The Washington Informer - December 19, 2019

Vol. 55, No. 10 • December 19 - 25, 2019

Local Jazz Scene / Page 26

Bills Pushing Pell Grants for Inmates Elicit Positive Reaction

By James Wright WI Staff Writer @jamesdcwrighter

5 Frosty and his friends bring candy canes, stuffed stockings and presents in preparation for Christmas morning.

(John E. DeFreitas/The Washington Informer)

Public Housing Residents Wary of City’s Future Plans

By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins As she enters her sixth year as a public housing resident, Chearie Phelps-El remains resolute in staying in the dwellings she’s come to appreciate, especially since the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) placed her beloved Greenleaf Senior Apartments in Southwest on a list of buildings to be gutted and redeveloped within the next few years.

Phelps-El said anxiety about where

she would live during the redevelopment compelled her to other organizers from the Right to DC campaign in two protests at DCHA headquarters earlier this month. She and her neighbors also attended a meeting where they spoke to DCHA officials and developers involved in the process.

“I live with seniors and people with disabilities who don’t have the time to look for a place. We want to stay in our area,” Phelps-El said as she explained other concerns, such sas the availability of family-sized units in the new building

and whether developers would eliminate the presence of lead in the soil, like what Greenleaf residents read about in a letter last year.

“The people in these 14 properties getting displaced aren’t elite enough [for city officials],” she added.

Many of DCHA public housing properties — estimated at more than 6,000 units — are in the throes of rodent infestation, lead and mold contamination, infrastructural deficiencies and plumbing problems that have elicited tenant com-

PUBLIC HOUSING Page 34

Legislation pending in both chambers of Congress that would reinstate Pell Grant eligibility for inmates has gotten affirmation from District residents familiar with the bill.

On April 9, U.S. Sen. 5 Stuart Anderson got his college Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) education while at Lorton Reformaintroduced the Restoring tory partially through Pell Grants.

Education and Learning (Courtesy of Stuart Anderson) (REAL) Act that would allow inmates to pay for their postsecondary education through the Pell Grant program. In the House, Reps.

Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.), Cedric Richmond (D-La.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and French Hill (R-Ark.) offered companion legislation by the same name.

In reference to the bills, Lee said “to ensure that formerly incarcerated individuals have the tools they need to

PELL GRANTS Page 34

Police Killings a Leading Cause of Death of Black Men: Report

By Trice Edney News Wire/Frederick H. Lowe Police violence is a leading cause of death among young men, especially young Black men, according to a scientific report published recently.

The study, which looked at police use of force, found that Black men are 2.5 times more likely to be killed by police than White men.

“Our models predict that 1 in 1,000 Black men and boys will be killed by police over the life course,” the report said.

The report, titled “Risk of being killed by police use of force in the United States by age, race-ethnicity, and sex,” reported that 1 in every 1,000 Black men can expect to be killed by police. In 2018, police killed 1,018 people, not

POLICE Page 12

Celebrating 55 Years of Service / Serving More Than 50,000 Readers Throughout The Metropolitan Area

Happy Holidays

FROM THE WASHINGTON INFORMER FAMILY!

PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY, THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, TO THE WASHINGTON INFORMER CHARITIES Washington Informer Charities is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that helps children and adults reach their fullest potential through providing opportunities to improve and strengthen their literacy skills. We establish and support programs that improve reading ability, and expand overall access to learning.

Strengthening education, knowledge and the skills of our youth, lead to real opportunities for our children and better outcomes for all of our citizens and the world we live in. Among other initiatives, Washington Informer Charities provides and promotes services that uplift, encourage, and motivate our youth in a positive manner.

DONATE AT: HTTP://WICHARITIES.ORG/

2 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

Around the Region............ 4-11 PG County....................... 12-13 Business............................ 14-15

Redskins Lose to Eagles

National............................ 16-17 International.........................18

Sports / Page 33

Health ............................. 20-21 Education ....................... 22 23 OpEd................................ 25-27

Elimination of Black-White Wealth Gap

Lifestyle..........................28-35 Sports .............................36-37

Business / Page 14

Religion................................. 39

Baltimore-Born Suffragist

FOLLOW US ON

National / Page 16

with most insurance*

10% off your next grocery purchase with any immunization**

*No co-payment unless required by your plan. **Restrictions apply.

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER Aug 13.19_WashingtonInformerAd_9.5x6.1_FLU.indd 1

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 3 9/4/19 2:22 PM

around the region

www.washingtoninformer.com Visit our updated Web site and give us your comments for a chance to win a gift from The Washington Informer Email comments to: rburke@ washingtoninformer.com

COMPILED BY WI EDITOR D. KEVIN MCNEIR AND WILLIAM J. FORD,WI STAFF WRITER

By Tia Carol Jones

law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said.

Ferguson (D-Baltimore City), together who the toDemocratic nominated for Senate had come bring a Caucus Among the programs Marlowpresident, announced formal committeessense with ofa few changes in leadership.

Ferguson chose Sen. Melony uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are Griffith (D-District 25) of (D-District 25) of Upper Marlboro as president pro tem.

Griffith would preside When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, over the Ferguson’s absence and the first woman to hold the position Senate.families Sen. Guy Guzold chamber daughter in told her the father survivors areBlack treated. more rights in forthe victim's zonedaughter (D-Howard County) become the her newown chair of the Budget and Taxation Committee. of her threatened herwould “She's using personal to intervene on behalf of a vic- The new would be Sen. Jim Rosapepe 21),pain whotorepresents of Prince George’s life, vice and chair the life of their child, story, her(D-District own personal tim, a parts domestic violence assess-and Anne counties. had Sen.toPaul of University Park leadfurther the Education, she Arundel knew something be Pinsky push(D-District forward,” 22) Davis-Nickens mentwill unitcontinue coupledtowith Health Committee alongside new vice chair, Sen. Cheryl Kagan (D-Montgomdone.

Out and of Environmental her frustrationAffairs said about Marlow. training for law enforcement Thesehandling two committees could be keysaid factors when the Maryland General Assembly withery lawCounty). enforcement's Davis-Nickens anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protec-convenes of the shedebate decided to who nextsituation, month to legislation to fund $2.8 billion recommendations from the Comreads the Marlow's book public will school tion Act and mandatory counselstartmission the Saving Promise camon Innovation and Excellence also known as for thebatterers.

Kirwan Commission. Sen. Will “get it.” in SheEducation, said she “puts the ing paign.

Smith (D-Montgomery County) gotinchosen movethe upaverage from vice chair to chair of the Judicial Proceedings case such atoway, “If we are ever going to eradi“ItCommittee. seems to beAnother a viciousDemocrat cycle person get it.” She said at theSen.cate fromcan Montgomery County, Jeffdomestic Waldstreicher, would serve as vice violence, we must thatchair. won't turnreplaces my family end Bobby of the Zirkin day, the book will County), look at both sides of resigned. the coin. Another Smith former Sen. (D-Baltimore who recently loose,” Marlow County said. Marlow help people begin to have dia- as Wemajority need to leader addressand both theCraig vic- Zucker Montgomery Democrat, Sen. Nancy J. King, wasa chosen Sen. shared her story withCounty) the audi-would logue domestic violence. tim and the longtime batterer,”lawmakers, Marlow Senate (D-Montgomery leadabout the Democratic Caucus. In honor of two encePresident at the Thomas DistrictV.Heights present at as thepresident event was said.and Sen. Kathy Klausmeier and presMike Miller Also Jr. would serve emeritus Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, ex-vote before Marlow also like to see ident pro tem emeritus.

All appointments must receivethe a final thewould full Senate when the 90-day on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise legislative session begins Jan. 8.

Municipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatCenter of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence.

Heights and the National Hook- 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasUp of Black Women. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilMarlow a book, an organization Parents has and written guardians with student lunch debt inthat helps M athe r y l adren n d about domestic violence,” “Color Butterfly,” which is school a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said.

PrinceMe George’s County public system don’t have Gov. Larry Hostory aboutabout four agenerations of That’s and because their children.

Marlow has worked to break to worry bill anymore.

DARgan announced domestic violence. The book “I lived indebt fearfor for six years. the cycle of abuse in her family, CARS Automotive Group willispay a $25,000 a callSix to invest inspired by her in own yearsdebt in fear is a tolong time. and is confident the policies she every student theexperiences, district. The lunch started $130It is million and those of her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that accrue during the government shutdown earlier this year. over the next her mother and daughter. of,” she asaid.

DARCARS CEOher Jamie Darvish presented big check two years process. to She said every time shenonprofit reads Education Mildredin ExcelMuhammad said prekin“I plan to take these policies to Tuesday, Dec. 17 to the expand excerpts from her book, she still people want to dergarten help a Congress and implore them to lence Foundation for PGCPS at William Hallwho Academy for can not believe the The words cameNutrition domestic violence change our laws,” Marlow said. in Capitol Heights.

School Association of victim 3- must and 4-yearfrom her. “Color Mehighlight Butterfly” be careful ofabout how they old go intochildren.

“I will not stop until these poliArlington, Virginia, in a report this year won the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.”

75 percent of school systems stated they had student A statement Books” Award. that year. she Amay be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached debt at the end of the 2017-18 school survey released Friday, “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net in the report showed the two top responses they want Dec. 13 didn’t say exactly how many children would be my eye first blackened and my “Before you get to 'I'm going Congress to address as part of the federal Child Nutribenefited for the early childhood education plan, but lips bled,” Marlow said. to kill you,' it started as a verbal WI tion Reauthorization are: “reducing administrative burit’s money the Democratic-controlled legislature apElaine Davis-Nickens, presidens and program complexity;” and “increasing federal proved early this year.

Because the money isn’t allocated dent of the National Hook-Up funding for school meal programs.” to certain programs, the governor chose to spend it on of Black Women, said there is no prekindergarten and “concentration of poverty” grants, consistency in the way domestic which would provide additional health care practitioners, violence issues are dealt with by community school coordinators and other services in 309 schools. A new spending proposal would be legislation for more than $1 million toward 25,500 Advanced Placement exams for low-income students can take for free. “Education has been, and will continue to be, our administration’s highest priority,” Hogan said in a statement. “With this funding, we are reaffirming our commitment to provide increased investment for our schools, more accountability for Maryland parents, teachers and taxpayers, and most importantly, better results for our children.” The governor’s proposal doesn’t compare to the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education $2.8 billion plan for not only prekindergarten expansion, but also increase teacher salaries, college and career programs for high school students and additional special education services.

Sen. Bill WI Staff Writer

Hogan Proposes $131M in Pre-K, AP Exams

Darcars Pays $25K Student Lunch Debt

In Memoriam Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. Wilhelmina J. Rolark THE WASHINGTON INFORMER PUBLISHER NEWSPAPER (ISSN#0741-9414) is pubDenise Rolark Barnes lished weekly on each Thursday. Periodicals postage paid at Washington, D.C. and STAFF additional mailing offices. News and adD. Kevin McNeir, Editor vertising deadline is Monday prior to publication. Announcements must be receivedIn Memoriam Ron Burke, Advertising/ Marketing Director two weeks prior to event. CopyrightDr. 2016 Calvin Shevry W. Rolark, Sr. Lassiter, Photo Editor

by The Washington Informer. All rights Lafayette Wilhelmina J. RolarkBarnes, IV, Assistant Photo reserved. POSTMASTER: Send change Editor of addresses to The Washington Inform- NEWSPAPER (ISSN#0741-9414) is published THE WASHINGTON INFORMER John E. De Freitas, Sports Photo Editor er, 3117 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., S.E. weekly on Thursday. Periodicals postageDorothy paid at Washington, D.C.Editor and additional Rowley, Online Washington, D.C. 20032. No part of this mailing News and without advertising ZebraDesigns.net, deadline is Monday prior Designto&publication.

Layout publication mayoffices. be reproduced be received prior to event.Bookkeeper Copyright 2000 by The Mable Neville, writtenAnnouncements permission frommust the publisher.

Thetwo weeks Charles Vincent, Washington Informer.

All rights the reserved.Dr. POST MASTER: SendSocial changeSightings of addressInformer Newspaper cannot guarantee return esoftophotographs.

Subscription columnist The Washington Informer,rates 3117 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., S.E. Washington, are $45D.C. per year, twoNo years $60. will Tatiana Moten, Social Media Specialist 20032. part of Papers this publication may be reproduced without written permisbe received not more than a week after pubAngie Johnson, Circulation sion from the publisher.

The Informer Newspaper cannot guarantee the return of lication. Make checks payable to:

The Washington Informer Newspaper

photographs. Subscription rates are $30 per year, two years $45. Papers will be received REPORTERS not more than a week after publication. Make checks payable to: THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

Stacy Brown (Senior Writer), Sam P.K. 3117 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., S.E Collins, Timothy Cox, Will Ford (Prince Washington, D.C. 20032 THE WASHINGTON INFORMER George’s County Writer), Jacqueline Fuller, Phone: 202 561-4100 3117 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., S.E. Harris, • Washington, D.C. 20032 Dorothy Hamil D. Kevin McNeir, Fax: 202 574-3785 Phone: 202 561-4100 • Fax: Brenda 202 574-3785 news@washingtoninformer.com Rowley, Siler, Sarafina Wright, www.washingtoninformer.comE-mail: news@washingtoninformer.com James Wright www.washingtoninformer.com

PHOTOGRAPHERS John E. DeFreitas, Ja’Mon Jackson, Shevry PUBLISHER Denise Rolark Barnes Lassiter, Roy Lewis, Jr., Robert R. Roberts, Anthony Tilghman REPORTERS

STAFF Brooke N. Garner Managing Editor Carla Peay Assistant Managing Editor Ron Burke Advertising and Marketing Mable Whittaker Bookkeeper LaNita Wrenn Administration John E. De Freitas Sports Editor Victor Holt Photo Editor Zebra Designs, Inc. Layout & Graphic Design Ken Harris /www.scsworks.com Webmaster

4 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

Tia C. Jones, Ed Laiscell, Odell B. Ruffin, Larry Saxton, Mary Wells, Joseph Young PHOTOGRAPHERS Lafayette Barnes, IV, John E. De Freitas, Maurice Fitzgerald, Joanne Jackson, Roy Lewis, Robert Ridley, Victor Holt CIRCULATION Paul Trantham

“

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

“

SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY

Women the Cycle of wi hotBreak topics Domestic Violence Griffith Chosen as Second-in-command of MD Senate

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

L.Y. Marlow

AROUND THE REGION New HU Research Center Will Study Black Americans’ Views

By Denise Rolark Barnes Staff Writer

Americans are voting. Not just to elect candidates of their choice but to also express their opinions on matters that affect their lives.

Should the president be reelected?

Should he be impeached? Has he been good – or bad – for Black people? Is anyone calling Black Americans to ask their opinion or inviting them to participate in national or local polls?

The views of Americans surveyed or polled are frequently reported. Still, researchers at Howard University believe the opinions of Black people are absent from the public and that it’s time to hear what Black people think.

With a focus on economics, political science, sociology and communication, culture and media studies, Howard University graduate faculty members recently hosted a ribbon-cutting of the newly-established Graduate School Research and Media Center – a think tank and podcast studio used to collect, analyze and report research findings of opinions of the Black Diaspora, located in the Graduate School at 4th and College Streets, N.W. Dr. Gary L. Harris, graduate dean emeritus, in whose honor the new research center is named, said that at 60 years old, he has never been asked to participate in a poll.

“I wonder how many other African Americans are out there that are my age that have never been polled or asked what we think?” he said.

Dr. Terri Adams-Fuller, interim chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminology, said the faculty asked themselves recently at a faculty retreat, “What can we do to add to the public discourse and represent the

African American diaspora?”

Located on two floors of the Graduate School, the first floor is a digital broadcast center that produces webinars and podcasts. The second floor has eight workstations that are furnished with telephones and desktop computers that will enable scholars to conduct interviews and record data.

There are also leasing opportunities to nonprofits and other organizations for fundraising and grants.

“It’s a beginning,” said Dr. Lorenzo Morris, professor of the Department of Political Science. “But we want to make it known that there is no other place where there is such a resource for understanding what the African-American community thinks on a broad range of political and social issues.”

In 2016, the National Newspaper Publishers Association [NNPA] awarded the Institute a grant to conduct a National Black Voter Poll, the first national-level scientific study focused exclusively on voters who identify as African American, Afro-Hispanic or other black identities.

Nine hundred voters were polled out of 22,000 telephone calls that showed African-American women would lead among voters in the presidential election. The poll was historic despite inadequate equipment and insufficient space provided for the students to work.

“Black women turnout wasn’t news,” said Dr. Harris, “but what we could have predicted was the low Black voter turnout in places like Michigan and elsewhere. Our research could have made a difference in states’ get-out-the-vote efforts,” he said.

Less than a year later, the NNPA, in conjunction with Pfizer, funded the group for a second study to research

5 Professor Gary Lynn Harris and graduate student Dana McCalla use Howard University’s new Graduate School Research and Media Center after a ribbon cutting ceremony held on its campus December 9. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

African-Americans’ awareness and attitudes about sickle cell disease and clinical trials.

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, NNPA President and CEO, commended Howard for supporting the research center and stressed the importance and need for a Black polling center.

“Most national polls skew the realities of the Black community. We are often under-counted, under-valued, and under-researched,” he said.

“It’s really about trying to collect data so that we can come up with the best possible solutions to solving some of our problems that we encounter on

a regular basis,” Dr. Harris said.

“And, we need to make sure we have black and brown faces at the table,” said Dr. Adams -Fuller, “to ensure we are getting the opinions of the community from people who look like the community asking the questions.” WI

The views of Americans surveyed or polled are frequently reported. Still, researchers at Howard University believe the opinions of Black people are absent from the public and that it’s time to hear what Black people think.

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 5

AROUND THE REGION

black facts

DEC 19 - 25, 2019 SOURCE: BLACK AMERICA WEB

DEC. 19

1875 – Historian, author and journalist Carter G. Woodson, known as the “father of Black history,” is born in Canton, Virginia.

1918 – Professor Longhair, a seminal blues singer and pianist, is born in Bogalusa, Louisiana.

1924 – Famed actress Cicely Tyson (right middle) is born in New York City.

DEC. 20

FULL-SERVICE SIGN & ADVERTISING SOLUTIONS Professional VISUAL BRANDING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS to help grow your business

...because image matters Call Today! 301-273-3462

Stacey Brown “Chief Image Builder”

stacey@signarama-silverspring.com

1860 – South Carolina becomes the first slave state in the South to secede from the Union, setting in motion the events leading to the Civil War. 1956 – The Montgomery bus boycott, which began Dec. 5, 1955, ends after the Supreme Court declares the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional.

1986 – Michael Griffith, a 23-year-old Black man from New York City’s Brooklyn borough, is struck and killed by a car in Howard Beach after being chased onto a highway by a white mob who had beaten him and his friends.

1988 – Max Robinson, the first African American broadcast network news anchor in the United States, dies in Washington, D.C., of complications due to AIDS at 49.

DEC. 21

1948 – Acclaimed actor Samuel L. Jackson is born in Washington, D.C.

1959 – Track legend and three-time Olympic gold medalist Florence Griffith Joyner, (above) considered the fastest woman of all time, is born in Los Angeles.

DEC. 22

1883 – Arthur Wergs Mitchell, the first African American to be elected to the U.S. Congress as a Democrat, is born near Lafayette, Alabama.

1905 – African American art history pioneer and longtime Howard University educator James Amos Porter, whose “Modern Negro Art” in 1943 was the first comprehensive study in the United States of African American art, is born in Baltimore.

1939 – Award-winning children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney is born in Philadelphia.

1960 – Famed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is born in New York City.

DEC. 23

8930 Brookville Rd Silver Spring, MD 20910 signarama-silverspring.com

1867 – African American entrepreneur, philanthropist and activist Madam C.J. Walker, considered the first black woman millionaire in America, is born in Delta, Louisiana.

1919 – Inventor Alice H. Parker patents the gas heating furnace.

1935 – R&B singer Esther Phillips is born in Galveston, Texas.

MBE/DBE Certified | Woman-Owned Business

DEC. 24

1898 – Irwin C. Molllison, the first Black to receive a federal judgeship in the U.S., is born in Vicksburg, Miss.

DEC. 25

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT

6 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

1760 – Poet Jupiter Hammon becomes the first published Black writer with his work, “An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries.”

1907 – Famed entertainer Cab Calloway is born in Rochester, New York. WI

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

AROUND THE REGION

view P INT

IF YOU WANT QUALITY WORK, JUST CALL!

Quality Assurance Home Improvement, Inc.

BY SARAFINA WRIGHT

Iconic radio personality Tom Joyner officially hung up the mic after more than 30 years on the air. What are your thoughts on “The Fly Jock’s” retirement?

“We Stand By Our Name”

FREE ESTIMATES! / Office: 301-248-3325

FINISHED BASEMENT

DECK

Kitchens • Bathrooms • Room additions • Retaining walls • Screen rooms • Carports • Porches • Roofing • Siding Decks • Complete renovations • Enclosed porches • Basements Solid virgin final replacement windows • Bay and bow windows Financing Available 90-day Deferment Payment

TERRI PAYNE /

WASHINGTON, D.C.

I don’t know how I will get used to not having Tom, Sybil and the rest of the crew to wake up to in the morning.

I love Huggy! I’m glad Jay was there yesterday. It was really like old times!

KIMBRA BETH / WASHINGTON, D.C.

He is an icon in the world of broadcasting. Salute to you, Tom Joyner!

ADDITION & 4 SEASON SUN ROOM SIONAL PROFES LERS TA INS L home g in A+ Ratinment from improve r Business the Bette r 15 years Bureau fo ight stra

ADDITION

KITCHEN

KITCHEN

Visit our website today at: www.fortwashingtonhomecontractors.com

$2500 off

Up to Sunrooms & Additions

ANNETTE GILLESPIE /

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Thank you for all the love, laughter, keeping us informed for the past 25 years. I also grew up in Chicago and remember listening to you there as well. You and Sybil will be missed greatly. Congrats to you and I know you will enjoy your retirement. Peace to you always.

Bonded / Insured / Licensed MHCI#86727 / D.C. License #53005449 Lead Paint Removal Certified

15% off Any Service

Purchase today and receive FREE cable outlet and FREE A/C & Heating Unit

With this coupon. Not valid with other offers or prior purchases.

For Senior Citizens Extra 5% Off

With this coupon. Not valid with other offers or prior purchases.

Purchase 50-year shingle roof today and receive free gutters or leaf guard

CAPITOL ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES, INC. DC DRIVING/WALKING TOURS APP

NICHOLE JOSEPH / HOUSTON, TEXAS

Radio just won’t be the same without you, Brother Joyner! Farewell, sir! Job well done!

TOUR 1

Overview of American History Tour

TOUR 2

Capitol Hill/ Pennsylvania Avenue Tour

TOUR 3

National Monuments & Memorials Tour

TOUR 4

White House Promenade Tour

TOUR DC ON YOUR OWN SCHEDULE FOR $4.99!

DARRYL ROOKARD /

Enjoy interesting driving and walking tours using the Washington, DC Driving/Walking Tours App.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

I’ll miss you and enjoy your retirement!

The GPS tour guide app automatically plays the tour site audio as you drive or walk past the tour site using your smart phone. The 4 tours include over 60 tour site audio and videos that can be played during the tour or at home.

DOWNLOAD IN THE APP STORE OR GOOGLE PLAY

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 7

AROUND THE REGION The World According to Dominic

BY D. KEVIN MCNEIR / WI EDITOR / @DKEVINMCNEIR

‘These are a Few of My Favorite Things’

(301) 864-6070

EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS MCCOLLUM & ASSOCIATES, LLC ADA, Age Discrimination, Benefits, Civil Rights, COBRA, Contracts, Deaf Law, Defamation, Disability Law, Discipline, Discrimination, FMLA, FLSA, FOIA, Family Responsibility, Harassment, HIPPA, OSHA, National Origin Discrimination, Non-Compete, Race Discrimination, Rehabilitation Act, Retaliation, Severance Agreements, Sexual Harassment, Torts, Whistleblowing, Wage-and-Hour, Wrongful Discharge SERVING MARYLAND, DC, & NORTH CAROLINA

www.jmlaw.net

(301) 864-6070

jmccollum@jmlaw.net

It’s hard to believe but Christmas is just one week away.

Unlike in previous years, it will be the first time that I’ll mark the holiday season without my mother who died in July. But Momma’s hands, heart and habits have been thoroughly entrenched within our family traditions and I’m carrying on.

So, don’t cry for me. For the most part, “I’m all good.”

I’ve already checked off a few of the items on the annual “to do” list: sending gifts early to the children in the family so they can be included with the other surprises from Santa; buying my Black History Calendar and appointment book for the upcoming year; attending local performances of “A Christmas Carol,” “The Messiah” and “The Nutcracker;” and watching the TV classics featuring Rudolph, the Grinch, Frosty and of course, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang.

As I matured and began to understand that Santa Claus was

a mythical figure, my parents switched the agenda. We began to take our hopes for a better world and a more positive community out into the streets of Motown. We, that is my Mom, sister, cousins, aunts and uncles – anyone who could carry a tune – would brave the ice and snow and traverse Detroit, singing Christmas carols for selected homes where Christmas was a lonely time – folks who were all alone, people who were sick-andshut-in, families who were living in poverty and those who had just experienced recent deaths in their homes.

But what I remember most was one song from “The Sound of Music,” entitled “Climb Every Mountain.” Not only did we watch the televised musical every year together in our family room with the fireplace roaring, but my parents used it as a teaching tool about the dangers of hatred, prejudice and what can happen when good people chose silence due to fear instead of speaking out against evil.

The song takes me back to my days of childhood innocence be-

cause it was always the final selection that the all-women’s choir at our family church, St. Andrews AME, the Choraliers, would sing for the Christmas vesper service.

They would file into the sanctuary two-by-two, wearing sleek, blue satin robes. The church would be dark, save for white candles in their hands – making them almost angelic in their appearance. And they would sing to the glory of God – to the amazing things that we can do, that we can claim and that we can expect if we always remember that we are not on this journey alone.

Only one or two members of that choir are alive today but their message, their ministry and their mesmerizing ability to bring the reason for the season with profound clarity into the lives of everyone, young or old, under the arch of their voices, continue to resonate within my soul and to both encourage and order my steps.

“Climb every mountain, ford every stream, follow every rainbow, till you find your dream.”

WI

IDEAS WANTED

Apps • Beauty • Electronics • Housewares • Medical Pets • Tools • Lawn and Garden • Toys and more!

Call 844-260-4135 for our FREE Idea Starter Guide.

100% Confidential • Davison charges fees for services

8 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

District Election Roundup

By James Wright WI Staff Writer @jamesdcwrighter

GARCIA AIMS TO BE 1ST LATINO ON D.C. COUNCIL D.C. Shadow Rep. Franklin Garcia (D) will leave his party to run for the non-Democratic at-large position on the D.C. Council, which would make him the first Latino to serve on the District’s legislative body.

“This is an opportunity for me to be the much-needed voice on the D.C. Council,” Garcia said. “I will not run as a Democrat because the current occupant, Robert White, is doing a good job. I think the city council needs to reflect the population of the city and I think I will be a good council member for all District residents but especially the migrant and Latino communities.”

Garcia wants to be on the Nov. 3, 2020, general election ballot.

Nine percent of the District’s population consists of Latinos. While Latinos live throughout the District, large blocs are located in Wards 4 and 5. Since the first D.C. Council convened in 1975, no Latino has been elected to it.

Prior to his election as the District’s shadow representative in the U.S. House in 2015, Garcia served as the founder and president of the D.C. Latino Caucus and president of the D.C. Latino Leadership Caucus.

Garcia said he became interested in the non-Democratic council at-large position upon learning that Council member David Grosso (I-At Large) said he would not run for reelection in 2020.

“After Grosso made his announcement, a number of people called me, Latino and non-Latino, to urge me to run for the position,” Garcia said.

“I was told that this would be a good opportunity for a Latino to be on the council.”

Garcia said he would be an independent voice on the council, despite his strong ties to the Democratic Party.

“I have always had an independent way of thinking and when I consider issues on the council, I will do my own thinking and make up my own mind on what is in the best interests of all District residents,” he said.

‘True Independent’ Jayaraman Running for Council Seat Chander Jayaraman scoffs when he hears that former Democrats are running for the independent at-large council seat that is up for grabs in 2020.

“I am the only true independent in the race,” Jayaraman said. “I didn’t switch parties so that I can get an opportunity to get on the city council.”

Jayaraman points to a Home Rule Charter requirement that two of the at-large positions on the D.C. Council goes to non-Democrats.

Jayaraman plans to run in the Nov. 3, 2020 general election.

Some candidates such as Markus Batchelor, Christina Henderson, Franklin Garcia and Eric Rogers, who are running to replace Council member David Grosso (I-At Large) for the non-Democratic seat, have strong ties to the Democratic Party, either through working within the party, as a staffer for an elected official or for a Democrat running for office.

Jayaraman, who serves as the chairman of the 6B Advisory Neighborhood Commission, said the issues he will focus on as a council member will truly define him as an independent.

“During the campaign, I will focus on public safety, economic independence and for a government that works for the people,” he said. “I want to help the city reach its goal of 4,000 sworn officers on the police force. I will also call for a return to vocational education in our school system because everyone doesn’t want to go to college and people should have the opportunity to earn a good living working with a trade.

“I have witnessed firsthand how our city government has failed our residents time and time again while our elected officials focus their time on

AROUND THE REGION MORE FOR YOUR THING. FOR A LIMITED TIME, GET A $250 AT&T VISA® REWARD CARD* WHEN YOU BUY A SMARTPHONE ON AT&T NEXT!† Req’s installment agmt & new line of svc on elig. postpaid voice plan (min. $45/mo. after discounts start w/in 2 bills). AT&T Door to Door and Local Service Providers only. *Limited-Time Offer. Req’s port-in. AT&T Door to Door and Local Service Providers on Claim w/in 75 days. $30 Activation, add’l fees, taxes & other charges, & restr’s apply. See below for details.

Call us, your AT&T Preferred Dealer.

IV SUPPORT HOLDINGS LLC

866-771-1642

www.250reward.com/inform

*$250 Reward Card Offer: Limited Time Offer. Smartphone: Buy any new smartphone on AT&T Next or AT&T Next Every Year installment agmt w/ elig. postpaid wireless voice & data svc (minimum $50/mo. afterAutoPay and Paperless billing discount. Pay $60/mo. until discount starts within 2 bills.). Upgrades excluded. If svc is cancelled, remaining installment agmt balance is due. Down payment may be req’d. Tax due at sale. Activation Fee: $30. Return: Return w/in 14 days. Restocking fee up to $45 may apply. Purchase, financing, other limits & restr’s apply. Visit att.com/next for plan details. Reward Card Redemption req’d.: Will be sent letter with redemption requirements. Redemption req’d w/in 75 days from notification mail date. Reward Card(s) delivered within 3-4 weeks afterredemption to customers who maintain qualifying eligible service(s) for minimum of 30 days from activation date and through reward fulfillment. Card expires at month-end 6 months afterissuance. No cash access. For cardholder agreement, go to rewardcenter.att.com/myreward/agreementFSV.pdf. AT&T Reward Card issued by U.S. Bank National Association, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A., Inc. Limits: 1 Visa Reward Card per line of service. May not be combinable with certain other offers, discounts, or credits. GEN. WIRELESS SVC: Subj. to Wireless Customer Agmt (att.com/wca). Credit approval required. Deposit: May apply. Limits: Purch. & line limits apply. Prices may vary by location. Taxes, fees, monthly, other charges, usage, speed, coverage & other restr’s apply per line. See att.com/additionalcharges for details on fees & charges. International and domestic off-net data may be at 2G speeds. AT&T service is subject to AT&T network management policies. See att.com/broadbandinfo for details. Promotions, terms & restr’s subject to change & may be modified or terminated at any time without notice. ©2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All Rights Reserved. AT&T, Globe logo, and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks are the property of their respective owners

DESIGNER EYEWEAR 5 Chander Jayarman serves as chairman of the 6B advisory neighborhood commission. (Courtesy Photo-Chander Jayaraman campaign)

PHONE: 202-526-0300 FAX: 202-526-0233 EYE EXAMS: Tues, Thurs & Fri: 11am-3:30pm walk ins available

STORE HOURS: Mon - Fri: 9am - 5:30pm Closed for lunch: 12:30pm - 1:10pm

25% OFF

OF SELECT FRAMES WITH MENTION OF THIS AD FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED AT YOUR SERVICE FOR OVER 40 YEARS

Accepting United Health PPO, HSCSN & DC Medicaid (Straight only) 3610 12th Street, NE - Washington, DC 20017

5 Franklin Garcia serves as the District’s shadow representative to the U.S. House of Representatives. (Courtesy Photo-Franklin Garcia campaign).

issues that are not a priority for our citizens,” Jayaraman said. “This was part of the reasons I decided to get involved by running for office.” WI

IDEAS WANTED!

Get Your Free Inventor’s Guide

CALL 800-353-6102 NOW Helping inventors and idea people since 1989.

Davison charges fees for services

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

New Life Wellness Center featuring

Colon Hydrotherapy & Aqua Chi Detox System Where Have You Been?

It’s Time for Your HEALING &

202.544.9595

426 8th St. SE – 2nd Floor WDC 20003 www.newlifewellnesscenter.com Email: carmelvoice@aol.com

Hours: 7am – 7pm M - F / 7am – 12pm SAT. Walk Ins Welcome

SPECIAL $59 OFFER – CALL FOR DETAILS DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 9

AROUND THE REGION CAPTURE THE MOMENT

Denise Rolark Barnes Independent Beauty Consultant www.marykay/drolark-barnes.com 202-236-8831

A

Members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity grab a photo-op before a program celebrating the birthday of Dr. Carter G. Woodson on Sunday, December 15 at the Seaton Elementary School in Northwest. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

net

Who’s Reading the Informer?

David Marion, 41st Grand Basileus of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and Bettye Gardner, executive council for ASALH, read the Washington Informer. (Roy Lewis/ The Washington Informer)

202-848-9324 / 202-494-6711

WORDS TO LIVE BY

in upper and lowercase, flush left as indicated on artwork at these point sizes: Consultant name in 11-point Helvetica Neue Bold; Independent in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light; Web site or e-mail address in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light; phone number in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light. nt Beauty Consultant: Only Company-approved Web sites obtained through the Mary Kay® Personal Web Site program may be utilized.

Denied Benefits?

Unable To Work?

Fighting For Your

1

We Can Help!

SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

Do You Qualify For Disability Benefits? Call For A FREE Evaluation

2

Assisting With: - Initial Applications - Denied Claims - Hearings

Helping 1000’s Get The Benefits They Deserve

For Over 35 Years!

3

We Simplify The Process & Strive For Quick Claim Approval.*

(855) 549-3119 Bill Gordon & Associates, a nationwide practice, represents clients before the Social Security Administration. Member of the TX & NM Bar Associations. Mail: 1420 NW St Washington D.C. Office: Broward County, FL. Services may be provided by associated attorneys licensed in other states. * The process for determining each applicant’s disability benefits varies greatly, and can take upwards of two years.

10 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

“I am a woman that came from the cotton fields of the South. I was promoted from there to the washtub, then to the cook kitchen and from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations . . . Everybody told me I was making a mistake by going into this business but I know how to grow hair as well as I know how to grow cotton.”

– Madame C.J. Walker first self-made female millionaire, born Dec. 23, 1867

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

Kid Gives Back to Kids

AROUND THE REGION

By Brigette Squire WI Contributing Writer

While many children have written letters to Santa and wait anxiously for toys and on Christmas morning, one extraordinary young man has found another way to make the season bright.

After author, motivational speaker and philanthropist Miguel Coppedge, 14, tossed ideas around with his friend, Tyler Stallings, owner of Kid Time Enterprises LLC, he decided to give “I Care Comfort Bags” filled with toiletries, towels, and household items and the personal note to foster children.

Miguel and his mother Yolanda Coppedge chose to deliver the bags to the DC Child & Family Services Agency in Southeast – the foster care center that helped them find each other.

“When I was in foster care I needed the items that we put in our bags. I want kids to feel proud of themselves when then receive the bags,” Miguel said. “I’m just a kid who does what other kids do but I also do things for my community.”

With the help of his mother who adopted him at age two, go fund me donations from the community and Beatrice Williar the program manager with Partners for Kids In Care, they were able to deliver more than 50 bags. The program is a community relations initiative that connects with caring individuals, organizations and businesses who want to give back to kids in foster care. The DC Child & Family Services Agency center is where they house the donations for youth.

“When Miguel came to me with this idea I was like, let’s do it,” Coppedge said. “We used an app to come up with the logo, created and promoted the Go Fund Me and we were able to raise the funds to make the bags, DC Child and Family Services Agency center is awesome. When I got Miguel I had nothing. They provided me with furniture vouchers, food vouchers, helped me to get WIC, child care vouchers, clothes, Medicaid, everything that I needed.

This is also about me giving back

5 Miguel Coppedge, 14, gives a hand up to foster kids who are served by the DC Child and Family Services Agency in SE that he was adopted from. (Brigitte Squire/The Washington Informer)

to them because they gave me the greatest gift of all in Miguel.”

Educators and psychologists often point to the holiday season as an opportune time for children to get involved with a local charity.

Experiencing the joy of giving to the less fortunate and people they don’t know helps them learn the importance of giving without expecting anything in return. Some ways to get kids more involved in the community include: volunteer at animal shelters, bake cookies for emergency responders, clean local parks and donate toys and clothing.

“One hundred percent of everything we have was donated through the community. The community support is the engine that makes our program work. Our core values are community compassion and well-being. This room represents dignity. It’s not a hand me down but a hand up,” Williar said.

“We are so happy to have a young rock star and leader like Miguel particularly with him coming from foster care. No matter where you come from; you can overcome, give back and help somebody else do the same,” she said.

WI

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

Stay Informed!

www.washingtoninformer.com

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 11

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Black Women Gain Statewide Offices, But Representation Still Lacking: Report

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Black women representation in elected statewide offices increased from 3.7 percent last year to 4.3 percent this year, the largest increase since 1994.

The number of Black women elected to statewide executive offices doubled in the past year from three to six.

These and other figures come

PGCPS BRIEFS Compiled by Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer

PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN

Prince George’s County Public Schools CEO Monica Goldson on Dec. 12 unveiled her proposed fiscal year 2021 operating budget that focuses on meeting the diverse needs of PGCPS students and families.

Goldman’s $2.3 billion spending plan includes free meals at community schools, mental health supports and revamping the school system’s workforce development program.

12 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

from a report titled “Black Women in Politics 2019,” recently released by the Higher Heights and Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

“Even where their numbers have increased, there is still vast opportunity for growth in the number of Black women running and winning at all levels of office,” stated the report to assess the information less than a year before the 2020 presidential election. “These

In addition to a universal meals program at the 45 community schools where free breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided to approximately 31,360 students, the proposal will fund a new middle school language immersion program, enhance PGCPS’ Career and Technical Education program, and expand our mental health supports for both students and families.

“All families have the same dream for their child: a quality education that nurtures their talents and propels their dreams into reality,” Goldson said.

“These budget investments prioritize our students’ diverse needs and our commitment to attracting and keeping the best and brightest employees.

By supporting students in and outside of the classroom, we prepare the next generation for the world beyond our schoolhouse doors.”

HIGH SCHOOL FRENCH PROGRAM

French bilingual students at Central High School were honored for their language proficiency in a recent cere-

5 Del. Nicole A. Williams is one of 27 Black women in the Maryland state legislature, the second-highest total in the nation. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

data illuminate that opportunity to expand Black women’s political power, in addition to raising questions about what motivates Black women to run and what conditions facilitate or hinder their success.”

The report highlights some figures that shows Black women are nearly 8 percent of the population, but less than 5 percent of Conmony at the French Embassy in D.C. Four students received a DELF (Diplôme d’Etudes en Langue Française) B2 diploma, allowing them to study at a French university.

Nine students received a DELF B1 diploma, which pre-qualifies them to receive a Maryland Seal of Biliteracy on their high school diploma.

Educational attache Mathieu Ausseil also recognized Central High School for its recent naming as a Label FrancÉducation school, a seal of excellence by the French government for high quality, French immersion education programs.

The Label FrancÉducation status is valid for three years and provides a dual guarantee for families: the assurance of high quality French bilingual teaching and belonging to a national and global network, with over 390 Label FrancEducation programs across 59 countries.

Central is one of only three high schools in the United States — and the only public school — to hold Label FrancÉducation accreditation.

WI

gress, statewide executive offices and state legislatures.

For instance, only 15 Black women have ever served in statewide executive offices such as lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state in 13 states including Ohio, California and Kentucky.

The report credits former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in her bid last year to become the first Black women ever elected governor. Although Abrams lost, she continues to receive praise for putting the spotlight on Black women running in major elections.

In fact, Georgia currently leads the nation with 36 Black women, exactly half of the 72 women currently in its state legislature.

Maryland ranks seconds with 27, including House Speaker Adrienne Jones of Baltimore County, the state’s first woman and African-American to hold the position. The state represented a record total of 73 women in the General Assembly.

Also included in the total is recently appointed Del. Nicole A. Williams (D-District 22) of Greenbelt. She replaces former Del. Tawanna Gaines, who resigned and pleaded guilty in October to wire fraud.

“I always feel like our legislature should be reflective of the demographic of the community in which we’re legislating,” Williams said. “While the report from Higher Heights and Rutgers is

wonderful, there is still a lot more work to be done.”

Because of the most anticipated presidential elections in history next year where Democrats look to defeat Republican Donald Trump, the report assesses three recommendations for other organizations support Black women.

They are: • Harness the energy to support Black women candidates for elected office who are engaged in advocacy, community engagement and public leadership.

• Expand the sites for recruitment to non-minority districts at the state and federal level, particularly statewide executive offices and U.S. Senate.

• Address barriers that impede Black women’s entry or success in political institutions.

Del. Wanika Fisher (D-District 47B) of Hyattsville said there remains barriers for minority candidates to raise money and high-ranking officials support them.

“Black women are facing two issues: sexism and racism. Combating both those things to be leadership and in the executive role is really, really hard,” she said. “People are more comfortable working with Black women, but not as comfortable taking orders from Black women. That is the difference and that is why you don’t see many in executive positions in our federal delegation anymore. I am hoping that tied will change.”

To view the full report, go to cawp. rutgers.edu. WI

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY

Prince George’s Students May Start School Before Labor Day

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Prince George’s County Public Schools could join other school systems in Maryland to revert to the first day of school before Labor Day. According to two proposed options, the 2020-21 school year would start Aug. 31 and end June 15, barring closings for inclement weather.

School board member Belinda Queen’s daughter, Sharnae Via, 19, supports starting the school year after Labor Day. “I felt I did better [in school],” said Via, who graduated last year from Central High School in Capitol Heights.

Queen said she’s heard from some parents who want their children to start school after Labor Day, especially those with families in other countries. Although Queen enjoys spending vacation time before the September holiday

POLICE from Page 1 all of them Black men, according to the database “People Killed by Police.”

The report is contained in the Aug. 20, 2019, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ( PNAS).

“Police in the United States kill far more people than do police in other advanced countries industrial democracies,” PNAS reported.

The report listed the names of Black victims of police violence, including Oscar Grant, Michael Brown, Charleena Lyles, Stephon Clark, Tamir Rice and many others who have been murdered by the police.

The killings have sparked protests, and the U.S. Attorney General William Barr angrily reacted.

Recently, at an awards ceremony in Washington honoring policing, Barr warned that critics of policing must display more deference or risk losing police protection.

The PNAS report challenged the widely accepted belief promoted by corporate media that more

with her stepchildren and grandchildren, she said it helps teachers build in professional development days for staff.

“If that development day is needed for them to be great teachers and to have that good spirit teaching my children and my grandchildren … I say give them that professional development day,” she said. “As a parent, I always adjust. In society, you learn to adjust.”

According to this year’s school calendar, there are five professional development days after the first day of school which include three teacher days when school ends three hours early for students and schools are closed. In the proposed 2020-21 calendar, there would be six days – schools would be closed for three days and two-hour early dismissal for three other days.

Before the board makes a formal decision, parents and guardians have until Jan. 2 to participate in an online survey. The survey doesn’t specifically ask about the Labor Day proposal, but the last quesmurders of young Black men were committed by other young Black men but in reality, it’s the police who are killing large numbers of Black men.

The murders also affect Black men’s mental health and reinforce inequality in society between blacks whites, according to The Lancet, a peer-reviewed medical journal. In a report titled “Police killings and their spillover effects on the mental health of Black Americans: a population-based, quasi-experimental study” it was reported that police killings of Black men affect the mental health of people not directly affected.

“Our estimates therefore suggest that the population mental health burden from police killings among black Americans is nearly as large as the mental health burden associated with diabetes,” Lancet wrote.

“Violent encounters with the police have profound effects on health, neighborhoods, life changes and politics. Policing plays a key role in maintaining structural inequalities between people of color and white people in the United States,” the study reported. “Our

tions allow participants to provide any other suggestions or comments about the calendar.

Other questions include the reinstatement to close schools on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, institute the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr and whether to have parent-teacher conferences on Oct. 12 (Columbus Day) or Nov. 11 (Veterans Day).

The board isn’t scheduled to formally approve the school calendar until Jan. 9.

In the meantime, school boards in Baltimore City and Montgomery, Frederick and Anne Arundel counties already chose to begin school before Labor Day. Baltimore County will have students return Sept 8, one day after Labor Day. School systems received the autonomy to organize its calendars after the Democratic-controlled Maryland General Assembly overturned a veto this year from Gov. Larry Hogan who instituted an executive order in 2016 for every school to start after Labor Day.

5 Ardine Williams (left), vice president of workforce development for Amazon, speaks with Gwynn Park High School students on May 16. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Hogan, who made the official announcement in Worchester County in Ocean City where schools historically started after the holiday, has argued it allows families more time to spend together near the end of the summer, students not spend-

5 Police violence is the sixth leading cause of death for young men. (Courtesy photo/ reductress.com)

results show that people of color face a higher likelihood of being killed by police than do White men and women, that risk peaks in young adulthood, and that young men of color face a nontrivial lifetime risk of being killed by

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

the police.”

PNAS researchers from Rutgers University, Washington University and the University of Michigan estimated the risk of being killed by race and sex using data from 2013 to 2018. WI

ing time in hot classrooms and can save schools money.

However, opponents argued students lose academic time away from the school and parents spent more money on child care when some summer camps and other activities would end in early August.

Back in Prince George’s, schools CEO Monica Goldson unveiled a proposed $2.3 billion fiscal year 2021 budget that seeks to incorporate some recommendations form the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, also known as the Kirwan Commission.

According to a budget summary, the spending plan would increase by $119 million, or 5.4 percent, from the current budget.

The biggest expenditure, similar to all school districts, rests with salaries and employee benefits that account for 82 percent of the expenditures.

About 55 percent of the school system’s revenue comes from the state for special education, free and reduced lunch meals and expand pre-kindergarten.

The budget also calls for hiring additional weekend maintenance staff in a county where more than half of the school buildings are at least 50 years old.

Community sessions on the budget are scheduled for Jan. 21 and 28 and Feb. 4. Although the school board approves the budget, the law allows the county council the final say. WI

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 13

BUSINESS CAP Announces Formation of Advisory Council on Eliminating Black-White Wealth Gap

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia The Center for American Progress, a D.C.-based nonpartisan research and educational institute, has convened the National Advisory Council on Eliminating the Black-White Wealth Gap. Comprised of 10 national experts in economics, history, public policy, and presidential transitions, the advisory council will be charged with generating new ideas for closing the gap and outlining clear actions for an incoming administration to take within its first 100 days, according to a news release from the CAP. Organization officials noted that,

for 400 years, structural racism embedded in federal, state and local policies has produced and maintained a stark wealth gap between Black and white Americans.

Today, the typical white household holds 10 times more wealth than the typical Black household, according to the news release.

This disparity persists even after controlling for protective factors such as education, income, or homeownership.

While lawmakers and policy experts increasingly agree that the racial wealth gap poses a serious problem, little consensus exists on the most effective way to eliminate it.

For instance, a recent CAP analysis

(Courtesy of Bell Policy Center)

found that five leading policy proposals will not be enough alone or in combination to fully close the racial wealth gap by 2060.

“The time has long passed for the U.S. government to fully address 400 years of collective harms against Black people,” Danyelle Solomon, vice president of Race and Ethnic Policy at the CAP, said in a statement. “As the next president engages in conversations about systematic inequality, they must be bold; they must be honest; they must deliver intentional and targeted approaches to closing the racial wealth

Ujamaa Marketplace and 4th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration Sunday December 29, 2019 Ujamaa Marketplace - 12 noon to 3:00 pm 4th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration begins at 4:00 p.m. and includes a reception, celebration of the Nguzo Saba (or Seven Principles) and concludes with the karamu, Kwanzaa feast

ics and associate dean at the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University; Anne Price, president of the Insight Center; Richard Rothstein, a distinguished fellow at the Economic Policy Institute and senior fellow and emeritus at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and of the Haas Institute at the University of California, Berkeley; and Rhonda Sharpe, founder and president of the Women’s Institute for Science, Equity and Race.

“I’m thrilled to convene the National Advisory Council on Eliminating the Black-White Wealth Gap,” Solomon said. “This exceptional group of scholars and thought leaders will spend the next year developing a meaningful, targeted, and effective set of policy solutions to finally begin to close the gap.”

WI

The Center for American Progress,

a D.C.-based nonpartisan research and educational institute, has

Hampton Inn & Suites, Potomac Room 5821 Richmond Highway Alexandria, VA

convened the National Advisory Council on Eliminating the

Event Details: https://conta.cc/2XGEpQL For More Info contact: Baraka Marketing Solutions, LLC info@barakaenterprises.com or via telephone at (703) 535-5700.

14 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

gap.”

The National Advisory Council on Eliminating the Black-White Wealth Gap includes Co-Chair Kilolo Kijakazi, a fellow at the Urban Institute; Co-Chair Darrick Hamilton, executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University; Mehrsa Baradaran, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine; Lisa D. Cook, an associate professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State University; Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, an Alphonse Fletcher Jr. University professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African American Research at Harvard University; Ibram X. Kendi, a professor of history and international relations and founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University; Trevon Logan, a professor of Econom-

Black-White Wealth Gap.

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

Chamber of Commerce Holds Annual Board Meeting

By Lindiwe Vilakazi WI Contributing Writer The D.C. Chamber of Commerce recently hosted its annual meeting and breakfast for leading business owners and decision-makers across the District.

During the Dec. 12 meeting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, chamber members such as Vincent B. Orange, Erica Wadlington and others presented attendees with key points reflecting their focus of resurgence within the city, as well as improvements made over the year.

A common theme echoed throughout members’ remarks was ensuring future economic development includes all District residents from ranging financial pools and backgrounds.

D.C. Policy Center Executive Director Yesim Taylor answered compelling questions regarding business ownership and the District’s low rates of businesses owned by women and people of color. When chamber Vice President Margaret Singleton questioned what could be done to create more opportunities, Taylor said that, given the demographics of the city, there should be a greater presence of female and minority business owners and entrepreneurs.

“We see a lower rate of startups, which means it’s harder for someone to take their business plan and turn it into an actual business in the District of Columbia,” Taylor said. “It could be because it’s harder to get a license or a multitude of steps of actually creating a business. It could be because taxes could be high. There are all kinds of reasons.”

Mayor Muriel Bowser also shared

her sentiments on the District’s future planning, and her excitement for the city’s resurgence.

“I think that what we are celebrating today was the wilderness of our leadership then, to do something big that will move our city along,” Bowser said. “Certainly controversial, not necessarily proven, but what we have now, and when we look back, is not only real champions, but we have a portion of our city that is thriving and that will allow us to make other critical investments in our infrastructure, in our human services and in public education.”

Madan and Southwest Airlines community outreach representative Karen Price-Ward presented selected political figures with the Hometown Hero Award for their outstanding services in the District. Honorees included former Mayor Anthony Williams, former Council Chairman Linda Cropp, former Council members Orange, Harold Brazil, Sharon Ambrose, Kevin Chavous and Sandra Allen and current Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans.

Lawyer Roderic Woodson, who has attended several of the chamber’s annual meetings, said that in addition to the interesting speeches and presentations, the real action lies within the room.

“We have folks that are engaged in the city, and so one thing that you gain out of this, in my view, is that you gain the knowledge of who people are and what they do,” Woodson said. “Washington is one of the few places in the country where people have less money but great power. And the power comes from government, being able to run government programs, and to being involved in those circles. That’s not true in other cities.” WI

BUSINESS Giving as a lifestyle and Legacy

By Aimee Griffin Joyner This is the time of year we are encouraged to think philanthropically.

We are used to seeing the red kettle in from of the stores for Salvation Army. November and December are the most popular months for giving according to the statistic.

A standard part of our estate planning discussion is to ask the question about giving the client is interested in giving charitably. We spend a lot of time discussing ways to deter taxes with the use of charitable giving tools. We also encourage people who have spent their life giving to provide future support to the same organizations.

One of my greatest joys is seeing the legacy of charitable giving as a taught to the younger generations. We truly teach by our actions.

Many people give to their churches and alma maters as a normal course of action during their lifetimes. I believe if everyone who typically gave charitably gave as a component of their estate plan, the community organizations and churches would lack nothing. However, less than half of the American population even have an estate plan. Only 30% of the African American community has an estate plan.

One of the women that I had the opportunity to work with shared with me the family credo, “If any of the siblings had a need, all of the siblings shared the need.” Collectively as a family they provided financial support that was systematic and compassionate for their immediate family members. They strategically planned for the housing and educational needs of their family members.

The commitment was that they would pool resource to make sure that the family members were supported.

This sense of community within the family reinforced values of family supporting one another. It also provided a communication system. Too often we find out that a family member is in a perilous financial situation when it is too late to turn around.

I am a subscriber to Shirley Chisholm’s statement that “service is the rent we pay for living on this earth”. That service can be in giving of our time, talent and treasure. I also believe that good stewardship requires that we are thoughtful and strategic in our giving. While we do not giving only for the tax benefit but in support of a mission, if the tax benefit allows us to give in a greater way we should take every benefit available.

Gifting and charitable giving should be done with the benefit of counsel to maximize your outcomes. Your financial advisor, accountant and lawyer can support you to establish charitable trusts, donor advised funds as well as take advantage of any tax opportunity that exists. There are considerations that I encourage people to ponder when making an estate plan. For example, Maryland has estate and inheritance taxes when giving to nonimmediate family members. However, gifting during your lifetime affords you a tax-free gift exclusion of $15,000 per person.

Charitable giving has been impacted with the standard deduction doubled as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The concept of bundling the charitable enables you to make a larger donation in a single year versus spreading smaller donations across several years. This is worthwhile from a tax perspective, even if you are already able to itemize. That’s because only the amount you itemize that’s above the standard deduction makes a difference; anything below goes to ‘waste’ since you would have deducted up to that amount anyway.

Bundling your donations into a single year allows you to take full advantage of the ‘free’ standard deduction amounts in other years, while more fully benefitting from your itemized deductions in the year you take them.

But you must realize that you may only deduct donations up to 60% of your adjusted gross income if you are donating cash, and up to 30% if you are donating securities.

There is much that can be done to be charitable and create the greatest advantage for all involved. Let’s work together to strengthen our communities and create legacies.

The Griffin Firm, PLLC www.yourestateplanningattorney.com (202)379-4738 5335 Wisconsin Ave NW, Suite 440 - Washington DC 20015 1401 Mercantile Lane, Suite 383 - Upper Marlboro MD 20774 100 International Drive , 23rd Floor - Baltimore MD 21202 1100 Peachtree ST NE, Suite 200 - Atlanta GA 30309 2530 Meridian Parkway, Suite 300 - Durham NC 27713 5 DC Chamber of Commerce honors community leaders.

(Courtesy photo/DC Chamber of Commerce)

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 15

NATIONAL Baltimore-Born Suffragist’s Secure Place in History

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia This is part of an ongoing Washington Informer series about the Women’s Suffrage Movement and an initiative that includes Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes that will use the lens of history, the fabric of art and culture and the venue of the public square to shine a light into dark places, equipping all with a compass to chart the way forward. The initiative lives in the institutional home of the

Washington Informer Charities.

When it comes to the suffrage movement, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s place in history isn’t as obscure and as difficult to find as many other African American heroines.

Much has been written about the poet, fiction writer, journalist and activist.

Harper was born in Baltimore on Sept. 25, 1825. She was the only child of free African American parents, according to poetryfoundation.org. “[Harper] was raised by her aunt and uncle after her mother died when

Frances was three years old,” researchers for Poetry Foundation wrote. “She attended the Academy for Negro Youth, a school run by her uncle, until the age of 13, and then found domestic work in a Quaker household, where she had access to a wide range of literature.”

After teaching for two years in Ohio and Pennsylvania, she embarked on a career as a traveling speaker on the abolitionist circuit.

Harper helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad and wrote frequently for anti-slavery newspapers, earning her a reputation as the mother of African American journalism.

In a piece for the Women’s Media Center, English professor Koritha Mitchell exhorts the reader to learn about Harper.

As recounted on the website, suffrageandthemedia.org, Mitchell’s piece on Harper’s life is a good place to start that education.

Harper was a dedicated activist, poet, public speaker and author who fought for suffrage, the abolition of slavery and civil rights, the site noted.

Mitchell highlights Harper’s split with suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She writes: “Even though she commanded considerable audiences, Watkins Harper remained subject to racism, making her refusal to abandon predominantly white organizations all the more admirable.

“In 1869, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton effectively

left the American Equal Rights Association because it was supporting the Fifteenth Amendment, which would institute black male suffrage before white women won the vote. Refusing to follow Anthony and Stanton, Watkins Harper noted that she could not rely on white women to prioritize the concerns of their nonwhite sisters.

“Indeed, Stanton had drawn a clear line years earlier, in the December 1865 issue of the National Anti-Slavery Standard. She explained that white women had been staunch supporters of securing ‘freedom for the Negro.’

“However, in light of emancipation, the Negro is no longer ‘lowest in the scale of being,’ and ‘it becomes a serious question whether we had better stand aside and see ‘Sambo’ walk into the kingdom first.’”

According to suffrageandthemedia. org, such remarks may have sparked Harper’s 1866 observation: “I do not believe that white women are dewdrops just exhaled from the skies. I think that like men they may be divided into three classes, the good, the bad, and the indifferent.”

Always uncompromising, Harper continued to command respect. She spoke at the 1888 International Council of Women convention.

According to blackpast.org, after her husband’s death saddled Harper with a large debt, she resumed lecturing for the antislavery cause, teaching and writing poetry and novels in order to support herself and her family.

5 Frances Watkins Harper (Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Iola Leroy, published in 1892, may have been Harper’s last lengthy literary work, according to blackpast.org.

In addition to antislavery, Harper was also active in the temperance movement. She wrote numerous poems on the evils of alcohol.

Harper died Feb. 20, 1911, and was buried in Edenton Cemetery in Collingdale, Pennsylvania.

WI

House Judiciary Committee Approves Impeachment of Trump

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia House Democrats have had their say and history has been made.

After a marathon session that began Wednesday with the consideration of two articles of impeachment, The House Judiciary Committee gave its final approval on Friday to impeach President Donald J. Trump. Making Trump one of only three presidents in the nation’s history to share the same fate.

By a 23-17 party-line vote, the committee voted to impeach Trump for abuse of power. In the second article, the committee voted 23-17 to impeach the president on charges of obstructing Congress.

The full House will now consid-

16 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

er — and is expected to pass — the legislation to impeach Trump which would ignite a Senate trial in January and will, ultimately, determine whether the president is removed from office.

Only three other presidents have faced impeachment in American history: Richard Nixon, who resigned from office in 1974 to avoid a House vote to impeach him, Bill Clinton, who in 1998 was impeached by the House, and Andrew Johnson, whom the House leveled 11 articles of impeachment against in 1868.

The Senate failed to convict Johnson and Clinton, and both remained in office.

The GOP-controlled Senate isn’t expected to convict Trump, either, and some leaders have threatened to not convene a trial at all.

The two articles of impeachment

against Trump — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — stem from charges that the president used the unique authority of the office of the president of the United States to pressure Ukraine’s then-newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, into announcing an investigation of the actions of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

Trump is said to have ordered the withholding of vital aid to Ukraine, previously approved by Congress, denying Zelensky’s request for an Oval Office meeting with the president unless Zelensky agreed to conditions set by the president.

Democrats on the Committee, and several of the witnesses that gave testimony, maintain that the presi-

IMPEACHMENT Page 17

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT from Page 16

5President Trump (Official White House Photo)

dent’s request is inconsistent with the official foreign policy of the United States and amounts to a request that will directly benefit the president in his bid for re-election.

Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee attempted to block the impeachment vote against Trump by appealing the wording in the articles, and by trying to add amendments to them.

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio sought to remove language of the first article of impeachment and substitute words that emphasized what he said was an account of the Ukraine affair that underscored how Trump had done nothing wrong.

Another Ohio Republican, Rep. Steve Chabot, said Trump was innocent.

“There simply wasn’t a crime committed here and there shouldn’t be an impeachment here, either,” Chabot said.

Democrats shot back.

“There are no crimes here? That is

the defense? How about the highest crime that one who holds public office can commit — a crime against our Constitution,” said Rep. Eric Swalwell of California.

USA Today noted that Trump appeared to have tuned in to Thursday’s hearing, lashing out on Twitter at Democrats Veronica Escobar and Sheila Jackson Lee, both of Texas.

He said the two women “purposely misquoted” his July 25 call with Ukraine’s Zelensky. The call, and other communications from the president and several members of his administration, sparked the whistleblower complaint that was a key impetus in the impeachment inquiry process.

Escobar likened the president’s call with Zelensky to a governor of a state calling a mayor of a town that has just suffered a natural disaster to offer disaster aid. During the call, the governor acknowledges that the aid is necessary and available. However, before the governor will allow the aid to be distributed, he challenges the mayor, saying, “I want you to do

me a favor, though.” The favor, she argued, would be directing the local police chief to “smear” the governor’s opponent.

“Has there been a crime? The answer is ‘yes,’ and that governor would go to jail,” she said.

Trump responded, arguing the “favor” he mentioned during the phone call wasn’t related to him.

“I said I want you to do us (our Country!) a favor, not me a favor,” he tweeted. “They know that but decided to LIE in order to make a fraudulent point. Very sad.”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) pledged on national television that he’ll be in “total coordination” with the White House in development of the strategy for the impeachment trial.

McConnell, during an interview with Fox News, repeatedly pledged that he will be in sync with White House counsel Pat Cipollone, whom he met with privately Thursday, according to The Hill newspaper.

“Everything I do during this, I’m coordinating with the White House

counsel. There will be no difference between the president’s position and our position as to how to handle this,” McConnell told Fox News on Thursday night.

McConnell added that he’ll be in “total coordination with the White House counsel’s office and the people who are representing the president in the well of the Senate.”

Still, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the articles are “very powerful.”

“We are not whipping this legislation, nor do we ever whip something like this. People have to come to their own conclusions,” Pelosi tweeted.

“They’ve seen the facts as presented in the Intelligence Committee — they’ve seen the Constitution, they know it — they take an oath to protect and defend it. But they see the constitutional experts speak about it.

They’ll make their own decisions. I don’t say anything to them.

“The facts are irrefutable,” she said.

“The fact is we take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

WI

4

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 17

INTERNATIONAL

africa now

COMPILED BY OSWALD T. BROWN

Nigeria Needs Divine Intervention, Ex-Senate Prez Says

Former Senate President David Mark has urged Nigerians to use this period of the yuletide to pray for the peace and unity of the nation in order to overcome the myriads of socio-economic and political problems confronting the country.

Mark believed that with prayers, commitment and honesty of purpose, Nigeria could surmount the challenges, even as he submitted that the problems were useful lessons for greater future if Nigerians learnt from them, The Daily Post reported.

Mark made this call in Abuja on Sunday, Dec. 15 while addressing Nigerian pilgrims to Jerusalem before their departure to the Holy Land.

Mark told them to put Nigeria first, saying “the nation needs divine intervention to conquer her problems.”

The former Senate president, however, reminded those in authorities to ensure justice and fairness in all their dealings, “because justice and equity promotes peace and unity.”

He counseled the Pilgrims to be good ambassadors of Nigeria in the Holy Land by obeying the laws of the host nation.

Mark reminded the Pilgrims that, going to Jerusalem was primarily a religious obligation and not an opportunity to engage in commerce or buying and selling.

He warned against absconding from the Holy Land, saying, the consequences of such action would be unimaginable.

Earlier in his homily, Rev. Father Innocent Jooji, chaplain of St. Mulumba Catholic Chaplaincy, Abuja, told the pilgrims to be guided by rules of pilgrimage, reiterating that “it is purely a religious experience to strengthen our faith in God.” Jooji advised them to take experience seriously so that they would be the needed change agents that would facilitate positive development in Nigeria. WI

Traditional Help Buttons

At Home In the Car On a Walk On Vacation At the Park Shopping

A Help Button Should Go Where You Go! To be truly independent your personal emergency device needs to work on the go.

Order Now & Receive a FREE Lockbox!

1-800-681-0667

Service availability and access/coverage on the AT&T network is not available everywhere and at all times. Current GPS location may not always be available in every situation.

View

Sports Photos

by John De Freitas

at:

 18 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

caribbean now Toni-Ann Singh is 4th Jamaican to Win Miss World Crown

Toni-Ann Singh stepped into the history books by becoming the fourth Jamaican to be crowned Miss World.

The 23-year-old psychology and women’s studies major, who won the title over 100 representatives at the annual pageant in London on Saturday, Dec. 14, follows in the footsteps of Carole Joan Crawford in 1963, Cindy Breakespeare in 1976 and Lisa Hanna in 1993.

In the moments following the coronation, Singh posted to social media, expressing her gratitude to those who assisted with her journey to the crown.

“My Jamaica, sweet Jamaica, we did it,” she wrote. “My heart is filled with love and gratitude. Thank you so much for believing in me. You pushed me to believe in myself. I am not only honoured but humbled to be the 69th Miss World. Thank you to my family and to my friends. The love and support you poured into me now allows me to pour into the world.”

Second place went to Miss France Ophély Mézino, with the third spot going to Miss India Suman Rao. Singh, who also won the talent segment of the pageant with a performance of Whitney Houston’s “I Have Nothing,” shared the Miss World win with young girls around the globe.

“To that little girl in St Thomas, Jamaica, and all the girls around the world, please believe in yourself,” she wrote. “Please know that you are worthy and capable of achieving your dreams. This crown is not mine but yours. It’s for you to truly understand that no matter where you’re from and the cards you’re dealt in life, your dreams are valid. You have a purpose.”

Her list of acknowledgments also extended to the franchise holders for the local pageant, Culture Minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange and the Miss World organization.

“I am willing and ready to do the work; to officially be the face that represents the core of Miss World, ‘Beauty with a Purpose,’” Singh said. “And last, but of course not least, thank you, God. Thank you for allowing me to walk the path towards my purpose. My heart is full.”

Singh charmed her way throughout the entire three-hour production, starting with her introduction in the Dances of the World segment which was set to the popular track “Toast” by reggae sensation Koffee.

WI

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

HEALTH Clinic Gets Federal Help to Combat Opioid Crisis

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia Since 2010, opioids reportedly have been responsible for the deaths of nearly a half-million people. Opioid abuse has now surpassed both car crashes and gun violence as leading causes of death nationwide and is responsible for more deaths than the AIDS epidemic and the total US casualties of World War I and II, according to various estimates.

The federal government is now trying to combat the crisis at the community level.

Chase Brexton, a Maryland clinic aiming to provide quality care that honors diversity and improves communities, is among the health care facilities set to receive money in scholarship and loan repayment awards for clinicians and students through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC).

The funds are part of the federal Health Resources & Services Administration’s (HRSA) plan to combat the nation’s opioid crisis through an NHSC Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program (SUD Workforce LRP).

“These loan repayment awards and scholarships make it possible for dedicated clinicians to care for the patients who need them most, including Americans with opioid use disorder and other substance abuse challenges,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a release.

The program also supports the recruitment and retention of health professionals needed in underserved areas to expand access to SUD treatment and prevent over-

dose deaths.

Chase Brexton has locations in the Mount Vernon section of Baltimore and in Columbia, Easton, Glen Burnie, MICA and Randallstown.

“This helps us to focus on helping clients and not be worried about student loans,” said Qwan Needum, a substance abuse therapist and SUD Workforce LRP awardee. “I’m here to help save lives and educate our clients in Baltimore City. And, one of the things I like about being at Chase Brexton is that we have all the services needed in one building, and that includes medical, dental and health — and case management.”

The loan repayment program aims to increase access to quality opioid and substance abuse disorder treatment in underserved communities across the country.

The HRSA recently announced $319 million in scholarship and loan repayment awards, including $80 million to specifically support nearly 1,250 clinicians providing substance use disorder treatment.

In total, Baltimore area clinicians such as Needum have received 16 awards.

“As far as our clients’ access to

GREECE & HER ISLANDS

care, we do see a lot of clients who don’t have insurance,” Needum said. “We also see those who don’t know how to apply for medical insurance, so we educate them on applying for Medicaid or Medicare, or even programs that provide co-pay assistance.”

Previously, Chase Brexton Health Care received more than $400,000 in federal grants recognizing its national leadership in quality care metrics and expanding its dental care programs.

The clinic also received a $300,000 grant through HRSA’s Oral Health Infrastructure Awards to expand its oral health programs.

Currently, Chase Brexton offers dental care at its Mt. Vernon, Columbia, Glen Burnie and Randallstown Centers and provided care for more than 6,300 patients in the fiscal year 2018, according to its website.

Additionally, Chase Brexton received a total of $117,000 in HRSA Quality Improvement Awards, recognizing its delivery of high-quality patient care.

The award included $62,254 in recognition of Chase Brexton’s role as a National Quality Leader, placing it in the top 2 percent of federally qualified health centers across the country.

Also included in the HRSA quality awards was $50,000 in recognition of Chase Brexton’s role as a patient-centered medical home and $5,000 to support Chase Brexton’s ongoing use of health information technology in supporting quality patient care.

Needum said the need for clinicians continues, but the loan repayment program should help.

“It’s definitely a need for more clinicians,” she said. “In my case, I handle a lot of clients, so with the additional support, I can actually have a steady workflow instead of an overload in demand.”

WI

$

FROM

1,549 *

1,299 *

$

10 days, departs March - Sep, 2020 TM

1-844-227-0751 Promo code N7017

*Prices are per person based on double occupancy plus $299 taxes & fees. Single supplement and seasonal surcharges may apply. Add-on airfare available. Offers apply to new bookings only, made by 12/31/19. Other terms and conditions may apply. Ask your Travel Consultant for details.

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

5 Qwan Needum, a substance abuse therapist and SUD Workforce LRP awardee (Courtesy of Chase Brexton)

WANTED:

20 PEOPLE READY TO BUY A HOME!

(Tell Your Friends to Find Out!)

There is “Non-Repayable” Closing Cost Grant Money” available for all who are ready to buy a home now! All Incomes (high or low) Can Qualify for our grant money & gov’t-backed loans; low credit scores-ok; defaulted student loans-ok; high debt-to-income-ratio ok.

EZ eligibility requirements. To see if you can qualify:

CALL: 202.630.8810

(WDC/MD/VA - in beta: Need 20 eligible applicants.)

(These are NOT predatory loans!

These are legitimate gov’t-backed loans: FHA, VA, Fannie Mae, etc.)

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 19

EDUCATION Ballou, Anacostia Reveal School Redesign Plans

By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins A monthslong, community-led school redesign process promises the expansion and diversification of educational opportunities for young people attending Ward 8’s two public high schools, both of which are in the throes of an ongoing campaign to attract and retain students from feeder schools in its surround-

ing neighborhoods.

By the 2021-2022 academic year, students at Anacostia High School and Ballou High School will navigate fully operational programs connecting them with opportunities beyond school grounds and equipping them with credentials desired in lucrative industries.

For students at Ballou, the school redesign, currently in its pilot phase, builds upon career academies that have long been available to students.

Requests for Proposals “Academy of Hope Adult PCS, a leader in DC Adult Education, is accepting Requests for Proposals for Prospective ASL Interpretation Partners for the School Year 2020. All interested applicants can go to www.aohdc.org/jobs for more information and to submit a response no later than December 19, 2019 to audrey@aohdc.org”

“We engaged more than 1,000 people in our community and heard them say that they want real-world learning that infuses technology and reflects students’ interests,” Willie Jackson, principal and alumnus of Ballou High School, said Friday during a gathering in a space utilized by students in the culinary arts and hospitality academies.

Jackson, flanked by Anacostia Principal William Haith, Mayor Muriel Bowser, DCPS Chancellor Lewis Ferebee, Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) Director Tommy Wells, and members of the school redesign team, outlined the newest elements of what students have been able to experience this academic year, including pathways for information technology and computer engineering.

A $3 million investment from the DC Public Education Fund also secured what had been described as healing centered practices for the benefit of the school community.

“We will use real-world case studies where students respond to authentic challenges from companies. We will also establish an IT computer pathways program with Cisco Systems,” Jackson continued. “We will invest in a healing center to support social-emotional development. We’re so excited about this opportunity and redesign process.”

Last school year, NAF, a network of education, business, and community leaders, recognized Ballou’s Academy of Hospitality and Tourism as one of 90 topnotch U.S.-based high school career academies. Through this academy, students have interned at the World Bank and participated in Cornell University’s summer hospitality program after taking foundational coursework in their freshman year.

Ballou and Anacostia count among the nearly dozen D.C. pub-

5 Last week, DCPS Chancellor Lewis Ferebee (center) and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (right) sampled some treats, courtesy of Ballou students in the Southeast-based school’s culinary arts academy. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

lic schools engulfed in the mayor’s connected schools model, through which schools partner with community institutions to integrate health and social services, youth and community development, and community engagement into the academic environment.

Students at Anacostia also participate in the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement’s Leadership Academy, a schoolbased program that provides mentorship and wraparound services in the promotion of nonviolence.

Through the school redesign, Anacostia will partner with DOEE in fostering its new Civil and Environmental Engineering Pathway.

Friday morning’s presentation took place a day before EdFest, the District’s annual school fair at the DC Armory, where Jackson and others had been scheduled to speak about the school redesign.

Students and leaders at Ballou recently promoted their beloved school during an open house for families attending Ballou’s feeder schools.

In October, student leaders rep-

Lowest Rx Prices, Every Day Start saving at BlinkHealth.com *Restrictions apply. Visit BlinkHealth.com for more details.

20 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

resenting Ballou and Anacostia at a budget hearing at the DCPS Central Office in Northeast demanded that school officials shed better light on the academic programs they’ve taken advantage of by staying in their neighborhood school. That meeting took place not long after DCPS Central Office announced citywide public school enrollment of more than 50,000 students, what’s considered an all-time record.

For Marcell Robinson, a junior at Ballou who collected feedback from his peers and other community members about school redesign, such changes pose the benefit of proving to others what he and his peers have come to appreciate about their high school. Marcell counted among those who advocated for more career pathway programs.

“I wanted to see the diversity and enrollment [in our school] go up.” said Marcell, who’s studying automotive technology. “All the students at Ballou know each other, and we want other students to see the greatness of Ballou.

“We have consistently talked to students from Hart and Johnson [middle schools], and the ninth and 10th graders to see what people want,” he continued. “You get some satisfaction knowing you were one of the people who started this. When I send my children to Ballou, I would have comfort knowing the school has changed a lot since I’ve gone there.”

WI

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

D.C.’s Legendary Coach Neal Henderson: Teaching Hockey and Black History

By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins In the more than four decades since Neal Henderson launched the first nonwhite youth hockey organization in North America, he has helped several hundred young people flourish on the ice locally and in tournaments across the continent, even as his racially diverse club faced what he described as covert and overt acts of discrimination.

Henderson, a lifelong hockey player, attested the longevity of what many have come to know as the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club to its reverence for D.C. history and a system that compels players to put their best foot forward and rise through the ranks of the program.

“The players have to work to get their full gear and make it on the house team,” Henderson said.

“Then they work to make the travel team. Then they have to work hard to stay on the travel team.

“The first level is sticks and gloves,” he continued. “After they perform all the positions and duties [that come with working] with sticks and gloves, they graduate to the next level where they perform all the commands with the stick, and controlling the puck. They get motivated by watching how the other skaters perform. That makes them work as hard to get to the next level.”

Monday’s practice followed what had been an eventful week for Coach Henderson. On Thursday, Dec. 12, the veteran coach entered the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Marriott Marquis in Northwest.

Two days prior, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) proclaimed Dec. 10 as “Coach Neal Henderson Day.” That evening, a teary-eyed Henderson accepted honors at the Wilson Building before an audience of hockey club players, coaches, and city officials.

In his remarks, he placed his love for youth inspires the magic that unfolds at the Fort Dupont Ice Arena two days out of the week

EDUCATION AARP AUTO INSURANCE FROM THE HARTFORD TO SPEAK WITH AN AGENT AND REQUEST A FREE QUOTE CALL THE HARTFORD TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU COULD SAVE:

1-877-579-9788

DENTAL Insurance Physicians Mutual Insurance Company

A less expensive way to help get the dental care you deserve If you’re over 50, you can get coverage for about

$1 a day*

5 U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer, Neal Henderson, a lifelong hockey player and recent U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, coaches young ice skaters at the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club in Southeast. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

and five months out of the year.

The Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club, founded in 1978, counts among more than 30 U.S. and Canada-based affiliates of the National Hockey League (NHL)’s Hockey is for Everyone program.

The more than 40 young people affiliated with the Fort Dupont Cannons wear their club’s black, yellow, and white colors, a combination that pays homage to African-American soldiers who successfully protected the southeastern corner of the U.S. Capitol during the Civil War. On Monday, Henderson likened the two hockey sticks and puck etched on the seal of the Fort Dupont Hockey Club that to the cannon and ball Black union soldiers used on those grounds during the Civil War. He said he demands his players exhibit a similar level of focus and demeanor on the ice.

Since its inception, the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club has made waves competitively, placing first in the National Capital Hockey Tournament, also known as the Purple Puck, throughout the late 1990s and 2000s. They have also been featured on the cover of a well-regarded hockey magazine.

Along the way, Coach Henderson taught his youth about hockey’s origins as a recreational activity for African Americans who escaped slavery and settled in Canada in the early 19th century. Fif-

teen years ago, he and other coaches doled out copies of “Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925” to their youth.

More than a decade later, with the Washington Capitals bringing the Stanley Cup to the District, Henderson contends that time is of the essence in the city leaders expanding upon what Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club has contributed.

“There has been talk of building a new rink or rehabilitating this one. I can only hope that young people can continue to enjoy the happiness of skating and sports activities on the ice,” he said.

In February, Mayor Bowser and the Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena reached an agreement to renovate the historic facility, a project that’s been in discussion since at least 2014. This deal leaves Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena with a $3 million price tag, all of which must be raised by February. Earlier this year, Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis and the NHL contributed to the Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena’s $500,000 GoFundMe campaign.

The Fort Dupont Ice Arena, the District’s sole indoor ice skating rink, hosts more than 3,000 young people annually, including Gonzaga College High School and Cath-

HENDERSON Page 42

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

Keep your own dentist! NO networks to worry about NO annual or lifetime cap on the cash benefits

No wait for preventive care and no deductibles – you could get a checkup tomorrow Coverage for over 350 procedures including cleanings, exams, fillings, crowns…even dentures

you can receive

FREE Information Kit

1-877-308-2834

www.dental50plus.com/cadnet *Individual plan. Product not available in MN, MT, NH, RI, VT, WA. Acceptance guaranteed for one insurance policy/certificate of this type. Contact us for complete details about this insurance solicitation. This specific offer is not available in CO, NY; call 1-800-969-4781 or respond for similar offer. Certificate C250A (ID: C250E; PA: C250Q); Insurance Policy P150(GA: P150GA; NY: P150NY; OK: P150OK; TN: P150TN) 6096C MB16-NM001Gc

Do you or a loved one struggle on the stairs?

AN ACORN STAIRLIFT IS A PERFECT SOLUTION FOR:

ü Arthritis and COPD sufferers ü Those with mobility issues ü Anyone who struggles on the stairs

THE PURCHASE OF A NEW STAIRLIFT!

CALL NOW FOR YOUR FREE INFORMATION KIT AND DVD!

1-855-841-2971

*Not valid on previous purchases. Not valid with any other offers or discounts. Not valid on refurbished models. Only valid towards purchase of a NEW Acorn Stairlift directly from the manufacturer. $250 discount will be applied to new orders.

Please mention this ad when calling. AZ ROC 278722, CA 942619, MN LC670698, OK 50110, OR CCB 198506, RI 88, WA ACORNSI894OB, WV WV049654, MA HIC169936, NJ 13VH07752300, PA PA101967, CT ELV 0425003-R5.

FREE INSURANCE COST ASSESSMENT

FOR SENIORS & FAMILY No Medical Exams Required Immediate Coverage Rates Never Increase

GET A FREE QUOTE TODAY!

240-643-6737 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 21

24730 Washington Informer Newspaper 9.5x12.38 4c

There are no limits to what you can accomplish.

You have the power to redefine what’s possible. From being the first to graduate college to becoming the next big star in your field — you work relentlessly to knock down barriers and build a stronger legacy.

We call that being empowerful. As you continue to create more financial stability for you and your family, Wells Fargo will be right by your side helping to make it happen. You’ve come this far. We can help you go further.

Learn how at:

wellsfargo.com © 2019 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. IHA-24730_A40

22 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

OPINIONS/EDITORIALS

EDITORIAL Nothing Constant but Change

Nothing is constant but change. This edition of The Washington Informer reflects that change, with a page size smaller than ever in our 55 years of existence. This is why.

Months ago, The Washington Post announced it would discontinue publishing its weekday free newspaper - The Washington Post Express. The news was a shock to everyone, including us, who, like most Washingtonians, had grown accustomed to seeing hawkers distributing the paper at area Metro stations ever since the newspaper first started 16 years ago. The Express was small and convenient for the morning commuters.

While the Informer only had one hawker – “Little” Paul -- who faithfully distributed the newspaper at the Anacostia Metro station in Southeast -- other distributors were giving away the Express at nearly every Metro station across the District. Sadly, when we lost Paul, who died two years ago, we relied only on our free newspaper boxes at dozens of Metro stations across the region. Hundreds of our devoted readers accessed the Informer there every week, and we continue to work hard to maintain our boxes despite the damage and theft that so often occurs.

Still, like so many Washingtonians, we were taken aback when Washington Post ended publishing the Express, with little warning to the public. This year also witnessed the end of the Northwest Current after publishing weekly for 52 years. Little did we know that the Informer would be impacted, as well.

For more than 20 years, the Informer has contracted with a Washington Postowned newspaper printing company to print our newspaper, as well. We, like so many other smaller publications in the region, are facing a declining number of newspaper printers mostly owned by the large daily newspapers. But even those printing shops are experiencing the impact of the new digital age. As a result, the shuttering of the Express, the company that printed them, and the Informer, as well, recently closed. We quickly decided to move with the same printer to another location, but the change in page size was a factor we also had to consider.

Despite the change in the way we look, we thank you, our dedicated readers, for supporting us as we go through this minor adjustment. Your feedback is welcomed, but rest assured, we may be smaller, but it won’t decrease our commitment to covering the news in a big way. WI

Trump Impeachment: A Reminder of Why Telling the Truth Still Matters By the time the current edition of The Washington Informer hits the streets, the final vote on two articles of impeachment charged against Donald Trump should have been concluded in the U.S. House of Representatives. And almost certainly, Trump will become only the third U.S. president to be impeached, joining Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton in the ignoble triad.

Now, as the hearings and process shift from the Democratically-controlled House to the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate, we hope that members of Congress will remember that they were elected to “protect and defend the U.S. Constitution” – not the president.

We were dismayed but not surprised to hear Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who will lead proceedings in the Senate, say in no uncertain terms, that he has no plans to call witnesses or to seek additional documents beyond who or what was presented in House. He says Trump will not be impeached in the U.S. Senate, therefore being removed from office. In other words, he and his fellow Republicans, if he is indeed speaking for his GOP colleagues, do not care about the evidence that’s been submitted or securing the truth. Trump will be protected because he’s one of their “boys.”

It is a very sad day in American history but also a day when we should wake up.

If the president is innocent, if he is being unfairly attacked, if this is all a sham, then we can only suggest one thing: let those who know what really happened be compelled to tell the American public the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. WI

TO THE EDITOR Rest in Power

What a beautiful tribute to Garth Reeves Sr. I’d never heard of him but I’m glad I took the time to read about his life and legacy and what he’s done for Black people in media in Miami and around the country.

Rest easy, Mr. Reeves.

Desi Fields Washington, DC

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

Eye of the Beholder

Black women sweeping the top beauty pageants doesn’t really do anything for me. I don’t know — is it just me? These beauty pageants are outdated and built on patriarchy and white supremacy and what the white man says is beautiful. Seems like we’re constantly trying to prove were beautiful to the white man and others. Black is beautiful 365. Away with beauty pageants.

Rie Cathcart Washington, DC

Readers' Mailbox

The Washington Informer welcomes letters to the editor about articles we publish or issues affecting the community. Write to: lsaxton@washingtoninformer. com or send to: 3117 Martin Luther King Jr Ave., SE, Washington, D.C. 20032. Please note that we are unable to publish letters that do not include a full name, address and phone number. We look forward to hearing from you.

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 23

OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By Julianne Malveaux

Pots and Kettles: Republican Hypocrisy and Double-Talk When you elect a clown, expect a circus, and this month’s impeachment hearings have been precisely that. Yelling, shouting and disrespectful accusing seem more the rule than the exception. The increased volume of Mr. Trump’s tweets echoes his fear and discomfort because he has been called out. Republican histrionics and obsession

with “process” suggest that Mr. Trump’s party is not especially interested in facts. Even the falsehood that Democrats have been “out to get” this president since he was elected is outright wrong. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came to the impeachment conclusion only reluctantly.

And Democrats have been very measured in their accusations. While Mr. Trump has only been charged with two “high crimes and misdemeanors,” if Democrats wanted to throw the

Guest Columnist

book at the Criminal-in-Chief, they could have detailed multiple “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Instead, they’ve kept it narrowly focused on Mr. Trump’s behavior regarding Ukraine.

Democrats have shown admirable restraint, while Republicans’ shouting and deflecting could be the basis of a comedy show if the matter weren’t so serious.

And every time some of these folks speak, they illustrate their hypocrisy. Thus, Florida Rep. Matt Goetz launched into a ti-

rade about Hunter Biden’s very candid disclosure of his substance abuse challenges, some of which are detailed in a New Yorker article this summer. But Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson had no time for Goetz, saying that Goetz’s attack on Biden was like “the pot calling the kettle black.”

Goetz was charged with a DUI some years ago. The charges were mysteriously dropped, but there is evidence that Goetz was impaired.

Meanwhile, Hunter Biden has

never been arrested or charged with anything regarding his substance abuse challenges. Goetz’s attack on Hunter Biden is not the only example of Republican hypocrisy and improper behavior. These impeachment hearings show how far Republicans will go to obfuscate Mr. Trump’s behavior and to throw mud at Democrats.

While Republicans are throwing mud at Hunter Biden, no

MALVEAUX Page 41

By Marc H. Morial

N.J. Anti-Semitic Shootings Part of Horrifying Spike in Hate Crimes “If this incident was motivated by hate, which news reports indicate, then this is another incident in a long line of violent incidents targeting the Jewish community.

This hatred is a disease and right now we are experiencing an epidemic. Leaders must lead and call out hate wherever and whenever it rears its ugly head — regardless of politics. This is about principle.”

— Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and

national director, Anti-Defamation League For the third time in just over a year, the nation is reeling in the face of a deadly mass shooting that appears to have been motivated by anti-Semitism.

Earlier this week, a man and woman killed a police detective near a Jersey City cemetery and then stormed a nearby Jewish market, shooting and killing three people there. The two were killed in a subsequent shootout with police.

The suspects have been linked

Guest Columnist

to a religious sect that includes factions designated as anti-Semitic hate groups. In the stolen van they were driving, investigators found a note that contained anti-Semitic and anti-police sentiments. Similar sentiments were found in social media posts linked to the suspects.

In April of this year, a gunman opened fire in a San Diego synagogue on the last day of Passover, killing a 60-year-old woman and wounding three other people, including a rabbi and an 8-year-old girl.

Shortly before the attack, the gunman posted an anti-Semitic and racist manifesto on social media, citing conspiracy theories, expressing admiration for the gunmen who perpetrated the anti-Muslim killings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Six months earlier, in Pittsburgh, 11 people were killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue. That shooter, too, deeply enmeshed in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on social media.

These acts are part of a horrifying three-year trend that has coin-

cided with a spike in course and heated racial rhetoric in political discourse. It is one that demands action on several fronts, including gun policy, moderation of social media terms of service, and a sweeping reexamination of racial and religious intolerance.

As a child of the civil rights movement and the leader of the nation’s largest racial justice organization, I have witnessed the recent rise of white nationalism with equal parts dismay and a

MORIAL Page 41

By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

President Trump’s War on the Poor

Donald Trump is famed for his head-snapping reversals. One day he’s taking troops out of the Middle East, the next he’s sending more in. One day he’s on the verge of an agreement with China on trade, the next he’s tweeting about holding off until after the election.

On one thing, however, Trump and his administration have been

24 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

clear, consistent, coordinated and relentless: waging a war on the poor. Not a war on poverty but a war on the most vulnerable themselves. Despite low unemployment, millions of Americans — the Brookings Institution estimates an astounding 44 percent of all workers in the prime working ages of 18-64 — struggle to get by on median wages of little over $10 an hour or $18,000 a year.

The working poor face soaring costs of housing, health care, trans-

portation, utilities and, of course, debt — all rising faster than their wages. The official “poverty rate” is far lower than any accounting of the true needs of a family. The National Center for Children in Poverty estimates that the average family needs about twice as much income as the poverty level to meet basic needs. Cruelly, the Trump response to this is to make it worse.

The administration and Republicans in Congress oppose

raising the minimum wage and won’t even allow a vote on it in the Senate. Now the administration proposes lowering the poverty line over time by pegging the inflation adjustments lower than the actual increase in costs. All programs that help low-wage workers would be affected. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities projects that 250,000 seniors would get less help in purchasing prescription drugs, 300,000 children would lose health care under the Chil-

dren’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

This rule combined with others that the administration has imposed will cost literally millions of low-wage workers to face cutbacks in food assistance. Student loan debt is now $1.5 trillion, primarily loans taken out by the children of middle- or low-income families trying to better themselves through education. Bernie

JACKSON Page 41

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By A. Peter Bailey

Black Folks Should Zip Their Lips About Impeaching No. 45

In the late 1960s, six young Black dudes, including myself, had a life-changing opportunity to meet with and learn from a brilliant African professor who expanded our knowledge in the field of propaganda analysis. He told us that every movie, television and radio program, book, song, newspaper or magazine article, no matter how innocent it appeared

to be, had a message. He would take us to movies, especially those in which Black folks were included. We then analyzed them when getting together at our monthly meetings.

One of his teaching tools was a book, “The Political World of American Zionism.” Knowing that anti-Semitism is a force below the surface in this country, the author told American Jews that they were times when it was strategically important to let a Christian be the most visible public advocate

Guest Columnist

for Israel in the U.S. Congress.

Thus, for many years, Israel’s most ardent public advocate was Senator Henry Jackson of Washington State, not Jewish Sens. Jacob Javits of New York and Abe Ribicoff of Connecticut.

The current ongoing goal of the Democratic Party to impeach Number 45 (aka Donald J. Trump) reminds me of the wise advice given to the Jewish community in the aforementioned book. I am proposing that Black politicians, civil rights leaders, broadcast and print

correspondents and commentators cease insisting that Number 45 should be impeached. Every time one of them does such, Number 45 and his Trumpettes document it for future campaign use.

Throughout suburban, smallcity, small-town and rural America, they won’t show a pro-impeachment White person. All they will show in their political commercials and ads are Black folks demanding that Number 45 be impeached. The response of Whites in those places will be

“Those N-words are trying to get rid of your president. Who do they think they are?”

It’s time for us Black folks to realize that the often-patronizing Whites we deal with in urban areas such as D.C., New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, etc., are not — by any means — the majority of Whites in this country. Number 45 is very much aware of this. That’s why he rarely campaigns in such places. He

BAILEY Page 42

By Bill Fletcher Jr.

Marvin Miller Gets to the Baseball Hall of Fame — But No Curt Flood?

When it was announced on December 8th that the late Marvin Miller, the first executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), had finally been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame I let out a yell of glee!

Finally, an individual who did so much for baseball and knocked down so many walls has been recognized. Transforming an organization — the MLBPA — that was

barely functioning into one of the most important labor unions in the USA was no small feat. And opening the door to free agency, which he and his leadership team mastered through brilliant strategy, fundamentally changed baseball.

What was missing in all the excitement was the recognition of the first “soldier” out of the foxhole who, in an act of great courage and sacrifice, laid the foundation for the victory that Miller was able to bring about. Of course, I am referencing the late Curt Flood.

Curt Flood, an African Amer-

Askia-At-Large

ican outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, was faced with a forced trade to the Philadelphia Phillies.

This was in the late 1960s, when baseball players were de facto owned by their teams (due to the “reserve clause”). Flood refused the trade and went to Marvin Miller seeking support. Miller and other leaders of the MLBPA asked Flood some tough questions, including whether he was truly ready for the risks associated with taking such a stand. Flood convinced Miller, as well as player leaders such as Roberto Clemente, that he was ready.

And he then received their full support.

Flood fought a multi-year court battle, ultimately ending in the Supreme Court, trying to end the reserve clause and institute free agency (the ability of a player, after a specific period of time, to offer his services to the highest bidder).

He was ultimately defeated in one of the strangest Supreme Court decisions ever recorded. Flood was exiled from baseball; went into a tailspin; but, with the help of his second wife, actress Judy Pace, and other key friends, was able to re-

establish his life. He passed away in 1997.

Flood’s case, though going down in defeat, shook up the baseball world and discredited the reserve clause system. It laid the foundation for the strategy employed by Miller a few years later to crack the system and introduce free agency.

It is as a result of the courage of Flood and the strategy of Miller that Major League players were able to gain the incredible salary improvements seen over the past

FLETCHER Page 42

By Askia Muhammad

Mumia Abu-Jamal: An Innocent Man Still Persecuted There’ve been plenty of headlines lately regarding innocent Black men being freed from prison after decades of unjust incarceration. We have also seen a spate of pardons of convicted criminals by merciful authorities.

The most spectacular event was the act by outgoing Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, who pardoned 400 people — including a murderer

and even a child rapist — on his way out of the governor’s mansion.

And of course, not to be missed are the pardons of war criminals

by President Donald J. Trump, contrary to the recommendations of military and civilian leaders at the Pentagon. He wants to protect savage, lawless war-fighters like the ones he pardoned, as a way to project Trump’s own, narcissistic, exaggerated, Rocky-body image of himself and the troops he commands as tough guys — the tough-

est, meanest warriors an American adversary would never, ever have to face in combat … really the combat is multimillion-dollar drones, which cost thousands of dollars per hour to operate bombing from the skies, operated by technicians thousands of miles from the battlefield, in order to track down and murder peasant fighters in faraway lands who live on less than $2 per day.

Black men, however are easy targets and set-ups because people

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

presume too often that they are definitely guilty of something, if not the crime for which they are charged in court. That’s certainly what happened to award-winning journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal.

On Dec. 9, 1981, a terrible shoot-out took place in the early, early morning in Philadelphia.

A police officer was killed, and WDAS Radio reporter Abu-Jamal, who moonlighted as a taxi driver, was seriously wounded in the altercation.

Because of Abu-Jamal’s involvement for a dozen years in the Black Panther Party, and because of his unflinching support for John Africa and his naturalist commune called MOVE, Abu-Jamal was certain to be convicted of the cop’s murder, even if the cops had to manufacture evidence, and intimidate witnesses — which they did!

Had the law ever been applied fairly, Abu-Jamal would never have

ASKIA Page 42 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 25

LIFESTYLE Takoma Station Gives New Life to Local Jazz Scene

By Kirk Beldon Jackson WI Contributing Writer For Michael Philips, it started with an evening of jazz last spring.

That night, Philips, a longtime jazz lover who hosts a jazz show on Takoma Park’s non-commercial WOWD-FM radio, took in a jam session at Washington’s Takoma Station.

Twenty-five years earlier, the

club, then a mainstay of the Washington area jazz scene, had been one of Philips’ favorite haunts, offering jazz practically every night of the week.

But later, it cut its jazz format to about one or two days a week, replacing it with reggae, go-go, hiphop and other styles.

The night out made Philips want to bring back the old Takoma Station – at least as much as

possible.

Co-owner David Boyd agreed with him and thus was born Takoma Station’s new Sunday jazz series, which opened September 29 with a performance from a quintet headed by saxophonists Paul Carr and Marshall Keys, two veterans from the old days.

Since then, the club has continued to offer jazz shows on the last Sunday of each month. A band fronted by trombonist Reginald Cyntje played there in October and saxophonist Lionel Lyles brought his group to the club in November.

A fourth concert will take place Dec. 29, when drummer and percussionist Lenny Robinson brings his group Exploration to the club for its first ever public performance.

Boyd said he thinks the venture essentially recreates the atmosphere that drew jazz fans to the iconic club during the 1980’s and early 1990’s.

“You have that whole atmosphere of being in the ‘80s all over again,” he said. “People laughing and people clapping. The jazz mu-

“bright, charming, and hilarious”

“brazenly skewers the patriarchy in viciously funny form”

“Thread[s] together dozens of sketches with machine-like precision. The comedy, though, is anything but rigid.”

“a giggle-worthy, rebellious, political, laugh-out-loud middle finger to all that truly sucks about 21st-century womanhood.”

Washington Post

Metro Weekly

Broadway World

NOW PLAYING THRU JAN 5 AT

26 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

DC Theatre Scene

WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY WOOLLYMAMMOTH.NET // 202-393-3939

5 (L to R) Marshall Keys, Paul Carr and Lionel Lyles at a performance in September.

(Courtesy photo/Eva Hambach)

sicians coming off the stage and mingling with the customers. It’s Takoma station all over again.”

The attendance at Cyntje’s show was slower because of competition from this year’s World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros, said Robinson, who played drums that night.

“At the time that it was booked there was no way to know that would happen, “Robinson said. “It was the luck of the draw.”

Still, once the Series was over, fans packed the house once again for Lyles’ show, Boyd said.

Boyd’s father, Bobby, founded the club in 1984. An avid jazz fan who frequently traveled to New York to hear jazz, Bobby Boyd wanted to make it accessible to Washington area residents, his son said.

It soon became a popular hangout for Howard University students, as well as celebrities such as Muhammad Ali, CNN’s Bernard Shaw, actor Wesley Snipes and boxing promoter Don King, among others. They were all entertained by the cream of D.C. and Baltimore area jazz talent, among them Robinson, Keys and Carr.

“Tuesday and Saturday were always jam-packed,” recalled Carr, who led the house band at least twice a week between 1987 and 1993.

Keys described the tavern as a “combination of a jazz club and a social mecca.”

“It was family-owned; it was in a neighborhood, not downtown;

you could park; the drinks were nice; Bobby Boyd and his wife were super cool people; and they paid people decent and treated them well,” he said.

Nationally-known musicians frequently came to listen to and sit in with the house bands, among them trumpeters Wynton Marsalis and Woody Shaw, drummer Art Blakey, bassist Stanley Clarke, keyboardist George Duke and saxophonist Gerald Albright, Boyd said.

Gil Scott-Heron came often, both to listen and perform, he recalled.

Keys said that Stevie Wonder showed up a couple of times and played piano with his band. “And he wasn’t trying to be Stevie Wonder, he was just hanging’,” he said.

Bobby Boyd retired in 1991.

Afterwards, business concerns prompted the club to look at other styles of music, as well as comedy.

“I can’t say that jazz took a back seat, it’s just that jazz shares a back seat,” David Boyd said.

Some patrons of a recent Sunday night hip-hop show at the club said they like the idea of bringing in more jazz.

“I’ll take my wife there, it sounds interesting,” said J’Don Little, 33, a rapper and singer from Manassas who performs under the name “J 2 Da Little.” “We love jazz. We sample jazz when we make hip-hop.”

Boyd said that if more people take interest, the tavern will expand the series to two Sundays a month. “We’ll take it as far as it will go,” he said. WI

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

LIFESTYLE Smithsonian Exhibit Shows Blacks at War in U.S., Abroad

By James Wright WI Staff Writer @jamesdcwrighter

An exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture shows Blacks fighting heroically for the U.S. overseas and their fellow Americans for civil rights domestically.

The exhibit, “We Return Fighting: The African American Experience in World War I,” features the social, cultural, political, economic and intellectual experiences of African Americans before, during and after World War I. The exposition runs until June 14 and features photographs, pictures, posters, displays and uniforms of the World War I era relating to African Americans.

The exhibit includes graphic representations of Blacks on the war front in segregated units and even Africans who fought in the conflict for their colonizers.

Spencer D. Crew, interim director of the museum, said the World War I era permanently changed America and the world and ignited African American’s aspirations for full citizenship.

“Some 17 to 21 million soldiers

and civilians died in what was the worst war in modern history,” Crew said. “Empires fell, maps were redrawn and the lives of countless people were forever changed. For African Americans, the war tested the meaning of citizenship and patriotism. They went to war fighting for democracy abroad: they returned fighting for democracy at home.”

The exhibit highlights the work of nine Black luminaries who emerged as leaders for equal rights during the WWI period: A. Philip Randolph, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Col. Charles Young, Mary Church Terrell, Lt. Charles Hamilton Houston, Oscar DePriest, Josephine Baker and Robert Abbott.

Krewasky A. Salter, the exhibit’s curator, said the luminaries’ selection had to do with their work in confronting racial injustices at a level that hadn’t been done before.

“Randolph spoke out against the war, saying that the U.S. government should have protected the rights of Negroes in Georgia instead of fighting abroad,” Salter said.

“DuBois embraced the war, writing in the Crisis magazine that this was a fight for democracy. When DuBois and other Blacks like him

found out they were duped, he began to take a more militant stand regarding civil rights.

“Houston was one of the few Black officers in the military and was so outraged by the mistreatment of Black soldiers, he committed his life to fighting for civil rights,” he said.

“Robert Abbott, the founder and publisher of the Chicago Defender, urged Blacks to leave the South and come to the North for a better way of life. Josephine Baker left the United States and became one of the most successful entertainers in

Europe, especially France.”

The exhibit shows “The New Negro” that emerged from the World War I period. “The New Negro” became more aggressive about civil rights issues, with Wells writing powerful articles and commentaries on lynching, Terrell advocating for the voting rights of Black women and the election of African American Oscar DePriest of Chicago to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1928, Crew points out.

Salter said that while historians say 1955 events such as Rosa Parks

refusing to give up her seat for a white man and the lynching of Emmett Till fueled the civil rights movement, the defiant stand taken by many Blacks in WWI era laid the groundwork for the movement.

“World War I planted the seeds of agitation,” he said. “This was the first generation of Blacks who stirred the pot. They encountered deeply-ingrained, mob violence-oriented whites during that time, but they pressed on. Because of them, African Americans have the rights that we have today.” WI

ON BROADWAY FOR 11 WEEKS ONLY BEGINS DECEMBER 27 SM

American Airlines Theatre

5 District civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell has a prominent place in the “We Return Fighting: The African American Experience in World War I” exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. (Rob Roberts/The Washington Informer)

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

•

227 West 42nd St.

roundabouttheatre.org

Support for A Soldier’s Play is provided by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 27

LIFESTYLE Md. Resident Turns 100: ‘Hard Work … and Prayer’

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia

5 Ada Haddock (Courtesy of Cindy Cummings)

Ada Haddock can tell about 100 stories, including the secret to longevity.

Haddock celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday, Dec. 15, and she said there’s not much of a secret to living long.

“Hard work, which is what I’ve done all of my life, and prayer,” Haddock said.

Her friends at the Westminster House Senior Apartments along N. Charles Street in Baltimore helped Haddock celebrate her milestone.

“She has really made a great impression on the whole community here,” said Cindy Cummings, Haddock’s bible study teacher. “She’s a woman of great class. Everybody loves her.”

Hammock was born in New York in 1919, but for the past 21 years, she’s lived at Westminster Senior House Apartments.

A lover of crossword puzzles which she does every day, Hammock once worked at a library and hospital, and eventually retired as an IRS employee.

She said her favorite president was Barack Obama –

“who else would it be?”

“Obama and [John F.] Kennedy,” she said.

Longevity appears to have run in the family. Hammock’s mother lived to age 108, she said.

As the decades pass, Hammock said she realizes that technology has made life easier in many different ways. Still, she said she refuses to purchase a cellphone.

“My [landline] phone is enough for me because I’m not a phone person,” Hammock said. “I’m not a person to sit down on the telephone all day long. And these iPads and things like that are too distracting, the kids always have their heads in them.”

Asked if there’s one thing she’d like to see that hasn’t happened in her lifetime, Hammock said she’d like all residents to have decent health insurance coverage.

“I don’t think we get very good

health care as it is, and you pay for everything,” Hammock said.

“You go to the doctor’s office, and all you do is cough, and you’re out of there in five minutes. They call that an examination, and then they give you a prescription. They don’t bother to really check you out, so with all of the new technology, the discoveries, none of that is helping us.

Hammock added that even with Medicare, there’s still too much she and others have to pay for out of pocket.

Still, she enjoys life today as she did when she and her friends would do the fox trot and other dances at the old Savoy Ballroom in New York.

“I love jazz, but I’m not up with the new music because I don’t know what they’re talking about with the rap music and other stuff,” Hammock said. “Now, they just shake. It’s not dancing, just shaking.”

Hammock said she’s proud of young women today who continue to fight for equal rights. She said she’d noticed the struggle for equal pay, and she endorses it.

“We didn’t have equal rights when I was growing up, but the women today want equal respect, and there’s nothing wrong with that,” Hammock said. “I tell [young women] today to respect themselves or other people won’t respect them. My motto is, ‘Do unto others, as you’d have others do unto you.’ These young women are fighting for equal rights, and I hope they get it.” WI

Stay Informed!

www.washingtoninformer.com

28 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

LIFESTYLE

Walking for Wellness

On the heels of the Washington Nationals World Series victory, the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Southeast Washington was the site of the 2nd BRIC Community Walk for Drug Use Prevention Education and Mental Health Wellness on October 26. (Courtesy photo/BRICInc)

WHY DO WE PAY THE HIGHEST DRUG PRICES IN THE WORLD? While too many Americans struggle to make ends meet, the big drug companies continue to rake in billions.

People shouldn’t have to choose between buying medication and buying food for our families. Congress, it’s time to act. Stop the greed. Cut drug prices now.

Learn more at aarp.org/rx

Facebook.com/AARPadvocates @AARPAdvocates aarp.org Paid For by AARP

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 29

LIFESTYLE

Hatcher Praised as Champion of Blacks and Cities

By James Wright WI Staff Writer @jamesdcwrighter

One of the most powerful voices in the 20th century on Black power and supporting urban cities, Richard G. Hatcher, died on Dec. 13 with political leaders praising his efforts and tenacity.

Hatcher, who served as the first Black mayor of Gary., Ind. from 1968-1988, died at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago at the age of 86. The cause of his death has not been publicized.

Funeral services are scheduled to take place on Dec. 19 at the Genesis Center in Chicago.

“While deeply saddened by his passing, his family is very proud of the life he lived, including his many contributions to the cause

of racial and economic justice and the more than 20 years of service he devoted to the city of Gary,” the Hatcher family said in a statement.

“Mayor Hatcher will be mourned but remembered by the people of the city of Gary who were inspired by his leadership, his ability to bring about positive change and to never give up despite the challenges presented to him.”

Gary Mayor Karen Wilson-Freeman lamented Hatcher’s passing.

“Our entire community mourns the loss of a great man and we will forever be touched by his selfless service to the city of Gary,” Wilson-Freeman said. “I am humbled to be a recipient of his wisdom and guidance and will always be grateful for his influence on my life. We should be proud as a community that we gave him his flowers in

the form of a statue placed at City Hall while he could smell them.”

In 1967, Hatcher won his election as mayor of Gary on the same day Carl Stokes won his race for mayor of Cleveland, making them the first African Americans to be elected mayor of cities with 100,000 or more citizens. Hatcher had earlier served on the Gary City Council from 1963 until his historic election.

He took over a city caught up White flight and a declining steel industry. Throughout his tenure, Hatcher sought and garnered hundreds of millions of federal dollars to save his economically declining city. At the same time, he spoke out against racial injustice and embraced Black political leaders and activists.

An example of his influence: the hosting of the 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary.

He also led mayors nationally when he served as president of the

5 Richard G. Hatcher served as mayor of Gary, Ind., from 1968-1988. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Conference of Mayors from 1980-1981.

Another example of national clout occurred when Hatcher

A PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT

by Celebrity Portrait & Family Artist, Keith Tate 240-643-6737

CHUCK BROWN FRANKIE BEVERLY

Tickets can also be purchased at KEYSTONE INSURANCE – 301-423-5700 30 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

FANTASIA

served as the campaign chairman of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 1984 presidential campaign. Jackson called Hatcher “a transformative figure in so many ways.”

“The year 1965 was when it all started, and Hatcher brought all these people who didn’t know each other and made Gary the centerpiece of our movement,” Jackson said. “Truth be told, he was our foundation. He changed the culture.”

Indiana political leaders of both parties such as Peter Visclosky, a Democrat who represents Gary in the U.S. House of Representatives, and Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) praised Hatcher.

“Mayor Richard Hatcher was a historic and exemplary leader for civil rights and racial equality in our nation and he was always a true public servant for the City of Gary and the Northwest Indiana region,” Visclosky said.

“Hatcher was a state and national trailblazer who committed his life to serving and helping his community,” Holcomb said. “Our sympathies go out to the Hatcher family and the long list of citizens he impacted and inspired. I ask Hoosiers around the state to join me in honoring this servant leader and his service to the proud city of Gary, Ind.” WI

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

LIFESTYLE

wi book review “Right Beside You”

By Mary Monroe Melmon c.2019, Dafina Books $20 240 pages

By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer You’re going to just be quiet now.

You have things to say, but you’re not going to say them. Nope, not opening your mouth. Not a peep. Not a word. It’s not your time to talk, and even if it was, you’ll keep your thoughts to yourself. Although, as in the new novel “Right Beside You” by Mary Monroe, staying quiet might mean staying alone.

Thirty-seven-year-old Felicia Hawkins almost never saw anybody she worked with when she stuck around her neighborhood, so she was particularly embarrassed when she ran into her co-worker, Richard, at the market with his maybe-girlfriend, Regina, who was dressed to the nines.

It was a Friday night, Felicia was in sweats and a do-rag. She could never compare to Regina, who was the prettiest woman around.

Felicia had always gotten along with Richard. They sat on the city bus and chatted on their way to work in downtown Cleveland every morning, and all the way home at night. He was tall and handsome, a widower with two teenage daughters and she liked him … but seeing Richard that Friday, Felicia suddenly realized that she loved him!

There was no way she was going to tell him so.

Richard Grimes could have taken his car to work every morning but he didn’t, because he looked forward to seeing Felicia twice a day. She was beautiful, inside and out, and he couldn’t figure out why some other Brother hadn’t made her his wife. He knew full well that Regina was trying to get back with him — they’d dated in high school — but she wasn’t the kind of woman he wanted to help raise his girls.

Someone like Felicia, though? Yes, that was what Richard really wanted. Seeing Felicia all dressed down like that on a Friday night, he had so many feelings for her but he’d never tell her so. Still, as the Christmas holidays neared and thoughts of it warmed hearts, Richard could only think of Felicia, and he wondered what she was doing for the holidays.

What Felicia was doing was thinking it was time to move to Atlanta and try to forget Richard. But then a Santa’s helper came up with a better plan …

As novels go, “Right Beside You” is nothing thunderous. It’s not exciting or agitating. It won’t make your heart pound. It’s just a slow, gentle romance, a little like a made-for-TV movie with light drama, lighter humor, and love scenes that never go beyond a chaste kiss or two.

In short, it’s the perfect holiday novel, although readers may note that the holiday itself is far in the background and is almost irrelevant to the tale. Still, though this story is predictable, yet comforting and comfortable and it contains the kinds of situations that make Scrooges scoff, author Mary Monroe makes it work in the most charming of ways.

If you’ve been waiting for one of these holiday genre novels to arrive, then, wait no more. Put this book “Right Beside You” for a perfect, quiet Christmas evening.

WI

horoscopes

DEC 19 - 25, 2019

ARIES With travel and adventure options showing up, you may feel justified in getting away from it all and enjoying new faces and places. Even a short break can be enough to boost your spirits. Check the details regarding your plans, though, especially around Friday, because there could be disappointment if something doesn’t work out as hoped. Lucky Numbers: 4, 32, 35 TAURUS The desire to get involved in something new or perhaps something bigger than yourself could inspire you to reach for new opportunities. And over this week, as the sun moves into Capricorn, you might be ready to explore the possibilities that are out there for you. This is an exciting time when, with some application, you can succeed beyond your wildest dreams. Lucky Numbers: 3, 29, 40 GEMINI Your sector of shared assets and deep-seated emotions dominates your chart at this time, and it could be the reason that the idea of change seems so important. Perhaps the only thing holding you back is fear of the unknown, and this is something you can work on by moving out of your comfort zone little by little. Lucky Numbers: 10, 14, 21 CANCER The sun here can give you a fresh perspective on what is going on and what you should do next.

Getting your priorities organized in this respect can be very helpful. One relationship might be particularly intense and very focused, and this could be because this is a budding romance or because you’re working together on a project or idea. If you can keep the momentum going, you could make great headway this week. Lucky Numbers: 19, 29, 36 LEO You might begin to feel you’re getting a handle on your current workload and responsibilities, especially as upbeat Jupiter in Capricorn can help you feel more optimistic. With the sun moving into Capricorn on Saturday, you’ll be able to locate those key areas that need further attention. This can be crucial to seeing the bigger picture and organizing a more suitable plan. Lucky Numbers: 14, 40, 44 VIRGO If you have creative projects going, you could be especially busy this week and over the coming weeks. Your focus may be on getting organized and moving ahead with your plans so you can see positive progress. There is a side of you that may be very determined to get ahead, and as feisty Mars aligns with sobering Saturn and powerful Pluto over the coming days, you may be very single-minded about this. This could lead to a breakthrough, too. Lucky Numbers: 9, 20, 37 LIBRA As the focus on a more personal zone increases this week, home and family matters could take priority. With upbeat Jupiter now in this sector, you may feel a renewed sense of optimism that can build over the coming weeks and months. The sun’s move into this sector on Saturday can be a call to take stock and consider your current situation. If you’re having friends or family over for the holiday week, it could prove very uplifting because everyone will be eager to pitch in. Lucky Numbers: 4, 12, 29 SCORPIO You may be doing a lot of plotting, planning, organizing, and arranging, and this could all come to a head this week and next. You and those you’re connected to may be passionate about a project, and this week could see you making great strides. Lucky Numbers: 3, 6, 58 SAGITTARIUS Issues around resources, finances, business affairs, and marketing your skills and abilities could be very much in focus. Despite this being a time of celebration, your attention may be on more material or mundane plans. And this is as it should be, because preparing now could see you launching some of your biggest ideas over the coming weeks. Lucky Numbers: 2, 15, 34 CAPRICORN The focus on your sign is enhanced further this week as the radiant sun moves in on Saturday.

Until then, you still have a full house and plenty of motivation to get things done. With upbeat Jupiter newly in your sign, this is a great opportunity to aim high knowing that you have the skills, ability, and drive to succeed. Lucky Numbers: 13, 18, 25 AQUARIUS You may have various activities going on, each involving a different aspect of your life. With feisty Mars in your sector of goals and career, you could be eager to forge ahead with key plans. But as dynamic Mars links with prudent Saturn and radical Pluto over the days ahead, it also helps to listen to your instincts when making key moves. Doing so can ensure that you make the right decisions and swift progress. Lucky Numbers: 13, 18, 29 PISCES You could be heavily involved with group dynamics, whether this links to your social life or an organization. However, since last week, you may have a more optimistic view on life, and this could have a positive effect. If you’ve been thinking about making a few changes, this could happen sooner rather than later. Lucky Numbers: 8, 23, 30

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 31

SPORTS For more photos, visit www.washingtoninformer.com

Georgetown Tops Syracuse

5 Georgetown Hoyas guard Jagan Mosely drives and kicks against Syracuse Orange forward Elijah Hughes and center Jesse Edwards during the Hoyas’ 89-79 win at Capital One Arena in Northwest on Saturday, Dec. 14. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer) 3 Georgetown Hoyas guard Terrell Allen attempts a cross-court pass while being defended by Syracuse Orange guard Howard Washington Jr. during the Hoyas’ 89-79 win at Capital One Arena in Northwest on Saturday, Dec. 14. (John E. De Freitas/ The Washington Informer)

5 Georgetown Hoyas center Qudus Wahab is met at the rim by two Syracuse Orange defenders during the Hoyas’ 89-79 win at Capital One Arena in Northwest on Saturday, Dec. 14. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer) 4 Georgetown Hoyas guard Mac McClung elevates for a layup attempt against Syracuse Orange guard Howard Washington Jr. during the Hoyas’ 89-79 win at Capital One Arena in Northwest on Saturday, Dec. 14. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

32 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

4 Washington Redskins running back Adrian Peterson runs for a first down during a 37-27 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Sunday, Dec. 14. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

SPORTS

Redskins Lose Thriller to Eagles

5 Washington Redskins cornerback Danny Johnson tackles Philadelphia Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert during the Eagles’ 37-27 win at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Sunday, Dec. 14.

(John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer) 3 Philadelphia Eagles running back Boston Scott breaks a tackle attempt by Washington Redskins safety Landon Collins during the Eagles’ 37-27 win at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Sunday, Dec. 14. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

5 Philadelphia Eagles running back Miles Sanders breaks a tackle attempt by Washington Redskins safety Landon Collins during the Eagles’ 37-27 win at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Sunday, Dec. 14. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 33

BETTER TV FOR LESS!

PUBLIC HOUSING from Page 1 Promo

Terms

and con

ditions

Code: DIS

apply.

Call for

H100

details .

Add High Speed Internet for 12 months

190 Channels America’s Top 120 CALL TODAY For $100 Gift Card

/mo.

Subject to availability. Restrictions apply. Internet not provided

by DISH and will be billed separately.

1-855-402-3370

Offer ends 1/13/20.

Se Habla Español Call 7 days a week 8am - 11pm EST Savings with 2 year price guarantee with AT120 starting at $59.99 compared to everyday price. All offers require credit qualification, 2 year commitment with early termination fee and eAutoPay. Prices include Hopper Duo for qualifying customers. Hopper, Hopper w/ Sling or Hopper 3 $5/mo. more. Upfront fees may apply based on credit qualification. Fees apply for additionalTV’s: Hopper $15/mo., Joey $5/mo., Super Joey $10/mo.

MOLD, MOLD, MILDEW & WATER LEAKAGE IN YOUR BASEMENT CAUSES HEALTH AND FOUNDATION DAMAGE.

WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM? WE WILL GIVE YOU A FREE EVALUATION, ESTIMATE & A FAIR PRICE.

CALL (800) 420-7783 FOR 20% OFF!!!

CALL NOW AND RECEIVE 20% DISCOUNT WITH YOUR FREE ESTIMATE OVER THOUSANDS OF BASEMENTS REPAIRED IN THIS AREA.

Expert Software Development Higher Quality Than In-House Lower Cost Than In-House Faster Than In-House

Ask us how!

TOLL FREE USA/CANADA

Experience the Difference

1-888-859-4853 itbgn.com/projects

LASER HAIR REMOVAL - IN A TUBE! NEW! Hairfree gets rid of unwanted hair and kills the root to stop new hair growth. Works like laser hair removal - in a tube - for a fraction of the cost!

Puts an end to non-stop shaving, plucking and waxing.

Be hair-free in 30 days! 100% money-back guarantee.

Order by phone: 323-405-3331 (lines open 24/7) Buy online: www.hair-free-hair-remover.com www.hair-f PROMO: 10% & FREE shipping with code: CN9

Are You Still Paying Too Much For Your Medications?

You can save up to 97% when you fill your prescriptions with our Canadian and International prescription service.

Their Price

Crestor

TM

914.18

$

Typical US Brand Price

for 40mg x 100

Our Price

Rosuvastatin* $

148

Generic equivalent of CrestorTM Generic price for for 40mg x 100

Get An Extra $15 Off & Free Shipping On Your 1st Order!

Call the number below and save an additional $15 plus get free shipping on your first prescription order with Canada Drug Center. Expires December 31, 2017.

Offer is valid for prescription orders only and can not be used in conjunction with any other offers. Valid for new customers only. One time use per household.

Use code 15FREE to receive this special offer.

Toll free: 855-541-5141

Please note that we do not carry controlled substances and a valid prescription is required for all prescription medication orders.

Use of these services is subject to the Terms of Use and accompanying policies at www.canadadrugcenter.com.

34 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

plaints for years and rumblings about overhauling affordable housing. In addition to redeveloping these buildings, DCHA’s plan would remove a quarter of its housing stock from under the control of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, a federal agency criticized for its ongoing divestment from public housing.

Unable to rely solely on local and federal funds, DCHA has partnered with private developers for this endeavor.

This has sparked fear of permanent displacement among tenants in some of the buildings marked for redevelopment.

Even with DCHA’s majority ownership, the conversion of these properties to mixed-use and affordable housing units has raised some eyebrows, especially among those who say criteria based on a skewed average median calculations disadvantage those with the most need for accommodations.

When revealing their plan earlier this year, DCHA officials reportedly said they strive to temporarily relocate no more than 400 families every year during the redevelopment of the 14 properties. They also noted that residents would also receive vouchers and have the right to return to their residence.

In October, DCHA’s plans for four buildings — Kelly Miller Residences, LeDroit Apartments, and Judiciary House in Northwest, and Langston

PELL GRANTS from Page 1 be more productive members of society, we must see education as a right that can create a path to a better life for them.”

“The REAL Act represents real reform and I am proud to help lead the bipartisan effort to pass it,” she said. “This legislation is a great step towards addressing the economic and social realities that drive mass incarceration, especially in communities of color.”

From 1965 to 1994, incarcerated students had access to Pell Grants but a 1994 amendment to the Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act (Crime Bill) denied all prisoners access to Pell funding.

As a result, enrollment in college and prison partnerships dropped by 40 percent in the year after the bill took effect.

Since then, returning citizen advocates, progressives and later some conservatives, have called for the reinstatement of the Pell Grant for inmates. Supporters of the Pell

Additions in Northeast — had been put in motion with $24.5 million allocated in the new fiscal year. With the proper funding, 10 other properties — including Garfield Terrace in Northwest, and Stoddert Terrace-Fort Dupont, Benning Terrace, and Woodland Terrace in Southeast — will experience a similar fate.

Overall, DCHA’s plan affects more than 2,600 units and costs more than $2.2 million for what housing authority officials call deferred maintenance costs. This is the first phase of a 20-year public housing overhaul also intended to preserve 27 additional properties.

Since DCHA’s July announcement, officials have met with residents of its properties. Some scenarios, like that involving the Stoddert Terrace-Fort Dupont community, compelled tenants to think about purchasing their building, a process outlined in the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act. Longtime Stoddert resident Karen Settles called it the ideal opportunity for residents.

“Change is going to happen but it should be with the vested interest of the people who spent their lives [in these buildings] as a community.

There are too many backroom decisions being made without the voice of the people,” said Settles, a former Ward 7F ANC commissioner who has lived in Stoddert Terrace for more than 40 years.

“When they announced we were reinstatement point to studies that show a 43 percent reduction in recidivism for inmates who had access to education and 64 percent of incarcerated people are academically eligible to enroll in some form of postsecondary education.

In 2016, the Obama administration’s Department of Education utilized a program, the Experimental Sites Initiative, providing Pell Grant funding for postsecondary education at 67 colleges and universities working in 100 correctional facilities. As a result, 954 credentials have been awarded at the presently known Second Change Pell sites, with 578 students graduating from certification, associate’s and bachelor’s degree programs.

In May, the Trump administration expanded funding for these sites. The Senate leadership referred Schatz’s bill to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions while House leaders sent its bill to the Committee on Education and Labor.

5 A member of the Right to DC campaign holds up a photo rendering of the Greenleaf Gardens Apartments during a protest at the DC Housing Authority headquarters last week. (Courtesy photo/Alexis Mckenney)

one of the 14 properties, the meeting was confusing and not that informative,” she added. “When they came back, they said no application had been made. We’ve been under that impression since, but the [transfer of ownership] remains to be interpreted.” WI

SUPPORT IN THE DISTRICT

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) co-sponsored a 2015 version of the REAL Act in the House and no indication exists that she has changed her mind on the issue.

When Stuart Anderson, a candidate for the 2020 Democratic Party nomination for the Ward 8 D.C. Council position, heard about the Pell Grant inmate eligibility bills, he expressed approval.

“I received Pell Grants for classes I took as a student at Park College while I was incarcerated at the Lorton Reformatory,” said Anderson, who eventually got three associate’s degrees and a certificate from the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). “I support reinstating the Pell Grants for prisoners because statistics shows that individuals incarcerated who participated in collegiate work had a much lower recidivism rate than

PELL GRANTS Page 42

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

RELIGION the religion corner WITH LYNDIA GRANT

Are YOU Brave Enough To Try?

“Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what is good in His sight.” — 2nd Samuel 10:12 Recently, while enjoying a Hallmark movie, I heard a very popular quote by Dolly Parton: “You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.”

That quote got me thinking about where we are at this very moment, as we prepare for our new year. There are some who will not make it to see the year 2020 come to be. Those who do must realize how short our lifetime truly is.

We are all here, living our lives as if we will be here forever. Do you know anyone who has continued to live on, century after

century? No! And you will not.

The book of James, 4:14, in the Holy Bible, says “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”

What is this Scripture saying here? It is reminding each of us that our time will vanish. Two hundred years from now, who will even remember the life you lived.

Did you leave a legacy, or will your life be like a puff of smoke, here one minute and gone the next, the way that the vapor from a steaming pot does?

You cannot put steam back inside its pot. Once that steam leaves the kettle, it simply vanishes. It’s gone forever! When we lose loved ones, they too are are like a puff of smoke, gone forever!

Having said that, let me go back to that Dolly Parton quote.

Given that we only have a limited amount of time, why not trust and believe, and try to achieve those things that come to mind? After all, you wouldn’t have these ideas if they were not meant to be.

Bravery is something that grows with practice. There are a few people born with an unusual amount of bravery, but for the overwhelming majority of us, we must “fail our way to success,” which is an-

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

other way to say “you must be brave enough to try.”

My personal example of something I was finally brave enough to do is to take my radio show to a higher level by adding a Facebook Live recording of every show. For nearly nine years, I had worked diligently to perfect my radio show before my son recommended that I begin recording my show on Facebook Live.

Now, this sounded like a huge step for me. This means I now have to care about my appearance each week, hairstyles, makeup, wardrobe, lighting, lots of new considerations. This past week, I realized that I must begin to use cue cards rather than paper scripts.

For Facebook Live, my typed and stapled sheets look a bit clumsy.

It may not sound like a lot to you, but for me, it is huge. When we are not brave enough to try new things, we miss out on so much. Now with Facebook Live, thousands more people around the world can begin to watch my show, extending my reach. Spirit 1340 AM only reaches listeners here in the Washington metropolitan area, and because my show is on the AM network, the reach is only so strong. Moving up to Facebook Live now increases my audience exponentially! Bravery made all of the difference. WI

John F. Johnson Reverend Dr.

5101 14th Street, NW / Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089

1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005

“A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold” www.mtzbcdc.org

EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS MCCOLLUM & ASSOCIATES, LLC ADA, Age Discrimination, Benefits, Civil Rights, COBRA, Contracts, Deaf Law, Defamation, Disability Law, Discipline, Discrimination, FMLA, FLSA, FOIA, Family Responsibility, Harassment, HIPPA, OSHA, National Origin Discrimination, Non-Compete, Race Discrimination, Rehabilitation Act, Retaliation, Severance Agreements, Sexual Harassment, Torts, Whistleblowing, Wage-and-Hour, Wrongful Discharge SERVING MARYLAND, DC, & NORTH CAROLINA

www.jmlaw.net

(301) 864-6070

jmccollum@jmlaw.net

Mount Olivet Lutheran Church

Reverend John W. Davis Pastor

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.

(301) 864-6070

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

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 35

RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church

Pilgrim Baptist Church

Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor

Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor

9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 / Fax: 301-499-8724

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 AM 7 10:00 AM Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 PM

Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00 AM 5th Sundays: 9:30 AM 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 PM

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

www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ

Blessed Word of Life Church

Church of Living Waters

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464 Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., / Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 / Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00 AM Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30 AM 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00 AM Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30 PM Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00 AM “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

Third Street Church of God

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

Rev. Dr. Alice Greene Interim Pastor

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor

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

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

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

5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45 AM Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45 AM Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday , 12:30 PM Mid-Day Bible Study Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 PM Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30 AM

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

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

Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) Sunday School: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org

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

Campbell AME Church

Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 AM Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 PM Thursday: 7:00 PM “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address : Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020

Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45 AM Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00 PM Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00 PM Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org / “God is Love”

Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax

Sunday Worship Service: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6:00 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church / Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org / emailus@gmchc.org

St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us...

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

(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

Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher

Service and Times Sunday School: 10:15 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11;15 AM Children’s Church: 11:15 AM Tuesday Bible Study: 6:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: gr8luv4u2@gmail.com

www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org

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

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661 Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Sunday Church School: 9:20 AM Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 AM Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 PM Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!”

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

Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor

Turning Hearts Church

421 Alabama Ave. SE Washington, DC 20032 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445

“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital”

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Twelfth Street Christian Church

Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org

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

Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 AM

Crusader Baptist Church

901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00 PM Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00 PM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10 AM

36 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

themcbc.org

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor 7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471 Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 AM Service 11:00 AM Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.”

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

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

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

All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591 Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education / School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

Israel Baptist Church

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor 2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 AM Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 PM “Where Jesus is the King”

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

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

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

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

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor

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

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

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:45 AM Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 PM Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 PM Bible Study: Tuesday at 10:30 AM

Mount Moriah Baptist Church Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM Holy Communion: First Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30 PM Motto: "Faith On The Hill"

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

The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

New Commandment Baptist Church

Eastern Community Baptist Church Damion M. Briggs Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rehoboth Baptist Church

Reverend Peter R. Blue Sr. Pastor

Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor

2001 Brooks Drive District Heights MD. 20744 240.838.7074

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship Experience: 10:15am Sunday School: 9:00am Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Morning Noontime Bible Study: Tuesday @ 12:00pm Prayer Meeting/Bible Study: Tuesday @7:00pm Theme: "Building On A Firm Foundation"

Service and Times Sunday Service: 10:00 AM Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 AM 1st Sunday Baptism: 10:00 AM 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10:00 AM Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting: 7:45 PM

Email: revprbstmbc@gmail.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org

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

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

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

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

Shiloh Baptist Church

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

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church

4504 Gault Place, N.E. / Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service : 11:00 AM The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Prayer & Praise Services: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: 7:30 PM Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries: 10:30 AM A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net

Christ Embassy DC

Dr. Joseph D. Turner / Senior Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 8:00 AM Worship Service: 11:00 AM New Member’s Class: 9:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00 AM Church School: 9:45 AM Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00 PM Saturday Bible Study: 11:00 AM Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00 AM “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”

Peace Baptist Church

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

Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class: 8:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Service: 12:00 PM “The Loving Church of the living lord “

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

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor

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

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

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

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

www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org

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

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

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

Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor

Email Address: admin@pbc712.org

Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor

Rev. Reginald M. Green Interim Pastor

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

St. Matthews Baptist Church

Emmanuel Baptist Church

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

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

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

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 37

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

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

William W. Crocker Decedent

2019 FEP 000138

2019 ADM 001024

2019 ADM 001175

2019 ADM 001167

NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Rosemary Tate, whose address is 761 Quebec Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20010, is the personal representative of the estate of William W. Crocker who died April 15, 2002 without a will and will serve without court supervision.

All unknown heirs and whose whereabouts are unknown.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned on or before 12/19/2019 or forever be barred.

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

12/10/2003 Date of Death

Shelley Evelyn Sloan Decedent

Rhonda Denise Thomas Quander Decedent

Sidney Montgomery, III Decedent

Edward G. Varrone, Esq. 1825 K Street, NW Suite 1150 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney

Joan M. Wilbon 1120 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney

Brian Gormley 10605 Concord Street Suite 420 Kensington, MD 20895 Attorney

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

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

George C. Strickland III, whose address is 1416 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Shelley Evelyn Sloan who died on March 11, 2019 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 6/5/2020. 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 6/5/2020, 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.

Anthony Quander, whose address is 5229 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Rhonda Denise Thomas Quander who died on June 30, 2019 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 6/5/2020. 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 6/5/2020, 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.

Renair Montgomery, whose address is 5117 North Capitol St., NE, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Sidney Montgomery, III who died on 9/30/2019 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 6/19/2020. 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 6/19/2020, 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: 12/5/2019

Date of first publication: 12/19/2019

Anthony Quander Personal Representative

Renair Montgomery Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

TRUE TEST COPY

Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills

Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills

Washington Informer

Washington Informer

Legal Notice

Date of first publication: 10/3/2019 Rosemary Tate Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Register of Wills

Willie Mae Smith Giles Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Rhonda M. Dewey, whose address is 4617 Navassa Lane, Naples, FL 34119 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Willie Mae Smith Giles, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on 11/19/2019 Service of process may be made upon Sylvia J. Rolinski, Esq. 1615 L Street, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20036 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: 2405 Rand Place, NE, Washington, DC 20002 The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Date of first publication: 12/5/2019 Rhonda M. Dewey Personal Representative Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills Washington Informer

Date of first publication: 12/5/2019 George C. Stickland III Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills Washington Informer

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

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 Civil Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

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

2019 FEP 000139

2019 ADM 001194

1998 ADM 1348

Case Number 19-0007712

2019 ADM 671

May 16, 2019 Date of Death

Dorothy E. Jefferson aka Dorothy Elizabeth Jefferson Decedent

Ingrid J. Monkiewicz Decedent

Rubye Williams aka Rubye Jane Williams aka Rubye J. Williams Name of Decedent

Nakia V. Gray, Esq. 800 Maine Ave. SW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20024 Attorney

Tina Smith Nelson Legal Counsel for the Elderly 601 E Street Washington, DC 20049 Attorney

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Arthur W. Williams, whose address is 27 Baker Ave. #923, White Plains, NY 10601, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Rubye Williams aka Rubye Jane Williams aka Rubye J. Williams, deceased, by the Surrogate’s Court for New York County, State of New York, on July 18, 2019.

Service of process may be made upon Stephanie Y. Bradley 1417 Nicholson Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011 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: 724 8th St., NW, Washington, DC 20002 and 1917 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

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

Date of first publication: 12/5/2019

Date of first publication: 12/5/2019

Arthur W. Williams Personal Representative

Dorothy Zelda Jefferson Personal Representative

Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills

TRUE TEST COPY

TRUE TEST COPY

Washington Informer

Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills

Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills

Washington Informer

Washington Informer

Dorothy Zelda Jefferson, whose address is 5200 North Capitol St., #303, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Dorothy E. Jefferson aka Dorothy Elizabeth Jefferson who died on January 6, 2011 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 June 5, 2020. 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 June 5, 2020, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ingrid A. Monkiewicz, whose address is 5834 Sherier Place, NW, Washington, DC 20016, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ingrid J. Monkiewicz who died on November 7, 1997 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 6/12/2020. 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 6/12/2020, 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: 12/12/2019 Ingrid A. Monkiewicz Personal Representative

Order and Notice of Final Hearing Upon consideration of the Application for Change of Name of an Adult, filed by Anthony Verdell Rivers on 11/20/2019 requesting an order changing Applicant’s name to Abdul Khadir Muhammad, it is by the Court this 20th day of November, 2019 hereby ORDERED, that the Final Hearing on this Application for Change of Name of an Adult will be held in Judge-in-Chambers, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 500 Indiana Ave., NW, Room 4103 Washington, DC 20001, on the 27th day of December, 2019, at 9:45 am.

If any person desires to oppose this Application, that person or their attorney must be present at the Final Hearing, or file written detailed objection five (5) days in advance of the hearing with Judge-in-Chambers and serve a copy on the Applicant or Applicant’s counsel; and it is further ORDERED, that within ten (10) days of filing, Applicant must serve the Application for Change of Name of an Adult and this Order and Notice of Final Hearing personally or by registered/ certified mail (return receipt requested) on:

o

Applicant’s creditors

Josephine W. Stanley Decedent Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. Probate Law DC 1308 Ninth Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Margaret Stanley Lindsley, whose address is 15017 Laureland Place, Laurel, MD 20707, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Josephine W. Stanley who died on December 31, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/19/2020. 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 6/19/2020, 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: 12/12/2019

Date of first publication: 12/19/2019

Leonard GP Muhammad, Esq. 7306 Georgia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20012 Petitioner/Attorney

Margaret Stanley Lindsley Personal Representative

Washington Informer Name of Newspaper and/or periodical:

Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills

TRUE TEST COPY

Washington Informer

38 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2019 ADM 001270

LEGAL NOTICES

Deborah D. Boddie, Esquire Probate Law DC 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Yvette L. Mitchell, whose address is 1727 Erie Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Josephine T. Wharton who died on March 1, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/19/2020.

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 6/19/2020, 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: 12/19/2019 Yvette L. Mitchell Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills

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

2019 FEP 000141

2019 ADM 001268

2019 ADM 001204

2019 ADM 001251

Harry Roberson, Jr. Decedent

George H. Jackson, Sr. Decedent

Erna Augustine Brown Decedent

Joan M. Wilbon, Esq. 1120 Connecticut Ave., Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney

Clark J. Hymes, Esq. 1032 15th Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney

Lynn H. Johnson, Esq. Johnson & Pavuk 1413 K St., NW, Suite 1500 Washington, DC 20005 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

Carolyn E. Davidson, whose address is 2503 Lynx Road, Sun City Center, FL 33573, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Harry Roberson, Jr. who died on 9/26/2019 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 6/19/2020. 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 6/19/2020, 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.

Ida B. Jackson, whose address is 6804 Delafield Court, Frederick, MD 21703, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of George H. Jackson, Sr. who died on November 19, 2007 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision.

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/19/2020. 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 6/19/2020, 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.

Brandy Nichole Norris, whose address is 4418 Laplata Ave., Apt. K, Baltimore, MD 21211, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Erna Augustine Brown who died on March 5, 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 6/19/2020. 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 6/19/2020, 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: 12/19/2019

Date of first publication: 12/19/2019

Ida B. Jackson Personal Representative

Brandy Nichole Norris Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

TRUE TEST COPY

Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills

Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills

Washington Informer

Washington Informer

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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

James J. Davis Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Antoinette Washington, whose address is 8341 Brooktree St., Laurel, Maryland 20724 was appointed personal representative of the estate of James J. Davis, deceased, by the General Court of Justice Superior Court for Robeson County, State of North Carolina, on 8/16/2019.

Service of process may be made upon Cleodis Hocket, 2620 Brentwood Rd, NE, Washington, DC 20018 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.

2620 Brentwood Rd, NE, Washington, DC 20018 The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Date of first publication: 12/19/2019 Antoinette Washington Personal Representative Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills

Date of first publication: 12/19/2019 Carolyn E. Davidson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills Washington Informer

Washington Informer 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

2019 ADM 001196

2019 ADM 001228

2019 ADM 001168

Eric Gerald Vanlaer Decedent

Denzel M. Pride Decedent

Azalee M. Callaham Decedent

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

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Yahne Miorini, whose address is 2710 Glencroft Road, Vienna, VA 22181, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Eric Gerard Vanlaer who died on 6/2/2019 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 6/19/2020. 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 6/19/2020, 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: 12/19/2019 Yahne Miorini Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills Washington Informer

LEGAL NOTICES

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

Washington Informer

Yahne Miorini 2710 Glencroft Road Vienna, VA 22181 Attorney

LEGAL NOTICES

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

December 30, 2017 Date of Death

Josephine T. Wharton Decedent

LEGAL NOTICES

Donna E. Pride, whose address is 2410 Wagner Street, SE, #702, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Denzel M. Pride who died on February 23, 2019 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 6/19/2020. 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 6/19/2020, 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: 12/19/2019 Donna E. Pride Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills Washington Informer

Brian Gormley 10605 Concord Street, Suite 420 Kensington, MD 20895 Attorney

Probate Division

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2019 ADM 433 Estate of

Ola M. Brown NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Hollis T. Miller, whose address is 113 Lafayette Avenue, Somerdale, NJ 08083, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Azalee M. Callaham who died on October 10, 2009 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 6/19/2020. 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 6/19/2020, 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: 12/19/2019 Hollis T. Miller Personal Representative

Romain Oliver Terrence Picou Decedent Travis T. Brown, Jr. Brown, PLLC 1775 Eye Street, NW, Ste. 900 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney

Court by David G. Brown, Jr. 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 2/9/1991 exhibited with the

petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of the witnesses or otherwise

Date of first publication: 12/19/2019

David G. Brown, Jr.

1504 Portal Drive, NW

Washington, DC 20012 Petitioner/Attorney:

TRUE TEST COPY

TRUE TEST COPY

Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills

Nicole Stevens

Washington Informer

2019 ADM 001192

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Antonin Picou, whose address is 3123 Warder St., NW #3, Washington, DC 20010, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Romain Oliver Terrence Picou who died on 10/2/2019 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 6/19/2020. 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 6/19/2020, 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: 12/19/2019 Antonin Picou Personal Representative

Acting Register of Wills

TRUE TEST COPY

Washington Informer

Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills Washington Informer

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 39

Real hot chat now.

CL ASSIFIEDS

CL ASSIFIEDS

Reader Advisory: The National Trade Association we belong to has purchased the following classifieds. Determining the value of their service or product is advised by this publication.

In order to avoid misunderstandings, some advertisers do not offer employment but rather supply the readers with manuals, directories and other materials designed to help their clients establish mail order selling and other businesses at home. Under NO circumstance should you send any money in advance or give the client your checking, license ID, or credit card numbers. Also beware of ads that claim to guarantee loans regardless of credit and note that if a credit repair company does business only over the phone it s illegal to request any money before delivering its service. All funds are based in US dollars. 800 numbers may or may not reach Canada.

Lung Cancer? Asbestos exposure in industrial, construction, manufacturing jobs, or military may be the cause. Family in the home were also exposed. Call 1-866-795-3684 or email cancer@ breakinginjurynews.com. $30 billion is set aside for asbestos victims with cancer. Valuable settlement monies may not require filing a lawsuit.

MEDIABIDS MISCELLANEOUS SAVE 67% PLUS 4 FREE BURGERS - The Favorite Feast - ONLY $49.99.

ORDER Today 1-888-318-1190 Use Code 48643VFW or www.

OmahaSteaks.com/ ffmb93

Do you know your Testosterone Levels? Call 888-692-5146 and ask about our test kits and get a FREE Trial of Progene All-Natural Testosterone Supplement Diabetes/Cholesterol/Weight Loss Bergamonte, a Natural Product for Cholesterol, Blood Sugar and weight. Physician recommended, backed by Human Clinical Studies with amazing results. Call today and save 15 percent off your first bottle!

866-640-5982

30 MINUTES FREE TRIAL 866-728-3876

18+ Become a Published Author with Dorrance.

We want to read your book!

Our staff is made up of writers, just like you. We are dedicated to making publishing dreams come true. Trusted by authors for nearly 100 years, Dorrance has made countless authors’ dreams come true.

Complete Book Publishing Services FIVE EASY STEPS TO PUBLICATION: 1. Consultation

4. Distribution

2. Book Production 5. Merchandising and Fulfillment 3. Promotion

Call now to receive your FREE Author’s Guide

877-420-7280

or www.dorranceinfo.com/informer

ATTENTION DIABETICS with Medicare. Get a FREE talking meter and diabetic testing supplies at NO COST, plus FREE home delivery! Best of all, this meter eliminates painful finger pricking!

Call 888-421-1874 READERS & MUSIC LOVERS. 100 Greatest Novels (audio books) ONLY $99.00 (plus s h.)

Includes MP3 Player & Accessories. BONUS: 50 Classical Music Works & Money Back Guarantee. Call Today! 1-866-680-1822 Any laptop repaired just $79. Macs too. REALLY! FREE Fedex shipping! $69 extra for screen or motherboard replacement.

CALL Authorized Laptop Repair Specialists 1-866-437-6184 Ever Consider a Reverse Mortgage? At least 62 years old? Stay in your home & Increase cash flow! Safe & Effective! Call Now for your FREE DVD! Call Now 888-420-4716 READERS & MUSIC LOVERS. 100 Greatest Novels (audio books) ONLY $99.00 (plus s h.) Includes MP3 Player & Accessories.

BONUS: 50 Classical Music Works & Money Back Guarantee. Call Today! 1-866-680-1822 Personalized holiday gifts for Everyone on your list! Save 20 percent off qualifying products from Personal Creations! To redeem this offer, visit www.PersonalCreations.com/Beauty or Call 1-888-732-0679

40 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

Call Empire Today® to schedule a FREE in-home estimate on Carpeting & Flooring. Call Today! 1-855-404-2366 Get NFL Sunday Ticket FREE w/ DIRECTV Choice All-Included Package. $59.99/month for 12 months. 185 Channels PLUS Thousands of Shows/Movies On Demand. FREE Genie HD DVR Upgrade. Call 1-855-781-1565 or satellitedealnow.com/cadnet DISH Network $59.99 For 190 Channels! Add High Speed Internet for ONLY $19.95/month. Call Today for $100 Gift Card!

Best Value & Technology. FREE Installation. Call 1-855-837-9146 WANTED TO BUY Wants to purchase minerals and other oil and gas interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557 Denver, Co. 80201 MID ATLANTIC COMMUNITY PAPERS ASSOCIATION CLASSIFIED NETWORK (MACNET) ANNOUNCEMENTS Playmates or Soulmates you’ll find them on MegaMates. Gay or Straight call in. START CHATTING TODAY. Always FREE to Listen & Reply to ads. 800-982-8665

NATIONAL ADVERTISING NETWORK, INC. (NANI) AUTOMOTIVE Donate Your Car to Veterans Today! Help and Support our Veterans. Fast - FREE pick up. 100% tax deductible. Call 1-800245-0398 CARS/TRUCKS WANTED!!! 2002 and Newer! Any Condition. Running or Not. Competitive Offer! Free Towing! We’re Nationwide!

Call Now: 1-888-416-2330.

EDUCATION/CAREER TRAINING AIRLINES ARE HIRING - Get FAA approved hands on Aviation training. Financial Aid for qualified students - Career placement assistance. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance 888-6861704 MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES NEEDED! Train at home for a career as a Medical Office Professional at CTI! 1-833-766-4511 AskCTI.com COMPUTER & IT TRAINING PROGRAM! Train at home to become a Computer & Help Desk Professional now! Call CTI for details!

888-449-1713 (M-F 8am-6pm ET) HEALTH/MEDICAL VIAGRA and CIALIS USERS! 100 Generic Pills SPECIAL $99.00 FREE Shipping! 100% guaranteed. 24/7 CALL NOW! 888-4455928 Hablamos Espanol DENTAL INSURANCE. Call Physicians Mutual Insurance Company for details. NOT just a discount plan, REAL coverage for 350 procedures. 888-623-3036 or http://www.dental50plus.com/58 Ad# 6118

ATTENTION DIABETICS with Medicare. Get a FREE Talking Meter and diabetic testing supplies at NO COST, plus FREE home delivery! Best of all, this meter eliminates painful finger pricking!

Call 888-421-1874

AUTOS WANTED [WANTED] CARS/TRUCKS WANTED!!! All Makes/Models 20022018! Any Condition. Running or Not. Competitive Offer! Free Towing! We’re Nationwide! Call Now: 1-888-368-1016

ATTENTION DIABETICS! Save money on your diabetic supplies!

Convenient home shipping for monitors, test strips, insulin pumps, catheters and more! To learn more, call now! 844698-4858

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS. You WIN or Pay Us Nothing. Contact Disability Group, Inc. Today! BBB Accredited.

Call For Your FREE Book & Consultation. 888-649-5110

FINANCIAL CASH PAYOUT? 70 years old and kids are grown? Do you need that life insurance or is a big life settlement cash payout smarter?

Call Benefit Advance. 1-877-332-9643

ATTENTION OXYGEN THERAPY USERS! Inogen One G4 is capable of full 24/7 oxygen delivery. Only 2.8 pounds. FREE information kit. Call 877-929-9587

AUTOS WANTED CARS/TRUCKS WANTED!!! All Makes/Models 2002-2018! Any Condition. Running or Not. Top $$$ Paid! Free Towing! We’re Nationwide! Call Now: 1-888-985-1806

Interested attorneys should email contact information for more details to: abusinessprofessional@gmail.com

Cross country Moving, Long distance Moving Company, out of state move $799 Long Distance Movers. Get Free quote on your Long distance move. 1-844-452-1706

SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS Increase your customer base and get great results by placing your ads in the MDDC – Classified Advertising network! Call today 410-212-0616 Ask for Multi-Media Specialist -Wanda & watch your results grow.

CATHETER SUPPLIES. We offer a complete line of popular and lesser known product to fit your needs. Even the discreet “pocket catheter.” To learn more or get free samples, Call 844-540-2092

ADOPTION Pregnant? Maybe Adoption? Living Expenses Paid. Nationwide Agency. Talk With Us 24/7. 866-716-3041. Online Chat. Online Application. www.onetruegift.com. Text 515-778-2341. Not valid in FL, NM, & OR

(Recorded Message – 10 Minutes)

HEAR AGAIN! Try our hearing aid for just $75 down and $50 per month! Call 800-426-4212 and mention 88272 for a risk free trial! FREE SHIPPING!

REAL ESTATE Delaware New Move-In Ready Homes! Low Taxes! Close to Beaches, Gated, Olympic pool. Homes from low $100’s, No HOA Fees. Brochures Available 1-866--629-0770 or www. coolbranch.com

Fair, Festival or Event coming up? Need to reach a larger audience to attend. Advertise with us, Community Papers who reach the audience you need. Give us a call at 800-450-6631

Diabetes/Cholesterol/Weight Loss Natural Product for Cholesterol, Blood Sugar and weight. Physician recommended, backed by Human Clinical Studies with fast acting results within 30 days.

Call to hear about our special offer 866-640-5982

CADNET

Call (641)715-3900 EXT.333986#

Two great new offers from AT&T Wireless! Ask how to get the Next Generation Samsung Galaxy S10e FREE. FREE iPhone with AT&T’s Buy one, Give One. While supplies last! CALL 1-866-565-8452 or www.freephonesnow.com//cadnet

MEDICAL LEGAL SERVICES Lung Cancer? And Age 60+? You And Your Family May Be Entitled To Significant Cash Award. Call 844-591-5210 for information. No Risk. No Money Out of Pocket.

Recently diagnosed with LUNG CANCER and 60+ years old?

Call now! You and your family may be entitled to a SIGNIFICANT CASH AWARD. Call 877-648-6308 today. Free Consultation.

No Risk.

HEAT YOUR HOME FOR 5¢ AN HOUR! Portable infrared iHeater heats 1000 sq. ft. Slashes your heating bills by 50%. FREE Shipping too! Use claim code 6239 WAS $499 NOW $279 Call 1-866-784-5182

“Why are so many attorneys becoming Independent Contractors?”

Eliminate gutter cleaning forever! LeafFilter, the most advanced debris-blocking gutter protection. Schedule a FREE LeafFilter estimate today. 15% off and 0% financing for those who qualify.

PLUS Senior & Military Discounts. Call 1-855-402-0373

EDUCATION/CAREER TRAINING AIRLINE MECHANIC TRAINING – Get FAA certification to fix planes. Financial Aid if qualified. Approved for military benefits.

Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 866-823-6769

SELL YOUR ANTIQUE OR CLASSIC CAR. Advertise with us. You choose where you want to advertise. 800-450-6631 visit macnetonline.com for details.

Attention Joint & Muscle Pain Sufferers: Clinically proven all-natural supplement helps reduce pain and enhance mobility.

Call 888-760-5952 to try Hydraflexin RISK-FREE for 90 days.

HOW ARE ATTORNEYS GETTING PAID?

DENTAL INSURANCE from Physicians Mutual Insurance Company. NOT just a discount plan, REAL coverage for [350 ] procedures. Call 1-877-308-2834 for details. www.dental50plus. com/cadnet 6118-0219 Attention all Homeowners in jeopardy of Foreclosure? We can help stop your home from foreclosure. The Foreclosure Defense helpline can help save your home. The Call is absolutely free.

1-855-516-6641.

CL ASSIFIEDS

HEALTH & FITNESS GENERIC VIAGRA and CIALIS! 100 Pills $99.00 FREE Shipping!

100% guaranteed. 24/7 CALL NOW! 888-889-5515 MISCELLANEOUS Earthlink High Speed Internet. As Low As $14.95/month (for the first 3 months.) Reliable High Speed Fiber Optic Technology.

Stream Videos, Music and More! Call Earthlink Today 1-855520-7938 Applying for Social Security Disability or Appealing a Denied Claim? Call Bill Gordon & Assoc., Social Security Disability Attorneys, 1-855-498-6323! FREE Consultations. Local Attorneys Nationwide [Mail: 2420 N St NW, Washington DC. Office: Broward Co. FL (TX/NM Bar.)] Become a Published Author. We want to Read Your Book!

Dorrance Publishing-Trusted by Authors Since 1920 Book manuscript submissions currently being reviewed. Comprehensive Services: Consultation, Production, Promotion and Distribution Call for Your Free Author’s Guide 1-877-626-2213 Portable Oxygen Concentrator May Be Covered by Medicare!

Reclaim independence and mobility with the compact design and long-lasting battery of Inogen One. Free information kit!

Call 888-609-2189

FOR SALE SELLING A FARM OR HOUSE? Advertise it here and neighboring publications. We can help you. Contact MACnet MEDIA @ 800450-6631 or visit our site at MACnetOnline.com HEALTH/MEDICAL VIAGRA & CIALIS! 60 pills for $99. 100 pills for $150. FREE shipping. Money back guaranteed! 1-844-596-4376 MISCELLANEOUS & NOTICE Recently diagnosed with LUNG CANCER and 60+ years old?

Call now! You and your family may be entitled to a SIGNIFICANT CASH AWARD. Call 844-231-5496 today. Free Consultation.

No Risk MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE DISH TV $59.99 FOR 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice Remote. Some restrictions apply. 1-855-270-5098.

WANTED AMERICAN & FOREIGN CARS $$ PAYING CASH $$ For Classic & Collector Cars 717-577-8206 MARYLAND STATEWIDE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING NETWORK AUTOMOBILE DONATIONS: DONATE AUTOS, TRUCKS, RVs Lutheran Mission Society of MD. Compassion Place ministries help local families with food, clothing, counseling Tax deductible. MVA licensed #W1044.

410-636-0123 www.CompassionPlace.org BUSINESS SERVICES Bulk advertising at its best: advertise in over 70 newspapers and reach millions of readers with ONE call. Broaden your reach and get results for pennies per reader. Call Wanda at 410-212-0616 or email wsmith@mddcpress.com.

Place a business card ad in the Regional Small Display 2x2/2x4 Advertising Network – Let MDDC help you grow your business!

Call TODAY at 410-212-0616 to increase your customer base and get results.

MISCELLANEOUS Make a Connection. Real People, Flirty Chat. Meet singles right now! Call LiveLinks. Try it FREE. Call NOW: Call 1-877-737-9447 18+ CASH FOR CARS: We Buy Any Condition Vehicle, 2002 and Newer. Nationwide Free Pick Up! Call Now: 1-800-864-5960.

Eliminate gutter cleaning forever! LeafFilter, the most advanced debris-blocking gutter protection. Schedule a FREE LeafFilter estimate today. 15% off and 0% financing for those who qualify.

PLUS Senior & Military Discounts. Call 1-855-995-2490 Orlando + Daytona Beach Florida Vacation! Enjoy 7 Days and 6 Nights with Hertz, Enterprise or Alamo Car Rental Included - Only $298.00. 12 months to use. Call Now! 855-403-8409 (24/7) Recently diagnosed with LUNG CANCER and 60+ years old?

Call now! You and your family may be entitled to a SIGNIFICANT CASH AWARD. Call 877-648-6308 today. Free Consultation.

No Risk.

Stay in your home longer with an American Standard Walk-In Bathtub. Receive up to $1,500 off, including a free toilet, and a lifetime warranty on the tub and installation! Call us at 1-855-534-6198 ATTENTION: Have you or a loved one used Juul or another e-cigarette vaping device & developed a serious health condition such as stroke, seizure, convulsions, lung damage, pulmonary issues including heart attacks? You may be entitled to compensation! Call now: 844-392-9703 BATHROOM RENOVATIONS. EASY, ONE DAY updates! We specialize in safe bathing. Grab bars, no slip flooring & seated showers. Call for a free in-home consultation: 888-912-4745 DISH TV $59.99 For 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice Remote. Some restrictions apply. 1-833-872-2545.

BECOME A PUBLISHED AUTHOR! We edit, print and distribute your work internationally. We do the work… You reap the Rewards! Call for a FREE Author’s Submission Kit: 866-951-7214

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

MALVEAUX from Page 24

his tax cut is trickling down to workers. What he doesn’t realize is that this economy continues to generate jobs that won’t support a family. That’s why so-called poverty programs — from CHIP to food stamps to public housing to low income heating assistance to Medicaid — are so necessary.

They give vital support to lowwage workers who do some of the hardest, most taxing jobs in our country. Cuts in student aid, cuts in Pell grants, cuts in food stamps, cuts in the poverty level — Trump is putting low wage workers and their families in a box with no way out except down. Our country is paying a very high price for this meanness. WI

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

Media Training ■ Image Branding ■ On-Camera Coaching

■

Doris McMillon President

om ennis.c

Sanders, running for president, has pledged to eliminate all student debt, paying for it with taxes on the wealthy, and to make all public colleges tuition free. Elizabeth Warren has joined in a plan to eliminate the debt for most students and make colleges tuition free. Trump is reportedly worried that these plans are very popular. His administration is scrambling to respond.

One proposal, as The Washington Post reported, is to cap the loans a student could get in relation to their projected income.

That’s right, the Trump plan may call for reducing student debt by cutting the availability of loans to

students — effectively closing the doors to college to the children of middle- and low-income families.

Add to this Trump’s most recent plan to take $2 billion out of the Pell Grant program — which supports college grants to children from families with less than $50,000 in income — to pay for sending NASA back to the moon.

The maximum Pell Grant once covered nearly 80% of the cost of tuition, fees, room and board at public four-year college; now it covers less than 30 percent.

This is a program that needs more funding, not less. Trump, of course, brags on his economy and the low unemployment. He argues — without evidence — that

■ Executive Presentation Coaching

.saded /www

JACKSON from Page 24

the official record.

Lately it seems that the atrocities and outrages of racism and intolerance are falling too fast and too frequently to respond appropriately. But we must not lose sight of our ideals as Americans — as brothers and sisters and parents and neighbors — to love and protect one another. Let your elected representatives know that these incidents call for responsible gun reform, holding social media companies accountable for dissemination of hate speech, and a moderation of their public rhetoric. And join us in our prayers for the victims and their families. WI

Let us help you develop the communication skills to compete and win!

Dennis

sickening sense of familiarity. Our nation’s history is sullied with racial and religious intolerance and violence. What has sustained us, as famously expressed by Martin Luther King Jr., is that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

In this particular period of history, the arc seems especially long.

Leaked emails recently revealed that one of the president’s closest advisers, Stephen Miller, has cited and promoted white nationalist ideologies and conspiracy theories about “white genocide,” the

criminality of immigrants, and the reviled eugenics movement. Congressional response to the emails has been almost nonexistent.

Meanwhile, personal attacks motivated by bias or prejudice reached a 16-year high last year, according to the FBI. More than 4,300 attacks on people, motivated by racial or religious hatred, were recorded by the FBI. State and local police forces are not required to report hate crimes to the FBI, and as many as half the victims of hate crimes never file a report, so the actual number of hate-fueled assaults is significantly higher than

You Can Say It Like A Pro!

: Sade

MORIAL from Page 24

and borders, for showing us all what it might look like when a new generation leads.” But Mr. Trump doesn’t believe in global warming or climate change, so he ridiculed the young woman in one of his many rude and bullying tweets. And Melania thinks that only her son should be protected from bullying. The pot and the kettle. If she wants to call bullies out, she might start with her husband.

There have been accusations, finger-pointing, anger and deflection during these impeachment hearings. Republicans have shown that they have taken an oath, not to protect the Constitution, but to protect Mr. Trump. As Republicans march lockstep behind a corrupt president, Congressman Hank Johnson has it right. The pot really can’t call the kettle black.

WI

Photo

one has asked for any investigation of the Trump family. Ivanka has used her father’s influence to gain coveted trademarks in China. Her brothers have used government resources and their father’s influence to feather their nest in establishing new Trump properties all over the world.

While I’m not condoning Hunter Biden’s possible pecuniary use of his father’s status, none of us should be happy about the way our government has subsidized the Trump Empire.

In another example, Melania Trump got outraged and agitated because one of the Democratic legal witnesses, Stanford law professor Pamela Karlan, made an inappropriate joke about her son, Barron Trump. The professor said that while Trump could name his son Barron, he could

not make him a baron, an attack on the autocratic power that Mr. Trump attempts to wield. One might have thought that the professor had attacked the child or ridiculed him. She didn’t. She made a clumsy joke and was so roundly criticized for it. And she apologized.

Melania “Be Best” Trump played mama bear for her teenage son. Yet, she seemed to have no words for another teen, Greta Thunberg, who was Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. Thunberg, who describes herself as “on the autism spectrum” with Asperger’s syndrome, was lifted because of her advocacy for the planet. Time says the young lady won the award “for sounding the alarm about humanity’s predatory relationship with the only home we have, for bringing to a fragmented world a voice that transcends backgrounds

C O M M U N I C A T I O N S

301.292.9141/FAX 301.292.9142/Mobile 703.819.0920 doris@mcmilloncommunications.com/www.mcmilloncommunications.com

BE DEBT FREE in 24–48 months!

If you owe more than $10,000 in credit card or other debt, see how we can help.

Call today:

1-888-318-8155 ACCREDITED BUSINESS ®

AIRLINE CAREERS Get FAA approved maintenance training at campuses coast to coast. Job placement assistance.

Financial Aid for qualifying students. Military friendly.

Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance

800-481-7894

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 41

Lutheran Mission Society

Alan Amrhine, Communications Director Lutheran Mission Society

“MDDC has connected donors with the LMS Vehicle Donation Program for over six years! Great exposure, cost effective, and Wanda is so helpful.”

Attention: VIAGRA & CIALIS Users There’s a More Affordable & Effective Alternative to U.S. Pharmacy High Prices!

For discreet home delivery, CALL NOW!

800-995-1351

50 Pill Special:

Only $99 Plus Free Shipping!

Operators Available 24/7!

Pick a state! , any state MDDC Press works with fellow press associations across the country to give you the best possible buys on advertising wherever you need it. We take care of scheduling and placement at no extra cost to you, and you save time and money. Call Wanda Smith at ext. 6 today.

1-855-721-6332

Press Service 2000 Capital Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401

Subscribe!

www.mddcpress.com

There are many reasons to read The Washington Informer...

Each week you’ll get news from The District of Columbia, Prince George’s County, Montgomery County, and Northern Virginia.

You will discover Arts and Entertainment, Social Tidbits, Religion, Sports, People’s Viewpoints, Letters to the Editor, Classified Ads and more!

And best of all… No crime, no dirty gossip, just positive news and information each week, which is why…

The Washington Informer is all about you!

Name.......................................................................................................

Address...................................................................................................

City, State, Zip.........................................................................................

Phone number (daytime).........................................................................

Yes! I want to subscribe for: n1 year/$45.00 n 2years/$60.00 Method of payment: n Check Enclosed n Visa/MasterCard Credit card number..................................................................................

Signature........................................................................................

42 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

BAILEY from Page 25

equally smart in the political arena. That is if getting Number 45 out of the White House is really as important as Black politicians, civil rights leaders, journalists, etc., consistently insist.

Perhaps the best course of action should have been for Black people who had any dirt on Number 45 — and there is plenty — to have given it quietly to Nancy Pelosi. WI

ball Hall of Fame. Both of them, in different and related ways, changed baseball as an industry.

Miller’s induction was a great victory, hands down. Flood, however, was the first soldier out of the

foxhole; a Rosa Parks-like figure in baseball who knew that though the odds were stacked against him, he was prepared to stand firm.

How could that not merit being admitted into the Hall of Fame? WI

spent a day in jail. “The law in terms of court rulings and precedent, as well as the evidence that was presented at trial was faulty,” Linn Washington, a journalist and Abu-Jamal historian at Temple University told this writer in an interview. “All of those things were in Mumia’s favor. The problem has been that courts, Philadelphia courts, Pennsylvania state courts, and federal courts all the way up to the U S Supreme court have refused to follow the law. That’s why Abu-Jamal remains incarcerated.”

No “justice,” “just us.”

Potential Black jurors were systematically stricken from the jury pool in his trial, which was held before a notorious so-called “hanging judge.” That standard could certainly apply to dozens and dozens of men rotting in jail cells all over the country, serving time for

crimes they did not commit. They should be free. Mumia Abu-Jamal should be free. He did not kill that police officer. Cops lie!

The prosecution’s case rested on three elements, Washington said: One eye witness accounts; two a confession; and three ballistics.

“The two main prosecution witnesses, each had extraordinary reason to lie, number one. And number two, their statements to police changed. The person who actually shot the police officer ran away,” the witnesses said before the evidence was stacked against Abu-Jamal. The so-called confession was in the hospital, where he was drugged and delusional after himself being shot, and came weeks after his arrest, and then only after Abu-Jamal claimed he had been brutalized by the arresting officers.

And then the ballistics evidence is just as unconvincing, Washington said. Prosecutors were never

able to match the gun and the bullet who killed the officer that killed the officer to Abu-Jamal’s gun, so the basic evidence is very suspect.

Abu-Jamal never stabbed an “enemy fighter” (or anyone else for that matter) to death in the neck, and then posed with the dead body — as one of the soldiers pardoned

by Trump did. Abu-Jamal never ordered any of his supporters or fellow Black Panthers to shoot and kill innocent, unarmed people as one of Trump’s pardoned warriors did.

No, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s crime was not the murder of that cop, but rather the advocacy in behalf of the poor Black people of Philadelphia who were too often (and continue to be, like in cities all over the country) brutalized by cops and framed for crimes they did not commit. That’s just what cops do.

I say: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!

He’s an innocent man! WI

PELL GRANTS from Page 34

HENDERSON from Page 21

the national average and educating prisoners changes the trajectory of their lives. You return to the community with a different mindset.”

Daria Winter, one of Anderson’s English instructors at UDC’s Lorton campus, agreed with her former pupil.

“To me, the program was a success and I was not happy when the Pell Grant elimination took place,” Winter said. “Walter Ridley, who was the director of corrections for Lorton, said that inmates who received a college degree had a recidivism rate of four to five percent and he was proud of that. I think access to Pell Grants will give inmates a chance to shape their lives so they can be become productive members of the community when released.” WI

olic University’s hockey teams. The facility has become a second home of sorts for many of Coach Henderson’s pupils, including Darius Nichols, a six-year member of the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club.

Darius, an avid football player who embraced hockey after winning a private lesson in a school raffle, joined the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club at the suggestion of someone who frequented his former hockey club.

He said that he has come to know Coach Henderson as a patient teacher whose wisdom reaches well beyond the game of hockey.

“Coach takes the time to teach us techniques, like crossovers, and shooting and passing the puck,” said Darius, 12. “He taught me that I can do whatever I set my mind on. He makes sure that

sticks to places where he knows ads and commercials featuring Black folks calling for his impeachment is a significant political plus for him. We have to be

FLETCHER from Page 25 four decades.

I have, for quite a long time, felt that both Miller and Flood should have been admitted to the Base-

ASKIA from Page 25

He said that he has come to know Coach Henderson as a patient teacher whose wisdom reaches well beyond the game of hockey. when we’re on the ice, we work together on drills so that we’d be tight in game situations. We have to work with one another so we can like each other better.”

WI

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

DECEMBER 19-25, 2019 43

Tom Baker Comcast Employee U.S. Army Veteran, 34 years

“It’s hard to explain the anxiety when you’re leaving the service.

When someone from Comcast called it was like seeing a lighthouse.”

At Comcast NBCUniversal, we’re grateful to our Nation’s military for their dedicated service. That’s why we’re committed to hiring at least 21,000 members of the military community between 2015 and the end of 2021 and have an internal support network of fellow military members to help with the transition.

Learn more at comcastcorporation.com/military

44 DECEMBER 19-25, 2019

THE WASHINGTON INFORMER / WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM