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“It’s Our Time” Class of 2012

Howard University Class of 2012 graduates (l-r) Generra C. Boozer, John Borden and Nicholas Owen are among the thousands of Washington area college seniors graduating from area colleges and universities this month. U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan delivered the commencement address at Howard University on Saturday, May 12. /Photo by Roy Lewis

McDuffie Grabs Ward 5 Seat

By Barrington M. Salmon and James Wright WI Staff Writers Voters in Ward 5 handed Kenyan McDuffie a decisive victory Tuesday in a special election to replace former D.C. Councilmember Harry L. Thomas, Jr. McDuffie, 37, captured 44.5

percent of the vote and fended off a host of challengers in an election that saw light voter turnout to the tune of 15 percent.

Councilmember-elect McDuffie promised to be an ethical legislator who would work hard to win residents’ confidence and respect. McDuffie told a throng of cheering, jubilant support-

ers Tuesday night that he would waste no time attending to the ward’s needs. McDuffie, ac-

companied by wife Princess and his mother to the lectern, appeared humbled by his supporters’ emotional and very vocal displays of affection.

“Today marks a bright new day in Ward 5,” said McDuff-

ie, who received 4,085 votes.

“When the numbers came back, it was clear that Ward 5 wanted to send a mandate. Folks counted us out, they said the race was not important, said it was not about integrity. If it wasn’t clear before, it’s clear now. Without you, I wouldn’t be standing here tonight. Let’s get to work. We’re

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McDuffie, a former prosecutor and resident of the Stronghold community, defeated 10 challengers in the May 15 special election. The newly minted councilmember swamped his

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Events DC and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Showcase Cultural Couture Events DC and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities unveiled “Windows Into DC: Cultural Couture” on May 9th at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. The event included Mayor Vincent C. Gray, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, Events DC President and CEO Gregory A. O’Dell, Executive Director of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Lionell Thomas and DC Fashion Foundation (DCFF) President and Founder Christine Brooks-Cropper, who celebrated the unveiling of the public art fashion project by the DCFF’s DC Fashion Incubator. With an emerging fashion industry in the District, this project will serve as a showcase for local designers and help facilitate, educate and engage the greater community on fashion as an art, business and economic opportunity. To illustrate local fashion, select artists and fashion designers showcase couture fashion with scenic art installations along M Street, NW and a visual narrative highlighting six distinctive Washington, DC neighborhoods along the N Street corridor, between 7th & 9th Streets, NW.

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HU Bestows Honorary Degrees

Musician and humanitarian John Legend received an honorary doctorate degree from Howard University at the 144th commencement service held Saturday, May 12. Legend joined MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author and alumna Isabel Wilkerson, and Julieanna L. Richardson, a leader in preserving African-American oral history, who also received honorary degrees from the university. /Photo by Roy Lewis

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Also present at the event was decide said. who will win the coveted Voters Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the D.C. ex- Council Marlow alsobylike to see seatwould vacated former on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, Ward programs designed raise 5 Council membertoHarry Municipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in Thomas, Jr. 6.5% WillUNDECIDED it be Delano Hunter, sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She Kenyan McDuffie or Frank Wilds? WI Court Ruling Paves Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatReporters Barrington M. Salmon Way for Growth at Center of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence.and James of the story. the SCLC Heights and the National Hook- 2002. Mildred Muhammad is Wright “Westay haveontotop stop being pasUpOver of Black Women. the past few years, the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilMarlow has written a book, an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” the struggling civil rights “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. organization has been story about four generations of and their children.

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Abraham, 44, will launch a writein campaign for the seat currently held by D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8).

However, Abraham, who lives in the Congress Heights section of the ward, said that his campaign will not “necessarily be against Barry” rather it will focus on quality of life issues in Ward 8.

“We made a decision to run for the ward,” he said. “We want the ward to reach its fullest potential.”

Abraham and Peaceoholics co-founder Ron Moten – the Republican Party nominee for the Ward 7 D.C. Council seat – gained the favor of then-D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and received exorbitant amounts of grant money from the city during the Fenty administration to fight gang activity and resolve youth conflicts. Abraham and Moten were cleared by the D.C. Auditor last summer in a rewww.washingtoninformer.com

port requested by Ward 7 D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander (D) that suggested criminal misuse of city funds. The auditor’s report cited problems with a lack of internal management of public funds. Nonetheless, it credited the nonprofit for making “significant contributions” to the city.

Abraham said education, public safety and opening the lines of communications between new and longtime residents of Ward 8 will be issues addressed during his campaign. “We need parents to get more involved in education.”

He said that parents should monitor their children’s academic progress and not limit visits to their respective schools only when a disciplinary problem arises.

Abraham said he will stress the need for more civic engagement from Ward 8 residents.

“There are others outside of our ward [who are] making decisions for us who do not have our best interest,” he said. “We have given our authority to others and we need to get involved in our civic associations, block organizations and PTAs. I am uniquely qualified to address these issues.”

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1957 - Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date, held in Washington.

1969 - Rev. Thomas Kilgore, a Los Angeles pastor, was elected president of the predominantly white American Baptist Convention.

1988 - Dr. Patricia E. Bath of Los Angeles, a renowned ophthalmologist and Black woman, patented (1988) an apparatus that efficiently removes cataracts by using laser technology.

1997 - Laurent Kabila becomes new President of Zaire and renames it the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country was previously under the 37-year rule of Dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.

May 18 1896 - On May 18, 1896, the Supreme Court’s decision in “Plessey v. Ferguson” affirmed the concept of “separate but equal” public facilities and began age of Jim Crow.

1955 - Death of Mary McLeod Bethune (79), educator and civil rights leader, Daytona Beach, Florida. Mary McLeod Bethune was the fifteenth of seventeen children of Samuel and Patsy McLeod, slaves on the McLeod Plantation in Maysville, South Carolina. Born...

1960 - Yannick Noah is born in Sedan, France. He will win 39 professional tennis titles including the 1983 French Open.

May 19 1878 - Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury

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1965 - Patricia Harris was named as United States Ambassador to Luxembourg.

1968 - Shortly after the death of Martin Luther King, The Last Poets were born. David Nelson, Gylan Kain, and Abiodun Oyewole, were born on the anniversary of Malcolm X’s birthday, May 19, 1968 in Marcus Garvey Park. They grew from three poets and a drummer to seven young black and Hispanic artists.

1991 - Willy T. Ribbs becomes the first African American driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.

May 20 1868 - Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated U.S. Grant for the presidency. Convention marked the national debut of Black politicians. P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana and James J. Harris were delegates to the convention.

1961 - Mob attacked Freedom Riders in Montgomery. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy dispatched four hundred U.S. marshals to Montgomery to keep order in Freedom Rider controversy.

1971 - Pentagon report said Blacks constituted 11 per cent of U.S. soldiers in Southeast Asia. The report said 12.5 per cent of all soldiers killed in Vietnam since 1961 were Black.

May 21 1862 - Mary Patterson becomes the first black woman in the U.S. to earn an M.A degreewhen this is awarded by Oberlin College.

1881 - Blanche Kelso Bruce was a US Senator from Mississippi; the first black man to serve a full term in the senate, and the first person born into slavery to preside over the senate.

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strators at North Carolina A&T College. One student was killed and five policemen were injured.

1970 - National Guard mobilized to quell disturbances at Ohio State University. Black and white students were demanding an end to ROTC programs and the admission of additional Black students.

1975 - Lowell W. Perry Confirmed as chairman of the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

May 22 1863 - War Department established Bureau of Colored Troops and launched aggressive campaign for recruitment of Black soldiers.

1948 - Harlem Renaissance poet and author, author of the first best seller written by an African American, Claude McKay, dies 1959 - Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force. His father was the first African American general in the U.S. Army 1966 - Bill Cosby becomes the first African American to receive an Emmy for best actor in a dramatic series, for his role in I Spy May 23 1871 - L. Bell patents locomotive smoke stack.

1878 - Atty. John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia.

1920 - Methodist Episcopal Church conference, meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, elected two Black bishops Matthew W. Clair of Washington, D.C., and Robert E. Jones of New Orleans.

1921 - Shuffle Along, first of a succession of popular musicals featuring Black talent, opened at the 63rd Street Music Hall, New York City.

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Viewp int Dana Dyson Largo, Md. I don’t think that President Obama’s statement will have an effect on his re-election bid because people think he’s been doing an excellent job in his position. I really don’t believe that his views on same-sex marriage will impact his ability to do his job.

Christina James Dickens Largo, Md. My thinking is that the main goal of marriage is procreation.

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Brian Watson Washington, D.C. My hope is that those who are not in support of gay marriage look at the other issues in which the president has made significant strides. He gave his position but has not announced any immediate legislative changes.

I hope it’s not as significant an issue as we get closer to the election.

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Ward 5 Councilmember-elect Kenyan McDuffie, surrounded by family members and supporters, makes his way into Layla Lounge in Northeast on Tuesday, May 15 to raucous cheers and applause. Hundreds waited for McDuffie to deliver his victory speech after being declared the winner of the Ward 5 special election. The seat was vacated in January after former Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. resigned. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

MCDUFFIE continued from Page 1 challengers by a 20-point margin in unofficial election results released late Tuesday night. Delano Hunter, who garnered second place against Thomas in the 2010 primary, amassed 1,850 votes or 20.2 percent of votes cast. Frank Wilds, another frontrunner, earned almost 15 percent of the vote.

Other challengers such as Drew Hubbard and Republican Tim Day, had strong support in the ward, but could not come anywhere near McDuffie’s totals.

This special election closes what many Ward 5 residents regard as a painful chapter in the ward’s history and disappointment has been replaced by hope. When McDuffie strode into Layla Lounge in Northeast, he was greeted as a conquering hero. Supporters whooped and hollered, cheered with reckless abandon, pumped their fists and surrounded their man, hugging him, kissing him and pumping his hand vigorously.

Almost every person in the building wore a red T-shirt and red balloons festooned the entrance and various sections of the lounge.

“Ladies and gentlemen, he is in the house, ladies and gentlemen, our new councilman from Ward 5,” said Ward 5 Democratic Chairman Robert Vinson Brannon. “Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come.

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He is going to take us to places we’ve never been! This is a wonderful day for Democrats, a wonderful day for Ward 5.

I’m so very proud of Ward 5.”

“We have outworked, outfunded and raised more money in this election – and you did it without bundling. We’re creating history in Ward 5.

We have taken our rightful, righteous place in the political leadership of this city.”

McDuffie’s elevation to the council seat, brings closure to an episode in Ward 5 life that sullied and shamed residents after Thomas admitted in January – after months of denial – that he had stolen at least $353,500 in federal funds meant for disadvantaged youth in the District of Columbia. Thomas, 51, used nonprofits he created such as TeamThomas, to funnel the money he then used to buy a luxury sports utility vehicle, a motorcycle, fancy clothes and shoes and to pay for golfing trips. On May 3, U.S. District

Court Judge John D. Bates sentenced Thomas to three years and two months in prison for his crimes.

This election was the first in many years that a Thomas was not on the ballot. Harry L. Thomas, Sr., was a well-respected councilmember who held the Ward 5 seat from 1986 until his death in 1999.

His son succeeded him when he won the seat in 2006.

Hunter, 28, won the Ward 5 Democrats straw poll earlier

this year and received the endorsement of AFSCME District Council 20. Republican Candidate Tim Day, 40, received the endorsement of The Washington Post, which at one time in the city’s political history was highly coveted by candidates.

However, Hunter was dogged by his former stance as being opposed to same-sex marriage and problems with his personal finances. Day, who has been credited with starting the political downfall of Thomas, could not convince an overwhelmingly Democratic ward that they would be best represented on the D.C. Council by a Republican.

A former policy advisor to the deputy mayor for public safety and justice, McDuffie was endorsed by organizations such as the Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO, the Washington Teachers’ Union Local 6, the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, Greater Greater Washington and the Sierra Club.

D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown (D) and Councilmembers Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4), and Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7), as well as Washington Teachers’ Union President Nathan Saunders were among the revelers.

“Kenyan seemed to more clearly come down on the same side of where I am on some major issues, such as ethics and ending corporate contributions in local elections,” Wells explained after See MCDUFFIE on Page 9

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“He seemed very progressive and had an ‘open tent.’ He appealed to blacks, whites, young, old and that is reflected in his landslide victory.”

At Colonel Brooks Tavern in Brookland, Wilds supporters looked weary and some appeared shell shocked. A few dozen campaign staff and supporters sat around, chatted and consoled each other.

Wilds said in a recent interview that he expected a large senior turnout to power him to victory but that element was never a factor in the race because, as one campaign staffer explained, Hunter and McDuffie were able to each attract sizeable chunks of the elderly constituency.

“I’m fine. I feel great. Hey, I gave it my best,” Wilds said with a smile. “He [McDuffie] got the vote across all sections [of the ward]. He killed us. All I can say is congrats. He won

hands down.”

Wilds, a 67-year-old businessman who has lived in the ward for more than 30 years said the electorate chose youth over real-world experience.

Campaign Manager Windy Carson-Smith said the turn of events was unexpected and after the polls closed, she said she and others “got a sense of the tide turning.”

“My reaction is surprise,” she said. “We ran the best campaign we knew we could.

He is one of the most honest people I know. He is a man of integrity but he was caught up in a wave of innuendo and speculation of what’s going on at City Hall.”

Wilds’ Campaign Chairman Mark Jones said now that the combativeness of this political campaign is over, it’s time to coalesce.

“Kenyan appealed to everybody and that’s why he won the race,” said Jones. “He ran a good race and now we have to come together and heal.

Frank ran a good race. He will

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Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Bob King, left, talks with supporters of Ward 5 candidate Delano Hunter at the Eclipse in Northeast on Tuesday, May 15, while Hunter listens. Later that evening, Hunter congratulated Kenyan McDuffie on his win and vowed to see him again in 2014. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

still be in the community and we will work with our new councilman. That’s our new charge.”

Saunders noted that McDuffie is an example that young people who are the products of the District’s school system

can succeed, and tabbed him as someone to watch.

“Kenyan grew up with caring parents and he is an example of what our students are capable of,” said Saunders, 47. “He can write his own ticket. It’s up to him how far he goes.”

McDuffie will serve out the remainder of Thomas’ term, which ends in 2014. If he is declared the winner after the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics certifies the results, he will be sworn in on May 30. wi

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More than 100 homeless residents stormed the halls of the D.C. City Council Thursday, May 10 in a show of discontent with council members who support the mayor’s proposal to cut homeless services by $7 million in the FY 2013 budget. /Courtesy photo by Joseph Young

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District’s Housing Authority Losing Grip on Affordable Housing Crisis Part One of a Two Part Series Charlie Mayfield hasn’t had a place to call home for more than eight years.

A District resident on a fixed income, he said he had been waiting on the D.C. Housing Authority to find suitable accommodations for him. Mayfield insists that he had been waiting for almost a decade for a voucher before he finally gave up hope and turned elsewhere for help in finding an affordable place to live.

“Somebody wasn’t doing their job,” Mayfield said. “Their job was just to keep you waiting.”

Mayfield, 78, manages to live on little more than $600.00 a month from Social Security benefits.

“They would call you. Then you would have to wait another year before they would call you again. They always tell you how many people they have on the waiting list. That went on for eight years,” he said.

That tainted his view of the agency and bolstered his belief that the agency is ill prepared to create affordable housing for the city’s low-and middle-income families. Mayfield also doubts the sincerity of the agency’s efforts to tackle the problem.

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“They don’t care if they get you in a place or not,” he said.

“They keep telling you something to make you think that you are going to get a place.”

Regardless of who’s to blame, Mayfield is a victim of the numbers game that entangles the agency.

Currently, 45,000 applicants are on the Authority’s waiting list for a rent subsidy voucher. The authority only issues a mere 200 vouchers each year.

Housing Authority Executive Director Adrianne Todman had high hopes of tackling the city’s affordable housing crisis when she took the helm of the agency in December 2010. But the hope of meeting the pressing demands of the issue has slipped from her grasp.

“If someone applies today, they actually believe they are going to be housed in a reasonable amount of time. And that’s just not going to happen,” said Todman, during an interview at her North Capitol Street office. “In so many ways that’s unfair for families and individuals who are vulnerable to begin with, to have a sense of hope for something that is not possible in terms of receiving a voucher.”

“I keep saying to folk there are 45,000 people on the waiting list.

I would become the Queen of

Sheba if I could house all 45,000 tomorrow,” Todman said. “It is not a lack of desire, but the capacity to [meet] that need just isn’t there.”

Todman, 42, said that she believes the affordable housing shortage can be solved through a multi-faceted approach, including job training and providing educational opportunities for low-income families.

But the authority, she said, needs a broader, more fundamental change. She is a proponent of “trying to find ways to help families become more self-sufficient.” Last year, the authority spent more than $135 million in rent assistance payments for low-income families.

“If they’re unemployed, how can we help [them] get a job working with the Department of Employment Services?” Todman asked. “If you’re underemployed how do we work with our partners at the community college [level] to get you additional skills, so you can get a better job?”

Todman also can’t shake the idea that some low-income families’ fear of moving out of public housing adds to their woes and limits their options.

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Low-income families area waiting for affordable housing in neighborhoods where rents and housing costs are rising and wages are sinking. /Photo by Joseph Young

Housing continued from Page 10 Today, she knows it’s harder to find jobs, but she said lowincome families should strive anyway, as she and others did growing up in St. Thomas, the U.S. Virgin Islands where conditions were comparable or worse.

“One of the things that we would need to do is say, ‘You know what, yes, it’s a risk, but you have the capacity to not live at Barry Farm or Benning or Woodlawn. You can live somewhere else that may be better for you,’” Todman said.

Todman used sociology to explain what she calls the “safety net system of poverty.” She said the reliance of the poor on social services programs keeps them in poverty, not the failure of the economic system to produce livable wage jobs.

Instead, the poor, she said, should fix their sight on “things they can do for themselves.”

“Some of it is having the confidence; some of it is having life mentoring. ‘I know you can do better. I know you can. I know you can because other families, who have come from more dire situations, have done better,’” Todman said. “How do we crack that shell? If I had the answer to that I would be able to solve the

poverty issue in this country. I don’t have the one answer.”

Todman recognizes that there are critics who are pressing for change in her agency, despite the many accomplishments that it has made.

She spends much of her time defending the agency to critics who are witnessing their communities being transformed.

“There are certain pockets of the city where folk say, ‘Oh look, the housing authority has played a role in reducing the amount of affordable units that are available by tearing them down,’” Todman said. “And that’s just not the case.”

Over the span of a decade, she said, the agency went from 5,000 habital public housing units to near 8,000 units that are available. And on the voucher side, the number of families partici-

pating in the voucher program jumped from 5,000 to 12,000 families.

Still, there are significant numbers of low-income families waiting for affordable housing in the city’s poorest neighborhoods where rents are rising and wages are sinking. Demand is also high for beds at the D.C. General Homeless Shelter in Southeast where there is overcrowding.

About 200 homeless families have been shuffled from there to the Comfort Inn or the nearby Howard Johnson on New York Avenue in Northeast, waiting to be placed in permanent housing.

“So, if you’re homeless we can find a way to house you. Then, we work with you, so that you’re able to stabilize the situation and try to do better,” Todman said. wi

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While President Barack Obama kicked off his re-election campaign in Columbus, Ohio, attorneys of note in the District gathered to celebrate two of the area’s most prominent jurists.

During a night of sequins, sophistication and jurisprudence at the JW Marriott Hotel in Northwest, more than 100 guests showed up to honor D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Inez Smith Reid and Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on Saturday, May 5.

“The upcoming election is the most pivotal our nation, indeed the world, has seen,” said Henderson, 64, one of the nation’s premier civil and human rights attorneys. “Without seeming overly partisan, I’d like to say that it’s important that we see the first African-American president elected for a second term, based on an objective analysis of our goals for moving the nation forward.”

The black tie affair hosted by the Washington Bar Association (WBA) and the Washington Bar Association Educational Foundation, Inc., honored Henderson and Smith Reid, 75, by awarding the two legal stalwarts the Medallion of Merit.

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Judge Zoe Bush; Judge Mary Oates Walker; Chief Judge Eric T. Washington; and attorney Darrell G. Mottley, president of the D.C. Bar and principal shareholder of Banner & Witcoff, an intellectual property firm in Northwest.

“The award is named for Charles Hamilton Houston – a Howard University Law professor and mentor to Thurgood Marshall and co-founder of the Washington Bar Association,” said Felicia L. Chambers, former WBA president and a civil attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. “We want to continue the work [Houston] set us on the path to do.”

Judge Iris McCollum Green, WBA’s president, spoke of how “the recipients embody the spirit of Charles Hamilton Houston.”

“Wade Henderson has had a long and distinguished legal career advancing human and civil rights,” Green said.

Likewise, Bush praised Smith Reid’s exceptional performance and thoroughness while on the D.C. Court of Appeals.

“Judge Smith Reid serves as a role model and mentor for many presiding judges at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia,” Bush said Houston, in whose memory the award is presented annually, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1895. Before his death in 1950, he was a preeminent AfricanAmerican attorney and legal scholar, dean of Howard University Law School, and NAACP litigation director – playing a

pivotal role in dismantling Jim Crow.

Indeed Houston’s legacy lives on through young attorneys like David Morrow, 26, who attended the WBA affair. “I am an attorney in the finance division of Buckley Sandler LLP, and appreciate the Washington Bar Association’s career oriented events for young lawyers,” Morrow said.

Jonathan Luckett, 24, another young legal protégé of WBA’s Law Student’s Division and 2012 WBA scholarship recipient, graduated from Howard University School of Law on May 12.

He said that he plans to model himself after Houston. “Graduating from Howard Law School affords me the opportunity to continue the legacy of Charles Hamilton Houston, as an attorney and an agent of social change.”

Billy Martin, 62, addressed the audience – during his remarks he mentioned the Egyptian Spring and the Trayvon Martin tragedy.

He said there’s still a lot of work to be done.

“The recent struggles of the family of Trayvon Martin and the uprising in Egypt, point out in a very public and painful way, that we are still employing Houstonian jurisprudence at home and abroad to guarantee that all men and women are indeed created equal and are entitled to equal protection and due process of law,” Martin said. wi www.washingtoninformer.com

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More than 44 percent of Black women graduate from college, compared to 33.1 percent of Black men, according to the U.S. Department of Education, which contributes to their employment gains. /Photo by Shevri Lassiter

Black Women Make Major Employment Gains

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent Black women are making the most significant gains in employment but still lag behind Whites, according to the Labor Department.

The most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the unemployment rate for Black women, 20 and older, dropped from 12.3 percent in March to 10.8 percent in April, a decline of 1.5 percent.

More significantly, the jobless rate for Black women has fallen 3 percentage points over the past five months, the largest decline for any demographic over that period.

The unemployment rate for White women, 20 and older has remained flat at 6.8 percent from last December to April, but that stagnant rate is still four percentage points better than the current rate for Black women. The jobless rate for Black men fell to 13.6 percent from 15.7 percent over the same period, but some economists warn that those figures could be misleading.

“There are two things driving down the unemployment rate,” said Steven Pitts, labor policy specialist at the University of California-Berkeley’s Labor Center. “The improvement in job prospects and simultaneously some Black men dropping out of the labor force.”

When people quit looking for work, they are no longer counted as unemployed. Consequently, the labor force shrinks, causing the unemployment rate to go down. The unemployment rate for Blacks fell from 14 percent in March to 13 percent in April.

“The unemployment rate might look like an improvement, but it’s re-

ally just people giving up,” explained Algernon Austin, director of the Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy program at the Economic Policy Institute.

In a 2011 study, the National Women’s Law Center found that Black women lost 233,000 jobs between December 2007 and June 2009, and then lost another 258,000 between June 2009 and June 2011 for a total of 491,000. Black men lost 477,000 jobs between December 2007 and June 2011.

According to the study, not only are Black women a majority of the African-American workforce [53.4 percent], they head a majority of Black families with children.

More Black women are the heads of households now, “So they have to work, “ explained Maudine Cooper, president of the Greater Washington Urban League. “They’ll often accept less money than a man would be making in the same job.”

A 2012 study on the pay gap conducted by the American Association of University Women found that women working full-time earned just 77 cents to every dollar earned by a man. Black women working full-time make just 70 cents for every dollar White men make and 91 cents for every dollar Black men bring home.

White women, on the other hand, received 82 cents for every dollar a White man earns. White men are often used as a benchmark, because at this time they are the largest demographic group in the labor force.

For Cooper, a college education still remains the Black community’s strongest ally in closing the economic gap.

More than 44 percent of Black women graduate from college, compared to 33.1 percent of Black men, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

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Cooper said it’s about sacrificing short-term gratification for what really matters.

“I have friends that are going to school and working,” Cooper said.

“You have to do what it takes. At some point it’s over and you’ve worked hard, you’ve sweated, you’re exhausted and you’ve gotten through it and that’s the attitude everyone should have.”

Given that Black women lead a majority of Black households and graduate from college at higher rates than Black men, their success is essential as the Black community recovers from the worst economic times since the Great Depression.

A 2010 study by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce 2018 reported that 63 percent of newly created jobs or vacated by retiring workers will require at least some college education.

At a 2011 session at Stanford University titled “Black Women and the Backlash Effect — Understanding the Intersection of Race and Gender,” visiting scholar and expert in workplace diversity Katherine Phillips said that Black women are excelling in education and entrepreneurship.

“Two-thirds of African-American college undergrads are female,” said Phillips. “And, between 2002 and 2008, the number of businesses owned by Black women rose by 19 percent – twice as fast as all other firms and generating $29 billion in sales nationwide.”

Phillips, also a professor of organizational behavior at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., noted that Black women in the workplace are often viewed as “as independent, competent, and demanding of respect — all classic leadership traits.” wi

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Mother and Daughter to Graduate Together from Bowie State University Duo Will Receive Masters Degrees in Mental Health Counseling “I pulled her along to get her bachelor’s degree and she pulled me along to get my master’s degree,” said Nora Fields of her and her daughter’s upcoming graduation from Bowie State University. Nora, 54, and her daughter, Tanickie Gomillion, 38, will graduate together on May 18, 2012 with their Master of Arts degree in mental health counseling.

The Master of Arts in mental health counseling degree at Bowie State University gives students the option to complete the courses required for initial licensure in the State of Maryland as a part of a degree. The program places great emphasis on interpersonal and helping relationships to prepare persons wishing to become counselors. Fields will graduate in mental health counseling with a concentration in addictions and Gomillion will graduate with a concentration in addictions and marriage and

family counseling.

Both Fields and Gomillion got a late start to their education.

They both became pregnant as teenagers and put the priorities of family ahead of their educations. However, Fields came to the point where she wanted more for herself. She went back to get her high school diploma when she was 28 and decided to pursue her bachelor’s degree when she was 46.

Fields asked Gomillion to attend an open house at Sojourner Douglass College in Baltimore, Md. with her and they ended up enrolling on the same day together. They studied together, majored in psychology together and graduated with their bachelor’s degrees together. They then enrolled at Bowie State University together, took classes together, majored in mental health counseling together and will graduate together on May 18th.

“When I made that deci-

sion [to enroll in college] in July 2005…I was afraid. I was scared.

I didn’t know what to expect… .I felt like I would be in college with kids,” said Fields.

Their drive and commitment for education inspired others in their family. Two of Fields’ sisters decided to go back to college to get their degrees. Her son and youngest daughter decided to go to college, a grandson is in college and other grandchildren plan to follow the same route.

“We tried to break the curse and show [our family] how important education is,” says Tanickie Gomillion. It has worked because her children “talk about education now more than ever.”

And, not surprisingly, Fields and Gomillion are not finished with education just yet. Fields plans to pursue a doctorate in theology. Gomillion will continue school to earn certifications in counseling. They also want to

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“All of the things that I went through in my life, at the time I thought it was the worst thing in the world. But I understand that all those things made me who I am today,” said Fields. “I want to tell people you can go on and you can have a good life. You re-

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“I’m very proud of [my mother],” said Gomillion. “I’m proud of her for making it this far.”

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Prince George’s County get nothing,” Battle said. “They are messing with other senior citizens.”

Seat Pleasant resident James Streeter, 83, who has diabetes, described the summit as “really good.” He said he learned a few new things about the disease.

“This has been an extraordinary intergenerational activity,” said Grant at the end of the

program after he chatted with seniors who were still waiting for glucose, blood pressure and BMI screenings. “It has just been tremendous to see our young people interacting [with seniors].”

Grant also told the audience that their input is vital.

“We need you. We need your energy. We need your intellect,”

said Grant, who also encouraged the students to consider careers in public health.

Dushanka Kleiman, associate dean of the UMD School of Public Health, said the school’s goal is to advance a better state of health in Maryland.

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Landover resident Thelma Bloomfield, 75, gets her blood pressure checked at the 3rd Annual Seat Pleasant Health Summit held at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health. /Courtesy photo by Gale Horton Gay

Students and Seniors Tackle Issues at Health Summit

By Gale Horton Gay WI Staff Writer Don’t expect the mayor of Seat Pleasant, Md., to accept vague answers about health issues in the local community.

While fielding suggestions about how to engage the community in living healthier lives during the 3rd Annual Seat Pleasant Health Summit, Eugene W. Grant, mayor of Seat Pleasant, grilled both high school students and senior citizens.

Jenay Conley, 16, of Fairmont Heights High School, was the first to raise her hand and offer her opinion at the event held at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health at College Park on Saturday, May 12.

“Leadership is where everything starts,” said Jenay adding that others will follow once leaders indicate that health is a priority.

The mayor pressed the teen to “tell me what you want me to do.”

Jenay said she wants healthier food places such as farmers markets.

Brion Young, 14, of Central High School, suggested outreach programs. The mayor asked him to explain exactly what he meant. Then the conversation turned to young people and sex, at which point the www.washingtoninformer.com

mayor asked, “Why do young people have sex?”

The teen stammered that hormones were to blame, then turned the tables on the mayor and bluntly asked “Why do you have sex?”

Laughter erupted.

Lively exchanges such as these took place several times during the end-of-program “open mic” session in which participants expressed what they wanted to see happen next as the discussion about health care moves to action in Seat Pleasant.

The event brought together about 83 students from Fairmont Heights and Central high schools both located in Capitol Heights, and 50 local senior citizens. The high school students and senior citizens participated in sessions focused on diabetes, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, hypertension, nutrition and exercise. The senior citizens were also given the opportunity to have glucose, blood pressure and body mass index (BMI) screenings.

Several students shared their desires to have healthier lunches in school and encouraged parents to push school officials to make that happen.

Minnie Ruth Battle, 66, of Landover suggested that efforts be undertaken to educate senior citizens about safe sex.

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Hundreds of community, civil rights and social justice leaders met in New Orleans recently with the support of a philanthropic foundation to facilitate a dialogue on how to repair American’s racial wounds.

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, based in Battle Creek, Mich., convened a four-day conference, “Healing for Democracy” in April that focused on how the country can deal with its ongoing race problem.

Gail Christopher, the foundation’s vice president of program strategy, said that the conference comes at a critical time for the nation.

“Trayvon Martin’s tragic killing, the shootings in Tulsa, the beating death of an IraqiAmerican woman in California and organized efforts to suppress voter participation for people of color, all exemplify the need for racial healing that can break down the historic barriers that have divided our nation,” said Christopher of Ft. Washington, Md. “Our convening will help the participants bring racial healing to their communities.”

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logg. Its mission is to ensure that all children be given an equal opportunity to succeed.

The foundation works in areas of the country that have high poverty rates.

Christopher, 61, said that racial issues need to be aired out because it’s in the best interest of the country.

“There’s an urgency to address this now,” Christopher said. “In our near future, the majority of children in America will be kids of color and many will live in poverty. To ensure that generations can grow up in a thriving and inclusive democracy, we must put these issues of inequity squarely in front of us so that, together, we can move beyond them.”

The Martin controversy led to countless discussions in the Crescent City.

“I think he was a victim,” said Joselo Lucero of Patchogue, N.Y. Lucero, 37, has been a leader against anti-immigrant violence since his brother, Marcelo, was murdered in 2008 by a White youth who happened to be hanging out with group of young people.

“It is the environment in this country,” he said. “There are some people who believe that if you are Black, you are a criminal. A hoodie [and] baggy jeans fit into the stereotype that Blacks who wear those things are bad.”

Rachel Godsil, director of

research for the American Values Institute, said the Martin controversy shows a racial divide among Americans.” CNN reported that 78 percent of all Americans thought that George Zimmerman should have been immediately arrested after the killing of Trayvon Martin,” Godsil said. “In that group, it was 58 percent of Whites and 83 percent of Blacks.”

She said that the divide deepened a few weeks following the shooting, with constant media coverage of the controversy.

“Forty-three percent of Whites surveyed said that they had heard enough of it while only 16 percent of Blacks said the same,” she said. “This shows that Whites really do not like to talk about race.”

Donna Brazile, a national Democratic Party operative and commentator who lives in the District, said that people of color need to organize.

“We need to increase the level of civic engagement in communities of color,” said Brazile, 52. “We need that because we have seen the re-segregation of the South. Those people who oppose us know that we have power, but do we know that?”

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By Jacqueline McSears Boles Our nation is facing a critical time, as our economy is in the doldrums and families are facing financial challenges never before imagined. We drive through communities of all income levels and witness personal belongings piled high at the curb’s edge, evidence of yet another family Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed received the Louis E. Martin Great American Award from Ralph B. Everett, president and CEO of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and Cynthia G. Marshall, chair of the organization’s Board of Governors, at a gala on Tuesday, May 1 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C.

displaced by eviction or foreclosure.

Our nation is facing a financial storm that many may not survive. Many ask, ‘What could have been done to help prevent such an economic disaster? Where do we go from here?’ Why is it when we focus on the critical aspects of our life, we fail to adequately focus on managing our

Joint Center Honors Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has presented Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed with its highest honor, the Louis E. Martin Great American Award, for his innovative and effective leadership in guiding his city through difficult economic challenges in the wake of the recent recession.

Reed received the award at the Joint Center’s Annual Gala Dinner Tuesday, May 1 in Washington before an audience of more than 500 elected and appointed government officials and business, civic and community leaders from across the country. The gala is the organization’s major fundraising event. This year’s theme was Continuing our Commitment for the Next Generation.

Reed was honored for improving the delivery of public services in Atlanta and strengthening the city’s financial position while working to improve the quality of life for its most vulnerable residents.

Joint Center President Ralph B. Everett said that Reed is a forceful, forward-looking leader.

“His record of success, his efforts to bring everyone in his community together to solve problems, his innovative spirit in finding solutions that work, and his determination to ensure that no one is left behind – these are the qualities that make Mayor Reed one of the most compelling leaders of his generation,” said Everett.

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The Joint Center is a Washington research and policy institution that has supported African-American leadership and encouraged broad political participation for more than 40 years.

The Louis E. Martin Great American Award is named for the legendary journalist and presidential advisor who was a co-founder of the Joint Center. Previous award recipients include former Presidents Jimmy Carter and William J. Clinton, Congressmen James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.), Muhammad Ali, lawyer and civil rights leader Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., the late civil rights activist Dr. Dorothy I. Height, and the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. Last year’s recipient was Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.), who is also from Atlanta.

Reed demonstrated his leadership traits when, as an undergraduate at Howard University more than 20 years ago, he created a fundraising program that has contributed more than $10 million over the years to the school’s endowment. He was appointed as the university’s youngest general trustee in June 2002 and remains a member of that body.

“Kasim Reed, a beloved son of Howard University, represents our core values of leadership, excellence, truth and service,” said Howard University President Sidney A. Ribeau. “Mayor Reed’s accomplishments in Atlanta have established him as one of the leading mayors in the nation. We congratulate him on this extraordinary Joint Center award. Well done!” wi

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Evident is the need to mandate the inclusion of financial literacy and empowerment into the educational curriculum beginning at the elementary school level. Children must learn the value of saving. Differentiating needs versus wants, as it relates to budgeting, is also essential to solid money management. Learning to maintain healthy finances should begin with their grade school allowances.

Every child should be required, or at least encouraged, to open a savings account and then taught the fundamentals of saving and budgeting during their primary years. As they approach middle school, children should study strategic investment practices and begin to position their funds for future growth. The high school focus could then shift to understanding the importance of managing credit, thus avoiding the devastation that occurs when credit cards are sent to their college dorms, despite their lack of income.

According to the 2004 Nellie Mae study, the average college senior graduated owing credit card debt in excess of $2864. Over 43% of college students hold an average of 4 credit cards and 65% of them failed a basic financial literacy test.

Many of our children will earn the degrees and other highly regarded credentials, but be labeled unemployable because of failing credit scores. It is imperative that we focus on financial education and empowerment beginning with our youth. All school systems must incorporate a comprehensive financial literacy program into the standard curriculum. Subjects must include: Banking, Saving and Investing, Budgeting, Credit, Future Planning, Identity Theft, and Homeownership.

We must ensure that when faced with future economic stresses, our children will be unaffected by the conditions that are rampant today, assured that their core values will generate better financial decisions. By instilling a solid understanding of financial management, a large population of our youth will realize homeownership and investment rewards at much earlier ages than their parents. They will possess the knowledge and skills to manage their household finances, despite external economic conditions. Knowledge is power. Now is the time to empower our children with the information required to sustain a bright and secure tomorrow.

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Look What Law and Order Has Wrought Don’t you think that it’s time to reform America’s criminal justice system? It’s an unfair, racist and dishonest system in need of abandonment. In the last 40 years an insidious prison industrial complex has developed to the detriment of African-American males. It appears that politicians of all stripes are more interested in sending African Americans to prison than to college. It’s time to sound the alarm on the harm the country’s prison industrial complex is causing across Black America.

How is it that African Americans are so dismissive of the mass incarceration of our male population?

It’s time to publicly scrutinize African Americans’ disproportionate prison population numbers. Going to prison represents lifelong exclusion from “proper society” including job discrimination, elimination from juries and voter rolls, and disqualification from access to food stamps, public housing and student loans. Those who are considered [Black leaders] need to address the devastating effect of the war on drugs.

The American justice system is racist, outmoded and deserving of public scorn. Today, Black males are the most socially disenfranchised group in the country.

It should be of major concern to Blacks that 10.4 percent of the African-American male population ages 25 to 29 is incarcerated. We all know someone “in trouble.” More than 3 million Black households have a close relative currently or previously on parole or probation. The number of Black men in prison has grown to the point that more African-American men are in jail than in college. Since the “War on Drugs” was launched, the U.S. has spent more than a trillion dollars to incarcerate millions of young people on drug charges. The “War on Drugs” has created a marginalized underclass that’s denied equal access to jobs and educational opportunities.

Black voters guilty of electing the same politicians to office repeatedly need to consider the harm the war on drug has wrought over the past 40 years. Isn’t it time to take these elected officials to task for the laws they helped to design, write and legislate? These activities have helped toward the genocide of Black males.

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By William Reed to remain in office is a crime.

Blacks receive little of the $321.6 billion the global drug trade generates, but suffer the most in law enforcement and the legal system. The U.S. is the single largest marketplace for illegal drugs. Approximately 13 million Americans buy or sell, cocaine, Ecstasy or weed on a regular basis. Whether it’s for recreational use or for profit, they’re not the ones who go to jail for drug crimes.

American drug sales and their huge profits exist outside Black communities. It’s estimated that $10 to $30 billion in drug profits goes south to Colombia and Mexico each year. The real beneficiaries of the American drug trade are: wealthy bankers who launder money, land owners who grow and export product, and Wall Street investors and business folk who profit from designing, building, supplying and managing prisons.

Black voters are the key to correcting this problem and its inequities and hold sway over this debilitating situation. Though these issues are real for Black Americans at the local, state and national levels, they are never talked about in racial terms. Candidate Ron Paul is the only one willing to say: “The true racial problems in this country involve drug law enforcement.

The drug war is out of control … and undermines our civil liberties.

It magnifies our problems on the borders. We spent, over the last 40 years, $1 trillion on this war … It just hasn’t worked. It has to do with enforcing the drug laws.”

It may not require voting for Paul, but Black Americans must take more aggressive political positions to rid our people of this criminal justice and prison system. Stop the genocide. People of conscience must let our elected officials know that we want to decriminalize cocaine, heroin and marijuana in order to close the doors on diabolical prisons and policies. wi

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Minority and women business owners were honored for their innovation in business at the 6th Annual Top 100 MBE Awards Ceremony and Reunion. / Courtesy photo

Ten area businesspersons were inducted into the MBE Hall of Fame on the basis of their having won the Top 100 MBE Award three times or having shown extraordinary success as entrepreneurs. They are Timothy Adams of System Applications and Technologies, Inc.; Karen Barbour of The Barbour Group; Maria Beckett of The President’s Roundtable; Carol

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“Choo” Smith, who retired from the Original Harlem Globetrotters to build Choo Smith Enterprises and an affiliated nonprofit serving young people, shed his suit jacket to grab a basketball and dazzle the crowd with a spectacular show of fancy dribbling and trick passing. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, in accepting her award with a personal tribute to her own role models, also surprised everyone by announcing that MBE Awards Founder Sharon Pinder, who has long championed minority business in Maryland, will join the Mayor’s administration as Director of a new Women- and Minority Owned Business Office designed to strengthen growth and equality in the city’s economy. And Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, a forceful advocate for opportunities for women and minority businesses, found himself suddenly called onstage to raffle off free airline tickets to some lucky attendees.

Mayor Rawlings-Blake and Comptroller Franchot were winners of the MBE 2012 Legacy in Leadership Award for their vision, innovation, and guidance in making the business case for diversity.

Dr. Marsha Firestone, founder and CEO of the Women Presidents’ Organization, and Sung Kil Lee, CEO of Lotte Plazas, a national chain of food stores headquartered in Maryland, both received this year’s Business Legend Award.

Arnold Jolivet, Managing Director of the Maryland Minority Contractors Association, and Roger Campos, CEO of the Minority Business Roundtable, won the 2012 Parren J. Mitchell Vanguard for Justice Award, named for the late civil rights and legal fairness pioneer.

Kenneth Clark, CEO of the Maryland/DC Minority Supplier Development Council, received the 2012 Advocacy Award. Charles “Choo” Smith, the former Harlem Globetrotter and now CEO of Choo Smith Enterprises, was this year’s winner of the Prestige Award for his inspiration on and off the basketball court.

At the heart of the event was the procession of the 2012 Top 100 – including a firm that specializes in mobile offices; an importer and installer of natural and engineered stone products; a business believed to be America’s oldest privatelyowned ferry; and 97 more. The 100 took the stage one at a time to receive their awards amid cheers from supporters in the audience, and their energy and diversity were palpable as they pumped fists and hugged one another.

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Eileen Rivera Ley knows what it means to go ahead and start a business for which an urgent need exists. When she and her husband, Thomas Ley, both of whom are legally blind, recognized the necessity to help businesses to better serve customers who have disabilities, they decided to create a business that does that: Ley & Associates, LLC. On Friday, they were chosen by judges as one of the Top 100 Minority Business Enterprises for 2012 in the Mid-Atlantic.

“We asked ourselves, ‘What can we do that other businesses can’t do?’” Ley said. “I feel as if Tom and I have been specifically charged and prepared to try to make a difference in this way.”

Recognizing entrepreneurs for having the audacity to create something new was, indeed, the purpose behind the 6th annual Top 100 MBE Awards Ceremony & Reunion, which took place Friday, May4 at the Marriott Inn and Conference Center in Adelphi, Maryland. The yearly event, sponsored

by The Center for Business Inclusion and Diversity, rewards and recognizes trailblazers who represent the growing contributions of women- and minority-owned businesses to the area’s economies and communities.

Honorees for 2012 ranged from celebrities and established achievers to upstart successes, including a former member of the Original Harlem Globetrotters who now runs programs to teach life skills to at-risk children; the Comptroller of Maryland; the Mayor of Baltimore; the president of a national organization of female CEOs; the founder of a chain of food stores serving Korean-American and other recent immigrant communities. The entrepreneurs judged as the 100 most successfully innovative small business owners operate in the entire Mid-Atlantic area, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia. (Next year, the awards will be expanded to also include Ohio.)

The annual event was hosted

by Sharon Pinder, CEO of Center for Business Inclusion and Diversity, along with guest MCs Sheila Brooks, CEO of SRB Communications, and a 2009 Top 100 MBE winner; and Troy Johnson of WHUR-FM. They highlighted the power of women- and minorityowned enterprises in jump-starting economic growth. The program also brought some entertaining surprises to the hundreds who filled the Conference Center theatre.

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Digestive Ailments in Blacks Caused by Poor Eating Habits

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to WI Nearly 19 million Americans are affected by acid reflux disease also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which is characterized by heartburn occurring two or more days a week, despite treatment and changes in diet. African Americans, evidenced by diets heavy in fried, sugary, and fatty foods, are experiencing acid reflux in record numbers. However, in addition to what is being eaten, how food is eaten often impacts the development and treatment of digestive ailments.

Miranda Pettigrew, a registered dietician with Baltimore Health Services, said that too often African Americans engage in activities that impede proper digestion and create “tummy troubles.”

“We have become a nation of multi-taskers. We eat and watch television or do stressful work,

when having meals should be a quiet, peaceful activity that makes digestion smooth and easy,” Pettigrew said.

Acid reflux occurs when a valve at the opening of the stomach, called a lower esophageal sphincter (LES) doesn’t close as soon as food passes through it.

If the LES doesn’t close completely or if it opens too often, acid produced by the stomach can move up into the esophagus.

This can cause symptoms such as a burning sensation in the chest called heartburn. If acid reflux symptoms occur more than twice a week, it’s called acid reflux disease, also known as GERD. Pettigrew, 39, said that individuals should watch how much refined and processed foods they eat.

“Processed foods have a tendency to also be low fiber and contain non-nutritive food components necessary to move resi-

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devoid of nutritional value,” Pettigrew said.

“Similarly, fruits should be eaten alone, since they are high in enzymes and take only 20-30 minutes to travel through the system and be absorbed. When eaten with other foods which need much longer transit time, fruit will ferment in the transit process causing gastric distress,” Pettigrew said.

Other helpful tips to aid digestion: Do not eat too much: The human body cannot properly process excessive quantities of food, period.

Do not eat too much meat and fatty foods: Meats and fatty foods slow transit time and inhibit digestion. In addition, foods like sugar, coffee and alcohol create hyperacidity which upsets both the digestive tract and the digestive process.

Do not eat too late: The body cannot rest and digest food at

the same time. Undigested food, then, tends to remain in the system creating gas and discomfort.

Do not eat too quickly: A small to moderate sized meal should take at least one hour to finish.

Do not eat when emotionally upset: If you’re angry or stressed, avoid eating until calm, even if this means eating alone in a quiet space.

Do not eat foods that don’t combine well together: Combining proteins with heavy starches like pasta and potatoes with red meat stress the digestive system. Also fruits and vegetables should not be eaten together.

Do not drink with meals: Digestive enzymes are contained in saliva. When food is swallowed without being broken down by those enzymes, the larger particles are harder for the body to digest, resulting in gas, bloating and indigestion. wi

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May is Stroke Awareness Month; Know Your Risks

Strokes can affect people of all ages and backgrounds. Learn how to safeguard yourself against stroke.

Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. In 2008 alone, more than 133,000 Americans died from stroke—or one person every four minutes— making it the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.

A stroke, sometimes called a brain attack, occurs when a blockage stops the flow of blood to the brain or when a blood vessel in or around the brain bursts. Although many people think of stroke as a condition that affects only older adults, strokes can and do occur in people of all ages. In fact, nearly a quarter of all strokes occur in people younger than age 65.

Each year, almost 800,000 strokes occur in the United States.

Strokes often lead to serious, life-changing complications that include:

• Paralysis or weakness on one side of the body.

• Problems with thinking, awareness, attention, learning, judgment, and memory.

• Problems understanding or forming speech.

• Difficulty controlling or expressing emotions.

• Numbness or strange sensations.

• Pain in the hands and feet.

• Depression.

To help protect yourself and your loved ones, learn what steps you can take to prevent a stroke and how to spot a stroke if one occurs.

Lowering Your Risk for Stroke Demographic factors such as family history, age, sex, and race/ ethnicity can all play a role in an individual’s stroke risk. Regardless of your background, however, there are several things you can do to lower your chances of having a stroke.

For example, cigarette smoking contributes to one in every five strokes in the United States. Smoking—and even exposure to second-hand smoke—can thicken the blood and make it more likely to clot. Thicker blood flow can lead to increased plaque buildup in your arteries and damage to the blood vessels leading to the brain, which can cause or worsen a stroke. So, quit smoking—or better yet, don’t start.

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In 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services launched the Million Hearts™ initiative to prevent a million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. A primary focus is on the ABCS to prevent cardiovascular disease, including stroke, and contribute to overall health

• Appropriate Aspirin therapy • Ask your doctor if taking aspirin is right for you.

• Blood pressure control • Keeping your blood pressure under control reduces your risk of heart attack and stroke. More than half of the world’s stroke deaths are caused by elevated blood pressure levels.

• Cholesterol management • Get your cholesterol checked regularly and manage it with diet and physical activity or with medication, if needed.

• Smoking cessation • Get help at 1-800-QUIT-NOW. • Exercise regularly.

• Eat a healthy diet that’s low in sodium.

• Maintain a healthy weight.

• Prevent or control diabetes.

• Limit your alcohol intake (fewer than two drinks per day for men, or one drink per day for women).

Recognizing the Signs of Stroke

When responding to a stroke, every minute counts. The sooner a patient receives medical treatment, the lower the risk for death or disability. If you or someone you know exhibits the following signs or symptoms, call 9-1-1 immediately:

• Numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body • Confusion, trouble speaking, or difficulty understanding • Trouble seeing in one or both eyes • Trouble walking, dizziness, or loss of balance and coordination • Severe headache with no known cause

Remember, getting immediate medical attention for stroke is crucial to preventing disability and death, so don’t delay—dial 9-1-1.

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Reading Program Gives Back to Schools, Community

By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer Decades ago when Irv Wilson attended grammar school in rural Virginia, reading trumped other lessons. While arithmetic also took a lead, reading stood out as essential in communicating thoughts and ideas and learning about the world.

“We didn’t work on phonics and vowels and things like that,” said the 71-year-old retired Department of Treasury employee.

“We learned by sight mostly, [remembering] what we saw.”

But now that Wilson has spent the past 10 years working off and on with elementary-age children in the local public school system – the latest being Orr Elementary School in Southeast – he realizes that his decision to return to the classroom had as much to do with his love of children as with his belief that it’s important that they develop an appreciation for reading.

Particularly after realizing that

reading tends to be the one core area in which many black children are struggling.

Wilson, who lives in Northeast, counts among a volunteer group of tutors and mentors ages 50 and over, who visit city classrooms two or three times a week to assist students with phonetics – sounding out words – and reading comprehension.

The program Wilson works under, the District of Columbiabased Experience Corps, is an initiative of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).

The program lists some 2,000 members engaged in helping students in kindergarten to 3rd grade in 170 schools in nearly 20 cities across the country – including Baltimore.

Tutors, who are well-trained to help students acquire the skills needed for academic success and improved behavior, visit schools for a few hours each week, either one-on-one or with small groups of children. More than 80 percent

Irv Wilson, a member of Experience Corps, helps students who attend Orr Elementary School in Southeast with phonetics and reading comprehension. /Photo by Victor Holt

of their young protégés come from low-income families.

Students who spend at least one year in the program have more than 60 percent greater gains in critical literary skills compared to other students.

Team leader Dianne Jones, 57, who has been with the program

since 2002, supervises volunteers [also referred to as members] at Neville Thomas and Kenilworth Elementary schools in Northeast.

Jones said it’s not uncommon for students and tutors to become attached. “Because some of the tutors work with students on a daily basis, they feel close, seeing them as grandparent figures,” she explained.

“Most members meet with their students at least three days a week, so the students are looking for that comfort coming from an older person in helping them to read.”

Wilson explained that he first became interested in Experience Corps in October 2002 when he was assigned to Ruth K. Webb Elementary in Northeast, which has since merged with Wheatley Elementary School.

“A friend of my wife’s found out that I love reading and math, and she called to recruit me,” Wilson said. “I started out as a tutor in the afternoon two days a week, and at the time, I planned just to tutor. But after about a year, [the school’s administration] decided they wanted me to go into the classroom as an assistant teacher,”

he recalled. “I considered it and ended up with a stipend to work full-time from 2003 until 2005, when I decided to take a break.”

Following a one-year sabbatical, Wilson returned to Webb for two more years. He stayed until being asked again in 2009 to take on assistant teacher duties. Wilson stayed another year, moving on to Whittier Educational Campus in Northwest, before he was asked last summer to tutor in the Experience Corps program at Orr. Deborah Stiller, program director, said Experience Corps is a great concept and without volunteers, it wouldn’t exist. “They are Experience Corps and they come with life experience, with skills and with the time to commit to students who are in need,” said Stiller, 61.

“For me, it’s the best of intergenerational programming – the marriage of older adults with time on their hands, and children who are in need.” wi Experience Corps is currently recruiting volunteers. For further information contact Sharvell Becton at 202-434-6445.

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Industry Day Big Hit at TransTech Academy Students Display Intellectual and Leadership Skills

By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer With unemployment among blacks having soared in recent years, students at Cardozo Senior High School’s TransTech Academy in Northwest are opting for careers centered around science, technology, engineering and math [STEM] where jobs remain plentiful.

During Cardozo’s 3rd Annual Industry Day, which attracted 70 professionals from aviation and aeronautics, construction, engineering, and transportation, students listened attentively and asked questions while pondering career choices.

“Those students were sharp, bright and inquisitive,” said Sonya Stewart, 47, vice president for Enterprise Applications Solutions at Lockheed Martin in Northern Virginia. “We had the right [mix] of young people. They asked ques-

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Stewart – whose company along with the National Association of Black Women in Construction [NABWIC] sponsored the daylong May 10 event – said students in the TransTech program are indicative of the many African-American students destined for success. Largely, because of their intellectual capability and demonstrated leadership, she said.

“I go to a lot of industry events that are designed toward STEM, and industry leaders are eager to show up to engage these young people,” said Stewart. “As I went from room to room and listened to pieces of the conversations between students and professionals, the exchange was fascinating.”

The TransTech program – which boasts a 95 percent graduation rate – provides 125 students in grades 9-12 experiences in the STEM

education ed to go work for Mickey Mouse,” Washington said, with an infectious chuckle. “Disney had a great engineering program, but when I got out of school they didn’t have any openings.”

She said that when NASA recruited her, she only planned to work there for a year, and then parlay that experience to Disney. However, on her second day at NASA, she fell in love with her work. “I have never worked any place else, Students who attend TransTech Academy on the campus of Cardozo Senior and nor have I ever wanted to work High School in Northwest, learned about the different jobs offered in aviation, elsewhere,” Washington said. aeronautics, engineering, construction and more. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter D’Quan Young counted among students clearly impressed by the Marcietta Washington, 51, a panelists. The 18-year-old graduatdisciplines that will guide them on project manager for the National ing senior appeared mesmerized by their career paths. About 85 perAeronautics and Space Administra- Paul Bradshaw who talked about cent of the program’s graduates go tion (NASA) in Southwest, scored being an architect with Grimm and on to higher education – and many high marks with students. Through Parker Architects in Calvert, Md. get a jump start with participaher engaging dialogue and knack for tion in programs like the Summer “All of the speakers were very remembering their names, Wash- helpful,” D’Quan said. “But Mr. Transportation Institute at Howard ington told her young audience that Bradshaw gave me the idea to visit University. although she attended college in Howard University, which is known “The point was to expose stuFlorida on engineering and basket- for its engineering and architecture dents to professionals in various ball scholarships, she longed to play [curriculums]. I’m definitely going careers so that they could talk to professional basketball. them about what they do and how to college to study architecture.”

But after graduating, Washington they actually got [there],” said CaBradshaw, 48, said he finds and some of her fellow classmates events like Industry Day enjoyable. reer Day coordinator Shirley Mcoften found themselves watching Call, 60. “We have a diverse group “It’s always good to get feedback space shuttle launches in Orlando. of students, and under ordinary cirfrom [students] because it makes “I didn’t want to work for NASA people like me more excited about cumstances many of them do not when I came out of college, I want- the work we do,” he said. wi [get] that kind of exposure.”

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Will Gay Marriage Divide Black Electorate?

By Larry Miller Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune Right on the heels of North Carolina becoming the 31st state in the Union to pass a ban on homosexual marriage, President Barack Obama announced his support of matrimony between same sex couples.

The president’s public support of same sex marriage could either be a boon or a curse for his re-election campaign; it’s too soon to tell, despite the fact that he’s just received a million dollars in campaign contributions. But one thing is certain; the president’s public stance in favor of homosexual marriage has drawn a dividing line among voters. Will it have an affect among African-American voters, some members of the Black clergy think it will.

“I think it will to some extent,” said Bishop Ernest C. Morris Sr., Jurisdictional Prelate for Koinonia Jurisdiction.

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he may be banking on is the African-American community’s love for the first Black president but he should consider that large numbers of Black churches won’t agree with this.

There are too many passages in Scripture that denounce homosexuality and I can’t see how to fully justify it from the Word of God. Don’t misunderstand me; this is not about hatred of homosexuals because we are all sinners in need of a savior and God is so gracious. It is the continuous practice of this that the Bible is against. I also think that as the nation’s first Black president, he’s seen not just as the political leader of our country but as more than that.

Many people see him as a moral and spiritual leader as well.”

On Wednesday May 9 President Barack Obama took what some political experts are saying was a risky move — especially during an election year — and voiced his support of same sex marriage. Like the issue of legalized abortion, same sex marriage is one of those hot button issues that draw a clear division between those who support it and those who oppose it. Republican presidential

front runner Mitt Romney said he opposes same sex marriages.

“Well when these issues were raised in my state of Massachusetts, I indicated my view, which is I do not favor marriage between people of the same gender, and I do not favor civil unions if they are identical to marriage other than by name,” Romney said in a published report.

A bill that would have allowed civil unions for same-sex couples in Colorado died in the legislature this week. The president’s public endorsement of homosexual marriage followed a vote in North Carolina where constituents came out in favor of a ban against same sex marriage. North Carolina is now America’s 31st state to enact legislation against it.

In a prepared statement, the president said he was asked a direct question and gave a direct answer regarding same sex marriage.

“I believe that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry,” the president said. “I’ve always believed that gay and

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ELECTORATE continued from Page 24 lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally. I was reluctant to use the term marriage because of the very powerful traditions it evokes. And I thought civil union laws that conferred legal rights upon gay and lesbian couples were a solution. But over the course of several years I’ve talked to friends and family about this.

I’ve thought about members of my staff in long-term, committed, same-sex relationships that are raising kids together. What I’ve come to realize is that for loving, same-sex couples, and the denial of marriage equality means that, in their eyes and the eyes of their children, they are still considered less than full citizens. So I decided it was time to affirm my personal belief that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.”

The president also said that he respected the beliefs of others and the right of religious institutions to act in accordance with their own doctrines but he said that he believed that in the eyes of the law all Americans should ne treated equally and no federal law should invalidate same sex marriages in a state that enacted it.

Reverend Clarence James, a Black minister based in Chicago said he definitely believes the president’s move is going to hurt him among African-American voters, many of whom oppose same sex marriage.

“Many of us oppose this in every form and may decide to vote against the president because of this,” James said.

“From a medical and psychological point of view homosexuality is a mental illness; for male homosexuals anal sex is medically dangerous. The president is coming at this as a civil rights issue but there is no correlation even though the homosexual community is trying to make it one. The Civil Rights Movement was about freedom and equal rights, this is a moral issue. For the president and other elected officials it’s easier to go along with popular opinion rather than to do what’s right.”

But some members of the African-American clergy have a different point of view regarding this issue. They believe the African-American community

should find ways to address same sex relationships and that there can be reconciliation between sex and spirituality.

“If every gay person in our church just left or those who have an orientation or preference or an inclination, or a fantasy, if everyone left, we wouldn’t have — we wouldn’t have a church,” said Bishop Carlton Pearson who heads Chicago’s New Dimensions Ministries in a published report. “Homophobia is hardly unique to the African-American community. It’s a social malady that’s due largely to the influence of fear based-theologies, particularly fundamentalist Christianity, Islam and Judaism, all of which grow out of the Abrahamic tradition. The African-American church has traditionally used a kind of ‘don’t ask don’t tell’ approach toward homosexuality.”

Dr. Janice Hollis who heads Progressive Believer’s said the African-American community should look at the president’s record not just on this issue but on others and determine if the quality of their lives has improved.

“I think it’s an insult for the president to intellectualize on morality as if the Church doesn’t already have a mandate from God on this,” she said.

“This is a political move and even though he may not see it, he’s only a fleeting moment in history; God has always been there. I think the president is promoting a way of life that deters people away from the Word of God.” Reverend Bill Owens, a minister with the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) and who is based in Memphis, Tennessee, said there’s no doubt that the president’s endorsement of same sex marriage is going to hurt him among Black voters.

“Absolutely it will and especially among the Black churches where the conviction against same sex marriage is so strong,” Owens said. “I think many Black Christians feel somewhat betrayed by the president on this — this is something that Black churches have always stood firmly against.” wi

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U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) addresses an enthusiastic crowd at Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church in Northeast during Black Merger 2.0, a public policy forum, Friday, April 27. Clyburn, the Assistant Democratic Party leader, covered a range of topics including voter suppression and black unemployment. /Photo by Roy Lewis

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Moroccan Artist in DC

The exhibition “Lalla Essaydi: Revisions” recently opened at the Smithsonian Museum of African Art and runs through Feb. 24. The exhibit features 30 works of art by the New York-based and Moroccan-born artist that include photography, paintings and other media. In the above picture, Essaydi explains her work during a press preview. /Photo

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A stone carving of Rosa Parks was dedicated at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, May 10 and will be displayed in the Cathedral’s Human Rights Porch along with a carving of Mother Teresa. /Photo by Roy Lewi

CTM Hundreds of visitors attended the service at the Cathedral including Queenmother Dr. Delois Blakely, Children’s Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman, Raymond and Rosa Parks Institute co-founder Elaine Eason Steele, educator and author Dr. Bessie Blake, and writer Lila Cabbil. /Photo by Roy Lewis

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Breakfast of Champions Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter knows what he is talking about when he describes the first meal of the day for millions of America’s children – a grape soda and a bag of chips. It is the sad reality that is also the focus of the new HBO special Weight of the Nation which was screened on Tuesday May 15 at Prince George’s Community College before an audience of adults and young people concerned about the obesity epidemic in America. In Prince George’s County 34 percent of the population is considered obese, up from 32 percent a year ago. Prince George’s health officials acknowledge that the number is going in the wrong direction and that more needs to be done to increase physical activity and other initiatives currently being developed by the Prince George’s County Healthcare Coalition. A broad-based community awareness campaign is needed to overcome a wide-range of variables that contribute to obesity including impact of fast food restaurants that make up 71 percent of all food establishments in the county. The high incidence of obesity in this country begs the question of who is responsible for fixing it. We suggest everyone is – government, schools, elected officials, the medical community retail food stores, individuals and parents – it’s everyone’s role to take control of their weight and get healthy.

Protecting Voting Rights African Americans and Hispanics turned out in record numbers to participate in the 2008 presidential election that resulted in Barack Obama becoming the nation’s first African American president. The 2008 campaign was historic for many reasons, but most notable was the high voter turnout which has given rise to the sudden debate over the future of the Voting Rights Act (VRA).

While most Americans spent the past week focusing on President Obama’s announcement regarding same-sex marriage, congressional lawmakers argued into the late hours on Friday May 11 over a proposed amendment to prohibit continued funding to the Justice Department for enforcing a VRA provision that keeps states from changing their voting laws without approval by the U.S. Court of Appeals or the Justice Department.

Some believe – mostly those conservative representatives in the states where Section 5 of the Act has been enforced since 1965 – that this “preclearance provision” is no longer necessary in terms of protecting voters from discrimination. But members of the civil rights community strongly differ and they offer proof that widespread discrimination is still prevalent against language and racial minorities at voting polls across the country. They remember all too well the unfair voting practices, voter intimidation and violence that Congressman John Lewis (D-GA.) and others experienced prior to the advent of the law.

But today with a growing number of states enacting voter ID laws, it is Section 5 that protects hundreds of thousands of Americans from suppressive voting laws. It also provides necessary oversight by the courts or the Justice Department of state redistricting plans that serve to disenfranchise segments of the population.

We agree with Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) who told his colleagues last Friday that no laws should be enacted or repealed that will make it more difficult for Americans to vote. And, we hope that voters in states where the VRA is targeted will become more informed and poised to protect every citizen’s right to vote.

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Challenging Our Youth The Washington Informer Newspaper has always been about the positive news in our community, and your article “Youth Business Competition Encourages District Students” is a great example.

What a wonderful story! Our community needs more people like Mr. Lamell McMorris -- someone who hasn’t forgotten where he came from and how hard it was to get where he is, but who is willing to help others become successful, especially our young people. His company’s “2012 Perennial Youth Business Competition” is a fantastic way to get our young people engaged in the idea of becoming business owners. We need to challenge our youth, not just hand them something because we think they need it.

Leanna Preston Washington, D.C.

Made in Africa

Your article, “African Apparel Jobs Bill Stalled in U.S. Congress,” by Melvin P. Foote, May 10, 2012 is a prime example of how this Congress talks one way and when it’s time to vote for something it talks about, it does nothing. We continually hear from this Congress that instead of providing aid for developing countries we need to help them develop the ability to become entrepreneurs and create business opportunities that can in turn build an economy that lasts. To me, the “Third Country Fabric Provision” of the African Growth and Opportunity Act does just thatAlmost everything we buy today says “Made in China.” Isn’t our economy large enough to have a few items say “Made in Africa”?

Sincere Thanks

My family, Strive 2 Tri supporters and I would like to extend a sincere “Thanks” for the great article regarding the youth club. The article accurately represented the vision of the club and we’re positive that it will touch someone looking to start their health & wellness adjustments. We’ve received rave reviews on your great article. The only thing I noticed is that we forgot is to insert our website so people can easily locate us on the internet; otherwise stellar work.

Thanks again and looking forward to working together in the future.

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By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

Obama Did Not Take Easy Way Out on Same-Sex Marriage

One point that is absolutely clear, President Barack Obama is no political coward. The President made history by backing historic health care reform across America when everyone thought that successful political battle would negatively hurt his chances for re-election. But to President Obama’s leadership credit, he put the urgent health needs of the poor and others who had been locked out and

priced out of access to health before fulfilling his own political ambition.

Now President Obama has become the first sitting U.S president to publicly and explicitly state without any hesitation that he supports the equal justice and civil rights protection and affirmation of gay rights on the issue of same sex marriage. With a sense of thoughtful introspection and discernment, President Obama stated, “At a certain point I’ve just concluded that, for me personally, it is important

for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.”

On these issues and on other matters in terms of both domestic and international policies, President Obama’s courage is unprecedented. From ending the war in Iraq, supporting women’s rights to equal pay, to taking a caring position about the murder of Trayvon Martin, Obama has shown a willingness to stand up, speak out and to take definitive action even in the face of political and social risks. What

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has emerged and evolved during the last four years is an irrefutable profile in presidential courage and leadership.

Courage is an important attribute that eludes too many leaders, including politicians. It has been customary for elected officials to first test the magnitude of the political winds before taking a public position on polarizing issues. That is why I support getting money out of politics in America because too many officials get bought off or priced out of having the courage

to do what is right on the issues for freedom, justice and equality for all people.

During the socially and politically dangerous height of the civil rights movement during the 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. emphasized, “We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.” Dr. King was both a religious and a civil rights leader. In 1967, when he came out publicly against the Vietnam War, there were many even in the

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By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.

American Needs Smart Kids, Not Smart Bombs Chicago is girding for the opening of the NATO Summit on May 20. The ministers and heads of state will be greeted by a rich array of protests, marches, events and counter-summits.

Security is already tight near the conference center, and tensions are building.

Why protest a meeting of U.S. allies? One major reason is that after the Soviet Union collapsed and Europe united, NATO be-

came an organization in search of a mission. It was created as a defensive alliance to bolster the West against the Soviet threat.

Now that threat is no longer.

And NATO has slowly turned from a mutual defensive alliance to a mutual offensive alliance.

In the Balkans, Afghanistan and Libya, NATO has coordinated interventions into areas outside the alliance.

The summit will focus on Afghanistan. The allies will discuss how quickly to transfer authority

over to the Afghans, and what kind of commitments will be sustained after the troop withdrawals, slated to be completed by 2014. After more than 10 years, Afghanistan is an unpopular war, opposed by the vast majority of Americans.

National Nurses United will organize one of the most visible demonstrations. They oppose the war in principle, but also because of its costs. The U.S. spends almost as much on our military as the nations of

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the world combined spend on theirs. President Barack Obama has helped bring the Iraq War to an end, but the administration’s budget spends more on war in Afghanistan than it does on education here at home.

NATO is the symbol and the centerpiece of the U.S. commitment to global military intervention. The demonstrators are right to take their protests to its doorstep. Nonviolent protest will make their message clear.

Violence or vandalism will only

divert attention. Gandhi and King chose nonviolence because they were wise. Nonviolence works. Its moral witness is far more powerful than the fear and anger created by violence.

If the message is clear, Americans will stand with the demonstrators. The only country the U.S. should be focused on rebuilding is right here at home.

We have the most powerful military in the world, but our

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By Bill Fletcher, Jr.

The U.S. is Inconsistent on Human Rights

I really wish that I could take it on faith that the U.S. government was sincere when it complained about human rights abuses in other countries. The U.S. launched a war against Iraq, allegedly over weapons of mass destruction and the horrendous human rights record of the Saddam Hussein regime (even though there were no weapons of mass destruction and the

U.S. had known about, and in some cases supported Hussein’s repression of his population).

More recently, the U.S. intervened in a civil war in Libya, supposedly because of the human rights by the Qaddafi regime, even though the NATO countries had known about–and accepted–for years repression in Libya. And now, there is growing pressure and rhetoric concerning the alleged need for the U.S. to intervene in Syria.

I have a few questions.

What about Bahrain? You re-

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member Bahrain? That is the small country on the Persian/ Arabian Gulf that got swept up in the Arab democratic uprising, only to have its population viciously repressed by the government of Bahrain and its U.S.-backed Saudi Arabian allies. There was, in fact, a prodemocracy movement unfolding against a tyranny and the U.S. barely mouthed a word of concern. It certainly took no steps to intervene.

What about Gaza? You remember Gaza? It has the largest

‘open-air prison’ on this planet that was, in effect, surrounded by the Israelis and blockaded from receiving outside support. Very little concern has been expressed by the administration regarding the blatant human rights abuses suffered by the Palestinian residents of Gaza at the hands of the Israelis.

Yet, now we hear about Syria.

Don’t get me wrong. The Assad regime that rules Syria is a repressive tyranny and my hope is that a democratic movement will replace it. But why the selective

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concern on the part of the U.S.?

Civil wars are very dangerous affairs and interventions are extremely risky. When external forces intervene in a civil conflict, beneficiaries of the intervention may find themselves victors with little base. In other words, they may “win” militarily but have insufficient popular support sufficient to sustain the victory. This is one of the very big problems that may be playing out in Libya in light of the U.S.-

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Child Watch©

By Marian Wright Edelman

Working Hard to Get Back on Track Since childhood, 21-year-old Ashante Dickens has had a clear goal: “I want to be an elementary school teacher. That’s my passion.” She got good grades in school, and did well enough in high school to be allowed to take a few early enrollment classes at a nearby college in early childhood education. She was on the road to realizing her dream when a family problem changed her course. Now Ashante is a parent to 1-year-old Tristan and

lives in a Detroit homeless shelter where Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Julia Cass met Ashante and Tristan while on assignment for the Children’s Defense Fund.

Ashante is still desperately hoping to return to college and her teaching dream, but for now, the shelter offers women and children a home for up to two years while they “get situated,” as she says.

Ashante calls herself a “back and forth child.” Her mother disappeared from her life when she was six. She grew up in Georgia

with her father and spent summers in Detroit with her grandmother. Ashante’s father was an assistant principal and they lived in Cobb County in suburban Atlanta. “I had a good life in Atlanta,” Ashante said. But when she was 16 her father had two strokes that affected him mentally as well as physically.

“He became abusive,” Ashante said. “He wasn’t really right in the head.” By then she had reconnected with her mother and told her “about the situation I was going through where

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he would hit me.” Her mother called the police who removed Ashante from the home. She was 17 then and the authorities allowed her to go live with her grandmother in Detroit.

Ashante graduated from high school there and began attending Wayne State University. “I didn’t do well,” she said. “A lot was going on in my grandma’s house . . .

My auntie and my brother stayed there, too. It was hard to study and deal with the different personalities.” She quit school and started to work at McDonald’s

thinking that she would save enough to be able to move into her own place and then pick up her education again. She stopped work when she became pregnant with Tristan and left her grandmother’s house for a homeless shelter. After Tristan was born, they moved to a transitional living shelter for mothers and children.

Ashante began receiving cash assistance and food stamps.

As soon as Tristan was a few

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By George E. Curry

Pardon the Wilmington Ten

Of the seven years I was editor of Emerge: Black America’s Newsmagazine in the 1990s, I am proudest of our national campaign to win the release of Kemba Smith, a 24-year-old former Hampton University student who was sentenced to a mandatory 24 ½ years in prison for her minor role in a drug ring.

Our first story, written by Reginald Stuart in May 1996,

featured a high school graduation photo of Kemba, decked in cap and gown, with the words: “Kemba’s Nighmare: A Model Student Becomes Prisoner #26370-083.” We published two additional stories on Kemba, both written by Stuart.

The original Emerge story caught the attention of Elaine Jones, then director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. She began representing Kemba in court and eventually filed a petition for clemency. In late 2000, Presi-

dent Bill Clinton granted LDF’s request and Kemba was released after serving 7 ½ years in federal prison.

I’ve said all along that Kemba wasn’t the only victim of our criminal injustice system. Add the Wilmington Ten to that list.

Most Black newspapers are carrying a NNPA News Service story this week by Cash Michaels of the Wilmington Journal describing a national campaign to win pardons for the Wilmington Ten – nine African-Americans and a White female – unfairly

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convicted in connection with urban unrest. The NNPA is helping spearhead this movement.

In a nutshell, racial strife accompanied the desegregation of New Hanover County, N.C. schools. The all-Black high school was closed under the desegregation plan and its students were transferred to the previously all-White high school, where they received a hostile reception.

In February 1971, the United Church of Christ assigned Benjamin Chavis Jr., a native of Oxford, N.C., to help students orga-

nize a school boycott.

Amid the racial turmoil, someone firebombed Mike’s Grocery, a White-owned business located a block away from Gregory Congregational Church, where Chavis had set up headquarters.

When fire fighters and police officers arrived on the scene, they were attacked by snipers stationed on the roof of the church. At the time, Chavis and other activists had barricaded themselves inside the building.

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By Askia Muhammad

No ‘Grounds’ for Unjust Gun Laws A White man who murdered an unarmed Black teenager in Florida was permitted to walk the streets for two months, with his gun.

Meanwhile, a Black woman, the mother of three children was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Florida for firing a warning shot at her husband who beat and strangled her.

How is that “equal justice under law?”

George Zimmerman is the White man who shot Trayvon Martin to death after stalking him while he claimed he was on a neighborhood watch patrol. Marissa Alexander is the Black woman who says she was defending herself when she fired a gun into a wall near Rico Gray, her exhusband, who had had a history of physical abuse.

Martin is dead. Zimmerman was released on bail that was lower than the amount of money he had raised in an

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online “cookie jar,” to support his defense.

Gray is very much alive, and free to abuse the next woman who falls into his web. The victim of the spousal abuse in this case is now facing 20 years in jail.

Alexander said that in August 2010, her ex-husband read messages on her cell phone, became enraged, strangled her and threatened her life. When Alexander broke free, she tried to run out of the house but couldn’t The Washington Informer

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No one was injured in that instance when Alexander attempted to “stand her ground,” but her warning shot hit a wall near where his two children were standing. As such, she was charged and found guilty by a jury of three counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, which carries a mandatory 20-year sentence.

Alexander said that Gray repeatedly punched and choked her over the previous year and she truly felt he could kill her. It happens all the time, men killing their wives, girlfriends, “baby mamas.” Alexander’s lawyers tried to protect her with Florida’s “stand your ground” law that has been claimed by Zimmerman who did not fire a warning shot, but rather a fatal shot which See MUHAMMAD on Page 46 www.washingtoninformer.com

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This year’s jazz festival runs from June 1-10 and kicks off at The Hamilton in Northwest with Ran dy Weston. Patrons can expect to hear jazz greats such as Dianne Reeves, Monty Alexander, Ron Carter, Aku a Allrich, Loide, Les Nubians, David Sanchez, Marc Cary, Roy Hargrov e, Kenny Barron and Marcus Johnson.

The DC Jazz Festival Blows Into the City

By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer

Sunny Sumter doesn’t have to say she loves jazz. The mere mention of the word is the clearest indication of how she feels about it. As she discusses the subtleties and nuances of jazz, her visage lights up, she becomes animated and flashes a million-dollar smile.

Much of Sumter’s life has revolved around jazz and for ten days in June, she will preside over a jazz offering she is confident D.C. residents and visitors will enjoy. At the same time, Sumter also hopes people will come away with greater admiration for this uniquely American genre.

All it took was hearing the

divine Sarah Vaughan and Sumter knew where her future lay.

“I listened to Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson, but I always came back to jazz,” she said during a recent interview.

“At Duke Ellington [School of the Arts], I started thinking about jazz and when I moved to New York, I got the jazz bug big time.”

Before she became executive director of the DC Jazz Festival, Sumter pursued her dream. She studied music at Howard University and also honed her craft under drummer and vocalist Grady Tate and pianist and composer Geri Allen. Sumter began singing at clubs in the District while she was still at Howard, and toured

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for more than 15 years in Russia, Europe, the Dominican Republic, Israel and elsewhere.

She counts among her influences, Vaughan, Phyllis Hyman, and Ella Fitzgerald.

However, Sumter put her career on the backburner to focus on raising her two children, ages 6 and 11.

Jazz remains an integral part of her life. Sumter serves as one of its ambassadors, using her time, efforts and resources to bring people of all ages into the fold, fostering their appreciation and helping cultivate affection for the music that informs so much of her life.

Sumter is excited as she gears up for the 10-day extravaganza which brought more than 60,000 people to the city last year.

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“We’re poised to be one of the best jazz fests in the world,” she said. “We certainly are one of D.C.’s signature cultural offerings. With 100 performances at 60 venues, it’s enormous.”

“Jazz is a musical language with so much vocabulary to tell so many stories. Jazz vocalists are some of our best storytellers.”

One of the most enjoyable parts of what she does, Sumter explained, is imparting her love of jazz to children and young people.

“We serve more than 5,000 kids every year exposing them at an early age,” she explained.

“At D.C. Public Schools, [and] THEARC, we take kids to some of D.C.’s major institutions including the Phillips

Collection, THEARC, and The Atlas Performing Arts Center.

It’s an absolute joy to see kids come to jazz shows with their parents. It’s so cool.”

Sumter said projects like “Jazz in the ’Hoods,” “Jazz ’n Family Fun Days” and “Jazz Meets Hip Hop” connect the musical dots for children.

“Underneath hip hop is Miles Davis,” Sumter said with a laugh. “It’s so great to wow kids like that. You meet them where they are and introducing them to the music is really fun. If you wait too late to understand jazz, kids may not appreciate it. I remember in college, friends couldn’t get

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LIFESTYLE Sumter continued from Page 32 into it. They thought it was too heady.”

The festival is the brainchild of Charles Fishman who sought to create a jazz oasis where none existed. This year’s theme is titled “Celebrating DC’s Jazz Legacy & Beyond – In the Footsteps of the Masters.”

In remarks on the Jazz Festival website, Fishman lauded the “diverse program [which] is ‘chock-full’ of outstanding performers who will pay homage to the past, reflect the present, and envision the future.

Audiences will be treated to performances by some of the jazz world’s most celebrated artists, ‘rising stars,’ emerging artists, and many of DC’s finest musicians,” he said.

“He is the founder and executive producer of the Jazz Festival,” Sumter said of Fishman.

“He managed Dizzy Gillespie and went to all of the jazz festivals all over the world. He was surprised when he came back here to find that D.C. didn’t have one. In that spirit, his vision was to have a major jazz festival and that has come to fruition. Its uniqueness is 10 days, 21 neighborhoods.”

This year’s jazz festival runs from June 1-10 and kicks off at The Hamilton in Northwest with Randy Weston. Patrons can expect to hear jazz greats such as Dianne Reeves, Monty Alexander, Ron Carter, Akua Allrich, Loide, Les Nubians, David Sanchez, Marc Cary, Roy Hargrove, Kenny Barron and Marcus Johnson.

And in keeping with making jazz accessible to the masses, Jazz in the ’Hoods, will allow District residents to enjoy jazz performers at venues in neighborhoods around the city. These include Chinatown, Petworth, Georgetown, Takoma Park, Mt. Pleasant and H Street in Northeast. Big this year is the D.C. Loft Series which features an all-night Jazz Loft Mega Fest: four bands, visual art installations, and food and drink provided by the Taste of D.C. Partners this year include The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Gallery of Art, The Phillips Collection, THEARC, Events DC, CapitolBop, Washington City Paper, The Washington Post and The Washing-

ton Informer, and performers will grace stages at venues including The Hamilton, Johnny’s Half Shell and Bohemian Caverns.

“We’re truly a coalescing force because we have dozens of partners,” said Sumter.

“Greater D.C. can come to a plethora of jazz activities.

We’re particularly excited that “Jazz in the ’Hoods” is presented

by Events DC and promoted

by Destination DC, community partners who will bring people here in June to enjoy and listen to all this jazz. D.C. is the global destination of the world. It’s amazing.”

The Jazz ’n Family Fun Days is a free and very popular weekend-long event that celebrates the synergy between jazz and the visual arts, Sumter said.

“People come and have a ball,” she said of the interactive activities and programs.

At the galleries, art inspires musical interpretation as musicians interpret art through improvised sound. Children can create their own art surrounded by masterpieces by Renoir, Pablo Picasso and Georgia O’Keefe. Featured jazz artists in the past included the Berklee World Jazz Nonet; Michael Bowie Trio; Charles Rahmat Woods Quartet; Reginald Cyntje; and, the DC Jazz Collaborative.

“The Instrument Petting Zoo is a lively part of the festival,” Sumter said. “You’d better put on your earplugs.”

And in Jazz Meets the Classics, visitors will be able to enjoy and interact with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master Paquito D’Rivera and the Classical Jazz Quartet of NEA Jazz Masters Kenny Barron and Ron Carter, Stefon Harris and Lewis Nash at the Kennedy Center.

Jazz is quite flexible and lends itself well to any number of other music forms. And it is also a universal language that connects people across cultures, class and status, Sumter said.

“That’s what I love about jazz. It is truly a celebration of diversity and there’s a little bit of something for everyone,” she said. wi For more information and for an itinerary, visit www.dcjazzfest.org

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ARIES In our society looks sometimes matter more than they should, but that is not to say looks don’t matter at all. Presentation is important; keep that in mind as you walk through life. This week take a few extra moments to make sure that your physical self is as attractive as it can be. You will see a bigger than usual change not only in the way others feel about you but in the way you feel about yourself. Soul Affirmation: When things get strange I find peace in the ordinary. Lucky Numbers: 1, 3, 45 TAURUS A family treat is in store for you if you play your cards right. Family members are ready to praise you for your accomplishments if you approach them with modesty. Give yourself time for romantic encounters. The romantic vibe is high. Soul Affirmation: I keep my true purpose ever before my eyes. Lucky Numbers: 23, 46, 51 GEMINI Ask the friend who comes calling to tell you about the moneymaking idea that is on his or her mind. The two of you would be good together. Have a private chat with a family member. Make keeping secrets your specialty. Events bring stress but you’re cool. Soul Affirmation: I find joy in the simple pleasures of the week. Lucky Numbers: 21, 39, 55 CANCER Responsibilities at home keep you from traveling. It’s all for the best. Outside ambitions can wait. Keep your spirit light!

Look for love in the right places. Possibilities for love increase at home. The tendency to overreact at school or work is strong. Guard against it. Soul Affirmation: My creative ideas are my greatest treasures. Lucky Numbers: 32, 40, 54 LEO Flexibility and cooperation are the words for this week.

Driving a hard bargain will create an impossible barrier. It’s a great week for fun! Give in to it. Flow. Give in to the party mood but don’t forget school or work. Remembering to forgive and forget is especially important this week. Soul Affirmation: Moving slowly might be the fastest way for me to get there. Lucky Numbers: 5, 46, 49 VIRGO There is a lot on your plate. Be methodical about taking care of it. Get kids involved in something fun and educational.

It’s a good time for it. Save time for romance. Visit a favorite restaurant. Appetites must be fed in a healthy way. Soul Affirmation: I seek the lighthearted flavor of love. Lucky Numbers: 14, 52, 53 LIBRA Make some plans regarding long-range financial security.

Your present frame of mind is good for that. Someone you flirted with wants to be your companion. Give the universe a chance to bring love into your life by being a welcoming soul. Soul Affirmation: I give and the universe gives back to me. Lucky Numbers: 23, 41, 49 SCORPIO A practical solution is at hand to one of your inventions. Give yourself some space to allow the answer to come to you. Any repetitive task, such as weeding the garden or washing the dishes or car, will be conducive to your receiving the solution. Soul Affirmation: Things are working together for my good. Lucky Numbers: 16, 32, 35 SAGITTARIUS You may feel an internal pressure towards responsibility this week. Go with the flow and this week will be like a gift. Judging others will bring harsh judgments on you. Let your words assist others in becoming more self-responsible. You are a good teacher of right actions. Soul Affirmation: I slow down and find the success that has been following me. Lucky Numbers: 19, 23, 46 CAPRICORN Finding a way to do it better than others is not going to be hard this week. Share your wisdom with other seekers.

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By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer You stayed home last Saturday night.

The Saturday before, you went club-hopping with your girls. And the Saturday before that, you saw a movie with your Mama.

It’s not that you don’t want to date. No, the truth is that statistics don’t lie: there’s a shortage of black men and since you’re

“holding out” for one, you stay home a lot.

What else can you do?

Authors Christelyn D. Karazin and Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn say that you have plenty of options. There are lots of men out there; you just need to widen your search. In the new book “Swirling: How to Date, Mate, and

Relate Mixing Race, Culture, and Creed,” they explain.

The headlines almost scared you half to death: 42 percent of black women will never marry.

Seventy percent of AfricanAmerican women are single.

Some may choose to bear a child anyhow, while others may “share” a man with one or more women, just to avoid being alone.

But Karazin and Littlejohn say that there’s one controversial option that shouldn’t be so controversial: “swirling,” or dating outside your race.

If you look beyond skin, they say, you’ll immediately increase the pool of single men available to you. There are millions of unattached white, Buddhist, Hispanic, Asian, Muslim, and Native American men in this world. The character of a man truly is more important than his color.

Yes, “interracial marriage is truly risky.” You’ll have some issues to deal with – “race still matters in this country” – and some of the arguments will come from within the black community. But check this: for decades, black men have hooked up with white women and nobody thinks much about it. Why should it be different for you?

Your “assignment,” the authors urge, is to meet more men.

Accept that you are not a “race traitor” if you fall in love with someone who’s not black. Find a “rainbeau” and understand that it’s really OK to have a preference. Look at your Dream Man List and evaluate your require-

ments. Throw out stereotypes and have an open conversation with your man about cultural and personal differences. Have a plan in place for dealing with families and friends who question your choice.

And finally, remember: “Color only goes skin deep. Character is as deep as the soul.”

Right now, you may be arguing with authors Christelyn Karazin and Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn.

You may have a zillion reasons why you think they’re wrong.

But there’s no arguing with success or statistics, both of which are plentiful in “Swirling.” Karazin and Littlejohn also offer abundant permission to “date out,” answers to possible haters, thoughts that may not have come to the forefront yet, things to be aware of, and success stories – including one from one of the authors!

No matter which side of the dating-and-mating fence you sit on, I think this provocative book will give you lots to think about – particularly if you’re tired of a wide-open Saturday night calendar. For you especially, “Swirling” is a book to make a date with. wi

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Christians React to President’s Support of Same-Sex Marriage

Blacks Remain Conservative on Gay Rights Issues

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to WI The Rev. Wallace Charles Smith, senior minister at Shiloh Baptist Church in Northwest, like scores of other African-American clergy around the country, took to the pulpit on Mother’s Day to make his opposition to President Barack Obama’s support of same-sex marriage clear.

“We may disagree with our president on this one issue, but we will keep him lifted up in prayer. Pray for President Barack Obama,” Smith told his congregation on Sunday, May 13.

The Obamas attended services at Shiloh five weeks ago, and while the largely Black congregation continues to support the president, many echoed a passionate aversion to his support of homosexuality.

Obama announced Wednesday, May 11 that his views on gay marriage had evolved.

“I had hesitated on gay marriage, in part, because I thought civil unions would be sufficient. I was sensitive to the fact that – for a lot of people – the word marriage is something that provokes very powerful traditions and religious beliefs, but have concluded that for me personally, it is important to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” Obama said.

The president also said that his daughters, Malia and Sasha, had friends whose parents were samesex couples and that influenced his decision.

“It wouldn’t dawn on them that somehow their friends’ parents would be treated differently. It doesn’t make sense to them and frankly, that’s the kind of thing that prompts a change in perspective,” Obama said.

But for some Black Christians, no matter their religious affiliation, there’s been no change of heart when it comes to gay marriage.

For Ann Smith, a Baptist upbringing lends itself to seeing shades of grey, but not necessarily embracing them.

“I support gay civil unions but not gay marriage. I believe we are all God’s children, but, I do believe that marriage is sacred and not to be played with. I consider myself a liberal Christian and see a lot of shades of grey, but I think that our culture today is trying to The Washington Informer

Black churchgoers continue to embrace President Obama as the nation’s leader, but largely oppose his support of same-sex marriage. /Courtesy Photo

push this idea that everything is ‘a right.’ Sometimes, there has to be a line in the sand, and this is one of them for me,” Smith said.

“Am I going to picket? No. Am I against President Obama’s stance?

No – I understand it. Would I vote for gay marriage? No. Did I sign a petition at church last Sunday that marriage is between a man and woman? Yeah, I did,” Smith said.

Smith, 44, said that the president’s position is reminiscent of those with which a lot of Christians are faced when they recognize that many of their friends, family members, and people they care about are gay. Religious doctrine and Christian compassion however run counter to one another when dealing with homosexuality.

Those conflicting beliefs tore Terrence Hines and his family apart for decades. At 62, Hines has witnessed his own positions over homosexual unions spin out of control after learning that both his son, Terrence, Jr., and a beloved niece were gay.

“I was raised ‘old school’ and when my son was born I checked to see that he had all of his fingers and toes and then immediately prayed to God that he not turn out gay. I was a deacon at my church, I was a respected member of my [Dallas, Texas] community, and a gay person in the family could ruin

all of that,” Hines said.

Despite keeping his sexuality away from his father for many years, Terrence Jr., eventually “came out”, creating a rift between Hines and his wife Cynthia.

“She wanted to have [my son] and his ‘friend’ come over for family gatherings. They wanted me to acknowledge them as a couple. I wouldn’t do it. He moved to California and it became a very lonely life. I had to choose between having my son on my terms or having him at all. Obama’s position is one that a lot of Black parents of gay and lesbian children have to face and I support him,” Hines said.

The Hines’ reunited eight years ago.

Kendrick Marshall, 28, who lives in Chicago and attends The Israel of God Church, said that Obama’s position could be political rather than religious.

“Well, I’m not going to lie. It was a little bit disappointing to hear President Obama, a professing Christian, say he supports same-sex marriage,” Marshall said.

“But I understand this stance might be politically motivated to secure votes. Nonetheless, voters will have to make their own decisions on such matters based on what they believe both religiously and politically.” wi www.washingtoninformer.com

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Things Don’t Just Happen

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Things Happen ‘Just!’

When we face disappointments, challenges and obstacles, the first thing that we ask ourselves: “Why me?” We don’t always realize things happen to us according to our dominant thoughts, words and deeds.

Even when we work really hard to keep ourselves in a positive frame of mind, things still happen!

When they do, we’re totally caught off guard, but they increase our faith, strengthen our ability to endure and bring forth our hidden talents. Why me, you ask? Les Brown would say, “Why not you? Would you like to recommend someone else?” Why you, because you can handle it. Because you really do know what to do; because you need a little nudge every now and then to keep you on track, or put you back on track.

My favorite scripture is Romans 8:28 “And we know that

all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose.

Think of this scripture in good times and bad.

I read a story about a priest and a Swiss guard engaged in a conversation ... the guard asked the priest “Is God powerful and strong, and why does God let us suffer pain?” The priest answered the guard with a question; he asked, “If you had a son, would you allow him to skateboard?” The guard replied, “Yes, if that would make him happy, why not?” The priest asked, “Even if you knew that he could get hurt in the process?” The guard said, “Yes, because pain is a part of learning.” The priest

responded, “Exactly! God gives us free will to decide for ourselves, He lets us commit mistakes because we learn from the mistakes we make.”

When unexpected events occur, they undoubtedly increase our faith, strengthen our ability to cope and summon our hidden talents.

We’ve got to deal with the negatives and positives in our lives. Unfortunately, we don’t get to choose our best days. Opportunities come our way, but so do disappointments and rejection. We’ve got to be ready for both. We’ve got to learn to be prepared for situations that will harm us, like sin or operating counter-clockwise to what God wants for our lives. There’s a scripture that says, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Operate like your body’s blood stream. Our white blood cells fight infections of all sorts, all day, every day. These cells seek out infections and destroy them. They’re like missiles – they identify, zoom in and annihilate anything that’s harmful to the body. We must perform like our white blood cells. Don’t let the weeds take over your garden in the summer; you’ve got to fight to get rid of those sins that will take over your life, just like those white blood cells. Don’t allow yourself to be destroyed from within, without your knowledge.

Next time something happens to you, remember, things don’t just happen, they happen justifiably, the way they should, at just the right time, to the right individuals. Our job is to know that

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with Lyndia Grant we’re equipped to handle it. And when people around you try and cast you in a negative light, simply smile and look for the message in the mess that you find yourself dealing with at the time.

The more you try to achieve the goals God has placed in your spirit, the more challenges you will inevitably face. But the wind blows on the just as well as the unjust, scripture tells us that: Matthew 5:45 “For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.” So when you’re going through tough times, just remember, things just don’t happen, they happen just [justifiably].wi Lyndia Grant is a public speaker living in the Washington Metropolitan area; visit her website at www.lyndiagrant.com. Contact her by calling 202-518-3192; send emails to fanniestelle@yahoo.com.

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african methodist episcopal

Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Rev. James Manion Supply Priest Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958 Worship Services Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

Blessed Word of Life Church Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors 4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org

Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney. • Pastor 2568 MLK Jr., Ave., S.E. Washington, D.C. 20020 (202) 889-3877 (o) • (202) 678-1291 (fax) Services and Times 7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.

Small Groups/Church School: 9:00 a.m.

Small Group Bible Study Tuesday 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Noon Thursday 7:39 p.m.

God our Father, Christ our Redeemer, Humankind one Family www.otfmall.com/camecame reedley5@aol.com

Mt. Zion Baptist Church Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089 Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net

Pilgrim Baptist Church

700 I. Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Pastor Louis B. Jones, II and Pilgrim invite you to join us during our July and August Summer schedule! Attire is Christian casual.

Worship: Sundays@ 7:30 A.M. & 10:00 A.M. 3rd Sunday Holy Communion/ Baptism/Consecration Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @12:00 Noon @ 6:30 P.M. – One Hour of Power!

(202) 547-8849 www. pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors

Church of Living Waters

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464 Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., • Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE • Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 • www.acamec.org 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary”

Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor 800 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 Fax No. 202-548-0703 Sunday 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

Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. State Overseer

Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor

5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555

SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 8:00 AM and 10:45 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: 9:45 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org

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.

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

1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax

Pastor Gerald L Martin Senior Minister 3204 Brothers Place S.E. Washington, D.C. 20032 202-373-5566 or 202-373-5567

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

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.

3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax)

Morning Star Baptist Church

Crusader Baptist Church

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

Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m.

Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.

Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!”

Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net

Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org

ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us...

St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Dr. Raymond T. Matthews, Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews Sunday School 9:am Worship Service 10:am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service 6:45 pm Thur. Bible Study 7:15 pm

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Service & Time Sunday Worship 7:45A.M & 11A.M Communion Service 2nd Sunday 11A.M Prayer Service Tuesday 7:00 P.M Bible Study Tuesday 8:00 P.M Sunday Church School 10:00 A.M Sunday “A church reaching and winning our community for Christ” morningstarbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.morningstarchurch-dc.org

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

52 Years of Expert Engraving Services

Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org

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All Nations Baptist Church

Friendship Baptist Church 900 Delaware Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20020 (202) 488-7417 (202) 484-2242 Rev. Dr. J. Michael Little Pastor Sunrise Prayer: 6:00 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday-11:00AM www.friendshipbaptistdc.org Email: frienshipde1900@verizon.net

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591 Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

Zion Baptist Church

Israel Baptist Church

Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

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

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

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

St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Study: Monday - 7:00 p.m.

Prayer Meeting: Thursday - 7:00 p.m.

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org

Rehoboth Baptist Church

St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor 1105 New Jersey Ave, S.E • Washington, DC 20003 202 488-7298 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 9:05 A.M. Sunday School: 8:00 A.M. Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting: 7:00 P.M. (Tuesday) Bible Study: 7:30 P.M. (Tuesday) Theme: “Striving to be more like Jesus “Stewardship”.

Philippians 3:12-14; Malachi 3:8-10 and 2 Corinthians 9:7 Email: stmatthewbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.com

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Emmanuel 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

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New Commandment Baptist Church

Rev. Terry D. Streeter Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Pastor and Overseer

215 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. • WD.C. 20001 (202) 332-5748

625 Park Rd, NW • WDC 20010 P: 202 291-5711 • F: 202 291-5666

Early Morning Worship: 7:45 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.

C.T.U. Sunday: 2:45 p.m.

Bible Study: Wednesday 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Prayer Service: Wednesday 8:00 p.m.

Noon Day Prayer Service: Mondays 12 p.m.

Sunday Worship Service - 11 am Sunday School - 9:45 am Bible Study & Prayer Wed. - 7 pm Substance Abuse Counseling 7 pm (Mon & Fri) Jobs Partnership - 7 pm (Mon & Wed) Sat. Enrichment Experience - 9:30 am

Salem Baptist Church

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

Shiloh Baptist Church

Rev. R. Vincent Palmer Pastor

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith 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

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Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.

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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.

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

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Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

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

Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Bobby L. Livingston, Sr. Pastor

Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor

75 Rhode Island Ave. NW • Washington, DC 20001 (202) 667-4448

2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304 Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m.

New Members Class 9:30a.m.

Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m Church School 9:30a.m.

Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m.

Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”

Peace Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 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 “The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church 602 N Street NW • Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595 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

Sunrise Prayer Service 6:00 A.M. Sunday Church School 8:30 A.M. Pre-Worship Devotionals 9:45 A.M. Morning Worship Services 10:00 A.M. Holy Communion 1st Sunday Worship Services Bible Study Tuesdays, 6:00 P.M. Thursdays, 1:00 P.M. Prayer Meetings Tuesdays, 7:00 P.M. Thursdays, 12:00 P.M.

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

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services Worship Service: 7:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m.

Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.

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Mystics newly acquired center Ashley Robinson [pointing] and returning Mystics player Crystal Langhorne conducted an offense vs. defense session during a basketball skills clinic for girls on Saturday, May 12 at Stoddert Recreation Center in Northwest. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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Mystics Host Fifth Annual Youth Summer League Event The Washington Mystics hosted their fifth annual Mystics Youth Summer League (MYSL) tip-off event on Saturday, May 12 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m., at Stoddert Recreation Center in Northwest. For the second consecutive year, Kay Jewelers served as the presenting sponsor of the league while the Mystics continued their partnership with the Greater Washington Sports Alliance and the DC Department of Parks and Recreation to ensure its success. For the fifth year, MYSL has provided an outlet for girls between the ages of 10 and 18 who are interested in basketball.

“Kay Jewelers is proud to continue its partnership with the Mystics organization and support its youth summer league program,” said Mark Light, president and CEO of Kay Jewelers. “We are excited to be affiliated with a team that empowers young women and is passionate about cultivating future leaders on and off the basketball court.”

The Mystics Youth Summer League tip-off included a basketball skills clinic for the girls and a clinic for coaches. The day wrapped up with an autograph session and raffle. The entire 2012 Washington Mystics team as well as General Manager and Head Coach Trudi Lacey showed up to provide assistance with the clinics.

MYSL participants received a reversible jersey along with a complimentary ticket to see

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At the conclusion of the basketball skills clinic on Saturday, May 12, Mystics players and coaches autographed team photographs for the participants at Stoddert Recreation Center in Northwest. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

An excited Jenna Patterson rushes to collect the grand prize, a Mother’s Day gift from Kay Jewelers and an autographed basketball. Participants received tickets and a chance to win numerous raffle prizes on Saturday, May 12 at the conclusion of the basketball skills clinic at Stoddert Recreation Center in Northwest. Jenna’s teammates cheered after her name was announced. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

the Mystics take on the Atlanta Dream at the Verizon Center on August 24. MYSL championship games will take place before and after the Mystics vs.

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

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Administration No. 2012 ADM 383

Administration No. 2012 ADM 381

Administration No. 2012 ADM 351

Dorothy Philson Decedent

Russell A. Snoddy Decedent

Mabel O. Weston Decedent

Rita Philson Skalski (Pro Se) 20 Cheverly Circle Cheverly, MD 20785 Attorney

Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney

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

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

Rita Philson Skalski, whose address is 20 Cheverly Circle, Cheverly, MD 20785, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Dorothy Philson, who died on April 13, 2004 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 17, 2012. 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 17, 2012, 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.

Tyrone L. Snoddy, whose address is 1903 Addison Road, South, District Heights, MD 20747, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Russell A. Snoddy who died on October 25, 2004 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. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 10, 2012. 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 10, 2012, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication: May 17, 2012

Date of first publication: May 10, 2012

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Tyrone L. Snoddy Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2012 ADM 370 Rosalie E. Cherry Decedent James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Linwood Cherry, Jr., whose address is 1006 Quebec Place, NW, Washington, DC 20010, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Rosalie E. Cherry, who died on April 3, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 3, 2012. 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 3, 2012, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication: May 3, 2012 Linwood Cherry, Jr. Personal Representative

Notice of Standard Probate Estate of Marvel B. Salley aka Marvell Beatrice Salley Deceased Administrative No. 2012 ADM 355

Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Muriel Howell Jackson for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth.

Admit to probate the will dated August 14, 1979 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of witnesses or otherwise Order any interested person to show cause why the provisions of the lost or destroyed will dated August 14, 1979 should not be admitted to probate as expressed in the petition In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate Appoint an unsupervised personal representative Date of first publication: May 3, 2012 Muriel Howell Jackson Personal Representative

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Matthew F. Shannon, whose address is 1420 N Street, NW #102, Washington, DC 20005, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mabel O. Weston, who died on April 11, 2012 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before November 3, 2012. 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 3, 2012, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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Too many scorn diplomacy as weak, as “soft power.” But in fact, Americans would be better served if we had fewer smart bombs and more educated kids.

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Chavis continued from Page 29 Black American church community who stood in opposition to Dr. King’s bold courage. Dr. King was fearless and courageous.

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President Barack Obama has emerged from the civil rights tradition of courage and leadership.

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As difficult as it is to watch, governments should quit involving themselves in civil wars. Think of our own. In 1862, both France and Britain were contemplating intervening on the side of the Confederacy. Consider how things might have turned out had that happened.

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A riot erupted the next day that resulted in two deaths and six injuries.

Chavis and nine others were charged and convicted of arson and conspiracy in connection with the firebombing incident.

Most of the defendants received a sentence of 29 years, with Ann Shepard, the White woman from Auburn, N.Y., receiving the lightest sentence of 15 years and 24-year-old Chavis getting the longest sentence, 34 years.

All nine maintained that they were innocent. In 1980, a federal appeals court overturned their convictions, noting that the trial judge restricted defense attorneys from cross-examining witnesses who had received special treatment in exchange for their testimony against the Wilmington Ten. Defense attorneys, in their petition to reverse the convictions, noted that the prosecutor failed to disclose “inducement for testimony and special favor-

able treatment offered to each of three important witnesses including leniency, accommodations at a beach hotel and beach cottage paid for by the prosecution, an expense-paid trip for the girlfriend of the chief witness, and the gift of a mini-bike made after the trial.”

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals also ruled that the prosecution violated due process rights by failing to turn over evidence that was favorable to the defense, including information that would have impeached the testimony of its chief witness, Allen Hall. It was Hall who had leveled the most serious charges against Chavis, depicting him as the chief architect of the violence and claiming that he taught others to assemble firebombs and use firearms.

However, despite more than a half-dozen requests from defense attorneys, the prosecutor refused to turn over a second statement made by Allen that directly contradicted at least 15 of his earlier charges.

The prosecutor also failed to turn over a mental evaluation of Hall.

“Significant to this case are the statements in the report that ‘psychological tests reveal an IQ of 82 placing him in the range of borderline defective,’” the appeals court judges wrote. They said Hall’s limited intelligence raised questions about Hall’s “ability to recall in minute detail events that occurred at least one and one-half years prior to the time he was testifying.”

This was the criminal justice system at its worse. The least North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue should do is issue a long overdue pardon and heartfelt apology to the Wilmington Ten. wi George E. Curry is editorin-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA) and editorial director of Heart & Soul magazine. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www. georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/ currygeorge.

claiming self-defense.

Alexander rejected a judge’s plea bargain offer of a threeyear sentence, opting instead for a jury trial. But the same “stand your ground” law that protected the man who took an innocent life did not sway the jury that found Alexander guilty in March. The jury was apparently swayed by the fact that Alexander ran out of the house, and then came back into the house because the garage door was locked. She testified she had left her keys inside.

The jury said returning to the house was wrong for someone claiming her life was at risk and that she fired the gun in anger, rather than in self-defense.

Well, I join with civil rights activists and domestic abuse

victim’s advocates who say Alexander, who had no prior criminal record, was treated extra harshly because of her race, while Zimmerman got a pass for six weeks because he’s White and because his father is a magistrate judge.

Ironically, the case was prosecuted by State Attorney Angela Corey, the same prosecutor who is handling the MartinZimmerman case.

After the sentencing, Congressional Black Caucus member Rep. Corrine Brown confronted Corey in the hallway, accusing her of being overzealous, according to video from CNN affiliate WJXT. “There is no justification for 20 years,” Brown told Corey during an exchange that was frequently

interrupted by onlookers. “All the community was asking for was mercy and justice,” Brown said. I agree.

The judge handed down the sentence after an emotional sentencing hearing during which Alexander’s parents, her 11-year-old daughter and her pastor spoke on her behalf. Several people had to be escorted from the courtroom after breaking out singing and chanting about a lack of justice in the case, but the judge made a point to say that he had no choice under state law.

If there was any justice in the state of Florida, the governor would immediately issue a pardon, or at least commute Alexander’s sentence. wi

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MUHAMMAD continued from Page 30 took the life of an unarmed child.

“I believe when he threatened to kill me, that’s what he was absolutely going to do,” Alexander told CNN. “That’s what he intended to do. Had

I not discharged my weapon at that point, I would not be here.”

A police dispatcher warned Zimmerman not to continue following Martin prior to the incident in which he took the young man’s life. He stalked him like a hunter anyway, and eventually bagged his prey,

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months old she went back to work. “I don’t think anybody wants to be on assistance. My motivation is to work harder so I don’t need it.”

For seven months, Ashante took a three-hour bus trip each way to work a $7.85 an hour job at a Target in the suburbs.

Eventually she left that job and started seeking another.

“I’ve done retail. I’ve done office work. I’ve worked in day care so my experience is broad,” she said. Her goal is to return to college but she thinks she should work to get a place to live and

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