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“The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.” – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Panelists Decry GOP Voter Suppression Efforts Encourage High Voter Turnout to Offset Challenge

By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer A panel discussion on voter suppression, sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus [CBC], produced more than 90 minutes of pointed conversation, fireworks, verbal sparring – all a microcosm of the conten-

tious nature of the issue playing out on the national stage.

The Rev. Al Sharpton and conservative commentator Crystal Wright wrangled most frequently during the town hall at the 42nd Annual Legislative Conference, each sparring, jostling to make their point, battling for verbal supremacy, dismissing

the other’s comments.

Beneath the lively exchanges at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest, is the very real situation that voting rights is under siege

by Republican-led state houses which have proposed or instituted onerous voting laws panelists argued are adversely affect-

ing constituencies who will most likely vote for President Barack Obama and Democrats.

“There are 181 restrictive voter ID laws that have been introduced all over the country,” said Donna Brazile, veteran political strategist, academic and vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee. “Seven-

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teen have passed and the impact is that 218 electoral votes are at stake. My mother told me that when you change the rules in the middle of the game, that’s cheating!”

Brazile and others contend that the laws that are now pres-

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By James Wright WI Staff Writer By Tia Carol Jones www.washingtoninformer.com WI Staff Writer The wife of the president of the United States, during an hisWhen L.Y. Marlow's 23-yearVisit our updated Web site toric occasion, urged guests at an old daughter told her the father and give us your comments elite and extremely chic dinner to of her daughter threatened her theirthe efforts on their re-electing for a chance to win a gift from focus life, and life of child, her husband and to get involved The Washington Informer she knew something had to in be the political done.

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law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicstory, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assesspush forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further said about Marlow. training for law enforcement Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecwho reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counsel“get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradiperson can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the viclogue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow Also present at the event was said.

Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatthe Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence.

2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We have to stop being pasthe founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilan organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. and their children.

Marlow has worked to break “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, First Michelle Obama addressed who attended Phoenixshe yearsLady in fear is a long time.

It is thousands and is confident thethepolicies Awards on Sat., 22 out at the Walter E. Washington not anDinner easy thing toSept. come is pushing for willConvenstart that tion in Northwest. During her speech she urged guests to focus their of,”Center she said. process. efforts on re-electing her husband. /Photo by Mark Mildred Muhammad said “I plan Mahoney to take these policies to people who want to help a Congress and implore them to She said that “in every election, good advice for theMarlow black comdomestic violence victim must ischange our laws,” said. every voice must be heard” and munity.” be careful of how they go into “I will not stop until these poli“this is the march time.”

Cynthia Anderson of Norththe victim's life, of andour understand cies are passed.”

“Thissherequires and west thatJones Obama’s that may beconstant in “survival Tiasaid Carol can be speech reached sustained mode”. hard work,” she said. was at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net “motivational and right on the “When we get tired, of Con“Before you get think to 'I'm going spot.” gressman Dellums and Congressto kill you,' it started as a verbal WI need to rethink this elec“We man Stokes.” tion and rally people to vote,” said She said that a particular photo Anderson, 46. in the White House has touched A number of people received her heart. honors including U.S. Rep. Cor“Every few months the White rine Brown [D-Fla.] and former House photographers rotate pho- Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt, tos [in the Oval Office] but one who both received the Harold that stays is the one where Barack Washington Phoenix Award and bends over so that a black boy can famed film director George Lutouch his hair,” she said. “When cas and U.S. Attorney General the boy touches my husband’s Eric Holder, received the Conhair, the boy says ‘yes, it does feel gressional Black Caucus Foundathe same.’ We now have young people growing up and taking for tion Chair Phoenix Award. Elsie granted that an African American Scott, the outgoing president of the Congressional Black Caucan be president.”

Obama said that political activ- cus Foundation in Northwest, received a plaque and words of ism must be done for the sake of praise from various speakers. young people.

Albert Black, who runs a non“We must fulfill the promise of profit dedicated to improving the democracy for all of our children,” lives of children in Austin, said she said.

Sharon Jefferson of Milwaukee that he enjoyed the dinner and the L.Y. Marlow described Obama’s speech as be- legislative conference in general.

“We need to take what we ing “awesome and phenomenal.”

“She definitely put it in perspec- learned here back to our commutive what we need to do for the nities and use the information for elections,” said Jefferson, 57. “It [our] benefit,” said Black, 63. wi

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We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor children about domestic violence. I plan to take these policies to Congress and implore them to change our laws. I will not stop until these policies are passed.

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By James Wright WI Staff Writer Pannell Raises Money in Northwest A leading candidate for the D.C. State Board of Education in Ward 8 recently raised money on his own behalf in a tony residence in Northwest.

Philip Pannell, who is running for the city’s board of education, held a fundraiser on Sept. 17 at the Ward 4 home of Ernest Hopkins, a longtime friend and the director of legislative activities for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

Hopkins said that Pannell would be an asset to the board.

“Philip has a commitment to improving the public school system and improving its library sciences,” said Hopkins, 52. “I have supported him on many issues in the past and when I found out that he was running for the board, I offered my support and he agreed to a fundraiser.”

Pannell, one of the District’s most seasoned political and civic activists, is running against incumbent Trayon White. Pannell, 61, ran for the position in April 2011, to replace the late William Lockridge, but lost to White in a field that had a number of candidates.

District voters will determine

who will occupy the seat during the Nov. 6 general election. Bradley Lewis, a Ward 8 resident, traveled across town to support Pannell at the fundraiser.

“I have known Philip for 25 years and I know that he cares for kids and he cares for the community,” said Lewis, 54, who lives in Historic Anacostia.

U.S. Senator Encourages D.C. Residents The District’s quest for full citizenship has a strong ally in the United States Senate.

Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-La.] said on Sept. 19 that District residents should not lose faith in the country’s political system as it seeks full representation in the U.S. Congress.

“In the post-election, there is a brand new opportunity to press for voting rights for the residents of the District of Columbia,” said Landrieu, 56.

Landrieu sits on the subcommittee that deals with D.C. affairs.

She has long supported the District in the Senate on a variety of issues and once served as the keynote speaker at a Kennedy-King Dinner.

Landrieu said that District residents need to continue to advocate for their rights as citizens.

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“I would encourage the people not to give up hope,” she said.

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The Costco is scheduled to open Nov. 28. It’s the first Costco in the District of Columbia.

Ward 5 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Robert King, who represents single-member district 5A12, said that the vote is not only a victory for Fort Lincoln residents, but District consumers as well.

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September 27 1954 - School Integration began in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md., public schools.

1950 - Gwendolyn Brooks awarded Pulitzer Prize (May 1) for her book of poetry, Annie Allen. She was the first Black cited by the Pulitzer committee.

1967 - Washington D.C.’s Anacostia Museum dedicated to informing the community of contributions by African Americans to U.S. political, social, and cultural history, opens.

September 28 1895 - These Baptist groups, the Foreign Mission Convention of the United States, the American National Baptist Convention, the Baptist National Education Convention, merged and established the National Baptist Convention.

1961 - Purlie Victorious, a farce by playwright Ossie Davis, opened on Broadway.

1991 - Jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis died in Santa Monica, California from complications following a stroke.

He was 65.

September 29 1962 - President John F Kennedy sends federal troops in integration of University of Mississippi.

1975 - First Black-owned station in US, WGPR-TV Detroit, begins broadcasting.

2001 - Mabel Fairbanks, 85, the first black women to be inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame died following a long illness. Fairbanks coached Olympians Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner.

the world long jump world record when he jumped 8.95 meters at a meet in Tokyo.

October 1 1948 - California Supreme Court voided state statue banning interracial marriages.

1952 - Joe Black became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game. The Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 4-2. Black was also the 1952 Rookie of the Year.

1960 - Nigeria proclaimed independent.

1966 - Black Panther Party for Self Defense founded in Oakland, CA by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.

October 2 1800 - Nat Turner was born in the Tidewater region of Virginia.

1865 - North Carolina amends constitution forbidding slavery.

1937 - Johnny L. Cochran, Jr. was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He became the noted controversial lawyer, who defended pro football star and actor, O.J. Simpson, in the infamous trial, for which Simpson was accused of killing wife and her friend.

1967 - Thurgood Marshall is sworn in, and becomes the first Black Supreme Court Justice, 1967.

1986 - The U.S. Senate overrides President Ronald Reagan’s veto of legislation impos-

ing economic sanctions in South Africa.

1989 - Jump Start premieres in 40 newspapers in the U.S. It is created by 26 year old Robb Armstrong, the youngest African American to have a syndicated comic strip. He follows in the footsteps of Morrie Turner, the creator of Wee Pals, the first African American syndicated comic strip.

October 3 1904 - Mary McLeod Bethune opened Daytona Normal and Industrial School in Daytona Beach, Florida. In 1923 the school merged with Cookman Institute and became BethuneCookman College.

1949 - First Black radio station, WERD, begins operating in Atlanta, GA. 1995 - Ex-football star O.J. Simpson is cleared today of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

1974 - Frank Robinson named manager of the Cleveland Indians and became the first Black manager in the major leagues.

1956 - Nat King Cole was the first black performer to host his own TV show.

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September 3 1935 - Singer, Johnny Mathis was born.

1975 - Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fight in the “Thrilla in Manilla”. Ali wins.

1991 - Mike Powell broke

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Helen Clark Silver Spring, Md. Definitely. I think that they’re very relevant right now because they continue to get involved and they help us as blacks realize the importance of voting. They show us that every vote counts. Some states now have laws in place that try to make it more difficult for us to vote. They now require picture identification, and the CBC has been involved with the issue. They bring awareness and unity to the community.

Kenneth Allen Indianapolis, Ind. Absolutely. I believe that the CBC is definitely as relevant now as it was 40 years ago. There is no other gathering in the United States, or in the world, that brings together the quantity and the quality of individuals who strategize, organize, mobilize and most importantly, energize our people and address the needs and issues [regarding] poverty, wealth and education. They’re a tremendous blessing to our community.

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DO YOU BELIEVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS [CBC] IS STILL RELEVANT TODAY?

Dr. Doreen E. Barrett Chicago, Ill. I believe that the CBC is still relevant today because we need every entity to be out there giving us information and sharing the things that are going on in our community.

We need the CBC because they’re at the table; we have an opportunity and a voice. I believe that the world is run by those who show up. They can’t speak for all African Americans because we’re not monolithic, but the CBC gives us the opportunity for national outreach with all of its representatives.

Raymond Washington Washington, D.C. I believe that the CBC is relevant because we as a people have not arrived. Some people may not even be aware of the voting rights issues that are going on right now if it weren’t for the CBC. I’ve come to realize that organizations like the CBC do play an important role and are proactive on issues. They’re just as relevant today as they were many years ago.

Carl Algood Washington, D.C. They are very relevant. I just read an article about the disparities in incomes and the poverty gap in this [region] particularly among low-income residents. With issues like these in the African-American community, we need their voice as advocates in all areas. The CBC serves as a forum to put those issues [at] the forefront and addresses them.

So yes, they’re very relevant.

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ent or being considered in 41 states are designed to disenfranchise minorities, the elderly, the poor, students, and disabled voters who are often less likely to have the types of IDs the GOP is demanding. At the same time, supporters insist the laws are necessary to maintain the integrity of the election process and prevent fraud.

Starting last year, panelists said, Republicans have been focused on turning the Nov. 6 election in their favor. In Texas, for example, prospective voters can register to vote with a gun or a hunting license but a student ID has been deemed insufficient by election officials.

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rolls in states like Florida, with most of those removed attached to the Democratic party; and Brazile said Republicans are intent on making it as difficult as possible for those seeking to exercise their right to vote, but she said regardless of the obstacles people face, they must not be deterred.

“This fall, we’ll see barriers we have not seen since 1965,” she told a standing-room-only audience of more than 2,000 participants. “Martin Luther King, Jr., gave us the ballot but we’re going to have a hard time getting the ballot to people seeking to vote.”

Moderator Marc Lamont Hill, Ph.D., echoed the sentiment of most of the panelists during opening comments.

“This is a 21st century form of racial discrimination,” he intoned. “This is not anything to be objective about. This is a clear case of discrimination. Republicans don’t want to win by genius, they want to win … by the

marginalization of poor, brown, black people. Obama galvanized a whole new generation of people. Now they [Republicans] have convinced us that for the sake of voter fraud, they have to restrict us.”

“You have a greater chance of being struck by lightning in front of the house you won on Publishers Clearing House. We can lose an election, but we can never lose our vote.”

Brazile was joined by the Rev. Al Sharpton, conservative columnist and commentator Crystal Wright, Reps. John Lewis [D-Ga.], Mel Watt [D-N.C.] and Marcia Fudge [D-Ohio] and Republican strategist and commentator Ron Christie.

Christie said he is aware of voter fraud and provided examples, but said he does not agree that the pursuit of those involved in these activities should come at the expense of people’s

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“The Indiana Supreme Court case paved the way for states to craft their own laws but I have a problem with Texas’ law … the Texas law is discriminating against low-income people.”

Sharpton characterized GOP assertions that their desire is to root out voter fraud as a red herring.

“This is a solution looking for a problem, not the other way around,” he said. “We’re not against IDs ... we’re against the new restrictive IDs. We say have the same IDs this year as when Reagan, Bush and Clinton ran.”

Sharpton cited the case of an 85-year-old man who has to drive 27 miles to get an ID and pay $27 for the ID as well.

“That’s a poll tax,” he said.

“This will potentially cost 5 million votes. In Watt’s state, the president won by 14,000 votes.

Shaving off 100,000 votes could turn the election. We need to fight to change the laws but do everything we can to vote this year. If they [Civil Rights activists] could stand up to Jim Clark, what excuse do we have to not get voter IDs?” Wright scoffed at the assertions of Sharpton and most of the other panelists, saying that there is no racial discrimination in the efforts to combat voter fraud, adding that demands for new IDs have not adversely affected those seeking to vote.

She buttressed her argument with studies which show that in Colorado, 500 non-citizens voted. And she suggested that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case involving the state of Indiana sanctioned the legislation GOP-controlled legislators are trying to pass.

“We have to look at the laws to find ways for people to prove who they are without others being disenfranchised,” she said. “… On a very basic level, it’s incumbent, regardless of the party, to know who they are voting for [on pocketbook issues] and where you live.”

Sharpton and Wright butted heads verbally throughout the discussion with each accusing the other of misstating the facts.

“First of all, we can have different opinions but not different facts,” he said addressing Wright following comments she made about the Indiana voter ID law

that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld. “The Indiana case was not the same ID laws we’re dealing with in Pennsylvania. We’re talking about different states and different laws.”

Pennsylvania has become ground zero in the GOP’s voter registration efforts. A Pennsylvania judge upheld a law that requires voters to have a state-issued ID before they’ll be allowed to vote. But residents have had great difficulty in securing these IDs and so far, fewer than 7,000 of the estimated 758,000 people on voter rolls have these photo IDs. The number of people who lack the photo IDs needed to vote outnumber Obama’s 2008 margin of victory in the state.

That year, Obama carried Pennsylvania by 605,820 votes.

Laws in states such as South Carolina, Florida and Texas have been challenged by the U.S. Department of Justice under provisions of the Civil Rights Act because of a history of discriminatory election practices in those places.

Lewis, who is revered for his role in the Civil Rights movement, lamented the current situation, but also expressed frustration, saying he was “trying to be non-violent today.”

“Being able to vote shouldn’t be partisan; it’s precious, almost sacred,” he said. “People died for this vote ... in a democratic society, we should open the process to let people in, not keep them out.”

“It makes me sort of sad that we’re having this discussion all these years later, fighting battles we thought were behind us. The Civil Rights movement was a movement of conscience. Lincoln may have freed slaves, but the Civil Rights movement freed America. Our forefathers may have come here on different ships but we’re all in the same boat now.”

Fudge and Watt agreed.

“We fought a battle for justice a long time ago … If there’s fraud in the vote, it’s absentee voting,” said Fudge. “People of means and the GOP use absentee votes. We realize that something is important when people try to take something from you.” WI

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AT&T Initiative Aims to Combat Texting While Driving

By Elton Hayes WI Staff Writer In the past, traffic officials have urged drivers not to drink and drive. Today, they’re cautioning young drivers not to text and drive.

In 2010, distracted driving – which includes texting while driving – claimed the lives of more than 3,000 people nationally and transportation and other officials say those numbers are likely to increase as the number of cellphones people own recently surpassed the population of the United States – at 311 million. As a result, officials are ramping up awareness efforts.

“The one thing that I can visibly see is [the connection between deaths and injuries] and texting and driving,” said AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson. “We’ve made [texting] so natural to kids that they don’t even think about it. Let’s start with raising awareness to young kids right now.”

Stephenson, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, George Washington University [GWU] President Steven Knapp and author, actor and activist Hill Harper joined local, national and regional transportation officials to commemorate No Text on Board Pledge Day at GWU in Northwest on Sept. 19.

The event ran in conjunction with the university’s eighth annual Safety Expo, and attracted a large crowd of students, faculty members and District residents. University Yard served as a backdrop

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Ricardo Cottin attempts to send a text message during a driving simulation on Wed., Sept. 19 on the campus of George Washington University in Northwest. AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, GWU President Steven Knapp and actor Hill Harper joined other Transportation officials to commemorate No Text on Board Pledge Day. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

for a safety festival as representatives from D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and a host of other safety agencies set up shop on the grounds.

Armed with Apple iPad tablets, AT&T employees moved through the crowd which numbered in the hundreds and collected signatures for the company’s No Text on Board pledge which is part of the company’s It Can Wait initiative that was launched three years ago.

“Three-and-a-half years ago, when we started this campaign [at] the Distracted Driving Summit right here in Washington, nobody was talking about distracted driving. Nobody was paying attention to it,” said LaHood. “Only 18 states had passed laws [against distracted driving]. Today, 39 states have passed laws. People now understand that distracted driving is a serious, serious way to cause accidents and injuries.”

While distracted driving remained the primary focus of the event, there are a number of other factors that determine motorists’ safety. Marion Flythe, 46, trekked a few blocks over to the Safety Expo from her office on campus.

Although she said she doesn’t text while driving, Flythe learned the proper way to extinguish a fire by participating in one of the many interactive demonstrations.

A controlled fire quickly became a crowd favorite as a long line of people waited for the opportunity to extinguish the live fire. A small orange flame roared from a fourfoot stove-like surface and the distinct smell of kerosene permeated the air. Participants grabbed a silver fire extinguisher and took turns putting the fire out under the supervision and with guidance from three safety officials.

“I’ve never had experience using a fire extinguisher even though

I have them in my home,” said the Suitland, Md. resident. “I learned that you are to remove the pin from the extinguisher, aim at the base of the fire and make sure that you’re at least 15 feet away from the fire and spray from side to side. It was a good experience.”

Brian Dito, 25, stumbled around for a few minutes while donning a pair of goggles that impaired his vision and severely affected his equilibrium – the goggles created a feeling of intoxication – similar to that of a drunk driver. Dito struggled to stand upright and his motor skills had been totally compromised. While he said that he doesn’t drink and drive, he thought that he’d fare better with the simulation.

“I actually did think that I would be fine and would walk straight,” said Dito, who is enrolled in the international affairs graduate program at GWU. “But it was pretty disorienting and I couldn’t [walk] a straight line. A lot of people have a relaxed attitude toward safety, but having events like this brings the issue to the forefront. I think it’s good that people are becoming informed.”

The event was the first of many that AT&T’s Stephenson said the company has planned for college campuses across the nation and is one program that he hopes expands as awareness increases.

For Stephenson, there’s more to be done.

“We’re not going to be content until those 100,000 accidents and deaths per year [due to distracted driving] begin to move noticeably downward. So we’re working hard to expand the movement. I want to ask everyone here to get involved,” he said. wi www.washingtoninformer.com

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Fact #2 – When National Harbor was built, less than 4% of the contracts went to local, minority-owned businesses.

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Fact #3 – The Baltimore Sun says Question 7 is “a bad deal for Maryland.” (Editorial, 9/7/12) They’re selling you a bill of goods. Don’t buy it.

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Rosecroft Raceway Could Become History

By Gale Horton Gay WI Staff Writer Election Day – Nov. 6 – could very well be doomsday for a Maryland horse racing establishment.

That’s how officials of Rosecroft Raceway see it. They predict that if voters approve the referendum on expansion of gaming in the state, it will mean the demise of the 63-year-old raceway.

Karen Bailey, director of public affairs for Penn National Gaming [PNG], owner of Rosecroft, said that they’re being squeezed out of consideration to develop a new casino in Prince George’s County if the measure passes, which will likely force the track to close.

“Rosecroft is not going to have a fair shot,” said Bailey.

“In order for us to stay open, we need to add gaming.”

And PNG officials said that they are being shut out of con-

sideration of charting the future of horse racing and gaming in Maryland.

Located in Fort Washington, Rosecroft features harness racing and first opened in 1949.

PNG executives contend that Prince George’s County officials favor MGM Resorts International of Las Vegas, which has reached an agreement with the Peterson Companies, developer of National Harbor, to build a casino at the world-class hotel and shopping complex if voters approve live table games and a sixth gaming site on Election Day. Penn National Gaming, which owns and operates 20 horse racing venues and casinos in the United States and Canada, opened Hollywood Casino in Perryville in 2010.

The company purchased Rosecroft Raceway in Prince George’s County after it went bankrupt and closed in 2008 and re-opened the facility in

Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, Md., could close if voters approve a referendum on expansion of gaming in the state on Nov. 6. /Courtesy Photo

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land Live! Casino in Anne Arundel County in June, PNG’s Perryville casino has experienced a drop in visitors and revenue of about 30 percent. This summer PNG officials said they planned to return 500 slot machines due to the decrease.

An open letter from Penn National Gaming dated Aug. 30 that ran in several local newspapers and on websites, stated: “Despite our company’s deep commitment to, and significant investment in, Maryland, the State Legislature recently approved a deeply flawed bill during special session that, among other things, will result in a virtual sole source contract for a casino at National Harbor, thus ensuring the demise of Rosecroft and the long-term solution to saving horse racing in Maryland.”

It further explains that the Perryville casino didn’t receive the same tax adjustment provided to other casinos in the state. “The significant difference between our tax rate and that of Anne Arundel and Baltimore will hurt revenues and put the Perryville facility at a competitive disadvantage,” according to the letter.

Another point of contention for PNG is that prior to

the August legislative special session, officials proposed an investment of $500 million at Rosecroft at the 67 percent tax rate, which they said would have generated more revenue for the state than a sixth casino and tax breaks. “Yet policymakers chose not to give this serious consideration,” the letter states.

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and Howard County Executive Ken Ulman held a press conference on Sept. 20 at Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring to announce their continued support of Question 7 which will appear on the ballot in November.

“This is not just about gaming. It’s about economic development. It’s about good jobs.

It’s about expanding opportunity not only in Prince George’s County but also across the state of Maryland,” Baker said. “Make no mistake: This is about Maryland versus West Virginia. Those dollars need to stay right here at home.”

A press release about the three county executives endorsement of Question 7

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“Rosecroft is not going to have a fair shot. In order for us to stay open, we need to add gaming.”

MILLIONS ARE ON THE BRINK OF STARVATION

– Karen Bailey, director of public affairs for Penn National Gaming GAMING continued from Page 12 stated that Penn National Gaming recently launched a multi-million dollar advertising campaign, “in an attempt to mislead Maryland voters and protect the $170 million a year that its Charles Town Casino in West Virginia makes off of Maryland residents.”

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the public, PNG countered, “It will be said that our opposition to the law is to protect our existing facility in Charles Town, West Virginia [Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races].

If that were the case then we never would have offered to invest $500 million in a new establishment at Rosecroft. It really is that simple.”

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races currently offers live table games such as poker,

black jack and roulette.

Asked if closure of Rosecroft Raceway would be years away should the measure be approved and a casino in the county built, Bailey said “not necessarily” and that a shutdown could happen sooner.

“If there’s no hope to give, the answer would be clear – the county and state are not interested in keeping Rosecroft and racing alive,” Bailey said.wi

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Report Reveals Consumer Opportunities for Businesses

By Michelle Phipps-Evans WI Staff Writer In 2012, the African-American consumer continues to be vibrant and dynamic with a projected buying power of $1.1 trillion by 2015. This consumer group, which continues to experience population growth as the largest racial minority group in America with unique generational characteristics, remains at the forefront of social trends and media consumption.

These facts were revealed in African-American Consumers: Still Vital, Still Growing 2012 Report released Sept. 21 by Nielsen and the National Newspaper Publishers Association [NNPA] during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 42nd Annual Legislative Conference [ALC], Sept. 19 to 22 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest.

“This report demonstrates what a sustainable and influential economic force we are,”

said Cloves Campbell, NNPA chair. He further added that companies underestimate African-American consumers’ frustration of not having products that meet their needs in their respective communities.

“Companies that don’t advertise using Black media risk having African Americans perceive them as being dismissive of issues that matter to them.”

That’s Benjamin Jealous’s Achilles heel. The president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP], at one time served as the executive director of the NNPA, the 72-year-old federation of more than 200 Black community newspapers across the country, of which The Washington Informer is a member.

“Too many corporations cut out Black media in favor of mainstream media,” said Jealous, highlighting that only 2 percent of advertising budgets are split among the AfricanAmerican press.

“Corporations should be looking for creative ways to

Cloves Campbell, chairman of the National Newspaper Association [NNPA], discusses a recently released report conducted by Nielsen and the NNPA about the purchasing power of African Americans during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 42nd Annual Legislative Conference on Fri., Sept. 21 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

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media, while suggesting a need for more fair methods of administering spending.

It is the second of three annual installments – a collaboration between Nielsen, a global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy – and the NNPA. The report delves deeper into the complex community that includes Baby Boomers, urban and suburban dwellers and single mothers.

Nielsen’s vice chair Susan Whiting said the year-long collaboration with NNPA has been successful.

“NNPA’s insertion of the report into its 200 publications allows Nielsen access to millions of African-American consumers, and allows us to share information that will help increase the awareness of their consumer power.” The first collaborative report, released last year, focused on the purchasing power of African Americans and it reached 19 million readers.

The African-American population reached almost 43 million this year and accounts for 13.7 percent of the general population, according to the report. It also pointed out that “Hispanics” are an ethnicity not a race. With such a healthy representation coupled with substantial buying power,

businesses have opportunities to increase market share with African-American consumers.

Other insights from the report include: 91 percent believe that the African-American media is more relevant to them, 72 percent of African-American adults online have more than one social networking profile, 54 percent is under 35, compared to 47 percent of the general population, 54 percent own a Smartphone, compared to 33 percent last year, and advertising spending in the AfricanAmerican media totaled $2.10 billion in 2011, compared to $120 billion spent in the general market media during the same period.

Educating the AfricanAmerican community is a goal of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, said Elsie L. Scott, its president and CEO on the report’s release during the ALC. “By providing a resource that demonstrates how we can use our collective buying power, we are providing a service that is beneficial to the individual consumer and our collective communities at the same time,” Scott said. wi To download a copy of the report, visit www.nielsen.com/ africanamerican www.washingtoninformer.com

Former Gambian Prisoner’s Fast Track to Success, Imprisonment and Freedom

By George E. Curry Special to the Informer from NNPA Amadou Scatred Janneh, one of two Gambians with dual American citizenship released from prison as a result of a mission by Jesse Jackson, has always had something to prove to the world. After graduating from high school in The Gambia in West Africa, he left for the United States to prove that he had a first-rate mind that would allow him to fulfill his dreams – all he wanted was an opportunity to succeed.

He got his first opportunity at Knoxville College, a small historically Black college in East Tennessee.

“There were a few Gambian students studying at Knoxville College,” he recounted in an interview in the nation’s capital, where he had been brought by Jackson to attend the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Legislative Conference, better known as CBC Weekend.

“Because I didn’t have any money to go anywhere, they told me that Clinton Marsh, the president at the time, had worked in Africa and he may be willing to give me financial aid.

“So, when I went there, I had no money and appealed to him. I was given a grant just for one semester and I was told that financial aid from that point would depend on my performance. I not only got straight A’s, but I completed the program in three years.”

After graduating second in his class at Knoxville College in 1986, Janneh decided to go across town to enroll at the University of Tennessee, feeling he still had something to prove.

“Because people had doubts about a Knoxville College education, I decided I wanted to go to UT to prove to them that the education you get at Knoxville College is valuable and I did very well there, too,” he said. “After a year, I got a master’s degree and in another three years, a Ph.D.” After proving himself at the University of Tennessee, he was offered a position teaching African and African American

Jesse Jackson with former Gambian dissidents Amadou Scattred Janneh (left), a graduate of Knoxville College and the University of Tennessee, and Tamsir Jasseh (right), a Navy veteran of Desert Storm. / Photo by Roy Lewis

studies and political science. After serving on the faculty for a decade, he felt he had proven his point and decided he wanted to prove that he could be successful in business.

“In 2000, I moved to Savannah, Ga. and became an entrepreneur in the area of information and technology – exporting computers and related products to The Gambia and Senegal,” Janneh recalled. “As a result of that I decided to move to The Gambia because I saw that the economy was growing and I started making more money from that than from teaching.”

Once back in Gambia, Janneh proved to everyone that he had talent.

“When I went back to The Gambia, instead of doing my private enterprise, the U.S. Embassy grabbed me and I was

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hired as a political adviser to the ambassador – that was in late 2003,” he said. “I did that for about six months, then the president said, ‘We want you to become our Minister of Information, Communication and Technology.’ And that’s how I got into government.”

Janneh served from April 2004 until July 2005 when he decided to set up an information and technology company.

“We were doing very well until I saw that the country was headed in a different direction and I tried to combine business with politics by criticizing the government. That’s how I landed in trouble, by calling the ruler a dictator,” he said.

That did not sit well with President Yahya Janneh, in whose administration the former college professor had served. Since his

NATIONAL election in 1996, international human rights groups, including Amnesty International, have complained that those who opposed the president were tortured, arrested, harassed or killed.

Professor Janneh, who shares little in common with the president except the same last name, had heard the horror stories but wasn’t afraid to publicly voice his views.

“Dictators do things their own way,” Janneh said, referring to the president. “They don’t care much about what others think.

They dominate the economy, the politics and they’re repressive. My characterization of him as a dictator is underscored by human rights reports, human rights organizations – Amnesty International and so on – it’s no secret.”

And Janneh didn’t keep his opinion a secret.

“I printed T-shirts, distributed them saying, ‘Ban dictatorship now.’ I wore some myself and drove around town – that’s how I landed in trouble,” Janneh said.

And that trouble came to a head last year.

He recounted, “I was in my office and some plainclothes police officers –it was June 6, 2011 – came in with two young guys and asked me, “Did you assign these guys to print T-shirts?’

They said the T-shirts had been seen around town and were printed by them. They said, ‘Did you assign them?’ I said, ‘Yes, I did.’ They said, ‘Are you behind it?’ And I said, ‘Yes.’” That was all the policemen needed to hear.

“I was picked up, taken through a fake trial – I don’t know if it should be called a trial – and charged with treason and sedition,” Janneh recalled.

“I didn’t think anything would come out of distributing 100 Tshirts.”

But it did.

“I was charged with treason and given a life sentence in one of the toughest prisons in the world,” he said.

There was an international outcry over his arrest. Ayodele Ameen of Amnesty International said: “Dr. Janneh is a prisoner of conscience and is emblematic of the horrific human rights situation that prevails in the Gambia today.”

Jesse Jackson decided to make an appeal to the president for the release of Janneh and Tamsir Jasseh, another jailed dissent

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who held dual U.S.-Gambia citizenship. Jasseh, a Navy veteran who fought in Desert Storm, had served 6 ½ years of a 20year sentence for treason. President Janneh announced that he planned to execute all 47 prisoners on death row. Last month, eight men and one woman were executed by firing squad. Jackson said he persuaded Janneh on his trip to place a moratorium on capital punishment.

If anyone who could get the two Americans freed, it would be Jackson, who had conducted similar missions to Syria, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Liberia and Cuba.

“I called the president and the foreign minister returned my call,” said Jackson. “They publicized our coming, which suggested something might happen.”

Janneh, who served 15 months, had no expectation that he would ever get out of prison.

“This guy does not seem to be susceptible to pressure, so I thought I would just be there forever,” he said. “To be called overnight to say Rev. Jackson is taking you out was quite unbelievable and it also fell on my 50th birthday – September 17th.

“The announcement was first made on TV, but we did not have access to TV. That was at 8 p.m. on the 17th of September. The guard came – he was not supposed to give me any information but I think he was so excited. He just came and said, ‘I have some good news for you.’ I said, ‘What is it?’ He said, ‘You’ve been pardoned by the president.’

He said, ‘A reverend from the U.S. came and you’ve been pardoned.’ Later it was announced over the air and the next day we were taken to the airport and handed over to him.”

After flying from Gambia to Brussels and on to New York City, Janneh said his release did not sink in until he spent a couple of days in the U.S. enjoying long, hot showers. He plans to resettle in Savannah with his wife and go about his life recognizing that he has nothing to prove anymore.

“I will resume my IT business but now focusing on U.S. to Senegal,” Janneh said. “And I have a book to write.” wi

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discuss common issues and concerns. Programs included workshops, seminars and information forums on relevant topics that capture and portray the concerns of African Americans.

There’s no question that the ALCs are “celebrations” of, and for, Black leadership. This year, “Black Caucus Weekend” again had people that you often see on the pages of Ebony and Jet in attendance at the numerous policy forums, general sesBy William Reed sions, exhibit showcase, job fair and book signings. The “Prayer tive goals around “Black issues”, Breakfast” is a major ALC stathe ALC Weekend is a “series of ple. The event honored gospel top-shelf parties.” An open bar artist Kim Burrell. Throughout guarantees standing room only the weekend, over 10,000 urban, at events major corporations and political leaders and corporate government agencies sponsor leaders attended scores of funcand pick up the tab for guests’ tions across the city. The CBCF food and drink. As a result, over recognized Trayvon Martin case the years, the legislative weekend litigants; while guests boogied at has taken on a highly social character with parties, fashion shows the Roland Martin “Ascot Affair and CBC Dinner Afterparty”; and networking.

Back in the 1970s, “Black Black Press Party; Maxine WaCaucus Weekend’s” lore was ters’ Gala; and the Black Repubformed. The four-day bash licans’ reception at the Heritage continued again this year when Foundation to welcome former the nation’s Black Intelligen- Democratic Alabama Rep. Aurtsia gathered for the 42nd rite tur Davis to their fold. of ALC issue forums and brain Some say that Black Caucus trusts. “Black Caucus Weekend” celebrants are lost in purpose is actually designed to highlight and mission. To bring some perthe mission and accomplish- spective to the hoot and hollerments of the Congressional ing that’s done about “Blacks’ Black Caucus [CBC] and its 42 Importance” at ALCs, Jewishmembers. Coined “the con- Americans who comprise less scious of the Congress” the than six percent of the nation’s Congressional Black Caucus was population have 10 more seats formed in 1971. The current 42 in the halls of Congress than do members are comprised of 40 Democrats and two Republi- Black Americans. There is little cans, all in the House of Repre- question that while Blacks strut about the capital’s party scene, sentatives.

The engine behind the ALC Jewish issues still get far more events is the Congressional attention and priority status “on Black Caucus Foundation, the Hill.”

“Black Caucus Weekend” is which was formed in 1976. First Lady Michelle Obama was there evolving. The legendary parto deliver the Phoenix Awards ties have been toned down. The Dinner’s keynote address. The ALC now features less glitz, theme was “Inspiring Leaders/ more gravitas. Corporations that Building Generations.” U.S. once competed for the most lavReps. Gwen Moore of Wiscon- ish fete have scaled back. And sin and Andre Carson of Indiana the “over-the-top” fashion show were honorary co-chairs. The has completely disappeared.

Congressional Black Caucus Under Dr. Elsie L. Scott, the Foundation, Inc. [CBCF] is CBCF expanded community a public policy, research and outreach, continued to educate educational off-shoot of the CBC that aims to help the so- youth and fund scholarships. cioeconomic circumstances of Scott announced during the African Americans. The CBCF ALC that she is stepping down bills ALC events as “one of as president and CEO. wi (William Reed is publisher of the most important gatherings of African-American leaders.” Who’s Who in Black Corporate ALC events bring diverse orga- America and available for projects via nizations together to collectively the Bailey Group.org)

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A U.S. senator who’s known as a consensus builder and adept in dealing with various racial groups and organizations, convened a forum designed to assist beleaguered African-American businesses nationwide.

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-La.] sponsored a roundtable, “Closing the Wealth Gap through the African American Entrepreneurial Ecosystem” at the Russell Senate Office Building on Sept. 19.

Landrieu, 56, is the chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, and noted the substantial wealth gap between blacks and whites.

“The U.S. Census shows that in 2005, the average wealth of a white household was $134,000 compared to $12,000 for blacks,” she said. “In 2010, because of the recession white household wealth fell to $110,000 and so did blacks, to $4,995. The wealth gap got worse and we have to find a way to change that.”

It’s a well-documented fact that’s been confirmed by economists that the keys to wealth in the U.S. for blacks – and most Americans – hinge on homeownership and entrepreneurship.

Landrieu said that Roland Burris, a black Democrat who served in the Senate and represented Illinois until 2011, challenged her as chair of the committee to find ways to help black business owners several years ago.

In response to Burris’s dare, Landrieu established a round table – or a conversation – with black business leaders to shine light on the problem.

“That was three years ago and this is our third round table,” she said. “We want to see what works for black businesses and what the hurdles they face are.”

Black businesses are suffering, said Julius Ware III, a Ward 7 business owner and president of the Ward 7 Business and Professional Association. Ware, 53, said that black businesses have historically faced problems of funding their firms but noted that there are programs that cities and states have in place to help small businesses.

Ware said that black businesses need to know about these programs.

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programs [like] Operation Hope [in Southeast] to get more information on how to get capital and deal with other business related concerns.”

Others agreed.

Phinis Jones, a well-known black businessman in Southeast, said that the Small Business Administration hasn’t generally been responsive to the needs of black businesses. He pointed out that politicians like Landrieu need to talk to business owners.

“I am sick of experts on black businesses who really don’t know what they are talking about,” said Jones, 64.

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) who also attended the event said the roundtable that Landrieu sponsored is “an important, difficult discussion.”

“There was a lot of money used to repair federal buildings and every month there were published figures on how much business went to African American and

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small businesses,” said Norton, 75.

“We have to grab what is out there and African-American businesses cannot be left behind.”

Norton also noted that the majority of black wealth is concentrated in home equity. However, the mortgage crisis has decimated that theory, she said.

The discussion centered on black businesses’ lack of access to capital. B. Doyle Mitchell Jr., president and CEO of Industrial Bank of Washington and president of the National Bankers Association, the trade association for black bankers, can attest to the myriad problems.

“Community banks hold 10 percent of all capital in banks but lend 40 percent of all small business loans,” said Mitchell, 50.

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Howard University Hospital Partners to Provide Free Cancer Scans

By Amber Ravenell Howard University News Service The mantra for surviving cancer is early detection. Medical research has shown that in certain cancers, the survival rate is 90 percent if caught in time.

The key to early detection is screening, such as mammography and Positron Emission Tomography combined with CT X-ray scans (PET/CT) scans.

But many people don’t have the insurance or the money to pay for these expensive procedures, which means their chances of surviving cancer are severely diminished.

But there is help.

Howard University Hospital (HUH) partners with a local PET/CT imaging technology center, Metro Region PET Center, to provide free, lifesaving cancer scans to patients without insurance. So far, the center has

provided more than $700,000 worth of free scans for HUH patients, said Dr. Robert Williams, an attending physician and professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at the Howard University College of Medicine and HUH. “It’s a beautiful community, private partnership,” Williams said. “Not a week goes by without these (scans).”

The PET/CT scans are the “definitive imaging study,” Williams said. They provide detailed images that help doctors determine whether an abnormality may be cancer. PET scans allow doctors to detect tumors that may not be visible through MRI and ultrasound scans, and emits a lower radiation dose than those tests.

Howard Hospital provides transportation for patients to and from the Metro Region Center.

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liams, at least 500 patients have benefited from this service since the partnership began in 2004.

Medicaid patients are covered for some forms of cancer, including lung, breast, colorectal, esophageal and cervical cancers.

Metro Region prides itself on being a center that provides services to all patients, regardless of their finances, said Debby Clark, a representative from the company.

“Howard is one of the largest referrers to our Chevy Chase location,” Clark said. “We want to be able to help out the community, and there is such a large amount of patients from Howard who don’t qualify for Medicare, and we wanted to help them out” Williams applauds the partnership and hopes that Howard Hospital will have an even closer

bond with Metro region in the future.

“This is an important Howard partnership in bringing the latest technology to our patients,” he said.

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Sanchez (Calif.), ranking Democrat on the committee, also recused herself from the matter. Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-Mich.) and John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) took over as acting

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Waters has been accused of improperly seeking government assistance for OneUnited Bank, a minority-owned bank in which her husband held a financial interest, during the 2008 financial meltdown.

The bank received $12 million in bailout funds. The case of Waters, D-Calif., is focused on whether she tried to aid a troubled bank where her husband owns stock. The investigation has been in limbo for eight months, because the two lawyers and the former chief counsel left the ethics committee. All five Democrats from last year quit the committee over the communications with Republicans, forcing the panel to start over with new lawmakers and staff.

Waters, who has served 11 terms as a Los Angeles-area congresswoman, repeated maintained that her efforts were part of a broader push to help minority-controlled financial institutions during the nation’s financial crisis.

Friday, a special counsel, attorney Billy Martin, determined there was “not sufficient evidence in the record to prove violations” of House rules; however, Martin did conclude that Waters Chief of Staff Mikael Moore -- the congresswoman’s grandson -- engaged in “specific actions” that “are in fact violations of the standards and rules of the House regarding conflicts of interest.”

In the summer of 2011, Martin was hired to take charge of the investigation -- at a cost of up to $800,000. Last month, House Ethics Committee members voted unanimously to spend as much as

another $500,000, further retaining Martin as special counsel.

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Virginia, head of a subcommittee examining the matter, Moore insists he was unaware of Waters’ financial interest in OneUnited when he repeatedly sought to intervene on the bank’s behalf.

The ethics panel, following Martin’s guidance, may issue a letter of reproval to Moore.

Both Waters and her husband attended the hearing, but did not address the panel or speak to members of the media. Moore told panel members he had a “heavy heart,” and said the idea that he “disrespected the House is a very difficult pill to swallow.”

Over the course of the ethics panel’s lengthy investigation, Waters accused committee members of violating her constitutional right to a speedy and public trial, and railed against the secrecy surrounding the panel’s proceedings.

The initial investigation of Waters was led by the nonpartisan Office of Congressional Ethics, which was established in 2008 at the prompting of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California. The office referred the matter to the House Ethics Committee in the summer of 2009.

Waters initially demanded that the case be dismissed on grounds that partisanship has made it impossible to give her a fair proceeding. The committee has five members from each party and its investigative staff is supposed to be non-partisan. The five Republicans from last year remained on the committee.

Waters said after the announcement, “For the first time in the history of the ethics committee, it has initiated an inquiry into its own misconduct and taken the extraordinary step of hiring an outside counsel to explore the depth and breadth of the committee’s misconduct.”

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Recommendations outlined in a study titled, “Quality Schools: Every Child, Every School, Every Neighborhood,” and which call for the closing of more than three dozen District of Columbia Public Schools [DCPS], have received negative responses from parents, community and organization leaders who insist any proposed closings warrant special consideration.

The recommendations – which were offered by the Chicago-based Illinois Facility Fund [IFF] – suggest closing several low-performing schools located in the poorest wards in the District, and designating others as high-performing publicly-funded charter facilities.

“I don’t have a problem with [officials] closing schools that just aren’t up to par academically, but to relocate students for the sake of putting money into the pockets of corporations is wrong, especially when there’s no real basis for some of the closings,” said Southeast resident Shayla Winslow, 29. Her son attends Hart Middle School on Mississippi Avenue which is listed among buildings recommended for closing.

IFF, which touts itself as a proponent for strengthening school reform efforts, is a Community Development Financial Institution that uses public and private funding to invest in under-served communities. The organization, which already has oversight of several charter schools located in the Midwest, also focuses on loans and equipment for nonprofits such as charter schools.

“We have studies of cities from time to time, that focus on the performance of schools,” said IFF spokesman Mark Brailop. He explained that the DCPS study is aimed at sparking community input by focusing on its most challenging points, all of which he

said, “are backed with hard data.”

DeShawn Wright, deputy mayor for education, commissioned the IFF study in 2011. The research, which was funded by the Walmart Foundation along with several other interests heavily invested in charter schools, revealed that the majority of the city’s underperforming and under-enrolled schools are in wards 5, 7 and 8.

Listed among them are Anacostia and Ballou high schools in Ward 8, Kelly Miller Middle School in Ward 7 and Charles Young Elementary School in Ward 5.

About 20 schools were shuttered when Adrian Fenty was mayor and that caused a maelstrom of controversy. Meanwhile, Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson have been tight-lipped surrounding additional closures, but they are expected to make an announcement by the end of this year. If more schools are closed, that would help achieve goals outlined in Henderson’s five-year strategy to improve student outcomes – part of a newly-launched initiative that’s slated for full implementation by 2017.

“We acknowledge the need to right-size the District so that we are able to provide the complement of school services we believe every child deserves across the city,” said Melissa Salmonowitz, DCPS communications director. “We have yet to make any decisions about which schools will need to be closed to right-size the District. However, we know that no decision will be made without thorough community engagement and conversations. We look forward to talking with parents, community members and other stakeholders in the coming months as the plans develop and unfold.” wi (To read this article in its entirety, please visit Washingtoninformer.com) www.washingtoninformer.com

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Observing Our Tortuous Past September 22, 2012 marked the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862.

It was not the decree that ended slavery in the U.S., but its effect, as an executive order, provided that all enslaved people in the 10 states in rebellion against the U.S. were to be freed. It was not until 1865, after the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, that slavery in the U.S. was declared illegal.

The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the nation’s most historic and revered documents, housed at the National Archives. It represents the United States’ and African Americans’ tortuous history marked by barbaric human bondage, death by war, and ferocious political discourse that literally tore the nation apart.

For most Americans, the wounds of that period have healed, and for those who are the descendants of slaveholders, attempts to erase away any vestiges of the roles their ancestors may have played have been successful. African Americans, on the other hand, are still impacted by the experience that lasted for more than 400 years. And, attempts to bury the past have been futile. Their expectations of the nation’s first African-American president is derived from that experience and goes further to suggest that like President Lincoln, President Obama could and should speak openly and freely about the plight and proposed programs that directly impact African Americans.

So, why is it that the anniversary of this momentous occasion was so easily overlooked? How is it that the celebration of the symbol of freedom for a nation – African Americans represent more than 38.9 million people in the U.S. – is downplayed and relegated to just another Sunday in America?

Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, author and orator, encouraged President Lincoln to sign an executive order to end slavery and he remained a staunch advocate for freedom and a critic of whites and African Americans until his death. He reminded them that, “A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.”

Residents Needed to Serve

District residents who want to help the city by serving on a local board or commission may not have as many options in the future as others have had in the past. The D.C. Office of Boards and Commissions has advised Mayor Vincent Gray to reduce the number of boards, commissions, committees and task forces which currently stands at 200.

As Mayor Gray attempts to streamline government, he asked OBC if any of the boards or commissions could be abolished while ensuring that “we have the proper balance between securing citizen input and governmental efficiency,” according to a press release issued by the OBC. For years, the OBC has been challenged with finding individuals who are interested in serving in what is essentially a volunteer capacity, while the number of entities, on the other hand, continues to increase. Assuring diversity, especially by ward representation, remains an objective that isn’t always met in a satisfactory manner.

Before reaching the chopping block, Mayor Gray is asking residents to weigh in on the decision to eliminate boards or commissions that range from acupuncture to zoning. The list is available at www.obc.dc.gov and instructions for making recommendations can be found there, as well.

We agree that a hard look should be given to the relevance of all 200 boards, commissions, committees and task forces especially when there may be others that are in line to take their place. The real effort is in finding people to serve. Every effort should be made to inform the public that their opinions and expertise is vital to the progress of this city. www.washingtoninformer.com

Congratulations Nationals!

Let me be one of the first Washington Informer readers to congratulate the Washington Nationals for earning a spot in the postseason. It’s something special about having a major league baseball team in the city where you live, but it’s really special for a winning team to reach the post-season. There is nothing like baseball in the fall. There’s a reason the World Series is called the Fall Classic: it’s the colors, the weather, and the excitement of anticipated match-ups.

To me, baseball is the ultimate team sport and every year at this time, no matter what teams are playing, I get excited. Names like Mays, Robinson, Aaron, Murray, Gibson, Jackson and so many others flash through my mind.

Thanks, Nats, for a great year.

Yes, we can go all the way, GO NATS! Robert Hill Washington, D.C.

The Poor Matter Too

Mr. Barrington Salmon’s article, “Religious Leaders Chastise Politicians,” September 20, 2012 was right on point. Finally, there are some individuals willing to take a stand for poor people in this country. Politicians think if they even mention the poor they will lose votes, and you know why? It’s because the poor are mainly disenfranchised, and people who vote don’t care about the poor.

We always hear about the middle class and what they have lost, well what about the people who have nothing, who have lost everything? America can’t continue to brush this problem under the rug any longer and, yes, the world is watching. Mr. President, don’t be ashamed to acknowledge the fact that there are poor people living in this country who need help along with businesses and the middle class.

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By James Clingman

Weathering the Arab Spring Recoil Now that the so-called Arab Spring has sprung, we are beginning to feel the recoil, and it hurts. Who knows how much more it’s going to hurt in the next few months or so? All of the countries that sprang up against their leaders, which resulted in thousands of deaths, subsequent chaos, and geopolitical upheaval, are now trying to figure out what their next move will be. And what are the implications for the

United States in this aftermath of the Arab Spring?

Initially portrayed as a beautiful and much-needed change in the political landscape of the so-called “middle east,” the Arab Spring conjured up notions of springtime, a new beginning and roadmap to nirvana in nations that have suffered under corrupt, evil, greedy despots for decades.

Now, with the latest news of uprisings, bombings, riots, and assassinations of Americans, even a diplomat, many are wondering what the “spring” was all about.

We forgot about the recoil.

In full context, the touting of the Arab Spring made some folks feel that the lockdown of the “middle east” was coming to an end. Democracy would take hold and relations between the West and its long-time enemies, even though we had financially supported most of them, would be changed forever. So much for that scenario.

Now that the recoil has come, this nation is faced with even more of our young people dying on battlefields with no vic-

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tory in sight. We are entertaining doomsday predictions of more wars, even nuclear wars. There is the very real probability that our “best friend” in that part of the world, Israel, will launch a strike against the “evil empire” of the east, Iran, which may start world war III. At a minimum, it will cause a spike in gas prices the likes of which we have never seen. Talk about the tail wagging the dog.

Russia, China, and the U.S. are at odds over the whole mess, and who knows where that relation-

ship will go? Embassies are closing, diplomats are on alert, religious doctrines are at odds with one another, even to the point of nonbelieving “infidels” being killed; cartoons and films are being promoted, no doubt to incite more unrest and chaos, and all the while we are sinking further in debt and facing hyperinflation. This gives new meaning to the old school refrain, “Party over here!”

Less than two months from

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By Julianne Malveaux

Don’t Overlook Less Publicized Political Races During this election, most of the focus is on the top of the ticket. Can President Obama maintain, or increase his narrow lead over Republican nominee Mitt Romney? Will the deep pockets of Romney and his allies be enough to turn the tide?

Recent news suggests fundraising for Mr. Romney has recently faltered. That, too, is the fodder for national news as the superPACS decide how to spend their

money. How will the debates go?

What about those battleground states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida, among others?

Further down the ticket are some interesting races that will, perhaps, both determine the direction of the United States Senate and allow those with progressive views a platform for their work. In Massachusetts, for example, Harvard University Professor Elizabeth Warren is challenging incumbent Republican Scott Brown for his Senate

seat. Brown was elected to serve the unfilled term of Edward Kennedy after his tragic death more than two years ago years ago. Brown’s win was something of a surprise in a state that is mostly Democratic, but he faced a tepid challenger and was able to pull out a victory. Even in Democratic Massachusetts, it is difficult to unseat an incumbent. Still, Elizabeth Warren is doing her best.

Regardless of whether you live in Massachusetts, this is a key

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race to watch. First of all, those who support President Obama’s agenda understand that a Democratic majority in the Senate will assist in the realization of that agenda. Brown pledged, when he was elected in 2010, to block that agenda. More importantly, is the work that Elizabeth Warren has done on consumer protection.

I’d love to see her serve on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs so that she can continue the work she started when she designed

director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

In the wake of the home mortgage debacle that left more than a third of all Americans with underwater mortgages, consumers can certainly use some protection. In too many cases, borrowers have not fully read the fine print in their mortgage forms or contracts. Bust why is the fine print so fine? In other words, can’t consumers get documents

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By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

Stop Economic Segregation One of the most insidious forms of racial discrimination and injustice is the growing manifestation known as racially motivated “economic segregation.”

Across the United States during the eight years of the Bush administration between 2001 and 2008, banking and mortgage companies were systematically deregulated. Black Americans, in particular, were disproportionately targeted and segregat-

ed for subprime, high interest mortgages and housing loans that were far beyond acceptable lending practices. The result was massive financial devastation and loss in the Black American community with the highest foreclosure and bankruptcy rates in the nation. Today, Black Americans are still reeling from the housing crisis coupled with a debilitating unemployment rate beyond 14 percent.

But we are entering into a questionable period of American history and politics when it

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is not popular or politically correct for those who have been targeted for exploitation, discrimination and economic injustice to speak out publicly for fear of being perceived or mischaracterized as mere irresponsible “victims” or “freeloaders” in our national society. What former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said about the 47 percent of Americans who in his view do not pay taxes and who see themselves as “victims” is only touching the surface the serious economic and social realities for The Washington Informer

millions of Americans. The real controversy goes way beyond the revelation of what Romney exactly said with malice and bias in those private moments before his wealthy supporters in Boca Raton, Fla. What should be deeper at issue is why Black Americans and other people of color in America are economically segregated and discriminated against in the U.S. economy?

Economic segregation is the deliberate premeditated targeting and separation of people based on race, class or on some

other social factor that denies equal access to economic opportunity and justice. Decades ago there were many unjust public policies and laws that attempted to justify education segregation.

The Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that separate and unequal public schools were unconstitutional. Economic segregation, like education segregation, is a violation of civil rights and should also be declared unconstitutional. “Redlining” is not a

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Child Watch©

By Marian Wright Edelman

Undocumented and Unafraid Carlos Amador emigrated with his family from Mexico in 1999 at age 14. He lived in the United States as an undocumented immigrant for almost 13 years until he recently received conditional permanent residency. Higher education for someone like him seemed like an impossible dream when Carlos finished high school. But he was determined to make it happen.

As he pursued his undergraduate degree, he would go straight

from working alongside his parents cleaning houses in upscale Southern California neighborhoods to his classes, never giving up. Carlos now holds his master’s degree in social welfare from the University of California-Los Angeles. All along the way he has been a leader in the undocumented immigrant youth movement and one of its most outspoken voices for change.

Today, Carlos is both the project coordinator of the Dream Resource Center at UCLA and one of the co-chairs of the board of

the United We Dream Network, the largest national network of immigrant youths.

The courageous self-declared “Undocumented and Unafraid” students in the United We Dream Network risk deportation as they organize and speak out tirelessly so they and others can have the right to a college education and to live and work with dignity in the country that is their home.

Their efforts led to a major victory with the Obama administration’s June announcement that it would stop deporting young

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undocumented immigrants age 30 or younger without criminal records who came to the United States before age 16, have lived here for at least five years, and are students, high school graduates, or military veterans in good standing.

Catherine Eusebio, who spoke alongside Carlos, repeated that determination. She came to the United States from the Philippines with her family when she was 4 years old. Today, Catherine is a graduate of the University of California-Berkeley with a de-

gree in political science.

Five years ago as a high school senior desperate to go on to college, she suddenly became aware that she had spent her childhood growing up in California devoted to studying hard and doing well in school but that didn’t matter to many adults in power: “This was in 2007 when the Congress was taking up immigration reform, and so I saw this contrast: I worked really, really hard to get to where I am so I could go to

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By Ron Busby

This MOU Is For You! Those of us in the business of maximizing opportunities for Black-owned businesses have become accustomed to acronyms… MWBEs, HUBZones, 8(a), DBE, and so on. I could probably fill a page if I worked really hard at it. Remembering all of them and their meanings demands that we slow down and make sure they’re not just shorthand for continued shortchang-

ing of the businessmen and women we work so hard for.

One highlight of the U.S. Black Chamber, Inc.’s (USBC) recently completed School of Chamber Management (SCM) was the signing of an MOU – Memorandum of Understanding – between our organization and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). According to Deputy Administrator Marie Johns, the goal of the document is to improve Black business owners’ access to loan programs and other access to capital initia-

tives; government contracting programs such as the 8(a) program and the Women-Owned Small Business Program; and ensure availability of up-to-date information and access to SBA’s extensive resource partner network. That sounds good, and if we’re able to achieve these goals, we’ll have done something that’s not been done before.

What goes unsaid, however, is what this latest “treaty” between Black business and the U.S. government means to us. It means that we have a pact that guaran-

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tees that our government will listen to us, and our perspectives, while working diligently to align federal policies with the realities of the marketplace. It means that the SBA understands that a “one-size fits all” approach to meaningful inclusion in government procurement and resource allocation has not, does not and will not work.

It means, too, that the SBA believes that our approach to our mission – our 5 Pillars of Service – Advocacy, Access to Capital, Contracting, Entrepre-

neur Training, and Chamber Development – reflects our commitment to this critical work. It means that it’s easy to see that what we’re asking is “… not a hand-out, but a hand up!”

It means that we recognize change is hard, but we remain encouraged. Over the last three years, SBA has provided small businesses owners and entrepreneurs with the tools they need to not only survive, but thrive in tough economic times. We

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By Askia Muhammad

Who’s Better off Than Four Years Ago? Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s videotaped remark to wealthy supporters that 47 percent of Americans “believe they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it” and that “my job is not to worry about” people who won’t “take personal responsibility” literally went over like a lead balloon. But because of a reservoir of hatred against the enwww.washingtoninformer.com

tire Black family occupying the White House Gov. Romney still has a puncher’s chance to knock out the incumbent President Barack Obama, win the presidency and lead the country back to the brink of its destruction.

Gov. Romney frequently insists that President Obama can say a lot of things to the American people, but he cannot tell them that they are better off now than they were four years ago. That’s true, but it’s true because four years ago, nearly to the day, the country was teeter-

ing on the precipice of financial ruin. In mid-September the Wall Street mega-firm Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, and the country was introduced to the concept of banks that the administration of President George W. [for Worst in History] Bush, and both major party contenders to succeed him agreed were “too big to fail.”

The bank bailout was proposed and eventually approved and more than $700 billion went into the pockets of the greedy mortgage bankers and other so-

called financial “experts” who engineered the banking crisis in the first place, with their predatory loans, and their risky “investments” – most folks now call them “bets” – in questionable credit default swaps, derivatives, and other tools that bankers used to make money by buying and selling “money,” and not by making and selling “things” that people need to live their lives.

And how were these rich guys rewarded for nearly bankrupting the country? Were any of them “frog marched” out of their

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companies? Were any of them humiliated in the town squares in old-fashioned “stocks” where they could not move and where angry citizens could hurl rotten tomatoes at them like in days of yore? Absolutely not. Most of them had contracts providing them with so-called “golden parachutes” so they could land safely with lots of money in the bank, while everyone else faced the wolf at their door.

So, when Gov. Romney asks

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LIFESTYLE Yoo Hoo Darling,

T U E S D AY +

Dressing for the occasion, I wore satin high waisted trousers along with a navy and black peplum by local designer Kabba and trekked over to Mayor Vincent Gray’s [Congressional Black Caucus] kick off reception at Indigo [formerly Home]. The word on Pennsylvania Avenue is that Mayor Gray just forwarded Fashion Commissioner nominations to the City Council for confirmation – stay tuned.

After lauding NAACP staffer Paul MacFarlane for his ensemble: Tom Ford bow tie and a Gucci charcoal grey and white striped blazer, I tipped up to David Rios’ Salon and Spa. Flo McAfee, marketer for the Nielson Group, responsible for the recent report that confirms just how much African Americans spend on goods and services, invited me to meet her stylist, David at his posh Georgetown salon opening. Not surprisingly, I literally bumped into fashion celebrity and model Paul Wharton.

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Famed N.Y. designer b. michael was in town launching his new RED collection at the downtown Macy’s department store. Refusing to meet the former milliner without the proper hat, I left the CBC seminar on “Beyond the Digital Divide”, coordinated

by Council of Fashion Designers of America lobbyist Alyssa Gowens featuring Professor Lateef Mtima [HU School of Law faculty advisor for Fashion Law Week™] and zipped over to see Ida Polite, a longtime D.C. retailer and fashion maven. Always kind, she discounted a thoroughly righteous headband with crystal encrusted veil.

Now appropriately attired, I was poised when greeting Mr. b. michael at 5:30 p.m. The b. michael Red Collection for Macy’s modeled by Pat Millard among others is according to B, “a traditional dress collection

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A Perfect and Fashionable Storm

An oversized chocolate dipped fortune cookie arrived on my Brookland doorstep on Mon., Sept. 17. It was wrapped neatly in crisp newspaper and tied with a pink satin bow. In minutes, I was seated on a white leather divan trying desperately to decipher my future. The message in the cookie read: “A perfect storm awaits.”

Storm? It wasn’t until Sunday that I realized the prediction was not weather related. Rather, the note described a confluence of fashion events of unusual magnitude.

for modern women who prefer chic classic style.” No wonder, b. michael decided to select D.C. as one of the five cities to launch the collection. I left around 8 p.m. with one thing on my mind: How to pay Comcast and purchase the black caplet collar dress in ponti-Jersey, which retails for $170.

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My hair was swooped up in a chignon and anchored by 20 feathered hair clips courtesy of 92- year-old milliner Vanilla Bean [Bene Milliner].

The look, very Lanvin was quite apropos for a panel discussion with David Rice, Huffington Post writer and founder of the Organization of Black Designers [OBD]. OBD will host its Fall conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 25-28.

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The black tie Phoenix Dinner with a keynote address by First Lady Michelle Obama was the highlight of my Saturday. Once I got upstairs, though, Queen Charis, a local talk show hostess caught my attention. Lovely in a tiered white lace gown, she was styled to perfection by Ward 8 designer, Jarmal Harris. Earlier in the week, he launched his line in the main hall of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. With 20 minutes to spare, I raced to the Hyatt to change and ventured over to the Park at 14th for Roland Martin’s second annual Ascot Party. Needless to say, ascots, bow ties, and platform stilettos abounded. My pick for the best dressed gentlemen: Roland Martin, Chris Tucker and Robert Townsend.

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Yoohoodarling.com . Models graced the runway at the French Embassy in Northwest during a fashion show touted as the International Couture Collection on Sun., Sept. 23. /Photo by Roy Lewis

+ Ean Williams, designer and executive director of DC Fashion Week, strikes a pose with models in his couture gowns at the French Embassy in Northwest on Sun., Sept. 23.

The fashion show concluded DC Fashion Week. /Photo by Roy Lewis

The French Embassy in Northwest, feted DC Fashion Week on Sunday. DC Fashion Week founder, Ean Williams, along with Council member Michael Brown, [supporter of the Creative Economy in D.C.] showed up to celebrate the finale DC Fashion Week event. Loved the D.C. based Heydari collection [http:// heydarishop.com]: opulent belted long coats in yummy sumptuous wools, feathers and ruching. Bravo!

It’s Monday, and the perfect storm created by Congressional Black Caucus, DC Fashion Week and countless cocktail parties has officially passed.

Still, I am certain that the next deluge is just around the corner. wi

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Sherrod Stands Tall in Fight for Her Rights

By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer For several days before she was forced to resign, Shirley Sherrod saw the storm clouds gathering.

Sherrod, 65, recounts in a new book, “The Courage to Hope: How I Stood up to the Politics of Fear,” she had found out that a videotape had surfaced which cast her in a bad light. Despite her efforts to alert her bosses in Washington and get their help, Sherrod said the furor of her distorted comments led to her being placed on administrative leave, being forced to tender her resignation at the side of a lonely Georgia road and condemnation from officials in the White House, the NAACP and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Sherrod told an audience at the Oxon Hill Library during a conversation with Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes that the late conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart doctored the video of a speech she had given in Georgia to make it appear as if she was racist.

“Five days earlier is when I had learned about the existence of a tape,” Sherrod said during two separate interviews. “I got

a message saying I should be ashamed of myself for discriminating against a white man and working for the government. I notified the USDA in the hopes that they would assist me. They didn’t help. I thought they’d work with me to get to the truth; I knew it would be explosive.”

“Calls came into the state and national offices. My secretary was almost in tears. I was with my staff at a tour of a KIA plant and I waited for a call that never came. I was in rush-hour traffic and I was told that the White House wanted my resignation.

Cheryl Cook called me and told me to pull to the side of the road and use my Blackberry and offer my resignation.”

Sherrod said the incident in question happened two decades prior to her 2010 firing and said she had given the speech any number of times as an example of the transformation that had taken place in her life.

“I had been telling that story for 25 years. He [the farmer] came to me in 1986 but I realized that all the issues weren’t black and white, it’s about being poor.”

Stories by an Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter in Atlanta and another from CNN in Los Angeles is what led to those

Former Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the USDA, Shirley Sherrod, talks to the audience at the Oxon Hill Library in Oxon Hill, Md., about her experiences on Wed., Sept. 19. Sherrod has penned a book, “The Courage to Hope: How I Stood up to the Politics of Fear.” /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

now-embarrassed officials who had initially condemned her to reverse themselves.

“This all started unfolding the next day on Monday, July 19,” she said. “The next day, they finally realized that they needed to listen to the tape. They knew by then that they’d made a mistake.

I told the young man from the Journal that if he wanted the truth, I was willing to talk to him. I told him all of it and he said he knew there was more to it. The truth started coming out after midnight that night.”

Sherrod, the first black state director for rural development in Georgia, recalls being in an interview on CNN when the anchor told her there was someone on the telephone who wanted to talk to her. It was the same farmer, Roger Spooner, who she was supposed to have refused to

help because he was white. However, during the course of the conversation, he refuted the lies and aspersions cast on Sherrod, explained how she had saved his farm and added that he counted her as a friend. wi (To read this article in its entirety, visit Washingtoninformer.com)

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Urbanworld Film Festival Unveils New Crop of Films, Shorts

By Shantella Y. Sherman WI Staff Writer The 16th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival presented by BET Networks concluded Sunday, September 23, following 5 days of screenings, panels, red carpet events, and awards ceremonies.

Urbanworld opened on Thursday night at AMC 34th Street in New York, with the BET Premiere Cinema film ‘Being Mary Jane,’ an original made for television movie and pilot. On hand to celebrate this world premiere was the film’s lead star Gabrielle Union, along with cast members Tika Sumpter and Richard Brooks and writer/director powerhouse couple Salim and Mara Brock Akil. BET top execs Debra Lee (Chairman and CEO), Loretha Jones (President of Original Programming), Jeanine Liburd (Exec Pres. of Corporate Communications) and Connie Orlando (VP, Original Programming) were also on hand to present the film, which was met with rave reviews following the screening.

And while there was bit of something for everyone at the festival, among the Informer favorites included Lock and Key, directed by Dana Verde, Sleep, di-

rected by Donald Conley, Nani, directed by Justin Tipping, and Crossover, directed by Tina Mabry.

Having attended Urbanworld each year since its inception in 1997, it was easy to note the thematic shift this year from more male-driven and gritty comingof-age tales to intense and cerebral human dramas.

For instance, Verde’s Sleep, examines a fateful morning when two tween-aged brothers face a family tragedy. The dialogue is minimal; the acting by Gregory Barnes and Eric Ruffin is superb. Similarly, Tipping’s Crossover takes place in a 2028 society where only two classes exists – the uber wealthy living in safe and lavish environments and the extremely poor, who are segregated into violent and hostile neighborhoods. Crossover chronicles an African American mother’s attempts at selling her organs and bone marrow to pay for her children’s migration into respectable society.

Perhaps the sleeper favorite of the Festival though, was Tipping’s Nani. Johnny Ortiz portrays Oscar, a teen who loves to tag (spray paint) his name in elaborate designs throughout the city. When he is caught and sentenced to community service

Two brothers deal with a family tragedy in the film short Sleep. / Courtesy photo

at a nursing home, Oscar meets 84-year-old Isabel suffering from dementia and loneliness. Quick friends, the duo both learn deeper meanings of life and love through tagging.

Urbanworld, which screened 49 films this year (including 17 world premieres), is the largest internationally competitive festival dedicated to the exhibition of independent cinema by and about people of color. The Urbanworld Film Festival, founded in 1997 by Stacy Spikes, is the largest internationally competitive festival of its kind. The fiveday festival includes narrative features, documentaries, and short films, as well as panel discussions, live staged screenplay readings, and the Urbanworld® Digital track focused on digital and social media.

Over the last fifteen years, Hollywood studios, indie film distributors, and established and emerging filmmakers have consistently chosen Urbanworld® to premiere box office and awardwinning hits. Urbanworld® has also provided a platform for some of today’s leading brands seeking to reach key influencers across the industry and within the consumer marketplace.

The Urbanworld Film Festival is an initiative of the Urbanworld® Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization that endeavors to consistently manifest

its mission of redefining and advancing the roles of multicultural constituents in contemporary filmed entertainment. By implementing initiatives that actively support and develop content creators of color, Urbanworld significantly contributes to the evolution of the media and entertainment landscape and the diversity that it reflects. Gabrielle Glore serves as Executive Producer & Head of Programming for the Urbanworld Film Festival. The festival website is www. urbanworld.org. wi

The 16th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival Winners Best Narrative Feature FOUR Directed by Joshua Sanchez

Honorable Mention: Wolf – Directed by Ya’Ke Smith Best Narrative Short RECORD/PLAY Directed by Jesse Atlas Honorable Mention: “Forever In Hiatus” - Directed by Andy Nguyen Best Documentary Feature SOUL FOOD JUNKIES Directed by Byron Hurt Honorable Mention: Jake Shimabukuro: Life on 4 Strings - Directed by Tadashi Nakamura Best Screenplay “AGENT 12 & THE MESSIAH STONE” Written by Peter Lord Honorable Mention: Escaping Bushwick - Written by Javier Ortiz Best Teleplay “NALA’S HEART” Written by Pauline Gray

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By Njuguna Kabugi WI Contributing Writer The Corolla is the car that put Toyota on the map. First introduced in 1966, the Corolla has sold more than 39 million units to date. As Corolla sales increased worldwide, Toyota’s stature as a serious global contender grew.

By the late 1970s, Corolla had surpassed the Volkswagen Beetle as the bestselling nameplate in the world. After GM declared bankruptcy in 2009, Toyota quickly took over as the world’s largest carmaker and it pretty much goes without saying that Corolla has been central to this success.

The Corolla has a lot going for it, foremost, legendary reliability that has rewarded its loyal buyers with many years of largely trouble-free ownership experience. It is among the safest cars in its class – a Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety where it has earned the top score of “good” in frontal, side, rear and roof-strength crash tests. It has also performed well in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s crash tests.

With its storied history, Corolla is the type of car that were it in a less competitive segment; I would recommend a potential car buyer to look no further. But, after spending a week with a brand new Corolla, I am left with the feeling that this Toyota may now be lagging behind the competition.

During the week prior to my time with the Corolla, I spent days driving the Corolla’s competition: the Mazda3, Ford Focus and Hyundai Elantra. I also spent several days driving the Scion tC, also made by Toyota.

Toyota, in my humble opinion, needs to refresh the Corolla because the competition has caught up. In a few cases, the competitors have surpassed the Corolla which over the past 20 years has served as a benchmark among compact cars for value, quality and dependability. The current Corolla looks dated and feels cramped compared with shapelier young rivals that use their space more efficiently. The competitors also offer versatile hatchback www.washingtoninformer.com

or sporty two-door-coupe alternatives to their basic fourdoor sedan body style.

The Corolla has decent fuel economy, but other compact cars offer better. Maybe it was the lethargic acceleration from the 132-horsepower, 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine paired with an optional four-speed automatic transmission? Sure, I muddled through D.C. area commutes with little to no worry, but my test car offered little of the excitement I got driving the competition.

The Corolla didn’t come close to the Ford Focus or Scion for tracking around fast bends on rural Virginia roads or on the Rock Creek Parkway, and did not match the Mazda3 for crisp response on local thoroughfares. Compared to the Hyundai, the test car had a floaty feel, with handling that was much less precise.

I would have preferred a little more pep; cruising just a wee bit faster on I-95 to my son’s soccer game. Mind you, I wasn’t doing doughnuts in the parking lot either; but I would have appreciated tighter handling, especially for such a small car.

Though the current Corolla is long overdue for an upgrade, not all is lost. The automaker will soon roll out a newer version, pulling out all stops to keep it a best seller. Toyota says that one in three of its customers who bought Corollas in the last few years will eventually trade in their car for another Corolla – easily earning it one of the highest customer loyalty ratings of any automobile.

Within Toyota’s long-term strategy, it’s also important to note that while the U.S. automobile market is important, it is but one component of automakers’ global sales, and the tastes and needs of drivers worldwide are quite different than those in America. The pricing for the 2012 Toyota Corolla starts at $17,100, with a $795 destination charge.wi

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“Blair Underwood Presents South

by Southeast”

by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, and Steven Barnes c. 2012, Atria $15.00 / $17.00 Canada 373 pages

By Terri Schlichenmeyer WI Contributing Writer It should have been a dream job.

You’d wanted to work at

that business since forever. You thought about it for years, in fact, imagining what it would be like. It was the exact job you said you wanted when adults asked you what you wanted to do when you grew up.

But when you landed the position [finally!], you were astounded. Like so many things in life, anticipation was better than reality and the job stunk.

It happens, and in the new book, “South by Southeast” by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, and Steven Barnes, it happened where there should’ve been sun and fun.

Tennyson “Ten” Hardwick gave up on Hollywood stardom long ago.

He still did minor roles, sure.

But his fame, it seemed, would forever be linked to detective work he did as a sideline and to escort work he did before he gave up The Life. But film? No fame there.

So when Gustavo Escobar offered Ten the role-of-a-lifetime in a new horror movie, Ten leapt at the chance, even bringing his entire family to Miami.

It would be a good thing: a new city would give his ailing father a change of scenery, and Chela, Ten’s ward, could check out the beaches.

And it might have been a great time for everybody – had the job turned out better.

There was a dark side to Escobar, and Ten had seen it. Escobar was a jerk, asking for extra takes, long hours, things that Ten wasn’t willing to do. Ten wasn’t sure he wanted stardom that much. He quit at least once, much to the horror of his agent.

Yes, the part should’ve been a

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dream job – but it wasn’t.

And then things got worse.

An old friend of Chela’s from back in the day showed up on the set, and Chela’s former life was no longer an off-limits topic between her and Ten. He was worried, and tried to send her home to stay with his girlfriendnot-girlfriend. Chela was offended that he didn’t trust her.

But when the old friend’s body washed up on the beach, Ten knew he couldn’t trust any-

one. And that included a certain director with a temper, a cruel streak, and a past that was drowning in suspicion…

Oh, man, I really have to stop reading Tennyson Hardwick novels before bed.

Authors Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, and Steven Barnes pack everything you ever wanted in a noir thriller between two pages that can barely hold it all. As usual, the authors’ main character, Tennyson Hardwick, is smooth, responsible, and suave but this time, we’re given much more of the people who surround him: their troubles, and their pasts. That adds up to a fast-paced, chilling, keepyou-up-all-night package you shouldn’t wait to open.

Yes, this book is part of a series, and while it’s possible to figure out what’s going on without reading prior novels, you’d probably like it better if you were up to speed. Once you’re there, though, grab this book because “South by Southeast” is a noirlover’s dream.wi

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[Left-to Right] Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Essence Magazine Susan L. Taylor and founder and CEO of National CARES Mentoring Movement, Tayari Jones, author, Mereda Davis Johnson, chair of the CBC Spouses and Dr. May Rockeymoore Cummings, event chair. The women posed for a group shot after presenting Jones with an award during the 16th Annual Celebration of Leadership in Fine Arts at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Northwest on Wed., Sept. 19.

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Awards Bestowed at Brunch

Dr. E. Faye Williams, 3rd from the left with award recipients during the National Congress of Black Women’s 28th Annual Brunch at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Northwest on Sun., Sept. 23. Recipients included Hazel Trice Edney, president and CEO of Trice Edney Communications, 4th left, Paula A. Reid, special agent in charge, Miami Field Office, 5th. Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, psychiatrist and author, 6th in the row along with Monica Smith, a writer, researcher and educator who accepted the award on behalf of Mildred Hemmons Carter. Dr. Sakilibi Mines, M.D. of Multidimensional Medicine and other award recipients who included Dr. John Hope Bryant of Operation Hope, 2nd left with Wilma J. Roscoe, retired vice president of NAFEO, 1st left. /Photo by Roy Lewis

A Stalwart in the House

Rep. John Conyers [D-Mich.] and Rep. Laura Richardson [D-Calif.] attend a reception in honor of jazz musician Jimmy Heath at Microsoft on K Street in Northwest. The large video screen shows a young Conyers, Heath and Dizzy Gillespie. /Photo by Roy Lewis

Catwalk in Northwest

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ARIES You seem preoccupied this week and it’s because your mind is filled with a vision of love for the entire planet. Use your gifts to assist others in seeing the world as you do, in glorious color. Check the details on paperwork that you have to do, dreamer. Soul Affirmation: I release internal pressure by enjoying the beauties of the world around me.

Lucky Numbers: 22. 34. 55 TAURUS Everybody’s in a good mood this week, and you’ll want to join friends or family in sharing good food and feelings. You may be asked to grow, or move. Think seriously about it, because it could enhance your spiritual growth. Soul Affirmation: In order for money to come I must think about money as my friend. Lucky Numbers: 45, 47, 51 GEMINI At work, some matters have been on hold but now you will get the green light. Continue to work as diligently as you have been in the pass to ensure success. Have faith that your plans are on target. Soul Affirmation: Anticipation of a beautiful immediate future lights up my week. Lucky Numbers: 14, 53, 54 CANCER Remember that you are in control of your emotions this week. Things will look brighter as soon as you let yourself feel like the glowing spirit that you are. Co-create your reality this week by using positive emotions to remind yourself of how wonderful you are. Soul Affirmation: I will ask joy to marry me. Lucky Numbers: 14, 28, 35 LEO You are in the middle of a dream coming true. Watch for signs that your wish is about to be granted. You’ll be very happy with what you’ve achieved. Soul Affirmation: Love is easier than breathing. Lucky Numbers: 12, 45, 48 VIRGO Overall, the vibrations surrounding you this week are very good, very good indeed. Go with the best, and refuse to allow any minor inconvenience to spoil your sunny mood. You are going to have a lovely week. Soul Affirmation: He who doesn’t ask will remain a fool forever. Lucky Numbers: 13, 19, 22 LIBRA Remember that you look marvelous! Be prepared for lots of compliments this week, and plan to accept them gracefully.

You may be planning a time period trip; it’s going to be a nice getaway. Soul Affirmation: Communication is a skeleton key that opens many doors. Lucky Numbers: 11, 50, 52 SCORPIO A party or gathering with friends from the past gives you the opportunity to strut your stuff a bit. You’ve made tremendous strides and accomplished much in your life, so be pleased with yourself this week. Pass some of your wisdom along to others. Soul Affirmation: All that I need is within me. Lucky Numbers: 18, 42, 47 SAGITTARIUS You should know by now that trying to be in two places at once is very taxing to your nerves! Slow down a bit and trust that you’ll get what needs to be done accomplished.

Give yourself a head start on all road trips so that you have time to enjoy the view. Soul Affirmation: Seeing my past clearly this week gives me a clear vision of my future. Lucky Numbers: 11, 30, 40 CAPRICORN An afterglow surrounds you during the week, and you may not feel like getting immediately into work-mode this week. It’s okay to go with your feelings; the world will wait for a little while. Treasure happy moments. Soul Affirmation: Facing down challenges makes me feel good about myself. Lucky Numbers: 7, 25, 31

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AQUARIUS Your mind is busy this week with thoughts of new projects and the things you want to get done. Best course of action is to clear up pending and overdue items. You’ll have a clean desk in no time and will feel genuinely content and relaxed for the week.

Soul Affirmation: I will actually write a love letter to the universe this week. Lucky Numbers: 14, 35, 38

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level of “unending happiness,” rience high and low emotions. so they stay in the comfort of Yet, the beauty is that we make their discomfort. the choice to stay wrapped For those of us who choose in the arms of God. That the spiritual path and who, thought just makes me grin! Be with boldness and courage encouraging to those who are walk through every curtain, shying and running away from door and gate in front of us, true happiness. Celebrate your T:7.5” we know that in life you expe- wonderful choices.

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feel very blessed to know that God wants us to be happy and full of joy.

When we are in a lower set of energies (angry, frustrated, sad) instead of these higher energies (cheerful or at peace), we are not connected to Spirit. It’s as if we are standing in front of a closed door and we keep walking into the door over and over. Until we change the way we feel back to the higher set of energies, we’ll keep walking into that DOOR! I believe that God gets sad when we’re not connected to Him. Have you ever met or do you know someone who is miserable and unhappy? Perhaps he or she has had a life with a great accumulation of material things, a wonderful career with a great salary, and created a family, but they can’t move away from their misery, dissatisfaction and emptiness. He could be holding on to a love that’s been gone for a long time, or she has experienced incredible sadness or not lived up to her full potential. Maybe these unhappy people believe Spirit views it as a good deed that they put themselves last all the time and dismiss the need for their own emotional well being. Or as Joel Osteen likes to say, “They think it’s their lot of in life.” We know there can be many reasons for unhappiness.

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Comcast Works Toward Closing Digital Divide

By Michelle Phipps-Evans WI Staff Writer For Marcia Thomas and her family, having affordable broadband Internet access in her Ward 8 abode is nothing short of miraculous. The 40-year-old single mom now goes online in the comfort of her own home.

“It has been a great benefit for us, as teachers put grades online I can check, and my job offers online classes through Cornell University, which I do instead of going to physical classes,” said Thomas whose son, Lance Jackson, is a senior at Ballou High School.

Last year when Thomas signed up, her daughter, Mariama, completed college applications and signed up for the SAT online. She is a freshman at Trinity University. “I used to print out their homework at my job,” said Thomas, an accounts receivable specialist at a downtown hotel. “They would call me, say what their research is, and I would print it out.”

“It’s been good for me as the

library on South Capitol closes early,” said Lance, 17, who also uses library computers but prefers in-home Internet. “It helps me with my AP lessons and keeping up with my stats for football, colleges and scholarships.”

The Thomas family is one of 2,000 families [or 8,000 residents] in the Washington, D.C. area connected to the Internet through Internet Essentials, launched last year by Comcast Corporation. Now in its second year, Comcast continues to enhance the program with new processes to ramp up enrollment.

To date, more than 100,000 low-income families [or 400,000 Americans] nationwide have benefitted from residential Internet service for less than $10 a month, which includes no price increases, activation fees or equipment rental fees; a voucher to purchase a computer for less than $150; and access to free digital literacy training in print, online and in-person.

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“The Internet now is not just about FaceBook and video games and not just for the wellto-do,” said Cohen, 57, executive vice president of Comcast, an entertainment, information and communications provider.

“Comcast like most other corporations only take job applications via the Internet, so if you don’t have access, that’s another area that widens the gap.”

Cohen, a former chief of staff for then-Philadelphia Mayor Edward Rendell, spent more than 20 years advocating for educational parity.

“A kid is a kid. Give poor kids the same tools and the same opportunities and they will learn like the wealthier kids,” Cohen said. “As a society we have to provide fair and equal opportunities for all kids and that’s what Internet Essentials is able to do, and these kids are going to be just fine.”

As the country continues as a digital nation, many low-income families are at a disadvantage

without Internet services at home. District families are eligible for Internet Essentials if they have at least one child who qualifies for free or reduced lunch, lives where Comcast offers Internet, is not a subscriber nor have an overdue Comcast bill.

Cohen joined Mayor Vincent C. Gray, NBC4 president and general manager Jackie Bradford, former NFL Coach and Internet Essentials’ spokesman Tony Dungy and community partners at a year-two kickoff at Kramer Middle School in Ward 8 on Sept. 24. In the classrooms, students pored over Apple laptops, something the principal seemed especially pleased about.

“For the past few years, we’ve been overhauling one of the lowest performing schools as Kramer became a pilot school for finding creative ways to integrate online technology,” said Kwame Simmons, principal for three years, about using the blended school model. This combines personalized online

programs with face-to-face time with teachers. “Through Internet Essentials, our students are being provided the tools they need to succeed.”

Comcast will sign up eligible families through the end of the 2013-2014 school year. Qualified households remain eligible if at least one child receives free or reduced-price school lunch.

“Reliable broadband access helps our children become stronger students and prepares them for an increasingly interconnected world,” Gray added.

“I am proud of the work we have done to close the digital divide in Washington, D.C., but there’s much to be done.

I’m urging all members of our community to spread the word and the need to connect more families.”

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By Charles E. Sutton NFL games have become 60-minute melees and the rules have been tossed out of the window. We’re witnessing lawlessness. It hasn’t quite reached the level of the Hatfields vs. McCoys, but we’re getting dangerously close.

A couple of Monday Night games ago, the refs were at risk when they found themselves in the middle of a brawl between Denver and Atlanta.

Just when things couldn’t get worse, we had the Monday Night debacle in Seattle, where replacement ref rage reached its peak.

On the final play of the Green Bay-Seattle game, Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson scrambled from the pocket and threw to the end zone as time expired. Seattle wide receiver Golden Tate shoved Green Bay’s Sam Shields and wrestled Green Bay’s M.D. Jennings for possession after it was clear that Jennings intercepted the pass. It was ruled on the field as a touchdown and after a lengthy review, referee Wayne Elliott announced “the ruling on the field stands” and CenturyLink Field erupted.

The final play of the Seahawks 14-12 win was one of the most bizarre finishes in NFL history, and is certain to reignite frustration over the locked-out officials.

The contract dispute between the NFL and the NFL Referees Association shouldn’t drag into October or November, and certainly not into December. It must to be settled now. NFL owners are showing total disregard for their fans and for their product by allowing amateurs to officiate professional games. If anyone thinks this won’t have a negative impact on the teams’ finances, just give it another month or so, when fans lose confidence and choose to stop watching.

The NFL can’t ensure the quality of these officials. A side judge who openly admitted his allegiance to the New Orleans Saints almost officiated a Saints’ game. ESPN contacted the NFL about the ref ’s partisanship support and the official was yanked hours before kickoff.

The national spotlight is far too daunting, and quite frankly, they don’t know the rules.

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The Washington Nationals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 on Thursday, Sept. 20 at Nationals Park in Southeast. With the win, the Nationals secured a spot in the postseason for the first time since 1933. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

Tamika Catchings, a forward for the Indiana Fever, signs a little girl’s jersey while her family enjoys the moment following the Mystics vs. Indiana Fever basketball game on Friday, Sept. 21 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. Catchings was a member of Team USA’s gold medal basketball team that played in the London Olympics this summer. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

The Maryland Lady Tigers and the Hagerstown Elite provided the halftime entertainment and displayed their skills during the Washington Mystics vs. Indiana Fever basketball game on Friday, Sept. 21 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III runs to for the goal line in the third quarter. While he didn’t score, the play set up a Santana Moss touchdown that tied the game. Griffin finished the afternoon with 221 yards passing and a touchdown. He also led the team in rushing with 85 yards and a score. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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City of Praise Minister Bobby Henry Returns to Church WI Staff Report The Maryland Court of Special Appeals reversed a lower court decision, Thursday, September 20, negating a summary judgment that gave six church employees control over the church board of trustees. In no uncertain terms, the appellate court decision means that the summary judgment giving the questionable board authority is no longer in effect and Pastor Joel Peebles is able to resume his duties.

On Sunday, September 23,

we will hold services at Eleanor Roosevelt High School. Currently, Pastor Peebles is making plans with his ministry teams to return to the Landover campus in an orderly fashion.

Pastor Joel Peebles, Chairman William Meadows, the many church members who were excommunicated and the thousands of church members who left to support Pastor Peebles now have the freedom to return to the church home that they helped to build with their tithes and offerings.

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members who received a letter from the purported board terminating my membership. I

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have served in ministry at the City of Praise for over 23 years and count the Appellate Court decision a great blessing. During the time that we have been displaced, Pastor Peebles and Chairman Meadows have demonstrated outstanding leadership. Our church has continued to do the work of the Lord ministering to the greater Washing-

ton, D.C. community,” he said.

Henry also said “We are supporting families battling cancer, through a Cancer Won’t Win Program. We are serving the needs of the community through a 5,000 Hour Volunteer Challenge. We are saluting academic excellence with academic scholarships to our youth. The life of our church is vibrant and our future is bright. We are humbled and excited to return to the Landover campus and continue our work. This is a tremendous day for our community and the thousands of displaced congregants who have been faithfully waiting to return to their spiritual home, which was built by the grace of God and with their tithes and offerings.” wi

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Change the Way You Look at Things!

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Albert Einstein once said, “Do I live in a friendly environment or a hostile universe; do people love or hate each other, or do they love each other?” Life for you will be exactly the way you see it. It’s all in how you perceive the world.

It’s scientific, and has been proven. Let’s look at this example for purposes of clarification.

A very special woman who was once a part of my life, had to change the way she looked at people and situations due to an extreme set of circumstances her husband placed before her.

He moved his girlfriend into their home, along with the child they had together. The wife of the man was born again, a saved woman. She didn’t leave her husband, and she didn’t harm the woman. In fact, she helped the woman and child when she could. She couldn’t change the situation, so she changed the way she looked at the situation.

You may say that “she was crazy.” Well, God saw her and knew what she was going through, and the woman’s husband is the only person who must answer to God for what he did to his wife.

The Bible tells us quite clearly that, “vengeance is mine, saith the Lord!” Of course, I realize most of you wouldn’t have gone through this, but I promise you: it’s a true story. However, the wife looked on the positive side.

I remember her saying to me, “the child didn’t do anything, this is not his fault, and God is not going to punish me for being

mean to this innocent child!”

Romans 10:17 says, “… faith comes by hearing the word of God.” The subconscious mind resembles that of a fertile garden.

Weeds will grow in abundance, if the seeds of more desirable crops are not sown.

Talk to yourself, it’s one way in which you can control what you voluntarily put into your subconscious mind on thoughts of a creative and positive nature, or conversely, you can allow thoughts of a destructive nature to find their way into this fertile garden – your mind.

Weeds will grow in abundance in your mind, when seeds of more desirable crops are not sown, keep reading this column so that you can learn how to increase your faith, and I promise you, it works!

In 2 Corinthians 5:7, it says, “for we walk by faith, not by sight.”

Faith cannot be understood without our spiritual senses.

When we rely on our five senses to make sense of faith, we will undoubtedly be misled because our five senses exist in the natural realm and not the spiritual.

It’s all in how we look at things!

Weeds cannot and will not grow when we continually recite positive affirmations, and in a deliberate fashion and tone. Go back and read this paragraph again and again so that you will understand this point clearly.

Faith is released by speaking words and believing beyond a shadow of doubt in your heart.

All of these scriptures remind us how negativity will grow in abundance, if the seeds of more

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desirable crops are not sown.

Instead of seeing the glass half empty, begin to say it’s half full. You then begin a more positive and constructive way of thinking.

Change the way you look at your dreams, and those dreams you’re looking at will change.

Your dreams will begin to take shape and become a reality, no matter what it is you have decided to embark upon.

Pull the weeds from your mind, and change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will definitely change! wi Lyndia Grant is a writer in the DMV, she hosts a radio talk show weekly; visit her website at www.lyndiagrant.com; email her at fanniestelle@ yahoo.com; or call 202-518-3192.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wednesday Noon Thursday 7:39 p.m.

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

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

Pilgrim Baptist Church

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

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

(202) 547-8849 www. pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Worship Services BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:45 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org

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

Church of Living Waters

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

St. Stephen Baptist Church Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. State Overseer 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m.

Church School - 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m.

Tuesday – Thursday - Kingdom Building Bible Institute – 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m.

Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am Radio Broadcast WYCB -1340 AM-Sunday -6:00pm T.V. Broadcast - Channel 190 – Sunday -4:00pm/Tuesday 7:00am

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

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

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

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

Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m.

Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m.

2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m.

Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m.

Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m.

Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.

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

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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

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

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

Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us...

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

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

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

52 Years of Expert Engraving Services

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

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All Nations Baptist Church

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

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

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

“Where Jesus is the King”

Israel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

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

1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288 Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

St. Luke Baptist Church

1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

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

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

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

Rehoboth Baptist Church

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

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

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. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor

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

Zion Baptist Church

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

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New Commandment Baptist Church

Rev. Terry D. Streeter Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Pastor and Overseer

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

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

Early Morning Worship: 7:45 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.

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

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

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

Prayer Service: Wednesday 8:00 p.m.

Noon Day Prayer Service: Mondays 12 p.m.

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

Salem Baptist Church

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

Shiloh Baptist Church

Rev. R. Vincent Palmer Pastor

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor

623 Florida Ave.. NW • WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 • Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 • Fax (202) 483-4009

4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184

Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m.

Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m.

Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m.

Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church

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

Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor

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

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

New Members Class 9:30a.m.

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

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

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

Peace Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm “The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church 602 N Street NW • Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org

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

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

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

Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

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

Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m.

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

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PRE-BID CONFERENCE: October 3, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, Rm L113

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Interested Bidders may review the plans, specifications, and other contractual documents at the address listed above on or after September 20, 2012.

Contractors interested in submitting a bid on the project listed above should direct inquires to Alicia Proctor. Bids shall be received at the Office of Central Services/Contract Administration and Procurement Division on the date and time shown. For further information, contact Alicia Proctor, Buyer III at (301) 883-6448 or 883-6400 or via e-mail at amproctor@co.pg.md.us.

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FREE MOORISH-AMERICAN ZODIAC CONSTITUTION: (Zodiac Constitution and Birthrights of the Moorish Americans) 2.

UNITED STATES REPUBLIC: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: Moorish American Credentials: AA 222141- TRUTH A-1

Moorish Americans Aboriginal and Indigenous Natural Peoples of Northwest Amexem Northwest Africa / North America / ‘The North Gate’ Affidavit of Fact Allodial Title Be it known to all courts, governments, and other parties, that I, Jan’e Telesia Colahar El, and Rudolph Anthony Colahar El am a natural, free and Sovereign Moorish American National without subjects. I am neither subject to any entity anywhere, nor is any entity subject to me. I neither dominate anyone, nor am I dominated.

My authority for this statement is the same as it is for all free and Sovereign Moorish American National everywhere: the age-old, timeless, and universal respect for the intrinsic rights, property, freedoms, and responsibilities of the Sovereign Individual.

I am not a “person” when such term is defined in statutes of United States or statutes of the several states when such definition includes artificial entities. I refuse to be treated as a federally or state created entity which is only capable of exercising certain rights, privileges, or immunities as specifically granted by federal or state governments.

I voluntarily choose to comply with the man-made laws which serve to bring harmony to society, but no such laws, nor their enforcers, have any authority over me. I am not in any jurisdiction, for I am not of subject status.

Consistent with the eternal tradition of natural common law, unless I have harmed or violated someone or their property, I have committed no crime; and am therefore not subject to any penalty.

Thus, be it known to all, that I reserve my natural common law right not to be compelled to perform under any contract that I did not enter into knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally. And furthermore, I do not accept the liability associated with the compelled and pretended “benefit” of any hidden or unrevealed contract or commercial agreement.

As such, the hidden or unrevealed contracts that supposedly create obligations to perform, for persons of subject status, are inapplicable to me, and are null and void. If I have participated in any of the supposed “benefits” associated with these hidden contracts, I have done so under duress, for lack of any other practical alternative. I may have received such “benefits” but I have not accepted them in a manner that binds me to anything.

Any such participation does not constitute “acceptance” in contract law, because of the absence of full disclosure of any valid “offer,” and voluntary consent without misrepresentation or coercion, under contract law. Without a valid voluntary offer and acceptance, knowingly entered into by both parties, there is no “meeting of the minds,” and therefore no valid contract. Any supposed “contract” is therefore void, ab initio.

From my age of consent to the date affixed below I have never signed a contract knowingly, willingly, intelligently, and voluntarily whereby I have waived any of my natural common law rights, and, as such, Take Notice that I revoke, cancel, and make void ab initio my signature on any and all contracts, agreements, forms, or any instrument which may be construed in any way to give any agency or department of any federal or state government authority, venue, or jurisdiction over me.

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RESOLUTION NUMBER SEVENTY-FIVE (75): Dated April 17, 1933 A.D. (MOORISH-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA AND THE USE OF THEIR NAMES),

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UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS – UNITED NATIONS – HUMAN RIGHTS [Article Fifteen (15)].

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RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES – UNITED NATIONS: GENERAL ASSEMBLY - Part 1, Article 4.

Wherefore, I, Jan’e Telesia Colahar El, and Rudolph Colahar El being ‘Part and Parcel’ named herein, and by Birthright, Primogeniture, and Inheritance, make a Lawful and Legal Entry of Affidavit and Public Notification of Land Inheritance Claim; Land or property, Affirmation, and Application; Herewith Published for the Public Record.

This said Legal Notice to Principal is a Legal Notice to Agent; and this Legal Notice to Agent is a Legal Notice to Principal.

I Am: Jan’e Telesia Colahar El A Free and Sovereign Moorish American National, In Propria Persona Sui Juris Northwest Amexem / Northwest Africa / North America All Rights Reserved I Am: Rudolph Anthony Colahar El A Free and Sovereign Moorish American National, In Propria Persona Sui Juris Northwest Amexem / Northwest Africa / North America All Rights Reserved

I am now Rightfully Declaring, Publishing, and Proclaiming my own Free Land and property located at Latitude 37.50972584293751 and Longitude - 96.943359375 Affirming my Actual, Rightful, and Civil ‘In Full Life’ Status; Conjoined to my Moorish American Consanguine Pedigree and National Honor. Let it be Declared, Known, Published, and Resolved that: I Am: Jan’e Telesia Colahar El, and Rudolph Anthony Colahar, Sr. El ‘In Propria Persona Sui Juris’ (being in my own proper person), by birthright; and Inheritance WITHOUT THE FOREIGN, IMPOSED COLOR-OF-LAW, OR ASSUMED DUE PROCESS of the Union States Society; pursuant to, but not limited to:

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college, and then Congress is saying that these people don’t belong here, that they’re illegal, that we should deport them . . .

I didn’t understand, as someone who was very young, and suddenly being accused or made to feel like I didn’t belong in America . . .”

Carlos and Catherine and their youth network participants inspired us all. They and the students they work with are a testimony to the difference one person can make, no matter how young or old. The members of the United We Dream Network have never had the right to vote.

However many political people who are afraid of the enormous potential power of young people of all backgrounds who do

have the right to vote have made young people one of their targets in voter suppression efforts that threaten voting rights and democratic processes across our country. States are adding new photo ID and residency laws and laws restricting early voting and pre-registration that all make it harder for young people to vote—including college students who may carry college IDs that are no longer allowed, or who may need to vote in the state where they attend school but are not considered “residents” under new restrictions, or in their home state on a day other than Election Day. We can’t allow these negative undemocratic efforts to succeed. Young people and all of us need to speak out loudly against voter suppression in every form. Young people also

can help with voter registration, get out the vote campaigns, poll watching, and other parts of the electoral process. They and all of us must be committed to using the power we have and never let hurdles and negative policies passively shape our lives. Like Carlos and Catherine and all their courageous Dream partners, we too can and must be agents of change. w Marian Wright Edelman is president of the Children s Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. For more information go to www.childrensdefense.org.

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Muhammad continued from Page 23 are folks better off today than they were four years ago, when the economy began to tumble into the dumpster, he scores his political points, because most folks have to say no. When President Obama took office, he reminds us, the country was hemorrhaging

800,000 jobs a month. Millions of jobs were lost. And even as the economy adds an anemic 95,000 jobs per month – all in the private sector, because Tea Party, slash-and-cut politicians are forcing more and more layoffs in the public workforce – job creation is not enough. At least 14 million people are unemployed. Another 11 million are under-employed.

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realize that through approved lenders the SBA has guaranteed more than $80 billion in loans to more than 150,000 businesses and worked to bring 1,000 community banks back to SBA lending.

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the resources needed to grow your enterprise.

We’ll keep pushing too! Our service on the SBA’s Council on Underserved Communities (CUC) gives us ready access to thought leaders and on-theground experts from across the country who all have their own reasons for helping the SBA be more responsive to ALL small businesses. The USBC and the SBA both recognize that any success earned as a result of this new partnership will be because we both realize it’s a two-way street.

We’ve done our part – now it’s time for you to do yours. Understand? w Ron Busby, Sr. is the President of the U.S. Black Chamber, Inc.

But the Republicans are asking the wrong question in truth. Because if they asked are CEOs – the lousy managers and culprits who are responsible for the Great Recession – are CEOs better off than they were four years ago, there would be a deafening silence because no one would want to answer that question in truth.

Even as average worker productivity – the amount of “widgets” workers produce in a standard period of time – even as worker productivity has increased exponentially over the last 30 or so years by a whopping 725 percent, worker pay has only increased a meager 5.7 percent. The gap between CEO

pay and worker pay has grown from 18-to-1 in 1965, to 237to-1 in 2011, this according to a report released Sept. 11 this year by the Economic Policy Institute.

So in reality, the “are you better off ” question cannot be fairly answered yes by average voters for more than a generation, because wages have frozen, not even keeping up with inflation. But Gov. Romney continues to frame the question in the four-year time frame, in the same way President Ronald Reagan did in his contest against incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter.

But for the crowd, who like Gov. Romney are in the top

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1 percent of the population, rather than the bottom 47 percent as he sees them, the folks who like Romney who have wives who help the domestic economy by driving “a couple of Cadillacs;” the crowd who have elevators for their many cars, while the rest of us get the shaft, for that crowd, they are much better off, but unfortunately we’ll not hear the question asked that way.

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