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District Homicides Up, Other Crime Down Recent Spate of Murders Also Not Tied to Attrition By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Like their Charm City neighbors to the north, law enforcement in the nation’s capital are battling an alarming increase in homicides that some argue is, in part, the result of losing about 500 police officers over the past year and a half. However, the Metropolitan Police Department – MPD – does appear to have a much better handle on crime overall than in Baltimore where that city is on the verge of becoming the nation’s murder capital. Homicides in the District are up 17 percent – not the 20 percent reported by some media outlets, said MPD spokeswoman
Gwendolyn Crump. Also, assaults and dangerous weapons have decreased and violent crime overall has fallen, Crump said. While a report tied the increase in homicides with the departure of nearly 500 officers over the past 18 months, the MPD argues that’s probably not the case. “We don’t believe that our attrition is a factor,” Crump said. “Robberies and arguments are the most prevalent motives.” D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier also said her detectives didn’t see any discernible patterns in the homicides that have occurred in each quadrant of the District. “The bottom line is that it is
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Serena Outscores Opponents Serena Williams, 33, the women’s No. 1 seed at Wimbledon 2015, continues to show why she’s often referred to as the “greatest women’s player of all time,” with an impressive come-from-behind, quarterfinal victory over Victoria Azarenka on Tuesday, July 7. Williams stands poised to complete a calendar Grand Slam of
the four major tennis championships, should she take the crown at Wimbledon and then later this year at the U.S. Open. Just one day before, on Monday, in two quick sets, she easily defeated her opponent and older sister, Venus Williams, making just 13 unforced errors and physically beating her sibling into submission. She got past
Azarenka in a three-set thriller, continuing to play some of her best tennis ever, so says her sister, and now prepares for Maria Sharapova on Thursday, July 9 in the semifinals. Williams, who has 20 major trophies in her collection said of the pending battle, “I look forward to it.” / Photo courtesy Reuters, Toby Melville WI
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Lawmakers in South Carolina voted on Monday, July 6, to remove the Confederate law in enforcement. said they37-3. threat,” she said. grounds Columbia.She The vote, WI Staff Writer had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow Now as the debate moves tosense the State Senate, inlegislators pass a two-thirds of uniformity the way needed wants totosee implemented are When Marlow's vote on L.Y. Tuesday. The23-yeardecisiondomestic will become effective soonstricter as it gains approval the violence victimsasand restraining order of policies, old daughter her the survivors areHaley. treated. more rights for victim's families House and istold signed byfather Governor Nikki of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicMany of life the ofstate’s legislators the pain flag to untiltim, ninea domestic blacks were shot to life, and the their child, story,had her ignored own personal violence assessshe knew something had to be death on June 17 during prayerpush meeting at the historic Mother Emanuel AME Church forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further done. OutCharleston. of her frustration said about Marlow. training for law enforcement in North By Tia Carol Jones flag from the statehouse
with law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecof the situation, she decided to who reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselstart the Saving Promise cam- “get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. paign. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradi“It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must that won't turn my family D.C.’s end Attorney of the day,General the bookKarl will A.look Racine continues at both sides of to theshow coin. loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to have a diaWe need to address both the vicwhy he was the best man for the job – refusing to back down, shared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow to cow-tow or toatforget the was oath he ence at the District Heights Also present the event said.took upon his election. Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the Channel exHe recently sat down with 8’s Bruce a Marlow wouldDePuyt also like on to see on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise program called “News Talk.” Municipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in discussed the District’s effortsandtoprivate fight schools. synthetic sium was sponsored by the Racine utive life terms without parole public She Family and Youth Services by athe Maryland role in feels childrenincreased need to be ability educatdrugs, Officejury of for thehisAttorney General’s Center of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. in Fiscal Year 2016 to protect the consumers of D.C., the Heights and the National Hook- 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasDistrict’s gun laws and pertinent issues. The Up of Black Women. the founder of After theother Trauma, sive-aggressive with interview poor chilMarlow has written a book, organization helps the dren about domestic violence,” was an streamed live atthat WJLA.com. “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. story about four generations of and their children. Marlow has worked to break domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, inspired by her own experiences, years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she and those of her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that her mother and her daughter. of,” she said. process. She said every time she reads There’s Mildred saida celebration “I plan to and take these policies to goingMuhammad to be a party, an opportuexcerpts from her book, she still people who want to help a Congress and implore them to nity domestic to remember the many accomplishments and hard work can not believe the words came violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. of one of the 20ththey century’s beloved Mary from her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of how go into most “I will not stopwomen, until these poliwon the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” McLeod Bethune. To mark her 140th birthday anniversary, Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached the National of the Inte“I was just 16-years-old when mode”. Park Service, the U.S.atDepartment tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net my eye first blackened and my rior, the National and the Mary McLeod “Before you getCapital to 'I'm Parks-East going lips bled,” Marlow said. to killCouncil you,' it started as aand verbal WIHistoric Site will team Bethune House National Elaine Davis-Nickens, presiup to honor Bethune. dent of the National Hook-Up of Black Women, said there is no It all takes place at 6 p.m. in Lincoln Park in Northeast. consistency in the way domestic Bethune, who founded a college in Florida, took on the task violence issues are dealt with by
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More than 41,000 D.C. minimum-wage workers got a raise July 1 that bumped their hourly wage from $9.50 to $10.50 this year and $11.50 by July 1, 2016. “The wage increase is a great start or foundation but we have long way to go,” said Jemaire Steward, a local chef. Steward has spent the last 15 years working in the restaurant industry. He was working as a sous chef at the World Trade Center and lost his job following the Sept. 11 attacks. Soon after, he relocated to D.C. in search of competitive pay and benefits for him and his two sons. “I went from making $64,000 with paid leave and sick time to earning minimum wage,” he said. Steward lives in the Northeast, the only place he can afford to live with his modest earnings. The wage increase comes as part of the D.C. Wage Theft Prevention Amendment Act of 2014. It requires employers to track the actual time employees work each day down to the minute. Previously, employers simply recorded the total hours an employee worked each day. Employers who fail to comply with these new requirements face stiff penalties. The act also amends recordkeeping requirements for the D.C. Accrued Sick and Safety Leave Act of 2008. Employers must keep
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1972 – The Democratic Party holds its presidential convention in Miami, Florida. New York Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, the first Black person to actively seek the party’s presidential nomination, received 151.95 votes on the first ballot. Chisholm’s signature phrase was “Un-bought and un-bossed.” She died in January 2005.
derground Railroad helping Blacks escape from slavery along with Frederick Douglass. He would later become publisher of Mirror of the Times – the first Black newspaper in California. He was also the first African American elected to a municipal judgeship in the state. July 12 1887 – The all-Black town, Mound Bayou, Mississippi is founded by exslave Isaiah Montgomery and his cousin Benjamin T. Green. It was built as a sanctuary for former slaves during a period when Jim Crow racism and terrorism by groups such as the Ku Klux Klan were on the rise. It is considered the oldest surviving allBlack town in America. According to the 2000 Census, the town had 2,100 residents. 1937 – Actor, comedian and political activist William “Bill” Cosby is born on this day in Philadelphia. Cosby would rise from nightclub comedian to actor and star of the hit NBC television series The Cosby Show from 1984 to 1992. June 13 1868 – Oscar J. Dunn, a former slave, is installed as Louisiana’s lieutenant governor. At the time, it was the highest elective state position ever achieved by any African American. Another Black, Antoine Dubuclet, was installed as state treasurer. However, the Hayes-Tilden Compromise of 1872 and the subsequent Jim Crow laws would wipe out virtually all Black political gains after the Civil War. It
July 11 1905 – The Niagara Movement (forerunner of the NAACP) is founded during a meeting near Niagara Falls, New York. Among the most prominent Blacks at the meeting were intellectual and activist W.E.B. DuBois and newspaper publishers William Monroe Trotter and Ida B. Wells Barnett. 1915 – Mifflin Wistar Gibbs dies. Gibbs had worked on the Un-
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VIEWP INT Cheryl Teare Washington, D.C. The Confederate flag should not be flown over any state, federal or municipal building. If people choose to use it for their freedom of expression that’s one thing, but it should not be used as a governmental statement, on any level. The flag is associated with quite a bit of negative history.
Lincoln Ajoku New York City, New York It’s a difficult issue. The flag itself has sometimes been used as a tool of suppression, but also as something that has represented the Confederacy. That’s a difficult part of American history that follows to this day. The real challenge for this country, I think, is how we square the reality of slavery, the confederacy and Jim Crow, and the reality that we are a 21st-century nation, we have an AfricanAmerican president and the United States is a more diverse country than ever. I think our symbols should be ones that unite people and the country.
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DEADLY CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, CHURCH SHOOTINGS THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF NINE MEMBERS, MANY HAVE CALLED FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA CAPITOL COMPLEX. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FLAG?
Nikea Sherrod Washington, D.C. After the many years of slavery, to still have something that is a painful reminder of the past is pretty sad. We’re supposed to be in the land of the free, but not everyone feels that freedom should be given to everyone. I would like to see the flag taken down. We’re supposed be one nation under God, and we should fly one flag, the flag of the United States of America.
Bashir Kamara New Carrollton, Maryland A lot of people find the flag offensive. I think it should be taken down because it has been used as a symbol for racism over the years. I think the flag should be removed from the South Carolina Capitol grounds, and I also think that it should be taken down altogether.
H’Enri Whitsey Washington, D.C. Personally, I think it represents slavery and opposition to the civil rights era. It most certainly should not be something we celebrate and honor. Some people have mentioned that it is a historical symbol for the South, and if they really believe so then we must respect their opinion. Personally, when I think about the flag, and when I think about something the things I have experienced, I see it as a symbol of oppression.
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chief said in an interview with WUSA-TV. The drugs, sold under the names K2, spice and a host of others, advertise to mimic the effects of marijuana. Mayor Muriel Bowser explained that they’re really more like PCP – sometimes making users psychotic and violent. Further, as the drug continues to emerge in the D.C. market, violence surrounding its sale is becoming common. “We think that some of the homicide or gun violence is related to drug sales and disputes over drug sales and that’s where we see the growth,” Bowser said. Whether it’s synthetic drugs, arguments or any other reason, law enforcement in the District and residents have been concerned about the recent rash of homicides which included the vicious slaying of three members of the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper two months ago.
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U station on Florida Avenue in Northeast. Also, over the July 4th holiday weekend, MPD was investigating two shootings in Southeast that left two men dead and several others injured. A $25,000 reward has been offered for information in those incidents, police said. Other homicides over the past two weeks include an individual waiting at a bus stop, a motorist shot along the Anacostia Freeway, a teenager shot after apparently refusing to give up his Gucci belt and a homeless man stabbed in a church courtyard. Additionally, on June 24, police were alerted to the body of a 20-year-old Southeast resident found floating in the Tidal Basin by the Jefferson Memorial. Later that same day, another body was found floating in the Potomac River near the Kennedy Center and police then quickly discovered another body at the Georgetown Waterfront. Police said there was no immediate indication of foul play for any of the bodies. “In my short time as a Councilmember, I’ve attended too many vigils for residents lost to violence,” said District Atlarge Councilmember Elissa Silverman, the only member of the District’s 13-member council to respond to a request for comment. “At every community meeting I hear that residents want an active, community-oriented police presence in their neighborhoods. I know that MPD is working to implement some new programs and solutions, and I hope we can see progress
soon,” she said. Crump, the MPD spokeswoman, pointed out that police are also making arrests when crimes occur. On June 30, detectives from MPD’s Homicide Branch announced an arrest had been made in the homicide that occurred in the 4300 block of Wheeler Road, Southeast. The arrest stems from an incident that occurred on May 13 when members of the Seventh District responded to a call for a reported shooting. After arriving on the scene, officers located an adult female suffering from multiple sharp force injuries. Police identified the victim as 46-year-old Darlene Marie Bryant of Southeast. Delonta Jovon Wynn, 34, of Southeast, was arrested and charged with murder in the death of Bryant. “Every homicide in our city impacts our community equally. The same is true when we make arrests and bring closure to a family,” Lanier said. “These investigations may take time, but our detectives remain fully committed to solving every case. The arrest in this case provides yet another example of diligent investigative work and our continued resolve to providing closure to the loved ones of homicide victims.” WI
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UDC President Gets Three-Year Deal By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer The District Council has unanimously approved a new three-year contract for Ronald Mason, Jr. to head the University of the District of Columbia through 2018. The new deal, approved on June 30, will provide Mason with a base salary of $303,850 and the contract can be renewed each year after it expires if funds are available to continue to pay him at that rate. Mayor Muriel Bowser worked with the council to ensure that there were funds available to facilitate a contract for Mason, who will also receive a $7,000 monthly housing allowance, access to a university-provided vehicle and sick, vacation and personal leave as well as life and disability insurance. Including benefits Mason’s salary will cost the District $391,055 annually with an additional $84,000 a year for housing.
A graduate of Columbia University and the Columbia School of Law, Mason arrived at UDC earlier this year after overseeing five campuses as CEO of Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He took over for Earl Lyons, the former secretary of the Maryland Higher Education Commission, who had served as interim president of UDC since 2013. Mason also served as president of Jackson State University in Mississippi and he also worked at Tulane University. “I congratulate the board of the University of the District of Columbia for selecting a leader with a wealth of experience as they work to transform the District’s public university,” said D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser who worked to restore funding in the city’s budget for UDC enabling the hire of Mason. “We share the commitment to improve UDC, and that is why we fully funded their budget through the budget process,”
Bowser said. Along with his responsibilities as president of UDC, Mason’s contract calls for him to prioritize operational improvement, fundraise, improve student outcomes and increase enrollment. “Within thirty days of the beginning of the [contract], the UDC board or a designated committee of the board and Mason shall commence the process of jointly developing a performance plan with specific detailed performance objectives in the priority areas referenced, and on which Mason’s performance will be evaluated…,” the contract states. With the new deal, however, the council, mayor and the UDC Board of Trustees have expressed confidence in Mason and his ability to turn the fortunes of the District’s public university. “Mr. Mason’s national reputation for outstanding leadership in higher education includes: board service for the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs;
Ronald Mason, Jr., president of UDC/ Photo Courtesy of UDC
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund; the Educational Testing Service Advisory Committee for HBCUs; and the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education,” Elaine A. Crider, chair of the Board of Trustees wrote to the council.
“Prior service on the boards of the American Council on Education and the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, Office of Postsecondary Education [also solidifies Mason’s qualifications],” Crider said.WI
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U.S. Attorney Still Tracking Vincent Gray By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer For former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, life must be a little like living in the Twilight Zone. New Acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Vincent H. Cohen Jr. is said to still be looking into corruption charges against Gray. “The investigation into the 2010 mayoral campaign is continuing,” Cohen’s spokesman William Miller told the Washington Informer this week. That revelation must have Gray thinking he’s entered Rod Serling’s “Dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone.” “It’s ludicrous. The best thing that Cohen could have said after the Machen debacle was that this thing has been put to bed,” said Gloria Williams, a longtime Gray supporter. “It must be the ‘Twilight Zone’ that the U.S. Attorney is living in or at least he’s trying to make Vincent Gray feel like he’s living there.” Earlier this year, after Ronald C. Machen resigned as U.S. Attorney, Gray’s 2014 campaign manager Chuck Thies railed against the office for what he called a witch hunt. He said the far-reaching corruption probe and it turned out that this – as well as leaks and innuendo – were all that was needed to undermine Gray’s efforts to win re-election to a second term as chief executive officer of America’s capital city. “I had heard rumors that [Machen] said he was leaving and he did nothing (to resolve the) Gray investigation. This was his highest The Washington Informer
profile case,” Thies said. “For him to leave this high-profile case dangling is reckless. He has already smeared Vince Gray’s’ name. He should be able to say he’ll return indictment or throw out the case.” “He owes it to more than Vince Gray, he owes it to city. He doesn’t care about D.C. and politics. He came out with his dog and pony show, interjected himself into an election and altered the result.” Thies, a political consultant and former talk show host, said he’s incensed at what Machen did. “He intimated that Vince Gray was trying to steal an election. There’s a vicious irony in all this. How does Machen dish out justice? He stole the election of 2014. That’s what he did.” Three weeks before the April 1, 2014 Democratic primary won by now Mayor Muriel Bowser, Machen held a press conference to announce that he’d hammered out a plea deal with local businessman, super donor and political kingmaker Jeffrey E. Thompson in which the maverick pleaded guilty to channeling more than $660,000 into a shadow campaign to pay for voter registration drives, materials and other election efforts for Gray during his 2010 run for mayor. Most damning was Thompson’s assertion that Gray knew about the shadow campaign and met with him at least twice requesting large sums of money to finance his campaign. At the press conference after Thompson’s appearance in federal court, Machen said it was the tip of the iceberg and promised that many more heads would roll. Machen talked about Gray’s purported involvement in a scheme in which Thompson funneled more
than $2 million in illegal donations to local and federal campaigns over the course of six years. “Jeff Thompson’s guilty plea pulls back the curtain to expose widespread corruption,” Machen said at the time. “His plea gives the citizens of D.C. an inside look at the underground, off-the-books schemes that have corrupted election after election, year after year.” Gray, 71, has always been steadfast in his denials, asserting that he did nothing wrong, adding that Thompson lied to save his own skin. Machen promised that Gray would be indicted; letting one of the District’s more popular mayors in recent years twist in the wind. Gray supporters argued that if Machen had had enough evidence to indict, he would have done so long ago and those advocating for fairness and impartiality are asking that if no indictment ever comes, who will restore Gray’s good name. Now, after a near four year investigation, there’s still no such indictment and very little, if any, publicly released evidence showing Gray to be a criminal. “Here’s a man, [Machen], who essentially stole the election from Mayor Gray,” said Harvey Satterthwaite, a 69-year-old retired military veteran and Gray supporter who lives in Southeast. “Everyone had to have been suspicious of the timing with the Thompson thing and then nothing from the prosecutor. Nothing. It smelled bad then and it smells even worse now.”WI
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Playing It Safe: Sexual Health and You Submitted by AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia
Play It Safe
Sexuality plays an important role in your relationships and your health. It is not just physical. Sexual health includes mental and social aspects, too. Before engaging in sexual activity, make sure it is something both partners want. Many may find the topic awkward or hard to talk about. But to be safe and healthy, overcoming the fear of talking about sex is important. Being open and comfortable with your partner and your doctors can help you have safe and positive experiences. Know what each other want and make sure you both agree. Never force someone into sex. And never allow yourself to feel forced into it.
Sex and sexuality is not something to be embarrassed by. It is part of being human. Be smart and ask questions. Talk to your partner about safe ways to enjoy each other’s company. Use condoms even if both partners are STD-free. Be sure talk to your PCP or OB/GYN about all the ways to be healthy.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Many diseases can be passed on through unprotected sex. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) include over 20 conditions passed on through sexual contact with an infected person. Common STDs include: •
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 19 million people are infected with an STD each year. If untreated, STDs can cause major health problems. Anyone who is sexually active is at risk. But there are ways to help prevent STDs. When latex condoms are used correctly, they can help keep you and your partner safe. They can also help prevent pregnancy. But it’s important to know condoms are not 100 percent effective. There is still a small chance to get pregnant or get an STD while using them. Not having sex is the only sure way to avoid the potential of getting pregnant or getting an STD. Get Tested Talk to your doctor about getting tested for STDs. Some STDs have symptoms that include fever, burning or itching. Other STDs are “silent.” This means they have no clear symptoms. Research shows that many people with STDs don’t even know they have one. Then, they can spread the diseases without knowing it. For example, 1 in 7 people living with HIV don’t know they are infected. This can be very unsafe. Find out what your status is. Talk about it with anyone you become intimate with. Also, ask your partner if he or she knows his or her STD status. If both sexual partners are “negative,” staying in a committed relationship can help you stay STDfree. A committed relationship means only having sex with each other. There are many free testing centers in the District. Men and women can ask their primary care provider (PCP) to test them. Women can also see their OB/GYN for sexual and reproductive screenings. Testing is easy and very important for your overall health. Sex and Pregnancy If you have sex while pregnant, it is still important to use protection, especially if you or your partner has an STD. Pregnant women have the same risks as women who are not pregnant. If you get an STD while pregnant, the disease can be passed on to your baby. This can make pregnancy hard on the mother. It can also be unsafe for the growing child. In some cases, it can be deadly. Safe sex is important for everyone. If you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant, talk to your doctor and get tested. If you are sexually active and do not want to get pregnant, ask your doctor about birth control options. If you are on birth control, be sure to still use a latex condom during sex to protect against STDs. www.washingtoninformer.com
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Homecoming for WTTG Reporter Tisha Lewis Signs With Fox5 DC By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer In the world of television news, there are many who ply their trade as transplants. Over the past 13 years – in what amounts as a lifetime when you’re away from home – Lewis has worked in New York as a behind-the-scenes employee at the Fox News Channel. She left the Big Apple in 2004 for small town Bakersfield, California, where she served as a fill-in anchor and reporter for KGET, the NBC station there. Her travels would land her at WTVJ in Miami, an NBC affiliate where she also regularly contributed to the national news on MSNBC. Later she worked for the CW affiliate WSFL anchoring news headlines for the station’s vaunted morning show. But, for Lewis, a Virginia Tech graduate who grew up in North-
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ern Virginia and as a 14-year-old was a posse member on BET’s “Teen Summit” television program, the nation’s capital is where it all really began. Now, no longer a transplant, the enthusiasm emitting from Lewis suggests the nation’s capitol could be where she remains. “I’m ecstatic to be back in D.C.,” said Lewis, who on Monday, June 22, joined the anchor and reporting team at WTTG Fox5 D.C. in Northwest. “It’s a dream come true and I’m so excited to be home.” After working in California, Indianapolis and Florida, Lewis continued to carve out quite a name for herself working at WFLD Fox32 in Chicago, earning raves and awards for covering and reporting on such news as Spike Lee’s controversial Windy-City themed movie, “Chiraq,” and the recent Stanley Cup triumph of the Chicago
New WTTG News Personality Tisha Lewis happy to be back in D.C. /Courtesy photo
Blackhawks. Lewis, who received guidance as a protégé of Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, has covered hurricanes, conflicts in Haiti, transition in Cuba, U.S. presidential campaigns and
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At WTTG, Lewis will report for the station’s highly-regarded evening newscast. She’ll also enjoy home cooking from her beloved mother, who has remained Lewis’ best friend. “I realized that I haven’t been home. I visited for holidays and to get away, but since I graduated high school, I’ve been home maybe a couple of times so my mom is really happy,” said Lewis, whose demanding schedule hasn’t prevented her from the many philanthropic efforts with which she’s involved. Lewis helped to co-found and developed a youth development program in Chicago with the goal of helping female students reach their peak. She’s also volunteered in public schools, at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Habitat for Humanity, Black Pilots of America and she’s filmed public service announcements focused on HIV and AIDS awareness, which remains a scourge in Washington, D.C. “My first day back was amazing,” she said. “I’m still in awe that this is happening especially when you consider that I grew up watching Fox5 News as a child and there are still people here who are familiar faces. It feels really amazing to be doing what I love at home and at the station that I watched as a child.” WI
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It’s Ozone Season! errands and trips to reduce vehicle starts; don’t speed, since wind resistance from increased speed burns more fuel; avoid idling.
By Jessica Daniels, Environmental Protection Specialist, District Department of the Environment Jessica.daniels@dc.gov Summer is here! For most people that means it’s time to get outdoors and enjoy the sun – play at the pool, go to a concert, take a hike, or visit the beach. However, for the District Department of the Environment’s Air Quality Division (AQD), summer is peak ozone season. Air pollution in the District comes from a wide variety of sources: lawn mowers, paints, cleaning products, barbecues, vehicles, and most importantly, power plants. When it’s hot and sunny outside, air pollution reacts to form ground-level ozone, also called smog. Groundlevel ozone can impact human health and welfare. Particularly susceptible are children, people with lung disease, older adults, and active individuals who exercise or work outside. Breathing ozone can irritate the airways and trigger coughing, wheezing, throat irritation, shortness of breath, and chest pain. It can worsen bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma. This all sounds very gloomy and out of our control, but there’s hope! AQD has worked for decades to reduce air pollution in the District and has achieved the health-based federal standards for all pollutants except ozone. But, there is still more work to do. You can help AQD reduce ozone in the District by following these suggestions - especially on high ozone days. •
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Play smarter – Replace charcoal with a propane gas grill; reduce wood burning; avoid using outboard motors, offroad vehicles, or other gas/diesel-powered recreational vehicles.
10 seconds of idling uses more fuel than restarting your car.
Conserve energy – Turn off lights, appliances, and electronics when not in use; clean heating filters; set the air conditioner at a higher temperature; use timed thermostats; choose ENERGY STAR™ products.
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Construction Set for New County Business By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Groundbreaking has been scheduled for later this month on a new 61,200 square foot building in Capitol Heights, Maryland that will expand an already robust and popular complex near Interstate 95. Baltimore based Atapco Properties, Inc. has announced construction of a new partially pre-leased, tilt-up industrial building at its Steeplechase 95 International Business Park. The company said more than 16,000 square feet of the new industrial building is already pre-leased while the remaining
45,000 square feet will feature a 130-foot truck court, 24-foot clear heights, and an early suppression fast response sprinkler system. “This state-of-the-art industrial building complements our successful Steeplechase 95 Business Park,” Kevin McAndrews, president of Atapco Properties, said in a news release. “The park’s excellent access, convenient location, well-designed layout, and unmatched amenities have made it an extremely attractive option for industrial and flex users looking to expand or relocate to the Baltimore-Washington area,” he said. Construction is expected to be
The Steeplechase 95 International Business Park will expand. / Photo Courtesy Atapco Properties, Inc.
completed by the second quarter of 2016. Located off Exit 13 on the Capital Beltway, Steeplechase 95 is a multi-phased, 110-acre mixed-use business park consisting of one million square feet of
flex, industrial and office space along with sixteen acres of retail space. Its convenient, centralized location provides close proximity to Washington, D.C., the Port of Baltimore and B.W.I. Airport. The business and retail park already includes a Chipotle, Subway, Wawa and a Navy Federal Credit union location as well as a Verizon store and a Concentra Urgent Care facility. McAndrews said Atapco, a wholly owned subsidiary of
American Trade Production Corporation, will seek additional tenants for the new space. He said the various components of the park make it especially attractive to those looking to relocate to the area. “These components, currently not found in other competitive projects, have been key to attracting such quality tenants as Rexel USA, HD Supply, Johnson Controls and Restaurant Depot to Steeplechase 95,” McAndrews said.WI
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Panel: Music Should Be Core Subject By William J. Ford WI Contributing Writer @jabariwill Students who learn music become better readers, gain critical thinking skills and boost their self-confidence. A panel of music advocates all spoke in one accord Thursday, June 25, to tell congressional officials that music should receive academic support and money similar to those granted to math, English and science. “Unfortunately, we still have some administrators out there who look at us … with a big ‘E’ over our heads. We’re part of entertainment. We have moved much further beyond that,” said Glenn E. Nierman, professor of music education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and president of the National Association for Music Education. “I think about the 21st century skills: critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity. There’s no better platform that could’ve been written for music education than those four Cs because we contribute to all of them.” NAfME, which promotes and supports all forms of music education in the schools, hosted a one-hour discussion at the Rayburn House Office Building in Southwest titled “Beyond the Bubbles with Music: the benefits of a Broader Minded Education.” Members with the over-100-yearold organization of Reston, Virginia, college students and music educators visited Capitol Hill to tell congressional leaders not to forget about the importance of music in the schools while they continue to discuss ways to revamp the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which is also known as No Child Left Behind. A standing-room-only-crowd filled the Gold Room inside Rayburn and received a boost of support from Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Virginia). “Music must stay in the elementary and secondary schools. There’s an effort to try and get them out,” said Scott, the ranking Democrat on the education committee in Congress. “Those who are involved in the arts are more likely to graduate from high school. We also know students with high quality music programs score higher on achievement tests. So the integration of music into the fabric of our schools is a powerful driver of school improvement. We need to make sure more students have access to these programs and not less.” NAfME filed a petition last year on Change.org for Congress to pass
policies so that music receives a an amount of funding similar to math and English. In addition, it urged the Department of Education to make music a separate category on its “Schools and Staffing Survey” some school officials and teachers fill out annually. As of Saturday, June 27, NAfMe has collected nearly 6,200 signatures on the petition. According to data the organization received from the Department of Education and National Center for Education Statistics, it shows less than 5 percent of teachers nationwide are dedicated to strictly teaching music. Another disparity shows schools with a minority enrollment of 53 percent or more have fewer rooms strictly for music; schools with fewer minorities jump to at least 70 percent. However, those numbers are 6 years old, said Alexandra Eaton, policy advisor for NAfME. “National research and funding is done for every other subject, except music. It’s crazy,” Eaton said Wednesday, June 24. “Our schools are geared for students to sit down and shut up. Music is a class where students can actually make noise. However, we see how music isn’t promoted like it should be.” Locally, a 31-page Prince George’s County Public Schools summer guide highlights programs students can enroll in such as Head Start, space engineering: robotics, and Algebra 1. There’s not one music course listed. However, about 20 county students participated in a free one-week marching band camp June 22-26 at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland. Students in grades eight through 12 who attend a performing arts school will learn how to sing opera July 6-9 or July 9-13 at Suitland High School in Forestville, Maryland. The cost is $150 per week. “It is not just singing, but teaching them the tolerance for all types of people and their music. It is a multicultural experience,” said Judith Hawkins, vocal general music supervisor for the county schools. Alfonso Jiles, band director at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, said music correlates to every core subject. “Our students learn how to count notes which is learning a math skill. If an instrument is out of tune, then that student is learning about the different sound waves coming from
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Kenneth Elpus, right, assistant professor of music education at the University of Maryland in College Park said the Department of Education should promote more research on music education. Elpus was one of four panelists to discuss the importance of music education in the schools at the Rayburn House Office Building in Southwest on Thursday, June 25. (Photo courtesy NAfME)
an instrument. That’s science,” said Jiles, 51, who has taught music in the county for about 25 years. “Music is one of the great equalizers. When one person messes up on an ensemble, the whole ensemble is messed up. There are no benchwarmers in
the band. Everyone is a starter and everyone performs.” Back in the Gold Room at the Rayburn building, musician John Brandon said confidence, teamwork, time management and planning can all be achieved while learning music.
“That is stuff you probably learn better in music and the performing arts than anywhere else,” said Brandon, a trumpet player with the band San Fermin out of Brooklyn, New York. “It is super applicable to a 21st Century society.”WI
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New Scare at Navy Yard Report of Shots Fired Found to be False By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer The Metropolitan Police Department, Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, District Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, and several federal law enforcement agencies responded swiftly to the Washington Navy Yard in Southeast on Thursday, July 2, after reports of an active shooter. Likely, with thoughts of the 2013 incident there when a gunman open fired, authorities moved with precision after a 911 call suggested another shooting. “Though thankfully the reports of an active shooter proved to be unsubstantiated, the unfortunate reality is that we must continue to stay vigilant and ready to respond to incidents and threats,” District Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) said in a news release. “I want to especially thank the brave women and men who work as first responders. As we move forward and review the after-action reports, I will continue to work with all of our agencies
to be sure they have the training and technology needed to continue to protect our city,” McDuffie said. “We can help our first responders by always reporting any suspicious activity to 911.” At 7:29 a.m., someone from the Navy Yard called law enforcement for assistance after it was thought that gunshots were heard. All of the buildings there were placed on lockdown and many individuals were evacuated and authorities shut down multiple District streets. By 10 a.m., the FBI and MPD said all was clear. During the 2013 incident, 12 individuals were killed and three others were injured when a lone gunman opened fire at the Navy Yard. “[Law enforcement] are very well prepared for situations like this one,” said MPD Chief Cathy Lanier. “The response people saw at the Navy Yard is what happens all of the time. Some saw plain clothes officers not realizing it and called police. Officers in uniforms and without uniforms were all at the scene and we don’t take anything for granted.” WI
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NATIONAL Power Talk Summit Addresses Race Charleston 9 Shooting, White Supremacy, Healing Discussed By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer The nation’s top thinkers, scholars and social activists convened in the District for a two-day lecture series to address racism and upward mobility for African-Americans in light of the Charleston, South Carolina, massacre. The sold-out crowd at Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast soaked in the knowledge of Ashra Kwesi, Patricia Newton and Umar Johnson as they lectured in tribute to esteemed psychiatrist Frances Cress Welsing on Saturday, June 27. “Dr. Welsing is being acknowledged and paid tribute to because of her work. She has dedicated her life to breaking it down. The system of white supremacy is something our people are not educated on and it continues to confront us every day,” said Carl Nelson, host of “The Carl Nelson Show” on WOL News Talk 1450 AM. Newton, a psychiatrist from Baltimore, credits Welsing as to why she is a psychiatrist. “I owe her a debt of gratitude; she is the reason for my professional career. When I saw her speak years ago, I was totally changed by her presence,” Newton said. Newton approaches psychiatry from an Afrocentric point of view, specifically studying circumstances and conditions that alter African-Americans’ brain chemistry. “We have been rewired to destroy ourselves. Our brains carry the memory of trauma from our ancestors. We have been dealing with trauma so long, we think it’s normal to have to cope and forgive just to keep going,” Newton said. The Charleston 9 shooting shows the unrelenting evil of white supremacy and what it has done to the black man’s consciousness, Newton argues. “We are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. We have never been able to recover from the trauma to be healed. To heal the brain,” Newton said. “They (white people) do not identify on a neurological level with your agony,” Newton said. Nelson emphasized that “white supremacy” does not mean white people are supreme. “Many of our people don’t understand the system of white supremacy. They are not supreme; it is the system. It is designed to keep
us down. We are not the worst in every situation because of the color of our skin; it’s a complex system,” Nelson said. “Someone has got to be first, and someone has got to be last,” Nelson said. On June 17, nine people were murdered at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. The alleged gunman was identified as 21-yearold Dylan Roof. The Charleston County police chief, Gregory
Mullen, classified the act as a hate crime. Johnson lectured in Charleston two days before the killings. “Forty-eight hours before the shooting, I was in Charleston giving lectures, talking to the youth in that city, building on how we can make life better for them,” Johnson said. “On Monday, I am going back to Charleston. Myself and the New Black Panther Party. We will hold a rally across the street
from mother Emanuel,” Johnson said. Johnson insists that the spirit of forgiveness and inclusiveness demonstrated by black people allows atrocities like this to occur. “When he came in, somebody’s alarm should have went off. No way an unknown black man could come into a white church and sit amongst them with no questions,” Johnson said. Nelson stands firm in the idea
that black people in America must be on guard. “We need to monitor. We need to be on guard all the time. We have a post-racial society until we have a Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown or Walter Scott,” Nelson said. “We have over 100 years of knowledge in this room. “We’re here to educate and provide solutions to our people,” Nelson said.WI
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Many blacks swayed to President Barack Obama’s eulogy at Charleston’s TD Arena and his culmination, “Amazing Grace.” While Obama’s performance garnered high praise by blacks, most don’t know the historical significance of those whose shoulders upon which he stood. Obama was in Charleston to honor people of Emanuel AME Church and their storied history in black life in America. Mother Emanuel is the South’s oldest African Methodist Episcopal church, and Denmark Vesey once preached there. In his tribute, Obama noted, “Mother Emanuel was burned to the ground because of Vesey’s insurrection meetings after some slaves leaked information to their owners about the rebellion, resulting in Vesey being arrested before the plot could be carried out.” White slave masters hanged Vesey and scores of blacks and burned down Emanuel AME Church. Was it just a minstrel show? How will blacks move forward after the tragedy at Charleston? What legacy could Obama leave as a legacy to blacks? If his pastoral cadence is real, Obama can grasp the fact that America’s current racial inequalities have roots in over 400 years of cultural, economic, physical, legal, and political discrimination based on race. American blacks of the past and present still suffer the scourge of slavery in their lives. These days, median black incomes are just 63 percent of whites’ – a direct consequence of slavery. Today’s white households’ wealth is 13 times that of blacks. Justice demands that blacks be “repaired” for the wrongs that have been done to them in America. Slavery’s cost is
By William Reed still with us, and before he leaves, Obama needs to “do the right thing” in regards to black Americans. The estimated value of America’s debt for slavery is $1.75 trillion. The net wealth of the entire country is around $80 trillion, so the debt owed blacks – some $40,000 for each for 42 million – is a trivial percentage of the national wealth. Most Americans say “All things are equal” in America, and particularly those who pander to Establishment America call the concept of reparations to blacks “shocking.” Fox Business News host Charles Payne provocatively said, “There’s going to be an official apology from the White House to slavery in America and then a major push to get cash.” Payne scoffs at the concept of reparations, but in truth the nation needs to understand is that America was literally built on the backs of black labor. In consideration of the coerced labor their ancestors performed over centuries, up to $5 trillion in compensation is due descendants of enslaved people in the U.S. Was the performance in the pulpit in Charleston just a “show”? Or, will after seven years of avoiding the race issue, Obama will leave blacks a fitting bequest? Hopefully, “the spirit” will get Obama to lead America in an act of contrition that “I once was blind, but now I see” and use the power of his high office to leave a doable legacy for blacks. As he passes from the scene ,Obama could start the process toward America’s payment of its debt to blacks by issuing an executive order to enact The Commission to Study Reparations Proposals for African Americans Act –
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Sisters Turn Hobby into Profitable Business By Kelly-Ann Brown Howard University News Service
WASHINGTON – Tonia Gore and her sister, Tameka Gore Tillman, have been shopping in thrift stores all their lives, initially not by choice. Their cost-conscious mother was the one who got them started. She grew up poor, the second of nine children, and not having a lot, the family spent nearly all of their shopping in second-hand stores looking for bargains, Tillman, 39, explained. “Once she started her family, she did the same thing,” she said. “Back then, it wasn’t trendy like it is now. Wearing used clothes was thought of as being poor.” The sisters weren’t exactly fond of it. “We hated it,” Gore said adamantly. Years later, however, they have turned those lemons into lemonade with their store, Bartered Threads. With the tagline, “Extraordinary Things Restated,” the 500-square foot shop at 3924 12th Street in Northeast D.C. dispels any preconceived notions one could have about thrift shops. It features used highend apparel, footwear, home décor and jewelry thoughtfully arranged in a vibrantly-decorated shop. Bartered Threads began in May 2012 as an online consignment shop after Gore called Tillman when she saw a television program that featured a woman with a successful online consignment store. However, they realized they would have to change their business model after their plan of an online consignment store that did not feature many high end products failed. “We took a step back, as you always need to do when you have a business, and just reflected on what you’ve done and where you are,” Gore, 34, said. With extra inventory from the consignment shop, they set up shop in a Baltimore flea market to gage how well they might be as a traditional brick and mortar store. With the success of that venture, the sisters began a five-month process to open their current store in May 2014. They were able to obtain their current location with the help of a
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she said she believes that the differences in her and her sister’s personality compliment one another. “She’s the people person and very outgoing,” she said. “I’m conservative and introverted. It’s a good balance, and you need that.” Bartered Threads also has a barter program in which people who make their own items can sell their products in a physical location at no cost with the “barter” being an exchange for social media promotion. As the store grows, the sisters said they hope to open a second location and develop community partnerships. Currently, they are working towards a partnership with the St. Anne’s Center for Children, Youth and Families, a transitional home for women and children in Hyattsville, Maryland. They said they hope to provide mentorship and job training programs to the women and assist the organization with managing its donations in a similar fashion as the selection process of Bartered Threads. Gore said the key to their business is to make sure that everyone feels comfortable and welcomed. “Everybody isn’t confortable with resale but I think when resale looks like this,” she said, alluding to the store’s merchandise, “it makes it easier.”WI
of H.R. 40 would help blacks toward “equality in America through acknowledgement of injustice and inhumanity of slavery; and establishment of a commission to study slavery, its subsequent racial and economic discrimination; study the im-
pact of those forces on today’s African Americans; and make recommendations to Congress on appropriate remedies to redress harm inflicted.WI William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and is available for projects via busxchng@his.com.
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Maryland May End Confederate Flag Plates By Kelly-Ann Brown Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings – and several state legislators are calling for the removal of the confederate flag on Maryland license plates and from state-issued property. Maryland is one of four states working to remove the emblem from their specialty plates, along with Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. Texas has already removed the Confederate Flag from its plates. The racially motivated murders of nine African Americans
on June 17 at the Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., have served as a catalyst for a nationwide conversation on racial prejudices and its symbolism. “The Confederate Flag is a divisive symbol in our nation’s history and has no place on any official government licenses or documentation in the state of Maryland,” Prince George’s County Council Chairmen Mel Franklin said in a statement. Additionally, over 70 Maryland state senators and delegates have signed a document addressed to Secretary of Transportation Peter Rahn and Motor Vehicle Administrator Milton Chaffee of the Maryland Department of Transpor-
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not including the Confederate battle flag in specialty license plate designs.” All are asking the Maryland Vehicle Administration (MVA) to again withdraw its approval for organizational plates for the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), Inc., which features the confederate flag. In the mid-1990s the MVA recalled previously issued plates based on numerous complaints that the artwork was racist. The SCV sued the MVA in Sons of the Confederate Veterans, Inc. v. Glendening in 1997, and the United States District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that MVA violated the organization’s First Amendment rights. Since 1995, Maryland has been one of nine states to offer Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. license plates and the only state that was not a former member of the Confederacy. Just two decades later, history has repeated itself, this time with greater public opposition and the support of local leaders. However, a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Walker v. Texas, Sons of Confederate Veterans, allows the state of Texas to reject specialty license plate designs should it represent a message the state does not support. The June 18 decision stated, “We hold that Texas’s specialty license plate designs constitute government speech and that Texas was consequently entitled to refuse to issue plates featuring the SCV’s proposed design.” Though the 5-4 ruling coincidentally came one day after the Charleston murders, the case was initially argued in
March of 2015, evidence that such issues have are constantly being reevaluated. The decision ultimately sets a legal precedent, allowing Maryland, among other states, to work within their rights and reject confederate flag design on its specialty plates if it chooses. Maryland Sen. Jamie Raskin and Maryland Delegate David Moon have both signed off on a letter addressed to Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, in light of the recent events. Burl Young, spokesperson for Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles, said that in April 1995 the plates began circulating. Approximately 409 plates have been issued, Young said, and currently, only 151 vehicles and 27 motorcycles are active. In the document, they seek legal confirmation that the MVA can move forward and reject confederate flag specialty plates without legislation. The letter also points out that previous legal decisions have now “been effectively overruled by the Supreme Court.” According to statics from the Pew Research Center in 2011 for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, out of approximately 1,500 adults only 9 percent cited a positive reaction to a Confederate flag on display. Comparatively, 39 percent of participants had negatives reactions. WI HUNS reporter Sadijah Wallace contributed to this story
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Nigeria Assumes Lead in Continent’s Health By Dr. Gloria Bozeman Herndon WI Contributing Writer Some of you may know the African continent very well, and even so some of the facts that I will present may still come as a surprise. This vast continent that is home to thousands of languages and hundreds of ethnic groups, and some of nature’s most precious minerals remains a mystery to most and misunderstood by many. Currently, the African continent contains two-thirds of the mineral reserve, two-thirds of the diamonds and one-tenth of the oil reserves worldwide. It has six out of the 10 fastest-growing economies and is the youngest continent, with about two-thirds of the over 1 billion people under the age of 35, and by 2020 75 percent of all Africans will have an average age of 20. The population shift is astounding, especially when you consider that in 1950 the continent accounted for only 9 percent of the world’s population. However, by the end of this century, one half of the children in the world will be African. This population growth is reflected in the fact that nine out of the 10 most fertile countries are in Africa. Niger in particular averages eight births per woman. At this rate, the population will quadruple to 4.2 billion towards the end of the century, while the U.S. and European populations are on the decline and are aging. Nothing fuels economic growth more than a strong, young population, and with these essential ingredients there is no doubt that “Africa is on the Rise,” and its dynamic and energetic population and diaspora will bring a paradigm shift in economics, telecommunications, culture, health care and financial services just to name a few.
I would like to zoom in on one country, Nigeria. Our company, GB Pharma, has currently undertaken a monumental/epochal health care initiative that I will present shortly. It is not a coincidence that we focus on Nigeria as it is now the largest economy in Africa and has about 200 million people, with a $1.5 trillion GDP. Thirty-one percent of its population is between 10 and 24. It has the fastest-growing middle class, which has tripled in the last 30 years to contain 34 percent of the continent’s middle class. With all of these strong figures regarding the continent and Nigeria, it will be completely meaningless without a strong, healthy population. “Health Security” is our focus at GB Pharma and all of our initiatives on the continent involve innovative, effective, high quality treatments that are accessible to all and are catalysts for securing the health of men, women and children. GB Pharma and its partner organizations, Immune Therapeutics and AHAR Pharma, have engaged in and are funding a 90-Day bridging clinical trial for its proprietary patented therapy, Lodonal, as an adjunct treatment for HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections in the State Specialist Hospital, HIV Clinic, Asubiaro, Osogbo, Osun State Nigeria. Collaborators include principal investigator and lead consultant is Abayomi Akinwale Oni and principal investigator Richards Afonja of American Hospitals and Resorts. The purpose of the bridging study is to evaluate the effects of Lodonal as an Immune-System Regulating Agent in subjects in which their immune system is compromised. The trial is overseen by the Osun State Ministry of Health Ethics Committee, Asubiaro, Osogobo, Nigeria. The primary objective of this clini-
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cal trial is to confirm that Lodonal has a beneficial effect on the immune system of patients in Nigeria who have a compromised immune system. Lodonal’s chemical name, Naltrexone, is an opioid antagonist used primarily in the management of alcohol and opioid dependence; the FDA approved Naltrexone in 1984 at 50mg. However, there is “Accumulating evidence suggests in its low dose form [LDN, 4.5mg] can promote health supporting immune modulation, which reduces various oncogenic inflammatory autoimmune processes and immune compromised states such as in HIV and non-HIV states.” The value of Naltrexone as an immune modulator was recognized by Dr. Ian Zagon at the University of Pennsylvania. The late Dr. Bernard Bihari, a neurophysician from New York, (who passed away on May 16th, 2010) began treating his
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(HIV/AIDS) patients in the late 1980s. Since that time, many doctors throughout the United States prescribe LDN for a number of indications including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Crohn’s disease, HIV/AIDS, cancer and other autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. With the total population in Africa of 1.111 billion (2013) and the incidence and prevalence of HIV and other non-HIV immune compromised states, Lodonal, being affordable, well tolerated and efficacious in boosting the immune status of individuals at risk, is novel and revolutionary. At this time there’s no cure for HIV/AIDS, but there are medications that can dramatically slow disease progression. These drugs have reduced AIDS deaths in many developed nations. However, HIV/AIDS continues to decimate populations worldwide. It is such a devastating health challenge that the U.S. Department of State
through its PEPFAR program provides emergency assistance for more than 21 partners, one of which is Nigeria. We believe LDN could be an answer; LDN is safe, easy to administer and affordable. Through the bridging trial, Nigeria has once again assumed its leadership position by undertaking a bridging trial that will allow Lodonal to be available to its population and ultimately the rest of Africa. This will revolutionize the concept of health security in Africa by providing an immune booster that offers solutions that are non-evasive and reactive and whereby early deaths due to opportunistic infections would be reduced, thus increasing the labor force essential for the world’s fastest-growing continent.WI Dr. Herndon is the CEO for GB Pharma Holdings, GB Group Global, GB Energie LED and GB Energie.
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DCPS EDUCATION BRIEFS Compiled by Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer
school, graduate and work toward a better life for themselves and their families.”
‘New Heights’ Engages Expectant Students Tray Chaney of “The Wire” and Wanda Pratt, mother of NBA star Kevin Durant, recently joined Chancellor Kaya Henderson for the 4th annual “New Heights Summit, ” an initiative that promotes the collaborative efforts of city agencies in support of expectant and parenting students focused on completing their high school education. During the daylong event, held June 24 at Columbia Heights Educational Campus in Northwest, Pratt spoke to participants from 13 DCPS high schools about her experience as a parent at age 18, how she sacrificed her aspirations in support of her children, and, ultimately, why she has dedicated her adult life to inspiring single mothers to pursue their dreams and goals in life. Chaney, who is also a singer and songwriter, shared messages about family and fatherhood. “Raising a child is challenging enough. For expectant and parenting teens, the stress and responsibilities associated with being expectant and/or parenting while completing school work can be overwhelming,” said Henderson. “Programs such as ‘New Heights’ provide the supports students need to stay in
‘Usher’s New Look’ at 4 Schools The school system has partnered with “Usher’s New Look,” a nonprofit organization founded by in 1999 by Grammy award-winning artist Usher Raymond, which helps youth find a path to leadership and career choices that match their passion. The organization recently conducted “Powered by Service,” a one-day, peer-to-peer leadership training for students in grades 8-11. The event, for which a kick off took place the week of June 17 involving Ballou Senior High School, Banneker Academic High School, Eastern Senior High School and Cardozo Education Campus, focuses on the organization’s pillars of talent, education, career and service. “We are excited to partner with Usher and UNL to bring this dynamic experience to our students,” said Chancellor Henderson. “This program draws upon our students’ strengths and provides them with powerful tools to succeed in school and life. I look forward to seeing the impact that our young people will make in their communities and beyond.” The “Powered by Service” training comes to D.C. as part of the “Empowering Males of
Actor Tray Chaney from “The Wire” enlightened “New Heights” participants on the responsibilities of fatherhood. / Photo courtesy thewire.wikia.com
Color” initiative launched earlier this year by Mayor Muriel Bowser and Henderson. Parent Cabinet Meeting The chancellor’s Parent Cabinet meeting will be held from
UNL Peer trainers get the day started at one of four D.C. schools that participated in the Powered by Service training project. /Photo courtesy UNL (Facebook Page)
5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, July 14 at 1200 First Street, Northeast. The Parent Cabinet serves as a mechanism for parent leaders to directly inform the chancellor surrounding system-wide policies affecting schools. Mem-
bers consist of parents who have at least one child in the DCPS system, and who are reflective of the diversity of the schools’ community. In addition to the chancellor, the meetings also include key DCPS staff. WI
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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDUCATION BRIEFS students develop a commitment to learning, gain critical thinking and academic skills, and learn to become community leaders,” said schools CEO Kevin Maxwell.
Compiled by Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer Academy Site of International School Annapolis Road Academy in Bladensburg, Maryland, will be the site for one of two new International High Schools, slated to open in the 2015-16 school year. Largo High School in Upper Marlboro is the other location for the school. The International High Schools are based on a highly successful model developed by the Internationals Network for Public Schools. “The International Schools will offer innovative academic curriculum that will help ELL
Young Scientist Challenge Winner Melissa Jones has been named one of 35 state merit winners in the 2015 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge by Discovery Education and 3M. A students at the Robert Goddard French Immersion School in Lanham, Maryland, Melissa student received the honor because of her use of scientific thinking and imagination to develop a solution to solve an everyday problem.
Melissa Jones rose to the top of the competition due to her science acumen, innovative thinking and exceptional communication skills. / Photo courtesy PGCPS
She rose to the top of the competition due to her science acumen, innovative thinking and exceptional communication skills demonstrated in her entry video. She will also receive special recognition on the challenge website and a technology prize pack. Ongoing Programs and Activities While students are on summer break, school officials will continue their work providing academic programs and preparing for the new school year. Here are a few important reminders for students and their families:
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A free immunization clinic will be offered at the “Back-to-School Fair” on Aug. 8 at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. /Photo courtesy Prince George’s County government
through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Summer Food Service Program. Five school sites will serve a free, nutritious lunch for children Monday through Thursday. Staff will serve breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and lunch is served from 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. The Summer Food Service Program will run from July 6 through August 5 at the following sites: Gladys Noon Spellman, Judge Sylvania Woods, Cooper Lane, Ridgecrest and Rogers Heights Elementary Schools. Registering for School -Parents and guardians are encouraged to register their child early at their boundary school to avoid extended wait times near the start of the school year. Bring proof of residency and your child’s birth certification (for students entering prekin-
dergarten or kindergarten), a signed immunization form from your child’s doctor, and a copy of the transcript if your child is transferring from another school district. Immunization Requirements -- New state immunization requirements mandate that all students entering kindergarten and grade 1 must have two doses of varicella (chickenpox vaccine); students entering grades 7 and 8 must have one dose of Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis vaccine) and one dose of meningococcal vaccine. A free immunization clinic will be offered at the “Back-toSchool Fair” on Aug. 8 at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.WI
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Mayor Muriel Bowser, Police Chief Cathy Lanier and a considerable number of District residents are understandably concerned about a recent spike in the number of homicides in the city. On July 4, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested an 18-year-old in connection with the robbery and stabbing murder of a 24-year-old victim on Metrorail at the NoMa station. Two weeks ago, a 15-year-old Ballou Senior High School student died after being shot by someone who wanted his Gucci belt. At one point, towards the end of June, there were 14 homicides in a period of 17 days. At last count, the number of murders in the District this year stood at 72 – a 20 percent increase over 2014. Lanier and Bowser have pointed to the burgeoning synthetics drug trade as a primary reason for troubling increase in the killings. Others dismiss that and offer varying views for the root causes. Lively debate continues to inform questions around the issue of crime as supporters embrace the idea that biological and psychological disorders fuel a propensity for violence. Meanwhile, others see racism, social inequities, poverty, family dynamics, peer pressure and related issues as reasons for the spike in violent behavior. In recent weeks, as the violence flared up, both Bowser and Lanier expressed surprise at the surge of murders and the pair promised to divert the necessary resources to drive down homicides. The “All Hands on Deck” initiative, scheduled for the tail end of August, will see every available officer of MPD’s 3,800 officers spread out on the street for the entire weekend. Generally, Lanier said, crime drops as much as 28 percent during these surges of police presence. In the past, MPD has launched special short-term programs to counter violent crime. This includes temporarily suspending work schedules for police officers and assigning officers extra overtime in attempts to beef up the police presence in trouble spots and other areas around the city. City leaders will continue to look for ways to stem the murders but the reality is that such crimes are unavoidable: D.C. residents will continue to murder one another. High-visibility policing, better technology and increased video surveillance can help slow the number of murders but close cooperation between the public, city officials and law enforcement, as well as a realistic push to stamp out the influx of guns from second-hand markets and other states will go a long way towards tamping down murders and gun violence in the nation’s capital.
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Mayor Muriel Bowser is to be commended for the work she and her administration have done to ensure that a significant chunk of the District’s young people are gainfully employed this summer. The importance of the newly-named 2015 Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) cannot be underestimated. As the old adage notes, “Idle hands are the Devil’s tools.” However, with the program, which is employing 16,000 young people ages 14-24 for six weeks, you have a real shot at some positive opportunities, get some cash in their pockets and most importantly, be kept off the streets and away from trouble. SYEP was Mayor Barry’s pride and joy and year-after-year, he made sure that young people were able to earn money and gain meaningful work experiences, be immersed in learning how to develop the skills, attitudes, and commitment that’s critical to in the 21st century workplace and interact with an array of energetic and forward-thinking professionals in the workplace. It’s not uncommon to hear young and older Washingtonians recall that they got their first job because of the summer youth employment program and how Barry opened the doors of opportunity for them. Thousands of residents share similar stories. Coupled with what Bowser called a robust slate of summer activities and events, 18,000 free breakfasts and lunches, plus a snack to take home each day, D.C.’s children, teens and young adults will be well served this summer. www.washingtoninformer.com
Housing Should Not Just Be for the Wealthy Your article, “D.C. Housing Expo Gets Rave Reviews” [Kia Croom, July 2, 2015] made for very interesting reading. I say that because the home prices that I’ve seen listed in the District of Columbia seem to be completely out of reach for most middle and low-income individuals. In the article you quote Anthony McDuffie, an investor and agent for Anacostia Realty, who said, “There is a home for any individual looking to buy in the District.” That’s a pretty bold statement. I guess I will have to get in touch with him to see his list of houses, because according to most of the lists that I’ve seen the prices are way out of reach. Even houses that are just shells and need to be renovated are priced too high; it’s crazy out here. Individuals who are selling these houses know that if they hold out long enough someone will eventually pay their outrageous asking price. I applaud the D.C. government for all of its programs to help first-time homebuyers, but unfortunately it’s too little too late. The District
of Columbia is becoming a city of upper-income homeowners, with little room for low- to middle-income residents. I know it’s impossible to pass laws regulating home prices, but that’s the only thing that will eventually allow low- to middle-income residents to return to the city. Jonathan Marshall Washington, DC
Metro Remains Out of Step I totally agree with the notion that Metro has a lot of problems, especially safety problems as stated in the article by your writer Barrington Salmon “Metro Faces Uphill job to Improve Safety,” in the July 2, 2015 edition. I have ridden the Metro rail system since it opened and the problem I see is that it still operates as if it was just a small few-stop system. The system is always re-acting to issues instead of being proactive on issues. Instead of using common sense, preventive maintenance measures to ensure the daily movement of the working commuter
ridership, it goes for the glossy portrayal of a tourist-friendly system to move people from one monument to another. I think it went to their heads when people used to say Metro was the cleanest rail system in the country, but that was years ago when it first opened, not now for sure. Metro serves the whole region, moving millions of people yearly and it needs to operate like one. That means every worker, top to bottom in the system taking his or her job seriously. I mean there has to be someone in the system that knows when rail cars need to be replaced and there should be records of how long these cars have been in service and when they should be retired, wouldn’t you think? And the whole thing about taking shortcuts in the maintenance of the wiring issues should be a criminal offense. Some of the things that Metro gets cited for are just ridiculous and embarrassing. Again I say Metro is operating like it did when it was the Red Line only some 40 years ago. Kenneth Wood Silver Spring, MD
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By Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
President Obama is on a Winning Streak The presidency is a bit like a baseball season. Players go through streaks and slumps, good days and bad days. Teams rack up wins and losses. It is only over the course of the long season that champions emerge, their record of accomplishment finally coming clear. As President Barack Obama’s eight years heads into its final stretch, his accomplishments are becoming clear, rising above the
daily skirmishes, wins and losses. As the first African American president, Obama was always going to be an historic figure. But increasingly, it is becoming clear that he will be remembered as a significant president not simply for winning office, but for what he accomplished while holding it. The first inklings of the results are reflected in recent polls showing that 50 percent of Americans now think the Obama presidency has been a success – an impressive number given the bitter partisan divides of our politics.
Economically, the president inherited an economy that was in free fall, losing hundreds of thousands of jobs a month. Now he presides over an economy that has created 12 million jobs, witnessed the fastest economic growth in a decade, and sets a record each month for the longest consecutive months of jobs growth. And the U.S. recovery has far outstripped that of Europe. And this was accomplished despite the unrelenting obstruction of the Republican opposition that committed itself from day one to opposing every
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thing Obama attempted. Health care reform – with the Affordable Care Act reaffirmed once more in the Supreme Court – has provided a big step forward. Some 15 million Americans have gained insurance, even as health care costs have risen at the lowest levels this century. And that despite the fact that partisan opposition led about half of the states to oppose expansion of Medicaid, denying millions from protection. On the environment, the president is the most important leader since…well, since Nixon. His
stimulus plan provided a major boost to renewable energy. He used regulation and executive order – particularly the gas mileage standards and the soon to come carbon emission standards – to boost energy conservation and limit carbon emissions. He will carry a strong hand into the round of climate negotiations in Paris. On immigration, the Congress has stymied comprehensive reform. But by executive order, the
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By Julianne Malveaux
Church Burnings Should Ignite More Protests It’s possible that lightning may have caused one of the fires. Another may be the result of faulty electricity. Still, in the past couple of weeks, there were fires at churches in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ohio and Tennessee. At least two have been ruled arson by local fire departments. Several are still being investigated. Is it a coincidence that churches are burning in the days since
the massacre at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina? President Barack Obama spoke to the historical importance of black churches when he eulogized the Rev. Clementa Pinckney. The church, he said, “is and always has been the center of African-American life.” He went on to describe black churches as “hush harbors” for enslaved people, “praise houses where their free descendants could gather and shout hallelu-
jah, rest stops for the weary along the Underground Railroad, bunkers for the foot soldiers of the civil rights movement.” To set fire to a black church, to kill people in a black church, to bomb a church strikes at the very heart of our community. These acts of terrorism are meant to intimidate, to send a message. That these recent fires have happened in the wake of protests against the vile Confederate flag suggests that these fires may be pushback from the protests, a
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continuation of work of the man who murdered nine people in Emanuel AME Church. Whoever is burning churches, though, forgets that it is not 1815, but 2015. The intimidation tactics that worked during slavery won’t work now. These church burnings fire me up. They ought to fire us all up. The burnings ought to spark a resistance to racism unlike any we have seen in the past. These church fires ought to infuse us with the passion of Bree New-
some, the African-American woman who climbed up a pole and snatched the Confederate flag from a pole outside the South Carolina statehouse. She didn’t wait for Gov. Nikki Haley to take the Confederate flag down; she was too fired up to wait. After all, Haley’s post-massacre announcement that the flag should not fly on statehouse grounds is symbolic until the South Carolina legislature votes
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By George E. Curry
Confederate Traitors Don’t Deserve to be Honored Can you imagine waving a flag that honors Benedict Arnold, a name synonymous with treason? How about traveling to work and back on Aldrich Ames Boulevard, a tribute to the CIA mole who secretly worked for the Russians? Should we erect a statute of Robert Hanssen, the FBI computer and wiretapping expert who spent most of his career spying for the Soviet Union and
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Russia, in the hallway of the Capitol in Washington? Do you favor naming public schools attended mostly by Jews after Fritz Kuhn to honor the German who lived in the U.S. and was in charge of the famous U.S. Nazi group, the German-American Bund? If you are repulsed by the thought of honoring those traitors, you should be equally indignant at the thought of erecting statues and naming streets and schools after Confederate traitors.
Make no mistake about it: Those who declared war on the Union were traitors, which is defined as “a person who is not loyal to his or her own country, friends, etc.” Eleven Southern states broke from the Union for the same reason. Writing in his book, “The Creation of Confederate Nationalism: Ideology and identity in the Civil War South, “Drew Gilpin Faust observed, “leaders of the secession movement across the South cited slavery as The Washington Informer
the most compelling reason for southern independence.” Alexander Stephens, in what became known as the Cornerstone Speech, said on March 21, 1861 in Savannah, Ga., “The new constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution – African slavery as it exists amongst us – the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution.” He explained, “[The Confed-
erate] its corner-stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery – subordination to the superior race – is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.” Theses historical facts notwithstanding, a majority of Americans – 57 percent – view the Confederate flag as a sym-
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By Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
Thurgood Marshall’s Legacy: Equal Justice Matters This month marks what would have been the 107th birthday of the late United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Given our long struggle for equal justice in America and the need to continue to press forward to ensure freedom, justice and equality for all, it is important to reflect on the key principles upon which Thurgood Marshall achieved his monumental success.
The mounting cries for justice from black Americans, Latino Americans and others denied equality and freedom deserves not only to be heard, but to be acted on by those that have the power to change America for the better. One of the enduring legacies of Marshall was to challenge and change laws that would make our democracy more fair and equal. After all the flag waving and boisterous patriotic proclamations that accompanied the recent Independence Day celebra-
tions, the undisputable truth is racism and racial injustice prevail in every region of the nation. “Black Lives Matters” is more than simply a protest slogan or popular social media hashtag. It is an affirmation that all the lives of black Americans, as well as the lives of all people, are not to be diminished or extinguished by the ignorance and acts of racial hatred and bigotry. Marshall said, “Racism separates, but it never liberates. Hatred generates fear, and fear once given a foothold; binds,
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consumes and imprisons. Nothing is gained from prejudice. No one benefits from racism.” Marshall was right. The ideology and practice of White supremacy continues to be a deadly contradiction of an America’s professed ideals and affront to all humanity. Racially motivated police brutality, racial terrorism against black Americans, resurgence of the mindset that rationalizes the Confederacy, voter suppression, mass incarceration, miseducation, and the growing economic
inequalities all point to the urgency for a sustained long-term equal justice movement. Consequently, equal justice also matters. One of Marshall’s most profound public addresses was in 1987. He stated, “What is striking is the role legal principles have played throughout America’s history in determining the condition of Negroes. They were enslaved by law, emancipated by law, disenfranchised and
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By Charlene Crowell
Supreme Court Preserves Key Fair Housing Tool A long-awaited decision by the United States Supreme Court led to a June 25 ruling that preserves the usage of “disparate impact,” an important legal principle sometimes known as the discriminatory effects standard. The majority opinion held that housing discrimination under the nation’s 1968 Fair Housing Act occurs by effect – as well as by intent. Writing the decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy concluded, “[S]ince the passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968 and against the backdrop of
disparate impact liability in nearly every jurisdiction, many cities have become more diverse. . . .The Court acknowledges the Fair Housing Act’s continued role in moving the Nation toward a more integrated society.” Joining Kennedy to form a 5-4 majority were Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor. Although the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development codified the use of disparate impact in 2012 through its rule-making process, the case of Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Proj-
ect Inc., had its oral arguments on January 21. The decision was awaited by consumer advocates and mortgage industry professionals alike. Among civil rights and housing advocates, the decision was as widely applauded as the number of amicus or “friend of the court” briefs that were filed. The lengthy list of briefs came from diverse organizations, including AARP, Hope Enterprise Corporation, Howard University School of Law Housing Clinic, Judicial Watch, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Black Law Students
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Association, the National Fair Housing Alliance and the Center for Responsible Lending. “When Americans are denied equal opportunity to housing, they are denied access to good jobs, quality education, safe streets, transit, and a clean and healthy environment, all of which are critical to leading healthy and prosperous lives,” said Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of more than 200 organizations. “We have observed, documented, and reported on disparate impact in mortgage lending, auto lending, stu-
dent lending, and a suite of other financial services,” said Mike Calhoun, CRL president. “We have witnessed what happens when a single community cannot access such credit – and we know that these consequences are indicative of deeper, more systemic, more troubling realities in lending practices.” Calhoun’s claims are strongly substantiated by the recently-released 2015 State of the Nation’s Housing from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. In part, the report states, “And despite the
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By Askia Muhammad
American Politics in Red, Blue and White In the 51 years since the political humiliation of conservative Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater by incumbent Lyndon Baines Johnson, there has been a sea change in the American political spectrum. Johnson won one of the most lopsided elections in U.S. history, carrying 44 states and the District of Columbia and winning 486 electoral votes to Sen. Goldwater’s 52, with 61 percent of
the votes cast. Goldwater carried only Arizona, his home state, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Goldwater advocated using nuclear weapons against this country’s enemies on the battlefield, and his mantra was “extremism in defense of liberty is no vice.” On a political map in which states where the majority voted for the Democrats are depicted in blue and those for the Republican are red, the Goldwater states look like the heart of the
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old Confederate States of America. Four years later, Richard Nixon flipped the script with his “Southern strategy,” appealing to Southern Dixiecrats (Democrats whose true loyalty was to white supremacy in the guise of states’ rights conservatism) who have become the base of the new GOP ever since. Today, the red vs. blue state division is more equally balanced, but the one thing the Republicans have held fast to has been white supremacy. Despite The Washington Informer
huge increases in the numbers of black voters registered in the Deep South, the region is still the heart of the Republican/ conservative “Red State Revolution,” and the party’s message in 2015 is still grounded in mollifying white male voters. Just look at the candidates vying for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination. They are all rooted in white racial superiority thinking and real-world denial. How else could a clownish caricature of a mouth with no brain and a terribly bad hair
comb-over named Donald Trump manage to insult the fastest-growing population demographic in the country, get fired from three television network jobs, lose nearly a dozen corporate endorsements in the process, and still poll in the top tier of GOP candidates unless he was appealing to that Caucasian, Duck Dynasty mentality? Without even considering the merits (or lack thereof) of his calumny, the optics of his farce
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LIFESTYLE Walter E. Fauntroy Family Fund Those who wish to help the Walter Fauntroy Family can write checks payable to the to the fund’s fiduciary agent National Congress of Black Women in Memo Section write: “Walter E. Fauntroy Family Fund” mail to: 1250 Fourth St. SW, Suite WG-1, Washington, D.C., 20024 More than 200 people grooved to the sounds of old-school hip-hop during the opening party for the 15th Annual Hip-Hop Festival, hosted at Washington Firehouse Restaurant in Northwest. / Photo courtesy of David L. McDuffie
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A well-known African proverb implores the oppressed to record their history, saying that “until the lion has his or her own storyteller, the hunter will always have the best part of the story.” Hip-hop, born during the late-1970s in South Bronx, New York grew out of this call to action, giving black children in America’s inner cities a medium of self-expression that permeates theater and other platforms today. This week, hundreds of aficionados of various ages in the District celebrated the culture and pondered its future during the Hip-Hop Theater Festival, an annual showcase of theater, dance, and music. “We’re not just talking about the past but creating conversations about D.C.’s future and seeing to it that we’re not absent when these changes happen,” said Goldie Patrick, co-curator of the Hip-Hop Theater Festival, now in its 15th year. Festivities kicked off on Monday, July 6 with a party at Washington Firehouse Restaurant in Northwest that attracted more than 200 people who grooved to oldschool hip-hop throughout the evening. Events later in the week included a showing of the award-winning play “Capers” – a one-woman show about the families at the now-demolished
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Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg public housing projects – at the Anacostia Playhouse in Southeast and a showcase of new gogo and hip-hop inspired plays. On Friday, July 10, a panel of nationally renowned music producers, DJs, and artists will reflect on their experiences with deceased producer and rapper J. Dilla. Patrick, a poet, playwright, educator, and performer who hails from Detroit, Michigan, said the programming serves as a starting point for conversation about how young Washingtonians can make their mark in the city’s evolving arts landscape and challenge the status quo through their work. “When we create space and opportunity for people to tell those stories, we not only empower the audience but the community new and old. I come from a generation that grew up on powerful music and some get disappointed when today’s music doesn’t reflect our reality. But we’re supposed to be present and serve as a resource for new artists to get their voice,” said Patrick, 33. For Meisha Robinson, this year’s festival conjured memories of life in Philadelphia and New York where she spent part of her adult life. On Monday, she watched a showing of “Balloon the Oomph that Keeps You There” at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Northwest. Robinson, who grew up in the D.C. metropoli-
tan area, said her experience at the festival has affirmed the District’s place as a growing hip-hop hub on the East Coast. “The acting and dancing were great [at the Kennedy Center] and I liked the mix of spoken word and go-go music,” said Robinson, 37. “We have to find a cooperative solution so that all people can have their needs met. Hip-hop has always been the people’s mic because it gave them a chance to release their pain and tell those untold stories. I grew up in the D.C. area so seeing this kaleidoscope of culture makes me feel good.” Since its inception in the early 2000s, the Hip-Hop Theater Festival has brought elements of music and the performing arts together to educate young audiences about hip-hop’s transformative power. D.C.-based artist Jabari Exum, who has served on the festival’s organizing committee since the age of 17, said he wants to see elements of the annual program in schools across the U.S. “Hip-hop is making theater more accessible for those from the streets who have an affinity for rap music,” said Exum, who hosted Monday’s opening event at Washington Firehouse Restaurant. “Those are the people who come through these doors. That’s why we do theater without a fourth wall. At its core, hip-hop is as diverse as the people who breathe it.” WI
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‘Cooley High’ – 40th Anniversary Iconic Film Released Four Decades Ago By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Gary Susman of moviefone.com called it the most influential movie you’ve never seen and NPR’s Derek John referred to it as a classic of black cinema. The accolades and remembrances of the hit 1975 film, “Cooley High” continue to pour in during the 40th anniversary of its release. “Cooley High ought to be remembered as a cinema milestone and its writer and director remembered as pioneers,” Susman said in paying homage to the film that starred Glynn Turman as “Preach,” Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as “Cochise” and Garrett Morris as “Mr. Mason.” To help mark the anniversary, a private V.I.P. reception and re-screening of the iconic film took place in Chicago, which is where the film was shot. Many of the cast members, including Hilton-Jacobs and Robert Townsend, attended the highly-anticipated event. “What a great reunion for ‘Cooley High.’ Everybody who attended … was very pleased, enjoyed themselves and they thought that it was well-done and put together nicely,” Colostine Boatwright, who had a small role in the film, told Soultrain. com. “There was joy, love and togetherness in the room. It was a job well-done. Even though ‘Preach’ wasn’t there, we still had Townsend who stepped right in,” Boatwright said. “You see what we can do when
we put egos aside? I’m really hoping that out of this, something comes. We are all still here. We haven’t given up.” Susman said the movie should be celebrated for its vast influence on movies, TV and music. As a young-men-coming-of-age movie, it deserves to be mentioned alongside Fellini’s “I Vitelloni,” George Lucas’s “American Graffiti,” Barry Levinson’s “Diner” and John Singleton’s “Boyz N the Hood,” Susman said. The story behind “Cooley High” is even more dramatic than the comedy-drama that unspooled on the screen. It’s the story of Kenneth Williams, who, like protagonist Preach, left Chicago’s Cabrini-Green projects with dreams of becoming a Hollywood screenwriter. Having dropped out of high school, he hitchhiked from the Windy City to Hollywood with $5 in his pocket and no connections and for a while he supported himself selling drugs. But the aspiring writer, who renamed himself Eric Monte, also befriended actor Mike Evans, who’d been cast as neighbor Lionel Jefferson on the groundbreaking sitcom “All in the Family.” Through Evans, Monte pitched the show’s producer, Norman Lear, a script introducing the characters of Lionel’s parents, George and Louise Jefferson. Lear bought the script and eventually spun off George, Weezy, and Lionel into their own hit sitcom, “The Jeffersons.” Evans and Monte co-created another sitcom for Lear, the hit “Good Times,” about a family struggling in
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a Chicago project much like the one where Monte grew up. Susman said Monte still hungered to tell a story of black life in the Chicago projects that resembled his own experience, which he characterized as fun and not just gritty. The result was the screenplay for “Cooley High,” which he sold to American International Pictures, an independent studio then known for drive-in fare and exploitation pictures. “But, ‘Cooley High’ was no exploitation film. Unlike the other black stories being told on screen in the early ‘70s, this one wasn’t about crime, racism, drugs, vengeance, or black-power heroes and heroines who stuck it to the Man,” Susman said. It was just about teens doing what teens do – hanging out, going to school, going to parties, hooking up, cruising the streets and dreaming of the future. “Yes, there was petty crime and some tragic violence, but they weren’t the main focus of the story,” he said. “It was just a slice of life, both specific and universal. As a result, ‘Cooley High’ marked the beginning of the shift in African-American cinema away from blaxploitation toward more diverse stories of black life, although it would take another 20 years for that transition to be fully realized.” YouTube has the full version of Cooley High at /www.youtube.com/ watch?v=fiTqOXHrKzc WI The Washington Informer
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Charlie Wilson Tells All in Memoir Veteran Entertainer to Share Words with Fans By D. Kevin McNeir WI Managing Editor Charlie Wilson, the former lead singer for the 1980s Grammy Award-winning trio, The GAP Band, has long been urged to share his story – one that includes homelessness, drug addiction, poverty and pain. Now the iconic R&B singer, songwriter and producer will discuss his incredible journey in “An Evening under the Stars with Charlie” on Friday, July 10 at the Silver Spring Civic Center at 6 p.m. Wilson will be sharing words from his newly-released memoir, “I Am Charlie Wilson,” a book that candidly details the highs and lows of his extraordinary career. The event, hosted by Mocha Ochoa Nana, is free to the public. Wilson spoke with The Washington Informer in a delightful, engaging conversation about the book, his fears, the future and the amazing transformation that has taken place in his life. “For a long time I have wanted to write a book and share my story,” he said. “But I was so bitter for so long. I needed to be able to inspire people but I couldn’t do that until I had overcome my demons. Years ago I had forgotten about God and felt swallowed up by the pain of drug and alcohol addiction. People told me that I was washed up. I had to begin to believe in myself again. Now, I just want others to know that they can overcome any problem with God.” Wilson said he’s learned to never allow others to determine his destiny. “It doesn’t matter if you’re fat or white or black or anything else. Never listen to those who tell you what you can or cannot do. Life is worth living. When I was homeless and broke I didn’t believe that. But you can get up. Yeah, like the song says, ‘we fall down but we get up.’ I had to learn that lesson on my own. And at this late date in my life I’m getting all of the things that I had dreamed of when I was in my early 20s.” Wilson’s career has stood the test of time. In fact, he’s had two careers. “I wish I could really express my feelings about my life in the
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entertainment industry,” he said. “But to have one career that spanned almost 30 years and to now have a solo career – it’s amazing. Nine Grammy nominations by myself and 8 or 9 No. 1 records are something that I never expected. It’s a blessing. At one point I couldn’t even afford to buy a suit, or a car. Now I have everything I’ve ever wanted and ever needed. And what’s more important I have my wife beside me – she’s always been there. And this time, no one is going to steal our money.” Wilson emphasized the importance of achieving one’s dream and said he hopes others can believe in themselves enough to never give up on their goals. “I’ve learned to motivate myself. And even back with The GAP Band it was never about the money. Don’t get me wrong. Now that I’m getting paid it’s a beautiful thing. But you have to read my book to really understand my story. What I’m doing now is what I’ve always wanted to do. And even when I doubted myself, my wife never did. One thing, this brother deserves more than just five dollars and the rent. I’ve had to work hard. And I think I deserve some of the success I’ve achieved.” Wilson’s book has only been out for about one week. But al-
ready he’s hearing positive feedback. “People are often amazed when they hear me talk about the challenges I’ve faced. Some of them thought my being homeless in L.A. was just media hype. It wasn’t. One woman bought four copies for her four children who are all in prison. Again, my life is a story about a man who didn’t give up when it would have been easier to given up and to give in. Two of the woman’s sons I mentioned earlier are facing 10 and 19 more years in jail. But they can’t give up.” “As for me, I am savoring every moment in my life and taking nothing for granted. I pray for God to direct me and I seek His forgiveness every day. I’m happy these days – it’s the best time of my life.” “Once I was bitter and angry; they took my money and the credit for a lot of the work I did. But that was in the past. I have been given so much more – more than I had and far more than I could have dreamed. And with my wife of 20 years next to me, she’s been like the goalie on a hockey team – swatting away the pucks on the left and the right. To have someone like that in your corner – it’s rare, it’s special, it’s beautiful and it’s a gift from God.” WI
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Jesse Jackson Challenges Tech Giants to Diversify By Kia Croom WI Contributing Writer Last month, Google released its 2015 EEO-1 and Workforce Diversity Data Report, which shows few signs of progress in its hiring of blacks and Latinos. The report indicates seven out of 10 employees are men. Sixty percent of employees are white, and 31 percent are Asian. Latinos and blacks account for the least of the workforce, at 3 percent and 2 percent. “Google’s commitment to transparency and the release of their data is a good thing. While Google is making some progress in accelerating the hiring of blacks and Latinos, their representation remains unchanged at just 2 percent and 3 percent,” said the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. Jackson did, however, applaud Google for publishing its data for the second straight year — keeping with the commitment the company made to RainbowPUSH at its May 2014 shareholder meeting. On June 3, Jackson visited Google for the second time and gave remarks before the company’s 2015 shareholders meeting. “I spoke to you last year about the need to open up a new era of inclusion for African-Americans, Latinos and other people of color in Silicon Valley’s technology industry. We’ve argued the business case that black and Latino communities – and women - represent underserved markets, underutilized talent and untapped capital,” he said. “I will continue to push Google and the rest of Silicon Valley and the tech industry to transform your leadership teams, supplier base, workforce and business partners to look like America. Jackson gave kudos to Google on its plan to pipeline students of historically black colleges and universities into the tech sector. “You are unfolding a progressive diversity strategy, including $150 million in spending for 2015. Your program to embed engineers at Howard, Hampton and other HBCUs has the potential to bear fruit and connect our HBCUs and black students to Google and the tech industry in ways not seen before,” he said “But don’t stop there: Will Google help build tech labs to train our youth in coding and building apps and teaching STEM to one-thousand churches and community centers around the country from Baltimore to Ferguson to Oakland? Use your power, use technology to transform
communities and provide an alternative to violence. Black lives matter to all of us,” he said. On June 25, Facebook released its latest diversity data report, which also shows signs of lagging in hiring women and minorities. In Facebook’s USA workforce, Hispanics and blacks account for 4 and 2 percent — no change from last year. Fifty-five percent of employees in the U.S. are White, while Asians make up 36 percent – a modest improvement from last year’s report, which indicated 57 percent of Facebook employees in the U.S. were white and 34 percent were Asian. Sixty-eight percent of Facebook employees are men, a slight improvement in gender diversity from last year’s 70 percent. Facebook’s tech workforce shows even smaller numbers of minorities employees. Eighty-four percent of its tech employees are male. Fifty-one percent of the tech workforce is white. Forty-three percent is Asian. Hispanics make up 3 percent and blacks 2 percent. The report shows modest hints of diversity in the company’s senior-level management. Among senior-level employees, 74 percent are men, down from 77 percent last year. Seventy-three percent are white, and 21 percent are Asian. Hispanics account for 3 percent and African-Americans for 2 percent of employees in these positions. Last year, 74 percent of employees in high-level positions were white and 19 percent were Asian. Hispanics accounted for 4 percent and African-Americans for 2 percent. Last year, as part of its 21st century Technology Innovation Diversity and Inclusion Campaign, RainbowPUSH researched the racial and gender composition of 20 tech companies’ workforces and got the companies to release their workforce diversity data. RainbowPUSH also published a report that showed that blacks, Latinos and women are severely underrepresented within these companies – accounting for 0-3 percent of their tech workforce. Since RainbowPUSH launched its campaign, Silicon Valley tech companies have pledged millions of dollars in diversity initiatives. In January, at the Consumer Electronics Summit, Intel Vice President Brian Krzanich announced a commitment to diversifying the workforce by 2020 and its pledge of $300 million in funding to reach its goals. In May, at the RainbowPUSH “PUSHTech2020 Sum-
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“Total Praise.” A powerful punctuation to the prayer vigil were poster size photos of each murdered victim of the Charleston nine, marched down each aisle throughout the church for everyone to see, held up high in front of the sanctuary and then held outside in front of the church. The one-hour vigil was filled with emotion while offering comfort and challenging the nation to begin a different narrative that honestly addresses today’s racial divide. Metropolitan AME church, known as the Cathedral of African Methodism, was founded in 1838. Metropolitan has a long history of social justice activism from mid-19thcentury abolition of slavery to today’s advocacy around the issues of homelessness, AIDS education, voters’ registration, the pipeline to prison and “Black Lives Matter.” The historic church will celebrate 177 Years of “worship, liberation and service” on Friday, July 10 with a 6 p.m. screening of the film “If These Walls Could Talk; on Saturday, July 11 with a youth and young adult talent showcase, beginning at 2 p.m., both in the church’s Frederic Douglass Hall; and then on Sunday, July 12 at 10:15 a.m. for the 177th anniversary service featuring speaker Congresswoman Terri Sewell (Alabama, 7th Congressional District) and musical guests Allyn Johnson & Divine Order. WI
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ARIES Is there a friend or a relative with whom you’ve lost touch? Is there someone in your immediate circle who’s gone MIA? Maybe you should reach out to them to make amends, or at least check in. In fact, you may find that people you haven’t seen or talked to in years suddenly show up out of the blue. Get ready for a few “revisits,” whether to your old stomping grounds, the city where you were raised or a journey down memory lane. Try to savor these moments too, if you can.
“A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety”
TAURUS It seems there are a few things under negotiation. You may be in the process of signing a new contract, or signing up for a new certification course. Either way, you can expect some delays and false starts. Lucky for you, yours is a patient sign. You know better than most how to just sit and wait. In fact, you may come to realize all of it was necessary as new information comes to light that was originally missed. Events that follow could save you from getting the raw end of a bad deal.
by Jimmy Carter c.2015, Simon & Schuster $28.00 / $36.50 Canada 257 pages
Nanu-Nanu and Pet Rocks. Mood rings, platform shoes, CBs, and May the Force Be with You. Saturday Night Fever, Pac-Man, disco suits, and Olivia Newton John on roller skates. If you’re of a certain age, these things bring back memories, but in the new book “A Full Life” by Jimmy Carter, this 90-year-old remembers much more. Former President Jimmy Carter was born in October 1924 in Georgia, of course, and raised mostly in a small town called Archery, where his family was one of two that were white. Carter remembers how he and neighborhood kids (most of them black) made their own fun, playing games and exploring. Later, when it was time for him to go to school, Carter attended all-white classes and briefly wondered why his friends weren’t there, too. Though segregation was a way of life in the South, Carter’s mother, a registered nurse who mostly ministered to the black community, raised her children with an innate understanding of equality in all races. His father, a disciplinarian who could do almost anything, generally agreed but sometimes struggled with racial issues. While Carter’s father “was deeply involved in local and state politics,” Carter himself wasn’t interested in the subject until long after he left the Navy and started a family with the woman he’d known since she was born. By then, he’d taken up farming (although he didn’t initially understand the business side of it) and was eager to benefit from helpful counsel and on-the-job experience in both peanuts and politics. After serving first as senator of Georgia and then as governor of Georgia, he began to entertain thoughts of
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GEMINI This is your time to shine. There’s a lot of energy coming your way during your birthday month, and you have much luck on your side! But with Mercury retrograde in your sign, Gemini, you may have to go back to the drawing board with a couple of personal projects you’ve been trying to launch. There are two ways to handle this: wait, or do more research. In your case, the latter might be best.
higher goals. And then, “One morning,” he says, “I received a call from Dean Rusk, our most distinguished Georgian.” Rusk asked to speak privately. “We sat in rocking chairs on our back veranda and shared an appropriate Southern libation. Without any introduction, he began the conversation by saying, ‘Governor, I think you should run for president in 1976.’” For the most part, there’s not much new inside “A Full Life.” Older readers will have lived a lot of this. Younger readers may have learned about it in school. What’s here has largely been told, but there are exceptions. I expected Carter to take a gentle tone here, and he does, but he also writes with strong conviction about issues he tackled that he now feels have been “mostly resolved” and those he believes are still in need of work. In examining past issues in conjunction with current events, his observations are sharp yet sometimes wistful and maybe even a little bitter. Wow, and I was also interested in seeing his reflections on faith and how he feels about any line between religion and politics. “I did my best and had some notable accomplishments,” says Carter. That’s abundantly clear here, and if you’re a historian, politico or biography fan, you’ll enjoy reading about them. If this is your kind of book, in fact, “A Full Life” is a full delight.WI
CANCER You may want to go on a real vacation. I don’t mean with family, friends, or a spa visit. I mean a trip along the lines of “Where’s Waldo?” – on your own and for a few days. While you do have a ton of energy, if you keep at this pace you will burn yourself out by the time your birthday month comes around! A health matter may arise, especially if you’re not paying attention to the warning signs of your body, and stress could put you out for the count. I suggest going off the radar. LEO Sometimes Leos can be just as hard on themselves as Virgos are critical. The reason why is because you can’t stand it when someone sees you in a poor light, or has the wrong impression of you. If this is your concern toward someone from your past, it might be worth reaching out. Also, if you’ve lost touch with a circle of friends that naturally feed your soulful self consider getting back in touch. You’re feeling highly sentimental these days. It’s OK to indulge and contemplate. VIRGO Mercury retrograde always affects your sign more intensely. That’s because Mercury rules your sign in Astrology, making you more susceptible to its backwards spin. Of course, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it might be quite helpful if you’re forced to go back to the drawing board with a professional project where you may have missed a few important details (you are detail oriented, after all!). You’ll do just fine if you take delays in stride. LIBRA You may be thinking about the kind of work that would bring you more meaning and purpose. No longer wanting a career for the sake of paying bills; you prefer to do something that is fulfilling and fits with your changing philosophies. Finding your “life’s work” is no easy task. But most likely, the answer is right on the tip of your tongue. Use this time to figure out what you enjoydoing most. Whatever that is could be the beginning of what’s next. SCORPIO You may begin to question whether or not you made the right move in an important business transaction, or with a significant other. Don’t jump to conclusions yet, just let it play out. Truth is, whatever decision you made, you did so with enough faith and hope that all would turn out well, and it may still. But you’re going to have to cling to your faith and know that whatever is revealed was a necessary kink that will resolve all matters. Try not to stress about it. SAGITTARIUS An old flame might return or you may be seriously questioning an important relationship while Mercury is retrograde in your opposing sign, Gemini. Issues of trust may surface as you attempt to know for certain whether or not the object of your affection is the real deal or an imposter. Try not to think too much into the situation, and definitely avoid making any and all final decisions. Instead, simply express your concerns; this could be a long conversation. CAPRICORN A rethink in an important collaboration (whether in business or for pleasure) may occur this week ahead. If you’re in negotiations or discussing a contract, don’t be surprised if you come up against a few delays. To be quite honest, you need more information before making a move, anyway. So consider this an opportunity to re-plan and re-strategize. Appointments might get pushed back and certain tasks may have to be put on hold. Keep your wits about you. AQUARIUS A rethink in romance or with a creative endeavor is in store this week, and you may find that circumstances beyond your control interfere. When it comes to your day-to-day chores and routines, certain elements may need to be reshuffled for the sake of more recreational activities, or simply so that you can spend more time with a new love. However, don’t be too quick to commit to anything. Situations are going to have to unfold before you get a say in how it all goes. PISCES Discussions surrounding your innate gifts will come up this week as you attempt to see yourself more clearly through the eyes of others. Don’t get lost, though. But do observe that some folks may think of you more highly than you do yourself, especially when it comes to your innovative talents. Meanwhile, activity on the home front may be in store over the next month. If you’ve hired a new contractor or realtor, prepare yourself; it’s going to be a long-term investment.
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Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m. 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m. Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m. Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org
“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
“God is Love”
Third Street Church of God Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m. “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661 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... St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Dr. Raymond T. Matthews, Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews Sunday School 9:am Worship Service 10:am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service 6:45 pm Thur. Bible Study 7:15 pm
Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Bible Study Tuesday 12Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE Washington, DC 20020
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423
Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089
TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net
Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Bishop
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., • Pastor
Crusader Baptist Church
(Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340
2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: am Sunday Church School 8: 45 am Bible Study Wednesday 12:00 Noon Wednesday 7:00 pm Thursday 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out”
Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm
St. Stephen Baptist Church
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Twelfth Street Christian Church
Campbell AME Church
Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am
4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464
Blessed Word of Life Church
4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor
700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849
tel: 202-291-6565
Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors
Church of Living Waters
Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org
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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church 7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471 Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor 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
All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591
Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
“Where Jesus is the King”
Israel Baptist Church
4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday)
2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 Sunday School – 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 am Baptismal Service – 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study – Wednesday -7:30 pm
Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor
St. Luke Baptist Church
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor
Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration
Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor
Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services Sunday School 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Dr. Diane Dixon Proctor, Pastor 1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 lpumconthegrow@gmail.com www.lpumcdc.org Sunday worship 10: am Holy Communion first Sunday 10: am Sunday school 9: am Bible Study each Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: “A CHURCH ON THE GROW”.
Eastern Community Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family” Sunday Worship 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith
623 Florida Ave.. NW • WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 • Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 • Fax (202) 483-4009
4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184
Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator
Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m. New Members Class 9:30a.m. Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m Church School 9:30a.m. Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m. Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Sunday Worship Service 10:00 A.M.
Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42
New Commandment Baptist Church
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
Services: Sunday Worship 11 AM Sunday School 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study - Wed. 7 PM
Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Church Email Address: ecc@easterncommunity.org
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
Shiloh Baptist Church
Peace Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm “The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
1864-2014
Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Reginald M. Green, Sr., Interim Pastor
621 Alabama Avenue, S.E. • Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 F: (202) 561-1112
917 N St. NW • Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294
9th & P Street, N.W. • W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4200
602 N Street NW • Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595
The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD
Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.
Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.
Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m Church School : 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m. Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 p.m.
Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV
Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion: 10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm
Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org
Motto: : “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”
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2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304
Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm
150 Years of Service
Christ Embassy DC
Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor
13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
Salem Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor
Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor
8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor
1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964
Holy Trinity United Baptist Church
6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065
Damion M. Briggs Pastor
Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
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Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org
Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 P.M. Friday Evening Service 7:00 P.M. ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com
Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
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Administration No. 2015 ADM 655
Administration No. 2015 ADM 701
Administration No. 2015 ADM 687 Obi Benedict Egbuna Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Bridget G. Egbuna, whose address is 3636 16th St. NW #8705, Washington, DC 20010, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Obi Benedict Egbuna, who died on January 20, 2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 25, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 25, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: June 25, 2015 Bridget G. Egbuna Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills
Evangeline S. Benson Decedent Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sandra Mitchell Ogunfolu, whose address is 2915 Mills Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Evangeline S. Benson, who died on October 6, 2005 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., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 25, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 25, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: June 25, 2015 Sandra Mitchell Ogunfolu Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY
Willie J. Baldwin aka Willie James Baldwin Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Karen Anita Baldwin, whose address is 11103 Brandywine Road, Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Willie J. Baldwin aka Willie James Baldwin, who died on December 18, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 2, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 2, 2016, 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: July 2, 2015 Karen Anita Baldwin Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY
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James Jones Decedent
May 4, 2012 Date of Death
Ronald Dixon Bynum & Jenkins 1010 Cameron Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Attorney
Margaret Taylor aka Margaret Jean Taylor Name of Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ronald Dixon, whose address is Bynum & Jenkins, 1010 Cameron Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James Jones, who died on January 22, 2013 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 (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 2, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 2, 2016, 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: July 2, 2015
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Angelia Marie Boddie whose address is 207 17th Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Margaret Taylor aka Margaret Jean Taylor, deceased, by the Superior Court for New Castle County, State of Delaware, on June 8, 2015. Service of process may be made upon Angelia Marie Boddie 207 17th Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. 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: July 9, 2015
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Administration No. 2015 ADM 737
Administration No. 2014 ADM 001319
Administration No. 2015 ADM 733
Administration No. 2015 ADM 722
Joseph Bonds Priester Decedent
Carrie B. Stewart Decedent
Rande K. Joiner Joiner & Green, LLC 8804 Hidden Hill Ln Potomac, MD 20854 Attorney
Ronald Dixon Bynum & Jenkins 1010 Cameron Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Attorney
Herman S. Washington aka Herman Sylvester Washington Decedent
Ora V. Bruce Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Kenneth Mark Deal, whose address is 7309 Beverly Manor Drive, Annandale, VA 22003, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joseph Bonds Priester, who died on April 16, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 2, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 2, 2016, 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.
Ronald Dixon, whose address is Bynum & Jenkins, 1010 Cameron Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Carrie B. Stewart, who died on December 4, 2010 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 (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 2, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 2, 2016, 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.
Administration No. 2015 ADM 723 Maurice Kevin Powers Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Erin Shauntice Powers, whose address is 641 Irving St., NW, Washington, DC 20010, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Maurice Kevin Powers, who died on May 18, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 2, 2016 . Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 2, 2016, 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: July 2, 2015 Erin Shauntice Powers Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cynthia A. Brock-Smith, whose address is 2939 Fort Baker Dr., SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Herman S. Washington aka Herman Sylvester Washington, who died on December 30, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 2, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 2, 2016, 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: July 2, 2015 Cynthia A. Brock-Smith Personal Representative
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Janice Ford, whose address is 1503 Anacostia Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ora V. Bruce, who died on October 15, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 9, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before January 9, 2016, 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: July 9, 2015 Janice Ford Personal Representative
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JACKSON from Page 22 president has provided some hope for the millions left in the margins. On social issues, the president has been more observer than actor. Yet on his watch, the Supreme Court has ratified gay marriage. After the publicity about police shootings garnered attention, a bipartisan turn against mass incarceration has gained momentum with the Justice Department weighing in. On economic inequality, Obama used his bully pulpit to put the issue in the front of the American people. In the budgetary wars, he has succeeded in raising taxes on the rich. He sought, with little success, to increase investment in the most vulnerable. Inequality has grown more extreme on his watch, but any hopes of redressing it were blocked by Republican oppo-
MALVEAUX from Page 22 to take the flag down. Meanwhile, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, not needing legislative approval, ordered four Confederate flags to be taken down from the capitol grounds that served as the first headquarters of the Confederacy. A South Carolina woman, Edith S. Childs, came up with a slogan when candidate Obama visited Greenwood (population about 23,000) for an event that drew a scant 20 people. To energize the small crowd, Childs walked through the crowd attempting to fire them up. The call and response phrase, “fired up, ready to go” not only galvanized the small gathering, but became a central chant of Obama’s 2008 campaign. Used everywhere from civil rights gatherings to country clubs, “fired up” captured the energy of the first Obama campaign. Indeed, organizations used the “fired up” slogan to get people out to vote,
CURRY from Page 22 bol of Southern pride rather than racism, according to a recent CNN poll. It gets more interesting when the numbers are broken down by race. Of whites polled, only 25 percent view the Confederate flag as a symbol of racism. However, 72 percent of blacks associate the flag with racism. It is time to bring down the Confederate flag of hate, but we shouldn’t stop there. We should remove the monuments and tributes to the Civil War traitors from public buildings and streets. If Robert J. Bentley, the Republican governor of Alabama, can vol-
sition to any and all efforts to take on the rigged rules that feed the inequality. On foreign policy, the president’s effort to extricate us from the sectarian wars in the Persian Gulf have been largely frustrated. Troops are going back into Iraq, now to take on the threat posed by ISIS. He has emerged as a defender of presidential prerogatives in national security. His administration has continued to police the world, while deploying drones across the Middle East. By opening relations with Cuba, the president has created the basis for a new start with our neighbors in this hemisphere. Much, of course, remains to be done. The president remains wedded to the failed trade policies of the past decades. There has been no clear policy for urban development or for targeting the most vulnerable commu-
nities. Government has grown more corrupted, not less. Big money dominates our politics more than ever before. The president’s education policy with its emphasis on high stakes testing has been a disappointment. But this president has faced unprecedented obstruction, insult and venomous hatreds. He has more than survived; he has a record of accomplishment to be proud of. And has forged a potential majority political coalition that could insure – if its members show up at the voting booth – that reform accelerates rather than retreats. WI
to work on issues other than the Obama campaign, to symbolize the energy needed for change. In the wake of these church burnings, the righteous need to be fired up and ready to go in dismantling the racism that has plagued our nation since its founding. We need to collectively debunk the myth that the Confederate flag is about history and heritage – it is simply about White supremacy. We need to go to school boards, especially in the South, to demand curriculum revisions when young people are force-fed inaccurate history about the Civil War. We need to put those employers “on blast” when they can’t “find” any African-Americans to hire. We ought to encourage the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to ensure that those who get federal contracts comply with the law— that those who get federal contracts do affirmative action hiring. The Mother Emanuel massacre demonstrates that racism
is alive and well in these United States. We experience it everywhere we turn, from our national statues (fewer than 10 black women are commemorated in public statues) to persistent housing segregation. Too many of us have accepted this racism or feel powerless to fight it. Thus, it persists. It was gratifying to see the multiracial crowds that mobilized in solidarity with the Mother Emanuel Nine. It would be interesting to see how many of those mobilized are willing to be involved in anti-racist work. All of us need to be “fired up, ready to go” to persistently and consistently dismantle the racism that is woven into the very fabric of our national consciousness. President Obama, are you in? WI
untarily remove four Confederate flags from the Capitol grounds in Montgomery and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) can recommend that a statue of Kentucky-born Jefferson Davis be removed from the state Capitol, it is time to remove the tributes to Confederate leaders from the U.S. Capitol. Visitors to the Capitol are greeted by towering statues of 11 former Confederate leaders, including Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Vice President Alexander H. Stephens and Gen. Robert E. Lee. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a civil rights icon, said it’s time for the statues to be removed. He told the Associated Press,
“Young children, school children, walk by these statues, and those of us who serve in the Congress, we have to get our own house in order … We have to have a cleansing in this place.” There is still cleansing to be done at the state level. Despite the removal of the Confederate flags from the Capitol grounds in Alabama, for example, the state annually celebrates Confederate Memorial Day, Jefferson Davis’ birthday, and honors Robert E. Lee on the same day it observes Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. A large statue of Jefferson Davis on the Capitol grounds overlooks Dexter Avenue, where King pastored his first church. The Con-
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Jesse L. Jackson Sr. is founder and president of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition. You can keep up with his work at www.rainbowpush.org.
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should have the equal right to vote in every state without racial discrimination and without the voter suppression measures that many states are now engaging. A few days ago, I had the pleasure of having a discussion with Cecilia Suyat Marshall, the devoted widow of Marshall, at the Thurgood Marshall Center in Washington, D.C., where my employer, the National Newspaper Publishers Association, maintains its national office. We briefly reflected on Justice Marshall’s worldwide contributions to advance the cause of equality and freedom. Just as importanly, we discussed the continuing struggle to define, extend and maintain constitutionally protected civil and human rights to all people in the United States. What became clear in our conversation was that each gener-
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percent; and Negative equity – borrowers owing more than their homes are actually worth – is highly-concentrated in minority and low-income neighborhoods. Beyond this report and the Supreme Court’s decision, in late May, joint action by the Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau brought a $9 million settlement against Provident Funding Associates, a private mortgage lender, found to have discriminated against 14,000 black and Latino borrows. Terms of the settlement include the appointment of an independent administrator who will contact affected consumers and distribute restitution payments. The leaders of two federal agencies – charged with enforcing the Fair Housing Act – added their voic-
es and influence to the continuing fight for fair housing. “Bolstered by this important ruling, the Department of Justice will continue to vigorously enforce the Fair Housing Act with every tool at its disposal – including challenges based on unfair and unacceptable discriminatory effects,” said Attorney General Loretta Lynch. “The Supreme Court has made it clear that HUD can continue to use this critical tool to eliminate the unfair barriers that have deferred and derailed too many dreams,” said HUD Secretary Julian Castro. “Working with our partners on the ground, we will continue to do all we can to build a housing market that treats all Americans with basic dignity and respect.”WI
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of the population is involved in this country’s unjust and immoral military conflicts, the tables have been turned. Gays are demanding to serve in the armed forces. And the majority population, which is not a member of a military family, is over-reacting with guilty displays of faux-military-hero worship. Every U.S. national holiday — regardless of its origin — has become an excuse to “honor our troops” and to “salute our heroes.” We are awash in red, white and blue bunting in practically every TV commercial urging us to buy something — often something we can’t afford — as if it’s our “patriotic duty” to spend, spend, spend. “USA! USA! USA!” The television mad men have seduced us well and worked in another color onto the palette — green.
“Greed is the religion of the billionaire class,” so says independent, socialist Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. “The Walton family (owners of WalMart) is the wealthiest family in America, and (they) pay their employees starvation wages. The Koch brothers are the second-wealthiest family and make huge campaign contributions in order to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. “A nation based on greed will not survive morally, economically or politically.” I think Sanders is correct, but it’s still sadly too much about the red, the blue and the white, because no matter how we dice it or slice it, nearly all the “green” is going into white pockets.WI
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