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5 Martin Luther King III, with his wife Andrea and daughter Yolanda march with Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. U.S. Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX, 18th District), and U.S. Rep. Al Green (D-TX, 9th District) during the March on Washington for Voting Rights in Northwest on August 28. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Calls Increase for Virtual Options As District students continue to make their return to the classroom for the first time in more than a year, some parents are still expressing their apprehension about COVID-19 and what they perceive as the lack of safety protocols. One parent in particular said she’s ready to pull her two children out of public school and explore other educational options. “D.C. is trying to move too fast to normalcy,” Robbie
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Woodland, a Southeast resident, told The Informer. Woodland, who lost five close friends and relatives to COVID this year, recounted attending a backto-school event at Excel Academy Public School and seeing children running around without masks. She also said that, despite the principal’s assurances about safety, teachers often took off their masks to speak with parents. With her younger daughter starting kindergarten at Excel, and her
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Civil rights leaders joined about 70 D.C. statehood activists at Freedom Plaza in Northwest on Aug. 28 to insist making the District the 51st state is a priority for the national voting rights movement. “The District of Columbia has been robbed for over 200 years,” the Rev. William J. Barber III, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: National Call for Moral Revival, said. “The people of the District of Columbia don’t have full voting rights as other Americans do. The attack on the District is not just a racial attack because D.C. is known as ‘Chocolate City’ but it is also an attack on our democracy.” Barber served as one of nearly a dozen speakers at the rally sponsored by
the Douglass Commonwealth Coalition calling on the U.S. Senate to end or suspend the filibuster and take up the Washington, D.C. Admission Act of 2021. The Douglass Commonwealth Coalition operates as an umbrella for former and present members of the District’s congressional delegation --both voting and non-voting--pushing for D.C. statehood. Barber’s remarks, along with statements by NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson, addressed concerns by D.C. statehood activists that the speakers and leaders of the March on for Voting Rights would not address the District’s lack of full congressional representation despite having to pay federal taxes and being
Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer In 1963, more than 250,000 people marched on Washington, D.C., for jobs and freedom with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leading the way. Nearly 60 years later, Dr. King’s oldest son, Martin Luther King III, helped lead a massive march on the nation’s capital. This time the objective focused on voting rights. “John Lewis told us that the most powerful nonviolent tool we have is voting rights,” said King on Saturday, Aug. 5 Martin Luther King III. (Official photo)
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Support Grows for Bill to Give Mayor Bowser Control Over D.C. National Guard Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Anthony Brown (D-MD) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) were among elected officials who recently announced that their District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act, which would give the D.C. mayor control over the D.C. National Guard (DCNG), has been included in the chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Currently, the President controls the DCNG, while the governors of the states and territories control their National Guards. “The District of Columbia mayor is the chief executive for our jurisdiction and has the best
knowledge and most reliable expertise about when to deploy our own National Guard,” Norton said. “The D.C. National Guard Home Rule Act, which I had introduced for years before the January 6th insurrection, simply gives the District’s chief executive the same authority afforded to governors of states and territories over their Guards. This bill would have ended the insurrection hours earlier on January 6 and would afford D.C. a critical element of home rule as we simultaneously fight for statehood. Today's inclusion of our bill in the fiscal year 2022 NDAA is another step toward granting full equality to D.C. on our road to statehood.” “Last year, we witnessed the Trump Administration’s unacceptable order for the D.C. Guard to use force against peaceful protestors and delay preparation and response to the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. In doing so, the previous administration put the lives of D.C. residents in jeopardy and undermined our national security,” Brown said. “By giving the D.C. mayor the same authority as state and territorial governors over its Guard, we’ll take another important step toward full statehood and ensure both safety and emergency responsiveness in our nation’s capital.” WI
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Police in D.C. have intensified their search for at least three suspects responsible for a rash of bold and violent armed kidnappings throughout the District occurring over the past week during which people have been pulled off street corners, beaten and forced to withdraw cash from ATMs. Since Tuesday, Aug. 24, at least six people have been robbed in similar fashion, according to John Haines, commander of the Criminal Investigations Division. Each robbery took place when victims were alone, either late at night or early in the morning with most of them walking. The perpetrators have attacked citizens on Capitol Hill, near Logan Circle and in Petworth with some victims blindfolded and hands bound, then driven short distances before robbers took cash, credit cards and identification including bank account information. “Typically, in the District, we do experience a number of street robberies,” said Haines who added it’s unusual to have anyone kidnapped. Now, the FBI has joined D.C. police with the case as they search for three or four Black men, believed to be in their 20s. Several suspects have been captured by nearby cameras. Those with information should contact police at 202-727-9099 or use the D.C. police tip line by sending a text message to 50411. A $10,000 reward has been offered for information. WI
Frustrated First-time Homeowners in D.C. Forced to Evacuate Dreams have turned to nightmares for District residents who put their hopes in a D.C. first-time homeowners program but were forced to evacuate their homes earlier this week. Nearly 30 homeowners living in a Talbert Street building in Southeast, built in 2017, found themselves homeless on Monday, Aug. 30 after engineers determined the structure of the building unsafe. The homeowners, mostly Black or from low-income families, learned of the evacuation notice two weeks ago. Still, many say they had nowhere to go especially with the pandemic still threatening lives. The River East at Grandview Condominiums were built by Stanton View Development as part of a D.C. initiative. The Talbert Street building, a 46-unit structure of two-story homes located in Anacostia and sold as a brand-new condominium building, began to be the subject of complaints within months of its opening including cracks and uneven surfaces. The District has pledged assistance including the costs of renting an outside unit for up to one year and a one-time cash assistance payment meant to help homeowners who need to relocate, ranging from 3,000 to $7,000. However, many families say they could not or did not want to move. Some have alleged that they believe they’ll be forced to repay cash advanced to them through their homeowners insurance policies – an allegation which we were unable to either substantiate or refute. WI
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Pressure Mounts to Make Daily Trip to School Safe for D.C. Students Ninth Grader’s Stabbing Death Mars First Week of Classes Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer In the aftermath of a ninth grader’s death, parents, teachers and elected officials continue to mull how to keep young people safe as they make the return to in-person learning and start navigating the city again. Over the last couple of weeks, strategies for doing so have placed focus back on Safe Passage programs that thrived in portions of the District in the years and months leading up to the pandemic. Some Safe Passage proponents, like At large State Board of Education Representative Jacque Patterson, emphasized the need for school officials, violence interrupters and other involved parties to anticipate the escalation of conflicts that started online during the pandemic. “A lot of communication happened over social media that precipitated activities that can play out in public and charter schools,” said Patterson, KIPP DC’s chief community engagement & growth officer. “We have to understand what that is and be ready to address it," Patterson added. "Everyone’s making sure that school is safe [from] COVID, but we forgot about the human aspect. I don’t think we prepared emphasis on that area.”
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As of Aug. 27, school-aged children are a key element of the District’s 129 homicides. One of the most recent deaths to hit the city involved a KIPP DC College Preparatory student, Kemon Payne, stabbed to
death by a 16-year-old near the bus stop in front of his school on the third day of classes. Kemon’s death took place three years after another KIPP student died in a violent assault at NoMa-Gallaudet U metro station. In response to the Aug. 18 event, KIPP DC College Preparatory, based in Northeast, closed its campus for a day and made counselors virtually available to grieving students. Days later, adolescent trauma and disjointed violence prevention efforts continued to dominate conversations centered on Safe Passage legislation currently making its way through the D.C. Council. If it passes, The Safe Passage to School Expansion Act of 2021, introduced by At large D.C. Councilmember Christina Henderson (I), would establish an Office of Safe Passage that reports to the District mayor. This office would coordinate and organize the currently existing means of safe passage for students traveling between home and school in the morning, throughout the school day, and well into the evening. In addition to providing buses for students living in areas with the fewest transportation options, the legislation would fund grants for community-based, nonprofit organizations working in the violence prevention space. The council’s Committee on Transportation and the Environment, chaired by D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), has been scheduled to deliberate on The Safe Passage to School Expansion Act in October. On Aug. 25, Southeast residents and community leaders who visited R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center in Southeast ques-
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The War in Afghanistan, after 20 long, arduous years, has finally come to end. At least, that’s what President Joe Biden said to Americans during his address to the nation on Tuesday, Aug. 31. By his own admission, the withdrawal and mass exodus of more than 120,00 U.S. military personnel and civilians, as well as Afghans who have supported the efforts of America, was complicated, challenging – yes, even “messy.” Americans were ready for this war to be over after the U.S. spent billions of dollars while mourning the deaths of 2,460 men and women of the armed forces and lamenting over hundreds of thousands more injured or maimed – some for life. Of course, the Afghan people have suffered their own tragedies. And now, in a climate of political uncertainty, most of the nation faces severe impoverishment, food shortages and a collapsed economy that cannot offer enough jobs for people desperately looking for ways to survive. Biden, in his address, reminded Americans that with the withdrawal deal signed by leaders of the Taliban and his predecessor, Donald J. Trump, he had but two options:
honor the deal in renege and send in thousands more soldiers. When you only have two cards left to play, you’ve got to make a decision. Biden did. Now, as one would expect, the “armchair quarterbacks” from the Republican Party have curtailed their summer break plans to mount a slew of vociferous attacks against the President for the quagmire in which he has left Americans who remain in Afghanistan as well as those Afghans who want nothing more than to leave before the full wrath of the Taliban is unleashed. So, I wasn’t surprised when Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), one of the GOP’s “rising stars” known for his persistent criticisms of Biden and all things “liberal,” when on a public tirade, describing the President as the worst commander-in-chief in U.S. history because of how he guided the recent “mismanaged pullout.” If you ask me, McCarthy probably cares little it all about the smattering of Americans who remain in Afghanistan – some, by the way, who have chosen to stay of their volition. And you certainly cannot convince me that McCarthy or many others really care about those Afghans who may have crossed the line by helping Americans and now fear for their lives. Trump liked to proclaim, “Make America Great Again.” I just want to hear something
like, “Help All Americans Live Decently Again (or at Last).” Look, I don’t know what it’s like to live in a country like Afghanistan where women are second-class citizens, the uneducated are only afforded menial, subservient jobs and where religious beliefs and family castes determine one’s future even before they’re born. What I do know is that Americans in the states of Louisiana and Mississippi should not be faced with circumstances that include struggling to remain alive as temperatures hover near 100 degrees without the following: clean water to drink, power, cell phone service, food, ample supplies of gasoline and a place to live. Thousands remain homeless due to dwellings having been destroyed by floodwaters. What I do know is that rather than ranting and raving about what’s going on in a country on the other side of the world, we should hear solutions being offered by our political leaders – options that might make life bearable for those who, like the “walking dead,” have only a pocketful of memories and the clothes on their backs to remind them of better days before the storm. Of course, I empathize for all who remain in Afghanistan no matter what their nationality may be. And as I have been taught by my parents, and given my own compassion for all things If saving human lives – all lives regardless of creed or color – remains of tantamount importance to our political leaders, party affiliation notwithstanding, then the battle cry that we should be hearing now is how to immediately assist the tens of thousands of people in Louisiana and Mississippi who are suffering after the devastation of Hurricane Ida. Charity begins at home. Let’s stop pontificating and help our fellow Americans make it through the night. WI
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STAY DC Program Subject of Rare Council Summer Recess Hearing James Wright WI Staff Writerto STAY DC, a program to stave off the expected wave of pandemic-related evictions, is a lifeline that the Bowser administration, property managers and community activists say can be effective, despite administrative problems. The $200 million financial assistance program, launched in April with funding from the Biden administration, operates to prevent evictions and utility cutoffs for District renters and housing providers who are looking to cover housing and utility expenses. “This is a good deal for residents,” D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, who leads the Committee of the Whole, said. “People will be able to stay in their homes and keep their utilities going despite economic hardship due to the pandemic.” Mendelson held the unusual August 30 hearing, which lasted five-and-a-half hours, in light of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ending its moratorium on evictions on July 31 and the Biden administration’s attempt to continue it being rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 26. All members of the D.C. Council belong to the Committee of the Whole. In addition to Mendelson, D.C. Council members Anita Bonds (D-At Large), Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) and Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2) participated in the hearing. The D.C. Council extended the District’s moratorium on evictions in July when D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser ended the public health emergency due to the pandemic that month. Under the extension, landlords can start filing evictions with the D.C. Superior Court on Oct. 12 and the process in which people must pay back rent due to the economic effects of the pandemic or face eviction ends on Feb. 22, 2022. The process for non-pandemic evictions started in August.
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D.C. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development John Falcicchio said any tenant having problems with STAY DC should contact the program’s call center or visit DHCH in person to address rent problems. “We are here to help D.C. resi-
dents stay in their homes,” he said. He appeared along with with Polly Donaldson, the director of the Department of Housing and Community Development and Laura Zielinger, the director of the Department of Human Services, noting that the District ranks only behind Texas and Virginia in terms of spending the rental assistance federal funds that fuel programs like STAY DC. Falcicchio also stressed any tenant having problems with the STAY DC program can get in touch with the program’s call center or visit DHCH offices for assistance. But during the hearing, which lasted five hours, council members also expressed concerns that the Bowser administration hasn’t moved fast enough to spend $130 million of the STAY DC federal funds, with Mendelson noting if that money hasn’t been spent by Sept. 30, the U.S. Treasury won’t give the District additional money for rental assistance.
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Borger Management Chairman B. Thomas Borger, which controls about 7,000 multi-family residential units in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, pledged to work through STAY DC to blunt a possible wave of evictions. “We want to keep our residents in their homes,” Borger said. “We work with our tenants to keep them from being evicted and are doing our part to help with the STAY DC application process.” Donna M. Cooper, president of Pepco Region, said her company has utilized STAY DC to help customers become current with their utility bills. “We are working hard for people to understand that you can use STAY DC to pay your back rent and meet your utility obligations,” she said
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“Before STAY DC was implemented, we worked with the city’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program to help residents with rental assistance,” George Lambert, the president and CEO of the GWUL, said. “Now, when clients come to us for rental assistance, we direct them to the STAY DC portal. It is labor intensive on our part to help people with STAY DC. Our clients tend to have problems with computer access and utilization, with some of our seniors not using the Internet or email that much. Some of our clients distrust the government and don’t want to give our vital personal information.” Nevertheless, Lambert said STAY DC “is a good program and the Greater Washington Urban League remains committed to it.” Babatunde Oloyede, the president and CEO of the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization, agreed with Lambert on the issue of some residents distrusting the District government with their personal information and having problems with computer and Internet access. Oloyede said the District government needs to do a better job working with community organizations on promoting the benefits of STAY DC. “We are the trusted messengers in the community,” Oloyede said. WI @JamesDCWrighter
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Caston Embraces Role as Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Incarcerated Office Holder Keeps Busy Schedule James Wright WI Staff Writer The newest advisory neighborhood commissioner in the District said he has adapted to his role as an elected official even though he operates under the constraints of being incarcerated at the D.C. Jail. “Things are going well,” Joel Caston, commissioner for 7F07 in Ward 7, said in an interview with the Informer. “Working a few weeks as a commissioner makes me realize the hard work elected officials perform. It makes me respect public officials even more. As an elected official, you are navigating moving pieces. Plus, you are constantly meeting with your constituents and colleagues.” Caston has been incarcerated for first-degree murder since November 1994. In 1996, he received a 35 year to life sentence. Caston said he has served time in 16 correctional institutions on the federal, state and private levels. Since being incarcerated, he has received his GED. He has also learned to speak Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish, French and sharpened his English and plans to use his linguistic knowledge for his business and personal pursuits. Caston has taken classes at Georgetown University and other institutions and become a financial literacy instructor and entrepreneur. On June 16, he made history with his election as a commissioner; the first time a resident of the D.C. Jail won elected office in the District. His July swearing-in took place with D.C. Councilmembers Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7) and Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) attending, along with family and friends. Caston represents the residents at the D.C. Jail, the Harriet Tubman Women’s Shelter and the Park Kennedy apartment complex. He has tentatively been scheduled for parole and release in December.
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space for Caston. He has a desk, landline phone, a computer and a television. Caston expressed his surprise at the flurry of activities he has had since assuming the office. “What I really find surprising is the constant communications I have to deal with,” he said. “I communicate with my constituents and advisory neighborhood commission colleagues by email. In the jail, people are constantly asking me questions and telling me about their concerns. They have been seeking my advice on a whole range of issues. I have even talked with the Jail staff and they have given me an earful. I don’t see it as a problem, though. I am honored and humble they seek me out.” Caston said he gets his strength to carry out his duties by practicing meditation, yoga and reading spiritual devotions. He also practices physical fitness and stays abreast of developments in the world of finance by reading such publications as the Wall Street Journal.
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Caston said he has met once in a formal meeting with his 7F colleagues through Zoom. He said they have been welcoming. “I have also participated in a Zoom meet and greet,” he said. Tyrell M. Holcomb chairs the 7F commission. Holcomb praises his new colleague. “Commissioner Caston is getting acclimated to the role,” Holcomb said. “He is committed to learning and serving his community. He is doing the best he can. I and my fellow commissioners are excited to be working with Commissioner Caston.”
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Caston said even though he cannot visit the Park Kennedy complex, he has communicated with some of its residents. “I have received emails from them,” he said. “They have congratulated me and wished me well. They tell me how delighted they are that I am representing them.”
Corianne Rice, a Park Kennedy resident, said she has lived there only a few weeks but knows Caston represents her. “From what I have been able to learn, he won the election so he is the representative for this single-member district,” Rice said. “He is the people’s choice. He has the right to serve the people. I support him in that capacity.” Alex Hennessa, also a resident of Park Kennedy, agrees. “I think it is great that he is able to be a commissioner as a resident of the D.C. Jail,” she said. “I think the people in the jail should be able to engage in the politics of their neighborhood and in the city. They should not be prohibited from letting government officials know how they feel. I am comfortable with him representing me.” WI @JamesDCWrighter
5 Joel Caston represents advisory neighborhood commissioner district 7F07 in Ward 7. (WI File Photo)
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Go to backtoschool.dc.gov to learn As a commissioner, Caston deals with a wide range of issues such as more about childhood immunizations zoning, traffic, economic developand the COVID-19 vaccine. ment projects, liquor licenses, street maintenance and trash collection. To help him do his work, the officials at the D.C. Jail has created an office WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM / THE WASHINGTON INFORMER 5 Dr. James Hildreth, president and CEO, Meharry Medical College. (Photo courtesy Meharry Medical College)
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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY FIRST IN A TWO-PART SERIES
Teachers Face New Hurdles as They Return to In-Class Instruction Two Sisters Among Prince George’s Staff Poised for First Day of School William J. Ford WI Staff Writer Maria Wood, 34, will begin her 13th year this year as an elementary school teacher at William W. Hall Academy in Capitol Heights, Md. Besides the joy of teaching second graders how to read and write, the educator’s younger sister, who works down the hall as a first-grade math and health teacher, represents an added bonus for her return to in-class instruction. “We commute to work together and live together [in northeast D.C.],” said Theresa Wood, 31, who begins her second year at William Hall Academy.
“It is so cool to have my sister with me. Teaching is so encompassing, so it’s great to have someone share that closeness with you.” Both said they can’t wait to see the enthusiastic young people, albeit with their faces partially covered with masks, on the first day of school, Wednesday, Sept. 8. The elementary and vaccinated educators also understand they’re part of the nearly 22,000 Prince George’s County public school employees working amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The majority Black jurisdiction, which represents the second-largest
school district in Maryland, enrolls about 136,000 students and continues to lead the state with the most confirmed cases. In the meantime, PGCPS officials must fill several gaps to ensure a smooth first day including hiring dozens of teachers, specifically specialty positions, like special education and mathematics. The district hosted teacher hiring events this summer including a drive-thru session on Thursday, Aug. 26, outside Charles H. Flowers High School in Springdale. Public schools CEO Monica Goldson promised during a telephone town hall last week that teachers and other staff will be prepared to receive students. “Be patient with us on the first day of school. I do expect that there’ll be a few bumps in the road,” she said. “But when we come together as a communi- 5 Elementary school teachers Theresa Wood (left) and her sister, Maria Wood, stand outside William W. Hall Academy in Capitol Heights. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer) ty, we’re able to overcome any obstacles that come our way.” month a shortage of 426 bus drivers shortage stood around 170. Rudolph Saunders, the school disforcing the school district to change COUNTY FACES BUS the first day of school from Aug. 25 to trict’s director of transportation, said on the town hall with Goldson that busSept. 8. DRIVER SHORTAGE Curt Macysyn, executive director es plan to operate at normal capacity. Prince George’s also joins an unfortunate national trend in a shortage of for the National School Transporta- About 44 high and middle school stuschool bus drivers which industry lead- tion Association, in an interview with dents, or an average of two per seat, will ers attribute to COVID-19 and other CBS News, said some drivers left the ride on each bus. The number increases job opportunities to obtain a commer- profession over concerns of contract- to at least 50 for elementary students cial driver’s license (CDL) for public ing COVID-19. Others chose to retire with two students per seat, possibly three in larger seats, Saunders said. during the pandemic. and private transportation companies. With more than 12,000 elementary “Typically, there have been bus drivIn Nevada, the Washoe County School District held a hiring event in er shortages at the beginning of the students registered for virtual learning June https://bit.ly/3ztp6Ns to offer school year during the last few years this upcoming school year, some bus $2,00 bonuses for new bus drivers and but the pandemic exacerbated that,” routes may be consolidated which a $1,000 for referrals from current em- he said. “We are challenged like a lot of would ease the number of bus drivers needed. A similar measure has been industries are challenged.” ployees. As of last week in Prince proposed in Howard County, MaryThe Pittsburgh Public Schools in Pennsylvania announced earlier last George’s County, a bus driver land. “We have to maintain that seating capacity in order to get all the students back to school,” Saunders said. “We’re battling a current driver shortage, so it doesn’t really allow us to break that down any further.” Taxation. Cannot appear on the federal list of CLASSROOM SAFETY ineligible or suspended contractors. PROTOCOLS TO BE Mentors and protégés agree to work ENFORCED a minimum of 12 hours per month As the Wood sisters prepare their with each other. classrooms at William Hall Academy, A protégé business must be certified safety protocols which they must foland based in the county. low, join other preparatory tasks like Business leaders who chose to serve 5 Pictured are potential fiscal year 2022 placing math problems, sight words as mentors must show “a level of procurement opportunities with several and colorful posters on the walls. achievement” being in operation for at Prince George’s County agencies as part of the county’s “Mentor, Protégé Program.” Some of the new safety measures least five years and having executed 10 (Photo courtesy of Prince George’s County slated this fall include: projects or contracts. Office of Central Services) Arrange seats so students are at least In addition, a mentor completes a three feet apart. written agreement with a protégé ap- with small businesses for procurement Ensure an adequate supply of hand proved by the county’s central services over $500,000 and about 20% particsanitizer and masks. director, Jonathan R. Butler. ipation with businesses designated as a Follow a daily handwashing schedSome of the required goals include “minority-based-enterprise.” spending 50% procurement on county-based businesses, 40% participation MENTOR Page 52 TEACHER Page 24
Prince George’s Launches Mentor, Protégé Business Program William J. Ford WI Staff Writer Prince George’s County seeks to boost its small and minority-owned businesses by connecting them with bigger companies for chances to compete for major contracting opportunities. The goal of the “Mentor, Protégé Program” will be to work with business owners to receive prime contracts, or the ability to manage and oversee work on various county projects. A mentor would help a protégé receive education on fiscal management, trade assistance and the county’s procurement process. “Whether a business is big or small, this government is committed to
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helping out county-based businesses achieve their goals,” County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said during a launch of the program Thursday, Aug. 26. “These partnerships will help small businesses understand what it takes to successfully compete for valuable contracts. With this added help, we expect our small businesses to flourish alongside those who’ve been successfully working within the county for years,” she said. The program, managed by the county’s Office of Central Services at https://bit.ly/3zmoLMp, has prerequisites for interested businesses that include: Be in good standing with the Maryland Department of Assessments and
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School Bells Ring in the First Day in Prince George’s County Schools William J. Ford WI Staff Writer In preparation for the Sept. 8 opening of the 2021-22 school year in Prince George’s County, officials in Maryland’s second largest public school district detailed several health and safety protocols. Hand-sanitizer stations will be placed every 10,000 feet in the hallways inside each school building. For students who forget to wear masks or face coverings, or experience damage to their masks, schools are slated to have a supply of masks readily available. As of Aug. 25, county officials said about 57 percent of students 12 and older have received a COVID-19 vaccine injection. Clinics for students in need of COVID-19 vaccinations, flu shots and other routine vaccinations will be held this month at Bladensburg and Northwestern high schools and the Cheverly Health Center. The schedule and requirements for
immunization are posted on the county’s website. The district will follow guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which include desks three feet apart, windows pulled slightly down inside school buses for air circulation and buildings cleaned and disinfected at the end of every school day. Because a vaccine for students under the age of 12 is not yet available, hand-washing sessions are planned for elementary schools. They will likely be conducted at 30-minute intervals. Elementary students may eat lunch in their classrooms, or outside if weather permits. Several lunch periods could be implemented for middle and high school students. Public schools CEO Monica Goldson conducted a telephone town hall Aug. 25 to detail protocols for the upcoming 2021-22 school year. In terms of virtual learning, Goldson told the estimated 30,000
5 Fifth-grade students at Tulip Grove Elementary in Bowie participate in physical education class with instructor Michelle Wilson (right) on the first day of hybrid learning April 8, 2020 in Prince George’s County. (File: Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
listeners participating in the virtual town hall that a teacher will be designated to focus solely on children whose parents registered them to remain home. As of last week, more than 12,000 elementary school children are scheduled to receive online instruction. Requirements are set aside for students registered for virtual learning in grades seven through 12 that include at least a 2.5 grade
point average and fewer than 18 absences last school year. A parent in the town hall asked if students could enroll in virtual learning after the deadline due to the number of confirmed coronavirus cases rising in Maryland. Goldson said no, but explained how masks are required for students and school staff. If school employees aren’t vaccinated, then they must adhere to weekly, onsite
COVID-19 testing. “If there are any cases that arise in your child’s school, you’ll be notified,” she said. “Your safety, our staff’s safety and your child’s safety is of the utmost importance to us during this time.” For more information on the upcoming school year, go to www. pgcps.org/about-pgcps/back-toschool. WI Twitter: @jabariwill
Baker Runs for Maryland Gov. Supported by Majority of Prince George’s County Council By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer
Former Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III will officially kick off his campaign for Maryland governor Sept. 7. Before that happens, Baker received public endorsements Tuesday from nine of the 11 County Council members in a parking lot near the recently opened University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center in Largo. “To have the nine members of council come out in mass and endorse my candidacy is really special,” he said. “These are the men and women who know me best. This is a great day.” Baker, who served as county executive from 2010 to 2018, marks the ninth person to seek the Democratic nomination trying to retake the governor’s seat. He makes a second attempt at the state’s top leadership position after an unsuccessful run in 2018 when he came in second place in the primary behind former NAACP president Ben Jealous. Several reasons for his decision to
5 Former Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III endorsed by majority of County Council on Aug. 31. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
try again comes after the coronavirus pandemic showed disparities in education and the economy. Health care also remains personal for the Baker family as his wife, Christa, continues to battle Alzheimer’s. “My wife and I talked about it and
the kids – we have been giving a lot,” he said. “It would be selfish of us to… and not try to give back. That is one of the reasons why I decided to enter the race.” The 62-year-old former state delegate who resides in Cheverly made economic development one of his top priorities as county executive. Some of the major projects included the $543 million hospital in Largo, MGM casino and resort at National Harbor and The Hotel at the University of Maryland in College Park. Baker pushed to revitalize Suitland with the $400 million Towne Square at Federal Center, which broke ground in 2017. It remains under construction with nearly 1,000 residential units, several businesses and a 50,000-square-foot performance arts center. County Council member Rodney Streeter, who represents the Suitland area in the county’s District 7, praised Baker for leading that project when previous developers and officials didn’t seek to support investing in that neighborhood. “I want a governor who has a track
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record that he can be competent in government, attract the right people to do the work and he knows where I live,” said Streeter, who celebrated his birthday Tuesday. Council vice chair Deni Taveras (D-District 2) of Adelphi said Baker supported economic development in her district with a heavy Latino representation and “depoliticized the building of schools.” All nine council members stood near huge signs to proclaim Prince George’s as “Baker Country” that houses the state’s second largest population at 967,200. The two council members not present were Monique Anderson-Walker (D-District 8) of Fort Washington and Tom Dernoda (D-District 1) of Laurel. Baker’s campaign manager Andrew Mallinoff said Baker asked for their support, but they weren’t prepared to make a decision today. Baker faces a huge challenge against eight other fellow Democrats during the 2022 primary on June 28. The other Democrats are: Jon Baron, a former nonprofit executive
and official under former President Bill Clinton’s administration; State Comptroller Peter Franchot; former state Attorney General Doug Gansler; former Obama official Ashwani Jain; former U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr.; author and former nonprofit CEO Wes Moore of Baltimore; former Democratic Former Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez; Baltimore Businessman Mike Rosenbaum. Because the second, four-year term of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan expires in January 2023, it’s anticipated the Democratic primary winner could win the November 2022 general election. All nine Democrats are slated to attend a gubernatorial candidates reception Oct. 14 in Linthicum Heights, Anne Arundel County, hosted by Verizon and the Maryland Black Caucus Foundation. Two Republican challengers, Del. Daniel Cox who presents portions of Frederick and Carroll counties, and perennial candidate Robin Ficker, are also scheduled to attend. WI @jabariwill
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BUSINESS Black Entrepreneurs Protest Black Lives Matter Plaza Contract
James Wright WI Staff Writer
A group of African American business owners is protesting the awarding of a District government contract to a white firm to renovate a Black-oriented space located in downtown Washington, D.C. The Black Business Task Force is upset that the Fort Myer Construction Company won the contract, awarded by the District Department of Transportation, to renovate Black Lives Matter Plaza, the memorial on 16th Street., N.W. north of Lafayette Square near the White House.
Highlights of the project include the mural spelling “Black Lives Matter” on 16th Street will be on brick pavers and a dedicated pedestrian plaza throughout the center of the street. The construction started on July 19 and is scheduled to end on Oct. 1, according to a July 16 DDOT news release. The BBTF, in an Aug. 23 news release, said the solicitation and procurement process didn’t include a Black contractor to be seriously considered for work on a project signifying injustice and inequity toward African Americans. Nigel Parkinson, president and CEO of Parkinson
Construction, a contractor in the District and a member of the BBTF, said a Black firm could have been considered for the project. “While it could not have been challenging to find a Black contractor for this project, there is a much bigger problem that overshadows that particular slight,” Parkinson said. “The problem is the lack of economic empowerment and inclusion of available Black businesses in the District and beyond. Mayor Bowser noted that her dedication [in 2020] was for ‘every Black and Brown American who has experienced injustice’. However, to show her enthusiasm for inclusiveness and justice, many Black contractors feel Mayor Bowser should have done more to ensure that the project was completed by a qualified Black business.” Earlier this year, the District government started conducting a disparity study on its contracting practices regarding Black businesses with the aid of consultants. The study will be data-driven to prove that Black businesses have been systematically denied equitable access to District government contracts, Alfred Swailes, a member of the BBTF said. Ultimately, Swailes said, the study—started by Bowser-selected consultants on May 7 with an April
2022 submission of its work to her-should be the basis of D.C. Council legislation legitimizing the awarding of Black-owned businesses more District government contracts and having the legal wherewithal to withstand a court challenge. DDOT public infor5 A view of Black Lives Matter Plaza with a sweep of the letters mation offileading to the White House. (Courtesy photo/Colin Winterbottom cials did not for Slassiter) respond to was strongly recommended by the critic’s conBBTF and is currently in process, is cerns of BBTF. BBTF leaders acknowledge Fort very much needed.” “The disparity study will start to Myer as a certified business enterprise by the District Department of take us down a path that could lead Local and Small Business Develop- to the replacement of the race-neument as entitled to contracts with the tral CBE program with a race-equicity. Nevertheless, Swailes said the ty-conscious Minority Business EnBlack Lives Matter Plaza issue “clear- terprise program,” he said. WI @JamesDCWrighter ly shows that the disparity study that
The DC Retail Summit Returns for Third Year with Focus on Forecasting Our Future Summit aims to celebrate local business resilience and plan for the future Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED), Washington DC Economic Partnership and Think Local First DC announced the return of the DC Retail Summit for the third year in a row. This year’s summit will include a half-day virtual session of one-on-one conversations and panels under the theme, Forecasting Our Future, powered by Pepco. The retail community will explore how local businesses have pivoted over the past year and what’s next for DC retail and restaurants. The Summit is online, free, and open to the public on Thursday, September 9, 2021 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. “Local businesses have sacrificed so much and supported our community throughout the pandemic, and as we continue forward, we are constantly thinking about new ways we can support our workers and businesses,” said Mayor Muriel Bowser. “This year’s retail summit is
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another opportunity to hear from businesses, share ideas, and understand how we can work together in the weeks and months ahead.” The lifting of some pandemic restrictions and the uncertainty of new COVID-19 variants have both resulted in many questions about the places and businesses we love most. Is it safe? How can businesses attract new employees? What has worked and what hasn't - to balance safety and profitability? Participants will hear from local business owners, thought leaders, and community stakeholders who have insights to share based on their experience and best practices. “The pandemic has been tough, but we are tougher and we will show we are the District of Comebacks,” said Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development John Falcicchio. “During this year’s Summit we will hear best practices, success stories and more from local businesses and the ways the Dis-
trict government has stepped up to support them. We look forward to engaging with entrepreneurs of all types as we continue our economic recovery” This year’s summit will touch on managing the current economy, equitable growth and social responsibility. Discussion topics include exploring where to invest, how to improve DC’s workplace communities, how to demonstrate measurable actions and the commitment to the future of retail. #DCisOpen for business because of the business owners and consumers who continue to push through difficult times. During the DC Retail Summit, we'll celebrate that resilience and share stories that inspire hope for what's to come.
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NATIONAL Wegmans Expansion Proposal Threatens Slave Grave Sites
Draws Ire of Small Black Enclave Located Near Richmond, Virginia Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Brown Grove, a small African-American enclave in Hanover County built on the backs of slaves, sits about 17 miles north of Richmond. Its rich, hardscrabble history extends back to 1870 and it’s believed most residents there descended from Caroline Dobson Morris, an emancipated Black woman who died in 1944. Since the abolition of slavery in America, Virginia officials have neglected Brown Grove, splitting the community about 70 years ago with the construction of Interstate-95. Nearly 40 years ago, a landfill and recycling center for
construction materials arrived. Today, the few hundred remaining residents and Morris descendants find themselves in yet another fight with county and state officials. The culprit: a 1.1 million-square-foot Wegmans distribution center. Gov. Ralph Northam and Wegman officials champion the development, arguing it would create hundreds of jobs and add a needed shot in the arm to the local economy. Residents say it’s an environmental hazard that would increase truck traffic and disturb the ecosystem. So far, officials have ignored their complaints. Among the most pressing objections to the planned Wegmans development: it would disturb an historically-Black cemetery and sit atop
5 Residents are fighting against a proposed Wegmans distribution center. (Photo courtesy Virginia League of Conservative Voters)
the graves of former slaves and their descendants. “The Hanover County NAACP notes a pattern of disenfranchisement of Black communities,” NAACP Chapter President Patricia Hunter-Jordan said in a news release. “The Brown Grove community will be uprooted by corporate development if we don’t unite to condemn this ongoing practice that tears apart Black communities. We can no longer sit idly by and watch the destruction of our people to appease corporate wealth,” Hunter-Jordan asserted. In 2019, Wegmans formally announced plans to build the massive distribution center on a 220-acres site, placing the cost at $175 million while claiming it would create 700 full-time jobs. However, upon revealing the devel-
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opment would be located at Ashcake Road and Sliding Hill Road, residents in Brown Grove immediately reacted. The NAACP and others filed suits to stop the project. But the courts have rejected one filing after the other. Hunter-Jordan then announced a lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Wegmans and the current property owners, alleging the project failed to meet environmental justice requirements for engaging Brown Grove. Hunter-Jordan said Wegmans failed to consider alternative sites and the information they presented about area wetlands proved false. Earlier this year, the Virginia Water Control Board approved Wegmans’ application to build on wetlands. In June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted the project a federal permit allowing the development to move forward. Hunter-Jordan said residents also objected because they have ancestors buried where Wegmans will build. While Wegmans said it had conducted archaeological studies which did not result in locating any graves. Residents questioned the study, many noting that surveyors walked through the area without using the tools and equipment necessary to accurately identify graves. “Part of the property that it’s being built on was considered an historic area,” said Willnette Jackson, a member of the Brown Grove Baptist Church whose congregants count among those fighting the development. “There may be unmarked graves on the property,” Jackson said.
In a preliminary information form provided by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, officials concede there are “15 to 30 marked burials and likely more unmarked.” According to the form, the marked cemeteries typically chronicle three generations of each family and earlier generations may not have marked sites. “While there are known cemeteries in the community, there may be other unmarked areas with burials and there are several more that are not noted since they were not accessed during the general windshield survey of the area,” the document stated. Over the years, the development has impacted family burial sites. In one case, in the Lewistown Road section of the district, the construction of the North Lake business park required the removal of remains away from the community. As a memorial, Brown Grove Church received a marble plaque. Officials relocated the remains to the Roselawn Memory Garden Cemetery, a few miles to the south on Mountain Road in Henrico County. “The Black community is being targeted,” said Brown Grove Baptist Church Deacon Kenny Spurlock. “Historically, it has been abused, misused and [overlooked] time and time and time again.” Hunter-Jordan concluded that while the community does not oppose Wegmans, they do oppose the development. “We are opposing the location of the facility in the midst of this community,” Hunter-Jordan said. WI @StacyBrownMedia
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On Aug. 26, the U.S. Supreme Court ended the ban on evictions implemented by President Joe Biden. The court said that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) exceeded its authority by continuing to implement a moratorium on evictions after Congress failed to extend it. As a result, millions of Americans are now at risk. In response, the administration encouraged “all state and local governments to use their legal authorities to appropriately put in place or extend their own eviction moratoriums.” The Biden White House also pressed state and local officials to work with courts to require landlords to apply for emergency assistance rental assistance before evicting and to pause eviction proceedings while applications for aid are pending. In March 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic
Security (CARES) Act. Included in the CARES Act was an eviction moratorium which prohibited landlords from initiating eviction proceedings against a covered tenant for the nonpayment of rent and related fees. Eviction prohibition measures expired in July 2020 and no extension was granted by the previous Congress. In response, last September, the CDC extended the prohibition on evictions. Numerous landlord associations declared it unconstitutional and sued the federal government. During the appeals process, a stay on the moratorium was issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Last June, that moratorium was affirmed by the Supreme Court. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in a majority opinion, explained that he did so only because it was set to soon expire. He further argued that any additional extension by the CDC would be unconstitutional without the consent of Congress. With
no Congressional approval on extending, by a vote of 6-3, the moratorium on evictions was invalidated by the court. As a result, tenants throughout the D.C., Maryland and Virginia region are facing tough decisions. In the District, the public health emergency ended on July 25. Officials in the DMV are working to protect residents and help them understand their legal rights when it comes to evictions. District officials have given out $143 million of the $200 million in federal monies received to help residents cover overdue rent. Efforts and programs are in place to ensure that residents can remain in their homes. One such program in the District is STAY DC, or Stronger Together by Assisting You, which provides funds to assist households unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID pandemic. (https://staydc. gov) (833-4-SRAYDC). Those contacting the STAY DC call center can
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The HOA Conundrum Continues for People of Color Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Homeownership proved an excellent idea for many of the 70-plus families who bought into the tempting advertisement which follows. “Imagine owning your own brand
new, single-family home on a spacious half-acre homesite with a private backyard! Being more affordable than a townhome, you will quickly see just why so many have chosen to call The Point at Layton’s Lake home.” Tucked away just a few miles from
5 Residents of color at The Point at Laytons Lake wonder how their nearly $1,000 annual HOA fees are spent. (Photo courtesy MLS)
the Delaware Memorial Bridge in Carneys Point, N.J., is the enclave called “The Point at Layton’s Lake.” The area’s one claim to fame? Actor Bruce Willis grew up blocks away – a gaggle of his photos adorn the walls of a local eatery called Roman Pantry. Nearby warehouses, doctor’s offices and a county hospital offer most of the nearby job opportunities. Still, Carneys Point suffers as a food desert. Those who prefer fresh vegetables, reasonably priced fruits and healthy meals must head south across the bridge into Delaware (where a hefty toll awaits) or travel north several miles to Greenwich Township or beyond. It’s little wonder the marketing of The Point appears to have focused on African Americans. It’s also easy to understand the ease with which homeowners associations tack on quarterly fees that leave residents often wondering, “just where does the money go?” “All fees for the Layton’s Lake
HOA are currently in escrow and we plan to work with our CPA to send everyone a statement, so you’ll understand where the fees have been applied to date,” Akilah Linder, a member of the Layton’s Lake HOA board, insisted in an email. The message only served to underscore residents’ concerns about the three-year-old development where it’s estimated that people of color account for nearly 90 percent of homeowners. “They’ve never told us where our money is going,” said one resident who chose not to share their name. “They say they have tree planting and maintenance but no one asked for trees, they don’t do any landscaping and we all have to take care of our own lawns and snow removal.” Another resident called the HOA fees “a rip off.” “Black people can’t catch a break,” the frustrated homeowner exclaimed. “They saw us coming and you know they’ve got other Black people to do
their bidding for them to oppress us.” Layton’s Lake residents aren’t alone in their frustration with their HOA. In an August 2020 post by writer Jennifer Povey titled “The Racist History of Your Homeowner’s Association,” the author lists many HOA horror stories. The dirty deeds include pet bans, sign size limits, fights over flags and “in some cases, truly stupid rules.” The rules include specific colors for swing sets and garage doors, requirements for blinds rather than curtains and parking all vehicles in garages regardless of size. In July 2019, a woman in Florida read through the covenants for the home she considered buying, Povey recalled in her post. “Perhaps nobody had read them recently because the documents, written in the 1930s, still said only ‘Caucasians’ could live in the neighborhood,” she wrote. “HOAs really came into their own in the 1950s and 1960s . . . and redlining was the rule, not the exception.”
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Ethiopia’s 10-month civil war has come at a huge human cost, with thousands killed, millions displaced and many in desperate need of assistance, Business News Index reported on August 30. But that’s not the only damage being done to Africa’s second most populous nation. The war has incurred a huge economic cost, too, that could take years to repair. In the capital, Addis Ababa, 26-year-old Tigist, who didn’t want her full name to be used, says her monthly expenses have doubled for two reasons: the war that broke out in the northern region of Tigray in November and the coronavirus pandemic. “Before COVID and the conflict, I would pay 1,000 birr [about $22; £16] each month for groceries. Now I spend 2,000 birr,” she says. “Things are more expensive now: phones, food and clothes.” Official statistics show the cost of basic consumer goods has indeed gone up in Ethiopia where they were on average around a quarter more expensive in July than one year earlier. Tigist is working as a supermarket cashier to support her family. She’s responsible for the food shopping while her brother covers the rent. “Also, the dollar exchange has not been good,” she adds. “Last year, for $1 you would get 35 birr, now you get 45.” Faisal Roble, a US-based analyst who specializes in the Horn of Africa, says that spending on the war effort “has really negatively impacted Ethiopia’s capacity to access dollars,” and has caused the exchange rate to deteriorate. It is not clear how much the war has cost but Trading Economics forecasts military expenditure will reach $502m (£365m) by the end of the year, up from $460m last year. Last week, UN secretary general Antonio Guterres said the conflict had “drained over a billion dollars from the country’s coffers.” Prior to the global pandemic and the war, Ethiopia’s economy was one of the fastest-growing in the region, expanding by an average of 10% a year in the decade to 2019, according to the World Bank. WI
caribbean now Candidates Officially Nominated for Bahamas General Election on Sept. 16 Candidates running in the upcoming general election in The Bahamas on Thursday, September 16, officially nominated in their respective constituencies on Friday, August 27. Current Prime Minister Dr. Hubert A. Minnis’ campaign for another five-year term as the political leader of The Bahamas appears to be in serious jeopardy as a result of a mushrooming scandal involving his Minister of Health Renward Wells. Wells has been connected with the payment of honorariums to a select group of healthcare workers for their exceptional service during the current COVID-19 pandemic which is currently wreaking havoc in the country. Some 150 healthcare workers were each paid honorariums of $5,000 but Wells’ chauffeur and personal assistant were also each awarded $1,158.40 honorariums. However, after this budding scandal became a public controversy, Wells asked his driver and personal assistant to return the money they received back to the Public Treasury. Meanwhile, Wells is facing strong opposition in his Bamboo Town constituency in New Providence from Patricia Deveaux, one of seven women candidates running PLP standard-bearers, all of whom are expected to win, thus drastically changing the gender imbalance in the male-dominated House of Assembly. Deveaux is a devoted public servant, entrepreneur and community activist, who has served as a Senior Executive Secretary in the Ministry of National Security for 30 years, maintaining the administration of the Drug Enforcement Unit’s General Investigation Unit, Tracing & Forfeiture & Money Laundering Division. Opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Philip “Brave” Davis, incumbent MP for Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador, is a shoo-in to be re-elected and if the PLP wins the majority of the seats in the 38-member House of Assembly, he will be the new Prime Minister. WI
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Recovery: A Road to Wellness Submitted by AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia
September is National Recovery Month. AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia honors those who work toward or live in recovery from a mental health or substance use disorder. We celebrate the strides you make every day to reach your best health and your dreams. National Recovery Month is a time for learning about services to help those who live with a mental health or substance use condition. Let’s take a closer look at these conditions and steps that can lead to recovery. WHAT ARE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS? Mental health and substance use disorders are common conditions that can change a person’s thinking, moods, and decisions. A mental health or substance use problem may be diagnosed as a disorder if it becomes serious enough to hurt or limit our relationships, work, or home life. These conditions affect people of all backgrounds and ages. If you or someone you know lives with a mental health or substance
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HOW CAN I SPOT THESE CONDITIONS? Wondering how to recognize a mental health or substance use disorder in yourself or someone you love? Look for these warning signs. Symptoms of a mental health disorder may include:2 • Difficulty with doing daily tasks, like going to work or school • Eating or sleeping too little or too much • Having low energy, or feeling numb or hopeless • Having strong mood swings or unusually strong emotions • Fighting with loved ones more than before • Lack of interest in people or a activities previously enjoyed • Hearing voices or believing false things • Having the same thoughts and memories repeating often • Having thoughts of hurting oneself or others Signs of a substance use disorder may include:3 • Red eyes
• Sudden changes in weight or sleep patterns • Odd smells on a person’s breath, body, or clothing • Clumsiness, trembling, or slurred words • Sudden anxiousness, irritability, or fits of anger • Skipping work or school • Low motivation • Sudden changes in friends or activities • Unexplained financial problems
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HOW CAN SOMEONE RECOVER FROM THESE CONDITIONS? Living with a mental health or substance use disorder isn’t easy. Getting help may be a first step toward recovery. For a person with both a mental health problem and substance use disorder, recovery will mean treating both conditions. This treatment may include support groups, talk therapy, medicines, and rehabilitation.3 Need help getting connected to services? The certified behavioral health care providers at the D.C. Department of Behavioral Health are ready to support your wellness journey 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Call their Access Helpline at 1-888-7WEHELP (1-888-793-4357). Or you can visit
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HEALTH Sickle Cell Awareness Month: More Treatment Options Widen Discussion for Progress Natalie Hockaday WI Staff Writer
A disease that has long haunted communities of color, most particularly the Black community, sickle-cell is now more treatable than ever before. September is sickle-cell awareness month and those who are impacted by the illness are still seeking a cure
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and advocating for health. “We now have four new drugs that have been approved by the FDA for sickle cell patients. Prior to that we only had one which was Hydroxyurea and that was on the market for twenty years before we got the second drug approved,” said Beverly Francis-Gibson, President and CEO of The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America.
Now that it is more manageable, those living with sickle-cell are living longer, however, the mortality rate remains high with the average life expectancy being between the ages of thirty-five and forty. More treatments have come out for the disease and help those who have the disease manage it more. “They (the sickle cell community) were excited because there hadn’t been new drugs for twenty years. So, there was generally excitement in the sickle cell community about the fact that now we have more options and it’s about having options. Gene therapy is a big topic right now so there’s a lot of unknowns about gene therapy but there’s a lot of interest,” said Francis-Gibson. Although more treatments have come out, Francis-Gibson says that one of the reasons why there hasn’t been as much progress in finding a cure is because not enough people finish or participate in the clinical trials. “My hope is that one day there is a cure… I am seeing so many young people who are passing away from this disease needlessly,” said Francis-Gibson. Francis-Gibson also urges that
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pharmaceutical companies evaluate the barriers they may be placing on patients. She hopes that clinical trials will be more sensitive to the lifestyles of those participating because she says they at times can interfere with patients’ schedules and can be discomforting as well.
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and I think it has been a very very hard time for them. They are not with their friends [and] are at home all of the time. There’s a special bond between teachers and elementary school students that I think they didn’t quite get online,” said Thomas. In Thomas’ classroom there are 12 students, and they will be seated three feet apart and children are required to wear masks and keep their distance from other students as much as possible. Thomas says COVID-19 testing will be available onsite for teachers and students where teachers who are not vaccinated must agree to weekly testing. Students and teachers will be screened daily for COVID-19 symptoms and parents are also not allowed to enter the building to control possible spreading of the virus. In the event a student tests positive for the virus, Thomas says they
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Healthcare, Faith-Based Resources Brought Together at POWAB’s Annual Fair Natalie Hockaday WI Staff Writer Faith and health came together on a recent Saturday morning at the Places of Worship Advisory Board’s (POWAB) annual health and wellness fair in Southeast. The health and wellness fair Aug. 28 marked an opportunity to expose residents to both spiritual and health care resources while distributing fresh food and backto-school supplies, without charge, at the Temple of Praise parking lot, 700 Southern Ave. SE. “We tend to center our activities in places where we know people need the services and care the most and get the least access to services,” says Rev. Darryl! LC Moch, co-chair of POWAB. According to Moch, the goal of POWAB is to bridge the gap between faith-based communities and healthcare organizations. The group, originally created as a source of HIV information, has now expanded as a resource for all health related topics and has staged the health and wellness fair for five years. D.C. Councilmember Trayon White praised POWAB’s efforts to meld the health care and faithbased communities and endorsed the need for unity in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It’s great when we can bring all faiths together to serve God’s people because that’s what we are here to do, to use our gifts and talents to give back to the community,” White said. Although a wide range of healthcare vendors were present at the fair, HIV information remained a high-profile topic for vendors at the mid-day gathering. Anthony Gutierrez, senior community liaison at Gilead Sciences, Inc., says he is eager to both provide HIV information and combat the societal stigma associated with the virus that causes AIDS. The stigma, he said, is difficult to combat because of a widespread embrace of the erroneous belief linking the disease to engaging in immoral behavior. “Because our community has correlated HIV with these stigmatizing identities then there is a fear to even talk about it and address it. So, it’s really getting our community to realize getting HIV isn’t a moral failing. “And then the other stigma is that HIV is death and getting our community to understand that while that may have been the case in the eighties, in 2021 HIV is a manageable illness,” said Gutierrez. WI
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have the flexibility to still learn at home because each student is given their own laptop to take home and still learn like their classmates while the teacher is in the classroom. Ventilation, social distancing and contact tracing are just a few of the concerns that the Washington Teacher’s Union has about returning to the classroom. Most schools are returning at regular capacity and social distancing may be more difficult to control in compact spaces.
“Children will come back on many different levels,” she said. “I learned from last school year that kids are resilient and can adjust [even] in the middle of this pandemic.” Theresa Wood’s health knowledge extends more personally given her diagnosis of lupus, described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at as an autoimmune disease with various symptoms such as fever, muscle or joint pain and chest pain. The agency highlights lupus can be difficult to assess and there isn’t a cure but says those affected can still live long, productive lives. “I am in a high-risk category but I love my job and take all of the precautions,” Theresa Wood said. “All we can do is get vaccinated and wear our masks and hope for the best.” WI @jabariwill “Most importantly teachers want to make sure they are safe but more importantly they want to make sure our little ones are safe. We want to make sure that once schools open, they stay open because we know if we keep closing that is going to be a setback for everyone,” said Washington Teacher’s Union President Jacqueline Pogue Lyons. “The way it looks now, I think we’re okay, but you never know what’s going to happen. If things get worse, I don’t know what they’re going to do,” says Thomas. WI
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EDUCATION Banneker Academic High School Marks 40 Years with New State-of-the-Art Building Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer In the four decades of its existence, Banneker Academic High School has established a reputation as one of the best, and most rigorous, public schools in the District and United States. This happened even as scholars hailing from all corners of the city
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state-of-the-art facility that many say truly reflects the quality of a Banneker education. “This is a chance to witness the fruits of our labor. We have worked so many years to reach this milestone,” Banneker Principal Anita Berger said during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Banneker Academic High School, located near the intersection of Ninth Street and Rhode Island Avenue in Northwest. The ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 28 attracted hundreds of students, teachers, alumni, community members and elected officials who gathered on the front steps of the new school. After much fanfare and moments of reflection, Berger joined D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen (D) and other officials and children in cutting a red ribbon and welcoming the community into the futuristic space. The new 175,000 square-foot, net-zero energy-ready building not only bears the name of Benjamin Banneker, but carries a portrait of him etched into a metal plate erected across the front of the building. The 18th century farmer, a selftaught surveyor and mathematician, is credited with laying out what became the city of Washington. In addition to classrooms, the new Banneker has a 600-seat auditorium, naturally lit cafeteria, multipurpose room, basketball and tennis court and soccer field along with outdoor learning and common areas spread throughout the building. The new Banneker High also is also equipped with solar panels and mechanisms helping it retain rainwater. With the relocation and expansion to the site of what used to be Shaw Junior High School, enrollment at Banneker is expected to double, reaching nearly 900 students. “Students, your advocacy made this happen,” Berger continued. “I’m happy to be part of this ribbon cutting [because] it’s been a long time coming. I cannot wait to see our students thrive in such an amazing place.”
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5 Principal Anita Berger, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, and bevy of public officials and community members cut the ribbon for the new Banneker Academic High School on Saturday, August 28. (Photo by Sam P.K. Collins)
neker, one of the first District public schools with a specialized curriculum geared toward college matriculation and completion, has maintained its graduation and college matriculation rate of 100 percent. It became an International Baccalaureate World School in 2001 and gained recognition as a National Blue Ribbon School in 2017. It stands as the last District public school to either undergo modernization or construction of a new building. This milestone culminated years of discussions with school officials and community members, along with and a series of D.C. Council hearings that revealed deep-seated tensions between Banneker affiliates and Shaw residents vying for a new middle school. Throughout much of 2019, students who converged on the Wilson Building in support of Banneker’s relocation hailed the school’s record of achievement. School officials also enlisted alumni support from Aaron Jenkins and other grads who testified before the D.C. Council. On Saturday, Jenkins relished the moment with his fellow alumni. He expressed the hope that current students, just as they have in years past, can build relationships with the Shaw community through service. “I’m looking forward to the community embracing Banneker and its young people,” said Jenkins, a 1999 graduate who went on to study political science, Africana studies and
international relations at Williams College in Massachusetts. “Schools are an important part of the community,” continued Jenkins, CEO and partner of North Star Strategies. “Public schools especially have helped anchor communities, especially with Banneker’s volunteerism. That means that the students will be part of the Shaw community. This can be impactful.” Lisa Yearwood, another Banneker alumna, also spent much of Saturday touring the new Banneker as thoughts of her academic journey flooded her mind. Yearwood, a 1987 graduate and second-generation Banneker alumna, credited the school with easing her journey through both undergraduate studies at Syracuse University and post-graduate work at George Washington University. Though nostalgic about Banneker’s old location of 800 Euclid St. NW, she looked with pleasure at the new dwellings as the well-deserved treat for the Banneker community. “Change was needed. If other schools got [remodeled], then why not?,” said Yearwood, a high school teacher who lives in Prince George’s County, Maryland. “I hope that students fully utilize the resources available to them. My peers and I look back on those years and we are happy that we had that rigor. Banneker prepared us.”
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New Elementary School to be Named in Honor of Rep. John Lewis Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer Amid preparations for the recent March for Washington which targeted the need for federal oversight of voting rights, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and others honored the life and legacy of Rep. John Lewis during a ribbon cutting for a newly-constructed public school. The Northwest-based school, currently known as West Education Campus, will soon become John Lewis Elementary School, pending D.C. Council approval. Bowser made the announcement on the morning of August 26 before an audience of teachers, staff members, elected officials and community members who converged on West Education Campus in celebration of their new neighborhood institution. “I’m sure the congressman will continue to inspire Washingtonians including the students who call West home,” Bowser said as D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee, D.C. Councilmember Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4) and West Education Campus Principal Nikeysha Jackson stood nearby. West’s construction, totaling $77.5 million, began in early 2020 with the demolition of the old building. The new facility, completed this summer, spans 90,000 feet and has nearly three dozen classrooms across two floors. With the school now open as classes for the fall have begun, students, teachers and staff will have access to amenities including an outdoor amphitheater, ball field and playground. The new West, the first District school to receive Net Zero Energy Ready and WELL certifications, has spaces for interactive early childhood play in addition to large monumental steps placed in the middle of the school and large windows that bring natural light into the wide hallways. “Families wanted to go to their neighborhood schools and we agreed to embark on the construction of a new building and to continue our investment in the best teacher workforce in America,” Bowser said. “We feel very proud
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of the investments we made.” West Education Campus counts among five District public schools that have recently been constructed or modernized. A ribbon cutting for the newly-modernized Eaton Elementary School, also in Northwest, took place a few hours later. On Saturday, August 28, Banneker Academic High School community members will celebrate the opening of a newly-constructed building on 9th Street in Northwest. In total, 26 school buildings have been modernized or constructed since Bowser entered office. She has committed more than $1.3 billion over the next six years for continuous modernization of District public schools. A 16th Street Heights resident who attended the West Education Campus ribbon cutting commended the project and Bowser’s enthusiasm for memorializing the late Lewis. “Schools are always valuable,” said the resident of 40 years who requested anonymity. “Education is the most important thing. Teachers seem excited and that makes me happy. I’m definitely happy they named [the school] after John Lewis. That’s dear to me as someone from that era.” Rep. John Lewis, who died on July 17, 2020 at the age of 80, lived a life dedicated to public service. As a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, he organized his young colleagues around nonviolent protest and even served as the 1963
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March on Washington’s youngest speaker. As a federal legislator representing Atlanta, Lewis championed firearm safety and the launch of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. During social justice protests that broke out during the pandemic, he visited Black Lives
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Matter Plaza and spoke with Mayor Bowser. A Voting Rights Act restoration bill bearing Lewis’ name recently passed the House and will soon make its way to the Senate. On Thursday, Michael Collins, Lewis’s one-time chief of staff, relished the occasion and reflected on
the commitment of his former boss to education. “Congressman Lewis loved school and teachers,” Collins said. “He talked about what his teacher told him. He took those lessons and read early in his life and it took him to Washington. He would be up to the moon about this.” WI
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MPD Chief Robert Contee’s Fight to End Murders in D.C. is Not His Alone
In 1991, D.C. suffered the infamous designation as the “Murder Capital” of the United States, a theme that resounded worldwide. A city that was struggling with a crack epidemic and violent crime ended the year with 482 murders. Isaac Fulwood, a native Washingtonian, was chief of the Metropolitan Police Department at that time. A graduate of Eastern High School, Fulwood joined the ranks of MPD in 1964 and was assigned to the Fifth District. He was appointed police chief by Mayor-for-Life Marion Barry, who was arrested five months later by federal authorities on drug charges. Fulwood’s younger brother, who also struggled with drug addiction and imprisonment, was reportedly shot to death in a drug-related altercation shortly after Fulwood retired. In 1991, a young Robert Contee was a member of the MPD Police Cadet program. He was a 17-year-old high school senior at Spingarn High School who officially joined the force in 1992. Thirty years later, Chief Contee stands where former Chief Fulwood stood, in a city facing a global health pandemic, an opioid crisis, violent crime, and a staggering murder rate. Chief Fulwood died Sept. 1, 2017. When he resigned, he told a Washington Post reporter that he felt “haunted” by “the record number of homicides, the record number of young, Black men killed needlessly.” And he regretted having to put so many Black males behind bars. He told the reporter that being a police chief is a “taxing job that can leave you scarred.” Every day at every press conference related to a shooting death, particularly when a child is involved, it is becoming more evident that Chief Contee is experiencing those scars. What more can he say, or could Chief Fulwood say, about another senseless murder? The good news is that Chief Fulwood’s success in eventually reducing the murder rate came after he resigned. He is credited for introducing community policing. He understood the need and advocated for drug treatment, and he rallied the community to engage with violence reduction and prevention efforts. His initiatives made a difference. MPD reported 137 homicides as of August 31, which means, hopefully, history will not repeat itself this year. Chief Contee has seen this before, which is why he sought this position for which he spent years in the department preparing. His officers are capturing the perpetrators with the community’s support and putting them behind bars where they will remain with the help of the courts. He’s reinforcing community policing, getting rid of bad cops while addressing the mental health needs of the good ones. Chief Contee needs to know that he is not alone in this fight to end murders. He needs to believe that the community is fighting with him and that Chief Fulwood, may he rest in peace, is cheering him on. WI
As Schools Open Their Doors, Make Sure Your Children Have Their Vaccines
The health disparities that exist within the Black community continue to be discussed, highlighted and profiled by the nation’s medical community. But for many years, the Black Press has given its support with the goal of informing African Americans about the many disparities we face and how to better improve the health of men, women and children of color. One organization which has recently come to the attention of our editors is the African American Wellness Project [AAWP], a nonprofit established in 2002 by its founder, Michael LeNoir M.D. and led by Executive Director Monique LeNoir-Pittman – a Howard University graduate who assumed the position in May 2020. Last month, AAWP recognized National Immunization Month and prioritized content that acknowledged the necessity of vaccinations for people of all ages. Vaccines protect us from a number of serious diseases that exist and have the risk of outbreak. Non-vaccinated people run the risk of contracting serious diseases and spreading them to others, so staying up-to-date on your vaccinations is recommended throughout our entire lives. Clearly, the focus for most Americans remains COVID-19 with more adults, and now eligible youth, getting the vaccine or being urged to do so. But as AAWP recently reminded us, routine childhood vaccinations declined during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, many children and adolescents are still behind on their shots, according to the CDC.
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It was very interesting to read about the “royal” wedding in Nigeria in your Africa Now column. I’ve seen no coverage of this couple Yusuf Buhari and Zahra Nasir Bayero in the mainstream media, but that’s exactly what the Black Press is for. Thanks for keeping us informed about people of the diaspora!
I’m glad that the FDA announced its full approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. I’m anxiously awaiting its approval for the Moderna vaccine, as that’s the one I received. I know that the practice of medicine isn't an exact science, but I trust the nation’s top scientists are moral and integrous.
Minnie Palmer Washington, D.C. The lag in these routine vaccinations, including measles, mumps, rubella, polio, HPV, whooping cough and other life-threatening disease that can spread rapidly, are all preventable – if parents make sure their children and teens are up to date with their vaccinations. A Blue Cross/Blue Shield analysis in late 2020 found a 26 percent drop in vaccinations among children since the pandemic began. And 40 percent of parents surveyed by Blue Cross said their children missed shots because of the pandemic. CDC data from 10 jurisdictions provides further evidence of the pandemic’s impact on routine childhood and
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adolescent vaccination rates, which were documented last year as parents across the country canceled well-child checkups to avoid coronavirus exposure. We urge our readers not to wait for school administrators to remind them that their children are behind in getting their routine vaccinations. Don’t wait until your child or teen becomes severely ill with a disease from which they could have been protected. Our youth may not know the facts but adults certainly do – or at least should. Check with your pediatrician, or visit the CDC’s website or AAWP’s website, www.aawellnessproject.org for more information. WI
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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist
Julianne Malveaux
Don't Scapegoat Black Texans for State's COVID Surge
So you are sitting on a park bench, just enjoying the weather. What is the likelihood that the next person that walks by you is of a different race than you? In 2010, the probability of a different-race person walking by was 54.9% in 2010, and it rose to 61.1% in 2020. We are more likely to see people who are different than us in the classroom, the boardroom or the sidewalk, and from what we are seeing these days, our nation is not ready for this
change. The 2020 census data, released a few weeks ago, reinforce what we already knew. The white population, still our nation's largest, is dwindling, down by 8.6% from a decade ago. The Latino population, which includes people of any race (yes, there are Black Latinos) rose by 23%. It is the fastest growing population in the country. The Black population rocks steady at around 13%. And the population that identifies itself as "multiracial" has grown by a factor of three. The increase in the multiracial population, which was 9 million
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in 2010 and grew to 33.8 millon by 2020, reflects two things. First, the rate of racial intermarriage has increased, leading to an increase of mixed-race children. Equally importantly, the number of people who are willing to self-identify as mixed race has increased. People who once hid their mixed race identity, or felt pressured to choose one identity or the other, now feel free to embrace the totality of their identity. The increase in the number of people who choose to identify as multiracial is both a blessing and an illusion. It's a blessing because the accursed "one drop" rule was an
oppressive way of managing racial classification. But the new multiculturalism is an illusion because it should not inspire "fear of a Black planet." As Richard Alba writes in his book, "The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority and the Expanding American Mainstream" (Princeton University Press 2020), everybody brown ain't down. In other words, many who identify as multiracial take on the identity and politics of their white parent, not their Latino or Asian parent. They embrace their multiracial identity, but not necessarily multiracial politics.
Many of the young people whose multiracialism is partly Black do "get" Black issues and speak up for them. Some, though, are conflicted and want to see "both sides." In the face of the outrageous police killings of Black men and women, there are no two sides, but some who identify with their white parents are not as ready as others to take a strong stand. Still young voices are driving our reality. On Aug. 28, young Tamika Mallory called the "Good Trouble" rally that drew thousands to the Lin-
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Austin R. Cooper, Jr.
Questions Remain Unanswered Nine Months After the Insurrection on ‘Sacred Grounds’
I first visited Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1975 when my family traveled from my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. It was on that trip that I made my first visit to Arlington National Cemetery and saw the graves of President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Robert. We also visited a horse ranch in Virginia where
Black Jack spent his final years. Black Jack was the riderless horse at President Kennedy’s funeral, symbolizing a fallen leader. We also drove past the White House and went to Ford’s Theater where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. What stands out most from my first visit to the District 46 years ago is not seeing the Kennedy graves, petting Black Jack or seeing the White House. Rather, it was touring the U.S. Capitol. At age
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12, I was instantly mesmerized. I decided then that one day, I not only wanted to live in the nation’s capital but wanted to work on Capitol Hill. I was blessed to work for three members of the Congressional Black Caucus: Congressmen Louis B. Stokes, William H. Gray, III Charles B. Rangel. Whether I was walking through the Rayburn, Longworth or Cannon House Office Buildings, or attending a meeting in the Capitol, every day elicited the same kind of
excitement I experienced on that initial visit with my family. Attending Hill meetings still excites me. You see, Capitol Hill in general, and the U.S. Capitol in particular, have always been “sacred grounds.” Until the afternoon of January 6, 2021, I assumed that all Americans viewed the Capitol as “sacred grounds.” I believed that this was the case despite our pollical differences. I was wrong. On that day, I watched the events unfolding on
live television not only in disbelief but in utter disgust and pain. The definition of an insurrection is “a violent uprising against an authority or government.” Similarly, an insurrectionist is defined as on who facilitates “an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government.” Make no mistake: Ashli Babbitt and the hundreds who illegally stormed the Capitol
As I was able to enroll in classes at Collegiate Academy for which I earned college credits, I began college with accumulated credits which enabled me to consider more challenging majors and take electives that sparked my interest. I would graduate from high school as the male valedictorian of my class. I realized I wanted to study religion in college while completing AP World History in the
10th grade. Shortly after my matriculation at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, I changed my major to Religious Studies to pursue my passion to learn about different people and cultures. In this journey, my biggest supporters were my family who were “the ones I do it for.” As the first male in my family to earn a college degree, I owe much to them.
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Rashad Price
Giving Back to My Community and its Children
Growing up in Southeast D.C., with limited good public education opportunities, I was fortunate to attend Friendship’s Collegiate Academy. My mother told me I would be attending Woodson which excited me as some of my middle school friends were headed there. Later, I learned that she meant Friendship’s Carter G.
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Woodson campus which initially disappointed me as I wouldn’t be with any of my friends. I had yet to learn about the opportunities available to me at my mother’s school of choice. In addition to teachers and mentors who pushed me to succeed and were important for my future, I could take academically-rigorous Advanced Placement classes at University of Maryland – College Park and McDaniel College and the
University of the District of Columbia. My classes in AP World History and AP U.S. Politics required mastering texts in preparation for class while interacting with college professors and fellow scholars. The experience of honing research, critical thinking, writing, speaking and listening skills provided early preparation for and exposure to college, which proved invaluable to me as an undergraduate.
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Ben Jealous
Time for Democracy to Work
I was proud to work hard for the election of President Joe Biden. And I was proud to protest outside the Biden White House on Aug. 24. Along with other voting rights activists, including our co-organizers at the League of Women Voters, I called on President Biden to do more to protect voting rights under attack from Republican state legislators all across the country. President Biden knows what the
problem is. He needs to do more to solve it. We all know how Republicans have responded to President Biden beating former President Donald Trump: by trying to rig future elections in Republicans' favor. In state after state, they have used Trump's false claims of voter fraud to justify new laws that make it harder for some people to vote. President Biden has correctly called this a threat to our democracy. President Biden has called on Congress to pass the For the People Act, which would overturn many of the new restrictions and keep billionaires
from buying our elections. And he has called on Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would give the Justice Department the power to prevent future discriminatory voting changes from taking effect. President Biden now needs to back up those words with stronger actions. Senate Republicans have already used filibuster rules to block the For the People Act. Now Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is getting ready to use the filibuster to block the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act as well.
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Senators using filibusters to protect state voter suppression laws takes us back 60 years. In fact, I just saw a guy who works for a big right-wing think tank complain that these federal voting rights bills are "an invasion of state sovereignty." Well. Early in my career, I worked for a crusading Black community newspaper in Mississippi. A paper that survived multiple fire bombings. I think about that ugly history when I hear the phrase "state sovereignty" used to defend restrictions on voting. As I told MSNBC's Rachel Mad-
dow after the White House protest, I fear that President Biden believes he is called to be an FDR for this moment, when he is actually called to be the LBJ of this moment. When President Johnson was faced with intense opposition to federal civil rights and voting rights laws, he used every bit of his persuasive power and knowledge of the Senate to overcome those obstacles. Like President Johnson, President Biden is a master of the Senate. We have seen him build support for an infrastructure bill. Rebuilding roads
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Kim Dreux-Kelly and Karen Baker
Washingtonians Should Make their First Priority Local Needs
As the city begins to reawaken after the pandemic, we are once again seeing the surge of the cranes across D.C.’s skyline. New construction will soon occupy more District corners and with them, the promise of the latest, the newest and the biggest. But one thing that cannot be lost among the blueprints and the scaffolds is the support and engagement of small, indepen-
dent and minority-owned local businesses. We must be engaged. We must be considered. We must be given a seat at the table. As the first African-American female co-executive directors of Think Local First DC, an independent business association that advocates for small local businesses, the past year has been all about helping business owners survive the myriad ripple effects of the pandemic. As small businesses owners, the work we do at TLF DC has always
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been close to our hearts but the past year has struck home just how important it is to the District’s ecosystem that our small businesses thrive. Small businesses are the backbone of this city. When we think about what makes D.C. unique, it’s the small, local, legacy businesses like Ben’s Chili Bowl, Lee’s Flower and Card Shop and Florida Avenue Grill that come to mind. These small minority-owned businesses are the backbone of the U Street Corridor, in particular. Businesses like these are featured in Main Street corridors
across the city. Development is changing the face of our shared home; there are no two ways about that. And it’s not a bad thing – we don’t need to treat a new construction site as a harbinger of death for our most beloved small businesses. Just don’t shut us out. When small businesses have a seat at the table, we can help to make sure the city evolves without forgetting what made it so special in the first place. Developers need to understand and respect the unique richness and
history of a community before they start drawing up plans to change it. When this mutual understanding and respect takes place, a positive symbiotic relationship can form between developers and local small businesses. District leaders will soon decide what will replace the Frank D. Reeves Center of Municipal Affairs at the corner of 14th and U. There are two very different proposals under consideration. We urge our leaders
relenting drumbeat of murders of unarmed Black men, the evidence of white hate boiling over is unmistakable. For decades, spanning the entirety of Dick Gregory's public career, the infamous Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) had law enforcement strategists and the public worried, directing nearly all government resources into policing "Black extremists" as the greatest domestic terrorism threat, while ignoring what is now seen
as the grave danger from so-called "disaffected" whites — radical right-wingers, members of QAnon, the Proud Boys, the Three Percenters, the Oath Keepers, and other so-called "sovereign citizens" who either don't recognize the authority of the federal government, or who want certain states or counties to secede from the union to form a nation by and for white people, first and foremost.
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Askia Muhammad
White People Seem to Now Hate for Sport
I first met the brilliant comedian, social activist Dick Gregory in 1968, and for the next 49 years until his passing in 2017, he always insisted that young white people would save America because they saw things differently from the way their bigoted parents saw them. I think my brilliant friend was wrong about that.
I think Dick Gregory believed in the "ghost" of decency that unfortunately does not exist in sufficient numbers of white folks to "save" America from herself. Sure, there are plenty of "good" white folks, young and old. I know several myself. But their numbers and power appear to be unable to even slow the rising tide of race hate in all age and all income groups of white people. Since the country's twice-im-
peached president, whose father was arrested after a Queens, New York, Ku Klux Klan rally in 1927, rose into office, all the boundaries of the need for human decency have been tossed into the trash by white folks who see themselves being outnumbered soon, and vulnerable to political defeat unless they cheat and rig the electoral system in their own favor. Now, with incidents of racist "Karen" encounters too numerous to keep track of, and the un-
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‘Clubs Not Guns’ Provides Safe Haven for D.C. Youth Rob A. Warren WI Contributing Writer Ray Savoy counts as a veteran golf coach who plies his trade at the Langston Golf Course in the District – a facility located along Benning Road in Northeast in the shadow of another famous D.C. sports landmark, RFK Stadium. On Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout August, a community gathering took place at the nearly
90-year-old golf facility, connecting D.C.’s at-risk youth with pillars of the District. The city has seen numbers of violent incidents involving guns jump in the last year. As of August 19, the District reported 127 murders – an increase of 8% from the same time in 2020 according to the Metropolitan Police Department. During the pandemic, homicides rose 19% from 2019 to 2020. While politicians, including President
Joe Biden and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, continue to ramp up law enforcement efforts to curb crime, at the Langston Golf Course, Savoy and the group of neighborhood mentors he’s assembled employed different approach. But it’s been a win-win for the creative, community event held twice weekly during August. “Clubs Not guns” served as an encouragement or the youth while inviting them to try their hand at the game of golf. Golf more often tends to be associated with expensive country clubs and wealthy areas and privileged non “BIPOC” youth. So, it’s a big deal for children from single parent homes who live in rougher areas of the city to get an opportunity to have access to golf facilities and a golf pro willing to teach them the sport for free. While working on this feature, this writer recently joined several young men who attend Eastern High School – a school located just a stone’s throw away from the golf course. Youth assembled in the golf course club house. There, they shared how they learned about the summer program and why they continued to attend. One of the young men actually spoke about having gun charges on his record. For him, the event’s slogan,
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5 Ray Savoy, Langston Golf Course instructor, gives everyone at the “Clubs Not Guns” bi-weekly event, held throughout the month of August, a lesson on holding golf clubs. (Rob Warren/The Washington Informer)
“Clubs Not Guns” has real life implications. Now, he says he plans to stay away from guns or those who may have them on their possession, finish high school and go to trade school in search of a career. Male mentors from the community also talked about the challenges they faced during their youth and commented on what they’re today. Several of them faced troubled childhoods, were repeatedly in trouble with law enforcement – a few even spent time behind bars. However, they all said they found positive role models who
helped them turn their lives around. Several have since learned a trade and started their own businesses. While their levels of education vary, each mentors willingly reached out to the youth. But for everyone, the best part of the experience remained learning how to play golf. During one lesson, Savoy directed those who wanted a free golf lesson to the driving range. He started with the very basics, showing the participants a number system on how to hold a club and how to complete a basic golf swing. By the end of the evening, the fledgling golfers proved they could cleanly hit a golf ball off a tee. Even more important, the youth established positive connections and forged new relationships with men from their community who care about their futures. One mentor, Alan James, while talking with the youth, invited those who may be interested in becoming caterers – the field in which he’s employed – to reach out to him. “It’s each one teaches one,” he said. For more information, visit www. langstonjunior.net. WI
5 A yard sign promoting the event, “Clubs Not Guns.” (Rob Warren/The Washington Informer)golf clubs. (Rob Warren/The Washington Informer)
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KING from Page 1 28 on the 58th anniversary of the historic March on Washington. “We are in a battle to protect our most sacred right,” King continued. King called the more than 400 voter suppression bills in GOP-led states a reaction to record-setting voter turnout in Georgia and other states that helped Democrats gain control of both chambers of Congress and the White House. King and his wife, Arndrea, said their current mission focuses on registering voters and fighting suppression laws. “The 400 pieces of legislation introduced since January are efforts to offset massive voter turnout we saw last year and are a preparation for 2022,” said Arndrea King, a national merit scholar who studied psychology at Emory University. “If people come out and make themselves heard and press for federal protection, for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, we can stop this,” Arndrea King insisted. In addition to the August 28 march, the King family set a goal of registering 2 million new voters ahead of 2022. The couple insisted that the Black Press remains the most prominent and trusted vehicle. The King family and other civil rights activists have gotten out vital messaging using the Black Press. “All of us greatly appreciate the Black Press because none of what we are doing, none of what my father did, and so many others would be known, without the Black Press,” Martin Luther King III asserted. “The Black Press is so important. We understand that the reality is many people depend on getting their news from the Black Press even though we have moved toward social media outlets,” he said. The couple said passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would provide federal protections to voters which suppression laws have removed. They called the current push urgent and said Democratic lawmakers should strongly consider abolishing or setting aside the filibuster that maintains the requirement that most laws need 60 votes – or at least 10 Republican supporters – to pass in the Senate. “The vast majority of Americans support voting rights legislation and we know the voter suppression laws target the Black and Brown commu-
5 Martin Luther King III looks on as his daughter, Yolanda 13 is interviewed at the March for Voting Rights on August 28 in Northwest. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)golf clubs. (Rob Warren/The Washington Informer)
nity but this is a problem for all of us,” Arndrea King said. “In a lot of ways [Dr. King] saw this. Before his assassination, he said the first phase of the movement was civil rights and the second phase would be genuine equality. We see mass mobilization across the U.S. and people are saying it is time for genuine equality -- that starts with access to the ballot box,” she said. Martin Luther King III called the filibuster a relic of the past. “Just like the [Confederate] statues were standing in the way [of progress], we know the filibuster was put on the books to keep civil rights bills from passing,” King said. “Relics have to be removed. The filibuster has to be removed.” While some politicians remain reluctant to abolish the filibuster, King described such hesitancy as hypocritical. “If we can do something like confirming Supreme Court Justices to lifetime positions with 51 votes, can’t we carve out a section for our most precious right, the right to vote? he asked. WI @StacyBrownMedia
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Many Music Artists Influenced the ‘King of Funk-Punk’ Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer At the height of his chart-topping career at Motown in the late 1970s through the 1980s, Rick James was considered the artist that saved the giant 1960s R&B record label. The documentary "Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James" tells all before and after the height of his success. The director and executive producer Sacha Jenkins assembled an impressive range of footage and commentators that will keep you engaged and doing a lot of chair dancing. The film premieres on Sept. 30 on Showtime. From his childhood in Buffalo, N.Y., to his death in 2004, all James, aka James Ambrose John-
son, Jr., wanted to do was get his music out. He built a music style based on many music genres. His mother introduced him to jazz and blues but by the time he began recording, he had grown to love folk-rock, George Clinton and Sly Stone to punk. James put it all in a big barrel he called "funk-punk." Along the way, he met Neil Young with whom he formed a group called the Mynah Birds. Motown signed them. That Motown contract for James and Young would be brief because the Navy showed up. James found himself thrown in the brig for five weeks for going AWOL. After serving time in the brig, James moved to Los Angeles and reconnected with his music contemporaries from Toronto. The reconnection did not click. James
returned to Motown and assembled a band consisting of his friends from Buffalo -- the Stone City Band. "He ended up changing how Motown worked," said Jenkins, noting the difference from James' first stint at the label. "Before at Motown, a group of writers and producers would get together and dictate your style and sound. Rick James took that all in house and did it himself." The first album, "Come Get It!" in 1978, produced the hits "You & I" and "Mary Jane." James, the Stone City Band and backup singers delivered an electrifying sound and stage presence. Berry Gordy, founder and CEO of Motown, liked what he heard and saw with James. "All of that came from his trav-
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eling and cross-pollinating culturally with a broad range of people,'" Jenkins said. "You hear so many sounds and influences in 'You and I.' It's that song that made him such a stand out artist," The "star" attention fueled James to engage in risky behavior. Drugs and explicit lyrics became his norm. In 1981, "Street Songs," was his fifth and biggest album. That was due in part to the crossover song "Super Freak." Supposedly, James wrote that song with a pop groove and lyrics he knew would be yelled 5 Poster for “Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James' ' which premieres on Showtime Sept. 3. out during parties. "'Super Freak' was (Photo courtesy Kory Mello for Obscured Pictures) written for white kids series in 2004. James died later at fraternity parties,” said Harry Weinger, VP of A&R that year at age 56. "Bitchin': The Sound and Fury and Product Development at Uniof Rick James" gives a lot. James' versal/Motown. James' life took a path that daughter and film executive proseemed familiar at that time in ducer, Ty James, offers insight into the music business. Heavy drug her father's demons. On-screen use, missed performances and not comments from Bootsy Collins paying his band became the norm. and Ice Cube reinforce James' His last album for Motown did creativity and influence. His real not yield a hit resulting in his be- relationship with Teena Marie is revealed. ing released from the label. "We wanted to give people the After signing with Warner Records, James faced legal issues on full picture of who he was," Jentop of cocaine addiction. In 1993, kins said. "He wasn't perfect. He James would be convicted on two did some horrible things, allegedseparate instances of kidnapping ly. For some, he was convicted. and torturing two different wom- Growing up, he had some trauma en while under the influence of and abuse. Maybe that informed crack cocaine. The result: a three- some of the decisions he made in year sentence at Folsom State Pris- life." For more, visit the “Bitchin'” on. After his release from prison, movie trailer, https://youtu.be/ he suffered a stroke. James gained newfound fame YV0tMF9Ue8g. You can also learn after being parodied in a skit on more by visiting https://www.faceDave Chapelle's Comedy Central book.com/RickJames WI
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Throughout much of last week, DC Health reported nearly 600 new COVID cases. Per D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), 150 parents have petitioned for virtual learning options within the public school system. That process, some criticized, has a stringent focus on students with medical conditions, and not those with safety concerns.
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Last week, Ward 8 D.C. State Board of Education Representative Dr. Carlene Reid sent a letter to Bowser requesting the expansion of virtual options in the public and public charter schools. D.C. Councilmember Robert White (D- At large) followed a similar course of action. Both letters cited parents’ concerns about safety, especially among students who haven’t reached the age of eligibility for the COVID vaccine. Despite apprehensions about COVID, Bowser and DC Public Schools [DCPS] Chancellor Lewis Ferebee continue to affirm reopening schools as the best course of action. This happened as teachers complained about broken HVAC systems on social media and an online petition to expand virtual learning quickly gained traction. On Monday, as the hundreds of District students returned to school, Bowser, Ferebee, and other district officials celebrated the modernization of Eliot-Hine Middle School in Northeast and encouraged drivers to slow down for students walking to school. Bowser later likened DCPS’ first day of school to the Superbowl and called Ferebee the quarterback of the
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5 A school health safety professional greets students at Calvin Coolidge Sr. High School in Northwest with hand sanitizer, just one of the procedures in place to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
full transition to in-person learning. In his comments before dozens of community members, Ferebee acknowledged those who weathered more than 18 months of unprecedented adjustments. “We’re here because of the resiliency of our community fighting through this public health emergency to get our students back in school,” Ferebee said.
“What we did works and we hope to scale that up [this year with] preventative work, HVAC enhancements, masking and rapid testing,” he continued. “Let’s do everything possible to make this day the first of many days we have.”
is back before Congress to address after Labor Day. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is exploring legislation to keep people in their homes, including efforts to expedite the local flow of rental-aid funds. The White House is supportive of a moratorium extension by Congress.
state of emergency ended. State lawmakers approved legislation this year for tenants to receive counsel when facing eviction proceedings. Lawmakers in the states of Washington and Connecticut also voted on a similar law. The Maryland law doesn’t go into effect until Oct. 1. In addition, there isn’t state money allocated to get the eviction program running and slated to be administered by the Maryland Legal Services Corp. of Baltimore. The organization serves as the largest in the state providing grants for nonprofit organizations to help low-income residents in civil litigation. As of July 1, the agency had slightly more than $2 million to disperse grants statewide to help with eviction proceedings and other legal services for tenants, said Deb Seltzer, executive director of legal services. “A lot of folks have been trying to use the CDC moratorium, but they still had to go to court,” she said. “It was more of a defense than a moratorium…to say this protection applied to them and the eviction could be stayed. It’s unknown what’s going to happen right now.” Staff Writer William J. Ford contributed to this story. WI
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In recent weeks, officials have launched a campaign to increase vaccination among adults and students who are of age. Vaccination numbers in majority-Black communities have been among the lowest in the city. On Saturday, Serve Your City DC and Ward 6 Mutual Aid hosted its second annual Back-to-School Bash at the Eastern Market Metro Plaza where students could receive vacci-
nations, bookbags, refurbished laptops and other resources. District parent Laronda Felder, who strolled through the different tables with her son, a second grader, counted among the hundreds in attendance that afternoon. Despite concerns about COVID, she stood ready for the full transition to in-person learning. “We’re going to go in suited and booted, take our precautions and kick COVID’s butt,” said Felder, a mother of three students in District public and public charter schools. “I’ve been teaching my son about safety and how real the virus is. He’s been washing his hands and wearing
his mask.” In Northwest, as Wilson High School opened its doors to more than 1,800 students, some young people like Anari Shivers espoused the need to play it safe and question processes that unfold during the school day. “We’re really going to be crowded with a bunch of students. I would like to see everyone go through a screening,” said Anari, a tenth grader from Southeast. “I think teachers and administrators will be honest to a certain extent so we won’t panic, but I feel like they won’t be at the same time just to save the school’s reputation.” Earlier this month, Bowser an-
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nounced that asymptomatic students will go through random COVID testing. The Washington Teachers’ Union also finalized its memorandum of agreement with Ferebee, which outlined the conditions under which public school educators would carry out their jobs. To prevent the spread of COVID, DCPS officials outlined a layered approach, including universal masking, HVAC enhancements and upkeep, along with testing. Schools will also utilize outdoor space as much as possible, while the youngest students will stay in their classrooms during lunch. School administrators will provide on-cam-
pus mental and behavioral support as part of what’s been described as a “whole child-centered approach.” Though District parent Ashanell Smith remains on the fence about sending her Pre-K3 daughter into school, she said learning about the protocols has somewhat put her mind at ease. “The parents can’t come into the school [so] that keeps us from transferring stuff,” said Smith, a Southeast resident. “Students stay in one classroom so I might be okay with that. My daughter went to daycare so she knows how to go in classrooms.” WI @SamPKCollins
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Draw lines to connect each riddle with its punch line. Then share these jokes with friends to spread some smiles! IT OVER-SWEPT.
ou may be having a lot of different and mixed feelings about going back to school this year. You might experience feelings of excitement about the new school year, sadness about summer being over, or nervousness about new teachers, new friends and new stuff to study.
Having different feelings at the same time is normal! But it can also be tiring. So, doctors agree it is good to take care of your body, to help manage all of the feelings.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. QUIET PEAS.
How many pencils can you find on this page?
FOR TOCKING TOO MUCH. SPELLING BEE.
Draw the expression to show how you feel about each of these things. Share what you drew with a family member to talk about it.
Breakfast helps you stay energized and focused at school. A bowl of oatmeal or a breakfast burrito keeps your brain running at full speed until lunchtime.
Clearing the clutter out of your backpack at the end of each day not only lightens your load, it helps you stay on top of school assignments.
Starting your day rushing to get to class makes it hard to focus once you are there. Leave home a little bit earlier instead.
Do your homework first thing after school and the rest of the day is yours!
Sometimes your teacher might be moving through a new lesson faster than you can understand it. Don’t be afraid to raise your hand and ask to go through it again. (Someone else in class likely has the same question as you, but is too chicken to ask!)
Make each morning easier by laying out your clothes the night before.
Exercise keeps blood flowing to your brain. And it’s fun, too!
Your body needs some downtime to recharge – about 10 hours of sleep for kids ages 7 to 12 every night.
Show yo to a pare ur schoolwork so they knt each evening you’re d now how They’ll boing in school. when yo e able to see help, too u need extra .
Ask a parent how they go about organizing their day. Spend time doing non-electronic things. Read, solve puzzles, or draw. These things use parts of the brain that electronics do not.
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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Education Changes Things!
Look through the newspaper for a science related article that might have been considered science fiction 50 years ago. How has education helped these kinds of scientific advancements? Standards Link: Language Arts: Read scientific articles.
Scientists have found that smiling on purpose can help people feel better. Just the simple act of putting a smile on your face can lead you to feel actual happiness, joy, or amusement. When one person in a classroom smiles, everyone else feels better. Maybe your smile can transition a bad day into a good one! How many differences can you find between these two pictures? Now have a friend try. Who found the most differences?
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Have a laugh with your new friends! Select a headline from the newspaper and rewrite it to have the opposite meaning. Standards Link: Read from a variety of texts.
Found Money
What would you do if you found $5 on the playground? What would you hope someone else would do if they found $5 you had lost?
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wi book review "How the Word is Passed" By Clint Smith c.2021, Little, Brown / $29 / 352 pages "Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South" by Winfred Rembert, as told to Erin I. Kelly, foreword By Bryan Stevenson c.2021, Bloomsbury $30 / 285 pages Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer History, they say, repeats itself. Look back a few hundred years, and you can see corresponding events, world-wide and through time. Parallels are interesting to spot; some people might even take them as a warning, so that atrocities, inhumanities, and just plain wrong things don't happen again. And sometimes, as in these two books, just learning about historical events can be an eye-opening thing … The history of America cannot be told without slavery in every cranny of the tale. In "How the Word is Passed" by Clint Smith, readers travel with the author to several places around the country where slavery still lays open and waiting for its part to be included. When the subject of slavery comes up, it's often rarely mentioned that transatlantic slavery was outlawed nearly six decades before the end of the Civil War. Of course, that never stopped the import of human beings, but it did change the way that slaves were acquired. The city of New Orleans had a big hand in slaveowowners' acquisition, and when Smith traveled there, he found that the city if working on a reckoning with its past. That's just one place that Smith visited, in an effort to offer readers a wide-reaching look at how slavery sits within our collective story, in places that history books don't always mention. There's irony in the story of slavery at Monticello, where Thomas Jefferson wrote at length about liberty while he kept slaves. Smith writes of the Whitney Plantation, where visitors can today see what slavery was like two centuries ago. He writes about slavery in our cities, our prisons and even in death. This trip around the country and through time gives this book a quiet appeal that's especially relevant for today. Understanding may come faster when the story is told first-person, as it is in "Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South" by Winfred Rembert, as told to Erin I. Kelly. He didn't remember exactly why he'd been arrested that first time. Winfred Rembert was "only eight or nine years old" but it might have been about a fight. That once, the Sheriff made it all into a game but by the time Rembert was a teenager, being arrested for no reason but Black was a common thing. After that, it seemed the police were always after him for something. He grew up in Georgia and picked cotton almost as soon as he was old enough to walk. As soon as he was old enough to run, he ran away from home and the police were looking for him. He joined the civil rights movement and the police caught up with him … Filled with a personal story told casually and colorfully reproduced artwork, you may find this book to be a keepsake. And if you want more books like it, or the Smith book, be sure to ask your favorite bookseller or librarian. They've got ideas for Black history books you'll want to page through, repeatedly. WI
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ARIES Your enthusiasm has an effect on the outside world. It's almost as if flowers lift higher out of the earth when you walk by. Midweek, walks are great, and in keeping with your mood, when progress is a concern but speed is not. Thursday and Friday are especially molasses-filled days, but, like molasses, they are not without a certain amount of sweetness. You will reap rewards for your perseverance. Lucky Numbers: 5, 25, 35 TAURUS You are of two minds about everything at the beginning of the week. The best advice is to shop around. Don't take the first thing that catches your eye if it's not right. Don't feel pressured to accelerate the decision-making process. Thursday and Friday find you happy as well, appreciative of everything you have, wondering if you've become a glutton what with all the excess that surrounds you. Lucky Numbers: 1, 12, 32 GEMINI Whatever you're feeling, you're not alone. The people around you are more complicated (and more understanding) than you may realize, and talking with them — or finding another way to express yourself — is a grand idea. Tuesday's great for communicating as well. Wednesday and Thursday are more introspective days (you will have to call on inner resources to get everything handled). Lucky Numbers: 26, 37, 40 CANCER The slightest suggestion recalls a whole world to you on Monday and Tuesday. A smell, a color, even a word brings you right back to something from your past (and all the attendant emotions). On Wednesday and Thursday, dinner parties, charming people and your house all figure strongly, and Friday is full of crazy ideas and a sense of urgency about generating newer and crazier ideas. Lucky Numbers: 27, 42, 49 LEO A nice-to-meet-you attitude is the way to go. Prepare to shake hands with someone who will change your opinion of something. On Wednesday, you won't see anyone except the people you work with, and on Thursday you won't have much room for thoughts except those related to work. But Friday is a total mixed bag: Celebrities, the law, your boss, your ego — all of these things may figure in. Lucky Numbers: 10, 15, 50 VIRGO High-spiritedness can quickly become combativeness when tempers run short. Keep your head on long-term goals (your relationships with the people around you, for instance) rather than short-term questions (who stole your stapler?). It isn't until Wednesday that you begin to feel truly compatible with others this week. Thursday and Friday find you getting a lot done — and finding more and more things to do (one door, alas, leads to another) — and the weekend is loaded with potential. Lucky Numbers: 21, 37, 55 LIBRA Whatever else happens spend with you-know-who. What will you do together? It's entirely up to you. But a dose of selflessness isn't a bad idea. What would this other person like to do? Wednesday and Thursday, your mind is still on other people (attachments and alliances are strong themes), and Friday finds you scrambling to find a creative way to tell someone how much you appreciate them. Lucky Numbers: 21, 24, 36 SCORPIO While your impulse to deal with issues as they arise is a good one, it's not the right impulse on Monday and Tuesday. Avoiding conflict is the order of the day. Things could easily get out of hand. Wednesday and Thursday are better suited to working things out — although, to your frustration, the best solution most likely requires that you give in at some point (a small point, a painless concession). Lucky Numbers: 22, 25, 39 SAGITTARIUS Your checklist is a game on Monday and Tuesday — a competition with yourself, a true test of your effectiveness. You welcome the challenge. You like creating these kinds of games for yourself, and you like getting things done. The secret to Wednesday is in the details, but Thursday and Friday you'd be wise to take a step back and look at everything through wider goggles. Lucky Numbers: 15, 18, 34 CAPRICORN Your family is in your thoughts on Monday and Tuesday. You are feeling loyal and worried in that loving, protective way, and the best thing to do might be to pay a visit. If that's not possible, try to connect in some other way. Wednesday is much more you-centered — a creative project will have you grinning — and Thursday or Friday evening might be right for a small trip somewhere, for a couple of hours or overnight. Lucky Numbers: 5, 6, 30 AQUARIUS You're easing into a new approach to your life. Monday and Tuesday, you're feeling a bit radical, a bit bohemian — or maybe you're just reading too many French novels. It's changing the way you dress though, no? And the way you interact with people? Your values? Wednesday and Thursday, your self-discovery takes on even more dimensions, and on Friday you are baffled not only by your own strangeness but by the strangeness of life itself. Lucky Numbers: 2, 11, 30 PISCES Everything takes on a certain murkiness on Monday, and by Tuesday you'll have no idea which way is up. That kind of disorientation can be fun, so long as you're in the mood for it. Wednesday and Thursday, find antidotes to the ambiguous abstractedness. Make dinner at home. Put down your thoughts in writing. Play an album you know by heart. On Friday, nothing is as strong as the pull of your heart, which may explain why, on Saturday, you'll open up a book of poetry. Lucky Numbers: 7, 24, 47
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obligated to fight in America’s military conflicts. Organizations supporting the march favor statehood for the District and have added the Washington, D.C. Admission Act to a legislative to-do list that includes passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the For the People Act.
BARBER ON D.C. STATEHOOD
Barber said District residents have gotten a bad deal from its federal government. “We must talk about statehood in a moral atmosphere,” he said. “The people of D.C. fought in our country’s wars for other Americans to have the right to vote but they don’t have it for themselves.” Barber, long associated with advocacy of economic policies that serve poor people, began staging what he called “Moral Mondays” in 2013 targeting North Carolina’s restrictive voting laws and attempts to cut funding for social programs and pushing back against tax changes benefitting large corporations and wealthy individuals and a widespread disregard of police brutality against people of color. Now, Barber has added ending the filibuster, a legislative delay tactic, to his legislative agenda. “The filibuster is bad,” Barber said. “It has been used throughout history to prolong slavery and to support racial segregation. The filibuster is now being used to stop D.C. from becoming a state. I say we must end the filibuster in order for D.C. to get statehood. The way to do that is for Republican leader Senator Mitch McConnell to be told by the Democrats: No D.C. statehood, No tax cuts for billionaires or corporations. It’s time for Democrats to get serious about voting rights. It’s time for the Democrats to play hardball. Why does everybody else get to play hardball but us?”
JOHNSON TALKS STATEHOOD
Johnson said the NAACP has long supported D.C. statehood. He made his comments as the NAACP makes plans to bring its national headquarters to the District from Baltimore in the coming years. “We cannot forget the fight over D.C. statehood,” Johnson said. “Anyone who says they support voting rights but doesn’t support D.C. statehood doesn’t support voting rights. Whether it be in California, New
5 The People’s Organization for Progress hold signs of protest on the lawn at McPherson Square in Northwest as part of the March on Washington for Voting Rights on August 28. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)
5 A group of marchers on the National Mall carrying letters that spell out Freedom to Vote and wearing t-shirts with the word INDIVISIBLE from Herndon and Reston at the March on Washington for Voting Rights on August 28. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
5 The Stand Up & Vote! group gather on a corner near Black Live Matters Plaza during the March on Washington for Voting Rights on August 28. (Ja’Mon Jackson/ The Washington Informer)
York, North Carolina and Mississippi, D.C. statehood is a priority.”
STATEHOOD ACTIVISTS PROMOTE THE CAUSE
Movement activists Saturday seconded advocacy by Barber and Johnson for D.C. statehood. “I want to thank the Douglass Commonwealth Coalition for sponsoring this rally,” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said. “I believe our opponents are fighting so hard to stop D.C. from becoming a state because for them this is the last gasp of white supremacy.” District shadow representative Oye Owolewa called out Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) for his lack of supporting
D.C. statehood legislatively. Manchin favors the District becoming a state but only by constitutional amendment. “We are going to Morgantown, W.Va. to talk to Senator Manchin’s voters,” Owolewa said. “It’s time for us as D.C. residents to tell our story.” After the speeches, nearly 50 people marched to the Lincoln Memorial to the site of the march. At the march, Bowser, District Shadow Sen. Michael Brown and Stand Up! for Democracy for DC Executive Director Anise Jenkins spoke. “This is a real movement,” Jenkins said. “The cause for D.C. statehood is real.” WI @JamesDCWrighter
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SPORTS After Missing Opportunities to Engage Black America, Golf is Capitalizing on New Moments Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent At the turn of the 21st century, Tiger Woods dominated the game of golf. Over a near-unprecedented fiveyear period, Woods staked a claim as the top-ranked golfer globally, eventually capturing 15 major championships – just three shy of Jack Nicklaus’s record. But even as Woods, an individual of color, took the game by storm, many believed golf missed a golden opportunity to capitalize on his appeal to African Americans and other minorities. “Yes, without question,” PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan stated during an exclusive and historic interview with the National Newspaper Publishers Association [NNPA] at the BMW Championships in Owings Mills, Maryland. “Tiger became must-see TV
whenever he was playing – the PGA Tour’s version of Michael Jordan with a record-tying 82 PGA Tour wins. It’s important to have people from all fields that you can identify with and aspire to – in sports or otherwise. And Tiger was that for the game of golf,” added Monahan, who became the first commissioner of a major league sport to grant the NNPA an exclusive interview. The 81-year-old NNPA is the trade association representing the hundreds of Black-owned newspapers and media companies that comprise the 194-year-old Black Press of America. Determined not to miss any further opportunities to connect with the African-American community, The PGA Tour has, among many other commitments, entered a memorandum of understanding with the Black Press of America. The agreement promises to raise awareness and keep African Americans informed about all
Monahan understands and accepts the criticism golf has received in the past for excluding people of color. He has pledged that the PGA Tour would become part of the conversation and the solution surrounding racial and social injustices.
5 PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan meets with members of the black press during second round action at
the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills Maryland onSaturday yAugust 28, 2021 (©WGAESF/Charles Cherney Photography) the game has to offer. “One aspect of our focus is helping to grow diversity inside the ropes through our expanded relationship with the APGA Tour,” Monahan stated. “Working closely with APGA President and Executive Director Ken Bentley, we’ve already seen progress with players like Willie Mack III competing – successfully, and I might add – on the PGA TOUR. “Willie won the inaugural Billy Horschel APGA Tour Invitational presented by Cisco – hosted by our 2014 FedEx Cup Champion at TPC Sawgrass – and with his victory at the Mastercard APGA Tour Championship, Willie receives a full scholarship into Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying School.” The commissioner continued: “But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. What we’re doing today is identifying, preparing and transitioning top African-American collegiate golfers into professional golf. The efforts of Kenyatta Ramsey, a PGA TOUR employee since 2008, have been instrumental in our progress in the player diversity space. Kenyatta now oversees this relationship in an official capacity as senior director, player development.” Monahan understands and accepts the criticism golf has received in the past for excluding people of color. He has pledged that the PGA Tour would become part of the conversation and the solution surround-
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ing racial and social injustices. “I also said then that, candidly, we didn’t know exactly what to do right away, but that we wouldn’t be deterred,” Monahan declared. “Does it feel like it was in the distant past? Absolutely not. What we’ve done since is make a commitment to communicate, learn, show compassion, and – ultimately – demand better. That started with – and, frankly, continues with – doing a lot more listening than talking.” The PGA Tour committed a $100-million pledge over ten years to support racial equity and inclusion efforts and has thriving HBCU and APGA Tour initiatives. “We hope that, as the careers of these talented, young HBCU players progress, they’ll then be able to play their way into additional opportunities like two others we’re excited to share,” Monahan exclaimed. He added that expanded collaboration with HBCUs is a crucial point of emphasis moving forward. Thanks to PGA Tour partners at United Airlines, Monahan noted that he’s pleased to announce that every one of the 51 current men’s and women’s HBCU golf programs across the country will receive a $10,000 grant. “To take a step back regarding the PGA TOUR’s history as well, we have been giving back to the communities where we play for more than 80 years,” Monahan noted further. “It was former PGA TOUR Com-
missioner Deane Beman, who said it beautifully – ‘I consider us to be more than a sports league; we’re a public trust, and it’s our job to balance the interest of players, community tournaments, and the game of golf.'” “It’s why we’ve surpassed $3.2 billion in charitable giving in our history. It’s also why the TOUR began its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in earnest back in 2014, why we launched our employee resources groups in 2016 and established the Inclusion Leadership Council in 2019.” Did it take too long for the Black Press of America and the PGA TOUR to begin working together? “Yes,” Monahan stated. “Can we work together now – listen to and learn from each other now – as part of a shared commitment to ensuring golf stands as a game for all? Yes, I firmly feel and believe that, too,” he said. Monahan added that the Black Press could help further golf’s message of diversity, equity, and inclusion by sharing “these impactful HBCU and APGA Tour stories and more with your audience as part of a regular cadence.” “Together, we can be part of the solution in inspiring the next generation to know – and feel – that our great game is for everyone,” he said. “Our goal is to weave diversity and inclusion into all fabrics of the PGA TOUR, and that’s what we’ve been working diligently to do.” WI @StacyBrownMedia
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DISTRICT SCHOOL MODERNIZATION PROJECTS
Banneker’s ribbon cutting followed similar events for West/ John Lewis Elementary School and Eaton Elementary School, also in Northwest.
In total, 26 school buildings have been modernized or constructed during the Bowser era. What’s more, more than $1.3 billion is earmarked over the next six years for continuous modernization of District public schools. On Saturday, Jabari Paul, a senior at Banneker Academic High School who introduced Bowser, heralded these efforts as he expressed excite-
ment about completing his last year in a new building. “I’m glad we have this opportunity like all other students across the city,” said Jabari. “I can’t wait to have science now that we’re back from distance learning. When you work hard, your dreams come true.” WI @SamPKCollins
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RELIGION the religion corner WITH LYNDIA GRANT
School Buildings Opening Again — During Severe COVID Outbreaks
Last year, the world experienced a modern-day pandemic. Our students had to leave schools, colleges and universities, and we all went inside, shut the door and turned on our computers. No more face-to-face meetings; we became instant members of the Zoom family. In fact, there were telephone conference calls and Zoom sessions going on at every level that you could hardly get in to your call because there were so many users and the line was often busy. With orders from governors and mayors, all I could think of was the Yolanda Adams song released in 1995, "What About the Children?" It seems to sum up our situation by saying, "What about the children?/ To ignore is so easy/So many innocent children would choose the wrong way/So what about the children?/Remember when we were children/And if not for those who loved us/and who cared enough to show us/where would we be today?" We're heading back to school for another year of a pandemic that seems to be taking on more children than ever before. We're hearing horror stories of massive numbers of kids infected with the highly contagious delta variant of the virus, which is said to be a thousand times worse. I can only equate this new strain to a severe hurricane heading our way — we've been warned, and it has picked up steam during these past couple months. Yet here we all are, teachers, school administrators, school bus drivers, poised for the first day of school in the DMV. Many have already gone back in
other parts of the country, and not all of them are doing so good. Quarantine is nearly the order of the day. The Associated Press reported that just a few weeks into the new school year, growing numbers of U.S. districts have halted in-person learning or switched to hybrid models because of rapidly mounting coronavirus infections. More than 80 school districts or charter networks have closed or delayed in-person classes for at least one entire school in more than a dozen states. Others have sent home whole grade levels or asked half their students to stay home on hybrid schedules. The setbacks in mostly small, rural districts that were among the first to return dampen hopes for a sustained, widespread return to classrooms after two years of schooling disrupted by the pandemic. In Georgia, where in-person classes are on hold in more than 20 districts that started the school year without mask requirements, some superintendents say the virus appeared to be spreading in schools before they sent students home. "We just couldn't manage it with that much staff out, having to cover classes and the spread so rapid," said Eddie Morris, superintendent of
the 1,050-student Johnson County District in Georgia. With 40% of students in quarantine or isolation, the district shifted last week to online instruction until Sept. 13. Back in the DMV, hundreds of Fairfax County families already find their children in quarantine after the county school system logged 160 confirmed coronavirus cases — most of them students — in the past two weeks, NBC News 4 reported. Not very encouraging for a second-career retirement teacher like myself, scheduled to begin teaching elementary children currently without an approved vaccine for their age group. Yet D.C. Public Schools and Montgomery County Public Schools are opening full bore. Prince George's County Public Schools has lots of options for virtual classes, if preferred, as well as in-person classes. Let us all pray, and think about II Chronicles 7:14, which says, "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." It's praying time, Saints. 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
Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00 AM 5th Sundays: 9:30 AM 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 PM
Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”
www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ
Blessed Word of Life Church
Church of Living Waters
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464 Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
St. Stephen Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., / Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 / Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00 AM Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30 AM 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00 AM Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30 PM Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30 PM Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30 PM Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30 PM Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00 AM “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
Third Street Church of God
Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors
Reverend William Young IV Pastor
Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor
Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor
4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax
3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) / (202) 562-4219 (Fax)
5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45 AM Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45 AM Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday , 12:30 PM Mid-Day Bible Study Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 PM Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30 AM
1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office / 202-638-1803 fax
Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00 AM Communion Service: First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30 PM
Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) Sunday School: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantdc.org
www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Campbell AME Church
Twelfth Street Christian Church
Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 AM Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 PM Thursday: 7:00 PM “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address : Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020
Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Communion every Sunday: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 10:00 AM Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 PM Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org / Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
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
www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org
800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703 Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45 AM Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00 PM Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00 PM Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org / “God is Love”
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax
Sunday Worship Service: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6:00 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church / Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org / emailus@gmchc.org
Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661 Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Sunday Church School: 9:20 AM Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 AM Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 PM Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... Dr. Raymond T. Matthews Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Services and Times Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45 PM Thur. Bible Study: 7:15 PM
Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW / Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.) Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold” www.mtzbcdc.org
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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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“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
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“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org / E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 AM
Crusader Baptist Church
Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com
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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor 7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471 Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 AM Service 11:00 AM Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com
Zion Baptist Church Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor 4850 Blagdon Ave, NW - Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773 Service and Times 9:00 a.m. – Sunday School 10:15 a.m. – Worship Service Wed. Noon: Dea. Robert Owens Bible Study 7 PM Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Sunday, Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission: Zion shall: Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, And Exalt our Savior. (Acts 2: 41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 PM Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591 Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education / School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
Israel Baptist Church
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor 2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 AM Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 PM “Where Jesus is the King”
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office / (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Moving Faith Forward” 0% Perfect . . . 100% Forgiven!
623 Florida Ave.. NW - WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 / Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 / Fax (202) 483-4009
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30 PM Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00 PM www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith
Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Richard B. Black Pastor
Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lincolnpark@lpumcdc.org www.lpumcdc.org
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:15 AM Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:45 AM Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 PM Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 PM Bible Study: Tuesday at 10:30 AM
Mount Moriah Baptist Church Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM Holy Communion: First Sunday 10:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30 PM Motto: "Faith On The Hill"
Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 PM Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 PM Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 PM Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42
New Commandment Baptist Church
Eastern Community Baptist Church Damion M. Briggs Pastor
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor
1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 - Fax: 202-544-2964
8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240
13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 AM and 10:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 AM & 10:45 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 PM Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 PM Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 PM
Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Reverend Peter R. Blue Sr. Pastor
Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor
2001 Brooks Drive District Heights MD. 20744 240.838.7074
621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 - F: (202) 561-1112
Service and Times Sunday Worship Experience: 10:15am Sunday School: 9:00am Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Morning Noontime Bible Study: Tuesday @ 12:00pm Prayer Meeting/Bible Study: Tuesday @7:00pm Theme: "Building On A Firm Foundation"
Service and Times Sunday Service: 10:00 AM Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 AM 1st Sunday Baptism: 10:00 AM 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10:00 AM Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting: 7:45 PM
Email: revprbstmbc@gmail.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org
Motto: “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”
“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958
Shiloh Baptist Church
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 AM Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 PM Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 PM Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 PM Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church
4504 Gault Place, N.E. / Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service : 11:00 AM The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Prayer & Praise Services: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: 7:30 PM Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries: 10:30 AM A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Christ Embassy DC
Dr. Joseph D. Turner / Senior Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 8:00 AM Worship Service: 11:00 AM New Member’s Class: 9:45 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00 AM Church School: 9:45 AM Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00 PM Saturday Bible Study: 11:00 AM Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00 AM “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
Peace Baptist Church
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. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class: 8:00 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Wednesday Service: 12:00 PM “The Loving Church of the living lord “
Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 AM Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 PM Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 PM Prayer Service Bible Study
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor
Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor
9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288
602 N Street NW - Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595
2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 AM Sunday School: 9:00 AM Worship Service: 10:30 AM Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30AM & 10:30 AM Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 PM. Wednesday 12 Noon
www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org
Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 AM Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 AM and 10:55 AM Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 AM Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 PM
All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.
Email: sbc@shilohbaptist.org Website: shilohbaptist.org
Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor
Email Address: admin@pbc712.org
Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest
Holy Trinity United Baptist Church
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor
Rev. Dr. Jerryl V. Moody Pastor-Elect
Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
St. Matthews Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 ADM 698 Barbara Louise Bullock aka Barbara L. Bullock Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Allison Yolonda Bullock, whose address is 461 Valley Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Barbara Louise Bullock aka Barbara L. Bullock who died on August 2, 2017 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 2/19/2022. 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 2/19/2022, 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: 8/19/2021 Allison Yolonda Bullock Personal Representative
TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
Public Notice Declaration of Nationality Notice of Reference: 0112358-13 In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality. Notice of White Flag Surrender. Notice of Special Appearance: I am that I am: " Wanda Adriane Brooks© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: " BROOKS, WANDA ADRIANE© ", &, “PARKER, WANDA ADRIANE©”, corp.sole Dba.: "WANDA ADRIANE BROOKS© ", &, “ WANDA ADRIANE PARKER© ", corp. sole Dba.: " WANDA ADRIANE BROOKS© ", 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: " Wanda Adriane Brooks© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: "wanda adriane brooks 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: ALABAMA Center For Health Statistics: 101-57-058899, "WANDAA ADRIANE BROOKS© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to " LaJaacj 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: " wanda adriane brooks el© ", nom deguerre: " Wanda Adriane Brooks© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of: " LaJaacj 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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Public Notice Declaration of Nationality Notice of Reference: 0112358-13
Ruby Louise Jones Name of Deceased Settlor
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 EXISTENCE OF REVOCABLE TRUST
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Notice of Special Appearance: I am that I am: " Frederick Nicholas Crespo© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: " CRESPO, FREDERICK NICHOLAS© ", corp. sole Dba.: " FREDERICK NICHOLAS CRESPO© ", 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: " Frederick Nicholas Crespo© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: " zakai 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: CITY OF PASSAIC VITAL STATISTICS: 1834, " FREDERICK NICHOLAS CRESPO© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to " House Of Crespo 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: " zakai bey©", nom deguerre: " Frederick Nicholas Crespo© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of: " House Of Crespo 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: " Keith Alfonso Frey© ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: " FREY, KEITH ALFONSO© ", corp. sole Dba.: " KEITH ALFONSO FREY© ", 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: " Keith Alfonso Frey© ", from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: " yusef 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: New Jersey Vital Statistics, State File Number: 19750057695, " KEITH ALFONSO FREY© ", is as a special deposit order conveyed to " International Frey Tribal 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: " yusef bey© ", nom deguerre: " Keith Alfonso Frey© ", as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : " International Frey Tribal 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 000706
2021 ADM 000769
2021 ADM 000294
Lillie Bell Minick Decedent
Jean L. Barton aka Jean Bishop Decedent
Warren Price Decedent
Suren G. Adams, Esq. Adams Law Office, LLC 4201 Northview Drive, Suite 401 Bowie, MD 20716 Attorney
Johnnie I. Barton, Esq. 1848 Bryant Street, NE Washington, DC 20018 Attorney
James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION
2021 FEP 000076 April 18, 2020 Date of Death
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Ronald West, Sr. whose address is 802 Painter Place, Capital Heights, MD 20743 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Vivian E. Quarles, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on August 18, 2020. Service of process may be made upon Lawrence B. Manley, Esq., 2026 32nd Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020 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. 190 54th Street, SE, Washington, DC 20019. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: 8/19/2021 Ronald West, Sr. Personal Representative Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 FEP 000074 3/13/2014 Date of Death Saxfield Chatmon Jr. Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Monica L. McEaddy whose address is 10009 Huxley Drive, Lanham, MD 20706 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Saxfield Chatmon Jr., deceased, by the Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on 8/1/2014. Service of process may be made upon Aimee D. Griffin, Esq., The Griffin Firm, PLLC, 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 440, Washington, District of Columbia 20015 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. 718 Kentucky Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20003. 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: 8/12/2021 Monica L. McEaddy Personal Representative Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
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Public Notice Declaration of Nationality Notice of Reference: 0112358-13
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
Vivian E. Quarles Name of Decedent
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2021 NRT 23
Ruby Louise Jones whose address was 239 Quackenbos Street, NE, Washington, DC 20011, created a revocable trust on February 20, 2014, which remained in existence on the date of her death on June 2, 2021, and Peter D. Antonoplos, whose address is 1725 DeSales Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, is the currently acting trustee. Communications to the Trust should be mailed or directed to the following: 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 2/19/2022 (6 months 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), June 2, 2022 (one year from date of death of deceased settlor) (2), 2/19/2022 (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: 8/19/2021 Peter D. Antonoplos Signature of Trustee TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Linda Washington, whose address is 3939 R. Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lillie Bell Minick who died on March 13, 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 2/12/2022. 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 2/12/2022, 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: August 12, 2021 Linda Washington Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
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Marian Peele, whose address is 2110 Kearney Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jean L. Barton aka Jean Bishop who died on April 25, 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 2/19/2022. 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 2/19/2022, 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.
Patricia Ann Renfro, whose address is 9705 Meadow Lark Avenue, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Warren Price who died on January 11, 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 February 19, 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 February 19, 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: 8/19/2021
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2021 ADM 000766
2021 FEP 000082
Elsie P. Price Decedent
January 23, 2021 Date of Death
James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney
Randolph Becton, Jr. Name of Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Patricia A. Renfro, whose address is 9705 Meadow Lark Avenue, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Elsie P. Price 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 2/19/2022. 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 2/19/2022, 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: 8/19/2021
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Cornelia Hamlin Moore whose address is 1002 Temples Point Road, Havelock, NC 28532 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Randolph Becton, Jr., deceased, by the Clerk of Superior Court for Craven County, State of North Carolina, on 3/5/21. Service of process may be made upon Sarita Cheaves, 1016 48th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019 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. 645 Faraday Place, NE, 20017 (House) & 5614 First Place, NW, Washington, DC 20011(Apartments) The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. 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: 8/19/2021
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Cornelia Hamlin Moore Personal Representative
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2021 ADM 000201
2021 ADM 000838
Anna Mae Glover Decedent
Carol Ann Shepherd Decedent
Harvey S. Jacobs, Esq. Jacobs & Associates, Attorneys at Law, LLC 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 975 Rockville, MD 20850 Attorney
Joan M. Wilbon 1120 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 1020 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
Macleta Kingsland, whose address is 8606 Dunbar Avenue, Landover, MD 20785, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Anna Mae Glover who died on March 6, 1996 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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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2021 ADM 000458
2021 FEP 000078
John Michael Garner Estate of
January 15, 2018 Date of Death
NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE
Dewey Dewitt Hamilton, Jr. Name of Decedent
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Patrick Garner for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representatives. Unless a responsive pleading in the form of a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. Admit to probate the Will dated October 15, 2001 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of the witnesses or otherwise
Date of first publication: 8/19/2021 Patrick Garner 209 Williamsburg Lane Fort Worth, TX 76107 Petitioner/Attorney:
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Debora Ann Pitts whose address is 7606 Vicar Street, New Carrollton, Maryland 20784 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Dewey Dewitt Hamilton, Jr., deceased, by the General Court of Justice Court for Wake County, State of North Carolina, on 2/16/2018. Service of process may be made upon Deborah D. Boddie, Esq., 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001 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. 2844 30th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: 8/19/2021 Debora Ann Pitts Personal Representative Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
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Date of first publication: August 26, 2021
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Charles Reid, whose address is 409 Seville Drive, Edmond, OK 73034, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Carol Ann Shepherd who died on 2/8/2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (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 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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: 9/2/2021
LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 ADM 000683 Richard R. Ford, Jr. Decedent Edward G. Varrone, Esq. 1825 K Street, NW Suite 1150 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robert V. Lyda, whose address is 8111 Maplegate Place, Glenn Dale, MD 20769, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Richard R. Ford, Jr. who died on November 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 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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: 8/26/2021 Robert R. Ford, Jr. Personal Representative
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2020 ADM 819
2021 ADM 000813
2021 ADM 000799
Harrison L. Davis aka Harrison Levi Davis Decedent
Dareather Lowe Decedent
Carrie Mae Livingston Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sharon Davis-Holmes, whose address is 5623 Silk Tree Drive, Riverdale MD 20737, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Harrison L. Davis aka Harrison Levi Davis who died on February 23, 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 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 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Lonnie R. Lowe, whose address is 100 15th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Dareather Lowe who died on February 24, 2021 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gregory Lee Livingston, whose address is 7441 Shady Glen Terrace, Capitol Heights, MD 20743, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Carrie Mae Livingston who died on February 28, 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 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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: 8/26/2022
Date of first publication: August 26, 2021
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Gregory Lee Livingston Personal Representative
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Notice of Reference : 0112358-13 Subject of Notice : Declaration of Nationality & Notice of White Flag Surrender
2021 ADM 000823
2021 ADM 000778
2021 ADM 000852
James Monroe Washington Decedent
Margaret Montague Bottelson Decedent
Allison R. Brown Decedent
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 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 156-56328 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
Bradley A. Thomas, Esq. 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC, 20006-1631 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Barry J. Washington, whose address is 2900 Hatboro Place, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James Monroe Washington who died on April 23, 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 (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 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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: 8/26/2021
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Matthew C. Bottelson, whose address is 1516 32nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Margaret Montague Bottelson who died on September 11, 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 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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: 8/26/2021 Matthew C. Bottelson Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Tomeka Walker McNeal, whose address is 2656 Bowen Road, SE, Apartment 103, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Claudia M. Walker who died on 10/4/2020 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 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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: 9/2/2021 Tomeka Walker McNeal Personal Representative
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Masai Brown-Andrews, whose address is 2400 33rd Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Allison R. Brown who died on August 15, 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 2/26/2022. 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 2/26/2022, 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: 8/26/2021
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Burnell Edgar Irby aka Burnell E. Irby Decedent
Roderick Andre Avery Decedent
Colden Murchinson Decedent
Valerie Edwards, Esq. 1725 DeSales Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
Joan M. Wilbon 1120 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
Wilbert Baccus 11807 Lisborough Road Bowie, Maryland 20720-3423 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Melissa N. Irby, whose address is 1436 Montague Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Burnell Edgar Irby aka Burnell E. Irby who died on September 23, 2019 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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: 9/2/2021 Melissa N. Irby Personal Representative
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Aimee D. Griffin, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Cheryl Marvray, whose address is 11524 Cox Hill Road, Gordonsville, VA 22942, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Roderick Andre Avery who died on March 13, 2021 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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: 9/2/2021 Cheryl Marvray Personal Representative
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February 26, 2018 Date of Death Norbert Okechukwu Ezeh aka Ezeh Norbert aka Rev. Fr. Ezeh Norbert Okechukwku Name of Decedent
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Jonathan Murchinson, whose address is 4640 84th Ave., SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Colden Murchinson who died on 5/14/2021 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 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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.
Most Rev. Hilary Paul Odili Okeke and Rev. Fr. Celestine Okonkwo whose addresses are P.M.B. 5099 of Nnewi, Anambra State of Nigeria were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Norbert Okechukwu Ezeh, deceased, by the High Court of Anambra State of Nigeria Court, on May 13, 2019. Service of process may be made upon Aimee D. Griffin, Esq., The Griffin Firm, PLLC, 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. 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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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 2021 ADM 000866 Johnny Rufus Bowen Decedent Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
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2011 FEP 000132
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Katie Mae Crawford Decedent
February 9, 2011 Date of Death
Wanda C. Thomas Decedent
Wesley N. Gordon Name of Decedent
Tina Smith Nelson, Esq. Legal Counsel for the Elderly 601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049 Attorney
Beatrice M. Cook Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Mary Elizabeth McNeil, whose address is 4337 4th St., SE, Apartment 4, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Katie Mae Crawford who died on 12/15/2020 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 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Carl W. Gordon whose address is 9135 Creekstone Lake Dr., Houston, TX 77054 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Wesley N. Gordon, deceased, by the Circuit Court, operating as Orphan’s Court for Montgomery County, State of Maryland, on February 23, 2021. Service of process may be made upon Jason Gordon, 6615 Georgia Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20012 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate. 7301 Georgia Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20012, 7303 Georgia Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20012, 7309 Georgia Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20012, 6615 Georgia Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20012, 867 Van Buren St., NW, Washington, DC 20012. 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.
Dena Bowen, whose address is 1605 Taylor Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Johnny Rufus Bowen who died on 3/2/2021 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 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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.
Arnold Cook and Aileen B. Cook Whose addresses are 4707 Lisborough Ter., Bowie, MD 20720 and 5821 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Beatrice M. Cook, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on May 29, 2019. Service of process may be made upon Aileen B. Cook, 5821 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real estate. 5821 5th St., NW, Washington, DC 20011. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.
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In God We Trust. Declaration of Nationality.
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:" Deanne Sophia
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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Lorne © ", in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo
proprio, Haqdar by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: "
Annie Oakes Decedent
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
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of the United States. I declare permanent, and unalienable,
Reginald K. Oakes, whose address is 2317 3rd Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Annie Oakes who died on 12/24/2020 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 2, 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 2, 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.
and all natural laws governing We the People, and hereby de-
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is to be returned fully intact , as a Special Deposit order of the
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allegiance to the united States of America, The Lieber Code,
Hague Conventions of 1899 & 1907, The Geneva Conventions, clare 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, 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
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Roscoe P. Johnson, III, whose address is 5614 Blaine Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Wanda C. Thomas who died on May 14, 2014 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 3/2/2022. 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 3/2/2022, 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 2, 2021 Roscoe P. Johnson, III Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Nicole Stevens Register of Wills Washington Informer
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She said covenants would commonly exclude three groups of people: Jews, Blacks and Asians. In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled such covenants violated the Civil Rights Act of 1866. “Which means people needed to come up with other ways to keep out the undesirables,” Povey said. “They wanted to make sure their neighborhood only contained the right (or rather white) kind of people.” Covey argued that homeowners of color might find themselves fined or harassed for petty violations while worse ones by their white neighbors remain ignored. According to homestratophere. com, there are over 351,000 HOAs across America representing about 40 million homeowners, or 53% of all homes in the U.S. The website determined that “while it’s not impossible to avoid an HOA, it’s definitely difficult depending on where you want to buy.” According to Bankrate.com, the national average HOA fee for a single-family home is between $200 and $300. However, HOA fees vary widely depending on the property location and the amenities available to property owners, Bankrate.com reported. For homeowners with a mortgage and who are part of some form of a community association, these fees often exceed monthly utility payments, accounting for nearly 17 percent of total housing costs, the Inspection Supported Network reported. UrbanTurf reported that dues rose 32.4 percent between 2005 and 2015 across the nation which resulted in the median monthly dues changing from $250 to $331. During the same time period, the median monthly HOA dues in the D.C. area rose from $259 to $387, a 49.4 percent increase. While costs have risen, UrbanTurf reported that the number of households in the D.C. area paying HOA dues has dropped by 1.2 percent over the past decade. “I live in Columbia Heights and the biggest problem for me and my husband are our HOA fees,” Heather Keita said. “What do [our HOA dues] cover? We spoke with our friends who live in Forest Hills and they pay about half of what we pay. I work in retail, so I don’t really have a legal background to go up against our HOA but I feel it’s past time that someone did something about it.” WI
The program strives to connect with other county services such as “The Green Book” at https://bit. ly/3zoFr5I, a digital guide for small and minority businesses that explains ways to become certified and how to do business with the county and recommends contract opportunities with county agencies. “This administration has gone all in and doubled-down on its commitment to the utilization of county-based small and minority business,” Butler said. Slightly more than 100 people from the business community joined the virtual launch, raising questions which included the length of the approval process needed to become a mentor or protégé (14 business days) and whether limits on the total number of contracts that could be awarded in a fiscal year have been established (none have been set). Melissa Peterson, CEO with Blue Sky Innovative Solutions headquartered in Upper Marlboro, asked if the county program has been “deconflicted” with the federal Small Business Administration’s guidance. In other words, if federal regulations would force a smaller business affiliated or supported by a large business to “take on the size of the large business when it comes to federal procurement.” aid. Butler said that rule wouldn’t be applicable on the county level and not affect the program, “but that’s an interesting thought, though.” For businesses interested in the program and for more information on the procedures, visit https://bit. ly/3zytD0M. WI @jabariwill
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As it relates to the new school year, Jasmine said she’s concerned about how adults will mitigate conflicts that might arise inside or nearby one of D.C.’s most populous high schools. “If there’s someone on the bus doing something violent, people don’t [only] need to resolve the conflict, but be taken off the bus entirely so they can erase the tension,” Jasmine told The Informer. “We’re coming into a space where I have to learn who to be around and who to stay away from.”
coln Memorial on the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington. In the tradition of Dr. King, who was but 34 when he delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech, Mallory called people out and took them to task. She asserted her leadership role and said she would take it, come what may. More importantly, she told Democrats to do their job, do
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In 2017, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education designated Anacostia, Congress Heights, and Columbia Heights metro stations, along with the Good Hope Road corridor in Southeast as areas of priority for Safe Passage programs. Schools in those areas often had adult volunteers from the community who watch young people leave campus and guide them along different points leading to their neighborhood. The Office of the Student Advocate also coordinated Safe Passage community meetings that brought together students, parents, school administrators and elected officials to discuss youth violence prevention over the long term. Discussions in the D.C. Council about Safe Passage ran parallel to the events unfolding in the streets. Some people, like Ward 8 parent Tara Brown, participated in public hearings where she expressed a desire to see transportation options exclusive to young people. On Aug. 25, she endorsed The Safe Passage to School Expansion Act as a means of ensuring student safety at a precarious time. “You can’t talk about the importance of education if you don’t care if they make it to school,” Brown said at the Safe Passage forum. “This bill is a long time coming. I don’t want anyone to tell me about money. We [have to] prioritize the things that are important [like] mental and physical health -- the whole child.” WI @SamPKCollins
COOPER from Page 30 that afternoon were insurrectionists participating in an insurrection against the U.S. government. Aside from Ms. Babbitt, who was killed by law enforcement that day, all of the insurrectionists who entered the Capitol should be held accountable and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Such accountability should be extended to former President Donald Trump and other Administration officials as well as members of Congress and congressional staffers. More than 570 insurrectionists have been arrested, over 200 indicted and six sentenced in what prosecutors have called “the most complex investigation ever conducted by the Department of Justice.” Thankfully, steps are currently underway to not only hold them accountable but to also examine and expose all who played a role in carrying out the events leading up to and on that fateful day. Under the able leadership of Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, chair-
PRICE from Page 30 My grandfather instilled in me the value of education at a very young age. I could also lean on my cousin Zack, who had some college experience, when social pressures or drama arose. My mom would call me every other day. Aunts and my uncle also helped motivate me as did my strong, loving grandmother. Always concerned about my well-being, she regularly asked: “Are they racist up there?” Happily, I was able to report that I had experienced no issues – at least not yet. Many mentors and teachers also helped me on my way from high school to college like a caring second family. My family and school support helped me adjust to a community
their work, end the filibuster and implement the voting rights agenda. She is powerful, fierce and surrounded by a multiracial team that supports her. The is the future of our nation. Young, bold, bodacious, multiracial energy. There are too many who would throw back to the past, too many who would deny the demographics, too many who are frightened about what comes next, who
insist on humming, singing and swaying plaintively, "We Shall Overcome." In this multiracial world, there will be less singing and swaying, and more demanding. But those of us who watch the demographics know that numbers don't mean solidarity, and that we will have to work to get the coalitions that we want. And we must also know that no matter how the demographics shift, our nation still
owes Black folks. "We have come to the nation's capital to cash a check," thundered Martin Luther King Jr. "And the check has been marked insufficient funds." The funds are still insufficient, and the debt is no less pressing. Shifting demographics don't cancel the debt. Tamika Mallory, with her inspired leadership, reminds us to hold those we voted for accountable. WI
man of the bipartisan House Select Committee on the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, I am confident that many, if not all, of our questions will be answered. Efforts to have this investigation carried out by an independent commission of national security experts were repeatedly thwarted by the House Republican Leadership and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. In July, I listened in anguish as four police officers testified before the committee about the physical and verbal assaults they faced. One testified, “For most people, January 6th happened for a few hours. But for those of us in the thick of it, it has not ended.” Recently, Lt. Michael Byrd identified himself as the officer who shot and killed Babbitt. Although an unfortunate incident, I was proud to hear him say that he did so only as a last resort to defend members of Congress, regardless of their party affiliation. He also said he would have done the same had President Trump come under assault while at the Capitol.
Like me, Lt. Byrd views the Capitol as “sacred grounds” – the Citadel of Democracy. This was not the case for those who stormed the building to overturn the will of the American people as expressed during the last presidential election. The work of Chairman Thompson’s committee is a nec-
essary first step towards making our democracy whole again. The American people deserve answers. And the excitement and reverence of the Capitol that a 12-yearold me from Cleveland felt must remain intact for future generations. WI
far different from the one in which I had been raised. After earning a highly-competitive Posse scholarship that paid my tuition costs, I also was fortunate to be able to rely on my cohort of “Posse” scholars – a number that had grown to 11 by the time I joined them. Scholarship recipients who came both before and after me helped create a supportive community of students of color -- like-minded individuals with shared experiences and common purposes in the middle of a midwestern campus with students from New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as my native Washington, D.C. After graduating with my B.A. in Religious Studies, I was initially unsure of my next step. But working with the City Year Program in
D.C. exposed me to public charter schools and allowed me to become familiar with special education and the often-unmet needs of many students. From there, a desire to teach inspired me to enroll in Teach for America. My passion for the challenges and rewards of special education was ignited. Addressing learning difficulties and behaviour issues with appropriate interventions, an aspect of schooling long ignored by traditional education systems, is now seen as an essential part of public education by experts – recognized in federal government legislation and heightened public awareness. The challenges of special education are some of the hardest in teaching but student growth and progress in this area is perhaps the most rewarding. However, as I re-
mind my colleagues, you have to be motivated by the welfare of the children you serve and must connect with them and their families. If not, you will find the work to be exhausting. Returning to the neighborhood of my youth, I see many challenges from my workplace just off Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue. There are some positive changes in the community but also displacement of poorer residents of color because of gentrification. At Friendship Public Charter School, many of my former mentors and teachers are now colleagues. Like them, my aspiration for my students is a high-quality education that places them in charge of their future and therefore able to realize their full potential. WI
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and bridges is important. But not as important as saving our democracy. When they had the power, Senate Republicans changed filibuster rules so that Trump could pack the Supreme Court. Those rules are not sacred. They are not in the Constitution. They can be changed, and they must be changed to prevent Republicans from doing Trump's bidding once more and blocking voting rights protections. Senate leaders have not yet built the support to make that change happen. President Biden must publicly call on Senate Democrats to do what they need to do — remove the filibuster
as an obstacle to voting rights protections. That is why I stood at the White House fence with League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase-Solomon and all of the organization heads, faith leaders and young elected officials o demand that Biden do his job. At the White House we were blessed by the presence of prophetic religious voices who reminded us that we are part of an honorable history and sacred struggle for voting rights. Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner of the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism invoked the names of murdered civil rights activists Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner, "two young white Jewish men and a young Black Chris-
tian man who gave their lives for the right to vote." Rev. Timothy McDonald, co-chair of People For the American Way's board, also grounded our protest in the history of voting rights struggles. "This fight is not a new fight," he said. Rev. McDonald promised, "We will come back again and again and again, until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." Amen. We and our allies across the country are building a broad direct-action campaign with a profoundly moral purpose. Mr. President, it is time to show faith with the voters who put you in office. It is time to lead. WI
borhood. We heard directly that the team wants to see local retail and restaurants succeed and thrive and that they don’t plan to create more competition for our beloved institutions there. The plan seems more open to the community, choosing affordable housing over a hotel chain and arts destinations over a food hall. Additionally, the project’s prestigious and community-based proposed tenants include: The Washington Jazz Arts Institute, CityDance DREAM, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre/The Ailey School, and Christian Tabernacle Child Development Center. Even more important, the project will house the new national headquarters of the
NAACP. These cultural institutions will add to the rich legacy of the neighborhood, historically known as Black Broadway. Reeves will fit into the neighborhood beautifully, adding to its rich tapestry of artistic voices. We hope that this new partnership exemplifies the positive outcomes for our cherished local businesses when careful planning and forethought are given to the development of a neighborhood built on the backs of its small business owners. We need more developers like the Reeves CMC Venture team – developers who think and care deeply about how their work impacts the communities where they build. WI
A group of students allegedly defaced a Black doll during a school jamboree. Some white children created an Instagram account for the doll that the students had named "Shaniqua." Photos show markings on the doll that appear to be an ankle monitor bracelet drawn around the doll's ankle and scribble marks on the face. In a video posted on TikTok, several students are seen stomping on the doll. These were schoolchildren. Sorry Greg, these rascals today are no better than their grandparents were in Dixie. And this is in the education system that is supposed to be preparing the youth for the future. "I don't want this to be minimized as just a joke or silly kids," said Jordana Henry, a parent, teacher and leader in the school's Black Girl Magic Club. "This is white supremacy." Is there any wonder that white adults in more than 25 Republican-led states have passed or pro-
posed restrictions on how teachers can discuss racism and sexism in a movement that started under Mr. Trump after The New York Times Magazine published its "1619 Project" in 2019. Their opposition is to the teaching of what they call "critical race theory." Civil rights historians call it "truth." Meanwhile, some white grownfolks have abandoned all masks of civility. J.D. Vance, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Ohio, discarded all civility when he suggested that he has an advantage in the race because "our people hate the right people." Vance, the author of "Hillbilly Elegy," made the comment during an interview with The American Conservative magazine in late July. It's okay now, for them to just come out in the open with their race hate. It almost feels like some white folks are openly spouting their racism for sport, like in the 1950s. WI
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BAKER from Page 31 to choose the proposal that addresses the concerns of the independent businesses in the neighborhood and allays their fears that they will not be replaced but rather strengthened, by what will be built there. This is exactly why we decided to support the Reeves CMC Venture proposal. It’s not about choosing sides but rather about joining a conversation in which their team has invited us. When Reeves CMC Venture unveiled its plan to redevelop 14th and U, they made sure we had a seat at the table to discuss keeping ‘local first’ prominent in the historic neigh-
ASKIA from Page 31 Those are the core of the insurrectionists who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, at the command of President No. 45. They avoided detection and scrutiny, and are now brazenly conducting unlawful violent acts because of their seething race hatred. Charleston, S.C. murderer Dylann Roof — a young man — whose death penalty was recently upheld in a federal court, admitted that he plotted for months to murder Black worshipers at a historic church, in order to foment a race war. In Salinas, California, white children collectively behave as badly as racist adults during the height of the Southern anti-segregation battles. One student there said she's heard racial slurs since elementary school. Now, as a freshman, she fears walking down the hallways of Alisal High School, she told USA Today.
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