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Based on my research from NIH and various universities on the topic Type 2 diabetes and ways to lower your A1C, I’ve discovered that the most important factor is how you got your start, as well as will power. It may sound simple, but you are who you are because of the way you eat, which began with your first meals as a baby.

Let me give you an excellent example. My son finally has the child he has wanted for so long. Because he has listened to my teaching about how diseases such as Type 2 diabetes begins early in your life, starting with those early childhood meals, my son’s now utilizing what he learned to take care of his 5-month-old son. He makes the baby’s foods from fresh, organic foods only. He never serves the baby processed foods.

A photograph of the combination of vegetables the baby is eating for dinner was a blessing to see. It included baby kale, baby spinach, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, yellow squash, fresh carrots and fresh blueberries. He cooked the veggies in water only, no seasoning. He then uses a Magic Bullet blender to soften the cooked food, then he feeds him. This baby has a very healthy start!\

Compare this healthy start with others, where the mother starts the children out by feeding them doughnuts, chips and junk food, because she loves that stuff. The children are

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Children Learn What They Live

overweight and, for them, eating unhealthy is normal.

What am I saying? Remember the poem “Children Learn What They Live”? That poem is so true. I discovered it during my mid-20s, and I believed its messages were true. Now, some 40 years later, at age 69, life experience has proven those words to be true. Here’s a copy for you. Read it, let it motivate and teach you. Copy it, share it and allow those words to sink into your spirit and guide your life, too:

CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE

By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.

If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.

If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.

If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.

If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.

If children live with fairness, they learn justice.

If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.

If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.

If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.

If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.

If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.

If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.

If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.

If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.

If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.

If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.

If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.

If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.

If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.

And I add: If children live with eating healthy from the start, they learn to continue to eat healthy for the rest of their lives.

If your family has a history of Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, start your family out by teaching them to eat healthy. My grandson enjoys his meals, with no salt, no seasonings, just cooked, healthy food. He enjoys every meal, and he is happy and peaceful after he has a meal. He won’t take a milk bottle for hours after his meals, because he’s not craving anything. He just lay in his play bed, laughing, playing and enjoying his life.

Why did my son make such a decision? Because he saw how his grandmother, my mother, suffered from Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, strokes and kidney failure, and had to undergo dialysis three days per week. WI

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Reverend John W. Davis Pastor

5101 14th Street, NW / Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089

Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.) Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold” www.mtzbcdc.org

Mount Olivet Lutheran Church

John F. Johnson Reverend Dr.

1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005

Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday

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The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church

Senior Pastor Blessed Word of Life Church

Pastors Campbell AME Church Bible Study Turning Hearts Church Pilgrim Baptist

Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr.

Church 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 / Fax: 301-499-8724

Service and Times

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

Rev. Louis B. Jones II

Pastor

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

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

www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

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

Prayer & Praise:

4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/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 www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ

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

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 Interim Pastor

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 Twelfth Street Christian Church

Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler

(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

Senior Pastor Mount Carmel Baptist 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

Reverend Dr. Paris L Smith, Sr. Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00 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 themcbc.org

Church of Living Waters

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

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr.

Senior Pastor 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 “We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org / E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net Allen Chapel A.M.E. 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

Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office / 202-638-1803 fax Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 AM “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org

Crusader Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor 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 Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661 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

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

St. Matthews

Baptist Church

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. Dr. Jerryl V. Moody Pastor-Elect

Mount Moriah

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Rehoboth

Baptist Church 1251 Saratoga Ave., NE

Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288

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 King Emmanuel 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”

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church

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

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton

Motto: "Faith On The Hill" 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 - Fax: 202-544-2964

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 Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org Eastern Community Baptist Church

Damion M. Briggs

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

Service and Times Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

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

Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor

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

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

Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor 5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005 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

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor 13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM

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

Reverend Peter R. Blue Sr. Pastor 2001 Brooks Drive District Heights MD. 20744 240.838.7074

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"

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

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

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

The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest

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

Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org

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

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor 9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288

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

Email: sbc@shilohbaptist.org Website: shilohbaptist.org Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent

Senior Pastor Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Peace Baptist Church 8:00 AM First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

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 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 Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert 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

Senior Pastor

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

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

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: Coordinator

Sunday School: 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Service: 12:00 PM

“The Loving Church of the living lord “

Email Address: admin@pbc712.org Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry 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

Pastor Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Rev. Oran W. Young

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

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 “

Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III

Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738

Service and Times

Worship Service: 7:30 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30AM & 10:30 AM Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 PM. Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.

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

2020 ADM 000350

Ada Lou Marable Decedent

Nakia Gray 800 Maine Ave. SW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20024 Attorney

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

Sherwood Marable, whose address is 5124 South Dakota Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ada Lou Marable who died on July 28, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/27/2021. 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 2/27/2021, 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: 8/27/2020

Sherwood Marable Personal Representative

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Nicole Stevens Register of Wills

Washington Informer

Notice Of An Unregistered Claim By A Private, Living Man, Sovereign By Birth, One Of The People, And Beneficiary In Original Jurisdiction, Coming Now As Grantor/Settlor With NOTICE Of An Unregistered Claim, Or Priority Equitable Rights, Titles And Interests In The WILLIE LAMONT HICKS Estate, MISSOURI State File Number 124-71-62661, Including All Assets, Attributes, Derivatives And Transmutations Thereof. See Also: http://notice.legal-registry.org/PublicNotice.pdf

Notice Of An Unregistered Claim By A Private, Living Man, Sovereign By Birth, One Of The People, And Beneficiary In Original Jurisdiction, Coming Now As Grantor/Settlor With NOTICE Of An Unregistered Claim, Or Priority Equitable Rights, Titles And Interests In The JIMMY EDWARD GILLARD II Estate, NEW YORK State File Number 131-78-094640, Including All Assets, Attributes, Derivatives And Transmutations Thereof. See Also: http://notice.legal-registry.org/PublicNotice.pdf

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Notice Of An Unregistered Claim

Notice of an unregistered claim by a private living woman, sovereign by the grace of God, their name written in the Book of the Tree of Life, beneficiary in original jurisdiction now coming as Grantor/settler with NOTICE of Unregistered Claim, or priority equitable right, title and interest in the JOHN QUE PUBLIC estate, Illinois state file number 112-1954 0097573, including all assets, attributes, derivatives and transmutations thereof. For more on the nature of the claim see http.//notice.legal-registry.org/PublicNotice.pdf.

Notice Of An Unregistered Claim

Notice of an unregistered claim by a private living man, sovereign by the grace of God, their name written in the Book of the Tree of Life, beneficiary in the divine and ancestral original jurisdiction now coming as Grantor/settler with NOTICE for Unregistered Claim, or priority equitable right, title and interest in the KAMISHA NISHAWN YOUNGBLOOD and Kamisha Nishawn Youngblood estate, State of Illinois file number 112-1972 6016207, et al. This NOTICE prays with agreement an express decree unregistered claim or priority equitable right, title and interest retained also shall not be cloned or mis-taken including, but not limited to: all assets, RB 900908183 US, Case Number 2020CONC000056, Case Number 17 CH 03261 and each Case, RE 024178 475 US, issue RE 024178484 US, RB 900908197 US, RB 900908170 US, RB 900908206 US, RB 900908210 US, RB 900908223 US, all intellectual property, signs and seals or distinguished marks; and, any attributes, hereditaments, subsequent derivatives, heirs and assigns or transmutations thereof, therefrom, therein, thereby or thereon past present and future forever and always, without recourse.

In God We Trust Declaration of Nationality

Notice of Special Appearance: I am that I am: “Adrian Bogopane ©”, in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo propio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ BOGOPANE, ADRIAN ©”, corp. sole Dba.: “ADRIAN BOGOPANE©”, Notice of Special Appearance: I am that I am: Lesley Ann Bogopane ©”, f/k/a “Lesley Ann Jackson©; in full life, in propia persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: “ JACKSON, LESLEY ANN© , corp. sole Dba.: “LESLEY ANN JACKSON ©”, and “BOGOPANE, LESLEY ANN ©, corp. sole Dba.:”LESLEY ANN BOGOPANE ©”. Collectively 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 affirm to declare our tribal intention to be as our pedigree subscribes, as: Moorish American(s), but not citizen(s) of the United States. We 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 our Nationality in good faith as: Moorish American(s). Any and all facts contained in this publication, are fully applicable to any and all private tribal issue offspring of Affiants, Nunc pro tunc. I am: Adrian Bogopane© “, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality/Status/Jurisdiction, shall be known as: “ amanya basimane bogopane-el©”. I am “Lesley Ann Bogopane© “from this day forward, in harmony with Nationality/Status/Jurisdiction, shall be known as: “lesley ann bogopane-el ©”. Notice of White Flag Surrender: as “hors de combat pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as ministers of the Moorish Empire, and Internationally Protected Persons. 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: 1. DEPARTMENT HOME AFFAIRS / REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA/ CHILD’S ID NO:”, B4048958/7107145747081: “Adrian Bogopane ©, to the depositor: “amanya basimane bogopane-el©”nom deguerre: Adrian Bogopane©”, 2. STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH: State file number: 14181, “LESLEY ANN JACKSON©”, to the depositor. “lesley ann bogopane-el©”, nom deguerre: “Lesley Ann Bogopane©”. 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. “amanya basimane bogopane-el©”, nom deguerre: “Adrian Bogopane© for: “AETHIOPIA JUS SOLI TRUST”, and or: “lesley ann bogopane-el©”, nom deguerre: “Lesley Ann Bogopne©”, for “Rising Sun Trust”, as special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of: each respective 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. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

2020 ADM 000402

Alberta D. Wilson Decedent

Cheryl Chapman Henderson, Esq. 4920 Niagara Road, Suite 200 College Park, MD 20740 Attorney

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

Dale J. Wilson, whose address is 4706 Cherokee Street, Apt. 203, College Park, MD 20740, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Alberta D. Wilson who died on December 10, 2019 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/10/2021. 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 3/10/2021, 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: 9/10/2020

Dale J. Wilson Personal Representative

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Nicole Stevens Register of Wills

Washington Informer

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

2020 ADM 000417

Ratrini H. Nyasumah Decedent

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

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

Anthony Burley, whose address is 1316 Park Road, NW, Washington, DC 20010, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ratrini H. Nyasumah who died on January 13, 2020 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/10/2021. 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 3/10/2021, 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: 9/10/2020

Anthony Burley Personal Representative

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Nicole Stevens Register of Wills

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2019 ADM 001022

Barnett Lee Schank Decedent

Brett Cohen 7910 Woodmont Avenue, #1430 Bethesda, Maryland 20814-7047 Attorney

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

Brett Cohen, whose address is 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1430, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-7047, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Barnett Lee Schank who died on July 16, 1997 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 (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/10/2021. 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 3/10/2021, 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: 9/10/2020

Brett Cohen Personal Representative

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Nicole Stevens Register of Wills

Washington Informer

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

2020 ADM 000388

Richard D. Fleming Decedent

Joyce A. Ferguson 33 Sherman Circle, NW Washington, DC 20011 Attorney

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

Joyce A. Ferguson, whose address is 33 Sherman Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Richard D. Fleming who died on January 24, 2020 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/10/2021. 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 3/10/2021, 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: 9/10/2020

Joyce A. Ferguson Personal Representative

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Nicole Stevens Register of Wills

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2020 ADM 000397

George C. Valentine aka George Valentine Decedent

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

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

Darrell Valentine, whose address is 1120 ½ C Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of George C. Valentine aka George Valentine who died on 3/27/2020 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/10/2021. 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 3/10/2021, 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: 9/10/2020

Darrell Valentine Personal Representative

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Nicole Stevens Register of Wills

Washington Informer

Notice of Unregistered Claim

Notice of an unregistered claim by a private living woman, sovereign by the grace of God, name written in the Book of the Tree of Life, benificary in the original jurisdiction, now coming as Grantor/Settler with NOTICE OF UNREGISTERED Claim, or priority equitable right, title, and interest in the JOHN QUE PUBLIC estate, NORTH CAROLINA, state file number 1962000073498 529133, including all assets, attributes, derivatives, and transmissions there of. For more on the nature

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“We’re challenge now to facing how to figure out how to vote, but also vote safely,” Ifill said.

“We’re really demanding that everyone vote not only this Election Day but vote for every office on the ballot. It’s time for Black people to stop leaving power on the table.”

Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Northwest, said the 2020 Census also connects to voting. Some of the data from the census can determine a state’s representation in Congress based on population.

“We’ve got billions of dollars in federal funding based on data,” she said. “If Black folks are not counted, we will lose out on this next round of redistricting.”

For more information on the conference, go to https://www.cbcfinc.org/ annual-legislative-conference/.

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MORIAL from Page 30 people all across the country are taking to the streets to demand justice. The cycle of lawlessness against Black people extends back through the centuries. Police have shot and killed an average of approximately 1,000 people in the United States in each of the past three years, and 2020 is on track to meet or exceed that number. Moreover, Black people are three times more likely than white people to be killed by police. We support the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year. We urge the U.S. Senate to pass, and the president to the bill into law.

When we gathered to march in 1963, the white establishment stopped Black people from voting with violence, literacy tests, and poll taxes. Today, they are sabotaging the U.S. Postal Service. Reductions of early voting, restrictive identification requirements, onerous registration procedures, exact name match requirements, purges of voting rolls, foreign and domestic disinformation campaigns, and mandated in-person voting during a pandemic are all efforts designed to undermine the rights of African- Americans to the franchise. We urge the Senate to pass and the president to sign the Voting Rights Advancement Act. This is the most fitting tribute to the late Congressman John Lewis, who dedicated his life to the advancement of voting and civil rights.

The pandemic has thrust long-standing economic injustices into the forefront of our consciousness. Our leaders must adopt a fair response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has destroyed the nation’s economic output, thrown tens of millions of people out of work, left families with greater food insecurity, cut off millions of school-age children from learning, and has left municipal and state budgets for public services in shambles. In the immediate term, we believe that the HEROES Act, passed by the U.S House of Representatives on May 15, 2020, represents the best response to the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. We urge the Senate to pass the HEROES Act and the president to sign it into law immediately.

The disparity in educational investment in minority communities and the resulting achievement gap among Black youth is the biggest threat to equality and upward mobility. Therefore, we support progressive funding mechanisms that promote quality and direct more resources to those areas where the need is greatest— more often in high poverty and minority communities. We support a universal early childhood curriculum that prepares our youngsters to learn and achieve at a competitive level. We believe college should be an attainable—and affordable—goal, and that federal resources should be structured to ensure that financial aid does not become a barrier to the development of the next generation of leaders in business and government.

For several years, concerned communities across the country have worked tirelessly to spread the word about the importance of the 2020 Census and the need for everyone — especially Black Americans — to participate. Even so, Black America is facing a historic crossroad due to low participation in the 2020 Census. To make matters worse, the current administration is trying

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police,” Tyesha Kay, dressed in all white, said on Saturday evening during the more-than-two-hour vigil.

She stood in front of Mellon Market, surrounded by photos of Kay, Kay’s former teachers, mentors, community members, and affiliates of Black Lives Matter DC (BLM DC) who assisted in coordinating the event.

The vigil, which was scheduled to precede a march to MPD’s Seventh District station on Alabama Avenue, had been reported by BLM DC Core Organizer April Goggans as one of the largest attended for a victim of police-involved shooting within the last few years. Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White (D) and Ward 8 D.C. State Board of Education Representative Markus Batchelor counted among community members who poured onto the nearby sidewalk, into Mellon Street and into the gas station across the street.

After singer and activist Ayanna Gregory poured libation and led a calling of the ancestors, Kay’s sister and others reflected on their experiences with the adolescent.

“Deon loved my kids. I got five kids he left behind. He didn’t ask for this,” the elder Kay continued as she reminisced about her brother.

“You can perpetrate and paint him how you want him to be. I watched this little boy come out, I changed his pamper, [and] we walked to school together. He never showed me that. I know him inside. Justice for my brother.”

Hours after Kay’s death, several people descended upon MPD’s Seventh District where they protested for hours into the night. The next morning, another group formed in front of Bowser’s Northwest home before marching along 16th Street.

A GROWING LIST OF QUESTIONS

In a statement last week, the newly formed D.C. Police Reform Commission, which coalesced in the passage of emergency police reform legislation earlier this year, has called for an independent investigation into the circumstances of Kay’s death. Other requests, made during an emergency meeting, include body cam footage from other officers on the scene, and access to the records of Officer Alexander Alvarez, who MPD identified as the shooter.

The redacted bodycam footage MPD released less than 24 hours after the shooting shows Alvarez and his colleagues slowly pulling into the parking lot before hopping out of their patrol vehicle.

Kay, who was sitting in a parked car, made a dash. Officers chased him for a few feet before Alvarez ran ahead, intercepted Kay’s path and shot him in the chest. Seconds later, after Kay fell to the ground, Alvarez can be heard frantically looking for the gun -- that officers said they later found 98 feet away from Kay.

Kay, 18, was transported to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Officers arrested and charged two other young men with carrying a pistol without a license and not having a permit for driving.

Community members would later recount a rapid clean-up of the scene.

During the D.C. Police Reform Commission’s emergency meeting, the 20-member panel questioned MPD Chief Peter Newsham and Interim Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Roger Mitchell about whether a 911 call prompted officers to go to the 200 block of Orange Street SE and the distance from Kay’s body they found a gun. They also called into question Newham’s characterization of Kay as a gang member in the aftermath of police-involved shooting, and other aspects of what commission member Patrice Sutton described as MPD’s focus on escaping liability rather than preventing future shooting deaths.

“People want to know why this happened in the first place and how we can keep from happening again, and all you’re releasing is a small snippet of if it’s justified in the moment and that doesn’t speak to a larger concern,” Sutton said to Newsham during the Friday afternoon meeting.

“Why haven’t you released the other bodycam footage?” she asked.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Kay’s death comes amid protests across the country in response to the police-involved shooting deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and several other Black people, that have prompted calls to defund police departments and implement federal measures holding police officers accountable.

In June, the D.C. Council passed emergency legislation that not only institutionalized the D.C. Police Reform Commission, but banned officer chokeholds and hiring of officers with a history of misconduct, and required the immediate release of bodycam footage whenever a police officer fatally shoots someone.

The council would later approve a FY 2021 budget that decreased MPD’s allocation by $15 million, much to the chagrin of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D).

For years, the Bowser administration has drawn the ire of community members and activists who say she has stalled the implementation of the Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results (NEAR) Act, designed to connect residents to deterrents to violent crime. In the last week, as cries to fire Newsham have grown louder, the conversation has shifted to how the District’s most marginalized residents don’t have allies in the police force.

Mike D’Angelo, an anti-violence activist and uncle of the late Mikayah Wilson, echoed those sentiments during the Sept. 5 vigil on the corner of Mellon Street and Martin Luther King, Jr Avenue., where he presented a Demont Pinder painting of the late Kay.

“I can guarantee you, the cop that shot Deon is not from this city or community. He didn’t take the time to see why Deon was running for his dear life,” D’Angelo said on Saturday as he issued a call to action to mourners.

“Why are we funding the same police who put guns in their hands to police us?” he continued. “And they don’t have the proper training to not make a decision based on emotion. A split-second cost him a life. But here’s what we’re gonna do. [We] have to stop relying on them to solve our problems.”

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Trump isn’t king. She says if acted upon, his memo would unconstitutionally usurp the spending power which lies exclusively with Congress.

“The framers understood that the power of the purse could undercut the functioning of democracy itself and therefore left funding with the people, through the Congress. Note that spending bills almost always originate in the House of Representatives,” Norton said.

“The President may be able to condition funding if Congress has given him the power to do so, and a circuit court recently held he may be able to withhold policing grants from sanctuary cities, though there is a circuit split on this matter. But his memo’s wholesale threat to withhold funds from cities is a violation of the Constitution’s separation of powers which gives the spending power exclusively to Congress.”

But Congressional action has already been attempted. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has written a bill that would strip funding from cities that refuse to protect their citizens’ life, liberty, and property rights.

The fiscal watchdog group, Open the Books, reports that the federal government has provided the D.C. government with $3.3 billion from 2016 through 2019 – on average $4,680 per person – more than any other city.

The organization, which is run by individuals who identify as Republicans but suggest their research is non-partisan, notes that the District’s government has 8,000 employees earning more than $100,000 per year, including Bowser at $220,000, Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham at more than $273,000 and D.C. Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee at $280,000.

Most importantly, withholding federal funds would decimate school districts, unemployment benefits, healthcare and rehabilitation programs.

The question remains whether Trump could act to prevent funding. According to most legislators, the short answer is affirmative if Trump is re-elected, the GOP retains control of the Senate and federal courts continue to be stacked with judges favorable to the president.

“Law and order is an election issue that could become a fiscal problem for big cities whose mayors stand down their police in the face of urban unrest,” said Adam Andrzejewski, CEO and founder of OpenTheBooks.com.

“Federal subsidies could come with a lot more stipulations if the president is re-elected and has congressional coattails,” Andrzejewski concluded.

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Although Martin Seeley called Zoom the best alternative to roundtable meetings in times of COVID and the platform helped companies adjust to the new normal of communications, he doesn’t believe it’ll remain popular.

“After the pandemic, it will have a great decline in sales because people still prefer traditional face-to-face meetings instead of virtual meetings,” said Seeley, the CEO of MattressNextDay.

“It just happens that companies needed alternative ways to con

5 “Trump is not a king,” says D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes-Norton. (WI File Photo)

duct business meetings, and they have discovered Zoom as the best tool for virtual communication,” Seeley stated.

David Walter, a District electrician, agreed.

“While I do see Zoom as a major part of business and life in the short-term, I don’t see that as lasting,” Walter opined.

“It will still be popular because I think a lot of folks didn’t understand all of the benefits, but hopefully, as this virus continues to fade, and if we get an effective vaccine, I think you’ll see somewhat of a return to in-person meetings.”

sparked another COVID-19 outbreak. And if there is another outbreak, count on the economy to slow again.

Congress could at least prevent some of this if the Senate passed the HEROES (Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions) Act, which would extend unemployment insurance, provide relief for cities and states, and provide money for schools. The HEROES legislation has been caught in partisan drama, with a bipartisan group of Congressional representatives passing it, but with Senate

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William Jawando is to become effective sometime this year.

The Montgomery County Council recently enacted legislationlimiting excessive use of force by police. The bill not only holds policeman who use excessive force accountable but it also requires officers to intervene whenever they witness a colleague violating the policy.

In Prince George’s County, we concur with County Executive Angela Alsobrooks’ assertion that “calls for social justice and greater accountability . . . create a moment where change is possible.” Alsobrooks has proposed shifting $20 million from the police budget to address mental health and addiction issues and the opportunity to fill the vacant police chief position with someone committed to further proposing and enacting reforms can produce further results.

Much has been made of the semantics surrounding the phrase, defund the police – a term which means different things to different communities. Just as Black people are not a monolithic group, neither are the remedies to address police brutality, systemic racism and economic disparities in Black communities. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell failing to even put the legislation up to a vote. Some Republicans dispute the need for the HEROES Act because of the latest unemployment rate data. But many states and local jurisdictions will lay off public servants — teachers, police officers, sanitation workers, transportation workers, health care workers and others, pushing the unemployment rate back up.

The August Employment Situation report has more good news than bad. It indicates that for the fourth month in a row, things are improving. But this improvement is not enough, and it could

We encourage the adoption of public, deliberative and inclusive processes that result in public safety strategies, reflective of the social norms and values of the communities they serve. It is important that consensus is reached not on the words but on actions which produce better outcomes.

Black communities deserve the type of public safety that can typically be found in more affluent, predominately-white neighborhoods – public safety that functions to protect its citizens. Policing in Black communities is more closely associated with the exercise of force and power to control its residents. More attention is afforded to protecting persons who reside outside of Black communities, rather than in serving its residents.

Simply stated, supportive public safety in affluent white communities happens organically. However, in Black communities this only occurs through more deliberative actions such as the enactment of supportive laws, policies and procedures. The League urges each jurisdiction to undertake deliberative processes. Several ideas worthy of serious considerations include: • Developing community-based strategies to reimagine police departments. be much better if our legislators would offer some assistance, especially to those at the bottom. Even though 45 has made the economy his issue, repeatedly proclaiming that he created “the best economy in the world” until COVID-19, his inability to grasp the many ways that COVID-19 will continue to plague the economy raises issues about his sagacity and discernment.

Don’t celebrate the rebound yet. Don’t stop the pressure either. The Senate must pass the HEROES Act or face the consequences. If we want economic recovery AND economic justice, we must vote. WI

• Re-examining de-escalation practices and conflict resolution. • Increasing funding for equity-related initiatives in institutions. • Ending the use of military equipment by police. • Changing the culture of policing and ending the code of silence. • Supporting legislation to prevent law enforcement and correctional officers from raising qualified immunity defenses. • Engaging social workers and mental health professionals in addressing non-public safety-related incidents. • Developing initiatives to address health, mental health, economic and employment disparities. • Supporting economic development, employment and positive youth development programs.

We demand measures to create both, safe and thriving communities. We urge a review of excessive and repressive policing tactics. It is not enough to reform outdated institutions that were not designed to support Black Americans. Through citizen engagement we can adopt public safety policies and practices that respect the sanctity of life because Black Lives Matter!

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to end all counting efforts by Sept. 30, a month sooner than previously announced. The National Urban League has sued to stop it. We urge the Senate to include much-needed language and allocation of funds in the next COVID-19 relief package to extend the statutory reporting deadlines for the 2020 Census by four months.

According to one recent estimate, COVID-19 is the third-leading cause of death among Black Americans. For too many people of color, health care is tied directly to employment. High unemployment means low access to health care. Furthermore, low wage workers often do not have employer-provided health care and too few states have opted into Medicaid expansion. During the COVID-19 pandemic, too few African Americans have access to rapid testing, antibody testing, therapeutics and vaccines. We support prioritizing the availability of testing in communities of color. Personal protective equipment, paid for by employers, should be made available to front-line workers. We also encourage funding for research into the long-term health effects of COVID-19 infection. By providing access to quality and affordable health care for all, promoting community-based prevention efforts, and expanding Medicaid to our most vulnerable citizens, the Affordable Care Act will play a pivotal role in reducing the human cost of these disparities.

Read the full Statement of Principles here: https://nul.org/ commitment-march-declaration-of-principles

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Poverty’s racial disparity extends to other key measures such as median incomes, homeownership and retirement.

Even with the enactment of the Fair Housing Act more than 50 years ago, today’s Black homeownership rate is dwindling. According to Ohio State University professor Trevon Logan, “the homeownership gap between Blacks and whites is higher today in percentage terms than it was in 1900.”

Logan’s position is bolstered by findings from a 2020 report by the National Association of Realtors, “A Snapshot of Race and Homebuying in America,” that found: • 62 percent of Black mortgage applicants were rejected because of their debt to income ratio, compared to only 5% of whites.

• 51 percent of Blacks are firsttime homeowners, compared to only 30% of whites.

Moreover, since the Great Recession that heavily hit Black homeowners a decade ago, today’s Black homeownership rate has yet to return to pre-recession levels.

With lower and lifelong disparities in median income earnings, the ability to prepare for retirement is hindered as well. Social Security figures each worker’s retirement benefit on the basis of a taxpayer’s 35 highest-earning years. With lower incomes and a corresponding lack of monies available for savings or retirement, Black Americans rely on Social Security more than other races and/ or ethnicities. Now, for much of Black America, Social Security is a financial lifeline and often the major retirement benefit.

In sum, it seems that in 2020, historic ills remain virtually unchanged. A key component of what continues is police violence against Black America.

In 1963, escalating racial tensions that worsened with growing numbers of peaceful protests that became violent by counterprotesters and led to multiple arrests prompted President John F. Kennedy to deliver a nationally televised address on America’s racial reckoning.

“One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free,” he said. “They are not free from the bonds of injustice. They are not yet freed from social and economic oppression. And this nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.”

Fast-forward and it is nearly inconceivable that the current president would deliver such an address. In fact, President Trump and HUD Secretary Ben Carson co-authored a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that portrayed mixed-income neighborhoods as “social engineering.” The redlining of Black communities, racial covenants, real estate steering and restrictive zoning laws that together perpetuated segregated housing were never acknowledged in the guest column.

In response, Nikitra Bailey’s Center for Responsible Lending recently spoke with ABC News, saying that the suburbs “intentionally created opportunities for white families while holding back opportunities for families of color. … What we are really talking about is opportunity in our nation.”

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ting that he was “wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier” on racial injustice issues, though he didn’t mention Kaep by name. He did say, now if a team wanted him, he would be welcome back in the league.

My own journalism career took off when I was in a program for high school sports reporters. The Hearst-owned Los Angeles Examiner sponsored what it called the Scholastic Sports Association (SSA), and we did everything for high school games on a page printed in the daily paper that the professional journos did for colleges and the pros.

The SSA persuaded a friendly American Legion post to send me to California Boys’ State in the summer before my senior year, and they gave me a princely $100 scholarship when I graduated, although some members with better academic records than mine got scholarships to Harvard and Dartmouth.

When I went on to Los Angeles City College, I was sports editor of the school paper, The Collegian, and I wrote a column called “HNIC.” I told our clueless, geriatric journalism adviser that it stood for “Head Newsman In Charge.”

But when I transferred to San Jose State University, the school with the best journalism program in the California system, a place which also had one of the nation’s most envied athletic programs in place, I put sports journalism down after my first day in class. The chairman of the J-Department at SJS was the distinguished Dr. Dwight Bentel. He said he gave the same lecture on the first day of school every year, about why he stopped covering sports, and I was convinced on the spot to forsake sports reporting myself. I don’t regret that choice.

But in 1968, led by Dr. Harry Edwards, a champion athlete and scholar, a movement grew among athletes all over the country out of frustration about South Africa’s apartheid team, and an all-white U.S. Olympic Committee, and other issues, and there was a national call to boycott the Olympic Games. Lew Alcindor, the great basketball star at UCLA, was among the prominent athletes to boycott, but my schoolmates Tommie Smith and John Carlos — who won the gold and bronze medals in record time in the 200 meters — did not boycott.

Those two went on to give the iconic, black-gloved, raised-fist (the Original Wakanda) salute during the national anthem in Mexico City, and the rest is history.

The athletes — Muhammad Ali, baseball player Curt Flood — have always stood up, and though I don’t regret not being a sports reporter, I salute the athletic players. The Hollyweird players, not so much.

Which leads me to my confident conclusion today: The Revolution will not be on Netflix … ESPN maybe, but not Netflix, glamour girls and boys. WI

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