah Mitchell said his discipline and knowledge of self had increased substantially, crediting the sport as a means of channeling his energy and serving as an example those in his peer group who endorse deadlier ways to resolve conflict. The light welterweight’s mission continued last weekend as he joined other young boxers in the ring during an afternoon of fellowship, reflection and redemption at what’s been touted as one of the District’s most peaceful annual gatherings for more than a decade. “It starts from your youth. When [young people] are in the streets and adults don’t care, they do anything to get clothes and food,” Mitchell, 20, said as he sat among hundreds of Black men, women and children who converged Saturday, Saturday, Aug. 25 on Upshur Recreation Center in Northwest on during “Cease Fire, Don’t Smoke the Brothers and Sisters’” 11th annual cookout and amateur boxing tournament. As community members indulged in burgers, beef hot dogs, warm mac & cheese, baked beans and other summertime cookout delights, Mitchell sipped water and patiently waited his turn to jump into a large black boxing ring erected just feet away from where he sat, all the while relishing the opportunity to take part in a staple summertime event. “[A lot of young people] don’t have

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5 Asphalt to Action is a dream realized by the communities of Wards 6 and 7 to activate a vast area of parking lots surrounding RFK Stadium in Northeast into multipurpose athletic fields -- a 6,000 square feet pavilion, a visitor’s center, and other amenities. Mayor Muriel Bowser, along with city officials, joined EventsDC for a groundbreaking of the property to be activated in March 2019. /Photo Shevry Lassiter

American for All Seasons Sen. John McCain Loses Battle with Cancer

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir The death of longtime Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) on Saturday, Aug. 25 came as little surprise given his battle with brain cancer and his family’s statement that indicated his termination of cancer treatments one day before he died. Still, many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, as well as leaders from around the world, continue to send their condolences to McCain’s while further expressing their admiration for a man known for rarely holding his tongue no matter what the personal or political cost and for his unwavering love for both his

country and its citizens whom he represented for more than 35 years. McCain, 81, died just days before his 82nd birthday and will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Fri., Aug. 31 – becoming only the 13th former senator to be so honored. A memorial has been scheduled on Sat., Sept. 1 at Washington National Cathedral with his burial taking place on Sun., Sept. 2nd at the U.S. Naval Academy cemetery in Annapolis. The military veteran (Navy aviator) and former prisoner of war in [POW] Vietnam has been a fixture in Congress for the past three decades, said to be, accord-

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Progressive Democrat Andrew Gillum, 39, rode the wave of record-setting midterm voter turnout, with young adults and Blacks turning out in force, to pull off a stunning primary victory in the high stakes, swing state of Florida on Tuesday. With one more win in the November general election, a race that promises to be a showdown

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5 Our future is in the hands of children like Azariah Powell, pictured during the recent NAACP Defeat Hate. Vote! Rally in Fort Lauderdale, FL. /Photo courtesy Anthony Williams

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Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see On Sept.wife 21, aofsculpture of Alice Allison Dunnigan, (left) the first African-American on May 7 at the District Heights John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise Municipal Center. The woman sympo- to receive press credentials to conseccover the White Houseamong and Congress, will in go on who was sentenced to six awareness children sium was sponsored by theat the Newseum. display Dunnigan, whoparole began her journalism career inschools. KentuckyShe before utive life terms without public and private Family and Youth Services moving to the became pioneering rose to theto topbeofeducather profesby aDistrict, Maryland jury afor his role injournalist feels who children need Center of the city of District Sniper attacks in journalists sion despitethe racistBeltway policies that segregated Black and sexist attitudes that severely ed about domestic violence. Heights and the Nationallimited Hook-opportunities 2002. Mildred Muhammad is Amanda “We have to stop being pasfor women. Noted sculptor Matthews created the life-sized Up of Black Women. bronze sculpture. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilMarlow has written a book, organization helps drenwoman aboutondomestic violence,” Dunnigananalso made historythat by being thethe first Black a presidential tour when “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a onsurvivors of domestic MarlowShe said.once stated, “Race and sex she went the whistle-stop tour withviolence President Truman. story about four generations of strikes and their children. Marlow worked to break were twin against me. I’m not sure which was the hardesthas to break down.” domestic violence. The book is “I lived fear for six years. SixDunnigan the cycle of abuse in McCabe her family, In 2015, the Newseuminhosted a program about that featured Carol Booker, inspired by her own experiences, years in feara isnew a long It is sand is confident theAtop policies she who edited and annotated editiontime. of Dunnigan’ autobiography, “Alone the Hill.” and those of her grandmother, not will an be easy thing at tothe come out through is pushing The sculpture on display Newseum Dec. 16 for beforewill beingstart takenthat to Dunher mother and her daughter. of,” she said. Ky., where it will be installed process. nigan’s hometown, Russellville, on the grounds of the West Kentucky She said every time she reads Mildred Muhammad said dedicated “I plan takeRights theseMovement. policies to African American Heritage Center as part of a park to thetoCivil excerpts from her book, she still people who want to help a Congress and implore them to can not believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. from her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of how they go into “I will not stop until these poliwon the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net P. Henson (right) to eliminate stigma associated my Taraji eye first blackened andsays myshe wants “Before you get the to 'I'm going withbled,” BlacksMarlow and mental Howard alumna, HensonWI lips said. health. A 1995 to kill you,' University it started as a verbal has launched the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation (BLHF) in honor of Elaine Davis-Nickens, presiher late father who fell victim to mental health challenges following his tour of dent of the National Hook-Up in the Vietnam organization will provide scholarships to Afriofduty Black Women, saidWar. thereThe is no can-American consistency in students the way majoring domesticin mental health, offer mental health services to youthissues in urban and work violence are schools dealt with by to lower the recidivism rates of Black students in related academic fields. “BLHF is breaking the silence by speaking out and encouraging others to share their challenges with mental illness and get the help they need,” said Henson in her launch announcement letter. “African Americans have regarded such communication as a sign of weakness and our vision is to change that perception.” BLHF has gathered facts about Blacks and mental health including: 242 Black children, ages 5 to 12, committed suicide between 2006 and 2016; over 705, 000 people in state prisons were reported to have mental issues in 2005, 54 percent of whom were African American; and of 2,837 doctorates awarded to U.S. citizens in psychology in 2008, only 5.8 percent went to Blacks compared to 76 for whites. 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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 County’s District Heights Elementary Not Open Year laws. Will I will notThis stop until After mold reappeared at District Heights Elementary, adding to problems that first arose last year, the Prince George’s County school system will not open the school this year.these Students willpolicies begin the first dayare of schoolpassed. Tues., Sept. 4 at For-

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Source: Black America Web company, marking the first feature-length film by a Black filmmaker. 1990 – Jonathan A. Rodgers is named president of CBS’s television stations division, becoming the highest-ranking African American in network television at the time.

1966 – Constance Baker Motley becomes the the first African-American woman federal judge when she is appointed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed by the Senate as SEPT. 4 the first-ever Black Supreme Court justice. 1908 – Famed author Richard Wright, best known for 1980 – Guion Bluford, a former NASA astronaut, penning “Native Son” and “Black Boy,” is born in Roxie, becomes the first African American in space. Mississippi. 1981 – Grammy-winning singer Beyoncé is born in AUG. 31 Houston. 1935 – Former Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver, author

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is, America being that place on the hilltop where racial harmony and equality ruled supreme. That was King’s vision, his hope and his prayer. Employing the words of an old Negro spiritual, King punctuated his stirring speech, concluding, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” Now, almost six decades later, equivalent to if not greater than a lifetime for the average man or woman, freedom lingers just around the corner – reminiscent of a tightly-clenched promissory note – a check that would most certainly be returned bearing the stamp “insufficient funds” if we were to present it for payment at any financial institution. We have yet to put away adolescent means of resolving conflict, using man-made, high-powered weapons to express our frustration and rage instead of sitting down together so that more rational minds might discover peaceful avenues leading us toward compromised conclusions beneficial to all. Humanity has since achieved technological wonders that only seemed possible while riding on Captain Kirk’s starship, the “Enterprise” – but within the human family and due to our own shortcomings, we’re light years away from being the kind of world which King envisioned. Our recently departed sister, Aretha Franklin, realized the danger that comes when we judge others simply because of their differences in one of her first chart-topping songs, “Think.” She would later advise us to stop trying to fool both ourselves or those around us with words that sounded good but which were just that – words – when she inquired, “Who’s Zooming Who?” Even the Godfather of Soul,

James Brown, would wax and wane on America’s propensity for speaking with the proverbial forked tongue, with his critique of folks “talking loud and saying nothing!” Recently, within the span of one brief weekend, gun-toting fools interrupted an evening high school football game in Florida that left one teenager dead. Then, in the same state and only hours later, a solitary gunman took aim at participants of a popular gaming event, shooting, injuring and killing whoever stood in his path. Yet, neither drive-by attacks in our neighborhoods or mass shootings carried off at festivals, movie theaters and public schools have not been enough to convince America’s leaders to accept the writing on the wall and bring about swift and sudden change. We are a nation holding fast to our right to bear arms, despite daily examples which confirm our inability to responsibly live with that Second Amendment guarantee. When I was a little boy, I would allow my anger to occasionally get the best of me, resulting in a fist fight with a classmate or a neighbor. When we were through, we’d go our separate ways. In most cases, a victor would be declared. Less frequently, the fight would end in a stalemate. But in all cases, both sides agreed that the fight was over. We would not seek intricate means of retaliation or revenge. I think it was because we realized, even though we were just children, that we had to figure out better ways to get along and share our common spaces. How much more violence, bloodshed and death must the innocent endure before adults will stop acting on our feelings like spoiled little boys and girls, angry because we can’t have our own way? WI

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ing to some who knew him best, a “rebel,” “patriot” “hero” and “survivor.” Younger Americans may remember him most because of his two unsuccessful bids for president, most notably his ill-conceived decision to name a clearly unqualified Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 election – one which the two lost by a significant margin to Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Undoubtedly, he’ll also be remembered as the senator who cast the deciding vote against the Trump-GOP plan to repeal Obama’s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act, that would have stripped health care from tens of millions of Americans. Voting in opposition to party lines, McCain would go on to criticize the U.S. Senate for “losing its way.” As for Trump, he would thereafter mock McCain at every opportunity, with his “thumbs-down” imitation. But Trump had taken an earlier swipe at McCain in 2015 during the initial days of his presidential campaign when he said McCain’s more than five years as a POW did not qualify him as a “hero.” In the days following McCain’s death, flags at the White House have been lowered to half-staff, raised, then lowered again – an action that even some of Trump’s fellow GOP colleagues have criticized. Trump will not be present at services for McCain, honoring a decision made by McCain prior to his death indicating that he did not want the president to attend. Trump did issue a tweet, 21

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Many members of Congress, as well as other political leaders at city, county and state levels in close proximity to the Greater Washington Area, have released words of praise or remembrances about McCain – some even lamenting his death in the further demise of a Republican party formerly known for its collective view that immigration served an integral role in America’s efforts to continue its growth as a nation, its stance in support of the advancement of freedom in countries worldwide and an unequivocal belief that American businesses could compete with anyone – tenets similarly supported by other iconic members of the old vanguard of Republicans including Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower – but now thoroughly dismissed by Trump and those who support him. Here are selected portions of comments received: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC): “His courageous struggle against cancer exemplified a lifetime spent as a fighter. Senator McCain was well known for a set of core conservative beliefs that were at odds with those of many of us in Congress; at the same time he was unafraid to rise above partisanship. His decisive vote against

the repeal of the Affordable Care Act will always be remembered as a seminal demonstration of courage in the face of public pressure too seldom seen in our times. [D.C.] still struggles for representation in the Senate but appreciated Senator McCain’s service there, where our city particularly benefits from bipartisanship.” Former President Barack Obama: “[We] were members of different generations, came from completely different backgrounds and competed at the highest level of politics. But we shared, for all our differences, a fidelity to something higher – the ideals for which generations of Americans and immigrants alike have fought, marched and sacrificed. We saw our political battles, even, as a privilege,

5 The late Sen. John McCain and former President Barack Obama. /Courtesy photo

Many members of Congress, as well as other political leaders at city, county and state levels in close proximity to the Greater Washington Area, have released words of praise or remembrances about McCain.

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PARCC Test Results Raise Questions and Concerns By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins During a news conference at Bancroft Elementary School in Northwest this month, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a third consecutive year of gains on the PARCC assessment, a measurement of college readiness in math and English that determines the effectiveness of each public and charter school. The mayor’s portrayal of systemwide academic progress, however, has incited concerns among some elected officials, parents and students who say that she has overlooked issues of student testing anxiety and, more importantly, significant gaps in foundational knowledge of core subjects. “Over the past several months, much of what we thought we knew about our schools has been called into question, from graduation rates, to student attendance, school suspensions, standardized test scores and enrollment rates,” D.C. Councilwoman Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), a proponent of legislation dealing with testing data, told The Washington Informer in an email Friday. In April, Cheh and six other council members introduced the District of Columbia Education Research Advisory Board and Collaborative Establishment Amendment Act of 2018. If passed, the bill would establish a research advisory board and collaborative under which District school data and collection policies will be audited and long-term student progress will be measured.

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This year’s report, compiled by the Office of the State Superin-

tendent of Education, revealed an increase of at least two percentage points among students between the third and eighth grades who scored a four or five in the English/language arts and math sections of the PARCC assessment. Citywide, the percentage of high school students who scored a four or five in the English Language Arts section increased by two points within the same time period, while the percentage of students in the same group who scored the same on the math portion increased by less than one percent. In total, one out of three D.C. students met or exceeded expectations for grade-level learning in English/language arts, while less than 30 percent did the same for math, alluding to what critics characterized as the Executive Office of the Mayor’s dishonest interpretation of student progress that ignores a lack of preparedness for life beyond high school. For some parents, that harsh reality shows less about the students and more about the priorities of D.C. schools under mayoral control. For example, Sherice Muhammad, the mother of a McKinley Technology High School student and ANC Commissioner in Ward 7, told The Informer that the narrow focus on scores disadvantages students who, instead of mastering essential skills, only practice to the test. When asked about the possibility of an independent auditor compiling and interpreting testing data, Muhammad expressed her support for the idea, going further in endorsing the reinstatement of a superintendent committed to placing students on a path to higher education, not to currying public favor. “Right now, we should focus on steady growth with a superintendent who is credentialed and skilled to do

away with what has been proven ineffective,” said Muhammad, commissioner of ANC single-member district 7D06 who is seeking re-election. Muhammad said that throughout much of last year, she advised

a 10th-grader on a biotechnology track at McKinley in Northeast to use education as a means to advance her life goals. “True education begins with instilling character and a strong moral compass,” she said. “Discipline and

hard work are essential to the acquisition of knowledge. The school objective has become teaching to the test, which is a complete failure regarding the long-term effects of a shortsighted objective.” For the full version of this story, go to washingtoninformer.com. WI

5 Mayor Bowser discusses student performance. /WI photo

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Children Learn Water Safety at Swim Camp

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill

Zoë Randolph, a 7-year-old girl from Woodbridge, Virginia, stretched out in a pool Friday and kicked her legs as she clutched her swimming instructor. Meanwhile, Jabari Myers, 9, interlocked his fingers and practiced chest compressions on a dummy during a CPR lesson. The two were among dozens of children who smiled, laughed and

frolicked during the final day of a water safety camp at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County. “I do like to swim,” said Jabari of Bowie, sporting a blue T-shirt listing the ABCs of water safety. “The pool is fun.” The four-day event organized by the Zac Foundation and the Boys and Girls Club of America was conducted in 20 cities nationwide to inspire fun in the water as well as impart lessons to protect themselves and others.

5 Aquatics instructor Bobby Broome guides Zoë Randolph across the swimming pool on the final day of a water safety camp at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County on Aug. 24. /Photo by Robert Roberts

The foundation was established by Karen and Brian Cohn of Connecticut, after the couple’s 6-yearold son, Zachary, drowned in 2007 when his arm became trapped by a pool drain inside a backyard swimming pool. Besides taking swim lessons based on experience level, learning CPR techniques and chatting with first responders, children ages 5 through 9 also sat inside a classroom setting, where they con-

ducted word searches, colored and drew a pool-safe area. “We are not just teaching children how to swim, but we want to impact long-lasting change,” said Megan Ferraro, executive director of the foundation. “We a program that has a goal of cultivating a community of water safety.” One of the main goals was to decrease the fear of swimming among Black and Latino children. According to the Centers for Dis-

ease Control and Prevention, Black children ages 5 to 19 drowned in swimming pools nearly six times the rate of whites between 19992010. The data lists factors such as access to pools and lack of desire in the sport. Aquatics instructor Bobby Broome, who has taught children and adults to swim since 2005, said such disparities partly stem from

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Expanded Early Childhood, Increased Teacher Pay Proposed in Md. By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill An advisory panel in Maryland will meet next month to continue discussions on improving education in the state ahead of its final report, which so far has yielded radical suggestions such as putting principals and assistant principals back in the classroom. The Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education — also known as the Kirwan Commission, led by William Kirwan, former University of Maryland System chancellor — is set to reconvene Sept. 5, when it may possibly approve a final report on topics focused on early childhood education, how to obtain high-quality educators, college and career readiness, tutoring and special education. The commission met Thursday, Aug. 23 to review these plans, which included such recommendations as implementing full-day pre-kindergarten for 3-year-old children from low– income families over a 10-year period. On the same day, while accepting a round of endorse-

ments from state leaders during a campaign rally outside Suitland High School in Forestville, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous proposed to increase teacher pay statewide by 29 percent. “Why? Because we have to keep it going up for a while to catch up where everybody else is,” Jealous said with educators clapping in applause. “You don’t hold on to your teachers in any other county unless we pay a competitive wage.” As the commission complete its final recommendations for the Maryland General Assembly to review next year, two organizations published polls to make their own cases. The Maryland State Education Association, which endorsed Jealous over incumbent Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, released a poll Aug. 23 which showed the majority of public school educations spend their own money on school supplies. In addition, they work second jobs in order to pay for student debt and other personal finances, according to the poll, which was conducted by D.C.-based GBA Strategies.

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An advisory panel in Maryland will meet next month to continue discussions on improving education in the state ahead of its final report, which so far has yielded radical suggestions such as putting principals and assistant principals back in the classroom. “Far too many educators are struggling to make ends meet,” said Baltimore County elementary teacher and MSEA President Cheryl Bost. “It’s clear that Maryland needs to do more for our teachers and school staff. Educators devote their lives to making a difference for every single child in their community, yet as

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a state we have allowed educators to become undervalued.” An accompanying memo summarizing the poll results highlights some of the numbers calculated by the 800 educators surveyed July 17-22: • In the past year, 91 percent of teachers used their own money to purchase school supplies. • In the past year, nearly 40 percent have student debt. • In the past year, 48 percent of teachers of color work a second job. The poll also posed several questions such as whether “inadequate staffing levels make it hard to keep my head above water during the school day.” About 45 percent “strongly agree” and 71 percent were in total agreement. Also, 69 percent agreed their individual school doesn’t have adequate funding to ensure all students are successful. Gonzales Research and Media Services conducted a poll on behalf of the Maryland Family Network of Baltimore that found an overwhelming number of voters approve expansion of pre-kindergarten services in public schools. According to the poll released

Friday, Aug. 24, about 75 percent of those surveyed favor access to those services for all 4-year-old children in the state. Approximately 70 percent favor to allow pre-kindergarten education for 3-year-old children from low-income families. In terms of race, 73 percent of Blacks polled support spending more money for those children to receive those services. It’s the same percentage among those from the Washington metropolitan region. The poll, conducted Aug. 1-8, surveyed 831 registered voters by landline and cellphone with a plus-minus margin of 3½ percentage points. One initiative already approved this year in the Maryland General Assembly is a public relations campaign targeting the top 25 percent high school students in each county to encourage them to consider the teaching profession. According to the proposal, it would be managed by the state Department of Education and cost $250,000 annually. The amount could decrease if teacher recruitment increases. WI

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Block Party Builds Excitement for New School Year

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill

Although the first day of school in Maryland isn’t until Tuesday, Sept. 4, thousands of Prince George’s County students received plenty of school supplies to help jump-start the year. Parents and children stood in a line snaked around the parking lot outside Prince George’s Stadium in Bowie on Saturday, Aug. 25 to pick up pencils, binders, folders and other essential materials inside backpacks at the school system’s eighth annual Back-to-School block party. Interim schools CEO Monica Goldson said the county met its goal of 15,000 backpacks that exceeded last year’s benchmark of 12,000. “It’s a humbling experience, but I am so proud of the staff who has helped to make this event special,” Goldson said after she placed some spiral notebooks and pencils in backpacks for elementary students. “We’re excited about the 2018-19 school year and helping to make sure our families know we want them to be a part of our family.” The stadium, home to the Bowie Baysox minor league baseball team, also featured several vendors for math tutoring, mentorship for boys and recommendations to monitor negative images on the internet. Besides Sandra Copelin’s son, Ricardo, receiving a backpack

SWIM from Page 12 historical racism, as Blacks weren’t always allowed to use public pools. “But that has changed now, especially here in the D.C. area,” he said. “One of the first things I hear from children when they first get into the water, ‘I’m going to drown.’ The fear comes from their parents.” On Friday, Broome smiled with the children and encouraged them to dunk their heads under the water, but also administered a dash of life lessons. “Hey, watch how you splash!” he said to two boys flopping their hands on the water. “There’s another person behind you.” The boys immediately stopped and patiently waited for Broome to guide them to swim on their backs. Parents may not be able to

with pencils, spiral notebook and other supplies, she joined the Educational Systems Federal Credit Union with 12 locations in Maryland. The financial institution not only has a branch where she lives in Bowie, but she’s also an educator. “I have never seen it, so I’m excited to visit that location,” said Sandra Copelin, who works as a paraprofessional at CMIT Academy South-Middle High Public Charter School in Upper Marlboro. “I really didn’t think it was going to be a large turnout with all these resources, but this is great.” Ricardo Copelin, who will enter the 10th grade at Largo High School, already has a few goals for when school begins. “I want to get way better grades than last year because my grades weren’t as [good] last year,” said Copelin, who plays the trumpet in the school’s marching band. “I’m hoping to have a better experience in socializing and meeting new people.” As for the overall school system, a few updates for this upcoming school year include: • $3 million in new smart boards, iPads and other technology. • $1 million shifted from the central office to the schools. • 20 more schools to incorporate arts integration. John White, spokesman for the schools system, said in an email about 800 new teachers will be hired this year, compared swim, but are encouraged to use the alphabet soup for safety: • A is for “adult” who should always be around the water with a child. • B is for “barrier” such as a fence around the pool. • C is for “classes” that teaches safety for both children and adults. • D is for “drains” for all swimmers to stay away from them. Another important aspect for parents and guardians: the fourday program was free. “It’s the best. It’s for free. I like that,” said Marit Weathers of Brandywine, Maryland, whose two sons participated in the program. “They take each child one-on-one and teach them how to swim and they are not scared of the water. I’m coming back next year.” For more information, go to hezacfoundation.org. WI

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to 1,000 a year ago. Students, teachers and other faculty at Tulip Grove Elementary in Bowie will begin the year in a newly renovated building. Parents and their children can visit the school during an orientation Friday, Aug. 31. Meanwhile, parents such as a Tobias Anabaraonye of Riverdale can’t wait for his four children, ages 5 to 11, to begin school next week. It helps they each received free items at the block party in Bowie. “It’s marvelous,” Anabaraonye said with a smile. “It helps us out a lot.” WI

5 Janett Simmons (right), a parent engagement assistant at William Paca Elementary School in Landover, hands out school supplies to children attending the Prince George’s County Back to School Block Party on Saturday, Aug. 25 at Baysox Stadium in Bowie.. / Photo by Shevry Lassiter

5 Victoria Nguyen (left) of Kaiser Permanente, assists Terence Ayers, 12, an 8th grader at Accokeek Academy in Accokeek, in creating a splash paint work of art using a stationary bike during the Prince George’s County Back to School Block Party on Saturday, Aug. 25. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

Although the first day of school in Maryland isn’t until Tuesday, Sept. 4, thousands of Prince George’s County students received plenty of school supplies to help jump-start the year.

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BUSINESS Women of Faith Embrace Entrepreneurial Skills

Conference Stresses Conquering of Fear By Jacqueline Fuller WI Religion Writer @JacquelineF1017 Aspiring and veteran women entrepreneurs of color seeking to take their businesses to the next level gathered at I/O Spaces in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Aug. 25 for the Embracing YOU conference, organized by the Minority Christian

Women Entrepreneurs Network (MCWEN). Andrena Sawyer, MCWEN founder and the event’s keynote speaker, opened with prayer and discussed how Christian women can work to overcome their fears and concerns about owning a business. “Fear causes detours to your purpose,” said Sawyer, who started MCWEN because she was discour-

aged by the lack of resources and opportunities for women of color that seemed to be readily available to Whites. As a small-business consultant, she found that most of her clients had similar complaints about not getting funded and being intimidated by systems and networks where there were always a small number of people of color in the room. With faith being a huge part of Sawyer’s business, she met Christian women and added the racial, ethnic and faith elements together for MCWEN. Most of the attendees at the conference were from African-American, Caribbean and African backgrounds and either Catholic, Protestant or non-denominational. Workshop topics included leadership, marketing and branding, identifying your purpose, conflict and relationship management and overcoming past obstacles and fear of failure. The “Who Am I” workshop, facilitated by Philecia M. McCain, president of PM3 Enterprises, explained how creating goal-achieving tools

5 Participants at the MCWEN 2018 Conference at I/O Spaces in Silver Spring, on Aug. 25 /Photo Tony Garcia

such as vision boards are externally driven instead of internally. One of the assignments she gave the group was to list up to five words describing who they are and how those words sync with their calling. At workshop titled, “Your Message is Meant for Malta,” facilitated by author and speaker Elona Washington, participants shared their testimonies how professional and personal obstacles made them decide to become entrepreneurs. Though some of the women at the conference expressed fear of stepping out as entrepreneurs and into the life of not have a 9-to-5 job with a steady paycheck, one audience member said being fired from her job was God’s way of pushing her to become a businesswoman. The women referenced scriptures from the Bible for guidance and mentioned that their work is a calling through which they realize that they can help others and be prosperous. During the second half of the conference, there was a panel discussion about the importance of maintaining a work/life balance and networking.

Author W. Nikki Pearson promoted her book, “Your Breakthrough is Up to You,” to help women to get unstuck from the problems of their past. A conference based on the book will be held in September for women in prison in Jessup, Maryland. Kristin Kimble, a minister, speaker and blogger, attended the conference as a vendor to promote her relationship coaching business and her book titled Would I Marry Me, a seven-day devotional workbook for single women to do a self-evaluation of themselves to find our if they are ready for marriage. MCWEN also connects women through the local meetups that happen in Baltimore; D.C.; Prince George’s County, Md.; Houston; Atlanta; Orlando, Fla., and New York City. “The value of MCWEN is that it provides opportunities, connections and resources for entrepreneurs while giving them a chance to increase their visibility and be a part of a strong network,” said Pamela Andrews, coordinator for the New York meetup. WI

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BUSINESS Unemployment Taxing Blacks Despite Record Lows By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins Record Black unemployment lows of less than 6 percent, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in June, spurred some excitement around what some considered the incremental closing of the racial unemployment gap. Even President Donald J. Trump attempted to take credit for the figures, though his claim has since been debunked. Nevertheless, the unemployment figures don’t consider differences in education levels between Whites and Blacks, racial bias in the hiring process, the high likelihood of job loss among Blacks and Latinos, and the vast number of unemployed Black people who stop searching for jobs altogether. “It used to be that you had a good-paying job no matter what, even day laboring. It was solid income, but now you’re finding that certain jobs have a stigma,” said Melanie Sampson, founder and lead manager of MResumes, a D.C.based organization that guides people of various income and education levels along the job search. Sampson said, since MResumes’ inception, she noticed a knowledge gap among first-generation college students and blue-collar professionals in D.C. who don’t fully understand the significance of constantly updating their resumes, acquiring valuable experience while on the job and attaining special certifications. The self-described resume guru said she has encouraged young people, specifically high school graduates who struggled during their academic career and are skeptical about college, to enroll in trade programs and secure volunteer opportunities. Lengthy periods of unemployment, she said, often deter employers and show a lack of intellectual forti-

tude, qualities that often separate applicants from their peers. “People want to apply for jobs with the fancy title even though they might not be qualified,” Sampson said. “That doesn’t mean that they can’t get the training they need. We see more people entering the non-labor force as administrative assistants and project managers. If [they] have a career mindset, they tend to get the skill set for the next promotion [through training their jobs offer]. If not, they would just do what they’re told.” The situation Sampson explained reveals a dismal post-recession economic situation that many Blacks in the District and other parts of the United States have faced in recent years. A May report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) showed African-American unemployment to be twice that of Whites. At the beginning of the year, D.C.’s rate of Black unemployment of 12 percent made it the sole jurisdiction among the 22 states selected for the EPI study where the number hovered above 10 percent. In May, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-District of Columbia) counted among the sponsors of a House bill that would address Black America’s economic situation through what has been described as “The Main Street Marshall Plan.” If passed, the aptly-titled Jobs and Justice Act of 2018 would direct $4 trillion over 10 years to infrastructure projects, education, job training and health insurance as part of an effort to eliminate disparities in those arenas. It would also raise the national hourly minimum wage to $15 and abolish the death penalty. “The African-American unemployment rate is not a good barometer of our community’s success,” U.S. Rep. Cedric L. Richmond (D- La.) wrote in a press statement earlier this month explaining Jobs & Justice

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ered the incremental closing of the racial unemployment gap.

Tour 2018. “When African-Americans were slaves and sharecroppers, African-American unemployment was 0 percent, but I don’t think anyone would say that our community was doing well then,” he said. Delegate Norton’s office didn’t return The Informer’s request for comment. Across the nation, in neighborhoods with high concentrations of Black people, the unemployment rate stands much higher than the national average. Additionally, low, near-poverty wage among the part- and full-time employed have compounded the stress of tense police-community relations, food insecurity, unclean water and other social and economic ills in African-American communities. Earlier this month, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), which Richmond chairs, and the National Urban League launched the Jobs & Justice Tour, a series of town hall discussions across the country during which lawmakers and constituents discuss policies geared toward social and economic equality for African-American families. The first town hall took place Aug. 23 at the Urban League of Detroit and Southeastern Michigan. Another event will take place next month at the Urban League of Philadelphia,

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weeks before the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in northwest D.C. Though CBC members acknowledged at a May 10 press conference that the 1,334-page bill wouldn’t likely pass, they expressed hope that it would inform President Trump and congressional leaders how to improve life for African Americans. “As a result of racism and discrimination in our country, African Americans still face a number of economic and social barriers that the federal government can and should help our community address since it was and still is complicit in building them,” Richmond said. “Although we have come a long way, we still have a long way to go, and the Jobs and Justice Act of 2018 will help us get there.” Within African-American communities, unemployment rarely discriminates, regardless of birthplace or credentials, as seen in the case of Les-

ra English, who holds a bachelor’s degree but has been unemployed for the past few months after a federal government agency eliminated his position. English, a Northeast resident who used a pseudonym in his interview with The Informer, said he has relied on soon-to-end unemployment benefits, confidence in his knowledge of IT-specific issues and the goodwill of friends to keep afloat. “People are willing to be helpful, so I’ve just been kind of flexing my network,” said English, 29. “It’s been interesting jumping back in the job search.” By English’s last day on the job in late June, he’d spent three years there as a management analyst and liaison. Since his termination, the native Washingtonian said he’s been applying for at least 10 IT jobs a day and even entertained thoughts of driving Uber or taking on various part-time gigs. Recently, what English thought had been a prosperous lead in the IT field fizzled at the last minute when he learned that his prospective employer lost a major contract on which he would have been working. Even so, he said he’s learned to overcome the mental toll that longterm unemployment often takes on Black men by fully confronting his feelings. “As fruitful as it could be, there have still been some situations,” English said. “But I manage to keep afloat. Being able to say I’m not OK when I’m not OK puts me in the best position. Having space to be vulnerable keeps me in check. It just dawned on me that the last two months went by very fast.” WI

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NATIONAL Md. Democrats Encourage Party Unity for Ben Jealous By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Maryland Democrats continue to push for unity to defeat Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in the November general elections. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. led an Aug. 23 press conference outside Suitland High School in Forestville for Democrats to endorse former NAACP President Ben Jealous for governor. “This is about identifying the person to lead our state, to guide our state and to make Maryland

number one again in terms of education,” Miller said amid a few dozen state and county officials from Prince George’s and Montgomery counties and Baltimore City. “Education and Jealous in November. We can make it happen.” Miller, the longest-serving president of a state Senate in the nation, has received strong criticism from some fellow Democrats. During a Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee meeting Tuesday, a few people chastised Miller for leading an effort to ensure incumbents and chosen candidates won in the June primary election

5 Maryland Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller Jr. (left) endorses Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous during a campaign rally outside Suitland High School in Forestville on Aug. 23. /Photo by William J. Ford

with the use of the phrase “official sample ballot” on campaign literature. The county candidates Miller publicly supported that won in the primary included state Delegate Susie Proctor, State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks and County Councilman Mel Franklin.

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However, Miller backed County Executive Rushern L. Baker III, who finished second behind Jealous for the gubernatorial nomination. And two state senators first elected more than 20 years ago with Miller’s support — Thomas Middleton of Charles County and chair of the Finance Committee, and Joan Carter Conway of Baltimore City and chair of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee — lost in the primary. Theresa Mitchell Dudley, president of the Prince George’s Educators Association and a staunch Jealous supporter, said Thursday it’s about putting personal feelings aside to increase Democratic harmony. “Sometimes, there’s no permanent enemies and there’s no permanent friends in politics,” she said. “But when you working together on an issue so important as replacing Larry Hogan with Ben Jealous, I can work with anybody.” As for Miller, 75, he will have an opponent in the general election in legislative district 27 that includes portions of Prince George’s, Calvert and Charles counties. Jesse Peed, a Republican, has challenged Miller to a debate and said in a statement Miller “is only focused on his power and not on the people.” On the same day of last week’s press conference at Suitland High School, the state’s Republican Party released a poll memo that shows Hogan leading Jealous by a 57 percent to 28 per-

cent in terms of name recognition in Miller’s district, based on a survey from 300 “likely voters.” Hogan has a larger lead in House Speaker Michael Busch’s district in Anne Arundel County, according to the poll. “The Maryland Republican Party believes that Governor Hogan’s strength in Miller and Busch’s districts provide substantial opportunities [for Republican challengers],” the party said in a statement. “Both the Senate president and speaker should be concerned about their re-election bids.” Meanwhile, the Hogan campaign released another television campaign ad Thursday titled “Protecting Maryland.” It focuses on the governor’s crime initiatives and being tough on violent criminals. “Let me be crystal clear: I have absolutely no tolerance whatsoever for these repeat, violent offenders and these criminal gangs causing lawlessness in our streets,” Hogan said in the ad. Hogan’s campaign also published other ads that criticized Jealous’s proposed policies would cost too much for Marylanders. The campaign has spent about $1 million on various television ads in a state where Democrats hold a 2-to-1 ratio over Republicans. “Negative ads suppress votes and that’s the only way he wins,” Jealous said during a brief interview with reporters. “We’re going to run a positive ground-game. We’re organizers. The way we win is we inspire people to turn out [and vote].” WI

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By Barrington M. Salmon Special to The Informer Prisoners in at least 17 states across the country went on strike this week to declare that the way they’re being treated by guards and prison officials is no longer acceptable. The strike, which began Aug. 21, is scheduled to end Sept 9. The dates are symbolic, marking the death of author and activist George Jackson by prison guards at Soledad Prison in California, and the Attica Prison rebellion. It’s still unclear exactly how many inmates are involved but prison reform advocates say this is the largest protest of its kind in history. Dr. Heather Ann Thompson, who has written extensively on the history of policing, mass incarceration and the current criminal justice system, said the public should expect more protests from inmates who are chafing under the abuse, brutality and callous disregard exhibited by many guards.

“I’m not sure what will happen but I expect more protests. I will not be surprised if there are more eruptions,” said Thompson, a history professor at the University of Michigan and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy.” “In a broader sense, they will continue to happen. This has been normalized but it’s so abnormal. “I think we have as a country has been involved for so long in the War on Drugs and the War on Crime that we have forgotten that it’s not normal,” Thompson said. “We have a whole generation of children for whom it’s normal to be pulled over, be arrested and shuttled into the system. We have been in a catastrophic prison crisis for decades now. And conditions have gotten even worse. South Carolina was a wake-up call for people.” She was referring to violence that erupted at Lee County Correctional Institution which left seven inmates dead. “There is so much overcrowding that prison officials chose to put rival gangs in the same dorms. Guys were sending me videos of what was happening,” Thompson recalled. “Guys were stabbed to death and the guards were absent for 7 hours. The only way we know is because they recorded it on their cell phones.” Representatives of the striking prisoners said inmates in institutions across 17 states are taking part by refusing to work anywhere in prisons buildings, kitchens, laundries and on prison grounds. Palestinian inmates abroad have expressed solidarity and about 300 prisoners in Nova Scotia, Canada joined the strike. Accord-

ing to published reports, more than 150 organizations, including BYP 100 and the NYC Jericho Movement, have expressed solidarity with the strike, and solidarity rallies outside prisons have been planned in at least 10 cities.

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in America are a war zone. Every day prisoners are harmed due to conditions of confinement. For some of us, it’s as if we are already dead, so what do we have to lose?” The strike is organized by an abolitionist coalition that includes the Incarcerated Workers

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Trump’s Controversial Week of ‘High Crimes and Misdemeanors’ President Donald Trump has had a Richard Nixon-like week. To some, that’s putting it mildly. The president’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was found guilty on eight separate counts — five charges for tax fraud, two for bank fraud, and one count of failing to disclose a foreign bank account. The jury could not reach a consensus on the 10 other counts against him and one juror who spoke publicly and acknowledged being a Trump supporter said Manafort would have been found guilty on those 10 counts had it not been for one holdout. Separately, within minutes of the Manafort verdict, Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen entered a guilty plea to eight counts, including two campaign finance violations relating to payments made in exchange for silence from porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal about their affairs with Mr. Trump. Trump then commenced a tweetstorm in which he implored his Attorney General Jeff Sessions to “do something.” Sessions fired back that he wouldn’t obstruct justice for anyone. It appears that those long opposed to Trump and his policies smell blood in the water. “Manafort and Cohen both lied about their finances and cheated the IRS,” said Rep. Maxine Waters, a staunch critic of Trump who has led the call for his impeachment. “Can you imagine what Don the Con must be hiding in his tax returns when it is well-known that the only bank that would lend him money, Deutsche, is notorious for money laundering?

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“Cohen admitted Trump instructed him to break the law,” the California Democrat said. “If it’s a crime for Cohen, it’s a crime for Trump. Debates about whether you can indict a president do not excuse Congress from its responsibility to impeach Trump for treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Much of what happens next may depend on what special counsel Robert Mueller recommends in his report at the conclusion of his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. When asked if he thinks Trump could face impeachment in the next Congress, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said it depends on what Mueller finds. “If he comes up with something where the American people see that this has been an incredible breach of trust, then people, both Republicans and Democrats, have a duty to do that,” Van Hollen told CBS’ “The Takeout” host Major Garrett. “I think it depends on the outcome of the

It appears that those long opposed to Trump and his policies smell blood in the water. Mueller investigation, and no one can predict exactly what he will come up with,” Trump told “Fox and Friends” host Ainsley Earhardt that he’s been doing his job too well to be tossed out of office. “I don’t know how you can impeach somebody who’s done a great job,” Trump said. “If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash, I think everybody would be very poor.” But the White House maintains that Trump is in the clear legally, despite Manafort and Cohen’s admissions, CBS reported. “What I can tell you is what the president has stated a number of times: he did nothing wrong, there are no charges against him,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said during a press briefing last week. WI

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World soccer federation FIFA has been stripped of all its South African trademarks and is now forced to hand over documents that could expose corruption and millions in kickbacks at the highest levels of government and the country’s local soccer authority. In a world first, and what could be seen as a precedent-setting court battle, North Gauteng High Court Judge Van der Westhuizen issued an attachment order in favor of former soccer administrator Leslie Sedibe, the Johannesburg-based City Press reported Aug. 26. This means FIFA will need to seek Sedibe’s permission to trade in South Africa until such a time as it opposes the order. Sedibe successfully launched the court application in order to force FIFA to review and possibly overturn the five-year ban and fine it imposed on him after for unethical behavior following investigations into match-fixing in three friendlies ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. At the heart of his application to have FIFA’s trademarks attached is Sedibe’s request of the football body to grant him an opportunity to reopen its probe, allowing him to present evidence that could exonerate him of wrongdoing. “The applicant is authorised to attach the trademarks owned, and/or in which the first respondent [FIFA] has a beneficial interest, and all trademarks controlled by the first respondent in terms of Section 41(2) of the Trademarks Act No. 194 of 1993 of the Republic of South Africa, “ Van der Westhuizen said in his order Wednesday. The bruising court battle leveled against FIFA and the South African Football Association (SAFA) by Sedibe will also thrust the late anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela back into the spotlight. In addition to the evidence presented to the court, and central to his case, was a witness statement by Madikizela-Mandela that Sedibe had secured before she died in April. The City Press reported a recorded interview in which Madikizela-Mandela agrees to testify for Sedibe and was shocked that South African football administrators refused to support him and chose instead to sacrifice him to FIFA’s disciplinary processes without a fair hearing during his tenure as Safa chief executive officer. Sedibe believes that the resistance to his crusade to clear his name is because some of the exonerating information has been held back to cover up an alleged $10 million fee paid in the run-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which was apparently unaccounted for. In 2015, South Africa was placed under investigation for alleged bribery during the adjudication of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. FIFA found that a $10 million bribe was spirited away at Safa’s behest and re-emerged in a development fund in the Caribbean.

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The total number of certified early childhood institutions in Jamaica will soon increase to 113, up from 17 a year ago. This, according to Sen. Ruel Reid, the country’s Education, Youth and Information minister, reinforces the government’s commitment to the early childhood sector’s development. Speaking at the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s 54th annual conference in Montego Bay on Aug. 22, Reid said the Early Childhood Commission has been crafting a strategy for the sector’s full transformation, which is slated to be rolled out when the 2018-19 academic year begins in September. He said the ministry has been working to streamline and align the education system, noting that “our focus is to support the birth to three years old group through the early stimulation program, [thereby] allowing our babies to be developmentally ready [by age] 3.” Emphasizing that the first 1,000 days are the most critical of a child’s development, Reid said his ministry will be partnering with the Ministries of Health as well as Labour and Social Security to undertake supporting engagements to be implemented by the commission. Reid said these include developmental assessments to understand competencies in order to create the learning environment that fosters early-stage learners’ development, while assuring that “we are fully committed to improving the quality of our early childhood institutions as we firmly believe in providing a good start at this level.” Meanwhile, Reid advised that the 2018-19 Age Four Assessment will, for the second time, “allow us to identify, from very early, any development deficiencies to be corrected in our children.” He said the ministry also continues to make significant strides in advancing its K-13 Strategy. WI

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HEALTH D.C. Rank’s Third for Most Mosquitoes By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Washington, D.C., is the third-highest city in the nation for mosquito calls, according to results of a survey released by Terminix. Dallas topped Terminix’s list for the second straight year while New York City ranked No. 2 on the list. D.C. was followed by Houston and Los Angeles to round out the top five. “It’s just constant,” Damien Sanchez, owner of Mosquito Squad in Sterling, Virginia, told WTTG-TV (Channel 5). The business services an average of 500 calls a day. By using service data across more than 300 branches nationwide, Terminix identified 25 cities where residents had the highest number of mosquito services last year. The top 10 are the Dallas-Forth Worth region, New York City, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Memphis, Tenn., Chicago and Baltimore. According to the World Health Organization, mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest “animal.” “This has been the most challenging year for mosquito control that I have had in the last 10 years,” Sanchez said. According to experts at Terminix, mosquitoes can lay an average of 100 mosquito eggs in a container the size of a bottle cap. Female mosquitoes can

lay up to 3,000 eggs within a couple of weeks. Mosquitoes can be active anytime the temperature is 5 The World Health Organization describes mosquitoes as the world’s deadliest animal. /Photo by Leonard E. Munsterabove 50 degrees Fahrenheit mann, Yale University and breeding sites can be anywhere, including containers able for female mosquitoes. such as soda bottle lids, gutDo you feel like you get bit a ters, tire swings, bird baths lot while working out? It’s not and other locations that collect your sweat, but your breath standing, stagnant water. that the winged creatures like Not only can mosquitoes — specifically the carbon dicause welts, but they can car- oxide, which why pregnant ry pathogens that may cause women are more susceptible, disease like West Nile, experts Sanchez said. said. “Typically a pregnant womThis year’s rain hampered an exhales 21 percent more Nia 2X RADIO — (The Voice of the People) control efforts and helped the carbon dioxide than somebody population explode. And de- who is not pregnant,” he said. spite most people’s best efforts, Mosquitoes are also attractthey can’t help getting bit. ed to other things that can be EVER It may help some to know detected in exhaled breath, like while some factors are con- lactic acid and estrogen. trollable, others are out of In addition, mosquitoes seek your hands when it comes to out things with heat signahow prone you are to mosqui- tures, like large crowds gathto bites. ered outside or “If you consume alcohol, “Then the other challenge is you become more susceptible that some people have a much . Ida B.Wells Barnett to mosquito bites,” Sanchez bigger allergic reaction to it,” said. Sanchez said. “Somebody that In particular, studies show doesn’t react to the mosquito @ blackonblackunity.com then click Radio beer increased mosquito activ- bite isn’t necessarily going to ity in some people. feel like they got bit. And then Information Blood type is another fac- there are people who get giant Truth is the language of ALLAH (God) tor, according to the WTTG welts. They know they got bit report. so they are much more aware “If you’re Type O, you’re go- when they have a mosquito ing to be much more attractive bite.” WI to mosquitoes,” Sanchez said. Scientists say it has to do with the chemical makeup of The Washington Convention and Sports Authority the blood, but can’t say for certain why Type O is more desirt/a Events DC Bid Opportunity

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Dentists Screen 22K Marylanders For Hypertension By Sarafina Wright WI Contributing Writer A grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has enabled dentists to screen more than 20,000 Marylanders for hypertension, or high blood pressure — a common risk factor for heart disease. The grant funds a pilot program to encourage dental professionals to screen patients for hypertension at every visit and refer cases of elevated and high blood pressure to medical professionals and community resources for further services. “Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Maryland, killing more than 11,000 Marylanders each year,” said Howard Haft, deputy secretary for Maryland Department of Health’s Public Health Services. A healthy blood pressure reading is less than 120 for the systolic (upper number) and less than 80 for the diastolic (bottom number) — <120/<80. To promote the program, the Maryland Department of Health launched a campaign, titled “Two

Minutes With Your Dentist Can Save Your Life.” The campaign educates Marylanders about the critical role dentists play in identifying undiagnosed hypertension as well as reminding dentists of the role they can play in a patient’s overall health. As a part of the campaign, a traveling banner exhibit, coupled with a discussion explaining the importance of good oral health for better health, recently kicked off at the Enoch Pratt Free Library Orleans Street Branch in Baltimore and the Carroll County Public Library North Carroll Branch in Hampstead. “Dentists can become the first point of contact for many Marylanders to help them identify undiagnosed high blood pressure and get them into care for follow-up screenings and treatment,” said Dr. Debony Hughes, director of Maryland’s Office of Oral Health. “As we take our campaign on the road in 2018, we are looking forward to educating the public and involving more dentists in the program,” Hughes said.

According to health department, a 41-year-old man visiting the Baltimore City Health Department Eastern Dental Clinic, a pilot program participant, came in for an oral exam when he was screened for hypertension by the dental assistant. The patient’s reading was 147/101, signifying high blood pressure. The dentist urged him to see his primary care provider as soon as possible since he had not reported a previous history of hypertension. Concerned about his health, the patient visited a local emergency room, while there physicians determined that he had an undiagnosed heart condition. Today, the patient is doing well and gives credit to the Eastern Dental Clinic staff for saving his life, the health department said. “All too often we see patients who don’t understand the critical role oral health plays in their overall health,” said Dr. Patricia Bell-McDuffie, director of oral health services for the Baltimore City Health Department. “Bacteria found in the mouth can

A grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has enabled dentists to screen more than 20,000 Marylanders for hypertension, or high blood pressure — a common risk factor for heart disease.

travel through the blood vessels that carry blood throughout the body. If not managed properly, this bacteria can create unwanted inflammation that can affect the body, including the heart. “We always encourage patients to visit the dentist regularly,” she said. “That way we can conduct frequent screenings for hypertension and, if necessary, encourage people to stop smoking — all in an effort to increase overall health and well-being.”

The pilot program is overseen by the health department’s Office of Oral Health and the Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control. “Our goal is to encourage dentists to screen their patients for hypertension at every visit while empowering Marylanders to ask their dentist for hypertension screenings,” Haft said. “We believe this will ultimately save lives.” WI

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HEALTH COOKOUT from Page 1 any love in their family so they join gangs,” said Mitchell, a Waldorf, Md., resident. “As a community, we have to stick together. The ghetto is in our mind and we’ve been brainwashed to be individuals instead of coming together. We’ve been cursed, but all of that could change.” The Aug. 25 gathering took place less than a week after police officers found Travis Barksdale, 25, dead in Northeast in what’s been marked as the District’s 100th homicide this year. The young man joined Makiyah Wilson, 10, and other children, teenagers and adult adolescents who succumbed to violence over the summer. Earlier that week, hours after D.C. public school students wrapped up their first day of school, a couple young people in Southeast suffered gunshot wounds. In a viral Facebook post last Tuesday, D.C. Councilman Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5), standing outside of Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in Northeast where a bullet pierced a young man’s leg the night before, appealed to constituents for solutions. Since 2008, Cease Fire, Don’t Smoke the Brothers and Sisters has

united Black people, particularly the formerly incarcerated, around curbing violent crime, providing a space for residents of all ages to gather peacefully. This year’s event, in conjunction with the Universal Madness clothing brand and Potomac Valley Boxing Gym in Northeast, featured Eminence Band, Wisdom Speeks, Jett Black DC, and AGS, also known as The Lorton Legends, as musical acts. Throughout much of the day, young men played basketball and children gleefully slid down a large inflated slide shaped like a firetruck. Elders, sitting on blankets under large tents, lined the hills of Upshur Recreation Center while member of the Nation of Islam, in fitted black, blue and brown suits, doled out copies of The Final Call and embraced visitors. “We never said we can stop all of the killings, but we’re the brothers who used to be part of the problem who are now the antidote,” said Al-Malik Farrakhan, key organizer of the 11th annual gathering and advocate for returning citizens, as he greeted longtime friends and comrades and helped the DJ solve a minor sound issue. “We can give supreme wisdom about not being each other’s enemy,” Farrakhan, sporting a cream shirt with

the image of the late D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, said as he alluded to the bloodshed of the 1980s and ‘90s. “One death is one too many, but compared to what we had before, we’re doing good. I asked the police not to be here because we can police our own. We want people to take the same thing to their communities.” As she looked around the spacious park, Gwendolyn Harper, a D.C. transplant from Louisiana who raised her two sons in the District for more than a decade, had similar thoughts about expanding the peaceful gathering to other parts of the city at a time when violence has ravaged Black communities. “I wondered why they don’t have an event like this [east of the Anacostia River] because Ward 7 has seen so much violence this summer,” said Harper, 37, a Northeast resident also known as Gigi. “It’s important that we stand together, because we’re a generation that’s dying. I always share these experiences with my young ones. We go wherever; I expose them to different part of our culture, so they know that [the street the live on] is not just their experience.” Not far from where Harper stood, her 13-year-old son, sporting a red

5 Hundreds of Black men, women and children converged on Upshur Recreation Center in Northwest on Saturday, Aug 25 during “Cease Fire, Don’t Smoke the Brothers and Sisters’” at their11th annual cookout and amateur boxing tournament. /Photo from Facebook

cap, helped Brother Carvelas Muhammad, also known as the Pie Man of D.C., sell bean pies and those of other flavors to passersby. The charismatic Muhammad warmly and enthusiastically addressed visitors as “Black man,” “sir” and “ma’am,’” at times even turning the reluctant into loyal customers with a sample slice. However, when it came to more serious matters, specifically those concerning President Donald J. Trump and the conditions of Black people in the United States, Muhammad had

more of a prophetic tone, warning of a time when Black men would collectively set their sights on the forces he consider the people’s true enemy. “When volcanoes erupt, only God can stop them,” Muhammad said. “When the Black man erupts again, it’ll make 1968 look like a picnic. We’re scared to shed blood but kill each other every weekend. This is the importance of this event; there’s free food for Black people. America can feed the whole world, but she throws food away. So hateful and foul.” WI

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EDUCATION GILLUM from Page 1 of epic proportions, the first-term mayor of Tallahassee, the first in a family of seven children to graduate from both high school and college, and who at the age of 23 became the youngest ever elected to the Tallahassee City Council, can make history yet again – this time as the state’s first African-American governor. Gillum, whose message to voters included expanding access to healthcare, addressing the climate change crisis, revitalizing public education including improving compensation for teachers and raising the minimum wage, often made mention of his proud, yet humble beginnings in a working-class Miami home and the unique perspective he brings which allows him to better understand the financial challenges with which a growing number of Floridians continue to struggle. Outspent by millions of dollars

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in a field of five competitive candidates – in his words the “only non-millionaire in the race,” Gillum, backed by Vermont’s Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, defeated his closest rival and the frontrunner for most of the election, former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, the daughter of former U.S. senator and Florida’s 38th governor, Bob Graham, by three percentage points, 34.2 percent to 31.4 percent, respectively, with 94 percent of the votes counted. Former Democratic presiden-

tial candidate Sanders, credited with giving Gillum a significant boost among voters as the campaign entered its final days, often joined Gillum on the campaign trail during his “Bring it Home” statewide tour and drew record crowds in recent rallies in Orlando and Tampa. “He has has laid out a vision for a new course for the state of Florida and our country,” Sanders said of Gillum’s victory. “Tonight, Floridians joined Andrew in standing up and demanding change in their community. That’s what the political revolution is all about and Andrew Gillum is helping to lead it.” Floridians must now choose between Gillum and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, 38, the winner in the Republican primary who has the endorsement of President Donald Trump. The governor’s race stands as one of two major statewide contests in Florida in November’s midterm elections. In the other, Florida Gov. Rick Scott won the Republican Senate primary and will face incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson for a seat Dems must hold if they hope to have a chance to take over the Senate majority. WI

National Book Festival Back with Family Fun for Readers of Any Age WI Staff Report A diverse lineup of authors – including 40 who write for children and teens – as well as readings, trivia, costumed characters and interactive exhibits will provide a wide variety of family-friendly activities at the 2018 Library of Congress National Book Festival. The 18th festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 1 from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.(doors open at 8:30 a.m.) at the Washington Convention Center. The event is free and open to everyone. This year’s festival will include two stages for children’s authors, one for teens and a variety of activities on the Concourse and Lower Level presented by the Library of Congress and festival sponsors. Authors for children and teens appearing at the festival include: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jacqueline Woodson, bestselling author Matt de la Peña and illustrator Loren Long, Girl Scouts CEO Sylvia Acevedo, fantasy writer Leigh Bardugo and many more. Fans of graphic

novels will find writers including Roxane Gay (“Black Panther: World of Wakanda”), Ed Piskor (“X-Men: Grand Design”) and Pénélope Bagieu (“Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World”) on the Genre Fiction stage. Families can pick up a children’s guide to the festival at the information booth on the Lower Level and both children’s stages to plan a day of activities. The guide, which will also be available online at loc.gov/bookfest, was created by the Mensa Foundation and the Library to provide tips on what to see and do. WI

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EDUCATION Eagle Scouts Spread their Wings, Now Bound for College This article, the second in a twopart series, delves deeper into the lives of five recently-inducted Eagle Scouts, all Black boys and members of an historic troop based at Plymouth United Church of Christ in Northwest, who have since started along the path of college matriculation.

Far too often and in ever-increasing proportions, when young Black males become the focus of the media and any related reports, it’s either because the youth have allegedly broken the law or have become involved in violent encounters with tragic outcomes. Meanwhile, the more common examples of Black youth who have heeded the advice of their parents and mentors and stayed the course in the successful pursuit of higher education or gainful employment tend to be ignored. That’s why “the road less taken” successfully by five Black boys from the Greater Washington Area, each of whom made the most of programs and experiences provided by the Boy Scouts of America [BSA] to earn one of the

organization’s highest honors, deserves greater attention and praise. Now, the proud quintet, James Omar Dorman, Elmer Douglass Ellis, Jr, Columbus Jared Giles, Ian Groom and Campbell James Wilson, has moved on, setting their sights on a more formidable challenge: college. James Omar Dorman, who grew up in Shepard Park in Northwest, has been in scouting since the first grade. The Georgetown Day School graduate, now a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, secured membership in the Order of the Arrow, the National Honor Society of the BSA, where he earned 24 merit badges. For his Eagle Scout project he collected 1,000 books for children that will be sent to libraries in Africa. He says scouting helped him learn the importance of perseverance and preparation. “You get a lot of knowledge, you build character and you learn how to live in the world, especially as a Black male,” he said. Elmer Douglass “E.J.” Ellis, Jr. grew up in Northeast, graduated

from McKinley Technological High School and has begun his first year at Morehouse College, joining the Cinema, Television & Emerging Media Studies Program. Elmer has financial assistance after securing a College Bound scholarship with additional support due to his earlier community service and being chosen as a Bonner Scholar. “Scouting has helped me to see that community service is not just something you do but it shapes your life,” said Ellis, also a member of the Order of the Arrow. For his Eagle Scout project, he produced a public service announcement, “Grief Relief,” to raise awareness about the stages of grief and the importance of getting help after the death of loved ones – an experience which he, despite his youth, knows intimately. He says the project took shape after he found himself attempting to deal withB:10” the unexpected T:9.5” death of his father following surgery and the murder S:9” of his best friend Zaire Kelly, a student at Thurgood Marshall Academy,

5 Proud Eagle scouts during their induction ceremony. /Photo by Roy Lewis

shot and killed during an attempted robbery. Zaire’s death gained national attention when his twin brother, Zion Kelly, called for immediate gun reform during the March for Our Lives rally held in the District earlier this year. Columbus Jared Giles, whose family lives in Colonial Village in Northwest, graduated from

Blythe-Templeton Academy and continues his academic pursuits at the University of Oregon where he’ll study clinical psychology. Giles began his scouting adventures at the tender age of six. In 2007, in tandem with other Cub Scouts, he set a Guinness

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Bowser ‘Represents’ Our City, Thwarts Trump’s Plans for High-priced Parade

Shortly after taking over at the White House, Donald Trump began talking about a parade that he was planning that would mark the centennial of World War I and honor U.S. military veterans “on or about Nov. 10, 2018. He further suggested that the celebration of America’s military prowess and personnel would be something the likes of which had never been seen. Trump’s vision included showcasing the military’s latest weapons including tanks that would roll down Pennsylvania Avenue along with so many other requests and embellishments that the Pentagon estimated the cost to be nearly $100 million. Critics shared concerns that the parade had the makings of one more akin to those demanded by dictators who ruled countries like North Korea and Iraq than anything in the U.S. Nonetheless, Trump continued with his plans. Then, he ran into a roadblock. And he subsequently canceled the parade. That hurdle came in the form of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser who utilized Trump’s preferred means of communication, Twitter, to get her message to the president – one that both argued for and defended the District, its government officials and further lodged her complaint for being pulled into such a high-priced “dictator-like parade,” particularly given the short amount of time that she and her team were given to prepare an estimate of logistical costs for an event for few details had been provided. As one would expect, the twitter line would go back and forth including words from Trump that included “poorly run,” and “fake news,” to which John Falcicchio, Bowser’s chief of staff remarked, “When they go low, we go high,” reminiscent of first lady Michelle Obama’s message shared during the last Democratic presidential convention. All we can say is “handle your business Mayor Bowser.” And as a postscript, D.C. deserves a voice that’s empowered with a vote. Don’t let the drive for statehood die. We’re fully capable of handling our own affairs. And the time is long overdue. WI

“Ain’t I A Woman?”

On Monday, August 26, most of the nation gave a cursory observation to Women’s Equality Day – set aside to allow for reflecting on the bold and empowering steps women in America took to gain the right to vote and the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. The non-violent fight lasted more than 70 years and continues today. Women are still fighting for equal pay and speaking out against sexism and misogyny that permeates from the highest levels of government from the White House to the state house, the office and the classroom, on the athletic field, in the military and on every street corner. The discriminatory treatment of women is a lifelong experience that transcends from mother to daughter and from one generation to the next. History reflects how women suffragists were intentional in keeping the movement to themselves, wanting to exclude Black women and their issues of enslavement and disenfranchisement apart from their agenda. The Negro woman (usually referred to back then by the other “n” word) was considered a liability to the movement. That’s why the late C. Delores Tucker, the founder of the National Congress of Black Political Woman, led the charge to erect a monument in honor of Sojourner Truth, formerly enslaved, who became a well-known anti-slavery speaker, in Statutory Hall in the U.S. Capitol. Tucker wanted a constant reminder to all Americans of the question Truth raised in a speech before the Women’s Convention of mostly white women in 1851. Turner asked the audience, “Ain’t I A Woman?” Today, Black women are proud of their achievements and should be. They are the backbone of the nation’s electorate, and now they’re WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

TO THE EDITOR RIP, Queen of Soul Rest in peace to Ms. Aretha Franklin! What a life and well-deserved accolades she has earned such as the title of the “Queen of Soul.” She looked so beautiful on the cover of The Washington Informer and I knew your paper would honor her beautifully. Even though I grew up with Aretha, I didn’t realize how many songs and hits she’s had throughout her career. Whenever I want to boost my mood, I listen to “Natural Woman,” my favorite Aretha song. Sleep peacefully, Queen. Deborah James Washington, D.C.

becoming the elected in places where their success is least expected. Along with their political power will come greater economic opportunities and more seats at the table where national and global decisions are made. It’s true that Black women are paid less compared to white women, Asian women, and

New School Year Right on Time Well, the kids are officially back in school in the District and I am happy to hear that, without a doubt. I get a bit of anxiety knowing that kids are out running around the city during the summer — it’s just so much they can get into. Now that school is in I breathe a little easier, because I know structure for most of the day will be put into place. I’m praying for a safe prosperous school year for all children. Damon Moore Washington, D.C.

Latinas. Further, Black women receive less support from managers and are promoted more slowly, according to a recent Women in the Workplace study by LeanIn.Org & McKinsey & Company. But nothing will keep a strong Black woman down. Even while the deafening silence from Black

civil rights organizations on Monday was disheartening, it fueled the fire within Black women to continue to fight for their rights, even when no one else will support them. Yes, you are a woman, deserving of equitable and fair treatment. It’s worth marching for, advocating for, and voting for. WI

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By Lee Saunders

Dr. King’s Dream on the Ballot Fifty-five years ago this week, Dr. Martin Luther King stepped to the podium at the Lincoln Memorial and delivered one of the most famous speeches in American history: “I Have A Dream.” The March on Washington was about more than desegregation, voting rights and equal access to public accommodations. It was

also a demonstration specifically for economic empowerment and opportunity. Organized by two labor leaders, Bayard Rustin and A. Philip Randolph, its full name was the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” And Dr. King’s dream, in addition that we be judged by the content of our character, was that African Americans would no longer live “on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity” (one of the speech’s first lines).

Throughout his life, Dr. King made the connection between economic justice and racial justice a centerpiece of his doctrine, especially toward the end of his life when he began to organize the Poor People’s Campaign. He was also a strong ally of the union movement, which is what brought him to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968. Thirteen hundred sanitation workers — members of my union: the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

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(AFSCME) — had gone on strike to protest plantation-like working conditions. For African-American workers up against a pro-segregation mayor, walking off the job was an unimaginably courageous statement of collective action. But that’s exactly what they did, after the gruesome death of two men in an accident caused by a malfunctioning, rundown truck. They marched under a proud and defiant slogan, a simple but powerful declaration of their humanity in just four words: I am

a man. Dr. King came to Memphis to lend his support. Despite crippling fatigue and overwhelming demands on his time, he came to Memphis because he saw in the sanitation workers’ struggle everything that the next phase of the civil rights movement had to be about — fighting poverty and asserting the dignity of working people. Memphis, tragically, would be

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By Raynard Jackson

When Will NFL Players Stand Up for True Social Change?

As we approach a new season of pro football, the league and its players have yet again proven incapable of coming up with an effective response that addresses the issue of the players engaging in various levels of protests when the national anthem is played before the game. In the public relations business, we often say that if you are explaining your actions, then you are losing the argument. The league and its players seem to be stuck on their “intent,” not on how their actions are being re-

ceived by the viewing public. They both “claim” their “intent” is to bring attention to the issue of social justice, though no one has defined what that means. So, President Donald Trump has adroitly defined the issue for them as anti-American and disrespectful to U.S. servicemen. Whatever the league and players’ “intent” was, the public is saying that they don’t support their actions and this dichotomy is causing fans of the sport to turn away in large numbers. Before I go any further, let me establish a simple fact that most people never bring into this conversation: NFL players are nothing more than employees. Yes,

they are highly paid, but nonetheless, they are employees. The NFL players sign the back of the paycheck, not the front. Their employers have every right to tell them how they must behave at their place of employment: the football field. When I worked in corporate America, I had to wear a suit and tie; this was nonnegotiable. Yes, I had every right to go to my boss and tell him that requiring a Black man to wear a suit and tie was racist, and he had every right to fire me if I didn’t follow his workplace rules. Likewise, athletes have a right to kneel or stay in the locker room during the playing of our

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national anthem, but the owners have the right to take some type of disciplinary action as well. I often say, “Weak people take strong positions on weak issues.” What does kneeling have to do with police brutality or other “social injustice,” the stated reasons these protests began? Their message has been drowned out by how most Americans have interpreted their actions as being anti-American and disrespectful to U.S. servicemen. Again, it doesn’t matter what the players think or their what their intentions are, this is how their message is being received. The players and the league have let their emotions and egos get in

the way of their objective. I agree 100 percent with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott when he says, “I never protest.” Here’s what Prescott said when he was asked about the protest over police brutality in the NFL: “I never protest during the anthem, and I don’t think that’s the time or the venue to do so. The game of football has always brought me such peace and I think it does the same for a lot of people — a lot of people playing the game, a lot of people watching the game, a lot of people who have any impact of the game. So,

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By Ron Harris and Matthew Horace

The Abuse Won’t Stop Until We Change Police Culture

nother day, another week, another month, another viral video of police gone wild. This time it’s Baltimore, a city already under a federal consent decree to reform its police department after a Justice Department investigation into the 2015 death of Freddie Gray at the hands of police found rampant, systemic abuse of black residents by cops. Contrary to the usual response to such recordings, police and

city officials acted quickly after Officer Arthur Williams was caught on camera Saturday, Aug. 11, savagely beating a defenseless DaShawn McGrier. McGrier, a 26-year-old warehouse worker, suffered fractured ribs, a broken jaw, various cuts and bruises and spent two nights in a local hospital. After a witness posted the attack on Facebook and Instagram that day, Williams resigned. By Wednesday, he had been charged with first and second-degree assault. The Baltimore incident mir-

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rors images from so many other cities — Fort Worth, Texas; Philadelphia, Tulsa, Oklahoma; New York City, Mesa, Arizona; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Cleveland, Chicago, Beavercreek, Ohio, Gwinnett County, Georgia; Bloomfield, New Jersey, Grandbury, Texas; North Charleston, South Carolina; Falcon Heights, Minnesota. It’s “déjà vu all over again.” In most cases, the officers are white, and the victims are black. Consequently, there is an inclination to define police misconduct largely as an issue of race.

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The Baltimore cop caught on camera beating the hell out of a black man, T, however, was not white. He was African American. So was his partner, who stood by and watched without trying to halt the assault. So are 42 percent of the officers within the Baltimore Police Department. So is the current Baltimore police commissioner, as was the previous police commissioner, as was the police commissioner when Gray died of a crushed spinal cord following a ride in the back of a police van, as were six other Baltimore police

commissioners in a city where police have been under the control of African-American political leadership for nearly 40 years. Race is a significant part of the problem. For police and much of society, black men are the boogeyman, a threat or suspicious just by their mere presence. But it’s just a part of the issue. As we discovered through nearly 100 interviews with police, city officials and citizens across dozens of American cities, these incidents continue at a

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By Austin R. Cooper Jr.

Omarosa is Not Your ‘Dog,’ Trump

“Old soldiers never die” is an English-language catchphrase taken from a stanza of the soldiers’ folklore “Old Soldiers Never Die”: Old soldiers never die, Never die, never die, Old soldiers never die They simply fade away. The phrase gained popularity after Gen. Douglas MacArthur

uttered it in his April 1951 farewell address to Congress. Today, the nation mourns the passing of another giant, Sen. John McCain. McCain died nine years to the day when America lost another icon, Sen. Ted Kennedy, to the same form of brain cancer. Both men were considered “Lions of the Senate” and deservedly so. McCain was an unabashed conservative who relished the opportunity to battle his more liberal Democratic colleagues. He was also a skillful legislator, unafraid to buck his party in order to achieve a legislative victory. As Kennedy’s widow, Vicki

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Reggie Kennedy, stated, he was “an uncompromising patriot and man of immeasurable courage.” Despite being of opposite political parties, McCain and Kennedy were the best of friends. I am a lifelong Democrat and, therefore, had numerous differences with McCain. For example, then-Congressman McCain voted against making Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a national holiday. However, to his credit, on the 40th anniversary of King’s assassination, McCain said his vote was wrong: “We can be slow as well to give greatness its due, a mistake

I made long ago when I voted against a federal holiday in memory of Dr. King. I was wrong, and eventually realized it in time to give full support for a state holiday in my home state of Arizona. I’d remind you that we can all be a little late sometimes in doing the right thing and Dr. King realized this about his fellow Americans.” In addition, McCain was one of the deciding votes in helping then-President George H.W. Bush sustain a veto against the Civil Rights Act of 1990. His vote helped Bush to become the first president ever to successfully

veto a civil rights measure: Andrew Johnson and Ronald Reagan both had vetoes overridden, in 1866 and 1988, respectively. To my knowledge, he never expressed any regret for that vote. Yet, despite political differences on these two votes, in addition to naming unqualified former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, in a misguided attempt to secure the votes of women, I still admired John McCain. The man, the Maverick. Who can deny that he was a real-life, true and genuine Ameri-

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By William Reed

Trump Should Look Within for Omarosa Replacement

It’s been six months Omarosa Manigault Newman left her White House position as director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison, with the Trump administration’s efforts to effectively reach out to Blacks grounded to a halt. Before, and since, he became president, Donald J. Trump has been at odds with Black Ameri-

cans, and in past months, Omarosa — who was one of the few Black faces in his administration — has gone from presidential friend to presidential foil. Putting Manigault Newman into the position of outreach to Blacks illustrated Trump’s contempt for Blacks and their issues. His woes with Omarosa were based on how little thought and expectations he put into the position and appointee in the first place. It’s time for Trump to appoint a competent person for Black

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outreach, and he needs to take look in-house at Ja’Ron Smith, his special assistant for domestic policy. A consummate professional, Smith didn’t walk into the White House job from off the street, as did Omarosa, Mr. Smith has the gravitas to be a measurable asset to Trump and African American constituents. Smith is now the most senior Black aide on Trump’s staff, and he’s Black and proud Hired in 2017 to serve as an adviser to Trump on Urban Af-

fairs and Revitalization, Smith was tasked with pursuing the president’s agenda on issues important to the black community, including prison reform and historically black colleges and universities. Smith has had a long career on Capitol Hill, and his resume includes work for prominent Republicans. He was an aide to Vice President Mike Pence back when Pence was a congressman and chair of the Republican Conference. He also was an aide to Sen. Tim Scott, a Black Republican

from South Carolina who has evolved as the face of Black GOP thought in Washington. Trump did Blacks a disservice with Omarosa. Smith is much more qualified than she was. A Black millennial, Smith grew up in a single-parent household in Cleveland. He came to Washington to earn an undergraduate degree in finance from Howard University before earning a master’s degree in divinity from Howard.

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By Askia Muhammad

John McCain, a True American Hero — Just Not My Hero

After a brave 14 month battle with brain cancer, American patriot, and yes hero, John S. McCain III joined his ancestors Aug. 25. Arizona’s senior U.S. senator was at his ranch, surrounded by his loving family, after deciding two days earlier to end the extraordinary medical treatments that were keeping him alive. McCain was a brave man, a naval officer. His father and grandfather before him were also

proud U.S. Naval officers, admirals in fact. He lived by their honor code. John Sidney McCain III is a true American hero. There can be no doubt about that. He answered the call to service, to family, to nation, not to vanity, and he lived his 81 years by the honor code. I salute his sincere, selfless sacrifice. But despite his sincerity and decency, I believe history will record that he and those who stand with him, have been and remain in opposition to Divine, universal principles of Freedom, Justice

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and Equality for all: they favor the America First way, especially for White folks. As a captured warrior, McCain bravely refused early release from a prisoner of war camp in North Vietnam until all his fellow prisoners were released. That is true valor. Imagine if George Armstrong Custer and his men had been captured, rather than slaughtered at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Like Custer a century before, McCain was waging an immoral, unjust war against innocent, non-White people. McCain was

a principled man, an honorable man, just unable to see the error of his tribe’s ways. When some of my friends, members of CODEPINK Women for Peace, protested an appearance of warmonger Henry Kissinger before a Senate Committee chaired by McCain, he called the CODEPINKers “lowlife scum.” What else could he do? He had to show common courtesy. He had been a war prisoner for five years during the conflict Kissinger instigated. McCain gets high marks for his extemporaneous, unrehearsed

defense of his presidential opponent Barack Obama during a campaign appearance on Oct. 10, 2008, in Minnesota, when a woman told McCain she “just didn’t trust” Obama and that she believed he’s an Arab. “No ma’am. No ma’am. No he’s not. He’s a decent family man that I just happen to have disagreements with,” McCain said. It’s complex, but that reveals his dilemma, the dilemma of extant, toxic, American xenophobic

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LIFESTYLE LGBTQ Task Force Calls to be Counted in Census By Sarafina Wright WI Contributing Writer The National LGBTQ Task Force and Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris (Calif.) and Tom Carper (Del.) recently introduced the Census Equality Act, legislation that would add sexual orientation and gender identity questions to both the U.S. Census and American Community Survey, ultimately counting the LGBTQ community. “For nearly 30 years, the National LGBTQ Task Force has

worked to ensure LGBTQ people are visible to decision-makers,” said Rea Carey, executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund. “The Census Equality Act marks a significant next step in that advocacy.” Meghan Maury, policy director of the Task Force, said that the bill, which was introduced July 31, is especially important now after the Trump administration demanded that a citizenship question be added to the census. Including a question on citizenship would only serve to low-

er census participation, experts and advocates say. “This administration is trying to depress the count of Black and brown people in the census through the addition of a citizenship question,” Maury said. “This will result in a less accurate census.” “Our Constitution requires a complete and accurate count of the population — that means a census that includes people of color and the LGBTQ community.” The LGBTQ Task Force claimed that the Census Bureau had previously moved forward with testing questions on sexual orientation and gender identity, but the Trump administration stopped it. “The Census Equality Act will put the Census Bureau back on the path it initiated two years ago to count LGBTQ people,” Carey said. She said census results determine how billions in federal funding are spent and how communities are represented in Congress. Advocates use census data to press decision-makers for change

5 Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) seek answers on the omission of LGBT questions from the U.S. Census. /Photos courtesy of the Blade from the public domain

and to enforce critical civil rights protections. Service providers use this data to make sure resources meet community needs. “LGBTQ people need to be counted –– our voices matter. The census impacts our access to public benefits, democratic representation, and the enforcement of our civil rights,” she said. The census is used to direct more than $800 billion in federal funding for programs such

as SNAP, Medicaid, Section 8 housing vouchers and foster care. The task force said since LGBTQ people are more likely to live in poverty, it is critical to steer those dollars to their communities. “We call on members of Congress to support a full, fair, and accurate census by becoming co-sponsors of the Census Equality Act and opposing efforts to add an untested citizenship question to the census,” Carey said. WI

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MCCAIN from Page 9 something noble, an opportunity to serve as stewards of those high ideals at home and to advance them around the world. We saw this country as a place where anything is possible – and citizenship as our patriotic obligation to ensure it forever remains that way.” “Few of us have been tested the way John once was or required to show the kind of courage that he did. But all of us can aspire to the courage to put the greater good above our own. At John’s best, he showed us what that means. And for that, we are all in his debt. Michelle and I send our heartfelt condolences to Cindy and their family.” Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III: “Prince George’s County joins the nation and world in mourning the passing of Senator John McCain – a truly unique American hero who showed us time and time again how to live our lives with purpose, tenacity and character. Throughout his career in public

service, he chose to do the right thing – as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam era to campaign finance reform to taking a stand in support of the Affordable Care Act essentially saving health insurance for millions of Americans. [He] was always optimistic and proud about America and was dedicated to public service, diversity and our nation’s principles of equality, justice and democracy for all. His legacy will forever be a significant part of our nation’s history.” Ben Jealous, former national president/CEO, NAACP: “I am incredibly saddened to hear that Senator John McCain has passed. He embodied true patriotism and will be missed. Thank you for your service, senator.” Editor’s Note: Jealous is currently the Democratic candidate for Maryland’s governor’s race. governor. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan: “Senator John McCain will forever remain one of most val-

iant heroes our country has ever known. He has long stood as a shining example of doing the right thing and standing up for his principles even – and especially – when the going gets tough. I am lucky to count myself among those privileged enough to have known him. All of us join his family and colleagues in taking pride in his legacy of selfless service, grit, and determination. A grateful nation will be forever in his debt.” Rep. Anthony G. Brown (DMD): “Even when he faced unfathomable horrors and hardships, his faith in our country’s common purpose and his commitment to advancing and preserving our nation’s highest ideals never wavered. John McCain was a man of conviction and was never afraid of doing the right thing.” WI

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Estelle to Release Reggae Album, ‘Lover’s Rock,’ in September By Eunice Moseley Special to The Informer

London-born singer Estelle’s double-platinum, Grammy-winning 2008 hit “American Boy” featuring Kanye West made her a star in the U.S. and internationally. Her follow-up album, “All of Me,” was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance. But for her fifth studio album, “Lover’s Rock” (Established 1980, Inc./VP Records), set for release next month, she delved into the genre of reggae, a stylistic departure she said came about organically. “It formed itself,” she said of the new album, her first since 2015’s “True Romance.” “It just happened to be all reggae songs — three years into it. … I’ve always loved reggae music. I’ve always done all genres … different types of music. This is the first time I’ve done one genre.”

“Better,” the first single and video from the “Lover’s Rock” album, also appears on the 25th anniversary edition of VP Records’ popular annual “Reggae Gold” album — the second straight year a song of Estelle’s was chosen for the compilation, following last year’s “Love Like Ours,” a collaboration with Tarrus Riley. These days, Estelle seems to be all about love. “For me it’s what the vibe. I could not do records without being in love,” she pointed out. “I look at my mom and dad [and] the memory of their love. … They were separated for 10 years and came back together. The idea, that your love is your love and will come back to you.” In 2015, Estelle performed on season one of the hit Fox show “Empire,” singing a duet with show star Jussie Smollett which helped carry the show’s soundtrack to #1 on the Bill-

board 200. She also had a cameo in the 2017 blockbuster “Girls Trip” as well as an ongoing voice-over gig as Garnet in “Steven Universe” (Cartoon Network). But her music career is paramount, and her love for all genres of music and her West Indian roots show can be heard throughout “Lovers’ Rock.” “My dad was in a band. He was very popular,” said Estelle, who has worked with such music greats such as Sean Paul and Jerry Wonder. “I’m giving respect to the genre that raised me.” Estelle’s single “Better” reminded her of her parents’ love for each other and that theme is carried throughout the project. “The very first time when I heard it, I got a vision of my mom and dad,” she said. “It’s … original reggae and R&B [from] the ‘80s.” WI

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C.R. Gibbs Reveals Africa’s History of Resistance

Noted Historian Headlines Annual Garvey Day Celebratory Event

WHAT TO DO IF STOPPED BY THE POLICE FOR DUI/DWI Well, you should always remain calm when dealing with the police. This is not the time to assert your manhood or womanhood. That’s not to say you should act like a sheep or you don’t have any rights. You do. The Police Officer will ask you for your driver’s license, registration and insurance. You should always have this information nearby. The police may ask you something like- “Do you know why I stopped you?” In nearly all cases you never want to make an admission. So I would just say “No.” He will then tell you why he stopped you. You don’t have to argue or respond. The less you say the better. Each person stopped by the police has to make a choice about what rights they want to assert and whether he/she wants to deal with the consequences of asserting those rights. A police officer may say he smells alcohol on your breath and want you to take a breathalyzer test and a walk and turn field sobriety test. You don’t have to consent to these tests. You may also refuse to have your vehicle searched. I have complied on 2 occasions and have never been arrested. However, in both cases I knew I was not above the legal limit for blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and had nothing to hide. It’s your choice. However, if you don’t cooperate, it’s almost certain you will be arrested. On the hand, without the breathalyzer and field sobriety tests, the police won’t have any “science” to rely on if you are arrested and charged with a DUI/DWI. Therefore, if and when you challenge the case in a court of law, it will make the Prosecutor’s job a lot harder.

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5 Historian C.R. Gibbs discusses Afdrican colonization. /WI photo

By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins When Marcus Garvey said, “Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!” in the early 20th century, only Ethiopia and Liberia had been independent, though Italy would antagonize the former in the 1930s. Noted historian C.R. Gibbs recently explained the “Scramble for Africa,” a period of colonial takeover between 1881 to 1914, from the perspective of notable African women and men who valiantly fought their European invaders. His morethan-an-hour presentation on Sunday evening also explored the horrors of colonialism, exposing the complicity of widely revered white historical figures in African subjugation. “European conquest was temporary. African civilization has been preeminent,” Gibbs told an audience on Sunday, Aug. 26 at the Thurgood Marshall Center in Northwest during an annual Garvey Day celebration, hosted by the Woodson Banneker Jackson-Bey Division of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), based in the District. During his lecture, Gibbs decried European propaganda that painted colonialism as a series of individual crimes, rather than a deliberate conspiracy rooted in a belief in African inferiority. He

showed documentation, photos, and articles that contextualized the acts of well-known colonizers and liberation fighters. In a repeated display of deceit and violent ethnocentrism, other European nations colonized and divided the rest of Africa among themselves, as agreed upon at the Berlin Conference decades earlier. Guests learned about Shaka Zulu of the Zulu empire in present-day South Africa, Yaa Asantewaa of the Ashanti empire in present-day Ghana, King Jaja, founder of the Opobo nation-state in present-day Nigeria, and the female warriors of Benin who Gibbs likened to the Wakandan army in the “Black Panther” film, among several others. Gibbs also taught the audience about Henry McNeal Turner, onetime bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church who repatriated to Africa in the late 19th century. “We believed in communalism instead of capitalism,” he told audience members, “The African response to [the scramble for Africa] was resistance, accommodation, and assimilation.” However, as Gibbs acknowledged many times throughout the evening, that process would’ve been quicker had it not been for the untold number

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Stay calm and be polite. Do not interfere with or obstruct the police. Do not lie or give false information. Prepare yourself and your loved ones if you are arrested. Remember the details of the encounter. File a written complaint if you feel your rights have been violated.

If I were arrested, I would ask for a lawyer immediately. After an arrest you will be taken into custody. If you initially refused to take a breathalyzer and do a field sobriety test after a stop, at the Police Department the police may again try to get you to take a breathalyzer and do the walk and turn test. You may again decline to do so, and since you are now most likely under arrest, you can ask for a lawyer. In most cases, the less you say the better. While at the police station the Police will process your paperwork and want to interview you. This process will all be recorded. You may decide to go into the interview room. Apart from giving your name, address, date of birth, you can say “no comment” to any other question asked. You may decide to answer all questions put to you in the interview. You have the right to decide whether or not to do a Police Interview and whether or not to speak to police or remain silent. After you are arrested, you can exercise your Fifth Amendment rights. Eventually, you will have to appear before a Judge. If you have a lawyer you can call before you go to court, it would be wise to call him or her. That’s what I’m here for. If you get to court, and you don’t have a lawyer, one will be appointed to you. You don’t have to keep this lawyer if you can afford to retain your own lawyer. If you can afford an attorney, give me a call, I will aggressively represent you and defend your legal rights. Andrellos Mitchell Attorney & Counselor at Law Apex Legal Services 717 D Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20004 202-494-6711 apexlegalcounsel@aol.com • www.apexlegalservices.net Andrellos Mitchell is an experienced litigator with nearly 24 years of practice. He represents D.C. residents in DUI/DWI/OWI cases (Driving Under the Influence/Driving While Intoxicated & Operating While Impaired). Some limitations may apply. The information in this article is the opinion of the author and is not intended to be legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship between the reader and the author, Andrellos Mitchell, Esq. If you have a legal issue and want legal advice, you should contact an experienced attorney.

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LIFESTYLE Emotional Stevie Wonder Expected at MGM National Harbor Motown Legend Still Mourning The Queen of Soul

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer It’s no surprise Stevie Wonder will perform a tribute during Aretha Franklin’s funeral in Detroit this week because he’s … well, he’s Stevie Wonder. The Motown legend has long been a musical statesmen, an ambassador who unfortunately has had to pay posthumous tribute to such great contemporaries as Marvin Gaye, Whitney Houston, Prince and Michael Jackson. This is what Wonder, the 68-year-old megastar who recently married Maryland’s Tomeeka Robyn Bracy, told “CBS This

Morning” after Franklin’s death on Aug. 16. (He appeared after one of his handlers told The Washington Informer that he wouldn’t be available for an interview with Informer Managing Editor D. Kevin McNeir.) “She wasn’t able to speak back, but her family felt that she could hear me, and so I just said all the things that I’ve always said and told her to say hello to my sister — that I lost this year as well,” he said. The “Superstition” singer, who’s easily one of the most prominently figures in the history of music and the winner of an astounding 25 Grammy Awards, said he’d previously discussed making music with

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the Queen of Soul and was devastated by her death. “I thought I cried my last tear,” he said. Though he hasn’t granted interviews to the Black Press, he did provide McNeir with special review tickets to the MGM National Harbor show. Wonder has done as much as anyone in the Black community. A freedom fighter and activist, he spearheaded the successful efforts of making Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a national holiday. Unlike most superstars, Wonder has been able to beat back and even quash potential scandal and his career has survived a 1973

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accident that left him in a coma, three marriages and a very public 2016 claim by a Philadelphia woman and former backup singer that Wonder fathered a child out of wedlock some 49 years prior. In 2002, Wonder’s mother, Lula Hardaway, released the book “Blind Faith: The Miraculous Journey of Lula Hardaway and Her Son, Stevie Wonder” (Simon & Schuster), co-authored by this writer. Although Wonder had worked four years with the writers, he did an about-face as the book was about to hit shelves, resulting in a letter from his lawyers threatening to sue his mother, the writers and publisher. The move scuttled deals with Reader’s Digest, which had purchased serial rights, and a much-anticipated media tour for Hardaway that initially included appearances on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and “Larry King Live.” Wonder never explained to Hardaway, who died in 2006, or to the writers his sudden adversity toward the work, but did force a title change to “Blind Faith: The Miraculous Journey of Lula Hardaway, Stevie Wonder’s Mother.” Without her son, Hardaway would appear on such shows as “Imus in the Morning,” “The Howard Stern Show” and a host of small market radio stations. Still, Wonder has remain unscathed when it comes to public relations — a special feat particularly in the era of gotcha journalism, social media and “fake news.” Every appearance becomes a treat, like the memorable “Carpool Karaoke” singalong with James Corden, who has driven around a who’s who of A-list superstars including Madonna, Paul McCartney, Adele and even Ice Cube.

“Stevie Wonder changed everything. When he did the show, people went, ‘Oh my God!’” Corden told the Australian news site, news. com.au. “Artists follow other artists, actors follow actors, and artists ultimately feel comforted and supported by the people that are around them. When you say to an artist who doesn’t want to do the segment, ‘Well, Stevie Wonder did it. What are you saying?’ Then they’ll go, ‘Oh, God. If it’s good enough for him, I’ll do it!’” When he appears this week for two shows at MGM National Harbor, fans will again be treated to something memorable: sheer genius. Wonder’s staying power and ability to remain relevant counts nothing short of spectacular. His music continues as timeless — “Signed, Sealed Delivered,” “I Wish,” My Cherie Amor,” “Sir Duke,” “Superstition” and the list goes on. “I saw [Wonder] at [Capital One Arena] a few years ago and I thought, well, you’re going to see and hear the same stuff that you saw and heard a decade ago, two decades ago,” Renee Crenshaw of Southeast told The Informer in 2015 after attending the D.C. concert. “But after the show, it was like a brand new experience and he, believe it or not, keeps getting better, if that’s possible for Stevie Wonder.” Based on his unmatched track record, it’s likely MGM National Harbor will enjoy two shows of unprecedented greatness. They will undoubtedly be shows that only the iconic Stevie Wonder can bring. “And it’ll be worth every penny,” Crenshaw said. WI

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Star-Studded Lineup Set for Franklin Service By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

Chaka Khan, Ronald Isley, Fantasia and Yolanda Adams are among those slated to honor late icon Aretha Franklin at the Aug. 31 service in Detroit, according to Billboard magazine. The Queen of Soul’s life will be celebrated in song Friday at a funeral in her native Detroit that will feature performances from 19 different acts, including Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, Faith Hill, The Four Tops and others. According to the full list of expected performers published by the Detroit Free Press, Franklin’s celebration takes place at the Greater Grace Temple on Detroit’s west side by nearly two dozen pop, R&B and gospel singers, including Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar, the Clark Sisters and Jennifer Holiday, with Greater Grace’s Bishop Charles H. Ellis III officiating the service along with the Rev. Robert Smith Jr. of Detroit’s New Bethel Baptist Church. The eulogy for the late music superstar, who died Aug. 16 fol-

lowing a battle with pancreatic cancer, will be delivered by the Rev. Jasper Williams Jr. of Atlanta’s Salem Baptist Church. While private, some public seating might become available for the funeral, according to reports. Other performers slated to participate include Tasha Cobbs-Leonard, Marvin Sapp, The Williams Brothers, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Audrey McAllister Tillman, Edward Franklin, the Aretha Franklin Orchestra and the Aretha Franklin Celebration Choir, Billboard reported. Franklin will lie in state at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American history between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28 and Wednesday, Aug. 29. The museum is located at 315 E. Warren Street in Detroit. The private funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday. The “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” singer and civil rights icon, who became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, will then be buried near Rosa Parks at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit.

“The NNPA profoundly mourns the passing of our beloved Sister Leader Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin,” said NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. “Her creative genius was matched by her steadfast courage as a freedom-fighting singer and leader for civil rights. Black America and all people of goodwill throughout the world will miss her but never forgotten. … Long live the spirit and legacy of Queen Aretha Franklin.” NNPA Chairman Dorothy Leavell added, “As chairman of NNPA, I send a message of sadness and respect for our beloved Queen whose music genius permeated and resounded around the world.” America has no royalty but the nation does have a chance to earn something more enduring, former President Barack Obama said.

“For more than six decades since, every time she sang, we were all graced with a glimpse of the divine,” he said. “Through her compositions and unmatched musicianship, Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade — our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hardwon respect. She helped us feel more connected to each other, more hopeful, more human. And sometimes she helped us just forget about everything else and dance. “Aretha may have passed on to a better place, but the gift of her Washington Informer music remains to inspire us all,” Obama said. “May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace. Michelle and I send our prayers and warmest sympathies to her family 5 A long list of top acts will pay tribute 5.65”by her song.” to Aretha Franklin. /Courtesy of Wikiand all those moved WI media Commons

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PRISON from Page 17 Organizing Committee (IWOC), the Fire Inside Collective, Millions for Prisoners and the Free Alabama Movement. JLS activists began preparing the action in April after the debacle in South Carolina. “We want to note that although there aren’t widespread reports of actions coming out of prisons, people need to understand that the tactics being used in this strike are not always visible,” said Jared Ware during an August 22 press conference call. “Prisoners are boycotting commissaries, they are engaging in hunger strikes which can take days for the state to acknowledge, and they will be engaging in sit-ins and work strikes which are not always reported to the outside. As we saw in 2016, Departments of Corrections are not reliable sources of information for these actions and will deny them and seek to repress those who are engaged in them.” “We have spoken with family members who have suggested that cell phone lines may be being jammed at multiple prisons in South Carolina, and New Mexico had a statewide lockdown yesterday. The departments of corrections in this country are working overtime to try and prevent strike action and to try and prevent word from getting out about actions that are taking place.” Mr. Ware, a freelance journalist who was asked to be part of the team that coordinated with the press, said inmates organized nationally and carefully crafted the demands, strategically whittling them down from 35 to 10. The decision to strike, he said, was prompted by the violence in South Carolina, an understanding of how the state contributes to the violence and the changes necessary to prevent a repetition of the violence. “This is a human rights campaign and each of these demands should be understood through a human rights lens,” inmate representatives said. Dr. Kim Wilson, a prison abolitionist, said several factors, including racism and the desire to maximize profits from cheap labor, drive the multi-billion-dollar prison industrial complex. “Exploitation of prison labor is at heart of this strike,” said Wilson, a California resident and mother of two sons who are serving life sentences at Vaughn Correctional Facility in Delaware. “Some people are making zero.

I don’t want people to get the idea that this it’s an at-will job. It isn’t a system where people have choice to work. And nearer to the release date, you are expected and required to work.” “At the largest wildfire in Mendocino County, thousands of inmates are fighting the fires. The reason is to save property. Prison officials try to sell the idea of this being rehabilitative but that’s not true.” Wilson cited examples nationally of other work inmates are forced to do. In Angola Prison in Louisiana — often characterized as perhaps the most brutal prison in the United States — inmates train and breed thoroughbreds and others pick cotton on The Farm. Inmates elsewhere work on pepper and strawberry farms, she said. “You also have prisoners building furniture for schools and universities, sewing Little League team uniforms and making military equipment, like helmets. This is not a small operation,” Wilson said. The prison system, she contends, must be dismantled but until then, prison officials and the larger society must confront and address societal issues that cause black and brown people to end up behind bars. “As a prison abolitionist, I see prisons as part and parcel of [the] problem,” she said. “I don’t know how [the guards] sleep at night. Those individual people are part of a larger system. I’m more concerned with the system as a whole. We want an end to the physical places we call prisons and conditions that make it possible in our society. But we can’t do this without addressing underlying issues such as capitalism, gender violence, ableism all of which are deeply implicated in the broader prison system.” Thompson agreed. “What cannot be understated or ignored is the fact that this is created and driven by racism,” she said. “Seven point five million Americans are in the system. Most would not be here if they were the children of white lawyers, doctors and politicians. People turn a deaf ear to reform because white folks often don’t see Black children as children, and think that black people can absorb more trauma than they can. “Authorities cannot lock up 2.5 million people and have the trauma we have and it go on indefinitely,” Thompson said. “The incarcerated will continue to protest and people will continue to seek release.” WI

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Shamefully, the stories are plentiful, one as shockingly awful as the next. The Catholic Church continues to sit at the center of a most sinister scandal in which, for almost a century, priests have molested young parishioners. A Pennsylvania grand jury report released last week revealed that more than 1,000 children had been abused since the 1940s by priests in the Roman Catholic Church. State Attorney General Josh Shapiro released the report that identified more than 300 Roman Catholic priests who committed acts ranging from groping and masturbation to anal, oral and vaginal rape.

Reportedly, in the District, survivor hotlines are being inundated with calls from new victims of priest sexual abuse. And now thousands are calling for the archbishop of Washington’s resignation. This follows the Pennsylvania report which named more than 300 so-called “predator priests” and criticized the archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, for allegedly covering up their offenses during his service in Pittsburgh. Now, thousands are calling for his resignation online. “We’ve been getting calls from new survivors who saw their perpetrators name in the report as well as just survivors who are reading the report and feeling sad and feeling like they need to talk with someone,” Becky Ianni, who leads the

local chapter of Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests, told WTOP. A survivor of clergy abuse herself, Ianni said the Pennsylvania grand jury’s report shows the church cannot be trusted to protect children. She cited specific cases where Wuerl is named in the report that alleges he covered up known offenders. “It leaves a lot of confusion,” she said. “There’s a lot of distrust now. There’s a lot of anger especially here in the Washington, D.C., area, a lot of people want Cardinal Wuerl to step down.” As of last week, more than 32,000 people had signed a Change.org petition calling for Wuerl’s removal. “We feel that the pope should demand that he should step down. I’m tired of the pope accepting resignations and not really stating why.

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Cardinal Wuerl has put innocent children in harm’s way so he needs to step down,” Ianni said. Attempts to reach the archbishop for a comment regarding the public calls for his resignation have not been successful. The Pennsylvania grand jury was convened by Shapiro’s office in 2016 for the purpose of reviewing cases involving the Allentown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Scranton dioceses. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia issued its own statement upon the release of the grand jury’s findings: “The Attorney General’s investigation and subsequent grand jury report involving six Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania has been broad and the content has been difficult to read. The material is painful for everyone, most especially survivors of sexual abuse and their loved ones. We deeply regret their pain and remain focused on a path toward healing. It is important to note that the archdiocese was not subject to the grand jury investigation and is not part of this report. However, that fact in no way eases our responsibility and longstanding efforts to ensure the safety of children and families in our Church environments.” The response from Philadelphia did not address two grand jury reports from 2005 and 2011 that found more than 60 priests in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia abused dozens of victims. Reportedly, many had ties to Delaware County. “So when I hear that Philadelphia isn’t taking responsibility for this finding, it sickens me because they are guilty, too,” said Eileen, who noted that both a son and daughter of hers were victims. “I had to live through it twice. Two times I had to find out the unthinkable and each was just as painful as the other and my faith in the church was damaged each time.”

Time magazine reported that the Vatican expressed “shame and sorrow” about the scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report about clergy who raped and molested children in six dioceses and decried the abuse as “criminally and morally reprehensible.” In uncharacteristically strong language for the Holy See even in matters like the long-running abuse scandals staining the U.S. church, Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said that victims should know “the pope is on their side.” Pope Francis did not issue a comment for the statement. Tim Lennon, president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, applauded Shapiro, his staff and officials in Pennsylvania where grand juries were used to shine light on what he said were long-hidden church secrets. “We also believe that more can and should be done by law enforcement at the county level to go after these wrongdoers,” Lennon said. “With thousands of police, prosecutors and victims in Pennsylvania, we find it very hard to believe that not a single complicit current or former church official who concealed child sex crimes can now be charged with obstruction, fraud, perjury, destroying evidence, intimidating witnesses, endangering children, or similar offenses. “Remember: Al Capone was nailed for income tax evasion,” he said. “And prosecutors in recent years have developed new techniques for going after gangs and white-collar crimes.” SNAP has renewed its call for legislators to help deter crimes and cover-ups by enacting a civil “window” that will enable victims to expose molesters and their allies in court. “This is the single most effective step Pennsylvania politicians can take to make an immediate difference in this crisis,” Lennon said. WI

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Bill Cosby isn’t giving up his fight to clear his name, and while the comedian awaits his Sept. 24 sentencing for a sexual assault conviction, supporters have launched an online petition seeking 1,000 signatures to help spur an investigation into Montgomery County (Pa.) District Attorney Kevin Steele and Judge Steven O’Neill. The petitioners cite the Sixth Amendment which states, in part, that individuals have a right to confront the witnesses against him and to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. “We wanted to organize and galvanize people because many of us who followed the trial or actually attended the trial, like I did, were very troubled with how everything went down,” said Nicole Lawrence, who started the petition. Lawrence seeks 1,000 signatures and, to date, she’s already gathered more than one-third of that total. “It seemed as though Mr. Cosby

didn’t have a chance in hell with this prosecution and judge along with mainstream media who purposely did not check the backgrounds of [Cosby’s accusers],” Lawrence said, echoing the sentiment previously expressed by Cosby’s wife, Camille, who in 2015 cautioned the media to do just that. Lawrence has taken up the call and she’s started a group called the “Bill Cosby is Innocent” campaign on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram in an effort she hopes will expose what really happened at trial. In April, a jury found Cosby guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for a 2004 or 2003 incident between he and former Temple University employee Andrea Constand. On the witness stand and in police statements, Constand flipflopped repeatedly as to the type of relationship she had with the now 81-year-old comedian, who faces 10 years in prison for each of the three counts. At one point, Constand told an investigator that she had never been alone with Cosby at his home ex-

cept for that fateful night, which no one seems to remember exactly when it occurred. During other testimony, she said she had been alone several times. While at first denying whether there had been any intimate contact such as kissing, Constand later admitted that there was. Cosby’s team contends that if the star was going to drug her as had been charged, then why is it that he never attempted to have sexual intercourse. “He’s going to jail because she put her hands on his penis and he put his hands in her pants,” said Alice Durkin, a courtroom observer. “He’s going to jail for foreplay. This is unreal and yet America has turned their backs on this man who had consensual foreplay and is going to prison because the prosecutor and the judge are caught up in this #MeToo stuff and, I believe, because Andrea Constand is white,” Durkin said. Louisiana attorney Gavin Richard of the law office of Gavin M. Richard, LLC, which had no role in the case, has sent a letter to the state

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disciplinary board to protest Cosby’s verdicts and what he believes is misconduct on the part of both Steele and O’Neill. He also lashed out at mainstream media. “I was greatly disturbed by the coverage by mainstream media, which clearly pushed for a guilty verdict,” Richard said. “Media should be impartial, as should our judicial proceedings. I felt that the media had a prejudicial effect on the trial. “The judge allowed several witnesses to testify whose accusations were beyond 30 years,” he said of O’Neill’s decision to allow five other women to testify against Cosby. Those women, whose stories had long been either discredited or had never been alleged before law enforcement or a courtroom, testified about incidents they claimed occurred as far back as 1981. During Cosby’s first trial, which ended in a mistrial, O’Neill only allowed one other accuser to testify. Inexplicably, he reversed himself for the second trial, which resulted in guilty verdicts. “Mr. Cosby was neither charged nor convicted in regards to those

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ARIES The focus continues on your sector of career and ambition, and there is good news this week because stirring Mars, your personal planet, turns direct in this zone. This, along with chatty Mercury in your creativity sector, hints that things could soon be a lot easier. In addition, with sobering Saturn turning direct in early September, this most difficult period of many retrogrades is nearly over. You can soon begin to make the kind of progress you’ve been dreaming about for some time. Lucky Numbers: 41, 47, 58

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TAURUS Dynamic Mars forges ahead as of Monday, so any frustrations you’ve experienced in this regard can now begin to ease. The same goes for any problems with studies or lawsuits. And while you might need to be patient for a little longer, the fact that prudent Saturn will turn direct next week can bring you even closer to more positive experiences. Lucky Numbers: 31, 43, 54

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GEMINI With lively Mercury now moving forward in your communication sector and feisty Mars turning direct on Monday in your zone of shared assets, things are gradually beginning to look livelier. While it could still take a few weeks before you’re back in the flow, there is more good news. Prudent Saturn turns direct next week, and this major player will certainly help you be more productive once it gets back into its stride. Lucky Numbers: 18, 35, 40

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CANCER If certain relationships seem to have been more of a pain than a pleasure over past weeks and months, things might be about to change. As courageous Mars moves forward in your relationship zone on Monday, you might be more inclined to make a stand. If you’re tired of people putting pressure on you, it won’t hurt to say no and mean it. And from this week on, you might find it easier to do exactly that. Lucky Numbers: 4, 9, 15

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LEO It wouldn’t be surprising if you felt quite tired and even drained at times. This might be due to having sobering Saturn and powerful Pluto retrograde in your lifestyle and wellness sector. However, with feisty Mars in this same zone turning direct on Monday, a spark could be ignited this week. You might grow tired of handling so much responsibility by yourself and determine to delegate some of it to others, or at least cut down your workload. Lucky Numbers: 20, 21, 24

Your allowance was never enough, as a kid. Oh, sure, it bought you what you needed but what you wanted, well, you had to figure that out yourself. A dime here, a dollar there, little chores-for-pay, tasks for Grandma and you made it work. And as you’ll see in the new book, “Gigged” by Sarah Kessler, some things never change. Back in 2011, when she was a reporter for a tech blog, Sarah Kessler became aware of a new start-up that utilized nontraditional workers in nontraditional ways. It was called Uber, and its business concept seemed unusual; having grown up in rural Wisconsin, Kessler had no frame of reference, and she paid it little heed. Eventually, though, she began to see that the model Uber was using — modified in so many ways — was being used for a lot of start-ups and could, potentially, benefit a lot of people. Was this gig economy really the way of the future? It had been around awhile: in the early 1970s, Kelly Girls were available for temp work; becoming a Kelly Girl was advertised as a way to pay for life’s extras. But, no surprise, research showed then — as it does now — that temp working and gig economy jobs are taken more as a way to make ends meet. Intrigued, Kessler began following a few people who paid the bills with a string of nontraditional jobs they took for a variety of reasons. She followed an African-American man who tried to bring the gig economy to his impoverished and not-so-mobile town. Other profiles were of the young and tech-savvy (or learning). Their backgrounds varied, as did their races; in other words, they fit in with the average gig worker, the numbers of which “grew 47-fold between 2012 and 2015.” While gig-working did indeed pay the bills for Kessler’s subjects, she also learned that it was not all good. Yes, there was “independence, flexibility and freedom” but at what price? For workers, it offered often-low pay, few-to-no benefits, and no safety net. For employers, it saved money, but the hassles were daunting and “churn” could churn one’s stomach … So is this “what the future might look like,” as author Sarah Kessler says? In “Gigged,” she offers some tantalizing clues and more than one caveat. For anyone who’s stuffed envelopes for pennies, or wondered if there’s real cash to be made gigging, this book sets it straight: Kessler’s subjects made money but it was hard, hard work and none of them are still gig-economy workers. Recommendations are sparse. That says a lot. For business owners, it’s more complicated: temp workers and small tasks seem to go hand in hand, but Kessler outlines many laws and rules that might make your head rotate like a spin mop. And, as it appears, further legislation is coming … Readers would be correct in assuming that we haven’t heard the final word on this subject. Change occurs frequently. In the meantime, “Gigged” is interesting, informative, and timely — and until the dust has settled, that’ll have to be enough. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

VIRGO If aspects of your creative or romantic life have seemed stuck lately, things might be about to change for you. Courageous Mars turns direct in your leisure zone on Monday, and this could set off a chain reaction. As it begins to move forward, you might find that whatever held you back becomes less and less of a problem. Lucky Numbers: 2, 4, 37 LIBRA Sweet Venus encourages you to respond to others in a very personal and heartfelt way. Therefore, this can be an excellent time to reach out and heal any unresolved differences or simply make a new friend. If you’ve experienced difficulties on the home front, things can begin to shift to the positive as focused Mars turns direct on Monday. It might take a week or so for delays to give way to progress, but the time is ripe for finding solutions and starting new projects. Lucky Numbers: 5, 32, 33 SCORPIO You could begin to feel less restless and more focused. It forges ahead in your communication sector, where sobering Saturn and transformative Pluto continue retrograde. The good news is that cautious Saturn pushes forward next week, and this can really kick-start the positive changes you’ve been hoping to see. For now, though, motivational Mars encourages you to come to grips with any misunderstandings, sort out clutter, and prepare the runway for takeoff. Lucky Numbers: 13, 21, 49 SAGITTARIUS Since inquisitive Mercury turned direct in your sector of business and shared assets last week, you might have noticed that those in positions of authority at the bank and elsewhere seem willing to give you more leeway. This positive process continues this week and next week. Proactive Mars turns direct in your personal money zone, and because it’s in the last few degrees of the sector, this is very much a time to tie up any loose ends. You likely know what you need to do, so this is your chance to get on with it. Lucky Numbers: 23, 29, 39 CAPRICORN If it has seemed like you’ve been slogging through mud over past weeks and months, this phase is now coming to an end. Although it can take Mars a little while to get into its forward stride, you’ll soon feel more motivated to finish tasks and projects that have been sitting untouched for some time. Lucky Numbers: 13, 15, 50 AQUARIUS You might get insights into the root cause of a current problem. Furthermore, with action-oriented Mars now turning direct in this same secluded zone, you could feel much more motivated to do something about it. The presence of intuitive Uranus and its influence on sobering Saturn can help to break up complex situations that have been a sticking point for some time. Stay alert to flashes of inspiration because they can be the key that opens the door to a bigger, more spacious future. Lucky Numbers: 12, 18, 28 PISCES The desire to get away from it all and forget about your responsibilities could be distracting this week. While there is no problem with taking a well-earned break and doing something exciting, someone might not appreciate you doing so. No matter how strong the yearning, getting those key tasks out of the way first means that you’ll be able to enjoy yourself much more. Lucky Numbers: 16, 24, 52

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5Washington Redskins quarterback Colt McCoy scrambles for a first down while being pursued by Denver Broncos defensive end Shelby Harris during the Broncos’ 29-17 win at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Friday, Aug. 24. /Photo by John E. De Freitas 3Washington Redskins running back Adrian Peterson attempts to shed Denver Broncos tacklers during the Broncos’ 29-17 win at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Friday, Aug. 24. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

5Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith is tackled by a Denver Broncos defender during the Broncos’ 29-17 win at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Friday, Aug. 24. /Photo by John E. De Freitas 4Washington Redskins safety Montae Nicholson tackles Denver Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay during the Broncos’ 29-17 win at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Friday, Aug. 24. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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SPORTS Mystics Advance to WNBA Semifinals 3Washington Mystics guard Ariel Atkins drives past Los Angeles Sparks guard Chelsea Gray during the Mystics’ 96-64 win at the Charles E. Smith Center in Northwest on Thursday, Aug. 23. /Photo by John E. De Freitas 6Washington Mystics forward Aerial Powers and Los Angeles Sparks guard Riquna Williams face off in a jump-ball during the Mystics’ 96-64 win at the Charles E. Smith Center in Northwest on Thursday, Aug. 23. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

5Washington Mystics guard Kristi Toliver drives to the basket against Los Angeles Sparks guard Riquna Williams (2) and forward Candace Parker during the Mystics’ 96-64 win at the Charles E. Smith Center in Northwest on Thursday, Aug. 23. /Photo by John E. De Freitas 4Los Angeles Sparks forward Essence Carson takes on Washington Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne during the Mystics’ 96-64 win in the quarterfinal round of the WNBA playoffs at the Charles E. Smith Center in Northwest on Thursday, Aug. 23. The Mystics advanced to the best-of-five semifinal round to face the Atlanta Dream. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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Local Christian and Muslims groups gathered Sunday, Aug. 26 in Southeast at America’s Islamic Heritage Museum to mark the second annual National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The event is an interfaith collaboration that brings together faith communities together to counter stigmas and provide safe spaces for those who are living with HIV. The barbecue-style cookout provided free HIV testing in a vehicle provided by Sasha Bruce, pamphlets on STD prevention and free condoms to those in attendance. Khadijah Abdullah, founder and executive director of RAHMA, the coordinating organization, began the annual event to reach out to Muslims with HIV and expanded to reach out to various faiths. Islamic Relief and the District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR) were the sponsors for the event. On its website, RAHMA — Arabic for “mercy” — says its mission is to address HIV/AIDS in faith communities through education, advocacy and empow-

of Africans who shed blood to protect their families and communities. “We don’t have to talk about King Arthur and Camelot,” he said. “There are actual descriptions of battle [involving] the Ashanti, magnanimous in battle and regal in deed. The battles continued [and] we knew these things happened. There were African Americans who were concerned about the scramble.” Gibbs headlined an annual Marcus Garvey celebrated that included a selection by songstress Foluke, words of wisdom from former UNIA president-general Senghor Baye, a bevy of African cultural traditions, vendors of jewelry, fragrances, fabrics and cultural memorabilia, and vegan cuisine from Senbeb Cafe in Northwest. UNIA leaders also made an appeal for new members, touting the association as the Black people’s global government throughout the evening. Upon entering the Thurgood Marshall Center’s main audi-

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5Physician Mary Degezia answers questions about HIV testing and STD prevention during the second annual National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day at America’s Islamic Heritage Museum in Southeast on Aug. 26. /Sheena Foster

erment. According to the D.C. Department of Health, the highest rates of D.C. residents with HIV are in Ward 8. But the faith community has at times been a barrier to HIV/ AIDS prevention, with some churches shunning awareness campaigns. Physician Mary Degezia, who was at the main table to assist people with getting tested Sunday, said that she tried to reach out to a church with brochures to educate the older population about HIV and was declined. A representative for the church told her they do not have this problem with their congregants.

To counter such resistance, Abdullah coordinates safe spaces for people of different faiths to come together to discuss HIV/ AIDS. In some circumstances, people cannot afford to travel to different parts of the city where these opportunities are taking place. Abdullah also encourages faith communities to set up their own HIV ministry to educate their congregants and have testing available at their health fairs. “If you are going to serve, you have to go to the people,” Abdullah said. WI

torium, guests saw the flags of Jamaica, Liberia, the Solomonic Dynasty of Ethiopia and the Pan-African world hanging from the ceiling. An altar in the right corner of the room had candles, wooden carvings and photos of UNIA members and deceased historical figures, among other materials. Various photos and drawings of Garvey stood on easels throughout the space, along with a large poster of former Rep. Charles Rangel’s image asking for support of legislation for Garvey’s pardon. The Aug. 26 gathering, which celebrated the 131st anniversary of Garvey’s birth nine days earlier, took place days after three Woodson Banneker Jackson-Bey Division members returned from the UNIA’s annual convention in Jamaica, a gathering of association members from around the world. The Marcus Garvey celebration was among a host of UNIA events this year, including a book fair at Roots Public Charter School in Northwest. Laureen Butler, a local UNIA

official, tied Sunday’s event to the current collective condition of Black people. “We’re still dealing with the same issues,” said Butler, lady president-general of the Woodson Banneker Jackson-Bey division of the UNIA and key event organizer. “Studying it and going to Jamaica helped me see that it’s happening [all over] in D.C., Chicago, Detroit, and Jamaica. [Senghor Baye] was on point when he said we need to unify and improve. We’re not doing something right. One [thing] is believing the hype of what they have.” Butler, a former educator, lauded Gibbs for his contribution to Pan-African culture as a historian and bearer of much good news. “C.R. Gibbs knows African-American and African history better than most people I’ve met, not to take anything away from Dr. Ben and the other greats,” Butler said. “We need to start looking to Africa more. That’s what Garvey was saying.” WI

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Dousing the Flames of the Diabetes Epidemic, Pt. 6

with Lyndia Grant My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. — Hosea 4:6 For the past few weeks, I have shared the story of my family’s struggle with Type 2 diabetes in a series titled “Dousing the Flames of the Diabetes Epidemic.” New to my family, we all suffered the great loss of our mother, Fannie Estelle Hill Grant, in such a horrific manner. Mother lost both legs and was extremely sad and depressed! Who wouldn’t be? Mother had kidney dialysis; high blood pressure and seven strokes. She was only 61 when she had her first major stroke, which resulted in paralysis, and only lived 12 years after her diagnosis. Let me conclude this series with an exchange between Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and a caller during a C-SPAN interview in 2014. The caller said: “My mother had triggered diabetes. I don’t recall what type it was. I have a brother and sister that are 10 Mt. Zion Baptist Church Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.) Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold”

years older than I am. They both take insulin shots and have had difficulties with this disease. Here I am so far in my life, I’ve been disease-free of sugar diabetes. This genetic makeup – if they have the gene and I don’t, I would like to know why I succeeded in life without becoming a victim of that.” Rodgers answered, “Our genetic makeup says a lot about what we are likely to become. You may or may not have the same risk because we have two parents and you inherit half of your genes from one parent and half from the other. It could be that susceptibility gene, you may have been lucky to not inherit. A lot has to do with our environment, how much we are exposed to, what we eat. “As it turns out, in Type 2 diabetes, our environment begins even earlier,” he continued. “For studies we have funded, both in our NIH Phoenix branch and other sites nationally, determines that our environment begins in utero. A mother who develops Type 2 diabetes or who has diabetes during pregnancy, the infant born to that mother when they have diabetes is more likely to develop diabetes later on in life than an infant born to that same mother who was not affected with just a small diabetes — known as gestational diabetes. There is something in our environment we are trying to understand. That’s another factor to be considered. Of course, if it runs in your family, that does put you at higher risk. It sounds like

you’re doing the right thing and you are being checked periodically to determine whether you have any signs of it.” To conclude, it may not be our fault when it is in our genes, which shows even more why early detection is important. Type 2 diabetes runs in my mother’s family, but it wasn’t discussed very much. They really didn’t understand what they needed to know and share — which is why I’ve taken the bull by the horns. I have promised to tell this story for the rest of my life. Dr. Griffin said a good prescription is, one, get checked early and regularly; two, learn how to eat properly when you discover you are a candidate; and third, exercise and lose weight! When you follow this simple 1-2-3 plan, you will save yourself and your loved ones from experiencing a life filled with pain, unnecessary suffering and regrets! wi Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958 Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

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Mount Olivet Lutheran Church

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

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 a.m. 7 10:00 a.m. Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”

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

Church of Living Waters

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor

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

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor

Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Third Street Church of God

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

Drs. Dennis W. & Christine Y. Wiley Pastors

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Blessed Word of Life Church

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

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

Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher 4275 4th Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20034 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 Service and Times Sunday School 8 – 9 AM Worship Service 9 – 11 AM Tuesday Night Bible Study 6:30 – 8:00 PM Wednesday Daytime Bible Study 11 AM – 12:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: faithdefender@verizon.net

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

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

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

Crusader Baptist Church

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

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

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

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

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

Mount Carmel Baptist Church Reverend Gerald H. Hesson Interim Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10am themcbc.org

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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church

All Nations Baptist Church

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

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

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

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

Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Service 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com

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

St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon

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

Israel Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor

2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office • (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . . 100% Forgiven!

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

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

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

“Where Jesus is the King”

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor

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

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

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

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10: am Holy Communion: First Sunday 10: am Sunday School: 9: am Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: "Faith On The Hill"

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Eastern Community Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

New Commandment Baptist Church

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor

Damion M. Briggs Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rehoboth Baptist Church

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

Salem Baptist Church

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

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

St. Matthews Baptist Church

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

Emmanuel Baptist Church

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

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

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

Christ Embassy DC

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

“Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”

Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class 8:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:00 am Wednesday Service 12:00 pm

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

“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address: admin@pbc712.org

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor

Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor

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

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

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

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

9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288

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

Service and Times Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.

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

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

2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon

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

The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD

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

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Email: sbc@shilohbaptist.org Website: shilohbaptist.org

Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 a.m. Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30 a.m. Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 p.m. Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “

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

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Administration No. 2018 ADM 000869

Administration No. 2017 ADM 854

Virginia Eunice Teasley Decedent

Nellie W. Abner Decedent

Jason DeLoach, Esquire 11414 Livingston Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 Attorney

Donnell H. McNeal, Esq. 1300 Mercantile Lane, Suite 136-F Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 Attorney

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Gina Lewis and Gilbert Teasley, whose addresses are 4003 Kilbourne Drive, Fort Washington, MD 20744 and 3646 Edison Street, Alexandria, VA 22035, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Virginia Eunice Teasley who died on February 16, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/16/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/16/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Latanya Abner, whose address is 15103 Red Cedar Drive, Burtonsville, MD 20866, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Nellie W. Abner who died on June 1, 2012 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/16/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/16/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 8/16/2018 Gina Lewis Gilbert Teasley Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

Administration No. 2018 ADM 854 Lewis Jackson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Toni Lewisa Jackson, whose address is 113 Rhode Island Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lewis Jackson who died on July 17, 2016 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/16/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/16/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 8/16/2018

Date of first publication: 8/16/2018 Latanya Abner Personal Representative

Toni Lewisa Jackson Personal Representative

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Administration Number 2018 ADM 000924 Estate of Delores Lee Matthews

NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Katie Bernice Matthews for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. Admit to probate the will dated April 4, 2001 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of witnesses or otherwise

Date of first publication: 8/16/2018 Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Personal Representative:

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Administration No. 2018 ADM 000879 Shirley M. Spears Hood Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS LaFonda R. Hood Lewis, whose address is 1065 Golden West Way, Lusby, MD 20657, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Shirley M. Spears Hood who died on October 3, 1996 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/23/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/23/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 8/23/2018 LaFonda R. Hood Lewis Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

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Administration No. 2018 ADM 000897

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000926

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000899

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000895

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000903

Merchell G. Reedy Decedent

Melvin L. Bryant Decedent

Lauretta Everetta Dillard aka Lauretta E. Dillard Decedent

James Ernest Wigfall aka James E. Wigfall Decedent

Dorothy E. Flamer Decedent

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

Peggy A. Miller, Esq. 5130 7th Street, NE Washington, DC 20011-2625 Attorney

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Sandra E. Dillard, whose address is 3299 Corcyca Court, Woodbridge, VA 22192, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lauretta Everetta Dillard aka Lauretta E. Dillard who died on December 24, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/23/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/23/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

La Barbara James Wigfall, whose address is 2602 Georgetown Place, Manhattan, Kansas 66502-1751, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James Ernest Wigfall aka James E. Wigfall who died on March 21, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/23/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/23/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Peggy A. Miller Esq. 5130 7th Street, NE Washington, DC 20011-2625 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Vashtie E. Reedy, whose address is 307 Nicholson Street, NE, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Merchell G. Reedy who died on June 26, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/23/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/23/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 8/23/2018 Vashtie E. Reedy Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robert D. Bryant, whose address is 8371 Broderick Circle, Gaithersburg MD, 20877, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Melvin L. Bryant who died on June 8, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/23/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/23/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 8/23/2018 Robert D. Bryant Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Joy Majied, whose address is 705 Oneida Place, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Dorothy E. Flamer who died on June 19, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/23/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/23/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 8/23/2018 Joy Majied Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

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Foreign No. 2018 FEP 107

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000916

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000975

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000917

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000947

Ann T. Patmios aka Ann Terris Patmios Decedent

Clenty Smith Decedent

Devala Mae Ray Decedent

Dorothy Jean Baldwin Decedent

Tas S.G. Coroneos 93 Shadow Creek Way Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Attorney

Tina Smith Nelson 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 Attorney

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

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

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

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

Georgeanne E. Patmios, whose address is 5441 Nebraska Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ann T. Patmios aka Ann Terris Patmios who died on July 16, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Denise Feelings, whose address is 14001 Belle Chasse Blvd., Unit 311, Laurel, MD 20707, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Clenty Smith who died on 8/31/1997 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Cynthia Yelverton, whose address is 2316 Good Hope Rd. SE, Apt 103, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Devala Mae Ray who died on February 23, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Karen Anita Baldwin, whose address is 11103 Brandywine Rd, Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Dorothy Jean Baldwin who died on July 8, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

February 19, 2018 Date of Death Robin Patrese Lewis Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Kim Thompson, whose address is 3350 Toledo Terr. Apt 224, Hyattsville, MD 20782 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Robin Patrese Lewis, deceased, by the Orphans,/Register of Wills Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on July 31, 2018. Service of process may be made upon Tomika Ford, 5542 B Street SE, Washington, DC 20019 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate. 4674 A Street SE, Washington, DC 20019, 526 Madison Street NW, Washington, DC 20011 and 4843 Bass Place SE, Washington, DC 20019. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: 8/23/2018

Date of first publication: 8/30/2018 Georgeanne E. Patmios Personal Representative

Date of first publication: 8/30/2018

Date of first publication: 8/30/2018

Cynthia Yelverton Personal Representative

Denise Feelings Personal Representative

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

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

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

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

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000948

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000928

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000921

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000974

Ida Hanson Decedent

Jean C. Dennis Decedent

Alice Marie Stewart Decedent

Lillie Mae Cooper Decedent

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

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

Robert P. Newman, Esq. 801 Wayne Avenue Suite 400 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney

Tina Smith Nelson 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 Attorney

Tesa Hanson, whose address is 5576 Haras Place, Fort Washington, MD 20744, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ida Hanson who died on June 8, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Carol Dennis Betts, whose address is 3016 Nash Place SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jean C. Dennis who died on June 26, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 8/30/2018 Tesa Hanson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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Date of first publication: 8/30/2018 Carol Dennis Betts Personal Representative

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Joanne Carter and Donna Young, whose addresses are 8131 Fenwick Ct., Laurel, MD 20707, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Alice Marie Stewart who died on June 6, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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CALL FOR AFTER DISCOVERED WILL Contact Ms. Lois Davis of 1512 Ridge Place S.E. Washington DC 20020 for any after discovered wills for Ms. Margarine Williams who died on September 22, 2013

Clennetta L. Smith, whose address is 112 V Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lillie Mae Cooper who died on June 14, 2003 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 2/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 8/30/2018 Clennetta L. Smith Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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ing. “We’re giving them a badge and a gun tomorrow, the right to take someone’s liberty, ultimately the right to take someone’s life if it calls for it, and they have not demonstrated they can meet [basic] constitutional and legal standards,” Sgt. Josh Rosenblatt told the Baltimore Sun. Rosenblatt, who is trained as a lawyer, said many of them failed to understand the most basic tenets of being a cop. “Don’t illegally arrest people. Don’t illegally search people. These are not high standards.” But even with better recruitment and proper training and even better pay, police will revert to the same unacceptable behavior as along as a culture exists in which they feel their first allegiance is to fellow cops and not the people they are paid to “protect and serve.” Police and their conduct are defined by the public officials we elect to oversee them. As we approach the midterm elections in November, we must to send a clear message to candidates that unless they stand for an end to police misconduct and the seemingly endless stream of cop violating citizens’ rights, they won’t get or vote. WI

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did what other Baltimore cops had done, including hiss previous harassment and arrest of McGrier. This time it was caught on camera. Additionally, departments too often do a poor job of screening out applicants, allowing in men and women who have already been proven to be bad cops in other departments. Such was the case of the officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland and the former St. Louis cop who without justification ruined the life of Fred Watson in Ferguson under the color of law. Or they give a badge and a gun to people who never should be cops. In New Orleans, police hired a woman onto the force — despite her failure on psychological exams and strong objections from the department’s psychiatrist — who would later murder a fellow officer and two residents in a robbery. Additionally, the training they need is lacking. In Baltimore, for example, the department’s own head of legal instruction at the police academy’s earlier this year said a third of the men and women heading to the streets lacked a basic understanding of the laws governing constitutional polic-

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mittee (PAC), they would have $16,900,000 per year available for political contribution for candidates running for school board, city council, mayor, state representative, state senate, U.S. representative, U.S. Senate and U.S. president. The average NFL player makes over $2 million per year, so $10,000 is nothing, if players truly want to make a difference in society. They could use this money to support candidates who share their worldview and thereby make laws that support their view of the world. This would be a lot more substantive than simply kneeling and angering half the country. WI

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when you bring such controversy to the stadium, to the field, to the game, it takes away. It takes away from that, it takes away from the joy and the love that football brings a lot of people.” Prescott continued: “For me, I’m all about making a change and making a difference, and I think this whole kneeling and all of that was just about raising awareness and the fact that we’re still talking about social injustice years later, I think we’ve gotten to that point. I think we’ve proved, we know the social injustice, I’m up for taking the next step, whatever the next step may be, for action and not just kneeling. I’ve

always believed standing up for what I believe in, and that’s what I’m going to continue to do.” Prescott’s statement is one of the most concise, intelligent and well-thought-out positions I have seen on this issue, notwithstanding the sentiments of the likes of Stephen A. Smith. I totally disagree with everything Smith has to say on this issue in regard to Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, and Prescott. Jones and Prescott are in agreement on not using the football field as a vehicle for the players’ protests. There are 1,696 players in the NFL. If each player were to give $10,000 annually to a nonpartisan political action com-

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mobilizing of thousands of activists to make change in their communities. I AM 2018 is about political engagement. Over the next several weeks we will connect the Memphis story to today’s challenges, asking people to answer the call to action: by organizing not just in the streets but also online, by voting in the upcoming elections, and by holding elected officials accountable after that. Through I AM 2018, we must put Dr. King’s dream on the ballot in November and on the nation’s agenda in the months and years to follow. WI

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can war hero? On Oct. 26, 1967, McCain’s Skyhawk jet was shot down over North Vietnam by a barrage of surface-to-air missiles. He ejected from the plane, but suffered serious injuries, breaking both arms and his right leg. He spent the next five-and-ahalf years as a prisoner of war, tortured almost every day while in captivity. The fact that he was shot down and captured only diminished him in the eyes of one individual, the current commander in chief, who successfully avoided military service during Vietnam with a mysterious heel spur. To the rest of Americans, though, he was and will always remain an American hero. McCain went on to become chair-

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World Record for securing the Longest Knotted Rope Chain, achieved in five minutes. He earned 36 merit badges making him eligible for the Silver Eagle Palm, the highest degree of the Eagle Scout rank, earning 15 badges above and beyond the rank of Eagle, also earning membership in the Order of the Arrow. For his Eagle Scout project, Giles planned, designed and supervised the construction of three weather stations subsequently donated to Stoddert Elementary School in Northwest in Ward 3 because he wanted them to “think creatively about weather and science .” “Trust the process,” Giles advised when describing his scouting years. Bowie resident Ian Groom

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man of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. However, what will always stand out to me was his 2008 defense of Barack Obama from a racist supporter. At the time, in addition to being a fellow American, Obama was also a Senate colleague and political opponent for the White House. “I cannot trust Obama. I have read about him, and he’s not, um, he’s an Arab,” a woman said during a town hall meeting in Lakeville, Minnesota. The senator grabbed the microphone and cut the woman off, saying, “No, ma’am. He’s a decent family man and citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that’s what the campaign’s all about. He’s not Arab.”

McCain’s response was met with boos from the audience and no doubt, he lost votes that evening. But that did not matter to him. Indeed, it is a true testament of his character that he asked George W. Bush and Barack Obama to eulogize him, the two very men who denied him the presidency. McCain’s passing leaves a vacuum of honor, valor and integrity, on frankly, both sides of the political spectrum and especially in the White House. Who among our elected officials will fill his shoes? He only asked to be remembered as “this guy, who served his country. I hope we could add, honorably.” You will be, Senator McCain. “Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.” WI

who have completed their sentences to have a second chance at rejoining their communities and avoiding returning to prison by supporting participation in reentry programs and expanding access to prison work programs. Trump entered the White House having only won 8 per-

cent of the black vote, then antagonized Black Americans with moves like Manigault Newman’s appointment. If you have Omarosa in that role, how serious can you be about our plight and issues? It’s put up or shut up time for the president. WI

from Iraq and then marched in a war to have their way with that little country, they and McCain are on the wrong side of history. It’s difficult for an oppressed subject to honor one of the fallen oppressors, except under duress. When the oppression ends, those who have been liberated may choose whom to honor. No man is a prince to his valet. But compared to the present-day crop of greedy, self-serving, grifters commanding the

national political scene, being in John McCain’s Washington was like taking a breath of fresh air. But sadly though, there can be no peace or victory for those who subscribe to the worn-out “American destiny” trope, neither the McCain version, nor the alt-right version taking hold lately, nor even the DNC version, vainly fighting back. McCain, as well as his major political detractors, are just separate wings of the same bird. WI

graduated from D.C.’s St. John College High School before moving on to Hampton University where he’ll join the lacrosse team with an academic/athletic scholarship firmly under his belt. He says he wants to show that African Americans can play lacrosse at any level just like students from other ethnicities. As a scout, he earned 22 merit badges and chose for his Eagle Scout project, a shoe drive during which he collected 750 gently worn pairs of shoes for the nonprofit group “Sole4Souls,” who distributed them around the world. Scouting, he says, established the standard for his outlook on life. “You have to be able to conduct yourself in a good manner in order to achieve,” Ian said. “That means knowing what you

need in order to thrive in any environment.” Campbell James Wilson entered scouting during the second grade upon the invitation of a neighbor. Now 19, he plans to study physical therapy in college. Like several of his fellow scouts, he gained membership in the Order of the Arrow, choosing for his Eagle Scout project, the construction of a retaining wall built to stem erosion of a garden wall in his community park. Without the retaining wall, the garden would have receded into Sligo Creek which runs through Takoma Park and Silver Spring in Montgomery County. “I learned about working hard and being prepared,” Campbell said. “If you have those two things, you can accomplish anything in life.” WI

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