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District Residents Among Most Caring in Nation: Study By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia Tis’ the season … for caring. District residents are among the most caring in the United States, according to a brand new study from the D.C.-based personal finance website WalletHub. And D.C.’s neighbors to the north, Baltimore, had the
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5 The cast of STEP AFRIKKA at the end of the sold out Magical Musical Holiday Step Show at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Northeast on Sunday, Dec. 22. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Pelosi Withholds Impeachment Articles in Congress Showdown By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia The historic vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach President Donald Trump gave many of the president’s detractors an opportunity to cheer. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wasn’t among them. Pelosi cut off her colleagues as they cheered the vote to impeach Trump on two articles of impeachment — obstruction of Congress, and abuse of power. “It’s a sad day,” said Pelosi, who for
most of the year weighed heavily the thought of impeaching Trump, who joined Democrat Bill Clinton and Republican Andrew Johnson as the only presidents ever to have faced impeachment. The Senate failed to convict Clinton and Johnson. Impeachment proceedings also began in 1973 against Richard Nixon, but he resigned before the full House could vote. Because Senate Republican leaders have already publicly expressed that any trial would favor Trump, Pelosi said she isn’t sure when she’ll send over the articles of impeachment to the Senate. While most experts said they’re not
sure what Pelosi and Democrats can accomplish by withholding the articles from the Senate, some said it could force Republicans to negotiate a more palatable and transparent impeachment trial. “I would argue that a brief pause is not enough. Pelosi should hold on to the articles until Democratic leadership can ensure a comprehensive, unbiased Senate trial,” NBC News THINK contributor Kurt Bardella wrote in an oped for the network’s website. Bardella once served as the spokesperson and senior adviser for the House
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5 Dr. Maulana Karenga, the creator of the pan-African and African-Amerrican holiday Kwanzaa during a celebration. (Courtesy photo)
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins For another year, no Pan-African functions have been scheduled to take place at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) during Kwanzaa. Museum officials chose instead to host a Kwanzaa-themed family event earlier this month, much to the chagrin of faithful holiday celebrants. Some of them, like Wautel-
la ibn Yusuf, said the threehour gathering on Dec. 7 didn’t suffice in meeting the demands he and other members of the Kwanzaa Now Campaign articulated to museum officials over the past year, the central one being a permanent Kwanzaa exhibit at NMAAHC. “Kwanzaa’s not properly represented in the museum. We can’t be quiet about it,” said Yusuf, chair of the
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law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. District of Columbia residents still have around had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow six weeks to sign up for quality, affordable health sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are through DC Health the District’s When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victimsinsurance and stricter restraining orderLink, policies, state-based health insurance exchange established old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families under the Affordable Care Act. 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Out of her frustration said about Marlow. training for law(HealthCare.gov), enforcement Health Link’s Open Enrollment for individuals with law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Proteccontinues on untilcounselJan. 31, 2020. of the situation, she decided to who reads Marlow's bookand willfamilies tion Act and mandatory District residents can enroll in a health start the Saving Promise cam- “get it.” She said she “putsEligible the ing for batterers. insurance “If planweonline paign. case in such a way, the average are everthrough going toDCHealthLink. eradi“It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said at com or calling (855) 532-LINK [5465]. DC the by cate domestic violence, we must that won't turn my family end of the day, the bookHealth residents to “Don’t Delay, Enwill Link look urges at both sides of the coin. loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to have aroll dia-Today!” We need to address both the vicshared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said. Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise 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. A new community hub recently opened with Heights National Hook2002.Fitness Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasDPR’s and Firstthe Urban Garden and Largest CenUp Women. the founder of After terofonBlack Saturday, Dec. 21. Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilMarlow book, anRecreation organization the ribbonhasonwritten the newa Edgewood Cen-that helps the dren about domestic violence,” “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of violence Marlow said. ter in Northeast – a $20.9 million project thatdomestic will story about four generations of and their children. Marlow has worked to break culminate in a 16,000-square foot state-of-the-art domestic Thehas book is “I lived in fearthe for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, facility. violence. The project included demolishing inspired by field her own experiences, yearsand in fear a long time. It is and is confident the policies she previous house, built in 1947, the isconand those of her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that struction of a new, multi-level recreation center. her mother and her daughter. of,” she said. process. The modernized center features a rooftop urban She said every time she reads Mildred Muhammad said “I plan to take these policies to farm and fitness center, and includes ADA-accessiexcerpts from her book, she still people who want to help a Congress and implore them to blenot routes, a gymnasium, and new playgrounds and can believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. equipment. from her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of how they go into “I will not stop until these polijoined “Best by: Councilmember KenwonThe themayor 2007 was National the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” yan McDuffie, Ward 5; Keith A. Anderson, Books” Award. that she director, may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached Department of General Services; Delano Hunter, “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net director, Department my eye first blackened of andParks my and Recreation; “Before you and get to 'I'm going Commissioner lips bled,” MarlowNancy said. Jones, ANCto5E10. kill you,' it started as a verbal WI Elaine Davis-Nickens, president of the National Hook-Up of Black Women, said there is no consistency in the way domestic On Friday, Dec. 20, Mayor Muriel Bowser joined the violence issues are dealt with by DC Department of Corrections [DOC] for its College and Career Readiness [CCR] Closing Ceremony. The CCR Closing Ceremony is an opportunity to highlight individuals enrolled in DOC’s educational offerings for their academic achievements. The Division of College and Career Readiness provides academic, Career and Technical Education (CTE), postsecondary, cognitive intervention and work readiness opportunities to DC DOC residents. The division has served over 1,200 individuals through its adult basic education, adult secondary education, and post-secondary education programs. The ceremony took place in the Correctional Treatment Facility’s gymnasium in Southeast. Quincy Booth, director, DOC and Dr. Roger Mitchell, Chief Medical Examiner, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, were among special guests in attendance. WI Staff Writer
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1894 – Harlem Renaissance-era poet and novelist Jean Toomer, author of “Cane,” is born in Washington, D.C. 1908 – Boxer Jack Johnson defeats Tommy Burns to become the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion. 1915 – Una Mae Carlisle, a jazz singer, pianist and songwriter, is born in Zanesville, Ohio. 1924 – Harmonica player DeFord Bailey becomes the first Black musician to perform on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. 1966 – Black professor Maulana Karenga creates Kwanzaa, a weeklong celebration of African heritage in African American culture. 1999 – Singer-songwriter Curtis Mayfield dies from complications of Type 2 diabetes in Roswell, Georgia, at 57.
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That’s why I have concluded that there’s only one person whose actions I can change – whose fate I can truly impact – and that’s me. time, I work within the confines of an Old Testament teaching that reminds us, “to everything there’s a season,” and helps me to release the old, no matter how much I may want to hold on to it, so that I can take hold of the unfamiliar – the new. It’s like that old story about the dog sitting on a nail – a position which causes the animal discomfort if not outright agony – but one which it’s grown so used to that it’s afraid to say farewell, take the leap and grab onto something that’s for-
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DEMOCRATS LAY OUT DELEGATE ELECTION PLAN
An electoral process has been established for any registered Democrat who wants to become a delegate to the next Democratic National Convention that will take place at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee from July 13-17, 2020. D.C. Democratic State Committee Chairman Charles Wilson encourages party members to run for the 11 positions designated for the rank-and-file. “You will have a direct impact on who the next president of the United States will be,” he said. A meeting on delegate election took place on Dec. 11 at the WeWork Co-working & Office Space Building in Southeast with 11 people attending. Eric Rogers, who at the time chaired the D.C. Democratic State Committee’s Black Caucus, presided over the meeting and talked about the process. Rogers said the city will be divided into two congressional districts for the purpose of delegate selection. He said District 1 will consist of Wards 1,2, 6 and 8 while District 2 makes up Wards 3, 4, 5 and 7. In District 1, three men and three women will be elected delegates with no alternates while in District 2, three men and three women — two delegates and one alternate — will go to Milwaukee. Rogers said party members desiring to be delegates will have to campaign like political candidates. “If you want to be a delegate, you will have to knock on doors, sell yourself and raise money,” he said. Rogers said the top vote getters in their District’s categories will become delegates with the alternate going to the female with the third best vote total in District 2. The election will take place at the D.C. Democratic state convention, he said. Delegate candidates will have to abide by the city’s campaign finance rules and regulations like political candidates, Rogers said. In addition, a statement of candidacy form must be filled out and submitted to the party.
The state convention has tentatively been scheduled for April 18, 2020, with the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest as the preferred site but with the University of the District of Columbia’s campus in Northwest as another possibility. Rogers said national delegates will be responsible for getting to Milwaukee and their expenses there but noted that the D.C. Democratic State Committee has negotiated special rates with its selected hotel and the Democratic National Committee usually partners with an airline for discounted fares. Roger said the other 32 delegates and one alternate going to Milwaukee will consists of D.C. Democratic elected officials, key members of the D.C. Democratic State Committee and some prominent residents such as former President Barack Obama if he chooses to go to the convention as a D.C. resident. Rogers said campaigning for the delegate position “should be fun but don’t forget that this is politics.” “You will have to work hard to become a delegate and sometimes things won’t go your way,” he said. “Remember that the important thing is that you want to go to Milwaukee to get Donald Trump from the White House.”
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AROUND THE REGION Residents Rail Against Public Housing Redevelopment Plan By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins The DC Housing Authority’s (DCHA) rollout of a long-term, citywide redevelopment plan sent shock waves throughout public housing communities this summer, especially at more than a dozen properties scheduled to be gutted or demolished. At Stoddert Terrace in Southeast, more than 100 residents stormed a meeting that DCHA coordinated at their community center in search of answers. Months later, some of the people living in those 158 units perched along the hills of East Capitol Street have continued their quest for clarity. As has been the case for nine of the other 13 properties up for redevelopment, a solid timeline hasn’t been established for Stoddert Terrace. Community leaders describe the situation as part of the housing authority’s latest exercise in psychological torture. “We’re forced to live in environments where humans shouldn’t be,” said Pamela Johnson, a Stoddert Terrace resident of 27 years as she recounted her and other residents’ yearslong struggle to secure window repairs, mold elimination and other significant repairs. “DCHAq says residents neglect the places, but they torment us by constantly coming to our houses to inspect it for torn-up things.” For more than two decades, Johnson has served on the Stoddert Terrace Residents Council, where she speaks on behalf of tenants perturbed by unit inspections and what they deem other intrusive public housing practices, including a housing recertification process demanding the new address of occupants who moved elsewhere. Throughout the ordeal, Johnson contends DCHA hasn’t been holding up its end of the bargain, often neglecting to fix crumbling infrastructure and leaving residents under the watch of verbally abusive staff members and security guards who uphold a growing list of restrictions, including a smoking ban. For residents, change appeared to be on the horizon — even if only briefly. Days after DCHA’s July 10 announcement about the impending redevelopment, Johnson said housing
authority officials brought roofing repairs and window replacements to the property. The timing of such overtures raised questions of whether DCHA would follow through with the redevelopment, and if the redevelopment would ultimately benefit the residents. Johnson said the suspense drove her into depression for the rest of the summer and into the fall months. “They make promises year after year that they’ll come back and fix the property, but it deteriorates and we’re forced to live there,” she told The Informer. “Then they call people to tell them they’re going to lose their unit, and tell us it’s a process. They say it might happen in three years. They said it might happen in 10. It always feels like something is getting ready to happen.” In October, a budget allocation of $24.5 million financed the redevelopment of four public housing properties — including the Kelly Miller Residences and Judiciary House in Northwest. Stoddert Terrace residents, however, have waited with bated breath for further information about the fate of their community. During a meeting last month, DCHA officials revealed that they had not yet transferred ownership of the property. Members of the Stoddert Terrace Residents Council said they have since been left in the dark about when housing authority officials anticipate completing that part of the process. In total, the DCHA’s redevelopment of 14 properties, part of a 20year plan, is expected to cost more than $2 billion. The new dwellings would no longer be under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s purview. Instead, the housing authority would enter partnerships with private developers in which DCHA holds a majority stake in the properties. Such arrangements will result in the construction of affordable housing units, though members of the Stoddert Terrace Residents Council have expressed skepticism about whether all residents would be allowed to return to their redeveloped units. Since the turn of the century, rising rents and property values have forced more than 135,000 Washingtonians, most of them nonwhite, into the District suburbs, a study by the National
5 Stoddert Terrace is one of 13 properties in the District of Columbia slated for redevelopment in the near future. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Community Reinvestment Coalition found. These days, Black people no longer represent the majority of D.C.’s population, and those battling housing insecurity see Wards 7 and 8 as the last frontier of gentrification. Stoddert Terrace resident Alison Forrest said previous experiences have taught her that the least among D.C.’s Black population will have the most to lose in the next decade. Forest, going into her 19th year as a member of the Stoddert Terrace community, relocated there after refusing to return to another redeveloped public housing complex out of frustration with housing authority staff. Since then, she argues that her fortune hasn’t changed much. If housing authority patrol officers weren’t doling out $250 parking tickets, longtime residents were clashing with neighbors who moved into the newly erected houses across the street. “I started being concerned when they started building up [other things] instead of redoing the properties,” Forrest told The Informer. “I get you want to build up a neighborhood, but don’t say you’re building it when people won’t have a place to live. Our new neighbors [across the street] complain about people parking in front of our community center. They use our trash cans as dumping sites for furniture. The housing authority does nothing.” WI
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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Prince George’s County Residents in Holiday Spirit By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Although partisan politics and bickering continue to play out in Congress along with the impeachment of President Donald Trump, some residents in neighboring Prince George’s County chose to celebrate and enjoy the holidays. Inside Peppermill Village Community Center in Seat Pleasant, red and green tablecloths covered tables with a few gold bells hung on the wall and a Christmas tree sat in the back.
Residents who attended a free holiday breakfast mirrored the room such as school board member Belinda Queen, who donned a striped green and white dress and an elf hat. Joyce Dews sported a red sweater accentuated with two decorated Christmas trees. She also donned a red and green elf hat with a small bell attached. “I always get into the holiday season. It’s part of what I do,” Dews, of Capitol Heights, said. “We live for the holidays. That’s something we could afford to do. Celebrate.”
5 A local coalition hosted a free holiday breakfast Saturday morning at the Peppermill village community Center in Seat Pleasant. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Queen and Dews joined a couple dozen other people Saturday, Dec. 21 at the breakfast hosted by the Coalition of Central Prince George’s County Community Organizations. The aroma of scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, fried potatoes, grits and fruit filled the room, thanks to the assistance of Del. Darryl Barnes (D-District 25) of Upper Marlboro. “The holidays are all about cel-
ebrating the good, bad and indifferent and reflect on the goodness of God,” he said. “This time of the year is to put together my strategic plan for 2020 — that’s with family, friends and business and wow are we going to approach life and make us stronger as a people.” Barnes said Saturday’s atmosphere of love and affection shows people can stay above the fray even with “Trump spewing down racism, hatred [and] bigotry.”
Speed Cameras, Bag Fees Part of Prince George’s Legislation
5 Members of Prince George’s County House delegation hold a public session at Prince George’s Community College on Dec. 11 to discuss proposed legislation for the upcoming Maryland General Assembly. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
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By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Similar to installation of speed cameras along Route 210 in Fort Washington, more are proposed in other parts of Prince George’s County. Businesses in the jurisdiction could be imposed with a 5 cent fee for the sale of disposable plastic and paper bags. These are two pieces of proposed legislation state lawmakers which represent the county plan to present when the Maryland General Assembly convenes Jan. 8 in Annapolis. Although public school education will be the most high-profile topic based on recommendations from
the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, also known as the Kirwan Commission, lawmakers hope that isn’t sought to solve all problems. “Let’s not use the Kirwan Commission as a vehicle to do everything,” said Del. Alonzo Washington (D-District 22) of Greenbelt. Washington and others from the county’s House delegation discussed possible legislation that could be reviewed during the 90-day session that would only affect Prince George’s. Lawmakers earlier this year approved installing no more than three speed cameras, formally known as speed monitoring systems, along Route 210, a highway designated as
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Some residents shared how they celebrate special occasions. After the commission’s meeting to hear updates on Walker Mill Regional Park in Capitol Heights, Sen. Melony Griffith (D-District 25) of Upper Marlboro headed to the Suitland Community Center to hear some poetry. Dews and her daughter, Rhonda Dews, planned to meet family members at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro to watch a Christmas play. “We have a cookout scheduled in June, but why not get together now with family when you can?” said Rhonda Dews of Upper Marlboro, adding that her mother decorates her home on the Fourth of July and Halloween for children. The Rev. John E. Richardson, president of the coalition, said his spiritual growth allowed him to change his holiday routines. For instance, Richardson and other members of Christ Kingdom Church in District Heights provided food and care packages for the homeless on the Thanksgiving holiday. “Instead of sitting around the table and eating a bunch of food, I might fast based on my communication with God,” he said. “I celebrate these different holidays that’s not in the traditional sense unlike when I was young. Everyone has their own perspective about the holiday season based on their culture [and] religion. It’s more about giving than receiving.” WI
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Kirwan Not Only Topic Before State Lawmakers By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill
The ongoing Kirwan Commission recommendations to boost public school education will likely be the main topic when the Maryland General Assembly convenes Jan. 8 in Annapolis. However, state lawmakers will hear other bills that come before them on housing, transportation and other education topics. The House chamber will be led for the first time to begin a session by House Speaker Adrienne Jones (D-Baltimore County) after the April death of Michael Busch (D-Anne Arundel County), who presided over the chamber since 2003. Sen. Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City), unanimously chosen by the Senate Democratic Caucus for president to replace longtime Sen. Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., must receive a formal vote from the full Senate next month. Ferguson chose Miller, who’s presided over the Senate chamber for 32 years, to serve as president emeritus. “You’ve got new leadership. It’s decidedly more progressive than it was before,” said Todd Eberly, political science professor at St. Mary’s College in St. Mary’s, Maryland. “Both of the new leaders know there are huge shoes to fill. Nei-
ther wants to give the impression that they are out to replace them, but certainly want to demonstrate that they are capable of succeeding them.” In addition to new leadership in several committees, Eberly said some bills that failed in this year’s session may come up again in 2020. For instance, the aid-in-dying bill received approval earlier this year in the House. However, the bill failed in the Senate after Sen. Obie Patterson (D-District 24) of Fort Washington chose not to vote which resulted in a 23-23 tie. “There are going to be a lot of folks who aren’t going to be ready to just push everything else aside to solely focus on Kirwan,” Eberly said. That will be the case for Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy. She plans to present legislation to expand the state’s hate crime statute to include cases where hate isn’t the only crime committed. She also proposes to make strangulation, as it relates to domestic violence, a first-degree assault. It would become a felony with a person convicted to serve up to 25 years in prison and $5,000 fine. The state law currently lists the offense as second-degree assault, a misdemeanor punishable up to 10 years in prison and a possible fine not to exceed $2,500.
SPEED from Page 12 one of the most dangerous highways in the state. Two more sets are proposed in areas some say are just as dangerous: along Croom Road between Mount Calver and Molly Berry roads in Upper Marlboro and on Church Road between Old Stage Road and Dunwood Valley Drive in Bowie. In June, police said a 14-year-old boy was fatally struck by a vehicle at intersection of Church Road and Fairview Vista Drive. Six delegates are sponsoring the legislation on behalf of the delegation, according to a bill summary. “It’s a tool to give Prince George’s County [and] for us to address, particularly traffic issues,” Prince George’s County Council Chair Todd Turner
Similar to installation of speed cameras along Route 210 in Fort Washington, more are proposed in other parts of Prince George’s County. said in support of the cameras along Church Road. “We lead the state in some of those categories and we are trying to address those issues.” Del. Jay Walker (D-District 24) of Fort Washington asked about certain statistics to determine whether speed cameras are needed, such as traffic
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tions to boost public school education will likely be the main topic when the Maryland General Assembly convenes Jan. 8 in Annapolis. County and municipal politicians, lobbyists, educators and advocates plan to flood the State House during the 90-day session presenting an array of bills for lawmakers to review. congestion and number of vehicular and pedestrian accidents. “I wasn’t a big fan of speed cameras,” he said. “However, one thing I’ve learned about speed cameras. They do make people slow down, but what are the numbers [to back it up]?” “A young kid was killed on that street and that was enough for me,” said County Council Vice Chair Calvin Hawkins II. Meanwhile, the county could join other jurisdictions such as Montgomery County to implement a 5 cent levy on disposable bags. According to the legislation, money generated would go toward to provide reusable bags for residents, litter cleanup activities and other resources. If approved, it would take effect in October 2020. WI
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HOUSING According to www.realtytrac. com, which analyzes housing and foreclosure data, notes Maryland ranked third in the nation last month in foreclosure rates at one in every 1,476 housing units. Within the state, Baltimore City and Prince George’s County ranked one and two, respectively. That’s why Elizabeth Johnson, executive director of Strategic Housing Solutions Inc., has up to six pieces of proposed legislation in the works. Johnson, of Temple Hills who also serves as housing chair for the NAACP Maryland State Conference, receives help from Beth Jacobson, a former Wells Fargo loan officer. Jacobson said a nearly 10-yearold Maryland statute requires both the homeowner and bank attorney to present certain paperwork during a foreclosure mediation. However, she said homeowners and even some lawyers don’t know about the law. Jacobson, who’s at-
tended more than 100 mediations throughout the state, said attorneys who represent the financial institutions are familiar with the law and still don’t present some required documents. After a session ends, a mediator must file what happened through an electronic system managed by the Office of Administrative Hearing in connection with the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulations. Jacobson said meditators only have three choices: • Mediation was successful. • Mediation was unsuccessful. • Borrower didn’t show up. Because mediators aren’t provided space to summarize what happened and why a meeting may have failed, proposed legislation would allow a mediator, or administrative judge, to alert a circuit court that banks failed to provide requested paperwork. Then an automatic hearing would be held and a judge can decide whether to dismiss the case and not allow a bank to foreclose on a home. “We’ve got people pretending they know what is going on, but they don’t,” Johnson said. “Our little group has gone up in the weeds for five or six years to learn the behaviors of these banks, lawyers and others. The mediation process is one thing people need to know about.” WI
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BUSINESS Bowser Appoints Council to Study Financial Services Regulations By James Wright WI Staff Writer @jamesdcwrighter The new D.C. Financial Services Regulatory and Innovation Council has been charged to create a regulatory framework sandbox to see that all District residents have equal access to financial services and are treated fairly by commercial institutions. In January, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) selected 19 members to the council, with D.C. Department of Insurance, Banking and Securities (DISB) Commissioner Stephen C. Taylor, as the chairman. Their inaugural meeting took place on Dec. 18 in
Northeast at DISB headquarters. The council has two mandates: One would be to study and report on the feasibility of implementing a financial services regulatory sandbox and the other to develop a blockchain and innovation regulatory framework to facilitate financial services. “Actionable innovation is key for industry growth, particularly in the financial sector where it translates into more affordable products and services and new distribution channels that reach excluded groups,” Taylor said. “Regulatory sandboxes benefit consumers by providing proof of concept, making it possible to create services with better compliance and risk-man-
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agement approaches.” A financial services sandbox set up in the District would allow authorized businesses to test their innovative products, services and business models and delivery mechanisms in the marketplace with real consumers on a trial basis. A blockchain consists of digital information stored in a public database that records transactions like date, time and dollar amount of a retail purchase with a user name instead of an actual name and the transaction has a specialized code to it. The purpose of the council will be to advise the mayor if a sandbox would be feasible for the District. If so, the council will provide a legislative, programmatic and policy recommendations to the mayor for implementation. The launch of the council comes when bank branch locations are few in neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River despite an estimated 150,000 population while areas west have an abundance of banks and other financial services establishments. The recent shuttering of the PNC Bank branch in the Bellevue section of Ward 8 serves as an example of that type of financial services disparity. Another example: Of the 18 Wells Fargo Bank branches in the District, only one sits east of the river and PNC Bank now only has its Anacostia branch. Check-cashing service shops and retail outlets such as liquor stores that charge fees for financial service transactions are widespread on the District’s
5 The PNC Bank branch in the Bellevue section of Ward 8 has been shuttered. (The Washington Informer/Anthony Tilghman)
East End, serving many residents who are unbanked. These schemes haven’t escaped the attention of council members. Council member Erica Miles, who works for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services as the diversity and inclusion director notes that social media and tech corporations are in the financial services industry. “There is a great deal of discussion about Facebook in financial services,” she said. “We know that Apple has a credit card. This needs to be regulated in the District so people won’t be taken advantage of.” Johnson said financial services regulation has become necessary “because there is a wild, Wild West out there” regarding who can offer these products and hardly any oversight from the District government. “Who are the players in this in-
dustry?” she asked rhetorically. “Who is here in the District doing this? We need to know these things to protect people and particularly small businesses. I am a member of this council to be the voice of small business in this because people are being manipulated into making bad financial decisions based on lack of regulations.” Taylor said a report with a recommendation on whether to set up a sandbox will be sent to the mayor in six months. After that, the council will provide support and feedback to the city’s executive branch and D.C. Council on it. Taylor said the council seeks to help not only consumers and businesses east of the river, but anyone in the District. “We are here to help everybody,” he said. “The more products that are available to people, the better it is for everyone and the products will be cheaper.” WI
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BUSINESS CARING from Page 1 most volunteering hours per capita, according to researchers. The study’s authors noted that caring means having a connection with others and being concerned for their wellbeing. And it can be expressed in multiple ways — from helping an elderly person cross the street to fighting a house fire. But certain parts of America put this into practice more than others. As a whole, Americans have shown their care through charitable giving more and more. According to Giving USA, Americans donated over $427 billion in 2018. But, researchers noted that, even if people can’t afford to give away their income, there are plenty of other ways to show kindness to others — like volunteering time and expertise. The study compared the 100 largest cities across 39 key indicators of a compassionate spirit. The data set ranges from share of sheltered homeless persons to number of volunteering hours per capita to share of income donated to charity. Overall, Virginia Beach, Virginia, ranked as the most caring city in the nation, while the District ranked 18th on the list. “The human species is biologically wired to survive and thrive through connected relationships,” said Debbie Minsky-Kelly, a Wal-
letHub expert, director of field instruction and a clinical assistant professor, at the School of Social Work at Carthage College in Wisconsin. “By providing care for children and other relatives within supportive family homes, citizens are contributing to their communities and saving government resources in many other ways,” Minsky-Kelly said. The professor added that she supports the idea of the government compensating individuals who provide care for children and other relatives. “Without family-based care of children, foster placements would be necessary, and there are financial and human costs to these arrangements, which provide much less stability to children than relatives do,” Minsky-Kelly said. “In the case of elderly family members, family-based placements save government insurance programs the high cost of nursing facilities. “Additionally, elderly individuals are less likely to contract communicable diseases in a home setting and further benefit from the psychological safety they gain from being around familiar loved ones,” she said. “By financially compensating family members who take on these roles, the stress of managing fulltime employment and caretaking roles can be minimized. This lessens the likelihood of abuse
occurring in these high-stress situations because financial compensation would allow caretakers to care for themselves while caring for others.” Communities need to engage their citizens in designing programs — particularly citizens
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facing economic challenges that we can adequately address the systemic issues that prevent some citizens from becoming economically secure,” Stewart said. To view the full report, go to wallethub.com. WI
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NATIONAL Church Leaders Call for Mobilization in Wake of Trump Impeachment By Hamil R. Harris WI Contributing Writer Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church have joined a growing chorus of political and religious
leaders supporting the impeachment of President Donald Trump, urging their members to be more politically active as the 2020 presidential campaign approaches. In a joint statement crafted by Bish-
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op Frank Madison Reid III, chair of the churches’ Social Action Commission, and the other “servant leaders” of the AME Church said that while its leaders warned of the looming “Trump tyranny” when he first ran for office in 2016, his impeachment is not cause for celebration. “We take no solace in the fact that God’s revelation about Trump’s lack of Constitutional character and his divisive and destructive policies would push our nation away from democracy and toward dictatorship were right,” the statement read. “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a powerful and life-changing sermon entitled ‘Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution.’ Will the Republican Party and its supporters continue to take the sleeping pills of white supremacy and privilege, or will we all hear God’s divine alarm clock calling us to stand up, speak up, and show up for free-
dom and justice for all?” AME leaders are also calling upon their constituents to take an active role in the impeachment trial and the 2020 election, issuing the following list of requested actions: 1. A day of prayer and fasting for our nation. Let us pray that God will heal our land. 2. Contact both of your Senators by email and phone call to register your belief that the trial in the Senate should be a real trial with witnesses and cross-examinations so the country can get the facts. 3. Inquire of your Senators, “Do they believe that any person who holds a political office is above the law?” 4. Organize your church, faith community, family, and community for the upcoming 2020 Elections. Encourage, equip, and empower them to stay inspired and involved to do their part in the spiritual, political, and economic revival of our nation and world. The commission members include Bishop Harry L. Seawright, president of the Council of Bishops, Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Senior Bishop Gregory G.M. Ingram, president of the General Board, Bishop Frank M. Reid III, chair of the Commission on Social Action, and Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, director of Social Action. Seawright, former pastor of Union Bethel AME in Brandywine and bishop of the state of Alabama, lives in Birmingham, where four little girls were killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. “I stand behind this statement because we are a liberated and reconciling church and that has been our history,” Seawright told The Informer. “And we pray that we continue to stand united. Being in Birmingham reminds how far we have come people and yet we how far we have to go.” The AME’s statement came the same week that Mark Gallo, editor of the evangelical Christianity Today magazine, wrote an editorial calling for Trump’s ouster, calling him “a near-perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused.” “Whether Mr. Trump should be removed from office by the Senate or by popular vote next election — that is a matter of prudential judgment,” the editorial said. “That he should be removed, we believe, is not a matter of partisan loyalties but loyalty to the Creator of the Ten Commandments.” Franklin Graham, son of famed evangelist and Christianity Today founder Billy Graham, said that his late father would never approve of the editorial and voted for Trump in 2016.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has yet not turned over the House impeachment action to the Senate because Majority Leader McConnell (R-Ky.) is refusing to set up a fair and objective proceeding agreeable to Democrats and Republicans. Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.), who voted in favor of both articles of impeachment, agreed with Pelosi’s move. “President Donald Trump is desperate for an exoneration and his enablers seem determined to break their oaths and conduct a sham trial to give him one,” Brown said in a statement. “The House of Representatives uncovered ample evidence to impeach the President. “The American people now expect the Senate to conduct a fair trial, which requires hearing the House’s case for removing the President and seeking supplemental evidence to ascertain the truth,” Brown said. “The House should not transmit the articles of impeachment or name impeachment managers until the Senate commits to following the facts wherever they may lead. “Unfortunately, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans appear more interested in covering up for President Trump than pursuing the facts,” he said. “They have no intention to honor their oaths to ‘do impartial justice.’ The American people deserve an impeachment trial that is serious, fair and reflects the gravity of the charges against President Trump.” WI
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NATIONAL Monument and Project to Focus on Black Women of Suffrage Movement By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia
5 Mary Church Terrell, 1946, Oil on canvas by Betsy Graves Reyneau
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. A January article in the New York Times noted the decision to erect a statue of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton on the Mall in Central Park. The monument, scheduled for a 2020 unveiling in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the
19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, would feature renditions of the two women best known for helping to secure that right – Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The article noted, “that the suffrage movement was big, broad and diverse is meant to be reflected in the image of a scroll unfolding between Anthony and Stanton like a very long to-do list (procure more rolled oats, seek equality) naming and quoting 22 other women whose contributions were greatly significant.” Of the 22 women selected, seven are African-American. Some of them — Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Mary Church Terrell — stand as towering figures in the history of American social activism, and yet none is set to receive a statue of her own, in this configuration.
“In effect, the monument, a maquette of which is on display in Albany, manages to recapitulate the marginalization Black women experienced during the suffrage movement to begin with, when, to cite but one example, they were forced by white organizers to congregate in the back during a famous women’s march, in Washington, in 1913, coinciding with Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration,” the article’s author, Ginia Bellafonte, wrote. Feminist and activist Gloria Steinem told the Times of the monument, that “it is not only that it is not enough, [but] it’s that it looks as if Anthony and Stanton are standing on the names of these other women.” Bellafonte wrote that the inclusion of the scroll at the center of the monument, and the way the women are positioned toward it,
suggests they are writing the history of suffrage, which is in itself problematic because Anthony and Stanton coedited a six-volume compendium – “The History of Women’s Suffrage” – that gave them ownership of a narrative that erased the participation of Black women in the movement. Last month, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) weighed in. The DLPA, connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions, announced a project powered by Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company founded by Melinda Gates, that will highlight the role of Black women in the suffrage movement. The project is scheduled for
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insecure. Low dam water levels have meanwhile led to 18-hour power cuts that have hit output from industry and mines. The government this year reintroduced the Zimbabwe dollar currency, ending a decade of dollarization, and also removed subsidies on electricity and fuel. Both of these actions unleashed rampant inflation, while wages lag behind. “Our target is basically to inject 180 million Zimbabwe dollars to target the [maize] meal subsidy,” Ncube said. “We also intend to include other commodities going forward.” President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Nov. 28 announced the government would scrap its plan to remove grain subsidies next year, saying this would protect impoverished citizens from rising food prices. Scarce foreign exchange has meant that even after Zimbabweans started paying more for the power and fuel, shortages have remained widespread.
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Guyana is now officially a producer of petroleum. The historic moment was announced Dec. 20 by U.S. oil major ExxonMobil and came less than five years after one of the company’s subsidiaries made a major oil find in the Liza-1 well offshore in the sprawling Stabroek Block, the Stabroek News reported. Minutes before Exxon’s announcement, President David Granger delivered an address to the nation, heralding the start of oil production and assuring that petroleum revenues would be prudently managed. ExxonMobil said that oil production had started from the Liza field offshore Guyana ahead of schedule and less than five years after the first find of hydrocarbons. It said that this was well ahead of the industry average for deepwater developments. In the statement, the company said that production from the first phase of the Liza field, located in the Stabroek Block, is expected to reach full capacity of 120,000 barrels of oil per day in coming months, and the first cargo is set to be sold within several weeks. “This historic milestone to start oil production safely and on schedule demonstrates ExxonMobil’s commitment to quality and leadership in project execution,” said Darren Woods, chairman and chief executive officer of ExxonMobil Corporation. “We are proud of our work with the Guyanese people and government to realize our shared long-term vision of responsible resource development that maximizes benefits for all.” The statement said that about 1,700 of ExxonMobil’s employees and other workers supporting its activities in Guyana are Guyanese, more than 50 percent of the total workforce. This number will continue to rise as additional operations develop, the statement said. ExxonMobil and its direct contractors have spent approximately $180 million with more than 630 local suppliers since the first discovery in 2015. WI
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HEALTH Health Updates You May Need to Know Flu Epidemic Sweeps the Nation WI Staff Report At least 1,300 people have died from the flu so far this season, according to a preliminary estimate released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been at least 2.6 million flu illnesses and 23,000 flu-related hospitalizations, according to the analysis. So far this season, the CDC has received reports of 10 children who have died from the flu, four more than the week before. Experts have warned that flu is hitting the United States early this year, and there are concerns that this early season could mean a particularly severe season overall. Flu spread significantly in all states except Alaska as of the week ending December 7. Both the eastern and western U.S. are being hit hard, with widespread flu activity in 23 states. Flu activity is being caused mostly by influenza B/Victoria viruses, which is unusual for this time of year, according to the CDC, and B strains tend to hit children particularly hard. Influenza A/H1N1 viruses are increasing in proportion relative to other flu viruses in some
The Legal Smoking Age in U.S. is Changing to 21 WI Staff Report The legal age in the US to smoke will rise to 21 next year, according to a new law passed by Congress on Thursday. The age increase will cover cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and all other tobacco products. President Donald Trump voiced support for the change in November and is expected to sign the bill in the coming days, part of a larger spending bill that will prevent a federal government shutdown. The nationwide increase in the legal smoking age, now 18 but already higher in almost half of all states, has long been a goal of anti-smoking advocates and has bipartisan support. While cigarette smoking has declined among high school seniors — only around 3.6 percent smoke daily — the use of e-cigarettes has nearly doubled from last year, with 20.9 percent reporting such use in the last month. That increase, along with a nationwide outbreak of unrelated but deadly lung injuries among people buying illicit vaping products, largely THC liquids, has spurred the legal age increase. Some tobacco firms have even supported the move, as does the American Vaping Association. American Lung Association President Harold Wimmer hailed the age increase in a statement on the measure, but added, “ultimately, more must be done by both Congress and the Trump Administration if our nation is to halt the youth e-cigarette epidemic.” The spending bill recently passed in the House of Representatives and the Senate; the age increase should take effect nationwide in about nine months, after the bill is signed. WI
regions, the CDC said. People with the flu often experience fever, chills, coughing, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches and fatigue, according to the CDC. Some, more commonly children, may have vomiting and diarrhea. Many people become ill suddenly and recover within a few weeks. Flu complications, such as pneumonia, can result in hospitalization or even death. Some people are at higher risk for complications from the flu, including children younger than 5 years old, particularly those under 2. Other groups at high risk are adults 65 and older, pregnant women, residents of long-term care facilities and people with weakened immune systems, asthma, heart disease and diabetes. Hand-washing, avoiding sick people and avoiding touching your eyes, nose and mouth can help prevent the flu. But the most important step to stop seasonal flu is for everyone 6 months or older to get vaccinated, according to the CDC. If the flu is circulating in the area where you live, it is not too late to get vaccinated. WI
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EDUCATION Treating & Teaching Program Complements Clean Water Partnership’s Initiative WI Staff Report A coalition of nonprofit organizations, private sector partners, and government agencies selected eight Prince George’s County Public Schools to receive new outdoor classrooms in spring 2020 as part of the Treating & Teaching Program. The schools selected are John Bayne Elementary School, Carrollton Elementary, Crossland High School, Ei-
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EDITORIAL
Perception versus Reality for Voters and Trump
Last week, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump. In a partisan decision, 229 Democrats and one Independent voted yes while 195 Republicans and 2 Democrats voted no to impeach Trump for abuse of power, a violation of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. The action was followed by 228 Democrats and 1 Independent who voted yes, while 195 Republicans and 3 Democrats voted no to impeach Trump for obstruction of Congress, a violation of Article 2. Trump becomes the third president to be impeached by the House of Representatives in U.S. history. Some members of Congress have inarguably been trying to seek legal grounds to remove Trump from office since he entered the White House in 2016. His victory was a shock to the nation – reportedly to Trump, as well. He didn’t win the popular vote, leaving many Americans left to question their ability to pick presidents over the Electoral College, a smaller body of state representatives, whose vote gave Trump the victory and ultimately decides who becomes the nation’s Commander-in-Chief. Trump is not presidential. He proved that during his campaign and repeatedly validates voters’ beliefs that he is ill-suited to hold the nation’s highest office. But there is a clear line of demarcation, with Democrats on one side, and Republicans on the other, over whether Trump should be removed or voted out of office for his ineptitude and abuse of power, or reelected in 2020 under the notion that he is actually making America great again. Facts notwithstanding, the perception that the economy is moving in the right direction has many Americans feeling optimistic. Consumers are spending more money, workers’ wages are rising, unemployment rates are declining and funding proposals both for family medical leave and the support of HBCU’s have passed. Federal inmates are hopeful that the jail doors will open soon due to the passage of the Second Chance Act and opportunities for vocational education have increased. But there is still a perception that Trump does not deserve the credit, and that the bubble, filled with the great things he claims he’s done, will soon burst. The reality is he didn’t do it alone and it took bi-partisan agreement and support to pass measures that best serve the needs of the American people. As the 2020 primaries draw near, we encourage voters to remove partisanship from their radar and define the realities existing in their lives. Listen, question and, most importantly, cast your vote for the candidate whose perceptions speak to your reality – to your needs. It’s a decision you’ll have to live with for the next four years. WI
Washingtonians Deserve a Home for the Holidays and Everyday
One of the more popular songs of the season, “(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays,” first sung and made a hit during the 50s by Perry Como, could be considered both memorable and prophetic. Because while it’s a tune whose message resonates with many D.C. residents, it equally and aptly summarizes the sentiments of a growing number of devoted Washingtonians – whether they’re renters, homeowners, or those who live in the City’s public housing units. But it’s something that will take more than the magic of Santa Claus or the pixie dust of fairies to fulfill the hopes and dreams of those who have long supported the District in good and bad times. Of course, we applaud D.C. Mayor Bowser’s promise and determination to provide greater pathways and opportunities for those she’s specifically targeted – the emerging middle class. However, one has to wonder how or when such a declaration will become more obvious instead of a convenient sound bite. And it’s not just those on the fringes of middle class status who are struggling to secure essentials like employment, healthcare and housing in the District. With thousands of public housing residents in limbo as the City announces more units that must be closed and renovated before they can be safely reoccupied, housing remains at a premium. Additionally, as in many urban cities, the changes that have come with gentrification have pushed rates up much faster than the average salary increases – making it that much more difficult for the less-educated, the less-skilled, the lower-incomed, the elderly or the handicapped – to find affordable housing – at least in the communities they’ve grown to cherish. When singers like Como, followed by a long line including Johnny Mathis, the Carpenters and the Pips serenaded us with joyous reflections about returning home for Christmas, housing had not become a place for the privileged. But today, things seem to have changed – for the worst in the U.S.A. We pray that you’ll have a place to call home and to return to this year, for Christmas. WI
TO THE EDITOR A Time for Giving
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I didn’t know The Washington Informer had a charity, but I saw the big ad in the paper and I think I will donate. I’m usually never moved to donate, but I like The Washington Informer and if it’s one thing I do care about, it is literacy for children. Let’s everyone pitch in! Fannie James Washington, D.C.
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MAGIC IN OUR CITY : D.C. ARTS PIONEERS JUMP LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT : MAPS GLOVER & TIMOTEO FINE LINES WITH KINGPIN SLIM DC ON FILM : KEVIN SAMPSON ON THE AREA’S BILLIONAIRE DUO POETRY IN THE AGE OF MASS RESISTANCE WITH JASON REYNOLDS AND ALEX ELLE
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By Marian Wright Edelman
The Greatest Gift in This Holy Season This is a holy season for multiple faiths and with our celebrations many of us spend time, money, and energy searching for perfect presents rather than reflecting on what our faith requires of us. It’s wonderful to share special times and gifts with family and friends but too many of us get overwhelmed by shopping for material things for loved ones.
I hope parents, grandparents, and all of us will pause and ensure we give our young and each other more important gifts of time, attention, and family rituals — ourselves — that all children need. So many of us are passing onto our children an affliction with “affluenza,” the poverty of having too much that equals too little. Children need adults to show them that the greatest gifts are what they give to others in caring, sharing, and service and not just material things.
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Many families volunteer in multiple ways, sharing and collecting food, clothing, and toys for others and making sure to express our true values — especially caring for our neighbors who have been left behind in our nation. Don’t be afraid to take children to serve meals to the homeless or to engage in discussions at family gatherings about those left out in the cold. Teach them Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s reminder that “Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. You don’t have to
have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know Einstein’s theory of relativity to serve. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.” Each of us can also do our part to renew our congregations’ and communities’ commitment to service and justice. As those of
us who are Christian celebrate a poor, homeless child threatened by Herod’s violence against innocent first born boys let us commit to standing up and caring for the millions of poor, homeless, hungry children living in our violent and materially rich but spiritually poor nation today. The poor baby in a manger gets lost like so many poor babies all over America needing food, shelter, safety, education and hope for the future. During
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By Norma Adams-Wade
Mama in the Classroom I wrote my first column in 1988 for a local Dallas newspaper. I wrote about a beloved Dallas guidance counselor and teacher that most students called “Mama.” Chew on that for a minute. A teacher that students called “Mama.” There is so much meaning in that thought that I can hardly contain it. Many of you, some of you, may remember her — Mable M. Jack-
son Chandler, better known as Mama Chandler. She began teaching and counseling during World War II and did so for 39 years before she retired in 1980 and died some years later. She loved it when students called her Mama. She acted the part, but she wasn’t acting. She was real. She cared. She disciplined with a look, a firm reprimand, a take-no-prisoners persona that commanded respect, with no need to demand it. The funny thing is that with all of her tough-guy demeanor,
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I don’t remember any students who seemed to doubt that beneath that exterior was genuine love. So, I was just thinking … about Tiffani Lankford. She’s the 32-year-old substitute teacher who was arrested earlier this month for fighting back after a 16-year-old student allegedly hit her in the face. The encounter — that happened at Lehman High School in Kyle, Texas, just outside of Austin — was caught on cellphone video by another student. The video shows the teacher re-
peatedly punching the student, pulling her from the desk and slinging her to the floor where the teacher appears to stomp on the student’s head. Initial news reports said there was no immediate information as to what prompted the encounter. The substitute teacher was arrested, fired and charged with aggravated assault. But back to Mama. I was just thinking: how would Mama Chandler have handled that situation? First of all, though, the thought seems inconceivable that any student
during Mama’s time would ever have imagined hitting this maternal figurehead. I remember quoting Mama’s explanation of how she got the endearing title, though she had no children of her own. She had said: “During the war years, fathers were in service, mothers had to work. I told my students, ‘I’m your Mama now, while you’re here. You have a problem, come talk to me.’” So, how did we get here — from Mama
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By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
Trump is Leading a Revolution That is Destroying America
In the wake of the House of Representatives impeaching President Donald Trump last week, it is time for reflection. The House indicted the president for abuse of his office — trying to enlist a foreign government to intervene in our election by announcing an investigation of his potential opponent in the upcoming presiden-
tial race and for obstruction of justice in his extreme efforts to block the congressional investigation of his abuses. This is an indictment focused, for simplicity sake, on a single course of action and its cover-up. In fact, the challenge posed by Trump is far greater than that. Trump is leading a counterrevolution against the America that is, and the America that will be. He does so by savagely attacking American institutions — and by un-
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relenting lies designed to produce a cocoon of misinformation — an alternative reality — to con his ardent supporters. Trump has scorned the Constitution and its tripartite division of power. He scorns the Congress — both the Democratic House and the Republican Senate, ignores its subpoenas, dismisses its powers and holds himself and his administration immune from its oversight. He traduces the courts, appoint-
ing right-wing activist judges while impugning the motives of any justice that rules in ways he does not like. He floods the courts with lawsuits, many groundless, to delay and to avoid accountability both personally and as president. He abuses the press, accusing them of being the enemy of the people and of spreading “fake news,” even as he retweets and recycles false conspiracy theories and big lies. He has dismantled the inter-
agency national security process, upended American policy — often with the sole apparent motive of reversing anything President Barack Obama accomplished — while abusing allies, his own appointees and the career professionals with sudden reversals of policy and pronouncement. He has clearly decided that the presidency is above the law, as well as beyond the reach of Congress and
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By Charlene Crowell
Will Proposed CRA Rule Help or Hurt Black America?
Amid the tinsel and garland celebrating the holiday season, two important federal financial regulators are planning how the future financial needs of low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities — including neighborhoods of color — will be met. In an effort to “modernize” the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) on Dec. 12 the board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpo-
ration (FDIC) endorsed a proposed Notice of Public Rulemaking (NPR) offered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The rulemaking move has also triggered forceful and diverging views from a host of organizations, lawmakers, and even a member of FDIC’s board. The effects of such a financial regulatory change bring potential impacts on bank branch locations and services, as well as the types and quality of credit and investment that will be conveniently available. From its enactment, CRA was in-
tended to provide an enforcement provision that supported earlier civil rights laws. The law also made a federal commitment to underserved communities – both urban and rural. Even so, over the years, CRA has been contentious for deposit institutions rated for compliance, and consumers who continued to claim that access and quality financial services were in short supply. According to OCC’s Joseph Otting, the 2019 proposal is the result of 18 months of work by staff and comments from more than 1,500
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stakeholder groups with four improvements: • Clarifying what counts as CRA credit, requiring agencies to publish a list of qualifying activities; • Preserving some assessment areas and creating others to better reflect significant concentrations of deposits; • Assessing what portion of a bank’s retail lending is targeted to LMI consumers; and • Improved reporting with transparency and timeliness. In a recent op-ed for American Banker, Otting also added a sense of
urgency. “Every month this proposal is delayed prevents billions of dollars more from helping reach communities that could benefit from greater economic opportunity. The proposal is an important step in modernizing CRA, but it is not the final one,” Otting wrote. But apparently the large stakeholder groups OCC consulted with has yet to include the U.S. House Financial Services Committee.
for those who for so long have been denied those fair rights. Just a few days ago only one Republican voted to restore the Voting Rights Act. We have a president who questions every institution that we have worked hard to make America live up to her promises to all, a president who so easily threatens our national security, who obstructs Congress from doing its job and who takes joy in abusing his power. He violates his own oath of office while choosing to support Russia. He even rubs it in our faces by twice bringing Russian officials to the people’s White House! He’s referred to the FBI as scum! He
called on the Russians to find Hillary Clinton’s emails. Trump is again trying to cheat his way back into office after embarrassing us around the world with his lewd behavior. He’s compromised our security so many times. He has seriously diminished our standing in the world, and yet, members of Congress can argue to allow him to continue his abuse of power. His childish and autocratic behavior deserve impeachment and removal from office. Yet, Sen. Graham tells us he’s not even going to look at
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By E. Faye Williams
No One is Above the Law It makes me sad to watch impeachment hearings against Donald Trump. I think about how much some people have done to make this country great. For many Americans, the country has never come close to being great, so to have Trump and his supporters run around with caps that say “Make America Great Again” is such an insult to those of us who’ve been cheated, who’ve had their land stolen, whose relatives have been lynched, who’ve
never had a fair chance to enjoy even the basics of life. I have watched hour after hour of testimony that tells us shameful things about those who are elected or appointed to serve our country. The more I watch, the worse I feel about the future of our country. I wonder what it is that causes people like Sens. Lindsay Graham and Ted Cruz, as well as Reps. Doug Collins, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, Louie Gohmert and a few others, to show such disdain for the truth. The loyalty to the Republican Party instead of to our country is shameful. The name-calling by the
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so-called leader of the free world is outrageous. When their children and grandchildren look at their performance years from now, what will they think? Will they disavow their fathers, grandfathers and a few mothers and grandmothers like Debbie Lesko and Martha Roby? I look at hard working people who do their jobs, who tell the truth, who try to make this a better world for their families and for all, and they have to listen to Republican garbage hour after hour making a spectacle of themselves with their clownish behavior. Our elections are sacred, especially
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By Askia Muhammad
FLOTUS, IMPOTUS, SCOTUS and a ‘Mother’ at the White House For nearly 30 years — from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush — I carried the coveted White House “hard pass.” It is a press ID which permits the holder nearly unlimited access to the White House Press Room in the West Wing from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m., every day of the year. My pass was finally pulled, even though my friend Tony Snow was press secretary at the time, because
(I’m convinced) they just didn’t want a “Black Muslim” in the room. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Patricia Roberts Harris said as much to my editor at the Chicago Daily Defender once. The official reason was that I did not come to the White House often enough, though I know many, many, many pass-holders who rarely go there. Bbesides, Sonya Ross, the former Associated Press White House bureau chief, often used to say the place is “a news-free zone.” There are only 200 or so seats in
the press briefing room, though there are as many as 5,000 accredited correspondents and other press persons, and the working spaces there could not accommodate more than 50 workers in all the little cubicles. When I got the boot, the mobile phones in use were the size of footballs, and few folks had them, so when you were there, unless you were one of the 50, you had to leave the place to report any non-news you might have discovered. Portable computers and the Internet were also novelties in those days.
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But I managed to work the system. I was able to politic myself into asking a few questions at televised presidential press conferences, I was invited to participate in a couple of high-level “briefings” with the president, and I even managed to get an invite for my then-boss, Mr. L.H. Stanton, publisher of National Scene magazine, for a briefing for publishers with President Reagan. I even managed to get Reagan to sign the “grip-and-grin” photo he posed for with the Prez.
Though I wasn’t there every day, I certainly knew my way around the complex. In those days the abbreviations used for president, first lady, and the Supreme Court were POTUS, FLOTUS, and SCOTUS, as in president, first lady, and Supreme Court “of the United States.” Nowadays those terms are clichés. I did continue to receive presidential schedules, and other announcements via email. I noticed during the
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LIFESTYLE ‘Jersey Boys’ are Back in Town at the National Theatre
By Brigette Squire WI Contributing Writer
The popular jukebox musical “Jersey Boys,” now running through Jan. 5 at the National Theatre in Northwest, sensationalizes the formation, success and descent of the 1960s Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame group The Four Seasons. Doo-wop harmonies, nostalgic rock anthems, loyalty, profanity, mobsters and, of course, Frankie Valli (expertly portrayed by Jon Hacker) with a New Jersey scene produces a happy crowd. The musical is structured in a documentary-style format as four “seasons,” each narrated by a different member of the band who gives his own perspective on its history and music. Each version is substantially different but equally plausible while peppering humor throughout delivering a superb show. The play begins in Paris circa 2000, as a French-language rap version of the group’s “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” that hit No. 1 on the charts is foreshadowed. From a starving quartet singing under a light pole, several group name changes, jail time, to fullfloor splits, unexpected challenges, and an astonishing octave range, this is an American success story
from rags to riches and back to rags. In “Spring” the lifelong criminal named Tommy DeVito assembles the quartet that eventually becomes The Four Seasons, named after the bowling alley that coincidently rejected one of their performances. The fabulous four are the “not properly socialized” gambler and opportunist DeVito (Corey Greenan), practical and loyal Nick Massi (Michael Milton) the star falsetto and leader Frankie Castelluccio (later Valli), and the mastermind songwriter Bob Gaudio (Eric Chambliss). Famed actor Joe Pesci (“Goodfellas,” “Casino,” “My Cousin Vinny”) was a friend of group member Tommy DeVito. Pesci was around during the group’s formation and is said to be responsible for introducing DeVito and Valli to singer/ songwriter Bob Gaudio. With the help of Bob Crewe (Sean McGee) the group’s flamboyant manager, and a lot of moxie, the foursome print a permanent memory in our hearts and minds with several timeless hits. Their top songs include “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Sherry,” “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night),” “My Eyes Adored You,” “Stay,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” Who Loves You,” “Working My Way Back to You” and “Rag Doll,” among others. The friends’ loyalties are
stretched to the limit when DeVito attempts to “hit on” Valli’s girlfriend and when DeVito gets too deep in debt with the mob. The famous “handshake deal” agreement leaves Frankie and Bobby to raise the $1 million in order to pay off Gyp DeCarlo (Andrés Acosta). Frankie’s marriage to Mary Delgado (Ashley Bruce) dissolves due to distance and a daughter addicted to drugs.
The group faces the coldest moments in their career during “Winter” and one by one fall apart, giving Valli a chance to start his solo career. Several scenes involve heavy smoking of herbal cigarettes which leaves the theater in a constant fog. Some may get lost during the few scenes where the actors’ backs are turned to the audience. The group reunites, giving a most riveting
performance in the finale with “Who Loves You?” Andy Williams, Madcon, The Tremeloes, Lauryn Hill, The Spinners and many other artists have covered the Four Seasons’ hits to great success, and the group itself sold 175 million records worldwide. But in “Jersey Boys,” the audience discovers the price the chart-busting group pays to reach such heights. WI
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5 Sterling ‘Steelo Soul’ Anderson performs during the Tree Lighting Ceremony at the John Wilson Building earlier this month. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)
5 Families receive gifts during the season of giving at an event hosted by Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation during a family-to-family program at Martha’s Table in Southeast. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)
5 The Sacred Heart School Heart sings Feliz Navidad during the Tree Lighting Ceremony at the John Wilson Building earlier this month. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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Inaugural Fundraiser to Broaden Service to Prince Georges’ County Maryland Special to the Washington Informer Veronica Hutchinson, Mount Rose (MD) Links The Mount Rose (MD) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated held its’ first Holiday Musical Extravaganza fundraiser on December 8, 2019 at The Camelot by Martin’s. Dr. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard, The National President of The Links, Incorporated, brought greetings to more than 400 guests. In the short time since The Mount Rose (MD) Chapter was chartered in 2016, we have devoted thousands of volunteer hours to successfully develop programs that are growing and providing a significant benefit in Prince George’s County and Liberia. In addition to a $5,000 donation to the fine arts department of Maryland’s oldest HBCU, Bowie State University, funds from the inaugural fundraiser also help The Mount Rose chapter to continue providing impactful programming such as The Mount Rose National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Junior Chapter; The Mount Rose Heart Links Program; The Mount Rose Empower Her Program; and The Mount Rose Liberia Reading Place in West Africa,” said Mount Rose (MD) Chapter President, Dana B. Stebbins. The evening extravaganza was emceed by Tracee Wilkins of NBC4 Washington and featured performances by the Bowie State Gospel Choir, Saxophonist Steven Garrison and The Johnny Steele Band. Mount Rose members Ann Chapman, Karen Gooden, and Jaqueline Jiles co-chaired planning for the event.
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LIFESTYLE Holiday Hoops Tourney Comes to D.C. By Lindiwe Vilakazi WI Contributing Writer Events DC hosted the second annual Holiday Hoops Fest from Dec. 20-22, showcasing a variety of NCAA Division I men’s basketball teams. The Liberty Flames battled the Akron Zips for the championship on Dec. 21. Held at the Entertainment Sports Arena in Southeast, friends, family and basketball lovers filled the bleachers as the LIberty Flames won the four-team tourney.
The championship game was high-octane from the opening tip, with the Flames racing out to a 32-28 halftime lead before pulling away in the second half. One of the Flames’ top players, Elijah Cuffee, had his father watching from the stands. Cuffee had a solid game, scoring 12 points. “They call him the ‘Jack of all trades,’” Lynwood Cuffee said of his son. “Dribbles, pass, shoot. Does it all. He’s really ultra-competitive. He wants to win it all.” Following in the footsteps of his
parents, who met while attending Liberty, Cuffee decided to accept a full scholarship and continue his family legacy. Liberty is now 14-0 on the season and looking to break in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Flames next play the Louisiana State University Tigers at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Dec. 29. The Holiday Hoops Fest is sponsored by Russ Potts Production Inc., Lyft, Mountain Dew and White Claw Hard Seltzer. WI
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KWANZAA from Page 1 Kwanzaa Now Campaign, launched November 2018 in response to Kwanzaa celebrants, from the District and out of town, who said they noticed the omission during their visits. Last Kwanzaa, campaign supporters circulated petitions throughout the District, including to NMAAHC officials. In April, Yusuf and others attended a meeting where they said William Pretzer, the senior curator for history, denied their assertion that the museum didn’t adequately represent Kwanzaa. Campaign members walked away from that meeting with the understanding that they and NMAAHC would partner in hosting Kwanzaa-themed programming this year. The celebration they envisioned included front-entrance decorations, products for sale in the gift shop, and Kwanzaa founder Maulana Karenga as a guest lecturer. However, as Pretzer and Elaine Nichols, NMAAHC’s senior curator for culture, would later come to tell Yusef in an Aug. 30 letter that he later posted on the campaign’s website, no Kwanzaa programming would happen between Dec. 26 and Jan. 1 because the department responsible for programming already solidified the 2019 calendar. “Our people have become desensitized to these things,” Yusuf said. “Even now you got people asking why we should even respond [to the need for a Kwanzaa exhibit]. We’re taxpayers and this is our museum. Kwanzaa is a historical part of our culture. We have an obligation to speak truth [about] our history.” In 1966, the Us organization, chaired by Karenga, hosted the first Kwanzaa celebration in Oakland, California, drawing inspiration from the First Fruits harvest and other African traditions. Starting on Dec. 26, Kwanzaa revelers celebrate the Nguzo Saba, or the seven principles deemed necessary for strengthening strong African individuals, families, and communities. Celebratory symbols include the kinara, a candle that holds the red, black, and green candles representing the seven principles, crops, and a unity cup. Black cultural nationalist groups throughout the United States embraced Kwanzaa soon after via the independent schools, theater and
arts movements, Kwanzaa planning committees, and other entities. The District garnered a reputation as a prominent hub for Kwanzaa celebrations during the 1970s and 1980s, thanks in part to Mama Nia Kuumba, Melvin Deal, Ishakamusa Barashango and other pioneers. Every Kwanzaa season, the United Black Community, also known as the DC Kwanzaa Planning Committee, releases a booklet outlining several Kwanzaa activities in the D.C. metropolitan region, many of which people can attend free of charge. Today, Kwanzaa celebrants around the world are estimated to be in the tens of millions. The holiday has increased in its mainstream appeal, with the introduction of a Kwanzaa postage stamp, acknowledgments by the White House, and its recognition alongside Christmas and Hanukkah. While NMAAHC acknowledges Karenga as the founder of Kwanzaa with a photo and blurb, the holiday itself hasn’t been presented to the liking of those vying for an in-depth, artifact-filled exhibit under the Kwanzaa Now Campaign. Since the inception of the Kwanzaa Now Campaign, pockets of support have appeared in the District, Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Chicago and on the West Coast, along with other cities. Kwanzaa celebrants in the United Kingdom and the Caribbean have also joined in the call for a NMAAHC Kwanzaa exhibit. Groups have employed various grassroots strategies, including sending emails, and making phone calls and in-person visits. During a visit to NMAAHC on Veterans Days, for instance, members of the Pointman Soldiers Heart Ministries, based in Pennsylvania, revealed to museum officials that they greatly benefited in celebrating the holiday during their tour of duty. “They are feeling the pressure,” Baba Lumumba, a Kwanzaa Now campaign organizer, told The Informer. “They took a family day and renamed it the Pre-Kwanzaa Festival. They had one table and put one children’s book in the museum. “We want NMAAHC to have a Kwanzaa program that Dr. Maulana Karenga has agreed to host,” Lumumba said. “We want Kwanzaa items sold in the bookstore. We want a Kwanzaa exhibit that reflects Kwanzaa as it actually is, not what they want to make it.” wI
By Gloria H. Rease
Why I Celebrate Kwanzaa
I recall being exposed to Kwanzaa in the late 1980s while a member of a large African Methodist Episcopal Church in Ft. Washington, MD. Prior to that, in the 1970s, discussions about Kwanzaa basically centered around accusations that Kwanzaa was an attempt to ‘X’ out Jesus and was considered pagan by the Black Christian community. No one mentioned the seven principles. No discussion of the purpose or meaning or it’s origins; it seemed to suggest you either celebrate Christmas or Kwanzaa. Either/Or, never Both/And. The pastor of the church I attended in Ft. Washington espoused Black pride as he taught sound Christian principles. Most of the congregants wore African-inspired attire and they celebrated Kwanzaa each year while I attended from 1988 to 1993. But even so, the Kwanzaa celebration was limited to one activity, generally towards the end of December, positioned specifically not to interfere with Christmas. It was not until around 2005, while living in Los Angeles, that I began to appreciate and accept the fullness of a true Kwanzaa celebration. I was invited to attend a karamu (Kwanzaa feast) at the home of the twin sister of a friend. My mother was visiting me from Alexandria at the time, so I dragged her along. It was there that I witnessed the principles of the Nguzo Saba actualized. It was a gathering of progressive thinkers; tweens, teens and young adults respectfully engaged with the adults in the room. It was a place where my nearly 80-year-old mother was affirmed. Since she was the eldest person there and in reverence to her age and wisdom, each person had to ask her permission to speak. I watched as my mother’s back strengthened each time someone asked, “Elder may I”. The stimulating conversations about issues of poverty, income disparities, Black-on-Black crime, all opened my mind to the need to gather in community, to strategize about how to become stronger, how to be self-reliant and self-determined, the importance of spending money with African American businesses to promote economic empowerment. It was all so stimulating. It was then that I committed myself to honor Kwanzaa every year. That night, I watched and listened as the youth participated in those discussions and witnessed the community participate in shaping their minds, guiding them towards ideologies that transcended their youthful self-centeredness; to think beyond their front doors, their neighborhoods, their privileges or lack thereof. From that moment on, Kwanzaa became a CELEBRATION to me. Ten years later, on January 3, 2015 our hostess for my first Kwanzaa celebration succumbed to a rare autoimmune disease. Because she was bed-ridden and literally breathing her last breath during Kwanzaa week, she was unable to host an event that year. On January 10th, at her memorial service, her family hosted a Kwanzaa celebration that was the ultimate celebration of African American culture and homage to the ancestors. It was then that I committed to hosting an annual Kwanzaa celebration. In 2016, Baraka Marketing Solutions, LLC, my boutique marketing firm, hosted its first Kwanzaa celebration in collaboration with another small business owner. The first two celebrations were in Washington, DC and the third in Alexandria. The 4th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration hosted by BMS will be held on December 29th at the Hampton Inn & Suites, 5821 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA. For more information call (703) 535-5700 or visit: https://conta.cc/2XGEpQL.
Ujamaa Marketplace and 4th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration Sunday December 29, 2019
Ujamaa Marketplace - 12 noon to 3:00 pm Vendors and children’s activities. 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 Hampton Inn & Suites, Potomac Room 5821 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA Event Details: https://conta.cc/2XGEpQL For More Info contact: Baraka Marketing Solutions, LLC info@barakaenterprises.com or via telephone at (703) 535-5700.
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wi book review “Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises”
By Jodie Adams Kirshner Foreword by Michael Eric Dyson c.2019, St. Martin’s Press $28.99 / 342 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. And you know how that went for him. The Royal Soldiers and a bunch of ponies couldn’t help him and you can only imagine what happened next: as in the new book “Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises” by Jodie Adams Kirshner, everything got scrambled. In the years following the Great Recession of 2007, while everyone in America seemed to be shakily putting their financial futures in line again, the city of Detroit continued to struggle. In certain areas of the city in which a majority of the population was African American, houses were foreclosed upon in large numbers, then abandoned by residents who were forced out. Thieves removed plumbing, copper wire, and anything else of value from uninhabited homes, and after they were gutted this way, houses were often inhabited by squatters and other displaced people, or a house fell apart, or was torched. Swimming upstream, Detroit declared bankruptcy in 2013. There were myriad reasons for it, says Kirshner, but in March of that year, a controversially-appointed emergency manager was tasked with clearing up the situation. Things got worse: population declined, lack of jobs exacerbated the problem, tax issues caused headaches for officials and potential homeowners, and blight set in — sometimes, entire neighborhoods of it. In well-to-do areas, she says, taxes were lower and growth resumed. In the middle of all this, Kirshner followed seven people, to see how they fared. Miles, a 40-something Black man, wanted nothing more than to live quietly and repair houses, but a sketchy past wouldn’t go away. Charles, a 50-plus-yearold Black man, steadfastly refused to give up his house, even when it was little more than a shell. Robin, a 40-something white developer, saw big opportunity to buy up real estate. Reggie, a mid-40s Black man, wanted a home to raise his two adopted children. Cindy, a white woman in her early 60s, tried to help her neighborhood, but failed; 50-something Joe came from New Jersey and made a difference; and college-educated single mother Lola wanted a better life for her daughter … “Broke” is not a pleasant read for your holidays — but it’s a necessary one. It’s disheartening to watch author Jodie Adams Kirshner’s subjects struggle upright, only to be shoved back down again. Readers will cringe at the darned-ifyou-do-darned-if-you-don’t scenarios each of them face; just seeing their lives put into words might make you feel exhausted, imagining the overwhelmingness of it all. Furthermore, bureaucracy sometimes leaves no exits and that’s maddening — especially when Kirshner relates what happened in better-off neighborhoods and enclaves, schools and businesses, at the same time. And yet, this story is not sensationalized. Kirshner makes no overt villains here; the facts are laid out in plain terms that let you pick your own bad guys. There are also advice-like take-aways at the end, and usable ideas, though Detroit may be on the upswing. Still, according to this author and this book, it’s going to take awhile before things are all put together again. WI
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ARIES You’re entering a major new professional cycle, stepping into a position of power and greater responsibility. Your success isn’t in question, but what do you want to be known for? Even the people responsible for the greatest destruction in the world are famous. Reach for your noblest goals and stay rooted in your integrity. Then you can plant seeds that bring about constructive change, uplift humanity, and give back to the world over time. Lucky Numbers: 18, 25, 49 TAURUS You’re being drawn to take a huge leap of faith. With your ruling planet Venus in Aquarius at this time, all eyes are on you. You’re at the top of your game and being called to be a leader and pioneer. You’ve traveled a long way to get here, but this is just the beginning of your journey to the top. Walk the path humbly as the world wakes up to your genius and brilliance. Lucky Numbers: 6, 9, 15 GEMINI As the Capricorn new moon and annular solar eclipse align on Dec. 25, it officially kicks off Jupiter’s transit in Capricorn and ushers in a phase of profound evolution in an intimate relationship and financial situation. There’s gold to be mined, but let go of your attachments to outcomes, material gain, or to anyone or anything in particular. You can’t take your money to the grave, all relationships change, and only love outlasts death. Dig deeper into past parental and societal conditioning surrounding marriage, sex, commitment, money, and power to discover what you value. Lucky Numbers: 31, 32, 35 CANCER The Capricorn new moon and annular solar eclipse bring you to the next stage of development in relationships from what was unfolding six months ago. This is also officially kicking off Jupiter’s transit in Capricorn and marking a huge new beginning for your relationships. This is a clean slate and a chance to leave the past behind. In other cases, this could be the beginning of the end of connections that have reached their breaking point. Lucky Numbers: 13, 17, 26 LEO You’re offered a clean slate and new beginning in at least one area of your life, if not for your whole life. You could be starting a new job, routine, or health regimen, or perhaps you’re transitioning from a day job to your passion. This is a chance to rearrange, restructure, and build a life that gives back to the world and to you as much as you give to it. Lucky Numbers: 12, 20, 24 VIRGO Something might feel like a total eclipse of the heart. But this is a chance to release something that has weighed heavily on you and take a chance on your heart. You could be starting a new creative project, falling in love (perhaps all over again), or perhaps rediscovering the love in your heart. No matter what the past was like, stay in the present and you can create a new future. Lucky Numbers: 36, 43, 57 LIBRA Expect an expansion on the home and family front. You could be expanding your family unit, buying or selling property, or perhaps moving. Whatever unfolds on the surface, the time has come for you to not just survive but thrive. Nourish the roots of your life. You’re planting the seeds of a life that can grow over time, bringing you the true sense of security and belonging you’ve yearned for while giving back to the world at large. Lucky Numbers: 6, 13, 52 SCORPIO This is a chance to see something in a new light and discover the opportunity that might have seemed dire or hopeless. You don’t know it all, but have faith in yourself and your abilities. You have a wealth of valuable knowledge. As long as you are humble, you can make wise choices that set the trajectory of your foreseeable future in the most promising direction. Dare to think big! Lucky Numbers: 4, 26, 55 SAGITTARIUS The Capricorn new moon and annular solar eclipse mark a whole new beginning in a financial situation and for your emotional commitments. You have the skills, resources, and talents you need to create or attract the income or resources you desire. Have more faith in yourself. You’re worth a whole lot more than you give yourself credit for. Lucky Numbers: 7, 8, 53 CAPRICORN Clarity returned1. You’re stepping into the light, but you are not who you used to be. Over the coming days, consciously chip away the layers of conditioning as you embody, integrate, and dig deeper to reveal and discover all that you’ve become. Lucky Numbers: 16, 45, 46 AQUARIUS The Capricorn new moon and annular solar eclipse ask you to dig deep. There’s a new dream birthing in your soul. It will take time, patience, and, above all, faith, but trust that whatever you’ve dreamed for yourself, the universe has dreamed it just a little bigger and better. Lucky Numbers: 6, 41, 46 PISCES Your social circle is expanding, bringing connections and opportunities that can greatly expand your world. But first consciously release the aspirations you’ve outgrown, and avoid comparing yourself to others or to society’s standards of success. Also, if there has been a rift in a friendship, you needn’t forget your lessons, but allow yourself to forgive, at least for your sake. Lucky Numbers: 4, 34, 44
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withheld $391 million of taxpayer funds that Congress appropriated for the purpose of providing vital military and security assistance to Ukraine to oppose Russian aggression,” — another blatant abuse of power,” she said. Waters said the investigations revealed that this president advanced “a discredited theory promoted by Russia alleging that Ukraine — rather than Russia — interfered in the 2016 United States presidential election” “for corrupt purposes in pursuit of personal political benefit.” “Never before in our history have we experienced a president who has so clearly conducted himself in a manner offensive to, and subversive of, the Constitution and directed his Cabinet members, Executive Branch agencies, and other White House officials to defy lawful subpoenas from Congress,” she said. “It is without question that this president has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law, because at every turn, he has shown us who he is. “It’s no secret that this president could have been impeached long ago,” Waters said. “Today, we stand here with an irrefutable case and an indisputable set of facts that this president absolutely abused his power and obstructed Congress. “Any other individual who would have been caught conducting themselves in the way that this president has would have been prosecuted to the full extent of the law,” she said. “History will remember those who were willing to speak truth to power.” WI
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RELIGION the religion corner WITH LYNDIA GRANT
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
This Christmas, it is my prayer that each and every one of you will feel a pull from the Holy Spirit to lead you to want to do more by giving to others. America is in such a different place than it has been during my 68 years of life. It is my opinion that we, the people, must continue to show much love for one another. We must live according to Scripture and, as said in Diana Ross’s song “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand),” we can truly change things when we start giving. It is Christmas, a time when millions of us give gifts. God gave us His Son Jesus Christ on Christmas Day. Let’s take a page out of that Holy Book, and give more than you normally would. I did, and unexpected blessings keep coming my way. Now on to the New Year. Join me at the All Nations Baptist Church for Watch Night on Dec. 31 at 9 p.m. Our pastor, Rev. Dr. James Coleman, has asked for a special presentations, with historical significance, about how and why Watch Night was started back in 1862. On Freedom’s Eve, the night before
the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on Jan. 1, 1863, worshipers gathered in Black churches to pray, give thanks and wait for the stroke of midnight, the stirring moment when slaves would officially, and finally, be “forever free.” It has been 156 years since President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The tradition of what became known as Watch Night continues, though most people today have no clue as to how and why Watch Night continues. Join me at All Nations Baptist Church to hear this presentation by Wanda Williams, deputy Freedom of Information Act officer and archivist of the National Archives and Records Administration’s Office of General Counsel, will be there to share historical facts about Watch Night. Williams has been an archivist with the National Archives at St. Louis since 2009. Her career with NARA began in 2006 as a reference archives technician and with the Nixon Library’s Watergate tapes team. She holds an M.A. in U.S. and Caribbean history from Morgan State University in Baltimore and is an active member of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. It was my pleasure to speak with her, discussing Black history. (More on her next week.) During Watch Night Service, the
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congregation will enjoy a historical video, and every participant will receive a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation that they can take home to frame and hang for family and guests to see and talk about for the coming generations. One thing we must always remember: we have to look back in order to go forward. How can we prevent things from happening to us as Black people, if we don’t know what has already happened in the past? There are people I know today who would rather not talk about the history of what happened here in America during the time when Black people were enslaved. Whether we want to hear it or not is irrelevant. We must teach our children, especially, since Black history is not taught correctly in our public and private schools. One quick example is the fact that history books say that 178,000 Black men fought in the American Civil War. It was proven that there were at least 209,145 Black soldiers who fought in the war. When did I learn that? While serving as the project director of the African American Civil War Memorial, appointed by thenD.C. Council member Frank Smith. Please join me, our pastor and congregation on Watch Night, as you enjoy this Christmas holiday. Merry Christmas, everybody. More on the New Year’s tradition of Watch Night next week. WI
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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.
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Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com
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RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church
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 Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”
Blessed Word of Life Church
Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00 AM 5th Sundays: 9:30 AM 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 PM www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ
Church of Living Waters
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464 Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
St. Stephen Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., / Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 / Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00 AM Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30 AM 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00 AM Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30 PM Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00 AM “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
Third Street Church of God
Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors
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 www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Campbell AME Church Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 AM Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 PM Thursday: 7:00 PM “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address : Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020
Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher 421 Alabama Ave. SE Washington, DC 20032 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 Service and Times Sunday School: 10:15 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11;15 AM Children’s Church: 11:15 AM Tuesday Bible Study: 6:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: gr8luv4u2@gmail.com
Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) Sunday School: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org / E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 AM “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org
Crusader Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor 800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703 Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45 AM Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00 PM Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00 PM Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org / “God is Love”
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax
Sunday Worship Service: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6:00 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church / Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org / emailus@gmchc.org
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661 Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Sunday Church School: 9:20 AM Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 AM Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 PM Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... Dr. Raymond T. Matthews Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Services and Times Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45 PM Thur. Bible Study: 7:15 PM
Twelfth Street Christian Church Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Communion every Sunday: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 10:00 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 PM Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org / Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00 PM Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00 PM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10 AM themcbc.org
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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor 7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471 Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 AM Service 11:00 AM Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com
Zion Baptist Church Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor 4850 Blagdon Ave, NW - Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773 Service and Times 9:00 a.m. – Sunday School 10:15 a.m. – Worship Service Wed. Noon: Dea. Robert Owens Bible Study 7 PM Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Sunday, Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission: Zion shall: Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, And Exalt our Savior. (Acts 2: 41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 PM Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591 Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education / School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
Israel Baptist Church
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor 2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 AM Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 PM “Where Jesus is the King”
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office / (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . . 100% Forgiven!
623 Florida Ave.. NW - WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 / Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 / Fax (202) 483-4009
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30 PM Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00 PM www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
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Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor
Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:45 AM Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 PM Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 PM Bible Study: Tuesday at 10:30 AM
Mount Moriah Baptist Church Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM Holy Communion: First Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30 PM Motto: "Faith On The Hill"
Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 PM Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 PM Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 PM Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42
New Commandment Baptist Church
Eastern Community Baptist Church Damion M. Briggs Pastor
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor
1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 - Fax: 202-544-2964
8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240
13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 AM and 10:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 AM & 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 PM Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 PM Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 PM
Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Reverend Peter R. Blue Sr. Pastor
Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor
2001 Brooks Drive District Heights MD. 20744 240.838.7074
621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 - F: (202) 561-1112
Service and Times Sunday Worship Experience: 10:15am Sunday School: 9:00am Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Morning Noontime Bible Study: Tuesday @ 12:00pm Prayer Meeting/Bible Study: Tuesday @7:00pm Theme: "Building On A Firm Foundation"
Service and Times Sunday Service: 10:00 AM Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 AM 1st Sunday Baptism: 10:00 AM 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10:00 AM Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting: 7:45 PM
Email: revprbstmbc@gmail.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org
Motto: “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”
“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958
Shiloh Baptist Church
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Dr. Joseph D. Turner / Senior Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 8:00 AM Worship Service: 11:00 AM New Member’s Class: 9:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00 AM Church School: 9:45 AM Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00 PM Saturday Bible Study: 11:00 AM Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00 AM “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class: 8:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Service: 12:00 PM “The Loving Church of the living lord “
4504 Gault Place, N.E. / Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service : 11:00 AM The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Prayer & Praise Services: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: 7:30 PM Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries: 10:30 AM A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Christ Embassy DC
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Friday Evening Service: 7:00 PM ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com
Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 PM Prayer Service Bible Study
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor
Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor
9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288
602 N Street NW - Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595
2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30AM & 10:30 AM Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 PM. Wednesday 12 Noon
www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org
Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 AM Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 AM and 10:55 AM Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 AM Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 PM
All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.
Email: sbc@shilohbaptist.org Website: shilohbaptist.org
Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 AM Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 PM Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 PM Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 PM Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor
Email Address: admin@pbc712.org
Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest
Holy Trinity United Baptist Church
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor
Rev. Reginald M. Green Interim Pastor
Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
St. Matthews Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
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Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 AM Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 AM Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30AM Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 PM Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 PM Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “
Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.
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LEGAL NOTICES Legal Notice William W. Crocker Decedent 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. Date of first publication: 10/3/2019 Rosemary Tate Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Register of Wills
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2019 ADM 001167
1998 ADM 1348
Case Number 19-0007712
2019 ADM 671
Sidney Montgomery, III Decedent
Ingrid J. Monkiewicz Decedent
Brian Gormley 10605 Concord Street Suite 420 Kensington, MD 20895 Attorney
Tina Smith Nelson Legal Counsel for the Elderly 601 E Street Washington, DC 20049 Attorney
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS 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: 12/19/2019 Renair Montgomery Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills Washington Informer
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:
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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
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2019 ADM 001270
2019 FEP 000141
2019 ADM 001268
2019 ADM 001204
2019 ADM 001196
Josephine T. Wharton Decedent
December 30, 2017 Date of Death
Harry Roberson, Jr. Decedent
George H. Jackson, Sr. Decedent
Eric Gerald Vanlaer Decedent
Clark J. Hymes, Esq. 1032 15th Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney
Yahne Miorini 2710 Glencroft Road Vienna, VA 22181 Attorney
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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.
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.
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
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.
Joan M. Wilbon, Esq. 1120 Connecticut Ave., Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
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.
Date of first publication: 12/19/2019
Date of first publication: 12/19/2019
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Carolyn E. Davidson Personal Representative
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Date of first publication: 12/19/2019 Yahne Miorini Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills Washington Informer
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2019 ADM 001192
2019 ADM 001228
2019 ADM 001168
Romain Oliver Terrence Picou Decedent
Erna Augustine Brown Decedent
LEGAL NOTICES
Lynn H. Johnson, Esq. Johnson & Pavuk 1413 K St., NW, Suite 1500 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney
Travis T. Brown, Jr. Brown, PLLC 1775 Eye Street, NW, Ste. 900 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney
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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.
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
Date of first publication: 12/19/2019
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Antonin Picou Personal Representative
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Denzel M. Pride Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS 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
Azalee M. Callaham Decedent Brian Gormley 10605 Concord Street, Suite 420 Kensington, MD 20895 Attorney
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
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2019 ADM 000753
2019 ADM 001154
2019 ADM 001281
Estate of Ola M. Brown
Joseph Clair Decedent
Margaret P. Mathis Decedent
NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE
Cecilia R. Jones 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW Suite #440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney
Lettice Lawrence aka Lettice M. Lawrence Decedent Bradley A. Thomas, Esq. 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006-1631 Attorney
Nakia Gray, Esq 800 Maine Ave. SW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20024 Attorney
Date of first publication: 12/19/2019 David G. Brown, Jr. 1504 Portal Drive, NW Washington, DC 20012 Petitioner/Attorney: TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Acting Register of Wills Washington Informer
Beverly Headley Glover, whose address is 108 S. Dayflower Court, Dover, DE 19904, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lettice Lawrence aka Lettice M. Lawrence who died on December 25, 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 6/26/2020. 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 6/26/2020, 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: 12/26/2019
Date of first publication: 12/26/2019
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Beverly Headley Glover Personal Representative
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Alton L. Mathis, Sr., whose address is 714 31st Street, SE Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Margaret P. Mathis who died on October 8, 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 6/26/2020. 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 6/26/2020, 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: 12/26/2019
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SUFFRAGE from Page 17 launch in conjunction with the centennial of the ratification of the 19th amendment in 2020. It will focus on Black women’s activism from 1850s to 1960s, including, but not limited to, their role in the women’s suffrage movement, civil rights movement and women’s right’s movement, according to DLPA. Cultural artifacts included in the collection will have a clear and compelling relevance to contemporary issues like voting rights and intersectionality, as well as contemporary movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, DLPA said. In addition, the new collection will expand upon DPLA’s existing collections about Black women’s activism – collections that primarily include source sets on Ida B. Wells and anti-lynching activism; Fannie Lou Hamer and the civil rights movement in rural Mississippi; and the Equal Rights Amendment. Ultimately, the goal of the new collection will be to elevate Black women’s activism in the national narrative in places where it has been erased. “Nobody wants to know a colored woman’s opinion about her own status of that of her group,” Mary Church Terrell once wrote. “When she dares express it, no matter how mild or tactful it may be, it is called ‘propaganda,’ or is labeled ‘controversial.’” For individuals or their libraries interested in learning more, or participating with DPLA on this curation project, contact Shaneé Murrain at shanee@dp.la WI
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courts. While I, and many other reformers, agree with some of Trump’s stated goals — to bring the “endless wars” to a close, to transform our trading policy, to pressure the Federal Reserve to keep its foot off the brakes of the economy without clear evidence of rising inflation — Trump’s imperious and impetuous actions do more to discredit those goals than to serve them. In other areas — most significantly in the existential threat posed by catastrophic climate change — Trump has abandoned the most important responsibility of the president to defend the nation’s security. His conscious political strategy is to foster division, inflaming racial, gender and other divides. This has fed an already rising tide of hatred that is breeding more violence in this land. Rather than signing the bipartisan immigration reform that he
had previously agreed to support, he chose instead to preserve the contention rather than to move to solve the challenge. The result of this reckless and ruthless course is a country ever more divided. Trump clearly has cemented the support of about 40 percent to 45 percent of the American people. That support has cowed Republican legislators — senators and representatives — who now rise to defend behavior that they know is dangerous and policies that violate their previously cherished conservative principles — from free trade to support for allies to presidents serving as moral examples. Now, as senators gear up for holding what looks to be a sham trial on the impeachment charges brought from the House, they might pause for reflection. For many, this vote may be their last historic vote, one which will help define their legacy. All face constituents — Trump’s
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yet we hunger for the “security” of weapons and walls. You teach us that freedom comes in loving service, yet we trample on others in our efforts to be “free.” Forgive us, God, when we look to the palace instead of the stable, when we heed politicians more than prophets. Renew us with the spirit of Bethlehem, That we may be better prepared for Your coming. Amen.
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this holy season, let’s commit to acting on God’s call through the prophet Zechariah “to see that justice is done, to show kindness and mercy to one another, not to oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, who live among you or anyone else in need” by serving and caring and joining together to work for a better nation and world. That is the greatest gift we could hope to pass on.
killing and imprisoning the sons, orphaning the daughters, widowing the mothers. Herod’s soldiers are everywhere, in government at all levels, on Wall Street, in religious houses, schoolhouses, courthouses and moviehouses, Please lead us and our children to safety. ** God, we confess that ours is still a world in which Herod seems to rule: The powerful are revered, The visions of the wise are ignored, The poor are afflicted, And the innocent are killed. You show us that salvation comes in the vulnerability of a child,
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CROWELL from Page 25 “He thinks that he has the authority to do this without having to interact with us and no matter what he thinks, we think we have a responsibility to make sure that CRA is doing what it was intended to do,” said Rep. Maxine Waters. As chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, Waters sought but has yet to schedule OCC’s Otting to testify before the committee. Additionally, she is one of several House members who want the 60day comment period doubled to 120 days to better allow public input. According to OCC, a meeting is still being planned; but no date has yet been finalized. Additionally, one FDIC board member, Martin Gruenberg, issued a statement of opposition to the proposal during its Dec. 12 meeting, criticizing the proposed one-ratio measurement, noting existing “credit deserts,” and the lack of consideration of a bank’s efforts to provide affordable products and services LMI consumers and those without bank accounts could access. “[T]his is a deeply misconceived proposal,” Gruenberg noted. “It would establish a CRA evaluation framework relying on a single metric approach that would allow a bank to
WILLIAMS from Page 25 the evidence! When Sen. John McCain was alive, he kept Graham within the realm of respectability, but now, most of us are seeing a very different person. So much evidence has piled up
ASKIA from Page 25 second term of the Obama administration, the schedule of Vice President Joe Biden began to be distributed to the press corps as well, along with that of his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, a physician. Now, along with all the other pure tomfoolery at 1600, the press office has taken to referring to Karen Pence, the wife of the vice president, as “The Second Lady.” The Second Lady? What kind of self-respecting high public official would permit his wife to be addressed as The Second Lady? But I suppose if you address your wife as “Mother,” and the whole world knows it, why not just let her be the Second Lady? It must be OK with them, because that’s who she’s been officially for nearly three years now. But what I’m getting joy from while watching the impeachment
concentrate its CRA activity in as little as 50 percent of its assessment areas, disinvest in the other 50 percent, and still receive a satisfactory or even outstanding CRA rating.” Similar concerns came from a coalition of civil rights, consumer protection and housing industry advocates that included the NAACP, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., National Fair Housing Alliance, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and others. “The proposed rules are inconsistent with the law, plain and simple,” the leaders said. “It invites a return to discrimination against communities of color and low-and-moderate income neighborhoods — a destructive, decades-old process known as redlining that the law was designed to end forever.” “We should be holding banks — especially those rescued during the 2008 housing crash with taxpayers’ dollars — more, not less, accountable for their obligations to the law and our country,” added the leaders. Once the proposed rule is published in the Federal Register, interested parties and organizations can file public comments. According to Grovetta Gardineer, Senior OCC Deputy Comptroller, 85% of all CRA activity is supervised by OCC and the
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to give the American people reasons for getting this man and a lot of his supporters out of office. There can be no plausible reason for Republicans to behave as they are behaving when every day they witness such egregious behavior. It’s OK to label me a “Never Trumper.” I didn’t vote for him and
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in 2020, will mean his exoneration. Wrong! In 1955 Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam were acquitted by an all-white jury after a two-hour kangaroo court trial, of the brutal murder of 14-year-old Black youth Emmett Till in Mississippi. Like IMPOTUS Trump today, they felt entirely vindicated, so much so that in 1956 Bryant confessed to the murder, knowing that the constitutional protection against double jeopardy meant they could not be charged again, even though they were as guilty as sin. IMPOTUS Trump feels that when the GOP Senate’s kangaroo court ends without his removal from office, he’s vindicated. Wrong! I look at it as though he has been stained by a skunk, and no matter how hard he scrubs, he will still have that stink on him, the rest of his life. WI
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Over 30,000 furniture items are all on sale at 50-70% savings. We need to make space for over 300 truckloads of new furniture so whether you need a whole houseful of furniture or just one piece, this is your sale.
FURNITURE & MATTRESSES
ALEXANDRIA, VA 5650 Gen. Washington Dr. (703) 941-0800
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LAUREL, MD 13450 Baltimore Ave. (301) 419-3400
*Discounts based on regular pricing. Restrictions and exclusions may apply. Zero interest financing for 60 months valid with $1799 minimum purchase; subject to credit approval. Minimum monthly payments required. See store for details.
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“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
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