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Father’s Day Events Celebrate Black Dads and Provide Resources By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins
5 Mayor Muriel Bowser and supporters participate in the annual Capital Pride Parade on Saturday, June 8 before festivities were brought to a halt with reports of gunfire that turned out to be a BB gun at Dupont Circle in Northwest. (Brigette Squire/The Washington Informer)
By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir Like the legendary swallows of Capistrano, thousands of those from the LGBTQ community, as well as those who support their incessant demands for full equality in America, swarmed along the streets of the District on Saturday, June 8 for the 2019 Capital Pride Parade. The annual march through Northwest from Dupont Circle to Logan Circle, once again attracted hundreds of thousands of spectators and participants, including DC Mayor Muriel Bowser who led the parade and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) who has marched every year since first being elected to Congress and has long been an ardent advocate for LGBTQ rights, introducing several
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Mendelson, DeWitt Caught Up in Budget Battle By James Wright WI Staff Writer The chairman of the D.C. Council and the District’s financial chief are at odds over the recently passed city budget. On May 28, the council passed on second and final reading the $15.6 billion fiscal 2020 budget that included a provision that diverts money from repaying city debts for the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to funding public housing repairs and eliminating a need for a hotel tax favored by Mayor Muriel Bowser (D). Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) led the effort to divert
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As Father’s Day approaches, the conversation among some Black fathers in the District has focused on how best to counter the barrage of messages that frame them as negligent, despite recent data that proves otherwise. In the spirit of meeting that goal, upcoming community gatherings will serve as celebratory platforms to examine the social and emotional hurdles that many Black men have overcome in becoming a permanent fixture in their families. For one such father, Antonio Beard, providing an example for his 5-year-old son and three older stepchildren has been his greatest achievement. “I couldn’t allow what was happening with my son’s mother affect my situation with him,” said Beard, a Ward 7 resident and co-founder of the Lead by Example Foundation, co-sponsor of a Father’s Day Sip-and-Paint event taking place on Saturday afternoon at Fort Dupont Stoddert Community Center in Southeast, courtesy of ANC Commissioner Brittany Hughes (SMD 7F05). “Sometimes you both
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The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in year, lawmakers have already approved $725 million sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She through 2022 with an additional $130 million if lawFamily and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatmakers can pass legislation next year on how to pay for Center of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. additional programming. Heights and the National Hook- 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasHouse Speaker Adrienne Jones said, “The law that Up of Black Women. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilpassed this year is an important step forward but Marlow has written a book, an organization thatwehelps the dren about domestic violence,” we violence need full implementation to ensure our students “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic Marlow said. story about four generations of and their children. are competitive nationally Marlow and hasglobally.” 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 Mildred Muhammad said “I plan to take these policies to In Memoriam excerpts from her book, she still people who want to help a Congress and implore them to Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. can not believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. Wilhelmina J. Rolark from her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of how they go into “I will not stop until these poliof Americans say they want to keep in The Washington Informer Newspaper wonThree-quarters the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” place the landmark Supreme Court ruling, Roe v. Wade, THE WASHINGTON INFORMER PUBLISHER In Memoriam Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached NEWSPAPER (ISSN#0741-9414) is that made abortion legal inwhen the U.S. but a strong maDr. Calvin W. Rolark, Denise RolarkSr. Barnes “I was just 16-years-old mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net published weekly on each Thursday. 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AROUND THE REGION Voter Suppression Talk Rises as 2020 Fast Approaches By James Wright WI Staff Writer
With the presidential election year of 2020 quickly approaching, voter suppression has become a topic of conversation in many areas of the country, including the District. Voter suppression occurs when qualified voters have difficulty casting ballots because of such strategies as strict photo identification requirements, immediate changes in voting precincts without adequate public notice, the limitations of early and absentee voting, purging of voter rolls and closure of Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) offices. Those practices are virtually nonexistent in the District, but the D.C. Democratic State Committee along with the Ward 8 Democrats held a forum — titled “#Don’tMuteMyVote: A National Conversation on Voter Suppression and Solutions to Increase Local Voter Participation” — to talk about the nationwide problem on June 6 at the Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School in Southeast. The photo identification requirement has emerged as a voter suppression major issue. Proponents of photo IDs say that even though costs are incurred, it prevents ineligible people from voting but opponents say minorities, the handicapped and the elderly are adversely affected because they tend not to have state-generated photo IDs than others. Tanya Clay House, who serves as the senior program officer for Voting Rights at the State Infrastructure Fund, thinks state-issued photo IDs is inherently unfair to many voters because of their costs. “It is a sense of privilege,” House said. “For example, many people in New York City don’t drive and they don’t have a driver’s license or identification. That is also the case for many people in rural America. “What we need to have in this country is an inclusive democracy and we can’t have that when barriers to voting to the ballot are created,” House said. House said the photo ID laws “were created by people who don’t look like them” and “they don’t want certain people to participate in democracy.” Robert Brandon, president and CEO of the Fair Elections Center, said photo IDs came into fruition in 2006 for nefarious reasons. “There has been evidence that in some states, in backrooms, these photo ID requirements were passed so Blacks and youth don’t vote as much,” Brandon said. “This has be-
come a part of a pattern.” Brandon said since Shelby vs. Holder — the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that invalidated Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 where a jurisdiction has to get preclearance from the U.S. Department of Justice before voting laws and practices are changed —state legislatures that became Republican instituted the photo ID laws. “Those legislatures also changed early voting laws and rearranged precincts without cause,” he said. Lakeila Stemmons, executive director of the National Voter Protection Action Fund, agreed with House that photo IDs convey a sense of privilege in voting and included that residents of tribal communities also are affected by the adverse voter laws. Latoia Jones, vice president of public affairs for Hustle, a progressive outreach digital company, said college students are affected by photo IDs law also. “The only ID that many college students have is their school ID,” Jones said. “In the state where photo IDs are issued by the state and they don’t accept college IDs, that prevents students from voting.” Jones said in Texas residents with college IDs have trouble voting while those with hunting licenses are allowed to cast a ballot with no trouble. Jon Bosworth, a senior legislative assistant to Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), likened the photo IDs requirements to anti-voting programs from the pre-civil rights era, such as grandfather clauses, poll taxes and literacy tests. Bosworth supports mail-in voting as an option, saying it will increase voter participation and voters won’t have to hassle with traveling to a polling site and having to deal with long lines and bureaucracy. D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1) has submitted a bill permitting mail-in voting. Brandon and House understand the states have the constitutional right to determine their voting laws but also said the U.S. Constitution guarantees equal protection under the law and that extends to casting a ballot. “You have a right not to be discriminated against in voting, no matter what stay you live in,” House said. “There are still protections and the states should enforce those protections.” Branson said people should be proactive in protecting their right to vote at the state level and should look at filing lawsuits and seeking assistance from the Justice Department if they are prevented from voting. WI
5 Tanya Clay House, LaToia Jones, Lakeila Stemmons, Robert Brandon and Jon Bosworth participate in a voter suppression
panel sponsored by the D.C. Democratic State Committee and the Ward 8 Democrats at the Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School on June 6. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
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1967 – Thurgood Marshall is nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Lyndon Johnson, becoming the first-ever Supreme Court justice upon Senate confirmation two months later.
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1864 – Congress rules that African-American soldiers must receive equal pay. Earlier that month, Pvt. Sylvester Ray of the 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry was recommended for trial because he refused to accept pay inferior to that of white soldiers.
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1877 – Homy Ossian Flipper, U.S. soldier and former slave, becomes the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, earning a commission as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army. 1913 – Effie O’Neal, the first Black woman to hold an executive position in the American Medical Association, is born. 1921 – Aviator Bessie Coleman becomes the first African-American woman to earn a pilot’s license and an international aviation license from the Fed6ration Aéronautique Internationale. 1969 – Rapper, actor and filmmaker Ice Cube, member of seminal hip-hop group N.W.A., is born in Los Angeles. 1996 – Iconic jazz chanteuse Ella Fitzgerald, also known as the “First Lady of Song,” “Queen of Jazz” and “Lady Ella,” dies in Beverly Hills.
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became the first African-American owner of a major metropolitan daily newspaper in 1983 when he and his wife purchased The Oakland Tribune, is born. 1980 – Tennis great Venus Williams, the first Black American woman to be ranked No. 1 in the world during the Open era, is born.
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1899 – Inventor W.H. Richardson patents the “Baby Buggy,” the first reversible stroller. 1942 – Bernard W. Robinson, Harvard University medical student, becomes the Navy’s first Black officer. 1968 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that it is a violation of the law to discriminate in selling or renting residential property.
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1942 – Eddie Levert, lead singer of the R&B group The O’Jays and father of Gerald and Sean Levert, is born in Bessemer, Alabama. 1970 – Kenneth A. Gibson is elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey, the first African-American mayor of a major eastern U.S. city.
1971 – Iconic rapper and actor Tupac Shakur is born in the East Harlem section of Manhattan, New York. 1975 – Singer and actor Adam Wade becomes the first African-American game show host, helming CBS’s “Musical Chairs.”
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1871 – Author, lyricist, poet and educator James Weldon Johnson — who wrote the lyrics of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known as the “Negro national anthem” — is born in Jacksonville, Florida. 1937 – Journalist Robert Maynard, who
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My childhood began in the 60s – an era during which children routinely relied on their imagination to create make believe friends, communities – even alternative worlds. Tablets, I-pads and cell phones were years away from becoming essential elements of everyday life. And while today’s youth may view the options available during my youth as “prehistoric,” I thought we had 5 Arthur (Courtesy photo) it pretty good. Saturdays were particularly about our community, how to special and while the only day live, work and play with others I could stay in bed as late as I and how to deal with adversity wanted, I always rose early to or disappointment. They also watch the cartoons. Bugs Bun- opened a window into places and ny, Elmer Fudd, The Flintstones, spaces inhabited by people far Yogi Bear and The Jetsons were different from us. However, with time and in my favorites. After becoming a father in the early 90s, I would the real world, those people and be introduced me to a new set of the lands in which they live have “super-friends” as my two chil- changed both in content and in dren embraced Barney, Big Bird, structure – whether those changKermit the Frog and Elmo. To- es have reflected the status quo or day, my youngest grandson who not. Such is the case today with just turned five, lives and breathes one of the nation’s most popular Paw Patrol, Spongebob Squarep- cartoons, “Arthur,” which kicked off its 22nd season earlier this ants and Arthur. Looking back, I realize that year with a special wedding epthose fictional characters not only isode. Children in the state of Alaprovided hours of entertainment but were also participants in sto- bama never saw the season openries and situations that taught us er which deals with the nuptials between Arthur’s teacher and his partner – two male characters. The episode, “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone,” was never aired in the state – a decision made by the director of programming at Alabama Public Television [APT] after one local station learned of the episode’s content prior to the season opening and informed the director. As the story begins, Arthur and his friends are worried about Mr. Ratburn and even try to stop the wedding, suspecting that he plans to marry an uptight woman. When they get to the wedding, they learn that his betrothed is another man. Their collective response, surprisingly perhaps for some, is that of relief and happiness for their teacher who they clearly adore and for whom they only want the best. APT execs claimed that since
parents trust that their kids can watch programs without adult supervision, they could not allow the episode to be aired, adding that the program “didn’t fit” within the context of a long-established but unwritten agreement between APT and the state’s parents – the same rationale used in 2005 when another “Arthur” episode showcased one of Arthur’s friends, Buster – a child with two mothers. But are we really protecting children from dangerous elements of society or are we simply passing on our own prejudices, biases and our inability to allow others, no matter how different they may be, to live as they desire with the same kind of respect that we demand from others – even if we dislike, disagree with or are even appalled by any or all of those differences? Cartoons figures and make believe characters designed for children should mirror the world that our youth currently or will inevitably experience. Such encounters, “teachable moments,” make it easier for children, with our guidance, to make sense of people, places and things with which or with whom they have little or nothing in common. As a child, my parents helped me understand differences in a world far bigger than my own. Similarly, I allowed my children and now allow my grandchildren to talk with me about concepts, beliefs or ways of life foreign to them. This is how we help children to form their own views. But I wonder, when we blackout portions of reality aren’t we telling our children that some people, because of how they live, what they believe, what they look like, how they dress, who they chose to love – even the Supreme Being whom they worship – result in their being “less than” – damaged, soiled, blasphemous and dangerous to ever be around. Maybe I’m being naïve but isn’t this how we teach children to hate? WI
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Family Act Key for Blacks, Coalition Says By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia A national family and medical paid leave program must be passed by Congress to ensure all American workers can care for their families without worrying about jeopardizing their income, according to officials at The Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, a District-based coalition of more than 200 national organizations that work to promote and protect the civil and human rights of all in the United States. Leadership Conference officials joined others at a Tri-Caucus briefing on the importance of paid family and medical leave at the federal level to achieve racial justice. A panel experts at the June 5 gathering at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill discussed a wide range of topics, most notably the current federal and state landscape of family and medical leave with a special focus on how the Family Act will make vital improvements for people of color. The gathering was co-sponsored by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, National Partnership for Women & Families, Black Women’s Roundtable, Family Values at Work, UnidosUS, United for Respect, and the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance in conjunction with the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and Congressional Hispanic Caucus. “We believe passage of the Family Act is key for Black women and men to achieve economic security and prosperity,” said the event’s moderator Melanie Campbell, who serves as president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable. “As a program that ensures that people can take time from work when they need it to care for themselves and family, the Family Act speaks directly to the needs of Black women and their families because three out of four Black women — 75 percent — are the primary source of income in their family units,” Campbell said. “Also, nearly 30 percent of Black family caregivers are young family members between the ages 18 to 34 and who earn less than $30,000 annually.” Earlier this month, Connecticut became just the seventh state
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to create a system of paid leave. Under the new law, minimum wage employees could have up to 95 percent of their pay covered, capped at $900 per week. New York’s recently-passed paid leave policy offers only a 55 percent wage replacement, which will increase to 67 percent when the law is fully implemented. “Paid leave is a critical step forward for women’s economic security, especially for low-wage workers and women of color who are an increasing number of primary breadwinners for their families,” Catherine Bailey of the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund told the Connecticut Mirror. “We are proud to join the rest of the world and become just the seventh state in the U.S. to create a system of paid leave.” The need for all states to create a substantial family leave law is underscored by a recent Harvard University report. “Following decades of decline, maternal deaths began to rise in the United States around 1990 —
a significant departure from the world’s other affluent countries,” the report said. “By 2013, rates had more than doubled.” The CDC now estimates that 700 to 900 new and expectant mothers die in the U.S. each year, and an additional 500,000 women experience life-threatening postpartum complications. More than half of these deaths and near deaths are from preventable causes, and a disproportionate number of the women suffering are Black. “Put simply, for Black women far more than for white women, giving birth can amount to a death sentence,” the Harvard report said. “African-American women are three to four times more likely to die during or after delivery than are white women. According to the World Health Organization, their odds of surviving childbirth are comparable to those of women in countries such as Mexico and Uzbekistan, where significant proportions of the population live in poverty.” WI
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Criminal penalties have been enforced against sex workers for many years and the approach has left some of D.C.’s most marginalized residents vulnerable to violence, discrimination and exploitation, according to Councilman David Grosso. “Criminalization of sex work has a greater negative impact on groups already facing historical and current discrimination, including those experiencing homelessness, communities of color, queer, trans and gender-nonconforming people, people with disabilities, immigrants and people with criminal convictions,” Grosso said. The at-large council member has reintroduced the Community Safety and Health Amendment Act of 2019 which eliminates criminal prohibitions and penalties for consensual sex work and establishes a task force to evaluate the effects of removing criminal penalties and recommend further improvements to public safety, health and human rights. “By removing criminal penalties for those in the sex trade, we can bring people out of the shadows, help connect them to the services they need to live safer and healthier lives and more easily tackle the complaints we hear from communities about trash or noise,” Grosso said in a news release. The council member said research shows that over 80 percent of street-based sex workers experience violence in the course of
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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Alsobrooks Lauds Prince George’s Strength in First State of the County Address By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks gave her first State of the County address Tuesday, and as she did at her December inauguration, she spoke passionately about the jurisdiction’s strength in economic development, collaboration and jobs. “About 70 percent of us leave Prince George’s County and go into other places,” she said after her nearly 40-minute speech at The Hotel at the University of Maryland in College Park. “Because of our intellectual strength, we build other areas, too.” Alsobrooks’ address focused on
the theme “Prince George’s Proud.” “Pride produces so many positive things and I’m already beginning to see that,” she said. “People show up because they’re proud.” During her first six months in office, Alsobrooks attended various community meetings, festivals and other gatherings to chat with local officials and residents about the fiscal year 2020 budget, trash collection and improving the county sports programs. She outlined a few statistics to show how the county fares economically, including an increase in the commercial tax base from 26 percent to more than 30 percent in a four-year period, an increase in median household income to $81,000, and the unemployment
5 Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks gives her first State of the County address at The Hotel at the University of Maryland in College Park on June 11. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
rate dropping to 3.9%. “The state of Prince George’s County is stronger and prouder than ever,” she said. “Prince George’s County is the crown jewel of Maryland and it’s high time we started acting like it.” Some of the state, county and municipal officials and business and community leaders at The Hotel used the word “classy” to describe Alsobrooks when she thanked her predecessor Rushern L. Baker III. Alsobrooks listed several economic development projects under construction that came to fruition under Baker such as the regional medical center in Largo, consolidation of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building in
Camp Springs and a children’s outpatient center at Woodmore Towne Center in Glenarden. “It showed a lot of class, but it’s not surprising,” said Del. Dereck E. Davis (D-District 25) of Mitchellville. “She spreads credit around. County Executive Baker did a lot for Prince George’s County. They put the community above themselves.” Some of the biggest applause came when Alsobrooks mentioned her father’s inspiration through a text message — “Don’t fight people about the wisdom of feeding dinosaurs.” The quote came in February after Del. Mary Ann Lisanti of Harford County referred to a specific area of Prince George’s as a “[N-word] district.”
Beltway Expansion, Toll Lanes Coming to Prince George’s By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Some Prince George’s County residents such as Daisy Cherry Maggett aren’t pleased with the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration’s ongoing proposal to expand Interstate 495 with toll lanes. Maggett, president of the Wilburn Central Civic Association near Seat Pleasant, said the plan approved last week by the state’s Board of Public Works shows Gov. Larry Hogan cares chiefly about the revenue generated from tolls. In addition, public comments on the project to relieve traffic congestion on both Interstates 495 and 270 in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties are due Friday, June 14 to the state Department of Transportation. “I don’t think we should go for it,” Maggett said. “We don’t need any tolls. People can’t afford. [Hogan] showed his true colors with
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that vote.” Hogan serves on the three-member board along with state Comptroller Peter Franchot, who voted in favor to continue work on the three-phase project estimated to cost $11 billion. The basic gist of the move allows the state Department of Transportation State Highway Administration to move ahead and seek bids for a private firm to participate in a public-private partnership to expand Interstates 495 and 270 in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties. State Treasurer Nancy Kopp, the board’s third member, voted against the move, calling for additional information such as more detailed financial and environmental analyses. One aspect Kopp and other project opponents sought before a vote was an environmental impact statement to outline how noise, construction and pollution would affect the 70mile stretch. Hogan slightly amended the traffic relief plan to first begin work on I-270 in Montgomery County just
north of I-370. A study would now include work along I-270 heading north to Frederick County. The second phase now proposed would conduct work in Montgomery County along I-495 west toward the George Washington Memorial Parkway at the American Legion Bridge in Montgomery County. A third and final phase starts on I-495 in Prince George’s County heading south to the Branch Avenue exit, or Route 5, in Temple Hills. However, more analysis would be done from that exit to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge outside National Harbor, but the state Department of Transportation would need to work in conjunction with officials across the Potomac River in Virginia. According to a draft of the project, work along I-495 west toward the bridge in Montgomery County was originally marked as the first phase. Several county residents pushed the importance of addressing I-270 first, as it is the most congested area in the region traffic-wise.
In addition, Franchot offered four amendments that assured no residential properties would be taken without Board of Public Works approval and 10 percent of all toll proceeds would go toward regional transit services. “This transformative project is about finally moving forward and taking action on an issue that elected officials have literally ignored for decades,” Hogan said. “It will result in less traffic, more peace of mind, cleaner air and a much better quality of life for hundreds of thousands of Marylanders for decades to come.” One day after the Board of Public Works vote on June 5, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission voted 9-1 against the plan because it didn’t supply adequate information on environmental impacts, phasing and lack of transit options. The commission assesses, acquires and maintains parks and
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“We took the opportunity to remind the leadership in Annapolis to what we came there for in the first place,” she said. “I unapologetically stood there and demanded that they fully fund the education of Prince George’s County’s children. We could care less about the opinion of a person who lives more than a hundred miles away. Where’s our money?” Alsobrooks has made education a top priority and after her frequents visits to Maryland’s state capital, the county will receive about $53 million in state funding toward education. As she presented her first budget with no property tax increase, the $4.3 billion spending plan includes nearly half toward education that includes 123 new teachers, 90 aides, or paraprofessionals, 23 school psychologists and 18 pupil personnel and school social workers. According to Maryland’s star-rating system released in December, half of the public schools in Prince George’s garnered the highest marks of four and five stars. However, some schools received a two-star ranking for low marks in attendance and proficiency in math and English Language Arts based on test scores from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment. Interim public schools CEO Monica Goldson, who attended the Tuesday address, said she pushes to fight the perception of an undervalued school system that’s endured grade scandals and infighting amongst board members from the previous superintendent. “I have 134,000 students who have dreams and I can’t stop because I have to make their dreams become a reality,” Goldson said. “I can’t deal with a few naysayers. What I have to do is prove them wrong through actions.” WI
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Since the election of Maya Rockeymoore Cummings as Maryland’s Democratic chair in December, she’s pushed to boost confidence among a party that’s lost three of the past five gubernatorial elections despite Democrats outnumbering Republicans 2 to 1 in the state. Rockeymoore Cummings, 48, recently finished a statewide tour of all 23 counties and Baltimore City and chatted with residents and local officials on ways to improve the party. One of the most heartfelt moments came when she visited Caroline County and chatted with the mother of Anton Black, 19, who died while in police custody last fall. Black’s brother, Brandon Jackson, committed suicide in February. “She cried in my arms and I cried in hers as she told me the story after Anton was killed,” Rockeymoore Cummings said in a June 3 interview. “The family is completely still heartbroken. I am heartbroken not just as a party chair, but as a human being. We should be able to prevent these incidents in the future and we need to work towards on getting to a place where we don’t have happening across the state.” The founder of Global Policy Solutions, a consulting firm in Northwest, merged into the contentious House speaker race in April to request the Democratic candidates not accept Republican votes. Ulti-
TOLL LANES from Page 12 other land in both Prince George’s and Montgomery counties. Debra Borden, principal counsel with the commission, briefed Prince George’s County Council on the project Monday, June 10. She outlined several problems from the project that affects Prince George’s, including: • No access of toll lanes near the new regional medical center under construction in Largo. • No transit options. • No access to major highways such as Routes 1, 50 and 450. From the commission’s assessment, Borden said state officials don’t comprehend some of the transportation concerns in Prince George’s. “Our job is the technical aspect of the study — not why should the project go forward, but how it should go forward,” Borden said. “We are not trying to step on any
mately, Del. Adrienne Jones (D-Baltimore County) was unanimously chosen to replace the late Michael Busch, becoming the state’s first African American and first woman to hold the position. “At the end of the day, all’s well that ends well,” said the wife of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore). Rockeymoore Cummings, 48, also hasn’t been shy about challenging Republican Gov. Larry Hogan on policies and proposals such as expansion and toll lanes along Interstates 495 and 270, the governor’s mostly upper-income base and the lack of investments in distressed communities. She also said Hogan hasn’t established a relationship with her hometown of Baltimore, especially egregious since it’s the state’s biggest city. “I’ve seen how he has come in [and] snatched things away from Baltimore City,” she said. “He has basically demonized the population of the city. He has constantly belittled undermined the ability of the city to develop and enjoy a relationship with a governor who’s supportive,” Rockeymoore Cummings said. “We don’t currently have a relationship with the governor’s office in a way that would help, build and grow the city of Baltimore and that’s unfortunate.” Hogan spokesman Michael Ricci said in an email Thursday, June 6 that the administration remains in active discussions with lawmakers to offer a bridge loan of $1 million to support the Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra, which announced the cancellation of all summer concerts because of lack of funding. Ricci also noted the orchestra has received $8.7 million from the state between fiscal years 2016 to 2019. “Governor Hogan has been, is now, and will continue to be a great supporter of the BSO,” he said. In regard to state Democratic leadership, Rockeymoore Cummings wrote a letter in April to request state lawmakers not accept Republican votes during the House speaker election. Todd Eberly, a political science professor at St. Mary’s College in St. Mary’s, Maryland, said the responsibility of the party chair is mostly administrative to help format strategy and make sure resources are distributed properly. “Typically, the party chair isn’t the face of the party” he said. “That usually goes to some senior elected member. In Maryland, you would expect that to be [Sen.] Ben Cardin or [Rep.] Steny Hoyer. You are never supposed to be the news. Your candidates are supposed to be the news.” Rockeymoore Cummings doesn’t
5 Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, chair of the Maryland Democratic Party, speaks at the state Democratic Party’s 20th annual legislative luncheon in Annapolis on Jan. 8. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)
plan to remain quiet. She wants to make the party a year-round organization that seeks to diversity efforts in fundraising, hire regional organizers and enhance local central committees and ensure a Democrat wins the governor’s seat in 2022. Del. Jazz Lewis (D-District 24) of Landover said Democratic unity remains strong, but ac-
knowledged it could be improved with standing meetings with state leaders. “I think Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings has done a decent job [but] she has to do a lot of work to build a base with the state Democratic leadership,” said Lewis, who serves as the vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus. “We should have more scheduled meetings to make sure we are on the same page.” WI
toes, but we are trying to do our job.” Council members asked several questions to Borden and J. Kenneth Battle Jr., director of transportation, infrastructure, energy and environment for County Council. Battle attended last week’s public works meeting in Annapolis. Councilwoman Monique Anderson-Walker (D-District 8) of Fort Washington asked would there be a possibility the third phase in the county doesn’t get done. “That is a possibility,” Borden said. “But we have to review it as if all of the three phases are being built.” Councilwoman Dannielle Glaros (D-District 3) of Riverdale Park said the project needs more work. “I just don’t think it’s ready for prime time, but two gentlemen think it was,” she said in regards to Hogan and Franchot voting to continue work on the project. WI
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BUSINESS Maxine Waters Demands Diversity, Inclusion Data from America’s Big Banks By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia Reps. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), chair of the House Financial Services Committee, and Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), chair of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, have sent letters to 37 bank holding compa-
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nies requesting their diversity and inclusion data and policies from 2015 to the present. The letters request data on diversity and inclusion from bank holding companies with over $50 billion in assets, according to a news release. Among the big banks targeted by Waters and Beatty are Ally Financial, Inc.; American Express
5 Rep. Maxine Waters receives the 2019 NAACP Chairman’s Award from Leon W. Russell, chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors, during the 50th NAACP Image Awards on March 30. (Courtesy of Black Press USA)
Company; Bank of America Corporation; Bank of New York Mellon Corporation; and Barclays US LLC. The lawmakers requested information about each institution’s diversity and inclusion data and poli-
cies from 2015 through the present, including demographic totals on employees that shows the total number of employees — full- and part-time; career level of employees — executive and manager versus employees in other roles; gender, race and ethnic identity of your employees, as otherwise known or provided voluntarily; and employee compensation by gender, race and ethnicity. Waters and Beatty also want the financial institutions to disclose the number and dollar value invested with minority- and women-owned vendors and asset managers as compared to all vendor and asset manager investments. They also seek titles and reporting structure for each institution’s lead diversity officers; the number of staff and budget dedicated to diversity initiatives; a description of performance measures and compensation tied to diversity initiatives; company-wide diversity policies and practices, including recruitment strategies; and outreach to diverse organizations, such as historically black colleges and universities and professional organizations. The lawmakers have called for information on gender pay equity data and efforts to close any identified gaps; corporate board demographic data, including the total number of board members; gender, race and ethnic identity of board members, as otherwise known or provided voluntarily; board position title, as well as any leadership and subcommittee assignments; the institution’s diversity policies and practices; and any challenges the institution faces in implementing its diversity goals and initiatives. “Unfortunately, a complete picture of diversity and inclusion in the financial services industry cannot be obtained until the financial services industry shares their diversity data and policies with the OMWIs,
Congress, and the public,” the lawmakers wrote. According to data presented by the Government Accountability Office at a February hearing of the Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, the financial services industry has failed to significantly improve diversity in its management ranks. For example, from 2007 to 2015, the overall representation of women among managers at financial services firms remained generally unchanged, while the overall representation of minorities among managers marginally increased, except for African Americans whose representation decreased from 6.5 percent to 6.3 percent. The data request is “designed to inform Congress of the diversity levels and diversity and inclusion policies and practices of the country’s biggest banks,” according to the news release. Waters and Beatty have long called for financial institutions to prioritize diversity, they said. The letters are identical to a request made last month by Beatty for diversity and inclusion data from the seven bank CEOs that testified at a committee hearing in April. By expanding the data request to all bank holding companies with over $50 billion in assets, the Committee will be able to provide the American public with a complete picture of how large banks are meeting their commitments to diversity and inclusion. Waters has vowed she wouldn’t be distracted with the climate in Washington in her quest for transparency and that big banks are already recognizing that she means business. “They simply understand that it’s a new day and a new way,” Waters said in a recent interview. “I am the first African-American and first woman chair. They know that I have expectations. WI
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Entrepreneurs Healthier Than Workers, Study Says By James Wright WI Staff Writer The dream of owning your business and having to answer to no one but yourself appears to be a healthier way of life than being an employee, according to an article published by a scholar affiliated with a prestigious D.C. think tank. Dr. Milena Nikolova, who serves on the faculty of economics and business for the University of Groningen in The Netherlands, authored a groundbreaking piece, “Self-Employment May be Good for Your Health,” posted May 29 on the Brookings Institution’s website. “There is a very large literature from around the world that generally shows that the self-employed are more satisfied with their jobs compared to similar regular workers,” said Nikolova, who works with Brookings as a nonresident fellow in global economy and development. Nikolova measured workers of the same age, gender, working in the same industry and earning the same salary. The basis of her data comes from Germans, tracking individuals and their careers over time. She said becoming one’s own boss “improves the mental health of those who were initially unemployed and of individuals who were formerly full-time employees.” “In Germany, self-employment is about 10 percent of total employment and about five percent of the population is the owner/manager of a new business or in the process of starting one,” Nikolova said, noting her findings were first published in a recent edition of The Journal of Business Venturing. In the U.S., there are 28 million small businesses and 22 million of those have one employee — the owner — according to statistics from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Nikolova created two classes of entrepreneurs in her study. Those who are “opportunity entrepreneurs” left their 9-to5 jobs for self-employment showed improved physical health, she said. However, “necessity entrepreneurs,” people who went from unemployed to owning their businesses, did not see a
5 Babatunde Oloyede is the president of the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization and owns a District business. (WI photo)
change in physical health. She noted that mental health gains were greater for those escaping unemployment than for those switching from regular jobs. “This is not just because they avoid the stigma of being unemployed, but also likely because they get an identity boost from being self-employed,” she said. Nikolova said given the large psychological costs of unemployment, self-employment provides a livelihood and a mental health gain to those who “escape the misery of joblessness.” Nikolova said her research reveals that entrepreneurs are very busy and work long but are “better able than regular workers to shift around their appointments and go to the gym which helps them stay healthy.” “Therefore it could be that the self-employed indeed make it a point to stay healthy because they have to rely on themselves more than regular employees and they can earn an income only when they are healthy and working,” she said. Babatunde Oloyede, president and CEO of the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization in Ward 7, an employee of Accenture, a global management consulting firm, and owner of a clothing business in the District, said Nikolova’s study makes sense. “What she is saying is accurate,” Oloyede said. “As a business owner, you are doing everything and things fall on your hands. It is critical that business owners stay as healthy as they
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5 Vola’s Dockside Grill (Credit: Kristian Summerer for Visit Alexandria)
4 Ways to Soak Up Alexandria’s Waterfront This Summer As summer heats up and longer days beckon, head to Old Town Alexandria for breezy vibes and buzzing waterfront activities. From pirate-themed cruises on the Potomac River to music-filled beer gardens, don’t miss these summer happenings:
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Channel your inner pirate, history nerd or craft beer fanatic aboard the tall ship Providence, a full-scale replica of a 1768 Navy warship set to arrive on Alexandria’s waterfront as a permanent attraction this July. Inspired by the ship’s appearances in the Pirates of the Caribbean, pirate-themed cruises will be offered along with educational history tours and Port City beer cruises. Then, rejuvenate at soon-toopen Riverside Taco Company with a frozen margarita and a jam-packed tortilla snack, served from an Airstream trailer and garden at the Alexandria Marina. Take in Mirror Mirror, Waterfront Park’s color-drenched temporary public art installation. And starting in July, don’t miss the debut of Alexandria Colonial Tours’ riverside twist on their famous Ghost & Graveyard Tour, blending fact with folklore to haunting effect.
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Toast the start of summer at the Portside in Old Town Summer Festival on June 22. Head toward Old Town Alexandria’s Waterfront Park, and you’ll hear fusion tunes ranging from Ethiopian jazz to Brazilian to Latin folk. Quench your thirst at a waterfront beer garden from Alexandria’s award-winning Port City Brewing Company, and grab savory bites from Pizzeria Paradiso and Rocklands BBQ. Bring the whole family for crowd-pleasing hands-on arts and history activities. On June 28-30 and July 5-7, 2019, Port City’s Waterfront Beer Gardens return for two weekends of refreshing riverside brews along with lawn games, live bands and DJs. Then on July 13, 2019, join the City of Alexandria’s party for America’s 243rd birthday and Alexandria’s 270th at Oronoco Bay Park, featuring the mesmerizing Alexandria Symphony Orchestra and a dazzling fireworks display.
DINE AL FRESCO ON THE WATER
No visit to Alexandria’s waterfront would be complete without an outdoor dining experience. Watch the waterfront world breeze by as you indulge in a seafood-filled feast at Vola’s Dockside
Grill. For modern tavern fare plus a hip and historic ambience, Virtue Feed & Grain offers a laid-back, light-strung patio setting. Then, settle in for a nightcap at Blackwall Hitch’s expansive riverside lounge, complete with refreshing libations and live music.
EXPLORE THE TORPEDO FACTORY ART CENTER
When you’re ready to cool off, go behind the scenes of the creative process at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, located at the heart of the waterfront. The former World War II munitions plant now houses 82 working artists’ studios, seven galleries, the Alexandria Archaeology Museum and more, making it America’s largest collection of active open studios in one building. Find artists at work in every medium, from ceramics to welding to watercolor, and search for inspiring works to take home. This article has been adapted from Caroline Secrest’s “7 Ways to Soak up Alexandria’s Waterfront This Summer” from the visitALX blog at visitALX. com. For more on events and things to do in Alexandria, check out VisitAlexandriaVA. com.
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NATIONAL Domestic Terrorism, White Supremacy Continue to Rise in the United States By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia In 2018, there were 50 domestic extremist murders, all of which were committed by perpetrators with ties to right-wing extremists, according to figures provided by Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Raskin’s committee held a June 4 hearing — “Confronting Violent White Supremacy: Adequacy of the Federal Response” — the second
such hearing with the most recent noting that 78 percent of domestic extremist murders were committed by white supremacists. Right-wing extremist is also responsible for 73 percent of extremist killings over the last decade, compared to 23 percent for Islamist extremism and 3 percent for left-wing extremism, according to the committee’s findings which cite figures gathered by the Anti-Defamation League. Further, the FBI found a 17 percent increase in reported hate crimes in 2017 from the previous year and a
5 Alt-right and white supremacists at a 2018 rally in Charlottesville, Va. (Anthony Crider via Wikimedia Commons)
31 percent increase since 2014. Under the Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security appears to have significantly reduced resources and infrastructure that would address the increasing threat of white supremacist extremism, Raskin said. He noted reports that said DHS has disbanded a group of analysts focused on domestic terrorism in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis,
reducing the number of analytic reports on white supremacists. The hearing became emotional when Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) broke down as she read the death threats she’s received since taking office in January. “How is that not enough to fall under domestic terrorism if they’re targeting solely based on my faith, and others saying that a good Muslim is a dead one?” said Talib, who
Pelosi, Dems Weigh Pros, Cons of Impeachment By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia Is Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi standing in the way of a potential impeachment of President Donald Trump? Reports indicate that there are strong signs that the pro-impeachment forces in the House are larger than what Pelosi portrays — and growing. That is, there’s a lot of iceberg under the surface, according to NBC News. Since special counsel Robert Mueller spoke publicly for the first time about his finding that he could not exonerate the president, the number of House members calling
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for either the start to an official inquiry or an outright impeachment vote on Trump has grown to 52, according to a list maintained by NBC News. That includes several committee chairs, several members of the Judiciary Committee — which would consider possible articles of impeachment first — lawmakers from safe districts and swing districts, and one Republican, Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, the network reported. Still, not all citizens are onboard — even those who said they can’t wait until Trump leaves office. “At this point in time, impeachment is a terrible idea and could potentially play into President Trump’s own narrative — victimizers sometimes play the role of the victim in
order to justify their own abusive behavior, reframe perceptions, establish false equivalence, energize advantageous divisions and intensify or gain support,” said David Pring-Mill, a consultant to startups, NGOs and political causes. “The president took advantage of shortcuts in human psychology,” Pring-Mill said. “He used demagoguery to rile up the voters who could get him elected. But that shortcut became a long cut. His statements on race, Muslim bans, immigrants and international relations have compromised his moral authority and severely impaired his ability to execute on an agenda and, instead of accepting some responsibility for disparaging others, he fires people ‘Apprentice’-style and claims that he has been disparaged.” Matt C. Pinsker, an adjunct professor in the Homeland Security & Criminal Justice Department at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University, said he’s read Mueller’s report and the evidence is insufficient to charge, let alone convict, the president of collusion or obstruction of justice. “It would be legal malpractice and grounds to bring a criminal charge,” said Pinsker, a former federal prosecutor who teaches criminal justice at VCU. “The reason why impeach-
ment is talked about is simply for political reasons. Unlike the criminal justice system which requires a burden of proof and due process, impeachment is a political maneuver and there is no such thing as ‘malpractice’ for Congress.” Steven Isaac Azizi, a senior partner at Miracle Mile Law Group, said the Democratic majority in Congress is hesitant to impeach Trump for a couple reasons. “I believe the foremost reason is that Congress is rejecting the idea is due to the sheer reputational damage it would instill in the international world’s eyes,” Azizi said. “Another may be the ignition of pro-Trump supporters. These are without a doubt the cons of any potential impeachment.” The attorney also speculated that a potential plus to a Trump impeachment would be the riddance of the rhetoric that he brings along with him. “In any event, impeachment would be accompanied by severe consequences that would reverberate around the whole world,” Azizi said. Pelosi has argued, to great effect with her caucus, that there are significant risks in rushing toward impeachment when the public isn’t
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along with other Democrats are demanding federal agencies to increase their efforts to stop domestic terrorism and white supremacy. Democrats also have called for mandates that require all state and local law enforcement to report hate crimes to the FBI. Committee members noted that only a small amount of municipalities report hate crimes. “The United States Congress doesn’t have a statute for us to use domestic terrorism like we do on foreign terrorists organizations,” FBI Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division Michael McGarrity said in response to questions from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). McGarrity countered that the FBI agents have enjoyed success in dismantling some planned domestic terrorist attacks this year. He said arrests made prior to attacks have outnumbered those arrested prior to attacks in international terrorist cases. “In fiscal year 2018, the FBI across the country proactively arrested approximately 115 subjects of FBI domestic terrorism investigations before they could mobilize into violence,” McGarrity said. “So far our Joint Terrorist Task Forces have disrupted approximately 66 subjects of FBI domestic terrorism investigations by arrest.” Still, DHS Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Neumann gave a startling admission that the U.S. government isn’t doing all it can to prevent acts of domestic terrorism. She said the Trump administration is working to find ways to improve strategy. “We know we’re not doing enough,” Neumann said. “Things haven’t been institutionalized. In order for government to work, we have to institutionalize it, you either need to authorize it through Congress or you need to get it in executive order or national security presidential memoranda.” WI
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America’s Natural Gas and Oil Industry is Hiring, Building Diversity
The economy is booming, but that doesn’t mean it’s all Easy Street for American families. Costs for household essentials continue to rise – with expenses for healthcare up 73% over 10 years, education costs increasing 58% and food bills rising 26%. There’s one important exception: energy costs. Household energy expenses have dropped 10.5%, and Americans saved $300 billion in 2016 compared to 2010. As recently as 2011, media reports were blaring headlines like “$4 Gas Might be Here
levels. Geologists, engineers, rig workers, welders, electricians, communications professionals, truck drivers, environmental consultants, business analysts, computer technicians – you name it. And opportunities are growing. The industry supports 10.3 million U.S. jobs across the economy -- 2.7 additional jobs for each direct natural gas and oil job. With 40 percent or more of the industry’s worker base expected to retire by 2035, there’s never been a better time to join the energy workforce. Studies project we’ll see nearly 1.9 million job opportunities over that period in the oil and natural gas and petrochemical industries – with 707,000 jobs, or 38% of the total, projected to be filled by African American and Hispanic workers. We consider that number a floor, not a ceiling. One of our top priorities as an industry is building a more diverse workforce, and ensuring these opportunities reach every community. One of the biggest barriers our research has identified is lack of awareness about the opportunities in our
industry. We’re partnering with a number of organizations to change that. Through coordinated efforts with groups like the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and others, we’re working to spread the word that the industry is hiring. And we’re building. Constructing the pipelines and other infrastructure needed to keep pace with record energy production – and move affordable energy to homes and businesses -- can support up to 1 million-plus jobs per year. That means construction workers, welders, pipe fitters. We partner with the National Building Trades Unions to train workers for these good jobs. The industry also needs workers with backgrounds in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. In coordination with these organizations and many more, companies sponsor and participate in job fairs, hands-on educational labs,
science fairs and teacher training. As great as the opportunities are, it’s not all about the paycheck. America’s energy professionals are part an industry that fuels the economy and powers daily life. It’s an industry of innovators – that not only leads the world in production of natural gas and oil, but is developing the technologies that make our air cleaner. The United States leads the world in reduction of carbon emissions, thanks primarily to clean natural gas. Cleaner fuels and other breakthroughs have helped drive combined emissions of the primary air pollutants down 73 percent since 1970 – while energy use and vehicle miles have climbed. Building a better future takes energy, and building the best workforce is essential to keep delivering energy benefits to U.S. families. Working with our partners in African American and Hispanic communities, America’s natural gas and oil industry is focused on expanding opportunities and building the diversity that will make our workforce even stronger.
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to Stay.” With the United States now leading the world in production of natural gas and oil, families are enjoying welcome savings on their utility bills and at the gas pump – savings that help them afford other priorities that keep getting pricier. For a growing number of American workers, the U.S. natural gas and oil industry doesn’t just mean lower bills, it means fatter paychecks. A 2018 Bloomberg report called the industry “the best bet for U.S. workers” thanks to its “paycheck potency” -- with salary levels that “topped all sectors, including utilities, tech and health care” in recent rankings. Non-retail station jobs in the natural gas and oil industry pay an average annual wage of over $100,000 — nearly $50,000 more than the U.S. average. Studies show natural gas and oil industry workers earn more across all education levels, degree majors, gender and race/ethnicity groups, and occupation types. The diversity of career opportunities means there’s something for everyone – across a variety of fields and education
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Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has organized demonstrations to take place on June 20 aimed at forcing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chair Justice Jane Ansah to resign. The coalition gave Ansah 14 days to step down, but the MEC chairperson refused, saying she can only be removed by President Peter Mutharika. According to HRDC, the protests will take place in Lilongwe, Blantyre, Zomba and Mzuzu. Speaking at a press conference in Lilongwe on June 9, HRDC’s Timothy Mtambo, Gift Trapence and Billy Mayaya said they want Ansah to resign due to her commission’s failure to manage results in the May 21 elections. “We further demand that the whole MEC commission should honorably resign because they cannot be spared from the mess,” Mtambo said. HRDC recently wrote a letter to Ansah saying the public-at-large has lost trust and confidence in her stewardship of the electoral commission. In the letter, which was signed by HRDC National Chairperson Mtambo, the coalition said Ansah has become a subject of international ridicule because of the way she mismanaged the results in favor of her preferred candidate while subverting the will of ordinary Malawian voters. They added that many observers raised red flags on malpractices and irregularities, including tipp-exed result sheets, denying copies of results to monitors and electoral staff being found with pre-filled results sheets. In the aftermath of the May 21 election, Opposition candidates alleged that figures on some results sheets were altered using correction fluid and demanded the resignation of President Peter Mutharika, who was narrowly reelected. The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) of Lazarus Chakwera went to court after noticing what it claimed were irregularities in results from 10 of the country’s 28 districts. The court in the capital Lilongwe initially ordered that the announcement of presidential results be delayed “until the results … are verified through a transparent recounting of the ballot papers in the presence of representatives of political parties which contested the elections.” However, Malawi’s incumbent President Peter Mutharika was declared the winner of the election, having garnered 38.67% of the votes cast, according to results announced by the electoral commission (MEC) on May 27. Voters in the southern African nation cast ballots for a president and parliament on May 21, in a bruising race between Mutharika and two former allies, Lazarus Chakwera and Deputy President Saulos Chilima. Chakwera, of the opposition Malawi Congress Party, scored 35.41% of the votes, while Deputy President Chilima won 20.24%, the electoral body said. WI
caribbean now St. Vincent and Grenadines Becomes Smallest Nation in UN Security Council St. Vincent and Grenadines made history on Friday, becoming the smallest nation to be elected to the United Nations Security Council. Speaking to the press outside the General Assembly Hall on Friday, June 7, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said the election of his country was a “historic occasion.” Gonsalves added that the country of 110,000 people is committed to the principle of sustainable development and, as a Small Island Developing State in danger of inundation by rising seas, is very concerned about the consequences of adverse climate change. He said they plan on working closely with other members of the Security Council. St. Vincent and the Grenadines were elected by the UN General Assembly along with Estonia, Niger, Tunisia and Vietnam. The five states will take up their seats as non-permanent members of the Security Council in January 2020, replacing Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru and Poland. Every year, five countries are elected to the 15-member Council for a two-year term, according to a geographical rotation set by the Assembly in 1963, to ensure fair regional representation. Whilst Niger, Tunisia and Vietnam were elected unopposed, two of the five seats were contested: El Salvador competed with St. Vincent and the Grenadines to represent the Latin American and Caribbean group, and Romania lost to Estonia in the East European group. WI
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Laura Newland Director Laura Newland, Department of Aging and Community Living Happy Pride! The Department of Aging and Community Living (DACL) is gearing up for an active summer out in the community with you. This month, we’re PROUD to be joining Mayor Muriel
Bowser in the Capital Pride Parade on June 8th. And we’ll be back again this year with our Senior Pride Trolley. If you are an LGBTQ older adult, age 60 and over, and you want to ride along with us during the parade, reach out to my office at 202-724-5626. Seats are limited, but all are welcome to walk with the Mayor and DACL. Then on Sunday, June 9th, DACL will have a booth at the Capital Pride Festival to highlight our programs and services to keep you healthy, engaged, and active during these hot summer months, and all year long. I hope you’ll connect with us this weekend and celebrate all that our older LGBTQ adults have done to pave the way for us today and for future generations to live and love openly and without fear. Also this month, Mayor Bowser is hosting the Eighth Annual Senior Symposium at Ballou
High School on June 19th. Our theme this year is Connect, Create, Contribute, building on the energy from Older Americans Month. Join us to celebrate you, learn something new, pick up a new activity or hobby, or just fellowship with your friends and neighbors. We’ll be welcoming Rayceen Pendarvis back as our master of ceremonies as well as a great line-up of performances, educational sessions, and exhibitors. If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, I encourage you to do so quickly. Give my office a call at 202-724-5626 for assistance with registration. On June 28th, Mayor Bowser, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and DACL will be hosting the annual Senior Fest at Oxon Run Park. This annual event is a fun outdoor celebration with live entertainment, dancing, health exhibits, games, guest speakers, and lunch. Contact
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HEALTH Battle Over Marijuana Banking Plays Out in U.S. Congress Mayor’s Legislation Hinges on Outcome By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins More than a month ago, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) introduced legislation to allow the recreational sale of marijuana and marijuana products, with the goal of diverting revenue to jobs, housing and other investments of benefit to communities hardest hit by draconian drug laws. Realizing the passage of what’s touted as the Safe Cannabis Sales Act of 2019, however, would require changes on the federal level to a con-
gressional rider that prevents local governments from spending money to legalize and regulate the marijuana industry. A bill currently under consideration in the House of Representatives dismantles penalties, but whether lawmakers would pass it remains to be seen. “I’m hopeful that we may be able to regulate sales, finally, in this area but currently, we are unable to develop a regulatory scheme in the District as long as congressional riders exist,” said D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D). “This is very frustrating and not just from a home
rule point of view, but it’s as if we’re caught in the middle [of] decriminalization and legalization as well as adopting a control system. And therefore we have to maintain the status quo.” The new House bill in question, the Safe and Fair Enforcement Banking Act, prevents federal regulators from penalizing financial service providers from maintaining accounts of legal, state-level marijuana businesses. House Democrats have been expected to bring it to the floor for a vote before the end of the month. On the Senate side, similar legislation has been introduced with the potential of increasing bank and credit union deposits. In the District, legalization advocates wait with bated breath for the outcome of the ongoing congressional battle. In 2015, city residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of Initiative 71, which allowed people 21 and older to legally possess up to two ounces of the plant. Additionally, residents could use and grow marijuana on their property without penalty. However, the law forbids the exchange of marijuana for money, goods or services, a provision that has confused people navigating both sides of a growing marijuana industry.
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In recent years, pop-up events advertised on social media pages feature various strands of marijuana to be sold in private residences, restaurants and other venues that revelers could access after contacting the host. However, law enforcement officials have increasingly cracked down on those functions, even revoking the license of a local nightclub that allowed smoking. For some longtime marijuana users, including a local millennial who requested anonymity out of fear of losing her job, legalizing the sale of the plant would alleviate hurdles in acquiring and enjoying products.
However, as the user told The Informer, the public health and judiciary implications of this law loom large. “The various strains that people are growing are stronger than what I’m used to. I don’t know if it still has the natural ingredients,” the anonymous user said. “I don’t know what that process is like, but I know people are obsessed with ‘gas’ in this culture. Capitalism is at the foundation of all this — it’s unfortunate that a lot of men and women are still in jail for selling a plant now that the industry has been woven into society.” WI
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Until recently, African Americans generally didn’t address mental health challenges, largely because of the stigma that doing so makes a person mentally and emotionally weak, but that has changed within the past decade. Presently, Blacks are coming to grips with the challenges of being mentally healthy in a society that tends to be covertly racist. However, African Americans are proactively dealing with such challenges. The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation — started by famed actress and D.C. native Taraji P. Henson last fall in honor of her father, who suffered psychologically after his service in the Vietnam War — took the challenge head-on last weekend with its three-day “Can We Talk?” conference and benefit dinner at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Northwest. “Thank you for coming out to learn about this important cause,” Henson said Saturday to about 300 attendees. “We as a people need to talk about this. We have had to endure over 400 years of aggression and other issues and we are all suffering.” The conference consisted of a gala dinner and workshops on a wide range of topics dealing with Blacks and mental health challenges. “The Black community continues to be met with hurdles linked to seeking a therapist, having funds to pay for treatment and dealing with the stigma that comes with receiving mental health care,” said Jan Desper Peters, executive director of the Black Mental Health Alliance for Education and Consultation, Inc., which played a prominent role at the conference. “Suicide rates have doubled among Black children and adolescents in the past two decades, confirming that seek-
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ing professional help or admitting to suicidal thoughts continue to instill guilt and shame in our people.” Studies on mental health and African Americans have consistently shown that Blacks are disproportionately more likely to suffer from mental health issues than white Americans, and the symptoms tend to be more severe, yet only 33.6 percent of Blacks with depression seek professional help. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in 2015, Blacks had experienced mental health issues 20 percent more than Whites but were 50 percent less likely to seek assistance. The conference’s “It Takes a Village” workshop featured mental health professionals talking about addressing and dealing with the stigma as a people. Dr. Altha Stewart, president of the American Psychiatric Association, said the approach to addressing mental health for Blacks and whites isn’t uniform. “We [as a people] are unique,” Stewart said. “We have specific
needs because we are different. Because of that difference, it is essential that we have a mode of treatment that works for us.” Stewart said that Blacks tend to be more communal “and not individualistic” in their approach to life. Dr. Patricia Newton, CEO and medical director of Black Psychiatrists of America, also stressed the benefits of respecting elders. “We as Blacks need to go back to our African roots and be kinder and gentler to each other,” Newton said. Picking up on the theme of the workshop, Dr. Theopia Jackson, president-elect of the Association of Black Psychologists, said “the village is hurting because the mental health system in this country wasn’t designed for us.” “It has to be OK to talk about the trauma, but we have been talking the wrong language,” Jackson said. “We as a people were enslaved, not slaves and we have to work hard to correct the myth of Black inferiority and white superiority.” WI
impeached, removed from office and reelected. But Pelosi has also said the House should not choose to impeach or avoid impeachment based on political considerations. Mueller found that he could not exonerate the president and has now given a near-equivalent of public testimony to that conclusion. So it stands to reason that the longer Democrats wait to start a formal process, the more it will look like they are not confident the Mueller report
includes evidence of possible high crimes and misdemeanors, according to an NBC News analyst. Perhaps most Democrats will reach that conclusion, if they haven’t already. “The 2020 election is fast approaching,” Pring-Mill said. “If Americans feel that Trump needs to be prosecuted, they should support Kamala Harris in the primaries and caucuses. [Prosecuting crimes] is what she does best.” WI
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EDUCATION Black or African American – Is There a Difference? By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia In a recent televised commentary, Dr. Greg Carr, chair of Howard University’s Department of Afro-American Studies, kick-started a stirring conversation that has mostly taken place inside the confines of Black communities around the country. Carr tackled the sometimes uncomfortable topic of identifying as Black versus African-American. “Despite the dictionary definitions, there is no term that truly describes people that were taken from Africa and forced into slavery,” Carr said during commentary on Washington, D.C.’s WUSA.
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NNPA Newswire followed up by reaching out to several individuals of color – blacks, African Americans – in attempt to gain the pulse of just which way many lean. “Many Africans who live in North America but were born and raised in Africa do not like to be labeled as Black,” said Dr. Tapo Chimbganda, the founder of Future Black Female, an organization that helps create opportunities for Black female youth to participate fully and beneficially in academic, economic and social endeavors. “Growing up in Africa, where almost everyone is Black makes it difficult for people who grow up in that environment to understand, grasp and identify with Black as a signifier the same way that people
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born and raised in the West do,” Chimbganda said. “While Africans dealt with colonization and many of the same oppressive practices of white supremacy, they were a majority and once their leaders took over government, for the most part oppression ceased to be about race and more about tribalism and ethnic rivalry.” Dr. Hisla Bates, a Harvard- and Yale-trained physician, said race is a social construct and shouldn’t define anyone. “I don’t like to be called Black or African American because it doesn’t define me and is dismissive of my heritage and ethnic makeup,” Bates said. “I am from the Caribbean
and prefer Caribbean American rather than African American. “There are so many ways to be ‘Black’ and so many mixtures and countries that when we define people by a single color we miss multiple parts of who they are,” she said. “That is true for whites as well.” Dr. Gail L. Thompson, founder and CEO of Inspirations by Gail LLC, said Black is a general term that includes anyone of African descent, including indigenous Africans, African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and immigrants. “A Black person can live anywhere in the world,” she said. Thompson defined African American as a U.S. citizen of Afri-
can descent whose ancestors lived in America before and during the era of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. “I am an African American who can trace my ancestry in the U.S. for five generations,” Thompson said. “According to my DNA test results, my ancestry is 92 percent African, primarily from the Congo/Cameroon region and Benin and Togo.” Additionally, the term “people of color” refers to all non-White ethnic/racial groups and is a very general term, Thompson said. Hip-hop activist and author Sean XLG Mitchell, said there’s a significant difference between the labels of Black, African American, and people of color. “If we use the term Black, we are doing ourselves a disservice,” said Mitchell, the author of “How Do We Build A Real Wakanda?” “Black only identifies with the color of our skin but it has no cultural connections to who we are as a people. “As a result of our slave experience, we don’t understand the power and purpose of culture and we seem to be naive in how we regard and respect the unifying principles of culture,” Mitchell said. “Other races of people benefit from employing a language, education, religion, names and customs that are centered around their historical experience and we’re the only people who fail to do so.” Mitchell said it’s important that all of African descent find time to read books such as the “Autobiography of Malcolm X,” “The Mis-Education of the Negro,” “Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization” and “Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery.” “We would have a better insight and understanding of culture,” Mitchell said. WI
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Point to Possible ‘Teacher Bullying’ By Enid Doggett Special to The Informer D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee is facing backlash from a diverse group of parents at J.O. Wilson Elementary School, a Title I school in Northeast, following the departure of Principal Guye Turner. Community leaders have joined them in calling for Ferebee to directly address the issues that led to the departure of Turner, who had been at the school for less than a year. The principal’s exit has also exacerbated underlying issues at the school, including potential bullying and harassment of students, parents and teachers by other teachers. Turner received a non-renewal notice for his one-year contract from DCPS on April 26, a decision that he continues to appeal. The former Two Rivers Public Charter School principal then submitted his resignation and two-week notice. Ferebee’s office confirmed the resignation to Wilson teachers, staff and parents via email on April 29, just as students were beginning high-stakes annual standardized testing, and just a few days before the DCPS enrollment deadline. The decision prompted hundreds of parents, teachers, and community members to sign letters and petitions in support of Turner and questioning DCPS’ decision. Ferebee held a meeting with the Wilson community on May 7. Emotions ran high at the meeting, which drew approximately 200 attendees. Prior to the meeting, parents and students rallied outside with signs demanding transparency regarding the non-renewal of Turner’s contract. Throughout the meeting, DCPS officials including Ferebee, Chief of Elementary Schools Angela Chapman and Deputy Chancellor Melissa Kim declined to discuss what they characterized as a personnel matter. Their remarks were met by shouts and pointed questions from concerned parents and staff, many of whom sought answers as to how the decision not to renew Turner’s contract was made. Emily Pappas, parent of a pre-K student, read a list of Turner’s ac-
complishments, which ranged from the school missing 4-star status by less than 1% to the school’s midyear assessments showing an average increase of 22% across all subjects. “I define this is success, but obviously you do not,” she said. “Chancellor Ferebee, can you tell us your metrics for success and why Principal Turner is not coming back?” Many parents expressed frustration about how the instability would affect students. “Principal Turner’s replacement will be our fifth principal in under 18 months,” said Larry Gill, a parent who has had children in the school for the past eight years. “I’m concerned about attracting a strong leader to J.O. Wilson and about how far this will set our children back.” Other parents raised questions about grievances filed against Turner by the Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) building representative on behalf of other WTU members at Wilson without their consent. Parents asserted these complaints led to the non-renewal decision, although DCPS officials maintained they did not. Parents also raised questions about the role of Cluster IV Instructional Superintendent Aileen Murphy in Turner’s non-renewal, insinuating that she sided with a teacher whose questionable behavior may have cost Turner his job. The conversation at the May 7 meeting — and what has played out on social media since — also paints a broader picture of negative behavior toward not only the former principal but also other staff members and students perpetrated by a small group of teachers and parents. “The revolving door of authority caused by principal turnover has allowed some teachers to establish their own authority, and it is adversely affecting our school and our children,” said Jennifer Speight, parent of a second-grader. “That led to our principal being bullied, even as he was rolling out a no bullying plan for our scholars. And it’s about more than just his departure, our teachers, most of whom are excellent teachers, have been dealing with this for years and will continue to unless DCPS acts.” One parent, Leah Flemons,
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‘Woe is Me’ Won’t Move the Needle - Votes Will Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden told a rally of supporters in Iowa Tuesday, June 11 that President Donald Trump is an “existential threat” to America. He offered three examples, including Trump’s threat to America’s standing in the world, his threat to America’s core values and, lastly, his threat to American democracy. Whether one agrees with Biden’s conclusions about Trump, we agree with his observation that too many Americans are “walking around with our heads down like ‘woe is me.’” As resilient as the American people are, and as forgiving as African Americans can be, there is measurable fatigue spreading across the country due to Trump’s broken promises to remake America and other politicians’ promises to fix America. The ‘woe’ is growing as Americans feel the loss of hope and experience increased fears tied to unaffordable housing, massive student loans, the threat of losing healthcare due to threatened limits on pre-existing conditions and uninsured losses caused by floods or fires. In Black and brown communities, rampant gun violence continues to take a toll, while targeted police attacks frequently leading to death and a widespread drug abuse crisis are causing increased despair. Biden, who is reportedly leading among the 24 Democratic presidential hopefuls, must realize his reflection of America of the past does not sit well in the hearts and minds of Black voters. Neither do Trump’s insults of Biden, calling him a ‘dummy” as well as others who he opposes. Voters want more than that. They need to hear messages of hope, but more importantly, they need assurances that politicians will stop their political posturing and cease the practice of offering lip service to the critical needs of voters. Voters must muster up interest and maintain activism over the long haul of the next 18 months to force political hopefuls to stay focused on the real issues affecting their lives because “woe is me” won’t move the needle. Only their voices and votes will. WI
Are New Bicycles Lanes in Ward 8 Beneficial for Today’s Residents or Tomorrow’s? Ward 8 and its residents have finally entered the new millennium, joining the ranks of those in the District’s other seven wards with the recent installment of bike lanes – pathways that didn’t exist less than five years ago based on District Department of Transportation [DDOT] figures. But not everyone in Southeast is celebrating including one resident who lives along Alabama Avenue where the lanes have been placed who told ABC7 reporter Sam Ford during a June 11th on-air interview, “It’s an insult to the people.” For longtime residents, many of whom are elderly and/or handicapped, the inclusion of bike lanes has reduced the amount of on-street parking spaces which means that some must look for places on other streets – a challenge for those with mobility issues as well as a potential problem with safety for older folks who are concerned about walking several blocks alone to get home after parking their car. Local Black churches have also lodged their objections citing the reduction of available parking for members. But as the saying goes, “the beat goes on.” The District under Mayor Bowser’s directive has followed examples of other cities by changing frequented boulevards as more people use bicycles as a means of transportation. Citizens were invited to participate in dialogues with DDOT and city officials about bike lanes but we have the feeling that the decision had already been made and believe that very few people showed up to express their thoughts. DC’s Director of Transportation, Jeff Marootian notes that there have been six deaths along the corridor in the last five years and with safety being tantamount, it became incumbent to redesign streets so that drivers would be forced to reduce their speeds and to increase safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. However, surveys conducted in the past four years indicate that only a small percentage of residents East of the River, specifically those in Ward 8, either walk or bike to work. So, why the push for bike lanes? Opponents say it’s just another example of gentrification. Of course, we agree with making streets safer for everyone – motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists alike. Still, we wonder if those who do not favor or want bike lanes in their communities may have a point. Perhaps what we’re witnessing is a change that may yield few benefits for today’s residents but rather tomorrow’s – residents of the future who will be younger and, if the trend continues, white. WI
TO THE EDITOR Tattoos Making Mark in Society
Give Rayful a Fair Shake
I never thought I’d be interested in reading about tattoos. I’ve always looked down on it and never saw it as art. After reading the story, I see that I may have been a bit judgmental. I still am against them, because the body is a temple, but I have a better understanding of the history and what people’s tattoos mean to them. Just because it’s not my thing doesn’t mean it isn’t worthy.
This Rayful Edmond story is very interesting to me. They want residents to decide on this man’s fate? Is this a setup? I am leery of what this even means. Will I get a card in the mail, an alert in my email or a poll on Twitter? I’m not sure this is the best way to go about it for obvious reasons like racism, bigotry and plain ignorance. Many people of D.C. today have no idea who he is or his case. Why should anyone get to arbitrarily weigh in on his life? I say let the attorney general decide.
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By Julianne Malveaux
Injustice Revealed and Dramatized
Many know them as the Central Park Five, but filmmaker Ava DuVernay forces to us see the five wrongfully convicted men as individuals. Their names are names we must remember, as individual, courageous, principled Black and Brown men. They are Korey Wise, Raymond Santana, Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray and Kevin Richardson. DuVernay’s new Netflix miniseries, “When They See Us,”
ask what “they” see when they see young men of color. They see criminals. They see violence. They don’t see their precious youth, a youth that was snatched away by a racist criminal injustice system that railroaded them. The 1989 rape of Trisha Meili horrified New York City. But there was no evidence that the five accused young men were the perpetrators. Indeed, much later, another man confessed to her rape. Meanwhile, Raymond, Yusef, Antron and Kevin were each sentenced to five to seven years in prison. Each served at least five. Korey Wise was 16, so he was tried and convicted as an
adult. He served 12 years and was brutalized and beaten throughout his incarceration. In jail, a rapist is just one step up from a child molester, and the racial dynamics of prison life were such that Korey was a target for abuse. “When They See Us” is harrowing and humanizing. It digs into the marrow of the bones of the accused men and their families. It reminds us that the cost of unjust incarcerations is felt not only by the incarcerated but also by their families. We see the ways families dealt with the unlawful imprisonment of their loved ones. Some hover and hug, some distance themselves, and all of
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the lives are complicated by the economic challenges that lower-income families face. Who can pay for a decent lawyer? For visits that may be hundreds of hours, and too many dollars, away from a home base? Who writes? Who can’t write? How do incarcerated people maintain dignity and equilibrium? “When They See Us” is important, not because it tells the story of five young men — Raymond, Yusef, Antron, Kevin and Korey — who were scapegoated, but because it reminds us that this case is but the tip of the iceberg. Thanks to the Innocence Project and other dedicated peo-
ple, these men were exonerated, their convictions vacated, and a financial settlement awarded to them, providing them with about a million dollars for every year incarcerated. But how many young men of color are unjustly arrested, tried and convicted? How many have been so railroaded that after of hours of interrogation (as with Raymond, Yusef, Antron, Kevin and Korey) they choose to confess to crimes they did not commit because they are frightened? Their vacated sentences and their financial settlement is some
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By Marc H. Morial
‘We Changed The Course of the World over a Bowl of Gumbo’ New Orleans’ Queen of Creole cuisine, Leah Chase, a part of New Orleans has died. “I was taught that your job was to make this earth better. I hope my children will carry on. I hope I’ve taught them enough to keep trying to grow, keep trying to make people understand how to enjoy life. Look at all the beautiful things around you, look at the progress. You gotta enjoy that, you gotta appreciate that, and I do.” — Leah Chase With the passing this week of
It was at her table where the Freedom Riders gathered to break bread after their dangerous journey into the segregated south. It was there where the NAACP planned strategy. She hosted musicians, artists, actors and presidents. In typical fashion, she scolded President Obama for adding hot sauce to her already-perfectly seasoned gumbo. My earliest memories of Mrs.
Chase were Friday night outings with my grandparents to her landmark restaurant, Dooky Chase. In the days of Jim Crow, most of the upscale restaurants refused to serve Black patrons, so Dooky Chase quickly became a cultural, social and political center for Black life in New Orleans. When the National Urban League held our conference in New Orleans in 2012, I was proud to hold our board of trustees meeting there. No visit home to New Orleans has ever been complete without a meal at Dooky Chase and a visit
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to the kitchen to catch up with its tireless proprietress. The woman whose portrait is enshrined in the National Portrait Gallery, and whose life inspired a beloved Disney character was born in Madisonville, Louisiana, across Lake Ponchartrain from New Orleans. One of 11 children, she was 6 years old when the Great Depression struck, and she recalled wearing clothes made from grain sacks and subsisting on food from their own garden. She arrived in New Orleans to attend Catholic high school,
and went on to work at a French Quarter restaurant for $1 a day. Just after World War II ended, she married jazz musician Edgar “Dooky” Chase, whose parents owned a po’ boy stand in Treme. Over the years she would transform the business into one of the most significant and celebrated restaurants in the entire country. A generation of children were introduced to Leah Chase in the character of Tiana, Disney’s first African-American princess, in 2009’s “The Princess and the
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By Marian Wright Edelman
Much More than Summer School
Close your eyes and think about the words “summer school.” What comes to mind? If you picture a room full of children clapping, cheering, laughing and falling in love with reading you could be imagining the experience thousands of children across the country are about to have as they participate in the
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Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools program. More than 1,400 college-aged servant leader interns, site coordinators and partners came together this week for National Training at historic CDF Alex Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee to learn how to teach the “Freedom Schools way,” strategies for productive classroom management and everything in between so they’ll be ready to lead the six-week summer literacy and cultural enrichment pro-
gram for more than 12,000 K-12 scholars this summer. The program’s roots are in the Mississippi Freedom Summer project of 1964, but 55 years later its mission is as urgent as ever. Today data show the majority of public school students cannot read or compute at grade level and poor children and children of color are still particularly behind. Hostile school environments and exclusionary discipline policies disproportionately deny children of color and children with
disabilities opportunities for success and contribute to their risk of entering the school-to-prison pipeline. Everyone today should ask the Department of Education why they are seeking to halt or reverse some efforts to create a level education playing field for all children. Freedom Schools fills a gap created by an unequal and unjust system. The program stops summer learning loss using wonderful books that allow our scholars to read about their true history
and see themselves in a range of age appropriate culturally diverse books selected by a distinguished committee of children’s book writers, illustrators, historians and educators. The CDF Freedom Schools program is designed to serve children and youth in communities where quality academic enrichment programming is limited, too expensive, or nonexistent. By partnering with schools, faith
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Number 45 is Not an Aberration
The American news media is deceiving the world when it consistently describes Number 45 as an aberration in the history of the United States presidency. Equally deceiving is its describing and romanticizing the American voting public as some kind of godly people who are devoted to liberty and justice for all citizens of this country. Rather than being an aberration,
Number 45 is a direct descendant of the presidents, including Saint George Washington and Saint Thomas Jefferson, who bought, sold, owned and exploited African men, women and children. He’s also a direct descendant of those presidents who did absolutely nothing from the Reconstruction Era through the 1960s as leaders in the former Confederate States of America economically and politically oppressed Black people, including those who fought in the Civil War, World War I, World
War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars. Number 45 is also a direct descendant of those presidents who sat by passively as thousands of Black folks were lynched and otherwise murdered by white supremacists/racists mostly in the former Confederate States of America. Their victims included Black combat veterans. Therefore, Number 45, a draft dodger, is by no definition an aberration. As for the American voting public, through the years, the over-
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whelming majority of them looked on, often with relish, as atrocities were committed against black people. They voted for politicians who did little, if anything, to stop or punish the white supremacist/racist terrorists. It was overwhelmingly white American men and women who put Number 45 into the White House. Not one of them can say that he or she was deceived by him. He made it very clear in the Republican primary campaigns and in the general election campaign
who and what he was and is. In fact, that’s one positive thing that can be said about him. Number 45 is the personification of most White males in this country and, unfortunately, a sizable number of Black men for whom I have coined the name “Blawhis,” i.e., black-whites. When, if ever, is the American media going to tell it like it is? Number 45 is not an aberration, and the white American voting public is not composed of bamboozled innocents. WI
By E. Faye Williams
We’re Better Than That
I can’t remember a time in my adult life when I wasn’t working on justice issues on behalf of people in my community. I’ve worked for the benefit of women who shared my views and some who, but it’s rare that I’m embarrassed about something women are doing. Lately, I’ve taken the time to view a lot of videos on various rappers and tried to give them the benefit of the doubt. I understand the argument about what they do is the life they live. Some
say it’s their reality. Well, my life ain’t been no crystal stair, as the saying goes. I’ve had my ups and my downs, but I’ve always wanted to do better and I’ve tried to help others do the same. We’re better than a lot of what I see. I’ve sat for hours viewing videos that made me sick, but I had a purpose. I didn’t just want to say, “Rapping is the style and some young people who do the really hate-filled and vulgar stuff don’t know any better or aren’t capable of doing something reputable to make a living.” Then I began viewing videos that explain how people of other races lure young people into contributing
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to their own oppression because they’re so caught up in being a star! They’re lured into horrible things, given money, flashy cars and everything they could ever hope for except decency. They’re introduced to drugs and crime and spending on things they’ll never need — but it becomes a part of their lifestyle. Then one day they think they’re a star, and get “uppity” enough to ask for their own money instead of having things issued out to them. They then find that other people have gotten rich on them while the rapper, with few exceptions, is actually in debt. I see beautiful and smart ap-
pearing young women resorting to a low life of which their parents never taught them. I identify with them simply because they are Black and women. I cringe and become drained when I see a group like the one called City Girls dancing and prancing and shamelessly using vulgarities in front of white men who appear to be shocked by the sight of what the women are doing. I keep saying to myself, “We’re better than that.” I ask myself if this is why our ancestors often died to gain opportunities for all of us, including our sisters to be able to be free to do anything they want to do.
Some argue with me saying they’re exercising their freedom of speech or freedom of expression. I think you will agree those are not freedoms that advance any of our righteous causes. Please go to your computer and look up City Girls Act Up. Look up Cardi B, Nicki Minaj (and I am not yet asking you to look up some of the men who encourage drug use, murder, rape, etc.). Just look up the young women rappers I’ve named and ask yourself if this is what the Essence Festival should be promoting as the essence of a
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By Askia Muhammad
I Stand with Sankofa!
I stand in solidarity with Sankofa Book, Video & Café. Sankofa is the Ghanaian Adinkra symbol which pictures a bird, whose head is looking back. It means: “Go back and fetch it.” The cultural oasis at 2714 Georgia Avenue NW — named after the first film, “Sankofa,” made by the store’s founders, retired Howard University film professor Haile Gerima and his wife, Detroit-born Shirikiana Aina Gerima — was launched as an
outlet to distribute the duo’s acclaimed films. Haile Gerima’s handful of critically acclaimed projects takes us deep into the lives of Ethiopians, in the U.S., in Europe, and on the Continent, from the lens of a master filmmaker and teacher. His store and café is a gateway into African culture and intellectual property, and it deserves public support, even beyond the healthy customer support it already receives. Gentrification is the villain. For more than a decade, rising property taxes forced the closure
of several Black neighborhood establishments directly across the street from prominent HBCU Howard University, including the Labamba Sub Shop, and Children of the Sun, among other small businesses. The disappearance of those businesses also reflects the greater exodus of Black residents from the surrounding Shaw area and other parts of D.C. Since 1998, when Sankofa was founded, the District’s Black population has shrunk by more than 30 percent, while the white population has correspondingly increased.
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Legislation has been proposed before the District Council to provide relief for Sankofa. If passed, the bill would protect Sankofa from taxation for 10 years and provide the bookstore with what’s described as “equitable relief,” and serve as an example for other small Black-owned businesses. “So see we have to make it plain that Sankofa and the other black bookstores are protected so that this idea of developing a city doesn’t mean us being rolled over,” Shirikiana Gerima told supporters outside the store at a
rally June 1. “We know we don’t. We have to stand firmer. We can’t just be victims all the time. “We are quite proud of what we have here. What we’re facing now with gentrification is what we’ve been facing since we’ve been here — on steroids,” she continued. “Why is it they’re saying we can leave now in the name of development? What does development mean except a takeover, and you have got to leave, if you happen to be black. If you happen to be white, you
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LIFESTYLE Fashion Show Touts Economic Sustainability for Young African Americans By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins Months after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s creative plan and the #DontMuteDC movement pivoted attention to the city’s cultural economy, the Sew-N-Know Fashion Show continues to position itself as a meaningful platform for budding designers seeking to showcase — and eventually monetize — their passion. “Woke to Fashion,” the theme of the most recent Sew N Know Fashion Show, alluded to ongo-
ing efforts to connect youth to the fashion industry. On Saturday, shortly before introducing the sharply dressed toddlers and preteens that would take to the stage at the Southeast Tennis & Learning Center (SETLC) in originally made clothing, Raji Rankins drove home that point, as he had done in years past. “Fashion is a multi-million dollar business and young people have the possibility of having a successful fashion brand,” said Rankins, master of ceremonies for the 12th annual Sew N Know Fashion Show and di-
rector of Sewing Opportunity Never Ending (SONE), a partner organization of the Sew-NKnow program. “There are some hurdles to overcome in forming meaningful experiences [for youth] in this city and other cities that are changing,” Rankins said. “Being in this environment gives them the discipline to strategize and prioritize [fashion] as an asset.” For more than 15 years, SONE has provided tutoring, training and skills development for youth in D.C.’s economically disadvantaged communities, all of which thousands of young people have showcased through the Sew N Know Fashion Show. Saturday’s event culminated a lengthy creative process and hours of practice. Under the guidance of adult advisers and former Sew N Know participants, several youth hit confident strides down an outdoor walkway on the grounds of SETLC as Cora Masters Barry, Department of Parks and Recreation Director Delano Hunter, and a bevy of family and friends watched in awe. During scenes titled “SNK Woke to Fashion,” “Put a Bow on It,” “Neon” and “Futuristic,” models showcased original designs, comprised of neon colors,
bows and other materials that hinted at their unique personalities. This year, DC SCORES served as a partner organization; youth from Maret School and the Duke Ellington School of Arts, both located in Northwest, regaled the audience with their spoken-word pieces. North Carolina-born artist Yusha Assad also displayed his wordplay and artistic ability. For Kayla Wiggins, a Delaware State University student and Sew N Know participant-turned-modeling instructor, Saturday’s program allowed her to pass on knowl-
edge she gained while frequenting SETLC since elementary school. Wiggins thanked the program for exposing her to new opportunities, such as the chance to study accounting on a college campus. “I like fashion, nails, hair, and makeup because it’s a part of life,” said Wiggins, 19. “I like to show people to think outside of the box. I’ve been in this program for nearly nine years and it’s helped me. I didn’t want to do it at first, but by the time I got to the sixth grade, I was in it every day, sewing more and helping other kids.” WI
5 The 12th annual Sew-N-Know fashion show “Woke to Fashion” was held June 8 at the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center. Models sported fashions they designed and made. (Brigette Squire/The Washington Informer)
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Broadcasters Honor John Legend for Community Service The annual Celebration of Service to America Awards, produced by the NAB Leadership Foundation [NABLF], held its gala on Tuesday, June 11 at the Anthem will be held Tuesday, June 11 at the Anthem in Southwest, honoring radio and television broadcasters from across the country for exceptional community service. During the evening, singer/songwriter John Legend received NABLF’s highest honor, the Service to America Leadership Award. LG Electronics USA received the Corporate Leadership Award. Explore. The program also included a performance by students from the District’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts who shared a musical tribute to Legend. Elected officials who attended and served as award presenters included: Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) and FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly. Past recipients of the Leadership Award include: Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Quincy Jones, Sir Elton John, Bill Clinton, Laura Bush and Muhammad Ali. WI
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LIFESTYLE PRIDE from Page 1 forms of legislation aimed at securing rights and reducing discrimination. “Each year, we march to celebrate our LGBTQ community here in the District, but also to signal that their fight for full equality is everyone’s fight,” Norton said. But the festivities turned potentially deadly after rumors of someone with a gun and the sounds of outbursts similar to gunfire, caused temporary panic as parade celebrants scattered for their lives. Officials quickly arrested but have since released the man whom
witnesses alleged had a weapon (later determined by police to be a BB gun) but for safety purposes the parade would be canceled after only three-fourths of marchers had the opportunity to walk the route in celebration. Commander Guillermo Rivera of the Metropolitan Police, in a subsequent report, said no evidence could be found to confirm that shots had been fired. However, several people had to be taken to hospitals suffering minor injuries with others treated at the scene of the melee. The organization that planned the parade, Capital Pride Alliance, held a
block party in lieu of the interrupted parade. A photographer on hand for The Washington Informer described what he witnessed, saying he’s concerned that America now faces a “new normal” as it relates to the potential of violence when crowds gather for celebratory events. “It was chaotic for several minutes with people running aimlessly and knocking folks out of the way,” said Anthony Tilghman. “The whole crowd seemed to just move at one time. No one knew what was going on and many said they believed shots had been fired into the crowd.” Meanwhile, President Donald
Trump, while issuing a brief tweet for the first time since taking office about Pride Month, which continues throughout June with a host of events in New York City, has been less than supportive of LGBTQ rights, including but not limited to his decision to disallow transgender Americans to serve in the military. Remarks from the White House circulated after his tweet said, “My Administration has launched a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality and invites all nations to join us in this effort.” However, his actions and initiatives, or lack thereof, continue to cause those within the LGBTQ community to doubt his commitment to securing equal rights for America’s gays, lesbians and transgender. Washington Blade features editor Joey Diduglielo, 44, a resident in
Northwest and longtime participant in DC Gay Pride events said with Trump in office, things have grown worse. “We heard his proclamation of gay pride but it was just a hollow statement, Diduglielo said. “I’ve been coming to the parade for many years because it’s a day of fun and an opportunity for us to let our hair down and a chance to be as gay as we want.” “But there’s no question that with Donald at the helm, we’ve seen a push toward more conservative policies. All I can say is come on – it’s 2019. Why are we still trying to secure full rights? It’s not that things are overt but this Administration and the climate it has created does cause me concern,” he added. Baltimore native Nathaniel Wil-
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5 Spectators line the parade route for the near Dupont Circle for the annual Capital Pride Parade on June 8 before festivities were brought to a halt with reports of gunfire that turned out to be a BB gun at Dupont Circle in Northwest. (Brigette Squire/The Washington Informer)
5 The aftermath of the brief chaos at the Capital Pride Parade on Saturday, June 8, when reports of gunfire led to mass panic. The gunshots turned out to be a BB gun. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
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5 DC Black Pride members participate in the annual Capital Pride Parade on June 8 in Northwest. (Brigette Squire/ The Washington Informer)
PRIDE from Page 30 son, 19, attended the parade for the first time and says while he loved the experience he still did not “feel the love.” “I couldn’t get into the clubs because I’m not old enough but I wanted to celebrate being gay,” he said. “But there were very few Blacks on the floats and not many in the crowd. It felt like a white party and I just didn’t feel like I had been invited. I felt out of place and continue to feel the pressure to assimilate. On a daily basis, I often feel like I have a triple target on my back because I’m a Black gay man in America.” Longtime DC resident and an outspoken African-American lesbian whose advocacy efforts have been well-documented, Sheila Alexander-Reid, describes pride as a “form of resistance and resilience.” “Pride events started as an uprising, led by Black and Latina transwomen in response to police brutality, discrimination and homophobia which often resulted in violence,” she said. “While we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising this year, that was not the first. It is merely the most famous one. Fast forward 50 years and our Pride events have evolved into a celebration of living our lives openly and authentically without fear. These events remind us from whence we’ve come and how much we continu-
ously struggled to get here.” She also commented on how race tends to remain a dividing factor within the LGBTQ community. “In 1991, DC’s Black Pride started as a way to rally the Black LGBTQ community to raise money for and awareness about the HIV/ AIDS pandemic that was disproportionately impacting Black, gay men,” she said. “There was very little if any aid coming from government sources. Black Pride was born out of a community helping itself when no one else would. Since its start in 1991, over 300,000 members of the Black LGBTQ community from around the country have attended the annual celebration – one which celebrates our resilience to a toxic societal combination of racism and homophobia.” As for Trump’s reversal of LGBTQ rights, she said the following. “This government-sanctioned hate mongering is a wake-up call to anyone who thought the days of fighting for equality and equity were behind us,” she said. “I have been fighting for social justice and equity for over 25 years and haven’t been able to take my eyes off the prize yet . . . Attacks on immigrant rights, women’s rights, trans rights, LGBQ rights and reproductive justice are an attack on the freedom of every person in the U.S. We must lock arms and stand up to those who seek to intimidate or harm us.” WI
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By Eve M. Ferguson WI Contributing Writer The Kennedy Center termed the three-night run of performances by comedian/actress Amanda Seales a residency. Amanda Seales, familiar to many as Tiffany on HBO’s “Insecure,” as a takeover. And while many consider that a takeover is usually an act of hostility, Amanda Seales’ takeover was humorous, educational and groundbreaking. In three shows that started Thursday night with a jazz interpretation of the Wu-Tang Clan’s iconic “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers),” Seales segued into her popular Instagram game show, “Smart, Funny and Black,” backed by a live band, for the midpoint of her trifecta. “Smart, Funny and Black: The Hip Hop Culture Edition,” which was the Friday night offering, called on the smarts of two local radio personalities, Joe Clair of WPGC-FM and Angie Ange of WKYS-FM, in a battle of the wits and knowledge. After a brief introduction, Seales, donned in a velvet 80s style track suit, brought on the contestants, but before the game began, invited the audience to sing the “Negro National Anthem,” “Life Every Voice and Sing.” Whipping through categories beginning with “Blackguistics,” where Seales threw out a phrase in the “Queen’s English,” and asked the contestants to identify the song where the lyrics came from, in Black vernacular, it was evident that Joe Clair was racking up points. But ultimately, Angie Ange took the crown while Joe wore the oversized “L” for loser. With other categories such as Blebates, where the two contestants selected a year — either 1994 or 1998 — and argued the merits of the iconic recordings that came out in those years; Nas’ “Illmatic” and The Notorious B.I.G’s “Ready to Die” against 1998’s “Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” and Jay-Z’s “Vol. 2 … Hard Knock Life” among others. Each was to make the argument about which year was more notable for its hip-hop output and why. But Seales’ game show did more than just entertain and make people laugh — it was a classroom for Black knowledge, as one segment was actually termed “Black Facts.” “What is very real is my goal to always create work that speaks not only to me creatively, but also my audience with social impact,” Seales said. “It is not enough to simply
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Hundreds Join ADACI to Honor and Commemorate African Ancestors By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins For the 27th year, as their counterparts across the world engaged in similar activities, hundreds of people in the District joined the African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute (ADACI) in remembering those who endured and succumbed to the trauma of the Middle Passage, which many Pan-Africanists refer to as the Maafa, or African Holocaust. Events of last weekend, including a river walk and ances-
tral healing ceremony at Anacostia Park in Southeast, culminated with a lecture by political scientist Lisa Aubrey at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Northwest. Her June 9 presentation on Sunday centered on Bimbia, a onetime slave-trade village located off the coast of Cameroon. “The ancestors become our guide in writing about the present, past and future. Our past is always in our present. When you kill the ancestors, you kill yourself,” said Aubrey, author of “In Search of Bimbia: Transatlantic Slavery and African Diasporan
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Rememory.” Much of Aubrey’s lecture to the roughly 50 people in attendance highlighted Bimbia’s significance as a major source of Africans brought to parts of what’s often designated as the New World, including Brazil. As she read portions of “In Search of Bimbia,” released last year, Aubrey challenged a notion that continental Africans didn’t suffer from the slave trade by alluding to the significant brain drain that debilitated the Motherland throughout much of the 19th century. “Our work is important exis-
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5 The African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute (ADACI) hosted its 27thannual Commemoration in honor of the millions of Africans who perished during the Middle Passage on Saturday, June 8. A procession from Union Temple Baptist Church to the Anacostia River for a spiritual healing ceremony. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
tential work that’s for our ancestor, ourselves and generations to come,” Aubrey said on Sunday. “We must ensure that we tell our stories. There is a historical connection to our past and future. This reinforces across time and spatially across planes that we are African people.” ADACI, a nonprofit organization in existence since the early 1990s, themed this year’s international commemoration “We
Remember, Return, Recommit, Renew: 400 Years After the Enslavement of Africans in North America.” Similar gatherings took place in Annapolis, Boston and New Orleans, as well as Barbados, Brazil, Cameroon, Ghana, Jamaica, Nigeria, Panama and Trinidad. On Saturday, people of various ages donning white shirts,
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wi book review “Apocalypse Any Day Now: Deep Underground with America’s Doomsday Preppers” By Tea Krulos c.2019, Chicago Review Press $16.99 ($22.99 Canada) 240 pages
By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer Three. Two. One. Boom, and the world still exists. There was no cataclysm, no complete grid failure, no total world anarchy — at least not yet, but are you prepared? You know — and as you’ll see in “Apocalypse Any Day Now” by Tea Krulos — anything can happen. Or not. For centuries, doomsday stories have circulated through human cultures and they pop up with regularity even now, as Krulos points out. Our first end-of-the-world prediction was made shortly after America became a country, and the latest one to make news isn’t likely the last one. Knowing that, and knowing that “TEOTWAWKI” (The End of the World as We Know It) might be nigh, Krulos decided to learn what to do when it actually happened. Starting near his Wisconsin hometown, he talked with preppers who explained that planning is the key to survival in the worst of times. It also helps to have a garden and the support of your loved ones. So what if zombies attack? Be aware that you shouldn’t follow advice from your favorite movie. Neither should you rejoice if you find a space pod to shuttle you to another planet; remember, Krulos says, aliens might come here first. He spoke with a human-like robot that can evade questions while having a conversation. In talking with her creator, Krulos learned that robots have been known to develop and share their own language with one another, but not with scientists — and that maybe there aren’t enough roadblocks to keep that from happening again. He took a disaster-related survival course and learned to live off the land, and he looked at bug-out bags for sale at conferences and seminars. He toured a pricey underground condo, also learning that surviving the Apocalypse in style ain’t cheap. And he studied TEOTWAWKI predictions, noting that we really could witness the End — if we could just manage to survive long enough. The Bible says we know not the day, nor the hour. The Doomsday Clock says we’re dangerously close to worldwide destruction. In “Apocalypse Any Day Now,” author Tea Krulos finds everything in between, and it’s scary-fun to read about. And yet, despite its obvious tongue-in-cheekiness, what you’ll learn inside this book is serious stuff. Armageddon doesn’t happen every day, for example, but natural disasters do, and preparation could make the difference between surviving and dying. You might not spend hours thinking about total devastation, but what goes on behind scientific doors and in government offices surely gives plenty of people plenty of sleepless nights. Yes, some of what Krulos finds is silly, and its practitioners plainly seem to know that. The followers of other survival ideas, though? Keep reading, and let’s just say that you might start looking for an old backpack… Astute readers will notice, overall, that one word keeps floating to the top of this highly-entertaining, highly-informative book: hope. It’s what preppers want, what survivalists take on bug-outs, and what “Apocalypse Any Day Now” leaves readers with. And really, isn’t that all you really want in … three, two, one….? WI
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ARIES You could be in an optimistic mood at the start of the week, which could set the scene for you to make a move on a plan or project that has been on your mind for some time. However, with fiery Mars and lively Mercury moving through your home zone, you might be busy with various domestic projects. Ties to dreamy Neptune can bring imaginative and creative ideas into the mix, perhaps encouraging you to beautify your home by adding a few special touches. Lucky Numbers: 11, 16, 25 TAURUS You could be trying hard not to splurge as lovely Venus continues her journey through your money zone. However, with the sun in your financial sector opposing generous Jupiter, the desire to splurge might be hard to resist, especially early on. You have a knack for finding bargains, though. If you do a little research, you could get lucky. Lucky Numbers: 33, 40, 58 GEMINI The start of the week could see you in a buoyant mood, which might enhance your charisma and see you eager to attend various social events. However, it would be just as well to take care concerning your finances, goals, and ambitions. Swirling energies suggest that you may be happy to help others for nothing, yet you could sabotage your own plans because of a lack of motivation. Lucky Numbers: 13, 24, 38 CANCER With the sun continuing to move through a secluded sector and opposing expansive Jupiter in your lifestyle zone, start the week as you mean to carry on by enjoying a little pampering. This can energize you and help recharge your batteries in preparation for the days ahead when you might need to summon extra vitality. Lucky Numbers: 9, 39, 58 LEO You could be in party mode at the start of the week when a lively aspect encourages you to accept an invitation or take part in a celebration or other big occasion. If this involves people you haven’t seen in a while, you’ll have a wonderful opportunity to catch up. Lucky Numbers: 4, 5, 31 VIRGO With lovely Venus and the sun moving through the topmost sector of your chart, the coming weeks are excellent for making your mark on the world. And with a positive aspect at the start of the week, you have the support of your family as you push ahead with your goals and ambitions. Lucky Numbers: 10, 15, 19 LIBRA The week begins with a positive alignment that might encourage you to see the bigger picture. An idea or opportunity may seem too good to miss. However, if you do take it up, be patient because results could come further down the line. You might need to navigate with more care than usual regarding your work/life balance. There could be clashes with family members concerning your plans, and this could present an obstacle to your progress. Lucky Numbers: 14, 30, 31 SCORPIO You may have grand ideas that you’re eager to implement, yet you could sabotage your chances of success if you have to move too far out of your comfort zone. The week ahead could see you faced with limits that may be of your own making. Past experience could cause you to doubt yourself just when you’re about to make a leap forward into the unknown. Lucky Numbers: 1, 6, 10 SAGITTARIUS The week gets off to a good start. An upbeat sun-Jupiter link could coincide with a fun social event or a positive decision regarding a close relationship. Whatever occurs might expand the opportunities for you and another. At the same time, you could experience delays regarding financial matters, particularly with both sobering Saturn and powerful Pluto rewinding in your money zone. You might want to take advantage of certain financial offers or opportunities and be unable to do so at this point. Lucky Numbers: 4, 19, 21 CAPRICORN With a focus on communication and relationships over this week, you might need to choose between being too stubborn and too optimistic. With both sobering Saturn and powerful Pluto rewinding in your sign, there could be a tendency to live in the past. This could prevent you from giving space to others to change and grow. Giving those in your life the chance to move forward — even if they make mistakes — can be positive. This is the only way they’re likely to progress. Lucky Numbers: 7, 46, 56 AQUARIUS A social event at the start of the week could be a lot of fun and an opportunity for you to connect with those you may not have seen in a while. It might offer an opportunity to catch up as well as explore the potential for working together in the future. At the same time, powerful influences in a more spiritual zone encourage you to talk through issues that may have been holding you back for some while. These could come to the fore this week, especially if they’ve prevented you from moving ahead with projects or ideas that bode well for the future. Lucky Numbers: 5, 8, 17 PISCES Benefits that you receive from your job, such as a commission or perks, could lead to positive developments on the home front. An upbeat aspect suggests it may give you more financial leeway for a holiday or something nice for the family. But there could be friction on the social scene as certain friends or groups seem to block your ideas. You might come up with some creative and imaginative solutions to a community plan or group project and find that others object. Don’t force the pace. Lucky Numbers: 19, 26, 35
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SPORTS Jamaica Stops USA in Gold Cup Tuneup
5 USA midfielder Dlordje Mihallovic outruns Jamaica defender Alvas Powell during Jamaica’s 1-0 win in an international friendly matchup at Audi Field in D.C. on Wednesday, June 5. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer) 5 USA forward Jonathan Amon shields the ball from Jamaica defender Alvas Powell during Jamaica’s 1-0 win in an international friendly matchup at Audi Field in D.C. on Wednesday, June 5. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)
Mystics Clip Wings at Home
5 Washington Mystics forward Aerial Powers is defended by Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale during the Mystics’ 86-62 win at St. Elizabeths Entertainment and Sports Arena in D.C. on Sunday, June 9. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)
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3 USA defender Tim Ream robs Jamaica forward Maalique Foster of a scoring opportunity during Jamaica’s 1-0 win in an international friendly matchup at Audi Field in D.C. on Wednesday, June 5. (John E. De Freitas/ The Washington Informer)
5 Washington Mystics guard Kristi Toliver drives against Dallas Wings forward Theresa Plaisance during the Mystics’ 86-62 win at St. Elizabeths Entertainment and Sports Arena in D.C. on Sunday, June 9. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)
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might not be the best fit, but your child should be your main focus.” Beard said the pain of not having his father around compelled him to instill good values in and share special moments with his children, including morning pep talks, baseball games and trips to his job. “One thing I learned is that you’re good as long as you spend time,” he said. “ It’s challenging, but something I like to do.” Beard and other local fathers fit the profile of Black men highlighted in a 2013 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing members of that demographic, whether in a nuclear family or as a co-parent, having more of a presence in the lives of their young ones, compared to their racial counterparts. On Sunday, some of these fathers, stepfathers and grandfathers plan to take over the U Street corridor in a march against negative stereotypes during an event hosted by Kristi Love Events, DCity Smokehouse and We Act Radio. Community advocates say that fallacies about Black male parenting often stem from a misunderstanding of social structures within Black communities that have been precipitated by mass incarceration. For instance, data shows that while 1.7 million Black men don’t live with their children, nearly 2.5 million Black men share the same address as their offspring, often cohabitating with their unmarried partner in what’s been called “shotgun pregnancies.” During the last decade, that type of living arrangement surpassed shotgun marriages, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics. In many cases, co-parents don’t legally marry, often making the term “single mother” synonymous with absent father, when that might not even be the case. Since the turn of the century, organizations in the D.C. metropolitan area such as The 100 Fathers Inc. have taken the mantle in celebrating fathers, and connecting upstanding Black men with children lacking a positive male presence. Upcoming events such as the Fatherhood Legislative Summit at the Mayors Conference Cener in Northwest on Friday, a field day at the Marvin Gaye Recreation Center on Saturday, and an award ceremony at Union Temple Baptist Church on Sunday build upon The 100 Fathers Inc.’s previous collaborations with the
5 A father carries his daughter on his shoulders as they take in the sights during the 2019 Memorial Day Parade in Northwest. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Nation of Islam and Alliance of Concerned Men to engage fatherless youth and show new fathers how to lead their home. “Because we often didn’t advocate for ourselves, we had to take whatever was given to us as far as the societal look on fathers and Black men,” Franklyn Malone, CEO and president of The 100 Fathers, Inc., said in his indictment of governmental and nonprofit organizations he said haven’t straightened the record about Black fathers. “People don’t know the real facts about Black fathers, or provided spaces or them to flourish,” said Malone, a father of four. “When you go on the Department of Health website, you don’t see fathers. We are part of the families. There’s very little mention of the father and that’s the problem. “The family unit is the most important for the Black family,” he said. “We need to work together to save our children.” For some Black fathers, saving their children and families requires a level of emotional availability they’ve been conditioned to suppress. Relationship experts say unresolved childhood trauma and misleading messages from
family members, peers and family members about how to express Black masculinity hinders some Black men’s ability to form healthy, open relationships. During its “Men Hurt Too Conference: Celebrating Men Survivor Stories” event, scheduled to take place Saturday afternoon at the Deanwood Community Center in Northeast, local nonprofit Domestic Violence Wear Many Tags (DVWMT) will feature Black men who overcame the shame of victimhood in abusive relationships with their mothers and significant others. DVWMT founder QueenAfi said the event, part of Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, will aid in attempts to broaden the conversation about domestic violence and allow Black men to share their feelings without pushback. “A lot of men don’t know how to show their emotions,” QueenAfi said. “When they do, it comes off in a way that the other person might not understand. We have to start providing men a place to share their feelings. It’s something they truly need to be emotionally well. They must be able to share in a safe space without feeling judged.” WI
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RELIGION the religion corner WITH LYNDIA GRANT
Dousing the Flames of the Diabetes Epidemic, Pt. 3
Published online in 2003, this health series has helped hundreds of thousands of people as it has made its rounds worldwide. Many of you probably can relate to this series — you may have Type 2 diabetes, or someone close to you does. Research shows how there are more than 3 million people who have Type 2 diabetes today, or one in every 10 people. My mother only lived 12 years after her diagnosis of diabetes and through all her extreme complications. Here is the continuation of her story. For new readers, perhaps this campaign can help you or someone you know. For the past 19 years, helping others to learn what we did not know has been my mission and goal. This campaign kicked off after the loss of my mother who succumbed to Type 2 diabetes on Dec. 25, 2000. Over that 12-year period, due to a lack of knowledge, mother lost both of her legs to amputations, had to have kidney dialysis several times each week and suffered several strokes. This was a surprise to the family — we really didn’t know what was Mt. Zion Baptist Church Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.) Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold”
coming our way! Learn how my family could have avoided this devastation by changing the way our family ate daily. We did not know that by eating little to no sweets, having a low-carbohydrate diet, eating lots of green, raw vegetables, and exercising regularly (30 minutes daily, at least five days per week), we would have produced totally different results! Let’s talk about the problem. This period in American history dates back to 1790, and for those enslaved ones, food was still scarce, thus the “thrifty genes” protected them. If you research the documentations found on record at the National Archives and Records Administration, you’ll see that slaves received rations in America. Africans who managed to survive the trip aboard slave ships to America arrived on the shores very strong. The majority of them worked in fields from sunup to sundown, six to seven days a week. They were given what we now call “soul food” but were actually scraps — hog maws, chitterlings, pigtails, pig feet, pig ears — and drank milk from a trough alongside other animals! No longer in our homeland, our people ate whatever was made available to them. In an effort to create a delicious meal, the women worked
at creating recipes they could all enjoy. They loved collard greens with fatback meat; they used lard, and learned to bake sweet potato pies. They cleaned chitterlings and made them into a delicacy to be eaten on special occasions, cooked pots of beans seasoned with ham hocks, pigtails or pig feet, a delicious but harmful tradition that still lives on today. Homemade biscuits from self-rising flour was the norm, made from white flour and lard. They learned to make hush puppies, candied yams, peach and apple cobblers, pies and cakes, all types of potatoes, cornbread, and the list goes on and on. Though the enslaved ate poorly, they enjoyed it and were able to sustain themselves easily. Why? They didn’t realize it at the time, but due to the physical labor in the fields, 12-16 hours a day from sunup to sundown, the diet did not harm the slaves. The exercise burned off all negative possibilities. Compare our lifestyles today to that of the slaves — you will see what has happened. Plus, they had the so-called “thrifty genes,” which allowed their bodies to preserve energy in an appropriate manner when food was scarce. To be continued next week … WI
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Mount Olivet Lutheran Church
John F. Johnson Reverend Dr. 1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com
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RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 Fax: 301-499-8724
Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 AM 7 10:00 AM Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 PM Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”
Blessed Word of Life Church
Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor 700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849 Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00 AM 5th Sundays: 9:30 AM 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 PM www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ
Church of Living Waters
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., Pastor
Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor
Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor
Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor
2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org
800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703
4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00 AM Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study 10:30 AM 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00 AM Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30 PM Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00 AM “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45 AM Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00 PM Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00 PM Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment
1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661
Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
St. Stephen Baptist Church
Third Street Church of God
Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors
Rev. Dr. Alice Greene Interim Pastor
Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor
Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor
4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax
3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax)
5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555
1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office 202-638-1803 fax
Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00 AM Communion Service: First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30 PM
Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) Sunday School: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power
www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Campbell AME Church Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 AM Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 PM Thursday: 7:00 PM “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020
Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher 421 Alabama Ave. SE Washington, DC 20032 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 Service and Times Sunday School: 10:15 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11;15 AM Children’s Church: 11:15 AM Tuesday Bible Study: 6:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: gr8luv4u2@gmail.com
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“An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org
Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45 AM Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45 AM Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 PM Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30 AM “We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 AM “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org
Crusader Baptist Church
E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org “God is Love”
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax
Sunday Worship Service: 8:00 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 6:00 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
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Sunday Church School: 9:20 AM Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 AM Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 PM Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... Dr. Raymond T. Matthews Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Services and Times Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45 PM Thur. Bible Study: 7:15 PM
Twelfth Street Christian Church Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Communion every Sunday: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 10:00 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 PM Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00 PM Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00 PM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10 AM themcbc.org
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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church
All Nations Baptist Church
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor
Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor
7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471
2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591
2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730
Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 AM Service 11:00 AM Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com
Zion Baptist Church Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor 4850 Blagdon Ave, NW - Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:15 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7 PM Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 PM Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
Israel Baptist Church
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor
2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office • (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . . 100% Forgiven!
623 Florida Ave.. NW - WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 Fax (202) 483-4009
4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30 PM Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00 PM www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
“Where Jesus is the King”
Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith
Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor
Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:45 AM Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 PM Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 PM Bible Study: Tuesday at 10:30 AM
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM Holy Communion: First Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30 PM Motto: "Faith On The Hill"
Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 PM Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 PM Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 PM 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
Eastern Community Baptist Church
Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor
Damion M. Briggs Pastor
1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 - Fax: 202-544-2964
8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240
13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 AM and 10:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 AM & 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 PM Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 PM Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 PM
Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor
Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor
2001 Brooks Drive District Heights, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074
621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 - F: (202) 561-1112
Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:15 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting / Bible Study: Tuesday at 7 PM Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church with an Emphasis on “Evangelism and Discipleship”
Service and Times Sunday Service: 10:00 AM Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 AM 1st Sunday Baptism: 10:00 AM 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10:00 AM Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting: 7:45 PM
Email: pastorstmbc@gmail.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org
Motto: “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”
“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958
Shiloh Baptist Church
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Dr. Joseph D. Turner Senior Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 8:00 AM Worship Service: 11:00 AM New Member’s Class: 9:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00 AM Church School: 9:45 AM Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00 PM Saturday Bible Study: 11:00 AM Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00 AM
Christ Embassy DC
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Friday Evening Service: 7:00 PM ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com
“Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class: 8:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Service: 12:00 PM
Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 PM Prayer Service Bible Study
“The Loving Church of the living lord “
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor
Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor
9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288
602 N Street NW - Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595
2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30AM & 10:30 AM Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 PM. Wednesday 12 Noon
www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org
Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 AM Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 AM and 10:55 AM Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 AM Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 PM
All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.
Email: sbc@shilohbaptist.org Website: shilohbaptist.org
Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 AM Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 PM Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 PM Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 PM Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service : 11:00 AM The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Prayer & Praise Services: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: 7:30 PM Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries: 10:30 AM A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Email Address: admin@pbc712.org
Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest
Holy Trinity United Baptist Church
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor
Rev. Reginald M. Green Interim Pastor
Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
St. Matthews Baptist Church
Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 AM Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 PM
Emmanuel Baptist Church
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Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 AM Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 AM Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30AM Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 PM Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 PM Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Administration No. 2019 ADM 000509
Administration No. 2019 ADM 478
Administration No. 2019 ADM 517
Foreign No. 2019 FEP 000046
December 19, 2004 Date of Death
Reginald B. Elliott aka Reginald Brandon Elliott Decedent
Phyllis W. McCormick Decedent
Gerald C. Thomas Name of Decedent
Matthew F. Shannon, Esquire 1420 N Street, NW #102 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney
Clark J. Hymes, Esq. 1032 15th Street, NW #1050 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney
Christine Childs Morgan Decedent
3/1/2016 Date of Death
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Matthew F. Shannon, whose address is 1420 N Street, NW #102, Washington, DC 20005, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Reginald B. Elliott aka Reginald Brandon Elliott who died on April 12, 2019 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 11/30/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigne`d with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 11/30/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Joseph P. McCormick, II and Roberta Reed, whose addresses are 6011 Third Street, NE, Washington, DC 20011 and 3336 Baker St., NE, Washington, DC 20019, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Phyllis W. McCormick who died on December 31, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 11/30/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 11/30/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2019 FEP 000041
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Ivy Thomas whose address is 4801 Iroquois Street, College Park, MD 20740 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Gerald C. Thomas, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Anne Arundel County, State of Maryland, on March 21, 2019. Service of process may be made upon Deborah D. Glover, 1341 Barnaby Terr. SE, Washington, DC 20032, whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate. 5830 Eastern Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20011 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: 5/30/2019 Ivy Thomas Personal Representative Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
Date of first publication: 5/30/2019 Matthew F. Shannon Personal Representative
Date of first publication: 5/30/2019 Joseph P. McCormick, II Roberta Reed Personal Representative
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Dennis William Morgan, whose address is 8811 Lottsford Road, Apt 237, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Christine Childs Morgan who died on February 8, 2019 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 11/30/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 11/30/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 5/30/2019
Albert Nelson Jenkins Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Taunya L. Jenkins, whose address is 13219 Hampton Farm Lane, Brandywine, Md 20613, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Albert Nelson Jenkins, deceased, by the Orphans (Register of Wills) Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on 4/26/2019. Service of process may be made upon Matthew J. Marshall, 4430 20th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate. 3713 Massachusetts Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20019 Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.
Dennis William Morgan Personal Representative
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Administration No. 2019 ADM 475
Administration No. 2019 ADM 474
Administration No. 2019 ADM 000504
Administration Number 2019 ADM 615
Administration No. 2019 ADM 586
Helen T. Owens Decedent
Catherine H. Barnes Decedent
Myrtle Jackson Decedent
Estate of Myrtleann Witherspoon
Lisa Whitfield Decedent
NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Ethel Mitchell, Esq. 8403 Colesville Road #1100 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney
Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. Probate Law DC 1308 Ninth Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cornelius Owens, whose address is 5500 Holmes Run Pkwy, #418, Alexandria, VA 22304, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Helen T. Owens who died on February 25, 2019 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 11/30/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 11/30/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Christopher Barnes, whose address is 105 56th Street, SE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Catherine H. Barnes who died on October 13, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 11/30/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 11/30/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Date of first publication: 5/30/2019
Date of first publication: 5/30/2019
Cornelius Owens Personal Representative
Christopher Barnes Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS David Desbordes, whose address is 3551 Kilpatrick Lane, Snellville, GA 30039, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Myrtle Jackson who died on September 29, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 12/6/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 12/6/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by James Weldon King for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. Order Carol Anne Harwell who is alleged to have custody of the will dated November 25, 2000 to deliver it to the Court Date of first publication: 6/13/2019 Johnny M. Howard 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036 Petitioner/Attorney: TRUE TEST COPY
Date of first publication: 6/6/2019
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David Desbordes Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Michi Whitfield, whose address is 1707 8th Street, NW, Apt 302, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lisa Whitfield who died on February 13, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 12/13/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 12/13/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 6/13/2019 Michi Whitfield Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2019 ADM 557 Joseph James Morton Decedent Valerie J. Edwards 1725 DeSales Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Joseph M. Morton, II, whose address is 9404 Dogwood Park Street, Capital Heights, MD 20743, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joseph James Morton who died on January 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 shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 12/13/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 12/13/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 6/13/2019 Joseph M Morton, II Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION
Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2019 FEP 000054 January 12, 2012 Date of Death
Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Marjorie Catanoso, whose address is 24 11th Road,
Marshfield, MA 02050 was appointed personal repre-
sentative of the estate of Joan C. Catanoso, deceased, by the Probate & Family Court for Plymouth County, State of Massachusetts, on June 11, 2012.
Service of process may be made upon Peter Fenn,
3347 Tenneyson Street, NW, Washington, DC 20015
whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C.
The decedent owned District of Columbia personal
property. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of
Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW,
Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: 6/13/2019
Marjorie Catanoso
Personal Representative Anne Meister
Register of Wills Washington Informer
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the money despite the strong public protest of Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey S. DeWitt. As a result, DeWitt told council members on June 10 the budget won’t be certified with the provision in it. Under District law, DeWitt must certify the budget before it moves to Bowser and the U.S. Congress for approval and review, respectively. A Mendelson spokeswoman said her boss, DeWitt and the District’s budget office are engaged in talks that aim to resolve the matter. The council has been briefed and kept informed on developments. “Hopefully, this can be resolved by [June 18],” she said. WI
A letter issued by the school describing the plan to keep Flemons’ children safe from the teacher in question describes the normal routine for the student and how it avoids overlap with the teacher, but also puts the onus on the child to express any concerns while not saying anything at all about the teacher in question being investigated or disciplined “This is outrageous,” said Dori Olaseha, another parent at the school. “We talk to our children about bullying at school. We should not have to worry about it coming from teachers. The majority of our teachers are fantastic, and we will not stand by while they, our principal, and our students are bullied.” Many in the Wilson community
WORKERS from Page 15 can because it can be stressful when things fall behind. As an employee, you are working for someone else and have to abide by their rules.” Oloyede said being able to go to the gym at the time of the entrepreneur’s choosing and eating healthy are components of balance in a business owner’s life. “The business owner has to have the mindset that staying healthy is a priority and they should work hard to keep their lives healthy and balanced between work and leisure,” he said. Many employers have pro-
grams to help employees stay healthy and Nikolova said government should experiment with incentives for entrepreneurs to be fit. “My study implies that any programs that promote entrepreneurship may have health benefits, at least in the short run,” she said. “Therefore, policies such as startup subsidies may not just help the self-employed with setting up their businesses but may also improve entrepreneurs’ health. However, policy programs targeting the health of business owners may prove to be beneficial but to know that for sure, the effectiveness of such programs must be thoroughly evaluated.” WI
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have been calling for greater transparency, saying that this issue is bigger than just their school. “This whole situation has opened my eyes to several issues within DCPS, from the downside of one-year contracts that take principals away before they have a chance to make positive change, to processes that don’t give parents any transparency or feedback when grievances are filed against teachers,” said parent Don Hill. Another parent, Catherine Fry, who has had children at the school for four years, said, “This has been incredibly frustrating. My kids have amazing, caring teachers here at J.O. Wilson. If DCPS wants to keep good teachers and stop parents from fleeing to charters and the suburbs, they need to reform how they evaluate principals, rid the system of toxic teachers, and truly engage the community.” Council member Charles Allen, who represents Wilson in Ward 6, shared a letter he sent to Ferebee on May 8 noting that he heard from many parents who “feel their trust and faith in DC Public Schools has been greatly damaged — in some cases broken — as a result of the events of the last few weeks.” “J.O. Wilson is a wonderful elementary school in Ward 6 with a strong legacy of outstanding education,” Allen said. “I know the J.O. Wilson community to be strong, resilient and committed — and they deserve to be engaged in an open and transparent manner that respects where the school is today, and charts a course for continued growth and success in the future.” The Wilson community met with DCPS officials on May 15 to discuss the principal selection process. What DCPS intended to be a rote process-focused meeting ended up with more calls for transparency and protest against how the principal selection community panel will be chosen and the time frame for selecting members. Achief concern among some parents was whether one of the teachers who prompted one of the safety plans would be allowed to participate. In conflicting email communications since the meeting, the date of the panel and the panel makeup has been changed multiple times. As of press time, the principal selection community panel is scheduled to interview prospective candidates on June 4. “At this point, there is no trust between the J.O. Wilson community and DCPS,” said Kei Tolliver, a PK4 parent. “The process for selecting a new principal will test whether DCPS is listening to our concerns. I’m not optimistic.” WI
5 Celebrated photojournalist Roy Lewis, also a Washington Informer photographer, receives an award from the African Diaspora Ancestral commemoration Institute (ADACI) on Saturday, June 8, at Union Temple Baptist church in Southeast. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
ADACI from Page 34 gowns and headwraps converged at Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast for cultural presentations and doling out of awards to 10 elders, including longtime Washington Informer photographer Roy Lewis. Participants later walked along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue to the Anacostia River. Under the 11th Street Bridge, they drummed and chanted heavily during a healing ceremony, in honor of enslaved Africans who crossed over from Maryland into the District for freedom shortly after D.C. gained emancipation in 1862. Royal representatives from Nigeria and Cameroon also gave credence to the weekend of ancestral commemorations. In his comments Sunday, Cameroonian ancestral master drummer
SEX from Page 11 of violence in the course of their work, according to the news release. “Decriminalizing sex work will make life easier not only for the people that complain about K Street, but also for the girls who are getting turned away from jobs, housing, health care and more. Everyone needs to survive and everyone needs to make money,” said Tiara Moten, the lead organizer with the group No Justice No Pride. “If Sis has to turn to sex work so she can buy a room or so she can eat, don’t send her to jail,” Moten said. the Rev. Shirley Currie, an as-
Joseph Soh Ngwa acknowledged them before heralding the gathering of Africans from across the diaspora as the realization of a paradigm shift. “The energy has been intense and has gone through leaps and bounds,” said Ngwa, also an awardee. “The volume has turned up, and not only in the Pan-African world. “Take this moment seriously — there is something happening that the ancestors are ushering,” he continued in speaking specifically to the five white people in attendance at the Smithsonian. “There is no such thing as Black and white — we are all African unless you’re suffering from mental retardation. We’re from Africa, but come to D.C. and still have Africa in us. We cannot fit into someone else’s paradigm and make no apologies.” WI sociate minister at Allen Chapel AME Church in Southeast, said that as a faith leader, a Black woman and an advocate for abused and neglected children, at-risk youth, adjudicated youth, victims of domestic violence, women’s issues and cancer patients, she believes that Black women “deserve to live free from violence and provide for themselves and their families.” Currie attended a rally with Grosso and others in support of the council member’s legislation. “I support the decriminalization of sex work because criminalization only harms our communities and we must support and love one another not ostracize each other,” Currie said. WI
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We are especially eager to create a pipeline of desperately needed Black and Latino male teachers for our nation’s public schools. Not only do many servant leader interns fall in love with teaching during Freedom Schools, they also report back that they are now inspiring the next generation of teachers: “I had an activity where my scholars had to list what they wanted to be when they got older. [One student] couldn’t write down an answer. By the end of Freedom Schools when I did the activity again, she wrote down that she wanted to become a servant leader intern and a teacher. This impacted me because I know that I have impacted her life.” “One of my scholars keeps asking me what she can do to become a Freedom Schools intern, and that makes my heart so happy. She says she can’t imagine a summer without Freedom Schools in it, and honestly, neither can I.” “I found my voice in Freedom Schools. I found my why. Freedom Schools is built in me. It’s part of who I am.” We will send this year’s young servant leader teachers — like the
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“She goes, ‘That was a man that I admired,’” Musker recalled. “It was just a great thing to see this warm and nurturing thing, but she has this flinty side, too, where she can be both. That’s what we tried to get with Tiana, that she’s very warm and vulnerable but she has a passion, spine and a backbone and she’s
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I remember 1989. I remember the inflammatory press describing young Black and brown men as animals off “wilding.” I remember writing and talking about the inhumanity of their descriptions and about the lies the press inflamed. And I remember one Donald Trump, who was so outraged that he spent $85,000 to take out fullpage ads asking that five young men get the death penalty for a crime they did not commit. He has yet to apologize. He doesn’t do that. He is the one who needs to be incarcerated. I am grateful to Ava DuVernay for her sensitive production of this story, as well as to Ken Burns for an earlier documentary. I am mindful that these accused men are the tip of the iceberg. The coercion that they experienced happens every day. And I am thankful that the Innocence Project supports the wrongfully incarcerated. But the bottom line, y’all: I’m mad as hell. What can we do about it? WI
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form of vindication, but as they all have said, nothing can bring those years back. Some are angry, some are depressed, and some have offered themselves as speakers to talk about the flaws in the criminal just-us system. Korey Wise, who got the most substantial financial settlement because he spent the longest time in prison, generously donated $190,000 to the Colorado Innocence Project. The ugly underbelly of this story is the white women who insist that these young men must have been guilty of something. Linda Fairstein, the prosecutor in the case, is depicted as benign of the rules and withholding evidence. Why? Because she could. She is the epitome of Becky, of Miss Ann, of a white woman who was prepared to ruin young lives, even though there was no evidence to tie Raymond, Yusef, Antron, Kevin or Korey to the rape of Trisha Meili. Fairstein
has been spanked in the court of public opinion, being so vilified that she has stepped down from the board of her alma mater, Vassar College. But she is adamant in her insistence that she did nothing wrong. Even though she lied. Even though there was a weak train of evidence, with no DNA. Even though. But she is a privileged white woman who took her ticket to ride into author stardom. The Mystery Writers of America chose to rescind her award. Good for them! And then there is the victim, Trisha Meili. No one should have experienced the brutality that she did. She is entitled to grace, understanding and compassion. She is not entitled to accuse young men whose DNA was not on her, whose alleged attack on her was not verified. Even as we applaud her survival, we abhor the ways she supports the corrupt Linda Fairstein and the police officers who coerced false confessions from the accused young men.
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“Sometimes, I feel like I work for the city,” she said, according to a published report. “[To make ends meet], we rent out the office space, the conference room and the front space to families and community groups. In the history of development, the development came at the cost of families and businesses. “In rough times, their commitment holds the city together,” she said. “They pay their taxes, despite what they have to face. Then when the city makes good, they get pushed out.” To the contrary, she said, the city has a responsibility to help residents and business owners who stayed in the District and accentuated the local culture during its toughest times. If passed, this bill would protect Sankofa from taxation and provide the bookstore with what’s described as equitable relief for a decade, and serve as an exam-
ple for other small black-owned businesses. “The character of our neighborhoods depends on sustaining the small and local businesses that we know and love,” Ward 1 Council member Brianne Nadeau told a reporter in an email about her sponsorship of the proposed legislation. Me? I’ve held a warm spot for Sankofa’s location for a dozen years before I even came to the District in 1977. That address, 2714 Georgia Avenue NW, was the national headquarters of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., when I joined in 1965. Omega was founded across the street on the campus of Howard University in 1911. Talk about Sankofa “going back to fetch it.” The store at that location follows in a hallowed tradition, standing on Sacred Ground, and I stand with Sankofa. WI
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are going to get the profits of what we did. “You walk down the street like you don’t notice that you are a new and in charge now and everybody and everything has to move out your way because you are here,” she said of the haughty attitude of most new, white residents in the neighborhood. “You create a distorted image. You’re creating a population that can be a dangerous population because they’ve been taught that they’re privileged; just being here makes them privileged. So let’s everybody say no, that’s not right. “I don’t want the city to feel like they’re doing me a favor,” Mrs. Gerima said. “They should be saying ‘thank you, Lordy’ because businesses like this have contributed to the strength of the city.
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NEW 2019 RELEASE ★ 99.9% PURE SILVER ★ WORLDWIDE DEMAND It’s here! The U.S. Mint’s newly released, much-anticipated 2019 American Eagle Silver Dollar. Each new-for-2019 coin contains ONE Troy ounce of 99.9% pure silver. As legal tender silver bullion coins, they are backed by the U. S. Government, assuring their content, purity, and intrinsic value. Now by acting fast, you can acquire this world-wide collector-favorite silver bullion coin for just $49.99*! That’s quite a value versus the regular price of $99.99 (plus $9.99 shipping and service, plus sales tax). Sculptor Adolph A. Weinman’s beloved Walking Liberty imagery adorns the obverse, while the reverse bears John Mercanti’s heraldic eagle. In previous years, the U.S. Mint actually ran out of these coins for a while ... and it could happen again. This could be your only chance to claim the 2019 edition of America’s bullion treasure in Brilliant Uncirculated condition at this special price, so act now!
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How can we offer you this genuine 2019 American Eagle Silver Dollar at an incredible 50% off? Because we know that once our customers see just one of these stunning 99.9% silver coins for themselves, they’ll want to purchase additional coins in the collection at the regular price. This could be your only opportunity to claim a 2019 American Eagle Silver Dollar at this special price. But hurry, this is a limited time offer! *For information on sales tax you may owe to your state, go to bradfordexchange.com/use-tax *FREE shipping and service, plus sales tax for your first issue; see bradfordexchange.com. Please allow 4-8 weeks after payment for shipment. Sales subject to product availability and order acceptance. By accepting this reservation you will be enrolled in The Complete American Eagle Silver Dollar Collection, with the opportunity—never the obligation—to acquire additional issues at the regular price. Issues will arrive about once a month. You may cancel at any time. Limit: One per Customer. You’ll also receive a deluxe wooden display with your third shipment—FREE!
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