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An estimated 10,000 people filled the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest over five days last week to hear vital issues facing African Americans and other minorities at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference. Organizers left no stone unturned during the 48th annual event that featured honorary cochairs and Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California. Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee served as chairperson throughout the conference which tackled

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Is D.C. Council Poised to Repeal Initiative 77?

Long-Term Economic Effects Cited as Potentially Disastrous By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins

5 The three gubernatorial hopefuls for governor in Maryland, Georgia, and Florida, Ben Jealous, Stacy Abrams and Andrew Gillum speak about the midterm elections in November during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference on Thursday, Sept. 13. /Photo by Roy Lewis

In July, about a month after a ballot initiative to gradually raise tipped workers’ minimum wage over an eight-year period won voters’ approval by a 10-point margin, seven D.C. councilmembers introduced legislation to repeal it, citing opposition from constituents in the restaurant industry who expressed concern

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Summit’s Focus: High Mortality Rates of Black Mothers, Infants Bowser Seeks Agenda to Address Disproportionate Numbers

By Brigette Squire WI Contributing Writer D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, just four months into parenthood with the adoption of a newborn named Miranda Elizabeth, welcomed six fellow African-American female mayors from across the country to the District this month for the first Maternal and Infant Health Summit. Bowser and Mayors Karen Freeman-Wilson (Gary, Ind.), Toni N. Harp (New Haven, Conn.), Vi

Lyles (Charlotte, N.C.), Catherine Pugh (Baltimore), Lovely A. Warren (Rochester, N.Y.) and Karen Weaver (Flint, Mich.) are working with experts to develop a nationwide agenda that addresses the disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality experienced by people of color in D.C. and across the nation. “By working together, we can move closer to ensuring all women have access to high-quality

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5 Mayor Muriel Bowser hosts DC’s First Maternal and Infant Health Summit on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest. Cathy Hughes, Urban One, Inc. founder and chairperson and Valerie B. Jarrett, former Senior Advisor in the Obama Administration, participate in a conversation on perinatal health and racial disparities in birth outcomes. /Photo by Brigette Squire

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WI Staff Report With Constitutional rights and issues dominating the current news cycle, and public debates about those rights being challenged or interpreted in multiple ways, James Madison’s Montpelier has released new data about how Americans relate to, perceive and understand the U.S. Constitution. The nationally-representative survey of 2,500 Americans examined various perceptions of the Constitution and its role in their everyday lives, as well as the Constitutional issues citizens find most important to them personally and to the nation as a whole. The study also assessed how factors such as age, race/ethnicity and other demographics impact perceptions and priorities relating to the Constitution, bringing to life the significance of race and economic status when it comes to Americans’ understanding of, and relationship with, the Constitution. An overwhelming number, 80 percent, are concerned about their Constitutional rights being diluted or taken away while 76 percent of Americans believe their rights are not as secure and stable today as they were in the past. Kat Imhoff, president and CEO of James Madison’s Montpelier said, “It is our responsibility as an organization to highlight this information on a regular basis and to lead the debate and discussion about the document that framed our democracy . . . leading the conversation about how we, as people, can ensure that everyone in American society can realize the full promise of human freedom outlined in the Constitution.” Listed below are selected findings

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African Americans (38 percent) are more likely than whites (26 percent) to say they think about their rights frequently or very frequently. Those with $150k+ income (90 percent) are more likely than those with under $25k income (66 percent) to believe that their rights are regularly upheld and respected. More than 65 percent believe ethnic minorities and women do not always experience the constitutional rights to which they are entitled. African Americans (62 percent) and Hispanics (45 percent) are far more likely than whites (36 percent) to believe that civil rights is the most important Constitutional issue to the nation.

be amended at least occasionally; 33 percent said the Constitution should be amended at all. For those who are open to amending the Constitution, 61 percent say there should be more restrictions on gun ownership, 45 percent say there should be greater gender equality and 42 percent say there should be more clarity on privacy rights and data privacy protections. When it comes to amendments Americans want to add, 54 percent say there should be one outlining the right to privacy, 53 percent say there should be one outlining gender equality and 73 percent say access to clean air and water should be considered a civil right. “These findings bring to life the significance of race and economic status and while more people enjoy Constitutional guarantees today than ever before, this research

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Ninety percent or more of Americans say civil rights, data privacy, voting rights and freedom of the press are personally important to them (ahead of gun rights and abortion). However, when it comes to Constitutional issues impacting the nation, 53 percent believe that gun rights/gun control is the most important issue, followed by civil rights (41 percent). Forty-one percent of Americans said the Constitution should

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Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. 1964 – The Executive Order 11246, which enforces affirmative action, is signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

1958 – Martin Luther King Jr. is stabbed during a Harlem book signing by Izola Ware Curry, an African-American woman later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. 1984 – “The Cosby Show” debuts on NBC, beginning SEPT. 25 1861 – The Union Navy allows Blacks to enlist for an eight-year run as one of television’s all-time most service for the first time during the Civil War. beloved and successful shows. 1886 – Peter “The Black Prince” Jackson wins the Australian heavyweight title, becoming the first Black SEPT. 21 man to win a national boxing crown. 1872 – John H. Conyers becomes the first African 1968 – Famed rapper/actor Will Smith is born in American admitted to the U.S. Naval Academy in Philadelphia. Annapolis. 1974 – Barbara Hancock becomes first African-Ameri1891 – Inventor F.W. Leslie is issued a patent for the can woman to be named a White House fellow. envelope seal.

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1929 – Ida Stephens Owens, the nation’s first African-American female biochemist, is born in Newark, New Jersey. 1937 – Singer Bessie Smith, known as “Empress of the Blues,” dies in an automobile accident in Clarksdale, Mississippi, at age 43. 1981 – Tennis great Serena Williams is born in Saginaw, Michigan. WI

SEPT. 23 1863 – NAACP charter member Mary Church Terrell, who was the first African-American woman appointed to a school board of a major U.S.city as a member of the D.C. board of education, is born in Memphis. 1884 – Judy W. Reed receives a patent for the bread kneading machine, becoming the first African-American woman known to receive a U.S. patent. 1926 – Pioneering jazz saxophonist John Coltrane is born in Hamlet, North Carolina. 1930 – Music legend Ray Charles is born in Albany, Georgia. 1998 – President Clinton presents Nelson Mandela with the Congressional Gold Medal for his anti-apartheid efforts.

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The recent death of Botham Jean, a 26-year-old businessman and college graduate, shot and killed in his own apartment in the middle of the night by an off-duty Dallas police officer, Amber Guyger, smells hauntingly familiar – exuding the stench of a putrid concoction of racism, jealousy, ignorance, hatred, denial and, dare I say it, white superiority. Now, Jean, due to no fault of his own, joins that infinitesimal group of Black brothers (and sisters) who have been profiled, harassed, stalked, corralled, enslaved, or eliminated – in this case gunned down, because – well, because they’re Black folk living in a world where their very existence evokes both envy and fear. That fear, and of course envy, stem from an unfiltered history of the planet where Blacks once sat at the top of the human food chain. Long ago, our ancestors were the philosophers, the physicians, the theologians, the warriors, the agriculturalists, the architects, the teachers and the griots. But as

white-skinned, former cave-dwelling humans realized the overall power, wealth and intelligence that rested in the hands of darkskinned people, they began devising ways to take that which was not theirs. More than anything, they longed to become the world’s new rulers, gatekeepers and lawmakers – the master sitting on his throne, comfortably ensconced in “the big house” -- sharing with Blacks was not an option. And so, first in subtle, then later in more obvious ways, whites began to employ any means they could muster to initiate and promote the “dehumanization” of Black people, stripping away all semblances of their former humanity until they were reconfigured – transformed into creatures that were only partially human and therefore incapable of love, hope, pain or sorrow. With their plan well underway, whites accelerated along their ignoble pursuit for power, prestige and worldwide domination without fear of ever feeling guilty for how they might mistreat members of the Black race. Ironically, or predictably, Jean, initially the victim, has since become the bad guy – the Black man who wants to rape white daughters, who walks in the wake of wanton violence and who’d rather hang out on the corner with a 40 and a blunt in his hand, than oc-

cupy a seat in the boardroom. That’s why officials searched the home of the victim, not the assailant, and came up with something useful—he was in possession of marijuana. The same thing happened to young Trayvon Martin who, after being murdered by a self-empowered, so-called “community watchman,” faced ridicule from the grave because records indicated that he’d gotten into trouble several times in school. Trayvon was a “bad boy” they said. Botham Jean was a “bad man” they said – so both “deserved” what happened to them. From time to time, I wake up shuddering, having had a nightmare so powerful that I cannot decide if I’m witnessing an imaginary vista or a true-to-life encounter. My brothers and sisters still lament or what we do not have, what we once had, why we have been kept from achieving that which we have the right to pursue. To that I say, when Blacks, from Soweto to South Central LA, re-embrace the power of the collective which once served as the anchor and foundation for the world’s Black community, then we will witness and celebrate that new “getting up” day – a day when the only folks disappearing will be those still desperately clinging to the absurd notion that “I” matters more than “US.” WI

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By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins Since before the turn of the decade, techies on the fringe used what had then been emerging blockchain technology to develop a digital monetary system that could exist outside of the central banks, entities that have long controlled and dictated the value of the U.S. dollar and other currencies. Despite its increasing appeal as an alternative form of exchange, Black entrepreneurs in the cryptocurrency space say their communities have yet to fully embrace what has been described as a key to economic freedom. Some of them attempted to make their case during the Black Blockchain Summit, a Sept. 10-11 conference of enthusiasts and entrepreneurs from across the African Diaspora at Howard University in Northwest. “This is about us using this technology to solve problems in the community,” said summit co-organizer Sinclair Skinner, co-founder and CEO of BitMari, a Pan-African bitcoin startup. Skinner said he wanted participants walking through the university’s Interdisciplinary Research Building on Georgia Avenue to understand how technology and finance can improve Black people’s quality of life. Since BitMari’s 2015 inception, Skinner and business partner Christopher Mapondera, another summit organizer, have expanded operations so people domestically and in Africa, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, the Dominican Republic and China could make bitcoin financial transactions on their mobile devices. Two years ago, BitMari invested in

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“It is important that families know when to go to the doctor versus going to the emergency room,” said Dr. Hugh E. Mighty of Howard University. “Some women don’t know where to go to deliver their babies.” Bowser announced that her administration and the George Washington University Hospital are collaborating to improve access to high-quality health care services for Washingtonians, specifically for residents in Wards 7 and 8 who are currently without a community hospital. A new hospital is expected to open in Ward 8 in 2023. Washingtonians also have the DC Healthy People 2020 Framework that is being put in place as a shared community agenda to help guide the city’s multi-sector and collaborative efforts to improve population health in the District. “It is our hope that stakeholders and community members will use the framework and this report to support shared goals, facilitate cross-sector collaboration and to align our work to achieve health equity,” said Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, director of the D.C. Department of Health. Many women are concerned about returning to the workforce after childbirth due to child care costs, which Bowser addressed in the city’s fiscal year 2019 budget by earmarking $12.5 million to help make early child care more affordable for all District residents. “When I had my daughter I was a lawyer with many resources and I still felt like I was hanging on by my fingertips,” said former White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, who participated in the summit. “I thought, ‘If I am hanging on be my fingertips, what’s it like for that single mom who is working two shifts and has no support at home and can’t afford quality child care?’ “Our country should be able to provide affordable child care for every single child in this country,” Jarrett said. “It is cost prohibitive. It would help to have a federal policy that would make it more affordable.” A great part of getting government policy change for D.C. is increasing the voice in the House of Representatives. “We don’t have two senators voting for us in D.C. and that has to change,” Bowser said. For more information, go to dcmaternalhealth.com. WI 2018 AFAM PRINT

health care before, during and after childbirth,” Bowser said. The Sept. 12 summit, which was free and open to the public, was an opportunity for elected officials, health experts and D.C. residents to have a focused conversation regarding perinatal health and racial disparities in birth outcomes. The event featured panel discussions and a luncheon geared towards articulating and sharing best practices for infant and maternal health. “One of the major things that we did in Flint is that we got the Medicaid expanded to age 21 and for all pregnant women,” Weaver said. “Why should you have to have a water crisis to have comprehensive medical services? These are things that we should have and that should stay in place countrywide.” Although Washingtonians have the DC Healthy Families program that provides free health insurance to city residents, the rate at which women die of pregnancy-related causes “is higher in D.C. than in any state in the country,” federal data shows. The DC Healthy Families program covers doctor visits, vision and dental care, prescription drugs, hospital stays and transportation for appointments. The program also offers special programs for newborn babies, children with disabilities or special health care needs. “Mothers who receive prenatal care within the first 12 weeks of their pregnancy have healthier pregnancies,” said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Black women are more than three times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than white women.” A pregnant woman’s past or present exposure to lead puts her unborn baby at risk. When she breathes in or swallows lead, it goes into her blood. Once the lead is in the bloodstream, it passes through the placenta to the baby and into the baby’s developing bones and other organs. “We started a lead registry in Flint of individuals who have been exposed to lead and referred them to services that are available for them,” Weaver said. “We inspected the lead service lines to lower the amount of lead in our water. No lead is good lead.” A major key strategy to help expecting mothers that have access to high-quality health care is to properly educate families on how to use those services.

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Head Start Returns to Prince George’s By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill After a two-year hiatus following reports of child neglect and abuse, Head Start will return to Prince George’s County. The early intervention program will be revived thanks to $33.5 million in federal grants from Easterseals MD DC VA and the Lourie Center for Children’s Social & Emotional Wellness of Rockville. The grants will last up to five years to serve almost 420 children from birth to age 5. However, the public school system housed about 930 stu-

dents at 35 sites. “This is great for children and families in Prince George’s County,” PGCPS interim CEO Monica Goldson said in a statement. “Prince George’s County Public Schools will do our best to help the new providers serve as many children as possible, as quickly as possible. We are providing classroom space and additional resources to ensure success in serving children and families. Together, we can strengthen the network of programs from birth to when students enter our doors at age 4.” The Administration for Children and Families, a division of the federal department of

Health and Human Services, manages Head Start to provide early education services and nutrition programs for children ages 3 to 5. The federal government also offers Early Head Start for toddlers and youth. Prince George’s officials seek to improve its image and early-intervention education. The federal agency investigated several high-profile incidents in the county two years ago, including one in which one child was allegedly forced to mop his own urine, another where a child walked out a school during the school day, and a third in which two teachers forced two children to stand and hold objects above their heads for an inordinate amount of time. Because of those allegations, the agency lost more than $6 million of funding in 2016. The county decided to relinquish Head Start, but chose to use $5 million of PGCPS money to incorporate a similar program known as “Early Start” that served about 855 students at 35 sites last school year. The newly expanded Head Start program began Sept. 4 at two locations in the county: St. Anne’s Center for Children and Youth and Families in Hyattsville and United Methodist Church of the Redeemer in Temple Hills.

The Easterseals grant of $18.6 million with another $3.3 million will help serve 218 children. Larry Bram, senior vice president at Easterseals, said the goal will be to open a center with about 60 staff in a year or two in Oxon Hill. The organization’s offered services will include mental health, financial and workforce development. “Our mission is really to make profound changes for people who need help,” Bram said. “There is almost no inclusive care in the county and the Head Start needed to come back and stronger.” As part of the new grant, the Lourie Center received a $14.9

million award for five years to provide serves in the northern and center part of Prince George’s. Additional services for 200 children, include assistance for pregnant teens, children with disabilities and children from homeless families, are scheduled to begin Oct. 1. “The award enables the Lourie Center to expand our ongoing services as part of Prince George’s County’s continuum of early childhood care with a focus on comprehensive early childhood development and education and family engagement,” said Jimmy Venza, the center’s executive director. WI

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Dozens of teenagers jogged and conducted blocking drills, while one attempted a field goal. As the football team at Dr. Henry A. Wise High School prepared to defend its Maryland 4A-state championship this season, players are pushed to a higher standard. “You work so hard we can’t wait to play on the football field,” said Isaiah Hazel, a senior committed to the University of West Virginia. “Our coaches coach so hard they can’t wait to coach on the football field. The whole coaching staff has been teaching how to be young men and how [to] prepare ourselves in life.” Those interested in learning how nearly 150 players from Wise continued their education in college since 2006 can view the “PG13” web series, now in its third season, on the Prince George’s County Public Schools website (www.pgcps.org) and various social media platforms.

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The second show of the season, which aired Monday, highlighted the Bowie High School Bulldogs, which look to rebound from a 1-9 record last year while integrating a new “character coach” to chat about topics unrelated to football. Visionary Media Productions, owned by Dave Owens, creates four- to seven-minute videos that go behind the scenes of the county sports teams not only on the field, but in the classroom. As a former WUSA-TV (Channel 9) sports reporter and anchor, Owens said the web series goes beyond the quick highlights.

“I wanted to continue my long form of storytelling and utilize that to help organizations tell their story [and] take charge of their own narrative,” he said. “Every organization needs to do it, but I applaud Prince George’s County public schools for having the foresight to know that this type of promotions is incredibly important and a unique way to do it.” Besides showcasing the student-athletes, Owens also provides

young adults with experience to help produce some of the episodes. For instance, he said, a young lady from Morgan State University in Baltimore assists with some of the video work. “As we go to year three, it has given me the opportunity to work with a lot of young people to work their way in the communications business,” he said. “Young men and women can help out in the process.” Approximately 13 episodes of high school football will be shown this year on Mondays. Last season, Owens said his company produced 25 episodes of high school football, basketball and lacrosse. It produced 100,000 page views on Prince George’s digital platforms. Schools spokeswoman Raven Hill this season will strictly focus on football. “PG13 combines good storytelling with high-quality sports footage to showcase our scholar-athletes,” she said. “Each episode takes you inside the coach’s mindset, the players’ motivations and the community surrounding the school.” WI

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Md. Voters Back Hogan, Say State Doing Well, Poll Finds By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Maryland voters are satisfied with Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s leadership, but also support a few progressive policies that Democratic nominee Ben Jealous has championed throughout his campaign, according to a two-part Goucher College poll released this week. The first part of the poll released Tuesday, Sept. 17 shows the majority of likely voters in favor of the state instituting a $15 minimum hourly wage and legalizing recreational marijuana. However, the second part of the poll released Wednesday shows 54 percent would vote for Hogan and 32 percent support Jealous, the former NAACP president. The number one concern for the 831 voters surveyed Sept. 11-16: the economy. “The poll underscores the fact that we still have a popular Republican governor, but people are happy with the direction of the state,” Mileah Kromer, director of the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center at Goucher College, said Tuesday. “They are still concerned about taxes, but there is still support for progressive policy issues.” Here’s a breakdown of some of the poll numbers in Tuesday’s poll: • About 71 support raising the statewide minimum wage to $15 per hour, compared to 25 percent who oppose doing so. • About 62 percent support the legalization of marijuana for recreational use, versus 33 percent against it. • Fifty-six percent say state taxes

are “too high,” while 41 percent say the amount of state taxes they pay “is about right.” Although the majority of participants support the initiatives and believe they pay too much in state taxes, 54 percent said the state is “heading in the right direction” and 64 percent approve of Hogan’s job as governor. Among those who identify as Democrat, 56 percent approve of Hogan’s performance. Approximately 46 percent of both Blacks and Whites believe Hogan “has distanced himself about the right amount” from President Trump. However, there’s a split racial divide with 46 percent of Blacks saying the state isn’t heading in the right direction, compared to only 22 percent of Whites.

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If voters re-elect Hogan to another four years in office, he would become the first Republican in 64 years to win a second gubernatorial term in Maryland, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1. Wednesday’s poll found 73 percent of voters are “set on their candidate,” compared to about 26 percent who could change their minds. Other results from the poll: • 66 percent have more confidence in Hogan to handle economic development and job creation, while 23 percent back Jealous. • 51 percent express confidence in Hogan to handle education, compared to 36 percent for Jealous, who is endorsed by the state teachers’ union. Roughly 12 per-

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cent said they “don’t know.” • 51 percent believe Hogan can manage health care for the state, compared to 35 percent who favor Jealous. Approximately 11 percent “don’t know” who would be best. The 831 likely voters who participated in the poll were largely divided along racial, age and gender lines. About 49 percent of Black voters support Jealous, compared to about 35 percent for Hogan, but 34 percent said they could change their minds. Blacks also favored Hogan to handle the economy over Jealous, 48 percent to 42 percent. Progressives ages 18-34 favor Jealous at 52 percent, compared to 33 percent for Hogan. About 60 percent of adults 35 and older support Hogan and fewer than 30 percent back Jealous. The poll also shows Hogan has more support from both men and women at 64 percent and 47 percent, respectively. A potentially telling sign is Hogan’s popularity among independent voters, as he outpaced Jealous 57 percent to 17 percent in that demographic. “What is most important is that the majority of Marylanders believe that our state is moving in the right direction, a stark contrast from where we were just four years ago,” Hogan campaign spokesman Scott Sloofman said Tuesday. “Maryland approves of the job Governor Hogan is doing and clearly doesn’t want to change directions now, especially for Ben Jealous’ high-tax, unaffordable and extreme agenda.” The poll has a margin of error of plus/minus 3.4 percentage points. WI

Wanda Durant Seeks to Inspire Youth at Prince George’s Expo Wanda Durant, AKA the “Real MVP” and mother to Seat Pleasant’s own NBA superstar, Kevin Durant, will be the keynote speaker at the Passport to Success Expo on Saturday, Sept. 22 at Oxon Hill High School. The event, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., will feature workshops and at least 35 representatives from colleges and universities, local government agencies and companies sharing information on college and work careers. The expo will also provide child care on a first come, first serve basis. In addition, attendees will be able to sample new school lunch items known as “The Taste of PGCPS.” For more information, go to https://www.pgcps.org/passport-to-success/. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

Our Rapidly Changing Economy Over the past several weeks, I’ve attended meetings on mass transit, venture capital and technology infrastructure. These discussions included rapid transit that will move people from one point of the east coast to the other in less than one hour; an underground transportation system that will move vehicles in the same amount of time; smart cities that will connect business to global markets; and, innovative investment for creative startup businesses. Our economy is rapidly changing! The models of storefront services and 9 to 5 thinking are being cast away with innovation and ecosystem alignment. Like it or not we must embrace this change. While this may sound a bit self-serving, getting involved with business associations is a way to tap into this change. Chambers and other associations are in tune with changing business climates and have insights on how entrepreneurs can adapt. The Prince George’s Chamber, through its committees and events, has monthly conversations and speakers that provide technical assistance on innovation. Our events feature networking opportunities with business leaders and investors willing to share their acumen on increasing your capacity. Being part of a network is essential for adaptation and reinvention; and, in this economy businesses must be nimble. On a somewhat different note, on the evening of October 5th, the Prince George’s Chamber of Commerce will host its Excellence in Business Awards Gala at the RiverView Ballroom, Gaylord National Harbor. Awardees include: Congressman Steny Hoyer, 2U Inc., Donna Cooper-President of Regional Pepco, Tonia Wellons-Vice President of the Community Foundation, Dewberry and more. We expect 400 regional business leaders in attendance and this is a great opportunity to connect with these innovators. Tickets are going fast, please contact Chauka Reid, Business Development Manager at 301-731-5000 or creid@pgcoc.org for more information. Hope to see you on the evening of October 5th! Not a member? Please visit our website, www.pgcoc.org or drop by for a visit to get started! Membership is good for a full calendar year, so it’s always a good time to join! David C. Harrington President & CEO Prince George’s Chamber of Commerce www.pgcoc.org

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Passport to Success Expo to Help Families Maximize Opportunities With more than 200 schools and centers serving over 134,000 students, navigating Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) can be overwhelming. On September 22, families can get a “smart start” to the school year at the Passport to Success Expo! The Passport to Success Expo combines two popular fall events, the annual Family Institute and College and Career Readiness Summit. It features more than 20 workshops on timely topics tailored to parents and students, and more than 35 college, university and career representatives. More than 30 business and community exhibitors will share information on programs and resources that support families. There is no admission charge for the event and families are encouraged to take advantage of the free bus transportation – with three pickup sites throughout the county – and free breakfast and childcare (for children ages 6 to 12). “We want to help families learn

how to access community resources and maximize opportunities for their child’s success,” said Dr. Monica Goldson, Interim Chief Executive Officer. “Parents should not only know what’s available, but how to tap into supports along the way. These amazing programs should not be a ‘best-kept secret.’” Parent workshops are focused on three main themes: Family Empowerment, 21st Century Learning, and Health and Wellness. Workshops include strategies for navigating social services, strengthening family engagement in schools, transitioning to middle school, building literacy skills, helping your child with math, supporting children with attention deficit disorder and keeping children safe on social media. Middle and high school students can participate in workshops that include selecting a college entrance exam that fits them best, choosing a two- or four-year college program, crafting a winning college application and honing interview skills

when seeking that first job. In addition to workshops, representatives from colleges and universities, local government and agencies, business and trade schools, fire, police and EMT will be on hand to help students explore post-secondary offerings, with some offering on-site admission processes. “Our goal is to help families make informed decisions about their child’s education,” said Dr. Sheila Jackson, Family and School Partnerships Director. “By attending Passport to Success, it is our hope that students and parents can make intentional choices about their futures.” Attendees will also hear a message of inspiration from “MVP Mom” Wanda Durant, the mother of NBA champion and Prince George’s County native Kevin Durant, who invested $10 million in the Durant Center. An advocate, entrepreneur and philanthropist, she is a passionate supporter of underserved children, single mothers and communi-

ties. The Durant Center welcomed its inaugural class from Suitland High School this year. The 10-year program removes academic, financial, and social-emotional barriers that prevent low-income and firstgeneration students from earning college degrees. “Ultimately, education is a partnership,” said Carolyn Boston, Board of Education Vice Chair. “Parents are the best advocates for their child’s education. When parents are present and informed partners, our students travel successfully through each phase of their education, onward to their destination of college and careers.” For more information, visit www. pgcps.org/passport-to-success.

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BUSINESS London-Based Dinery Opens New Spot in D.C. Farragut North Area Gets Natural Fast-Food Option By Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer Does natural fast food exist? LEON, a new London-based restaurant in D.C., says, “Yes!” The restaurant, which is the first U.S. location for the LEON Restaurant Group, opened Sept. 10 a half-block from the Farragut North Metro in the busy K Street/

Farragut North business corridor where quick food options are plentiful, be it a restaurant or food truck. The menu satisfies most palates with meat, seafood, vegan and gluten-free offerings. LEON co-founder and CEO John Vincent said he has taken a holistic approach for the menu, based on the proven health benefits of the Mediterranean diet.

The menu satisfies most palates with meat, seafood, vegan and gluten-free offerings. “We wanted to figure out how do we reinvent fast food,” Vincent said. “We felt D.C. replicated some of the dynamic of the U.K. vs. other locations in the U.S.” During the first two days of opening, more than 1,000 patrons came through the restaurant’s door, and a lunchtime visit during day three of the debut week found the place packed. This reporter sampled the Chicken Aioli Wrap, the Grilled Halloumi Cheese Wrap, Pesto Chicken Balls, Brazilian Black Beans, a Truffled Portobello and Halloumi Sandwich and the LEON Baked Fries. The Grilled Halloumi Cheese Wrap, garnished with avocado, grape tomatoes, olive tapenade and garlic aioli, was very appetizing. The Truffled Portobello and Halloumi Sandwich looked like a hamburger served on a bun that was light and plump. The star menu item was the LEON Baked Fries — crisp waffle fries with just the right amount of seasoning. They were not salty like some fast-food fries and came with a choice ketchup, aioli chili sauce

or Korean mayo. Go with the aioli chili sauce. Desserts also are on the menu, and the choices looked delicious with selections such as the Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie, Vegan Carrot Cupcake and a PB&J Brownie. Iced teas and fresh LEON-made lemonade were low in sugar. LEON is the first restaurant in the D.C. area to serve Tractor sodas, an organic, non-GMO brand of soft drinks. Prices on the menu are comparable to any daytime restaurant that

caters to office workers in downtown D.C. LEON also wants to be considered for after-work takeout for those who may not have time to cook when they get home. The restaurant is an affordable approach to tasty, healthy eating for those in a hurry. LEON, located at 1724 L Street NW, serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Hours are Monday-Friday; 7 a.m. – 9 p.m. For more information, call 202-813-3867 or go to https://leon.co/us. WI

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Discussion Centers on Social, Political Climate for African Americans WI Staff Report With less than 50 days to the critical midterm elections, the NAACP held a national call to action Tele-Townhall conference call on Wednesday, Sept. 19 where concerned Americans heard from NAACP leaders on how they can help push back against the current attack on civil rights and the right to vote. “Since Donald Trump ascended to the presidency on a platform of division, people of color across America have been dealing with levels of blatant hate and racism not seen in decades,” said NAACP President Derrick Johnson. “His blatant dog-whistle politics has served as inspiration for others to express their own racism and bias and #LivingWhileBlack has not been this dangerous since the Jim

Crow era,” Johnson said. “This all needs to end – and on November 6, we all have a chance to make it stop and put our country back on the path toward equality. The importance of our vote and participation cannot be overstated. We can’t exercise our right to vote without people in power trying to put up barriers to our access to the ballot box.” “This is a time for real people to have real conversations on the status of this country and mobilize to reclaim our communities. Our lives depend on it.” Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s foremost and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the U.S. and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities. WI

BUSINESS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (“RFP”) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 815 Florida Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001-3017 (202) 777-1600 (202) 986-6736 (FAX) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (“RFP”) BOND UNDERWRITING & INVESTMENT BANKING SERVICES FOR ASSISTED LIVING DEBT FINANCINGS The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (the “Agency” or “DCHFA”) requests proposals from qualified firms, meeting the minimum qualifications, interested in providing bond underwriting services, investment banking services, and other related services to DCHFA for future debt financings to finance assisted living facilities (the “Assisted Living Debt”). DCHFA intends to add the category of Assisted Living Bonds Program to our existing slate of Bond Underwriters & Investment Banking Services of qualified firms from which the Agency may select to serve on specific transactions. The information and instructions set forth below are designed to solicit responses that will demonstrate your company’s capability to satisfy the Agency’s requirements. Each company is requested to submit its most competitive offer. The deadline for submission of proposals is Friday, September 28, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. (ET). Please submit one (1) electronic PDF file of the proposal via email to procurement@dchfa.org and one (1) Flash Drive Copy with the proposal files to DCHFA, 815 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001, Attn: Keami Estep, Procurement Manager. QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS RFP Companies may submit questions related to this RFP in writing or by e-mail no later than noon on Friday, September 21, 2018 (ET). All questions shall be sent to Keami Estep, Procurement Manager at procurement@dchfa.org. No oral proposals or oral modifications of proposals will be considered. The subject line of the email and the outside packaging of the Flash Drive submission must include “Response to Bond Underwriters: Assisted Living Bond Program RFP: Your Firm Name”.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (“RFP”) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 815 Florida Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001-3017 (202) 777-1600 (202) 986-6736 (FAX) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (“RFP”) FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES SLATE The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (the “Agency” or “DCHFA”) requests proposals from qualified firms meeting the minimum qualifications interested in providing Financial Advisory Services and other related services to DCHFA for future debt financings, refinancing, as well as restructurings of outstanding debt related to its housing finance programs. DCHFA intends to establish a slate of qualified firms from which the Agency may select to serve as financial advisor on specific transactions. The information and instructions set forth below are designed to solicit responses that will demonstrate your company’s capability to satisfy the Agency’s requirements. Each company is requested to submit its most competitive offer. The deadline for submission of proposals is Friday, October 5, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. (ET). Please submit one (1) electronic PDF file of the proposal via email to procurement@dchfa.org and one (1) Flash Drive Copy with the proposal files to DCHFA, 815 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001, Attn: Keami Estep, Procurement Manager. QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS RFP Companies may submit questions related to this RFP in writing or by e-mail no later than noon on Friday, September 21, 2018 (ET). All questions shall be sent to Keami Estep, Procurement Manager at procurement@dchfa.org. No oral proposals or oral modifications of proposals will be considered. The subject line of the email and the outside packaging of the Flash Drive submission must include “Response to Financial Advisory Services RFP: Your Firm Name”. WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

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NATIONAL People of Color Nearly Absent from Top U.S. House Staff, New Report Finds By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia An eye-opening Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies report has revealed that American public policy is more likely to elect a person of color to the U.S. House of Represen-

tatives than House members are to hire top staffers of color. In a news release issued Tuesday, Sept. 11, the Joint Center noted that of the 329 White members of the House, only 16 members have chiefs of staff of color — 10 Republicans and 6 Democrats. Further, the report revealed

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that more than one-quarter of House members represent diverse districts but have no top staff of color. No Latinos hold top positions in the leadership offices or committees. The report, “Racial Diversity Among Top U.S. House Staff,” found that while people of color account for 38 percent

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of the U.S. population, they make up only 13.7 percent of all top House staff. This demonstrates that the American public is more likely to elect a person of color to the House than House members are to hire top staffers of color. Beyond members of color, there is little difference between the political caucuses. In the personal offices of White Democratic members, only 7.4 percent of top staff are people of color even though, on average, 37.4 percent of these districts’ residents are people of color. In the offices of White Republican members, only three percent of top staff are people of color even though these members represent districts that are on average 26 percent people of color. “The House of Representatives cannot effectively create public policy that benefits all Americans if the people making policy decisions do not look like America,” said Spencer Overton, President of the Joint Center. “While these numbers are disappointing, this report is a critical step toward understanding and addressing this lack of diversity and inclusion in Congress. Members of Congress must take action to recruit and hire talented diverse candidates for senior staff positions to ensure that it better understands and more effectively represents all Americans,” Overton said. Other key findings in the report include almost a three-quarters of House members — 313 members — have no top staff of color and that more than a quarter of members — 114 members — represent districts that are more than one-third people of color but do not have any top staffers of color. Much of the Democrats’ staff diversity comes from the

Congressional Black Caucus. While 53 percent of caucus members’ top staffers are Black, only 2 percent of White Democratic members’ top staffers are Black. Nearly 40 percent of the Democratic Congressional Hispanic Caucus members and half of the Republican Congressional Hispanic Conference members have no Latino top staff. There are no Latinos, Asian American Pacific Islanders or Native Americans in any of the 40 committee staff director positions or in any of the 24 top staff positions in the four top leadership offices of Democrats and Republicans; and women account for almost 61 percent of Black top staffers, almost 45 percent of Latina/Latino top staffers, and just over 31 percent of AAPI top staffers. Top staff are defined to include chiefs of staff, legislative directors and communications directors in D.C. personal offices of U.S. House members; chiefs of staff, policy directors and communication directors in the top four leadership offices of each political party; and staff directors assigned to full committees. The figures reflect House employment as of June 1. “These findings demonstrate a profound and appalling lack of diversity and inclusion in what is supposed to be our most representative branch of government,” said Don Bell, director of the Joint Center Black Talent Initiative. “It is clear that there is an urgent need for action. The People’s House cannot claim to be truly representative of the nation it serves without an immediate move to increase transparency and adopt a comprehensive bipartisan plan to address the lack of diversity and inclusion in the chamber.” WI

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s bitter opponents within the ANC are aiming their guns at his deputy, David Mabuza (left), and are working to prevent him from returning to his post after next year’s elections. Senior sources in the ANC told the Johannesburg-based City Press that work was underway to ensure that Mabuza did not get the number two position on the electoral list when the party concludes the list process, which starts now and will end in December, the City Press reported Sept. 16. Although this would not rule out Ramaphosa using his prerogative to appoint Mabuza, it would humiliate and weaken him immensely. The humiliation of Mabuza would also serve as a means of “testing the balance of forces” to see whether Ramaphosa himself can be recalled at the national general council, to be held after next year’s elections. Names being bandied about as possible replacements for Mabuza include international relations minister Lindiwe Sisulu and party chairperson Gwede Mantashe. While former President Jacob Zuma is not outwardly leading the drive, he is said to have been involved in at least three discussions in different meetings. ANC secretary general Ace Magashule had been mentioned as being among the anti-Ramaphosa plotters, but this week he denied the allegations, saying there was nothing sinister about the meeting he’d had with Zuma and others in Durban last week. ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe told City Press that going forward from Nasrec, the ANC had committed itself “both in deeds and actions to the process of unity and renewal.” “We are all investing our time and efforts towards that,” Mabe said. “The leadership collective [is] committed to the attainment of unity and renewal within our ranks.” He said the ANC would not be “sidetracked away from our overall programme, which is beginning to show positive signs, as evidenced through the nationwide #ThumaMina initiative.” However, the ANC faction that opposed Ramaphosa’s presidency is armed with details on the party’s membership numbers in Mpumalanga having been inflated — details that would be used to challenge Ramaphosa and Mabuza’s election last year at Nasrec.

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tors,” Scott said. “There are a number of Black women saying they don’t like the way they’re being prosecuted. What we find is women are winning in districts that are not predominately Black. If you look at the women of the Congressional Black Caucus, the majority of them now are in districts that are not majority Black.” Trump, who has seen several of his inner circle recently plead guilty to criminal charges and might feel the walls closing in on him, was at the center of impeachment talk. In her typical fiery but eloquent way, Waters spoke passionately about she and other Democrats’ mission to impeach the president — though, like many others, she never mentioned him by name but only referring to him as “Number 45.” “My friend Jesse Jackson said if you fight, you can win. If you don’t fight, you will never know if you can win,” said Waters she received an NNPA Leadership Award. For those who insist that Vice President Mike Pence might turn out as a worse commander in chief than Trump, Waters scoffed. “I say knock off the first, and

5 The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference Townhall at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest was presented to a full audience. /Photo by Roy Lewis

go after the second,” she said as the sold-out crowd inside the grand ballroom of the Marriot Marquis roared its approval. Green, the veteran civil rights advocate serving his seventh term in Congress, picked up where Waters left off.

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HEALTH New Policy Agenda Aims at Educating Black Voters Black Women’s Health Imperative Releases Report Card WI Staff Report The Black Women’s Health Imperative [BWHI] recently released its first national policy agenda on Black women’s health priorities, “Black Women Vote: The 2018 National Health Policy Agenda,” to ensure the health needs of Black women and girls are addressed at the federal and state levels during the 2018 and 2020 election cycles.

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The Agenda, which has received endorsements from Planned Parenthood, In Our Own Voice, Healthy Women National Coalition of 100 Black Women and other organizations, was released along with a report card on critical health policy priorities that impact women’s health. The report card offers voters an opportunity to assess federal and state candidates’ positions on health policies that impact the

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health of women of color. Two panels discussed The Agenda during the recent the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference Health Braintrust Townhall Meeting during the following sessions: U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly’s “CBCF Health Braintrust: Truth and Reconciliation in Health” and U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis’ “Breaking Down Barriers and Closing the

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Health Care Gap for Black Women.” “We are excited to release this first-of-its-kind policy agenda, which offers our nation a framework for addressing health inequities for Black women and girls,” said Linda Goler Blount, BWHI president and CEO. “We want to provide voters with a way to assess candidates for office at all levels on issues that are important to Black women, such as ensuring access to quality health care and protecting an individual’s right to make personal decisions about reproductive health.” In an effort to educate and empower Black women voters, policymakers and supporters around the country, BWHI will convene a series of ‘kitchen-table discussions’ starting in states including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New York and Tennessee. “It is imperative that we do more to address growing health disparities for women of color. Doing so is a priority for me as U.S. Senator,” said Senator Doug Jones of Alabama. “I am committed to advancing policies that expand access to health care, reduce maternal mortality rates, and ensure that women of color have a voice in all of our federal health policy debates.” “It’s been 50 years since Shirley Chisolm urged Black women not

to wait for a seat at the table but to bring our own folding chair. BWHI is continuing that civil rights legacy and educating our current and potential policymakers about the barriers Black women still face today,” said Tammy Boyd, BWHI Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs. “There is so much hindering Black women from gaining access to the affordable and quality health care they deserve, so it is up to us to not only be at the table but to lead it,” she added. “Black women deserve to have a leadership role at the table because their vote is essential and their health depends on it. It is our hope that Black women, our supporters, policymaker, and others will read the agenda and take action,” Blount added. “The recommendations in this agenda will help stakeholders demand policies that are informed by the lived experiences of Black women. Come November, we should see a united front calling for meaningful investments in health research, programs and policies for Black women and girls,” she noted. The policy agenda is available to the public for free on BWHI’s website at bwhi.org and includes a twopage, fill-in report card for voters to assess potential candidates’ policy positions. WI

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EDUCATION DCPS

BRIEFS Compiled by Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer

BLOCK PARTY

Anacostia Senior High School is hosting a Back to School block party, noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 22. All are invited to celebrate the new school year with food, fun and more. Admission is free.

STANDING OVATION NOMINATIONS

Standing Ovation 2019 nominations close Friday, Sept. 21. Help DCPS celebrate its great teachers, leaders and school communities. To give your nomination the best chance of success, please review the award descriptions for 2019 prior to nominating candidates. Contact Zoe Lewis with any questions at 202-674-3751 or zlewis@dcedfund.org, or go to www.standingovationfordcps.org/ nominate2.

POINTS OF CONTACT

Every DCPS school has an attendance point of contact who connects parents with resources and school staff. For more information, visit or call your school.

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HAMILTON MUSICAL PROMOTING More than 3,000 students SCHOOL across DC saw @HamiltonMusi- ATTENDANCE cal at the Kennedy Center Opera House after researching and learning about the American Revolution and the Founding Fathers. One of the favorite student quotes is, “I know that I can make change in the country as an immigrant because Alexander Hamilton did.”

September is Attendance Awareness Month, and DCPS officials, staff and faculty want every student to reach their full potential, by attending school every day, on time. The #EveryDayCounts is about each school engaged in promoting attendance throughout the new school year. Learn more at: https://attendance.dc.gov

REMEMBERING DCPS’ 9/11 VICTIMS

The DCPS family and community took time out on Sept. 11 to remember six members of the school family who died 17 years ago in the 2001 attacks. Those who lost their lives included students Asia Cottom, Bernard Brown, and Rodney Dickens, and teachers Hilda Taylor, James Debeuneure, and Sarah Clark. The six, who had been chosen to participate in a trip to study ecology in California alongside National Geographic Society researchers, were aboard the flight

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that was hijacked and ultimately crashed into the Pentagon. All passengers aboard were killed, and 125 Pentagon employees lost their lives.

ROOSEVELT SCHOLARS

Scholars from Roosevelt Senior High School in Northwest attended the Summer 2018 Pan-Africa Youth Leadership Program closing reception last month at Meridian International Center, where they met with students and adult mentors from 23 African countries. The event was sponsored by U.S. Department of State and implemented by Meridian International Center.

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Robert Brent Elementary in Southeast is enrolled in the Giant A+ School Rewards program. For every dollar spent at Giant, Brent will receive a point. At the end of the month, those points will be calculated into a cash total for the school. Customers who shop at Giant or use its Peapod delivery service are encouraged to register their Giant card with the A+ School Rewards program. They can register at www.giantfood.com and unlike some other school rewards programs, only has to be done once. Brent Elementary School’s ID number is 40725. The PTA also encourages consumers to ask any family or friends who shop at Giant to designate Brent Elementary as their school. The program only runs until March 16, 2019, so please sign up soon. WI

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Ballou Running Back Denied Opportunity to Play with his Teammates Ward 8 Councilmember White Vows to Help Youth Secure Housing By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins In March, Jamal Speaks, a Ballou STAY Opportunity Academy student and Ballou Knights running back living on friends’ couches, verified his residency. Months later, at the beginning of the new school year, the District of Columbia State Athletic Association (DCSAA) and Ballou’s athletic director cleared him to play varsity football. However, Ballou Senior High School Principal Willie Jackson, for reasons that have yet to be determined, benched Speaks shortly before last Saturday’s home game against Anacostia Senior High School in Southeast. After a player protest that delayed the matchup for nearly an hour, the young man opted to watch from the sidelines as his teammates defeated their rival 48-0. “I was happy for [my teammates] but hurt because I wanted to be out there with them,” Jamal told The Washington Informer on Tuesday as he reflected on his recent experience. Jamal, who says he’s received an offer from Temple University

in Philadelphia, attended Ballou as a freshman in 2015 where he played varsity football for two seasons before loss of residency prevented him from continuing his education. In March, after a year out of school, Speaks enrolled in Ballou STAY, a separate program on the same Southeast campus without a football team of its own. He’s expected to graduate early. Though he had the option of playing for any varsity team in the city, per DCSAA regulations concerning students at D.C. schools without athletic programs, the running back said he chose to finish his high school career with the Ballou Knights. “Ballou’s home. That’s where I started and that’s where I want to finish,” he said. “I’ve been a running back since a youngin.’ I started off blocking, ran a ball in scrimmage and blew up as a running back. Football is my way out and it’s what I love to do.” Minutes after players walked on Ballou’s field Saturday evening, administrators told Jamal he couldn’t play against Anacostia. His teammates then gathered outside of Jackson’s office,

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS

EDITORIAL

Dear Mr. President: U.S. Citizens in Puerto Rico are the True Victims

You have to give the president credit. It seems that no matter what the evidence reveals, he inevitably finds a way to spin the story so that he is the one being targeted – a solitary, innocent figure captured and trapped in the bullseye. But come on, even Donald Trump can’t really believe his “revisionist version” of what actually happened to our fellow Americans on the island of Puerto Rico when Hurricane Maria unleashed her devastating fury on homes, the infrastructure, businesses and the people of the once-idyllic, tropical paradise. Why would he seek to dispute the findings of a study commissioned by the Puerto Rican government – a report carefully compiled by a reputable institution like George Washington University released last month which indicates that between Sept. 2017 and Feb. 2018, 2,975 people? In fact, as the study shows, beyond the sheer force of the hurricane, many others died because of disease, infection, impure drinking water, lack of electricity and the inability to receive medical attention on a regular basis. Instead, the president chooses to hang on to the unbelievable fairy tale that a mere handful of people actually died because of the hurricane – somewhere along the lines of 30 people. Nothing to be concerned about, right? Just a handful of folks? The rest, he seems to suggest – that is, the remaining thousands as cited in the study, would have died anyway, from old age, or some disease that had them in its grips well before the storm struck. Tragically, we see our president and many of his fellow Republicans pointing fingers, rather than simply admitting that our government failed in its duty to protect its own people, that it moved with the pace of a snail in providing needed relief. Denial once again is the name of the game. Meanwhile, the suffering continues and real recovery efforts remain stalled as Trump spins his tale that he’s being victimized by the Democrats who want to make him look bad despite his raising billions to help rebuild the country – a country that he has spoken of this way: “I love Puerto Rico.” But if what we’ve seen thus far represents love, we hope to never see actions illustrative of the opposite. WI

Is America Ready for Three Black Governors? Why Not? Why Not Now?

During the recent Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference which ended last weekend at the convention center in Northwest, one of the most electrifying moments of the week was undoubtedly when three African-American gubernatorial candidates, Ben Jealous (Maryland), Andrew Gillum (Florida) and Stacey Abrams (Georgia) raised joined hands and stood center stage in solidarity as the audience in a room filled to capacity whistled, shouted out messages of support and applauded. The sound was deafening as the room violently shook for what seemed like forever. But it was the look on the three candidates’ faces that told the real story. Each had smiles that enveloped the entire room – smiles, if not accompanying tears, which matched those clearly visible on the multitude of faces of people who had come to hear them speak about their plans and dreams for breaking the glass ceiling. Many people took out their cell phones, eager to capture the moment. You could feel the energy in the air and while it may not have been equivalent to the emotional surge that overwhelmed millions of Americans, Blacks in particular, when the official word came that Barack Obama had fought off the naysayers and his opponent to emerge victorious as America’s first Black president, it was pretty close. WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

TO THE EDITOR 9/11 Positivity Trumps A Tidal Wave for Africa Islamophobia It was a pleasant surprise to see Muslim Americans on the cover of The Washington Informer, especially for something so positive as a blood drive to honor victims of 9/11. I know a lot of my Muslim friends always feel a little anxiety around 9/11, and for some it’s fear because they know how they “look” deems them as terrorists to the ignorant. Keep representing Muslims and all people of different faiths and backgrounds with dignity. Frieda Salters Washington, D.C.

Clearly, none of the three candidates will be able to defeat their respective Republican opponents without the full participation of the voting electorate, as well as a respectable amount of contributed dollars that will help them remain competitive throughout the remaining weeks of their campaigns. Still, with Jealous, Abrams and Gillum all standing on the precipice of making history, we

I think its wonderful that Jay-Z’s Tidal is bringing music and video streaming to certain parts of Africa. For those of us who have lived in remote parts of the continent or even visited for an extended period of time, we know that the things that we can so easily watch here without second thought is not an option for our brothers and sisters around the planet. The more the people of the motherland is connected, the better for us all. Mina Leakes Bowie, Md.

wonder if America – if our fellow citizens all eligible to vote in these three states – can honestly say that they want the best “person” to win and will cast their vote accordingly – without skin color being a factor in their decision? We have no doubts as to whether each within this trio of gubernatorial hopefuls is qualified for the job. We only hope and pray that when the voters

mark their ballots, that they will focus on the qualifications and platform rather than the ethnicity of the candidates before them. We offer our congratulations to our trio for making it to the “big dance.” What a night it will be if the voters send three African Americans to occupy the governor’s mansions in three states that once endorsed and supported the practice of slavery? WI

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist

By Julianne Malveaux

The Miseducation of Betsy DeVoid Even her boss, the 45th president of the United States, is derisive of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who is “DeVoid” of good sense. She may have even been placed in her position as payback for whatever support her wealthy family provided to the certified public liar of a leader. Betsy De-

Void has used her position to elevate her family’s economic advantage, and she has used her position to punish students whose interests are contrary to her own. She is a prime example of miseducation, and her tenure has been an attack on students. Let me count the ways: • DeVoid has lifted the for-profit college that President Barack Obama attempted to regulate. She chose to minimize the regulations that curtailed

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for-profit college exploitation. While the Obama administration attempted to make students who attended for-profit colleges whole, DeVoid has sided in favor of the rip-off schools. Many for-profit colleges only exist because students take out federal loans. When these schools fail, so do the students. Why shouldn’t the federal government pick up the slack from schools that falsely market themselves as a bridge from poverty to opportunity?

Blessedly, a federal judge just ruled that DeVoid’s attempts to delay Obama-era regulations to provide students with relief was wrong. The Borrower Defense rule, which allows students who borrowed to attend shady schools to apply for relief, had been delayed by the Department of Education, but U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss ruled that the Department’s actions are “procedurally incorrect.” The lawsuit against DeVoid and the Depart-

ment of Education was brought by 19 states and the District of Columbia. Will DeVos learn her lesson? Probably not. This is part of her miseducation. • DeVoid has weakened regulations around sexual harassment and sexual abuse of students. She feels that those who are accused of harassment should have more rights than they are already offered, and that the arc of jus-

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By James Washington

Been There, Bless That

I wish I could remember where I heard this. But it is worth repeating for those of you who know what real pain feels like. A televangelist, whose name I can’t remember, reminded me of the powerful nature of words that sometimes strike at your very heart. He said, “In order for someone to really hurt you, he or she has to be close enough to you to kiss you.” Whoa! Now this immediately made me sit up and take notice as it should you. Beyond the biblical reference about Jesus and Judas,

this is a pretty dynamic point of which people of faith should take note. Real pain comes from people and circumstances and issues that you really, really care about. Life does not always encourage you to live with your guard down. But each of us, if we’re honest with ourselves, has done just that when we feel safe with those around us. It is that vulnerability that gives the kiss of death the power to crush your very being. There is no pain like unexpected pain deliberately aimed at you when you’re not looking. I find it ironic that as Christians we are supposed to reveal to the external world our internal souls.

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Those who see us should indeed see who we are and whose we are. It’s a very public declaration. Then, by how we live our lives, the world should know we belong to the body of Christ. Irony might not be the best word to describe my example, but remember the ultimate kiss is the kiss of betrayal. The difference between you, me and Christ however, is that Christ knew it was coming. As a matter of fact, not only did He know it was coming, Christ needed it to fulfill His divine mission. It was a kiss that was part of a plan that saved the world. We are the ones who are blindsided by kisses we wish we could have seen coming. Think back for

a minute about that devastating kiss in your own life and I’ll bet you that it now it gives you reason to have particular insight and perspective about this thing called testimony — yours. It certainly does me. Maybe your kiss was part of a plan intended to save you. I know this may be difficult to hear because of the pain it caused you, but if you can possibly reconcile the effect it had on you, with the life God planned for you, then perhaps the best is yet to come for you and me. I don’t know about you, but because of past betrayal, I’ve learned that I cannot live a guarded life and expect God to heal my heart. Been there, done that. It doesn’t work. A

closed heart can neither give nor receive and that includes the love from and of the Lord; just like a closed hand can neither give nor receive anything. I want to believe I can see Judas coming these days and, as Christ did, accept his effort, as but another failed attempt to destroy my joy. So, the good news for today is, “Been there, bless that!” Those closest to me today know this and my heart is open to them, as well as to you, should we ever meet. Everybody else can simply keep their lips to themselves. May God bless and keep you forever. WI

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By Marian Wright Edelman

The Test of Our Progress

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” These words are from President Franklin Roosevelt’s second inaugural address given Jan. 20, 1937. The president was speaking to a nation crawling out of the Great Depression. Progress

had been made but President Roosevelt knew a great nation was still capable of so much more. Below is what preceded that passage: “[H]ere is the challenge to our democracy: In this nation I see tens of millions of its citizens — a substantial part of its whole population — who at this very moment are denied the greater part of what the very lowest standards of today call the necessities of life. “I see millions of families trying to live on incomes so meager that the pall of family disaster

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hangs over them day by day. “I see millions whose daily lives in city and on farm continue under conditions labeled indecent by a so-called polite society half a century ago. “I see millions denied education, recreation, and the opportunity to better their lot and the lot of their children. … “It is not in despair that I paint you that picture. I paint it for you in hope — because the Nation, seeing and understanding the injustice in it, proposes to paint it out. We are determined to make every American

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citizen the subject of his country’s interest and concern; and we will never regard any faithful law-abiding group within our borders as superfluous.” We are facing another test of our moral progress today — and we are failing. U.S. Census Bureau figures for 2017 released this week show nearly 1 in 5 children in America still lives in poverty making them the poorest age group in our country. Almost one-third of the 39.7 million poor people in the United States are children. While the data show a slight reduction

in child poverty in 2017 compared to 2016, the number of poor children — 12.8 million, 17.5 percent of all children — remains indecently high. And though unemployment numbers continue to fall, these gains have not kept families and children out of poverty. More than 70 percent of poor children come from working families who often face low and stagnant wages. The fact that nearly 1 in 5 children in America lives in poverty is morally and practically

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnists

By Marc H. Morial

Booker and Harris Stand for Justice

“Gentlemen, I have always been persuaded that the stability and success of the National Government, and consequently the happiness of the People of the United States, would depend in a considerable degree on the Interpretation and Execution of its Laws. In my opinion, therefore, it is important that the Judiciary System should not only be independent in its operations, but as perfect as possible in its formation.” — President George Washington, From George Washington to the

United States Supreme Court, April 3, 1790 After four contentious days of testimony, one thing is absolutely clear from the Senate confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s handpicked Supreme Court nominee: there is no love lost between Senate Democrats and Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Democrats were combative and, in some cases, defiant as Kavanaugh’s high-stakes confirmation hearing played out for the American public to see. Trump’s nominee could drastically remake the court, cementing a conservative ideological balance that would affect many of the rights and

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fundamental liberties many Americans take for granted for generations to come. Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California were particularly forceful in their exchanges with Kavanaugh — and, given what’s at stake for our nation, rightfully so. Harris interrupted the opening hearings over the loud objections of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, demanding a postponement, especially in light of Republican’s releasing over 40,000 pages of documents on Kavanaugh’s time in the Bush White House the night before the start of the hearings.

As Harris noted, given the time and sheer volume of documents, the confirmation process needed to be delayed. But despite Harris’ common-sense objection, the Republicans decided the show must go on. Documents became a running theme in the Democrats’ resistance to Kavanaugh’s nomination. In a break with protocol, Booker released a trove of emails Republicans wanted to keep secret, arguing that there was no reason for them to be marked confidential. Republicans roundly dismissed Booker’s attempt to shed further light on Kavanaugh, a potential lifetime appointee to the Supreme Court, as “theatrics.” Sena-

tor John Cornyn, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, framed Booker’s document release as grandstanding, saying that, “Running for president is no excuse for violating the rules of the Senate or of confidentiality of the documents that we are privy to.” Whether the questioning was difficult, such as the exchanges between Kavanaugh and Harris on Robert Mueller or a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions; or the document was salient to understanding how Kavanaugh might rule as a Supreme Court justice, such as

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By Austin R. Cooper Jr.

An Apology to the People of Puerto Rico

Dear Citizens of Puerto Rico: I apologize, on behalf of the president of the United States, to all of you for the disorganized and slow federal response to Hurricane Maria, resulting in the deaths of close to 3,000 Americans. I also apologize for the following tweets and retweets: “They hired GWU Research to

tell them how many people had died in Puerto Rico (how would they know this?). This method was never done with previous hurricanes because other jurisdictions know how many people were killed. FIFTY TIMES LAST ORIGINAL NUMBERS - NO WAY!” “When Trump visited the island territory last October, OFFICIALS told him in a briefing 16 PEOPLE had died from Maria. The Washington Post. This was way long AFTER the hurricane took place. Over many months it went to 64

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PEOPLE. Then, like magic, 3000 PEOPLE KILLED.” “The story of Puerto Rico is the rebuilding that has occurred. The President has done an extraordinary job of cleanup, rebuilding electrical stuff and everything else. The people of Puerto Rico have one of the most corrupt governments in our country.” “They say all these people died in the storm in Puerto Rico, yet 70 percent of the power was out before the storm. So, when did people start dying? At what point do you recognize that what they are doing

is a political agenda couched in the nice language of journalism?” “Three thousand people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the island, AFTER the storm hit Puerto Rico, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from six to eighteen deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, after a long time later, they started to report like really large numbers, like three thousand.” “This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was suc-

cessfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico. If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico.” During periods of national tragedies, the job of any president, regardless of party affiliation, is to bring the nation together. And the nation, similarly and regardless of the political leanings of the occupant of the White House, usually unites behind the president. Until now, words from the White House

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By Askia Muhammad

Has the Congressional Black Caucus Lost its Way?

An amazing session during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference last week featured Stacey Abrams, Andrew Gillum and Ben Jealous. The trio are all Democratic nominees for governor of their respective states — Georgia, Florida, Maryland. There was glee and excitement, and the nominees lived up to their billing. One or all of them, just could be elected governors. There

have been modern, post-Reconstruction Black governors before; most recently Deval Patrick in Massachusetts, and of course Doug Wilder in Virginia. But there’s never been three nominees at the same time, when hyped-up Black voter interest may mean a surge of Black voters, an oddity in a midterm election year. The good news is that we may see new Black political advances reflected on the highest levels, like we’ve never seen before. There will be two new members in seats now held by Whites, and there will be two new Muslim members, a Pales-

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tinian woman replacing The Dean, Rep. John Conyers in Michigan, and a Somali-descended woman replacing Rep. Keith Ellison in Minnesota. Those non-African-American women may or may not join the CBC. There are three Black Republicans in Congress. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina declined membership in the CBC, while Rep. Mia Love of Utah and Will Hurd of Texas are listed as members. That knowledge, along with 99 cents, will get you a small coffee at a fastfood joint. For the most part, the CBC is a feckless organ in a rub-

ber-stamp institution. The bad news is that lately, the growth in the numbers of Black representatives has meant little in terms of the conditions of most of their constituents. This year is the CBCF’s 48th Annual Legislative Conference, and there are 46 CBC members — including two senators — yet there seems to be more news today and every day about rappers with tattooed faces and saggy pants, or with big bosoms and filthy mouths, than about the good works of Blacks in Congress. Is there any? Since the arrival of President

Donald Trump and Republican control of both the House and the Senate, the CBC seems to have lost its moral compass. It boasts of being the “conscience of the Congress,” and yet they only speak out on issues they are permitted by the liberal-orthodoxy-police to speak out about. Classic case in point: in Boston, the CBC voted to and campaigned for a liberal White incumbent, against Ayanna Pressley, a progressive Black woman who won the nomination and will be elected, be-

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LIFESTYLE White House Reporter Cites Lack of Transparency in Oval Office

April Ryan Addresses Challenges Facing Black Journalists in Age of Trump By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins Has Donald Trump intentionally kept American citizens in the dark? That’s what veteran White House correspondent April Ryan declared as an irrefutable fact while speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus

Foundation’s 48th Annual Legislative Conference on Friday, Sept. 14 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest. But she went further in her detailed critique, pointing to the paltry amount of time reserved for press pool briefings led by White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee between June and August

which totaled less than four hours and the absence of public outrage over the Trump Administration’s failure to share adequate information with American citizens. “People are afraid because we’re [living] in a time of bullying. If the president doesn’t like you, he’ll go after you,” said Ryan, White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Network and the author of “Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House,” at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest on Friday afternoon. Ryan, speaking at a standing room-only event, “Black Journalists: Our Experiences in the Era of Trump,” engaged Tiffany Cross of The Beat for nearly an hour in a spirited one-on-one discussion about her experiences in the Trump White House. Later, a panel that included Washington Post Columnist and MSNBC Contributor Jonathan Capehart, Axios Political Reporter Alexi McCammond and VICE News Washington Bureau Chief Shawna Thomas, explored the nuances of their news coverage since President Trump took over the Oval Office.

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“People are afraid to challenge the system,” Ryan, 51, said while alluding to what she called other pressing issues deserving of the public’s attention that have been overshadowed by the Russian collusion investigation. “Things change when you ask questions,” she continued. “We need to understand that we have other things going on: Korea, the economy, [and] Kavanaugh – things beyond Russia that aren’t covered. I don’t see the outrage. The public must hold [Trump] accountable, whether they voted or not. When people speak in masses and volumes together, change happens.” Earlier this year, not long after she asked Huckabee if Trump had ever considered resigning, Ryan says she began to receive death threats. In fact, verbal confrontations have increased both in number and intensity since March 2017 when former Press Secretary Sean Spicer lashed out at her in response to her query about the strategy the Trump administration planned to employ in efforts to repair its less-than-positive image. Not long after that heated exchange, Ryan says she began to face bullying tactics from Omarosa Manigault Newman, then a high level Trump Administration official and a former friend, who told her that the president had compiled negative information about her and other reporters in a confidential dossier. Manigault, Ryan says, even insinuated that Ryan may have accepted bribes in the form of money from Trump’s former presidential opponent, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Still, Ryan, a White House press correspondent since the Clinton administration, says she under-

stands at least part of the reason for the constant assault she’s faced since Trump’s victory over Clinton: her rapport with officials from both sides of the aisle. “[Trump White House officials] may shout about me on Fox News but a high-ranking person wants me to talk to people about issues of prison reform,” Ryan replied after a member of the audience expressed confusion over Ryan’s unfettered access to the White House despite the apparent animosity that continues to exist. “They hate and berate me for the world to see, yet they understand I have an audience,” she said. “You see people who come and go – some of whom have become valuable resources for me who understand who I am. I have better Republican sources than Democratic sources and that’s why they don’t like me.” In response to an audience member’s question about the degree to which the mainstream media has sensationalized the president’s actions, allowing his antics to dominate the discussion instead of pushing the agenda toward more important political issues, Ryan says she has to remain true to the job she holds, reporting that which she observes or hears. “What we call out has been normalized and Trump’s tweets are supposed to be official news,” she said. “I have to cover anything presidential: his tweets, conversations with ‘Rocket-man,’ his inability to talk to the Black Caucus – even the Stormy [Daniels] incident.” “We got to tell y’all about that. We give you that info. Russia has been too much on the table and there are so many other things.” WI Editor D. Kevin McNeir contributed to this article. WI

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Rep. Maxine Waters Turns Spotlight on Hip-Hop Culture

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Common, Young Artists Celebrated during Black Caucus Forum By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Rep. Maxine Waters paid homage on Friday, Sept. 14 to an ever-developing form of African-American culture, hip-hop, that employs poetry, dance, music and examples of real life situations as a means of illustrating the story or painting the portrait. And to make the celebratory message crystal clear, the California congressman welcomed both experienced and upcoming artists to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 48th Annual Legislative Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest. “I thank you so much for saluting hip-hop culture because so many people had shunned it during the time when you embraced it,” said Lonnie Rashid Lynn, better known as “Common.” “Now it’s the music and culture of so many generations that’s influenced the world,” he said. Common served as an added bonus to a panel, which included three other artists and poets, entitled “Young, Gifted and

Black.” The others on stage and in the spotlight included two Prince George’s County, Maryland natives, Bomani Armah and YBN Cordae, who grew up in Suitland (born Cordae Dunston) and Marlanna “Rapsody” Evans, a product of North Carolina who said she realized her artistic talent through constant support. “I discovered my artistic talent at 6 or 7 [years old]. I could draw and people would always need me to help draw things,” she said. “People in my community would continue to uplift me. I had milestones to learn my creativity and talent.” After Waters asked each person to give opening remarks on what helped them discover their talents, she invited them to share a taste of their abilities with the audience. Cordae wooed the crowd with these free-style lyrics: “All your bills overdue, all your people over you. Only one option remains, you just go to show and prove. And if I ever have a daughter, I would teach her to be like Mrs. Maxine Waters.” Armah, who teaches creative writing through hip-hip throughout the D.C. area, engaged the

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audience with a poem, “Rhetoric, just Frederick,” named after abolitionist and author Frederick Douglass. “When I have my young people, I make sure they use that rhetoric for positive things,” he said. “Use your words to talk people into something.” Waters invited interested teenagers or young adults to come up front and showcase their artistry. Victoria Cerini, 13, of Merchantville, New Jersey, accepted the challenge and presented her skills as a contortionist. “The stage is my home,” Victoria said after her one-minute performance. “I sing and dance. I love to perform. I’m used to this.” WI

5 Rep. Maxine Waters (D-California), left, introduces four hip-hop artists and poets for a discussion to celebrate the culture Sept. 14 at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 48th Annual Legislative Conference in Northwest. Seated at the table from left to right: Common, Rapsody, YBN Cordae and Bomani Armah. /Photo by William J. Ford

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Assane Konte, Others Look Back on 35 Years of KanKouran By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins Since its 1983 inception, four generations of dancers and drummers have graced stages in the U.S. and across the world on behalf of the KanKouran West African Dance Company, an educational institution designed to preserve the dance culture of the Senegal-Gambia region of Africa through performances and educational programs. As Assane Konte, prolific Senegalese choreographer and KanKouran founder and artistic director, looks forward to the next 35 years, the goal of securing an African Cultural Center, a permanent location where nearly 100 members of the dance

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company can practice, often enters his mind. Even so, he said he remains faithful in KanKouran’s success and durability in what’s considered a hub for Pan-African culture on the East Coast. “It’s a blessing to survive for 35 years. I’m thankful to the ancestors for carrying us in Washington, D.C.,” Konte told The Washington Informer a week after members of the KanKouran West African Dance Company celebrated its 35year milestone during an annual concert at The George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium in Northwest. Konte, formerly of a dance company based in the Ivory Coast, founded KanKouran five years after arriving in the United States as a choreographer at the San Diego Zoo & Safari Park. That opportunity led to gigs teaching various age groups in California, New York and other parts of the country. The nation’s capital, where local, national and international politics intersect, caught Konte’s eye and would eventually become his home, as he and KanKouran’s founding members laid the foundation for an arts program he said prepared young people pursuing higher education and entering various career fields. Given its precarious position as an organically created community institution, Konte said that KanKouran alumni, many of whom are school administrators, lawyers and other highly educated professionals, have financially sustained the dance company, a departure from its counterparts that often receive corporate support. “A lot [of the participants] are so well educated and that keeps us going through the years,” Konte said. “They know this company was founded inside the community. You’re presenting history, not just with professional dancers but the whole culture of what took place in Africa. It’s a lot of work because you got more than 100 people you have to work with, but it’s all good because it’s my calling.”

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front, and near Howard University in Northwest. KanKouran’s other offerings, including the community classes where novice dancers have learned complex, West African choreography for decades, have also taken place in those facilities. During the latter part of August, in the week leading up to the showcase, themed “The Spirit Lives On,” at Lisner on Sept. 1, hundreds of African dance and drum enthusiasts walked into the Hilton Garden Inn in Northeast eager to learn from two dozen dance instructors teaching choreography that originated from Senegal, Mali, Congo, Guinea and Liberia over the course of three days. The Sept. 1 concert kicked off African Heritage Month festivities in the District. Guests, including African Union Ambassador to the United States Arikana Chihombori-Quao, watched for two hours as the multigenerational dance troupe, in West Africa lappa dresses and suits of various colors and designs, moved to the beat of unique drum patterns of the djembe and sabar, against the backdrop of an African village. For the annual concert, KanKouran received $10,000 from the International Association of Blacks in Dance, part of a multimillion-dollar purse to be doled out to Black dance organizations for the next five years. “It’s a lot of hard work, especially for the company members, as Assane challenges members to achieve high levels of excellence,” said Eurica Huggins, KanKouran’s public relations officer of 30 years. In preparation for the 35th-anniversary concert, performers practiced choreography at a home in Maryland that could accommodate the large group. Acts during the first half of the show highlighted dance patterns specific to Mali and Guinea, while the latter half exclusively focused on Senegal. “Assane wants [the dances] done as perfectly as possible, so you have the community class,” Huggins said. “They’re part of the celebration and concert. In this village, you have artists, educators, engineers and other professionals. It’s a microcosm of who we were before our ancestors were kidnapped.”

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Tyler Perry Fights for Justice in Florida Missing Persons Case By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry is using his celebrity status to help solve a decades-old cold case involving two African-American men believed to have disappeared after being picked up by a Florida sheriff’s deputy. Perry told ABC News the two men “absolutely deserve” the spotlight he’s now shining on their cases. The ‘Madea” star is offering a $200,000 reward for credible information into the whereabouts of Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos. The men disappeared within months of each other almost 15 years ago, after allegedly being picked up by the same former Collier County, Florida deputy, Steven Calkins. “These men have been gone for a very long time,” Perry said of Williams and Santos. While the men are Black, Per-

ry told Good Morning America that this isn’t “a Black and white issue” and “not about us against the police.” In fact, he said many of the officers currently working at the Collier County Sheriff’s Office have been “fantastic” and “want justice” just as much as he does. In a statement, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said it’s “committed to investigating the disappearances” of these two men and shared the missing persons reports and past investigations their whereabouts. “We also thank actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry for continuing to raise public awareness about these local cases and keeping them in the national spotlight,” the Collier County Sheriff’s Office added in its statement. Perry announced he would be offering a $200,000 reward for information about the two men’s disappearances. At a news conference, Williams’ mother, Marcia, and her lawyer, Benjamin Crump, announced they were suing Calk-

ins for the wrongful death of Terrance Williams. “We’re going to see that justice is done, that this deputy pays for what he deserves to get because he took my child ... I’m going to keep on fighting ‘til the very end,” Marcia Williams said Tuesday during the press conference. The lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Calkins of being the last person to see Williams alive on or about Jan. 12, 2004. According to the lawsuit, Calkins allegedly detained Williams, who was 27 at the time, near a cemetery in Naples, Florida on suspicion of driving with a suspended license. In the official police report from the incident, Calkins said he dropped Williams off at a nearby gas station that night. A few months earlier, on Oct. 14, 2003, Calkins said he had dropped off Felipe Santos at a gas station following a minor

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traffic accident. Santos, like Williams, has also not been seen since then, according to the lawsuit. Calkins was later fired by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office when he allegedly stopped cooperating with the investigation, but he has never been charged with a crime. “This is a civil wrongful death

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Trump Impeachment a Prevailing Theme at CBCF Conference By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia

Talk of impeachment had already began to resonate throughout the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest even before the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s

Annual Legislative Conference got underway last week. By the end of the week, the sentiment to bring Donald Trump’s presidency to an end had transferred to several of the many sessions held at the conference. “The people who say, ‘What law did he break? What rule did

he break?’ — they are perpetrating upon you a belief that is totally inaccurate,” Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) said during a panel discussion, “Impeachment: A Necessary Remedy for Bigotry in Policy.” “You decide that you are not going to be nice to suspects when you arrest them, you tell police, ‘You don’t have to be nice’ … and ban children on the border of color, you produce a policy that separates them from their parents,” Green said. “Now, this might be debatable … for me, when I add all of this together, I find that I have a person who is placing his bigotry into policy that is harmful to our society, and for that, he ought to be impeached.” When an unidentified man spoke out by giving a rambling rebuke of Green and others on the panel before finally asking what Trump had done wrong, another audience member replied incredulously, “Have you been listening?” To be removed from office under the Constitution, a president must be charged by the House and tried and convicted by the Senate. The standard is high crimes and misdemeanors and the special counsel’s investigation into Trump’s dealing with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign would meet that threshold if its determined that the president did engage with a foreign government to fix the

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election. Panelist Ron Fein, legal director of Free Speech for People and co-author of “The Constitution Demands It: The Case for the Impeachment of Donald Trump,” said Trump is ruining the United States. “What sociologists have noticed is that when Trump gives a rally in a certain city, if you compare that city to the week before or the week after, or if you compare it to other cities on that same day, there are more racial incidents, more violent incidents in schools and communities in these cities where Trump is giving a ral-

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Walter Mosley’s ‘John Woman’ Tackles Power of the Narrative WI Staff Report

The prolific, award-winning author Walter Mosley, with more than 55 books published since 1990, will in the District on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at Sankofa Video Books & Café where he’ll talk about his new book, “John Woman.” Mosley will be in conversation with W. Paul Coates, a longtime friend of the writer and the founder of the Baltimore-based Black Classic Press. And while we’ll be sharing our fascinating interview with Mosley in next week’s edition, we wanted to tease our readers with a few comments from the author and give you the synopsis of his latest book.

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For more than 15 years I’ve been working on a novel called “John Woman.” You might say that I’ve been pondering this idea my entire adult life, ever since I enrolled at the radical arts institution, Goddard College, up in Vermont. The concept was simple: if you control the idea of history, the content of what people think has come before, then you have access to the near-absolute power associated with that knowledge. Revolutionary political institutions and conquerors have claimed that supremacy down the ages by eradicating any contrary data existing in schools, libraries, languages, religions, and even entire cultures. For those in power this manipulation was simply executed: you burned whatever and whoever disagreed with your conception of the world. You fired teachers whose minds were tainted by the dead hands of the past. You banned religions and books, burned entire libraries, and made sure that your people ran, regulated, and bankrolled those institutions of knowledge that carried the stories of a carefully fabricated and agreed upon past. You co-opted the language, tore down past heroes, made shit up – anything to prove that you, your people, your made up history was the only truth. Once that system of knowledge was ensconced there dawned an age of belief, creating an en-

tire population that espoused and deeply loved a system of truths wrought by prestidigitation just half a century before. In the current world so-called white men, descended from Europe, have crafted our understanding of history. Using the modern-day weapons of capitalism and war-time technology they have dismissed diasporic Blacks, Indigenous New Worlders, women and the monoliths of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Entire dynasties were eradicated. The number of genders was winnowed down to about one and a half. That’s real power. When you can eliminate or paralyze identity, make your enemies’ cultures either nonexistent or criminal then you’ve done one better than genocide—you’ve made it so that not only is your enemy gone, she never even existed. That’s real power; the second greatest power in humanity’s drive to control that which they can never fully comprehend, history… the greatest power is encapsulated in the white man’s white man’s poet, T.S. Eliot when he penned, “In my beginning is my end.” I have studied the great powers that vie to control what they want us to believe about the past; but I don’t identify with them. I identify with the librarians who, when asked by GW Bush to report on their visitors’ reading habits, held up a hand and said, “First Amendment.” I identify with outsider artists and labor organizers and autodidacts who either refuse to or are unable to believe in the lies foisted upon us by the conquerors. I identify with the belief that there exists a history out there just beyond the reach of our powers of cognition. And I believe that a lie is a lie; that if you coexist with a population that helped to build your house, your culture, your music, a population that helped to raise your children and fine-tune your language, and you deny that culture’s impact on who you are… then your knowledge of history will fail you and the past will devour you and your children. If you deny your past your future will be a detour around your fondest hopes and dreams. And so I wrote a novel about a deconstructionist historian. A

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pleasant sociopath who knows enough to understand that he’s too small to contain the monumental content of history; that history starts with the Big Bang then trickles down to bacteria, termites, and even humanity. John Woman, my protagonist, understands the sacrifices a real historian has to make. He knows that the ancient philosophy encapsulated by the Latin term “amor fati,” love your fate, is true for every being, every rock, every subatomic particle that tumbles through a universe that beguiles and probably loves us. John’s journey is extraordinarily pedestrian but the world around him and those he meets, and sometimes loves, and sometimes slaughters . . . that world, in his words, is composed of, “bodies formed from the fabric of the universe and so consequently there is a touch of the divine in each of us. You and I are part and parcel of history, slaves of history, playing out our willing and unwilling roles – and so it has been for every living being, every species on earth and, quite possibly, life elsewhere.”

A SYNOPSIS OF ‘JOHN WOMAN’

“John Woman” recounts the transformation of an unassuming boy named Cornelius Jones into John Woman, an unconventional history professor – while the legacy of a hideous crime lurks in the shadows.

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At 12 years old, Cornelius, the son of an Italian-American woman and an older Black man from Mississippi named Herman, secretly takes over his father’s job at a silent film theater in New York’s East Village. Five years later, as Herman lives out his last days, he shares his wisdom with his son, explaining that the person who controls the narrative of history controls their own fate. After his father dies and his mother disappears, Cornelius sets about reinventing himself – as Professor John Woman, a man who will spread Herman’s teachings into the classrooms of his unorthodox southwestern university and beyond. But there are other individuals who are attempting to

influence the narrative of John Woman, and who might know something about the facts of his hidden past. Engaging with some of the most provocative ideas of recent intellectual history, “John Woman” is a compulsively readable, deliciously unexpected novel about the way we tell stories and whether the stories we tell have the power to change the world. Comments excerpted from LitHub.com and written by Walter Mosley Look for our interview conducted by WI Editor D. Kevin McNeir with Walter Mosley in next week’s edition. WI

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‘Sister Circle’ Adds Trina Braxton to the Lineup By Eunice Moseley WI Contributing Writer

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Singer and reality star Trina Braxton (“Braxton Family Values”) lands “gig” as co-host of the “Sister Circle” talk show, which airs weekdays on TV One and TEGNA networks from 12:00 p.m. – 1 p.m. (ET) reaching over 60 percent of the households in the U.S. “I’m so excited I don’t know what to do with myself,” said Trina, who holds a bachelor’s degree in communications, about her new job. The talk show premiered Sept. 14 and its returning cohosts include actress Rashan Ali (“Being Mary Jane”), Grammy Award nominated Syleena Johnson and reality star Quad Webb-Lunceford

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(“Married to the Medicine”). “Sister Circle” is produced by TEGNA from its Atlanta based WATL station. “When talk show hosts have to take off they call in guest hosts,” Trina explained. “One left for three weeks … now with the whole thing with ‘Braxton Family Values’ it kind of fell into my lap.” Trina Braxton, the youngest of the sisters, isn’t new to the lime-light. In 1989, along with her sisters Toni, Tamar and Traci, she signed to Arista Records by Bryant Reid as The Braxtons. Reid was head of A&R at the time. While there the group failed to release an album, but her sister Toni recorded songs for producers Antonio “LA” Reid and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds before signing to their Arista distributed label LaFace. Bryant moved to Atlantic Records and took Trina, Tamar and Towanda with him as The Braxtons in 1993 and released “So Many Ways” album. The Severn, Maryland native

wants the world to see her as more than a Braxton sister but as an actress, business woman, singer, journalist and one who holds a college degree. As an actress her credits include “Meet the Browns” and Broadway’s “Dreamgirls” as Deena. Let us not forget her talents as a singer. In 2012 she released her solo album “Party or Go Home” (Soltri Entertainment). “I’m a new comer in the group,” Trina said about working with three other professionals on live television. “I hope I get the support of a cast but still be an individual. I want to make sure we form a bond. I have always been interested in independent journalism, as well as business. This way I ended up in both worlds.”

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so happy that Lisa Ruffin is still doing this 25 years later,” said actress Ella Royce (“My Wife and Kids”) about the 6 – 12 year old contestants of the Little Miss African American Pageant (LMAA). The scholarship pageant, founded by actress/choreographer Lisa Ruffin (“The Raven”/”The Steve Harvey Show”), was recently held in Los Angeles at the Nate Holden Theatre. Ella Royce was one of the pageant judges along with James Pickens, Jr. (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Professor Ron Brewington, and actress/comedian Roz Ryan (“The Rickey Smiley Show”). When I asked Roz what she hopes the young contestants get from the pageant, which provides a scholarship to the winner, she said “To understand how special they are. Our girls are growing up to believe they can be who ever they want.” With the scholarship from the pageant one of them will have help getting to where they want to go. The 25th annual Little Miss African American Pageant was hosted by actress Penny Johnson Jearld (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and reality star Claudia Jordan (“Real Housewives of Atlanta”). “I started at a pageant. Then I was Miss Rhode Island and then to Miss USA,” said Claudia about her journey to being a reality star on such high-profile reality shows as “Celebrity Apprentice” and

“Real Housewives of Atlanta”. “After that I came to Los Angeles with $500 in my picket. These girls are so talented. To see them do their monologues…makes me so proud. Those little 5 and 7 year olds …it is so cute.” The LMAA pageant offered a media filled red carpet arrival and performances by Neo-Soul vocalist Janice Freeman and last years Little Miss African American winner Krista Campbell. The nonprofit program is an educational one, that through the pageant not only will one get a scholarship to further their education, but all contestants receive education through their participation. “Grace, poise, hope, pride,” said Ella (Preachers’ Kid) about what she saw in the contestants last year. “The way the presented themselves…all the girls are going to fore fill their dreams. They are not afraid to go after their dreams.” The pageant provides the young ladies with an introduction to the arts, experience in public speaking and it stimulates their drive to go after their dreams. All of the high-profile entertainment experts there that day seemed genuinely excited with the chance to help provide that experience. “I am very hands on,” said Claudia as she gave me her social media name (@ClaudiaJordan) so young people who read this can reach out to her. “I got you.” WI

demanding answers and refusing to play without their teammate. Forty-five minutes into their peaceful protest, Jamal encouraged his fellow Ballou Knights to compete without him, citing concerns about seniors who needed footage for athletic scholarships. Since Saturday, community members, including Jamal’s mentor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Jackson has yet to fully explain his decision to pull the youth. Jamal’s mentor, DCPS staff member, says Jackson spoke with Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White and DCSAA Executive Director Clark Ray on Saturday after ignoring members of the football team for 20 minutes as they knocked on Jackson’s door. “We have yet to get an answer to the question of why [he doesn’t want Jamal to play],” Jamal’s mentor said, recounting what he described as Jackson’s efforts since the beginning of the school year to paint Speaks as an outsider who’s taking slots on the team from traditional Ballou students. “He knew of Jamal long before this happened,” he said. “He met the players at the beginning of the yea, and knew Jamal was on the roster to play. Now all of a sudden, he’s making phone calls to the coach, telling him, ‘It’s my school. It’s my rules.’” Jackson wasn’t available for comment, according to an email send from a DCPS official on Tuesday. However, representatives say their office has looked into the matter, confirming receipt of documentation from DCSAA about Jamal’s eligibility and expressing a commitment to athletic integrity and fidelity to residency rules. The 2017 Homeless Youth

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“We live in this community and see individuals going through difficult circumstances every day,” White’s statement read. In the same press release, the Ward 8 council member revealed his intentions to help Jamal secure housing. “This young man has been through enough,” White’s statement continued. “We need to make sure he graduates and assist him in securing a college scholarship. This kind of opportunity will change the trajectory of this young man’s condition by immediately providing him with housing, food, positive extracurricular activities and college education.” WI

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the community and the courtroom drama that ensued. The display includes books, photographs taken on the day of the girls’ funeral and a press release issued nine days before the bombing where the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights outlined strategies for the Black population’s response to the racial crisis in Birmingham. Shuttlesworth wrote: We have come this far by faith – not by violence.” His press release listed six ways that “Negroes can contribute to calmness and a peaceful atmosphere in the days immediately ahead.” The installation, a two-case display, is located in the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street SE on the second floor of the Great Hall near the Minerva mosaic. WI 5 Sixteenth Street Baptist Memorial. /Courtesy photo

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TAURUS Cooperation can be better than resistance, especially where your job, a business contract, or an important goal are concerned. With feisty Mars making an edgy angle to rebellious Uranus in your sign, you could feel very strongly about following someone’s suggestion. However, kicking up a fuss won’t help things. No matter how strongly you feel, try to overcome the urge to walk out. There might be no way back. Lucky Numbers: 2, 14, 50 GEMINI A desire to explore new terrain and uncover new opportunities could conflict with the urge to go within and uncover the secrets of your psyche. These two warring factors might lead to a lack of cohesion and perhaps leave you feeling edgy and uncertain about aspects of the future. Lucky Numbers: 9, 15, 32

Depth of Winter By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer Never take “no” for an answer. Persevere, that’s what you’re supposed to do. Work around roadblocks, try to find a way. There’s always another path to get what you want, so never take “no” for an answer — especially, as in the new novel “Depth of Winter” by Craig Johnson, the alternative is certain death. The postcard said it all: “Come.” It was a needless command; Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire would have “come” regardless of a pretty picture and a one-word scrawl: his longtime enemy, Tomás Bidarte, had killed Longmire’s son-in-law, had hurt Longmire’s wife, and now Bidarte had Longmire’s daughter, Cady. To get her back, there was no way Longmire wouldn’t “come” to the mountains south of the border and though the Feds wanted to help, carefully and cautiously, there wasn’t time for that. No, he’d get Cady back himself, with help from people his friend, Buck Guzmán, trusted: a pink Caddy-driving man, a blind “seer,” a former doctor-turned-agent, and a woman the Mexicans called “The Skin Witch.” He’d go … but getting there wouldn’t be easy. Bidarte and his men had assumed control of a small, nearly-inaccessible village near old sulfur mines, reachable via a heavily-guarded road or by mule on a narrow trail over a steep peak. Either way, Longmire and his people could easily be spotted by Bidarte’s sharpshooters at several places along their route. If they made it to the village without getting killed, they’d be somewhat masked by the village’s annual Dia de los Muertos celebration, perhaps masked enough to find and save Cady. But Bidarte was no fool, and his men knew that Longmire was nearby. Particularly murderous was Bidarte’s second-in-command, Culpepper, who possessed a good memory for faces and a cruel streak aimed right at Longmire — though the feeling was not mutual. Longmire was a sheriff, but he had personal standards. Unlike Bidarte’s men, he’d never been a killer for the sake of killing. To get Cady back, though, he was willing to learn how to be … It’s only a book. It’s only a book. It’s only a book. Those are words to keep on your lips as you’re reading “Depth of Winter.” You’ll need them at every single twist and turn in this truly fine novel. Open the cover and the action starts almost immediately when author Craig Johnson puts Longmire in the presence of a blind man who sees everything — a conundrum that works surprisingly well. From there, we’re incongruously taken in a pink Cadillac to violently dangerous situations that are faintly reminiscent of old-time westerns, and gunsmoke that happens to come from some very modern automatic rifles. Indeed, that’s what makes this book so compelling: it’s a super-fastpaced updated throw-back kind of novel that will appeal to lovers of oldschool oaters and thrillers alike. It’s only a book. It’s only a book. It’s only a book. Remember those words and find “Depth of Winter” if you want action, horses, deserts, and cutthroat cowpokes with AK47s. Really, would you want to miss a book like that? No. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM

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CANCER The week kicks off with a restless focus that could lead to actions resulting from frustration. This could coincide with a financial issue regarding a bank or other organization, or a desire to bring a deeply personal situation to an end. The best way to approach this is by staying calm. You could make things worse if you act too hastily. Lucky Numbers: 15, 18, 28 LEO Feisty Mars and rebellious Uranus clash at the start of the week, so you could feel particularly frustrated with someone who seems eager to disrupt your plans. If you also need this person on your side, this could be one matter that requires some tact if it’s to be resolved. As the weeks progress and emotions ease, you could find it easier to deal with this. Lucky Numbers: 5, 38, 46 VIRGO Routines could be disrupted this week as dynamic Mars angles toward electric Uranus. It might even be a pleasant disruption, but it could still affect your schedule. Try to be flexible and give yourself an option. Cutting out activities that aren’t that important can also help. Patience is essential. Lucky Numbers: 13, 45, 55 LIBRA Don’t be too eager to get a romantic relationship off the ground. With feisty Mars, your planet of relating, angling awkwardly toward edgy Uranus, you might feel an urgency regarding someone with whom you seem to have great chemistry. It might not be wise to push it. Allow things to take a more relaxed course. Getting too close too soon might not work out as you hope. Lucky Numbers: 5, 18, 24 SCORPIO As firebrand Mars, your co-ruler, forges a conflicting angle with restless Uranus, it could disrupt family plans. Someone could change their mind about attending a family event or helping you out, and this could throw a monkey wrench in the works. Rather than get upset, channel your energy more usefully by looking for an ingenious solution. With a little flexibility, you can easily find one. Lucky Numbers: 4, 9, 22 SAGITTARIUS The week could start with a tense standoff. If a situation comes to a head, you might be ready to do anything to force the pace or bring it to a conclusion. Be careful, though, as hasty action could undo all your hard work. It might be better to wait a few days and calmly deal with this rather than wade in and potentially make things worse. Try to be patient. Lucky Numbers: 10, 28, 36 CAPRICORN Try not to be too hasty concerning spending money, even though there might be an item or experience that seems too good to miss. You could splurge on something, especially early in the week, only to find that it wasn’t what you thought. And if it’s a lot of money, it could affect your budget. With a little creative thinking, there might be a cheaper way to get what you want. Lucky Numbers: 2, 32, 41 AQUARIUS If a domestic arrangement seems to be holding you back, the coming week could be a time when you seek greater freedom. You might feel moved to do anything to give yourself the liberty and greater flexibility you feel you deserve. But a relationship could take a backward step as a result, so whatever you need to say, say it very sensitively and gently. You might be able to come to an agreement that works for both of you. Lucky Numbers: 20, 28, 30 PISCES Keeping a secret for fear of what others might say may no longer be viable. The desire to speak out could reach a peak on Monday, and all the things you were so eager to keep inside could come spilling out — and someone could be shocked by what you have to say. In the long term, it might be better that they know. Be prepared for some interesting conversations over the coming days. Lucky Numbers: 14, 36, 49

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SPORTS Redskins Fall Flat Against Colts in Home Opener By Gary Williams Special to The Informer Don’t make those Super Bowl plans just yet. After a stellar road win over the Arizona Cardinals last week to begin the 2018 season, the Washington Redskins came into their home opener at FedEx Field completely flat in all facets of the game, losing 21-9 to the Indianapolis Colts. Only 57,013 fans came to the game — about 25,000 shy of FedEx Field’s roughly 82,000 capacity— marking the first time the team failed to sell out a home game since 1967. Those who passed on the game didn’t miss much. The Redskins rushed only 22 times for just 65 yards. Quarterback Alex Smith threw for 292 yards and was sacked three times. The lone bright spot was safety D.J. Swearinger Sr., who intercepted two of Colts quarterback Andrew Luck’s passes. Luck still threw for 179 yards and two touchdowns. “They executed and we didn’t,” said Redskins head coach Jay Gruden. “Our running game suffered and we were pretty much one-dimensional. We didn’t have a very good run plan.” The win was the first for rookie head coach Frank Reich, a former quarterback at the University of Maryland. Things don’t get any easier for Washington (1-0) as future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers come to FedEx Field next week. The Packers (1-0-1) are coming off a 29-29 tie against the Minnesota Vikings and former Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins. WI

5Indianapolis Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton outruns Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman during the Colts’ 21-9 win at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Sunday, Sept. 16. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

5Washington Redskins linebacker Preston Smith tackles Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck during the Colts’ 21-9 win at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Sunday, Sept. 16. /Photo by John E. De Freitas 3Indianapolis Colts cornerback Pierre Desir attempts to tackle Washington Redskins running back Chris Thompson during the Colts’ 21-9 win at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Sunday, Sept. 16. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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5A Dunbar defender pulls in a pass intended for Maret wide receiver Casey Bressler during Dunbar’s 56-14 win in the Events DC Kickoff Classic at RFK Stadium in Southeast on Saturday, Sept. 15. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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ing Families, a progressive political organization focused on decreasing economic inequality, challenged that narrative, demanding that lawmakers respect the electoral process. “Some tipped workers do well under the current system but it’s about raising the floor for all workers,” Hanson said in his testimony, during which he cited tipped wage increases in San Francisco. “As long as we have a reasonable phase-in, everyone will come out on top,” he added. “I think customers would be happy to pay more for workers to receive better wages. I ask that you respect the rule of voters, so we can get to one economy.” However, during what amounted to more than an entire work day of testimonies, a considerable number of witnesses railed against Initiative 77, at times questioning the involvement of national advocacy organization Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United in this recent attempt to change wage laws. “This initiative doesn’t promote a pay raise. With a large amount of businesses closing their establishments, there’s no beneficial outcome,” Frank Mills, a tipped wage worker from Ward 1 told councilmembers while pleading for the repeal of Initiative 77. “All tipped workers don’t disagree, but for a majority of us, this has politicized our entire industry. I appeal to y’all to repeal this legislation. It was led by misleading rhetoric on the ballot. ROC [United]’s agenda is solely winning, which is why there’s no compromise,” Mills said. WI

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RELIGION THE RELIGION CORNER

What is Seen is Temporary, but What is Unseen is Eternal

with Lyndia Grant “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” — 2 Corinthians 4:13-18 This week’s column reminds us how to make it against all odds when life’s problems keep on coming! We are living in very challenging times today, with many stressed out at home and trying to make sense of their lives. But when we release our struggle to a higher power, we not only survive, we plant roots that will keep us strong forever. While there is tension on one hand, there is introspection and exploration on the other. How do you keep on going when life knocks you down? It’s one thing to be positive when things are going well. But it is something altogether different when life blindsides you, such as when someone you love is taken away either by death or some other Mt. Zion Baptist Church Reverend John W. Davis Pastor 5101 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 Phone: 202-726-2220 Fax: 202-726-9089 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service - 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church - 11:00 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays) Communion - 10 a.m. 4th Sunday Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. (4th Sunday 8:15 a.m.) Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “A Church with a past to remember – and a future to mold”

reason; when a debilitating illness strikes you or a family member; when your “lifetime” job is suddenly downsized after years of service; when you go through the emotional torment of a divorce and especially when children are involved; when grown children refuse to grow up and continue to depend on you for shelter, food, clothing and even money for their personal needs; when your teenagers decide they are adults and no longer listen to what you have to say; when the doctor gives you a diagnosis that sounds like the end of life as you know it. In Sharon Lechter’s new book, “Think and Grow Rich for Women,” she includes a prayer in her chapter on faith that will work for anyone — man, woman or child: As I begin this journey, I know I will feel excitement and energy as well as fear and frustration. I trust that your Divine love is encouraging and forgiving. I believe that true success starts with a richness of spirit. Please enter my heart and help my faith to grow stronger every day. When it is as small as a mustard seed, show me how this tiny treasure can create a forest. When my faith is as huge as a mighty oak tree, help me have the humility to see every small, helpless creature in its shadow and offer nourishment, shelter, and shade. Growing successful is my earthly goal, but growing in faith will remain my spiritual mission.

One of my lowest times was about seven years ago, when I was sick with diabetes. Work wasn’t steady and I couldn’t make ends meet. I had to use food stamps for six months (a first for me at age 60) and got help from my sons regularly. During my tough times, I kept my faith strong, read my Bible daily, awakened early each day and prayed and meditated, picturing my life working again and seeing myself in good health. I turned my television off and listened to Les Brown, Zig Zigler, Wayne Dyer, Joyce Meyer, Bishop T.D. Jakes and Louise Hay, day and night. I had to strengthen myself from within. It worked — my finances have improved tremendously. My temporary circumstances did end — yours will too. WI Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Rev. E. Bernard Anderson Priest Foggy Bottom - Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW - Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 - Fax : 202-338-4958 Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

(301) 864-6070

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Mount Olivet Lutheran Church

John F. Johnson Reverend Dr. 1306 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Service and Times Divine Worship, Sunday 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday “Friendliest Church in the City” Website: mountolivetdc.org Email: mtolivedc@gmail.com

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RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 Fax: 301-499-8724

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

Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor 700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849 Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00am 5th Sundays: 9:30am 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30pm www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Church of Living Waters

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., Pastor

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor

Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor

2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org

800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703

4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30am 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00am Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30pm Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00am “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment

1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661

Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00am Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30pm Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Third Street Church of God

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

Drs. Dennis W. & Christine Y. Wiley Pastors

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

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

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

Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30pm (dinner @ 5:30pm) Sunday School: 9:00am – Hour of Power

Blessed Word of Life Church

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

“An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org

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

4275 4th Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20034 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445 Service and Times Sunday School 8 – 9 AM Worship Service 9 – 11 AM Tuesday Night Bible Study 6:30 – 8:00 PM Wednesday Daytime Bible Study 11 AM – 12:30 PM Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: faithdefender@verizon.net

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

Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 11:00am Sunday Community Worship Service: 8:30 am “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org Live Stream Sunday Worship Service begins @ 12:00 noon www.thirdstreet.org

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

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net

St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... 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: 9:00am Worship Service: 10:00am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45pm Thur. Bible Study: 7:15pm

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

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

Turning Hearts Church Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher

Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45am Church School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45am Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 pm Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30am

Crusader Baptist Church

Reverend Gerald H. Hesson Interim Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10am

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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church

All Nations Baptist Church

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471

2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591

2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730

Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Service 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com

Zion Baptist Church 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 Sunday Worship Service: 10:15AM Sunday School: 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org

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 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon

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

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert 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

4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184

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

“Where Jesus is the King”

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

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: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.

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

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Eastern Community Baptist Church

Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

New Commandment Baptist Church

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor

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

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

Salem Baptist Church

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Reverend Christopher L. Nichols Pastor

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

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

St. Matthews Baptist Church

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

Emmanuel Baptist Church

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

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

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Rev. Joan E. Buchanan Executive Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 7:30am Worship Service: 11:00am New Member’s Class: 9:45am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday, 11:00am Church School: 9:45am Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00pm Saturday Bible Study: 11:00am Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00am

Service and Times 9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net

Christ Embassy DC

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

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

Peace Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Early Morning Prayer & Bible Study Class 8:00 am Sunday School 9:00 am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:00 am Wednesday Service 12:00 pm

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

“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address: admin@pbc712.org

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor

Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor

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

Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074

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

917 N St. NW - Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294

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

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

Service and Times Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.

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

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 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon

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

The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD

Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday) Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org

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

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

Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.

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LEGAL NOTICES

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

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000835

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000178

Administration No. 2018 ADM 001011

Effria Turner Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS LaShawn Coley, whose address is 7765 Picadilly Ct., White Plains, MD 20695, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Effria Turner who died on July 4, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/6/2019. 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 3/6/2019, 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: 9/6/2018 LaShawn Coley Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY

Administration No. 2018 ADM 000989

Administration No. 2018 ADM 460

Muriel M. Thorne Decedent

Robert Martin Osberger Decedent

James Arkie Griffin Decedent

Edward G. Varrone 910 17th Street, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney

Edward G. Varrone, Esq. 910 17th Street, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney

Deborah Cason Daniel, Esq. 503 D Street NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney

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

Charles Edward Osberger, whose address is 14084 Old Wye Mills Road, Wye Mills, MD 21679, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Robert Martin Osberger who died on July 26, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/13/2019. 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 3/13/2019, 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.

Deborah Cason Daniel, whose address is 503 D Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James Arkie Griffin who died on November 6, 2010 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/13/2019. 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 3/13/2019, 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: 9/6/2018

Date of first publication: 9/13/2018

David W. Williams Personal Representative

Charles Edward Osberger Personal Representative

Deborah Cason Daniel Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2018 ADM 001008 Daniel M. Stark Decedent Kisha L. Woolen, Esq. 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW #700 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jessica O. Stark, whose address is 6800 East Cypress Head Drive, Parkland, FL 33067, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Daniel M. Stark who died on June 7, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/13/2019. 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 3/13/2019, 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: 9/13/2018 Jessica O. Stark Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

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David W. Williams, whose address is 12304 Heron Place, Lake Stevens, WA 98258, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Muriel M. Thorne who died on August 5, 2013 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., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/6/2019. 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 3/6/2019, 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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Margarine Williams Decedent

Harold Williams Decedent

Geraldine S. Boulware Decedent

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To Whom it May Concern Searching for William Braxton, born to Sadie Little, about 1949 at DC General Hospital. Please contact Sidney Little at 804-769-3758 or 804925-5365 or by mail at PO Box 342 Aylett VA 23009

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Paulette Williams, whose address is 810 5th Street NW, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Harold Williams who died on July 9, 2018 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/20/2019. 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 3/20/2019, 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.

Stephanie Louise Fletcher, whose address is 5044 C Street SE #4, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Diane Louise Williams who died on August 1, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th Street, N.W., Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before 3/13/2019. 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 3/13/2019, 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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Lois L. Davis, whose address is 1512 Ridge Place SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Margarine Williams, who died on September 22, 2013 with a Will. 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 March 13, 2019.

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NOTICE OF AFTER DISCOVERED WILL AND NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Lawrence E. Smith, whose address is 1883 Alabama Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Geraldine S. Boulware, who died on August 27, 2009 with a Will. 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 3/20/2019. Date of first publication: 9/20/2018 Lawrence E. Smith Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

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KANKOURAN from Page 34 Local activist Lydia Curtis, a KanKouran affiliate of more than 25 years, counted among community class participants who’ve secured an opportunity to perform on stage with the dance company, doing so five years ago when she took part in KanKouran’s 30th-anniversary concert. What Curtis had intended to be a two-year stint has turned into an ongoing endeavor she said keeps her mind sharp and body nimble. “I wanted more of a challenge than what I thought I was getting,” she said. “At that point, 21 years had gone by, and I was getting older, so I was going to try to up my game to learn things a lot faster and remember the choreography.” During the winter of 1993, while enrolled in KanKouran’s community classes, Curtis and other pupils accompanied Konte to Senegal

where they demonstrated their dance moves at presentations. Curtis, who said she has Pan-African leanings, would later pass on the torch, launching Sadiki Educational Safari Inc., her effort to connect Black D.C. youth to African culture. Her organization collaborated with KanKouran to expose the young people to authentic West African dance. She would later take her youth on their first trip to West Africa, as Konte had done for her years prior. “When I started in the 1990s, KanKouran was an active partner,” Curtis said. “I would bring children to class and not have to pay for them. If they acted up or misbehaved, the guys would step in and be uncles. The kids I targeted were at risk, so for them to come in [to a community class] and be exposed was very significant.” On the night of the concert, in

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entrepreneur from Botswana and a keynote speaker at the summit, have persisted, raising funds for new cryptocurrencies through initial coin offerings, an unregulated method colloquially known as ICOs, often used in the creation of startups. “Research takes time, about a year or two,” Itireleng said as she explained how to develop the best products and boost public confidence in cryptocurrency. “I would rather work on it for a long period of time, so when people invest in it won’t fail,” On the first day of the summit, Itireleng addressed guests during a segment titled “Building a Blockchain Ecosystem with Integrity and Without Scams!” “It’s important to build a working model,” said Itireleng, founder and CEO of SatoshiCentre, a company through which she has attempted to build her bitcoin-friendly crowdfunding platform for African startups. “You need advisers. You’ll make mistakes if you don’t have any. I’ve been in the blockchain space for so long, I have advisers in the United States and a lot of them all over the world.” Itireleng also appeared alongside African Union Ambassador to the United States Arikana Chihombori-Quao, U.S. Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) and Kwame Rugunda, chairman of the Africa Blockchain Conference, on a panel that explored how the technology could disrupt social inequality. Organizers said the summit had been coordinated to immerse people of African descent in cryptocurrency and foster independence as Tanzanian fighters explained in the Arusha Declaration, a political statement on African socialism made in 1967. More than 150 guests and volunteers, some of whom wore traditional African garb, listened as speakers from the U.S. and across the African continent explained how they tapped into blockchains in their business dealings. During workshops, participants weighed in on matters concern-

ing diversity in the cryptocurrency space, avoiding scams, food and environmental justice and government regulations. After listening to presentations throughout much of the second day of the summit, Wheaton, Maryland, resident Kathy Sonko said she felt more emboldened to explore blockchains, seeing it as a means for Black people to stay ahead of the curve. “It might be hard to move into something that’s not tangible, but I feel that we have the opportunity to empower ourselves and live out of the matrix,” said Sonko, 57, a seamstress whose work includes garments worn by performers at KanKouran and other African cultural organizations in the region. “This is about having a subculture,” she said. “The Jewish and other groups have a mainstream culture but do other stuff. We’re just getting there. You don’t have to purchase anything with American dollars. This is something that people aren’t sure about [because] they don’t understand foreign exchange.” Cleve Mesidor, a blockchain enthusiast of two years, said she spent much of her time networking with other participants and outlining a strategy to build a global Black blockchain community. She said that the two-day gathering affirmed the potential for a vibrant Pan-African network. “None of the forums at the blockchain centers in New York and San Francisco are diverse,” said Mesidor, founder of LOGOS, a social platform for blockchain activists. “What’s absent are Black and Brown people from the U.S., Latin America and Caribbean. This event brought Africans on the continent to connect with Black Americans. “Now this can be a conversation about how we can connect and add value,” she said. “People don’t understand that in order for cryptocurrency to be real, you must build community. The space is growing exponentially and we can’t afford to be late adapters.” WI

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If enacted it would permanently extend the 2017 tax law’s individual provisions slated to expire after 2025 that benefit the top one percent of households twice as much as those in the bottom 60 percent. Initial estimates indicate Tax Plan 2.0 would add around $3 trillion more to the originally projected $1.9 trillion deficit in the first 10 years after the individual provisions become permanent. And with significantly higher projected deficits the threat remains that the Trump White House will continue to propose debilitating cuts to starve survival programs poor children and their families desperately need to buy groceries, see the doctor and find a safe affordable place to live in order to pay for huge tax breaks for wealthy corporations and individuals. Has our nation completely lost all sense of decency and justice? Babies’ survival needs should trump billionaires’ and millionaires’ greed. Our children’s present and future lives are too valuable to let these profoundly unjust practices continue. This new Tax Plan 2.0 and any additional cuts to key survival programs must be rejected. And every single person in America needs to speak out and mount a campaign to end child poverty now. How will we test our progress today? Will our president continue to ignore the 12.8 million poor children and their families? How many Congressional leaders will stand up for those who have too little — or will they join the frenzied Republican leadership attempts to give more permanent tax breaks to those who have too much?

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unacceptable and economically costly. That our youngest children are the poorest group of children during their years of greatest brain development is a shameful indictment of our values and our common sense given our very wealthy nation’s failure to invest in our vulnerable young. More than 1 in 5 children under six are poor in 20 states and the District of Columbia. More than two-thirds of poor children are children of color who will soon be a majority of our child population responsible for supporting our increasingly aging population into the future. Only five states have Black child poverty rates under 20 percent. How shockingly wrongheaded, immoral and costly it is that as they learn 12.8 million children are struggling to grow up in poverty, the Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress propose to throw money at non-needy millionaires and billionaires over babies. In 2017 the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act gave massive tax cuts to billionaires, millionaires and powerful corporations at the expense of the majority of taxpayers and children at a cost of $1.9 trillion over the next 11 years. To fill this huge deficit hole, the Trump administration and Republican leaders in Congress have threatened cuts to critical investments in child health, nutrition, housing and education. This very week, House Republicans introduced their Tax Plan 2.0 that would again reward the wealthy and continue to increase already indefensible inequality.

stand to be streamlined some. But if the staff reduction means less enforcement of important regulations, then DeVoid will have accomplished her purpose, which seems to be to turn education into an unregulated free for all, and a profit opportunity for her family and others who see education as a commodity, not a service. I feel that DeVoid has been miseducated, but perhaps she has been all too well educated in the ways of 45, who promised to disrupt government as we know it. With his horrid approach to governing and flippant disregard for the lives of U.S. citizens (witness his crude and inaccurate comments about deaths in Puerto Rico), 45 has certainly been disruptive. And the minion he has described as “ditsy” has been equally destructive to students and schools at the Department of Education. WI

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tice should bend away from the young women who have been raped and abused. DeVoid is devoid of compassion when she raises the bar for those who accuse fellow students and colleagues of sexual assault or harassment. Is there room for adjudication? Probably. Should those who have to encounter their rapists or harassers on campus be protected? Absolutely. • DeVoid has stacked her staff with proponents of charter schools and for-profit education, which is the equivalent of having the fox guard the henhouse. She has done this boldly, unapologetically, and with the blessing of her boss, the 45th president, who has also been woefully miseducated. It is likely that the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania cringe every time he says that he went to the Wharton School of

Business. • DeVoid has proposed rolling back rules on accrediting colleges and schools, raising concerns that she plans to water down the quality of education nationally. This is consistent with her family’s involvement in for-profit education. To be sure, many Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have run afoul of the accrediting agencies, such as SACS (the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools), which seem to be stricter on HBCUs than on other schools, but none in the HBCU community support the DeVoid method of changing accreditation rules. DeVoid is using the Department of Education as a playground for her family’s monied interests. Under Betsy DeVoid, the staff of the Department of Education is down 13 percent. Some may see this as a good thing, and every federal agency can probably

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cause there’s no Republican on the ballot. Sadly, her first lessons will be: “be quiet and toe the line,” “forget that your colleagues supported your opponent,” “you may now join the club.” What’s left for us is the glee of seeing more and more Black faces in high places, like on TV, or at the Oscars. More CBC faces with their stylized gimmicks, like sequined cowboy hats. Yay! Classic case in point: In order for us to be able to cheer an Andrew Gillum victory as the first Black governor of Florida, we have to overlook and say nothing about his abandonment of an important concept in the Black cosmology: reparations. Although the notion of reparations for 400-plus years of slavery, lynching and Jim Crow segregation of millions of Black people has gotten no further officially than the retiring Conyers’ reintroduction of his H.R. 40 — a resolution to

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nothing if not rushed and utterly devoid of meaningful vetting. Republicans, who currently have a 51-49 majority in the Senate and do not require a single vote from Senate Democrats to confirm Kavanaugh, are sharing as little as possible about Trump’s nominee. According to CNN, Kavanaugh has “the lowest level of support for a Supreme Court nominee since Robert Bork, whose nomination was rejected by the Senate in 1987.” Rather than worry about shoring up the public’s confidence in our nation’s highest court, Republicans are worried that the more we know, the less likelier the chance of a consequence-free Kavanaugh confirmation.

If you are troubled by what hangs in the balance — a woman’s right to choose, a citizen’s constitutional right to vote, a consenting couples’ right to marry, the limits of executive power, addressing climate change and more — call your senators immediately at 202-224-3121 and tell them that you expect them to either vote “no” on Kavanaugh, or vote “yes” at grave professional risk. Confirmation of Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would represent a grave subversion of the will of the people, and the utter abandonment of the Senate’s duty to advise and consent. We cannot allow such an abuse of power to go unchecked. WI

crowd shouted that he couldn’t hear the president and he responded with these words: “I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people — and the people who knocked down these buildings will hear from all of us soon.” You, the citizens of Puerto Rico, deserved sympathy in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Instead after the hurricane hit, the Trump administration’s response to not only Puerto Rico, but also the U.S. Virgin Islands, was late, inadequate and racist. You are a people of color, as am I, and many continue to struggle one year later. We are American citizens! Yet instead of receiving compassion and sympathy from the president, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz was subjected to criticism and ridicule by the president for criticizing the federal response. Others were subjected to paper

towels being tossed to them at a relief facility. A mentally secure president can take criticism from others and not react negatively each and every time. Wealth does not teach culture, compassion, dignity, respect of others and class. That is taught in the home by parents at a young age. Or not. Unfortunately, injuries and death are common occurrences in hurricanes. However, a death count that closely resembles those on 9/11 is not. Many died in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands unnecessarily! Only a mentally, unstable narcissist would publicly question, then deny, the objective death toll of this tragedy, brag about the government’s response and accuse another political party of inflating the death count to score political points. You deserve an apology from the president. Since he will not give one, I will. WI

authorize a study of the effects of slavery and the possible relief for its victims that reparations payments might provide to the descendants of those enslaved persons — every year since 1989, the concept has become a major denial point for Gillum. So I’m left with the dilemma of keeping my distaste for a Black candidate who denies supporting “reparations for my people” (as I heard him say at the CBC session) quiet, so as to not discourage Black support for a candidate, who out of the box denies support for an important Black issue; so that I don’t inflame White Florida voters who would vote against him if he seems to be too “pro-Black.” Ha! What we don’t want to recognize is that Andrew Gillum’s skin has already rendered him too “pro-Black,” even though by his actions he tries to deny his Blackness. They will never forget! Funny thing, the new CBC way of thinking seems to be aimed at reviving the “Obama Coalition”

of massive Black turnout along with some liberal Whites, rather than trying to reproduce the Jesse Jackson-led “Rainbow Coalition,” which was a grass-roots force aimed at more than simple electoral victories. Today, we seem to be silencing the moral, social justice issues, in order to advance Black candidates to higher and higher offices. With the exception of the Obama presidential races, when Black folks felt they had something worth voting for and therefore turned out in droves, the Black electorate has never been motivated. The reality is that half the eligible don’t even register. Half the registered don’t vote. There is your victory margin Black politicians: motivate the unmotivated to support what you’re offering them. Therein is your victory margin. But the CBC plays politics the old, conventional way, and will remain in that sunken place where the members are too afraid of old “Mr. Backlash” to stand up for their people. WI

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