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By James Wright WI Contributing Writer D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser knows she has many, many blessings in her job. While many of her fellow mayors are dealing with budget deficits and having to make tough choices regarding cuts, Bowser sits on $15.5 billion and can offer funds for various programs. “This week, after engaging residents from all eight wards, I released my Fiscal Year 2020 Budget,” the mayor said on March 20. “These have been and continue to be very good times in D.C.” The District has a AAA bond rating on Wall Street and new residents continue to move to the city by the

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Norton, BLM’s Garza Honored by NNPA By James Wright WI Contributing Writer

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, a staple of the civil rights movement, and Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, who has helped define the millennial generation, received top honors during the recent National Newspaper Publishers Association’s annual Black Press Week. Black Press Week, which took place this year from March 20-22 at the DuPont Circle Hotel in northwest D.C., celebrates the achievements of the 215 African-Ameri-

can-owned newspapers that operate in 40 states, the District and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The newspapers primarily consist of dailies and weeklies and work to report the international, national and local news of African Americans. Norton received the “Torch Award” while Garza obtained the “NewsMaker of the Year” citation at the Torch Awards dinner on March 21. Norton, who has served as the District representative to the U.S. Congress since 1991, has expressed concern about the dearth of feder-

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5 The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton (2nd left) (D-DC) is recipient of the Torch Award for Outstanding Leadership and Achievement in Support of the Black Press of America received on March 21 during Black Press Week. (L-R) Amelia Ashley-Ward, Dorothy Leavell, NNPA chair, Benjamin Chavis, NNPA president and CEO. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

An online petition has garnered well over 17,000 signatures and soon should reach its goal of 18,000 as an alum of Georgetown University is calling for the school to rescind admissions and degrees from students linked to the widespread $25 million college admissions bribery scam. Georgetown alum Mickey Lee created and started the petition. “I implore the administration to rescind admissions and any degrees conferred to all students involved in this scandal,” Lee wrote in the petition published earlier this month. “In addition, a written public apology needs to be made to all university alumni and students as well as applicants/families of those who were deferred or not admitted at these cheaters’ expense. “As a proud alum of Georgetown University, I am deeply disappointed that GU, along with Stanford University, Yale University, University of South California, University of California Los Angeles, University of Texas, Wake Forest University, and University of San Diego, is involved in the college entrance bribery scheme,” he said. A Georgetown spokesperson said the northwest D.C. school declined to comment on individual students in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

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Mildred Muhammad is “We haveefforts to stop pas-what Melendez, lives 1,000 yards from the properpartners and other stakeholders can do to ensure Up of Black who Women. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chil-comty. “For two . . . we had a lot of concerns that communities across the Marlow hasyears written a book, an organization that plete helpsand theaccurate drencounts aboutindomestic violence,” were not the applicant. It’s not in our OtherMarlow participants “Color Meaddressed Butterfly,”bywhich is a survivors of domesticcountry. violence said. will include: Lisa Haminterest for four our health, safetyofand welfare.” Thehas Annie E. Casey Foundastory about generations and their children. ilton, president/CEO, Marlow worked to break tion; Loida Garcia-Febo, president, American Library domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear for six years. 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Evans, dent of the National Hook-Up Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) 28, had been of Black Women, said there is no recently announced that the Presidential Allowance missing since consistency in the way domestic Modernization Act (H.R. 1496), which updates the violence with by been involved in a Jan. 28.issues She are haddealt reportedly 1958 Former Presidents Act, includes language that dispute with her boyfriend on the afternoon she removes the current law’s treatment of the District of disappeared; her car was found in the Scioto Mile Columbia government as part of the federal governarea downtown and her phone recovered in anment. The bill, passed today by the Committee on other part of the Scioto Mile. But police, from the Oversight and Reform, treats employment of former start of the investigation, said they had to reason presidents and the widows of former presidents by the to suspect foul play as there had been no known District government in the same manner as employment domestic violence issues in Evans’ relationship. by any other local or state government. The law has not Evans had been a prominent leader for the Peobeen updated to recognize D.C. as an independent jurisple’s Justice Project, a key organizer of protests at diction with a locally elected government, which was esColumbus (OH) City Hall and had recently betablished by the Home Rule Act of 1973. The bill makes come executive director of the Juvenile Justice Coathis home-rule correction. lition. and active as a protester for justice and equal “I am grateful to Rep. Jody Hice and Chairman Elijah rights in Columbus, OH, as well as throughout the Cummings for their hard work on this legislation,” NorU.S. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism ton said. “The 1958 law was designed to keep a president from Ohio State University and a master’s in Lior his or her widow who worked for the D.C. governbrary and Information Science from Kent State ment from double dipping by collecting both a federal University. She began student organizing in 2011 pension and salary from the D.C. government. Howwith Occupy OSU, a group whose inspiration ever, D.C. is an independent jurisdiction that places L.Y. Marlow came from the Occupy Wall Street movement. its locally raised funds in its own accounts, making the According to her mother, Tonya Fischer, the double dipping reason for that provision in the law an family planned to hold a memorial vigil on anachronism. This small but significant change ensures Wednesday, March 27 at the Scioto Mile. Other that D.C. is treated just like every other jurisdiction and arrangements remain pending. not as a part of the federal government.”

Missing Community Activist Amber Evans Found Dead

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AROUND THE REGION Anacostia Emerges as Jobs Oasis By James Wright WI Contributing Writer Not long ago, the Anacostia neighborhood had a reputation of an economic basket case where businesses opened at their own risk. No one thought a sustainable job with decent wages could be found in the historic but crime-infested Ward 8 area. Times have changed, however. Residents of Anacostia are increasingly finding that they don’t have to go west of the Anacostia River to find a good job. “I love jobs,” said Troy Donte Prestwood, the chairman of the 8A advisory neighborhood commission in Anacostia. “Even more so, I love seeing jobs in Anacostia. It’s exciting to see more employment opportunities come across the bridge where residents have longed for the day when they too can literally walk to work. “Not only does working in your community save money and time, it can also help build a strong sense of community identity and pride,” Prestwood said. Ward 8 has traditionally had the city’s highest unemployment and, despite D.C.’s booming economy, that remains the case with 11.6 percent joblessness rate, according to statistics from the D.C. Department of Employment Services. The ward also has the lowest rate of homeownership, a key indicator of wealth. But the Southeast neighborhood, which lies near the river and has experienced economic growth for almost 10 years with a receptive small business environment on corridors such as Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Good Hope Road and the feeder streets that house its thriving arts scene and encompassing a booming real estate market. The St. Elizabeths West campus with the U.S. Coast Guard base of operations and the future headquarters of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are in the neighborhood, as gentrification brings new businesses and developments such as Maple View Flats and the Anacostia Metro Station on the Green Line. Earlier this month, the Busboys and Poets restaurant and bar opened its newest location on Martin Luther King Jr. Av-

enue. Andy Shallal, Busboys founder and CEO, said he desired to hire Anacostia and Ward 8 residents. “We absolutely did a concerted effort to hire people from Ward 8,” Shallal said. “Some of our current staff who live in Ward 8 asked to be transferred to work closer to home.” Shallal said his Anacostia employees “for the most part have been very enthusiastic.” “Some were not used to the volume of business we had,” he said. Shallal said bringing on more employees is now a priority. “We will be hiring another 20 employees for the space which would bring us to about 90 total when we are fully staffed,” he said. “Almost every one of them is from Ward 7 and 8. Mostly 8.” Anacostia Organics, the only medical marijuana dispensary of east of the river, has also set up shop on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, next to Busboys and Poets. Its owner, Linda Greene, is one of the few African Americans on the retail side of the medical marijuana business. Anacostia Organics started operations this year with Mayor Muriel Bowser and other city leaders attended the opening. Greene said she held a job fair at the Anacostia Arts Center in September and was pleased with the quality of the applicants and their enthusiasm for a relatively new industry. “Normally in this industry, because it is so specialized and not legal on the federal level, we get our experienced employees from other states such as Colorado,” Greene said. “I made a conscious effort to hire people from D.C. and especially people who live east of the river to give them a chance in this industry.” Greene proudly said most of her eight hires thus far reside east of the river. She had to tap into special resources to train her employees since no programs from the D.C. Department of Employment Services could aid her because of the industry’s legal standing on the federal level. As far as Busboys and Poets, a community organization, the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative (FSFSC), facilitated the opening of the restaurant and bar. “Our role was one of part-

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nering with Busboys and Poets,” said Perry Moon, FSFSC executive director. “We were responsible for outreach and engagement. All the information sessions were held in our program space in the community. “From what I heard, about 200 people attended the sessions,” Moon said. “We also hosted some of the training in our space.” Moon stressed that all hiring decisions were made by Busboys and Poets. In the near future, the Maple Flats View project on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue will have 15,000 square feet that will be anchored by the first Starbucks in Ward 8. Prestwood said Anacostia’s time has come and jobs will continue to be created for its residents. “For far too long, we’ve seen our friends in other sections of the District enjoy this convenience,” he said. “Now we’re on the cusp of it happening here and that’s a good thing.” WI

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1866 – George Alexander McGuire, founder and first Bishop of the African Orthodox Church, is born in Swetes, Antigua. 1939 – The New York Renaissance Big Five, one of the most successful all-Black professional basketball teams in the 1920s and 1930s, becomes the first all-Black pro team to win a world championship.

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1904 – Granville T. Woods patents the first of two improvements on railroad brakes. 1918 – Award-winning actress and singer Pearl Bailey is born in Southampton County, Virginia.

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1870 – The 15th Amendment, which granted African-American men the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution.

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mural at Hampton University, is born in Chicago. 1932 – World-renowned Black cowboy Willie “Bill” Pickett dies at 61 after being kicked in the head by a horse. 1984 – John Thompson becomes the first African-American head coach to win a major collegiate championship when his Patrick Ewing-led Georgetown Hoyas defeat the University of Houston 84-75 in the NCAA mens’ basketball title game.

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1950 – African-American historian, author and journalist Carter G. Woodson, known as the “father of Black History,” dies in his Washington, D.C., home of a heart attack at 74. 1961 – Legendary comedian and actor Eddie Murphy is born in Brooklyn, New York. 1990 – Iconic jazz vocalist Sarah Va u g h a n dies at her Hidden Hills, California, home of lung cancer at 66. WI

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encounters with African Americans. Technically, Smollett has been granted a “deferred prosecution” which means that the criminal case is over and that he’s no longer guilty of any wrongdoing, reportedly so the police can turn their sights on more violent crimes and the need to secure public safety. Clearly, the case has been divisive from the start with those supporting or criticizing Smollett changing their views as frequently as one changes their underclothes. Further, he’s been trending on social media and been the subject of talk shows as much as Donald Trump and his demand for a wall that almost anyone with an ounce of sense believes is unnecessary and far too expensive than the results it will allegedly provide. Meanwhile, the police chief and mayor of Chicago continue to stand by the investigation charging Smollett with staging the entire episode for his own personal gain. What we still haven’t heard is what will happen, if anything to the two brothers, Abimbola “Abel” and Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo, one of whom had worked on “Empire” and who both before telling the police about their being paid to assist the actor in his scheme, had taken a quick junket back home to Nigeria. SU_Press AssoAD_SAU_2015_Layout 1 Their attorney has said the broth-

ers agreed to help Smollett because of their friendship with him and because they believed that he was willing to help them with their careers. Did they lie? Were they really part of Smollett’s scheme? I wonder if they collaborated on their claims after being rebuked by their people back home where homosexuality is looked at with great disdain. Inquiring minds want to know. Smollett has reportedly thanked the state of Illinois “for attempting to do what’s right” and it looks like he’ll be now be able to resume his career and his life. The whole situation smells rotten and has ramifications that could be quite harmful to others in the future. What will happen when someone else with far less power, money and prestige faces a life-threating altercation with one or more persons hellbent on causing harm to them because they’re Black and gay? Will they be believed? Will they be lambasted and ridiculed? Once upon a time in America, one was presumed innocent until proven guilty. But that was before the people had drawn a line in the sand, choosing sides based on one’s skin color or sexual orientation, among other differences. Now, guilt seems to rest on where one fits, or does not fit, in 8/20/15 11:24 AM Page 1 society. And that’s really ugly. WI

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Black Press Week takes places annually in the District with receptions, dinners, workshops and tours for Black newspaper publishers and their staffs. Dr. Benjamin Chavis, NNPA president and CEO, noted the importance of the Black Press. “We forthrightly reiterate that the Black Press is needed more today more than ever because of the contemporary challenges and opportunities facing people of African descent in America and globally throughout the African Diaspora,” he said. On March 16, 1827, John Brown Russworm and Samuel E. Cornish published the first Black newspaper in the U.S., Freedom’s Journal in New York City. Since that time, hundreds of newspapers owned by African Americans have been founded and maintained by such historic figures as Frederick Douglass (The North Star), Ida B. Wells-Barnett (Memphis Free Speech, New York Age) Robert Sengstacke Abbott (Chicago Defender), John H. Murphy Sr. (The Baltimore Afro-American), Daisy Bates (Arkansas State Press) and Dr. Calvin Rolark (The Washington Informer). On March 20, two prominent Black publishers, Marcus Garvey and Frances Murphy II, were inducted into the Black Press Archives and Gallery of Distinguished Black Publishers for 2019 at the Metropolitan AME Church. The late Garvey, an early 20th century advocate for the rights of Africans throughout the world, published The Negro World, a weekly that ran from 1918 to 1933. Garvey’s views on African empowerment got the attention of Britain and France, to the point that they banned its sale or possession in their colonies. Garvey’s son, Dr. Julius Garvey, showed gratitude for his father’s induction. “I accept this on behalf of my father, my family and his legacy,” Garvey said. “My father was a very spe-

cial person. Marcus Garvey was a gift from God.” Murphy, onetime the publisher of the Washington Afro-American Newspaper, worked as an educator and newspaperwoman all of her life. A Baltimorean by birth and a descendant of the founder of the Afro, John Murphy Sr., and daughter of its publisher and editor, Carl Murphy, Murphy watched her father run the family business as a girl. Murphy graduated from Douglass High School in Baltimore and received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and master’s degrees from Coppin State University and Johns Hopkins University. She taught journalism at SUNY-Buffalo and Howard University and led the news division at Morgan State University. She served for two years as the chair of the Afro’s board of directors. She published the Washington Afro-American from 1986-1991 and wrote editorials for the Baltimore and Washington editions and a fun, gossipy column “If You Ask Me” until her death in 2007. Murphy’s eldest daughter, the Rev. Frances “Toni” Draper, who serves as the publisher of the Afro, said her mother always stressed the importance of family, Black awareness and

good community journalism. On March 22, after workshops and meetings, Black Press Week participants met at the Library of Congress, where they received information on its massive holdings. The Library of Congress has the most possessions of any library in the

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5 Students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts with Julius Garvey, son of the late political leader Marcus Garvey, attend the National Newspaper Publishers Association fellowship luncheon during Black Press Week in Northwest on Thursday, March 21. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

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Adofo Educates Ward 8 Residents on ANC Budget By James Wright WI Contributing Writer As D.C. starts the budgeting process for the city, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Salim Adofo, who represents 8C07 in Ward 8, decided that his residents needed education on how their commission’s financial plan works. Adofo convened a meeting of his 8C colleagues and residents at the United Planning Organization’s Petey Green Center in Southeast on March 23 to explain how his commission’s budget development takes place. “We are having this meeting to raise political consciousness,” said Adofo, who was elected to the 8C07 position last year. “The stakes are a little higher now as the city and the ward is changing. We need to discuss and implement what we want to see.” Adofo also had another meeting at Bright Beginnings on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE on March 25. Advisory neighborhood commissioners are uncompensated residents who deal directly with community issues such as trash pickup, liquor licenses and zoning. By law, District agencies and council members are to give their recommendations “great weight” when making decisions about economic development projects and policy implementations in their communities. Commissioners are nonpartisan and run every two years. The 8C Commission covers the Congress Heights neighborhood of Ward 8 that entails Barry Farms, Bolling Air Force Base, the Entertainment and Sports Arena and the St. Elizabeths East and West campuses. The 8C commission will work with an operating budget of $16,

466.16 for the 2018-2019 fiscal year and has $40,039.50 saved up in its bank account. During the session, Adofo focused on the $16, 466.16 because that is the allotment that the commission receives from the District government for the fiscal year. Adofo said the $40,039.50 could be used by the commission but for the purpose of the meeting, he ignored it. Participants in the meeting included Yafet Girmay, Edward Baffoe-Bonnie, Ta-Tanisha Hawkins, Ryan Dunn-Komely and Commissioners Mustafa Abdul-Salaam and Chyla D. Evans of 8C05 and 8C02, respectively. Adofo said that commissions have to be careful of how their money is spent. He noted that the District government, through its auditor’s office, requires solid financial management practices and if there are discrepancies, a commission can have future allotments reduced, sometimes severely. He spoke of an instance when the auditor’s office released a report on Sept. 2, 2009, that showed basically that an 8C $24,000 allocation on office space didn’t get spent and the commission received a financial penalty as a result of that. Adofo also showed examples of other commissions in the ward where financial practices didn’t meet the District government’s standards and received reprimands for that. Commissions are required by law to produce financial plans and Commissioner Mustafa Abdul-Salaam, who represents district 8C05, said 8C should do that. “If we have to do a budget, we have to have a plan,” Abdul-Salaam said. “The plan keeps us focused on what we need to do.” For the full version of this story, go to washingtoninformer.com. WI

5 Salim Adofo, advisory neighborhood commissioner for 8C07, explains details of the ANC’s budget to residents. (James Wright/The Washington Informer)

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Prince George’s Agency Helps Returning Citizens at Job Fair By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Adrienne Pritchett smiled and briefly explained about possible employment, benefits and services during a job fair in Largo, Maryland, for returning citizens. Pritchett, 47, an office manager for Lanham-based ComForCare, a home-care company that provides support for veterans and seniors, took pride in helping others. Herself a returning citizen who served 28 months in federal prison, she received assistance and job training at the same event three years ago. “The people here are genuine

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— they do want to help you,” the Upper Marlboro resident said Friday at the Employ Prince George’s “2nd Chance” job fair, in which she participated on behalf of ComForCare. “I wouldn’t know where I would be without this program.” The quasi-governmental agency dedicated the month of March to helping returning citizens back into the workforce. Because the organization doesn’t have an extensive budget, partnerships are a main component to achieve success. The county’s workforce development board, Maryland Legal Aid and Tree of Life Ministries in Clinton helped Employ Prince from private schools and St. Mary’s and Calvert counties for scholarship awards and prizes.

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5 Adrienne Pritchett (right), an office manager at ComForCare, chats with Aaron Williams at Employ Prince George’s “2nd Chance” job fair in Largo, Maryland, on March 22. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

George’s conducted an expungement clinic March 16 for more than 100 residents. The agency held its second annual networking breakfast Thursday and is scheduled to provide a free entrepreneur workshop Wednesday at its Largo office. Throughout the rest of the year, returning citizens can visit the agency’s American Job Center in Largo, receive one-on-one assistance and occupational training to determine a person’s skill set for future employment.

Businesses can participate in the state’s federal bonding program, which is similar to an insurance policy, to hire returning citizens. Financial incentives for an employer can reach up to $5,000, said Pete Goodson, a re-entry coordinator for Employ Prince George’s. “It’s all about getting people back to work,” he said. At Friday’s job fair, 30 county agencies, businesses and nonprofit organizations spoke to future job prospects that Pritchett called “a

is available on its website’s Schools and Programs page. Parents and guardians of children on the wait list will be contacted via email or phone by the charter school if a seat becomes available. Placement offers will be made until Sept. 30. Authorities say parents and guardians should be mindful that once a placement offer is accepted, the child is automatically removed from the waitlists of other charter schools.

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Students who earned top honors in their school’s science fair participated in the Prince George’s Area Science Fair at Charles H. Flowers High School on March 16. They competed against peers

5 Jonathan Collins, a student at DuVal High School in Lanham, won ‘Debater of the Year.” (Courtesy of PGCPS)

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One hundred band and orchestra ensembles recently showed their skills at the annual instrumental music festival. The festival and assessment, for which participants had two months to prepare, offered band and orchestra students an opportunity to perform in front of peers and judges to gauge how they have advanced over the course of the year, said PGCPS Instrumental Music Supervisor Lionel Harrell. Judges who provided feedback were band and orchestra directors from local school systems and colleges as well as retired musicians. “Music in our schools benefits the whole student,” Harrell said. “It helps develop students who are well-rounded, who can think creatively and allows students to use their brains in ways they might not be able to in other classes.” Top-rated groups advanced to state festivals at Towson University in April and May. WI

felon-friendly environment.” Pierre McCown, a recruiter for Dave & Buster’s in Capitol Heights, said the company hired 150 returning citizens in the past three years in positions such as line cooks, dishwashers and maintenance personnel. “It’s important to give back to the community,” he said. “Dave and Buster’s took a chance to come to the county. I would say it has worked out.” Jonathan Braham of Chillum, who has a class A felony charge on his record, sought general labor work. He expected only a handful of businesses when he walked inside. “Usually it’s one or two companies when I’ve gone [to job fairs]. This is the first time I’ve been to one with a bunch of companies,” he said. “It’s a breath of fresh air. I hope something comes out of it.” Although the fair was created to help Prince George’s residents, job seekers from others jurisdiction weren’t turned away Friday. Aaron Williams, 20, came from neighboring Anne Arundel County to find employment. “I’m looking for a career job,” said Williams, who seeks work in the construction industry. He attended a recent job event in Bowie and received information about an Employ Prince George’s initiative for those ages 14 to 24 called K.E.Y.S. (Knowledge Equals Youth Success). It offers counseling, financial literary, resume writing and other programs for individuals who are homeless, pregnant, in foster care or ex-offenders. However, only Prince George’s residents can apply. For other information on agency activities and employment resources, go to www.employpg.org. WI

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Police Officers Seek Help from Md. Lawmakers By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill

ANNAPOLIS — Four former and current Prince George’s County police officers request state lawmakers draft legislation for stronger police reforms through transparency and accountability. Those officers – Joe Perez, Sonya L. Zollicoffer, Michael Brown and Thomas Boone – appeared Thursday, March 21 before the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland in

Annapolis. They are also part of an ongoing lawsuit with other current and former county officers against the Police Department for alleged discrimination against Black and Latino officers and residents. “This has been going on for years,” said Joe Perez, a 20-year police veteran. “To keep the same [police] administration, all you are doing is condoning this type of behavior. We need your help.” For instance, Perez said tougher rules should be incorporated in reference to the state’s law en-

Metro to Vote on Budget Without Late-Night Service By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Metro’s board of directors plan to vote on a $3.5 billion fiscal year 2020 budget Thursday, March 28 without a fare increase and keep the current Metrorail hours intact. One controversial item the transit agency proposes is a $1 million pilot program to work with ride-sharing companies and taxi services to help the commute of late-night workers, primarily in the hospitality and health care industries. Commuters would receive the first $3 of the fare with a maximum of 10 trips per week between midnight and 4 a.m. within Metro’s service area. “The system is safer and more reliable today as a result of the robust preventive maintenance work we are doing during those critical overnight hours,” said Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld. “At the same time, we understand that Metro is a vital link for many late-night workers. That’s why we are looking at innovative ways to provide affordable transportation for workers while balancing our commitment to safety.” But some people disagree.

“That is effectively a fare increase doing a subsidy program for Uber and Lyft,” said Basav Sen, climate justice policy director for the D.C.based Institute for Policy Studies. “You get $3, but if your ride is $20, then you are paying $17 for a ride. How is that fair?” Sen, who wrote a letter to Metro criticizing the subsidize plan, also said Uber has a shoddy track record for riders with disabilities. Disability advocates sued in various states such as New York for not providing enough wheelchair accessible vehicles. In addition, he says some state lawmakers must possess “more political will power” to pass stronger regulations against companies such as Uber and Lyft to assist riders with disabilities, transit workers rights and other public transportation concerns. “We must do more and stand up for what is right,” he said. Meanwhile, Uber announced in November to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles (WAV) through MV Transportation, a third-party company with additional fleet that

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forcement officers’ bill of rights. According to the document, “a law enforcement agency may not bring administrative charges against… [an] officer unless the agency files the charges within one year after the act that gives rise to the charges…” However, the one-year limitation doesn’t apply to criminal activity or excessive force offenses, according to the document. In addition, at least a dozen other states incorporate this bill of rights, also called LEOBoR, which has a provision where an officer isn’t interrogated for 10 days “until representation is obtained.” While questioned, an officer may receive “personal necessities and rest periods as reasonably necessary.” “It’s an additional protection the state of Maryland gives [an officer],” Perez said. Jennifer Donelan, spokeswoman for the Prince George’s Police Department, advised residents to view the department’s Facebook page for coverage of various press conferences. One includes a video posted March 7 about an officer indicted for assault. “I would love to comment, but due to the ongoing litigation against

5 The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland holds a March 21 meeting on state legislation for police reforms. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

us, we are unable to discuss this matter,” she said. “We have gone on record in the last two years about efforts we have made and continue to make to get concerns from officers, if they have them, so they can be addressed.” Del. Gabriel Acevero (D-Montgomery County) introduced a bill to create a citizen complaint process that would require law enforcement to share information and documentation from current and previous police-involved incidents. The bill, named after Anton Black, a Black teenager from Caroline County who died in September while in police custody, remains under review by the House Judiciary Committee. In June, Montgomery County

police fatally shot Robert Lawrence White, 41, an unarmed Black man from Silver Spring. “We talk often about the blue wall of silence,” Acevero said. “I see this as a more holistic conversation about how we reform and make our police departments more transparent and accountable. They are among the most unaccountable public institutions not just in our state, but in this country.” Del. Erek Barron (D-District 24) of Mitchellville said the Black Caucus will support legislation that ensures community safety. “It’s not just about Black or brown police officers, but this is also about public transparency and accountability,” he said. WI

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BUSINESS Bowser, Norton Embrace D.C. Opportunity Zones By James Wright WI Contributing Writer D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, while both staunch Democrats, put aside their partisan views to welcome U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to Ward 8 and embrace his main legislative achievement, Opportunity Zones. The three politicians participated in a 20-minute panel discussion, moderated by D.C. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Eco-

nomic Development Brian Kenner, about Opportunity Zones and the potential benefits they could yield for the District on March 26 at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in the Congress Heights neighborhood in Southeast. Scott successfully proposed the Opportunity Zones legislation as a part of President Trump’s controversial tax reform bill in 2017 and has been given support from Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.). Norton also supports the leg-

islation and how Opportunity Zones can be of merit to D.C. “When Senator Scott served in the House together, he and I became friends, and I appreciate his work now in the Senate on Opportunity Zones,” Norton said. “Working together, we ensured that the District of Columbia was covered under the Opportunity Zones legislation, which can help channel significant investment to our neighborhoods that most need such an infusion. Assuring these investments is essential to revitalizing these neighborhoods.” Opportunity zones allow for certain investments in lower incomes areas to have tax advantages. The District has 25 Opportunity Zones; 18 of them have been designated in Wards 7 and 8. Bowser noted the only Wards 2 and 3 do not have Opportunity Zones. The mayor said Opportunity Zones remain a key element in her strategy to bring more prosperity to the District. “We are using every tool in our toolbox to create economic opportunities for residents and small business owners across all eight wards,” she said. “Through

5 D.C. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Brian Kenner moderates a panel with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Congress Heights. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

the Opportunity Zones program . . . we’re doing more to meet the needs of D.C. residents right now and preparing for our collective future.” In addition, Bowser announced she will complement the federal Opportunity Zones by offering small businesses in those areas

access to pro bono attorneys and accountants to provide assistance on the program, maintain an online marketplace for zone entrepreneurs and set up a $24 million fund for affordable housing, small businesses and job placement for zone residents. WI

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After serving Howard University for more than four decades, Georgia Dunston, founding director of National Human Center, retired from her teaching and research duties on campus and at the medical school. But as she fielded questions recently from a group of students at Archbishop Carroll High School for an upcoming television program, it was clear that Dunston hadn’t lost her passion for talking about her groundbreaking efforts to teach people of color the importance of unlocking genetic code. “I am excited about engaging the community, especially the schools as part of the community,” Dunston said. “A lot of science has focused very narrowly especially STEM, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, that’s solid but at Howard, as we look at the genome, we are conscious of the arts and the creative aspects of our inheritance, that has not been part of the main stream of study. We need the natural creativity of our people to be part of the study of genome.” Born in 1944 in Norfolk, Vir-

ginia, Dunston earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from Norfolk State University In 1965. She went on to Tuskegee University, where she received a master’s degree in biology in 1967 before heading to the University of Michigan to earn her doctorate in human genetics in 1972. In 1975, Dunston continued her postdoctoral work at the National Cancer Institute in tumor immunology. For the past 40 years, she has served in various capacities at Howard, including her work in the Department of Microbiology and Howard University College of Medicine. Dunston also served as interim chair from 1994-98 and chair from 1998-2004 of the National Human Genome Center at Howard University. Cherie Ward, a fellow Howard graduate and director of Archbishop Carroll’s Vance Scholars program, invited Dunston to the school, where her students now are working on a film project with Dunston and on recent they peppered with many questions. Ward was also executive director of TEDxLeDroitPark 2019, a Feb. 27 event that brought people

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from the community to Howard’s Cramton Auditorium to take part in an “imaginative mental journey,” diverse talks, perspectives and live performances. Speakers included John Carpten, a professor at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, Jarita Holbrook, an astronomer, anthropologist, educator and filmmaker, and Gary L. Harris, former dean of the Howard University Graduate School and director of Howard’s Nanoscale Science and Engineering facility. “My vision is that STEM is now beyond science, technology, engineering and math because it incorporates all of the literacies, reading and the arts,” Ward said. “I look at STEM as a stream of consciousness that incorporates science, technology, engineering, reading and literacy.” Ethan Arnheim, president of the LeDroit Park Civic Association, said in a statement on the eve of the TED Talk project that it “is a wonderful opportunity for positive exposure and a chance to come together to experience local, national and global perspectives in our community.” WI

Include Affordable Housing WI Staff Report Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has introduced a bill to sell the RFK stadium site, unused federal land, to the District for fair market value – paving the way for sorely-needed property for the building of affordable housing, among other uses. The RFK stadium site, which is 190 acres, remains the largest track of unused land in the District. Norton, praised for her continued efforts in making land owned or controlled by the federal government available to the District, has been an integral force in initiatives to revitalize D.C. neighborhoods including the Wharf, the Capitol Riverfront and Walter Reed. She said the purchase would significantly alleviate the District’s need for more land on which vital projects could be developed. “This vast, unused track of federal land has incredible potential in the hands of the District of Columbia,” Norton said. “Currently, the federal government gains no

revenue from this site, nearly 90 percent of the 190-acre campus consists of parking lots, which do nothing to strengthen our local economy. The D.C. government can make full use of this land for purposes that benefit the community and our economy.” The RFK stadium site is owned by the Department of the Interior and under D.C.’s current lease, it may only use it for recreation, stadium purposes, or open space. The lease is set to expire in 2038. The District has worked hard to identify creative utilization of the land but uncertainty surrounding long-term control has stymied investment and planning. The sale of the RFK stadium site would strengthen the District’s ability to redevelop the site with the added freedom to consider options for additional green space, affordable housing, commercial development and other enhancements that would benefit the surrounding neighborhoods and the District as a whole. WI

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NATIONAL Hughes Memorial United Methodist Church Celebrates 70th Anniversary Hughes Memorial United Methodist Church, 53rd and Ames Streets, N.E. , recently celebrated its 70th Anniversary on March 17. From church, community meals and a mini health fair to an evening of song and an anniversary worship service and dinner, Hughes Memorial honored its past, its present and future in line with its theme, Celebrating 70 Years: Our Journey Continues.

5 Ward 7 D.C. Councilmember Vincent C. Gray delivered a congratulatory commendation March 17 that recognized Hughes Memorial for 70 years of dedicated service in community meals, after-school and summer programs and more. He called the church a “pillar of strength in Ward 7 . . . and a pillar of hope to District residents.”

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5 HIS 4, a contemporary gospel quartet of men who were raised at Hughes Memorial, delivered high praise at an evening concert March 15. Its members are (L-R), the Rev. Ashley Hoover, Charles Miller, Jr., Albert Lewis, Sr. and James Ellis.

5 The Rev. Andre R. Briscoe, Jr., St. Matthews New Life United Methodist Church, Baltimore, delivered a sermon that urged Hughes not to linger on its past accomplishments but to push beyond challenges to reach new souls for God’s kingdom.

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Trump’s Budget Cuts Workforce Training Essential to Blacks in Changing Economy WI Staff Report President Donald Trump recently released his annual budget for funding the U.S. federal government with cuts that will negatively impact African Americans and low-income and underserved citizens. The proposed budget includes cuts of $700 million to Jobs Corps (40 percent), $14.8 million to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Reentry Employment Opportunities program (16 percent) and $86 million to dislocated worker training (6.8 percent). Despite the growing size of America’s aging population, the budget cuts $400 million from the Senior Community Service Employment Program. This effectively eliminates the workbased job training program for low-income, unemployed Americans at least 55-years-old (100 percent cut). While the budget increases spending on the Department of

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Labor’s Apprenticeship Program by $15 million (10 percent), it fails to meet the existing apprenticeship needs of American workers and pales in comparison to the drastic cuts of over $1.2 billion. “A budget reflects national priorities, and unfortunately the Trump Administration’s budget does not prioritize the need to ensure the American workforce has the skills necessary to compete in the changing global economy,” said Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies President Spencer Overton. “The U.S. already ranks second to last of 33 developed countries in government support for training, according to the OECD. The President’s cuts – particularly to programs that serve African Americans and other underserved communities – reflect a lack of commitment to prepare our workforce as technology and other factors change the nature of work. Now more than ever, it is

imperative that our nation show that we can make skills accessible to all Americans to stimulate economic mobility and to ensure American companies have the talent necessary to remain competitive.” The Joint Center recently completed the most extensive survey on race and the future of work and is currently working on research that highlights the significant impact of automation on Black communities and the importance of equity to effective workforce programs. Founded in 1970, The Joint Center serves as a think tank that produces data, analysis and ideas to solve challenges that confront the African-American community. It collaborates with top experts, various organizations and others who value racial inclusion to maximize their impact. They are currently focused on the future of work in Black communities and congressional staff diversity. WI

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Mtumbuka Talks Tough on Governance Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the Catholic diocese of Karonga has challenged Malawians to wake up from their deep slumber and start demanding answers from duty-bearers on a wide range of socioeconomic ills affecting the country. Mtumbuka, who is chairperson for Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), was speaking in Lilongwe on Thursday, March 21 when the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) held an advocacy meeting with religious mother bodies on local development resources management, The Nation reported. According to Mtumbuka, most Malawians seem not to have been provoked or annoyed enough as evidenced by a laid-back attitude and silence on such matters. “As a family person, if someone told you that you are the third or last most stupid person in the village, are you not going to get angry to hear that?” he said. “I think the idea that as a country we are the third poorest in the world should make Malawians angry. Instead, politicians tell us that Malawi is a star-performer. “ What is worrisome, Mtumbuka said, is that the poorest in the villages pay the ultimate price when government resources are squandered. He urged citizens to stand up for vulnerable groups of people. Some of the factors that have contributed to the mess in district councils include weak supervision and political interference, he said. He also took a swipe at chiefs for milking councils through fuel, accommodation and pocketing allowances despite traditional leaders having no role to play in councils. Mtumbuka also urged Malawians to speak out on malfunctioning public delivery systems such as health, education and agriculture. In his contribution, advocacy officer for Evangelic Association of Malawi (EAM) Matchona Phiri stressed on the need to sensitize and educate the masses on their roles in following up on how funds used by councils. During the meeting, ECM, which is implementing a three-year project called “Citizen Action in Local Government Accountability,” funded by Irish Aid through Dan Church Aid, shared a report of its findings. WI Traditional Help Buttons

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HEALTH Prince George’s Lawmaker Launches Safe-Driving Initiative By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill LaNia Mitchell pledged not to text, speed, drive aggressively and incorporate other safety measures as a motorist and passenger inside a vehicle. “I will always wear my seat belt and ask others in the car with me to buckle up,” said the Oxon Hill

High School senior. “Everyone’s safety, including my own, will be my priority.” Mitchell stood alongside county officials and residents inside her school Friday, March 22 to promote the “#DrivingItHome” campaign to improve driver safety in Prince George’s County led by Councilwoman Monique Anderson-Walker (D-District 8) of Fort Washington.

The initiative was spurred by numerous vehicle crashes, thousands of citations and traffic stops investigated and conducted on Route 210, known as one of the most dangerous roads in the region. Police made 70 traffic-related arrests last year along 210, also known as Indian Head Highway, which stretches nearly 21 miles from the District border in Oxon Hill through neighboring Charles County. In the past seven months, several fatal crashes occurred on the road, including one last month in Accokeek. So far this year, police have issued more than 3,700 citations and 18 DUI arrests along Route 210. Anderson-Walker’s campaign aims to change drivers’ habits by targeting six areas: seat belt use, texting and driving, driver distractions, drunk driving, highway speeds and aggressive driving. The announcement also came exactly one year after Samira Jenkins, 24, was struck and killed by a vehicle near Route 210 and Kerby Hill Road in Oxon Hill while wait-

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ing to catch a bus for a job interview. “We have way too many accidents and way too many losses of life,” Anderson-Walker said. “We decided to start this campaign because the county believes this is an issue that needs to be addressed.” To ensure young people are involved in #DrivingItHome, Anderson-Walker said a friendly competition will involve the four high schools in the 26th legislative district — Oxon Hill, Potomac, Friendly and Crossland. She visited Friendly High School before the formal announcement at Oxon Hill. The student with the most “likes” from the campaign on social media sites such as Twitter and Instagram will receive Beats headphones. “But not allowed to wear them when driving,” Anderson-Walker added. Mitchell, the student government association president at Oxon Hill, will contact her fellow SGA members at other schools to push the campaign throughout the school year. “We will also be in contact with Crossland and Potomac to make sure this initiative begins here [in the 26th Legislative District] and then spreads,” she said. Although the county police patrol the highway, Route 210 is a state road and approvals for speed cameras and other infrastructure must go before the Maryland Gen-

eral Assembly and other state agencies. The House of Delegates passed legislation March 18 for the county to install no more than three cameras, formally called speed monitoring systems, along the highway. Before they are installed, the county must publish a notice on its website and newspaper of general circulation and indicate its use within a school zone. Businesses, trees and some residences are near the highway. The bill also requests the State Highway Administration and county’s Department of Public Works and Transportation to examine Route 210 on solutions to combat motor vehicle crashes, injuries and fatalities. A report should be provided to the governor and General Assembly by May 31, 2021. A hearing on the bill will take place Thursday, March 28 before the Senate’s Judicial Proceedings Committee. Del. Kris Valderrama (D-District 26) of Fort Washington sponsored legislation last year to install a camera facing southbound at Route 210 and Old Fort Road near the Livingston Square shopping center in Fort Washington. “There was enough support to show this is a very serious issue and no one was going to back down,” she said. “We put in the work, but we’re not done yet.” wi

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Reparations Debate Reveals Black Ethnic, Political Schisms By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins The ongoing reparations discussion among 2020 Democratic presidential candidates has revealed concerns among a contingent of Black voters who argue that few, if any, contemporary American politicians have exclusively served the interests of American descendants of slavery (ADOS), a group that suffers from the residual effects of the “peculiar institution” and present-day disenfranchisement. As members and supporters of the ADOS movement gear up for an inaugural conference in early October, founders Yvette Carnell and Antonio Moore continue to carve a space for Black Americans whose ancestors suffered enslavement and shoot down what they describe as attempts to muddle ADOS’ causes with that of other constituencies. “There cannot be a Green New Deal when there hasn’t an ADOS New Deal,” Carnell said earlier this year on “Breaking Brown,” her YouTube program that has more than 62,000 subscribers. In the Feb. 13 episode of “Breaking Brown,” Carnell, a Howard University alumna, referenced the increasingly popular set of proposed economic stimulus programs that tackle climate change and economic inequity. She argued that Black Americans who descend from enslaved Africans deserve a similar trillion-dollar package that directly addresses the socioeconomic deficiencies brought on by chattel slavery and subsequent policies that placed them at the bottom of the American totem pole. “I keep getting people telling me that we can add an ADOS New Deal into the Green New Deal,” Carnell said as she framed global warming as a problem that global capitalism created. “When we’re talking about an ADOS New Deal, we’re talking about a domestic New Deal. This is something that happened in America [as] a consequence of American government, policies, action and inaction. We’re talking about something that hasn’t been redressed.” Sens. Kamala Harris (Calif.) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), both 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro have embraced reparations for descendants of American enslavement, while Sen. Bernie

Sanders (D-Vermont) expressed his opposition. Earlier this month, Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) followed suit, arguing that reparations, legislation for which his former colleague John Conyers championed for decades, wouldn’t be feasible. Outside of the Beltway political sphere, Carnell and Moore’s stance on reparations, and the need for restorative justice exclusive to American descendants of slavery, has elicited charges of xenophobia from Pan-Africanists who’ve been involved in reparations movement for decades. Dr. Conrad Worrill, a longtime activist based in Chicago, has counted among those on the front lines of the opposition, characterizing ADOS as a movement lacking historical context. Long before liberal media pundits mischaracterized ADOS members as Russian bots, Carnell and Moore, a film producer and practicing attorney, built a following among Black Americans resentful of former President Barack Obama, whose centrist policies they blamed on his disconnect from American slavery. Similar questions about lineage arose after Harris, a daughter of a Jamaican man and Indian woman, launched her presidential campaign on Martin Luther King Day. Last year, in their efforts to further differentiate themselves from Black immigrants and other historically oppressed groups, ADOS members shifted their focus to the 2020 Census, particularly the controversial citizenship question. As the Supreme Court gears up to deliberate on this matter, Carnell and

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EDUCATION Ballou, Family Bask in Scholarship Winner’s Triumph By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins Learning that she had won a full-ride scholarship to The George Washington University overwhelmed Ballou Senior High School student Syamyia Beach, but she said tears didn’t start to well up until she saw her mother among the numerous supporters who gathered in the school cafeteria more than a week ago. Long before she won an opportunity to study interior design, busi-

ness management, and architecture at one of the nation’s most expensive universities, Syamyia maintained a 4.2 GPA, served as a student leader, and mentored other young people, all while maintaining a time-consuming job. “This was the moment I was waiting for, but I didn’t know anything about it even though I had prepared for it,” Syamyia told reporters on the morning of March 19 shortly after receiving the Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Scholarship, a financial award that covers four years of tuition, room, board, books, and fees for re-

cipients, all of whom graduated from District-based schools. D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee, along with George Washington President Thomas LeBlanc and Dean of Admissions Costas Solomou, presented Syamyia with the scholarship during what had been announced as a senior assembly. Moments into the meeting, Ferebee, who met Syamyia weeks earlier during a visit to Ballou, recognized the scholarship winner. Shortly after, Ballou’s marching band and an entourage that included a large George Washington mascot entered the room. “There was a lot on my shoulders,” said a deeply reflective Syamyia. “It was a wonderful experience knowing I am a becoming more like [my mother], an independent woman. In the fall, I’m looking forward to the help from my professors and the support system GW provides.” Since its 1989 inception, 184 students have enrolled at GW as Trachtenberg scholars, a group heralded as examples of high academic performance and community and extracurricular involvement. Previous Trachtenberg scholars have engaged rigorous coursework, start-

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5 (L-R) Willie Jackson, Ballou Sr. High School principal and DC Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee announce and congratulate Syamyia Beach for being awarded a full-ride scholarship to attend George Washington University. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

ed on-campus organizations and learned tricks of the trade at competitive internships. Syamyia, a member of the student advisory committee for the D.C. Board of Education, counted among 10 D.C. students, including those from Banneker, Wilson and McKinley high schools, who received the Trachtenberg Scholarship last week. Attending GW had been Syamyia’s goal since her visit to the Foggy Bottom campus in the fifth grade. That dream has now come to frui-

tion for Syamyia and her mother, free of charge. “I was so blessed to not have to worry about paying tuition and if [Syamyia] could succeed in her education,” said Toni Davis, Syamyia’s mother. “She’s been a straight-A student since elementary school. She works so hard, so it was exciting. It means the world to hear that she wants to be like me. She’s going off to be a woman and experience life on her own. It makes me feel like I did something right.” WI

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More than two dozen National Collegiate Preparatory Charter High School students spent much of Tuesday in the Wilson Building in Northwest appealing to their elected officials to reverse the Public Charter School Board (PCSB)’s decision to shut down National Collegiate in 2020. The Legislative Day, as students called it, counted as part of the SOS (Save Our Students, Save Our School, Save OurSelves) campaign, the latest stage in an effort to keep National Collegiate open. “I would like everyone to put themselves in our shoes,” said Shamara Sutherland, a National Collegiate senior and Legislative Day participant. “If your high school shut down, you wouldn’t have connections and opportunities.” Shamara, a hairstylist and budding entrepreneur with plans of attending Cedar Crest College ext year, credited her teachers with helping her explore her passions. She recounted someone connecting her with STEM enrichment resources via 100 Black Men of

Greater Washington, one of National Collegiate’s partners. As she prepares for her move to Allentown, Pennsylvania, Shamara lamented the possibility of not being able to visit her alma mater during holiday breaks. “If I needed help while in college, I couldn’t ask my teacher or go back to my school,” she said. “[The charter board] is too busy trying to find the wrongs. We met eight out of nine of our requirements. This is our safe place. They have to try to understand.” On Tuesday, Shamara and her peers, many of whom not yet of voting age, had been scheduled to visit their representative, Council member Trayon White (D-Ward 8), and Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D), At-large Council member and Education Committee Chair David Grosso (I-At-large) and Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), sponsor of legislation that would subject charter schools to transparency rules similar to those for D.C. Public Schools. White said he scheduled a meeting with the charter board about this matter. Grosso’s and Allen’s offices didn’t respond to an inquiry about

how they planned to address National Collegiate’s closure and growing concerns about shuttering charter schools in the eastern part of the District. Since PCSB’s Jan 22 decision, National Collegiate leadership has challenged data points that supported charter revocation. Founder and Executive Director Jennifer Ross said that in their assessment of the graduation rate, the charter board miscalculated the number of students who didn’t enroll into another school upon leaving National Collegiate. She also asserted that eight students with ties to another charter school had been bequeathed to National Collegiate in the charter board’s count. National Collegiate counts among a host of local charter schools, including Democracy Prep Congress Heights Public Charter School, also in Southeast, and City Arts + Prep Public Charter School in Northeast, that have been scheduled to close within the past few years. That’s why some parents, such as Kamiliah Wheeler, a Southeast resident whose daughter transferred to National Collegiate from the now-shuttered Washington Math-

5 Samuel Korpoi (far left), a Phys-Ed teacher and Nigel Jackson, school counselor along with Alicia N. Waldon, (not shown) director of curriculum and assessment, escort a group of 24 students from National Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter High School to the Wilson Building in Northwest with the hope of meeting with Councilmembers to share concerns for their school’s closing on Tuesday, March 26. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

ematics Science Technology Public Charter School, said the dilemma represents a larger issue of inequality and educational experience among charter board members. “The charter board attacked the academics, and after seeing the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, I knew it was far-fetched,” said Wheeler, the mother of a National Collegiate senior. Wheeler beamed with pride as she spoke about her daughter’s ad-

vanced-level IB coursework and the growth she’s experienced within a year of transferring schools. “They based everything off of data and I had to ask [the charter board members] if they had ever been in the school,” she continued. “The charter board’s track record is not too good due to them closing schools without improving them. Students lose more academics by the continually changing schools, due to [closures].” WI

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EDITORIAL ‘Cultural Displacement’ Means D.C.’s Poorer Blacks are Packing Up with Nowhere to Go The cost of housing gobbles up an average of 30 percent of a family’s monthly gross income – even more if you live in places like New York City or Los Angeles. But for some, that average hovers closer to almost 50 percent – a situation which the federal government describes as “severely cost burdened.” As for longtime native Washingtonians, particularly low-income African Americans, they’re feeling the crunch to such an extent that over the past two decades, they’ve had little or no choice but to abandon the communities that they, their parents, even their grandparents, once fondly called “home” – desperately searching for alternative cities with housing that they can afford. In fact, according to a new report conducted by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition [NCRC] , “Shifting Neighborhoods: Gentrification and Cultural Displacement in American Cities,” the District now has the highest percentage of gentrified neighborhoods in the nation. The study reveals that more than 20,000 Black residents were displaced from low-income neighborhoods from 2000 to 2013 in D.C. which has the highest “intensity” of gentrification of any U.S. city and ranks third highest of U.S. neighborhoods that have been transformed. Further details, according to Jason Richardson, who serves as director for NCRC and who shared the results earlier this week on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, gentrification leads to cultural displacement – that is, “when the tastes, norms and desires of newcomers supplant and replace those of the incumbent residents.” These newcomers, the research shows, were mostly affluent whites as nearly 111,000 Blacks and more than 24,000 Hispanics, nationwide, moved out of gentrifying neighborhoods in former urban strongholds for Black and brown citizens in cities that also include Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore and San Diego. But no one needs to tell us that here in what was once proudly referred to as “Chocolate City.” The evidence is all around us if we take just a cursory glance at D.C. neighborhoods like Brookland, the U and 14th street corridors, Petworth and Mount Pleasant that, not so long ago, were economically thriving Black communities. They, like other pockets in the District, have undergone unprecedented economic change that has resulted in rapidly rising rents and property taxes, not to mention the loss of many long-heralded cultural institutions and a seismic shift in the identity of neighborhoods whose residents find themselves hanging on by a thread. Forty percent of D.C.’s lower-income communities have been decimated by gentrification in the years analyzed by NCRC – even as skyscrapers for new development dominate the skyline and trolley cars take bar hoppers up and down the avenue. While new residential or

TO THE EDITOR Mayor Giving Lip Telling Black Service to Blacks? Immigrants’ Stories What exactly is the Office of African American Affairs? I read that Mayor Bowser appointed a director of this interesting waste of government money. I mean, kudos to the sister and all, but this seems to me as merely a vanity position. What tangible things are supposed to come from this when half of the city’s residents are African American? Shouldn’t all of D.C.’s policy benefit us equally as we are full citizens and residents? The money being spent on salaries and pomp and circumstance could go to tangible things like food, housing, clothing and transportation.

multi-purpose developments have escalated by leaps and bounds, the amount of affordable housing has lagged behind. The District’s current Administration says it’s committed to ushering in new options and opportunities for those eager to join the “middle class” – a goal that we certainly support. But for those Blacks who find themselves trapped among D.C.’s lower-income residents, time is not on their side – nor has it been, if this report has any validity to it, for the last several decades. The future does not bode well for those who lack economic stability or higher educational achievement. Where these families will end up is anyone’s guess. But the writing on the walls indicates that they’d be wise to look for new zip codes if they don’t want to join those already hopeless or homeless in the nation’s Capital. And that’s the sad truth about life today and the inevitable future for low-income Blacks in “Chocolate City” – at least for now. WI

Democrats Move Forward with ‘For the People’ Agenda

With the Muller investigation completed and while the Trump White House gloats over its “I told you so,” victory, the Democrats in Congress continue to move forward with H.R. 1 For the People agenda, passed unanimously last November following their takeover of the House in the mid-term elections. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York and the newly-elected chair of the House Democratic Caucus said on last Sunday morning’s news talk shows that the American people deserve “full-disclosure” and “transparency” of the Muller report. That’s so, he said, they can know whether Trump is “A.) a legitimate president; B.) a Russian asset; C.) the functional equivalent of an organized crime boss; or D.) just a useful idiot who happens to have been victimized by the greatest collection of coincidences in the history of the republic.” He also stressed, however, the Democrats are not going to proceed with any impeachment proceedings “unless the case is compelling, the evidence is overwhelming and, most important, public sentiment around impeachment is bipartisan.” Jeffries pivoted the discussion to the Democrats’ commitment and progress on the H.R. 1 Act focused on cleaning up corruption in Washington, lowering health care and prescription drug costs, raising wages and rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure. It is clear that Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, are trying to get back on track by addressing the concerns of those American voters who elected them. Trump proclaims the successes of his Administration including a strong economy and jobs, but far too many Americans have yet to realize those successes in their homes, on their jobs or, especially, in their pockets. While Trump continues to seek billions of dollars to build a wall along the southern border like a fast-moving train that has gained momentum with his national security emergency declaration and the failed attempt by the Congress to veto it, Americans must contend with healthcare concerns, jobs and a deteriorating infrastructure. The 2020 election is just around the corner and it’s now time to move on with an agenda that has American voters as its focus. Doubts about Trump will persist, regardless of the detailed findings by Muller and others who will continue to search for the truth, but American voters have been forced to take sides, battling over issues that are far less important to the nation. The efforts by the Democrats to refocus is a smart move and a refreshing one that strives for bipartisan support. Only time will tell if it is realistic but the effort deserves recognition and credit. WI

What a story on the state of many Liberian immigrants that fear deportation by Sam P.K. Collins. I never really hear stories about African immigrants and what they may be facing, because the media is obsessed with Mexicans and illegal crossing of the border. I think it’s high time that the media, and especially the Black newspapers, be an advocate for Black immigrants. We can not let them be overlooked in plain sight. James Neely Washington, D.C.

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By Julianne Malveaux

The Myth of Meritocracy

William Singer is going to jail. He’s the man who masterminded the college cheating scandal, collecting more than $25 million in bribes between 2011 and 2018 for helping the children of millionaires get into college through what he called “the side door.” More than 50 people got caught

up in his scam, including a couple of well-known actresses, and some notso-well-known corporate CEOs who were willing to pay big money to get their unqualified children into elite colleges such as Yale, Georgetown and Stanford. Singer’s unsavory antics were outrageous — hiring people to take ACT and SAT scores for young people, photo-shopping photos onto athletic bodies, lying about student’s background and athletic prowess. It boiled down to creating opportunity for young people who

are already endowed with the blessing of their parent’s wealth. It flies in the face of the notion of meritocracy. If you are surprised by this entrance-buying scheme, you are deluding yourself, though. Wealthy people have been buying their children’s admission to elite schools for years — they just did it the legal way. They gave substantial contributions to colleges and then asked for a place for their children. Or they took advantage of the legacy preference (affirmative action for white people) to

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get their children in. So Singer called himself the “side door” to admissions, with traditional admissions being the front door, and large contributions being the back door. We in the African-American community are clear that the front door has often either been closed to us or slammed in our faces, while we lack the wealth to enter the back door or side door. The fact that money buys admission, either through the back or side door, makes the notion of “meritocracy” a bad joke.

Meritocracy suggests that people hold power (or have access to things like jobs or college seats) because of their ability, but the current leadership in these United States suggests that meritocracy is a myth. It’s not just that our 45th president seems to lack the ability to behave himself (witness the attacks on the late John McCain), read a briefing book or do his job correctly, it’s that he has found a gaggle of miscreants to make and

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By Marc H. Morial

It’s Time to Sign Colin Kaepernick can never amend.” — Jemele Hill

“Though this legal battle with Kaepernick has been resolved, he isn’t going away either. The league will forever have to live with the fact that it was complicit in destroying someone’s career simply because he wished to bring attention to the injustices suffered by his people. If owners and Roger Goodell believe that they no longer will have to face questions about why Kaepernick isn’t in the league, they’re wrong. No matter what an arbitrator rules, how the NFL treated Kaepernick will always be the mistake they

Over the last several weeks, two incidents have served to remind us of the hypocrisy and racism that still permeates the National Football League. First, the league reached a settlement with former San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid, who accused the league’s 32 teams of colluding to keep them from playing because they knelt through the national anthem to protest racism and police brutality. Second, yet another in a seemingly endless stream of reports surfaced about a player accused of domestic violence. This time: Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill,

who has a history of domestic violence, is being investigated for assault of a child. It’s hard to deny that the NFL appears to be an institution that is tolerant of domestic violence, but intolerant of social activism. The excuse that signing Kaepernick would be a bad business decision was obliterated last fall by sportswear giant Nike. After unveiling an ad campaign featuring Kaepernick, sales rocketed and its stock price soared. As sportswriter Jason La Canfora noted of the “bad for business” argument, “Oh really? How’s it working out for Phil Knight? You think he did this as a publicity stunt? It ain’t warm and

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fuzzy in the Fortune 500, brother, it’s just business — cutthroat business at that in sporting apparel — and Nike made this calculated decision to make money. And that they are doing.” The excuse that Kaepernick simply isn’t a good enough player is also laughable. Even the most casual football fan can observe quarterbacking every week that is not up to Kaepernick’s standards. Since 2011, Kaepernick is tied for 14th in QB rating, tied with Carson Palmer and Andy Dalton. Plenty of quarterbacks with lower ratings not only are playing, but have secured deals worth more than $10 million per year.

The facts simply do not bear it out that Kaepernick’s skill and abilities don’t measure up. Sports news site The Athletic in January surveyed 85 defensive NFL players from 25 different teams about their favorite and least favorite quarterbacks. “There is one quarterback the defensive players surveyed were nearly unanimous on: Colin Kaepernick,” The Athletic wrote. “Only two of the 85 said he should not be on an NFL roster and another two chose not to comment.” Audio recording of a meeting between owners and players last spring revealed a simpler — and feebler

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By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

Modern-Day Poll Tax a New Low

Until 2018, Florida — the state vital to the presidential victories of George Bush and Donald Trump — deprived one in 10 voters, and two in 10 African Americans, of the right to vote with a constitutional provision banning felons from voting, even after they had fulfilled their sentences. Many with nonviolent drug felonies, enforced by a systematically biased criminal justice system, are kept from the polls. The discriminatory effect and intent of this exclusion is obvious. In a stunning act of decency in

2018, Floridians voted overwhelmingly to amend their constitution and restore the voting rights of Floridians with felony convictions “after they complete all terms of their sentence, including parole or probation.” According to the Tallahassee Democrat, the “Voting Restoration Amendment” would “grant most of the 1.7 million convicted felons the right to vote and help select their leaders for local, state and federal offices.” Voting rights activists drew up plans to help contact and register them, with the charismatic young leader, former Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Andrew Gillum committed to leading the effort. Now Republicans in the state legisla-

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tor are moving to frustrate the will of citizens, adding a new burden to exclude voters, a new form of one of the most loathsome Jim Crow tactics — the poll tax. Republicans in a House committee have voted — contrary to the intent and the text of the referendum passed by voters — to exclude from voting those who haven’t paid their fines (even including those on a court-approved payment plan). Fines are imposed not by judges as part of the sentence, but by administrative clerks. They do not block any other voters from voting. If Republicans have their way — and they have a majority in the House legislature — they will likely use these fines to block a substantial

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portion of African Americans from voting. Despite the will of its people, Florida Republicans want to impose a racially biased poll tax to strip citizens of the right to vote — and to tilt elections in their favor. Beginning in the 1890s, the poll tax was central to enforcing segregation in the South. Most of the laws had a “grandfather clause” that exempted those whose parents or grandparents had the right to vote prior to the Civil War. In 1964, this foul measure was outlawed for federal elections in the 24th Amendment to the Constitution. In 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional even in state elections. So states like Florida found other tricks and traps to limit the

vote. Now, after the citizens of Florida have thrown out felony exclusion, Republicans threaten to impose a new Jim Crow poll tax. There is no justification — except partisan zealotry built upon racebased politics. Republicans, from Trump on down, have chosen to make themselves the party of racial division. African Americans, not surprisingly, tend to vote overwhelmingly against them. So Republicans use various tricks to suppress the African-American vote — gerrymandering, restrictive voter ID laws, cuts in early voter hours and opposition to same-day voter registration — all

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By E. Faye Williams

Women Are Stepping Up

We’re near the end of Women’s History Month! Every woman should be proud of who we are, about the number of women who serve as mayors of key cities, women who ran for and won congressional seats and the number of women who’re in the race for president of the U.S. We always knew Sen. Elizabeth Warren would run for president. She already had her policies ready to go out front as soon as she an-

nounced. Sen. Kamala Harris announced shortly thereafter and raised an impressive amount of campaign funds. Sen. Amy Klobuchar was impressive as she announced with snowflakes falling all over her, seemingly unbothered by them! Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has made a lot of television appearances in recent weeks, and her campaign is in full swing. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced a while back, but hasn’t seemed to pick up steam yet. With all of these impressive women candidates for president, I’m already hearing, “The country is not ready to elect a woman.” I

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cringe to hear that. Hillary Clinton came so close two years ago, but some people have lost the will. Women can’t give up. Without knowing what white women will do to elect a woman in 2020, women of color are as ready as ever. So many aren’t only prepared to run for office, but I believe a majority of women of color are excited about the potential of a final positive vote for a woman to run the White House. If you have a niece, daughter, sister, granddaughter or any young girl in your life, before this Women’s History Month is over, why not begin to teach her about

the many great accomplishments Black women have had to perfect our union? What many Black women have accomplished didn’t just help Black women. What they did helped all women — all men and children, too — but too often Black women get no recognition. That’s why Women’s History Month is so necessary. Just look at how long it took for us to hear about the very important work of the women who helped to lead in the launch of John Glenn to go into and return successfully from space! Most of us knew nothing about Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jack-

son, who were the brains of one of the greatest operations in history. The brilliant Black women recently had their incredible story told in the movie “Hidden Figures.” We never had the privilege of reading about them in our history books. Yet, we read of many things about men — mostly white men — that aren’t nearly as important. We must take the responsibility of telling our young people about women such as the great Fannie Lou Hamer, Amelia Boynton Robinson, Ella Baker, Diane Nash and all the women who played such

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By Charlene Crowell

Prayers, Petitions Call for Payday-Loan Rule Enactment

Every year the payday lending industry convenes in an effort to further expand and preserve the combined $8 billion in fees generated each year by consumers caught in that and car-title loans. This year, 2019, also marks the second consecutive year that the organization representing sellers of these debt-trap loans, the

Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA), has held its event at the Trump National Doral resort in Miami. Pardon me, but it appears that the payday lending industry is proud about its closeness to the White House. After all, once the Trump administration began, its pledge to end consumer protections has been relentlessly and broadly pursued. From Mick Mulvaney, CFPB’s former acting director who was a beneficiary of the industry’s cam-

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paign donations as a member of Congress, to Kathleen Kraninger, its new director, who is determined to block a rule that was set to go into effect this August, the payday lending agency has multiple reasons to be pleased. But I suspect just as much resentment about these developments is felt by the broad-based coalition of concern that for more than 10 years has fought against these lenders. These are the people who contrast greedy glee with the distress of borrowers caught in

loans that average $361 and come with interest rates as high as 600 percent or more. It’s enough to call a “come to Jesus” meeting. And on March 18, that is exactly what faith groups representing 118 million Americans did. As payday lenders registered for the first day of their conference, clergy and other activists came to proclaim the harms of predatory lending, and to pray for the souls of those who appear content with robbing the poor.

“Payday and car-title loans are an abomination in plain sight,” said New Orleans’ Rev. Dr. Willie Gable, the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc.’s housing and economic development chair. “These lenders weave themselves into the fabric of our neighborhoods and purport to lend a helping hand. But they are wolves in sheep’s clothing.” Dallas’ Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, senior pastor of

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By Askia Muhammad

President Trump Enjoying His ‘Victory Lap’

President Donald Trump and his deplorable supporters are enjoying yet another political victory lap, after the two-year Robert Mueller special investigation found — just as The Donald has said all along — that there was “no collusion” between him or his campaign and Russian agents who sought to swing the 2016 election in his favor. Now, unless there are food riots in this country in the next two years, he is on a glide path to reelection. Not that there aren’t

some tense moments ahead for Trump, but with his take-no-prisoners, truth-be-damned style of campaigning, he wins again the way fools always win against unsuspecting “marks” — they drag them down to their level, and then they beat them with experience. So, there was no collusion involving the President of the United States at the Russian government to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, so said Attorney General William Barr in a four-page letter to Congressional leaders summarizing the full report which was submitted by Mueller just before closing time, Friday evening March 22.

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Russia did meddle in the 2016 election but “the special counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts,” Barr wrote. In Trumpworld, that’s a slam dunk. But that wasn’t good enough. But then, Barr wrote: “while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.” Those are just meaningless, wasted words in Trumpworld. He’s already off and running, blasting from both barrels. “The Mainstream Media is under fire as being corrupt and

FAKE,” Dude tweeted. “For two years they pushed the Russian Collusion Delusion when they always knew there was No Collusion. They truly are the Enemy of the People and the Real Opposition Party!” Wow! That’s stunning. “They truly are the Enemy of the People…” So, if some foreign adversary was at war with the U.S. and managed to invade these shores, would Trump’s “people” round up, arrest and detain all of the “enemies” along with any armed combatants that might be captured? Instead of declaring that his partial exoneration (he’s not in the clear yet, not by a long shot

however) was a victory, and declaring that his case proves that the system works the way it should, this guy — an inveterate liar, cheat, con man, and philandering whore monger who’s told around 10,000 lies or more according to fact-checkers since he’s been President — chose instead to trash the system … like with all his bankruptcies and deceit he can be trusted on his word alone. For the time being, as close as he seems to get, every other day to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory — stock market, wars, conquest, space, employment,

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LIFESTYLE Trumpeter, Singer Byron Stripling Salutes Louis Armstrong Joins Nat’l Philharmonic in ‘Sounds of New Orleans’ Celebration By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir Witness the unforgettable jazz musician Byron Stripling’s electrifying performance in “Sounds of New Orleans: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong” with the National Philharmonic, led by Maestro Piotr Gajewski, on Saturday, March 30 at 8 p.m. at The Music Center at Strathmore’s Concert Hall. Stripling got his start as the lead

trumpeter in the Count Basie Orchestra and will perform Armstrong’s greatest hits, including his signature version of “When the Saints Go Marchin’ In.” He’ll perform other Armstrong hits, including “Saint Louis Blues,” “Satchmo Scattin’ & Swingin,’” and “What a Wonderful World.” Stripling has performed as lead trumpeter and soloist with symphonies around the country, as well as at Carnegie Hall.

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5 The National Philharmonic, led by Maestro Piotr Gajewski, celebrates American jazz with “Sounds of New Orleans: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong” Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 8 p.m. at The Music Center at Strathmore’s Concert Hall. Byron Stripling (pictured above) will perform Armstrong’s greatest hits, including his signature version of ‘When the Saints Go Marchin’ In.’ (Photo courtesy the artist)

The great jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong spent his life traveling the world as an ambassador for the musical form that’s America’s greatest contribution to the arts. Trumpeter and singer Byron Stripling has lived a similar life, performing the timeless music in the style originated by Armstrong and his contemporaries. “Nothing can ever get old in jazz, because it’s meant to be felt differently all the time,” Stripling said. “When I played in Count Basie’s band, we were probably on the road almost 200 days a year, and it never felt old. We played ‘April in Paris’ every night. We played ‘One O’Clock Jump’ every night. Not only did I hear them and feel them as something new at each show; I

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actually felt I was part of the experience. Think of all the movies that include Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World’ including Robin Williams, Good Morning Vietnam,” Stripling added. Stripling has delighted international audiences with his soulful voice and charismatic swagger. He is a frequent performer with the Boston Pops Orchestra and is a featured soloist on the PBS television special, “Evening at Pops.” He currently serves as artistic director and conductor of the highly-acclaimed, award-winning Columbus Jazz Orchestra. He first debuted at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops and has since performed with more than 100

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Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was one of the most iconic American trumpeters in jazz history. Born in New Orleans, Armstrong grew up in abject poverty but also discovered a passion for jazz music. Armstrong played in marching and jazz bands throughout his teenage years, eventually making it to Mississippi riverboat dance bands in the 1920s. Armstrong began to play alongside—and sometimes, replace—New Orleans jazz musician King Oliver. Eventually, Armstrong would play throughout New York City and Chicago, where he started his most popular early work, the Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings of 1925– 28, which catapulted him into fame. Armstrong became an innovative performer, touring the United States and Europe as a soloist and with other big bands. He was one of the inventors of scat singing, and often sung lyrics on his recordings. In addition to playing the trumpet, Armstrong was a notable actor, comedian, singer, and bandleader. For more information, visit www. nationalphilharmonic.org or call the Strathmore Ticket Office at 301.581.5100. Look for our one-on-one chat in next week’s edition of The Washington Informer with Byron Stripling who, among other things, gave this writer a real lesson on the importance of Louis Armstrong both within the American songbook and one of the early developers and improvisational geniuses who formed what we call today “jazz.” WI

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Opera Sensation Lawrence Brownlee: Hard Work, Talent Outweigh Skin Color

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Prepares for April Performances at Lisner and Kennedy Center By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir Lawrence Brownlee, one of the world’s most sought-after singers, has performed with nearly every leading international opera house and festival, as well as major orchestras based in cities from Berlin, Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston to Zurich, Paris and Salzburg. And on April 5 and 11, the Youngstown, Ohio native, chosen as the 2017 “Male Singer of the Year” by the International Opera Awards and hailed by “The Guardian” as “one of the world’s leading bel canto stars,” will once again captivate audiences and critics alike with his “instrument” in two performances at Lisner Auditorium on the campus of The George Washington University and the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, respectively. First, he will return with the Washington Concert Opera as they present Rossini’s “Zelmira,” the last of Rossini’s “Neapolitan Operas.” He will reunite on stage for the first time since 2009 with Spanish mezzo-soprano, Silvia Tro Santafe, and he will perform the role of Zelmira’s husband Ilo. The following week, he’ll showcase his talents as Vocal Arts presents “The Cycles of My Being” – a song cycle that centers on what it means to be a Black man living in contemporary America. The cycle was composed by pianist-percussionist

Tyshawn Sorey, with lyrics by the award-winning poet Terrance Hayes, both of whom are MacArthur “Genius” grant winners and was co-commissioned by Opera Philadelphia, Carnegie Hall and Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Lyric Unlimited. Brownlee, an African American and the fourth of six children, continues to prove that hard work, talent and a burning passion for the music he loves, bears far greater importance than the color of one’s skin. He first discovered music when he learned to play bass, drums and piano at his family’s church in Youngstown. He was awarded a Master of Music from Indiana University and went on to win a Grand Prize in the 2001 Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions. A man with a diversity of abilities, he’s also an avid salsa dancer and an accomplished photographer. He “lives and breathes” Pittsburgh Steelers and Ohio State football and has sung the National Anthem at countless NFL games. His community work includes his service as a champion for autism awareness under the auspices of the organization Autism Speaks and he’s a lifetime member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., an historically-Black fraternity committed to social action and empowerment. The Grammy-nominated vocalist prompted noted New Yorker critic Alex Ross, upon hearing

Brownlee’s spectacular voice on his Delos Records album, “Virtuoso Rossini Arias,” to ask, “is there a finer Rossini tenor than Lawrence Brownlee? In addition, his recording of African-American spirituals, “Spiritual Sketches,” with pianist Damien Sneed which the duo performed at Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series, garnered NPR’s praise as an album of “soulful singing” that “sounds like it’s coming straight from his heart to yours.” Look for our interview with Brownlee in next week’s edition of The Washington Informer in which he weighs-in on what it’s like to be an African-American opera singer and how he made it to the upper echelons of his profession. WI

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Battle for DJ Supremacy Set for D.C. By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia For Maryland’s Steve McDaniel, the 2019 DMC Washington DC DJ Battle & DMC Battle for United States Supremacy isn’t just an opportunity to win the crown as the nation’s best on the wheels of steel — it’s an opportunity to compete with the elite. On Saturday, April 6, the battle for supremacy hits the District at Flash in Northwest. “It’s going to be fun,” said McDaniel a U.S. postal worker by trade who’s been behind the ones and twos since he was a small child growing up in New York’s Queens borough. The event, presented by Rane in

association with Flash, kicks off 2 p.m. with performances by DJ Precision, the DMC World Supremacy champ out of the Big Apple, and DJ Nelson, the champ from France. Performances are also expected by England champ DJ Rasp and several other. Several celebrity judges are expected to be on hand as well. All DJs wishing to participate must register for the battle by answering several probing questions about their skills. Club Flash will not accept walk-ups and DJs can enter as many battles as they choose, regardless of age. The live battles will put the art and skill of turntablism front and center. It’s expected that dozens of DJs will compete who can perform the most cleverly crafted routine

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using scratch techniques, beat juggling and body tricks. The winner will represent the District at the national finals and, just maybe, the world championships in London in the fall. A previous event in Las Vegas also featured a special showcase by D-Styles, a member of pioneering turntable groups Invisibl Skratch Piklz and Beat Junkies. “You’re basically seeing the pyrotechnical aspect of DJing — all the fireworks, all the power moves,” DMC USA CEO Christie Z told Las Vegas Weekly. Participants practice for months just to put on a dizzying showcase of turntable tricks — scratching records behind their backs or under their legs, doing spins and backflips between beats — to see who can draw the biggest response from the judges and crowd. During last year’s competition, two turntablists blindfolded themselves in the middle of their performances. “These guys and girls are extremely skilled,” Z said. “They’re using the turntable as a musical instrument. You don’t see that anymore. … It’s an art form that we’re dedicated to preserving and progressing.” Anthony Lomayesva, aka DJ Kiddo Money, is one of turntable

5 Maryland’s Steven McDaniel will compete in D.C.’s DJ Battle For U.S. Supremacy. (Courtesy Photo)

culture’s most ardent advocates. Now a creative marketing designer, he competed in DMC tournaments in the early 2000s in New York City, Los Angeles, Denver and his home state of New Mexico before moving to Las Vegas 10 years ago. It was his idea to bring the DMC to the desert last year., telling Las Vegas Weekly that it was redemp-

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tion for a 2014 DMC battle held at the now-shuttered Boomer’s off the Strip. “It didn’t have the production value. It didn’t resonate with the Vegas culture and vibe,” Lomayesva said. “If I was competing in Las Vegas, what would I like to experience when I get off the plane and pull up to the venue? What would make me feel like, wow, I made it?” The answer: the Bellagio fountains. “There’s nothing more iconic,” he said. For McDaniel of Maryland, the District competition should bring out the best in everyone. “I’m ready to just go do what I do and to have some fun,” he said. For more information, go to www.flashdc.com. WI

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HBCU Hosts Sneak Preview with Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke By Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer From the moment the trailer for “Us” premiered Christmas Day, featuring Winston Duke in a Howard University sweatshirt, many were ecstatic that a historically Black institution was so prominent in a major studio release. Fast-forward to a screening of “Us” on Wednesday, March 20 at Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium, where a students-only audience got to preview the film, followed by a question-and-answer session with director, screenwriter and producer Jordan Peele, along with its stars, Duke and Lupita Nyong’o. While waiting for the screening to begin, I overheard many people say that they did not really like horror movies. I won’t even try to get inside of Peele’s brain, but in “Us,” he created a continuous flow of edge-of-your-seat moments that start almost immediately. “Us” shows Black parents Ade-

METRO from Page 13 provides commuter trips of 15 minutes or less in New York City, D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and Toronto. The plan will be to attribute those commute times in San Francisco and Los Angeles this year. The eight cities account for half of Uber’s trip in North America, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a Nov. 20 letter. “We’re committed to making accessibility a meaningful part of what we do, and we’re proud to be doing our part to enable improved access to transportation for people with disabilities,” he said. “We know there is still a long way to go and that we’re at the beginning, not the end, of this journey.”

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Elsewhere in the proposed budget, Metro would reduce prices for a seven-day bus pass from $17.50 to $15, a one-day visitor’s pass from $14.75 to $13, and a seven-day visitor pass from $38.50 to $38. The agency will also add a threeday weekday pass at $28 and unlimited bus in all visitor and SelectPasses. The budget also plans to extend Yellow Line service to Greenbelt. The line currently ends at Mt. Vernon Square in Northwest during rush hour and at Fort Totten in Northeast at other times. Metro officials have

laide and Gabe Wilson, played by Nyong’o and Duke, and their two children Zora and Jason (played by standouts Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex) as they begin a vacation. Things start uneventfully, but gradually change. You don’t have to wait too long to feel the scariness. Much of the drama is rooted in Adelaide’s childhood experiences. Scenarios move into survival mode where female strength and the smartness of the children are in full force. When talking about how this movie was approached, Peele shared that 50 percent can be attributed to the film’s music selections, which ranged from ‘90s rap hit “I Got 5 on It” by Oakland, Calif., duo Luniz to “Les Fleurs” by Minnie Riperton. Peele also spoke about the difference between his major movie debut “Get Out” and his follow-up, “Us.” “’Get Out’ was about race,” Peele said during the post-screensaid extension of Yellow Line heading north would double service. In addition, Green Line riders can travel south without having to transfer to the Yellow Line at Fort Totten. Red Line service would extend to Glenmont in Silver Spring, a move that officials say would double the service at the station as well as at Wheaten and Forest Glen in Montgomery County. This budget would also start with the agency receiving $150 million in dedicated funding from Maryland, D.C. and Virginia toward infrastructure, repairs and other safety needs. Some work at Metrorail stations and other properties highlighted in the budget include eight parking garages, six station platforms in northern Virginia and replace elevators at possibly 13 stations. Three additional locations proposed are Court House Station in Arlington, Congress Heights in Southeast and Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter in Northwest. Del. Erek Barron (D-District 24) of Mitchellville, Maryland, who helped last year in crafting legislation for a dedicated funding source for Metro, wants the transit agency to enhance its inspector general’s office “We’re forking over even more money than we ever had been with less accountability,” he said Monday. “There’s not enough of a stick to go along with the funding.” WI

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ing Q&A session. “With ‘Us,’ I felt a certain obligation to make a movie where a Black family was at the center of it, but it was not about race. ‘Us’ can be anything. It can be your family, it can be your class. When you have ‘us,’ there’s a ‘them.’” Clocking in at just under two hours, “Us” is a blend of horror, thriller and revelations. The horror aspect is revealed through the family’s doppelgängers who wreak havoc throughout the film. There were audience gasps at the right moments. Then there were those “What just happened?” moments that had the audience trying connect the dots. The pace of this movie is fast. When the movie ends, you will still ponder, “Well, how did…?” For the screening, sponsored by Universal Pictures, Cramton Auditorium was transformed to provide a major movie theater experience, with a big screen spanning the entire stage and added speakers to produce a surround sound experience. Howard Provost and Chief Academic Officer Anthony K. Wutoh said the university’s social media team immediately took action once

5 A scene from Peele’s ‘Us.’ (Photo Universal Pictures)

the trailer began creating a loud buzz over the Christmas holiday. “They started putting our posts, asking Peele to bring a screening to Howard,” Wutoh said before the film began. Conversely, the university’s campus is popular with D.C.’s robust film industry, having been featured in a number of productions over the years. Some recent How-

ard sightings have been on the hit NBC show “This is Us” and in the award-winning movie “If Beale Street Could Talk.” “We often get calls and the campus marketing department goes into action,” said a campus communications spokesperson. “We’re used to this.” “Us” opened nationwide Friday. WI

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wi book review “Black is the Body: Stories From My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine” by Emily Bernard

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By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer Your mother dealt with things you can’t imagine. It was a different time when she was your age, with societal issues you’d never tolerate and rules you wouldn’t abide. Same with your grandma: scrapbooks, history books and museums are the only places you’ll see what she lived. So what will your children know? As in “Black is the Body” by Emily Bernard, what’s your story? In 1994, while sitting in a quiet coffee shop and wresting with a college paper she was writing, Emily Bernard was stabbed “in the gut” by a white man with a hunting knife. That’s her story to tell and she’s recited it often in the last two-plus decades, though it’s told differently by others who were there. It’s a story that kicks off her book, but she insists that it does not define her. Nor does racism. Bernard is proud of her Black body. She’s also proud of her experiences, the successes she’s had, the people she’s known, and the stories she carries inside her. These become tales that recall her mother’s unhappiness before she died, that lent Bernard’s grandmother the strength to stand up to misogynistic rules, and that shape Bernard’s stories to come. Like any good story, though, there are catches to the telling. Take, for instance, the way we deal with the N-word. And how Black women can sometimes hate their hair. And how we let “the absurd and illogical nature of American racial identity” tell us who we are or should be. No, Bernard lets family do that. Her husband is white, a fact that some in her mother’s family hated — although they ultimately bonded with him through food, as though it were a new language. Her grandmother disliked the civil rights movement. Her mother died too young. Bernard’s adopted twin daughters were born in Ethiopia and she calls them brown girls who are “growing up in a house with a white person who loves them.” They, too, will have experiences their mother won’t have, and stories to tell. “Black is the Body” is one of those books that’ll make you wish you had a time machine. Devour this book, set the machine for 20 years into the future, and see what author Emily Bernard’s daughters would write in a sequel … This memoir has a lot of launching points for that, in tales that quietly demand that you pay attention and in anecdotes that highlight racial issues while also minimizing them. Readers are likewise invited to examine a variety of ideas with a certain amount of wonder and curiosity, and to follow Bernard to see both sides. That open, often placid viewpoint provides a gentle way of leading readers to think about human differences and similarities, which resonates throughout and makes this memoir one to keep on your shelf. Indeed, “Black is the Body” is a book you’ll want to read again because it’s engaging and just plain enjoyable. It offers thoughts you’ll want to turn over in your own head. This is a book to tell about. WI

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ARIES Although you may feel more in control of your destiny with the sun in your sign, sweet Venus enters a more secluded sector of your chart on Tuesday. Her presence here could encourage fate to play its hand regarding a relationship that has been a bit of a mystery so far. Lucky Numbers: 6, 23, 26 TAURUS As the sun moves more deeply into a private sector of your chart, you may feel as though you’ve let go of the reins and something else has taken over. Areas of your life may seem less under your control than usual, and yet destiny could bestow its gifts on you in the coming weeks. Lucky Numbers: 18, 22, 34 GEMINI Mixing and mingling is good for the soul at this time and can put you in touch with people who can help you have fun and reach your goals. On Tuesday, convivial Venus graces your sector of goals and responsibilities. Her presence here could see you connecting with others who share your ambitions. Discussing experiences can help you just as much as it helps them. Lucky Numbers: 3, 6, 8 CANCER Are you ready to be in the spotlight? With the sun now at high noon in your chart, it’s time to promote your message or business. Enjoy the limelight because this is your opportunity to make your mark. Lucky Numbers: 10, 11, 31 LEO With the sun, your personal planet, in the lively sign of Aries and your sector of new discoveries, you could be in your element. Whatever obligations you need to contend with, be sure to give yourself time for new discoveries and the chance to expand your horizons. Lucky Numbers: 4, 12, 13 VIRGO If your mood is more intense than those around you, it may be because the sun is in a deeply emotional sector of your chart. Here, it shines a light on those areas that need unravelling so that you can be more at peace with them and eventually let them go. If you need to talk things over with a good friend or even of a life coach or therapist, this can be one of the better times to connect. Lucky Numbers: 7, 14, 51 LIBRA Lovely Venus moves into your lifestyle sector on Tuesday, which could bring a warm and friendly ambience to your work life and everyday interactions. There’s also the possibility that you could strike up a romance at the gym, when shopping, or while doing anything that makes up your myriad daily activities. In fact, an encounter on Wednesday could set your heart racing, and you might be eager to follow it up with another meeting. Lucky Numbers: 12, 27, 50 SCORPIO As sweet Venus enters your leisure zone from Tuesday, the opportunity for romance is very much in the cards. This can be one of the better times to ask that special person out on a date and get to know each other better. Lucky Numbers: 3, 8, 27 SAGITTARIUS The sun continues its journey through your leisure sector, lighting up a desire for adventure and fun. The coming weeks could see you enjoying a chance to kick back and let off some steam. And it’s important that you do so because this release enables you to recharge and feel restored. Lucky Numbers: 8, 9, 19 CAPRICORN As sobering Saturn moves closer to potent Pluto in your sign, your plans and projects could begin to feel even more urgent than usual. However, before you go ahead, the cosmos encourages you to think very deeply about your priorities, especially your relationships. How does one interface with the other? If a key relationship is suffering because you’re obsessing about a goal, it might be time to pull back a little. Lucky Numbers: 17, 19, 24 AQUARIUS The sun’s presence in your sector of talk and thought could make you very animated and eager to connect with others who share your goals and ideas. The coming weeks can be important for research and discovery, especially concerning matters that can help move your life forward. Lucky Numbers: 3, 10, 14 PISCES With delectable Venus moving into your sign on Tuesday, this week this can be an opportunity to pamper yourself. Indulge your love of spa treatments, massages, facials, and whatever else leaves you feeling uplifted. And if you want to invest in new clothes or a new hairstyle, go ahead. It could leave you feeling more confident and better able to face life. Lucky Numbers: 16, 17, 20

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DMV’s Hurd to Defend Titles in Fairfax, Va. By Gary Williams Special to The Informer Undefeated and unified 154-pound champion “Swift” Jarrett Hurd of Accokeek, Md., will defend his WBA/IBF/IBO championships against contender Julian “J-Rock” Williams of Philadelphia on Saturday, May 11 at George Mason University’s Eagle Bank Arena in Fairfax, Va. The bout will be televised live on Fox and Fox Deportes. For Hurd (23-0, 16 KOs), it will be the third defense of his IBF title and the second of the WBA and IBO crowns. In his last outing, he successfully defended his titles with a fourth-round knockout of Jason Welborn on Dec. 1 in Los Angeles. The fight will be Hurd’s first in the region since November 2014 when he scored a first-round knockout over Terry Cade at

Constitution Hall in D.C. Williams (26-1-1, 16 KOs) is the number-one contender in the IBF rankings and will make his second attempt at a world title. His lone loss came in December 2016 when he was knocked out in the fifth round by Jermall Charlo for the IBF super welterweight title in Los Angeles. Williams has won four straight bouts since that loss, including a second-round knockout of Francisco Javier Castro on the same Dec. 1 card in Los Angeles. There will be another D.C.-area boxer on this card as Richmond, Va., middleweight “The Chosen One” Immanuwel Aleem takes on veteran Matt Korobov of St. Petersburg, Fla., by way of Russia in a 10-round bout. Aleem (18-1-1, 11 KOs) bounced back from his thirdround knockout loss to Hugo Centeno in August 2017 by

5 Undefeated and unified 154-pound champion Jarrett “Swift” Hurd of Accokeek, Md., will defend his WBA/IBF/IBO championships against Julian “J-Rock” Williams of Philadelphia on Saturday, May 11 at George Mason University’s Eagle Bank Arena in Fairfax, Va. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

stopping Juan De Angel in the sixth round on May 19 at MGM National Harbor Casino in Oxon Hill, Md. Korobov (28-2, 14 KOs) looks to regain his winning ways after dropping a 12-round unanimous decision to Jermall Charlo for the interim WBC middleweight title on Dec. 22 in New York City’s Brooklyn borough.

Korobov was a late substitution in that bout and gave a good accounting of himself. His two losses have been in world title bouts, the first coming in December 2014 in a sixth-round TKO to Andy Lee for the WBO middleweight crown in Las Vegas. This will be the first boxing card held at Eagle Bank Arena since Oct. 17, 2015, when

Lamont Peterson defeated Felix Diaz by 12-round majority decision. That was also the card where Prichard Colon was badly injured in a bout against Terrell Williams. Tickets for the May 11 card go on sale Thursday, March 28 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster.com. WI

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5 Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner returns to first base ahead of a pickoff attempt as New York Yankees first baseman DJ LeMahieu awaits the throw during the Nationals’ 5-3 preseason win at Nationals Park in D.C. on Monday, March 25. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer) 3 New York Yankees shortstop Troy Tulowitzki is congratulated by third base coach Phil Nevin after a third-inning solo home run off Washington Nationals pitcher Anibal Sanchez during the Nationals’ 5-3 preseason win at Nationals Park in D.C. on Monday, March 25. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

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SPORTS Heat Top Wizards in Wade’s D.C. Farewell

5 Washington Wizards guard Tomas Satoransky drives against Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

5 Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade attempts to drive past Washington Wizards forward Jabari Parker during the Heat’s 113108 win at Capital One Arena in D.C. on Saturday, March 23. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

4 Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal rises to shoot over Miami Heat guard Josh Richardson during the Heat’s 113-108 win at Capital One Arena in D.C. on Saturday, March 23. (John E. De Freitas/The Washington Informer)

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le our most pressing challenges.” When Bowser presented her budget to the D.C. Council on March 20, that officially started the 2020 fiscal year budget season. The budget process lasts six weeks and consists of D.C. Council members scrutinizing Bowser’s financial plan and holding hearings with District agencies on their requests and needs. After the six weeks of hearings, the council will come up with its own version of the city budget, with adjustments made to Bowser’s plan. Bowser’s budget team of D.C. City Administrator Rashad Young, Jenny Reed, director of the Office of Budget and Management Performance, and the deputy mayors will work to keep Bowser’s plan as intact as possible. During the middle or end of May, the council will vote on the proposed budget and likely pass it on two readings. It has been the tradition that the mayor signs the budget in June and transmits it to the U.S. Congress, the White House and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Unless there are no objections, the 2020 budget will go into effect on Oct. 1, 2019. The D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) follows the activities of the District government from the financial perspective and how bureaucrats, agency heads and elected leaders deal with poor and working-class Washingtonians. The DCFPI issues papers and statements on programs that deal with housing, unemployment and education. Ed Lazere, executive director of the DCFPI and longtime commentator and scholar on the District’s approach to problems of the poor and middle class, said in a statement that Bowser’s proposed budget “makes important new investments, particularly in the Housing Production Trust Fund, but in many ways missed an opportunity to address the city’s most pressing needs.”

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The statement said despite increases, substantial gaps remain in areas like schools, early education, mental health and affordable housing. “Too many D.C. residents are struggling to make ends meet,” Lazere said. “This is a good first step for increasing D.C.’s resources but more is needed to truly address D.C.’s affordable housing challenges, improve D.C.’s schools and ensure that everyone has a chance to succeed in D.C.” Lazere noted that Bowser’s budget would have staff cuts in schools east of the Anacostia River. “Inadequate school funding means that the District of Columbia Public Schools budget will continue the unfortunate practice of diverting half of ‘at risk’ funds for high-poverty school to other purposes,” he said. “The proposed schools budget hurts students from across D.C., but especially students of color in low-income communities who have been historically marginalized. To right this wrong we must target adequate resources to address educational inequities so that all students can succeed.” WI

GEORGETOWN from Page 1 “We are reviewing the details of the indictment, examining our records, and will be taking appropriate action,” the spokesperson said. Former Georgetown tennis coach Gordon Ernst counts among the dozens of individuals charged in the bribery scheme that’s implicated the rich, famous and otherwise white elite. National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. was among several prominent African Americans who said they view the admissions scam as “affirmative action for the rich” and yet another example of white privilege. The NNPA is a trade organization that represents the interests of the more than 200 African-American-owned newspapers and media companies around the nation, including The Washington Informer. “This is a question of a deeper revelation of the extent to which white privilege and white supremacy are institutionalized in every fabric of American society, including higher education,” said Chavis, who’s also a longtime civil rights activist. “The rich have one standard of education and everyone else has another standard. “This inequity isn’t just about wealth, it’s about race, ethnicity, culture and history,” Chavis said. On March 12, federal investigators announced 50 high-profile individuals, including actresses

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Therefore I say unto you, What things so ever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them]. — Mark 11:24 During a recent visit, my sister Franquis Grant said, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” It caught my attention! When I asked her who she was quoting, she said it was from John Lennon’s “Beautiful Boy,” a song he wrote about the birth of his son in 1980. She reminded me how she was living with me out in San Pablo, California, when she played that album so often. My youngest son, whom she would babysit after my maternity leave ended, would always get quiet and listen. “His calming down song, even while you were pregnant with him,” she told me. Let’s talk about our imagination, a principal from Napoleon Hill’s book “Think and Grow Rich” (my second-most important book — the Holy Bible is always first). Hill’s book is an explanation of the Bible, in practical steps, to help one become successful. He studied his Bible six hours most days. Hill says, “The more we use our imagination, the more it will deliver its physical form.” We all know the word “imagination,” but do we really understand the principles of using our imagination? As a young girl, imagination 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”

was my friend, and lots of things came to mind when I was young. When we discover life, bills and grown up things, if we could dream again like we used to, the way Napoleon Hill suggests using our imagination. Separate the word “imagination” into components, you get “image” and “ion.” The “image” is the seeing of something physical. The “ion” part refers to the action. People who changed the world used imagination. Let us thank the Wright Brothers, who imagined being able to fly up in the sky. After carefully planning, trying a bunch of things using their imagination, they finally got their converted bicycle machine to fly in the air. History shows how the light bulb used to be a flicker of a lit wick in oil. Workers would go out and light these wicks at dusk so there would be light in the streets at night. But one man’s imagination clicked as he watched the lightings and decided there had to be a better way. Thomas Edison tried more than one thousand ways, used his imagination repeatedly until he found it. Today, we almost forget about this amazing ability we all have! Luke 1:37, KJ says, “For with God nothing shall be impossible.” Never underestimate this powerful, forgotten little treasure we used to use. “Our minds are like a garden, if you don’t use them, weeds will grow,” says British inspirational writer James Allen. “Plant and water and look after your thoughts, you will have a beautiful garden.” Jim Rohn, inspirational speaker:

“It’s not the blowing of the wind that determines our destiny, it’s the set of the sail.” Did you set a good sail? Do you really know what you want from the goal you’ve set? Do you know what it is you would like to have left behind one day when you die? Take time out and really think about what you want and where you want to go, conceptualize the images and circumstances needed to make them a reality. Write them down! Use as much detail as you can muster and remember to use all your senses. What will you see, hear, smell, feel, and what will you think when your dreams come true? Imagine this every day and night, with great feeling, that’s how faith works. As John Lennon says in his song, “They say I’m a dreamer, but I am not the only one. I hope someday you will join us and the world will live as one.” WI Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958 Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

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Mount Olivet Lutheran Church

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

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

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

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

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ

Blessed Word of Life Church

Church of Living Waters

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor

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

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor

Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Third Street Church of God

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

Rev. Dr. Alice Greene Interim Pastor

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org

“An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org

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

Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher 421 Alabama Ave. SE Washington, DC 20032 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 Service and Times Sunday School: 10:15 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11;15 AM Children’s Church: 11:15 AM Tuesday Bible Study: 6:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: gr8luv4u2@gmail.com

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

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

Crusader Baptist Church

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

Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax

Sunday Worship Service: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6:00 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

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

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

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

Mount Carmel Baptist Church Reverend Gerald H. Hesson Interim Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00 PM Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00 PM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10 AM

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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church

All Nations Baptist Church

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Israel Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

“Where Jesus is the King”

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: 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:45 AM Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 PM Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 PM Bible Study: Tuesday at 10:30 AM

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM Holy Communion: First Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30 PM Motto: "Faith On The Hill"

Eastern Community Baptist Church

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

New Commandment Baptist Church

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor

Damion M. Briggs Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rehoboth Baptist Church

“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. Reginald M. Green Interim Pastor

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

St. Matthews Baptist Church

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

Emmanuel Baptist Church

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

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

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

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Dr. Joseph D. Turner Senior Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 8:00 AM Worship Service: 11:00 AM New Member’s Class: 9:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00 AM Church School: 9:45 AM Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00 PM Saturday Bible Study: 11:00 AM Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00 AM

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

Christ Embassy DC

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

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

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

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

“The Loving Church of the living lord “ 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. David McIntosh-Peters Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor

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

2001 Brooks Drive District Heights, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074

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

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 Worship Service: 10:15 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting / Bible Study: Tuesday at 7 PM Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church with an Emphasis on “Evangelism and Discipleship”

Service and Times Sunday Service: 10:00 AM Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 AM 1st Sunday Baptism: 10:00 AM 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10:00 AM Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting: 7:45 PM

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

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

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

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

Email: pastorstmbc@gmail.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org

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

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

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

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

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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2018 ADM 000236 Salema E. Jones Decedent Nakia V. Gray, Esq. 9701 Apollo Drive, Suite 100 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Marian Lynch, whose address is 8500 Mike Shapiro Dr., #129, Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Salema E. Jones who died on June 18, 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 9/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/14/2019 Marian Lynch Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

LEGAL NOTICES

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Administration No. 2019 ADM 000191

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000194

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000219

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000203

Olar Virginia Campbell Decedent

Helen P. Dishman aka Helen Parker Dishman Decedent

Rachelle H. Raphael, Esq. 4800 Hampden Lane, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 Attorney

Gerald F. Corley aka Gerald Corley Decedent

Aimee D. Griffin, Esq. The Griffin Firm, PLLC 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney

Judith Lorraine Robinson Decedent

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

Chuki C. Corley, whose address is 2025 Ray Leonard Rd., Hyattsville, MD, 20785, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Gerald F. Corley aka Gerald Corley who died on October 11, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Judith Anne Dean, whose address is 1384 Morris Road, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Judith Lorraine Robinson who died on January 20, 2019 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 3/14/2019

Chuki C. Corley Personal Representative

Judith Anne Dean Personal Representative

Deanna Dishman Personal Representative

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Georgetta M. Law and Shelby Yvette Ross, whose addresses are 2116 2nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 & 5814 35th Place, Hyattsville, MD 20782, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Olar Virginia Campbell who died on December 4, 2000 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 9/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/14/2019 Georgetta M. Law Shelby Yvette Ross Personal Representative

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Deanna Dishman, whose address is 1018 Crittenden Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Helen P. Dishman aka Helen Parker Dishman who died on December 19, 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 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 9/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000207

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000181

Administration No. 2019 ADM 235

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000196

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000193

John Edward Thompson Decedent

James R. Brown Decedent

Alma Gray Sharpe Decedent

Esdella T. Coleman Decedent

Elizabeth Ausberry Decedent

Larry C. Williams, Esq. 7600 Georgia Ave., NW Suite 405 Washington, DC 20012 Attorney

Tina Smith Nelson Legal Counsel for the Elderly 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 Attorney

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DeGeta A. Cole, whose address is 5201 Devonport Court, Glenn Dale, MD 20769, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of John Edward Thompson who died on January 15, 2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Lorrine Brown, whose address is 30 18th Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James R. Brown who died on July 24, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Audrenetta A, Walker and Jessica Walker Udechuku, whose address is 305 Taurus Drive, Fort Washington, MD 20744, was appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Esdella T. Coleman who died on January 4, 2019 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Alexander Ausberry-Brooks, whose address is 10045 Megster Avenue, White Plains, MD 20695, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Elizabeth Ausberry who died on December 24, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 3/14/2019

Patricia Ann Robinson Personal Representative

Audrenetta A. Walker Jessica Walker Udechukwu Personal Representative

Alexander Ausberry-Brooks Personal Representative

DeGeta A. Cole Personal Representative

Lorrine Brown Personal Representative

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Patricia Ann Robinson, whose address is 13423 Yellow Poplar Lane, Brandywine MD, 20613, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Alma Gray Sharpe who died on January 18, 2019 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/14/2019

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Administration No. 2019 ADM 000180

Foreign No. 2019 FEP 000019

Constance Clarke Hackett Decedent James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Catherine Hackett Botts, whose address is 515 Roxboro Place, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Constance Clarke Hackett who died on March 9, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/14/2019 Catherine Hackett Botts Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2019 ADM 000169 Marion Brown aka Marion D. Brown Decedent

6/13/2017 Date of Death

Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney

Marie Boykin Ware Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Anne B. Butler, whose address is 10 G Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Marie Boykin Ware, deceased, by the Circuit Court for Norfolk City County, State of Virginia, on April 19, 2018. Service of process may be made upon Anne B. Butler, 10 G Street NE, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20002 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate. 208 34th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002. 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: 3/14/2019

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robert Brown, whose address is 1526 Shellford Lane, Accokeek, MD 20607, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Marion Brown aka Marion D. Brown who died on December 17, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/14/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/14/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/14/2019 Robert Brown Personal Representative

Anne B. Butler Personal Representative

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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2019 ADM 000015 Estate of Lillian M. Thomas aka Lillian Thomas NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Bradley A. Thomas 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 5, 2007 and codicil dated July 20, 2012 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of the witnesses or otherwise

Date of first publication: 3/14/2019 Robert L. Bell 245 Farragut Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 Petitioner/Attorney:

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Administration No. 2019 ADM 000185

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000232

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000291

Administration No. 2019 ADM 284

Marie Estelle Terova Decedent

Svato Schutzner Decedent

Vernell Parker Howley Decedent

Rolande Bazile Decedent

Sara B, Entis 10640 Main Street, Suite 200 Fairfax, VA 22030 Attorney

Julius P. Terrell, Esq. 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20004 Attorney

James Larry Frazier 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney

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Heidi Derakhshanrokni, whose address is 4801 Connecticut Ave., NW, #703, Washington, DC 20008, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Marie Estelle Terova who died on September 9, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/21/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/21/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Dennis Boland, whose address is 11 9th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Svato Schutzner who died on January 18, 2019 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of 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 9/21/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/21/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Marilyn Diane Gorham, whose address is 6708 Robina Road, Camp Springs, MD 20748, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Vernell Parker Howley who died on February 14, 2019 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of 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 9/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2019 ADM 24 William M. Weaver II Decedent 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 Sarah Elizabeth Boothe, whose address is 10678 Bishop Ridge, West Blocton, AL 35184, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of William M. Weaver II who died on October 22, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/21/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/21/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/21/2019 Sarah Elizabeth Boothe Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jozianne Bazile, whose address is 6417 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012-2807, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Rolande Bazile who died on September 20, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/28/2019 Jozianne Bazile Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2018 ADM 001520 Melvin F. Graves Sr. aka Melvin F. Graves Decedent Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Marni Graves, whose address is 1015 Jansen Avenue, Capital Heights, MD 20743, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Melvin F. Graves, Sr. aka Melvin F. Graves who died on April 26, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/28/2019 Marni Graves 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. 2019 ADM 000237 Joyce La Von Freeman aka Joyce L. Freeman Decedent Johnny M. Howard Houston & Howard 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 402 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara J. Cooper and Anita Baker, whose addresses are 1201 Creek Forest LN, Austell, GA 30106 & 267 Lovejoy Cir., Powder Springs, GA 30127, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Joyce La Von Freeman aka Joyce L. Freeman who died on August 30, 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 9/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/28/2019 Barbara J. Cooper Anita Baker Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2019 ADM 268 Joanna Wood Schot Decedent Joan M. Wilbon, Esq. 1120 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Bonnie Wood Gauger, whose address is 2811 S. Asciano CT., New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joanna Wood Schot who died on February 8, 2019 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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Administration No. 2019 ADM 000294

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000243

Administration No. 2019 ADM 000269

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Pearl Delories Parrish, whose address is 7204 Cloverdale Drive, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Hallie Mae Burton who died on March 4, 2019 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 9/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/28/2019 Pearl Delories Parrish Personal Representative

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Doris S. Mitchell Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jai-Ahmal Mitchell, whose address is 216 Jefferson St., NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Doris S. Mitchell who died on December 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 9/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: 3/28/2019 Jai-Ahmal Mitchell Personal Representative

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Johnny M. Howard Houston & Howard 1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Alfred Barrymore Jackson, III, whose address is 4397 Buckskin Wood Drive, Ellicott City, MD 21402, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Alfred B. Jackson, Jr. who died on December 1, 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 9/28/2019. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 9/28/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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GEORGETOWN from Page 34 Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, were charged in the scheme that involved changing college entrance test results, hiring proctors to take exams for children and superimposing their kids’ faces onto pictures of real student athletes, to guarantee college admission through athletics. Federal officials said 33 parents paid amounts ranging from thousands of dollars to $6.5 million to get their children into top colleges, including Georgetown, Stanford University, UCLA, the University of San Diego, USC, the University of Texas, Wake Forest, and Yale. Chavis believes systematic racism made the scam possible. “Those involved are embarrassed but will never acknowledge the longstanding history of racism that made their actions possible,” he said. NNPA Chair and Chicago and Gary Crusader Publisher Dorothy R. Leavell said she was also “deeply disturbed” by the report that the “privileged” is buying entrance to universities while many qualified students are being denied an earned entrance to those same universities. “In my mind, it conjures up the premise that African American

which he excels. It’s depriving the league and its fans of that talent. Signing Kaepernick would not just be good for Kaepernick. It would be good for the NFL, good for the fans, and good for American. The NFL must right this wrong and give the fans and the players what they want. WI

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terest that you would maliciously deprive a million Floridians of the right to vote? Are you so arrogant as to ignore the 65 percent of the voters who voted to erase this injustice from Florida’s constitution? Have you no shame. WI

Ward Connelly of California in the 1960s was selling the theory that affirmative action was a disadvantaged to those who would be considered ‘privileged,’” Leavell said. “It worries those of us who believe that ‘hard work’ is the answer to advancement, but to see an actor’s daughter say she wanted to party and was not so interested in school flies in the face of those

who worked hard to attain their advancement.” In 2019, “money privilege” is alive and well, Leavell said. “Also troubling is the fact that the secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, in light of this revelation, is seeking to limit loans and grants to those students that are most in need of financial assistance,” she said. WI

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Patriots owner Robert Kraft said. “It’s divisive and it’s horrible.” Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula shared Kraft’s fear: “All Donald needs to do is to start to do this again.” Fear of a Tweet is keeping a talented athlete in the prime of his career from earning a living at the sport in

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networks for recommendations and advice. They’ve taken advanced classes (International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement) that are not available at all schools, especially inner-city schools. The playing field has never been level, nor has there ever been a meritocracy! Here is the real tragedy: millions of young African-American people can’t afford to go to college, no matter what their merit or ability. When they graduate, many face a hostile job market and often experience pay discrimination. Not to mention the fact that even walking while Black might get you shot if the wrong police officer finds your walk “threatening.” Meritocracy? Please. WI

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called for the rule now suspended to take effect as planned. Further, they seek a 36 percent interest rate cap at the federal levels and in states that have no rate cap protection. Currently, 16 states and the District of Columbia have enacted state rate cap protections. Additionally, the Military Lending Act extends protections to active-duty military. The faithful protesters also carried signs that quoted scripture such as Proverbs 22:22, “Do not rob the poor because they are poor,” and Jeremiah 22:3 that teaches, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of the oppressor.” As Florida’s faith protest got underway, another form of outrage occurred in Washington. A group of 130 organizations representing 31 states and national organizations including Unidos, formerly the National Council of LaRaza;

Military Family Association, Color of Change, and the National Fair Housing Alliance, wrote Director Kraninger about the payday rule as well. The coalition noted that “much more is at stake than industry revenue,” reminding Kraninger of CFPB’s own research that earlier found that 85 percent of payday loans are reborrowed, and further that 75 percent of all loan fees are due to borrowers being stuck in more than 10 loans a year. “The Bureau should not prioritize industry profits at the expense of the consumers it was created to protect,” states the letter. That same sentiment was shared by Rev. Dr. Russell Meyer, executive director of the Tampa-based Florida Council of Churches. “Because their greed knows no shame, we must insist regulation is compassionate,” Meyer said. Let the church say amen! WI

“He’s got a core group of white supremacists (supporters) and it may be a good indicator,” said Dr. Ray Winbush, director of the Institute of Urban Research at Morgan State University. It will be safer for the president’s

legal prospects for him to stay in the White House, Mueller report notwithstanding. Trump is not the problem, he’s merely a symptom of America’s very serious problems, race hatred, greed, and intolerance. “Removing Trump will not remove the infrastructure of an entire party that embraced him, the dark money that funded him, the online radicalization that drummed his army, nor the racism he amplified and reanimated,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told CommonDreams.org. Trump and Trumpism are evidence of the moral rot that has destroyed all the great Western civilizations of the past. And it’s fast approaching the USA. They deceive themselves, thinking their “Great” days of postWorld War II “Ozzie and Harriet” white world hegemony are coming back like music on vinyl disks, instead of recognizing the doom they are creating for themselves and for the rest of the lives (other than their own) they love to make miserable all over the planet. I like the way my Mother used to say it, and I say it now to the Trumpistas: “Enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think.” WI

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