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Council Fast Forwards Plan for SE Hospital
Hundreds of residents braved the torrential rain over the weekend for a town hall meeting to make it clear that a new hospital is needed in the District’s neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. The residents gathered at the Union Temple Baptist Church in the Anacostia neighborhood in Ward 8 on Dec. 16 to listen to speakers and to reiterate the need for a state-of-the-art East End hospital and clinic system in Wards 7 and 8. Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes and WPFW Radio personality Ron Pinchback served as co-moderators. The Rev. Willie Wilson, the co-pastor of Union Temple, told the gathering that the present
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5 Cataleya Claros, 5, visits Fred Conlell dressed as Santa sharing her long list of gifts at the Mall at Prince George’s in Hyattsville. (Roy Lewis/WI)
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5 A townhall panel discussion about construction of a hospital in Southeast held at Union Temple on Sunday, Dec. 16, (L-R) Ambrose Lane Jr., Eric Goulet, Dr. Fred Goodwin and Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White. (Roy Lewis/WI)
Incoming Democratic Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford has hired an African-American woman as his chief of staff, joining Georgia Democrat Lucy McBath and a few others on the 116th Congress to hire individuals of color in top staff positions in the U.S. House of Representatives. The list includes Massachusetts Democrat Jahana Hayes, who hired a Black man as legis-
lative director; California Democrat Katie Porter (Latina legislative director); New Mexico Democrat Xochiti Torres Small (Hispanic male chief of staff) and Virginia Democrat Elaine Luria, whose legislative director will be a Black man. “In 2019, a record 35 diverse, talented and brilliant women will come to Congress, bringing us one step closer to a government that looks like the people it represents,” said California Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee, who will serve as the third cochair of the Steering and Policy
After months of public debate and private negotiations, a stateof-the-art healthcare facility on St. Elizabeths East Campus in Southeast has been approved to open two years earlier than originally intended. The D.C. Council passed the East End Health Equity Amendment Act at the end of a grueling legislative session on Tuesday, Dec. 18. But healthcare professionals from United Medical Center (UMC) who spent much of Tuesday in the Wilson Building said the final bill all but eliminates any likelihood of workplace benefits, or
HOSPITAL Page 29 Committee, a body that votes on which members get to sit on certain committees. As a co-chair, Lee reportedly will have the power to influence who will shape House Democrats’ agenda and investigations. “I am excited and honored to serve with them all,” Lee said. Still, while Congress will experience more diversity in its ranks, others remain concerned about the lack of Black and brown individuals in top staff positions. Individuals of color represent
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law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, The NAACP will host its last telephone town hall of the year on Thursday, old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. for victim's families cliDec. 20 at 8 p.m. Topics will include themore 2018rights election, today’s political of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicmate and the future of 2019. The conversation plans to use “#LivingWhileBlife, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assesscivil rights organization will also summarize several highlights of she knew something had tolack.” be The push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further the year such as voter turnout among voters of color, judicial nominations and done. Out of her frustration said about Marlow. training for law enforcement its protest against Facebook due to allegations the social media giant allowed with law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecwhich targetedbook Blacks. more information and to RSVP, go of the situation, she decideddata to breaches who reads Marlow's willFor tion Act and mandatory counselto www.naacp.org. start the Saving Promise cam- “get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. paign. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradi“It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must that won't turn my family end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicshared her George’s story with the audilogue about domestic tim and the batterer,” Marlow Prince County public schools interim CEO violence. ence at Goldson the District Heights Alsoguardians present at the event was said. Monica informed parents and about Domestic Violence Symposium Marlow would also like to see the importance of how attendanceMildred improvesMuhammad, a student’s the exoneducation. May 7 at Goldson, the District Heights wife of John Muhammad, programs designed to raise in a letter issued Dec. 17, Allen said the Municipal The sympo-of Education who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in Maryland Center. State Department will analyze sium wasabsenteeism sponsoredas by terms without parole public and private schools. She chronic part the of theutive state’slife Every Student Family Services a Maryland for his role in feels children need to be educatSucceedsand Acts.Youth The school systemby will monitorjury each Center of the city of District the Beltway Sniper school’s absentee rate and implement an intervention plan attacks in ed about domestic violence. Heights and the National Hook2002. Mildred is “We have to stop being pasif a student misses four days in a quarter, nine days Muhammad in a Up of Black Women. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilsemester and 18 days, or 10 percent, of the 180-day school Marlow has written a book, an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” year. Days missed will include excused and unexcused ab“Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. sences and out-of-school suspensions. The state conducted an audit last year of the school system that showed story about four generations of and their children. Marlow has worked to break rampant absenteeism among a random sample of 12th grade students. domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, “Please schedule extended travel and appointments on non-school days,” Goldson shared in her letter. inspired by try hertoown experiences, years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she “Success in school starts with regular attendance.” and those of her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that her mother and her daughter. of,” she said. process. She said every time she reads Mildred Muhammad said “I plan to take these policies to excerpts from her book, she still people who want to help a Congress and implore them to can not believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. from her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of how they Officers filed suit George’s go into “I against will notPrince stop until theseCounty poli- last won the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and week, alleging that theare police department discriminates understand cies passed.” Books” Award. that she may be against in “survival Carol routinely Jones can be reachedthem employees Tia of color, denying “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net promotions and at disciplining them more harshly than my eye first blackened and my “Before you get white to 'I'mofficers. going The suit claims that the department has lips bled,” Marlow said. to kill you,' it started as a verbal WI against Black and Hispanic permitted racist conduct Elaine Davis-Nickens, presiemployees and community members and failed to disdent of the National Hook-Up cipline white officers who have used racist slurs. The of Black Women, said there is no suit serves as the latest action in ongoing complaints by consistency in the way domestic officers of color who last year requested that the U.S. violence issues are dealt with by Justice Department investigate their concerns. Joseph Perez, president, Hispanic National Law Enforcement Association, who appeared earlier this week on the Kojo Nmandi Show, joins others calling for the firing of the County’s Police Chief Hank Stawinski who is one of several officials named in the lawsuit. Thomas Boone, president of the United Black Police Officers Association, alleges that he was recently demoted to patrol after continually bringing his concerns to the department and says he and his fellow officers are seeking “fair policies and procedures.”
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AROUND THE REGION Activists Appeal Judge’s Denial of Petition Signatures Save Our Vote Group Attempts to Revive Initiative 77 Discussion By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins To the chagrin of fair-wage advocates, a recent D.C. court decision prevents the D.C. Board of Elections from certifying tens of thousands of signatures that Initiative 77 supporters collected within a week. Those petitions, had they been approved, would’ve revitalized debate around the voter-approved ballot measure that the D.C Council repealed earlier this year. Hours after D.C. Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz ruled in favor of the local restaurant industry, representatives of the Save Our Vote movement filed an appeal implicating the elections board in what had been described as its attempt to stymie efforts to stop the Initiative 77 repeal. “As the attorney for the Board of Elections admitted, what we have here is impossible,” said the Rev. Graylan Hagler, pastor, activist, and a Save Our Vote leader said in reference to laws he labeled as detrimental to efforts to reverse the D.C. Council’s repeal of Initiative 77. “If they followed the timeline prescribed in that regulation, we would have 48 hours to raise those signatures.” Hagler, senior pastor of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Northeast, described hurdles he and his colleagues faced since Nov. 8, when election board officials approved the petition drive for what would be called Referendum 8. Organizers had to collect at least 25,000 signatures — representing 5 percent of the local electorate — before Dec. 12, the end of the Congressional Review period for the Initiative 77 repeal. Late last month, as the courts deliberated language to be used on the Referendum 8 petition, Valerie Graham, a bartender represented by local lobbying group Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, filed a lawsuit that challenged the wording. The subsequent legal battle delayed the elections board’s distribution of petitions to Save Our Vote organizers by more than two weeks, significantly cutting the time allotted to collect signatures and challenge Initiative 77’s repeal. “There was a hearing to hammer out the language for the referendum,” Hagler said. “When it was accepted, in the regulations there is
a 10-day challenge period.” Last week, by the time the board determined that Save Our Vote met the petition requirements and requested a stop to the Congressional Review process, the judge had ruled in Graham’s favor, asserting that board hadn’t given proper public notification about the hearing to approve the language of Referendum 8. Minutes had passed before the board had to rescind what would’ve been a game-changer for Save Our Vote members. Hagler said the sequence of events spoke to institutional shortfalls. “On the 10th day of the challenge period, while the 30-day Congressional Review clock is ticking, the Restaurant Association files a challenge,” he said. “We could not get on the schedule of the court for seven days in order to defend ourselves from the complaint. Now 17 days are gone. This was all set up to make sure we don’t weigh in on the process.” Last Wednesday, members of Save Our Vote submitted 35,000 signatures, well beyond the 25,000 required, to the elections board, thanks in part to the financial support of the Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC United), a New York-based restaurant workers advocacy organization that recruited 200 paid and volunteer petition circulators, the majority of whom had D.C. residency, to collect signatures throughout the District in support of a reversal to the D.C. Council’s October repeal of Initiative 77. D.C. voters approved Initiative 77 by a 10 -point margin on June 19 at the start of what has been a monthslong battle between parties that differ on the issue of tipped worker compensation. Had Initiative 77 been implemented, business owners would be obligated to gradually pay their tipped employees the full minimum wage, currently at $13.25 per hour, and to increase to $15 by 2020. Opponents of Initiative 77 — including D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) and Council members David Grosso (I-At large), Anita Bonds (D-At large), Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4), Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5), Vince Gray (D-Ward 7) and Trayon White (D-Ward 8), all of whom voted for its repeal in October — criticized what had been described as the legislation’s confusing language and potential
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elected officials are going to look out for us,” said Brigette Rouson, a local activist who spent part of last week collecting signatures based on a passion to ensure that people working in D.C. can make enough to support their families. “It’s as if politicians are saying that this won’t work out because some-
how, they know more than the people who are living this experience,” she said. “We don’t want to believe that this is the best government that money can buy, but it’s so clear at this point that they’re selling out the public interest. The judge’s injunction shows that all three branches of government are rigged.” WI
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1860 – South Carolina becomes the first slave state in the South to secede from the Union, setting in motion the events leading to the Civil War. 1956 – The Montgomery bus boycott, which began Dec. 5, 1955, ends after the Supreme Court declares the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional. 1986 – Michael Griffith, a 23-year-old Black man from New York City’s Brooklyn borough, is struck and killed by a car in Howard Beach after being chased onto a highway by a white mob who had beaten him and his friends.
work, “An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries.” 1870 – Henry McKee Minton, an African-American doctor who was one of the founders of Sigma Pi Phi and superintendent of the Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia for 24 years, is born in Columbia, South Carolina. 1907 – Famed entertainer Cab Calloway is born in Rochester, New York. 1951 – Harry T. Moore and his wife, Harriette Vyda Simms Moore, both educators, are killed in a bombing of their home in Mims, Florida, by suspected Ku Klux Klan members. The two are the first NAACP members to be murdered for civil rights activism.
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D.C. Friends of Library Seeks Members By James Wright WI Contributing Writer Though the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) system has one of the finest collections and services in the country, some residents complain it could be better. One possible way to improve the DCPL’s branches is increasing activity within the Friends of the Library association that, theoretically, should be represented at each of the 25 branches of the system. The Federation of Friends of the Library serves as an umbrella group for all of the active groups. There are Friends groups in most of the branches west of the Anacostia River but there are some that are struggling on the District’s East End. In Ward 7, the Deanwood and Dorothy I. Height Benning branches don’t have active chapters, while the chapter at Francis A. Gregory is one of the most productive in the District. In Ward 8, the Bellevue/William O. Lockridge branch has had little activity in recent years, but there are plans to bring it up to speed. “The Anacostia Coordinating Council is working to develop a new Friends group at the Bellevue/William O. Lockridge Library,” said a DCPL spokesman. “Several people have voiced an interest in reestablishing a Friends group and a Friends organization is expected to be launched very soon. The group will also be assisted by the DCPL Federation of Friends in getting organized.” The Parklands-Turner Friends branch has been reenergized with noted community activists Brenda Richardson and Stuart Anderson serving as president and vice president, respectively. Richard Reyes-Gavilan, executive director of the DCPL, said he has fully embraced Friends groups. “I value them for a whole host of reasons,” Reyes-Gavilan said. “They help us get additional funding [from the D.C. Council] and help advocate for the library. They testify at council hearings on behalf of the library. We also work with them on challenges to individual libraries. We also have a great relationship with the Federation of Friends.” Reyes-Gavilan said he realizes that some branches don’t have
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D.C. Statehood Panel Upbeat About 2019 Prospects
By James Wright WI Contributing Writer
The New Columbia Statehood Commission views 2019 with excitement as it deals with a new U.S. Congress in January. The sense of optimism prevailed at the Dec. 17 meeting of the commission, attended by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D), the commission co-chairs, along with Sens. Paul Strauss (D) and Michael Brown (D) and Rep. Franklin Garcia (D), who make up the District of Columbia Statehood Delegation. The incoming Congress, particularly the Democratic-majority House, has encouraged the commission to redouble their efforts to make the District the 51st state. “We want to hear more ideas about what we can do with our congresswoman and a new Democratic House of Representatives,” Bowser said. District residents pay federal
taxes, can be drafted into fighting the nation’s wars, and outnumber the state populations of Vermont and Wyoming, but don’t have a full-voting member of the House of Representatives and no representation in the Senate. All attempts at enacting District statehood, whether through constitutional amendment, the courts or legislation, have failed. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) and Sen. Thomas Carper (D-Del.) have introduced in their respective chambers a bill called the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and Norton has made it clear since the Democrats won the House on Nov. 6 that she will reintroduce her legislation. Senior Bowser adviser Beverly Perry, who has served as the administrative leader in the statehood effort, told the commission and the 20 people at the meeting at the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest that the idea of statehood is gaining support on Capitol Hill.
“We have 178 co-sponsors in the House and 30 in the U.S. Senate,” she said. “We will have majority of the vote in the House and with the Democrats favoring the bill in the Senate, all we need are five Republicans for it to pass there. Then all it needs is the signature of the president.” Perry said the District government has put D.C. statehood information kiosks at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the Frank Reeves Center and Union Station, all in Northwest. She said that the administration is working on an app to help people better understand the D.C. statehood issue. Perry said the mayor recently played a key role in bringing in an important constituency in the District. “The mayor thought it was a good idea to reach out to the business community, so she convened a Corporate Council,” Perry said. “That consists of 30 CEOs of companies in the city. She told them that statehood is a
5 Beverly Perry is a senior advisor to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and her point person on D.C. statehood. (James Wright/WI)
business issue.” Perry noted that the CEO of Capital One requested that kiosks be placed in their District locations. Bo Shuff, the executive director of DC Vote, a pro-statehood
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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Metro Fares for Special Events to Increase By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Metro commuters in the D.C. region during major events such as the Fourth of the July celebration will pay slightly more to travel. The board of directors voted Thursday, Dec. 13 to charge riders peak fares for special events. However, peak fares will not occur all the time and Metro staff estimates it could happen about five times a year. A summary of the resolution, which goes into effect immediately, says the general manager will determine “when a regional event requires peak service and implement peak fares as necessary to keep Metro safe, reliable and affordable.” A memorandum shows the fare increase would range from 25 cents
to $2.15. Michael Goldman, who represents Montgomery County on the board, called it a “backdoor” fare increase and said it would discourage families and Washington Nationals fans such as himself from using Metro. “We’re essentially engaging in a fare increase for a particular segment of our ridership that we should be encouraging to use Metrorail,” said Goldman, the only person who voted against the measure. “It is totally ridiculous and makes no sense at all.” Corbett Price, who represents the District on the board, took exception to Goldman’s characterization. “You need to stop talking about backdoor fare increases, you’re only confusing the public when you make these kind of comments,” he
said. Goldman also disagreed with a proposal to charge peak rates to expand rush-hour service when more trains run during those times. The plan will be part of public hearings on the fiscal year 2020 budget General Manager Paul Wiedefeld released last month. The board didn’t want sweeping fare increases and they aren’t part of the proposed budget. However, some board members wanted to charge a fare increase for the expansion of rush-hour service that would run until 10 a.m. (currently 9:30 a.m.) in the mornings and until 8:30 p.m. (currently 7 p.m.) in the evenings. Goldman proposed overall fare increases to spare jurisdictions from paying for any additional service provided by Metro. Wiedefeld admitted a charge in peak fares for more rush-hour service could decrease ridership. A rider could pay more when entering a station at 9:45 a.m. even when exiting after 10 a.m. “It will have an impact,” he said. “It always does, but the logic is sound. The service will be much better. We’ll have many more options.” Public hearings on the budget could take place the same month officials review whether to offer late-night service. Metro staff will research additional time to conduct at least eight hours of maintenance work to assess whether to keep the current
5 Riders exit a Metro Red Line train at Gallery Place station in Northwest. (William J. Ford/WI)
hours, or revert to closing Metrorail stations after midnight a few years ago. “I think if you were to ask everybody would you like to have latenight hours, we’d all say, yes,” said Christian Dorsey, who represents Arlington County, Virginia, on the Metro board. “The question becomes how do we balance that with the necessary conditions of the system? It’s our responsibility to know Metro’s needs and to make those decisions about what’s properly balanced.” Metro officials explained its need
Ex-EPA Officials Blast Trump Environmental Proposal By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Three former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials criticized the Trump administration for its plan to lower environmental standards, specifically regarding the release of mercury. The officials said during a conference call Tuesday decreasing regulations on mercury, a neurotoxin that can damage the brains of infants and young children, would benefit the oil- and coal-burning industries. Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler worked as a former energy lobbyist and one of his clients, Robert E. Murry, is chief executive of one of the nation’s largest coal companies. “More mercury in the air means more mercury in the water means more mercury in the fish, which means more mercury in the people who eat the fish,” said Janet McCabe, former acting assistant administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation under the Obama
Three former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials criticized the Trump administration for its plan to lower environmental standards, specifically regarding the release of mercury. administration. “It is especially problematic for young children, pregnant women and the babies they are carrying.” McCabe, former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Joe Goffman, a former senior counsel in the air and radiation office with McCabe, offered some legal, scientific and policy history on how the Trump administration seeks to dismantle the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS). In addition, the EPA could release a proposal on MATS this week to the federal Office of Management and Budget, which the
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former federal officials say could allow the Trump administration to change other areas of the law under the Clean Air Act of 1990. McCabe said her research on environmental proposals from the Trump administration showed “virtually no discussion” to assess environmental justice impact, an EPA requirement. “Anytime you see a weakening of the standards that is unjustified … that was done according to the law and science with great input from the public, you can bet that those most at risk are the exact communities that are most vulnerable today
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and that is communities of color,” said McCarthy, now the director of Harvard University’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE). Locally, environmental activists in Prince George’s County fought to stop a power plant from opening in Brandywine and a concrete batching plant in Bladensburg, arguing that the proposed businesses would affect the majority of Black residents in the areas. In Bladensburg, the batching plant reviewed this year didn’t need to submit data on air quality because the EPA designated it as a “minor source” based on size of the business, calculation of pollutants and/or hazardous pollutants and emissions released. On the federal level, Trump has opposed several regulations approved by the Obama administration. He’s disparaged climate change, which the federal government released a lengthy report on last month.
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to continue a preventive maintenance program it launched and one General Manager Paul Wiedefeld continues to support. According to Metro figures, maintenance and investments to clean track beds, install new cables and other infrastructure work led to an 86 percent reduction of track incidents in first quarter of this fiscal year versus first quarter of fiscal year 2017. During that same timeframe, Metro experienced a 76 percent of emergency work. Metro staff has said maintenance work mainly takes place when stations are closed, but reverting to the late-night service hours could force work to happen during the day. There’s a minor problem: the representatives for District could impart a jurisdictional veto, which means if board representatives from Maryland and Virginia vote not to support the late-night hours and the District does nothing, then stations could open late again by June 30. D.C. Councilman Jack Evans, who chairs the Metro board, said it’s based on a two-year provision the transit agency approved to examine whether shorter hours allow workers to make more repairs along the rail system. Currently, Metrorail stations close 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, 11 p.m. on Sundays and 11:30 p.m. the rest of the week. If the previous hours go into effect next summer, stations would close at 3 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays and close at midnight Sunday through Thursday. “The position of the District right now is to restore the hours as they were two years ago,” Evans said. “We need the late-night service.” wi
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The 1,500-page document assessed how glaciers continue to shrink, sea ice is retreating and marine species are traveling to new locations toward cooler waters. In addition, some sections of the county could lose hundreds of billions of dollars per year by the end of the century due to climate change. As part of the new EPA administration’s plan, it would not only ease federal regulations on MATS, but also allow companies to save money. Earlier this month, Wheeler signed a proposal to undo a 2015 rule that would allow companies to build new coal power plants without certain innovative techniques to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks. Another part of the administration’s proposal would be to eliminate the calculation of positive health effects, also known as “co-benefits.” For instance, the Obama admin-
istration estimated it could cost less than $10 million per year to reduce pollutants under the MAST rule. Overall, it could cost utility companies about $9.6 billion to comply with the new standards. However, McCarthy said the reduction of mercury and other pollutants would save billions of dollars in health care costs. The former EPA officials said that under the Trump proposals, companies may save money on equipment to handle emission and pollutions controls, but there would be an increase of mercury, arsenic and other pollutants released in the air. Goffman, who wrote amendments in the Clean Air Act that focused on acid rain, said previous congressional officials didn’t assess cost benefits as “the decision-maker” to set standards. “If the proposal we see later this week relies on a straight-benefit cost analysis, … that proposal will be doing something Congress consistently rejected,” he said. WI
AMAZON 5 Dr. Monica Gaines, Council Chair Todd M. Turner, William J. Kelly, Kristie Clark, Jason Simmons, Dr. Mary Stephenson, Roger Prince, Jaime Whitfield-Coffen, Cynthia Farmer, Dr. Taryn Savoy, Daria Valentine, Glenise Marshall, School Counselor Dvanne Johnson, Dr. Monica Goldson, Cutis Valentine, M.P.P., Lupi Quinteros Grady, and Interim Director of Admissions Bowie State University Robert L. Johnson hold their annual breakfast at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Dec. 14, 2018. (Brigette Squire/WI)
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Amazon is here! The long awaited announcement has been made and it’s great for the Washington region. There is disappointment that Amazon did not land in certain jurisdictions, but moving beyond disappointment, this is a boost for the region; especially for Prince George’s County. Amazon is predicted to bring over 5,000 jobs to the region. These job seekers will have a high demand for housing, transportation and other amenities. Enter-Prince George’s County! Prince George’s has metro trains that will go directly to the Amazon site and along those County metro stops are quality houses and developments that will appeal to any job seeker. The County’s reasonably priced communities include: Hyattsville, College Park, Riverdale Station, University Park – all located near the University of Maryland on Route 1 and by any measure the most growing corridor in the region; let’s not forget, New Carrollton, Cheverly and Greenbelt that boast of economic and residential hubs that rival any place in the region. Then, there’s Downtown Largo Prince George’s that will house a regional innovative medical center with attractive retail right off of the blue line going directly into Crystal City! If seeking a place to land your tech office, obtain quality housing and be part of a growing community – Prince George’s County is the place. On a different note, I’d like to extend my appreciation to the Washington Informer family for providing this avenue to get the Chamber’s messages out. Also, to all of the readers, we wish you “A Prosperous New Year in 2019.”
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BUSINESS D.C. Council Passes Historic Climate-Change Legislation By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins D.C. joined Hawaii, California and several U.S. cities and towns Tuesday in furthering its commitment to environmental sustainability, as the city council approved one of the country’s most progressive climate-change bills. In the moments leading up to the council’s unanimous vote, council members Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) and Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) received collegial accolades for their part in crafting a bill that reflected the input of environmentalists, local business owners and other relevant parties. “We’re trying to do what we can on the local level to respond to climate change. It’s a moral im-
perative,” Cheh said moments before the D.C. Council approved the CleanEnergy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018. The sweeping legislation was introduced by Cheh in July, a year after President Donald Trump (R) withdrew from the Paris Accord. The new law mandates that all energy used in the District must come from renewable sources — some of which can be produced locally — by 2032. “The federal government has abandoned us and unless we do something, we’ll leave this catastrophe to our grandchildren,” said Cheh, who chairs the council’s Committee on Transportation and the Environment. “This bill is a major achievement and I hope the people of D.C. can be proud.” Other provisions of the law cre-
ate an energy performance standard program for large and new structures in the District and incentivize the purchase of fuel-efficient vehicles, all with the goal of the reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent within the next 32 years. For some key players involved in shaping the bill, however, the real victory lies in the opportunity to expand access to renewable energy sources for low- and moderate-income families burdened by the increasing cost of living. “Climate change is an important issue and has a real impact,” said Melissa Lavinson, senior vice president of governmental and external affairs at Pepco Holdings. “It’s important for the District to have a model that drives innovation and is more inclusive.” Other provisions of the law create an energy performance standard program for large and new structures in the District and incentivize the purchase of fuel-efficient vehicles, all with the goal of the reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent within 32 years. Council hearings and working group meetings in recent months centered on the pathways to reducing carbon emission, improving modes of public transportation in that regard, and expanding the District’s presence in the energy efficiency arena. Those discussions culminated in the introduction of amendments by McDuffie, chair of the council’s Business & Economic Development Committee, one of which lifts barriers utility companies may encounter in expanding energy efficiency options to needy residents.
FSC Presents Awards at 40th Fete The Prince George’s Financial Corporation – FSC First – culminated a year-long celebration of its 40th anniversary by honoring business leaders, volunteers and staff that have helped to advance the non-profit’s mission of providing funding resources for small and emerging businesses over the past 40 years. FSC First, according to outgoing Board Chairman Kathryn Clay, is Prince George’s County’s “best kept secret” as it has leveraged over $1.3 billion in private equity investments and provided services including counseling, outreach, technical assistance and loan packaging services to small and minority-owned businesses. Business honorees included Ron Burke, The Washington Informer director of marketing and advertising, who received the Media Partner Award, along with former Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, who was presented the organization’s first Legacy Award. “We are excited about the future,” said Shelly M Gross-Wade, president and CEO. The organization is slated to develop a local Opportunity Zones Fund, she said, that will allow FSC-First to “remain a vital source of capital for small and minority owned businesses.” (Courtesy Photo)
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5 Pepco leads the way in climate change. (Courtesy photo)
Last month, all council members, except Robert White (D-At Large), who was absent, approved two measures, one that allows energy companies to provide cost-reduction programs to eligible customers unlike that offered by the District Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU), and another that requires the mayor to establish a transportation program geared toward fully eliminating commercial vehicle emissions by 2045. Lavinson lauded the amendments as a step in the right direction for addressing inequities that preclude low-income communities from accessing energy efficient amenities. “Some of the elements of the bill that Council member Kenyan McDuffie strengthened do that,” Lavinson said. “Advancing the bill will provide money to expand access to local solar and renewable energy to low- and moderate-income residents. This can serve as a model to make sure they’re realizing the tangible benefits of this great bill.” Data shows that city residents in 27,000 households with median incomes at or below the poverty rate spend nearly one-third of their household income on utilities. Families that allocate significant portions of their budget to utilities often develop long-term health problems as a result of forgoing cooling and heating, and lack of healthy food options. Residents who qualify for residential discount programs receive a monthly credit on their bill and exemptions for spending surcharges, including those referenced in the CleanEnergy DC Omnibus Amendment Act. Lavinson also referenced two forms of a burgeoning solar energy program. Through the private rooftop solar program, customers save money and energy when they install solar panels on their roofs. “The District agencies work hard
to get outreach and help people understand there are local and federal programs that they should be taking advantage of,” she said. “This is something we do every day, which is why we’re excited that the bill provides us an opportunity to do more.” The innovative pricing structure had been of great benefit for residents living in multifamily dwellings such as Jubilee Housing on Columbia Road in Northwest. Proponents of solar energy and other cost-saving measures have set their sights on spreading the word among low- and moderate-income residents who qualify for those services. But for some, including People’s Counsel Sandra Mattavous-Frye, affordability remains an issue in discussions about the bill. At the bill’s inception, she stressed her concerns about how fee increases to fund the District Green Bank would financially burden residents. Another gripe involved the chance that, even with the passage of McDuffie’s amendment, Pepco and other utility providers would duplicate cost-saving programs over which SEU has sole authority. On Monday, the day before the council vote, Mattavous-Frye maintained that the recent amendments to the bill wouldn’t prevent rate increases for low- and moderate-income customers. “The bill as presently drafted allows Pepco and Washington Gas to propose energy efficiency programs, while the utilities are not precluded from submitting programs under the present system,” she said. “I am concerned that the utility programs will duplicate the efforts and programs offered by the Sustainable Energy Utility, which is the third-party contractor created to implement citywide energy efficiency programs. Duplicative programs will cause consumers to pay twice for the same program.” WI
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Family-based Nonprofit’s New Offices Near Completion in Anacostia By John Muller Special to The Informer The cornerstone of 2006 - 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, laid in 1940, has seen the building transform from a bowling alley to a furniture store to the future headquarters of the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative (FSFSC), a nonprofit organization based in Ward 8 since 1996. “Promises were made, and promises have been kept,” says Perry Moon, executive director of FSFCS and a constant presence at community meetings. “This building will be for the community and owned by one of the few African-American-led entities on the avenue.” With a staff of 60 working to connect families with a wide range of supportive services, FSFSC expects to move from their current space in the old Curtis Brothers Furniture Store at 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue to the renovated building across the street next spring, Moon said. “The reason why our family services are so critical is there is a growing concern that people who have fought so long for this community will not be able to stay in their community,” Moon said. “We assist families to identify goals and in doing so create options. Our work is not about advocating to do one thing or the other, it is to assist their decision-making when it comes to housing, parental support, employment and financial services which will put families in a position to not be displaced in the changing community.”
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During renovations, a third floor was added to the building, which has retained its historic street-facing facade. As construction nears completion, more than 21,000 square feet will be dedicated to office space for FSFSC operations, over 7,000 square feet for a Busboys and Poets restaurant and an estimated 3,500 square feet available for other commercial use. The renovations and new construction has cost an estimated $13 million, funded through a combination of private and public dollars, with a significant contribution from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. With construction blocking the sidewalk for months, the opening is expected to increase foot traffic
and vibrancy in support of broader business development. The long-anticipated Busboys and Poets restaurant is planned to open about the same time as the new FSFSC headquarters. At a well-attended community meeting in October, organized by outgoing ANC 8A Commissioner Greta Fuller to discuss ongoing neighborhoods development projects, restaurateur Andy Shallal expressed confidence his long-promised Anacostia outpost of Busboys and Poets could open as soon as next spring as the ground-floor tenant. As many as 75 employees from other Busboys locations in the D.C. region would be able to relocate and work closer to where they currently live, Shallal said. Dropping names of Alice Walker, Nikki Giovannii and other towering figures within the African-American literary canon who “want to cross that bridge,” Shallal said there is a growing list of national and locally known authors, poets and performing artists who have expressed an interest in presenting before a Ward 8 audience. Additionally, he shared a desire to welcome community organizations and local artists to host workshops and programs in a planned event space. Shallal also disclosed tentative plans to serve breakfast and remain open until 10 p.m. on weekdays and until midnight on weekends. For more information, go to www. busboysandpoets.com.
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In 2013, under the leadership of the late Oramenta Newsome, Local Initiatives Support Corporation provided the collaborative a capacity building grant. “Our investment in the Collaborative is representative of her legacy,” said Ramon Jacobson, acting director of LISC-DC. “She saw a unique opportunity to support the capacity building of the collaborative.” With development slow to materialize on lower Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Jacobson observed, “For many years the community worked to get the flames going and now there is worry about a bonfire. People who built this community, the families that have been here through the tough times, want to stay and continue to contribute. The collaborative’s services to families are critical to elevating equity.” Expanded office and conference space won’t be the only benefit of
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the building’s renovation, Jacobson said. “The concept of amenities can sometime be vague but the opening of Busboys and Poets in the ground floor will provide a location within the community, sons can bring their mother on Mother’s Day, where graduations and job promotions can be celebrated,” he said. For more information, go to www. fsfsc.org or call 202-889-1425. WI
5 Perry Moon, executive director of the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative, speaks to a reporter in the renovated building the non-profit expects to occupy next spring. (DR Barnes/WI)
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NATIONAL Cole Aims to Build on Legacy of NCNW By Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer If Johnnetta Betsch Cole is involved, people know success almost certainly will follow. In November, Cole was named board chair and the seventh president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) during the organization’s 58th national convention, and council officials expect her successful ways to carry over as
she takes the helm. “Everything she touches turns golden,” said Janis L. Mathis, executive director of the council. “We are so excited that she will spend her time and energy with us at NCNW.” During a recent briefing to address the organization’s direction, Mathis introduced Cole by touting her career accomplishments that include stints as president of the Smithsonian National Museum
of African Art as well as Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C., and Spelman College in Atlanta, the only all-female historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Cole told the audience that Mary McLeod Bethune, who founded the organization on Dec. 5, 1935, was a longtime friend of her great-grandfather. As children growing up in Florida, Cole and her sister were counseled by Bethune on the importance of education and service. “One of the attributes of NCNW that I will have the privilege of continuing is this organization knows where it came from and understands the role of that mighty woman Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune,” Cole said. Cole also spoke of her close friendship with the late Dorothy Height, the council’s president emerita who led the organization for 40 years. Also recognized was Ingrid Saunders Jones, who recently concluded her tenure as board chair and sixth president and led the organization to financial stability. “It is more than a notion to walk into an organization that is alive, is well and is solvent,” Cole said. Cole said NCNW will continue
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5 Johnnetta B. Cole during a press conference in Northwest on Wed., December 12. (Roy Lewis/WI)
to be at the table with other social activist groups and that she sees areas where the organization can grow. “Blending continuity with change can ensure stability for NCNW,” she said. In an effort to become more intergenerational, the council will sponsor an outreach event for middle and high school students this month in Mt. Vernon, New York. Attendees learn from a variety of specialists about studies and careers in science, technology, engineering, the arts and math, known by the acronym STEAM. “NCNW will not do well if its membership is only ‘seasoned citizens,’” Cole said. “But I also say that NCNW cannot do well if it is an organization of only young’uns. NCNW’s strength is in being an organization of organizations and an organization that is committed to intergenerational social activism.” Both Mathis and Cole spoke of
the council’s ongoing work with their chapters on campus at HBCUs, which are vital to the organization’s leadership pipeline for the future. Cole, president emerita of Bennett College who steered the college out of its last probation in 2003 during her time as president, expressed dismay at the recent news that Bennett lost its accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges after being on probation for two years. “My heart is broken over Bennett losing its accreditation,” she said. “I think a compelling case has been made for why NCNW must be in partnership with any and everyone committed to our HBCUs. We all know the centrality of educating women. “You educate a man, you educate a man,” Cole said. “You educate a woman, you educate a nation.” WI
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5 The NCNW`s Annual Holiday Reception hosted in Northwest on December 12. (Roy Lewis/WI)
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NATIONAL CONGRESS from Page 1 38 percent of the U.S. population but make up only 14 percent of top staff in the House of Representatives and 7 percent of top staff in the Senate, according to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a D.C.-based think tank. In its vigilant reporting and promotion of diversity in top staff, the Joint Center launched an online resource to track the racial diversity of those hired as chiefs of staff, legislative directors and communications directors by new members of the House and Senate “The newly-elected members could collectively hire over 300 top staffers,” Joint Center President Spencer Overton said in a news release. “Over the next month, these new members have the opportunity to transform the population of top staff so that it more closely reflects the diversity of our nation. “We know that sunlight is the best disinfectant, and this new tool allows constituents back home to track in real time whether newly-elected mem-
bers are bringing true change to Congress,” Overton said. So far, data from the Joint Center reveals that newly-elected House members have hired 10 chiefs of staff who are people of color and 26 White chiefs of staff. The newly-elected senators have hired no top staff of color and three White chiefs of staff. The newly-elected House members represent districts that are, on average, over one-third people of color. The newly-elected senators represent states that are, on average, almost 30 percent people of color. “Now is the time to create a culture of diversity on Capitol Hill,” said Don Bell, director of the Joint Center’s Black Talent Initiative. “Building diverse coalitions for electoral victories is not enough. If people of color are important enough for a candidate to request a vote, they are important enough to be represented in congressional staff. Members must make diversity and inclusion the centerpiece of their policy-making team and agenda.” On Friday, Dec. 14, Audra Jackson, vice president of the
So far, data from the Joint Center reveals that newly-elected House members have hired 10 chiefs of staff who are people of color and 26 White chiefs of staff. The newly-elected senators have hired no top staff of color and three White chiefs of staff.
5 The 116th Congress will count as the most diverse in history, but top staff positions are still absent of individuals of color. Pictured from left to right: Sam Negatu, Francesca McCrary, Desiree Wroten, Didier Barjon, Audra Jackson (Interim President), Earl Ash, Rasheedah Hasan, Symonne Smith, Keenan Hale (Courtesy of blackcapitol.com)
Congressional Black Associates, provided a statement to The Washington Informer noting that while the House has diversity on its agenda, now is the time to incorporate diverse and inclusive hiring practices for entry-level and senior-level positions on Capitol Hill. “The CBA along with the staff associations of the Tri-Caucus have continuously called for congressional offices to hire individuals of color for top staff
positions,” CBA officials said in the release. “The need for our voices to be heard at all levels in Congress will continue to be CBA’s priority. Therefore, we continuously commit ourselves to training and developing Black staffers on Capitol Hill, starting from the intern to the chief of staff.” Recently, the CBA partnered with the Tri-Caucus Staff Associations to host a training for members where congressional
staff learned from top staffers in the communications and legislative field on Capitol Hill. CBA also hosted an intern training program to ensure interns are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed for success on the Hill. “CBA will always fight for staffers of color to have a seat at the table and will continue to train our staffers to be adequate-
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HEALTH The Most Wonderful – and Stressful – Time of the Year By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia Like gift-giving, feasts and Christmas trees, stress also counts as a holiday tradition. High expectations, loneliness and stress can lead to the “holiday blues.” Experts said in most cases, symptoms are temporary, but they also can be serious if they last for more than two weeks, leading to clinical anxiety and/or depression. A 2014 survey conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in Arlington, Virginia, reported that approximately 24 percent of individuals with a diagnosed mental illness find that the holidays make their condition “a lot” worse and 40 percent said their condition became “somewhat” worse. “For many people, the holiday season is not always the most wonderful time of the year,” NAMI Medical Director Ken Duckworth said in response to the organiza-
tion’s survey. “What the survey shows is a tremendous need for people to reach out and watch out for each other in keeping with the spirit of the season.” Despite the fun and enjoyment, the holidays can bring for many, for others, it can be a time of stress, anxiety and depression, according to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center chaplains and other behavioral health experts. In a posting on the Military Health System and the Defense Health Agency’s website, the experts explained that the holidays can present a number of challenges, including family demands, spending, shopping, parties, cooking, entertaining, cleaning and more. “First, society places a lot of pressure around the holidays,” said Capt. Heather Borshof, an Army chaplain and student in the Clinical Pastoral Education program at Walter Reed. “It is embedded in us culturally that there is the expectation that ev-
erything needs to be perfect during the holidays. For most that is not the situation. “Second, holidays can be expensive and not everyone has the means to buy what our culture says we cannot live without. People either place themselves in debt, or feel badly about not being able to afford those items that society says we must have,” the chaplain continued. “Third, holidays can be a lot of work. Other life responsibilities do not stop and the added pressure of getting everything done for the holidays can bring about more stress than joy,” Borshof said. “Finally, the expectations are that the holidays are a time to be with family and friends. Those who are without often feel sad and depressed because it reminds them that they are alone,” she said. Borshof recommends keeping things in perspective to decrease stress and depression during the holidays. “Nothing is perfect and that is all right,” she said. “Things will go wrong, and the key is to remember that something is not ruined just because it is not perfect.” A new survey by VitalSmarts found that 26 percent of people say that trying to stay healthy, active and sober over the holidays is one of their top five stressors, 44 percent of people live by the motto, “my diet starts in January,” 20 percent say they are much more tired and irritable than happy during the holidays, and 10 percent say they have no rules when it comes to health and diet this time of year. One problem is that as the holi-
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days set in people begin to veer into the extreme behavior of overindulgence, and look to January as a time of extreme rebooting, where they don’t overspend or eat too much. According to Jillian Michaels, famed personal trainer, wellness expert and author of the new book “The 6 Keys: Unlock Your Genetic Potential for Ageless Strength, Health and Beauty,” these extreme behaviors are where we start to lose our way and risk our health — and sanity. “The number one most important thing is striking a balance,” Michaels told NBC News. “When you put the word ‘too’ in front of anything, you have physiological anarchy, and it’s a recipe for disaster.” With the Christmas countdown upon everyone, Dr. Lucetry Dalton, a senior clinical health psychologist, said she recommends avoiding factors that can add stress as much as possible. “Sometimes holidays open the
doors for family arguments. Another big thing that people kind of overlook is grief and loss during the holiday. You know, it might be your first holiday without a specific relative that recently passed away,” Dalton told an ABC News station in Flint, Michigan. She used a sports analogy to drive home the point of recognizing when you need a breather. “So if you’re a clutch player and you know you work best under pressure and you take that final shot — you do everything the last minute, get all your gifts and wrap it all in the last minute — if that works for you, then that works for you,” Dalton said. “If you’re someone like me who has to plan ahead. I’m going to make sure I don’t even get into that position where it comes down to the last minute — or just know when to sit down and take a break and have another teammate come in and help you out.” WI
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Avoiding the Holiday Blues By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir “It’s the most wonderful time of year,” or at least that’s what the popular seasonal classic tune says. But for many people, the six weeks encompassing Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s aren’t so wonderful. In fact, the holidays can be a particularly emotional time for both the young and the old. Traditionally, it’s supposed to be a time of celebrating togetherness, but that can actually put a spotlight on feelings of loneliness. In addition to feeling lonely, the holidays can be a time when we’re more likely to be thinking of loved ones who have died. So how can you combat those feelings before they begin? There’s no real cure or short answer as sadness goes along with being human. But here are a few suggestions to better ensure a holiday of joy.
1) START A NEW TRADITION
Starting something new is a great way to avoid sad memories from sapping your good mood; since it’s a new thing, there aren’t any memories attached to it! Your new tradition can be as big or as small, and involve as many or as little people, as you’d like. If you’re hoping to have a laugh, look for a new game for the whole family to play. If you like cooking, you could find a new recipe to try each year with friends or family – spending all day in the kitchen together, sampling the food as you go, can be the best part of the holidays. Whatever the tradition is, have fun with it.
3) GIVE BACK
4) GO FOR A WALK
It’s so simple but being outside can a lot of good for your mental health. Walking at a brisker pace will force you to take deeper breaths. Deep breathing helps more oxygen get into your bloodstream, which is then carried to the brain. Having plenty of oxygen traveling to your brain can be a big help in regulating imbalances.
5) TAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF
Give yourself permission to feel what you feel. Just don’t stay there too long. Remind yourself of what you enjoyed during earlier months in the year and continue those things during the
6) KEEP YOUR ALCOHOL INTAKE LEVEL LOW
Drinking too much alcohol is tantamount to pouring gasoline on a fire. Alcohol has a depressive effect on the nervous system, so if you’re “blue,” drinking too much alcohol will only increase your level of depression.
7) GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR SPIRIT
Sometimes we forget the reason for the season because of society’s push toward shopping and other forms of excessive materialism. Remember the history, meaning and significance of holiday celebrations. Rededicate yourself to spiritual pursuits: church attendance, church work, prayer life and other disciplines. Remember, if depression has become overwhelming, seek medical advice. Contact a doctor, a mental health professional or a spiritual or religious adviser. Celebrate the holidays by celebrating life – your life. WI
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EDUCATION Historic Black Cemeteries in Georgetown Recognized by UN on the National Register of Historic Places. In honor of the acknowledgeMore than 75 people recently ment, the Mt. Zion Church - FUBS gathered in Georgetown to remem- Cemetery Memorial Park Founber and honor the ancestors buried dation hosted a free public lecture in two historic African-American series, “Black Georgetown Rememcemeteries — Mount Zion Church bered,” at the Dumbarton House cemetery and the adjacent Female with historian, lecturer and author Union Band Society (FUBS) cem- C.R. Gibbs, who also has a book by the same name. etery. “We are honored that the cemeThe combined three-acre, grassy and tree-lined properties, tucked teries and those interred are receiving away at 27th Street and Mill Road international recognition of their hisNW bordering Rock Creek Park, torical importance as a site of memwere recognized as an associated Site ory of the UNESCO Slave Route of Memory of the United Nations Project,” said Neville Waters III, Educational, Scientific and Cultur- president of the foundation’s board. al Organization (UNESCO) Slave “We hope this encourages more peoRoute Project. The decree is the first ple to visit the cemetery and support such designation in D.C. and first our efforts to preserve this important such U.N. recognition of cemeteries. history by designing a memorial The Mount Zion and Female park and educational programs.” The two neighboring cemeteries Union Band Society Cemeteries are two of the oldest remaining Black recall African Americans that helped cemeteries in Georgetown and build the prosperous Georgetown greater D.C., dating from 1809 to neighborhood and later the city of the 1950s. The properties are also Washington. Slave ships embarked a National Underground Railroad from West Africa brought Africans SU_Press AssoAD_Pass_2015_Layout 1 8/20/15 11:23 AM Page 1 Network to Freedom site and listed to the Port of Georgetown in the By Lisa Fager Bediako Special to The Informer
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1700s. Georgetown’s residents included both enslaved and free Blacks, many whom attended Montgomery Street Church (now Dumbarton United Methodist), Georgetown’s first Methodist Church. Deceased parishioners, White and Black, were buried in the Old Methodist Burying Ground. In 1816, 100 Black members, tired of the church’s segregation practices, withdrew to form a separate congregation, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church (now located at 1334 29th Street NW), the city’s oldest Black congregation. The new church flourished despite the loss of some congregants noted in the registry as “sold to Georgia trader” or “escaped.” In 1842, a group of free Black women calling themselves the Female Union Band Society bought the property adjacent to the Old Methodist Burying Ground for the burial of freed African Americans. The Female Union Band Society was a benevolent association and offered both pension and burial benefits to its members. The creation of the all-White Oak Hill Cemetery in 1849 immediately west of the Female Union Band Cemetery led to numerous disinterments of White burials in the Old Methodist Burying Ground. After 30years of increasingly infrequent use, Montgomery Street Methodist Church (known as the Dumbarton Street Methodist Church after 1850) granted a 99year lease of the Methodist grounds to Mount Zion Church. Mt. Zion Church and other Black churches in D.C. were keenly aware of the 1848 Pearl Affair, the largest attempted escape of enslaved persons by water on the Underground Railroad. Over 70 enslaved persons sought freedom on the schooner the Pearl that embarked from D.C.’s Southwest waterfront and sailed down the Potomac River. But slaveowners overtook the ship, caught the freedom seekers and sold them back into slavery, sparking riots in D.C. Elizabeth Edmonson Brent, the eldest sister of Mary and Emily Edmonson, two of the Pearl Affair’s freedom-seekers and inspiration for the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” was also the wife of John Brent, a prayer leader at Mt. Zion Church. After the Pearl Affair, there were calls for Georgetown to retrocede to Maryland to protect slaveholding interests. The Pearl Affair also contributed to the Compromise of 1850, which abolished slave trading in D.C. and defused a four-year political confrontation between slaveholding and free states. President Abraham Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Emancipation Act into law on April 16, 1862, which ended slavery in the
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5 Board members of the historical black preservation project in Georgetown - Mt. Zion Church - Female Union Band Society Cemetery at a libation ceremony. (Photo Courtesy/Mt. Zion Church-FUBS)
nation’s capital. The UNESCO Slave Route Project encourages new research in neglected regions and defines new approaches in teaching, preserving and promoting history and historical sites related to the slave trade. It also aims to promote the contributions of people of African descent to the
establishments of contemporary societies and preserve written archives and intangible heritage related to history. Plans for a spring 2019 formal dedication is underway. For more information, email info@ mtzion-fubs.org. WI
Farewell to a Class Act: Song Stylist Nancy Wilson Nancy Wilson, 81, a three-time Grammy-winning artist who called herself a “song stylist,” died at home Dec. 13 after a lengthy illness, according to her family. The Chillicothe, Ohio native first focused on R&B music but later excelled at jazz ballads and torch songs, including her debut hit in 1961, “Guess Who I Saw Today.” She will be remembered for her grace, her voice and her willingness to serve others. Nancy Wilson remains a class act and a consummate professional that few will ever match. Per her wishes, there will be no funeral service. Instead, her family will hold a celebration of her life, most likely in February, the month of her birth. WI (Courtesy photo)
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School Gets $5M for Broadcast Center Named for Jim Vance By Hamil R. Harris WI Contributing Writer Archbishop Carroll High School in the D.C. has received a $5 million donation to build a broadcast media lab that will be dedicated to the memory of late NBC4 news anchor Jim Vance. Vance’s family members and broadcasters from NBC4 joined faculty, supporters and students at the northeast Washington school earlier this month to unveil plans for a new media center that will be part of the Jim Vance Media Program to educate the next generation of journalists. “My hope was to get people started on careers and put a spark in their life,” said Steve Newby, a Bethesda, Maryland, businessman who made the largest single-gift donation in the school’s history. “I had a spark in my life many years ago and it had to do with the stock market. This spark may be journalism.” While administration and faculty at Archbishop Carroll expressed their appreciation for the gift, the happiest group at Friday’s press conference was a half-dozen students among 20 selected “Vance Scholars” who would get to use the proposed center, which will include broadcast and recording studios, editing booths and suites, and master control rooms. “My hope is that we have a very productive media program at Archbishop Carroll
and we get a lot done,” said Jomo Carrie, a student already in the program. Another student, Sophia Webb, a resident of Accokeek, Maryland, said “I am hoping to learn about filmmaking so that I can tell stories about different types of people.” The students came to the event dressed in their Archbishop Carroll blazers and name tags that read Vance Scholars. One of them, Elaina Wheeler, said being identified is the first step in becoming a journalist “because people need to know your name.” Vance’s widow Kathy and his daughter Amani, who both spoke at Friday’s event, said they were encouraged by the efforts to burnish Vance’s legacy. The legendary newsman, who was one of the nation’s first major Black news anchors and a D.C. icon, died July 22, 2017, after a bout with cancer. “What is better to embody all that was Vance than with the [Jim Vance Media Program],” said Kathy Vance. Amani, a New York filmmaker, said that even though her father is gone, “Dad’s feeling deeply gratified to know that his lifetime dedication to journalism is serving as a positive influence in guiding and inspiring generations of journalists to come.” In addition to his award-winning career that spanned four decades, Vance, a former schoolteacher, had deep ties to the Archbishop Carroll com-
munity, sponsoring a scholarship for a college-bound senior each year. “The Jim Vance Media Program is a four-year comprehensive program and this is our first cohort of Vance Scholars,” said program director Cherie Ward. Participating students will learn “the principles, practices and techniques to journalism, broadcasting, social media writing and, most importantly, multi-modality across digital platforms,” Ward said. The school is now accepting applications from seventh- and eighth-grade students for the program. The deadline is Jan. 7. WI
5 Vance Scholars and Jim Vance’s widow Kathy Vance, daughter Amani Vance and student Elaina Wheeler (Hamil Harris/WI)
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EDITORIAL Saving Black Institutions a Priority in 2019 It’s been two years since the National Museum of African American History, and Culture opened its doors on the Mall in the Nation’s Capital, and over two million people have visited thus far. They enter in search of a meaningful experience and interpretation of the story of not just how Black folks got through slavery but how they achieved in the aftermath. When Blacks realized there was no going back to Africa – from whence they came – the NMAAHC, and a few other museums across the country, portray how Black people poured blood, sweat, tears and gave their lives towards the mission of developing institutions of faith and education to help them integrate into an unwelcoming society. It will be 154 years in 2019 since the inhumane institution of slavery in America was abolished. Yet, Blacks still very much find themselves trying to socially and professionally integrate into an unwelcoming society. Undoubtedly, significant strides have been made, but not enough to sit idly by and watch as those institutions, that served us then, close or face threats to their existence today. That was the message that Howard University faculty and students delivered to members of the DC City Council over a bill passed on Tuesday establishing a hospital in southeast at St. Elizabeths. Howard was and remains the world’s top producer of Black medical doctors, dentists and pharmacists, along with undergraduates who later earn science and engineering doctoral degrees. If Howard students are shut out from training opportunities, while facing rumors of the closure of its own HU Hospital, which administration officials vehemently deny, it threatens the nation’s top source of Black medical professionals. A visit to NMAAHC clearly shows the enormous barriers Blacks overcame to build their own institutions and to maintain them. But today, too many Black institutions, including colleges, churches, newspapers and businesses, along with young Black lives are dying on the vine. Lessons from the past are evidence of the fact that it doesn’t have to be this way. A short trip to the Mall this season will remind and hopefully encourage many to make saving Black institutions a priority in 2019. WI
Is Congress Finally Serious about ‘Justice for All?’ On Tuesday, Donald Trump received a rare bipartisan victory after the Senate overwhelmingly passed a long overdue overhaul of the criminal justice system. The revamped legislation reduces prison sentences and provides a “second chance to those who earn it.” Well, thanks a lot. But don’t we all deserve second, and third and even fourth chances? And why has it taken so many years of anguish and unjust, undeserved lengthy sentences, disproportionately doled out to people of color, before our elected officials have finally seen the light? The so-called war on drugs campaign and the tough talk and walk of “law and order” have done very little except lock up a record number of black and brown men and women. Since the 80s, we have seen more folks enter prison with longer sentences, fewer opportunities at real rehabilitation and far too frequent doors that revolve from short stints outside of the prison industrial complex back to their more familiar prison cells. Trump and the GOP say they want to be tough on crime but also fair on crime. We’re not exactly sure what that means. One can only hope that for once, Black folk will enjoy the same modicum of justice that whites have always received. Maybe, this time around, we’ll see a more-sincere effort by America’s more privileged citizens to eliminate longer, more harsh sentences for non-violent offenses which have, over the past three decades, filled our country’s jails and prisons with people of color – often poorly educated and with very few resources. Still, there’s something else that requires a change in America’s polWWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM
TO THE EDITOR Make East End Hospital Happen Now What an informative story your writer Sam P.K. Collins wrote on the “East End Hospital Now at a Dead Standstill.” I read before that “something” medically was planned for Ward 8, but I never knew specifics or when it would happen. To learn that it’s now at a standstill is disappointing. The health of low-income residents and those who live east of the river cannot wait.
Kevin Hart is No Hero I couldn’t agree more with the editor and his column about Kevin Hart. I think he should be ashamed of himself. Of all the things to take a stand for, you take a stand for this? If you were sincerely sorry for what you said in the past, it would be no problem to apologize again, because if you’re sorry, you’re sorry no matter when it happened. Felicia Thames Washington, D.C.
Barbara Jackson Washington, D.C. icies and procedures. It’s high time those who have served their time be fully welcomed back into society. That means, having the right to secure federal loans for college, being allowed to live in public housing and having the immediate return of their right to vote. Everyone makes mistakes. But it seems that in the U.S.A., people of color, or the poor or the uneducated are required to pay for their crimes for their entire lives – both inside and outside of prison walls. That’s not justice for all. WI
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By Julianne Malveaux
To Be Young, Gifted and Dead
McKenzie Adams wanted to be a scientist. The gregarious 9-year-old Alabama girl was just that, a girl, a little girl, a brown-skinned baby girl with braids or, in one picture, just a side ponytail. She wanted to be a scientist, and her family described her as “bubbly” but
bubbles burst, sometimes in the worst way. McKenzie hung herself in her grandmother’s home in the face of racist bullying and taunting, which included the vile directive to kill herself. Her fellow students didn’t like the fact that she was friends with a White boy, and we don’t know enough to know whether the deathly hazing came from Black or White students. All we know is that a child is dead, a baby Black girl
is dead. Her suicide has shaken me to my very soul. Cleo Manago and I talked about this on Dec. 12 on Roland Martin’s “Unfiltered” program. What I observed are the many ways that African-American women are the targets of racist hatred. The man who occupies the People’s House on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue feels free to diminish and demean Black women, and his vendetta against American Urban Radio
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journalist April Ryan is obscene. But he is not the only one. Our culture rejects Black women, rarely affirming our womanhood and attractiveness unless it is in a way that glorifies our bodies, not our person. Why is this important? Because beauty is currency in our capitalist society, and a woman without currency is at the bottom of the societal totem pole. What, you might ask, does that have to do with public policy? The
demonization and denigration of Black women seep into the ways we are dealt with in the public space, and even in the workplace. Little McKenzie could not take being called ugly, Black, and more. She was not immunized from the ways we live in a racially hostile space. She could have been a scientist. Instead, she is dead. She is not the only
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By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
Trump Wall Demand is Dressed With More Lies about Immigrants
“Yes, if we don’t get what we want, one way or the other … I will shut down the government,” said President Trump to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi, referring to his demand for $5 billion to build his border wall. If Trump insists, a good portion of the government will be shut down Friday over his wall. Trump festooned his demand with his customary lies, claiming
that much of the wall has already been built (it hasn’t), that immigrants are spreading disease (they aren’t), that border agents recently detained “10 terrorists in a short period of time” (they didn’t). In reality, illegal immigration has been declining, not rising. This isn’t a crisis — it’s a political ploy designed to fan fear and division. The Bible teaches us to “love your neighbor as yourself.” We will be judged by how we treat the least of these. In Luke, chapter 10, Jesus tells the story of the stranger on the Jericho Road, who was robbed, stripped and beaten by a band of thieves. He is ignored by
a priest and a religious official. He is saved by a Samaritan — a people who were widely despised at the time — who binds his wounds, takes him to an inn and pays his fare. “Go and do likewise,” Jesus instructs. In contrast, Trump slanders the strangers. His administration has ripped babies from their parents, shackled pregnant women, locked up thousands indefinitely. He has constricted legal immigration, even as employers seek new workers as the baby boomers age and retire. And now he threatens to shut down a good part of our own government unless he can waste billions on the wall that Mexico
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won’t pay for. In the midterm elections, Trump, worried about mobilizing his base, descended into hysteria, threatening to revoke the citizenship of those born here — a direct violation of the Constitution — rousing fears about a supposed invading army of migrants, eventually dispatching 7,000 troops to the border, an insult to our military and to our border patrols. He succeeded in raising the importance of the issue, but he lost the argument. Democrats swept to a majority in the House. Polls showed most Americans still believe that immigrants benefit this nation, as opposed to costing it.
The percentage of Americans supporting lower levels of immigration has fallen from a high of nearly two-thirds in the mid-1990s to an all-time low of less than 30 percent in June. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who immigrated from India at 16 and is the first Indian-American woman elected to the House of Representatives and one of 12 naturalized citizens, notes that a bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill exists — one that once got 68 votes in the U.S. Senate. It paid for more border security, while providing a clear road map
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By Elizabeth Primas
ESSA: A Roadmap for Achieving Equity in Education
States are in the driver’s seat when it comes to improving their struggling schools. But how can we make sure they’re not taking the “path of least resistance” when it comes to this important work, risking the academic prospects for students of color. Building on the work done by Bellwether Education Partners, which conducted independent peer reviews of all 50 states’ and the District of Columbia’s ESSA plans that were required to be submitted to the
U.S. Department of Education for approval, the Collaborative for Student Success analyzed plans to see which states are taking advantage of newfound flexibility regarding equity in education. The new report, “Check State Plans: Promise to Practice,” found that just 17 states met its threshold for even having enough public information to review. The report notes that the results are “sobering” in that “more than 9 million students attend schools that do not meet anyone’s standard for what is acceptable.” This is particularly acute for students of color and who come from low-income families. The fact is, achievement gaps
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between White and Black students exist. We see this time and again in the National Assessment of Education Progress as well as on individual states’ annual assessments. Students who attend inner-city public schools tend to fare worse than their peers in suburban public schools. The gaps are even more pronounced when we look at private schools that draw privileged students away from city institutions. These racial divides segregate communities. A report from the Young Invincibles examines these divides and developed three main findings: (1) minorities disproportionately enroll in for-profit and community colleges, which can condemn them
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to a vicious cycle of debt; (2) college costs hit minority students harder than their White peers; and (3) the achievement gap is racially divided. While 36.2 percent of White students completed four years of college in 2015, just 22.5 percent of Black students could say the same, according to the analysis. While that’s much better than the 1974 numbers in which just 5.5 percent of Black students finished four years of college compared to 14 percent of White students, that progress leaves little cheer. State education chiefs and their in-state partners at teaching and research institutions plus educators on the front lines have a real chance
to make a difference for Black students and other minorities. But do they have the courage to make the necessary changes? The Collaborative’s report is a good starting point, and it provides a roadmap written by education and policy leaders who are displaying the courage necessary to create bold plans that prioritize equity. Low-performing schools must be identified as such and be given real plans with real accountability measures to improve. There have to be consequences for students who don’t make the grade, but for too long, our education system as
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By Wayne Dawkins
Millennials: The Future of Middle-aged Black Journalists Association
Wednesday, Dec. 12 is the 43rd anniversary of the National Association of Black Journalists. In 1975, 44 men and women assembled in Washington and committed to establishing a national association that advocated for inclusion of many more African-Americans in the daily news media [at that time called “White-controlled media” because of routine segregation and rare desegregation of newsrooms] and improve reporting
and analysis of the Black condition, good, bad and other. About half of the founders survive. They include Maureen Bunyan, Leon Dash, Joe Davidson, Allison Davis, Paul Delaney, Sam Ford, Norma Wade and DeWayne Wickham. At the time of the founding at least seven of the 44 founders worked full-time in Black-owned media such as Ebony/Jet magazines, and the former National Black and Mutual Black radio networks. In four decades NABJ membership and influence grew exponentially, from 44 to at least 3,000 today, including the nearly 3,000 people who attended the annual
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summer convention in Detroit. Men and women from The Greatest Generation, plus Baby Boomers, founded NABJ. Today however, Millennials are 75 percent of the constituency. Therefore, tech gurus such as Roland Martin last August in Detroit urged members to become digitally savvy and ride the $40 billion virtual reality-driven journalism that is to arrive by 2020 and also join the Millennial young adults who are already intuitive users and consumers of digital technology. Indeed, the faces of today’s NABJ include the “babies” who were nurtured in the association’s student journalism projects and then entered
the profession less than a decade ago. Shining examples include Wesley Lowery of the Washington Post and previously the Boston Globe, and Yamiche Alcindor, a correspondent with USA Today, then the New York Times, and now PBS. Proof of NABJ influence and impact was evident in the attacks on several members by the 45th U.S. president and his administration. April Ryan, who covered the Bushes, Clinton and Obama administrations for American Urban Radio Network, was demeaned, vilified and condescended to, yet she stood her ground and her platform expanded. Ryan, the 2017 NABJ Journalist of
the Year, is now a frequent political analyst on CNN, deconstructing the Trump White House. Ryan was among the trio of Black women journalists Donald Trump verbally attacked last month, including Alcindor for allegedly asking “racist” questions about No. 45’s pandering to White nationalists, and CNN’s Abby Phillip for allegedly asking “dumb questions” about Trump associates who were tumbling from Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller investigation indictments and convictions. Then there was a Black woman
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By Akil Wilson
How Zip Codes Relate to Achievement Gaps There’s no question that education quality has an extraordinary impact on the future lives of students. As a parent of a new middle school student, I can personally attest to the importance of dedicated teachers, early childhood education and a focused, personalized approach to education. In numerous studies, it has been shown that the quality of education, especially within the country’s public school system, varies widely by location. There are several factors that contribute to success in adulthood. However, routinely we find that
early childhood education and the empowerment of excellent teachers play a pivotal role. Students from economically-disadvantaged areas of inner-city school districts have a plethora of obstacles to overcome, including but not limited to: lack of economic mobility, reduced health care options, and exposure to crime. Where schools should provide some relief from these challenges, they often serve as a grim reminder of how difficult it can be to escape difficult circumstances. Harvard University Economist
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Raj Chetti has researched this topic extensively, compiling data from millions of Americans, he found that education quality relates to economic and social mobility. According to Mr. Chetti’s research, on average, “only about 7.5% of children from the bottom 1/5 of incomes will reach the top 1/5 of incomes nationwide. However, those odds tend to rise to 14-15% in rural areas and places with higher social capital. They sometimes decrease to below 5% in impoverished or socioeconomically-disadvantaged places.” Children in lower income brack-
ets disproportionately tend to be the recipients of sub-par educational resources. As Mr. Chetti pointed out on NPR’s “Hidden Brain” podcast, larger class sizes and less experienced teachers are all indicators that students are much less likely to obtain the cognitive and social skills necessary to advance themselves and their families. The fact that these lower-performing public schools tend to be found in more impoverished or socially/culturally isolated areas is not a coincidence. Prior to the implementation of
the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in the 2017-2018 school year, education standards were largely determined by federal standards outlined in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). This structure did very little to address the specific needs of the most disadvantaged communities. ESSA seeks to improve students’ chances at success by encouraging a more personalized approach to students’ needs, strengths and interests
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By Askia Muhammad
She Really Was ‘Fancy Miss Nancy’
Legendary jazz singer Nancy Wilson joined her ancestors Dec. 13 at the age of 81. She was a True Believer, who liked to be known by her self-described title: a “song stylist.” And she did indeed, style some songs for us, over a career that spanned five decades and 70 delightful albums. She received many nicknames including “Sweet Nancy,” “The Baby,” “The Girl With the Honey-Coated Voice,” and my favorite: “Fancy Miss Nancy.”
My own transition from kid into the cool, urbane, adult I would become, would have been impossible if I didn’t just, on my own, adore the music of Nancy Wilson. To all of us Kool Kats and Kitties, we knew the words and could sing along with her biggest hits: “…The waiter showed me to a dark secluded corner/And as my eyes became accustomed to the gloom/I saw two people at the bar who were so in love/Even I could spot it clear across the room...” That’s from the signature song, “Guess Who I Saw Today?,” her first big hit. She said that song was
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the most requested in her songbook whenever she made personal appearances. “Guess Who I Saw Today?” was such a big hit that it propelled five successful album releases for her between 1960-1962. Nancy Sue Wilson was born on Feb. 20, 1937, in Chillicothe, Ohio, the eldest of six children of an iron foundry worker and a maid. She took that beginning and made Black Girl — no, Black Woman — Magic, and we loved it and loved her for it. In the mid-1970s, about 15 years after her stunning initial success — she was introduced on an album by
saxophonist Cannonball Adderley — I met her, and she was all the warm, friendly diva I hoped she would be, even before we had the word diva in our vocabulary. I was editor of the Nation of Islam’s Muhammad Speaks newspaper, and I got the privilege of escorting Ms. Wilson and her husband, Presbyterian minister Rev. Wiley Burton, around to see all the NOI’s landmarks in Chicago — the Salaam Restaurant, the Guaranty Bank & Trust Co., the newspaper printing plant, etc. She was a lifelong advocate of civil rights, a commitment that includ-
ed marching from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. For that work, she received an award from the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta in 1993 and an NAACP Hall of Fame Image Award in 1998. In 2005, she was inducted into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta. So, we were so very, very proud that day that a big star like the one and only Nancy Wilson would hang out with us to see what Mr.
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LIFESTYLE ‘Miss Saigon’ a Timeless Love Story By Eve M. Ferguson WI Contributing Writer Despite the reality that “Miss Saigon” is nearly three decades old, the timeless love story now playing at the Kennedy Center still resonates with today’s news and tugs on heartstrings as well. The new production of the 1989 play, set at the end of the Vietnam War. is nothing short of spectacular, and in the style of producer Cameron Macintosh (“Les Miserables”) “Miss Saigon” has soaring songs and dazzling sets, not to ignore the stunning
choreography. At the core of the musical, originally produced in French by creators Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, is a love story set in a time of war. Kim (Emily Bautista) is a teenage girl orphaned by the Vietnam War and recruited into the sex market by an unscrupulous character knows as The Engineer (Red Concepción). Catering to the lonely and randy Marines deployed in what was then Saigon, The Engineer found a robust business and displayed Kim as a fresh, young princess worthy of a high price.
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5 Celebrating love. (Courtesy Photo by Matthew Murphy)
Chris (Anthony Festa) and John (J. Daugherty) find themselves fighting over Kim, who ultimately beds with Chris. As two very young people, Chris and Kim fall in love and get married in a traditional Vietnamese ceremony. But of course, as history tells, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese in 1975 and Chris and Kim were sep-
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arated when troops were pulled out from the Southeast Asian country, which went through a reunification during the next three years. Kim spends the next years dreaming of going to the United States to be reunited with Chris, but fiancé, Thuy (Jinwoo Jung) through an arranged marriage is also searching for her to make good on their parents’ wishes. What follows is a tragic tale, woven together by big show tunes like “The Movie in My Mind,” and “Last Night of the World,” Act II delivers the most memorable songs of the nearly 3-hour play, opening with John’s mournful solo dedicated to the women left in Vietnam, and the children American soldiers fathered who remained in the now-Communist nation, the Bui Doi. In compensation for the abandonment of the children, John leads a foundation created to locate and atone for the children left behind. He finds out through the organization’s research, that Chris, now married to Ellen (Stacy Bono), who knows nothing about the affair between her husband and Kim, has a son. The rest is a classic tragic love story. “Well, I knew it would be tragic, but I could not figure out who it would be. The writing was that good!” said Kevin Pinckney, principal singer with the First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., and a founding chorister for Heritage Signature Chorale, now in its 19th season. “The voices were great and when the duets and quartets began, the interplay of the voices sold the story,” he added. Besides the talent in this large cast production, the set served up some over-the-top special effects, especially the jaw-dropping scene where Americans were evacuated from the embassy in the fall of Saigon, by a realistic looking and sounding helicopter. “The special effects of the helicop-
ter landing was epic!” Pinckney said. “Was it a hologram or was it going to land in the audience?” Another show-stealer was The Engineer’s big number, “American Dream,” where a glittering Cadillac emerges from the back, brimming with blonde showgirls while tuxedo-clad dancing men kick and shimmy on the sides, all contributing to the most memorable song in the show. On all counts, “Miss Saigon” leaves the audience riveted, entertained, awed and moved to tears in this new revival of a historic musical that broke theater records when it first came to Broadway in 1991 from its record-breaking run in the U.K. “It’s hard to believe that it has been over 27 years since ‘Miss Saigon’ first opened in North America but, if anything, the tragic love story at the heart of the show has become even more relevant today with innocent people being torn apart by war all over the world,” Mackintosh said. “This brilliant new production, directed by Laurence Connor and featuring the original dazzling choreography by Bob Avian, takes a grittier, more realistic approach that magnifies the power and epic sweep of Boublil and Schönberg’s tremendous score. “Of all my productions, despite its popularity, ‘Miss Saigon’ is the one that the public has had the least chance to see as it requires such a huge international cast of Asian and Western performers and a vast array of visually stunning sets,” she said. “Now, for the first time in 17 years, as it continues to wow audiences in major cities around the world, theatergoers across America will be able to see one of the most spectacular musicals ever written in all its glory, in a new production that critics in London and on Broadway have embraced.” “Miss Saigon” plays at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House through Jan. 13. For tickets and show times, go to kennedy-center.org or call 202467-4600 or 800-444-1324. WI
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HOSPITAL from Page 29 even employment, at the East End Hospital, which Universal Health Systems will operate via George Washington (GW) Hospital. “Some of our nurses have worked at United Medical Center for more than 40 years, through multiple managers that didn’t know how to run the hospital, to the point that they didn’t have bed sheets,” Wala Blegay, staff attorney for the DC Nurses Association, said moments after the D.C. Council approved the bill. Before unanimously passing the bill on Tuesday, councilmembers discussed, and approved amendments introduced by Vincent C. Gray (D-Ward 7) and Elissa Silverman (I-At large) dealing with unionized workers and HU medical students. The council approved an “amendment in the nature of a substitute” that Gray said replaced amendments introduced by Silverman and Councilmember Trayon White (D-Ward 8) on December 4 to protect UMC union worker rights and secure residency opportunities for HU medical students. Instead of binding Universal to a current collective bargaining agreement, as outlined in Silverman’s
amendment, UMC nurses and the city administrator meet monthly during the hiring process for the East End Hospital. “I happen to be a union supporter,” Gray said. “It has caused me to look at what’s important like working with organized labor and the GW Hospital folks. It will take time to build a new hospital and that gives us time to legislate further.” Gray’s amendment, approved in a vote, also reduced GW Hospital’s capacity by 20 beds and eliminates a task force that would create an academic agreement between HU and Universal. Both parties will instead collaborate on a document to be sent to the D.C. Council early next year. Gray iterated that the hospital deal cannot move forward without an academic agreement. Silverman’s amendment, also passed by the council, partially countered Gray’s reversals by requiring that hospital administrators hire the majority of UMC employees and that Universal must provide an explanation to those denied jobs. It also establishes a neutrality agreement to protect nurses who wanted to organize at the East End Hospital. Those stipulations didn’t please healthcare workers who lamented losing what had galva-
nized their efforts during contract negotiations. “The council failed to see that nurses would maintain seniority, benefits, training and other things,” Blegay said. “From what we heard, Universal Healthcare wouldn’t entertain successorship to make sure people got the same job and training. This is a sad day for labor.” In September, the Bowser administration’s announcement about an east end hospital prompted questions from Gray about a 2023 proposed opening that later inspired his introduction of a bill to open a healthcare facility several years earlier. On Tuesday, the D.C. Council approved the East End Health Equity Act 10-2-1. D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) and Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) voted against the bill because of the removal of a certificate-of-need process to determine how the hospital would serve the community. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) was absent. Evans, whose jurisdiction includes GW Hospital, has railed against a provision of the bill adding a tower to the facility. Last month, he joined Councilmember
5 DC Councilmembers prepare to hold a vote on a hospital in Ward 8, Tuesday, Dec. 18 in Northwest. (Roy Lewis/WI)
Silverman in protests with unionized healthcare workers. Minutes before the council approved Gray’s request to delay the final vote on the East End Health Equity Amendment Act on Tuesday, Evans suggested the council postpone the vote until the New Year. In the days leading up to the D.C. Council’s final vote on the East End Health Equity Act, HU medical students and Southeast residents engaged in dialogue at a Town Hall at Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast.
Philise Williams Ph.D., a fourth-year medical student at HU College of Medicine, said what she heard on Sunday brought her to a conclusion similar to that of Evans. “Residents are open to slowing down the process and getting the hospital they’re owed the first time around,” Williams said. “I think that’s important for us to consider as the direction we should be moving in. Patients are interested in getting the physicians and specialties they need. We should take a cue from them.” WI
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Will Downing Delivers ‘The Promise’ Marcus Johnson Hosts ‘Christmas Jam’ at Blues Alley By Eunice Moseley WI Contributing Writer “It has a dual reason,” Grammy nominated Will Downing said about his recent album release of Gospel selections titled “The Promise.” “One, my mom she always asked me to do one . . . and when I came out my illness, I promised God.” “The Promise” is a 10-selection album of Inspirational tunes released Nov. 9 on Shanachie Entertainment. The project includes selections such as “Take It to the Cross,” “You Blessed My Life” and “God Is So Amazing.” “This is a big payback. This is my 21st album,” he said about “The Promise.” “With this one he (God) had his hand on the whole thing. Even now when I listen, I still get chills.” The illness Will Downing talked about is his diagnosis with auto-immune disease Polymyositis in 2007, which threatened his
life and paralyzed him. He asked God to heal him and promised to honor him in everything if he did. Today Downing is walking, singing and testifying about the power of prayer and faith. Will came through with the promise to God and his mother with this Contemporary Gospel project, “The Promise.” “God is so amazing. It is the most attached I have been with any album,” Will said. “The Promise” features vocal assistance from Regina Belle, who has also released Gospel projects, on the “Changed” selection. The Brooklyn native started in the business as a session singer before signing a record deal with Island Records hitting the top of the Billboard Charts with his self-titled. He received a Grammy Award nomination for his “All the Man You Need” album in 2000. www.WillDowning. com
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Legendary jazz pianist Marcus Johnson gave up becoming a lawyer after receiving his JD from Howard University for the music business. He then formed a partnership with BET Network founder Bob Johnson. That partnership was to form his Three Keys Music record label, publishing and recording studio (Marimelj Entertainment Group). Bob heard his debut album while Marcus was in college and he was so impressed with his skills that he became a silent partner in Johnson’s music endeavors. From December 20-23, Marcus Johnson brings his piano skills to Blues Alley in Washington, DC for his “Christmas Jam” – two shows per day. “I have a new team,” Marcus said when I commented that he has been on a roll with his performances lately. “We are reinventing marketing… using social media for the content…
re-introducing Marcus Johnson.” Expect to hear your favorite Christmas carols and R&B/Jazz hits that have become traditional holiday tunes. Johnson also has a Pandora channel. “Pandora allows us to make money,” Marcus said. Leading his management teams through the years, which also includes his Flo Brand Wines and publishing a book on love, Marcus has become a business expert. All of his companies are under one umbrella, For The Love of Brands, where he is Director. So outstanding is his business expertise’ Johnson teachers it at his Alma Mata Howard University. “I talk to people about business development. People are interested in having fun and making money. If they see a light at the end of the tun-
nel, they get inspired,” Marcus said. If all this is not enough Marcus finds time to spread his knowledge at community events for free, such as the 20-year-old “Uplifting Minds II” entertainment conference in Baltimore where he has spoken on business throughout those 20 years. “I teach at Howard on entrepreneurship to non-business majors,” he laughed a little. “They keep me grounded. I push them, so I have to push myself.” Marcus Johnson, a NAACP Image Award nominee, will also be performing December 15 – 16 in Atlanta for his “Flo Wine Sips and Sounds Holiday Tour” and of course at Blues Alley in DC December 20 – 23rd for his “Christmas Jam.” www.MarcusJohnson360.com WI
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DC: A Winter Wonderland Like No Other By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia So New York City has its famed Lincoln Center Christmas tree and its winter wonderland ice skating. But folks in the District know they don’t have to take the dreaded drive up Interstate 95 and into the Big Apple for holiday fun. “We’ve got some of the best holiday places to visit here,” said Naomi Weaver, a hair stylist who answered an online request for some of the District’s Christmastime attractions. In fact, several websites have published their say about the best places to visit in D.C. during the holidays. Washington.org notes that the National Christmas Tree is “DC’s claim to fame” during the holidays, and for good reason.
“The gorgeous conifer lives in President’s Park on the White House Ellipse, where it’s surrounded by trees decorated with handmade ornaments from 56 U.S. states and territories and is accompanied by nightly musical performances throughout the holiday season,” the city-themed webpage notes. The display is free to visit and open from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. while the National Christmas Tree is lit each day from 4:30-10 p.m. Residents and visitors are invited to “indulge your wild side” with an after-hours visit to the National Zoo during ZooLights, which illuminates the zoo with more than 500,000 environmentally-friendly LEDs, animated light installations, live music and more. ZooLights runs until Jan. 1. It’s closed on Dec. 24, Dec. 25,
and Dec. 31. WTOP notes that “Miracle on Seventh Street,” DC’s annual pop-up bar has returned and this year’s theme is all about the Panda. “Keeping in the pop-up tradition, visitors can expect creative names alongside craft cocktails, plus decorative backdrops, all perfect for photos,” WTOP reported. Tripsavvy.com notes that all can “step inside a winter wonderland created entirely of 5,000 blocks of ice weighing 1.5 million pounds” at the Gaylord National Resort. Hand-sculpted by 40 international artisans and kept at a chilling nine degrees Fahrenheit, the Gaylord Resort’s “ICE” counts as an interactive holiday attraction that has a new theme each year. Website The 10Best.com asks visitors and residents, “What’s
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huffing and chuffing down the tracks. Patrons will also see smaller versions of familiar landmarks such as the White House, Capitol and Lincoln Memorial, but be sure to look close because they are made out of plants. Located at 8th and F Streets NW, the market holds down the area in front of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. At night, its bright lights bring Penn Quarter to life, providing a holiday spark to the neighborhood. But don’t worry, you can shop during the day, too. The holiday market is open daily 12-8 p.m. through Dec. 23. “People will find something fun to do in D.C.,” Weaver said. “We always do.” WI
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Visionary Freedom Fighter Don Rojas Recounts a Life of Service By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire
A phone conversation with Don Rojas can easily begin with the subtlest of greetings – a friendly “hello,” and “good to hear from you.” But any conversation of length undoubtedly leads to a lively discussion about the Transatlantic Slave Trade, reparations, journalism, and of course Rojas’ celebrated activism and the fight for freedom, justice and equality. For Rojas, that fight began at an early age and he waged war against injustice mostly with a pen. “Since I was a young man, I always had an interest in writing and reporting and the spoken word,” Rojas, now 69, said from his Maryland home. “I went to school in Grenada with [Grena-
dian revolutionary and leader] Maurice Bishop. He was captain of the senior debate team and I was captain of the junior debate team.” Today Rojas, who still stands as of one of the leading progressive figures in recent history, is fighting another fight — one that involves his own life. After months of treatment for a chronic back ailment, Rojas was recently diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a particularly aggressive form of bone cancer. He’s undergoing heavy chemotherapy treatment, which will continue in the weeks ahead, followed by the infusion of steroids and bone marrow transplants. The cost of his medical care is described as “astronomical” and much of it is not covered by insurance. He and wife Karen have been forced to place their home
on the market to help cover the costs. His friends, led by Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and actor Danny Glover, have launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise the urgently needed funds to ensure that his wife and family have the resources to pay for the best medical treatments available. Rojas has always been in the trenches. He said he’s viewed his work as part and parcel of a broader social and economic justice movement. His resume, which reads like a true activist and freedom fighter, includes director of communications for the national office of the NAACP, for which he was recruited in 1993 by Chavis, then the organization’s executive director. Today, the NAACP still benefits from Rojas’ input and his de-
velopment of an extensive communications department. “Don Rojas has made major contributions to the struggle for freedom in Black communities across the globe,” said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. “As the first communications director for the NAACP, he not only built the initial
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ARIES This could be a week of impromptu trips, longer journeys, or visits to relatives for the holiday week. Unexpected encounters and fascinating conversations could fuel opportunities for new developments. As the week gets underway, you may also have a strong urge to show your compassionate side and enjoy getting involved in spiritual or religious events. Lucky Numbers: 9, 25, 35
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TAURUS You could sense that it’s time for change, and you might be tempted to spontaneously leave a limiting situation. While it may be wiser to think this move through beforehand, a positive aspect between the sun and energetic Uranus suggests it could all work out in your favor anyway. Lucky Numbers: 8, 11, 12 GEMINI An unexpected invitation could be the catalyst that encourages you to get to know someone better. There could be an instant attraction between you, but this relationship might need some nurturing if you want it to continue. Later in the week, a merger between chatty Mercury and expansive Jupiter could leave you excited by a conversation and the wonderful ideas discussed. Lucky Numbers: 30, 31, 48
Triple Threat By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer You dig, and you dig, and you dig. Like a dog with a bone, you’re all in when presented with a tiny scrap of intriguing information. You don’t let go until you know everything there is to know about it, searching and uncovering and digging until, as in the new novel “Triple Threat” by Camryn King, you’ve dug yourself into trouble. There had been absolutely no reason for Leigh to have killed herself. Award-winning journalist Mallory Knight knew that about her best friend. Just days before her body was found, bruised and nude, Leigh had been happy and laughing with Mallory. There was just no way she was suicidal, and Mallory had tried to keep the police focused. But it had been a year since the supposed-suicide-maybe-murder and now Leigh’s case was considered closed. In Mallory’s mind, though, nothing had been settled; even less so when Leigh’s mother gave her a duffel bag of mementos with a mystery inside. Leigh had left a journal with what appeared to be coded words; some were senseless, but others led Mallory to a few shaky conclusions. Leigh was dating New York Navigators basketballer Christian Graham when she died, and his name was in the diary; to Mallory, that made him a suspect. And as it happened, her editor, Charlie, gave her an assignment to write about Christian’s charity organization. It was the perfect opportunity to find out more about the man Leigh seemed drawn to. To her surprise, Mallory learned that Christian was a truly nice guy, but her investigator’s background nagged her to dig deeper. She knew that he strongly mentored a kid enrolled in his charity, and that he had a soft spot for the boy. Rumor was that the teen had been sick but Mallory also heard there was violence involved. There was something about the boy and Christian’s relationship with him that made her act rashly. One ill-considered act, and Mallory’s entire life crashed. And that was just fine. It gave her more time to figure out what happened to Leigh and whether Christian Graham was involved her death. Leigh once called Christian a “triple threat” — smart, handsome and successful. But was he a killer, too? In the beginning of “Triple Threat” and until about twenty pages in, the temptation to quit the book may be strong. It’s slower than chilled honey, which happens in small pockets throughout this novel. When it heats up, though, it’s on fire. Author Camryn King tells a fine mystery that’ll keep you engaged and eager to solve, in part because there’s also a bit of romance inside and enough drama to satisfy. There are a couple of heart-pounders, too, and a character that does some really dumb things, which makes her seem more relatable. While the ending of “Triple Threat” feels like it goes on forever, getting to that point will be fun if you have the patience. This book isn’t always snappy or snazzy but it’s a good enough whodunit and if you like romancy-mysteries, you’ll dig it. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM
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CANCER Opportunity knocks this week, so be alert for news that could lead to a job or business idea. If you’ve been looking for ways to improve your lifestyle, a chance remark could provide you with helpful solutions. The focus is on getting the most of your days and enjoying your work and routines. If you can do this, your energy level could be consistently high. Lucky Numbers: 15, 38, 57 LEO You could be somewhat restless midweek as the sun, your guardian planet, aspects edgy Uranus. This is a positive transit, though, suggesting that your search for something interesting could lead to a sparkling discovery, one you’ll use to your advantage. There are also deeper currents at work that hint at family discussions around money, property and deeply personal issues. Rather than this being a difficult time, it could be an opportunity to have an open discussion that has a good outcome. Lucky Numbers: 14, 53, 54 VIRGO Home and family matters continue to be emphasized this week. There might be an unexpected visitor on your doorstep midweek as the sun aligns with unpredictable Uranus, or another surprise could come your way that adds a little sparkle to the days ahead. Lucky Numbers: 2, 7, 27 LIBRA An encounter or chance conversation could inspire you if it leads to an opportunity or gives you vital information. Stay alert midweek for such an occurrence because something good can come of it. With sweet Venus, your ruler, angling toward nebulous Neptune on Friday, your charitable nature could come very much to the fore. If you feel like taking part in a charity event or similar occasion, it could satisfy that caring and giving side of you. Lucky Numbers: 6, 33, 38 SCORPIO There might be an unexpected chance to earn some extra cash. Even though this might only be a small amount, it could still put a smile on your face. You could also receive a gift from someone who never usually bothers. It might be a signal that they’re eager to get to know you better. Lucky Numbers: 9, 36, 55 SAGITTARIUS Expect the unexpected midweek as a surprise invitation or even a visit boosts your spirits. You might enjoy a reunion with an old friend, and it’s sure to leave you feeling happier. The focus shifts somewhat this week as the sun moves out of your sign and into Capricorn and your personal money zone on Friday. This can be a chance to take stock and consider how you can improve matters and get your money to work harder for you. Lucky Numbers: 7, 32, 43 CAPRICORN If aspects of your life have seemed out of control, this can all change this week as the sun moves into your sign. But before it does, it makes a positive angle with rebellious Uranus in a more personal sector. You might feel like going off and doing something alone. If you do need some “me” time, Thursday might be your best day. Lucky Numbers: 10, 14, 25 AQUARIUS This week brings surprises and positive social events, which could be engaging and even inspiring to you. The continued focus on your social sector hints at events and opportunities for connecting with others. One encounter could take your breath away - for all the right reasons. Lucky Numbers: 2, 8, 10 PISCES You might be doing a grand job of organizing events for your community or workplace and bringing them to a successful conclusion. This week could coincide with office parties, holiday business meetings, and similar occasions. As you network, be on the alert for an opportunity that comes out of the blue. It won’t be around for very long, so you might need to snap it up while you can. Lucky Numbers: 11, 19, 20
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SPORTS SMU Tops Georgetown in D.C. 4 Southern Methodist Mustangs forward Isiaha Mike is guarded by Georgetown Hoyas forward Trey Mourning during Southern Methodist’s 81-73 win at Capital One Arena in D.C. on Saturday, Dec. 15. (John E. De Freitas/WI)
3 Southern Methodist Mustangs guard Jahmal McMurray attempts a 3-point shot over Georgetown Hoyas guard James Akinjo during Southern Methodist’s 81-73 win at Capital One Arena in D.C. on Saturday, Dec. 15. (John E. De Freitas/WI)
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5 Georgetown Hoyas guard James Akinjo takes a jumper in front of a Southern Methodist Mustangs defender during Southern Methodist’s 81-73 win at Capital One Arena in D.C. on Saturday, Dec. 15. (John E. DeFreitas/WI)
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The top high school football players in Prince George’s County dominated the prep stars from the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference (SMAC), 35-6, during the 11th annual Chick-fil-A Challenge at Dr. Henry A. Wise High School in Upper Marlboro this month. The Dec. 8 game pitted top athletes from Prince George’s against their counterparts from Charles and St. Mary’s counties, all of whom are selected for the game by their respective coaches. “This is chance for the kids to come out and showcase themselves,” said Ed Shields, head coach at Suitland High and president of the Prince George’s County Coaches Association. The game came at critical time for college recruiters locally and nationally who need valuable film to evaluate and recruit talent for next season and beyond. “They played very well today and this gives colleges another chance to look at them,” Shields said. “It is with another county that is doing the same things with these kids, and —win or lose — you play hard as you can. And all of the kids enjoyed the game.” WI
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Oubre, Rivers Off to Phoenix, Ariza Back in D.C. By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill After at least three days of speculation and trade talks, the Washington Wizards formally announced Monday, Dec. 17 that it had traded Kelly Oubre, Jr. and Austin Rivers to the Phoenix Suns for veteran forward Trevor Ariza, who returns to the District with plans to help improve its defense. Ariza played for the Wizards between 2012-14 and averaged 12 points and nearly six rebounds per game. The team advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals in his second season with the team. “Trevor has been one of the most effective, efficient and versatile players at his position for over a decade,” said Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld. “We are obviously very familiar with the leadership and experience he brings as one of the league’s most respected professionals and look forward to welcoming him back to the team.” Ariza, 33, has played for seven NBA teams throughout his 15-
year career including New York, Orlando, the Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans and Houston. He reached the top-50 plateau this season on the all-time steals list in league history with more than 1,450. This season, Ariza sits at number 25 in the NBA in steals averaging nearly 1.5 per contest. In addition, he rejoins the backcourt of John Wall and Bradley Beal. Ariza will make his return to Capital One Arena Saturday, Dec. 22 against the Suns. “Trevor has a spark about him and a true desire for winning,” said Beal, who scored 25 points and 12 rebounds after Sunday’s victory against LeBron James and the Lakers. “He’s always accepted the challenge defensively and his leadership qualities. He’s great character guy. A perfect fit.” Beal also expressed a bit of sorrow to see Rivers and Oubre, whom he called “like my younger brother” Washington acquired in 2015 after a draft-night trade with the Atlanta Hawks. Oubre, who turned 23 on Dec. 9, saw his point production increase every year. During
his fourth season in the District, he scored almost 13 points per game. He led the team in rebounding in three games. Although a fan favorite with his youthful exuberance and flashy clothing, videos circulated online showed Oubre occasionally getting beat on the defensive end with backdoor cuts by opposing players for layups. Washington acquired Rivers over the summer in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers for veteran and durable center Marcin Gortat. Unfortunately, Rivers, 26, fell out of the rotation as the season went on and shot only 31 percent from 3-point range, compared to 38 percent last season. “I wish those guys well,” said Wizards forward Jeff Green, who joined his hometown team this season. “Phoenix [is] getting two guys who are gritty who are going to fight and going to play hard. We are getting a veteran guy who’s known for doing all those things. For the front office to make that trade, [executives] saw something that we needed and they accomplished it getting [Ariza]. I’m excited for what’s to come.” WI
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5 In his last home game as a Washington Wizard, Kelly Oubre, Jr. dunks in two of his 20 points during a 130-125 overtime loss to the Boston Celtics on Dec. 12 at Capital One Arena in Northwest. (Photo by Yusuf Abdullah)
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5 Washington Wizards forward Jeff Green drives against Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James during the Wizards’ 128-110 win at Capital One Arena in D.C. on Sunday, Dec. 16. (John E. De Freitas/WI)
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fight has taken place before. “In 2000, then-D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams said he was going to close down D.C. General Hospital,” Wilson said with a sigh. “He came here and said that adamantly and we had to rush him out the back door.” Williams help to shut the hospital in 2001 to help the District financially, with it being the only public medical facility in the city. The United Medical Center (UMC) replaced D.C. General in the eyes of many eastern Washingtonians, but complaints about its bad service and mismanagement have been rampant. D.C. Councilman Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7) has a bill, the East End Health Equity Act of 2018, that would create a comprehensive medical facility on the campus of St. Elizabeths East as well as health clinics throughout Wards 7 and 8. The bill would have the George Washington University Hospital, through its management, Universal Healthcare Services, manage the East End Hospital and have its beds and operations paid for by building a towering facility that would have over 200 beds at the George Washington Hospital. George Washington University opposes the tower along with the neighboring Foggy Bottom civic association and the advisory neighborhood commission in the area. Gray’s bill passed in its first reading in November with only two dissenting votes. On Dec. 4, Gray’s bill hit a snag when fellow council members Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) and Trayon White (D-Ward 8) introduced amendments that would allow workers at the East End Hospital to unionize and let Howard University medical staff and students practice there. Gray pulled the bill with the knowledge that Universal Healthcare Services would not go along with the amendments. White told the audience that quality health care service is needed in Ward 8 — now. “We don’t need a hospital but a health care system,” the council member said. “It is our community that has to deal with high blood pressure and diabetes and other type of ailments. We are overdue for a quality health care system.” Howard University officials argue that if their medical students don’t have access to the East End Hospital, the college of medicine could lose its accreditation. Nearly 35 percent of Howard Hospital patients come from the
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On Dec. 4, Gray’s bill hit a snag when fellow council members Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) and Trayon White (D-Ward 8) introduced amendments that would allow workers at the East End Hospital to unionize and let Howard University medical staff and students practice there. eastern part of the city. Eric Goulet, who works as the director of the Committee on Health on the D.C. Council where Gray is the chairman, said Gray seeks to introduce a measure that would set up a task force for 90 days to help Howard medical students work in other hospitals. If that doesn’t happen, Goulet said, his boss will kill the East End Hospital. Goulet said if the District government can build a baseball stadium quickly, it can do the same for a hospital. Former boxing promoter Rock Newman, who sits on the Howard University board of trustees, said his university will fight to be a part of an East End Hospital. “Howard University’s mission is to serve the least of these when others would not,” an emotional Newman said during the town hall meeting. “When they
couldn’t go to other hospitals in the city, they would come to Howard. I am disappointed that city leaders allowed it to get this way.” Labor leaders such as Edward J. Smith, executive director of the DC Nurses Association, and Wanda Shelton Martin of AFSCME both said the East End Hospital should have unionized workers, with Martin saying anything less would be an affront to hardworking D.C. residents. Ward 2 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner William Kennedy Smith, a nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy, said his Foggy Bottom constituents support an East End Hospital but don’t want the tower. The Rev. Graylan Hagler, senior pastor of the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, said “we’ve had to battle, and battle and battle to get the truth from the city council.” “I am calling out the city council for the hypocrites and liars they are,” Hagler said to applause. “You can’t get a straight answer from anybody.” The meeting received mixed reviews from the audience. “I thought it was effective,” said Dr. Debra Ford. “The issues involving the East End Hospital were explained very well. I think that this process needs to slow down.” However, Ronald Thompson thought the meeting flopped. “They didn’t talk about a lot of things,” he said. “Whatever happened to Howard University and UMC? I have problems with the whole process. This deal is bad and the people of Ward 8 are being held hostage. This all falls on Vince Gray.” WI
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Controlling Leaderships Lead to Ruin
with Lyndia Grant Did you notice when President Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen finally acknowledged last week how blind he had been? But because he did not face reality, he has ruined his life! Controlling leadership definitely leads to ruin. Pay close attention and watch those leaders who afford staff, committee members and parishioners the opportunity to think for themselves. You will notice the leader is often surprised when the group does even better than expected. Though thes helicopter-type leadership style has been proven to be detrimental to growth, too many people still do this! Is it insecurity? Is it because they only see life from one perspective? What is it that causes one to insist, “My way or the highway”? Leaders who have set an outstanding foundation, and have chosen people to work with them who have set goals, have mapped out a route based on a firm foundation underneath them are sure to come out on top. Here’s an example of a strong foundation: Ravi Zacharias wrote: “A few weeks ago, I did a lectureship at Ohio State University. As I was being driven to the lecture, we passed the new Wexner Art CenMt. Zion Baptist Church Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.) Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold”
ter. The driver said, ‘This is a new art building for the university. It is a fascinating building designed in the post-modernist view of reality.’ The building has no pattern. Staircases go nowhere. Pillars support nothing. The architect designed the building to reflect life. It went nowhere and was mindless and senseless.’ I turned to the man describing it and asked, ‘Did they do the same thing with the foundation?’ He laughed. ‘You can’t do that with a foundation.’” The fetus inside the womb of the mother for nine months is God’s foundation for the life of us. God made man, and none of us understand fully how life grows, changes and becomes. Fingernails show up when they’re suppose to, hair will falls out when it should. Life has this secret formula, and each of us has our very own unique self. So why would a leader feel so compelled to tell someone to do the project in only one way, as if there are no other ways? Of course, there are exceptions to this rule, but for the most part, in the world of communications, there are always many routes that can be taken to achieve the desired results. I love how Wayne Dyer says it: “We must move from stiffness to flexibility; we must live by not interfering with the progress of others, and allow them to figure things out for themselves. Each of us has the anchor of the universe within us. Everything under heaven is a sacred vessel and cannot be controlled. Trying to control causes us to lose our grasp. We lose.” Don’t be a helicopter supervisor or parent, leader or pastor, hov-
ering over people, hovering over your children, hovering over your church members. Let it go, and let God do His perfect work. Ecclesiastics reminds us, “There is a time for everything and everything in its time. A time to get ahead and a time to rest, a time to be invigorated and a time to suffer.” The more rules you make, the more rule-breakers you create. More openness and more willingness are needed. Give up hard and become subtle, not rigid. A man is born gentle and weak, at his death he becomes hard and stiff. Trees are soft and pliable in life, but in death they are hard. Stiffness is a companion in death and flexibility is a companion in life. Palm trees flow in the wind and possess elasticity — they go all the way over and all the way back. It’s a symbol of how we need to think. WI Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958 Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.
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Mount Olivet Lutheran Church
John F. Johnson Reverend Dr. 1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com
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RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 Fax: 301-499-8724
Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 a.m. 7 10:00 a.m. Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”
Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor 700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849 Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00am 5th Sundays: 9:30am 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30pm www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ
Blessed Word of Life Church
Church of Living Waters
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., Pastor
Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor
Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor
Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor
2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org
800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703
4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30am 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00am Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30pm Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00am “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment
1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661
Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00am Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30pm Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
St. Stephen Baptist 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
1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office 202-638-1803 fax
Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00am Communion Service: First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30pm
Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30pm (dinner @ 5:30pm) Sunday School: 9:00am – Hour of Power
www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
“An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org
Campbell AME Church Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 am Sunday Church School: 8:45 am Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 pm Thursday: 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020
Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher 4275 4th Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20034 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 Service and Times Sunday School 8 – 9 AM Worship Service 9 – 11 AM Tuesday Night Bible Study 6:30 – 8:00 PM Wednesday Daytime Bible Study 11 AM – 12:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: faithdefender@verizon.net
Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45am Church School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45am Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 pm Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30am “We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 11:00am Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 am “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org
Crusader Baptist Church
E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org “God is Love”
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax
Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45am Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45am; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45am; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6am & 6:30pm Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... Dr. Raymond T. Matthews Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Services and Times Sunday School: 9:00am Worship Service: 10:00am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45pm Thur. Bible Study: 7:15pm
Twelfth Street Christian Church Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Communion every Sunday: 11:00 am Sunday School: 10:00 am Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 pm Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mount Carmel Baptist Church Reverend Gerald H. Hesson Interim Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10am
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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church
All Nations Baptist Church
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor
Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor
7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471
2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591
2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730
Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Service 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com
Zion Baptist Church Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor 4850 Blagdon Ave, NW - Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:15AM Sunday School: 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
Israel Baptist Church
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor
2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office • (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . . 100% Forgiven!
623 Florida Ave.. NW - WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 Fax (202) 483-4009
4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
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Lincoln Park United Methodist Church
Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith
Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor
Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10: am Holy Communion: First Sunday 10: am Sunday School: 9: am Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: "Faith On The Hill"
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Eastern Community Baptist Church
Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42
New Commandment Baptist Church
Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor
Damion M. Briggs Pastor
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor
1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 - Fax: 202-544-2964
8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240
13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am & 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm
Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM
Rehoboth Baptist Church
“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org
Salem Baptist Church
Holy Trinity United Baptist Church
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor
Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor
Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
St. Matthews Baptist Church
Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 pm
Emmanuel Baptist Church
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Rev. Joan E. Buchanan Executive Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 7:30am Worship Service: 11:00am New Member’s Class: 9:45am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00am Church School: 9:45am Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00pm Saturday Bible Study: 11:00am Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00am
Service and Times 9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Christ Embassy DC
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Friday Evening Service: 7:00 P.M. ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com
“Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class 8:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:00 am Wednesday Service 12:00 pm
Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study
“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address: admin@pbc712.org
Shiloh Baptist Church
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor
Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor
Rev. David McIntosh-Peters Pastor
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor
Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III 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
917 N St. NW - Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294
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Administration No. 2018 ADM 001328
Administration No. 2018 ADM 001350
Administration No. 2018 ADM 001353
Administration No. 2018 ADM 001355
Mary L. Reaves aka Mary Lee Reaves Name of Deceased Settlor
Sybil Ryan Decedent
Robert Killey Davids Decedent
Richard Hovey Decedent
Mollie Covington Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Verlene Grier, whose address is 86 Brandywine Place, SW, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Sybil Ryan who died on April 2, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/6/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/6/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Monina Basco Davids, whose address is 731 Quebec Place, NW, Washington, DC 20010, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Robert Killey Davids who died on July 30, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/6/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/6/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Valerie J. Edwards, Esq. 1725 DeSales Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
NOTICE OF EXISTENCE OF REVOCABLE TRUST Mary L. Reaves aka Mary Lee Reaves whose address was 7141 8th St., NW, Washington, DC 20012 created a revocable trust on October 29, 2014, which remained in existence on the date of her death on April 10, 2018, and Inez Thomas, Joycie Faison and Jewell Elliott, whose addresses are 7141 8th St., NW WDC 20012; 926 Dogwood Rd., Burkeville, VA 23922 and 3819 Walters Ln., Forestville, MD 20747, are the currently acting trustees, hereinafter the Trustee. Communications to the Trust should be mailed or directed to: Jocie Faison at 7141 8th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012.
Date of first publication: 12/6/2018
Date of first publication: 12/6/2018
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Monina Basco Davids Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS John Edward Butsch, whose address is 942 O Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Richard Hovey who died on November 2, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/6/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/6/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 12/6/2018 John Edward Butsch Personal Representative
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Raymond Keith Covington, Cassandra Joy Baines and Henri Kyle Covington, whose addresses are 14353 Comans Well Rd, Stoney Creek, VA 23882, 1741 Burning Tree Dr., Vienna VA 22182 and 4478 West 62th St., Los Angeles, CA 90043, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Mollie Covington who died on November 10, 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 6/6/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/6/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 12/6/2018 Raymond Keith Covington Cassandra Joy Baines Henri Kyle Covington Personal Representatives TRUE TEST COPY
LEGAL NOTICES Trust No. 2018 NRT 000045
The Trust is subject to claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors, costs of administration of the settlor’s estate, the expense of the deceased settlor’s funeral and disposal of remains, and statutory allowances to a surviving spouse and children to the extent the deceased settlor’s residuary probate estate is inadequate to satisfy those claims, costs, expenses, and allowances. Claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors are barred as against the Trustee and the trust property unless presented to the Trustee at the address provided herein on or before 6/6/2019 (6 month after the date of the first publication of this notice.) An action to contest the validity of this trust must be commenced by the earliest of (1) 4/10/2019, (One year from date of death of deceased settlor) (2) 6/6/2019, 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice) or (3) Ninety days after the Trustee sends the person a copy of the trust instrument and a notice informing the person of the trust’s existence, of the Trustee’s name and address, and of the time allowed for commencing a proceeding. The Trustee may proceed to distribute the trust property in accordance with the terms of the trust before the expiration of the time within which an action must be commenced unless the Trustee knows of a pending judicial proceeding contesting the validity of the trust or the Trustee has received notice from a potential contestant who thereafter commences a judicial proceeding within sixty days after notification. This Notice must be mailed postmarked within 15 days of its first publication to each heir and qualified beneficiary of the trust and any other person who would be an interested person within the meaning of D.C. Code 20-101(d). Date of First Publication: 12/6/2018 Inez Thomas Jocie Faison Jewell Elliott Signature of Trustee TRUE TEST COPY
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Administration Number 2018 ADM 001401
Administration No. 2018 ADM 001356
Administration No. 2018 ADM 001351
Administration No. 2018 ADM 001343
Administration Number 2018 ADM 001380
Estate of Joseph Shelton
Lucile S. Stark aka Lucile Seidler Stark Decedent
Joan Irabor Decedent
Elnora D. Robinson Decedent
NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE
James S. Bubar, Attorney 1776 K Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney
Talib I. Karim TEC Law Firm 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Delarue Shelton for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate appoint an unsupervised personal representative Date of first publication: 12/6/2018 Delarue Shelton 7708 Hanover Parkway, #201 Greenbelt, MD 20770 Petitioner/Attorney: TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Paul Seidler Stark, whose address is 380 Primrose Dr., Upper Gwynedd, PA 19446, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lucile S. Stark aka Lucile Seidler Stark who died on October 29, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/6/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/6/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Esohe Irabor, whose address is 5212 Queen’s Stroll Pl. SE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joan Irabor who died on July 17, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/6/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/6/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Date of first publication: 12/6/2018
Date of first publication: 12/6/2018
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Estate of Kobra-Mandan Amin-Tehrani NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Andre Robinson and Cynthia High, whose addresses are 2119 Parkside Drive, Bowie, MD 20721 and 10909 Spyglass Hill, Bowie, MD 20721, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Elnora D. Robinson who died on May 3, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/6/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/6/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 12/6/2018
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Iraj M. Amin-Tehrani for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate appoint a supervised personal representative Date of first publication: 12/6/2018 Saeid B. Amini 730 24th Street, NW, Suite One Washington, DC 20037 Petitioner/Attorney: TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
Andre Robinson Cynthia High Personal Representative
PUBLIC NOTICE: Caldwell v. Trump, the Executive Branch of the U.S., et al. Case: cv-18-503-TUC-JAS in the U.S. District Court of Arizona.
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Administration No. 2018 ADM 1364
Administration No. 2018 ADM 954
Administration No. 2018 ADM 000990
Administration No. 2018 ADM 001368
Administration No. 2018 ADM 001369
Wanda E. Peterson Decedent
Christine Gause Decedent
James Hottumb Christian Decedent
Doris M. Brooks Decedent
Dolly Agnes Young Decedent
Kathy Brissette-Minus Law Office of Kathy Brissette-Minus,LLC 9701 Apollo Drive, Suite 230 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney
Gemma Antoine-Belton, Esquire 1101 L Street, NW, #806 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney
Edward G. Varrone, Esq. 910 17th Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney
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Sharon E. McKinley, whose address is 513 Shady Glen Drive, Capital Heights, MD 20743, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Wanda E. Peterson who died on February 25, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/13/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/13/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Gemme Antoine-Belton, Esquire, whose address is 1101 L Street, NW, #806, Washington, DC 20005, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Christine Gause who died on December 18th, 2016 without a Will. 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 6/13/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/13/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Warren L. Jackson, whose address is 515 Tudor Court, Newport News, VA 23603, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James Hottumb Christian who died on May 6, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/13/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/13/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Date of first publication: 12/13/2018
Date of first publication: 12/13/2018
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Sharon E. McKinley Personal Representative
Gemme Antoine-Belton, Esquire Personal Representative
Warren L. Jackson Personal Representative
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Foreign No. 2018 FEP 000154
Administration Number 2018 ADM 001426
Administration No. 2018 ADM 001392
Administration No. 2018 ADM 001405
Administration No. 2018 ADM 1387
January 9, 2018 Date of Death
Estate of John H. Traina
Jacqueline I. Hillman Decedent
Deborah Crouch Decedent
Julia Ann Sparkman Shepard Name of Decedent
NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Jeffrey K. Gordon, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney
Dorothy E. Barnes aka D. E. Barnes, Dorothy E. M. Barnes and Dorothy Elizabeth Martin Barnes Decedent
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Tazewell T. Shepard, III, whose address is 619 Adams Street, SE, Huntsville, AL 35801 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Julia Ann Sparkman Shepard, deceased, by the Probate Court for Madison County, State of Alabama, on April 4, 2018. Service of process may be made upon Antonoplos & Associates, Attorneys at Law, 1725 DeSales Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC, 20036, whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate. 4928 Indian Lane NW, Washington, DC 20016. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: 12/13/2018 Tazewell T. Shepard, III Personal Representative Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Kelly Gladden for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. Admit to probate the will dated November 16, 1986 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of the witnesses or otherwise Appoint an unsupervised personal representative (other) waiver of bond and such other relief as the Court deems appropriate Date of first publication: 12/13/2018 Kisha L. Woolen 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, #700 Washington, DC 20015 Petitioner/Attorney: TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
Theodore Hillman and Kenetha Hillman, whose address is 1505 Gould Drive, District Heights, MD 20747, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Jacqueline I. Hillman who died on May 28, 2008 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/20/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/20/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 12/20/2018 Theodore Hillman Kenetha Hillman Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
Earline G. Sidbury, whose address is 1613 D Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Doris M. Brooks who died on May 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 6/13/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/13/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 12/13/2018 Earline G. Sidbury Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Russell Lee Guill, whose address is 3635 Alton Place, NW, Washington, DC 20008, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Deborah Crouch who died on October 25, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/20/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/20/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Andrea Theresa Young, whose address is 6635 24th Place, Hyattsville MD 20782, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Dolly Agnes Young who died on August 22, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/13/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/13/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 12/13/2018 Andrea Theresa Young Personal Representative
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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
Russell Lee Guill Personal Representative
Quay Barnes-Johnson, whose address is 147 W. 130th Street, New York, New York 10027, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Dorothy E. Barnes aka D. E. Barnes, Dorothy E. M. Barnes and Dorothy Elizabeth Martin Barnes who died on October 21, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 6/20/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 6/20/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
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Jayapal wrote, is a moral imagination about immigration. This is not about “open borders,” as Trump slanders Democrats. It is about creating a humane, sensible, smart system to deal with legal immigration, cut down on illegal entry and address those desperately seeking asylum. We would also be wise to seek to assist rather than destabilize our neighbors so that their economies thrive. People don’t want to leave their homes. Only desperation for
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space for them. Part of the challenge with Black children and suicide is that Black people are not accustomed to sharing their feelings. Indeed, mental health issues are often dismissed among African Americans. Folks are told to “pray” about depressed feelings, forgetting that prayer without works is dead. Adults and children are advised to shrug it off when there is no shrugging to do. The feelings of dystopia, nihilism and depression that many African Americans experience because of the hostility they experience by merely living in their skin shows up in suicides, but also in homicides and in other acting out. And while young Black men may indulge in senseless violence, young Black women too often turn their pain inward not outward. Gender stereotypes are not always appropriate. Both Black girls and boys are killing themselves. Both Black girls and boys are working out some of their pain through violence. According to some data, Black girls are now involved in violent incidents with each other almost as often as Black boys (blame the housewives, just kidding). Both Black girls and Black boys are being marginalized and de-
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