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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell advocated for the third Open Enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, September 22, at Howard University Hospital in Northwest.

HHS Secretary Pleads Case for Uninsured Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Begins Soon By Saraﬁna Wright WI Staff Writer As the third open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) approaches, over 17.6 million Americans have gained coverage since the law has taken effect. However, there remains work to do with millions more to reach. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell presented both the accomplishments and challenges of the law, reﬂecting on its impact on access, affordability and quality, on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at Howard University Hospital’s Walter Lester Henry Auditorium in Northwest. “Howard University College

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of Medicine has been a great partner to us and part of our efforts to bring healthcare to more Americans of all backgrounds,” Burwell said. Open enrollment, which begins Nov. 1, allows applicants to enroll for a qualified heath plan in the Marketplace without regard to health history. For communities of color, great strides have been made with healthcare coverage. “The uninsured rate for African-American adults has declined by more than 10 percentage points, compared to about 7.7 percent for the total population,” Burwell said. For the Latino population

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By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent During his speech at the 45th Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) Phoenix Awards Dinner, President Barack Obama celebrated the critical role that Black women have played in “every great movement in American history” and pledged to address challenges they face in the workplace and in the criminal justice system. Blacks from across the coun-

try packed the ballroom at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest on Saturday, Sept. 19, eager to hear the comments from the president. The Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation focuses on issues affecting the Black community, domestically and abroad, and included policy forums on health, education, economic empowerment, Blacks in media and the criminal justice system. In prepared remarks, President

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Panel Says HBCU’s Remain Relevant, Necessary By Tia Carol Jones law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said.

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Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicshared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow ence at the Kenyan District Heights (D-Ward Also5) present at the event was said.on the Judiciary, has introduced Councilman R. McDuffie and chairperson of the Committee Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see aDomestic bill to address the surge in crime in the District. on May 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise The Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Act of 2015 would allow officials to take a more holistic apMunicipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in proach that would include the collaboration of human services agencies and neighborhood organizations. It would sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She also provide the District with data needed to more effectively prevent outbreaks of violent crime in the future. Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatOne key provision of the bill includes the creation an Office of Neighborhood Engagement and Safety whose Center of the city of District the Beltwayof Sniper attacks in about domestic role would be to identify teens and young adults most at to engage in crime. ed What’s more, the bill violence. would require Heights and the National Hook- 2002. MildredriskMuhammad is “We have to stop being pasthe MPD to provide yearly training on preventing biased-based profiling, community policing and the use of force as Up of Black Women. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilpartMarlow of their mandatory continuing and training. has written a book,education an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” McDuffie he and his staff ismet residents, of neighborhood criminal justice experts and federal “Color Me said Butterfly,” which a with survivors domestic organizations, violence Marlow said. partners before crafting the legislation which he believes will “address the spike in crime and identify the root story about four generations of and their children. Marlow has worked to causes break of the problem that impact domestic violence. The crime.” book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, inspired by her own experiences, years in fear is a long time. 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He called on Biden to help HBCUs reach a “5 percent aspirational goal” of federal funding. College administrators appeared pleased by the words and support of Biden. “He hit on a number of important points, but more importantly, he recognizes the significance of this community of colleges,” Dr. David H. Swinton, president of Benedict College, said after Biden’s speech.

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We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor children about domestic violence. I plan to take these Six D.C. Public Schools Violated Rules on Standardized Tests policies to Congress and Move over Atlanta Public Schools. It appears that administrators at six D.C. public schools violated rules on standardized test in 2013-2014, allegedly steering students to correct answers, erasing strayimplore marks on answer sheets or providing accommodations them tounauthorized change our for test takers. The violations were cited according to an annual test-security review after an investigation was conducted by an outside consulting firm, Alvarez & Marshal. laws. I will not stopPost.until These, and other findings were cited in a news story released on Tuesday, Sept. 22 by The Washington Other analyses have not identified evidence of widespread cheating at D.C. schools. Meanwhile, Paul Public Charter School in Ward 4, a middle school thatpolicies had been classifiedare as a top-tier school by the these passed.

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Sept. 24 1965 - President Lyndon Johnson issues what is generally considered the nation’s first affirmative action order - Executive Order #11246. It required companies receiving federal construction contracts to ensure equality in the hiring of minorities. Despite a disastrous war in Vietnam, which would eventually force his resignation, the Southern-born Johnson generally supported a host of legislative and executive efforts beneficial to Blacks.

1833 – Rev. Lemuel Haynes dies at 88. He was one of the leading black veterans of America’s war for independence from England. 1868 – The Opelousas Massacre occurs. Racist whites launch a terror campaign in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana resulting in the deaths of at least 200 black people. 1895 – The National Baptist Convention is founded.

Sept. 25 1861 - The Secretary of the Navy authorizes the enlistment of free blacks and slaves as Union sailors in a bid to help the North win the Civil War against pro-slavery Southern whites who had proven more difficult in battle than the North had originally expected. 1962 - Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett defies a federal court order and personally stands in the door to block the admittance of a black student - James Meredith - to the University of Mississippi. Meredith would eventually be admitted and graduate. Historians now generally believe Barnett’s “show” was primarily designed to curry favor among white voters not actually to stop desegregation of the then-all-white university.

Sept. 29 1940 - First U.S. merchant ship commanded by a black captain – Hugh Mulzac – is launched in Wilmington, Delaware. The ship is named the “Booker T. Washington.” 1962 - President John F. Kennedy finally sends federal troops to force the integration of the University of Mississippi. 2001 – Mabel Fairbanks dies at 85. She was the first black woman to be inducted into the Figure Skating Hall of Fame. She coached Olympic greats Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner.

Sept. 26 1907 – The People’s Savings Bank is incorporated in Philadelphia by one of the nation’s earliest black Congressman George H. White. White had been forced out of Congress as Jim Crow laws led to the increasing disenfranchisement of black voters after Reconstruction. After leaving Congress, he turned his attention to black economic advancement. His bank helped thousands of black people purchase homes. 1929 – Ida Stephens Owens is born. She would become the nation’s first black female biochemist. Sept. 27 1817 - Hiram R. Revels is born free in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Revels becomes the first black to serve in the United States Senate shortly after the Civil War. 1876 – Edward Mitchell Bannister upsets racist whites who believe blacks have no artistic skill by winning a bronze medal for a painting he displayed at the American Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. 1950 – Gwendolyn Brooks is the first black person to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry – “Annie Allen.” 1950 – Ralph J. Bunche is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in mediating a conﬂict between Palestinians and the newly established Jewish state of Israel. Arabs had gone to war arguing the Jewish state had been established on land, which rightfully belonged to the Palestinians.

Sept. 30 1962 – White students riot as federal marshals escort James Meredith into the University of Mississippi to force integration. Oct. 1 1841 - Fannie M. Richards is born. She becomes one of the nation’s early civil rights advocates as well as a prominent educator. 1872 – Morgan State College is founded in Maryland. 1966 - The Black Panther Party for Self Defense is founded in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Oct. 2 1986 – The U.S. Senate imposes economic sanctions on the then white minority government in South Africa. The sanctions were imposed only after the Senate overrode a veto of the measure by President Ronald Reagan. Reagan had angered blacks and progressive whites by favoring a policy he referred to as “constructive engagement” with the racist South African regime. Black majority rule was not achieved in South Africa until 1994. Ralph J. Bunche

Sept. 28 1785 - Abolitionist and writer David Walker is born. Walker is best known for his powerful anti-slavery pamphlet “David Walker’s Appeal.” The “Appeal” was published on this same day in 1829.

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VIEWP INT Stephen Price Takoma Park, Maryland I would say Carly Fiorina. She was quite aggressive and articulate. She responded well to the insults she received from Donald Trump. I’m not in favor of her as my candidate, but I think she did the best among those who were on stage at the debate.

Christine Emmons New Haven, Connecticut I’m not interested in who won or lost the debate. I’m interested in who was the most honest in their responses because I don’t think anyone will be able to solve any problems unless they address them honestly. I think Governor John Kasich, Dr. Ben Carson and Senator Rand Paul were the most honest and sincere in their answers.

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LAST WEEK THE REPUBLICAN FIELD OF PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS HAD THEIR SECOND DEBATE. OUT OF ALL THE CANDIDATES WHO SPOKE AT THE LATE-NIGHT DEBATE, WHO DO YOU THINK DID THE BEST WITH ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS AND PROVIDING KNOWLEDGEABLE RESPONSES?

Gerald Munde Washington, D.C. I think Carly Fiorina and Senator Marco Rubio did very well. Rubio was knowledgeable in his answers regarding foreign policy and Fiorina showed that she was knowledgeable in international relations. I also liked hearing both of them talk about their plans for job creation and the economy.

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Chad Sassi Washington, D.C. I think Dr. Ben Carson was the most impressive. He is always very calm and he had good answers to the questions. I like his maturity as well. He’s well balanced and that’s what we need from someone who could potentially run the country. I’m not a Republican or a Democrat, but I think Carson did the best job in the debate.

Lynn Payne Carlisle, Pennsylvania I think Carly Fiorina did the best job. She hit back at Trump, straight out of the gate. I also think Governor Chris Christie did alright, but overall, Carly Fiorina did the best. She seemed to have a little more knowledge than everyone else. Christie has some good answers, too, but Carly was the most impressive.

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AROUND THE REGION OBAMA CBC from Page 1 dation honored: Fred Gray, the first civil rights attorney for Rosa Parks; the Rev. William Barber, II, the president of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP; Juanita Abernathy, civil rights activist and wife of the late Rev. Ralph Abernathy; and the late Amelia Boynton Robinson, who helped to organize the historic march for voting rights to Selma, Ala. Thousands celebrated the 50th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” march this summer. Obama praised the leadership of Black women displayed during the Civil Rights Movement, even though they were often marginalized in front of the cameras. “Women were the foot soldiers. Women strategized boycotts and organized marches. Even if they weren’t allowed to run the civil rights organizations on paper, behind the scenes they were the thinkers and the doers making things happen each and every day doing the work that nobody else wanted to do,” he

said. “They couldn’t prophesize from the pulpits, but they led the charge from the pews. They were no strangers to violence. They were on the front lines.” “Because all of us are beneficiaries of a long line of strong Black women who helped carry this country forward. Their work to expand civil rights opened the doors of opportunity, not just for African Americans but for all women, for all of us – Black and white, Latino and Asian, LGBT and straight, for our First Americans and our newest Americans,” President Obama said. “And their contributions in every field – as scientists and entrepreneurs, educators, explorers – all made us stronger.” President Obama added: “The good news is, despite structural barriers of race and gender, women and girls of color have made real progress in recent years. The number of Black women-owned businesses has skyrocketed. Teen pregnancy rates among girls of color are down, while high school and four-year college graduation

rates are up.” According to a 2014 report on women of color and entrepreneurship by the Center for American Progress, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, business ownership for Black women exploded nearly 260 percent between 1997 and 2013. However, despite the success Black women have enjoyed in entrepreneurship and higher graduation rates in recent years, they still have a long way to go to achieve equity in the workplace. Obama lamented the pay disparities between men and women and the lack of management opportunities for Black women. According to the 2014 report by the Center for American Progress, Black women made 64 cents for every dollar a white man earned. “It is an affront to the very idea of America when certain segments of our population don’t have access to the same opportunities as everybody else,” Obama said. “It makes a mockery of our economy when Black women make 30 fewer cents for every dollar a white man earns.”

“That adds up to thousands of dollars in missed income that determines whether a family can pay for a home, or pay for college for their kids, or save for retirement, or give their kids a better life. And that’s not just a woman’s issue, that’s everybody’s issue,” he added. Obama also said that he would continue to push for a higher minimum wage, to expand paid leave for employees of federal contractors and increase tax credits that help working families. “It’s good for our economy. It’s the right thing to do,” Obama said. “No family should have to choose between taking care of a sick child or losing their job.” Obama warned the audience not to forget the impact that the criminal justice system has on women, especially Black women who are incarcerated at twice the rate of white women. “Many women in prison, you come to discover, have been victims of homelessness and domestic violence, and in some cases human trafficking,” he said. “And many have been sexually assaulted, both before they got to prison and then after they go to prison. And we don’t ofWhere did you hear about that?

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ten talk about how society treats Black women and girls before they end up in prison. They’re suspended at higher rates than white boys and all other girls.” Obama said that he was confident that lawmakers could move forward to reform the criminal justice system and he pledged to work with the CBC and the rest of Congress on legislation that addressed “unjust sentencing laws,” encouraged diversion and crime prevention programs and supported returning citizens. “We’ve got good people on both sides of the aisle that are working with law enforcement and local communities to find a better way forward,” the president said. “And as always, change will not happen overnight. It won’t be easy.” President Obama continued: “But if our history has taught us anything, it’s taught us that when we come together, when we’re working with a sense of purpose, when we are listening to one another, when we assume the best in each other rather than the worst, then change happens.”WI Wow! Where can I get a copy?

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Do Black Lives Matter in Congress? Panelists Say Laws Must Be Changed By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Tanya Clay House, a public policy director with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Northwest, said Friday, Sept. 18, that the lives of Blacks should matter when members of Congress create and pass laws. Faye Coffield, a retired police officer in Atlanta, said the best way for that to happen involves being in the community. “When I worked in public housing, I took my kids to the opera. I took my kids to museums. I took my kids to see what else was out there,” said Coffield who now managers her own private investigation firm in Lithonia, Georgia. “We have to stop labeling the Black community like it is a hot bed of crime. There are people who live in these communities. They just want to be safe.” These and other proposal looked to explore solutions on ways to ensure that the Black community receives equal treatment under the law during the third day of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 45th Annual Legislative Conference. They spoke on a panel called “Activism and Action Restoring Trust Between Community and Police and Do Black Lives Matter in Congress?” at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest. The participants

discussed how current legislation continues to affect Blacks as pointed to the police-involved shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown whose death continues to spark national debates. Daryl A. Parks, one of the attorneys for Brown’s family who sued the city of Ferguson, Missouri, its former police and the ex-officer who fatally shot Brown earlier this year, said some good has come from the tragedy. As an example, Parks pointed to residents in St. Louis who are teaching youth how to write computer code. Local clergy have also become more involved in community outreach efforts. He even gave some credit to the media. “The media has been the game-changer in terms of exposure [and] letting the country know about what’s wrong,” said Parks, a managing partner at Parks and Crump Law Firm in Tallahassee, Florida. “We wouldn’t have had the president [Obama] chiming in . . . It’s worked tremendously.” However, many challenges remain. According to a 2013 Pew Research Center survey, 70 percent of Blacks said those in their community are treated less fairly than whites when dealing with the police, compared to 37 percent of whites who agree. About 68 percent of Blacks surveyed believe Blacks receive

Daryl A. Parks, one of the attorneys who represented the family of 18-year-old Michael Brown who was fatally shot and killed by a police ofﬁcer last year in Ferguson, Missouri, speaks on a panel during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference on Friday, Sept. 18. /Photo by William J. Ford)

unequal treatment by the court system than whites, versus 27 percent of white who concur with that opinion, according to the survey. The Center for American Progress (CAP), a nonprofit policy organization in Northwest, posted four ideas on its website, www.americanprogress.org, in December believed to reform the criminal justice system and improve community policing. Those recommendations include: increase the use of special prosecutors in police misconduct investigations; enhance data collection on fatalities involving

police; implement implicit bias training for all law enforcement officials involved in federal task forces; and increase the federal government’s oversight of police misconduct. “As we think about crime and criminal justice reform, we often have made public policy decisions in a silo,” said Michele Jawando, vice president for Legal Progress with CAP and one of the two analysts who wrote the proposal in December. “We have to look at who’s in the room when these policies are moving forward. Ninety-five percent of them are male and 90 percent

are white. Not many people look like you [Black] making decisions. That needs to change.” Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Georgia), who hosted the discussion, said some of the blame rests with the Republican leaders in the federal and state governments. Their philosophy, Johnson said, aims to cut taxes and decrease government services that affect the poor and middle class. “The only way we can fight back is to run them out of office and put other folks into office,” he said. “We’ve got to get our neighbors out and vote.” WI

Tanya Clay House, a public policy director with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Northwest, speaks on a panel at the Congressional Black Caucus on Friday, Sept. 18. (Photo by William J. Ford)

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AROUND THE REGION BURWELL from Page 1 there has been an 11.5 percent drop in uninsured adults. Burwell believes the number of uninsured people have dropped for three primary reasons that include: allowing young people up to age 26 to stay on their parents plan; the Medicaid expansion in 29 states plus D.C.; and the availability of affordable insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplaces.

Although there has been major progress, there are still 10.5 million uninsured Americans who are eligible for Marketplace coverage in the upcoming enrollment period. Key characteristics of the uninsured are half of them are between the ages of 18-34, almost 40 percent are living in poverty and approximately one-third of the uninsured who qualify are people of color.

First-year Howard University medical student Demarca Hernandez asked Burwell what are the plans of Health and Human Services to further reach the Hispanic community. “One thing that we know specifically for the Hispanic community is they need in-person assistance,” Burwell responded. “For some of them they have never had coverage so having someone there to walk them

through improves the process.” Burrell also stated that through research they found that the Hispanic community uses mobile devices more than any other group. “We’re implementing a way for them to register on their mobile devices. We’ve also fixed computer program issues that will make the process a lot easier,” Burwell said. The ACA application has been streamlined from its earlier 76 pages down to 16 this enrollment period making the process a smoother one. Since its inception in 2010 by President Obama the Republican Party has challenged the legality of the law numerous times. The ACA has twice been ratified by the Supreme Court of the United States as the law of the land. In June of 2015, in the case of King v. Burwell, the highest court of the land once again upheld key provisions of the act, ruling it constitutional. With an election season underway many fear that if a Republican wins the 2016 election, the healthcare of millions of Americans may be in jeopardy. A representative of the Endocrinology Department of How-

ard University Hospital posed this concern to Burwell who attempted to respond. “As a nation we have moved beyond. I think that is an important part of what will happen when we leave in 16 months,” Burwell said. “We need to keep delivering on substance and if we do that the law will hold.” Burwell admits that this open enrollment period will face its challenges but promised that the Department of Health and Human Services will work smarter. “The first thing is to improve consumer experience. Second, retain customers and the third thing is to increase enrollment,” Burwell said. “We do those things by in-person assistance and reaching out to leaders in the community that people will listen to like [local] DJs and church [officials].” “At the end of the year, we expect 9.1 million individuals will have active coverage through the Marketplace,” Burwell said. “We want people to come back, update their information and shop for the best plan for them before the December 15th deadline for January coverage.”WI

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Apple Making Strides in Diversity By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer To an enthusiastic and packed house at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco earlier this month, Apple wowed just about everyone by presenting upgrades to its devices like Apple TV, the new iPad and the iPencil. But, to many observers, the popular Silicon Valley company remains in dire need of an upgrade in another area: diversity. “All of the products are exciting new technological tools that represent Apple’s cutting-edge innovations,” said Denise Rolark Barnes, the president of the more than 200-member National Newspaper Publishers Association – the Black Press of America. Rolark Barnes, who’s also the publisher of the Washington Informer, attended the conference and noted that the show also verified the lack of diversity in the computer giant’s operation. However, it didn’t mean that the com-

pany wasn’t making an effort, she said. “I’m encouraged by the presence of former EPA director Lisa Jackson who now heads Apple’s environmental division, and several other new departments,” Rolark Barnes said. “Plus, in its attempts to address the diversity challenges waged by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., Apple has granted a significant donation to the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund for students enrolled in historically black colleges and universities,” she said. Ahead of the conference, Apple for the first time revealed its company’s makeup. Thirty percent of the company’s retail workers and 32 percent of its retail leadership globally are female, Washington Informer according to Apple’s report. In the U.S., 11 percent of its retail workers are African American, 15 percent are Latino, and seven percent are Asian5.65” while 56 percent are white.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has pledged that the company will be more inclusive. /Courtesy photo

As for its retail leadership in the U.S., 69 percent are white, nine percent are Latino and five percent are Asian and African American. Also for the first time, Apple disclosed its EEO-1, a government report on the demographic breakdown of its U.S.-based workforce. From counting just those in the

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“sales” category – which the financial magazine Silicon Beat says may not exactly match with retail staff and likely includes corporate sales – Apple says in its diversity report that it doesn’t think the EEO1 best reﬂects its organization. Twelve percent – or 2,280 – of its 19,210 sales employees are Black and 47 percent of all of Apple’s 4,809 African-American workers are in sales positions. Thirty percent of Apple’s 17,165 female workers in the U.S. are in sales and, overall, Apple reported that 69 percent of its global workforce is male, compared to 70 percent last year. In the U.S., its workforce is 54 percent white, 18 percent Asian, 11 percent Latino and eight percent black. Further, more than 70 percent – or 60 out of 83 individuals – of Apple’s senior executives are white men, according to the EEO-1 from 2014. Twelve are white women. Of the 83 executives, one was Latino, two were African American and eight were Asian. 6.5” is critical to innova“Diversity tion and it is essential to Apple’s future. We aspire to do more than just make our company as diverse as the talent available to hire,” Tim Cook, the company’s CEO, said in a statement posted on Apple’s website. “We must address the broad underlying challenges, offer new opportunities and create a future generation of employees as diverse as the world around us. We also aspire to make a difference beyond Apple,” Cook said. Jackson, who had joined others like Sharpton, Chavis and California Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee in calling for Apple to release its EEO-1 report, called the document unveiling a positive step. The civil rights icon also demanded that tech companies be

more transparent and reveal hiring goals for minorities and women. “Rainbow PUSH [Jackson’s civil rights organization] has asked companies to go beyond the EEO1 report and provide additional, comprehensive, transparent data points, showing year over year numbers and percentages relating to hiring of women and people of color in the tech and non-tech sectors; in leadership positions; retail; and their supplier diversity spend,” Jackson said in an email. “This data provides a much clearer picture of what companies are actually doing,” he said. Lee said Apple appears to be moving in the right direction. She said Cook wants his company to look like the country and she believes they are committed to doing everything they can. “We have asked them all to release the data,” Lee said prior to the release of the information. “If they believe in inclusion, they have to release the data so the public knows that they are being transparent and that they are committed to doing the right thing.” Cook said the company is committed to fostering and advancing inclusion and diversity across Apple and all the communities of which they are a part. “As one example, we’re proud that our spending on women and minority-owned businesses exceeded $650 million last year,” he said. “We want every person who joins our team, every customer visiting our stores or calling for support to feel welcome. We believe in equality for everyone, regardless of race, age, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation. That applies throughout our company and around the world with no exceptions,” he added. WI

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Ward 5 Councilman Kenyan McDufﬁe chaired a 10-hour meeting on violent crime. /Courtesy photo

District Council Tackles Violent Crime Hearing on Homicides Last 10 Hours By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Like the violent crime that has plagued the District, a meeting held on Wednesday, Sept. 16 to discuss the outbreak of shootings, stabbings and other unseemly acts appeared as if it would never end. When it was over – at about 3 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17 – Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, who chaired the meeting, said it was clear that everyone had expressed ideas that needed to be explored in an effort to halt a crime wave that’s become so troublesome that the council-led event was titled “Beyond 100 Homicides: Violent Crime in the District of Columbia.” “This has been an extremely difficult summer for all of us in every neighborhood across the city,” McDuffie said. “In preparing for this hearing, I thought of the conversations I’ve had with residents over the past two months during the Council’s recess. We talked about their grief and fear, their feelings of helplessness, about how so many families have been scarred by their involvement in our criminal justice system, and frankly, about a lack of respect for the value of human life.” Reportedly, there have been 111 murders in the District as of mid-September, a 43 percent increase over the same point last year. It’s also been widely reported that after some areas have seen persistent crime, the up tick in violence has infiltrated neighborhoods that District officials have targeted for growth and revitalization. For example, one news outlet

noted that residents in Northwest are complaining about more gunfire, from Columbia Heights to Petworth and from Park View to Logan Circle. Three people have been killed in Columbia Heights this year while a man reported being abducted from a bus stop on Georgia Avenue and gang-raped in a van. The slaying near the Metrobus occurred just a few blocks south. Closer to downtown, another man was shot and killed on July 18, just off Logan Circle’s 14th Street – a onetime prostitution strip that has been transformed into a bustling entertainment district. “One homicide is one too many,” said D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier, one of the last to testify at the marathon hearing. Lanier had patiently listened as some at the gathering pitched ideas such as bringing back vice units and getting all District agencies involved in the crime-fighting plan. Some also called on faith and community leaders to lend a hand. “Obviously, 111 [homicides] are a problem. I sought to gain perspective through my own experiences growing up in the District of Columbia – how I’ve seen this city change and about all the friends and family members that have been taken from us to soon,” McDuffie said. “And I thought about my responsibility to my city as a member of this body and as a native Washingtonian,” he said. McDuffie also acknowledged that the damage has continued, with shootings, near-misses and violent and non-violent crime of all types. WI

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County District Council Votes ‘No’ on Wal-Mart Proposal By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer@jabariwill The Prince George’s County District Council voted unanimously Monday, Sept. 22 against a proposed Wal-Mart which the company claimed would produce several hundred jobs. Councilwoman Andrea C. Harrison (D-District 5) of Springdale outlined at least two major problems with the project slated for the Duvall Village Shopping Center at Annapolis and Glenn Dale roads in Bowie, Maryland. The small commercial

plaza is located in her district. She said the company used a 1987 traffic study to highlight how it would manage the ﬂow of vehicular travel on today’s roads and failed to fully address its storm water management plan. “The applicant had a chance to be a community partner. To not even consider how the community would feel is not being a good community partner,” Harrison said. “The applicant is operating off a traffic study done in 1987. My first child was born in 1987. The community has changed over the years.”

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A representative with WalMart released a statement after the council’s decision. “We are disappointed by [the Sept. 22] decision and are exploring our options with regard to the project,” Nina Albert, director of public affairs and government relations for Wal-Mart, said in an email. “With Prince George’s County residents annually spending more than $240 million at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club locations outside the county, it is clear our proposed store would support the local economy by increasing spending in the community and creating hundreds of new jobs in Prince George’s County.” The county’s Planning Board approved the plan in March but District Council decided to review the plan in April. One month later in May, residents filed an appeal and requested oral arguments on the plan. While it remained in limbo, the Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed in August a previous decision by the county’s Circuit Court that council exceeded its authority to force Zimmer Development Corp. to redesign a proposed retail center in Adelphi. The county’s planning board approved that plan four The Washington Informer

years ago. County Council sat as the District Council, which reviews zoning and land use matters, when making its decision. “The Council may only reverse the action of the Planning Board if the . . . decision is not supported by substantial evidence, is arbitrary and capricious, or is predicated on an error of law,” Judge Glenn T. Harrell wrote in his decision.

That statement, Harrison said on Sept. 22, fits the planning board’s decision on the WalMart proposal. The company proposed to use a vacant 56,238-square-foot building on the property, expand it another 22,678 square feet and open it for 24-hours operation. The building previously housed a Super Fresh grocery store but now sits vacant with at least four other storefronts. About eight businesses currently occupy the 14.6-acre tract that includes a barber shop, a cleaners and the Half Note Lounge restaurant and bar. Planning Board chairwoman Elizabeth Hewlett could not be reached for comment. Before council made its decision, about a dozen residents marched in a circle outside the county administration building in Upper Marlboro to protest the Wal-Mart plan. Nearly three dozen residents attended the council meeting. Jennifer Dwyer, who lives behind the 14.6-acre tract in Bowie, raised her arms and smiled after Harrison announced she would vote against the plan. “I’m absolutely excited. This shows when people are engaged and keep an eye on what is going on in their community, changes can happen,” said Dwyer, who, along with several neighborhood associations, hired an attorney to contest the plan. “If Wal-Mart decides to appeal, we are going all the way to fight this.”WI

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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY and Jahvaris Fulton, the brother of the late Trayvon Martin. Both Jordan and Trayvon, unarmed Black teenagers, were murdered by white “vigilantes” in the state of Florida in 2012. Other highly-esteemed panelists

Young men from Miami-Dade County, Miami Northwestern High School and participants in the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project attend the My Brother’s Keeper Town Hall during the 45th Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus in Northwest on Friday, Sept. 18. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

Black Boys Receive Mentorship, Support A television star, politicians, government aides and educators assembled to discuss the importance of President Obama’s initiative to help the condition of young boys of color. My Brothers Keeper Town hall, spearheaded by Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), took place during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 45th Annual Legislative Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest on Friday, Sept. 18. And as in year’s past, the forum drew a record number of attendees. “Boys of color are more likely to live in communities with high incidents of violence creating residual effects,” Omari Hardwick, star of Starz original series “Power” said. “Black boys are 6 percent of the American population, but half of the nation’s homicide victims.” Hardwick, the emcee of the fourhour town hall, made the poignant point that “a country is only as good as its most decrepit citizen.” Founded in February 2014, My Brothers Keeper remains an unprecedented action by a sitting president as part of Obama’s opportunity agenda. Since its inception, more than 200 communities have accepted the challenge. “Black and brown boys matter,” Wilson said. “We know that, but statistics shows us in society that other lives matter more.” Wilson founded the “5000 Role Models of Excellence Project” in the early 90s while a member of the Miami-Dade County School Board as an anti-dropout program. Twenty-four young men representing her program from Miami Northwestern High School attend-

ed the town hall and other events during the week. Keno Tate, 17, a senior and president of 5000 Roles Model at Northwestern, believes the program has made him a better leader. “I am stronger in the sense of who I am,” Keno said. “The program has taught me a lot and showed me how America looks at Black males.” Tate has been involved in the program since the ninth grade. “Not all Black men are criminals. The most important thing it showed me was to be different,” he added. Every Wednesday back at school, the young men of the 5000 Role Models are required to wear a shirt and tie. Angelo Babel, 17, takes pride in having to dress up. “We dress up to stand out. We dress for who we want to be,” Angelo said. “The more you wear pants and a tie, the more it will become a part of you. When people see us they know we’re serious.” Mentor Edward Harris who has served as a chaperone for the young men for a number of years believes the exposure they are getting at the conference will remain with them forever. “These kids get to leave their city. Many of them haven’t been on a plane before,” Harris said. “They are being introduced to a whole new world and examples of seeing what they can be.” “This program helps build boys into men. It is not that anybody is trying to be “Mr. Right.’ It’s about doing the right thing,” Harris said. Paul Wilson, director of the 5000 Role Models, presented Hardwick with a stole inducting him as a mentor for the highly-touted program. Two special attendees to the town hall included Lucy McBath, the mother of the late Jordan Davis

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Are Blacks going the right way to gain economic parity in America? Record numbers of African Americans hold elective office, yet Blacks remain the nation’s poorest ethnic group while the policy preferences of Black voters remain unlikely to be enacted. Nonetheless, politics, not money matters, remains the primary focus for African Americans. As Blacks spotlight politics for their empowerment, what are the priority issues in the 2016 campaign season? Professional politicians herd us toward voting booths telling us that “our vote is our voice” and will make a difference for our communities. But, as past is prologue, the policy preferences of Black voters continue unlikely to be enacted despite a record number of African Americans now holding elected office. Blacks’ best and brightest are still enthralled by politics. “What Black women want from the next president of the United States” was the topic of the “7th Annual Black Women’s Roundtable Policy Forum Series” at the recently-held Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 45th Annual Legislative Conference (ALC). Essence magazine and the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) led discussions on the power of the sister vote focusing on a new poll regarding Black women’s’ priority issues for the 2016 presidential elections. Conveners said “Black women are the most potent political group in American politics.” “Voting is more critical than ever,” said Vanessa De Luca, editor-in-chief, Essence magazine. “Black women are taking an active interest in the upcoming election and they plan to vote for a candidate who will address issues that can improve their quality of life.” The poll showed that affordable healthcare, livable wage jobs and college affordability rank as the most important issues. Melanie L. Campbell, BWR national convener said, “The top issues for Black women revolve around money and basic needs.” Black women have had the largest voter turnout of any demographic group since 2006. And

By William Reed in the 2012 presidential election, Black women voted at a higher rate than any other group. BWR conveners noted that 76 percent of Black women are registered to vote. The three issues ALC respondents said were most important for Black women ages 18-34 were quality public education and criminal justice reform are more important. Among the respondents, 78 percent identified as Democrats, 1 percent as Republicans and 17 percent unaffiliated. Nine-out-of-10 would vote for President Obama in the 2016 election if it were possible. Too many Blacks, both male and female, can’t see beyond big government socialism and dependency on socialism systems that mean them no good. As America seeks to move forward, it’s worth noting the racial gap. Nearly half of Blacks believe African Americans have gotten less than they deserved in the last few years; only 15 percent of whites agree. (Whites are over twice as likely as Blacks to believe Obama Administration policies have been very favorable to African Americans.) Half of white Americans say if Blacks tried harder, they would be as well-off as whites; 18 percent of African Americans agree. While Blacks concentrate on political empowerment, it seems that the wheels have fallen off our economic wagons and initiatives. Whether the nation’s times are good or bad, Blacks remain at the bottom of American economics and power. Without meaningful private-sector endeavors, the Black middle class in America cannot sustain itself. Our dependency on government largess sets too many Americans up for low aspirations and generations of welfare and poverty.

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Discussion Focuses on Job Opportunities for Blacks By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer@jabariwill Network. Mentor. Re-evaluate hiring practices. Those and more than a dozen other recommendations were expressed Thursday, Sept. 17 on finding opportunities for Blacks to obtain jobs during the second day of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 45th annual legislative conference. “When a young person is not at work, or not in school, they are on a trajectory leading to significant issues later in life. This is the biggest issue of our time,” said Blair Taylor, chief community officer with Starbucks in Seattle. “It’s amazing to me we are not drumming up and down beating the streets and insistent on things changing both from a policy perspective and from a corporate America hiring perspective.” Taylor and seven other business and community leaders spoke at a session, “Where Are the Jobs for African Americans? A Discussion on Infrastructure, Workforce Development and Opportunity,” held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest. According to a U.S. Census Bureau report on income and poverty released Wednesday, Sept. 16, Blacks had the lowest median income among all races last year at $35,398, compared to more than $60,000 for whites. It also highlights the estimated unemployment rate among Blacks which exceeds 10 percent, double that of whites. In addition, the Census Bureau released a report on health insurance coverage which noted 88 percent of Blacks had health insurance last year, a 4 percent increase from 2013. However, 92 percent of whites received coverage last year, a 2 percent increase from 2013. “We know that our strong, economic recovery is not reach-

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ing African Americans in the way it needs to be,” said Seema Nanda, deputy chief of staff with the U.S. Department of Labor. “But there’s a lot we are doing to change that.” Nanda said the agency has a program called TechHire which President Barack Obama helped launch in March. A $100 million grant will be used to fund the program. According to the TechHire initiative on the White House website, it will start with 21 communities and 300 employers and colleges nationwide to provide training and help fill 120,000 technology positions. A fouryear computer science degree would not be required for some of the jobs. Another 19 communities are slated to participate in the program by the end of the year. While that program gets underway, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Florida), who hosted the job forum, continues to push for a bill that would provide companies tax incentives to hire the unemployed. “Since my first day on Capitol Hill, my mantra has been jobs, jobs, jobs,” Wilson said. “I have made it my mission to push and

promote legislation that I believe will reduce unemployment not just for African Americans, but for all Americans.” In the meantime, panelists offered information related to what their respective companies and communities are doing to help Blacks find jobs. Porter Braswell, chief executive officer for strategic partnerships with Jopwell based in New York City, uses a platform for companies such as Goldman Sachs, Adobe and Pinterest to connect with and recruit minority job seekers with specific qualifications. In eight months, he said, the company has surpassed 7,000 people connected to its platform. Rick Beasley, executive director with CareerSource South Florida in Miami, said his staffing agency works with public and private businesses to hire people who live in Miami-Dade County. “We have an initiative that allows up to 60 percent of the folks must be hired [from] that county,” he said. “Why not ensure the residents have an opportunity…to get a job who can then invest in their community?”WI

ership rates between whites and Blacks is evidence of the real inequity between the races. Blacks have made fair gains in the labor market, education, politics and legal issues but business ownership and performance are areas that have not seen progress. The American dream is entrepre-

neurship so why are so many Blacks and modern millennials missing out on entrepreneurship and its benefits?WI

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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY BRIEFS Compiled by Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer Hispanic Heritage Month Officials for Prince George’s County Public Schools take pride in celebrating events that showcase the history of Latinos while also honoring their contributions to America. Here are a couple of the programs they have lined up in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month: “Ready to Lead,” Tuesday, Oct. 6: Students from Crossland, DuVal, Northwestern and Parkdale high schools will attend the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s “Ready to Lead” program. Participating students will join their peers across the region for an intensive one-day program designed to provide Latino students in the 9thand 10th- grades with the tools and training necessary to prepare them for college. The students will also take part in a mentoring session where they will hear from local Latino professionals and college students about their journey to success and why completing high school and pursuing a college education is attainable. “Hispanic College Fair,” Thursday, Oct. 29:

The National Hispanic College Fair for PGCPS students takes place at Prince George’s Community College for Latino students in grades 11 and 12 from across all over the county. The event is free and will provide students with access to college and university representatives from across the country. This annual event was held for the first time in Prince George’s County in the fall of 2014 in order to accommodate the large and growing Latino population in the county. In addition to celebrations to be held throughout the month, several schools have organized events to honor Hispanic heritage. Khalil Parker’s China Internship While most high school seniors were anxiously awaiting the start of school a few weeks ago, Khalil Parker, a senior at Central High School, was basking over his summer internship in China. Parker, who is enrolled in Prince George’s County Public Schools’ International Baccalaureate and French Immersion programs, spent three and a half weeks in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China teaching French and English to elementary school students on summer break. Parker created lesson plans for

Hispanic Heritage Month continues to be celebrated at Capitol Heights Elementary and other schools in Prince George’s County. /Photo courtesy PGCPS

six classes and routinely began the instructional day with warm-up exercises that allowed students to practice their speaking and writing skills. Throughout the day he used a wide variety of activities to help him assess his students’ ability to read and comprehend the language. “Interning in China was an amazing opportunity,” Khalil said. “As an immersion student, I know how challenging, yet rewarding learning a language can be. I am always excited about being a part of a student’s

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academic experience and witnessing their progress as they learn a new language.” Carmen Henninger, instructional specialist for PCGPS’ immersion programs, added that learning a second language can be “extremely” beneficial. “Students who are, bilingual, bi-literate and bi-cultural have the self-confidence needed to reach out for national and international opportunities that other students would not consider,” she said.

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SAT Changes According to a new survey from the Florida-based Kaplan Test Prep, 85 percent of parents with college-bound children remain unaware of changes to the SAT, set to become effective March 2016. Kaplan also reports that many parents involved in the survey believe the new SAT will be harder. “When provided more details about the proposed changes to the SAT, the surveyed parents’ opinions about the new format were divided,” Kaplan officials said in a recent statement. While 30 percent of surveyed parents said the changes would make the test harder, 30 percent said the changes were positive. Twenty percent responded that they were indifferent and 15 percent said they still didn’t have enough information to form an opinion. Also, while 56 percent of respondents said that changes to the math portion that will only allow calculators to be used on one of two sections will make the math part of the test harder, 18 percent said it will be easier; and 26 percent said it will make no difference. WI

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Mothers Remember Slain Sons at Caucus By Ashley McDonough Howard University News WASHINGTON – Samaria Rice, Lucia McBath, Gwen Carr and Leslie McSpadden. For most Americans, their names won’t register, but their sons’ names probably will – Tamir Rice, Jordan Davis, Eric Gardner and Michael Brown, all unarmed Black males, three killed by law enforcement officers and one because a white man claimed he feared him. Their names and other unarmed Black males killed under the color of law have sparked outrage and a movement, Black Lives Matter. Last week, their mothers brought those stories to Washington to kick off the 45th Annual Congressional Black Caucus. The mothers spoke about their faith and the difficulties of proceeding with their lives following the violent, brutal deaths

of their children. They said they were pleased that their sons’ deaths were educating the nation even as they continue to cope. McBath, the mother of Jordan Davis, a 17- year-old youth killed by a Florida man allegedly because he and his friends were playing their music too loud, said she had to forgive Michael Dunn who was sentenced to life without parole for shooting her son. “I did forgive Michael Dunn for murdering Jordan and that was the hardest thing I ever, ever had to do,” McBath said. “Michael Dunn had taken enough from me and I wasn’t going to allow him to take anything else. I wasn’t going to carry that burden of him on my back for the rest of my life. I have forgiven him and I am set free.” Carr, the mother of Eric Gardner, the New York City man whose death by asphyxiation at the hands of New York City police was caught on camera, said forgiveness for her is

R-L Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, Gwen Carr mother of Eric Garner, and Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown on a panel titled My Son’s Memory, Mothers Remember and Honor their Lost Sons during the 45th Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus in Northwest on Wednesday, Sept. 16. /Photo by Roy Lewis

difficult due to the pain she feels every day. “I know that we are suppose to forgive, but I haven’t gotten

that strong yet,” said Carr, whose family received a $5.9 million settlement in her son’s death. “I pray every day to try and forgive

that man for killing my son, but it just hasn’t happened yet. He took a part of me when he took my son.” WI

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D.C. ‘Call it Quits Week’ Begins Community Effort Underway to Stop Smoking By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Cigarette smoking continues to be a public health crisis in the African-American community, particularly in the District where a new campaign began this week to help residents call it quits. From Monday, Sept. 21 to Friday, Sept. 25, the D.C. Tobacco Free Coalition and the D.C. Department of Health have partnered with more than 40 local organizations in the District to sponsor a public awareness campaign. “The most current data overall for 2014 suggests that 14 percent of high school students smoke cigarettes and what we’re seeing is that older teens around the 10th grade begin to gravitate toward different products and e-Cigarettes are a main con-

cern,” said Dr. Carla Williams, an associate professor of medicine at Howard University and the interim director of the Howard University Cancer Center. Williams serves as an essential voice behind the new public health awareness campaign. “This is the first time we are doing this here in D.C.,” she said. “A primary message for youth which is the area we’re focusing on right now is to really not start. The biggest message is to avoid the product altogether and families please avoid second hand smoke because it risks them starting to smoke later,” she said. Smoking has been determined as the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the U.S., and smoking kills more than 700 District residents each year, as well as leads to a significant decline in quality of life,

It’s Quit Smoking Week in the District. /Courtesy photo

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numbs your throat so we think it results in more nicotine getting in and the more nicotine that’s in your blood makes it harder to quit,” she said. Further, nearly seven-in-10 adult smokers would like to quit smoking, and more than 61 percent of District smokers have made an attempt to quit in the last year, said Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, Director of the DC Department of Health. “Many District smokers are unaware of the smoking cessation treatments and services available to help them quit. I encourage all residents who smoke to call the DC Quit line at 1-800-QUIT-NOW,” Nesbitt said. “That quit line provides smoking cessation services, including counseling sessions with certified tobacco treatment specialists, free nicotine patches and a local number for Spanish-speaking residents,” she added. The response to the District’s first-ever quit week has been greater than expected, Williams said. “People have really come together to join forces and people are committed to working as partners,” she said.WI For more information and for a listing of all of the events happening around the District for quit week, visit www.dctfc.org.

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EDUCATION Compiled by Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer ‘2015 State of Schools’ The DCPS family presents “A Conversation with the Chancellor,” 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 30 at Dunbar Senior High School in Northwest. Chancellor Kaya Henderson will team up with News4 Anchor Jim Vance for a discussion on the progress DCPS is making toward becoming a vibrant school district aimed at providing a world-class education for of its students. The event will include student performances and interactive displays from the innovative school programs. Attendees will get a chance to connect with Henderson, members of her leadership team and parents from across the city. Free parking is available at Friendship Public Charter School’s Armstrong Campus, where the parking lot is accessible off of P Street. Childcare will be provided.

offerings include such courses as Chinese, computer science, music theory and statistics. Helping to Shape DCPS’ Future

schools, moving from 44 percent in 2013 to 60 percent in 2014. H.D. Woodson also has a nationally-recognized Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

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Major Advances Made in HIV/AIDS Battle District Program Working as ‘Heroes’ Step in By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer A new study published by the medical journal, AIDS and Behavior, has found that the District of Columbia’s needle exchange program has prevented 120 new cases of HIV and has saved the government $44 million. Researchers from The George Washington University in Northwest examined local and national trends in HIV transmission, and used a mathematical model to forecast how many cases of HIV would have been detected in the District over a two-year period without needle exchange. The model predicted that 296 injection drug users would become infected but, in reality, only 176 new cases of HIV were reported over that time period. Ending the disease also saved

money as study authors noted that providing care for an additional 120 D.C. residents with HIV would have cost $44.3 million. Needle exchange programs cost just a small fraction of that, according to the study. “Our study adds to the evidence that needle exchange programs not only work but are cost-effective investments in the battle against HIV,” Monica S. Ruiz, professor at The George Washington University and coauthor of the study, said in a statement. “This program saved the District millions of dollars that would have been spent for treatment had those 120 persons been infected.” And, with the new data, others are also joining in the fight against the dreaded disease. CNN reported that a new

A new study shows that the District’s needle exchange program has prevented 120 new cases of HIV/Courtesy Photo

class of heroes is taking a stand against HIV and AIDS by educating others on how to stop the spread of the epidemic. It is part of a superhero-themed campaign, called PrEP Heroes, to spread the word about HIV prevention. It was created by Housing Works, an advocacy organization with a location in Northwest that works to end AIDS and homelessness, said fashion photographer Mike

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Ruiz and former “Project Runway” design contestant Jack Mackenroth. PrEP stands for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, a type of drug that prevents HIV from establishing itself if someone is exposed. The nine models that appear in the campaign use PrEP to prevent HIV, and Mackenroth, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1989, is an advocate for PrEP. “People taking PrEP are protecting the greater community by ending the epidemic with them,” Mackenroth said. “We wanted an edgy, bold and attention-grabbing campaign to embody this idea.” Andrew Greene, the senior vice president of marketing for Housing Works, told CNN that the campaign is working in accordance with the New York Department of Health’s blueprint to end the AIDS epidemic within the state by 2020. It is the first state in the nation with such a plan. The three-pronged approach includes “expanding HIV testing, helping those with HIV to get treatment and prevent transmission to others and expanding access to PrEP to prevent new

infections.” The FDA approved the first PrEP drug, called Truvada, in 2012. It’s a once-daily pill for those who might be at risk of HIV infection through sex or injection drug use and is marketed to those at high-risk for HIV exposure and transmission. PrEP has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection in people who are at high risk by up to 92 percent, according to the CDC. In a recent study released by Kaiser Permanente, researchers observed no new HIV infections among patients using PrEP over the course of 2 1/2 years. Since the ﬂashy campaign debuted this year on social media and on posters in bars and gyms, Greene has already seen people wanting to learn about PrEP, and looking beyond stigma that it’s a drug only for people with many sexual partners or frequent sexual activity. “Many of them hadn’t heard of PrEP until they saw this,” Greene said. “It concerns me that they didn’t know about it. I hope this helps to de-stigmatize PrEP and make it more approachable.” Each year, about 50,000 individuals are infected with HIV in the U.S. according to the CDC. About 1.2 million are already living with it, and out of those individuals, 12.8 percent don’t know they are infected. “Don’t stigmatize people or their behavior and focus on the fact that we can prevent HIV,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the assistant commissioner of New York’s Bureau of HIV/ AIDS Prevention and Control. “Be honest with yourself and your provider if you’re at risk for HIV and have real conversations about sexual health.”WI

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District consumers have a new tool to help them choose the right health insurance plan for them. DC Health Link recently launched a “Universal Doctor Directory” that helps consumers ﬁnd doctors and learn which health plans they participate in.

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EDITORIAL Pope’s Message of Inclusion, Climate Control Confounds GOP

The first visit of Pope Francis to Washington, D.C. attracted millions to the District, as Catholics and non-Catholics alike lined the streets well before midnight last Wednesday, hoping for a chance just to see the pontiff as he rode along Pennsylvania Avenue during a scheduled Thursday morning parade. Meanwhile, in the hallowed halls of Congress, where the Pope shared his message, some of our nation’s leaders, particularly Republicans, weren’t as eager to engage with the leader of the Catholic Church. Why? Because Pope Francis addresses issues that do not resonate with those more concerned with privilege, profit and power. Many have described him as a “real pastor” – one who has captured the imagination of the world. We concur. In fact, the Pope has boldly taken on those who refuse to admit that everyone is our neighbor. He has pointed to those who refuse to accept the fact that we have only one planet and that without greater attention being paid to climate control, we face the possibility of destroying mother Earth – and therefore the future for the next generation. Who cares about power plants in urban settings that dramatically increase cases of cancer for poor people of color? It’s all about making money not protecting the lives of those who cannot speak for themselves, right? The Pope has made life easier for women who have had abortions, he has reached out to gays and lesbians and he has identified the negative aspects of capitalism, much to the chagrin of those of a more conservative bent. Clearly aligning himself with the directives found in the Gospel of St. Matthew, Pope Francis has taken on the edict of Christ that directs us to be concerned about the welfare of the poor – being our brother’s keeper. Interesting enough, some Republicans have accepted the Pope’s decision on abortion but refuse to allow him to speak on climate control, saying that in his role as a religious leader he should stick to religious matters. We consider such objections to be both illogical and ridiculous. The Pope continues to illustrate what it means to be a pastor to the whole ﬂock – those who are rich and those who are poor, those who are educated and those who lack the advantages that come with education. In his eyes, we are all children of God. Is he wrong?

Carter G. Woodson – Our Hero

Hats off to Dr. Bettye J. Gardner and Barbara Spencer Dunn, co-chairs for the Centennial Founders Day Committee DC, for keeping the legacy of Dr. Carter G. Woodson alive and well. Together, and with the assistance and support of other local leaders and history buffs, the two women recently pulled off an impressive luncheon sponsored by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. held at Shiloh Baptist Church in Northwest. ASALAH will also celebrate its centennial later this year. Carter, who founded ASALAH, has sometimes been forgotten by today’s youth and adults alike. But through his promotion of and commitment to the study of African-American life and history, we know more about ourselves, our ancestors and the important connection between the past and the present. Woodson once said, “Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.” But it could be said another way: “a people without a history are a people without a future.” Those of the Jewish faith tell and retell their stories of success, failure and faith to their children. Blacks must do the same. Meanwhile, Carter G. Woodson continues to speak and inspire us from the grave. We have a rich history that could direct today’s youth as they look to make their way in this world’s new global economy. Hashtags, twitter blurbs and the like have clearly dominated our youth’s attention. But someone has to teach and pass on the lessons we have learned from our history. Will that person be you? www.washingtoninformer.com

Will Ward 8 Really Benefit From Wizards Plans?

Your article, “Wizards, Mystics Make Southeast New Home,” [D. Kevin McNeir, September 17th edition] sounds like really good news for the residents of Ward 8. Here’s hoping it’s not like the last time politicians made announcements about new projects for Ward 8 like the Coast Guard and Homeland Security complex. We were told that there would be so many jobs for the residents, but instead there were protests and demonstrations about Ward 8 residents not getting those jobs. It’s one thing to say there will jobs for the residents, but it’s wrong to turn around and say you cannot hire from the community because you can’t find any qualified candidates. Let’s keep the pressure on our elected officials to make sure the residents are prepared for all of these so-called jobs. What’s needed are job training sites for the types of jobs that will be available, giving the people a chance to train for those particular positions so that when

they apply they will be deemed as qualified. That old game of employers listing a bunch of jobs and saying they can’t find qualified applicants has been run on us too many times. I am sure the District government, Monumental Sports & Entertainment and Events DC know the types of jobs needed, so let’s get the list out there and the training programs started for the residents of Ward 8. Michael Winston Washington, DC

Denard Span Has Been an Asset for Nationals

As a lifelong fan of baseball I want to thank you for your article “Span makes Most of Time with Nationals,” by Elton Hayes in the September 17, 2015 edition. I thought it was a very inspiring, well-written article about the Washington Nationals center fielder Denard Span. It is my opinion that it was the excellent play of Span that led the Nationals to almost winning the National League Pennant last

year, and his absence this year is one of the reasons the Nationals are struggling. As a lead-off hitter he was not a threat to get on base, but he brought both speed and power to the plate, hitting the ball out of the park on many occasions. Denard Span is a big time baseball player and if the Nationals let him get away, like many analysts are saying, it will be a tremendous loss for Washington, D.C. and the Washington Nationals. But like I said, I’m a lifelong fan of the game and if he leaves D.C. for another team, I will still be rooting for him and will always remember the exciting times he gave us as a Washington National. Good luck, Denard Span. Bobby Long Washington, DC

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By Chef Carla Hall and AARP Foundation President Lisa Marsh Ryerson

A Day to Celebrate Service and Tackle Hunger The National Mall in Washington, DC is the nation’s showcase, with the lush green space and shining marble and stone standing in salute to our greatest leaders and honoring those who have sacrificed all for love of country. It is a moving and significant place to be on Sept. 11 – the day of tragedy on which our nation comes together to transform into a day of service and remem-

brance. This year, AARP Foundation, with the generous support of our friends at Chase card services, played a major part in that transformation by hosting A Celebration of Service on the National Mall, where thousands of volunteers came together to pack more than a million meals for hungry seniors, including veterans and first responders in the D.C. area. Hunger knows no boundaries. It affects all ages and races in cities and towns and rural areas across the U.S. In our great

land of plenty, it’s a problem that has been with us for far too long. But despite the challenge it represents, hunger is not an insurmountable problem, here in D.C. or elsewhere in America. The solution lies in the collective efforts of communities. The problem is undeniably large. According to DC Hunger Solutions, 13.4 percent of all households in the District are food-insecure, and some 15,000 DC seniors are in poverty – roughly 15 percent of the area’s senior population. These

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are among the highest percentages in the country. Overall, the Capital Area Food Bank, who serves as the beneficiary of the meals we packed on 9/11, estimates that 700,000 residents of the D.C. metropolitan area are at risk of hunger every day. Across America, more than 10 million older adults are at risk of hunger. AARP Foundation has estimated that over the past year, a whopping 40 percent of low-income people aged 50+ have had to cut down on or skip meals or eat less nutritiously be-

cause they couldn’t afford to do otherwise. Our response needs to be equal to the challenge of these daunting numbers. The way we see it, any event that brings attention to hunger in D.C., or in any city or community across the country, is valuable. That’s because every time hunger is highlighted, we raise awareness and come one step closer to finding a solution for feeding all those in need.

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By Julianne Malveaux

No Due Process for ‘Standing While Black’ Is Patrick Lynch, president of the New York Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, obliged to defend his members even when they are wrong? The open letter posted on the PBA website and printed in the New York Daily News lacks credibility and contributes to the fractured state of police-community relations. He has cautioned the media, and others, about rushing to judgment of James Frascatore,

the walking assault machine that tackled former tennis star James Blake, put his knee to Blake’s back, and then cuffed him. This was captured by a security camera; the footage is ubiquitous online. Lynch says, “No one should ever jump to an uninformed conclusion based on a few seconds of video.” Lynch makes every excuse that he can for Frascatore and chides “pundits and editorial writers” because “they have never faced the dangers that police officers

routinely do.” Comments about Blake’s false arrest and further cover-up are “irresponsible, unjust, and un-American.” Lynch says Frascatore deserves “due process, not summary professional execution called for by editorial writers.” Due process is the legal requirement that the state must respect all the legal rights due to a person. When did James Blake get due process? Frascatore tackled Blake with neither provocation nor even conversa-

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tion. Either Lynch didn’t watch the video, or he doesn’t care that there is a pugilistic police officer that has no regard for due process when he interacts with the public. Frascatore should have been history in the NYPD some time ago. He has only been part of the NYPD for four years, yet five complaints against him have been filed with the Civilian Complaint Review Board. All of these complaints involve the excessive use of force. Frascatore is fast

with his fists (he is accused of punching people in the head, the mouth, and in the torso); tragedy would be compounded if he were using a gun. For all of Frascatore’s abuse of power, it took his assault of Blake to get him desk duty. Blake has very reasonably called for Frascatore’s firing. But loudmouth Lynch (consider his comments in the wake of Eric Garner’s murder) has talked himself onto a limb with his

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By George E. Curry

Trump Refuses to Withdraw False Claim that Obama is a Muslim Depending on which report you read or what expert you believe, an estimated 60,000-plus men and women are released from prisons and jails each year, becoming part of the District’s ever-increasing number of “returning citizens” that come back home after serving their time. And while it’s hard enough to adjust after decades – even a few years – of incarceration, those who find themselves saddled with felony records find the odds stacked even

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higher against them, making it that much more difficult for them to retain their freedom and get on with their lives. In D.C., February has be On the heels of allowing a campaign follower in New Hampshire to assert unchallenged last week that President Obama is a Muslim, Republican presidential front-runner Donald J. Trump has strongly resisted opportunities to correct the public record. On ABC’s This Week, George Stephanopoulos repeatedly challenged Trump Sunday to take back

his words and in true Trump fashion, he refused. STEPHANOPOULOS: … So, for the record, was President Obama born in the United States? TRUMP: Well you know I don’t get into it, George. I talk about jobs, I’m talking about the military. I don’t get into it. I mean, they ask that question and I just want to talk about the things, because frankly, it’s of no longer interest to me [sic]. We’re beyond that, and it’s just something I don’t talk about. I want to talk about the military, I want to talk about the vets and how badly they’re treated, I want The Washington Informer

to talk about jobs. I don’t get into that, George. STEPHANOPOULOS: Well the way to get beyond that is to answer yes or no, do you– TRUMP: Well that’s possible, but I don’t get into it and I just don’t talk about it. STEPHANOPOULOS: And, even though you’ve raised questions, and you’ve investigated this in the past, you’re still– TRUMP: Well, you know people thought I should have defended, some people thought I should have defended the president in terms of

the question that was asked the other night, and my attitude is, would he have done that for me if somebody had said that about me? And you know, he’s been – he’s very capable of defending himself, believe me. So we’ll see what happens, but I think the tweets really covered it very well and very accurately. Somebody said they were excellent, they covered the subject, and I actually, it was very interesting because I got in hot water over not saying anything. The first time it’s ever happened to me. I didn’t say any-

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By Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.

Black Homeownership Matters What is important to 45 million Black Americans today should be important to all Americans. Yet, as the economy in the United States continues to gradually recover from very a difficult and complex set of economic woes, the recovery of economic well-being of Black America continues to lag behind. One critical measurement of economic viability and stability is the status of homeownership. Sustainable wealth in the U.S. is often measured

in part by homeownership. Over the past five years, I have been engaging in a dialogue with the National Association of Real Estate Brokers about homeownership in Black America. NAREB, founded in 1947, is our nation’s oldest and largest minority real estate association. It was established precisely to secure the right to equal housing opportunities regardless of race, creed or color. We all are aware, however, that there still remains a present-day reality of systematic racial discrimination in America when it comes to equal and fair housing issues. There is more need for a profes-

sional trade organization such as NAREB today than in the 1940s. Black wealth in the U.S. in losing ground at a time when there should be advances and increases in Black American homeownership. According to Nielsen’s latest research on consumerism within Black America, we spend in excess of $1.2 trillion annually. With that kind of spending power, why should there be a decline in Black American homeownership? The issue is not about having the money to purchase a home. The real issue here is a persistent and deliberate pattern of racial discrimination in the housing marketplace. Since the

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enactment of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, it has been illegal to discriminate in the U.S. housing market on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or family status. The National Fair Housing Alliance recently filed a federal complaint against one of the leading national real estate companies, RE/ MAX Alliance/Lee Garland and Rita Jensen Team, located in Jackson, Mississippi. After months of investigations, the National Fair Housing Alliance documented racial discrimination against Black Americans seeking homeownership.

But that kind of racism was not limited to the Deep South. The National Fair Housing Alliance also found racial discrimination prevented Black American homeownership in New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Texas and in Illinois. It is a national problem that requires a national solution. According to Princeton University scholars Douglas Massey and Jonathan Tannen, racial discrimination in housing leads to the perpetuation of “hypersegregation” that sustains “high levels of social isolation from

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By Marian Wright Edelman

Young Black Males: Pushed Out and Pushed Away Damien Durr is a brilliant young man who grew up in Ohio in a family of teachers where education was always stressed. No one, including Damien, ever thought he wouldn’t finish high school. When his father, grandfather and aunt all died within a short time of one another as he was starting high school, it shook him off his solid foundation. But through his terrible grief he kept going. Then he hit a roadblock: He failed the math section

of the proficiency test required for graduation. “I took the math portion of the test numerous times, went to summer school, attended tutoring in school, attended tutoring at another high school, and even had a teacher from my mother’s school come to the house and tutor me, and still I could not pass the test. . . . At the end of my senior year I found myself pushed out of school and unable to graduate because I could not pass one portion of a standardized test.” Damien’s “offense” was hav-

ing spent 12 years in public school classrooms that left him unable to graduate. Years later Damien wrote about how his school pushout derailed — and nearly destroyed — the course of his life. “(W)hat often is not discussed when you repeatedly fail like I did are the deep feelings which I felt of shame, embarrassment, disappointment and intellectual inadequacy … based on a test that kept reminding me that maybe I was not good enough. “So with no high school diplo-

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ma I spent the next seven years working multiple jobs… United Parcel Service, Gibraltar Strip Steel, Labor Ready, DialAmerica, construction, telemarketing, and the list goes on. Throughout the course of those seven years I was arrested and involved in some illegal activities and found myself constantly looking for creative ways to bring in revenue.” Damien eventually turned his life around, got his GED, and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees with honors from American Baptist College. That’s

where he met one of his mentors who immediately saw his brilliance and steadfastly encouraged him, the Rev. Janet Wolf. After graduating from American Baptist College – which John Lewis, Bernard Lafayette and Jim Bevel attended and became key leaders in the Nashville and national civil rights movements – Damien earned a Master’s in Divinity degree from Vanderbilt Divinity School. Today he is a minister, a school counselor,

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By Askia Muhammad

Why Should Anyone Care About Iowa-New Hampshire Vote? The 2016 U.S. elections are still 14 whole months away. The first presidential voting is still five months away. And yet candidates, pollsters and the corporate-owned news media are falling all over themselves trying to offer a new spin on what will be the outcome in Iowa and New Hampshire. Both of those places are lightly-populated white enclaves which are hardly representa-

tive of anything more than the American herd mentality expressed in two tiny, almost lilywhite enclaves. Iowa has a population of about 3.1 million, 92 percent of whom are white. That’s less than half the population of Maryland. New Hampshire has a population of 1.3 million, 97 percent of whom are white. As many people reside in the District of Columbia and Prince George’s County Maryland, as live in New Hampshire. But all the candidates traipse

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their eyes, then odd things begin to happen. All over this country, the myth of the Great White Society is turning into dust, and Republicans loathe to accept the reality that is being manifested right before their eyes. They say they want to restore “American Exceptionalism.” Businessman Donald Trump who is like a carnival barker – “Hiya, hiya, I’ve got something fuhya” – promises to “Make America Great Again.” Trump, who harped on Presi-

dent Barack Obama’s alleged ineligibility to be president because he’s not a citizen – even after the President released his birth certificate revealing he was born to an American-citizen mother, on American soil – seems to actually be proud of the fact that 43 percent of likely Republican voters believe that the man who has been President of the United States for nearly seven years now, was not born in this country and in fact is a Muslim.

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The Foundation for Womenâ€™s Cancer will hold its annual race in D.C. this fall in its fight against below-the-belt reproductive cancers, which it says affects nearly 100,000 women in the U.S. annually. The National Race to End Womenâ€™s Cancer, now in its sixth year, is a 5K run/walk that raises awareness and research funding for combating such gynecologic cancers, which the foundation says kills a third of those diagnosed. The Nov. 8 event takes place on Freedom Plaza in Northwest DC, led by National Race Chair and Real Housewife of Beverly Hills Camille Grammer, a third generation GYN cancer survivor. Those unable to participate in the race are still encouraged to donate, and all who register by Oct. 17 will receive a race packet, including a long-sleeve T-shirt, shipped free of charge. The foundation aims to educate women about the symptoms and risks, as well as support research to find new early diagnostic tools and treatments. Through the annual race and other programs, it has raised more than $6 million for research and provided educational programs for thousands of survivors. Visit endwomenscancer.org for more information. www.washingtoninformer.com

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Emmy Win Casts Spotlight on Black Women By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Viola Davis shined in many ways on Sunday. After becoming the first African-American woman to win an Emmy for best actress in a drama series, the esteemed superstar’s speech managed to take the spotlight off the historic victory and place with elegance the focus on why it took Black women so long to be acknowledged by their Hollywood peers. “The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity,” Davis said in her acceptance speech. “You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.” When Davis’ award was announced, District native Taraji P. Henson – nominated for the same award for her work on the acclaimed drama

“Empire” – gave Davis a fierce hug and a one-woman standing ovation. NPR’s Eric Deggans wrote earlier that a win by either Davis or Henson would be a first “basically because Black women haven’t had many starring roles in TV dramas until recently.” CBS, which carried the show live, noted that Davis had quoted Harriet Tubman in her speech and urged Hollywood to write in more parts for Black women. Davis, sporting a white gown with a black design, said “Here’s to all the writers, the awesome people that are Ben Sherwood, Paul Lee, Peter Nowalk, and Shonda Rhimes – people who have redefined what it means to be beautiful, to be sexy, to be a leading woman, to be Black.” Indeed, Black actresses dominated the 67th Emmys with Uzo Aduba winning Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series for her work in “Orange Is the New Black” and

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Regina King taking home a statuette for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie for her part in “American Crime.” Henson, who presented King’s award, looked overjoyed as she an-

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nounced the honor, CBS reported. Kerry Washington cried as she watched Davis take the stage, while other celebrities – including Oprah Winfrey and Janet Mock – tweeted their excitement from afar. Davis, 50, was born on her grandmother’s farm, at the then-Singleton Plantation in St. Matthews, South Carolina. When she was two months old her family moved to Central Falls, Rhode Island, where her father, Dan Davis, worked as a horse groomer and trainer. Her mother, Mary Alice Logan, a maid and factory worker, was also a civil rights activist, according to Davis’ biography. Davis was educated at Central Falls High School, where she developed a love of acting. She studied theater at Rhode Island College and also attended the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City. She made her screen debut with a small role as a nurse in 1996’s “The Substance of Fire.” Guest spots followed in various TV shows and films, and in 2000 she won the role of Nurse Lynnette Peeler in “City of Angels.” In 2001, Davis appeared on Broadway in the play “King Hedley II” for which she was awarded a Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Among the many projects she worked on, Davis read for Simon & Schuster publishing on such works as the audio book for the authorized

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Designer Makes Waves from U.S. to Nigeria Showcases Traditional Fabrics for Haute Couture Line By Eve M. Ferguson WI Contributing Writer When the Africa Braintrust commenced at the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference last week, an unlikely panelist was Ahneva Hilson, a clothing designer once based in the U.S. now living in Nigeria. She was there to talk about bringing African-American business to the continent. And she knows what she’s talking about. She now has all of her handwork done in Nigeria, and Queen Ahneva, as she’s known professionally, serves as a perfect example of the type of trade policy-makers want to see to underpin the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Hilson got her start in Chicago where she became fascinated with colorful African textiles as a child. And one shopkeeper who kept a stash of the fabrics in her store, saw a glimmer of talent in the hopeful designer. “I started early with my whole concept of ‘cultural couture,’” she said. ”It goes back to when I was the president of the Black Student Union at Englewood High School in Chicago. I was responsible for events and I would always make everybody wear something African. But the problem was there weren’t that many African [items] available.” The shopkeeper told her about the different fabrics – indigo, tie-dye, batik. “I loved those fabrics and I wanted to make some clothes out of them,” she said. The store owner also taught her how to sew and taught her to identify African fabrics, which

Hilson launched into a thriving career as a fashion designer using African fabrics in Western-based designs. “I went to her shop every day after school. She would have me sew straight lines, then she had me sewing circles. Then I made a little apron, then I made an A-line dress, and gradually she just got me so sprung about fashion and Africa and textiles that everything I made was always African. Ever since, everything I make is African because I fell in love with the culture,” Hilson said. Fast-forward to the 21st century, when Ahneva moved her U.S.-based operation to Lagos, Nigeria, where her husband, King Sunny Ade, the renowned JuJu musician lives. Her recent work was created out of her workshop on Lagos Victoria Island where she has master-beaders create stunning embellishments on fabrics light enough to withstand the tropical heat, but versatile enough for her U.S. patrons to wear stateside. Her designs have a particular style to them, many in form-fitting, more familiar styles such as asymmetrical dresses in batik, Ankara and Ashoke (two indigenous Nigerian fabrics) and almost always with the signature hand beading in bright palettes appealing to Africans and African Americans alike. Her fashion shows became associated with retired Congresswoman Diane E. Watson’s African programs during the Congressional Black Caucus Weekend. Now Ahneva rarely comes back to the U.S. but her soon-to-be launched on the in-

The unique style of American designer Ahneva Hilson, who now lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria, were showcased during the CBCF week of meetings, greetings and celebrations. A fashion show illustrated her unique designs and use of colorful fabrics. /Photos by Roy Lewis

ternational market Queen Ahne- taking their fruits and vegetava Ahneva Wearable Art will be bles to sell. Others use traditionable to be viewed, purchased and al fabrics lavished with glittery customized online. beads, sequins and lace. In addition, she’s in the pro“I learned about Kente cloth, cess of creating the African Tex- Akwete and mud cloth from tile Museum – something that Mali,” she said. “That’s why I can’t currently be found in any am doing the African Textile of the 54 African nations. She Museum. I must do that; that’s says that will be her legacy. my peace. God gave me that and Many of her pieces depict said ‘they need to know how important scenes from African great Africa is.’ It gave fashion culture, like the elders gathered to the 280945_6_x_6.5 9/14/15 9:17 AM Page 1 world. I am the one they under a tree or market women have been waiting for. I don’t

design by trends or fad. I design from spirit.” Her mentor and supporter, Watson, came from her native California for this year’s Caucus weekend to encourage her friend. “We thought we had lost her to Africa,” Watson said. “But really, she has brought Africa back to us. We need to remind the world of who we are and where we all came from.” WI

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District Woman Named ‘Champion of Change’ White House Honors Marissa Jennings, 10 Others By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer A District woman who has already proven to be an innovator and a leader now has the White

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emony on September 15. “I am not sure words can describe how I felt when I learned about being nominated as a ‘Champion of Change.’ I am truly honored and humbled that the Obama Administration recog-

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Marissa Jennings has been honored at the White House for her social media app. /Courtesy photo

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nizes the work I am doing on behalf of African-American girls in technology,” said Jennings, the founder and CEO of SOCIALgrlz LLC, the first mobile web publishing company that’s creating content specifically for African-American girls ages 13 to 17. Jennings tech start-up provides an opportunity for the voices of Black girls to be heard through modern technology in a safe space. She’s developed partnerships, including with Microsoft, which will allow her to teach young women the importance of personal social media brands and how to use technology in a safe manner through a national program called “DigiGirlz.” “I do not advocate for accolades; I do the work because I believe girls that look like me and have similar backgrounds as my own deserve to be represented in the media and technology in a positive way,” said Jennings, a graduate of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, North Carolina. Jennings also holds a nonprofit management executive certificate from Georgetown University in Northwest. “When my work is recognized in such an important way, it validates my aspirations to help improve the lives of African-American teen girls,” she said. While a senior and majoring in mass communication, Jennings said in her bio that a public relations class had challenged her to create a campaign for a business. She created “Essence Teen Magazine” with the mission and vision of the actual Essence magazine and “Essence Teen” solely focused on the needs of African-American girls, Jennings said. “I worked day in and day out on this project. My close friends, Brandon Johnson and Bennett’s sister Natalie Jordan, helped me create my final assignment for

the class. Based on the content and presentation, I actually received an ‘A’ on the project and my professor even said she was going to use my project as a sample for students the next year,” she said. Months later, she called her friends and they attempted to put together the magazine. After several conference calls proved promising, Jennings said they weren’t fruitful. “Six years later, I expressed my idea to my mentor [who is] now chief operations officer of SOCIALgrlz LLC. When she was in business school, she asked me to send her my ideas about my magazine,” she said. “She took my 10-page idea and turned it into a 40-page business plan,” Jennings said. “With the business plan in place, and after several conversations with friends and family, my idea had meaning. And soon SOCIALgrlz LLC had a face.” Now, Jennings and SOCIALgrlz has been lauded by the White House in a program that the president help create as an opportunity to feature individuals who are doing extraordinary things the administration said to inspire members of their communities. “I wanted [young, African-American girls] to have a mobile app that would truly address their needs in the areas of education, mentoring, financial education, fashion and other topics important to their demographic,” Jennings said. “I would like to see the app on all mobile platforms with support of my D.C. tech company and eventually monthly SOCIALgrlz connect events with Microsoft where African-American girls can meet and encourage one another through modern technology.”WI

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ARIES Get in touch with those who can help you achieve your goals. Place the accent on initiative. Romance, passion and work are singing in harmony this week and tonight. Soul Affirmation: My love for myself is the most important love for me to have. Lucky Numbers: 9, 35, 41 TAURUS Joy this week comes from love. You are especially attractive. Stage your week so that you spend time around people you want to attract. It is easy for you to bring harmony into your relationships. Your ability to communicate is greatly enhanced. Use it to your best advantage. Soul Affirmation: The success of others is the investment I make in myself. Lucky Numbers: 30, 45, 46

“Hoops to Hippos! True Stories of a Basketball Star on Safari! By Boris Diaw with Kitson Jazynka c.2015, National Geographic Kids $5.99 / $6.99 Canada 112 pages

GEMINI Are you spending money with little or nothing to show for it? This is because you’re looking for something that money can’t buy. Now is a good time to spend some of your emotional currency, and don’t be cheap. You’ll create a situation in which people will work hard to please you.Soul Affirmation: Friendships are shock absorbers on the bumpy roads of life. Lucky Numbers: 16, 50, 52

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Bacon and eggs. Rock & roll, Mario & Luigi, whip & nae nae, Batman & Robin. Some things just naturally go together; they belong in pairs. And for NBA player and author Boris Diaw, there are two things he likes to add together. Read “Hoops to Hippos” (with Kitson Jazynka), and see what they are. A long time ago, when Boris Diaw was a little boy growing up in Bordeaux, France, his mother took him and his brother to Senegal to visit the boys’ father. Neither Boris nor his brother, Marcus, had ever been to Africa and they were excited! Boris wanted more than anything to see wild animals in Africa; he bought a camera while he was traveling, and he hoped to take lots of pictures. On that trip, he saw zebras and giraffes, monkeys, hippos, birds, and warthogs. He never saw lions or tigers then – but he wasn’t done traveling! He still wanted to see the Big Cats but first, Diaw grew up to become a professional basketball player in France, then he moved to the U.S. to play for the San Antonio Spurs. After his rookie year in Texas, he returned to Senegal again, to catch wild animals with his camera. Diaw snapped pictures of hyenas and chameleons. He saw a herd of elephants and “noticed a baby elephant standing in between the legs of his mom. He was so small!” Hiking in the bush, he saw impalas and he played a traditional African bush game. Diaw was also startled by a huge African buffalo. On later trips to Africa, Diaw saw lions and rhinos, and he steered clear of hippos and crocodiles, both of which can run quite fast. He and his group were once stalked by a pack of hungry hyenas who wanted a piece of a basketball star! While in India, Diaw learned a lot about tigers before he saw a mother tiger and her cubs in the wild. And he noted how animals and basketball players have a lot in common: it’s safer, easier, and sometimes more fun to work together as a team. In your child’s life, he’ll have many interests. One of them may become her career but in “Hoops to Hippos,” she’ll see

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that it’s possible to have many passions. Though, obviously, basketball is a subject that author Boris Diaw (with Kitson Jazynka) loves, wildlife and photography really are the focus of this book. In it, Diaw explains what it takes to hunt animals with his camera and, among tales of spotting creatures in their natural habitats, he also shares with young readers the thrilling adventures he’s had on safari. Conservation-minded parents will be happy to know that Diaw also carefully explains why it’s important to protect those animals he seeks. For young basketball fans and for 7-to9-year-old animal lovers who are just starting to read chapter books, this one is a great pick-up. Filled with pictures, surprise, and fun, “Hoops to Hippos!” plus your child equals a very good match.

CANCER You may like to go to war, but avoid an argument with a friend; it will slow down all the wonderful progress you’ve been making. Your patience will be tested this week, stay on task. Soul Affirmation: I smile and trust in the powers beyond myself. Lucky Numbers: 2, 20, 23 LEO Skip it! Don’t sweat the small stuff, it’ll only bring you down. Don’t run around inside your own head this week. Focus your awareness outside on something beautiful. Compromise is a key idea this week. Soul Affirmation: Jewelry reflects the beauty of my feelings about myself. Lucky Numbers: 40, 43, 49 VIRGO Someone in the family is ready to give you something. Open yourself up to it. Home improvement –mental, physical and spiritual– is this week’s best theme. Seek the simple pleasures from a neglected hobby this week. Soul Affirmation: I love charming, positive head games. Lucky Numbers: 18, 24, 36 LIBRA How efficient you are this week! Your busy mind is focused on productivity and achievement. Both come easily to you, so take your advantage and press forward. Soul Affirmation: I see myself as a finisher rather than a starter this week. Lucky Numbers: 11, 12, 53 SCORPIO Entertainment and companionship are high on your list of things to enjoy this week. Use your mental gifts to speed carefully through your work so that you’ll have more time for fun this week. Soul Affirmation: This week silence speaks loudest and truest. Lucky Numbers: 5, 15, 31 SAGITTARIUS Your only real caution this week is to watch your budget. Other than that, happiness remains the focus, as relationships heat happily up. Your family is very supportive and loving right now; let them meet your new admirer. Soul Affirmation: I speak my mind knowing that truth is my best defense this week. Lucky Numbers: 4, 14, 33 CAPRICORN Happiness with partners remains the order of the week. Relations between partners are exceptionally harmonious right now. You are in sync with loved ones. Much is being accomplished by your attitude. Don’t overdo your physical workout. Soul Affirmation: I master fear by knowing that all is well. Lucky Numbers: 2, 19, 37 AQUARIUS The time has come to forgive and forget. Take the first step in reconciling a friendship. You thought no one knew, but you may be romantically attracted to an old pal. Soul Affirmation: Friendships are treasures I cherish. Lucky Numbers: 14, 44, 54

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PISCES Romantic daydreams may distract you from work this week; try to stay focused, but also enjoy your mental trips to romantic sunnier spaces. These images will inspire you to take action regarding a trip or get-together with your honey. Soul Afﬁrmation: I let my dreams take over my mind to provide enjoyment. Lucky Numbers: 27, 32, 41

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When a New Orleans gunman ambushed, shot and killed Baton Rouge Cpl. Betty Smothers who was escorting a grocery manager in her cruiser to make a night deposit on Jan. 7, 1993, it was not the first time the mother of former NFL star Warrick Dunn had met her killer. Ironically, six years earlier, Smothers caught her future assassin, Kevan Brumfield, shoplifting but she let him go – giving him a chance to turn his life around – a chance he threw away when he hid in the darkness and shot the 14-year veteran police officer in the forearm, chest and head. His accomplice, Henri Broadway, also fired five times, striking Kimen Lee, a Piggly Wiggly assistant manager, who miraculously survived multiple gunshot wounds and took control of the cruiser where she drove to safety and called 911. This is a story of contrasting lives – a famous football player who at 18 took responsibility for his five siblings after losing his mother juxtaposed against a killer with a long criminal record who worked only three months of his entire adult life. And it’s a story of a justice system that for more than 20 years has left Dunn with a wounded soul still waiting to heal from that fatal night that spun his world off its axis. At the heart of his discord is the back-and-forth legal drama around the case leaving Dunn The Washington Informer

bitter about the justice system. Brumfield, who confessed to the crime, has been on death row since his 1995 conviction, but five years ago he won an appeal to determine if he is mentally disabled. Broadway remains on death row awaiting for his final appeal to be heard. A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that Brumfield was eligible for a hearing on whether he is intellectually disabled. The court’s decision means Brumfield, now 42, remains on death row, but his fate is in limbo. “And that leaves me and my family in limbo,” Dunn, 40, told Urban News Service. “You get to the highest court in the land and we still have issues getting peace? How can after all these years, someone now say, ‘I have mental issues’ when you can plan a robbery, commit an act and not have any remorse. That’s not mental retardation. It’s just a decision that you made.” Despite the turmoil, Dunn has changed lives, including his own. Two hours before discussing the legal case, Dunn handed the keys to a new home to the 144th parent since 1997. Warrick Dunn Charities independently and with other companies and organizations places single parents, first-time homeowners into new houses and provides financial support and home furnishings. “I can’t find the words to describe what Warrick Dunn did for me,” said Derrick Gant, who walked with his pair of teenage sons into a three-bedroom house that was fully fur-

nished and completely stocked with food and supplies, televisions and computer in January. Providing homes for single, first-time homeowner parents has been Dunn’s way of honoring his mother. He admired her commitment and said he has used “changing people’s lives for the better as therapy.” Even though steady counseling helped, Dunn said he was bitter and often unhappy, even as he starred in the NFL for 12 years, earning millions and racking up more than 10,000 rushing yards for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Atlanta Falcons. But what happened next was far more inspiring than his prowess on the gridiron. Dunn visited death row at Angola State Prison in Louisiana to meet the man who killed his mother in 2007. That visit changed Dunn’s life, he said. He could go on changing other people’s lives having changed his own through the ultimate forgiveness. “In the Black community, there’s a misconception that if you go to therapy you’re crazy,” Dunn said. “In reality, therapy is for people who are together and want to stay on the right path. I’ve learned to celebrate my mom and make her proud. I’m able to help spread her love to other parents who are doing the same thing she did for our family.”WI

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The 20th anniversary of the Million Man March is fast approaching. On October 10, the National Mall in Washington, D.C. will be covered with Black men who will come together to pledge to be the head of households for families all across America. No better time than now, especially given the fact that we see brutality against men and even some women as well with the rate seemingly escalating. The time is right for this march. The scripture that fits this upcoming event best is from Titus 1:5-9 which says: “This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you – if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.” Billed Millions for Justice the march welcomes all races, colors and creeds as well as sexual preferences. “If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed,” chief organizer and Nation of Islam leader The Honorable Louis Farrakhan said in a statement, quoting poet Victor Hugo. “In gathering for justice, we gather to turn on the light,” said

Farrakhan, who helped organize the first march. The Rev. Jamal Bryant of Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore will also serve as an organizer. Bryant delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Freddie Gray, a Black man who died in police custody in April, setting off protests in Baltimore and around the country. “Twenty years ago, those who gathered did so for the dignity of our Black men,” read a joint statement issued by Bryant and fellow organizer Tamika Mallory, former executive director of the New Yorkbased National Action Network. “Today, we see that the need for justice and equity is far-reaching and requires systematic and deliberate change for people of many backgrounds.” It was my pleasure to work inside the U.S. Capitol Building for the first Million Man March 20 years ago, serving as coordinator for the green room which housed the speakers. With only a few days to go, several major special events coordinators were asked to help bring this all together. My role required that I run an intense operation and my team of volunteers did a fine job. It was a day we shall always remember. It will truly be a great day in the neighborhood to see a million men converge onto the National Mall to pledge to live their lives as the men that families need, especially at this time in our country’s history. It is my hope that this will be a new beginning where men will pull up their pants and stand up tall and be proud of who they are and from whence they have come. Struggle makes each of us stron-

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ger. So Black men, take care of your families. Scriptures lay that responsibility right at your feet. Own it. Cause your babies and young children to admire their daddy and to always be glad to see you walk through the door. Teach your daughters what respect looks like. Speak with your children in a loving and caring manner. Finally, be willing to work two jobs if that’s what it takes; at least for a short while. WI Lyndia Grant is an author, inspirational and motivational speaker, radio talk show host and columnist; visit her website at www.lyndiagrant.com, email lyndiagrant@gmail.com and call 202-558-2107. Tune in Fridays at 6 p.m., to the radio talk show, 1340 AM, WYCB, a Radio One station.

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Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor

Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoﬂifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoﬂifechurch.org

Worship Sundays @ 7:30 & 11:00 A.M. 5th Sundays @ 9:30 A.M. 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 P.M.

Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

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Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Ofﬁce) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 10:00 am AM Worship Services BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:00 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and afﬁrmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org

Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White

TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net

Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m. Church School - 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. TTuesday – 7:00pm – Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m. Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am T.V. Broadcast - Channel 190 – Sunday -4:00pm/Tuesday 7:00am

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

Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m. 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m. Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m. Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org

“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

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Third Street Church of God Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 ofﬁce 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m. “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org

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

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

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

Service and Times Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Communion every Sunday 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Bible Study Tuesday 12Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Motto; “Discover Something Wonderful.” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm

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

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”

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

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church

Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor

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

Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor

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

Crusader Baptist Church

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

2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Ofﬁce 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: am Sunday Church School 8: 45 am Bible Study Wednesday 12:00 Noon Wednesday 7:00 pm Thursday 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out”

5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089

St. Stephen Baptist Church

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Twelfth Street Christian Church

Campbell AME Church

Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor

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

Blessed Word of Life Church

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

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor

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

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

Church of Living Waters

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

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

Zion Baptist Church

All Nations Baptist Church Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591

Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

“Where Jesus is the King”

Israel Baptist Church

4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773

1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288

Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting Wednesday - 12:00 Noon

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

2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730 Sunday School – 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 am Baptismal Service – 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study – Wednesday -7:30 pm

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

St. Luke Baptist Church

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration

Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor

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

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

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

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Dr. Diane Dixon Proctor, Pastor 1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 lpumconthegrow@gmail.com www.lpumcdc.org Sunday worship 10: am Holy Communion ﬁrst Sunday 10: am Sunday school 9: am Bible Study each Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: “A CHURCH ON THE GROW”.

Eastern Community Baptist Church

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

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

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

Christ Embassy DC

Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor

2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Ofﬁce 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304

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Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m. New Members Class 9:30a.m. Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m Church School 9:30a.m. Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m. Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”

Sunday Worship Service 10:00 A.M.

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

New Commandment Baptist Church

13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560

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

Service and Times: Early Morning Message 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:00 AM Sunday Church School 9:00 AM Holy Communion 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 PM

Services: Sunday Worship 11 AM Sunday School 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study - Wed. 7 PM

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

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

Salem Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor

Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor

8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240

Rehoboth Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

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

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964

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

Shiloh Baptist Church

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

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Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

Rev. Reginald M. Green, Sr., Interim Pastor

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

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

9th & P Street, N.W. • W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4200

602 N Street NW • Washington, D.C. 20001 Ofﬁce:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595

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

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

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

Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m Church School : 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m. Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 p.m.

150 Years of Service

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

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

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

Administration No. 2015 ADM 998

Administration No. 2014 ADM 635

Administration No. 2015 ADM 1036

Administration No. 2015 ADM 983

Brenda Butler Decedent

Evelyn A. Underhill Decedent

Thelma M. Randall aka Thelma Maye Langley aka Thelma Mae Langley Decedent

Doris T. Cooper Decedent

Nate Bush 1119 44th Place SE Washington, DC 20019 Attorney

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

Robin Johnson and Ronda Campbell, whose addresses are 209 Post Oak Court, Hyattsville, MD 20785 and 5202 D Street, SE, Washington, DC 20019, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Brenda Butler who died on July 18, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 10, 2016. 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 March 10, 2016, 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.

Mabel A. McNeill, whose address is 801 Mentor Avenue, Capitol Heights, MD 20743, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Evelyn A. Underhill who died on December 2, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 17, 2016. 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 March 17, 2016, 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: September 10, 2015

Date of first publication: September 17, 2015

Date of first publication: September 10, 2015

Robin Johnson Ronda Campbell Personal Representative

Mabel A. McNeill Personal Representative

Alan Randall Personal Representative

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Foreign No. 2014 FEP 155

Administration No. 2015 ADM 999

Foreign No. 2014 FEP 124

Administration Number 1996 ADM 02148

Administration No. 2015 ADM 984

January 27, 2014 Date of Death Shirley Wright Essien Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Shawn Wright and Terrence Wright whose addresses are 631 ½ I Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003 were appointed personal representatives of the estate of Shirley Wright Essien, deceased, by the Register of Wills of the Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland, on December 1, 2014. Service of process may be made upon Shawn Wright and Terrence Wright, 631 ½ I Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property: 1/2 Interest in 721 Tewesbury Place, NW, Washington, DC 20012. The decedent owned District of Columbia personal property. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: September 17, 2015 Shawn Wright Terrence Wright Personal Representative

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Alan Randall, whose address is 4407 Lancefield, Bowie, MD 20720, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Thelma M. Randall aka Thelma Maye Langley aka Thelma Mae Langley who died on July 1, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 10, 2016. 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 March 10, 2016, 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.

Matthew F. Shannon, Esquire 1420 N Street, NW #102 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Matthew F. Shannon, whose address is 1420 N street, NW #102, Washington, DC 20006 was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Doris T. Cooper who died on August 10, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 17, 2016. 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 March 17, 2016, 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: September 17, 2015

Winnie Jefferson Name of Decedent

NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE

Date of first publication: September 17, 2015 Anita L. Hairston Personal Representative

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Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Milford A. Williams III 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 February 4, 1992 exhibited with the petition upon proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution by affidavit of witnesses or otherwise Order witnesses to the alleged will dated February 4, 1992 to appear and give testimony regarding its execution Order any interested person to show cause why the provisions of the lost or destroyed will dated February 4, 1992 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 a supervised personal representative Date of first publication: September 17, 2015 Dalton Howard Attorney TRUE TEST COPY

Michelle R. Elzie, whose address is 604 Palm Beach Drive, Hagerstown, MD 21740, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Betty J. Elzie who died on July 13, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 17, 2016. 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 March 17, 2016, 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: September 17, 2015

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Damian R. Williams whose address is 1317 Belvedere Road, Apt. B, Baltimore, MD 21239 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Winnie Jefferson, deceased, by the Orphans Court for Baltimore County, State of Maryland, on March 24, 2014. Service of process may be made upon Mary Sheppard, 6445 Luzon Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20012 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property: 6445 Luzon Avenue, NW, Apt. 305, Washington, DC 20012. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.

Administration No. 2015 ADM 1061

Michelle R. Elzie Personal Representative

Matthew F. Shannon Personal Representative

February 3, 2014 Date of Death

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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

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

Frances Marie Hairston Decedent

Anita L. Hairston, whose address is 6931 Allison Street, #B2, Landover Hills, MD 20784, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Frances Marie Hairston who died on May 2, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 17, 2016. 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 March 17, 2016, 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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Betty J. Elzie Decedent

Estate of Shirley Theodora Langley aka Shirley Theodora Langley Deceased

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Ethel Mitchell, Wills and Trusts LLC 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1045 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney

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Thelma B. Tucker aka Thelma Burford Tucker Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Scherri Tucker Jacobsen, whose address is 4535 32nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20008, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Thelma B. Tucker aka Thelma Burford Tucker who died on June 1, 2011with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 17, 2016. 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 March 17, 2016, 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: September 17, 2015 Scherri Tucker Jacobsen Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2014 ADM 1091

Foreign No. 2015 FEP 29

Addie E. Carey Decedent

April 19, 2014 Date of Death

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS James C. Carey and Michealle R. Carey, whose addresses are 11444 Norris Twilley Rd., Mardela Springs, MD 21637and 2053 Adams Ave., Melbourne, FL 32935, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Addie E. Carey who died on May 30, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 24, 2016. 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 March 24, 2016, 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: September 24, 2015 James C. Carey Michealle R. Carey Personal Representative

Juanita C. Hairston Name of Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Clarice R. Spence whose address is 1926 Boaz Road, Raleigh, NC 27610 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Juanita C. Hairston, deceased, by the Superior Court of Wake County, State of North Carolina, on June 27, 2014. Service of process may be made upon Johnny M. Howard, Houston & Howard, 1001 Connecticut Ave., Suite 402, Washington, DC 20036 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property: 6532 Eastern Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20012. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: September 24, 2015 Clarice R. Spence Personal Representative

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015 ADM 927 Woodrow David Malone, Jr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Admarie O. Malone, whose address is 3317 Baker Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Woodrow David Malone, Jr. who died on June 19, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 24, 2016. 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 March 24, 2016, 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: September 24, 2015 Admarie O. Malone Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2015 ADM 1100 Frances Carter Johnson Decedent Tracy D. Davis Law Office of Tracy DuPree Davis, LLC 14616 Friendlywood Road, Suite 100 Burtonsville, MD 20866 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robert Johnson, whose address is 23 Sheldrake Lane, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Frances Carter Johnson who died on January 2, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 24, 2016. 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 March 24, 2016, 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: September 24, 2015 Robert Johnson Personal Representative

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

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration Number 2015 ADM 1108

Catherine J. Wheeler aka Catherine Johnson Wheeler Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE

Deborah D. Boddie, Esq., whose address is 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Amelia McMrimmon who died on September 11, 2015 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 (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 24, 2016. 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 March 24, 2016, 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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Date of first publication: September 24, 2015

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MALVEAUX from Page 26 passionate, but baseless defense of a police “officer.” If there were due process, Frascatore would have been arrested for assaulting Blake. But police officers accused of wrongdoing hide behind their uniforms and rarely pay for their crimes. If there were due process, a man with five complaints before the CCRB would have been put on desk duty, if not suspended or fired, some time ago. The New York Daily News reported on a 2013 incident where Frascatore and two others followed bicyclist Warren Diggs home. Once there, they demanded identification from him but proceeded to punch in the head and pummel his body – before he could retrieve his ID. Diggs’ significant other, Nafeesah Hines, saw part of the fracas and began recording it. She asked officers for their names and badge numbers; two complied but

CURRY from Page 26 thing, and everybody was going crazy over the weekend. And this is something where I didn’t even say anything. STEPHANOPOULOS: But, I take that point, but you’ve raised these questions so often in the past. Why can’t you just say definitively, yes or no, President Obama was born in the United States, you’ve raised it many times, and he’s not a Muslim. TRUMP: George you have raised a question. I haven’t raised a question. I don’t talk about it, and I don’t like talking about somebody else’s faith. He talks about his faith, and he can do that. But I don’t talk about other people’s faith. It’s not appropriate for me to talk about somebody else’s faith. STEPHANOPOULOS: The other big premise of that question is he

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Frascatore refused. When Hines went to move Diggs’ bicycle from the sidewalk and into their home, she was told that she was tampering with evidence and was arrested. The Civilian Complaint Review Board found inconsistencies between Frascatore’s statements and the recording Hines made. It recommended “retraining” Frascatore. Hines also sued the city for false arrest and settled out of court. Warren Diggs still has a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city. The Diggs case reveals Frascatore as an accomplished liar who doesn’t mind breaking the rules. Just as there was an attempt to cover up the Blake arrest, there was also an attempt to justify the brutal assault of Warren Diggs and the false arrest of Nafeesah Hines. Due process, Patrick Lynch? As Blake has so gracefully said, all police officers are not like Frascatore. He declined to accuse the

NYPD, just the out-of-control officer. He accepted the apologies of the police commissioner and the mayor. But he insists that something must be done about excessive force, and he has indicated that he might pursue a lawsuit otherwise. The NYPD says they have spent millions on training and retraining. Did Frascatore ever get the training the CCRB recommended? Why not monitor those officers who have been “retrained” to see if they have changed their ways? Why not prioritize investigation of those with repeat complaints so that bad apples like Frascatore are terminated before they do more damage? Lynch does his members a disservice when he excuses the behavior of officers like James Frascatore, whose only due process should move him out of the NYPD. Due process means arresting Frascatore for assaulting James Blake. WI

says that Muslims are a problem in this country. Do you agree? TRUMP: Well, in some cases George. We can say no, and you can be politically correct and you can say everything’s wonderful, but I haven’t seen people from Sweden going back and leaving after the bombing of the World Trade Center. So certainly it’s a problem, and there is a problem– One of Trump’s many problems is that, aided and abetted by Fox News, he has been a leading proponent of the birther movement, even hiring private investigators to go to Hawaii in an effort to disprove that Obama was born there. FactCheck.org dismissed the false conspiracy claims about Obama’s birth certificate. The site reported, “FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, ex-

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GOP candidate and retired brain surgeon Dr. Ben Carson is so delusional and apparently brain dead that he thinks that he, a Black guy, might win the presidential nomination in the political party which trades racist jokes about the sitting Black president for sport. Then he believes that if nominated, he can win the presidency despite the fact that Black voters who voted more than 90 percent for Obama, would sooner vote for Beelzebub than for a mild-mannered portrait of self-hatred. This once-skillful surgeon has obviously never read the Constitution which he would purport to “uphold and defend.” He recently that he would not support a Muslim president. However, if he’s ever read that document he would have to have seen that it says in plain English, Article 6, The Washington Informer

Paragraph 3, that there can be no religious test for any office in the United States. It says it in these words, Dr. Ben (Uncle Ben as on the rice box would be more appropriate, but I digress): “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” I would ask the Muslim-fearing doctor, what part of “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office” is it that he does not understand? Candidate Trump is no better. At a campaign rally in the lily-white Granite State of New

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TEXT “CPN” TO 62297 TO GET COUPONS, SALES ALERTS & MORE! Max 3 msgs/wk. Msg & data rates may apply. By texting CPN from my mobile number, I agree to receive autodialed marketing SMS/MMS messages from Macy’s to this number. Consent is not required to make a purchase. Text STOP to 62297 to cancel. Text HELP to 62297 for help. Terms & conditions at macys.com/mobilehelp Privacy policy at macys.com/privacypolicy

NOW-TUES, SEPT. 29

SPEND‡: $5O-74.99 $75-99.99 $1OO-149.99 $15O-199.99 $2OO & MORE

†

GET: $1O $15 $2O $3O $4O

VALID 9/23-9/27/2015

PLUS, IT’S OUR GET READY FOR

USE YOUR MACY’S MONEY ONLINE OR IN-STORE WED, OCT. 7-SUN, OCT. 18.

FALL SALE 3O%-75% OFF

‡SEE BELOW OR DETAILS.

VALUE & REGULAR PRICED ITEMS ALSO SHOWN.

BUY ONLINE, PICK UP IN-STORE NEED IT IN A HURRY? NOW YOU

CAN SHOP AHEAD ON MACYS.COM AND PICK IT UP THE SAME DAY AT YOUR NEAREST MACY’S STORE. IT’S FAST, FREE AND EASY! DETAILS AT MACYS. COM/STOREPICKUP

FREE SHIPPING & FREE RETURNS AT MACYS.COM!

FREE SHIPPING WITH $99 PURCHASE. FREE RETURNS BY MAIL OR IN-STORE. U.S. ONLY. EXCLUSIONS APPLY; DETAILS AT MACYS.COM/FREERETURNS

GET READY FOR FALL SALE PRICES IN EFFECT 9/23-9/27/2015, EXCEPT AS NOTED. ‡HOW IT WORKS: For any single in-store transaction* of $50 or more you make from 9/23-9/29/15, we’ll give you a $10 (spend $50-74.99), $15 (spend $75-99.99), $20 (spend $100-149.99), $30 (spend $150-199.99) or $40 (spend $200 or more) Macy’s Money Reward Card at the register. *EXCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PURCHASES: Chanel, Diamond pre-sell, gift cards, macys.com, Buy Online Pick up in-Store, services & fees, sales tax, macybed, furniture phone sales, lease depts, Espot, restaurants. USE YOUR MACY’S MONEY REWARD CARD from 10/7-10/18/15. May not be: redeemed for cash, used to purchase Macy’s gift cards or applied as payment or credit to your credit card account. If a purchase used to accumulate Macy’s Money is returned, Macy’s reserves the right to void the Macy’s Money Reward card or reduce the corresponding value. For more information, go to macys.com/macysmoney OPEN A MACY’S ACCOUNT FOR EXTRA 15% SAVINGS THE FIRST 2 DAYS, UP TO $100, WITH MORE REWARDS TO COME. Macy’s credit card is available subject to credit approval; new account savings valid the day your account is opened and the next day; excludes services, selected licensed departments, gift cards, restaurants, gourmet food & wine. The new account savings are limited to a total of $100; application must qualify for immediate approval to receive extra savings; employees not eligible. 50719_N5080117I.indd 1

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NEW

APPLICATION PROCESS FOR

ENERGY ASSISTANCE Appointments or online applications are now required for District residents to apply for energy assistance with the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) • Beginning October 1, 2015, residents must apply for assistance by calling 3-1-1 to schedule an in-person appointment or by completing an online application through DOEE’s new web portal at doee.dc.gov/liheap • If your energy service is disconnected: call 3-1-1 beginning September 21 for appointments taking place in October • If your energy service is not disconnected: call 3-1-1 beginning November 1 for appointments taking place after November 9 • To learn more about the online application, attend one of DOEE’s free informational sessions on September 22 and 23 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., each day, at the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center Lecture Hall, 2730 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC 20032

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