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Makiyah Wilson’s Death Sparks Heated Discussion Many Say Needs of Residents in Blighted Areas Remain Ignored By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins Jermonie Chaney struggled to stop the flow of tears as she returned to the Clay Terrace public housing complex in Northeast where just over a week ago, a hail of bullets suddenly rained down upon a gathering of neighborhood families and their friends as they enjoyed a hot summer night, resulting in non-life-threatening injuries to four and the death of 10-yearold Makiyah Wilson. “It’s not safe here anymore and you have to always watch your back,” said Chaney, 19, as she attended a recent candlelight vigil for Makiyah, held just steps away from the spot where she
died after four still-unidentified gunmen opened fire for reasons still unknown before disappearing as quickly as they appeared into the night. “I just want to see something change,” Chaney said, recounting memories of her encounters with Makiyah and her family – well-known among the inhabitants of the Clay Terrace courtyard. “We used to hang out in [Makiyah’s] house all the time – everybody would be there and it was really cool.” Following the young girl’s death, District residents, community leaders and prominent artist have led the way in speaking out on social media platforms, addressing what they
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5 A mourner holds a painting of Makiyah Wilson during a recent candlelight vigil held at Clay Terrace in Northeast on Saturday, July 22. /Photo by Sam P.K. Collins
GAO Report: Federal Agencies Still Spend ‘Pennies’ with Minority-owned Businesses By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer
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gresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has strongly hinted she’ll likely back Chavis and call on her colleagues to take action. “As the nation’s largest advertiser, the federal government has an obligation to provide advertising opportunities to news outlets and media companies owned or published by people of color,” said Norton, who in 2016 led the call for the GAO to issue a new report. The 41-page report, issued on July 18, revealed that over the past five fiscal years, federal government agencies spent $5 billion in advertising with a meager $327 million of the total expen-
Upon her return from a service-learning trip in Costa Rica earlier this month, Hadnet Okbagabir reflected on the young people she encountered, quickly realizing that, at times, language barriers complicated efforts to effectively communicate with her Spanish-speaking counterparts. As the rising senior gears up for her final year in high school, she has pivoted her attention toward mastering the foreign language and embracing future travel opportunities that will immerse her in the diverse cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. “The trip did make me want to learn more Spanish,” Hadnet, a student at Benjamin Banneker High School in Northwest, told The Washington Informer. “It’s cool to speak to other people fluently in their language. I would probably go to the Dominican Republic next; the Spanish is different there. I just want to talk.” Hadnet, along with dozens of other high school students from various D.C. public schools, spent much of their week-long stay in Costa Rica not as tourists, but partners in a cultural exchange
In a blistering response to the new, recently-released Government Accountability Office [GAO] report revealing that federal agencies spend a neglible amount of advertising dollars with minority-owned businesses, National Newspaper Publishers Association [NNPA] President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis said he will demand legislation to fix the inherent discrepancies. Now, D.C. Democratic Con-
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AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE ON MARTHA’S VINEYARD The Vila Rosa, the summer “White House” of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s. Formally owned by Joseph Overton of New York. Among his guests were Martin Luther King, Jr., Barnard Rustin, J. Philip Randolph, Jesse Jackson, and C. B. Powell.
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Shearer Cottage, the first Inn on Martha’s Vineyard to welcome Black people, beginning at the turn of the last century. It’s guests have included Adam Clayton Powell and Martin Luther King, Jr. It is still in operation today.
Visitors to the African American Heritage on Martha’s Vineyard: Dr. Lisa Slade with her mother (Helena Sammons), and son (Joseph Towns). The Powell House, the former home of Adam Clayton Powell and his wife Isabel Washington Powell: The former Congressman from Harlem.
The Cottages’ Corner: A group of 100 Black Women dedicated to serving the Island Community.
Visitors to the African American Heritage of Martha’s Vineyard: Lorenzo and Shannon Dillard and their children.
The Tankard Home: Home of George and Carrie Tankard, Island Activists and active advocates of the Island’s Chapter of the NAACP.
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Out will of continue her frustration Local 689 to confersaid via about email Marlow. and teleconference throughout the union looks training the for week; law enforcement with law enforcement's handling in theDavis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecforward to a formal agreement very near future.” of the decided to readsmust Marlow's will project tion Act and mandatory Still,situation, Red Lineshe commuters in thewho District endurebook a 45-day designed to repaircounseltracks that start Saving July Promise cam- “get it.” She she “puts thetime,ingthe forBrookland batterers. and Rhode Island begantheSaturday, 21, scheduled to end Sept.said 3. During that paign. case inbe such a way, we extend are evertogoing to eradiAvenue Metro stations in Northeast will closed. 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The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in Youth endured rain to express their views to save the sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She climate the National Mall in Northwest. The rally on Family at and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatSaturday, July 21 led by Zero Hour pushed for electCenter of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. ed officials to pass legislation protects life and the Heights and the National Hook-that2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasplanet. Other local marches took place nationwide. Up of Black Women. the founder of AfterOn the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilJuly 19 inhas the written District,a youth on Capitol that Hill. helps the dren about domestic violence,” Marlow book, lobbied an organization The next youth constructed made signs in an- violence Marlow said. “Color Meday, Butterfly,” which is a and survivors of domestic ticipation the generations march Saturday. According to guiding story aboutoffour of and their children. Marlow has worked to break principlesviolence. from theThe youth movement, domestic book is “Itheir livedagenda in fearstates: for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, “Systems (capitalism, colonialism, inspired byofheroppression own experiences, years in fear is aracism long time. It is and is confident the policies she and those patriarchy) led to climatenot change, therefore we come out is pushing for will start that and of herhave grandmother, an easy thing to must shift our away from of,” theseshe systems; her mother andculture her daughter. said. elected process. officials support She said must every pass timeand sheenforce reads legislation MildredandMuhammad said “I plan to take these policies to policies from that protect lifeshe andstill our future this planet;” excerpts her book, peopleonwho want to help a Congress and implore them to Photo courtesychange Zero Hour Twitter andnot “nature is the can believe themost wordspowerful came force.” domestic violence victim must ourvia laws,” Marlow said. from her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of how they go into “I will not stop until these poliwon the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net my eye first blackened and my Prince George’s County were bombarded “Before Drivers you get throughout to 'I'm going lips bled,” Marlow said. to kill you,' a verbal signs WI with ita started slew ofascampaign on roadways that urged voters to Elaine Davis-Nickens, presichoose respective candidates in the June 26 primary election. And dent of the National Hook-Up three weeks later, some remain posted along local and state roads of Black Women, said there is no and near community centers. The County says if signs rest on priconsistency in the way domestic vate property, drivers must endure them. However, signs within a violence issues are dealt with by state highway right-of-way are deemed illegal. All state roads are those associated with a number such as Landover Road (Route 202), Indian Head Highway (Route 210) and Woodyard Road (Route 223). According to the Maryland Department of Transportation, a $25 fine may be levied for not removing a sign – or they may just be thrown away. “This helps reduce clutter along our highway and for the safety of the traveling motorist,” said Gary Bowman, division chief in real estate office of MDOT and State Campaign signs posted July 21 at Woodyard Road and Marlboro Pike in Upper MarlHighway Administration. “Illegal signs are a major problem and boro. /Photo by William J. 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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 U.S. Black Chamber to Release Vision with ‘BLACKprint’ implore them to changeReport our The U.S. Black Chambers [USBC] will release its inaugural BLACKprint – a comprehensive outline of laws. I will not stop until policies and priorities that support the Black business community on Friday, July 27 at the Gaylord Hotel at the National Harbor at 9 a.m. according to USBC President Ron Busby in a printed statement. theseto move policies are “The BLACKprint lays out a clear vision for policymakers the needle on policiespassed. that strengthen
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the Black business community,” he wrote. “To realize that vision, we must bolster the American economy, L.Y. Marlow allow Black businesses to thrive, create responsible policies and prepare the next generation of Black enPaul Trantham trepreneurs. I’ve long said in order for there to be a great America, there must be a great Black America, in order for there to be a great Black America, we need thriving Black businesses; to have thriving Black businesses we need Black Chambers of Commerce and the impactful role the USBC’s does to support the growth of Black enterprises.” Visit usblackchambers.org for more information. 4 / May 15 - 21, 2008 The Washington Informer / www.washingtoninformer.com John E. DeFreitas, Shevry Lassiter, Roy Lewis,CIRCULATION Jr., Mark Mahonny
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I can distinctly remember the first time I heard James Brown’s “Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud” blaring loudly on the radio. My parents and I were in Daddy’s Riviera and we were taking our annual trip along the eastern coast to visit my mother’s side of the family with relatives in Philadelphia, Baltimore, D.C., Williamsburg, Richmond and several smaller cities in between. Back then, you didn’t have a lot of options from which to choose on the radio, so whenever you could get a decent signal and find a station that actually played “our” kind of music, it was something to celebrate. Boy, do I remember those awful hours in Kentucky and Ohio that only played country music. Well, that summer in August 1968, James Brown released his song which would quickly become the unofficial anthem for the Black is Beautiful Movement. It had only been five months since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – cities
were just beginning to burn with riots. In fact, Detroit, my hometown, would find itself in the midst of weeks-long conflagration. We’d have to return quickly from our vacation – but we didn’t know that then. But we’d find out in a few short days. As for “Say It Loud,” the song shot to the top of all of the charts. And it seemed to make Black folks feel really good about themselves. I liked it but it didn’t make me feel any different. It did not make me feel proud to be a little Black boy. Truth be told, I already felt proud to be me. My parents made sure of that. So, a song didn’t make me any difference. I just liked the way it seemed to get others all riled up and excited. It was like watching a circus come to town or seeing a parade of Black people. Still, my eight-year-old mind was confused. I didn’t know whether we should call ourselves Negro, or colored or Black. By the way, we hadn’t come up with African American yet so at least I only had to contend with three possibilities. Dashiki-wearing, huge afro-bearing brothers and sisters were repeating Brown’s song as if it were a holy litany. And to show us he meant business, the “Godfather of Soul” even god rid of his conk hair style and began to sport an afro too. Of course, it wasn’t long before he would return to using those
chemicals to make his hair lay down – “trying to be white,” so my Daddy would often say. Ironically, while some embraced the song as a kind of newfound badge of honor, a theme song for the brothers and sisters in the hood – that was not the reason that it was written and released. Brown’s bandleader, Alfred Ellis, who wrote the song, wanted us to love ourselves in our many shades of Black. He wanted us to love ourselves whether we had “good hair” or kinky hair. He wanted us to love ourselves – our lips, our hips. Why? Because Blacks had bought into the notion that you the closer to white one was, the better they were. These were the days before Isaac Hayes and Shaft. Being dark was not in vogue. In fact, it would often lead others to denigrate you, to ostracize you, to call you out of your name and belittle you. Jokes like “your momma is so Black . . . “ were the start of minor wars in some neighborhoods. We needed to love ourselves and all of our differences. But I just wonder, some 50 years later, with all of the madness, the hatred, the destruction that we perpetuate and facilitate – all without any assistance from whites – do we really believe we have the right to be a proud people? Are living and acting the way a people filled with pride would carry themselves? I’m not so sure. WI
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By Tatyana Hopkins WI Contributing Writer The American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] of the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against Metropolitan Police Officer Sean Lojacono for what they called an “unconstitutional and exceedingly invasive bodily search” of a D.C. resident on Wednesday, July 18. According to the ACLU, Lojacono searched 39-year-old D.C. resident M.B. Cottingham without a warrant, reasonable suspicion or probable cause in a September 2017 incident captured on video and shared on social media. “I’ve never been so humiliated in my life,” Cottingham said. While in the Southwest neighborhood of Bellevue, Cottingham and his friends gathered on a public sidewalk to celebrate his birthday when police cars pull alongside them, the suit said. According to the lawsuit, Lojacono asked Cottingham what he had in his sock and Cottingham presented a small, legal amount of marijuana. To avoid confrontation, Cottingham said he allowed Lojacono to pat him down. That is where he said things took a turn. As detailed in the suit and captured in a video recording, Lojacono slipped his fingers between Cottingham’s buttocks, sticking his thumb in his anus and grabbing his genitals through his sweatpants. Cottingham verbally protested but was placed in cuffs for the search to continue. “It’s bad enough that members of my community are stopped and frisked by the police all the time. I’ve been frisked many times and even beaten by police,” Cottingham said. “But this officer treated me like I’m not even a human being.” Officers left the scene without issuing any citations. The suit alleges that in the weeks following the incident, Cottingham experienced physical discomfort in the areas he was probed and suffers from ongoing anxiety and depression.
The suit also asserts that the officer violated Cottingham’s Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. MPD Chief Peter Newsham said he saw the video depicting the search while being questioned by Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White at a council hearing about community policing in Wards 7 and 8 on Thursday, July 12. “It looked like an inappropriate touching by the officer,” Newsham said. “He’s been removed from that particular unit and he has been disciplined for that matter.” He said the officer was still active on the force. Cottingham’s lawyer, a senior staff attorney for ACLU Scott Michelman expressed that the officer’s behavior went beyond the scope of standard search. He called Lojacono’s search of Cottingham and unjustified invasion, a violation of is privacy, constitutional rights and “basic dignity.” “When a routine frisk turns into a search this invasive, the officer is not pursuing a legitimate law enforcement purpose but simply degrading someone and asserting his own power,” Michelman said. The lawsuit follows another case filed by the ACLU against Mayor Muriel Bowser and other city officials over the District’s failure to collect comprehensive data about stop and frisk by the police as legally required by the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results [NEAR] Act. Michelman is also counsel in the suit regarding stop-and-frisk data. “What happened to Mr. Cottingham is part of a larger pattern of aggressive stops and frisks that we hear about regularly from community members,” he said. He continued that “the MPD’s failure to comply with the NEAR Act’s data collection requirement prevented meaningful oversight of police practices in the city.” “As a result, abusive searches like the one Mr. Cottingham experienced are more likely to occur.” WI
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Nearly one in nine individuals between the ages of 16 and 24 are neither working or attending school while others suffer from poor health conditions that hinder their ability to develop physically or socially, according to the District-based personal finance website, WalletHub. Nowhere in the country comes in as worse as the District of Columbia, according to a new study that ranked D.C. No. 1 in the nation for the most at-risk youth. “The structure of the economy now encourages older Americans to be in retail, service and other jobs that youth traditionally used as stepping stones to other employment,” Julia Kleinschmit, a WalletHub expert, clinical associate professor and MSW program director at the University of Iowa School of Social Work said. “There are fewer positions for teens, meaning that minority youth are even further disadvantaged when they look for work,” said Kleinschmit, who added the right words to describe many youths today include “discouraged,” and “disillusioned.” Kleinschmit asserted that there’s a need to look at racial and wealth structural inequality and do something about that to create room in the market. To determine where young Americans are not faring as well as others in their age group, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 14 key indicators of youth risk. The data set ranges from share of disconnected youth, labor force participation rate among young people to the youth poverty rate. Overall, the District had the greatest number of idle youths followed by Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and West Virginia. Virginia and Maryland ranked No. 41 and No. 49 respectively. The survey also found that the District was second among locations
with the highest percentage of youth drug users, trailing only Vermont. The nation’s capital ranked fifth with the highest number of homeless youth. The news wasn’t all bad as the District ranked 48th in the category of the lowest percentage of youth without a high school diploma and the study found that D.C. had the lowest percent of overweight and obese youth. So, what can state and local policymakers do to reduce the number of rural youth who are disconnected from school and work? “In rural communities throughout the United States, the quality of education and the availability of health and social services to support healthy youth and family wellbeing is oftentimes lesser than in other regions of the United States,” said WalletHub expert Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, a professor and director for the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health at the New York University Adolescent AIDS Program. “School districts in rural areas are generally characterized by high student to teacher ratios, fewer student resources and fewer academic and professional opportunities for youth after graduation,” Guilamo-Ramos said. “Local economies in rural areas experience high youth unemployment and underemployment rates.” “While nationally unplanned teen pregnancy has decreased, youth residing in rural areas remain disproportionately impacted by teen pregnancies and births,” he said. “Those communities also bear the brunt of the opioid crisis, overdoses and deaths due to addiction, — among the youth it have risen substantially in the United States and are a major cause of disconnection for young people,” Guilamo-Ramos said. WalletHub officials believe the issues that affect young people now will do so later in life if unchanged. For instance, the study reported that more than 70 percent of young
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more at risk for poverty, early pregnancy and violence, especially in adulthood. To help change the outcomes, Kleinschmit said she’d first ask the adolescent what they really want or like to do -- not necessarily for a job or career, but just in general.
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“I’ve come to the conclusion we are still fighting battles our grandparents fought.” Tavian Moore
NAACP: Trump’s Policies ‘Will Ruin Our Communities’
Speakers Share Fiery Remarks Tell Blacks to Get Busy Now By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill The NAACP held its 108th annual convention and this year’s theme, strong and immovable, highlighted how President Donald Trump’s policies will ruin commu-
nities of color. Since the convention officially began Saturday, July 22, members and supporters of the civil rights organization passionately and unapologetically slammed Trump’s proposals on criminal justice, education and voting. The Rev. Wendell Anthony,
president of the NAACP Detroit branch, called Trump’s voter fraud commission “a scam.” “If you want to fix something, Mr. Trump, about our election [process], let’s start with the people on your own commission,” Anthony said while hundreds in the audience clapped and yelled inside the Baltimore Convention Center on Monday, July 24. “And above all, get the Russians the Hell out of our national election. I apologize. I’m from the city of Detroit and sometimes when I think about all this stuff, I get the inner-city blues.”
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The NAACP also took care of its own business this week by appointing Derrick Johnson as interim CEO and president of the organization. Johnson, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as the vice chairman on the group’s national board of directors and president for the Mississippi State Conference of NAACP. Jackson said about 52 percent of blacks in the United States reside in the South, which also has some of the most damaging voter laws. “This is a crucial time for the NAACP,” Johnson said. “People have the audacity to ask if we’re relevant because we are not demonstrating in the streets…We’re going to be here. We exist in a way in which no other organization can show up.” One of the group’s future plans focuses on the 2018 midterm elections. Led by the NAACP’s D.C. branch, attendees picked up copies to highlight when U.S. senators and governors are up for re-election. Hundreds of colorful 2015-16 legislative report cards sprawled across a table to show how Congressional officials voted on topics relevant to the NAACP such as assistance to Flint, Michigan, sanctuary cities and paid sick leave. In Maryland, Rep. Andy Harris received the only failing grade among all eight representatives and the two in the Senate. Action alerts also got distributed for people to pressure Congressional officials to retain the Affordable Care Act and the Federal Election Assistance Commission, which helps oversee election processes in state and local races and also provides implementation of technology. The Rev. William Barber, former president of the NAACP’s North Carolina state conference, gave fiery remarks at a luncheon that featured former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on how it took the group six years to fight the state against voter suppression. “Some told us not to fight.
Many black people told us you can’t win, but we knew the constitution,” he said. “When you fight, you have to make a way. I would rather fight and lose, than not fight at all.” Holder presented his speech a bit more reserved, but the few hundred people still listened at the luncheon named after Clarence M. Mitchell Jr., a chief lobbyist for the organization who died in 1984. Holder touched on a variety of topics, but mainly focused on the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate voter fraud that will decrease representation from minorities and young adults. “Some Republicans have decided that if you can’t beat them, change the rules,” he said. “History will be harsh on these efforts. Too many actions are shameful…and un-American.” Holder, who worked under former President Barack Obama, suggested states open more polling sites and not just have primary and general elections held only on a Tuesday. That way, he said, more people are giving the chance to vote. “Only, we the people, can bring about meaningful change. So, speak up. Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Don’t worry about being the subject of a tweet.” Peggy Holmes, a member of the NAACP’s branch in Akron, Ohio, said Holder’s remarks emphasize the necessity for her chapter to hold voter registration drives and other community events. “We’re trying to get our people aware on the local level…to benefit our black community,” Holmes, 78, said. “With Trump in office, people better pay attention.” The convention also had a schedule for high school and college students that included its 39th annual Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics, or ACT-SO, program to participate in projects focused on science, business, humanities and performing and visual arts. Tavian Moore, 17, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, noticed certain job opportunities aren’t provided for blacks similar to when they sought equal work more than 50 years ago. “A lot of people look back at the 60s and 70s as the catalyst of the civil rights movement. I’ve come to the conclusion we are still fighting battles our grandparents fought,” said Moore, who plans to attend community college in the fall and then transfer to Michigan State University. “My hope is we don’t relapse and fall back into that cycle…That’s why I’m here to make sure it doesn’t happen. WI
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STUDY from Page 1 and construction of a new facility. They counted among 470 middle and high school students traveling to 17 countries this summer through the DCPS Study Abroad program, now in its third cycle. In 2016, District school officials launched DCPS Study Abroad, pledging to send 1,400 D.C. public school students and educators on language immersion and service learning trips within two years. Each fall since then, a teacher in each of the DCPS middle and high schools has guided an application process for students interested in the fully funded summer excursion. Eligible students must be in the eighth and 11th grades studying a world language. The programs are also open to those enrolled in a Certificate 3 program and Opportunity Academies. Teachers, named DCPS Study Abroad Travel Ambassadors, followed a rubric that prioritized students with little travel experience who showed a desire for service and enrichment. In the weeks before their trip, young globetrotters, hailing from all corners of the District, took part in five pre-departure sessions where they learned about traveling as a stu-
dent of color and compiled questions about the country they’re visiting in a journal. Once they return to D.C., the student travelers recount their journey in a “Making Global Local” project they’ll present before audiences of students, teachers, and community members. “We believe deeply that global education and awareness are key parts of every student’s experience and what they need to be successful in college and life,” Kate Ireland, founding director of DCPS Global Education, the entity behind DCPS Study Abroad told The Informer. Since its 2014 inception, the Institute for International Education and Diversity Abroad among others have recognized DCPS Global Education for expanding travel opportunities for D.C. students. “We’re guided by the belief that we need more equitable access to global opportunities. The vision and focus are to make sure that this is a fundamental part of every DCPS student’s experience,” Ireland said. College admission experts say that prospective students who have traveled outside of the country, even if once, significantly increase their chances of attaining scholarships and entering the
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school of their choice, as such a background shows cultural understanding, multilingualism, and independence at a young age. Jalante’ Wells shared that belief, telling The Informer that his study abroad experiences in Costa Rica inspired him to pursue business, and sharpen his networking skills. During the trip, Jalante’ and his peers pulled weeds out of a garden and built part of a concrete staircase from scratch. “[This trip] enriched the DCPS experience. People think schools suck and kids aren’t learning, but we’re learning and seeing what people are going through,” Jalante’ Wells, a rising senior at McKinley Technology High School in Northeast said with visible excitement. “We might not live the same way, but we can get along. This made me a better person. You’re going out of the country for free. That’s it and that’s all. You learn more about yourself and get in tune with people you’ve never known,” Jalante’ added. WI (Top) D.C. students and Costa Rican youth have a cultural exchange. /Photo by Nijma Esad 4Jalante’ Wells making concrete from scratch in Costa Rica. /Photo by Nijma Esad
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BUSINESS Ben Jealous and Rushern Baker Promote Economic Inclusivity By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous toured a small, minority-owned business in Hyattsville last week to promote an economic plan for Maryland. Jealous wasn’t alone in this ef-
fort, former primary election rival Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III joined him. Both men fought a rugged campaign with strong language about Baker’s support for former county public schools leader, Kevin Maxwell, and Jealous receiving money from supporters who reside out of state, but they now
the two-story building on the weekends, then members may use the space to work, or just relax in a calm atmosphere, according to Jones-Gibson. Anyone can come inside and they are then greeted by a flight of steps to the second floor. To the right they will see “The Hub,” an open area with chairs, a sofa and a long table equipped with electrical and cell phone outlets. The most relaxed spot in the back rests “The Vibe,” a room draped in black and white spotted wallpaper and two recycling chairs decked with pillows. To keep the mind fed, a member can read a number of books that include “I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual” by Luvvie Ajayi, “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” by Issa Rae, and former President Barack Obama’s memoir, “Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.” Two big-screen televisions don’t broadcast reality or sports shows, but loops daily inspirational quotes, members birthdays and other information. Members such as Hyattsville Mayor Candace Hollingsworth, who pays $250 per month, can make coffee or tea in in kitchen area situated next to a meeting room. “It’s a great business and it’s in the arts district,” Hollingsworth, who visits Dream Village almost daily said. “The design is not only relaxing, but the people who come here share a common purpose…” That’s the main goal Jones-Gibson envisioned. There’s “Feedback Fridays” where members collaborate to discuss strengths and weaknesses on
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have common ground again. “Sometimes you fight like family, but at the end of it, your family,” Jealous said. “The county exec knows how much I respect him and have for a very long time.” Baker mentioned how his wife, Christa Beverly and Jealous worked on plans to abolish the death penalty.
“His leadership is a personal thing,” Baker said on Wednesday, July 18. “Even during the campaign, we talked about ideas in moving the state forward. Different ways of doing it, but…the goal was always the same.” As for economic development, they listened to Eunique Jones-Gibson explain about her business “Dream Village,” a co-workspace for entrepreneurs, artists and anyone to utilize 24 hours a day Monday through Friday. If there aren’t any events inside
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NATIONAL Social Security Benefits Appear Safe — For Now By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer The demise of Social Security has been greatly exaggerated. At least that’s what experts say at the Kiplinger Report, a District-based publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advise. The firm noted that recent reports that the Social Security trust fund will pay out more than it takes in — for the first time since 1982 — could trigger a rush to claim benefits. Financial planners say that often their clients want to sign
up for Social Security at age 62 [the earliest they can file] because they fear that the money won’t be there for them if they wait. The long-term outlook for Social Security may be cloudy, but this much is clear: Claiming early could do far more damage to your long-term financial security than anything that happens in Washington, Kiplinger said. “I agree. There’s been this almost beat-the-drums mantra that by the year 2030 or the year 20-whenever, you won’t be able to claim your benefits and that’s simply not true,” Reed Robeson,
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Kiplinger reported that the Social Security Board of Trustees will begin tapping its nearly $3 trillion trust fund to cover payouts this year. If Congress takes no action, the trust fund is projected to run out of money in 2034. However, even if that happens, Social Security benefits won’t disappear. There will still be enough money from payroll taxes to pay 79 percent of promised benefits. But it’s unlikely that Congress will do nothing over the next 16 years to fix the program, Kiplinger reported. “Any politician who will not vote to fully support Social Security will not win an election,” David Offenberg, associate professor of finance at Loyola Marymount University said. Social Security has been in worse straits before, according to Kiplinger. In 1983, Congress adopted several measures to shore up the program, including gradually raising the full retirement age from 65 to 67, increasing the payroll tax, and taxing some of the benefits of higher-income beneficiaries, with the new revenue going into Social Security’s trust fund. Current proposals to fix Social Security follow a similar trajectory. Some suggest raising the full retirement age to 69 or 70, or gradually increasing the payroll tax from 6.2 percent to 7.4 percent. Bills have been introduced in Congress to raise the cap on the amount of income subject to the payroll tax from the current $128,400. Other proposals call for revising how cost-of-living ad-
justments are calculated so that annual benefit increases will be smaller—a change that would affect current and future beneficiaries. Social Security “is a fixable problem—as long as Congress intervenes before 2034,” said Dan Adcock, director of government relations for the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare. “Obviously, every year you wait, you have to pay for a larger shortfall in the program,” he said. Some individuals who are in poor health have no choice but to file for benefits at age 62. But if you do, your benefits will be permanently reduced by 25 percent to 30 percent. If you’re married, claiming early could also reduce spousal and survivor benefits for your partner. If you’re working or have other sources of income, it’s almost always better to wait until at least full retirement age, which is 66 if you were born between 1943 and 1954 and gradually rises to 67 for people born after 1960. Delaying benefits beyond that means your payout will grow by eight percent a year until age 70. Delaying benefits also increases the value of annual cost-of-living adjustments because they’ll be compounded on a higher base. The Social Security trustees report estimates a 2.4 percent increase for 2019, the largest adjustment in seven years, according to Kiplinger. “Well, I guess we will see,” Gamble said. “With the way things are going, nothing would surprise me. But, it still doesn’t mean I wouldn’t raise hell if I didn’t get my benefits that I’ve worked for, that I’ve earned,” she said. WI
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Dumas Says Extra Security for Ministers Now Critical TRINIDAD — Former Public Service head Reginald Dumas said careful consideration needs to be paid to the security of all government ministers, their spouses and children, the Trinidad Guardian reported on Sunday, July 22. His comment follows the recent robbery of Finance Minister Adrian Colm Imbert. Noting that it was only a matter of time before the tentacles of crime reached the cabinet. Dumas said he is concerned this could spawn a new wave of crimes specifically targeting office holders and their families. “I can see people already, certain people keeping an eye on certain ministers and their families to see what could possibly be done,” he said. He was unable to say if all cabinet ministers were currently provided with a security detail, but said it was a normal occurrence in the Public Service 30 years ago. “It was not necessarily a big thing that you had people following in unmarked cars because the security situation was not by any means back then as it is today,” Dumas said, noting that the evolving crime situation should have led to increased security arrangements for all government ministers and their immediate families. “If the minister is performing a public function, it is a minister of the government and the spouse naturally has to be included in that. You can’t say the minister is performing a public function and the husband or wife is something else.” When asked if a minister should be made to personally foot the security bill for his/her spouse and children, Dumas responded, “I am not sure if the minister should be asked to pay for that because the minister is part of a national government and their spouse and children are part of the household.” WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM
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Trump’s Deep Cuts to Mental Health Hurts Minorities By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Systemic unfairness and a total lack of faith in government entities contribute to the mental health challenges of African Americans. Many said the administration of President Donald Trump has only exacerbated that problem. “We have a demagogue in office who is filled with hate, filled
with disruption and who could care less about people who are not as wealthy as he is and people who don’t share the same background as he does,” Leslie Ferguson, a mental health aid in Southwest said. “What we have is a president and an administration whose policies more than suggest that African Americans don’t matter. Latinos don’t matter and, if you have a mental illness and hap-
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crease from the 2017 enacted level. And the budget includes $10 billion over five years to combat the opioid epidemic and serious mental illness to build upon the 21st Century Cures Act. It promotes structural reforms to Medicaid to eliminate the funding gap between states that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare and those states that did not expand Medicaid — and asks states to choose between a per capita cap and a block grant. Trump’s budget reduces Medicaid by $1.4 trillion, Medicare by $500 billion and Social Security Disability Insurance by $10 billion over ten years. Medicaid and Medicare are currently the largest payers of behavioral health services in the country, MHA officials said. For Medicare, they propose to test and expand nationwide a bundled payment for community-based medication assisted treatment, including, for the first time, comprehensive Medicare reimbursement for methadone treatment. The president’s budget includes $15 million for a new
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pen to be a minority…well, you are in trouble,” Ferguson said. The nonprofit Alexandria, Virginia-based Mental Health America [MHA], which since 1909 has dedicated itself to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and promoting the overall health of all Americans, examined Trump’s 2019 budget wish-list. Typically, much of the budget takes form as a narrative about the administration’s strategy and perspective about the nation over the next ten years. And though Congress is not bound by the president’s budget — the House and Senate agree to their own separate budget deal — the president’s budget is a request to Congress that highlights the Administration’s priorities. MHA combed through the budget and found several key provisions that could affect people with mental health and substance use disorders. The Fiscal Year 2019 budget submitted to legislators by Trump requested $68.4 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services, a $17.9 billion [or 21 percent] de-
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Assertive Community Treatment for Individuals with serious mental illness and reduces funding for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Programs of Regional and National Significance by $600 million. It also discontinues funding for the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment program and increases funding for the Criminal Justice and Juvenile Justice programs by $10 million to a total of $14 million. The budget consolidates federal graduate medical education spending from Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program into a single grant program for teaching hospitals and directs funding toward physician specialty and geographic shortages. Further, it eliminates $451 million in other health professions and training programs and does away with funding for Minority Fellowship programs at SAMHSA. A further examination of the budget revealed that it includes $500 million for the National Institutes of Health [NIH] to support and supplement existing efforts with a public-private collaborative research initiative on opioid abuse. It integrates into one agency: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation and slashes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, by $17.2 billion or 16 percent. Finally, Trump cuts funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development by 18 percent and it does not request any of the $8 billion in funding currently allocated to the HUD public housing capital fund. “It’s mean spirited,” Ferguson said. “It’s been painfully obvious that there’s a mental health crisis and we know it’s difficult for people of color to get help when they’re experiencing this. So, it’s easy to say that our president doesn’t care. It’s easy to say that mental health doesn’t matter to him.” WI
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EDUCATION SBOE Rejects Credit Recovery Proposal, Seeks Public Guidance By Tatyana Hopkins WI Contributing Writer The D.C. State Board of Education [SBOE] voted to reject proposed emergency credit recovery regulations put forth by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education [OSSE] and called for expanded public input on the matter at a meeting Wednesday, July 18. SBOE hopes that expanded input from community stakeholders will develop recovery credit procedures to be put in place for the 2019-2020 school year. “Credit recovery program can be very helpful for students that have struggled in regular coursework,” SBOE Vice President and Ward 2 representative Jack Jacobson said. “But, the regulations presented to the State Board would have created confusion for schools without providing any benefit for students.” He said emergency rule-making limited public input and created uncertainty for schools and agencies
that must implement and comply with the rule. “It is important for our schools to have a solid foundation for the credit recovery program that puts the future of our students in the forefront,” Jacobson said. Credit recovery courses are remedial courses that allow students to make up portions of failed courses to earn academic credit, which is an alternative to repeating an entire course. The practice is often used to support students in graduating on time, but, a January investigation into graduation and attendance at D.C. Public Schools [DCPS] revealed that credit recovery was widely misused by schools in the District. In April, OSSE presented draft changes necessitating emergency rule-making for the rules to take effect for the 2018-2019 school year. The proposed changes waive a 120-hour seat time requirement for recovery courses, reserves credit recovery for students who have com-
pleted and failed a course to prevent the practice of enrolling students in recovery courses when they have not taken the underlying course and requires schools to publicly post credit recovery policies. In addition to requiring credit recovery courses curriculum to be in line with statewide content standards, the proposed regulation will also collect and share information about the use of credit recovery in D.C. schools. DCPS schools will be required to submit annual compliance reports indicating the number of students who failed courses, the number of students who are subsequently referred to credit recovery and a count of those who successfully passed the recovery courses. Members of the SBOE expressed concern that the policy change lacked substantial assurance of improvement of school performance. SBOE At-Large representative Ashley Carter called the changes “a step in the right direction,” but believes that the regulations were “rushed and doesn’t go far enough.” SBOE is an independent D.C. agency that advises OSSE, which is
the District’s state education agency. SBOE approves statewide education policies and sets academic standards, while OSSE oversees education in the District and manages federal education funding. SBOE’s authority on regulatory approval is limited and is only permitted to vote in favor of or against regulations, not amend but does so through resolutions. SBOE Ward 6 representative Joe Weedon co-introduced an amendment resolution to the changes alongside Jacobson that would re-instate the 120-hour requirement. He said recovery courses should not be replacing learning in the classroom, any change that would enable such a practice shortchanged the efforts of schools to educate students. “We are failing far too many students,” Weedon said, pointing to low rates of achievement across the District on its statewide assessment test. “I am not comfortable with these regulations because I don’t feel assured that they’re establishing a solid floor for our school system and our [local education agencies],” he said. “We need to find a path for-
ward that best supports all students, proves mastery and allows them to succeed in college or career.” State Superintendent Hanseul Kang said the draft regulations are strong and address the key findings of the graduation and attendance investigation. “They represent a significant step forward on establishing statewide guardrails and transparency on the use of credit recovery,” Kang said. She agreed with SBOE members that the school system has often failed to prepare students for success in college or career when graduating from high school, particularly students of color, those from economically disadvantage backgrounds, and those with disabilities. However she agreed that matters of curriculum and instruction are best left up to the schools. “I have also heard [SBOE] members rightfully express concerns about the rigor of credit recovery courses and all other courses,” she spoke ahead of the vote. “I understand your desire to do more but, in a quest to do more, it is important to recognize which policy tools are ours and which are not.” WI
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EDITORIAL Black Women Flexing Political Power Ahead of Midterms
When “The Black Woman: An Anthology” first hit book shelves in 1970, the groundbreaking work introduced readers to what editors called an astonishing new wave of voices that demanded to be heard. In this groundbreaking volume of original essays, poems, and stories, a chorus of outspoken women -- many who would become leaders in their fields: bestselling novelist Alice Walker, poets Audre Lorde and Nikki Giovanni, writer Paule Marshall, activist Grace Lee Boggs, and musician Abbey Lincoln among them -- tackled issues surrounding race and sex, body image, the economy, politics, labor, and much more. Their words still resonate with truth, relevance, and insight today. And, nowhere does it standout more than in politics where Black women are making a difference, particularly as the nation heads toward what’s shaping up to be the most important midterm elections in recent history. Nationwide, nearly 600 Black women are running for elected office in the United States this year. Black women make up 3.6 percent of Congress, 3.7 percent of state legislators nationwide and less than one percent of statewide elected executive officials, according to a recent report titled, “The Chisholm Effect: Black Women in American Politics 2018.” Black women voters voted in large numbers for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, for former President Barack Obama in 2012 and for now-Alabama Sen. Doug Jones last year, according to the New York Observer. In 2014, there was only one black woman mayor nationwide: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, then-mayor of Baltimore. In the last five years, nine black women have been elected mayor in the 100 most populous American cities. Currently seven black women head large cities: Catherine Pugh of Baltimore; Muriel Bower of Washington, D.C; Sharon Weston Broome of Baton Rouge, La.; Vi Alexander Lyles of Charlotte, N.C.; and Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta. In addition, Latoya Cantrell recently assumed office as the mayor of New Orleans and London Breed earned election in San Francisco. In 2017, only two states had statewide executive elections. In New Jersey, Sheila Oliver, a Democrat, was elected lieutenant governor, becoming the first woman of color to serve in a statewide elected executive office in New Jersey and the first Democratic Black woman elected nationwide. In the past year, state legislative elections in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as special elections and appointments, have led to a net increase of 10 black women state legislators across the country. And if successful, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, a Democrat, would become the first black woman governor. “Black women are there to break the status quo, to be inclusionary in terms of addressing issues and concerns and opportunities for black communities and by extension all communities to be able to make progress,” New York Democrat Yvette Clarke told the Observer. She said black women have stepped up in leadership and activist movements. Campaigns by other black women are drawing national attention. Lucy McBath, the mother of slain black teenager Jordan David, will also be in Georgia’s upcoming runoff election as a congressional candidate in metro Atlanta. In Iowa, Deidre DeJear stands as a candidate for secretary of state. Pioneering Boston city councilwoman Ayanna Pressley is looking to become the Democratic nominee for Congress in the Massachusetts’ 7th District in September. Lauren Underwood, a nurse and firsttime candidate, is seeking to unseat a Republican House incumbent in a northern Illinois district. Independent groups like Higher Heights and Black PAC are trying to help hundreds of Black women seeking for federal, state and local offices. The Democratic National Committee is conducting a national tour — Seat at the Table — to help elevate many or the same WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM
TO THE EDITOR Black Facts is a Delight I look forward every week to reading “Black Facts” in The Washington Informer. What a true delight that a newspaper in the District, the nation’s capital, showcases Black history every week reminding Washingtonians and the world of our great and marvelous history despite the numerous examples of injustice that we have endured. As a history lover, I always show “Black Facts” to my grandson and it brings me joy to see him read it welcomingly. Toni Bellvue Washington, DC
We Should Honor Police Officers who Risk Their Lives for Us A spirit of sadness came over me when I saw the photo of the slain officer Jacai Colson, a beautiful young man, in the story about “Law Enforcement Deaths at 73 in First Half of 2018.” I still remember his story, how it affected me and I can only imagine how his family felt and still feels. Officers put so much on the line protecting our cities, streets and communities and they must be protected. Although there will inevitably be more casualties, I’m hoping for the best. I expected the number of slain officers to be much more than 73. Still, one death is a tragedy. Janice Mills, Laurel Maryland
candidates. Beyond the potential for a momentous national first, Abrams is testing several other potential variables, according to CBS Atlanta. National Democrats are looking for red states that are nearing presidential battleground status. An Abrams victory would prove
Georgia is ready to be in the mix for 2020; a loss would suggest they’re still short, the network reported. Democrats haven’t won a governor’s race or Senate race in Georgia since 1998. Bill Clinton was the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state, winning in 1992.
But, this year carries a certain weapon that other years did not: motivated, assertive and intelligent Black women. It’s an almost unstoppable force that might just turn the midterms on its head this fall and really put the country back on the road to making America great again. WI
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By Rep. Barbara Lee
Congress Must Stop Family Separation There has been a strange response by many White conservatives to the separation of migrant children from their parents. Like many Americans, the treatment of children and families at the border has shaken me to my core. San Diego-based U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw has essentially said to stop defying the courts and reunite these families. The deadline to reunify parents with children under five was Tuesday,
July 10, and the deadline to reunify children five and older is July 26th. The Administration has asked for an extension saying it would need more time to reconnect parents and children in certain cases. They have requested an extension to the deadline, but the court is still monitoring and it has yet to be granted. It’s no secret that Donald Trump views immigrants with disdain. He has called Mexicans “rapists” and referred to immigrants as “animals.” The Trump Administration has embraced nativist dog whistles from day one.
Nowhere is this clearer than in the shameful “zero tolerance” policy pursued by President Trump, which has separated families, locked kids in facilities and traumatized innocent children. Families come to this country seeking asylum. They undertake grueling, dangerous journeys in the hope that America will provide safe harbor from the violence that they are fleeing. Some are escaping domestic abuse, others have come to our shores to save their families from gangs. None expect to have their children ripped from their arms when they finally reach safety.
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Two weeks ago, I travelled to McAllen, Brownsville and Los Fresnos, Texas to visit detention centers and see the situation firsthand. I witnessed terrified kids sleeping on cold concrete floors. I saw scared toddlers separated from their families. I heard from mothers unsure if or when they would see their children again. Some parents didn’t even have a phone number to reach their children. This is not the first time in America’s history that we have separated young children of color from their parents. It happened during the Middle Passage.
It chills me to the bone to know our government would repeat this dark history of jailing children and splitting up families. Before the abolition of slavery, children of Black slaves were sold by owners at will. This was a constant fear for enslaved families—that their beloved children would be sold away, never to be seen again. Starting in the 19th century, Native Americans were forced to send their children to government or churchrun boarding schools, known as “Indian Schools.” There, these children
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You Don’t Have to Break the Bank to Give Back
There has been a strange response by many White conservatives to the separation of migrant children from their parents. Earlier this year, a man named Jack Weldon Patrick passed away in Menomonee Falls, Wis. A long-time lawyer, Patrick is remembered as a family man, an advocate for social justice and a respected community leader.
One day a check arrived by mail for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund [TMCF] in memory of Jack Weldon Patrick. A few days later, another one arrived, and a few weeks later, another check. Individual donations kept coming to support the work of TMCF and our publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities [HBCUs] in honor of Jack. His obituary read, “in lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial donations in Jack’s name to causes he cared deeply about.” One of those
causes was TMCF. So many of us outside of TMCF headquarters and Menomonee may have never known Jack as a stalwart of access and opportunity for students attending Black colleges. Many of us aren’t even aware that Jack was part of the reason why in 2016, private giving and contracts earned by HBCUs increased for a second straight year, posting a fouryear high of $320 million. But we do know he was a living embodiment of the famous quote by Nelson Henderson: “The true
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meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” While philanthropic anonymity is honorable, philanthropic leadership helps organizations like TMCF reach new supporters, encouraging new donor circles to give. Showcasing the faces and stories of those who give is an important tool in cultivating similar donors, encouraging a culture of giving around our campuses. This is a critical strategy that grows an organization’s base of support every year.
For non-profit organizations, individual giving is the largest type of charitable gift – four times the amount as the next largest category in 2015, according to Giving USA. Organizations like TMCF thrive due to the generosity of individuals who believe in our work and want to expand our impact, through monthly and annual donations, as well as the legacy gift. TMCF combines these individuals’ gifts with foundation grants
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By Jeffrey L. Boney
Time to Reform the System
During a recent trip to Houston, Rev. Jesse Jackson joined forces with Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis and various local community advocates, to address a litany of social justice issues that have impacted many individuals in the Greater Houston area, as well as across the entire nation. At a news conference held at the Harris County Precinct One El Rio Service Center, Rev. Jackson joined Commissioner Ellis to talk about why Harris County Commissioners Court should
settle a bail reform lawsuit and a push for the county to adopt a minority-and women-owned business enterprise [MWBE] program. Several community leaders, ministers, and community organizations, such as FIEL Houston, a group focused on the needs of families and education, the NAACP, the Anti-Defamation League and others were part of the gathering. One of the most important battles taking place across the U.S. has been a push for bail reform. The fight for bail reform has become one of the most important and major civil rights issues
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of our day; and that fight is being aggressively waged in Harris County, which has the majority of its county leadership fighting a costly lawsuit to contest its unjust cash-bail system that keeps poor people behind bars. Rev. Jackson spoke out against the position Harris County has taken to aggressively fight the lawsuit and expressed his support for U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal’s recent ruling that found Harris County’s cash bail system unconstitutional, emphasizing that the system essentially keeps select defendants in jail, because they are poor and do not have the means to pay. “The cash bail system in Harris
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County is discriminatory along the lines of race and poverty,” Rev. Jackson stated. “Fewer and fewer people are getting more and more, while more and more have less and less. We need to get rid of the borders that separate poor people from those who are not poor, in Harris County. We must continue our fight for the poor, because most of them cannot fight for themselves.” The case against Harris County is scheduled to go to trial in December, but Rev. Jackson strongly urged Harris County officials to stop their efforts to fight against the movement to end the current cash bail system
and is encouraging them to settle the lawsuit to avoid any further damage to poor people. Commissioner Ellis, who is the only member on Commissioners Court to oppose the lawsuit since inception, wants his colleagues on Commissioners Court to settle the costly bail reform lawsuit. Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, however, has gone on record stating that the bail reform lawsuit should be settled out of court. However, the three Commissioners have dug in their heels, advocating for Harris County to continue spending money to defend the lawsuit.
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By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
White America and the Hypocrisy of Trump’s Immigration Policy
There has been a strange response by many White conservatives to the separation of migrant children from their parents. Whether we are discussing undocumented migrants or those requesting asylum, there has been rightwing pushback to the larger chorus of condemnation of the Trump administration for its zero tolerance. These right-wingers claim that it is the parents who are to blame for the separation crisis. Let’s stop and think about this for
a moment. The parents of these children are attempting to escape criminal violence or destitution. Why would they leave their children behind and who would they leave them with? Perhaps that would be the case if one were discussing migrants from economically, politically and socially stable countries who would first send one relative ahead and then bring the family. But what if a woman is trying to escape domestic violence? What if a family is attempting to escape intimidation carried out by criminal gangs? What if one is seeking freedom from political persecution and/or repression? Under those conditions how
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likely would you be to leave your children behind? I have been thinking about this a great deal in the context of the current, Trump-instigated immigration crisis. But it came to a head for me in reading of Trump’s remarks in Europe regarding immigration. He warned Europe that they were being overwhelmed and ruined by immigrants. My guess is that Trump was not talking about Polish immigrants moving to Britain. Rather, it has become clear, for Trump, “immigration” means immigration from the global South to Europe and the United States. I cannot imagine Trump ordering
the separation of undocumented Russian or Irish immigrants from their children, but if one looks at immigrants from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, as originating from so-called “shithole” countries— as Trump apparently does—none of this should come as a surprise. To blame migrant parents for the current Trump-instigated crisis and to suggest that the parents are wrong for bringing their children along is another display of the ignorance and a racial blind spot for much of White America; that ideology can only originate in the minds of people who know next to nothing about the conditions that migrants are fleeing and their near to-
tal amnesia concerning the experiences of other groups of migrants who arrived on these shores over the decades. What I find particularly unsettling is the way that a sizable minority of the U.S. has become quite comfortable with the idea that migrants from the global South are somehow unworthy of the human rights guarantees that the U.S. is supposed to uphold. I wonder how many of these same people would have questioned the rights of European immigrants in the aftermath of World War II who were crossing borders en masse to escape the results of that war. Oh, but I forgot. That was a deserving population. WI
By William Reed
Opportunities for Wealth Abound for Blacks Who Embrace Return to Africa
Former U.S. President Barack Obama recently traveled to his ancestral home, Kogelo Village, Kenya, where he visited his grandmother and attended the opening of a youth center launched by his half-sister, Dr. Auma Obama, who heads the Sauti Kuu Foundation. The first African-American president is leading Black families back to the continent where many of their ancestors lived generations
ago. Obama’s primary stop was in Johannesburg, South Africa where he gave the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. But in truth, Obama’s appearance was facilitated due to a partnership with the multi-billion dollar-endowed Motsepe Foundation. Obama’s benefactor, Dr. Patrice Motsepe, serves as the founder and chairman of African Rainbow Minerals and is one of Africa’s billionaires. Celebrity Net Worth reports that both Barack and Michelle Obama’s net worth is $40 million. Both are
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examples of up-and-coming contemporary Africans in the diaspora. The continental African Union [AU] consists of all 54 countries on the African continent. The diaspora is an AU ambassadorial post to “invite and encourage the full participation of the African diaspora as an important part of our continent, in the building of the African Union.” The African Diaspora consist of people who were enslaved and shipped to the Americas via the Atlantic slave trade between the 16th and 19th centuries, with the majority of this population in Brazil, the
United States and Haiti. The AU defines the African Diaspora as consisting of people of African origin living outside the continent, irrespective of their citizenship and nationality and who are willing to contribute to the development of the continent. Thirteen million Africans were shipped to the New World; 10.7 million survived the Middle Passage disembarking in North America, the Caribbean and South America. Large numbers of people in the diaspora live and work in high-income countries and are among
prosperous populations. Most diaspora members’ incomes are modest by the standards of rich nations and their savings seem meager in the world of development funding. However, collectively their resources add up to staggering amounts of capital. Worldwide, African diaspora members have accumulated an estimated $53 billion in savings and remittances. More telling, mounds of opportunity exist in the African diaspora.
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By Askia Muhammad
Donald J. Trump, Both the Town Bully and the Village Idiot
There is not a living human being, with even a scintilla of self-respect who watched President Donald J. Trump’s performance alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, July 16 without cringing. Even Trump’s most loyal supporters had to be disappointed with his total capitulation before one of this country’s staunchest adversaries, though they loathe to admit it. When it came to the Russian
leader, the Donald revealed himself to be nothing more than a quisling, who colluded with this country’s enemies: enemies who disrupted the 2016 election, which put him in power. When it comes to everyone else, Trump’s like the town bully who slings his weight around intimidating all who would fall under his spell. Even as he is trying to make nice with the Kremlin, Trump is going all-bellicose, all-the-time against Iran, a much smaller country, a Muslim country, a Middle East regional power, with no loyal friends
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among the elites. He tried to cozy-up to North Korea, so he wouldn’t have two hostile adversaries to deal with at the same time, but the Koreans may have tried to snooker the guy while he battles his allies and threatens his foes at the same time. With China, Trump acts like he’s big and bad, not realizing that while this country was spending like mad on weapons, the Chinese have been investing in enriching their own people, and befriending African nations and buying huge swaths of land. With China and the U.S.’s
neighbors, Canada and Mexico, and the U.S. “allies” in the European Union, Trump is a terror, slapping tariffs right and left on the U.S. trading partners, and they are responding in kind, targeting products produced in Trump Country, U.S.A. for retaliatory tariffs of their own. In this country, Trump has cowed all the Republicans into submission, mouthing his unsavory lines. Far too many of them have succumbed to the Trump rhetoric, or maybe they just felt that way all along but were too timid to express
their true feelings until Trump made racially ugly language commonly heard, if not now permissible, in the public discourse. He pimps and preens about like a ballerina on stage, commanding the public’s attention at all times, for yet another outrageous statement even more ridiculous than his last. What’s worse? He appears to be getting away with it. Even though deep in Trumpland, retaliatory sanctions are hurting Trump’s most ardent folks with deep cuts in farm prices, sales
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LIFESTYLE Classical Dance Comes to Southeast’s THEARC Washington Ballet Showcases Summer Dance Initiative
By Sarafina Wright WI Contributing Writer This year 35 students, including some that came as far away as Colorado, took up to eight classes a day at THEARC in South-
east where the Washington Ballet [TWB] held its Summer Intensive. In the evening up to 116 students attended the program. The Washington Ballet boasts partnerships in the building with Levine Music for Music, Phillips
Collection for Art, THEARC farm – gardening, DC Central Kitchen, which provided breakfast and lunch, THEARC Theater and the iCAN intern program that helped produce the ballet’s final performance in the theater. Started 13 years ago by Katrina Toews, director of TWB at THEARC, the Integrated Summer Program has many elements, which is why she threads a theme to draw the different classes closer together. This year’s theme: “Our Dance Lives Matter.” Past students have experienced the connection between dance and other art forms through her innovative leadership and have shared their excitement discovering how dance and art are much more similar than they realized, according to TWB. During the four-week summer intensive dancers emerge from the fast-paced program with
classes in ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, African dance, character, stretch, composition and dance history. In their final performance they shared their experience of finding self-awareness and self-discipline through dance
being an art form. “This is a unique ‘behind the scenes’ opportunity to see how inner-city kids can change their life trajectory through the arts,” TWB said. WI
56 The Washington Ballet at THEARC in Southeast presented their Summer Dance Intensive Showcase 2018 with young dancers illustrating their growing skills on Friday, July 20. /Photos by Roy Lewis.
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missed or omitted from traditional news stories. Celebrated author and advocate James Baldwin often spoke of the lessons – the hidden treasures of information – gleaned from non-traditional sources: the young person who is impassioned enough to speak their mind without fear or hesitation, the frustrated teacher, the frightened police officer, or even the misguided person fueled by ignorance into acts of hatred. My contributions must include strengthening the voice of the young in print so that politicians, educators, policymakers, and our global counterparts recognize us as fearlessly continuing the fight for freedom of the press, equality and justice that our Black newspapers began nearly 200 years ago.
LIFESTYLE to also expose and support Blackowned businesses that are up and coming. I will continue to shed positive light on our community and educate those who are unaware of the daily accomplishments that African Americans achieve.
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Senior, Broadcast Journalism major My contribution to this nation, to African Americans, and my family, as a journalist will be to continue the fight for equality and serenity. I will deliver news that is accurate and unbiased, spread awareness about topics such as homelessness, education, the LGBT community, gentrification, and much more. As a Black journalist, I feel obligated
Junior, Broadcast Journalism major My contribution to this nation, to African Americans, and my family, as a journalist will be to continue to tell stories that challenge the official narratives printed in traditional news outlets. Like many students, my passion is entertainment journalism, but I strive to tell entertainment-related stories in a positive light. Instead of focusing on the drama and violence that many shows portray, my focus would include the business accomplishments and community-driven successes of Black entertainers. I believe that as a Chevrolet DTU Fellow, who has now gained invaluable experience at both the New York Amsterdam News and The Washington Informer, I am prepared to push as Ida B. Wells did for a conscientious, determined stream of news.
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LIFESTYLE Adrianna Hicks (Celie) and the North American tour cast of THE COLOR PURPLE. Photo by Matthew Murphy, 2017.
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Ros Baraka Joins Panelists in Critique of Nation’s Racial Inequities By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins Fifty years after the Kerner Commission, and the birth of a mass movement to expand housing and employment opportunities to African Americans, racial inequities in those realms persist nationwide in major cities where gentrification spurs economic development. During a spirited discussion at the National Museum for African-American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Northwest last weekend, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka bemoaned the complexity of his role as a city executive committed to the self-determination of the poorest residents in his east coast city, a significant number of whom are African American. “I’m using the system that created those inequalities to mitigate them. It’s like shoring up a bee’s nest. If we hit it, it’s like we’re responsible for it,” Baraka, one of four speakers on the “Crisis in American Cities” panel, told the audience in NMAAHC Oprah Winfrey Theater on Saturday evening. The hour-long discussion counted among three panels during the “Clement A. Price Lecture on Poor People’s Campaign: The Other America.” Other guests, including Julianne Malveaux, Marc Steiner, and Lata Reddy, graced the stage during two earlier conversations about aspects of the Poor People’s Campaign, a 1968 march on the National Mall for economic justice that the Rev. Dr. William Barber and others commemorated earlier in the summer. “People have been living in poverty for so long, it’s been normalized. When you come by and say it’s not normal, you present a problem for yourself,” Baraka further explained. “Everything has market value, including poverty. There are people who make a living off of us being poor and Black. They mitigate those problems, but not find solutions.” In May, Baraka won a second mayoral term with a campaign that pundits said struck a different tone than his first go around four years prior. Laying to rest developers’ concerns about economic stagnation, and that of longtime residents fearing displacement, Mayor Baraka announced policies
involving rent control, and protections against evictions. His administration also touted its attempts to align business interests with that of the public. Baraka spent Saturday evening explaining his strategy. For an hour, he along with Ryan Haygood, president and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Nikole Hannah-Jones, investigative reporter for The New York Times Magazine, and Brian Gilmore, clinical associate professor and director of the housing clinic at Michigan State University, debated methods of dismantling systems that perpetuate inequality. Pushing back against the notion that access to capital alone would change Black America’s fortune, Hannah-Jones gave a history lesson of sorts, making the case that African Americans need legal protections, now more than ever, against the entities that exacerbate inequality for their benefit. “President Lyndon B. Johnson wanted to introduce housing laws, but it would upset white progressives,” Hannah-Jones said during the June 21 event when she likened housing discrimination in the north to Jim Crow segregation in the south. “Housing is very intimate; when you integrate housing, you can’t stop who you live with. There were people violently opposed. That’s the issue. You can’t have equality without enforcement of the laws,” she added. WI
Pushing back against the notion that access to capital alone would change Black America’s fortune, Hannah-Jones gave a history lesson of sorts, making the case that African Americans need legal protections, now more than ever, against the entities that exacerbate inequality for their benefit.
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“Mabel and Sam at Home”
by Linda Urban illustrated by Hadley Hooper c.2018, Chronicle Books $17.99 / $24.99 Canada 60 pages
ARIES Do not travel in the company of those who work against you. Move towards people with words of encouragement and an extended hand. Release the grudge that you have for someone who betrayed you. You will find liberation and lightheartedness in forgiving. Follow your heart when it comes to a love interest. Soul Affirmation: Intelligent information does not have to come from intelligent sources. Lucky Numbers: 5, 29, 41 TAURUS Stay adaptable, and all will be fine. Flexibility is easy for you when you want it to be. The situation you’ll face this week will require that you alter your way of thinking about someone with whom you’re involved in business or friendship. Soul Affirmation: Facing down challenges makes me feel good about myself. Lucky Numbers: 6, 29, 48
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GEMINI You’ll want to spend some time with a special friend this week just being together. If you’ve been neglecting a relationship because of work demands, this week is a wonderful week to set things to rights. Soul Affirmation: I am willing to do more than my part to get the job done this week. Lucky Numbers: 8, 22, 53
By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer “Handle with Care.” That’s what it said on the side of the box. Don’t shake it, don’t bump it, and whatever you do, don’t drop it. What’s inside there is important enough for careful lifting but, as you’ll see in the new book, “Mabel and Sam at Home” by Linda Urban, illustrated by Hadley Hooper, the box itself isn’t just a box. Nothing was where it belonged, and movers were everywhere. It was a perfect time for Mabel and Sam to be underfoot, and that wasn’t good. Just one place in the entire house was safe for little kids, and so “Mabel became a sea captain.” Once aboard their ship, Sam hoisted the sails and they left for adventure. It was a journey for the brave: there were rough seas and pirates, big fish and little fish. They managed to stay on board, though, until they saw land (although Sam pointed out that they were already on land) and they found people who happened to have pizza. After lunch, Sam noticed that his old rocking chair looked different. It wasn’t where it used to be and it “looked like a stranger.” And so Mabel took him on a little tour of the old house, as if it were a museum. Sam had to talk softly because loudness was disrespectful of others. That’s how you act in a museum, but that was okay. There were amazing things to “behold” (a new word he learned) and all kinds of artifacts (another new word). It was the most wondrous tour, and Sam even found an artifact of his own. At the end of the day, once they were in the new house, Sam and Mabel became astronauts in a rocket that Mabel found. There was a lot of space to explore in the new house – um, maybe too much. Sam’s bed was in a different room there and it was far away from Mabel’s rocket. There were aliens in the new house, too, but the “Astronaut Parents” had a solution… Change is coming. It always does, but knowing that doesn’t make it easy to accept if you’re just knee-high. “Mabel and Sam at Home” will show your child that there are many ways to cope. But first, there’s a gift for you inside this book: author Linda Urban tells three keenly clever stories that are just as much for grown-ups as they are for kids. If you’re going to read this book multiple times, after all, you might as well enjoy it – and you will, because the dialogue between characters gives readers that in-on-the-joke feeling. Mabel and Sam both know they’re pretending and so do we – and sharing the imagination is just too charming. This book may be a bit long and over-wordy for the smallest children, though they’ll love the illustrations by Hadley Hooper. The story itself is perfect for kids ages 4-8 and for adults who can put aside their adultness and pretend. If so, “Mabel and Sam at Home” is a book you’ll absolutely care to read. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM
CANCER Give birth to some new impulses about love. The ones you’ve been using have led you to a place you do not wish to be. Give yourself a break. Change. Be less critical. Accept love even from those you do not completely agree with. Soul Affirmation: I keep in mind the practical side of life this week. Lucky Numbers: 6, 33, 45 LEO Lots of spirituality discussions are going on around you this week. This energy will probably last throughout the week, so expect to enjoy yourself, or pass on all social company and spend the week enjoying yourself. Soul Affirmation: I am a giver of good words this week. Lucky Numbers: 1, 17, 22 VIRGO This could turn out to be the most argument-filled week you’ve had for a while. Your feelings could be deeply hurt if you try to force your sense of rightness off on anyone else. Chill. Remember that in the past when people were cantankerous you could find pleasure in nature, or animals. Soul Affirmation: I put my charm to work for me this week. Lucky Numbers: 8, 39, 54 LIBRA Your good will and intentions towards others will reap you an inheritance of abundance and wealth. You will be blessed with many good wishes and enjoy them in the company of family and friends. Soul Affirmation: I appear to others what I know myself to be. Lucky Numbers: 30, 32, 33 SCORPIO Your dignity and composure is a sure asset this week. Be Mr. or Ms. Cool Breeze. In touchy situations you have the ability to maintain a high level of emotional balance and a calm disposition. Use these qualities to the fullest this week. You have the know-how to re-direct negative feelings into a positive solution. Soul Affirmation: Superficiality is often the best route to clarity. Lucky Numbers: 20, 28, 31 SAGITTARIUS It’s best to keep your opinions to yourself this week, as many will be experiencing minor irritations and general grumpiness. Let others be who they are. You are a beacon of serenity. Others will notice. Soul Affirmation: As chances come around again. I take advantage of them. Lucky Numbers: 21, 50, 54 CAPRICORN You are often superb at exercising good judgment and rational decision-making. Yet sometimes you are rash. Flip to the observant side of your mentality this week. You will soon find yourself in a situation where there will be strife if you are not careful. Soul Affirmation: A cheerful soul should be wrapped in a cheerful package. Lucky Numbers: 22, 36, 44 AQUARIUS Just to prove to yourself once again how lucky you are you should fly into the face of bad predictions. Gamble this week in business, relationships, love -something. Remain truly confident that things will come out in a way that will satisfy you. Soul Affirmation: Change is my middle name. Lucky Numbers: 5, 28, 37 PISCES It’s a great week to tell somebody you are close to that you love them. Saying it aloud gives you energy, and of course your designated adoree will be delighted! Keep the big picture in mind this week and you’ll feel completely buoyant! Soul Affirmation: I keep my eyes open for business opportunities this week. Lucky Numbers: 13, 30, 45
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SPORTS Black Youth Gain Unique Opportunity at Equestrian Camp
Grace UMC Sponsors Prince George’s Program for 13th Year By Hamil R. Harris WI Contributing Writer In rural Croom, Maryland, a small community nestled inside Prince George’s County, sits a 55acre farm that undergoes an amazing transformation every summer and becomes a field of dreams for an eager, energetic youth who group of young campers who spend a week grooming and riding horses. Marking their 13th consecutive year, Grace United Methodist Church [UMC] recently hosted an equestrian camp for more than 50 youth (July 16 – 20) where campers participated in equestrian-related activities while also delving into other forms of fun like swimming, bowling and skating – even taking a
field trip to the Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore for a chance to learn more about their own history. “This is an opportunity that provides an experience for young people that they’d probably never have,” said the Rev. Robert Slade, pastor of the Fort Washington-based church. “We believe that when they leave here they’ll be better than when they first arrived.” Slade’s farm, tucked away in southern Maryland, serves as the site for the camp that exposes Black youth to the ins and outs of caring for and riding horses. Grace UMC has sponsored the summer camp for over a decade and seeks to offer both a cultural experience and a history lesson. “We have youth coming from
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all over Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina and even Chicago,” Slade said. “Some of these young people arrive afraid of horses – some are even afraid of flies but by the time they leave, they’ve learned how to ride a horse, how to deal with the flies and overcome other fears some may have.” Ray Parker, coordinator of the Educated Horseman program said the camp benefits everyone regardless of their experience with horses. “We take young riders and older riders and move them all along in their desire to become better horse riders,” he said. “They learn at the start how to groom a horse; then we teach them how to ride
at a walk, trot and cantor. We also teach them both English and Western techniques.” “Children need to get out of the city,” Parker added. “They need to get off the computer and go outdoors so they can experience camping, hunting – anything that gets them physically involved.” But campers also receive instruction germane to Christian faith, program leaders add. “The lessons they learn focus on the mind, body and soul during the week as well basic Christian principles,” Parker said. During the week and in the evenings, camp goers participated in two worship services, enjoyed demonstrations led by local mo-
torcycle clubs and learned more about law enforcement, courtesy of the Prince George’s Country Police Department. First-time camper Taylor Bridges had a tremendous time and thoroughly enjoyed learning about horses and learning how to ride them, according to her mother. Similarly, Cynthia Hagan, 50, as well as her 13 year-year-old daughter Madison Paris, both of whom work at the camp, say the equestrian activities rank among the best things offered at the camp. “I love horseback riding and being involved in the rodeos that are hosted here because they help me develop mentally, physically and emotionally,” Madison said. WI
Wizards Introduce Howard to D.C.
By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill
Washington Wizards newly acquired center Dwight Howard showcased his big smile and fun-loving nature when introduced Monday, July 23 during a press conference at Capital One Arena in northwest D.C. Howard, 32, used poetry to talk about his NBA journey with five previous teams: Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks and the Charlotte Hornets. “I learned Magic for eight years. I went to La La Land. I learned about how to build with Rockets. I learned how to fly with some Hawks. I got stung by the Hornets,” he said amidst some laughter. “Through all of that, it’s taught me how to be a Wizard.” The veteran center signed a two-year contract with Washington on July 12 after one season
with the Charlotte Hornets. The Hornets initially traded Howard to the Brooklyn Nets, but both sides worked on an agreement to buyout his nearly $24 million contract. While there, he averaged 16 points and 12 rebounds per contest. He ranked third in the league in rebounding. However, the Hornets finished 10th in the Eastern Conference with a record of 36-46. The Wizards will be Howard’s sixth NBA team entering his 15th season with a career average of 17 points and nearly 13 rebounds a game. Howard admitted to reporters Monday he felt stunned being cut from Charlotte, especially learning on Instagram with a message, “Welcome to Brooklyn.” This happened before he planned to speak amongst 5,000 people at a community event. “It really hurt,” he said. “I really tried to do whatever I can to em-
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brace that city and embrace that team. It’s the nature of the business.” The veteran center drafted by Orlando in 2004 out of Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy high school in Atlanta has an extensive resume with 10 playoff appearances, eight All-Star selections and three-time defensive player of the year honors in three consecutive seasons between 2009-11. His biggest season came when the Orlando Magic advanced to the NBA Finals, but lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009. However, Howard’s most recent narrative as a player steams as someone who continues to play for himself and remain as someone who wants the ball down low when the game has changed to more free-flowing and guard-oriented. “Some of the narrative is out there that I’ve heard, but I’m not concerned with it,” Wizards head coach Scott Brooks said. “Our
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5Washington Wizards center Dwight Howard speaks with reporters July 23 after press conference at Capital One Arena in northwest D.C. /Photo by William J. Ford
focus is what we’ve talked about and our relationship that we’ll establish going forward. If you just play hard and play for your teammates, we won’t have a problem. Everything we talked about is all about team.” Howard couldn’t contain his enthusiasm to play alongside the Wizards All-Star backcourt of John Wall and Bradley Beal. In addition, he said the team’s versality with new additions in guard
Austin Rivers and forward and Prince George’s County native Jeff Green makes Washington one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference. “We match up well with anybody,” Howard said. “We can go very big, we can go very small. We can play fast, or slow the game down, which is going to be very good for our team. We’re all at stages of our careers that we all want to do is win.” WI
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SPORTS Tiafoe Meets Kastles
Francis goes after a serve in the Men’s Doubles game during the Kastles’ 28-18 win at Kastles Stadium in Northwest on Saturday, July 21. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
3Francis and teammate Robert Lindsted discuss strategy during Men’s Doubles against Neil Skupski and Dennis Novikov (Empire) during the Kastles 28-18 win at Kastles Stadium in Northwest on Saturday, July 21. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
3Fan -favorite Frances Tiafoe, a local hero in the DMV (College Park ) shows his colors as he warms up for his last regular season game with the Washington Kastles Francis became the youngest American player to win an ATP final at the age of 19 The Kastles defeated the visiting New York Empire 20-18 at Kastles Stadium in Northwest on Saturday, July 21. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
Nationals Beat Braves Nationals center fielder Bryce slides into base successfully and give the Nationals a 2-0 lead in the first innings and later in the eight innings a home run during the Nationals 6-2 win at Nationals Park in Southeast on Sunday, July 22. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
4 (Top Right) Nats second baseman Daniel Murphy steals the base as Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman awaits the ball during the Nats 6-2 win at Nationals Park in Southeast on Sunday, July 22. /Photo by John E. De Freitas 4Atlanta third baseman Johan Camargo gets into base safely as Nats second baseman Daniel Murphy awaits the ball during the Nats 6-2 win at Nationals Park in Southeast on Sunday, July 22. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
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to treat African American-owned and Latino-owned businesses along with others in a just, fair and equitable manner,” Chavis said. “It’s time for all of us to respond and to act. There should be legislation introduced in Congress immediately to rectify this gross systemic inequity,” he said. NNPA National Chairman Dorothy Leavell called the results of the report shameful. She said she too will support sorely needed legislation and, in the meantime, will work toward setting up a meeting with members of Congress to further explore the matter. Overall, the report revealed that while non-minority-owned businesses continue to rake in billions of dollars in federal advertising money, Hispanic-owned businesses received just $192 million over five years – or about $38.4 million per year. Black-owned businesses netted just $51 million – or $10 million per year over the five years covered in the new report prepared over a nine-month period beginning last October. Native American-owned businesses were the recipients of $50 million in advertising spending over the past five fiscal years while Asian American-owned enterprises received $31 million, according to the report. Ethnicities classified as “other” received $3 million. The departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Health and Human Service were responsible for 73 percent of federal advertising contract obligations that went to specified businesses over fiscal years 2013 through 2017. Thirty-four other agencies were responsible for the remaining 27 percent of these obligations. “On behalf of the [Black Press], this factual report exposes the gross racial discrimination and refusal of the federal government agencies cited in the report to be serious about diversity and inclusion with respect to annual federal spending on advertising,” Chavis said. “For the government to admit today on the record that in the last five fiscal years, nearly $5 billion was spent on advertising and yet only a total of $327 million was actually spent on minority-owned businesses . . . this report is not surprising nor is it shocking, but it does reveal the consequences of systemic racial discrimination in both Republican and Democratic administrations when it comes to federal advertising spending,” he said. WI
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Dousing the Flames of the Diabetes Epidemic; Part 2 events like serving as coordinators of a major festival that attracted more than 100,000 people, with major corporate sponsors and celebrities; we worked for two Presidential Inaugural Committees, Republican with Lyndia Grant and Democrat; we worked for two D.C. Mayors and three D.C. Coun“Your Body is a Temple…1st Corin- cilmembers; and I was appointed as thians 6:19-20 project director to erect the Spirit of Freedom Memorial, a new national This seven-part series, published African American Civil War Memoin 2003, written to share with read- rial located in Washington, D.C. ers suffering from Type 2 diabetes After learning how to publicize islike my mother has helped people sues on a massive scale, there was no around the world. way I could see the devastation caused After learning the causes and effects in the life of my mother by Type 2 diaof the disease, I can now help others. betes, fully understand this disease and Last week you were introduced to do nothing to share this with others. my mother —mother Grant suffered We didn’t understand. Could we for 12 years with major complications have done something differently? from Type 2 diabetes and on Christ- We didn’t know how an improved mas Day in the year 2000 she died. diet with extremely limited amounts Trinity University was where this of sugar, major reductions in carbostory was born. hydrates and getting regular physical For my master’s thesis I wrote how exercise could have made a difference I expected this campaign to become in her life. national and it has. Mother lost both Now that I’ve learned from her of her legs to amputations, had kid- doctor; from research; the Nationney failure and several strokes. al Institute of Health; from Johns At the young age of 61, she had her Hopkins University and American first major stroke that caused paraly- Diabetes Association and others, I sis. She eventually made her way to must share this good news with you. Howard University Hospital when they What exactly is Type 2 diabetes? discovered she had Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes mellitus is a group of disMy sisters and I lived together, eases characterized by high levels of worked together in business; and blood glucose. It results from defects now we were going through this bat- in insulin secretion, insulin action, or tle for life with our mother. both — and too much inflammaDuring her younger years, she tion in the body. taught us well. Throughout our lives, For those of you who refuse to folwe had been blessed, becoming suc- low the rules, Type 2 diabetes can be cessful business women, doing exact- associated with serious complications ly what mother encouraged us to do. such as losing toes, a foot, legs and We had lots of success in the more. Plus it brings on premature mass media, working several major death, as in the case of my Mom. Mt. Zion Baptist Church Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.) Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold”
On the other hand, people with Type 2 diabetes can turn this thing around by taking measures to reduce the likelihood of such. According to recent studies found by the National Institute of Health [NIH] some researchers believe that African Americans, and some others; inherited a “thrifty gene” from their African ancestors. The study sited how years ago, this gene enabled Africans, during “feast and famine” cycles, to use food energy more efficiently when it was scarce. Today, we eat very much the same as we did back during slavery times in America, but without strenuous exercise, which now causes Type 2 diabetes. The problem dates back to the beginning of the slave trade in 1790. For those enslaved ones, the food wasn’t healthy, thus the “thrifty gene” protected them as they worked in the hot sun, sweating out the toxins from fat eaten daily. Part three next week. WI Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958 Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.
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Mount Olivet Lutheran Church
John F. Johnson Reverend Dr. 1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com
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RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church
Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor
Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 Fax: 301-499-8724
Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 a.m. 7 10:00 a.m. Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”
700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849 Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00am 5th Sundays: 9:30am 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30pm www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Church of Living Waters
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., Pastor
Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor
Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor
Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor
2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org
800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703
4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30am 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00am Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30pm Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00am “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment
1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661
Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00am Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30pm Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ
St. Stephen Baptist Church
Third Street Church of God
Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors
Drs. Dennis W. & Christine Y. Wiley Pastors
Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor
Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor
4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax
3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax)
5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555
1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office 202-638-1803 fax
Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00am Communion Service: First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30pm
Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30pm (dinner @ 5:30pm) Sunday School: 9:00am – Hour of Power
Blessed Word of Life Church
www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
“An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org
Campbell AME Church Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 am Sunday Church School: 8:45 am Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 pm Thursday: 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020
4275 4th Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20034 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 Service and Times Sunday School 8 – 9 AM Worship Service 9 – 11 AM Tuesday Night Bible Study 6:30 – 8:00 PM Wednesday Daytime Bible Study 11 AM – 12:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: faithdefender@verizon.net
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 11:00am Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 am “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org
E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org “God is Love”
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax
Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45am Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45am; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45am; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6am & 6:30pm Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... Dr. Raymond T. Matthews Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Services and Times Sunday School: 9:00am Worship Service: 10:00am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45pm Thur. Bible Study: 7:15pm
Twelfth Street Christian Church Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Communion every Sunday: 11:00 am Sunday School: 10:00 am Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 pm Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher
Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45am Church School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45am Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 pm Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30am
Crusader Baptist Church
Reverend Gerald H. Hesson Interim Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10am
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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church
All Nations Baptist Church
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor
Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor
7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471
2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591
2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730
Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Service 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com
Zion Baptist Church Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor 4850 Blagdon Ave, NW - Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:15AM Sunday School: 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
Israel Baptist Church
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor
2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office • (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . . 100% Forgiven!
623 Florida Ave.. NW - WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 Fax (202) 483-4009
4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
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Lincoln Park United Methodist Church
Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith
Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor
Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10: am Holy Communion: First Sunday 10: am Sunday School: 9: am Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: "Faith On The Hill"
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Eastern Community Baptist Church
Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42
New Commandment Baptist Church
Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor
Damion M. Briggs Pastor
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor
1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 - Fax: 202-544-2964
8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240
13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am & 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm
Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM
Rehoboth Baptist Church
“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org
Salem Baptist Church
Holy Trinity United Baptist Church
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor
Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor
Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
St. Matthews Baptist Church
Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 pm
Emmanuel Baptist Church
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Rev. Joan E. Buchanan Executive Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 7:30am Worship Service: 11:00am New Member’s Class: 9:45am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00am Church School: 9:45am Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00pm Saturday Bible Study: 11:00am Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00am
Service and Times 9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Christ Embassy DC
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Friday Evening Service: 7:00 P.M. ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com
“Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class 8:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:00 am Wednesday Service 12:00 pm
Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study
“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address: admin@pbc712.org
Shiloh Baptist Church
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor
Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor
Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor
Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor
Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074
621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 - F: (202) 561-1112
917 N St. NW - Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294
9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288
Service and Times Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm
Service and Times Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.
Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 a.m. Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 a.m. Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 p.m.
602 N Street NW - Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595
2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon
Motto: “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”
The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday) Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org
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Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 a.m. Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30 a.m. Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 p.m. Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “
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Administration No. 2017 ADM 800
Administration No. 2018 ADM 000123
Foreign No. 2018 FEP 000088
Administration No. 2018 ADM 00729
Pearl R. Wood Decedent
12/26/2017 Date of Death
Wilbur Dean Fillmore Decedent
Cora L. Easton Decedent Steve Larson-Jackson, Esq. 1629 K Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gregory K. Easton, whose address is 11 46th Street, SE Unit 102, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Cora L. Easton who died on June 7, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/12/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/12/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 7/12/2018 Gregory K. Easton Personal Representative
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Kisha L. Woolen, whose address is 5335 Wisconsin Avenue #700, Washington, DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Pearl R. Wood who died on April 21, 2007 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/12/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/12/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 7/12/2018
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Miriam Clayton and Diane Koontz whose addresses are 7320 Talisman Lane, Columbia, MD 21045 & 15715 Tibberton Terrace, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Kenneth R. Clayton, deceased, by the Orphans Court (Register of Wills) for Howard County, State of Maryland, on May 11, 2018. Service of process may be made upon Darlene Elaine Clayton, 4821 Blagden Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate: 5908 17th Street, NW, Washington DC 20001. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: 7/12/2018
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Mariam Clayton Diane Koontz Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Carol J. Fillmore, whose address is 224 Bates Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Wilbur Dean Fillmore who died on March 19th, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/12/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/12/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 7/12/2018 Carol J. Fillmore Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY
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Administration No. 2018 ADM 000733
Administration No. 2017 ADM 000995
Administration No. 2018 ADM 000726
Administration No. 2018 ADM 000759
Bodil G. Mallory Decedent
Emanuel Brown Decedent
Delia F. Shorter Decedent
W. Louise Henderson Decedent
Rena L. Strauss 15204 Omega Drive Suite 210 Rockville, MD 20850 Attorney
Carmen Jones Mitchell, Esq. 1717 K. Street, NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Cheryl Chapman Henderson, Esq. 4920 Niagara Road, Suite 200 College Park, MD 20740 Attorney
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Willard Lance Mallory, whose address is 3135 Adams Mill Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20010, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Bodil G. Mallory who died on April 25, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/19/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/19/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 7/19/2018 Willard Lance Mallory Personal Representative
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Eugene M. Shorter, Jr. Personal Representative
Amani Morgan Miles, whose address is 6904 Knightwood Lane, Columbia, MD 21045, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of W. Louise Henderson who died on March 16, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/26/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/26/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
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Stephen D. Jarvis, whose address is 11426 Laurelwalk Drive, Laurel, MD 20707, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Emanuel Brown who died on February 17, 2016 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/19/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/19/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
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Eugene M. Shorter, Jr., whose address is 11504 Homestead Dr., Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Delia F. Shorter who died on April 25, 1981 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/12/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/12/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 7/12/2018
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A. Bernice Carter aka Alice Bernice Carter Decedent Johnny M. Howard 1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Rita I. Meade and Pamela Carter Pugh, whose addresses are 3506 23rd Parkway, Temple Hills, MD 20748 & 8380 Ice Crystal Drive, Unit B, Laurel, MD 20723, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of A. Bernice Carter aka Alice Bernice Carter who died on October 10, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/19/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/19/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 7/19/2018 Rita I. Meade Pamela Carter Pugh Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY
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Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2018 ADM 000424 Theresa B. Watts Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Wendell Barnes and Carlton Barnes, whose addresses are 9210 Pineview Lane, Clinton, MD 20735 & 2506 Timbercrest Dr., Forestville, MD 20747, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Theresa B. Watts who died on June 3, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/26/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/26/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 7/26/2018 Wendell Barnes Carlton Barnes Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
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Administration No. 2018 ADM 000770 Ronald Lee Williams Decedent
Sallie R. Luther Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Derrek Reese, whose address is 532 4th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Sallie R. Luther who died on April 3, 2011 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/26/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/26/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 7/26/2018 Derrek Reese Personal Representative
Attorney Ethel Mitchell 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1100 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara Pauline Minnis, whose address is 1444 T Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ronald Lee Williams who died on April 19, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/26/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/26/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 7/26/2018 Barbara Pauline Minnis Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY
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Administration No. 2017 ADM 001192
Administration No. 2018 ADM 000764
Margaret Allen Decedent
Fannie Williams Decedent
Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney
Tina Smith Nelson Legal Counsel for the Elderly 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 Attorney
Kenneth L. Allen, whose address is 2207 Evarts Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Margaret Allen who died on October 18, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/26/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/26/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 7/26/2018 Kenneth L. Allen Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
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Donzell Brown-Williams, whose address is 728 Underwood Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Fannie Williams who died on July 20, 2009 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/26/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/26/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Gregory A. Hairston Sr., whose address is 17136 Fairwayview Lane, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Charles H. Hairston who died on May 24, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 1/26/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 1/26/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
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Makiyah, whose family members say she only wanted ice cream after returning from a nearby swimming pool, died from a gunshot wound to the chest. lice Department officials posted nearby, guests lit candles, read scriptures and poems, shared memories and broke into song. One attendee of the vigil, D.C. Councilmember Trayon White (Ward 8) offered his condolences during the period set aside for remarks. One woman who’s known Makiyah’s mother for almost 10 years said she couldn’t help but feel sorrow. “It’s sad to see our young kids go out so soon,” said B.B., a resident of Northeast who requested that he name be withheld and who added that she’s since imposed an even earlier curfew for her own daughter, 19 and to whom she know inundates with texts about her whereabouts. “The violence needs to stop,” B.B. added. “We’re always against each other and we’re losing our kids to the streets. They are scared. Everywhere you go, you have to watch out. I always tell my daughter check in and call me, send a photo, and be in the house at a certain time because it’s dangerous.” Makiyah, whose family members say she only wanted ice
cream after returning from a nearby swimming pool, died from a gunshot wound to the chest. She now counts among a bevy of D.C. gun violence victims under the age of 18, including Zaire Kelly, whose family attended Saturday’s gathering. But the violence would not end despite calls for peace when during the morning of Makiyah’s vigil, including one teenaged male injured by gunfire in front of the Capper Recreation Center in Southeast and another teenager, Jermaine Richards, 17 – shot and killed in Northeast in the sixth of seven shootings in the District in a 24-hour period. One church leader in Northeast had this to say: “We have to take a better approach as a people to stop doing this to each other. Just taking the guns away won’t change things,” said the Rev. Quantrill Smith, pastor of Word Movers Church in Northeast. “We should have more gatherings and awareness about what’s going on in the community. We need more people being informed about the repercussions of their actions, so they can have second thoughts.” WI
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policy to ensure MWBEs have a fair opportunity to compete for and win contracts with Harris County. Harris County and the City of Houston recently approved an inter-local agreement that allows Harris County to use certain elements of the city’s disparity study, which is required for its race-and gender-conscious contracting program. Lastly, Rev. Jackson addressed the Trump administration’s former policy that separated immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. “This was a crime against humanity,” said Rev. Jackson. “Fighting for children at the border is our obligation,
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who might be willing to give, or those who have the capacity to do so. TMCF member-schools like North Carolina Central University are experiencing record gains in gifts secured from younger donors. Texas Southern University recently raised more than $1M at its annual Maroon and Gray gala, an event which just in its second year has cultivated new supporters for the university and has raised nearly $2M for student scholarships and institutional support. So today, we honor one man— Jack Weldon Patrick—and his commitment to HBCUs, and we thank his friends and family for their continued investment in the work of TMCF. We hope his example encourages others to consider impacting people’s lives by supporting our nation’s HBCUs. WI
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I am proud of Judge Sabraw’s decision to bar the separation of migrant children from their parents, ordering them to be reunited within 30 days. Now, we need Congress to pass the Keeping Families Together Act to stop this from happening again and to mandate U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents’ complete child welfare training on an annual basis. Above all, Congress must get serious about fixing our broken immigration system. Our immigrant brothers and sisters—and most of all, children—must be treated with dignity, compassion, and respect. Congresswoman Lee represents the 13th Congressional District of California. She is a member of the Appropriations and Budget Committees, Vice Chair of the Democratic Steering & Policy Committee, CoChair of the Pro-Choice Caucus, and a Senior Democratic Whip. Rep. Lee is a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, a former co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and serves as chair of the Democratic Whip Task Force on Poverty. WI
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Let me be clear: jailing children is unacceptable under any circumstances. Ending the policy of separating families—but forcing kids to live in jail for months on end—is just replacing one form of child abuse with another. These human rights violations must be addressed immediately. I have asked UN Secretary-General Anthony Guterres to send observers to report on the conditions at detention facilities and to ensure the thousands of children who have been separated from their parents are reunited. I’m also asking for the resignation of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Sessions established the inhumane zero-tolerance policy—knowing the trauma and distress it would cause families seeking asylum—and Secretary Nielsen implemented it and lied to the American people. The stunning immorality on display from both of these officials should preclude them from ever serving in public office again.
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established by Jones-Gibson. “These types of organizations are critical for challenging the notion that ownership of a business must concentrate profits in the hands of a few and can open up the benefits of business ownership to many more individuals,” according to the report. Baker said he will support Jealous in every way possible to ensure more minority businesses blossom across the state. “This is the type of business and entrepreneurship we want to see throughout the state,” Baker said. “This is about jobs. Everybody
coming out of here is going to hire somebody to work with them.” A study released in March by Paychex, a company based in Rochester, New York, which helps with payroll, human resources and other services for small and medium-sized businesses, ranked Maryland number one in the nation with nearly 42 minority businesses per 100,000 residents. In terms of minority women-owned business, Maryland ranked second in the nation behind Delaware with about 18 per 1,000 residents. WI
connecting and working together, they have the potential to accumulate great wealth. In fact, according to the AU, links between the African Diaspora and African development are already happening. Diaspora members already invest in real estate, entrepreneurial businesses and capital markets. And they often pool their money with friends or form investment consortiums. Merging the mindsets and monies of Africans of the diaspora remain a key goal of the AU. Blacks can be diaspora benefactors by matching keen entrepreneurial sensibilities and establishing strong
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It’s not spiritual values he champions, but rather wacky, racist, xenophobic, white-folks’ antebellum cultural values, as though they have absolute, eternal authority over this land which they stole from the original inhabitants and which they built up with the stolen labor of millions and millions of enslaved Africans. White folks don’t believe that the debts they accumulated in those
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