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With the summer recruiting circuit in full swing, many star high school athletes can expect repeated knocks at their door from basketball coaches representing some of the top colleges in the country.

However, when a budding star

and his family open that door, they’re more likely to see white recruiters than African Americans because few blacks and minorities occupy the top positions at major colleges and universities around the country.

“I believe that there are outstanding African-American coaches who are deserving of an opportunity to lead their own program,” said Shawn

Heilbron, the athletic director at Stony Brook University in New York.

Heilbron, 42, said the lack of black head coaches isn’t because there’s a dearth of quality candidates.

“It would be great to see more African-American assistant coaches earn leadership positions. When I worked with Craig Robinson at Oregon State, we talked quite a bit about the im-

NCAA Demonstrates Biased Hiring Practices portance of having diversity not just within the coaching ranks but the administration as well,” he said.

The hiring of coaches remains arguably the most visible aspect of an athletic director’s job so they should be extremely involved in the process, Heilbron said.

But, with July 9 kicking off recruiting season in which coaches try

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law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicstory, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assesspush forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further said about Marlow. training for law enforcement Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecwho reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counsel“get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradiperson can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the viclogue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow Also present at the event was said.

Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatMayor William Euille addressed the audience at a press conference that the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. kicked off the 75th anniversary celebration of the Alexandria Redevelopment 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasand Housing Authority (ARHA) on June 27. /Photo by Nancy Shia the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilan organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” cer since 2007.

“If we weren’t in government survivors of domestic violence Marlow said.and apathetic about the providing that has affect them. to Harper, andcity their children.these resourc- issues Marlow worked break es, “I there housing. mother four, said shefamily, plans livedwould in fearbeforlittle six years.

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People aren’t momedian household income has tivated to volunteer or see what’s risen to more than $80,000, acgoing on with their children. At cording to 2012 census figures. some point we have to realize “They’ve [Alexandria city govthat we’re in an oppressive state ernment] catered to all the new people and forgot about us,” said of mind,” said Harper.

Caressa Fields, an unemployed While Harper said that she’s mother of five who moved into benefitted from ARHA’s serthe James Bland Redevelopment vices since moving to The Berg two years ago after ARHA razed in 2009, she expressed concern her building, to construct new that the housing authority often properties she said she’d never doesn’t take into consideration be able to afford. issues that prevent residents “Our kids have no play- from becoming financially indegrounds and now we have to pay pendent, including illiteracy and a fee so they can use the recrethe lack of marketable skills. ation center. The city’s taking “We don’t need a free coat away football and started sponand a free food,” said Harper. soring rugby. They’re going to tear down James Bland soon and “Those things don’t teach people The L.Y. Marlow haven’t talked about moving us how to fend for themselves. housing authority needs to help into another building yet. This is my second time going through residents become self-sufficient. this process and it scares me,” We have 25 residents across the city that are go-getters in their said Fields, 28.

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

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Black Facts July 17 1794 – Former slave and Minister Richard Allen officially dedicated the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The church was the first all-Black denomination not affiliated with a larger white congregation. The incident leading to the dedication took place in 1787 when Allen, Absalom Jones and several other Blacks were thrown out of Philadelphia’s St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church when they attempted to pray along-side whites. The AME Church would go on to become one of the largest Black religious denominations in America.

1862 – As the Southern, pro-slavery rebels prove more difficult in battle than expected, Congress passes a law giving President Abraham Lincoln the authority to begin recruiting free Blacks and recently freed slaves into military service during the Civil War. 1935 – Actress Diahann Carroll, known for her glamour and style is born in the Bronx, New York.

1942 – Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali is born Cassius Marcellus Clay in Louisville, Kentucky.

Ali would join the Nation of Islam and become a major opponent of the U.S. war in Vietnam. He would later split with Malcolm X when Malcolm broke away from the Nation of Islam.

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July 18 1753 – This is believed to be the day Lemuel Haynes escaped from slavery in Massachusetts. The son of a Black father and a mother who was described in history texts as “a white woman of respectable ancestry,” Haynes became the first Black person ordained as a minister by a mainstream Protestant church. He was also the first Black in American history to become head minister at a predominantly white church.

1918 – Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is born in the Transkei, South Africa. Mandela spent 27 years in prison for his struggles against the system of racial oppression in South Africa known as apartheid. When he was finally released in 1990, it was a day of celebration for Blacks and pro-

gressive whites throughout South Africa and much of the world. Mandela was the first Black president of the country in 1994. He was widely praised for not launching a campaign of revenge against his former white oppressors.

July 19 1848 – Anti-slavery activist and the foremost Black leader of his day Frederick Douglass gave a stirring speech at the First Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York.

Douglass helped sway the 260 women and 40 men present to back a women’s right to vote resolution being pushed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

1941 – The first U.S. Army Flying Academy for Black cadets was officially dedicated in Tuskegee, Alabama. Between 1940 and 1946, 992 pilots were trained. More than 400 would see action in World War II even though many whites initially felt Blacks were not intelligent enough to fly airplanes. The Tuskegee Airmen, as they became known, would fly with great distinction during the war.

July 20 1967 – The first Black Power Conference took place in Newark, New Jersey. More than 1,000 delegates representing 126 organizations attended. The conference represented a break with the integration-with-whites thrust of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

July 21 1864 – Amazingly, what is now considered the first Black daily newspaper published on this day during slavery – The New Orleans Tribune – was founded by wealthy Black doctor Louis C. Roudanez and edited by a Belgian Jean-Charles Heuzean. The Tribune began as a tri-weekly and then became a daily.

1896 – The National Association of Colored Women is founded in Washington, D.C. and Mary Church Terrell is elected president. The asso-

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ciation established nurseries, orphanages and battled for a woman’s right to vote.

2001 – Blues legend John Lee Hooker died. He was 83.

July 22 1861 – President Abraham Lincoln submits the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet. The order freeing slaves, however, was not actually issued until January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the rebellious Southern states. But the federal government at the time did not have control of the South so no slaves actually went free. In the so-called Border States where the federal government did have authority, the Proclamation did not apply. About the only slaves who benefited were those who had already escaped and fled to the Union side during the Civil War. 1963 – Floyd Patterson loses his heavyweight boxing title to Sonny Liston and Liston would later lose it to a young fighter by the name of Cassius Clay – later Muhammad Ali. July 23 1984 – The first Black Miss America Vanessa Williams was forced to give up her crown as a result of the discovery of some sexually explicit photographs. She was replaced by the first runner-up Suzette Charles.

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VIEWP INT Marcia Hunter Hyattsville, Maryland There are proper channels that [children’s parents] should go through with U.S. [Citizenship] and Immigration Services. At the end of the day, since our country has such limited resources for its citizens, I think it’s best that everyone coming to the U.S. go through the proper channels. But it’s going to take a collective effort from U.S. and foreign officials to solve the influx of child immigrants.

Clinton Parks Washington, D.C. I think the child immigration issue stems from earlier policies regarding gang members who were deported back to their countries. Sending the children back probably isn’t the best course of action. And if they have family members here in the United States, we should look to see how they can help.

I have never really seen what the big deal is about immigration; it’s really about borders. Throughout history, the U.S. has taken its share of land from Mexico. The uproar is a bit overblown, but it does have real consequences as far as what the president is able to do.

MORE THAN 57,000 CHILD IMMIGRANTS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA HAVE ENTERED THE U.S. SINCE OCTOBER. THE INFLUX IN THE U.S. HAS SPARKED DEBATE FROM CONGRESS ON HOW BEST TO HANDLE THE SITUATION. WHAT SHOULD OFFICIALS DO?

Jennifer Stephens Washington, D.C. With any issue, there is a limited amount of information given to us [in order to make informed] decisions. The biggest issue for me is the coordination of care for the children. Whether we choose to let them stay here, or send them back, the question is this: Are they going to be put in a place where they can be properly cared for? Regardless if they stay here or go back home, I just want them to end up in a place where there is coordinated care that will set them up for success in life.

Jeffrey Proctor Washington, D.C. Congress must first appropriate more money for immigration judges so that [officials] can start processing possible claims for asylum. I don’t think – which some people on the right do – that this is a ploy from the Obama administration. I do believe that these children are fleeing the violence and gang-based activities in Central America. Part of this is our fault because we are the ones who deported the gang members back to these countries, and our illegal drug market is fueling the problem. We can’t sacrifice children for political points. They need justice and protection if they are fleeing gang violence in their countries.

Daryl Harper Cheverly, Maryland It’s time for government officials to stop playing around with the immigration issue and send the children back. I don’t agree with what they’re doing. Their parents are using our laws against us. If you are an immigrant who came to this country legally, you now have to worry about someone who didn’t come here legally potentially taking your job. Our country is not equipped to handle the large number of people who are coming here daily [on an illegal basis].

Removing Barriers and Improving the Quaintly of Life for Seniors The D.C. Office on Aging strives to keep every senior safe

By John M. Thompson, Ph.D., FAAMA Executive Director, D.C. Office on Aging In the D.C. Office on Aging’s first issue in The Washington Informer, I would like to talk about falls in the home and how they may lead to injury or death to the elderly.

According to Dr. Roger A. Mitchell, Jr., chief medical examiner of Washington, D.C., there are over 70 seniors who die annually in the District because of a preventable fall. The fall may not necessarily be one that leads to sudden death such as a senior hitting his head on concrete or a hard surface. Instead, it appears that the majority of the seniors who died due to a preventable fall died because they were comorbid and as a result of the fall, they sustained a fractured hip. Comorbidity, or the state of living with multiple diseases such as congestive heart failure, diabetes, and cancer, combined with a bone fracturing fall can further exacerbate a senior’s health condition and lead to death. You can imagine that fracturing or breaking any bone in the body is very painful and the recovery from such injuries can be an uphill battle for some people, especially if they were not active or exercising prior to the fall. Unfortunately, some of these individuals become even less active and, subsequently, gain weight because they are not eating properly. This leads to further worsening of the disease stage in their bodies, which causes them to succumb to death. According to the chief medical examiner, the cause of death for those who die within a year after experiencing a fall, would be the fall itself.

One may think that 70 seniors out of the nearly 104,000 seniors in the District is not a huge number, but even if one senior died from a preventable fall, that is one too many. Therefore, it is my vision that we decrease the number of reports of seniors dying from a preventable fall to zero as a result of a new initiative that the District of Columbia Office on Aging is rolling out this month.

Through the new initiative, DCOA will dispatch an occupational therapist (OT) to a senior’s home to conduct a falls assessment.

Through the falls assessment, seniors will receive a report with recommendations on how to eliminate fall hazards in their homes.

For example, the assessment might identify an old piece of rug in the kitchen that could cause a senior to slip or phone cords and other wires that could cause a senior to trip and injure himself/herself. The OT may recommend the installation of grab bars in the stairwell or a walk-in tub if a senior is no longer able to lift his leg high enough without tripping to get in the tub.

I am confident that through this program, seniors can improve the quality of their lives as we remove barriers that prevent them from experiencing injury. Through this initiative, I hope that we can keep every senior safe.

Please contact the District of Columbia Office on Aging at 202-724-5626 to sign up for a falls assessment.

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Thousands Give Curry Spirited Sendoff

celebrate the life of an exceptional individual who had had such an impact on so many people’s lives.”

“We are so much better because Hours before Wayne Curry’s fuhe was in this county. Not just the neral got underway, a line of mourncounty but the region is better.” ers snaked through the foyer from Curry’s casket, positioned directly a designated door in front of the church, across the length of the in front of the sanctuary, stood surbuilding, all waiting patiently to bid rounded by colorful floral displays, farewell to the county’s beloved son. wreaths and sprays. The bereaved The funeral brought together the hugged each other, chatted in small family, friends, colleagues, govern- groups or sat silently before the ment officials, including 107 from service began. Mourners gathered Large sections of Prince George’s County and other parts of the metro region paused last Thursday to remember around the region, associates and around the casket, some paused former County Executive Wayne Curry. Several thousand people packed First Baptist Church of Glenarden to honor former employees of Curry, 63, a to look at Curry, resplendent in a the life and legacy of the firebrand. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter former county executive who for smoky grey suit. Some prayed and most of his 40 years of public ser- still others touched him, patted him “And so we shall never know how mentor.

Curry. or touched the casket. vice proved to be a force of nature. different the world might have been “He was so contemporary a man, The wide spectrum of mourn“I loved your dad so very, very Senior Pastor John K. Jenkins, had fate permitted this blazing tal- much. The Maryland flag is flying at so involved in our world, so imSr. set the tone early and as a conse- ers illustrated Curry’s impact and quence, joyous reflections, applause reach and a succession of speakers mersed in our times, so responsive ent to live and labor longer at man’s half-mast today in honor of Wayne,” and laughter replaced tears and pal- remembered his vitality, infectious to its challenges, so intense a partici- unfinished agenda ... Thank God Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said humor, assertiveness, bluntness7/13/2014 and pant in the great events and the great this blazing talent was allowed to directly to Curry’s family. “This is a pable N INFORMER, THEanguish.

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First Baptist Church of Glenarden American politician and diplomat “Today we mourn him, tomorrow said he’ll miss Curry, who he described as a great man, person and in Upper Marlboro. “We come to Adlai E.Stevenson, II to describe we will miss him.”

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words.”

O’Malley said his colleague and friend exhibited a depth of caring and fearlessness rarely seen by ordinary people, much less a politician.

“I’m proud and gratified to see the growth and Rushern moving the county forward,” he said. “… There are so many stories running through my head. One that Wayne really loved was how he raked Jack Kent Cooke over the coals. Boy, he enjoyed poking fun at the powerful.”

O’Malley referred to the hard-knuckle negotiations between Curry and the owner of the Washington professional football team that led to the organization leaving the District for Landover.

Speakers recalled numerous colorful stories about Curry, who died of lung cancer on July 2, about his super-sized personality, his unwillingness to accept anything but the best for Prince George’s County and especially his success in transforming a sleepy, rural county into a regional African-American powerhouse.

Often referred to as “Mr. Prince George’s County,” Curry, the county’s No.1 one booster, used the bully pulpit of county executive to advance his vision of the county’s future and promise.

A millionaire real estate attorney, businessman and powerbroker, Curry enthusiastically embraced politics.

Dozens of Maryland politicos and officeholders attended the 90-plus minute service. In 1993, he shocked the Democratic Party machine and others in the political realm when he ran for county executive and won.

He served from 1994-2002 and inherited a deficit but left the county in good financial shape with a surplus by the time his second term had ended.

Speakers called Curry a trailblazer, visionary leader, one of compassion and with a finely honed sense of humor. As brilliant as he was combative, people either embraced or were turned off by Curry’s confidence, brashness and assertiveness.

Pat Thompson called his friend of 40 years a visionary, very motivated by politics.

“I think you have to have all that – being acerbic, arrogant, confident – in the mix,” said Thompson, a vice president of NAI Michael, a commercial real estate company where Curry first worked and later served as president. “He tried to change the image of the county and succeeded in doing that. I imagine there were many hurdles to succeed and it took some time.”

“I remember him fondly. He was always friendly, had an infectious laugh.”

Journalist Mark Plotkin broke into a broad grin when asked about Curry.

“I interviewed him a few times and he had a jauntiness of life,” he said. “He wasn’t a blow-dried politician. He seemed to enjoy himself and other people. He toyed with running for governor and it was enjoyable to see someone reveling in the tease. He was an unusual politician loved by people.”

Senator Barbara Mikulski (D) said people never just had a meeting with Curry.

“It was an encounter, an experience. And without an outcome, you’d be out and not invited to come back,” she joked.

She related the story of the pair’s reaction when bureaucrats from the General Services Administration said they planned to build a barbed wire fence around a federal building in Suitland.

“As Wayne listened, I promised that I’d chain myself to a fence.

Wayne said, ‘I’ll raise the ladder, I’ll get you the bails bond …’” Mikulski said as mourners broke into laughter. “He’s in heaven and our Dear Lord would not put him beside Mother Teresa.”

Kweisi Mfume offered a succinct assessment of Curry.

“He didn’t compromise his ideas or values and he was always guided by the basics of justice,” said the former five-term Maryland congressman. “He was a stalwart, loyal and patient … a true leader.”

Hendrith Smith, a beneficiary of Curry’s largesse, agreed.

“He was a visionary, principled and tireless. Why was his work significant? Because it came from the heart. He felt totally vested in his community and he never lost sight of what others had done before him,” said Smith, a 48-year-old Alexandria, Virginia resident who Curry gave his first job in 1999.

Artist Michael Anthony Brown remembered Curry warmly.

“We talked a few times about everything,” Brown recalled. “He was very warm, very open, very friendly.

He was full of information in a ton of areas. He accomplished a lot of good during his time on earth. The world always misses beautiful people. It’s as if the sun stops shining and rainbows disappear. There are a lot of things he accomplished that affected a lot of people who may not even have known his name.”WI

WI Contributing Writer D. Kevin McNeir contributed to this story.

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D.C. Political Roundup

By James Wright WI Staff Writer Catania Courts Black Voters D.C. Council member David Catania (I-At Large) is running an aggressive campaign for mayor and he wants the backing of the District’s black community. His efforts aren’t going unnoticed, with pastel blue and white Catania signs popping up in the yards of predominately black neighborhoods.

Catania has the support of African-American leaders such as Barbara Lang, the former president of the DC Chamber of Commerce. But, to the surprise of many, Paul and Barbara Savage – one of the city’s most active and influential Democratic couples – has decided to throw their weight behind Catania instead of their party’s nominee, D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4).

“We have worked with David Catania on issues of critical importance to communities in east Washington and the entire city,” the couple said.

“He has demonstrated that he cares about all residents both young and old, and he has a record to prove it – from his laser-like focus on public education to improving long-term care options for senior citizens.”

The Savages played a key role in recruiting Anthony Williams to run for mayor in 1998. Williams, 62, who served as the city’s chief executive from 1999-2007, endorsed Bowser on July 4, however Burl Randall, who lives in Southeast, said that he votes Democratic but will support Catania.

“I will vote for the person I believe will be the best mayor for the city and that is David Catania,” said Randall, 29. “I think he will do a better job than Muriel Bowser.”

Catania’s critics insist that he can be difficult to get along with and at times, quite outspoken on issues he cares about during council hearings. Thomas Bennett, who lives in Northeast, likes that about the council member.

“David gets things done when he makes people mad,” said Bennett, 65. “He has fight in him and I like that. He reminds me of Marion Barry.”

Bennett said that he knows nothing about Bowser.

However, one of Catania’s former confidantes and close advisers, Johnnie Scott Rice, supports Bowser.

“I worked for David for seven years in his council office and I think she deserves to be mayor and he does not,” said Rice, 73. “In my view, he is not running for mayor for the The Washington Informer

D.C. Council member David Catania serves on the D.C. Council and has tossed his hat into the mayoral race. /Courtesy Photo

Monica Warren-Jones serves on the D.C. State Board of Education and represents Ward 6. /Courtesy photo by Jesse Rauch and the D.C. State Board of Education

right reasons. I don’t think he really cares for the city like some people think he does and he is not going to win anyway.”

Warren-Jones Opts Out Monica Warren-Jones, the African-American Ward 6 D.C. State Board of Education member, has decided not to seek re-election in the Nov. 4 general election and that has some blacks in the ward worried.

“It has been an honor to serve my ward and city, and I take pride in the role our state board plays in representing the interests of District of Columbia students,” said Warren-Jones, 52. “While I have valued this work, I am ready to focus my energy on ensuring that families have the appropriate housing and services that are so critically needed to support their children’s educational success. I am passionate about doing my part to address the stubborn inequality that exists in our city, which as it stands, has not allowed many of our fellow citizens to thrive and provide for their children’s basic needs.”

There’s concern among longtime African-American residents of the

ward that black political representation could be at risk with Warren-Jones’s departure. The ward has shifted from majority black to majority white in the last 20 years and whites started asserting themselves politically when they helped Harold Brazil defeat incumbent D.C. Council member Nadine Winter in 1990.

Ward 6 has had white representation on the D.C. Council since the election of Sharon Ambrose in 1996.

Warren-Jones said that she’s talked to individuals who are interested in her position but has yet to decide who she will support. She said that the fears some blacks have about a white board of education member are unfounded.

“The State Board of Education puts in standards for all children and the board has strong leadership,” said Warren-Jones, who lives in Northeast. “The lack of diversity is not an issue. We represent everyone and in that you have strong diversity.”WI

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Council Repels Gray Veto

By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer@bsalmondc The D.C. Council didn’t take long Monday afternoon to brush aside Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s veto of the FY 2014-15 budget.

Gray sent Council Chairman Phil Mendelson a letter last Friday signaling his veto of the “Fiscal Year 2015 Revised Budget Support Emergency Act of 2014” as well as three line item vetoes of the FY 2015 Budget Request Act of 2014. Gray said he had significant problems with several areas of the council’s budget and asked the legislators to delay their summer recess for 30 days to work with administration officials on a compromise budget that best serves the interests of District residents.

“I cannot, in good conscience, sign a budget that hurts seniors, taxes wellness, dramatically delays and drives up the cost of the D.C. Streetcar system, and ties the hands of future mayors to respond to fiscal problems,” said Gray, 71. “I am asking Chairman Mendelson and the other members of the council to work with me so we can craft a reasonable compromise that resolves these problems and better serves the 647,000 residents of our city.”

“Specifically, this budget not only guts the tax cuts we promised our seniors, but also disproportionately shifts the tax burden to them in other ways.”

He said the budget taxes wellness (because of the proposed gym tax) removes incentives for District employees to live in the city. Gray also said this budget would delay increasing the cost of what he termed “our most important public-transit initiative in years: The D.C. Streetcar Program.”

Despite Gray’s arguments, the council overrode the veto12-1 and members explained why.

“I recognize that a lot of people who love this city will disagree. Each branch will have differences with regards to the budget. We all have an interest in what the budget does,” said Ward 4 Council member and mayoral candidate Muriel Bowser. “I don’t support the gym tax and I would have preferred that it left the Bonds senior taxes as it was. But the budget has widespread tax breaks which equal an investment in our economic growth that will be important for our city.”

“Mayor Gray said we should leave more room, more money.

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dents has collected a lot of revenues and we do have many needs.

I expect the next mayor to assess the needs and act accordingly.

This is not the last time we’ll revisit any of these issues.”

Bowser, 41, who defeated Gray in the April 1 primary, said she’s underwhelmed by what she’s seen with the streetcar program so far.

“We can fund streetcars or have tax breaks – I actually believe that we can do both,” Bowser said. “We’ve committed hundreds of millions to this and have seen nothing. We need a timeline and execution so we can really deliver.”

Ward 8 Council member Marion S. Barry, Jr. agreed “It’s a streetcar to nowhere,” he asserted. “There was no proper planning or widespread hearings.

I was one of the early supporters but there have been too many problems.”

Barry, 78, said planners can’t figure out how to get a streetcar across South Capitol Street and have similar challenges trying to develop a viable plan to traverse the 11th Street Bridge. And while on H Street recently, he said, traffic was bottled up and could not pass a streetcar during a test.

“The H Street segment is projected to have 2,500-3,000 riders.

Divide the cost and that means $2,000 paid by (each) taxpayer.

That’s not fair. With this streetcar, I don’t see any benefit. I commend you for cutting this money out. It can pay for five homeless shelters and apartments. Sell the streetcars, stop where we are and start again!”

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of homes and apartments being financially out-of-reach of middle- and working class D.C. residents. Starting next January, the tax cuts will provide relief for all residents, including those who earn up to $1 million a year.

To Gray’s chagrin, he couldn’t convince legislators to spare one of his pet projects. Speculation centers on his lame duck status, but during the legislative session, some council members expressed distrust in Gray officials not the mayor himself.

Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells, 57, who cast the lone “no” vote at the July 14 session, characterized his colleagues’ decision as misguided and short-sighted.

“The budget is a consensus budget and it’s ours but it’s radically changed from the one we first worked on,” said Wells, who leaves the council this year after unsuccessfully running for mayor. “It’s unwise for a number of reasons. When cities are doing well, we should invest in infrastructure.”

Wells said a transportation crisis is looming, adding that it’s important for the city to have alternatives to WMATA while also funding its own public transportation infrastructure.

At-Large member and mayoral candidate David Catania, 46, said he shares some of Gray’s concerns.

“Let me be clear Mr. Chairman. I understand the mayor’s frustration. We were not afforded the opportunity to review the budget and there were substantive differences. I hope you give us what’s due to us – 24 hours’ notice. It will not serve this body well in the future if you don’t.”WI

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Test scores for students in grades third to eighth showed that the percentage of elementary students scoring proficient or better in reading was 77.6 percent, a drop of 1.8 percentage points from 2013. /Courtesy Photo

New Principal Search Students and parents from Frederick Douglass High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, gathered at the school gymnasium on July 10 to discuss who might succeed Principal Rudolph Saunders Jr., who has accepted a promotion within the school system.

Saunders, who’s held the principal’s post since 2006, announced his promotion on July 1 as the development coach for the county’s high schools.

“Serving as the instructional leader for this community for the past eight years has truly been rewarding and has enriched my life in many ways,” Saunders wrote in a letter announcing his decision to accept the promotion. “We have accomplished so much as a school community, holding to our commitment of creating a culture where students are college and career ready.”

Dip in Test Scores As state of Maryland education officials adopt the Common Core education standards and prepare for a new test assessment, local school officials are concerned about a drop in test scores among students.

The recently released 2014 Maryland School Assessment (MSA) scores for 3rd to 8th-graders showed that the percentage of elementary students scoring proficient or better in reading turned out to be 77.6 percent – or a drop of 1.8 percentage points from 2013.

In addition, the percentage of elementary students scoring proficient or better in math indicated a score of 65.9 percent – or a drop of 9.6 percentage points.

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standards,” said Kevin Maxwell, schools CEO. “It’s very comparable to the drops in test scores we’ve seen across the state.”

In a statewide comparison, elementary reading and math scores dropped 2.1 and 8.1 points, respectively.

Graduation Rates Data released recently from the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) shows that while graduation rates increased last year at the county’s high schools, the school district stills lags behind state and national averages.

According to data released earlier this year from MSDE, the four-year graduation rate for county students rose by 1.25 percentage points.

However, a locally-published report indicates that the percentage of county students who graduated on time in 2013 – at 74.1 percent – was lower than the 76.2 percent rate in 2010.

Cell Phone Towers on School Grounds Prince George’s County school officials and residents are divided on building cell phone towers on school property.

As a result, the county has started to reach out to parents and residents for their input regarding a plan that calls for towers on nine school sites. The sites could include Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie, Charles Carroll Middle School in New Carrollton and Oxon Hill Middle School in Oxon Hill.

Meanwhile, parents are considering the health and safety risks the towers might pose to their children’s well-being.WI

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A Chick-fil-A restaurant on Alaking Court in Capitol Heights with a drive-thru window attracts a steady stream of customers. A public hearing is scheduled July 17 to discuss building another Chick-fil-A in Hyattsville at the Mall at Prince Georges. /Photo by William J. Ford

Drive-thru Halts Development

Chick-fil-A Slated to Open at the Mall at Prince Georges

By William J. Ford WI Contributing Writer Fans of Chick-fil-A anxiously wait to enjoy grilled and breaded chicken, an assortment of salads and hot fries at a proposed restaurant slated to open at the Mall at Prince Georges.

But, there’s one problem: the county’s zoning law doesn’t allow fast-food businesses to build drive-thru windows on the property along East West Highway in Hyattsville. The county’s Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 17 to discuss the plan.

“We don’t see a drive-thru being a big problem. If they can put drivethrus in places like a liquor store, then this shouldn’t be a deterrent,” said LaVerne Williams, 88, president of the Lewisdale Civic Association in Hyattsville and a Chick-fil-A supporter. “There are very few American [restaurants] in the area now. [Chickfil-A’s] all-American.”

Hyattsville City Councilman Edouard Haba also supports the business, but there’s a caveat – without a drive-thru.

“We want to keep the area as a family-friendly district. We are trying to make the area pedestrian friendly,” said Haba, 32, who has lived in the city for five years. “Adding a drive-thru to it would not help and it is not allowed.”

According to county documents, the 51-acre site zoned Commercial Shopping Center and Transit District Overlay doesn’t permit drivethrus because “proposed eating and drinking establishments that includes drive-[thru] service associated along East West Highway would create a

queuing of automobiles that would serve to inhibit and not promote pedestrian and bicycle mobility …”

Chick-fil-A of Atlanta seeks an amendment to build a drive-thru connected with a 5,030-square-foot building facing East West Highway adjacent to a T.J. Maxx department store. The current area serves as a parking lot.

The company’s website states that the Hyattsville location would be its ninth restaurant in Prince George’s County.

The company’s plan received high marks in October when the Planning Commission recommended the District Council approve it, but without a drive-thru.

In April, the council sent the plan back to the commission to reassess the drive-thru component and solicit additional input from the public.

Fourteen Hyattsville residents signed a letter dated May 6 in favor of the project. Williams penned a separate letter on the same date representing her civic association.

Daniel Lynch, a Greenbelt attorney representing Chick-fil-A, declined to comment last week.

But a letter from Lynch on December 23, said the Planning Commission gave the OK in 2008 to allow BB&T Bank to build a drive-thru.

The bank borders the mall property on East West Highway, but lies within the zoning district.

“That’s what I don’t understand,” Williams said. “That has a drive-thru, so I don’t see what the problem is.”

Banks are allowed drive-thrus in that zoning district, according to the county ordinance.

Jim Chandler, the director of Hyattsville’s Community and Economic

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Development Office, included portions of a drive-thru performance study in an April 29 memo to emphasis more vehicular traffic comes from a fast-food restaurant than a bank.

The data, released last year by QSR Magazine of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Insula Research of Columbus, Ohio, calculated 20 transactions per hour at the bank in Hyattsville and a Chick-fil-A on Elwood Drive in Silver Spring. The memo stated that the bank received 3,960 transactions between the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and a half-day on Saturday. In comparison, nearly 7,000 transactions took place at the Chick-fil-A between the hours of 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The memo didn’t specifically state when and how long the groups analyzed the data.

“It just shows how much more traffic comes through a fast-food restaurant,” Chandler, who’s also the city’s assistant administrator, said July 11. “We thought it was a fair way to look at it.”

Eveline Wanneh didn’t know about Chick-fil-A’s plan to build a restaurant in her backyard. When she learned that a fast-food business isn’t allowed to construct a drive-thru on the mall property, she gasped.

“It’s difficult to not have a drive-thru at a fast-food place,” said Wanneh, who has five children ages 4 to 16 and would support a Chick-fil-A in Hyattsville. “When I go to places like that, I sit in the car and drive through.

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Blacks Continue to Fight for Justice One Year Anniversary of Zimmerman Verdict

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Contributing Writer The word stunned might best describe how U.S. citizens, particularly blacks, felt after hearing that a six-member jury, following two days of deliberation in a Florida courthouse last July, found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

One year later, with increased cases in which defendants have used the “stand your ground” law to avoid prosecution, civil rights leaders and activists have ramped up efforts to challenge a criminal justice system that often treats blacks and women as second-class citizens.

“Blacks seeking justice must continue with protests, pressure and patience,” said Benjamin Crump, the civil attorney for the

Martin family. “We cannot ignore the realities that were unearthed in the wake of this still-shocking verdict – realities that exclude an honest and frank dialogue on race. Stand your ground is a broken doctrine of jurisprudence. It does not work in the same way for all Americans. A year passing may make things easier to ignore, but it does not mean they no longer exist,” said Crump, 44, a partner at the Tallahassee, Florida-based law firm of Parks & Crump, LLC. Crump will join the parents of Trayvon, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, and a host of celebrity guests on Saturday, July 19 for a Peace Walk and Peace Talk that will engage black youth and allow them to share their feelings about the February 26, 2012 murder of Trayvon and to discuss subsequent shootings of blacks allegedly targeted because

of their clothing, hairstyles, musical predilections or skin color at the historic Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles.

The shooting of one black youth, Jordan Davis, 17, serves as another high profile Florida case in which the shooter, a white man named Michael Dunn, 47, attempted to justify his actions saying he felt threatened after confronting Jordan and three other teens in their Dodge Durango outside of a convenience store on November 23, 2012. After complaining about the volume of their music, Dunn shot into the vehicle 10 times, with three bullets cutting through Jordan’s liver, a lung and his aorta.

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say,” said Lucia McBath, Jordan’s mother.

“If the murderers of Trayvon and Jordan could stand their ground why couldn’t our children? Black parents know that the rules are different and even though we try our best, we cannot protect them from laws that almost make it a crime to be black. We must go after the legislators who voted for stand your ground laws and get them out of office,” said McBath, who now serves as a national spokesperson for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a group of mothers from all 50 states formed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.

Twenty-six states have enacted so-called stand your ground laws, including Georgia, Texas and Michigan, which remove the requirement to retreat before using force in self-defense. Florida passed the first such law in 2005, allowing people to stand their ground instead of retreating if they reasonably believe doing so will “prevent death or great bodily harm.” Other states followed with laws specifically affirming one’s right to defend themselves, even outside of their homes and with deadly force if necessary.

One Howard University School of Law instructor said “being plain is more useful than being politically correct and that [America needs] to talk plainly and frankly about race.”

“We don’t really understand the stand your ground law or its origins which did not come from any legislative discussion

as is usually the case but was instead the result of actions led by a corporate-funded group for multinational corporations,” said Lenise C. Herbert, a tenured professor of law at the historic black university. “The model legislation for stand your ground laws was the Castle Doctrine Act and it sounded like a good thing – if you’re in your castle, your safe haven, you have a right to defend your castle. But now the duty to retreat no longer exists. Retreating doesn’t support owning guns. Groups like the National Rifle Association want us to own guns.”

The District does not have a stand your ground law on its books. Still, Herbert said that in cases across the country, “race is the fulcrum and plays the central determinative role in any given situation.”

“When the victim is an African American, there seems to be an understanding of what the result will be,” said the former assistant in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. “Cases like Renisha McBride’s or Marissa Alexander’s [both black women] show that gender might also play a role.”

One Orlando youth who attends Howard said stereotypes about blacks provide an outlet for injustice to occur.

“There’s no real way to define an individual’s perception of what it means to ‘feel threatened’ but black men tend to be more commonly projected as assumed threats,” said Brandon McClary, 19. “I was made aware

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A father and husband from Georgia who visited D.C. last weekend said blacks need greater protection from stand your ground laws.

“In our state you can carry your gun anywhere – to the club, shopping, even to church – that’s wrong,” said Tony Brown, 58, who lives in Warner Robins, Georgia. “Society has negative views about youth who wear hoodies, headphones or sagging pants. I wish there was a way to

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One Presbyterian minister and theologian from Middletown, Delaware said there’s nothing more valuable than human life.

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With the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates at record lows, consumers face a number of choices for managing their money. Whether they want to save, spend or invest, consumers are encouraged to consider their options and choose the strategies that best suit their particular financial circumstances.

Industrial Bank offers the following tips for low-interest-rate periods: 1. Consolidate debt. With interest rates at historic lows, it makes sense to consolidate debt into one low-interest loan. For example, if you have outstanding balances on several credit cards, consider transferring those balances to one credit card with the lowest interest rate. If you qualify, it may be a good time to apply for a home equity line of credit to consolidate debt or make a home improvement. Banks have been easing lending standards, so it may be easier to qualify today than it was a couple years ago.

2. Shop around for credit cards with the best interest rates. You may be able to get one with better terms than the one you are currently using. Or, ask your credit card issuer to lower your interest rate to make it more competitive.

3. Make large purchases now. If you’ve been thinking of making a major purchase like a house or a car, today’s low interest rates make it a good time to finance big-ticket items. However, make sure you have a good credit record and can pay off the loan before applying.

4. Know your credit score. Before you apply for any loan or credit card, check your credit report and learn your credit score. Make sure your score is higher than about 680 to qualify for the very best rates. If your score is lower than that, pay down your balances, remove errors from your credit report, and pay bills on time to raise your score.

5. Keep saving. Just because standard savings accounts aren’t paying a lot of interest now doesn’t mean you should stop saving for your future. Your savings will still accrue, you’ll be less likely to spend it, and you know it will be safe. If you can afford to lock up your money for a while, longer-term Certificates of Deposit (CDs) pay the highest interest rates.

“Low-interest-rate periods offer a variety of opportunities and challenges for customers deciding how to manage their money,” said Jacquie Boles, Senior Vice President of Retail Banking. “Customers should never take on more debt than they can afford to repay, but this could be a good time to consolidate debt to make payments easier, or make a home improvement you’ve been thinking about for a long time,” she added.

Customers who are unsure of how to take advantage of the current low-interest-rate environment are encouraged to speak with an Industrial Bank representative.

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Did Mississippi’s Blacks Get Paid?

Are you one of those political yahoos claiming victory for your cause after Mississippi Black voters helped Sen. Thad Cochran survive an intense Republican primary runoff against insurgent conservative challenger Chris McDaniel? Before you count that “Magnolia State” chicanery as a political victory, pause and consider the words of Malcolm X: “Oh, I say it again, you’ve been had. You’ve been took. You’ve been hoodwinked. Bamboozled. Led astray.

Run amok.”

Some got played in the Mississippi Republican primary runoff and some got paid. Cochran had a huge fundraising advantage so when the June 3 primary election was thrown into a runoff, the Cochran campaign began looking into ways to expand the electorate. That meant targeting and courting Mississippi’s overwhelmingly Democratic African-American population. The campaign deployed workers throughout the state’s Delta region, which has a concentrated Black population, and hired Black Democratic operatives to coordinate the ground game.

The ploy worked: turnout in the Delta increased nearly 40 percent. Black voters helped Cochran win in the Republican Senate primary runoff by a 51 percent to 49 percent margin.

Mississippi Blacks got out of their lane due to a guy named “Barbour.” Not “Haley” Barbour, the legend among Republican voters. Haley Barbour is the former governor of Mississippi and former chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Instead, it was Haley’s nephew, Henry Barbour who helped the Thad Cochran campaign in the most divisive, hateful, and probably illegal GOP nomination campaigns in history.

Henry Barbour lives in Yazoo City and heads up the Capitol Resources lobbying operative in seven Southern states and Washington, D.C. Henry Barbour’s campaign tactics successfully smeared Chris McDaniel and the Tea Party. The Barbour-backed super PAC Mississippi Conservatives spent $2.23 million to support Cochran and attack McDaniel. It was Henry Barbour’s

By William Reed PAC that paid for phone calls that described candidate McDaniel as “a racist.” He solicited a number of Black Democrats to infiltrate the Republican Party primary runoff and save Cochran’s Senate seat. It’s widely reported that Henry Barbour handed out “walking around money” throughout heavily-Black Democratic precincts in Mississippi. His brand of “Black outreach” worked. Black voters helped Cochran raise his vote total by more than 38,000, from the 318,904 voters on June 3rd to the 375,000 voters on runoff day.

The daydream Black Mississippi voters created amounted to a mere 15 minutes of fame. However, that fame has quickly turned into infamy. The runoff, wrought with treachery, malfeasance and subterfuge should humiliate any clear-headed Democratic operative.

One of the keys to the Black turnout for Cochran turned out to be Atlanta-based political strategist, Mitzi Bickers. Bickers is pastor of Atlanta’s Emmanuel Baptist Church and a former president of the Atlanta school board. Organizations affiliated with Bickers, The Bickers Group and Pirouette Company, received $44,000 for get-outthe-vote “phone services.” Bishop Ronnie Crudup, Sr. was also instrumental in getting Black Democrats to vote in the Republican runoff. Senior pastor of Jackson’s New Horizon Church, Crudup’s All Citizens for Mississippi PAC spent “about $20,000” in media targeting Blacks. Alice Tisdale, publisher of the Jackson Advocate newspaper, said in a report that appeared in Richard Prince’s “Journal-isms” that the PAC spent $2,600 with her publication. The Advocate endorsed Cochran in the June 3 primary and again for the runoff.

The Mississippi Link published an ad on behalf of Crudup’s PAC in late May. Though the campaign provided the paradigm for successful out-

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BUSINESS Take Control of Your Day with a Meaningful “To-Do” List

By Victoria Munro As entrepreneurs, we face many demands on our time and attention – some we can control; others are beyond our control. It’s easy to react quickly to crises and pressing demands of others without stopping to fully assess the situation. Writing a simple daily plan can put you in charge and enable you to be proactive instead of reactive. Much in life we can’t control, but we can take charge of how we spend our time and what we give our attention to.

It helps to be crystal clear about what you want to accomplish each day. Writing down your main goal and a “to-do” list for the day will also help to clear your mind so you can focus fully on what you’re doing. Whether you use Outlook “Tasks,” a different software program, sticky notes on your monitor or scraps of paper stuffed in your pocket, you’ll be far more productive when you have a plan.

Below are some simple daily planning tips that have helped us and other business owners write meaningful daily “to-do” lists.

Take 15 uninterrupted minutes each day to plan. Block this time out on your calendar.

Review your long- and shortterm goals, and consider your progress to date.

Identify your main goal(s) for the day, and list the tasks you need to accomplish.

Ruthlessly prioritize these tasks and complete them in order, resisting any temptation to skip over or postpone the tough ones.

Assign reasonable times for each activity, and block these on your calendar. Add up the time blocks to make sure you are being realistic.

Don’t try to pack too many projects into each day. Allow flex time for those unexpected phone calls, employee or family interruptions, so you’re not being

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rushed and running behind for appointments.

Some of us are early birds and others may be night owls – we all operate on our own unique ‘clocks.’ As you make your daily “to-do” list, keep in mind when your peak times of day are and schedule your most challenging and creative tasks then.

At the end of the day, review your accomplishments, congratulate yourself on achievements and discover what you can learn from tasks that were scheduled but weren’t accomplished. Don’t waste time feeling guilty about them – forgive yourself and move on.

Don’t forget to include time for yourself, your family and friends.

When you’re the boss, you can’t count on others to recognize your achievements, so plan to reward yourself and celebrate! It may be a walk in the park, a massage, a cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream on top or an afternoon off to see a movie.

When considering the many tasks you face each day, it may be helpful to evaluate them by asking the following questions: Eliminate – Is this task really necessary? Could it simply be a habit?

Automate – Is there any way to automate this?

Delegate – Can I get someone else to do this so that I can devote my time to more profitable work – the things I do best and enjoy most?

Create a system – Can we create a system to accomplish this more efficiently?

Wearing the many ‘hats’ of a business owner, it’s all too easy to become reactive, and live at the mercy of circumstances and the demands of others. A relevant, motivating goal for the day and a carefully thought-through daily “to-do” list will keep you in the driver’s seat, make you more productive and enable you to run your business instead of allowing it to run your life.WI About the Author: Victoria Munro is co-founder (along with husband Dave Block) of Make-it-Fly® LLC, a company dedicated to creating success for small-business owners through creatively designed programs and tools.

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illegal. And they likely made the difference in the outcome of the election. Allegations of voter fraud abound and need to be investigated. All parties found to be involved in criminal conduct should be prosecuted.

While all this political trickery was taking place, Mississippi remains

mired at the bottom of virtually every measure of economic well-being with the highest rate of poverty and the lowest median household income of all 50 states.WI William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and available for projects via the BaileyGroup.org

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Lisa Beasley said she’s made significant progress in recent months with her battle against the mental illness known as bulimia.

Like many other sufferers, Beasley also continues to wage war against what she said are unrealistic ideals about physical beauty.

“It’s tough when the world is telling you that you should be small and you know that being too small is unhealthy,” said Beasley, 22.

Even tougher, she said, are the new vanity sizes being offered by the preppy clothier, J. Crew.

With three locations in the District, including along M Street in Georgetown, J. Crew officials created a buzz this month by introducing a new size, XXXS, or, Triple 000.

The size fits individuals with a 23-inch waist, but officials at the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) in New York consider the new offering to be unhealthy.

“We are disappointed that J. Crew is competing in the race to achieve a new low in marketing which promotes poor self-esteem and dangerous weight-loss behavior,” said Lynn Grefe, president and CEO of NEDA, which supports individuals and families affected by eating disorders.

“Zero is not a size. The company’s new 000 sizing will only triple the practice of unhealthy dieting in a society obsessed with skinny,” Grefe said.

“Sadly, some of those vulnerable to eating disorders will compete to fit in this new size and others will be subjected to even worse self-image challenges, because they can never achieve such an unrealistic goal naturally.”

Samantha James, a Northeast resident who also suffers from an eating disorder, said after the retailer’s announcement she visited a manager at a J. Crew store on Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest to express her dissatisfaction with the new size.

“The manager wouldn’t come out and speak to me after one of the customer service girls told him what I was there for,” said James, 29. “I wanted to give him The Washington Informer

With three locations in the District, including along M Street in Georgetown, J. Crew officials created a buzz this month by introducing a new size, XXXS, or, Triple 000. /Photo courtesy of J. Crew

facts and a piece of my mind.”

Officials at J. Crew said the new sizing accommodates a customer demand that’s primarily coming from Asia.

“This has nothing to do with vanity sizing and accounts for the smallest percentage of our overall sizing assortment,” company officials said in a news release on July 12.

Some marketing experts called J. Crew’s new sizing a savvy business move.

Retail expert Jennifer Black, CEO and president of Jennifer Black & Associates in Oregon, told ABC News that many stores tend to stock smaller sizes in low numbers.

She said she applauds more options for consumers and said J. Crew’s reasoning to appeal to Asian customers isn’t surprising.

“We feel like the retailers in general never make enough in small sizes. What stocks out first when an item is hot are sizes 0 to 4,” said Black, who stands 5 feet

and 5 inches tall. “I’m a 00 and I wonder what really small people do. They don’t have a whole lot of options,” she said.

Gigi Ganatra Duff, vice president of public relations and communications at HSN Inc. in Florida, said she applauds J. Crew’s move, if it provides options for more body types.

“The real marketing win is not in the size number but the number of sizes,” Duff said.

However, some who cover the fashion industry said they won’t condone J. Crew’s decision. “I won’t support J. Crew’s decision to expand their sizing downward because it feeds into the notion that clothing size is a scarlet letter,” said Belle, who writes for Capitol Hill Style in Northwest.

“The practical and reasonable thing to do would be to create a measurement’s guide that isn’t abhorrently dishonest, accepting that the brand now sells size 24 clothing.”

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Jolly Wins Ward 8 Board of Education Race

By James Wright WI Staff Writer

Tierra Jolly, a political newcomer and educator won the Ward 8 Board of Education on Tuesday, July 15. Jolly defeated longtime political activist Philip Pannell, 704-599, her chief opponent.

Jolly, 31, teaches at Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland and has also taught at Kramer Middle School in Southeast.

Jolly focused on issues such as boosting the academic standards of Ballou and Anacostia and working on such issues as truancy and improving working conditions for teachers during the campaign. When she takes office in a few days, she will

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Jolly received congratulations from D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4), the Democratic Party nominee for mayor and other political figures in the city.

Eric Jessup, who voted at the Anacostia Library in Southeast, thinks that Jolly’s time has come.

“Philip Pannell is a nice guy,” Jessup, 51, said.

“However, it is time to stop the same ole’, same ole’, people from winning political office all the time.”

Jolly will not have to face the voters until the November 2016 general election and she has told the Informer she will not run for a D.C. Council seat.WI

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SIZES continued from Page 18 For NEDA officials, it’s not just about the size; it’s about protecting and saving the lives of those with eating disorders.

Grefe said 20 million women and 10 million men suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder at some time in their life, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, or an eating disorder not otherwise specified.

She said four out of 10 Americans either suffered or have known someone who has suffered with an eating disorder.

Statistics provided by NEDA reveal that, by age 6, girls primarily start to express concerns about their weight or shape with 40 to 60 percent of elementary school girls expressing anxiety about their weight or about be-

coming too fat.

“This concern endures through life as 46 percent of nine to 11-year-olds are sometimes or very often on diets and 82 percent of their families are sometimes or very often on diets,” Grefe said.

NEDA officials said the average American woman stands 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 165 pounds. They said the average Miss America winner registers 5 feet 7 inches and weighs 121 pounds and most fashion models are thinner than 98 percent of American women.

“The National Eating Disorders Association would welcome the opportunity to meet with J. Crew’s senior management to educate them on the damaging effect this type of marketing has on consumers, particularly our youth,” Grefe said.WI

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Trayvon Martin One year ago on July 13, a jury of six women in Sanford, Florida acquitted neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman of murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Trayvon’s killing touched a nerve in communities of color and among decent white people around the country. And both the murder and trial exposed a deeply polarized nation and the wide chasm that separates the races in this country.

The case ripped the scab off the ugly boil of race and ignited a ferocious national debate about vigilantism, racial profiling, equitable justice and gun control after Zimmerman admitted shooting Trayvon with his 9-mm.

Trayvon returning home from a 7-Eleven grocery store and minding his own business, was confronted by Zimmerman, who felt that a young black man in a hoodie had to be up to no good.

No one but Zimmerman and Trayvon know exactly what went down the night of Feb. 26, 2012 but Trayvon soon lay on the ground with a single bullet in his chest and the world would begin hearing stories from Zimmerman about how Trayvon, unprovoked, had attacked and beaten him.

Everything about the case smelled. Although Trayvon died not far from his father’s home, his body lay in a morgue as a John Doe for three days before the authorities contacted his parents. Then for 44 days, Zimmerman walked free because the police chief said there was no evidence to disprove Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense. Further, he said, under Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law, police officers couldn’t make an arrest and also that Zimmerman had the right to defend himself with lethal force.

A young man, former Howard University law student and social activist Kevin Guinane Cunningham, came across the story and was outraged about the fact that Zimmerman had not been arrested, started an online petition on change.org calling for Zimmerman’s prosecution that more than 2 million people signed.

Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of angry people marched and in black homes, conversations between nervous and anguished parents and their children began again.

Philip Agnew, executive director of Dream Defenders, a group formed in the wake of Trayvon’s murder in 2012, best captures the current reality.

“Before (the verdict), there might have been some confusion or uncertainty as to how evil a state or judicial system could be, how blind a jury could be. But after that, it was really, really clear that we are prisoners of war. Our communities are occupied by a police force that kills, that profiles and is deputizing citizens and allowing them to treat poor people and people of color the same way.”

The Dream Defenders marched to Sanford, held protests and blocked the entrance to the Sanford Police Department to demand Zimmerman’s arrest. Within days of the verdict, the young people held a monthlong sit-in at the capitol building in Tallahassee insisting that Gov. Rick Scott call a special session.

In the wake of the verdict, people deeply dissatisfied with the outcome of the case aren’t sitting still. There are signs of activism everywhere with workshops, seminars, discussions and debates on where the country goes from here, healing the racial wounds and trying to find common ground. Trayvon’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin and others work to fight racial discrimination and help improve a criminal justice system that is wildly skewed against black and brown people.

This summer, according to USA Today, Dream Defenders has organized eight freedom schools across Florida similar to those established by young civil rights activists in Mississippi during the height of the movement in the 1960s.

It’s clear that out of this vile act, the most optimistic among us remain unwilling to allow the country they love to be subsumed in hate, anger and violence.

Releasing Psychological Chains

When I read the article by Stacy Brown, “The Disappearance of the Black Coach,” July 3, 2014 edition, there was one sentence in the story that I couldn’t get out of my mind.

It was where the former coach Brian Ellerbe was talking about how black parents weren’t sending their kids to play for black coaches, and I quote, “The only time they send their kids to us, the only time they want a black coach involved is when their kid is in trouble and, I’m here to tell you that the D.C. area is one of the biggest culprits.”

Wow, that is a heavy sentence. I kept thinking to myself, why would you not want your son to play for a black coach? All sorts of thoughts started popping up in my mind. To me, the issue of race and the psychological effects of slavery still haunt us, each and every one of us, everyday, and in most of our decisions.

We as a black community must continue to work hard at breaking those psychological chains that weight us down. Then and only then will we be able to see everyone for who and what they are on an equal basis.

Eugene Keaton Washington, D.C.

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for your coverage of our section of the city. In this week’s edition of the paper your articles in the D.C. Political Roundup by James Wright about the Ward 8 Democrats gave me insight into the political happenings in our ward. I don’t ever remember any other media source covering Ward 8 politics the way The Informer does.

I have always felt that everyone who participates in an election should be as informed as possible, and you and your staff do a great job of seeing that we are.

The other article that’s of great importance was the one written by Stacy Brown, “D.C. Council Seeks to ‘Ban the Box.’” So many of our young people return home having paid their debt to society, but still are unable to find meaningful work because employers want to continue to punish them by denying them a chance at a job based on their past.

I’m sure it is happening all over the city, but it is more prevalent here in Ward 8. I applaud those on the city council who are trying to get rid of this discriminatory practice.

Benny Jackson Washington, D.C.

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I want to extend my warmest congratulations to the Washington Informer for its most recent achievement: “Washington Informer Earns Four NNPA Awards,” published in

the July10-16 edition and written by Stacy M. Brown. Having won four at the same competition speaks volumes about the staff ’s commitment to educate and inform the public each week – that’s the role of a newspaper.

I also want to thank the publisher, Denise Rolark Barnes, for all the hard work she has done to ensure the paper remains a strong presence in the community for all of these years, following the death of her father Dr. Calvin Rolark, who founded the newspaper back in the 1960s.

Her late father who was wellknown in the Southeast community for his civic work and associations, must be very proud that his daughter had the wisdom and foresight to carry on his gallant legacy. Yes, she has lived up to her father’s vision and beyond, and for that, deserves the applause of all Washingtonians.

Especially at a time when so many newspapers are downsizing and cutting back due to costs – or are just throwing in the towel.

I love the Washington Informer and will continue to read it every week. It’s a beautiful paper and a most valuable asset to the nation’s capital.

Deloris Martin Washington, D.C.

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By George E. Curry

Republicans’ Selective Memory on Executive Orders To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, arguably the most overrated U.S. president in history, there they go again. They, of course, are Republicans in the House of Representatives. And they are going after President Obama yet again, this time over his use of executive orders, presidential directives that have been issued by every president over the past 73 years.

First, let’s brush up on our

high school civics.

According to a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), “Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt through Barack Obama have issued orders that seek to leverage the government’s procurement spending to promote socio-economic policies that some commentators would characterize as extraneous to contractors’ provision of goods or services to the government.”

The report, titled “Presidential Authority to Impose Require-

ments on Federal Contractors,” explained, “Presidential power to issue executive orders must derive from the Constitution or from an act of Congress. Contractor-related executive orders historically have been issued based upon the President’s powers under Article II of the Constitution or the powers delegated to the President by FPASA,” a reference to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.

The CRS report noted. “FPASA states that its purpose is to

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‘provide the Federal Government with an economical and efficient system for … [p]rocuring and supplying property and nonpersonal services’ and authorizes the President to prescribe any ‘policies and directives’ consistent with the act that he ‘considers necessary to carry out’ the act’s goals of efficiency and economy.”

One of the most significant presidential actions was Executive Order 11246, which was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on Sept. 28, 1965. It

requires federal contractors to “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, color, religion, sex or national origin.”

Of the past 10 presidents, beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Obama has issued the fewest executive orders per year. According to the American Presidency Project, Obama issued 147 executive or-

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By Marian Wright Edelman

Surviving Newtown, Conn.

Nelba Márquez-Greene is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has spent her life helping others. In December 2012 she was the coordinator of a youth and adolescent outpatient psychiatric clinic and a university instructor supervising six clinical interns. But nothing in her professional training could have prepared her for what she, her family, and community would experience after

her beautiful 6-year-old daughter Ana Grace and 25 other children and teachers were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

“I imagine our home was not that much different than many others . . . I was married to my high school sweetheart and the mother of two beautiful children. My husband, Jimmy, was working fifteen minutes from our house as a professor at a local university. We were both happy to be back in Connecticut and

so close to New York City. On December 13th we went out to dinner to the Cheesecake Factory, which we never, ever, ever did during the week. After dinner, Jimmy took the kids home and I stayed at the mall to buy their Christmas gifts.

“And then everything changed.

“The next morning, Ana, our daughter and Isaiah’s sister, was executed while hiding in the tiny bathroom of her first grade classroom. Her teachers along with four other educators

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and 19 of her schoolmates were also murdered. My son physically survived the massacre. But he was in the building at the time of the shooting. He heard the shots that took his sister’s life. He remembers the screaming, the crying. He remembers his teacher’s survival instructions: Please be quiet and please be still.

“A reverse 911 call that Friday morning led to the beginning of a never ending nightmare.

We waited for hours in that firehouse. First believing she

was missing; then understanding that she was probably hurt.

And then, to accept the probability that she was dead. We’d both come from large families and dreamed of having one of our own someday. And on that 14th of December of 2012, after hours of waiting in a firehouse, those dreams were shattered in one sentence: The shooter killed twenty children.”

Nelba and her family are now

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By Dr. Barbara Reynolds

Hip-Hop Role Models Wanted Beyonce’ and Jay- Z’s 17city On the Run tour concert is drawing millions of fans across the country. The dynamic husband and wife duo’s spectacular includes a portrayal of the pistol packing Bonnie and Clyde outlaw couple with lots of fake guns and fireworks.

Meanwhile across the nation during the July 4th weekend there was real drama, real tears, real guns, injuries and death. A small

snapshot: Eighty-five people were shot in Chicago. Fourteen people were killed, including two teens, a 14 year 15-years, respectively, that were shot by police. In Rocky Mountain, N.C., grandmothers dived for cover, shielding young ones under their bodies as shots rang out at a picnic. And on Monday after the holiday, Wanda Ross, a minister at DC’s Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church, learned her nephew Joshua Johnson, 26, had been robbed, shot in the head and was on life support.

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Nearly all of these shootings were black on black crime and data shows blacks are more likely to be killed by gunfire than whites. The Department of Justice reported that in 2010, the rate of firearm homicides for blacks was 14.6 per 100,000 people. By comparison, the rate for whites was 1.9 per 100,000.

So what does the platinum pair Beyonce’ and Jay-Z so honored by the Obama White House have to do with the homicide epidemic sweeping across black communities? Some would The Washington Informer

argue a lot.

Dr. Keith Magee, a distinguished senior fellow, of the University of Birmingham in England attended the concert.

He said, “I was astonished by their masterful artistry and capable performances, but was equally astounded by the thematic thread of Bonnie and Clyde.

To think that they would utilize outlaws and robbers noted for gang violence and murders in the midst of our current crisis of violence was disappointing.

“Though they were careful to

reiterate throughout the concert ‘this isn’t real’, the reality of what is happening in cities and towns across America is. Jay-Z, a product of the Marcy Projects of Brooklyn, knows first-hand the impact of gangs, gun violence and bloodshed. Beyonce’ was Time Magazine’s Person of The Year and therefore has global impact on young girls. The two of them should perpetuate positive, life affirming messages to the audience they serve,” MaGee

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By Benjamin F. Chavis , Jr.

Black Press: The Voice of Black America – Part 2 The June unemployment rate is was down to 6.1 percent. Yet, for the vast majority of more than 45 million Black Americans, the persistent unemployment rate in our communities is still way too high. It was 10.7 percent in June, down from 11.5 percent in May 2014.

This is the lowest Black unemployment rate since September 2008. For Black women, the unemployment rate fell in June to a

single digit at 9 percent. If these unemployment trends continue, poverty in Black America may decline.

The Black Press of America not only reports the news, but we are also responsible to share perspectives about how to further improve the economic condition of Black America. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, employers across the United States added 288,000 jobs last month. This figure was significantly higher than the 215,000 new jobs that leading

economists had predicted.

An analysis of these latest labor statistics reveals that the “business sector” led as the largest growth creation over the past 30 days, with 67,000 jobs, compared to the retail and food services sector adding 40,000 and 33,000 jobs, respectively. Health care and manufacturing sectors added 21,000 and 16,000 jobs, respectively.

What does this mean for Black America?

First, we have to see ourselves beyond solely being tril-

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lion dollar annual consumers in the U.S. economy. Yes, we want more jobs. Yes, want more economic development, equity and expanded wealth in our communities. We would like to end poverty in America. Yet, clearly the latest jobs report reveals that in order to create more jobs, we have to create more businesses.

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) is a national trade association of nearly 200 Black-owned newspapers. We are employers. If we expand our businesses, we will

be able to hire more people. The more people we hire, the stronger the U.S. economy.

More than 45 million Black Americans and more than 45 million Latino Americans hunger for consistent and trustworthy news, relevant information, business development opportunities, career options, youth business and vocational apprenticeships. We must articulate a strategic plan for advancing the socioeconomic, political,

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By William Spriggs

Memories Memory is how individuals and societies recall past events.

History, in contrast, seeks to collect the actual data of events.

In society, memory is important because it forms the narrative on which we build basic concepts that drive policy.

Consider the recent celebration of the founding of the United States on July 4. Historical facts tell us there are many days we could designate to cel-

ebrate the official independence of the United States of America.

July 2 was the day the Continental Congress voted to declare Independence. July 4 is when the Continental Congress completed the draft of the Declaration.

Then there were the battles at Lexington and Concord, Mass., in April 1775 that set the colonies on the path to the American Revolutionary War. Or we could look to Oct. 18, 1781, when British troops surrendered to French troops and General George Washington at the battle

of Yorktown, forcing the British to the bargaining table.

Then there’s Sept. 10, 1783, when the war officially ended with the Peace of Paris. As you can see there is much more to the history and documentation of the events of that era, yet in the memories of Americans, it is July 4 that marks the founding of a nation that protects individual liberty against government and mob rule, while upholding representative democracy.

Memory is a selection of facts, ignoring those that don’t serve

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the agreed upon framework.

The Civil War is a key example.

Another seminal event occurred July 3, 1863, when the failure of Confederate General George Pickett’s charge on Cemetery Ridge in Gettysburg, Pa., forced the retreat of General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, ending its last thrust into the North and the beginning of the end of the American Civil War. Gone from America’s memory are the raids led by Confederate soldiers in June and July, in advance of the Battle of Get-

tysburg to kidnap free African Americans of the Cumberland Valley into slavery. This is to remove the centrality of the maintenance of slavery from the Southern cause and dismiss the pain of slavery, as on a personal level we forget painful incidents with family members.

In assembling arguments for reparations for slavery and America’s history of racial exclusions, journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates underplayed the conve-

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By Askia Muhammad

Why I’m Boycotting White House Ramadan Dinner

Why am I boycotting this year’s White House Ramadan dinner? Well, “boycott” might be too strong a word since as a reporter I’m not officially invited to the soirée in the first place.

But as far back as presidents have been hosting dinners called “Iftar” for special guests to break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, I’ve attended more often than not.

During Ramadan, when the

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world’s 2 billion Muslims go without food or drink from dawn until dusk, the evening meal when the fast is broken is called “Iftar.” Going back to President George W. Bush in 2001, I have arranged each year to attend the events. At first the guests were limited to ambassadors from Islamic countries.

Those early Iftar events were intended to reach out to representatives from the Muslim world to show that the U.S. does not hate the Muslims. It was not intended for domestic

consumption and even though I had a White House “hard pass” credential the first Iftar dinners were not “open press” coverage, but were limited to selected “pool reporters” made up of press members from the affected countries, so they could beam the message to their audiences that the POTUS (President Of The United States) was entertaining Muslims to break the fast with them during Ramadan.

But I managed to get admitted to the select “pool” and attended. Once, when he was The Washington Informer

leaving his post to get treatment for cancer, I even held hands with my friend and Presidential Press Secretary Tony Snow and I prayed a Muslim prayer with him on the White House grounds.

Although I was like a fish out of water in the White House Press Room, I never betrayed my Muslim roots.

When President Barack Obama entered the White House the Iftar tradition continued, but I had lost my “hard pass” press privileges because most of the time I treated the place like the

“news free zone” that it is, and did not spend every waking hour in the place where few news stories of pertinence to Black folks happen every day, as compared to the events on Capitol Hill where there are 40 Black members in the Congressional Black Caucus. But I continued to work mightily to get approved for the pool which covered President Obama’s Iftar. And I attended them.

But this year, I cannot stomach

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Actor Roger Guenveur Smith shares a passionate moment with the audience during his portrayal of Rodney King in the one-man show, “Rodney King,” at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Northwest. /Photo courtesy of Woolly Mammoth Theatre

The spotlight’s on Rodney King, resurrected in the one-man show, “Rodney King,” created and portrayed by Roger Guenveur Smith. /Photo courtesy of Woolly Mammoth Theatre

Actor Resurrects the Spirit of Rodney King

Roger Guenveur Smith Stars in Solo Performance

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Contributing Writer The tragic story of Rodney King remains one of the darker moments in America’s centuries-old relationship with its racial past and present.

Perhaps no one knows that more intuitively than actor, writer and director Roger Guenveur Smith who currently stars in a one-man show, “Rodney King,” at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Northwest, in which he portrays the role of a common

man thrust into history’s spotlight.

“My struggle in this piece is trying to find the man behind the myth,” said Smith who blends improvised movement, text and spoken word in a performance described as “deeply moving.”

“Of course, Rodney King is a symbol but the more provocative question is who was he really? For many he was a human piñata – the LA cops went off on him and we have a video of that beating which we watched, rewound and fast forwarded. Somewhere in all that was an everyday black man,”

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the actor said.

Recently featured in the Under the Radar Festival at the Public Theater in New York and at the Radar L.A. Festival, the play opens with excerpts from Geto Boys defect Willie D’s “F**k Rodney King” in which the rapper pulls no punches in declaring his disgust with King’s attempt to offer an olive branch after riots erupted in the City of Angels.

The play ends with King’s May 1, 1992 speech in which he asked, “Can we all get along?” Smith said See KING on Page 24

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continued from Page 23 the statement and King have both often been lampooned.

“Ironically, Rodney, and Huey P. Newton, whom I’ve portrayed on stage as well, both died at 47 and both came to national recognition because of their interactions with the police departments of LA and Oakland, California [respectively],” said Smith, a California native who’s been featured in films that include, “Do the Right Thing,” “Eve’s Bayou,” and “Malcolm X.” “So it’s a strange confluence of fact and fiction that I’ve been able to bring to the stage. I consider it a blessing to tell Rodney’s story, but I’m more blessed by the questions that my portrayal has raised,” he said.

Storytelling continues to be critical to self-awareness said one young woman after the show.

“Rodney King is gone but his struggle and the pain he endured remain relevant for blacks and all Americans,” said Germantown, Maryland resident Janine Clay.

“My grandmother lived in Southeast [D.C.] and she and my parents taught me the risks and challenges we face simply because of prejudice. Maybe I’m a distant relative of Rodney King,” said Clay, 25.

One septuagenarian from Northeast said she fears that today’s youth aren’t being taught their history.

“My five grandchildren probably don’t know anything about Rodney King and I fault the schools for that,” said Marie Lee, 70. “I’m a child of the 60s and I remember it all. The play brought that back to my mind and I believe allowing story’s like King’s to be forgotten make it highly possible for such tragedies to occur again.”

Newspaper reports that King, a construction worker in Los Angeles, afraid to stop his car after seeing flashing lights in his rearview mirror soon found himself being pummeled by several police officers at the end of a high speed chase.

A young black man from Southeast described King’s saga as a “cultural event.”

“I was in elementary school when King was beaten and the riots later happened and my dad made sure we talked about it at home,” said Andre Faulkner, 31. “Now we have our first black president being challenged on every front and gays demanding the same rights as any other U.S. citizen. Rodney was right to ask about us all getting along – we still aren’t.”

One woman from Great Falls, Virginia said the play reminded her that our lives intersect in more ways than we can imagine.

“We may remember what happened to Rodney King but the actor’s words revealed that there were so many other stories – so many terrible things – that happened in Los Angeles after the ‘not guilty’ verdict was announced,” said Tiane Mitchell-Gordon.

“Blacks, whites, Asians, and Hispanics – they all lost their homes, businesses and lives. Was that because we still can’t get along?” asked Mitchell-Gordon, 59.

One Howard University graduate said after previously seeing Smith capture the essence of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton on stage, he couldn’t wait to see how the thespian would transform himself into Rodney King.

“Smith was so powerful and to do it without any props and to improvise the text just shows how talented he is,” said Jeff Kirkman, 28. “He made a real connection with the audience and I really felt like I was listening to Rodney King pour out his heart to me. What still baffles me is why we [blacks] always burn down our own communities when things go wrong in America,” said the Silver Spring, Maryland resident.

Smith said that while the play has not been scripted, he believes that by the end of its two-week run, he may be ready to abandon improvisation.

“This is the most extensive run of this show – only the parts from Willie D’s song and the end that takes up King’s words about ‘getting along’ are put down on paper,” Smith said. “The rest comes from the energy and responses I receive from the audience.”

Woolly Mammoth Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz said Smith’s performance “extends an important conversation about race.” “[Roger’s] complex perspective on Rodney King’s life explores a range of emotional responses and restores simple human dignity to a man who accidentally became a national symbol of racial persecution,” Shalwitz said.

Rodney Glen King III died due to an accidental drowning in his backyard pool on June 17, 2012.

The play, “Rodney King,” runs through Sunday, July 20 with two performances on the weekend. For tickets go to www.woollymammoth.net

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By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer The Nigerian government will finally allow its citizens to see what Americans and others have called one of the unsung movies of the year.

The film, “Half of a Yellow Sun,” which premiered at festivals around the world in 2013, will be available on DVD in the District and throughout the country later this month.

“This movie is a sort of love story, a love letter to Nigeria’s very complex and complicated history,” said Biyi Bandele, the film’s Nigerian-born director.

Based on the book of the same name, the 111-minute film stars, “12 Years a Slave,” actor Chiwetel Ojiofor, and Thandie Newton, whose credits include, “The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Mission Impossible II,” and “The Chronicles of Riddick.”

The movie, “Half of a Yellow Sun,” follows the life of two sisters, Olanna and Kainene, who return home to Nigeria in the 1960s where they soon follow different paths. As civil war erupts, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.

While government censors in Nigeria initially objected to the film, fans and critics around the globe praised the suspense-filled movie, which will now premiere in Nigeria on Aug. 1.

“Those who know Ejiofor

from ‘12 Years a Slave’ should see him here to experience his range,” said New York Daily News film critic Joe Neumaier.

“In ‘12 Years’ we saw a world of emotion play across his face.

In ‘Half of a Yellow Sun,’ his performance as a volatile, revolutionary, conflicted professor shows other aspects of this great actor’s talent.”

Sandra Lovejoy, a Northeast resident who watched the movie on YouTube, said it’s a tear-jerker. “I’ve seen better movies, but I haven’t seen too many that’s been more emotional than this one. It really grabs you and you can’t be human if you don’t start caring about these sisters and the other people in this movie,” said Lovejoy, 37.

The movie has been adapted from the novel by award-winning writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian native whose work has been nominated for the Caine Prize for African Writing and she’s been selected by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association and the BBC for short story awards.

The book has sold millions of copies since its release in 2006 and producers of the film said many more Nigerians will now be able to appreciate it because of the movie.

Already, many native Nigerians have expressed their excitement about the film. “Most of us will have little knowledge of the Biafra war, except, possibly,

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for the media’s haunting images of starving children,” Friederike Knabe of Nigeria posted on the movie’s webpage. “This tells the real story.”

The plot cannot be condensed into one theme or story, said Patricia Fletcher of Southeast.

“It’s about loving someone with whom you have real and painful differences; the heartache and the companionship and, ultimately, the acceptance of each other and the love,” Fletcher said. “It is about how disparate members of a family cope with plenty and with poverty. It takes you into the war for Biafra and the details are harsh, stark, and they make you pause.”

Set mostly in the 1960s during Nigeria’s civil war, Bandele said the era remains a subject so sensitive that it’s not taught in Nigerian schools. Many commentators on social media suggested the censors were afraid that the film could inflame tribal rivalries.

The Associated Press reported that the movie also comes as Nigeria confronts an Islamic uprising that threatens to tear the country apart as tensions increase between Muslims and Christians, who comprise almost

equal halves of the 170 million living in Nigeria.

The censors’ board confirmed it has cleared the movie for viewing by those over 18.

About 1 million died in the war for an independent Biafra fighting for the Igbo tribe of the southeast. Many Igbos reportedly starved to death because food imports were blocked. At the time, leaders of the Igbo, who are almost exclusively Christian, accused the government of failing to protect them when Muslims from the Hausa tribe in the north slaughtered about 30,000 of them.

The ethnic tensions and mistrust that led to that war remain strong.

Today, some northern leaders accuse the government, led by a Christian southerner, of orchestrating mass killings of Muslims by soldiers in the northeast. And thousands have died in ongoing conflicts over land and resources across central Nigeria that pit mainly Muslim Fulani herders against predominantly Christian farmers from other tribes.

“This movie was meant to be a cautionary tale to say we can disagree as much as we want but war is never the answer,” Bandele said.WI

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The loss of job or a business. The loss of a lifelong dream. The loss of your health or the life of someone you love. Without a doubt, you’ll never be the same. It’s the worst thing that could ever happen to you.

Or is it? Studies show that, depending on several factors, hardship may be beneficial and may even strengthen you. Find out how in the new book “Supersurvivors” by David B. Feldman, PhD & Lee Daniel Kravetz.

Some 13 million people, worldwide, are diagnosed each year with cancer. Around 10 million suffer brain injuries. Fifty million survive traffic accidents. The U.N. says that one-third of the worlds’ women will be abused at some point in their lives. About 25 percent of these people will suffer from PTSD. Yes, bad things happen to good people and trauma occurs somewhere daily. “Suffering is real,” the authors point out, but so is resiliency. Some folks, however, don’t just bounce back; they “bounceforward…”

The authors call them “supersurvivors” – people who “refocus their energies” after a traumatic, life-altering event to achieve “some degree of positive change” from it.

Their worst-case scenario turns around to become their best.

Not surprisingly, supersurvivors share several common traits.

Undoubtedly, they’re urged to think positively, but they don’t rely on it and may reject it completely in order to think realistically with “grounded hope.” They’re often told not to give up, but they understand that quitting is sometimes the only way to move forward. They acknowledge risk but utilize

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ARIES Obstacles give you something to work around. They give you something to do. At least that’s your viewpoint. Absolute force may not be the best way forward; sheer charm may be a lot more potent. You have no time to celebrate with your family’s demands on your time, but the weekend is all yours. Call your friends. A small party is in order.

“comparative optimism” to carefully choose what happens next in life. Their belief in controlling their own destiny motivates them when they fail.

Supersurvivors often hold a different “assumptive worldview” than most of us, and are able to “accommodate” a new normal within an old life. They look deep into beliefs of a higher power, and make peace with what they find. They have a strong support system, whether perceived or real. And supersurvivors know that forgiveness is essential for moving on – especially if it means forgiving themselves.

Is it true that that which does not kill you makes you stronger? The answer might lie inside studies and anecdotes gathered and presented inside “Supersurvivors.” And it might irritate you.

That’s because authors David B. Feldman and Lee Daniel Kravetz, who stress that they’re not trying to minimize anyone’s trauma, use science and research to blow apart old (and potentially ineffectual) advice for coping with tragedy. Advice, it seems, isn’t really all that helpful: I noticed that, ultimately, each individual profiled in this book – from athletes to Civil Rights leaders, soldiers to war survivors, accident victims to survivors of natural disasters – came to their own resolution for suffering that often had little to do with conventional thinking.

And that’s part of what’s so intriguing about this book, that “every one of us has the capacity to be super.” And if you want to learn how, or learn how others have found that ability, “Supersurvivors” is a book you should uncover.WI

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GEMINI You have more strength than you realize, and you’re a lot further ahead than you think. If a spreadsheet has you cross-eyed, don’t panic, just ask a math-minded friend for help. You will soon be seeing things more clearly than you have in a while. You will also meet more new friends in the span of a few hours than you’ve met over the last few months. The tide is finally going your way – if only some cash would float by. Your weekend might be thwarted by infighting among friends, but pure love and peace and laughter is near.

CANCER There was a time when most people thought Columbus was nuts.

The lesson: The wildest notions are sometimes also the wisest. You may be overwhelmed and irritable, but you don’t have to let anyone else know that. It’s all about how you come across. Put your best foot forward. Be alert and communicate clearly. Emotions are running high at the end of the week, but so is your energy. You are indefatigable. You have the energy of an early explorer.

LEO You are a success. You are almost a legend among your co-workers. But enough about what they think: How do you feel about what you’re doing? That’s the big question and it stays in the back of your mind all week. When someone asks casually about your life goals, don’t be shy. Modesty and pride are major themes as personal qualities go, they are not as contradictory as they seem – and you’ll be feeling happy and in control. Get out your diary, because you’ll have a day you’ll want to remember.

VIRGO It’s healthy to have the jitters before traveling; the prospect of unfamiliar territory provokes that response in many people. An open, philosophical approach – rather than a strictly practical approach – is the way to go. You are the master of your destiny. If your energy is waning, ask your friends to rile you up (they’ll be happy to oblige). Spend time around others but give yourself a stay-at-home day this week.

LIBRA A diplomatic tete-a-tete may be necessary to smooth things over between you and an important (if volatile) ally early this week. Maybe bake some cookies and bring them along to the occasion. If you two have been at each other’s throats lately, it may be because you have so much in common; find something to laugh about. Mid-week, you and your friends are constantly laughing about an inside joke, but by week’s end there’s really not much time to do anything except work. Find a way to appreciate beauty and harmony while getting things done.

SCORPIO The push and pull at the start of the week isn’t a fight per se, it’s just several people trying to establish interpersonal boundaries. Take a stand and be upfront, but if a compromise here or there will make things easier, you can handle that. You’ll need as many people on your side as possible when stressful money matters require immediate attention. You’ll get what you want without even having to ask for it so take it easy.

SAGITTARIUS Think small. Don’t be so concerned with how you’re going to harvest apples from a tree you haven’t planted yet. Get the tree planted and worry about how to make apple pie after you’re surrounded by buckets of apples. Worrying in advance isn’t a good use of your time. You already won’t have enough time to get done all the things you need to do. You like to rely on the help of your friends but your energies are mismatched. You may have to go this one alone.

CAPRICORN Spending some time in nature would be a swell idea if you have nothing else to do. Indulge in several hours of doing nothing at all. Soon you won’t have a spare second to yourself – friends are talking your ear off, strangers are introducing themselves to you. Energy levels surge and all the havoc in the rest of your world seeps into your home life. If you feel like throwing a blanket over your head and turning off the phone, everyone will understand.

AQUARIUS An unexpected phone call gets you thinking about someone you haven’t thought of in years. The start of the week is defined by strange discoveries made in strange places, and the middle of the week is defined by – lucky you – love. A sizzling affair: strawberries, whipped cream, the works. The last few days of the week will be something of a letdown. Try not to let it drag your entire weekend down. Your emotions are not in charge; you’re in charge. Organize your feelings and get plenty of sleep.

PISCES It’s a cold, hard world sometimes. Thankfully, there are blankets. You’ll have a few cozy days – hot dinners, soft music, maybe some poetry – and a fairly dreamy day, too. Try your hand at being creative, but don’t be too specific about what you do. Clarity of thought isn’t as important as fullness of feeling. Poetry figures strongly – and the mystery of this other person in your life is endlessly thrilling.

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51 years after the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the issue has become so volatile that most college presidents and athletic directors remain reluctant to discuss why they’re not hiring qualified black men to lead their programs.

Officials at high-profile schools such as Duke, St. John’s, UCLA, Texas, Indiana, Alabama, Auburn, South Carolina, Maryland, Miami, Michigan and Ohio State refused to comment.

“We respectfully decline to comment on this,” said Christopher Cameron, the associate athletic director at Boston College, where approximately three African-American head coaches have been hired in the school’s 110year history.

Kentucky spokesman Jay Blanton said the university’s president, Eli Capilouto, directed him to offer a no comment. “We cannot accommodate your request,” said Blanton, whose school has had just one black coach in 110 years.

Kelly Anderson, Louisville’s assistant to the athletic director, said the school’s preferred head coaching candidates are presented to the university’s athletic association board of directors for approval, but she declined to address why blacks aren’t being considered for many of the top jobs.

Since the basketball program’s inception in 1944, Louisville has never had a black head coach.

“It’s an ongoing and troubling problem when black coaches are not getting a fair shake when it comes to hiring practices,” said Louis “Skip” Perkins, the athletic director at HowThe Washington Informer

ard University in Northwest.

The Howard Bison compete in Division I-AA and Perkins said he’s directing his comments toward major programs at Division I schools.

“When you look at the job that Johnny Dawkins did with a depleted Stanford squad in the NCAA tournament and a Kevin Ollie winning the national championship after facing several challenges, it makes you wonder why race is even an issue,” said Perkins, 41.

Additionally, Stanford has one of the most difficult admission standards in all of college athletics and, despite his success in going to the Sweet 16, the school has failed to reward Dawkins with a new contract.

The percentage of African-American head coaches has hit its lowest level in nearly 20 years. Included in Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport 2012, “Racial and Gender Report Card,” the authors noted just 18.6 percent of blacks served as head coaches in Division I college basketball.

Whites comprise 81 percent of the 450 full-time NCAA staff members.

Meanwhile, 90 percent of the presidents and 89 percent of athletic directors are white.

The numbers reveal that it’s also difficult for former African-American coaches to make what should be a natural progression into athletic administration. For instance, Brian Ellerbe, who’s coached more than 20 years at major Division I programs in the Big 10, ACC, the Big East, and the Atlantic 10, hasn’t received any offers since his last head coaching job more than a decade ago.

Some college observers said with

Ellerbe’s coaching experience – seven as head coach – and his more than 10 years in private and public business, he’d be an ideal candidate for an administrative post.

“Colleges have the worst diversity hiring practices when you compare them to any of the professional sports leagues,” said Richard Lapchick, director of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport.

The report card, which did not include historically black schools, has led to more scrutiny of major college basketball programs with ESPN, Yahoo Sports!, and even The New York Times featuring news stories about the lack of African-American coaches.

Myron Medcalf, who’s written extensively for ESPN about the topic, reported that multiple administrators had passed on the opportunity to talk to him about the issue. He said NCAA officials wanted to see his questions and then they requested a pre-interview phone conversation.

An NCAA spokesperson declined to comment.

“After it appeared that we had made some progress when it came to hiring men’s basketball coaches of color, it’s apparent that progress has slowed or stopped all together, and that’s incredibly disappointing,” said Notre Dame women’s associate head coach Carol Owens. “Not so long ago, it was the trendy thing to hire coaches of color, but I believe that those in the decision-making apparatus have turned their backs on those they were so eager to hire just a few years earlier,” said Owens, 47.

Many have defended their hiring practices.

“The hiring process for athletic department employees is consistent with university guidelines,” said Stephen Dombroski, the assistant athletic director at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. “The top candidates are identified and proceed through the interview process. Almost all times the athletic director is involved,” Dombroski said.

Craig Littlepage, the athletic director at the University of Virginia, said the hiring institution must determine how it will generate a list of names that it would like to consider for a vacancy.

“Since I coached college basketball for 17 years and served as the chair of the NCAA men’s basketball committee, I’ve had the advantage in knowing the college basketball community well,” said Littlepage, 62.

“As a result, along with our executive associate director of athletics who also played college basketball, we generate the list on our own. For those administrators that do not have

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RECRUIT continued from Page 28 the same background, they are probably well advised in using a search firm or other industry experts to match the candidate pool with the vacancy,” he said.

But, numerous candidates have argued that search firms rarely have African-American clients, leaving even the most qualified black coaches out in the cold.

“Preferred head coaching candidates are presented to the university’s athletic association board of directors for approval,” Louisville’s Anderson said.

African Americans routinely are failing to meet approval at most schools despite the success of past and present coaches like John Thompson of Georgetown, Nolan Richardson at Arkansas, and Kevin Ollie, who won the national championship this year at Connecticut.

Officials at programs like Auburn, where only one African American served as a head coach in the program’s 110-year history, continue to be tight-lipped about the plight of black coaches.

Auburn fired black coach Tony Barbee this year and hired Bruce Pearl, a white coach who remains under NCAA sanctions for several violations he committed at Tennessee.

“There’s no way that a black coach would be hired under any circumstances if he committed NCAA violations,” said one rival head coach who asked to remain anonymous. “Bruce Pearl can’t even recruit, he isn’t eligible because of the sanctions, and we’re currently in recruiting season. There’s no way to justify his hiring at all.”

David Roach, the athletic director at Fordham University in the Bronx, said the lack of black coaches isn’t

a signal that school presidents and athletic directors have, “Al Campanis-type,” bias against African Americans.

Campanis, the late general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, infamously said in 1987 that, “Blacks may not have some of the necessities to be, let’s say, a field manager, or, perhaps, a general manager.”

“I wouldn’t say that’s the problem,” said Roach, 68, who’s also a member of the board of directors at the Black Coaches and Administrators, formerly known as the Black Coaches Association in headquartered in Indiana.

“I’m fully aware that the number of African-American coaches is down, but it’s worse in football,” he said.

Roach noted that report cards have proved to be a vital tool in helping to boost the hiring of black college basketball coaches. He said he’d like to see more reports because they tend to hold school officials accountable.

However, in one stunning move that could signal change, Hartford University in Connecticut announced the hiring of former Bowie State athletic director Anton Goff to fill the same position at the Division I school.

Most view the hiring as significant because hiring an athletic director from a historically black school to head a Division I program isn’t common.

However, Campanis-like thinking could still be a factor.

“Leadership is not a gender or ethnic issue. It’s an issue of education, successful experience and a propensity for the work at hand,” said Deborah Yow, the athletic director at North Carolina State University.

“Each school has its own unique culture. That culture dictates who has the final say in a highly visible coaching hire,” Yow said, adding that

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whether a gender minority or an ethnic minority, it can be challenging to break through at the highest professional levels.

“As an example, within the last six months, we have seen two of the premiere football coaching positions at Texas and Penn State be filled by African Americans, both building off of their earlier tenures at previous schools. Success by either or both at these highly visible programs will likely be impactful,” she said.

Candy Y. Sanders, the athletic director at Delaware State University said she looks for quality, gender and a cultural fit. “They [African Americans] lack the opportunity which shows on the resume as limited experience,” Sanders said.

Whit Babcock, the athletic director at Virginia Tech, said the search for a head coach lies primarily with him, but the process usually involves the president and key members of the board.

“We are committed to thorough and inclusive search processes for all positions at Virginia Tech,” Babcock said. “We work to build deep and diverse candidate pools, and we believe in the principles of inclusive excellence; that a wide range of lived experiences are necessary to achieve institutional and organizational excellence.”

Officials at major programs around the country have offered few answers while many others have expressed frustration.

“We went from John Thompson and Nolan Richardson raising the bar and changing the mindsets to where we have to look hard to find black coaches in the profession,” said Perkins of Howard University.

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Taylor Townsend, the 18-year-old American who burst onto the scene by beating No. 20 seed Alize Cornet to advance to the third round of the French Open, was added to the Philadelphia Freedom roster to create an intriguing matchup with Kastles player Martina Hingis. Hingis defeated Townsend 5-0 on July 10 at the Kastles new home at George Washington University’s Charles E. Smith Center in Northwest. The Kastles defeated the Freedom 25-10 to win their second home game this season. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

Washington Kastles defending US Open doubles champion Leander Paes rejoined the Washington Kastles for the 2014 season on July 10 at the Kastles new home at George Washington University’s Charles E. Smith Center in Northwest. Paes joined Bobby Reynolds to defeat Freedom duo Frank Dancevic and Marcelo Melo 5-3 in men’s double tennis action. The Kastles defeated the Freedom 25-10. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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Nine Principles for Dynamic Living Principle No.3: Taking Responsibility for Ourselves in Every Way!

This week, I’m sharing Les Brown’s third principle which says “Each of us must take responsibility for our actions, our well-being and the attainment of our maximum potential.” Romans 12:1 reminds us that our bodies are to be sacrificed for the good we can bring to this earth by helping others; we are to be busy doing what we were sent to this earth to do. Our bodies are not our own, we are to sacrifice it by taking responsibility for our actions; we are to eat healthy and exercise daily to do as scripture reminds us to do when it says “Treat our bodies like the temple that it is.”

Wayne Dyer, Ph.D., a renowned author and self-development speaker shared this story during his PBS Special about the Monarch Butterfly. In essence, here’s what he said: The Monarch butterfly only lives up to six months, but flies 3,000 miles each year; though their tiny little wings and bodies seem so fragile.

Talking about maximum potential!

This should astound us, to ask, what we too could do that is extraordinary!

The Viceroy is another type butterfly, but it looks remarkably like the Monarch butterfly. Monarch’s are poisonous and make birds and other predators become sick when they eat one. When birds, frogs, and lizards eat a monarch, if they have not encountered one before, they have a severe reaction that causes them to lose their lunch (quite literally), vomiting everywhere. This experience is remembered, and the predators learn to not eat Monarchs again.

The Viceroy butterfly, on the other

hand, is more palatable, but, in nature it looks so much like the Monarch that predators treat it as if it is equally as toxic!

Birds, frogs, and lizards will leave a Viceroy alone if they have ever tasted the Monarch; they don’t want that horrible experience ever again.

Monarchs and Viceroys are two entirely different species, yet they look so much alike, that you cannot tell the difference by looking at them.

So what’s the butterfly metaphor?

How does it pertain to this column?

Let’s review the question. Each of us must take responsibility for our actions, our well-being and the attainment of our maximum potential.

The butterfly metaphor is this: For the sake of this column, let’s just say the Monarchs, the poisonous ones, look beautiful, and like me, 40 years ago, when I was unhappily married; I used my personal appearance to make myself feel better. Never missed a payday without shopping; and would put expensive suits on lay-away.

One day when I was a secretary at Children’s Hospital Oakland, I remember coming to work, walking toward my office; and one of the male employees said to me “You look like you just stepped off a plane from attending an important business meeting in New York!” Flattered, though I looked really corporate; inwardly, I was broken; suffering domestic violence; financial burdens; miserable and unhappy! I didn’t have a church home at the time, my outer appearance and my work was all I had to make myself feel better, a Monarch.

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It shows how each turned out differently as an adult. One became an alcoholic. When asked why, he said, I was raised by an alcoholic. The other brother wouldn’t touch alcohol. When asked why, he had the same answer. He said I was raised by an alcoholic. The choice is yours, good or bad, take responsibility for your actions and work toward being all that you can be. Are you a Monarch or a Viceroy? WI

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The Reverend Lyndon Shakespeare Interim Priest Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958 Worship Services Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org

Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor

Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org

Worship Sundays @ 7:30 & 11:00 A.M. 5th Sundays @ 9:30 A.M. 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 P.M.

Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

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

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Campbell AME Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney, Pastor

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

2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: am Sunday Church School 8: 45 am Bible Study Wednesday 12:00 Noon Wednesday 7:00 pm Thursday 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out”

5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m.

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Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org

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

Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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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!”

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Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org

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

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Mount Carmel Baptist Church

52 Years of Expert Engraving Services

Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423

Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089

TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net

Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Bishop

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

Crusader Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

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

Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.”

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

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor

Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE Washington, DC 20020

Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am

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

Blessed Word of Life Church

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

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor

700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849

All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

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

Church of Living Waters

Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org

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

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

“Where Jesus is the King”

Israel Baptist Church

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

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

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

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

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

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

2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 Sunday School – 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 am Baptismal Service – 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study – Wednesday -7:30 pm

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

St. Luke Baptist Church

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration

Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor

Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services Sunday School 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.

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

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Rehoboth Baptist Church

St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday)

Salem Baptist Church

Emmanuel Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

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

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor

623 Florida Ave.. NW • WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 • Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 • Fax (202) 483-4009

4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184

Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m.

Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m.

Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m.

Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Christ Embassy DC

5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005

Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor

6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065

Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor

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

Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator

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

New Members Class 9:30a.m.

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

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

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

Sunday Worship Service 10:00 A.M.

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

Peace Baptist Church

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

1864-2014

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

The Church Where GOD Is Working....

And We Are Working With GOD

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

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

Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m.

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

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

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

Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m.

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

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

150 Years of Service

Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV

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

Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org

Motto: : “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”

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

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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

Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study

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

Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

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

Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m.

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

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LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Probate Division

Probate Division

Probate Division

Probate Division

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2014 ADM 700

Administration No. 2014 ADM 679

Administration No. 2014 ADM 693

Administration No. 2013 ADM 1293

Tritobia Hayes Benjamin

Katherine Handy Duffey

John B. Sparrow, Sr.

Benjamin Attaway

Decedent

Decedent

Decedent

James Larry Frazier, Esq.

Peter D. Antonoplos, Esq.

Deborah D. Boddie, Esq.

918 Maryland Avenue, NE

1725 DeSales Street, NW, Suite 600

Washington, DC 20002

1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300

Washington, DC 20036

Washington, DC 20001

Attorney

Attorney

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Earl Thomas Jackson, whose address is 1331 Varnum

Victor D. Sparrow, whose address is 611 Stillwater

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed

Place, Mitchellville, MD 20721, was appointed Personal

Personal Representative of the estate of Katherine Handy

Representative of the estate of John B. Sparrow, Sr.,

Duffey, who died on May 29, 2014 with a Will, and

who died on May 1, 2014 without a Will, and will

Attaway, who died on March 5, 2008 with a Will, and

will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs

serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and

will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs

and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their

and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall

appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills,

appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall

be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street,

D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor

be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street,

N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001,

Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 17,

N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001,

on or before January 17, 2015. Claims against the

2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented

on or before January 10, 2015. Claims against the

decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a

to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills

decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a

copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register

or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the

copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register

of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before

undersigned, on or before January 17, 2015, or be

January 17, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees

to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive

of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice

a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first

by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so

publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including

inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF WILSON IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE JUVENILE COURT DIVISION File NO. 14 JT 7 Annetta Crumel vs. Robert Antwoine

Attorney

Mobley

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

TO: ROBERT ANTWOINE

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

MOBLEY

Zalika A. Benjamin, whose address is 3525 16th Street,

Take notice that a pleading seeking

relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is termination of parental rights of minor child Trinity Monique Mobley.

You are required to make defense to such pleading within 40 days from the date of the first publication of this Notice.

If you fail to do so, the Plaintiff will seek the relief sought herein.

NW, Washington, DC 20010, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Tritobia Hayes Benjamin, who died on June 21, 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., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 17, 2015. 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 January 17, 2014, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first

This the 10th day of July, 2014.

publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

name, address and relationship.

relationship.

CRAFT, LEVIN & ABNEY, L.L.P

Date of first publication:

Decedent Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, NW, suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney

Tel. (252) 291-3200 Fax (252) 291-8980

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE JUVENILE COURT DIVISION File NO. 14 JT 8 Annetta Crumel vs. Robert Antwoine Mobley TO: ROBERT ANTWOINE

Take notice that a pleading seeking

relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is termination of parental rights of minor child Zachary Christian Mobley.

You are required to make defense to such pleading within 40 days from the date of the first publication of this Notice.

If you fail to do so, the Plaintiff will seek the relief sought herein.

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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:

Victor D. Sparrow

Personal Representative

Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

TRUE TEST COPY

TRUE TEST COPY

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister

Anne Meister

Anne Meister

Anne Meister

Register of Wills

Register of Wills

Register of Wills

Register of Wills

Washington Informer

Washington Informer

Washington Informer

Washington Informer

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Probate Division

Probate Division

Probate Division

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Probate Division

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2014 ADM 685

Administration No. 2014 ADM 676

Administration No. 2014 ADM 660

Administration No. 2014 ADM 677

Earnest R. Campbell

Helena C. Lambeth

Decedent

Decedent

Jennifer E. Loud, Esquire

Aimee D. Griffin, Esq.

The Loud Law firm 7826 Eastern Ave., NW, Suite 410 Washington, DC 20012 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Andrew Campbell, whose address is 323 Rountable Drive, Fort Washington, MD 20744, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Earnest R. Campbell, who died on September 3, 2008 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 17, 2015. 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 January 17, 2015, 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 relationship.

July 17, 2014

July 10, 2014 Sharon Gilbert Arneice Berry Personal Representative

Eleanor Alma Butler

Charles W. DeBoe

Decedent

Decedent

1353 Sheridan Street, NW

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Washington, DC 20011

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Attorney Bernetta Jean Robinson, whose address is 4013 24th NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Place, Temple Hills, MD 20748, was appointed Personal

Kathy L. DeBoe, whose address is 703 Quackenbos

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Representative of the estate of Eleanor Alma Butler,

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed

who died on May 5, 2014 without a Will, and will

Personal Representative of the estate of Charles W.

serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and

DeBoe, who died on March 4, 2013 with a Will, and

heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their

will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs

appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills,

their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

Duane P. Lambeth and Frank T. Lambeth, Jr., whose addresses are 13530 Sherwood For. Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20904 and 1654 Primrose Rd., WDC 20012, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Helena C. Lambeth, who died on July 17, 2008 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown

D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor

heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall

Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 10,

enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to

2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented

such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will)

to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills

shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th

or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the

Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C.

undersigned, on or before January 10, 2015, or be

20001, on or before January 17, 2015. 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 January 17, 2015, 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

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees

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

Bernetta Jean Robinson Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister

Anne Meister

Register of Wills

Register of Wills

Washington Informer

Washington Informer

The Washington Informer

copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register

relationship.

July 17, 2014

TRUE TEST COPY

decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a

January 10, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed

Date of first publication:

Personal Representative

on or before January 10, 2015. Claims against the

inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and

July 10, 2014

Personal Representative

N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001,

of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before

name, address and relationship.

Frank T. Lambeth, Jr.

be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street,

by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so

Date of first publication:

Duane P. Lambeth

appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall

of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice

publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including

Andrew Campbell

703 W. Nash Street, Suite E.

Fax (252) 291-8980

to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive

Personal Representative

Date of first publication:

Tel. (252) 291-3200

January 10, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed

Earl Thomas Jackson

CRAFT, LEVIN & ABNEY, L.L.P

Wilson, N.C. 27893

of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before

Zalika A. Benjamin

inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and

Wesley Abney

Personal Representatives of the estate of Benjamin

July 17, 2014

This the 10th day of July, 2014.

Attorneys for Plaintiff

PO Box 62350, Washington, DC 20019, were appointed

Date of first publication:

MOBLEY

11107 Robert Carter Rd., Fairfax Station, VA 22039 &

July 17, 2014

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF WILSON

Sharon Gilbert and Arneice Berry, whose addresses are

Date of first publication:

703 W. Nash Street, Suite E. Wilson, N.C. 27893

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

July 17, 2014

Attorneys for Plaintiff Wesley Abney

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication:

TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

July 10, 2014 Kathy L. DeBoe Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2014 ADM 657 Margaret T. Irving Decedent

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All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

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Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 10, 2015. 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 January 10, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice

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As her family continues along

REYNOLDS continued from Page 21 concluded To raise these issues is not to blame the current murderous cycle on Beyonce’, Jay-Z and their filthy rich hip hop cohorts. Certainly, parents, professors, preachers and others have a role. But those performers who have struck gold promoting drugs, guns and violence should take some ownership of the problems that lethal combination has created. They must be challenged to write and perform lyrics that inspire the young to value life, education and peace.

Can’t be done? James Brown’s Black and I am Proud, inspired a generation, as did Aretha Franklin’s Respect anthem. Whether multi-millionaire idols like Beyoncé and J-Z own up to it or not they are role models. Their most popular lyrics have become part of the reality narrative mixed with guns and

their own “continuum from overwhelmed to overcoming,” Nelba has become even more determined to help other families, especially other children, facing trauma. As she told an audience at New York University in May: “Our son not only lost his sister but is a living witness of trauma. As devastating as this event is – we know he is not alone.”

She pointed out that as common as traumatic experiences may be, there is far too little education right now on the best ways to help families work through them: “As a nation, we have an elementary perception of what ‘help’ is. Help was the regular, consistent, loving support from family, friends, neighbors, and community members that truly got them through and the thousands of messages from people committed to fighting for justice and peace.

“In each instance, they delivered the same message: ‘We are here and we will not leave you.’ And they have kept their promise. Their efforts provided us a sense of safety and a sense of control. They provided a sense of community, connection, and love in the midst of chaos, fear, and loss.”

I hope all of us will reach out to make our own communities safer for children. As neighbors, members of civic organizations, sororities and fraternities, and faith communities, create connections for children, youth, and families in your communities who may be suffering silently with no support from family or friends. Make them feel part of something bigger.

Let them know you will be there for them.WI

bravado that are raising the death tolls across America.

Badly needed are alternatives, which groups such as the Black Women for Positive Change are working to provide. They are sponsoring a Harmony-jam for young poets, musicians and singers at Metropolitan AME church in Washington DC on August 23. The Harmony-jam will highlight young people who provide positive, inspirational messages as part of their National Summit on Non-Violence.

“We believe in the transformative power of music, art, poetry and rap.

When culture leaders, such as Jay-Z, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg follow the lead of the top selling composer like Pharrell Williams they can greatly reduce the violence in the world,” said Dr. Stephanie Myers, national co-chair of the Black Women for Positive Change.

The song, “Happy” has proven there is an international appetite for

optimism and positive messages. We are calling on our musical geniuses to get busy and demonstrate their power in positive non-violent ways,” Myers added.

Meanwhile in Philadelphia, Saturday’s gyrating Bonnie and Clyde tribute has long since been overshadowed by police sirens and yellow tape. This is not the first time Joshua has been shot, according to his aunt, Wanda Ross. He was in a wheelchair in his home as a result of injuries received from a shooting in 2005. Robbery is the suspected motive for the shooting.

Ross says, “Our whole family is in pain. If we lose Joshua, that will be two of my nephews gone. His brother was recently killed in Iraq. Sadly enough her own son, Stephen Anthony Ross, Jr. 20, was shot and killed in May, 1990.

So the sad beat goes on-- guns and violence—and we all wonder if it will ever end?

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Corporate America should understand that with rapidly changing demographics, it is its best interest to support the economic development of our businesses and communities.

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SPRIGGS continued from Page 22 nient loss from America’s memory that there were slave owners who received “reparations.” And, until the movie “Glory,” the role of African American troops in the war was not part of America’s memory.

My wife’s third great grandfather, Jessie White, enlisted on Oct. 1, 1864, into Company D of the 6th Regiment, U.S. Colored Cavalry, and saw action at two Union victories later in November at the Battle at Marion and the Second Raid on Saltville in southwestern Virginia.

His military file includes the claim before the Adjutant General’s Office for $300 to be paid to Daugherty White as compensation for the freedom of Jessie White, his slave, to serve in the defense of the United States of America.

Memory, in part, is the creation of a narrative that serves other concepts-like the meaning of race or

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the idea of attending the White House Islamic event to watch the duplicitous and hypocritical pronouncements of even-handedness toward the Muslim world while the White House gives Israel the green light to brutally trample Muslim rights and stamp out the lives of Palestinian Muslims in Gaza, a territory which Israel illegally occupies by force.

“Let me start by saying that we strongly condemn the continuing rocket fire into Israel and the deliberate targeting of civilians by terrorist organizations in Gaza,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest declared July 9. “No country can accept rocket fire aimed at civilians, and we support Israel’s right to defend itself against these vicious attacks.”

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that articulates the clear interests of Black America without apology or cow towering to the forces of oppression and division. The Black Press has a proud and valiant history of being the standard bearer of news and information distribution that advances the causes for freedom, inclusiveness, democracy and prosperity.

Even in this growing digital age there is a vital role that the Black Press of America must continue to play. Digital media should complement – not replace – print media.

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around the world. The “Voice of Black America” will not be silenced nor erased. We will continue to stand. We will continue to print and be active on our digital platforms.

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patriotism. It also can serve the purpose of class. We are still recovering from the Great Recession of 2008.

So far the narrative is that it was a financial collapse and that the quick actions of the Federal Reserve and the bailout through the Troubled Asset Relief Program saved the day. That means we can “remember” this as home loans gone bad.

With health restored to Wall Street, we don’t need to do anything more.

That serves the purposes of the 1 percent.

Memories also shape policies to prevent painful policy failures.

Why isn’t 2008 remembered like the Great Depression? Conservative economist Milton Friedman and monetarist Anna Schwartz went to lengths to rewrite the Great Depression as a financial sector collapse followed by poor Federal Reserve policy, dismissing the need for Roosevelt’s aggressive government response. Adopting the fi-

nancial system as central to how we remember 2008 is part of that same anti-government narrative.

Another narrative of 2008 could be this: Long-term imbalances between workers and managers generated huge inequality, resulting in workers’ heavily indebted position and making sustained demand for goods and services to maintain full employment impossible.

Remembering 2008 as a financial collapse dismisses the pain of high unemployment in the real economy. That memory would force new policies to correct those imbalances and calls to strengthen policies that ensured workers’ jobs and incomes.

Much like the memory of the Great Depression. WI Follow Spriggs on Twitter: @ WSpriggs. Contact: Amaya Smith-Tune Acting Director, Media Outreach AFLCIO 202-637-5142

What??!! At last count Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip have leveled mosques and schools and dozens and dozens of homes in an effort to root out silly Hamas militants who have been foolishly launching 600 or so missiles aimed at Israel, but which have – thanks to the American-paid-for Israeli “Lead Shield” defense system has intercepted all but a handful, the worst of which destroyed a gas station and injured a handful of people. The rocket attacks are a terrible idea which should never have been adopted in the first place! There have been ABSOLUTELY ZERO Israeli casualties, but more than 135 Palestinian dead! More than 1,100 have been injured in the Israeli offensive. The United Nations said that more than two-thirds of the dead were civilians.

Where is the American compassion for those Palestinian

dead? What about the Palestinians, Muslims and Christians who are losing their lives daily to the brutal jack-boot Israeli Defense Force (IDF) which collectively punishes ALL the Palestinians in Gaza in order to “teach a lesson” to Hamas which Israel openly hates.

What about the Palestinian Muslims and Christians who’ve lost their homes and everything to the Israeli Nakba (or catastrophe) when the state of Israel was declared in 1948 with U.S. support? Tens of thousands of Palestinians were forced in an exodus from their homes to accommodate the birth of the Jewish state.

Maybe the president will address those contradictions at the White House Iftar this year.

Probably not. I certainly don’t plan to be there to co-sign whatever story he tells.WI

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