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5 A sea of white flags on the National Mall commemorate Americans who have died of coronavirus-related illnesses. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
White Flags on National Mall Symbolize 670,000 COVID-19 Deaths James Wright WI Staff Writer A local artist has created a unique memorial in the District to honor the scores of Americans who have died from coronavirus-related illnesses. On Sept.17, Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, a nationally-recognized visual artist based in Bethesda, Md., formally launched the “In America: Remember” exhibit that features over 670,000 small white flags placed across the lawn of the National Mall next to the Washington Monument. Dana Bash, a CNN anchor and chief political correspondent, served as the host of the ceremony which marked the opening of the new memorial site on the mall near the corner of 15th and Constitution Ave. in Northwest. Her remarks reflected the latest wave of collective grief and frustration about the impact of the pandemic. “One-in-three families in America have lost a loved one to COVID-19,” Bash said. “This field is growing larger everyday due to preventable deaths. This is the largest public
participatory exhibit on the National Mall since the AIDS quilt. Each flag represents someone who had hopes and dreams.” The coronavirus and the Spanish flu, the country’s last major pandemic, have many similarities but also bear ominous distinctions. The Associated Press [AP[, in a Sept. 20 story, said the U.S. population a century ago stood at one-third of its present number today, meaning the flu cut a bigger, more lethal swath through the country. However, AP said the COVID-19 crisis serves as a colossal tragedy given the incredible advances in scientific knowledge since then and the failure to take maximum advantage of the vaccines now available. “Big pockets of American society — and, worse, their leaders — have thrown this away,” medical historian Dr. Howard Markel of the University of Michigan said of the opportunity to vaccinate everyone eligible by now, AP reported. On the Sept. 19 edition of ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulous,” host Martha Raddatz
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The Martin Luther King [MLK] Jr. Memorial Library reopened its doors last September with limited services, after a three-year, $200 million modernization. And on Saturday, Sept. 25, there’ll be an all-ages re-grand opening celebration at the MLK Library from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The outdoor family-friendly festival of fun activities with feature performances by artists like go-go band Bela Dona, games for children, opportunities to connect with organizations from around the District, the 2nd Annual Know Your Power Teen Arts Festival, great author talks and interviews, food trucks and more. Tours of the new library will also be available which now sports a Rooftop Reading Garden, two-story Grand Reading Room and the Exhibit Space which showcases some of the most iconic memories in D.C. history. But there’s also a chance to hear the voice of Kojo Nnamdi as he narrates “Up from the People: Protest and Change in DC” – part of the MLK Library permanent exhibit where you discover how Dr. King connects to local activism. And with a library card, visitors can record their own podcast in library’s labs for free. Most of the event will take place outside under the library’s loggia. Masks are required as part of the District’s mandate while inside the building. WI
Fauci Says FDA Panel Didn’t Err in Rejecting COVID-19 Booster Shots for All Dr. Anthony Fauci recently defended the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] panel’s decision to reject offering a third booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to the general U.S. population. “I don’t think they made a mistake,” the White House chief medical adviser told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. Fauci added he would support a third dose if future data shows it’s effective. As the FDA continues to gather new information on boosters, convincing unvaccinated
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Calls Increase for More Violence Prevention Resources along Kennedy Street Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer In the aftermath of a shooting that claimed three lives, some members of the Brightwood community, with the support of their councilmember and other officials, continue to demand that people living and congregating along Kennedy Street receive violence prevention resources. For Sheree Battle, neighbors old and new must also rally around young people at this time instead of criminalizing them. She said community members, out of fear for their safety, often neglect to understand the totality of these young men and women’s experiences. “Did you ever walk up to this man and ask if they need help?” Battle asked residents and others who gathered in the car lot near Hortons Funeral Home on Sept. 15 during a peace walk organized by D.C. Counciilmember Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4). Battle, a Brightwood community member, operates a nonprofit for youth not far from where six young people were shot during Labor Day weekend, three of whom had been pronounced dead on the scene. News of Donnetta Dyson, Keenan Braxton, and Johnny Joyner’s deaths on Sept. 4 sparked outrage and discussions on social media, the Wilson Building, and throughout the District about how to further include Kennedy Street, and other parts of Uptown, in the District’s plans for curbing gun violence. While she agreed with that course of action, Battle said the solution started with community members. She suggested genuine and consistent engagement of residents most affected by violence and economic inequities plaguing the District. “Let’s start with education,” said Battle, executive director of the Life Success Center for Children Youth & Families. “ Some of these people are hurting and need resources. We can’t just sit around talking about people. It’s not getting us anywhere.”
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Councilmember George recently wrote a letter to D.C.Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) requesting the expansion
of Building Blocks to the Kennedy Street corridor. Building Blocks, launched earlier this year amid an increase in homicides, brings together various District agencies to address gun violence from a public health standpoint. If Bowser follows through, the unifying violence prevention force will buttress efforts by the Office of the Neighborhood Safety & Engagement [ONSE] to quell violence and introduce Kennedy Street’s most at-risk residents to personal development and employment opportunities. Immediately after the September 4 shooting, ONSE, in collaboration with 15 agencies, communicated with grieving family members and, to a certain degree, helped them make funeral arrangements. Violence interrupters also monitored social media and leveraged their rapport with atrisk community members to prevent retaliation. In 2018, ONSE expanded its operations to Kennedy Street via Collaborative Solutions for Communities, an organization based in Northwest that provides family support services, job training, and violence prevention. As has been the case in communities east of the Anacostia River, these resources would be directed toward Kennedy Street residents and affiliates designated as most prone to engaging in or becoming victims of violence. Leadership within ONSE has also gelled together plans to increase the enrollment of Ward 4 residents in the Pathways Program that, for years, has connected cohorts of young adults to personal and workforce development opportunities. ONSE Executive Director Del McFadden emphasized these solutions as essential in stopping violence at its core. “We understand the community is hurting. We will be there for them, continue to support them, and push and try to work with the key individuals,” McFadden told The Informer. “ It’s important to get into the minds of those individuals and try to replace the self-defeating behaviors. A lot of this work is built on relationships and trust. It takes time to get there.”
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homicides, an increase of 12 percent from the total recorded at this point last year. The phenomenon has revealed schisms among residents and elected officials about how to tackle violence. While some prioritize prevention, resources, and opportunities, there have been just as many calls for boosting police presence in communities. Melvin Stackhouse, a Ward 7 resident and cousin of Johnny Joyner, had more of a nuanced perspective. He told The Informer that, in regard to his cousin’s murder on September 4, MPD could’ve done more to stop the assailants, as shown in footage that circulated on social media. For Stackhouse, the ideal solution for gun violence involves all government agencies and residents aggressively addressing the strife of young people. In his work with the violence prevention movement No Slide Zone, Stackhouse recounted meeting young people from various parts of the District dealing with trauma and low self-esteem that
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5 During a peace walk on Sept. 15, D.C. Councilmember Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4) led marchers to Longfellow Street in Northwest where three young people lost their lives in a hail of bullets during the Labor Day holiday weekend. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
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to release such information to the Brookland Manor Coalition, which is composed of Brookland Manor/Brentwood Village Residents’ Association and its allies. However, in referencing communication that has been circulated, the representative said MidCity will build family-sized units to suit current Brookland Manor residents and work with the D.C. Housing Authority to increase voucher payments. The representative also said residents could stay on the premises during development. Brookland Manor, in combination with the now demolished Brentwood Village Shopping Center, will morph into a mixeduse community with nearly 1,800 residential units, commercial and retail space and areas for community gatherings. The first phase of construction involves building 200 units of affordable housing for seniors and 131 units of multifamily housing. A source familiar with the pro-
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Latino Leaders Talk COVID-19 With Norton
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The leaders of the District’s Latino organizations told D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton on Sept. 16 the coronavirus pandemic has had a profound effect on them and their ability to serve their constituents. “There is rampant gentrification taking place now, even as the pandemic continues,” Rebecca Medrano, the executive director at the GALA Hispanic Theatre, said. “There are a lot of people in the street right now. A lot of people are using drugs. We need jobs for youth. Young people worked part-time jobs after school before the pandemic to help their families but they lost those jobs due to COVID. We have tried to fill in the gaps for people, particularly young people by offering jobs and the chance to express themselves through the arts.” Each year, during National Hispanic American Heritage Month, observed from Sept. 15-Oct. 15, Norton holds a session of her Congressional Latino Council. Latinos constitute 12.23 percent of the District’s population, according to the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau report. During the session, the council members tell the delegate the issues their constituents face.
This year, the coronavirus dominated the discussion. Ayuda Paula Fitzgerald serves as the executive director of Ayuda, a non-profit that provides legal, social and language services to low-income immigrants living in the District and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs. Fitzgerald said since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, there has been an increase in homelessness and domestic violence among Latinos. “Many Latinos work at low wage jobs to provide for their families but when the pandemic set in, they either lost those jobs or had their hours reduced,” Fitzgerald said. “Many Latinos are essential workers at their jobs so they couldn’t take time off because they had to serve the public. As a result, many of them got COVID.” Fitzgerald said affordable housing for Latinos had been an issue before the pandemic and the situation has worsened. She said some Latino immigrants are apprehensive about approaching the federal and District governments about assistance due to their legal status. “They want to be treated with dignity as they seek financial assistance,” Fitzgerald said. She noted Ayuda distributed over $500,000 of assistance during the pandemic because many of
their constituents didn’t qualify for federal stimulus checks. Latin American Youth Center Lupi Quinteros-Grady, the president and CEO of the Latin American Youth Center, which caters to the needs and works to educate and develop youth of color, mainly Latinos, said the pandemic “has definitely been a journey to continue to adapt and be flexible.” “We have advocated for children and their families to get the coronavirus vaccine but we are facing vaccination resistance,” Quinteros-Grady said. “With all we are dealing with during this pandemic, this is unknown territory for us.” Quinteros-Grady said LAYCserved families deal with such challenges as food insecurity, obtaining rental assistance and accessing laptops for school. She said
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5 People watch the Fiesta DC Parade of Nations that occurred on Sept. 12 in downtown Washington, D.C. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Maryland Legislative Redistricting Hearings Start in Prince George’s William J. Ford WI Staff Writer A Maryland legislative committee began its listening tour in Prince George’s County on trying to work on drawing new maps to possibly restructure the state’s congressional and legislative districts. Tracy Thompson with the county’s League of Women Voters represented the six people who testified at Prince George’s Community College in Largo “to make sure Prince George’s County residents are a part” of the process. The seven-member Maryland Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission will travel across the state to
hear comments for a process done every 10 years to reflect changes in the state’s population based on census data. The commission released “adjusted population” figures Monday, Sept. 20 from the 2020 Census including those housed at local jails and state prisons, but represent their last current home address. Out of the nearly 6.2 million state residents, four counties increased population by double digits in a 10-year period outlined by the state: Frederick (16.4 percent); Howard (15.8 percent); Charles (13.7 percent); and Prince George’s (12 percent). Part of a presentation focused on state senatorial districts represented
5 The Maryland Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission holds first public hearing Sept. 20 at Prince George’s Community College in Largo. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
by one person and districts represented by two or three delegates. For instance, Dels. Julian Ivey and Diana Fennell represent District 47A that includes the municipalities and communities of Cheverly, Colmar Manor and parts of Chillum. In the same vicinity of the county, Del. Wanika Fisher of Hyattsville represents District 47B including Adelphi, Langley Park and parts of Chillum. Ashanti Martinez of New Carrollton said District 47B should remain intact, especially representing one of the largest Latino and immigrant populations in the state. “District 47B has been an example of how we are intentional in providing representation [to] allow communities to not only have a voice, but also produce diverse leaders,” said Martinez, who spoke on behalf of CASA as its research and policy an-
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The 17 brick-and-mortar companies established in a Maryland bill this year can begin the process to receive at least temporary sports betting licenses sometime in the fall, specifically in time for the NFL playoffs. John Martin, director of the state’s Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, said Tuesday, Sept. 21, an “e-licensing portal” opened for those entities Thursday, Sept. 16 to begin the licensing review process. “What’s happening now is our team of people [is] working with the named applicants who have begun the process to do the required investigations and background checks,” Martin said during a virtual session with the
alyst. “They should have leadership that speaks to that diversity.” Between 2010 to 2020, the majority Black jurisdiction’s total population increased the fourth highest in Maryland by 12percent from 863,420 to 967,201. Most of the growth in the last decade occurred in the northern and eastern part of the county, according to a state map presented Monday. The commission – comprised of four Democrat and two Republican lawmakers – will host nine more public hearings and two virtual sessions through November chaired by Karl Aro, former executive director of the state’s nonpartisan Department of Legislative Services. Registered Democrats in Maryland outnumber Republicans by a 2-to-1 ratio and hold seven of the eight congressional seats on Capitol Hill. Democratic lawmakers also hold a state-mandated Sports Wagering Applications Review Commission. “We may submit those applications back to score for awarding the license and continue building upon the positive momentum we have to get sports wagering operational by late fall.” Some of the 17 businesses outlined in a bill during this year’s 90day legislative session in Annapolis include: MGM casino and resort at National Harbor; Live! Casino in Anne Arundel County; Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore City; FedEx Field in Landover; M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore; and Rod ‘N’ Reel in Calvert County. Applicants interested in operating one of the 30 brick-and-mortar operations or 60 mobile and online betting licenses would be started behind those established businesses. In the meantime, residents and
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supermajority in Annapolis holding more than 100 of the 188 seats in the General Assembly. House Speaker Adrienne Jones, who convenes the commission with Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City), said after Monday’s 32-minute hearing the main goal “is to listen to the citizens.” “Some are very passionate in certain areas. Some have done more homework than others in terms of what they would like to see,” she said. “The commission will take [comments] into consideration and… gives us some measure of what we will be working with.” Although the legislature has the authority to redraw the maps, another group held a more than three-hour virtual meeting Monday. Republican Gov. Larry Hogan created a nine-member Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission to assess and draw maps and conduct public hearings he plans to present to the General Assembly. The majority of the meeting focused on St. Mary’s County, a rural county in Southern Maryland which currently splits legislative Districts 27B and 27C into portions of Prince Georges. Several residents such as Betty Ann Quade expressed displeasure with a proposal to redraw a map that splits some communities from St. Mary’s into neighboring Calvert County. Census data shows the population in Southern Maryland increased the second highest in the state at 9.6percent (Charles County at 13.7 percent; St. Mary’s at 8.2 percent; and Calvert at 4.6 percent). “If we are pulled over…we will no longer have a voice for tourism [and] economic development,” said Quade, who owns Seabreeze Restaurant in St. Mary’s along the Patuxent River. “I feel like we will be lost without representation.” WI @jabariwill
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CBCF Panel Calls for Nationwide Policy for Paid Family Leave William J. Ford WI Staff Writer
Lawmakers in eight states and the District of Columbia implemented laws to offer paid family leave, to which employees and employers make certain financial contributions, the National Conference of State Legislature notes. However, rules and regulations differ in each jurisdiction that’s driving one congressman’s push for a national paid family leave policy. Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), who led a virtual chat Sept. 15 during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 50th annual legislative conference, said the United States represents the only country among 41 other peer nations without a national paid leave policy. “I want to make sure the overwhelming benefits to the entire fami-
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ly…that having paid leave is available to every American,” he said during the nearly 40-minute virtual discussion. “Right now, that’s not the reality for most Americans, especially for Black and brown families. “These realities are unacceptable in the United States of America and we have to do something about it.” In March, the congressman from Dallas took one month of paternity to help his wife take care of their newborn son, Cameron. Allred took similar leave in 2019 after the couple’s first son, Jordan. He became the first member of Congress to take such leave. Earlier this year, President Joe Biden proposed for employers to provide 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave paid for through new federal taxes.
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HARLEM 100 NOV 4 | 8 PM 5 Leaders of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and members of the community discuss the impact of COVID-19 on Black men and boys. (Screen shot: courtesy of Congressional Black Caucus Foundation)
CBCF Panel: COVID-19 Continues to Affect Black Men, Boys, Dads William J. Ford WI Staff Writer The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest jobs report earlier this month to show the unemployment rate slightly decreased nationwide, but not for Blacks. According to the federal agency’s report, overall unemployment dropped from 5.4% in June to 5.2% last month. However, during that same time it increased among Blacks from 8.2% to 8.8%.
“With increased cases and deaths from COVID-19 and higher unemployment numbers for Black workers, now is the worst time to end unemployment benefits and eviction protections for workers and families,” according to a blog from the Brookings Institute. That’s why leaders with Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. and local community representatives spoke about the impact of COVID-19 on Black fathers, men and boys during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s
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education and its adequacy. Faults in our ability to do business in real time,” said Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), who hosted the session and a member of Omega Psi Phi. “These are faults that must be repaired.” The nearly one-hour discussion noted how the fraternity conducted
several programs such as a get-outvote campaign in Georgia, a youth leadership conference in San Antonio, Texas, and a father-son talk on the impact of social media and Smartphone usage.
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BUSINESS Aunt Kelly’s Cookies Provide Fresh, Old-School Flavor to Delighted Customers After owning a beauty salon for 13 years and then working as an educator in Jessup, Maryland, Many people fondly remember, Simmons founded and opened adore and revere the old-school Aunt Kelly’s Cookies, a bakery packaged cookies that we craved where customers brag that “you before and after the lunch bell can taste the homemade goodness in every bite.” rang. “I only use the freshest, highest The taste of chocolate chip or even butter crunch cookies re- quality ingredients and we bake on site every day to ensure that the mained irresistible. And while some still long for cookies taste as fresh as they look,” the authentic taste that’s so hard to Simmons said. Located at 857 N.1 Howard find, Kelly Q4 Simmons has come up Informer AMTRAK PRINT 1_Washington (outlines).pdf 7/7/21 Street in Baltimore, Aunt Kelly’s with the perfect recipe. Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer
Cookies has earned acclaim for its butter crunch, chocolate chip and butter pecan cookies. One of the more popular treats -- the butter crunch and chocolate chip combination. “That’s my favorite,” Simmons exclaimed. “I thought, ‘why hasn’t anyone put those two together?’ I wondered why they were never married.” The combination proved so popular, Simmons included it in her “Cookie of the Month” selections. That wasn’t the only flavor customers – both in Baltimore and those ordering online – craved. “I did another one called butter pecan and I brought it out as a Cookie of the Month,” Simmons recalled. “When I took it away, my customers hounded me for almost eight months to bring it back.” Simmons said her journey into the bakery business began in the 1980s as a young girl living in Baltimore. “I was in grade school and like many of my peers, I would make sure I had change for buying but10:33 PM
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COOKIES from Page 14 ter crunch cookies,” she said. “As the years passed, I searched for, but could never find, that same butter crunch taste I remembered.” “That is until I started baking my own cookies in 1999. I had finally discovered the key ingredients that make this memorable cookie. I couldn’t wait to share my discovery with my family and now I want to share that experience with everyone,” Simmons said. While working as an educator, she noted that she’d sometimes bake cookies for her students and they fell in love with the taste. “I have had people from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia tasting the cookies,” Simmons stated. “Where I am, the cookies follow me and I share them with everyone. People say they remind them of the cookies they used to get in elementary school.” So, what’s the secret? “First of all, I hate tasting chemicals,” Simmons observed. “I’m trying to taste the same cookies that we tasted going back to my grandmother’s days. So, I stick to the basics like my grandmother
HOT TOPICS from Page 4 Americans to get vaccinated remains the priority. On Friday, the FDA advisory committee voted against giving third shots of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to all Americans, although they recommended booster doses for people 65 and older and those with underlying conditions. The FDA panel’s decision added to the confusion about booster shots, after President Joe Biden last month said boosters would become available to all Americans beginning the week of September 20. “I understand why there might be confusion because I think people were not understanding the difference of planning for something and actually what element of that, what proportion of it you’re actually going to roll out, and that’s exactly what happened,” Fauci told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He later told ABC’s “This Week” that the administration set the September 20 deadline as a placeholder, contingent on input from the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of September 18, more than
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showed me and that’s why I make the cookies fresh every day. We mix and bake on site each day so that our customers are getting the freshest and purest cookies.” Simmons opened Aunt Kelly’s Cookies in 2018 and said she “mixes every batch with love” using locally-sourced ingredients, including Domino Sugar. Simmons, who has quickly established herself as a successful Black woman-owned business in the Baltimore area, said she cannot wait to make Aunt Kelly’s Cookies a household name. Aunt Kelly’s Cookies have already been voted a 5-star bakery in over 100 local reviews. She has expanded upon her famous butter crunch cookies and offers a variety of options. And while customers can place orders online, she still hopes to expand to other areas. “I’d love to open up in D.C.,” Simmons said. “I sold some cookies there before and people loved them. So, it’s my goal to open Aunt Kelly’s Cookies in D.C.” To learn more or to place an order, visit https://www.auntkellyscookies.com/. WI @StacyBrownMedia 181 million Americans have been fully vaccinated. More than 670,000 people have died from Covid-19 nationwide. Data on boosters from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson is expected in the coming weeks, Fauci said. He also told “This Week” there will “certainly” be a vaccine for children this fall. WI
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NATIONAL Bowser Administration Offers Homeowners Aid During Pandemic James Wright WI Staff Writer
District homeowners who are having problems paying on their mortgages as a result of a financial loss due to the coronavirus pandemic have some options for relief. “We know that for many D.C. families, keeping up with their
monthly mortgage payments has been a tremendous struggle during these unprecedented times,” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said last year. While a lot of public attention has been paid to the STAY DC program which uses federal funds to assist tenants who have had a reduction or loss of income due to the coronavirus pandemic with their rent and utilities,
there has been little focus on struggling homeowners. Clifford Beckford, the executive director of Lydia’s House in Southeast which assists low-income and at-risk families secure housing, warned of a possible wave of foreclosures in the coming months as moratoria and forbearance programs end at a virtual hearing of the D.C. Council’s Committee of the Whole on Aug. 31.
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In 2020, Bowser along with the leaders of the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency, (DCHFA) announced the relaunch of the $4 million DC Mortgage Assistance Program COVID-19 (DC MAP) to aid homeowners who have been economically adversely affected by the pandemic. Before the pandemic, the program served as a vehicle to help homeowners who got behind their mortgage payments due primarily to the 2018 federal government shutdown. Bowser said in 2020 “by repurposing this program this existing assistance
5 A house is in the foreclosure stage. (Courtesy photo)
program, we can provide homeowners with some peace of mind and help relieve some of the financial burden during this public health emergency.” Christopher E. Donald, executive director of the DCHFA, said his agency stresses the importance of “helping District residents retain their status as homeowners.” “DCHFA is committed to helping D.C. homeowners sustain during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Donald said. To qualify for DC MAP, the DCHFA website says a borrower’s primary residence must be located in the city, must have been current on their mortgage as of March 1, 2020, be able to provide documentation of income affected due to the pandemic, borrower must be the borrower on the home loan and show proof the borrower doesn’t qualify for forbearance or other type of city relief funds. If a borrower meets those qualifications, a loan of up to $5,000 monthly toward their mortgage for up to six months will be given out. The DC MAP loan must be se-
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D.C. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development John Falcicchio told the Informer on Sept. 20 that the Bowser administration will unveil a new program to assist homeowners with mortgage problems fueled by the pandemic in the near future. “We submitted a plan to the federal government last month at the level of $50 million to help mortgages that are in arrears due to COVID,” he said. “We encourage homeowners to utilize DC MAP until then. There are other means for homeowners to stay afloat. I know a number of banks have programs to help people during the pandemic by extending the forbearance or providing additional assistance. People should contact their mortgage lender to see what they have to offer.” WI @JamesDCWrighter
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NATIONAL BROOKLAND from Page 9 cess told The Informer that MidCity established a relationship with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that allows it to designate 373 units at RIA as affordable housing. The rest, they said, would become market-rate housing, the monthly payments for which residents could subsidize with a voucher. Akela Crawford, an attorney who, on behalf of the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, represented the Brookland Manor Coalition in court earlier this year, said there’s still cause for concern when one considers that Brookland Manor originally had 535 units. Crawford described the playing field as inequitable, saying that without explicitly revealing housing demographics and presenting a detailed plan to prevent displacement, MidCity has enough latitude to shortchange current residents without consequence.
“The Zoning Commission seems to be siding with the developer [and] now the city is more complicit because of the changes to the Comprehensive Plan which [allows] the developer to build a certain density,” said Crawford, who has since taken on a role with another nonprofit. “Once the Comprehensive Plan is approved by Congress, MidCity will have a matter of right to build higher if they choose [without] community input.”
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In a May open letter to Ward 5 residents, D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5), who navigated the $47 million tax increment financing through the council, said the Comprehensive Plan, specifically the part that refers to Planned Unit Developments, ties increases to density to increases to affordable housing units. Such increases, McDuffie said, would also impose mandates to in-
clude family housing – apartments with three, four and five-bedrooms. As the District experienced urban development over the last decade, the cost of living has significantly increased for District families seeking family housing. The increasing rent burden, in part, has shifted the District’s racial demographics. Blacks currently account for less than half of the population. In 2018, this trend compelled Ari Theresa, an attorney with Stoop Law DC, to file a $1 billion class-action lawsuit against the District government. Brookland Manor residents have attempted, in many cases unsuccessfully, to circumvent management’s strategies to force evictions. Some coalition members, including the Rev. Dr. Loretta J. Houston, recounted other intimidation tactics by MidCity, such as the closing of green space, security officers’ harassment of residents for negligible infractions and alleges MidCity has condoned illegal ac-
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tivity carried out by nonresidents. “They’re displacing people every day, trying to make them miserable,” said Houston, a former resident who currently serves as a board member of the Brookland Manor Tenants Association. Eager to confront the mayor, she awaited Bowser’s arrival at the
Brookland Manor health fair on Sept. 11. “I want Mayor Bowser to know that the $47 million that the city gave to MidCity could have been given to residents to buy them a house,” she said. “The government has to do better by the people.” WI @SamPKCollins
Akela Crawford, an attorney who, on behalf of the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, represented the Brookland Manor Coalition in court earlier this year, said there’s still cause for concern when one considers that Brookland Manor originally had 535 units.
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President Joe Biden applauded the work of the Congressional Black Caucus and called for ending systemic racism during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Awards. The awards closed out the weeklong Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference. “I got here just a year after the Black Caucus started, 50 years, and the Black Caucus has gotten stronger every year with a powerhouse of ideas and a training ground for a lot of great leaders,” President Biden remarked. “The CBC has made a difference and as we emerge from this pandemic, the time is right to root out systemic racism. The time is now for
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a moral response to heal the soul of this nation and to ensure that Black Americans are fully dealt into the economy and to this society they have built and shaped for centuries.” Hosted by actress Angela Bassett, the Phoenix Awards recognizes extraordinary contributions to the Black community and featured Stacey Abrams, Ledisi and others. Singer Chaka Khan closed out the awards with her hit song, “I’m Every Woman.” The conference also acknowledged the largest Congressional Black Caucus class to date. Informer Washington “The conference programming reflect[ed] our charge for 2021 and be5.5” commitment to yond to a continued uplifting, empowering and mobilizing Black communities through the theme of ‘Black Excellence Unparalleled: Pressing Onward in Power,’” CBCF officials noted.
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Uganda to Host 2,000 Afghan Refugees to Comply with U.S. Request Uganda has agreed to host 2,000 Afghan refugees following a request from the United States, which was granted by Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, IPM Media report Sept.18. The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) lauded Uganda for its policy that saw the country take in refugees from Afghanistan after the country fell to the Taliban. The Inter Parliamentary Union is a global organization of national parliaments and brings together 179 parliaments worldwide. "IPU secretary general Martin Chungog asks the rest of the world to support Uganda in its effort to help with the refugee crisis in Afghanistan. He applauds Uganda for accepting to host the Afghan refugees," Deputy Speaker Anita Among tweeted on Sept.18. Chungong appreciated Uganda for embracing the refugees and urged the international community to support countries that have taken in refugees. "I would like to call on the solidarity of the international community to reach out to countries that are resource-strapped such as Uganda that are taking up refugees to make sure they have the capacity to ensure the Afghans live in dignity," he said. Chungong was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament held in Vienna, Austria. Last month, Uganda agreed to temporarily host 2,000 refugees from Afghanistan on request from the US. However, only 51 refugees were evacuated to Uganda on Aug. 25. The UN projects the number of Afghans seeking asylum may reach 500,000 by the end of year. Uganda has an open-door policy for refugees and hosts the largest number of refugees on the continent, mainly from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. WI
caribbean now Philip ‘Brave’ Davis Sworn in as Prime Minister of the Bahamas Following his Progressive Liberal Party’s landslide victory in the general election held in The Bahamas on Thursday, Sept. 16, Philip “Brave” Davis (left) was sworn in as that country’s fifth Prime Minister. Governor-General Cornelius A. Smith presented the new Prime Minister with his instruments of appointment during a ceremony at Baha Mar on Saturday, Sept. 18. During his remarks, Davis thanked the Bahamian people “who turned out and voted resoundingly for change.” “You voted with brave hearts and you voted with hearts full of hope for our country,” he said. The Progressive Liberal Party won 32 of the 39 seats in the House of Assembly. In remarks after being sworn in on Saturday, Sept. 18, as The Bahamas’ fifth prime minister, Davis noted that his government will partner with the Bahamian people, declaring that “no government can do great things on its own.” “We’re going to listen. We’re going to consult widely and we’re going to bring people together,” the prime minister declared. “This is the best way to make progress as a nation. No leader or no government should be isolated from the people.” Davis also promised that the PLP “will govern in the interest of all Bahamians, not just the privileged few.” “We will act in ways that rebuild trust between the government and the Bahamian people,” he declared. Davis also promised that the PLP “will govern in the interest of all Bahamians, not just the privileged few.” “We will act in ways that rebuild trust between the government and the Bahamian people,” he declared. Davis noted that the new administration comes to office as Bahamians are hurting and the country faces big challenges. “We face many crises coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said, adding that the economy “is also in decline as we face an historically high deficit and debt.” WI
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HEALTH Annual Maternity & Infant Health Summit Generates Discussion on Mental Health Natalie C. Hockaday WI Staff Writer D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser hosted her annual Maternity & Infant Health Summit featuring notable panel guests of medical professionals and advocates. The summit had a mix of virtual and in-person events that attendees could be part of. On Thursday, Sept. 15, in a discussion moderated by Stacey Brayboy at the summit, Bowser, along with Angelina Spicer, Dr. Robyn
Jones and Dr. Lola Okito, discussed the importance of mother’s having access to maternity health resources Angelina Spicer, a standup comedian, actress and social media influencer said she became an “accidental advocate” because of her experiences during pregnancy and post-childbirth. During her pregnancy she states that she had complications and later suffered a severe form of postpartum depression. “I was so blindsided by just the
physical pain… and how wrecked my body felt and the responsibility of now being someone’s mother,” said Spicer. Through her experience she described how she felt like she was mourning her life prior to pregnancy because she felt like she lost a part of herself. To relieve her internal pain, she sought out therapy, going back to church, speaking to women in her family and turned to women in social media groups but still nothing felt like it was helping she says. After constantly trying different methods to relieve her pain, eight months postpartum, Spicer says her therapist recommended she check into a psychiatric facility. “That was the best gift that she or anyone could have given me because I was able for ten days to check into this medical facility that felt like a vacation…That was the gift I didn’t know I needed,” said Spicer. Spicer says she is on a “mission to normalize the conversation around maternal mental health and to normalize the conversation on what it’s really like after you have a baby.” There is still a stigma in society surrounding mental health and
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even seeking help and Spicer says she thinks that stigma starts from the home because children and families may not feel comfortable to express how they are feeling. She says what helps her is her comedy and she realized that helped other women, too. “I didn’t even know I was help-
ing people or helping shed [light] on stigma by talking about my own stuff. But it’s just a byproduct of being a comedian and a byproduct of having a voice and making it tangible for folks. I feel like me sharing is helping. It’s helping me
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Natalie C. Hockaday WI Staff Writer You’re asthmatic and require an inhaler refill monthly but without insurance you may have to choose between paying for your utility bill or paying to breathe. That can be a reality for some who live in the U.S. without health insurance. Healthcare is not free and comes at a very costly price, especially for those who do not have insurance. D.C. residents may soon live this truth to a greater extent if the MedStar Family Choice contract is not renewed come Sept. 30, 2021 and with the ongoing debate on the legality of this issue, the Ward 8 Health council weighed in on this matter. The Ward 8 Health Council gathered for the first time in-person since the pandemic started in 2019. Eager to resume an element of normalcy, community activists, health professionals and city officials gathered to discuss the recent health matters affecting the district. One of which was Medicaid. The ongoing controversial debate has transpired over the past few weeks and has challenged local representatives along with their constituents to challenge the industry of healthcare finance. Melissa Byrd, the D.C. Director of Medicaid under the Department of Health Finance, explained how the MedStar Family Choice contract that is up for discontinuation come Sept. 30, 2021 is due to a larger complex situation regarding healthcare nationwide. During the meeting there was questioning about what would happen if the D.C. City Council does not retract their disapproval on the ongoing Medicaid dispute come Oct. 1. Byrd states that she has “complete faith that the council will pull back the disapproval and make sure the managed care programs will continue.” Further in the meeting there was a presentation on NARCAN, a substance that is used to possibly prevent someone from over-
dosing on an opioid drug. According to Dr. Nura Green-Lane, the office of chief medical examiner states that 411 people died of an opioid overdose and as of April 2021 there have been 157 opioid overdoses in the city this year. “I’m going to just say it like this-we’re on fire folks… I’m just saying as my friend said ‘we have to figure it out’ because we need to have these services… that are in greatest needs and they’re right here in your own backyard. So, we can’t play politics about this,” said Green-Lane NARCAN has the ability to reverse an overdose and can only work when treating opioid overdoses. In the NARCAN kit there are two doses with each holding four milligrams. “This thing is saving lives. The gentleman says that he has reversed fifteen overdoses. Understand it’s not just an overdose; he saved a life of a grandmother, a grandfather, an uncle, a brother, a mother, a child. Understand that this is saving lives. It’s that simple. As the meeting closed Calvin Smith, the Chair of the Ward 8 Health Council announced that he will be stepping down from his position and that Jaren Hill-Lockridge, Director of The Well at Oxon Run Park, will be taking over the position and will continue to lead the council. WI
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Strokes Can Lead to Seizures Thometta Cozart, Multicultural Outreach Director, Epilepsy Foundation
of their stroke. Furthermore, an eight-year (2005-2013) study proved the association between strokes and seizures was stronger among nonwhite patients, including African Americans.
RECOGNIZING SEIZURES Each year, approximately 800,000 Americans have a stroke. Strokes happen when the blood supply to a part of the brain is cut off. A stroke can have traumatic and catastrophic consequences not only for the person having a stroke, but for their families and loved ones as well. Depending on its severity, a stroke can impair movement, sensation, communication, memory, and emotion. Nearly 10% of stroke survivors experience post-stroke seizures. According to the American Stroke Association, stroke is the most common cause of seizures in older people. A study by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention found that about 23% of adults aged 65 or older with a history of epilepsy reported having had a stroke, compared to only about 5% of older adults without a history of epilepsy. For Joycelyn Martin, this statistic became a reality when her mother, Wulini Huggins, who had previously had a stroke experienced a seizure. “I called out to her but heard no response which was not unusual,” said Ms. Martin. “I walked over to repeat the question and noticed a funny look on my mother’s face – an absent, distant look, non-responsive to conversation or touch. I suddenly realized that she was having a seizure!”
STROKES TO SEIZURES
Seizures occur after a stroke because scar tissue formed in brain areas damaged by strokes send out abnormal electrical signals. This electrical activity can trigger different types of seizures based on where it starts and how it spreads. Approximately 43% of people who experience post-stroke seizures have done so within 24 hours
Having a seizure after a stroke does not necessarily mean you will develop epilepsy. If a person has recovered from a stroke and hasn’t had a seizure, they are at very low risk of developing epilepsy. However, seizures may indicate that someone has had a stroke when warning signs aren’t clearly present. That is why is it important for everyone to increase their knowledge about post-stroke seizures so that people can better control and manage them. Ms. Huggins experienced a focal seizure, something that Ms. Martin would not have known if she had not learned more about seizures. “It is vitally important for people to know the different types of seizures,” she said. “They need to know the signs. If I had not taken the Seizure First Aid Training, I would not have known that my mother needed medical attention. It took the hospital one week to get the seizures under control. My mother is now unable to walk or clearly talk.” It is also important that everyone know the warning signs of stroke and are prepared to act in a stroke emergency. Stroke is an emergency and knowledge is our power. Learning the F.A.S.T. warning signs of stroke— face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, time to call 911—can mean the difference between life and death and recovery or disability.
Newborn-Palmer, a member of the Epilepsy Foundation’s professional advisory board, and Dr. Philip Gorelick, a neurologist and professional member of the American Stroke Association. The Epilepsy Foundation’s Seizure Recognition and First Aid Certification focuses on educating the public how to recognize seizures and administer seizure first aid. This free, online training will also include information about strokes and the F.A.S.T. warning signs for identifying a stroke. Become seizure first aid certified today. Register at: bit.ly/ Sept29SFA. This article was supported by the CDC/US Dept. of HHS as part of a financial assistance award totaling $30,000 with 100% funded by the CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, CDC/HHS, or the US Government.
Stroke causes nearly 45% of new epilepsy cases for adults 60 years and older In observance of World Heart Day
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In commemoration of World Heart Day on September 29, the Epilepsy Foundation has partnered with the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, to promote cardiovascular health in African American communities. As part of this collaboration, both organizations are hosting a Seizure Recognition and First Aid Certification training led by Dr. Lorraine
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EDUCATION COVID from Page 1 said, “what has been billed as the summer of freedom has come and gone” due to the spread of the delta variant. Her report said on June 19, 11,634 cases a day of the coronavirus existed but as of Sept. 19, 143,000 infections had been reported. She said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said during the week of Sept 12-18, 994,506 cases of the virus had been reported. The exhibit features a huge sign showing the number of coronavirus deaths that have accumulated since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. During the ceremony, the number 670,072 stood prominent on the sign. Firstenberg said the sign’s number comes from the latest coronavirus death tally by the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Research Center in Baltimore. As the number grows, Firstenberg, with the assistance of others, will place one white flag to honor
the dead. There’s also a digital component where families of the dead can make comments on a website. This activity will occur daily until the exhibit ends on Oct. 3.
ARTISTIC ACTIVISM FUELED BY ANGER
Firstenberg said the presence of the pandemic fueled her artistic activism. “The pandemic outraged me when it started,” she said. “What outraged me more is how the response to the pandemic devalued the lives of the elderly and people of color.” Firstenberg started her activism last year by placing over 230,000 white flags outside the DC Armory near RFK Stadium. Comments by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) suggesting the elderly that have died due to the coronavirus could be a boon to the U.S. economy, horrified her. She bought a quarter of a million white flags for the DC Armory exhibit and credited the administration
of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for supporting her efforts. Firstenberg said America’s youth will carry the burden of the pandemic with them throughout their lives. “About 130,000 children have lost caregivers due to the pandemic,” she said. “We have to remember that kids will face this for a lifetime. Keeping that in mind, I am designing lesson plans for teachers for children [they teach] through the eighth grade. Teachers can teach their students about this pandemic and help their kids get through this. The students need to know that they can express their emotions about the pandemic through art.” Despite the grim tone of the exhibit, she has maintained an upbeat attitude about the future. “We have to remember that we will all get through this,” she said.
PRAISE FOR THE EXHIBIT
In addition to Firstenberg’s remarks, the ceremony included entertainment provided by: The String Queens; the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers crooning “Lift Every Voice,” “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” and “From Sea to Shining Sea;” and a message from spoken word artist Archie the Messenger. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland spoke for about six minutes
5 The sheer number of white flags symbolizing individual COVID-19 deaths forced the memorial leaders to change from its original DC Armory location to the National Mall. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
and began by urging everyone to “get vaccinated.” Haaland said those killed by the coronavirus “had relatives who loved them.” “These flags are not only for those who died from COVID-19 but for those they left behind,” she said. “Each white flag represents someone’s loved one.” The secretary noted 37 of her employees have succumbed to the coronavirus. Dr. Lonnie Bunch, secretary of the Smithsonian, said “these flags represent a cross-section of the nation.” “The National Mall is the great re-
pository of national memory,” he said. “So many communities of color have been disproportionately affected by this disease. These flags get our arms around the magnitude we have lost.” Bowser thanked Firstenberg for her activism regarding the pandemic and pointed out the local connection. “I appreciate this exhibit for so many reasons,” the mayor said. “Represented among these flags are more than 1,100 District residents. It is important to get your children vaccinated. I encourage you to reach out to your family and tell them to get vaccinated.” WI @JamesDCWrighter
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EDUCATION Only Gambia Has Sufficient Plans in Place to Fight Climate Change U.S. Remains Insufficient in Meeting Its Goals Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer The United States counts among the many nations that have failed to meet obligations under the Paris agreement about climate change. A new analysis by the Climate Action Tracker concluded that the momentum on updating 2030 targets for climate action has stalled since May with no significant emitters putting forward more vital climate targets. The analysis found that the 2030 emissions gap has barely changed. An earlier United Nations report found that the world risks hitting 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming in the coming decades, which would cause extreme events unprecedented in the observational record. The new report revealed that only Gambia, the small West African nation, has plans compatible with the Paris Agreement, a legally binding international treaty on climate change. While the United Kingdom has “almost insufficient” plans, the analysts rated America as “insufficient.” The Climate Action Tracker – or CAT – determines whether nations are sufficient, insufficient or almost insufficient based on mitigation targets, policies,
action and climate action. President Joe Biden had pledged that the U.S. would cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least half from 2005 levels by 2030. “In May, after the Climate Leaders’ Summit and the Petersburg dialogue, we reported that there appeared to be good momentum with new climate action commitments but governments then had only closed the emissions gap by up to 14 percent,” said Niklas Höhne, of NewClimate Institute, a CAT partner organization quoted in the report. “But since then, there has been little to no improvement -- nothing is moving. Governments have now closed the gap by up to 15 percent, a minimal improvement since May. Anyone would think they have all the time in the world, when in fact the opposite is the case,” Höhne noted. According to the report, the CAT has updated all of the country ratings under its new rating system where it now gives ratings on a wide range of actions: an overall rating, the domestic target, policies and action, fair share, climate mitigation finance (either on providing mitigation finance, or detailing what international support is needed) and land use and forestry (where relevant). The CAT, which has also begun rating net-zero targets, outlined their findings:
Of the 37 countries assessed by the CAT, only one - The Gambia – has an overall climate action that is 1.5°C Paris Agreement compatible. In another seven, overall climate
action is nearly sufficient, meaning they are not consistent with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature limit but could be with moderate improvements. Three countries, the EU, Germany and the U.S., have significantly updated their targets with
a raft of new policies. While the U.K.’s domestic target is 1.5˚C compatible, its policies and international support don’t match. This leaves three-quarters of the countries the CAT assesses with
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U.S. Border Patrol Abuse of Haitians is Intolerable
Videos and photos of U.S. Border Patrol officers wielding whips and lassos in attempts to capture Haitian migrants entering the U.S. near the Texas border are disheartening. The U.S. government egregiously separated children from their parents but nothing else compares to the horrific treatment seen meted out against Haitians. Sadly, Haitians experienced devastating catastrophes over the past few months, including an Aug. 14 earthquake that killed nearly 2,000 people and left an estimated 50,000 people homeless. Days later, Tropical Storm Grace hit the country and exacerbated earthquake recovery efforts. The Caribbean Island was still reeling from the impact of an earthquake in 2010 that killed more than 200,000 people. In June, Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated allegedly by a group of foreign mercenaries. The country was void of leadership until July, when the government appointed a prime minister to help bring order back to the fragile nation. But it’s the 13,000 or so Haitian migrants that left the country nearly a decade ago who now find themselves living under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, and facing deportation back to a country many of them haven’t known. They’ve been living in South America in places like Brazil, Chile and Argentina, drawn there for work and other opportunities. And, while the U.S. has opened its doors to thousands of Afghan refugees, Haitians are finding doors closed to them, just as it was for the “Haitian Boat People” who came by the thousands to the U.S. by way of Florida in the late 1970s, only to be sent back, as well. Civil and human rights organizations have weighed in on the current dilemma and echo the sentiments of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. They are calling for an investigation into the conduct of the U.S. Border Patrol. Meanwhile, Haitians are being loaded onto planes headed back to Haiti as the U.S. Congress works to figure out how to avert a financial crisis here at home that could lead to a government shutdown in just a few weeks. Meanwhile, four Republicans could think of nothing better to do than to call for the impeachment of President Biden. While the U.S. faces its own set of severe problems, the mistreatment of people is an intolerable offense that must be addressed. WI
Police Can Help Curb Violence in Southeast but Not Without the Community's Assistance Tuesday was a rough day for District residents in Southeast and that’s putting it mildly. As Sept. 21 drew to a close, an on-duty female security guard was fatally shot around 8:30 p.m. under conditions which police say remain a mystery. Her death occurred just hours after two others, a man and a nine-year-old boy, were injured by gunfire, also in Southeast. While the boy was, fortunately, only grazed by a bullet, the man was seriously injured and taken to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery. His condition was not immediately clear. On Tuesday morning, five people, including a 13-year-old boy, were shot and wounded on Alabama Avenue in Southeast, while standing outside a convenience store. It appears that while the victims sustained injuries, none of them were considered life-threatening. In recent interviews with our reporters, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Contee expressed frustration over the surge of shootings and the rising number of homicides in the District – now up 13 percent over the same time last year which ended with a 16-year high. Contee seems to be optimistic that recent initiatives, most notably Mayor Bowser’s Building Blocks DC, which directs resources on the 2 percent of city blocks where more than 40 percent of shootings occur, and other programs which call for a public health approach to fighting crime, will make a difference. Still, that remains to be seen. But rather than employing the loaded and often controversial term of “Black-on-Black crime” to identify the various perpetrators and to perhaps explain the irrational motivations for their criminal acts, Contee says without hesitation that some criminals simply need to be removed from public life. “You can’t program your way out of some things; you can’t police your way out of them,” the chief told a Washington Post reporter earlier this week. “You’ve got to hold people accountable, who are not ready to be in community, when they come out and commit these brazen acts.” Ironically, while white conservatives have tended to latch on to the phrase Black-onBlack crime as a means of supporting the false notion that Black people have inherent,
TO THE EDITOR Hold on to Your Homes We Need Tech Protection Black folks being pressured to sell their homes isn’t anything new, but I’m glad the issue is getting media coverage. I know several people who receive calls, letters and even knocks at the door from someone asking them if they’re interested in selling. It truly borders on harassment! We should know by their actions that our homes are truly valuable, and it's even more reason to keep it! Kyle Muray Washington, D.C. collective proclivities to commit crime against other Blacks, the term’s earliest modern references came from the Black media as seen in a 1979 feature in Ebony magazine. “Although the Black community is not responsible for the external conditions that systematically create breeding grounds for crime, the community has the responsibility of doing what it can to attack the problem from within,” the article from the August 1979 issue read. We believe that the writer of the article was on to something. Nothing can be gained by more Blacks putting “Black Lives Matter” flags outside of their homes or wearing similarly-themed t-shirts.
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These ransomware attacks, Howard U the latest victim, are really becoming ridiculous. Who are these people behind these technology crimes, and what is being done about it? So much of our daily lives and well-being is hinged on security. Without it, our privacy as individuals and as a country is compromised, which can have catastrophic results. What’s being done? Morris Russell Washington, D.C.
The real answer may lie in our willingness to say, “Enough is enough,” with residents of all ages locking arms and standing firm against a minority of those who have little regard for human life. It won’t be easy and it could be dangerous. But what else can be done? This is our community. These are our children, our hard-working parents and our seniors. And yes, even our female security guards simply trying to do their job and keep our streets safe. We have a right to live – both in Southeast and in any other part of the District we desire. Somehow, we must find ways to claim that right. WI
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Marian Wright Edelman
Happy 100th Birthday to the Great Constance Baker Motley
On Sept. 14, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) celebrated the great life and legacy of trailblazing lawyer and judge Constance Baker Motley on what would have been her 100th birthday. She argued some of our nation's most important court cases to end racial segregation in public schools and accommodations along with a small band of brilliant and visionary lawyers led by Charles Houston including Thurgood Marshall, Jack Greenberg and James Nabrit
Jr. Their work resulted in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education. She was the first African American woman to serve as a federal judge and a role model, heroine, and inspiration for me and many others, including Vice President Kamala Harris, who said in her introductory remarks at the LDF celebration: "Constance Baker Motley spent her life defying expectations … She showed us the power of the law to effect change. And she taught us to see what can be, unburdened by what has been." Connie Motley was the ninth of twelve children born to Caribbean
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immigrants in New Haven, Connecticut, home of Yale University. Her father worked as a chef at Yale's Skull and Bones Club, a secret society for the most privileged students like Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. After graduating from her predominantly white high school with an excellent record, Connie Motley dreamed about becoming a lawyer but had to take a job as a domestic. How many brilliant Black boys and girls like her have stories that end there? But she found another job with the National Youth Administration, and while she was giving a speech at a local community center a wealthy white philanthropist
heard her and offered to pay her college tuition. She went to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee because she was eager to see the South, but transferred to New York University and earned a degree in economics in 1943. She then went on to Columbia Law School where she met Thurgood Marshall. He offered her a job as a law clerk in LDF's New York office, and when she graduated she began her work with LDF fulltime. Constance Baker Motley soon became a leading civil rights attorney and made history in the 1950s and 1960s opening doors and crumbling the walls
of legal apartheid. She helped craft the argument against "separate but equal" in Brown v. Board of Education and was the lead attorney in many desegregation cases, including successfully representing James Meredith in front of the U.S. Supreme Court when he sought admission to the University of Mississippi in 1962. She was the first Black woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court and the first Black woman lawyer many people across the South had ever seen, who were often caught off guard by the tall, elegant, brilliant woman with the pow-
same benefit of flexibility. Too much of the policy conversation centers around providing flexibility for some. What accommodations are we prepared to offer others? For example, at hotels these days, guests are told that we should sleep on the same sheets and use the same towels for days, only asking for housekeeping services when we need them. But when we do not have housekeeping services, there's a sister who has less work. She can't clean our rooms from home, so her workweek, once 40 hours or more,
is now shortened. Her paycheck is smaller. Her benefits may disappear. Where is flexibility for her? Our policy lens is distorted by our privilege and class situation. Desk jockeys advocate for desk jockeys, folks who can easily do their jobs from their desk or the office. Folks who can't desk-jockey or advocate are left on their own. Too many of those who don't have the luxury of flexible work are Black or brown. A conversation about
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Julianne Malveaux
Who Gets Flexibility?
I had not planned to have a policy conversation when I boarded my connecting flight from Detroit to D.C. But the young white woman, totally professionally dressed, seemed to want my ear. She was coming to Washington to do "advocacy," she said, around workplace flexibility and "reimagining work." I thought girlie just wanted to hear herself talk, so my responses were
minimal — "Uh-huh," "OK." But I was more interested when she wove her policy thoughts into her own story — a young mom who COVID-19 challenged to ensure that her children didn't fall behind. The exchange sustained us for the scant hour or so of the flight, but I went another perspective as we began to exit the plane. We were in row 15, just five rows out of first class. As we left, I observed several women, mostly Black and Latina, and one African man frantically cleaning the plane's first-class
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cabin. It was clear that they were also waiting for the rest of us to get off the plane so they could go to the back and continue to clean. The airlines promise cleaning between flights, and these folks were doing their jobs. Watching them, though, made it clear that the flexibility my seatmate was advocating for is not flexibility that trickles down. Those who write, talk, think and compute for a living have the privilege of flexibility. Those of us who clean, sit behind a cash register, pick up garbage, don't have the
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David W. Marshall
Rebuild the Multiracial, Class-Based Coalition to Offset Today's Voter Suppression
As a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, Bernie Sanders made income inequality a central theme for his two campaigns and for good reason. Over the past few decades, a typical college graduate may have seen modest economic gains, but it is the wealthy individuals who consistently receive the greatest increase in income. In other words, "the 1 Per-
cent" as Bernie Sanders likes to put it. As we view our socioeconomic hierarchy, it is true, the majority of Americans fall in either the middle or lower economic classes. It is also true that in a democracy, the majority rules. Majority rule is the principle where the greater number should exercise greater power. How can the "1 Percent" maintain their economic advantage in addition to obtaining the political advantage needed to shape government policies in their favor? If majority rules as it
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should, then the "99 Percent" should have the political advantage. In reality, too many Americans consistently vote against their own best interests. By succumbing to the politics of race and fear, many working-class whites without college degrees are literally handing over political power to the wealthy. Exploitation and the strategy of "Divide and Conquer" has awarded the numerical minority greater political influence which exceeds its small numbers. The "1 Percent" are not disadvan-
taged people. There is no need for them to spend night and day worrying about maintaining a livable wage, obtaining affordable housing, childcare, healthcare or quality education. These are the daily concerns of every-day middle and lower income families regardless of their race. This will always be the case. Past, present and future. The spring and summer of 1968 was a turbulent time in American history. With the Vietnam War, the anti-war movement, the assassination of Martin
Luther King and the resulting urban riots, America was in turmoil. In the midst of all the turmoil, the nation was in the middle of a presidential election. During the Democratic primaries of 1968, Robert Kennedy made the political calculation to form a multiracial class-based coalition of voters to support his presidential bid. The idea of a multiracial coalition based on common economic interests was
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Ben Jealous
Time is Running Out to Protect the Right to Vote in 2022 and Beyond
Republican-controlled state legislatures have imposed new voting restrictions. They are getting ready to create more safe congressional seats for Republicans through abusive partisan redistricting. They are undermining faith in elections with false claims about election fraud and demands for fake "audits." The good news is that there is
new momentum in Congress and a new bill to protect our democracy. We need to get it passed. The new Freedom to Vote Act would protect the right to vote, end unfair partisan gerrymandering and shine a light on the flood of dark money that allows billionaires to buy our elections in secret. It includes key sections of the earlier For the People Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives but was blocked in the Senate by Republican filibusters. The Freedom to Vote act also addresses one of the worst things
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about some of the new voter suppression laws: provisions that give state officials the power to override voters and overturn election results. There are other good things in the bill. It would make Election Day a federal holiday. Every state would have automatic voter registration, early voting and drop box accessibility. These would be major advances in making voting more accessible to everyone. Voting rights advocates are rallying support for the Freedom to Vote Act. One of the sponsors,
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia worked hard to come up with a bill that he could support. He still hopes to get some Republican senators to join him. That is an uphill battle. Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has signaled that no Republican senators will support this compromise. And he will use the Senate's filibuster rules to prevent the Senate from passing election protections that are supported by huge majorities of the American people—something he
has already done with the For the People Act. Ideally, voting rights should be a nonpartisan issue. Congress repeatedly passed extensions of the Voting Rights Act that were signed by Republican presidents. But right-wing politicians and judges have spent years trying to undermine the Voting Rights Act in the name of "states' rights" or "state sovereignty." With help from right-wing justices on the Supreme Court, states
awards ceremony and I pray that his words will be as touching to someone as they were to me. Dr. Theresa Buckson, our awards ceremony chair and one of Michael's friends, said beforehand, "Michael will be honored with NCBW's Good Brother Award for his commitment to philanthropy, community involvement and his award-winning accomplishments as an actor." It is true that the good often die young. Michael was only 54 years old, working on so many
issues to better our community. His loss is a real tragedy. His loss is a wake-up call for all of us to pay attention and lend a hand to those who are showing signs of depression. Michael was a kind person who exemplified community involvement and was an exceptional actor and activist. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and loved ones. He will be missed for the great work he did and the work he'd planned to do. WI
ways to get noticed by revealing skin, the more skin from intimate areas of the body, the better they liked it. But not AOC. She looked cute, and by comparison, modest. While the rich folks in attendance may have been annoyed at the intellectual jab at their pocketbooks, they'll quickly get over it. the so-called "filthy rich" in this country saw their wealth increase. "Twenty million Americans lost their job in the pandemic," Biden said in remarks to Congress
back in April. "At the same time, roughly 650 billionaires in America saw their net worth increase by more than $1 trillion, and they're now worth more than $4 trillion." Those wealthy rascals have earned even more billions and billions since Biden made that speech. Now it's time, says AOC, to Tax the Rich! Too often when we get around rich folks, we get very deferential.
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E. Faye Williams
Tragic Loss of Michael K. Williams
The leaders and members of the National Congress of Black Women, Inc. honored Michael K. Williams on Sunday at our 37th annual awards ceremony. Our theme for this year was “Through It All, We're Still Standing.” This theme was chosen because like other organizations, we have had many tragedies. The coronavirus has negatively affect-
ed many of our families. Several of us have lost a parent or another close relative or friend. I am proud of our members who never stopped serving others. As we planned and prepared for our 37th annual awards ceremony, we chose to honor Michael K. Williams as one of two of our Dick Gregory Good Brother awardees. Our other awardee in that category is B. Michael who is an extraordinary clothing designer. I knew him as the designer for my good friend Cicely Tyson,
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who was among the many who left us in 2021. She was not just our friend, but a friend to many throughout the world. Now, there is Michael K. Williams who was chosen to be one of our honorees, but he, too, was a friend to the world. Our hearts were heavy when we received the news of his passing a few days ago. Michael had prerecorded his acceptance remarks and they were among his last words. His words were so touching that we shared them with the world at our
Askia Muhammad
Cheering for AOC on the Red Carpet
One rule I learned from the #MeToo movement is to not comment about women's appearance or their clothing. Muslims are advised to "lower your gaze" rather than leer at a woman's appearance. Then came the glitzy Costume Institute Gala benefit for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and because of a bold fashion
statement by attendee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, I really paid attention to her and noticed that not only does she have a pretty face, but she's endowed with a shapely figure as well. And, she has lofty principles. It's because of who she is — a member of the U.S. Congress representing New York — and what she wore to the soiree, whose invitations cost $50,000 each that we noticed her. What AOC wore was not a Prada, nor Givenchy,
nor Michael Coors, nor was it by Yves St. Laurent. Her white, offthe-shoulder gown was by Aurora James, creator of Brother Vellies designs, which gives shelf space to Black designers. The words "Tax the Rich" in bold red were emblazoned across her backside. Bravo, AOC. All those wealthy patrons were made to squirm. While so many of the wealthy donors just like to watch, the ingenues in attendance mostly were searching for the best
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Fighting While Black: How Champions of Color Battled Foes In and Out of the Ring D. Kevin McNeir WI Senior Editor Professional boxing, or prizefighting, has had a fascinating history since it rise in popularity in America which came to fruition in the early 20th century. The rules have changed and the amount of money that could be earned has made it a lucrative industry. So much so, that fighters have willingly taken the potential physical and mental punishment which comes from being punished by a stronger, faster or more powerful opponent. Until Jack Johnson’s rise to fame, which some say occurred in 1908 against the white titleholder Tommy Burns, Blacks had few options but to participate in amateur brawls sometimes as long as 20 rounds. Sometimes, Black boxers had no other option but to participate in fights in which five or 10 – sometimes more – boxers battled one an-
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other in the ring at the same time. The winner would be the last man standing. And while all of that has changed, Black boxers have always had to contend with more than one opponent – the challenger in the ring and white-dominated society outside of the ring. And because boxing would be controlled by white promoters, some Blacks found themselves forced to cooperate and acquiesce to multiple forms of inequality and oppression. Johnson, who became the first Black heavyweight champion, faced his own demons, some due to his own behavior, attitudes and refusal to be treated like a second-class citizen. However, with each subsequent generation, new Black boxers would similarly find themselves fighting opponents seen and unseen. Even more, for those like Johnson, they carried the hopes and dreams of the Black community on their shoulders. The list of fighters who have become heroes within the Black community continues to grow longer and longer. But there remain a few boxers whose victories and stories have ushered them into a pantheon of superhero-like figures. Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay, counts as one of “the greatest. And a new documentary, produced by Ken Burns and now appearing on PBS, takes us behind the scenes four an eight-hour ride that chronicles his life from segregated Louisville, Kentucky to the top of the world. As this series continues, we will share an interview with Burns who explains why he chose to examine Ali and describes what he learned about the iconic boxer. In the early 1960s, the seemingly invincible Sonny Liston captured the public imagination with his one-sided destruction of two-time heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson. One of the last mob-connected fighters, Liston had his mystique shattered in two controversial losses to the brash upstart Cassius Clay, who changed his name to Muhammad Ali after becoming champion.
Ali would become the most iconic figure in boxing history, transcending the sport and achieving global recognition. His refusal to serve in the Vietnam War resulted in the stripping of his title, and tore down the barrier between sport and culture. After three years of inactivity, Ali returned to the sport, leading to his first epic clash with Joe Frazier in 1971, ushering in a "golden age" of heavyweight boxing. Ali, Frazier, and the heavy-hitting George Foreman were the top fighters in a division overloaded with talent. The late 1970s witnessed the end of universally recognized champions, as the WBC and WBA began to recognize different champions and top contenders, ushering in the era of multiple champions, unworthy mandatory challengers, and general corruption that came to be associated with sanctioning bodies in later decades. The end of this decade also saw the sport begin to become more oriented toward the casino industry. The Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas began to host major bouts featuring George Foreman, Ron Lyle, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Durán, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns. Also, public broadcasts would be replaced by closed-circuit, and ultimately pay-per-view, broadcasts, as the boxing audience shrank in numbers. Larry Holmes emerged in the early 1980s as the sole heavyweight talent in the division, so the more preferred boxing matchups began to be found in the lower weight classes and included Roberto Durán, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Aaron Pryor. “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, who fought Hearns at Caesars Palace on April 15, 1985 in the fight billed as “The War,” knocked out Hearns in brutal fashion. His victory even caused Ray Leonard to come out of retirement in 1987 for a fight that Hagler lost, albeit under a highly-controversial decision. Other Black greats would follow: Mike “Iron Mike” Tyson, Pernell
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ing this prestigious recognition.” While Felix, who won a record-setting 11 gold medals during the Olympic Games, couldn’t attend, other awardees proudly acknowledged the well-deserved recognition. “I am humbled to receive a National Leadership Award from the NNPA/Black Press of America. As we know, Black journalists have been denied a platform in this country for far too long,” Bush said. “The excellence of Black journalism should never be taken for granted. From the incredible writers in St. Louis to the journalists pushing for equality abroad, I am deeply honored to be in the company of such dedicated individuals who lead our campaign for a better future for every human being, starting with those who have the least,” she said. Sen. Booker remarked that he also felt humbled by the honor. “I’m humbled and honored to be honored by the National Newspaper Publishers Association. The members of the NNPA provide an invaluable service to their communities, shining a light on issues that affect Black Americans and our families,” the New Jersey senator proclaimed. “I stand with the NNPA and its
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-Missouri), Dr. James Hildreth, Dr. Ebony Hilton and Olympic record-setter Allyson Felix each received recognition during the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s [NNPA] Annual Leadership Awards for excellence and their commitment to the Black community. “Thank you to Black Press of America and the National Newspaper Publishers Association for this gracious award and, to my brother Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Chair Karen Richards, National Correspondent Stacy Brown and the countless others who do the important work to keep our communities informed, engaged and motivated through these unprecedented times,” Warnock said. “This award is not about me but the millions of Black Americans in Georgia and across the country who continuously display their courage, perseverance and fortitude as we navigate increasingly challenging times in our communities and throughout our world. Know that I will continue to do my part in the United States Senate to uplift Georgia voices in the continual march towards what Dr. King called the beloved community,” the senator concluded. Dr. Hilton, who has led the fight against misinformation about the coronavirus and who has become a leading advocate for transparency surrounding COVID-19, said there’s still much work to do. “I cannot begin to tell you how honored I am to be considered. But, I have to be honest, it’s difficult to think of my efforts as worthy when there is so much left to do,” Dr. Hilton said. “One thing I can prom5 The NNPA honored six individuals for ise is to continue trying excellence and leadership in the Black community my best and showing up in hopes of truly deserv- during the NNPA’s recent Leadership Awards. (Photo courtesy NNPA Newswire)
membership in their efforts to inform, educate and advance their mission of promoting a more just, equal society,” he said. Dr. Hildreth, the president and CEO of Meharry Medical College, also expressed appreciation. “I am honored to be recognized by the National Newspaper Publishers Association and Black Press USA as one of this year’s National Leadership Award recipients,” said Dr. Hildreth, a member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Board that approved the
COVID-19 vaccines. “I am humbled to be named among such a prestigious group of honorees who have impacted so many lives through their work,” he added. “I am grateful to NNPA, its member newspapers and the Black Press USA for their efforts to serve as trusted sources of information for people all across the country.” NNPA Chair Karen Carter Richards, NNPA President Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr, and New Orleans Data News Publisher Terry Jones hosted the awards reception.
The reception included conversations with singer Regina Belle, actress Gabrielle Union and actor Louis Gossett, Jr. Produced by NNPA News Director Norman Rich, the program garnered praise from viewers and the NNPA’s executive board. “Amazing production,” Carter Richards wrote in a text message. “It was an awesome reception,” added NNPA National Secretary Jackie Hampton, publisher of the Mississippi Link. WI @StacyBrownMedia
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Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum: In DC’s Food Justice Renaissance, Honoring Those who Laid the Foundation By Samir Meghelli Chief Curator When the exhibition, “Food for the People: Eating & Activism in Greater Washington,” opened at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum last month, the first people through the door were 95-year-old Vivian Williams and several generations of family members. Prominently featured in one of the exhibition’s sections about the history of food access disparities and community activism, Ms. Williams proudly inspected the photographs, documents, and artifacts that brought her and her colleagues’ stories to life. As a resident of the original Arthur Capper public housing project in Capitol Hill and a staff member of the social services organization Friendship House, Ms. Williams led boycotts and related efforts to hold local grocery stores accountable for their poor treatment of African American customers, their substandard food quality, and their discriminatory pricing tactics in African American neighborhoods (including, for instance, artificially inflating food prices at the times of the month when public assistance checks were issued). Her story— and so many others like it—are worth remembering and honoring as DC experiences a renaissance of food justice organizing. The exhibition and accompanying events—including the recently held panel discussion, “Food Justice in the Nation’s Capital,” featuring DC Food Policy Director, Ona Balkus, founder/executive director of Dreaming Out Loud, Chris Bradshaw, CEO of DC Central Kitchen, Mike Curtin, Jr., and community organizer with DC Mutual Aid Network, Alexis McKenney— clearly highlight food equity issues in the DC region today. But equally as important, the exhibition project is also uncovering and honoring the stories of generations of DC residents who’ve
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worked to make our local food system more just and equitable. Vivian Williams’ story is just one among many. In the late 1960s, Ms. Williams’ neighbor and fellow Friendship House staff member Beatrice Gray led a response to the price-gouging supermarkets: she organized buying clubs across Southeast Washington whose members joined together to buy bulk food from wholesalers at cheaper prices. In 1970, she converted the buying clubs into a brickand-mortar store, the Martin Luther King Jr. Co-op, which operated in the basement of an Arthur Capper building for more than a decade. It was the first cooperative grocery store in the nation to open inside of a public housing community. In the 1980s, the Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV) operated free health clinics, ran soup kitchens and served as an activism hub for people experiencing homelessness in DC. Mitch Snyder, Carol Fennelly and fellow CCNV members staged an elaborate banquet for members of Congress—with a menu featuring crab quiche, boysenberry shortcake, and bacon-wrapped green beans, made entirely from food recovered from dumpsters outside local
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supermarkets—to bring national attention to the issue of food waste. In 1982, Congress passed a resolution encouraging grocery stores and wholesalers to distribute edible food that would otherwise be discarded. Soon after, local supermarkets began donating unsold food to the region’s newly forming food banks, sparking a movement that has blossomed since. DC still faces urgent food access issues today, but there’s renewed interest in addressing them. The city is home to a flourishing community of residents, organizers, advocates, and government officials working to make food justice a reality: an active food policy council, visionary organizing collectives and urban farmers, a robust nonprofit sector, and forward-thinking school meal providers and entrepreneurs. And awareness of the need for a more just and sustainable food system is only growing. Visit the museum’s newly opened exhibition— “Food for the People”—to dive deeper into how we got here, what lessons we can draw from DC’s rich history of food justice organizing, and how we can all contribute to a brighter food future.
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Labelle Founding Member, Sarah Dash, Dead at 76 D. Kevin McNeir WI Senior Editor Sarah Dash, part of the powerful R&B trio Labelle and a contributor to the solo work of Keith Richards, died Sept. 20 at the age of 76. Her cousin and business manager John Dash III, said she died at her Trenton, New Jersey home but did not share the cause of her death. Dash, a founding member of Labelle, appeared on the group’s 1975 dance floor classic “Lady Marmalade” along with Patti LaBelle and Nona Hendryx. Dash also contributed her vocals on recordings released by an earlier version of the group, the Bluebelles (1962’s “I Sold My Heart to the Junkman”). While she would often be relegated to a supporting role, overshadowed by both Patti LaBelle’s vocal power and stage presence and Nona Hendryx’s “rock-centric edge,” Dash evoked a sugary sweet sound similar to that of Diana Rose which added a touch of sensuality to the trio’s sound. “She had the most beautiful high soprano voice you’d ever want to hear,” LaBelle told a reporter from Rolling Stone. “And she was a phenomenally sexy, beauti-
ful woman who had class and elegance. She was a lead singer but preferred singing background.” Born and raised in Trenton and a “PK” (preacher’s kid), she first sang in church where her father served as pastor. Later, she began to sing more secular music, particularly pop with Hendryx, one of her friends in high school. After Dash moved to Philadelphia, she and Hendryx teamed up with LaBelle (then Patricia Holte) and Cindy Birdsong (who would later become a Supreme) to form the Bluebelles. As the renamed Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, they made it into the top 40 twice with “Down the Aisle” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” The group also opened several shows for the Rolling Stones during 1965. LaBelle describes Dash as “the person who kept everything together.” “She was always the peacemaker,” LaBelle said referring to a backstage bruhaha that involved Birdsong and which Dash quickly squashed saying, “We are sisters.” After Birdsong left to join the Supremes, where she replaced Florence Ballard, the group, now known as Labelle went from one label to another. Then “Lady Mar-
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DASH from Page 34 malade” grabbed control of the airwaves, rising to Number One in 1975. The song, about a prostitute, became part of everyday language with its hook, “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?” (“Do you want to sleep with me tonight?”). Finally, Labelle had arrived. The group assumed a groundbreaking culture presence and as the early seventies rolled on, Labelle adapted a glamorous, glitzy look, bringing more socially conscious songs into their repertoire. Labelle served as the first Black female pop group to headline the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, taking chances and going places where few all-women bands did at the time. When the group broke up in 1977, Dash initially found herself lost and unsure of how to move one. “What we had was working and I was happy with what we had,” she once said.
LaBelle and Hendrix each landed solo deals with Epic but Dash found herself out in the cold, at least at first. She later signed with Don Kirshner’s label and released several solo albums starting in 1979, primarily comprised of ballad and disco tunes. She made it on the dance charts a few times, most notably in 1979 with “Sinner Man” but never managed to get her career off the ground. In the late Eighties, Dash had a career resurgence with a new album and her collaborations with Keith Richards. Then, starting in the Nineties, she turned to singing more jazz and blues. Dash’s last performance came on Sept. 18 when she joined LaBelle onstage in Atlantic City for an impromptu reunion. “She was healthy and fine and sang her face off,” LaBelle said. “The crowd went crazy. She had the best send-off. If that’s the way you’re going to leave, she left like a queen.” WI
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Through a Difficult 2020, Area Restaurants Find Reasons to Celebrate
RAMMYS Honor Creativity and Survival Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer The thrill of getting dressed up night out and seeing old friends filled the air at the 39th Annual RAMMY Awards. The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) announced winners and awarded a range of special recognitions to local restaurants on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. It was an event where attendees had to show proof of vaccination weeks in advance of attending. “The way we are mingling, eating and drinking are the same way diners are in restaurants,” said Kathy Hollinger, president and CEO of RAMW, before the RAMMYS began. “This is a celebration that is fully masked unless eating or drinking.” New RAMMY categories were created, acknowledging how restaurants figured out how to make it through the pandemic. From twists on takeout meals, to creating high-end special occa-
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sion experiences, to restaurants redesigning to be COVID-19 safe, this year’s RAMMY nominees represent an exceptional range of restaurants deserving recognition. “Roaming Rooster,” source of
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RAMMYS from Page 36 one of the most popular chicken sandwiches in the area, received the top prize in the “Hottest New Sandwich Shop” category. Fans loved the sandwich when it was available through the “Roaming Rooster” food trucks. During the pandemic, owners modified their truck food prep location to a pickup and delivery site for customers. “This is another confirmation that we will be growing,” said Michael Habtemariam who coowns “Roaming Rooster” with his brother and sister-in-law. “We are a small family business. It’s amazing that all of these people recognize us, and it’s humbling.” Roaming Rooster won their award in one of the nine categories for public voting. Other publicly voted categories and winners were: *Outstanding Ghost Kitchen or Pop-up Concept: DC Ghostburger • Coolest Cocktails and Beverages To-Go: Cactus Cantina • Standout Family Meal Packages To-Go: Ristorante i Ricchi • Prime Pandemic Patio Scene*: Le Diplomate • Technology Trailblazers: Silver Diner • Splendid Holidays at Home Offerings: Chef Geoff’s • Festive Foodie Experiences*: Eva Kronenburg, YouTube Cooking Series • Stellar Brunches at Home: Call Your Mother
For “Manager of the Year” and “Employees of the Year,” each category had ten nominees. To the audience’s delight, every nominee in those two categories was declared a winner. The honor made the statement that restaurants cannot survive without dedicated, hard-working staff. One of the managers recognized was Otgontuya Davaasuren at All Set Restaurant and Bar in Silver Spring, Md. “It was so great,” said Davaasuren when all the managers received the recognition. “I felt that I had really accomplished something.” The crowd was smaller than in past years for the RAMMYS. What has usually been a two-level event at the Washington Convention Center, this year’s event was on one level with more than enough food stations and bars. Emphasized for this year’s RAMMYS was restaurants supporting each other. 2021. “For the last 18 months, we’ve been instrumental in trying to get relief to our operators on a federal or local level,” said Hollinger about the role of RAMW. “Every single day, we are working on ways to help our restaurants bounce back. We know it is going to be a slow recovery, so we will continue to do that throughout the next year.” A complete list of RAMMY winners and honorees is available at the RAMW website. WI
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‘Spectacular’ Best Describes Kennedy Center’s 50th Anniversary Concert Diverse Array of Stars Take Centerstage for First Time in Eighteen Months D. Kevin McNeir WI Senior Editor After remaining mostly dark and silent for the last 18 months, the lights finally went on and a jubilant crowd returned to the nation’s foremost cultural center, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – just in time for the Center’s official kickoff to its 50th season – with a spectacular program of dance, music and heartfelt reflections.
The 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert, held on Sept. 14, got off to a slow start with new protocol which included masks and proof of COVID-19 vaccination as well as the added safety precaution of metal detectors, but the delay would be quickly forgotten after the curtain rose. Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein, clearly excited with the prospect of welcoming a live audience to the Center, recounted the history of the venue named in honor
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of President John F. Kennedy, which has welcomed over 100 million visitors, featured 80,000 ticketed events, provided education for youth and invited its audiences to experience the very best from among the performing arts world on its stages. The audience rose to its feet when a surprise guest came on stage to share additional words of welcome – First Lady Jill Biden. Dazzling in a floorlength purple dress, she was a hit with the crowd as were the daughter and granddaughter of the late president, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and Rose Schlossberg, respectably. Hosted by six-time Tony Award® winner Audra McDonald, the concert, which featured the National Symphony Orchestra, echoed “An American Pageant for the Arts” – the 1962 event conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Like the 1962 concert, the 50th anniversary celebration served as a
tribute to the many performance traditions whose roots represent our nation’s diverse, cultural heritages and which, over time, have become essential elements within the American tapestry. To be clear, many of those included in the roster of artists who shared their gifts rarely represent those whose names can be routinely found in heavy circulation on America’s more popular radio stations. But each artist – from Common, Renée Fleming, Ben Folds and the Punch Brothers – to Keb’ Mo’, Christian McBride, Dianne Reeves, Ray Chen and
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KENNEDY CENTER from Page 38 Bettye LaVette – offered phenomenal performances of vocal and instrumental compositions, orchestral masterpieces and choreography taken from the Broadway classics. Even more amazing, many of the artists stepped out of their usual elements and genres
to join their colleagues in newly-arranged compositions that were nothing short of spectacular. While I hesitate to list my favorites from the evening, this writer must give special accolades to the soul singer Bettye LaVette who tore up the stage with “Your Turn to Cry,” with backup vocals and instruments provided by
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Rachael Price, Gaby Moreno, Chris Thile; and Ben Folds (piano), Christian McBride (bass), Keb’ Mo’ (guitar) and Carl Allen (drums). LeVette then offered a moving, solo interpretation of the John Lennon and Paul McCartney classic, “Blackbird.” Tears came to my eyes as Kelli O’Hara and the incomparable Renée Fleming put their unique touch on one of America’s favorite ballads, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” And when Dianne Reeves, a prima donna in the jazz world, bent notes and moved effortlessly up and down the scale in the Duke Ellington and Irving Mills classic, “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing),” I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Reeves would be backed by an ensemble of musical masters that included McBride and Allen, along with Chen on violin and Christian Sands on piano. But more was to come before the song’s final measure as a team of dancers took us back to the swing era featuring tap dancers John Manzari and Leo Manzari and Lindy Hoppers LaTasha Barnes, Tyedric Hill, Gabriel-
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out the evening. If you missed the show, you have my sympathies. But there’s hope. You can experience the concert on Oct. 1 when it can be viewed on PBS. What a night and what a beginning for what promises to be a season you don’t want to miss! WI
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wi book review "The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier" by Keyshawn Johnson and Bob Glauber c.2021, Grand Central Publishing $28 / 335 pages Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer This weekend, your team is going to win. You can see it already, the way they've been playing so far this season, and you're sure they can take it all the way to February. For now, though, this weekend's a must-see and everybody looks good; as in "The Forgotten First" by Keyshawn Johnson and Bob Glauber, some even play on the shoulders of giants. If you're a baseball fan, you surely know the story of how Jackie Robinson became the first Black ball player in the major leagues. What you might not know is that four Black men integrated pro football a year before Robinson's history-making at-bat. Abandoned by his mother and raised by a paternal uncle because his father had other interests, Kenny Washington, who signed with the Los Angeles Rams on March 21, 1946, was first drawn to baseball but the truth was, he could play any sport. Having battled rickets as a young boy, he suffered deformities in both his legs, but that didn't matter — Johnson and Glauber report that Washington was fast. So was Woody Strode, who signed up with the Rams not long after Washington. Strode's mother was Native American; his father was Black, and though Strode had a modeling career as a young man (he'd once posed nude for a Nazi artist) and he'd served in the Army Air Corps, his life always circled back to football. When he was a child, Marion Motley grew to be so much larger than his peers that when he was at football practice, other kids' parents begged for him to wear more padding so that collisions with him "wouldn't hurt quite so much." Much later, Motley played for the Cleveland Browns, along with Bill Willis, who almost didn't take up football because he didn't think he could play as well as his brother, Claude. Within mere months, these four men broke the color barrier in pro football. And, say the authors, "That history is not told enough..." Another thing that's not told enough: what happened before these four men signed on with their respective teams, and how their first year proceeded. It's infuriating, it's astounding, and it's all laid out here inside "The Forgotten First." And yet, getting to it might not be so easy. Authors Keyshawn Johnson and Bob Glauber are a former pro-baller and an NFL columnist, respectively, and the tale they tell speaks to the heart of the fan with deep knowledge of mid-twentieth-century football teams, players, coaches, and college ball. It's a wide story that encompasses decades and dozens of peripheral people who had a hand in integrating the sport generations ago, from secondary education on up. Then it brings readers full-circle to reveal the inside of the game as it is today. And all this will be irresistible if you're a fan. If you're not a history-minded, live-for-football-season, paint-your-face fan, you may be in well over your head with this book. If you're obsessive about the game, though, "The Forgotten First" is a big win. WI
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ARIES The preparations have been made. It's time to do your thing. You may need to call in some assistance when the going gets tough, but some people love to help. Keep a clear head. Stay grounded. On Wednesday and Thursday, your perseverance is richly rewarded — someone may even pin a blue ribbon on your lapel. It may fall off on Friday, since the end of the week is going to bring some frustrations. Lucky Numbers: 9, 10, 12 TAURUS Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a tree? You'll get an inkling of this feeling. People will want to sit near you. They'll regard you with awe. Wednesday and Thursday someone may regard you with something other than awe — it may feel like they're coming at you with branch cutters and leaf shearers. Hold your own in a dignified way, and don't let them get to you. Lucky Numbers: 2, 15, 46 GEMINI Finding the answer to a question you have on Monday requires some detective work. You spend the day (and Tuesday, too) collecting clues and dusting for fingerprints — all metaphorically, of course. You're attempting to bring out the truth. You're very influenced by the theories and perspectives of others; a conversation about someone's opinions has the added benefit of unearthing a lot of facts. Lucky Numbers: 7, 17, 18 CANCER That elephant in the room? Maybe you should deal with it because it's starting to be demanding. Addressing issues directly is the way to go. What do you have to be embarrassed about? Wednesday and Thursday you're buoyed by your newfound confidence, but the challenge is to get everyone else around you to address problems directly, as you're doing. Try to get them to be connected. Lucky Numbers: 2, 32, 48 LEO You have enough self-respect to hold off until you get what you want. Others may interpret this as arrogance, to which you should reply, 'What's wrong with having standards?' Listen to their advice and then do whatever you feel is right. You open up to the idea of flexibility, but your non-negotiable issues are still non-negotiable. Don't make a decision until you're sure of the facts. Lucky Numbers: 6, 10, 40 VIRGO You have an arsenal of tools, but your creativity is the most useful at the start of the week. Your recent projects have been attracting attention — good attention — and, if you're single, you might not be much longer. You're also ambitious in other realms. By midweek, your regular way of doing things starts to seem both inefficient and boring; a new method for approaching the usual routine is in order. On Friday, resist the urge to be critical of a good friend, and find a way to be supportive. Lucky Numbers: 4, 16, 50 LIBRA Why is your home life so weird right now? It's making you a bit sentimental. No matter what's going on in the present, your mind is dwelling on the past. There's only one solution: romance. You need something fiery to distract you, to bring you into the now. Luckily, romance figures into Wednesday and Thursday, and beauty — everyday beauty — plays a major role on Friday, too. Lucky Numbers: 20, 33, 44 SCORPIO Don't let them tell you it's impossible. It's not impossible. When you set your mind to something, pianos raining from the sky couldn't get in your way. That said, make Tuesday an exercise in modesty, and recognize that Wednesday, when things don't go your way at home, is just a hiccup on your path toward grandeur. Sometimes things at home don't go exactly right. No big deal. Lucky Numbers: 17, 28, 48 SAGITTARIUS You're interested in art and music but you're more focused on keeping your cash in your wallet. Music and art can tax the money flow, unfortunately. Find a way to do what you want without spending too much. The way to have fun without spending a lot is to strike up wild conversations with people you don't know. The stories they tell! The things you learn! Lucky Numbers: 6, 9, 16 CAPRICORN How you got to be so lucky, you'll never know. (At least, you'll never tell, because you're modest — truth is, it has a lot to do with how hard you work.) Monday and Tuesday are defined by the accolades people bestow on you. Their support gives you lots of energy, and that energy, in turn, inspires you to change your approach to work or school. Suddenly, you're the brilliant one. You're the funny one. You're the one everyone wants to be like. Use your creativity to your advantage. Lucky Numbers: 4, 11, 37 AQUARIUS People's motivations are not always apparent. You're not sure why things are happening in a certain way on Monday and Tuesday, but the mere fact that you're thinking about such questions places you ahead of the pack. Wednesday and Thursday are inspiring. The excitement you get from a small discovery makes you crave still more great finds, and your enthusiasm infects others. Lucky Numbers: 14, 24, 47 PISCES The group needs a leader — this much is obvious — and all eyes are on you. The group needs a lot of things, you realize, which is what any true leader would recognize. There are also other reasons why you might be the right person for the job. Reluctantly, you agree. On Wednesday and Thursday, you long to help anyone you can. You want to change the world. It's hard to focus on the entire world, though; you might scale back your ambitions and focus on doing a few small things well. Lucky Numbers: 5, 23, 31
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DC Greens Invests in the Community Through AARP Challenge Grant By Tanyia Foster AARP District of Columbia Communications Intern Now in its fifth year, the AARP Community Challenge Grant funds innovative projects that inspire change in areas such as transportation, public spaces, housing, diversity and inclusion, civic engagement, coronavirus response and more. This year, grants were awarded to four local organizations in the District of Columbia. Among this year’s recipients is DC Greens, whose mission is to advance health equity by building a just and resilient food system. With the assistance of the AARP Community Challenge Grant, DC Greens is constructing The Well at Oxon Run Park, which will provide a wide array of community-envisioned, culturally-relevant programming. . Since 2009, DC Greens has partnered with residents, community leaders and local officials in Ward 8 to create community- and systems-level change. The Well at Oxon Run Park is a continuation of this work. It will serve as an agricultural center, performing arts space, outdoor classroom, and community gathering space that increases social connections and addresses resource gaps experienced by older adults in Ward 8. DC Greens will lead diverse programming at The Well to encourage social engagement through art, gardening, storytelling, and more. Ward 8 has the District’s highest rates of food insecurity, poverty, diabetes, pre-diabetes, and hypertension, as well as a lack of grocery stores. To combat this, The Well will provide nutrition education, referrals to local health non-profits, and diabetes prevention-and-intervention services.. A ribbon cutting ceremony for The Well at Oxon Run Park is planned for spring 2022 . See you there! To learn more about the work being funded by the AARP Community Challenge both here in the District of Columbia as well as across the nation, visit aarp.org/CommunityChallenge. You can also view an interactive map of all the Community Challenge projects and AARP DC’s livable communities work at aarp.org/livable.
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2010, died Saturday at 61. “Today I lost the love of my life, my best friend and the source of all my strength,” Rushern Baker said on Twitter. “She was our rock – the absolutely best mother to my kids and wife to me. She spent her life fighting injustice, inequities and, for the last decade, illness with grace and grit.” Baker, who served as his wife’s caregiver, supported Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s executive order for seniors, residents in assisted-living facilities and those with immunocompromised, or weakened immune systems, to receive COVID-19 booster shots. Baker, a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nominee for governor in the June 2022 primary election, spoke about his political aspirations and his role as a caregiver for the woman he called “Cis” on Sept. 10 during the Washington Informer’s “WIN-TV” online program. “For us during this delta variant, the ability to get the booster shot is very important,” he said. “One of the benefits of not being in office is I get to be a regular, private citizen and see the good and the bad parts.” “One of the scariest moments for us as a family was the fact that the first vaccines did a good job of going into daycares and nursing homes but there wasn’t a great program for those of us who are caring for our loved ones at home. What I want to see coming out of the booster is a program that’s robust enough and actually makes sure we’re getting to people who are caring for loved ones in their homes. We want people to age in place.” Baker met his future wife at Howard University. Their marriage, which lasted 34 years, resulted in the birth of three children. For years, she remained active as a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., among other social and civic organizations. She convinced her husband to run for county executive in 2010 after several years as a state delegate in An-
CLIMATE from Page 27 significant gaps in climate action. “Of particular concern are Australia, Brazil, Indonesia Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland and Vietnam: they have failed to lift ambition at all, submitting the same or even less ambitious 2030 targets than those they put forward in 2015,” said
Baker met his future wife at Howard University. Their marriage, which lasted 34 years, resulted in the birth of three children.
napolis. He led the state’s second biggest county for two, four-year terms, which ended in 2018. After the Bakers went public about her diagnosis, they began to both attend and participate in events to raise awareness about dementia and Alzheimer’s in Prince George’s and across the U.S., including an annual fundraiser which provides the latest information about dementia, a “Walk to End Alzheimer’s.” The family received condolences Saturday on social media that included Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, one of Baker’s eight Democratic opponents in next year’s gubernatorial election. “My deepest condolences to the Baker family as they mourn the passing of Christa Beverly Baker,” Franchot said on Twitter. “She was a strong woman and a loving partner to her husband Rushern. May the lifetime of joy she brought be a comfort as you celebrate her legacy.” Prince George’s Councilmember Jolene Ivey (D-District 5) of Cheverly spoke at an Aug. 31 rally, expressing her “personal support” for Baker as the state’s next governor. Both Ivey and Baker reside in Cheverly. “Some years ago, I noticed that his
wife’s personality changed a little bit. I [have known] her as someone who’s a firecracker, like vinegar, like me,” she said. “His whole family, led by Rushern, has rallied around his wife, their mom, and she goes with them to every family celebration, road trips -- whatever’s going on to be a part of it. It’s wonderful to see that kind of integrity, that kind of loyalty, that intuitiveness. That’s the person I want to lead my state.” WI @jabariwill
Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics, a CAT partner, quoted in the report. “These countries need to rethink their choice,” Hare continued. “The IPCC has given the world a ‘code red’ warning on the dangers of climate change, reinforcing the urgent need for the world to halve emissions by 2030.” “An increasing number of peo-
ple around the world are suffering from ever more severe and frequent impacts of climate change, yet government action continues to lag behind what is needed. While many governments have committed to net zero, without near-term action achieving net zero is virtually impossible,” Hare concluded. WI @StacyBrownMedia
Editor’s Note: The Walk to End Alzheimer’s takes place on Saturday, Sept. 25, once again at National Harbor, Capital Canopy, in Oxon Hill, Maryland. As of Tuesday, 388 participants had registered with $71,511 in pledges raised toward a goal of $105,000 -equivalent to 68 percent of the desired total of dollars for the event. For more information, including how to give your support as a participating walker or volunteer, visit www.act.alz.org. Options exist for those who may prefer to walk at a community event or walk from home in their neighborhood. All local events will implement safety protocols including physical distancing, contactless registration, hand sanitizing stations and more.
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The 'Why' Often Proves Elusive
Humanly, we like everything to be neatly pigeonholed. We want the world and the events in it to make sense. But in trying to give an explanation for everything, we sometimes miss the point. As I visited my family in Gilbert, Arizona, a few years ago, I was taken by surprise when my 7-year-old granddaughter kept saying, "Why?" No matter what I said, she just kept asking why! She was at that inquisitive age. There are many things that happen in our lives, and we may never know why. Acceptance that the why may prove elusive sets the stage for a fifth vital lesson from the book of Job. We all face things that we often wonder. "Why me?" In fact, after being on the radio for nearly 11 years, enjoying the trip, lately, I've run into quite a new streak of technical difficulties. It certainly has caused me to pause and wonder why. I've even wondered if it is the good Lord telling me it's time to move on, or that He has a new path for me to travel along. Les Brown quote: The wealthiest place on the planet is the graveyard, because … My example is, about 25 years ago, I wrote a stage play about the United States Colored Troops who fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War. At the time, I was working as project director of the African American Civil War Memorial. The idea came for me to write a stage play. I began to write the play, had dreams about it, and still to this day, I think of the
play that I never finished. My dream even showed me the neon sign outside the theater, displaying my sponsors, it showed me the crowds coming to see the play. It was up to me to make that dream a reality. I was no Berry Gordy, who actually created his dream, Motown, which still lives on. My story fits among those who allowed dreams to go to the graveyard, to die when they die. Or, maybe, there is still time. I can take the bull by the horns and make my dream a reality. That goes for me, you and every person on the planet. We must stop wondering why and get the job done. That dream wouldn't come to you if you were not meant to get that done. Let's take the example of former D.C. Councilman Frank Smith. God gave him the idea to create a monument to the 209,145 United States Colored Troops, the only national monument of this type, and he took the bull by the horns and got it done. Was it easy? No! I was project director, and watched him take steps, one day at a time, as he came up with plans, then changed those plans when necessary. That monument stands as a testament to someone who did not let their dream die.
Councilman Smith made his dream a reality. Today, at least before the worldwide pandemic, hundreds of thousands of visitors come from around the world to see this monument, with busloads coming to find names of family members who have been engraved on the Wall of Honor. And he's still going. Councilman Frank Smith is about to open a brand new museum to continue to pay tribute to these soldiers next Spring. If you don't know, now you know. According to the website of Mayor Muriel Bowser, "The redevelopment of the Grimke Elementary School and the parking lot at 912 U Street NW will bring a new arts and cultural destination to the heart of the U Street Arts District. The Community Three Development team will rehabilitate the historic Grimke Elementary School to include a new permanent home for the African American Civil War Museum.” That's all we need to do folks — we must get started, and don't stop! Dr. Smith had some major hurdles along the way too, but whenever he got knocked down, he just got right back up and found a way to get the job done. Get started, don't sit around asking ‘why?' Get the job done! WI
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Adams Inspirational A.M.E. Church Dr. E. Gail Anderson Holness / Senior Pastor Rev. Ali Gail Holness-Roland / Assistant & Youth Pastor 12801 Old Fort Road • Ft. Washington, MD 20744 Office (301) 292.6323 • FAX (301) 292.2164 Service and Times Sunday Worship 10:15 am Sunday Church School 11:00 am Youth Sunday every 4th Sunday Prayer Call @ Noon every Tuesday & Thursday 978.990.5166 code: 6166047# Virtual Bible Study Wednesday Facebook & Zoom 7:00 pm “A Growing Church for a Coming Christ” www.adamsinspirationalamec.org
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RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor
Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor
9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 / Fax: 301-499-8724
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 Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”
Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00 AM 5th Sundays: 9:30 AM 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 PM www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ
Blessed Word of Life Church
Church of Living Waters
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor 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 www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
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
Campbell AME Church Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 AM Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 PM Thursday: 7:00 PM “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address : Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020
Twelfth Street Christian Church Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Communion every Sunday: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 10:00 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 PM Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org / Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
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
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org / E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
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
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
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
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901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423
1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005
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800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703
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
Reverend John W. Davis Pastor
John F. Johnson Reverend Dr.
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“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
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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 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”
Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class: 8:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Service: 12:00 PM “The Loving Church of the living lord “
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
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Friday Evening Service: 7:00 PM ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com
Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 PM Prayer Service Bible Study
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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LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Reference : 0112358-13 Declaration of Nationality & Notice of White Flag Surrender In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender. Notice of Special Appearance: I am that I am:" Brian Paul Terry©", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of:" TERRY, BRIAN PAUL©", corp.sole Dba.: "BRIAN PAUL TERRY© ", 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 I899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of lndigenous 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: " Brian Paul Terry©", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality/ Status/ Jurisdiction, shall be known as:" brian terry bey©". 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, TV), 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: State File Number 156-56-328 121, " BRIAN PAUL TERRY© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to " 7 Steps 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: " brian terry bey© ", nom deguerre: " Brian Paul Terry©", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of: "7 Steps 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
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In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender.
In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender.
In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender.
In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender. Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am:" Larry Smith Bey© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: " SMITH, LARRY © ", corp.sole Dba.: " LARRY SMITH© ", 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 an: 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, and [ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of lndigenous 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: " Larry Smith Bey© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: " larry smith bey© ". 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: " The Arkansas Department Of Health & Vital Statistics: State File Number 7022 ", " LARRY SMITH© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to " The Tehuti Amon 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: " larry smith bey© ", nom deguerre: " Larry Smith© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : " The Tehuti Amon 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:" Deanne Sophia Lorne © ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: " LORNE, DEANNE SOPHIA © ", corp.sole Dba.: " DEANNE SOPHIA LORNE © ", having reached the age of majority, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as an: American National, but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable, allegiance to the united States of America, The Lieber Code, Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, and all natural laws governing We the People, and hereby declare and proclaim my nationality in good faith as a: " Israelite ". I am that I am: " Deanne Sophia Lorne © ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: " dana bit ashayah © ". Notice of White Flag Surrender: as " hors de combat ", pursuant to The Geneva Conventions, Article III, as a minister of Ahayah's covenant: Law of the People, 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: N/A : N/a , " DEANNE SOPHIA LORNE © ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to "Deanne Lorne 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: " dana bit ashayah © ", nom deguerre: "DEANNE SOPHIA LORNE © ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : " Deanne Lorne 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: " Richard Stanley McHenry Jr© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: " MCHENRY JR, RICHARD STANLEY© ", corp.sole Dba.: " RICHARD STANLEY MCHENRY JR© ", 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: " Richard Stanley McHenry Jr© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: " rick mchenry bey© ". 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: State File Number 66-137508, " RICHARD STANLEY MCHENRY JR© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to " Richard Stanley Mchenry Jr 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: " rick mchenry bey© ", nom deguerre: " Richard Stanley McHenry Jr© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : " Richard Stanley Mchenry Jr 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. nding liabilities as accord and satisfaction. Inter alia enact fuit. All Rights Reserved. Deo volente.
Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am: " Vaughn Edward Greathouse© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: "GREATHOUSE, VAUGHN EDWARD© ", corp.sole Dba.: " VAUGHN EDWARD GREATHOUSE© ", 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: " Vaughn Edward Greathouse© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: "vaughn edward greathouse© ". 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: STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : 121-0076459 , " VAUGHN EDWARD GREATHOUSE© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to "Greater Life 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: " vaughn edward greathouse© ", nom deguerre: "Vaughn Edward Greathouse© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : "Greater Life 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.
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2021 ADM 000899
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2020 ADM 000726
2021 ADM 000869
2021 ADM 000878
Olivia Stroman aka Olivia R. Stroman Decedent
Pearl B. Thompson Decedent
Hurshul Goosby aka Hurshul Louis Goosby aka Hurshul L. Goosby Decedent
Anita Austin aka Anita Iona Austin Decedent
Alberta Addison aka Alberta Gertrude Addison Decedent
Joan M. Wilbon 1120 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 1020 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
Aimee D. Griffin, Esq. The Griffin Firm, PLLC 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Ste. 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney
Tina Smith Nelson, Esq. Legal Counsel for the Elderly 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Patricia A. Griffin, whose address is 2220 R Street SE, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Olivia Stroman aka Olivia R. Stroman who died on December 18, 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: 9/9/2022
Reginald Harris 1775 I Street, NW, Suite 1150 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ruby Clayborne and Deborah Clayborne- Faison and Robin Marie Reid, whose addresses are 9120 Emersons Reach, Columbia, MD 21045 & 10104 Newhall Road, Potomac, MD 20854 & 645 Sheridan Ave., Plainfield, NJ 07060, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Pearl B. Thompson who died on July 14, 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: 9/9/2021
Adria Goosby-Gresholm 221 Rittenhouse Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Adria Goosby-Gresholm, whose address is 221 Rittenhouse Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Hurshul Goosby aka Hurshul Louis Goosby aka Hurshul L. Goosby who died on 10/19/2006 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: 9/9/2021
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Grace Minns and John Minns, whose address are 9767 Polished Stone, Columbia, MD 21046, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Anita Austin aka Anita Iona Austin who died on 3/17/2021 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: 9/9/2021 Grace Minns John Minns Personal Representative
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jean M. Harris, whose address is 1913 Randolph Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Alberta Addison aka Alberta Gertrude Addison who died on 11/1/2013 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: 9/9/2021
Patricia A. Griffin Personal Representative
Ruby Clayborne Deborah Clayborne-Faison Robin Marie Reid Personal Representative
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Adria Goosby-Gresholm Personal Representative
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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 ADM 000918
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2021 ADM 000909
2021 ADM 000884
Phillip Datcher Decedent
Bertha Johnson Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Monica Taylor, whose address is 4652 Kendrick Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Bertha Johnson who died on May 10, 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: 9/9/2021
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Rachelle H. Raphael, Esq. 4800 Hampden Lane, Ste. 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cheryl Saunders, whose address is 4302 22nd Place, Temple Hills, MD 20748, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Phillip Datcher who died on April 10, 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: 9/9/2021
Cassie B. Johnson Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gwendolyn Daniel, whose address is 1551 Hemlock Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Cassie B. Johnson who died on February 8, 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 3/9/2022. 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 3/9/2022, 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: September 9, 2021 Gwendolyn Daniel Personal Representative
Monica Taylor Personal Representative
Cheryl Saunders Personal Representative
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Declaration of Nationality Notice of White Flag Surrender
2021 NRT 00028 Constance Hackett Name of Deceased Settlor NOTICE OF EXISTENCE OF REVOCABLE TRUST Constance Hackett whose address was 5412 13th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011 created a revocable trust on October 26, 2015, which remained in existence on the date of her death on March 9, 2018, and Catherine Hackett Botts, whose address is 515 Roxboro Place, NW, Washington, DC 20011, is the currently acting trustee, hereinafter the Trustee. Communications to the Trust should be mailed or directed to James Larry Frazier, Esq. at 918 Maryland Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. The Trust is subject to claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors, costs of administration of the settlor’s estate, the expense of the deceased settlor’s funeral and disposal of remains, and statutory allowances to a surviving spouse and children to the extent the deceased settlor’s residuary probate estate is inadequate to satisfy those claims, costs, expenses, and allowances. Claims of the deceased settlor’s creditors are barred as against the Trustee and the trust property unless presented to the Trustee at the address provided herein on or before 3/9/2022 (6 month after the date of the first publication of this notice.) An action to contest the validity of this trust must be commenced by the earliest of (1) 3/19/2019, (One year from date of death of deceased settlor) (2) 3/9/2022, (6 months from the date of first publication of this notice) or (3) Ninety days after the Trustee sends the person a copy of the trust instrument and a notice informing the person of the trust’s existence, of the Trustee’s name and address, and of the time allowed for commencing a proceeding. The Trustee may proceed to distribute the trust property in accordance with the terms of the trust before the expiration of the time within which an action must be commenced unless the Trustee knows of a pending judicial proceeding contesting the validity of the trust or the Trustee has received notice from a potential contestant who thereafter commences a judicial proceeding within sixty days after notification. This Notice must be mailed postmarked within 15 days of its first publication to each heir and qualified beneficiary of the trust and any other person who would be an interested person within the meaning of D.C. Code 20-101(d). Date of First Publication: 9/9/2021 Catherine Hackett Botts Signature of Trustee TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
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2021 ADM 000931
2021 ADM 967
Everett Crosson Decedent
Dorine W. Caves Decedent
Robert P. Newman, Esq. Law Office of Robert P. Newman 801 Wayne Ave., Suite 400 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney
Matthew F. Shannon, Esq. 1420 N Street, NW #203 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney
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Doris B. Crosson, whose address is 7432 8th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Everett Crosson who died on July 18, 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 3/16/2022. 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 3/16/2022, 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.
Sharon Jessup and Veronica Caves Greenfield, whose addresses are 135 47th St., NE, Washington, DC 20019 & 1302 Nicholson St., Hyattsville, MD 20782, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Dorine W. Caves who died on July 3, 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 3/16/2022. 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 3/16/2022, 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: 9/16/2021 Doris B. Crosson Personal Representative
Date of first publication: 9/16/2021 Sharon Jessup Veronica Caves Greenfield Personal Representative
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Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 FEP 000103 12/24/19
Date of Death Barry Michael Pearson Name of Decedent
TATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Sylvia Pearson whose address is 3801 Cedar Drive, Suit-
land, Maryland 20746 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Barry Michael Pearson, deceased, by the
Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on February 7, 2020.
Service of process may be made upon George L. Garrow,
Jr., Garrow Law Firm PLLC, 300 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20001 whose designation as District of
Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C.
Claims against the decedent may be presented to the
undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District
of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C.
20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.
Date of first publication: 9/16/2021
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In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender. Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am:" Melvin Louis Huges © ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: " HUGES , MELVIN LOUIS © ", corp.sole Dba.: " MELVIN LOUIS HUGES © ", having reached the age of majority, being duly certified, hereby affirms to declare my tribal intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as an: 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 lndigenous 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: " Melvin Louis Huges © ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: " bandele el © ". 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: LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH : 119-1963-044-00555 , " MELVIN LOUIS HUGES © ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to "ORANGE BARON 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: " bandele el © ", nom deguerre: "MELVIN LOUIS HUGES © ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : " ORANGE BARON 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 Reference : 0112358-13
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2021 ADM 000926
2021 ADM 000973
Joseph R. Cobb, Sr. Decedent
Minnie Sokol Decedent
Julius P. Terrell 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, #400 Washington, DC 20004 Attorney
Edward G. Varrone, Esq. 1825 K Street, NW, Suite 1150 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney
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Victoria L. Brown, Oolooteka Bey and Joseph R. Cobb Jr., whose addresses are 7609 Castle Rock Dr., Clinton, MD 20735, 4903 McKinley St., Temple Hills, MD 20748 and 15305 Sir Edwards Dr., Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Joseph R. Cobb, Sr. who died on 12/21/2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/16/2022. 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 3/16/2022, 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.
Maxine Champion, whose address is 6211 Utah Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Minnie Sokol who died on April 27, 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 3/23/2022. 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 3/23/2022, 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: 9/16/2021 Victoria L. Brown Oolooteka Bey Joseph R. Cobb Sr. Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
Date of first publication: 9/23/2021 Maxine Champion Personal Representative
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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 FEP 000104 May 7, 2021 Date of Death Mesfin Sadik Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Eleni Sadik whose address is 7204 Kempton Rd., Lanham, MD 20706 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mesfin Sadik, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on August 17, 2021. Service of process may be made upon Elizabeth Henderson 1829 Jackson Street, NE, 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. 1812 ½ Hamlin 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.
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Walter E. Minor aka Walter Ellis Minor Decedent
Arrie M. Thomas Decedent
Tina Smith Nelson, Esq. Legal Counsel for the Elderly 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cynthia Minor, whose address is 2417 Savannah St., SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Walter E. Minor aka Walter Ellis Minor who died on May 19, 2018 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of 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 3/23/2022. 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 3/23/2022, 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: 9/23/2021
Date of first publication: 9/23/2021
Eleni Sadik Personal Representative
Cynthia Minor Personal Representative
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 ADM 001001 Lester J. Wilson Decedent Andre O. McDonald, Esq. 10500 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 420 Columbia, Maryland 21044 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Maxine A. Wilson, whose address is 10737 Joyceton Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20774, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lester J. Wilson who died on 1/21/2021 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 3/23/2022. 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 3/23/2022, 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: 9/23/2021 Maxine A. Wilson Personal Representative
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TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 ADM 000994 Clarice H. Hughes Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Iris P. Hughes, whose address is 6077 Thoroughbred Court, Unit D, Waldorf, MD 20603, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Clarice H. Hughes who died on December 30, 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., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 23, 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 March 23, 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: September 23, 2021
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Shari G. Kleiner, Esq. 5614 Connecticut Ave., NW #107 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
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James Thomas, Jr.,whose address is 5509 Windsor Dr., Temple Hills, MD 20748, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Arrie M. Thomas who died on September 11, 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 3/23/2022. 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 3/23/2022, 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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In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender. Notice of Special Appearance : I am that I am: " Orin Edwardo Bivens© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: "BIVENS, ORIN EDWARDO© ", corp.sole Dba.: " ORIN EDWARDO BIVENS© ", 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: " Orin Edwardo Bivens© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: "obadiah ben ashayah© ". 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: State Of Florida Bureau Of Vital Statistics : 109- 67-019858 , " ORIN EDWARDO BIVENS© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to "Orin Bivens Sr 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: " obadiah ben ashayah© ", nom deguerre: "Orin Edwardo Bivens© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : "Orin Bivens Sr 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.
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fundraising for rental assistance has occurred because of the District government’s seemingly uneven response for tenants who face eviction. Latino Economic Development Center Marjorie Nemes-Galarza works as the interim executive director and CEO of the Latino Economic Development Center. She told Norton “COVID threw us for a loop like everyone else.” “Since the pandemic, we have distributed $50 million to small businesses and households,” Nemes-Galarza said. “We have offered eviction prevention services in addition to our housing counseling program and tenant organizing team. We noticed as the pandemic has continued, people have gotten into debt. They got into debt because their incomes were reduced and bills such as rent, utilities and credit card bills had to be paid. We set up a program to help minority citizens pay down their debts.” Norton thanked the members for their participation. “In the District we are rich in Latino organizations,” the delegate said. “I am pleased that provide important services for their constituents.” WI @JamesDCWrighter
In the meantime, organizers of a “Paid Leave for All” campaign want a comprehensive plan passed by 2023. Jocelyn Frye, a senior fellow at the women’s initiative with Center for American Progress in northwest D.C., said Black women lead among all women who are the main caregivers of their families. “For Black women, the decision to participate in the paid workforce is not an option. It’s a necessity,” said Frye, who’s also part of the Paid Leave for All initiative. “Paid family leave for Black families is quite timely and long overdue.” Kimberly Jeffries Leonard, who serves on the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s board of directors, said her sister-in-law takes care of both the home and the care of Leonard’s older brother as he fights his second bout of cancer. “My sister-in-law is trying to manage how she’s working and how she manages giving him the care that [her husband] needs,” she said. “If you don’t have that safety net, then you are worrying about how can I financially address this? What is my choice? Either I have to give care, or I have to leave my job.” Unfortunately, thousands of Black and Latino are single mothers without assistance from the father. That’s why Nelly Cuenca of Dallas created a nonprofit organization to support single mothers such as herself. Her group called MaaPaa, which stands for “Mama/Papa” named by her fiveyear-old son, specifically helps mothers raising sons.
BOXING from Page 32 Whitaker, Evander Holyfield, Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis, Roy Jones, Jr. and Floyd Mayweather, Jr., have each made a name for themselves and a ton of money along the way. Yet, in their efforts to “save the sport of boxing,” each have had to contend with many of the challenges that earlier boxers of color faced. Who was the greatest? Why did Americans feel it imperative to identify a “great white hope” who could defeat their Black opponent and therefore secure generations-old beliefs of white supremacy? And would be fair to demand that Black champions serve as spokesmen for the injustices long heaped upon the Black community? These serve as some of the questions we will explore as this series continues. And we will begin in the next part with Muhammad Ali. WI
SPORTS from Page 12 prospective merchants can still submit written comments to the gaming agency on the sports wagering regulations before the 30day public comment period ends Monday, Sept. 27. Comments can be posted at www.mdgaming. com/sports-wagering-comments/. As the agency conducts financial and criminal background checks to push for sports betting by the NFL playoffs, the wagering commission awards licenses, ensuring minority and women-owned businesses are included in the process and those granted a license are located a certain distance from a casino or other potential sports-betting facilities. Cheryl Brown-Whitfield, principal counsel with the state’s Department of Transportation, said a 2017 disparity study shows dis-
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5 Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), top left, leads a panel discussion in support of paid family leave in the United States. The other three going clockwise: Jocelyn Frye (top right), Kimberly Jeffries Leonard and Nelly Cuenca. (Photo courtesy Congressional Black Caucus Foundation)
“The mothers that we serve don’t have a support system and many times they are moving away from a toxic environment,” Cuenca said. “We need to understand that the support is needed for them to be empowered in order for them to gain freedom and financial stability with a one-household income.”
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The state of Texas represents one of the dozens of jurisdictions without paid family leave. However, the city of Irving, Texas, will roll out a child care program next month for employees with children between two months to 12 years old. Jill McAdams, human resources director for the city, said an estimated 40 percent of the city’s 2,300 employees have children in that age range. “We think this is going to be a good program for our employees,” she said during an interview Friday, Sept. 17. “We also hope this will be an attrac-
Cheryl Brown-Whitfield, principal counsel with the state’s Department of Transportation, said a 2017 disparity study shows discrimination against minority and women-owned businesses “is still a significant problem.” crimination against minority and women-owned businesses “is still a significant problem.” The study became commissioned when the state began its medical cannabis program. Zenita Wickham Hurley, chief counsel for civil rights at the Maryland Office of Attorney General, said the state statute requires the
tion for single parents for those who wouldn’t normally work for a city because of child care issues.” The city agreed to a $10,000 contract with WeeCare, a Los Angeles based organization that advocates affordable and flexible child care services for working parents to take their children to home-based day care centers. WeeCare CEO Jessica Chan said in an interview more centers are scheduled to open that includes doubling the 200 locations in Maryland by next year. Presently, there are more than 3,000 licensed home-based centers in 40 states that must be CPR certified, provide a curriculum and undergo criminal background checks. “A lot of home-based centers have between 10 to 12 kids [and] usually focuses on where you live,” she said. “[Parents] see a home-care based setting and see if it does get their child ready for kindergarten. It is also affordable.” WI @jabariwill commission to “encourage” minority- and women-owned businesses and certified as a minority enterprise business to apply for a betting license. Wickham Hurley said the commission should also “consider early access for applicants who partner” with those businesses. “These considerations by the uncodified section of the law should be done expeditiously and in a manner that is in the best interest of Marylanders,” she said. Based on the counsels’ legal summaries and advice, the commission voted to conduct a disparity study with a focus on the sports betting industry. The commission didn’t note how long the study would take to complete but the group’s third meeting will be Oct. 14. WI @jabariwill
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BOWSER from Page 1 Office of the State Superintendent of Education, falls on Nov.1. Bowser described the updated mandate, which doesn’t have an option for weekly testing, as another layer of protection for the District’s students currently too young to receive an inoculation protecting them from COVID-19. “It’s clear, especially for our young people who are not eligible for the vaccines yet, [that] the best way to protect them is to have the adults around them vaccinated in addition to other mitigation strategies,” Bowser said on the morning of Monday, Sept. 20. The newly-announced vaccine mandate includes religious and medical exemptions. Students 12 years and older who will participate in sports programs this year must also be vaccinated. September 19 marked the deadline for a vaccine mandate which Bowser announced last month on District employees which includes public school teachers. At the time of the announcement, Department of Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt reported an increase in COVID-19 cases among unvaccinated people between the ages of 25 and 34. Since then, both D.C. councilmembers and the Charter School Alliance, among others, have requested an expansion of the vaccine mandate and a nixing of the regular testing option. Cries for this course of action increased as hundreds of students and teachers in the public and public charter system entered quarantine. Between August 2020 and Sep-
CBCF from Page 1 Impact of COVID-19 on Black Businesses: One Year Later,” where panelists discussed the racial wealth divide. “Black businesses continue to experience the downside of navigating a pandemic and dramatically reduced access to resources especially customers and contracts,” conference officials stated. “The lack of equitable access to capital and shrinking reserves continues to hinder sustainability. Clearly, COVID-19 has impacted our society in more ways than one and Black entrepreneurs are fighting a pandemic within a pandemic.” Sessions also included an “Environmental Justice Braintrust,” which focused on the connection between
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The newly-announced vaccine mandate includes religious and medical exemptions. Students 12 years and older who will participate in sports programs this year must also be vaccinated. tember 15, DC Health recorded 295 COVID cases citywide in the public, public charter and private schools. Teachers and staff members accounted for nearly 25 percent of the cases reported to have occurred on school grounds. Within that time period, charter and private schools accounted for nearly 70 percent of the cases. For Dr. Jeffrey Grant, CEO of Monument Academy Public Charter School in Northeast, imposing a vaccine mandate early in the school year makes the most sense. Monument, a boarding school for middle school-aged children, incrementally allowed students back on campus throughout the pandemic. By early August, Grant told teachers and staff members that, out of concern for students who learned and lived on campus, they must have at least taken their first shot by mid-September. Shortly after, the school severed ties with seven staff members who didn’t follow through on the mandate. “My students are going to be masked up to 23 hours a day [and] I’m not going to torture my youngest stakeholders,” Grant told The
Informer. “I can’t make accommodations for exemptions because you live and work around these babies. Your body could be a host.” Over the last few weeks, administrators at other charter schools have taken similar steps. Howard University Middle School of Mathematics & Science mandated vaccinations, not only out of regard for students not eligible for vaccinations, but for students and staff members who teachers may pass on their way to work every morning. As part of their campaign, administrators hosted an information session during which a science teacher delved into the specifics of the COVID-19 vaccine for teachers and parents. “He compared it to flu shot, pneumonia and other things [and] he gave the history of it,” said Kathryn Procope, head of schools at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics & Science. “He also gave statistics about how the virus is attacking our population more than anyone else [and] it changed the minds of people who were leery,” she said. WI @SamPKCollins
environmental justice and health disparities. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the significant impact both environmental and health disparities have on communities of color. This year’s program delivered discussions on the intersections of these two areas and what must be done to effectively address these disparities. Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) led a voting rights brain trust titled, “Winning the Fight for Voting Rights,” where panelists discussed the urgency of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell’s legislation to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and address modern-day barriers to the ballot box. Additionally, the conference featured a panel discussion on the need
to address mental health challenges in the Black community. Panels also took on the narrowing of the wealth gap, the state of housing in Black America and methods to better sustain Black men, fathers and boys. A discussion also centered on the impact that the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali has made on the quest for equality and justice within the Black community. The 13th annual Black Women’s Roundtable Policy Forum, “The Power of Black Women’s Leadership in the Voting Rights Movement,” also occurred during the weeklong event. The conference concluded with the annual Phoenix Awards and the “Black Block Party.” WI @StacyBrownMedia
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Delon Brennen, a physician who is international chairman for medical health affairs for the fraternity, said educating the public about COIVD-19 vaccines must continue through church events, parent-teacher conferences and other local events. Brennen also offered another piece of advice. “Reach out and touch at least four people on a weekly basis and let them know, ‘I’m thinking about you,’” he said. “COVID is affecting us, but use it in a way that is going to make us even stronger…as we come out on the other side of this.” Fraternity leaders emphasized collaboration would improve the community even more. “We cannot do this by ourselves,” said Earl Wilson, international chairman for fatherhood and mentoring with the fraternity. Two local community leaders from the District and neighboring Prince George’s County, Md., joined Friday’s conversation. Robert L. Johnson, executive director of My Brother’s Keeper Prince George’s Network, said COVID-19 created a decrease in unemployment, especially among Blacks who are single fathers. “Child support payments have not stopped and there was no deferment on payments during COVID,” said Johnson, who also serves as commission vice chair for the county’s Commission on Fathers, Men and Boys. “We want our fathers to be engaged. Let’s not go backwards on that.” Ambrose Lane Jr., chairman of the Health Alliance Network in the District, said negative mental health and trauma he labeled “average childhood experiences, or ACES,” can influence children as they age. Some of those incidents include parental divorce, domestic violence, child abuse and food insecurity. He highlighted several initiatives necessary to assist Black men: • Parenting classes for first-time fathers. • Creation of a “Housing for All” program. • A re-entry program for returning citizens, or formerly incarcerated individuals, to receive financial and literacy education. “Any child, whether you are Black or white, who experiences three or more ACES as a child, is more likely to commit an act of violence when they are older,” said Ambrose, a resident of Ward 7. “We need to care a little bit more.” WI @jabariwill
erful presence. She later said Thurgood Marshall chose her for key assignments in the South because he felt a Black woman lawyer would be safer than a Black man. As the first Black woman admitted to the bar in Mississippi I too found I could get away with statements and actions Black male lawyers may not have dared. She argued ten cases in front of the Supreme Court during her career and won nine. Connie Motley then decided to become involved in New York politics, and became the first Black woman elected to the New York state Senate in 1964 and the first woman borough president of Manhattan in 1965. As a
MALVEAUX from Page 30 flexible work reeks of privilege and sidelines too many in the labor force. According to the Brookings Institute's Dr. Kristin Broady, about 13.4% of the workforce teleworked. Nearly a third of Asian American workers teleworked, compared to 12.4% of whites, 11.2% of Black people, and a scant 7.9% of Chicano/Latinx people. I'm not casting any shade on Asian American workers. Still, I'm wondering about
MARSHALL from Page 30 not new. Franklin Roosevelt did it, but unfortunately it came at the expense of ignoring civil rights violations toward blacks. The New Deal Coalition didn't remain as a permanent alliance, but for more than three decades it was an effective voting bloc which joined multiple sectors of society. Groups such as Southern rural whites, blue collar workers, unions, religious minorities and African-Americans were joined together to support a progressive agenda despite some of their past differences. In this era of Trumpism, building a similar alliance may seem impossible to some due to the deep racial and political polarizations. But the coalition makes both economic and moral sense. With voters of color being disproportionately affected by voting restrictions, why not offset the restrictions by appealing to white working-class voters who would also benefit from progressive economic policies. In other words, beat them at their game of "Divide and Conquer" while weakening the effects of racial politics. It is needed because our democracy has not been under this type of coordinated attack. This type of coalition will cause persuadable white working-class voters to focus less on the so-called "Big Lie"
politician she championed opportunities for underprivileged groups, but her political career didn't end her brilliant legal career. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson appointed her a United States district judge for the southern district of New York, making her the first Black woman ever appointed to the federal judiciary. She became the chief judge of the district in 1982 and assumed senior status in 1986. Constance Baker Motley was a very special lantern in my life. When I graduated from law school, I went to work at LDF in New York City, where Julius Chambers and I were the first two Earl Warren fellows — a program designed to train and support young lawyers seeking to practice civil rights law in the
South. Julius went to Charlotte, North Carolina where he tried groundbreaking civil rights cases and succeeded Jack Greenberg as head of LDF. I went to Mississippi. I will never forget the first day I walked into segregationist federal District Judge Harold Cox's chambers. All the white male lawyers sitting around the table froze in shocked silence as I, a 24-year-old Black female lawyer, entered the chambers. It was if I were an alien from Mars. As I walked around the table extending my hand to each white lawyer, none shook it. I sat and remembered Connie Motley, who had gone before to try cases in that closed violent society and racially segregated state. At the close of the LDF celebration
honoring Constance Baker Motley's 100th birthday, LDF alumna Kristen Clarke, our nation's Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice, said: "For generations Black women like her have been the backbone of our national fight for progress, insisting again and again on the true meanings and values of democracy. And far too often our contributions have been ignored or diminished. But it is simply impossible to diminish the accomplishments of Ms. Motley … With determination and a keen legal mind, Ms. Motley turned the gears of justice, and when those gears did not exist she built them herself." Thank you Connie! WI
other workers and how we reimagine work for those who aren't sitting at the policy table. Simple arithmetic suggests that when we pay people more, we get more effort, that many won't mind the threeday workweek if they can be paid for it. Some of the workers, most of whom are women, won't mind spending more time engaged in their children's education, perhaps volunteering at their schools. Others might like the time to upgrade their skills, possibly
enrolling in classes that augment their already-proven skills with management possibilities. Or, they might choose to chill, work less complicated, and embrace the notion that their lives should only be dictated by work and survival. Predatory capitalism extracts surplus value from workers, exploiting them because they have no choice but to work at substandard conditions for the capitalists to maximize their profits. COVID-19 reminded us of our interdependence, of the many
ways we must rely on each other. For many privileged workers, it has meant that the terms and conditions of their work can be reexamined. What about the workers we rely on for our health care, transportation services, grocery shelving, and more. It will be a classist tragedy if the few folks at the top only enjoy workplace flexibility. Workplace flexibility, and the pay that goes with it, must also be a privilege of those at the bottom. WI
and more on where it should be: policies that economically benefits their families and communities. What Robert Kennedy was able to accomplish in putting together a multiracial class-based coalition was unique. At a time of deep racial tensions and urban violence resulting from the 1968 riots, Kennedy reasoned that class was the root of America's problem more than race. Despite being deeply committed to fighting for civil rights, Kennedy was still accepted and able to attract many working-class white voters who previously supported the segregationist George Wallace. He was able to effectively demonstrate that he cared for the economic interests and legitimate values of both groups by promoting respect and inclusion. On one hand, he didn't back away from his full commitment to civil rights and racial justice. On the other hand, he respected the working-class values of hard work and respect for the law. He became a law-and-order candidate by balancing law and order with a demand for justice. He benefited from walking a fine line both groups saw him as sincere and respectful. Kennedy was sensitive to the racial injustices fueling the anger in the black community, but he also made clear that looting and violence would never be tolerated
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In this era of Trumpism, building a similar alliance may seem impossible to some due to the deep racial and political polarizations. regardless of the underlying reasons. A rebuilt coalition today should share the same law and order balance. Rioting should never be tolerated, but justice and accountability should be maintained in regards to any form of police misconduct. There are many things in common between working-class whites and people of color in addition to having shared economic interests. Men and women of color are police officers who place their lives on the line daily just as their fellow white officers. Police service is appreciated by all communities. Men and women of color are patriotic in their military duty just as their fellow white soldiers, airmen and sailors. Military service is recognized by all communities.
The economic majority should have greater power permanently. Kennedy explained it best when he stopped referring to himself as "liberal." He deleted the term from his speeches and replaced it with "humane." He makes a very valid point. A power coalition which levels the playing field and seeks economic equality for all races should not be driven solely by a liberal or conservative agenda, but it should include a humane agenda. Whenever the majority rules in any part of society, the majority should always be humane. Marshall is the founder of the faithbased organization TRB: The Reconciled Body and author of the book "God Bless Our Divided America." WI
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have imposed all kinds of new voting restrictions in recent years.\ The number of new restrictive voting laws jumped massively after former President Donald Trump was defeated in last year's presidential election. Grassroots organizing helped drive strong turnout among Black voters in key states, and Republicans have decided to respond by making it harder for people to register and vote. That makes it clear that the new voter suppression rules have nothing to do with "election integrity" and everything to do with maintaining power at all costs.
The Constitution very clearly gives the federal government the right to step in when states undermine democracy with restrictive and discriminatory voting rules. That's what Congress did more than 50 years ago when it passed the Voting Rights Act.
President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate must do whatever it takes to pass the Freedom to Vote Act. With democracy and voting rights at stake, we cannot let Jim Crow-era filibuster rules in the U.S. Senate have the final word. WI
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ASKIA from Page 31 We laugh at their jokes which are not hardly funny. We want them to like us. We address rich men, even those younger than some of our own children as "Mr. So-andso." Not AOC. She got up in their faces with a fashionable statement which most of them detest, but she got rave reviews and ovations from folks who appreciate her spunk. So, while gloomy news about the weather, hurricanes, floods, and out of control wildfires made worse by human activity command most of our attention on most news days, not to mention
SUMMIT from Page 22 heal and I know that when I hear laughter that’s basically the audience saying, ‘yup me too’. I realized that sharing in whatever way is really the key to shedding stigma,” said Spicer. In California, Spicer has helped develop legislation and had three bills passed to have women screened during their pregnancy and after they have their baby, to train health professionals to imple-
the effort by right-wingers to seize control of the apparatus of government — by force, if necessary — there comes what blind jazz saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, who is known for playing three saxophones at the same time (!) describes as "Bright Moments," like these, when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez literally "showed out" at the glitzy Met Gala, with a dress which rubbed salt into the eyes of some of those rich folks in attendance: "Tax the Rich." Funny thing about the popular taste of the American people. "Regular" Americans are infatuated with the wealthy, but often infuriated by those who are smart,
or who act smart. If you're driving around in a pickup truck with three or four computers built in, that costs $80,000 many folks figure, "you're plenty smart enough for me." "Tax the Rich" would make a great motto for me, if I didn't already have a motto which this bold act by this young member of Congress calls to mind when I think about a guest at a $50,000 evening affair with only cocktail snacks served, wearing a dress with that bold note on her buns. When I think about this stunt at the Met Gala, I'll say to myself: "Dare to giggle. Dare to grin." WI
ment the screenings, and collect data to implement a resource center that women can refer to when additional care may be needed. “My work really starts on the grassroots level, truly… The more we say something the more they have to care. The more noise we make, the more doors we knock on, the louder we are, they can’t ignore us. That’s what I realized, and my work starts at the grassroots level [to] really galvanize moms to share their stories and galvanizing
moms to speak up,” said Spicer. Maternal mortality rate was another topic that was highlighted during the panel discussion and how the United States is the only developed country with an increasing mortality rate. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 754 women died due to maternal causes in the United States in 2019 which is a rise in comparison to the 658 maternal deaths that occurred in 2018. “The United States is the only developed country in the world that has an increasing maternity mortality rate… How can we possibly have the highest maternity mortality rate? And who’s being impacted? Women who look like me,” said Dr. Robyn Jones. The Maternity & Infant Health summit continued until Thursday as attendees were able to connect with each other and other health professionals to discuss matters that impact women and their children. WI
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