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law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a viclife, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessshe knew something had to be push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further done. Out of her frustration said about Marlow. training for law enforcement with law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecof the situation, she decided to who reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselstart the Saving Promise cam- “get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. paign. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradi“It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must that won't turn my family end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicshared Williams, her story 11 with the left), audi-alonglogue violence. the batterer,” Earnest (bottom with about several domestic other young men eager to tim learnand the basics of becomingMarlow successence at the District Heights the event was chiefsaid. ful individuals, are shown the proper way toAlso tie a present necktie byatBrandon Frame, visionary officer of the Black Men Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred the ex- in Northwest Marlowonwould also like by to see Can Institute. The Institute held a daylong programMuhammad, at American University Feb. 22. /Photo on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise Nancy Shia Municipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatCenter of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. Heights and the National Hook- 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasUp of Black Women. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilMarlow has written a book, an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. story about four generations of and their children. Marlow has worked to break outinoffear highforschool annually. be a of partabuse of their very Sam P.K.violence. CollinsThe book is tion“Idrop domestic lived six years. Six should the cycle inlives. her It’s family, Half dropouts remain that they the understand inspired by her ownWriter experiences, WI Contributing yearsofinhigh fearschool is a long time. It is important and is confident policieshow she come intocontact and those of her grandmother, unemployed positivelyfor affect them. When not an easyor thing come with out itiswill pushing will start thatI @sampkcollins justice system, costing the was her mother and her daughter. the their age, eating healthy was the of,”criminal she said. process. United States nearly $260,000 per said per- last“Ithing She said every time she reads Mildred Muhammad mind so now I have planontomy take these policies to A group of youth from across son in lost earnings. excerpts from her book, she still people who want to help a Congress and implore them to to recoup,” said Hammond who lives the Washington metropolitan region Quentin Johnson, can notimportant believe the wordsand came domestic violence assistant victim direcmust in change ourVa.laws,” Marlow said. Manassas, learned life skills affrom her. “Color Me toButterfly” admissions at AU, advised the be of careful of how they go into “IMarcus will notNoel, stopfounder until these poliof Heart firmed their commitment academic tor won the 2007 National “Best group, whose ages ranged from six to the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” of Man, a clothing company that excellence during a daylong conferBooks” Award. thatto take she their maystudies be in “survival 16, seriously and provides Tia Carol Jones can be reached mentorship for low-income ence at a local university last month. “I was mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net the foundation for a prosperous youth, The Blackjust Man16-years-old Can Institute,when a na- lay asked students to identify permy eye first blackened and my “Before get to address. 'I'm going sonality traits and interests they could duringyou his keynote tional nonprofit that provides support future lips bled,” Marlow said. to kill you,' it started as a school verbal WI “You only have your high for young men of color, hosted the Elaine Davis-Nickens,nd presi- years to prepare for tomorrow,” said market in their personal and profesevent. The Saturday, Feb. 22 gathdent of the National Hook-Up Johnson, 33. “Soon you won’t be sional lives. Students later analyzed the ering at American marketing campaigns of prominent of Black Women, University said there (AU) is no kicked off a national tour thatdomestic includes minors and the laws get a lot stricter. American corporations. Noel said the consistency in the way Everyone can make six figures, but it stops in Boston, Longdealt Island, N.Y., violence issues are with by takes a lot of hard work. How much activities helped instill confidence in and Memphis. the group of youngsters. Nearly 40 youngsters connected work are you willing to put in to make “Self-identity is a prerequisite for with men from various industries six figures? If you want to be a part of success,” said Noel, 27. You have to be during workshops that touched on the game, you have to act like it,” said comfortable in your own distinction brotherhood, building self-confi- Johnson who lives in Northwest. After a short opening ceremony, and then eventually you become more dence, philanthropy, dressing well, and attractive to people. You become succonflict resolution. Brandon Frame, guest speakers led interactive, hands- cessful as a result,” said Noel who lives on presentations that prompted the founder and chief visionary officer of in Bowie, Md. the Black Man Can Institute, consid- youngsters to think about their career Frame and a group of men laters the annual conference one of the goals and develop communication er distributed neckties and journals skills. Presenters reflected on their organization’s prime offerings. and led the group in the reading of “All the young men came away with career paths and provided anecdotes a pledge that espoused the values of of transitioning from high school into something at this conference,” said Frame, 26. “Our goal is to motivate, college and eventually into the profes- brotherhood, resilience, and academic excellence. The youngsters later reeducate, uplift, meet their cultural sional world. Keyon T. Hammond, an executive ceived certificates for their completion needs, and inspire these young men chef at the Regency Club in Domin- of the workshop. of color to be something great. We Christian Debrow, who attended brought men who want to uplift our ion Valley, Va., showed a group of cousin, conyoung kings,” said Frame who lives in young men how to cook chicken stir the conference with his L.Y. Marlow fry while providing insight into the sidered the activities extremely enHartford, Conn. A 2012 study conducted by the An- nature of the hospitality industry. He lightening. “This was a new experience,” said nie E. Casey Foundation found that later passed out samples of his dish young men of color were more than along with a recipe that included only Christian, 17. “A world class chef has never showed me how to cook. I retwo times likely to get suspended from healthy ingredients. “The children enjoyed learning ally liked doing positive, fun things,” school than their white and Asian / www.washingtoninformer.com counterparts. In addition, nearly 50 from a person they could relate to,” said Christian who lives in Landover, percent of black males across the na- said Hammond, 28. “Eating healthy Md.WI WI Staff Writer
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Some of this country’s female singing legends descended on the White House Thursday to celebrate Women’s History Month with the first family. This year’s White House Music Series had a cool twist, with the spotlight on soul music. Singing sensations Patti LaBelle and Melissa Etheridge and rising star Janelle Monáe, spent part of the morning with 124 high school and college students from around the country at an interactive workshop. First lady Michelle Obama stopped in the State Dining Room to greet her guests. “Isn’t this cool? Oh, my goodness! I’m thrilled,” she said. “It’s exciting to have these fabulous ladies and this gentleman here,” she said. “I want to welcome you guys to the White House ... We’re marking Women’s History Month by celebrating women with a whole lot of soul.” “… Today we’re celebrating the kind of music that makes you move no matter who you are or where you come from; music that taps into feelings and experiences that we all share – love and heartbreak, pride and doubt, tragedy and triumph. It’s called soul music.” The singers shared their personal stories, answered questions and offered advice to the students. Then they performed. Etheridge sang “Stormy Weather,” while playing the piano, Monáe regaled the audience with her composition “Victory,” and Labelle tickled the crowd when she said she hadn’t been asked to sing. “Can I sing, can I sing please?” she
asked in a plaintive voice, before captivating the crowd with an a cappella version of the “The Lord’s Prayer,” on March 6. Bob Santelli, GRAMMY Museum executive director, set the tone by explaining soul music’s evolution from the church and gospel music, and the influence and infusion of Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Swing, Dixie, Bop, Bebop and Cool that have given soul its singular sound. “Americans … took the music of Africa and Europe, put them in a mesh and made something unique,” he said. “Soul music may be the most powerful music form we’ve created. It speaks to others in a very powerful, emotional way. It’s a deep, intense reflection of who you are inside. You have to have the talent and emotions to speak absolutely from the heart.” Santelli said soul and gospel music sustained those in the civil rights movement, theorizing that without it, the movement might not have succeeded In answer to a student’s question, LaBelle, 69, said soul music isn’t the sole province of black people. “You have to have soul,” she said. “Adele is a beautiful, big ol’ white woman and she has soul. I believe it comes from within; doesn’t matter if you’re black white, gay, straight.” Labelle encouraged students not to let anyone influence them, telling them to sing often and sing loud. In her comments, Obama said LaBelle noted at one point that she succeeded because she took chances and sang her “butt off.” Obama tried to build on LaBelle’s comments, without success. “Embrace what makes you unique, take some risks, please take some risks.
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Black Facts March 13 1862 - Congress forbade Union officers and soldiers to aid in the capture and return of fugitive slaves, ending what one historian called the “Military Slave Hunt.” 1869 - Arkansas legislature passed anti-Klan law. 1932 - The Atlanta Daily World began publication it was founded by William A. Scott, III. 1979 - In the island Republic of Grenada, the New Jewel Movement, headed by U.S. educated Maurice Bishop, ousted the government of Prime Minister Gairy. March 14 1947 - William J. Jefferson, first congressman elected from Louisiana since Charles Edmund Nash left office in 1876, born 1933 - Quincy Jones, born in Chicago. 1794 - Eli Whitney patented cotton gin which made cotton king and increased demand for slave labor. March 15 1911 - Fifty-fifth Congress (1897-99) convened. One Black congressman: George H. White, North Carolina. 1933 - NAACP began a coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination, filing a suit against the University of North Carolina on behalf of Thomas Hocutt. Case was lost on a technicality after the president of a Black college refused to certify the records of the plaintiff.
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March 16 1827 - First Black newspaper, Freedom’s Journal, published in New York City. 1869 - Hiram R. Revels made his first speech in the Senate, opposing the readmission of Georgia without adequate safeguards for Black citizens. This was the first official speech by a Black in Congress. 1997 - Rebel troops in Zaire take the major city of Kisangani in an effort to overthrow President Mobutu Sese Seko.
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March 17 1865 - Aaron Anderson wins the Navy’s Medal of Honor for his heroic actions aboard the USS Wyandank during the Civil War. 1919 - Nat King Cole, singer, born 1946 - Jackie Roosevelt Robinson made his professional debut as a member of the Montreal Royals in the Daytona Beach ballpark that now bears his name. One year later, Robinson would break Major League Baseball’s color barrier and earn the inaugural Rookie of the Year Award as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers. 1970 - Jacob Lawrence was the first artist to receive the Spingarn Medal in 1970. March 18 1895 - Two hundred Blacks left Savannah, Ga., for Liberia. 1933 Unita Blackwell was born this day in Lula, Mississippi. She became the first black woman mayor elected in Mississippi. 1947 - R&B singer Wilson Pickett is born in Prattville, Alabama. 1959 - Actress-singer-songwriter Irene Cara is born in New York City 1963 - Actress-singer and the first black Miss America Vanessa L. Williams is born in Millwood, New York. 1972 - The USS Jesse L. Brown, the first U.S. naval ship to
be named after an African American naval officer is launched. March 19 1619 - Birthday of William Tucker, the first African child born in the colonies. Tucker was baptized in Jamestown, Virginia. There are unconfirmed reports that he lived to be 108 yrs. old. 1872 – T. J. Boyd, inventor, is awarded a patent for an apparatus for detaching horses from carriages. 1883 - The shoe-lasting machine invented by Jan Matzeliger not only revolutionized the shoe industry but also made Lynn, Massachusetts, the “shoe capital of the world.” 1919 – Singer Nathaniel “Nat King” Cole, born in Montgomery, Alabama. 1968 - Howard University students seized administration building. Students were demanding campus reform and Black-oriented curriculum. Civil rights forces mobilized in support of striking hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina. 1975 – James B. Parsons becomes the first African American chief judge of a federal court, the U.S. District Court of Chicago. In 1961, Parsons became the first African American district court judge
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VIEWP INT Wendell Jackson Washington, D.C. I don’t think the Obama administration should make a kneejerk reaction, as it isn’t smart to just rush into the situation. You also don’t want to be provoked into taking action, either, as that leads to political gamesmanship. We are one of the world’s leading countries, and we need to conduct ourselves in that manner. If there becomes an immediate cause to take action, then I think we should. But I don’t feel that there is that need at this time. In looking at [Russian president] Vladimir Putin’s history of erratic behavior, I think we should be smart.
Loren Beecher Washington, D.C. I think the Obama administration should keep informed of the developments and continue to monitor the situation closely. I don’t think we should jump into the situation too quickly, because Russia, at the moment, doesn’t seem to be in agreement with anything the United States is saying. Russian-American relations have been unstable from everything from international adoption to the human rights issues with the Sochi Olympics. I think the administration should keep its eye on the situation, but not move too quickly.
RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE’S CRIMEA REGION HAS DRAWN THE IRE OF COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE. AS THE WORLD LOOKS TO THE U.S. FOR DIRECTION, WHAT COURSE OF ACTION SHOULD THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TAKE?
Jonathan Banks Washington, D.C. I honestly see Russia’s invasion as more of a European problem, and not the United States’ problem. The relationship between Russia and the United States hasn’t been particularly good lately, and I see Putin as being in a position of power with the situation. He controls a great deal of the oil and gas that is consumed by countries in Europe, and no matter what we try to do, our allies in Europe are pushing back because they are protecting their own interests. I don’t see that there is much we can do, other than monitor the situation and support our allies.
Dave Asche Rockville, Md. I think President Obama is handling the situation very well. He’s being deliberate and diplomatic in his decisions. I think the economic sanctions are good for now, as well as getting other powers in that region to unite against Putin, which is the only way I think we’re going to really be able to do anything about the situation. And even then, we’re dealing with Putin, so he probably will not even listen. I don’t think we should have any military action. I’m glad the president has taken that option off the table, unless something really bad happens.
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Grosso Wants to Shakeup District Elections When D.C. Council member David Grosso (I-At Large) took office in 2013, he promised not to just sit back and wait for his turn – as expected of new legislators – rather, he set out to make a difference in the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest. He authored bills that dealt with the criminal justice system and campaign finance last year and now he wants to change the way the city conducts its elections. Grosso introduced three bills on March 4: The Instant Runoff Voting Amendment Act of 2014; The Open Primary Elections Amendment Act of 2014 and The Clean Hands Elections Reform Amendment Act of 2014. The “Instant Runoff ” bill would provide a method of casting and counting votes using a system of ranking candidates in the order of choice and the candidates with the least number of votes would be eliminated. “It is extremely troubling that candidates can be elected to public office with as little as 30 percent of the vote,” said Grosso, 43. “This important legislation will increase voter turnout as voters will be free to mark their ballots for the candidate that they truly prefer without fear that their choice will help elect their least preferred candidate. More importantly, instant runoff voting ensures that the elected candidate has true majority support.” The “Open Primary” bill would allow registered voters to change their party affiliation through Election Day and “The Clean Hands” bill requires candidates to receive certification from the Office of Campaign Finance that proves that candidates previous campaigns and political action committees don’t owe back taxes, fines or fees. “By requiring candidates to certify that they have ‘clean hands’ when it comes to their prior campaigns, we will encourage our candidates to be more attentive to the elections and campaign finance rules,” he said. D.C. Dems Press for Statehood Members of the D.C. Democratic State Committee lobbied their colleagues aggressively in other states and territories to support the District becoming The Washington Informer
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the 51st state at the Democratic Party Mid-Winter meeting that took place on Feb. 27-March 1 at the Capital Hilton in Northwest. “We passed out literature that was given to us by DC Vote and Anise Jenkins of Stand Up for Democracy,” said James Bubar, a member of the D.C. delegation who attended the meeting. “We wanted people to know that we D.C. Democrats want statehood and we want our rights as American citizens.” The Democratic National Committee supports District statehood and other issues, such as changing its congressional representation in the U.S. House of Representatives from a non-voting delegate to a full member. The support for statehood is so strong that when Estelle Lloyd, a member of the delegation, presented a resolution on Feb. 28 to the Eastern Caucus, it immediately won approval without a vote. D.C. statehood efforts have been bolstered by politically active entertainers like Mario Van Peebles, who has produced a video in support of the cause and the results of a survey that Jenkins’s organization recently circulated, indicate overwhelming support across the country.
D.C. Council member Anita Bonds (D-At Large), who is chairman of the D.C. Democratic State Committee, said that District Democrats will not rest until statehood is achieved. “We need members of Congress to understand that our plight is fair and just,” said Bonds, 68. “They know that we should have a vote in Congress because we pay federal taxes and fight in wars. We want to be treated like Americans, which is what we are.” Evans Number One on Ballot When District Democrats go to the polls on Tuesday, April 1, they will notice that Jack Evans will be the first name they see on the mayoral portion of the ballot. Evans happens to be first, followed by Andy Shallal, Reta Jo Lewis, Vincent Orange, Muriel Bowser, Vincent Gray, Carlos Allen and Tommy Wells. In the at-large race, the first candidate’s name will be John F. Settles followed by Anita Bonds, Nate Bennett-Fleming, and Pedro Rubio. Tamara Robinson, the spokeswoman for the D.C. Board of Elections, said that a lottery determined ballot order and it took place in February.WI
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yan McDuffie, Ward 7 Council member Yvette Alexander, former Council member Sandy Allen, and Eric Washington. “Before I go any further, and before I thank my host and talk about this wonderful school, I want to address what happened yesterday,” said Gray. “Federal authorities, who have conducted a wide-ranging investigation into years of campaign and election fraud, brought a man to justice yesterday. That man sought to illegally subvert the election of President Barack Obama and illegally pumped money into 28 District and federal campaigns and elections over the past decade.” “Federal investigators are now using this man’s words to suggest that I broke the law.” Thompson says Gray was aware of the shadow campaign, while Gray continues to insist that everything Thompson told federal prosecutors about his involvement are lies. “So I ask you, who do you believe? A greedy man attempting to save himself, or me, a public servant who has dedicated his entire career to giving back to our communities?” Gray asked. “I have spent my entire life in public service, all of it with a clean and unblemished record. Why would I, at the tail end of that, suddenly turn on that life, a life lived openly and honestly?” “To some in our city, I’m just another corrupt politician from the other side of town. I ask them to look beyond their preconceived notions, and instead to look at my record, both as mayor and especially as a human being. I have given all I have to this city and its people, especially
those who are less fortunate. I’m not some caricature drawn up by an eager press corps; I’m a person. A person with a history and a track record. A person who has diligently worked to make this city a better place for all its residents, white and black, Asian and Latino, gay and straight, rich and poor, and the haves and have-nots.” Gray used the opportunity to paint the picture of a city on the move, while also highlighting significant challenges. He derided critics who suggest that when he took office, he simply inherited a steaming engine that was
already chugging along. That the District would be booming now regardless of whether or not he was in office.And that he was merely coasting along. “But we know better. And while I am pleased to acknowledge the contributions of my predecessors, let us not forget recent history,” he said. “When I came into office in 2011, unemployment was rising fast, revenue was dropping, our reserve fund had been spent down by half, and Wall Street had put our credit rating on a negative outlook. There were a number of major development projects in
neighborhoods across the District that were either stalled – or simply neglected.” Gray ticked off several he said came to fruition because of his administration’s leadership and which are either complete or moving forward rapidly. These include: the City Center project, nearing completion a decade after it was first envisioned as redevelopment on the site of the old Convention Center; the historic O Street Market site which has been restored and re-
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Created good paying jobs and revitalized struggling neighborhoods throughout the city. Encouraged supermarkets to move into underserved neighborhoods to create good paying jobs and improve resdients quality of life. Fought for seniors on a fixed income through introducing legislation to eliminate their property taxes so they can stay in their homes. Hired hundreds of additional police officers to keep our streets safe and allow our neighborhoods to flourish.
After pleading guilty on Monday, March 10 to two counts of conspiring to violate federal campaign laws, Jeffrey Thompson leaves the U.S. District Courthouse in Northwest. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah
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Supportive Housing vouchers. Some Gray supporters said they wouldn’t abandon him in this time of adversity, and questioned Machen’s motives. “Going all the way with Mayor Gray!” chanted AFSCME union organizer Andre Lee as he walked away from the event. “All unions are with Gray. The timing is suspect. They’re trying to force on us who to vote for. It reminds me of Marion Barry. Are they gonna lock up Hillary Clinton? Noooo.” “The mayor apologized. Let’s move on. There’s no way we should believe someone who’s trying to save themselves. Should I believe someone who’s building the city or a criminal? You want to come down on the mayor. That’s not justice. And what I want to know is where are the white people in all of this? They have been stealing money, involved in illegal activities but they haven’t been touched.” WI
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Local Program Prepares Girls for College By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @sampkcollins The African proverb “each one, teach one” calls on elders to pass on values and traditions to the next generation. Pearls of wisdom that older, experienced people provide youth can help them lead healthy and fulfilling lives. Twanisha Mitchell, manager of youth programs at the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) in Northwest, has taken that message to heart. Nearly two years ago, she set out to create a program that provides mentorship for young girls, strengthens academic skills, and
reinforces positive behavior. “Mentoring is a huge part of the program,” said Mitchell. “We pair the girls up with people who will ensure their academic growth throughout the year. This is our opportunity to educate and advocate for them,” said Mitchell who lives in Alexandria, Va. Through the EMPOwERgirlz Youth Mentorship Program, 30 District girls pair up with mentors who represent various local universities and work in diverse career fields. The youngsters and teenagers, whose ages range from 6 to 17, meet twice a month at the YWCA. Over the course of 14 sessions, they sharpen their academic skills and
talk about issues that they face as adolescents. During the Saturday, March 8th session, the group of girls learned conflict resolution methods, reviewed portions of the SAT, and discussed career plans with their mentors. A subgroup of middle and high school girls known as Sapphires and Pearls later listened as Florentia Spires, an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, talked about her career in the STEM field. The Rubies, a subgroup of girls whose ages range from six to nine, discussed the importance of healthy eating, time management, and adequate rest with members of Strive for College, a national organization that
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Troi Fox, 14, takes a computer apart during the March 8 session of the EMPOwERgirlz Mentoring Program at the YWCA in Northwest. /Photo courtesy of Ameena Green
prepares low-income students for postsecondary studies. Toward the end of the five-hour meeting, the girls exercised and prepared presentations for a closing ceremony to take place in May. Aleathia L. Adams, chief program officer at the YWCA, said the variety of programs helps the girls understand the importance of an education and provides them with a foundation to tackle common problems that adolescents often face. “Our goal is to help these girls grow into independent women,” said Adams. “It starts early. Middle school is a crucial time for girls [because they’re] figuring out who they are and what they want to do with their lives. The mentorship, academic enrichment, and the presentations are part of a holistic approach that helps them grow so that they can handle any situation that comes their way.” D’Mia Jackson, a third grader at Excel Academy Public Charter School in Southeast, often engaged in conversation with the guest speakers throughout the day. During the session on bullying, she provided anecdotes about her experiences in the classroom and on the playground. Nearly seven months after joining the EMPOwERgirlz Youth Mentorship Program, D’Mia said that it has become a place where she can safely express her opinions and become a better student. “My mentors understand me and they know what to say when
I tell them about my problems,” said D’Mia, 8. “My favorite part about this program is seeing friends who encourage me to do positive things. I want to be a teacher one day and hopefully the first black female president. This program helps me to reach my goal by teaching me things that I can use in my life,” said D’Mia who lives in Southeast. The EMPOwERgirlz Youth Mentorship Program counts among one of the YWCA’s numerous offerings. Since its inception in early 2013, the curriculum has expanded to include health and well-being, STEM, academic preparation, and leadership development. Last October, the group of girls and mentors railed against the sex trafficking of minors during an event at President Lincoln’s Cottage in Northwest. Ameena Green, who has served as a mentor since September, said it provided an opportunity for her to engage in service and connect with District youth. “It’s exciting to know that I can make a difference in someone else’s life,” said Green, 19, a junior at Howard University in Northwest. “I didn’t get a lot of mentorship when I was growing up. As mentors, we learn patience and teamwork while bridging that generational gap. They get to hear what about what we are doing and we get to learn what they are going through,” said Green who lives in Detroit. WI
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Gray Engulfed in Scandal By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer @bsalmondc D.C’s U.S. Attorney Ron Machen, Jr., dropped a bomb in the midst of the mayor’s race on Monday when one of the city’s most prominent donors pled guilty to two counts of conspiring to violate federal campaign finance laws, submitting false filings to the Internal Revenue Service and conspiring to violate District campaign finance laws. Thompson, 58, once ruled the roost in the city, lavishing money on a parade of past and present local politicians including Council members Jack Evans, Vincent Orange, Muriel Bowser, David Catania; Jim Graham; former Council members Kwame and Michael Brown; Harry Thomas, Jr.; and former Mayor Adrian Fenty. The only person on the council not to have received money from Thompson’s deep pockets is Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells. “This is a sad day for D.C. government, but justice is prevailing. The U.S. Attorney has ensured that Jeffrey Thompson won’t get away with illegally putting a mayor and council members in office so he could get multi-million dollar contracts,” said Wells. “I’m the only candidate running for mayor who has never taken money or benefitted from Jeffrey Thompson or his associates. That’s why I was never subpoenaed or questioned in this case – unlike the other council members. Muriel Bowser, Vincent Orange, Jack Evans were all subpoenaed. I’m the guy who Jeffrey Thompson tried to defeat – because I guess he knew I couldn’t be bought.” “People deserve to know their government isn’t corrupt.” The prized scalp Machen and federal prosecutors seek is that of Mayor Vincent. C. Gray and Thompson’s appearance in federal court signals Machen’s intent, now out in the open to nail Gray. In federal court, Thompson said he’d made more than $2 million in under the table contributions to campaigns, including Gray’s 2010 mayoral bid. Thompson asserts that Gray had extensive knowledge about the web of illegal fundraising that propelled him to win the
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2010 election campaign. The feds say Gray was aware of the covert and illicit actions that allowed him to bolster the Gray campaign with $663,000 in illegal campaign contributions which Gray has strenuously denied. “Election after election, Jeff Thompson huddles behind closed doors with corrupt candidates, political operatives, and businessmen, devising schemes to funnel millions of dollars of corporate money into local and federal elections,” Machen said. “Today’s guilty plea pulls back the curtain on years of widespread corruption. With Mr. Thompson’s cooperation, we have the opportunity to hold many wrongdoers accountable and to usher in a new era of honesty, integrity and transparency in D.C. politics.” Longtime D.C. political activist Jeri Washington said she’s neither surprised by Thompson’s guilty plea nor the likelihood of Gray’s involvement. “I knew something was going down which is why I didn’t attach myself to any campaign,” she said. “This is definitely a game changer. And it should be. I can’t see any conscious voter not taking this into consideration. I have never, ever supported Gray. He did nothing in Ward 7, for Ward 7.” Washington said she believes that Gray’s actions mark him as someone who’s paranoid and very unsure of himself although he exudes an air of self-assuredness. She also described the man
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who once represented her ward as very selfish and self-serving and too willing to “throw anybody under the bus.” “Vince can say it’s lies but Jeff Thompson has been able to connect the dots of all the people involved. I’m just sitting back and watching, eating a big bowl of popcorn.” Jennifer Moore, a business owner in Northwest had a different view. “I support the mayor and I volunteered for his campaign. He’s done great things for the city,” she said. “You’re innocent until proven guilty and they have not proven anything. It’s just hearsay. I will vote for the mayor.” Kenneth Moses, a 62-year-old retired teacher said Gray has an uphill battle. “His chances have decreased significantly. Even if he makes it to the general election, he still has to face Catania. I would still vote for him,” said the Northwest resident. “Corruption happens all throughout the city. Gray’s performance has been favorable and everything has been going up. But he hasn’t been able to help the less fortunate in the city. I wouldn’t say that he was out of it but this race will be something to watch. We’ll see how things go as they unfold. But right now, I’m leaning toward Gray.”WI To read this story in its entirety, go to www.washingtoninformer.com. The Washington Informer
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Developer Donates $1M to Teach for America By Joshua Garner WI Staff Writer @JoshuaGarnerDC Classrooms in Prince George’s County maybe getting more assistance from a national education nonprofit after the developer of National Harbor pledged a $1 million donation to the organization. Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) announced the gift on Monday, March 10 at William W. Hall Academy in Capitol Heights. The Peterson Family Foundation, which includes the developer of National Harbor, said it would donate the funds to Teach for America over the next four years with monies specifically earmarked for Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS). “Since moving to Prince
George’s County, being a parent to three PGCPS graduates, and serving as an elected official, I have made it a point to ask everyone who works and lives in Prince George’s County to think about how they can contribute to the success of our county’s children,” Baker said during the event. “To have a partner like the Peterson Companies step up in such a significant way is a great example for other businesses and individuals in our community ... Like I’ve said, ‘education is everybody’s business.’” The funds will be used to recruit, select, and train recent college graduates and professionals to teach in the D.C. region of Teach for America. In addition, the donation will pay for ongoing teacher support and professional development, including one-on-one teacher
Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker announced the $1 million donation to Teach for America on Monday, March 10 in Capitol Heights. /Photo courtesy of Michael Yourishin
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school system. “Teach for America has a tremendous track record, not just in Prince George’s County but across the region and the nation,” said Maxwell, 65. “The program has made significant contributions to our system.” The organization currently has 100 teachers working in 39 schools throughout the county. The organization’s D.C. chapter started a partnership with the county school system in 2007 with an initial group of 25 first-year teachers. MenSa Ankh Maa, principal at William W. Hall Academy, said he entered public education in the D.C. region as a Teach for America corps member in 1998. “Teach for America has played such a major role in helping to shape and develop me as an educator,” Maa said. “And Teach for America continues to have a significant impact on me. Three corps members are currently teaching in my school, and it is very meaningful for me to encourage the positive impact I see them having on students each day.” Officials with the local chapter of Teach for America said the donation would go a long way in preparing young teachers for the classroom. “This [investment]… will strengthen Teach for America’s presence in Prince George’s County, where we have already seen great progress in partnership with the school system, students and families,” said Katherine Bradley, Teach for America D.C. Regional Board Chair. “…All children – in every home, school and region of America – deserve access to an
excellent education.” Since 2012, Baker has been pushing for county-based businesses to get more involved with community youth and the education system. Earlier this month, county officials announced the Youth@Work/ Summer Youth Enrichment Program that will allow young people to participate in career development, job readiness training and employment opportunities. Officials said the youth enrichment program and the Peterson Foundation’s involvement in the education system shows progress in Baker’s goal of engaging businesses. “Mr. Baker has been a big proponent of mentorships programs,” said Scott Peterson, a county spokesman. “He’s always been [asking what] more can be done to get [businesses] involved with our kids.” Business owners, too, agree with Baker’s push for their involvement. “County Executive Baker is right on point when he says that ‘education is everybody’s business,’ and our family is proud to answer that call,” said Milt Peterson, chairman of the Peterson Companies. “Prince George’s County is on such an upswing, and we agree that investing in the county’s public schools through proven, successful programs like Teach for America is a critical component to keep building that momentum.”WI
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Pamela Creekmur, a health officer for Prince George’s County, addressed the crowd during the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Global Vision Community Health Center in Capitol Heights on March 6. /Photo courtesy of Michael Yourishin
New Health Center Arrives in Prince George’s By Joshua Garner WI Staff Writer @JoshuaGarnerDC A new program designed to expand medical services in underserved communities, has residents in the Capitol Heights area of Prince George’s County on the road to wellness, after the opening of a state-of-the-art medical facility. State and local officials including Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (D) and County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) gathered earlier this month for the ribbon cutting of the Global Vision Community Health Center in Kingdom Square Mall, the first of five new medical facilities set to open in the Capitol Heights area over the next four years. “Designating Capitol Heights as an HEZ (Health Enterprise Zones) gives the county an opportunity to expand our primary care resources and services,” said Baker. “Capitol Heights is one of our Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative (TNI) areas and this grant will help strengthen our efforts throughout the other TNI areas, as we work to improve health outcomes overall and close disparity gaps in Prince George’s County.” Capitol Heights was selected last year as one of the first Health Enterprise Zones (HEZ) in Maryland, which identifies communities with economic disadvantages and inadequate access to health care for assistance in expanding medical services. The county is receiving a $4 million grant from the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission (MCHRC) and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene to expand health services in communities within the Capitol Heights zip code. Officials with the Prince George’s County Health Department said the grant will pay for renovations, equipment, medical school loan repayments, and health literacy programs. “[The physicians] are very motivated to serve the community,” said Ernest Carter, deputy health officer with the county’s health department. With a population of more than 38,000, about 12 percent of residents in Capitol Heights are living below the poverty line compared to the countywide rate of 8.7 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Capitol Heights’ residents have the poorest health in the county, including low birth weight, late or no prenatal care and teen births. Carter said statistically speaking that the ratio of physicians or nurse practitioners to residents was zero prior to the opening of Global Vision Community Health Center, which is staffed by one physician. “There were really no physicians in that area,” Carter said. “In that zip code, there are so few [physicians] that [the community] is not adequately served.” Carter said that officials are hoping to add 10-19 physicians and nurse practitioners to the community during the span of the four-year program, which could bring the ratio of physicians to residents to one for every 2,000 residents. The funds from the grant will include incentives and benefits to address the high number of residents who are dealing with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma and infant mortality. The new medical offices won’t be
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free clinics, Carter said. Residents will need to be insured or be able to pay for their visits. County officials are working with established health care providers to expand into the Capitol Heights area. The opening of the new medical offices comes as the county is in the process of revamping its medical system to ensure residents have access to quality health care. Last year the board of directors for the county’s largest health care provider, Dimensions Healthcare System, approved a plan to build a $645 million medical facility in Largo that would have 280 beds. County officials said the new facilities will be a boon for residents in underserved communities. Though Global Vision Community Health Center opened its doors to residents in December, officials said during the March 6 ribbon-cutting ceremony that the facility and HEZ designation will continue to benefit the community as more offices open. “I am excited about the opportunity that this designation gives the county to build on the health care resources we are providing to residents in Capitol Heights,” said Pamela Creekmur, a health officer with the county. “This grant will enable us to create five new patient-centered medical homes and 16 new providers, five community health workers, and four administrative staff who will serve a minimum of 10,000 residents.”WI The Washington Informer
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By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer @bsalmondc The circumstances of women in Africa are a conundrum complicated by patriarchy and bias. Although women constitute the cornerstone of African economic development, they are often less likely to know how to read or write, have access to health care and occupy low-skill jobs. According to statistics provided by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, women harvest 90 percent of all food and provide about 70 percent of agricultural labor and produce on the African continent. Women’s economic activity rate, which measures the percentage of people who furnish the supply of labor for the production of economic goods, ranks highest compared to other regions of the world. And data from Africare substantiates the reality of women’s circumstances. Studies show that African women carry enormous responsibilities producing food, caring for their families and investing in their communities, yet only 15 percent of Sub-Saharan African landowners are women, fewer than everywhere else on earth. Discrimination in ownership rights, sexual discrimination and exploitation, illiteracy and disease stymie the ability of African women to lift themselves out of poverty and develop livelihoods that provide much needed security for their families and communities. The Washington Informer
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Yet more and more, African leaders are recognizing and acknowledging the challenges women face, are using the powers of their office and partnering with civil society and other organizations to begin to reverse the varied trials women face. Last year, at a panel discussion at the U.S. Institute for Peace in Northwest, Cape Verde Prime Minister José Maria Pereira Neves, who presides over a string of islands off the coast of West Africa, said any development his country hopes to see can’t happen without the full participation
of women. Neves said it is critical to cater to the needs of young people and women because every African country’s success is tied to including them in all aspects of that country’s growth and development in ways that go well beyond lip service. “We must invest in education, university training and professional and technical training to create conditions so that they can be employed,” he said primarily of young people. “Women represent the future of humanity, pe-
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WOMEN continued from Page 16 riod. I have budgets that include gender questions and issues. We must reduce the inequality of the distribution of power and wealth.” “We must now say, ‘beside every great man is a great woman …”’ Change continues to move across Africa during Women’s History Month and beyond. Two women, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Joyce Banda, are heads of state in Liberia and Malawi and a range of organizations are immersed in helping women become self-sufficient and independent. Kabeh Sumbo represents the new African woman. Sumbo owns and operates a business providing locally processed oils to hotels, restaurants, and the general public in Liberia and also ships abroad to the U.S. The Liberian native is a graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women initiative, a five-year $100 million investment which assists underserved women entrepreneurs in 40 countries, including India, Brazil, Liberia and China with a business and management education. Research indicates that investing in the power of women is one of the most effective ways to reduce inequality and facilitate inclusive economic growth. And investing in education, Goldman Sachs studies have shown, leads to more productive workers, healthier and better-educated families, and ultimately to more
prosperous communities. “My mother was a market woman,” Sumbo recalled. “She used to give us plantains and bananas and I took them to school and elsewhere to sell. Sumbo opened two new warehouses for her African oil processing business in order to cater to her growing roster of clients and also has six more employees since she completed the 10,000 Women program. The mother and grandmother said she extremely proud of being a business owner and points to CHF International based in Silver Spring, Md., as providing her with some of the tools she’s needed to build her business. Her daughter works with her and Sumbo also support two nieces, a nephew, three foster children, and three children of former co-workers who passed away. On the day Sumbo graduated from the program, Liberia’s president instructed the government’s land ministry to give about 100 acres of land to expand her business. “It has not been easy in such a way for us to get our food to market,” Sumbo said during an interview she granted during a U.S. visit. “There’s no road network. But President Sirleaf loves market women and wants women to succeed, get our foods to market, be able to connect with other people and improve our lives.” “Some men are there. They’re very happy for women to take the lead. In the market, women and men are competing. We’re playing
our role. We’re no longer letting men do everything. Life has not been easy but thank God. We Liberian women are champions for change. You train one woman, you train the nation.” At Africare’s 43rd anniversary gala last year, one of the organization’s honorees, agreed. “Africa is moving forward, there’s no question about that,” said billionaire businessman and telecommunications magnate Mohamed “Mo” Ibrahim. “ … Now the landscape is changing in Africa and two forces – women and youth – is what I think will change the continent.” Ibrahim heads the $5 million Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership for African heads of state who practiced good governance and transparency while in office, and who selflessly restructured their governments and transformed citizens’ lives. “The position of women in our societies is still not acceptable. Women are the wonderful pillar of the continent. Women produce 70 percent of agriculture, take care of the kids, school, food, the house, etc. Men maybe work a little bit – they do the occasional work. It’s very important to see the rise of women’s organizations and now the landscape is changing in Africa. These two forces, women and youth, are what I think will change the continent.”WI
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Out of the Closet onto the Altar While African Americans have
willingly accepted President Barack Obama political overtures toward the nation’s gays, Africa’s political and religious leaders have rebuked Obama and the gay lobby in ways we should take note. In their adoration of having an African American in the White House, Blacks have allowed Obama to lead them against their culture and views. Luckily, the world’s Africans have not been “beguiled” into endorsing practices contrary to their beliefs and values. While Black Americans have gone along with the nation’s growing acceptance of gay “rights” and practices in the U.S., thank God flash points of resistance are occurring in Russia and Africa. President Obama and many European leaders censure African countries such as Uganda for passing laws calling for prison sentences for homosexual acts. Responding to gay lobby pressure, the U.S. sent a delegation featuring famous gay athletes to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, where President Vladimir Putin signed laws banning the adoption of Russian-born children by foreign gay couples and blocking distribution of information on “non-traditional sexual relations” to minors. Blacks have been the base of Barack Obama’s presidential elections, but there’s precious little that he’s done for us that any of his primary opponents would not have done. It’s time African Americans become vocal as to whether changes brought about as a result of Obama’s presidency have helped or hurt us. While the world was once aligned against homosexuality, Western governments now preach public acceptance of gay lifestyles. Isn’t it time American Blacks took note of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and legislation imposing a 14-year prison sentence for conviction of an initial homosexual act and the possibility of life imprisonment for further convictions of homosexual relations. Homosexuality was already illegal in Uganda under a colonial-era law that criminalized sexual acts “against the order of nature.” White U.K. theater director David Cecil, who’d resided in Uganda, was imprisoned for directing a play about homosexuality in 2012 and was later deported. Despite Westerner’s criticism of the bill, it was highly popular among the Ugandan people. Western leaders such as United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague have threatened to withhold foreign aid from nations that
By William Reed do not give equal rights and respect to homosexuals. One of the world’s premier aid donors, British Prime Minister Cameron says “We want to see countries that receive our aid adhering to proper human rights.” That type of Western influence has Uganda paying a price for its opposition to homosexuality; World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has delayed a $90 million loan because of the crackdown. Homosexuality is illegal in 38 of 54 African nations and African leaders have told the West where they can take their aid. The issue is becoming increasingly prevalent in African and European politics, and contributing to the re-shaping of relations between Western powers and Africa. Most African leaders, including President John Atta Mills of Ghana, do not share, or condone, Obama’s views. Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ’s said she would veto legislation to legalize same-sex marriage, and that her government “will not compromise its religious belief for foreign aid.” Similarly, President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia reaffirmed that he would never accept homosexual practices in his country, saying it was “destructive to Gambian culture.” African leaders have shown strong opposition to President Obama and politics-laden calls to decriminalize homosexuality. African leaders say they would prefer for Obama to stick to topics on trade and economics. During his trip to the continent, Obama received a less-than-warm welcome. In a news conference in Senegal, just as the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on same-sex marriage, Obama said Africans must grant equal protection to all people regardless of their sexual orientation. This rubbed Senegalese religious and political leaders the wrong way, because under Islam, homosexuality is a crime. Gay marriage is not a “Black Thing!” It’s time Black Christians awake from Obama-zombie trances to abide by our own traditions by joining Africans in rebuking patterns and practices we deem “immoral.” WI William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and available for projects via the BaileyGroup.org
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New Pain Med Could Be Deadly Doctors, Drug Counselors Concerned about Zohydro By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Some are calling a new pain medication frightening and fatal. A recent news headline referred to Zohydro, the painkiller released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), “America’s Deadliest New Drug.” “While the drug may have been created for legitimate medical use, like other powerful painkillers, it is likely to find its way into the street market where it will become the new drug of choice for many,” said Ron Clark, executive director of Regional Addiction Prevention, Inc., (RAP), which has provided substance-abuse treatment and medical services to those in need of help for more than 43 years. Located in the Calvin W. Rolark Center in Northeast, the RAP campus also includes a 40bed residential treatment facility, emergency shelter and transitional housing for persons living with HIV/AIDS. “The population we serve have few choices,” Clark said. “A large number are homeless, many others are plagued with numerous health challenges
along with alcohol and drug addiction. Once they leave a supportive environment like RAP, it is always difficult for them to maintain sobriety.” With a new and seductive substance now available, Clark said their challenges will only become more pronounced. “If the reports of the power of this drug, Zohydro, are true, that it’s many times more addictive than OxyContin, in short order, we could be looking at a public health emergency,” Clark said. What makes the drug more powerful than OxyContin or other painkillers such as hydrocodone is that the drug has no formulation; it doesn’t contain acetaminophen or Tylenol, said Dr. Jonathan Golden, a chief medical executive for Chronic Disease and Medicine Service Line in Pennsylvania. The drug, which hits pharmacies in the Greater Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area this month, is very potent and physicians must be vigilant when prescribing it, Golden said. “I do think that there’s an alternative to Zohydro out there. However, if patients follow
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what’s prescribed by their physicians, who need to be very clear about the dangers of the drug, then they should be OK,” Golden said. Zohydro is an extended-release, oral form of hydrocodone which is generally administered intravenously in a hospital setting. It should only be prescribed for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term pain treatment. While other painkillers such as Vicodin comes in doses of 5, 7.5, and 10 milligrams of hydrocodone along with 300 milligrams of acetaminophen, Zohydro will be dispensed in doses of 10, 15, 20, 30, 40 and 50 milligram capsules without any acetaminophen, an ingredient which health officials said could cause liver damage if taken in high amounts. The drug should be prescribed only when alternative treatment options are inadequate, according to a statement from the pill’s maker, Zogenix. “We do not expect the intro-
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HEALTH DRUGS continued from Page 19 duction of Zohydro to increase the overall use of opioids [or tablets],” said Dr. Brad Galer, executive vice president and chief medical officer at Zogenix in San Diego. “In fact, prescription data from the last five years shows that total use of extended release opioids is constant and independent of new entrants to the mar-
ket,” he said. Critics still have railed against the release of the new drug, saying that, among other problems, it will lead to abuse and in some cases fatal overdoses. “It’s a whopping dose of hydrocodone packed in an easy-tocrush capsule,” addiction expert Dr. Andrew Kolodny, president of the advocacy group Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing, wrote in a letter to the FDA.
Several state attorneys general also sent letters to the FDA expressing opposition to the new drug. “We believe your approval of Zohydro ER [extended-release] has the potential to exacerbate our nation’s prescription drug abuse epidemic because this drug will be the first hydrocodone-only opioid narcotic that is reportedly five to 10 times more potent than traditional hydrocodone products, and it has no
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4,000 in 1999 to more than 16,500 in 2010, according to statistics provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “There’s a tremendous growth in the misuse of pain medications even without Zohydro,” said Johnny Allem, CEO of Aquila Recovery Alcohol and Drug Rehab Center in Northwest. “We are very familiar with addiction that results when people misuse and mix [drugs] with other mood-altering chemicals and death is very much a factor when you’re talking about that kind of misuse,” said Allem, noting that his center tries to direct individuals with severe pain issues to programs specific to their needs. Proponents of the new painkiller said Zohydro, like other drugs, come with risks but the emphasis should be on patient needs and also on encouraging the patient to take medicine only as prescribed. “Even the pharmaceutical company that makes Zohydro acknowledges the risk of addiction and death. However, there are patients in chronic pain, for whom this medication might well be a kind of miracle drug that allows them to live painfree and productive lives,” said Carole Lieberman, an author and board certified psychiatrist, based in Los Angeles. “If doctors were able to spend sufficient time with their patients to get to know them, they would be able to recognize the signs of abuse more readily and put a stop to it,” she said. WI
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To Lead, You First Must Serve Mother Teresa once said “Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service,” while others remind us that service is the price we pay for our space on this planet. Which is why it never gets old hearing about college students and other young people opting for a Spring Break of service, rather than catching sun and partying on the beaches of Daytona, Pensacola and Cancun. This weekend, a group of Howard University students joined thousands of other college students as they headed off to points across a compass of service. While their peers will be having fun, students involved in Alternative Spring Break (ASB) will be making a significant difference in the lives of the vulnerable and people in need of a hand up. In a time when it’s passé for adults to routinely dismiss young people on a whole as lazy and lacking direction, actions like this remind us of young peoples’ capacity for good and restore our faith in human kindness. More than 350 Howard University students will be working in the cities including the District, Haiti – which is yet to fully recover from the devastating 2010 earthquake that took more than 250,000 lives and left an already struggling island nation reeling – Detroit, Memphis and Chicago. They will be volunteering, mentoring, and teaching and helping families and individuals who are wrestling with a range of issues, including poverty, HIV/AIDS, illiteracy, gang and gun violence, homelessness and education. In Haiti, the task is more complex and revolves around providing medical assistance, education, fighting poverty and helping to rebuild the broken infrastructure. Howard students have been at the forefront of Alternative Spring Break activities and the institution has won a number of awards and recognition for the work since 1996. For the last several months, student organizers held fundraisers and used other means to secure the money they’ll need to finance their activities over the course of the next week. On a larger scale, Howard and other students are in the process of changing our world. We adults have done a poor job and are hanging our children a world that is fraught with problems that threaten to tear families, communities and countries apart. We need new ideas, and young people with energy and commitment to tackle the many problems that face us. The need for these young people of vision is even more necessary because the hyper-partisanship and brinksmanship means there’s little getting done in Congress like creating jobs, repairing the country’s severely weakened infrastructure and providing a quality education for all children. The priorities of our national leaders are skewed. They immediately offered the Ukrainian government $1 billion in loan guarantees, while continuing to slash federal assistance to veterans and savaging the safety net for the elderly, the homeless and university graduates saddled with more than $1 trillion in debt. So until the majority of those elected to serve us come to their senses, it’s up to us and our young people are a great place to start. They possess the vision, fearlessness, love and courage to fight for change and they aren’t so jaded and beaten down that they don’t believe they can be the instruments of change. It is a fine thing these students are doing and The Washington Informer commends Howard University and everyone else involved in this endeavor.
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Great edition! The March 6, 2014 Washington Informer is loaded with fantastic articles. From the front-page article on the embattled D.C. Fire Chief to the article on the upcoming spelling bee. You have regional coverage also: Prince George’s County Schools and budget and the goings on in Alexandria, Va., concerning the Fort Ward Park. There were articles on health care and mental health issues, politics and fashion. You really gave it to us this week, and I just loved it. You and your staff continually provide great news articles for us to read and enjoy, my only wish is that you give us more local sports and sports analysis. There are some great hidden gems out there for us to discover and I do believe you guys are the ones to uncover them. Other than that, great work and thanks for it.
It’s true that in order to sustain a viable working, growing county and one that is attractive for business investment, you must have a top-notch school system. Nobody should want to live and raise a family in a community that does not offer an opportunity for their children to get a good education. In addition, no company would bring its employees into a community that doesn’t offer their families a chance at a decent education or have an opportunity to hire from an educated workforce and grow their businesses. When you compare Prince George’s County to some of the surrounding counties, the only difference is in our school systems, but hopefully this budget will signal a change in that difference.
in the March 6-12 edition, was a real eye-opener. The center is a welcome addition to a neighborhood that has long been in need of nearby affordable health care services, and I’m sure that those in need will not hesitate to have their medical needs met there. I also applaud the center’s officials for extending jobs to people in the neighborhood. As many of us know, Ward 8 has the highest rate of unemployment among District residents, and for the center to focus on helping to quell those numbers is a blessing. Again, thanks so much for covering concerns and events that really make a difference in our community. Delores Bell Washington, D.C.
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New Health Center Making a Difference! a Welcome Addition Joshua Garner’s article, “School Board Adopts $1.75 Billion Budget” [March 6, 2014] shows just how committed County Executive Rushern Baker and the Prince George’s County Council are to improving the county’s school system.
Thanks so much for bringing the community’s attention to the recent opening of the new Community of Hope Healthcare Center on Atlantic Street in Southeast. The article written by Dorothy Rowley and which was published
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It’s Time to Reduce Tensions and Create Possibility The escalating crisis in the Ukraine has set off unseemly missile-rattling and muscle flexing in this country. Prominent neo-con Charles Krauthammer sees this as a Cold War faceoff, calling for the U.S. to ante up $15 billion for the Ukrainian rebels and send a fleet to the Black Sea. Sunday’s Washington Post headlined that the crisis “tests Obama’s focus on diplomacy over force,” quoting Andrew C.
Kuchins of the Center for Strategic and International Studies decrying Obama for “taking the stick option off the table.” The right has been even more bellicose. The Obama administration has responded to the crisis by flexing its own rhetorical muscles. When Putin ignored Obama’s warning that a “price would be paid” if he sent troops into the Crimea, Secretary of State John Kerry denounced the “brazen act of aggression,” vowing that “Russia is going to
lose, the Russian people are going to lose,” suggesting “asset freezes, isolation with respect to trade, investment…” the rubble going down…economic isolation of Russia” while promising economic assistance of a “major sort” for whatever government emerges in Kiev. Okay, folks, take a deep breath. Shelve the Cold War textbooks. Let’s take a sober look before we commit treasure and prestige to an unknown and still unsettled coup in a country on Russia’s border, harbor to its fleet that
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has had a fragile independent existence for barely 20 years. Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych was an unpopular, corrupt, compromised, but democratically elected leader of Ukraine. He was leading the country toward membership in the European Union, when under enormous pressure from Putin, he reversed course. That led to street demonstrations, clearly spurred on by the United States, and eventually to the coup that sent him packing. The nature of the new gov-
ernment is far from clear. The country itself is deeply divided. As David C. Speedie, director of U.S. Global Engagement at the Carnegie Council of Ethics in International Affairs says, “In simple terms, half of the people in Ukraine look to Russia and the other half look to the West.” The new leaders in Kiev include ultra-nationalists who have already banned the use of Russian language in some areas. Not surprisingly, the coup is very
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By Julianne Malveaux
Blacks Have More Reasons to be Fearful than Whites In the years after enslavement, Southern Whites did all they could to return to a manner of slavery. No White “owned” a Black person, but many Whites behaved as if they did. Theoretically, Blacks were free to come and go as they pleased, but if they went to the wrong store, sat in the wrong part of the bus, or failed to yield narrow sidewalks to Whites, they could expect a physical confrontation. All a
White woman had to do was cry “rape” for a Black man (and usually the wrong man) was beaten or lynched. Whites expected deference from Black people, and when they didn’t get it, they demanded it with physical threats or worse. In the months after World War II, 12 million soldiers returned home. Seven percent of them – nearly 800,000 Black soldiers – got something less than a hero’s welcome. Indeed, thousands of Black World II veterans were
beaten, often because these men wanted the same rights at home that they fought for abroad. Their sense of dignity and equality seemed to embolden the Ku Klux Klan, which was responsible for soldiers in uniform being pulled off busses, beaten and shot. In some cases, these soldiers had their eyes gouged out; in some cases they were castrated, tortured and lynched. Whites engaged in the writing of Jim Crow laws that were imposed on Blacks such as vagran-
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cy laws that made it possible to jail a Black man because he had no money. These unequal laws made it as easy to find a nearly free labor market as it had in slavery. There was no relief from this unfairness until the late 1960s and early 1970s. And Whites attempting to reinforce the myth of White superiority by reinstituting the practice of deference found a Black population less ready to defer, more willing to engage the courts (and in some cases the streets) in a quest
for equality. When the myth of White superiority does not work, too many Whites hide behind their so-called fear as a way force deference or provide penalties for those who will not engage in White people’s fantasies. If Michael Dunn were so afraid of Jordan Davis and his friends, why did he get out of his car and confront them about their loud music?
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By Marc H. Morial
Supporting Common Core State Standards – Part I There is a quiet – yet increasingly disruptive – revolution underway in American education. Since 2010, 45 states, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense have adopted Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in their schools. This represents an historic opportunity to raise academic standards and better prepare students for college and good jobs. If implemented effective-
ly, CCSS will help bridge the achievement gap by leveling the playing field so that all students, regardless of race, geography or income, have an equal shot at gaining the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in the 21st century global economy. The National Urban League and a broad cross-section of civil rights, public policy, business and education leaders are in full support. But while a majority of states are implementing these new and more rigorous standards in English Language Arts
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and Math, CCSS remains a mystery to many parents and students, giving its critics an open lane to spread misinformation and undermine progress. Today’s column represents the first of three – and possibly more – that I am writing to help clear up the confusion and set the record straight. First, let’s clarify exactly what CCSS is and what it is not. The Common Core Standards were developed by governors and chief state school officers from both sides of the aisle who The Washington Informer
brought together teachers, parents, school administrators and education experts to write them. Despite what some of its critics claim, CCSS is not a top-down, “Big Brother” federal program. The states determined that these standards were necessary to improve outcomes for students, and 90 percent of the states within our union have decided that they are critical to better prepare our country’s students for the challenges and opportunities of today and tomorrow. Second, we are talking about
academic standards, not a standardized curriculum. Common Core standards establish what students need to learn at each grade level, but they do not dictate how teachers should teach. Teachers will continue to devise lesson plans and tailor instruction to the individual needs of the students in their classrooms, ideally utilizing the state standards to create even more engaging and educational approaches and content.
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By Harry Alford
It’s all about the Money Our past was certainly all about the money. As soon as the Europeans discovered the Americas and determined that Native Americans weren’t going to submit to slavery, they went to Africa for their slaves. The first slave ship was directed to the Pope (Vatican) in 1516 A.D. for his blessing. He loved the idea and so it began – 349 years of pure hell (longer for our South American brothers). Slaves work
as drones and require little food. They are expendable and can be replaced on a continuing basis. It wasn’t cheap labor, it was free labor that was forced on us. It was all about the money as farmers and every phase of the economy were enhanced through this travesty to fellow man. At the end of slavery in the United States, most slaves became share croppers, a little step up from slavery. It, too, was all about the money. Some found a way out by applying for a Homestead grant. The Homestead Act
of 1862 was a system of granting plots of land, usually 160 acres to applicants willing to settle in new territories. Blanch Bruce of Mississippi, the first Black U.S. senator, would encourage free Blacks to take advantage of this. My grandfather, Tom Harry Alford, received his 160 acres in 1916. Prior to that, his father received his 160 acre land grant in 1901. They lived off that land – farming, hunting, fishing and selling what they didn’t use for themselves. It was Booker T. Washing-
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ton who told our people to stay where they are, work the land and get educated and whenever you can, start a business and do business with each other. He was telling us that America is built through capitalism and we must become capitalistic to prosper. We began to understand the importance of building wealth and being educated. So impressed were the leaders of White America that President Theodore Roosevelt invited him to the White House for dinner and discussion. There was an extreme
backlash for having a Black man come to the White House to discuss business. Industrial tycoons such as Henry Ford and Andrew Carnegie were so impressed that they began funding his projects and encouraging him to proceed with his dream. Washington built Tuskegee Institute as an example to quality education. The Ford Foundation still provides funding to the school. He also started the National Negro Business League, a forerunner to
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By George E. Curry
My Sister’s Keeper In all the hoopla surrounding President Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, overlooked is that fact that our young girls also need to be targeted for special attention. Sure, they outpace Black males in college attendance and, in many instances, in the workplace. Still, that does not mean they do not also need special attention and encouragement. Nothing illustrates this better
than events of the past couple of weeks. Sandwiched between President Obama’s White House announcement of his special effort to help Black males and jubilation over Lupita Nyong’o winning an Oscar for best supporting actress in “12 years a Slave” was news out of Florida that Marissa Alexander, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a “warning shot” in the direction of her estranged and abusive husband, will be retried and could face 60 years in prison instead of the original 20.
Florida State Attorney Angela Corey, the same prosecutor whose office failed to win murder convictions against George Zimmerman in connection with the death of Trayvon Martin and, more recently, against Michael Dunn for the death of Jordan Davis, announced that instead of the 20 years originally given to Alexander, she will seek to triple that by requesting that her three 20-year terms be served consecutively rather than concurrently. Alexander was convicted of
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three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in 2012 and was sentenced to 20 years under Florida’s 10-20 law that requires stiffer penalties for crimes committed with guns. On appeal, the conviction was overturned because Circuit Judge James Daniel placed the burden on Alexander to prove that she was acting in self-defense. In his instructions to the jury, the judge said Alexander had the responsibility to prove that she had been battered by her husband. In a cruel twist, the prosecu-
tor has announced that she will re-prosecute Alexander, this time seeking a longer sentence. Marissa Alexander shouldn’t have ever been prosecuted, let alone convicted. If Florida’s Stand Your Ground law should apply to anyone, it should be Alexander, not George Zimmerman and Michael Dunn. If convicted a second time, Alexander will join other Black women who make up the fastest growing segment of prisoners.
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By Askia Muhammad
American Hypocrisy Seems Boundless There are several crude and tasteless expressions I can think of to describe American policy toward Ukraine these days, but suffice it to say that it’s a “cheeky” crowd of American talking heads demanding that Russia back off and withdraw its troops from the autonomous Crimean Republic which, like Ukraine, was once part of the Soviet Union, and whose population is more than 60 percent
Russian. I call them cheeky rascals because the American neo-conservative wolves in CIA sheep’s clothing brazenly fomented an uprising in Ukraine which led to the country’s President Viktor Yanukovych leaving office and fleeing the country in the face of an American-provoked, rightwing, Nazi-sympathizing street uprising. Then they installed a pro-western government with the new Ukrainian Prime Minister –Arseny Yatseniuk – picked in a se-
cret phone call weeks in advance of the government shake-up, by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, Victoria Nuland. That’s “brassy” foreign policy all right. So when the Russians, under the legal terms of their treaty in force with Crimea, a treaty which governs the use of a Russian naval base there, did exactly what the United States would have done – if say a French uprising in Canada’s Quebec Province which is 80 percent French-speaking, overthrew
that country’s English-speaking Prime Minister Stephen Harper in favor of cutting ties with Washington to have stronger ties with Paris – it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that very quickly there would be “boots on the ground” in the disputed territory. The U.S. with its CIA-manufactured crisis in Ukraine provoked Ukraine’s Russian neighbors. Now, these same CIA neo-cons who never met an armed conflict they didn’t like, are chiding President Obama to
do something “tough” to show Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that “we mean business.” Earlier, I used an imaginary scenario involving a crisis in Canada, with which the U.S. shares a border to illustrate the kind of geo-political issues which are at stake in this Russian-Ukrainian stand-off. But this country did not have any legal leg to stand on, yet the U.S. invaded and occupied Iraq, overthrowing a legally constituted government.
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Chiwetl Ejiofor and Thandie Newton star in Half of a Yellow Sun. /Photo courtesy of AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
For the fans of Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in the Washington metropolitan area, the long wait is almost over. The film, Half of a Yellow Sun, based on her novel of the same name, will premiere as part of the week-long New African Films Festival at the American Film Institute in Silver Spring, featuring 18 films from Africa. Celebrating a decade of screening rarely seen contemporary films from Africa, the collaboration presented by TransAfrica, afrikafe and the film institute runs from March 13-20 this year. Selections from Angola, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Chad, Kenya, Uganda, Cameroon, South Africa, Senegal, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Malawi, demonstrate the vital film industry on the continent, and the diversity of expression from today’s active filmmakers. The films range from drama to comedy, and all are newly made and released. The New African Films Festival provides a venue for African filmmakers to show
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Premiere of ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center By Eve M. Ferguson WI Staff Writer their works, which often do not find their way into wider release. Half of a Yellow Sun, by Nigerian-born British director Biyi Bandele, tells the epic story of love, perseverance and history against the backdrop of the Nigerian-Biafran Civil War in the mid-1960s. The saga unfolds through the main character, Olanna, played by Thandie Newton, and her revolutionary academic lover, played by Nigerian-British actor Chiwetl Ejoifor, most recently winning accolades for his lead role in the
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Oscar-winning film 12 Years a Slave. She and her sister Kainene (Anika Noni Rose), twin daughters from a wealthy and powerful family in Nigerian society, become active players in the ethnic upheaval that pitted tradition against the intellectual community of young Nigerians who hoped for a new nation radically different than the post-colonial Nigeria they lived in. Set against the backdrop of events that fueled the civil war, when the Igbo ethnic group of Southeastern Nigeria sought to The Washington Informer
create the independent nation of Biafra in a turbulent and devastating conflict that lasted from 1967 to1970, Adichie illustrates the extreme upheaval and suffering that gripped the entire nation, and the attention of the world. Half of a Yellow Sun, which was Adichie’s second novel published in 2005, won the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction and gained wide critical acclaim. The film was the Official Selection for the 2013 Toronto Film Festival and makes its area debut on Opening Night, March 13th and March 16th, when Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will be on hand for a question and answer after the screening and will also sign books. For the remainder of the week-long festival, evening screenings of a plethora of African films will be offered, including two films from the Ivory Coast, Burn It Up Djassa, the story of a young man in the urban ghetto of Abidjan (djassa) trying to escape poverty through a
lucky streak of poker winnings, and Aya of Yop City, an animated film based on popular graphic novels to tell the coming-of-age story of Aya during the 1970s. Two recent films from Ethiopia, Horizon Beautiful and Difret, winners of the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and the Panorama Audience Award at the Berlin Film Festival, will highlight the first weekend. A question and answer with director Zeresenay Mehari and producer Mehret Mandefro will be held after the Saturday screening of Difret, based on the true story of an Ethiopian female lawyer by first-time filmmaker Mehari. Less often seen films from East Africa – Kenya and Uganda – will round out the selections with the showing of Something Necessary, a film by Kenyan filmmaker Judy Kibenge that tells the story of a woman trying to rebuild her life after the ethnic
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Ethiopian film Horizon Beautiful is one of the two from the East African nation featured in the new African Films Festival. /Photo courtesy of AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
FESTIVAL continued from Page 26 violence that followed Kenya’s 2007 presidential elections. The Kampala Story, Official Selection of the 2013 Seattle Film Festival, follows the journey of a 14-yearold rural Karamajong girl who ventures off to the Ugandan capital in search of money and her absentee father. Created by Kasper Bisgaard and Donald Mugisha, this coming of age story is told in a quasi-documentary style providing a portrait of one of Africa’s most vibrant cities. Also using the format of the mock-documentary, Jean-Pierre
Bekolo of Cameroon’s Le President employs humor, technology and satire to tell the story of a “president-for-life” who suddenly disappears and the commentary that surrounds that event. The maker of renowned films Quartier Mozart and Les Saignantes carries forth the tradition of critical filmmaking, commenting that “We shouldn’t just be making movies, we should be changing reality.” In keeping with the mission of the New African Films Festival, the presentations “must present accurate representations of people, authentic perspectives and subjects, and address intricate
issues,” according to the presenters, as well as being authentically African in their origin – directed, produced or written by an indigenous African. Through the broad range of film genres at this celebration of the longevity and relevance of cinema from the African continent, the New African Films Festival ensures that the world will have access to the creativity of Africa on film.WO The 10th Annual New African Films Festival will be held at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Md. For a full schedule of films and tickets, visit www.transafrica.org.
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Faye Fields Blazes Trail for Women, Blacks By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Faye Ford Fields counts as the very definition of a mogul. Fields not only serves as president and CEO of Integrated Resource Technologies, Inc. (IRT), an Alexandria, Va.-based company that provides intelligence support solutions, operational support, security services and IT solutions primarily to the Department of Defense and other intelligence organizations, but she’s a rarity in major league sports. She’s a minority owner of the Washington Nationals baseball team. And, while her professional accomplishments deserve admiration, Fields prides herself on helping others to thrive in an often unforgiving corporate world. “I don’t think that there’s one thing that drives me because I’ve been driven most of my life and I’ve put everything that I have into the things that I do,” said Fields, whose husband, William Fields works as her company’s chief operating officer. Fields, 63, who founded IRT in 1986, not only stands out as a woman and a minority whose business has achieved success, but she has sought out and taken advantage of every opportunity to give back. She and other company officials make a conscious effort to place African Americans in key positions, where they can assist IRT’s mission. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Fields holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in adult psychiatric nursing and she’s completed course work for her Ph.D. in organizational behavior. Previously, she’s worked for several small businesses in the Washington, D.C. area. She began her management consultant career at Digital Equipment Corporation serving in several positions, including senior management development specialist and internal organizational consultant. “I worked for a company that was started by a retired Air Force colonel and then worked for another retired colonel,” Fields said. “One thing has always led to another and that’s been the story with me.” However, as a woman, particularly a black woman, Fields had to work
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ARIES Finding a way to do it better than others is not going to be hard this week. Share your wisdom with other seekers. All who receive your word will benefit this week. Happiness rules! Don’t waste a moment of this perfect week on any negative thoughts. Soul Affirmation: I give myself a chance to see all the good I can see in others. Lucky Numbers: 36, 38, 55 TAURUS Strong vibrations bring a series of dramatic interactions with others this week. Practice your charm. Let it come from the heart, and let your energy carry you upwards to your best, highest self. Keep emotions calm. Let the warmth from inside of you touch others and thereby make your world better. Soul Affirmation: I go within and find what I’ve been searching outside myself to find. Lucky Numbers: 13, 29, 34
The group of minority owners of the Washington Nationals Baseball team. Faye Fields, seated fifth from the left. /Photo courtesy of the Lerner Companies
extra hard to achieve success. “I’d get all of these accolades when I worked for a defense company, but when I started my business and showed up as a woman, the attitudes changed,” Fields said. “A part of me bristled at that while another part of me said you have to adjust, do what you need to do to overcome that obstacle because there are always a way around barriers.” She credits Neil Muldrow, the retired president and chief executive officer and director of the Development Credit Fund in Baltimore, with providing her one of her first breaks in corporate America. “When I started, I couldn’t get any kind of financing despite already having two government contracts, one worth $7 million and the other worth $3 million,” Fields said. “Banks just wouldn’t lend to women business owners, so I had to get a big corporate backer.” Fields said she refused to be discouraged and Muldrow helped to secure some funding for her. “We were glad to help someone like her because you knew she was a fine young businesswoman who knew what she was doing,” Muldrow said. “We worked with her closely for a little while but she took off, she had a plan and she went with it and, boy did it work out.” The funding experience also taught Fields a valuable lesson, she said. “Women were not taken seriously, so each time I’d go somewhere, I’d make sure to show up with a man and it worked,” Fields said. “You go with what works. Even today, it’s tough for women, but you can’t be discouraged.” Fields has continued to display courage and tenacity, becoming part
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owner of the Nationals, a board member of Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc. in Northeast, and she serves on the board of directors of the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital in Northwest. She was approached by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to lead a 2010 session on successful graduation from the SBA’s business development program and Fields was selected as one of nine individuals who were featured in the 2007 book, “Gems of Wisdom for Succeeding in the Business Development and Beyond Program.” Fields said she isn’t sure how much longer she’ll remain at her company because she feels that the time is approaching where she should enjoy life and the fruits of her labor, although she won’t ever completely stop working. Fields said she will continue to help others. She said it’s important that those striving to operate a business are willing to put the needed time in and to make sacrifices. “Too many young people want everything now. They don’t want to make sacrifices and they don’t want to work hard,” Fields said. “I had parents who had high expectations and my mother would tell me that I could do anything I wanted to do if I worked hard and, over time, that lesson took.” Fields said she’s proud to be able to help others and to watch those she’s already provided a helping hand succeed. “The number of people that I can provide jobs and employment opportunities to and to those who work with me [their growth] – that’s what will make me happy,” she said. WI We like like to to hear hear We from you! you! from
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GEMINI You’ll be energizing and inspiring others this week as you speak what’s on your mind regarding spiritual matters and masters. The quality of your thoughts is very pure; write yourself a love letter. Move slowly with explanations. Others will not understand as quickly as you think they should. Soul Affirmation: The truth that finds me is the truth I’ve been seeking. Lucky Numbers: 20, 27, 31 CANCER Rev up your engines. This is a fine week for making progress with projects that you’ve got in the works. Your energy is high and your mind is clear. Use every advantage this week to finish up your works. Look for love in the right places. Know the difference between love and lust. Soul Affirmation: I forgive and set myself free. Lucky Numbers: 19, 26, 39 LEO Educate those around you in the area of personal growth. Their improvement will bring benefits to you. Humor in communication is the key. Humor in introspection is a must. Soul Affirmation: Success that has been following me is trying to catch up. Lucky Numbers: 16, 30, 39 VIRGO This week romance is begins to percolate. Enjoy your feelings and let your brain relax. Suspend all judgments of others. Being stern won’t work for you this week. Soul Affirmation: I go along to get along. Lucky Numbers: 1, 6, 19 LIBRA Romance will find you this week. Don’t be looking the other way. Your “rap” is especially strong. Make as many of those important phone calls as possible. People will respond. They are waiting to be receptive. Soul Affirmation: Friendships are shock absorbers on the bumpy roads of life. Lucky Numbers: 11, 13, 20 SCORPIO This week should bring an opportunity to further your education, don’t pass it up. Pay special attention to details at work. A friend needs your support. Find joy in giving it. Soul Affirmation: All things work together for good. Lucky Numbers: 26, 35, 43 SAGITTARIUS You and your mate should increase your saving for the future this week. Future plans should be spotlighted. A relationship is likely to take a serious turn. Be open to making an unusual purchase. Soul Affirmation: I can see clearly now the rain is gone. There are no obstacles in my way. Lucky Numbers: 10, 30, 50 CAPRICORN Don’t take any big gambles this week, the time is not right for a flight into the unknown. A newfound harmony is in store for you and your mate. Your mate will understand your fears. Soul Affirmation: New insights create new directions and a new cast of characters. Lucky Numbers: 6, 48, 51 AQUARIUS The air can be cleared easily. Admit your need for help. Seek understanding. You’ll help another by seeking help from them. Communication problems will smooth themselves out. Soul Affirmation: Moving slowly might be the fastest way. Lucky Numbers: 33, 52, 54 PISCES You and your partner are on the same wavelength. If you are presented with a contract this week, it’s an ideal week to reach an agreement. Make the important phone call to set things up. Soul Affirmation: What I’ve been waiting for has been here all along. Lucky Numbers: 4, 6, 33 www.washingtoninformer.com
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“Living Safely, Aging Well”
by Dorothy A. Drago, M.P.H. c.2013, Johns Hopkins University Press $16.95 / higher in Canada 204 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer The third step from the bottom squeaks when you tread on it – which is something you tried
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to remember when you snuck in after curfew. There’s a light switch near the door that does nothing, and never did. One of the kitchen drawers has a tendency to stick. And someone, sometime, put a strip of wallpaper on upside down. Yes, the house you grew up in has its peccadilloes but your mother loves it there and she wants to stay. In “Living Safely, Aging Well” by Dorothy A. Drago, M.P.H. you’ll learn how to ensure that she does. You probably don’t need to be reminded that, as we age, our
bodies change. Bones get fragile, eyesight dims, hearing can fade, balance can go out of whack. These things are annoying when you’re younger but can lead to devastating injuries for an elder. But mere awareness puts you on the advantage. “When you anticipate the possibility of an injury, you can attempt to prevent it,” says Drago. Take, for instance, falls. According to nearly all sources, falls are “the primary injury mechanism for the aging population.” But merely knowing the risk for falls won’t prevent them; you need to know why people fall. Clothing mishaps, problems with furniture, slippery floors, and other environmental reasons can be dealt with individually or with professional help; poor balance, medications and other physical issues can be brought to the attention of a doctor. It can also be reassuring to teach someone how to get up if they tumble. But though falls may be first on your mind, there are other things to consider when making a home as safe as possible.
Kitchens and bathrooms can be literal hotspots, and there are ways to minimize the risk of burns and scalds. Medication mix-ups can lead to poisoning, which can be easily monitored. The risk of choking – the “third leading cause of home injury death among those over the age of 76…” – can be minimized. And good health decisions can be made through health literacy and by asking your doctor to be an ally. You want to keep Mom or Dad independent a little longer, whether it’s in their home or yours. Either way, “Living Safely, Aging Well” can give you the tools to do it. We’ve all seen TV commercials about falling, and while author Dorothy A. Drago, M.P.H. has a huge chapter on that aspect of home safety, I was pleased to see a bigger picture: Drago also digs deeper and offers solutions to other issues that don’t normally come to mind. Boomers will be relieved to know that that includes the hard stuff, like giv-
ing up dangerous-but-beloved possessions and furniture, giving up a bit of autonomy, and giving up the driver’s license. Specifically because of those I-never-thought-of-that issues, I think anyone who’s over age 50 needs this book on their shelf. If you’re concerned about safety for a loved one or want to maintain independence yourself, “Living Safely, Aging Well” will give you the steps you need.WI
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St. John’s College High School senior guard Britani Stowe is double teamed by Georgetown Visitation forwards Kate Delaney and Sarah Tierney in the first quarter of the District of Columbia State Athletic Association (DCSAA) Girls Championship final on Thursday, March 6 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. Stowe, who was named MVP, weighed in after the game: “I am just honored. It’s an amazing experience for me.” St. John’s defeated Georgetown Visitation 5842. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
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By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer When John Wall signed an $80 million contract extension prior to the start of the season, the young superstar said the deal had taken his motivation to another level. Wall’s motivation and that of others on the team has led to a year that will likely see the Washington Wizards make the playoffs for the first time in six years. And, with less than 20 games left, the Wizards conceivably could end the season as the third best team in the Eastern Conference, which would guarantee them home court advantage in the first and possibly second rounds of the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs. “We’re going to play hard and see what we can do to see if we can get a better playoff seeding,” said Wall, 23, who has led the Wizards to a 3330 record, including a recent stretch in which the team won eight of the nine games they played. Young shooting guard Bradley Beal has been among those helping Washington to its finest season since 200708, when the team finished 43-39 and in second place in the Southeast Division. That year, the Wizards lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs, but the 2014 squad has displayed the kind of confidence that it normally takes to advance in the NBA postseason tournament. “We know we’re going to be a playoff team,” said Beal, 20. “In order to do that, we have to win games. We have to focus on winning every game. It’s always tough, but at the same time we know how playoff seeding is very important.” Washington has also proven to be one of the most potent offensive teams in the league. During their 8-1 stretch, the Wizards scored at least 104 The Washington Informer
points in six of the games and they shot more than 50 percent from the floor each time. Veteran forward Trevor Ariza also has been a spark for the Wizards. Just 62 three-point shots away from setting a new single-season franchise record set by Gilbert Arenas a decade ago, Ariza has averaged more than 27 points per game during the Wizards hot streak and he’s shot nearly 64 percent from the floor. “I’m putting the ball up often, that’s the difference,” said Ariza, 28. “I’m getting a lot of work in practice and I’m in the gym shooting.” Head Coach Randy Wittman said Ariza has been in a zone lately and it couldn’t have come at a better time as the Wizards push toward the playoffs has been in high gear. “He’s playing at such a high level,” said Wittman, 54, a coach-of-the-year candidate. Even the front office has helped. At the trade deadline last month, the Wizards picked up point guard Andre Miller in a three-team deal that included the Philadelphia 76ers and the Denver Nuggets. “The last minute trade really worked out for Washington,” said Jack Bolesta, who covers the Wizards for Rant Sports. “Miller has spent a lot of time in the league and still has a consistent jump shot. He can also play the whole court and picking him up will help Washington’s bench and hopefully push them to a higher playoff seed,” Bolesta said. The expectations of Wizards’ fans have also risen this year as the team’s play continues to improve. “I don’t think anyone is getting too crazy, thinking NBA title, but once the playoffs start, you never know what could happen,” said Lucious Valentine a longtime fan who lives in Northeast. “It’s like the lottery, you have to be in it to win it and with us being in the playoffs this year and having a couple
of legitimate NBA stars on our team, at least we have some hope,” said Valentine, 44. The team’s performance also has received notice around the NBA, where others have frequently commented on the camaraderie displayed by the Wizards. During a recent game, former NBA coach and broadcaster Jeff Van Gundy said watching the Wizards players interact on the bench brings a smile to his face. “They are staying into the game and cheering for their teammates,” Van Gundy said. “Actively watching while not in the game is an underestimated part of chemistry. You can’t help but notice it.” Center Marcin Gortat told ESPN that there are a few different reasons for the closeness the team displays. “For example, Al Harrington’s dunk was the reason why I was actually celebrating because I’m close with Al,” said Gortat, 30. Gortat also said the close-knit bond the team has developed has been evident in his relationship with Wall, who has helped motivate the team on and off the court this season. “From my perspective, I definitely taught [Wall] to slow down a little bit on the pick-and-roll, because sometimes he’s going 100 miles per hour,” Gortat said. “We’ve developed that relationship and chemistry.” For his part, Wall said the team has jelled and, despite his mega-contract, there’s no jealously and the only thing they are collectively envious of are teams with championship rings. “If you’re not winning what’s the point of getting the contract? You’re still going to get your money but you’re not having fun,” Wall said. “The only thing you can do is [win] now. It’s no point in having [a big contract] and not being happy.”WI
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Strength Grows from Struggles “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle...” Napoleon Hill Bad weather happens for scientific reasons; it’s caused by low pressure zones, evaporation cycles and jet streams all converging. The crisis in your life has a root cause as well. But what, exactly is the cause for your problem? When storm clouds begin to form, it’s not a time to be impatient and ignore it, hoping it will go away. For severe storms, we seek shelter; maybe even have to go underground. Remember the earthquake we had recently; I ran downstairs, stood in the doorway, not sure what to do! Earthquakes had been a part of life when I lived in California, not in the Washington Metropolitan Area, it was scary! In life’s storms though, we must do the same thing with our lives, run for cover. This is a time to seek His face in surrendered devotion and prayer by shutting yourself off from others. You’ve got to dig deep below your fears and experiences to uncover things you may not want to face; such as regularly attending worship service; paying your tithes; helping others, keeping yourself joyful and happy; and become doers as well as hearers of His Word. When you operate in fear, God needs your attention, and he will get it, one way or the other? Fear is faith going backward! You may never know the reason these things happen. The prophet Job was never given a
reason, and look at all he had to endure! As I look back over my life, everything was frozen; it was winter; no new contracts. Sickness had come over my body – diagnosed with diabetes. Yet even in the midst of my illness, like the prophet Job, I held on to my faith; I declared healing in the name of Jesus. In fact, daily meditation with Wayne Dyer became my norm; praying, being thankful. And though my finances were short, I was grateful for what I had. Both sons put cash in my bank account every two weeks for months, and I never asked. How could I not feel blessed! My children were a priority. They didn’t know it, but they had a praying mother! Prayers of thanksgiving; and faith, focused only on the future. During meditation, my radio show dream was kept alive as I pictured myself inside the radio station doing God’s will for my life; giving live broadcasts, with sponsors and dynamic guests. No pity parties for me, I was busy walking by faith and not by sight. Then suddenly, the storm passed hallelujah! It worked. Suddenly, “Think on These Things” radio talk show hosted by Lyndia Grant on WYCB AM was on the air! What might have happened had I not had the struggles with my health and financial shortfalls? Indeed my strength did come from my struggles. Today, I’m thankful for sponsors like Jack H. Olender and AmeriHealth DC; both have made commitments that will af-
with Lyndia Grant ford me the opportunity to pay off the cost of my show for the entire year. Some of my guests have been former Mayors Marion Barry; Vincent Gray; and Sharon Pratt; back-to-back for Black History Month; talking about various issues and health. Look at the strength the Lord has given me through my struggles. It caused the sun to shine brightly for me, and He will do the same for you! Philippians 4:13 says “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” And Isaiah 40:31 “But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” WI
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RELIGION RELIGION BAPTIST
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Reverend Lyndon Shakespeare Interim Priest Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958 Worship Services Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.
Blessed Word of Life Church Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors 4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
Campbell AME Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney, Pastor 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: 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 Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089 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 gsccm.administration@verizon.net
Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor
Church of Living Waters
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745
700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849
301-894-6464
Worship Sundays @ 7:30 & 11:00 A.M. 5th Sundays @ 9:30 A.M. 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 P.M.
Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 10:00 am AM Worship Services BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org
Twelfth Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340
St. Stephen Baptist Church Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Bishop 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m. Church School - 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. Tuesday – Thursday - Kingdom Building Bible Institute – 7:30 p.m. Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m. Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am Radio Broadcast WYCB -1340 AM-Sunday -6:00pm T.V. Broadcast - Channel 190 – Sunday -4:00pm/Tuesday 7:00am
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org e-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., • Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE • Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 • www.acamec.org 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary”
Crusader Baptist Church
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org
“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
“God is Love”
Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m. “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org
Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661
Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor 800 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 Fax No. 202-548-0703
Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m. 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m. Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m. Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.
Third Street Church of God
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church
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
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org
ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Dr. Raymond T. Matthews, Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews Sunday School 9:am Worship Service 10:am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service 6:45 pm Thur. Bible Study 7:15 pm
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Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Bible Study Tuesday 12Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
52 Years of Expert Engraving Services
Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org
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202-561-4100 or email rburke@washingtoninformer.com Zion Baptist Church
All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591
Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
“Where Jesus is the King”
Israel Baptist Church
4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Study: Monday - 7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting: Thursday - 7:00 p.m.
2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 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
Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor
St. Luke Baptist Church
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor
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
Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor
Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services 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
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
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.
Mount Moriah Baptist Church Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm
Advertise Your Church services here: call Ron Burke at
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Advertise Your Church services here: call Ron Burke at
202-561-4100 or email rburke@washingtoninformer.com
Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
Rehoboth Baptist Church
St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor 1105 New Jersey Ave, S.E • Washington, DC 20003 202 488-7298 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 9:05 A.M. Sunday School: 8:00 A.M. Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting: 7:00 P.M. (Tuesday) Bible Study: 7:30 P.M. (Tuesday) Theme: “Striving to be more like Jesus “Stewardship”. Philippians 3:12-14; Malachi 3:8-10 and 2 Corinthians 9:7 Email: stmatthewbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.com
Salem Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family” 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
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor
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
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
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
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church
Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith
Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor
Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor
2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator
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”
Sunday Worship Service 10:00 A.M.
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
Peace Baptist Church
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836
13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Services: Sunday Worship 11 AM Sunday School 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study - Wed. 7 PM “A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net
Shiloh Baptist Church
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Reginald M. Green, Sr., Interim Pastor
621 Alabama Avenue, 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
602 N Street NW • Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595
The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD
Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.
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.
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.
Motto: : “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”
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 “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org
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Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor
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
Christ Embassy DC
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Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 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
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services 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 Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
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Administration No. 2014 ADM 179
Administration No. 2014 ADM 159
Dorothy K. Smith aka Dorothy Kendall Smith Decedent
Elizabeth Chandler Yancey aka Regina Elizabeth Margaret Chandler Yancey Decedent
Administration Number 2014 ADM 171 Estate of Lois Hamilton Cooper aka Lois H. Cooper Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Joseph Yager for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. Admit to probate the will date November 12, 2003 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of witnesses or otherwise Order any interested person to show cause why the provisions of the lost or destroyed will dated November 12, 2003 should not be admitted to probate as expressed in the petition appoint an unsupervised personal representative.
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Unita Jackson, whose address is 900 Hill Road, #103, Landover, MD 20785, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Maxine A. Putney, who died on February 25, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 6, 2014. 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 September 6, 2014, 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.
Gregory S. White, whose address is 10606 Wood Pointe Terrace, Glenn Dale, MD 20769, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Elizabeth R. White aka Elizabeth Ruth White, who died on February 3, 2014 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 September 6, 2014. 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 September 6, 2014 , 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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JACKSON continued from Page 24 unpopular in semi-autonomous Crimea, populated largely by Russian speaking people. Some minimal hold on reality is needed. Obama hasn’t “taken the stick off the table,” for there is no “stick” in relation to the Ukraine. Americans have no desire and no reason to go to war with Russia over what happens in Crimea. The EU and the U.S. are not going to supplant Russia’s economic influence in the Ukraine. We’re not going to provide the aid, the trade or the subsidized energy — and the EU austerity regime doesn’t offer an expansive growing region to join. The new Ukrainian government is neither elected nor legitimate nor settled. An unpopular leader has been unseated. But before this new, fragile and bitterly
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None of us of a certain age loves loud music, but most of us know how to close a window and tolerate it for a moment or two. Dunn says he was afraid of teens playing “thug” music. Those teens might well have been afraid of him, just as the World War II veterans had been afraid of the KKK. Jordan Davis and his friends might have been as frightened as formers slaves were, when they refused to cross the sidewalk into the streets so that Whites could go first. Some of these Black folks ignored their fear and attempted to exercise their citizenship rights. Some were lynched because they would not defer to outmoded customs.
MORIAL continued from Page 24 In order to move us forward, it was determined that the Common Core State Standards must be: Aligned with expectations for college and career success; Clear and consistent across all states, Inclusive of content-based knowledge and high-order reasoning skills; An improvement upon current state standards and standards of top-performing nations; Reality-based for effective use in the classroom and; Evidence and research-based. Finally, it must be said that CCSS can only be successful if it is equitably and similarly implemented in a high-quality manner. Given that excellence and equity are inseparable, states, districts, teachers and principals must have the resources and supports necessary to fully realize the promise of Common Core State Standards.
divided country breaks apart, the international community should be pushing hard for new elections and compromise. Economic sanctions and travel restrictions on individual Russians are one possibility, as is a U.S. and European boycott of planning meetings this week for the upcoming summit of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations in Russia. The United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia are members of the G-8. “There are visa bans, asset freezes, isolation with respect to trade, investment,” Kerry said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “American businesses may well want to start thinking twice about whether they want to do business with a country that behaves like this. These are serious implications.” Economic sanctions and travel
restrictions on individual Russians are one possibility, as is a U.S. and European boycott of planning meetings this week for the upcoming summit of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations in Russia. The United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia are members of the G-8. “There are visa bans, asset freezes, isolation with respect to trade, investment,” Kerry said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “American businesses may well want to start thinking twice about whether they want to do business with a country that behaves like this. These are serious implications.” Kerry also said that the administration was ready to provide economic assistance “of a major sort” to Ukraine. WI Jesse Jackson, Sr. is founder and president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
Gary Pearl could be Michael Dunn’s evil twin, with a pecuniary twist. In 1983, Pearl left his job as a city sanitation supervisor in Louisville, Kentucky because he says he had a nervous breakdown, which he attributed to having to work with Black people. A psychiatrist testified that Pearl was suffered from paranoid schizophrenia; judge ordered that he be paid $231 per week. The state appealed the award, it was eventually overturned, and Gary Pearl returned to the obscurity he had before the “fear” defense. What would happen if every Black person fearing White people got to file for unemployment compensation, or carry a gun around to assuage himself of his safety? A hard read of history suggests that Blacks have more
to fear from Whites than the other way around, but it is Whites, rationalizing their fear, who get to shoot without justification. A thorough read of history, however, would remind us of the Dred Scott case where the Supreme Court ruled that Black people have no rights that Whites are bound to respect. Clearly, Michael Dunn, George Zimmerman and the others who have Klan sensibilities and invisible hoods, believe a 19th century Supreme Court ruling instead of 21st century realities. For folks like Dunn and Zimmerman, however, the 19th century is not very different than the 21st. WI Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.
The National Urban League will continue to join parents, educators, as well as civic and business leaders in insisting that implementation is resourced equitably and responsibly. However, it is neither fair nor accurate to assert that the Common Core State Standards are a failure because of recent implementation challenges – for any innovation requires adjustments on its path to success. We do not need to figure out new standards; we need to figure out how to implement these effectively and equitably. Our children our counting on us, and we must get this right – for them, their future and our nation. We have long advocated a leveling of the playing field in education and the injection of additional quality as we do so. It does not serve our nation or our future when some children are systemically less prepared than others, nor does it serve our nation to have this issue tossed onto a political battlefield where it becomes
a casualty of partisanship and deliberate misinformation. Instead this moment should be an opportunity for education stakeholders – parents, students, teachers, policymakers and reformers alike – to build a common agenda towards our shared goal of better educating the nation’s children and youth. It is our belief that by raising and developing better standards for everyone, CCSS can pave the way to a 21st century American educated citizenry and workforce that is second to none. (In an upcoming column, we will talk more about CCSS – dispelling more of the myths and misinformation about the standards and focusing on the equity in education that we can build through a system of higher standards and stronger schools for all of our children). WI Marc H. Morial, former mayor of New Orleans, is president and CEO of the National Urban League.
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ALFORD continued from Page 25 the National Black Chamber of Commerce. There was an organized effort to stop the progress that was being made. White progressive groups from up North started new rival organizations such as the NAACP and National Urban League to promote government guidance for Blacks. Others had harsher plans such as burning business sectors in Black communities such as Greenwood, Oklahoma and Durham, N.C. The Ku Klux Klan became a major organization and had the blessings of President Woodrow Wilson. They even marched in Washington, D.C. with no fear. Blacks were soon being encouraged to become comfortable with living poor and being third class citizens. Booker T. Washington noticed another
CURRY continued from Page 25 Black women are three times more likely to be incarcerated than White women. While Florida was gearing up to triple Marissa Alexander’s sentence, there was some good news out of Hollywood. The fact that Lupita Nyong’o was awarded an Oscar at Sunday’s Academy Awards lifted the spirits of darkskin girls across the country and indeed around the world. African Americans, especially females, are told in so many ways that when it comes to skin color, White is right. And if you can’t be White, light is the next best thing. Of course, there was the famous dolls test conducted by psychologists Ken and Mamie Clark, which was instrumental in the Each week you’ll get news from The District of Columbia, Prince George’s County, Montgomery County, and Northern Virginia. You will discover Arts and Entertainment, Social Tidbits, Religion, Sports, People’s Viewpoints, Letters to the Editor, Classified Ads and more! And best of all… No crime, no dirty gossip, just positive news and information each week, which is why… The Washington Informer is all about you! Name............................................................................................. Address.......................................................................................... City, State, Zip................................................................................. Phone number (daytime)................................................................... Yes! I want to subscribe for: 1 year/$45.00 Method of payment:
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phenomenon among the Black population: “There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs – partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.” Oh, how this still rings true today. We need to turn back to education and entrepreneurship. The lessons taught to us by Booker T. Washington still apply today. We need economic parity. Our businesses have annual revenue of $136 billion. If there was parity, that annual revenue would be $1.4 trillion. Black business has come a long
way over the last 30 years but we have many miles to go before we stop being mired in poverty and economic abuse from all sides. For one thing, we could start doing business with one another. The University of Georgia states that as consumers we have disposable income of more than $1 trillion. Yet, our businesses only produce $136 billion in sales. I know Mercedes, Rolex and other White-owned companies like our disposable income but we need to take care of ourselves. “God bless the child who has his own” sang the great Billie Holliday. My people please remember that our future must be all about the money. WI Harry C. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce®. Website: www.nationalbcc.org. Email: halford@nationalbcc.org.
landmark Brown v. Board of Education 1954 Supreme Court decision outlawing racially segregated public schools. When asked to pick out the most beautiful doll, most Black girls selected White dolls over Black ones. When the test was repeated in recent years, the results were the same. Muhammad Ali described racial brainwashing this way: “We’ve been brainwashed. Everything good is supposed to be white. We look at Jesus, and we see a white with blond hair and blue eyes. We look at all the angels; we see white with blond hair and blue eyes. Now, I’m sure there’s a heaven in the sky and colored folks die and go to heaven. Where are the colored angels? They must be in the kitchen preparing milk and honey. We look at Miss America, we see white. We look at miss world, we see white.
We look at Miss Universe, we see white. Even Tarzan, the king of the jungle in black Africa, he’s white. All the good cowboys ride the white horses and wear white hats. Angel food cake is the white cake, but the devil’s food cake is chocolate.” Little chocolate girls are still being peppered with those White-is-beautiful images. Yes, we need to save our Black boys. But we can’t save our community without saving Black girls, too. WI George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook.
to America’s liking. And yet, all of the “talking points” being discussed in this country’s corporate-owned news media, and by the “puppet” U.S. government officials, paint the big, bad, jack-boot-wearingRussian bear as the villain, and the innocent, “freedom loving,” “democracy-seeking” Ukrainians as the victims. And most of us swallow it all, hook, line and sinker. It’s such a complicated scenario, it’s difficult to follow along and do anything but fall for that carefully-crafted, American baloney. We are warned that there would come a time when these scalawags would make “evil, fair seeming,” and that’s just what
they’ve done, a-la what George Orwell labeled as “doublespeak” in his novel “1984.” These guys have had 30 years since that target date and more than 50 years since the novel was written to perfect the game we see unfolding on the world stage today. The prevaricators have gained our trust and we go along with whatever interpretation they spell out for us. I guess the next thing they’ll have us believing is that pigs can talk and operate cell phones with their hoofed feet, and that cardboard boxes can swim and dance and wear tuxedos. Their willingness to lead us down that primrose path seems boundless. WI
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