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Alexandria Mayor Seeks Re-election, Pg. 16

Church Leader Paves Way for Housing, Pg. 10

Farrakhan: Million Man March Revisited, Pg. 25

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Prince George’s Council Adopts New Budget Rushern Baker Tax Hikes Out, No Furloughs

By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Prince George’s County residents won’t have to suffer a major property tax hike and they will not have to dig too deep into their pockets for telephone usage.

In denying County Executive

Rushern Baker’s request for a 15.6 percent property tax hike and raising the telecommunication tax from 8 to 12 percent, the council voted to adopt a $2.95 billion budget that will include a 4 percent property tax increase and just a one percent raise in the telecommunication tax.

“What I have learned is that

the way this budget was transmitted back in March, it didn’t allow for the kind of meaningful discussing for the council and the county executive to talk to each other as much as to talk at each other,” Councilwoman Mary Lehman said.

Councilman Obie Patterson said he listened carefully to res-

idents and, despite having supported Baker in every other measure the county executive had previously presented, he couldn’t in good conscience vote in favor of Baker’s proposal.

“I got notes in my door, mail, and I can’t go to grocery store – it’s been a nightmare,” Patterson said. “Perhaps we need to step

back and realize that if we don’t hang in here together, we can probably all sink as we did last November politically.”

Council also voted against furloughing government employees.

In addition to Baker’s dismay, the county’s budget, which

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Events DC presented the 7th “Embassy Chef Challenge” - A Cultural Tourism DC Signature Event held in Washington DC at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.

The Arlington Links Chapter installed new officers and five new members in their chapter of the Links, Inc. Evie Events DC was represented by Chinyere Hubbard (DIrector of Communciations). A dozen emBrown is the new president, Carla Johnson - Vice President, Lauren Parker - Recording Secretary, Rose bassies offered culinary delights to compete for the judges awards. This year’s judges were BonBoyd is the Financial Secretary, and F. Denise-Bailey is the Treasurer. The five new members are Atty. Lisa Gregory, nie Benwick (Deputy Editor for the Washington Post Food Section), Monica Bhide (Cookbook Dr. Yolanda Holmes, Kendren Dillard, Atty. Lori Stith and Suzanne Walker. Congratulations Ladies!

Author & Blogger, The Life of Spice), Warren Brown (Founder & Owner of Cake Love Bakery), Chef Luigi Diotaiuti (Executive Chef & Owner of Al Tiramism Restaurant), Chef Nate Lindsay (Executive Chef Jardenea at the Melrose Georgetown Hotel), Chef Sina Molavi (Executive Chef (Occasions Caterers), Chef Huda Mu’min (owner of Pretty & Delicious) and Ris Lacoste (Executive Chef & Owner of Ris), Chef Amy Riolo (Cookbook Author,educator,consultant, & Members of Les Dames d’Escoffier), and Xavier Deshayes (Executive Chef, Ronald Reagan Evie Brown The Winner (center) David Varley (Head Chef Bourbon Steak) and President Building& International Trade Center. Special Thanks to Story Board, LLC, Destination DC, (right) Timothy Cox (Board Chair of the Cultural Tourism DC).

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L-R Michael Robinson (Volunteer), Kathy Paras (Volunteer), Xavier Deshayes (Judge: Executive Chef, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center), Chef Amy Riolo (Judge: Cookbook Author, Educator, Consultant, and Member of Les Dames d’Escoffier), Gail Broeckel, and Chef Luigi Diotaiuti (ExecutiveChef andOwner of Al Tiramisu Restaurant).

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law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, Visit our updated Web site old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families and give us your comments of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicfor a chance to win a gift from life, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessThe Washington Informer she knew something had to be push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further done. Out of her frustration said about Marlow. training for law enforcement with law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life ProtecEmail comments to: of the situation, she decided to who reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselrburke@ start the Saving Promise cam- “get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. paign. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradiwashingtoninformer.com “It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must that won't turn my family end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicshared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said.

Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise Municipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatCenter of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence.

Heights and the National Hook- 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasUp ofWeinrod Black Women. the founder of After 2015 the Trauma, withthepoor chilJulia (center), winner of the Washington Informer’s Spelling Bee,sive-aggressive sits on stage during Scripps Marlow has written anNational organization thatConvention helps theCenter dren aboutHill, domestic violence,” National Spelling Bee held aat book, the Gaylord Resort and in Oxon Maryland on “Color May Me Butterfly,” which is Roberts a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said.

Friday, 29. /Photo by Robert story about four generations of and their children.

Marlow has worked to break domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, inspired by her own experiences, years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she and those of her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that her mother and her daughter. of,” she said. process.

She said every time she reads Mildred Muhammad said “I plan to take these policies to excerpts from her book, she still people who want to help a Congress and implore them to In Memoriam Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. can not believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said.

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By D. Kevin McNeir WI Managing Editor In 1965, the Moynihan Report pointed to a singular phenomenon: the rise of single, black mothers in the U.S. In that same document, the writer referred to the increase as “an urban crisis.”

The author, then Assistant Secretary of Labor Daniel Moynihan, focused on the deep roots of poverty and concluded controversially that the relative absence of nuclear families (having both a mother and father present) would greatly hinder further progress toward economic and political equality.

Now, 50 years later, while Moynihan’s findings continue to be debated, recent data indicates that more black women serve as the sole parent in their households than ever before. And in an ongoing conversation in Southeast, black men and women, single, married and otherwise have been engaged in lively debates concerning the kinds of narratives that have been formed about black motherhood. Questions have also been raised whether these narratives, often demeaning and stereotypical in nature, have influenced public policy – in the past, present and potentially in the future.

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sation which we’ve dubbed as ‘#BlackMomsMatter’speaks to an issue that is not specific to any one gender or race,” said Hopkinson, a fellow of the Interactivity Foundation and a former staff writer for the Washington Post and The Root.

“Many communities in the U.S. have reached their breaking point as is evident by recent actions in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland. Ninety-one percent of youth 15 to 17 years of age in America are now being raised by single women. We have to bring back the family. Only then can we reclaim and save our communities,” she said.

Moten said the comments from the panelists and audience confirmed the importance of allowing people to express their feelings in a supportive environment.

“We first started hosting these conversations with the hope that we could bring our village back together,” he said. “Taking care of problems and developing opportunities for both mothers and fathers are important but first we need to zero in on the problems.

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Black Facts June 4 1972 – College professor and black activist Angela Davis is acquitted by a jury of charges that she assisted and conspired with the young men involved in a deadly 1970 shootout at the Marin County courthouse in California. The assault on the courthouse was an attempt to free imprisoned black activist George Jackson. At least three people were killed during the escape attempt. Davis, a Birmingham, Alabama, native who became a member of the Communist Party, spent 16 months in prison, but on this day in 1972 she was found not guilty of all charges by an all-white San Jose jury.

June 5 1894 – Black inventor G.W. Murray patents a fertilizer distributor, cotton chopper and a seed planter all on this day in 1894.

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1945 - Track star John Carlos is born in Harlem, New York. Carlos and fellow sprinter Tommie Smith created an international sensation when they protested American racism by giving the “black Power” clinched fist salute when accepting their medals at the 1968 Olympics.

June 6 1958 – Singer, musician and composer Prince was born on this day in Minneapolis. His full name is Prince Rogers Nelson.

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Times begins using the word “Negro” as the official designation for African Americans. It also agreed to capitalize the “N.” The decision by the Times gradually led to “Negro” becoming the official designation for blacks nationwide and it would remain so until it was dethroned by “black” in the 1960s.

June 8 1886 – Homer A. Plessy, a light-complexioned black man, refuses to leave the “white” section of a New Orleans railroad car and move to the “colored” section. His refusal sets in motion a legal case, which eventually reached the United States Supreme Court. In its May 1896 ruling, the Court decided against Plessy and thus confirmed the segregationist doctrine of “separate but equal.” The ruling also designated anyone with a drop of “black blood” as black.

June 9 1948 – Oliver W. Hill becomes the first African-American elected to the Richmond, Virginia, City Council. He is best-known for his work as a civil rights attorney helping bring down the segregationist doctrine of

“separate but equal.” Hill was born in 1907.

June 10 1898 – Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Oscar, is born on this day in Wichita, Kansas. She won her Oscar in 1940 for Best Supporting Actress for the role of Mammy in the classic “Gone With The Wind.” Once criticized for playing stereotypical and sometimes demeaning “black roles,” she responded, “I’d rather play a maid than be one.” McDaniel died in 1952.

1941 – The “black Moses” Marcus Garvey dies in London. Starting around 1916, Garvey built his United Negro Improvement Association into the largest mass organization of blacks in history with the slogan “Up You Mighty Race.” The UNIA owned businesses ranging from bakeries to shipping companies. Garvey preached black pride and self-reliance while steering away from the more integrationist thrust of most prominent black leaders of his day.

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1987 – Dr. Mae Jemison is selected by NASA as the first black woman to begin training as a space shuttle astronaut. Jemison actually become the first African-American woman to travel in space on September 12, 1992 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor.

June 7 1917 – One of the greatest poets of the 20th century Gwendolyn Brooks is born in Topeka, Kansas.

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VIEWP INT Arita Williams Washington, D.C. At $9.50 an hour, it’s hard for anyone to live after taxes, health insurance, life insurance, 401K are taken out of their paycheck. The low wages price people out of this area. I live [in D.C.] because I was born here. I have a reason to stay here. I also work for the government.

But those who don’t work for places like the government – teachers and others – have a difficult time affording to live in this area. I don’t see how anyone who makes $9.00 an hour can stay in D.C.

Chris Daley Silver Spring, Maryland D.C. clearly has an overpriced housing market. You can see it in the city’s demographics and in the gentrification that is taking place everywhere. I was at a party last week and one of the people there told me that there are only two black families left on his street in the District. D.C. is a great place to live, but it’s unattractive from a financial standpoint. I don’t think raising the minimum wage is the only solution. I think a more creative way to address the problem is something I read by Warren Buffet a few weeks ago in the Wall Street Journal where he said we really need to revise the earned income credit, which will stimulate the money lower-income individuals receive each month.

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A STUDY PUBLISHED BY YAHOO FINANCE LAST WEEK UNCOVERED THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE TO EARN $28.04 AN HOUR TO AFFORD A TWOBEDROOM RESIDENCE IN THE DISTRICT. MINIMUM WAGE IN THE DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY $9.50 AN HOUR. ARE HIGH HOUSING COSTS PRICING PEOPLE OUT OF THE DISTRICT?

Wendy Bridges Washington, D.C. I’ve been a resident of Washington, D.C. my entire life. I grew up here and attended the city’s public schools. Housing prices are continuing to rise and it is driving people out of the city. As a candidate for the upcoming Miss Senior D.C. pageant, one of the reasons I’m doing it is because I am concerned about my hometown. More and more, my city is losing its identity. I’m very concerned about where the people who are being priced out are going to go. I’m hoping city officials are doing their best to address this problem.

Candace Mickens Hyattsville, Maryland High housing prices are driving people out of D.C. – particularly people of color. Hyattsville, where I live, has a growing metropolitan area because of the gentrification that is occurring in D.C. I think we’re losing a lot of history – especially on U St, which used to be considered Black Broadway – simply because the high price of housing is driving people from the city.

Dion Jacob Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania I lived in D.C. from 2000 to 2011 and have really noticed the change, which is a result of the high housing prices. A lot of African-Americans who lived in the city used to frequent Malcolm X Park, but the change in the area has caused a lot of the events held at the park to lose their substance. Not all change is bad, and the fact that it is becoming more diverse is good, but it has lost a part of its character. Some of this is a result of us not working together to support each other and sustain the community.

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BUDGET from Page 1 passed by a 6-3 margin, didn’t please everyone.

“We are extremely disappointed at the level of funding this budget provides. We operated in good faith that our council members were finally committed to doing right and adequately investing in the school system our children so richly deserves,” Prince George’s County Public Schools CEO Kevin Maxwell said in a statement.

“On behalf of the children and all of us in PGCPS, I want to thank the county executive for having the courage to elevate the conversation on education.

Unfortunately, this council action continues the tradition of chronic under funding for our schools,” Maxwell said.

“Moreover, it sends a message to our children and all Prince Georgians that an investment in education is not a top priority.

When it comes to our children, we desperately need officials with conviction and the political will to lead rather than follow so as to create a better tomorrow.”

Baker had asked for a 15.6 percent tax increase which would have meant an additional $133 million for schools. However, council members and a growing number of residents voiced displeasure with the proposal.

In a last minute attempt to sway the council, Baker asked for a 7 percent increase in property taxes, but that too was rebuffed.

“Both the county executive’s initial proposed 15.6 percent tax increase, as well as the revised seven percent tax increase, are not affordable for county taxpayers,” said Franklin, the council chair.

The approved budget does provide extra scrutiny for the school system, Franklin said.

“We are partnering with the school system to have an outside performance audit of the Prince

George’s County Public Schools to be conducted for the first time in 20 years,” he said.

Baker now has 10 days to sign the budget or challenge certain items.

“I will review the budget in the coming days and then I will decide whether it represents the best course to position us for a more prosperous future,” Baker said in a statement.

As county executive, Baker can opt to reject certain line items in the budget, but he doesn’t have the authority to set any tax increases above what the council voted on. If he vetoes the budget, council would need six votes for an override.

“I absolutely hate the idea of any type of a tax increase,” council member Andrea Harrison said, in approving the budget. “However, this budget keeps us whole. It doesn’t hurt anyone.

In the end, we all lose a little.” WI

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“I didn’t believe what was happening,” he said, adding that the silver lining was that the actions of demonstrators may have led to the charges against the six police officers involved in Gray’s death.

“I thought the riots would stand out in people’s mind more than the silent protesters,” Kamal said. “ Kamal will miss his family and the friends he made at Randallstown, he said. But he also wanted

to know and to experience what it is like to live away from home, at least for a little while.

“I’ve been thinking for a while that I wanted to go away,” Kamal said. “But maybe I will miss home.” WI

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Kamal Al-Mateen Earns Scholarship

By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Even in the aftermath of the riots, violence continues to maintain a stranglehold on the city of Baltimore, leaving many residents to bolt their doors and fear for their safety. And, with more than 100 shootings and 40 homicides in the month of May alone, good news has been rare.

Like so many others in the chaotic city, Kamal Al-Mateen witnessed the protests, the demonstrations, the discord and ultimately the rioting that took place following the death of Freddie Gray.

But, Kamal’s story is light amid the gloom.

The 17-year-old Randallstown High School standout and star quarterback of the school’s football team has remained focused on the one thing that he said could really help solve at least some of the problems that many have experienced: education.

“I try to stay away from the negative influences that are out there,” he said.

“I know that I have a bright future, and I don’t want to get caught up in anything that’s bad or anything that’ll mess me up.”

Kamal can is among the select few high school football players in the Baltimore area who will be moving on to play in college.

But it wasn’t just his on the field talents that earned Kamal a trip to college.

He received a $65,000 academic scholarship to attend Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, a school which in 2013 was ranked by Forbes magazine

in the top 12 percent among private colleges and universities for financial strength and operational soundness.

“I’m very excited about it,” Kamal said.

“It’s nice to play up there, and I know that my family is excited too.”

Kamal said his initial choice to attend the historically black North Carolina A&T didn’t pan out, but it also didn’t dampen his enthusiasm for Lycoming.

He said he’s following in his older brother Khari’s footsteps.

Khari, 22, recently graduated from the University of Maine, and he also excels in football.

“My biggest influence has been my brother and my mom,” Kamal said.

“They’re both very spiritual, and my brother and I stay active with football. And we stay active with our schoolwork.”

He said academics are more important to him and his family than athletics.

Studying and being good role models for other young African-Americans are a major part of the family’s narrative, Kamal said.

Also, he said, they’ve been taught to be positive.

“We have to stay positive because that’s what our mom is – a positive person,” Kamal said.

While he won’t decide a major until a little later, Kamal said he’s considering architectural engineering, business and mass communications as his primary courses of study.

When he reflects on the riots that damaged his beloved city, Kamal said others could be better served by taking the same the

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A decade of hard work, myriad challenges and doubts culminated on a hot, sunny May morning with an enthusiastic crowd of supporters, residents and partners celebrating the opening of the Trinity Plaza Apartments.

On May 27, Mayor Muriel Bowser was among the wide cross-section of guests who marked the completion of the 10 years of effort needed to bring Trinity Plaza to fruition. The building, located at the corner of South Capitol Street Southeast and Atlantic Avenue Southwest adds 49 affordable housing units to the city’s inventory.

Eugene M. Sheppard, senior pastor of Living Word Church and founder of the Far SW-SE Community Development Corporation, wearing a broad smile, praised his wife, Patrice, and the project’s many partners.

“This is a beautiful day,” he said.

“Partners, you’ve been complicit in our success here today … developing this is not for the faint … (but) we provided decent, safe affordable housing.”

Sheppard recalled the boarded-up, vacant movie theatre that is now Trinity Plaza and painted the harrowing picture of other dilapidated buildings on the block and on nearby streets, the violence, the untimely deaths of young men and other elements of a community enmeshed in and enduring the turmoil. Seeing Ward 8’s urgent need for affordable housing, the couple worked to transform one blighted corner of Bellevue into a vital and productive beacon of hope for a community in need of uplifting.

“We’re making this a safe haven, a place called, ‘the beautiful view,’” he said. “We are praying for fathers in the community. We want them to take care of their children … Trinity Plaza is representative of an effort to repair the breach, restoring capital and creating a place of peace and safety.”

Patrice Sheppard, executive pastor of Living Word Church and executive director of Far SW-SE CDC, echoed her husband’s sentiments.

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“This took 10 years. When we started this, my hair wasn’t gray and he had hair,” she joked during opening remarks. “Forty-nine families will live here. There will be no mold, bugs or urine smells in the hallway. This would not have been possible without friends. They came down and brought their people.”

Trinity Plaza owes its creation to a joint public-private partnership which brought together Bowser, several D.C. agencies; and nonprofits that provided technical expertise and training, grant support and development expertise.

Banks and financial institutions anted up more than $9 million and offered financial support guiding the Sheppards and others through a sometimes labyrinthine process.

Bowser said the new affordable housing units represent the manifestation of a promise she made to Ward 8 residents and others around the city when she assumed office.

“In my first 100 days, I’ve spent the most time in Ward 8,” she told the group of more than 100 guests.

“There is need here. I promised to focus on closing gaps in food, jobs and brick-and-mortar projects. I’m very proud of the budget we submitted to the council. We’ve lived up to the promises and pledges of Ward 8.

We’ve made a consistent and considerable investment in affordable housing.

“It is the Sheppards’ persistence and dedication that made this possible … my goal is to celebrate high-quality affordable housing across the District of Columbia. We have 49 new units of affordable housing for D.C. families. These are real people.”

Trinity Plaza, she said, is a compelling example of the importance of her decision to invest $100 million annually to the D.C. Housing Production Trust Fund.

“A new $50 million has been added,” she explained. “It will serve 500 families, protect 1,700 housing units and produce an additional 549 units.

We’re in Ward 8 today, but every ward needs affordable housing. People of all incomes should have access to affordable housing in every ward in the city.”

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the ground-up construction of the four-story building, which is a mixeduse space for offices, retail outlets and a community center. The project was developed in partnership with Far SW-SE CDC and Lydia’s house.

Mission First is a joint owner of residential condo with the CDC under the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit structure. The CDC and Lydia’s House will own the retail condo. Financial partners are Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Capital One Bank and Raymond James Tax Credit Funds.

Brian Tracy, a Bank of America vice president, said he was proud of the bank’s role.

“Money is important to this transaction, so you’re stuck with me for a few minutes,” he joked. “Our $9 million in financing contributes to a vision of what this community could be. Faith and the discipline to perseverance through the years is why we’re here. Faith without works is dead.

Trinity is evidence that your faith is very much alive.”

“This shows that Bank of America should have faith and shows where we should put our money. I’m proud to be here today.”

Maria K. Day-Marshall, interim executive director of the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency, said that since October, her agency has financed 2,500 affordable housing units, and with Trinity Plaza specifically, D.C. government contributed $9 million in tax-exempt bonds, $5.6 million in low-income tax credits, and $4.8 million in cash grants.

The Rev. David Bowers, executive director of Enterprise Community Partners, praised the Sheppards, saying their commitment to providing affordable housing is transformative.

“This represents, in the larger picture, a real tangible move towards affordable housing,” he said. “Preservation is critical, but producing new units needs a creative approach. The church owned the strip of land and parcels for many years. They were intentional in creating affordable housing. It may sound cliché, but real families with real names are living here. At the end of the day, this is a real asset.” WI

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What does it mean to “be a man”? Some say strength and courage. Others say compassion and kindness. Everyone you ask has a different answer. There is one thing that everyone is sure of — all men need to pay attention to their health. Being healthy can help you live a longer and more fulfilling life. You can empower the men in your life to “man up” and take better care of themselves.

Follow these health tips and share them with the men in your life: • Create a fitness plan. No matter how you choose to exercise, adults should be active for at least 30 minutes every day. Children should be active for at least 60 minutes. Team up with a friend or family member to keep each other motivated. Routines work well for a lot of people.

But if you get bored easily, mix up your activities. There are many ways to get active. You can play basketball with friends or walk around the neighborhood. If you can, join a gym or the YMCA. Staying active can help you maintain a healthy weight, sleep well, and feel good physically and mentally. Exercising regularly can help prevent conditions that affect men, like heart disease and cancer. Talk to your doctor about exercises that are right for you.

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Stick to a healthy nutrition plan. Eating the right foods can help you manage your cholesterol and stay healthy. It can help prevent diabetes, high blood pressure and other conditions, too. Cook meals at home to save money and eat healthier. Drink water or other low-calorie beverages, like unsweetened iced tea. Or try a few ounces of 100 percent juice with seltzer water for a bubbly treat. Sweets are great once in a while, but soda and other sweet drinks contain a lot of sugar and are high in calories. And you’ve heard this many times, but eating more fruit and vegetables really can help you! They are packed with nutrients that help keep your body healthy. Talk with a nutritionist to create a personalized nutrition plan.

Stay away from tobacco products. It’s never too late to quit! If you don’t use tobacco products, don’t start. Whether it is through smoking or smokeless tobacco like dip or chew, it’s harmful to your body. Using these products expose your body to harmful chemicals that can cause cancer.

To get help quitting, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW. Drink in moderation. If you choose to drink alcohol, limit yourself to 2 drinks a day. Having too much alcohol is bad for you. If you prefer a mixed drink, try it with sugar-free juice or diet soda. Also, make sure you always eat before drinking alcohol. Eating something before drinking can help control sugar levels.

Get screened for health conditions that men face. Make sure you see your doctor at least 1 time a year for your check-up. He or she can help you stay healthy and manage any conditions you may have. Ask your

doctor to screen you for diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure).

Fighting these conditions can help your heart stay healthy. This is important because men are more likely to have heart disease than women.

Men also have unique health conditions, like prostate cancer. It’s one of the most common forms of cancer in men. To get more information about prostate cancer, talk to your doctor. Ask about screenings and if they are right for you. Living a healthy lifestyle may be able help prevent certain types of cancer and other conditions that can affect men. Call your doctor today to make an appointment.

Everyone has a man in their life they look up to or respect. It could be a grandfather, father, son, friend or religious leader. Motivate them to get healthy with you. Pencil them into your fitness plan and exercise together. Play basketball or other sports in a nearby park. It’s your turn to be there for the men that have been there for you. Return the favor and support them by getting healthy together. It’s time to “man up” and help each other live longer, happier lives by staying healthy.

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classroom teacher, she is also a great instructional leader to her colleagues.”

Outstanding Teacher Takisha Webb, a 4th grade science teacher at Deerfield Run Elementary School in Laurel, Maryland has been named a recipient of the “2015 Christa McAuliffe Outstanding Teacher Award.”

Webb was selected for the honor by a committee of her peers from the school system.

“Ms. Webb has demonstrated outstanding instruction and creativity in her classroom,” said Schools CEO Kevin Maxwell.

“Her passion for the STEM subjects truly makes her a perfect fit for all that our Christa McAuliffe Award stands for.”

Since 2004, Webb, has taught at Deerfield Run. She was honored on May 28 during the annual Employee Recognition Dinner at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, Maryland.

“She’s deserving of this award because of her superb dedication to the education profession,” said Principal Mary Wall.

“Not only is she an excellent

Ava Perry to Represent Students Members of the Prince George’s Regional Association of Student Governments, which represents more than 30 of the county’s secondary public schools, recently elected Ava Perry as the 2015-16 student member of the Board of Education.

“I am very excited about becoming the student board member,” said Ava. “I’ve spent the last three years of my high school career serving my peers and representing the students of Prince George’s County on multiple fronts. This role provides me with another opportunity to serve my peers.”

Ava is a rising senior in the Science and Technology Program at Oxon Hill High School. She served PGRASG as treasurer and sat on the school’s Student Advisory Council during the 2014-15 academic year. She also served as president of the Student Government Association

Takisha Webb, a 4th grade teacher at Deerfield Run Elementary School in Laurel, Maryland, received the “Christa McAuliffe Outstanding Teacher Award.” /Courtesy photo

and participated as a member of the National Honor Society and National Math Honor Society.

“The student member of the board plays a vital role in ensuring that the voice of our students are heard when voting on issues and policies,” said Board Chair Segun Eubanks. “Ms. Perry demonstrates exceptional leadership skills and values the principles of hard work, respect,

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Union Contract Agreement School officials have negotiated an agreement with the Service Employees International Union Local 400 for a 3-year agreement covering July 2015 through June 2018.

The newly-ratified union contract represents a major collaborative effort.

“It is important to the success of PGCPS to retain qualified staff,” said schools CEO Kevin Maxwell. “These contracts ensure that PGCPS can offer a competitive salary and benefits package to attract and retain talented employees.”

The contract includes a one percent cost-of-living salary increase that’s effective July 1, a step increase effective March 1, 2016 and a 3 percent cost of living increase for July 2017.

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grams – which offer eligible students in all grade levels the opportunity for acceleration, enrichment, credit recovery, and original credit – is now available on the school system’s website.

Elementary and early childhood learners can benefit from enriching summer experiences through the Head Start Extended Year Program, the Judy Center Extended Year Program, or the Special Education Extended School Year Program. Middle school students will find opportunities to participate in Credit Recovery and the Title I Extended Year Program.

In addition, five bridge programs are available to rising 9th-graders. Those programs include: Aerospace Engineering and Aviation Technology; Algebra I; AVID Math and Science; Biology; and Science and Technology.

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Girl Entrepreneurs Receive Life Lessons Girlpreneur Provides Mentorship for Budding Entrepreneurs

By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer Sixteen African-American girls in the Greater Washington Area have received a real boost in making their entrepreneurial ambitions come true thanks to an all-encompassing mentorship program called “Girlpreneur.”

In March 2015, Cheryl Woods, international speaker and business coach embarked on creating Girlpreneur, a six month program intended to give girls opportunities to develop their business ownership skills.

The Girlpreneur program has a roster of 16 girls, ages 10 – 16 hailing from the District, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. They will meet twice monthly via Skype and conference calls.

“The girls that we have are really passionate and energized about the program. We were only supposed to have 10 girls, but the submissions were overwhelmingly good, so I couldn’t turn them away,” Woods said.

All 16 girls were nominated by parents, teachers or members in the community to be a part of Girlpreneur. This ensured that only the girls who were really committed and had a passion for entrepreneurship would fill the program.

“The girls are going to learn the importance of business strategy, branding and networking. These are things I had to learn on my own starting off as an entrepreneur. I wish I had someone to mentor me through that phase of starting a business,” Woods said.

In 2009, Woods left an un-

fulfilling job to start her own T-shirt Company “Moms Are the Best.” Eighteen months into her new venture she received a call from Morgan State University to speak at a women’s conference as a “mompreneur.”

“I saw the possibilities in those women’s eyes; that’s when I knew this was it. This was my passion,” Woods said.

Woods believes the program is unique because it builds a community for African-American girls with like interest and entrepreneurial spirits.

“It’s important to foster children’s passion and pair them with their peers because you can’t have anything without community,” Woods said.

Jayana Woods, 11, much like her mother Cheryl Woods, wants to inspire girls to follow their passion as a member of Girlpreneur.

“I really like writing things that inspire kids and I am working on finishing my second book which will be self-published,” Jayana said.

On Saturday, May 23, the Prince George’s County Book Festival made her first published book, “Opening My Imagination,” the featured book of the festival.

“It was a great experience.

Rushern Baker III read my whole book to everyone. I sold out of my books and the pens and pencils that I design by hand,” Jayana said.

Regina Robinson, a resident of Prince George’s County and mother to program participant Ashlee Robinson, 13, knew this program would be great for her

Cheryl Woods and daughter Jayana Woods at Prince George’s County Book Festival where Woods discussed her book “Opening My Imagination. /Courtesy photo

daughter.

“As an entrepreneur myself and educator I knew this program would be beneficial. Fashion has always been a passion of hers. She’s always designing and now she even sketches prom dresses.” She’s also interested in forensic science but I know she

has a passion for fashion and I encourage her to follow her dreams,” Robinson said.

In November, the program will culminate with the girls presenting their businesses to 250 attendees at the Play Time is Over Women in Business Conference in Arlington, Virginia.

“They will get to engage and learn from women like Mikki Taylor, an editor at Essence, and Brett Jeffries, a producer at the OWN network. We will prepare them to clarify their message, find their audience and articulate their introductions with passion and energy,” Woods said. WI

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The time has come to call on black voters to come to the aid of our businesses and operations.

More blacks who realize the influence businesses have on their lives, communities and lifestyles are needed. “Minority set-asides” have critics among some blacks as well as whites. America’s 28 million businesses employ 117.3 million people and generate $30 trillion in revenues. Over past decades, entrepreneurship has become an important African-American focus. This interest in minority entrepreneurship has led to to 1.2 million black-owned businesses. Minority set-aside programs requiring that a percentage of government procurement contracts be reserved for disadvantaged businesses as a tool to enhance the survival of small, disadvantaged business enterprises have worked and had a positive impact on the growth and stability of African-Americans’ businesses.

The program’s opponents have spawned webs of negativity. Be you black or white, most view minority set-aside programs in a bad light. Some critics are convinced that systems used to steer contract work to minority-owned businesses are broken and need overhauling. They say that the current set-aside quotas are meaninglessly small and structured in ways that don’t help minority-owned businesses.

In order for blacks to keep climbing in American business and economic development, we must collectively stand on the shoulders of those who came and achieved before us. In Washington, D.C., black-oriented elected officials opened doors and horizons for us over the past four decades. Currently, black-owned businesses account for 30 percent of the city’s 556,000 firms. Marion S. Barry exemplifies the type of politician blacks need. As mayor, Barry left clear lessons about “how to help people.” Through focused plans and programs to set aside 35 percent of the city’s business for minority firms, Barry “opened doors” for people who’d been locked out of the city’s economic opportunities. It’s important that blacks in Washington move on and build upon the Bar-

By William Reed ry set-aside edict that produced viable local minority-owned businesses and employment through contracts and government-stimulated opportunities.

Today the Certified Business Enterprise Program provides preference to District-based firms pursuing District government-issued procurement opportunities.

Over the past four decades, the program has evolved into one of the most progressive local inclusion programs in the United States. D.C.’s CBE serves as a best-practice model for other jurisdictions. The CBE program evolved from the Sheltered Market program managed by the Minority Business Opportunity Commission and the Local, Small, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. These “certification” programs have significantly helped businesses gain access to government contracts. Though the public views minority set-aside programs neutrally, whether you are just starting a business or your company is already established, you can substantially benefit from “set-aside” contracts.

Too often the headline reads “Minority contract set-aside program exploited.” In D.C., the set-aside program is the one being exploited, and blacks across the area need to counter negative attitudes toward minority setasides as a part of efforts to deploy a national effort for blacks to gain and retain economic success in America. Blacks need to collectively organize into movements that influence (politicians or public officials) to supporting our issues. At issue in D.C. are legislative efforts to “deflate” the 35 percent set-aside rule. The Small and Certified Business Enterprise Waiver and Recertification Amendment Act of 2014 requires scrutiny. It is legislation that allows city officials to “give a waiver” to poten-

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DC Chamber to Host Awards, Expo Michael Akin: 2015 Young Entrepreneur of the Year

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Managing Editor As the economy continues to rebound, a growing number of entrepreneurs have cast fortune to the wind, convinced that their products and ideas can yield sizable profits.

And when the DC Chamber of Commerce convenes its Champions Small Business Awards and Expo later this week, the hard work of several local leaders will be celebrated in grand style.

The annual event takes place on Friday, June 5 at the Washington Convention Center from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. One D.C. resident, a Greater Washington Urban League board chairman, recently learned that he will be the recipient of one of the Chamber’s most prestigious honors.

“I learned last week that I had been selected as the [2015] Young Entrepreneur of the Year and I have to admit that I am truly humbled,” said Michael Akin, 33, a resident of Northwest who hails from Upstate New York.

Akin, an alum of George Washington University, founded Reingold LINK, a full-service strategic communications and stakeholder engagement firm, in March 2012. Under his leadership, the company has pioneered a “high-tech” and “high-touch” brand of hyperlocal engagement that has changed the traditional consulting model.

“We founded Reingold LINK on the belief that ‘doing good’ is a viable business model. Together we’re proving each day that doing well and doing good are not mutually exclusive,” Akin said.

He thanked his team for their hard work and for making it possible for him to be chosen for the award.

“I’m truly proud of what this award represents in terms of providing recognition for the outstanding efforts of my team in a space that doesn’t get much

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Knowing who can help you and what tactics are available can make operations more productive for you. What is needed now is for blacks to band together to

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attention,” he said. “It’s particularly encouraging to see that the business model we’ve adopted can succeed.”

After working in higher education institutions and consulting firms, Akin said he became determined to serve community-based clients.

“Often they were the ones that were not supported,” he said, describing both a need and a niche that he felt compelled to fill. “In the last 3 ½ years we have grown to 15 employees and expanded to six cities with all of our clients directly related to the communities in which they’re based. And we’ve served over 110 clients.”

Harry Wingo, president and CEO of the DC Chamber of Commerce, commented on the contributions of the young entrepreneur.

“Michael and Reingold LINK’s success at such a young age is a true testament to his hard work and unique vision of a successful business,” Wingo said. “It’s people and small busi-

nesses like Michael and Reingold LINK who provide such a valuable contribution to the Washington, D.C. economy and to our nation’s economy every day.”

To be eligible for the award, the business leader must be under the age of 40 and have significant business growth in the Greater Washington Area.

Akin, who has lived in D.C. for the past 16 years, said he’s optimistic about what tomorrow holds.

“From here and with this prestigious award, the future looks bright. We want to continue to do good work for good clients while at the same time bring more employment opportunities to the residents of the District,” he added. WI For more information about the Chamber’s Awards and Expo, visit dcchamber.org For more information about Reingold LINK, visit reingoldlink.com

keep the gains we’ve made, as well as build structure and support toward the future. The National Business League of Greater Washington is attempting to initiate area-wide discussions for minority set-asides in the business booms occurring in and around the city such as the D.C. Soccer Stadium and the casino at Nation-

al Harbor.

A public meeting on the issue will be held Thursday, June 11, at the black-owned Denny’s, which is located at 1250 Bladensburg Road NE from 8 to 10 a.m.

William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and is available for projects via busxchng@his.com.

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By Magana J. Kabugi

In the final weeks before the June 9 Democratic primary, Alexandrians are faced with the choice of re-electing fourth-term Mayor William Euille or electing one of his two challengers: former Mayor Kerry Donley or Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg. Euille, the Northern Virginia city’s first black mayor, is banking on the hope that his record on new development will help him clinch a fifth term.

“All one has to do is drive around the city and see the improved quality of life,” he told the Informer at a meeting in his office in Old Town Alexandria. “We’re redoing our Waterfront. There’s the Metrorail station coming to Potomac Yard. There’s Landmark Mall on the West End being redeveloped. We have public housing units being upgraded. Those things don’t just happen. They take partnership, collaboration and innovation,” he added.

Under Euille’s watch, Alexandria has maintained a triple-A bond rating and ranks among the most desirable places to live in Virginia, according to the Virginia Municipal League.

Though commercial development is weak regionally, Alexandria recently lured away the National Science Foundation from Arlington’s Ballston neighborhood. Arlington County has hosted the science agency headquarters since it relocated in 1994 from the District.

Former mayor and current City Council member Donley countered that Alexandria could use even more development and that Euille has been too indecisive in his strategy to combat the city’s economic shortfall.

“While I think the mayor has a wonderful record,” Donley said during a recent appearance on WAMU-FM’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show, “I think his leadership has been one somewhat of complacency…. First you need to recognize that there’s a problem, and then you have to come up with solutions to solve that problem.”

Donley also criticized the city’s decision to allow the controversial construction of the massive Department of Defense’s BRAC complex at Interstate 395 and Seminary Road.

“BRAC would not have happened on my watch,” said the former mayor to a round of applause at a debate held at Francis Hammond Middle School in the city’s west end.

Euille’s other opponent, Silber-

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That an African-American has been at the helm in Alexandria for more than a decade underscores the strides Alexandria’s African-American community has made in George Washington’s adopted hometown.

At one time, Alexandria hosted the largest slave market, and vestiges of slavery such as the Vauclause plantation on Seminary Road and the Volusia plantation on Duke Street once proudly lined the city’s streets.

Euille, or “Bill,” as he is popularly called, is one of Northern Virginia’s most popular and well-regarded political figures. He is the owner of a business development and consulting firm, the Euille Group, and founder of a philanthropic organization, the William D. Euille Foundation.

In 2014, he was elected president of the Virginia Municipal League. He is the most visible of several black public officials who can be found within the highest levels of leadership within the city: Police Chief Earl Cook, City Councilman John Taylor Chapman, schools Superintendent Alvin Crowley, and former city manager Rashad Young, who left Alexandria to become city manager of the District of Columbia under Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Although there has been no public opinion polling in the mayoral race, many voters laud Euille for being accessible to residents and for his affable, diplomatic style. He also enjoys a considerable fan base within the city’s black population: City Councilman John Taylor Chapman is throwing his support behind the mayor, as well as former Urban League CEO Lavern Chatman and former attorney general candidate Justin Fairfax.

But there are also some black Alexandrians who are concerned that Euille’s success in bringing development to the city might backfire on minorities and the poor. Frances Colbert Terrell, president of the Seminary Civic Association, worries about the effects that development has had on some of the city’s historically black neighborhoods.

“He’s a good man,” she said of the mayor, “and he wants to do what’s good for the city as a whole.” However, she fears that the influx of condo-

miniums and retail and office space is pushing out long-established communities within the city. In the 1960s she witnessed her West End Alexandria neighborhood, known by locals as “Seminary,” become completely transformed by the city’s urban renewal project. Many African-Americans were relocated in order to create room for the then-new citywide

high school, T.C. Williams. She sees the recent development projects in the city’s West End and Old Town districts as having similarly negative effects.

“If you look at the neighborhoods that border Madison and Alfred Streets,” she said, “you’ll see that all the black houses are gone. The area around Parker-Gray [Alexandria’s

former all-black high school] has been wiped out.”

A. Melvin Miller, the late chairman of the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners, spoke with the Informer shortly before his passing on May 10. He had worked on behalf of the city’s low-income and public-housing residents for

more than five decades and had ties with the mayor that dated back to Euille’s youth. Although Miller considered the mayor an honorable and dedicated public servant, he had already made it clear to Euille that he wouldn’t support a re-election bid. WI To see more, go to washingtoninformer.com

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All Youth Benefit from Black Mentors I think every person who walks the face of the Earth has a calling and passion that they are meant to maximize to make our world a better place. For me, my passion and calling come through acting, but it also shows up through my nonprofit Kamp Kizzy.

Kamp Kizzy gives young people the opportunity to learn, share, explore and expand their horizons through workshops, candid discussions and the opportunity to meet and “pick” the brains of some of the top individuals in their given professions. Now that we have been doing Kamp Kizzy for nearly a decade now, there are some undeniable truths that have been reinforced through this work.

The first truth is that when children are exposed to careers, opportunities and people who inspire, they become more determined about pursuing their life’s work. The second great truth that has been cemented through this work is that education is the great equalizer for children who might come from underserved communities and cities, and because the second truth is so near and dear to my heart, I have joined forces with a great organization, American Federation for Children, and its mission is to make sure that all children have access to a quality education.

An unfortunate reality for far too many families in our great country is that they are limited in their ability to access the best education for their children. Oftentimes, these barriers are due to lack of financial resources

or their zip code and/or address is in a part of town that relegates them to inferior educational opportunities.

Our country was founded on and thrives on opportunity, and the mere fact that so many of our children are not getting the educational opportunities that they so richly deserve is one of the reasons that I unabashedly lend my name and voice to the issue of school choice.

Disproportionately, children of color and lesser financial means are the ones who are subjected to poor schools that have been underperforming for decades, and giving their families more quality options when it comes to their children’s education is one of the ways that we can proactively solve this mammoth of an issue.

Finally, I just want to explicitly and emphatically state that, for me, the issue of school choice is about children. It is not about a political party, affiliations or any other motive that does not derive itself from doing what is best for our children. I will humbly ask that you, like I, add your voice and support to American Federation for Children and the work that it continues to do for our children, especially those who are low-income, working-class and deserving of the opportunity to access great schools.WI For more information on American Federation for Children, please visit www.federationforchildren.org or www. championsforchoice.com

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Youth Campaign against Synthetic Marijuana Drug Poses Major Threat to D.C.’s Most Vulnerable

mer lobbyist and federal legislation writer to help youth at the prevention center advocate for what they want.

“I work with them on how to engage the store owners, how to advocate for their peers and advocate for program funding,” she said.

“Developing coalitions is import-

ant. I live in this community and it is my duty to provide that kind of training,” Hazel added.

Selling synthetic marijuana remains illegal in The District, Maryland and Virginia, however, it’s a regulation that’s tough to enforce. On May 28, Business Insider reported that the

production of synthetic marijuana has soared and the DEA cannot keep up.

Levelle Cash, 18, the narrator and main character of the “My Community” PSA, said education on the dangers of synthetic marijuana serves as just a piece of the puzzle.

“We find that this kind of drug

use affects the homeless and people in poverty a lot. There is a direct correlation. People are doing synthetic marijuana and they don’t even know what it is. No problem is going to get fixed by one thing. We are doing our part and we’ve got to hope everyone else is doing theirs,” Cash said. WI

By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer The Youth Prevention Leadership Corp [YPLC] at the DC Wards 7 and 8 Prevention Center premiered a PSA video in late March entitled “My Community” to combat the use of synthetic marijuana by teens.

And while The District legalized marijuana in February 2015, the YPLC says the campaign against synthetic marijuana must go on because its effects remain far more dangerous.

“The effects of synthetic marijuana are much more devastating than marijuana. It has been associated with hallucinations and feeling super human,” said Dr. Nura Lane, strategic prevention frame worker and state incentive grant coordinator.

“The other thing we are educating people on is that the term ‘synthetic marijuana’ is a misnomer. It is not actually marijuana. It is smoking products sold in stores that have chemicals that mimic THC – the chemical found in marijuana,” Lane said.

Synthetic marijuana, often referred to as spice, and sometimes disguised as potpourri, is a mixture of herbs laced with chemicals that mimic the effects of marijuana while posing greater physical and mental dangers.

Three years ago, the YPLC began their campaign against synthetic marijuana. They noticed that products such as Scooby Snacks, Aloha, Space Cadet, WTF and Bizzaro are all packaged in bright, colorful packaging reminiscent of candy with cartoon characters that specifically target minors.

In April of 2015, 15 people in Hagerstown, Maryland overdosed on synthetic marijuana over the course of one weekend. The victims ranged from ages 11 to 19 years old – each had complained of difficulty breathing and experienced both paranoia and hallucinations.

“If it is happening there it can happen here and we must prevent that,” said Janis Hazel, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (7D) and media and advocacy training specialist to YPLC. Lane said stores that sell the product must be held accountable.

“The root cause of the drug use is simply availability and access through adults. In wards 7 and 8 these products are being sold at almost every corner store. A big way to prevent the use of this dangerous substance is to engage the store owners and those selling it,” Lane said.

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Compiled by Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer Scholarship Recipients The William O. Lockridge Community Foundation has awarded $5,000 “Spread Your Wings” scholarships to Ward 8 students Briana Walker and Charity Harvey.

Briana, a student at Anacostia Senior High School, cites the cost of college as the main reason why scholarships are so important.

“Tuition is what probably causes the most stress for students because a lot of parents don’t have the money for their child’s education,” Briana said.

Charity, who attends Thurgood Marshall High School, said she’s thankful for the scholarship.

“I realize that college is an investment educationally and financially,” she said. “The ‘Spread Your Wings’ scholarship is important to me because it’s helping my family who cannot afford to pay for my college expenses easily.”

Strawberries and Salad Greens Mayor Muriel Bowser visited students on May 20 at Burroughs Education Campus in Northeast to tastetest strawberries and salad greens as part of D.C.’s effort to provide healthier options to students.

The annual “Strawberries and Salad Greens Day” at BEC celebrates the District’s farm-to-school and school garden programs, and highlights locally-grown fruits and vegetables in cafeterias across the city.

During the celebration, students enjoyed fresh, strawberry-topped salad and watermelon pizza with Mayor Bowser and Spike Mendelsohn from the TV program “Top Chef.”

Future Leaders School officials are expanding their career education programs to prepare students for college and high-wage, high-demand jobs.

While the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism will open in fall 2015 at Ballou Senior High School in Southeast, as of fall 2016, Ana-

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costia Senior High School – also in Southeast -- will be home to the new Academy of Public Safety, the result of a partnership with the Metropolitan Police Department and the Washington DC Police Foundation.

In addition to paid internship opportunities, these new programs will offer students a rigorous academic and industry-focused curriculum along with mentoring from local business leaders ‘Seal of Bi-literacy’ DCPS recently announced that students who’ve demonstrated proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in two languages will be awarded the school system’s “Seal of Bi-literacy” upon graduation from high school.

So far, just nine states give this honor, with DCPS being the first in the region present the awards.

“Earning the ‘Seal of Bi-literacy’ is a tremendous accomplishment for our students who have demonstrated mastery in multiple languages,” said Chancellor Kaya Henderson. “We are extremely proud of their hard work and commitment to gaining multilingual and multicultural skills. These abilities are strong assets in today’s global society and will support their success throughout their entire lives.”

3-Year Contracts for Principals School officials have announced that for the first time, they will offer three-year appointments to principals who’ve demonstrated exceptional ability at their schools.

The new policy, which becomes effective at the start of the 2015-16 academic year, involving 22 principals, demonstrates Chancellor Kaya Henderson’s commitment to recognize and retain high-performing principals. WI

Atasha James, principal of Leckie Elementary School in Southwest, lists among 22 DCPS administrators who will work under 3-year contracts beginning with the 201516 term. / Photo courtesy DCPS

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EDITORIAL Banks. Too Big to Punish?

The Department of Justice (DOJ) fancies itself to be the big dog sitting atop the world of crime and punishment, ready to levy punishment for criminal behavior, but when it comes to punishing banks, it’s a puppy with rubber teeth.

You would think that after five major global banks pled guilty two weeks ago to routinely manipulating worldwide foreign-exchange markets for their own financial gain, that some of the crooks implicated in this would see jail time.

Although Attorney General Loretta Lynch described the crimes as “brazenly illegal” and the conspiracy as one of “breathtaking flagrancy,” the DOJ did what it always does in situations of this nature: exacts fines and sends the criminals on their way. So it’s back to business as usual.

The banks – Barclays; J. P. Morgan Chase; Royal Bank of Scotland, PLC; UBS AG; and Citigroup – agreed to pay more than $5.5 billion in collective penalties. For the first time in 20 years, the banks have pled guilty to wrongdoing. In the past, most financial institutions worked out deferred or non-prosecution agreements with regulators, to pay fines but avoid any admission of guilt.

Those of us who work hard for a living should be incensed at the special treatment these guys regularly receive. Just about every week, we read about some large bank, somewhere, where officials get caught stealing money, manipulating the markets and cheating customers. They pay hundreds of millions and billions in fine but the light punishments serve as no deterrent.

The DOJ needs to be as tough on these spoiled rich boys as they are on ordinary Americans who run afoul of the law. It’s time for the DOJ to stop playing around and start putting lawbreakers behind bars because it’s clear that despite paying $60 billion in fines and penalties over the past two years, these slaps on the wrist are not a deterrent.

We agree with Notre Dame Law Professor Jimmy Gurulé, who in a USA Today story expressed doubt that the huge fines and criminal pleas would produce any meaningful change in the way banks operate.

“Once again the actual perpetrators and criminal architects of the fraud scheme will avoid criminal liability,” said Gurulé, a former assistant attorney general and US Treasury official. “While the payment of these large fines may help to reduce the federal deficit, such penalties will do little to change the pervasive culture of corruption that currently exists in the banking sector. Real change will only occur when corrupt bank officials are indicted, convicted and sent to prison for their crimes.”

Take Charge of Your Health

Every year, it seems, we’re told that Americans are getting more obese and less active. That includes our children who spend more time in front of television or playing videogames than being actively involved in activities that can stave off ill health and disease.

Washington, D.C. is no different, which is why Mayor Muriel Bowser kicked off the “FitDC One Billion Steps Challenge” this past Saturday at the Deanwood Recreation Center. The program encourages residents to walk three miles or take 6,000 steps three times a week, to eat healthier foods and become more active.

Specially designated rec centers will keep track of residents’ activities in a log.

Bowser has appointed 10 FitDC coaches, one for each ward, including a senior coach and a youth coach. They will encourage and motivate D.C. residents to get out, move more and make healthier choices. The coaches will also help plan and lead ward walks and serve as role models for D.C. residents around health and wellness.

Washingtonians no longer have the excuse of horrible winter weather to stop them from getting outside and exercising more.

Summer is upon us and there are many lovely though hot and steamy days in our collective futures.

So we encourage our young and slightly older readers to take up the challenge because the benefit will be better health, greater vigor and a fuller life. If you do decide to get more active, bring a friend. Or two.

Sweepstake Scams Harm Seniors Thank you for your article about sweepstake scams [Protect Yourself from Fake Sweepstake Scams, by Lucy Drafton-Lowery, May 28-June 3 edition]. We cannot stress the importance of vigilance to protect our seniors as well as others from falling into this popular trap.

Some years ago, my mother was involved in one of these scams. She sent unknown amounts of money to this scamming operation, with the repeated promise that the more she spent, the closer she would come to winning the big monetary prize. Of course, she never won anything.

She was buying items from a “catalog” on a regular basis, with encouragement from the scammers, so that she could stay in the running for the big prize. The items that she purchased looked one way in the book but when they were delivered they were mostly cheap plastic, poorly made junk that she certainly didn’t need or want.

They were simply, in her mind, her path to the big money.

We, and obviously many others, sent a complaint about this fake company to the Federal Trade Commission, resulting in an investigation and penalties for these scammers, requiring them to refund money to the people who had fallen for their game.

My mother never entered a sweepstakes again. I think she was embarrassed that she had fallen for it. If you have elderly relatives or friends and you notice them ordering and receiving useless items fre-

quently and regularly, check it out. You could save them a lot of money that many of them really can’t afford to lose.

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College is Not for Everyone I just love reading “The Bridge,” your monthly insert that has articles for and about things affecting our young people.

How appropriate is the front-page photograph of the students at their commencement ceremonies at the University of Maryland, May 28, 2015, by Roy Lewis and the articles included in “The Bridge.”

The article by Loren B. Coleman, “Dreams Deferred for Degree-Holding Millennials” really got me to thinking about a subject that has bothered me for some time: college is not for everybody. I know first hand how proud a family feels when they have a college graduate in their midst because I was the first in my family to graduate from college. But a college degree doesn’t guarantee you anything; I have never held a job position that remotely has anything to do with what I got my degree in.

Years ago our school systems did away with vocational education to institute a flawed policy based on a premise that all students should be educated with a goal of attending college. In my opinion that flawed policy is the main reason why we have such a high rate of high school and

college drop-outs.

Some people work better with their hands, and when they have the opportunity to learn to work with their hands they do better in everything else. I would bet that if you did a survey of trade union members, most did not attend college, and most of them have good paying jobs.

I have heard older Washingtonians talk about Armstrong and Phelps High Schools, which were vocational high schools. They talk about the first-class education they received and how many of their classmates went on to become architects, plumbers, electricians and brick masons, and many started their own companies.

Getting a college degree is great for some and for those who, like myself, are the first in a family to receive one, it makes a lot of people very proud, but there is a quote in this article by Dr. Marcus Coleman, assistant professor in Communication Studies at the University of Southern Mississippi, that everyone should take a minute to think real hard about: “In college there is a lack of skills acquisition. We live in an economy that provides space for anyone to be an entrepreneur and producer of goods.”

Now that’s telling it like it is!

Darius Brewton Washington, DC

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By George H. Lambert Jr., Greater Washington Urban League

An Open Letter to D.C.’s Two New Council People Dear LaRuby May and Brandon Todd: Congratulations on winning elections in Ward 8 and Ward 4, and welcome to the City Council of a booming but challenged nation’s capital. As a native Washingtonian and president of the Greater Washington Urban League, I would like to extend a hand in partnership as we address a range of issues new and old.

Council member May: With your narrow victory in Ward 8, you inherit the seat of the legendary Marion S. Barry Jr., and we encourage you to capitalize on his achievements while staking your own territory as a fresh new voice. You don’t need me to list all the issues confronting residents of Ward 8, and surely you already know well that a community where single women head three-quarters of the households requires leadership of a superhuman order. Among our other resources, please check

out our Parenting Center’s website, and do not hesitate to call upon us for assistance.

Council member Todd: By most measures, your ward faces less-urgent issues than May’s.

The unemployment rate in Ward 4, for example, is less than half of Ward 8’s (7.6 percent vs. 16.5 percent). Nevertheless, many of your constituents are in need of the soft and hard skills required to obtain and keep a 21st century job, and I urge you to spread the word about the offerings of our Career Center. Our staff

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provides training, job referral, resume preparation, and work readiness workshops. These services are provided one-on-one or to small groups.

Offering my partnership may not always mean agreeing with you. You don’t need a yes-man.

You need community leaders who will challenge you and hold you accountable.

Both of you now join a governing body that oversees a city in flux. Anyone who’s been here more than a few years can point to storefronts, streets, and entire

neighborhoods that used to be one thing and are now something else. When you get to be my age, you may find yourself wondering where all the time went — and what happened to the city you once knew.

Of course, cities change and, if we’re lucky, grow. In general, it is wonderful to see all the economic development and construction, but as you surely are aware, many of our neighbors are experiencing collateral dam-

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By Julianne Malveaux

Justice is Not Blind When racist attitudes, either conscious or subconscious, are combined with the discretionary powers that law enforcement officers have, the result is a differential outcome, with African-Americans more likely to be the targets of “blind justice.”

Most of our politicians and leaders are exploiting subconscious racism and pandering to explicit racial fears. Even worse, they are rewarded when they say

they are “tough on crime.”

Soledad O’Brien documented some of these attitudes in her most recent “Black in America” series. Included was an interview with a young black man who was stopped more than 100 times as he stood outside his college.

Of course, he’d done nothing wrong, but police officers, “doing their duty,” felt free to harass him.

In a more telling segment, two young men, one black and one white, staged the “stealing”

of a bike to show how members of the public responded to watching the apparent theft. The young men were dressed similarly – T-shirts, casual pants, caps.

People walked by as the white guy did everything he could to break the lock on the bike, including using a chain cutter. One even offered to help him take “his” bike, even though he acknowledged it was not his.

Within moments of the black man’s approaching the bike, white people, one or two of

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whom called 911, surrounded him. As opposed to the benign response the white guy got, the black guy was simply assumed to be a criminal.

How does this play out on the streets and with officers of the law? Police officers use their discretion selectively. A black man (Eric Garner) selling loose cigarettes is manhandled and arrested and dies when he is choked.

Most have seen the video by now and wonder why Daniel Pantaleo was not charged with any crime,

even though he used an illegal chokehold on Garner.

Pantaleo could have told Garner to move on or risk arrest. Instead, Pantaleo and his posse of lawless cowboys chose to kill the man. Would a white man be similarly treated, or did unconscious racism play into the callous way Eric Garner was treated?

During the late 1990s, Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s “stop and frisk” policies resulted in Af-

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By George E. Curry

Controversy Over Videotaping Cops Feidin Santana, the young Dominican immigrant who videotaped North Charleston, S.C. police officer Michael Slager firing his gun eight times, killing Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man who was fleeing, was a hero.

His quick decision to videotape the unfolding action on his telephone led to the arrest of Slager on a murder charge.

However, in some states, instead of being hailed as a hero,

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Santana would be the one behind bars.

Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts have used their wiretapping laws to prevent videotaping police in public places. Some states are moving in that direction.

But, as we can now see, videotape can be a game changer.

This was vividly illustrated in 1991 with the brutal beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles.

More recently, the July 17 choking death of Eric Garner in New York City was captured

on video as he pleaded, “I can’t breathe.”

Thanks to a passerby, we also saw the July 1 video of a California Highway Patrol Officer Daniel Andrew straddling Marlene Pinnock, a 51-year old black woman near a Santa Monica freeway and punching her 10-15 times. She reached an out-ofcourt settlement that required a $1.5 million payment and the resignation of Andrew.

Although no one can creditably deny the value of citizens being able to videotape on-duty The Washington Informer

police officers operating in public spaces, courts are sharply divided on whether that’s protected under the First Amendment.

In an article titled, “The Legal Right to Videotape Police Isn’t Actually All That Clear,” the Atlantic Citylab noted, “The truth is that courts have not uniformly recognized that a right to record police actually exists. Though the U.S. Department of Justice has expressed its support for the right to record, only four federal appeals courts have ruled that such a right exists; others have

either not ruled at all or narrowly ruled that no right had been ‘clearly established.’”

I am not a lawyer and I don’t play one on TV. But the best available legal advice seems to be that generally speaking, it’s legal under the First Amendment to videotape on-duty police officers as long as it is on public property and you are not interfering with their performing their official duties. As noted above, some state laws ban such recordings.

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By Dwan Jordon

My Commitment to Our Youth Remains Intact I was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and am a proud graduate of Coolidge High School. The first in my family to go to college, I attended Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and earned my master’s degree at Trinity University in the District.

While I graduated in the top tier — summa cum laude — I also felt unprepared for college by my high school experience. Determined that others should not similarly struggle

in college, I taught at a public school in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Initially qualified in English but teaching math, I became a team leader, department chair, assistant principal, coach and data expert.

I worked in some very challenging schools and, perhaps as a result of that, was tapped by the new school chancellor for D.C. Public Schools to become a principal. At Sousa Junior High School in Ward 7, we built something very strong. In three years, we had 30 percentage point gains in math and 25-point gains in reading, becoming something of a showcase

for education reform in the District.

Sousa was recognized as a model transformational school by the Department of Education.

Despite some tempting offers elsewhere — as far away as Sacramento and New York City — I decided that my calling was here, in the nation’s capital, where for too long our young people have been underserved by our public education system.

And so I was hired to serve as the principal at Cesar Chavez’s Parkside campus, taking it to Tier One status as classified by the D.C. Public Charter School Board, one of a small

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number of public charter schools to make the grade.

In Ward 7 — east of the Anacostia River — I met firsthand the challenges of preparing urban youth for college, when so many other influences point in the opposite direction. The Parkside campus is located in the Mayfair neighborhood.

I have now been appointed the principal of Friendship Public Charter School’s Collegiate Academy, which is also in Ward 7. This charter high school has a 92 percent on-time high school graduation rate and has raised over $60 million in college

scholarships so that academically accomplished students can attend the university. Friendship students typically earn the lion’s share of Gates Foundation-sponsored D.C. Achievers Scholarships.

About three in four students at this collegiate preparatory high school are eligible for federal school lunch subsidies, so scholarships, along with mentoring and other supports, are an essential part of college acceptance.

One-hundred percent of each graduating class is accepted to college;

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By Lee A. Daniels

America’s Real Crime Problem It’s getting to be difficult to recall a week when, thanks to public exposure of videos, or tweets, text messages or emails, we’ve not seen another shocking example of police mistreatment of black or Hispanic citizens under questionable circumstances.

Consider that, and then ponder these words about black Americans and the criminal justice system: “There is too much crime and too little justice in the

lives of black Americans today.

But while the problem of crime is widely shared in the United States, the problem of injustice is not.”

And these words which closely follow them: “It is a paradox that black Americans, who suffer from crime disproportionately, have mixed feelings, at best, regarding its support of and confidence in the criminal justice system as it operates today.”

And, finally, these: “The only way out of this paradox is to address the problems of crime and

injustice simultaneously: changing the nature of the courts, criminal punishments and law enforcement agencies and their agents, while honestly acknowledging the scope of the crime problem and working for peace in Black America.”

No, you won’t find those words in the agreement signed recently by the Department of Justice and the city of Cleveland requiring an extensive reform of the city’s widely criticized police force. Actually, they were written 20 years ago by criminal justice

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scholar Christopher E. Stone, then head of the nonprofit Vera Institute for Justice, in the 1996 edition of the National Urban League publication The State of Black America 1996. Stone, a founder of the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, in New York City, is now president of the George Soros-funded Open Society Foundations.

But they are as relevant today as then because the use of social media has undeniably revealed that some significant segment of cops – largely white ones but

also some black and Hispanic ones, too – view black Americans not as citizens to protect but easy marks to prey upon.

What’s also been made clear, via a growing stack of Justice Department investigations of small and big city police departments, is that this predatory attitude and behavior has long been part of the “culture” of policing itself.

For example, one of the high-ranking Miami Beach, Flor-

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By Askia Muhammad

Hatred in American Hearts Hastens Her Doom For more than 45 years, I have been a Muslim in America who always anticipated the worst while hoping all the time that I might be wrong.

In 1968, during the Vietnam conflict, I told my superiors in the U.S. Naval Reserve that “the Vietcong never called me a ‘nigger’” and that I wouldn’t fight. I didn’t understand then that the war and every major military conflict in which this country

has engaged since then had absolutely nothing to do with the security and well-being of this country or its people. I understand that now.

Now, because of circumstances the war hawk political leaders have lied and led the country into, there is a mortal danger arising at the same time race hatred is threatening to erode the will of many people.

Back in 2002 as the George W. (for Worst in history) Bush administration began feeding the dogs of war with lies to push

this country into invading Iraq — which posed absolutely no threat to the United States — it warned that it was necessary to fight “them” over there, to prevent them from bringing the fight here. Uh-oh.

Now, as the so-called Islamic State marches with barbaric determination across Iraq and Syria, that is exactly what the American people are being told today. But never are the people told that U.S. policy is what created this big, scary monster of a guerilla army that goes around

beheading people and recklessly destroying ancient artifacts dating back to the dawn of Western Civilization. But one prominent Republican senator correctly blames his own party for the rise of ISIS. Kentucky senator and presidential candidate Rand Paul says the GOP is responsible for the existence of ISIS. Speaking on MSNBC, Paul pointed the finger at war hawks like Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolin).

“ISIS exists and grew stronger because of the hawks in our

party who gave arms indiscriminately, and most of those arms were snatched up by ISIS. These hawks also wanted to bomb (Syrian President Bashir al-) Assad, which would have made ISIS’s job even easier.

“They created these people.

ISIS is all over Libya because these same hawks in my party loved — they loved Hillary Clinton’s war in Libya. They just wanted more of it. But Libya is a failed state, and it’s a disaster.

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Farrakhan Holds Court in District On Horizon: 20th Anniversary of Million Man March

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Managing Editor If you were fortunate enough to be one of millions gathered on the National Mall here in the District on October 16, 1995, you may have participated in the historic Million Man March.

It was a collective venture initiated by Minister Louis Farrakhan who, in conjunction with the Nation of Islam and scores of civil rights organizations, sought to “convey to the world a vastly different picture of the black male.” Also on the leaders’ agenda: uniting in self-help and self-defense against economic and social problems that were overwhelming the black community.

Despite efforts to water down the numbers of attendees, one million people, mostly black men and boys showed up in force – and without one incident of violence.

Throughout the day on Monday, June 1, Minister Farrakhan met with youth, ministers, business and political leaders and elders from across the District to discuss plans for this October for the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March.

Shiloh Baptist Church served as the venue for the invitation-only discussions with some of the District’s and the nation’s most prominent voices in attendance: Cora Masters Barry, widow of former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry; the Rev. Willie F. Wilson, pastor of Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast, who served as the ad-hoc chair for the meeting; the Rev.Wallace Smith, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church; the Rev. Graylan Haggler of Plymouth Congregational Church ; journalists Roland Martin and George E. Curry; Dr. E. Faye Williams, president and CEO, National Congress of Black Women; and comedian and activist Dick Gregory.

A full contingent of members of the Nation of Islam stood close behind Minister Farrakhan who said the landmark event will take place on Saturday, October 10, presumably on the National Mall once again. Fundraising efforts have already begun for the day which will cost an estimated $2 to $4 million.

Farrakhan referred to the events surrounding the anniversary as “Justice or Else.” However, rather than define his meaning, he posed the question to those present asking them what they were willing to do or sacrifice or put on the line in order

Min. Louis Farrakhan and Dick Gregory /Photo by Roy Lewis

to make the ‘something else’ mean something.

As one might expect, he did speak about danger and threats, lifting up the possibility of confrontation. But listening to him carefully, it seemed that what the Muslim leader believes may be necessary is a massive economic boycott.

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Min. Louis Farrakhan holds a Justice or Else Movement press conference at Shiloh Baptist Church in Northwest on Mon., June 1. /Photo by Roy Lewis

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During his comments, he harkened back to a speech by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that the civil rights leader gave in Memphis, Tennessee on the day before his assassination [April 4, 1968]. While it’s not one that novice historians may recall, in it, as Farrakhan reminded his audience, King called for the boycott of several of the more prominent stores in Memphis, identifying them by name.

Farrakhan also indicated that while blacks in America have undergone the brunt of suffering for generations, he believes the time has come for blacks to “distribute the pain” so that blacks aren’t the only ones hurting.

Farrakhan indicated that meticulous planning will be needed, adding that a website,www.justiceorelse. com, will be active in the very near future.

During part of the day, youth leaders from the District met with Farrakhan and others at the Southeast Tennis & Learning Center, one of the newest gems in Ward 8, made possible by the determination and leadership of Masters Barry.

During her brief comments, she noted that when the original March took place in 1985, four women, Betty Shabazz, Coretta Scott King, Dorothy Height and Maya Angelou, all spoke. Today, as she reminded the audience, “all four of them are gone – I guess that means we are the elders of today.” WI

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ARIES Steer clear of argumentative folks this week, and let yourself flow with the energy that is spectacularly positive for launching new project plans. Happiness at home is almost a given this week. You may be feeling festive at a late-night social gathering. Soul Affirmation: New insights create new directions and a new cast of characters. Lucky Numbers: 9, 20, 54

“Miss Jessie’s: Creating a Successful Business from Scratch – Naturally”

TAURUS Watch for surges in energy that encourage you to overdo it this week. You are brimming over with energy, most of it very positive. Take a walk to burn some of the other kind of energy off and to keep your mind free and clear. Harmony rules at home this week. Soul Affirmation: I get joy from giving good things. Lucky Numbers: 33, 42, 51

by Miko Branch c.2015, Atria $24.99 / $31.00 Canada

256 pages

Starting a business is not for the faint of heart.

It takes brains and guts enough to step out of a comfort zone. It requires going against the grain, letting go of pride, and a dash of innocence. Starting a business is the worst, most difficult, wonderful, magnificent thing you’ll ever do – but as in the new book “Miss Jessie’s” by Miko Branch, sometimes it’s also quite hair-raising.

Jessie Mae Pittman was born in 1919 to a sharecropper family in North Carolina, and grew up hating fieldwork. To avoid picking cotton, she taught herself to cook and later became renowned for her skills. That independent self-sufficiency impressed her granddaughters; Miko Branch and her sister, Titi, were raised knowing that they’d someday be businesswomen.

Throughout their childhood, the Branch sisters learned and dreamed. They also toiled long hours with their father at various family businesses, which was work they did for free. That eventually taught Branch the value of her labor and gave her a sense of what owning her own business might entail.

When it was time to enroll in college, Branch decided on a career in fashion but her schooling taught her what she didn’t want. Upon graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology, she’d realized that she needed to work with hair; specifically, she wanted to work in a high-end salon that catered to a certain kind of clientele.

“There is a long, rich… complex history surrounding African-American women’s hair that ties to… self-image,” Branch says.

As a woman with curls, she knew she could make a better product than what was available. She experimented with gels, crèmes, and technique before she and her sister opened a salon that ultimately grew into a full-fledged, hip and trendy mini-empire with products named after their grandmother.

But, like many fledgling entrepreneurs, the sisters made mistakes - one of which led to a split, lawyers, and a months-long parting that hurt Branch in more ways than one.

It took two years, two moves, and too much money to fix what broke.

Business book or memoir? Though it may appear more the latter, the answer is that “Miss Jessie’s” is both.

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GEMINI It’s a very pleasant and wonderful week of the year for you, Money matters go well, and there is a very sweet harmony between friends and family. Have fun in the present moment, but don’t go overboard, okay? Soul Affirmation: I let my spirit light my path this week. Lucky Numbers: 4, 13, 46 CANCER Lots of happy reasons for goofing off this week. You’ll be in a luxurious state of mind, expansive and dreamy. Ideas and dreams seem very real this week. Enjoy them, and let yourself think about how wonderful it will be when your dreams come true this year. Soul Affirmation: I focus on long-range financial security this week. Lucky Numbers: 22, 43, 50 LEO Happiness is the order of the week as a relationship improves in a way that you didn’t think was possible. Just goes to show you, the power of positive thinking. Be happy, and keep your outlook happy. Soul Affirmation: I let positive emotions carry me through the week. Lucky Numbers: 16, 21, 53 VIRGO You are free to love and laugh, and you’re free to criticize and complain. It’s all in how you want to feel about yourself. Do what feels best to you in the situation that you find yourself in this week. Remember that you have many options! Soul Affirmation: I keep money on my mind this week.

Lucky Numbers: 8, 19, 30 LIBRA All planetary indicators lead to one conclusion; Party! Get together with some friends for a gab fest and snack food feast. It doesn’t have to be fancy to be loads of fun for all involved. Soul Affirmation: I let my spirit light my path this week. Lucky Numbers: 17, 29, 31 SCORPIO You can rejoice in every new experience this week, because you know the secret to your happiness. What? You don’t know? Sure you do. Sit quietly somewhere this week and think about it. Soul Affirmation: I stand firm for what I believe in. Lucky Numbers: 29, 38, 41

ness is the story of its creators, and author Miko Branch takes her readers back nearly 100 years to see where the very roots of her company began. That’s a very interesting tale but if it’s not what you read a business book for, well, Branch has that part covered, too. She subtly includes business advice for entrepreneurs in nearly each chapter, and a nicely succinct epilogue as a final takeaway.

That serves to entertain and inform readers on one hand, while steadily encouraging entrepreneurship on the other.

Though I thought there was a bit too much repetition here, I did enjoy this by-thebootstraps story of a growing company, and I think you will, too – especially if you’re up for the unique format of it. Still, business book or memoir, “Miss Jessie’s” is something you won’t mind curling up with.WI

SAGITTARIUS Your unique energy is urging you in a new direction. Listen to your inner voice and go! You’ll be very happy with the outcome if you give your worries up to the universe. Many blessings are available to you if you let go and let the blessings come. Soul Affirmation: I let children supply my life with wisdom this week. Lucky Numbers: 8, 15, 20 CAPRICORN A relaxing week at home might be just the cure for what seems to be troubling you this week. Set aside some time to attune yourself to the sound of truth. You are an extraordinary teacher; teach yourself a new way of being with yourself this week. Soul Affirmation: I keep in mind the practical side of life this week. Lucky Numbers: 25, 45, 51 AQUARIUS Your ideas are windows into the future. You may be feeling a bit off-center this in the present moment, but all you need to do is refine your presentation. Your truth is sound and solid. You can teach with beautiful words. Soul Affirmation: Cooperation with others is the key to success for me this week. Lucky Numbers: 21, 39, 45 PISCES Surprises are on tap this week, and you may be the messenger.

Or a new message may come to you; whatever happens, it’s going to be pleasant. Base your sense of reality on the pure vision you have in your head. Soul Affirmation: This week is a gift that I deserve. Lucky Numbers: 1, 26, 32

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D.C. United Defeats Philadelphia Union 2-1

D.C. United fell behind early in the first half but tried to score on Philadelphia goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre during Major League Soccer (MLS) action on Saturday, May, 30 at Robert Fitzgerald Memorial Stadium (RFK) in Southeast. United moved back to the top of the MLS standings with a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Union. /Photo by John E. De Freitas.

United goalkeeper Bill Hamid makes a save from the head of Union defender Ethan White during the second half of MLS action on Saturday, May, 30 at RFK Stadium in Southeast. D.C. United beat Union 2-1 and extended its unbeaten streak at RFK Stadium to 19 games in all competitions. This matches a franchise record – including 15 consecutive wins in league play dating back to June 2014. /Photo by John E. De Freitas.

Union forward Fernando Aristeguieta tries to get past three D.C. United defenders in the first half of MLS action on Saturday, May, 30 at RFK Stadium in Southeast. United defeated Union 2-1. Chris Pontius scored in the firsthalf of added time to tie the game, 1-1, after Sebastien Le Toux put the visitors ahead in the fifth minute. Later, Chris Rolfe converted the game-winning goal in the 85th minute from the penalty spot after a handball on Zach Pfeffer. / Photo by John E. De Freitas.

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More About MSG Foods; What You Really Need To Know (Part 1) Each year in memory of my mother, Fannie Estelle Hill Grant, and to honor the anniversary of my radio talk show The Lyndia Grant Show, I sponsor a health fair. The next show will air on Radio One’s WYCB AM, Spirit 1340, Saturday, June 13, 2015. This year’s health fair will be held at The Mill, 1500 Union Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. I’m so pleased to have invited the honorable Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the president of the Baltimore City Council, Bernard “Jack” Young. District 7 is where The Mill is situated, and The Honorable Nick Mosby & Helen Bolton will welcome attendees to his District.

This health fair has been in the planning phase for more than six months, long before the riots! Followers of my column know health fairs are held in memory of mother who died from complications of Type 2 Diabetes at my anniversary, every year; which ties into the reason for this column.

Recently, I wrote a column entitled Balancing Your Life — Mentally, Physically and Spiritually. I spoke of how sickness is all over the land, partially because of MSG foods, and I shared a true story about MSG, and how it causes weight gain and its’ direct connection to Type 2 Diabetes. A reader called me, which prompted this follow-up column. The caller said “You did not tell us what MSG means.” I took for granted most readers were familiar with MSG, obviously not.

This follow-up is for those of you who may not be familiar with this acronym.

What is monosodium glutamate (MSG)? It is a sodium salt food additive used to provide flavor to

Chinese food, canned vegetables, soups and processed meats.

An article published by the Mayo Clinic shares information from The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which classified MSG as a food ingredient that’s “generally recognized as safe,” but its use remains controversial. For this reason, when MSG is added to food, the FDA requires that it be listed on the label.

A study by National Institute of Health (NIH) showed that mice injected with monosodium glutamate (MSG) led to the development of significant inflammation, central obesity, and type 2 diabetes. By 6 and 12 months of age, “These results take on considerable significance in light of the widespread usage of dietary MSG and we suggest that MSG should have its safety profile re-examined and be potentially withdrawn from the food chain,” the report said.

I’m sure you’re asking: What foods contain MSG? Let us examine the answer. Many websites share comprehensive lists of MSG foods. Www.msgtruths.org has a small sampling for those of you who would like to avoid MSG foods. They suggest you not eat: Doritos; KFC, chicken and sausage products, ranch dressing, parmesan items, gravy, dipping sauces, and fries with any kind of seasoning on them except plain salt. Flavored salty snack chips, like Cheetos and items with cheese powder added.

Avoid parmesan encrusted soups, Caesar salad, fish sauce or extract, soy sauce, boars head, cold cuts and beef jerky (usually made with soy sauce) and anything that comes out of a can; the list is extremely long, folks.

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Look around and pay close attention to body sizes today. Then look in your yearbooks from the 1950’s, 1960’s and even 1970’s; young people were much smaller.

Organic foods are best, more expensive, but you only have one life. I’m worth it; are you? Far too many African Americans are unaware. This appears to be another form of enslavement; it is a way to kill us off quickly! More next week. WI Lyndia Grant is an author, inspirational and motivational speaker, radio talk show host and columnist; visit her new website at www.lyndiagrant.com, email lyndiagrant@gmail.com and, call 202-263-4621. Tune in Fridays at 6 p.m., to the radio talk show, 1340 AM, WYCB, a Radio One Station.

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RELIGION BAPTIST

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL

Pilgrim Baptist Church

Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

Pilgrim Baptist Church

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

Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor

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

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

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

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

Dr. Henry Y. White

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

Church School - 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m.

Tuesday – Thursday - Kingdom Building Bible Institute – 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m.

Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am Radio Broadcast WYCB -1340 AM-Sunday -6:00pm T.V. Broadcast - Channel 190 – Sunday -4:00pm/Tuesday 7:00am

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

2498 Alabama Ave., SE • Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 • www.acamec.org 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary”

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

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

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

2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m.

Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m.

Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.

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

“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

“God is Love”

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

Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m.

“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org

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

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661 Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

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

Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m.

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

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

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

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

ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us...

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

Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

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

Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.”

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

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

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

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

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

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

Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Bishop

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

Crusader Baptist Church

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

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

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

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Twelfth Street Christian Church

Campbell AME Church

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

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

Blessed Word of Life Church

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

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor

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

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

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

Church of Living Waters

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

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RELIGION BAPTIST

Shabbath Commandment Church 7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471 Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

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

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

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

Zion Baptist Church

All Nations Baptist Church

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

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

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

“Where Jesus is the King”

Israel Baptist Church

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

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

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

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting Wednesday - 12:00 Noon

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

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Dr. Diane Dixon Proctor, Pastor 1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 lpumconthegrow@gmail.com

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

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

www.lpumcdc.org Sunday worship 10: am Holy Communion first Sunday 10: am Sunday school 9: am Bible Study each Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: “A CHURCH ON THE GROW”.

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Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964

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Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org

St. Matthews Baptist Church

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

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

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

St. Luke Baptist Church

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor

Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor

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

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

Rehoboth Baptist Church

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Emmanuel Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

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

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor

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

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

Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m.

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

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

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

Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m.

Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

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

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Christ Embassy DC

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

Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor

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

Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor

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

Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator

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

New Members Class 9:30a.m.

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

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

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

Sunday Worship Service 10:00 A.M.

Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged.

The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

New Commandment Baptist Church

Peace Baptist Church

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

1864-2014

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

The Church Where GOD Is Working....

And We Are Working With GOD

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

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

Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m.

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

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

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

Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m.

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

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

150 Years of Service

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

Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion: 10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm

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

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

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

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Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 P.M. Friday Evening Service 7:00 P.M. ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com

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

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

Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

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

Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m.

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

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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015 ADM 544 Irma Walker Brown aka Irma W. Brown Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Eric Duwayne Brown, whose address is 1921 Ridge Place, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Irma Walker Brown aka Irma W. Brown, who died on January 26, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 21, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 21, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication: May 21, 2015 Eric Duwayne Brown Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

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Administration No. 2015 ADM 547

Administration No. 2015 ADM 574

Administration No. 2014 ADM 1165

Sheila Parker Myers Decedent

Ecolia Ingram Avent Decedent

Faye O. Kendall Campbell Decedent

Paule G. Leveadas, Esq. 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney

Lawrence B. Manley, Esq. 700 12th Street, NW, #700 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney

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

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Aaron Myers and Cynthia Shabazz-Spur, whose addresses are, 21717 Seneca Ayr Dr., Boyds, MD 20841 and 12107 Grandview Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20902 were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Sheila Parker Myers, who died on November 23, 2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 21, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 21, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Ruth A. Dockery and Lizzie I. Moody, whose address is 3127 Park Drive, SE, Washington, DC 20020, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Ecolia Ingram Avent, who died on February 4, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision.

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 28, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 28, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Vivian A. Miller, whose address is 1735 Red Oak Lane, Waldorf, MD 20601, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Faye O. Kendall Campbell, who died on April 30, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 28, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 28, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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Rosa Virginia Rivers Decedent

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Sabrina Smart, whose address is 148 35th St., NE Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Charli Luvenia Battle aka Lavinia Battle, who died on October 13, 2002 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 28, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 28, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Cynthia M. Scott, whose address is 45257 Coledorall Court, California, MD 20619, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Rosa Virginia Rivers, who died on May 16, 2008 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 28, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 28, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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Administration No. 2015 ADM 550 Grace I. Simon aka Grace Ingram Simon Decedent Robert L. Bell, Esquire 245 Farragut Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Rhonda C. Simon, whose address is 6913 18th Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20783, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Grace I. Simon aka Grace Ingram Simon, who died on April 3, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 28, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 28, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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Vima Rita Ingram Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Vanessa Ann Ingram, whose address is 1616 Hamlin Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Vima Rita Ingram, who died on August 31, 2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before December 4, 2015.

Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before December 4, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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LAMBERT from Page 22 age in the form of displacement.

We salute the mayor and the City Council for the many initiatives underway to ensure that those who have been part of the fabric of our city will also have an opportunity to be part of the redevelopment of our city.

Public, private, and corporate funders recognize that housing issues remain paramount in our city. Among other forms of assistance, long-term residents require financial bridges in order to transition from rental housing

to home ownership. Our community workshops show young people how to apply for a loan and to resolve credit issues.

In my conversations with community members who take advantage of our programs, gentrification comes out more than any other issue. Running a complex city like ours requires out-of-the-box thinking — and dreams, too. But big dreams aren’t always the right dreams.

When you dream, remember the classic fairy tale of Goldilocks trying out those chairs in the home of the Three Bears, and

try to find the one that fits just right.

Congratulations again on your victories, and we wish you Godspeed as you put those dreams into action. The Greater Washington Urban League stands ready to help make the District of Columbia the city of rightsize dreams.WI George H. Lambert Jr. is the president and CEO of the Greater Washington Urban League.

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MALVEAUX from Page 22 rican-American men being stopped more than five times as frequently as Caucasians, even though these frisks led to nothing more than the humiliation of black men, some simply coming off the subway or walking down the street. Hispanic men were stopped about three times as often as Caucasians. White men were stopped and frisked less frequently than others. Unconscious racism? Discretion? The law sanctions both.

Stop-and-frisk incidents increased dramatically with no concomitant increase in crime.

However, since New York Mayor Bill de Blasio took office, the number of stop and frisk incidents has dropped by almost three quarters, again with no

CURRY from Page 22 One legal site, findlaw.com, recommends that you: Tell police you are recording them, Comply with their requests to step back or identify yourself, Keep your camera out of the way (low and close to your body), and If need be, calmly remind them of your right to film them.

Another site, reasons.com, lists seven rules for recording police, including knowing your state’s law and passcode protecting your cellphone.

Given recent success, you can expect police unions around the nation to push for legislation that would bar citizens from videotaping such incidents involving police.

Even before the recent spree of police killing African-Americans, there was strong resistance. A woman in Rochester, New York, for example, was arrested and charged with obstructing governmental administration in 2011 after

increase in crime. It appears that whether stop-and-frisk occurrences are aggressive or gentle, the incidence of crime does not increase.

There are many occurrences where police can make discretionary decisions. First, they can decide whom to stop. Then, when they stop, they don’t have to arrest or frisk. A simple conversation that explains the reason for the stop will yield a more favorable outcome than wrestling someone to the ground, knee in his or her back, or handcuffing someone without explaining why.

Police resistance to the use of body cameras suggests these officers know that they are out of order in dealing with the public.

Once someone is arrested, the police have the right to charge

him or her with a minor crime or let the person go. Finally, prosecutors can decline to bring charges. All of these decisions can be minimized or maximized, based on discretion.

Justice is not blind when police officers use discretion to stop one segment of the population to harshly mistreat and let the other population slide. If police officers wonder why there is antipathy and distrust toward them in the African-American community, somebody needs to tell them that their use of discretion suggests that justice is hardly blind. WI

Julianne Malveaux is author and economist. She can be reached at www. juliannemalveaux.com.

videotaping three white police officers interrogating a black man from her front yard. Charges were later dropped against the woman, Emily Good, 28.

What would have happened to Officer Slager in South Carolina had there been no videotape?

In a word, nothing.

In fact, the officer had radioed, “Shots fired… Subject is down. He grabbed my Taser,” a charge not supported by the videotape. Instead, what we see in the video is Slager dropping the Taser near Scott’s motionless body. The cover-up was underway before Scott’s body could be moved to the morgue.

The local newspaper reported the next day: “A statement released by North Charleston police spokesman Spencer Pryor said a man ran on foot from the traffic stop and an officer deployed his department-issued Taser in an attempt to stop him.

“That did not work, police said, and an altercation ensued as the men struggled over the device. Police allege that during the struggle the man gained control of the Taser and

attempted to use it against the officer.

“The officer then resorted to his service weapon and shot him, police alleged.”

Of course, that was a lie.

According to the Washington Post, Victoria Middleton, executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina, said, “I think one of the concerns that immediately comes to mind is the discrepancy between the initial story, the kind of rush to judgment, the rush to say that procedures were followed and this was justified, and then when the video surfaced that quickly unraveled. That could raise concerns about other incidents in which we have been assured that nothing was out of order and the officer acted completely properly but there were no witnesses or video documentation to dispute that.”

And that’s why we must resist all efforts to prevent citizens from freely videotaping police while they are supposedly acting in a lawful manner.WI

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What that “aw shucks” pose tried to obscure was both the vile nature of the emails and that “back then” covered the years 2010 to 2012.

Who would expect officers with these attitudes to treat citizens of color fairly? Polls have long shown that Bback Americans don’t.

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Now, these same jingoistic minds, all over the country are braying on about their “right to bear arms” so they can walk the streets, go to movie theaters and even churches with their guns in open sight, as if they’re living in some wild, wild, west, cowboy towns. Furthermore, they are coupling their armed and dangerous mentality with openly expressed hatred first for the 11 million undocumented workers —mostly Latino — whom they lured here to do the stoop labor they didn’t want to do and Muslims.

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In my work, I believe it is essential to meet children where they are. And, as someone who is familiar with the many challenges of Ward 7 — from poverty and homelessness to unemployment and crime — I know from

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necessary and excessive use of deadly force and lethal force, of retaliatory beatings and the unnecessary use of Tasers, batons and chemical sprays, of the mistreatment of people who are mentally ill, of the use of poor tactics in dangerous situations that put officers and innocent civilians at risk, and of a lack of proper training and supervision of its officers.

The findings largely repeat those of a Justice Department investigation done a decade ago during the Bush administration that let Cleveland officials off the hook with a voluntary pledge to change departmental practices.

The new agreement requires specific measures to correct the deficiencies. Most important, it mandates the creation of a 13-member community police commission to oversee the reform effort. That body will have 10 members representing a cross-section of the Cleveland community and one member each

from the Cleveland Patrolmen’s Association, the Fraternal Order of Police, and the Black Shield Police Association.

Of course, the commission has much contentious work ahead of it in trying to solve the problems of the Cleveland police force. But the Justice Department’s involvement in forging the agreement and that of other communities bedeviled by egregiously racist police practices underscore the fact that reforming bad police departments requires the combination of federal government oversight, local government oversight and community oversight.

That requires that the right people be in charge of the Justice Department – which means having the right people in charge of the White House – if there’s to be any chance of solving the nation’s true crime problem: a criminal justice system built substantially on injustice, particularly racial injustice. WI

tion of Islamaphobia and (the) gun culture,” according to Imraan Siddiqi, president of the Council on American Islamic Relations Phoenix chapter. In Phoenix recently 250 armed, open haters of Muslims — wearing T-shirts which read “F--- Islam” — descended on a mosque, as if to provoke a gun fight with the Muslims-Americans they hate.

This country had no business going into any of the dozens of countries it’s invaded in the last 40 years, creating with each invasion, with each bombing, with each Abu Ghraib Prison scandal, with each drone missile strike killing civilians, more and more enemies.

At the same time, they are making people inside the country loathe America. With each Ferguson, Baltimore, Staten Island, and Cleveland murder of unarmed, innocent black people, racial scars

are growing more and more fibrous each and every day.

Instead of realizing that one day Americans might need their 11 million Latino neighbors to help defend this country, instead of declaring something like “al-Qaeda never called me illegal,” instead of deluding themselves thinking that black Christians who see the injustice heaped on them every day will join their Caucasian tormentors to march against some of their own family members who have become Muslims, white Americans are forgetting what the Holy Bible they say should be the law of the land says: “If a house be divided against itself , that house cannot stand. For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister.” Mark 3:25, 35. WI

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