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Colin Powell Remembered as a ‘Good Man’ and ‘Great American’ Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

Colin Powell, 84, the first Black U.S. secretary of state, has died from complications from COVID-19.

“General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from COVID-19,” the former general’s family wrote on Facebook.

“We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” the family wrote.

They reported that Powell had been fully vaccinated.

Powell became the first Black national security adviser during the end of Ronald Reagan’s presidency. He also counted as the youngest and first African-American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush.

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HU Alumnae Support and Provide Context for Blackburn Takeover Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer

D. Kevin McNeir WI Senior Editor On Saturday, Oct. 16, The Washington Informer achieved another milestone, marking its 57th year of service to the Greater Washington Area as a Black-owned publication.

And while this may seem insignificant to some, it’s an achievement that should not go unnoticed.

At the least, it’s important because of the challenges long faced by Black-owned businesses in the U.S.

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Students who’ve occupied Howard University [HU]’s Blackburn University Center for nearly a week have not only gained the support of their peers and faculty but that of some HU alumni, many of whom point to similarities between this and former acts of resistance.

As she assessed what’s known as the Blackburn Takeover, HU alumna Alexis McKenney said students, faculty, and alumni continue to rage against an institution that places profits above the well-being of its students with greater regularity since her days as a member of the HU Resist movement.

In 2018, McKenney and 500 students took over HU’s Administration Building for nine days. Their demands included

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Maryland Governor Hogan Pitches ‘Re-fund the Police’ Initiative

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In less than three months before the Maryland General Assembly convenes on Jan. 12, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan wants to provide $150 million for law enforcement he calls “Re-Fund the Police” initiative. Some of the

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Jubilee Housing hosted an award-filled evening gathering of over 100 leaders from the business, philanthropic and government sectors on Oct. 20 to Raise the Roof for Justice Housing. The event took place on the rooftop of One Franklin Square, 1301 K Street NW, overlooking the newly-renovated Franklin Square Park which reopened in September 2021.

Raise the Roof celebrated Jubilee’s supporters and honored Mayor Bowser’s historic $400 million investment in the Housing Production Trust Fund as well as collaboration with the DC Council to include returning citizen housing and supportive services as a priority in the 2022 DC fiscal year budget. Jubilee’s event also highlighted the development of two high profile upcoming projects: “EuKal” and “KEBOntario.” The groundbreaking Justice Housing™ will produce 120 new apartment units of deeply affordable housing and a ground-floor expansion of the Sitar Arts Center allowing for the creation of a state-of-the-art digital arts workforce development program for teens – all located in the neighborhoods of Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights.

The evening also addressed the investment in innovation and environmental justice highlighted in Jubilee’s plans for properties currently under development. Jim Knight, Jubilee’s president and CEO, presented designs announcing the creation of an aquaponics urban farm and commercial training kitchen located at the “KEBOntario” housing properties, respectively. The aquaponics project will be the first facility of its kind in the District and the first residential facility of its kind in the U.S., integrating fish tanks to numerous “grow beds” that will generate approximately 13,000 organic plants per month.

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money proposed includes $50 million on salaries and signing bonuses for state police agencies, state and local police agencies, $20 million for victim protection and $10 million in neighborhood safety grants for safety cameras, street lights and other hardware upgrades.

“Let me reiterate what I’ve been saying for more than a year: Trying to reduce crime by defunding police is dangerous, radical, far-left lunacy,” he said during a news conference Oct. 15. “Thinking that you can improve law enforcement by defunding the police is like saying you want to improve education by defunding the schools. It’s absurd.”

Hogan used Baltimore City as an example to why more money remains necessary with homicides approaching 300. The initiative must be approved by the Democrat-controlled legislature which approved police reform measures this year such as body cameras and training.

“The House stands ready to have an open and honest conversation about improving policing and reducing crime in the State once there are real ideas – not rhetoric,” House Speaker Adrienne Jones said in a statement. “We look forward to a concrete partnership on this issue.” WI

Whitman-Walker to Host 35th Annual Walk & 5K to End HIV (formerly AIDS Walk Washington) Whitman-Walker will host its 35th annual Walk & 5K to End HIV on Saturday, October 23 with this year’s fundraising goal set for $450,000. Participants can sign up to run or walk a 5K route in the District and pass by local Whitman-Walker locations in Northwest and Southeast or they can choose to walk or run a 5K route in their city. The Walk & 5K, formerly AIDS Walk Washington, is Whitman-Walker’s largest fundraiser of the year and supports the organization’s work and mission of keeping 20,000+ unique patients healthy and thriving. Supporters can register, walk, run and donate to this year’s Walk through Dec. 31, 2021 at www.walktoendHIV.org.

Whitman-Walker held its first fundraising walk on June 28, 1987 during a time when federal funds were not allocated for HIV research and prevention efforts.

With people succumbing to AIDS-related complications, Whitman-Walker began conducting clinical research for HIV treatments that same year in 1987.

This year’s 35th annual Walk comes during the 40th anniversary of the first CDC report identifying what would later be known as HIV/AIDS. The event also serves as a time for remembering loved ones lost to HIV, and to uplift their names and memories. Event participants are encouraged to post photos from their 5K walk or run, whether they use the Whitman-Walker-provided routes in DC or their own individual ones in their cities, with #WalktoEndHIV. WI

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District's Parents Press for Traffic Safety Improvements Near Turner Elementary School Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer An accident that severely injured a father and his two daughters has intensified efforts among some Ward 8 parents to address traffic safety concerns and develop a plan to curb reckless driving along corridors and intersections within walking distance of their children’s schools.

Near Turner Elementary School, the focus has been on Stanton Terrace and Alabama Avenue where students line up to enter the building every morning.

Since the start of in-person learning in August, parents have recounted instances where they and their children had to jump out of the way of speeding cars and trucks that crossed onto the sidewalk and crashed into a school fence.

As Philana Hall, a parent of two Turner students also pointed out, crossing guards attempting to carry out their duties have similarly experienced the wrath of antagonistic drivers during morning and afternoon rush hour.

“If there’s one crossing guard here, the drivers give them hell. They don’t pay any attention to this light,” said Hall on Monday morning as she stood on the corner of Stanton Terrace and Alabama Avenue.

“Alabama Avenue is treacherous and it’s so scary. I would like a bigger police presence in the morning to help our crossing guards,” she said.

Families in Ward 8 and in other parts of the District said they have enough reasons for similar requests.

Earlier this month, during International Walk-to-School Day, a Jeep Grand Cherokee struck Tyrone Belton and his daughters, Faith and Heavyn White, as they crossed the street at the intersection of Wheeler Road and Mississippi Avenue in Southeast.

That incident took place weeks after a vehicle struck and killed fiveyear-old Allie Hart in Brookland and six months after four-year-old Zy’aire Joshua lost his life under similar circumstances on Georgia Avenue and Kennedy Street in Northwest.

The Wheeler Road/Mississippi Avenue accident compelled D.C. Councilmember Trayon White

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(D-Ward 8) to contact D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) about traffic safety complaints his office has received.

The DC Department of Transportation, in response to criticism about the Vision Zero program, announced efforts to accelerate their processing of traffic safety assessment requests and traffic safety improvement projects.

Following a D.C. Council hearing about Safe Passage legislation, Ward 8 residents geared up for an October 21 meeting with DDOT Interim Chair Everett Lott and Lott’s D.C. Council confirmation hearing that’s scheduled for October 26.

Turner Elementary parents who’ve organized with ANC Commissioner Cheryl Moore (SMD 8E02) and Ward 8 State Board of Education Representative Carlene Reid have demanded the presence of a traffic safety officer along with fully functioning walk buttons where Alabama Avenue meets Stanton Terrace. They also want deterrents for parents who double park along Stanton Terrace before and after school.

A parent who asked to be referred to as Sam said because of traffic safety concerns at Alabama Avenue and Stanton Road she often struggles choosing between directly walking across Alabama Avenue at 18th Street or taking a detour that would make her children late for school.

“When you push this light, the cars don’t stop,” Sam said.

“Some of them pass you and keep going. My oldest daughter can walk by herself in the morning, [so] I tell her to cross the street and look both ways. She knows she can Facetime me if something happens.”

Since the inception of the Vision Zero program, the District has lowered the speed limit in some places and reduced opportunities to turn on red at certain intersections. Other changes include the addition of speed bumps. Such efforts, however, haven't reduced traffic injuries and fatalities due to what some residents describe as inequities in services.

That’s why Turner Elementary parents, in collaboration with Moore and Reid, continue to organize for the fulfillment of their requests. At this juncture, goals include eliciting more parental support and presence in the streets before and after school hours.

While she supports calls for increased traffic safety measures, Dryonna Minor, a mother of two Turner Elementary students, said the onus ultimately falls on parents to ensure that their children make it safely across the street.

“I hold my child’s hand so if we get hit, we’re getting hit together,” Minor said.

“You can’t control how people drive so we need to make sure we talk to our kids and make sure they look both ways [if they’re not] traveling with an adult.”

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I can’t say that I’m an ardent fan of the comedic stylings of D.C.’s own Dave Chappelle but in recent years, I have made it a point to view his series of shows presented

by Netflix. I was more an Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Kevin Hart kind of brother.

Actually, what first caught my eye was the controversy surrounding Monique and her tirade over how much more Black, male comedians like Chappelle were being paid in comparison to women like her. For me, that was a brief blip on my personal radar screen.

What continued to garner my attention was Chappelle himself – his penchant for telling a story, his ability to deliver a joke whose punchline came out of nowhere and how much he made me laugh.

After recently watching his final contribution in his Netflix series, “The Closer,” I found myself doing something that I don’t often do when watching comedians do their thing: I listened closely to what he said and then listened to his explanation for the subjects he had chosen and his rationale for his perspectives.

And he made sense. I understood. And I was not offended.

But clearly, a lot of people do not share my conclusion, partic-

After recently watching his final contribution in his Netflix series, “The Closer,” I found myself doing something that I don’t often do when watching comedians do their thing: I listened closely to what he said and then listened to his explanation for the subjects he had chosen and his rationale for his perspectives. ularly those from the transgender community and their advocates.

Chappelle admits that when he takes on a group of people, making them the focus of his jokes, that he’s also examining himself, seeking the similarities which he shares with the “targets” of his musings and working through the human process of better understanding those who walk along different paths.

I applaud him for that. And I thank him, too.

Why? Because as a same-gender-loving man of color, I have often found myself being unfairly critical of the “T” portion within the LGBTQ community.

My criticism, I hate to say, has been fueled mostly because I cannot understand why those who make up the transgender community would go through so much pain and oppression because of how they feel inside. But I’ve had my own pain to address and hurdles to overcome. In addition, I’m still dealing with male privilege notions and my own prejudices.

This is my truth and my cross to bear.

But as for Chappelle, as he concluded his musings on transgenders during his latest show, he

shared one story that made me stop, examine my own shortcomings and turned a light on within my own mind and soul.

While talking about a transgender woman who he only knew for a short amount of time, he shared what he said to her one evening about the path she traveled and the challenges she faced: “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

Her response was illuminating: “I don’t need you to understand me . . . I just need you to believe . . . that I’m having a human experience.”

That’s really the point, isn’t it?

Chappelle helped me grow in ways that I believe will remain with me forever. By sharing a brief conversation about a subject that probably confuses a lot of others, he hit a homerun.

Maya Angelou once said in a poem that I reference over and over again, “Human Family,” that “we’re more alike than unalike.”

And indeed, we are.

So, in his honest attempts to better understand a segment within the human family, the transgender community, Chappelle revealed his own humanity and willingness to become a better person – a man in seek of gaining greater empathy for others. What more could we want than that?

Sometimes, the jokes that comedians perform get under our skin.

Sometimes those jokes, and with good reason, make us want to pick up signs of protest and demand that the comedian offer an apology for saying such “offensive things.”

But I’m not jumping on the bandwagon this time.

No, I am not joining the new crusade to go after Chappelle for allegedly being “transphobic.”

And while I may lose a few friends, I’m going to keep on supporting him, listening to his jokes and most of all, listening to what he says.

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James Wright WI Staff Writer Leaders in Ward 8 say they’re looking forward to people who live in the eastern portion of Ward 6 becoming their neighbors as a result of the redistricting process.

“It’s simple arithmetic,” said Markus Batchelor, who represented Ward 8 on the D.C. Board of Education from 2017-2021.

“There are ways this could go as far as redistricting is concerned.

Ward 7 could move deeper west into the Capitol Hill area in Ward 6 or Ward 8 could move further north into Ward 7. The best area for Ward 8 to pick up across the river, in my opinion, should be the Navy Yard neighborhood.”

Batchelor’s view that Ward 8 should acquire the Navy Yard during the decennial census redrawing of the ward boundaries has been articulated by other ward leaders both during recent meetings of the Ward 8 Democrats and the D.C. Council’s subcommittee hearing on redistricting.

Ward 8 leaders have also expressed interest in Ward 6 neighborhoods including portions of Southwest, The Wharf and the Capitol Riverfront becoming part of their ward. Ward 8’s population must increase by 3,370 residents for it to become equitable to the other wards when the subcommittee submits its redistricting plan to the full council for approval in December.

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“Blacks will retain political power in Ward 8,” Adofo said. “There are some people in Ward 8 who are concerned that adding areas of Ward 6 will spur gentrification.

I disagree. Gentrification will happen no matter how the boundaries are drawn.”

Adofo has drawn up a map of how he would like the ward to look after redistricting which incorporates The Wharf and the Navy Yard, citing “economic benefits” as his rationale.

While Adofo has one map revealing his ideas, Brian Thompson, an advisory neighborhood commissioner for 8A03, has three options. Thompson’s three maps show the ward including the Navy Yard, The Wharf and the Capitol Riverfront, respectively, with each meeting the equitable population requirement for Ward 8, he said.

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Ward 8 Democrats President Troy Prestwood agrees with Adofo and Thompson on bringing economically viable neighborhoods into his ward.

“I support Ward 6 neighborhoods in Ward 8,” Prestwood said.

However, Prestwood said bringing commercially viable Ward 6 areas into Ward 8 won’t solve the latter’s economic challenges.

“Expanding Ward 8 economically will be good but people will still have trouble getting to the grocery store if they are located in the former Ward 6, even if it is in the boundaries of a new Ward 8,” he said.

Prestwood also said lawmakers should consider having Ward 6 pick up Ward 8 neighborhoods such as Anacostia.

“If Anacostia were to become a part of Ward 6, that would be nothing new,” he said. “In the past, Anacostia has been a part of Ward 6, Ward 7 and of course, Ward 8.

If the Ward 6 councilmember represented Anacostia, there would be three people who represent areas east of the Anacostia River on the council, instead of two as it is now.” WI @JamesDCWrighter

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Addressing Homelessness in the District – One Tent at a Time Bowser Approach Hits Funding, Logistics Snags

Austin Cooper WI Staff Writer

Last week, I was standing outside of the MLK Deli on Martin Luther King Avenue, S.E. waiting for my lunch order when a man approached me and asked for something to eat. I ended my telephone call, walked him inside and told him to what he wanted.

He placed his order and as I was about to pay, asked if he wanted something to drink, which he did.

He expressed his appreciation, said “God Bless You,” and walked off with his meal.

As I watched him walk away, I reflected on the courage required to approach a total stranger and ask for money or food. I also wondered if he was homeless and when and where he would have his next meal.

The sad fact remains that homelessness and poverty are inextricably linked in America. Efforts

are underway by the national and local governments to address the plight of the homeless.

Recently, Mayor Muriel Bowser asked the Biden Administration to expedite the reallocation of Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) funds from jurisdictions with excess funding not yet obligated.

Final payment of an allotted $352 million has been requested from the U.S. Department of Treasury to support residents with rent and utility assistance by Oct. 27 to fund the Stronger Together by Assisting You (STAY DC) Program.

“We know this importance federal resource has kept Washingtonians housed and made our city safer during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Bowser said, “ We thank the Biden Administration for their commitment to what we know to be true in Washington, D.C., that housing is a right, and urge Treasury to expedite reallocation of excess ERA funds.”

Unfortunately, mass homelessness is not a new phenomenon in the U.S. Homelessness first became a national issue in the 1870s.

The emergence of the continental railway network, along with urbanization, industrialization and mobility led to the emergence of itinerants “riding the rails” in search of jobs. One religious organization described the problem of homelessness as a “crisis of men let loose from all the habits of domestic life, wandering without aim or home.”

According to the Biden Administration, homelessness in this country on a single night in January 2020 exceeded 580,000 people. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated domestic social problems, particularly in the areas of homelessness and affordable housing.

The pandemic increased the risk of homelessness, according to urban scholars who say COVID-19

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On Sept. 20, the Biden Administration launched the House America: All- Hands-on-Deck Effort to Address the Nation’s Homelessness Crisis, a national partnership with the U.S. Interagency on Homelessness (USICH) designed to address the growing challenges of homelessness across the United States. Governors, mayors, county

leaders and others are invited to join and participate in the partnership.

According to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, “The pandemic has shown us that we as a nation, are only as strong as the most vulnerable among us. Addressing homelessness is not only about helping the individuals and families who

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3 Six of the 12 Maryland gubernatorial candidates at a reception Oct. 14 from left to right: Ashwani Jain, David Lashar, Michael Rosenbaum, John King, Jr., Tom Perez and Wes Moore. (Robert R. Roberts/ The Washington Informer) (below left) The other six Maryland gubernatorial candidates at a reception Oct. 14 from left to right: Comptroller Peter Franchot, Robin Ficker, Del. Daniel Cox, Jon Baron, Doug Gansler and Rushern L. Baker III. (Robert R. Roberts/ The Washington Informer)

Some Marylanders Still Undecided on Best Gubernatorial Candidate

6 Prince George’s County residents Janna Parker (seated) and Ashanti Martinez pose for a photo Oct. 14 during the Maryland gubernatorial candidate’s reception at the Westin Baltimore Washington Airport Hotel-BWI in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.

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Nine Democrats Seek the Governor’s Seat William J. Ford WI Staff Writer The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland wants each gubernatorial candidate to post a comprehensive plan on their websites by Nov. 1 based on one question: “What is your Black agenda?”

Janna Parker of Temple Hills said one of the Democratic candidates, state Comptroller Peter Franchot, has a written plan on what “he was going to do for Black Marylanders.”

Parker attended a gubernatorial candidate’s reception Thursday, Oct. 14 in Anne Arundel County during which Franchot shared a blue-colored document called “A Level Playing Field” that outlines a plan for Black Marylanders, which he says he submitted last month.

Parker said three other Democrats who presented their platforms “invigorated” her. They were author and former nonprofit CEO Wes Moore, former Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez and former U.S. Education Secretary John King, Jr. But she and a few other Prince George’s County residents who attended the reception didn’t appreciate some remarks from former County Executive Rushern L. Baker III. Baker, who plans to publish a Black agenda later this month, said one isn’t necessary because former Black elected officials have already laid a foundation for others to follow.

He also said at the reception, hosted by Verizon and the Maryland Black Caucus Foundation, “If Black lives matter, all lives matter.”

“I was disappointed to hear that

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[and] at a Black caucus,” said LaTasha Ward, one of four people running for three seats in the 24th legislative district that includes Glenarden, Largo, Seat Pleasant and parts of Lanham.

Ward said she didn’t hear the candidates present ideas to eliminate food deserts, hire returning citizens back to the workforce after they’re released from jail or prison, or ways to help military veterans. The majority Black jurisdiction of Prince George’s houses the most veterans in the state.

“I did take time out of my busy schedule to go there to hear what they had to say. It was their time to shine,” she said. “It was a lot of fluff.”

Twelve of the 13 gubernatorial candidates attended the reception at the Westin Baltimore Washington Airport Hotel-BWI in Linthicum Heights.

The other four Democrats in attendance slated to run in the June 28 primary: former nonprofit executive Jon Baron; former Attorney General Doug Gansler; former President Barack Obama administration official Ashwani Jain; and Baltimore businessman Mike Rosenbaum.

Three other candidates presented their platforms: Republicans Robin Ficker and Del. Daniel L. Cox, who represents parts of Carroll and Frederick counties, and David Lashar, an information technology executive from Annapolis who represents the Libertarian Party.

The only woman in the race,

Maryland Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz who resides in Frederick County and a Republican, wasn’t able to attend.

The second, four-year term for Republican Gov. Larry Hogan expires in January 2023.

Some residents, including Kema Hutchinson-Harris of Clinton, said they’re focusing on local races such as Prince George’s County executive and state’s attorney.

“I’m not even paying attention to the governor’s race like I should be,” she said Saturday, Oct. 16. “You have Rushern Baker and most of the County Council backing him, so

you already know what type of show it’s going to be. I don’t think anybody [running] is going to bring any change[s].” WI @jabariwill

Prince George’s Parents Support Indoor Mask Mandate for Young Children William J. Ford WI Staff Writer

5 Jacinda Gantt and her children pose for a picture Oct. 8 outside First Baptist Church of District Heights (L-R): David J., 12; Chrystia, four months old; Gantt; William, 14; and Jaleigh, 2. Not pictured is the children's father, Christopher Canery. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Jaleigh Canery frolicked outside with her two older siblings and other children at a community fish fry at First Baptist Church of District Heights.

The cheerful and bright-eyed 2-year-old wore an essential garment: a Paw Patrol mask covering her mouth and nose.

Jaleigh’s mother, Jacinda Gantt of Laurel, said she’s pleased Prince George’s County has implemented

an indoor mask mandate for children ages 2 to 5.

“She definitely will wear a mask, even outside,” Gantt said. “If a mask is going to help [young children], I’m all for it. I want to keep my family protected and keep other families protected.”

Another part of the effort for added protection stems from Gantt, her husband, Christopher Canery, and their two teenage children all being vaccinated. And she’s hopeful that

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Recreational Marijuana Use Legislation Being Shaped in Maryland William J. Ford WI Staff Writer

Michael Arrington has a couple of suggestions for the Maryland General Assembly when it convenes in January to consider cannabis legislation.

Arrington said lawmakers should specify the number of licenses minority businesses can receive to participate in the cannabis industry and should ensure bills to allow cannabis use integrate a social justice component.

“The state should mandate in the law what its intentions are as it relates to the issuance of licenses of minorities when [lawmakers] contemplate legalizing recreational marijuana,” he said during an interview.

With the legislature working on legalizing cannabis for adult recreational use, Arrington co-founded Maryland Minority Cannabis Business Association about three months ago with Maryland’s former Republican Party chair John Kane.

The association will help minority business owners interested in the cannabis industry to form partnerships with other companies, sift the technical application process and maneuver the complex policy procedures in Annapolis.

Diversity will also be a priority for the association to ensure white business owners don’t monopolize the cannabis market, which happened when the state approved medical cannabis in 2014 and nearly all white companies received licenses as growers, processors and dispensaries.

“It’s important that we find an opportunity to create legacy wealth for the African-American community,” Arrington said.

“This is most logical in terms of doing that because we have been victimized more than any other community by the laws associated with cannabis.”

CANNABIS EDUCATION

The House Cannabis Legalization work group held a two-hour virtual meeting Oct. 13 with presentations summarizing cannabis,

its health and safety impacts and proposed policies to implement.

Physicians Patricia Frye and Susan Weiss and Taylor Kasky of the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission said data collection represents one of the best ways to assess legalizing cannabis.

Del. Robin Grammer (R-Baltimore County) asked what data should be collected.

“It’s very complicated. It’s so much more than what data do you need,” said Kasky, director of policy and government affairs for the commission.

She said it’s easier to test impaired drivers, but a person would need blood drawn to assess levels of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis. She said saliva tests have recently been done in some states achieving results “more quickly” and is “less invasive than drawing blood.”

Another challenge remains that Maryland joins more than a dozen of other states and Washington, D.C., where medical cannabis remains legal with certain products sold at dispensaries.

Nearly two dozen states allow both medical and recreational use, so laws differ in each jurisdiction. In addition, marijuana remains illegal under federal law and with some businesses strictly operating as a cash business.

Frye, who founded Takoma Park Integrative Care, said her patients mainly use cannabis products orally. Some of those products include gummies, sprays and lozenges.

Some of her data this year shows anxiety represented the number one reason patients sought treatment. Pain ranked second.

In terms of gender, her business saw more male patients between the ages of 25 to 55, but more female patients ages 55 and older, “which may be a reflection of autoimmune disease which I see a lot of and it is definitely more prevalent in women than in men.”

Frye said the reasons patients seek cannabis include depression, migraines and constipation. The adverse effects are dry mouth, decrease in blood pressure and im-

paired reaction time.

“Individuals respond to each medication differently,” she said.

“There’s no one-size-fits-all.”

The presenters all agreed some form of guidance among state lawmakers is needed.

“Regulations matter and they can help mitigate some of the potential harms,” said Weiss, director of the division of extramural research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. “It’s important that adult use legalization goes into effect so that there’s also strong, public health campaigns in place when the laws change.”

The work group plans to hold another session Wednesday, Oct. 27. WI @jabariwill

5 Maryland House Cannabis Legalization work group reviewed proposals for recreational use. (Screen shot: Courtesy of Maryland General Assembly)

A Message from Prince George’s County Chamber of Commerce

Celebrate Your Team For business organizations the pandemic has made one thing clear, our people make business thrive! At the heart of any business, especially during these challenging times, there are dedicated people working extra hours and pushing themselves to optimum performance. Perhaps, in the past, they have been taken for granted, but hopefully this view has been diminished by the extraordinary work of extraordinary people.

Often stories have been told of harsh work conditions or brutish supervisors making punitive demands. These conditions led to frustration, disconnection and, in some cases depression. Many who have experienced these workplaces felt there was no way out and suffered the consequences all for a paycheck. In times of economic insecurity, employees, each day, faced the burden of uncertainty not knowing when their salary would be reduced or even worse, they would be let go. Being let go caused further calamity with a loss of their home, savings, and other investments. Even when things got better, the scabs remain, and considerable time lapsed when trying to recover.

Even with workforce data suggesting employers are experiencing staff shortages; and having to lure potential employees with signing bonuses and higher pay, certain sectors and businesses are facing reduced revenue. The tendency here is layoff or salary reduction. When making these decisions, remember it is the team that weathers the economic storm.

Here are a few helpful hints that can work to make a safe, highly productive work environment: • Provide flexible schedules, this does not mean work sacrifice, in fact, providing flexibility often leads to quality work and higher productivity.

• Apply leadership strategies instead of supervising, leadership allows for ownership and when people feel they own the process, they are likely to deliver a high-quality outcome.

• Celebrate successes, too many organizations let accomplishments go unnoticed, instead bring people together and let them cheer wins!

• Do not let the shortcomings define the environment, having an environment where mistakes are feared leads to a toxic work environment; allow people to own their mistakes and help them learn.

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BUSINESS D.C. Welcomes Western Market, the Area’s Newest Food Hall

Diverse Eating Choices Aim to Delight Patrons Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer While delayed by the pandemic, Foggy Bottom’s Western Market (2000 Pennsylvania Ave., NW) has

finally opened its first phase.

Located in the middle of the George Washington University campus and hospital, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Western Market plays out its

5 The Roaming Rooster team at Western Market, a new food hall in Foggy Bottom, is ready for customers. (From left): Beilul Zewongiel, cashier; Hannah Reda, general manager; Lupe Chicas, fry cook; and Maria Lopez, prep crew. (Rob Roberts/ The Washington Informer)

vision of delivering global cuisine.

“There was a desire to create a local neighborhood hub for locals and tourists,” said Mercedes Cowper with CANA Development, who’s also marketplace manager at Western Market.

“The research into what this market would look like and the fact that D.C. is such a huge melting pot are factors that make this a good decision.”

Phase One of Western Market includes four merchants: Capo Italian Deli, a popular Italian sub shop that originated in the Shaw community; Mason’s Famous Lobster Roll, with its flagship in Annapolis; and two Black-owned restaurants, RAWish and Roaming Rooster.

RAWish is a new vegan concept conceived by husband and wife James and Taneea Yarborough. The couple owns two Gangster Vegan restaurants in Baltimore and Riverdale Park, Md. The staff at RAWish represents every type of dietary choice.

The menu is plant-based and mostly raw with no additives or preservatives. Dining choices include toasts with various toppings, juices, smoothies, smoothie bowls with granola and fruit and desserts like the peanut, cacao and banana pie which looks a lot like cheesecake. The only item that’s not raw is the toast that a local baker makes.

“We try to help people understand that RAWish is for everyone; whether you are vegan or taking a stab at this for the first time, we have something for you to eat wherever you are in your plant journey,” Taneea.

“It’s designed to be the healthiest food on the market and also the most flavorful. We aren’t sacrificing the taste,” said James. “Like people think kale is bland. We marinade ours and season everything with other plants and herbs to unlock the true potential of the food.”

Roaming Rooster has been a fan favorite for many years through their food truck business. The free-range,

5 RAWish co-owner James Yarborough rings up customers at Western Market located in the Foggy Bottom area in Northwest. The vegan eatery is one of four restaurants now open in phase one of the new food hall.

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RAWish is a new vegan concept conceived by husband and wife James and Taneea Yarborough. The couple owns two Gangster Vegan restaurants in Baltimore and Riverdale Park, Md. grain-fed spicy chicken sandwiches have won a few local dining polls. The Western Market opening of Roaming Rooster is timely. Last month, the eatery won a 2021 RAMMY award in the “Hottest Sandwich” category.

The menu at Roaming Rooster includes five types of chicken sandwiches. Diners can select a crispy fried chicken, Honey Butter Fried, Nashville Hot Fried or The Club, a fried chicken sandwich prepared like a club sandwich. There are also wings, tenders and a good selection of sides. Condiments include an assortment of in-house-made sauces.

A family-owned business, Roaming Rooster has benefitted from solid

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social media marketing. At the beginning of the pandemic, co-owners Biniyam Habtemariam, brother Biniam and his sister-in-law Haregewein Mesfin quickly switched the Bladensburg location, formerly their prep space for the food trucks, into a takeout and delivery setup. Social media brought customers to the location.

Giving back to the community also raised visibility. The restaurant used social media to announce providing free meals to hospital workers.

“Social media got us here,” Habtemariam said. “We have an amazing marketing team that includes Jerusalem, my best friend from Canada.”

In addition to Western Market, other Roaming Rooster locations in the District are on Bladensburg Road, U Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Soon to come will be locations in Rockville, Skyland Town Center in Southeast, Chantilly and Burke.

As Ethiopian immigrants, Habtemariam and his family know they are living the American Dream.

“It’s the land of opportunity and I believe in that 100 percent,” Habtemariam said. “You just have to put in the work. You can’t cut corners.”

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Black Woman-owned Business Makes its Mark in Electric Vehicles Field Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer For Sheryl Ponds, a native Washingtonian and founder and CEO of Dai Technologies Corporation, the future’s now -- and it’s exciting.

Ponds’ DaiTechCorp counts as the region’s first and only company founded by a Black female focused on solutions that make electric vehicle (EV) charging accessible to all drivers.

Ponds said her company provides tailor-made, turnkey installations of EV charging stations in the home, multifamily developments and other commercial settings, including curbside parking.

“I decided to jump into this business now as opposed to waiting until it becomes mainstream,” Ponds said. “It’s going to be big once everyone figures out that electric vehicles are not just a passing fancy.”

Ponds, whose love of all things

STEM began in middle school, noted that drivers who live in dense urban and multi-family settings remain discouraged from embracing the technology without equitable access to EV charging stations.

“Just the presence of one EV charger in an apartment or retail garage would influence more residents, patrons and employees to embrace electrified transportation,” Ponds said.

She also addressed some of the hesitancy in switching to electric vehicles, reiterating what she’s previously stated on several podcasts.

“Everyone is not mentally ready for EV adoption,” Ponds said. “It’s understandable but I call it suffering from range anxiety – the fear of getting stuck on the road without an outlet to charge an electric vehicle.”

Ponds further explained: “It’s embarrassing and I get it.

You feel vulnerable,” she said.

But the University of Tennes-

see graduate who majored in mechanical engineering asserted that hesitancy could have cost her the opportunity to make history with DaiTech Corp.

“There are many individuals like myself who require greater access to EV charging stations before purchasing their first EV,” Ponds noted. “I launched my company because I figured that if this new era of automotive transportation is going to take hold in the greater DMV area, it may as well start with me.”

Eventually, Ponds put all of her resources into building the company. Earlier this year, she was chosen to provide home charger installations for Volvo Cars’ new electric vehicle owners in the D.C. metropolitan area.

“For the sake of our planet, electric vehicles must be the wave of the immediate future,” Ponds stated after the announcement.

5 Sheryl Ponds. (Courtesy photo)

The agreement revealed that two companies, Qmerit and Volvo, shared her commitment to ending range anxiety and promoting electric vehicle adoption, she said.

“Consumers will not embrace the alternative to gasoline-powered cars until they believe their access to

electric vehicle charging stations is convenient and secure,” Ponds said.

She said she aims to make it practical for the average driver from an urban or underserved market to switch from a car fueled by “dino-

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In addition, as a business owned by a Black woman, Denise Rolark Barnes, that continues a legacy established by her father and the founder of the newspaper, Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr., the Informer represents a second-generation business.

Even more, one cannot discount the unprecedented challenges that all businesses have faced over the last year or so due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Persistence, ingenuity, hard work and a commitment to the mission first established by Dr. Rolark count as some of the reasons for our success and ability to keep the presses going and the doors remaining open.

Here are a few reflections from several members of The Washington Informer family.

Dr. Shantella Y. Sherman, special editions editor, who summarized the work as “Still Looking Out for the ‘Little Fellow.’”

“Frank Sinatra used to sing a song, ‘It was a very good year…’

That rings true for 1964. Change enveloped the world. That year in places like Rochester and Harlem New York, Dixmoor (Illinois) and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), civil unrest erupted into rebellions.”

“Black America beamed with pride as Sidney Poitier accepted

the coveted Academy Award for his portrayal of Homer Smith in ‘Lilies of the Field.’”

“A youthful boxer Muhammad Ali unseated Sonny Liston as heavyweight champion; and U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy accepted the Democratic nomination as New York’s candidate for U.S. Senate.”

“Locally, residents of the District of Columbia cast their ballots in a presidential election for the first time . . . and all was captured in the newly-minted Washington Informer newspaper – also born in 1964.”

“In 1977, The Washington Informer newspaper founder Calvin Rolark spoke before a Committee on Appropriations for the House of Representatives (95th Congress) seeking the approval of construction for what would become the D.C. Convention Center. His opening remarks included the following statement.” “’One of the deans of the Congress, the now deceased Wright Patman, gave me a wardrobe trunk when I went to college. One of his statements to me was, Rolark, whenever you grow up, always try to look out for the little fellow.

Look out for that guy that might be a little under you. That’s why I am here today, to speak on behalf of that little fellow.’”

“The advice proved prophetic for Rolark. In charting the course

“We have the benefit of 57 years of experience and we are a ‘thought leader’ in this space.

This is our story.”

– David Beckford of the weekly newspaper, Rolark formulated a cherished community sounding board for District residents – often those most marginalized and disenfranchised. The Washington Informer provided a trusted and open microphone to the ‘little fellow’ that resounded through local government agencies and corridors of power. It also gave those advocating on behalf of or seeking outreach to closed-off communities, direct access.”

“The Washington Informer’s commitment to Black D.C. also helped develop the editorial techniques and discipline of hundreds of celebrated writers, photographers, graphic designers, and editors for nearly six decades. I am proudly counted among that number.”

“My tenure began with the Washington Informer in 2000 and included positions as freelancer, managing editor, WI Charities executive director and (currently) special editions editor. Each position has given me an opportunity to reinvigorate Rolark’s vision with new media, personal creativity, historical research and investigation.”

5 Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

“Now, 57 years later, The Washington Informer continues its mission of serving as an ally to and advocate for D.C.’s overlooked residents, all while chronicling life in the shadows of the nation’s seat of power. Happy Anniversary . . . and Good Looking Out,” Sherman said.

William J. Ford, staff writer.

“I’ve worked as full-time writer with The Washington Informer as a member of the Black Press since 2015 covering Prince George’s County. Because some of the county and school politics which extend into Maryland state government, This notice requests Mr. Elbert E Ruth Jr, DOB September 7, 1967, of an unknown the paper has allowed me to cover NOTICE TO REMOVE ITEMS the Maryland General Assembly in address to remove items from storage located at 4524 C Street SE Washington DC 20019. the past three years.”

This notice requests Mr. Elbert E Ruth Jr, DOB September Annapolis 7, 1967, of anfor unknown address to remove items from storage located at 4524 C Street SE Washington DC“Being 20019. able to provide coverage Laura Muhammad, owner of the property requests removal before of our local and state government October 28, 2021, as disposal will occur onLaura October 29, 2021 Muhammad, owner of the property requests removal ensures before October 28, 2021,know as disposal willgooccur our readers what’s on October 29, 2021 ing on in their lives. We’ve garnered respect for our professionalism and understanding in providing the community with factual and relevant information. The InformLaura w Muhammad er’s notoriety has also allowed me

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and other writers to participate in journalism and community discussions. I’m fortunate to join a virtual discussion Nov. 10 with Prince George’s County and Maryland civil rights leaders to discuss combating lynching in America and fighting injustice in today’s society.

The program will be livestreamed on the Prince George’s County NAACP branch’s Facebook Live and YouTube pages. This is one of the many missions of the Black Press: to educate and inform the community,” Ford said.

Oswald Brown, contributing writer, as posted on Facebook.

“I joined the staff of this award-winning Black-owned newspaper in 1982 and was its news editor for more than 12 years when I initially lived in D.C. for 21 years before initially returning to my native Bahamas in 1992.”

“The Informer’s founder, the late Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, was more than my boss – he was one of my

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WI 57 from Page 16 best friends. Dr. Rolark was one of the most unheralded leaders of the Civil Rights Movement nationally, but in the District of Columbia his contributions to the civil rights struggle were monumental. He was the founder of the United Black Fund (UBF), which funded more than 65 organizations that supported Blacks in the Washington, D.C., area and was usually referred to as the Black United Way.” “I am extremely proud of the excellent job Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes, his daughter, and the staff of the Washington Informer do on a weekly basis in producing a first-class publication. Now that I am living back in D.C., I make a weekly contribution highlighting an important news item from Africa and the Caribbean.”

What’s next for the Informer?

Consider these thoughts from WI Creative Director David Beckford.

“We will gain access to increase readership through collaborations such as Black Press USA, Word In Black, News Break aggregator, Google News, Zenger and more. We will enhance our digital advancement, shaping editori-

HOMELESS from Page 11 face the greatest housing challenges, but also about the well-being and economic security of our communities and our whole nation … and guarantee housing as a right for every American.”

Bowser said the pandemic blunted her goal of reducing the homeless population by 65 percent in 2020. D.C. officials estimate that 6,380 residents a day are counted as homeless.

Still, the Bowser administration contends it will contain homelessness. “Homelessness in the District of Columbia will be rare, brief, and nonrecurring. We will eliminate racial inequalities in the homeless services system and create systemic treatment for all people,” the Bowser administration said under its Homeward DC 2.0 plan.

While the plan details strategies for meeting housing needs, the administration is getting tough on public encampments. The city

al through application of analytics from Google and performance reporting Relevant and new content series based on reader feedback and engagement.”

“We hope to increase access to more readers, viewers and listeners as we continue exploration of new mediums (pod cast, video, photojournalism, etc.). We’re committed to better understanding our advertisers’ needs coupled with product development. And like other publications, we’re curating stories and disseminating information faster while actively participating in local policy which will ensure greater investment in the growth and sustainability of the Black press.”

“We anticipate receive almost 2 million website visitors this year, reaching 20+ million people in social media and delivering over 6.8 million impressions though our digital imprint.”

“We have the benefit of 57 years of experience and we are a ‘thought leader’ in this space. This is our story,” Beckford said.

We’d like to hear what the community has to say. And we thank you for your support and encouragement throughout the years.

WI halted a recent push to clear unsanctioned tent cities on L and M Streets, N.E., when a skid-steer injured a homeless man who occupied a tent targeted for removal.

In the wake of an attempted removal of a occupied tent, Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau has called for a reevaluation of the District’s pilot program on homeless encampments.

Government alone cannot solve the problem of homelessness in America. The Biden and Bowser Administrations, as well as local and state governments across the country, will need the input and support of the private sector to reach this goal.

As Marian Wright Edelman, former president of the Children’s Defense Fund once said: “Homeless shelters, child hunger, and child suffering have become normalized in the richest nation on earth. It’s time to rest our moral compass and redefine how we measure success.”

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Laurent Gbagbo Launches New Political Party in Ivory Coast Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo launched a new political party Saturday, Oct. 16, formally breaking ties with those who ran his former party while he spent years facing war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court.

Gbagbo, 76, who returned home in June after his acquittal was upheld, announced a few months later that he would be setting up a new party to avoid legal battles with his former ally, Pascal Affi N'Guessan.

Gbagbo was extradited to The Hague in 2011 and his Ivorian Popular Front party splintered three years later — with one faction led by N'Guessan, while former first lady Simone Gbagbo played a prominent role in the other.

Organizers say the proposed name of Gbagbo's new party is the African People’s Party — Ivory Coast, shortened to its French acronym, PPA-CI. On Saturday, Gbagbo greeted a crowd of more than 1,600 delegates in Abidjan, many holding small flags bearing his image. "I am going to practice politics until my death," Gbagbo, 76, said to loud cheers during an hour-long speech Sunday, Oct. 17 that combined defiance, humor and nostalgia. "There are people older than I am who practice politics."

The creation of Gbagbo's political new party comes amid lingering questions about his future political aspirations.

He served as president from 2000 until his arrest in 2011 after he refused to concede defeat to Alassane Ouattara. The post-election conflict left more than 3,000 people dead and brought the country back to the brink of civil war.

Ouattara ultimately prevailed and has been the president of Ivory Coast ever since. Ouattara won a controversial third term late last year after the opposition claimed many of its candidates were disqualified, including Gbagbo.

On Saturday, the executive director of the ruling party, Adama Bictogo, was among those in attendance at the party congress.

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caribbean now Graduating Class Urged Not to Abandon UWI Open Campus Creating an engaged and supportive alumni network brings many benefits to both the institution and the alumni. That’s why, interim Principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus Dr. Francis Severin has encouraged the 2021 graduating class not to abandon the institution as they move on to their next endeavors, Barbados Today reported on Sunday, Oct. 17.

Speaking Saturday evening during the Campus’ virtual graduation ceremony, Severin told the academics that their time at UWI has added value to their lives.

“In all you do please never turn your back on your alma mater, which has improved your life chances several times over. Always remember as the UWI’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic proves, that the fortunes of the Caribbean nations are inextricably linked to the fortunes of the great University of the West Indies, which is our fundamental hope of reversing the persistent poverty cycle, overcoming the obstacles of development and transforming and advancing the modern Caribbean from the stubborn and chronic plantation

economy,” he said.

The graduating class consisted of some 877 graduands, including 463 undergrads and 169 post grads. International Auditor and Philanthropist, George Samuel Willie was bestowed an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree.

Expressing the university’s pride in the accomplishments of the cohort in spite of the challenges brought on by the pandemic, Severin encouraged the scholars to multiply the productivity demonstrated during their time at UWI in their workplaces, communities and countries. WI

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HEALTH Concerned Parents Now Sending Youth to School with CO2 Monitors

Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

The recent announcement by federal officials about vaccine booster shots and the uptick in the vaccinated population has spurred renewed belief that the end of the pandemic might finally be near.

But that hasn’t reduced safety concerns for those children and adults who have recently returned to the nation’s classrooms.

In fact, one new and popular trend has parents covertly placing CO2 monitors in their children’s backpacks, allowing them to measure the safety of the air in the school.

The trend owes its thanks in part to a social media group that spawned a nationally-published news article. Parents reportedly can set the monitors to take readings every few minutes to generate information.

Available at places like Home Depot, Lowes and Walmart, the carbon dioxide detectors can sense the presence and concentration of CO2, a dangerous gas often found in the natural environment and most commercial and industrial processes. The sensors can identify poorly ventilated areas which

are cause for alarm in the era of COVID-19.

“Because I am a single parent and my boss ordered everyone back to work, there was no way I could consider homeschool for my children. Still, I am afraid that they could catch COVID by being in school,” Ayesha McBride, a Prince George’s County mother of three school-aged children, told the Informer.

“I found out about the [monitors] on Twitter and then I did some homework and decided ‘what the heck?’ At least it gives me some peace of mind. I know that I won’t be deceived by propaganda because I will know just what the air quality is in that school,” said McBride, who used her maiden name and didn’t want the Informer to print the name of the school to protect her and her children’s secret.”

On Twitter, McBride and other parents have used the hashtag #CovidCO2.

Reportedly, the parents have exchanged ideas on how others can smuggle the monitors into school.

They are also deciding how to approach schools with their findings.

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“DCPS has not had an incident like that,” said District of Columbia Public Schools Press Secretary Enrique Gutierrez. “We want to make sure District families know that DCPS has made more than $24 million in HVAC upgrades to improve filtration and ventilation in every building.”

Gutierrez said mobile units with medical-grade HEPA filters clean the air in District classrooms.

“We also have UV lights in places like the bathroom to keep any

germs present from replicating,” Gutierrez assured. “MERV-13 filters in building-wide systems [also] help reduce the type of air particles that even enter the building.”

Other Districts around the country have been slow to implement such safety measures and have rebuked any efforts by parents to send children to school with CO2 monitors.

“Our school isn’t too happy about the CO2 monitor but we are using it as part of a ‘science fair project,’” Vanna J. Hoodlander

“We also have UV lights in places like the bathroom to keep any germs present from replicating,” Gutierrez assured. “MERV-13 filters in building-wide systems [also] help reduce the type of air particles that even enter the building.”

wrote on Twitter.

Reportedly, one parent who sent her third-grader to school in Philadelphia with the monitor made an alarming discovery.

During lunch, CO2 levels in the cafeteria rose to nearly double those recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The parent, Lizzie Rothwell, told the New York Times that she shared what she’d learned with the principal and asked if students could eat outside instead.

“He expressed surprise that I had any data at all,” she told the newspaper.

Schools in New York have distributed the devices while other districts are considering doing the same. Additionally, the parents who began the trend might ultimately save school districts a lot of money.

“Ideally, there’d be some machine that costs $100 and it starts beeping if the virus is in the air,” Jose-Luis Jimenez, an aerosol scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder, remarked.

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school with a CO2 monitor.

“CO2 is something that provides an affordable and very meaningful shortcut,” he noted.

On Twitter, Dr. Alex Huffman, a bio-aerosol scientist and chemistry professor at the University of Denver, recommended buying or borrowing a CO2 sensor.

“Stick it in the mesh water bottle pocket of your kid’s backpack, pin it into their shorts, or send it in their lunchbox,” Dr. Huffman insisted. “Be creative. Make sure it isn’t sealed away. The more airflow, the better the reading.”

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The path to clean energy is ongoing but lower income communities and more particularly communities of color “face the harshest

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CLIMATE from Page 20 their work is contributing to a more renewable and sustainable path to clean energy in the city and throughout the country. City and federal industry leaders gathered and exchanged ideas on how together they are improving the state of clean energy in the U.S. Ted Trabue, managing director of DC Sustainable Energy Utility, says his office has a goal to reduce local electric consumption by one percent each year and reduce natural gas use by about .75 percent a year.

Thus far, he said, there are more solar systems in Ward 7 than there are in Ward 3 and that they have installed more than 1,000 solar systems for local residents whose income meets requirements for subsidies.

By the end of the year, he added, the program is expected to help “an additional 6,000 income-qualified residents get subscriptions to the community solar systems [and] thereby cut their electric bill

“During the panel discussions, industry experts explained how their work is contributing to a more renewable and sustainable path to clean energy in the city and throughout the country.

in half for the next15 years.”

The Clean Energy Summit closed with a discussion on how the federal government is contributing to the ongoing fight for clean energy.

Kelly Speakes-Backman, principal deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. The Department of Energy, says the work that is being done is contributing to decarbonizing the electric grid, decarbonizing the industrial sector, reducing the carbon footprint of buildings, decarbonizing the agriculture sector and

decarbonizing the transportation sector which, she adds, contributes to the largest greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. “First, it is important to acknowledge that, while there has been extensive work in the field of energy, climate and environmental justice, there’s still so much we can and will do,” says Dr. Cecilia Martinez, senior director of environmental justice at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

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EDUCATION DCPS Librarians Support Legislation for Permanent Funding

Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer

Earlier this year, the passage of emergency legislation provided every District public school with a full-time librarian just in time for the mass return to in-person learning. That temporary, last-minute save followed D.C. Council hearings and months of organizing by librarians.

As the D.C. Council prepares to deliberate on a more permanent solution to the librarian funding issue, old and newly-installed public school librarians across the city continue to relish in their face-toface interactions with students, all while maintaining hope that councilmembers approve the Students Right to Read Amendment Act of 2021.

“My prayer is that it goes through [and] if it does, that D.C. Public Schools [DCPS] would be compliant and adhere to the policies and regulations for a full-time and certified librarian in every school,” said K.C. Boyd, a pub-

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lic school librarian who’s based in Ward 6.

For two years, Boyd and other librarians advocated for the financial support of their position during campaigns supported by the Washington Teachers’ Union [WTU] and political action committee EveryLibrary.

During the budget season, Boyd and more than a dozen librarians hosted meetings that connected District councilmembers with parents and teachers who recounted how the lack of librarians hindered students’ academic progress.

Those meetings, in part, compelled the infusion of $3.25 million that filled full-time librarian positions at nearly 40 schools. At the time the D.C. Council approved the emergency legislation introduced by Councilmember Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4), 40 percent of District public schools, many of which are based east of the Anacostia River, lacked a full-time librarian.

Since then, librarians throughout the public school system have

5 Branden Mitchell reads an interactive story to students during library time at Wheatley Education Campus in Northeast. (WI File Photo/Shevry Lassiter)

assisted their teacher colleagues in the transition to back-to-school learning, even serving as substitutes in some cases.

“We have good platforms,” Boyd said. “Students are reading voraciously. If given the opportunity to work, librarians can do a lot of good in every school they’re assigned to and make that indelible difference.”

D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) introduced the “Students Right to Read Amendment Act of 2021” earlier this month. If passed, the legislation would amend the “District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995,” mandating the permanent funding of full-time public school librarians starting next fiscal year.

School librarians have been credited with encouraging collab-

oration between teachers of various disciplines and sharpening students’ research skills. Librarians have also been considered a tool in increasing student literacy. Advocates have brought up this particular point during council hearings in the months leading up to, and during the pandemic, when public school principals facing enrollment-based budget shortfalls cut librarians positions.

Earlier this year, Allen, a father of two DCPS students, expressed his frustration with the ongoing discussions and what he described as the lingering threat of extinction facing public school librarians. He said his introduction of the Students Right to Read Amendment Act 2021 fulfills a promise he made to constituents and DCPS leadership.

“The chancellor tells us how li-

brarians are important, but they’re not funded the way they’re supposed to be,” Allen said.

“Councilmember Lewis George and others did a great job on this one-year fix but we need to make it permanent or we’ll have the same fight in the spring.”

In regard to the Students Right to Read Amendment Act of 2021, DCPS librarian Christopher Stewart expressed confidence in the D.C. Council’s ability to understand the crucial role he and his colleagues play in boosting literacy and shaping school culture. Since the school year started, Stewart has not only constructed a webpage chock full of resources for students, teachers and parents but also turned John Hayden Johnson Middle School’s library into a space for watching international news and conducting socratic seminars.

This method, Stewart said, encourages students to think freely. It also paves the way for him to engage reluctant readers and help them explore their interests through the written word.

In speaking about his role, Stewart said that he’s helping teachers and parents feed the thirst for knowledge he saw in young people as they entered the halls earlier this year.

“Other cities,states and municipalities are looking at this legislation [and] I am anticipating charter and private schools investing in school librarians,” Stewart said.

“What you’re doing when you’re investing in a school librarian, you’re investing in students and telling them that you appreciate them and see that they’re leaders.

This is equity work.”

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‘LIGHTS ON AFTERSCHOOL’

‘According to the DC State Board of Education, more than 28 million children in the U.S. have parents who work outside the home, while more than 7 million children have no place to go after school.

To that end, a national program called “Lights on Afterschool,” aimed at ensuring every child has access to a safe, engaging place where the lights stay on and the doors stay open after school, will be celebrated on Oct. 28.

The program also promotes the importance of quality afterschool and

out-of-school programs in the lives of children, families, and communities.

LEARNING DISABILITIES AWARENESS

One in five students learn differently because of learning and/or attention issues.

October as “Learning Disabilities Awareness Month” provides the nation the opportunity to turn its attention to students -- including the 2.5 million -- who have specific learning disabilities like dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia and the 6 million students who have been diagnosed with “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).”

The month also helps to raise awareness among school leaders, educators, parents, and communities on how to create and foster a world where children with learning disabilities are understood, valued, and able to thrive.

‘BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS’

Two DCPS facilities have been recognized by the Department of Education as “National Blue-Rib-

bon Schools “for 2021.

They include Eaton Elementary and Lafayette Elementary schools, which were selected based on their overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps.

“The DCPS family is excited to celebrate the accomplishments of Eaton and Lafayette Elementary schools and their recognition as 2021 National Blue Ribbon honorees,” Chancellor Lewis Ferebee said in a statement.

“This incredible recognition reflects the hard work and dedication of the student, staff and families and honor the overall mission and values of all DCPS schools.”

While the program recognizes outstanding public and non-public schools, it also celebrates school excellence, turn around stories, and closing subgroup achievement gaps.

To date, the program has bestowed approximately 10,000 awards to more than 9,000 schools.

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Education Equity a Priority for Biden Administration

President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order this week aimed at addressing “entrenched disparities [that] continue to plague America's education system, holding far too many Black students back from achieving their full potential.”

The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans, an order that has as much power as a federal law, begins with the premise that “educational opportunity is a fundamental element of the American promise.” Additionally, Biden’s order acknowledges that for far too long, inequities and systemic racial disparities lead to disparate outcomes and a persistent racial divide Black Americans experience over a lifetime.

The initiative will be housed within the U.S. Department of Education. The education secretary is responsible for designating an executive director responsible for carrying out the initiative’s mandate to “advance equity in our Nation’s schools and to promote the economic opportunity for Black students, families and communities.”

This far-reaching initiative addresses a broad range of issues from Black children’s access to high-quality childcare programs and services, discriminatory referrals to special education and excessive disciplinary actions, to advancing racial equity and economic opportunity by connecting education to labor market needs, to name a few.

An interagency working group will be established to monitor and support the initiative by providing resources and opportunities in the federal government’s efforts to better address educational disparities. Nearly every federal agency will be involved including the Departments of Defense, Justice, Energy, Homeland Security and NASA, as well as the White House Office of Gender Equality, among others.

Biden also established a Presidential Advisory Commission whose responsibility will be to keep the President aware of the initiative’s needs, directives and progress.

Biden also acknowledged in the order the ability of Black students to break barriers and achieve success regardless of the opportunities historically denied to them. Their tenacity has led to “vital contributions” in many areas including science, academia, business and public service, he wrote, adding this “is a testament to the resilience of Black Americans and steps our Nation has taken to expand access to education and opportunity.”

We applaud President Biden for realizing that despite all of the other major national and global issues now demanding his attention, that the cause of racial equity in education is also important to address. He received significant support from Black voters and these are the kind of issues they expect him and his administration to address.

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Ahmaud Arbery and His Family Deserve Justice

When Trayvon Martin, 17, was chased down and shot dead by George Zimmerman in the town of Sanford, Florida on Feb. 23, 2012 after being deemed to be an “intruder” in the mostly-white community, many Blacks assumed that justice would be served. But the laws of the state of Florida allowed the so-called “security officer” Zimmerman to justify his actions and the jury to found him not guilty.

Since then, there have been hundreds of cases of young Black men and women who have lost their lives after whites, asserting their centuries-old “privilege,” took the law into their own hands. And yet, every time it happens, we cannot help but wonder how long African Americans must endure such a level of injustice.

Now, America faces yet another case of white men, this time a trio which includes a father, his son and their neighbor, all from a small town in Georgia, who stand accused of chasing down and killing Ahmaud Arbery, 25.

What crime did he commit? It appears that Arbery had the audacity to be out one morning “jogging while Black.”

His assailants, who have pleaded not guilty, are charged with malice and felony murder as well as aggravated assault, false imprisonment and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. As the jury selection process in their state trial began Monday in a Glynn County courtroom, this already has the makings of a three-ring circus-like event – a made-for-TV adventure – with over 1,000 men and women being summoned for consideration as jurors.

The defendants say they were merely conducting a citizen’s arrest on Arbery who they suspected of burglary and that after allegedly hitting Arbery with their truck, and then pursuing him, they had to shoot him in self-defense. However, looking at the video which they recorded, it’s hard to believe their account of the events which transpired and led to the young man’s tragic death.

DC BizCAP Is a Great Funding Resource for District Small Business Owners

By Karima M. Woods, Commissioner, DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking I would like to address a few misperceptions about the DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking’s DC BizCAP Programthat may have been created by an October 13 Washington Informer article “D.C.-Supported Capital Funding Program Mystifies Black Business Leaders.”

1. DC BizCAP Program is in fact open to all small businesses.The DC BizCAP Program is funded through the U.S. Treasury and is fully inclusive and open to all District entrepreneurs and small business owners, regardless of race, who need capital funding. The article erroneously indicated that the DC BizCAP Program was established, “to procure capital for Black enterprises.”

2. DC BizCAP provides subsidized interest rates to small businesses including those that are minority, Certified Business Enterprises and woman-owned. For example, three out of the five businesses that received funding through DC BizCAP in fiscal year 2021 are minority owned.

Since the program’s inception in 2011, DISB’s support has facilitated $27 million in access to capital for District small businesses, 79 percent of which are minority owned. The article had suggested the opposite--that the program is little known and therefore underutilized by Black business owners.

3. While any funding application process may be time consuming and not all applicants will meet lender requirements, we work closely with program participants to ensure success.

It should be made clear that DC BizCAP is not a direct loan program. DC BizCAP provides loan enhancements—the Department can buy back a portion of the loan, provide additional collateral, or co-invest with lenders. the application process is dependent upon the lenders involved. Our work with program participants does not support the article’s characterization that the program is “cumbersome and it involves a lot of work and time” and other DC government agencies are better resources for capital funding.

While spreading the word about the DC BizCAP Program can be a challenge given that a small business owner would intuitively turn to the Department of Small & Local Business Development (DSLBD) for resources, we are actively promoting the program in new and inventive ways. Look for our print and digital advertising about the program and our workshops right here in the Washington Informer, in the Washington Business Journal, and on our social media platforms that include Twitter,Facebookand LinkedIn. DISB also partners with District agencies like DSLBD and the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs to promote the program to the business community through outreach events. In fiscal year 2021, for example, we held 10 workshops and forums attended by more than 230 entrepreneurs and small business owners.

For more information on DC BizCAP and how it can help your small business, contact Program Administrator Aaron Fenwick at 202-442-7821 or aaron.fenwick@dc.gov. Visit disb.dc.govfor information about upcoming events and workshops. WI Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper Jones, speaking to reporters on Monday, said she feels confident that justice will be served and that the community will once again stand behind her and her family.

We’d like to say we’re equally as confident

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that Ahmaud Arbery will finally rest in peace.

But if history is any indication, we have serious doubts.

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

Julianne Malveaux

How Can Black Folks Manage Inflation?

Between COVID-19 economic challenges, supply-side glitches, pent-up demand (people are finally shopping again) and more, prices are percolating upward in most uncomfortable ways.

In Los Angeles, gas prices are hitting north of $4.50, in some cases nearly $5 a gallon. In some places, the shelves are bare and staples like milk and bread are at least 5% higher than they once were.

Inflation is here. It is real. It

isn't retreating, at least not anytime soon.

When prices rise, we get inflation. Economists often describe it as "too much money chasing too few goods." That means there are just a dozen hot toys, and folks start making deals to get the hot toys from somewhere. Other folks, then, either have to "wait their turn," conspire to pay more or go without.

While you can go without hot toys, you can't go without milk, cheese or chicken. Instead, you watch hopelessly while prices rise and increasing prices take you out

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of the mix.

Prices rose by more than 5% from a year ago.

It might be good news for Social Security recipients, except that their larger check must pay the higher prices that come with inflation. Inflation and Social Security increases have hit a 13-year record high of 5.4%; economists predict that inflation will drop only slightly in 2022, to 4%, and then tick down a bit to 3.4%. In other words, inflation will be with us for a while.

You don't need economic analysis to explore this. All you have

to do is walk through the empty shelves at the supermarket, the rising gas prices, the many ways people are cutting and pasting their lives to conform with the "new" economic rules. Some of the rules are powerful — balance your work and your lifestyle — and some make no sense.

However you interpret the rules, the metric has changed. People are asking questions about quality of life with the same vigor that they once asked about compensation.

And some are willing to walk away from great offers that don't acknowledge their challenges.

One of the new economic realities, though, is the ways inflation affects our lives. The effects are not uniform, and they have a differential impact on people based on their socioeconomic status. People at the bottom absorb the inflation hit more acutely than those at the top. A 5% increase in the cost of a gallon of milk hits harder for someone who earns $30,000 a year (or $15 an hour) than for someone who earns $100,000 a year. At the bottom, people are making survival decisions. At the

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Marc H. Morial

The Need to Protect and Promote our Economic and Political Independence

In an August 1992 column, I noted the need for Black folks to focus more on achieving economic and political independence.

In regard to politics, I wrote: "One of the best things I have read recently is that one-quarter of Black people who were asked their political affiliation described themselves as independents. … Declaring our-

selves politically independent is an important first step. The next one is to organize a political party that looks to further our interests and those of other groups with whom we have formed mutually beneficial relationships. There is nothing sacred about a two-party system."

In dealing with economics, I included a quote given to Lerone Bennett Jr. in a 1976 interview with legendary businessman Earl B. Dickerson. Mr. Dickerson stated, "As more and more Blacks move into the

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middle-class, they have a responsibility to the black community. If Blacks go into the white community to get knowledge and then stay there, they are only pushing further away from the possibilities of Blacks ever becoming economically sufficient."

"I call upon these young Black men and women to get the experience, to get the foundation, and, before they are too old, to move into the Black community to help Blacks achieve economic equality," he said. "The economic insufficiency of the Black

community can never be improved to any substantial extent merely by employing a few middle-class Blacks. … We've got to improve the purchasing power of the total community …"

Twenty-nine years after that column, we as a people have yet to achieve the kind of economic and political independence that will enable us to better promote and protect our vital interests in this country.

Economically, we still give the overwhelming majority of our dollars to

members of other racial, ethnic or religious groups, despite being exploited by all of them.

Politically, the overwhelming majority of us still believe that the only way to do that is to be either a Democrat or a Republican despite the fact that both parties, through the years, have exploited us. The billion-dollar question: When will we begin to more effectively promote and protect our economic and political interests?

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Ieshaah Murphy, Allison Heldreth

Time for State’s Attorney Braveboy to Reveal Dangerous Officer List Prince George’s County Police Officer Darryl Wormuth, who is white, was indicted in April on multiple charges for allegedly grabbing a 17-year old Black teenager by the neck and assaulting him while he was in handcuffs. State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy publicly applauded the PGPD officers who reported Officer Wormuth, both of whom were Black, and vowed to continue investigating all of the circumstanc-

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es of the alleged assault. But her words, without more, do little to realistically ensure the safety and protection of Black and Brown residents in Prince George’s County from abusive officers like Wormuth.

That’s because Wormuth was on the force for over 13 years in a majority Black county before he was ever criminally charged. All that time, he was patrolling communities, making arrests, testifying

in court against those accused of crimes – overwhelmingly Black people accused of crimes – to secure convictions. Wormuth had been the subject of at least one prior police brutality lawsuit and he had a documented history of using force against Black residents.

In just the last four years, he’s had over 24 use of force incidents, 21 involving Black complainants, according to records

that came to light as a result of a federal racial discrimination lawsuit brought by Black and Latinx officers against the PGPD. Those past incidents, all the convictions Wormuth helped secure, and the many criminal cases still pending based on his word seem to be an afterthought now that he is finally off the streets. But there are others like him, with a history of use of force and other abuses against Black and Brown residents, who

still patrol communities.

Prince George’s County residents should have known about Wormuth’s history before he was ever indicted. Community members deserve to know how the people they pay to serve and protect their communities are conducting themselves. This becomes even more important when those community members are charged

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

E. Faye Williams

Them That's Got Shall Get

Recently, most of us have been consumed with conversations surrounding the "Build Back Better" budget plan that President Joe Biden campaigned on. His is a much-needed plan that will cut taxes and lower costs for working families, create much-needed jobs and address income inequality. His proposal centers on restructured tax codes which oblige the wealthy to pay their fair

share.

Although the potential outcomes of President Biden's plan are ambitious, it seemed so simple that even the 1% would accept a serious effort to lower the costs of housing, health care, higher education, prescription drugs and child care. Even if they had to learn to live on a few dollars less, who could complain about contributing to the "general welfare" in proportion to the benefits this country affords them? Obviously, the 1% could! For them, earning more money than can be spent in a lifetime is not enough. They resist the sacrifice

of a small portion that would benefit us all.

Undoubtedly, the need for reform exists. The singular or combined impact of those limiting circumstances severely affects the potential for improved quality of life and/or upward social mobility. Too often, the cost of child care is equal to or greater than the earning potential of an indigent parent leaving the choice as "Do I work to pay child care, or do I care for my child?" President Biden's plan offers that no middle-class family would pay more than 7% of their income for quality child care up to age

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5. Working families most in need of child care would pay nothing. Universal preschool would increase the potential for social success.

Unlike the past, a high school diploma no longer guarantees a middle-class lifestyle. Without a near-miracle, there is no "good" job to be found without post-high school studies. Under the Biden Plan, students would universally qualify for tuition for two years of community college studies. Additionally, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), tribal colleges and universities, and other minority-serving

institutions have historically operated on shoestring budgets. The president's plan includes strategies to strengthen completion and retention rates at these institutions which serve low-income students. Appearances suggest that some of the wealthier members of Congress need assistance with their "higher education" since they don't seem to understand the relationship between education and the achievement of personal success. They most certainly are NOT using their education wisely!

trans people are not worthy of being treated with respect or dignity.

Robinson's comments are part of a long and ugly history of politicians smearing LGBTQ people as threats to children. Those smears promote hatred and violence.

Deadly violence against transgender people, especially Black trans women, has been on the rise in recent years.

Robinson's attacks are also part of a broader right-wing campaign to demonize public schools for teaching about racism and pro-

moting acceptance of LGBTQ students. Robinson says schools are teaching students "how to hate America" and "how to go to hell."

He has defended himself by claiming that inappropriate materials are being "forced" on children in classrooms, but his charges don't hold up to scrutiny. Some of the books that he complains about are reportedly not being taught in classrooms but are available in some high school libraries.

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Ben Jealous

A Politician's Shameless Bigotry

There's an old saying about bullies: they can dish it out, but they can't take it.

Witness North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. He abuses his position of authority to insult and demean people. But when he gets criticized for making harmful comments, he whines that he's the real victim.

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Right Wing Watch recently began reporting on Robinson's cruel and offensive comments. This summer, Robinson told one audience that Christians must take control of public schools because "there's no reason anybody anywhere in America should be teaching any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth." In another speech, Robinson mocked transgender people and denounced the transgender rights movements as "demonic" and "full of the spirit of antichrist."

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Fortunately, a lot of people have called Robinson out. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper called Robinson's comments "abhorrent." The White House called them "repugnant and offensive." Multiple state legislators have called on him to resign.

Robinson should be ashamed of himself. But he's not. He is puffed up with pride about promoting bigotry. He is promising to "double down." And that's dangerous. Robinson's comments send a message to students and everyone else that

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Askia Muhammad

Colin Powell, The Working Man's Barack Obama

As the tributes as well as the critiques pour in saluting Gen. Colin Powell who joined his ancestors Oct. 18, I remember him most as a true Buffalo Soldier. "In the heart of America. Stolen from Africa. Brought to America. Fighting for survival," so said Bob Marley. Colin Powell also traced Jamaican roots.

Colin Powell is a hero in my book

because he showed strong like Gen. Chappie James, like Gen. Benjamin Davis, like Col. Charles Young, like the Original Buffalo Soldier Him Was all the time.

He reached the pinnacle, without losing his esteem as a Black man — I think his roots coming from the ROTC program at City University of New York rather than through the service academy, made him somewhat immune from being racially shamed, but he did drink the KoolAid and permanently marred his

reputation when he told the world that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq under the control of President Saddam Hussein. Unconscionable.

But Colin Powell lived another life in presidential politics when he bucked his Republican Party and supported Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in 2008. I remember the moment well.

It was during a Sunday morning appearance on "Meet The Press." In those days, reporters would frequently "stake out" the major news shows

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for an impromptu press conference after their show appearances.

What struck me about Powell's remarks was what he said about Republikkkan-spread rumors that Obama was a Muslim, as though that would be a certain disqualifying condition to prevent him from becoming president — after you got over the stinking "birther" conspiracies. It was ugly.

But Gen. Powell shut the nasty conversation down. The U.S. Constitution protects freedom of religion Powell told us, and it specifically says

that there can "be no religious test" for any position in this country. It's in the Constitution. Explicitly. "…no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

That is verbatim, Article VI, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution!

I find this remarkable because it was Powell alone who had the courage to say that a religious test clause is strictly prohibited by the Consti-

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LIFESTYLE Matthew Whitaker Delights Lincoln Theatre Audience with Musical Range Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer Lincoln Theatre was the right place to experience Matthew Whitaker. The venue, known for performances from history-making artists like Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway and Shirley Scott, was blessed with the multi-genre music talent of Whitaker. Whitaker, a keyboard musician, was backed by a strong talented group that consisted of Marcos Robinson, guitar, Karim “Kace” Hutton, bass guitar, Isaiah Johnson,

drums and Ivan Llanes, percussion.

The evening featured songs from his three CDs along with classics from established jazz and R&B artists.

He went out with a bang by accompanying the popular Washington Performing Arts Children of the Gospel Choir. Before the evening’s performance, the afternoon rehearsal illustrated Whitaker’s thoughtful patient approach ensuring everything was in sync. Working with the choir and their artistic director Michele Fowlin, time was spent working through coordinating the desired

5 Keyboardist Matthew Whitaker on acoustic piano and Yamaha keyboard during rehearsal for his Oct. 15 Washington Performing Arts concert at Lincoln Theatre on U Street in Northwest. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

outcome. It was an upbeat collaboration that paid off in the concert.

Whitaker opened one of his compositions that segued to “Spain” by Chick Corea, one of his idols who died last year. Throughout the evening audiences were treated to interpretations from other keyboard influences of Whitaker including Dave Brubeck and Dr. Lonnie Smith who died last month. The first time I saw

Whitaker perform was for the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters induction where Smith was one of the honorees. At the Lincoln Theatre, I heard “Pilgrimage” – a composition Whitaker told the audience that Smith performed at all of his concerts. A peaceful hush fell over the audience.

The final set of the night featured Whitaker and Washington Performing Arts Children of the Gospel Choir turning the Lincoln Theatre into a worship service. What we experienced was a form of praise worship that moved the audience to raising a hand in the air and sway-

ing side-to-side. Howard University alumnus Richard Smallwood’s composition of “Mercy Endureth Forever (Psalm 118)” was extremely moving. Finally, “To God Be the Glory” served as the perfect encore. Moving between the acoustic piano and the Hammond B3 organ, Whitaker was the church keyboardist and arranger that every church wished they had.

Whitaker fans left Lincoln Theatre filled and satisfied.

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6 Keyboardist Matthew Whitaker and his guitarist Marcos Robinson work through arrangements with the Washington Performing Arts Children of the Gospel Choir during rehearsal for the Oct. 15 concert at Lincoln Theatre. (Anthony Tilghman/ The Washington Informer)

5 Keyboardist Matthew Whitaker and Michele Fowlin, artistic director for the Washington Performing Arts Children of the Gospel Choir (red top, back toward Whitaker) do some tweaking during rehearsal for the Oct. 15 concert at Lincoln Theatre.

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SNCC Celebrates Historic 60th Anniversary with Focus on Today’s Inequities James Wright WI Staff Writer The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee [SNCC] recently celebrated its 60th anniversary with a virtual convention that focused on its history and how activism can help people of color during their present struggles.

“This conference will be intergenerational,” Charlie Cobb, a former SNCC activist in the 1960s, said on WIN-TV’s Oct. 8 edition.

“We want to bring together the SNCC veterans and the activists with the Black Lives Matter movement and push intergenerational action,” he said. “What young people are doing now connects with what we did with SNCC 60 years ago.”

SNCC started at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, in April 1960 when a group of young civil rights activists organized under the tutelage of Ella Baker to confront segregation and racist practices primarily in the South.

The organization grew rapidly throughout the decades with hundreds of SNCC activists participating in activities including: the Freedom Rides during which they sought to exercise their rights as promised by the ban against segregation on interstate travel in buses (1961); led voter registration drives throughout the South (1961); and the 1964 Freedom Summer when they worked to register Black voters in Mississippi.

Later in the decade, conflicts on the role of whites in the organization and the decision to ban white membership led to decreased funding and its subsequent demise in 1973, according to the National Archives’ African American Heritage site.

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Former D.C. Mayor and Councilmember Marion S. Barry served as the chairman of the District’s office of SNCC. Former SNCC members who have served on the D.C. Council include: Frank Smith (Ward 1); Nadine Winter (Ward 6); David Clarke (Ward 1, chairman); and John Wilson (Ward 2, chairman).

The late Lawrence Guyot served as an advisory neighborhood com-

missioner. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton worked for SNCC as an organizer. Courtland Cox, the SNCC Legacy Project’s chairman, attended Howard University and in partnership with Cobb, co-founded and managed the Drum and Spear Bookstore.

Highlights from the Conference The recent conference occurred from Oct. 14-16. Workshops on a variety of topics ranged from addressing police brutality, confronting voter suppression laws, improving the educational system for young people and the economics of communities of color. Noted elected officials such as Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and civil rights leaders such as NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson participated in the conference, along with scholars from various universities and institutes on Black history and politics. Films dealing with SNCC’s early history and its deceased members received airing in addition to discussions with authors regarding their books.

“In the NAACP, we have Haitians in our Miami branch, Muslims active in our Philadelphia branch and good ole country folks in our branches in Alabama. I see the diversity among Blacks as a beautiful thing.”

Imani Perry Hughes-Rogers, a scholar at Princeton University, said even though Blacks today make more money presently than any time in history, the Black middle classes’ financial status remains “fragile.”

“We have Black people who are earning a lot of money and have large salaries,” she said. “But that’s income, not wealth. We have to figure out ways for Black people to become wealthier.”

In the “Where Do We Go from Here” workshop, Melina Abdullah, a scholar at California State University, Los Angeles, advises young activists

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5 Charlie Cobb is a journalist, author and board member of the SNCC Legacy Project. (Courtesy photo)

to continue their work for equal rights for all Americans.

“Young people need to do two things,” Abdullah said. “They need to join an organization that is work-

ing on what they seek to do. And, every morning, they need to wake up and think about what they will do for Black freedom.” WI @JamesDCWrighter

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Ellison participated in the “Criminal Justice: Effect Change at City, County and State Levels” workshop with Yale Law School professor James Forman, Jr., and Judy Richardson, a SNCC Legacy Project Board member, who served as the moderator.

Ellison, who received national attention with his effort to successfully prosecute former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, said community engagement can thwart the rising homicide rates in Black neighborhoods throughout the U.S. “You have to engage in community hotspots,” he said. “Not the ‘stopand-frisk’ techniques used in many cities or ‘stop-a-Black-kid’ tactics but get the community involved in stopping the violence. Community-led programs have been found to be successful.”

Another workshop, “The Path Forward: A Look at the 21st Century Racial Environment,” led by Cobb, focused on the relationship Blacks have with other Americans.

“There is a diversity in the African American experience,” Johnson said.

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Hopkins’ Plantation Slaves’ Names to Adorn Scholarships

Foundation Endows New African-American Beneficiaries Sarafina Wright WI Contributing Writer The Johns Hopkins House, Inc., plans to honor the enslaved men and women who worked the 500-acre former tobacco plantation in the 18th century, through named college scholarships.

The nonprofit organization, working to save and restore Whites Hall, Johns Hopkins' birthplace and boy-

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hood home outside of Baltimore, announced last week that the annual academic scholarships will help African-American students access a college or vocational education.

Robert S. Brown, the nonprofit’s executive director, said this will be the first such tribute to the enslaved people of a former plantation.

“We hope for this scholarship program to become an example– a model–for other properties with

similar associations with slavery,” Brown said.

Each scholarship will be specifically named for one of the Hopkins family's enslaved workers and will have a primary funding sponsor.

The scholarship fund will also be supported by the nonprofit's operation of the 14-acre Whites Hall property.

The Johns Hopkins House has access to records for at least 47 enslaved individuals who worked at Whites Hall, including names and, in most cases, dates of emancipation.

This information was provided by Sydney Van Morgan, Ph.D, director of the Johns Hopkins University's International Studies Program, according to the organization.

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The nonprofit added that it has also commissioned a sculpture by artist Carolyn D. Palmer of an enslaved family as an “artistic centerpiece for the project.”

“I was so moved and honored to be chosen for this project,” Palmer said. “My goal is to bring to life not

only the weariness you might expect of an enslaved family but also reveal a quiet dignity and deep love and devotion for each other. This work should represent all enslaved people, and most importantly, portray their humanity.”

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Facebook Says it Will Halt Bullying, Protect Youth, Public Figures

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Instagram 'Kids' on Hold Sarafina Wright WI Contributing Writer Facebook, the social media giant that also owns Instagram and What’s App, recently announced a slew of policy changes to make its platform safer for children, minimize harassment to public figures, and thwart online bullying.

The tech company said it will remove harmful content that attacks public figures and provide more protections for those who have become famous involuntarily — like human rights defenders and journalists.

“We do not allow bullying and harassment on our platform, but when it does happen, we act,” Facebook said in a statement.

“We also regularly pressure test these policies with our safety experts, making changes as needed.”

Eliminating mass-coordinated harassment is another one of Facebook’s new policies, they added, this will protect individuals at heightened risk of offline harm, for example victims of

violent tragedies or government dissidents.

But this policy also applies to everyday individuals, who can become victims of targeted harassment via direct messages in their inbox or comments on personal profiles or posts.

Facebook said they will require additional information or context to enforce this new policy.

While Facebook doesn’t want to limit discourse on public figures, the company said they are trying to strike a balance between protecting them from abuse and open dialogue.

“Public figures shouldn’t be subjected to degrading or sexualized attacks,” Facebook said.

Adding they currently remove attacks on public figures that encompass a wide range of harms, but they will now also remove things that include: Derogatory, sexualized photoshopped images and drawings; Profiles, pages, groups or events dedicated to sexualizing the public figure; and degrading content depicting in-

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David didn’t have a costume. But he wasn’t _____. He had a secretive _________ on his face. What was he up to, wondered the other students?

At lunchtime, Ms. Lively said, “David, please stay in at lunch.”The other kids wondered if David was in some kind of _______.

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Some things that might end up in landfills could be used to make clever Halloween costumes and props.

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ut a little later, David came out to the playground in a cool robot costume—one Ms. Lively and he had put together with _______________ boxes, aluminum foil, newspaper, construction paper and paper ______.

David beamed as he told his friends, “I asked Ms. Lively to help me make my Reuse Robot costume from things heading to the ____________ bin! I wanted to show how _____________ can be made from reusable things. And after Halloween, I’ll recycle all the parts of my costume!”

construction paper scraps, cardboard, newspaper and magazine photos to create gauges, video screens, lights, buttons

Draw the item that should come next to continue the pattern in each row.

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What can you create with some of these things? Draw your costume idea!

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Look through the newspaper to find photos or cartoons with people and animals. Cut out different parts and paste them together to create an all-new creature.

Standards Link: Visual Arts: Use a variety of mediums for art.

HALLOWEEN HATS: A paper sack and scrap paper can become a silly Halloween hat! Each picture has a match, except one. Can you find it?

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By Bobby and Cheryl Love with Lori L. Tharp c.2021, Scholastic $18.99 320 pages

Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer Not a whisper.

Don't breathe one word of what you're about to hear, not to anyone living or dead. This is top-secret information, for your eyes only. Keep it quiet. And in the new book "The Redemption of Bobby Love" by Bobby and Cheryl Love with Lori L. Tharps, hope that everyone else does so, too.

At that time of day, a rap on the door was never good.

It was 6:30 a.m. and Cheryl Love was just finishing up her morning routine, preparing to wake her husband, Bobby, for work, and their son for school.

She looked through the door's peephole and saw several policemen …

Walter Curtis Miller was born in the fall of 1950 in North Carolina, his mother's "lucky number seven" of eight children. The family was poor but young "Buddy" had a good childhood until his father died in 1959 and that changed everything: his mother took any job she could to feed her brood and with little supervision, Buddy started acting out, fighting, stealing.

By 12, his light-fingered habit turned into major theft and taking cars.

At 15, he was sent to a "Training School" from which he walked away and headed to Washington D.C., where he couldn't stop stealing; caught again, he was sent to a facility for juvenile offenders. Shortly after his release from there at age 17, he robbed a bank and that was it.

Miller went to prison with a 25-year sentence.

But Buddy Miller couldn't do that kind of time and he made plans to run when he could. He jumped off the prison bus, changed his name to Bobby Love because it was the first thing that came to mind, and he sneaked off to New York. As Love, he kept mum about his past, settled down, got a job, fell in love and married, volunteered in his community, helped folks, and raised four good kids. His family never knew about Buddy Miller.

Until 40-some years after Miller's "one big heist," and there was a rap on the door …

Seems like a movie plot, right? Like you'd catch this on your big screen with some popcorn, but no, "The Redemption of Bobby Love" is a true story and it's incredible.

Part of that is because half of this book belongs to author Cheryl Love, whose tale accompanies Bobby Love's in all its tumultuousness. Together, they make a breathless story, told with no apparent desire to keep it all under wraps anymore — and that'll knock the breath out of you, too. It has a "Catch Me If You Can" feel, as you race through this account with an empathetic feeling of doom, the urgency of being one step ahead, and the terror of waiting for that hand on your shoulder. Whew, the grace that eventually comes is sweet relief.

Fans of "Humans of New York" will recognize this tale, and be glad it's finally fully told. Anyone who wants a good book needs to read "The Redemption of Bobby Love." Truly, it'll make you shout.

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ARIES Over the week ahead, the cosmos will encourage you to bring more beauty into your life. Be inspired to beautify your space or get carried away with your daydreams. Later on, the focus shifts to your sector of spirituality, and you could find yourself having passionate, meaningful, bond-bolstering conversations with loved ones. Lucky Numbers: 6, 13, 30 TAURUS Your mind could be wandering as you imagine a variety of ways you could infuse your current work schedule with more fun and creativity. Later on, the focus shifts to get out of your comfort zone. You might also be running low on energy, especially when it comes to interacting with others. You'll cope by employing patience — and perhaps a few deep breaths. Lucky Numbers: 5, 27, 29 GEMINI The week ahead you'll be craving joyful connections with friends and lovers. Embrace this urge. By doing so, you'll feel even closer to your S.O. or other loved ones. Later on, you will feel the urge to focus more on making some of your deepest dreams come true. You could have a burst of confidence around an artistic approach to a major project. Communication fuels action. Lucky Numbers: 11, 40, 53 CANCER This week, some intense astrological forces will be at play, creating friction in interactions with loved ones. Put a tense conversation on hold until cooler heads prevail. Later in the week, the energy mellows out.

This could have you craving an eye-opening, perhaps even escapist experience. Seeing a play, taking in a museum exhibit, or doing a day trip could satisfy this urge to explore, learn, and grow. Lucky Numbers: 26, 31, 49 LEO The cosmos says you have the opportunity to land something big! Going above and beyond with an artistic approach to a group project could translate to rewards — and possibly even a joyful celebration. Spiritual and romantic influences crank up the intensity of your deepest connection. You'll feel especially sensual, creative, and in tune with your intuition. Lucky Numbers: 11, 14, 39 VIRGO If you've been musing about pitching a creative project or dreaming about taking a risk with your professional path, you'd do well to reach out to colleagues now. Conversations and brainstorms set you up for recognition and rewards. Later in the week, you could be caught up in big ideas and plans for goals you share with your S.O. and/or loved ones. The downside is that you may not be able to grasp all the moving parts or details just yet. Let your vision simmer a while before making a move. Lucky Numbers: 3, 10, 55 LIBRA Harmonizing influences stimulate your appetite to learn and work on your personal growth. Consider checking out a new yoga or meditation class or experimenting with aromatherapy. Getting out of your comfort zone by exploring new forms of self-care could make for a blissful result. You could be tempted to take on more than is realistic when it comes to your fitness game plan. A measured approach would serve you best until you have all the information you need to commit to a major shift. Lucky Numbers: 3, 6, 39 SCORPIO The week ahead magnifies your desire to connect on a deeper level with your S.O. or a potential lover. Sharing what's in your heart through words or actions can lead to a game-changing, memorable, and seriously steamy time. Later in the week, you're inspired to take a truly imaginative approach to your professional game plan. The issue is that you may only see the possibilities and not the challenges that could arise, so you'd do well to wait until you have a full read on the situation. Lucky Numbers: 17, 30, 47 SAGITTARIUS Working on a team project, especially one that has a creative direction, is especially fulfilling now for your collegial relationships as well as career advancement. Later in the week, a dreamy, domestic vibe gives you an intense desire to stay in with your partner or a potential lover. One-on-one time and deep conversations can take your bond to the next level now. Lucky Numbers: 9, 21, 41 CAPRICORN You might feel like collaborating with others on an important project. Allowing everyone to weigh in and pitch in makes for a much more rewarding result than trying to go it alone. A collaboration with your partner or a close friend could take a frustrating turn. It could feel like no matter what you do you're not able to make the progress that you thought you were on track for. Patience is key. Lucky Numbers: 17, 34, 55 AQUARIUS Friendship vibes mean that you may be itching to get out and be more social than usual. Enjoying the company of your closest friends and loved ones and going with the organic flow of your time together can feel restorative for your relationships. In the work realm, you could feel driven to dive into a major professional undertaking. The more your heart is in it, the greater the payoff can be. Lucky Numbers: 2, 8, 25 PISCES During this week, you'll be feeling more confident, sensual, and fired up to connect with your partner or a potential lover. Getting carried away by your daydreams is inevitable right now, so go with it, and enjoy the ride. Later in the week, the cosmos supplies you with a burst of inspiration to chase a bold professional dream. You have the big picture vision down pat, but the details could be a bit blurry right now. Holding off on taking action until you have more solid information could serve you best. Lucky Numbers: 19, 37, 55

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SPORTS Roosevelt’s Rough Riders Use Quick Start, Defense to Upend Dunbar, 28-21 Defending Champion’s Loss Confirms Greater Parity in DCIAA High School Football Ed Hill WI Contributing Writer In what many considered to be the biggest high school football game of the season, Roosevelt scored 21 first quarter points, then rode a strong defensive effort to upend Dunbar High School, 28-21, in a District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association [DCIAA] showdown before a homecoming crowd at Dunbar Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 16.

The gridiron duel featured the upstart Roosevelt Rough Riders (61), who have not been a factor in the league since the days of James Tillerson during the 1970s, pitted against the Dunbar Crimson Tide (4-1).

For the past 20 years, Dunbar, along with H.D. Woodson, have

pretty much dominated the league, so Roosevelt had something to prove. Dunbar set the tone early, taking control on their opening drive and going 56 yards in 12 plays to score the first points on a dazzling Juan Pratt 17-yard scamper.

They dominated the first quarter, limiting the Crimson Tide to only eight plays in the first 12 minutes while running off 20 of their own.

The next Rough Rider score came from the special teams when Antonio Wilkins returned a punt for 40 yards to make it 14-0 at the 6:48 mark.

Dunbar, the defending champ, finally got things going with a Mike Brown, Jr. 25-yard TD reception two minutes later to cut the deficit in half.

But the Rough Riders, un-

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5 Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School in Northwest, the Crimson Tide played Theodore Roosevelt Sr. High School, the Rough Riders in a football game at Dunbar High School. The Rough Riders defeated the Crimson Tide at Dunbar’s homecoming in a 28-21 victory on Sat., October 16. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

daunted, maintained the pressure, ramping up the defense with Jamal Edwards making the most of an interception and scampering for 39 yards to close out the first quarter, 21-7.

“We have been trying to tell people that we're coming for the top for a while now but the city just kept sleeping on us,” Juan said.

Dunbar hurt itself repeatedly with penalties (13 for 105 yards) which stymied drives. As for Dunbar’s vaunted Dunbar running game, which boasted an average of 224 yards, it, too, faltered, ending the day with a minus-4 yards total.

Meanwhile, the opportunistic Rough Riders added to their opponent’s woes with five takeaways and four sacks.

“With all the emotion of it being their homecoming and knowing the hype this game had within the city, we knew that getting out early was essential to our success,” said Roosevelt Head Coach Chris Harden.

“On film, we saw some things in the passing game that we thought we could exploit to set up our running game,” said Dunbar Head Coach Anthony “Bink” Vaughn. “But we couldn't hit our receivers and that allowed them to stay in tight and

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make it tough on our backs.”

Pratt added to his stats for the day with a second TD on a 15-yard run for the Rough Riders’ final score.

Daequan Harvin, Dunbar's talented running back, scored on a six-yard burst to inch his team closer, 28-13.

Then the weather became a factor, favoring the rushing game of the Crimson Tide in the second half. Harden, who leads the league in rushing, added a 67-yard jaunt in the fourth quarter which helped his team close the margin to just one touchdown after they completed a two-point conversion, 28-21.

Dunbar had one opportunity after the Rough Riders turned the ball over on their next possession in Roosevelt territory. But the Rough Rider defense refused to wilt as they held the Crimson Tide on downs and took over to run out the clock.

“This was a good win for our program,” Harden said. “But like I said to the kids, it is just a league game. We cannot get caught up in this one win.”

Vaughn, last season’s DCIAA Coach of the Year shared his observations.

“We got beat by a great team today but there were some positive plays so this does not have to define our season,” he said. “I hate to lose but sometimes your messages get stale when you are winning. Losing can be a wakeup call for a good team.”

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Howard University Football team to Face Big Test in Homecoming Showdown Ed Hill WI Contributing Writer In case, you haven’t noticed. the Howard University football team has extended its winning streak to two games and defeating Beltway rival Morgan State University in its last game two weeks ago on October 7.

The Bison came away with an impressive victory on a Friday Night game televised on ESPNU. Now, the team faces a huge test when it hosts Norfolk State on Saturday in William H. Greene Memorial Stadium on the University campus. The game will be broadcast live at 1 p.m. on the Howard University Football Network, www. hubison.com.

Howard (2-4, 1-0 in the MEAC), picked to finish last in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference [MEAC] pre-season poll, has parlayed the play of junior quarterback Quinton Williams along with some stingy defense during its current surge, providing that oddsmakers don’t always get it right.

Quinton, who hails from Wise High School in Prince George’s

County, has emerged as one of the top quarterbacks in the conference, having thrown for over 1,100 yards and 10 TDs in the past four games including a school record 97-yard pass play in the win over Morgan State.

The defense, spearheaded by senior Aaron Walker who first gained notoriety during his prep days at Friendship Collegiate Academy in Northeast, has allowed only one field goal in the last six quarters of play. Both young men have previously been named MEAC Player of the Week.

However, the biggest boost during the two-game home stand has arguably come from the Bison’s 12th man – the student body – largely composed of a freshmen class touted as the largest in school history.

“The fan base has brought excitement and lots of energy to the game,” said Howard Head Coach Larry Scott, now in his second season. “It all starts with our pregame which includes engagement between the team and students. It then carries over to the game and it has been a great motivator to the team.”

5 HU coaches confer. (Qban Cigar Photography | Howard @ Morgan State 2021)

But Scott admits that those factors aside, it’s going to require a herculean effort to handle the Spartans of Norfolk State – a preseason favorite, along with South Carolina State, predicted to win the title.

Norfolk State features a veteran team, with the MEAC Player of the Year in senior quarterback, Juwan Carter. The Spartans (4-2, 0-0 in the MEAC) face Howard after an

Sean Taylor’s #21 Retired Amid Controversy Honors for Fan Favorite Coincides with WFT Blow-out Robert Warren WI Sports Writer In what many fans viewed as a bittersweet moment, the Washington

Football Team honored the memory of slain star Sean Taylor Oct. 17.

The free safety, regarded as one of the hardest-hitting defensive backs in the team’s history, died in a Novem-

ber 2007 home invasion just three years into a National Football League career that sparkled from his rookie year.

He died at 24 with two Pro-Bowl

impressive 42-14 home victory over Virginia Lynchburg for their fourth straight win.

“They have an outstanding veteran quarterback and they are very seasoned with a number of six-year veterans,” Scott said. “The key is that we have to defend the home turf. This is a conference home game.”

No matter who emerges as the

victor, the weekend showdown promises to be an electrifying game couched in a spine-tingling atmosphere. Norfolk State handles its business on the road as well as any school in the MEAC and they always show up in big numbers when they play Howard.

And oh, by the way, the marching bands say they’re primed to put on an exciting halftime show. WI

appearances under his belt, quickly earned based on a reputation as a speedy, fearsome player. His performance generated a hearty following among fans, many of whom sported his number 21 on towels, bumper stickers and apparel long after his abrupt departure.

While jersey retirement honors at halftime of the Oct.17 WFT game with the Kansas City Chiefs drew cheers as his family gathered at a mid-field ceremony, the team’s action–hastily arranged in the wake of an off-field scandal amid workplace misconduct allegations in a suit that the organization fostered a racist, sexist culture.

A number of emails from that investigation leaked, leading to Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden resigning from his position after it was revealed email between him and former Washington general manager Bruce Allen contained racial and sexual epithets and questionable references.Gruden's emails were the only ones to leak. No correspondence from Washington owner Dan Snyder, or any other high-ranking NFL executives, has been revealed publicly.

The fans voiced outrage at the jersey retirement ceremony that was pulled together 72 hours before game day and staged in a half-empty stadium. WI

His performance generated a hearty following among fans, many of whom sported his number 21 on towels, bumper stickers and apparel long after his abrupt departure.

5 Clinton Portis and the family of Sean Taylor are present for the retirement of Sean Taylor's jersey number during a ceremony at Fedex Field in Landover on Sunday, Oct. 17. (Abdullah Konte/The Washington Informer)

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the resignation of HU President Wayne A.I. Frederick, the creation of a community food pantry, the disarming of campus police and the expansion of on-campus counseling services, among other requests.

Though Frederick and the board of trustees met with HU Resist members and verbally acquiesced to seven out of nine demands, HU Resist members expressed skepticism about the degree to which university officials made substantive changes.

McKenney said actions taken by the university since then, including the recent removal of student, faculty, and alumni seats on the board of trustees, have placed school officials in a better position to make decisions even more detrimental to HU students. “[The removal of affiliate positions] is a reaction to the organizing we did in 2018 and the current organizing [in] dissent [of ] the privatization of the university . . . the selling off of dorms and property and cutting off budgets of faculty and departments,” said McKenney, a 2018 HU graduate.

Two days into the Blackburn Takeover, she visited the Blackburn University Center, spoke with students and offered advice.

Since the onset of the protest, the D.C. Mutual Aid Network have provided food and supplies to students who remain inside.

And while she cites the importance of having the combined presence of students, faculty and alumni on the board of trustees, she said community members won’t begin to see real results until Howard makes significant changes within its leadership.

“The foundation of Howard is faulty so we need to continue fighting for an infrastructure shift,” she said.

THE CIRCUMSTANCES AT HAND

By the time HU’s board of trustees voted in June to eliminate its three alumni, two faculty and two student seats, alumni had served on the board for nearly a century with both students and faculty members serving for more than 50 years.

People assuming these positions participated in shared governance, voting on board appointments and

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5 Howard University senior Aniyah Vines stands with a classmate holding up a sign at the university's Blackburn Center during a student sit-in on Oct. 13. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

other relevant matters.

Shortly after the board’s announcement, a group of HU alumni formed Howard Alumni United [HAU], an organization dedicated to reversing the board’s course of action.

However, much to their chagrin, HU’s board has since maintained its position, citing studies conducted by an outside consulting firm that deemed affiliate positions ineffective.

The board failed to release, as HAU requested, the findings of the study, board and committee minutes from the deliberation related to the decision, by-laws which immediately preceded the elimination of affiliate board positions and newly-formed by-laws.

Months later, at the start of the current academic year, HU faced a housing shortage that sparked outrage online and a protest on the corner of Georgia Avenue and Howard Place in Northwest.

For weeks, students took to social media with photos of flooding in their dorm rooms and mold and mushrooms that some said made them sick.

Blackburn Takeover started on the night of October 12 at the end of an HU Student Association town hall during which students spoke about the board of trustees’ elimination of the affiliates' positions, housing issues and the request for Frederick’s direct engagement with students. Their demands throughout the sit-in have centered on those issues.

On Saturday, several days after Frederick and other HU administrators met with student leaders and promised future opportunities for dialogue, Aniyah Vines of The Live Movement and Erica England of HU’s Young Democratic Socialists of America urged Frederick to schedule and conduct an open meeting with all students before the end of October.

They also called on university officials to guarantee amnesty to all student protesters and release a concrete plan that would more efficiently house students, eliminate mold and prevent other environmentally hazardous agents from taking over dormitories.

“We’re still inside because none of the things we asked for have been met completely,” England said. “There’s a longer list of demands from students that’s more comprehensive but there are baseline things that really need to happen. There needs to be a time when President Frederick can talk to all students and not just a select number. We haven’t had any guarantees.”

STUDENTS, ALUMNI DESCRIBE A PATTERN OF FAILED LEADERSHIP

On Oct. 13, HU Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Cynthia Evers countered the protesters' perspective, saying 94 percent of

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RELIGION the religion corner WITH LYNDIA GRANT

Justice

Paul told believers who had suffered injustice, "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." — Romans 12:19 Last week, as I called the attendance roll at the school where I'm teaching, his name stood out among all others. His name was "Justice." Many thoughts ran through my mind, like, I wonder why his mother and father named him Justice; was it thought provoking, or was it for revenge?

Then on Saturday, my daughter talked about getting justice for things that have happened in her life. As we continued to have our daily conversations, that word must have been spoken a dozen times or more. Without a doubt, I knew I had been given my topic for this week.

That's how God works — He drops crumbs in our lives, and all we must do is pay attention and notice what he is saying to us. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and there are many women out there who are suffering mental abuse from another, maybe even be her husband. My ex-husband was physically and mentally abusive.

If it doesn't run you crazy, or cause you to snap, then make a success plan for your life. Begin to take steps toward that plan daily.

You will get justice, because that will be God's business. 2 Thessalonians 1:6 says, "Seeing it is a

righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you."

According to this verse, we must not try to solve our own problems — we must peacefully move on and leave the matter to be settled

by God. When Paul wrote to the Thessalonian believers, they were suffering severe persecution and horrific abuse at the hands of Jewish unbelievers and pagans. That's when he told them that.

God is leading me to remind those of you out there who constantly dish out mental abuse ought to stop forcing others to be what you want them to be. Repent and ask God for forgiveness. You could be taking advantage of your wife by using the family income the way you want, treating your wife as if she is your prostitute, daring her to spend a dime. The minute she decides to buy something, and you notice the small

funds missing from the bank account, all hell breaks loose.

That's a problem!

First of all, such a couple is unequally yoked. The husband is supposed to care for his wife and children; he is the head of the household. But today, far too many mothers have not raised men to be head of household.

From where I stand, I've observed how we have lost a generation or more, because far too many millennials today, for the most part, have not been taking themselves and their families to church. They are missing out on love for themselves and for others. We can't expect a man to know how to care for his family, if he does not have the love of God in his heart.

Folks, if you're reading this column, and you have children that are not worshiping God, start asking them to go to church with you. WI

God is leading me to remind those of you out there who constantly dish out mental abuse ought to stop forcing others to be what you want them to be.

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 AM 7 10:00 AM Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 PM

Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00 AM 5th Sundays: 9:30 AM 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 PM

Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”

www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ

Blessed Word of Life Church

Church of Living Waters

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464 Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., / Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 / Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00 AM Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30 AM 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00 AM Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30 PM Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00 AM “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

Third Street Church of God

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

Reverend William Young IV Pastor

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor

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

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

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

5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45 AM Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45 AM Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday , 12:30 PM Mid-Day Bible Study Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 PM Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30 AM

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

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

Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) Sunday School: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org

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

Campbell AME Church

Twelfth Street Christian Church

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

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

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

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Mount Carmel Baptist Church

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

www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org

800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703 Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45 AM Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00 PM Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00 PM Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org / “God is Love”

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

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

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661 Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Sunday Church School: 9:20 AM Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 AM Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 PM Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!”

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

St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us...

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

Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW / Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.)

Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

“A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold” www.mtzbcdc.org

headline and photo for Mount Olivet LIF - MALCOLMXLutheran Church DAY John F. Johnson Reverend Dr.

901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423

1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005

themcbc.org

“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital”

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Reverend Dr. Paris L Smith, Sr. Senior Pastor

Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00 PM Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00 PM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10 AM

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

Crusader Baptist Church

Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m.

Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com

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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor 7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471 Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 AM Service 11:00 AM Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.”

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

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

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

All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591 Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education / School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

Israel Baptist Church

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor 2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 AM Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 PM “Where Jesus is the King”

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

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

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

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

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor

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

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

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

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

Mount Moriah Baptist Church Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor

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

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

The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

New Commandment Baptist Church

Eastern Community Baptist Church Damion M. Briggs Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rehoboth Baptist Church

Reverend Peter R. Blue Sr. Pastor

Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor

2001 Brooks Drive District Heights MD. 20744 240.838.7074

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship Experience: 10:15am Sunday School: 9:00am Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Morning Noontime Bible Study: Tuesday @ 12:00pm Prayer Meeting/Bible Study: Tuesday @7:00pm Theme: "Building On A Firm Foundation"

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

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

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

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

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

Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958

Shiloh Baptist Church

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

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church

4504 Gault Place, N.E. / Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service : 11:00 AM The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Prayer & Praise Services: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: 7:30 PM Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries: 10:30 AM A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net

Christ Embassy DC

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

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

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

Peace Baptist Church

www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com

Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church

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

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

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor

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

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

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

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

www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org

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

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

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

Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor

Email Address: admin@pbc712.org

Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor

Rev. Dr. Jerryl V. Moody Pastor-Elect

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

St. Matthews Baptist Church

Emmanuel Baptist Church

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

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

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“Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of Colin Powell. He was a great public servant, starting with his time as a soldier during Vietnam. Many Presidents relied on General Powell’s counsel and experience,” former President George W. Bush stated.

“He was National Security Adviser under President Reagan, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under my father and President Clinton, and Secretary of State during my Administration.”

Bush continued: “He was such a favorite of presidents that he earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom – twice. He was highly respected at home and abroad. And most important, Colin was a family man and a friend. Laura and I send Alma and their children our sincere condolences as they remember the life of a great man,” Bush said.

General Powell had a reputation for generating bipartisan support, being a trusted military adviser and putting country over party, added Spencer Overton, the president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

“General Powell was a true leader and a man of many firsts . . . Overton reflected. “We will remember [his] commitment to public service and Black communities. General Powell was a friend of the Joint Center and participated in various events.”

“He always remembered where he came from and tried to ensure that opportunities would remain open to others – as evidenced by his support of affirmative action and other programs designed to facilitate economic mobility and the full participation of Americans from all backgrounds.”

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Powell believed in the promise of America because he lived it, Biden asserted, noting that the general devoted much of his life to making that promise a reality for so many others.

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Above all, President Biden said General Powell remained a friend.

“I am forever grateful for his support of my candidacy for president and for our shared battle for the soul of the nation. I will miss being able to call on his wisdom in the future,” the President continued.

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Jacqueline P. Nichols aka Jacqueline Nichols aka Jacqueline Patricia Nichols Blanger Decedent

Deborah G. Robinson Decedent James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Michelle Torres-Carmona, whose address is 136 W Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Deborah G. Robinson who died on February 5, 2019 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision.

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/7/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/7/2022, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 10/7/2021

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Carl Gregory Thurston, whose address is 801 Hidden Marsh Street, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James Elwood Thurston who died on 3/8/2021 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 4/7/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/7/2022, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 10/7/2021 Carl Gregory Thurston Personal Representative

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Leonard GP Muhammad 7306 Georgia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20012 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Charmaine Connie, whose address is 12508 Kensington Lane, Bowie, MD 20715, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jacqueline P. Nichols aka Jacqueline Nichols aka Jacqueline Patricia Nichols Blanger who died on March 24, 2019 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/7/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/7/2022, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 10/7/2021

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2021 ADM 1050

2021 ADM 001120

2021 FEP 000111

4/7/2012 Date of Death

Inez Shorter Decedent Edward G. Varrone, Esq. 1825 K Street, NW, Suite 1150 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney

12/31/2001 Date of Death

Cynthia Gertrude Kennedy Jackson aka Cynthia Gertrude Jackson aka Cynthia G. Jackson Name of Decedent

Lucy Mae Bell aka Lucy Mae Williams Decedent

Danalee Robb, whose address is 2912 George Howard Way, Davidsonville, MD 21035 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Cynthia Gertrude Kennedy Jackson aka Cynthia Gertrude Jackson aka Cynthia G. Jackson, by the Register of Wills for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on July 30, 2013.

Service of process may be made upon Stephanie Y. Bradley, 1417 Nicholson St., NW, Washington, DC 20011 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate.

915 Ingraham St., NW, Washington, DC 20011. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Date of first publication: 10/7/2021 Danalee Robb Personal Representative Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer

Christine J. Spruill, whose address is 17 Stonegate Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20905, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Inez Shorter who died on January 3, 1998 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 7, 2022. 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 7, 2022, 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.

Nicola Bell Cunningham, whose address is 5703 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lucy Mae Bell aka Lucy Mae Williams who died on March 13, 2021 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 7, 2022. 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 7, 2022, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 10/7/2021

Date of first publication: October 7, 2021

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Joseph Nathaniel Holt Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Harry I. Holt whose address is 40088 Holt Rd., Mechanicsville, MD 20659 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Joseph Nathaniel Holt, deceased, by the Probate Court for St. Mary’s County, State of Maryland, on 4/6/2021.

Service of process may be made upon Joan M. Wilbon, Esq., 1120 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1020, Washington, DC 20036 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate.

4408 1st Place, NE, No. 23, Washington. DC 20011. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Date of first publication: 10/7/2021

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Harry I Holt Personal Representative

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Charmaine Connie Personal Representative

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Ethel Mitchel 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1100 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 ADM 001082 Laura W. McDowell Decedent

Mary Pazon Name of Decedent

Peggy A. Miller, Esq. 5130 7th Street, NE Washington, DC 20011-2625 Attorney

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Cynthia Speed whose address is 120-47 164th Street, Jamaica, New York 11434 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mary Pazon, deceased, by the Surrogate’s Court for Bronx County, State of New York, on June 22, 2021.

Service of process may be made upon Deborah D. Boddie 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20018 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate.

An interest in 3501 17th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Date of first publication: 10/7/2021 Cynthia Speed Personal Representative Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer

Ivan K. McDowell, whose address is 5006 55th Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20781, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Laura W. McDowell who died on June 24, 2021 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 4/7/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/7/2022, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 10/7/2022 Ivan K. McDowell Personal Representative

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2021 ADM 001096

2021 ADM 1151

Wilhelmina A. Smallwood Decedent

Jean Singletary Decedent

Samuel C. Hodges Decedent

Howard Haley, Esq. The Haley Firm, PC 7600 Georgia Ave., NW #416 Washington, DC 20012 Attorney

Gretchyn G. Meinken 616 N. Washington Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Attorney

Valerie J. Edwards 1725 DeSales Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney

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Daniel Lee Singletary, Jr., whose address is 3038 Stafford Street, Baltimore, MD 21223, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jean Singletary who died on July 6, 2019 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/7/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/7/2022, 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.

Bruce Hodges and Jerone Hodges, whose addresses are 1233 16th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 & 46569 Riverwood Ter., Sterling, VA. 20165, was appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Samuel C. Hodges who died on August 22, 2020 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 4/7/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/7/2022, 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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Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am: " JAHRUE TAFARI MULLINGS© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: "MULLINGS, JAHRUE TAFARI© ", corp.sole Dba.: " JAHRUE TAFARI MULLINGS© ", having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American.

I am that I am: " JAHRUE TAFARI MULLINGS© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: "jahrue tafari mullings© ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE : 15685217901 , " JAHRUE TAFARI MULLINGS© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to "Jahrue Tafari Mullings Trust© ". All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact , as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: " jahrue tafari mullings© ", nom deguerre: "JAHRUE TAFARI MULLINGS© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : "Jahrue Tafari Mullings Trust© ", an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee /debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction.

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In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality.

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In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality.

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Notice of Special Appearance : I a m that I am: " Andre Duval King-Holland© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: "KING-HOLLAND, ANDRE DUVAL© ", corp.sole Dba.: " ANDRE DUVAL KING-HOLLAND© ", having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American.

I am that I am: " Andre Duval King-Holland© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: "andre duval king-holland© ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND (HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order isto preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania Department Of Health : 0338780-85 , " ANDRE DUVAL KING-HOLLAND© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to "Kings Trust© ". All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact , as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: " andre duval king-holland© ", nom deguerre: "Andre Duval King-Holland© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money.

This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : "Kings Trust© ", an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee /debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities asaccord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.

Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am: " Lafrances Marier Dudley O'neal© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: "DUDLEY O'NEAL, LAFRANCES MARIER© ", corp. sole Dba.: " LAFRANCES MARIER DUDLEY O'NEAL© ", having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American.

I am that I am: " Lafrances Marier Dudley O'neal© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: "lafrances marier dudley o'neal© ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person.

Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: Alabama Department Of Health : 101-64-007585 , " LAFRANCES MARIER DUDLEY O'NEAL© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to "Chahta Minko Imohoyo Trust© ". All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact , as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: " lafrances marier dudley o'neal© ", nom deguerre: "Lafrances Marier Dudley O'neal© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : "Chahta Minko Imohoyo Trust© ", an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.

Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am: " Conrad Romano Dasent© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: "DASENT, CONRAD ROMANO© ", corp.sole Dba.: " CONRAD ROMANO DASENT© ", having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: " Conrad Romano Dasent© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: "conrad-romano:dasent© ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order isto preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: St. Kittts Registrar General's Office : Birth Certificate No, 2877 Naturalization Certificate No. 36079223 / Registra-tion Number A079717343 , " CONRAD ROMANO DASENT© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to "Nasi Haor Trust© ". All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact , as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: " conrad-romano:dasent© ", nom deguerre: "Conrad Romano Dasent© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : "Nasi Haor Trust© ", an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee /debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction.

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2021 ADM 001121

2021 ADM 1161

Diamond J. Lynch Decedent

Mary V. Powell Decedent

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

Colline Silvera Robinson Kirlew & Associates PC 7731 Belle Point Dr. Greenbelt, MD 20770 Attorney

2021 ADM 001111 Carolyn Anita Howard Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barbara Higginbotham, whose address is 11105 Birch Way, Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Carolyn Anita Howard who died on January 17, 2021 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 7, 2022. 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 7, 2022, 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 7, 2021 Barbara Higginbotham Personal Representative

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Njeri Clark, whose address is 15204 Lincolnshire Place, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Wilhelmina A. Smallwood who died on 11/24/2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/7/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/7/2022, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 10/7/2021 Njeri Clark Personal Representative

Date of first publication: 10/7/2021 Daniel Lee Singletary, Jr Personal Representative

Date of first publication: 10/7/2021 Bruce Hodges Jerone Hodges Personal Representative

Paula Taylor-Lynch, whose address is 3410 Callaway Avenue, Baltimore MD 21215, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Diamond J. Lynch who died on April 6, 2021 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/14/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/14/2022, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 10/14/2021 Paula Taylor-Lynch Personal Representative

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Florethia Powell Matthews, whose address is 616 Kenyon St., NW, Washington, DC 20010, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary V. Powell who died on 4/26/2021 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 4/14/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/14/2022, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 10/14/2021 Florethia Powell Matthews Personal Representative

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2021 ADM 1172

Dorothy Sharon Matts Decedent

James Odell Woodson, Jr. Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Andrew C. Humbles, whose address is 123 Environs Rd, Sterling VA 20165, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Dorothy Sharon Matts who died on May 19, 2021 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 4/14/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/14/2022, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sandra Yvonne Woodson, whose address is 5057 Ayers Place, SE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James Odell Woodson, Jr. who died on December 23, 2019 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 4/14/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/14/2022, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 10/14/2021

Date of first publication: 10/14/2021

Sandra Yvonne Woodson Personal Representative

Andrew C. Humbles Personal Representative

Eva L. Watties Decedent Cheryl Chapman Henderson 4920 Niagara Rd., #200 College Park, MD 20740 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS David Williams, whose address is 13518 Hollow Log Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Eva L. Watties who died on 10/1/2020 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 4/14/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/14/2022, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 10/14/2021 David Williams Personal Representative

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Barbara A. Coltrane aka Barbara Coltrane Decedent

Mary Alice Perpall Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS LaWan Gaskins Keith, whose address is 510 Jurgensen Place, Landover, MD 20785, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Barbara A. Coltrane aka Barbara Coltrane who died on September 1, 2020 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 4/21/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/21/2022, or be forever barred.

Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.

Date of first publication: 10/21/2021 LaWan Gaskins Keith Personal Representative

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Arthur E. Perpall Jr., whose address is 7412 Lake Glen Dr., Glenn Dale, MD 20769, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary Alice Perpall who died on May 1, 2021 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 21, 2022. 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 21, 2022, 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 21, 2021 Arthur E. Perpall Jr Personal Representative

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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 ADM 001275 Fannie A. Bing Estate of NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by John D. Bing, Jr. for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives.

Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.

Admit to probate the will dated June 16, 2016 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of the witnesses or otherwise

Date of first publication: 10/14/2021 James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Petitioner/Attorney:

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A.V.I. aka Agnes V. Ingram aka Agnes Vivian Ingram Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Vanessa Ann Ingram, whose address is 1616 Hamlin Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of A.V.I. aka Agnes V. Ingram aka Agnes Vivian Ingram who died on 6/28/2013 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 4/21/2022. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before 4/21/2022, 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 21, 2021 Vanessa Ann Ingram Personal Representative

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 FEP 000119 September 2, 2016 Date of Death

Doris Marie Chapman Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Donna Chapman Williams whose address is 9910 51st Terrace, College Park, MD 20740 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Doris Marie Chapman, deceased, by the Register of Wills Court for Montgomery County, State of Maryland, on April 2, 2019.

Service of process may be made upon Debra Battle, 211 Underwood Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate.

6420 Blair Rd., NW, Washington, DC 20740. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Date of first publication: 10/21/2021 Donna Chapman Williams Personal Representative

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Notice of White Flag Surrender. Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am: " Kisa Moria George© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: "GEORGE, KISA MORIA© ", corp.sole Dba.: " KISA MORIA GEORGE© ", having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as a: Moorish American, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to The Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ], and all natural laws governing moors, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: Moorish American. I am that I am: " Kisa Moria George© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: "kisa-moria: george© ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as "hors de combat", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of The Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Person. Notice of: LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ( HAGUE, IV), ARTICLE: 45, 46, & 47. Notice of Claim pursuant to Public Law 87-846, TITLE II, SEC. 203. Notice of Bailment Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: Virgin Islands Of The United States Department Of Health : 153-74001099 , " KISA MORIA GEORGE© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to "Empress Keturah Trust© ". All property of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact , as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: " kisa-moria: george© ", nom deguerre: "Kisa Moria George© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : "Empress Keturah Trust© ", an Inter Vivos Unincorporated Divine Grantor Trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank, nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee /debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 ADM 001193 Margaret Josephine Newell Decedent Aimee D. Griffin, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Kenneth Newell, whose address is 303 70th Place, Capitol Heights, MD 20743, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Margaret Josephine Newell who died on January 19, 2013 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 21, 2022. 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 21, 2022, 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 21, 2021 Kenneth Newell Personal Representative

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The county’s indoor mask mandate announced Oct. 6 requires face coverings be worn inside retail stores, restaurants and other businesses. The county’s public school system already implemented a requirement for students to wear them inside all buildings and school buses.

The mandate expands upon an executive order signed by County Executive Angela Alsobrooks for older children and adults to wear them in public places. It will remain in effect through 5 p.m. Oct. 25, “unless amended or terminated earlier.”

As of Sunday, Oct. 17, county data shows confirmed coronavirus cases in children ages 0 to 9 total 6,769. Cases for residents 70 and older total 6,282.

George Askew, the county’s deputy chief administrative officer for health, human services and education, said earlier this month residents ages 12 to 19 have surpassed the age group of 20 to 29 and now count among those fully vaccinated.

Traditionally while working with young adults, Askew said some felt healthy “and not vulnerable” to where they needed health insurance.

Although the intensive care unit capacity at local hospitals stands at 51%, the majority of patients hospitalized remain those unvaccinated.

“I can assure them of this: they are vulnerable to COVID,” he said.

“They will catch COVID if they don’t get vaccinated and some of them risk going to hospital. Some of them may be risking death if not getting vaccinated. COVID is something else.”

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a research center at

PONDS from Page 15 saur juice” to one energized with electricity.

Ponds promised that DaiTechCorp meets area electric vehicle drivers’ needs through the company’s knack for establishing turnkey plug-in vehicle charging programs for places where they live, work, or play.

“If we have enough power to cut on your lights and operate things around the house, then it’s just a matter of time before we can figure out a way to harness enough power to move cars

the University of Washington, projects nearly 6,730 confirmed cases for the state of Maryland by Nov. 26, one day after the Thanksgiving holiday.

“That’s the exact reason we don’t want to let up,” Askew said. “The more folks who continue to get vaccinated, the less likely we will see a significant surge in that November time period.”

The county has administered more than one million vaccines manufactured by the single-dose from Johnson & Johnson and two doses from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech.

Pfizer and BioNTech, a company based in Germany, announced Friday, Oct. 15 they submitted data to the European Medicines Agency to support vaccinating children ages 5 to 11.

The companies sent similar data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September which may be reviewed by the federal agency next month.

Until a vaccine for younger children receives approval, parents such as Nataki Johnson of Hyattsville say they’re pleased with the indoor mask mandate in Prince George’s because “we have to protect our babies.”

Johnson’s one-year-old granddaughter isn’t required to wear a mask because she’s too young. As for her 10-year-old daughter, she rarely wears one because she’s receiving her fourth-grade education virtually at Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary in Cheverly.

“She’s a free spirit. I can see her taking her mask off and having her hands in her mouth,” said Johnson, who works as a contractor for the U.S. Navy. “She can stay home with me and I can fuss at her instead of the teacher fussing at her.” WI @jabariwill with this [new] technology” she said. “We have mobile devices that we have to plug in every day and we plug them in every night so they’re charged and ready. As I see electric vehicles, it’s no different.”

“Let’s write our electric vehicle adoption story together,” she said.

“If people reach out to me, I’d love to help them stare down their anxiety.”

Reach out to Sheryl Ponds on Instagram and Twitter @daitechceo.

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dividuals in the process of bodily functions.

These changes come as Facebook faces a firestorm, including charges that its platforms threaten its users’ mental health, particularly minors.

That criticism surfaced recently when former employee, now whistleblower Frances Haugen, told a Senate subcommittee Oct. 5 about research that shows the platform, and its companies like Instagram psychologically harms teens.

In late September, the company announced plans to pause ‘Instagram Kids,’ the photo-sharing app that would be exclusively for Instagram users under the age of 13. Adding that they’ll use this time to work with parents, experts and policymakers to “demonstrate the value and need for this product.”

“We started this project to address an important problem seen across our industry: kids are getting phones younger and younger, misrepresenting their age, and downloading apps that are meant for those 13 or older,” Facebook said.

“Critics of “Instagram Kids” will see this as an acknowledgement that the project is a bad idea. That’s not the case,” the company said. “The reality is that kids are already online, and we believe that developing age-appropriate experiences designed specifically for them is far better for parents than where we are today.”

Facebook is also addressing the issue of negative self image for teens that comes from using its products.

They announced in September two ideas they’re exploring: encouraging people to look at other topics if they’re dwelling on content that might contribute to negative social comparison, and a feature tentatively called “Take a Break,” where people could put their account on pause and take a moment to consider whether the time they’re spending is meaningful.

“I hear the concerns with this project, and we’re announcing these steps today so we can get it right,” Adam Mosseri, who leads Instagram said.

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top, the few cents more one is paying for milk is nothing more than a nuisance.

What's race got to do with it?

Black people experience more poverty, spend more time at the periphery, are more frequently unemployed (even as some speak of labor shortages), and more economically distressed. While all Black folk aren't poor or distressed, the number of us who are suggests that inflation will disproportionately affect Black folks. If inflation is here to stay, we can predict a further widening of the wealth gap and more economic challenges for Black folks.

The issue of workplace flexibility has ramifications as well. Many in the middle/professional class have

HELDRETH from Page 26 with crimes by those officers. In all criminal cases, it is the State’s constitutional obligation to disclose police officer misconduct under the Supreme Court’s 1963 ruling in Brady v. Maryland. But beyond legal principle, Prince George’s County residents continue to demand that corrupt officers be exposed and held accountable

been told they can work remotely for the rest of the year and even into 2022.

Technology has made it possible for people to shorten (or even eliminate) their commute, thus saving money on gas, clothing and more. Meanwhile, technology has not made life easier for someone who must report to work in person — the checkout clerk, the wait staff, the bus driver, the nurse.

These folks are dealing with inflation on two fronts, both in terms of their expenses to go to work and the expenses they incur to survive at home.

Black folks will manage inflation the way we always have — with grit and resilience. But inflation is as much a Black issue as the infrastructure bill is. We are on a train that is moving forward, even if, in the words of Dr. for their actions to prevent community members from being injured or killed by dangerous police officers.

Though she has provided no proof, Braveboy has made several efforts to reassure the community that her office is tracking problematic officers. In April, she announced her office had created a Brady list for officers deemed so untrustworthy that her office

Though she has provided no proof, Braveboy has made several efforts to reassure the community that her office is tracking problematic officers. In April, she announced her office had created a Brady list for officers deemed so untrustworthy that her office would not allow them to testify.

ALUMNI from Page 36 dorms are currently occupied. She also said the university has addressed and continues to monitor mold and HVAC issues.

A Student Life Committee town hall has been scheduled for later this month to address the board of trustees issue.

However, some people, like HU alumna Fahima Seck, suggested exercising caution when dealing

with HU’s board of trustees, an entity she said no longer reflects the best interests of the university.

Seck, who participated in a 1997 protest at HU’s Administration Building with the late HU alumnus Chadwick Boseman and others, said her support of the Blackburn Takeover stemmed from distress about mold and mushrooms growing in students’ dorms.

The sale of Meridian Hill Hall,

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Technology has made it possible for people to shorten (or even eliminate) their commute, thus saving money on gas, clothing and more. Meanwhile, technology has not made life easier for someone who must report to work in person — the checkout clerk, the wait staff, the bus driver, the nurse.

Bernard Anderson (University of Pennsylvania), who mentored me, we are riding in the caboose.

The poorer we are, the harder in-

flation hits us. And it won't get better until we have better domestic public policy.

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would not allow them to testify.

The problem? No one from the public or even the defense bar has seen the list, which supposedly contained 28 officers, 15 of whom could not testify. Instead of releasing the list, Braveboy has continued to do rounds on media touting the list.

She even claimed there were two lists – a “Brady list” and her personal list of officers that she does not trust and won’t be allowed to testify in court – a list that, apparently, is growing. She further said that the material gets turned over to defense attorneys when appropriate. This is belied by her own line prosecutors, however, some of whom have denied that there is a formal list of officers. Some state’s attorneys take it seriously, some do not, and there is certainly no uniform culture of disclosure like Braveboy indicates.

In response to community demands to release the Brady list, Braveboy has cited Maryland law classifying police misconduct records as personnel records that

cannot be publicly released. However, that excuse does not explain her office’s failure to consistently track police misconduct or even disclose everything that defendants are entitled to. And soon that excuse will vanish. As of Oct. 1, Anton’s Law — a new state law allowing for public inspection of police complaint and disciplinary records — went into effect, making police misconduct information more accessible to everyone.

To her credit, Braveboy supported the passage of Anton’s law.

Now she must show — not just talk about — her commitment to real transparency and accountability by releasing her Brady list and any other lists tracking untrustworthy police officers and then hold those officers accountable for their misconduct. Releasing this information is only the first of many steps to ensure Black and Brown residents of Prince George’s County can see how much real public safety the county’s police budget actually gets them.

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Lucy Slowe Hall and George Washington Carver Hall, all of which have occurred since 2014, compelled Seck to speak out against the HU board of trustees.

As she analyzed the Blackburn Takeover and protests of the past, Seck said students fought against forces leveraging Howard’s legacy to handle the bidding of outside agents.

“There’s leadership that doesn’t have a vested interest,” said Seck,

a 1999 HU graduate.

“The [addition of the] student and alumni positions [on the board of trustees] were hard fought efforts [and] they have been eliminated. There are people on that board for whom this is just another position. How can they allow students to live in these horrible conditions?” Seck said.

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WILLIAMS from Page 27 Congresswoman Cori Bush recently slept outside the U.S. Capitol to draw attention to the crisis of homelessness and increasing housing costs. Regrettably, we are forced to stand witness to increasing numbers of people sleeping on the streets — not because they choose to — because increasing costs reduce the availability of affordable housing.

Over 10 million renters are paying over one-half of their earnings for rent. Even then, many of the buildings in which they live and for which they pay so much are substandard, needing rehabilitation or rebuilding!

Under "Build Back Better," nearly 40 million households would realize

JEALOUS from Page 27 More importantly, Robinson claims to oppose "indoctrination" in public schools. But in his remarks to right-wing political activists in September, he said that school shootings would be prevented if public schools taught students, "Jesus Christ is the way and the light, and only through him can you receive salvation."

In fact, Robinson has a message for the millions of Americans who are not Christians: they don't belong. At a gathering of religious-right political activists in September, Robinson declared that

ASKIA from Page 27 tution. Not in an amendment, mind you, but right there in the main text.

Then I began to wonder, why hadn't I ever heard Sen. — or President — Obama ever say that religious discrimination is expressly forbidden by the Constitution? Certainly, constitutional-law professor Obama must surely have taught his students that any form of religious test for government office is unconstitutional, right? How could he not teach that important article of the

assistance for ending child poverty.

This program includes workforce training, the development of clean energy and other jobs, tax cuts for childless workers and investments in teachers and schools. Most importantly, it includes expanded health care benefits.

While most Democrats seem to understand, most Republicans only understand when benefits work for "them that's got" already. There is no end to their desire to help large corporations and the wealthy, or sink billions of dollars into endless, destructive wars. They demonstrate their "Christian compassion" by allowing almost anything else to take priority over assisting the less fortunate of God's children! WI

Congresswoman Cori Bush recently slept outside the U.S. Capitol to draw attention to the crisis of homelessness and increasing housing costs.

the United States is and always will be a Christian nation. He added, "If you don't like it, I'll buy your plane, train, or automobile ticket right up out of here. You can go to some place that's not a Christian nation."

I am a Christian. I revere the role the Black church has played in moving the U.S. toward justice.

I am proud to be working side by side with religious leaders who are bringing their moral authority and prophetic voices to the struggle to defend voting rights. I was proud to be arrested alongside these leaders recently as we demonstrated at the White House.

But I don't want public schools to teach religious doctrine. And I don't want public officials misusing religion as an excuse for using cruelty to divide us.

Like a lot of politicians, Robinson clearly has a very high opinion of himself. At a political conference in September, he compared himself to Jesus Christ and John the Baptist. He also made it clear that he would like to be North Carolina's next governor. That's the last thing the people of North Carolina need.

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Constitution to his law students?

Instead, Obama hastened to the "I am not a Muslim," defense whenever he was required to speak on the subject. I wish Obama had shown the courage of Powell on that subject.

After all, I did have in my possession, hidden from public view, 2005 portraits of Sen. Obama at a Congressional Black Caucus meeting with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, portraits that would have proved incendiary to the Obama campaign.

Naw, Obama took the easy way out — while throwing his Christian pas-

tor for two decades, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, under the bus of political expedience.

Like the Buffalo Soldiers who fought against the Native people, instead of on the side of the Native people, Obama, Powell — all of us — must deal with our contradictions as Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois describes them: "One feels his two-ness — an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder."

So, I salute Colin Powell, top soldier, political statesman, flawed diplomat, for pulling a veil from my eyes which not only enlightened me about the Constitution, but also gave me a key for seeing into the soul of a popular president of the United States.

He was a lunch-bucket kind of guy, a woulda-been-president kind of guy. The Original Barack Obama in U.S. presidential politics. The Working Man's Barack Obama. WI

...I did have in my possession, hidden from public view, 2005 portraits of Sen. Obama at a Congressional Black Caucus meeting with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, portraits that would have proved incendiary to the Obama campaign.

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