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Donald Trump's Volatile Relationship with Minorities By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer In May, prominent Hispanic conservatives said they could back Donald Trump if the presumptive Republican presidential nominee changed his tone and walked back some of his policy positions. Latino GOP leaders chaffed at Trump's call for a wall on the southern border and claims of rapists and criminals entering the U.S. from Mexico. However, just a short time later, veteran Republican strategist Rick Wilson warned that GOP leaders who have endorsed Trump also "own his politics." Trump the candidate's inability to even being politically correct regarding African-Americans and Hispanics should come as little surprise to those in the Republican Party who knew — or suspected they knew the practices of — Trump the businessman. "He has a poor track record with Hispanics, even in business,"
said one Republican congressman. Trump has left a trail of many in his wake who have little good to say about his relationship with minorities, with most slamming his claims off the record, scoffing at his antagonistic history with Hispanics, or simply refusing to talk about the popular former "Apprentice" host at all.
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The congressman said some will not talk about Trump's history with minorities out of fear of further hurting the party, while others have found no evidence that a relationship even existed between the businessman and those communities. Even Trump's own campaign declined to comment when contacted this week. “That doesn't surprise me at all," said Raynard Jackson, a longtime Republican political consultant
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5U.S. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) speaks at the "Lighting the Way' National Speak Out:
The Path Forward on Gun Violence in America" rally at the U.S. Capitol West Lawn on Thursday, July 14 in Northwest. / Photo by Patricia Little
Congressional Democrats Rally at US Capitol Hill for Gun Control Top Leaders Call Out Republicans on Inaction
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5Donald Trump following a meeting with Black and Latino ministers / Courtesy photo
Congressional Democrats recently responded to the recent slayings of two black men, five Dallas police officers and countless others due to gun violence with a rally calling for action on gun-control legislation. Reps. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) and John Lewis (D-Ga.) joined members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday, July 14 to host the “Lighting the Way National Speak Out: The Path Forward on Gun Violence” on the West Lawn of the U.S. Cap-
itol, taking Congress to task for its inaction on four bills relating to gun control, which would ensure comprehensive background checks, enact a no-fly-no-buy policy and bar firearm sales to hatecrime offenders. “We are here outside on a day when we are supposed to be in the session of Congress and in session tomorrow,” said House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. “But the majority in Congress has decided they had more important things to do than to save lives. “They decided that they would not pass, give us a vote on preventing gun violence — instead,
they would go home,” she said of House Republicans. “We have a message to them: we will never stop until we have a successful vote to say ‘No Fly, No Buy’ and to enhance our gun-violence prevention laws in a number of ways, two in particular: ‘No Fly, No Buy’ and background checks.” Among the speakers were family members of the nine churchgoers killed last year inside the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, by a gunman who allegedly had white supremacist ties. Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)
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By The Tia Carol Jones Communities law Collaborative, enforcement. She said they DC Healthy
threat,” she said. had come Among the programs Marlow among four D.C. together hospi- to bring a sense of two uniformity tals, four community health centers and asso- in the way wants to see implemented are When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, ciations, recently released the 2016 Community old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families Health Needs Assessment which lays out the state of of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vichealth D.C. and the most comlife, andofthe life residents of their child, story, urgent her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessmunity needshad to betoaddressed. she knewhealth something be push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further After a year intensive data collection andMarlow. analydone. Out of ofher frustration said about training for law enforcement sis, members of the Collaborative identified four key said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecwith law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens as priority for reads District resoffactors the situation, shecommunity decided toneeds who Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselstart themental Savinghealth/behavioral Promise cam- health; idents: place-based “get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. paign. case in coordination; such a way, the “If we are ever going to eradicare (bring care to the community); care andaverage health literacy. “ItDuring seems to be a19th vicious cycle person held can get said atJordan the Conference cate domestic violence, we must a July press conference at it.” the She Barbara Center – Kaiser Family that won't turn my family end ofofthe theCollaborative day, the book look proposed at both sides of the Foundation in Northwest, members alsowill discussed solutions to coin. help imloose,” Marlow said.andMarlow help people to have a dia- We need to address both the vicprove health equity health outcomes in thebegin District. shared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said. Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise Baltimore found police Lt. Brian Ricechildren not guilty Municipal Center. The sympo- whoAwas sentencedjudge to six consecawareness among in of sium was sponsored by the utive all charges related to the arrest public and death of Freddie Gray. life terms without parole and private schools. SheRice, Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his in feels children the highest-ranking of role six policeman chargedneed in the was acto becase, educatCenter of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. quitted of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and Heights and the National Hook- 2002. Mildredin Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasmisconduct office. Up of Black Women. the Circuit founder Judge of AfterBarry the Trauma, with poor chilWilliams sive-aggressive dismissed a second-degree assault Marlow has written a book, an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” charge midway in the trial while prosecutors opted to drop a sec“Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. ond misconduct charge at the beginning of the trial. story about four generations of and their children. Marlow has worked to break Rice chose to leave his fate in the hands of the judge instead of domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, to a jury. Williams said the state failed to meet their burden of inspired by her own experiences, years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she proving “every element of the crimes charged” beyond a reasonable and those of her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that doubt. Two other officers await their day in court: Officer Garrett her mother and her daughter. of,” she said. process. Miller and Muhammad Sgt. Alicia White, trials are scheduled to tobegin She said every time she reads Mildred said whose “I plan to take these policies July 27who and Oct. excerpts from her book, she still people want 13, to respectively. help a Congress and implore them to can not believe the words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. from her. “Color Me Butterfly” be careful of how they go into “I will not stop until these poliwon the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached “I was justmen 16-years-old when themode”. Black who live below poverty line had the lowest overall at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net my eye first blackened “Before get to 'I'm going of survival of any group, and says my new research thatyou examines the effects lips Marlow said. to kill you,' it started as a verbal WI sex,bled,” race and socioeconomic status. Elaine The Davis-Nickens, study, whichpresisampled both white and Black men and dent of the National Hook-Up women, found that African-American men below poverty levels had of Black Women, said there is no almost a 2.7 times risk of mortality than Black men above consistency in the wayhigher domestic povertyissues levels.areThe research was published last Monday in “JAMA violence dealt with by Internal Medicine.” Co-author Alan Zonderman, a researcher at the National Institute on Aging, said “What’s surprising is the magnitude of the difference.” The study also concluded that white men above the poverty line had approximately the same risk as those below; white and Black women below poverty levels had a higher risk than those above. The risk was similar between races for women. WI Writer a Staff unique collaboration
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AROUND THE REGION Federal Inspectors Find 1,000-Plus Defects in Metro's Rail System By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Since the Federal Transit Administration began to manage Metro's safety oversight in October, about 1,100 defects have been noted, according to a summary released Thursday, July 14. The defects and violations discovered in 214 inspections by FTA officials include missing track fasteners, defective rail ties and failure of a train operator to wait three seconds before opening train doors at stations. Twenty-seven of those inspections took place between June 4-16 and June 18-July 3 during the first two phases, or surges, of Metro's SafeTrack maintenance project, turning up 109 defects — 34 of which still have not been verified as completed by the FTA. The administration said Metro employees denied access 15 times to federal safety inspectors to trains and the rail operations operations center. "FTA brought this issue to the attention of the [Metro] general manager and such incidents have been significantly reduced," according to the FTA document. The administration's summary highlighted duties Metro must perform before each one receives approval. In one of its findings, it determined Metro has rail traffic controllers who use their personal cellphones in the rail operations control center. "[Metro] must establish a clear policy that prohibits distractions from the use of cellphone and other electronic devices in the Rail Operation Control Center," states a required action issued by the administration. Andrew Off, Metro's assistant general manager who oversees the rail system, gave a brief update Thursday morning on SafeTrack during a board of director's Customer Service, Operation and Security committee session prior to the FTA posting its inspection review online. He said three workers experienced heat-related injuries on the third surge with work on the Blue and Yellow lines in Virginia between Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington and Braddock Road in Alexandria from July 5-11. All three work-
ers — two Metro contractors and one employee — returned to work. Board member Tom Bulger of the District asked whether the surges could be rearranged for crews to conduct the summer work underground, where temperatures are cooler, but Off said working in the heat is likely unavoidable. "Most of our work during the surge is above ground, so we aren't able to find a favorable weather period," Off said. "We are going to have to do some of this kind of work." Jack Requa, Metro's acting chief operating officer, said after the board's Finance Committee session Thursday that the agency continues to work with the FTA on maintenance repairs. "We're working through all those things," he said. "We think SafeTrack is going well. One-hundred percent of the things that we anticipated doing are getting completed."
"I think everything [Duvall] talked about is in the general manager's plan to be reviewed, to be analyzed — either now or as soon as possible," he said. "We want to improve our system to not only retain the current passengers, but get the other riders back to the system." A recent customer survey shows the agency receiving a 56 percent rating in reliability, which one board member said underscores the lack of trust among riders. "All this other stuff is good, but if our customers are giving us a grade of 56 percent on reliability … in business, you are in deep trouble in you're at 56 percent," said board member Malcolm Augustine, who represents Prince George's County. "This number has to move. It has to go up." WI
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What does Donald Trump’s refusal to meet with the NAACP say about his relationship with the Black community? ASIA WILKINS / NORTH CAROLINA
It's showing what kind of heart he has. Trump says that he wants to make the world a better, safer place. He wants to send all the immigrants back — who are not causing any harm — but can't even talk about the law-enforcement beating on African-Americans for no reason? I wouldn't want a leader with lack of performance and a lack of character.
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If he doesn't commit to addressing the issues that the NAACP works toward, how can the nation expect him to do so as president? It shows he is selective to the concerns of the nation and has a lack of sympathy with the Black community.
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He does not care about the black community. As a major potential candidate for presidency, he has shown time and time again that his priority is not investing in and improving the lives of marginalized communities. Him refusing to meet with the NAACP is just another example on how the development and growth of the black community is not important to him.
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BLACK AND BLUE LIVES Can They Co-Exist..? The unending news cycle of pundits continue to drive home the message that certain communities with their blatant disrespect for authority display a distain for police officers. That somehow the deduction is that these same communities have no need for the police officers that serve their neighbors in efforts to deter crime. Given the fact that the communities to which these comments are directed generally have a higher percentage of crime due to the extreme poverty, how does one surmise..? To conclude the former seems to be an over simplification of the problem or an exit strategy so as to not have to engage the dialogue that may uncover there being a part played by the very establishment that perpetuates the acts against the very people they are sworn to protect. And therein lies the problem. When the authority of a badge and the uniform is reduced by the character of the man/woman who wears it; it reflects on the whole system. It is the system that is on trial…the system that aid & abetted the criminal acts of a relative few is being judged as a whole and extremely harsh. But how much of the acts is the undoing of the system itself. Decades of ignoring the cries of injustice have weighted down and are now exacting justice in the manner it was dealt. Is it ‘the’ answer, probably not but for some it is ‘AN’ answer obviously; and it appears to get the attention of those who previously turned a deaf ear. We are now a nation that’s ready to admit; we have a problem. Trust has been broken; faith in the system has been compromised. If we do not want those who operate on the fringe of our society to determine how we resolve our differences, whether black or blue and in some cases black & blue, there is still much work ahead. For More information visit us @ www.thefinalpitchtv.com
NIKIYA BROWN / BALTIMORE, MD This shows me that he fails to realize that we all matter, and we all need to come together to overcome downfalls. Obviously, his refusal means that he doesn’t care what happens. He only cares for himself. … The more he continues to be childish, the more he’s putting himself in danger because his ego continues to take over.
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Trump's neglect to speak at the NAACP convention is just another form of White America trying to silence the Black voice. It has been shown that Trump has not received a lot of votes from the African-American standpoint, and his racial slurs and offensive comments have not stopped since he stepped into the presidential campaign. Trump has failed to make comments on what has been happening in the Black community, such as police brutality, and it is said best by NAACP President Cornell William Brooks, 'You can't run for president and not talk about police misconduct and police brutality. You can't run for president and not talk about the nation's civil rights agenda.' WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM
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passed the Advisory Referendum on the State of New Columbia Admission Act Resolution of 2016, PR21-0839. The resolution approves the submission of a proposed advisory referendum to the Board of Elections that would allow voters to support statehood and ask to petition Congress to enact a statehood Admission Act, including boundaries of the future state of New Columbia and a constitution. / Photo courtesy of statehood.dc.gov
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way for our petition to Congress for D.C. statehood and finally remedying one of the biggest civil rights injustices of our time," The advisory referendum will have voters answer one question with four parts: • Do you want to become the 51st state? • Do you ratify the state constitution? • Do you approve of the boundaries? • Do you commit to a representative form of government? The proposed boundaries drafted by the DC Office of Planning would establish a small federal district that includes the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, the National Mall and other monuments. It also outlined the boundaries of what would be the 51st state, encompassing the nearly 700,000 residents of the District. The commission received over 500 public comments on the draft constitution from res-
idents across all eight city wards and finalized the draft constitution after consideration of the comments. The referendum will be on the ballot on Election Day, Nov. 8. WI
"I have faith that District residents will overwhelmingly support this referendum paving the way for our petition to Congress for D.C. statehood and finally remedying one of the biggest civil rights injustices of our time." Muriel Bowser / Mayor
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Have the Horrors of Racially-Divided '60s Returned to America?
I was just seven years old when the Detroit riots broke out on the West Side of my hometown and place of birth – a four-day conflagration that lasted from July 23 to July 27, 1967 in the midst of one of the city’s hottest summers on record. Some have refused to refer to it as a riot, preferring instead to label the situation as an example of civil disobedience. For me, the label matters not. What cannot be disputed is the racial strife that served as the impetus for the riots where 16 law enforcement officials died with others 493 injured. Twenty-three civilians lost their lives – another 696 were wounded. Thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed – some would never be rebuilt. Today, many comparisons continue to be made to the turbulent 1960s when racial tension, fear of and anger toward police officers and their recorded mistreatment of Blacks and the disproportionate rate of unemployment and affordable housing that impacted the Black community and the state of affairs in today’s America. I remember those days – the fear I felt, the candid conversations of my parents and elders and the chilling warnings they shared with me, my sister and other members of our family and neighborhood. Similarly, I recall the different forms of protest – from more moderate groups and voices like those of Dr. King or the NAACP to more militant responses like those voiced by the Black Panthers or Black Muslims. What we rarely saw, however, were blatant acts of violence lodged against law enforcement officials. Blacks wanted to gain greater access to those kinds of jobs so that they could be part
of the solution, where they could use their understanding of their own communities in order to keep them safer. Still, there were those like Alabama Governor George Wallace whose rhetoric of separation, segregation and dehumanization of non-white Americans facilitated vitriol and violence that did nothing but feed the flames that threatened to burn our urban cities to the ground. Thankfully, calmer voices gained the upper hand. We survived. And the race war that had begun to gain momentum in this country was squelched – at least for the moment. So what are we to do today? Pointing fingers at various groups of protest, from Black Lives Matter to the Ku Klux Klan, will solve nothing. Somehow we must find entryways of common ground within our diverse beliefs and attitudes. As a little boy, one of the songs we learned in elementary school was “This Land is My Land, This Land is Your Land.” The song taught us that while we may look different, exercise various forms of worship and live in a variety of places, we are still one people – citizens of America. I pray that we can at least hold on to this fact as we address today’s cauldron of anger, frustration and hatred that appears to have reached an ominous boiling point. WI D. Kevin McNeir is an award-winning journalist, the current editor of The Washington Informer, the former senior editor of The Miami Times and has been a member of the Black Press for over 20 years in cities that have also included Detroit, Atlanta and Chicago.
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Court documents and published reports date Trump's anti-minority stances back to 1973 when he took over the Trump Management Corporation. Trump faced a Department of Justice charge that accused his company of violating the 1968 Fair Housing Act. As chronicled by a recent Fortune magazine article, Trump helped fan the flames of racial tension when five black and Latino teens were arrested in the infamous "Central Park jogger" attack in New York in 1989. After years in prison, they were exonerated by DNA evidence. When the men received compensation for their imprisonment, Trump denounced the settlements: "These young men do not exactly have the past of angels."
'LAZINESS IS A TRAIT IN BLACKS'
In a 1991 book by John O'Donnell, former president of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, Trump was quoted as saying: "Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys wearing yarmulkes. ... Those are the only kind of people I want counting my money.” In a 1997 Playboy interview with author Mark Bowden, Trump confirmed that the O'Donnell book was "probably true." Telly Lovelace, a veteran GOP
communications strategist and leader of the party's black political-engagement and communications efforts, also declined to comment. Lovelace referred questions to Childs and Michael Barnett, the chair of the Palm Beach County GOP. After both refused to comment, Lovelace then directed queries to Bruce LeVell, executive director of National Diversity Coalition for Trump. LeVell also didn't comment, but promised to produce others who would, which he did not. In a news release, however, Childs said a meeting between the National Diversity Coalition for Trump and top-ranking Republican National Committee officials "exceeded expectations." "It is clear that the coalition will take the lead on everything that deals with Republican diversity engagement," Childs said. "It is critical that Donald Trump gets a higher percentage of the non-white vote than Mitt Romney received. It is the coalition’s mission to ensure that Donald Trump's message of economic freedom resonates in all communities." Juan Pablo Andrade, who heads the group Venezuelan Americans for Trump, also attended the meeting, touting it as a success. “We all
bounced off strategies from fellow advisers and from the RNC," Andrade said. "I'm sure I am speaking for everyone in saying that we are looking forward to getting our battle plan out in every single state, every single corner of our great nation, in all households, Latino, Asian, Muslim, African-American and all others, to make sure we elect Mr. Trump our next president."
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Trump desperately needs a strong showing with minority communities if he is to have a chance in the general election. It was recently reported that many of the workers at Trump's construction site in the District are immigrants or Latino and have been on the site of the Old Post Office Pavilion on Pennsylvania Avenue for many days. Referring to his two young daughters, Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida told the Huffington Post, "I could never look them in the eye and tell them that I support someone so crass and insulting and offensive." Wealthy Latino GOP donor Mike Fernandez offered to support Trump "when hell freezes over." "Oh, no, but is that not where he resides?" he said. WI
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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Prince George's County Cop Will Not Be Charged in Fellow Officer's Death By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill The Prince George's County police officer who fatally shot fellow officer Jacai Colson during an ambush attack on a Palmer Park police station in March will not be charged, the county state's attorney announced. A grand jury declined to return an indictment for Officer Taylor Krauss after reviewing the case for seven weeks, Prince George's County State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks said during a news conference outside the county's Circuit Court in Upper Marlboro Friday, July 15. Alsobrooks said she spoke with Colson's parents, who live in Pennsylvania, when they visited the county last week and informed them of the grand jury's decision. "I don't know if anyone feels any sense of relief … because this is just excruciating,” she said. "There is no happy ending.
[Colson's family] is disappointed. I think what they want is for people to be held accountable in whatever form that takes. Their son lost his life in a needless way. He showed up to help and serve and was a member of this department and he got killed.” Alsobrooks said Krauss remains on administrative leave while the police department conducts its administrative investigation. No one from the department attended Friday's news conference, but a police spokesman said it's unclear how long the department investigation will take to review evidence and interview witnesses. Colson, 28, who served as an undercover narcotics officer, had come to meet another officer at the police station when he arrived during the March 13 shootout with a man whom had fired at the building. Krauss mistakenly shot Colson, who didn't have on a uniform. The three brothers accused of baiting police into the deadly gunbattle were indicted in May.
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the accidental shooting death of fellow officer Jacai Colson during a news conference at the county's Circuit Courthouse on July 15. / Photo by William J. Ford
Authorities said Michael Ford, 22, hoped to die in the shootout and gave "his last will and testament" just minutes before Malik Ford, 21, drove them and brother Elijah, 18, to the District III Landover station. The younger brothers used cellphones to record Ford shooting at police and randomly at passing vehicles. Michael Ford, faces 55 counts related to the incident, including the murder charge, according to court documents. His two brothers each face 33 counts, including attempted murder, first-degree assault and illegal use of a handgun. Alsobrooks said their trials could begin as soon as October. WI
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BUSINESS Black Lives Matter Movement Helps Make Black Banks Matter Industrial Bank Sees Spike in Account Openings By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Industrial Bank has recently experienced an "exponential" increase in applications for account openings, as many African-Americans are now directing their dollars toward Black-owned banks in an effort to show solidarity and to maximize the growing spending power the community has long held. While Industrial Bank President and CEO Doyle Mitchell declined to release exact numbers on new account openings, he acknowledged the recent increase in business at his various branches around the District and in Maryland. "We have experienced exponential applications online for account openings and actual account openings in our branches," said Mitchell, who along with his sister, Patricia Mitchell, have helped maintain Industrial Bank as a financial powerhouse in the D.C. region. "There is a process that online applications go through to be approved. We are thrilled by the recent activity and hope that this is not a one-time event, but that customers continue to add to their accounts on a regular basis," Mitchell said. The activity at Industrial Bank reflects what has fast become a national trend among African-Americans. Thousands of Black consumers across the country are directing their dollars by opening checking and savings accounts in Afri-
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can-American-owned banks, a reaction to the most recent wave of shootings of Black men by police officers, according to the National Bankers Association (NBA), the most recognized trade association for the nation's 177 minority and women-owned banks. A grass-roots effort called "Spend Movement" found the nation's Black banks receiving calls and online requests to open accounts, the NBA reported. "This is a movement that began over 100 years ago but had become dormant as a consequence of racial integration," NBA President Michael Grant said in a news release. "Thousands have been mobilized to protest with their spending power. Many African-American consumers are linking the shootings with a sense of powerlessness, feeling undervalued and disrespected." Many African-American bankers are hearing that Black lives do not seem to matter because less value is placed on the lives of Black people as a group in America, NBA officials said in the release. Since July 8, thousands of checking and savings accounts have been opened at Black-owned banks, the association reported. "The Black Lives Matter movement is a complement to an emerging economic empowerment movement that is engulfing Black communities all over America," said Preston Pinkett, NBA chairman and CEO of City National Bank, headquartered in Newark, N.J. Hoping to manage the expectations of its expanding customer
5Doyle Mitchell (fourth from left) and his sister, Patricia Mitchell (third from left), have guided Industrial Bank to a solid relationship with the community. / Courtesy photo
"Many African-American consumers are linking the shootings with a sense of powerlessness, feeling undervalued and disrespected." Michael Grant / NBA President base, Black bankers are encouraging some of their prospective customers who have lost their check-writing privileges to work with bank employees to correct the situation. But the banks are also cautioning customers not to become frustrated if the bank is unable to immediately extend check-writing privileges because of past mistakes by customers. Grant also cautioned Black consumers to be mindful of the voluminous requests that the banks are receiving online, in person and by telephone. "This is a very positive development for Black banks. They have always provided a disproportionate share of the small business loans and consumer loans to African-Americans," Grant said. "Ironically, it seems that we have gone full circle back to where we
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were before desegregation. The Black community is turning inward and seeking to provide security for itself. And few would argue against the notion that nearly every major social issue plaguing Black people in America can find its roots in economic deprivation." Industrial Bank is both grateful and thankful to all of its customers, whether new or existing, Mitchell said. He agreed that the new business is the result of the coming together of Black communities in and around the District and throughout the country, particularly as they grow more concerned with tragedies and other events taking place in their neighborhoods. "The reason is due to a heightened awareness among African-Americans that recycling dollars within our community leads
to increases in wealth within our community, job creation, business growth, entrepreneurism, and keeping more young men off the street," Mitchell said. Later, in a formal statement, Mitchell said Industrial Bank offers "heartfelt condolences" to the families of the victims in recent tragic events in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Minnesota and Dallas. "Very unexpectedly and as a result of what happened, the amount of account opening activity with the bank has significantly increased," he said. "While we wish that this activity did not happen under these circumstances and given the way Industrial Bank reinvests in our community, we know that these efforts have the potential to pay dividends for our community." Industrial Bank is a Community Development Financial Institution, which means that it reinvests 60 percent of all assets in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. In the D.C. region, the bank boasts a proven track record of making loans to low- and moderate-income individuals and in their communities. "Industrial Bank is an all-inclusive institution and we are here to serve everyone. If you are unhappy with your current financial institution or just wanting to make a change, our doors are open and you are welcome to join our family," Mitchell said. "We would like to thank all of our new customers. We look forward to working with you and showing you the difference Industrial Bank has made in people's lives and the economic development of their communities. ‌ We would not be here without you." WI
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Is Apology for Slavery Enough? with William Reed If Black Americans want real justice, it's time to remind the Congressional Black Caucus that when it comes to pushing for an American apology for slavery and reparations for Blacks, they need to either lead, follow or get out of the way. While Black groups seek "justice" in the nation's streets, it's actually the CBC that's hindering processes toward Blacks garnering proper compensation for heinous crimes perpetrated against them. It's time that current CBC Chair G.K. Butterfield lit a fire under the matter. Do you remember when the CBC put the squash on the resolution that called on the U.S. to apologize for slavery, saying that they were "concerned" about a disclaimer that stated "nothing in this resolution authorizes or supports any claim against the United States; or serves as a settlement of any claim against the United States"? The Senate passed that 2008 resolution, as did the House of Representatives on a voice vote, but it has never been adopted because then-CBC Chair Barbara Lee played the race card, saying that the Senate had attached a stipulation that was "an attempt to stave off reparations claims from the
descendants of slaves" and that group "would "study the matter." Blacks' focus should be on the crimes against humanity that's occurred in America for centuries; instead, they're more interested in "coming together" with Whites than collecting compensation that yields descendants of slaves between $5.9 trillion and $14.2 trillion. For what it's worth, the Congress "apology" was drafted by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), a White Jew who represents a majority-Black district in Memphis and has expressed interest in joining the CBC. The caucus is central to African-Americans' political representation and issues and should lead the way resolving this centuries-old matter, especially now that it has clout and numbers. And at one time, reparations was fundamental to the CBC's formation. Formed in 1971 with 13 members, the CBC's initial aim was to "positively influence the course of events pertinent to African-Americans." One of its founding members, John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), even introduced a failed bill, H.R. 40, that called for dialogue on the impact of slavery. As more Blacks were elected to Congress, the CBC grew, with 46 members as of 2016. While the caucus is studying the apology for slavery, it could be — and should be — coalescing its power and senior committee positions around initiatives such as Conyers' H.R. 40.
Black lives matter, and there's no disputing that Americans of African descent suffered centuries of crippling enslavement. Slave reparations and concepts of compensation date back to the Civil War, when the idea of giving freed slaves each 40 acres and a mule was rejected by President
Andrew Johnson and Congress. Yet, in 1988, the United States agreed to pay $20,000 to 100,000 Japanese-Americans sent to internment camps during World War II. Twenty African-Americans have served as committee chairs in Congress, yet the effects of empowerment are considerably less than expected for African-Americans. Some in the CBC have
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strayed away from the issue reparations for Blacks. Blacks who recognize the "moral imperative" of an acknowledgment by governments and companies that they committed acts that violated the human rights will petition Butterfield and the CBC to push for a clear apology for slavery and the revitalization of H.R. 40. WI
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NATIONAL Lack of Diversity Glaring Among Federal Financial Regulators By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer If there were ever a mystery about who's behind the agencies that regulate financial institutions in the United States, it was never about race or ethnicity. A scathing new analysis authored by Berkeley, California-based The Greenlining Institute, a racial-justice institute that works to bring the American dream within reach of all, revealed those agencies have a serious diversity problem. "For too long, diversity has been regarded as largely a politically correct feel-good initiative in the financial sector — something that might be nice to do, but that is of little consequence to the larger missions of both financial businesses and the regulatory entities that oversee them," Greenlining President Orson Aguilar and Danielle Beavers, the institute's director of diversity and inclusion, wrote in the analysis. Institute officials noted that during the financial crisis of 2008, communities of color were hit first and worst. Financial decision-makers in the period leading up to the crisis, including banking executives and leaders of the regulatory agencies, were largely white and simply missed the signals from communities of color about mounting problems with high-cost mortgages and other indicators. Key findings from the report include: • On average, the eight agencies that submitted data employed 33.52 percent people of color, consistent with the U.S. civilian and financial sector labor forces. Some agencies improved their overall diversity since Greenlining's last analysis in 2011. • Upper level management in the agencies, however, showed much less diversity, with people of color making up only 17.76 of
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executive management. • People of color were also severely underrepresented in jobs deemed "mission-critical," such as attorneys and economists. Latinos were the most underrepresented, making up just 3.49 percent of the mission-critical workforce. • Contracting with minority-owned vendors by the agencies varied dramatically from agency to agency, from just 2.6 percent of total contracts up to 36 percent, with an average of 17.61 percent. The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 required eight federal agencies — including the bank, credit union and securities regulators — and the 12 Federal Reserve banks to establish an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI). Congress created the OMWIs to leverage diversity and help reform the financial sector. When The Greenlining Institute examined the 2014 diversity data provided by the eight federal agencies — including the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Securities and Exchange Commission — they found that overall 33.5 percent of their combined workforce were people of color, roughly consistent with demographics of the U.S. civilian and financial sector labor forces. However, up the organizational food chain, diversity declines sharply. In upper-level management, African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Latinos are grossly underrepresented. Collectively, people of color represent just 17.76 percent of executive management roles in these agencies. Latinos, for example, make up 16.4 percent of the U.S. workforce, but only 3.49 percent of the mission critical workforce in these agencies. Additionally, the agencies on average spent 17.61 percent of their total procurement budgets with minori-
5 A new report shows a lack of racial and ethnic diversity among financial regulators. / Courtesy of CBinsight.com
ty-owned vendors. Such spending also varied massively from agency to agency. For example, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency spent 36 percent of its procurement budget with minority-owned vendors, compared to just 2.6 percent at the National Credit Union Administration. Asian-American-owned businesses received the majority of supplier diversity dollars (9.25 percent), while Latino- and African-American-owned businesses received smaller shares — 5.25 percent and 3.14 percent, respectively. Attorney Melinda Guzman, CEO of Melinda Guzman Professional Corporation, a certified woman- and Hispanic-owned law firm, has served since 2007 as an independent
director for the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, where she's vice chair of the bank's governance committee. With Guzman as director, the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco has solidified its reputation of delivering low-cost funding and other services that help member financial institutions make home mortgages to people of all income levels and provide credits that supports neighborhoods and communities. Guzman said The Greenlining Institute's report wasn't surprising. "The report reflects reality," she said. "It's a significant problem because the world has changed. The Federal Housing Finance Agency under the leadership of Director Mel Watt has
created the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion for the system. I was appointed to serve on a special task force for Diversity in Board Governance." Guzman said a couple of factors likely affect diversity. "First, having diverse and committed voices plays a big role in the selection of candidates. Second, location," she said. Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of African-American newspaper The Washington Informer and chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, said it's regrettable that diversity remains a problem with federal bank regulators. "Thank goodness for those employees of color who represent the rank within the federal financial agen-
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Civilian Review, Independent Probes Improve Police-Community Relations By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Police departments can improve relationships in their communities by providing neighborhood surveys, civilian review boards and independent investigations when a police-involved shooting occurs, says a liberal policy and politics magazine. The American Prospect published an article Wednesday, July 13 by policy experts Spencer Overton and Kami Chavis, just days after the fatal police-involved shootings of two Black men and the ambush of five police officers in Dallas. The article insists departments utilize body cameras and collect data on the use of force and the race of individuals stopped or arrested by police. "In the long term, we need education and economic development
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policies that address quality-of-life issues that are beyond the capacity of the criminal justice system," the two wrote. "But right now, we need concrete solutions to systematically limit the harm inflicted by implicit bias and gun violence." Overton, president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a nonprofit organization in northwest D.C. that conducts research on policies that affect communities of color, and Chavis, a senior fellow with the center, also highlight how current studies such as President Barack Obama's community policing report offer solutions to improve trust with law enforcement. Alton Sterling, 37, and Philando Castile, 32, were fatally shot in separate altercations with police officers earlier this month, sparking nationwide protest and ratcheting tensions
between Blacks and police. Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and former President George W. Bush attended a memorial service Tuesday, July 12 in Dallas for the officers fatally shot by a black Army reservist during a demonstration in protest of the deaths of Sterling and Castile. Obama said all Americans must respect law enforcement, but also not dismiss demonstrators with the Black Lives Matter movement. "We ask the police to do too much, and we ask little of ourselves," he said during a 40-minute speech. "We cannot simply turn away and dismiss those in protest as troublemakers or paranoid." The president expressed optimism to those in Dallas and nation-
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Black Trump Delegate Remains a True Believer By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer While Donald Trump overwhelmingly earned enough votes and delegates to claim his party's nomination for president ahead of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week, the business tycoon has had trouble securing support in the African-American community. A July 13 Wall Street Journal/ NBC News/Marist Poll of Ohio voters revealed that Trump polls at an astonishing zero percent among African-Americans. The poll also showed similar results in other states, including the swing state of Pennsylvania. But Johnnie Morgan, a Republican African-American delegate at the convention, wants to make it clear: Trump does indeed have support in the black community and African-Americans would be better served under a Trump administration. "I'm motivated to support Donald Trump and the inner city, where I'm from, needs more jobs and more opportunities and I'm confident he will bring change," said Morgan just prior to walking inside Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland as the Republican National Convention kicked off Monday. Morgan is one of 18 Republican African-American delegates at the convention, according to the Republican National Committee. It's the lowest GOP total of Black delegates in the last three presidential cycles. In 2004, 167 African-Americans delegates attended the RNC convention as President George W. Bush was renominated, according to NBC News. In 2008, 36 African-Americans attended as delegates as Sen. John McCain was nominated to run against then-Sen. Barack Obama, and in 2012 there were 28 African-American delegates as Mitt Romney was nominated. This week, Trump's former "Apprentice" star and District resident Omarosa Manigault was appointed director of African-American outreach for Donald Trump's campaign. "It happened this week," Manigault, an African-American woman, told MSNBC at the
GOP convention. "It's really an extension of the work that the National Diversity Coalition for Trump has already been doing and so I'm very happy to take up that cause for Donald Trump." Morgan, who was born and raised by Democrat parents in Los Angeles, said he switched parties in 1982 "when I found out that my ideology and philosophy was more in line with Republicans." "I was told that Democrats were for blacks and the poor while Republicans were for rich and white," he said. "I am black, but I never considered myself poor and I'm certainly not white and I'm not rich. But, going to school I realized I was really a Republican and really had been since I was 10. I became active and visible in the GOP after that." Morgan believes that his party does have the interest of African-Americans and all citizens in mind. He said Trump brought illegal immigration to the forefront of politics when other candidates hid from the issue. "We're in a different age and people want someone who relates to them and will do something about the problems," Morgan said. "Trump has worked both sides of the aisle and he sees that too many benefit from a bureaucratic standpoint and that too many in politics want the status quo. Right now, Donald Trump's priority is to make America great again." Trump's perceived rhetoric doesn't bother Morgan, who said most of the New York businessman's words are taken out of context. "We look at what he's saying, not how he's saying it," he said. "What people have to realize is that Donald Trump isn't a professional politician and that has been his appeal. He speaks his mind and tells it like it is. "Everyone else has been in a position to do something but haven't," Morgan said. "People talk about hope and change, but that's all they do. We finally have a fresh voice with a fresh perspective and someone who has worked the system and who knows how to work the system to benefit America and that's Donald Trump." WI
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Feds Fund Program for Juveniles Exiting Prison System Detroit, Houston, New Orleans Among First Groups By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer Following President Barack Obama's lead on prison reform, corporations and municipalities are innovating ways to deal with returning citizens, especially the youth. Five communities across the U.S. will benefit from from a $4.5 million grant to establish the Goodwill LifeLaunch youngadult reentry program. The funds will provide access to employment, training opportunities and support services for 575 young adults between the ages of 18 to 24 at Goodwill Central Texas, Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit, Goodwill Industries of Houston, Goodwill Industries
of the Conemaugh Valley and Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana. They will operate the LifeLaunch program between July 2016 and June 2019 to support young adults who are currently in or have passed through the juvenile or adult justice system. "Many of us need second chances for success," said Wendi Copeland, senior vice president of strategy and advancement at Goodwill Industries International. "According to the U.S. Department of Justice, more than 650,000 people are released from prison every year. The five local autonomous Goodwill organizations operating the LifeLaunch program will expand and enhance their skills training and employ-
ment services for young adults returning to their communities." LifeLaunch will be 80 percent federally funded, with the remaining 20 percent coming from nongovernmental sources. The allocation comes from a larger $64.5 million package of grants that is part of the Obama administration's effort to help break the cycle of poverty, crime and incarceration in America. Program representatives said that it will prepare young adults with the academic competencies and credentials needed in the 21st century labor market, including access to high school diplomas or equivalents, post-secondary training, credentials aligned with local labor market demand, service learning opportunities and paid
work-based learning. The Goodwill LifeLaunch plan is based on research that shows young people who have structured, progressive activities and experiences are better able to establish social, emotional, physical and cognitive competencies needed for success in adulthood. Eligible citizens will be recruited from the justice system, community and faith-based organizations, American Job Centers and Goodwill career centers in Austin,
Texas, Detroit, Houston, New Orleans and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. For formerly imprisoned individuals reentering communities, LifeLaunch case managers will support finding housing, preparing for family reunification and linking to other support services. Upon release, young adults will be immediately referred to the Goodwill LifeLaunch program for orientation and program services. WI
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wide. "I'm here to insist that we are not as divided as we seem. I know that because I know America," he said. "I know how hard we have come against impossible odds. We can decide to come together and make our country reflect the good inside us." In the article by Overton and Chavis, they said guns posed the highest threat of violence against Blacks and police officers. From 2005 to 2014, at least 85 percent of all police slayings occurred by the use of a gun, the article cited. Two years ago, Blacks accounted for 13 percent of the U.S. population, but for 57 percent of deaths through gun violence. Some of the article's suggestions to decrease the trend are universal background checks, mandatory reporting for lost and stolen firearms and increased oversight of licensed gun dealers. "Easy access to guns in the United States poses a threat to everyone," the authors wrote. The ideas stem from a report titled "Engaging Communities in Reducing Gun Violence," published in April by the joint center, Urban
Institute of Northwest and the Joyce Foundation of Chicago. The report's recommendations include: • expanding the list of people barred from purchasing and possessing firearms to those who have committed violent misdemeanors or domestic abuse; • training police to mitigate implicit biases; and • convening a strategic planning group that meets regularly, provides opportunities for meaningful community input and develops a violence reduction plan with clear performance metrics. "Together, these recommendations offer holistic strategies for addressing gun violence," according to the April document. "While these recommendations represent an ambitious roadmap for policy reform, they … build healthier neighborhoods and strengthen relationships between police and the communities they serve." To view the full report, go to http://jointcenter.org/sites/default/ files/Engaging%20Communities%20Policy%20Roadmap%20 Final.pdf. WI
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Women Meet to Create AIDS Platform at Summit By Hilary Beard, Editor The Black AIDS Institute Despite many scientific and biomedical advances, Black women worldwide are acquiring HIV at an alarming rate. In an effort to shift the global conversation to include Black women's needs, the Women Now! 2016 preconference to the 21st International AIDS Conference took place this month in Durban, South Africa. Women from 17 nations throughout Africa and the African Diaspora gathered in Durban prior to the International AIDS Conference on July 13-15 to take an intersectional look at Black women and HIV, sexual health and reproductive justice and agree upon how to heighten the women's agenda at the International AIDS Conference. "The purpose is to represent the voice of women of African descent and the issues that we want to ensure are prioritized at AIDS 2016," says co-chair Dázon Dixon Diallo of the Women Now 2016! Pan-African Women's Summit on HIV, Reproductive Rights and Justice. For two-and-a-half days, organizers and women from Africa and the African Diaspora living with HIV gathered to discuss women's role in fighting and ending the epidemic, exploring issues such as race, economic status, gender equality, women's empowerment, gender-based trauma and violence, sexual- and reproductive-health rights and social justice. "This is the first time in the history of the International AIDS Conference that women of color from around the globe have had an opportunity to come together and discuss issues that directly impact and affect them," said co-chair Yvette Raphael, a human rights and HIV activist currently working at the Johns Hopkins Centre for Communication Impact South Africa and co-founder of the Tshwaranang Care Center for People Living With AIDS in South Africa. "It is also different because it is a meeting uniquely organized by women for women." Diallo, founder and president of SisterLove Inc., an Atlanta-based reproductive-justice organization with ties to South Africa, said women are pushing the issue of race to the
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forefront of the international AIDS agenda because it isn't getting the attention it deserves in the conversation around key populations. "It's not enough to only talk about men who have sex with men, but instead, men of African descent who have sex with men," she said. "Among women, it's Black women who are still most impacted." Sessions ranged from those on the promising research on the dapirivine ring — a flexible, silicone ring that slowly releases antiretroviral medication, which women would insert into their vagina once a month for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) — to a reproductive-health empowerment session where Diallo showed women how to view their own cervix. The summit closed with a strong call to action. "Women have the strong voice, women have the skills, women have the experience to implement programs," said Linda Mafu, the head of civil society and political advocacy at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. "But somehow women are project officers, women are volunteers and when the CEO position comes, women become assistant program managers, and who's going to implement that program? It's the woman. Who's going to then report on that program so that the CEO can go and report somewhere else? It's the woman. So in this world women's conference, all of you have a response to go to the International AIDS Conference and make sure that whatever came here gets to that agenda." Attendees then voted on a series of declarations to push forward at the International AIDS Conference, which will later be followed by an extensive report. WI
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UM Medical System to Help Upgrade Laurel Hospital By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Laurel Regional Hospital will not downsize and inpatient services will continue until December 2017, thanks to a Baltimore-based medical system. State, county and city officials joyously proclaimed Monday, July 18, that the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) would not only help modernize the 38-year-old hospital, but also enhance behavioral, radiology and laboratory services. "Today talks about the future," said Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III. "And the future is UMMS," state Sen. Jim Rosapepe (D-District 21) chimed in. The announcement at Laurel Municipal Center, attended by about six dozen people, does have a few contingencies. Dimensions Healthcare System of Cheverly, which currently manages Laurel Hospital, must receive approval from the Maryland Health Care Commission on its application with UMMS to construct a proposed regional medical center in Largo. The commission has said the project should be cut by $100 million and 14 beds reduced in order to make it financially feasible. The county must also approve transitioning Dimensions into the medical system that would allow UMMS to oversee both the Largo and Laurel hospitals. A spokeswoman with Dimensions said Monday that a statement from the organization would be released this week. Robert Chrencik, president and CEO of UMMS, which has 12 state hospital systems with 25,000 employees, said a strategic-planning group cochaired by surgeon Stephen Bartlett will make recommendations for improvements to Laurel hospital. A June 30 letter from Chrencik said the group will offer recommendations and so-
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licit community input on what specific type of health care will benefit the northern part of the county. The work between now and 2017 includes: • assessment of whether a overhaul of the hospital or a new building is necessary; • reviews of staffing levels in dietary and environmental services; and • reviews of the hospital's finances. After the group completes its work, some of the future proposals at the hospital are to bring in modern radiology equipment, 24-hour support for behavioral services and a community volunteer program. "We will be able to transform health care delivery in Prince George's County," he said Monday. The hospital's union workers support the UMMS takeover. "This new working group will ensure patients and employees are considered and heard as design how health care is provided in Maryland," Jennifer Epps, vice president of Local 1199 Service Employees International Union, said in a statement. "We look forward to ensuring the health and growth of the Laurel community." Dozens of residents have criticized the decision made by Dimensions last year to decrease services at Laurel hospital by transitioning it to an ambulatory care center. Some employees would work at other Dimensions sites such as the 70-year-old Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly. However, that hospital would be replaced if the state commission approves the Largo medical center. Dimension, a nonprofit organization created in 1982, also oversees the Bowie Health Campus and various Family Health Wellness centers throughout the county. Some government officials such as Laurel Mayor Craig have chastised Dimensions for not being community-friendly. "I have said in the past Di-
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EDUCATION Southeast Student Cuts Teeth at Informer for Summer Program By Kayla Foster WI Intern Tameyah Ingraham, a 2016 graduate of Ballou Senior High School, plans to be the first person in her family to graduate from college. This summer before she leaves for Greensboro, North Carolina, to attend Bennett College, Tameyah is winding up her last few weeks interning at The Washington Informer through the D.C. Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). Tameyah, 18, is a first-generation college student, and like many others in her position, she ran into a few challenges while applying for college. "I didn't know where to start, but I'm happy that it's all over now," she said.
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Being first-generation, Tameyah had to rely on the help of her school and friends to get through the process. "No one in my family could relate to what I was going through when I was applying to college," Tameyah said. "Most of my help came from my counselor at school and my friends." The oldest of six children, Tameyah said she realizes she "has people looking up to me." "It was really important that I set the example for my siblings," she said. "I have an older brother, and my parents pushed him to go to college. He was accepted, but he was later kicked out in his first semester. … College just wasn't for him." At first, Tameyah did not think
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east is part of D.C.'s Summer Youth Employment Program working at the Washington Informer. / Photo by Shevry Lassiter college was right for her, either, but motivation from her father led her to apply to 10 schools. "My father wanted me to be the first to go to college — and finish," she said. Now a happy graduate of Ballou
High School in southeast D.C., she said she looks forward to her future of becoming a Bennett Belle at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina. Tameyah's mother, Antoinette Ingraham, expressed her pride in a recent Facebook post. "I was nervous about her leaving," she wrote. "But now my baby isn't a baby anymore." Tameyah plans to study biology, her favorite subject in high school, on a pre-med track while at Bennett, en route to her ultimate goal of becoming a pediatrician. "I like working with kids and helping them feel better," she said. Tameyah said she was accepted seven of the 10 schools to which she applied, but admitted her preference was North Carolina A&T University. "North Carolina A&T stands out because I was a flag girl in my school band and they have one of the best college marching bands that I would like to be a part of," she said. After she did not get accepted there, Tameyah decided to attend Bennett. “Bennett is right across the street from NCA&T, and even though Bennett is a really good school, my dream is still NCA&T," she said. She hasn't given up on the dream, however, as she plans to transfer to the school after her freshman year at Bennett. "I might even get my masters from NCA&T," she said. While preparing for college,
Tameyah is spending her summer working at The Washington Informer as part of the D.C. Summer Youth Employment Program, or SYEP. "I have been using the program since I was 14," she said. "The program helps make money during the summer, and gives teens experience for jobs." SYEP is designed to help students get experience in the fields of study they plan to go into professionally, though it didn't quite work out that way for her. Tameyah said she selected a job in the medical field, but somehow ended up working for a newspaper. "When we sign up, the program is supposed to place us in jobs that match our interests, but it sometimes messes up," she said. "[But] I like working for The Informer. It was different from what I chose to do, but it's OK and I get paid for my work through the program." Despite the minor quibble, Tameyah still recommends teens who have nothing to do for the summer to enroll in the SYEP program. "The program helps with preparation for a future after graduation," she said. WI Kayla Foster is a 2016 graduate of TC Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. She is a summer intern at The Washington Informer and this fall will attend the University of Miami, where she will major in broadcast journalism.
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activities they provide. "Summer is all about having fun and staying active," Mayor Muriel Bowser said last month during the launch of Summer Strong DC. "We want provide Washingtonians with activities and events that people of all ages, in all parts of the city, can enjoy."
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SUMMER LEARNING DAY
National Summer Learning Day, held in collaboration with Summer Strong DC 2016, was celebrated on Thursday, July 14. While the celebration provided a day for students across the country to engage in a variety of learning activities, it was also a time for communities to shine a spotlight on the fun and educational programs and
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DCPS announced several new principal appointments for the upcoming school year. The new administrators were selected through a competitive screening and interviewing process that involved school communities and families. DCPS's "School Leader Recruitment and Selection Team" identified many high-performing candidates internally and externally. While many of the new principals have served as assistant principals in the DCPS system, the Mary Jane Patterson Fellowship for aspiring principals
has prepared many other candidates to lead in D.C.'s public schools, among them Courtney Wilkerson, principal of Sousa School in Southeast. Wilkerson developed her leadership skills as a Mary Jane Patterson fellow, where she served at Columbia Heights Education Campus and Burrville Elementary School. Wilkerson joined DCPS in 2012 as an assistant principal at H.D. Woodson High School, sup-
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Randen Tolbert, who participated in the robotics competition, is also active in the National Society of Black Engineers. / Courtesy of Friendship Prep Academy porting more than 350 freshmen and students needing extra support to stay engaged in learning and reaching goals. In addition, Sah Brown has been assigned to Eastern High School in Northeast.
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EDUCATION DCPS from Page 22 Brown has served students in D.C. for 11 years, most recently as the interim principal at Roosevelt High School at MacFarland and assistant principal at Cardozo Education Campus. Prior to this role, Brown was the assistant principal at Hardy Middle School for three years, and before that, he served as a co-principal at Cesar Chavez Public Charter School.
ROBOTICS COMPETITION
Students from Friendship Public Charter School's Technology Preparatory Academy in Northeast and Chamberlain campuses were recently invited to use the Joint Base Anacos-
tia-Bolling military installation for their Remote Operated Vehicle competition. The base, a 905-acre site located in Southeast, is a consolidation of the former Naval Support Facility Anacostia and Bolling Air Force Base. The pool at the base was made available to the students as part of SeaPerch, an underwater robotics program designed by the Science and Technology Department of the Office of Naval Research. The program equips students and teachers with the resources they need to build an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle in an in-school or out-of-school setting. "This semester we taught our students a lot about what we can do for our environment with underwater exploration,"
said Lynura Jackson, Tech Prep STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) coordinator. "We had the Department of Defense come out and talk to our students about how robots are changing our environment and our world." Friendship Tech Prep freshman Randen Tolbert, who participated in the competition, is active in the National Society of Black Engineers. Participation in the competition "has helped me because it taught me that you can be black and still build things," Randen said. "While I was in Brazil for a cultural exchange program, they also told me that I can build anything that comes to my mind. That's helped me to be confident in these competitions." WI
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into UMMS." The modified application, known as a certificate of need, reviews whether a hospital can be financially stable in a community and must be filed to the commission by Aug. 31. The document will also include a memorandum to outline the goals for the medical system, Dimensions and the county. Meanwhile, Laurel residents such as Harold and Lucinda Harris are pleased future changes are coming to the hospital. "Obviously [Laurel Hospital] isn't for transplants or certain heart condition services, but we still need a hospital in our area that can provide everyday care in our community," Harold Harris said. WI
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EDITORIAL Appalling Conditions at DC Jail is Old News The recent death of a DC jail inmate during the current heat wave in the District serves as another reminder that the 40-year-old institution must be overhauled for the safety of all of its inmates. But this is not a new or startling revelation. And while corrections officials say that Lester Irby, 70, who collapsed in the D.C. Central Detention Facility last Thursday, died after suffering a stroke, adding that they had no reason to suspect that the sweltering temperatures in the prison had contributed to the inmate’s death, one has to wonder. Meanwhile, one attorney who monitors the conditions of the jail, Deborah Golden, has stated that Irby’s death illustrates the poor living conditions faced each day by the over 2,000 individuals housed within the confines of the D.C. Department of Corrections facilities. Like Irby, some 75 percent of the inmates are housed at the Central Detention Facility, more often referred to as the “D.C. Jail.” Ironically, we’ve known since the release of a June 2015 report conducted by the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs about the appalling conditions in our city’s prison facilities – facilities where Blacks are disproportionately represented and impacted. The report offered a laundry list of recommendations that committee members believed were necessary to improve numerous violations of established correctional and public health standards, as well as structural and mechanical problems which they described as “serious to extremely serious.” Mold, active infestation of vermin and pests, inadequate suicide prevention practices, a fractured infrastructure, youth facilities where young people often faced excessive isolation and segregation and where many were only able to connect with their families through video conferences, were among the critical issues identified in the report. And more problems were reported. But nothing has been done. So, while Lester Irby may not have died because of the heat, it’s probably safe to assume that someone else will – or has in the past. We owe those who are serving their time in the D.C. Jail at least a modicum of healthy conditions. They may have committed and been convicted of various crimes but they are still people – our people. Remember the national outcry that occurred when Michael Vick allegedly mistreated dogs used for bloody fights between the animals. We were up in arms shouting “off with his head.” That said, where is the public outcry now? WI
Have Historic Civil Rights Groups Lost Their Relevancy?
During the middle and later parts of the 20th century, civil rights and religious-based organizations like the NAACP, the National Urban League, CORE, SNCC and the SCLC led the way in advocating for equality, justice and the more humane treatment of African Americans. However, in recent years, some (Blacks) have contended that these venerable groups have either entered into unfamiliar terrains where former strategies simply do not work, or they’ve abandoned their decades-old, focused agendas that addressed the survival and advancement of the Black community. In either case, they seem to have lost their relevancy. But are the critics correct in their observation? We think each organization must be taken individually and critiqued on its own merit but we’d admit to at least the following: 1) If the original mission or purpose has since been achieved, maybe it’s time to close the doors; 2) Without the influx and encouragement of younger members being invited into the fold, even the most successful organizations tend to become an entity more fitting for reminiscing on the past than retooling for the future; and 3) Many of our leaders seem reluctant to mentor youth, and find it even harder to step down from the pedestal and release the baton. The recent turn of events in America involving “police, protests and pistols” illustrate that we are far from reaching a point where race doesn’t matter. In fact, with various lines being drawn in the sand over things like religious preference, educational attainment, sexual orientation and class and gender differences, we must recognize that it’s impossible to force the “square pegs” that represent America’s hallowed diversity into “one-dimensional round pegs.” We need both “old school” and “new Jacks” to put aside their differences and get their hands dirty, together. Meanwhile, maybe, just for a moment or two, we can skip the obligatory black-tie parties, baked chicken dinners and salutes to ourselves. There’s just too much work to be done. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM
TO THE EDITOR Black Greeks I am so glad that The Washington Informer included a story about Black Greeks in a positive tone [“Black Greeks Party with a Purpose,” by Tim Cox]. Ever since Black Greek organizations first came into existence, the non-Greek public has regarded them with contempt, in many cases, for their stereotypical ideas of these organizations. The Black Greek organizations are often seen as an excuse to party, show off at step shows, flaunt colors and symbols, haze prospective inductees, and party some more. Thanks to your article, this stereotyped image can be put to rest. These organizations work very hard to provide goods and services to parts of our communities that are in need of such. They provide meals, school supplies, and tutoring for students at all levels. They give lots of scholarships based on need and academic excellence. There is little time to party when they are working and giving so much. However, when they do party, they are still raising money for countless worthy causes. Let’s remember the good that Black Greek organizations do. They deserve the credit. Joanne Ellerbe Washington, DC
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Successful Schools Need Invested Parents After reading your article in the Education Section of the July 14th edition of The Washington Informer [“Henderson Leaves DCPS with ‘No Plan,’ Lengthy List of Accomplishments,” by Dorothy Rowley], I have very mixed emotions. I agree with Empower DC board member Julianne Robertson’s comment about the closings of schools in Wards 6, 7 and 8: “Those school closures impacted very heavily on our children by destabilizing [the learning process].” Closing those schools to me showed that DCPS didn’t really care about neighborhood schools, or the students who attended them, but instead chose to sell those properties to make money. But in Kaya Henderson’s defense, she was in a no-win situation, trying to turn around a system that does not have the will to do the things necessary to make it work for those who need it the most. The only way to turn around any urban public schools system, including Washington, DC’s system, is to have the parents buy into the fact that education is important and that they have to participate in the education of their children. So, until we can figure out how to do that, we will continue to fight the same battles again and again. I wish Ms. Henderson much success in whatever she decides to do, and I hope whoever replaces her as chancellor will have the will to bring parents into the equation in a meaningful way when trying to figure out how to make DCPS work for all students. Bobbie Harris Washington, DC
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By Austin R. Cooper Jr.
Race Relations and the Police in America On the evening of April 4, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy learned that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., had been shot in Memphis as he boarded a plane for Indianapolis. When he landed 25 minutes later, he was informed that Dr. King was dead. The senator, who was running for president, was in Indianapolis to address a predominantly African-American crowd of several thousands. Word of the tragedy
had not reached those assembled. Several of Kennedy's aides, as well as the local police chief, urged him not to announce Dr. King's death for fear of rioting. He was also encouraged not to leave the airport, with the police chief telling him that the Indianapolis Police Department could not ensure his safety if he did not change his plans. Kennedy decided to proceed to the rally site, where he announced Dr. King's death. While rioting broke out in numerous cities, there was none in
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Indianapolis. This was in large part because of words spoken by Kennedy — who himself would be assassinated 63 days later — to the shocked and grieving crowd, who peacefully returned to their homes after he spoke. Speaking without notes, he said: "Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice for his fellow human beings, and died because of that effort. In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a
nation we are and what direction we want to move in. “For those of you who are black — considering the evidence that evidently there were white people who were responsible — you can be filled with bitterness, with hatred and a desire for revenge. We can move in that direction as a country, in great polarization — black people amongst black, white people amongst white, filled with hatred toward one another. "Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to un-
derstand and to comprehend, and to replace violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand with compassion and love. "What we need in the United States is not division. What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness, but love and wisdom and compassion toward one another. And a feeling of justice to-
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By Marc H. Morial
Every Student Succeeds When Schools are Funded Fairly Maya tries to concentrate on her lesson in a sweltering, overcrowded Title I classroom, with no air-conditioning. Maya’s sixth-grade teacher — just out of college — attempts to engage her classroom of 30 students with material from 20-year-old textbooks. Maya feels like she is falling behind — and she is. Just down the street in a more well-to-do school in the same district, Myriam sits in a bright,
air-conditioned sixth-grade classroom with her 12 classmates — a computer in front of each of them. Gently guided by her veteran teacher and a teaching assistant, Myriam whizzes through the computer program, 26 and is hungry for the next lesson. While Maya and Myriam are fictional, the tale of two Americas is not. Separate and unequal persists in our schools today. The unfortunate truth is that 62 years after the U.S. Supreme
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Court ruled that segregated schools are unconstitutional, our schools are more segregated than they were in 1968. Over half of the nation’s pre-K-12 students live in poverty and 70 percent of the nation’s African-American and Hispanic students attend a Title I school located in concentrated poverty. Yet, Title I schools receive less funding than schools in wealthier areas. Moreover, the National Urban League’s 2016 State of Black America Equality Index showed a 23 percentage point
equality gap between Blacks and Whites in education, reinforcing the need to create equal access to educational opportunities for vulnerable students. In a nation as prosperous as ours, districts and schools should have the resources they need to provide an excellent education to all of our children. That’s why in 1965, Congress passed the original Elementary and Secondary Education Act to provide additional federal dollars to low-income students and schools, so that students
like “Maya” receive a high-quality education and, subsequently, an equal shot at the American dream. This idea stems from a provision called “supplement not supplant,” which says that districts must use federal dollars to give additional support and services. In other words, districts may not disinvest in their schools and then use federal funds as a replacement. The meaning of this provision remains the same in the recent-
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By Julianne Malveaux
The Bitter Fruit of a Broken Reconstruction After Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Falcon Heights, Minnesota, there was Dallas. After rouge cops unceremoniously killed two black men, there were five police officers killed by a deranged sniper who reportedly said he wanted to kill white police officers. Too many commentators attempted to characterize the sniper, Micah Xavier Johnson (referring to his middle initial X, as opposed
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to his whole name, to be racially provocative) as a "revenge" killer connected to the Black Lives Matter movement. Too many, like the unrepentant racist and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, used the sniper’s actions to excoriate the Black Lives Matter movement. The phrase Black Lives Matter is not racist because it simply reflects our nation’s history. From our founding until today, there have been too many opportunities to legalize the facts that black lives do
not matter. The fact that our constitution reduces enslaved African-Americans into a fraction of a person suggests that black lives did not matter, at our nation’s founding, as much as white lives did. The differences in the terms and conditions of indentured servitude for whites and enslavement for Afro-descendents further cemented the notion that black lives did not matter as much as white lives did. The persistence of enslavement, and the contradictions that came from the
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practice of "breeding" (i.e., treating black people as animals to increase "stock") heightened contradictions because people were selling their children and siblings. What did they think of themselves if they felt they had to couple with people they found "subhuman"? Has Giuliani ever read a history book? Does he understand that if revenge were ever a motive in black-white interactions, it would have been all over but the shouting between 1865 and 1876?
Formerly enslaved people were hopeful about emancipation, but caught between hope and despair when Black Codes were imposed, when people were lynched for simply asserting the right to walk on the sidewalk, when soldiers were lynched, in uniform, because they did not defer to fellow citizens. Even though Constitutional amendments were passed to abolish enslavement, rigid Southern attitudes im-
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By Charlene Crowell
Voters Want More — Not Less — Financial Regulation On July 21, the first federal agency dedicated to serving the financial needs of consumers will be 5 years old. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was created through the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, in the aftermath of the worst financial calamity since that of the 1930s' Great Depression When voters were recently asked their thoughts about
CFPB, three out of four said that financial accountability and tough regulations are still needed. The poll, jointly commissioned by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) and Americans for Financial Reform (AFR), posed a series of question to 1,000 likely voters. Since 2012, this annual national telephone poll has been performed by Lake Research Partners. When consumers were asked whether more financial regulation was needed, 69 percent of
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all respondents said yes. Only 12 percent believed that these firms have changed their practices enough to not warrant further regulation. Even when partisan preferences were factored into this answer, 52 percent of Republications and 68 percent of Independents agreed. The highest percentage of partisan agreement on this question came from Democrats with 84 percent. Voters were also asked whether more financial oversight was needed. Among all respondents,
66 percent agreed, including nearly half of Republicans — 49 percent. Independents at 63 percent agreed with 85 percent Democrats. If anyone wonders why consumer support still strongly favors financial regulation, perhaps the experiences of approximately 859,900 consumers who received $3.4 billion in restitution since CFPB's creation is a reason. As of March 31, other CFPB accomplishments in its 5-year history include:
• An additional $7.75 billion of additional consumer relief was returned for cancelled debts, principal reductions and other actions; • For the first time, debt-collection companies that plague 30 million consumers are now under federal supervision; and • Ask CFPB, the Bureau's online resource, has been accessed by 10 million consumers. "The premise that lies at the
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By Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.
The Choice We Face Is So Clear In the presidential race, July is convention month. Each party selects its ticket — the nominees for president and vice president — and the choice becomes clear. For all the noise about a Republican revolt against Donald Trump, we already know the choice we will face: Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. This campaign has already turned nasty, but looking beyond the clamor there are some things we know.
Hillary Clinton is the most experienced and prepared of the two candidates. An attorney, former first lady, senator and secretary of state, she is one of the most experienced candidates for the presidency ever. She will be ready from day one. She knows up close what it takes to be president, how to put together and run an administration. Donald Trump is one of the least prepared candidates in memory. He has not held public office. He has little experience in foreign and national security
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issues. His major previous relationship with the legislators he must deal with is, as he tells us, as a donor, a businessman seeking favors. He's amassed a fortune in business, but he seems better as a salesman than an administrator. He's certainly had a hard time putting together a professional campaign staff or organizing a political convention. Hillary Clinton is a progressive; her candidacy builds on the progressive movements of our time. She is a lifelong champion of women and chil-
dren. She supports equal rights for people, regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual preference. She's for overturning Citizens United and limiting big money in politics. She's for reviving the Voting Rights Act and removing barriers to voting. She'll push to raise the minimum wage, to fund our schools, to make college more affordable, to expand access to health care. She will push for public investment to rebuild our country and put people to work. She's for raising taxes on the wealthy, cracking down on
corporate tax dodges, making Wall Street more accountable, empowering workers and curbing CEO abuses. She may not be as bold a reformer as Bernie Sanders is, but there is no doubt she is a progressive who believes in a government on the side of working people. Trump, by contrast, is a bit of an unknown, at odds with his past and his party. We know he'll cut taxes on the rich and corporations. We know he wants to build a wall on the
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By Askia Muhammad
Uneasiness Settles Over Cleveland for GOP Convention CLEVELAND — I've attended political conventions every season since 1988. I've been to Atlanta, Boston, Charleston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, San Diego, among other places. On the surface, this is the most secure year ever. But truth be told, fear and uneasiness is everywhere. In order to report on this event, not only are press credentials needed, we also had to be screened for a pass from the U.S. Secret Service. As would
be expected, uniformed police are everywhere. Many prominent Republicans are not here, however. Defeated presidential candidate John Kasich, governor of Ohio — a critical battleground state which no Republican has ever been elected president without winning — and a number of GOP senators are conspicuous no-shows at this convention. Their number is unprecedented. The seemingly unprovoked murders, again and again, of Black men in just the past four
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weeks, and the alleged retaliation murders of police by an Army veteran and a decorated Marine Corps veteran have this place on edge, despite the smiling faces and calm demeanors on the faces of the officials here early for the preparations. One reason is Ohio is an "open carry" state, meaning that civilians may openly carry any firearm which is legal in the United States, as long as it's openly displayed. A group of White vigilantes inviting others to come and bring weapons said their intent is to help "pro-
tect the police." On its face, that is an absurd notion. How can an unorganized band of shooters do any better job of law enforcement than disciplined and trained police can do protecting themselves? So, I wonder, how will the vigilantes know who to shoot, except for those whose Black or Brown skin color is their uniform? Hmm-m-m? So it was very refreshing to see the New Black Panther Party, which staged a march protesting police brutality, in this town where 12-year-old Tamir
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Rice was gunned down by a cop within two seconds of his arrival at a playground. It was also refreshing to see the Panthers decided to not take weapons to their march and rally. There were women and children present, and marching with guns "would have sent the wrong message," a spokesman told reporters. I was sitting at a coffee shop in the downtown district, outside the convention outer perimeter the day before the gavel
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LIFESTYLE Richmond Artist Remains Committed to ‘Spiritual Journey’ Sir James Thornhill Inspires Creativity in City’s Historic Jackson Ward By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor If you find yourself walking down the sleepy streets of downtown Richmond, as I did one beautiful Sunday afternoon last Spring, still licking my fingers after enjoying a sumptuous meal at the city’s legendary soul food eatery, “Mama J’s Kitchen,” you may run across a series of colorful murals – some several stories high, others positioned at eye level – that will undoubtedly stop you in your tracks. The murals, creatively-designed conversation pieces that speak to the various and wonderful contributions of Black Americans and those from the African Diaspora, bear the signature of Sir James L. Thorn-
hill, 61, who after years of traveling the globe with art palette and camera in hand, decided to return to the neighborhood of his birth and youth – Richmond’s historic Jackson Ward. Thornhill, a gifted, selftaught painter and photographer whose N. Second Street studio/makeshift residence stands just a stone’s throw away from the blocks on which he played as a child, described the process he uses to create his murals and paintings. “I take photos first, then I stay with the family, learn their culture, eat meals with them – I become totally immersed,” said “Sir James” – a name that he acquired after a trip to the Bahamas which he describes as “a preordained situation.” In seeking subjects for his
5Thornhill’s mural of a bicyclist in action, titled ‘I Am Major Taylor.’ / Photo by D. Kevin McNeir
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5Thornhill’s painting titled ‘Freedom and Justice for All.’ / Photo by D. Kevin McNeir work, he’s also spent extensive time in Jamaica, Ghana and other countries in West Africa. “Every person in every one of my paintings is someone I’ve met. Every background features symbols from the world that hold special meaning for Blacks,” said Thornhill whose medium includes oil, acrylic and even pencil. “Often people ask me to explain the meaning behind my works. Sometimes I’m willing to answer that. Then, there are times when I tell them that I was preordained to do a piece and its message is to be left to the understanding and discernment of the viewer,” said
Thornhill who teaches art classes at 18 different sites throughout Richmond with students ranging from six to 90. He said despite the challenges of growing up during the days of segregation, he loved the unique qualities that were part and parcel of Richmond’s Jackson Ward, a community that gained its name, according to local legends, from Giles Beecher Jackson (1852 – 1924), the first Black to practice law before the Supreme Court of Virginia. “We weren’t supposed to cross Broad Street back then – that was off limits for Blacks,” he said. “But we had our own
5Sir James L. Thornhill in his studio. / Photo by D. Kevin McNeir
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places for fun. Most of the homes were built and owned by Blacks and there was a real sense of unity. When integration came along, a lot of that was lost.” Art has always been part of his DNA he said, noting that while he’s taken a class on occasion, he basically taught himself how to draw and paint. That intuitive skill has been passed down to his four children, the youngest 19 and the oldest 43, each of whom works in areas where creativity is required. As for his inspiration, Thornhill said he’s motivated by life itself. “It’s not about Black or white – I’m inspired by the human race and our connection to one another,” he said. “We’ve been brainwashed to believe just the opposite – my mission is to cause people to think – or perhaps rethink some of the negative notions that we’ve come to accept. Just waking up every morning inspires me because I really love life and love what I do,” he added. “I’ve had some powerful mentors in my life and they’ve helped me develop as an artist,” he said. “Art should be taken seriously because it can transmit so many powerful messages – so many truths. I simply look for the connections and the patterns. I listen to the sounds. I feel the vibrations.” WI
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Writing Contest Kicks Off Its Fifth Cycle With the advent of an annual writing contest, parents and educators living along the East Coast can lay to rest their fears that their young ones won’t have many opportunities to read and write now the school year has ended. For the fifth consecutive year, the U.S. Library of Congress, in conjunction with a bevy of public and school libraries in the Mid-Atlantic region, is hosting “A Book that Shaped Me,” a summer essay writing contest that allows rising fifth- and sixth-graders to reflect on books that made an impact on their lives. “I’ve been fascinated by the diversity and imagination in these stories. I want to see how young people are stretching their minds,” said Jason Reynolds, a critically acclaimed author and native Washingtonian who’s scheduled to present the contest winners at the 16th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival at the Washington Convention Center in northwest D.C. on Sept. 24. Since its 2012 inception, the contest has attracted more than 1,000 entries from students in the D.C. metropolitan area, West Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Each year, a panel consisting of members of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) selects 30 finalists. From there, a group of educators and children’s book authors choose three grand prize winners. The one-page essay submissions for the 2016 contest are due July 18. Reynolds, who has served as a judge in years past, explained the qualities he seeks in an ideal en-
try, stressing that students must be committed to doing their best, even if they don’t win a prize. “I’m looking for excellence,” said Reynolds, a Northeast resident. “The barometer is subjective but I need to know that students put in that work. Anyone who takes time to work on their essay should take pride in completing this one thing. Hopefully that will push them to complete other things.” The competition comes amid a technological shift that has changed the way children absorb information and posed new opportunities to engage tomorrow’s leaders. More than half of preteens in the U.S. have accessed social media sites meant for adult use, according to information collected by Statista, a domestic statistics company. Studies have also shown that when used strategically, the internet can become a valuable research tool for young people. Many public and school libraries across the country have caught on, creating spaces focusing on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics). Some of the librarians involved in the essay-writing contest acknowledged these changes, saying they’re embracing the new while adhering to tradition. “Today’s librarians are needed more than ever. They are leaders in the area of digital literacy,” said Audrey Church, AASL president and associate professor and graduate school coordinator at Longwood University in Farmville, Va. “There’s more information that people need to figure out and students need to develop critical thinking skills as they reflect on the importance of their book. This contest provides a wonderful opportunity for every child participating to think more
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5State finalists, state winners and grand prize winners of the 2015 “A Book That Shape Me” contest pose with David M. Rubenstein, co-chairman of the board of the National Book Festival. / Courtesy of Shawn Miller and U.S. Library of Congress fully about a book that he or she [has] read. I hope that they reflect on experiences that are meaningful for them.” Myla Agyin, a 2012 finalist and student at BASIS Charter School in Northwest, said she can attest to value of introspection as it relates to the writing contest. Myla’s prize-winning essay centered on how Ben Carson’s
“Gifted Hands” inspired her to pursue a career in the medical field. Since that pivotal moment, has excelled in her studies and become more vocal in conversations about current events. “That contest was a great opportunity to express how I felt and showing how reading this book impacted me,” said Myla, a 14-year-old aspiring pathologist.
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“These days I feel like my views get taken seriously. I’ve become more open. I feel like I can express myself. People need to see the truth ad get a better understanding of the world. I have future plans to write a book. I’m not sure what it will be about but it will be something that I find interesting.” WI
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LIFESTYLE Documentary Explores Police Brutality Against Blacks Abroad By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer A Black French woman directed an award-winning documentary to show the parallels of the civil rights movement in France and England to the fights for justice in American locales such as Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri. The director, Rokhaya Diallo, screened "Steps to Liberty" during the March on Washington Film Festival on Saturday, July 16 at the U.S. Navy Museum in northwest D.C. The film examined how the American civil rights era inspired the social justice movements in France, in honor of the 30-plus years since the March for Equality and Against Racism from Marseilles to Paris. Activist DeRay McKesson and
Roy Austin, deputy assistant to the President for Urban Affairs, Justice and Opportunity at Domestic Policy Council, joined Diallo in a panel during the festival to discuss the effects of societal injustice on Black people everywhere. "My obvious impression of what we're seeing in England and France is not that different from what we see here in the U.S.," Austin said of the festival's second film, "The Hard Stop," in which the subject, Mark Duggan, an unarmed Black man, was killed by police in north London. "That could have been anywhere here in the U.S." The police were not punished for the incident. Much like in Baltimore and Ferguson, riots and protests broke out in the streets of
5From left: Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, staff writer for The Atlantic, moderates a panel with Rokhaya Diallo, DeRay Mckesson and Roy
Austin during the March on Washington Film Festival at the U.S. Navy Museum in northwest D.C. on July 16. / Photo by Sarafina Wright
London in response to the killing. The film specifically analyzed the effects of police brutality on families and communities. "There is the idea of procedural justice," Austin said. "In many ways in these cities if the people felt the law was fair they could accept the results. People commit crimes and they go to jail, but with police they don't see that same process." Diallo said the effects of the fight for justice in the U.S., from the civil rights movement in the
'50s and '60s to the present-day Black Lives Matter movement, have been felt all around the world and that the BLM movement's influence abroad shows that police brutality is not just an American problem. "The issue with police brutality is different [in France]," Diallo said. "Very few people die here from being shot by the police, so there isn't video and shock; however, they die other ways. "They die in police custody from chokeholds and strangula-
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tion," she said. "Just last week in France, a Black man died in custody and they said he killed himself and that was it." Last week, Mckesson was arrested while protesting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, an experience he said altered his outlook. "Being in Baton Rouge disturbed me, because [police] didn't pretend to have restraint," he said. "Baton Rouge challenges my perception of progress. You look at these movies and they challenge my idea of progress." Mckesson said that through the struggle he remains hopeful, but he knows that structure and organization is necessary. "The question of what comes next is can we be as organized on the inside as we are on the outside," he said. Austin said that as an educated, successful Black man, he nonetheless deals with the same issues as a less educated Black man. "It's the part of this country where a Black man is a Black man is a Black man," he said. "There is no separation. This is happening regardless of what I have attained. We see color and not humanity." Diallo said that while activism in Western Europe has been heavily influenced by the American civil rights movement, French people should be inspired by and informed about their own history. "When it comes to France, we don't know the name of our Mike Browns," she said. "We need to look at our own activists instead of always looking elsewhere like Martin Luther King and Mandela. There are French activists." WI
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D.C. Poet Laureate's 'Women of the Plums' Comes to the Lincoln Theatre
5A poster of new play 'The Women of Plums' / Courtesy photo By Eve M. Ferguson D.C. Poet Laureate Dolores Kendrick's iconic work, "Women of the Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women" comes to the stage at the historic Lincoln Theatre on Thursday, July 21 for one performance. Published originally in 1989, "Women of the Plums" was originally adapted for the stage in 1996 in Cleveland, and at the Kennedy Center. That adaptation later won the New York Professional Award in Theatre. A CD of music inspired by the production was also released that year. The book speaks in the voices of 34 fictional enslaved women who tell their horrifying stories of lives in bondage in 19th century America. Featuring poems written from the perspective of the women who "relate lives of appalling deprivation in lyrical monologues, with dance, mu-
sic and visual arts," this performance marks the first production engaging the DCCAH artists. The Lincoln Theater production draws its talented actresses from the Washington community, including Liberian storyteller/culinary griot Vera Oye' YaaAna, Rogiers, Tamela Aldridge, NEWorks Inspirational Singers, Gaelyn Smith, Kendall Isadore, Jazmine Robinson and Capitol Movement. "DCCHA invited me to audition for one of six poems on May 25," Yaa-Ana said of her role in the upcoming theatrical production. "The slave woman Peggy chose me to humanize her journey for others who are contemplating death. Kendrick was appointed poet laureate of the District of Columbia on May 14, 1999. She is the author of "Through the Ceiling" (1975), "Now Is the
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Thing to Praise" (1984), and "Why the Woman is Singing on the Corner" (2001). Kendrick was also the first Vira I. Heinz Professor Emerita at Phillips Exeter Academy and one of the first original designers and teachers at the acclaimed School Without Walls in D.C. "This is an exciting production that blends multiple artistic disciplines to transition a work of literature to the stage," said Arthur Espinoza Jr., executive director of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which is presenting the event with the city's Office of the Poet Laureate. "The power of poetry and the magic of the theatre have come together to tell a very important story of our nation's history." RSVP on Eventbrite at eventbrite.com/e/the-womenof-plums-tickets-26326485226. Admission is free, but RSVPs are encouraged. For more information, visit dcarts.dc.gov or call 202-724-5613. WI
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5Evangeline Parades with Ward 8 Council member LaRuby May shows off
her cake during a birthday celebration in Southeast for 100 years of life. / Photo by Shevry Lassiter
By DR Barnes WI Staff Evangeline "Vangie" Paredes will soon join a legion of Americans who have lived 100 years or more. It is not how long she's lived, however, but how she's lived a life of service that drew nearly 100 of her closest friends and admirers to an early birthday celebration in her honor. One by one, members of AARP, the Ward 8 Mini Commission on Aging, DC Office on Aging, the Legal Counsel for the Elderly, the Anacostia Coordinating Council and her housing cooperative showered Paredes with accolades. Most who are in the fourth score of their lives as well, shared their desires to be "just like Vangie" when they're her age. Born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on July 26, 1916, Paredes' parents moved to D.C. when she was 5 years old. They were among a number of Filipinos that migrated to the District in the early 1900s. Her family later moved from Capital Hill to Southwest, on the east side of the Anacostia River in Ward 8, where Paredes has lived for more than 60 years, and where she and her husband raised a son and daughter. Paredes said her secret to a long
life is happiness. "I refuse to be unhappy or to have people around me who don't want to be happy," she said. "I don't let anything or anyone bring me down." That is why Paredes, a recipient of the AARP Andres Award for Community Service, said she volunteers with several community organizations, and she often spends time visiting the sick at Veteran's Hospital. Paredes admits that she is slowing down a bit — "When you get to be 100, your mind is willing but sometimes your body just won't cooperate" — but her friends say she's as spry as ever. O.V. Johnson, former chair of AARP Chapter #4870, called Paredes "my running buddy," "As we move about the city, she gives me directions," Johnson said. "I have to struggle with my cane to keep up with her." Neighbor Dorothy Lane said she admires Paredes' energy and her willingness to go where she wants, when she wants — even by public transportation. "There would be less illness if we all had what the Lord has given to Vangie," she said. Paredes will be honored by at the Embassy of the Philippines on her actual birthday next week. WI
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5Tyler Oakley, Mrs. Obama, NIgerian-American recording artist Jidenna,
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5U.S. Secretary of Education John King, Jr., responds to a question during the First Lady's Reach Higher Back to School Event at the White House on Tuesday, July 19 in Northwest. / Photo by Patricia Little
5Nigerian-American recording artist Jidenna performs during the First Lady's Reach Higher Back to School Event at the White House on Tuesday, July 19 in Northwest. / Photo by Patricia Little
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ARIES In theory, you have the ability to channel your attention and get ahead of the game, but with this week's Full Moon you may find that when it comes right down to it you feel restless and can't quite concentrate as much as you'd like. Lucky Numbers: 13, 20, 31 TAURUS A purchasing decision may be in the cards this week, especially if you're considering making changes to your home, holding a celebration, or improving your yard. The thrill of adventure could be on your mind, too, as the Full Moon encourages you to consider how nice it would be to get away. Lucky Numbers: 2, 8, 49 GEMINI Working constructively with others could mean you accomplish much more than usual, and this week looks helpful for doing just that. A Full Moon on Tuesday could put you in the mood to spend, making you less careful with your money than you would normally be. Lucky Numbers: 16, 28, 34
wi book reviewA "The Education of Kevin Powell" by Kevin Powell c.2015, Atria $15/$22 Canada 287 pages
CANCER Time management could be of the utmost importance this week, en-
abling you to get much more done than you might normally. If you find this way of working useful, you might want to keep it up. Tuesday's Full Moon in your sector of relating could spotlight a relationship and associated feelings. If you and another are currently dealing with an issue, this is when it could come to a head. Avoid doing or saying anything you might regret later. Lucky Numbers: 9, 21, 30
LEO This could be a very constructive week for you, particularly if you're working on
a creative project or want to get a business idea off to a great start. Regarding romance, though, it might not be so positive. Saturn's energy suggests that a date or outing could be a little restrained. Lucky Numbers: 19, 27, 33
VIRGO A little quiet time may be all that's needed to enable you to resolve an issue linked with home or family matters. Perhaps the opportunity to get a little distance from it can give you a fresh perspective. Tuesday's Full Moon could see you in the mood for some fun and perhaps a sizzling date night. Take it to the max and enjoy every moment. Lucky Numbers: 4, 23, 34 LIBRA Plans and projects will involve teamwork, perhaps when a group you belong to convenes this week, even though you may have your doubts. Much can be achieved with some focus. A Full Moon in your home zone on Tuesday could be the reason that feelings run high among family members. Avoid making any decisions for a few days. Things should calm down by that time. Lucky Numbers: 12, 15, 28 SCORPIO Get used to the limelight, because you may find yourself the center of attention once the Sun moves into the topmost sector of your chart on Friday. The Full Moon is in your communication sector on Tuesday, so be careful what you say. If you've been feeling emotional, you might upset someone. Lucky Numbers: 19, 33, 48 SAGITTARIUS Don't refrain from doing anything that could expand your horizons. It's natural to be cautious when embracing change. Saturn has been in your sign for a while now, so you may feel a little more nervous than usual about entering new terrain. This week an opportunity that's too good to miss might involve leaving your comfort zone. Lucky Numbers: 6, 13, 21
CAPRICORN This could be a week when you feel naturally inclined to resolve an issue that has bugged you for some time. Perhaps it's been subtly holding you back and you may not have had much opportunity to deal with that. Lucky Numbers: 28, 35, 43 AQUARIUS Tuesday's Full Moon might best be handled by reducing your schedule early in the week. If you can take some time out, you'll find that relaxing and recharging leave you feeling more energized and upbeat. Avoid tackling complex tasks if you can. On another note, friends may be around to help you with a project. A more formal event could bring some fabulous opportunities your way, so it might be worth going even if you have doubts. Lucky Numbers: 9, 20, 42 PISCES The more creative and communicative you are this week, the more you'll impress those in high places. You may find that you can forge ahead with a plan in a way that is very pleasing. With a little bit of focus and charm, obstacles can vanish, clearing the way ahead for success. Lucky Numbers: 23, 30, 45 34 JULY 21 - 27, 2016
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You Never Knew What You Didn’t Have By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer There were times in your childhood when cereal was supper because there was nothing else. When birthday toys seemed gently pre-loved, hand-medowns were new to you, and you were none the wiser. Your family didn’t have much and you never realized it then, but as in the book “The Education of Kevin Powell” by Kevin Powell, getting schooled later was rough. Born in the spring of 1966, Kevin Powell entered the world and, though his mother had moved to Jersey City from “Down South” to escape it, slid directly into poverty. They shared a rat-and-roach-infested apartment with Powell’s aunt and her son, and their us-against-the-world closeness was “something safe, something magical…” At age four, Powell “did not know what the word ‘drunk’ meant,” but he learned at a party, and was beaten by his mother for getting drunk-sick. At age six, his grandfather died, but although Powell barely knew the man, he understood that he was a wife-beater. At thirteen, he impulsively joined a fight and lost his cousin, who angrily shunned Powell for the rest of their lives. As he grew and matured, Powell began to realize that his family was poor. His home turf was bleak and there were times when it seemed like a dead end, but his mother told him that he needed an education to become something. She’d never hugged him. He received no physical affection from her; in fact, she beat him regularly. She said he wasn’t “gonna make it,” but she got him a library card anyway. Books opened up his world, he hungered to read, and he decided that he wanted to be a writer. But then life intervened. Powell went to college, but his temper got him into trouble time and again. He joined a mosque, but left it just as quickly. He’d learned to hate White people, and that got him into trouble, too. He found success in the entertainment world, but he started to drink and commit petty crimes; he hit bottom, then hit it again… until a search for his lost past gave him what he needed. Imagine, if you will, that you’re in the ring with a pro wrestler. He picks you up, and slams you to the mat. Then he does it again. And again. That’s what it’s like to read “The Education of Kevin Powell”: a series of literary body-slams, over and over and over. Part of that effect comes from Powell’s style: there are times when he pulls out a sense of childlike innocence that’ll make you chuckle uneasily. But beware – there are teeth behind the wide-eyed schtick, and his next memory gnashes them. In a way, that can be quite relentless – but it’s also very interesting and oh-so-entertaining. I thought for a minute that I wouldn’t recommend this book (now out in paperback) but I ended up liking it a lot. It’s an up-and-down journey with humor and strength, and if that’s what you need, then “The Education of Kevin Powell” is what you should have. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM
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5 Dwayne Monroe, a student at Jefferson Academy in southwest D.C.,
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HBCU Grad Headed to Olympics By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer The joy is still difficult to for her to convey, but Coppin State University alum Christina Epps is on her way to Rio to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Last week, in Eugene, Oregon, Epps competed in the triple-jump finals of the U.S. Olympic trials and made the team, an experience that has left her thrilled beyond words. "I really can't describe how unreal this is," said Epps, a 2014 graduate who also serves as an academic adviser for the university's athletic department. "I've always asked, why me? Why do I struggle so much? And finally, I stopped saying it and I just competed and had faith that this is my purpose." During the trials, Epps thought she had aced the first jump, but it was deemed a foul. Her second jump was also ruled a foul and her chances appeared grim as she failed to reach the qualifying standard after four more jumps. Just prior to her sixth attempt,
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Epps said the tension was so thick that "my stomach was dropping. I had butterflies and I was just like, 'Please just let it be 14.15 meters.' I think I can go further. I'm excited." At last, Epps qualified, joining Keturah Orji and Andrea Geubelle to mark the first time in 20 years the United States has sent three women at once to the Olympics to compete in the triple jump. "Being the first Olympian of the best HBCU on the planet, my alma mater, Coppin State means the world to me," Epps said. "I hope I've not only made my school proud but have inspired my fellow Coppinites to know that it doesn't matter where you come from or what other people are doing, but with God, the right mindset, hard work, and dedication anything is possible." Epps said she'll head to Rio on Aug. 3. The Olympic triple jump competition is currently scheduled to start Aug. 13 at 9:40 a.m. In the meantime, the 25-year-old continues to train at Coppin State, where she is guided by her colle-
giate coach Alecia Shields-Gadson, Coppin's interim athletic director. "She showed up and God showed out," Shields-Gadson said in a statement. "It is such an honor to represent your country, your family and Coppin State University. This has truly been a journey and Christina has persevered and is reaping the benefits of the hard work, sacrifices and discipline it takes to be a world-class athlete. We are still taking it all in, but that will be short-lived, as it's back to Coppin to resume training." Epps also credits the support of her family, particularly her mother who shouted when she heard that her daughter had qualified for the Olympics. "My mom is always praying for me," she said. "When she found out she was screaming on the telephone and my family has been sharing all of the articles about this on social media with all of my pictures." Admittedly, she'll have to overcome nerves as the games approach.
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5 Christina Epps of Coppin State University is headed to the Olympics. / Courtesy photo "It's the Olympics, so butterflies and being nervous are natural," Epps said. "I have hardly slept lately." A former standout basketball player, Epps said the Olympics became a dream as she grew a little older. She once thought she'd make it as a basketball player, but it was Shields-Gadson who made her believe in her abilities in track and field, she said. With unwavering confidence, Epps rallied in Oregon to make the team.
"My experience at [the] Olympic trials was an amazing experience, something I can't describe in words," she said. "It was my first trials and definitely one I will never forget. I've been chasing the dream of making an Olympic team since 2012, when I tore my ACL. Watching the 2012 Olympic trials at home when I was injured made me realize how much I had taken my talent for granted and motivated me to work harder to achieve my goal of making an Olympic team." WI
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SPORTS D.C. Sports Hall of Fame's Class of '16 Honored; Nats Lose Marathon Session 4 Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman John Jaso awaits the ball in a pickoff attempt of Washington Nationals center fielder Ben Revere in the sixth inning of the Pirates' 2-1 win in 18 innings at Nationals Park in Southeast on Sunday, July 17. / Photo by John E. De Freitas
6 Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Josh Harrison collects the ball as Washington Nationals left fielder Jayson Werth is doubled off second in the seventh inning of the Pirates' 2-1 win in 18 innings — the longest regular-season game in Nationals franchise history — at Nationals Park in Southeast on Sunday, July 17. The game ended after 6 hours and 22 minutes. / Photo by John E. De Freitas
5 Washington Nationals shortstop Danny Espinosa is caught stealing second by Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Jordy Mercer in the sixth inning of the Pirates' 2-1 win in 18 innings at Nationals Park in Southeast on Sunday, July 17. / Photo by John E. De Freitas 6 The 11 newest members of the DC Sports Hall of Fame are honored during a ceremony before the Washington Nationals' game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Nationals Park in Southeast on Sunday, July 17. / Photo by John E. De Freitas
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Timothy 1:6-7 I heard a quote by Joel Osteen, who said, “The forces that are for you are greater than the forces against you.” And a scripture that backs that up is 2 Kings 6:16: “So he answered, ‘Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.’” We are children of the King! Let me encourage you to keep on, keeping on. Never allow anyone to stop you from doing what you were sent here to do. It could take you 40 years too, like it did Moses! Wayne Blake, of Daily Bible Study, shared an answer I agree with to the question of why it took Moses 40 years to travel a straight-line distance. The answer is because the 40 years of wandering in the wilderness wasn't a journey as much as it was a death sentence for those who refused the opportunity to enter the Promised Land not long after they left Egypt. Instead of a direct course from Egypt to Israel, the generation that refused to enter the land promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob turned back and wandered around and around in the wilderness until they were all gone. For those who rebelled against God, the Exodus became a journey without a destination, and for the others, it became a matter of taking the long way home. Another was His Servant Job, whose wife told him, “You ought to curse God and die!” But Job said “All the days of
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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”
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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
Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-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
610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 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
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
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
“An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org
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
Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 11:00am Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30pm
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
www.thirdstreet.org
“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital”
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church
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
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
Rev. John W. Davis Pastor
Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor
5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089
901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423
Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School: 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7:00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor
Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00am Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30pm Communion Service: First Sunday
www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
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 themcbc.org
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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 “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family”
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: 7:30am & 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. Dr. Diane Dixon Proctor 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 - lpumconthegrow@gmail.com 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: “A CHURCH ON THE GROW”.
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
Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin 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 Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor 2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304 Service and Times Early Worship Service: 7:30a.m Worship Service: 10:45a.m. New Members Class: 9:30a.m. Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m Church School: 9:30a.m. Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m. Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m “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 Morning Worship Service: 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School: 9:30am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service: 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible: 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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
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 pbcexec@verizon.net
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. Reginald M. Green, Sr. Interim 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) 232-4200
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 Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m. Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m Church School : 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m. Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 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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Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday School For All Ages: 9:30am Prayer Services: Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute: Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm 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. 2016 ADM 694 Pearl Virginia Scott Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Berthena L. Lyles, whose address is 2648 Basingstoke Lane, Bryans Road, MD 20616, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Pearl Virginia Scott who died on April 10, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 14, 2017. 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 January 14, 2017, 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: July 14, 2016 Berthena L. Lyles Personal Representative
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Gloria Hall aka Gloria Jean Brown Hall Decedent Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Alicia Vicks Hall, whose address is 1218 Jefferson St., NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Gloria Hall aka Gloria Jean Brown Hall who died on May 9, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 14, 2017. 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 January 14, 2017, 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: July 14, 2016
Minnie B. Edwards Decedent Cheryl Chapman Henderson, Esq. 4920 Niagara Road, Suite 200 College Park, MD 20740 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sherryl L. Edwards and Donna L. Edwards, whose addresses are 9808 Lakepointe Ct., Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 and 121 Manor Ter., Landover, MD 20785, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Minnie B. Edwards who died on December 8, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 14, 2017. 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 January 14, 2017, 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: July 14, 2016 Sherryl L. Edwards Donna L. Edwards Personal Representatives
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Paris Desiree Gant Decedent
Vernelle V. Warren Decedent
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Sheila T. Gantt, whose address is 7205 8th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Paris Desiree Gantt who died on September 16, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 14, 2017. 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 January 14, 2017, 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.
Toussaint Freeman, whose address is 4210 4th St., NW, Washington, DC 20011 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Vernelle V. Warren who died on March 23, 2015 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 14, 2017. 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 January 14, 2017, 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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Administration No. 2016 ADM 744
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Administration No. 2016 ADM 767
Charles M. Waespy Decedent
Frances Branen aka Frances Arlene Branen Decedent
George Newman Sr. Decedent
Alice L. Fenwick Decedent
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Tina Newman, whose address is 311 Todd Place, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of George Newman Sr. who died on March 1, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 7, 2017. 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 January 7, 2017, 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.
Ronald A. Fenwick, whose address is 325 Delefield Place, NW, Apt. 1, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Alice L. Fenwick who died on June 4, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 7, 2017. 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 January 7, 2017, 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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William H. Roberge, Jr. 15204 Omega Drive, Suite 210 Rockville, MD 20850 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Tina Latter, whose address is 14701 Botany Way, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Charles M. Waespy who died on May 5, 2016 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 21, 2017. 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 January 21, 2017, 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: July 21, 2016 Tina Latter Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Thomas Francis Branen, whose address is 33 Quincy Place NE, Washington, DC 20002 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Frances Branen aka Frances Arlene Frances who died on May 10, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 21, 2017. 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 January 21, 2017, 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: July 21, 2016 Thomas Francis Branen Personal Representative
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Pearl McSene Jones Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Terese McSene Jones, whose address is 4407 Banks Place NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Pearl McSene Jones who died on June 9, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 21, 2017. 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 January 21, 2017, 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: July 21, 2016 Terese McSene Jones Personal Representative
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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016 ADM 756 Sheridan Benet Easterling Decedent Jacqueline Jones Moore 7605 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20012 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sharon Leigh Easterling, whose address is 2737 Knox Terrace SE, Washington, DC 20020 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Sheridan Benet Easterling who died on November 23, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 21, 2017. 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 January 21, 2017, 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: July 21, 2016 Sharon Leigh Easterling Personal Representative
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016 ADM 762 Josephine Louise Stuart Decedent Andrellos Mitchell 717 D Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20004 Attorney
LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016 ADM 757 Bernice Smith Decedent
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Carlton W. Stuart, Sr., whose address is 14204 Derby Ridge Rd. Mitchellville, MD. 20721 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Josephine Louise Stuart who died on June 4, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 21, 2017. 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 January 21, 2017, 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.
Michael L. Cobb, whose address is 1175 Morse Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Bernice Smith who died on March 14, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 21, 2017. 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 January 21, 2017, 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: July 21, 2016 Carlton W. Stuart, Sr. Personal Representative
Date of first publication: July 21, 2016 Michael L. Cobb Personal Representative
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we recommended bold action to fix this problem and ensure resource equity in our schools. It’s simple. Districts should fund their schools fairly, and in return the federal government will provide additional resources to the schools serving low-income and vulnerable students. Federal dollars, as provided from the taxes of the hard-working people of this nation, should go to schools that need extra help. We look forward to working with Department of Education, states and school districts to end these disparities and move our nation toward fairer funding so that the promise of this civil rights law is met and every student succeeds. WI
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those who pulled the triggers. It should be mandatory for all police officers to wear body cameras. If we are witnessing what we are thanks to these and mobile devices, imagine what we are not. Law enforcement must also do a better job of evaluating candidates applying to police academies. Far too often, they are graduating racist, mentally challenged time bombs and placing them in minority communities. May we remember the words of Sen. Kennedy on that historic night in Indianapolis: “Let us rededicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savages of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us say a prayer for our country and for our people.” WI
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CROWELL from Page 27 very heart of our mission is that consumers should have someone standing on their side to see that they are treated fairly in the financial marketplace," said Richard Cordray, CFPB director. "Each day, we work to accomplish the goals of renewing people's trust in the marketplace and ensuring that markets for consumer financial products and services are fair, transparent and competitive. "These goals not only support consumers in all financial circumstances but also help responsible businesses compete on a level playing field, which helps to reinforce the stability of our economy as a whole," Cordray said. Over the past year, CFPB's enforcement actions included a $531 million default judgment against the now-defunct Corin-
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Mexican border. He's run a divisive campaign, filled with racial insult and nativist appeal. He says he's against our trade deals but offers as an alternative only that he'd get a better deal. He promises to rip up the nuclear weapons agreement with Iran, which would give the zealots in that country the license and the incentive to build nuclear weapons. He says he wants to rebuild the country, but gives us no sense about how he would pay for it, other
ASKIA from Page 27 convened the delegates to order. I saw a squad of 20 motorcycle cops ride by, but they were not nearly as impressive to me — a bicycle commuter since 1994 — as a squad of 50 cops on bicycles, each row of two bikes repeating the command "right turn" as they approached the intersection at 9th and Euclid streets. Curiously, all the civilian motorcyclists I saw were operated by
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sectors of the American people. Despite these unfavorable polls, both won the nomination by winning the most votes in the primaries. Now we have a choice. The most experienced against the least experienced. The progressive against the conservative. Someone who seeks to bring us together against someone who has risen by tearing us apart. There is a long way to go before November. Events and the campaigns will tell us more, but the choice is already clear. WI
men who had to be in their 50s or older, all with their gray hair and beards — midlife crisis, I suppose. But there were two gentle moments, which certainly could not continue as the GOP party base, elected as delegates, pledged to nominate Donald Trump as the party nominee came to town with their hate messages disguised in dog-whistle, coded language. I saw a young mother at the bus stop headed to the Lou Stokes
Station on the Rapid rail line, serenading her baby in a stroller. Moments later, in this hometown of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a speaker on the median strip in the center of the street blasted the last 12 bars of the old-school national anthem — Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' "Ooo Baby Baby." I fought back tears of joy. Of course, former Congress member Louis Stokes — now an ancestor — was a distinguished member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and the brother of Carl Stokes, the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major national city. Stokes left a lasting imprint on Cleveland and Howard University in Washington, D.C. A super-modern medical library was built on the campus, with funds Stokes fought for and won. Like the rail station in his hometown, the library at Howard bears his name. WI
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than the infamous wall that he says Mexico will pay for. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are viewed unfavorably by large numbers of Americans, with Trump setting records in that regard. Clinton bears the burden of right-wing political attacks that go back to the early 1990s (and before that in Arkansas). Every misstep has been inflated into a scandal, every misstatement into an indictment. Trump started the campaign as a celebrity, rose through notoriety and earned his disfavor by insulting wide
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credit assistance to ‘borderline' applicants that other applicants may have received. Despite these achievements, CFPB still faces fierce and unrelenting attacks. In recent months, multiple legislative initiatives have been introduced that aim at weakening the Bureau by replacing CFPB's director with a gridlocked commission or allowing Congress to place restrictions on its enforcement actions. "Some in Congress continue to not only attack the CFPB for its oversight of financial services, but are still trying to pass provisions that would block it from doing its job," said Yana Miles, a CRL policy counsel. "Allowing enactment of these bills would only undermine the progress the CFPB has accomplished and severely restrict its future financial oversight." WI
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