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AROUND THEBreak REGION the Cycle of Women Domestic Violence By Tia Carol Jones
law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a viclife, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessshe knew something had to be push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further done. Out of her frustration said about Marlow. training for law enforcement with law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecof the situation, she decided to who reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselstart the Saving Promise cam- “get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. paign. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradi“It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must that won't turn my family end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicBeverly founder andthe CEO of Blacklogue Girls about Rock!, domestic issued a callviolence. to action during address at The Marlow George shared Bond, her story with auditima keynote and the batterer,” Washington University in Northwest. Feb. 5present event kicked offevent the university’s annual Black Heritage Celebraence at the District Heights The Also at the was said. tion. /Photo courtesy Agyeman Mildred Muhammad, the exDomestic Violenceof Nana Symposium Marlow would also like to see on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise Municipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatCenter of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. Heights and the National Hook- 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasUp of Black Women. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilMarlow has written a book, an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. story about four generations of and their children. Marlow has worked to break Theabuse inaugural 2010 proprovides to the domestic violence. The book is Legacy,” By Sam P.K. Collins “I lived in fearanforopportunity six years. Six the world. cycle of in her family, inspired by her own experiences, honor black pioneers of the past and gram attracted nearly three million years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she WI Contributing Writer and those of her grandmother, reinvigorate discussion about contemviewers. It later won an NAACP Imnot an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that @sampkcollins her mother and her daughter. porary issues of concern. Shortly be- age of,” she said. process. Award for Outstanding Variety She said every deejay time and she social reads foreMildred said Series appearing atMuhammad Betts Theatre, Bond “I plan to take these policies to or Special in 2013. A well-known excerpts from her book, she still chatted people who want to help a Congress and implore them to with students, faculty memBond has earned a spot on Ebony entrepreneur recently expressed her can not believe the words came bers, domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. and administrators at GWU’s Magazine’s Power 100 List for five displeasure at what she called the enfrom her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of howServices they goCenter into consecutive “I will not years stop until these poliStudent and she recently tertainment industry’s portrayal of Multicultural won the 2007 National “Best atthe victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” a gathering sponsored by the BHC appeared on Essence Magazine’s 40 African Americans during her keynote Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Fierce Tiaand Carol JonesWomen can be Who reached Committee. Fabulous are address at The George Washington “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net While much of Bond’s address Changing the World list along with University (GWU) in Northwest. my eye first blackened and my denounced “Before you to 'I'm going toxic get media messages, Oprah Winfrey, Queen Latifah, and Beverly founder lips bled,”Bond, Marlow said.and CEO she to kill you,' it started as a verbal WI also touched on the failure of Ellen of Elaine Black Girls Rock!, a nonprofit Johnson Sirleaf, president of Davis-Nickens, presi- millennials and national leaders to youth organization that promotes the Liberia and Africa’s first female head dent of the National Hook-Up sustain mass movements against Flor- of state. arts and encourages dialogue about of Black Women, said there is no the media’s representation of young ida’s “Stand Your Ground” law and Karima Ball, owner of Viva La consistency in the way domestic women, challenged an audience violence issues are dealt with of by socioeconomic disparities that have Girls Spa, an Upper Marlboro, Mdnearly 100 students, faculty, and staff persisted decades after the Civil Rights based spa for girls, applauded Bond members at GWU’s Dorothy Betts Movement. She said that her frus- for choosing an unconventional caTheatre to aggressively combat tele- tration with the lack of action taken reer path. vision shows, movies, and music that against media misrepresentation of “It was very inspiring to know that stereotype blacks and glorify destruc- black people inspired her foray into she started as a deejay,” said Ball, 38. youth mentorship. tive behavior. “Many African-American women “I just wanted to bring awareness “These messages permeate our often do not see life ahead of their culture and no one wants to make to a problem that was so apparent current job so they may not know that the connection,” said Bond. “[It pro- but seemed so invisible,” said Bond. they can do more,” said Ball who lives motes] greed and glorifies [inappro- “I waited for someone to speak up. I in Northeast. priate] behavior with no regard for thought we had leaders. Why were so Kayla Dawes, a senior at GWU, the influence that the content has on many silent in the media’s assault of served on the BHC Committee and young impressionable minds. I am black women? I started Black Girls said that Bond’s reputation as an adtalking about shows that give few ex- Rock! to encourage our young women vocate for people of color and womto internalize that they had a multitude amples of sisterhood. I’m alluding to en compelled the group to invite her messages that present explicit images of gifts to give to the world.” to speak. Bond founded Black Girls Rock! of black women as marketing tools.” “At the end of the day, we wantThe Feb. 5 event kicked off the in 2006 after a successful career as a ed a well-recognizedL.Y. woman with university’s monthlong Black Heri- model and later a deejay, performing Marlow tage Celebration (BHC), during which with Erykah Badu, Sean “Diddy” clout who was a positive role model student groups and university depart- Combs, Alicia Keys and many others. for our community,” said Dawes, 21, ments co-sponsor events, forums, The nonprofit organization provided vice president of the GWU’s Black and performances that highlight the youth enrichment programming in- Student Union. “I think she providcultural experiences of black people cluding the annual Black Girls Rock! ed knowledge and insisted that even / www.washingtoninformer.com across the world. award show that honors exceptional in the age of technology, we have to This year’s theme, “All Black Every- women of color and highlights the di- organize to tackle issues that persist,” thing: Our Time, Our Presence, Our verse talents of black women around said Dawes who lives in Atlanta. wi WI Staff Writer
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hired black engagement staffers all over the country. “We’re hiring people to work in the community, who are from the community so they can get to know people and build relationships where they live, work and worship,” said the Wisconsin native who is serving his second term as chairman. “We still have some work to do but I think we’ve accomplished some good things in the last year …” Speakers used their bully pulpit to stir up the faithful and exhort them to continue to help make the GOP more attractive to a completely new audience. Keynote speaker, Texas Education Commissioner Michael L. Williams, spoke to his expertise, telling listeners of the need to overhaul his state’s education system in the face of shifting demographics. The number of children going to schools in Texas is higher than 38 states, with 65 percent of students either black or brown and 60 percent who come from poor households. “There’s no better way to improve this country than through education,” said Williams, who is responsible for five million children from pre-k to high school. “I want to move from giving our children a quality education to an excellent education. We need to rehaul the education program, develop a different pedagogy.” “We have to go about this differently with regards to evaluating teachers. We should not submit our children to failing schools in perpetuity. We also have to get creative about how we educate and instruct, and we
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1635 – The nation’s first public school is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It was called the Boston Latin School. Blacks could not attend. 1907 – Wendell P. Dabney establishes the groundbreaking black newspaper known as The Union in Cincinnati, Ohio. The paper’s motto was “For no people can become great without being united, for in union there is strength.”
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1867 – One of the nation’s most distinguished institutions of higher learning, Morehouse College, was founded on this day in Augusta, Georgia as the Augusta Institute. It moved to Atlanta in 1879 and became the Atlanta Baptist Seminary. It became “Morehouse” in 1913. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. graduated from Morehouse. 1936 – The National Negro Congress is organized on this day at a meeting in Chicago, Illinois attended by over 800 delegates representing nearly 500 black organizations. A. Phillip Randolph, head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, is elected president.
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1961 – A group of U.S. blacks and African nationalists disrupt a session of the United Nations to protest the slaying of Patrice Lumumba in the Congo. Lumumba was one of Africa’s bright and shining stars. But his nationalism and socialism frightened some Western nations. It is widely believed that Belgium intelligence and America’s CIA arranged the killing of Lumumba.
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1923 – The “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith makes her first recording – “Downhearted Blues” – which immediately sells over 800,000 copies for Columbia Records and over 2,000,000 copies by the end of the year. The Chattanooga, Tennessee-born Smith used her sweeping and
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1902 – Opera legend Marian Anderson is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her tremendous operatic talent was revealed at 17 when she was entered into a New York Philharmonic competition and placed first among 299 entrants. She died April 8, 1993. 1942 – Black Panther Party for Self-Defense co-founder Huey P. Newton is born. Newton taught himself to read and in 1980 earned a Ph.D. in social philosophy from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Newton organized the armed patrolmen to monitor and document police brutality. Additionally, the Panthers organized free breakfast and lunch programs to ensure inner city Black children received hot meals each day. 1982 – The nation’s greatest Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk dies. Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Monk moved with his family to New York City when he was four. His classic work was “Round Midnight.” 2006 – African American skater
Shani Davis wins the men’s 1,000 meter speed-skating race in Turin, Italy. He thus became the first black person to win an individual gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics. February 18 1688 - First formal protest against slavery by organized white body in English America made by Germantown (Pa.) Quakers at monthly meeting. The historic “Germantown Protest” denounced slavery and the slave trade. 1894 - Paul Revere Williams, renowned architect was born. 1931 - Pulitzer Prize winner Toni Morrison, (born Chloe Anthony Wofford), was born in Lorain, Ohio.
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1940 - William “Smokey” Robinson was born in Detroit, Michigan. Robinson’s first singing group was the Miracles which he formed in 1955 while still in high school. The group’s first success came in 1960 with the hit, “Shop Around.” 1942 - The Army Air Corps’ all African American 100th Pursuit Squadron, later designated a fighter squadron, was activated at Tuskegee Institute. 1992 - John Singleton, the first African American director to be nominated for the Academy Award is nominated for best director and best screenplay for his first film Boyz N the Hood.
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Washington, D.C. I understand the need to follow procedures, but when faced with the possible loss of human life, people need to take action. If I were in that situation, I would have taken action, even if it meant the potential to lose my job. The same goes for those who work in hospitals; you shouldn’t turn people away. It’s the obligation that comes with being a first responder, or someone in the health care industry.
Cecily Patterson
Washington, D.C. Emergency medical technicians and first responders have an obligation to take care of those who need their help. That’s what they are trained to do. I was appalled when I learned that Mr. Mills was across the street from the fire station and they didn’t take care of him. How can you be trained to help, yet not come outside when numerous people are screaming for you? I would come to the aid and assistance of anyone if they need my help, and I’m not even a trained first responder. Mr. Mills did not have to die.
MEDRIC MILLS JR. DIED OF A HEART ATTACK AFTER HIS DAUGHTER, MARIE MILLS, SOUGHT THE ASSISTANCE OF FIREFIGHTERS AT A NEARBY, NORTHEAST FIRE STATION. MARIE MILLS WAS TURNED AWAY AND INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT 911, WHICH FIREFIGHTERS SAID FOLLOWED PROCEDURE. SHOULD THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE INTERVENED?
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Washington, D.C. The firefighters should have definitely responded and helped. Your first instinct as a human is to want to help someone who is in need and who is dying in front of you. Even if they were concerned about losing their job, I don’t believe it would have been an issue. If anything, they would have been hailed as heroes for saving a man’s life. As firefighters, they have an obligation to save lives. I really hope society hasn’t gotten to the point where people just stand around and watch someone die.
James Whitmyer
Washington, D.C. I think it’s really stupid that there were first responders standing less than 100 yards away from someone who was in need, and they didn’t even go over to see what was wrong with him. That’s their job, and it doesn’t make sense. They made all types of excuses, and the city’s fire department has transferred some of the people involved, but that’s not enough. I was happy to see [District of Columbia] Mayor Vincent Gray speak out against it. Medric [Mills] and I were friends for a long time, and this didn’t have to happen.
Recardo Griggs
Washington, D.C. I think the situation is terrible. First responders and firefighters are never supposed to turn down someone in need. I understand the first firefighter was a rookie, but the lieutenant was not. There is no excuse whatsoever. If you work in the health care profession, you should help anyone who has a need. That is part of your job responsibilities as a first responder. There is no excuse for this man’s death.
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ELLERBE continued from Page 1 Those involved will face a disciplinary proceeding by a panel of their peers, said Ellerbe. Deputy Mayor Paul Quander said investigators have interviewed employees from a number of agencies and individuals who witnessed the incident. “It’s disappointing. We don’t have any pre-determined policy that would impede an employee from helping someone in need,” Ellerbe said. “I don’t want to say anymore until [the investigation is completed]. I don’t want to jeopardize the process.” “Public officials, of course, are outraged as is the public. The public is also concerned that we may not be able to handle our responsibilities. But this is an isolated incident.” Ellerbe said he expects to be held accountable in cases such as this, and he also holds his employees to high standards. As the head of a city agency, Ellerbe accepts praise when it’s offered and shoulders the burden when criticism is heaped on the agency for which he is responsible. “I don’t ride the fire truck or an ambulance but I take responsibility,” Ellerbe said during The Washington Informer
an interview with other media outlets. “If they (fire personnel and EMS staffers) aren’t where they’re supposed to be when they’re supposed to be, that’s a problem …” A number of Ellerbe’s critics on the D.C. Council have joined the chorus of calls seeking Ellerbe’s removal. Perhaps his most persistent critic is Council member Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3). Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) expressed indignation and reiterated his dismay during an interview this past weekend. Like Ellerbe, he said he wasn’t at liberty to fully express how he felt. “All I’ll say is that the investigation continues, and I can absolutely assure you that we’ll handle it,” he said. On the morning of February 6, members of the Mills family and attorneys from the Cochran Law Firm, held a press conference in the parking lot where the 77-year-old Mills collapsed. Mills was a District resident and city employee. A Navy veteran, Mason and a Shriner, he worked at the Department of Parks and Recreation. Mills’ family remembered him as a loving, caring person, a good neighbor and an outstanding family man
who considered every stranger a friend. Their lawyer, Karen Evans, said the family is seeking swift changes to a law that protects city agencies from accountability in such cases. They also said the firefighters and D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical personnel who refused to help when Mills suffered a medical emergency and subsequently died should be fired. “It’s especially tragic that someone who gave so much to the city died this way,” Evans said before a bank of microphones. “We want to expose to the world what happened in the nation’s capital. It could happen to anyone of us, anytime. This is a call to arms. Change must come. We don’t want another taskforce, another investigation, another review.” Evans and family members said fire department employees mishandled the situation and caused a devoted husband, father and grandfather to die needlessly. “We are deeply saddened and devastated by the sudden death of my father,” said his son, Medric Cecil Mills III. “It is extreme-
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Shiloh Baptist Church Mayor Vincent Gray and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson leave Canaan Baptist Church in Northwest on Feb. 8 after attending the funeral service of longtime D.C. resident Medric Cecil Mills Jr. Mills collapsed near a fire station in the District but was denied assistance. /Photo by Mark Mahoney
ELLERBE continued from Page 8 ly painful to think that my dad could still be with us if he was given the proper care by firefighters when he suffered this medical emergency. … Bystanders were screaming for help to the firefighters, who are provided training to respond to medical emergencies.” “But when a medical emergency happened right on their doorstep, they ignored us,” he said. The younger Mills said when a bystander shouted for help, the fire station employee just leaned against the fire truck. “It was unbelievable,” he said. Fire personnel also told bystanders to call 911. Mills’ daughter Marie said several minutes passed before a police officer waved down a passing ambulance. Doctors at Medstar Washington Hospital Center pronounced her father dead shortly after their arrival. “The DC Fire and EMS Department has proven that it cannot hold itself to an acceptable standard,” Marie Mills said. “There must be accountability.
When D.C. residents are suffering life-threatening emergencies directly in front of fire stations and do not receive help, serious reform is needed.” “There must be change. We do not want this story to be swept away and forgotten by the public.” Evans said members of the city’s emergency services have engaged in a longstanding pattern of negligent behavior and poor treatment of residents since 2007. She cited the cases of Andre Rudder in 2010 and Durand A. Ford as two of the several other cases where residents sought aid from fire department personnel which was not forthcoming. Rudder pounded on the door of Engine 7 [in Southwest] when he began suffering chest pains but an emergency medical technician didn’t help him, telling him to wait in his car for an ambulance. He died outside the station awaiting treatment. His family filed a wrongful death lawsuit which is pending. City officials have indicated that they will assert an immunity defense pursuant to the Public Duty Doctrine.
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“It was four years ago in May,” Rudder’s stepfather Greenfair “Brother Moses” Moses recalled. “He was fit, a 35-year-old fitness instructor who didn’t drink or smoke. They told him to go sit in his car. He would have been better off if he had just jumped in a cab and gone to the hospital.” “The thing is they don’t help people. We filed the lawsuit four years ago and we’re still waiting. It’s going into discovery. The state’s attorney’s office tried to pay us $2,000 to keep quiet but Martin Luther King said so many people stay silent. We won’t.” Evans said the family wants more than sympathy and condolences. “The question is whether the law strikes the appropriate balance,” Evans said. “…The District is asserting the immunity defense … the law in D.C. makes it extremely difficult to hold public servants accountable. It’s a nice name and sounds like it helps, but it doesn’t.” “The city government holds no one specifically responsible. There’s no recourse. It’s outdated and unjust. We are calling on the mayor and the council to change this law,” she said.wi The Washington Informer
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Tillman Wants Better for Ward 6 Ward 6 resident Shelonda Tillman wants to represent her neighbors in the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest because she said that her two opponents simply aren’t up for the job. Tillman is on the Tuesday, April 1 Democratic Party ballot for the Ward 6 D.C. Council seat with Charles Allen, a former aide to D.C. Council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) and Darrel Thompson, who has worked for Barack Obama and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). She said that her competitors have no idea what residents of Ward 6 want in a council member. “I am concerned, like many Ward 6 residents, about the caliber of leadership in the ward,” said Tillman, 37. “My opponents want to be professional politicians. The residents of Ward 6 do not want professional politicians because they sense that those types are corrupt, tell lies and deceive people.” Tillman said that her family has lived in Ward 6 since 1954 and at one point, she worked at Eastern High School in Northeast as a science teacher. As a candidate, she’s advocating the SWEEP (Seniors, Women, Education, Economic Development and Public Safety) approach to dealing with the ward’s issues. She said that there needs to be more equity in the District’s public schools and middle schools need more resources to help students become more engaged in learning. Tillman said that the two-tier public-charter school system is unacceptable and more communication should take place between the two. “We have two systems in one city and that is not right,” she said. On the issue of economic development, Tillman said that better schools are the answer. “Economic development is tied to a good school system,” she said. “People want to live where there are good schools and if you have good schools, more residents will come to live and spend their money.” Tillman also said that she wants her ward to become more senior-friendly. “I want public transit for seniors to be free and we need a The Washington Informer
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Shelonda Tillman is a candidate for the Ward 6 D.C. Council seat. /Photo by Nancy Shia
Carlos Allen is a candidate for District mayor. /Photo by Nancy Shia
24-hour medical facility in Ward 6 to make sure that their health needs are taken care of,” she said. “Seniors have been here during the tough years and they deserve to be treated better.” Allen Intends to ‘Crash’ Mayor’s Race Carlos Allen, a resident of Northwest, made national headlines when he attended a White House event without a proper invitation several years ago. Allen now wants to join the ranks at the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest as the city’s next mayor. He’s a candidate in the Tuesday, April 1 Democratic Party mayoral primary and said he knows what he wants to do when he wins. “When I am mayor, I will focus on education and jobs,” said Allen, 43. “We need to combine those two things together. An education will help you get a better job and help people start
their own businesses.” Allen, who came to the District in 1990, has owned and operated several companies that deal with credit-financial consulting, mortgage lending, real estate investing and an Internet magazine. In 2009, Allen, along with Tareq and Michaele Salahi of Virginia, attended a Nov. 24, 2009 White House State Dinner uninvited. Allen received ample publicity for the move. Subsequently, ABC’s “Good Morning America” interviewed him. In 2010, he ran for District mayor and lost. Allen said that he wants to ensure there’s housing for all District residents and plans to work on providing marketable skills to those who do not have them. “My job as mayor of the District is to make sure that things happen for everyone in the District of Columbia,” he said.wi
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‘Bachpacking’ Attunes Students to Classical Music By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer Simone Dinnerstein has been playing the piano practically all her life. But it hasn’t always been as easy as the native New Yorker made it seem during a recent visit to W. B. Patterson Elementary School in Southeast, where she talked about difficulty with a certain keyboard skill. “I started playing when I was seven years old, but when I was nine I had trouble playing a piece that I’d fallen in love with,” the classical pianist told the attentive group of 5th-graders who huddled around her, gazing from time to time at the shiny digital Yamaha piano she brought along. But just before Dinnerstein began to play, she asked the students to recognize the point where she began to have difficulty. She played briefly, then asked for their observations. When none of the responses panned
out, Dinnerstein spoke up, saying it was when she was using two fingers – the first and third – on one key. She repeated the technique so they could see for themselves. “It’s called a trill,” Dinnerstein, 41, an alumni of both the Manhattan School of Music and the Julliard School of Music, said to the students’ amazement. Dinnerstein is a recording pianist for Sony Music who only plays Yamaha instruments. She had the loaner piano delivered to the District for her three-day visit Feb 5-7 to Patterson and five other schools as part of the “Bachpacking” event sponsored by Yamaha in conjunction with the District’s public schools and nonprofit Northwest-based Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS). Dinnerstein explained that her Bachpacking presentations – which include a series of 30-minute master classes and workshops – began last month at inner-city schools in New York City.
Classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein conducted a class on German composer Johann Sebastian Bach at W.B. Patterson Elementary School in Southeast on Feb. 6. She played a piece for the 5th-graders to hear and then urged them to learn to play the piano and develop an appreciation for classical music. /Photo by Nancy Shia
The former piano teacher whose critically and commercially-celebrated musical talent pays tribute to German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, explained to her eager charges that piano keys are arranged as parallel lines, played in patterns and motions. In addition, she urged them to learn to play the piano and to acquire an appreciation
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Classical pianist, Simone Dinnerstein, introduces 5th-graders at W.B. Patterson Elementary School in Southeast to the works of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. She also provided a hands-on demonstration and students had the opportunity to team with the pianist and compose a musical medley. /Photo by Nancy Shia
for classical music. During the two-hour visit to Patterson, she also encouraged students to ask her questions. She, in turn, asked if they noticed when her playing became more dramatic and, when asked if they knew the definition of a composer, the quick responses ranged from German musician Ludwig van Beethoven and singer-songwriter Ray Charles to rap artist LL Cool J. After inviting them to come up with their own compositions, Dinnerstein showed by playing a few bars, how Beethoven was influenced by Bach. “Beethovan studied Bach’s music . . . when Bach was alive, piano was just being invented . . . you play the piano a lot by feel and a sense of space with the keys,” said Dinnerstein, who acknowledged that while Beethovan was deaf, Ray Charles was blind. WPAS spokesperson Kathy Brewington, whose organization presented Dinnerstein in concert
on Sunday, Feb. 9 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Northwest, said members saw her performance in the District as a chance to feature Dinnerstein’s talent. Brewington added that WPAS, which is also premiering a new technology in music called the Disklavier piano by Yamaha, used the instrument in Dinnerstein’s Feb. 7 presentations at Duke Ellington High School for the Performing Arts and Ballou Senior High School. “Too many students just haven’t been exposed to classical music,” Dinnerstein said. “But their ears are open, waiting for a chance to hear it,” she said. “The idea was to bring the piano to schools and to share my feelings about Bach’s music with students in a classroom setting,” said Dinnerstein. “And, they were very interactive and attentive. This is definitely something I want to continue doing at schools in other places.” wi
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Program Educates Youth on Dating Violence By Joshua Garner WI Staff Writer @JoshuaGarnerDC Patrice George realized she became the victim of domestic abuse after police charged her boyfriend with the murder of her infant son. While in her teens, George, 22, of Northeast, Washington, D.C. said she endured a spat of abusive relationships. One boyfriend beat her with a garden shovel, another left her lying on the ground in a parking lot bleeding from the ear. “I kept [the abuse to myself],” she said. “I thought that was love.” George shared her experience as one of the speakers at Raising Queens Table Talk, a program hosted by the Town of Forest Heights on Saturday, Feb. 8. The discussion was a partnership with An Earthly Embrace, a community based-nonprofit in Prince George’s County that aims to encourage and rebuild the lives of women and children impacted by domestic violence. The roundtable took place in observance of Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Awareness Month with the goal of providing information on relationship abuse to teens and young girls. George’s former boyfriend, Steven Allen Cephas, was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in 2011 for the death of Dominic Dwayne Kingsbury, George’s 20-month old son. George told a group of about 12 girls and teenagers during the discussion to look out for the early signs of domestic abuse. The lesson served as an important one for young women; those between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the highest rates of relationship violence, according to the National Center for Victims of Crime, based in Northwest. Additionally, 33 percent of teenage girls report experiencing physical violence at the hands of a dating partner, another 40 percent of teenage girls between the ages of 14 and 17 reported knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend, according to the center. “I never knew about domestic violence – it was never taught to me,” George said. “Love [your-
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self], put [yourself] first.” Organizers of the event hoped that it could begin a discussion between girls and young women in the community on the importance of building healthy relationships in their lives and to ensure they don’t become victims or abusers. “Our girls just don’t know how to act like ladies,” said Cynthia Eugene, 36, founder of An Earthly Embrace. “I wanted to educate people about domestic violence.” Eugene said she founded An Earthy Embrace in 2012 after years of guiding her friends and loved ones out of abusive relationships. She said she began thinking seriously about discussions surrounding domestic violence in young people’s lives after seeing a teenage girl in Forest Heights aggressively attack a teenage boy. Eugene said that she wants to see changes happen in Forest Heights before she branches out into other communities; and officials in the town agreed to partner and share their experiences
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on domestic abuse. “If someone calls you [an expletive], that’s not OK,” Forest Heights Mayor Jacqueline Goodall, 59, told the group. “That begins to tear down you who you are.” During the discussion, girls were given packets of information about defining romantic relations and quizzed on acceptable behaviors in dealing with friends and loved ones. “Let’s talk about what attracts you to bad boys,” Eugene said to the girls in one of the exercises. “Their looks! Their bodies!” yelled Carmin Maddox, 16, of Forest Heights. Still, the discussion aimed to give practical information – teaching young women lessons that are relevant to their lives. “Domestic violence takes many forms,” Goodall said. “It isn’t just somebody punching your lights out … Abuse doesn’t only come from your boyfriend or girlfriend, it can be from [family as well].” wi The Washington Informer
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African Americans Count for Little at the World Bank By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer @bsalmondc Phyllis Muhammad’s official and unofficial responsibilities at the World Bank gave her a bird’s eye view of the steady and significant patterns of racism and discrimination perpetrated at the institution. On a continuum of racism and discrimination, African Americans sit at the absolute bottom of the totem pole. Bank staff and management have harried, bullied, disrespected and marginalized black employees and consultants, with African Americans bearing the brunt of the abuse. Blacks are routinely placed in the Africa Region and such is the level of discrimination and racism, that a two-block stretch near the World Bank headquarters at 1818 K Street, N.W. is referred to by black Bank employees as “Apartheid Avenue.” Why? Because white World Bank managers operate in the Bank’s main complex, while black employees proceed to the “J” Building across the road, both buildings separated by 18th Street. During her 12 years at the World Bank, Muhammad, an African American and a forThe Washington Informer
mer staff relations officer, said a number of employees came to her seeking advice and guidance. Muhammad, who earned a law degree from Harvard Law School, said she moved naturally to advising black employees enmeshed in a quagmire of racism and discrimination. “People came to me confidentially and I saw somewhat of a pattern but I didn’t see it until I was put in the position of having to get out of my unit,” said Muhammad during a recent interview. “I intimidated my manager. The Bank helped me finish law school and people were kind of miffed. The manager started taking steps for me to not get a good evaluation and impede my movement forward, so I left the unit because I wasn’t willing to put in the energy [to fight for my job].” “I got a developmental assignment as a staff relations officer and this put me in contact with even more people of different ages, races and levels. I saw patterns with African Americans who were very fearful of doing anything formally. People were mistreating them such as giving them unfair evaluations, and were criticized for their work without an opportunity to respond.”
Muhammad said other employees were given the opportunity to take certain courses, Africans and African Americans often were not. On the other hand, Asians and whites have virtually no limits on their ability to advance, but blacks are relegated to the lower rungs of the organization, if they can get into the World Bank at all. “Africans in the professional class came to me as well. They said their views were not heard, that they were passed over and that others were given credit for their work,” she said. “They were too high up to do anything formally.” Muhammad, co-chair of Blacks for Justice – an organization created to combat racism at the Bank – said the racism that is part of the norm at the World Bank, runs deep. For decades, she said, Bank managers and officials have had free rein in continuing deeply entrenched bias against black people in the Bank’s policies, affecting everything from equity, fairness, human rights policies and international development. What is particularly disturbing, she said, is the by-product is an institution that fosters and encourag-
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BANK continued from Page 14 es a structural and cultural bias against blacks that has muted African voices in the bank’s major decision making processes and marginalized and dehumanized black employees for decades. Bea Edwards, executive director and international director of the Government Accountability Project (GAP), concurs with Muhammad’s analysis, saying that Bank officials have to be shamed and punished financially before the Bank will change because over the last 30 years, officials have been incapable or unwilling to correct these egregious problems. “We began looking at this issue in 2009 because a whistleblower came to us with the claim that this person was about to lose a job because of discriminatory practices,” Edwards said. “We did a study in 2010, as well as surveys. We found that the worse racial discrimination was directed at African Americans. Whenever we asked about them, people would automatically begin counting on their fingers. Yet there are more than 1,000 people in professional grade positions.” According to a 2005 Staff Association’s report, Muhammad said, in a span of five years, more than 450 victims of racial discrimination filed complaints with the office of the Bank’s Senior Advisor for Racial Equality. Since then the Bank stopped disclosing the number of black
complainants. The policy is: “if the evidence exposes a disgraceful culture, kill the evidence and let the culture live.” And Edwards notes that a 2009 GAP report documented what she regards as two disturbing phenomena: That a review of documents over the course of 12 years (1996-2009) reveals that a World Bank tribunal failed to find discrimination in any of the 21 racial discrimination cases filed by black staff. “Given the fact that a series of studies have found systemic discrimination within the institution, and that the Bank’s own data reveal racial differentials, this record at the Tribunal is disturbing,” she said. Parenthetically, she said, the tribunal dismissed all five additional cases it reviewed since 2009, maintaining its 100 percent rejection rate. Also, the report noted, “Although the number of cases reviewed was not large enough to draw general conclusions, it appears that staff members of African heritage who allege discrimination are unlikely to receive vindication before the Tribunal. In contrast, complainants of other races who allege racial discrimination or applicants claiming reverse discrimination have better prospects for compensation awards.” wi To read to this story in its entirety, go to www.washingtoninformer.com
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WHAT: The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the potential environmental impacts of the Northeast Boundary Tunnel (NEBT) project. The NEBT is a major component of DC Water’s Long Term Control Plan to meet court-ordered Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) control objectives, water quality standards, and provide flood relief in the Northeast Boundary drainage area. As one of several divisions of the Anacostia River Projects portion of the DC Clean Rivers Project (DCCR), the NEBT is being designed to comply with the requirements of a Federal Consent Decree entered into by DC Water, the District, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The NEBT would provide the last increment of CSO storage capacity required for the Anacostia River by the Consent Decree and would also serve to mitigate the occurrence of sewer flooding and basement backups in the Northeast Boundary drainage area. DC Water will hold a public meeting to share information on the project and provide interested parties an opportunity to give written comments on the project and the contents of the EA. DATE: TIME: LOCATION:
February 27, 2014 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. McKinley Technology High School 151 T Street, NE Washington, DC 20002
Members of the public are invited to stop by between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. to see displays and to discuss the project with DCCR Project staff. The meeting will open with welcoming remarks by DC Water senior staff promptly at 6:30 p.m. For more information or for individuals requiring special assistance at the meeting, please contact DC Clean Rivers Community Outreach at (202) 787-4447 or by email at dccleanrivers@dcwater.com. NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY: DC Water is releasing the NEBT EA for a 45-day public review and comment period beginning February 17, 2014 and ending April 2, 2014. The EA will be available to view or download at http://www.dcwater.com/NortheastBoundaryTunnelEA and copies of the EA will also be available for review at the following locations on or after February 21, 2014: Bethesda Baptist Church, 1808 Capitol Avenue, NE Brentwood Recreation Center, 2311 14th Street, NE Gallaudet University Library, 800 Florida Avenue, NE Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street, NW McKinley Technology High School, 151 T Street, NE Mt. Pleasant Library, 3160 16th Street, NW Northwest One Library, 155 L Street, NW Trinidad Recreation Center, 1310 Childress Street, NE Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Library, 1630 7th Street, NW To view more detailed project information, to view or download the EA, or submit comments online, please visit the project webpage at: http://www.dcwater.com/NortheastBoundaryTunnelEA.
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Consumers of Color Pay More for DealerFinanced Loans New research by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) finds that consumers of color still report paying higher interest rates on dealer-financed car loans than other consumers. This disparity is even more disturbing given that Black and Latino consumers report making more of an effort than Whites to negotiate their interest rates. Thirty-nine percent of Latinos and 32 percent of Blacks reported negotiating their interest rate, compared to only 22 percent of White buyers. CRL’s new report, Non-Negotiable: Negotiation Doesn’t Help African-American and Latinos on Dealer-Financed Car Loans, is the first research on the impact of shopping habits as well as information consumers report receiving from car dealers and disparities related to “add-on” products. Findings were based on an October 2012 phone
By Charlene Crowell survey of 946 consumers. The report identifies three specific sales practices as the main culprits behind higher financing costs for buyers of color: Dealer interest rate mark-ups, sometimes called “dealer reserves” or “dealer participation” can and do raise interest rates above those charged by financial institutions. Lenders bidding to Informer buy the auto Washington loan contract from dealers allow the dealer to add to the interest rate for compensation. Dealers then pocket most or all of the difference. 5.65” As with a similar practice once allowed for mortgage brokers, this
discretion to raise interest rates can facilitate discrimination. Previous research shows that people of color get higher interest rates from dealers that are not justified by objective measures, such as credit history. Misleading sales information is a second cause of higher costs. For example, many consumers report they were told that they were offered the “best interest rate available,” when it was not. Other consumers surveyed shared that they were told that certain additional items were mandatory for the purchase when in truth, the items were not. Misrepresentations, when accepted by consumers, can increase the total purchase price and then lead to higher default rates. Similarly, “add-on” products sometimes known as “loan-packing” also increase the amount of financing. Non-essential items such as optional insurance and warranties become part of the financing package at highly-inflated costs. Multiple add-on products were sold to Black customers nearly double the rate sold to Whites – 30 percent versus only 16 percent. Since the report’s January 23 re-
lease, auto dealer representatives have criticized CRL’s research for being based on a survey. However, the industry to date has withheld their own data that would allow better side-by-side comparisons – the same kind that consumers deserve when shopping for a vehicle. “As long as dealers can manipulate interest rates, car loans are a gamble for consumers,” said Chris Kukla, Senior Vice-President at CRL. “Car buyers can do their best to negotiate; but they are at the mercy of dealers whose compensation is tied to hidden interest rate increases. That’s a formula for abuse.” CRL has called on regulators to prohibit compensation for dealers that is tied to the interest rate of the loan. Until regulators enact rules to better protect consumers, here are a few useful tips: Get pre-approved loan financing. Historically credit unions and banks offer better deals than loans obtained from car dealers. And even if the dealer offers a lower rate, the dealer will look to make up the difference in sales of add-on insurance and other items. Remember that those items are not required and that all of them can be purchased later. Don’t shop by monthly payment.
Dealers have many tricks, such as making the loan term longer, that can make a monthly payment look affordable. Understand the entire cost of the loan, not just the monthly payment. Avoid showroom fever. Buying a car is often the second most costly consumer purchase – after that of buying a home. Know the cost of insurance, registration tags and regular preventive maintenance. Every cost associated with a car should be anticipated and estimated. Decide how much of a car loan you can afford. If your budget has little flexibility for a long-term debt, it could be better to begin a dedicated savings account to lessen the amount of a loan you will need. Taking these steps will place consumers in a stronger bargaining position. You’ll know when to walk away from a bad deal or close on a good one. Consumers can save significant stress and costs with thorough planning and preparation.wi Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at Charlene. crowell@responsiblelending.org.
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Calling Out Card Carrying Black Republicans What’s your opinion of Timothy Eugene Scott? Surely, you know who he is. One of only two Blacks in the United States Senate, “Tim” Scott is the junior U.S. Senator for South Carolina. A Republican, Scott became a senator in 2013 after fellow Republican, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, named him to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jim DeMint. Scott is a former member of the United States House of Representatives for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. Instead of being prideful of Tim Scott’s appointment to represent South Carolina in the Senate, many African-American commentators have been skeptical. Soon the people of his state will decide. Scott is running in a special election in 2014 for the final two years of his predecessor’s term. To prevail in office Scott will need the help and votes of the states’ 250,000 Blacks in the November 4, 2014 election. Scott was joined by a second African-American senator in the 113th Congress when Mo Cowan was appointed to the Massachusetts seat by African-American Gov. Deval Patrick on February 1, 2013. Currently Scott is one of two African-American senators in the 113th Congress, alongside New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker. Scott has all the trappings of “the ideal All-American” boy next door. Scott is 58, and was born in North Charleston, S.C., to Ben Scott, Sr. and Frances Scott. Tim’s parents divorced when he was 7, causing him to grow up in poverty under the care of a single mother who worked
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By William Reed 16-hour days. His older brother is a Army Sergeant Major. An athlete, Scott earned a partial football scholarship to Presbyterian College and later graduated from Charleston Southern University with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Scott is an accomplished businessman, having worked in real estate and insurance, as owner of Tim Scott Allstate and partner of Pathway Real Estate Group. When he was elected to a seat in the U.S. House in November 2010, Scott became the first Black Republican representative from South Carolina since 1897. A fiscal and cultural conservative, Scott was elected on a platform of reducing federal spending and taxes. As a Black senator, Scott is in a position to make a foray into territory Republicans desperately need to cross like development of strategies to reverse poverty rather than subsidize it. Those opposed to Scott advocate liberal big government, many African-American intellectuals have embraced. These Blacks regularly dismiss Scott as politically impotent regarding African Americans’ interest and needs. Actually, Scott embodies many traditional Black values. A child of Black mores and principles, Scott is a fiscal conservative in the mold of Booker T. Washington. Fiscal conservatives oppose deficit spending, support reduction of overall government
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Editor’s Note: Recently, the Maryland State Board of Education approved a set of regulations aimed at reducing school suspension and expulsion rates. The move, say supporters, should help curtail school discipline practices that end up funneling large numbers of African American youth into the school-toprison pipeline. Advocates for Children and Youth’s Education Policy Director David Beard explains some of the data behind the move, as well as the board’s decision, and what the new guidelines could mean in practical terms for parents, teachers, and, students. He spoke with NAM editor Khalil Abdullah. Can you give us some sense of the scope of suspensions and expulsions in Maryland and how they affect different segments of the student population? In the 2011-12 school year, Maryland suspended or expelled 50,000 students across the state. The numbers came down to 42,000 during 2012-13. We attribute that decline to the hard work of the state board and a number of organizations, including the NAACP of Maryland, the Maryland Disability Law Center, ACLU, and the Advancement Project, among others. These regulations are a great first step in creating effective disciplinary practices. Still, 42,000 students is too high a number and too many of these students The Washington Informer
are African Americans, or disabled. So while the overall numbers have fallen, the “who” in the data still show that 8.7 percent of suspensions and expulsions are African-American children compared to 3 percent for white students. Yes, the overall numbers have come down, but the gap between African-American students and white students has increased rather than declined. In some Maryland counties, the rate of suspensions and expulsions is over 10 percent for African-American students, particularly in some of the rural counties. In Wicomico County, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the rate was at 19 percent; one in five African-American students were being suspended or expelled. That’s the extreme, but, let’s be clear; the disproportionate suspension rate is a problem in every county in Maryland. Do Latino students have similar rates of suspensions and expulsions as African Americans? No, they do not. The rate of Latino students being suspended is around 3 percent, about the same as white students. Our advocates were talking about this and we noted that, of the data subgroups, there is a slightly higher rate for bi-racial or multi-racial students, than for whites, but only slightly. There is a higher rate for disabled students, who are suspended or expelled at twice the rate of white students. What options do advocates recommend instead of suspensions and expulsions?
The guidelines do not eliminate suspensions and expulsions. Unfortunately, there will still be a need to use those tools, particularly where public safety is involved. Further, we agree that when kids misbehave, they need to be held accountable for their actions, but we think other tools are available that will not only hold them accountable, but also keep them in school. Is suspension the right course of action in most of these cases? We think not. For elementary school students, a loss of privileges may be sufficient, like missing recess, or having to eat lunch with the teacher or principal. Rockville High School in Montgomery County has a program for older students if suspension is warranted. They offer the parents the choice of suspension or having the student coming in to do work at the school, like cleaning, on a Saturday morning for four hours. Actually talking to the students can be effective as well. We know in one county, a Latina cafeteria worker felt she was being harassed by three African-American girls. She finally complained and, as a result, there was a meeting of the girls, the worker, and the principal, who was African American and familiar enough with history to provide context to the mediation, citing past harassment of African-American cafeteria workers during the Civil Rights era. Helping to clean the cafeteria had already been set as part of the girls’ punishment, but they decided to do it for the entire year. That was their decision, because of how badly they felt and what they had learned. You don’t get that kind
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education DISCIPLINE continued from Page 18 of learning when a kid is simply written up and suspended without talking to them. There’s no sense of what’s going on with the student. They just lose education time and often return angry. The underlying cause of the behavior goes unaddressed. We cite this as but one instance where we’ve seen restorative justice used as an effective alternative, but we’ve seen a highly motivated Anne Arundel County initiative reduce the expulsion rate of African-American students by 37 percent. Why are suspension rates also high for disabled students? Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether a student is acting out due to his or her disability, depending on whether it’s physical or developmental. Let’s say a child has autism. One of the approaches in dealing with autistic children is for them to have predictable, regimented schedules – and to make sure they know in advance before a scheduling change is made. An abrupt change may trigger negative behavior from an uninformed child, and, as a result, a teacher’s recommendation for suspension. Yet, had the teacher looked at or been aware of that student’s Individualized Educational Plan (IEP), the need to inform the child before a schedule change would be documented. In this situation, there are ways of keeping that student in school, using
methods or consequences other than suspension, given the IEP instructions on how to manage the child’s autism. That’s just one example of what could happen, but what the Maryland Disability Law Center found was that many schools are not following the IEP. That’s a problem. In some of these cases, is there an underlying dynamic between students of one race confronting teachers of another? Look, teaching is a tough job and no teacher welcomes a challenge to his or her authority in the classroom. But sometimes the conflict is just between one student and one particular teacher. One strategy is to just pull that student out of that particular teacher’s class for a few days and provide a cooling off period rather than suspending a kid from all classes, and, then, more importantly, to try to get to the root of the problem. For sure there is a dearth of teachers of color in the state, but it’s too simplistic to say racial differences between students and teachers are the driving factor in the rate of suspensions and expulsions. The data we now have doesn’t support that conclusion and the issue is complex. But what is clear, however, is that suspensions and expulsions are a dilemma for African-American students and the state’s 24 school systems. What is ultimately needed is a courageous statewide conversation about race.wi
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Tour participants gained insight into the social, cultural, and spiritual lives of some of Virginia’s early African American residents. / Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah.
Alexandria Focus of Informer Black History Tour By Margaret Summers WI Contributing Writer @margaretsumm10 More than 200 men, women and children from the Washington, D.C. area eagerly gathered in THEARC community center on Mississippi Avenue, Southeast on Saturday, February 8 for The Washington Informer’s fourth annual African-American Heritage Tour. Ignoring the freezing cold winter day, the group expressed excitement about what they were about to experience – a bus and walking tour of various sites which convey the history of African-Americans in Alexandria, Va. “I hope the children become more educated and [benefit from] exposure to, and knowledge of, what took place in Alexandria during slavery times,” said Renée Powell, 53, a Girl Scout leader of a troop from the
Deanwood Recreation Center in Northeast. Powell, who was also chaperoning a group of Cub Scouts from St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Southeast, said the girls planned to write and submit articles about their tour experiences to The Washington Informer. Many individuals representing the tour’s corporate sponsors were also elated about the sold-out event. “One of the things I have always been involved in is African-American history,” Donna Cooper, 45, president of Pepco, told tour participants in the community center’s auditorium before the tour. “When I was three or four years old my parents spent a lot of time teaching me about African-American history, so when I was approached about Pepco’s sponsoring The Washington Informer tour, it wasn’t something I had to give a lot of thought to. It’s important that
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people have this education.” Jackie Boles, retail banking director with Industrial Bank, another corporate sponsor agreed. “It’s only fitting that we partner with The Washington Informer for this tour. It is part of the community. Industrial Bank has [served] the community for 80 years.” “Our history is deep in the African-American community,” said John Best, president of Capitol Entertainment Services, which provided the tour buses and drivers. “I commend The Washington Informer’s publisher, Denise Rolark Barnes, for organizing this tour.” After a light breakfast and remarks from organizers and sponsors, the buses left for Alexandria. Tour guide Eugene R. Thompson, a native Alexandrian with experience heading an African-American history museum in the city, told passengers that African-Americans have lived in Alexandria since The Washington Informer
Capitol Entertainment Services owner presents an African American Heritage Tour quilt to Washington Informer publisher Denise Rolark Barnes, Saturday Feb. 7 in Southeast, D.C. / Photo by Roy Lewistt
1790, when they only numbered 52. By 1810, he said, the African-American population increased to 836. Their numbers grew primarily because of slavery in the Commonwealth. “Escaped slaves came to live in Alexandria,” he said. “They were called ‘contraband.’”
Thompson explained that the term meant illegal goods or property, but it also came to mean runaway slaves in Union territory. Slavery played a major role
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Black History Month INTOUR continued from Page 20 in the city’s history, as Alexandria was the second largest slave-selling city in the nation, after New Orleans. “Alexandria used to be part of Washington, D.C. until 1846,” said Thompson. The District had planned to end slavery, he said, and Alexandria wanted to keep its
slaves. The city’s slave owners convinced Congress to allow Alexandria to leave the District and once again become part of the Commonwealth. The buses drove past Market Square, once the site of a slave market, and now the location of City Hall and the mayor’s office. The area in front of City Hall continues to host farmers on Saturdays who sell produce
and other goods. During slavery, slaves were also permitted to sell a few vegetables and homemade crafts there. A highlight of the tour was the Freedom House Museum. The building once housed a slave “holding pen” and slave sale and transport business, and now houses the museum and, ironically, the Northern Virginia Urban League, a civil rights organization. As Freedom House is an interactive museum, visitors were able to touch many slave artifacts, including thick iron chains and cuffs that bound slaves together at their ankles when they were marched
from the “holding pen” to slave auctions in New Orleans, La. or Natchez, Miss. “We had information that Solomon Northup, whose story is told in the feature film ‘12 Years a Slave’ was held here before he was shipped to Louisiana,” said museum curator Julian Kiganda. “But now we know that he was held in Washington, D.C. James Birch, who bought the slave business and the Alexandria ‘holding pen’ from its previous owners, bought Northup and shipped him to New Orleans.” Museum materials say that Birch beat Northup and threatened to kill
him if Northup ever told anyone he was a free man from upstate New York, and that he had been kidnapped. Other tour sites were Shiloh Baptist Church on Duke Street, one of Alexandria’s oldest African-American churches; and the African American Heritage Park on Holland Lane, which includes a small 19th century African-American cemetery and a sculpture “Truths that Rise from the Roots – Remembered” by Jerome Meadows, honoring African-Americans’ contributions to the city. The bus also stopped at the Duke
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Young ladies from Girl Scout Troop #2311 listened intently as tour leaders detailed the stops tour route. / Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah
Guests toured several sites including the Freedom House Museum and the historic Shiloh Baptist Church on Duke Street. / Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah
Donna Cooper, president of Pepco discusses the company’s continued commitment to diversity with a tour participant. Pepco was among the tour’s sponsors. / Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah.
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Black History Month INTOUR continued from Page 21 Street sculpture of the Edmonson sisters, Emily and Mary, who tried unsuccessfully to escape slavery in 1848 on the schooner Pearl. A tour lunch took place at the Charles Houston Recreation Center, where participants were greeted by Alexandria Mayor William D. Euille and city council member John Chapman. Two Southwest Airline tickets were raffled off during the lunch by Karen Price-Ward, the airline’s regional leader for community affairs. “The tickets will take one anywhere the airline flies, and there are no blackout dates,” she said. Connie Brown, 62, of Glenarden, Md., and Marlena Georges, 13, of Northeast Washington won the tickets. “I don’t know where I’ll go yet,” said Brown, “but I have family members in Bermuda.” “I’m excited and surprised that I won these tickets,” said Marlena. The tour concluded with stops at the Alexandria Black
Hundreds attended the Informer’s 4th Annual African American Heritage Tour on Saturday, February 8. The tour departed from THEARC in Southeast and made its way through Alexandria, VA. / Photos by Roy Lewis and Khalid Naji-Allah.
History Museum on Wythe Street, formerly the site of the Robert Robinson Library, a segregated facility built for the city’s African-Americans, and the Alexandria Library, Barrett branch, on Queen Street. In 1939, African-American attorney Samuel Tucker led a sit-in at the branch to protest library segregation, and the library’s refusal to provide African-Americans with library cards.
The visitors returned to THEARC with nothing but praise for the event. “I’ve conducted thousands of tours as a tour guide myself, and this is the most prolific tour I’ve ever been on,” said Steven Price, 58, of New Carrollton, Md. Ibrahim Mumin, 66, a consultant in Northwest said the tour enabled him to better explain to his children and grandchildren the experience of liv-
ing under segregation. Mumin said he was involved in a library protest similar to the one which took place in Alexandria when he was a youth in 1960s Georgia. “This tour was helpful in showing many of us how to ‘pass the torch’ by providing information about things that are so close to us.” Assata Armstrong, 16, of Lanham, Md., said the tour
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proved inspirational. “It made me want to pay back my ancestors for all that they went through. It made me want to be a stronger person, the best that I can be.” Assata’s sister Ayanna, 13, said she was also moved by the experience. “The tour taught me to never give up.” “I want to be successful in what I do because of the sacrifices of my ancestors.” wi
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Re-discovering Washington, D.C. Courtesy of Destination D.C. The culture of Washington, DC, is infused with African American history. With its Southern connections, Washington has always had a significant African American population. Before the Civil War, the city was home to a growing number of free blacks who worked as skilled craftsmen, hack drivers, businessmen and laborers. It also included enslaved African Americans and was the site of slave auctions before they were outlawed in the city in 1850. Slaves owned in Washington were emancipated on April 16, 1862, nine months before Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863. Washington remained home to a large African American population which created vibrant communities and championed civil rights despite racial segregation and prejudice. DC’s unique history is shaped
by this strong African American heritage. By seeking out opportunity and succeeding in education, business and the arts, DC’s black population became integral in the development of Washington’s identity as a culturally inclusive and intellectual capital. If you’re interested in learning about DC’s African American heritage, start your exploration with a visit to the Smithsonian Institution’s Anacostia Community Museum. Located in a historic African American neighborhood southeast of the Capitol, the museum houses a collection of approximately 6,000 objects dating back to the early 1800s. The history of this neighborhood— home to orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass—is explored throughout the museum. After you’ve visited the Anacostia Community Museum, pay a visit to the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, located at his home, Cedar Hill. When Douglass bought the nine-acre estate,
he became the first African American to buy a home in the Old Anacostia neighborhood. Tour the 21-room Victorian mansion or take part in a program to learn about Douglass’ efforts to abolish slavery. Set high in the hills, the house and its grounds also open up onto one of the most breathtaking views of the city. Anacostia isn’t the only area of DC with roots rich in black history. Duke Ellington was born and raised in Washington’s Shaw neighborhood and played in his first band here. The music legend’s influence is still evident throughout the city, especially in the U Street Corridor—dubbed “Black Broadway”—where Ellington grew up and where jazz greats like Cab Calloway, Pearl Bailey and Jelly Roll Morton once played. A clearly marked neighborhood heritage trail points out landmarks like the Lincoln Theatre, the newly restored historic Howard Theatre, the African American Civil War Memorial and the Thurgood
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Marshall Center for Justice and Heritage, home of the first African American YMCA. Nearby, Howard University is one of the nation’s top historically black colleges. Another way to discover DC’s black history is to follow Cultural Tourism DC’s African American Heritage Trail. More than 200 sig-
nificant and historic sites rich in black history—from churches and schools to famous residences and businesses—have already been identified in the city, and the trails shed even more light on the contributions of DC’s black population in terms of building strong communities, churches and businesses.wi
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Cultural Tourism and the Voyeuristic Value of One’s Own Culture Shantella Y. Sherman WI Special Sections Editor At Emoya’s Shanty Town, guests stay in a manufactured “informal settlement” -- shacks made of corrugated iron sheets to resemble those millions of Black South Africans were forcibly relocated to in the 1940s. “Millions of people are living in informal settlements across South Africa. Now you can experience staying in a Shanty within the safe environment of a private game reserve. This is the only Shanty Town in the world equipped with under-floor heating and wireless internet access,” Shanty Town’s website notes. Where is the line drawn between cultural tourism and cultural voyeurism? In the case of the Shanty Town and other South
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African tours, the cultural and social value is tied inextricably to the race of the visitors and what popular media term glumming (glamorous slumming), or poverty tours. Township tours and slum tours are becoming increasingly popular especially with visitors traveling to South Africa, Kenya and Namibia. Do these tours offer a valuable cultural exchange, or just another photo opportunity? States like Mississippi have similar accommodations for tourist visiting the Delta who wish to bypass traditional hotels and lodge in bona fide tin-roofed sharecropping bungalows. In the Delta as with South African, there remains a class of disenfranchised residents still living in
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similar fashion. But what happens when one’s history is detached enough to render grandparents and great grandparents cultural and social Others? In order to better understand how enslaved Africans lived, would African Americans spend the night in slave quarters, work a row of cotton, or “play slave” for a few hours? I encountered an impasse in 2002 while in Harare, Zimbabwe on a fact-finding mission with a group of African-American journalists. In addition to meeting with President Robert Mugabe to ascertain the true state of the nation following the deportation of most white settlers to various European countries, the group of 38 reporters visited markets, schools, resorts, and hospitals. Be clear, this was no slum tour. It was at the Parirenyatwa Hospital, though, that life conditions of some Zimbabweans became evident. The maternity ward overran with formerly healthy newborn babies, malnourished and weakened due to a general lack of nutrients in their mother’s milk. I was pelted, sure enough, with “Survivors’ guilt,” trudging the red clay beneath my feet in Bvlgari flip flops, and wearing a Marina Rinaldi sundress, suddenly ashamed that I had been initially so eager to capture their suffering the way I would London Bridge. It wasn’t until 2003 when Melanie K. Smith wrote in Issues in Cultural Tourism Studies that certain forms of tourism can easily become a kind of “cultural voyeurism in which the local indigenous population is reduced to little more than a human zoo,” that my discomfort was named. Others expressed similar angst with the traveling exhibition of James Allen’s Without Sanctuary lynching photography. Like seeing resemblances of relatives in the faces of contorted bodies -- strange fruit – dangling from poplar trees, bridges, and lampposts in lynching photos, the misfortune of the Zimbabweans could not become simply a byproduct of my tour. If there is any legitimacy to collective identity, soul ties, and psychic connectivity, the Zimbabweans deserved better than to be presented as cultural / racial / social Others, and fawned over with the same frivolity as the bracelets or fabric I purchased on the tour. I still firmly support plantation
tours, particularly in locations where the original slave quarters are intact. Visiting such spaces provides a necessary understanding to incomplete narratives in far too many books. The artifacts of enslaved families evidence communal structures, social practices, and spiritual rituals that have been
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs Last December, Congress allowed long-term unemployment benefits to expire, leaving about 1.7 million people without the safety net they need as they search for a job. The Obama administration and Senate Democrats have tried without success to get Senate Republicans to agree to any plan that would restore the benefits. Last Thursday, Republicans blocked the measure even though Democrats reluctantly agreed to an extension limit of three months. Even if the Senate had passed the bill, it’s unlikely House Republicans would have done the same. When we read about 1.7 million Americans, it’s easy to overlook the reality that these are human beings with hopes, dreams and aspirations, people who want nothing more than to have a means to take care of themselves and their families, but who are being washed away like flotsam and jetsam by the effects of a stubborn economic recovery. Lest we forget, the universe of people affected by the cutoff also includes about 2.3 million spouses, children and other family members of the affected recipients. In their paltry defense, Republican leaders like Sen. Rand Paul, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and others continue to argue that cutting these benefits are good for the recipients because losing the safety net will encourage them to find jobs. It’s easy to be so cavalier when you pick up a $174,000 to $224,000 paycheck every year, when you have gold-plated health insurance coverage not afforded to rank-and-file Americans and you also enjoy a raft of other creature comforts. Maybe some of these guys need to sleep on a heated grate in sub-zero degree weather, miss a few meals and have to figure out how to find money to take care of essentials. It’s maddening that these legislators are comfortable putting their own personal agendas and misguided policies ahead of the individual concerns of several million vulnerable individuals. But there’s little voters can do until the mid-term election roll around. Unless they clog the streets with protest and tie up Congressional phone lines. Food pantries, homeless shelters, local governments and non-profits are struggling under the weight of those in need. And there appears to be no end in sight. The unemployed are toughening it out but there have been notable casualties with some people taking their lives, marriages falling apart and families disintegrating. It is unconscionable that those in a position to help would turn their backs but that is the type of social environment in which we live. It is an environment where the strong, wealthy, more well off portions of this country have embraced a type of social Darwinism that leaves the unprotected to fend for themselves. One unemployed Maryland resident, who although she’s been out of work since last June, opened a food pantry in Suitland, Md. The mother of a college age daughter said she is saddened by the increasing number of individuals and families who seek help from her. People are hungry, others are angry, often because they have been thrown into a cauldron of problems over which they have no control. She cited her personal experience as an example: she had her first job at 12, worked for 17 years in the federal government and spent six years in the private sector. She takes umbrage with politicians and conservative pundits who claim that she and people in her position are lazy. All she wants, she explained, is an opportunity to find and hold a job to pay her bills, keep a roof over her head and take care of herself and her family. Are the men and women elected to represent the people’s interests listening?
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I am writing to thank you for including the Black History Month feature, “Fairer, But Certainly Able.” I think it is very important to make sure that we recognize the contributions that African-American women have made in the field of architecture and design. Architecture is a field in which women do not often receive their due credit for the work that they’ve done regardless of race or ethnicity. The feature you have in this week’s issue is valuable because young women might read it and be encouraged and inspired by the trailblazing efforts of women like Norma Merrick Sklarek, Amaza Lee Meredith, and even the many, many women who contributed their skills in design and engineering during World War II. These are not accounts that are commonly found in the history curriculums of schools today; therefore, please continue to highlight and praise the work that
has been done to “uplift the race” by men and women of color. Sincerely, Norma Lincoln-Wright Native Washingtonian
A Day to Remember!
We were on the Washington Informer’s African American Heritage Tour to Alexandria Va., on Saturday, February 8. The entire experience was educational, thought-provoking, and inspirational. On one of the stops, we actually went into the building where slaves were held and sold (featured in “12 Years A Slave), and we both felt chills and rapid heartbeats. On other stops, we learned so much that we didn’t know about the efforts to integrate the Alexandria Public Library, as well as about the dynamic individuals whose efforts got the movement started. So often we forget that the Civil Rights Movement did not just begin in the 50’s and 60’s, but in the 20’s and 30’s, by heroes whose stories are mostly
unknown. We were fascinated by the buildings that were pointed out to us as once having been thriving African-American neighborhoods and businesses, but are no more. Gentrification has claimed a huge part of our history in Alexandria, just as it has here in Washington, D.C. We were encouraged by the presence of many children and young people on this tour. We must continue to try to educate them about their history so that they, someday, can affect change in places where human rights are violated. Thank you, Washington Informer, for a thoroughly enjoyable day that has left us spellbound with this history, and eager to go on your next tour. Judy Williams Tanyna Saxton Washington, D.C.
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By Marian Wright Edelman
Building on CHIP’s Success We’re used to making a big fuss over children’s birthdays, but this week child advocates and families across the country are celebrating CHIP, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, on the fifth anniversary of its reauthorization. One family who lives in the working-class Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia with their 6-, 4- and 3-year-old children told us they celebrate and are grateful for
CHIP every day. The husband is a talented freelance videographer and the wife cares for the children. CHIP has been a lifeline for the family, providing stability with health and dental coverage for the children. With CHIP coverage, she gets regular phone calls reminding her it’s time for appointments or letting her know a dental van is in the area. CHIP has opened doors to high quality child-appropriate providers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University
of Pennsylvania Health System when needed and provided peace of mind for the hardworking father, whose income can vary wildly from month to month and year to year. CHIP has given him security knowing his children are getting the care they need without breaking the bank. The wife says, “The kids wouldn’t have had health insurance if it wasn’t for CHIP.” There are more than 8 million children with stories like this. To survive and thrive, all children need access to comprehensive,
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affordable health coverage that is easy to get and keep. Unmet health and mental health needs can result in children falling behind developmentally and having trouble catching up physically, emotionally, socially, and academically. And it can mean life or death for children from preventable disease and illness. CHIP has strong bipartisan roots. It was created in 1997 when Democrats and Republicans, led by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), came together
to create a system of health coverage for children whose families earned too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to be able to buy health coverage that today costs on average more than $16,000 a year for a family of four in the individual market. CHIP continues to provide crucial support for millions of working families: 92 percent of all children enrolled in CHIP had at least one parent employed during the last year. Since its cre-
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By George E. Curry
Dr. King ‘Turning in his Grave’ over Family Greed The children of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sue each other – as well as loyal family friends – so often that you need a program to keep up with the court action. Bernice and Martin Luther King, III sued Dexter because he failed to open the books of their father’s estate. Dexter, hoping to sign a $1.4 million book contract, sued Bernice, who administers their mother’s estate, for not sharing their parents’
love letters. Now, for some inexplicable reason, Martin III has teamed up with Dexter to sue Bernice to compel her to turn over their father’s Bible – the one President Obama used at his second swearing-in – and his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal because they have an interested buyer. But Bernice refuses to surrender the items, saying some things are sacred and should not be for sale. The person who was per-
haps least surprised by the latest family shenanigans is Harry E. Johnson, Sr., president of what was once called the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation. In a series of tape-recorded interviews with me, beginning April 21, 2011, Johnson, who raised more than $100 million to erect the Memorial, recounted his disappointing experience with the King family. His first disappointment came when the family-controlled enti-
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ty responsible for preserving Dr. King’s image charged the foundation a licensing fee of $2.8 million. But even that wasn’t enough and the King family refused to extend the licensing agreement. Consequently the name of the foundation was changed last year to The Memorial Foundation. “When we originally had an agreement with them, it was a licensing agreement to use the name and images of Dr. King [in fundraising material],” Johnson
stated. “They said the licensing agreement has expired. Fine. I’m saying, ‘Give me another licensing agreement.’ They’re saying, ‘No we don’t want you to use the name.’ It really boils down to this: They want me out of the way because they are saying they need to raise $170 million for the King Center and I’m in the way. Philanthropy in this country is a $320 billion a year industry. How am I in the way to raise whatever
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By Harry C. Alford
An Energized Future at Home Climate change is a fact. We have seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter, which rotate on an eternal basis. Temperatures vary on an ongoing basis, which is why we have weather reports. Man has no control over the weather. Global warming is a theory that has yet to be proven. Former Vice President Al Gore has created a personal windfall that has given him
hundreds of millions of dollars. He claimed that by 2013 there would be no more ice caps on the North Pole. It is 2014 and there are more than ever. His unfounded rants even got him a Nobel Peace Prize. He became one of the greatest hustlers of all time. People who claim that global warming is happening try to stop every form of industrial activity in the United States. They want to attack the lifeblood of our economy and our way of life. Energy, all forms of it, is their
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ico, our friendly neighbors, are Coast. The environmentalists our principal importers. We have been fighting this fiercecould be totally independent if ly. But the truth has been conthe government would allow us firmed by the State Department. to explore the vast amount of There will be no adverse impact federally owned land and off from the construction and opershore on our coastlines. We are ation of this project. This will be another monumental victory limiting our potential. If we opened up our true po- for our energy industry. We have been having even tential, we could become a major exporter of oil. That would more success with natural gas. mean an economic boom for our Fracking is a process of extracttreasury and increase jobs by the ing natural gas from rocks buried millions. Soon, the Keystone deep into our soil. The technique Pipeline will be constructed from See alford on Page 45 the Canadian border to our Gulf The Washington Informer February 13, - February 19, 2014 31 target. Their mantra is “shut it down!” No more coal, oil or natural gas and only new forms of energy should be allowed. This strategy is some sort of insanity and it will never win over the majority of our nation. There was a time when our oil needs were based on importing. We were dependent on nations that were not that friendly to us. Price volatility was out of our control. Today, America is robust with oil. Only 10 percent of our oil now comes from the Middle East. Canada and Mex-
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Diverse Ways of Viewing Diversity Comedian Jerry Seinfeld made some comments last week about not caring about “diversity” in Hollywood, especially in the area of comedy, and set off some very heated conversations across the country. Seinfeld was on CBS This Morning being interviewed about his Internet-based show, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” Seinfeld has been criticized in the past, as he is now,
for having no minorities on his hit TV show “Seinfeld.” When asked about this by the reporter from CBS, Seinfeld said, “People think it’s the census or something? This has gotta represent the actual pie chart of America? Who cares? Funny is the world that I live in. You’re funny, I’m interested. You’re not funny, I’m not interested. I have no interest in gender or race or anything like that…It’s more about PC nonsense than are you making us laugh or not?” I happen to agree with Sein-
feld. I have never watched his TV show nor have I watched his webcasts. He has absolutely no obligation to have a diverse cast on any of his projects. If that really bothers you, then why do you watch his shows? It’s called choice. Turn him off and tune him out. Maybe, just maybe, you are not his intended viewer. Have you ever thought about that? I don’t support diversity for the sake of diversity. The rap group, NWA has no Whites in it; should they be re-
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quired to have at least one White person in the group? The Delta’s have no men in their sorority; should they be required to just for the sake of diversity? If you want diversity, then it must be sought across the board. But who determines what is diversity and how do you know when you have enough? America, as a nation, has yet to come to grips with its diversity. Unfortunately, far too many view our diversity as a liability – as seen by the reaction to the interracial Cheerios TV that ran
during the Super Bowl. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Whites are 72 percent of the U.S. population, Hispanics are 15 percent, and Blacks are 13 percent. For the first time in American history, the White death rate outnumbered White births in 2012. This trend is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. So, this continued march towards diversity will only become more pronounced. How that
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By Julianne Malveaux
A Knockout Punch for George Zimmerman Had he not massacred Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman would be an average White man holding down a mediocre job, living under the radar, and aspiring for a law enforcement job. He and his wife would probably be divorcing (as they are now) on account of his brutality (she cites his beatings in her divorce proceedings). Nobody, but nobody, would know his name or give a hoot about him.
Zimmerman massacred Trayvon Martin, though, and that’s his claim to fame. He shot down a Black teen armed only with Skittles and iced tea. He said he did it because he felt “threatened.” The police told him not to act after he called them. He also had time to walk, or even run, away. Stand your ground laws gave him an excuse to massacre Trayvon Martin. And so he did. This ought to be the end of the story. But George Zimmerman could not give up the lime-
light so easily. His “legal defense fund” raised more than six figures and got his wife charged with perjury after she claimed the family had no assets. Tens of thousands of that money were used to get Zimmerman “established” post trial. Who are these people who not only support Zimmerman, but are also willing to pay to make their support clear? Don’t they understand that in supporting Zimmerman they also support the massacre of a young Black man? Does it matter to them that mil-
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lions are galled and appalled by their financial support of Zimmerman? Or are they “standing their ground”? Zimmerman’s next venture was to take up painting. Though his artwork most resembles a child’s etch-a-sketch rendition, the first paining he put on eBay sold for more than $100,000. The Associated Press has sued him for using their images to create a painting of Angela Corey, the Florida state attorney who decided to try him in the massacre of Trayvon Martin.
Always flippant and out of order, Zimmerman said he will sue AP, putting his threat on Twitter. Does he not understand that the $100,000 he made on his painting is no threat to the Associated Press? Now, Celebrity Boxing owner Damon Feidman, was considering a three-round, Pay-per-View fight between Zimmerman and rapper DMX (sorry, I had not heard about him until the fight came up. George Zimmerman
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By Askia Muhammad
Morocco: The Gateway to Africa I’m far from a wealthy person to whom folks with money pay attention for investment advice. Yet I can say with certainty a couple of things about the financial future of Africa, which history, I believe, will reward my accuracy. Around 20 years ago I was a member of a delegation of National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA – the Black Press of America) members in
Nigeria. We met with then Nigerian President Sani Abacha, who told the group that Blacks in America should invest in Africa. Africa, President Abacha said, was (is) the last virgin economic territory on earth. Latin America has been gobbled up by mostly western interests. The “Asian Tigers,” he said are an economic force of their own. Europe, North America, and Australia, are the economic province of Caucasians he said, correctly. But Africa, he predicted is a land which is virtually unexploited.
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Even today, almost 20 years later, President Abacha’s words ring true – even in the face of rampant purchases of African resources by Chinese investors during the last decade or so. Geographically, Africa’s territory is larger than the United States, China, and Europe combined. That’s huge. But for a variety of predictable reasons, most folks with money are frightened to death about putting money into Africa. That’s where Morocco, of all places comes in. The Washington Informer
During a recent visit with another NNPA delegation to Africa – this time to Morocco – I heard the same refrain about African investment opportunities repeated from, of all people a “fertilizer king.” Now, when most of us think about fertilizer, the unappealing prospect of “manure” is generally the first thing that comes to mind. Yuck. In a meeting with Dr. Mostafa Terrab, the CEO and Chairman of OCP, Morocco’s first industrial powerhouse, a company which began as a simply a mining
operation, but which has grown into a leading force in the future of world food security, I learned that Africa still has an unbeatable investment future, and that aside from the shrewd Chinese, the investors there are few. Dr. Terrab earned both his masters and his Ph.D. degrees at MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and he worked at all the usual high profile World-Bank-IMF-type jobs before returning home to work
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Investing in the future of the District of Columbia By Catherine Buell Executive Director, St Elizabeths East The redevelopment plans for St. Elizabeths East, a $2.5 billion project encompassing of over 5 million square feet of a long-dormant, historic part of the District of Columbia, recently activated by the construction and operation of the Gateway Pavilion, will not only transform Ward 8 but will also bolster the District of Columbia’s economy. As concerns grew about the District’s reliance on the federal government, the city consciously refocused its plans on the growing technology sector and the ability to attract high level research companies and organizations that have a strong ability to create jobs and educate the workforce. In order to bring the development to the area, the District had to be the economic catalyst to encourage the private sector to invest and enter the market. The District realized it needed to reintroduce the St. Elizabeths East campus in a whole new way. To transform an area that has been inactive and closed to the public for quite some time often requires an even greater push by the government. St. Elizabeths East has benefited greatly by the city’s willingness to put its money where its mouth is and invest in small activation projects that will ultimately lead to greater investment for years to come. At the St. Elizabeths East campus, the addition of the Gateway DC pavilion and subsequently the winter ice slide are just a few examples of the steps the city is taking to bring development to the area. The Ward 8 community has patiently waited for its turn at change. Building a space where they can gather and enjoy is only a small step towards the greater goal of serving the community. As Executive Director of the St. Elizabeths East Redevelopment Project, I am truly thankful and appreciative of the support we receive from the Ward 8 community. The residents and business community are actively involved in ensuring that your government holds true to its promise of bring long-needed development to the area. And we couldn’t accomplish anything without the Ward 8 community’s support. Our neighbors and friends spread the word to get others far and wide excited about the change. Ward 8 is vocal about the needs of their community. Our neighbors and friends give up their valuable time to be actively involved in meetings and events to make the project even better. Thank you, Ward 8. The ice slide brought excitement during the wintery months. Each weekend, nothing but the sweet laughter of children – and even adults – could be heard as they experienced something that had never before existed in their neighborhood. The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend alone drew more than 2,000 attendees. As we approach the closing weekend for the ice slide at Gateway DC, we invite you to join our team, with the support of the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, for a funfilled weekend to show our appreciation for the Ward 8 community. On Saturday, the ice slide will be open from noon to 5 p.m. with a coffee and sweets shop operated by Ward 8’s Orange Cow, a game room and activity area, winter movies and music! On Monday, February 17, we will host a party with music and face-painting for children as we make our final trips down the slide, starting at 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. And if you want to stop by Friday, the ice slide will be open from 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Don’t miss out on the chance to witness the rebirth of St. Elizabeths East happening in Ward 8.
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An array of hats line the walls of Vanilla Beane’s establishment, Bené Millinery and Bridal Supplies, on Third Street, Northwest, in the District’s Manor Park area. /Photo by Roy Lewis
District Milliner’s Hats Part of New Smithsonian Museum By Margaret Summers WI Contributing Writer @ margaretsumme10 Black women’s head coverings, from the wrapped fabric of ancient and contemporary Africa, to today’s “church hats,” are a significant cultural expression in African-American history. African-American women, particularly “first ladies,” the term for the wives of churches’ head ministers, still wear hats in church, even after most white congregations stopped requiring women to do so. African-American women’s “church hats” noted for high crowns, broad brims, vivid colors and elaborate decorations are legendary. Such distinctive hats were a trademark of Dr. Dorothy Height, longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women. Many of her hats were designed by District of Columbia milliner Vanilla Beane. Her craftsmanship was honored by the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, when it acquired five of her original hats for its African-American fashion designers collection. “I’m happy to be recognized,” said Beane, 94. Originally
from Wilson, N.C., Beane, who moved to the District in 1942, was the youngest of seven children in a hard-working farming family. Her sisters, Margaret Harris, 98, a former dressmaker and designer, and Inez Dade, 101, who founded Tiny Tots preschool and nursery on Rock Creek Church Road, Northwest, also live in the District. Beane’s interest in millinery began in the 1950s, when she worked as an elevator operator in a downtown District building which housed the Washington Millinery supply store. “I saw hat designers going into the store,” said Beane. “I looked at the kinds of materials they would buy. I bought materials, and started making hats at home as a hobby.” The store hired Beane in 1955 as a seamstress. “I went to a night class that taught hat-making, and it helped me along,” she said. She eventually left the store to work for the General Services Administration as a mail clerk. She continued making hats after retirement. “I held hat shows at my house and invited people to my shows,” said Beane. Beane joined an affiliate of the National Council of Negro
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Women. It was called the National Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers. She joined the affiliate in order to promote her hats. “At that time, African-American fashion designers weren’t recognized too much,” she recalled. “The organization meets every year in different cities and has [design] competitions. If you win three first prizes, you are inducted into their Hall of Fame. I won three first prizes.” In 1980, Beane opened her hat shop, Bené Millinery and Bridal Supplies, on Third Street, Northwest, in the District’s Manor Park area, where it is still in operation. The National Museum of African-American History and Culture became aware of Beane and her hats because of her work for Height. “We reached out [to Beane] at last summer’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival, where Ms. Beane was an exhibitor,” said Elaine Nichols, the museum’s senior curator of culture. “I purchased a purple hat with a feather from Ms. Beane that day for the museum, because it was in the style of the hats she made for Dr. Height.” “We will display her hats in our preview exhibition of AfriThe Washington Informer
Vanilla Beane models one of her unique designs. /Photo by Roy Lewis
can-American designers’ works as an example of what the public will see when the museum is built, and opens in December 2015. Until we open, we have gallery space in the National Museum of American History.” Beane has supplied hats for
retired D.C. Superior Court Associate Judge Mary A. Gooden Terrell’s High Tea Society. Founded by Terrell in 1997, the organization increases young girls’ self-esteem, and encourag-
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ARIES Be especially sensitive to your spirit and your intuition this week. They are your sixth sense that will alarm you of a situation that you should avoid. You’ll also be alerted to meet a new person who will be important to your personal life in the near future. Expect the unexpected from your lover. Soul Affirmation: New intuitions create new plans and a new cast of characters. Lucky Numbers: 4 12, 17 TAURUS Do not feel alone in facing your tumultuous circumstances this week. Call upon your support system and do not be afraid to ask for help. Your ability to reach out will be a strong sign of courage. The people closest to you will feel a new respect for you. Soul Affirmation: When I reach out in love someone is always there. Lucky Numbers: 8, 24, 32 GEMINI Do not narrow your options by accepting any offer that is put on the table this week. Internalize the situation and discover how resourceful you are and capitalize on your own strengths and ability make things happen. Don’t underestimate yourself, especially this week! Soul Affirmation: The wisdom of the ages is revealed as my spirit. Lucky Numbers: 12, 32, 48
A fascinator hat made by Vanilla Beane in the 1950s or 1960s. /Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture
CANCER Love, joy and hope fill the air around you this week. Three of the greatest intangible assets that one can experience will be given to you in abundance this week. Use them to overcome the bad vibes being given out by a co-worker this week. Soul Affirmation: Hope is future’s way of shining on me this week. Lucky Numbers: 1, 23, 42 LEO Live this week especially in a celebratory mode and count your blessings for you are wealthy in ways that are above materialistic levels. Do not dwell on the financial situation in which you find yourself this week. Be ecstatic about the little pleasures that bring you laughter and gladness in your life! Soul Affirmation: When I give thanks for what I have, I lose all sense of what is missing. Lucky Numbers: 7, 28, 31 VIRGO Take the time this week for self-reflection. There is something about yourself that you are not seeing clearly. Remember now and whenever you examine your inner self to celebrate your strengths, for you have so many, and to accept your weaknesses as necessary, you are rewarded. Soul Affirmation: When I am clear about who I am, the world becomes clearer. Lucky Numbers: 6: 8, 47 LIBRA This week your honest acceptance of yourself will give you a power of both grandeur and humility. People will approach you for advice. You are capable of seeing clearly what it is that troubles them. This week be a counselor. In that you will find your prize. Soul Affirmation: I rejoice because of who I know myself to be. Lucky Numbers: 34, 51, 52 SCORPIO This week others might mistake your gift for something else. They may not be able to see it but your inner strength is very available to you this week. Fill the workplace with warmth as soon as you enter. Let peace radiate from your inner glow. Soul Affirmation: Love is the greatest gift I can give. Lucky Numbers: 7, 16, 33
The first hat Vanilla Beane ever made in the 1950s is part of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture’s fashion collection. /Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture
hats continued from Page 34 es their academic and entrepreneurial achievements. “Ms. Beane puts a part of herself and a touch of love in every hat that she has created for me,” said Terrell. “I draw a picture, give her an idea, or show her an outfit and she creates a vision of delight that is a head-turner. Dr. Height and I would always compare our ‘Beane hats’ because each of her hats captures her clients.” Delores Shannon, 87, of Northwest, is another loyal cus-
tomer. “I’ve bought her hats for years,” she said during a recent visit to the shop. “I’ve owned 76 hats, and I bought most of them here. You don’t see anything like them in other stores.” Ethel Sanders of Silver Spring, Md., owner of the Lovely Lady Boutique clothing store two doors away from Beane’s hat shop, said “Ms. Beane and I work together on fashion shows. Her hats are always a little different, out of the ordinary. When brides-to-be come to her, she makes one-of-a-kind hats for them.” Beane doesn’t make as many
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hats as she used to, but she accepts requests. “Depending on the hat style, I can make one in a day if there’s a rush on it. My favorite hat style is the turban.” Beane can only provide limited guidance to young people who want to become milliners. “It’s hard to tell someone how to do something,” she said. “You just start making a hat, and if it doesn’t come out the way you want it, you just keep trying.” For more information on The National Museum of African-American History and Culture, visit www. nmaahc.si.edu. wi The Washington Informer
SAGITTARIUS Someone influential is watching you at work this week. Get your work done as you think about celebrating your harmonious vibrations in the evenings in secluded time with your lover. Think about being uninhibited in your celebration and you will radiate joy in you work place and no one will know the reason. Soul Affirmation: My focus is good for making those decisions important to my career. Lucky Numbers: 14, 16, 19 CAPRICORN Emotional well-being is as important to happiness as physical health. Cool it this week. Give yourself a break. Problems are learning experiences. Make sure you keep that in mind as you face a challenge in the financial area of your life this week. Know that highs and lows bring balance to life and balance signifies well-being. Soul Affirmation: Money is my good friend this week. Lucky Numbers: 4, 21, 55 AQUARIUS This week is your week to shine! Let nothing get in the way of your light. You have an energy inside of you that can light the path at work. Now is the time to let your inner glow radiate out to co-workers. Others are in need of your inner strength. Let love dominate your week. Soul Affirmation: I move ahead joyfully in practical matters. Lucky Numbers: 3, 46, 47 PISCES Everyone wants joy in their lives but few people are ready to commit to truly joy filled ideals. The ideal you need to cultivate this week is forgiveness. You’re holding on to something needlessly. Even if you get even you won’t feel any better. Let it go. Soul Affirmation: I enjoy letting my conservative side shine through. Lucky Numbers: 22, 37, 50
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Redskins Hire Former Super Bowl Champ Doug Williams Returns to Team in Front Office Role By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer
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Just one week after the Seattle Seahawks’ Russell Wilson became the second black starting quarterback ever to win a Super Bowl; the Washington Redskins have hired the first man to hold that distinction. Doug Williams, who led the Skins to a 42-10 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII in 1988, has been hired by Washington as the team’s personnel executive. Many football analysts said the move, which had been discussed for several weeks, counts as an attempt by the Redskins to help their star quarterback Robert Griffin III improve over a disappointing 2013 season in which the former Heisman Trophy winner sat out the last three games. “It’s great to be home again,” said Williams, 58. “It also is great to be affiliated with a general manager and coach who are so focused and dedicated to winning. I have only one mission, to help this team obtain the talent it needs so the fans can experience the Super Bowl they deserve.” Williams, whom the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted 17th overall in 1978 before he signed with the Redskins in 1986, knows quite a bit about the Super Bowl experience. Despite recovering from root-canal surgery, Williams earned the game’s Most Valuable Player honors after he dominated the Broncos, throwing for a then-record 340 yards and four touchdowns as the Redskins easily defeated Denver 42-10. In announcing Williams’ hire on Monday, February 10, Redskins’ general manager Bruce Allen said winning a championship remains the paramount concern and goal of the The Washington Informer
organization. Allen, 54, who joined the Redskins in 2009, also said that the team believes Williams could help in their quest for a title. “We are focused on finding people with genuine football insight and a passion for winning,” he said. “As a player, coach and scout, Doug has seen it all and done it all, and we believe he has an incredible talent for identifying the type of players we want with the Redskins.” Williams likely will have conversations with Griffin, 23, about the star quarterback’s development. Coming off a rookie campaign in which he completed more than 65 percent of his pass attempts with 20 touchdowns and just five interceptions, Griffin faltered in 2013 with just 16 touchdowns, 12 interceptions and a 60 percent completion rate. “I don’t want to say living up to them, I want to say try to live up to them,” Williams said in a previously published interview about the expectations facing Griffin. “Because you’re going to have so many people expecting him to turn water into wine and I think what he has to do is do what he did when he was at Baylor University. Play his game and hope that he’s got some people around him. And I think the Redskins really understand that they have got a franchise quarterback and now they have got to find some pieces to the puzzle to go with him. He can’t go in with the idea that he can do it alone.” Williams said winning the Super Bowl requires a total team effort. Born in Zachary, La., Williams starred at Grambling State University before Tampa Bay drafted him in the first round. He led the Bucs, who had never been to the playoffs before Williams arrived, to the postseason in three of the four years he played
in Tampa Bay, including a trip to the National Football Conference Championship game in 1979. During that time, Williams stood as the only African-American quarterback in pro football and, despite his success, his $120,000 salary proved to be the lowest among all at the important position. When the Bucs offered him a raise to $400,000, which still would leave him as the lowest paid quarterback in the league, Williams declined and signed a more lucrative deal with the Oklahoma Outlaws of the United States Football League (USFL), where he shined before signing with the Redskins and returning to the National Football League. His historic Super Bowl victory with the Skins proved nothing short of phenomenal, not only because of the root-canal surgery and the fact that he went up against Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway, but because of the emotional trauma Williams also faced. Still mourning the death of his wife because of complications of a brain tumor, Williams also found out that his father couldn’t make it to the big game because of an illness. Also, the media and most of the public repeatedly reminded Williams that not only had an African-American quarterback never won a Super Bowl, but no black player at the position had even played in football’s title game. “It was quite the time,” said Williams who also coached Grambling State University’s football team. “(Then Redskins General Manager) Bobby Beathard didn’t bring me in to be the first black quarterback in the Super Bowl. They brought me in to be the quarterback of the Washington Redskins and we won.” wi
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Georgetown guard Markel Starks shoots for two of his 19 points on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. Starks was honored in a pregame ceremony by head coach John Thompson III and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Lee Reed, who presented Starks with a game ball for becoming the 44th member in Georgetownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1,000 career points club. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
Georgetown guard Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Vaunt Smith-Rivera drives to the basket for two of his 18 points in Big East college basketball action on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. Georgetown defeated Butler 71-63 before 13,011 fans. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
Georgetown guard Jabril Trawick is defended by Butler forward Khyle Marshall during Big East college basketball action on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. Georgetown defeated Butler 71-63. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
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Washington Wizards Defeat Sacramento Kings 93-84 Washington Wizards forward Nene goes one-onone with Sacramento Kings forward Carl Landry in the fourth quarter of NBA action on Sunday, Feb. 9 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. Nene led the Wizards in scoring with 18 points as the Wizards defeated the Kings 93-84. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
Sacramento Kings guard Isaiah Thomas tries to get past Wizards center Marcin Gortat in the first quarter of NBA action on Sunday, Feb. 9 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. Thomas led the Kings in scoring with 30 points as the Wizards defeated the Kings 93-84. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
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My Interview with Mayor for Life: “The Extraordinary Life of Marion Barry”
In his first live public interview since being released from the hospital last week, “Mayor for Life” Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry dispelled rumors that his health is failing so fast that he might not recover during my Radio One talk show last Friday. “My spirits are high,” and he is doing fine, he said in a robust voice, as he advised my listeners to stay positive, to “persevere” and to “never give up.” After all, Barry said in the 30-minute live telephone interview from an undisclosed physical rehabilitation center where he is receiving treatment, “I have a 77-year-body,” and “I’m lucky to be alive.” Barry’s upbeat messages are similar to those I often suggest on my weekly radio talk show, “Think on These Things,” which airs on WYCB-AM (1340) on Fridays at 6 p.m. Last week’s show was a Black History Month tribute to Mr. Barry, who has refused other media requests. The former mayor told my partner Adrienne Washington, who gives a weekly spotlight on politics, that he is not paying attention to the “naysayers” who want to talk about “old things,” rather he is using this positive attitude as part of his treatment to overcome the latest health challenges, primarily brought on by diabetes. “I’m walking better now,” and “I’m building up my muscles,” Barry said during our lighthearted interview. Then he talked about planning his 78th birthday party on March 6. For Black History Month, I’ve
scheduled some very high profile guests to salute during my show and the kick-off salute was to Barry who brought positive changes to this city, as I pointed out. He discussed his legacy and his current legislative initiatives as well as his health and upcoming book, “Mayor for Life: The Extraordinary Life of Marion Barry.” “I’ve helped a lot of people,” Barry said of his legacy. Barry’s supporters still see him as the activist, the champion of the poor. As mayor, Barry also worked closely with business leaders to bring D.C. back from a sleepy southern town to a thriving metropolitan and cosmopolitan city. However, he told Adrienne that gentrification has become a problem and if he was still mayor his priorities would be to find housing, jobs and do something so people could stay here. “The white people have taken over this city,” he said, alluding to gentrification. During his four terms as mayor, I think Barry affected so much positive change; much of which isn’t mentioned often enough for me. Though he fell down, he got back up again and again; a must for anyone trying to succeed. He said he went to prison but came back as a model for others. His life is an example of stick-to-it ness! My radio show places special emphasis on wellness and health as a special tribute to my deceased mother, Fannie Estelle Hill Grant who died from complications stemming from diabe-
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tes. Because Council member Barry had been hospitalized for weeks; and he too has diabetes, I feel his poor health is similar to my mother’s. So I wanted to spotlight him with an interview that would be sure to bring him joy. Health practitioners speak often of how peace and joy can heal. Barry also said, “This city isn’t doing anything about diabetes,” which is a shame because so many blacks suffer from the disease. The title of my radio show, “Think on These Things” is taken from the scripture, Philippians 4:8 which reads, “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things . . . are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” This was my chance to say ‘thank you’ for the good you’ve done Mayor Barry.wi
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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
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Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor
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Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745
700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849
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Worship Sundays @ 7:30 & 11:00 A.M. 5th Sundays @ 9:30 A.M. 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 P.M.
Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
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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
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.
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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Rehoboth Baptist Church
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
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
1864-2014
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.
150 Years of Service
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: : “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”
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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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Administration No. 2013 ADM 990
Administration No. 2013 ADM 1247
Frederick W. Barnes Decedent Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cynthia D. Barnes, M.D., whose address is 623 W. 145th Street, New York, NY 10031, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Frederick W. Barnes, who died on January 18, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 6, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 6, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: February 6, 2014 Cynthia D. Barnes, M.D. Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
Betty R. Howard Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Rebecca H. Whitmore, whose address is 3746 Benton Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Betty R. Howard, who died on October 19, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 6, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 6, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: February 6, 2014 Rebecca H. Whitmore Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
legal notices SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTTICT OF COLUMBIA CIVIL DIVISION Case No. 2013 CA 1603 B Calendar 12 Judge Brian F. Holeman Sandra Seegars, Plaintiff, v. Joshua Johnson, Defendant, Order of Service by Publication AMENDED ORDER This matter comes before the Court upon consideration of Plaintiff’s Motion to Request a Modification to the Order of Service of Publication, filed on November 27, 2013. On September 13, 2013, at a Status Hearing, Plaintiff presented documentation of her attempt to serve Defendant by certified mail. The Court reviewed documents as to two separate addresses: (1) 1905 Savannah Street SE #102, Washington, DC 20020; and (2) 1729 Alabama Avenue, SE, #304, Washington, DC, 20020. The Court observed that an individual at the United States Post Office had checked a box on the document stating that there is no such street in Washington, DC. Plaintiff averred that she served the Defendant at the first address when Defendant attended an Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) meeting and that she obtained the second address via Defendant’s parole office. Plaintiff averred that she has tried to serve Defendant by private process server and certified mail. On September 13, 2013, Plaintiff’s oral motion to serve Defendant by publication was granted and the deadline to effectuate service was extended to November 24, 2013. The prior unsuccessful efforts demonstrated diligence and that further efforts to serve personally or by mail would be futile. Therefore, service by publication is appropriate. WHEREFORE, it is this 17th day of January 2014, hereby
legal notices SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013 ADM 1107 Margaret Davidson aka Margaret Gretchen Davidson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Joseph Davidson, whose address is 6630 13th Place, NW, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Margaret Davidson aka Margaret Gretchen Davidson, who died on August 7, 2001 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before July 30, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before July 30, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: January 30, 2014
ORDERED, that Plaintiff’s Motion to Request a Modification to the Order of Service of Publication is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED, that notice be given, by the insertion of a copy of the Order of Service by Publication issued concurrently herewith, in a newspaper having general circulation in the District of Columbia, twice per month for two (2) successive months, notifying Joshua Johnson to appear in this Court by the 14th day of
Joseph Davidson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
February, 2014, by properly filing a response to the Complaint; and it is further ORDERED, that the deadline to effectuate service is
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Administration No. 2014 ADM 5
Administration No. 2014 ADM 81
Ernest Louis Walker Decedent Peter D. Antonoplos 805 15th Street, NW, Suite 501 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Deborah D. Walker, whose address is 1706 Redbud Court, Upper Marlboro, MD 20744, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ernest Louis Walker, who died on October 28, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 6, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 6, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: February 6, 2014 Deborah D. Walker Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
Eulis Theodore Saunders, Jr. Decedent Attorney Ethel Mitchell/Wills and Trusts LLC 1050 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1045 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Dora Waters Saunders, whose address is 1446 Tuckerman St., NW, #108, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Eulis Theodore Saunders, Jr., who died on December 15, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 13, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 13, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: February 13, 2014 Dora Waters Saunders Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills
extended to February 14, 2014; and it is further ORDERED, that this Court receive no timely response as required, this Court shall issue a final judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant; and it is further ORDERED, that the parties shall appear for a Status Hearing on February 21, 201, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 214. Brian F. Holeman Judge
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration Number 2013 ADM 1288 Estate of Sadie Williams Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Debra A. Garner for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth (i) order witnesses to the alleged will dated April 25, 1987, Jacquelyn Tillman and Rita Miller, to appear and give testimony regarding its execution, (ii) in the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate and appoint an unsupervised personal representative. Date of first publication: January 23, 2014 Colline Silvera Personal Representative: TRUE TEST COPY
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2013 ADM 1309 James Jeffries Dixon, Sr. Decedent Dalton Howard, Esq. 6701 16th Street, NW Washington, DC 20012 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS James T. Dixon, Sr., whose address is 8516 River Park Road, Bowie, MD 20715, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James Jeffries Dixon, Sr., who died on March 4, 2009 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before July 30, 2014. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before July 30, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: January 30, 2014 James T. Dixon, Sr. Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
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curry continued from Page 31 they need to raise?” Johnson questions whether Dr. King is a private figure anymore. “They keep throwing out the fact that Dr. King was a private citizen – that’s why his image is protected. And I told Roland [Martin] to ask Jeffrey Toobin, the lawyer on CNN: ‘At what point does one stop becoming a private citizen? Is that when we named a holiday after him? Or is it when we put a memorial on the Mall of him next to the other icons of this country?’ (Martin confirmed that Johnson made that request of him, but he never asked Toobin to reply.) “This is the killer part: If he’s a private person, then the King estate and family can say, ‘If you take a picture of the Memorial and you sell it as a postcard, you
alford continued from Page 31 was invented in the 1950s but improvements to it have made it much more productive and profitable. We have become the Saudi Arabia in natural gas. No nation has more than we do. The price of natural gas is about $2 per unit in the United States. In places like Europe and Japan it is more than $14 per unit. The environmentalists have been trying fanatically to stop the use of fracking but to no avail. In the end, our economy wins out. We are now taking our $2 natural gas and exporting it to other places for a very nice profit. We have turned our importing docks to exporting docks. The environmentalists have been pressuring the government to stop the permitting of new docks. We will win that fight also because we are talking jobs by
or states about CHIP’s future. When CHIP was reauthorized in February 2009, President Obama correctly said: “No child in America should be receiving her primary care in the emergency room in the middle of the night. No child should be falling behind in school because he can’t hear the teacher or see the blackboard. I refuse to accept that millions of our kids fail to reach their potential because we fail to meet their basic needs. In a decent society, there are certain obligations that are not subject to tradeoffs or negotiations – health care for our children is one of those obligations.” Let’s celebrate CHIP’s track record of success the common sense way by acting now to ensure CHIP in states across the country can continue the good work. wi
owe them a licensing fee. I don’t know if a member of the Congressional Black Caucus would be willing to pick that up as an issue, but I am certain a White Republican would say, ‘Get the hell out of here.’” He noted the King estate had engaged Sotheby’s, the auction house, in 2006 to sell Dr. King’s personal papers. “They were putting the papers on the auction block,” Johnson recounted. “Shirley Franklin [the former mayor of Atlanta] said, ‘We can’t have that’ and paid the King estate $32 million. Now, the King estate is coming back and saying, ‘Oh, we need $170 million for the King Center. I can even understand that. But what did you do with the $32 million? Is this going to be every time y’all need some money, you’re going to put your hands out to hold someone hostage? They are already charging people
for the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.” In a statement, Bernice King said, “While I love my brothers dearly, this latest decision by them is extremely troubling. Not only am I appalled and utterly ashamed, I am frankly disappointed that they would even entertain the thought of selling these precious items.” Bernice was correct when she said, “Our father MUST be turning in his grave.” wi George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook.
the thousands here. Then there is coal. Even our president has said he wants to kill coal. They have caused some damage with some coal mines closing and a noticeable amount of utility plants shutting down their operations due to pressure from the Environmental Protection Agency. However, that is about to change. Once again, the innovation of our energy industry is taking us to new heights. We can now take hard dirty coal and convert it to clean natural gas. While it is in the ground we can press it and separate the carbon from the gas. The gas is brought to the surface for use by our plants. Some of the Japanese owned auto plants in the United States have their own individual processing facilities. What about the dirty carbon? It remains underground. It is shipped by way of an underground pipeline to
oil exploration sites. It is used in the process of underground oil exploration. It never gets into the air. There is no “carbon footprint” as Al Gore would say. Yes, the future is bright for those of us who support our important energy industry. Innovation is what brought this nation to economic success and it will be what ensures our future being bright. There will be cleaner and less costly ways to manufacturing and production. Guess who will be the players in that innovation? Naturally, it will be our energy industry as they have the expertise and engineers to do it. It won’t be done by “rookies”. wi Harry C. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce®. Website: www. nationalbcc.org. Email: halford@nationalbcc.org.
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jackson continued from Page 32 will be reflected in our society is an open question. The Census Bureau projects It is projected that Whites in the U.S. within three decades. What will be the impact on America when this happens? What will be the legal definition of minority? Will it be Whites who will be making demands of us – the newly constituted majority? The winds of change cannot be stopped or slowed. Diversity can and should be embraced. Globalism has shrunk the world. World travel is more affordable than ever before. More Americans should take the opportunity to visit a for-
malveaux continued from Page 32 just wants headlines. What is the DMX agenda? Doesn’t he understand that if he looks even close to losing the fight, he might have a stand your ground massacre in his hands? Furthermore, doesn’t he understand, don’t we all, that this is all about monetizing a massacre, allowing Zimmerman to gain because his notoriety is directly connected to the killing of Trayvon Martin. From my understanding, people who participate in Pay-perView programs earn a lump sum and a percentage of the monies spent to watch the “event.” Thousands of people say they are interested in seeing this fight.
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eign country this year. Diversity can be an asset or it can be a liability, depending on whether it is embraced or resisted. Certain things must be embraced in order for diversity to be an asset. English must be the language that binds us together. Knowing and understanding America’s “total” history is mandatory to understanding how good we have it. Believing in America’s promise of freedom and opportunity, while never forgetting your heritage, helps you to fully embrace the American dream. But, in this pursuit, we must resist the temptation to self-isolate based on country of origin, race, or religion. I fail to understand how a person can live
in America or any country for years and not speak the native language as too many immigrants have done. Far too many people have never been to a church outside of their own denomination. Far too many people have never been to an ethnic restaurant in their own city. America is far from perfect; but sometimes we spend so much time focusing on that which divides us that we forget what unites us. Remember, we can’t have unity without “u-n-i.” wi Raynard Jackson is president & CEO of Raynard Jackson & Associates, LLC., a Washington, D.C.-based public relations/government affairs firm. He can be reached through his Web site, www.raynardjackson.com. You can also follow him on Twitter at raynard1223.
If they are at all interested in sending a murderer a signal, they ought to miss the opportunity to watch this drama. Every dollar spent on this pay-per-view debacle, is a dollar transferred to the man who not only killed Trayvon Martin but also has no shame about profiting from that massacre. Fortunately, the match was cancelled over the weekend. In our haven of capitalism anybody has a right to attempt to monetize anything. But markets depend on supply and demand. Zimmerman can supply all the nonsense he wants to in an open market. His massacre can only be monetized when consumers demand it. The same people who stood by Trayvon Martin need now stand their ground against
George Zimmerman and actively jettison his plan to monetize his murder of an innocent and unarmed black teen. Memo to DMX and the other 15,000 people who said they wanted to fight George Zimmerman. When this murderer understands that the market will not embrace him, he will have to go back under the radar and get a job like everyone else. He’ll learn that his traffic tickets and his wife beating are not national news. He will learn that he cannot reap rewards from massacring a child. wi Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.
of world food security is in Africa, both in terms of available land and in the fertilizer which will be needed to make that land productive, still up until now, investors, except for some in China, have a “hands off Africa” policy. And for good reason. Unless your country has a powerful military like China, Russia, or the United States, investment in a war-torn continent might seem frightening to most with money. Furthermore, the traditional gateways to Africa are themselves in ruin. Among those gateways: South Africa is so corrupt, attendees at the public memorial service for the late Nelson Mandela, loudly booed their own president – Jacob Zuma – while they gave a warm reception to U.S. President Barack Obama, a son of Africa, whose father was born in Kenya. Meanwhile, I can’t think of an intelligent non-Nigerian with any disposable income, who would dare even set foot in that equally corrupt, and now mortally dangerous country which has been torn apart by sectarian warfare. And finally, Egypt is also
torn asunder by political-religious strife. But not so, Morocco. Whatever that kingdom’s naysayers may repeat, Morocco is a stable, secure country which weathered its own “Arab Spring” with hundreds of reforms to its legislature, to its treatment of women, to its treatment of prisoners, to human rights, and to all forms of discrimination. What’s more, Morocco has instituted its own “green revolution” aimed at modernizing its agricultural and fisheries to compete in the modern world. Finally, if any African-American investors, from wealthy individuals, to churches, to credit unions, to labor organizations; if any African-American investors wake up soon and smell the economic coffee brewing in Africa, they should most certainly look at Morocco – a stable American ally in the Muslim world – as an important starting ground. wi
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