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Emergency Legislation Halts Providence Hospital Closure

At-Large Council Race Reveals Racial Schisms

D.C. Council also Delays Vote on Bill to Regulate Airbnb

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By D. Kevin McNeir, WI Editor and Sam P.K. Collins, WI Contributing Writer Councilmember Vincent C. Gray (Ward 7) pondered over the news he’d heard earlier this summer when Providence Hospital announced plans to close acute care services by year’s end, continuing their previously detailed decision to exit inpatient psychiatric and obstetrical care services. But when the hospital failed to send

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young people and seniors,” said Charlene Hursey, 69, a Ward 8 resident of 20 years who took part in the summit. “I thought if I came and shared the information I got, it would make [the seniors I know] more willing to participate. I talked to the senior committee about transportation to events in the city.” Hursey counted among more than 50 residents who candidly spoke about the conditions in Ward 8, expressing love for the place they call home while highlighting areas of improvement. “It’s difficult to schedule the Department of Parks and Recreation bus,” she said. “The city offers so much, but we’re apprehensive about going outside because

If Dionne Reeder defeats incumbent Elissa Silverman for one of the two at-large seats on the D.C. Council up for grabs, Black female representation in the city government would increase and Mayor Muriel Bowser would have an ally in the businesswoman and third-generation Washingtonian. Such a possibility has raised the stakes in a hotly contested race that has revealed deep racial and political schisms of a city grappling with the economic and cultural effects of gentrification. Some of Reeder’s supporters, such as Sheika Reid, said the candidate’s more than 20 years in the local and federal government and nonprofit space, as well as her entrepreneurial experience, can help her navigate those fault lines. “Policies are important but secondary to who candidates are at their core,” said Reid, an affordable-housing advocate, small-business consultant and Ward 1 neighbor of Reeder. “Dionne Reeder has the best interests of Washingtonians at heart, and that’s evident by her work ethic and dedication to creating opportunities.” Reid and other members of D.C.’s Young Civic Leaders hosted a brunch and fundraiser

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5 Families, friends and corporate organizations joined together to raise awareness and money for care, support and research by participating in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s held Saturday, Oct. 13 in Northwest. /Photo by Roy Lewis - See the full story on Page 20

Ward 8 Summit Reveals a Bevy of Concerns

Key Issues for Citizens: Senior Services, Public Safety

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5 Ward 8 Council member Trayon White delivers the State of Ward 8 address to residents on Sunday, Oct. 14. /Photo by Roy Lewis

Residents throughout Southeast’s Ward 8 section of the city talked about government responsiveness, senior services, public safety and other topics during Councilman Trayon White’s State of the Ward Summit. The nearly two-hour event Sunday at Savoy Elementary School turned into an incubator of ideas where residents of all ages and professions outlined their vision for Ward 8 in hopes White and Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) members would earnestly respond. “I’m concerned about our

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had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow Citing derogatory statements madesense in an article, “Loose Lips,” recently by the Washington Cityare Paper, of uniformity in the way published wants to see implemented the National of 23-yearReturning Citizens [NARC] and victims National and Association of the Advancement of Returned When L.Y. Alliance Marlow's domestic violence stricter restraining order policies, Citizens held pressher conference and rally at the are paper’s headquarters Tuesday,more Oct. rights 16, voicing their discontent old daughter atold the father survivors treated. for victim's familiesand demanding transformative action. of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicwho said, “Weher wereown not given life sentences,” one of theviolence speakers assessduring the life,Spokesperson and the lifeRon of Moten, their child, story, personal pain to served tim, aasdomestic protest, billed as a fight had for justice returning citizens here in the District and across the U.S. she knew something to beon behalf push offorward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further A prepared noted the following: the Marlow. U.S. incarcerates a higher training percentagefor of her than any done. 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We demandcase a public apology, the opportunity article NARC in such a way, the average for a rebuttal “If we are everwritten goingbytothe eradi“Itpublished seems to inbetheir a vicious personwithin can gettheir it.” staff She of said at the and and paper, cycle greater diversity journalists like toviolence, see City Paper sponsor catewould domestic we must that won't my awareness family ofend of the day, bookcitizens will and look at families.” both sides of the coin. a dialogue withturn us to raise the issues faced by the returning their loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicshared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said. Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise Barry Stanton, former deputy chief administrative office for public inMunicipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in frastructure for Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III, sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She will now work as chief operating officer for the county’s public schools Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatsystem. Stanton, who willinoversee transportation, purchasing, food serCenter of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks ed about domestic violence. vices and other parts of the willhave be part thebeing executive Heights and the National Hook- 2002. Mildred Muhammad is system, “We to of stop pas-team lead by interim schools CEO Monica Goldson. Stanton scheduled Up of Black Women. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chil- to begin work that Monday, Oct. 15. Also month, Goldsonviolence,” appointed MiMarlow has written a book, an organization helps the drenthisabout domestic chaelofHerbstman and Kristi Murphy as chief financial officer and chief “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors domestic violence Marlow said. human resources officer, respectively. Last week, Goldson announced story about four generations of and their children. Marlow has worked to break a reorganization of the central willofreap $2.4inmillion in savings. domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six office thethat cycle abuse her family, will goIt toward reimbursement inspired by her own experiences, years inAbout fear is$800,000 a long time. is and is confidentfor theteachers policieswho she purschool supplies. They can apply for up to $100 in compensation. and those of her grandmother, not anchased easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that firmly believe if we support our educators and staff, they will meet the her mother and her daughter. of,” she“Isaid. process. She said every time she reads needs ofMuhammad our students,” Goldson a statement. “I ampolicies pleasedtoto use Mildred said said “I in plan to take these excerpts from her book, she still peopleadditional resources and support in ways that will positively impact who want to help a Congress and implore them to the 5 Barry Stanton. /Photo courtesy of Prince can not believe the words came domestic children we serve.” violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. George’s County Fire Department from her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of how they go into “I will not stop until these poliwon the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net my Two eye first blackened my “Before you get to 'I'm going school board and candidates for Prince lips bled,” Marlow said. to kill you,' it started as a verbal WI George’s County will discuss their platforms Elaine Davis-Nickens, presiSaturday, Oct. 20 at the Glenn Dale Firehouse dent of theDale. National Hook-Up in Glenn Candidates include Board Vice ofChairwoman Black Women, said there is noseeking her third Carolyn Boston, consistency in the way domestic term representing District 6, and Belinda Queen, violence issues are dealt with by a former member of the county’s Democratic Central Committee and vocal critic of the school board and its “lack of transparency.” 0Boston promises to continue her support to increase enrollment in career and technical education programs and helped organize last month’s college and career summit at Oxon Hill High School. The Route 450 Coalition, led by state Sen. Joanne C. Benson and Delegates Carolyn J.B. 5 Carolyn Boston. 5 Belinda Queen. /Photo Howard, Erek Barron and Jazz Lewis, will host /Photo courtesy of Friends courtesy of Belinda Queen the forum which will begin at 9 a.m. of Carolyn Boston

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Mayoral, ANC Candidates Launch Write-In Slate By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins

D.C. mayoral write-in candidate James Butler launched his campaign more than year ago, critical of what he described as the current mayor’s relationship with private developers and claims about affordable housing and crime that don’t reflect some city residents’ reality. In the weeks leading up the Nov. 6 election, Butler and two write-in candidates for Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) seats have formed the Progressive Blue Wave Slate, which he said places residents first in policy-making decisions. “The Progressive Blue Wave Slate believes in true progressive values and believes people come before big business and special interests,” Butler, 42, said last week during a meeting at his campaign headquarters near the H Street Corridor in Northeast. The Butler campaign recently announced its endorsement of Progressive Blue Wave Slate members Kelvin Brown, a military veteran running to represent ANC single-member district 7B06, which includes Hillcrest and Fairfax Village in Southeast, and Clayton Aristotle Rosenberg, a Southwest millennial vying for the ANC commissioner seat in single-member district 6D01, an area encompassing the revamped D.C. Wharf and nearby residences. The launch of the Progressive Blue Wave Slate follows the release of an Oct. 3 independent poll, conducted by PoliticalHispanic.com, that placed Butler 17 points ahead of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D). On the week of the poll’s release, the D.C. Council approved the repeal of Initiative 77, a successful ballot measure that would’ve gradually raised tipped workers’ hourly earnings to that of waged employees. The council’s decision perturbed some voters and, for Butler, reaffirmed the need for political candidates such as Brown and Rosenberg. “They are phenomenal listeners,” said Butler, an ANC commissioner for single-member district 5D03, an area that includes the Trinidad neighborhood in Northeast. “Every leader has their own ideas but they’re worthless if they don’t cure the problems of the people. These are candidates with vision. They have listened to the people to come to the right solution to their everyday issues.” Brown and Rosenberg, who said they reached out to Butler upon learning about his grassroots campaign, have connected ANC constituents frustrated by their representatives’ refusal to host community

forums and take their concerns about the lack of amenities and rising cost of living to D.C. Council members. If they win on Nov. 6, both men would serve as conduits between their neighbors and Council members Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) and Vincent C. Gray (D-Ward 7). If he becomes mayor, Butler and the D.C. Council would outline the specifics of a budget totaling more than $14 billion. Key policy issues for He said he would tackle housing affordability, public safety, and education reform. Residents in Brown and Rosenberg’s campaign areas have expressed concerns about those issues, among others. In Hillcrest, located in Southeast, Brown has challenged the incumbent ANC commissioner who he said hasn’t intimately engaged constituents beyond hosting monthly meetings. That fragile relationship has laid the groundwork for unpopular neighborhood revitalization projects, Brown said. For example, impending construction of sidewalks in Hillcrest earlier this year drew the ire of Brown’s neighbors, who petitioned against the prospect of losing at least 10 feet of lawn space. “Most residents were against the use of tax dollars [for the construction] and wanted it reallocated to integrate sewer, water pipes and LED lighting throughout the community,” said Brown, a Hillcrest homeowner of seven years. “There was a unilateral decision to move forward with the project and the petition was struck down. At the meeting, [officials] said the decision had been made and there was no follow-up. If I’m a taxpayer who moved into the community and I voted for you, our input should be taken in about the things that impact the quality of living.” If elected, Brown said he would meet with residents regularly and engage elected officials about issues related to increasing proactive community policing, boosting small business ownership and job training, and attracting quality grocery stores and sit-down restaurants. Last weekend, he hosted a two-day campaign meet and greet at Tinder Box in Waldorf, Maryland, as part of an effort to help bring the jazz and sports lounge to Ward 7. On October 28, Brown will host a voter registration drive in Fairfax Village. “We don’t really have a communication vehicle within Hillcrest and Fairfax Village to inform voters of legislation passed by the D.C. Council and its impact,” Brown said. “We have to reengage the community in the political process by helping them understand that there

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is someone who hears their concerns, understands their vision with community and articulates that with elected officials.” Rosenberg, 26, a sixth-generation Washingtonian and Eastern High School alumnus, said he launched his campaign to quell ideological disputes between elders and millennials in his community about the direction of its development. He criticized longtime community leaders, calling them members of an old regime that hasn’t listened wholeheartedly to concerns about the cost of living. “I came back to D.C. and saw the change,” Rosenberg said. “Diversity and inclusivity haven’t been a part of it.” As ANC commissioner, Rosenberg said he would use lessons he learned as a student at the Hult International Business School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a member of a local nonprofit to mend fences between the various constituencies living in his single-member district. “The elders don’t feel like they are part of the city’s commitment to change,” Rosenberg said. “I’m here to

5 Clayton Aristotle Rosenberg, candidate for ANC commissioner of single-member district 6D01, mayoral write-in candidate James Butler and Kelvin Brown, ANC commissioner candidate for single-member district 7B06. /Courtesy photo

bridge the gap and be a transparent candidate. I live among elders who’ve been around for a long time and I also see millennials moving in. I talk to both about their concerns. The millennials don’t know D.C. and I think about how I can help them learn about our evolution over the last 15 years.” Rosenberg’s platform centers on public safety, mental health, housing and transparency. He said those issues reflect the varying interests of people burdened by lack of parking and increased traffic density since the Wharf reopened last year.

As a member of the Progressive Blue Wave Slate, Rosenberg said he aspires to boost his constituents’ confidence in local government. “I believe this slate represents a different kind of government that’s in it for the interests of the people, and not private gain,” Rosenberg said. “The people are our main concern. Progressivism means going above and beyond for the people. It’s a way of life in everything we do. When people say you can’t do something, you show them why you can. This is what this new progressive movement is doing.” WI

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“I’m packing up the SUV and heading northbound on the interstate with Detroit as my final destination – the city that, for me, will always be “home.” cloud had suddenly taken residence over my head. Things are different now. These days, I’ve actually become more and more excited as the time to depart draws near. And I won’t be alone, even though I believe everyone should take some occasional “me time” so they can listen to the silence, hear the beating of their heart and give greater attention to those routinely ignored thoughts that have been swirling around in your head. Riding shotgun will be my new sidekick and companion, Baby Girl – my playful, inquisitive, one-year-old Boxer whose capacity for boundless energy and omnipresent displays of

unconditional love and devotion never cease to amaze me. There’s something to be said about taking time out – allowing for an interlude of isolation away from the noise, the hustle, the bustle and the push and pull of daily life. Black folk in particular should be more attentive and intention about carving out dedicated time for meditation – being silent and listening for the “sounds of silence.” That’s why I’m so eager to get away and take a pause – entering that physical, emotional and spiritual “special place” where only “me, myself and I” exist. Have you ever had questions or concerns that were so intense, so important so crucial to the decision that awaited you – an answer to “what rode should I take” or “what window should I close?” If you have, then “road trips,” or moments similarly fashioned, allow you to more effectively hear the stirrings of your soul – to hear the murmurings and messages of the ancestors and the Creator. When we do this, we can snap out of it, wake up, stop wallowing in fear and remember that awesome guarantee and invitation: “Be still and know that I am God,” (Psalm 46:10). It’s time for a road trip! I need to listen to the silence! WI

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By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer The Congressional Black Caucus said President Donald Trump and his administration have done profound damage to the African-American community and the country over the past two years. In a new statement, the CBC spelled out what voters should recall and act on. “Do you remember how you felt on November 9, 2016? That’s a good reason to vote on November 6, 2018,” the group wrote. The CBC’s call isn’t original, but it does count among the ever-growing number of voter registration drives aimed at helping Democrats gain power in either or both chambers of Congress this fall. Preceding Kanye West’s roundly panned visit with Trump at the White House, many celebrities and superstars had already revved up their fan base. Taylor Swift told her tens of millions of social media followers to vote Democrat in the midterms, while Eva Longoria opened her wallet and reportedly tossed more than $40,000 behind Missouri Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill. Susan Sarandon gave about $30,000 to Democratic PACs that support candidates in New York, West Virginia, Hawaii and Texas, while Rosie O’Donnell also gave nearly $30,000 for candidates in New York, Illinois, Massachusetts and Iowa. Jimmy Kimmel, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck also tossed cash behind Democrats. “I think midterms are always

important, but the Democratic Party, in particular is pushing hard this election,” said Justin Holmes, an associate professor of Political Science at the University of Northern Iowa’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. “Republicans have the presidency, both houses of Congress, and the Supreme Court is now a solid conservative majority, so Democrats are pushing hard this election to try to get some of the power back,” Holmes said. “On the Republican side, President Trump sees this as a referendum on his presidency and recognizes that he’ll have a harder time getting his agenda passed if Democrats control even part of Congress.” NextGen America, Women’s March, the NAACP, CBC and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) are among the many that are participating in or encouraging massive voter registration efforts across the country. “It’s a payback year,” said NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Although non-partisan, AARP also has presented a list of 10 ways the midterm elections will affect older Americans. “This is one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime,” political scholar Norman Ornstein told AARP editors, who noted in their October edition, “We wholeheartedly agree.” “We are at a moment in which important decisions need to be made on many matters key to the lives of older Americans,” AARP editors wrote. “Some are obvi-

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“Voting next month is a way for folks to say that they don’t like the direction that this country has been going and they want Congress to put a stop to the policies and programs promoted by this administration. It’s a way for minority communities to fight back against the hate and the negative impacts they have suffered for the past two years,” she said. The electorate that normally turns out to vote in midterms is typically older, Whiter and more affluent than those who cast ballots during presidential elections, Holmes said. President Barack Obama’s campaign was very effective at mobilizing young and minority voters in 2008, but in 2010, his party lost a large number of seats, not because voters changed their mind about supporting Obama and Democrats, but because many of Obama’s backers didn’t vote in the midterms, Holmes said. He also noted the prevalence of voter suppression. Voters should be sure to check their registration status and make sure they have proper ID if their state requires ID to vote, Holmes said. “If you have moved since the last time you voted, you need to re-register,” he said. “If you haven’t voted in a while, some states will cancel your registration so be sure you are up to date because you can’t vote if you aren’t registered, and only some states have sameday registration.” Also, several states have done “questionable things this week with registration. Indiana purged their rolls, and Georgia appears to be slow walking new registrations,” Holmes said. “Both of these appear to disproportionately affect minority voters,” he said. “You have a right to vote guaranteed by the 15th Amendment and Voting Rights Act. If you feel your voting rights are being violated, contact the Department of Justice.” WI

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Governor’s Race Gets Testy as Election Nears By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Democratic challenger Ben Jealous took part Friday in Maryland Municipal League’s annual fall conference at the Westin Hotel, sharing a room for the first time since their lone debate nearly three weeks ago. And though it was a relatively tame affair inside the hotel, the scene outside was boisterous as demonstrators and protesters lined the entrance, and a Hogan tracker was restrained by a Jealous campaign staffer for attempting to record a video of Jealous. Doug Mayer, deputy campaign manager for Hogan, confirmed the staffer works for the

campaign but declined to give his name, saying only that one of the staffer’s main duties is following Jealous during campaign appearances. The Hogan campaign also demanded an apology. Kevin Harris, campaign adviser for Jealous, said in a statement Hogan’s campaign engages in “fake news” and issued a press release before alerting authorities to illustrate “they don’t believe an assault” occurred. “The only person exhibiting aggressive behavior was the Hogan staffer, who had been asked to allow Ben to enter the building and greet officials who had come out to welcome him,” Harris said. “There was no assault and the Hogan campaign should apologize for again wasting everyone’s time with utter foolishness.”

5 Maryland Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ben Jealous speaks at a rally with New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker at the Cornerstone Grill and Loft in College Park on Oct. 10. /Photo by Roy Lewis

Inside the hotel, the Republican incumbent did receive a standing ovation from some conference attendees before he spoke. Scott A. Hancock, executive director of the municipal league, said the cheers were partly due to the respect for the office itself. “The partisan part of the politics we are so used to seeing on the county level, you don’t see that here,” he said. “I’m very proud of that. We just want our members to be educated enough to make the right decision on who’s going to be the best partner for municipalities.” Jealous, the former president of the NAACP, spoke first

and talked about some of his civil rights achievements, his 101-year-old grandmother and endorsements. He also criticized how job growth has slowed in the state since Hogan took office in 2015. “Our job growth under Larry Hogan is so low that if we had the job growth in Virginia, we’d have 40,000 more jobs,” Jealous said. “[Virginia’s] job growth is below the national average. We’re well below the national average.” According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the state added 4,600 jobs in August and led the Mid-Atlantic region among four other states and the

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Prince George’s County police suspended one of its own without pay Monday, Oct. 15 for allegedly raping a woman after a traffic stop. According to police, Ryan Macklin stopped the woman at 1 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 on University Boulevard in Langley Park. Police outlined in a statement Macklin drove an unmarked police cruiser while in uniform and on duty. The department posted a short video on its blogspot page which shows Macklin turning on his lights while driving pass a furniture business. After Macklin pulled over the female motorist, police said he forced the woman to perform a sexual act inside in her car in a nearby parking lot.

According to a press conference video posted on WUSA-TV website, police chief Hank Stawinski said there’s no evidence why Macklin chose this particular woman, whose name wasn’t released. He said the woman’s friends encouraged her to speak with police hours after the incident happened. “I want to praise the victim in this for having the courage to come forward,” Stawinski said. “We can’t address any of these issues…without the cooperation of the community. Have confidence in this institution [and] know that your concerns will be taking seriously.” Stawinski also wanted to dispel rumors Macklin followed her based on the victim’s immigration status as a Latina. No evidence supports that claim,

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he said. “My hope is that this will further the efforts we made in the last decade to make it clear that we enforce the law and protect people in Prince George’s County,” he said. “We do not enforce immigration law.” Macklin has worked for the department six years and assigned to the Bureau of Patrol. He faces five charges that include first and second degree rape, perverted sexual acts, second degree assault and four degree sex offence. The department will continue its investigation with assistance from the state’s attorney’s office. Anyone with information about Macklin, or possibly other victims, should call 301772-4795 set up in both English and Spanish. WI

District of Columbia during that month. However, the state ranks fourth overall in the region. Jealous’ economic proposal includes increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, boosting co-op businesses and creating a new Office of Tech Transfer that would coordinate the state’s higher education, venture capital and banking communities to research future investments such as cybersecurity. Hogan spoke for about eight minutes, outlining the accomplishments of his administration made while working with the state’s 150-plus municipalities. He also praised state and local officials for putting aside partisan politics. According to a recent poll released Wednesday by Gonzales Research and Media Service, about 67 percent of Democrats believe Hogan “is doing a good job” as governor. “Time and time again, we have chosen to engage in thoughtful and civil debate,” he said. “We’re setting an example for the rest of the nation about how government is supposed to work.” After the forum, a few municipal officials either declined to say which gubernatorial candidate they support. “I need to take time to review Hogan’s last four years … and assess Mr. Jealous’s platform,” said David Lingua, a councilman in Riverdale Park who’s a registered independent and supported Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III in the June primary. “It’s about … who has the best policies going forward [and] who’s going to be able to draw the consensus in the Maryland Legislature in Annapolis. That’s what it’s all about.” WI

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Osmon Best carefully looked at the eight steps to make a paper football. After successfully crafting the football, the 12-year-old Thomas Johnson Middle School student stood it on a makeshift Washington Redskins table and plucked it to the other side. Touchdown! Best and 39 other students from Thomas Johnson and Oxon Hill Middle School participated in various STEM projects at the Howard B. Owens Science Center on Oct. 10. “I made a touchdown, but missed a field goal,” Osmon said while smiling at the engineering station. The sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade participants, decked out in blue “Pepco STEM AllStars” T-shirts, were recognized for their academic achievements. The schools they attend are recognized as STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) buildings. The students from Thomas Johnson in Lanham would matriculate to DuVal High School, which has an aviation program. The Oxon Hill students would feed into Oxon Hill High School and can enroll in its science and technology program. “This is intentional,” said Monica Goldson, interim CEO for Prince George’s County public school system. “We hope at sometime during this three-year experience that something has grasped them to give them the courage they need to say, ‘I can do that, too.’” During last week’s event, students dispersed to four STEM stations, which all focused on a football concept. At the mathematics station, Thuy Pham, 12, answered three questions based on a touchdown equaling seven points, a field goal equaling three points and a safety at two points. One of the questions: If a quarterback completed 80 percent of the 35 passes he threw in the past three games, how many did he miss? The answer: seven. “This was fun. I want to be a math teacher,” said Thuy, a seventh-grade student at Thomas Johnson. “My parents used to be math teachers, so it’s kind of a generational thing.”

The fourth station focused on technology where students had 90 seconds to review and determine whether former Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson made a catch in a 2016 game against the Carolina Panthers. Murdoc Smith, 14, said, “He was in. He caught it.” After further review, the referees ruled Jackson caught the ball while sliding out of bounds. “I am just enjoying this,” said the eighth-grade student, who attends Oxon Hill. “I like the arguments [to discuss the video because] it makes it more interesting. You hear other perspectives.” The climax of the day came when students worked together on a few combination locks to open black boxes. Goldson led a countdown to open the boxes, which were filled with clues to let the students know they would attend the Washington Redskins game at FedEx Field in Landover against the Carolina Panthers on Oct. 14. She said tickets will also be provided for the student’s parents, courtesy of the Redskins and Pepco. “Oh, yeah!” one student yelled from across the room. Traketa Wray, instructional supervisor and program administrator at the science center, called it a “blessing” to see students excited about science. “When the children come into this place, they leave smiling,” she said as students walked past her to their buses chatting about the various activities and football tickets. WI

5 Students from Oxon Hill and Thomas Johnson middle schools attempt to open a box with a few locks during STEM activities at the Howard B. Owens Science Center in Lanham, on Oct. 10. /Photo by Robert Roberts

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BUSINESS Repeal of Initiative 77 Questioned By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

After D.C. Council members Vincent Gray and Trayon White joined six other city lawmakers in voting to repeal Initiative 77, officials at the Center for American Progress in Northwest said the decision would hurt low-income workers of color. Earlier this year, District residents voted in favor of Initiative 77, a measure that would gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for tipped workers. Gray (Ward 7) and White (Wart 8) have said the measure would ultimately cost many their jobs because, among other problems, employers would balk at paying such wages. “This is a sad day for democracy. Regardless of D.C. coun-

cil members’ personal views on Initiative 77, the citizens of the District of Columbia overwhelmingly voted in favor of the measure back in June,” said Melissa Boteach, the senior vice president of the CAP’s Poverty to Prosperity Program. “Repealing this measure sends a clear signal to D.C. voters, particularly low-income communities of color, that their votes don’t count. In an era where our democratic process is truly under threat, local legislative bodies ought to be setting an example — not defying their constituents,” Boteach said in a statement. While stepped-up wage theft enforcement and increased sexual harassment training are welcome steps, they are addressing the symptoms and not the root problem, she said. “When a tipped employee’s

5 Signs for and against Initiative 77. /Courtesy Popville

economic security is dependent on the whims of a boss or a customer, harassment and wage theft will flourish,” Boteach said. “This vote is a major setback, but it is not the final word. We will continue to advocate for a single fair wage in Washington, D.C., and across the country.” Initiative 77 was overturned earlier this month by an 8-5 vote of the D.C. Council. The measure, approved by

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D.C. voters in June, would have eliminated the city’s two-tier minimum wage system. It would have raised the minimum wage for tipped workers, such as waiters and bartenders, incrementally until their minimum wage matched that of other workers in the city by 2020. WTOP reported that council members approving the repeal said the measure’s wording was misleading — people who voted for the measure, they said, likely didn’t realize they voted to cut the pay of many workers and place an undue burden on small businesses that would have to either raise prices or cut staff to pay for what would become much larger payrolls. The council is still considering what’s called a compromise bill, which would aim to address issues that Initiative 77 sought to solve — such as sexual harassment and wage theft by employers who fail to make up the difference when tipped workers don’t earn minimum wage, as the employers are supposed to, according to WTOP. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson called the wording of Initiative 77 “misleading at best, dishonest at worst,” pointing out that several of the provisions of the bill presented as new were in fact current D.C. law anyway. He also said that about 60 tipped workers — who “Ini-

tiative 77 purports to help” — had testified last month in support of repeal. Addressing the criticism that repealing a voter initiative was anti-democratic, Mendelson said, “The committee views the initiative like any other piece of legislation, and the council amends laws all the time. If a law is a bad law, it should be amended or repealed; it does not matter if the law was adopted by Congress, the voters or the council.” Council member Robert White, an at-large member, voted against Initiative 77 in June’s primary but on Tuesday opposed repealing it, saying, “I cannot and will not ignore the clear vote of the residents on this issue just because I disagree with the outcome.” He agreed that the language was “deceptive,” but said, “I cannot assume that voters were ignorant or uninformed after the vigorous campaign waged by both sides.” White added that “The voters are the source of any authority that I hold,” and that referenda should be repealed only in extreme cases. He cited the lack of voting representation for D.C. in Congress, and the steps the federal government sometimes takes in D.C.’s affairs, as affronts to democracy, and said of overturning a ballot initiative, “What signal does it send?” WI

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NATIONAL Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty By Michael H. Cottman Urban News Service “Even boys 10 to 16 years old felt the whip. There was no such thing as a good slave owner” — Tom Nash, Monticello tour guide. DALLAS — Gayle Jessup White strolled through a poignant exhibit about slavery while processing a complex past: Many of her ancestors — men, women and children — were enslaved by Thomas Jefferson. White, community engagement officer for Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, helped facilitate a new exhibit opening in Dallas, “Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Par “This is a story about my family,” White said during the exhibition’s opening. “This exhibit humanizes people. You will see

tools that were used by enslaved people, people who were cast aside, people who were left behind, but these people were the backbone of America.” The exhibition tells the story of slavery at Monticello, Jefferson’s 5000-acre Virginia plantation, from the perspective of families who were enslaved by Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence and America’s third president. More than 300 artifacts, works of art and documents representing Jefferson’s Monticello, will be on display at Dallas’ African American Museum from Sept. 22 to Dec. 31. The exhibit was arranged by Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, the Dallas African American Museum and VisitDallas. The exhibit is different from previous exhibitions because it focuses in greater detail on six enslaved Black families and their lives on Jefferson’s plantation. The artifacts on display in-

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5 Michael Cottman; Gayle Jessup White, Monticello’s community engagement officer and a Hemings family and Jefferson descendant and Bishop T.D. Jakes /Photo by The Mamones

clude shackles, plates, pottery, tools, a medicine bottle and an ornate chess set. Dallas is the first city to host the exhibit and will feature additional artifacts that have never left Monticello. Next stops for the exhibit include Detroit and Richmond, Virginia, in 2019 and locations on the West Coast are being planned. White is an integral part of Monticello’s African American experience: DNA tests show that Sally Hemings was White’s great-great-great-great aunt. More than 80 members of the Hemings family lived in slavery at Monticello over five generations. “In this exhibit, you will see the stories of six families who lived and worked in slavery at Monticello,” she said. “We know of these families because Thomas Jefferson took such copious notes.” The exhibit also features a special display about Hemings, one of the most famous African-American women in American history. Jefferson fathered at least six children with Hemings, White said. “We’ve given back to Sally Hemings her humanity,” White said. “We want visitors to understand Sally Hemings as a

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The exhibit was arranged by Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, the Dallas African American Museum and VisitDallas. The exhibit is different from previous exhibitions because it focuses in greater detail on six enslaved Black families and their lives on Jefferson’s plantation. person through her family roles as a mother, daughter and sister. We’re not just talking about Thomas Jefferson and his family, we’re telling powerful stories about the enslaved people and their families, too.” Bishop T.D. Jakes, pastor of The Potter’s House and an honorary co-chair of the Dallas exhibit, said Jefferson was a deep-

ly conflicted man. “You know, it’s interesting, as I was walking around museum, reading some of the quotes that were attributed to Jefferson, the conflict that he had while being an advocate for emancipation on one hand, yet he was a slave owner on the other,” Jakes said. Harry Robinson, president and CEO of Dallas’ African American Museum, said Dallas residents — Black and White — can benefit from the exhibit. “Dallas is sometimes considered a cultural outpost and when we established this museum, we were trying to fill the void,” Robinson said. “This exhibition will help us bring about discussions of [racial] issues that we have been dodging for some time.” Meanwhile, White said she wants people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds to tour the exhibit to gain a deeper understanding of Hemings and other enslaved families who lived and worked on Jefferson’s plantation. “This is an American story because these enslaved people helped shape America,” she said. “This exhibit is a big deal — there is lots to see, lots to take in and lots to learn.” WI

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By Daja E. Henry Howard University News Service Atop the U Street metro station sits an African-American Civil War Memorial, carrying the names of over 200,000 African Americans who fought for the Union in the Civil War. Each panel has a unit name, most of them regiments of U.S. Colored Troops. A lesser known fact is that the accompanying museum sits across the street in an alley. The museum is currently celebrating 20 years since its conception, although it formally opened its doors in January 1999. The idea for the museum came to former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC] member, Dr. Frank Smith, after meeting a descendant of an African-American soldier who had served in the Civil War. “It was intriguing to me because although I had three and a half years of education at a good college in Atlanta called Morehouse, I had not read anything about these soldiers in the Civil War,” Smith said. He had just left Morehouse to complete a SNCC assignment in Mississippi, people to vote. Years later, Smith had moved to D.C. and begun to serve on the City Council. He was tasked with the responsibility of revitalizing U Street after the 1968 riots following Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s death, which left the U Street corridor devastated. Nancy Holden, of St. Cloud, Minn., was visiting a friend in D.C. when she stumbled upon the museum while looking at a map of the area. She had not learned about the troops in school or any time before visiting the museum. “I thought the number of actual troops was rather interesting. The heroic role they played is really rather phenomenal. It’s a shame that we haven’t focused on them as much,” she said. The lack of education on these soldiers is what drove Marquett Awa Milton, the museum’s interpreter, to abruptly end his studies at the University of the District of Columbia and join the museum’s staff full-time. “I like promoting the truth,” said Milton. “I’m doing this to investigate who are we, why we’re here. This will help me understand that our ancestors had the skills of building a powerful nation and their stories were not taught in the schools.” Milton participates in what he calls “living history,” a series of reenactments in which teams go to the

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sites of the battles, dress up in replicas of the uniforms and fire black powder. He wears his war uniform to the museum every day, armed with a musket similar to those his ancestors would have used. Like Milton, Smith says, many people come to the museum having done their own research. He estimates that of the 10,000 people that came to the grand opening, about 3,000 of them were descendants of African-American soldiers who had already done research and had the records to prove it. The mission of the museum then became to provide a formal place to archive these stories and act as a sort of information bank for researchers. Twenty years later, the mission continues. As part of its 20-year celebration, Smith participated in the inauguration of the George Washington Williams Walking Trail at Banneker Field in Washington D.C. to commemorate Williams’ wish to connect Howard University students with the knowledge of their history. The campus of Howard University is adjacent to Banneker Field. Williams was a free Black man who, at 14 years old, lied about his age to fight in the Civil War and fought under two different regiments. After the war, he tried to get a monument built to the soldiers in that space. The museum also recently used a $3.4 million grant to purchase part of the Grimke School building, where it is currently housed, with plans to triple its exhibit size. Construction begins this spring. One of the exhibits is to be called “Bullets to Ballots: Voting Rights Legacy of the United States Colored Troops.” Another will focus on the heritage of former First Lady Michelle Obama, who has both maternal and paternal lineage tracing back to African-American Civil War troops. WI

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The Bahamas is among the 18 member states elected Friday by the United Nations General Assembly to its Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations body responsible for promoting and protecting all human rights around the globe. Elected to HRC by secret ballot are Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Czechia, Denmark, Eritrea, Fiji, India, Italy, Philippines, Somalia, Togo and Uruguay, according to a U.N. press release. All 18 members will serve three-year terms beginning on January 1, 2019. This is the first time a CARICOM country has been elected to the council, and the Bahamas and Fiji are the only two small island developing states (SIDs) elected to serve during this period. “Newly elected to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council were Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Czechia, Denmark, Eritrea, Fiji, India, Italy, Somalia and Uruguay. The Philippines and Togo were re-elected for an additional term,” according to the release. Created by the General Assembly in March 2006 as the principal United Nations entity dealing with human rights, the Human Rights Council comprises 47 elected member states. WI

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HEALTH Families, Friends Walk with Love for a Cure Thousands Join Annual Effort to Eradicate Alzheimer’s

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir An estimated 4,000 men, women and children converged on the National Mall, registering as walkers, with one goal in mind: raising funds for research, treatment and prevention and increasing awareness that will lead the way to Alzheimer’s first survivor – finally putting an end to the daily struggles, pain and uncertainty endured by millions of people who live with the disease and their families. While the final numbers have not been released by representatives from the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s, they have confirmed that 77 percent of their goal of $1.2 million has been raised,

$929,590, as of Saturday, Oct. 13, the day of the walk. Angela Davis, like so many others, has made participating in the walk a pilgrimage of sorts, allowing her the opportunity to honor the memory of her mother, Sara Harris Jordan, who suffered from Alzheimer’s prior to her death. This year, as the captain for Tree’s Champions of Liberty, Davis spearheaded efforts that resulted in the achievement of #3 fundraising team for the D.C. walk. The team walked to honor Charles J. Ogletree, “Tree,” the acclaimed attorney and Harvard Law School professor, described by the team as “colleague, mentor, teacher, leader and beloved friend.” For others, like Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Bak-

er III, the challenges he and his family face each day have made them, in Baker’s words, “even closer.” “There were little things in the beginning that began to catch our attention but what tipped the scale was when my wife (Christa Beverly, 58) took our daughter to Richmond to visit her parents and who suddenly became lost in the same neighborhood in which she’d played and grown up,” said Baker, 59, thinking back over a difficult two-year process that ended with a diagnosis of early onset dementia. “That was the beginning of this journey – one which really brought us together and confirmed the notion that it does take a village,” he said. “We were fortunate because a close, family friend was also a physician and he knew that despite my wife’s ability to pass several batteries of tests, something was not right. So, we continued to seek answers. Finally, when she could not remember the ages of our children, the neurologist confirmed what he had long suspected.” Baker recounts the shift in family roles and their change in lifestyle that would occur, describing them as “seismic.” “My wife made the most money; she was in charge of the finances, made the most money and was the breadwinner. She’d been the one who helped with homework. She’d been in charge of everything. So, it was hard

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‘Polio-like Illness Strikes Children in 16 States WI Staff Report A rare illness likened to polio that targets the spinal cord and nervous system has affected children in 16 states. Labeled Acute Flaccid Myelitis [AFM], doctors in Colorado believe the puzzling condition that has struck fear among parents may be linked to viruses that generally circulate during the fall season and can cause hand, foot and mouth diseases as well as common cold symptoms, respiratory failure and, in rare instances, neurologic disorders. AFM bares similarities to a strain of enterovirus that enters the body through the gastrointestinal tract and which, in 2014, led to the paralysis of 120 children in 34 states. One study published in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics in 2012 described AFM as “clinically indistinguishable from polio paralysis.” However, it added one even more troubling caveat: the ailment is twice as deadly resulting in it being dubbed “the new polio.” “It’s something that’s very scary

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for people because it’s a polio-like illness and it can show up in otherwise healthy children,” said Dr. Aaron Michael Milstone, associate professor of pediatrics at John Hopkins University School of Medicine, in a recent PEOPLE magazine interview. “If they have weakness in the legs, the child may not walk right, may limp a little or have trouble holding up their arms,” Milstone warned. “That’s when their parents should check in with their pediatrician.” According to the Atlanta-based Center for Disease Control and Prevention, AFM, for which there is no current vaccine or treatment, often occurs because of viruses, environmental toxins or genetic disorders but the exact cause remains unknown. In 2016, there was another spike and in the present year, 34 cases have been reported, including recent clusters in Colorado and Minnesota. Symptoms include: sudden limb weakness; drooping in the face; trouble swallowing; and slurred speech. Some cases

have even led to paralysis or death. “The most severe symptom of AFM is respiratory failure that can happen when the muscles involved with breathing become weak,” according to a CDC statement. “Numbness or tingling is rare in people with AFM, although some people have pain in their arms or legs. Some people with AFM may be unable to pass urine (pee). The most severe symptom of AFM is respiratory failure that can happen when the muscles involved with breathing become weak and may require urgent ventilator support (breathing machine),” Milstone said. “In very rare cases, it is possible that the process in the body that triggers AFM may also trigger other serious neurologic complications and which collectively lead to death,” he added. According to the D.C. Department of Health, while non-polio enteroviruses are “very common, infants, children, teenagers (because of their still developing immune systems) and others with weakened immune systems have

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a greater chance to become infected and sick because they have yet to develop immunity from previous exposures to the viruses.” Infants and people with weakened immune systems have a greater chance of having these complications,” the department said in a statement. Infection from non-polio en-

teroviruses can also occur after having close contact with an infected person as well as by touching objects or surfaces that have the virus on them then touching your mouth, nose or eyes. Meanwhile, to prevent spreading the virus, doctors recommend frequent hand-washing and keeping children home when they’re sick. WI

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Providence Health System is Evolving to Meet the Changing Healthcare Needs of the District Submitted by Providence Health System Throughout its more than 150year history, Providence Health System has adapted to the needs of the community we are privileged to serve. Recognizing the many factors that impact our community’s well-being, Providence is evolving to better meet the changing needs of the District of Columbia. In September, Providence announced that in order to dedicate our resources toward creating a new healthcare model to keep health at the center and remove the obstacles and barriers to a healthy life for all, we will be transitioning out of all services. However, our skilled nursing facility Carroll Manor and our primary-care related services, which includes our outpatient behavioral health, the Police and Fire Clinic, and our partnership with Catholic University, will continue serving D.C. residents. The decision to close Providence

Hospital was difficult. However, the financial model by which Providence has served the community has been a struggle for years and is no longer sustainable. Discharges at the hospital have been declining over the past five years, and the District of Columbia’s data show that the hospital is greatly underutilized. Further, studies have indicated that the greatest healthcare needs in the D.C. community include community-based care and care coordination. Providence remains committed to our Mission and to serving the health needs of the District of Columbia, as we have done for more than a century and a half. To ensure that our Mission can continue, instead of investing in an underperforming hospital facility, we are committed to transforming Providence to support health and healthcare in new ways. As we re-envision the new Providence, we continue to collaborate with and seek input from internal

and external stakeholders, community leaders, and partners. We are actively engaging with members of the D.C. community to make sure that the services we provide will make a substantive impact on the health of the District. Providence has been holding internal listening sessions with our associates and attending community meetings to share information and hear thoughts about the future of Providence. We have assembled teams representing associates and physicians to help define transition plans. We are regularly communicating with DC Health and, in partnership with the DC Hospital Association, we created workgroups with other local hospitals and healthcare institutions that meet regularly to ensure a smooth transition of services and patients. In addition, we continue to work with our associates whose jobs will be impacted, and we are committed to providing them with support for transitioning their roles

with dignity and respect. We recently committed to invest $30 million in the District and will have more plans to share as we continue to be committed to the important work of providing needed services within D.C. to address the social determinants of health. The new Providence will look to transform the way care is delivered

in the District with a new community-focused perspective that addresses healthcare inequities and provides other types of needed services to improve health and wellness. The effort will sustain Providence while improving the health of our community for generations to come. WI

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EDUCATION Climate Change Hurts Those of Color Most, Report Finds By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia The planet will reach the crucial threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius — or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit — above pre-industrial levels by as early as 2030, precipitating the risk of extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages for hundreds of millions of people, according to new report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. To avoid such catastrophic events, governments the world over must take rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, according to the report. The authors said the 2030 date is based on current levels of greenhouse gas emission and the fact that the planet already is two-thirds of the way there, with global temperatures having warmed about 1 degree Celsius. “We have a climate gap in this

country,” said Etienne Deffarges, a policy expert and former global managing partner at Accenture and senior partner at Booz Allen Hamilton. “The main reason being that millions of low-income people, many of them minorities, tend to live in the geographical areas that are most impacted by climate change. “It’s no accident that the two most devastating hurricanes in the United States over the last 15 years, Maria and Katrina, took place in areas essentially populated by minorities,” Deffarges said, noting that more than 2,900 people in Puerto Rico died during Hurricane Maria and at least 1,800 due to Hurricane Katrina. The vulnerability of low-income populations to climate change isn’t a problem exclusive to the United States. Some of the world’s poorest populations suffer even more acutely from extreme weather, Deffarges said. However, low-income and minority populations also suffer from polluted water, such as in Flint,

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Michigan, and those who live near chemical plants or refineries are forced to deal with foul air that causes lung and other problems, he said. Deffarges said Holland, for example, has spent billions on basic infrastructure, the primary solution for low-income and minority areas. Better roads and public transportation can help put people out of harm’s way and housing infrastructure has a longer-term impact while it’s also necessary to ensure diversity in neighborhoods populated by lower income families, he said. “If we spend the trillion dollars or more needed to rebuild our infrastructure, we will also achieve the additional feat of decreasing inequality in our country, improve living and working conditions for minorities, and reduce this climate gap,” Deffarges said. Climate change and pollution go hand in hand, and they hit communities of color first and worst,

The planet will reach the crucial threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius — or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit — above pre-industrial levels by as early as 2030, precipitating the risk of extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages for hundreds of millions of people. said Bruce Mirken, a spokesman for The Greenlining Institute, a public policy, research and advocacy nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California. “Because of the long, sorry history of redlining, low-income communities of color are most likely to be located alongside smoke-belching factories or refineries and busy highways, and also have the fewest resources to cope with heat waves,

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droughts, floods and other climate-related disasters,” Mirken said. “On the bright side, fighting climate change requires building a new, clean energy economy, one that offers tremendous opportunities for communities of color.” he said. “At The Greenlining Institute, we’ve successfully pushed California to ensure that as we fight climate change, underserved communities get the resources they need to benefit from our clean energy future. All states and the federal government should do likewise.” One mitigating factor could be a shift away from the “global standard diet” and a move to restoring agrobiodiversity with the idea that, globally, we now rely heavily on wheat, rice, corn, soybeans and palm oil, said Jennifer Kaplan of the Culinary Institute of American’s Greystone campus in California. “We need to restore biodiversity in order to build in resilience to our food system so that we can find solutions when a crop succumbs to disease, pests, weeds or climate change,” Kaplan said. “The larger the number of different species/varieties of food we have, the greater the probability that at least some of them can cope with changing conditions. And, of course, GMO foods, that are designed to drought resistant, heat tolerant, etc., will also be able to ease this burden.” WI

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DCPS AWARDED FUNDING, LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAMS

Interim schools Chancellor Amanda Alexander recently announced new funding and programs for students aligned with the strategic priorities outlined in A Capital Commitment 2017-22. The new investments include grants to launch full-service community schools in Wards 7 and 8, a new Health Sciences Academy and a literacy program to support elementary school students. Additionally, DCPS awarded funding to select schools through Reign: Empowering Young Wom-

EDUCATION en as Leaders (Reign) and Empowering Males of Color (EMOC) grants, which support young women and men of color. The Oct. 11 grant announcement coincides with the International Day of the Girl, which aims to highlight challenges girls face, and promote empowerment and fulfillment of their human rights. “As we make the investments necessary to give every student in DCPS a world-class education and the resources and support they need to reach their full potential, Reign is helping us ensure that our young women of color are not left behind,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a statement. “On International Day of the Girl, we celebrate all the girls and young women in our schools and commit to ensuring that at every level — every step along the way — we are sending the message that they can achieve at the highest levels.”

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This school year, DCPS invested more than $400,000 in Reign and EMOC at the following schools:

• Bancroft Elementary School (Ward 1): Reign grant to start an ethnic studies course after school, and math and literacy enrichment. • Cardozo Education Campus (Ward 1): Reign grant for monthly workshops with young women, the Michelle Obama mentoring program, and a showcase of organizations that provide support to young women throughout the District. • Columbia Heights Education Campus (Ward 1): EMOC grant for a mentoring program and to host events focused on the physical, mental, financial, spiritual, creative, and social emotional development of students. • Eastern High School (Ward 6): EMOC grant for a mentoring program, SAT preparation, and college tours. • Excel Academy (Ward 8): Reign grant to support the all-girls band, a fine arts program, and other social emotional supports for students. • Johnson Middle School (Ward 8): Reign grant to host monthly workshops on social emotional learning, self-care, and other topics impacting young women. • Kramer Middle School (Ward 8): Reign grant for a mentoring program focused on entrepreneur-

ship and to promote social emotional development through workshops and seminars on self-esteem and self-care. • LaSalle-Backus Education Campus (Ward 4): EMOC grant for a mentoring program and an arts integration character development program. • Stanton Elementary School (Ward 8): EMOC grant for programming focused on developing hope, self-discipline, integrity, and love in their young kings through mentoring, academic enrichment, and experiential learning. • Truesdell Education Campus (Ward 4): Reign and EMOC grants for the Elite Scholars program for young women and men, and an empowerment retreat to foster teamwork, character development, and leadership.

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DCPS received a grant from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education to launch its 11th National Academy Foundation Career Academy and second Health Sciences Academy at Eastern High School in Ward 6. The new Health Sciences Academy will prepare even more DCPS students to pursue careers in one of the fastest-growing careers in the country, and more students of color to access health-related fields of study where they are historically underrepresented. DCPS offers Career Academies across the city in hospitality and tourism, engineering, information. WI

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Needs of the Elderly Spark AARP Campaign Goal for ‘Be the Difference. VOTE’ – High Voter Turnout By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The fast-approaching midterm elections next month count as one of the most consequential in a lifetime, according to political scholar Norman Ornstein. And the folks at AARP say not only do they “wholeheartedly agree,” but they’ve now put their words into action. The organization, founded in 1958 guided by the principles of promoting independence, dignity and purpose for older persons, has launched “Be the Difference. Vote” aimed at encouraging the largest possible turnout of older voters to the polls during the midterm elections Nov. 6. “[It’s] a non-partisan campaign to mobilize African Americans and all voters 50 and older to use their power and vote,” said Edna Kane-Williams, AARP’s senior vice president of multicultural leadership. “Critical issues like Medicare, Social Security, prescription drugs and family caregiving are on the line

and older voters need to show up and protect what they’ve earned,” Kane-Williams said. AARP doesn’t endorse candidates or parties, focusing instead on policies that affect older adults. Launched in May, the “Be the Difference. Vote,” campaign relies on studies that show voters 50 and older as among the most reliable – supported by census data from the 2012 general election during which 68 percent of U.S. citizens, 45 – 64 voted, compared to 57 percent for those 25 – 44. Among African Americans, 65 percent of individuals between 25 and 44 voted, compared to 72 percent between the ages of 45 and 64. “African Americans will be a deciding voting bloc in key races across the country, especially in Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and other swing states,” Kane-Williams said, again citing published data. However, statistics also reveal Black voter dropout as a potentially serious issue. In 2016, the Black voter turnout rate declined for the first time in 20 years in a presidential election, falling

to 59.6 percent after reaching a record high of 66.6 percent in 2012, according to the Pew Research Center. “We are at a moment in which important decisions need to be made on matters key to the lives of older Americans,” AARP editors noted in the organization’s October 2018 magazine. “Some are obvious, like the future funding and structure of Medicare and our health care system,” the editors wrote in a cover story for the magazine. “At the same time, many states are grappling with issues related to worker discrimination, retirement savings, underfunded pensions, Medicaid, caregiving and more. Those we put into office could shape the resolutions of these issues for decades to come.” In a colorful graph for the magazine, AARP editors outlined what’s at stake: 35 of the 100 U.S. Senate seats; all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives; 36 of 50 states that will elect the governor; 300 state appellate judges, including 71 state Supreme Court justices; 25 of America’s 100 largest T:9.5” cities that will elect mayors; and 82 percent of state

legislator positions totaling 6,070 seats in 87 legislative chambers up for grabs. AARP has used its website as a one-stop portal for voters to get information about the elections, including issue briefings, polling results and voter guides and they’ve pledged to conduct polls of voters over 50 across the country and in battleground states, tracking sentiment on key issues – even alerting members about local events, tele-

town halls and candidate forums. “AARP encourages all voters, regardless of their ages, to take part in the “Be the Difference. Vote” campaign by signing AARP’s pledge to vote and using the voting tool to ensure they have the information they need to vote and learn where the candidates stand on issues that matter to them and their families,” Kane-Williams said. Voters can sign the pledge at aarp. org/vote WI

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EDITORIAL The Loudest Voices Will Be Heard on November 6 D.C.’s changing demographics and gentrification have made long-lasting concerns turn into blue hot-button issues that are further dividing the Nation’s Capital as it begins to mirror an even more divided nation. The current D.C. Council race is no exception and it is raising the temperature considerably. There is hardly any issue that doesn’t cause discord in this city related to economics and race. Housing separates the city’s rich from its poor. Education divides the District geographically with the so-called “good” schools in the west and the “underperforming” schools in the east. Joblessness, poverty and crime, more often than not, are used to define neighborhoods in the “East End” while growth and development define areas everywhere else. Southeast suffers from its lack of grocery stores and hospitals, adding to its negative classifications as a “food desert” and “healthcare desert.” And families impacted by over-policing and high rates of incarceration are further torn apart by a legislature and criminal justice system that does not act on its commitment of reform and rehabilitation. The list could go on, and it does with an increasingly divisive atlarge city council race between two Independents – highly-qualified, concerned and committed candidates who also happen to be women. Anti-Semitism, defamation of returning citizens, alleged loyalties to Muriel Bowser and business interests are fissures that are defining this race. So why are Elissa Silverman and Dionne Reeder supporters going at it so vehemently when, we should add, voters can choose two out of six candidates on the November 6 ballot? For the record, they also include incumbent Anita Bonds (D); Ralph Chittams, Sr. (R), David Schwartzman (D.C. Statehood) and Rustin Lewis (Independent). The answer: D.C. law requires one member who is not affiliated with a majority party to serve as chairman or at-large. Bonds, is recognizably safe, leaving Silverman to battle for reelection against the rest and Reeder the apparent front-runner. Rules aside, voters should keep a keen eye on the issues and what these candidates say about them that should be most important to you. This is politics and a lot is being told to fire up voters to come out on November 6 when the voters’ voices become the loudest. It’s what you say on the November 6 ballot that ultimately makes the difference. WI

Heated D.C. Council Race a Reminder of Divisions We Must Resolve There’s nothing inherently bad about choosing to worship in a community or place where the vast majority hails from one ethnic group. Even Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s often-quoted “11 a.m. Sunday morning is the most segregated hour of the week,” centered on America’s then-legally enforced policy of segregation that denied African Americans the right to choose, without fear of repudiation or physical harm, wherever they wanted to worship (and by extension work, live, learn, etc.) now guaranteed under law for all citizens. Neither should we view neighborhoods and wards dominated by one race or one faith community as places founded upon or fueled by prejudice, bias or a debilitating fear of the other. Still, here in the District, an increasingly-wider, unchecked chasm between Blacks and Jews that many have either denied or ignored has taken centerstage in the midst of the current D.C. elections. Further, it’s something that demands our attention and the need for a carefully-developed strategy that will result in both healing the divisions which currently threaten the overall health and future of our city and bringing together all who proudly refer to themselves as Washingtonians in newly-formed alliances. Two candidates, the Baltimore-born incumbent Elissa Silverman who’s white and Jewish, and the challenger, Dionne Reeder, who’s WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

TO THE EDITOR Show and Prove on K2 Crackdown

Shining a Light on Domestic Violence

OK, so the mayor is cracking down on the selling of K2? Yeah OK, we have seen this before. A few years ago the same thing was being said, but pictures and videos of our young people are still everywhere with them looking possessed in the street off this crap. So I agree with the activist in this story. Will the city really shut down these awful little stores selling this crap to “our” people? I doubt that.

I’m so glad to see The Informer giving coverage to domestic violence! Many people don’t know that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month because it gets overshadowed by breast cancer, football and everything else, but it is. I think people have such a stigma towards domestic violence because they just assume that every case is a weak woman and a crazy man. They say things like, “why don’t you just leave?” People do leave every day and many of them are stalked, harassed and eventually killed. Let’s give context and compassion to these men and women!

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Black and a native Washingtonian, both seek the same at-large seat on the D.C. City Council. Only one of the two women, both of whom we believe to be more than qualified for the position, can win. As for voters who must chose, we urge them to consider the platforms and goals of each candidate. Who do you

believe would do a better job representing the city and the people who live here? That, not differences of race or religion, should be the focus and the sole issue at hand. We can do much better than to follow the leader, moving lockstep with politicians on the national scene who have embraced

bigotry and the insertion of stereotypes to lead conversations and form opinions. Those who live on opposite sides of the Anacostia River, Blacks and Jews, know very little about one another. The time has come for us to get to know our neighbors – all of our neighbors. WI

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By Julianne Malveaux

I’m About to Have Me a Kavanaugh!

I’m mad. So mad that I can spit. Throw stuff. Holla. Make some noise. What is a righteous woman to do? I’m about to throw me a Kavanaugh. Brett Kavanaugh may have made it to the Supreme Court, but he also needs to make it to ignominy. In other words, he needs to go

down in disgrace, not because he was accused of sexual assault, not because Senate Democrats never got his work product they asked for from the Bush Administration, not because there is some evidence that he perjured himself when he testified to the Senate during his hearing. Kavanaugh needs to go down in disgrace because he is an intemperate, rude sexist who managed to maneuver himself onto the Supreme Court because his sponsor, the genital-grabbing president

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of the United States, stood by him. Few have seen such a disgraceful performance as Kavanaugh’s 45-minute diatribe at the Senate Judiciary Committee. More than 2,000 law professors said his demeanor was so objectionable that he was unqualified for the court. The former dean of the Yale Law School called his presence on the court “a national disaster.” He was confirmed by the narrowest of margins and is poised to move the court to the right, imperiling all kinds of hu-

man rights, including voting rights and a woman’s right to choose. For his outburst and his ignorance, he deserves to go down in history, not as a Supreme Court Justice but as a singular example of white male rage and privilege. So, let’s make Kavanaugh a noun, verb and adjective of disgrace. As a noun, it’s straightforward. It’s a synonym for hot, crazy, intemperate, loud, woman-interrupting fit. Noun. He pulled a Kavanaugh on us. That’s what we say when a fool white man

loses it, gains some redness, inhales barrels of water, and simply makes a spectacle of himself. As an example, didn’t Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) pull a Kavanaugh when he had an outburst during the Senate hearings? Kavanaugh’s outburst set a standard for outrageousness. When women of color raise their voice and lose their tempers, think Serena Williams at the U.S. Open, they

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By Marc H. Morial

Jobs Program Taps into Potential of Formerly Incarcerated

“I wasn’t informed about the longterm consequences of my conviction before or after I accepted a plea deal for seven years and eight months in 2004. It wasn’t until my release in 2012 that I learned about the hidden sentence I would experience for the rest of my life. When I was released I had a plan to succeed, but little by little my plan crumbled. I couldn’t become a welder, an auto body and paint technician or a barber. I couldn’t even scrub toilets and mop floors at the local hospital. The more

I tried to contribute to my community, the more I faced barriers.” — Jay Jordan, Second Chances Project Director, Californians for Safety and Justice The part of my job I appreciate the most is getting to know the exceptional men and women who have turned their lives around — after facing seemingly insurmountable challenges — with a helping hand from of the Urban League Movement. Just last week in Chicago, I had the honor to meet two young men — one who has founded a thriving landscaping business, and another who is well on his way to a career as a commercial truck driver. These would be commendable achieve-

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ments even for anyone with a reasonable clear path, but for those emerging from incarceration, they are extraordinary. The National Urban League has been serving the formerly incarcerated for more than 50 years, only in the last few years with the support of the federal government. The Urban Reentry Jobs Program provides formerly incarcerated adults with the necessary skills and training to successfully reenter the workforce and jobs at family-sustaining wages. Through Adult Reentry, a National Urban League signature program, the formerly incarcerated have an opportunity to earn industry-recognized credentials, learn

employment-focused skills and form positive relationships with their communities. Among the nearly 800 participants: - 86 percent have earned a credential or certificate. - 95 percent did not return to prison. - 65% became employed A 35-year-old father of three, Mario emerged from prison after eight years never having held a permanent legal job. He was living at a Salvation Army before he found his way to the Chicago Urban League. After completing the Urban Reentry Jobs Program, Mario has graduated with high honors from the welding pro-

gram at Kennedy-King College. The need for initiatives like the Urban Reentry Jobs Program could not be more critical. As many as three out of four people remain unemployed a year after their release from prison, and just 12.5 percent of employers say they will accept job applications from the formerly incarcerated. This burden falls disproportionately on America’s people of color, who represent more than two-thirds of the incarcerated while comprising only about 24 percent of the population. African Americans are more likely than White Americans

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By Raynard Jackson

Women Do Not Have a Right to be Heard

Feminism began innocently enough as the pursuit of women having full equality and participation in American life, including the right to vote, equal pay and inclusion in the workplace. Black women, historically, have never been included in this radical movement. It has been predominately comprised of White middle-class women — but I digress. But this modern-day radical feminism has devolved into a movement that is doing more harm to

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women than good. One need only look at the buffoonery this movement undertook in its attempt to defeat Brett Kavanaugh’s ascension to the U.S. Supreme Court. Christine Blasey Ford accused Judge Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her when he was 17 years old. There is absolutely no evidence or corroboration to prove Ford’s allegation. Despite this, women and weak-kneed men lost their collective minds. To further complicate matters, this issue of rape got hijacked by the idiotic “Me Too” movement, which is simply another George Soros-financed radical movement. Let me emphatically state that

women do NOT have a “right” to be heard! What is the source document for this alleged right? It’s not in the U.S. Constitution. It’s not part of any existing federal, state or local law. So, just like Ford’s charges against Kavanaugh, this “right” to be heard is without basis. Nor do women “deserve” to be heard. On what basis do these women “deserve” to be heard? Simply because they are a female? I don’t think so! Women do have the right to be heard by a jury of their peers if they have evidence to prove they have been raped or otherwise aggrieved! So, if they do decide to step forward with allegations, they must

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provide evidence and be willing to have their evidence challenged in a court of law and, yes, even before the U.S. Senate. One is not presumed to be telling the truth simply because they assert they were raped and they are female. Hillary Clinton stated in a tweet, “every survivor of sexual assault deserves to be heard, believed and supported.” She obviously forgot to issue the disclaimer, “unless you are an accuser of my husband, Bill Clinton.” So let me make sure I understand this: alleged survivors of rape “deserves to be heard, believed and supported”?

Who should hear them? A total stranger like all the senators who are being accosted in Senate elevators and told they must listen to them? Who should believe them? A total stranger who is approached by an alleged survivor and told they must believe them even though they don’t know them? Who should support these alleged victims? The government, the church, or the local fraternity? Who? Who walks up to a total stranger and says, “I am a rape survivor and you must listen to my story, believe me and then show your support for me”? Huh?

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By Harry C. Alford

So Much Hate, So Little Tolerance

Political rivalry is as much a part of Americana as “Red, White and Blue.” We expect it and cheer on whatever side we support. Throughout the history of our great nation, elections would bring much debate and comparisons as to whose side or positions would be best for the future of our nation. I remember fearing the thought of Barry Goldwater becoming our nation’s president. I thought he was a maniac — a civil-rights-hating racist

and a warmonger. Not too long after that 1964 election cycle, I would be depending on Sen. Goldwater to save my future. We were in Army basic training at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. From there we would go to Infantry Officer Candidate School in Ft. Benning, Georgia. President Nixon decided that we were going to withdraw from Vietnam and, thus, the Army needed to reduce its manpower. They determined to stop us from going to Officer School (i.e. renege on our contracts with the U.S. Army). It seemed like we were destined to be “screwed.” However, one of our compatriot’s mother worked

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for Goldwater. He called his mother about the betrayal and she quipped, “I will tell Uncle Barry about this.” The next day our contracts were back in force. Barry Goldwater had compassion for us and stepped up to protect us. He wasn’t that evil, fire-breathing mongrel I thought him to be. The above experience taught me to understand that American politics should be restrained from hatred. There should be tolerance of other views. We should choose our political sides, debate and then elect a winner. Whoever that winner is, he becomes our leader for a set period and will be re-elected, or not, depending on the popularity of his performance. We

move on regardless of the outcomes. This is about the prosperity of America and how we do it is up to the voters. We win some. We lose some. But life goes on under the sweetness of democracy and the guarantee of freedom and individual rights. Sadly, since the latest federal election, something has happened to our current state of minds. The political sides — Democrats and Republicans — have become intolerant of each other. The Democratic Party seems to be hurt from the 2016 election. They were so sure of victory that the defeat is not being accepted too well. In more peaceful times, we would all say,

“If you don’t like it, deal with it at the next election.” That type of patience does not seem to be tolerable any more. Democratic Party members are becoming venomous in their attitudes and the making of their new platform. They are anti-Trump to the point of it being an attitude of resistance, obstruction and hatred of anything that supports our current administration. TDS — Trump Derangement Syndrome — is real. Families are being broken up or becoming dysfunctional because of the last election. The recent Supreme Court nomi-

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By Marian Wright Edelman

Will We Welcome the Children?

When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God. — Leviticus 19:3334 Every third weekend of October, many thousands of people of faith come together all across America for

the National Observance of Children’s Sabbaths celebrations launched by the Children’s Defense Fund to unite congregations across religious traditions to respond to the divine mandate to nurture, protect and advocate for all children. This year, congregations will focus on faithful sustained action to end child poverty, protect children from gun violence and end the heartless separation of children from their families. Those who talk about our nation’s cruel treatment of immigrant families will likely lift up the mandate in all

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great faiths to welcome and care for the foreigner and the stranger. But as people of faith across our country call for us to treat immigrants with compassion, the Trump administration is doing just the opposite. Last week the administration published a proposed change to the federal “public charge” rule that has the potential to plunge millions of children and their immigrant families into poverty, hunger and homelessness. When individuals apply for lawful permanent residency or entry into the United States, immigration officials consider whether that person is, or is

likely to become, reliant on the government — in other words, a “public charge.” The current longstanding federal policy is to consider whether an individual will rely on the government for more than half of their income by examining whether he or she receives cash assistance or will need long-term care benefits. But the unprecedented change proposed by the Trump administration would allow immigration officials to deny green cards and visas to immigrants who use public benefits from an expanded list of programs including non-emergency Medicaid, the Supplemental Nu-

trition Assistance Program (SNAP), housing assistance and the Medicare Part D low income subsidy. This proposal threatens millions of children and their families. With this change, the administration threatens to shut down legal paths to citizenship for families that use these safety net programs they depend on — and are legally entitled to — to feed their children, put a roof over their heads and keep them healthy. Even people who haven’t used these programs in the past can be de-

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By Askia Muhammad

With Kanye, Who Needs Black White House Press?

When I came to Washington 41 years ago, I thought I was, as the saying goes, “picking in High Cotton.” That’s because I was assigned to be the White House correspondent for the Chicago Daily Defender. During those days the few Black reporters on the White House beat represented Black owned or non-commercial media outlets — The Defender, Johnson Publishing Co., The Washington Informer, The Afro, Sheridan Broadcasting Network

(SBN), American Urban Radio Network (AURN), Pacifica Radio, NPR. Funny thing back then, the corporate media outlets could never seem to find any “qualified” candidates for employment, period, certainly not for the prestigious White House beat. Me, I was following in the footsteps of my friend, the legendary Ethel Payne, who may be the last Black reporter by herself to have had a major impact on public policy from a perch in the White House press gallery. Miss Payne worried John Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson in particular, about everything related to this country’s civil rights policies and more, and

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because of the national tender-spot about race in those days, she was able to shame those powerful leaders into addressing some of the nation’s neglected problems. Of course she stood on the shoulders of Alice Dunnigan, the brave first Black reporter credentialed to cover the White House and Congress. Back in the 1950s, she represented Claude Barnett’s Associated Negro Press (ANP). Without Black writers like Dunnigan, Payne, Barnett, Alfreda Madison, Don Agurs, Ron Ellison and others before me, the world would likely never have known the lies, tricks and

buffoonery employed by white folks to keep the Black man in his lowly place. They exposed the powerful with their persistent questions about this country’s failure to deliver on the promises of the American dream to the downtrodden. They (we) held presidents accountable for their policies and conduct in office. Now, Donald J. Trump and his “Coon-servative” minions — such as Omarosa Manigault Newman, Ben Carson and, recently, Kanye West — have turned the Black presence into a clown show. I had a so-called White House “hard pass” for 28 years. But I was

booted from the corps because I did not attend the ritual daily briefings often enough. At least that’s what they told me. I stopped attending those snore-fests because as one very influential White House reporter told me once, it’s a “news-free zone.” Now, it’s all about having one’s face seen (enhancing one’s “brand”) on cable TV during the regular press briefings by the White House press secretary. I did have some memorable adventures there though. One January night I stood for hours in frigid weather outside of Blair House with report-

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LIFESTYLE Israel Houghton on ‘Road to Demaskus’; Denny Jiosa’s New Album is Fire By Eunice Moseley Special to The Informer “We need to take the mask off our face … before God,” said six-time Grammy winner Israel Houghton about the meaning behind the title of his new album, “Road to DeMaskUs” (RCA Inspiration). It also refers to the Biblical tale of

Apostle Paul’s Spiritual change from Jewish man Saul to Christian Saint Paul — the main writer of the New Testament in the Bible. Houghton’s “Road to DeMaskUs” project features popular gospel acts, Travis Greene, The Walls Group, gospel/ reggae artist Chevelle Franklyn and Adrienne Houghton (“The Cheetah Girls”).

“It’s for everyone, believers and non-believers, all of us have protective mechanism,” Houghton pointed out. Houghton, also a worship leader, said people wear masks and pretend everything is all right, not allowing God to help them turn things around. “Road to DeMaskUs” was released Sept. 28 to his eager fan base that helped Houghton garner six Grammy wins, 11 Grammy nominations, 11 GMA Dove Awards, 11 GMA Dove Award nominations, 17 Stellar Award nominations and two Stellar wins. Greene gives assistance on the album’s eighth song, “Promise Keeper.” That and Houghton’s powerful style makes “Road to DeMaskUs” worthy of a listen. “The way people come to church every week, know the songs and be hurting on the inside,” Houghton said about the masks we all wear for different reasons. “We miss the moment to really encounter God … bring healing.”

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Jazz guitarist Denny Jiosa released his eighth album, a Latin/ jazz fusion project titled “Mueve Tu Cuerpo (Move Your Body)” (Sonic Canvas Records/BFD). “Mueve Tu Cuerpo” features Grammy-nominated Phil Keaggy on guitar and drummer Chester Thompson (Frank Zappa). “I have always had a love and passion for Latin music,” Jiosa said. “I love Santana … the rhythm and passion. I was attracted to it my whole life.” “Mueve Tu Cuerpo (Move Your Body)” features Latin singer/percussionist John Santos on a song titled “Freedom Tower” and Keaggy on “Dance in Heaven.” “Phil Keaggy is big in Christian

music and a fine guitar player — and friend,” Jiosa said. “I produced his last album. He picked up my guitar and said he’d like to play on my album… ‘Dance in Heaven’ is big in Christian world.” The first selection on the album, “Fumarlo Bebe,” was produced by Jiosa for a cigar commercial. “I did one and a half minutes … and I said this song has great potential,” he said with a slight laugh. The album’s 10th cut, “From the Fire,” also appears on the soundtrack of the Christian film “Believe: The Misfit Pawn.” With plenty to push the project forward, I see it making big waves in the Smooth Jazz and Latin Jazz worlds, because this album is fire. WI

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By Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer The 60th annual Washington International Horse Show, one of North America’s most prestigious equestrian events, is returning to the District this month, with more than 500 of the world’s top horses and riders coming together for six days of competitions and exhibitions. “We are honored to host such decorated riders from around the world at the 60th Anniversary Washington International Horse Show,” said event President Vicki Lowell, who emphasized that all events during the Oct. 23-28 are family-friendly. One of the highlighted events is “Breakfast with the Mounted Police” on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 8 a.m. in front of Hotel Monaco at 700 F Street NW, where mounted police units from across the region will be recognized. A different way to usher in the spooky season will be “Halloween on Horseback” on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. Riders will be in costume with their painted horses. The Halloween observance is combined with “Barn Night,” when horse lovers come to Capital One Arena to

cheer on their favorite riders. Local barns, equestrian groups, teams and horse enthusiasts will participate in clinics coached by Steve Madden, one of the top equitation trainers in North America and head trainer at Beacon Hill Show Stables in Colts Neck, N.J. “Every aspect of [the show] feels important and Barn Night is no different with the excitement from the local barns,” Madden said. “I love the experience of working with new people, seeing some grass-roots talent and meeting new horses.” On Saturday, Oct. 27 at 10 a.m. is the “WHIS Free Kids Day.” Children participate in hands-on educational and fun activities including pony rides, a coloring station, face painting and pony brushing lessons. A pony-kissing booth will be set up with “Mini Cooper,” a miniature pony. All outdoor activities will be held rain or shine in front of the Hotel Monaco at 700 F Street NW. Face painting and other events will be held on the Capital One Are For the full schedule of activities, go to www.WHIS.org. Discounts are available for groups, students, seniors and military for the paid events. WI

5 Feeding “Mini Cooper” during the 2016 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) “Kids Day” in downtown D.C. /Alden Corrigan, WIHS

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Female Genital Mutilation an Issue in Pennsylvania By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

Across at least 30 countries, more than 200 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to female genital mutilation, or FGM. Worldwide, more than 3 million girls are estimated to be at risk every year of being subjected to the procedure, even though it is outlawed in 42 countries. The figures include girls and women in America, where since 1990, the estimated number of individuals who have undergone or are at risk of the practice has more than tripled to 600,000. The increase is due to rapid growth in the number of immigrants from countries where risk of FGM is greatest. These girls and women are concentrated in California, New York and Minnesota, according to research done by CNN, which notes that U.S. statistics don’t distinguish between survivors of the practice and people at risk. The District has long outlawed

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the practice. Of the states in the top 10 for FGM risk to women and girls, four have no laws criminalizing the cruel and unnecessary practice, according to a Hamilton Strategies, a communications firm that serves faith-based ministries and nonprofits. Elizabeth Yore, international child advocate and head of the national #EndFGMToday initiative, cites research by the Population Reference Bureau that outlines the 10 states with metro areas where FGM risks are the highest: New Jersey, Virginia, Minnesota, California, Washington, Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Massachusetts. Of those, Washington, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts have no state laws protecting its female residents from this barbaric practice, Yore said. Pennsylvania lawmakers said they are working toward that end. “There’s no question that this horrendous act should be outlawed and the fact that there are no laws on

the books making it illegal in Pennsylvania is simply unacceptable and disgusting,” said state Rep. Joanna McClinton, a Democrat who represents the 191st District that covers Delaware County and Philadelphia. McClinton supports House Bill 413, which would ban the ritual across Pennsylvania, offer protection for victims and charge offenders with felonies. “It’s 2018 and women should be treated with respect and dignity as equals, not animals,” she said. “While I’m confident the legislation would pass, it’s a matter of getting it up for a vote. Even though this seems like common sense, our Republican House Speaker sets the voting schedule and leaves Democrats with very little input. Nevertheless, that won’t stop me from giving victims of Female Genital Mutilation a voice. A woman’s body is her own, period. No one can take that right away.” The AHA Foundation, which defends women’s rights, estimates that 19,000 women and girls in Pennsyl-

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vania are potentially at risk for female genital mutilation, which Democratic state Rep. Leanne KruegerBraneky called a cruel, outdated practice. “There’s no place for it here in Pennsylvania or anywhere else,” Krueger-Braneky said, noting that the House unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit the practice of FGM on minors. “It’s a long overdue step to better protect girls and women from this painful practice. This is just one step we need to better defend women and girls, and I’ll keep fighting to make sure we protect women and their rights.” Republican Rep. Tom Murt of Montgomery County and Democratic Rep. Donna Bullock of Philadelphia co-authored HB 413, and Murt noted that the U.S. Department of State considers FGM not only a public health concern, but a human rights issue as the practice violates the right to a woman’s bodily integrity. “I agree with the Department of

State,” Murt said. “Women who are immigrants are at continued risk of the practice even thought they live in the United States, as religious and cultural beliefs follow the women to this country. My legislation prohibits the practice and grades the offense as a felony of the first degree.” Each of the lawmakers said they hope to get the needed legislation passed and signed as soon as possible. Advocates said that can’t happen soon enough. “With important midterm elections just a few months away, legislators in these states should stand up and say they are committed to protecting women and girls from FGM by sponsoring a bill criminalizing this procedure,” Yore said. “This can and should be a bipartisan issue, as evidenced by the 27 states with laws already in place. Shockingly, however, lawmakers in Massachusetts, where risk in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area is significant, squandered their chance to protect girls from FGM.” WI

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Reeder and D.C. Council member Anita Bonds (D-At Large) at Ivy City Smokehouse in Northeast. “Dionne has strong stances that matter and a business that hires returning citizens,” Reid said in reference to Cheers at

The Big Chair, Reeder’s sit-down restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Southeast, and Reeder’s policy goals regarding affordable housing, vocational training at D.C.’s high schools and support of small businesses. “I’ve seen her welcome all types of people into conversations and her office spaces,” Reid said. “Dionne’s willing to hear from those she doesn’t see eye to eye with and learn their perspectives.” Some Reeder supporters said Silverman (I) doesn’t show the same courtesy to residents in the eastern part of the city, developers, business owners and returning citizens. At a power-packed campaign fundraiser for Reeder late last month in Northwest, Cora Masters Barry criticized the incumbent council member’s efforts to cut funding for the city’s summer youth employment program, started by and named for her late husband. Bowser, who endorsed Reeder last month, opposed an expansive paid family leave bill that Silverman co-authored. During a recent council hearing, Silverman and Ward 8 residents clashed about funding for the newly opened Entertainment & Sports Arena in Southeast, specifically her view that taxpayers shouldn’t pay more than $50 million in construction costs. Some critics have also said that Silverman, who questioned Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan’s influence in the District in light of what had been described as his anti-Semitic comments, avoids opportunities to explore the complexities of race and Black-Jewish relations, a topic of discussion in the aftermath of controversial comments made by fellow Council member Trayon White (D-Ward 8) last

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spring. Sandra Seegars, a Ward 8 activist and avid Silverman supporter, has pushed back against such assertions, saying that voters must look beyond race and place value on what she described as Silverman’s independent streak. “We don’t need 13 council members co-signing everything the mayor does,” Seegars said. “I like the fact that someone asks tough questions and examines everything before saying yay or nay. I think it’s a shame that people in 2018 are still saying, ‘don’t vote for someone because they’re White.’” Both candidates spent much of last week setting the record straight on the airwaves. On Friday, Reeder visited “Politics Hour” on WAMU 88.5 FM with Kojo Nnamdi and Tom Sherwood, where she challenged the perception that her campaign financially struggled before Bowser’s endorsement. She also reaffirmed her support for economic growth via support of small businesses. Earlier in the week, Silverman joined the Rev. Graylan Hagler, a vocal supporter and Bowser critic, on his biweekly WPFW 89.3 FM show “What’s at Stake”

to tout her vote against the Initiative 77 repeal in early October and refusal to accept funds from developers. Reeder and Silverman joined incumbent Bonds and fellow at-large candidates Rustin Lewis, Ralph Chittams and David Schwartzman for a recent debate at Friendship Chamberlain Elementary and Middle Public Charter School, which attracted Bowser and D.C. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), another Silverman backer. The council hopefuls weighed in on the Comprehensive Plan, affordable housing, traffic congestion, education and other issues, though some in attendance said none of the candidates made much of an impact. “I wasn’t moved,” said April Goggans, an activist affiliated with Black Lives Matter DC and Keep DC 4 Me. “I need somebody with some plans. Silverman’s on the council, so she sounds like she knows more about what she’s doing, but there are no well-thought-out platforms about the issues and how it will play out. People aren’t innovative. I need to know why [certain possibilities] wouldn’t be nice.” WI

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PROVIDENCE from Page 1 a representative to a recent hearing that Gray scheduled in his stead as the chairman for the Council’s Committee on Health – one which resulted in hours of testimony from residents and advocates on the negative impact the closure would have on those who live East of the River – he said that the situation, particularly a Dec. 14 date on which Providence said it would officially “transition out of all services,” (excluding its facility for nursing care and primary-care services) had grown to one best described as “beyond dangerous.” But as the councilmember predicted, emergency legislation that he introduced with Councilmembers Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) and Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7), was approved on Tuesday, Oct. 16. The Clarification of Hospital Closure Procedure Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2018 passed unanimously. It now goes to the desk of Mayor Muriel Bowser who has 10 days to either sign or veto the bill. For Gray, the differing views and controversy therein required greater clarity and the determination that D.C. Health has authority over a private hospital’s decision to close or end services. “The issue that needed to be resolved was disagreement between the health agency and council members and how to actually interpret the legal language of a 1996 legislation that clearly requires hospitals and healthcare facilities to secure permission from State Health Planning and Development Agency [SHPDA] before closing.” “I was amazed that the hospital

did not appear to have done much, if any, preparation for the suddenly announced plan to close in December. Moreover, I was deeply troubled because Providence has been a hospital of choice for many residents in Ward 7. Closure would put greater strain on Washington Hospital Center’s emergency room services and would continue a disturbing trend over the last year in which hospital services in the eastern quadrants of the District have continued to be scaled back.” “The decision by Providence to eliminate these services would further exacerbate the maldistribution of beds and further disadvantage people in Wards 7 and 8.” During the recent hearing, D.C. Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt said prior to 1996, hospitals that wanted to close or end services were required to get approval from the city. However, the law changed in 1996. Now, she indicated and under current law, hospitals must only provide notice of their intent to close 90 days before the closure. For District residents, the approval of the emergency legislation staves off the reduction, at least temporarily, of medical services sorely needed East of the River – already far less than adequate to meet the needs of residents. “We know that it’ll be devastating if this hospital closes down. This simply clarifies that SHPDA has the authority to make that decision,” Gray said. McDuffie echoed his sentiments. “Everywhere I go in Ward 5 and across D.C., I talk to residents concerned about the proposed closure of Providence Hospital and equitable access to healthcare in the District,” he said. “Those who value Providence

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Hospital have been in the position of reacting to Ascension Health’s erratic and severe changes without adequate warning or an opportunity for conversation. It is long past time for [them] to be more transparent about their intentions.” “With today’s Council action, there can be no question that the District’s SHPDA has the authority to approve or disapprove the closure of a hospital, and in doing so provide District residents with the transparency they seek. Today’s bill merely explains the process for hospital closures. McDuffie added the following caveat. “Providence Hospital employs approximately 1,300 people and has served over 22,000 people this year, 74 percent of whom are Black, 54 percent of whom are on Medicaid. The closure of an institution like Providence Hospital requires diligence and today’s legislation ensures that SHPDA is clear on its authority as well as its responsibility to District residents,” he said in a press statement sent to The Washington Informer. In other news, with many questions still unanswered, the D.C. Council delayed its vote on a bill to regulate Airbnb in the District. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, who helped develop the bill, decided to delay the debate and vote on the bill until the Council’s next session, Nov. 13. Many of the questions came from D.C. Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Dewitt who said according to his analysis, passing the bill would cost the District $21 million in annual revenue, potentially eliminating “nearly all current short-term rentals.” Voters could see the bill as a ballot measure in 2020. Stay tuned. WI

WALK from Page 20 to see her become one who needed assistance doing things that we do without thinking – those abilities to function that we take for granted. Our youngest daughter actually assumed the role of caregiver way before I did. I will still trying to balance this new reality at home versus a new reality in my career – I’d just won the seat for county executive. No, it wasn’t easy.” “We were saved some of the hardship others face because our family doctor had prepared us. He knew she would change; we knew that she would eventually be unable to be in charge. But you can’t be afraid to be tested. Getting as much information as possible is really important.” “What we’ve learned throughout it all is to cherish every second with each other – to relish every moment we have with our wife and mother. Nothing else really matters,” he said. WI

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ARIES The sun in your relationship zone could put you in the frame of mind to talk things over and compromise, but the focus on a more intense sector could negate this. And with chatty Mercury aligning with delectable Venus on Monday, someone might be determined to get their way at all costs. Lucky Numbers: 23, 45, 50 TAURUS If you haven’t yet reached your lifestyle goals, there is still time to do so. The sun in your wellness sector could be a spur to setting targets and creating routines that help you succeed. But your relationships could take precedence, especially at the start of the week when a leading aspect could coincide with a disagreement or misunderstanding. Lucky Numbers: 11, 15, 16 GEMINI The week gets off to an interesting start when an intense blend of energies could see you questioning someone’s motives. Asking them directly might get you no closer to knowing the truth. If so, it might be better to focus on what you need to do and leave them to it for now. This could refer to an issue with a colleague at work or a misunderstanding with a partner or friend. Lucky Numbers: 4, 5, 31

November Road By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer

Catch me, if you can! And the chase began, one of you the pursuer, the other pursued, racing through park or playground, across the yard, down the sidewalk in a game that children have been playing forever. Catch me if you can, and escape wins the game. In the new book “November Road” by Lou Berney, escape means another day to live. On the day after President Kennedy was shot, everything became crystal-clear to Frank Guidry. For years, he’d been Carlos Marcello’s right-hand man, his fixer, his enforcer, the guy Marcello relied on, but something was up. On the day after Kennedy was shot, Carlos’ assistant, Seraphine, told Guidry that he was being sent to Houston to get rid of a car that could connect Marcello to the assassination. Guidry knew the rest: get rid of the car, then they’d get rid of him. And so he escaped. When she was dating Dooley, Charlotte Roy knew he drank too much. Two daughters later, too many nights waiting for Dooley to come home, and Charlotte had enough. The president was dead and so was her marriage. Grabbing her daughters and the family dog, she left Woodrow, Oklahoma and headed for California. When a guy like Carlos Marcello tells you to find someone, that’s what you do, and finding Guidry should been easy for Barone, Marcello’s newest fixer. Sure, there were wrong trails and a little matter of a badly injured hand but he was smarter than Guidry. Finding Guidry was only a matter of time. Frank Guidry couldn’t relax for a second. Seraphine knew he’d fled Houston and she likely knew how. He’d tried to keep his head low but he figured that Marcello would know what he was driving long before he hit the Texas-New Mexico border. To avoid the guy who was undoubtedly tailing him, he needed to find some sort of disguise, some way to not stick out. He needed to become a family man, quick. A future divorcee and two kids was just the ticket. When was the last time you had a manicure? Never mind. You won’t have any fingernails left to manicure when you read this book. You’ll have them all chewed off. That’s because “November Road” is a nail-biter from the first chapter. By then, author Lou Berney has prepared a deliciously scandalous possibility for his readers, centered in a historically unforgettable backdrop, in a cultural-turning-point year, run by characters who kill as casually as they walk. Those guys are terrifyingly ice-cold, in fact, and their presence will make you want to check the other rooms in your home — and if that’s not enough to keep you perched nervously on the edge of your recliner, put a lovely young housewife-almost-feminist innocently in the midst of this tale, add national turmoil and a slinky female mobster with absolutely zero morals, and you’ve got a book that you’ll stay up all night to read. You’ve got a book you’ll carry around with you. In “November Road,” you’ve got the perfect escape. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

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CANCER While your focus might still be on home and family affairs, there is still a major emphasis on your leisure and pleasure zone. The quarter moon in your sector of relating on Tuesday could be a call to make a decision about a domestic matter. Conferring with someone might be necessary before you go ahead with a plan. Lucky Numbers: 25, 27, 41 LEO You could have some big plans for your home, but it might be a good idea to approach these cautiously. The start of the week could see you tackling the subject of money and whether you have enough to put your ideas into action. If you’re uncertain, start small to avoid being overly ambitious. That way, you can gauge your costs as you go. Lucky Numbers: 12, 42, 58 VIRGO To spend or not to spend? This could be the issue you face early this week, especially if it’s something that isn’t strictly necessary. If you can afford it and it would bring you great pleasure, why not? If this decision concerns a creative project, it might be time to assess your progress and go from there. Lucky Numbers: 21, 46, 54 LIBRA With the sun in your sign for a few days yet, this could be your opportunity to tie up any loose ends. Plus, with a quarter moon in your domestic zone on Tuesday, decisions about a home and family matter could push you to act. Get moving on anything important because your focus will shift next week. Lucky Numbers: 9, 37, 49 SCORPIO The start of the week could see you in a quandary. You might be uncertain whether to go backward or forward. With inquisitive Mercury aligned with delectable retrograde Venus, one side of you might be eager while the other is rather sensitive and worried about potential rejection. If you’re really stuck, Tuesday’s quarter moon encourages you to ask for advice from someone who’s had a similar experience. It might be humbling to do so, but it could be very revealing. Lucky Numbers: 5, 33, 39 SAGITTARIUS While you could appear lively and very sociable on the surface, there might be deeper currents at work in your life at this time. With a major focus on your spiritual sector, and with inquisitive Mercury merging with harmonious retrograde Venus on Monday, you might be intuitively drawn to resolve a delicate issue. Lucky Numbers: 7, 14, 20 CAPRICORN The start of the week could bring a decision concerning an ambition or career move. With a quarter moon in your sign, this is a chance to assess how far you’ve come and make any necessary changes. It’s also a milestone, so congratulate yourself for getting this far. Your social life could be a major draw for you, although it isn’t without complications. With chatty Mercury merging with sweet Venus as she rewinds in this zone, you might be confused by someone’s attitude, perhaps a partner. Lucky Numbers: 39, 42 AQUARIUS A major focus on your career sector this week highlights the possibility of progress, as well as the need to deal with a dilemma. You might wonder whether it’s worth investing in a goal or plan or leave things as they are for now. If you’re uncertain, it might be best to play things by ear. What you’re considering could have certain flaws, but you might not find this out without taking a few steps in that direction. Lucky Numbers: 8, 23, 34 PISCES You know that something needs to change, and the quarter moon at the start of this week could be a call to assess how far you’ve come. It could also be your chance to continue with the process, especially if you’re already seeing results. The biggest focus is on your sector of far horizons and travel, where thoughts of vacations and grabbing new opportunities could fill your mind. The only thing that might stop you is having too much on your plate, and this is something you need to negotiate. Lucky Numbers: 22, 32, 50

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“They don’t tell you that this was in the law since 2016,” he told the constituents in attendance Sunday. “The referendum was misleading to a lot of people and would force some restaurants to close in Ward 8. I went around to several different restaurants and some of the workers were adamantly opposed to it. The new bill made sure there was a system where employees could report wage theft.” The complexity of the wage bill issue strayed far from the mind of a widowed Ward 8 resident on the brink of homelessness. The elderly woman, who did not want to give her name, said she sought answers about the lack of affordable housing for people in her predicament. “It has been six months since my husband passed and I’m at the point where I can’t afford rent,” she said. “There’s nowhere to sign up for affordable housing. I’m just struggling, and it feels like they go higher on the rent. I had to go to disability services to make sure they didn’t go higher on the rent, but it’s still a problem. I can’t buy anything else.” Nearly a month after the number of homicides in D.C for 2018 surpassed that for the previous year, Ward 8 resident Regina Pixley said she wanted to see more resources geared toward protecting young people and the elderly. “Public safety is dear to my heart,” Pixley, also a candidate for the ANC commissioner seat in single member district 8C04, said during the public safety breakout session. “I have a son who was shot in both of his legs in August 2016. My uncle was killed 26 years ago. Violence has struck my family multiple times. I’m going to work and do something about this senseless violence. We have to look out for our babies and seniors who paved the way.” WI

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Christ and the 21st Century Woman

with Lyndia Grant Over the past two years, there has been so much blatant disrespect for women by our political leaders that we all should be appalled! A presidential nominee brags about how he has disrespected women, yet is still elected. A professor comes forth to share with the world of how young men from high school disrespected her, yet it seems as if she wasn’t believed. But regardless of all this negative news, the “woman” is still essential — she is still someone who scripture reminds us should be treated and respected accordingly. The All Nations Baptist Church in northeast Washington invites you to join us Oct. 20-21 for our Women’s Day services, as we honor women and the very powerful role we have had throughout eternity. I believe James Brown said it best when he sang “It’s a man’s world, but it would be nothing, without a woman or a girl!” Now, I don’t always agree with James Brown (he also had a history of abusing women), but I just want to hang on to that statement for the benefit of this column. There are a couple programs incorporated in this weekend’s services that will affect every woman and girl who attends. On Saturday, Oct. 20, our workshop leaders (I’m serving as a workshop speaker) will discuss 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”

such topics as: “What does it mean today to be a 21st century woman?” “What do women lack that keeps her from the call of Christ?” “Can the church help a woman answer the call of change on her life?” These and more questions will be answered during our Saturday workshops. The Women’s Day honorees this year are as follows: Attorneys: Janis Mathis, executive director of National Council of Negro Women, and Marie Johns, managing member of Leftwich, LLC Health: Dr. Shelly McDonald-Pinkett, chief medical officer at Howard University Hospital, and Karen Dale, president of AmeriHealth Caritas DC Educators: Children’s authors Dawn and Dellphine Chitty, and Andrea Conner, D.C. Public schoolteacher of more than 20 years Beauty Queens: Phyllis Jordan, Miss Senior DC, and DeShauna Barber, Miss USA 2016 Singer: India Winstead, who sings with Patrick Lundy & the Ministers of Music, as well as with the Kurt Karr Singers Community Leaders/Entrepreneurs: C. Dianne Barnes, ANC Commissioner; Joyce Little, CEO, The Tax Lady Plus; and Barbara Willis and Marjorie Carter, co-Founders of Ladies on the Go Travel! Our morning worship service will begin at 11 a.m. with our guest preacher and honoree Rev. Dr. Cheryl Phillips, senior pastor of Kingdom Christian Church in Temple Hills, Maryland. The Women’s Day theme is coming to life, as we honor and recognize women of achievements from throughout the area!

Scripture says this about women; in Ephesians 5:22-23, NIV, it says, “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.” It also says in Titus 2:3-5 NIV, “Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.” In closing, I’ll quote activist Susan B. Anthony who once said, “We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever.” 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

Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor

Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 Fax: 301-499-8724

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020

Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: faithdefender@verizon.net

“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org

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

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

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

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

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

Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher

Service and Times Sunday School 8 – 9 AM Worship Service 9 – 11 AM Tuesday Night Bible Study 6:30 – 8:00 PM Wednesday Daytime Bible Study 11 AM – 12:30 PM

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

Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 11:00am Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 am

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

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Twelfth Street Christian Church

Turning Hearts Church

4275 4th Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20034 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445

Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45am Church School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45am Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 pm Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30am

Crusader Baptist Church

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

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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church

All Nations Baptist Church

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Israel Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

“Where Jesus is the King”

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Eastern Community Baptist Church

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

New Commandment Baptist Church

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor

Damion M. Briggs Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rehoboth Baptist Church

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

Salem Baptist Church

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

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

St. Matthews Baptist Church

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

Emmanuel Baptist Church

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

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

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

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

Christ Embassy DC

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

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

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

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

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

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor

Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor

Rev. David McIntosh-Peters Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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LEGAL NOTICES

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

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

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

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001083

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001080

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001070

Keith Giles Decedent

Anita Jean Snowden Decedent

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

Keishawn Johnson, whose address is 2545 Elvans Rd, SE Apt 201, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Keith Giles who died on July 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 4/4/2019. 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 4/4/2019, 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.

William Edward Snowden, whose address is 1305 Somerset Place, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Anita Jean Snowden who died on March 10, 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 4/4/2019. 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 4/4/2019, 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: 10/4/2018

Date of first publication: 10/04/2018

Keishawn Johnson Personal Representative

William Edward Snowden Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2018 ADM 001023 Tyrone Stanley Tyson Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sidney Dwayne Tyson and Purnell Alexander Owens, whose addresses are 6140 Surrey Sq. La #202, District Heights MD 20747 and 6433 8th Street NW Washington, DC 20011, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Tyrone Stanley Tyson who died on March 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 4/4/2019. 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 4/4/2019, 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: 10/4/2018 Sidney Dwayne Tyson Purnell Alexander Owens Personal Representatives TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

Foreign No. 2018 FEP 000127

Pearl L. Bailey Decedent

May 17, 2007 Date of Death

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

Steven Michael Packer Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Robin Davidson, whose address is 187 Minarets Ave., Clovis, CA 93611 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Steven Michael Packer, deceased, by the Superior Court for Fresno County, State of California, on July 12, 2018. Service of process may be made upon Joshua Branson, 1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Wilkins B. Stafford, whose address is 1706 Pepper Tree Court, Bowie MD 20721-3021, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Pearl L. Bailey who died on August 2, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/4/2019. 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 4/4/2019, 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: 10/4/2018

Date of first publication: October 4, 2018

Wilkins B. Stafford Personal Representative

Robin Davidson Personal Representative

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

Administration Number 2018 ADM 001088

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001075

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001042

Angelo Johnson Decedent

Beatrice Jones Decedent

Estate of Elois R. Lawson

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NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Bertina Cleveland for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order Determining that the decedent died intestate, appoint an unsupervised personal representative. Date of first publication: October 4, 2018 Bradley A. Thomas 1629 K. Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006-1631 Signature of Petitioner/Attorney: TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Arturo Johnson, whose address is 1218 Trenton Pl. SE, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Angelo Johnson who died on July 14, 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 4/4/2019. 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 4/4/2019, 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: 10/4/2018 Arturo Johnson Personal Representative

Joan M. Wilbon 1120 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Denise A. Blackwell, whose address is 7105 Summerland Drive, Raleigh, NC 27612-2405, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Beatrice Jones who died on September 15, 2016 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/11/2019. 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 4/11/2019, 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: 10/11/2018 Denise A. Blackwell Personal Representative

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF YORK DOCKET NO.: 2018-DR-46-1888 Notice of Adoption Proceedings

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

TO THE DEFENDANT: John Doe, Birth Father YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN THE FOLLOWING NOTICE: 1. That an adoption proceeding was filed in the Family Court of York County on September 12, 2018, and in this Complaint you are alleged to be the father of an African-American/Caucasian, male child born in Washington, D.C., on September 1, 2018. 2. That the Plaintiffs in the above captioned Notice are not named for the purpose of confidentiality; however, the Court knows the true identity of the Plaintiffs and in responding to this notice, you are required to use the caption and the number 2018-DR-46-1888.

November 16, 2015 Date of Death

3. That if Notice to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond is filed by you with the Court within thirty (30) days of the receipt of this Notice of Adoption Proceedings, you will be given an opportunity to appear and be heard on the merits of the adoption. To file notice to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond in this action, you must notify the above named Court at York County Courthouse, Clerk of Court York County Family Court at 1070 Heckle Blvd, Rock Hill, SC 29732 in writing of your intention to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond. The above named Court must be informed of your current address and any changes of your address during the adoption proceedings. 4. That your failure to respond within thirty (30) days of receipt of this Notice of Adoption Proceedings constitutes your consent to the adoption and forfeiture of all of your rights and obligations to the above identified child. It is further alleged that your consent to this adoption is not required under S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-9-310 and that your parental rights should be terminated pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-7-2570 (7). This notice is given pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-9-730 (E). Raymond W. Godwin, Esq. (SC Bar #2162) PO Box 354 Greenville, SC 29602 PH (864) 241-2883 FAX: (864) 255-4342 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS Date: September 19, 2018

Foreign No. 2018 FEP 000130

Julia Farris Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Keith R. Jacques, whose address is PO Box 468, Biddeford, Maine 04005 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Julia Farris, deceased, by the Probate Court for York County, State of Maine, on May 25, 2018. Service of process may be made upon Ronald Farris, 515 Florida Avenue NE, 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. 515 Florida Avenue, 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: 10/11/2018 Keith R. Jacques Personal Representative Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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LEGAL NOTICES

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

Administration No. 2003 ADM 1932

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001092

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001127

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001124

Administration No. 2018 ADM 692

Fred D. Wright, Sr aka Fred Douglas Wright Decedent

William Claude Beckner aka William C. Beckner, Jr. Decedent

Benjamin Wells Decedent

Duncan Cunningham Decedent

Tina Smith Nelson 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 Attorney

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

Frederick Chapman Green, MD aka Frederick Chapman Green Decedent

Janet W. Blassingame, Esq. 1413 K Street, NW Suite 1500 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Fred D. Wright, Jr., whose address is 2601 N. Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Fred D. Wright, Sr. aka Fred Douglas Wright who died on March 14, 1998 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 4/11/2019. 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 4/11/2019, 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: 10/11/2018 Fred D. Wright, Jr. Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

Lynn H. Johnson, Esq. 1413 K Street, NW Suite 1500 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Nancy Magill, whose address is 2801 Quebec St., NW, Apt 707, Washington, DC 20008, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of William Claude Beckner aka William C. Beckner, Jr. who died on July 27, 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 4/11/2019. 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 4/11/2019, 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: 10/11/2018 Nancy Magill Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Tamara Y. Wells, whose address is 726 Hilltop Terrace, SE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Benjamin Wells who died on March 7, 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 4/18/2019. 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 4/18/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Michael Cunningham, whose address is 3210 32nd Avenue, Temple Hills, MD 20748, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Duncan Cunningham who died on May 29, 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 4/18/2019. 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 4/18/2019, 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: 10/18/2018

Tamara Y. Wells Personal Representative

Michael Cunningham Personal Representative

Date of first publication: 10/18/2018

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Edward J. Elder, Esq. Personal Representative

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

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

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001136

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001135

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001112

Foreign No. 2018 FEP 000132

Jennifer Wilma Ryan Decedent

Linell Hollis Decedent

Rose E. Oliver Decedent

Judylyn Susan Ryan, whose address is 2601 32nd Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jennifer Wilma Ryan who died on January 28, 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 4/18/2019. 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 4/18/2019, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

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

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Sharmeica A. Clark, whose address is 766 19th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Rose E. Oliver who died on February 15, 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 4/18/2019. 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 4/18/2019, 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.

Evelyn Rice Rolle, whose address is 8 Weyburn Court, Baltimore, MD 21237 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Richard Nathaniel Rolle, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Baltimore County, State of Maryland, on February 8, 2018. Service of process may be made upon Elizabeth A. Saindon, 1920 L Street, NW, suite 400, Washington, DC 20036, 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: 4309 Gorman Terrace, SE, Washington, DC 20019. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Date of first publication: 10/18/2018

Viola D. Hollis, whose address is 4970 Sargent Road, NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Linell Hollis who died on August 8, 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 4/18/2019. 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 4/18/2019, 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.

Judylyn Susan Ryan Personal Representative

Date of first publication: 10/18/2018

Sharmeica A. Clark Personal Representative

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Viola D. Hollis Personal Representative

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May 23, 2017 Date of Death Richard Nathaniel Rolle Name of Decedent

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

Date of first publication: 10/18/2018

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

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

Edward J. Elder, Esq. 2000 P Street, NW Suite 415 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney

Edward J. Elder, Esq., whose address is 2000 P Street NW, Suite 415, Washington, DC 20036, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Frederick Chapman Green, MD aka Frederick Chapman Green who died on February 18, 2010 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/18/2019. 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 4/18/2019, 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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Cheryl Chapman Henderson, Esq. 4920 Niagara Road, Suite 200 College Park, MD 20740 Attorney

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Date of first publication: 10/18/2018

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Anne Meister Register of Wills

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration Number 2018 ADM 001141 Estate of Samuel Leon Jefferson, Sr. NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Antonette Jefferson for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. 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 February 5, 2012 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of witnesses or otherwise & exclude codicil October 16, 2015 Date of first publication: 10/18/2018

Date of first publication: 10/18/2018

Antonette Jefferson 4425 Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, NE #113 Washington, DC 20019 Personal Representative:

Evelyn Rice Rolle Personal Representative

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to marginalize and control women. Well, to my liberal friends, you don’t have the authority to unilaterally change the U.S. Constitution simply to advance your leftist agenda. If you don’t like the laws on the books, maybe you should work with the Congress to change the laws, not just make allegations and expect people to automatically give you the benefit of the doubt. I think it is totally idiotic to think that men must subjugate their presumption of innocence in order to make women “feel” good and “believed.” I will not play these silly mind games to placate these radicals. We have a well-established sys-

tem of jurisprudence in our country that has worked pretty good for us, despite some blemishes. We, as a nation, cannot afford to allow our legal system to become tainted with this radical form of feminism under the guise of making women feel good. I am reminded of the sex scene in “Monster’s Ball” with Billy Bob Thornton and Halle Berry. Right before they engage in their notoriously hot sex scene, Berry looks passionately into the eyes of Thornton and sensuously asks, “can you make me feel good?” So, the moral of the story is this: Whenever you ask someone to make you feel good, someone is gonna get screwed! WI

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The Urban League Movement is committed to removing barriers to their full participation and helping every American to achieve his or her full potential. As civil rights attorney Michelle Alexander wrote in her seminal work, “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” “Martin Luther King Jr. called for us to be lovestruck with each other, not colorblind toward each other. To be lovestruck is to care, to have deep compassion, and to be concerned for each and every individual, including the poor and vulnerable.” WI

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pay for Kavanaugh water consumption, we’re on a budget. There was so much in that Kavanaugh performance to link to a noun, verb, pronoun that I’m sure my Kavanaugh fit hardly scratches the surface. The 51 senators who confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to be a Justice of the Supreme Court represent a minority (about 45 percent) of the population. That alone is ground for considering amendments to the Constitution. More importantly, while we in the majority can’t immediately impeach, but we can immediately induct him into the Hall of Shame by making him a noun, verb, adverb (and for that matter a pronoun and an exclamation point). I am about to go somewhere, holler and scream at a job interview, and just have myself a nice comfy Kavanaugh! WI

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are vilified with hostile and racist cartoons coming from all over the world. I’ve yet to see a Kavanaugh cartoon that has lava coming out of his head or through his ears. I say lava, but given the line of questioning, it might well be another liquid, maybe beer. Since Kavanaugh has set a standard for outrageousness, let’s memorialize it by making him that kind of a noun. He could also be a verb. He is just Kavanaughing for attention, we might say to the perpetrator of an outburst. Lots of Kavanaughing going on on Capitol Hill. Let’s just call it as it is. Not a fit. Not a tantrum. Not a loss of control. But a Kavanaugh. A particular aspect of the Kavanaugh, or Kavanaughing, is interrupt-

ing, especially interrupting women. So, the use of the Kavanaugh noun, verb, adjective is easily adaptable to the workplace, given the frequency with which men enjoy interrupting women. Please, don’t Kavanaugh me today, I’d like to make my point, a woman might say. Or we’ve had enough Kavanaughing for today, let’s conform to codes of civility. Can’t you see how invoking the name of the great interrupter puts everything in perspective? To Kavanaugh is to interrupt, to disrespect, to come back with a tepid apology — and to be assured that you will get away with it. There is an adjective here. An adjective is descriptive, and Kavanaugh is sure ‘nuff a descriptive. That was a Kavanaugh fool. She through a Kavanaugh fit. I won’t have a Kavanaugh worker in my shop. We can’t

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ASKIA from Page 27 ers Glenn Ford and Tamu White, waiting for a promised and delivered interview with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Another time with Tamu White, she and I literally hid in the bushes until Mayors Marion Barry and Richard Hatcher walked up for a meeting with President Jimmy Carter, so we could complain to them that the president hadn’t called on any Black reporters in his just-concluded press conference. At his next press conference, Carter called on three of us.

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One example is encouraging a mentally challenged individual to place a formal complaint of sexual assault against nominee Kavanaugh. An alleged act happened over 36 years ago. She requested discretion about the handling of this. What did they do? They leaked her accusation to the national press and paraded her on national television and gave her a questionable legal representative. They have put an “accuser” who needs medical help and privacy in a position of traumatic exposure. You must feel sorry for her. If that is not enough, they had two

more “accusers” who claim either sexual indiscretion or downright gang rape. Yes, they tried to paint a sleezy, criminal picture on a human being who has played by the rules and has lived a great, impressive American life. The Democratic Congress is going through a mental crisis at the expense of our normal political process. Somehow, I hope this will straighten itself out through the next elections that are coming up. Dear Lord, may our voters and elected officials come to their senses and end this hatred and lack of tolerance. WI

to welcome those “huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” But the cruel immigration policies of the Trump administration force families into the shadows, suffocating them with harsh measures meant to punish them for daring to dream of a better life for their children in America. Foreigners to our land deserve to be treated as our neighbors. Their children deserve to breathe free. But these cruel Trump policies meant to punish adults and deter immigration end up doing huge harm to children. Is this who we are called to be as a nation? We must stand together and in a unified voice reject this radical change to the public charge rule and demand an end to the cruel immigration policies of this administration which continue to victimize children each and every day. There are three things you can do today to take a stand against this attack on immigrant families and children. First, go to https://protectingimmi-

grantfamilies.org and submit a comment against the proposed change to the public charge rule. The administration is required by law to review these public comments so now is the time to make your voice heard. Second, participate in this year’s National Observance of Children’s Sabbaths celebration. There are resources available for leading discussions with children and adults alike about welcoming immigrant families. Third, look around your own community and take part in local efforts to support immigrant and refugee families who need your help now more than ever. Together we can resist unjust policies and deliver on our nation’s commitment to those who come here seeking a better life. And those of us who profess Christianity as our faith should remember that baby Jesus was an immigrant in a foreign land. Let us welcome Him in our land today. WI

But now, the president and the elites in this country have no shame about their wicked policies, and most Black journalists now represent, not the Black Press, or the “progressive media,” but rather corporate-sponsored outlets, and they are assigned the same stories their white colleagues are assigned. They are not assigned to dig for policies concerning the police murders of innocent Black people, or about race discrimination in housing, in education and employment, or about the disproportionate rates of Black incarceration, or the wealth gap. Plus there are these occasional

sideshows when these Black characters show up and fawn over the narcissistic egomaniac who occupies the Oval Office. And even with Black journalists like April Ryan, sometimes backed up by NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe, raising cane at the White House Press conferences and briefings nowadays, there is no follow-up national outrage, certainly not among the general public, about the scandals exposed. But my searing memory is from maybe 10 or 12 years ago. It was on one of my last days in the News-Free Zone. I overheard a Black correspondent tell a colleague how hard it was for her to find day care for her children, even though she was paying $1,000 a week. I thought I would come out ahead if I took care of her children, because I did not even earn $1,000 a week as a credentialed White House correspondent, and unlike Alice Dunnigan, for whom a statue has been dedicated at The Newseum, and Ethel Payne, who was commemorated on a U.S. Postage Stamp in 2004, I can only take my White House memories and $1, and I can get a “senior coffee” at the Golden Arches fast-food restaurant at 17th and Pennsylvania Avenue, a block from the News-Free Zone. wi

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