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Marlow has written a book, “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a

By Barrington M. Salmon story about four generations of WI Staff Writer domestic violence. The book is inspired by her own experiences, Since South African human and those of her grandmother, rights icon Nelson R. daughter.

Mandela her mother and her died, a steady She said everystream time of shepeople reads excerpts fromand herethnicities book, shehave still of all shades In Memoriam Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. can not believe the wordstocame been making pilgrimages the Wilhelmina J. Rolark from her.

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law enforcement. She said they had come together to bring a sense of uniformity in the way domestic violence victims and survivors are treated.

“She's using her own personal story, her own personal pain to push forward,” Davis-Nickens said about Marlow.

Davis-Nickens said anyone who reads Marlow's book will “get it.” She said she “puts the case in such a way, the average person can get it.” She said at the end of the day, the book will help people begin to have a dialogue about domestic violence.

Also present at the event was Mildred Muhammad, the exwife of John Allen Muhammad, who was sentenced to six consecutive life terms without parole by a Maryland jury for his role in the Beltway Sniper attacks in 2002. Mildred Muhammad is the founder of After the Trauma, an organization that helps the survivors of domestic at Montgomery Collegeviolence when and their children.

I got in the protests at the em“I lived fear for“It six was years.realSix bassy,” saidinCarter. years in fear is a long time. It is ly through the issues of South not an easy thing to come out Africa that I became more conof,” she said. scious and aware.

I heard about Mildred Muhammad said Nelson Mandela, Thabo people who want to Mbeki, help a Winnie Mandela andvictim the Panmust Afdomestic violence rican Congress.” be careful of how they go into “Itvictim's was the I ever the life,first andtime understand got for be doing the right thatarrested she may in “survival thing.” mode”.

“BeforeSouth you get to 'I'm going Earlier, African Ambasto killIbrahim you,' it Rasool, started D.C. as a verbal sador Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D), TransAfrica Executive Director Nicole Lee and the Rev. Gina Campbell held a press conference in the embassy to announce a planned memorial service at the National Cathedral to honor Mandela.

The Wednesday, Dec. 11 service was just one of many events in the Washington metropolitan area that were set to continue at least until Mandela’s burial in his ancestral home on Sunday, Dec. 15.

“It has been a dramatic 24 hours for South Africa and people around the world. We’re a bit overwhelmed by the type of coverage, the focus of the media and kindness people have shown,” said Rasool. “Nelson Mandela has given the world the possibility to aspire. (We did not expect) Nelson Mandela (to be) with us forever but we’re shocked by his passing.”

“We are partners with the city of Washington, D.C. and they are assisting us to pay tribute to Mandela. It will happen in the

threat,” she said.

Among the programs Marlow wants to see implemented are stricter restraining order policies, more rights for victim's families to intervene on behalf of a victim, a domestic violence assessment unit coupled with further training for law enforcement agencies, a Child's Life Protection Act and mandatory counseling for batterers.

“If we are ever going to eradicate domestic violence, we must look at both sides of the coin.

We need to address both the victim and the batterer,” Marlow said.

Marlow would also like to see programs designed to raise awareness among children in public and private schools. She feels children need/Courtesy to be educatPhoto ed about domestic violence.

“We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor children about domestic violence,” Marlow said. way.” most dignified Marlow has worked to break Rasool, 51, said individuals the cycle of abuse in her family, and organizations, represenand is confident the policies she tatives of civil society, trade is pushing for will start that unions, process. embassies and consulates“I will activities plan organize to take these policiesto to honor Mandela’s passing.them to Congress and implore “We’ll our culminate memorial change laws,” our Marlow said. of with an offi“I Nelson will notMandela stop until these policial memorial service at ciesnational are passed.”

Carol Cathedral,” Jones can behereached theTia National said. atLee tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net agreed.

“On behalf of thousands of WI civil, human rights, labor organizations and civil society, we offer our deepest condolences to the people of South Africa for Madiba,” said Lee, 37. “As we did for his birthday celebration, we encourage people to (get involved). A thousand flowers will bloom and we will be in support of any activities that affirm our commitment to peace and justice. He represented the power of forgiveness. That is what the U.S. needs right now.”

When he announced Mandela’s death, South African President Jacob Zuma declared a period of national mourning until the Dec. 15 funeral and burial.

About 100 heads of government and state, global leaders, celebrities and about 95,000 South Africans wereL.Y. expected to Marlow attend the memorial service at the First National Bank Stadium in Soweto, the site of Mandela’s last major public appearance during the 2010 World Cup. Ob-

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

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28th Annual On Monday, December 1, in the Terrace Theater of the Kennedy Center, the Jack & Lovell Olender Foundation honored an “Unsung Hero”, a “Generous Heart”, and a “Peacemaker”.

The Unsung Hero Award was received by the “The Real-Life Butler” Eugene Charles Allen represented by his son Charles Allen, a war hero who had a distinguished Federal career. It was presented by Wil Haygood who first wrote in The Washington Post about the butler and maitre’d who served eight Presidents of the United States and

by Sheila Johnson who headed the financial group that produced and financed the movie “Lee Daniels’ ‘The Butler’” which is showing across the U.S. and Internationally. Ms. Johnson was co-founder of BET (Black Entertainment Television) and owns the Salamander Resort and Hotels. Mr. Haygood’s New York Times best seller “The Butler: A Witness to History” was in the attendees’ gift bags.

The Olender Foundation grant in honor of the Allens was made at Mr. Charles Allen’s request to two programs at Cardozo High School which he attended in the early 1960’s.

When the award was presented, he was accompanied on stage by the principal of Cardozo, Dr. Tanya Roane, Shirley McCall, Director of Transtem Academy, and Shelly Karriem, Director of Academy of Construction and Design at Cardozo Education Campus.

The Peacemaker Award was presented to Sargent Shriver, brother –in-law of President John F. Kennedy and founder of The Peace Corp, represented by his son Mark Shriver who wrote the bestselling book “A Good Man” about his father and follows in his footsteps.

The award was presented by Colman McCarthy who received the same award in 1995 and who was Sargent Shriver’s speechwriter and close friend and a mentor to Mark Shriver.

The Generous Heart Award went to Beverly Perry, retired Vice President of Pepco and the Chairman of the Board of The African American Civil War Memorial. The grant in her honor went to The African

American Civil War Memorial and she was accompanied on stage by Dr. Frank Smith, Founder of The Memorial and former D.C. Councilmember.

The presentation was made to Attorney Perry by Congressman James Clyburn and Kim Keenan, General Counsel of the NAACP. Re-enactor Civil War soldiers escorted the singing group “Colorz” who led the entire theater of 300 attendees in “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”.

Six law students from Howard University and six from UDC David Clarke Law School received the Earl H. Davis Award and scholarships for their success in the study of law and their dedication to public interest law. Dean of students at David Clarke, Annamaria Stewart presided over the recognition of law students; Plaques and congratulations were given by Howard Dean Okianer Christian Dark and UDC Dean Shelley Broderick.

Paul Berry continued a long run as MC at the Kennedy Center. Debra Tidwell sang with the accompaniment of Greg Twombley and the Washingtonians, opening with “Everyday Heroes” and closing with “So many Heroes.”

A past awardee recognized during the program was Washington Informer publisher Denise Rolark Barnes, Generous Heart 2012, whose father Dr. Calvin Rolark was the first Generous Heart awardee 28 years ago. Another was Dr. Janette Houston Harris, Peacemaker 2012, founder of the D.C. Hall of Fame.

Some of the other past honorees present were Joan Claybrook, Advocate for Justice, 2003, Rev. Reginald Green, Advocate for Justice 2010, Joseph Hairston, America’s Role Model 2007, Ambassador George Haley, Peacemaker 2001, Warren Juggins, Unsung Hero 2006, Martin Mendelsohn, Advocate for Justice 2007 Prominent members of the judiciary were also recognized.

The Malpractice Law Firm Jack H. Olender & Associates sponsored the awards event.

Olender Foundation Awards at Kennedy Center

(left to right) Mr. Wil Haygood, Ms. Sheila Johnson, co-founder of BET (Black Entertainment Television), Mr. Charles Allen award recipient of the Unsung Hero Award, Jack Olender, co-founder of the Olender Foundation, and Admiral Steven Rochon, former White House maiter’d at the pre- Awards reception at Ancora Restaurant on Monday evening, December 1, 2013./Photo by Marshall Cohen

Charles Allen (left) representing his father Eugene “The Butler” Allen being presented with the “Unsung Hero” Award by Jack Olender (middle), co-founder of The Olender Foundation, Ms. Sheila Johnson (middle), co – founder of BET and Mr. Wil Haygood (right) who first wrote about the butler and maiter’d who served eight Presidents of the United States./Photo by Marshall Cohen

Dr. Frank Smith (left) Founder of The African American Civil War Memorial grant recipient chosen by Awardee, Kim Keenan, General Counsel of the NAACP, Jack Olender and Congressman James Clyburn (right) who presented the “Generous Heart “Award to Beverly Perry (middle), retired Vice President of Pepco and the Chairman of the Board of The African American Civil War Memorial. / Photo by Marshall Cohen

Singing group “Colorz” escorted by two Civil War re-enactors, who led the entire theater of 300 attendees at the Kennedy Center in singing “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” at the 28th Annual Olender Foundation Awards. / Photo

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servers have noted that the last time a funeral of this magnitude took place was Sir Winston Churchill’s state funeral in 1965.

Among the expected attendees were President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama; former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter; U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon; Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas; Britain’s Prince William; Crown Prince Felipe of Spain; German President Joachim Gauck; Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, and Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.

Celebrities Bono, Peter Gabriel and other luminaries were also expected to attend.

White House officials said Obama was to attend the national memorial service for Mandela and deliver remarks, while Mrs. Obama would be present at the service at First National Bank The Washington Informer

Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Mandela’s body will lay in state in Pretoria prior to the funeral, and South African officials confirmed that his state funeral will take place on Sunday, Dec. 15 in his ancestral home of Qunu in the Eastern Cape.

In Washington, D.C., and farflung corners of the world, those who loved and admired Mandela were remembering the icon whose arc of 95 years included becoming South Africa’s first black president, a freedom fighter branded terrorist, prisoner of conscience, Nobel Laureate, a determined and stubborn foe of the hated apartheid system and a thorn in the side of the white minority government.

Mandela died at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday, Dec. 5. He was 95. He had been in poor health for some time, and earlier this year was hospitalized for three months in a Pretoria hospital with respiratory and other problems.

Since his death, South Afri-

cans have held vigils at Mandela’s home in Houghton, a suburb of Johannesburg, as well as his old Soweto home. Well-wishers and mourners are laying wreaths, lighting candles and dancing in the streets to commemorate the celebrated life of Madiba, the father of their nation.

In countries from Canada to Chad and cities from Beijing to Bombay, flags are flying at halfmast, people are holding observances, vigils and remembrances and those whose lives Mandela touched have reacted with an outpouring of affection rarely seen for a politician.

Social media is abuzz with comments and commentary, and on Facebook, for example, untold numbers of users had pictures of Mandela on their profile and cover pages, while forums and other venues were hot with discussions and conversations.

Interestingly enough, even those who had no love for Mandela – particularly conservatives

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MANDELA continued from Page 6 – are tripping over each other to pay tribute. Some have taken to television and the airwaves in an effort to whitewash history by trying to convince anyone who’ll listen that President Ronald Reagan supported Mandela.

The Rev. Al Sharpton is one person who wouldn’t allow the lies to go unchecked, telling a panel on MSNBC over the weekend, that America was on the wrong side of history.

Reagan considered Mandela and the African National Congress communist; opposed Mandela being freed from prison; vetoed the 1986 Anti-Apartheid Act; and was a vigorous and vocal supporter of the South African government, along with his buddy British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

But for people like Bishop Desmond Tutu, during this time, politics takes a back seat to his friend’s immense legacy.

“Madiba’s own passion for equality and democracy … had

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Hundreds braved the rain in order to honor the late South African President Nelson Mandela on Friday, Dec. 6. The crowd gathered in front of the statue of the human rights icon, located directly in front of the South African Embassy in Northwest. Earlier that day, throngs of media converged upon the embassy for a press conference with D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, South African Ambassador Ibrahim Rasool, TransAfrica Executive Director Nicole Lee and the Rev. Gina Campbell of the National Cathedral regarding the upcoming observances scheduled to commemorate Mandela’s life. /Photos by Khalid Naji-Allah

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Nelson Mandela traveled to the District on numerous occasions after his release from prison. Wherever he went, crowds turned out in droves to show their support for his unwavering dedication to human rights, his individual sacrifice, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. However, Mandela, a public figure, also had another side, dedicated to his family

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Celebrities Mourn Nelson Mandela Elba, Freeman, Belafonte Discuss Icon

By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Idris Elba should easily claim the upcoming Academy Award for Best Actor simply based on his deft portrayal of Nelson Mandela in his latest film, “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” industry insiders said.

Following the death of the anti-apartheid hero, the former star of HBO’s critically-acclaimed drama, “The Wire,” now has emerged as the sentimental favorite to win the coveted award.

“What an honor it was to step into the shoes of Nelson Mandela and portray a man who defied odds, broke down barriers, and championed human rights before the eyes of the world,” said Elba, 41.

“My thoughts and prayers are with his family.”

Elba first learned of Mandela’s death on Dec. 5, following the British premiere of the new film about the freedom fighter’s life in London.

He said emotions quickly overcame him and he broke down upon hearing the news. “It was painful,” Elba said.

Critics have hailed Elba’s portrayal of Mandela as, “extraordinary,” “spectacular,” and “Oscar-worthy.”

If Mandela’s death hasn’t yet evoked enough sympathy from Academy voters who often allow sentiment to dictate their choices, Elba’s own recent tragedy may have helped to guarantee him the trophy.

The actor, who also portrays Chief Inspector John Luther in the BBC television series, “Luther,” lost his father to lung cancer just eight weeks ago.

“I based my portrayal of Mandela on my own dying father,” he said of Winston Elba, who died in October at age 76. “I used my dad’s African accent to help me speak like Mandela in the movie,” he said.

Meanwhile, actor Morgan Freeman, who also portrayed Mandela in the 2009 big screen drama, “Invictus,” said the late president will always be remembered as one of the most respected global icons in history.

“The world has lost one of the true giants of the past century.

Nelson Mandela was a man of incomparable honor, unconquerable strength, and unyielding resolve – a saint to many, a hero to all who treasure liberty, freedom and the dignity of humankind,” said Freeman, 76, whose performance alongside superstar Matt Damon The Washington Informer

Actor Idris Elba and the former wife of Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela. /Courtesy Photo

in the Clint Eastwood-produced film, also earned raves reviews.

Based on the 2008 book, “Playing the Enemy,” by John Carlin, “Invictus,” chronicled Mandela’s efforts to unite post-apartheid South Africa by hosting the 1995 World Cup, which took place four years after Mandela’s release from prison and just a few months into his presidency.

“As we remember his triumphs, let us, in his memory, not just reflect on how far we’ve come, but on how far we have to go,” Freeman said. “Madiba may no longer be with us, but his journey continues on with me and with all of us.”

Other celebrities also were quick to issue statements expressing their sorrow over Mandela’s death and many expressed their reverence for him.

“His wisdom and goodness were the brightest stars in our moral galaxy,” said singer, songwriter and social activist, Harry Belafonte.

“His courage inspired us all who struggled for justice. His vision gave sight to those who otherwise might have been blinded by hate,” said Belafonte, 86.

Mandela cultivated human dignity while moving a nation from the shackles of apartheid to reconciliation, said actor Forest Whitaker.

“He defended tirelessly and with passion human rights and, through love, nurtured humanity’s hopes and dreams,” said Whitaker, 52.

Comedian Bill Cosby met Mandela on several journeys to South Africa, and said he considers himself blessed to have been in his company.

“It was an honor to sit alongside

him on the bed of his former prison cell as he triumphantly spoke about his survival and the courage of his supporters,” said Cosby, 76.

Ailing former three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali, who’s also considered one of the world’s greatest ambassadors for freedom, said Mandela proved an inspiration for most people, including himself.

“His life was filled with purpose and hope for himself, his country and the world. He inspired others to reach for what appeared to be impossible and moved them to break through the barriers that held them hostage mentally, physically, socially and economically,” said Ali, 71.

“He made us realize, we are our brothers’ keeper and that our brothers come in all colors. What I will remember most about Mandela is that he was a man whose heart, soul and spirit could not be contained or restrained by racial and economic injustices, metal bars or the burden of hate and revenge.”

While the marquee atop New York’s famed Apollo Theater read: “In Memory of Nelson Mandela: 1918-2013; He changed our world,” Mandela’s family, which includes his widow, Graca Machal, three surviving daughters, 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren, pledged to honor his quest for peace.

“Nelson Mandela’s spirit truly soars with angels,” said music producer Quincy Jones, 80. “It was a spirit born of generosity, love; compassion and hope for mankind that may never exist at such a heightened level in any single human being again.”wi

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REMEMBERING MANDELA CBC Chair Marcia Fudge “With incomparable courage, Nelson Mandela overcame violent persecution for his belief that every individual deserved to live in a society where injustice would not be tolerated. Through his work and sacrifices, President Mandela taught us that we are greater together than the prejudices that divide us, and that the fight for peace, equality and justice can be won. May we never forget the lessons Madiba taught us in his quest for freedom, ‘for to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

Congresswoman Eleanor Homes Norton “Nothing about Nelson M a n d e l a ’s life, was predictable, not even his passing on his own time,

rather than months ago when it was predicted that he was dying.

He could not have predicted that he would spend his most productive years in prison at Robben Island. Or that his imprisonment would inspire a worldwide movement and that many of the governments of the world, including our own, would employ sanctions to secure the end of apartheid and his release from prison.”

Mayor Vincent Gray “I extend my deepest sympathies to the family of President Mandela and the nation of South Africa,” said Mayor Gray. “His astute diplomacy, his tireless dedication to justice and his deep commitment to non-violent resistance and reconciliation laid the foundation for countless leaders worldwide. Nelson Mandela’s profound legacy will forever inspire all who fight for human rights and peace around the globe.”

Ngozi Nmezi, Director of the Mayor’s Office on African Affairs (OAA) “The people of South Africa, Africans on the continent and people around the world have lost the ultimate public servant, and advocate for democracy. Mandela truly exemplified transformational leadership; he awakened minds to move toward racial equality in a country while under extreme duress. The reality that Mandela has created will endure through the ages.”

Councilmember Marion Barry “I was stricken with grief when I learned of the passing of my “brother,” Nelson Mandela. He always referred to me as “brother” during our encounters. You see, for me, Nelson Mandela is not a history book story, but a very per-

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Our world is a better place because of Nelson Mandela. My heartfelt condolences go out to his family and the people of South Africa. Long live the legacy of Nelson Mandela. He will be greatly missed.”

Muhammad Ali “I am deeply saddened by the passing of Mr. Mandela. His was a life filled with purpose and hope; hope for himself, his country and the world. He inspired others to reach for what appeared to be impossible and moved them to break through the barriers that held them hostage mental-

ly, physically, socially and economically. He made us realize, we are our brothers’ keeper and that our brothers come in all colors. What I will remember most about Mr.Mandela is that he was a man whose heart, soul and spirit could not be contained or restrained by racial and economic injustices, metal bars or the burden of hate and revenge. He taught us forgiveness on a grand scale. His was a spirit born free, destined to soar above the rainbows. Today his spirit is soaring through the heavens. He is now forever free.”

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REMEMBERING MANDELA

By Njuguna Kabugi WI Contributing Writer On my seventh birthday, my eight-year-old cousin and play buddy Hanna announced that she was changing her name to Winnie. “Winnie Mandela?” I asked. “Yes, you will now call me Winnie,” she replied. The name change idea became less appealing after an aunt weighed in cautioning that she was too young for such a serious name.

But that youngsters in Kenya would be familiar with the Mandelas, who lived more than 2,000 miles and at least three counties away, did not strike anyone as odd that day in my old neighborhood deep in the Kenyan highlands. Nelson, Winnie and millions of South Africans could very easily have been us.

We had celebrated independence the year before Nelson Mandela was banished to Robben Island. Every day, accounts of the brave men and women who had gone to the forest to wage the Mau Mau liberation struggle against the British rule and the system of racial oppression that came with it reminded us of the plight of the South Africans. Many of my relatives and friends’ parents had been tortured and jailed during Mau Mau, just like those South Africans who dared join the African National Congress. Even our new president, Jomo Kenyatta, had to endure his own Robben Island. Like Mandela, Kenyatta had been convicted and jailed by a Kangaroo court based on flimsy evidence on grounds that demanding freedom for his people was the greatest sin a leader could commit.

When Mandela walked away from jail 27 years later, I was already an adult. I had come of age in the shadows of independence fervor and had seen the hopes of many Africans dashed. Sure we were independent and ran our own affairs, but many of our nations were troubled. While many liberation leaders of Mandela’s generation had led independence movements, many suffered from a leadership deficit – waging the struggle and governing required completely different skills sets. They had squandered precious time bickering among themselves, mismanaging economies and wasting

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His perseverance and willingness to forgive proved he had become the model for many African countries. He demonstrated how a leader, faced with a racially, ideologically and culturally divided country, could bring about a common mindset and a common set of working principles, rules and policies to make a nation governable.

And leaving the highest seat of power when the applause is the loudest; wow! wi

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By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer @sampkcollins More than 100 students gathered around a flag pole on Howard University’s main quad in Northwest less than an hour after news of Nelson Mandela’s death broke on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 5. Students held hands, lit candles, and chanted throughout much of the night.

“It’s amazing to see the community come together [on such] short notice. Nelson Mandela is a person who made great sacrifices for peace,” said Justin Miles, 22, one of the many who paid their respects to the elder statesman. “You have to take things in your own hands and do things to uphold [the greater good]. Mandela lived a full life even after serving 27 years in prison. His legacy compels me to think about things in the long run and not just the short term,” said Miles, a senior who lives in Crofton, Md. College students across the D.C. metropolitan area mobilized, hosting impromptu meetings immediately

following news of the world leader’s death. Throughout much of the weekend, plans jelled for candle light vigils, marches, lectures, and other events set to take place later this month and next semester.

The Caribbean Student Association (CSA) at The George Washington University (GW) in Northwest opened its annual holiday dinner on Saturday by honoring Mandela. Samantha Dewar, president of the GW CSA, led an audience of more than 30 in a moment of silence.

“It is truly unfortunate that we have lost such a great world leader such as Mr. Nelson Mandela,” said Dewar, 20.

“Not only was he able to break the mental chains and shackles locked by generations of abuse, imprisonment, and racial degradation, but he was a global ambassador of service who embodied nothing but peace and selflessness. The world is mourning the death of a powerful and influential leader whose legacy will forever live on,” said Dewar, a junior at GW who lives in Northwest.

Mandela joined the anti-apartheid

movement in the 1950s when the South African National Party rose to power and established the country’s racial segregationist system, first as a leader of the African National Congress Youth League and later its armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe.

In 1962, authorities arrested and convicted Mandela of conspiracy to overthrow the government and sentenced him to life in prison.

After serving 27 years in prison, Afrikaner authorities released Mandela on Feb. 11, 1990 during a period of civil unrest throughout South Africa.

Instead of inciting violence, Mandela negotiated a deal with then-South African President F.W. de Clerk to abolish apartheid and establish the country’s first multi-racial elections.

In 1994, Mandela was elected as the country’s first black president, running on a platform of reconciliation and socioeconomic parity. As president and in the years following the end of his term, Mandela traveled the world and met with world leaders, community organizers, and labor unions, speaking highly of their efforts toward building solidarity with their causes.

He received more than 260 awards in his lifetime including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

In 2004, Mandela retreated from public life, only appearing to speak be-

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fore the United Nations and Brookings Institute in Northwest about Africa’s need for economic assistance and to announce the launch of the Mandela Legacy Trust, a charitable organization that promotes education and training on the continent.

Mandela’s death at the age of 95 resulted from a respitory problem. He’s survived by his wife, Graca Machel, his former wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and three daughters Pumla Makaziwe, Zenani and Zindziswa Mandela.

Students from various ethnic and cultural organizations celebrated Mandela’s life throughout much of Wednesday evening at American University in Northwest. Alexis Adams, president of the university’s Black Student Alliance (BSA), said Mandela’s vision lives on in her organization’s work to integrate students of color into the larger university community.

“Nelson Mandela’s vision was to build community,” said Adams, 20.

“The majority of the campuses [in the area] excluding Howard are predominately white institutions. Even though there is a diverse student body at American University, it’s clear that certain student groups aren’t integrated into the campus. Typically, when there are different organizations that co-sponsor events, it’s just the black organizations. It’s never a larger community. This event has done just that.”

Senzwa Ntshepe, a GW student whose family shares a tribal affiliation with Mandela, said that the deceased

leader’s relentless fight for equality has inspired his course of studies, during his short remarks before more than 20 of his peers at the GW Black Student Union’s holiday soiree at The George Washington Williams House in Northwest on Friday, Dec. 6.

“Mandela was courageous beyond measure. He was a model for conviction and clarity in purpose,” said Ntshepe, 21. “When he came home after 27 years in prison, he vigorously worked to negotiate with world leaders and free his people of apartheid and subjugation. Today, the status quo is the revolutionary because the world is much better than it was decades ago,” said Ntshepe who lives in Philadelphia.

Other local events this past week included a student-led candle light vigil in front of the South African Embassy in Northwest and a lecture featuring professors who had worked with Nelson Mandela.

“Without the vision and intellect of Nelson Mandela, organizations like the GW Black Student Union would struggle with identity and purpose,” said Danica Brown, 21, president of GW’s BSU. “His name has become synonymous with equality, and freedom.

Even though he has left us, his words, memories and accomplishments are eternally etched as a part of our history,” said Brown, a senior at GW who lives in Mount Vernon, N.Y. wi

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1941 – Three-time Grammy winning singer Dionne Warwick is born on this day. She is a woman of many accomplishments including leading Hollywood’s anti-AIDS campaign and having her own skin care line.

1963 – The east African nation of Kenya is proclaimed independent from colonial rule. The first president is the charismatic Jomo Kenyatta.

December 13

1903 – An unsung heroines of the Civil Rights Movement Ella Baker is born in Norfolk, Virginia. She directed the New York branch of the NAACP; became executive director of the Martin Luther King, Jr.- founded Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the turbulent 1960s; and played a key role in the founding of the “black power” oriented Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

1913 – Archie Moore is born Archibald Lee White in Benoit, Mississippi. He becomes light heavyweight champion in 1952.

1981 – Old-style black comedian Dewey “Pigmeat” Markham dies. His standup comedy routine was a major attraction at many black-oriented events and shows during the 1950s and 1960s.

December 14

1915 – Jack Johnson, perhaps the most controversial black boxer in American history, wins the heavy weight championship. He fought at least 114 matches winning most of them. One biographer described Johnson as a man who “lived life his way.”

December 15

1943 – Band leader and composer Thomas W. “Fats” Waller dies in Kansas City, Missouri. Waller was an accomplished musician and composer but when he formed a business relationship with the great white producer George Gershwin he became world famous. He starred on radio, nightclubs and toured Europe. He had a show called “Keep Shuffin” and his most famous song was “Ain’t Misbehavin.” He died at the young age of 39 from pneumonia.

December 16

1859 – The last known slave ship – The Clotilde – lands in Mobile, Alabama with a cargo of 110 to 160 Africans. The importation of Africans as slaves had been illegal in America since 1808. But the law was poorly enforced. However, fearing possible arrest by federal authorities, owners burned the Clotilde and attempted to scatter the salves. But

a group managed to escape and succeeded in establishing a village near Mobile known as “Africatown.” The last known survivor of this group was Cudjo Lewis (African name Kossula).

December 17 1663 – Queen Nzingha of Angola dies at the age of 82.

Known as the Warrior Princess of Matamba, Queen Nzingha gained legendary fame for her resistance to Portuguese attempts to colonize the interior of Africa. She also battled the Dutch slave trade. Leading a tribal group known as the Jugas, she is generally credited with leading the stiffest resistance to early European colonialism and imperialism.

December 18 1917 – Performer Ossie Davis is born Raiford Chatman Davis on this day in Cogdell, Georgia.

Davis was probably black America’s best example of a combination entertainer and political activist. In addition to his stage and movie careers, Davis and his wife Ruby Dee were deeply involved in the Civil Rights Movement.

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I’ve spent the last three years of this column sharing with you important facts about African-Americans’ consumer power. And, I know those of us who are certified black-belts in the time-honored martial art of shopping, are fired up for the Black Friday super sales with our artillery of cash and/or credit cards in hand.

But first, let’s breathe deeply and think about this, especially in light of recent allegations of retail establishments questioning purchases made by Blacks, which have brought the very essence of our purchasing power under assault. Now, more than ever, it’s important for us to understand what it means to be a Conscious Consumer – particularly during the busiest shopping season of the year.

These are a few important questions you should ask yourself before making any consumer decision: Did I find this service or product in my neighborhood?

Does this company, network or business hire people who look like me?

Do I see positive images of myself reflected in the content this company or program promotes?

Does this company have a history of supporting causes that better my community?

Am I still willing to spend my limited time or hard earned dollars with this company if the answer to any of the above questions is no?

With that in mind, Nielsen’s Holiday Spending Forecast expects this shopping season to be financially stronger than last year, with dollar sales up about 2 percent. Even though an increase in sales is predicted, 68 percent of shoppers who responded to the survey still feel as though they’re Ain a recession. Twenty percent of U.S. consumers say they have no cash to spare. Forty-eight percent report living comfortably or spending freely. Fifty-two percent of consumers are only buying on the basics.

Thirty percent of us across all income ranges say we’ll spend between $250 – $500 on gifts this year. Twenty percent of consumers estimate they will spend

By Cheryl PearsonMcNeil between $500 – $1,000, with just 6 percent predicting that they’ll drop more than $1,000.

How, where and on what are we expected to spend our money?

Dollar stores are expected to enjoy a banner season, with 12 percent of consumers in households earning $50,000 or less, reporting plans to shop in these channels, versus 4 percent of consumers in households earning $100,000 and up. Twenty percent of those consumers in the $100,000+ category say they will be shopping more online, compared to 15 percent of consumers in households earning less than $50,000.

The 10 hottest holiday items for 2013 are: gift cards, tech products, toys, food, apparel, video games, cookware, sporting goods, jewelry, and Alcoholic beverages.

Nielsen has traditionally been on point with holiday spending projections, successfully predicting five out of five category trends last year. The information is gathered from consumer surveys of more than 22,000 households of all demographic groups across the country and an analysis of 92 product categories with over $99 billion in sales.

Lots of us enjoy making putting smiles on faces with a little “holiday cheer,” so beer, liquor and wine sales are expected to contribute between $60 million and $70 million to the bottom line this season. Snacks and candy are expected to bring in $199 million and $95 million in sales, respectively. Sales of holiday treats such as cheese, jams and jellies are also expected to jump.

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Black Americans are often misled when politicians and pundits refer to the ability of the President of the United States (POTUS) to “create jobs” during their terms in office. But, in the reality of America’s economy, the private sector is where jobs originate.

America’s private sector is run by citizens or groups, usually as a means of enterprise for profit. This differs from countries where the government exerts considerable power over the economy such as, The People’s Republic of China.

Black Americans have to become more educated in private enterprise and capitalistic processes. “Job creation” is a central theme across America these days. Take Santa, for example, there are some Blacks who fervently believe that the ability to create jobs is inherent in the powers of the POTUS – think again.

The government’s limited role in creating jobs is a reality Blacks need to grasp. More of us have to accept that the government’s only role is to help create conditions for the growth of businesses, both large and small. A “job” is what we all want. Whether, it’s in the private or public sector, most of us just want to hear: “Can you start tomorrow?”

Since 2000, the labor force has steadily declined, but, Department of Labor figures show hiring is up: August through October 2013 employers added an

McNeil continued from Page 16 We love our canine-American and feline-American family members; so, pet care is expected to grow by 5.3 percent and pet food 1.4 percent.

Now that we’ve talked about this year’s holiday shopping trends, are you among the 22 percent of U.S. consumers who have already begun holiday shopping? Or, do you find yourself among the 60 percent who love the adrenalin rush of crowds and

By William Reed average of 202,000 jobs. Let’s go back to basics: You get a job because someone needs some work done and is willing and able to pay you for it. Someone who is willing and able to compensate you with wages, sound working conditions, benefits, opportunities for advancement and intrinsic rewards enough to persuade you to turn down all competing offers and accept the job; and willing to put up with your human deficiencies in getting the work done. He or she does this because you present the education, skills, expertise, judgment, grooming, intelligence and social skills necessary to get the job done and most importantly, to return to the employer value that exceeds what it costs him/her to compensate you.

Black Americans are often misled by broadcast reports that promote the “producers-vs.-takers” theory that: America is divided between “producers” who work hard and pay taxes and “takers” who see themselves as victims, demand entitlements from the government, and don’t care about their own lives. Many Blacks see the Republican Party as the “party of the producers,” but not in a desirable way.

Make no mistake, it’s entrepreneurs who put up the capital for the enterprise, take responlast minute deals – or, just master procrastinators?

African-Americans are frequent shoppers, savvy digital users, high volume owners of smartphones and users of social media and voracious consumers of media – in other words, powerful consumers. We cannot expect different results if our consumption patterns and habits don’t change. It’s just that simple; no matter what time of year it is.

So, happy holiday shopping, but remember, the final decision to be a Conscious Consumer

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sibility for loans and other financing, pay expenses and own the assets including revenue. If there’s more revenue than expenses, they enjoy profits that enable them to live well and invest in another round of entrepreneurship. If there’s less revenue, and if the losing trend isn’t reversed, the enterprise eventually fails, and the entrepreneur goes bankrupt and has to implore banks or other financiers for capital to try again, or becomes the employee of some other more successful entrepreneur.

Jobs come from successful entrepreneurs and investors willing and able to risk a buck on you in order to have the potential to eventually make two bucks for themselves and for the next round of investment, which in turn has the potential to create a new job or enable you to receive a raise. In order for that to happen, there has to be freedom of contract, respect and protection of private property rights.

“Politics” only exacerbates the process. It wasn’t the POTUS, or Congress, but small businesses that created some 65 percent of the net new jobs of recent years. Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that over the 15 years from 1993 to mid-2008, 31 percent of net job gains resulted from the opening of new establishments. The remaining 69 percent are also due to successful businesses of all sizes that expanded. Most of the workers employed by Blackowned businesses are minorities. Of the 1.9 million Blackowned businesses existing in 2007, 106,824 had paid employees.wi William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and available for projects via the BaileyGroup.org is yours to make. As always, I encourage you to choose wisely.

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Lewis, 60, insisted as mayor, she would make affordable housing a priority. She further said gentrification has presented problems for many District residents.

“The losers with regards to gentrification are the long-time residents because they are being pushed out of the city,” she said.

Shallal, 58, likened the District to Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Tale of Two Cities,” one that’s prospering and the other – mired in poverty. n upper and lowercase, flush left as indicated on artwork at these point sizes: Consultant name in 11-point Helvetica Neue Bold; Independent “If this city was a business it n 9-point Helvetica Neue Light; Web site or e-mail address in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light; phone number in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light. would be doing ® nt Beauty Consultant: Only Company-approved Web sites obtained through the Mary Kay Personal Web Site program may be utilized. great but it is not a business, it is a social contract with the people,” he said.

Carter raised eyebrows when he credited the late D.C. Mayor Walter Washington with creating the sum-

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mer youth employment program instead of former four-time Mayor Marion Barry. Barry, 76, a D.C. Council member who currently represents Ward 8 in Southeast, created one of the most comprehensive summer job programs for young people in the nation that has served as a model for other cities.

Carter vehemently disagreed.

“My aunt helped Walter Washington create that program,” he said to groans from the audience. “That is why I am running so that I can set the record straight.”

Ward 5 resident Vernon Preston said that the forum was OK but wanted more substantive responses from the candidates.

“They hit on a lot of issues but I would have liked for them to talk more about transportation,” said Preston, 29. “The candidates were a mix of the well-known to the upand-coming but this forum did not help me make up my mind [as to

who I will] support.”

Catania Forms Exploratory Committee On Dec. 3, D.C. Council member David Catania (I-At Large) told the Informer that he does in fact have political plans for 2014.

“Stay tuned,” Catania, 45, said with a wide grin.

Later that week, it was reported that Catania has launched an exploratory committee to consider running as an Independent for District mayor in the November 2014 general election. Published reports also said that former D.C. Council member Sharon Ambrose will serve as chair of the committee.

Catania would have to give up his council seat to run for mayor.

If he’s successful next November, Catania would be the first white elected mayor of the District and its first openly gay chief executive.wi

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Pepco Plans Higher Rates in Maryland Utility Company Seeks $4.80 Increase

By Joshua Garner WI Staff Writer @JoshuaGarnerDC Residents in Maryland could soon see increases under a plan by a major utility company to raise rates by as much as $4.80.

Pepco announced last week that it’s requesting approval from the Maryland Public Service Commission to raise rates for households in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties. The increase totals $43.3 million, about 3.26 percent, is needed to pay for the reliability investments the company has made toward its service, according to Pepco.

“Pepco has been focused on meeting and exceeding our customers’ expectations,” said Donna Cooper, president of Pepco Region, in a statement. “For more

than three years, we have been working to upgrade our system and enhance the reliability of service for our customers. We are achieving that goal, and our work continues.”

Still, Pepco’s request comes as the company has spent recent years upgrading its infrastructure in response to frequent and lengthy service outages during storms. In 2011, Pepco was ranked as one of the most reviled companies in America, according to data collected by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index.

Council members in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties have berated Pepco officials when extended outages occurred such as in the case of the 2012 derecho storm.

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said Montgomery County Councilman Roger Berliner (D-Dist. 1) of Bethesda. “There are people in Montgomery County who cannot afford any increase – the community has felt disappointed in Pepco for a long time.”

Berliner, who specializes in utility policy, said that any rate increases Pepco is granted should be tied to its performance. While the number and duration of outages has improved since 2010, he said Pepco’s overall performance has not risen to the level that justifies an increase in its return on equity.

and September of 2013 to improve its infrastructure and distribution ability with an additional $234 million to be spent in 2014, according to documents it filed with the Maryland Public Service Commission. Pepco noted that in 2012, it met or exceeded all key service quality and reliability standards set by the commission.

But for some, Pepco hasn’t done enough to turn around its service to warrant a rate increase.

“People resent giving Pepco more money given how long they’ve endured poor service,”

“They’re undoubtedly still the worst [utility company] in Maryland and I don’t think that’s enough to justify [an increase],” he said.

Residents said that the increases add up over time – Pepco previously raised its rates in July.

“This is a frog in a boiling pot situation,” said Crystal Gayle of Bladensburg. “All these incremental increases add up especially during the winter and summer when air-conditioning and heating are running,” said Gayle, 31.

It could be at least seven months before residents see any increase in their monthly bills. The Maryland Public Service Commission will hold a series of hearings to vet the request. If approved, the commission is not likely to grant Pepco a full increase. In July, the commission granted a $2.41 monthly increase, less than half of what Pepco requested.

A prehearing conference for the request is scheduled for Jan. 7, 2014 at the Maryland Public Service Commission headquarters in Baltimore. wi

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Nelson R. Mandela – 1918-2013 In retrospect, it is fitting that Nelson Mandela’s given name was Rolihlahla, which roughly translated means “troublemaker” because all his life, he pushed against the status quo and social convention which had consigned black South Africans to a life at the absolute bottom of the social ladder.

From our vantage point, it’s easy to forget the crucible that forged the man we honor.

Over the course of much of the 20th century, White South Africans – Afrikaners – developed and codified a system of separation and racial segregation called apartheid and introduced by the National Party in 1948 to promote and preserve white supremacy and domination. Black South Africans and people of color were robbed of their citizenship and constitutional rights and blacks were forced onto homelands called Bantustans. Blacks, Indians and mixed-race South Africans were denied political representation and segregated along educational, medical, public service and other lines. Blacks’ movement was restricted and they couldn’t move around without passes.

Apartheid was as much economic as social as evidenced by the “racial capitalism” that saw black workers laboring under slave-like conditions in gold and diamond mines and factories producing fabulous wealth for whites and leaving the scraps for everyone else.

Mandela was not alone. Beginning in the 1950s, he and people like Oliver Tambo, Joe Slovo, Walter and Albertina Sisulu, Mac Maharaj and later, Bantu Stephen Biku, Chris Hani, and other leaders in the African National Congress and student movement, strategized and guided South Africans in popular protests and uprisings against the bannings, imprisonment, violence and repression of the government.

TransAfrica’s Executive Director Nicole Lee probably best captured the essence of Nelson Mandela’s life with two words: Courageous activism.

It is this attribute, among many, that we reflect on and honor on the passing of Mandela – rebel, freedom fighter, politician, and visionary – who over his 95 years built a life and legacy that transformed South Africa and the world.

Since Madiba died on Dec. 5, accolades have poured in from the powerful, royalty, celebs and regular people touched by him and who remember Mandela’s fierce dignity and unbending will, grace, forgiveness and unquestioned morality.

Such was Mandela’s standing and moral power, that despite being jailed for 27 years, his image banned from newspapers and the airwaves, people around the world took up the South African cause and demanded his release from his captors and an end to apartheid.

In this country during the 1980s, Randall Robinson of TransAfrica, Rep. Maxine Waters, Charles Ogletree, Mary Frances Berry, students, black trade unions, churches and civic society became the foot soldiers in the battle against apartheid. The Free South Africa Movement protested at South African embassies and consulates, got arrested, pushed politicians, and educated the public on the evils of the system, while trying to force pension funds, companies and other interests to withdraw their economic and financial support from South Africa.

Soon, countries around the world responded with sanctions, trade embargoes and disinvestment campaigns which crippled the economy and forced the government to at last begin negotiations to dismantle the apartheid system.

Many never thought they’d see the day, but on Sunday, Feb. 11, 1990, 72-year-old Mandela and his then-wife Winnie strode out of prison into a freedom well-earned.

By 1994, prisoner number 46664 had become South Africa’s first black president.

Mandela never bowed to convention, for example, refusing to abandon those who supported him and his cause like Castro, Ghadafi and Arafat; he sharply criticized President George W. Bush for the war in Iraq; and railed against poverty, race hatred and other social, economic and political ills.

Mandela’s work is far from done. We honor him best by continuing his fight for equality, dignity, and justice.

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Gray Stands a Good Chance

Thanks so much for Barrington Salmon’s article, “Gray Jumps into the Fray,” that appears on the front page of the Dec. 5-11 edition.

The article is well-written, fair and provides reasonable insight into what residents can expect in terms of more effective government.

With that said, I think that Mayor Vincent Gray – who, for one thing already has the name-recognition over some of his Johnny-come-lately-opponents, and whose record of accomplishment clearly speaks for itself – stands a good chance at re-election.

For instance, despite comments to the contrary that Gray is just an incumbent trying to play catch-up, he has been highly applauded across the country for his defiance halting city operations during the recent government shutdown, and the strident efforts he’s made promoting statehood for a city that’s revered as the nation’s political powerhouse, yet ironically lacks a voice in Congress.

I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Salmon’s salient points that the mayor has strategically guided this city into a model of technological advances

and booming construction that have forced other cities to stand up and take note.

Yes, there’s that cloud of suspicion that’s hovered over Gray surrounding his 2010 campaign, but that’s all that’s been – a suspicion. However, like he said, “I’ve said what I plan to say about this. I’ve said enough,” and I agree.

Let’s move beyond distracting allegations – that after three years still bear no substance – and get on with the business of providing good government in the District.

We can get there by applauding Gray’s valor in the face of adversity, while maintaining his vision for taking the District where he wants it to go, as one of its most effective leaders.

Carolyn Martin Washington, D.C.

Best Regards to Jaylen

I always enjoy reading Sam P.K. Collins’ articles, and just had to make that known after reading his “Local Nonprofit Launches Respite Care Center” in the Dec. 5-11 edition of the Informer.

I particularly want to thank the

writer for bringing attention to autism among African-American children, because while such cases are generally on the rise, most times due to a lack of education and resources, the condition – which impedes a child’s developmental abilities – goes largely undiagnosed in the black community.

Also, without the early intervention that’s key to treatment – autistic African-American children are often one to two years older than white children before they’re diagnosed.

However, as one of the people in the article commented, “people don’t want to think anything is wrong – especially if it doesn’t look wrong.”

In closing, I want to commend Jaylen’s mother, for making it a priority to stay on top her son’s education on every level, as well as the efforts of staff at the F.A.C.E.’s Place Respite facility in Silver Spring, Md. They all have my utmost respect for the manner in which they are working with Jaylen to hone his skills and abilities, and in making the center a special place for other autistic children and their families.

Anne Johnson Washington, D.C.

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By Lee A. Daniels

The American Dream Lives!

It’s the current American reality that’s become a nightmare for millions upon millions whose lives, occupations and economic stability once seemed to embody it.

A new survey released Thanksgiving week by the Washington Post and the Miller Center, a nonpartisan, public policy-focused affiliate of the University of Virginia, offers fresh evidence that Americans overwhelmingly still hold fast

to the positive beliefs that in the 20th century helped project the buoyant optimism of the American character.

For example, 85 percent of Americans think that being able to attend college is at least a part of the American Dream; and 87 percent feel that way about home ownership. A nearly equal proportion – 86 percent – consider that doing better than their parents is part of the American Dream; and 61 percent claim that the idea of the American Dream is meaningful to them

personally, while another 18 percent say it’s not meaningful to them but is to other people.

However, the true importance of the survey, which has been conducted since the 1970s, is that it’s the latest document to plumb the impact of the economic crisis – the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 – that’s pushed many Americans into desperate circumstances.

In significant measure, that calamity has eroded not just to their financial resources but also their hopes about the present

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and the future. More than 60 percent say they worry the economy’s unsettled condition will cause them to be laid off, the largest proportion of concern that question has ever produced.

Nearly half, 48 percent, said they feel less financially secure than a few years ago; and 66 percent expect it’ll be harder for people like them “to get ahead” in coming years; while a total of 73 percent say they’re somewhat or very dissatisfied about the country’s economic situation. Only 39 percent believe their children

will be able to better the family’s current standard of living; another 24 percent believe their children’s circumstances will roughly match theirs; but 28 percent believe their children will be economically worse off.

Not surprisingly, lower-paid workers worry far more than those higher up the wage scale about losing their jobs or running out of money to pay their rent and other necessities before the end of the month. That truism

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By Marian Wright Edelman

Preventable Hunger in Our Land of Plenty While many American families gathered around the Thanksgiving table last week, some of us combined this year’s traditional dinners with Hanukkah feasts, a too quiet group was left out of the national celebration.

The nearly 49 million Americans, including nearly 16 million children, living in food insecure households struggled to afford the food they need. These families didn’t have the luxury

of choosing between apple or pumpkin pie this holiday season but continue to face choices about paying for groceries or rent, heat, electricity, medicine or clothing for their children as they do each month – choices no family should have to make in our nation with the largest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the world.

Congress will be choosing how many of these desperate families and children in need to cut from life-giving and life-sus-

taining federal nutrition programs. In the middle of this season of gratitude for plenty, Congress has put the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, often called food stamps) on the chopping block while leaving largely intact subsidies for rich farmers and even some non-farmers.

With the decision deadline just weeks away, Congress is working to bridge the gap between two dramatically different Farm Bill proposals that both include un-

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just funding cuts for SNAP. The Senate Bill cuts $4 billion from SNAP over 10 years while the House bill slashes more than $40 billion – denying food to as many as 6 million people, including children, seniors, and veterans. The House proposal would also drop 210,000 children from school meals and cost our economy 55,000 jobs in the first year alone.

Any agreed upon Farm Bill cuts to the already meager SNAP food benefits will come on top

of the $11 billion cut over the next three years that already began on November 1 and affected every single SNAP recipient.

This recent cut was equivalent to a week’s worth of meals for a 9-year-old. SNAP benefits now average a mere $1.40 per person per meal. Imagine preparing your family Thanksgiving meal on that budget.

SNAP lifted 2.2 million children out of poverty in 2012

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By James Clingman

‘Prisonpreneur’: From Cells to Sales According to the 13th Amendment, slavery in this country has not been fully abolished; there is an exception that says if one is duly convicted of a crime he or she can be enslaved. Read it for yourself; don’t take my word for it. So, if you have been enslaved by either doing a crime or because you are in prison for something you did not do, why not learn how to turn your enslavement into a profit by study-

ing to become a business owner?

When you are released, you will have your business plan in hand, ready to meet the world of entrepreneurship head-on.

For two decades now I have written and spoken about that “exception” in the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and advocated a literal boycott of prisons especially by Black men, who make up a disproportionately high percentage of those incarcerated in this country. How do we boycott prisons?

Just refrain from doing some

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something or do something and ricans became “Intrapreneurs,” sell it to someone? A few years as Juliet E.K. Walker describes in ago, I wrote an article titled, her book, The History of Black “Prison Profits.” Well, a profit Business in America. Despite can be generated by prisoners, their lack of physical freedom, a profit they can keep in their they leveraged their knowledge, pockets rather than have it ap- and even their services in some pear on some corporation’s Prof- cases, in exchange for a plot of it &Loss statement. If prisoners land from which they could earn would build up their brains the profits that would end up being way they build up their muscles, used to purchase their freedom, they would come out with a new and the freedom of others. They did not succumb to the condiskill set as well as a new body.

We can do as our ancestors did tions under which they were held; during their enslavement period See Clingman on Page 37 in America. Many enslaved Af The Washington Informer December 12, 2013 - December 18, 2013 21 of the stupid things we do that result in prison time. It’s bad enough that we have many who have been wrongly convicted and incarcerated – why volunteer to be a slave? We cannot keep complaining about the “prison industrial complex” and refusing to do our part to put it out of business by abstaining from crime.

For those already imprisoned in what has become “Incarceration Nation,” why not use the time you have there to research ways in which you can make

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By Barrington M. Salmon

Mandela’s Influence Runs Deep In 1972, Jamaican voters swept Prime Minister the late Michael Manley into office.

Manley introduced a populist-based brand of governance he called Democratic Socialism.

It focused on developing or creating social programs that catered primarily to the needs of the poor and middle-class and served as a counterpoint to capitalism whose exploitive aspects had not served Jamaica well.

The Manley government and leaders from developing countries tied their fortunes to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) because they had no desire and saw no real benefit to being a vassal to either the United States or Russia during the height of the Cold War. I was a teenager in the early 70s, and the beauty of Jamaica at that time was that all around the tiny island nation, pride in our African heritage, a cautious embrace of Rastafarianism and an exploration of our ties to Afri-

ca and other developing nations was in full bloom. I am proud that Jamaica, in the 1950s, joined India as the first states anywhere to ban all trade with South Africa’s rogue government.

Manley, a fiery and compelling orator, delivered a number of speeches in defense of the exploited black South African majority, calling for Nelson Mandela to be released and an end to the apartheid system. All the while, he was unceasing in blasting the brutality and viciousness of the racist white minority gov-

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ernment in South Africa.

I’m not sure why but there has always been a special bond between Jamaica, South Africa and Mandela.

Countless reggae singers praised Mandela, blasted apartheid and they too, looked to the day Mandela would be free.

The day after Mandela’s death, I laughed out loud as I listened to a piece on National Public Radio where some of Mandela’s colleagues talked about how much he and other freedom fighters depended on Bob Marley and

reggae music to help them pass time in prison.

In high school, my mates and I discussed and argued about apartheid, and very seriously – and naively – looked at ways to get to South Africa and put our lives on the line for a cause we felt deeply and closely connected to.

We learned from Manley’s speeches, in our classrooms, from the media and in our everyday conversation that Mande-

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By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III

‘Madiba’ – Nelson Mandela a Principled Warrior and Revolutionary Former South African President Nelson Mandela has passed.

The world has lost another point on its compass of morality.

The dominant narrative is of a docile and passive man. A man, who, according to President Obama’s remarks, “we draw strength from the example of renewal and reconciliation and resilience that you (Mandela) made real.” What is missing from this narrative is the reality

of the warrior, the revolutionary.

The African National Congress (ANC) took up arms against the South African Government in 1961. According to the ANC, “The massacre of peaceful protestors and the subsequent banning of the ANC made it clear that peaceful protest alone would not force the regime to change. The ANC went underground and continued to organize secretly. Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was formed to “hit back by all means within our power in defence of our people,

our future and our freedom. In 18 months MK carried out 200 acts of sabotage.” Nelson Mandela was involved in the armed struggle to free his people, his country from the grip of white supremacist rule. That is why he faced the death by hanging and was sentenced to life in prison.

It’s imperative that as we honor Madiba we don’t lose sight of the fact that his struggle, the ANC’s struggle, the struggle for liberty and human rights in South Africa and for people of color all over the world has and

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continues to take place within the larger context of the global system of white supremacy. That’s why for example when you read President Obama’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech, he said, that he was mindful of what Martin Luther King said in this same ceremony years ago - “Violence never brings permanent peace.

It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones…I know there is nothing weak -nothing passive - nothing naïve - in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King. But as

a head of state sworn to protect and defend my nation, I cannot be guided by their examples alone.” He was speaking as the President of the most powerful military imperial hegemon in the world. The not so subtle undertone of that passage is that even as the first African American president he was swearing to use all of the military force he commands in order to defend and protect “US interests” any place he deems necessary.

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By Askia Muhammad

Mandela-Obama Presidential Sons of Africa Former South African President Nelson Mandela is now with his ancestors.

During Mandela’s internationally celebrated term in office, President Barack Hussein Obama was a little known state senator in Illinois. “One is born.

One dies. The land increases.”

So says an African proverb.

Both presidents are Sons of Africa, and the first Black presidents of their respective coun-

tries. In that regard they have some things in common.

South Africa was once called the “Union of South Africa – U.S.A.” Chagrined over the similarity of their names’ abbreviations at the time when Jim Crow racial segregation in this country was compared with South Africa’s own brutal apartheid form of racial oppression, the U.S. of A. prevailed upon the U. of S.A. to change its name; hence the “Republic of South African” was born.

Both Mandela and Obama are

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Nobel Peace Prize recipients.

There are footnotes attached to each man’s prize. In 1993, President Mandela shared his award with former apartheid ruler F.W. de Klerk, who hardly deserved any such honor. President Obama was awarded his prize in 2009 barely eight months after his first inauguration and, many insist, before he had earned such a distinguished award. Obama’s subsequent first four years in office confirm that view.

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viled by many in the old, treasonous Confederate States of America. Throughout the United States, and especially in the deep South, Obama even while yet serving, is the most disrespected president in American history, more death threats, and frequent, openly contemptuous slander is hurled at this man while he’s still the occupant of the White House than ever before. Well now, the sheriff of Pickens County, S.C. has vowed to defy President Obama’s order that U.S. flags be lowered to

half staff in honor of President Mandela.

“I am one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from Nelson Mandela’s life,” Obama said at the White House shortly after Mandela’s death was announced. “My very first political action, the first thing I ever did that involved an issue or a policy or politics, was a protest against apartheid. I studied his words and his writings. The day that he was released from pris-

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“The African Crucifix,” by Nontanga Manguthsane, Kalipha Ntobela, Sthembile Majola, Tshengi Duma, Ntombephi Ntobela, Thembani Ntobela, Nonhlakanipho Mndiyatha.

Photograph by Susana Raab, Anacostia Community Museum

Smithsonian Museum Features Work of South Africans Women of Mandela’s Tribe Create Intricate Bead Art

By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer The day apartheid finally ended in South Africa; many concluded that the seeds of the race-based oppression had been swept away.

After all, a true democracy and the release from prison of freedom fighter Nelson Mandela provided hope that even women would finally receive a fair shake.

However, despite the gallant efforts and monumental gains made and created by the late Madiba, black women of South Africa still face challenges that left some questioning whether freedom applied to the fairer sex, who discovered that many disgruntled men often turned their rage on them and tasked females with brutal and hard labor.

“Black women haven’t had the best of lives, never have in South Africa,” said Bev Gibson, a white South Afrikaner who recently visited the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum in Southeast.

“I’ve enjoyed a good life, but I never understood why our people oppressed black South Africans and their women,” said Gibson, the co-curator of the new exhibit, “Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of In-

“Fantasy,” by Nonhlakanipho Mndiyatha. Photograph by Susana Raab, Anacostia Community Museum

dependence,” which opened on Monday, Dec. 9 at the museum, located at 1901 Fort Place in Southeast.

The exhibit, which runs through September 2014, features 31 pieces that introduce

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American art aficionados to the “ndwango,” or the time-consuming and detailed bead art form that originated in South Africa.

The artists have transformed traditional beading techniques

on Dec. 5, the main gallery exhibition takes on added significance, said museum spokesperson, Marcia Baird Burris.

“A major part of the exhibition in the main gallery is the back story of the women artists and their journey to self-sufficiency against the backdrop of post-apartheid South Africa and the role of Gibson,” Baird Burris said.

Each of the women are from Mandela’s Xhosa tribe in Cape Town, said Gibson, 46, who established an artists’ community to assist the poor in South Africa called, “Ubuhle,” which means beautiful. The women of the community presented Mandela an “ndwango,” piece five years ago to commemorate his 90th birthday.

In 1999, Gibson transformed her sugar plantation near the city of Durban into an artists’ community as a means for local women to achieve financial independence.

Gibson, who met Mandela several years ago, along with her friend, Ntombephi Ntombela, crafted beadwork and sold it on the Durban beach front to tourists, passersby and others.

The pair eventually recognized

into a contemporary medium through which tiny colored glass beads, hand sewn, and intricate patterns on black cloth canvasses, served to create artwork based on their life struggles and experiences.

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the economic potential in creating beaded artwork, which led to the founding of the community to help struggling black South African women.

Sales of the work helped both women and children afflicted with HIV/AIDS and Gibson said her venture expanded through word-ofmouth. She’s trained more women to master the art of beadwork over the years.

“The objective is to create a family environment for the beaders and their children. This extends to the family’s children who have been orphaned,” said Gibson, whose generosity has afforded countless black women and children a better quality of life.

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“Through this exhibition, the artists are being launched as individual international artists in their own right,” Gibson said. “Their distinct styles elevate them from crafters to artists. These African womens’ work can never be challenged as anything other than from their souls.”

Portia James, the supervising curator at the museum, said she met Gibson while she made the rounds in America in an effort to bring attention to the artwork. James called the work, powerful.

“It blew us away. We knew that it was what we wanted here at our museum,” she said.

Staff members and others also were impressed with how detailed the pieces are, James said. “The people who install artwork for us said it also blew them away. That tells us a whole lot.”

A massive piece, titled “The African Crucifixion,” counts as part of the exhibit, which features work that’s significant to the artists’ lives, and also includes the death of loved ones, gardens and the importance of

livestock.

“The ‘Crucifixion’ stands from the floor to the ceiling,” Gibson said.

Seven panels comprise the piece, which had been commissioned by the Cathedral of the Holy Nativity, an Anglican cathedral in Pietermaritzburg, the capital and second largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

“Through the power of their work in the exhibition and the story of their lives, the Ubuhle women demonstrate how they rose above poverty, AIDS and abuse to create stunning works of art and to support themselves and their families,” Gibson said. “It’s inspiring, it’s what Mandela was all about as well.”wi “Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence,” will be on exhibit through September 2014 at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum, located at 1901 Fort Place, in Southeast. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and is closed on Christmas Day. For more information, call 202-633-4820, or visit www.anacostia.si.edu.

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ARIES A humanitarian cause may get you out to a meeting with others of like-mindedness this week. You’ll meet some interesting people, and also get a new view of how you are perceived by others if you go. Enjoy! Soul Affirmation: I spend the week celebrating me. Lucky Numbers: 19, 27, 44 TAURUS Everybody’s in a full-moon frenzy regarding relationship issues. Listen to what others are saying, and chart your own course through this week. If you are in a relationship, remember what brought you together with this person in the first place, and be glad for what you’ve had. Soul Affirmation: My smile is a radiant light to those I encounter. Lucky Numbers: 8, 21, 29 GEMINI Your intuition is trying to tell you something. Be still for a bit and let the message come. You know when to exercise caution, and when to let go and revel in pleasure. There’s much pleasure in your life this week. Soul Affirmation: I keep my eyes open for business opportunities this week. Lucky Numbers: 5, 12, 28 CANCER Put one of your new ideas into action this week and see how it feels as you work through your routine. You are in command of how you think this week, so use this beneficial energy to accomplish some of the things you’ve wanted to do. Soul Affirmation: I paint my world in colors of the rainbow. Lucky Numbers: 10, 19, 24 LEO Every positive idea you have is likely to be challenged this week, so you may want to keep your brilliance under wraps until at least tomorrow. Your ideas are sound and good; don’t take others’ rude behavior personally. Soul Affirmation: I let go and let the spirit run my life this week. Lucky Numbers: 19, 30, 42 VIRGO This week’s the week to communicate those ideas.

People will seem to be much more receptive and less grouchy.

Make sure that your ideas have some practical actions that can be taken, so that people will know how to respond to you. Soul Affirmation: I love many people this week. Lucky Numbers: 6, 12, 19 LIBRA You are the messenger of freedom this week, and if you are not careful with your words, you’ll find that some people don’t want to be liberated. Not to worry, just go your merry way and enjoy yourself. Others will learn from what you are doing. Soul Affirmation: I let my instincts light my way this week. Lucky Numbers: 18, 20, 45 SCORPIO Your creativity is pulling you in a wonderful direction. Act on your impulse to create beauty in your life. Pay attention when your nearest, dearest friend is trying to tell you something. Your impatience to get to the next project could cause you to miss a valuable signal. Soul Affirmation: Charm is my middle name this week.

Lucky Numbers: 23, 27, 54 SAGITTARIUS Keep a low profile at a family get-together.

Someone wants to scuffle, but won’t be able to if you don’t present yourself as a target. Your checkbook needs looking into; you’ll feel better if it’s balanced. Soul Affirmation: I am patient with all that comes my way this week. Lucky Numbers: 32, 45, 51 CAPRICORN Your home life is important to you this week.

Get the family together to take care of some fall clean-up chores and make it a party that everyone will remember with joy. Take the lead on bringing happiness to the occasion. Soul Affirmation: I seek connection with the best that is in me. Lucky Numbers: 23, 43, 46 AQUARIUS Daydreaming will work wonders for your spirit this week. Let your imagination fly freely and follow up on ideas in a leisurely way. You are able to accomplish some very rewarding and life-affirming tasks. Soul Affirmation: I celebrate those around me. Lucky Numbers: 9, 50, 52 PISCES Congratulations on your positive attitude this week!

While others may be dragging, your spirit is full of energy.

Enjoy the power-surge of good feelings, and you’ll be lifting others’ spirits just by being you. Soul Affirmation: The true path is mapped out by my impulses. Lucky Numbers: 14, 17, 19

McDonald’s owner, Mark Furr, recently hosted a grand re-opening celebration at the newly refurbished McDonald’s on New York Avenue in the District. Furr also donated $500 to Beacon House, a local nonprofit, a community-based organization that provides tutoring, mentoring, cultural, athletic and nutritional programs to at-risk children, ages 5-18. L-R, The Rev. Donald Robinson, president and founder of Beacon House, Furr, a McDonald’s franchisee, Ronald McDonald, a crew person and Gerry Kittner, executive director of Beacon House. /Courtesy Photo

Pepco Kicks Off Sixth Annual Gift of Energy Program Now Gift-Giving Is Available Online or In Person This holiday season, you can help Pepco customers who are having difficulty paying their energy bills by giving them the Gift of Energy. To purchase a Gift of Energy, visit www.pepco.com and click “Gift of Energy.” You also can pay for a Gift of Energy in person at one of the company’s participating Pepco Customer Service Centers. The program, which is available to both District of Columbia and Maryland customers, launches immediately and runs through Jan.15, 2014.

“The spirit of the holiday season is giving and sharing,” said Donna Cooper, Pepco Region president. “We are providing an opportunity to share a very important gift, the gift of energy, to people in our community who need help.”

The program works like this: * Visit www.pepco.com, and click “Gift of Energy” and fill out the contact form * Or visit a Pepco Customer Service Center in the District of Columbia or Maryland * Provide customer service with the name and address of the person for whom you’re buying the Gift of Energy * Make a payment via check or credit card on that person’s account * Receive a holiday greeting card to give to that special someone, compliments of Pepco.

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The small car market is undergoing a renaissance. Five years ago, I would have been hard pressed to name half a dozen great cars under $20k that I would have recommended to my readers. Fast forward to today and behold, the field is full of cars that will delight almost every taste. Nearly every automaker is offering small cars that are quicker, more comfortable, better-equipped and safer than ever before.

Designers have not only figured out how to make small cars feel very big inside, but many offerings are more fuel-efficient than those available just a few years ago and also packed with high-end luxury gizmos. The materials and designs have improved, and small cars are more fun to drive than ever before.

Take this week’s test car – the quirky but handsome Kia Rio SX. After a refresh last year that saw the Rio 5-door and its sedan sibling adopt their own interpretations of Kia’s signature grille, the automaker offers more proof that it has finally discovered that success formula that puts it on a point-perfect match with stalwarts in its category that include the Honda Fit, Ford Fiesta and the Chevy Sonic.

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for daily driving needs, it now offers consumers an abundance of standard amenities, safety features and interior space that make the car a compelling buy.

From rear camera display to push-button start with Smart Key, to leather upholstery, heated seats, a telescoping steering wheel, 17-inch alloys, Bluetooth wireless technology, UVO Infotainment system and a seven-inch navigation touch screen with a SiriusXM™7 Traffic system, most buyers will find the Rio’s combination of European-influenced styling, and premium amenities very attractive.

Ride quality is small car decent on well-maintained roads, and the Kia is not as forgiving when driven fast on rough urban streets. On the highway, the Rio 5-door SX’s 138 horsepower 4-cylinder double- overhead cam gasoline direct-injection (GDI) engine is a little less responsive than the Chevy Sonic’s, but it still delivers enough pep for easy commutes while shuttling between D.C. and Baltimore for a couple of errands.

Inside, Kia’s horizontal three-cylinder instrument panel and a two-tone color scheme emphasize a feeling of spaciousness and comfort. For amenities, there are two cup holders in front plus water bottle spaces in all four doors.

An extended wheelbase (101.2

inches) greatly enhances passenger room and comfort, offering 40.0 inches front headroom, 37.6 inches rear headroom, 43.8 inches front legroom and 31.1inches rear legroom for the Rio 5-door hatchback. Those looking for ample cargo space for quick weekend getaways or trips to the grocery store will not be disappointed, with an impressive 15.0 cubic feet in the hatchback. In addition, EX and SX models of the Rio hatchback receive a newly-standard cargo under-floor tray, which results in a flatter load floor when the rear seats are folded down.

The 2013 Rio’s comprehensive warranty program offers a 10-year/100,000-mile limited powertrain warranty, a fiveyear/60,000-mile limited basic warranty and a five-year/100,000mile anti-perforation warranty. A five-year/60,000-mile roadside assistance plan also is part of the comprehensive vehicle coverage.

Our cute red temptress, as a colleague called it, gave excellent fuel economy (30-mpg city/40-mpg highway, impressive head and leg room, cargo room and a sticker price just shy of $18,000. wi

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The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprison-

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While other books have recounted Mandela’s life from the vantage of the present, Conversations with Myself allows, for the first time, unhindered insight into the human side of the icon.

I AM PREPARED TO DIE

In 1962-1964, Nelson Mandela was charged with opposing the white government of South Africa; a charge considered high treason that had tied to it, the additional charges of sabotage, and conspiracy to overthrow the government. In his defense, Mandela gave a speech titled “I am Prepared to Die” at his trial. This speech is powerful and full of literary devices. In parts of this potent speech he utilizes facts, statistics, and allusions as a tool to his defense. wi

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Washington Nationals star Denard Span helped the team kick off “A Week of Giving,” by addressing young people who attend the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy on Monday, Dec. 9. /Courtesy Photo

Pitcher Ross Detwiler joined teammate Denard Span in addressing students at the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy on Monday, Dec. 9. /Courtesy Photo

Nationals Showcase New Youth Baseball Academy

By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer The Washington Nationals commitment to young and aspiring District area baseball fans has perhaps never been more evident than team officials showing off a new 18,000 square foot training facility at Fort DuPont Park in Southeast.

The facility is part of the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy.

After members of the media toured the facility last month, team officials and two of its star players, lefty Ross Detwiler and outfielder Denard Span, visited the sprawling campus on Monday, Dec. 9, with the academy’s scholar-athletes who are enrolled there.

“The academy has been entrusted with a great responsibility,” said Tal Alter, the executive director.

Alter, 37, a District native and Harvard graduate, also worked for five years as director of operations for PeacePlayers International in Northwest, a nonprofit that uses basketball as a vehicle to bridge divides, change perceptions, and develop leaders in areas of conflict.

He also worked for six years with Positive Coaching Alliance, a Stanford University-based organization that’s focused on transforming the culture of youth sports.

“Our responsibility is to provide [District] youth with a home away from home and a place where they can develop through constructive, nurturing and fun experiences with baseball and academics,” Alter said.

In an effort to spread holiday cheer throughout the region, the Nationals kicked off a series of community events in which team officials described as, “A Week of Giving,” which

started on Monday and concludes Saturday, Dec. 14.

The participation of Detwiler, 27, and Span, 29, counted as an attempt to further encourage young people to work hard academically and to excel in baseball, team officials said.

Ian Desmond, the Nationals’ standout shortstop who also sits on the academy’s board of directors, said the community and aspiring baseball players should soon recognize the importance of the new facility and the curriculum it offers.

“I’ve known a lot of young people in my life that would have benefited from a program like this,” said Desmond, 27. “I look forward to contributing to the Youth Baseball Academy and doing my part to make sure children around D.C., have the opportunities to succeed, on and off of the baseball diamond.”

All week, Nationals players as well as members of the front office have participated in activities aimed at giving back to the local community while also celebrating the spirit of the holidays, team officials said.

Even the team’s mascot, Screech, planned to provide laughs and excitement to fans throughout the week, beginning with a scheduled visit to young patients at the Lombardi Cancer Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Northwest.

Detwiler and Span also vowed to team with Screech at the hospital, for an event that’s in partnership with the Hope for Henry Foundation, a Northwest nonprofit which seeks to improve the lives of children with cancer and other serious illnesses by providing carefully chosen gifts and specifically-designed programs to entertain and promote comfort, care and

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Several Nationals’ employees also teamed with personalities from radio station, 106.7 FM, “The Fan,” at several scheduled holiday activities this week, including distributing toys to military families and laying wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery.

Team officials said the enthusiasm for the baseball academy has been a catalyst to what’s shaping up to be a fun holiday season.

Developed in partnership with the District of Columbia, the Youth Baseball Academy will operate as a yearround development program that’s committed to teaching the fundamentals of baseball and softball.

The complex features three baseball fields, batting cages, eight classrooms, administrative offices, meeting rooms and an 18,000 square foot training facility, while also providing after school and summer educational programs for youth in neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.

In October, the after school program launched at nearby Kimball Elementary School in Southeast, which also serves as the temporary location for the academy until the permanent facility opens in January.

The academy has been designed to accommodate a maximum of 45 students per level from third through eighth grades. While it’s currently open after school, programs will be available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. during summer months.

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Because of Who You Are But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:14 This week while working as a teacher in Montgomery County Public Schools with Special Education students or shall I say, severely handicapped ones, my column jelled.

Five children, ages ranging 7-10 years old; one could formulate words and sentences. The others had to use notebooks to indicate to teachers what they needed or wanted.

Three of the five, I consider to be the most memorable: One, an African-American boy, couldn’t talk, he made strange sounds when he tried to communicate.

As we assisted each child from the bus, the minute this boy stepped off the bus, another teacher took him by the arm, but he kept turning to stare at me. I wondered if there was something about me that captured his imagination.

Once, in the classroom; he began to pull at my jacket and blouse. Naturally, I assumed that the vibrant colors emblazoned on the blouse caused him to react this way. He wouldn’t be deterred. To some degree, it felt almost like harassment. You know how you feel when a bumble bee keeps following you? You swat the bee away, and it continues to fly in your direction. Well, that’s how the youngster made me feel.

Even during lunch, I had to position myself on the other side of a fence. The teachers all said, “We’ve never seen him like that

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The little girl turned out to be the only student in class who could speak clearly and coherently. She absolutely loves the little boy. All of the teachers know about their special bond.

Let me describe the appearance of the little girl. She has an illness that causes her to retain excess fluids throughout her body.

One side of her frame is considerably smaller than the other. She donned tight pants as most children do nowadays, and you could see how her leg and buttock are twice as large on her left side. Her legs, ankles and both hands are severely swollen. A scarf covered her head, and she wears glasses.

Her chapped lips could have used some Vaseline, but she was as sweet as could be.

These two seemed inseparable!

They both genuinely love each other – they’re friends, they’re buddies. The little girl really liked me a lot, too. She would come for a hug, and she always gestured to the little boy, urging him to join us. We would often participate in a group hug, at least 20 times each day. It was my pleasure!

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african methodist episcopal

Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Reverend Lyndon Shakespeare Interim Priest Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958 Worship Services 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.

Blessed Word of Life Church Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors 4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org

Campbell AME Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney, Pastor 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: 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

Mt. Zion Baptist Church Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089 Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net

Pilgrim Baptist Church

700 I. Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Pastor Louis B. Jones, II and Pilgrim invite you to join us during our July and August Summer schedule! Attire is Christian casual.

Worship: Sundays@ 7:30 A.M. & 10:00 A.M. 3rd Sunday Holy Communion/Baptism/Consecration Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @12:00 Noon @ 6:30 P.M. – One Hour of Power!

(202) 547-8849 www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 10:00 am AM Worship Services BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org

Twelfth Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340

Church of Living Waters

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

St. Stephen Baptist Church Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Bishop 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m.

Church School - 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m.

Tuesday – Thursday - Kingdom Building Bible Institute – 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m.

Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am Radio Broadcast WYCB -1340 AM-Sunday -6:00pm T.V. Broadcast - Channel 190 – Sunday -4:00pm/Tuesday 7:00am

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

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., • Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE • Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 • www.acamec.org 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary”

Crusader Baptist Church

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 E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org

“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

“God is Love”

Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m.

“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor 800 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 Fax No. 202-548-0703

Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m.

Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m.

2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m.

Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m.

Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.

Third Street Church of God

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

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

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

ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us...

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

We are proud to provide the trophies for the Washington Informer Spelling Bee

Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Bible Study Tuesday 12Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday 6:30 p.m.

Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.”

Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

52 Years of Expert Engraving Services

Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org

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202-561-4100 or email rburke@washingtoninformer.com Zion Baptist Church

All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591

Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

“Where Jesus is the King”

Israel Baptist Church

4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773

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

Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Study: Monday - 7:00 p.m.

Prayer Meeting: Thursday - 7:00 p.m.

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

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

St. Luke Baptist Church

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

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

Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor

Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services 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

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

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.

Mount Moriah Baptist Church Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm

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

St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor 1105 New Jersey Ave, S.E • Washington, DC 20003 202 488-7298 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 9:05 A.M. Sunday School: 8:00 A.M. Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting: 7:00 P.M. (Tuesday) Bible Study: 7:30 P.M. (Tuesday) Theme: “Striving to be more like Jesus “Stewardship”.

Philippians 3:12-14; Malachi 3:8-10 and 2 Corinthians 9:7 Email: stmatthewbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.com

Rehoboth Baptist Church

Salem Baptist Church

Emmanuel Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family” Sunday Worship 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor

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

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

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

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith 5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005

Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor

2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304

Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M

Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m.

New Members Class 9:30a.m.

Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m Church School 9:30a.m.

Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m.

Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”

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

Peace Baptist Church

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836

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

Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Services: Sunday Worship 11 AM Sunday School 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study - Wed. 7 PM “A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”

“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Rev. R. Vincent Palmer Pastor

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Reginald M. Green, Sr., Interim Pastor

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

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

9th & P Street, N.W. • W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4200

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

The Church Where GOD Is Working....

And We Are Working With GOD

Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m.

Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m.

Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m.

Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.

Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m Church School : 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m.

Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m.

Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 p.m.

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

Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org

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Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 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

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services Worship Service: 7:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m.

Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.

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legal notices SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2013 FEP 133 October 4 2011 Date of Death Walter Daughtry Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Bernard M. Taylor whose address is 1622 Golfcourse Drive, Mitchellville, MD 20721 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Walter Daughtry, deceased, by the Register of Wills/Orphans’ Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on July 26, 2013.

Service of process may be made upon Frederick Walker, 5506 Central Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20019 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C.

The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property: 2218 R St., SE, Washington, DC 20020

Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, Building A, 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: December 5, 2013 Bernard M. Taylor Personal Representative Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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

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The increasing attention being paid to the predicament of food stamp recipients, who face severe cutbacks in their monthly allotments on top of one they already suffered this month.

And, lastly, there was Pope Francis, in a lengthy official, and startling, document issued two days before Thanksgiving, sharply criticizing the “idolatry of money” and the conservative “trickle-down theories” of economics for having helped usher in a “globalization of indifference” to the

plight of the poor.

Those criticisms, embedded in the 200-plus page missive, were clearly a call for efforts to reduce the degree of income inequality in Europe and the United States as part of a broader campaign to make compassion a central part of nation’s and individuals’ approach to solving problems.

These and other developments raise the question: Are we witnessing the development of a “critical mass” of individuals and institutions of diverse philosophical views, that’s ready to redress at least some of the causes of the dangerous increase of poverty and income inequality?

Now, that would be a dream worth working for, in the United States and abroad.wi Lee A. Daniels is a longtime journalist based in New York City. His latest book is Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America.

sider cutting children’s food assistance while protecting subsidies for rich farmers?

Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and physical health problems, and poorer educational outcomes. SNAP cushions these threats and yields a strong return on investment. Children who benefit from SNAP are less likely to be in poor health, experience fewer hospitalizations, and are less likely to have developmental and growth delays than those with similar incomes denied the program. A recent study found that needy children who received food assistance before age five were in better health as adults. Specifically, the girls studied were more likely to complete more schooling, earn more money, and not rely on safety

net programs as adults.

Adults who care and have common and economic sense would strengthen and not cut this critical lifeline for children. Though Thanksgiving Day has passed, it is not too late for those of us blessed with enough or too much food to show our gratitude for living in a wealthy country where we can take action and urge our political leaders to put hungry children before rich farmers. Let us offer a simple grace of thanks: God, we thank You for this food for the hands that planted it; for the hands that tended it; for the hands that harvested it; for the hands that prepared it; for the hands that provided it; and for the hands that served it. And we pray for those without enough food in Your world and in our land of plenty.wi

are around 60 percent after three years of incarceration.

We know there is a cause and effect relationship between poverty and crime, and to the degree that we can shift that equation to our advantage, by teaching our young children and teenagers entrepreneurship, and by starting and growing our own businesses, we should make every effort to do so. It is our responsibility to do what we can, to control what we can control, to stay out of prisons, and then to advocate for the kind of training in our schools that can at least provide the opportunity for business ownership among our youth.

I am going to make up another new word for this: “Prisonpreneur.” A recent CNN segment featured men at San Quentin becoming technology entrepreneurs while in prison, and getting great jobs when they were released. They were taught all the skills of owning a business while they were

spending time incarcerated. What a novel idea, huh? Well, it’s not novel at all, as I have just shown you with our enslaved ancestors, but now that CNN has lauded it, maybe it will take hold throughout the prison system population.

We need to stop being so hard-headed and make the appropriate changes necessary to control our own destiny, rather than turning it over to a prison system that is only interested in making a profit from the work we put in every day behind prison walls. The answer: Work for yourself not for the new slave master, the prison system.

Be a Prisonpreneur.wi Jim Clingman, founder of the Greater Cincinnati African American Chamber of Commerce, is the nation’s most prolific writer on economic empowerment for Black people. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati and can be reached through his Web site, blackonomics.com.

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MUHAMMAD continued from Page 22 on gave me a sense of what human beings can do when they’re guided by their hopes and not by their fears. And like so many around the globe, I cannot fully imagine my own life without the example that Nelson Mandela set, and so long as I live I will do what I can to learn from him.”

“One is born. One dies. The land increases.” We can plainly see that proverb is most certainly true.

And now, with the worst two months of his political career behind him and the Affordable Care Act beginning to realize that its potential is larger than the online computer registration process, President Obama has stepped off into (for him) uncharted, deep waters, addressing the specter of economic inequality, head on.

“I believe this is the defining challenge of our time: Making sure our economy works for every working American,” Obama said in Southeast Washington, the day before Mandela’s demise. “It’s why I ran for president. It was at the center of last year’s campaign. It drives everything I do in this office. And I know I’ve raised this issue before, and some will ask why I raise the issue again right now.

I do it because the outcomes of the debates we’re having right now – whether it’s health care, or the budget, or reforming our

la and his comrades were imprisoned because they were David to the government’s Goliath against a government that dominated black lives in every sphere of their existence. We saw grotesque pictures of the thousands of men, women and children killed in South Africa, Rhodesia, Mozambique, Angola and Namibia, by the South African military, police, and mercenaries. And through it all, we heard apologists like Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Dick Cheney and corporate leaders defend a hateful and repulsive system in the name of anti-communism and the status quo.

It is painful to recall that Mandela paid a steep price, languishing in different prisons for 27 years – robbing him of his freedom during the prime of life. Incarceration took him away

leon housing and financial systems continued from Page 22 – all these things will have real, practical implications for every American.

“And I am convinced that the decisions we make on these issues over the next few years will determine whether or not our children will grow up in an America where opportunity is real,” Obama said.

It’s almost like how Stella got her “groove” back, the Obama of old emerging, like some kind of international “community organizer,” trying to wage peace in Syria, destroying that country’s chemical weapons instead of simply destroying the country, like he did in Libya.

President Obama is also – along with the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany – trying to win a deal with Iran to limit that country’s ability to produce nuclear weapons and in return, to end the economic sanctions which have crippled that society for a generation.

It is said that of all the nations on The Continent, Africans in America most resemble the Africans in South Africa.

Perhaps in his final three years in office President Obama will become more “Mandela-like” and finally earn the Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded prematurely. Perhaps.wi

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Notice also, that during that speech, Mr. Mandela’s name was only mentioned once, almost in passing. “Compared to some of the giants of history who have received this prize - Schweitzer and King; Marshall and Mandela - my accomplishments are slight.” Why? Because Nelson Mandela was a true revolutionary, a freedom fighter and president Obama could never align himself with that part of Mr. Mandela’s reality.

It’s a great thing that Nelson Mandela became the first Black African democratically elected president of South Africa. This must also be put into context. He was not a perfect president. Many will argue that he cut a bad deal. That is not for me to judge.

Before he was elected president there were approximately 4 million socially, economically, and politically disenfranchised Black South Africans. During his presidency there were millions of socially, economically, and politically disenfranchised Black South Africans, as there are still today. I do recognize that this is partially due to the fact that even as the democratically elected president of South Africa he did not control the natural resources of his country; he did not control the military, and did not control the factors that impacted its economy. That’s the reality of being the first Black president within the greater context of a white supremacist power structure.

As President Obama expresses Americas condolences to the Mandela family and the people of South Africa, he should also apologize to The Washington Informer

from his family and he ended up divorcing wife Winnie Mandela, herself a stalwart in the liberation struggle.

My friends and I devoured the speeches, stories and shared recollections of the man himself: regal, humble, moral, principled, a leader, dignified, a fighter, stubborn, defiant. To a young man searching for himself, I saw some of him in me and aspired to grow and evolve into a person as principled as Mandela.

Mandela’s given name is “Rolihlahla,” which means “troublemaker.” So it should come as no surprise that he was so instrumental in toppling an entrenched and insidious political system, because as he noted, he got his iconoclasm honestly from a father who “possessed a proud rebelliousness (and) a stubborn sense of fairness…”

The powerful final words Mandela uttered at the end of

the Rivonia treason trial in 1964, in my mind, capture the essence of the man: “During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.

It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”

When the obituaries and accolades fade, one question remains: Will we properly honor Mandela’s legacy, slide back into complacency or fight as he did against all forms of inequality and injustice?

The choice is entirely ours.wi

them for the CIA’s involvement in the initial arrest of Mr. Mandela.

He should apologize to them for President Reagan’s policy of Constructive Engagement. Reagan’s vetoing legislation and blocking attempts by the United Nations to impose sanctions and to isolate South Africa.

Madiba was a principled warrior.

During the June 21, 1990 Town Hall Meeting in Harlem – Ken Adelman from the Institute of Contemporary Studies asked Mr. Mandela about his relationships with Yasser Arafat, Col. Gaddafi, and Fidel Castro and tried to get him to renounce his association with them. Mr. Mandela responded, “One of the mistakes many political analysts made is to think that their enemies should be our enemies. That we can’t and will never do. We are an independent organization engaged in our own struggle. Our attitude towards any country is determined by that country’s attitude toward our struggle…

Yasser Arafat, Col. Gaddafi, and Fidel Castro support our struggle to the hilt. Not only with rhetoric but by placing resources at our disposal for us to win our struggle.”

It’s interesting to note that in 1960 when Fidel Castro came to America he went to Harlem.

Months after Madiba was released from prison he came to America and visited Harlem as well.

During the same meeting Mr. Mandela also said to Henry Siegman from The American Jewish Congress “We identify with the PLO because just like ourselves they are fighting for the right of self-determination.” Madiba demonstrated in those exchanges that was not going to be bullied by outside interests and

take positions that were not based on principle and contrary to the stated mission of the ANC. Many individuals in positions of “leadership” within the African American community would be well served to follow President Mandela’s example. There’s a lot to said for and gained by sticking to principle.

Facing death by hanging at his 1964 trial for treason in Pretoria, South Africa Mr. Mandela said, “During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people…I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve…But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”

I submit that contrary to President Obama’s observations, most people who truly understand the arc of Madiba’s life really draw strength from the example of renewal and reconciliation and resilience that Madiba made real as a principled warrior and uncompromising guerilla fighter. The revolutionary who was willing to die for the freedom of his people.wi Dr. Wilmer Leon is the Producer/ Host of the Sirisu/XM Satellite radio channel 110 call-in talk radio program “Inside the Issues with Wilmer Leon” Go to www.wilmerleon.com or email:wjl3us@ yahoo.com. www.twitter.com/drwleon and Dr. Leon’s Prescription at Facebook.com © 2013 InfoWave Communications, LLC

Barrington Salmon, a senior staff writer for The Washington Informer, has been writing for 28 years.

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