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America: A Nation Still ‘Separate and Unequal’

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In a democracy, voters alone decide who can best speak to their needs and produce results for them, said D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. And although she came to Congress as a civil rights leader and her fight for D.C. statehood is legendary, Norton will have to overcome perhaps the biggest challenge to her seat. She’ll face off in the June 19 primary against Kim R. Ford, who served in the Obama’s administration and helped lead the implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — a vehicle that distributed more than $350 billion in recovery funds to jumpstart the economy.

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Kerner Commission’s Warning Confirmed: U.S. Marred by Divided Society By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir

5 The University of the District of Columbia hosts Advocates for History’s Black History Great Trailblazer program at the UDC Theater of the Arts in Northwest on Monday, Feb. 26. During singing of the Negro National Anthem, just a few of the characters pictured, Laurence Jones - portrayed by Elijah Barringtine, Fannie Lou Hamer – portrayed by Jourdyn Perkins, and Florence Griffith Joyner – portrayed by Laniyah Robinson, walk through time to take the audience on a journey acknowledging their accomplishments in Black history. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

College Student Among Democrats Seeking to Unseat Muriel Bowser

In 1967, as riots raged across the U.S., President Lyndon B. Johnson assembled an erstwhile group of political leaders and policymakers and asked them to examine the multiple effects of segregation and to then provide recommendations on ways to effectively reduce racial and ethnic inequality – barriers to equality that threatened to unhinge the very core of America’s democratic foundation. And on Tuesday, Feb. 27, hundreds gathered at George Washington University in Northwest to dis-

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Gray Also ‘Weighing’ Run for D.C. Mayor By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

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In the spring of 2014, D.C.’s mayoral race heated up. However, it wasn’t the voters stoking the flames, but none other than sitting U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen, who fired a proverbial cannon into the race. Machen told the world that then-Mayor Vincent Gray was about to be indicted. Gray had led most polls and was expected by

many to defeat his challengers, including Muriel Bowser, though she had been gaining on the incumbent even before Machen’s interference. In December 2015, long after the damage was done and Bowser was in office, new U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips announced finally that there would be no indictment of Gray, who would eventually return to District politics and unseat

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We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor Act of Civil Disobedience Supporting domestic Immigrants Leads tochildren Multipleabout Arrests Melanie Campbell, president and CEO the National Coalition violence. I plan to oftake these on Black Civic Participation and convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable, joined a number of other Black civil rights leaders retosubsequently Congress cently as they policies protested and were arrested inand front of the office of speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as they protested to demand Dream Act,our a permaimplore them to“a clean change nent solution for Temporary Protected status and Deferred Enforced Departure laws. and protecting the Diversity Programuntil that is more I will notVisastop inclusive of Black immigrants.” Other leaders arrested with Campbell included: Jonathan Jayes-Green, UndocuBlack, Tamika Mallory, these policies areNational passed. Women’s March, Minister Kirsten John Foy, Action Net-

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Sterling Family Settles Wrongful Death Suit as Officer Fights for Job By Tatyana Hopkins WI Staff Reporter The District reached a $3.5 million settlement with the family of Terrence Sterling, an unarmed Black motorcyclist who was fatally shot by a D.C. police officer in 2016 during an attempted arrest for reckless driving. Meanwhile, the officer who fired the fatal shots continues to fight for his job. Officer Brian Trainer, 28, who has been on paid administrative leave since the incident, will appear before the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) disciplinary review board in April to challenge an internal review board’s recommendation that he be fired after finding the shooting to be unjustified. Both the department and mayor called for his resignation. “The relationship between our officers and the community they serve is built on trust. That trust exists when we hold everyone accountable,” Mayor

Muriel Bowser said in an August statement when the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced no criminal charges would be bought against Trainer. “I do not believe there can be real accountability if the officer remains on the force,” Bowser said. In December 2016, Sterling’s family filed a $50 million lawsuit against the city. District officials said the settlement reached with the family is the city’s highest payout for a fatal police shooting. In December, an MPD internal review board found the shooting of Sterling, 31, to be unjustified, ruling that Trainer was not in danger when he fired at Sterling and should not have pulled his gun. On the morning of the Sept. 11, 2016, incident, officers received a call at about 4:20 a.m. about a motorcycle driving erratically through Adams Morgan, running red lights and traveling at speeds over 100 mph. Trainer and his partner, Officer Jordan Palmer, began track-

ing Sterling though two ranking officers had ordered police not to pursue him. Eventually, the two officers pulled their police cruiser into an intersection ahead of the motorcycle, which had stopped at a red light at Third and M streets in Northwest. As Trainer got out of the passenger side of the car, Sterling rode forward and struck the police car door, after which Trainer fired two shots, hitting Sterling in the neck and back. Trainer said Sterling intentionally rammed the cruiser and that he feared for his life when the bike came toward him, but witnesses disputed the officer, saying the crash was unavoidable and that Sterling appeared to attempt going around the car. Trainer failed to turn on his uniform’s body-camera before the shooting. The U.S. Attorney’s Office determined that Trainer would not face criminal charges due to lack of evidence to prove that Trainer violated Sterling’s civil rights by using excessive force, that he had criminal intent or

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was not acting in self-defense. But the police department’s internal review board determined that Trainer should not have shot Sterling, as he was not defending himself or the lives of others, and recommended he be fired. Trainer filed an objection to the board’s decision to terminate. A public hearing is scheduled for April 11. Some plan to protest the

hearing. “The power elites of our city should not think this payment of blood money will quiet us or appease,” said local activist Diana Onley-Campbell in a Facebook post addressing the settlement. “Let’s remind the man who murdered our beloved Terrence that we refuse to [allow] him to continue living off the back of city residents.” WI

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Charles Fuller, best known for his Pulitzer-winning play “A Soldier’s Play,” is born in Philadelphia. 1985 – The U.S. Postal Service issues the eighth stamp in its Black Heritage series, honoring Mary McLeod Bethune.

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The new law will not stop the next murder. The next shooter already has his gun and shooters with him all lock and loaded. … Liberals are emotional … lack of common sense.

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I’ve been around guns for a long time and I know what damage they can do. From being in the military and fighting for this country in two wars, Korea and Desert Storm, I have seen the damage an assault rifle can do. This type of weapon should not be put on sale for public use. It is not a play toy — it is used in wars, not for a game. As I’ve said before, all of these people who love these weapons should be required to go to the scene of a mass shooting and see the bodies of the people that were killed and wounded by a gunman with this type of weapon. My grandson asked me why did I need a gun like that. Because it scared him, I got rid of them. I’m just saying, think about it.

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During my first year of graduate studies at the Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, we were confronted with a completely foreign concept that both challenged and confounded our traditional constructions of God. Many Black theologians, feminists and womanists whose works had recently been included in the canon of required reading, from James Cone and William R. Jones to Octavia Spencer and Audre Lorde, had started to question long-held Western notions of Christianity which had moved white supremacy, patriarchy and the privileges their exclusive members enjoyed into the realm of the divine. They refused to accept that Jesus, considered the human embodiment of God, could be a white male, given his confirmed geographical roots on the African continent – an area which now encompasses what is referred to as the Middle East or somewhere close to the Middle East in proximity. Further, they asserted that since their brown-skinned Jesus, deemed to be the son of God according to Christian tradition, had been born of a woman, that his mother had

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to have been a woman of color. But then they unleashed the real bombshell: the idea that God might be a Black female deity, therefore recasting the Creator as a Black woman. They wanted to know why God had to be a wise old, bearded white male – an image that had been instrumental in many societies’ success in maintaining the status quo which reflected racial inequality and sexism with white males ruling supreme. Their revolutionary characterization of Black women as God or godlike may have been uncomfortable for those of us who came from the Black Church: Methodists, Pentecostals or Baptists. But for our white counterparts, particularly those who had been raised in and shaped by more fundamental doctrines and beliefs, the very notion of God as a woman, not to mention a Black woman, bordered on blasphemy. Soon after and early one Sunday morning, I joined five of my classmates and traveled to a nearby Baptist church where we had been invited to lead their worship service. This church, or so we’d been told, was one that embraced newer, more inclusive ways of praising God – even allowing women to assist in various pulpit functions. When prayer time approached, one of my male classmates stood, cleared his throat and began – booming out the phrase, “Mother, Father God.” It was painful to watch the shocked expressions on the faces of the congregants – frowns and scowls numbered the majority. Undiscern-

ible but punctuated words began to flow throughout the church which clearly let us know that “Mother God,” that is, God as a woman, had not gained acceptance within their community faith. Suddenly, the crescendo of dissatisfaction stopped, replaced by a deafening silence. As my Daddy used to say, employing one of his favorite rural Alabama witticisms, “You could have heard a mouse piss on cotton.” Black women, according to a recent report by the Center for American Progress, are more likely to be the sole bread winner in their families, face higher rates of unemployment, domestic violence, low wages and incarceration. They also rank among the lowest in terms of representation in government at all levels. Still, they carry on, they persevere, they “make a way out of no way,” because they must. Because their families and their communities need and depend on them. Given such an arduous existence, maybe it’s not as much of a stretch as some believe, that God, that is the spirit that guides, loves, rocks us in its bosom, walks with us to wipe our tears and then carries us when we can no longer go on, is a woman – or more like a woman. As for me, based on the women in my life and my relationships with them – my mother and “adopted” mothers, my sister, aunts, godmothers and in today’s vernacular, “friendgirls,” God may very well be a woman – a Black woman, of course! Shalom and Aché. WI

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D.C. Job Fair Aims to Educate Blacks on Civic Services By Ra-Jah Kelly WI Contributing Writer D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has put her administration’s focus back on community with the launch of the city government’s “Fair Shot Toolkit” program, designed to help African-American Washingtonians interact with critical government services. Though in the works for some time, the program was officially launched Saturday, Feb. 24 with the “African American Job + Prosperity Fair” held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The program, anchored by the “Fair Shot” document, features a series of programs that constituents felt were underutilized. Highlighted services included employment opportunities, small-business creation and senior services. In a letter to the community launching the initiative, Bowser said her goal is to address the inequity African Americans have felt despite the District’s economic boom. Rahman Branch, director of the Mayor’s Office on African

American Affairs, said the office’s Commission on African American Affairs had a meeting with the mayor where they were informed of a host of resources they were previously unaware of. “From that, the mayor charged the commision and the office with creating a toolkit that will really highlight all the different avenues and opportunities that exist so that African Americans can get their hands on something — like a directory they can work through to really access some of the things that we know other folks in the District are using around homeownership, around financial wellness, around health and wellness, around education — and make it in a palatable application,” Branch said. Branch said the jobs fair was a natural complement to the “living document” that is the toolkit. “We are presenting opportunities to folks that are live and in color and that you can access in real time,” he said. In addition to job opportunities, the six-hour fair featured small-business owners, craftsman and makers.

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AROUND THE REGION NORTON from Page 1 “D.C voters have always demanded evidence based on a candidate’s record. Our voters have seen me achieve unique milestones without a vote,” said Norton, who is now in her 14th term and is the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. The Democrat also serves on the committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Norton noted some examples of her bills, including the development of the Southeast Waterfront, the Southwest Waterfront, the old Walter Reed Hospital campus, NOMA and the Department of Homeland Security, bringing federal agencies for the first time to Ward 8 on the St. Elizabeths campus. Ford also has deep ties to the city, having led the neighborhood revitalization work for the Department of Homeland Security’s headquarters at St. Elizabeths. “I decided to run for Congress because I believe we can re-envision the delegate’s office and bring more outcomes to the residents of the District of Columbia,” said Ford, who currently serves as director of college readiness and outreach for the Community College of the District of Columbia. Ford earned a master’s degree in public administration in 2008. “I think people have given up on this office, and I think that’s a shame,” she said. “We are nearly 700,000 Americans who have had no voice in our government and when people don’t believe they have a voice, they don’t speak up for their rights. We need to make progress on the road to statehood and that happens at the federal level.” Statehood has been Norton’s focus for years. “I work on D.C. statehood every day as if I could achieve it tomorrow, even though anti-D.C. statehood Republicans are in charge of all government branches,” Norton said. “I have set and met my goal of increasing co-sponsors each session of Congress, and we’ve already more than met this goal for this Congress. Events break unpredictability in Congress, and we must be ready to move with events. We are well beyond a super majority of House Democratic co-sponsors, and I believe we can get virtually every Democrat to sign on.” Both candidates agree that this year’s election is critical for Democrats and the country as a whole. It should be noted that there are no Republican challengers for the seat.

5 D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton /Photo courtesy of dc.gov

5 Kim R. Ford is challenging D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton in the June primary. /Courtesy photo

“I still see opportunity and possibility, and I think the next Congress will be full of new faces who are motivated to bring real change, not just to America, but to Congress itself,” Ford said. “We’re seeing a whole new breed of candidate this year, whether they were motivated by their disgust of President Donald Trump or by the ‘Me Too’ movement or by this optimistic belief that we can be better. “I want to be a part of that,” she said. “I see the possibilities. I see the opportunity to try new approaches and build new relationships that will get new results for the District of Columbia. I see an opportunity to introduce Congress to the real DC: its people, its business, its neighborhoods and its history.” The election is more important to D.C. residents than any since 2006, the last time Democrats took control of the House, Norton said. “Democrats could achieve control of the House and even the Senate in 2018,” Norton said. “Change in either House, combined with my seniority and the many allies I have worked with in both chambers, would escalate my influence, and the District’s. With Trump in the White House, D.C needs a steady and respected hand in Congress who can keep this erratic and unpredictable president out of D.C’s way. “I know Trump and worked him and especially his daughter, Ivanka Trump, after the Trump family won the GSA competition to build the Trump Hotel during the Obama administration, well before there was any indication that Trump would run for president,” she said. “So far, Trump hasn’t hurt D.C any more than the harm he has done to the rest of the country, except for recent cuts which have already been nullified by the McConnell-Schumer bipartisan budget deal.” Both Norton and Ford offered passionate pleas as to whom voters should choose. “As a native Washingtonian and longtime public servant at both

the federal and local levels, I am uniquely positioned to effectively govern in this position,” Ford said. “We have to dispel the myth that the delegate’s role is largely ceremonial, stop talking in terms of restrictions and limitations, and start talking about opportunities and possibilities. “I don’t see the position for what it can’t do, I see what it could be — a position that gives voice to our nearly 700,000 residents, that opens pathways for residents and businesses in public service, that reverses federal control of our judicial matters, that solves regional issues and that does so all while being incredibly visible in the community,” she said. Norton said she’s grateful to the many residents she sees in the streets who thank her for her work in Congress, commendation that’s often followed by a statement that she should keep it up and stay in office. “I wonder what D.C residents who would say if for no good reason, I quit at the height of my seniority and success in the House, when I am in line to become a committee chair, when I am gifted with tremendously good health, and when I continue to bring home benefits, even with Republicans in control as they have been for the lion’s share of my service,” Norton said. “In only one year of an all-Republican government, the country has seen so many scandals and so much turmoil that I believe most Americans will want to get off the Trump roller coaster, which has had the GOP Congress riding along. “While taking back both Houses is in sight, achieving Democratic control of either house would be a major step forward in changing the present course,” she said. “Democratic control would stop the Republican Congress from taking down even more Obama reform regulations and laws and would save me from fighting in both houses at once to preserve D.C legislation from being overturned.” WI

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plans to boost mass transit in the Baltimore region, especially after Hogan killed the Red Line project two years ago. All the candidates received a question on how would they improve relationships between the community and the Baltimore Police Department. Ross said Baltimore would be safer in 10 years if the city spent money on 1,000 new teachers and teachers instead of 1,000 police officers. Baker and Kamenentz, who lead efforts to revamp the departments in their respective counties, said a police force must reflect the diversity of a community. Madaleno criticized Hogan for cutting money for more library

hours and affording housing, but increasing funding to detain inmates. Jealous, who has expressed similar thoughts, also pushed for expanding Baltimore’s Safe Streets programs managed by the city’s health department. Shea praised his running mate, Baltimore City Councilman Brandon Scott, for helping implement programs and building trust with police officers as chair of council’s public safety committee. Vignarajah said the state must end mass incarceration and schoolto-prison pipeline and focus more on mental health services. Former candidate Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, who dropped out of the race in January, ended

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BALTIMORE — Although each Democratic gubernatorial candidate wants to win the June 26 primary, all said they will support the winner for one main reason: unseating Republican Gov. Larry Hogan. That central theme resonated among the hundreds in attendance Saturday inside the Baltimore War Memorial during a candidates’ forum co-sponsored by the United 4 Maryland political action committee and the Greater Baltimore Grassroots Coalition. “We want a strong, Democratic candidate who must have the capacity to defeat Hogan and the ability to lead our state forward,” said Betsy Halsey, president of United 4 Maryland. “It’s going to take even harder work to defeat Hogan, but together we will do it.” A Goucher College poll released

Thursday showed Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III leading among the eight Democratic candidates, but 47 percent of voters are still undecided. The other seven candidates are: former NAACP President Ben Jealous; Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz; state Sen. Richard Madaleno Jr. of Montgomery County; tech entrepreneur Alec Ross; Baltimore attorney Jim Shea; Krish Vignarajah, former policy director for first lady Michelle Obama; and educator Ralph Jaffe of Baltimore County. All the candidates except Jaffe appeared on stage Saturday, answering a variety of questions and criticizing Hogan’s policies on education, economic development and health care. The format allowed three candidates at a time respond to a question read by the moderator. For instance, Vignarajah, Ross and Madaleno were asked about their

African Organizations Grill Prince George’s Executive Candidates By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill An authentic African cultural center in Prince George’s County would be helpful in highlighting the continent’s history. And with thousands of Africans in the county, an African judge should be appointed to the county court. Those running in the Democratic primary for county executive received these and other suggestions Friday, Feb. 23 at a forum at The Redeemed Christian of God Victory Temple in Bowie. The discussion, organized by the United People for African Congress (UPAC) and featuring four of the five registered candidates, focused on how the person elected plans to help the African community. Sade Oshinubi, a lawyer from

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Fort Washington who chairs UPAC and is a candidate for delegate in legislative District 26, said an estimated 4,000 of the 6,000 members from various African organizations with UPAC reside in the D.C. area. “Africans have a voice in the community,” said Sylvester Okere, president of UPAC and of Nigerian descent. “The prosperity of Prince George’s County is our prosperity. In Prince George’s County, 25 percent of African immigrants are here. Our vote is important.” The candidates in attendance included former Rep. Donna Edwards, state Sen. C. Anthony Muse, Paul Monteiro, a former official with the Obama administration, and Lewis S. Johnson of Forestville, a retiree of the U.S. Government Printing Office on Capitol Hill. The other invited candidate, Prince George’s County State’s At-

torney Angela Alsobrooks, skipped the event to celebrate her birthday, but had campaign staff in attendance. According to the Maryland Board of Elections website, Michael E. Kennedy of Upper Marlboro filed for county executive Feb. 5. The term for Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III, who is running for governor, expires this year. The eventual county executive winner in the June 26 primary would more than likely win the November general election because Democrats outnumber Republicans in the county by more than 10 to 1. Muse and Edwards are experienced lawmakers with deep county networks, while Monteiro and Johnson are novices to local politics. “I wish I had experience like my

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colleagues here,” Johnson said to a few rounds of laughter to the more than 100 people in the audience. “I’m running because God inspired me.” As for the forum, the candidates agreed Africans should be respected and receive representation in the county, especially since “there is a little bit of Africa in everyone,” Muse said. Muse, Edwards and Monteiro criticized the current county government structure that provides favors for big businesses headquartered outside Prince George’s, versus small businesses such as those ran by Africans. “This place is run like somebody’s club,” Monteiro said. Other questions came up such as vocation and career-readiness programs, school construction and

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the forum with a fiery 17-minute speech ripping the incumbent. Cummings, wife of Rep. Elijah Cummings, read a few statistics from another recent Goucher poll about Hogan, including a 61 percent approval rating that is virtually unchanged from a Goucher poll in September. The recent poll also states about 46 percent view him as a moderate, compared to 29 percent who say he’s conservative and 17 percent who don’t know. “Anybody who makes the argument that they’re OK with Larry Hogan and that he isn’t so bad has a very low standard for what our government could and should be,” Rockeymoore Cummings said. “I want you to confront anybody who [says that].” Hogan has about $9 million cash on hand, more than four times the amount of Kamenetz, the top Democratic fundraiser. United 4 Maryland, a group with about 30 grass-roots organizations, activists and community leaders, has at least three more gubernatorial forums scheduled. The dates listed on its website include April 24 at the Silver Spring Civic Center in Montgomery County and May 10 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. WI

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Edwards: End ‘Unethical’ Campaign Funding of County School Board By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Donna Edwards already has her sights set on cleaning up the Prince George’s County school board in her bid for county executive. If elected later this year, the former U.S. congresswoman said she would ban the school system CEO and top-ranking school officials from donating campaign contributions to board members. “Our education leaders are bold enough to put up political contributions that can influence their hiring and contracting decisions,” Edwards said Thursday, Feb. 22 at a press conference outside the school administration building in Upper Marlboro. “It may not be illegal, but it is unethical.” Edwards’ comments were triggered by revelations that two school board members, Carolyn Boston and Sonya Williams, received such donations for their election campaigns. According to finance reports, schools system CEO Kevin Maxwell donated $500 to Boston, the school board vice president who served on a committee to evaluate Maxwell’s performance. Boston, who couldn’t be reached for comment, eventually returned the money. Williams received $3,000 from Delegate Dereck Davis (D-District 25) of Mitchellville, accord-

ing to campaign documents. The money from Davis, who is married to schools Deputy Superintendent Monique Whittington Davis, came from his terminated campaign from Congress two years ago, campaign records show. “I’ve known [Davis] forever,” said Williams, a civil engineer who has served on the board since 2014. “It is not unethical or illegal for any politician to support another politician’s campaign. My goal on the school board is for us to be great by choice.” Although the Maryland Ethics Commission monitors and approves regulations based on the legislature, state law allows school boards to manage its own ethic rules and committees. Michael Lord, executive director of the state’s Ethics Commission, said Prince George’s received approval for its ethics regulations at least three years ago. He said any school complaints, however, are handled by the county, not the commission. “It is all done on the local level,” Lord said. The donations to Boston and Williams surfaced after two parents, Keisha Chase and Yolanda Rogers, wrote a letter last week to alert the state’s ethics commission. “The culture of pay-to-play, kickbacks, you-scratch-my-backand-I’ll-scratch-yours must end if we are ever going to provide a quality education for our children,” the letter said.

Chase and Rogers have children who attend DuVal High School in Lanham. Parents received letters from Maxwell last month informing them several staff members had been removed for violation of grading and graduation procedures. The parents now plan to bring their concerns about the campaign contributions to the state Board of Education and Republican Gov. Larry Hogan. During the press conference in Upper Marlboro, Edwards stood alongside Bob Ross, president of the county’s NAACP chapter, and Phyllis Wright, a parent who criticized school officials last year about mold problems at District Heights Elementary. Wright had a message for Maxwell and those who support him. “The CEO must go. Why does he still have a job when all of this stuff is going on?” said a tearful Wright. “[Prince George’s County Executive] Rushern Baker is going be held accountable. I know he’s running for [governor]. He won’t get my vote … because of what’s going on in this school system.” Williams said Maxwell’s reappointment last year brings stability to the system. It marked the first time a superintendent would serve a second consecutive term in 25 years. The successes of the past few years that Williams outlined include arts integration, reading and math specialists to work with

5 Donna Edwards, candidate for Prince George’s County executive, speaks during a Feb. 22 press conference outside the school administration building in Upper Marlboro as Phyllis Wright (right), parent of two county students, and Bob Ross, president of the county’s NAACP chapter, look on. /Photo by William J. Ford

teachers and bimonthly job fairs to train and hire more bus drivers. “If you show success, then you will build success,” she said. “Staying focused on the problem

doesn’t help. We all need to come together. We need to take the politics out of the school system.” Maxwell couldn’t be reached for comment. WI

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legislation that would make it mandatory for the state to use casino-generated funds for special education, transportation and students with limited English proficiency. A hearing on the legislation will take place March 7. Edwards disputed some officials’ claim that the county has a low crime rate, particularly since the county ranks number one in the state in domestic violence. “Some people who live in some communities know full well that we have a crime problem,” she said. “We have to be honest about that. If you’re not, then you can’t address the problem.” WI

immigration. The candidates also offered suggestions to improve countywide public safety and security in the schools. Besides bringing “God back in the schools,” Johnson said he would seek to hire retired police officers for $10 to $12 an hour as security guards. Monteiro said he isn’t fond of metal detectors in school buildings, but students could wear clear backpacks and the county institute more collaboration with neighboring jurisdictions. Muse mentioned his proposed

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STUDENTS PROTEST IN WAKE OF FLORIDA MASSACRE

In support of stricter gun control, hundreds of students from several Montgomery County high schools walked out of class and marched toward the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 21. Rallying for stronger gun control laws in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Florida, the students took the Metro to Union Station, where they marched to Capitol Hill. In response to the protests, Montgomery County Public School Superintendent Jack Smith released a letter to the public stating that though he supported stu-

dents who spoke their minds, he cautioned against walkouts. “MCPS strongly supports students who engage in the civic process and share thoughts on the issues they are passionate about,” he wrote. “[However], leaving school property poses a significant safety risk. MCPS does not have the staff or resources to ensure students are safe during the school day when they are not on a school campus.” Officials said that students who left school buildings would have unexcused absences.

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A child care center is set to replace the former Silver Spring Library on Colesville Road.

5 Hundreds of Montgomery County students march to Capitol Hill for stricter gun control laws. /Courtesy of WTOP.com

County officials voted to select the Martha B. Gudelsky Child Development Center proposal, which would create a facility to serve about 150 children from birth to age 5 and employ about 50 people in part-time and fulltime positions. In the proposal, the existing library building would be preserved and renovated. Regional child care operator CentroNía plans to run the dayto-day operations at the center, which will reportedly be built with funds from the Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Foun-

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dation Inc. The Gudelsky Foundation will receive access to the former library site after the move to begin developing the child care center and expects to open it sometime in late 2020. The proposal was selected over another by nonprofit affordable housing developer Victory Housing of North 5 County schools will operate on a $2.59 billion Bethesda. Silver Spring’s budget in the coming fiscal year. /Courtesy of news. new library is lo- montgomeryschools.org cated at 900 Wayne Ave. to the previous year’s budget. The budget also includes an inCOUNTY OK’S $2.59B crease for new programs focused on creating community partnerSCHOOL BUDGET The Montgomery County ships, opening more access to School Board on Monday adopt- literacy and math initiatives and ed a $2.59 billion budget for staff adding computer coding as an restructuring, money for hiring elective course. Superintendent Jack Smith new school counselors and psychologists and extended-year crafted the budget to expand career learning opportunities and programming at certain schools. The vote was unanimous for the dual-language programs in the fiscal 2019 proposal and increases school system, Bethesda magaspending by 2.9 percent compared zine reported. WI

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SECOND OF A TWO-PART SERIES Juanita Britton traipses through Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, exchanging greetings with shop managers, kiosk employees, TSA workers and travelers. In the truest sense of the word, Britton, known to Washingtonians as Busy Bee (BZB), has become an ambassador of sorts at each of the region’s three airports, operating 21 businesses — including five restaurants — and employing hundreds of local young people in the process. According to Deven Judd, director of customer and concessions development for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, the commitment to long-term investment in cultural awareness extends beyond Black History and Women’s History Month at the airports, and offers travelers, especially those from outside of the U.S. or areas with few African-Americans, a few shining examples of Black culture. And like a modern-day Clara Barton or Annie Malone, Britton has meticulously invested profits from a single business into several money-making ventures, all the while cultivating a well-spring of potential clients, partners and employees. As a partner and senior vice president of Paradies-BZB, DC, LLC, the company that operates Brooks Brothers, Heritage Booksellers, SPANX, Washington Pour Bar, Brighton and a host of other businesses in WMAA, Britton is the “it girl” of the airport business hubs. “I’m a southeast D.C. girl who has spent 20 years working within a tight-knit community of businesses,” she said. “I formed a collective and have insisted that all members work together because the biggest part of getting wealthy, is no doubt making money, but also, to bring the community along with me and that’s what I do.” Gaining wealth, particularly

within the closed ranks of an airport economy that Judd said has a $23 billion annual impact on the D.C.-area, marks no small feat. But Britton said that with keen business acumen and being in the right place at the right time, opportunities arose to place her footing. “Opportunities at the airport, not for the faint,” she said. “I happened to be a partner with a conglomerate. It’s not a business where you can open a store and if the money gets tight, you can finesse through it. You cannot tell vendors and employees that you will pay them next week. The reward comes in being able to employ people from my community and worldwide.” Britton employs over 14 nationalities and works tirelessly — on site at some locations as early as 5 a.m. — to assist with managers and assess business margins. “I strive to do training for young people in my community within retail, as it is a career you can have while in school, between school, or even as a full-time career,” she said. “There are a lot of kids who need that type of career counseling and from the day they get employed, they know me,” Britton said, stressing that it remains important for her to know her young employees and for them to know her. Nivlem Dickens, general manager at the Washingtonian retailer at Reagan National, told The Informer that rising up through the ranks of Paradies afforded her an opportunity to learn from different cultures and

experience a type of diversity within training that lends itself to a model of respect alongside profits. “I love working for Juanita, I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world and it’s been more than 15 years,” Dickens said. “It’s not just the people I work with and the travelers who come through the terminals that make the job worthwhile, it is also that we strive to ensure each of our customers has an enjoyable experience and that is the type of example set by Juanita that we’ve been happy to follow.” That model, pinned as one of the most successful in the industry by Paradies, caught the attention of Cassie Nelson, Paradies Lagardere Travel Retailers vice president of food and beverage operations, who was on hand at Reagan National on Feb. 27 along with French investors to meet with Britton. “We traveled here to showcase this great operation,” Nelson said. “We wanted to understand the challenges and opportunities in this platform because there are different challenges and opportunities in every platform that we operate. DCA is one of the larger platforms that we manage in and we wanted our partners from Paris to see that. “The environment in airports has changed drastically in the last 10 years — there are more local brands that are being brought into the airport that you would normally see on the streets of that city,” Nelson said. “Local businesses are able to broaden their brand awareness and what develops are great mixes of local businesses with national brands as anchors in the same space. It is a great opportunity for minorities to come in and make a contribution to their community and to personally grow and flourish financially.” That mission has served Britton, her employees, partners and customers well. “Building up young people as managers or going on to have their own stores, working with them to get a kiosk or to whet their palettes for entrepreneurship, is a must,” Britton said. “I want to activate that in them. My first airport store was Brooks Brothers at National in 2001. I was good with one and then to six and

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different opportunities came. I kept the credit right, saved money, stayed in the know — information is power — and I stayed in the loop with information. That’s how we win.” Britton serves as annual host and facilitator for the BZB Holiday Gift & Art Show, where African- and African-American-themed items are sold for the holidays. Additionally, she manages BZB International Tours, an educational and recre-

ational travel service, and Up, Up and Away, a program that educates young people by exposing them to golf, aviation and airport retail industries. This is done in conjunction with her parent company, BZB International, Inc., which coordinates special events and works with small businesses on retail development, marketing and strengthening consumer and community relations. WI

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NATIONAL Racism Looms over Wealth Gap in U.S., Report Says WI Staff Report The wealth gap between Black and whites families in America is inextricably linked to America’s history of structural racism, according to a new report from the District-based Center for American Progress. The report concludes that the gap is deepening and recommends targeted policies that are necessary to ensure African-American families can build wealth similarly to white

families in America. The Center for American Progress found that even when African Americans pursue higher education, purchase a home, or get a good job, they still lag behind their white counterparts. The report, “Systematic Inequality: How America’s Structural Racism Helped Create the Black-White Wealth Gap,” details the key factors that contribute to the vicious cycle of persistent wealth inequality,

including structural obstacles such as employment discrimination, housing discrimination and segregation, less access to critical savings vehicles, and costlier debt. These factors result in African Americans having fewer opportunities to obtain and build wealth over time. Among the disturbing figures compiled by the CAP: • African Americans have about a tenth of the wealth of white Americans. In 2016, the median wealth for non-retired Black households 25 years old and older was less than one-tenth that of similarly situated white households — or $13,460 compared with $142,180. • The black-white wealth gap has not recovered from the Great Recession. In 2007, immediately before the Great Recession, African Americans’ median wealth was almost 14 percent that of whites. Although African-American wealth grew at a faster rate than white wealth in 2016, African Americans still owned less than 10 percent of whites’ wealth at

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the median. • College educated African Americans have less wealth than non-college educated white Americans. For instance, the median wealth for African-American households with a college degree equaled about 70 percent of the median wealth of white households without a college degree. • As households grow older, whites pull farther away from their African-American counterparts. In 2016, African Americans near retirement — between the ages of 50 and 65 years — had only about 10 percent of the wealth of whites in the same age group. This is

down from about 24 percent when the same groups of people were between the ages of 32 and 47 years in 1998. • African Americans are less likely to be homeowners, to own their own business, and to have a retirement account than whites. And in 2016, the most recent data available, when African Americans owned such assets, they were worth significantly less than assets owned by whites. For example, 41 percent of African Americans were homeowners in 2016, compared with nearly 72 percent of whites, and African Americans

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Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s DACA Appeal By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the Trump’s administration’s challenge of a federal judge’s decision requiring the government to continue its Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — a decision that, at least temporarily, protects from deportation as many as 700,000 immigrants brought into the United States illegally by their parents. “It is assumed the court of appeals will act expeditiously to decide this case,” the court wrote in its decision Monday. Trump has called for an end to the Obama-era program and had given Congress six months to make legislative changes to fix it. That deadline of March 5 is now meaningless because the court said the government must continue to accept the applications indefinitely. “The DACA program — which provides work permits and myriad

government benefits to illegal immigrants en masse — is clearly unlawful,” The White House said in a statement following Monday’s decision. “The district judge’s decision to unilaterally re-impose a program that Congress had explicitly and repeatedly rejected is a usurpation of legislative authority. The fact that this occurs at a time when elected representatives in Congress are actively debating this policy only underscores that the district judge has unwisely intervened in the legislative process.” DACA participants and advocates said they will remain vigilant. “It is our moral duty to oppose any form of deal that makes a target out of a majority of our family members and is essentially an attack on communities of color.” said Karla Rojas, a 23-year-old DACA participant. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, one of the 17 attorneys general who challenged Trump’s decision to end DACA, called the ruling a “win” but said a permanent solution is still needed. WI

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INTERNATIONAL Compiled by Lauren Poteat / WI Contributing Writer

Ramaphosa Succeeds Zuma as South African President Just days after South African President Jacob Zuma was ousted, the country welcomed his successor, Cyril Ramaphosa. Assuming office on Feb. 15 following a vote by the National Assembly to remove Zuma, one of the first executive orders given by Ramaphosa was to reappointed his entire Cabinet. Filled with several former appointees who were let go under Zuma, Ramaphosa said it is the right decision. “In making these changes, I have been very conscious of the need to balance continuity and stability [with] the need for renewal, economic recovery and … transformation for our country,” Ramaphosa said. The reappointed officials include Nhlanhla Nene, who is returning as finance minister after being dismissed in December 2015, and Pravin Gordhan, another former finance chief who was fired in March. Gordhan will be in charge of struggling state-owned companies. Since Zuma’s resignation this month, central pillars of the Gupta 5 South African President Cyril family’s business empire, which reportedly helped Zuma embezzle milRamaphosa /Courtesy of Phill Magakoe lions of dollars, have tumbled.

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Archeologists are raving over the remains of a 2,600-yearold statue with an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphics. Discovered in a temple at Dangeil, an archaeological site along the Nile River in Sudan, the rare pieces were found in an ancient temple dedicated to the Egyptian god Amun. The statue depicts Aspelta, who was the ruler of the Kush kingdom between 593 B.C. and 568 B.C. Though Aspelta didn’t control Egypt, the inscription says (in translation) that he was “King of Upper and Lower Egypt” and was “Beloved of Re’-Harakhty” (a form of the Egyptian sun god “Re”) and that Aspelta was “given all life, stability and dominion forever.” “Being ‘Beloved of a god’ confers legitimacy on a ruler... The “Kushite kings were closely tied to Re,” wrote archaeologists Julie Anderson, Rihab Khidir el-Rasheed and Mahmoud Suliman Bashir, who co-direct excavations at Dangeil, in an article published recently in the journal Sudan and Nubia.

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Ghana’s director of state protocol Ambassador Hassan Ahmed received a humiliating blow after footage was released of him being snubbed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval during the National Governors Association (NGA) summit Saturday. Ahmed took the stage just ahead of Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo after Sandoval introduced the president. The ambassador extended his hand to greet Sandoval, who chairs the association, but the Republican governor merely stared at his hand and continued to wait for Akufo-Addo. As Akufo-Addo and Sandoval, Ahmed patiently waited at Akufo-Addo’s side before stretching out his hand again, only to have it rejected a final time. Ahmed, who was ushering the president to the podium after he was invited to speak, then walked over to his seat with the Ghanaian leader in tow. WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

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HEALTH Diabetes Cases Climb Among Black Children

Nation’s Obesity Problem Blamed for Uptick

By Sabrina Shanghie Howard University News Service NEW YORK — Meagan Charles is a nursing student at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, N.Y. She also one of the rising number of Americans diagnosed as children with diabetes. “I was 13 when I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes,” said Charles, now 22. “It was one of those things I didn’t understand at such a young age, I just knew that my father had it.”

Diabetes, which can cause kidney failure, heart disease and amputations of legs and toes and even death, is a condition in which the body does not properly process food for use as energy. Most of the food people eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for their bodies to use for energy. In diabetics, the pancreas can’t make enough of the hormone insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies. Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults. It was previously known

as juvenile diabetes. Only 5 percent of people with diabetes have this form of the disease. Actress Halle Berry is one of the small percentage of people with type 1 diabetes. Type 2 is usually diagnosed in adults. It can be genetically passed on by parents or grandparents. It is most often caused by obesity in children and obesity is the leading cause in adults. The prevalence of childhood type 2 diabetes jumped more than 30 percent from 2000 and 2009, according to a study by the Pediatric Academic Societies. Growing up, Charles said, she watched as her father struggled with diabetes and the health issues that can accompany the disease. “If my mom didn’t cook the right foods for my dad, or if he didn’t eat on time, he would feel sick,” she said. “Sometimes he would become so weak he wouldn’t be able to do much for a few days.” After Charles was diagnosed, her mother, Maxiene Charles, found herself caring not just for her husband, but her newly diagnosed diabetic daughter as well. “It was scary knowing that my child was diabetic,” she said. “At times it got frustrating, if she didn’t want to eat what I had

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prepared. It’s still a struggle but we’re getting there.” Charles had difficulty transitioning to her new diet to keep her diabetes under control. She ended up in the hospital at age 17 after not monitoring her diet properly, she said. “I was on my way home from class when I started feeling dizzy,” she said. “I actually drove myself to the hospital and my father met me there.” Charles had almost slipped into a diabetic coma, which could have been fatal if she didn’t

go the hospital when she did, her doctors told her. Charles’ Type 2 diabetes has followed her into adulthood. Dr. Shurla Charles-Gonsalves, a family medicine physician in New York City, said one of the leading causes of diabetes in children is obesity, largely from consuming sugar-laden beverages, overeating or eating foods high sugar — candies, cakes, donuts, brownies — or too many carbohydrates. For the full version of this story, go to washingtoninformer.com. WI

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ASALH Honors Blacks in the Military at Annual Luncheon

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Throughout history, African-American soldiers fought and died in every American war on U.S. soil and abroad, yet the role they played has been largely ignored. And recognition for their contributions are rarely observed but for the efforts of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, historian, author and founder of Negro History Week. Woodson, the son of former slaves who earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University, established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History — now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) — and dedicated a week in February 1926 to observe the achievements of African Americans from slavery to their contributions in the military during World War I. Hundreds of ASALH members and supporters gathered for the 92nd Black History Luncheon Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Washington Renaissance Hotel in Northwest to remember Woodson and to follow in his footsteps by paying tribute to Blacks in the military, past and present, while exploring their reasons for serving. A capacity-filled ballroom of military active-duty men and women, veterans, family members and survivors, along with college and high school ROTC officers, listened as Maj. Jaspen “Jas” Boothe, Army Reserves, moderated a discussion on the reason why Blacks join the military. Panelists included retired Lt. Gen. William E. “Kip” Ward, Dr. James Dula, a retired Air Force major, and Cadet Simone Askew, first captain, U.S. Military Academy, West Point. Askew, a Rhodes Scholar who at the age of 20 broke racial and gender barriers by becoming the first African-American woman to hold the position of first captain of the U.S. Military Academy’s Cadet Corp in August, received a standing ovation for her achievement. Grateful for the exuberant applause, Askew told the audience that it is not her achievements that should be celebrated. “We must begin to normalize excellence,” she said. “And the best way to do that is to increase our expectations of each other. “Why do we just focus on the first, and not emphasize on the second and the third and the fourth?” she asked. “Until we increase those

expectation not only of ourselves but on our community, we will not change our expectations about excellence. So I charge you to ask yourselves: what is next? What are we here to do next?” Dozens of veterans received pins honoring their service in the Vietnam War, in recognition of the war’s 50th anniversary and commemoration that began in 2012 and extends to 2025. Despite the racism Blacks face in the military and when they return home, they continued to serve because “the military allows you to see an opportunity beyond where you are,” said Ward, a Baltimore native and 3-star general who served for more than 40 years in the Army. Ward said his time in the military began as a student at Morgan State University, and it turned into a four-year commitment because the military “allows you to see an opportunity beyond where you are.” Dr. James Dula, CEO of James Dula Consulting, is a retired Vietnam veteran of the U.S Air Force where he served for 30 years. “The military,” he said, “was an attractive option, particularly for young men who lived in cities where jobs were not available in

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the early 1960s. The military gave them the opportunity to do something better with their lives, that Dr. King talked about.” After years teaching middle and high school students, Dula said, “Youth today still have a burning desire to serve this country. They join to improve their lives, and for economic reasons and for an education that seems to be out of reach. They had the same patriotic desire I had when I joined the service in 1955.” Members of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity were honored, as were Dr. Sheila Flemming-Hunter, ASALH Awards chair; Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas, Temple University professor of history; and Edgar Brookins, general manager of the Afro-American Newspapers. Richard Collins III, the Bowie University student and Army second lieutenant fatally stabbed on the campus of the University of Maryland in an unprovoked hate crime in May, was also remembered with a moment of silence. In addition, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a 41st Black Heritage series commemorative stamp honoring legendary performer and civil rights activist Lena Horne. WI

5 Cadet Simone Askew (2nd left) speaks on a panel moderated by (L-R) U.S. Army Reserves founder/president Major Jaspen “Jas” Boothe, Major James Dula, USAF Retired, and Lt. Gen. (Ret.) William “Kip” E. Ward at the ASALH 92nd Annual Black History Luncheon held in Northwest at the Washington Renaissance Hotel on Saturday, Feb. 24. /Photo by Roy Lewis

5 Deputy Post Master General of the United States, Ronald A. Stroman with ASALH President Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham unveil the 2018 commemorative Black Heritage stamp of Lena Horne during the 92nd Annual Black History Luncheon held in Northwest at the Washington Renaissance Hotel on Saturday, Feb. 24. /Photo by Roy Lewis

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EDUCATION Councilman Presses Bowser for School Reform

Learn24 Launched Before Chancellor Fallout By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer After the fallout from Antwan Wilson’s recent resignation as D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) chancellor, city officials won’t let up the pressure on Mayor Muriel Bowser for systemwide reform. Council member David Grosso (I-At Large), chair of the council’s education committee, urged Bowser to expand the investigation into attendance and grade promotion at District of Columbia traditional public and public charter schools. “After holding two public hearings on graduation accountability and receiving compelling

evidence that teachers throughout the city, across grade levels, and in both sectors of public education feel pressure to pass students, it appears that these issues may extend beyond high schools,” Grosso wrote in a letter to Bowser. He requested that Bowser direct the Office of the State Superintendent for Education (OSSE) to extend its contract with the third-party firm Alvarez & Marsal, or similar independent firm, to broaden the investigation that began in December to audit every public charter high schools’ attendance and graduation policies. It should also deepen the in-

vestigation to lower grades by examining the attendance and grade promotion in both traditional public and public charter elementary and middle schools. Alvarez & Marsal found in a report released in January that 34 percent of the 2017 DCPS graduates were awarded high school diplomas in violation of District attendance or grading policies. “Those results were extremely troubling, but they do not tell the whole story,” Grosso said. “A cross-sector, system-wide examination will provide a more accurate picture of whether or not our children are prepared for the next milestone in their academic career before advancing.” Grosso has requested a response from the mayor before a previously scheduled Committee on Education oversight hearing on Thursday, March 1. “I believe that with a complete investigation, our city will better understand the breadth and depth of this issue and be better positioned to develop meaningful solutions,” he said. Last month before his resignation, Bowser and Wilson celebrated D.C. Education Week by launched a new website to help families and students find safe and enriching programs and resources throughout the city. The new initiative, Learn24, will ensure youth have access to quality educational and enrich-

5 D.C. Council member David Grosso /File photo

ment activities beyond the regular school day. “With Learn24 we are ensuring that more young Washingtonians have access to high quality educational and enrichment activities beyond the school day,” Bowser said. “We know learning doesn’t end when the bell rings and that our students need safe places to learn and play when they are not in class.” Learn24 includes a network of after-school and summer opportunities and supports access to opportunities for students in all eight wards. For the current school year,

the mayor awarded $2 million in grants to 40 organizations that serve more than 23,000 students. The grants included an increased focus on access and equity, providing most of the funding to high-need areas in Wards 1, 7 and 8. Last year, the mayor also invested an additional $4 million in 2017 and 2018 summer programming. “Learn24 is going to change the way we get families and young people connected to programs and resources that meet their needs and interests and set them up for success in school and life,” Bowser said. WI

Simone Biles Starts Scholarship for America’s Foster Children By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles recently began her new journey as a college student at the University of the People and she wants to help other foster children such as herself follow the same path. As a global ambassador for the university, Biles said a namesake

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scholarship fund will be available to foster children to help them and others achieve their collegiate dreams. “Being a foster child myself, I know what it means to have the odds stacked against you,” Biles said. “Life circumstances shouldn’t define you or keep you from your goals. I want to help remove barriers that keep a college degree out of reach for those that truly want it.” Biles, who just began pursuing her bachelor’s degree in business administration, joins over 12,000 students from over 200 countries who have enrolled in the university — including her mother, Nellie, who also commenced her studies in the MBA program. “I always dreamed of going to college but decided to follow my gymnastics dreams full time, which didn’t make it possible for me,” Biles said. “I had planned to attend UCLA, but had to

defer because of my training schedule. University of the People opened up an opportunity, providing the flexibility I need to fit in my studies around my career, and I want to be able to help share that opportunity for others around the world.” The institution lauds itself as the world’s first nonprofit, accredited American online university to offer tuition-free higher education to qualified students worldwide, despite financial, geographic, political or social constraints. “We are delighted that Simone has chosen University of the People,” said President Shai Reshef. “It’s time for a new model, where every qualified student has an opportunity to earn a high quality, accessible, affordable college degree. It’s time for an education revolution. Simone’s support of the university is a great milestone toward this endeavor.” WI

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Black Panther Showcases the Power of STEM Applications By Tyra Metoyer This weekend as I sat mesmerized by Marvel’s record-breaking ‘Black Panther’, there were so many moments and messages that filled me with an overwhelming sense of pride. The Black Girl Magic was palpable. King T’Challa was a strong, thoughtful king who loved and respected all of his leading ladies. Erik Killmonger was the best supervillain I’ve seen in a really long time. However, they all paled in comparison to my fascination with the STEM applications and the genius of Princess Shuri. I am convinced that we can use Black Panther and Princess Shuri to help young people imagine their own STEM futures and the role they can play in driving innovation as we all prepare for the fourth industrial revolution. This revolution will be characterized by a range of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and digitization. This revolution can be led by the next generation of STEMinists. The Wakandan princess is the youngest of the strong female

characters showcased in this Ryan Coogler directed block buster. She is unapologetically smart, funny, brave, and beautiful. Her language even demonstrates her tech-savvy leadership of the most technologically advanced nation in the world. As Shuri emerges as an unlikely Shero, her position is challenged when M’Baku tries to dismiss her as a mere child. Yet, we are introduced to energy spears, kimoyo beads, sound absorbent sneakers, variations of the Black Panther suit, vibranium cars, and virtual modes of transportation – all out of the imagination and innovation of the young, hip princess. In her very first scene, after lovingly teasing her brother, she snaps back, “just because something works doesn’t mean it can’t be improved”. Hence, our first glimpse into her engineering mind. Yes, we fell in love with the way she proudly showed off her latest advances in her lab, but hopefully you took note when Agent Ross expressed his skepticism stating that, “bullet wounds don’t just magically heal overnight”. Shuri chided him, saying, “They do here: but not by magic;

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by technology.” For now, I will forgo my strong desire to layout the numerous parallels between vibranium (the fictitious precious metal) and natural gas and oil, but I will say that they are not only driving our advanced manufacturing renaissance in this country, but are also the building blocks of innovations that will support prosperity, discovery and human advancement across the world. The energy industry is and will continue to be a major source of job opportunities in STEM fields. The natural gas and oil industry supports more than 10.3 million U.S. jobs, and recent reports project 1.9 million job opportunities by 2035, nearly 40 percent of which will be held by African Americans and Latinos. In addition to the large number of engineers, more than a million jobs can be characterized as semiskilled and skilled craft trades positions. I like to say that every job in our industry is a STEM job because they will all include technology and problem solving (engineering). More than ever, I am convinced that jobs are the solution to so many of our national and global challenges. Jobs (careers)

are not only a way out of poverty, they give people’s lives purpose, meaning, a reason to get out of bed every morning, and when we’re really fortunate, they fuel our passion. The future belongs to those innovators who are preparing now to address the challenges of tomorrow. That future is a STEM future – no matter what career or profession we choose. Based on everything we understand now and contemplating the disruptions we haven’t yet imagined that are sure to define this fourth industrial revolution, we know that our future will be characterized by constantly evolving technology. I imagine a future where our children thrive on innovation, work in labs like Princess Shuri’s and participate in making choices for how to make our communities safer and better. I am passionate about our industry’s workforce of the future and the role I get to play in building awareness that I hope will lead to more jobs for more women and

people of color. I hope you are raising or mentoring the real-life Shuris who will push the boundaries of what’s possible and lead the innovations of the future. I can’t wait to meet them. Tyra Metoyer is a Manager of External Mobilization for the American Petroleum Institute.

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STUDENT from Page 1 Yvette Alexander and win the Ward 7 Council race. “Everyone knows that I’ve been weighing a run,” Gray said of this year’s mayoral race. “I know that there isn’t a lot of time left, but we will see.” With about four months before the June 19 primary, there’s little time for the former mayor to toss his hat into the ring. To date, 10 Democrats have entered the race, with the winner to face off in November against the lone declared Republican, Lois Tett of Northwest. With the specter of Gray hovering over the race and the popularity of Bowser, Benjamin Nadler of Northwest said he intends to drop out of the race. He declined to discuss the Gray factor. His departure leaves James Butler of Northeast, Quincy Carter of Southeast, Victoria Gordon of Southwest, Ernest E. Johnson of Northwest, Art Lloyd of Northeast, Fidelis Malachi Pietrocina of Northwest, Jeremiah D. Stanback of Northeast, Michael Christian Woods of Northwest, and Bowser as the Democratic Party’s candidates. Bowser spokesman Malik Williams said the mayor isn’t taking anything for granted. “We’re proud of the record Mayor Bowser has built from raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2020, lowering the unemployment by over 1 percent, with even bigger drops in Wards 7 and 8 and making a historic $100M annual investment in affordable housing,” Williams said. “We remain focused on creating more pathways to the middle class for our residents.” Woods, who’s just 19 and studies political science and Africana studies at George Washington University, said he’s up for the challenge and the job. He said affordable housing, homelessness and food deserts are primary motivators of his campaign. “There are lingering issues within D.C that I want to make sure are resolved. Our community issues oriented campaign focuses on interacting and working with the community and residents of D.C in order to effectively and efficiently address their issues and concerns,” said Woods, a Texas native who works in the George Washington University branch of the NAACP. “Food insecurity is the biggest issue facing D.C.,” he said. “There are food deserts throughout D.C. that impact numerous communities and I believe access to food is a basic human right and necessity. Therefore, our campaign is focused on eliminating food deserts and alleviating food insecurity.” Woods, an intern for the NAACP

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political action committee in the District, said he considers himself to be a public servant, not a politician. “I am the candidate that truly cares about the needs of the residents,” he said. “When I interact with the residents, their interest and concerns are my top priority.” Woods said if Gray does enter the race, it would signal at least a slight change. “He will become another major candidate for me to rise above,” he said of Gray. “It will also be interesting to observe the dynamics between Mayor Bowser and former Mayor Gray.” Regardless, voters should take his candidacy seriously, he said. “I have the passion and compassion that is required to be a public servant and lead all of D.C. towards a better future,” Woods said. “I am here to serve. I am the role model for my peers and the succeeding generations to be the change you want to see in the world and not be afraid to stand up for something and make a difference. I want to work with the communities and residents in D.C. I want everyone to know that they are welcome to contact me to express their interest and concerns as we move always forward.” Butler, a Ward 5 commission whose platform includes rent control and helping the homeless, is noted by associates as a confident leader and a humble listener who’s responsive to the needs of the community. “I’ve been an active city resident for many years and, as a current commissioner, I see first-hand in so many ways how the District is leaving people behind,” Butler said. “I don’t feel our current way of doing things is a sustainable path for four more years. If we continue to go this direction, we will only be a city of rich people. … We must ask ourselves, is that what the nation’s capital should be? Or should it be a city that includes everyone?” Regarding the homeless, Butler said the lack of affordable or income-based housing continues to be a major issue facing the District. “It can’t be said enough that the District’s homelessness problem won’t be easily solved,” he said. “It goes without saying that there are many ways that people become homeless. If a single person or the breadwinner of the family loses a job, becomes sick, has addiction issues or mental or behavioral health problems, this challenge can easily put a person or family on the street. “The problem won’t be solved simply by managing the problem,” Butler said. “Most people don’t realize that the District spends more money managing homelessness that it would cost to simply end it.” WI

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The Washington Convention and Sports Authority (t/a Events DC) Bid Opportunities 1.The Washington Convention and Sports Authority (t/a Events DC) is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to serve as the sales and booking agent for Events DC’s future Entertainment and Sports Arena and to provide certain other venue-related consulting services. Interested parties can view a copy of the Request for Proposal (RFP) by accessing the Event DC’s E-procurement website at www.wcsapex.com and opening APEX BID #18-S-033-477. Key Dates Voluntary Preproposal Conference: 10:00am, EST March 9, 2018 Proposal Due Date: 3:00 PM, EST, March 19, 2018 2. The Washington Convention and Sports Authority (t/a Events DC) is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to manage and operate the IT and wireless access systems for the soon to be completed Entertainment & Sports Arena. Interested parties can view a copy of the Request for Proposal (RFP) by accessing the Event DC’s E-procurement website at www.wcsapex.com and opening APEX BID #18-S-003-481. Key Dates Voluntary Preproposal Conference: 3:00pm, EST March 7, 2018 Proposal Due Date: 3:00 PM, EST, March 26, 2018

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EDITORIAL Barry in Bronze – a Fitting Reminder of His Love for Everyday People Even in death, D.C.’s longest-serving chief executive officer continues to reach out to the city and its men, women and children whom he loved so much. And on Saturday, March 3 at an 11 a.m. gathering that will undoubtedly draw hundreds, if not thousands to the grounds of the John A. Wilson Building, former Mayor Marion S. Barry, Jr. will be saluted as an eight-foot tall bronze full-body statue of the “Mayor for Life” reaches toward the heavens. Mayor Bowser, members of the D.C. Council, a host of dignitaries and those who knew him most intimately, including Cora Masters Barry who heads the Legacy Foundation named after her former husband, will reflect on the man who served on the Council for 16 years and as mayor for four terms – always putting everyday, ordinary people at the top of his agenda. Barry will become one of just a handful of African Americans with a statue erected in their honor in the District and will be the first locally-elected official so honored. But if you really want to know why Barry remains so beloved and what he still means to the people of Washington, D.C., just ask them. Marion Barry helped those seeking to place their feet on solid ground by opening doors – providing gainful employment for youth and adults and securing educational opportunities, clean, safe and affordable homes and enviable contracts for local businesses. He gave Blacks a chance to shine – and many did just that, thanks to him. Barry, like all of us, had his struggles and personal hurdles to overcome, but as the song goes, “We fall down, but we get up.” And throughout his life and as he manned the ship which confirmed his commitment to the District, Barry never stopped getting back up. And we all are the better for it. WI

Trump’s Support of HBCUs Needs Fuel A year after President Donald Trump invited presidents of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to meet with him in the Oval Office, he is now taking steps to fulfill the promises he made to support their historical mission and goals. It was February 2017 when Trump signed an Executive Order announcing his Board of Advisors on HBCUs, and named Johnathan Holifield as executive director of the President’s White House Initiative on HBCUs. With the announcement of Johnny Taylor’s appointment Tuesday, the table is set to move forward with Trump’s list of priorities at a time when HBCUs are gravely in need of higher funding and support. Taylor is well-respected among his colleagues and was seen as an effective leader of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), where he served for seven years as its CEO before resigning late last year to become CEO of the Society for Human Resources Management. At TMCF, he raised money on behalf of the nation’s HBCUs, and now as chair of the president’s HBCU Advisory Board, he hopes to provide more significant exposure to corporations for the pool of talent produced by these institutions. Trump’s list of priorities for HBCUs is modest, compared to the needs that exist. HBCUs are struggling to keep their doors open with student enrollment declining and an infrastructure that is decaying. Just last week, 95-year-old Concordia College in Alabama announced it was closing after its enrollment dropped to 400 students and its debt exceeded $8 million. The White House reported that Trump ordered 31 government agencies to submit annual plans to an Interagency Working Group that will “strengthen the capacity” of HBCUs. His budget maintains funding for HBCUs for 2018 and 2019, and he has called for an additional $20 million in funding for the Strengthening HBCUs program “above the amount set in the recent budget deal.” His budget also calls for an increase of $400 million for the TRIO program and an increase of $300 million for Federal Work Study. It is important to acknowledge Trump’s attention to the value and plight of HBCUs. National and local education and civil rights leaders, along with the hundreds of thousands of HBCU alumnae around the world, must add fuel to the fire to ensure the Trump administration adheres to his mandates. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

TO THE EDITOR Don’t Forget History of Frederick Douglass

DCPS Chief’s Resignation Uncalled For

In February, we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass’s birth. Born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland as a slave, “Frederick Bailey,” did not know the exact date of his birth, and thus chose Feb. 14. Teaching himself how to read and write and finally escaping slavery in 1838, with the help of a free black woman who would later became his wife, the abolitionist changed his last name to Douglass after they moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts. A masterful orator, Douglass traveled around the country speaking about his experience as a slave and in 1845, published his first autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.” As we close out this Black History Month, let us all take time to remember those who have paved the way before us. Before there was a Malcolm X, there was a Marcus Garvey, and before there was a Rosa Parks, there was a Sojourner Truth, and before there was a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., there was a Frederick Douglass.

So last week, the now-former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson resigned from his position following a violation in school policy by bypassing the District’s school lottery system to secure a transfer for his daughter to another school. In statements from various council members and educators, they all said the same thing in that he was a good person with strong work ethics and that he would be hard to replace. So why call for his official resignation? Surely there could have been another option, perhaps a potential fine. But to can a man that came all the way from uprooting his family from Oakland to D.C. just seemed a little unfair. You have single-handedly ruined this man’s career, and for what? A school change amid allegations that his daughter was being treated poorly in her school. This is crazy. I’ve seen worse principals, teachers and DCPS administration do far worse and receive less to nothing in terms of punishment. People are something else. Janis Welch

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By Charlene Crowell

House Bill Supports Triple-Digit Predatory Lending

The U.S. House of Representatives broke the hearts of a broad and diverse coalition of advocates after members of Congress passed predatory lending legislation on Feb. 14. A bill passed the lower chamber that would render useless state laws in the majority of states, including the 15 states and the District of Columbia where state interest rate limits prevent pay-

day lending. HR 3299, titled the Protecting Consumers’ Access to Credit Act, passed the House on a 245-171 floor vote. If passed in the Senate and signed into law by President Donald Trump, the measure will preempt state interest rate caps that now limit the annual percentage rates (APRs) on loans to no more than 36 percent. These respective rate caps now save consumers an estimated $2.2 billion in fees every year. If HR 3229 is enacted, these significant savings will be lost. Additionally, the bill would

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also allow high-cost installment loans. Currently 34 states, now limit interest rates on a $2,000, two-year installment loan to no more than 36 percent, and once again, consumers would wind up paying the higher cost. For Rep. Patrick McHenry, who co-sponsored the bill with New York Rep. Greg Meeks, the measure “marks an important step towards modernizing our financial system and ensuring financial inclusion for all Americans.” That’s one lawmaker’s opinion. But a California congresswom-

an had a vastly different take. Minutes before the floor vote, Rep. Maxine Waters, the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, spoke. “H.R. 3299 would go much further to allow other third-parties, including payday lenders, to evade or outright disregard state-level laws, and collect debt from borrowers at unreasonably high rates of interest if they purchase loans from a national bank,” Waters said. “These arrangements are called “rent-a-bank” or “renta-charter” agreements, and they allow payday lenders to use banks

as a front for predatory behavior and the evasion of state interest rate caps.” More than 150 organizations spanning consumer advocates, civil rights and faith organizations across the country as well as 20 state attorneys general agree with Waters. Together these state officials and advocates remain determined to preserve the ability of their respective jurisdictions to protect consumers by enforcing existing rate caps that were either enacted by voter referendum or

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By Jeffrey W. Hicks

50 Years After Fair Housing Act, Still a Long Way to Go

We have come a long way toward building Black homeownership since the Fair Housing Act was signed into federal law 50 years ago. In commemorating that milestone, we recognize and emphasize that, with fewer than half of Black Americans owning their homes, we still have a long way to go to reach economic par-

ity through Black homeownership. The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) has advocated for Black American homeownership since it was founded on the principle of “Democracy in Housing” in 1947. We were at the forefront and in the trenches of this movement prior to April 11, 1968, when this act signaled a new level of commitment to self-determination and empowerment for Black people. NAREB was there, active

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in ensuring that the law passed. Today we continue working to ensure that fair and equitable treatment for Black Americans under the law remains intact as we work to increase homeownership in Black communities, nationwide. The importance of the Fair Housing Act cannot be over-emphasized as vital to the journey to full fair housing for all Americans. Recognizing this history helps to fortify us for the next stage of this ongoing movement.

The obstacles to achieving fair housing may have changed over the past 50 years, but NAREB remains vigilant and ready to challenge any institutional and systemic barriers to increasing the rates of affordable and sustainable homeownership for Black Americans. We recognize the challenges. Today, Black Homeownership is at a very low 42 percent. At its peak in 2004, Black homeownership stood 49 percent. We’re working to return to — and then

surpass — that level. Democracy in Housing represents something far different today: the systemic obstacles of increasingly economically segregated communities. We fully understand that de jure segregation and institutional racism remain pervasive problems throughout the United States. We will continue to use all available tools in 2018 and in the future to increase Black homeownership as

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By Julianne Malveaux

Toward a Multiracial Youth Coalition

One cannot help but be riveted by the outstanding response from the young survivors of the carnage in Parkland, Florida, and their absolute audacity in confronting both Florida legislators and the president with their frustration at the absence of common sense gun control. During a CNN town hall, student Cameron Kasky asked Sen. Marco Rubio whether he would continue to take money from the National Rifle Association, the organization students have focused on as one of the rea-

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son there are no common sense gun laws. Rubio said he would continue to take money from the NRA (they own a $3 million slice of his hide), but that he would agree to change laws so no one under 21 could purchase an automatic weapon, and that he would agree to outlaw the bump stocks that transform semi-automatic weapons to automatic weapons. All of the students who have spoken up have been impressive, so much so that CNN commentator Jack Kingston (former Georgia Republican congressman) and other of his ilk have asserted that these students are “crisis actors” who are being

“manipulated” by “liberals” and “Democrats.” All you have to do is listen to one of these young people, hear the tears trailing at the end of their voices, and hear their frustrated voices rising into yelling, to know they have not been coached. The emotion is too raw, the feelings are too real, and one young woman told a CNN reporter that she “resented” the notion of manipulation. These young people are between 14 and 18, middle- and upper-middle-class young people who have had the benefit of a civics education. They plan to march on Washington on March 14 and have already attracted support from Oprah Winfrey,

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George and Amal Clooney, and others. The Parkland young people have been savvy enough to note that their school was not shot up by an immigrant, but by a homegrown terrorist. They have implicitly rejected the rhetoric that comes from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue about dangerous immigrants. Imagine that they actively reached out to some of the Dreamers and encouraged them to be part of the youth movement for common-sense gun laws. Some Dreamers will be vulnerable to deportation as early as March 6. If these youth can combine their movements with their demands, they could

develop a very powerful movement. Imagine further, that the young people who have been exposed to gun violence on the streets of cities like Chicago and Washington, D.C., joined the Parkland movement, and that a group of diverse young people came together to push politicians to do better on legislation that affects their generation. This includes gun laws, but may also include health care, and access to education. Even though the Parkland young’uns come from middle-class backgrounds, they are surely aware of the nar-

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By Raynard Jackson

Stronger Gun Laws Not the Answer

Here we go again. Another school massacre and another overreaction by liberals who want to play politics with the Second Amendment. On Valentine’s Day, 17 students were murdered by a former classmate at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., a small community west of Boca Raton. As tragic as the murders were, sometimes I am confused by the way people react to tragedies. In the after-

math of a mass shooting, many people want the government to immediately pass new gun-control laws. The hard truth is that there is absolutely nothing the government can do to protect you from tragedies like the horrific massacre in Parkland. Tragedy, by definition is, “an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.” Sometimes good people are beset by tragedies, randomly and without warning. If you ban guns, do you really think violent tragedies will go away? One need look no further than Japan

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to find the answer. In Japan, it is illegal to possess, carry, sell or buy guns. So, it is extremely rare, if ever, for a shooting death to occur in Japan. For example, in 2014, Japan had six gun-related deaths compared to 33,599 in the U.S. In 2016, however, 19 people were killed and 26 injured in a stabbing massacre in Tokyo, which was Japan’s deadliest mass killing since World War II. In 2008, a man ran over a group of people with his truck and then stabbed 18, killing seven in Tokyo’s Akihabara gaming district. In 2001, eight children were killed

when a former employee, a janitor, entered an elementary school in Osaka and stabbed them to death. So, the point is that even if guns were outlawed in the U.S., a person determined to commit an act of violence will always find a weapon of choice to unleash their diabolical schemes. Irresponsible mainstream media outlets take advantage of these crises, broadcasting the anguish and misery of distraught family members just to boost their own ratings. As they say, “if it bleeds, it leads.” Let’s game out one of the liberal arguments that outlawing guns is the

solution to these mass shootings, that seem to happen with more frequency. So, Japan has outlawed guns. Now, killers in that country use knives and cars to inflict massive carnage upon their fellow citizens. If the U.S. outlawed guns and preemptively banned, let’s say, ice picks and utility knives, then individuals that are committed to killing other people will simply use whatever else they can get their hands on. Cars and trucks might become the weapons of choice — should we ban them, too?

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By William Reed

Are Blacks Being Smoked Out of Marijuana Dispensary Businesses?

Back in the day, the sale of marijuana was illegal and carried on with staggering racial bias with aggressive enforcement of possession laws that ensnared hundreds of thousands of Blacks into the criminal justice system. But now, even as Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department is set to unveil the

War on Drugs 2.0, sale of cannabis is legal throughout most of the county and one of its fastest-growing industries. It is poised to make billions of dollars and provide jobs to thousands. Yet for all its expected growth, very few people of color have been able to get in on the ground floor. To rectify this problem of growing inequity, Blacks need broader education on the subject and situation. During the ‘70s and ‘80s, African Americans were

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disproportionately arrested and incarcerated. Now marijuana is a legitimate business enterprise Black entrepreneurs should be allowed participate in. The scene on marijuana has shifted. Grandmothers who’ve seen their children’s epilepsy seizures stopped with cannabis oil have become ardent believers in medical cannabis. The market for marijuana dispensing is booming. Seven states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for recreational use. An

additional 22 states have made medical use of marijuana lawful. Along with buying marijuana to smoke, customers can now get cannabis-infused candy, cookies, brownies, sodas and cuisine. Revenues from the U.S. marijuana industry are expected to grow to over $21 billion by 2021. The case should be made by Blacks for “equity across the board” in America. In coming years, the marijuana industry will create more jobs than manufacturing, utilities, or state and local

governments. The cannabis dispensing industry is expected to be worth $10 billion in the next years. It’s estimated that less than 1 percent of the nation’s 3,500 cannabis dispensaries are owned by blacks. Some say it is because of the capital required to get into the industry. Pennsylvania requires a $10,000 nonrefundable application fee, a $200,000 deposit, proof of $2 million in funding

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By Dr. Ramona Edelin

The Lion of Anacostia: Education is Liberation Black History Month included a special anniversary for Washingtonians and many others besides, marking the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass’s birth. Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, the famous social reformer, writer, abolitionist, orator and statesman spent his final years in Washington, D.C., after a lifetime of tireless activism. His Anacostia home is today preserved as a National Historic Site, and a statue of him now stands in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol.

There are many facets to Douglass’s long and industrious life before his death in the nation’s capital in February 1895, some of which are better known than others. One constant theme is that of education as a key to personal and social liberation. Self-taught to read, write and learn, Douglass quoted his slaver in his autobiography, who forbade his wife from teaching Douglass to read and hired him out to a local “slave breaker,” that learning to read would “unfit him as a slave.” This and other experiences in an inspirational life frequently touched by tragedy led Douglass to become one of the first advo-

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cates for school desegregation, after observing the huge disparity in the instruction and facilities available to African-American children in New York compared to their white peers. Fleeing an arrest warrant for having sought freedom in New York state, he took his message to England and Ireland before legally securing his liberty in 1846. In the nation’s capital, the progress in education that Douglass sought through numerous speeches, books and the newspapers he published — The North Star out of Rochester and the New National Era from Anacostia — was slow. Slavery did not end in the District until 1862, when it became a fed-

eral territory. D.C. Public Schools was founded in 1805, but the first — segregated — schools for African Americans didn’t open until after the Civil War, such as Stevens in 1868 and Dunbar in 1870. Howard University also was founded post-war, in 1867. D.C. Public Schools did not desegregate until the mid-1950s, following the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The post-Civil War system of federal control of the District, and therefore the school system, did not end until Home Rule in 1973. A long decline in enrollment began prior to that, as a centralized system increasingly failed to meet the needs

of students. As school standards declined, families who could afford alternatives such as relocation outside the District, or private or parochial schools, left the system. Those who lacked those choices — already the most politically and economically marginalized communities — were left behind to endure the status-quo. Enrollment did not begin to stabilize and then to expand until two key reforms: when public charter schools were allowed to open in 1995, and when DCPS was placed under mayoral control in 2007.

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LIFESTYLE ‘Porgy and Bess’ Celebrates the Tenacity of Black America National Philharmonic, All-Black Cast and Ellington Concert Choir Shine By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir If you missed the recent performance at The Music Center

at Strathmore of George Gershwin’s opera “Porgy and Bess” and featured an all-Black cast in the major singing roles, you missed a jewel of a concert.

Baritone Kevin Deas in the role of Porgy, Chauncey Packer as Sportin’ Life, Aundi Moore as Serena, Michael Redding in the role of Crown and NaGuanda Nobles as Carla and Maria electrified the stage. And while the microphone for Bess, sung brilliantly by Soprano Marlissa Hudson, could have been turned up just a few more digits, she strutted across the stage in a red velvet gown while landing notes that only a select few vocalists can reach. The opera, conducted by National Philharmonic Chorale Artistic Director Stan Engebretson, will remain with this writer for many years to come. With his baton punctuating the air, Engebretson maintained control of the vocalists, along with a 180-member National Philharmonic Chorale and members of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Concert Choir. Several standing ovations at

the conclusion of the opera confirmed the stellar work that took place on the stage. “We’ve done a lot of Gershwin’s pieces, but I love this one in particular because it’s such a great story,” Engebretson said. “Every person’s story is in this work. It touches all and the music represents the American story: jazz, gospel, spirituals and the soul of the Gullah people. It is a piece that moves everybody.” Moore, a 17-year professional and Bowie resident said the work reminds her that people are the same, despite differences of color. “I hope the audience will leave the show mindful of the fact that people are people, no matter what their race or nationality,” she said. “We all have families, we love, we experience drama and tragedy and we all bleed the same blood.” “I used to run away from singing ‘Porgy and Bess’ but then realized that if I don’t sing it, who will?” she noted. “We have to

keep our history alive and relevant, especially if we don’t want to see history be repeated. When you look at America today and the many challenges we face, it reflects many of the themes addressed in Gershwin’s classic.” Samuel Bonds, a voice teacher at Ellington and the chorale director, said opportunities like working with the National Philharmonic and professional vocalists help his youth discover their own talents. “Once our children see and hear their growth, there’s nothing that can stop them,” he said. “They are blossoming, the boys’ voices are changing and they are falling in love with music and making music. That’s the best thing any teacher can do for their students.” Listening to this performance made this writer leave the Center singing the songs of Gershwin that have positively impacted the lives of millions from sea to shining sea. What a marvelous ride! WI

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America’s First Black Millionaire is Model for Success By Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer Regardless of age, readers will be inspired by “All About Madam C.J. Walker,” the newest biography about America’s first Black millionaire. The book, written for fourthto seventh-graders, is authored by Walker’s great-great-granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles. Walker, the first in her family to be born free, and her story of creating a successful hair-care business is well-known. But Bundles, a D.C. resident, gives readers a lot more in this classic rags-to-riches story that continues to inspire Black entrepreneurs. Walker, whose birth name was Sarah Breedlove, goes into adulthood as a washerwoman, gets married, gives birth to her daughter Lelia, then divorces. Like many Black women during that time, she had a problem with properly caring for

her hair resulting in scalp irritations. She worked through a variety of formulas that healed her scalp and made hair more manageable. A second marriage to the savvy businessman C.J. Walker brought forth a marketing and branding strategy that built her business. “For me, it is not that she became a millionaire, it’s that she used her money and her influence as a philanthropist, as a patron of the arts, and as a social activist,” Bundles said. “What are African Americans doing to contribute to our community? She was about all of those things.” Walker used her success to give Black women jobs and to help them start businesses. She was a patron of the arts, sponsoring musicians, commissioning artists and other pursuits to uplift the culture. She was also a globally respected business leader. There are several observances in 2018 that mark the life of Walker, making the release of Bundles’

book very timely. For one, this year marks what would have been Walker’s 150th birthday. Also, 100 years ago, she moved into Villa Lewaro, her opulent estate in Irvington, New York, which is now designated as a national historic landmark. Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of Madam’s death. A product line under the name of Madam C.J. Walker Beauty Culture, is now two years old and manufactured by Sundial Brands, a subsidiary of Unilever. The relationship with Sundial brings a $100 million venture capital fund for women of color in business, in line with Walker’s vision of supporting female business owners. This is Bundles’ fourth biography about Walker and her second

5A’Lelia Bundles, author and great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker /Photo by Brigette White

book written for young readers. At a recent book signing in D.C., city resident Wanda Washington Green came to meet Bundles and bought the new book for her grandchildren. Green was very clear on why she wanted “All About Madam C.J.

Walker.” “We need heroes in our community,” she said. “Our children need people who look like them to look up to, so they know they can be successful in what they chose to do.” WI

5 “Pioneers in Black Journalism” at Lincoln Theatre. /Photo by Roy Lewis

Journalists Celebrate Industry Pioneer Max Robinson By Brenda C. Siler WI Staff Writer A group of journalists paid tribute to the life and career of the late Max Robinson, the first Black national television news anchor, during a panel discussion Wednesday, Feb. 20 at the historic Lincoln Theatre in D.C. The event, “Pioneers of Black Journalism: Honoring the Legacy of Max Robinson,” was moderated by Gordon Peterson, Robinson’s former co-anchor on WUSA-TV (Channel 9). Panelists included former anchor Maureen Bunyan, current anchor/

reporter Bruce Johnson and Robinson’s son Mark Cabot Robinson, an editorial cartoonist and city editor for the Montgomery County Sentinel. Robinson, who died in 1988 at the age of 49 from AIDS-related complications, was the first Black to anchor a local news program in the U.S., joining Peterson in 1969 at WUSA (then WTOP-TV). He went on to become the first Black national news anchor on ABC’s “World News Tonight” in 1978. Bunyan, who worked with Robinson at WTOP-TV in the ‘70s,

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Sankofa Bookstore: Hub for Black Films By Tatyana Hopkins WI Staff Writer Decades before Sankofa Video, Books and Café was a brick-and-mortar location in 1997, the store’s legendary filmmaking founders Halie and Shirikiana Gerima worked with Howard University students to bring Black film to the streets of D.C. through pop-up screenings around the city. It would soon become part of their strategy for releasing their own independent films, and part of the legacy of Sankofa’s expansion of access to Black film and literature. Nestled on Georgia Avenue across the street from Howard, the café bears the title of the couple’s famed movie “Sankofa,” which means “going back to our past to go forward,” and offers sandwiches named after African and African-American filmmakers as well as opportunities to view films from such directors. “Washington was where you could really experiment with a coherent Black culture, and there were audiences,” Haile

said of the days before Sankofa served as a base for previewing Black film. The store has hosted the likes of Stevie Wonder, held events by award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates and was even the site of an impromptu performance by Solange during President Donald Trump’s inauguration, though the event was in protest of his presidency. Alongside being a hub for Black culture, Sankofa also serves as the headquarters for Haile and Shirikiana’s fiercely independent filmmaking endeavors. In 1982, the couple and Haile’s sister, Selome Gerima, established Mypheduh Films in the basement of their home to manage the distribution of their work. Mypheduh Films also operates alongside their production company, Negod Gwad Productions, both of which now are run out of the Sankofa basement. To date they have produced more than a dozen films. But it hasn’t been easy. It took more than decade to secure the funding for “Sanko-

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fa,” which follows the journey of Mona, a Black American model on a fashion shoot at former slave castles in Africa who comes to grips with her ancestral past after being transported back in time to experience the physical and mental abuses of slavery. “Who’s going to fund a film about slavery where you find the Black people resisting slavery and putting down the basis of resistance that occurred to make slavery finally end?” Shirikiana said. “We found that nobody wants to fund that.” All their films explore African or African-American narratives, as they said mainstream films often miss the mark when exploring Black history. Haile said most mainstream films about Black history “treat Black people like superhuman beings who withstood and took all the brunts of slavery, but the range of emotional stages people went through is not known.” “I have no interest in making flimsy films about Black people who are so superhuman that it discourages my children from realizing that they too could become Malcolm X,” he said. “The financing is the continued problem for Black filmmakers like us who do not allow the supervision nor the management of our stories by other people.” They launched their own campaign to fund the Sankofa in the mid-1980s. Small grants and individuals willing to work for small compensation helped to move the film along until

5 Halie and Shirikiana Gerima, filmmakers and business owners. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

they successfully secured alliances and funding from the governments of Ghana and Burkina Faso. “[Sankofa] got us into the cauldron of needing more money, being able to start [other films] and looking for completion funds once it’s started,” Shirkiana said. “The level of independence that Sankofa was able to get for us launched the next two films, ‘Through the Door of No Return’ and

‘Adwa.’” She has just recently finished a film she began in the mid’90s, and Haile has two films in production. Shirikiana’s most recent film, “Footprints of Pan Africanism,” a documentary which explores the road to African independence, will premiere at Howard University’s Crampton Auditorium on Sunday, March 4. WI

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New Netflix Drama Tackles Racial Tension, Gun Violence By Lauren Poteat WI Contributing Writer

Netflix recently held a special screening in D.C. of “Seven Seconds,” its highly anticipated new crime drama that tackles the nation’s racially charged climate head-on. The Feb. 22 screening at the AMC Georgetown theater, co-hosted by Color of Change, was followed by a question-and-answer session that allowed attendees to question everyday societal woes and dissect the show’s concepts firsthand with cast member Clare-Hope Ashitey. “I’m not a very big fan of crime dramas,” said Ashitey, who portrays prosecutor K.J. Harper. “There has to be something good about them.The character was something I immediately felt very passionate about. Before I got the job, I only had the pilot script and that was all that I had read, but it was enough. I read it and knew immediately that I loved it, and I thought the characters were interesting. I thought the topic was important, and I felt invested in it very quickly.” The show follows the case of a white police officer who accidentally hits a black teenager with his vehicle, the attempted cover-up, and the inflamed racial tension of the aftermath. Studying institutionalized racism in America before filming

WEALTH from Page 16 who did own homes had half as much home equity as whites. • African Americans have less but more costly debt. In 2016, African Americans with debt typically owed $35,560 — less than 40 percent of the $93,000 in debt owed by whites. However, because African Americans typically owed larger amounts of high-interest debt — such as installment credit and student and car loans—the debt they typically owed was more expensive. “The measure of a family’s financial net worth, their wealth, provides all sorts of opportunities and security for families in America, whether it’s changing jobs, moving to a new school or neighborhood, or enjoying retirement after a lifetime of work,” said Danyelle Solomon,

began, Ashitey, a British native, said the show led her to question the many concepts and discrepancies of the American justice system. “It’s just so alien to me,” Ashitey said. “I think the biggest things was that everyone who has a contact with the police is arraigned before a judge, which makes no sense to me at all. From the smallest misdemeanor up to the biggest crime, everyone is brought before a judge. And that means there’s a huge backlog in the American legal system. There are prosecutors and public defenders and judges who are trying to keep their head above water in the tide of this bureaucracy and red tape. “When you have people in that situation, and they’re in charge really of making decisions that affect these people’s lives, and it’s the middle of the night, and they maybe haven’t eaten since a certain time, and they’ve had to miss such and such thing because they had to be here tonight, and you start to introduce all of these other things into the system that shouldn’t be there, like personal biases and personal animosities,” she said. “It doesn’t make any sense to hamper a system that’s already dealing with so much with something like arraigning every person basically who a police officer speaks to. It’s insane to me.” WI

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senior director of Progress 2050 at CAP and co-author of the report. “Unfortunately, we see wealth in this country is unequally distributed, especially by race and particularly between white and black households. In concrete numbers, we find African Americans have been consistently denied opportunities to realize the American dream.” According to the report, these disparities that exist today can be traced back to public policies, both implicit and explicit: from slavery to Jim Crow, from redlining to school segregation, and from mass incarceration to environmental racism. The report challenges policymakers to take bigger and bolder steps to ensure greater racial equity. To view the full report, go to www.americanprogress.org. WI

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The Proclamation of the ‘Junkyard’ By Nico Hobson WI Contributing Writer On Jan. 8, Moe Shorter, manager of the Junkyard Band, received a phone call from longtime friend Ronald Moten. Junkyard is usually scheduled to play in the annual Martin Luther King Day Parade, so Moe figured the phone call had something to do with that since the date was coming up. He was right, but never expected to what extent. Moten had called to inform Moe that Junkyard would be presented with a proclamation from D.C. Mayor Bower that Jan. 15, 2018, would be recognized as Junkyard Band Day. This naturally took Moe by surprise. It has been a long road to this moment and he had to just let it all soak in for minute. He has worked as an assistant manager for the band from the its inception in 1980, as they started on buckets and cans playing in Barry Farm in Southeast, eventually becoming the full-time manager once the original manager, Derrick McCray stepped down a few years later. Moe has witnessed and been

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a part of some of the most significant times in go-go history with Junkyard. They were the first go-go band in a local commercial (Cavaliers Men’s Store) and in a national movie (“D.C. Cab”), and they were also signed to a major record deal on one of the most iconic labels in hip-hop history, Def Jam. This led to a national tour where they received acclaim for their unique style and substance. It then dawned on him that the honor would fall on a very significant day — the actual day when the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born. Would this proclamation take away from this historical day? As always, Moe found positiveness in the situation. One of the most significant songs that Junkyard performs, “The Word,” is centered around the plight of African-Americans during the Ronald Reagan presidential era, particularly in the D.C. region. This song rang as an anthem for not only the go-go community but anyone that took time out to listen to the lyrics that gave the feeling of a modern day negro spiritual with the music to match. Moe was the co-writer of

this historical song, so more to him than any other person, he understood what Dr. King’s work meant, because it helped influence his writing of the song. There was no other day when people had love in their hearts, like they do on this day. Thus it was a honor and a pleasure for Jan. 15, 2018, to be Junkyard Day. Additionally, the parade route was changed to end up in Junkyard’s home turf of Barry Farm, where the parade participants took in the indigenous sounds of the music that derived from the late music legend Chuck Brown and became the heartbeat of the city. Along with the proclamation from Mayor Bowser, Junkyard received two resolutions from Ward 8 Council member Trayon White and atlarge Council member Robert C. White Jr., commemorating the band’s work and music over the years. Yes, this was a day when all the hard work was finally recognized and appreciated by local politicians. They recognized the fact that go-go music is truly is “Our Music, Our Culture” and it’s all LOVE. WI

When Robinson when to ABC News, that prime national exposure came with many challenges. The anchor trio of Robinson, Frank Reynolds, Peter Jennings never clicked. “Max never got the support, never got the star treatment that you would expect for somebody in that position,” Johnson said. Mark Robinson shared a more lighthearted view with the audience, saying that his father was not always the serious newsman seen on television. He had a sense of humor that his children always enjoyed. “When the cameras were off, he could be as goofy as anybody,” Mark said. “That’s what me and my siblings, Maureen and Michael, had in common with our dad. We all are a little goofy.” The memory-filled occasion, sponsored by PNC Bank, was presented by Whitman-Walker Health, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Whitman-Walker Max Robinson Center in Anacostia. “We wanted to acknowledge Max

Robinson’s legacy and his influence in D.C.’s Black community,” said Jewel Addy, external affairs manager at Whitman-Walker Health. “We wanted to ensure that our patients and clients can see themselves projected into the work we do in the Black community, especially in Wards 7 and 8, where we see a large number of [HIV] infections.” Months before his death, a very sick Robinson spoke at the Howard University School of Journalism, where he gave students his thoughts about America and how to navigate through life. During the Feb. 20 panel, Peterson shared Robinson’s words to those students: “This is a very racist country. I want to see Black people make it very clear that there is a new day a dawning and that those of us who fought the good battle did not labor in vain. “Try to keep your integrity. The terrible thing about selling out, is that you have nothing left. Believe me, in this country, when you have nothing left to sell, you are absolutely dispensable.” WI

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ARIES The emphasis on your spiritual sector continues this week. However, your intuition could play a direct part in decisions linked to your career and plans. If you need guidance, meditating on the issue can allow you to tune in to your inner wisdom, which could be very revealing and helpful. On March 1, a full moon in your sector of wellness suggests that you may benefit from lightening your schedule. If you can book a massage or long walk, this could be very relaxing. Lucky Numbers: 3, 28, 38

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TAURUS Dynamic activity in your social sector brings you into greater contact with your friends and various groups. You might be motivated to hurry this relationship along. Even so, if you can allow the association to develop naturally, things will turn out much better. A delightful blend of energies on Friday could make for a perfect first date, especially if it involves food. Lucky Numbers: 8, 27, 47

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GEMINI The sun’s presence in your career sector encourages you to take stock, particularly if you’ve held back from doing so. This week, chatty Mercury’s tie with sobering Saturn suggests that you may be pushed into making a decision, and you will need to have the right information at hand. However, despite the potential for confusion, you might find your thoughts come together in a very constructive way. On Friday, a lovely alignment between luscious Venus and jovial Jupiter can be perfect for a fun night out, especially with your work buddies. Lucky Numbers: 12, 18, 46

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By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer

What’s in the bag? It looks like it could be a surprise. Lots of things that come in a sack that size are good things. Maybe it’s a doll or a truck or a bar of chocolate. Maybe it’s a whistle or a puzzle. Or maybe, as in the new book “Grandma’s Purse” by Vanessa Brantley-Newton, it’s a whole lot more than that … Here’s some good news: Grandma Mimi is coming to visit! She gives the best hugs. She always has “treasures” to share, and every one of them hides in the bottom of her purse. When she’s around, you can barely stop looking at that purse. It’s “full of some magical things.” It’s full of what makes Mimi, Mimi. Once you’ve gotten your hug and Mimi’s comfortable on the sofa, you can ask politely to see what’s inside that magical purse. It’s going to be something great. Or maybe it’ll be something useful. Or maybe something silly. “You never know what you’ll want to have with you!” says Mimi. For instance, she keeps a mirror in there, and a lipstick so she’s ready to leave kisses all over your cheeks. She needs her “smell-good,” so you know she’s been in your living room long after she leaves. Mimi always carries an second pair of earrings because any time might be time to look “extra-fancy.” There are hairpins in her purse, so she always looks put together, and a coin purse that Grandpa brought her from an overseas country far, far away. The coin purse reminds her of Grandpa. There’s candy, because she never knows who might be hungry. Her phone and her glasses are there; so is a scarf to keep her warm and a long line of pictures protected in plastic. It’s almost like Mimi carries everything! Lucky for you that she sometimes doesn’t mind if you play with her things. When you put on her lipstick, her “smell-good,” her scarf and her glasses, well, look at you: you could almost be Mimi. But wait. What’s that in the bottom of Mimi’s purse? What could it be? Rare is the big girl who doesn’t remember being a little girl with a fascination for an elder’s handbag. All those memories will rush forth when you see what author-illustrator Vanessa Brantley-Newton has in store for your little one in “Grandma’s Purse.” Beginning with the joyous cover, you know you’re in for a book that tells a story by picture alone. Indeed, when your child picks up this book to pretend-read it, she’ll easily know what’s going on by Brantley-Newton’s artwork. Even so, you’ll want to read this one aloud. Not only is it a story of being silly, being surprised, and being loved between generations, but it’s also just generally one that purse-loving, surprise-loving girls will appreciate, no matter what their ages. Surely, then, your child will love “Grandma’s Purse” almost as much as she loves to rummage through a handbag. For that 3- to 6-year-old and this book, the fun’s in the bag. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

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CANCER You might get the best results when you approach travel plans with patience even if your impulse is to hurry things along. Indeed, with lovely Venus and inquisitive Mars aligning with passionate Pluto, the temptation may be to keep pushing until you get what you want. Accept any delays with good humor and everything should proceed very nicely. If you’re starting a journey, consider checking the details as the sun aligns with nebulous Neptune over the weekend. Mistakes are possible. Lucky Numbers: 3, 4, 53 LEO There is a heightened focus on your sector of transformation this week, and this is emphasized further by lovely Venus and chatty Mercury aligning with potent Pluto. This means that you may have a completely single-minded attitude toward a key issue until it’s resolved to your satisfaction. This could make you rather blinkered for part of the week, but it will get results. On Friday, delightful Venus ties to jovial Jupiter, and this can be an exceptionally good time for a family gathering or big celebration. Lucky Numbers: 16, 25, 57 VIRGO One relationship could move to a new level, with feelings running high. You might be eager to hurry things along, but this may not be the best way ahead. Indeed, the full moon in your sign on March 1 suggests that impulsive moves are possible, but these may not be in your best interests. However, a lovely alignment on Friday can be much more conducive to having a good time, whether with a special person or in the company of friends. Lucky Numbers: 21, 50, 57 LIBRA You might be ready to make a health decision this week. Lovely Venus is currently in your wellness sector, and it could be because you want to look and feel better that you finally make this choice. With passionate Pluto involved, you might be ready to transform certain areas of your home so you can carry out your plans. This could involve clearing a corner for fitness equipment or making room for new gadgets in the kitchen. Friday could be especially delightful if you can resist temptation. Lucky Numbers: 5, 29, 43 SCORPIO The start of the week could be fairly intense, with ties to passionate Pluto encouraging you to get to know someone better. You may feel a strong urge to be in his or her company, which is great if the feeling is mutual. If you sense any reticence, hold back and allow things to develop naturally. A full moon in your social sector on Thursday can be perfect for a celebration. Friday is excellent for a special date with a new lover or your romantic partner. Lucky Numbers: 2, 19, 59 SAGITTARIUS You may be involved in purchasing items for the home, and this could take on a more serious tone this week, especially if the things are expensive. If you’re replacing an old item with a newer, better model, researching your options online and off will get you the best possible price. Resist purchasing the first one you see, because you could lose out. The full moon in your career zone could put you in the spotlight on Thursday, so use this opportunity to showcase your skills and abilities. Lucky Numbers: 17, 22, 58 CAPRICORN The more time you take to understand someone, the better you can get along. However, this week you might be tempted to try too hard, especially if this is someone you’d like to be romantically involved with. Take it easy. If you can allow things to develop in their own time, you may find that it works out much better. On Friday, a delightful aspect between luscious Venus and expansive Jupiter can be perfect for a very special date, one that you may remember for long time to come. Lucky Numbers: 6, 46, 56 AQUARIUS You could be busier than ever with events, group activities, and having fun. However, a focus on your sector of resources suggests that you will be mindful of the cost involved. This week, inquisitive Mercury in your money zone angles toward the red planet, and this can alert you to ways in which you may be wasting money. Cutting out those activities that aren’t truly necessary can help you save time and cash. Even so, an unexpected bonus could come your way. Lucky Numbers: 11, 12, 20 PISCES This week, you might be compelled to take part in a social event whether you want to or not. This may be due to a friend’s persuasiveness, and you could feel a bit resentful that they’re being so pushy. However, if you go along, you could have a wonderful time, especially on Friday. On Thursday, there is a full moon in your relationships zone, which could heighten feelings between you and another. Go easy, and avoid making any impulsive moves that you might come to regret later. Lucky Numbers: 9, 14, 32

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KERNER from Page 1 cuss the findings of a newly-released study, “Healing Our Divided Society: Investing in America Fifty Years After the Kerner Report.” The document says that not enough has been done to confront the warning of deepening poverty and inequality highlighted by the Kerner Commission 50 years ago and lists several areas where the U.S. has undergone “a lack of or reversal of progress.” Former U.S. Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma, the last surviving member of the original Kerner Commission and co-editor of the new report, said while he remains optimistic, things appear bleak, particularly for a growing segment of people of color and the poor. “Racial and ethnic inequality is

growing worse – we’re re-segregating our housing and schools again,” Harris said. “There are more people who are poor now than was true 50 years ago. Inequality of income is worse.” According to the report, the percentage of citizens living in deep poverty, less than half of the federal poverty level, has increased since 1975. Nearly 46 percent of those living in poverty in 2016 were classified as living in deep poverty – 16 percentage points higher than in 1975. Rep. Robert “Bobby” C. Scott said laws must be changed to protect the poor and Blacks, pointing to what he referred to as “Draconian measures” that “waged a war on people instead of their alleged purpose of waging war on drugs.” Admittedly, there has been progress, particularly as it relates to Hispanic homeownership since the

Kerner Commission. However, the homeownership gap for Blacks has since grown even wider. Gains achieved for Blacks after the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 have been wiped out from 2000 to 2015 as Black homeownership fell 6 percentage points, after having risen by the same percentage after the landmark legislation was enacted. The report cites the Black homeownership decline on the disproportionate effect the subprime crisis had on African-American families. Gaps in education, housing, income levels and law enforcement have grown so wide, that Harris says the entire country and local communities have a “moral responsibility” to address them now. Recommendations in the new study include demanding that the federal government and states advocate for more spending on early childhood education and a $15 minimum wage by 2024. It also calls for more regulatory oversight over mortgage leaders in order to prevent predatory lending, community policing that works with nonprofits in minority neighborhoods and more job training programs in an era of automation and emerging technologies. Johnson formed the original 11-member Kerner Commission

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with Detroit burning in a five-day riot in 1967 which left 33 Blacks and 10 whites dead and more than 1,400 buildings destroyed by fire. More than 7,000 people would be arrested. That summer, more than 150 instances of civil unrest occurred across the U.S. Harris and other commission members traveled the country, viewing riot-torn cities and speaking with Black and Hispanic citizens and white police officers. Unfortunately, Johnson failed to follow the commission’s recommendation that the federal government spend billions to attack structural racism in employment, education and housing after the group chose not to affirm the president’s anti-poverty initiatives. Johnson refused to engage with the members of the commission and shelved the entire report. The new report, similar to 1968, implores media outlets to diversity and hire more Black and Latino journalists which would greatly improve their coverage of communities of color. Former Secretary of State John Kerry praised the recent findings, saying that it clearly examines “the places we’ve gone wrong and [indicates] what we must do to live up to the promise of our country and respond at last to the alarm bell of the Kerner Report.” But clergy leaders representing the PICO National Network, the largest coalition of faith-based groups in the nation, and the director of Howard University’s leadership and public policy center, remain critical of America’s political leaders. “I am saddened to see the country move from the optimism of electing the first African-American president and from devising and implementing programs to address police trust, health disparities and other inequal-

5 Rep Robert “Bobby” C. Scott / Courtesy photo

ity issues to a period of turning a blind eye to bias, housing problems, the need for investment in quality education and other inequities,” said Elsie D. Scott, director of the Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center at Howard University. “The one sign of hope is the activism of young people who seem to have the spirit of the freedom riders to face resistance head-on and elect officials who will not be content with the status quo,” Scott said. The Rev. Michael McBride, director of PICO National Network’s LIVE FREE campaign to end gun violence and mass incarceration, echoed Scott. “Many of the stubborn challenges outlined in the report still remain major obstacles for a disproportionate number of Black people in this country,” he said. “We are partnering with organizations and leaders across the country to make our communities safer and ease the trauma associated with gun violence and mass incarceration but elected officials need to be partners in this effort.” WI

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Closing Out Black History Month in Grand Fashion 4 Nielsen Company representatives Don Lowery (L) and Ameyon Hawkins (R) with Maureen Bunyan portrayal Nylah Custalow, Maureen Bunyan, Dr. Calvin Rolark, Sr. portrayal Kyree Bynum and Denise Rolark Barnes, daughter of the late Calvin Rolark Sr. during the Advocates for History Black History Great Trailblazer program held at the UDC Theater of the Arts in Northwest on Monday, Feb. 26. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter 3 Pete Smith, at the podium, emcee for the State of Maryland’s 2018 5th Annual Black History Month held at Live! Casino & Hotel in Arundel, Maryland and honorees (L-R)- Jonathan A. Cordish (Principal & Director of Finance Cordish Companies), Zed Smith (COO The Cordish Companies), Travis G. Lamb (GM Live! Casino & Hotel), Honoree Jonas E. Brooks (Investigator Fire Marshal’s Office, Annapolis Maryland), Honoree Jefferi K. Lee (GM WHUT, Howard University), Honoree Md Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford, Honoree Pastor James E. Rollins (15 City), Honoree Bishop Doctor Abraham Shanklin, Jr, (Visionary & Founder of The Center of Transformation), Wayne R. Fraizer (President & CEO Md. Washington Minority Companies Association), Sitting (L-R) Honoree Jeanne Hitchcock (Special Advisor, Local Govt. & Corporate Affairs John Hopkins University), Honoree Cassandra Sneed Ogden (Board Member Jonathan Ogden Foundation), Honoree Ramsey L. Harris (VP Business Banking PNC Bank), Honoree Cynthia Brooks (Executive Director Bea Gaddy Family Centers, Inc.) Honoree Sheila Brooks, Ph.D. (Founder, President & CEO SRB Communications) /Photo by Demetrious B. Kinney

4 NNPA President Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. delivered the sermon at the Twelfth Street Christian Church in Northwest on Sunday, Feb. 25 during the Black History program. Standing with Chavis are (L-R) Claudette Perry, Linette Monroe, his daughter Ana, Pastor Paul Saddler, Tracie Powell, Julie Partee, and Denise Rolark Barnes. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

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5 Wilson guard Carlos Dunn shoots over by Roosevelt guard Alvin Judd during Wilson’s 71-59 win in the 2018 DCIAA boys’ championship game at Howard Burr Gymnasium in Northwest on Feb. 21. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

Anancostia, Wilson Roll to DCIAA Titles

5 Members of Anacostia’s girls basketball team join head coach Reginald Walker Sr. (left) to hoist their 2018 DCIAA trophy after defeating Dunbar 77-39 in the conference championship game at Howard Burr Gymnasium in Northwest on Feb. 21. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

DC Touchdown Club to Honor Football Standouts

By Daniel Kucin, Jr. WI Contributing Writer @danielkucin88 The DC Touchdown Club recently announced a local slate of award winners for its sixth annual 3M Awards Dinner. The group is headlined by University of Maryland wide receiver DJ Moore, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School wide receiver Anthony Lytton Jr. and St. John’s College High School quarterback Kevin Doyle. The awards ceremony will be held on April 12, in Bethesda, Md. at Congressional Country Club, highlighting some of the best players in the region. The DC Touchdown Club, presented by Capital Bank N.A., honors the best Washington area football players with year-round events highlighted by an annual awards dinner. Named the Big Ten Conference Receiver of the Year just a season ago, Moore exploited opposing defenses for 80 receptions, 1,033 receiving yards and eight touchdowns. He will receive the Washington Metro College Player of the Year award.

“The D.C. area annually produces some of the top players in the nation and this year is no different,” said DC Touchdown Club Executive Director Steve Beck. “We are thrilled to honor DJ Moore as he begins the next step of his football journey. Our high school players of the year once again are a group of special people.” Lytton was a significant piece in the Pumas’ championship puzzle just a season ago. The Florida State University commit helped increase Wise’s winning streak to 42 games en route to winning its third consecutive Maryland 4A title. Lytton showed his versatility as a shutdown defensive back, racking up 32 tackles, three forced fumbles and three interceptions on a defense that registered six shutouts and only allowed 7.1 points per game. The 5-foot-11, 170-pound senior caught 34 passes for 523 yards and seven touchdowns last year. He will take home the coveted Maryland High School Player of the Year award. “Lytton is a top-notch player with great speed,” said Suitland High School head coach Ed

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Shields, who coaches in the same division as the Pumas. “He’s an excellent cover guy with very good ball skills and his ability to run with the receiver sets him apart. A lot of people just won’t throw to his side.” Doyle will be honored as the D.C. High School Player of the Year. He transferred from Philadelphia to St. John’s for his senior year and had a season to remember. Doyle passed for 2,635 yards and 22 touchdowns, guiding the Cadets to their first Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship since 1989. The six-foot-four, 210-pound gunslinger is excited about the opportunity of playing for the University of Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh. “Obviously the University of Michigan is a great academic institution,” Doyle said in a statement to 247Sports. “Having Coach Harbaugh with his offense and Coach [Pep] Hamilton and all the quarterbacks he’s previously put in the NFL, I feel I fit the mold for that system. I think the offense they run should bring out the strong suits of my game.” WI

5 University of Maryland wide receiver DJ Moore will receive the Washington Metro College Player of the Year award at the DC Touchdown Club award banquet on April 12 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. /Photo by Daniel Kucin, Jr.

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per chamber would be wise to remember that this nation was founded as a democracy — and that its actions would be by, for, and of the people. Any loan that charges triple-digit interest rates costing far more than the actual principal borrowed is predatory and could not be construed to be somehow helping anyone. Similarly, just as mortgage rules require lenders to determine a borrower’s ability to repay a loan before approving an application, so should small-dollar loans. Access to credit is one thing, but triple-digit debt traps are something else. The sad truth is that predatory lending preys upon people with the fewest financial resources and options. Across the country, many Black and Latino neighborhoods may lack full-service grocery stores and banks, but a profusion of predatory lenders always seem to be nearby.

Even more disturbing, an updated report by the Center for Responsible Lending on payday lending in Colorado found that even in affluent communities of color, the likelihood of a nearby payday store is greater than in low-income, predominantly White areas. In 2016, high-cost Colorado payday loans took nearly $50 million in fees alone from customers. In some cases, borrowers took out two or more loans simultaneously from two or more lenders. “There is good reason over 200 civil rights, consumer, faithbased, housing, labor and veterans’ advocacy organizations oppose this bill,” Waters said. “The type of credit that this bill helps consumers access is the kind that makes it easier for vulnerable consumers to sink into insurmountable debt — like payday and other high-cost loans.” WI

tinuing movement to increase Black Homeownership signals our unshakable conviction that this pillar of the American dream is still achievable, desirable and affordable for African Americans. The National Association of Real Estate Brokers, Inc. (NAREB) was founded in Tampa, Florida, in 1947 as an equal opportunity and civil rights advocacy organization for Black American real estate professionals, consumers, and communities

in America. The purpose of NAREB is to enhance the economic improvement of its members, the community at large, and the minority community which it serves. Although composed primarily of Black Americans, the REALTIST association embraces all qualified real estate practitioners who are committed to achieving our vision of “Democracy in Housing.” For more information, visit www.nareb.com. WI

tin Luther King had when he talked about multiracial coalitions. Perhaps I’m being overly optimistic about the possibility of a multiracial youth coalition. We have seen several young white

men pick up automatic weapons and kill multiple people. Dylan Roof was just 21 when he killed nine African Americans at Emanuel African American Episcopal Church. Nikolas Cruz, the killer In Parkland, is 19. Even as the Parkland students galvanize, there are forces that are also galvanizing young people. These are the neo-Nazis, the white supremacists and the downright racists who appeal to young white men who somehow feel that others have more opportunity than they do. These are the folks who listen to the siren call of 45’s rhetoric and eagerly embrace his divisiveness. Still, if we believe, as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,” then we must be optimistic about positive developments in the political arena. The young people who have risen up are a positive development. If they are able to join with young people of color to push politicians in the right direction, we will all be better off! WI

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Sorority Celebrates 75 Years of Giving Back

with Lyndia Grant Last week, we concluded Black History Month with the story of the founding of Lewis College of Business, Michigan’s only HBCU. March is Women’s History Month, and as I continue the story of Dr. Violet T. Lewis and her sister Elizabeth Garner, allow me to share more about the two sisters from Detroit. As part of the celebration of the 300th birthday of Detroit, the Detroit Historical Museum developed an exhibit, “Thirty Who Dared.” Lewis was included because she did dare to dream, opening a college to teach African-American women secretarial skills. Now, more than 80 years later, it doesn’t sound particularly exciting, but for the sake of Women’s History Month, allow me to elaborate further. This week, you will learn how Dr. Violet T. Lewis and her sister Elizabeth Garner decided to begin a sorority for the students attending Lewis College of Business. That sorority is Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. On Feb. 28, Gamma Phi Delta Sorority celebrated 75 years of giving service to communities throughout the country. Though Lewis College of Business began as a two-year business college, Dr. Lewis and her sister, Mt. Zion Baptist Church Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.) Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold”

an instructor at the college, sat down and came up with a plan to establish a sorority. Chapters raise funds for scholarships, as well as for needy families for the holidays, including Thanksgiving baskets and Christmas clothing, toys and dinners. Youth groups have been and will continue to be included. We have Rose Buds, our young ladies in middle school, beginning from fifth grade through eighth grade. Our Phi-Teens are our high school girls through the first year college. Both subsidiaries allow our girls to learn Parliamentary Procedure, we teach them social graces, they learn how to perform in front of audiences, they have the opportunity to share their talents during our annual Artist of Tomorrow Programs. Guess who came through out talent show program, Marvin Gaye. We are pleased to share this type program with our youth. During our National Convention, the girls participate in a lovely debutante Fantasy Swirl, escorted by our male Cavaliers. They participate in convention breakout sessions replete with speakers and workshops, which will help them to grow up much more outspoken and dynamic than their peers. It is terrific! An example of our work: my chapter, where I’m president, is hosting our annual Butterfly Brunch, a scholarship and community fundraiser at the Camelot in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on Saturday, March 10, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. We raise thousands of dollars to support our scholarship recipient Emari Quarles, a Temple University student who has been invited to give remarks. Maureen Bunyan will be the Mis-

tress of Ceremonies, while Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett will present a proclamation to our chapter, as well as Certificates of Recognition to each honoree, including guest speaker Rev. Dr. Cheryl Phillips, pastor of International Church. It has been my pleasure to serve for 37 years the organization founded by Dr. Violet T. Lewis and her sister Elizabeth Garner. Lenor R. Reese of northern Virginia is our current Supreme Basileus. Our event chair and chapter members be decorating the Camelot with butterflies, as we raise funds to continue the great work started by Lewis and Garner. It is indeed, much more blessed to give than to receive! Join the Gamma Phi Delta Foundation, Inc., where I serve as national president. We will cruise around the great city of Detroit on the Detroit Princess Riverboat Motown Cruise this July, as we celebrate 75 years! WI Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958 Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

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John F. Johnson Reverend Dr. 1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com

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RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 Fax: 301-499-8724

Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 a.m. 7 10:00 a.m. Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”

Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor 700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849 Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00am 5th Sundays: 9:30am 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30pm www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

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Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Crusader Baptist Church

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor

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

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor

Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor

2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org

800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30am 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00am Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30pm Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00am “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment

1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661

Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00am Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30pm Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org “God is Love”

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St. Stephen Baptist Church

Third Street Church of God

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

Drs. Dennis W. & Christine Y. Wiley Pastors

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor

Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor

Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor

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

3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax)

5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555

1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office 202-638-1803 fax

610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax

Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00am Communion Service: First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30pm

Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30pm (dinner @ 5:30pm) Sunday School: 9:00am – Hour of Power

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Campbell AME Church Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 am Sunday Church School: 8:45 am Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 pm Thursday: 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020

Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher 4275 4th Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20034 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 Service and Times Sunday School 8 – 9 AM Worship Service 9 – 11 AM Tuesday Night Bible Study 6:30 – 8:00 PM Wednesday Daytime Bible Study 11 AM – 12:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: faithdefender@verizon.net

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Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45am Church School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45am Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 pm Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30am “We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net

Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 11:00am Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 am “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org

Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church

Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45am Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45am; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45am; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6am & 6:30pm Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net

St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... Dr. Raymond T. Matthews Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Services and Times Sunday School: 9:00am Worship Service: 10:00am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45pm Thur. Bible Study: 7:15pm

Twelfth Street Christian Church Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Communion every Sunday: 11:00 am Sunday School: 10:00 am Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 pm Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com

Mount Carmel Baptist Church Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10am themcbc.org

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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church

All Nations Baptist Church

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471

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

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

Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Service 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com

Zion Baptist Church Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor 4850 Blagdon Ave, NW - Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:15AM Sunday School: 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org

St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon

Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

Israel Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor

2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office • (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . . 100% Forgiven!

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

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org

“Where Jesus is the King”

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor

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

1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org

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

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10: am Holy Communion: First Sunday 10: am Sunday School: 9: am Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: "Faith On The Hill"

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Eastern Community Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

New Commandment Baptist Church

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor

Damion M. Briggs Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 - Fax: 202-544-2964

8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am & 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm

Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM

Rehoboth Baptist Church

“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org

Salem Baptist Church

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org

St. Matthews Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 pm

Emmanuel Baptist Church

“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Rev. Joan E. Buchanan Executive Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 7:30am Worship Service: 11:00am New Member’s Class: 9:45am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00am Church School: 9:45am Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00pm Saturday Bible Study: 11:00am Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00am

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

Christ Embassy DC

Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Friday Evening Service: 7:00 P.M. ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com

“Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”

Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class 8:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:00 am Wednesday Service 12:00 pm

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

“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address: admin@pbc712.org

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor

Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor

Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor

Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074

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

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

9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288

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

Service and Times Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.

Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 a.m. Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 a.m. Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 p.m.

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

2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon

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

The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday) Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org

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Email: sbc@shilohbaptist.org Website: shilohbaptist.org

Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 a.m. Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30 a.m. Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 p.m. Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “

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

LEGAL NOTICES

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

Administration Number 2018 ADM 000175

Administration Number 2018 ADM 000178

Administration No. 2018 ADM 133

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000143

Estate of Alexandra Blackhurst

Estate of Muriel M. Thorne

Catherine Y. Savoy aka Catherine Savoy Decedent

Harry J. King Decedent

NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Lynn B. Walt for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. Admit to probate the will dated August 8, 2017 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of witnesses or otherwise. Date of first publication: 3/1/2018 Lynn B. Walt Personal Representative: TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by David W. Williams for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.

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

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Janice D. Jackson, whose address is 5112 69th Place, Hyattsville, MD 20784, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Catherine Y. Savoy aka Catherine Savoy who died on January 2, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/1/2018. 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 9/1/2018, 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.

Anne Meister Register of Wills

Date of first publication: 3/1/2018

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Janice D. Jackson Personal Representative

In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate appoint a supervised personal representative. Date of first publication: 3/1/18 David W. Williams Personal Representative:

LEGAL NOTICES THIS IS PUBLIC NOTICE, HEREBY GIVEN BY ronda lynnette: SHORT EVANS AND ALL DERIVATIVES, HAVING POSSESSION, DECLARES OWNERSHIP IN RIGHT, TITLE, INTEREST AND CLAIM OF RA965585915US FREE FROM ANY AND ALL KNOWN ENCUM-

Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Patricia Moore and David E. King, whose addresses are 6700 Furman Pkwy, Riverdale, MD 20737 and 401 Jefferson St., NE, WDC 20011, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Harry J. King who died on November 8, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/1/2018. 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 9/1/2018, 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: 3/1/2018

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BRANCES. THIS IS GOOD AGAINST ALL THE WORLD IN WITNESS WHERE OF; ANY DOCUMENT(S) BEARING RA965585915US-01.001 - RA965585915US-99.999 SHALL AS RES PERTAIN THERE TO, DERIVED THERE FROM, ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, EXECUTED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AS IF FULLY SET FORTH. ANY PERSON OR ENTITY CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN RESPECT OF RA965585915US-01.001 - RA965585915US-99.999, IS HEREBY REQUIRED TO MAKE THE SAME KNOWN IN WRITING BY PROVIDING THE DOCUMENTARY PROOF THEREOF, TO THE UNDERSIGNED AT 12138 CENTRAL AVENUE, #402, MITCHELLVILLE, MD 20721 WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION HEREOF, FAILING TO DO SO PERFECTS THE UNDERSIGNS OWNERSHIP, AND ANY SUCH CLAIMS THEREAFTER, IF ANY, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE WAIVED. Ronda Evans 12138 CENTRAL AVENUE, #402 MITCHELLVILLE, MD 20721 240-509-9920 rlsevans@startmail.com

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2018 ADM 000042 Yvonne T. Riddick Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Eugene K. Riddick whose address is 1112 Spring Road, NW, Washington, DC 20010 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Yvonne T. Riddick who died on July 2, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/15/2018. 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 8/15/2018, 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: 2/15/2018 Eugene K. Riddick Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

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Administration No. 2018 ADM 76

Administration No. 2017 ADM 001351

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000038

Administration No. 2017 ADM 923

Juliana Soo-Jin Ko Decedent

Helga M. E. Bailey Decedent

Kisha L. Woolen, Esquire Tobin O’Connor & Ewing 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW #700 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney

Edward G. Varrone, Esq. 910 17th Street, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney

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

Ethel M. Taylor Decedent

Mae D. Bunn Decedent

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

Kisha L. Woolen, Esquire Tobin O’Connor & Ewing 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW #700 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Phillip Lee Young, whose address is 15802 Glacier Court, North Potomac MD 20878, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Juliana Soo-Jin Ko who died on October 11, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/15/2018. 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 8/15/2018, 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.

LaShawn Jefferson, whose address is 831 Amies Lane, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Helga M. E. Bailey who died on January 12, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/15/18. 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 8/15/18, 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.

Michelle R. Guyton, whose address is 8102 South Bicentennial Loop S.E., Olympia, WA 98503 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mae D. Bunn who died on September 1, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/15/2018. 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 8/15/2018, 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: 2/15/2018

Phillip Lee Young Personal Representative

LaShawn Jefferson Personal Representative

Michelle R. Guyton Personal Representative

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Madeline H. Jones, whose address is 4911 Lottsford Vista Road, Bowie MD 20720-4218, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ethel M. Taylor who died on April 14, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/15/2018. 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 8/15/2018, 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: 2/15/2018 Madeline H. Jones Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2018 ADM 000050 Nora Ramsey Decedent

LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Trust No. 2018 NRT 000006 Delores N. Brown Name of Deceased Settlor NOTICE OF EXISTENCE OF REVOCABLE TRUST

Kisha L. Woolen, Esq. Tobin O’Connor & Ewing 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW #700 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Delores N. Brown whose address was 3308 22nd St. NE, Washington, DC 20018 created a revocable trust on 1/6/11, which remained in existence on the date of death on December 8, 2017 and, Jacquelyn T. Womack, whose address is 3308 22nd St. NE, Washington, DC 20018 is the currently acting trustee, hereinafter the Trustee. Communications to the Trust should be mailed or directed to Jacquelyn T. Womack at 3308 22nd Street, NE Washington, DC 20018.

Hilliard N. Vance, whose address is 8815 Lanier Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20910, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Nora Ramsey who died on July 30, 2001 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/15/2018. 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 8/15/2018, 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.

The Trust is subject to claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors, costs of administration of the settlor’s estate, the expense of the deceased settlor’s funeral and disposal of remains, and statutory allowances to a surviving spouse and children to the extent the deceased settlor’s residuary probate estate is inadequate to satisfy those claims, costs, expenses, and allowances.

Date of first publication: 2/15/2018

The Trustee may proceed to distribute the trust property in accordance with the terms of the trust before the expiration of the time within which an action must be commenced unless the Trustee knows of a pending judicial proceeding contesting the validity of the trust or the Trustee has received notice from a potential contestant who thereafter commences a judicial proceeding within sixty days after notification.

Hilliard N. Vance Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017 ADM 1270 Isaac R. McClain, Jr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Earlene Smith McClain, whose address is 122 33rd Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Isaac R. McClain, Jr. who died on March 2, 2016 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/15/2018. 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 8/15/2018, 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: 2/15/2018 Earlene Smith McClain Personal Representative

Claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors are barred as against the Trustee and the trust property unless presented to the Trustee at the address provided herein on or before 8/15/2018 (6 month after the date of the first publication of this notice.) An action to contest the validity of this trust must be commenced by the earliest of (1), December 8, 2018 (One year from date of death of deceased settlor) (2), 8/15/2018 (6 months from the date of first publication of this notice) or (3) Ninety days after the Trustee sends the person a copy of the trust instrument and a notice informing the person of the trust’s existence, of the Trustee’s name and address, and of the time allowed for commencing a proceeding.

This Notice must be mailed postmarked within 15 days of its first publication to each heir and qualified beneficiary of the trust and any other person who would be an interested person within the meaning of D.C. Code 20-101(d). Date of First Publication: 2/15/2018 Jacquelyn T. Womack Signature of Trustee TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration Number 2018 ADM 000123 Estate of Pearl R. Wood NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Thurie Wood-Kelly and Kisha L. Woolen for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining the decedent died intestate appoint a supervised personal representative Date of first publication: 2/15/2018 Thurie Wood-Kelly Kisha L. Woolen Personal Representatives

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

Administration No. 2018 ADM 28

Administration No. 2018 ADM 78

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000086

Nathaniel Brown Decedent

Madeline M. Christian Decedent

Warren Webb Decedent Robert P. Newman, Esq. 801 Wayne Avenue, Suite 400 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney

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

Barbra Wilson, whose address is 6414 Bushey Drive, Temple Hills, MD 20748 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Nathaniel Brown who died on 9/14/2015 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/15/2018. 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 8/15/2018, 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: 2/15/2018

Tiphanie N. Gilmore Edwards and Stephanie R. Gilmore whose addresses are 16303 Eddinger Rd, Bowie, MD 20716 and 4447 Douglas St. NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Madeline M. Christain who died on December 19, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/15/2018. 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 8/15/2018, 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.

Barbra Wilson Personal Representative

Date of first publication: 2/15/2018

Date of first publication: 2/22/2018

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Opiffany Webb Personal Representative

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Opiffany Webb, whose address is 380 South Gibson Street, Warrenton, GA 30828, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Warren Webb who died on August 25, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/22/2018. 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 8/22/2018, 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. 2017 ADM 001315

Administration No. 2017 ADM 000779

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000112

Martha H. Terrell Decedent

Rubye Mae Queen Decedent

Pierre J. Montague aka Pierre Jacques Montague Decedent

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

Thomas C. Williams III, whose address is 3065 Clinton Street NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Martha H. Terrell who died on February 13, 1999 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/15/2018. 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 8/15/2018, 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.

Jennifer Concino, Esq., whose address is 5335 Wisconsin Ave. NW, #700, Washington, DC 20015 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Rubye Mae Queen who died on January 20, 1999 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/22/2018. 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 8/22/2018, 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: 2/15/2018

Date of first publication: 2/22/2018

Thomas C. Williams III Personal Representative

Jennifer Concino, Esq. Personal Representative

Sean Montague Personal Representative

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sean Montague, whose address is 1514 Newton St. NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Pierre J. Montague aka Pierre Jacques Montague who died on December 13, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/22/2018. 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 8/22/2018, 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: 2/22/2018

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

Administration No. 2018 ADM 82

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000059

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000108

Administration No. 2018 ADM 84

Administration Number 2018 ADM 000137

Nellie R. Staton aka Nellie Staton Decedent

Desmond Joseph Decedent

Delores N. Brown Decedent

Christiane M. Wellons Decedent

Estate of Doris W. Berry NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE

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

Attorney Ethel Mitchell Wills and Trusts, LLC 8403 Colesville Road #1100 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney

Lisa C. Joseph, whose address is 103 R Street NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Desmond Joseph who died on March 3, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/22/2018. 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 8/22/2018, 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.

Jacquelyn T. Womack, whose address is 3308 22nd Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Delores N. Brown who died on December 8, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedentâ€™s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/22/2018. 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 8/22/2018, 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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Rachelle H. Raphael 4800 Hampden Lane, Ste. 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Eldridge Staton and Richard Staton, whose addresses are 735 Whitaker Ter., Silver Spring, MD 20901 and 216 Bristol Downs Dr., Gaithersburg, MD 20877, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Nellie R. Staton aka Nellie Staton who died on August 16, 2016 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedentâ€™s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/22/2018. 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 8/22/2018, 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: 2/22/2018 Eldridge Staton Richard Staton Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

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Rosemarie Crawford, whose address is 8506 Triple Crown Rd, Bowie, MD 20715, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Christiane M. Wellons who died on March 20, 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/22/2018. 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 8/22/2018, 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.

Jacquelyn T. Womack Personal Representative

Date of first publication: 2/22/2018

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Rosemarie Crawford Personal Representative

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Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Phillip A. Millet for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. Order James J. Millet who is alleged to have custody of the will dated June 27, 1996 to deliver it to the Court.

Date of first publication: 2/22/2018

Personal Representative: Phillip A. Millet

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

Administration No. 2017 ADM 001294

Foreign No. 2018 FEP 000024

Administration Number 2017 ADM 001192

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000154

November 26, 2007 Date of Death

Estate of Margaret Allen

William Lawrence Juneau aka William L. Juneau Name of Decedent

NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE

John H. Owens aka John Henry Owens Decedent

Bruce Darby Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Edgar Darby, whose address is 4204 19th Ave., Temple Hills, MD 20748, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Bruce Darby who died on 5/9/1993 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 8/22/2018. 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 8/22/2018, 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: 2/22/2018 Edgar Darby Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Bridget Marie Juneau whose address is 3810 W. 4th St., Duluth, MN 55807 was appointed personal representative of the estate of William Lawrence Juneau, aka William L. Juneau, deceased, by the Tenth Judicial District, District Court for Chisago County, State of Minnesota, on January 2, 2018. Service of process may be made upon Joshua Branson, 1615 M St. NW, Suite 400 Washington DC 20036 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. Decedent has cause of action in D.C. The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: 2/22/2018 Bridget Marie Juneau Personal Representative Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Kenneth Allen for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate appoint an unsupervised personal representative. Date of first publication: 2/22/2018 Kenneth Allen Personal Representative: TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

Jeffrey K. Gordon, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cheryl Marlene Owens, whose address is 3644 Southern Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of John H. Owens aka John Henry Owens who died on April 26, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/1/2018. 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 9/1/2018, 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: 3/1/2018 Cheryl Marlene Owens Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

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Deborah Berry Personal Representative:

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

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

Naomi C. Millet

NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE

In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate, appoint an unsupervised personal representative.

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Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Deborah Berry for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Zachary Stokes and Robert Owens, whose addresses are 1764 Lang Pl. NE, WDC 20002 and 3507 Maywood Ln., Suitland, MD 20746, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Ozella Stokes aka Ozella J. Stokes who died on June 25, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/1/2018. 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 9/1/2018, 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: 3/1/2018 Zachary Stokes Robert Owens Personal Representatives TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2018 ADM 000106 Corrine A. Inman Decedent

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dardized test scores while enriching curricula. Charters’ greatest impact has been on students from low-income families who were ill-served by the old monopoly of the traditional system. Charter students in Wards 7 and 8, which includes Douglass’s Anacostia, are twice as likely to meet statewide college and career benchmarks as their non-charter public school counterparts. The charter school reform was a significant motivator for the D.C. Council to move to a system of mayoral control of DCPS, lead-

ing to significant reforms. More progress could be made still if District charter schools, which do not receive a public schoolhouse upon opening, could better access appropriate facilities, and if the D.C. government funded public charter students on par with their neighbors and siblings in city-run schools, as the law requires. Some 10,000 students are on waitlists to get into charters that are currently unable to accommodate them. Douglass saw much change in his life — once pursued by District Marshals after escaping slavery, he was later appointed Marshal of the District of Columbia, the first African-American confirmed for a presidential appointment by the U.S. Senate. Douglass famously said: “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” The national hero who one local historian has christened “the Lion of Anacostia” certainly laid the first foundation stones for such equality in education as we enjoy today. WI

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