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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley dominated the action during the first debate for candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday, Oct 13 in Las Vegas. Candidates James Webb and Lincoln Chafee also participated. /Photo courtesy Politico
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Stick to the Issues, Avoid Clashes of Personality By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Senator Bernie Sanders wanted to focus on “substantive issues” in the first Democratic debate held on Tuesday in Las Vegas. So, the Vermont senator and the longest serving independent in U.S. congressional history cut right to the chase with Democratic front runner and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. “The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your emails,” Sanders exclaimed as those in attendance cheered with approval. Clinton, who appeared to dominate the debate, or at least winning the battle for attention, extended her hand to her rival. “Me too, me too. Thank you, Bernie,” she said. Sanders, Clinton, former
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, Virginia Sen. Jim Webb and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee proved that opponents can debate without the rancor displayed in two previous Republican debates. The candidates spoke often about fighting income inequality, the Middle East and gun control. “The rich are getting richer, everybody else is getting poorer,” Sanders said. “Why is it that so few have so much while so many have so few? It’s just not fair,” Sanders said. His fellow Democrats voiced similar concerns. “You may be sure that in a Webb administration, the highest priority will be working people who every day go out and make this country stronger at home, and who give us the right reputation and security overseas
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An audience of hundreds of thousands, that stretched from the Capitol to one block from the Washington Monument, gathered to hear the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and others at the “Justice or Else!” Rally on Saturday, Oct. 10. The event commemorated the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March. /Photo by Roy Lewis
Farrakhan Advocates for Black Unity Thousands Demand Justice at 20th Anniversary of Million Man March By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor A sea of Black men, women and children covered every bit of open space on the National Mall during the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, held on Saturday, Oct. 10 here in the District. But when the man behind the march, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, stepped to the podium, his message may have come as a surprise to those accustomed to hearing him include controversy in his conversation. “We’re here because there’s no justice in this land – not for us,”
he said. “Those who continue to suffer the most, the indigenous people of America, those whose ancestors were brought here as burden bearers in chains, we are the ones still seeking civil rights and the human right of self-determination.” He emphasized the irony of the gathering taking place on grounds that once served as a marketplace for a bustling slave trade industry. “This massive house behind me, the White House, was built on the backs and blood of slaves. I believe the spirits of our ancestors are pleased that we have come together in peace
with one single goal: achieving long-denied justice and refusing to accept anything less,” Farrakhan said. During his almost two-hour address, the Minister spoke to the often similar challenges facing Black women, other ethnicities, veterans and Black gays and lesbians. And he said that they all have a place with him and other Muslims across the U.S. “Some have questioned why I’m talking to those of other races, why I’m talking to women, why I’m talking to our gay brothers and sisters,” he said. “We are
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Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicshared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said. Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise Municipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in has been slated for Saturday, Oct. 24, designed to introduce sium was sponsoredA one-day by the program utive life terms without parole and ofprivate She youthServices people in the Greater Washington Area to thepublic art form Handschools. Dance, the Family and Youth by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatdance of Washington, D.C. by Resolution of the DC Council. Center of the cityofficial of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. “Hand Dance: The Next Generation” will be held at the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Heights and the National Hook2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasCenter in Southeast Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue], from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Up of Black Women. the [2730 founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilAges for this program is 10 to 20 years old.the Parents are encouraged to attend with Marlow has written a book, an organization that helps dren about domestic violence,” boys and their fathers particularly urged to come and participate. “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. Activitiesofin both morning and afternoon will include: lessons for story about four generations and the their children. Marlowhand has dance worked to break youth, young adults The and their (guardians/caretakers); a music an etiquette workshop; a domestic violence. bookparents is “I lived in fear for six years. Sixworkshop; the cycle of abuse in her family, discussion andexperiences, a hand dance social. addition, documentaries films will be shown with hand inspired byforum; her own years inInfear is a long time. It is and and is confident the policies she dance and swing themes. and those of herdance grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that National Hand Dance DC, If Not for Grace Youth herSponsors mother include: and herThe daughter. of,” she said. Association, Humanities process. Hand Dance Program United Black Fund.Muhammad said She said every time and she the reads Mildred “I plan to take these policies to For more information, call still 866-583-0780. excerpts from her book, she people who want to help a Congress and implore them to can not believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. 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 eye first blackened Government, and my “Before you to 'I'mleaders going will address college and career suceducation andget business lips bled,” Marlow said. to kill you,' it started as a verbal WI cess for students of color during a National Higher Education Summit in the District Elaine Davis-Nickens, entitled presi“Building an Equity & Opportunity Agenda: The Economic Imperative for dent of the National Hook-Up College Completion. of Black Women, said there is no The Summit, slated for Oct. 27 – 28 will be held at The Gallup Building, 901 F consistency in the way domestic Street, NW. During the two-day event, Gallup will release first-ever results of a survey violence issues are dealt with by on career success and well-being of college graduates of color. Summit leaders will include: Marc H. Morial, president and CEO, National Urban League; William D. Hansen, president and CEO, USA Funds; Dr. John B. King, Jr., deputy secretary, U.S. Department of Education; Dr. Wayne Frederick, president, Howard University; and Mayor Kasim Reed, Atlanta. Contact the National Urban League for more information. The event is free but space is limited. WI Staff Writer
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District Kicks off Non-Violence Awareness Events Partnership Forged with Local, National Leaders By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor Black Women for Positive Change [BW4PC], led by cochairs, Dr. Stephanie E. Myers and Delegate Daun S. Hester (D-VA), along with Attorney Benjamin L. Crump, president of the National Bar Association [NBA], assembled on the steps of the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest on Friday, Oct. 9 to kickoff events related to the 2015 National Week of Non-Violence. The weeklong observation (Oct. 17 – 25) will culminate with an area-wide summit at Metropolitan AME Church in Northwest. However, a number of other meetings, rallies, training sessions and even protests will take place throughout the Greater Washington Area. At the same time, other cities across the U.S., including Atlanta, Chicago and St. Louis, will hold their own programs focusing on non-violence. Myers, who spoke on behalf of BW4PC, a D.C.-based national, multicultural, interfaith, volunteer and advocacy network dedicated to promoting violence prevention and awareness, said she and her group’s supporters have grown weary of the frequency of violent acts in their communities.
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VIEWP INT Harold Bryant Washington, D.C. I don’t think we should completely celebrate Columbus after finding out what he did, but he did play a role in the discovery America as we know it and we’ve celebrated the holiday for years. I don’t think that should change. We could do something as a compromise. I don’t think what he did to Native Americans should be dismissed. We should learn from it and learn to treat everyone better.
Ron Brown Takoma Park, Maryland My belief is that you render to whoever any honor that is due, but if there are flaws in the character of that person then that is not to be honored. I work in law enforcement and we don’t honor and reward atrocities. So with that, I believe most definitely that it’s been a holiday that we have celebrated, however, we need more education about who people are than we need celebration.
AS THE NATION CELEBRATED COLUMBUS DAY MONDAY, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE MAN WHO IS CREDITED WITH FIRST DISCOVERING WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
Ernest Wood II Oxon Hill, Maryland Without getting too opinionated, from what I have read about Columbus, his legacy isn’t completely accurate because there were other people who had a hand in the discovery of the United States. And I believe, if I’m not wrong, that Matthew P. Henson was one of those people. I actually did my first Black History month report about him. I don’t think everything we learned about Columbus is 100 percent accurate. Other people should receive acknowledgement for helping to discover America.
Walter Ray III Washington, D.C. Christopher Columbus to me represents a lot of what American historical figures represent in that he has taken credit for the struggles and sacrifices of others. He receives the credit for what people who were oppressed, like the Native Americans, did. I see that in so many other walks of life where the people who actually struggled and sacrificed so much for what we have today go unrecognized and unnoticed. Columbus symbolizes all of that to me.
Melanie Yolanda Stewart Washington, D.C. Well his claims of first discovering America have already been disputed. People had already been here for years. As far as celebrating Columbus Day and reading about him in school textbooks, I think more should be done to tell the true story of who he was and what he did.
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son recognized that in his early versions of the Declaration of Independence in which he advocated for the end of slavery. But he was shouted down because the politics of the situation would not allow it.” “It’s clear that America does not have the heart to do the right thing – it’s just not in their [whites] nature. But the rumblings are clear, and like a sleeping volcano, an eruption is about to occur in this land. And so we’ve gathered today to show our dissatisfaction.” In many ways, Farrakhan spoke not to white America, but to those who continue to suffer because of disenfranchisement, inadequate housing, subpar education and generations of poverty. Those who joined him on stage included Latina women, Muslim leaders from Haiti and the Dominican Republic, spokespersons for Palestine and the families of Black men and
Close family and friends of the Honorable Min. Louis Farrakhan, along with leaders in the Nation of Islam, occupied seats in front of the Capitol to hear the Minister speak at the Justice or Else! Rally commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March. /Photo by Robert Roberts
women killed by those representing the police. In a special tribute to former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, who gave his full support during the original march in 1995, Barry’s son, Marion Christopher Barry,
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and wife, Cora Masters Barry, paid a special tribute to the District’s beloved “Mayor for Life.” Afterwards, the hundreds of thousands participating in the March gave the late Barry a round of thunderous applause. Farrakhan said it would be wrong to describe Oct. 10th as simply “a day.” “This is a movement – not just one day on the calendar. The elders like myself have to begin to pass down the torch to tomorrow’s leaders. We have a program and an agenda in place. We need to put aside our minor differences if we want real justice. But it will require integrity, selflessness and sacrifice.”
Farrakhan met with a select group of Black men in D.C. on Sunday, Oct. 11 in order to continue developing a comprehensive strategy and roadmap for how he plans to proceed following the recent Million Man March 20th anniversary event held in Washington, D.C. While details will be shared in the coming weeks, Farrakhan’s plan appears to piggy back on a document prepared during the Million Family March which included women to the table and to the public event. Those invited to the meeting on Oct. 11 included leadership from the national organization the 100 Black Men of America, Inc. WI
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port states that want to provide in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants. Sanders, who in 2007 voted against a comprehensive immigration bill, stated his case as to why Latinos should still support his candidacy. “I didn’t leave anybody at the alter, I voted against that piece of legislation because it had a guest worker provision in it that the Southern Policy Law Center described as being semi-slavery,” he said. “We have 11 million undocumented people in this country – we need comprehensive immigration reform and a path to citizenship. We need to take people out of the shadows,” he said. Each of the candidates was asked about the greatest national security threat. “Chaos in the Middle East,” Chafee said. “Nuclear Iran remains the biggest threat, along with the threat of ISIS,” O’Malley said. “Continuing threat from the spread of nuclear weapons, nuclear material that can fall into the wrong hands,” Clinton said. “The scientific community has told us if we do not address the threat of climate change, the planet we’ll leave our kids and grandkids may well be uninhabitable,” Sanders said “Our greatest long-term strategic challenge is our relations with China. Our greatest dayto-day threat is cyber warfare against this country,” Webb said. “Our greatest military operational threat is resolving the situation in the Middle East.” Another hot button question for each of the candidates was what they would do that would differentiate them from being a third term of President Obama. “Certainly ending the wars. We’ve got to stop these wars,” Chafee said. “I would follow through on the promise that American people thought we made – to protect the main street economy from recklessness on Wall Street,” O’Malley said. Clinton said she believes the
answer is obvious. “I think being the first woman president would be quite a change from the presidents who we’ve had until now,” she said.
“I have a lot of respect for President Obama,” Sanders said. “But, here’s where I do disagree. I believe that the power of corporate America, Wall Street,
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By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Thousands descended upon the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Sat. Oct. 10 for the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, demanding justice from police brutality disproportionately impacting the Black community.
The rally, themed “Justice or Else,” emphasized police shootings of Black men, especially against young people, that have become high-profile cases. This time Black women and children joined the daylong event. Only Black men converged in the District on Oct. 16, 1995, led then and now by Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan. In 1995 he rallied
over one million Black men under the theme of “Atonement, Reconciliation and Responsibility.” Herdosia Bentum of St. Louis, who came to the Mall at 5 a.m. to help set up a table before morning prayer, said Black women must step up to help Black men. “We see that our men are being killed and going through the prison pipeline. As women we stand with
Participants in the Justice or Else! Rally sit on the walls around the Capitol Reflecting Pool to hear the Honorable Min. Louis Farrakhan speak. /Photo by Derrel Todd
them on the front line in this struggle for equality,” Bentum, 35, said. “Until we really see true freedom, African women may have to lead this movement as we seek to govern ourselves.” As the day progressed and the sun rose, more people filled the Mall sitting on folding chairs or blankets and holding signs decrying frustration of injustice such as “End Police Terror,” “Racism is the Disease, Revolution is the Cure,” “Stop Mass Incarceration” and “Black Power Matters.” Eric Graham held a red, black and green Pan-African flag near the Capitol Reflecting Pool that he brought from his home of Yonkers, New York. “I came to support my people who I love so much,” said Graham, 45, who also attended the march 20 years ago. “We’ve got police brutality and killings of young Black men. We’ve got to change things.” Michael Anderson of nearby Fort Washington, Maryland, stood along a pole soaking up the early morning atmosphere. “I was here 20 years ago. The one thing I see different is more women are here,” he said. “That’s a good thing to support a cause that should be peaceful on a good day.” Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III, who had a previous engagement and could not attend the march, released a statement. “The 1995 Million Man March was a significant event in American history and a transformative moment for an entire generation of African-American men,” he said. “This year’s march on the 20th anniversary is important for the next generation of Black leaders, as well as for the entire nation to take notice of their engagement to their families and community.” Supporters too far from the mainstage, watched the program unfold via four large screens placed along the grassy area of the Mall. They heard a myriad of speakers passionately talk about the deaths of young people killed by police in recent years including but not limited to: Trayvon Martin of Miami Gardens, Florida; Michael Brown of Ferguson, Missouri; Tamir Rice of Cleveland; and
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Eric Garner of Staten Island, New York. Some of the family members of those shooting victims spoke to the crowd. “This is about human rights. We will not continue to stand by and not say anything anymore. We will speak up and speak out,” said Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon. “I say to the families that are standing here before me: don’t hold your head down as if your child’s life has been lost in vain. Hold your head up high. Your child was not the person that shot and killed someone else. Your child was murdered,” she said. A message several speakers made clear before Farrakhan delivered his speech was for every person present to return to their communities and make them better. Azia Evans, 22, who attends York College in York, Pennsylvania, plans on spreading the word about the march on her predominantly-white campus and will push college officials to incorporate more diversity in the school’s programs and activities. Linzy Burton said he has a similar plan when he leaves D.C. and returns back home to Seattle. “I’m going to look into joining a local [organization] to help do something because the killing of our youth this summer in Seattle was ridiculous,” said Burton, who works for an organization called Youth Care that assists homeless youth. While Councilman Vincent Orange and Mayor Muriel Bowser emphatically encouraged support for D.C. statehood, Joshua Storks-Sayles talked about making a difference within the judicial system. After Storks-Sayles graduates from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, he plans to enroll in the police academy. “I get a lot of criticism for that but for me it’s about bringing about change – and change doesn’t happen overnight,” said Storks-Sayles, 23, who’s from Detroit. “If you look at it from a bigger perspective, inserting yourself in the system can make things better. You can be chief of police and make things better. It may take five or 10 years, but I’m 23. I have time.”WI
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Massive Crowd Returns for Anniversary of March By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer Twenty years after the Nation of Islam-sponsored Million March Man, which attracted more than 800,000 Black males and their supporters from all walks of life, an anniversary march showcasing a massive sea of humanity was held Saturday in the nation’s capital to demand social justice – such as policing reforms – and change in the Black community. Spearheading the march – just as he did on Oct. 16, 1995 – was Minister Louis Farrakhan, who over the past year, steadfastly championed the cause for justice and equality for the highly anticipated event themed “Justice or Else.” Dressed in a gray suit and a matching trademark bow tie, Farrakhan, 82, took to the podium on the National Mall early in the afternoon to address the crowd, which included Native Americans, Hispanics, and a sprinkling of celebrities. He held the crowd captive in an uncompromising message imploring the U.S. government
to respond to a slate of “legitimate grievances.” “I am honored beyond words to be here standing on this roster in front of this hallowed building in front of I don’t know how many, [and] I’m not going to guess. But I thank almighty God Allah for every single one of you who decided to answer the call to demand justice or else,” Farrakhan said in his opening remarks. “I want to say how happy I am to be a part of such a great showing of unity of the Aboriginal people of our planet. I want our Native American family to know how favored they are to have their own leader standing before his people . . . They are the original owners of this part of the Earth, and we honor them with the honor that they are justly due.” During a speech that lasted more than an hour, the controversial religious leader mentioned the efforts for social justice of the late D.C. Mayor and Council Member Marion Barry, as well as parallels between the late President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. He also talked
People from varied backgrounds, young and old, made their way to the Justice or Else! Rally to participate in the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March on Saturday, Oct. 10 in Southwest. /Photo by Derrel Todd
about his mother’s three failed attempts to abort him, being poor and the opportunities that can come from living in poverty. “We are still trying to get civil rights while at the same time we are denied the human right of self-determination,” said Farrakhan. “I don’t think I’m encroaching on any American by standing on the ground that was paved for with the sweat and the blood of our ancestors.” Farrakhan admonished both men and women who called
The Honorable Louis Farrakhan speaks during the Justice or Else! Rally at the Capitol on Saturday, Oct. 10 in Southwest. /Photo by Robert Roberts
other women the B-word, reminded the crowd how everything begins with a “simple seed” and said where they come from does not define them. He went on to note that “fear” is one of the biggest problems facing many of those who showed up for the march. “Knowing God – not talking God – is what takes fear from your heart,” Farrakhan said. “A fearful people cannot be free. … This is not a moment; this is a movement,” he said of the march. The movement begins
to die the moment those who leave the movement take money as a bribe to stop hurting.” President Barack Obama attended the first march but did not attend Saturday’s event due to a previous obligation in California. And while the National Park Service provided conflicting estimates of the number of people who attended the 1995 march, the agency has since refused to give crowd estimates on Mall activities. we tale WI
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Metro Reeling From Drop in Ridership Agency Considers Fare Hike By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill A Metro budget report released Thursday, Oct. 8, details how ridership on its rail system has decreased the last five years, which may cause an increase in fares next fiscal year. The document, titled “FY2017 Budget: Ridership and Revenue,” outlines five reasons for the limited number of commuters on WMATA’s trains: the local economy, a federal tax benefit for using public transportation, telecommuting, carpooling and bicycling to work and safety. In terms of safety, the report mentions the Yellow Line tunnel incident at L’Enfant Plaza in January when one person died after an electrical malfunction caused a train to fill with smoke, an August derailment of a train not carrying passengers between the Federal Triangle and Smithsonian stations and a substation fire last month at Stadium-Armory in Southeast. “There is preliminary evidence that these events are impacting ridership, though additional analysis of the trends is required before any definitive conclusions are drawn,” according to the report. “Riders are experiencing more unpredictable travel times and must budget more time to reach their destination.” The report became public at Metro’s board of directors meeting Thursday and can be read on the company’s website: www. wmata.com. A representative through Metro’s media relations office did not respond to phone requests Oct. 8 and 9 for comment. Metro, formally called the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, services commuters by train and bus throughout the region with 91 Metrorail stations: 40 in the District, 26 in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, and 25 in Northern Virginia. The report also states there were 150 million passenger trips in 1996, which increased to nearly 225 million in 2009. “However, starting in 2010 through 2015, daily rail ridership has declined by 5 percent.” Based on Metro’s calculation, about 213 million trips took place on the subway in the fiscal year that ended June 30. The last fare increase occurred in July 2014, or fiscal year 2015, which increased revenues by 5 percent, or by $39 million. The fares to ride the subway range from $2.15 to $5.90. However, the report states revenues fell short of projections because of a decline in riders on Metrorail and Metrobus. “Metrorail fares are the primary non-subsidy revenue source for the operating budget,” according to the report. To avoid a possible fare increase, some of the options Metro proposes to increase ridership and revenue include: • Implementing a university pass program for Metrorail, • Expansion of high ridership routes for Metrobus service • And expanding the company’s advertising. The board of directors will meet next month to review next year’s fiscal budget. Terry Murray, 63, of Southeast said a possible fare increase
wouldn’t bother him because he doesn’t catch the train. “An increase doesn’t bother me none. I only pay 85 cents to ride the bus because I’m disabled,” Murray said Oct. 8 while standing at a Metro bus stop at Alabama Avenue and 15th Street. “I don’t ride the subway because it’s too expensive.” The Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance of McLean, Virginia, a private organization that focuses on improving regional transport in that area, supports Metro and its rail system. However, “a fare increase is not the answer to increase ridership,” said David Birtwistle, the CEO of the alliance. “To improve Metro and ensure rideability, an investment on the current rail system is the way to go.” George Johnson of Riverdale, Maryland, isn’t surprised a fare increase may happen because of Metro’s previous light-rail failures. Johnson retired recently from Metro after 36 years of service as a bus driver, a rail operator and more. “The problem with Metro is middle management,” he said. “Middle management has caused Metro to go down because of being late in making decisions to
A chart from Metro’s budget report shows the agency ranks among the top agencies in the country in terms of maximum rail fares. /Courtesy of Metro
keep the company running and system up to par. (Managers) waited too late to start working on tracks and upgrading the power structure.” Johnson attended a meeting Oct. 8 at the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission office in Riverdale to hear a report on the new Purple Line light-rail system. The Maryland Transit Administration oversees the estimated $2 billion project scheduled to have 21 stations between New Carrollton in Prince George’s and Bethesda in Montgomery County. The Purple Line would connect to three Metrorail lines – Orange, Green and Red. The state’s Board of Public Works plans to approve a concessionaire next year to begin
work on the project and scheduled to open for service in 2021. Besides helping commuters who live in the northern portion of Prince George’s, Michael D. Madden of the transit administration said the Purple Line will increase ridership for Metro. “The Purple Line will allow a lot of communities who don’t have good access to Metrorail to have better access. One-third of our riders will be taking a portion of their trips on Metro,” said Madden, deputy project director for Purple Line in the administration’s Transit Development and Delivery office. “Although it is not a part of the Metro system, it will bring a lot of accessibility to the Metro system. The Purple Line will be a big boost to the whole region.”WI
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Under the pretext of “We must look out for each other and exemplify the values expressed in the adage ‘I am my brother’s keeper,’ ” President Obama announced that America is to make reparations payments. No, he is not paying Blacks for slavery, a move most Americans would consider “totally outrageous behavior” that would create “even more racial discord.” Actually, the Obama administration has awarded $12 million for assistance to Holocaust survivors. In what all Americans view as “a proper action,” the Obama administration is funding a targeted effort to support needs of Holocaust survivors living in the United States. An allocation from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Jewish Federations of North America is to be disbursed over five years, as part of an initiative to address needs of 130,000 Holocaust survivors currently residing in the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said, “The Jewish community has been leading this [work] for decades. The President and I have decided it’s time for us to step up and build on their efforts.” After Biden launched the initiative in December 2013, the White House named Aviva Sufian as special envoy to coordinate activities to assist survivors’ ageing with dignity in the comfort of their homes and communities. “With this award, we will be able to advance our efforts to provide crucial services to vulnerable survivors,” said Mark Wilf, chairman of the JFNA National Holocaust Survivor Initiative. “These are our mothers, fathers, teachers and our mentors,” he said. “They deserve to live their remaining years in dignity, and this award will help make that hope a reality.” Combined with matching private funds, the approximately $2.5 million per year over the five years “will support $4.1 million in programming annually for organizations that help Holocaust survivors advance innovations in person-centered, trauma-informed supportive services.” Mark Wilf is a billionaire
By William Reed owner and current president of the Minnesota Vikings. Wilf is an example the latest version of well-to-do Blacks could imitate. He recently helped organize the distribution of hearing aids to people in the New York area — most of them Holocaust survivors — at Yankee Stadium. The aids were provided by the Starkey Hearing Foundation, with backing from JFNA, Wilf Family Foundations, the NFL’s Vikings and the New York Yankees. Many European countries have paid victims of the Holocaust; at the top of the list is Germany, which paid over $90 billion. In 2012, Germany gave an estimated 80,000 survivors in other countries a one-time payment of $3,250. This is not the first time America has paid restitution or reparations to the survivors of racial atrocities. In 1998, the U.S. pledged $1.25 billion to pay to Japanese-Americans and their heirs. In contrast, most Americans refuse to see the validity of reparations to Blacks; therefore, there’s no such money as Jews are getting for their holocaust forthcoming to Blacks for theirs. When it comes to reparations, there’s no Black leadership. We have a way to go in looking out for one another with the vigor Jews have. It’s as if Blacks are conflicted about getting their just compensation. The 40 million Black slave descendants in the U.S. today are owed a minimum payment of $ 1.5 million. The serious devastation that slavery had on African-American lives has never been officially recognized by the United States government. Continuing payments to Holocaust survivors represent the power of America’s Jewish lobby and ineptness of Blacks’. Blacks
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Carson Clarifies Position on Gun Control GOP Presidential Candidate Promotes New Book in D.C. By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson took an hour out of his campaign Friday, Oct. 9, to speak about his upbringing, gun control and cyber-attacks from another country. Carson spoke at a luncheon at the National Press Club in Northwest, where he took the time to promote his new book, “A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties.” The retired neurosurgeon from John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore spoke candidly about why America is the best country in the world, especially with his mother raising him in Detroit. “America is such a great place, and I am so glad that I was born here. I have traveled to 57 different countries. This remains the place that is the land of dreams,” Carson, 64, said. “I know a lot of people like to criticize and demonize and say it’s responsible for a lot of horrible things. A lot of people are trying to (come to America), and not a lot of people are trying to get out.” According to a national Republican poll released Oct. 6 by
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Public Policy Polling of Raleigh, North Carolina, Carson remains second to businessman Donald Trump among the more than dozen candidates. At the National Press Club, Carson blamed the media for outrage at his comments that suggested armed Jews during the Holocaust would have “greatly diminished” Hitler’s power in the 1930s. “Basically, what I said is when tyranny occurs traditionally around the world, they try to disarm the people first, and that’s exactly what happened in Germany,” Carson said during a question-and-answer period. “With the mass shootings, (shooters) tend to go to places that are gun-free zones. Even though they may be mentally disturbed, they’re not so mentally disturbed as not to be able to realize that if you go somewhere where people can shoot you, you’re probably going to get shot. “My position is I would feel much safer if there are people in the schools who have access to arms and who are trained,” Carson said to reporters after his formal discussion. “There could be a host of possibilities. (Mass shooters) go to a gun-free zone
for a reason.” Due to increased tension between the black community and law enforcement, Carson was asked about how he would bridge the gap as president. “Respect. That is the key thing. The law enforcement agency must respect the community, and the community must respect law enforcement,” he said. “We can emphasize the whole concept of body cameras (and) relationship building. If we can start introducing police on a regular basis into neighborhoods so that little Johnny’s first experience with the police is a pleasant one, it’s going to change things dramatically.” One topic not mentioned comes from a post Oct. 9 on Carson’s Twitter account, @RealBenCarson. A skit pokes fun at different ways for people to use Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s book “Hard Choices,” as a coaster, computer stand, step stool or door stopper. Clinton’s campaign did not respond to email requests Oct. 9 and 12 for comment. WI
40 – the bill to study reparations – is habitually referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. If Blacks only had the will and power of Jews in this country, they’d unify around the issue to ensure that the federal government undertakes an official study of the
impact of slavery on the social, political and economic life of our nation and establish a commission to study its subsequent racial and economic impact.WI William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and is available for projects via busxchng@his.com.
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Baltimore Mayor Shares Words of Wisdom Stephanie Rawlings-Blake: Vows to Work to Term’s End By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor When Baltimore native and Mayor Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake, 45, stepped to the podium at D.C.’s historical National Press Club in Northwest, she looked poised, prepared and polished. But make no mistake. She’s a lot more than just a “pretty face.” In her own words, she’s been attending to the needs of her community, including being the youngest person ever elected to the Baltimore City Council (in 1995), and preparing herself as an attorney admitted to both the Maryland and federal bars, for as long as she can remember. She follows in the footsteps of her father, Howard “Pete” Rawlings, a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates. The second woman to hold the office of mayor in Baltimore, Rawlings-Blake also serves as secretary of the Democratic National Committee [DNC] as well as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. She spoke to members of the press and leaders of the District on Wednesday, Oct. 7 about the challenges facing her city, our nation and the DNC as America prepares to elect its next president. “The country’s current view of Baltimore has been shaped by a few things: the excellent writing and acting in the HBO series ‘The Wire” and the two weeks in April following the death of Freddie Gray and the subsequent demonstrations and unrest,” she said. “[But] Baltimore is much more than just what was shown on the endless loops on some of our national media.” Rawlings-Blake, who ran for and won as City Council president in 2007, found herself ascending The Washington Informer
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to the mayor’s post for the balance of the former chief ’s term when then-Mayor Sheila Dixon, following her conviction for embezzlement, resigned from office in February 2010. Rawlings-Blake went on to seek and secure a full term as mayor in 2011. Now, with another election on the horizon, she has decided that she will not seek re-election. “I wanted to stay focused on the work at hand. But we’re not on vacation. With great examples like Boehner and Obama, you can go down the history of people who have been where I am – leaders who served until the end of their term – who have been unfiltered, unchained and unrestricted,” she said. “I have the benefit of every single thing I do not being viewed through the lens of campaigning or politics,” added Rawlings-Blake who said resolutely that she would not let politics stand in the way of progress. “There’s more than a year left on my term and every single day we will be pushing for progress for Baltimore’s families.” The mayor addressed topics that included: police-community relations; her decision to hold public safety forums throughout the city in order to hear from the citizens of Baltimore; the invitation that she extended to the Department of Justice COPS program so that they could conduct a collaborative review of the City’s police department; and the unrest that has long plagued the city in which she was born and raised. “When I’ve spoken to mayors across the country, virtually all of them have the sobering sense that what happened in Baltimore could have happened in their city as well,” she said. “[We] were not as
prepared as we should have been and certainly could have been for the unrest.” “The unrest in Baltimore and the aftermath points to deeper underlying issues: lack of jobs; challenges with housing and education; and disparities in opportunity. If we are to succeed in preventing future unrest, we must attack these underlying issues. None of this was created overnight and it won’t be solved overnight.” “We know that far too many people have been left out of the recovery since the great recession. Gridlock strangles Washington and the consequences of that gridlock – they’re passed on to cities, that’s passed on to mayors,” she said. Rawlings-Blake recently met with other mayors in Baltimore in order to define their priorities that they will soon pass on to presidential candidates, Republican and Democrat alike. The “Mayors Compact for a Better America, she noted, now under final editing for the “exact wording of the document,” will present critical areas that the mayors, after reaching consensus, have identified and want to see included as both part of the national campaign and the national conversation. She added that while she’s often asked what she intends to do after her term ends, she really doesn’t have an answer yet. “There’s hope now that something better is coming for those neighborhoods long ignored and abandoned,” she said. “It is important work to bring hope to our communities. When we do that we focus on making sure that government does what it’s supposed to do for the citizens that we serve.” WI
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Vincent Cohen Steps Down Served as U.S. Attorney for District of Columbia By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Vincent H. Cohen, Jr. announced on Thursday that he is resigning as Acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, effective at midnight, Oct. 18, 2015. Cohen, 45 and a D.C. native, has led the Office for six months, following nearly five years as Principal Assistant U.S. Attorney. He succeeded Ronald C. Machen, Jr. as the head of the nation’s largest U.S. Attorney’s Office on April 1, 2015. Following the recommendation of Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, President Barack Obama has nominated Channing D. Phillips as the next U.S. Attorney for the District, pending Senate confirmation, spokesman William Miller said in a news release. “Over the past six months, Vince Cohen has served the District of Columbia as Acting United States Attorney with integrity and distinction,” said Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch. “Through his work against vi-
olent crime, drug trafficking, and national security threats, Vince has demonstrated his commitment to service and his dedication to the people of Washington,” Lynch said. “I have been proud to serve with Vince for many years, and I’m confident that he will continue to be an exemplary leader and a champion of justice in the next phase of his already distinguished career.” Cohen said it’s been an honor to serve the people of the District of Columbia over the past five years. “There is nothing more rewarding than going into work every day with the single goal of improving the lives of the citizens of the city where I was born and raised,” he said. “We have made great progress over the past five years in fighting violent crime, public corruption, and threats to our national security. There are some important cases that I wish I could see through to their conclusions, but I have complete confidence in the team at the U.S. Attorney’s Office to fol-
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President Obama nominates Channing Phillips for U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. /Photo courtesy of NBCWashington
low through and do justice for the people of the District. “Channing Phillips is a seasoned lawyer with the decades of experience that will allow him to successfully carry on the important work of the Office. In addition to spending more time with my young children, I am looking forward to taking on new professional opportunities and continuing to find ways to serve my hometown. “I want to thank my colleagues at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, our community partners, law enforcement partners, and everyone who has offered their support of our efforts to build a stronger and safer District of Columbia.” WI
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The Washington Informer will host the 2016 Prince George’s County Spelling Bee. Pictured: 2nd place Winner William Cho and 1st Place Winner Julia Weinrod with Marketing Director Ron Burke and Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes./Photo by Travis Riddick
Informer Takes Over County Spelling Bee By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer
Students in Prince George’s County who had their hearts set on participating in the annual spelling bee sponsored for years by the Gazette and Gazette-Star, can still set their radars to “ready, set, spell,” as the Washington Informer newspaper has stepped up to the plate to carry on the time-honored tradition. Officials for the Gazette newspapers announced this summer that they would be shuttering operations that included sponsorship of the county’s spelling bee. “The Gazette and Gazette-Star are now closed and the Washington Informer has volunteered to carry on the mantle and present the 2016 Prince George’s County Spelling Bee in March,” said Chauka Reid, former Gazette advertising manager, who coordinated the bee for the past five years. “Our bees have always been open to 6th, 7th and 8th-grades and past competitions have been very exciting, well-attended community events that are free and open to the public,” Reid said, adding that the next bee will be held March 11 at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park, Maryland. “We applaud last year’s winner, Tamya Matthew, from Mt. Calvary Catholic School, along with all the teachers, parents and students who also participated,” Reid said. Students who missed the county bee’s initial enrollment period can still sign up between Oct.16 and Dec.11. Each school’s spelling bee coordinator will work with Reid to ensure that the necessary forms and accompanying fees are submitted. And, as in the case of the Informer’s annual citywide bee, also held in March and open to students grades 4 through 8, from public, charter, private and home schools, whoever wins the county’s bee will move on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, always held in May at the Gaylord Hotel and Resorts Center at National Harbor in southern Maryland. “The Informer welcomes the opportunity to sponsor the spelling bee in Prince George’s County,” said Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes. “When we first had the opportunity to participate as a sponsor years ago, we hoped to include Prince George’s County,” Rolark Barnes said. “Now another opportunity has presented itself to us and we look forward to embracing it,” she said. “We invite all of Prince George’s County to celebrate our participating youth by continuing to support the bee.” Joanna Benjamin, manager for D.C. Public Schools Reading Intervention Office of Teaching and Learning will serve as a coordinator for the Informer’s contest. Registration has already begun and information with instructions for participation was recently sent home with students. Benjamin said that spelling proficiency supports both the reading and writing ability of students. “The English writing system is complex, thus preparation for a spelling bee is a comprehensive learning process that promotes literacy acquisition,” Benjamin said. “The Washington Informer, through its sponsorship of a citywide spelling bee [continually serves as] a community advocate for literacy among the youth of the District of Columbia, and now, Prince George’s County as well.” WI Oct 15 - Oct 21, 2015 17
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Maryland Man Recounts Prostate Cancer Shocker New Book Details Georgetown Hospital Stage 4 Treatment By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Euvon Jones had always been used to working hard, overseeing his successful business for hours each day before heading to the gym to keep his muscles toned and his abs ripped. At 59, Jones bragged to his children and those much younger about his strength and other prowess. That is until the Accokeek, Maryland, resident received the life-changing and horrific diagnosis that he had stage four prostate cancer. “I was floored,” Jones said. “As a man, you start to watch that clock
wind down.” With the diagnosis, Jones, who’s now 63, became like so many other African-American men, who are more than twice as likely to die from prostate cancer than whites. In 2012, the most recent year for which numbers are available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 177,489 men in the United States were diagnosed with prostate cancer, and 27,244 of them died. More than half were black. With the help of his wife, Janet, Jones began seeking answers and a treatment that might prolong his life. They met Dr. Nancy Dawson at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, who told
Euvon and Janet Jones. /Courtesy photo
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py, a procedure that used immune cells from his blood to fight the cancer. “Dr. Dawson was so professional, and she didn’t pull any punches and walked me through different options, including immunotherapy, and she put me on the medication called Provenge,” Jones said. Dawson said one of the most
exciting developments in recent years is the advent of the immunotherapy vaccine Provenge, which prolongs survival for men with advanced cancer. Medical officials said the drug, the first in a new class of therapies that could change the way prostate
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HEALTH PROSTATE from Page 18 cancer is treated, retrains a man’s white blood cells to recognize and destroy prostate cancer cells. MedStar Georgetown, through the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, participated in the clinical trials that led to Provenge’s Food and Drug Administration approval in its current use as a frontline therapy. Jones’ levels are now undetectable. “He’s doing well, but he still has to take his medicine,” Dawson said. She said there are several risk factors for men who are susceptible to prostate cancer and the primary risk factor is simply being African-American. “Having a brother or father or a very close male relative with prostate cancer is a risk factor, and another risk factor is being African-American,” she said. “Outside of that, we don’t have a lot of things that we can say causes it.” What Dawson knows is that a regular exercise program, maintaining an appropriate body weight and getting screened are important steps. It’s also imperative that blacks begin screening as early as 40 years old, she said. “Prostate cancer doesn’t give you symptoms when it’s confined to the prostate. By the time prostate cancer gets big enough to push on your urinary system, it’s already advanced, so you don’t want to wait to get screened,” she said. For Jones, he’s now changed his diet, and he and his wife are trying to help others. Janet Jones has authored the book “The Trial of Stage IV Prostate Cancer: A Wife’s Case for Faith, Hope and Help.” “She researched it and started to write about it,” Euvon Jones said. “The book helps people to understand how to live healthy, and it also provides recipes. It has been a doorway to talk to different men because we are able to do seminars and talk about it and encourage others.” Dawson said she’s a big promoter of new therapies for prostate cancer and some of the new things MedStar has done over the past several years is test new drugs. “We have a lot of tricks in our bags and [Jones] is on trick number three,” she said, as she expressed admiration for her patient’s strength. Despite the success with Jones, Dawson said a healthy or low- or no-fat diet is important – “heart healthy is prostate healthy,” she said. WI
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Senator Wants Funding for Heroin Treatment District Area Sees Overdose Rate Skyrocket By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Data released earlier this year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that the fatal overdose rate by heroin users quadrupled between 2000 and 2013, and the problem is only getting worse. In the District, overdoses have risen dramatically, while in Northern Virginia heroin-related deaths jumped nearly 165 percent between 2011 and 2013 – the latest years available. Now, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania) is continuing his push to help solve the problem by lobbying for more funds to expand treatment and recovery programs. In a conference call with reporters, Casey said he’s also pushing a bill that would allow physicians who prescribe Buprenorphine, an opiate deriv280945_6_x_6.5 10/8/15 4:32 PM ative that’s designed to reduce
the cravings and effects of heroin, to give it to more patients. “There is a terrible problem. … It’s unacceptable to look at the numbers and throw up our hands and say that there’s nothing we can do. There’s a lot we can do,” he said.” According to an earlier report by WTOP, the number of heroin deaths in Fairfax County doubled. Lucy Caldwell, a county spokeswoman, said at least 76 people overdosed, and 18 people died in the county in 2014. In Loudoun County, heroin overdoses have skyrocketed 400 percent since 2012. It’s a big problem in Maryland, too. Gov. Larry Hogan and Anne Arundel County officials have declared it a “public health emergency.” Approximately 430 people died from heroin in 2014, according to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Page 1 Hygiene. That’s nearly as many
Heroin addiction has risen dramatically in the greater Washington area. /Courtesy photo
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double since 2013. So many people are dying because the drug is cheaper, stronger and more deadly than ever. And the gateway drugs are in nearly everyone’s medicine cabinets, health officials said. “Nobody starts with heroin. Nobody wakes up today and says, ‘Eh. Let me try some heroin,’” Maj. Jason Bogue with the Prince George’s County Narcotics Enforcement Division told WTOP. The CDC reported nearly four times as many people died from painkillers in 2012 than in 1999, mostly because these drugs are more available than ever. That same year, doctors wrote about 260 million prescriptions – enough for every adult in the U.S. to have a bottle of pills. Casey has co-sponsored two bills – both introduced in May by Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey – that he believes would help in the fight against heroin overdoses. Senate Bill 1410 would increase funding to expand programs that treat addicts and help them to recover. It would also provide access to those programs to pregnant women and parents of children and teens in states with high levels of heroin and opiate addiction. Also, Senate Bill 1455 would allow physicians to treat up to 100 patients – up from 30 –
with Buprenorphine. It would also allow nurse practitioners to treat patients with the drug under standards outline in the bill. “We can’t stand by and wait for the disease of addiction to cut short promising lives and tear families apart,” Casey said, noting that the number of heroin deaths in the state has rose dramatically over the past five years. “The challenge is increasing every month, every year,” he said. “Drug overdoses now surpass car accidents and that’s hard for me to understand.” Casey’s assertion that more died from drug overdoses than car accidents was backed by the Institute for Highway Safety which reported 1,208 motor vehicle deaths in 2013, while the coroners association reported more than 2,400 deaths that year. “There’s a lot that Congress can do and I know that no one piece of legislation will take away the problem,” Casey said. “I do know that good treatment works, and in order to have good treatment, you have to have the resources and a strategy in place. I’m determined to be part of the solution.”WI
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Andrew L. Davis now serves as the CEO for United Medical Center in Southeast. /Photo courtesy United Medical Center
that he says must change. “We’ve recently partnered with three new providers, all experts in internal medicine, who are helping us set up smaller clinics where patients can be treated and educated prior to having episodic situations that require a visit to the ER,” he said. “That’s one of the reasons we purchased a mobile unit a few months ago and have since purchased a
second one. Patients in this area needed us to go to them and we’ve done that.” Davis describes accessing health care as a “journey.” “Many people are moving from an uninsured status to having some type of insured product but they still need access to care. When you undergo regular exams as an outpatient, doing things like tracking your blood pressure and weight,
doctors can make suggestions for the kind of care needed, many times avoiding potentially life-threatening situations later. We have to educate our people, especially Black men who tend to avoid doctors until it’s too late,” he said. Davis, a Black man, said while there aren’t a lot of CEOs of color in the U.S., it hasn’t deterred him from his goals. “I’ve been in this business close to
20 years and in that time I’ve seen more Blacks join the executive ranks,” he said “It’s still a difficult climb but progress has been made.” “We want to hear from the community in terms of its needs and we want to help those in Wards 7 and 8 face their medical challenges without fear. We’re here for them,” he said. ” WI
United Medical Center Gets New CEO Andrew L. Davis Brings Experience and Compassion By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor Running a medical facility the size of United Medical Center [UMC] requires a person that knows the business, can make sound decisions and has no fear of challenges. Perhaps that’s why the only full-service medical center in Southeast called on Andrew L. Davis, 45, to take over as the new CEO for a network that remains essential to those who live in the District, particularly in Wards 7 and 8. Davis, a Florida native and a certified accountant, has been running medical centers for the past 10 years and said he finds the work rewarding. “This is my fourth hospital where I’ve had the great fortune to serve as the CEO and what I like most is being able to help people and provide them with quality health care,” he said. “When people come to our doors, they’re often anxious. Reducing their anxiety helps with healing – that’s why I’m in this business – to facilitate healing.” Davis, who left a Boston-based hospital similar to UMC, said service remains his top priority. “We’re more than just a hospital – we consider ourselves to be a community partner,” he said. “For many who live in this area, we’re the only safety net they have. We have one of the busiest emergency rooms [ER] in the District and we serve a large number of high-risk patients – those with diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure and HIV/AIDS.” “With the Affordable Care Act [ACA], there have been major changes in the industry, particularly in regards with reimbursement policies. It also allows us to focus on preventive care. In fact, we’re in the process of developing more primary care clinics in Southeast that will focus on disease prevention,” he added. Davis noted that Blacks who seek the services of UMC often use the center’s ER for their general health care – a habit
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Youth Make a Difference, Join the ‘Big’ March By Sope Aluko Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Principal Aaron Thomas Green posed the following question to his school of 300-plus fifth- to eighth-graders at his all-boys school in northeast Houston at the beginning of the school year. “What does justice and brotherhood mean to you?” he asked. Their responses earned 30 boys from KIPP Polaris for Boys a free trip Saturday to the nation’s capital for the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March. There they joined tens of thousands who traveled from across America to be at the historic event. Groups of youngsters came by plane, train and bus from exclusive Sarah Lawrence College in New York, Morgan State University in Baltimore and public schools in Oakland, California, Landover, Maryland, Houston and other cities. The Rev. Jummane Bradford, program director for Mentoring to Manhood in the Kentland area of Landover, brought a group of young men from his program. Bradford attended the 1995 march as a Morehouse freshman. He said attending the march at age 18 was an unforgettable ex-
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perience for him that he wanted to share with a new generation. “It is something I cherish even until today,” he said Many of the boys in the Bradford’s program do not have adequate father figures, he said, and needed to see positive examples that Saturday’s march provided. “I think this event is one that is a rite of passage for our young men,” he said. “Many of the things that they will be seeing here today will solidify what we have already been showing them.” Roshaude Williams, 18, has been in the program for two years. Williams said the most important message he learned from the speakers at the march was about developing good character. “Honesty and being respectful are very important, because they revolve completely around your character,” he said. “When I have children, I will help them avoid being a part of the nonsense with these lessons I learned today.” Alexia Lindo, 13, a student at KIPP Bridge Charter School in Oakland, traveled nearly 2,500 miles to be at the March. She came with 15 other performing arts students. Alexia, who has two brothers, said she was inspired to come to the march after reading of
Thirty middle school students from KIPP Polaris for Boys in Houston earned the opportunity to attend the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March. /Photo courtesy Howard University News Service
the deaths by police and a security officer of unarmed black men like Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida; Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri; and Oscar Grant, who was shot to death by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer in 2009. “I don’t know them personally, but those could have been my older brothers,” she said. KIPP is an acronym for Knowledge Is Power Program, which was founded in 1994 by two Houston Teach for America instructors and has grown into a network of 183 public schools across 20 states and the District of Columbia. The program helps underserved kids from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade in the community gain the skills that will allow
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them to be successful as students and in the real world. KIPP Polaris in Houston is the first single-sex school in the entire KIPP system. The school is 51 percent African-American and 47 percent Hispanic, and 79 percent of its students qualify as low-income. Those were the factors their principal said that motivated him and his assistant principal, Marvin Pierre, to bring boys from their school to the march. “Given that the march really services and speaks to the population that I serve, I really wanted them to see it,” Green said. To pay for the trip, Green and Pierre launched Beyond the Hashtag-Building Strong Boys Into Socially Conscious Young Men, a campaign on PledgeCents.com in August. By the time the trip rolled around, the campaign had raised only a third of the $30,000 needed. Still, on the morning of Oct. 8, the team headed to the airport and headed to D.C. Twenty-five the 30 students had never been on an airplane before, which initially proved to be a challenge. “They needed some airplane etiquette,” Green said, laughing. “If we are getting on the plane at 7 in morning, you are excited, but the people on the plane that fly all the time don’t want to be bothered.” They visited several sites in the first two days of arriving in Washington, including Georgetown University and the Pentagon, but they said the march was the highlight. Juan De Dios Diaz, 13, said he was inspired by the speakers to work on being a better student and leader. He said he eventually
wants to attend Texas A&M and study engineering. He said he also learned the importance of women to the community. “I learned that you should always respect a woman, because she is someone who gives birth to you,” Juan said. “I don’t consider myself a great leader, but for the kids who didn’t get to experience this, I plan on taking what I learned back to them. “I define justice as this, ‘If you want to get treated the right way, you have to treat other people the right way. It must be equal to all men.’” Green said that while the march had an effect on his students, it also made an impression on him. “When I get back to Houston, I want to ensure I am living the mission, vision and dream that was set forth today,” he said. “I want my boys to see that this is bigger than just who they are. “I want them to answer, ‘What can you do as one individual as a group of 29 others to make your local community better.’” He said he will also be trying to recoup much of the $11,000 that he and others spent personally to fund the trip and to cover outstanding costs. “I felt it was worthwhile investment,” Green said. “I believe that it is a positive and necessary thing to do for our young men. They will go off today and make the world a better place.” Green said people can contribute to the fund at www. pledgecents.com and search for KIPP Polaris. WI
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Arrives Early in Prince George’s Greats to Celebrate 25th Anniversary of Evangel Show By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer
A debonair gentleman escorts two lovely ladies during the opening welcome in celebration of the Christmas season in the Evangel Church Christmas play. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter
A touching scene in the Evangel Church Christmas play shows Joseph holding Baby Jesus for all the world to see. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter
Decked out in bright holiday colors, friends fellowship together while remembering the reason for the season in one of the scenes from the Evangel Church Christmas play. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter
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It’s not too early to think about Christmas. And, it’s certainly never too soon to get into the spirit of the most recognized holiday in the world, said Kevin Matthews, the elder of the more than 4,000 member Evangel Cathedral in Upper Marlboro, Md. The 25th anniversary of the most spectacular Broadway-style musical in the DMV, the annual Evangel Christmas celebration, begins on Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Evangel Cathedral in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Three performances are scheduled for the opening day at noon, 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. A 5 p.m. show is planned for Sunday, Dec. 6 while show times also include a noon, 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. start on Saturday, Dec. 12 and Saturday, Dec. 19. A 5 p.m. performance is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 13 and the final show is planned for 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20. Each show is expected to last two and a half hours and feature 10 scenes of Christmas that takes audiences back to the Victorian era, biblical times and up until modern times. A cast of more than 200 live animals, pyrotechnics and both professionally trained and amateur actors who will recount the story of Jesus Christ in the Evangel Multi-Media & Arts Center, are also included. Among the live animals are camels, which are also used in many Hollywood movies, Matthews said. “The only thing that separates the quality of this musical and Broadway is the zip code,” he said, noting that it’s important to get tickets now. “It’s for the entire family.” This year’s celebration features performances by Avery Sunshine, Yolanda Adams, Marvin Sapp, Tamela Mann, Mary, Ledisi and Anthony Brown & Group Therapy. However, the coup de grace is a headline performance by Kirk Franklin, a seven-time Grammy winner who has quickly reached legend status in the world of gospel music. “He is probably one of the biggest gospel artists in the industry, ever,” Matthews said. “Just recently, he released a brand new song and he’s broken even his own record for the biggest sales in one week. We are delighted and blessed that he’s a part of this.” Annually, Matthews and others at the church have wowed audiences with one of the biggest holiday events in the nation. Superstars BeBe and CeCeWinans, Fred Hammond, Kelly Price, Israel Houghton, Sapp and Mann are among the artists to have appeared, “We are able to get such big name artists because they feel like we do, that this is part of the ministry,” Matthews said. The triumphant show at one of the region’s largest Black congregations is a story about a family celebrating Christmas and, with a The Washington Informer
six-figure budget, the show rivals any elaborate Broadway production currently running on the Great White Way or touring the country. “I get excited about the entire show, not just my part,” Mann said in an earlier interview. “It’s all about the ministry and it’s all about the message. It’s one of those things that, even as I’ve been asked to perform in the show, I just can’t wait to sit and watch the whole thing,” she said as she used last year’s celebration to debut music from her “Best Days Deluxe,” album. “I’m used to doing this with my sister, but I told my brothers what to expect – that this is a major production and a great way to share in the ministry,” BeBe Winans said prior to the 2014 show. “We love coming to the Washington, D.C., area and as a family we’ve always been treated so wonderfully and the people are so special,” Winans said. The annual celebration has regularly been a must-see for area residents who have packed the cathedral, witnessing the story of the struggle between good and evil: Jesus vs. Satan. Audiences have displayed through their tears and other expressions, how powerful the message in the story remains, Matthews said. “There’s so much and people can see a really good visual of what Jesus Christ did for everyone,” he said. The show opens with more than 200 individuals dressed in 18th century costumes and dancing and singing in the snow in a small town, set in biblical times. Actors are dressed as toy soldiers, clowns, ballerinas and a myriad of toys that ultimately leads into a gospel hip-hop dance sequence featuring an energetic choreographed dance routine. In a nod to Black music, songs by Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, the Jackson Five and Luther Vandross are performed before those on the stage give way to the gospel greats in the production. Moving scenes depict a blind Bartamaeus and the man with a legion of demons that help bring to life the drama. A spoken-word, a mime presentation and a crowned Christ serve as a punctuation to the production. “This is something to really celebrate – the last 25 years is all about trying to provide wholesome Christian entertainment for the entire family,” Matthews said. “We’re grateful to the whole DMV area and beyond which has supported this production and seen it go from a small church play and evolve from 50 people to over 250 people participating and to see that we had crowds of a couple of thousand and now over 30,000 is amazing.” Tickets are $55 to $85 and are on a first-come firstserve basis. For a full list of show times and for more information, visit www.evangelchristmascelebration.com or call (301) 249-9400. www.washingtoninformer.com
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EDUCATION
Should Sex Education Be Taught in Our Schools? By Kevin P. Chavous Executive Counsel, American Federation for Children As of January 1, 2015, all states are somehow involved in sex education for public school children. In particular, 22 states and the District of Columbia require public schools to teach sex education. But, is this really best for our kids? And, if so, is the material taught adequate and appropriate for today’s fast paced society? You see, adolescents are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections
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(STIs). Young people ages 15 to 24 represent 25 percent of the sexually active population, but acquire half of all new STIs. Furthermore, an estimated 3.2 million adolescent females are infected with at least one of the most common STIs. (www.ncsl. org/.../state-policies-on-sex-education-in-schools.aspx) The United States still has the highest teen birth rate in the industrialized world. Roughly one in four girls will become pregnant at least once by their 20th birthday. Sadly, teenage mothers are less likely to finish high school and more likely than their
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peers to live in poverty, depend on public assistance, and experience overall poor health. (http://sex-education-magnom. blogspot.com) The main point: sexual activity has consequences. Just as we are taught to say “no” to drugs, our
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kids need to be taught to practice safe sex, act responsibly and be aware of related consequences. A recent poll by National Public Radio, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government found that only 7 percent of Americans believe that sex education should not be taught in schools. Moreover, in most places there is even little debate about what kind of sex education should be taught. While sex education is now required in our schools, we must improve and revamp exactly what is taught in schools. With so much content easily accessible through online video, cell phones and social media, our kids are often over-stimulated and faced with different challenges than previous generations. For example, more than one-in-ten (13 percent) 14 to 24 year olds have shared a naked photo or video of themselves via digital communication such as the Internet or text messaging. This type of exchange of explicit sexual messages or images, by mobile phone or email, is known as “sexting” (http://www.athinline.org/). As such, educators must ensure that sex education is relatable to today’s kids. Karen, a high school junior from San Francisco, said the video shown in her class was too long, boring and contained an unnecessary amount of shock value. “I think our sex education class would have been much more effective if it was more realistic, younger people other than their regular teachers were leading the discussion and real life students were interviewed or featured in the video,” Karen stated. Click here (https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=BFvHF2DvR-U) to view 7th graders reactions to watching a sex education video. According to a 2011 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey, more than 47 percent of all high school stu-
dents say they have had sex and 15 percent of high school students have had sex with four or more partners during their lifetime. Among students who had sex in the three months prior to the survey, 60 percent reported condom use and 23 percent reported birth control pill use during their last sexual encounter. “I absolutely think that sexual education and sexual health should be taught in school. If our kids don’t get the information from school, they will get it elsewhere and it may not always be accurate,” said Michele Blackburn, a mother of a 20-year old daughter in college. “In addition, today’s popular culture makes sex not only the norm, but also glamorizes and minimizes it all together.” Just as some parents rely on schools to teach their kids core subjects, they must also look to schools to impart thorough and accurate knowledge around sexual activity and sexual health while recommending additional resources for support, if needed. This will, in turn, create opportunities for honest dialogue. That is not to say that parents shouldn’t play a role in educating their own kids about sex and sexual health. As with academics, it is vital that parents reinforce and discuss this delicate subject with their kids as home. Providing students with age-appropriate comprehensive sexual health education is instrumental as we strive to teach them to take personal responsibility for their health and well-being. All kids must be armed with the critical skills and tools they need to make healthy decisions about sex, sexual health and relationships. After all, it is far more effective than denying them information altogether and telling them to simply say “no” to sex. WI
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EDITORIAL Why Did White America Ignore the March? Anytime more than a dozen Black men gather in a public space, it’s viewed as news – food and fodder for primetime TV and print media. So, with thousands of Black men, women and children taking over the National Mall last Saturday, you would have expected to see both the leading local and national television outlets and newspapers out in force to get the scoop – the blow-by-blow if you will. Surprisingly, or maybe not so surprisingly, very little, if anything was said. Silence, for the most part, remained the strategy of the day. Here in the District, our “sister” newspaper, The Washington Post, presented a “feel good” story about clergy who participated in the first Million Man March back in 1995 and who shared their feelings about its merit both then and now. As for any noteworthy analysis of the words and program of the leader of the march, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, very little remained said. Only the Black press, including the Washington Informer and the wire services supported by the National Newspaper Publishers Association, bothered to weigh-in on the minister’s speech or to talk to those who attended. The question that we pose is why white America chose to ignore this landmark event? Perhaps it was because Blacks did not riot, rebel or chant angry, volatile remarks at our nation’s leaders. Maybe the silence was planned in efforts to minimize the importance of this gathering. It could be that white American media simply didn’t want to paint a positive face on Farrakhan who has often been labeled as a hatemonger. However, those same media outlets jumped at the opportunity to report that Farrakhan and his colleagues were advising Blacks to come armed and ready for a proverbial race riot – something that was subsequently proven to be totally false. Black America needs to wake up. Booker T. Washington was right when he said that we would need to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps. We can ill-afford to wait for those who live a more privileged life to do the right thing and make America live up to its promise of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” for all of its citizens. Why? Because the memo was never sent to Blacks. And without a not-to-subtle nudge, it probably never will.
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President Barack Obama has nominated Channing D. Phillips to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, replacing acting Attorney General Vincent Cohen who resigned effective October 18. Phillips, 57, is a native Washingtonian and graduate of D.C.’s Wilson SHS, the University of Virginia and Howard University School of Law. In his new role, Phillips faces the decision, now long overdue, to determine whether his attorneys have garnered enough evidence to proceed with charges against former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray for alleged corruption in his 2010 mayoral campaign bid. Gray has vehemently denied any wrongdoing, and an investigation that has lasted five years has yet to result in any charges against the one-time mayor. Gray’s stellar career of community service has been severely tarnished by the allegations and in our opinion, deprived District residents of the sound leadership he can provide. First and foremost, we are proud to see another one of the District’s native sons nominated to the helm of the federal government’s top law enforcement agency that oversees the District. And we congratulate Phillips on his many achievements that garnered him the nomination. Phillips comes from a distinguished family of community servants including his father, the late Reverend Channing Phillips, Sr., former pastor of Lincoln Temple Memorial Church in Shaw. Phillips, Sr. joined Marion Barry, Stokely Carmichael, Walter E. Fauntroy, Calvin Rolark and other civil rights leaders who organized the Black United Front in the 1960s to address police brutality and other economic and civil rights issues impacting Blacks in the District. He also fought for D.C. Home Rule and he was the first African American nominated for president by a major political party. When Phillips takes office as interim U.S. attorney on October 19, a Senate confirmation should follow within 120 days. During that time, we encourage him to decide the case against Gray. The government either has a case or it doesn’t, and it would be grossly unconscionable to allow Gray or District voters to remain in limbo any longer. Move forward or shut it down.
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I was so excited when I read the article “New Tool Helps Fight Blacks Fight Breast Cancer” in this week’s edition of The Washington Informer. As a cancer survivor, I am always interested in hearing about new developments in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. Thank goodness there is now a non-radiation, no-pain method to detect breast tumors. Many women are completely turned off by the uncomfortable and often painful process of mammography, which exposes the patient to radiation every time it is used as a detection tool. With this new technology, more women, and hopefully more African-American women, will probably be less reluctant to have breast exams on a regular basis. That’s why I was also glad to read that Howard University Hospital is now using this new addition to the fight against breast cancer. Here’s hoping that more women will get this test and will be saved from the ravages of advanced-stage breast cancer. Vernice Stewart Washington, DC
Financial Supplements Should Target Jobless
The Washington Informer Financial Literacy Supplement, “Economic Equality” in the October 8, 2015 edition is full of great information. I love reading all of the supplements you have throughout the year, but the financial one, I think, is my favorite. Most of the information seems to be geared towards individuals who have jobs and have some sort of stability in their lives. I would like to see more information for those of us who are struggling payday to payday, trying to make ends meet for our families. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to read about people, especially Black people, who have money they can save and invest, and it does give me some hope. The article on payday loans was very helpful, because I was not too far away from using one last month, but decided not to, and your article just reinforced my decision. I just wish you could have information for those of us who are struggling, like what moves can we make to get ahead, when we just have enough to pay the bills.
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By Wade Henderson
Events in Alabama Require Action on Voting Rights Civil rights leaders around the country are taken aback over a recent decision by the state of Alabama to close 31 driver’s license offices, many in majority Black and poor areas. The move by Alabama appears to be an attempt to stymie the ability of African-Americans to meet new requirements to have a photo ID in order to vote. “This is exactly what voter discrimination looks like. The same tactics of yesteryear, of placing
administrative barriers in the way of registering and casting ballots, are alive and well in 2015,” says Wade Henderson, president/CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. “While Republicans in Congress refuse to protect voters of color by restoring the Voting Rights Act, Alabama is once again depriving Black voters of their right to cast ballots.” Two years ago, the U. S. Supreme Court, in the case, Shelby County v. Holder, mooted federal preclearance of voting rights
changes, laws that would have required the Alabama closures to be approved by the U. S. Department of Justice. Since the court’s ruling, states around the country “have erected new barriers to voting that have fallen hardest on voters of color,” says Henderson. Congress currently has bipartisan Voting Rights Act restoration bills pending in the House and Senate, but Republican leadership have not prioritized the measures. “They share the blame for turning back the clock on 50 years of progress toward ensuring the right
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to vote for all,” says Henderson. The announcement by Alabama has caught the attention of organizations around the country that monitor race discrimination. The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center, a foremost expert on racial barriers, hatred and discrimination, issued a statement implying that the closures are a clear scheme to block voting rights. “While 40 percent of the white voting public cast their ballots for a black president nationwide, only 15 percent of white voters did so
in Alabama. And as Justice Ginsburg pointed out in her dissent, there are still Alabama legislators who talk openly about suppressing the black vote and refer to black voters as “aborigines’”, the organization said in a statement. “The closure of these important driver’s license offices is exactly what the state thought of next. Alabama can only be this cavalier because we no longer have the strong protections of the VRA—and that’s why we urgently need to restore it.” WI
By Julianne Malveaux
‘Feral’ Facebook Comments Show Racism Alive and Well You can run, but you can’t hide from racism. I was preparing to write a column on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade agreement that President Barack Obama wants to fast-track through Congress. I considered tackling the Planned Parenthood kerfuffle, as Republicans are targeting a most important women’s health provider for political purposes. But a friend sent me a link to a pho-
to uploaded by Atlanta native “Geris Hilton” with a string of comments that simply turned my stomach, and I realized that the TPP would have to wait (it isn’t going anywhere until January anyway). Hilton, whose legal name is Gerod Roth, worked at the Polaris Marketing Group in Atlanta. There he took a selfie of himself and a co-worker’s child and posted it on Facebook. When one of his “friends” asked why the child was running around the
office, Roth replied, “He was feral.” The dictionary defines feral as “relating to, or suggestive of, a wild beast” and “not domesticated or cultivated – wild,” or “having escaped from domestication and become wild.” Excuse me? Roth’s own daughter hangs out at the office at the end of the day. She plays with the adorable boy whose innocent little face attracted the most “feral” comments from Roth’s intellectually challenged Facebook friends. From one “friend”: “I didn’t
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know you were a slave owner.” Others commented about selling enslaved people another suggested that Hilton “send him back” because they are “too expensive.” Sydney Jade is 3-year old Cayden’s loving, caring and hardworking mother. Roth knew this, but he never corrected his “friends” who described the child as abandoned and worse. Jade started using the hash tag #HisNameisCayden on Twitter to affirm her child’s humanity
and to reject the caricature that Hilton portrayed. She has received an outpouring of love and support from cyberspace. Thumbs up to company executives at the Polaris Marketing Group, who fired Roth about two weeks after his offending selfie and wrote about the incident and subsequent firing on Facebook. I am among those who think it should have taken less than two weeks, but they
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By Oscar H. Blayton
A New Breed of Bigoted Politicians Among the many windswept cliffs that stand guard on the shores of the island of Okinawa, one is known for its particularly gruesome history. “Suicide Cliff ” is located on the southern portion of Okinawa. It is so named because thousands of Okinawans took their own lives at the site as American forces advanced across the island in 1945 during the last months of World War II.
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Twenty-five years later, flying low over cliffside memorials honoring the dead of various towns and villages who perished there, I was struck by the fact that so many people felt compelled to rush to their own destruction. I soon learned that for tactical reasons and to further their own doomed war effort, the Japanese army had terrified Okinawan civilians with tales of extreme cruelties they should expect at the hands of the approaching Americans. The island’s people had their minds manipulated to
the point that many chose to kill themselves rather than fall into the hands of a ruthless enemy. Eventually, the people of Okinawa came to realize that these were “useless deaths” as the Americans turned out not to be the monsters portrayed by the Japanese army. In the years since viewing this tragic site, I learned it is not unusual for people to be manipulated into a mass hysteria that makes them act against their own self-interest or even to rush toward their own self-destrucThe Washington Informer
tion. In this cycle of the U.S. presidential election, we have extraordinarily clear examples of the type of propaganda and demagoguery that leads to this type of madness. Donald Trump is the poster child for destructive demagoguery. This bloviating bigot has pulled the Republican Party down to new lows and, in the process, dumbed down the national political discourse to a point where America is gnawing at its own flesh in an attempt to expel nonexistent horrors.
Echoing the likes of former Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama and the two Virginia senators, Harry F. Byrd Sr. and Harry F. Byrd Jr., Trump feeds his followers platters of noxious vitriol that are devoid of facts. In addition to demonizing Latinos and “Black Lives Matter” activists, Trump, a privileged White man who inherited his wealth from his father, once declared that the Pequot Indians “don’t look like Indians to me.” This is a person
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By Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
Salute to Rev. Jesse Jackson on his 75th Birthday Seventy-five years ago, a freedom fighter was born in Greenville, South Carolina. His name is Jesse Louis Jackson Sr., and I need to say something about this brother that I have known and worked with for decades in the ongoing civil rights movement in the U. S. and in the overall freedom struggle internationally. Too often, particularly among Black American leaders, we are too quick to say something
negative about one another and too late to say a positive word about that leader while they’re still alive. Yes, I am talking about Black unity among Black leaders. It’s a subject or a call that is rarely mentioned today. Why? Some would argue that the division or lack of operational unity among Black American leaders today is a symptom or byproduct of centuries of racial, economic and political oppression. I believe that is partly true. But, on the other hand, disunity is not something that we are
born with. It is socially generated. My point here is simply to remind all of us that we need more unity not just among our leaders, but we also need more unity in the Black American community in general. I was in Detroit recently to attend the 16th Annual Rainbow PUSH Global Automotive Summit on Oct. 8 on behalf of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. Sister Glenda Gill, another strong freedom fighter and the executive director of the Rainbow PUSH/CEF Automo-
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tive Project, made sure that the audience was made aware that the day was Jackson’s 75th birthday. As I watched and listened to Jackson take the podium at the kickoff reception, it brought back many positive memories of the past. I have been a firsthand witness to the remarkable, game-changing leadership and irrepressible spirit of our brother leader. Although I was just a little younger, we both had the privilege and awesome pleasure and responsibility to work with
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in the 1960s. At the automotive summit in front of industry corporate executives, Jackson challenged everyone to understand that there is a difference between winning freedom and establishing equality, in particular economic equality and equal opportunity to fulfill one’s true God-given potential in life. Jackson stated, “Rainbow PUSH
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By Charlene Crowell
New Forms of Predatory Lending: Unsafe Loans, Lines of Credit Over the past decade, no state has authorized either predatory payday or car title loans. That consumer financial progress came about through a combination of state and local advocates working with state lawmakers to bring a sense of financial fairness to their local communities. But just like a bad penny that won’t go away, new predatory products have emerged across the nation: high-priced, open-ended lines of credit and
installment loans that are remarkably similar to traditional payday and car title loans. If these new products are allowed to expand in today’s marketplace, even more financial harm will strip consumers of their hard-earned dollars and mire them in yet another cycle of debt. A policy paper by the Center for Responsible Lending explores this predatory financial migration from payday and car title to unsafe installment loans. “Despite their installment terms,” states the brief, “these
loans share the same troublesome characteristics as other payday and car title loans: a lack of underwriting; access to a borrower’s bank account or car as security; structures that prevent borrowers from making progress repaying; and excessive rates and fees that increase costs further when loans are flipped.” Today all three of these new predatory lending products are available in a handful of states like Virginia. In 10 other states, two of the disturbing loan models are available in California,
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Delaware, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Some might wonder why businesses would offer lending products with high delinquency and/ or default rates. The answer is there is more money to be made with debt. These lenders can collect more in fees than the principal owed long before the loan is due. Consider these examples from across the country: In the first half of 2015, Texas-based Cash America, a large
storefront payday lender, had more delinquent installment loan balances ($2.5 million) than those that were current ($2.3 million). Similarly in California, another national payday lender, Rise Credit did business as Elevate and reported to its state regulator charge offs that were larger than all of its average monthly loan balances. Last year in Virginia, nearly one-third of installment loan
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By Askia Muhammad
Farrakhan, His Mother and Abortion Once in 1970, I believe, when I first came into the Nation of Islam, I was selling the Muhammad Speaks newspaper in dusty Milpitas, California, a tiny East Bay suburb of San Jose. Black residents were few and far between. I remember a female customer of mine there who tearfully confessed that she was overcome with grief after reading an article by Elijah Muhammad condemning abortion. She
had just had an abortion and was torn with sorrow. I wondered to myself how fortunate I must be to be alive. I was reared in a single- parent home by my mother, a college graduate who bore a child out of wedlock in the age of the baby boomer: the shame. That was just never done then, in picture-perfect America. My mother never let me know any of her grief from having a child with no father in the home. I was so fortunate, doubly fortunate that she did not abort me.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson recalls that he too was born to a single mother. But the most touching story I know about this was told by Minister Louis Farrakhan during his address to the Justice or Else 20th anniversary commemoration of the Million Man March. You see Farrakhan has a fairly light complexion. His older brother, Alvan (now deceased), was brown-skinned. His mother, Mother Maryam, was an even darker-skinned woman from the island of St. Kitts.
So, when Maryam knew another child was on the way, she knew the child’s father, a fairskinned Jamaican chap by the name of Percival Clark might produce lighter-skinned offspring. The minister said his mother wrestled with the difficult social stigma and how she might explain a baby with a fair complexion in a dark-skinned family. She tried three times to abort him, he said. After the third unsuccessful abortion attempt, she resolved to go ahead with the birth.
Thank God (Allah) her amazing son was born. He grew to become a scholar, a track athlete and an incredible musician, singing calypso and playing classical violin. His brother, Alvan, was a gifted pianist who even recorded on a jazz date with the immortal trumpeter Miles Davis. That’s three men — Farrakhan, Jackson and yours truly — whose mothers did not get abortions at the time when out-of-wedlock child bearing
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Tony Award Winner Presents ‘Soul-Dance & BBQ’ By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor D.C. native Hinton Battle has made his mark on Broadway with credits that include leading roles in “The Wiz,” “Miss Saigon,” “Chicago,” “Dreamgirls” and “The Tap Kid.” Now, the three-time Tony Award winner, who attributes his successful career to always maintaining a serious work ethic, will sponsor a daylong event on Saturday, Oct. 17, in association with nationally-respected choreographer Sonia Dawkins, that will offer dance, food and fun for all. “Soul-Dance & BBQ” kicks off at 2:30 p.m. in Brookland’s Edgewood Arts Center (3415 8th Street, Northeast) with delectable treats and dance instruction provided by master teachers in forms that include hip-hop, tap, ballet, jazz, African and modern. “There is a class on our schedule for any age group and skill level,” Battle said. “I wanted to make dance accessible to everyone and I’m thrilled about my line-up of the best dance teachers from across the country coming to Washington, D.C. to share their expertise.” It’s the first time that Battle has undertaken such a venture here in the District but he said that he’s already gotten calls from people in other cities who love the concept and want him to bring similar events to their citizens. “The idea was to have an end of the summer celebration for the dance community and District residents. I wanted people to have a lot of fun and I wanted to make sure there was plenty of barbecue. Adding dance was something that came later but everyone I called said they wanted to share their talents – they were all willing to join the team,” he said. Featured master teachers will include: Jeffrey Page, Afro; An-
Three-time Tony Award-winner Hinton Battle has long been one of Broadway’s most respected musical stars. /Courtesy photo
thony Burrell, contemporary; Sandra Fortune-Green, ballet; Chloe Arnold, tap; Shawn Cosby, hip-hop; and Aria Scott, African. Artists, choreographers, dancers, dance-makers, dance organizations and institutions and lovers of dance in all proficiencies and levels are invited to take dance classes. Battle, who moved to New York City at the age of 13 to study dance, said he continues to encourage more Black youth to consider it as a career. “I had been studying dance for four years when I left D.C. to attend the School of American Ballet in New York City,” he said. “It was healthy competition and every young person there was extremely focused. We were all quite young – the oldest student was just 16.” “I was fortunate to be identified as a youth with great ability. And I loved every minute of it. I tell young people that if I could do it, they can too,” he added. Battle, who began his career on stage at the age of 15 as the Scarecrow in the hit Broadway production of “The Wiz,” has several current projects on his plate of which he said he’s quite proud. “We’re putting together a new show to take back to Broadway in 2016 and it’s pretty time consuming,” he said. “I’m doing the choreography, directing and working on the musical arrangements. And I’m opening two dance schools in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan.” “I’ve got a lot of good ideas. I love dance. And I want to share that joy with young people, here in my hometown of D.C., around the country and across the globe,” he said. WI For ticket info for the “Soul-Dance & BBQ” event, which runs from 2:30 to 9:30 p.m., go to www.souldancebbq.com or call 202-345-6887.
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ARIES This is a gold-star week. You’ll be positively glowing at any and all social events. Many gifts, both tangible and intangible, come to you this week through friendship and from close ties. Enjoy your fabulous self very much. Your sweetheart may want to talk about a deeper commitment.Soul Affirmation: I keep my eyes wide open for a special person who is also looking for me. Lucky Numbers: 5, 37, 41 TAURUS More luck, more opportunities, and more love are in the stars for you this week. Enjoy this up-cycle, and let the things you do with your gifts and talents have lasting effects. Social gatherings are favored. Wear your brightest smile and trust your intuition. Soul Affirmation: I find a source of strength in someone I love. Lucky Numbers: 3, 40, 49
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GEMINI Give yourself a chance to learn all you can about love this week. This is a week when you are open to new ideas. Make those ideas center on relationships. Financial matters are worrisome but they can wait. Soul Affirmation: I keep my eyes open for business opportunities this week. Lucky Numbers: 8, 21, 29
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Maybe it doesn’t happen often, but there are times when you have a knack for saying what’s on your mind at precisely the wrong time. You can’t un-say things, though, especially if you mean them but as you’ll see in the new novel “Grant Park” by Leonard Pitts, Jr., at least those words won’t kill you. In his heart, Malcolm Toussaint was always an activist. The son of a Memphis sanitary worker, Toussaint grew up seeing the lack of equality around him, and he understood that higher education was a means of escape. Once at college, he grew an Afro, wrote angry pamphlets, and spoke his mind but, though he wasn’t alone in his radicalism, he was expelled from white-man’s school anyway. That was February 1968; it was cold but so was life, which Toussaint learned the spring before he returned to college, chastened and wiser. Four decades later, the award-winning newspaper columnist hadn’t forgotten those days, which was why, early one morning, he snuck into his editor’s office and quietly inserted a rant in the paper, a column that had been rejected by his superiors, a tired-ofwhite-people column that Toussaint knew would kill his career. As the paper’s editor, Bob Carson was the first to reject the column so it especially stung that Toussaint’s action caused Bob to lose his job, too. Being fired was a shock, and there was more: not only was Toussaint missing, but an old girlfriend, Bob’s first love whom he hadn’t seen in years, was in Chicago with the Obama campaign and was hoping to have lunch with Bob. That was fine. He had nothing else to do. Toussaint had seen to that, hadn’t he? For most of his life, Clarence Pym was bullied, abused, and didn’t have many friends, but he had Dwayne and their carefully-laid plans for Something Big. Recently, they’d formed the White Resistance Army, and Dwayne said it was time for white men to take America back. It didn’t matter who died – starting with that Black writer from the newspaper… It’s-only-a-book, it’s-only-a-book, that’s what to keep reminding yourself here. It’s only a book which, because you’re immersed in history and authentic events and because the fictional parts feel natural, is easy to forget when you’re reading “Grant Park.”
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CANCER Your thoughts turn from spending and socializing to a more spiritual area this week. While you may feel that you still have much to do in the next few weeks, this week is good for taking some time for yourself, and for insightful meditation. Love and romance vibrations remain constant; count your blessings! Soul Affirmation: I say nothing but kind things about those I have to deal with. Lucky Numbers: 19, 28, 37
And then there are those thrills – gasping, mouth-gaping page-turners that author Leonard Pitts, Jr. weaves through another realism: truthful, brutal plot-lines about racial issues of the last five decades, mulling over exactly how far we’ve really come. That makes this will-they-live-or-won’t-they nail-biter into something that also made me think, and I absolutely loved it… Until three pages from the end. There’s where Pitts, Jr. inserted a tiny little thread that almost made me cry with frustration and cliché-repulsion. I could cry now, in fact, but instead, I’ll recommend this book with one caveat: stop before you finish it. If you can, you’ll love it wholeheartedly with no disappointment. If you absolutely must read to the end, well, then liking “Grant Park,” is for open discussion.
LEO Ask for second opinions and shop around this week; it will be worth the time in savings. Something at your work place may cause you a momentary qualm, but it’s really nothing but high spirits from co-workers. Don’t look for trouble! The present moment is rich with romantic promise. Soul Affirmation: I change who I am by changing where I am going. Lucky Numbers: 4, 17, 20 VIRGO During the next few weeks you’ll find yourself wanting to rush around. Try to take it easy instead. Everything will happen according to plan, and you’ll feel much calmer and happier with yourself and with others! Soul Affirmation: I let myself experience my true ambitions this week. Lucky Numbers: 18, 24, 37 LIBRA Get any negative energy out of the way quickly by turning a situation into a solution … your mind will intuitively find the best answer if you focus on a resolution instead of a problem. A partner or best friend brings an extra glow to you, as your thoughts and feelings are in harmony. Soul Affirmation: Being true to others is the way to be true to myself. Lucky Numbers: 6, 13, 50 SCORPIO Keep focused. Your attention is likely to be distracted by someone’s foolishness. Your concentration is likely to be pulled in many directions. Don’t let yourself be seduced by something that looks a whole lot better than it will turn out to be. Soul Affirmation: I love who I am and rejoice. Lucky Numbers: 5, 23. 44 SAGITTARIUS You’ll need all the expertise you possess to deal with the distractions that will come into your life this week. Float on the surface of things. If you go deep you could get lost chasing after clarifications that are not going to come. Seek compensation from a relationship that has a long history. Soul Affirmation: Forgetting past injustices will allow me to have a happier future. Lucky Numbers: 8, 21, 50 CAPRICORN Some people around you may be a little grumpy, but you are still in the mood to behold the glad tidings that you feel in your heart. Let the positive predominate. Your family is happy and well, and so are you … think about it, and enjoy a lovely, loving week. Soul Affirmation: I smile as I think about places far away. Lucky Numbers: 17, 19, 40 AQUARIUS Take care of a number of minor matters this week; you’ll feel as if you’ve happily accomplished the tasks of Hercules when they are all cleared up and put tidily away. Your ideas and words are well-received; speak your mind this week. You are the social one! Soul Affirmation: Appreciation leads to recognition. Lucky Numbers: 6, 44, 55 PISCES Happy-happy and joy-joy. You’ll have a song on your lips this week as you make your way easily through a thicket of tasks and obligations. This week brings a surprise from a partner … anticipate it with a glad heart! Soul Affirmation: I open myself up for a glad surprise. Lucky Numbers: 3, 31, 46
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Morehouse Men, Ballou Students, Unite By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer In honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March, 50 Morehouse College undergraduates traveled 12 hours by bus using this historic time to present their sacred empowerment ceremony to young Black men who need it most. Football players, staff and faculty at Ballou High School in Southeast sat in awe of the dynamic performances of the Men of Morehouse on Friday, Oct. 9. “We knew that we had a mission in coming to D.C.,” Jonathan Hill, chief of staff of the Student Government Association, said. “We want them to see that we care and to reassure them that despite the challenges you can make it.” Hill, a 2013 graduate of McKinley Technology High School in Northeast, hatched the idea to bring an empowerment ceremony for young men to a District high school as a 2015 summer intern with the District of Columbia Public Schools system. “During my time as a summer intern, I was always thinking ‘What could I do?’ ‘What do my brothers need?’ And I realized it was exposure,” Hill said. “You
can’t be what you can’t see.” DCPS launched Empowering Men of Color in January of 2015 as a branch of President Barack Obama’s nationwide initiative My Brother’s Keeper Alliance. “This event is about showing the young brothers how brilliant they are and how excellent we are as a people,” said Denzel Fields, a senior English major from Memphis. “It is a part of the Morehouse mission to create and promote meaningful networks.” The dynamic presentation included song, dance, step, monologues and folktales. “Everything that we did is about tradition,” Fields said. It’s in our African heritage to communicate through dance and song.” Marcus Forest, a junior wide receiver for the undefeated Ballou High School football team, asserts that he could have never have expected what the Men of Morehouse had to offer. “I don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t that. I just thought they would talk,” Forest said. I really liked when they came in stepping and how they did everything. It was cool.” “There is no place on Earth like Morehouse for the development of a young black man,”
Men of Morehouse perform sacred empowerment ceremony for the Ballou High School football team on Friday, Oct. 9, at Ballou High School in Southeast. /Photo by Rob Roberts
Timothy Sams, vice president for student development, said. “What these young men showed today was excellence, pursuit of perfection and brotherhood. This is what we want the boys of Ballou to get out of this experience.” A Morehouse Man, Henry Thompson, class of 1965, could not control the joy he possessed watching the fellowship between the two groups of young men. “I thought it was absolutely fantastic with the positive images it’s giving the guys at Ballou,” Thompson said. “It encourages the guys to think bigger than what they can see.” Hill, the hometown boy who came back with a mission, hopes that the young men of Ballou
Men of Morehouse perform sacred empowerment ceremony for the Ballou High School football team on Friday, Oct. 9, at Ballou High School in Southeast. /Photo by Rob Roberts
High School will use the ceremony as a source of inspiration. “This is the first time we’ve
ever performed our rituals outside of Morehouse, but this is historic and necessary.”WI
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Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958
Services & 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
Worship Services Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist
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What Do YOU Believe? Join the DC Belief Host Committee this week as we celebrate Oprah Winfrey’s “Belief Series.” Delighted to join folks from around the world in promoting this docu-series, I thank God for this opportunity. Oprah Winfrey presents this exciting new seven-day series, a groundbreaking, international television event exploring humankind’s ongoing search to connect with something greater than ourselves. This original series invites viewers to witness some of the world’s most fascinating spiritual journeys through the eyes of the believers. This is a great opportunity to bring people together to discuss faith and beliefs, something we all differ on so much. You are invited to join in with people around the world and watch this series on beliefs, which will bring people of all races, colors creeds and faiths together under the banner of peace and love. The docu-series will air on the Oprah Winfrey Network nightly at 8 p.m., from Sunday, Oct.18 through Saturday, Oct. 24. Per Oprah Winfrey, “For several years, my team and I have traveled to 33 countries to film the beliefs of all races, colors, creeds, religions in an effort to show how somehow we are all very much alike.” Journeying to the far reaches of the world and to places cameras have rarely been, “Belief ” searches the origins of diverse faiths and the heart of what really matters. From the epic to the intimate, webbed throughout each hour are stories of people on spiritual journeys, taking them to sacred spaces. Our kickoff on Oct. 18 is our special free celebration that will be held at The Worsley Mansion, 1410 Missouri Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. Wednesday night, join us at The National Mall, Sylvan
Theater. Both events are from 5 to 9 p.m. A special thank you goes out to Ms. Lillian J. Huff and the Rev. Dr. Unnia Pettus, who have served as co-chairs. Thank you to Sister Jenna, Kanu Kogod, and the Rev. Sylvia Sumter for financial donations and continued support; it has been my pleasure to serve as chair of this once-ina-lifetime opportunity. The D.C. Host Committee will watch the world premiere of the kickoff of the Belief Series, with a reception, which will be followed by a panel discussion from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Panelists are former Mayor Sharon Pratt, the Rev. Dr. Jacquie Hood-Martin, the Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Rocky Twyman and minister Lynn Strange. Attorney CeLilliane Green will read a special poetic message. There will be other entertainment. There will be simultaneous events going on in a similar fashion throughout the DC Area, give me a call if you would like to host a “Breaking Bread” Event in your home. Then on Wednesday, Oct. 21, Sister Jenna and I are pleased to invite you to join the D.C. Belief Host Committee at The Sylvan Theater at The National Mall. We will present a distinguished panel, including Andrea Pennington, a medical doctor, and Dr. Pennington is flying in from England. We have Roland Martin. National TV Journalist and attorney Georgia Goslee; Kanu Kogod, from Bridges in Organizations, the Rev. Sylvia Sumter, pastor of Unity of Washington Church; Julianne Malveaux, president emeritus, Bennett College; Cindy Pearlman, New York Times best-selling publisher; and Dr. E. Faye Williams, CEO of the National Congress of Black Women. We will also watch the docu-se-
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Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor
Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Worship Sundays @ 7:30 & 11:00 A.M. 5th Sundays @ 9:30 A.M. 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 P.M.
Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 10:00 am AM Worship Services BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org
Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White
5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m. Church School - 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. Tuesday – 7:00pm – Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m. Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org e-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
2498 Alabama Ave., SE • Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 • www.acamec.org 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary”
Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor 800 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 Fax No. 202-548-0703
Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m. 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m. Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m. Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org
“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
“God is Love”
Third Street Church of God Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m. “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661 Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Dr. Raymond T. Matthews, Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews Sunday School 9:am Worship Service 10:am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service 6:45 pm Thur. Bible Study 7:15 pm
Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Bible Study Tuesday 12Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE Washington, DC 20020
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423
Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089
TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net
Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., • Pastor
Crusader Baptist Church
(Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340
2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: am Sunday Church School 8: 45 am Bible Study Wednesday 12:00 Noon Wednesday 7:00 pm Thursday 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out”
Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm
St. Stephen Baptist Church
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Twelfth Street Christian Church
Campbell AME Church
Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am
4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464
Blessed Word of Life Church
4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor
700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849
tel: 202-291-6565
Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors
Church of Living Waters
Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org
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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church 7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471 Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Service 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com
Zion Baptist Church
All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591
Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
“Where Jesus is the King”
Israel Baptist Church
4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday)
2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 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
Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor
St. Luke Baptist Church
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor
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
Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor
Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services Sunday School 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Dr. Diane Dixon Proctor, Pastor 1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 lpumconthegrow@gmail.com www.lpumcdc.org Sunday worship 10: am Holy Communion first Sunday 10: am Sunday school 9: am Bible Study each Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: “A CHURCH ON THE GROW”.
Eastern Community Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family” Sunday Worship 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
623 Florida Ave.. NW • WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 • Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 • Fax (202) 483-4009
4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184
Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Christ Embassy DC
Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor
Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor
2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator
Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m. New Members Class 9:30a.m. Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m Church School 9:30a.m. Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m. Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Sunday Worship Service 10:00 A.M.
Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42
New Commandment Baptist Church
13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm
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
Services: Sunday Worship 11 AM Sunday School 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study - Wed. 7 PM
Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Church Email Address: ecc@easterncommunity.org
Salem Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor
1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964
Holy Trinity United Baptist Church
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church
Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith
Damion M. Briggs Pastor
Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
Peace Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net
Shiloh Baptist Church
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
1864-2014
Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Reginald M. Green, Sr., Interim Pastor
621 Alabama Avenue, S.E. • Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 F: (202) 561-1112
917 N St. NW • Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294
9th & P Street, N.W. • W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4200
602 N Street NW • Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595
The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD
Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.
Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.
Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m Church School : 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m. Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 p.m.
150 Years of Service
Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV
Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion: 10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm
Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org
Motto: : “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”
Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org
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Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.
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Julia E. Austin Decedent
Daniel Laurence Smith Decedent
Gwendolyn C. Pressley Decedent
Beatrice Moore Decedent
Algia M. Small Decedent
James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Regina Austin, whose address is 233 S. 6th Street, #1112, Philadelphia, PA 19106, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Julia E. Austin who died on August 18, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 1, 2016. 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 April 1, 2016, 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: October 1, 2015
Jocelyn Leatherwood, Joseph Smith, and LaVerne Smith, whose addresses are 74 56 Demille Court, Annandale VA 22003 and 2712 Berns Drive, Urbana, IL 61802, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Daniel Laurence Smith who died on June 21, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 8, 2016. 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 April 8, 2016, 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: October 8, 2015
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Leslie E. Rhetts, whose address is 11400 Glissade Dr., Clinton, MD 20735 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Gwendolyn C. Pressley who died on August 15, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before May 1, 2016. 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 May 1, 2016, 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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Rhonda Moore, whose address is 14 Anacostia Rd., SE, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Beatrice Moore who died on February 23, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 1, 2016. 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 April 1, 2016, 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.
Pauline E. Ferguson, whose address is 132 Mississippi Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Algia M. Small who died on July 31, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 8, 2016. 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 April 8, 2016, 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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Date of first publication: October 1, 2015 Personal Representative Leslie E Rhetts
Carolyn Alleze Butler Decedent
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Lily Mae McBride Decedent
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Mario Walter Norris, whose address is 15615 Atlantis Drive, Bowie, MD 20716, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Carolyn Alleze Butler who died on June 16, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 15, 2016. 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 April 15, 2016, 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.
Lala Snead, whose address is 4004 29th Street, Mount Rainier, MD 20712, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Rita Jean Hart who died on August 2, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 15, 2016. 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 April 15, 2016, 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.
Derrick Cousar, whose address is 3918 20th Street NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lily Mae McBride who died on September 1, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 15, 2016. 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 April 15, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.
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Administration No. 2015 ADM 1183 Karen Lee Perry Decedent
Charles L. Sutton Decedent
Peter D. Antonoplos, Esq. 1725 DeSales Street, NW #600 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Michael Isaacs, whose address is 505 Greenwich St., Apt. 7A, New York, NY 10013, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Karen Lee Perry who died on May 13, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 15, 2016. 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 April 15, 2016, 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: October 15, 2015 Michael Isaacs Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Colin Charles Sutton whose address is 3829 Swan House Court, Burtonsville, MD 20866, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Charles L. Sutton who died on March 15, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 15, 2016. 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 April 15, 2016, 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: October 15, 2015 Colin Charles Sutton Personal Representative
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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015 ADM 1151 Frances L. Young aka Frances Lucuelia Weaver Young Decedent James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jacqueline M. Young, whose address is 4808 River Valley Way, Bowie, MD 20775, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Frances L. Young aka Frances Lucuelia Weaver Young who died on May 31, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 15, 2016. 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 April 15, 2016, 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: October 15, 2015 Jacqueline M. Young Personal Representative
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MALVEAUX from Page 28 deserve credit for taking action instead of hiding behind the “free speech” argument that many make to defend their racist employees. The Root reported that others who made offending comments about Cayden were also fired from their jobs. Yes! Roth is one of those pouty little racists who has now described himself as the “victim” in this matter. He “has been targeted,” he says. He whines that his remarks were taken out of context. He posted an “apology” that was several paragraphs long attempting to “explain” how he happened to post the selfie in the first place, suggesting that young Cayden actually asked him to take the picture. He had neither the grace nor the good sense to say, “I’m sorry, and I’m out of order” and then shut up. Instead,
BLAYTON from Page 28 who feels so entitled that he can determine what America is and who Americans are. Like the thousands who followed a manipulative Japanese army to their hurried end on Okinawa, individuals who flock to Trump’s banner of bigotry and foolishness eventually will see the senselessness of championing someone who makes extremely ill-considered pronouncements and whose campaign completely lacks sound policy ideas. Fortunately, for them, however, Trump will not be president of the United States. Unfortunately, however, other Republican presidential hopefuls are mimicking his audacious and bigoted posturing because his followers are giving so much credence to this cartoon of an ugly American.
he tried to cover his insensitivity up. Next thing you know, there will be a group of folks rallying around Roth, whom some would describe as nothing more than a child molester for his callous exploitation of his co-worker’s son. Those who railed against this incident will be told this occurrence is isolated. The late, great writer Bebe Moore Campbell once wrote an essay about “race fatigue,” about the many ways she was tired of seeing, living, talking and writing about race. She wrote about ignoring slights she might once have challenged, tamping down an anger that might once have been volcanic. In that particular essay, she wrote about seeking a peaceful respite from race matters. We all seek that respite, those days when we don’t have to think about the indignities
Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Mike Huckabee may not be stoking the fires of the exact same bigoted causes, but they are ramping up their rhetoric to approximate Trump’s level of demagoguery. Just as George Wallace and both Sens. Byrd relied on a strategy of saying the “N-word” louder than anyone else, this new breed of bigoted politicians base their strategies on attacking liberal targets of opportunity with more vigor than anyone else. And while there are varying degrees of bigotry among the Republican field of presidential candidates, they all seem to be willing to have the country self-destruct rather than give in to its liberalization. During the past seven years, most of them have urged their followers to reject the Affordable Care Act, with little regard for the fact that many of them
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of both institutional racism and the micro-aggressions that are difficult to quantify. We seek but don’t find the respite when cyberspace reveals life as both gritty and grand. While Roth is little more than gas in the wind, not even a footnote in our nation’s history, he merits attention because there are so many more of him, lurking out there, fracturing peace because they are so hateful. Who calls a child “feral” and then describes himself or herself as the victim? And who, in the light of this kind of nonsense, says we live in a “post racial” space?WI Julianne Malveaux is author and economist based in Washington, DC. Her new book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy” is available for preorder at www.juliannemalveaux.com.
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a priority for all our national organizations and movements. I also remember when Jackson decided to run to be president of the United States in 1984. His campaign became both a political and spiritual crusade to lift the aspirations and hopes of millions of people across the nation as part of an emerging Rainbow Coalition. The Rev. Wyatt T. Walker and I were the national clergy coordinators for Jackson’s 1984 political empowerment campaign. “Run, Jesse. Run.” became the proud theme for millions of people who were crying out for freedom, justice and equality. The truth must be told. Jackson’s 1984 campaign opened the door wider for the successful, historic political campaign that led to the election of President Barack Obama in 2008. During the past
60 years, we have made progress, but we still have a long way to go to fulfill King’s dream. We all should be vocal and grateful that Jackson is still on the case with outstanding leadership. We thank you, Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. We salute you, we respect you and may we work today to raise up a new generation of freedom fighters who know what it means to advance the cause of freedom and equality for all.WI
owed. Consumers who want to steer clear of deceptively high-priced loans should consider the same factors that should discourage payday borrowing: high fees; direct access to a borrower’s bank account or car; high rates of default; credit insurance or other add-on products that provide little benefit to the borrower and no consideration of a borrower’s ability to repay. Although the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lacks authority to impose an interest rate cap, CRL believes its other powers can strengthen consumer protections by issuing rules that require high-cost lenders to assess a borrower’s ability to repay a loan, including the applicant’s income and expenses, taking enforcement actions against lenders that engage in unfair, deceptive and abusive installment lending practices, and using its
rulemaking and enforcement powers to prevent lenders from trapping borrowers into loans that are repeatedly refinanced, have unreasonably high default rates, or hinder a borrower’s ability to fully repay a loan. “Whether we are talking about a payday loan, a car title loan or a high-cost installment loan, the fundamental harm is making a loan that a borrower cannot afford to repay,” said Diane Standaert, CRL State Policy Director. “While many states have acted to protect their people from predatory payday and car title loans, our report shows that abusive lenders see installment loans as a new front. Regulators and policymakers should beware.” WI
capacity to save a little money always, no matter how dire the circumstances in which a person might live. She told me that she was on welfare for a time while her boys were in school. She would take in laundry and ironing in order to earn money to pay for their music lessons. They both became fine musicians. One day she said, after the minister (who was known then by his middle name, Eugene) graduated from high school, she went down to the relief office and told them to take her off the rolls because she no longer needed the assistance. When I met Mother Maryam Farrakhan, she owned her own home and had substantial savings in the Nation of Islam Charity Bank. She practiced what she preached.
In his remarks, the Minister acknowledged that now, as then, women have complex choices to make about their own bodies and their own health. But today, he reminded us, abortions are much more easily had. That means that many — some who might have been greater even than he is —may have been among the millions of Black babies lost in the 40-plus years since abortion was legalized. Every great person in this world is born from a woman. None of us knows the life that might have been had any of these children been born and given the love and nurturing environment that produce good people. Justice or Else! Long Live the spirit of the Million Man March. WI
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