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May Prepares to Join D.C. Council Narrow Vote Nets Victory by 80 Votes By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer@bsalmondc LaRuby May and her supporters are basking in the glow of a tough, hard-won battle that earned May the right to succeed legendary Ward 8 champion, former Mayor Marion S. Barry. Barry, 78, died while in office

last November which set off a mad scramble for his seat. Twenty-one people threw their names in the proverbial hat initially, but by the time voters prepared to cast ballots in the April 28 special election, 11 candidates – including May – were left vying for the seat which stood vacant for the first time in 17 years.

May prevailed after stockpiling a formidable war chest and benefitting from the support and campaign apparatus of Mayor Muriel Bowser. She won the race by besting Barry protégé Trayon White by 80 votes out of about 7,200 votes cast. May garnered 1,955 votes to White’s 1,875. D.C. Board of Elections

spokesperson Denise Tolliver said elections officials declared May the unofficial winner at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 8. Board staff conducted an audit on May 11 and was scheduled to certify the election on Thursday, May 14. If White chooses not to challenge the outcome, May will be sworn into office.

May Campaign Chair Monica T. Ray said May and her campaign staff are ecstatic. “Our mood? We’re excited about the win and eager to begin working for the ward,” said Ray during a recent interview. A friend of May’s for a dozen

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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, Visit our updated Web site old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families and give us your comments of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicfor a chance to win a gift from life, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessThe Washington Informer she 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 ProtecEmail comments to: of the situation, she decided to who reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselrburke@ start 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 eradiwashingtoninformer.com “It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must Nearly in thefamily District are homeless, including a number of senior citizens and U.S. war veterans. that 8,000 won'tindividuals turn my end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. /Photo Courtesy of hatdc.org. loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicshared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said. Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise 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 educatBy Stacy M. Brown Center of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. WI Contributing Writer HookHeights and the National 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasUp of Black Women. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilOnMarlow any givenhas night,written there areanearly book, an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” 8,000 homeless individuals inwhich the Dis“Color Me Butterfly,” is a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. trict of Columbia. story about four generations of and their children. Marlow has worked to break The facts violence. and figures domestic Theprovided book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, byinspired the Community Partnership for by her own experiences, years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she theand Prevention Homelessness in those ofof her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that Northeast also reveal indiher mother and that her5,790 daughter. of,” she said. process. viduals in emergency She find saidthemselves every time she reads Mildred Muhammad said “I plan to take these policies to shelters, approximately 1,600 inshe tranexcerpts from her book, still people who want to help a Congress and implore them to In Memoriam Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. can not believe thewith words came domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. sitional housing facilities another Wilhelmina J. Rolark from her. Me Butterfly” be careful of how they go into “I will not stop until these poli396 simply are “Color unsheltered. The Washington Informer Newspaper won National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” While the those2007 numbers are disconTHE WASHINGTON INFORMER At-Large Anita Bonds has introduced legislation to trybeand InPUBLISHER Memoriam Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can reached certing, District Councilwoman At- Councilwoman NEWSPAPER (ISSN#0741-9414)Dr.isCalvin Denise Rolark Sr. Barnes W. Rolark, help homeless seniors and veterans. / Photo Courtesy of Anita Bonds “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net Large Anita Bonds said making matpublished weekly on each Thursday. Wilhelmina J. 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Kevin McNeir, Managing Editor “We have a moral imperative to Announcements must be received two weeks prior to event. Copyright 2000 by The nouncements must be received two cate in drafting policy and services can of Black Women, said there is no tatives on all sides of the issue. Washington Informer. All rights reserved. POST MASTER: Send change of addressdecease homelessness among our vetRon Burke, Advertising/ Marketing Director weeks event. Copyright 2015 be further coordinated across District consistency in the way domestic es toprior The to Washington Informer, 3117 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., S.E. Washington, Later, she introduced the Rent Coneran and senior populations,” Bonds by D.C. The 20032. Washington Informer. All No part of this publication may be Barnes, reproduced written violence issues are dealt with by Lafayette IV,without Assistant PhotopermisEditor agencies, she said. trol Housing Clearinghouse Amendsaid. rights POSTMASTER: sionreserved. from the publisher. TheSend Informer Newspaper cannot guarantee the return of “This bill will be an important step change of addresses to The rates WashJohn E. De Sports Photo The councilwoman, who chairs the ment Act that would establish the photographs. Subscription are $30 per year, twoFreitas, years $45. Papers willEditor be received forward to combat this pervasive first ever database of rent-controlled not more than 3117 a weekMartin after publication. Make checks payable to: ington Informer, Luther Committee on Housing and ComDorothy Rowley, Online Editor King, Jr. Ave., S.E. Washington, D.C. housing units making it significantly problem,” Bonds said. munity Development, has introduced THE WASHINGTON INFORMER 20032. 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Papers will onto the Interagency Council on U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the District. PUBLISHER be received not more than a week after He said she learned even more of Homelessness to increase coordina- and the U.S. Department of Housing Angie Denise RolarkJohnson, Barnes Circulation publication. Make checks payable to: the seriousness of the matter as she and Urban Development estimate that tion of services and to more effectiveSTAFF REPORTERS drove city streets and looked on in nearly 50,000 veterans are homeless ly combat homelessness among these THE WASHINGTON Brooke N. Garner INFORMER Managing REPORTERS Editor Tia C. Jones, Ed Laiscell, anguish as seniors and veterans were on any given night across the country. Carla Peay Assistant Managing Editor Odell B. Ruffin, Larry Saxton, two important populations. 3117 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., S.E Stacy Brown, Sam P.K. 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VIEWP INT Kevin Jones Washington, D.C. I think the team can advance past this series, but whether or not they’ll be able to carry their momentum into the Eastern Conference finals and beyond is another thing. As a whole, the team will have to share the load without John Wall, which is always a good thing, but Wall is the team’s point guard and superstar. I think they call pull of this series.

Titus Strong Riverdale, Maryland Basketball is a team sport so every man needs to step up. And without Wall, if no one decides to step up in his place, then they will lose. But I think they can weather this storm because they have the players. I’m sure some people will say differently, and I can understand why they would, but it’s all about the team’s heart. I think they have the heart to motivate themselves to keep advancing in the playoffs.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS GUARD JOHN WALL SUFFERED A HAND INJURY THAT COULD FORCE HIM TO MISS THE REST OF THE POSTSEASON. WILL THE WIZARDS BE ABLE TO ADVANCE IN THE PLAYOFFS IN HIS ABSENCE?

Earl Hudgens Washington, D.C. I think they can do it and they’ve shown that they can in the past. One man shouldn’t stop the show. I think they’ll be okay. I hope Wall is able to make it back before the playoffs are over, but if he doesn’t, other players will have to make it happen without him. It’s a team sport.

Jamyle Michael Washington, D.C. I think they can advance past the Atlanta Hawks, but advancing past the Eastern Conference championship may be a bit difficult. I like that the team has brought in solid and senior leaders. I think the addition of Paul Pierce was a big deal. Now that the team has a bit more veterans with good leadership skills, I think that will help them long term in the playoffs and overall.

Pernell Hart Takoma Park, Maryland I don’t believe the Wizards will be able to move on without Wall, because of what he brings to the table as far as his ability to create shots for everyone else. I think Bradley Beal is a good role player who compliments Wall, but without Wall, I don’t think the team will get past Atlanta. And facing a team like Cleveland, there isn’t a chance. Wall means too much to the Wizards and he’s the driving force behind the team.

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LARUBY from Page 1 years, Ray, executive director of the Congress Heights Community Training and Development Corporation, said May brings a sharp mind and a unique blend of compassion and business acumen to the job. “We thought it would be a tough fight with a marginal turnout, so many candidates and absentee and provisional ballots,” Ray said during an election night watch party at a point where the outcome was too close to call. “We expect to be victorious, just a little later than we thought.” May was unavailable for comment because she was traveling, but her remarks at the party at the Old Congress Heights School in Southeast, illustrate her resolve and commitment. “Residents are seeking new leadership in Ward 8,” said May, executive director of Vision of Victory Child Development Center. “This race was never about politics. It’s about the people of Ward 8. I made one campaign commitment, one promise: that I’m going to outwork everybody. You all worked harder than anybody. You were more disciplined. When they were talking, we were working. We came out of early voting ahead. When you work harder, sometimes you have to go into overtime.” Concerns about May’s outside donors and who she’d be beholden to bubbled throughout the campaign. She maintained a steady line that her only interest was serving Ward 8 residents in the face of intense opposition from her detractors. Also, there have been persistent but unsubstantiated rumors that May’s campaign may have been paying people to cast ballots, but officials from the Board of Elections and the Office of Campaign The Washington Informer

Finance said last week they were unaware of any formal complaints or investigations. In the latter parts of the campaign, the Ward 8 race took on elements of a gargantuan David versus Goliath clash, pitting May’s campaign – which was suffused with cash – against what many regarded as White’s upstart campaign with significantly less money but a surprisingly effective ground game. A clear advantage for White, 30, is his deep connections to elements of the community that are often overlooked by political pundits and candidates running for office east of the Anacostia River. Former Ward 8 candidate and White ally Stuart Anderson was exultant in defeat. The fact that May amassed as much as $270,000 to White’s $17,000 showed that the candidate and the message blunted the vast sums of outside money May received from developers and other special interests, he said. “LaRuby won by a small margin because we came together and formed an alliance,” Anderson crowed. “I’m disappointed that more residents didn’t come out to vote, but we showed that money doesn’t trump the people. That is the strongest thing that comes out of this election. It’s a wonderful statement for a ward like our ward.” The fight the White campaign waged, despite the vast disparity in funds raised, tells a compelling story, said D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine. “The monetary difference shows that the citizens supported a candidate who reached them,” he said. “It’s a remarkable, remarkable accomplishment by the voters and Mr. White’s campaign to be here at this point.” White and his campaign staff said he brought people, new people to the polls, who could best be called “untraditional” voters. For

that and more, Racine was effusive in his praise of White. “I endorsed Trayon; I’ve known him for years. It’s very easy to support him,” said Racine during a Washington Informer Editorial Board meeting two weeks ago. “He is a voice of great importance in this city, particularly in a community that struggles with the plight of black men.” Racine, 52, said White supported his campaign for attorney general and he saw up close White’s deft touch, care and compassion for those who are often overlooked. “We were in Woodland and I saw him and his group approach about 20 men,” Racine recalled. “He addressed them by name, and they him. He gave them the names of individuals who were hiring and the names of programs for substance abuse.” White also visited a family where a 13-year-old girl was caring for two young children and looked in on a father battling substance abuse. “That gets people to come out better than a bullhorn,” Racine said. “I think it’s a profound story in Ward 8. The passion and commitment to want to improve people’s lives is there. I’ve invested in Trayon White’s success because of his authenticity.” As certification of the vote nears, it’s not clear if White will challenge the results. On the night of the special election, White said he would definitively lodge a challenge but when reached on Saturday, May 9, he seemed unsure. He said he and his team were in the process of sorting through everything and would meet in the next few days to decide their next steps. “Most likely we will challenge. The Board of Elections is trying to backtracking on a recount,” a visibly exhausted White said. “We’re regrouping right now. Everything’s still fresh. Whatever happens, we’re going to stay on the frontlines continuing to work for the people.” White Campaign Chair Wanda Lockridge agreed. “We haven’t had conversation. At some point, we all have to come together,” she said. “It felt really good with where we ended up, where we are. I don’t think we lost.” “We’ll take a couple of weeks, see where things stand. It’s clear people believe in Trayon, see his passion. Our success is because we did grassroots campaigning but in the end, only one person can win. In order for the ward to move forward, we have to come together as one. That is the bigger picture.”WI

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Online Directory Highlights Black-Owned Businesses By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins For entrepreneur Vernon Davis, exposing D.C. metropolitan area consumers to the bevy of blackowned businesses in the region and beyond has become a revolutionary act. In fact, he believes it could ultimately bring about political change for those disillusioned with the current state of affairs in the U.S. “Many of the laws against us have financial backing so if we are to change the laws, we have to support black businesses,” Davis said. On BlkTown.com, a website Davis created to connect shoppers and business owners of color, visitors can purchase items that meet their everyday needs. The online platform features food and beverages, natural hair moisturizers, Afrocentric art, toiletries, clothing and jewelry. Since its inception last March, BlkTown.com has shown more than 500 products. Users will experience a sleek interface with premier products, local businesses and online services arranged in an easily accessible manner. There’s even an interactive map to pinpoint stores in web viewers’ areas and up-to-date customers reviews. Davis said he has the iPhone and android apps, both designed by a black-owned application development company, currently in the works. “Whoever you give your money to, you give your power. By redirecting people to small businesses

and friends and family who look like us, more jobs can be created in the community. As income increases, the dollars recirculate. The revenue will build the agenda. It can get the laws changed,” said Davis, 31, a Northeast resident. With a growing disdain for corporations, an opportunity has ripened for black magnates to gain a fellowship. More than 2 million black-owned businesses operate in the U.S., with the District accounting for the highest proportion of business owners of color, according to data compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau. In recent decades, black people have pursued a host of industries including auto repair shops, restaurants, salons, advertising agencies and consulting firms. However, generating and maintaining high profits remains a huge undertaking, even with a more than $1 trillion buying power among African Americans. Black people contribute less than two percent of their dollars to local businesses owned by people of color. Entrepreneurs of color also face a tough road in launching their ventures, facing a greater likelihood of being denied credit and paying high interest rates than their counterparts. Davis said that seeing these situations unfold with some of his friends inspired the idea for BlkTown.com. Beyond generating dollars for black-owned businesses, he said that a change in buying habits among black people could make waves, as seen during the Black Friday boycott of major stores last year that caused an 11

percent decline in holiday season revenue. “I’ve come to realize that many black entrepreneurs often lack capital and exposure,” Davis said. “I like seeing our people succeed. I’ve taken finance and economics classes. I try telling people that we’re the only community that participates in marches when things happen. To make the real change, we have to put our money in the right places. I keep trying to push this into people’s heads.” Designer and business owner Cecily Habimana has taken Davis’ words to heart. Since launching Simply Cecily, an African attire clothing line for women in 2012, she has been on a mission to feed her customers’ desires to represent the Motherland through fashion. Habimana’s offerings include sun dresses and maxi skirts with West African print. She said that posting her materials on BlkTown.com has allowed her to expand her audience and practice cooperative economics, a principle of Kwanzaa. “Our relationship is mutual. They’re building their following and we’re promoting our business,” Habimana, 33, said. ”As an entrepreneur, I’m always looking for ways to collaborate with other businesses so that we can work smarter. BlkTown.com is one way to do that. As the website grows, it can better help black businesses grow.” “While I’ve always known about cooperative economics, I really know now that it makes a difference when I buy something from a black business,” said Habimana, a

Local entrepreneur Vernon Davis launched BlkTown.com in March 2015 as part of an effort to connect consumers of color to black businesses and services. / Courtesy photo

Hyattsville, Maryland resident. The mission and vision of BlkTown.com has also found a believer in Chris Clayton, CEO of CHRiS CARDi Inc. House of Design, a locally-headquartered clothing apparel company. Clayton and three colleagues manage the day-to-day affairs of the small business which often includes updating the website and hosting pop-up shops. He said his relationship with BlkTown.com, which started in January, can give his venture the push it needs to eventually sell wholesale items and

open a brick-and-mortar location on the H Street corridor. “[Vernon and his colleagues] purchased items from us just to show their support,” said Clayton, 35. “I think back to the Harlem Renaissance and all-black communities like Rosewood [in Florida] where black businesses thrived. We can do that today if we just focus on ourselves and build our culture back to what it used to be. One day, I too can provide job opportunities,” said Clayton, a Northeast resident. WI

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created a display in the lobby of the DCPS Central Office for the NoMa Lobby Project. The project, known as “Identity Corral,” examines the construction of identity in the context of school pride. The work challenges students to investigate 75 years of school heritage, visual identity and stereotypes, both internal and imposed. Students utilized multiple media including graphic design, digital photography, painting, and found objects to develop a capsule collection of clothing that speaks true to current students and alumni. In the “making” of imagery and in “branding” of oneself, students are empowered and their inner voices are expressed. Teacher Appreciation During the recent “Teacher Appreciation Week” celebration (May 4-8), school officials surprised five teachers at Noyes Education Campus in Northeast with gifts for their hard work and dedication to the education of D.C.’s youth. Mayor Muriel

Bowser said it was a pleasure to thank teachers like Russell Holmes who has worked for 10 years in the DCPS system. “Each lesson planned and each student taught makes a positive and lasting difference in our city,” Bowser said. After-School Enrollment School officials have spent the past several months planning their budget and programs for the academic year 20152016. Although there has been some confusion surrounding how afterschool programs were budgeted, families can remain confident that students will still be able to participate in the programs they’ve enjoyed in the past. Afterschool online enrollment for several schools will start Tuesday, May 26. The programs, which will run until 6 p.m. each school day, will be supported by the “Out-of-School Time Programs” team and community-based organizations. WI

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DCBIA award Jair Lynch (l-r), Russ Ramsey, Denise Rolark Barnes and Rosie Allen-Herring, after the Community Partnership Award, on Tuesday, May, 5 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Northwest. /Photo by Roy Lewis

Building Development Industry Titans Honored By Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer @SamPKCollins Hundreds of entrepreneurs and real estate developers celebrated the achievements of their colleagues during an annual awards ceremony in a premier hotel located in the heart of a thriving D.C. neighborhood. More than 1,000 people gathered for an evening of accolades, conversation and live music at the Marriott Marquis in Mt. Vernon Square during the District of Columbia Building Industry Association (DCBIA)’s 31st annual awards dinner. On Tuesday, D.C. Water and Sewer Authority CEO and General Manager George Hawkins, developer Monty Hoffman, and the #DC2024 Olympics Bid Team received honors for their contributions to the D.C.’s economic development. “All of our honorees are unique in their own way,” said Lisa María Mallory, CEO, DCBIA. “We take George Hawkins’ work for granted but his great marketing tactics have been critical. Monty [Hoffman] has been in the business for years and when he couldn’t get loans, he created strategies and invested in the city in a grandiose way. The D.C. Olympics team brought together people from all over the city for a collective vision.” The black tie affair kicked off with a networking event that slowly segued into the awards portion of the program as guests trickled into the ballroom. For most of the night, a classical music ensemble kept sounds resonating throughout the space as D.C.’s building development elite chatted among one another. SpeThe Washington Informer

cial guests included D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, members of the D.C. Council and former D.C. Mayors Anthony Williams and Adrian Fenty, both of whom have both been credited with ushering the city into an urban renaissance. After the Rev. Michele Hagans delivered the invocation, Sean Cahill, president of DCBIA’s board of directors, reflected on D.C.’s growth into a thriving urban center before announcing a partnership between DCBIA and the Georgetown School of Continuing Studies in Northwest that will allow a local student to enroll in the professional studies in real estate graduate program free of charge. “[DCBIA] is focused on increasing our advocacy and education efforts for our city that will attract new talent to our industry,” Cahill told the audience. “This is a great time to be in D.C. Our economy is growing. We have new leadership and new faces in the D.C. Council. Our basketball and hockey teams are in the playoffs. This is a spectacular evening for the building industry. Our honorees have placed a spotlight on the city.” D.C.’s growth into a first-class city remained a topic of discussion throughout much of the evening. The #DC2024 Olympic Bid Team received the Community Partnership award and the Public Sector award went to Hawkins. Upon accepting his Private Sector award, Hoffman, a 22year building industry veteran, recounted his initial foray into real estate and the lessons he learned since then. He later pledged to continue the revitalization in the area – a mission he’s currently carrying out with an ongoing de-

velopment project on the Southwest waterfront. “The District was different [in 1993] and it was a difficult time to start a company back then. I went to bank after back for a loan on what I call my rejection tour,” said Hoffman, chief executive of PN Hoffman, a Northwest-based real estate development company. “Someone finally gave us a loan and since then we have been working day and night,” he said. “The millennials are shaping the market. It’s an exciting time and I love being with this community. My passion has always been working with talented people. I owe it to those executives to give them recognition too.” DCBIA represents the District’s commercial and residential real estate industries with a membership of thousands of real estate professionals who come from nearly 500 companies and organizations. Members directly participate in discussions about investment and economic development, housing development, tax reform and retail business expansion. The annual award dinner counts as DCBIA’s largest fundraising event. “This event has always been about exposure to projects, people and different key players in the city and I enjoy attending because there’s a lot to celebrate,” said Michael Durso, manager of economic development at WGL Holdings, based in Northwest. “I was here when there were 30 to 40 fewer tables. The fact that more than 1,000 guests are here tonight speaks to how much the market is thriving. The honorees are big game changers and it’s important that people understand this,” Durso added. WI

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to hold down the fort with her two children, Marvin Keith and Melissa Alice, by her side. And she said that two songs that are often sung at her beloved New Bethel Baptist where she still holds a seat in the choir, continue to give her strength. “Two songs have special meaning to me: ‘Great is Thy Faithfulness’ and ‘God Will Take Care of You,’” she said. My mother sang those songs to us when we were children. They have been my testimony. We are going to be fine. Walter’s going to be fine. I just know it.” WI

One-on-One with Dorothy Fauntroy Wife of Former Congressman Remains Prayerful By D. Kevin McNeir WI Managing Editor Many friends and colleagues of Walter Fauntroy – the 82-year-old former pastor and one-time delegate to the U.S. Congress – have voiced concerns over his whereabouts and his health following an extended absence to parts unknown. And while his wife, Dorothy, 80, says she obviously longs for the man she married in 1957 to return to their cozy home in Northwest, she isn’t worried. “I last spoke to Walter in February and he sounded like his old self,” said Mrs. Fauntroy, who met her husband when they were both students at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia. “He’s been an activist for as long as I can remember and he’s always had a plan – I’m confident that wherever he is now, he has a plan and he knows what he’s doing,” she said. “When I look back over my life, I can recall many times that God took care of me and answered my prayers, So, I’m not worried. I’m used to Walter being away, doing work for the

church, for his community, for the movement. Years ago I accepted the role of his helpmate and my job is to maintain our home and support our family until he comes back,” said Mrs. Fauntroy while sitting among photographs and memorabilia in their home that they purchased in the District and in which they have resided since 1962. “I have given this to the Lord as I have always done. God brought me through a battle with cancer and surgery, twice. He’s been there when I was in a near-fatal automobile accident. I could go on and one. God has been in the midst of all of the tragedies that my family and I have faced. He’s still with us. And he’s taking care of Walter,” she said with conviction. Since President Barack Obama’s election, all eyes have been on his wife, Michelle, who has been scrutinized, dissected and often criticized for how she has played her role as the first lady – the first black woman to hold that position in our nation’s history. But Dorothy Fauntroy said she understand all too well the challenges of being a “first lady.”

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“When Walter was working on The Hill, I had to support him, stand beside him and be the hostess when people came to our home to visit,” she said. “Many times when he a Congressman I had to represent him at church. They wanted the pastor – but I was there.” “Dr. King sat right here in this living room talking about what was needed to bring about equal rights and justice for our people. Walter loved Dr. King. He helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, founded the Free South Africa movement and pastored New Bethel Baptist Church for almost 50 years (he retired in 2009). When we moved to D.C., he was 29, I was 24 – we were so green. But we learned. And I soon realized that if we were going to stay together, I had better get used to being the first lady. It’s a role that I have grown to love. I love being with people.” Fauntroy has been traveling throughout Africa and Dubai for years, and there have often been periods when he had little contact with his wife, family and friends, said his attorney Johnny Barnes. But with his extended The Washington Informer

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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY EDUCATION BRIEFS Compiled by Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer ‘Scholar of the Week’ Tania Henry, a senior at Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland, has been named a ‘Scholar of the Week.” Tania, who has a 4.16 grade point average, excels in several advanced placement courses that include language and arts, psychology, history, and English. Her extracurricular activities include participation in Potomac’s Math, Science and Engineering Club, captain of the Volleyball team as well as manager for the Boys Varsity Basketball team. Tania has helped to deliver care packages to homeless shelters, volunteered to rake leaves at different locations in the community and has participated in the clean-up green up initiative. She holds a yellow belt in Tae Kwan Do and loves to draw, sing and dance. Tania, who has been accepted to Towson University, Morgan State University, Hampton University and University of Maryland College Park, will attend the latter with a double major in finance and accounting.

Celebrating ‘Vals’ and ‘Sals’ School officials hosted a celebration on Monday, May 11 at Camelot by Martin’s in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, in recognition of the outstanding academic achievements of the Class of 2015’s valedictorians and salutatorians. The High Point High School steel drum band provided the evening’s entertainment, with Dave Zahren, serving as Master of Ceremonies. County Executive Rushern Baker, III and Board of Education Vice-Chair Carolyn Boston listed among the speakers. ‘Destination Imagination’ Students Advance From the more than 450 students engaged in the “Destination ImagiNation Creative Problem Solving” competition held earlier this spring at Charles H. Flowers High School, 31 teams advanced on April 18 from the state tournament, to the Destination ImagiNation Global finals slated for May 21-24 at the University of Tennessee. The teams had worked nearly a year to prepare for both the re-

Tania Henry has a 4.16 grade point average. / Photo courtesy PGCPS

gional and state tournaments. “Our students will be demonstrating the highest levels of creativity and problem solving,” said Theresa Jackson, PGCPS Supervisor of Talented and Gifted Programs. “This competition is a perfect example of 21st Century skills in action.”

“Destination ImagiNation” is a student-centered, technology friendly, international organization for students from kindergarten through college. The program emphasizes creativity, teamwork, and problem solving, with students participating in a Central Challenge using art, technology, performance and real-world relevance to solve challenges. Schools Earn Green Certification For the first time this year, 19 of the county’s public schools earned Maryland Green School certification and five others had their “green school” status recertified. The number of new certifications, which has been described

as “unprecedented,” raises the school system’s total number of green schools to 37. “I am very proud of the tremendous growth in our number of new green schools,” said Schools CEO Kevin Maxwell. “These schools serve as models for environmental awareness, management, and education in our communities, and encourage students to be lifelong environmental stewards.” All newly-certified and recertified schools and centers will be honored May 29 during the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education Youth Summit at Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis, Maryland.WI

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Rushern “Rush” Baker, IV, 37, the son of Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, III, took another step toward establishing himself as an American painter of high regard with a recent exhibition of his works. The new art installation took place on Friday, May 8 at the Honfleur Gallery in Anacostia, Southeast. The degradation of urban environments and political unrest serve as some of the highlights of Baker’s work. His abstract expressionism has been influenced by the writings of Octavia Butler, the New York School and Russian Constructivism as well as Black abstraction.

In describing his work, Esquire’s Courtney D. Glass said, “These myriad ideas shape Baker’s studio practice, characterized by a sense of lawlessness similar to that of the subjects that fascinate him. His paintings mix traditional media with building materials in complex compositions that evoke landscapes, real and feared.” Glass goes on to explain Baker’s unique style. “Rush Baker is a painter balancing his time between the studio, as Gallery Manager at the Maryland National Park and Planning Commission, as a Prince George’s County Demo-

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Julia Wright (Rush Baker’s fiancée) (l-r), Rushern L. Baker, III, Prince George’s County Executive, Rush Baker and Chresta Beverly(Baker) celebrate the evening / Photos by Robert Roberts

cratic Central Committee Member and as a long-time arts educator.” Baker has exhibited his work both nationally and internationally, including solo shows at

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Our federal government is the biggest consumer of supplies and services in the world. Its procurement laws are immense and require a lot of policing and updating. Within that system, Congress has the responsibility of ensuring that these laws are just and enforced. However, our courts are filled with cases of abuse, collusion and bribery. Right now, in the telecom industry our Congress is investigating the possibility of such a case. Spectrum is the electro-magnetic system of sending airwaves through the air and into televisions and computer screens. This is the lifeblood of the industry. It is vital that each company in this industry has ample stock of Spectrum. As the outdated analog televisions are closing down, Spectrum becomes available for broadband use and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) holds auctions to sell it to the highest bidders. As a means to make way for small businesses, including minority and women-owned firms, the federal government will sometimes provide set-asides or preferences to such firms so that they can compete against much larger corporations. If properly administered, this can be successful and provide new jobs and revenue in communities that are underserved and disadvantaged. But sometimes things go wrong via greedy “robber baron’s” activities and collusion. Right now, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is looking at activity that occurred during Spectrum Auction 97. There were two competing “Very Small Businesses” in the competition: Northstar Wireless and SNR. It turns out that the majority of their ownership actually belongs to the DISH Network, a $32 billion giant in the telecom business. Thus, in reality these two aforementioned firms did not belong in this competition as very small businesses. By being in that category they would receive a discounted cost of 25 percent on any bids they would win. So here goes the alleged scheme. DISH would fiercely enter into each bid, all the while Northstar and SNR were also in

By Harry C. Alford it. As the bidding whittled down the competitors, there would be only three left – DISH, Northstar and SNR. At that time, DISH would suddenly withdraw and either of the other two would win the bid. In essence, DISH was steering who would win and there would also be a 25 percent discount. Besides getting the bids, DISH was getting a whopping $3.3 billion discount and 702 new licenses. Small African American firms can’t win in games like this. The following comes via a formal notice of investigation from the Senate Commerce Sub-Committee to the three subject companies: “In the end, DISH did not win a single spectrum license. Very small businesses Northstar and SNR, however, won 702 spectrum licenses, representing over 40 percent of the total licenses on auction, at a cost of $13.3 billion. As DISH owns an 85 percent ownership stake in both companies, it is no surprise that news reports on Auction 97 often cite DISH as a big winner. In addition, the 25 percent discount on the licenses to which Northstar and SNR may be entitled would amount to $3.3 billion.” The practical effect of the bidding activity of DISH, Northstar, and SNR may have been to suppress rival bidders. Many of these rival bidders were small rural wireless companies, and some of them were not even eligible for a discount under the FCC’s small business discount program. Yes, this time it looks like a real investigation is going down and those who attempted to be slick are going to pay the price. DISH and its subsidiaries may have to pay hefty fines and some of their executives may have to do some time. But yet, small firms, including minority owned firms are still out of the opportunities

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Industrial Bank Makes Dreams Come True Awards $80,000 in Grants to Five Local Businesses By D. Kevin McNeir WI Managing Editor Banks by definition are in the business of making money – primarily through carefully considered loans and investments. But one local bank has expanded its scope of services by doing the unthinkable – giving money away. About a week ago, on Thursday, May 7, Industrial Bank, the oldest and largest black-owned community bank in the metropolitan Washington region, in celebration of its 80th anniversary, awarded five grants totaling $80,000 at Radio One’s headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. The five winning businesses underwent a rigorous selection process, equating if not surpassing the kind of competition that occurs on the popular reality television show “Shark Tank.” “This has been an amazing journey for us and for our partners as the 2015 Small Business Grant Initiative unfolded. It started out as a way to mark our bank’s 80th anniversary but I don’t believe any of us knew what we were getting into,” said B. Doyle Mitchell, president and CEO at Industrial. “We wanted to help small businesses get a little bit of capital who were on the edge of moving to the next level,” he said. “But we also wanted to provide businesses with technical expertise and to help create an eco-system for for-profit companies. It’s rare when a bank grants money and with the help of our SBA (Small Business Administration) partners we’re not only making history but making a way for some highly-impressive businesses to take things to the next stage,” said Mitchell, a third-generation banker whose family has delivered essential banking and financial services throughout the Greater Washington Area since 1934. Industrial Bank partnered with area and national nonprofits and business organizations including the District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce, the US Black Chambers of Commerce, Inc., Operation HOPE, Inc., Washington Area Community Investment Fund and FSC First in order to offer the initia-

ALFORD from Page 16 that may have existed. Perhaps a class action lawsuit should be considered if it is determined that crimes were committed. That would send word out to others who might want to game the system at the expense of the

the awards ceremony and spread her own “good news.” “We’d like to give each of you $7,000 worth of air time for branding spot purposes so that you can tell your story. We want everyone to know what your businesses are doing and allow you to share what Industrial Bank, through the receipt of this grant initiative, has done for you.” “Industrial Bank is an incredible institution and they were instrumental in my own success when we

were a company made up of only one radio station. From the beginning they encouraged us. Banking is the key to the empowerment of our community – a community that has been neglected for far too long. What Doyle and his family have given to this community, the money and opportunities they’ve provided, no one else has done,” said Hughes, the first black woman to own a radio station on black talk WOL-AM almost 35 years ago. WI

B. Doyle Mitchell, mother of Brandon Byrd, Brandon Byrd and Patricia Mitchell /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

tive. Ironically, as Mitchell explained, only a handful of businesses initially applied for the grant. Then, after extending the deadline and making use of local media to spread the word about the opportunity, things heated up. “We received a total of 219 applications – 100 of those came in during the very last weekend that applicants were eligible to apply,” he said. His sister, Patricia Mitchell, who works beside her brother as Industrial Bank’s executive vice president, said as the elimination process continued, the excitement began to build. “We’re talking about free money here for folks who have some amazing ideas and are in the business of making money. The selection committee had its hands full,” she said. In the end, four businesses each received a $15,000 grant: Advance Employee Intelligence (aeicompany. com); ECORE Living, LLC (ecoreliving.com); Goodies Frozen Custard Treats (mmmgoodies.com); and Union Kitchen (unionkitchen.com). Some readers may have seen the founder of Goodies on street corners or at festivals throughout the DMV – or at least his customized van out of which he and one other employee lead a two-man operation – rain or shine. “We’re the only frozen custard truck in the area and with our vintage truck (a 1952 Metro van) who I’ve named Gigi, we’re pretty easy to spot,” said Brandon Byrd, 36, an Alabama native who now resides in Fort Washington, Maryland.

“We make our frozen custard and treats daily from scratch – when we sell out we start again the next day. And the truck is a throwback to yesteryear. The grant will allow me to keep the fire hot, to bring on young, aspiring entrepreneurs – high school kids – and to complete the process of restoring a second van, Rudy, so we can put him curbside like Gigi and provide more service to people in D.C., Maryland and Virginia,” said Byrd, who launched his company in 2012. The grand prize, a $20,000 grant, went to The Wealth Factory (thewealthfactory.com), led by Angel Rich who founded her company in 2013 where she serves as the CEO. The recent Hampton University Honors College marketing graduate has developed a series of financial literacy and workforce development edtech games that target youth in low-income environments. Rich has promised to sit down with The Washington Informer in the very near future to share her story. But suffice to say, she’s already made quite a name for herself including garnering the support of leaders from the U.S. Department of Education and the endorsement of the March of Dimes and the DC Chamber of Commerce. The five winning businesses received an added bonus – one that even surprised the Mitchells and their Industrial Bank employees. Cathy Hughes, the founder and chairperson of Radio One, Inc., founded incidentally, in the District, attended

pure-at-heart. While the investigation proceeds, Congress should move the small business programs at the FCC to the responsibility of the Small Business Administration. The SBA is more equipped to police this and also deliver the full intent of Congress, which is to invigorate small business with

revenue and jobs. We must learn to stop playing these games!!!WI

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Briscoe Foundation Kick off By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer@bsalmondc Four years ago, Ralphael Briscoe happened to be walking in an apartment complex on Elvans Road, SE when a black, unmarked SUV slid up. Briscoe, on the cell phone with a friend continued walking. Two plainclothes cops confronted him and Briscoe ran. After taking off at a full sprint, the vehicle caught up with Briscoe and the occupant in the passenger’s seat fired two shots which hit Briscoe in the back and buttocks. One of the people in the SUV then tossed a BB gun out near where Briscoe had fallen. Briscoe, 18, later died of his injuries at the Washington Hospital Center. The entire incident on the afternoon of April 26, 2011 was caught on a video camera attached to a telephone pole, with footage of one officer throwing the BB gun out the window, but even that evidence wasn’t enough to convince a majority-white jury in the District of Columbia in February that the officers involved should be charged with Briscoe’s murder. On May 9, dozens of Briscoe’s family, friends and supporters gathered at the field where the young man was slain to kick off the Ralphael T. Briscoe Foundation. The festive nature of the event belies the grief Briscoe’s family and friends have endured. Briscoe’s mother, Bridzette Lane, said the organization will bring attention to cases like her son’s and provide scholarships and assistance to children and youth. “I want to thank everyone who came out to celebrate the life of Ralphael. It’s been a long four years but I’m not done. Everyone out here, I need your help to get justice for Ralphael,” said a visibly moved Lane talking about her only male child. “We will have events and rallies until they hear us.” Lane’s pastor, Bishop Adrian Taylor, said he’s outraged at what happened to a young man he considered his son in what he characterized as “a sophisticated driveby.” “His life was cut short by those paid to protect us,” he told the crowd. “We have a group of people banded together saying we’re not going to take it. We’re not going to be silent as black boys are shot down like cattle.” Social Activist Salim Adofo, vice president of the National Black United Front, reminded guests, including Ward 8 council race runner up Trayon White, that Briscoe’s

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Ralph Briscoe and Bridzette Lane, parents of Ralphael Briscoe, address the gathering on Elvans Road SE to celebrate the start of the Ralphael Briscoe Foundation Sat., May 9. /Photo by Nancy Shia

murder didn’t happen in a vacuum, citing the upsurge in protests and demonstrations in Ferguson, Baltimore and elsewhere. Before the event began, a number of children along a section of Elvans Road carrying placards demanding justice for Briscoe. After several speakers offered remarks, the crowd of about 60 people ate food provided by Ben’s Chili Bowl and other caterers, listened to GoGo and R&B and chatted with each other under the hot sun. Lane said she sued the Metropolitan Police Department and Officer Chad Leo in the civil case heard before a judge and jury during a twoweek trial in early February. “I really expected justice to be done,” said Lane shaking her head. “We have appealed the verdict and our lawyer will send the video to the Department of Justice.” Ralph Briscoe, Ralphael’s father and a chef by trade, said his son’s murder is every parent’s worst nightmare. “It’s been a journey. My strong faith in God first and foremost is why I’m here,” Briscoe said softly. “When it comes to mourning for a child, it’s an open wound. Anyone who said time heals all wounds is lying. I have to deal with it on a dayto-day basis.” “When I heard the verdict, I lost it. It was as if they had killed Ralphael all over again. I don’t appreciate the blatant disregard for justice and I have no faith in the system. This wasn’t a jury of my peers. Not one jury member came forward to make a statement. That’s alright though; we’ll get justice and work to ensure that no one else experiences this tragedy.” The family’s attorney Billy Ponds said the verdict stunned him as well. “This was an incredibly strong case. The videotape is unequivocal that when he turned down

the path, he never turned toward the officers. The video and cops depict that,” said Ponds, who has practiced law for 31 years. “The officer tossed an object out of the passenger-side window and the grip broke when it hit the ground. I think people have a hard time punishing police for the things they do in economically-challenged neighborhoods, particularly when the officer is white.” “Studies indicate that juries show bias towards white officers.” Ponds, who taught at Georgetown University for eight years, said the only reasonable conclusion for the verdict rendered by the jury is racial bias. “Certain whites don’t value the lives of African Americans, particularly when it (involves) a white cop. I hope this will change. We will use every available avenue to find justice. I won’t stop until I take my last breath.” Ponds, a Georgetown resident, said there were a number of irregularities by the police in the case. For example, MPD didn’t turn over all the documents in the case supposedly because of a glitch in their computer system; they turned over a fingerprint report a week before trial; Briscoe’s fingerprints were not on the gun; and the four officers were forced to adjust their reports when the contents of the video were revealed. And at the scene, Ponds said, the cops moved Briscoe closer to the BB gun. And one of the officers wore thick gloves on what was a very hot day. “This is not an isolated incident,” Ponds said. “Think of all we haven’t seen. It’s sad because for the past 20 years, people would tell me (about instances like this) and it would be difficult for me to believe. I hope people see the videotape and realize what’s going on.”WI

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Bowser Names Director of Technology Innovation

ing domestically and abroad. He’s worked in civil sector technology consulting, web development, and information security. The announcement came as part of innoMAYtion, a monthlong initiative launched by Mayor Bowser last this week to highlight innovative programs that spur

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Mayor Muriel Bowser recently named Matt Bailey, User Experience Manager for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as the District’s first Director of Technology Innovation for the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). “The District of Columbia is answering the call to create innovative solutions to address the challenges we face as a city. Director Bailey will use technology to improve the way we work and serve residents – delivering better access and transparency across District government. His work will be critical in our efforts to expand opportunity and create more pathways to the middle class,” Bowser said. In his new role, Bailey will help connect D.C. government with the innovation economy and the civic technology community. His focus areas will include closing the innovation gap, using technology to stimulate job creation, and improving access to innovative solutions to serve the District’s most overlooked communities. Bailey’s selection came after a long-term search for an innovation leader who could use technology as a platform to engage citizens, create transparency, and broaden access to District Government. He is scheduled to begin his new role on Monday, May 11, 2015. “Innovation isn’t just about creating the latest app or deploying the newest technology. Innovation is about improving how we live and making government more accessible and accountable to residents. I look forward to working with Mayor Bowser to make the District of Columbia a better place, defined by its responsiveness and its collaborative spirit,” Bailey said. Bailey is also a co-founder of Code for DC, an all-volunteer organization that builds technology to help to improve the lives of District residents. Prior to that, he was the chief technology officer for Citizen Effect, a non-profit that paired a kick starter-like fundraising platform with community organizing and skill-build-

job creation, engage residents and position the District as an innovation hub. Bailey received his B.A. in English from Gonzaga University in 2004 and Masters of Arts in English from Georgetown University in 2011. He lives in Ward 2. WI

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Dreaming, Believing in Prostate Cancer Cure By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Robert Ginyard doesn’t have a cure for cancer nor does he have a concrete solution for preventing the dreaded disease. However, the entrepreneur and prostate cancer survivor has been quite successful in providing a crucial tool for those who are recovering from serious illnesses, setbacks and whatever else might be a source of chagrin. “My message is that you really shouldn’t have to face something like cancer or something catastrophic for you to go after your dreams,” said Ginyard, the creator of DiBi DiBi Nation, an awareness campaign that encourages all to live out their dreams. DiBi DiBi stands for “Dream it. Believe it. Do it. Be it,” Gin-

yard said, noting that it’s a model he developed about one year after the radiation treatment he received. He said he made a vow to God that he would live up to his dreams of not only being successful but helping others to achieve or at least reach out for their long held desires. “A year had passed since the radiation treatment and I couldn’t sleep because I didn’t fulfill the promise,” he said. “So, this is really about second chances and to really not take one day for granted.” “One of the things I try not to do is to be a motivational speaker where I’m trying to lift people up for the moment,” Ginyard added. “My goal is to inspire all to reach within themselves to come up with their own stories and when they leave my speaking

engagement they can draw on their own experiences and search within their own soul.” Applying the DiBi DiBi concept to his own life, Ginyard said he’s now fulfilled his pledge and has become a prostate cancer advocate, appearing before Congress and the Senate Appropriations Committee where he’s shared his story. He’s advocated for increased funding for prostate cancer research and has been featured on ABC News and The Michael Eric Dyson Show and in both The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Ginyard also serves as a board member and spokesman for ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer, a non-profit based in Alexandria, Virginia. At Zero, officials have noted that prostate cancer is the

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second leading cause of death in African-American men but funding for research lags considerably behind other illnesses like breast cancer. Further, statistics reveal that black men are more than twice as likely as white men to die of prostate cancer and African-American men are 60 percent more likely than white men to be diagnosed with the disease. However, nearly 100 percent of black men diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer are still alive five years after diagnosis. “When I’m talking to folks at board meetings, they [understand] that DiBi DiBi is universal,” Ginyard said. “Whether you are in Australia, China, or Mexico, everybody can look up and say, ‘Hey, my dream is this or that.’ That’s what’s been so amazing about the campaign because it crosses all racial and ethnic lines because everybody has a dream.” Ginyard’s advocacy work primarily is geared toward helping to identify new research that could lead to a cure for prostate cancer and identify treatment

options to improve the quality of life for men living with the disease. “I know I’ve finally found my path and that is to motivate and inspire others to live their lives to the fullest and inspire others along the way,” Ginyard said. A one-time banker and director of marketing for a national trade association before launching his own tote bag business, Ginyard has also created DiBi DiBi T-shirts which individuals can purchase and wear as part of the self-proclaimed DiBi DiBi Nation. “The DiBi DiBi Nation is a group of strong, driven people and I am proud my message motivates others to pursue their dreams to bring about happiness and fulfillment in their lives and to the lives of others,” he said.WI To purchase a T-shirt or for more information about Ginyard and DiBi DiBi Nation, visit www.dibidibination.com.

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LIFESTYLE the seafaring vessel with the use of the actors’ bodies were masterful strokes of creativity. Dane Figueroa Edidi’s choreographic movement palette was invigorating, pulsating and exciting and Jabari Exum’s percussion accompaniment was just right. No credit was indicated for the brief, haunting and poignantly beautiful lullaby sung to the unborn child of Dontrelle and Erika, but it is definitely worthy of mention. I now realize that what I witnessed in part in this performance was what would be re-

ferred to in the language of the African Diaspora as, “sankofa registry”—the use of memory/ dreams by Dontrelle in his quest to explore the extent to which we must connect to our past and move forward to the future. This is definitely a show worth seeing. Bravo Anacostia Playhouse. WI “Dontrelle, Who Kissed the Sea” runs thru May 31 at the Anacostia Playhouse, 2020 Shannon Place Southeast. For tickets go to theateralliance.com or call 202-241-2539.

Scene from the new play “Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea. /Photo by C. Stanley Photography

Provocative Play Takes Center Stage in Southeast By Michael Sainte-Andress WI Contributing Writer I must confess that the thought of reviewing this latest offering of the Anacostia Playhouse was daunting, to say the least, because I was not quite sure what I had witnessed at last Saturday’s (May 9) performance. I knew it was a new work in the National New Play Network (NNPN) Rolling World Premiere series by an emerging, but promising new playwright, Nathan Alan Davis, and that it had the distinction of being directed by the inestimable Timothy Douglas. I also had a vague sense of the story (a young African-American man wants to trace his ancestry by recreating the Middle Passage voyage in the Atlantic Ocean.) What unfolded on the stage left me emotionally charged, entertained and filled with all kinds of stimulating and perplexing thoughts. This is not a linear story with a straight narrative and clearly evoked characters. It’s a fantastic tale told with bold imagery, inventive weaving of language and a healthy reliance on metaphor and symbolism as relayed by the main character, 18-year-old Dontrelle Jones, III (Justin Weaks), who has a series of vivid dreams which possibly introduce him to his paternal ancestral heritage. The images in his dreams are intriguing, disturbing and compel him to consider pursuing and exploring the actuality of their

Emotions run deep in the new play, “Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea,” now on stage in Southeast. /Photo by C. Stanley Photography

meanings. This is conveyed winningly through the use of bits of hip-hop posturing, slam-dunk poetry, choreographic and musical ritual, creative staging and dynamic performances. The first step in young Dontrelle’s quest is learning how to swim so he can tackle the sea. This brings him in contact with an attractive, slightly older lifeguard, Erika (Katie Ryan) who rescues him from a swimming pool and who he engages to teach him how to swim. Their association becomes intimate. In the meantime Dontrelle neglects his family and leads his mother, Sophia (Danielle C. Hutchinson) to fear that he’s been distracted from preparing for his full-scholarship ride to college. Eventually Erika (now carrying Dontrelle’s child) persuades her Uncle/Daddy to provide a vessel for the journey and, in what I believe is a dream se-

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quence, she and Dontrelle embark on their voyage. The actors are seamless in this work and also have individual moments. The delightfully acerbic, self-absorbed father, Dontrelle Jr. (Frank Britton); the sassy, little sister, Danielle (a beautifully resonant-voiced Sharisse Taylor); the comic relief of Robby; his deceptively supportive, steel-spined mother; his no-nonsense, but loving cousin and the entranced, devoted Erika. Then, there is Dontrelle, who is embodied by Weaks with just the right amounts of naïveté, sense of adventure and youthful bravado. Douglas shepherded the creative team through what produced an innovative, high energy and compelling evening of theatre. The creation of the swimming pool and ocean by the use of a rope and the depiction of The Washington Informer

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Thousands Marched to Save Babies Lives More than 3,600 people participated in March for Babies events in Prince George’s County and Washington, D.C. over the past two weekends. March for Babies is the nation’s oldest fundraising walk and the signature event for the March of Dimes. It honors babies born healthy and those that need help to survive and thrive. In total, walkers marched 21,600 miles at the two events and raised $635,220 support the nonprofit’s mission to prevent premature birth, birth defects and infant mortality. “With the District of Columbia and Prince George’s County being two of our chapter’s focus areas, we are encouraged to see so many people walking to help babies,” said Sandra Sanna-Buckles, the March of Dimes suburban Maryland community director. “Each is committed to giving hope to the more than 8,914 babies in Maryland and 1,203 in the District that will be born premature this year.” At March for Babies at Nationals Park, the March of Dimes National Ambassador Family the Jacksons, who traveled in from Chicago, shared Elijah’s story. Their son Elijah was born at 25 weeks of pregnancy – about 15 weeks too soon. He weighed one pound and one ounce. Initially, he was given only a 10 percent chance to survive and spent seven months in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Elijah benefitted from March of Dimes funded research to find surfactant therapy, which keeps a newborn’s lungs from collapsing. “Thanks to all those who raised money for the March of Dimes, Elijah is here today,” Elise Jackson shared. Elijah celebrated his 13th birthday on May 8, and he unselfishly asked for donations to the March

Team Nathan & Gaby at March for Babies Prince George’s County. /Photo by Michon Ware

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of Dimes for his birthday. The family helped cut the ribbon and led thousands on the walk route in D.C., which included crossing home plate and being featured on the Jumbrotron. Two Fort Washington families had a similar experience with an early birth, but unfortunately neither baby was healthy enough to survive. Together, they created “Team Nathan & Gaby” and participated in the Prince George’s County March for Babies in memory of Nathan and Gaby. “We come together to walk for our little angels as well as the other families that go through this. In addition, we believe that we can all make a difference,” said Yvonne Mukiti. “I am walking in March for Babies because no parent should endure that kind of pain.” Nearly half a million babies are born too soon each year. Pre-

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mature birth is the leading cause of death for children under the age of five and prematurity rates are the highest among the African-American community. While premature births are declining, its cause is still unknown. The March of Dimes is committed to reducing this toll by funding research to find the answers to problems that continue to threaten the health of babies. March for Babies donations fund research, education, advocacy and community programs that help women have full-term pregnancies and healthy babies. Donations are still being collected and can be mailed to: March of Dimes Maryland-National Capital Area Chapter, P.O. Box 62770, Baltimore, Maryland, 21264-2770 before June 30. To learn more about March for Babies, you can visit marchforbabies.org. WI

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Foster Father of the Year By Pat Wheeler WI Contributing Writer

It’s not hard to see why Isaac Lambert was named Foster Parent of the Year by Child and Family Services. In fact, many may want to name him “Foster Parent of the Decade” and they wouldn’t be too far off. Lambert’s two adopted sons and the many foster children he has cared for would certainly agree. In a time when there is so much negativity about African-American young men, Lambert decided he would do more than talk about it. Seven years ago, Lambert realized there was a need for strong, black role models for teenage boys in the foster care system. “I knew in my heart that this was something I wanted to do and I knew I was going to do it,” he said. Once Lambert made the commitment, he jumped in all the way. It wasn’t a hard decision to select teenage boys – one of the hardest groups to place. “I knew I wasn’t prepared to raise girls and since I travelled a lot for my job, I didn’t want a toddler, so I knew I wanted teenage boys,” Lambert said. Lambert has adopted two of the boys who first Isaac Lambert, a resident of Ward 8 was named Foster Father of the Year – Travis Riddick photo credit came into his home through the foster care system. And he is in the process of adopting a third. And while Lambert knew there were going to be challenges, nothing has discouraged him in his role as foster care dad and now just “dad” or “Pops” as the boys fondly call him. Both his adopted sons are named Ronald, but one goes by the nickname J. R. Lambert said it was just something about these two young men who came home with him. We just clicked and I knew they weren’t going to leave says Lambert. In fact, one of teenagers had grown so close to Lambert, he told him, “I’m not leaving; I don’t care what you do.” In addition to his two adopted sons, Lambert has fostered more than 14 teenage boys. Currently, he is fostering two teenagers, 14 and 16. He says they all come to him believing they are grown and that no one can tell them what to do. “They think they don’t need parenting and one of the hardest things to do is to get them to understand that they do need parenting,” Lambert said. It is easy to see why these teenage boys take to Lambert’s parenting. “I never call them foster kids, I call them my sons,” he said. He said it is important for these young men to have a male authority figure in their lives, but he believes what they need most is love. “I just love being a father,” he said. “I enjoy hanging out with my sons, going to games and I enjoy the nurturing aspect.” Teenage boys eat a lot and they dirty up a lot of clothes said Lambert, as he lists just a few of the things he had to get used to. Lambert is a single dad and while being a single dad can be quite time consuming, he is fortunate that he can work from home several days a week. He goes to all his sons’ football, basketball, soccer and track meets, but he states firmly that school is the boys’ main job. One of his adopted sons is now away at college and he told Lambert that if it weren’t for him, he probably would not have graduated from high school. His other son has completed two training certificates through Job Corps. Although Lambert’s mother did not raise any foster children, he remembers an aunt that always had a house full of foster kids. He admired her and decided even back then that he was going to help children just like his aunt. Lambert said he was raised by his mother to be very neat and admits that his boys aren’t the Our community AND our children need us to step forward as foster parents. neatest persons, but he refuses to clean up after them. Still, he prides himself on his cooking and says the boys love his fried chicken and macaroni and cheese. To be a foster care parent, you must complete a training program and then do 30 hours of Do it to keep our kids safe and our neighborhoods strong. training every two years. But, Lambert offers something to these teenage boys that goes way beyond training – he offers unconditional love. Register for an information session today by calling He said he has a few words of advice for anyone thinking about becoming a foster parent. “Be patient. You have to have love for someone else’s child who may come with challenges,” he said. 5 6 8 3 Lambert believes the challenges and rewards are well worth it. The Washington Informer May 14 - May 20, 2015 23 www.washingtoninformer.com

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DC Office on Aging Executive Director’s May 2015 Message By John M. Thompson, Ph.D., CPM, FAAMA Happy Older Americans Month! Here in the District of Columbia, we are happy to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Older Americans Act of 1965 as we celebrate Older Americans Month under the theme “Get into the Act.” John M. Thompson, Executive Director DCOA

Last month, I had the pleasure of presenting Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget, “Pathways to the Middle Class” for the Office on Aging. Mayor Bowser’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget submission ensures that our agency and the entire government have the necessary staff and resources to help meet the goals of the administration.

The following includes a summary of my testimony that includes plans for the agency for fiscal year 2016. To read the entire testimony, visit www.dcoa.dc.gov. First, we will improve services and supports by standardizing operations data collection and evaluations; and increase community partnerships and targeted outreach. Ensure that the Aging and Disability Resource Center becomes accredited. Second, offer extended hours at the wellness centers after evaluation of need at each location. Third, convene a Nutrition Task Force to include external stakeholders and other D.C. government agencies, to help guide the decision making process around the home delivered meals program. Fourth, partner with organizations, such as Whitman Walker and the D.C. Center for the LGBTQ Community, to increase outreach and access to services for the older LGBTQ community. The goal is to increase knowledge of legal and health programs, increase knowledge of LGBTQ specific health needs and

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demands, and increase cultural sensitivity towards LGBTQ customers with training for staff and system reforms. Improve cultural competency around HIV/AIDS by training the Senior Service Network and partnering it with the Department of Health and others to assist seniors living the HIV. Fifth, establish a hydration campaign for seniors. Chronic dehydration is a frequent cause of hospitalization of older adults and one of the ten most frequent diagnoses responsible for hospitalization in the United-States. It can cause confusion and other symptoms that may resemble Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). In our efforts to improve nutrition and increase awareness around ADRD, DCOA plans to partner with D.C. Water to promote consumption of tap water. This partnership will not only impact health outcomes, but will improve environmental and economic outcomes as well. Drinking tap water over bottled water decreases waste (only 25% of plastic bottles are recycled) and saves residents money (bottled water costs $1,000 per 1,000 gallons vs. tap water that costs $10 per 1,000 gallons).1 Sixth, establish partnerships to educate seniors, caregivers, and the public on the prevention and identification of financial exploitation of seniors. Finally, make DCOA a data-driven agency to demonstrate the impact DCOA services and supports have on older adults, people

Dear CSFP/Grocery Plus Participant, The CSFP office at Congress Heights will permanently close on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. You have been automatically reassigned to our East Capitol location located at 5601 East Capitol St SE. You should plan to begin picking up your monthly food packages at this location starting on Friday, April 17, 2015. Here is the address of our East Capitol Location. This is your new food package pick up location. 5601 East Capitol St SE Washington, DC 20019 This location is connected to the old Shadd Elementary school, on the corner of East Capitol St SE & 55th St SE. Look for the Capital Area Food Bank sign. Hours of distribution: Monday, 9:00am to 1:00pm Tuesday - Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm Public transit information: Our East Capitol location is located on the Blue & Silver metro lines, between the Benning Road Metro Station and Capitol Heights Metro Station, and along the 96 and 97 bus lines. If you are physically unable to make it to our East Capitol location please contact us at 202-644-9880. We apologize for the inconvenience, and look forward to seeing you at our East Capitol location in the future.

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Staying True To Our Commitments. With construction well underway, MGM National Harbor is committed to hiring local and minority-owned businesses. Our first County report demonstrates we exceeded our project goals in minority hiring categories for work in 2014. 31% Minority Business Enterprise participation, exceeding the 30% project goal 16% County-based Minority Business Enterprise participation, exceeding the 12% project goal These outstanding results reflect the historic commitment to diversity and inclusion that are cornerstones of the corporate mission of MGM Resorts InternationalÂŽ. And weâ€™re just getting started.

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The District Department of the Environment recently released its latest spending report for the Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection Fund.

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EDITORIAL Helping Hands at Howard University The recent decision by Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick to solicit the financial assistance of Howard University alumni to help prospective graduates is one we applaud. In early April, Frederick chose a unique way to ease the pressure on 180 seniors poised to graduate this past weekend, but burdened with outstanding bills. They owed anywhere from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars and overall, school officials said, the group owed $380,000. The students amassed these large bills because of flexible billing and payment plans Howard offers which have allowed students who otherwise wouldn’t be able to, to complete their studies. At Howard, when the collegians’ academic work is completed but they have outstanding debts, they will not be able to procure their diplomas, transcripts or caps and gowns for the commencement exercise. Graduates of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are known to not give back to their alma maters in the size and volume of other institutions of higher learning, but that didn’t deter Frederick from reaching out anyway. He sent an e-mail to thousands of alumni and they’ve responded in a laudable manner, opening their wallets and checkbooks to help young people also bound by their ties to the Bison family. His e-mail outlined two dozen student cases detailing each student’s financial straits. Although their names were withheld, Frederick shared vital student information: majors, hometowns, grades and how much they owed, so as to give donors a real picture of the situation each prospective grad faced. Those students who’ve benefitted from the largesse of Howard alums are understandably ecstatic about being relieved of the yokes that sat around their necks. We hope that when they’re safely ensconced in their jobs, and are more financially secure, they’ll not soon forget what Frederick and Howard alumni did for them. Our hope is that these newly-minted graduates will pay forward the gift they received in ways that transform Howard University, other HBCUs or the varied organizations and individuals with whom they chose to engage.

Of Body Cams and Transparency For the last two to three years, cell phone cameras and other devices have begun to transform the terrain on which police officers deal with people of color in this country. The preludes to, and subsequent police-involved deaths of, unarmed individuals like Eric Garner, “Africa,” Oscar Grant, John Crawford, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray and D.C.’s Ralpheal Briscoe were caught on camera. But for all the other cases of police harassment, brutality and shootings that occurred out of the public eye, one answer, many seeking police reform believe, is to equip police officers with body cameras. The Metropolitan Police Department started a pilot program during the Gray administration and plans to expand the use of body cameras. But the position held by Mayor Muriel Bowser and Chief Cathy Lanier against releasing footage from body cams to the media and general public has raised concerns, heated discussions and infused rancorous debate with local lawmakers. They each have cited the cost, time to redact footage before release and deciding what’s appropriate for public viewing as reasons to shield footage from the public but we believe there should be more discussion on the issues before the DC Council grants Bowser blanket permission to prevent the public from viewing body cam footage. David Goldberg of the DC Open Government Coalition has it right with the organization’s belief that there are ways to balance the interests of law enforcement, personal privacy and transparency in government. As Goldberg said in a letter to the Council, a full exemption covering all videos makes the least sense. “Police departments around the country are introducing body cameras as a response to complaints from the public about abusive and illegal actions by police officers, and calls for more oversight of law enforcement. Routine use of body cameras will engender public trust. But D.C. residents will remain suspicious of law enforcement if a blanket exemption denies them meaningful oversight of police actions in their neighborhoods. The public perception that (MPD) will release videos when it casts officers in a good light, but withhold videos that are embarrassing or reveal misconduct, will negate the goal of restoring public confidence in the MPD. A full exemption of the type being proposed will limit, if not defeat, a major purpose of the body camera program.”

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Dear Editor, The Washington DC sports scene in on fire! I would like to take this opportunity to send out a “Way to Go!” to the Wizards and Capitals, who are in the playoffs, and the Nationals who are finally starting to play baseball the way everybody predicted. When we have winning teams in DC everybody feels good. Strangers talk to strangers; they are giving high fives to each other and cheering together. I mean, it really feels like we are actually one DC. Winning sports teams make us tend to forget all of our political and social differences and cheer, united, for our home teams. The Washington Wizards are really playing great basketball in the playoffs. They swept the Toronto Raptors, and are now taking it to the Atlanta Hawks. The Washington Capitals need just one more win to make it to the conference finals; I wish them the best, and “Go CAPS!” Lawrence Walker Washington, DC Dear Washington Informer, wI wholeheartedly agree with the opinions expressed in the article “Black Lives Matter When?”

[Stacy M. Brown} in your latest issue. For years, it has appeared to me that black-on-black crime has been disproportionately high when compared to crime in general in this city. As the writer points out, no one seems to be very concerned about crimes perpetrated by blacks against blacks. However, when white people are the perpetrators, black citizens are in an uproar. Most recently, police officers are the targets of our fury for unjustified killings of black men and women. Why do we seem to commit crimes against our own, and in our own neighborhoods more than on anybody anywhere else? Could it be that law enforcement has a history of treating such crimes lightly compared to black-on-white-crime? Is it because black thieves, robbers, and burglars fear less retribution if they target black people in an economically depressed part of town than if they go into an affluent predominantly white neighborhood to commit crimes. I suspect the answer to these questions is a resounding YES. Until enforcers of the law begin to demonstrate that they hold every crime, no matter where or against whom it is commit-

ted, to be heinous and worthy of prosecution to the fullest, black-on-black crime swill continue to outnumber other types. Am I blaming policemen for this situation? To a degree, yes, but much of the black-on-black crime seems to be opportunistic in nature. Knowing that they will not be pursued, and will not be harshly prosecuted if caught, criminals in and of the black community will continue to take advantage. That is why it is difficult to swallow the calls for respect for black people who are hurting and killing each other on a regular basis, and burning down hard-won employment-generating businesses in our own communities. We need to respect ourselves much more than that, so that those in positions of power can begin to take our protests seriously. And while we are protesting, lets cry out against those members of our own race who are gunning down our own people like black lives don’t matter to them at all. Jamilla West Baltimore, MD

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By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

Challenging Economic Racism in America - Part II racism is premeditated, deliberate, calculated and solely intentional. For example, housing discrimination is intentional; it is not an accident or the so-called unintended consequence of racial bias or prejudice. Millions of Black Americans are experiencing financial hardship today at a significantly higher percentage rate than other racial groups as a direct result of housing discrimination and the systematic denial of access to home ownership. From Ferguson, Missouri to New York City to North Charleston, South Carolina. to Baltimore, Maryland,

There are many different manifestations of racism in America and throughout the world. But there is not a more insidious form of racism in the United States today than “economic racism.” Some scholars on the historical etymology of the term racism have proffered that it can be both, intentional or unintentional while the results produce exactly the same terrible harm and injury to its targeted victims. But I believe, however, that economic

there continues to be a pattern of fatal police brutality. Yet, what is not sometimes focused on is the undergirding consignment to poverty and economic inequality of the Black American community that gives rise to wanton police violence and misconduct. I defined economic racism as the intentional racial discrimination against Black Americans and other people of color to prevent economic equality, justice, parity, advancement and empowerment; it is the systematic racial exclusion of Black Americans and other people of color from economic policy-making at local, state

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and national levels in both corporate and governmental entities; and, it is the economic institutionalization of racial oppression, stereotyping, and profiling coupled with the ignorance of racial prejudice and hatred. Recently, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) under the leadership of Congressman G.K. Butterfield released a national study titled, “Economic Challenges in the Black Community.” The research document was prepared last month by the Democratic staff of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. The following eight highlights of

the study substantiates the devastating impact of economic racism on Black America: One-in-three (33 percent) Blacks in their late teens and one-in-five (20.2 percent) Blacks in their early 20s are unemployed. High unemployment rates among young African Americans early in their careers can hurt their long-term employment and earning prospects. In 2010, Black men were more than six times as likely as White men to be incarcerated, and Black women were

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By William E. Spriggs

Something Hard to Understand “trade” agreement with Pacific Ocean rim nations. That is simply very hard to understand. The neo-liberal Washington consensus, from the International Monetary Fund to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, has concluded that the pressing challenge today is rising inequality in income and wealth. And, as all students of inequality understand, the U.S. – as the industrialized nation with the most extreme inequality – is at a point

Each week, another candidate throws a hat into the ring for the 2016 presidential campaign – a constant reminder that President Barack Obama is at the end of his term. Currently, the president is engaged in a high-stakes battle, twisting the arms of the Democratic Party base and pressuring his close congressional allies, like the Congressional Black Caucus, to help salvage his attempt to hammer through a multination

where inequality is retarding future growth. One reason is that inequality lowers educational attainment of too many people and the skill of a nation’s workforce is the key to economic growth. There appears to be additional reasons, including the capture of the political apparatus by corporate and conservative powers such as the Koch brothers and their nearly $1 billion campaign pledge, and the tilting of policies toward the haves at the top

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of the economic ladder to the detriment of national economic growth interests, like public investments needed for growth. History will reflect that President Obama did steer the United States free of one of the globe’s lingering problems – stagnant economies and high unemployment in many industrialized nations. He pushed for a fiscal stimulus during his first year in office, which helped the U.S. rebound more successfully from this Great Recession than other

nations, especially the Europeans, who stuck more closely to fiscal conservative notions that trapped them in austerity. History also will note that a key element of America’s inequality-access to health carehas been greatly improved by the president’s Affordable Care Act. That act has helped reduce significantly the level of post-tax and transfer inequality the U.S. would otherwise have suffered.

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By Charlene Crowell

Financial Predators Still Target Active Duty Military The men and women who wear our nation’s uniform are expected to defend our nation at home and abroad. Yet, when it comes to financial services, service members have not always been protected in return. The 2006 Military Lending Act (MLA) was enacted with broad and bipartisan support as a remedy to predatory lending that diminished military readiness. The first major step to provide fi-

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nancial protection to our armed forces was to limit interest rates and fees to no more than 36 percent rate cap for consumer credit. This rate cap initially applied to just three types of products: tax refund loans, and both payday and auto title loans. The law also prescribed limits of indebtedness for payday loans less than 90 days and auto title loans with terms less than 180 days. MLA’s specific lending prescriptions had the unexpected result of lenders changing loan terms beyond the MLA’s pro-

visions, sometimes by as little as an extra day. While technically observing the letter of the law, these profiteers exploited a lending loophole to continue entrapping active duty service members in predatory lending products. Last fall, the Department of Defense (DOD) proposed MLA broaden proposed amendments to existing regulations that would better ensure against evasive practices of predatory lending. These proposals are supported by the military comThe Washington Informer

munity, Congressional leaders, state attorneys general, as well as consumer and civil rights groups across the country. Even so, this year some members of Congress inserted into the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act a short clause that would have given predatory lenders the opportunity to prolong their exploitative practices and also delay in implementing new regulations by the Secretary of Defense. The surprise move also undermined DOD’s previous findings that predatory

lending is a threat to our national security. Fortunately, and largely through the leadership of a veteran, Illinois’ Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth offered an amendment to the proposed authorization to preserve DOD’s regulatory plans. After 18 hours of debate, enough support was gathered to remove the harmful language. A 32-30 vote by the House Armed Services Committee re-

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By George E. Curry

How Can you Tell When a Politician is Lying? How can you tell when a politician is lying? When he moves his lips. Though originally intended as a joke, the number of candidates who have declared for president has already ushered in a cascade of lies – and the situation will only grow worse as more climb aboard. Fortunately, there are at least two non-partisan fact-checking groups that try to hold politi-

cians accountable for their less than accurate assertions. One is FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania that describes itself as “a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.” The second is Politifact.com operated by the Tampa Bay Times. The 2016 political season is just opening, but as candidates open his or her mouth, what’s

leaving their lips is frequently false. Here are a few examples: Speaking on April 24, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) declared that worldwide threats “require strong American leadership, which we cannot exert as long as we eviscerate military spending, which is what we are doing now. We are placing our nation at a dangerous position.” Referring to this nation’s nuclear stockpiles, Rubio said, “We are the only nation that is not modernizing its nuclear weapons.”

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have written about before: - Cruz vowed to repeal ‘every word of Common Core,’ which he called an effort by the federal government to ‘dictate school curriculum.’ As we have said before, the standards were developed by governors and state education officials and voluntarily adopted by states, and the curriculum is set by state and local school officials. - “Cruz also warned that the Affordable Care Act puts the

Politifact’s Finding: “Rubio said that the United States ‘is not modernizing its nuclear weapons.’ Most of the experts we interviewed disputed Rubio’s statement. While the United States has reduced the number of warheads, it has also been modernizing nuclear equipment and has plans to continue to do so. We rate this claim False.” FactCheck.org said that in U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) official announcement of his run for president, he “repeated several misleading claims that we

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By Marian Wright Edelman

Criminalizing Poverty Is Big Business The recent Department of Justice report on police and court practices in Ferguson, Mo. put a much needed spotlight on how a predatory system of enforcement of minor misdemeanors and compounding fines can trap low-income people in a never-ending cycle of debt, poverty, and jail. This included outrageous fines for minor infractions such as failing to show proof of in-

surance and letting grass and weeds in a yard get too high. In one case, a woman who parked her car illegally in 2007 and couldn’t pay the initial $151 fee has since been arrested twice, spent six days in jail, paid $550 to a city court, and as of 2014 still owed the city $541 in fines, all as a result of the unpaid parking ticket. The Department of Justice found each year Ferguson set targets for the police and courts to generate more and more money from municipal fines. And Ferguson isn’t alone.

The criminalization of poverty is a growing trend in states and localities across the country. The investigation of Ferguson’s practices came after the killing of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer, and last month the practice of criminalizing poverty made headlines again after Walter Scott was killed in North Charleston, S.C. Scott was shot in the back by police officer Michael Slager on April 4 as he ran away after being pulled over for a broken taillight. Scott had already served

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“He got to the point where he felt like it defeated the purpose.” A 2009 review of county jails in South Carolina found that 1 in 8 inmates was behind bars for failure to pay child support. Rodney Scott remembered his brother trying to explain to a judge that he simply did not make enough money to pay the amount ordered by the court: “And the judge said something like, ‘That’s your problem. You figure it out.’”

time in jail for falling behind on child support, and on the day he was stopped, there was a warrant out for his arrest for falling behind again. His family believes his fear of going back to jail caused him to run. His brother told The New York Times that Walter Scott already felt trapped: “Every job he has had, he has gotten fired from because he went to jail because he was locked up for child support,” said Rodney Scott, whose brother was most recently working as a forklift operator.

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By Askia Muhammad

Why would Obama want to ‘take over’ Texas? Admittedly, there have been and are now in office some pretty wacky state governors. Louisiana famously has seen more than 400 of its elected officials convicted. One of that state’s governors – the infamous Huey “The Kingfish” Long – actually held onto his governorship for nearly a year after he won a U.S. Senate seat. Of course Virginia’s former governor and his wife were

convicted of public corruption and sentenced to jail within the last year. And for a while there seemed to be a revolving door from the Illinois governor’s mansion to the state’s “Big House” with a succession of Republican and Democratic governors of that state following their predecessors to jail. One state elected a former professional wrestler as its governor. And there’s an incumbent governor now in office in one state’s mansion that’s openly bi-sexual.

The immediate former governor of Texas humiliated himself in a debate leading up to the 2012 presidential election when he couldn’t name the three federal agencies that his platform vowed he would eliminate. But none of the goofy governors we’ve seen in this country can match current Texas Republican Greg Abbott. Abbott ordered his state’s National Guard to “monitor” federal troops who are about to conduct military training exercises in several southwest states. They’ve been

dubbed “Jade Helm 15” because the governor has succumbed to anti-President Obama, anti-federal government, right-wing conspiracy theories that the military maneuvers are really the subterfuge of a hostile military takeover of his state. “Texas is becoming a very worrisome state,” Dr. Gerald Horne, who holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, told me recently. “It’s not only the shooting

which took place in Garland, Texas where supposedly these religious zealots were attacking this hate-speech-festival sponsored by this Islamophobic group based in New York, it’s not only that, Horne said. “It’s also this episode recently where Abbott is monitoring U.S. military maneuvers that cover the state of Texas and a good deal of the Southwest because certain wacko-birds feel that President Obama is going to be over-

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University of Maryland president’s new book details his experience in civil rights marches and the recent Baltimore unrest./ Photo Courtesy of Whittier.edu

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Freeman Hrabowski Jailed With King, Understands Demonstrators By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Dr. Freeman Hrabowski has been working with inner-city youth in a variety of programs for a number of years, rarely falling short of his goal of reaching impressionable young individuals. Like many others, Hrabowski, the president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), watched with great interest the demonstrations and the protests by local residents – particularly the young – in the aftermath of the death of Freddie Gray. But, because of his work, Hrabowski was perhaps one of the few who could really lend insight into the mindsets of those who took to the streets demanding justice. “We have been working with first-time offenders, nonviolent offenders and primarily African-American males in the UMBC Choice Program,” Hrabowski said of the university’s community-based, family-centered program that offers a case management approach to delinquency prevention and youth development. The program assists youth and families through multiple services and seeks to foster resiliency in young individuals by promoting protective factors to help mitigate

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Freeman Hrabowski’s new book reveals his feelings on the Birmingham church bombings and being arrested with Martin Luther King. /Photo Courtesy of Amazon.com

risk in their daily lives. “We supervise them seven days a week and I get a chance to spend a lot of time with the children and I’ve had a lot of conversations with the staff,” he said. Hrabowski called the protests a fundamental American right and said peaceful demonstrations should always be encouraged. “When Americans show their strong belief in need for change, society usually responds,” he said. “We have to teach not just the children, but college students and oth-

ers the relationship between people expressing their views, the state of public policy and the ways that we can bring about change in [an] overall way of working with families and working within the communities,” he said. Hrabowski isn’t just talking the talk; he’s certainly walked the walk. His new book, “Holding Fast to Dreams: Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to STEM Achievement,” hit book stores this week and it details not only the importance of STEM and other The Washington Informer

education, but also the persistent marches for justice. The book, which is available on Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble. com, and other book seller websites and stores, reveals Hrabowski’s five-day stint in a Birmingham, Alabama jail at 12 years old after being arrested with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He said it was a memorable experience that he’ll hold on to forever. President of UMBC since 1992, Hrabowski was named to Time Magazine’s 2012 list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World and U.S. News & World Report recognized him as one of America’s best leaders. Hrabowski also was featured in famed director Spike Lee’s documentary, “Four Little Girls,” about the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham in 1963. “The subtitle of the book, ‘Holding fast to dreams,’ is especially germane today in that it’s empowering to youth,” Hrabowski said. “The message that I was taught as a child as I participated in the Children’s March was that we as children have the opportunity to express ourselves,” he said. “If we felt schools were not adequate or that we had hand-medown books we had the right to express our point of view. That was

our fundamental civil right and we can empower the youth today to believe that their actions and their habits and values can shape their destiny and the destiny of our society,” he said. The actions of demonstrators in the 1960s led to major public policy change, Hrabowski said, adding that, at that time, only 10 percent of Americans held college degrees including a very small amount of blacks. “Today, up to 80 percent of Americans and 20 percent of blacks have degrees. We have made much progress and it’s important to understand that the more skills one has the greater the chance they will be in a safe environment and take care of their families,” he said. As far as STEM education, which educators in just about every corner are pushing, Hrabowski said while it’s important, so are the arts and humanities. “The lesson from my book is that we want young people to be curious and willing to work and to solve problems,” he said. “We want them to be able to overcome barriers, to beat the odds and to be willing to never give up and have that resilience so that if they get knocked down, they will get right back up.”WI

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Activist Prince Rocks Baltimore Icon Mixes Politics and Pop Music By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer If Prince came to Baltimore to try and heal a fractured community, his arrival proved a tad too late. But, nothing escapes his royal highness. Like everyone else who’s followed the saga of the arrest, the subsequent death of Baltimore resident Freddie Gray and all of the unrest that filled the city, Prince knew that the area had already began to heal after state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby announced charges a week earlier against the police officers who arrested Gray. So, shortly after opening the concert – in which he’d requested everyone to wear gray presumably in honor of Gray – Prince introduced Mosby to a cheering crowd. “Those who have lost loved ones, we are your servants here tonight,” Prince told the crowd after Mosby took her seat on a couch at the side of the stage at Royal Farms Arena. “They say there’s no curfew, so I don’t know how long this is gonna go,” he said. Prince tore into his treasure trove of hits, including “Let’s Go Crazy,” “Take Me With U,” and his signature song, “Purple Rain.” No, Prince wasn’t a conquering hero, just the main act in a celebration of Mosby’s charges against six police officers in Gray’s death. Prince has mostly refrained from making any kind of political statements, at least over the past decade or so, but on Sunday, May 10, he clearly had an issue with the death of Gray and others at the hands of police. And, like his statement at the Grammy Awards earlier this year

when he noted that, “Like books and black lives, albums still matter,” Prince thrust himself into the role of activist. For the occasion, he wrote the protest song, “Baltimore,” in honor of Michael Brown, the young black man killed by Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson last year, and Gray, who died after his arrest on April 12. “You look around and the system is broken,” Prince said, even naming the one-off performance, “Rally 4 Peace.” “It’s gonna take the young people to fix it this time. We need new ideas, new life. Most of all, we need new peace. And the kind of peace I’m talking about is spelled p-i-e-c-e. Next time I come to Baltimore, I want to stay in a hotel owned by one of you.” To some, the message may have rang hollow since many residents of the riot-ravaged area where Gray lived in Baltimore, likely couldn’t afford to attend the concert because of ticket prices that sold for nearly $500 at face value. However, Prince at least temporarily, unseated folks like the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson as social activists while probably realizing that the few $22 tickets which initially got purchasers seats in the nosebleed section, would be snapped up quickly. After all, there were only a few of those available before prices climbed to more than $100 and more than $200 before taxes and fees. So, Prince enlisted rap mogul Jay Z to allow the first hour of the 2 ½ hour concert to stream free on the rapper’s new Tidal streaming service. And, then Prince offered a stunning gift: some who purchased $22

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A Familiar Tale of Family Dynamics By Eve M. Ferguson WI Contributing Writer If you are a woman who has sisters, then playwright Katori Hall’s latest work, “The Blood Quilt” will seem familiar territory to those ubiquitous experiences of sibling dynamics. The play takes an inside look into the lives of four sisters who come together every summer to quilt, carrying on not only a family tradition, but as many a family gathering goes, serving as a forum for dealing with their individual emotional baggage. Set in the Georgia Sea islands, the fictional Kwemera Island was inspired by the real Sapelo Island, which is still deeply rooted in the Geechee/Gullah culture of that part of America’s South. Using the backdrop of a Gullah house, the sisters, including the oldest Clementine (Tonye Patano), Gio (Caroline Clay), Cassan (Nikiya Mathis) and the baby sister, Amber (Meeya Davis), gather this time to quilt following the death of their mother just three

weeks prior to the reunion. Each sister assumes her own position in the hierarchy of sibling rivalry. Using the Geechee/Gullah vernacular interspersed with common English, each sister tells her story, wearing her heart on her sleeves for all the others to see. The sisters are joined by Cassan’s teenage daughter, Zambia, who brings the interests and slang of American teens, and also the identity confusion of that age group, into the forefront. The weekend reveals tragedy, past transgressions, future hopes and family heritage as each sister takes up her role in piecing together the last quilt on which their mother was working. While Clementine plays the maternal role as matriarch of the family, the women disclose their woes, laid bare during the ritual of the quilting bee. Expanding on Hall’s tendency to include the surreal or metaphysical as she did in her earlier play “The Mountaintop,” “The Blood Quilt” has instances of

magic and spirit presence which are also a closely associated aspect of Geechee/Gullah culture. Using the metaphor of a raging storm outside, not only

are the four sisters and niece trapped from leaving the home and the island, as the youngest Amber threatens, but they also purge their demons. As the sea

churns around them, so to do the plights of the sisters, culminating in a spiritual, but also literal cleansing as they all walk into the turbulent ocean holding the corners of their mother’s quilt to release it into the waters. Directed by Kamilah Forbes, with a busy, yet homey set designed by Michael Carnahan, “The Blood Quilt” gives the feeling of eaves-dropping into these four women’s lives in a house full of memories, often invoking raucous humor and compassion. The one detriment of this heart-warming play is the tendency to get a bit preachy, particularly in the dialogue of Clementine. But then, anyone who has an older sister knows that perspective certainly rings true.WI “The Blood Quilt” runs through June 7 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater’s Kreeger Theater. Post-show conversations are held on May 14 following the 8 p.m. performance and May 26 following the 7:30 p.m. performance. Visit arenastage.org for tickets and information.

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ARIES The link that you’ve established with your spiritual self will be strengthened by the people who come into your life this week. This week is a week for seriousness about a relationship. Discuss your deepest thoughts with others. They’ll understand and thank you for sharing intimate parts of yourself. Soul Affirmation: Faith keeps me calm in the storms of life. Lucky Numbers: 44, 49, 51

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It was enough to make any kid fearful for his life. It was That Look your Mama gave you – the one you got when you were acting up; the one that made you want to join the Witness Protection Program. That Look could freeze a kid on the spot forever like a statue and, though it was deadly, it rarely came with sound – except, says Ylonda Gault Caviness, a heavy sigh and “Child, Please.” Growing up, there were many things you learned by observation – one of them being a sharp knowledge of when you were approaching your mother’s last nerve. Like most kids, Ylonda Gault Caviness tried to avoid that mess; instead, she craved her Mama’s approval, though it wasn’t earned easily. And that was just the way things were. That was until Caviness had her first child. Chloe was born on a hot August day, and Mama was enormously pleased, though she’d never admit it. In the first days, she was helpful and indulgent with the new baby but, never one to filter what she said, she was constantly critical and eagerly pounced on that which she perceived was wrong. That grated on Caviness. Still, mere weeks into new-Mommyhood, Caviness was shocked when Mama announced that she was going home. Caviness felt abandoned. There were grounds for that, Caviness reasoned. Mama had never had much of a mother herself: when she was just four years old, her mother died and her father quickly gave her a stepmother who was almost straight out of a bad fairy tale. Consequently, Mama didn’t put her own children in the center of her life. She gave them the love they needed, but not that which they wanted. Some months later, Caviness had her second daughter, Trinity, an easy baby who made motherhood particularly good for Caviness and made Mama quite amused at

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TAURUS You’ve done some of your own love homework. Hopefully you’ve had an opportunity to learn a new way of seeing the world and in that way you’ve found a way of loving that is more natural for you. The combination of sexiness and joyful focus can create you a wonderful love experience. Soul Affirmation: I get joy from giving good things. Lucky Numbers: 11, 17, 37 GEMINI Share in the glory of your friend who has been recognized for outstanding work. Plan a small get-together to celebrate the occasion. Your time will come, and you will be placed on the pedestal. Your intimacy radar is sensitive. Watch out for a new romance that might come along. Expect the unexpected! You will be pleasantly surprised! Soul Affirmation: Love is easier than breathing. Lucky Numbers: 16, 30, 50 CANCER You’ve done a lot of things in life that no one has agreed with at the beginning. Finding agreement this week will be difficult, but it should not deter you from moving forward. Feeling sorry for your loneliness will discolor what you are doing. Be happy that you are alone. Soul Affirmation: I get joy from giving good things. Lucky Numbers: 2, 10, 31

the way children are raised today. Bemusement, however, didn’t change her forwardness: to Caviness’ chagrin, Mama remained frustrating. By the time baby Cole came along five years after Trinity, everything – the help-no-help, the unwanted advice, and Caviness’ exhaustion– had all come to a crash. So you say there are times when you consider asking your mother for a DNA test? And though you love your kids, you might include them, too? Before you grab the swabs, read “Child, Please.” The first thing you need to know is that author Ylonda Gault Caviness is funny. I mean, LOL funny, in a way that will make you feel like she’s been your friend since junior high. You can practically picture the conversations you’d have with her. But this book isn’t all comedy: Caviness dispenses advice and sass, yes, but she also displays a sweet amount of gratitude, understanding, and the kind of love only shared between mothers and the daughters they drive crazy. I think this is a perfect book for everyone who’s ever had a Mom or been one. It’s also great for any Mother-to-Be. If you love laugh-out-loud, cry-a-little memoirs, then “Child, Please” is worth a ‘Look.’ WI

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LEO Eternal optimist, eternity is now. Get in touch with your hopefulness and be a beacon to others. Try not to be taken in by promises made by others or promises you’ve made to yourself. Concerning your own affairs, avoid contemplating lofty subjects and seeking long ranged solutions. Soul Affirmation: Time is the greatest peacemaker of them all. Lucky Numbers: 14, 28, 39 VIRGO Some say optimism is fantasy. Suppose the good thing you’re optimistic about never comes. This week you’ll know that the joy of anticipating it is joy enough. Just the certainty of coming goodness is present goodness. The joy of tomorrow is available this week. Soul Affirmation: This week is the week the Lord has made. I rejoice in it. Lucky Numbers: 22, 36, 38 LIBRA You might be looking into the buying or selling of a piece of property, and this week seems to be a favorable week for this type of negotiation. Be careful with the intricacies of the matter. Pay attention to details or it could cost you a great deal later. Soul Affirmation: I care deeply about the feelings of others. Lucky Numbers: 11, 21, 35 SCORPIO What a blessed week this will be. Spend it meditating on all that God has given you. This week think hard about some form of worship. Curtis Mayfield wrote a song called “Who Do You Love?” Someone should write one called “How Do You Love?” For your love lesson, the second song would be the one you should sing. Soul Affirmation: New intuitions create new plans and a new cast of characters. Lucky Numbers: 7, 16, 25 SAGITTARIUS Your self-discipline helps you to do more this week. People will be watching as you zip around with style and grace! Broaden your cultural horizons by trying new foods and meeting new people. You’ll be pleasantly surprised! Soul Affirmation: I am patient with all that comes my way this week. Lucky Numbers: 3, 4, 14 CAPRICORN The urge to chase off on a tangent may be strong this week. Take a few minutes to study the big picture and make sure any whims serve the bigger purpose. It’s a good week to do what needs to be done. Soul Affirmation: Luck is my best friend this week. Lucky Numbers: 5, 10, 15 AQUARIUS You’ll be full of good ideas this week, so make sure you write down the ones you don’t have time to put into action. You’ll want to share your thoughts on a grand scale, and your mind will seem truly universal to you. Try to be patient with those who are staggered by your brilliance. Soul Affirmation: Light from my soul shines in many directions. Lucky Numbers: 2, 3, 9 PISCES This week let your gentle spirit shine through. Your rough and tumble side is not appropriate for the relationships that you’ll encounter. Someone will need your understanding and sympathy. Give it with sensitivity. Soul Affirmation: My life itself is my greatest creation. Lucky Numbers: 30, 37, 44

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The Grand Review Parade – 150 Years Later Something really significant has happened in America over the past four years; a conglomerate of re-enactment groups, all working together in a rare opportunity to revisit what really happened here in America 150 years ago. It was a war between the north and the south – the American Civil War. A national group, the Sesquicentennial Committee, has worked together to plan historically-accurate events reminiscent of what happened here in the states from 1862 - 1865. The closing celebration weekend will be held in Washington, D.C., May 15 – 17. Go to www.grandreviewparade.org for more information. According to The Civil War Trust, roughly 644,000 American soldiers died in the Civil War. It has been 150 years since those bloody battles of historic proportion took place – when Union soldiers fought against the Confederates. When the war ended on May, 10, 1865, President Andrew Johnson decided to honor the soldiers with a procession and celebration held in Washington, D.C. on May 23rd and 24th, 1865. To bring this period in American history back to life, events are being held throughout Washington, D.C. with scholarly seminars and an entire weekend of events hosted by Dr. Frank Smith, founder, African American Civil War Museum. Other events will include: historic workshops; a tented reception; a camp ground enactment; a tented prayer breakfast; a wreath laying ceremonies; an officers ball at The Willard Hotel; “The Legacy of Lincoln and the American Civil War” hosted by The Lincoln Group and Karen Needles, president; and concluding with the Grand Review Parade along the same route it took 150 years ago on Pennsylvania Avenue. With more than 1,500 soldiers in

period dress coordinated by Colonel David Childs, the parade will begin at 12 noon on Sunday, May 17. It will travel up Pennsylvania Avenue, from 3rd Street toward the District Building concluding at Freedom Plaza. Mayor Muriel Bowser is the parade grand marshal and will serve as host of the official replica of the grand stand also at Freedom Plaza. “The Grand Review Parade Weekend will provide all participants with a unique opportunity to reflect on the Civil War as a whole, its effect on our country today and honor those soldiers that we did not have the opportunity to thank for their service in 1865,” Smith said. Sadly, not much has changed over the past 150 years with the killing of African-American men by those who are supposed to protect us as seen in the recent news. On August 22, 1865, the Tribune published Lincoln’s response, in which he explained, “...If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it….” In southern states, blacks were counted as 3/5 persons for purposes of apportionment in Congress. I thought the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation solved that. Not much has changed today. According to JFA Institute’s website, today, African Americans are incarcerated nearly six times the rate of whites, almost 1 million are incarcerated; about 14 million whites and 2.6 million African Americans report using illicit drugs – that’s five times as many whites as blacks, yet African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at 10 times the rate of whites. African Americans are 12 percent of the population of drug users but they make up 59 percent of all prisoners. According to the Sentencing Proj-

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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

Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor

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

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

Dr. Henry Y. White

Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE Washington, DC 20020

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

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

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 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.

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”

Third Street Church of God 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

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

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661 Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net

ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... 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

(Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 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

Mt. Zion Baptist Church Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Twelfth Street Christian Church

Campbell AME Church

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”

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

Blessed Word of Life Church

4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor

700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849

All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

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

Church of Living Waters

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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RELIGION BAPTIST

Shabbath Commandment Church 7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471 Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Service 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com

Zion Baptist Church

All Nations Baptist Church

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

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

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 Institute Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting Wednesday - 12:00 Noon

Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday)

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Dr. Diane Dixon Proctor, Pastor 1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 lpumconthegrow@gmail.com

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

www.lpumcdc.org Sunday worship 10: am Holy Communion first Sunday 10: am Sunday school 9: am Bible Study each Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: “A CHURCH ON THE GROW”.

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Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964

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St. Matthews Baptist Church

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

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

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

St. Luke Baptist Church

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor

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

Rehoboth Baptist Church

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tel: 202-291-6565 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

Christ Embassy DC

5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005

Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor

6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065

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

1864-2014

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

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.

150 Years of Service

Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV

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

Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org

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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Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 P.M. Friday Evening Service 7:00 P.M. ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com

Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 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.

May 14 - May 20, 2015

LEGAL NOTICES

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Probate Division

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2015 ADM 484

Administration No. 2015 ADM 434

Mable F. Gaskins aka Mable Forte Gaskins

Ruby E. Harris

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015 ADM 483 Sandra Harrington Decedent

Administration No. 2015 ADM 155 Ammie Koontz

Administration No. 2015 ADM 334 Elliod Dent Decedent

Decedent Aimee D. Griffin, Esq. 1353 Sheridan St., NW Washington, DC 20011 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Peter Antonoplos NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gloria D. Snowden, whose address is 11624 Tuscany Drive, Laurel, MD 20708-2865, was appointed Personal

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Washington, DC 20036

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Attorney Regina Ward Offer aka Regina W. Offer, whose address NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

is 7101 Goblet Way, Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Personal Representative of the estate of Mable F. Gaskins

Phillip Harrington, whose address is 2661 Stanton

on November 25, 2014 with a Will. All unknown heirs

Carolyn Portia Dent, whose address is 7830 Hanover

Road, SE, Apt. 306, Washington, DC 20020, was

and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

Parkway, Apt. 302, Greenbelt, MD 20770, was

appointed Personal Representative of the estate of

their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Elliod

without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

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,

Decedent

1725 DeSales Street, NW, Suite 600

Representative of the estate of Ammie Koontz, who died

Sandra Harrington, who died on December 14, 2012

Decedent

aka Mable Forte Gaskins, who died on February 2, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Angelia M. Boddie, whose address is 207 17th Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ruby E. Harris, who died on July 10, 2010 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose

unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance

Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of

in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall

decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills,

be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street,

their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such

D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor

N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001,

appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall

Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 14,

on or before October 30, 2015. Claims against the

Dent, who died on December 14, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the

on or before June 13, 2015. Claims against the decedent

shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the

be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street,

2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented

decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a

A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before

N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001,

to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills

copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register

November 14, 2015. Claims against the decedent

copy to the undersigned, on or before June 13, 2015,

on or before November 14, 2015. Claims against the

or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the

decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a

of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before

undersigned, on or before November 14, 2015, or be

October 30, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees

believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do

of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice

not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days

by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so

of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills,

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 November 14, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs

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

or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of

so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address

this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication

and relationship.

shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: May 14, 2015 Phillip Harrington

copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 14, 2015, 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,

Date of first publication: May 14, 2015 Gloria D. Snowden Personal Representative

Personal Representative

including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication:

Washington Informer

April 30, 2015

May 14, 2015

Angelia M. Boddie

Regina W. Offer Carolyn Portia Dent

including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication:

Date of first publication:

May 14, 2015

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relationship.

Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister

inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and

TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills

Washington Informer

Anne Meister

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister

Anne Meister Register of Wills

Washington Informer

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Probate Division

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

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

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Administration No. 2015 ADM 433

Administration No. 2015 ADM 378

Administration No. 2015 ADM 472

Administration No. 2015 ADM 450

Administration No. 2015 ADM 473

Gilbert J. Fenwick Decedent

Martha Wright Reed

Joan SH Coleman aka Joan Coleman-Horton

Geraldine H. Hackett

Oliver Tyrone Hillman

Decedent

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

Johnny M. Howard, Houston & Howard

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Tawanda Anderson, whose address is 13107 Currano

Tonya T. Rodgers, whose address is 1000 Donington

Court, Brandywine, MD 20613, was appointed Personal

Court, Bowie, MD 20721, was appointed Personal

Ella A. Hillman, whose address is 3728 Burnham Place,

Representative of the estate of Joan SH Coleman aka Joan

Representative of the estate of Geraldine H. Hackett, who

Cole-Horton, who died on March 13, 2015 with a Will,

died on April 3, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without

are, 4206 12th Place, NE, Washington, DC 20017

and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown

Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose

and 6518 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012

heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall

whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance

were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of

enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to

in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or

Martha Wright Reed, who died on January 18, 2015

such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will)

to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the

shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th

Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C.

A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before

20001, on or before November 7, 2015. Claims against

November 7, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be

decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills,

the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with

presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register

D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor

a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register

of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to

Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 30,

of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before

the undersigned, on or before November 7, 2015, or be

November 7, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees

believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do

of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice

not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days

by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees

of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills,

inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and

of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice

including name, address and relationship.

relationship.

Date of first publication:

May 7, 2015

Tawanda Anderson

Tonya T. Rodgers

Ella A. Hillman

Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister

Washington Informer

Cassandra F. Johnson whose address 6108 Osborn Road, Hyattsville, MD 20785; Gilbert Joseph Fenwick, Jr. whose address is 3479 22nd Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020; Rhonda M. Williams whose address is 2230 Forest Glade Lane, Suitland, MD 20746; Gwendolyn Fenwick whose address is 20 T Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001; and Glenn F. Fenwick whose address is 2230 Forest Glade Lane, Suitland, MD 20746, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Gilbert J. Fenwick, who died on January 6, 2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before October 30, 2015. 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 October 30, 2015, 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.

Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Decedent

1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Monora Veney and Elizabeth Matlock, whose addresses

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

2015. 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 October 30, 2015, or be

NE, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Oliver Tyrone Hillman, who died on February 3, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 7, 2015. 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 November 7, 2015, 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.

by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and

Date of first publication: April 30, 2015

relationship.

Cassandra F. Johnson Gilbert Joseph Fenwick, Jr. Rhonda M. Williams Gwendolyn Fenwick Glenn F. Fenwick Personal Representatives

April 30, 2015

Date of first publication:

Date of first publication: May 7, 2015

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CLASSIFIEDS

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Probate Division

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2015 ADM 467

Administration No. 2015 ADM 372

W. Bickford Huber aka William Bickford Huber

Ella M. Rosamont-Morgan

Decedent

James S. Bubar, Esquire 1776 K Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney

Administration No. 2015 ADM 493 Nelson Washington, Jr. Decedent

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS James Davis Huber, whose address is 1916 De Hoyos Pl. The Villages, Lady Lake, FL 32159, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of W. Bickford Huber aka William Bickford Huber, who died on April 10, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 7, 2015. 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 November 7, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

1353 Sheridan St., NW

Washington, DC 20036

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Washington, DC 20011

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Christophe J. Rosamont, whose address is 6521 13th

Attorney Gwendolyn Bonita Franklin, whose address is 1732 30th Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Nelson Washington, Jr., who died on March 14, 2015

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Toni Wells, whose address is 312 Madison St., NW,

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012, was appointed

without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision.

Personal Representative of the estate of Ella M. Rosamont-

All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are

Representative of the estate of Phyllis S. Wells aka Phyllis

Morgan, who died on August 20, 2014 with a Will,

unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Wells, who died on October 14, 2013 with a Will, and

and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown

Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the

will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs

heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall

and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

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 November 7, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with

A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 14, 2015. 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 November 14,

Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal

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 November 14, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a

a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register

2015, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs

of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before

or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of

of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before

November 7, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons

this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication

November 14, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons

believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do

shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name,

believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do

not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days

address and relationship.

of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

May 7, 2015

James Davis Huber

Christophe J. Rosamont

Date of first publication: May 14, 2015 Gwendolyn Bonita Franklin Personal Representative

copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register

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.

May 14, 2015 Toni Wells

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Probate Division

Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2014 ADM 000945

Administration No. 2015 ADM 477

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015 ADM 516 Bernice E. Powell

William Carl Taylor, Jr.

Mattie Wall

Decedent

Decedent Matthew F. Shannon, Esquire

Peter D. Antonoplos, Esq. 1725 DeSales Street, NW, Suite 600

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Washington, DC 20036

AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

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

Verna M. Fields, whose address is 3112 Q Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mattie Wall, who died

1420 N Street, NW #102 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Jacqueline D. DeSouza, whose address is 67 Bennington

Road, Charleston, WV 25314, was appointed Personal

Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose

Street, Springfield, MA 01108, was appointed Personal

Representative of the estate of William Carl Taylor, Jr.,

whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance

Representative of the estate of Bernice E. Powell, who died

who died on December 17, 2013 without a Will, and

in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or

will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs

to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the

and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter

A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 7, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register

on April 11, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November

of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to

14, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented

the undersigned, on or before November 7, 2015, or be

to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills

copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register

forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees

or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the

of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before

of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice

undersigned, on or before November 14, 2015, or be

November7, 2015, or be forever barred. Persons

by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so

believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do

inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and

on or before November 7, 2015. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a

not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: May 7, 2015 Beverly Young-Luby

relationship. Date of first publication: May 7, 2015

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forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: May 14, 2015

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almost three times as likely to be incarcerated as White women. Relatively high incarceration rates mean that Blacks are more likely to be absent from the labor force for significant portions of their working careers, and once released they face challenges in securing and maintaining good-paying jobs. One-in-10 Black homeowners who took out mortgages at the height of the housing boom eventually lost their home to foreclosure. The median income of African American households is $34,600 – nearly $24,000 less than the median income of White households ($58,300).

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from Page 28 Yet, inequality has continued its destructive growth in the United States, despite our more robust recovery and the shrinking of the health insurance inequality gap. So, as President Obama is closing out his term, why would he spend so much political capital on a trade deal that replicates the worst elements of the post-North American Free Trade Agreement era, which have resulted in a dangerously growing U.S. trade deficit? Unfortunately, while the neo-liberal “smart Washington thinking” has had to rethink some of its policy prescriptions in light of the high costs of inequality, it still clings to its remaining plank of failed trade policy. The president is risking a lot. In addition to trade, he also risks the ignominy of being the only Democratic president to fail to increase the federal minimum wage since its creation; joining Ronald Reagan as the only other elected president to fail to do so. Currently, House Democrats, under

CROWELL from Page 28 moved the harmful language as the measure proceeds to the House floor for a final vote. The Duckworth amendment will enable stronger regulation to move forward. The goal of ensuring effective regulation of predatory lending aimed at active duty military families and will include new safeguards affecting credit cards, high-cost installment loans and payday loans offered by banks that are termed ‘deposit advances.’ Observed Congresswoman Duckworth, “As the Department of Defense and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s own reports show, service members have not been fully protected since the MLA was passed, and further delay will put more service members and their families in harm’s way.” Working with the Office of Service Member Affairs, CFPB

More than one-in-four African Americans live in poverty (27.2 percent) – almost triple the rate for Whites (9.6 percent). More than half of Black children raised in the bottom 20 percent of the income distribution will remain there as adults, compared to only one-inthree White children who begin there. The racial disparity in wealth has increased since the Great Recession. Median net worth among Black households fell by more than 40 percent from 2007 to 2013, compared to drop of 26 percent among White households. White households typically have 13 times more wealth than Black households. In 2013, the median net worth of African American households

was only $11,000 compared to about $142,000 for White households – a difference of $131,000. All of the above data exposes how deeply rooted the problems of imposed economic inequality are for Black America. But my intention is not to make anyone feel that this form of racism cannot be effectively challenged and overcome. I learned a long time ago that before you can solve a problem, you first have to understand the root of the problem. The solution to economic racism and injustice is to build a participatory sustainable movement for economic equality and justice. The economic situation and condition of Black America is not hopeless. Remember Black Americans spend annually more than

Rep. Bobby Scott (Va.), and Senate Democrats, under Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.), have introduced legislation to incrementally raise the minimum wage to $12 by 2020. Their legislation would restore the wage structure of the post-World War II era when wages and productivity rose together and incomes of those at the top and bottom rose in step. Clearly, avoiding the historical humiliation of being the one Democrat to stand in defense of one of the hallmarks of the New Deal, and a bulwark of the era of America’s shared prosperity that it launched, will take heavy political lifting against an entrenched Republican-controlled Congress rooted in undoing the New Deal and advancing policies that have only proven to exacerbate inequality. Today, median household incomes for Americans remain below their levels in 2007, which, thanks to two terms of the Bush economy, had fallen from their peak level in 2000. Also poverty levels for America’s families, which in 2000 were at historic lows, but climbed during the Bush admin-

istration, are even higher today. And consumption by the bottom fifth of Americans remains below their 2008 abilities. With this much pain continuing in the lower half of America’s households, it is hard to understand how the president is spending so much time on something so unrelated to the issues at hand. Finally, another component of inequality is the unresolved standing of millions of workers who lack the freedom of citizenship protections to bargain freely with their employers. The president campaigned on fixing America’s broken immigration system. And fixing it is important to raising the wages of millions of Americans by fixing the fracture this is causing in our labor markets. The Executive Orders he issued to take some measure of action on immigration will help. But, with so little left to his term, the president must weigh more carefully what his long-term legacy will be. We don’t have time for him to waste on investment deals benefiting corporations and the 1 percent.WI

published a December report that found: * Some depository institutions extended millions of dollars in deposit advances to service members with APRs that typically exceeded 300 percent. As open-ended lines of credit, the loans were not bound by the MLA; * In Illinois, a 12-month auto title loan of $2,575 carried a finance charge of $5,720 plus a $95 lien fee. The loan was technically legal because its duration was beyond 181 days; * In Texas, a lender sold a $485 installment loan to a service member with a 584.72 APR for a period of less than six months. In addition to the borrower’s $1,428 repayment, the borrower was charged a separate credit access business fee and 9.75 percent interest on the loan. “The products that have been marketed and extended to service members while the current Military

Lending Act regulations have been in place underscore the limitations of those regulations in protecting service members and their families across the credit marketplace,” states CFPB’s report. “This issue is of substantial concern to the Bureau and we will continue to use the tools available to us to address the consumer financial challenges affecting the military community.” Added Congresswoman Duckworth. “Service Members continue to be vulnerable to abusive lending that causes incredible financial difficulty for them and directly impacts military readiness. Those who work every day to defend our nation deserve the strongest protections our government can provide.” Rep. Duckworth and other members of the House Armed Services Committee who worked to stop the ploy to delay financial protections for our troops did the right thing at the right time.WI

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$1.2 trillion in the economy of the United States. Wealth building in the Black American community will take place when more of us exercise greater self-control over how, where and when we spend the money that we have. We should focus on investing financially in our families and communities. Yes, the government also has a responsibility on this issue. Likewise, corporate America that financially benefits from Black American consumerism certain-

ly has a responsibility to contribute to the sustainable economic development of the Black community. Economic racism and all the other forms of racial injustice must be challenged forthrightly. We have come too far on our journey to secure freedom, justice and equality to get weary or tired now. I am optimistic that we will rise to the occasion. Let’s increase our pace in the building and strengthening the movement for economic equality and justice. WI

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there’s no one on the Republican side who supports that issue. That is not accurate. There is one – [Senator Lindsey] Graham. She does have a point that the other dozen or so candidates either have never backed a path to citizenship or have sent mixed signals. On balance, we rate Clinton’s claim Mostly False.” FactCheck.org noted, “In March, [Ben] Carson claimed that being gay is ‘absolutely’ a choice, and as proof he said ‘a lot of people’ go into prison and change their sexual orientation while incarcerated. There is no evidence to support these claims. Carson apologized for his remarks, but in doing so made another error by claiming that ‘we do know, however, that we are always born male and female.’ That’s not entirely accurate. Disorders of sex development, also known as intersex disorders, occur in about one in 4,500

births and have raised questions about the male-female gender dichotomy.” FactCheck.org analyzed Senator Rand Paul’s recent comment that the attack on the Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest in Garland, Texas, was “an example of how we do need to secure our border.” However, the fact-checkers noted, “but neither of the attackers crossed the southern border to gain access to the U.S. Both were Americans who were believed to have been radicalized in their hometown of Phoenix.” This is going to be a long and bitter campaign to determine who will become our next president. To remain informed and astute, voters will need to regularly check out the candidates’ assertions. After all, just because politicians move their lips doesn’t mean we have to believe them.WI

fines and fees. In some jurisdictions defendants are charged for their room and board during lockup, probation and parole supervision, drug and alcohol abuse treatment, DNA samples, and even their constitutional right to a public defender. When poor people can’t pay those fees either, the cycle of debt and jail time continues. The private companies providing probation services in more than half of the states are some of the biggest winners when poor people are targeted. If people on probation can’t afford the fees they are charged, they breach their probation contract; this can result in more jail time, making it even less likely that they’ll be earning the money they need, and people under the supervision of these private probation companies often become liable for charges exceeding the initial cost of their ticket or fine. Federal law also prohibits people

in breach of probation from receiving a range of benefits, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), food stamps, and Supplemental Security Income – once again, exacerbating the cycle of poverty, probation, and prison. According to a study conducted by the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section, there are more than 38,000 documented statutes nationwide creating collateral consequences for people with criminal convictions, including barriers to housing, employment, voting, and many public benefits. By denying these citizens access to basic services they need to survive, our policies needlessly increase the risk of recidivism and continue to leave people truly trapped—and when we extend the cycle of poverty by criminalizing poor people, there are only a few greedy winners and many, many losers.WI

gone from black to almost all gray. Even if he could be successful in such a maneuver, and even if there would be no federal court review, why would he (or anybody) want a new set of headaches, with no apparent advantages – oil is cheap, water is scarce and the people in Texas seem to be kind of nutty? So what would the Texas troops do, anyway? Follow the feds around, and if they got too close to the state government house in Austin, then blow a whistle, or “call the police?” The fact of the matter is the folks in South Carolina once tried such an unwise enterprise back in 1861, firing on Ft. Sumter there, and bringing on the bloodiest war in U.S. history, with more “Americans” (if you count the treasonous rebel soldiers as Americans) killed in that conflict than any other. That rebellion didn’t work. Ironically, right-wingers and their ultra-right-wing compatriots in more

than a dozen states are considering seceding from the Union. Duh? With whom would these seceding states trade? Who would provide for their defense? Clearly they have not thought this stuff through. On the other hand, black people, are learning every single day – with or without body cam – that white American society remains hostile to their very existence, and will never, never, ever (not in a million, zillion years), ever treat Black folks with dignity and as equal. Black people in America have a legitimate claim to be permanently separated from their wicked white American tormentors, warmongers and earth polluters, just like the allegorical Hebrew children had every right to be separated from the allegorical Pharaoh, and it happened (or will eventually happen) according to the Scriptures. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see, Gov. Abbott. WII

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