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Dems, GOP Slam Trump’s Border Wall ‘Emergency’

D.C. Helps Returning Citizens with READY Assistance

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia

By James Wright WI Contributing Writer

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has expressed concern about returning citizens in the District of Columbia going back to her days as a Ward 4 council member.

As mayor, she has made it a point to connect with these District residents and her latest initiative will make sure they will be able to get back into the mainstream of life in the city.

On Feb. 12, the mayor launched the READY (Resources to Empower and Develop You) Center that will serve as a one-stop shop where returning citizens can access critical post-release services, obtain vital documents and get referrals to treatment

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5 Margaret Turner of the Smithsonian Institute and Dr. Lonnie Bunch accept a $1 million check from Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.’s officers (l-r) Kenneth Brown, Dr. Andrew Ray, and Dr. David Marion representing the fraternity’s final donation to the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the annual ASALH Black History luncheon Saturday, Feb. 16. (Roy Lewis/ The Washington Informer)

Stacey Abrams Talks Candidly on Race, Political Power in U.S. Controversial Loss in GA Gubernatorial Impetus for ‘Fair Fight’ Initiative

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir Stacey Abrams, 45, made history last November in her effort to become the nation’s first African-American female governor – a race that she lost by the slimmest of margins and whose results – that is the validity of the outcome – remain “questionable” to many Americans

– Black and white. Her campaign initiated a new national conversation about the importance of voting rights by shining a light on voter suppression efforts in Georgia. As a result, there is a new focus on ending what Abrams calls “systematic disenfranchisement” of African-American voters and other voters of color in America.

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5 2018 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams discusses her fight to end voter suppression during a conversation at the Brookings Institute in Northwest on Friday, Feb. 15. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Hunger, affordable housing, unemployment, underfunded public schools and climate change are all national emergencies — but not a border wall, critics of President Donald Trump argue.

The commander in chief declared a national emergency Friday to fund his 2016 campaign promise of building a wall along America’s southern border, which didn’t go over well with many.

“As someone who has visited our southern border several times, the only emergency is the crisis that was created by this administration’s cruel immigration policies that separate families and put innocent children in cages,” said Rep. Nanette Barragan (D-Calif.).

Congress should never have approved Trump’s budget that included funding that was still well-short of the estimated $6.5 billion border wall, said activist Shaun King.

“All he did was wait until Congress approved some then declared a national emergency the next day,” King said.

The president said declaring the national emergency and other measures will help free as much as $8 billion so he can fund the wall, which would run some 234 miles.

Trump said he’ll get money from multiple sources including tapping into the $3.6 billion earmarked for military construction, $600 million in asset forfeitures seized by the U.S. Treasury Department, $2.5 billion

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AROUND THE REGION Reformed Youths Talk Local Violence, Possible Solutions

By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins With their days of street beef well behind them, a group of millennials, many of whom will soon enter their 30s immersed in the career field of their choice, reflected on their former lives and where they fit in efforts to quell the violence that continues to ravage parts of the District.

This recent brainstorming session, the first of many to come, took place in a spacious room several miles outside the familiar confines of participants’ stomping grounds. There, guests reunited with comrades and former enemies and spoke about a bevy of topics related to some described as traumatic experiences.

“The issues we face are deeply rooted so one day isn’t going to solve them,” said Alexis Hawkins, a student from Congress Park in Southeast currently in her first year at the Howard University School of Law. Hawkins said her allegiance to her community costed her admission into every school in the D.C. Public Schools system. After obtaining her GED in Maryland, she attended and graduated from Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina.

For Hawkins, a law degree will better allow her to help those coming behind her.

“It was good seeing a lot of participants,” she said. “I haven’t seen in five years. We got a lot of work to do with mentorship and giving back.”

By last Saturday’s session at the Church of Scientology-National Affairs Office in Northwest, nearly two dozen homicides had taken place in the District since the new year, according to data compiled by the Metropolitan Police Department. A recent gun-involved incident at Ponds Street in Northeast involved a 12-year-old youngster who’s reportedly unconscious.

In response to an uptick in gun violence, Councilman Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) recently introduced legislation to fund a center to study gun violence.

Earlier this month, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and Attorney General Karl Racine announced the movement of local gun cases to federal court, much to the chagrin of some elected officials and local activists seeking what they call more holistic ways to address the underlying causes of intra-community violence.

Without hesitation, the more than a dozen 20- and 30-somethings from Lench Mob, Choppa City, Congress Park, Wahler Place and Robinson Place in Southeast and the Trinidad neighborhood in Northwest who attended Saturday’s discussion cited social media, gun proliferation, drug abuse and the absence of mediators with street credibility as elements that ferment the rampant violence overtaking their communities.

“We need to talk to these communities about how to govern themselves,” said Duane Cunningham, a violence interrupter known as Cousin Wayne from the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (ONSE), and a facilitator of Saturday’s meeting.

“A lot of adults don’t deal with one another, so that makes the children do the same thing.”

Cunningham, along with other ONSE members, guided the young people in their analysis of key similarities and differences between their upbringing and that of their teenage peers. He said that the solution to neighborhood violence lies with the residents who call those communities home.

“We’re not showing an example of how a village looks. It doesn’t take a lot to have these meetings.

We just have to push the beef to the side,” he said.

Activist and returning citizens advocate Tony Lewis Jr., also in attendance, conferred with the youth and later passed out cop-

ies of his memoir “Slugg: A Boy’s Life in the Age of Mass Incarceration” along with a study guide that compels introspection. He too weighed in on the conversation, pointing out that many of the elders that disillusioned youth needed had incarcerated for long stints during the War on Drugs and subsequent iterations.

Years after squashing their beef, Damon Sams, a professional rapper known as 9milli from Lench Mob, and Bernard “BJ” Hodges of Choppa City, spoke about their changes as a matter of life or death.

Sams, in particular, said that he didn’t want to squander the blessings he received, especially after a relatively light prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm in the shooting death of Ashley McRae in 2010.

“When I came home, I promised myself not to sell drugs [because] I have my daughter,” Sams said. “Being in the position I was in and now working at DC Wa-

5 Tony Lewis, Jr. (center) and participants in a discussion on curbing the violence in neighborhoods gather for a photo-op on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Church of Scientology-National Affairs Office in Northwest. (Courtesy photo/Facebook Grab from Tony Lewis, Jr.)

ter, you don’t get those kinds of opportunities and blessings unless you stick to your morals and principles.

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blessing because it made me realize it was time for a change,” he said. “You have to stay patient and be willing to ask for and accept help.” WI

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FEB. 21 1933 – Singer/songwriter and civil rights activist Nina Simone is born in Tryon, North Carolina.

1936 – Civil rights leader Barbara Jordan, the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives, is born in Houston.

1940 – John Lewis, longtime U.S. congressman and and renowned civil rights leader, is born in Troy, Alabama.

1961 – Inventor Otis Boykin patents an improved electronic resistor.

1965 – Civil rights activist Malcolm X is assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan at 39.

FEB. 22 1950 – Basketball icon Julius “Dr. J” Erving is born in East Meadow, New York.

1989 – DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince win the first-ever Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance for their hit, “Parents Just Don’t Understand.”

FEB. 23 1868 – W.E.B. Du Bois, author, sociologist and civil rights activist, is born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

1942 – Haki Madhubuti, author, activist, and founder of the Third World Press, is born in Little Rock, Arkansas.

1979 – Frank E. Petersen Jr. is promoted to brigadier general, becoming the first African-American general in the Marine Corps.

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1864 – Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first African-American woman to earn a medical degree.

1999 – Rapper and singer Lauryn Hill wins five Grammys including Album of the Year, setting a one-night record for a female artist.

FEB. 25 1903 – Albany State University, a historically Black college, is founded in Albany, Georgia.

1948 – Civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. is ordained as a minister at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where his father was a pastor.

1964 – Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, defeats Sonny Liston by a seventh-round TKO in Miami Beach, Florida, to win the heavyweight boxing championship for the first time.

FEB. 26 1926 – Boxing great Theodore “Tiger” Flowers becomes the first Black middleweight champion.

1928 – R&B legend Fats Domino is born in New Orleans.

1965 – Civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson dies eight days after being shot by police during a peaceful voting rights march in Marion, Alabama.

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So, he can return to the team on week 12 and resume playing week 14 — just in time for the Seahawks’ home game against the Minnesota Vikings.

Of course, Seattle knew what they were doing. But they needed someone like Kendricks to stand in for K.J. Wright who had been recovering from knee surgery he had back in August and who made his season debut last weekend in a win at Detroit.

So, exit Kendrick after helping out the team for three games.

Thanks for the memories.

Ironically, the Seahawks have done nothing wrong — at least not according to the rules of the

Still, I’m not surprised.

After all, in America, those who commit white collar crimes like Kendricks tend to get a slap on the wrist, a private pat on the back and a quick visit to a comfortable federal institution. Just ask Rod Blagojevich or Martha Stewart. league. But ethically, well, that’s another matter.

But what about their decision to bow out of earlier plans announced during the offseason when they expressed interest in Colin Kaepernick — plans for a workout that they subsequently scratched and never re-scheduled? Seems that Kaepernick just can’t get a fair shake because of his role in the national anthem protests that have surrounded the NFL for the past two years. Because he exercised his rights as a citizen, Kaepernick has become a scapegoat in the NFL and hasn’t played since the 2016 season.

He’s filed a grievance against NFL owners for collusion, claiming they worked together to keep him off the field because of his

protests not his football abilities.

I say, who in good conscience could refute his claim? But he remains on the outside looking in, sidelined because of his beliefs.

That’s the way the ball bounces at least in the National Football League — and it’s just plumb wrong.

Still, I’m not surprised. After all, in America, those who commit white collar crimes like Kendricks tend to get a slap on the wrist, a private pat on the back and a quick visit to a comfortable federal institution. Just ask Rod Blagojevich or Martha Stewart.

But what crime has Kaepernick really committed? None.

He stood his ground, lending his support in the midst of a racially divisive conundrum. Too bad that when the smoke cleared, it was apparent that he had unfortunately stood on the wrong side — leading the way for others who quickly turned their backs on him when they could have evoked significant change had they banded together.

I used to really admire the Seattle Seahawks. But since their display of hypocrisy for all the world to see, I’ve relinquished my support and put my Super Bowl champion T-shirt in the bottom of my closet.

I wonder who’s next in line?

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The longstanding lawsuit Kaepernick filed against the NFL’s team owners, alleging collusion, has recently been settled in his favor. The question, however, remains, whether he will ever be allowed to play professional football again.

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By James Wright WI Contributing Writer Black Democrats across the country agree that President Trump has to go in 2020, but are still weighing their options for who should be the next occupant of the White House.

“I have not decided whom I will support for president in 2020,” said Sheila Huggins, a Black North Carolina delegate to the 2019 Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) winter meeting that took place Feb. 1416 at the Marriott Marquis in Northwest.

Huggins said she and other members of the DNC met with Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), an African American, on Feb. 14 to hear his ideas on why he wanted to be president.

While Booker impressed Huggins, she made it clear that the other candidates will also get her attention.

D.C. Democratic State Committee Chairman Charles Wilson agreed.

“I haven’t selected a candidate yet,” Wilson said. “I want to see all of them on the stage together.”

Travis Nelson, a delegate from Oregon, said he hasn’t yet made up his mind but “the candidates have starting reaching out to me.”

Carol Burke of the U.S. Virgin Islands said it is “too early to tell” whom she will support.

“We have an abundance of qualified candidates,” Burke said. “The one I favor will get the breadth and depth that I can deliver.”

The DNC meeting takes place

annually in D.C. and members of the committee come from all 50 states and the territories to decide the rules and bylaws of the party and its work plan for the year. The DNC serves as the governing body of the national Democratic Party.

Since 1936, African-American Democrats have played a role in the success of the party on the national, state and local level. All Democratic presidents since Franklin D. Roosevelt have gotten into office largely because of the Black vote and African Americans are often integral when the party wins chambers of the Congress.

In addition, Blacks have helped many Democratic gubernatorial and statewide candidates in states where there exists as a measurable African-American voting bloc.

The 2020 presidential cycle has already drawn numerous candidates, with more expected to join the race. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), an African American, also declared her intention to run last month.

The Rev. Leah Daughtry, who presided over the 2008 and 2016 Democratic National Committee presidential conventions, said she is still waiting until the full field takes shape.

“I want to see who will run and until then, I will make no commitment,” Daughtry said.

Some delegates said they won’t support a candidate during the primary season because of the position they hold.

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AROUND THE REGION Elder Promotes ‘Black Facts’ During Mid-Winter Break

By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) students will soon wrap up their weeklong February break — a break that some fear interrupts Black history instruction during the lone month designated for the celebration of Black achievements.

To fill that void, retired teacher Emma P. Ward has called for the expansion of a cause she has long championed: the collection and dissemination of Black Facts, a “this day in history”-styled compilation found on page 6 of The Washington Informer, to District schools for students to study and recite in classrooms, over the intercom and during assemblies.

“I’m not complaining that school is out, but am just asking what the city will do to enhance Black History during that time,” said Ward, Ms. Senior DC 2011.

Since 2015, Ward has cut out and laminated editions of Black Facts, each of which recounts significant events from the past on the day they occurred.

On Feb. 3, Ward told an audience at the UNIA-ACL Woodson Banneker Jackson-Bey Division 330’s book fair about the then-upcoming break, scheduled to start after President’s Day and end on Feb. 22. She later implored guests to contact their D.C. Council member about the matter and join her in laminating past editions of “Black Facts.”

Ward’s “Black Facts” project, currently in the works, will build upon what she described as ongoing programs at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in Southwest, Ketcham Elementary School in Southeast, and Noyes Elementary School in Northeast that connect students with Black history and The Informer.

Recently, Ward added Arthur Capper Recreation Center in Southeast, Bennett Career Institute in Northeast and Masjid Muhammad in Northwest as hubs for Black history teachings.

“Why not send out this information to the recreation departments?” she said. “My ultimate goal is to get The Washington Informer in all of the public and charter schools. This [mid-winter break] is a catalyst for us to get the ‘Black Facts’ out during the rest of the school year.”

“Black Facts” has been a key component of The Informer since the late 1980s when staff members published compilations of Black history facts that the National Newspaper Publishers Association, the umbrella organization for The Informer and nearly 200 other Black-owned U.S. newspapers, sent its members in weekly packages.

Throughout the years, as “Black Facts” grew in popularity, The Informer used additional sources to produce a diverse, upto-date array of historical data.

Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of The Informer, said “Black Facts” has become an important community engagement tool, to the point that readers have called The Informer’s headquarters on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Congress Heights to report discrepancies.

“We’ve had various teachers use ‘Black Facts’ as a learning tool. That’s the reason we maintained it,” Barnes said. “This is the first time we met someone like Ms. Ward who has gone beyond the call of duty to cut them out and laminate them.

“For us, Black history is every day, every week, and all year,” she said. “You can’t forget the little-known Black history facts some of us need to know more about.”

DCPS counts among a number of school districts in the Northeast that have mid-winter breaks. The decision to follow New York City Public Schools and others in adjusting the calendar had reportedly followed parental feedback about too many half-days and a lack of rest between winter and spring breaks.

Representatives from DCPS didn’t return The Informer’s inquiries about how the break would affect Black history instruction.

Ward’s reach extended beyond DCPS when she introduced Black Facts to a private school student she had been tutoring.

Melisa Woodson, the young lady’s mother, applauded Ward’s tutelage of her child, saying it would help her appreciate her value to her school community.

“I was excited about this because it’s important for our children to be aware of Black history,” said Woodson, mother of a 10-year-old student at HoltonArms School in Bethesda, Maryland, who lives in Northwest.

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In 2008, Woodson and her daughter, then three months of age, experienced history together when Woodson voted for presidential candidate Barack Obama, who would go on to become the nation’s first Black president.

“All some young people knew of was a Black president up until Trump,” Woodson said. “We knew how important Black history was, but some young people don’t get it. It’s important for my daughter to have a balance.

As a 10-year-old, she has awareness. Learning Black history facts gives her confidence and more self-awareness in her identity.”

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5 Imam Dr. Talib M. Shareef, president of The Nation’s Mosque, Masjid Muhammad and two ladies peruse the Washington Informer’s Black Facts column which is being used to connect students with Black History. (Photo Courtesy/Emma P. Ward)

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Funeral Service Held for Five Children Killed in Bowie Automobile Crash

Blessed ‘Angels’ Laid to Rest

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Robert Heard, Sr. summarized the uniqueness of his three grandchildren’s infectious smiles and love of music.

Heard also complimented his two younger cousins, ages 5 and 8, recalling when they woke up early to help feed the homeless.

“What can you say about [being] humanitarians at a young age? They always looking out for other people,” Heard said.

“That’s how my family is and that’s how my family will stay.”

Heard joined several others who gave reflections Saturday before hundreds of family members, friends and educators at a funeral service at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, for five children killed in an automobile accident this month.

They filled the pews to celebrate the lives of Damari Makale Herald, 15; Zion Elijah Beard, 14; London Anayah Dixon, 8; Rickelle Lashawn Ricks, 6; and Paris Aliza Dixon, 5.

Each name was emblazoned

on colorful wreaths that stood beside pink and white caskets in front of the pulpit. Damari, Zion and Rickelle are siblings from the District and cousins to the Dixon sisters from Bowie.

The children died Feb. 2 after a vehicle they rode in crashed along Route 301 in Bowie. Maryland State Police said Dominique R. Taylor, 32, the mother of Paris and London, drove a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica that veered off the highway, struck several trees and spun into a snow-covered field.

Police said a preliminary investigation revealed Taylor and a front passenger, Cornell D. Simon, 23, of Oxon Hill, wore seat belts and received treatment at a local hospital, but the five children were ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.

Simon died from his injuries Monday, Feb. 18 after being taken off life support.

At Saturday’s service, a program offered highlights of what made the children special.

Damari had a very strong interest in the field of technology as a freshman at Cesar Chavez

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5 Family and friends line up to pay their respects during a Feb. 16 funeral service at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, for five children ages 5 to 15 killed in a car crash in Bowie two weeks prior. (Brigette White/ The Washington Informer)

Public Charter School’s Capitol Hill campus. Blue was his favorite color and he also occasionally cooked for his family.

Zion liked green as his favorite color and participated in the afterschool math club as an eighth-grade student at Friendship Public Charter School in the District.

His sister, Rickelle, also attended Friendship enrolled as a straight-A first-grade student who loved the color pink and participated in a dance class.

Heard called her “Rockelle” because “she rocks.”

London and Paris attended Northview Elementary in Bowie.

London, a third-grader, loved the color red. Paris was in kindergarten and liked pink and purple.

Lesley Boone, a second-grade teacher at Northview, told a short story about Paris’s love for art and greeting teachers. London “was a responsible, proud big sister” who also won first place in the school’s reading fair.

“London and Paris were affectionate and loved to give hugs,” said Boone, as she stood beside London’s third-grade teacher, Tiffany Smith, and assistant principal Jessica Grant. “We were the happy recipients of those hugs. Both girls loved being together. It was truly a beautiful bond.” WI

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5 The front of a program for the funeral of five children killed in a Feb. 2 car crash is seen here during the Feb. 16 service at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The five children are (clockwise from top left) Zion Elijah Beard, London Anayah Dixon, Paris Aliza Dixon, Damari Makale Herald and Rickelle Lashawn Ricks. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY Md. Board Proposes to Slash Prescription Drug Prices

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill

Laura Mungin recently participated in the Bridge Plan, a medical insurance program for those at least age 60 that provided a variety of coverages that included prescription drug medication that cost $1,400 a month.

Because she used the medicine on a trial basis to treat her diabetes, her insurance company mailed her a letter to state it couldn’t pay for it unless “I had an occurrence [such as] a heart attack.”

“Those two pens were $1,400 every two weeks. I can’t afford that,” Mungin said after an exercise class Friday, Feb. 15 outside the Camp Springs Senior Activity Center in Temple Hills. “I take over-the-counter [medicine], diet and of course, exercise.”

Until told by a reporter, Mungin didn’t know about proposed legislation in Annapolis to create a prescription drug affordability board.

According to the legislation crafted by Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D-District 21) of College Park and state Sen. Kathy Klausmeier (D-Baltimore County), one of the board’s responsibilities would be to “review the cost of a prescription drug product … [and] determine whether use of the prescription drug product … has led or will lead to affordability challenges for the state health care system or high out-of-pockets costs for patients.”

The board would consist of members with expertise in health care economics, or clinical medicine.

The body, which would operate as an independent unit, can make a drug company validate the price for any new brand costing $30,000 or more per year, or wholesale acquisition increases of at least $3,000.

After review, the board could set “an upper limit” on the drug.

“Wherever you go, people talk about the high cost of prescription drugs,” Klausmeier said.

“There are so many new drugs out there. The bottom line is we have to get prescription drug cost down.”

There are nearly 100 co-sponsors of the legislation in the House, seven of them Republican.

One of the most outspoken supporters, Harford County Ex-

ecutive Barry Glassman, said his jurisdiction spends nearly $7 million a year on prescription drugs for about 900 employees.

“For local governments, health care prescription costs are one of the leading drivers of the problems we are having,” said Glassman, a Republican. “This is a Maryland problem. It’s a national problem. This bill is a good first step at bringing those folks in to justify these enormous price increases.”

Both bills are scheduled for hearings in the Senate and House on March 6, but could encounter some opposition.

Nick McGee, spokesman for the D.C.-based Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), said in a statement Thursday, Feb. 14 the legislation would enact price controls on prescription medicines that would limit patient access.

“It recycles failed ideas that give government broad authority to arbitrarily set prices and undermine the competitive market that is critical to bringing down costs and delivering new treatments to patients,” McGee said. “This misguided approach could also have a chilling effect on new innovation and the thriving biotech industry that supports thousands of jobs in Maryland.”

Health care advocates, faith leaders and civil rights organizations showed their support for the legislation last week at a press conference in Annapolis.

One resident, Jo Saint-George, relayed how she and her husband needed to use their entire savings after she was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

In addition to costly surgeries and doctor appointments, her prescription drug medication runs $700 per bottle. Sometimes she split her medication so it could last longer, but eventually ended up back in the hospital, she said, “creating another bill that I still have on my credit today.”

“I’m willing to get transparent and personal around this issue because I never thought I would be on medication,” said SaintGeorge, an attorney and member of the Maryland State Conference of the NAACP. “But when tragedy strikes, you don’t know when that’s going to happen. So we need these types of supports and affordability to make sure when people goes through these things, they can transition and be alive.”

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5 Jo Saint-George, an attorney and member of the Maryland State Conference of the NAACP, speaks during a Feb. 14 press conference in support of legislation to create a prescription drug affordability board. Vincent DeMarco (left) president of the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative, leads a group of health care organizations and advocates supporting the measure. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

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By Lorraine Stone Special to The Washington Informer

In August 1901, the Red Bank Register newspaper proclaimed, that “one of the most noted colored men of the country” had purchased and moved into a home on Beech Street in Red Bank, New Jersey.

Indeed, an announcement of this caliber that welcomed the African American, journalist, and newspaper publisher, T. Thomas Fortune and his family to town, was a long way away from his slave beginnings, in Marianna, Florida, where he was born in1856.

Champions for human rights and social justice, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Thomas Fortune were looking to relocate their family to the country from Brooklyn, New York, and, as reported in the Register, bought the home for $4,000.

The Fortune’s, along with their two children, moved into the three-story Second-Empire style home, sporting a French Mansard roof like a man’s fancy top hat, that Fortune later dubbed “Maple Hall.”

Fortune was editor and publisher of the New York Age newspaper, located in New York City, when

he became a Monmouth County resident. He was already known nationally as an outspoken journalist, who stood strong not only on the many issues facing Afro-Americans, but for women and the poor as well. While Fortune did not coin the term ‘Afro-American’ he strongly believed it to be an appropriate designation for those formerly enslaved Africans.

However, he certainly popularized the term in 1890, as a founding member of the National Afro American League, which became a precursor to the NAACP. The term was also included in the formation of The Afro American Business and Investment Company that he founded during this time, so African Americans could purchase homes.

RESTORATION PLANS NEAR COMPLETION FOR FORTUNE HOUSE

Fast forward, 106 years later, Fortune’s stately manor is being restored to its original grandeur and given a new purpose, as The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center.

The house, now located at 94 Drs.

5 The T. Thomas Fortune home when it was still abondoned. (Courtesy redbankgreen.com)

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James Parker Blvd., has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976, when it was designated a National Historic Landmark. It is only one of the two Landmarks in New Jersey devoted to African American Heritage, the other being Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson.

The Fortune family had fallen on difficult times in 1911, a year after their only son, Frederick, graduated from Red Bank High School.

Unfortunately, they lost their home and in 1915 and, according to the National Register of Historic Places nominating application, the home was sold in a sheriff’s sale to the Vacarelli brothers, an Italian immigrant family.

The Vararellis raised their families in the house and constructed an addition onto the back of the home, where they operated a successful bakery business until 2005.

Although they remained owners of the property, they abandoned it in 2006. It subsequently was vandalized and fell into terrible disrepair, becoming an eyesore to the westside Red Bank community. Eventually the family filed for an application for a demolition permit.

BACKDROP: PROJECT COMMITTEE COMES TO THE RESCUE

However, the dismal future of the T. Thomas Fortune house was avoided when the grassroots organization, the T. Thomas Fortune Project Committee, formed in 2013. The mission of the Committee was to educate the community and beyond by bringing conscious awareness to the tireless efforts of T. Thomas Fortune and his important contribution to social justice for African Americans in the country.

Moreover, some committee members along with its co-chairs, educator and journalist Gilda Rogers, and Red Bank architect Mark Fitzsimmons, made an appearance on a segment of NJTV News that brought more attention to the home’s fall from grace. An article that ran on Father’s Day in The New York Times in 2015 caught the eye of building developer, Roger Mumford of Roger Mumford Homes LLC. Steadfast with the hopes of saving the home, the Committee turned to the state’s Green Acres Program for help in purchasing the nearly one-acre property. Under the umbrella of the Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres stepped in and made a fair market offer to the Vacarelli family, for the National Historic Landmark. Unfortunately, the family rejected the

offer.

Befuddled by the turn of events, Rogers remarked, “The only thing I can do is to turn this over to a higher power, because as a committee we’ve done everything within our power to save the home.”

Although giving up was never an option. In a matter of a few days, having read about the plight of the Fortune House, Mumford reached out to Rogers and asked to meet with her about the matter. During the course of their first meeting, he told Rogers that he might have a solution to the problem.

Mumford’s solution involved purchasing the property from the Vacarelli family and in solidarity with the committee’s intent to repurpose and operate the home as a cultural center, Mumford would sell the property back to the non-profit committee for a nominal fee.

Clearly, Mumford envisioned a project that would benefit the community and the municipality as well. When the zoning board approved Mumford’s plan on July 28, 2016, the green light was given to him to move forward on the $3-million project.

“We are fortunate that Red Bank had the wisdom to understand that being creative with zoning can be appropriate, if you’re responsible about it,” said Mumford.

Mumford’s plan includes erecting 31 apartments, a mix of oneand two-bedroom units, some of which would be designated as affordable housing units, at the rear of the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center. Collectively, the site will

be known as “Fortune Square.”

Work has since started on the house to restore and preserve it, with Mumford already incurring over $200,000 for underground engineering and planning for the project.

The Committee has since focused on raising funds to operate the 2,700 square feet historic structure. As Rogers pointed out in a Committee meeting soon after the exciting decision was announced, “Now the hard work begins.

We have to work on operational planning and development of the house.”

In addition, the committee’s mission has remained to establish and maintain the Cultural Center through philanthropy and fundraising as a vibrant, educational center dedicated to diversity, social justice advocacy and tolerance. The committee has also been intentional about playing a prominent role in the social cultural revitalization of Red Bank, Monmouth County, the state and beyond.

Equally important to the mission and goal of the Committee has been determining what the Center will offer both culturally and educationally to the community.

Developer Roger Mumford, who explained the new plans for the Cultural Center, talked about how the house looked when the Fortunes lived there and the changes that had been made by the Vaccarelli family.

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NATIONAL Handicapping the 2020 Democratic Hopefuls

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia Caucuses in Iowa and Nevada and primaries in New Hampshire and South Carolina are just one year away and Democrats seeking to unseat Republican President Donald Trump are gearing up for what many are saying is a race to save America from the current divisive administration.

Of the declared Democrats — it’s still relatively early and many others could still throw their hat in the ring — here’s a look at the candidates thanks to rankings that Rolling Stone magazine compiled earlier this month.

KAMALA HARRIS

The 54-year-old senator, who battled big banks and for-profit colleges as California’s attorney general — has adopted a plat-

form responsive to the passion of the grassroots, including a Green New Deal.

As noted by Rolling Stone and other outlets, Harris isn’t shying away from her sometimes controversial record as San Francisco District Attorney where she once threatened to incarcerate parents whose children skipped school.

The Howard University-educated Harris, whose signature policy would pay out up to $500 a month for working-class families in a tax cut, has surged to the top of candidate pool in a straw poll of Democratic activists.

CORY BOOKER

The 49-year-old former mayor of Newark, New Jersey, reportedly has one of the most liberal voting records in the Senate and distinguishes himself by centering his agenda on federal marijuana decriminalization and criminal justice reform.

Booker worked closely with Harris to make lynching a hate crime, but Rolling Stone Magazine noted that Booker’s outward

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liberalism has been undercut at times by problematic connections to Wall Street and a vote that benefitted Big Pharma.

Booker’s signature policy is Baby bonds, where he targets the wealth gap in America by seeding “American Opportunity Accounts” for children that would allow kids from the poorest families to enter adulthood with a nest egg of up to $46,000 — to invest in education, home ownership or retirement.

JULIÁN CASTRO

Some may view Castro, 44, as a dark horse while a growing number of observers favor him as the strongest candidate in the field.

The former Housing and Urban Development secretary so far is the only Latino contender in the field.

While his fundraising thus far has been lackluster, Rolling Stone noted that the Texan’s implausible personal story resonates at a moment when immigration and borders dominate the national conversation.

Castro’s signature policy is universal pre-K — public education for 4-year-olsd.

“As president, I’ll make pre-K for the U.S.A. happens,” he said.

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The Massachusetts senator has been entrenched in controversy over her claim to Native American identity which blunts what have otherwise been strong weeks for her, Rolling Stone noted.

Warren has called on the working class to “fight back” against “class warfare” waged by the “rich guys.”

The 69-year-old is “a capitalist at heart,” but has built a career fighting for working people, including by standing up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

In her signature policy, Warren reshuffled the inequality debate by proposing a wealth tax, imposed annually on “ultra-millionaires,” to pay for benefits for

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“yacht-less Americans.”

Fortunes greater than $50 million would be taxed at 2 percent.

Billionaires would pay 3 percent.

The proposal would raise $2.75 trillion over 10 years.

Other undeclared candidates to keep an eye on are Beto O’Rourke and Joe Biden.

Biden, 76, famously served as vice president under former President Barack Obama and, as noted by the editors at Rolling Stone, “If Democrats don’t fall in love with a new hope, they may fall in line behind the former veep.”

The editors noted that Biden has peerless foreign policy credentials “I’m the most qualified person in the country to be president,” he said.

O’Rourke, 46, earlier this month told Oprah Winfrey that, “I have been thinking about running for president. I’m so excited at the prospect of being able to play that role.”

Excitement defined O’Rourke’s run for Senate in Texas, and he nearly toppled Republican incumbent Ted Cruz.

He returned to the national spotlight on Feb. 11, starring at a counter-rally protesting Trump’s visit to El Paso.

He would enter the race with a nationwide grassroots machine that backed him with $60 million in 2018. His signature policy has centered on immigration reform, based on what he said is “respect and dignity.”

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5 Sylvia Cyrus, executive director of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) with Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the 93rd annual Black History luncheon held in Northwest on Saturday, Feb. 16. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

5 Jelani Cobb (left) moderates a panel discussion with Gloria Browne-Marshall, Kojo Nmadi, and G. Derek Musgrove on the migration of the Black community during the 93rd annual luncheon of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) held in Northwest on Saturday, Feb. 16. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

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Ramaphosa Charms Supporters With Tablets

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa left scores of ANC supporters filled with jubilation when he told them Saturday that government would issue tablets to students.

“It will take five years for learners to get tablets. But the most important thing is that our children must get better education,” Ramaphosa said during the ANC’s Limpopo provincial manifesto launch in Thohoyandou, the Johannesburg City Press reported.

Gauteng was the first province to begin distributing tablets in schools.

Instead of using textbooks, learners now have curriculum materials loaded onto their tablets.

Ramaphosa also condemned what he called the “demon of racism,” saying it continued to rear its ugly head now and again.

He said the apartheid regime failed to divide the people along tribal lines.

Buoyed by the warm reception he got in his ancestral land, Ramaphosa told the crowd that the ANC was the only party that would deliver a better life.

The president said the ANC had entered a period of hope in the country.

“They have a sense of confidence. The trust that people have had in the ANC has come back. Our people are saying to the ANC ‘we know you and we support you; ANC carry on with the good work’.”

He said the future looked bright, even for Limpopo.

ANC Limpopo chairperson Chupu Mathabatha said victory was in the ANC’s DNA. “We are to touch base with the ancestors of our movement. We are here to communicate a message of victory and nothing else,” he said.

Mathabatha said the time for divisions and factional battles was over.

“Now is the time to forget about our personal fortunes and misfortunes,” he said. “ This is the time to forget about the recent list conferences. Our only focus should be on winning the coming elections.”

The ANC also used the manifesto launch to welcome new members who jumped ship from Cope.

The move comes days after Cope president Mosioua Lekota labeled Ramaphosa a sell-out. WI

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Bahamas Attorney General Carl Bethel said Friday that the government has a strategy to oppose the European Union’s decision to classify the Bahamas as a “high-risk” jurisdiction for financial crime.

He said the country is consulting with expert lawyers in Europe who are assisting with putting together a very focused strategy in response to this classification.

Speaking in the Senate, Bethel said the EU explained that the “high-risk” designation was because of strategic deficiencies regarding legal and institutional anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing framework are generally what led to their decision. However, according to Bethel, the government resolved all of the EU’s listed grievances.

He spoke on the issue ahead of the Senate’s passing of amendments to the Commercial Entities Substance Requirement Act on Friday. The changes were passed in the lower chamber a day earlier. WI

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As Jamaica’s Ministry of Health moves to create a national policy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol, manufacturers and distributors of alcoholic beverages say that the development of the policy must involve industry players.

Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen announced last week that the government would be developing a national policy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol as well as the advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of alcoholic products, the Sunday Gleaner reported.

The policy is also intended to strengthen the health response to the harmful use, including the push to reduce road traffic accidents, and to monitor and evaluate the public-health surveillance measures.

Dianne Ashton-Smith, head of corporate affairs at Red Stripe, told The Gleaner that while the company supports the government’s move to reduce the harmful use of alcohol, industry players should not be left out of the conversation.

“Tackling harmful use of alcohol requires a collaborative and united response from public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. Partnerships can only thrive when there is a broad and regulated private sector able to play its role in improving health and tackling harmful drinking,” Ashton-Smith said, noting that Red Stripe is a strong advocate for the responsible consumption of alcohol. WI

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HEALTH Quality of Life Enhanced for Seniors with Companion Animals

Benefits: More Frequent Exercise, Decreased Loneliness, Greater Well-Being

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir Much has been reported about a paradigm shift within American society which looms on the horizon and cannot be ignored: in less than 20 years, according to U.S. Census data, older adults will outnumber children for the first time in our history, reaching that milestone in 2035 when it’s predicted that those 65 and over will slightly outnumber children under 18, 78 and 76.7 million, respectively.

Most of these seniors will be women who have longer life expectancies than men and who will more than likely live at home with the assistance of family caregivers, the majority being their adult children – “baby boomers” in their 40s and 50s. Others will live alone, following a trend first observed in 2000 when less than five percent of Americans 65 and older lived in nursing homes, utilizing various services provided by home caregivers or other assisted living options.

Looking ahead, experts indicate that by 2060, nearly one-in-four Americans will be 65 and older, those 85 or older will triple in number and that an estimated half million centenarians will count among the total U.S. population. Other countries, including Japan which already has the world’s oldest population, as well as Germany, Italy, France, Spain and several Eastern European nations, have already seen their collective populations and birthrates decline, while the demographic represented by those 65 and older continue to escalate.

These numbers have far-reaching impact on individual nations and the world because with an aging population comes financial, political and social challenges – many of which have not been seen in previous generations.

Whether one wishes to admit it or not, getting older can be lonely with loved ones and friends moving or dying. That said, a growing number of scholars, researchers and members from within the medical society have

recently begun to study one source of comfort and companionship that benefits seniors in numerous ways: pets or companion animals.

GSA SYMPOSIUM CITES BENEFITS, CHALLENGES FOR ELDERLY PET OWNERS

Among the several hundred workshops, symposiums and lectures featured during The Gerontological Society of America’s 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, Nov. 14-18, 2018, one interest group focused on current research on seniors and companion animals. Presenters provided keen insights on the topic, “Human-Animal Interaction: Impacts and Issues of Pet Ownership for Community-Dwelling Older Adults.”

Their comments addressed challenges and hurdles which many seniors who own companion animals still face and which this writer had to personally confront less than a year ago. After living comfortably as renters at an established Maryland-based retirement complex, an eight-month series of constant forms of harassment, threats and fines from the village’s board of directors finally led this writer, as well as his mother for whom he serves as caregiver, to conclude that they had but one recourse: to move to another location – one which offered fewer amenities and far less safety measures.

Listed below readers will find highlights of presentations shared during the “Human-Animal Interaction” symposium from three speakers: Rebecca J. Huss, professor of law, Valparaiso University; Sandra M. Branson, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Nursing Systems, The University of Texas; and Ann M. Toohey, doctoral candidate, Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary.

“Our study assessed whether pet ownership contributes to social participation and life satisfaction for older adults for pet owners and non-owners. One third of all older adults (≥ 65 years, n = 7,474) in our sample reported pet ownership. Pet owners were less likely to report life satisfaction and to participate frequently in social, recreational, or cultural activities but pet owners were no less satisfied than were non-owners with their current levels of social participation. For pet owners experiencing barriers to social participation, pets appeared protective of life satisfaction in some circumstances.

Both individual characteristics and 3 Edna McNeir Baker (right) with the families emotional support dog ‘Babygirl’ a one-year-old boxer. (D. Kevin McNeir/ The Washington Informer)

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Ten Ways Dogs and Seniors Can Help One Another Compiled by D. Kevin McNeir, WI Editor @dkevinmcneir In many cultures, the elderly are respected and treasured, viewed as an essential source of wisdom, experience and living history. Tragically, they’re also dismissed, devalued and underserved. For those who reside in assisted living facilities, nursing homes or alone, particularly those suffering from mental illnesses or physical limitations, life can be very lonely.

Perhaps that’s why America has seen an increase of companion animals among the older population. As first reported by writer Claire Beaudreault for a popular seniors website, not only can dogs help seniors, but seniors can help their four-legged friends. Here are 11 ways their relationship and friendship can be mutually beneficial.

1 Companionship, thus alleviating depression, loneliness and isolation

2 Relief for mental conditions, particularly dementia or Alzheimer’s disease

3 Staying active, either walking or playing or petting which can help work out arthritic hands and arms 4 Sharpening the mind

5 Mood-booster given a dog’s instinctive ability to gauge when people are sad or frightened and need comfort 6 Heart health, according to a recent American Heart Association study which shows that owning or interacting with dogs can help prevent heart disease 7 As volunteers for other elderly citizens

8 ‘Paw-tection,’ as barking can deter robbers who often target more vulnerable individuals like the elderly and because dogs may help repel potential home invasions

9 Socializing since many seniors, even those living in a communal situation, often feel isolated. Caring for a dog can be a social activity and even help those who are lonely make friends or find activity partners.

10 Senior dogs for senior citizens. The elderly serve as a great means of providing homes for rescue dogs, especially older ones. It’s a great fit for seniors as these dogs have less expendable energy and tend to be trained already, unlike puppies

“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”

– Albert Schweitzer structural factors linked to the World Health Organization’s age-friendly communities framework were relevant to understanding these findings,” Toohey said.

Branson referred to a co-authored report published in 2017 in the Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences whose results came from a study on depression, loneliness and pet attachment in homebound older adult cat and dog owners.

“Cat owners reported fewer depressive symptoms, far less than dog owners with reasons that remain unclear. Cats do not require training and exercise – factors that make cat ownership more emotionally satisfying and less physically demanding than dog ownership for older adults, especially those who are disabled.

Alternatively, it’s possible that older adults with more depressive symptoms seek out dogs, who tend to be naturally social, to be more socially engaged and deal with depressive symptoms,” she said.

“Pet attachment provides mutual pleasure and a source of emotional support. However, additional studies are needed to compare our findings with other homebound older adults. But given the high prevalence of depression in homebound older adults and the association of depression with poor physical and mental health, cat ownership may be beneficial. Programs that match older cats with older adults may need to be considered for potential mental health benefits,” Branson concluded.

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Boutique Offers Support to Breast Cancer Survivors

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Cherry Blossom Intimates in the Woodmore Town Centre in Largo, Maryland, was bustling Saturday as ladies looked over an assortment of bras and lingerie.

But the day was about much more than romance or post-Valentine deals.

“We are actually standing in both a medical facility and an intimate boutique,” said Jasmine Jones, one

of the business partners of Cherry Blossom Intimates, which she says is the first of its kind in the country.

“We build prosthetics for breast cancer survivors and we do it in a boutique atmosphere.”

Jones, a former Miss Black DC USA and Miss DC USA, said she was moved to partner with Dr. Regina M. Hampton, a surgeon at Doctors Community Hospital specializing in breast cancer surgery, because she lost her own grandmother to breast cancer and was aware of the

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“I remember her struggle in finding prosthetics and bras,” Jones said.

“Three years later, this is the result.”

Hampton said her goal goes far beyond selling intimate and prosthetic devices. Her goal is to work with women to help them heal physically and emotionally in terms of loving themselves and in the African-American community, that has been challenging in years past.

“As a breast surgeon, I would refer women to get their breast products and they would have to drive about 20 miles out of [Prince George’s County] to get these products,” Hampton said. “Having my career in the county, I just wanted women to have a place where they can be here in the county and support local business.

“In the past, we have focused so much on the treatment aspect that we don’t focus on what happens after the treatment and what is going in women’’ lives,” she said. “I really want this to be a place where women can jump-start their lives and realize that they don’t have to feel separated from other women in their bra shopping and intimate experiences.

PETS from Page 19 In contrast to Toohey and Branson, Huss entered the discussion from a legal perspective, making reference to a highly-regarded publication, “Re-evaluating the Role of Companion Animals in the Era of the Aging Boomer,” (Akron Law Review, Akron Law Journals, June 2015).

“Older Americans are less likely to have a companion animal than households with children in the

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I want them to care for themselves and feel beautiful and intimate despite having one or both breasts removed.”

March is Women’s History Month and Jones and Hampton are part of a network of women working to improve the quality of life of all Black women. Hamilton said it really is about developing a self-love for those recovering from a very serious moment in their lives.

“The root of intimacy is self-love

and what better way to love yourself [than] to have a great foundation under your clothes?” Hampton said.

“When you love yourself, you are going to project that to others.”

Lauren Poteat, chair of the WIN (Women In NAACP) Committee’s D.C. Chapter, said, “I am so impressed with the work that Jasmine and Regina are doing. … This is a great opportunity for women of all background to come together to celebrate who they are.” WI

ies and the impact of companion animals on human health.

“The therapeutic value of keeping a companion animal, promoted as early as 1845, has served as a focus for an increasing number of today’s scholars in the social sciences dating back to the 1970s. Some have found no related health benefits with pet ownership. But there appears to be greater support for the concept that the ownership of companion animals may have health benefits for particular demographic groups, in-

mals reduce stress. Animals seem to improve social interactions and promote social happiness and harmony. In fact, reports abound of older adults avoiding medical care through fear of being admitted to . . . residential care as this often means giving up a pet.”

Finally, she said, “one issue facing many seniors is whether to transition from owned housing to rental housing. With few statutory exceptions, the owners of the rental housing may determine whether tenants are

“The animals of the world exist for their own reasons.

They were not made for humans any more than Black people were made for white, or women created for men.”

– Alice Walker home; one study estimates a conservative pet ownership rate of 30 percent for older adults – equivalent to approximately 16 million companion animals in 2020 and 24 million in 2040,” Huss said.

“The type of housing also relates to pet ownership with homeowners more likely to keep a pet than those who rent – the most common pets being dogs and cats and the percentage of household with [them] remaining relatively stable over the past decade.”

Huss then turned to recent stud-

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cluding the elderly.”

“Pet owners showed greater self-esteem, greater levels of exercise and physical fitness and a tendency to be less lonely than non-owners,” Huss said, referring to several studies whose conclusions have supported her and other colleagues in their efforts to lobby for more substantive legislation protecting the rights of homebound pet owners.

“Pet owners report that they believe that companion animals are good for their family’s health and that the presence of the ani-

allowed to keep companion animals in their unites. As for continuing care and assisted-living facilities, as well as nursing homes. State regulation of these communities vary widely.

Thus, potential residents should be aware of the effect that contractual provisions may have on companion animals,” Huss concluded.

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5 Maryland Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk speaks at a Feb. 13 press conference about legislation she and state Sen. Brian Feldman (right) propose to give the state an individual health care mandate. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill ANNAPOLIS — About 130,000 uninsured Marylanders could receive health insurance in the next two years, said two state lawmakers floating a health care proposal in Annapolis.

With the support of several health care organizations and advocates, Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D-District 21) of College Park and state Sen. Brian Feldman (D-Montgomery County) plan to use an individual health care mandate in the state.

Their bill allows residents to make a down payment on an insurance plan or pay a $700 penalty during tax season. Either way, the lawmakers said, the money would be minimal and allows more people to receive health coverage.

Tax refunds could be used to sign up for health insurance and forwarded to the state’s health insurance exchange to purchase plans.

“We have to make sure everyone in our state has insurance,” Peña-Melnyk, a sponsor of the bill in the House, said during a Feb. 13 press conference at the Maryland State Medical Society office. “This one, wonderful creative way to do it. This is another tool in the toolbox. It really is the right thing to do.”

Feldman said the plan would help keep the Affordable Care Act alive in Maryland. The fed-

eral government stopped the requirement of the ACA’s individual mandate after a change in the federal tax code in 2017.

He also said prior to the ACA, the state’s insurance rate stood at 12 percent. Today, he said, it’s been cut in half to 6 percent.

“We’re trying to avoid the rancor from Capitol Hill,” Feldman said. “This proposal does that.”

The health care idea, which Peña-Melnyk said has been in the works for about eight months, came from Families USA, a health care consumer organization.

Stan Dorn, a senior fellow with the D.C.-based Families USA, briefly outlined who would benefit in Maryland: 70,000 uninsured residents who have access to federal tax premiums; 50,000 could qualify for Medicaid, a program for low-income residents; and another 10,000 whose down payment could possibly cover most of their premiums.

Dorn said states such as Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington and Vermont and the District of Columbia implemented individual mandate requirements. However, Maryland would be the only state with an option to provide a down payment.

“We see it as an important, national model,” said Dorn, who is also the director of the National Center for Coverage Innovation.

Representatives for various health organizations such as the American Heart Association,

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Maryland Hospital Association and SEIU 1199 attended the press conference and applauded the “creative” proposal.

“Our physicians see quite regularly, especially in the emergency rooms, people who come in with illnesses and ailments that could have been prevented if only they had access and if they had known they had access,” said Teresa Healey-Conway, executive director of the state medical societies for Anne Arundel, Howard and Prince George’s counties.

A hearing for Peña-Melnyk’s bill in the House will take place Feb. 28, while Feldman’s legislation will be discussed at a March 6 hearing in the Senate. Neither communicated with Republican Gov. Larry Hogan on this year’s proposal, but he worked with lawmakers last year on similar legislation that stalled.

Hogan spokeswoman Amelia Chasse said the governor generally favors incentives over penalties.

“For example, by successfully enacting legislation and securing federal approval of Maryland’s reinsurance waiver, premiums on the individual market are decreasing across the board for the first time in decades,” she said. “The new Maryland model all-payer contract incentivizes providers to increase quality of care while lowering costs across the health care system. The governor will review and consider any legislation that reaches his desk.” wi

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at a time when nationally students owe more than $1.5 trillion in educational loans, according to a number of studies on the subject.

In the District, the average debt for the Class of 2017, for example, is $30,000 and nearly 10 percent of all city borrowers owe more than $100,000.

Given these staggering statistics, Silverman knew she needed to make sure that student loan borrowers have more options available to them.

“Lowering student debt not only makes higher education more affordable, but it also helps our residents save and work toward other life goals, such as renting or buying a home,” she said.

With the exception of the University of the District of Columbia, all of the city’s colleges and universities are private and thereby much more expensive than public institutions.

Silverman introduced the bill in October but Council Period 22 ended on Dec. 31 without the bill being considered. Nevertheless, fellow Council members Trayon White (D-Ward 8), Anita Bonds (D-At Large), David Grosso (I-At Large), Robert White (D-At Large), Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7), Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and Brianne Nadeau

(D-Ward 1) signed onto the bill in October and continue to support it.

Silverman’s bill is currently under council review.

Marcus Goodwin, president of the DC Young Democrats who ran unsuccessfully for an at-large seat on the council last year, said he fully supports Silverman’s bill.

“Student debt hurts the ability of people to buy property, make in-

community organeeded to create nizations to help successful tranreturning citizens sitions back into but hardly any society,” Ferguson There are program from the said. city government approximately 60,000 Quincy Booth, until Marion Barthe director of ry became mayor rections, said returning citizens living corin 1979. the re-entry proBarry worked to cess “begins the reduce recidivism in the District and from day of admittance during his years into our facilities.” as mayor and en- 2,000 to 8,000 come “We want ergized the city’s them to leave with programs to serve Booth back to the city after asaid.plan,” returning citizens.

“This apWith the advent proach helps us serving their time. to reduce recidiof the READY Center, an incarvism.” cerated District Dr. Unique resident will fill out an interest card Morris- Hughes, director of the city’s 30 days prior to their release. When employment services department, they are in the city, they will visit the embraces the READY Center saying READY Center and the staff will “investing in our returning citizen connect them with its partners for population is a win-win proposition further action. that benefits our residents and imAll follow-up visits will take place pacts our neighborhoods and comat the agencies tasked with helping munities.” the returning citizens. Brian FerDeborah Rowe, executive director guson, the director of MORCA, of Returning Citizens United, said expressed satisfaction with the pro- the READY Center has a strong gram. mission to fulfill.

“This marks a significant mile“The Bowser administration has stone in the District’s already na- assembled a good team and this will tionally recognized re-entry services, be good for people coming home as several core service agencies col- from being incarcerated,” she said. laborate to ensure that the men and Rowe said returning citizens, eswomen leaving the jail are given di- pecially those without strong famrect access to the essential resources ily ties, will need assistance getting

health benefits, a mailing address, social and wraparound services and identification cards.

“Some haven’t been in D.C. for years and they need to adjust to the changes in the city,” she said. “Some have been gone just a few years and need to get back on the right track to being good citizens.”

Rowe said she travels to federal facilities to counsel District inmates on what’s available to them once they get back to the city. She finds the proactive approach prepares the inmate for some of the challenges that lie ahead when they get their freedom.

“There are very few cities that do what we do here in Washington,” she noted.

Eric Weaver, who serves as the chairman of the National Association of Returning Citizens, said the center can help returning citizens better manage issues that residents deal with.

“Let’s look at the Department of Motor Vehicles,” Weaver said.

“When a returning citizen goes into the office to get an identification and they look at the long line they may say ‘I’ll come back tomorrow’ and will come back the next day and get discouraged again. The READY Center can help them through that particular process and eliminate the barriers with that and other things and then they are on their way to becoming productive citizens.” WI

Silverman Reintroduces Bill to Ease Studentfor residents Loan Debt

By James Wright and students attending WI Contributing Writer

The District has a number of people who are cool, smart and well-connected — and deeply in student debt.

But if Councilmember Elissa Silverman has her way, these productive residents will be able to keep this financial obligation under control.

On Feb. 5, Silverman (I-At Large) introduced the Student Loan Authority Establishment Act of 2019 that would create an independent agency to issue new low-interest rate student loans and refinance existing student loan debt

READY from Page 1 programs for substance abuse and mental health.

“To give more returning citizens a fair shot, we must continue building strong support systems for men and women transitioning back into the community,” the mayor said. “By partnering with community-based organizations and working across D.C. government agencies, we can set more residents up for success by providing more immediate access to employment, housing, educational opportunities, health care and more.”

The READY Center sits behind the Correctional Treatment Facility located at 1901 E Street SE. MORCA (Mayor’s Office of Returning Citizen Affairs) and the departments of corrections, behavioral health, human services, employment services, motor vehicles and community-based organizations work as partners to coordinate the activities of the READY Center.

There are approximately 60,000 returning citizens living in the District and from 2,000 to 8,000 come back to the city after serving their time.

Many years ago, a returning citizen would come back to the District from Lorton or from another federal facility and it would be on them to get back on their feet to become a productive member of society. The District had churches and some

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D.C. colleges and universities.

The legislation allows for student loans, parental loans and graduate student loans that would be covered by a robust income-based repayment system, a public service loan forgiveness program and deferred payment after graduation.

Silverman’s legislation would let the student loan authority operate similarly to the D.C. Housing Finance Agency by issuing tax-exempt bonds to fund both the origination and refinancing of the loans that would not affect the District’s ability to borrow funds for other issues or create a new liability.

The council member’s bill comes

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vestments, further their education and start a family,” said Goodwin, who works as a real estate and economic development professional and volunteers at the Adams Morgan Youth Leadership Academy, where he teaches financial literacy and career preparedness to high schoolers. “Those who want to advance in their life are hindered by student debt and it may stifle their ambition to move forward in their career.”

Goodwin noted that it is mainly student loan debt acquired during undergraduate years that adversely affects people. He said many young people don’t make enough money to pay back the debt when they began to work after undergraduate school.

In addition, he said the District “is an expensive place to live,” and that serves as a barrier to paying back those loans.

Jeremiah Lowery, a well-known progressive activist in the District, agreed with Goodwin on Silverman’s bill.

“It’s a good start,” said Lowery, who also ran for an at-large seat on the council in 2018, said. “The end goal is debt-free college. I think Elissa Silverman’s bill will be good for residents across the city but especially those who live east of the [Anacostia] River. If the bill passes and is signed into law, there needs to be extensive outreach, particularly east of the River, to let residents know what this means for them.”

Lowery said many minority students take out different loans without knowing fully the payback requirements because they are focused on getting a degree.

“They lose track of the loans they are supposed to pay back and things get out of hand,” he said. “I think this bill will prevent that from happening.” WI

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ABRAMSON from Page 1 As she indicated during a provocative conversation held on Feb. 15 at the Brookings Institute in Northwest, a public policy think tank founded in 1916, her defeat and scurrilous conditions and circumstances behind her loss, have only served as an impetus for her to become even more involved in leading the charge against voter suppression. Joined by Jelani Cobb, she discussed the increasing political power of African Americans after the 2018 elections and the tensions that may arise as the African-American electorate and candidates claim more political space.

“I was raised to understand that the process of voting is directly tied to the kinds of policies we want to see, so voter suppression is more than saying ‘you can’t vote,” she said. “Voter suppression is physical activity and psychic events that tell you not to use it – done in three ways – the Georgia ‘trifecta.’”

“First, there’s registration and

EDUCATION impediments like it being hard to get on rolls, making it difficult for you to use a third party, the requirement that your name has to exactly match (ID and the voter’s registration card/ data base) – something that impacted 53,000 voters in Georgia who were denied their right to vote by the employ of this law, 93 percent of whom were people of color and the requirement in Georgia that immigrants had to use their alien number – a violation of federal law,” she said.

“Also, some states still have ‘use it or lose it’ laws, something that was addressed in a recent lawsuit in Ohio, that allows states to remove voters from the rolls if they haven’t voted in a certain amount of time.”

“Second, ballot access, if voters did not request an absentee ballot in Georgia. Of 300 precincts in the state, 214 were shut down, making it more difficult, if not impossible for those with transportation to get to their closest polling location.”

Third, counting the ballots.

Voters could not be sure that

It wasn’t until the 20th century that

Native Americans

were allowed to vote.

One way to deny

certain people the

right to vote, specifically millennials,

people of color and immigrants, and to therefore maintain control over public policy, is voter suppression.

their vote was counted as some counties in the state threw away ballots due to ‘discrepancies’ with their signature or for simple things like voters putting the date in the wrong place.

Collectively, these are the ways that voter suppression works.

Cobb: How can these anti-democratic, racist practices continue to persist?

Abrams: They were never removed. They have just been perfected. It wasn’t until the 20th century that Native Americans were allowed to vote. One way to deny certain people the right to vote, specifically millennials, people of color and immigrants, and to therefore maintain control over public policy, is voter suppression. The insidiousness of voter suppression is that the laws allowed things to proceed in the GA election – what was done was perfectly legal – but could not be considered ethical or moral. Remedies remain limited you have people to change the policies – so, it’s a vicious cycle.

“The crisis of our day is we

live in a nation where those in power use the law to undermine the very lawmaking process we both desire and deserve,” she said.

ABRAMS’ ‘FAIR FIGHT’ INITIATIVE

Abrams recalls that while on Nov. 6, the race remained too close to call, she began receiving a host of cries and calls for her concede. She says she couldn’t.

“We kept getting calls and calls about those who’d had difficulty exercising their right to vote,” she said. “In places where the majority of voters were Black, many reported being forced to stand in line for up to four hours. Some could not afford to stay in line that long because they had to return to work. Students at the AU Center were denied provisional ballots because polling places ran out of paper.”

“The night of the election, I demanded that every vote be

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS

EDITORIAL More than Douglass, Tubman and Carver Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History Month, realized very early in the 1900s the need to establish a week to commemorate the accomplishments of African Americans. That week would take place in February marking the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln, who led the nation through the Civil War and abolished slavery, and Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist newspaper publisher, orator, writer and statesmen.

Woodson, the second Black to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University, attended a history conference in Chicago where he realized the achievements of Blacks were misrepresented or ignored. Soon after, he established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, that later became known as ASALH, the Association of African American Life and History and began chronicling Black history and the daily achievements of Blacks and their contributions to the nation and the world.

Woodson knew that the neglected history of Black people needed to be collected and told, and in 1916 he began publishing the Journal of Negro History, which continues to be published today. The now month-long tribute to Black achievement has broadened its scope beyond those who overcame the horrific days of slavery to those who are carving their names in the journals of history for wide-ranging contributions to society.

Yet, for far too long, schools have taught the narrow history of Black people by limiting the names to those we now know so well: Frederick Douglass, Harriett Tubman and George Washington Carver, to name a few.

They have made their way onto playing cards, calendars, posters and postage stamps leaving legions of others who are barely recognized for reshaping science, technology, business, art, education and other institutions that will forever be changed by the influence of Black people.

Today, Black historians are accompanied by white researchers who are also discovering the life and legacy of little-known Black history achievers. And they both ask the question, upon discovering the likes of Frederick Jones, honored posthumously

by President George W.H. Bush with a Medal of Technology for receiving over 60 patents, mostly related to refrigeration. Or four Black women who staged a strike in 1945 due to racism which led to a historic fight against the U.S. Army. Who knew?

Black History Month officially ends next Thursday, February 28. But there is so much more to learn and to teach all children, no matter their race, creed or color. So many stories dwell right next door, in the next church pew or standing in line at the grocery store.

If you are Black, you are contributing to Black History. And even if you’re not, you are influencing how Black history is remembered. WI

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”

– FREDERICK DOUGLASS

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

– HARRIETT TUBMAN

“Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.”

– GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER

TO THE EDITOR For Grown Folks Only

Getting Our Piece of the Pie

I was wondering if The Informer could include some sort of guide or dedicated articles to older people, 50-plus, who are single, who may be starting over after divorce and who needs some help navigating the social world again. All of the clubs and bars seems to cater to people in their 20s and 30s. I don’t want the bar scene, but what about older singles? Where do we have to go?

Why is &pizza coming to Capitol Hill a story that readers should know?

I’m not asking to be snippy or judgmental, but I would seriously like to know. Is it Black-owned? Do they have an initiative to hire Black folks, or kids? I just want to be informed with what’s going on in my neighborhood and how it affects Black people.

Bill Smith Laurel, Md.

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By Julianne Malveaux

White Privilege and Black Power

Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is a member of Congress. Let me repeat that.

Ms. Omar is a member of Congress. So how dare Elliot Abrams, 45’s nominee as Venezuelan envoy, presume to interrupt the congresswoman as she made a statement and interrogated him?

He was relatively docile when

white people questioned him, but was angry and ignorant in his response to the congresswoman. His behavior was disgraceful. He said he “would not respond to a personal attack,” although he was the one who pleaded guilty to withholding information from Congress and was later pardoned for his perfidy.

I must commend Congresswoman Omar on her focused and poised interrogation. I must condemn Mr. Abrams for his rude defiance to the congresswoman. Their exchange is

illuminating because it encapsulates the change in tone and tenor in Congress. Old white men can hold onto their privilege, but younger women, some women of color, aren’t having it. They are doing what they need to do to provide for the people who elected them.

Congresswoman Omar’s interrogation of Elliot Abrams has a backstory. Last week she tweeted that the blind congressional support of Israel is “all about the Benjamins.” Jewish people were disturbed that her re-

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marks seemed anti-Semitic (I don’t necessarily think so), and she apologized in the face of pressure. But now the deranged “leader” in the White House has called for her resignation (despite his own hateful, racist, anti-Semitic and other statements) and Vice President Pence said there should be “consequences” for her comments (although no one has ever experienced consequences for genital grabbing). There have been calls for Omar to lose her seat on the House Foreign Relations Committee. She

prevailed, with dignity, in her questioning of the corrupt Elliot Abrams.

She is to be applauded.

Again, let me say, how dare that man! How dare he disrespect a member of Congress, something he would not have done if a white man were questioning him! How dare he interrupt her, how dare he talk over her. But thank you, Elliot Abrams, for projecting the many experiences that Black women and other women

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By Marc H. Morial

Vaping an Epidemic Among Teens That We Must End

“We must take aggressive steps to protect our children from these highly potent products that risk exposing a new generation of young people to nicotine. The bad news is that e-cigarette use has become an epidemic among our nation’s young people.

However, the good news is that we know what works to effectively protect our kids from all forms of tobacco product use, including e-cigarettes.

We must now apply these strategies to e-cigarettes, including USB flash drive shaped products such as JUUL.

To achieve success, we must work together, aligning and coordinating efforts across both old and new partners at the national, state, and local levels. Everyone can play an important role in protecting our nation’s young people from the risks of e-cigarettes.” — U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams A decade after the introduction of vaping — the inhalation of nicotine vapor rather than smoke produced by a cigarette — a growing body of evidence shows the practice is far more dangerous than assumed, and is a major gateway for teens to become addicted to nicotine.

The U.S. surgeon general calls vaping among teens an epidemic. A

recent study suggested that teens who vape are more likely to smoke cigarettes, and more likely to start smoking at a younger age.

Furthermore, the new generation of devices are capable of delivering higher doses of nicotine, leading to greater incidence of addiction as well as nicotine toxicity and psychiatric symptoms among teenagers that haven’t been observed in adult smokers.

“We let this Frankenstein loose without knowing what was going to happen,” Dr. Sharon Levy, director of the Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, ominously observed in a report by CNN. Research has also shown another

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possible danger in vaping among African Americans. Black smokers were more likely than whites to turn to vaping as a means of quitting smoking, but former smokers who began using e-cigarettes were more than 16 times as likely to resume tobacco smoking.

Monica Webb Hooper and Stephanie K. Kolar, who studied racial differences in e-cigarette use, concluded: “If e-cigarette use truly lowers the chances of cessation, this could have a negative impact on the health of African-American/Black smokers and widen disparities in quitting.”

For these reasons, we were glad to see recent efforts at the state and federal level to curb the use of e-cigarettes and battle nicotine addiction.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said it will limit sales of many flavored e-cigarettes to brickand-mortar outlets that require proof of age for purchase or do not admit people under 19. Stricter verification will be required for online sales And the agency held a hearing last month to consider the potential role of drug therapies in helping teens quit e-cigarettes.

Meanwhile, on the state level, legislators in Maine are considering a bill that would ban the use of e-cigarettes or vaping on school grounds.

In Florida, a House committee has

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By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

Trump’s Fake Emergency Moves U.S. Closer to Autocracy

President Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency in order to fund his border wall triggers a crisis for our Constitution and our democracy.

This is no longer about the shameless lies, exaggerations and slanders that the president has trotted out to justify his silly campaign promise to build a wall (that he promised Mexico would pay for).

It’s no longer about wasting billions of dollars, of shutting down much of the government for weeks or

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squandering the time and attention of the Congress and the American people for an inane campaign promise.

Trump now poses a fundamental challenge to our democracy: Does Congress have the essential power of the purse that the Constitution gave it, or can a president at his whim declare a national emergency and spend what he wants on what he wills? This is the line between a constitutional republic and a presidential autocracy. Trump’s petulant response to not getting the money he wants now puts that question before the Congress and the courts.

This is no exaggeration. Trump wants money for the wall. Congress

— both the Republican Senate and the Democratic House — voted not to give him as much as he demanded. So the president declares a national emergency and uses money appropriated by the Congress for other purposes to fund his wall.

Only there is no national emergency. Congress and presidents have been debating and legislating about our immigration policy and about border security for years. Contrary to the president’s hysterical lies, arrests for illegal entry have declined.

With the economy near full employment, there is no economic crisis sparked by undocumented workers. Contrary to the president’s claims, the wall won’t stem the flow

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of illegal drugs into America, the vast bulk of which come through legal ports of entry.

Even the president in his news conference admitted that he didn’t need the money; he just wanted to build the wall faster. All we have is a normal dispute between a president and a Congress about spending priorities.

Trump is saying that since he can’t get what he wants, he’ll simply do it on his own. That effectively erases the congressional power of the purse — a foundation of a constitutional republic. If Trump’s decision is upheld by the Congress and the courts, a chilling precedent will be set.

Most Americans agree with the Congress and don’t support wasting money on the wall. Declaring a national emergency to build it is even more unpopular. When the White House invokes eminent domain to take over hundreds of miles of privately owned land on the border, public opposition will grow. But what will stand in the way of a willful president?

Under the National Emergencies Act of 1976, passed by Congress after Watergate to curb presidential abuse of national emergency declarations, the Congress can reject the president’s declaration. The House

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By E. Faye Williams

Politicians and Benjamins

Politicians and Benjamins is not exactly one of the best kept secrets. Everybody knows no lobbyist, no interest group, no individual gives campaign donations to a candidate or incumbent they believe will not work in their best interest. Why should they? I certainly would not.

Why is it that Congresswoman Ilhan Omar simply saying what is so well known somehow winds up being classified as anti-Semit-

ic? There’s got to be more to it.

Racism never gets this kind of reaction. I have run for office, and been called on the carpet by pro-Israel groups simply for having my best friend from law school, who just happened to be Palestinian with no particular views on the Middle East, as my campaign manager. He was apolitical. It didn’t matter to those complaining that my policy director was Jewish and did have views about the treatment of Palestinians. That was a totally humane position.

I have been to Israel and to the areas where Palestinians live. I’ve

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seen the devastation of homes.

I’ve seen the olive trees bulldozed.

I’ve seen Palestinians punched with the barrel of guns and more.

I’ve also been to Holocaust museums in different parts of the world. I’ve read stories and heard the testimonies of families affected by such cruelty. I’ve heard the unbelievable tragedy of many families, and my heart bleeds for the pain of all involved. I can’t allow my heart to ache for my Jewish friends while ignoring my Palestinian friends.

So, in my campaign, I couldn’t swear my loyalty to anyone while seeing a wrong against another.

During my campaign for Congress, a man by the name of Shelly Beychok who at the time was an activist in AIPAC, and as I was told a Board Member, tried to force me to sign a “loyalty to Israel” document before supporting me. Just days before the election, polls had me leading my opponent (a well-known racist Republican who’d called for burning down schools before allowing Black and white children to attend school together).

When I refused to sign such a document, a headline suddenly appeared in a major newspaper that I was a PLO sympathizer.

That meant that no Benjamins should be given to me as a campaign donation, and it meant many of my supporters should back off from supporting me. Mr. Beychok preferred to have my opponent win because I would not pledge my loyalty to anyone.

I was a politician who refused to take Benjamins to vote against my conscience. There are others who do the same, but there are also many who will pretend the issue doesn’t matter so long as the group gives them campaign donations. I am absolutely sure of

in protest of what he deem are wrongdoings against African Americans and minorities in the United States.

Through it all, he has become a worldwide symbol for the aggrieved. In 2018, Amnesty International awarded Kaepernick with their Ambassador of Conscience award.

And with this “David vs. Goliath”-esque triumph over the NFL and its 32 wealthy team owners, he’ll certainly get wealthier.

Several entertainers reportedly

declined to perform at the Super Bowl to show solidarity with Kap, and basketball great LeBron James voiced his support for Kaepernick after the settlement with the NFL was announced.

Will Kaepernick ever play in the NFL again? Hard to say, but with his high-profile defeat of the mighty league and subsequent windfall again reigniting discussions about social and racial inequality, he’s already won — and so have we.

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By William Reed

Kap Won!

Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid have settled their collusion lawsuit against the NFL. Now what?

Kaepernick and Reid, who both had taken a knee during the national anthem before games in 2016 as a way to protest systematic racism, had filed grievances against the

league for allegedly colluding against them to keep them from playing. On Friday, it was announced that the two had come to an agreement with the league, though the terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed.

But even without the settlement details, it’s plain that Kaepernick came out on top. We all knew Kap was being “locked out” and that he was gaining iconic status because had not been able to sign with any team since he left the San Francisco

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49ers after the 2016 season.

Kaepernick, 31, has now been off the field for more than two seasons, but has remained a key civil rights figure. Nike tailored a marketing campaign around him, coining the phrase: “Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything.”

The Kaepernick case has been followed closely by the nation’s Blacks since the quarterback immersed himself into controversy by refusing to stand for the playing of the national anthem

By Dr. Ramona Edelin

Remembering the Father of African-American History

February has marked Black History Month ever since its founding by African-American educators at Kent State University, 49 years ago this month.

These scholars expanded upon a weeklong commemoration of the subject begun in 1926 by the “father” of African-American history, Carter Woodson.

Woodson chose the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

Born in Virginia in 1875 to

former slaves, Woodson worked to support his family, and so was often unable to attend school.

He refused to let economic reality impede his academic progress, teaching himself through self-instruction. Aged 17, he hoped to attend Douglass High School, a new segregated public high school named for Frederick Douglass. But his work as a coal miner kept him from school before he finally entered Douglass full-time in 1895 aged 20, earning his diploma in 1897. From there, Woodson progressed to the tuition-free Berea College in Kentucky, where he received a bachelor’s degree, to the Univer-

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sity of Chicago for his master’s — and then to Harvard, where he earned his doctorate. He would devote his life to further historical research, resulting in the “father” moniker.

As an educator, Woodson taught, researched and studied around the world, eventually settling in the District where he taught high school; with doctorate in hand, he also joined the faculty at Howard University.

Among many lifetime achievements, Woodson founded what today is The Journal of African-American History. Through this ground-breaking initiative and his tireless research, this ne-

glected part of history became an organized academic discipline, debunking much accumulated myth and misinformation in the process. Woodson noted how African-American contributions too often were “overlooked, ignored and suppressed,” whether by teachers or history textbook writers. To him, the connection between this injustice and racial prejudice was obvious.

Today, Woodson’s imprint on D.C.’s infrastructure can be seen at his former home in the District, which is a National Historic Site, and the cast bronze sculpture of him at the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Park,

both in northwest D.C. You also find it in the academic achievements of a rising generation of young scholars who are headed for college and careers, thanks to the educational opportunities the nation’s capital offers.

For decades, a byword for urban public education’s decline, public education has been transformed in the District by new choices, most notably through public charter schools. Charters educate nearly half of District public school students, among the highest shares in the nation.

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BLACK HISTORY month

The Great Migration from the South Defines America BEFORE THE GREAT MIGRATION

By James Wright WI Contributing Writer When the Association for the Study of African American Life and History announced that its 2019 theme would deal with the Great Migration, many scholars praised the choice as especially relevant, given that a hundred years ago, the grand movement of Black people began.

The Great Migration consisted of the voluntary relocation of more than six million Blacks from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from roughly 1916 to 1970.

Never in American history had there been a larger number of people move from one part of the country to the other.

During this migration, Blacks emerged from being a rural, agricultural based people to an urban, largely service- and factory-oriented group that in many ways redefined the cities they moved to such as Chicago, the District of Columbia, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, St. Louis, Los Angeles and the Bay Area. These migratory Blacks changed the political, cultural and economic dynamics of the cities they went to.

After the Civil War and Reconstruction, where Blacks exercised some political power in the southern states, things got progressively worse for African Americans as White supremacy set in after President Rutherford B. Hayes removed federal troops that protected them. Jim Crow laws that mandated racial segregation and fostered the terror that African Americans went through in the latter part of the 19th century began to grate on Blacks.

While racial terror and limited political and economic opportunities began to upset southern Blacks, another factor also came into play.

“The boll weevil epidemic caused many crops to fail on the farms where Blacks were working,” said Dr. Gregory Carr, a Howard University history scholar. “There was massive crop damage in 1898 and it was difficult for many farms to recoup their losses. As a result, the decimation of those crops simply eliminated the need for the type of labor that Blacks in the South performed.”

Carr said that southern legislatures constantly added amendments to their constitutions and

The Great Migration consisted of the voluntary relocation of more than six million Blacks from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from roughly 1916 to 1970. Never in American history had there been a larger number of people move from one part of the country to the other.

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enacted laws that restricted the rights of Blacks in the political and economic spheres.

In addition, lynchings and other types of racial 5 African Americans wait for a northbound training in Jacksonville, Florida in 1921. (Courtesy photo/Upfront Scholastic) violence forced Blacks to look for greener pasFlorida to settle in New York City Michael Fauntroy, a political scitures. during the 1920s Harlem Renais- entist at Howard University.

Pamphlets, leaflets and Black sance and also attended Howard “He needed the votes in Pennnewspapers such as the Chicago University. Richard Wright, who sylvania, particularly in PittsDefender talked about how many became famous because of his burgh and Philadelphia and in Northern cities offered a better novel, “Black Boy,” left Mississippi Michigan, especially Detroit, way of life, higher wages and little with his family to go to Chicago that provided him the margin of formalized racial segregation, and and then New York City and ulti- victory that year,” Fauntroy said. many southern Blacks decided to mately to Paris.

Fauntroy said the Black vote in take a chance.

Thomas Bradley left Texas to the 1940s made the Democratic move to Los Angeles, where he be- Party competitive in national came the first Black mayor of that elections and that continues to THE GREAT city. Marion Barry, born in Missis- this day. sippi, came to the District to run MIGRATION The outbreak of World War I in the SNCC office and ultimately REVERSE 1916 started the process of Blacks became the mayor of the city.

Blacks from the Caribbean MIGRATION leaving the South to work in the In the early 1980s, a small factories to support the war effort came to the U.S. as a result of and to secure industrial labor jobs. better economic opportunities number of Blacks started leavCities such as Cleveland, Detroit and have managed to main- ing the North to move back to and Chicago quickly ballooned stream themselves into Black the South. As the decade moved in population traveling from mid- culture. Cities such as New York, forward and into the 1990s, the South states such as Mississippi Boston and Philadelphia have numbers grew exponentially and Alabama while the District, large Caribbean populations and and Carr explains why.

“The factory jobs that proNew York, Baltimore, Philadelphia they have had a cultural impact duced the Black middle class and Boston benefited from Flori- on those places. in the northern cities disapda, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virpeared,” he said. “Plus, the civil ginia African Americans.

POLITICAL rights movement made Blacks Blacks from Louisiana and Texas feel more comfortable comwent West to California primarily BENEFITS While it became clear that ing back to the South to stay. but some made it to Seattle, also.

While Blacks had better eco- southern Blacks faced many eco- Blacks had access to jobs benomic opportunities as a result of nomic and housing challenges, cause of civil rights legislation the migration, they encountered politics became an area where and they even had political racial discrimination in housing their support became important. power to wield.”

The Black vote in the North Fauntroy said the cost of and found that their public schools and communities didn’t have the received attention from presi- living in the South is much dential candidates. In his Pulit- cheaper than the North. same resources as White areas.

“There is also a feeling of Racial restrictive covenants had zer-Prize winning book, “Trubecome a common practice, lim- man,” by David McCullough, many Blacks of ‘going home,’” iting where Blacks could buy a the author goes into great detail he said. “Many Blacks want to house based on deeds that stated how Harry Truman, who faced return to their roots. The rea property could not be sold to an Republican Thomas Dewey verse migration has had an imin the 1948 presidential elec- pact with the rise of the Black African American.

Despite the discrimination, his- tion, courted the Black vote in vote in Georgia that nearly put torical figures such as Jackie Robin- states such Pennsylvania, Mich- Stacey Abrams in the goverson matriculated to the University igan and Illinois while southern nor’s mansion and the same sitof California, Los Angeles and be- Blacks remained largely disen- uation with Andrew Gillum in Florida. North Carolina is now came the first Black Major League franchised.

The actions of the Truman a presidential swing state beBaseball player in the modern era, while Zora Neal Hurston, an ac- campaign in 1948 toward the cause of the reverse migration.”

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When the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) held its 93rd Annual Black History Luncheon on Feb. 16 at the Washington Renaissance Hotel in Northwest, the featured panel talked about the theme, “Black Migrations,” but at one point deviated from the main topic.

The “Black Migrations” focused on African Americans moving from the South to the North, Midwest and the West during the 20th century but a discussion emerged on intra-metropolitan area movement that had racial implications.

George Derek Musgrove, an associate professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, who participated in the ASALH panel, said a “Black Migration” has taken place within the D.C. metropolitan area.

“Blacks from D.C. have moved out to Prince George’s County,” Musgrove said. “Middle-class Blacks have gone to Prince George’s County since the 1970s. We cannot ignore Prince George’s County.”

In 1960, Prince George’s County, located to the east of the District in Maryland, reported a population of 357,367, with Blacks constituting eight percent, or 31,011. The 1960s saw exponential growth in the number of Blacks in the county with an increase of 14 percent and a population of 91,808 out of 660,567 by 1970.

The 1968 King riots produced “White flight” from the District, but middle-class Blacks began to leave the city, also.

“Blacks who could afford to leave wanted to move somewhere they could have a lawn and live in a nice big house,” Musgrove said. “They

wanted to go where there were good schools.”

While these residents lived in the county, they tended to work, attend church, socialize and do business in the District. Blacks also moved to Montgomery County and in northern Virginia, but in much smaller numbers.

The Black population in Prince George’s County significantly increased from 1970 to 1990, when African Americans made up 51 percent of the population. During the 1990s, the county became known as the nation’s wealthiest Black jurisdiction, with many residents holding federal and District government jobs.

The county also became known jokingly as “Ward 9,” referring to the eight wards in the District’s political system. Many of its neighborhoods even had city-inspired nicknames, such as the Lake Arbor-Mitchellville area, sometimes referred to as “Howard University East.”

However, in the 2000s, when the county became 63 percent Black, many African Americans moved there for different reasons, Musgrove said.

“The migration to Prince George’s County came about then because many Blacks could not afford to live in the city because of gentrification,” he said.

Musgrove said Blacks presently make up 47 percent of the District’s population while 64 percent of Prince Georgians are African American. He also said the shift of Blacks from the urban center to the suburbs has taken place elsewhere.

“We see the same shift in the Atlanta,” he said. “Middle-class Blacks in Atlanta have moved to nearby DeKalb County and they are now in the majority there.”

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Celebrating ‘Mum Bett,’ a Black Woman Who Help Defeat Slavery

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia On Aug. 22, 1781, a jury in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, found in favor of “Mum Bett,” a Black woman who had been a slave in the home of Col. John Ashley for at least 30 years.

Listening to her master’s friends discuss the newly ratified Massachusetts Constitution, Mum Bett concluded that if all people were born free and equal, so was she.

Mum Bett, whose real name is Elizabeth Freeman, found a young lawyer to represent her, and he persuaded a Berkshire County jury to declare her free.

Two years later, in a case involving Quok Walker, a slave in Worcester County, the chief justice of the state’s highest court declared that slavery “is inconsis-

tent with our own conduct and Constitution.”

Massachusetts had been the first colony to legalize slavery, and, thanks to Freeman, the legal system helped to end the institution in the state.

Born into slavery in Claverack, New York in 1742, Freeman lived during the 1770s in the household of Ashley, a prominent citizen who at the time also served as a judge of the Berkshire Court of Common Pleas.

Ashley purchased Freeman from a man called Mr. Hogeboom when she was 6 months old, according to BlackPast.org. Upon suffering from physical abuse by Ashley’s wife, Freeman escaped her home and refused to return.

She found a sympathetic ear with attorney Theodore Sedgwick, father of writer Catherine Sedgwick. Once free, Freeman stayed with the Sedgwick family

as a servant in gratitude.

In a later case, her attorney used the example of Freeman when he said in defense of the abolition of slavery, “If there could be a practical refutation of the imagined superiority of our race to hers, the life and character of this woman would afford that refutation.”

Freeman is widely acknowledged by many historians as the first woman and the first African American to file and win a lawsuit in the court of law in Massachusetts.

She formed the judicial foundation for the ruling in favor of the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the United States.

Freeman died Dec. 28, 1829, at 85.

Her tombstone can still be seen in the old burial ground of the Stockbridge Cemetery in Massachusetts. It reads:

“She was born a slave and remained a slave for nearly thirty years. She could neither read nor write yet in her own sphere she had no superior or equal.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH AARP DC Names Kendrick Curry New State President AARP District of Columbia State Director Louis Davis, Jr. announced the selection of the Rev. Kendrick E. Curry as the new volunteer State President of the local non-profit organization, with more than 87,000 members in the District.

The State President is a vital part of AARP’s volunteer workforce, serving as a strategic partner of the State Director, acting as the chairman of the volunteer AARP DC Executive Council and providing a leadership voice on behalf of the volunteers in the District.

“I was honored to be selected as State President and look forward to working with a dynamic team of volunteers and staff to achieve the Association’s vision, mission, and strategic priorities in the District,” Curry said. “We are working across all eight wards to support the Age-Friendly DC initiative to make the District a great place for all ages to live, work and play.”

He notes, “I hope to empower and mobilize DC residents, over

the age of 50, around issues that matter to them, like support for family caregivers, funding for home and community-based services and lower prescription drug prices.”

Curry has professional work experience in the corporate, government and non-profit sectors, in addition to serving for the last 15 years as the senior pastor of The Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church.

He is deeply involved in the community. As such, he is active on the Board of Directors for the DC Baptist Convention Foundation and the Marshall Heights Community Development Corporation. As a member of Faith Strategies, he serves with collective of clerics who bring faith-based solutions to social injustices in the DC metropolitan region. He also serves as CoChair of the Board of Directors of DC Jobs with Justice.

Curry advocates for seniors’ rights at the local and national levels and has been a volunteer leader of the AARP DC Execu-

tive Council since 2014. Additionally, he serves on the board of the Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home.

Because of his passion for equity in education, Curry serves on the board of Education Forward DC, an organization aiming to transform the DC educational landscape. He also served on the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia.

Curry is an alternate member of the Board of Directors of DC Water, and he frequently consults in engineering and for academic, interfaith, and community organizing groups.

Based on Curry’s service on behalf of the residents of the District of Columbia, he has received numerous awards including the Wilhelmina Rolark Outstanding Citizen Award by the Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO, and the Community Service/Partnership Award by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

Curry earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Prairie

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View A&M University in Prairie View; an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; and a Master of Divinity from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University in Richmond.

“I have known Rev. (Kendrick) Curry for over five years and have no doubts that with him as State President our part-

nership will increase the visibility and amplify AARP DC as the credible advocate voice for older adults in the District,” said Louis Davis, Jr., AARP DC State Director.

To learn more about AARP DC, visit aarp.org/DC, and follow AARP DC on social media at Facebook.com/AARPDC and @AARPDC on Twitter.

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Pan-Africanists Laud New Haile Selassie Statue

By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins

The African Union (AU) recently unveiled a statue bearing the likeness of Haile Selassie I at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during its 32nd Assembly of the Heads of State and Government Summit.

The grandiose ceremony culminated a yearslong endeavor to memorialize Ethiopia’s last monarch for his role in forming the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the precursor to the AU. In the Western Hemisphere, particularly in parts of the United States, diasporic Ethiopians, Pan-Africanists and adherents of the Rastafari livity celebrated the erection of the statue, describing it a sign that people of African descent globally have come to recognize, now more than ever, Selassie’s significance as a Pan-African leader.

“The Rastafari community has been championing His Majesty in the darkest days,” said Kwasi Osei Bonsu, a prominent member of the D.C. region’s Rastafari community.

Decades after Selassie’s 1975 death, many Rastas continued to herald the man they consider the physical manifestation of Jesus Christ, even as detractors portrayed him as a dictator out of touch with his people’s suffering.

Bonsu, who’s hosted weekly Rastafari study groups in years past, said he learned about the efforts to install Selassie’s statue from members of Selassie Stand Up!, a U.S.-based Pan-African organization that has lobbied for erection of the statue at AU headquarters since 2013. Nebyat Aklilu Demessie, founder and president of Selassie Stand Up! has a deep affinity for the project, as his father served as one of Selassie’s ministers.

Last October, members of Selassie Stand Up! met with African Ambassador to the United States Dr. Arikana Chihombori Quao, who confirmed that construction of the Selassie statue, to join that of Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah, had started.

A post shared on the official Stand Up Selassie! Facebook page last November revealed that Quao had given its members verbal permission to erect statues of Selassie and Nkrumah, another well-regarded founding OAU member, on the grounds of the AU Washington Mission in Northwest.

“The statue now offers some clarity around what [Selassie] did,” Bonsu continued. “It’s important

to know that His Majesty was in the trenches with Africa. The University of Haile Selassie provided scholarships for students from all over Africa to study. There was also a lot of effort and outreach to Black people in the west.”

Selassie, born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael, ruled Ethiopia between 1930 and 1974. The Rastafari movement, which started in Jamaica during the 1930s, grew out of a belief that Selassie’s 1930 coronation fulfilled Biblical prophecy, as expressed

by Marcus Mosiah Garvey who recited Psalms 68:31 a decade earlier in his prediction of the rise of a Black king.

The decision to place OAU headquarters in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa spoke to Ethiopia’s status as a country that’s never been colonized.

In 1963, Selassie joined Nkrumah, Sekou Toure of Guinea and nearly 30 other African leaders in the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). This collective of independent African nations, many of which had defeated their European colonizers years prior, united against white minority rule and in the interest of boosting collective sovereignty.

The decision to place OAU headquarters in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa spoke to Ethiopia’s status as a country that’s never been colonized.

Long before the formation of OAU, Selassie too had to stave off European invaders during the Second Italo-Ethiopian war between 1935 and 1937. Ethiopia’s position as an independent nation earned it a seat in the League of Nations, and later the United Nations, where Selassie pleaded his case, often without success, for human rights.

Records suggest that Selassie also conferred with Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association in the early part of the 20th century. The emperor had also been on record advocating for the movement of diasporic Africans to the motherland. He actualized that vision in 1946 through the designation of Shashamane, Ethiopia as a home for repatriates, including Rastas and members of the Ethiopian World Federation.

“When Haile Selassie’s regime was

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at its height, it garnered respect across the world. I think people are getting back in touch with that,” said Kamau Grimes, a local researcher with intermediate fluency in Amharic, an Ethiopian Semitic language.

Grimes, who has traveled to Ethiopia four times since 2013, recently defended his thesis about Ethiopian and African-American relations before faculty in the Department of African Studies & Research at Howard University in Northwest. For him, the Selassie statue represents a gradual realization of the Pan-African vision that birthed the OAU. “If you read the 2063 agenda of 2019 black history month Washington Informer 3625x8.pdf 1 the African Union, a lot of what 5 A statue of Haile Selassie (Courtesy photo) they’re talking about is based on Pan-Africanism and integration of the states,” Grimes said. “They’re continuing that legacy. In terms of Ethiopia, a lot of generations have passed to the point where people look at Selassie in a positive light because they saw how detrimental the regime following him was to Ethiopia.”

Decades after Selassie’s death, members of the Derg, the military junta that deposed him and ran Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987, had been implicated in his murder. By the The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority time the Derg had been dissolved, salutes the African-American community’s culture its members pushed Ethiopia into economic decline, increased reliance and contributions to the National Capital Region. on foreign aid, and allowed rampant Let your business and career take f light. governmental corruption.

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In 2000, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church gave him an imperial-style funeral, though the post-communist government refused to designate it as so.

Perhaps that’s why some Pan-Africanists, including Yaw Davis, questioned the degree to which the Ethiopian government endorsed the erection of the Selassie statue at AU Reagan National Airport Dulles International Airport headquarters.

Davis said he’s waiting with bated breath to see whether officials will eventually replace other Selassie statues that the Derg removed.

“It’s interesting to have a Selassie statue erected, [especially] with the history of his statues being taken down and placed in storage,” said Dulles Toll Road Dulles Metrorail Davis, founder of the Pan-African Technical Association, a nonprofit based in Los Angeles that coordinates STEM projects across the African diaspora.

“The next thing is if the Ethiopian government will do something to recognize Selassie or install the statues,” he said. “I’m not saying they’re Your Journey Begins with Us not interested, but the government has a lot of priorities.” WI

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By Brigette Squire WI Contributing Writer On Sunday, Feb. 17, Greater New Hope Baptist Church was the site for an all-black, all-male gospel concert — as well as a brief history lesson.

The service opened with the congregation standing together to sing the first and third verses of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” written by James Weldon Johnson and commonly referred to as the Black national anthem.

Some in attendance were surprised to learn that “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was first written as a poem in 1900 and later set to music by Johnson’s brother, John Rosamond Johnson. In 1905, Booker T. Washington endorsed it, and in 1919, it became the official song of the NAACP. Sam Ford, a reporter for WJLA-TV (Channel 7), led the service by telling the congregation about the history of the song. He

pointed out that Booker T. Washington came to Johnson’s segregated school and they presented the poem to welcome him.

“Imagine 500 students reciting that poem,” Ford said. “If you really listen to the words, you will hear how it speaks to our past, present and future.”

The program consisted of several different groups and soloists singing songs old and new, from hymns such as “Leave it There” to contemporary hits “I Can’t Even Walk” and “Encourage Yourself,” as well as a few original songs.

Jean Austin, an Air Force veteran, co-founded the gospel recording group No Chains, consisting of friends he met during his years of service. Their strong brotherhood grew from a shared vision of how they wanted to continue serving their country operating in a different combat zone.

“Kenny Vernon and I always said that when our careers were over, we would get on God’s bat-

tlefield,” Austin said. “It’s always good to see a group of men who are not afraid to say they love the Lord.”

It is rare to see traditional families in church and even rarer to see a large group of men singing praises together, he said.

“Usually women are the ones you see in church with the kids.

I hope that changes,” Austin said.

“When you think about the struggles that African-American men have gone through, music was a way to channel energy and encourage themselves.”

Several women who attended the service said they were particularly glad to see men working together to create a joyful noise and affect the community.

“I hope they reach out to the younger generation — I would love to see the older guys pass it on,” said Pamela X, a native Washingtonian.

“It was my first time and you don’t see a whole lot of this today. I felt a lot of pride.” wi

5 One of several local choirs sing hymns and spirituals during the African American Men’s Gospel Concert held at Greater New Hope Baptist Church in Northwest on Sunday, Feb. 17. (Brigette Squire/The Washington Informer)

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Notes and Footnotes to a Life in Georgetown

By Thalia Nash-Mwaipaja Special to the Informer

In the early 80s my mother, younger sister and I went to live with my uncle Rev. Dr. James K. McCants where he presided in the church clergy house in Old Georgetown. What would become my address, 2902 O Street Northwest, was owned and maintained by Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, the historic African American house of worship located just around the corner at 1334 29th Street Northwest. This move, from our East of the River house in Hillcrest (Southeast) to Georgetown represented, perhaps, the biggest and most pivotal change in my life.

I didn’t know a lot about the history of Old Georgetown, I only saw the difference in appearance, which was a totally different from the neighborhood I’d left. The sidewalks were made of red bricks or cobblestone and gave the community a type of quiet village charm.

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The atmosphere was always very tranquil, except on the outer layers of the neighborhood which catered to college revelry, happy hours, and shoppers. In this way, even as nightfall came, the residents of Georgetown maintained a mostly reserved, lights-out curfew of 10p.m. In a town known for blaring go-go music, an exhaustive nightlife, and a growing commuter system, it felt less and less like I was even in the District.

What I remember most fondly were the beautiful tree-lined streets for blocks with colorful flowers along the brick sidewalks. The corner stores were operated by one of two persons, and the neighbors were so well known that shop owners allowed residents to purchase things on a store tab, rather than at point of sale.

But by the late 1980s, I rarely saw African Americans in the neighborhood, except on Sundays for church services or on weeknights for occasional programs.

I remember my uncle telling me Mt. Zion was one of the oldest Black congregations in Northwest Washington, and that many of the members consisted of families that once resided in Georgetown – with only a handful continuing to reside in their Georgetown homes not far from the church. Through generations many of the members still attended services and made up large populations of active church members.

Living in Old Georgetown gave

me an opportunity to experience a different type of diversity. I was able to attend Woodrow Wilson Senior High which was touted as an exemplary academic space and one that welcomed the children of our nation’s various embassies. In this way, the diversity I experienced as one of only a few African Americans living in Georgetown also spanned to include friendships with families whose surnames included: Shah, Li, Aragona, Ahmadu, Blesendorff, and Iloabachie. Many of these friends discussed how Black builders had to use their fingers to mold and manipulate materials for brickmaking / bricklaying. They challenged me to walk my neighborhood and examine the many African, Negro, Black, African-American fingerprints -- locked in stone and pressed into the flesh of architecture of our ancestors.

Initially my friends knew more about the rich heritage of Black Georgetown than I did – which lead me to bend the ears of those around me for constant signs of heritage and ‘belonging’ in a place that while quiet and reserved, maintained a healthy suspicion of Black bodies.

For instance, one of the most telling misfortunes of being whitewashed from a place while you’re living in it, was the anxiety white neighbors felt at having me in what they perceived to be “their space.”

I always understood the angry or confused looks, or even the slow police cruiser trailing my cousin 3.

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1. The name of the “Negro hotel” on Capitol Hill 1890s, which was featured in W.E.B. DuBois’ Paris Exhibition of Black uplift and respectability?

2. Which elementary school in D.C. was named for the first African-American appointed to the Board of Trustees for Colored Schools in 1862?

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A) Garnett Patterson, B) C.W. Harris, C) William Syphax, D) John Eaton

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4. Which area of the District was the site of a 1949 race riot that occurred when white mobs attacked Black children at a newly integrated swimming pool?

A) Capitol Hill, B) Friendship Heights, C) Georgetown, D) Anacostia

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(my uncle’s older son) and me to see where we were going, at the behest of “concerned neighbors,” as an indication of their xenophobia or emotional insecurity. We often laughed at white newcomers to Old Georgetown who didn’t understand that their homes were once occupied by and served as the birthing rooms of the very people they now feared. It didn’t matter that the families no longer dwelled in the community, the houses still held their memories.

Since I married and moved away from Old Georgetown, my desire to reaffirm the family-ties of Black Georgetowners has reached a critical level. There is a visceral disregard and aggressive muting of the African-American presence in Old Georgetown. That separation beKeating, C) Priscilla Walker, D) Sonya Addison 6. The first African American U.S. senator, Hiram R. Revels, held from which state?

A) Mississippi, B) Georgia, C) Vermont, D) Pennsylvania 7. What New Orleans blues-

tween what lies beneath the surface and what lies in front of us should be bridged by school curriculum, the city’s historical societies, archivists, and historians. Washingtonians of all ages should be taught the history of a place that was once a refuge for slaves escaping the Deep South, as a vibrant Black economic hub courting generational affluence, and as a place where those who did it, remain interred. I am ever grateful to The Washington Informer Newspaper and The Washington Informer Charities for their efforts to bring this history to life through their annual African American Heritage Tour. It will absolutely make a difference in the lives of participants. WI man traveled to D.C. to record more than nine hours of music for the Library of Congress and discuss such compositions as “King Porter Stomp” and “Wolverine Blues”?

A) Bo Diddley, B) Bubber Miley, C) Jelly Roll Morton, D) Fletcher Henderson 3 Police contribute to the confusion during white mob violence at a newly integrated federal D.C.-area pool in 1949. (Courtesy photo)

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LIFESTYLE ‘Posing Beauty’ Exhibition Shows

By Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer

We should embrace our beauty. It doesn’t matter if you are tall, short, fat, slim, the color of coffee with lots of cream or a shade of the darkest chocolate.

“Posing Beauty in African American Culture,” the latest exhibition at the David Driskell Center, confirms that Black people are lovely. “Posing Beauty” began touring the country in 2010 and is now in the D.C. area at the Driskell Center on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park.

The exhibition was curated by Deborah Willis, professor and chair of the department of photography and imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University. It is art seen through a range of media, exploring the contested ways in which African and African-American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts.

“It took about two years to curate starting in 2000,” Willis said at the opening reception. “It’s about Black themes and identities we have through our work and through our

play. I thought about the ways that we pose in different experiences and I wanted to tell the story through multiple lenses. We have a range that most people don’t see.”

Near the gallery entrance is a profile headshot of a woman. Upon closer look, the observer sees it’s a photo of Susan Taylor from her modeling days, taken in the 1970s

by Ken Ramsey, years before she became editor-in-chief of Essence magazine.

The images on display for “Posing Beauty” are shown through a range of media including photography, video, fashion, advertising and other forms of popular culture.

The oldest images are from Edward Curtis in the late 1800s and Thomas Askew taken between 18991900. Many of the photographs through the early 1960s are in black and white.

“Posing Beauty” shows Black people at work, but also in what one might call their “Sunday best.”

As the exhibition continues with images through contemporary years, there are still many blackand-white photographs, but col-

or images emerge, and some are quite provocative. Mixed media is used to add layers of striking

5 “Family in Church Clothes, New York” taken by Russell Lee currently at the exhibition “Posing Beauty in African American Culture” at the David Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

visual dimension.

“We have our own definitions of what beauty is,” said Bonnie Thornton Dill, dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland, College Park, in her opening remarks. “This is an opportunity to see the many varied ways we see

beauty of ourselves, for ourselves and for others to see us.”

Walking through the exhibit, visitors will see images of everyday

people as well as famous faces such as Lena Horne, Kathleen Cleaver, Pam Grier, Isaac Hayes and Lil’ Kim. Photographers whose works are on display include Gordon Parks, Carrie Mae Weems, Robert Sengstacke, Charles “Teenie” Harris, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Gerard Gaskin and Sheila Pree Bright.

Willis is well into her next photography project, for which she is taking pictures of closets.

“My mom is 97, and I look at the

way she preserves her clothes and tells stories about individual items in her closet,” Willis said about her inspiration for this latest project.

“It’s interesting how women form their identities through dress, so I decided to explore the closet and it’s been fun.”

“Posing Beauty in African American Culture” is at the David Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park until April 27. For hours and directions, go to driskellcenter.umd.edu or call 301314-2615. WI 3 “Susan Taylor, as Model” taken by Ken Ramsey during the 1970s, is the signature photograph and cover for the book and exhibition “Posing Beauty in African American Culture” currently at the David Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer) (Far left) David Driskell, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Art, Artist, Art Historian, Collector, Curator, and Philanthropist and namesake of the Driskell Gallery chats with Anacostia resident and Artist-in-Residence in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s 202Creates program Jennifer Queen at the opening night for the exhibition “Posing Beauty in African American Culture” currently at the David Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

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Shepp also looked back into the historical roots of jazz with a demonstration of “Hambone,” a unique African-American practice of percussion using only the body, which he explained was often the only instrument available to enslaved Africans.

Closing out the concert, Shepp treated the enthusiastic audience to some of his own compositions, “Los Olvidados (The Forgotten Ones),” inspired by the Spanish director Luis Buñuel’s film, and “Blues for Brother George,” a tribute to revolutionary activist leader George Jackson, who was killed in 1971. Wi

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It’s easy to tell when you are in the presence of a master, as it was on an early February evening when NEA Jazz Master Archie Shepp serenaded a full house for the All-Star Tribute to John Coltrane at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Shepp, a saxophonist, composer and activist, qualified his role in the tribute as he revealed his deep ties to Coltrane, considered one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time.

“John Coltrane was born in 1926 and I was born in 1937,” the octogenarian musician recalled during the Feb. 10 show.

“I always admired him, and when I was starting out, I went and heard him at the Red Rooster in Philadelphia.”

The rest is history, and Shepp and Coltrane would cross paths numerous times over the span of their stellar careers. This productive and creative relationship resulted in collaborations that have become jazz classics.

Shepp ultimately ended up being one of the musicians who played on Coltrane’s last recordings, “Ascension” (quartet plus six horns and bass) in 1966 and “New Thing at Newport” (a live album split with Shepp) from the same year. Coltrane died in 1967 of liver cancer at age 41.

The all-stars assembled for this memorable and mesmerizing concert included trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, Darryl Hall on bass, Nasheet Waits (son of legendary percus-

sionist Frederick Waits) on drums, French vocalist Marion Rampal and Jason Moran, the Kennedy Center’s artistic director for jazz, on piano.

Launching directly into the depths of Coltrane’s more eclectic tunes, Shepp opened up with “Syeeda’s Song Flute” from the legendary album “Giant Steps.” He continued the flow of bebop jazz, a trend that he and Coltrane were instrumental in establishing in the 50s and 60s with other iconic Coltrane compositions “Cousin Mary,” “Naima.”

A sentimental rendition of “My One and Only Love,” which Coltrane recorded with renowned vocalist Johnny Hartman in 1963, mellowed the pace. Shepp employed the smooth and emotive vocals of Rampal on the classic torch song, as well as his own spoken-word opus, “Blasé.”

The recognition of Coltrane’s mastery of ballads continued with Shepp referencing Coltrane’s historic 1963 recording with Duke Ellington.

“I wish Coltrane had recorded this next song with Ellington,” Shepp said, interspersing his own personal stories and memories of the influential jazz musician between songs. “He didn’t, but I wish he had.”

The ensuing rendition of “Prelude to a Kiss” presented a moment that will go down in jazz history as Shepp breathily embraced the Ellington classic on the sax, then laid the shiny instrument aside gently. The audience was treated to a rare and poignant vocal treat as Shepp sang the lyrics to the romantic

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and ill-treatment of Africans and African Americans. Young Timothy learned those lessons well, not only from his father but also from his time working as a Senate page in the Florida State House at the impressionable age of 13.

Young Fortune left Florida with the experiences of the Florida State House etched soundly in his mind and some work experience that helped set him on the path of his life’s work. He had picked up knowledge of the printer’s trade from time spent with the Marianna Courier, the first of several newspapers where he spent time learning the trade. He landed at Howard University in Washington D.C. in 1876, intent on studying law, but as it turned out, he did not complete his studies there to earn a degree.

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In retrospect, Fortune’s memory of the cruel and peculiar institution of slavery and Reconstruction remained vivid. His recollections were published in a recent book, After War Times, by Daniel Weinfeld. Among the poignant personal memories was how Fortune’s parents, Sarah and Emanuel, were not able to marry until 1865, after the end of the Civil War. During Reconstruction, however, Emmanuel Fortune became a Florida State Senator. The elder Fortune was a staunch fighter against injustice

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However, approaching the turn of the new decade, the young couple headed for New York City, where Fortune’s newspaper work began in earnest when he became editor at The Globe in 1881, at age 24.

From then until 1907 his three newspapers (The Globe, The Freedman, and the New York Age) gave him an unwavering voice against oppression of all people, but most staunchly against the oppression and subjugation of Afro- Americans. Fortune’s newspapers were widely read by both blacks and white in the North and South and by other journalists as well.

He authored his first book “Black and White Land, Labor and Politics in the South” in 1884 at the age of 28. After the publication of the book, Fortune was sought after as a speaker and logged as many as 10,000 miles traveling to engagements throughout the South.

The book might have been lost to history had it not been for Lehigh University professor Seth Moglen, who edited it and added an introduction for a 2007 Simon and Schuster release.

“The leading black journalist of the late 1880s and 1890s, Fortune was also a militant activist, who founded the Afro- American League, the first national political organization to fight for full equality for black Americans,” Moglen said.

Moglen describes how the book presents a socialist analysis of racial capitalism. Fortune was known as an agitator regarding Afro-American civil rights, education, and work, but he was also an outspoken critic regarding women’s rights. In 1895, he attended the first meeting of the of National Association of Afro-American Women, where he was one of three male speakers.

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However, few historians notice that Fortune’s periodicals also highlighted the mistreatment of other ethnic groups; Asians, Cubans and Italians. The latter were the targets of lynch mobs in the south. Through his writings, Fortune gave a voice to the voiceless, regardless of their color, through his pen.”

TRAGEDY ENDING TO AN AMAZING LIFE

Fortune also wrote speeches for his friend and financial backer, Booker T. Washington, leader and founder of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Although their views on Afro-American advancement differed widely, the two men maintained a close relationship for many years, with Washington the finan-

cier for the New York Age, until a final falling out that caused him to withdraw funding, forcing Fortune to sell the Age. This left a void in Fortune life.

He had been at the helm of newspapers for over 30 years. This contributed to Fortune’s downward spiral. The Age, however, continued successfully without Fortune until it ceased publication in 1960.

In the years following the loss of the newspaper in 1907, the Fortunes separated and Maple Hall was lost. Fortune is said to have fallen into depression, suffered failing health and bouts of alcoholism.

He continued to write sporadically until he became editor of the Negro World, the publication for Marcus Garvey’s organization, the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in 1923.

Known as a crusader for social justice, Fortune literally wrote until the day he died. His last editorial appeared in the Negro World on the same day as his obituary. “T. Thomas Fortune died in Philadelphia, PA, June 2, 1928, where he had been under the care of his son, Dr. Frederick Fortune.” When Fortune died, the Dean of Howard University, Kelly Miller wrote: “His pen knew but one theme, the right of man.”

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Smithsonian to Air Special Presentation of ‘Green Book’ Doc

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia

On Monday, Feb. 25, the Smithsonian Channel plans to air a special presentation of “The Green Book: Guide to Freedom,” a firsthand account of historians, business owners and others who shared the harrowing experience of “traveling while Black” in pre-civil rights America.

The documentary, which will air at 8 p.m., tells the story of Victor H. Green’s eponymously named travel guide that assisted African Americans in safely navigating the country during a time of severe institutionalized racism.

Directed by acclaimed documentarian Yoruba Richen, the filmmaker behind “The New Black,” the Green Book documentary looks at the daily realities that African Americans faced on the road — the struggles, indignities and dangers,

but also the opportunities and triumphs that were won along the way.

While the story isn’t new to the Smithsonian — it won three 2019 Golden Globe Awards — the network also chronicled “The Green Book” in an online article in 2016 where it noted that for Black Americans traveling by car in the era of segregation, the open road presented serious dangers.

While driving interstate distances to unfamiliar locales, Black motorists often ran into institutionalized racism in a number of pernicious forms, from hotels and restaurants that refused to accommodate them to hostile “sundown towns,” where posted signs warned people of color that they were banned after nightfall.

Paula Wynter, a Manhattan-based artist, recalled in the 2016 article a frightening road trip when she was a young girl during the 1950s.

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5 Community members gather at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture for a private screening of “The Green Book: Guide to Freedom,” hosted by Comcast and Smithsonian Channel on Feb. 7. Pictured are (from left) Jessica Gappa, director of community impact for Comcast in the beltway region; Kevin Broadhurst, vice president of government and regulatory affairs for Comcast in the beltway region; Jackie Copeland, executive director of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland AfricanT:9.5” American History & Culture; Linda Goldman, executive producer of the Smithsonian Channel’s “Mission Control”; Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh; Shubha Goenka, manager of distributor marketing for the Smithsonian Channel; Dexter Blackman, assistant professor of history at Morgan State University; and WJZ-TV news anchor Vic Carter. /Courtesy of Comcast

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Women Push for Equal Rights at Rally

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5 Maryland Del. Pam Queen (D-Montgomery County) speaks at a Women’s Rally on Feb. 18 in Annapolis. Queen led the effort to organize the event. (Brigette White/ The Washington Informer)

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Equal rights. Equality, period.

Several women passionately summarized those sentiments at a Feb. 18 rally near the House of Delegates building.

“We are here to improve conditions for working women and their children; improve conditions for incarcerated women,” said Del. Pam Queen (D-Montgomery County), who led to organize the rally. “We are here, so here us now.”

Dozens held signs, wore “Women’s Rally” stickers and braved the cold air outside the House of Delegates to hear about various pieces of legislation that called for increasing the state’s minimum hourly wage to $15, establishing a family and medical leave insurance program, and promoting gender diversity in corporate management.

A sparse crowd heard some of the speeches along with a handful of men.

“It is the responsibility of all men, particularly my fellow male legislators, that we are out here in solidarity with our fellow women legislators,” said Del. Gabriel Acevero (D-Montgomery County). “We [must be] committed to women’s liberation in the same

way we’re committed to ending all forms of oppression of marginalized and vulnerable people.

I’m calling out my fellow male legislators for not being here because they should’ve been.”

Del. Geraldine Valentino-Smith (D-District 23) of Bowie said several events and visitors descended upon Annapolis on Monday, which was also Presidents’ Day. “It’s a very active night,” she said.

As for the voice of women in Annapolis, it’s become a major deal with 72 women in the General Assembly, the most ever.

There’s been some changes on how to eliminate the “good ol’ boy” network and improve working conditions.

A report released in December outlined how 11 of 17 complaints were filed against state lawmakers since 2017. Although it offered no specific details, it classified five as harassment of “nonprotected groups.”

Last year, Del. Curt Anderson (D-Baltimore City) was accused of misconduct. Although no evidence was found from a 2004 claim, an ethics committee determined Anderson made inappropriate sexual comments over the years, and House Speaker Michael Busch stripped him of a leadership position over the summer.

Last month, all lawmakers attended sexual harassment training.

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House Speaker Michael Busch announced Tuesday a company will conduct a “workplace climate survey” this month. Results from the survey will be presented to the Legislative Policy Committee later this year.

That’s why some lawmakers and advocates such as Andrea Johnson, senior counsel for state policy with the National Women’s Law Center in northwest D.C., are pushing for legislation to ensure women receive equal rights.

“Maryland has at times been a leader on equal pay and pregnancy accommodations in the past, but I’m worried we’re starting to fall behind,” she said in regard to bills to prohibit employers to rely on person’s wage history and improvement of working conditions.

Near the end of the rally, Del. Wanika Fisher (D-District 47B) of Hyattsville read 27 names, including her own, of the newly elected women in the legislature.

“Reading their names is super important because there’s power in a name,” she said. “There’s a lot of male names, so it’s really important we recognize some female names.” WI

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GREEN BOOK from Page 39 In North Carolina, her family hid in their Buick after a local sheriff passed them, made a U-turn and gave chase.

Wynter’s father, Richard Irby, switched off his headlights and parked under a tree.

“We sat until the sun came up,” she said. “We saw his lights pass back and forth. My sister was crying; my mother was hysterical.”

New York City-based filmmaker and playwright Calvin Alexander Ramsey concurred.

Also, “It didn’t matter if you were Lena Horne or Duke Ellington or Ralph Bunche traveling state to state, if the road was not friendly or obliging,” Ramsey said.

The Green Book was indispensable to Black-owned businesses. For historians, the listings offer a record of the “rise of the Black middle class, and in particular, of the entrepreneurship of Black women,” said Smithsonian curator Joanne Hyppolite.

Earlier this month, Comcast, the Smithsonian Channel and

LIFESTYLE the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture in Baltimore hosted a private premiere screening of the film for Black History Month, inviting community stakeholders and others, including Mayor Catherine Pugh.

Panelists at the event included Linda Goldman, executive producer of “Mission Critical” for the Smithsonian Channel, and Dexter Blackman, an assistant professor of history at Morgan State University.

Vic Carter of Baltimore’s WJZ-TV moderated the event.

“We treasure our engagement in the Baltimore community throughout the year, and co-hosting the Smithsonian Channel’s ‘The Green Book: Guide to Freedom’ during Black History Month at the [museum] afforded us a great opportunity to bring authentic programming to our community members and to connect with one another,” said Jessica Gappa, director of community impact for Comcast’s beltway region.

“It was important for our standing room-only audience to see the Smithsonian Channel

documentary which revealed our shared history about travel restrictions imposed on African Americans during the Jim Crow era,” said Jackie Copeland, executive director of the Lewis Museum.

“It is a painful history, and many watching the film learned about the Green Book for the very first time,” Copeland said.

“The Lewis Museum is dedicated to providing space for dialogue about our history and current events. The Green Book film allowed us to do that.”

Since its inception, the Smithsonian Channel said it has been committed to African-American history because it’s essential to a greater understanding of America’s national story.

“We found the Green Book story compelling on several levels,” Goldman said. “It leads us to many fascinating stories, from fabulous vacation resorts like Idlewild, to women entrepreneurs and progressive corporations, to civil rights battlefields.

If history were a map, the Green Book guides us off familiar highways onto important, but easily overlooked, scenic routes.” WI

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5 Jelani Cobb of the New Yorker interviews Stacey Abrams during a discussion on the increasing political power of African-Americans for the Brookings Institution’s celebration of Black History Month on Friday, Feb. 15. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

counted because I understood that my campaign was premised on being a vote for people who had not been seen or heard. It wasn’t about the outcome. Still, we filed lawsuits and made incremental progress vs. the other side that had allegedly been destroying ballots. By Nov. 16, we were able to show that voter suppression was real. We got 50,000 calls. But imagine how many did not call or didn’t know they could call.”

“My campaign wasn’t the only one to face this – I was just the one getting the most attention. I chose not to respond with anger or sorrow but rather with action. I was raised not to just identify problems but to look for ways to solve them.

‘Fair fight’ has become something I’ve chosen to address – this should not happen to anyone else.

Cobb: Are there really 500,000 unregistered Black voters in GA? Are they really there? They didn’t come out for Obama so I’ve been skeptical about that number. What goes

into mobilizing these electorates? Is this applicable to progressives and people of color running in the South?

Abrams: I am partisan so my advice probably isn’t applicable for those who aren’t Democrats. That said, you have to start early. I had been laying the groundwork for seven years while a member of the Georgia Assembly. You have to send people out to community with cultural competence. You have to train people to do the work so that later they can be hired to work on other campaigns. and then be able to be hired by campaigns.

We were aware of and met with those representing multi-racial, multi-ethnic, religious or sexual orientations differences. We met with Black-owned newspapers and inquired how to get into their media. We held roundtables with LGBTQ communities, with African Americans and with Asians. Pundits criticized us for investing in reaching out to voters rather than spending our money with the mainstream

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media. But I’ve never believed in turnout models so I refused to spend time or money only with those historically proven as more likely to vote.

Abrams said, when asked about Donald Trump and his decision to declare a national emergency in order to secure funding for the building of his wall, “He hopes to gain political clout after having failed in the actual process but the judicial system will deal with that.

But we cannot turn this into a 24-hour circus over why or why or how doesn’t understand how American politics work. We have to ignore him.”

As for her plans to run for U.S. Senate, she replied, “I do not know.”

“But I can say that being the first Black female candidate for governor in the U.S. was an eye-opener,” she said. “We tend to take for granted those things or people that have proven most reliable. Black women are among the highest demographic of consistent voters. And like our car, which we assume will always start, it’s been assumed that Black women will always vote and will vote in certain ways. But we need to really understand more acutely the consequences of our actions. A car needs consistent care – Black women require care as well, particularly given our long history of reliability when voting.”

“Running a campaign is hard, expensive and mean. In fact, those who were meanest to me said things like ‘I really believe you’re the best candidate.’ Then they whispered to me, ‘but you’re a Black woman,’” she said.

“We can ill-afford to hold pity parties by saying that voter suppression remains alive and well in the U.S. and that it negatively impacted the results of my run for governor. We have to talk about voter suppression every day, with every political pundit, with every reporter – every day.”

“As for the Democratic Party, they need to decide what issues are most important. They need to be authentic and tell the truth all the time. They need to be clear about what their vision is for America. As for those who say they don’t see color or decry identity of their constituency, they don’t deserve to be president.”

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ARIES The sun’s move into dreamy Pisces on Monday can put you in touch with your spiritual side and with deep-seated feelings that you might not normally engage with. The sun will remain in this zone for four weeks, making this a good time to tie up loose ends and seek closure on situations that have been dragging on for too long. You might become aware that something needs to be done as the week gathers pace, and this can lead to a decision to do whatever is necessary to bring it to an end.

Hoping for the best is no longer an option. Lucky Numbers: 11, 43, 58

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TAURUS Your social life looks set to sparkle as the sun moves into Pisces on Monday, encouraging you to get out and about and interact. Networking with like-minded people in groups or your local community can be very positive for you, particularly if you need a break from an intense relationship to consider your next move. Lucky Numbers: 13, 19, 41

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GEMINI Get ready for your time in the spotlight! Influences this week are encouraging you to showcase your skills and let others appreciate your talents. The sun’s move into your sector of goals and career on Monday brings an opportunity to get your message across, impress those in authority, and address any concerns that may apply to others as well as you. People are watching you, so use this opportunity to your advantage. Lucky Numbers: 3, 6, 37

By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer You can be anything you want to be!

That’s what you were told, growing up: you could do anything, try everything, and be anybody you wanted to be, if you tried. Set your sights on something, and it was yours — so in the new novel “Inventing Victoria” by Tonya Bolden, a young girl wants a better life.

Five-year-old Essie was embarrassed half to death.

High in her attic room, she could still hear the noises of the “uncles” that her Mamma was entertaining but the “uncles” were all white men, which made no sense and Essie hated it. It should’ve come as no surprise to anybody that she wanted to go live at Ma Clara’s house, where she never had to worry about food or “uncles.”

At 13, Essie had enough.

Ma Clara had helped nourish her mind and her soul, and Essie knew the time was right for her to leave Mamma by taking a job at Abby Bowfield’s boardinghouse. There, she made her first friend and she dared to dream of a happy future — as if, for a girl whose Mamma escaped from slavery, that wasn’t impossible.

And then the impossible happened.

Miss Dorcas Vashon, who had Room 4 at Miss Abby’s on permanent hold, took a liking to Essie and made her an offer she couldn’t refuse: She’d take Essie away from Savannah and make her into a lady, teach her, form her, correct her speech and fix her slouch. In exchange, Essie would have to give up everything she’d ever known.

And so, a girl named Essie stepped away from Miss Abby’s boardinghouse one day, and became Victoria.

At 18, Victoria tried not to look back at her life. Doing so was “excessively ill-bred” but she couldn’t help it. With the guidance of Dorcas Vashon, she’d reinvented herself, but there were so many things she didn’t know: how, for example, could a new lady keep an old woman in her heart? How can a lady remember where she came from, without ruining where she was going?

How could Victoria keep living the lie she’d been given?

Absolutely, “Inventing Victoria” is a familiar story with a different twist: more than a century ago, it was a play. Half that, it was a movie. Now, this “Pygmalion”-like tale is set in the years after the Civil War, and your teen is going to love it.

Not only is it a great story, author Tonya Bolden also creates settings that invite historical figures to pass through her characters’ lives. Frederick Douglass is here. James Wormley is mentioned, as is O.S.B. Wall and John Mercer Langston, and Elizabeth Keckley makes dresses for Victoria. These people flow through the tale like it’s an everyday thing to 19th-century folks but for modern readers, Bolden makes their presence feel like visits from royalty.

Relevant, timely and quietly informative, for 12- to 17-year-olds who enjoy gentle adventure plus romance wrapped in a fairy tale, this book is perfect. For her, “Inventing Victoria” is a book she’ll want to be near. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

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CANCER Luscious Venus merges with sobering Saturn at the start of the week, and this could see a relationship becoming more businesslike. This might not be such a bad thing because it allows you to be practical and make decisions based on facts. Even so, a side of you may yearn for something out of the ordinary and the chance to experience events that alter your perspective on life. Lucky Numbers: 12, 16, 21 LEO The week ahead could be intense and encourage change, especially around financial matters, business affairs, and deep soul bonds. The sun’s move into Pisces and a very sensitive zone could make you deeply aware of emotions that influence you over coming days. And it might be your job and that of the people you work with to help you detach and see things from a more practical perspective.

Lucky Numbers: 4, 10, 41 VIRGO With chatty Mercury and nebulous Neptune in your sector of relating, interactions could help you clarify your thoughts and feelings. However, with the sun moving into this same zone on Monday, it might be time to take stock and consider what comes next. This is a good time for all kinds of teamwork, collaboration, and improving key relationships. Lucky Numbers: 32, 52, 58 LIBRA The sun’s move into your lifestyle sector on Monday puts your focus on work, wellness, and daily routines. There might be times when you give in too easily to other people’s demands and then feel resentful that you’re being taken for granted. The tie between lovely Venus and prudent Saturn on Monday could inspire you to be firmer and put your needs on an equal footing with those of others.

Lucky Numbers: 2, 3, 18 SCORPIO Thoughts and feelings could run deep this week, meaning that you may take everything more seriously than is necessary. However, the movement of the sun into your romance and leisure sector on Monday can help lighten things up. The coming four weeks bring an opportunity to indulge in activities that you really enjoy. And this is a good time to let others see what you’re capable of in terms of your creative talents. Be bold - don’t keep it all under wraps. Lucky Numbers: 13, 23, 40 SAGITTARIUS As fiery Mars moves farther into your lifestyle sector, the coming weeks can be an opportunity to get organized and consolidate your progress. However, with the sun moving into your home and family sector on Monday and a supermoon in your career zone on Tuesday, it would be understandable if things weren’t quite as straightforward as they should be. This can be a good time to take a step back and consider your work/life balance. Lucky Numbers: 4, 6, 25 CAPRICORN An unexpected visit could cause a touch of chaos on the home front early in the week.

This might be someone you didn’t expect to see who causes mixed feelings in you. Still, their appearance can encourage conversation, which could bring closure to a past event. Lucky Numbers: 8, 16, 35 AQUARIUS Powerful feelings related to past issues could show up this week. If so, the present influences are encouraging you not to ignore them but to process through them. You might find that moving your body by getting involved in sports, hiking, jogging, or even a good walk can transmute them.

Even doing some vigorous household tasks can help you feel less uptight and more at ease. Lucky Numbers: 21, 22, 50 PISCES The sun’s move into your sign on Monday can feel like a rebirth. The coming four weeks can be your opportunity to indulge in plans and projects that have special meaning for you. Your energy level may be higher, and your creativity and imagination could peak. With a supermoon the following day, feelings could be powerful, bringing a key bond into focus. Lucky Numbers: 1, 34, 38

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5 Howard guard Raymond Bethea Jr. elevates above North Carolina A&T center Nelson Nweke for a shot attempt during A&T’s 85-81 win at Burr Gymnasium on Saturday, Feb. 16. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer) 3 Howard guard RJ Cole drives against North Carolina A&T guard Aaren Edmead during A&T’s 85-81 win at Burr Gymnasium in D.C. on Saturday, Feb. 16. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

5 Howard guard CJ Williams is defended by North Carolina A&T center Nelson Nweke during A&T’s 85-81 win at Burr Gymnasium in D.C. on Saturday, Feb. 16. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

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5 Howard guard Raymond Bethea Jr. attempts to shoot over North Carolina A&T forward Ronald Jackson during A&T’s 85-85 win at Burr Gymnasium in D.C. on Saturday, Feb. 16. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

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5 Howard guard Sarah Edmond drives against North Carolina A&T guard C’coriea Foy during A&T’s 63-58 win at Burr Gymnasium in D.C. on Saturday, Feb. 16. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer) 3 Howard guard Tariah Johnson drives past North Carolina A&T forward Rayven Peeples during A&T’s 63-58 win at Burr Gymnasium in D.C. on Saturday, Feb. 16. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

5 North Carolina A&T center Rayven Peeples elevates for a layup as Howard guard Jayla Thornton looks on during A&T’s 63-58 win at Burr Gymnasium in D.C. on Friday, Feb. 16. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

5 Howard guard Sarah Edmond and North Carolina A&T center Alexus Lessears grapple for a loose ball during A&T’s 63-58 win at Burr Gymnasium in D.C. on Saturday, Feb. 16, (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

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“Sadly, we’ll be sued and sadly it will go through a process and happily we’ll win, I think,” Trump said as he made the announcement.

In a joint statement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called it an “unlawful declaration over a crisis that does not exist” and said it “does great violence to our Constitution and makes America less safe, stealing from urgently needed defense funds for the security of our military and our nation.”

“The president’s actions clearly violate the Congress’s exclusive power of the purse, which our Founders enshrined in the Constitution,” they said. “The Congress will defend our constitutional authorities in the Congress, in the Courts, and in the public, using every remedy available.”

Even Republicans publicly expressed their opposition to Trump’s decision.

“I’m disappointed with both the massive, bloated, secretive bill that just passed and with the president’s intention to declare an emergency to build a wall,” tweeted Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. “I too want stronger border security, including a wall in some areas but how we do things matters. Extra-constitutional executive actions are wrong, no matter which party does them.”

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, agreed: “I generally don’t think it’s a good idea.”

Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins called Trump’s decision a mistake.

“It’s just not good policy,” she said.

Jaime Contreras, vice president at 32BJ SEIU, which represents 700 federally contracted janitors and security officers who were affected by the shutdown, said in a statement that Trump’s declaration of a state of emergency is “a dangerous and unprecedented political maneuver that seems from every angle to violate the separation of powers at the core of our Constitution.”

“At a time when unauthorized border crossing are at an historic low, the real emergency remains that immigrants are being castigated to deflect the pain caused by Trump administration’s assaults on health care, labor rights, an equitable tax system, and the continuing promise of the American Dream for working and middle-class families,” Contreras said.

The declaration by Trump also deflects attention from the ongoing

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crisis created by the historically unprecedented government shutdown, he said.

“For five weeks, workers were robbed of their paychecks, and then the President broke his promise of back pay to all government workers as thousands of contract workers aren’t slated to receive a dime, including hundreds of janitors and security

officers who are members of 32BJ SEIU,” Contreras said.

Perhaps echoing the sentiments of many in both parties and Americans in general, former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum said the United States currently has one sizable problem.

“Donald Trump is our national emergency,” Gillum said. WI

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seems to have merit.

For example, one medical expert says in “The Healing Power of Pets for Seniors,” an article written by Barbara Ballinger for AgingCare magazine, updated in August 2018, says “Animals can reduce stress, lower blood pressure and increase social interaction and physical activity. Pets provide other intangibles, too.”

“Dogs and cats live very much in the present,” said Jay P. Granat, a New Jersey-based psychotherapist.

“They don’t worry about tomorrow, which can be a scary concept for an older person. An animal embodies that sense of here and now and it tends to rub off people.”

In the same article, a New York psychologist, Penny B. Donnenfeld, who brings her own dog to her office, says she’s witnessed animals’ ability to prompt better memory recall in their elderly owners.

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“Man’s best friend” serves as a common phrase about domestic dogs, referring to their millennia-long history of close relations, loyalty and companionship with humans. The first recorded use of a related phrase is

by Frederick the Great of Prussia (1740-1786). Likely popularized by its use in a poem by Ogden Nash, it has since become a common colloquialism.

Evidence of the benefits of a sustained relationship between humankind and dogs can be traced back at least as far as the 8th century BC to ancient Greece, found in the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey both, according to legend, penned by Homer and considered landmarks in human literature as well as the beginning of Western literature and historical tradition.

In the Odyssey, upon Odysseus’ return, his beloved dog Argos is the only individual to recognize him.

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RELIGION the religion corner WITH LYNDIA GRANT

A Personal Take on D.C. Gentrification, Pt. 1

Once known as Chocolate City, D.C. became home for me and my family in 1965. After graduating from the eighth grade at Central High School near Goldsboro, North Carolina, my uncle was there to drive me to be with my family.

My family had moved to D.C. a few months before my graduation. After begging my parents, who were both Pentecostal preachers, to allow me to stay long enough to graduate, they finally agreed. Though my parents had been farmers, and work dried up, sleeping over at someone else’s home was out of the question.

But as one of the top 10 students in my eighth-grade class, I convinced them to let me stay behind so I could participate in my graduation and give my first public speech.

I stayed with my homeroom teacher, who lived in Goldsboro, the city where Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is located. I was a country girl, and I wasn’t very shy, inexperienced. I didn’t like life without my family, so at the end of my visit, I did not say goodbye to my teacher when I left. She and her husband were very kind to me, but it just was not a good experience. I was lonely for my family and delighted to finally go home.

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Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.)

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My uncle drove us into the city, and we arrived in D.C. on the same day of my graduation. Our home was a three-story row house on Rhode Island Avenue NE, with a basement and two upper levels, filled by a family with eight children (a ninth had married already and moved to New Jersey).

It was so different from any home my family had ever lived in!

The sound of the city — traffic, buses, police sirens, fire engines and trash trucks in the alley. Back home on our farm, life was quiet.

We lived on 70 Highway, which was a busy thoroughfare, but compared to life in the big city, it was nothing.

Here in Washington, little Black children played in the streets, front- and backyards, which were very small and fenced in. Mostly they played along sidewalks. We were allowed to roam around and visit the homes of our neighbors.

There was no danger back then.

There were no other races of people in my Ward 5 community.

Because I had only lived in North Carolina, on farms, and had only lived around more Black people, it was my belief that there were many more of us Black folks in the world, especially since all we saw here in Washington, D.C. were Black people, everywhere!

The city was indeed a “Chocolate City.” There were white people back home, but here in Washington, D.C., back in 1965, it was rare, especially on our side of town.

Lyndon Baines Johnson was

president, having taken office in 1963 after John F. Kennedy was assassinated. First lady Lady Bird Johnson undertook a beautification project in our city, planting young trees that now stand very tall. I remember when they were first planted over 50 years ago.

Trees and flowers were planted all along the sidewalks and in the mediums of the street.

“Getting on the subject of beautification is like picking up a tangled skein of wool,” she wrote in her diary on January 27, 1965.

“All the threads are interwoven — recreation and pollution and mental health, and the crime rate, and rapid transit, and highway beautification, and the war on poverty, and parks — national, state and local.”

Come back next week for more on my experience of gentrification in Washington, D.C. WI Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958 Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

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RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church

Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor

Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 Fax: 301-499-8724

Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 a.m. 7 10:00 a.m.

Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 p.m.

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

700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849 Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00am 5th Sundays: 9:30am 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30pm www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

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Blessed Word of Life Church

Church of Living Waters

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., Pastor

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor

Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor

2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org

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

4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30am 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00am Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30pm Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00am “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment

1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661

Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00am Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30pm Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Third Street Church of God

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

Rev. Dr. Alice Greene Interim Pastor

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor

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

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

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

5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555

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

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

Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30pm (dinner @ 5:30pm) Sunday School: 9:00am – Hour of Power

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

“An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org

Campbell AME Church

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

Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: gr8luv4u2@gmail.com

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

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

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

St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us...

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

(Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Communion every Sunday: 11:00 am Sunday School: 10:00 am Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 pm Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com

Mount Carmel Baptist Church Reverend Gerald H. Hesson Interim Pastor

Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher

Service and Times Sunday School - 10:15 am Sunday Worship Service - 11;15 am Children’s Church - 11:15 am Tuesday Bible Study - 6:30 pm

“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital”

Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m.

Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.

Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!”

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

Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor

Turning Hearts Church

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

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

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

E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org “God is Love”

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Twelfth Street Christian Church

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

Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45am Church School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45am Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 pm Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30am

Crusader Baptist Church

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

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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church

All Nations Baptist Church

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471

2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591

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

Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Service 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.”

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

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

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

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon

Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

Israel Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor

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

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

4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184

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

“Where Jesus is the King”

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor

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

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

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.

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

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Eastern Community Baptist Church

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

The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

New Commandment Baptist Church

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor

Damion M. Briggs Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rehoboth Baptist Church

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

Salem Baptist Church

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

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

St. Matthews Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 pm

Emmanuel Baptist Church

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m.

Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m.

Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m.

Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Rev. Joan E. Buchanan Executive Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 7:30am Worship Service: 11:00am New Member’s Class: 9:45am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00am Church School: 9:45am Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00pm Saturday Bible Study: 11:00am Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00am

Service and Times 9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net

Christ Embassy DC

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

“Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”

Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class 8:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:00 am

Wednesday Service 12:00 pm

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

“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address: admin@pbc712.org

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor

Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor

Rev. David McIntosh-Peters Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor

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

2001 Brooks Drive District Heights, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074

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

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

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

Service and Times 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

Service and Times 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.

Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 a.m.

Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 a.m. and 10:55 a.m.

Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 a.m.

Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 p.m.

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

2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 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

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

The Church Where GOD Is Working....

And We Are Working With GOD

Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:15 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting / Bible Study: Tuesday at 7 pm Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church with an Emphasis on “Evangelism and Discipleship” Email: pastorstmbc@gmail.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org

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

Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 a.m.

Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30 a.m.

Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 p.m.

Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “

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

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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2019 ADM 000038 Mary V. Murphy Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Joseph W. Murphy, whose address is 1311 Queen Street NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary V. Murphy who died on 9/26/2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 7, 2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 7, 2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: February 7, 2019 Joseph W. Murphy Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2019 ADM 42

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000044

Foreign No. 2019 FEP 000006

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000088

Lee Dawson aka Lee Anita Dawson aka Rhode Anita Dawson Decedent

June 4, 2016 Date of Death

James A. Alston Decedent

Mary M. Thomas aka Mary Magdeline Thomas Decedent Nakia V. Gray, Esq. Gray Legal P.C. 9701 Apollo Drive, Suite 100 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney

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

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ivy Thomas, whose address is 4801 Iroquois Street, College Park, MD 20740, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary Thomas aka Mary Magdeline Thomas who died on October 14, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 7, 2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 7, 2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

David Robert Baylor, whose address is 3017 Massachusetts Ave., SE, Apt. 3, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lee Dawson aka Lee Anita Dawson aka Rhode Anita Dawson who died on October 8, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 7, 2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 7, 2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: February 7, 2019

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Janice Browne Sellers Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Kimberly Sellers Miller, whose address is 10402 Bending Brook Way, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Janice Browne Sellers, deceased, by the Amherst Circuit Court for Amherst County, State of Virginia, on October 6, 2016.

Service of process may be made upon Anthony Jones, Jr., 1406 3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate: 4200 Lane Place, NE, Washington, DC 20019.

Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Date of first publication: 2/7/2019 Kimberly Sellers Miller Personal Representative

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Julia E. Peeler and Billy C. Alston, whose addresses are 139 Elmira St., SW WDC 20032 & 240 Savannah Street, SE, WDC 20032, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of James A. Alston who died on 9/20/2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 8/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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Administration No. 2001 ADM 1240

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000073

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000045

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000081

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000089

Geneva T. Jones Decedent

James Mitchell aka James Anthony Mitchell Decedent

Catherine Armstead Decedent

Mary Jean Hopkins Decedent

Carolyn Rueben Prioleau aka Carolyn R. Prioleau Decedent

Nakia V. Gray, Esq. Gray Legal, P.C. 9701 Apollo Dr., Suite 100 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney

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

Larry C. Williams 7600 Georgia Ave., NW Suite 405 Washington, DC 20012 Attorney

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

Janet W. Blassingame, Esq. 1413 K Street, NW Suite 1500 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney

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Mary E. Wood, whose address is 6731 13th Place, NW, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Catherine Armstead who died on December 16, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 7, 2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 7, 2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Jon Wyatt Hopkins, whose address is 10502 N. Pine Ridge Cir., Mequon, WI 53092, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary Jean Hopkins who died on December 5, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 8/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 2/7/2019

Date of first publication: 2/14/2019

Spencer R. Crew, whose address is 2330 Darius Lane, Reston, VA 20191, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Carolyn Rueben Prioleau aka Carolyn R. Prioleau who died on November 24, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision.

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/14/2019.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 8/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Mary E. Wood Personal Representative

Jon Wyatt Hopkins Personal Representative

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Lenora Lee, whose address is 2269 Pointer Lane, Hayes, VA 23072, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Geneva T. Jones who died on February 15, 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 7, 2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 7, 2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: February 7, 2019 Lenora Lee Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

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Jai-Ahmal Mitchell, whose address is 216 Jefferson Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James Mitchell aka James Anthony Mitchell who died on September 2, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/7/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 8/7/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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THE WASHINGTON INFORMER

Date of first publication: 2/14/2019 Spencer R. Crew Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

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

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

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000055

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001088

Doreatha Alexander Decedent

Elois R. Lawson Decedent

R. Scott Gardner 110 N. Washington Street, #205 Rockville, MD 20850 Attorney

Bradley A. Thomas 1629 K Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Elenora Battle, whose address is 6821 Dower House Rd, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Doreatha Alexander who died on January 29, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 14, 2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 14, 2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

LEGAL NOTICES

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

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

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000054

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001288

Administration No. 2019 ADM 125

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

Bertina Cleveland, whose address is 4090 Ferry Landing Road, Dunkirk, MD 20754, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Elois R. Lawson who died on March 7, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 8/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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

Lloyd C. Holmes, Sr. Decedent

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

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Lloyd C. Holmes, Jr., whose address is 11837 Federalist Way, Apt. 11, Fairfax, VA 22030, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lloyd C. Holmes, Sr. who died on December 10, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 8/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 2/14/2019

Louise L. Green Decedent Jennifer C. Concino, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW #700 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jennifer C. Concino, Esq., whose address is 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW, #700, Washington, DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Louise L. Green who died on July 14, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 8/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Richard Vance Hailstock Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Carla Pegeron, whose address is 267 Martense Street, #3, Brooklyn, NY 11226, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Richard Vance Hailstock who died on November 1, 2004 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/21/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 8/21/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 2/21/2019

Date of first publication: 2/14/2019

Date of first publication: 2/14/2019

Elenora Battle Personal Representative

Bertina Cleveland Personal Representative

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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY of PIERCE No. 18-3-04316-5 In re: Antwanne Fludd Petitioner Monique Medina Respondent Summons Served by Publication To Monique Medina, The other party has asked the court to: End your marriage or domestic partnership.

You must respond in writing if you want the court to consider your side.

Deadline! Your Response must be filed and served within 60 days of the date this summons is published.

If you do not file and serve your Response or a Notice of Appearance by the deadline: • No one has to notify you about other hearings in this case, and • The court may approve the requests in the Petition without hearing your side (called a default judgement).

Follow these steps: 1. Read the Petition and any other documents that were filed at court with this Summons. Those documents explain what the other party is asking for.

2. File a Response form FL Divorce 211, Response to Petition about a Marriage You can get the Response form and other forms you need at: • The Washington State Courts’ website: www. court.wa.gov/forms • The Administrative Office of the Courts – call: (360) 705 – 5328 • Washington LawHelp: www.washingtonlawhelp. org, or • The Superior Court Clerk’s office or county law library (for a fee)

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION

Foreign No. 2018 FEP 000161

Foreign No. 2018 FEP 000162

3. Serve (give) a copy of your Response to the person who filed this Summons at the address below, and to any other parties. You may use certified mail with return receipt requested. For more information on how to serve, read Superior Court Civil Rule 5.

4. File your original Response with the court clerk at this address: Superior Court Clerk, Pierce County 930 Tacoma Ave. S #841 Tacoma, WA 98402 5. Lawyer not required: It is a good idea to talk to a lawyer, but you may file and serve your Response without one.

This Summons is issued according to Rule 4.1 of the Superior Court Civil Rules of the State of Washington.

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July 12, 2018 Date of Death

March 27, 2018 Date of Death

John Michael Neander Name of Decedent

Claudia H. Price Name of Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Mark Neander, whose address is 15 Roosevelt Avenue, Oneonta, NY 13820 was appointed personal representative of the estate of John Michael Neander, deceased, by the Surrogate’s Court, for Otsego County, State of New York, on July 12, 2018.

Service of process may be made upon Antonoplos & Associates, Attorneys at Law, 1725 DeSales Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property: 5410 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Unit 110, Washington, DC 20015 and 201 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Unit 403, Washington, DC 20002

Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

David Wendell Durham, whose address is 15 Pepper Court, Inglewood, CA 90302-2927 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Claudia H. Price, deceased, by the Register of Wills Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland.

Service of process may be made upon Vaughn W. Royal, 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Date of first publication: 2-14-2019 Jennifer C. Concino, Esq. Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

Debra T. Middleton Name of Deceased Settlor NOTICE OF EXISTENCE OF REVOCABLE TRUST Debra T. Middleton, whose address was 714 Faraday Place, NE, Washington, DC 20017 created a revocable trust on October 24, 2018, which remained in existence on the date of her death on October 26, 2018, and Wanda Means-Harris, whose address is 1320 Montague Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, is the currently acting trustee, hereinafter the Trustee. Communications to the Trust should be mailed or directed to Wanda Means-Harris at 1320 Montague Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011.

The Trust is subject to claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors, costs of administration of the settlor’s estate, the expense of the deceased settlor’s funeral and disposal of remains, and statutory allowances to a surviving spouse and children to the extent the deceased settlor’s residuary probate estate is inadequate to satisfy those claims, costs, expenses, and allowances.

Claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors are barred as against the Trustee and the trust property unless presented to the Trustee at the address provided herein on or before 8/21/2019 (6 month after the date of the first publication of this notice.) An action to contest the validity of this trust must be commenced by the earliest of (1), 10/26/2019 (One year from date of death of deceased settlor) (2), 8/21/2019 (6 months from the date of first publication of this notice) or (3) Ninety days after the Trustee sends the person a copy of the trust instrument and a notice informing the person of the trust’s existence, of the Trustee’s name and address, and of the time allowed for commencing a proceeding.

The Trustee may proceed to distribute the trust property in accordance with the terms of the trust before the expiration of the time within which an action must be commenced unless the Trustee knows of a pending judicial proceeding contesting the validity of the trust or the Trustee has received notice from a potential contestant who thereafter commences a judicial proceeding within sixty days after notification.

This Notice must be mailed postmarked within 15 days of its first publication to each heir and qualified beneficiary of the trust and any other person who would be an interested person within the meaning of D.C. Code 20-101(d).

David Wendell Durham Personal Representative

Date of First Publication: 2/21/2019

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Trust No. 2018 NRT 48

Date of first publication: 2/21/2019

Date of first publication: 2/21/2019

Carla Pegeron Personal Representative

Wanda Means-Harris Signature of Trustee Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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As Omar has noted, “anti-Semitism is real.” At the same time, it is important to note that criticism of Israel is not anti-Semitic. The Israeli occupation of the West Bank is simply wrong and violates every notion of human rights. The backlash against Angela Davis, Marc Lamont Hill, Tamika Mallory and Alice Walker is also wrong. While we must address anti-Semitism, we must also address the ways that Israel has been oppressive to Palestinians and the ways that Israel advocates have, especially, attempted to shut down Black voices that embrace the human rights of ALL people, including Palestinians.

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of color have had in corporate boardrooms and in other places where our voices are not valued.

Abrams, you are a pardoned liar.

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Many people treated Trump’s posturing over the wall as a diversion, a low-rent, off-color vaudeville act used to rouse his audiences. The racial and ethnic slurs that he spread always made it more poisonous than that. Now his declaration of a national emergency has turned it into a direct assault on our democracy.

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