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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced settlement of the Exelon-Pepco merger on Tuesday, Oct. 6. /Photo courtesy of Khalid Naji Allah for the D.C. Mayor’s Office

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D.C. Mayor and Attorney General Support New Agreement By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor On Tuesday, Oct. 6, Pepco Holdings Inc. and Exelon Corporation announced that they have reached a newly-inked settlement with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and others on the companies’ pro-

posed $6.8 billion merger. They anticipate that the new agreement will pave the way for the District’s Public Service Commission [PSC] to approve the settlement package. Last August, the PSC rejected the merger in an order that laid

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New Tool Helps Blacks Fight Breast Cancer By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer One in eight women will be diagnosed in her lifetime with breast cancer. And, for African-American women, instances of death are higher, with z survival rate that is the least of any racial or ethnic community. It is why physicians remain adamant about regular exams, a

procedure that may have gotten a little easier at Howard University Hospital, where doctors are now offering the Sure Touch Breast Exam, a pain-free way to perform a clinical breast exam, one that can also be done in an office setting. “A handheld sensor is moved gently across the breast and underarm area,” said Dr. Kevin

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Howard University Bisons present the 2015 Homecoming King and Queen during the homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 2. See Scenes from Homecoming on Page 30. /Photo courtesy of John DeFreitas

Hundreds Remember Julian Bond By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Hundreds paid tribute to civil rights icon Julian Bond, who died last month, during a memorial celebration Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the Lincoln Theatre in Northwest. The 90-minute event highlighted Bond’s life through videos, pictures and speeches that provided a glimpse to his love of music and sense of humor. “Julian was fond of music. Even the Four Freshmen? Yes, and not just Four Freshmen concerts but annual conventions of the International Four Freshmen

Society. He dragged us to one. This passion long mystified me,” said Taylor Branch, Bond’s close friend, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who chronicled the civil rights movement. “Or his claim to suffer from rare emetophobia, a fear of being vomited on at sporting events, which helped him dodge some of Pam’s [Bond’s wife] ardent fandom.” Dignitaries filled the Lincoln Memorial to pay homage to Bond, who died Aug. 15 at the age of 75, co-founded the Southern Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and served as a Georgia politician for two decades and a college professor.

Judy Richardson, an associate producer on the documentary “Eyes on the Prize” Bond narrated, recalled when she first met Bond 25 years earlier. “The first image is from 1963, when I first arrived at SNCC’s National Office in Atlanta. There was Julian, typing with staccato speed, a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, dropping ashes onto a perpetually dirty floor,” Richardson said. “Julian could type faster with 2 fingers than I could with all 10.” Even during his activism, Bond showed his comedic side

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District Prepares for National Week of Non-Violence Benjamin Crump, noted civil rights attorney and president, National Bar Association and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, will be among a host of nationally-recognized leaders who will participate in a number of activities dedicated to promoting violence prevention and awareness during the 2015 National Week of Non-Violence. Crump will join Dr. Stephanie E. Myers, co-founder of Black Women for Positive Change and Delegate Daun S. Hester, D-VA, for a press conference on Friday, Oct. 9 at the John A. Wilson Building in Northwest (1350 Pennsylvania Avenue) beginning at 11:30 a.m. The theme will be “Changing the Culture of Violence in America . . . and the World.” While similar events occur in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Alexandria, Hampton Roads, VA and St. Louis, the District will have its own activities including the Summit on Non-Violence in the DMV, Sat., Oct. 17 at Metropolitan AME Church, 1518 M Street NW, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Members of the D.C. and Prince George’s County councils will attend the press conference during which time additional activities will be announced. Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders will also participate, most notably Bishop Charles E. Blake, presiding bishop, Church of God in Christ, Los Angeles, who will serve as a national honorary co-chair (along with Crump) for the Third Annual National Week of Non-Violence. Go to blackwomenforpositivechange.org for more information.

Biden Pledges Continued Support to LGBT Americans Vice President Joe Biden served as the keynote speaker at the nation’s leading LGBT advocacy group’s annual gala on Saturday, Oct. 3. The Human Rights Campaign’s [HRC] gala also included: an award for out actress Ellen Page, who recently had a public clash on gay rights with Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz; and an address from the first out NBA player, Jason Collins. Former Secretary of State and current Democratic front-runner and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke at a separate event, also sponsored by the HRC, during the morning of Oct. 3. In 2012, Biden, before President Barack Obama, gave his public support to same-sex marriage. HRC President Chad Griffin said having Biden keynote the dinner was a real honor. “From his historic announcement in support of marriage equality to his ongoing commitment to achieving full federal equality for LGBT Americans, the Vice President has proven time and time again that he’s a stalwart ally to our community.” In Memoriam Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. Wilhelmina J. Rolark THE WASHINGTON INFORMER NEWSPAPER (ISSN#0741-9414) is published weekly on each Thursday. Periodicals postage paid at Washington, D.C. and additional mailing offices. News and advertising deadline is Monday prior to publication. Announcements must be received two weeks prior to event. Copyright 2015 by The Washington Informer. All rights reserved. POSTMASTER: Send change of addresses to The Washington Informer, 3117 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., S.E. Washington, D.C. 20032. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. The Informer Newspaper cannot guarantee the return of photographs. Subscription rates are $45 per year, two years $60. Papers will be received not more than a week after publication. Make checks payable to: THE WASHINGTON INFORMER 3117 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., S.E Washington, D.C. 20032 Phone: 202 561-4100 Fax: 202 574-3785 news@washingtoninformer.com www.washingtoninformer.com

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FDA Partners with Hip-Hop Teens Encouraging Tobacco-free Living The U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA] recently announced the launch of a national public education campaign to prevent and reduce tobacco use among multicultural youth who identify with the hip-hop peer group. The FDA chose to focus on the hip-hop demographic because research indicates that they’re more likely to use tobacco than other youth. The “Fresh Empire” campaign kicks off the week of October 12 in 36 markets throughout the U.S. for at least 24 months. The $129 million campaign will be funded by tobacco user fees. The campaign targets youth ages 12 – 17 and will work to associate living tobacco free with a hip-hop lifestyle through a variety of interactive marketing strategies including the use of traditional paid media, engagement through multiple digital platforms and outreach at the local level. “Unfortunately, the health burdens of tobacco use disproportionately affect minority teens – particularly African-American and Hispanic youth,” said Jonca Bull, M.D., the FDA’s Assistant Commissioner for Minority Health. “The ‘Fresh Empire’ campaign will help reach teens at a key point in their lives when experimenting with smoking can lead to addiction.” It is estimated that close to 90 percent of established adult smokers smoked their first cigarette by age 18 – making early intervention critical. Approximately 4.4 million multicultural youth are open to smoking or are already experimenting with cigarettes (i.e. have smoked fewer than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime), highlighting a critical need for targeted youth tobacco prevention efforts.

HBCU Students to Raise Awareness about HIV/AIDS In preparation for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 7, 2016, HBCU students have been invited to play an active role in raising awareness of the message “Get Educated, Get Tested, Get Involved and Get Treatment.” The Student Ambassador Program, sponsored by the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day campaign, will soon be accepting applications from students who are interested and committed to addressing challenges surrounding HIV/AIDS on their college campuses. This works becomes even more important as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that Blacks account for 47 percent of the nation’s new HIV infections. Persons ages 15-24 comprised 27 percent of new HIV diagnosis in 2013, an estimated 5,868 diagnoses. HBCUs continue to play a significant role in social change around the country surrounding this epidemic. “It’s about finding the balance between educational and personal messages. We encourage students to speak about HIV as they would any other topic. Social media is a way that many students get information in real time,” said Joell Royal, project coordinator for Howard University’s SHOP Project. The Washington Informer

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to political activist. 1945 - The lynching of Jesse James Payne takes place in Madison County, Florida. The lynching came to typify the lies that prompted numerous lynchings. Payne got into an argument with his white boss and threatened to expose some of his boss’ illegal dealings. But the boss then spread a rumor that Payne had molested his daughter and Payne was lynched. 1972 - Nearly 50 Black and white sailors injured in a race riot aboard the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk during the Vietnam War. Oct. 13 1901 - Edith Spurlock Sampson, the first African-American delegate to the United Nations is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1902 - Poet and Fisk University Librarian Arnaud “Arna” W. Bontemps is born. 1914 - Garrett Morgan invents and patents the gas mask. 1919 - Whites riot in Phillips County, Arkansas leaving nearly 80 Blacks dead after having been lynched. 1926 - Jesse Leroy Brown is born. He became the first Black naval aviator. 1970 - Communist and Black nationalist Angela Davis is arrested as a fugitive in New York City for her alleged role in a California courthouse shootout that left four dead. She is later found not guilty. Oct. 14 1902 - William Allison Davis is born. He earns a Ph.D. and becomes a leading educator and anthropologist. Among his lasting legacies were his well-documented challenges to the cultural bias of IQ tests, which generally portrayed Blacks as less intelligent than whites. 1916 - Washington and Lee University of Virginia refuses to play Rutgers University in New Jersey because it has a Black player on its team. That player was Paul Robeson. 1964 - Martin Luther King, Jr. becomes the youngest man ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He was 35 and had already become world famous for his leadership of the U.S. civil rights movement. 1999 - Former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere dies at 77 of cancer. He led his country to independence and called on American Blacks to come to African to help rebuild the “Motherland.”

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VIEWP INT Antonio Robinson Washington, D.C. I think Williams should have been fired. He mismanaged the bullpen numerous times this season and he didn’t look like he knew what was going on once things started to get bad. As the manager, you’re the captain of the ship and you should always know what is going on. I saw enough when Jonathan Papelbon choked Bryce Harper in the dugout near the end of the season. That showed that the team had no control.

Howard Savage Takoma Park, Maryland I love the Nationals and I feel like the team gelled pretty well this year. They dealt with pitching slumps and they faced some overperforming hitting teams. I’m not sure it’s Matt Williams’s coaching selections, and I do think that certain players will be upset that he’s gone. I understand that when teams underperform, management tends to jettison someone, but I’m not sure this was the right move.

THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS FIRED MANAGER MIKE WILLIAMS AND THE ENTIRE COACHING STAFF THIS WEEK, AFTER GROSSLY UNDERACHIEVING THIS SEASON AND MISSING THE POSTSEASON. IS WILLIAMS TO BLAME FOR THE TEAM’S COLLAPSE?

Adrienne Walton Washington, D.C. I’m really not sure that it was the right move because it was a team effort and the entire team didn’t make the playoffs. Just because some might not have thought that Williams was doing the best job, what about the players? Were they not listening to him and doing their own thing? It’s bigger than just Williams. They might have jumped the gun by getting rid of him so fast – I think he deserved another year.

Daniel Freedberg Washington, D.C. I don’t understand why they got rid of the entire coaching staff, especially because I heard on the radio today that a lot of the other coaches had been with the Nationals before Williams arrived. It seems a little unfair, but maybe some of them were offered other jobs, as well. On the way home, in discussing this with my wife, I wondered had they made the playoffs this year, all of this would have likely been ancient history and the slumps would have been attributed to growing pains. I am curious to know what would have happened had they made the playoffs.

Kenneth Wedge Temple Hills, Maryland As most of these things go, when teams don’t do well, they fire the coach – when they need to fire certain troublemakers on that team. But since they are paid more than the manager, it’s easy to let the manager go. I don’t think Williams was the problem. The team started off well, then they hit a lull when there was a chance to make a lastminute push and they failed. That’s on the players. The manager doesn’t throw one strike and he doesn’t hit one ball. That scuffle between Papelbon and Harper was also detrimental to the team.

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women, black women have a higher prevalence of breast cancers that do not respond to hormone therapy – so-called “triple-negative” breast cancers. The study reports that black breast cancer patients also have a “significantly higher prevalence of the TP53 driver mutation, basal tumor subtype and greater genomic diversity within tumors, all of which suggest more aggressive tumor biology,” the study’s lead author, Dr. Tanya Keenan, of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in Boston, said in a news release. “The higher risk of tumor recurrence that we observed among African-American women was reduced when controlling for those factors, suggesting that these genomic differences contribute, at least partly, to the known racial disparity in the survival of African-American and Caucasian breast cancer patients,” Keenan said. Advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer have reduced the overall death rate of the disease, but this positive trend is less apparent among black women, the researchers pointed out. It’s that research and other studies that render the Sure Touch Breast Examine all the more important, medical officials said. Physicians at Howard University Hospital and Medical Tactile Inc., the maker of Sure Touch, rolled out the new tool and offered free Sure Touch Breast Exams during last month’s annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Confer-

ence. The painless procedure uses radiation free technology to identify and digitally map abnormalities of the breast. It’s performed in less than 10 minutes with immediate, objective, reproducible results, Smith said. “The technique has been cleared by the FDA,” Smith said. In a study of 1,155 woman presented at the 2014 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Sure Touch was found to be comparable to ultrasound (84 percent) in accurately detecting breast cancer 82 percent of the time versus manual exam performed in the office (67 percent) and mammography (74 percent). “I believe that all lumps that are present greater than 7 [millimeters] will be detected by the Sure Touch Exam,” Smith said. Finding an accurate screening exam, which African-American women are likely to do because of the pain-free and radiation-free nature is paramount, particularly given the data showing that women of color are more likely to be diagnosed with late stage breast cancer versus their white counterpart, he said. “Patients overwhelmingly respond positively to the Sure Touch exam because there is no pain with a soothing technique,” Smith said. “The medical community is excited about the transformational potential of Sure Touch. It’s easy to use and could potentially dramatically impact the disparities in breast disease.”WI

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with an appearance in 1977 on “Saturday Night Live” in a skit called “IQ Tests.” The late actor Garrett Morris asked Bond how the intellectual superiority of white people originated over blacks. “That’s a very interesting point. My theory is that it’s based on the fact that light-skinned blacks are smarter than darkskinned blacks,” he said in the skit. Morris, whose dark-skinned black, replies, “Say what?” Bond served as chairman on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s board of directors from 1998-2010 and later as its chairman emeritus. After the ceremony, dozens of people smiled, laughed and told stories on how Bond influenced their lives. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Maryland) worked with Bond in 2000 while executive director of the Arca Foundation, an organization in Northwest that focuses on improving public policy. “Julian Bond has always been one of my heroes. He worked with me on Arca Foundation

Law Center, the National Housing Trust and the Office of the Attorney General of the District of Columbia. “Having achieved significant, immediate, tangible monetary benefits for our residents – and keeping in mind that the public will again have an opportunity to weigh in with the Public Service Commission on this revised merger plan – the office of the Attorney General is of the view that the settlement agreement is in the public interest,” said D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine is a released statement. “This agreement contains improved benefits with regard to sustainable, renewable energy production as well as enforcement and oversight mechanisms to ensure that Pepco and Exelon live up to their end of the bargain,” he said. The new package of benefits includes commitments to provide low-income assistance, fewer and shorter outages, bill credits, a cleaner, greener District and investment in local jobs and D.C.’s economy. Representatives from Pepco and Exelon spoke to members of the press on Oct. 6 to discuss the details of the settlement. Those on hand included: Donna Cooon voter registration [and] civic participation,” she said. “I always say speak truth to power, too, and if there’s anybody who did that it was Julian Bond.” Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights in Northwest, admired Bond as a person of principle. “What made him special for me is Julian was always principled. He always had integrity. He had a fierce honesty, sometimes with tough information. As he would say, ‘Like the rose, truth often comes with thorns.’ He was someone who understood the importance and embodiment of that principal.” Bond’s wife, Pamela Horowitz, gave brief remarks that were received with a standing ovation. “Some of you may remember that whenever Julian was asked whether by friend, or stranger, how he was, he would always say, “Almost perfect.” To me he was almost perfect,” she said. “He was the greatest joy of my life and I am so glad that he knew it. I hope today’s service will help lead us all away from the sorrow and back to the joy.”WI

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per, Pepco region president; Wendy Stark, Pepco Holdings deputy general counsel; Melissa Sherrod, Exelon vice president of corporate affairs; and Paul Bonney, Exelon senior vice president and deputy general counsel. “We do not expect what happened previously to effect this review,” Bonney said. “It will be a merging of the process we went through and we’re asking them [the PSC] to consider this settlement. We propose a schedule in that filing where we will have a decision three months from today. All parties will have a full opportunity to express their concerns.” Chris Crane, president and CEO of Exelon, said the new merger proposal presents greater benefits to the District. “Our settlement includes more than 120 commitments to ensure the merger is unequivocally in the public interest,” he said. Under the new proposal, Exelon will more than double direct benefits to customers by provid-

ing $72.8 million for bill credits, low-income assistance, renewable energy and energy efficiency programs in the District. These funds are expected to offset distribution rate increases for residential customers through March 2019. Of the direct funds provided, $16.15 million would be used to help low-income customers. Todd Nedwick, Housing and Energy Efficiency Policy Director, National Housing Trust, said, “The settlement provides meaningful benefits to vulnerable, low-income District residents. [It] provides at least $6.75 million for energy efficiency retrofits to make multifamily homes healthy and affordable. Energy efficiency in affordable housing lowers utility costs, keeps housing affordable and reduces greenhouse gases [result in] a triple win.” In addition, the new proposal will expand solar energy in the District by developing up to 10 megawatts [MW] of new solar generation and making it easier

and faster for customers to install solar panels. Exelon will provide another $5 million of capital to governmental entities to develop renewable energy in the District and will purchase 100 MW of wind energy. Still, not everyone believes the new proposal will be good for the District. “This settlement does nothing to change the fundamental conflict of interest identified by the PSC in their unanimous rejection of the bad deal,” said Anya Schoolman, president of the DC SUN. “Allowing Exelon to take over Pepco will take money out of the pockets of D.C. ratepayers while providing them no tangible benefit. The token renewable energy provisions are a smokescreen that will allow the company to dismantle the progress the District has made to develop renewable energy.” WI WI Staff Writer Sarafina Wright contributed to this article.

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Prince George’s Targets Domestic Violence By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Prince George’s County officials are trying to shed light during Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October through various events and a Ferris wheel. The county’s Department of

Family Services will partner with the Peterson Companies of Fairfax, Virginia, and Icon Attractions to shine purple light-emitting diode bulbs, or LEDs, every Monday and Thursday on the Capital Wheel at National Harbor. Advocates and supporters use purple as a symbol to pay homage to victims and survivors of domestic violence.

“I hope our many commuters will take notice of the purple wheel and begin real conversations,” Theresa M. Grant, acting director of Family Services, said Thursday, Oct. 1. “Prince George’s County ranks third in the state of Maryland for the number of domestic violence cases reported in 2014 and has the third-highest domestic vi-

The Capital Wheel at the National Harbor will display the color purple in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month every Monday and Thursday night throughout the month of October. /Photo by Roy Lewis

olence fatality rate in the state. We’re encouraging everyone to participate in a Purple Light Nights Campaign by hanging a purple light in front of their home or business to show domestic violence has no place in our community.” As part of the campaign, the Prince George’s Sheriff Office’s Domestic Violence Intervention Division will distribute purple light bulbs for residents at events this month. The state’s attorney office will host a Family Strong Experience program at 5 p.m. Oct. 17 at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro to raise awareness of family violence. According to the attorney office, 19 domestic-related homicides that included seven children ages 3 and under occurred last year. The county had 54 total homicides last year. “Our goal is to get to the root causes of domestic violence so we can stop it before it gets to a police station or courtroom because by then it is usually too late,” state’s attorney spokesman John E. Erzen II said in an email Monday, Oct. 5. A national statistic highlighted this month shows one in every four women and one in every seven men has been victimized. The National Network to End Domestic Violence in Northwest conducted its annual oneday survey to see how many adults and children sought services in a 24-hour period. The report stems from 1,697 organizations nationwide that participated in the survey on Sept. 10, 2014. In comparison, 48 more participants conducted last year’s survey versus 2013. The results from the network’s latest document highlight the following:

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67,646 victims received service in one day; 23,506 people attended prevention and education training sessions; 20,845 domestic hot line calls answered by local and state officials. The report also states nearly 11,000 requests for services such as housing, transportation and child care did not get approval. Some of those reasons dealt with reductions in government funding, private donations and lack of staff. Maryland stood among 22 other states to provide domestic-violence related services for more than 1,000 people last year, according to the network’s report. In terms of those served in Maryland, the District and Virginia: Maryland: 1,085 people served last year, 22 more than in 2013; District of Columbia: 847 people served last year, 294 more than in 2013; Virginia: 1,412 people served last year, 254 more than 2013. “For victims, domestic violence programs are the light at the end of a long, dark tunnel,” according a summary in the 2014 network’s report. “Advocates and programs must have greater resources and support so they can continue to ensure that when victims reach out for help, they are met with a sympathetic ear, a helpful hand and a safe place to go.” For more information on events going on throughout Prince George’s, call the sheriff office at 301-780-8600, or go to http://pgsheriff.blogspot.com/. To find nationwide events and join the social media conversation on Twitter, go to #DVawarenessmonth.WI

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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY Compiled by Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer Ready to Lead Program On Tuesday, Oct. 6, students from Crossland, DuVal, Northwestern and Parkdale high schools attended the Congressional Hispan-

ic Caucus Institute’s Ready to Lead program. They joined other students from across the region for an intensive one-day program designed to provide Latino high school students in grades nine and 10 with the tools and training necessary to prepare for college. Students also participated

in a mentoring session, where they heard from local Latino professionals and college students about their journey to success and why completing high school and pursuing a college education are attainable. Hispanic College Fair

The National Hispanic College Fair for Prince George’s County Public Schools students will be held on Thursday, Oct. 29, at Prince George’s Community College. Latino students in grades 11 and 12 from across the county will participate in the fair. The event is free and

will provide students with access to college and university representatives from all over the country. This annual program was held for the first time in Prince George’s County in the fall of 2014 in order to accommodate the large and growing Latino population in the county. Science Bowl Competition Dates Airs: Oct. 12-18 – Deerfield Run vs. Rogers Heights Oct. 26-Nov. 1 – WINNERS PLAY GAME 3 AIRS: Oct. 19-25 – Mother Jones vs. Ridgecrest Oct. 26-Nov. 1 – WINNERS PLAY GAME 3 Oct. 20 – Carole Highlands vs. James Harrison AIRS: NOV. 30-DEC. 6 6 • Calverton vs. Greenbelt Dec. 14-Jan. 3 – WINNERS PLAY GAME 3 Nov. 10 – Fort Foote vs. Hillcrest Heights AIRS: Dec. 7-13 – Allenwood vs. Forest Heights Dec. 14-Jan. 3 – WINNERS PLAY GAME 3 All shows are posted on YouTube, which can be accessed at the schools’ website: www.pgcps.org. The Science Bowl normally airs on Comcast Channel 96 and Verizon Channel 38 at the following times: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays – 1 and 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays –10 a.m. and 6 p.m. For more information, call: 301386-1619. Schools Closed Friday, Oct. 16 Maryland State Education Association Convention Thousands of educators from across the state will convene in Ocean City, Maryland, for two days, Oct. 16-17, for the 2015 MSEA Convention themed 150 Years: Inspiring Learning, Building the Future. Highlights will include a commercial exhibition that provides exhibitors an opportunity to share education-related services and programs with educators and professional development workshops that will focus on critical issues faced by new, midcareer, and veteran educators. Credit Union at Crossland High School Crossland High School in Temple Hills, Maryland, has a credit union on site that’s run by the staff and students. Students, staff and parents can apply for membership to the credit union, which comes under sponsorship of the Transit Employees Federal Credit Union. The school’s branch is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays during lunch. Percys Felder, student branch di-

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Forum Addresses Maryland Police Accountability By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Political scientist Wilmer Leon moderated a panel Thursday, Oct. 1, to discuss ways to make Maryland police officers more accountable for their actions after they stop someone for a perceived infraction. Before the dialogue began at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Leon gave a blunt assessment of the Prince George’s Police Department’s view of the county’s majority-black population. “Prince George’s County has been the wealthiest black county in the country. But when it comes to policing and when it comes to being policed in the minds of too many of those who have sworn to protect and serve these residents, these residents are considered just wellpaid (n-word) with (college) degrees,” said Leon, who hosts the political show “Inside the Issues” on Sirius XM radio. Leon’s comments focused on a meeting titled, “Maryland Police Accountability Forum: Next Steps.” The two-hour session looked at ways to combat police brutality, provide the community with legal resources and draft legislation for state officials to review when they return to Annapolis in January. The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, one of the forum organizers, distributed a palm-size pamphlet called Know Your Rights, which focuses on police stops. Some of the guidelines include the right to refuse consent to search a person or a person’s car or home, the right to remain silent and the right to record police actions without interfering with police activities. The organization also plans to release a cellphone application this month for residents to download videos of interactions

PGBRIEFS from Page 12 rector, can be reached at 202-5287651. Teaching and Learning Conference The second annual Teaching and Learning Conference, themed Literacy Across the Content Areas, was held on Friday, Oct. 2 at various school in Prince George’s County.

with police. “A lot of people behave better when they know they are recorded,” said Toni Holness, public policy associate with the ACLU. “We think the app is an important resource.” The ACLU published a document in March about police encounters in Maryland. The nine-page report highlights how 109 people who died in police encounters took place in 2010-14. Baltimore had the most deaths, with 31, and Prince George’s ranked second at 21. About 75 people killed were black, as compared with 30 whites. The report also notes that during that time frame, police officers received criminal charges in less than 2 percent of the incidents. The ACLU plans to update its report this month to include information from the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore. Gray, 25, died in April in police custody. That’s why residents such as Lisa Thomas of Hyattsville worries about her three children and grandson coming in contact with police officers. “I have to tell my grandson not only about the birds and bees, but [also] when he gets approached by a police officer on what to do and how to act,” Thomas said. “That takes a mental toll on the family.” One statement echoed throughout the session encouraged residents to call, email, or visit their state representatives in Annapolis. Del. Darryl Barnes (D-District 25) of Upper Marlboro said a bill he presented this year to shield and expunge records of ex-offenders in order to foster employment got killed due to lack of community support. “I’m tired of being in the delegation room, and I see nothing but lobbyists, or (police) badges.

We really need to see more of you come to Annapolis,” Barnes said to the 50 people in the audience. “We cannot be effective unless we have an army of people behind us.” One recommendation the state and county officials could use comes from the Prince George’s County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It wrote 10 principles to create a citizens advisory panel and what it should look like when overseeing complaints against the police. They include: independence; investigatory power; mandatory police cooperation; adequate funding; hearings; reflect community diversity; policy recommendations; statistical analysis; separate offices; and disciplinary role.

The conference brought together principals, assistant principals, teachers, teaching staff, counselors, and administrators from several content areas for a day of learning and engaging. Attendees participated in a variety of sessions based on their content area while also gaining valuable insight on how to better prepare students for college and beyond.WI

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Maryland Del. Darryl Barnes (D-District 25) was a featured speaker at an Oct. 1 forum at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Md. addressing police accountability. /Courtesy photo

The county does have a Citizen Complaint Oversight Panel that monitors, evaluates and reviews complaints against county police officers. Bob Ross, president of the county’s NAACP, said Wednesday, Sept. 30, that the panel should be equipped with subpoena powers and more than money than the $5,000 allocated yearly in the budget.

Ross said Oct. 1 that his organization, the ACLU and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference can work together to deal with police reform. “You take a day off from work and get your hair done. We take sick days off to go fishing, but we won’t take a day off to help our people,” he said. “We need to come together as a strong coalition…to go to Annapolis.”WI

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Are You Supporting the March? On Oct. 16, 1995, the Million Man March convened a gathering of African-American men en masse in Washington, D.C. The Nation of Islam was a prime mover and organizer of the event. National African American Leadership Summit founder Dr. Benjamin Chavis Jr. served as national director. The legendary march took place within the context of a grassroots movement to gain politicians’ attention regarding urban and minority issues, the demonstration to “the world a different image of Black males,” and unity toward self-help actions and attitudes to overcome economic and social ills plaguing African-American communities. Hopefully, the Justice or Else Committee march, convening Oct. 10, 20 years after the original, supersedes the Black Lives Matter fad trying to get Whites to pay attention to the plight of Blacks. Hopefully this march’s conveners will convey the “unity” and “self-help” that propelled the inventive gathering. In a Final Call posting, the mentor to Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan, Elijah Muhammad, set the tone of what could be Blacks’ present-day mantra: “(Black) wage-earners should spend only when necessary and according to their income. They should save as much of their salaries as possible … and always plan to save something. Do not become extravagant spenders like the rich; it is sheer ignorance for us to try to compete.” Our economic position remains at the bottom of the ladder because of ineffective leadership and since so many of us ignore basic rules of healthy economic lives, as Blacks continually fail to develop leadership and self-sufficiency in economics. Muhammad gave Blacks the following guide and outline to be followed to achieve true independence and equality. “No. 1- Begin with knowledge of self, others, and the time should force us to become more prudent in our spending. Unnecessary spending by trying to keep pace with the wealthy

By William Reed of this country has done more to put us on the path of the “prodigal son” than anything else. Let us be taught how to spend and save by those of us who desire to see us beyond poverty and want. No. 2 - Do not be too proud to meet together as leaders and teachers to discuss the solution of “How to stop this reckless down-hill fall of our people. No. 3 - I have set before you a program. You have neither produced a better program nor anything to equal it. Your present plans are involved in one of the most disgraceful programs —especially you who boast that you are free and want freedom, Justice and equality with your slave-masters by sitting, standing and begging to be accepted as the brothers of those who, for 400 years, have brought you into your present condition, and have made you a people unwanted by the civilized nations of the earth. No one wants foolish people who love everyone but themselves and their own kind, who would rather beg than go for self, or even ask the slave-masters to help them go for self.” While Muhammad has passed on, the fundamentals of American economics he passed on to us reinforce those of Marcus Garvey and Booker T. Washington: Buy from other Blacks, do banking with Blacks and pool your money and talents with family and friends. Twenty years after the Million Man March, we need another formidable show of solidarity and strength as we face contemporary conditions of rising levels of tyranny and oppression and death that stalk Blacks while few seem to care. Enter Louis Farrakhan, who says: “I

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Reviving the Art of Shining Shoes

Hard Work Key to Success for Union Station Shoe Shine By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor The times they are a changing. It’s tough to find a tailor, a seamstress, a shoe repairman and woefully, an individual who’s mastered the art of shining shoes. But in the center of D.C.’s downtown Amtrak Station, you can still chew the fat, listen to some old school R& B tunes and get one of the best shoe shines on the East Coast. Union Station Shoe Shine, a Black-owned business, has been around since 1979. Its current owner, David Kirkley, learned the trade from the original proprietor, the late Paris Thompson. Now, he’s training others to make a man or woman look their best – from the feet up. “We’ve always been here but in several different locations: in the men’s washroom, then downstairs and finally, after the station underwent a badly-needed renovation, we were relocated here in the main concourse,” said Kirkley, 43 who resides in Prince George’s County and has lived in the area since the age of 4. “I started working for Mr. Thompson in 1991 and he promoted me to manager around the time that he became ill. By the time he needed to step down, I was ready to take over the business,” Kirkley added. Union Station Shoe Shine has 10 employees including one single parent mother, Mary Bossard, and according to Kirkley he’s in the process of adding two or three more workers. “Business really picks up after Labor Day and it’s pretty intense for us until June,” he said. “We have three chairs now but I’d like to add a fourth if we can negotiate the space.” Kirkley attributes several reasons why so few shoe shine parlors exist today. “This is a throwaway generation and many young people don’t value good quality shoes,” he said. “Then you have man-

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ufacturers who don’t make the kinds of shoes that we had in the past. Fathers once brought their sons to have their shoes shined. That doesn’t happen a lot these days. So it’s really a dying art.” However, despite the shortage of shoe shine craftsmen, the industrious businessman said one can still make a good living. “We put our guys through a two-week training process and before they’re allowed to touch a customer’s shoes, they have to learn about colors, how to apply different polishes and understand how different leathers must be properly treated,” he said. “We always apply at least two or three coats and we shine shoes the old-fashioned way. I believe that’s the reason for our success. We have a pretty high customer retention rate. Our customers are loyal,” Kirkley said. The majority of his clients still remain men – about 85 percent according to Kirkley. But the racial makeup of his customers may come as a surprise. “Being in the heart of Capitol Hill in a location where businessmen, politicians and other movers and shakers come and go every day, helps us a lot. Many people come into D.C. and want

to look the part. They know their shoes have to look good. That’s the service we provide. And while our employees are all Black, I’ve found that the ethnic breakdown of our clients is pretty equally distributed. People of all colors come here looking and expecting quality work,” he said. Kirkley could only think of one or two other shoe shine parlors in the DMV – at least those who, like his shop, maintain a constant and reliable schedule of hours. “We also provide mobile services and do quite a few conventions and trade shows,” he said. “Whenever we get the call, we pack up our portable stands and go do our thing. Our youngest guy, Antoine, 20, started when he was 17. We’re passing the knowledge to our youth.” “We all take pride in what we do. And we earn good money while working in a stress-free environment,” he said. Union Station Shoe Shine remains open for business seven days a week: Monday – Friday, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sunday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call 202-642-7748 or go to unionstationshoeshine.com WI

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Remembering the ‘Thriller in Manila’ 40th Anniversary of Classic Ali-Frazier Bout By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer Larry Holmes lamented his annihilation of Muhammad Ali in their 1980 title bout that saw a well past-his-prime Ali try and fail to defeat the young and unbeaten heavyweight champion. “I had to do it,” Holmes told The Washington Informer. “I hated to do it, but I had to beat Ali. But he is the greatest.” Holmes then spoke of being Ali’s sparring partner for many of the legendary champ’s classic bouts, including the Thriller in Manila, the third match between Ali and nemesis Joe Frazier. Oct. 1 marked the 40th anniversary of that epic bout, in which the two warriors went 14 grueling rounds in the stifling heat of the Philippines. After the fight, in which Frazier’s trainer Eddie Futch tossed in the towel to halt his fighter’s punishment at the hands of Ali, both gladiators were hospitalized. “It was the closest thing I’ve ever come to death,” Ali said later. The 1975 bout was the final time the two

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men would meet in the ring. Frazier had scored a 15-round decision over Ali at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 1971, but Ali turned the tables in 1974 with a unanimous decision over Frazier, setting the tables for the third bout. As Tim Dahlberg, the national sports columnist for the Associate Press noted, neither fighter gave an inch as Frazier relentlessly pursued Ali and Ali responded by unleashing the fury of his fists on the oncoming challenger’s head. “They told me Joe Frazier was washed-up,” Ali said to Frazier at one point in the fight. “They lied,” Frazier shot back. The fight was for the heavyweight championship that Ali had won with a stunning knockout of George Foreman in the famed Rumble in the Jungle. For the Thriller in Manila, the president of the Philippines had welcomed the two fighters, and Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda, were among the 28,000 in attendance at the Araneta Coliseum, where the heat reportedly steamed north of 100 degrees inside the ring,

The boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier known as the Thrilla in Manila took place Oct. 1, 1975. /Photo courtesy of Sports Illustrated

Dahlberg reported. Ali came out throwing big punches, hoping to stop Frazier in his tracks. He buckled Frazier’s legs twice in the first round and was giving him a beating through the early rounds. But Frazier began finding the mark with his signature left hook, snapping Ali’s head back. He began backing Ali up, taking the fight to him, and by the end of the 10th round, Ali sat exhausted on his ring stool, his head bowed and seemingly

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ready to quit. “Ali took terrible punishment,” said retired Associated Press boxing writer Ed Schuyler Jr., who was ringside. “In the sixth round he hit him with a hook that almost made it look like his head was on a swivel. Joe just wouldn’t stop.” Somehow Ali took the punches and remained upright. Somehow, he found a way to turn the fight back in his favor. By the 14th round, the big right hands Ali was landing had made Frazier’s face almost unrecognizable. Frazier’s punches no longer had their zip, but even with his eyes almost completely swollen shut he continued throwing left hook after left hook, hoping one might find its mark. Finally, Futch told Frazier he couldn’t go on. Frazier briefly protested, but Futch wouldn’t budge,

knowing what one final round might bring. In the other corner, Ali got up and briefly held his hands up in victory. Then he collapsed on his stool, finally finished himself. “God knows what might have happened if they hadn’t stopped the fight,” Ali’s business manager Greg Kilroy said. Neither fighter was what he was when Frazier beat Ali in the Fight of the Century at Madison Square Garden, though it didn’t matter that morning in Manila. Both dug deep into somewhere they had never been before to put on one of the most memorable heavyweight title fights ever. Unfortunately, it came at a great cost. Frazier would fight ineffectively just two more times, and Ali was a shadow of himself even as he continued to fight on. “It was the last hurrah for both of them,” Schuyler said. “They both should have quit after that fight.” Frazier died four years ago, still bitter about the way Ali treated him. Ali, who suffers from Parkinson’s syndrome, perhaps from taking too many punches, attended the funeral. Last month, a statue of Frazier in Philadelphia was unveiled, and Kilroy went to the ceremony. He and Marvis Frazier, son of the late champion, went to Frazier’s grave and laid a wreath inscribed with a message from Ali. “To Joe Frazier from Muhammad Ali,” it read. “Rest in peace, Joe, until we meet again. Next time we’re not going to fight; we’re just going to hug each other.”WI

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You may refer to journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates as “Genius Coates” or “Sir Genius. Or, as Coates tweeted, “He who holds knowledge of all things in all realms at all times.” Naturally, Coates preferred to have a little fun and deservedly so. The District resident, who works as a national correspondent for The Atlantic and the author of the best-selling book, “Between the World and Me,” has been awarded the prestigious Genius grant by the MacArthur Foundation, one of the nation’s largest independent foundations that supports creative individuals and effective institutions that are committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. The foundation also works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security and make cities better places and understand how technology is affecting children and society. Coates is the only journalist among this year’s class of 24

MacArthur fellows. Foundation officials praised Coates as a “highly-distinctive voice” who is “emerging as a leading interpreter of American concerns to a new generation of media-savvy audiences and having a profound impact on the discussion of race and racism in this country.” “I’m delighted that the MacArthur Foundation has reached the same conclusion about Ta-Nehisi Coates that his colleagues and readers at The Atlantic have held for many years,” said James Bennet, The Atlantic’s co-president and editor in chief. “His genius is a rare combination of brilliance and singular vision joined to fearless intellectual honesty and boundless curiosity about what the rest of the world thinks, and why.” Further, officials at the foundation said in a statement that Coates “brings personal reflection and historical scholarship to bear on America’s contested issues. Writing without shallow polemic and in a measured style, Coates addresses complex and challenging issues such as racial

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identity, systemic racial bias, and urban policing. He subtly embeds the present — in the form of anecdotes about himself or others — into historical analysis in order to illustrate how the implications of the past are still experienced by people today.” The fellowships come with a stipend of $625,000 over five years with no strings attached. Cecilia A. Conrad, the foundation’s managing director, said they take the no strings attached seriously and winners don’t have to report to them or account for how the funds are used.

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challenging issues such as racial identity, systemic racial bias, and urban policing. In a series of blog posts about the Civil War and a long-form print essay on “The Case for Reparations,” Coates grapples with the rationalizations for slavery and their persistence in 20th century policies like Jim Crow and redlining – the practice of denying loans and other financial services to African-Americans. In “Reparations,” Coates compellingly argues for remuneration for the economic impact on African-Americans denied the ability to accumulate wealth or social status for generations. At once deeply felt and intensely researched, the essay prompted a national conversation. “I wished I could be cool,” Coates told The New York Times about being contacted at his home in Paris about the honor. “But you just can’t be cool.” What he does remain, however, is lighthearted, taking it all in stride as he told a colleague at The Atlantic. “Unbearably insufferable. And I now have an excuse – I am a genius, after all,” he said, playfully. “Thus my insufferableness is a blessing.” WI

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can-American community outreach specialist based in Northwest. “We are working hard all over the country because there is so much wrong information out there.” Every year millions of people are affected by the flu virus – a disease that can be costly for head of households, even deadly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] recommends an annual flu vaccination for everyone six months and older. The flu vaccine remains the best way to prevent the flu. At the conclusion of the press conference, residents and participants received free flu vaccinations courtesy of Walgreens Pharmacy. “The event was really nice because different groups came to-

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can get a mist vaccination, which is similar to a nasal mist,” he added. A NIVDP, a national multi-sector campaign spearheaded by local influential partners, commits to promoting the importance of flu vaccinations among underserved populations. The partnership has the support of the CDC. Johnson and his team travel all around the country focusing on flu prevention. He said trust remains a big factor in persuading people to get vaccinated. “One thing that we have been doing that we will continue to do is grassroots campaigning. This has worked when we use familiar and trusted faces in the community to spread the word,” Johnson said.WI

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Increased Graduation Rates Cardozo Education Campus, Dunbar High School and H.D. Woodson High School have increased their graduation rates by at least 10 percent. Meanwhile, the percentage of high school students who graduated from DC Public Schools in four years increased by six percent – from 58 percent to 64 percent – continuing four years of growth in graduation rates since 2011. “The progress in graduation rates is another indicator that we are the fastest-improving school district in the nation,” said Chancellor Kaya Henderson. “We are focused on preparing our students for future success in college and in their careers. Our graduation rates show that we are making real progress with students across the district.” DCPS in Numbers •46,500 - The number of students committed to graduating from high school, prepared for college and work. •3,500 - The number of teachers determined to live up to our unparalleled role in ensuring the achievement of our students. •111- The number of schools and principals who demonstrate the vision to build positive school communities focused on academic achievement. •3,500 - The number of classroom aides, social workers, counselors, custodians and other support staff who understand that our students must be safe, healthy and supported in order to achieve at the highest possible levels. •Countless - The number of parents and family members supporting our children and demanding a high-quality education for them.

Ballou High School Homecoming Ballou at Spingarn High School in Northeast, 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 9 Ellington Students at Youth Festival Literary Media and Communications students at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts participated in the Youth Media Rise Festival, which was held Oct. 2 at Richard Wright Public Charter School for Journalism and Media Arts. The students, ages 13 to 18, spent the afternoon participating in an interactive workshop to promote youth civic leadership and media literacy. The workshops were led by Hawah Kasat, who focused on a collaborative digital storytelling for peace and social good, and Ashley Simmons of Ghandi Brigade Youth Media in Silver Spring, Maryland, who discussed social media for social justice. Henderson on State of Schools Address “Thank you to all who attended our State of the Schools discussion [Sept. 30 at Dunbar High School] with News4 Anchor Jim Vance. [We also] thank Principal Zaki and Dunbar High School for hosting such a wonderful event “DCPS is a school district on the rise. Earlier, while we announced that the percentage of DCPS high school students graduating in four years increased by six points, our truancy rates are declining and student satisfaction rates are rising. This is no coincidence.” “Our goal is for students in DCPS to see opportunities for themselves and their futures and to be prepared to take advantage of those opportunities. It is because of committed and passionate supporters like you that DC Public Schools are on the rise.”WI

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In a relationship, you count on your significant other to be there with you through the good and the bad. They are your best friend, your confident and your closest ally. And you count on being able to have important conversations with them as well. One of those important conversations every couple should have focuses on money and each person’s respective financial goals, especially if you are planning to purchase a home. However, 33 percent of married or partnered adults have difficulty discussing money with their significant other, according to a Wells Fargo survey. Purchasing a home is one of the largest investments most people make in their lifetime, adults have difficulty discussing money with their significant other, according to a Wells Fargo survey on conversations about personal finance. When two people decide to achieve the goal of homeownership together, it’s important to understand not only your own finances and credit profile but your partner’s finances and goals as well. To help you broach this conversation with your partner, here are some things you should discuss before you move forward: Where you will live and what you want to purchase. Do you want to live in the city or the suburbs? Are you set on a single-family home or a condo? Do you want to build your home or purchase an established property? Having answers to these questions will help you speak to a lender and learn more about how the type of home you choose may affect loan approval requirements or what options exist if you want to build your home. You’ll also learn if any bond or down payment assistance programs may be offered in the municipalities you are considering. Your partner’s credit score. Lenders use customers’ credit profiles to help determine your ability to repay a loan. When purchasing a home with someone else, both of your credit scores are considered. In most cases the lowest middle credit score between the two of you will be used. If you or your significant other has a very low credit

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THE MINIMUM. Paying more than what’s due on your credit card helps you pay down debt faster and can improve your credit score. SET UP ALERTS. Set up email and text alerts, as well as autopay, to help ensure that you pay your bills on time and build positive credit history. Strong credit is the key to a healthy financial future. It also helps with routine matters like having utilities connected to your home, getting a cell phone or even applying for a job. This fall, Wells Fargo is supporting Get Smart About Credit through the entire month of October to build awareness on the importance of credit. But most importantly, Wells Fargo is encouraging consumers to have a conversation about credit not only during this buy time, but throughout the year. For more information about credit, you can visit Smarter Credit™ Center at www. wellsfargo.com/smarter_credit or its Hands on Banking® site at www.handsonbanking.org . n

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Maxine Waters Seeking Wage Gap Solutions By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

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It’s been well-documented that Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D- California) has been out front on finding solutions to the ever-widening wealth gap in America that has resulted in devastating realities for African Americans and other minorities. And, the Democratic Congresswom an from California, who is a ranking member of the House Committee on Financial Services and perhaps one of the most powerful women in politics, isn’t backing down. During the recently-concluded Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference in the District, Waters hosted a Financial Services Brain Trust that included Alejandra Y. Castillo, the national director for the Minority

Business Development Agency in the District and Christopher Chestnut, the CEO of the Chestnut Law Firm in Atlanta. Also included were Doyle Mitchell, the president and CEO of Industrial Bank in D.C. and Ed Lewis, the senior advisor for Solera Capital in New York. Waters said this year the wealth gap and the racial wealth gap have reached record levels. Upper class Americans now have six times more wealth than the middle class and 70 times more wealth than the lower class. Additionally, African Americans have 13 times less wealth and Latinos have 11 times less wealth than white Americans. “I have been organizing the Brain Trust for many years at the legislative conference and we are dealing with issues within financial services,”

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Waters said. “This time it was about the wealth gap and how we close that gap. I’ve introduced legislation to help get the conversation started.” The measure she introduced was designed to make Congress formally recognize that the wealth gap is widening and Waters said lawmakers can’t sit idly by and simply hope things will change. The first step to resolving the problem is to acknowledge that it exists, she said. Elected in November 2014 to her thirteenth term in the U.S. House of Representatives with more than 70 percent of the vote in the 43rd Congressional District of California, Waters represents a large part of South Central Los Angeles. In addition to her other duties in Congress, Waters serves as a member of the Steering & Policy Committee and she’s also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and a member and past chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. As a national Democratic Party leader, Waters has long been highly visible in Democratic Party politics and has served on the Democratic National Committee since 1980. She was a key leader in five presidential campaigns: Sen. Edward Kennedy (1980), the Rev. Jesse Jackson (1984 and 1988), and President Bill Clinton (1992 and 1996). In 2001, she was instrumental in the DNC’s creation of the National Development and Voting Rights Institute and the appointment of Mayor Maynard Jackson as its chair. Additionally, she has led congressional efforts to mitigate foreclosures and keep American families in their homes during the housing and economic crises, notably through her role as chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity in the previous two Congresses. And, when it comes to her stand on the issue of the wealth gap, the longtime congresswoman isn’t just throwing out words, there are in-

dependent numbers to back up her position. The Pew Research Center found that the wealth gap in 2014 was the widest it had been since at least 1983. For example, Pew officials noted that the median wealth of American upper-income families was nearly seven times that of middle-income families in 2013: $639,400 versus $96,500. And higher-income families’ net worth was nearly 70 times higher than low-income families. Waters called that alarming and her resolution notes that communities of color are particularly hurt by income inequality. “Wealth is the difference between sending your children to college or not. It’s the difference between retiring with a comfortable nest egg or relying on Social Security,” Waters said. “And, it’s the difference between starting your own business or working at a low-paying job. So when we talk about the wealth gap and economic equality, we’re not just talking about numbers,” she said. “We’re talking about pulling families out of poverty, keeping them out of poverty, and ensuring that their children and their grandchildren never fall back into poverty again.” Waters’ Wealth Gap Resolution has more than 50 co-sponsors that include members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Progressive Caucus. Everyone in Congress and throughout government must look at ways in which the wealth gap can be addressed successfully, she said. “Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have acknowledged just how harmful inequality and the wealth gap are for many middle class families,” Waters said. “The time is now to meet words with actions. We have a moral obligation to address this crisis with substantive solutions.” n

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Borrowers Beware of High-Cost Payday Loans By Charlene Crowell When it comes to consumer lending, one of the smallest loans available causes most of the largest problems: payday loans. Marketed as a short-term loan to cover unexpected emergencies, consumers soon discover that the small-dollar loan becomes financially burdensome over several months or even years. Even worse, by the time the loan is finally paid off, the interest and fees charged for the loan often surpass the principal borrowed. Financial literacy on this predatory loan can help other borrowers to avoid what so many become entrapped in each year. No one would knowingly choose to become one of the 12 million Americans who are trapped each year in a debt cycle of triple digit interest rates that average 400 percent. Today, a total of 20 states now charge interest in excess of 400 percent APRs. Among these, eight charge APRs higher than 500 percent. Payday’s predatory nature is clearly revealed when key research findings by the Center for Responsible Lending are noted: Borrowers with five or more loans per year comprise 90 percent of all payday business. The typical payday borrower remains indebted for 212 days, not the advertised two weeks. The average payday loan of $325 will be flipped or re-borrowed eight times, boosting the interest charges alone to $468 in interest. To fully repay the loan and principal, the borrower will need to pay $793. The highest concentration of payday stores – where there are five shops for every 10,000 households –are located in states with large Black populations and comparatively low average earnings: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, South Carolina and Tennessee. Through consumer advocacy at the state level, payday interest rate caps are now in effect in 14 states and the District of Columbia. Yet even these states continue to suffer from an adapted version of payday lending’s debt trap. Car title loans beckon bor-

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rowers who have clear title to their vehicles. In exchange for a loan that is comparable to a fraction of the car’s market value, borrowers are charged predatory lending rates on this product as well. If the borrower becomes delinquent on payments, their private transportation is seized. Then after losing the personal transportation, the borrower will still owe the balance of the loan, additional interest charges continue to accrue and new fees added such as repossession. Problematic payday lending has also captured the attention of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) the sole federal agency charged with protecting consumers from financial abuse. Beyond public hearings in Alabama and in Tennessee, CFPB has also received nearly 6,000 complaints from troubled borrowers. Of these, the most frequent complaint was about charged fees or interest that borrowers did not expect. After reviewing borrower information, CFPB’s standard operating practice is to contact the business being charged for information. Of all the categories of financial issues, payday lenders were the highest in failing to provide CFPB a timely response. Anyone who has borrowed a payday loan and would like to make a complaint can file one online with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Additionally, more information on payday lending’s debt trap is online at: http://stopthedebttrap.org/. Until federal and/or more state actions rein in these triple-digit profiteers, most of the nation will continue to suffer financially, stripping hardearned income from people who need to stretch every dollar and dime as far as they can. There is nothing fair about deceiving customers of the debt they incur from payday lending. Being informed is the best preventive measure a borrower can have. Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at Charlene. crowell@responsiblelending.org. n

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CBC Forum Addresses Economic Equality for Blacks By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Dawn Oneal makes less than $10 an hour as an early child care worker in DeKalb County, Georgia. Her husband, however, remains unemployed, occasionally finding construction jobs. I am paid $8.50 an hour for taking care of America’s greatest asset,” said Oneal, 48, a member with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) leading the “Fight for $15” campaign. “Life in DeKalb County is hard. The Fight for $15 and Black Lives Matter go hand-in-hand. It was time to take a stand. Oneal and four other panelists participated in a forum Sept. 18 called “From Ferguson to $15: The Economic Path Forward” during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 45th Annual Legislative Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) led the discussion and informed the audience on legislation geared to ensure Blacks are treated equally at work and in the community. Ellison and presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Ver-

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mont) both introduced legislation this summer in the House and Senate, respectively, to raise the national minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour. Sanders, a Democratic presidential candidate, also introduced a bill Sept. 17 called the “Justice Is Not for Sale Act” with Ellison and two other fellow House Democrats to ban private prisons. “The system is broken. A core Continued on Page 14

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Let’s Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap By Using an Alternative Scoring Model

By Michael Grant Michael Grant, President, National Bankers Association Wealth offers security and privilege that can last for generations. For minority households striving to achieve the American Dream, homeownership is often the surest path. Yet, in today’s environment and more than 50 years since the passing of the Civil Rights Act, the United States continues to experience a widening racial gap in home ownership. Current policies are making homeownership for millions of creditworthy people of color unnecessarily difficult. More than ever, the U.S. needs a more modern approach to determining creditworthiness. It’s a relatively simple solution to a destructive divide among our nation’s households. Homeownership and small busi-

ness development were becoming the new norm in communities of color. That halted in 2008 when the Great Recession, created by an avoidable subprime crisis, hit the urban communities. Since the Great Recession, the racial wealth gap only widened during the economic recovery: non-minority households were better positioned to recover their losses through stocks and other assets, leaving people of color, who often hold much of their wealth in home equity, to face a slow and painful recovery. We’ve seen this notably in communities like Prince George’s County in Maryland, once seen as a symbol of the African-American middle class. Today, it is experiencing some of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. Cities with high African-American and Hispanic populations, like Hartford, CT and Newark, NJ, reported in 2014 the highest number of homeowners stuck in loans far more than their homes are worth. Lending to African Americans and Latinos in 2012 was down by more than 50 and 45 percent, respectively, relative to where it stood prior to the subprime crisis. While housing inequity has been problematic for decades, many policy makers are largely unaware of the direct link that credit scores have on housing opportunities. The nation’s government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, rely on outdated

Homeownership and small business development were becoming the new norm in communities of color. That halted in 2008 when the Great Recession, created by an avoidable subprime crisis, hit the urban communities.

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credit scoring models from FICO in making mortgage lending decisions. These FICO models, which are now generations old, monopolize the market and lenders are left without a choice of scoring models when originating loans to be sold to the GSEs. With credit scores being a determining factor in obtaining a mortgage, this action by the GSEs needlessly locks out of the housing market millions of creditworthy consumers, especially low income families and people of color. We need a challenge to the outdated credit scoring models locked-in by the GSEs. My suggestion is a clarion call for alternative credit scoring models that will bring between some 30-35 million Americans into the discussions of who should and should not be worthy to receive mortgage loans in this country. By using larger swaths of data to build models and by taking into consideration alternative payments such rent, utilities, cell phones and cable, newer, more inclusive credit scoring models, like the Vantage Score model, can more accurately report credit behavior for larger numbers of consumers. Revising the GSE guidelines can give lenders the flexibility to choose between validated models that best fit their businesses and customers. If these newer models were adopted, it could open the door for people of color seeking responsible and sustainable mortgage credit without loosening standards. According to some estimates, more inclusive credit scoring models could also expand annual purchase mortgage lending to people of color by 32% over 2013 levels. The additional revenue from new home purchases could spur the housing ecosystem, the broader economy and foster healthy competition and innovation among credit scoring models. The imperative to improve access to mortgage credit safely and soundly in order to fix the widening wealth and homeownership gap cannot be overstated. Just as Congress, overtime, saw the competitive value inherent in having two competing mortgage GSEs, so too, it seems clear that competition in permissible credit scores that can be used to underwrite mortgages to be sold to the GSEs cannot harm and can only benefit lenders, borrowers, investors and the American econo-

Support Minority And Women-Owned Banks The National Bankers Association was founded in 1927, as the Negro Bankers Association, this name was changed to the National Bankers Association in 1948 and incorporated as a 501(c)6 trade association on April 18, 1972 in the District of Columbia. Today, it is the most recognized trade association for the nation’s 177 minority and women-owned banks (MWOBs). Our members include banks owned by African-Americans, Native-Americans, American-Indians, East-Indians, Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans and Women. Approximately 22% of MWOB’s are NBA members. They are located in 29 states and 2 territories spanning 60 cities and the District of Columbia and employ over 15,000 people. MWOBs, with few exceptions, serve distressed communities plagued by many social and economic problems. Our institutions are deeply committed to providing employment opportunities, entrepreneurial capital and economic revitalization in neighborhoods which often have little or no access to alternative financial services. UNIQUE FEATURES OF MWOBS: • Located primarily in urban centers • Provide the primary source of job creation and entrepreneurial capital for small businesses in minority communities • Believe that risk is determined by neither race nor sex • Maintain a positive approach to lending PURPOSE • To serve as an advocate for the nation’s minority and women owned banks on legislative and regulatory matters concerning and affecting our members and the communities they serve. • To maintain an information flow to our member banks relating to the sound and profitable operation of their banks. • To provide a forum for personal interaction between banks with similar problems and marketing opportunities. • To provide quality service at lower costs to our member banks. NATIONAL BANKERS ASSOCIATION 1513 P Street, NW • Washington, D. C. 20005 (202)588-5432 • http://nationalbankers.org

my as a whole. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt has urged the GSEs to consider this effort this year but that’s only the beginning. It’s an issue that should be squarely placed in front of President Obama, HUD Secretary Julian Castro, key legislators and industry influencers in Washington D.C. if it is to be

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taken seriously. To be sure, waiting until the next Administration is not an option. The time to act is now. Michael Grant is President of the National Bankers Association, the most recognized trade association for the nation’s 177 minority and women-owned banks (MWOBs). Grant can be reached at mgrant@ nationalbankers.org n

The Importance of Financial Literacy in our Schools By Jacqueline Boles Industrial Bank Senior Vice President, Director of Retail Banking Our nation is still facing a critical time, as our economy is not where we need it to be and families are still facing financial challenges never before imagined. We drive through communities of all income levels and witness personal belongings piled high at the curb’s edge, evidence of yet another family displaced by eviction or foreclosure. Our nation is facing a financial storm that many may not survive. Many ask, ‘What can be done about income inequality?”

Why is it when we focus on the critical aspects of our life, we fail to adequately focus on managing our personal finances? Evident is the need to mandate the inclusion of financial literacy and empowerment into the educational curriculum beginning at the elementary school level. Children must learn the value of saving. Differentiating needs versus wants, as it relates to budgeting, is also essential to solid money management. Learning to maintain healthy finances should begin with their grade school allowances. Every child should be required, or at least encouraged, to open a

savings account and then taught the fundamentals of saving and budgeting during their primary years. As they approach middle school, children should study strategic investment practices and begin to position their funds for future growth. The high school focus could then shift to understanding the importance of managing credit, thus avoiding the devastation that occurs when credit cards are sent to their college dorms, despite their lack of income. According to the 2004 Nellie Mae study, the average college senior graduated owing credit card debt in excess of $2864. Over

43% of college students hold an average of 4 credit cards and 65% of them failed a basic financial literacy test. Many of our children will earn the degrees and other highly regarded credentials, but be labeled unemployable because of failing credit scores. It is imperative that we focus on financial education and empowerment beginning with our youth. All school systems must incorporate a comprehensive financial literacy program into the standard curriculum. Subjects must include: Banking, Saving and Investing, Budgeting, Credit, Future Planning, Identity Theft, and Homeownership. We must ensure that when faced with future economic stresses, our children will be unaffected by the conditions that

are rampant today, assured that their core values will generate better financial decisions. By instilling a solid understanding of financial management, a large population of our youth will realize homeownership and investment rewards at much earlier ages than their parents. They will possess the knowledge and skills to manage their household finances despite external economic conditions. Knowledge is power. Now is the time to empower our children with the information required to sustain a bright and a secure tomorrow. As always, Industrial Bank stands ready to serve as your financial partner to support you as you look to invest in yourself, invest in your dreams, and invest in your future. n

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Change the Wealth Gap, Change the Mindset Theodore R. Daniels Founder and President Society for Financial Education and Professional Development, Inc. Recent data from credible reports reveal alarming wealth gaps between African American and White populations in the United States. These statistics indicate that: • For every $13 of wealth that Whites have, African Americans have $1; • The median wealth of African-American households, is $11,400; $141,000 for Whites; • 48% of African Americans own a home, compared to 75% of Whites; • The largest portion of African-American wealth is in residential real estate; • African Americans are conservative investors, investing a higher portion of funds in insurance, savings bonds and certificates of deposit; • African Americans have higher debt loads, including car loans, credit card debt, and student loans;

• Lower credit scores than other groups; • Lower savings for emergencies; - Greater utilization of alternative credit, i.e. payday lending and title loans; and • Lower retirement savings participation to employer/employee contribution plans (401k and 403(b)), and more frequent withdrawals from these accounts. These factors have a tremendous impact on the ability to create wealth. We must change our financial decision-making to close the wealth gap. This can only happen by becoming financially literate. Financial literacy helps individuals make informed and sound financial decisions regarding: the use of credit, establishing and accomplishing financial goals, saving and investing, risk management (insurance) retire-

ment and tax planning. Mismanagement of credit leads to a drainage of individual or household incomes, and limits saving and investing. Moreover, leading financial studies indicate that individuals and households whose level of financial literacy is highest have the greatest amount of wealth and economic security. Additionally, increasing the financial literacy of African Americans could also help eliminate socioeconomic problems negatively impacting communities. African Americans generate billions of dollars through income each year. Much of this income is used for consumer consumption that limits the ability to save. Data shows that the African-American population is culturally programmed to spend a greater portion of their income on consumer items and invest less than other demo-

graphic groups. Moreover, a large portion of this money is also lost by participating in non-traditional borrowing and entering into transactions without understanding the nature of these transactions and their limited value. Unfortunately, without financial education, this pattern of spending and mismanagement of financial resources may continue from one generation to the next. The following steps are needed to close the wealth gap: • Develop a personal budget that identifies all income and expenses; • Decrease credit limits on credit cards; • Establish limits on the price paid for major and non-major purchases; • Maintain a small cash balance in

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workers have been able to change the politics in this country.” Fells announced a Fight for $15 rally will take place Nov. 10 in 230 cities nationwide with a platform to demand businesses and politicians to increase pay for low wage workers that include fast-food employees. Tefere Gebre, executive vice president with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFLCIO), said eight out of 10 Blacks join a union, versus four out of 10 whites. “Unions have a history of helping Black people,” he said. “Without a union, there would not be a Black middle class.” Tyrone Heath of Pittsburgh joined a union this year after working at least five years as a home care worker. He receives less than $600 every two weeks with no holiday pay, no sick days and no health insurance. “I’m a five-time felon but I’ve been clean since 2002 staying out of trouble,” Heath, 40, said. “I came to let people here at the caucus know what is going on. I am one of many people who struggle to make it, but I have no place to go but up.” n

government function is public safety. Why would we privatize essentially a core function of government? Because it makes some people a lot of money,” Ellison said. “We are fighting on two fronts: the fight for dignity in reference to the criminal justice system and the fight for economic dignity.” According to a U.S. Census Bureau report on income and poverty released during the caucus, Blacks had the lowest median income among all races last year at $35,398, compared to more than $60,000 for whites. It also highlights the estimated unemployment rate among blacks exceeds 10 percent, double that of whites. A Pew Research Center survey conducted in 2013 outlined 70 percent of Blacks said those in their community are treated less fairly than whites when dealing with the police, compared to 37 percent of whites who agree. Kendall Fells said Blacks are most affected by low wages which hurt their communities. “Organizing is a skill set that is essential to African American communities,” said Fells, organizing director of Fight for $15. “These

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Report Reveals Untold Story of African-American Consumers Nielsen’s Analysis: ‘Blacks Increasingly Affluent, Educated and Diverse’

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor African-American consumers continue to forge new inroads and break outdated stereotypes on a number of fronts from education and income to social media and civic engagement. So say the writers of a recently-published report produced by industry leader, The Nielsen Company. Combined with an influx of affluent and educated Black immigrants, the buying power and influence of the Black consumer rightfully demands far more attention – attention that many point out has been long overdue. During the 45th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ALC meetings, held, in Washington D.C., Sept. 16 – 20, executives from Nielsen shared more insights on the untold story of the African-American consumer. Participants that greeted the enthusiastic crowd and highlight-

ed parts of the landmark report included: Cheryl Pearson-McNeil, senior vice president, U.S. Strategic Community Alliances and Consumer Engagement, Nielsen; the Rev. Jacques Andre McGraff, co-chair, Nielsen’s African-American Advisory Council; and Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher, The Washington Informer and chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association [NNPA]. Special guests in the audience included: the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Chavis, president and CEO, NNPA; and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. “The size and influence of affluent African Americans is growing faster than that of non-Hispanic whites across all income segments and the impact is being felt across industries,” Pearson-McNeil said. “These larger incomes are attributed to a number of factors including youthfulness, immigration, historic educational attainment and constant, relevant dialogue across various social media channels that

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have an impact on African-Americans’ decisions as brand loyalists and ambassadors.” “Savvy marketers are taking notice,” she added. DeGraff praised Nielsen for continuing to produce its “Diverse Intelligence Series.” “We believe this ‘untold story’ is both timely and critical to understanding African Americans in 21st century America,” he said. “This is a treasure – a jewel – that everyone needs to see. Blacks are part of the American landscape. We spent $1 trillion last year on consumer goods. No one can ignore us or what Nielsen has put together in its fifth year of developing this report.” Rolark Barnes said business leaders should not make the mistake of “underestimating the value of the Black dollar.” “The NNPA has been involved with Nielsen for the past four years and as always, this report sets the record straight,” she said.

“The Black press intends to use the findings and beat out story after story like a drum. For 75 years we’ve served the role as the voice of Black America so we’re used to telling untold stories. And from the barber shop to the pulpit we’re going to get the word out – Blacks are powerful consumers,” Rolark Barnes said. Highlights from the report, which examines trends in Black households who earn $100,000 or more annually include: • Fifty-four percent of Black immigrants are U.S. citizens, compared to 47 percent of all immigrants. • Blacks expect brands to reflect their own values: 40 percent of Blacks say they expect brands to support social causes. • Blacks spend more time watching TV (42% more) on PCs (13% more) and listening to radio (4% more) than the total population. • In 2014, 70.9% of Black high

school graduates enrolled in college, exceeding the rate of both whites and Hispanics. • Black household income rates increased at every level above $60,000. • The largest increase in Black households between 2005 and 2013 came at incomes of $200,000, which increased by 138%, compared to a 74% increase in total households at this income level. Pearson-McNeil said the results from the report illustrate how mainstream media often gets the “story” about Black consumers wrong. “Our results show that what tends to be shared on the evening news or in many of the country’s newspapers [white] is not reflective of what’s really happening as it relates to Black consumers and Black households,” she said. “This report really gives you the untold story and it’s probably one that’s rarely shared.” n

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EDITORIAL The Audacity of Demanding Gun Control

How dare the President and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton go on the public airwaves and demand changes in gun ownership in America. How dare they take a tragedy, like the recent mass killing in Oregon at Umpqua Community College, where 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer, described as an angry, disconnected young man, went on a rampage, killing nine innocent people and injuring others before being shot and killed by law officials, and politicize the situation. At least that’s the rhetoric we’re hearing from those with a more conservative bent including FOX News hosts and Republican presidential hopefuls, including Dr. Ben Carson and Marco Rubio. Their rebuttal tends to be that we could not have anticipated that Mercer, and others like him, would go off. That’s the kind of knee-jerk response we hear from those assumed to be our nation’s leaders and greatest minds every time someone enters a public space and decides to shoot and kill people without any clear purpose or rationale. Of course, the debate over gun control in the U.S. has ebbed and flowed over the years, reaching a heightened pitch when 20 school children were murdered in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012. When President Obama attempted to limit the availability of semiautomatic assault weapons and expand background checks for potential gun owners, the Senate, in their sage wisdom, shot the legislation down – despite significant public support for the bill. Chalk up another one for those who live in a world where leaders like Carson and Rubio fight so fervently for our Second Amendment rights, that is “the right to bear arms.” We believe that greater minds, more insightful leaders, need to take to the mic. The others need to enjoy their money and keep their mouths shut. Consider that other industrialized nations including Japan, the United Kingdom, Israel, Australia, Canada and Norway, have faced similar situations and found a way to keep their citizens safer. But here in the good old U.S. of A., we still look at gun ownership as our birthright and an essential part of being American. The U.S. has the highest homicide-by-firearm rate among all developed nations. The U.S. ranks number one in firearms per capita. And with less than 5 percent of the world’s population, America has close to 50 percent of the world’s civilian-owned guns, according to a 2007 Switzerland-based report. When an angry student in Canada killed 14 engineering students in Montreal in 1989, Canadian political leaders pushed for more sweeping gun legislation which passed. Australia did the same when a young man killed 35 and wounded 23 others in what would later be dubbed the Port Arthur massacre in April 1996. Meanwhile, the so-called leading nation of the free world lags ominously and tragically behind. One has to wonder how many more murders we have to witness and suffer through before we abandon our Wild, Wild West mentality where all good men are allowed to carry a gun on their hips and use it to protect their livestock, their homesteads and their loved ones. Haven’t we seen enough? Maybe when Rubio, Carson and Company lose one of their own children, or a sister, brother or parent, then they’ll have a change in perspective and find the audacity to demand greater gun control. The problem is, things have already progressed to such a level that we can no longer wait. Incidentally, what ever happened to the rights of those who just want to attend Bible study or want to receive a quality education but must wake up every day with the possibility that some lunatic may enter their church, classroom or library and shoot them in cold blood because – they have the right to play cowboy? America needs to wake up – now.

Put Porter in Starting Lineup Dear Editor, Your writer, William J. Ford, in his article, “Porter, Beal top Wizards Media Day,” October 1, 2015, wrote his story as if he were reading my mind. I believe that the Washington Wizards need to have Otto Porter in the starting lineup so that he, Beal and Wall can grow and get used to each other’s moves on the court. When the Wizards drafted Porter, I thought it was one of the greatest moves the organization had made in years. It meant they had three young guns that they could really build around, and it appears they are trying to do just that. But, I want to reiterate, Otto Porter is the key. They have to let him start and get the amount of playing time he needs to become comfortable playing with Wall and Beal. As for Beal and his contract situation, hopefully, the Wizards will do the right thing and give him the max deal so he can be a Wizard for years to come. After years of botching draft after draft, the Wizards seem to be on the right track of

building a winning franchise and really being able to compete for a championship. So let’s GO WIZARDS!! Terrace Bolding Washington, DC

Stevie Wonder Rocked, Indeed Dear Editor, “Stevie Wonder Ready to Rock the District” by Stacy Brown, written in the October 1, 2015, edition of The Washington Informer, is a good article, but you know what was better? The show itself, I was there and Stevie Wonder did rock the house. What an experience! I mean, I can never get enough of Stevie Wonder and his music. His music makes you move, it makes you feel good about yourself, it makes you think and when he performs it live it is a total musical experience. The album, “Song in the Keys of Life” I will have to put up there as one of my all time favorite albums. It brings back so many memories of years gone by. One memory I

have is putting my stereo speakers in my apartment window blasting the music outside while I washed my car, “I Wish Those Days Would Come Back Some More.” Something else I noticed about the show was all of the young people in the house, I mean really young people, elementary school age folks, and it was great. He had us all dancing on our feet. Stevie Wonder is a national treasure, and he and his music should be treated as such. When is he coming back? Jerold Lambert Washington, DC

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By Raynard Jackson

Republican Leadership Trumped Again The political story of the year by far is the sudden resignation of House Speaker John Boehner. His announcement last week sent tectonic shock waves throughout the body politic. Boehner’s resignation was a direct result of Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy – not Trump the person but rather what Trump represents. In many ways, as a candidate,

Trump is very flawed, but what he represents is very much real. Trump’s unconventional approach to campaigning and his theatrics are wearing very thin on the voters. He must now begin to address the American people with substantive policy initiatives. We know he is very wealthy, we know he loves Mexicans and they love him too, and we know his hair is real, etc. But now Trump has to convince the electorate that he has a plan to deal with ISIS, that he has a plan to reduce government

spending and that he has a plan to create jobs in this anemic economy, etc. That’s Trump the candidate. Trump the symbol is totally different. Trump is the vessel the Republican base has chosen to represent their anger and disillusionment with the party. The party establishment refused to listen to the base when they quietly voiced their dissatisfaction. They were simply told to write a check, vote for them, and just shut the hell up.

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Many in the party no longer know what we stand for as Republicans; other than Trump (illegal immigration), can you name the signature issue of any other candidates for president? The world is falling apart right in front of us, both domestically and internationally, and Republicans are not putting forth any solutions – just caving in to Obama at every chance. I think it is extremely condescending for some to attempt to chide the base of the party for having “unrealistic” expectations

from the Republican Congress. Well, if this be true, the fault clearly falls on these same people for raising the expectations thusly. The base was told last year that if they voted for Republicans, they would stop Obama’s amnesty, repeal Obamacare and cut spending. Congress has not done or attempted to do any of these things. The base doesn’t need lecturing and condescension; they are

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By Julianne Malveaux

Ben Carson, Brother From Another Planet When neurosurgeon Ben Carson started flirting with a presidential run, I thought he had lost his mind. Now that he has jumped into the fray, opening his mouth one too many times, I know he has. The problem? Too many people disagree with me. He raised $20 million in the last quarter, more than any of his competitors (of course, Donald Trump is self-financing his campaign). For an outsider, he has

done extremely well, raising $31 million in just a few months. Why are people supporting him? Many are signaling their disgust with Washington politics by supporting the nerdy neurosurgeon Carson and caustic former CEO Carly Fiorina. In a recent CNN poll, Trump, Carson and Fiorina beat more established candidates Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and Sen. Ted Cruz. Those who bring up the rear of the field include Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former Arkansas Gov.

Mike Huckabee, Sen. Rand Paul, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and New Jersey Gov. Chris Cristie. During the first Republican debate, I thought I was watching a 10-person episode in a stand-up comedy reality show. The more substantive conversation at the “kiddie table” for those who polled lower than “front-runners”, catapulted Carly Fiorina into the Sept. 16 debate, where she handled the bombastic Donald Trump more forcefully than others.

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Since that debate, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry have dropped out of the race. There are others who need to drop out. Given his position in the polls and his now-expanding pocketbook, Ben Carson is not likely to go anywhere. Will we be stuck with the brother from another planet as nominee and possibly the president of the United States? Carson admits that he does not know what he is taking on.

When asked how as President he would handle the hurricane that threatened the East coast on Sept. 30, he responded, “I don’t know.” Many of his other responses to questions mirror those of Donald Trump’s, which boil down to “We’ll figure it out.” The voters are expecting Carson or Trump to “straighten out” the government and trust them because of their reputations, even though they have no expe-

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By E. Faye Williams

When Will Slaughter End? After all of the senseless killings in schools, in churches, in workplaces, on streets by civilians and by those charged to protect and to serve us, I cannot help but wonder “When will it end?” Our world has become increasingly mean and violent. Tempers are short. People take what doesn’t belong to them. Arguments happen over practically nothing. Members of Congress

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refuse to compromise — making life miserable for those they were elected to serve. We see adults acting like children. In the past few days, we’ve seen a leading candidate for president resorting to vulgarity to express himself. Since I’m sometimes asked to participate in events where rappers are on the program, I decided to research some of them and take a look at the words to some of their songs. I was blown away with the words young boys and some older men use in describ-

ing women! I’m painfully aware that a few women lower themselves to act in ways that would make their mothers and grandmothers blush and pray hard for their children to recognize the error of their ways. Don’t the words peace, respect, love, truth, honor, tolerance, dignity and unity mean anything anymore? Doesn’t life mean anything to those who so easily take the lives of others? A few days ago, Pope Francis visited our nation and experienced the ultimate in love and The Washington Informer

respect. People seemed to have been affected positively by his presence and his words. I went to the National Mall when the Pope spoke to Congress, and people were happy. The crowd was diverse. People were applauding every time justice was mentioned. They were courteous. People of all persuasions were laughing and talking with one another, and all seemed to be well. Nobody had a fight. Even John Boehner bid a happy farewell to his job as Speaker of the House of Representatives. He

had a “You gotta know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when to throw down and when to walk away” attitude. He exhibited no bitterness or regret. He even sang a happy little tune at his announcement. The pope left town, and it seemed that all the goodwill we experienced for a few days left with him. Congress went back to talking about shutting down the government. Republican men began a shameful tag-team grill-

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By Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.

Ford Motor Encourages HBCU Student Achievement Each generation of African Americans has been challenged with both old and new hurdles to clear in the life-long marathon to achieve success and to fulfill career goals and objectives. The importance of attaining a quality education cannot be overstated in particular for the African-American community. I serve of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in

Higher Education (NAFEO) that represents the interests of 126 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). NAFEO is the only national membership association of its kind, representing the presidents and chancellors of the diverse Black colleges and universities: public, private and land-grant, two-year, four-year, graduate and professional, historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities. Working with NAFEO has help me to grasp and to understand the complex matrix

of issues involving our nation’s HBCUs. Completing a college education in America can determine one’s quality of life quantitatively in terms of potential annual income as well as helping to become socially self-sustainable. As we all know, however, a college education is now more expensive than ever before; and, entry to good schools is highly competitive. Recently, I was pleased to learn about a program that was specifically created to reach and to provide students scholarships at

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor Company Fund are reaching out to students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities for their third edition of the Ford HBCU Community Challenge Competition. Up to $75,000 in scholarships, and university and community grants will be awarded for the first-place student team and its project. The Ford HBCU Community Challenge is an extension of one of the Ford Fund’s signa-

ture educational programs — the Ford College Community Challenge. The Ford HBCU Community Challenge is conducted in partnership with the Tom Joyner Morning Show and the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, and encourages HBCU students to design community projects that address pressing local needs. Salute to Tom Joyner and Rickey Smiley for their leadership in the effort. The program’s theme is “Build-

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By Marc H. Morial

Stand Your Ground: A License to Kill “Racial stereotypes are still part of American culture, and, by default, part of the American criminal justice system. Instead of being color-blind, an impossible exercise, the impact of race must be addressed head-on and become openly part of the legal critique. It must be discussed where necessary to amend laws that enable race, or the fear of race, to be a guise to harm the disfavored race. This is our task if we choose to accept it.” – Pro-

fessor Tamara Lawson, “A Fresh Cut in an Old Wound--A Critical Analysis of the Trayvon Martin Killing,” August 2012 Trayvon Martin’s unjust death at the hands of a trigger-happy, self-described neighborhood watchman continues to shock and live on in our nation’s collective consciousness. And with the release of a recent study commissioned by the American Bar Association, it may also become the impetus behind the movement to abolish or scale back Stand Your Ground pro-

tections – protections that influenced the ultimate acquittal of Trayvon’s murderer and focused our attention on the dangerous confluence of race and criminal justice in America. On the evening of Feb. 26, 2012, Trayvon became a tragic illustration of the glaring defects in Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. The 17-year-old, with no criminal record, was walking home from a store armed only with a bag of candy and a can of iced tea when he was confronted and then shot to death by

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George Zimmerman. Because of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, Zimmerman was taken in for questioning but was later released on the grounds of self-defense. He would not be charged with murder by the police … that night. According to the law, which Florida became the first state to adopt in 2005, people are authorized to use deadly force in cases of self-defense without the duty to retreat in the face of any perceived threat to their life or property. As long as you

can claim that you are in fear for your life at any given point, the law hands you a license to kill at will. Rather than lower homicide or crime rates, this essentially free pass to commit criminal behavior that has only served to further endanger public safety – particularly the lives of people of color – and exploit the mistrust, animosity and racial injustice that color our daily interactions and justice at every level. Trayvon’s murder served as

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By Askia Muhammad

Hatred in White American DNA The evidence is overwhelming and incontrovertible. The White American body politic is full of hatred for Black people. For 460 years (since 1555) and right up to this very minute, White slave masters and their descendants have heaped immeasurable torment and suffering on Black folks — the very same folks whose free labor made this country rich. From the lowliest offender in

the bowels of the criminal injustice system all the way to the president of this republic, the scorn and derision and evil wishes showered on Black people by a never-diminishing plurality of the White population is unbridled. Sometimes what President Abraham Lincoln referred to as the “better angels” of American society prevail, and the most egregious crimes are restrained, but then… For example, after centuries, what was officially acknowl-

edged as this country’s “peculiar institution”— the chattel slavery in which millions of kidnapped Africans were compelled to live and work — was abolished. But the hatred and dehumanization that fueled the cruelty of its practice remained. Beginning in the 1870s, the brief period of Reconstruction was violently repealed in the South, where the freed slaves resided, while in the North, life was business as usual and folks simply looked the other way from what then became 100 years of lynching.

Then, when the suffering became so unbearable that the afflicted Black people rose up in a civil rights movement in the middle of the 20th Century, human decency prevailed again, ebbing and flowing this time, until a Black man was elected President. Today in the 21st century, just as there was a violent, post-Reconstruction retrenchment, there is a violent, post civil rights retrenchment underway. Brother Malcolm X advised us 50 years ago that our choices were “The Ballot or The Bul-

let.” Ironically, White America has hastened to lock down both of those avenues to keep Black people in virtual chains in America. Access to the ballot is hastily being restricted. Despite the fact that there have been fewer than 100 proven cases of voting fraud in the last several election cycles, where hundred of millions of ballots have been cast, onerous voter identification laws have been enacted across the country

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The Beauty of Black Ballet Returns Dance Theatre of Harlem to Perform Oct. 9, 10 in Northwest By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor A unique relationship exists between Washington, D.C. and the Dance Theatre of Harlem [DTH] – one that has intensified since America’s premier Black classic ballet company marked its District debut in 1972. Now the troupe of stellar dancers will return for a third year in a row for three performances on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9 and 10 at Sidney Harman Hall [610 F Street] in Northwest. Rumors of the company’s demise have been greatly over-exaggerated. In fact, now in its fourth year since undergoing a financial overhaul, DTH, under the watchful eye of current Artistic Director and D.C. native Virginia Johnson, continues to travel the globe, taking with it the “legacy of thrilling performances, artistic innovation and inspiration to audiences.” “Sometimes parents are reluctant to invest in training when a child expresses an interest in learning ballet but they would if they had a son with a great pitching arm – the same should be done for little boys or girls who want to dance,” said Johnson who holds the distinction of being a former DTH dancer and a protégée of Arthur Mitchell – the first African-American principal dancer at New York City Ballet who founded the company in 1969, along with Karel Shook, serving collectively as co-directors. Mitchell sought for a way to turn his despair at the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. into hope by establishing first a school and later a company to bring new opportunities to the lives of Black youth in Harlem in the neighborhood in which he grew up. His belief: that the power of training in a classical art form could bring discipline and focus to a challenged community. “DTH is 46 years old. I grew up and wanted to become a ballerina in a world that discouraged Blacks from studying ballet,” Johnson said. “But Arthur Mitchell made that possible when he created the company. Because of him I had a chance to make my dreams come true.” “Today we have Black ballerinas like Misty Copeland who has a fantastic can-do attitude and The Washington Informer

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has made her own dreams come true with plenty of hard work. We want to make it possible for other youth to come behind us. Yes, the training is both expensive and intense. But I made it with scholarships and there are even more opportunities for Black youth today.” “The bottom line is we have to make more people see that investing in youth who have a passion for ballet is worth every dollar,” she said. During their District appearance, DTH, acclaimed as “one of the most exciting undertakings” by The New York Times, will feature four works primarily by Black choreographers including the D.C. premiere of “Coming Together.” Choreographed by Nacho Duato with a score by American composer Frederic Rzewski, Duato’s inspiration for the piece came from a letter by Sam Melville, a political activist who was killed during the Attica prison riots in 1971. The piece combines elements from traditional ballet, jazz and

modern dance. “It’s high energy, complex, fun and intense and it illustrates what it means to be alive,” Johnson said. “We first performed it last April so it’s still fairly new to us and we’re excited about doing it here in D.C.” Johnson said she believes audiences will also enjoy “Contested Space” choreographed by Donald Byrd and created for DTH in 2012. An exploration of modern-day male/female relationships, the piece features 10 dancers in duets, trios and quartets that “push the boundaries of classical technique.” “It’s a wonderful piece because it explores how space influences our relationships – how one person occupies our space and how we occupy theirs – and the agreement that must be made before we enter those spaces,” Johnson said. The performances are co-presented by Washington Performing Arts and CityDance. For more information go to washingtonperformingarts.org or call 202-785-9727. WI

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yourselves, friends, my sisters, my mom and other regular women with dreams.” April Daniels, the founder of the Rock Out With Me Campaign, rose to fame while being a regular on WE TV’s Tamar and Vince show with record producer husband Lashawn Daniels. She decided to use her newfound notoriety for good by founding an organization that shows how women on reality TV programs can be positive role models. “To whom much is given, much is expected, and I plan to give of myself in every way possible,” April Daniels said. “Having the support of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans and holding this event at Howard University during their celebrated Homecoming Week is more than an honor,” she said. “I am excited to give back to the students on campus and to women in the community while honoring a dear friend, Tamar Braxton, who exemplifies never giving up and following your dreams,” Daniels said. Ebony Magazine’s Entertainment and Lifestyle Director S. Tia Brown served as the moderator on the panel that featured successful businesswomen from several different professions and backgrounds. “Education is a pathway to

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Stevie Wonderful Musical Genius Pulls Out All the Stops in Concert By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor The incomparable Stevie Wonder did an encore performance at the Verizon Center here in the District – marking an end to his nationwide “Songs in the Key of Life” concert tour on Saturday, Oct. 3. And as only the musical genius could do, Stevie was Wonderful. He shared his reasons for selecting D.C. as his final destination along with other comments about the state of the world. “This will be my final time doing ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ in the U.S., unless I perform it for President Barack Obama. But I couldn’t end the tour without

coming back one more time to Washington, D.C. – the place that I love so much,” Wonder said. “Our world is in such need of love. I don’t need to tell you what’s happening – you see it, you hear it. That’s why I cannot believe that those in power act as if they’re blind and as if they cannot see the need to do something about the problem of guns in our nation,” he said. “It’s nothing more than genocide. I hope you’ll make your voices heard. And while the reality is that all lives matter, we can say Black lives matter because we were the start of civilization. You can’t have a tree without a root.” With that, Wonder introduced

his director, bass player Nathan Watts who performed on the original “Songs” album, a D.C.based string orchestra and its conductor, and then said to the audience, “Let’s see what we can do.” For the next three hours and 45 minutes, less about a 20-minute break, Stevie Wonder, along with several dozen extremely talented musicians and vocalists, including special guests, Greg Phillinganes [a keyboardist, songwriter and musical director who first teamed up with Wonder when he was just a teen], vocalist, songwriter Gerald Albright and a select group of choir members from Howard University, performed hit after hit with precision, passion and

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unbridled zeal. When the double LP album “Songs in the Key of Life,” along with an accompanying four track seven-inch EP titled “A Something’s Extra” hit the streets in the fall of 1976, there had already been great anticipation by the public and critics alike. It had been two years in the making and Stevie had disappeared for over a year to work on his masterpiece in the studio. Prior to the album’s release, Wonder had just signed a new contract with Motown that gave him full artistic control. And he had become a leading figure in R&B and pop music worldwide after earning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in both 1974 and 1975. However, his anger with the way the American government was running the government, and his concern for handicapped children in Ghana disgusted him so much that he considered quitting the music industry and moving to Africa. Lucky for us he decided to weather the storm. During the concert, members of the audience continuously rose to their feet, clapping, dancing and singing along with Stevie

and his crew to songs that have become part of the global landscape: “Love’s in Need of Love Today,” “Sir Duke,” “Isn’t She Lovely,” “Joy Inside My Tears” which evoked tender memories for the child prodigy during his performance, “Black Man,” “Ngiculela – Es Una Historia,” “If It’s Magic” which included the track of the late harpist Dorothy Ashby who succumbed to cancer shortly after the original release, “As” and my two favorites, “Saturn” and “Knocks Me Off My Feet.” Perhaps what will remain etched in my mind for years to come is the way Stevie turned his concert into a party to which everyone in the Verizon Center had an invitation. As the concert reached its conclusion, Stevie took on another persona, calling himself D.J. Tick-Tick Boom. And with a little urging from the crowd, he sang parts of some of our favorite songs: “Part-time Lover,” “All I Do,” “Uptight” and finally, “Superstition.” Stevie remains truly Wonderful!WI

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ARIES You’ll face a formidable task but if you defeat it you’ll take big steps toward a goal. Weigh in and give it your best. Your energy is high. The task looks larger before you start than it will once you’ve put your shoulder into it. Compromise with a partner. This week will bring more love than usual. Look for it Soul Affirmation: I give thanks for the blessing of life. Lucky Numbers: 33, 45, 50 TAURUS Speak out. Take center stage. Any subject you choose is ripe for the “rap.” People listen. Friends and associates will be impressed. Forgive a jealous soul who lingers nearby. Don’t neglect the home front. Soul Affirmation: My love of myself makes me lovable to others. Lucky Numbers: 2, 15, 16

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GEMINI Enjoy yourself. The need to do that will be very apparent this week. What will not be as apparent is the key to your enjoyment which will depend on the attitude you take to someone who has been getting on your nerves. Don’t think about them. Whenever the picture of their face appears in your mind, use your imagination to turn that picture into a cartoon. Laugh. Soul Affirmation: I am in tune with the best that is in me this week. Lucky Numbers: 36, 39, 40

or almost every day of your life, someone’s reminded you to share. Usually, it’s about sharing your toys but that’s not all. You share games, the sofa, your ideas, snacks, and any chore that needs four hands. Sharing is often about teamwork, and in the new book “Little Shaq” (illustrated by Theodore Taylor III), author Shaquille O’Neal shares a story… It was almost the end of the ballgame and Little Shaq was hot. Every shot he took was “nothin’ but net.” He just could not miss – nor did he miss seeing his cousin, Barry, who called for the ball but Little Shaq never passed it to him. When the game was over and his team won, Little Shaq went looking for Barry. He knew something was wrong. Barry didn’t want to talk. Barry was angry. Once they got home, Little Shaq tried everything to make Barry laugh. Finally, he offered to let Barry be “Player One” on their favorite video game, which meant that Barry got to pick the team name. Barry accepted the offer and the boys started playing, but Little Shaq couldn’t help himself. He wouldn’t – couldn’t – share, one thing led to another and bang! The boys’ favorite game was accidentally broken. Their friend, Rosa, who’d seen everything, pointed out that both boys were at fault. Little Shaq’s Dad said they needed to work together to replace the broken game. But would they ever be able to earn that kind of money? The answer came that week in school when the boys’ teacher, Ms. Terpenny, announced that the class was going to study plants by growing a garden. Both Barry and Little Shaq knew people who loved plants. Some of their neighbors had gardens, and someone had to make sure the flowers and vegetables were watered. He and Barry could start a gardening business! And so they did, learning as they went along, making mistakes, but earning money, too. It was a great way to save for a video game replacement, and their new business also gave them time to play basketball. But could they put their new talents together with their old ones to make a difference in their neighborhood? Remember back when your coach used to

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tell you that there’s no “I” in “team”? Your young sportsman has likely heard those same words – but “Little Shaq” will show him how they work. Kids who live for basketball will love this easy-reader story, partly because it’s written by retired b-ball player and author Shaquille O’Neal. O’Neal reached back into his own childhood to create this tale, which is something 7-to-10-year-olds will enjoy knowing; teachers and parents will appreciate that, in reading this book, kids will get gently-told lessons in working together, figuring out problems independently, and being responsible and self-sufficient. For children who are just starting to enjoy chapter books, this is a great choice to read and, with illustrations by Theodore Taylor III, it’s a good book to browse. For any young buckets fan especially, “Little Shaq” is one he’ll want to share.

CANCER If you didn’t get invited to the party, that’s okay. If your air conditioner doesn’t work, if one of your favorite pieces of clothing has a spot on it, if your dinner guest didn’t show up, smile. Your ability to accept misfortune with a smile is going to be important to you this week. Soul Affirmation: I pay special attention to family members this week. Lucky Numbers: 4, 34, 51 LEO This week will teach you a valuable lesson about money. Make a mental note of how you got into the shape you’re in so that you can avoid future mistakes of the financial kind. Request advice from a friend in money matters. Love and money mix well. Soul Affirmation: I let peace reign in my life. Lucky Numbers: 8, 32, 35 VIRGO Emphasize generosity. Give and the gift itself will turn into a reward. This week is excellent for making important decisions and for reaching agreements with others. Agreement with your lover might be the most important one to try to reach. Soul Affirmation: I stand firm in what I believe and am rewarded. Lucky Numbers: 9, 10, 23 LIBRA You have opportunities to win big this week. Make the most of them. Stay alert to possibilities concerning a career move. You might see something that you believed was lost. It comes back to you this week. Give it your full attention. Soul Affirmation: I let my feelings bring me information that I allow myself to trust. Lucky Numbers: 23, 26, 31 SCORPIO Feel deeply for the sorrow of a loved one. They can sense your commitment and that will be a comfort. Change is coming into your life. Handle it in the manner that you usually handle change. Anchor yourself in the past and move forward. Soul Affirmation: I open up to the wisdom of children. Lucky Numbers: 1, 26, 39 SAGITTARIUS Charm is an extremely effective tool for you this week. Charisma works better than at any recent time, especially at home. Shine brightly and let your glow work for you. Your self-image is you most effective tool. Soul Affirmation: Romantic and financial rewards are calling me and I listen. Lucky Numbers: 17, 29, 54 CAPRICORN The spiritual package you’ve been waiting for is likely to arrive this week. It should assure you that you’ve been on the right track. Your insights can be an inspiration to those who work with you. Love is the reward for generosity. Soul Affirmation: I seek good news by reaching out to those who love me. Lucky Numbers: 23, 26, 29 AQUARIUS This week let your gentle spirit shines through. Your rough and tumble side is not appropriate for the relationships that you’ll encounter. Someone will need your understanding and sympathy. Give it with sensitivity. Soul Affirmation: My feelings are a reflection of the company I keep. Lucky Numbers: 17, 29, 31

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PISCES Look for financial good news this week. Wow! It’s about time. This week might be a good week to window shop for a big vacation or extravagance purchase. Be sensitive to your lover’s needs this week. You may have been thinking too much of your own needs recently. Soul Affirmation: Being easy to get along with is the best thing I can do this week. Lucky Numbers: 2, 16, 40

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Services & Times Sunday School 8 – 9 AM Worship Service 9 – 11 AM Tuesday Night Bible Study 6:30 – 8:00 PM Wednesday Daytime Bible Study 11 AM – 12:30 PM

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Domestic Violence Causes Some to Snap The purpose of this column is to show how some of us get out of domestic violence successfully, while others, like a former co-worker, simply snap. They lose their minds or they kill the perpetrator the way Fawcett’s character, Francine, did in the movie. Thank God I didn’t snap! Forty years ago, I married a tall, handsome Marine who turned out to be violent. I was 19 years old, and I had a “good government job” working for the U.S. Tariff Commission, which is now known as the International Trade Commission. Some of my co-workers there have become my best friends. But one of them changed. The violence in my marriage began during my honeymoon. It frightened me terribly that my husband grabbed me around my throat, choking me because of something I said that displeased him. Shocked by what had happened, I jumped on the telephone with a teary plea to my father, asking him to come and get me. By the time Daddy arrived, my husband had persuaded me to stay. He hugged, apologized, and was kind. It was only just beginning. Today, I’m not sorry I stayed. I have three beautiful, adult children and three lovely grandchildren as a result of that union. I’m a firm believer in Romans 8:28, which reads, “And I know that all things work together for good, to them who love the Lord, and who are called according to His purpose.” My co-worker’s story didn’t end very well. She had been a minister, married with two children, a boy and a girl. She appeared happy, came from the Pentecostal faith. She shouted, preached and loved the Lord. She was a special person.

Here’s what happened to her: About 15 years later, after having lived in California with my husband and children, I returned home to Washington, D.C., to start my business. One day, in the grocery store, I ran into my former co-worker – my minister friend. It was the end of the year, and she invited me to her home to bring in the New Year together with her and a few friends. Back from California after seven years, I had no plans, so I accepted. That evening, I realized something was different about her. She was dancing like a crazy woman to “Little Red Corvette” by Prince. She danced with such frenzy that I thought, “And this woman was a staunch saved minister, who talked about the Lord, quoted scriptures and acted saved.” Something had changed! Although I was afraid to ask, soon she shared her life story with me. She told me that she was an outpatient from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Southeast, with the armband to prove it. She said her husband had held a gun to her head and played Russian roulette, taunting her with each click of the trigger. She said that she fully expected to die with this lethal game of chance. He chased her down the street with his car in an attempt to run her over. He beat her; he tortured her. It was all too much. It caused her to snap. It matters how much strength you have within. I don’t know if she was a young Christian. I might have been abused on the outside, but the Christ in me kept me. My friend, on the other hand, didn’t fare as well. Will you come out of the violence whole, or will you snap? The late Farrah Fawcett earned

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

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

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

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

Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White

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 – 7:00pm – Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m. Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am

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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

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

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

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

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

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Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423

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

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

Zion Baptist Church

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

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

“Where Jesus is the King”

Israel Baptist Church

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

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

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

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

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

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

St. Luke Baptist Church

Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor

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

Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor

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

King Emmanuel Baptist Church

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

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

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

Eastern Community Baptist Church

Emmanuel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family” Sunday Worship 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org

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

Christ Embassy DC

Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor

Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor

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

Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator

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

Sunday Worship Service 10:00 A.M.

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

New Commandment Baptist Church

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

Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm

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

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

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

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

Salem Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor

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

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

Rehoboth Baptist Church

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

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

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

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

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Damion M. Briggs Pastor

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Peace Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell

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

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

1864-2014

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

150 Years of Service

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

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

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

Motto: : “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”

Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org

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

Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor

712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836

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

Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 P.M.

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.

Oct 8 - Oct 14, 2015

LEGAL NOTICES

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

Administration No. 2015 ADM 1089

Administration No. 2015 ADM 1006

Administration No. 2015 ADM 1110

Administration No. 2015 ADM 592

Julia E. Austin Decedent

Daniel Laurence Smith Decedent

Gwendolyn C. Pressley Decedent

James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney

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

Michelle Lanchester, Esq. 601 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 900 (South Building) Washington, DC 20004 Attorney

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Regina Austin, whose address is 233 S. 6th Street, #1112, Philadelphia, PA 19106, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Julia E. Austin who died on August 18, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 1, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 1, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 1, 2015

Jocelyn Leatherwood, Joseph Smith, and LaVerne Smith, whose addresses are 74 56 Demille Court, Annandale VA 22003 and 2712 Berns Drive, Urbana, IL 61802, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Daniel Laurence Smith who died on June 21, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 8, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 8, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 8, 2015

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Leslie E. Rhetts, whose address is 11400 Glissade Dr., Clinton, MD 20735 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Gwendolyn C. Pressley who died on August 15, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before May 1, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before May 1, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Administration No. 2015 ADM 1100 Frances Carter Johnson Decedent

Beatrice Moore Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Rhonda Moore, whose address is 14 Anacostia Rd., SE, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Beatrice Moore who died on February 23, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 1, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 1, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 1, 2015

Tracy D. Davis Law Office of Tracy DuPree Davis, LLC 14616 Friendlywood Road, Suite 100 Burtonsville, MD 20866 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Robert Johnson, whose address is 23 Sheldrake Lane, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Frances Carter Johnson who died on January 2, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 24, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before March 24, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: September 24, 2015

Regina Austin Personal Representative

Jocelyn Leatherwood Joseph Smith LaVerne Smith Personal Representatives

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Administration No. 2015 ADM 927 Woodrow David Malone, Jr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Admarie O. Malone, whose address is 3317 Baker Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Woodrow David Malone, Jr. who died on June 19, 2015 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 24, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before March 24, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: September 24, 2015 Admarie O. Malone Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2015 ADM 000604 Amelia McCrimmon Decedent Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Deborah D. Boddie, Esq., whose address is 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Amelia McMrimmon who died on September 11, 2015 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 24, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before March 24, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: September 24, 2015 Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. Personal Representative

Personal Representative Leslie E Rhetts

COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

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Rhonda Moore Personal Representative

Robert Johnson Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2014 ADM 1091 Administration Number 2015 ADM 1108 Estate of Catherine J. Wheeler aka Catherine Johnson Wheeler Deceased NOTICE OF STANDARD PROBATE Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Craig Wheeler for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. In the absence of a will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate appoint an unsupervised personal representative.

Date of first publication: September 24, 2015

Addie E. Carey Decedent

April 19, 2014 Date of Death

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS James C. Carey and Michealle R. Carey, whose addresses are 11444 Norris Twilley Rd., Mardela Springs, MD 21637and 2053 Adams Ave., Melbourne, FL 32935, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Addie E. Carey who died on May 30, 2014 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 24, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before March 24, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: September 24, 2015

Foreign No. 2015 FEP 29

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

Attorney

James C. Carey Michealle R. Carey Personal Representative

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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015 ADM 1148 Algia M. Small Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Pauline E. Ferguson, whose address is 132 Mississippi Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Algia M. Small who died on July 31, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 8, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before April 8, 2016, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: October 8, 2015 Pauline E. Ferguson Personal Representative

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JACKSON from Page 22 fully aware that Obama has the power of the veto. The base doesn’t mind losing a vote, but they at least want to see Congress put up a fight for the principles that they claim to believe in. Make Obama veto a border bill or make Obama veto a spending bill. The base will respect and support losses when the leadership stands by their (and our) principles. The unwillingness of our leaders to fight for our values has led to the creation of Donald Trump. Trump would have no raison d’etre for his candidacy if Republicans had fought against Obama’s liberal agenda. So, replacing Boehner with someone who is going to continue the status quo is not the solution. Republicans should pick up to three issues that they are going to focus on like a laser beam for the rest of the year. I would choose national security, a border bill, and decreasing spending as the three priorities for the rest of

MALVEAUX from Page 22 rience in running a country. How can we trust people who would build walls between the U.S. and Mexico or who could not accept Muslims in government? How can we trust a prevaricator like Fiorina, who uses nonexistent videos as a talking point in her campaign? The brother from another planet may be doing so well in the polls because he is pandering to predominantly conservative white audiences with his extreme views. His clear contempt for African-Americans who are not in his corner is troubling. He says that the media has “manipulated” African-Americans. His comments seem to suggest that African-Americans do not have minds of our own and that we are open to manipulation. Why didn’t he say that his white conservative allies are being manipulated by his homophobic, jingoistic comments? Carson has said many of the things conservatives want to hear. He has described marriage as a union between a man and a woman, even as the LGBT

WILLIAMS from Page 22 ing of Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood. Russia announced its bombing in Syria, a teen was shot at a recreation center in Washington, D.C., for no apparent reason, and soon thereafter it was announced that a mass murder had occurred on

this year. Force Obama to come our way on these issues or use the power of the purse to force his hand and use the nuclear option in the Senate. Even if the party’s establishment is successful at getting rid of Trump, who will address the issues that he represents? The American people don’t want amnesty, yet it seems the Republican Party’s leadership is hellbent on giving it to those in the country illegally. The American people want us to take a tougher stand on China’s hacking and espionage, but instead they get a state dinner. Again, Trump is not the problem, so take him down if you must, but then what? To be very candid, several of our guys running in the presidential primary could legitimately be running in the Democratic primary based on where they stand on the issues. We know we can’t count on the mainstream media to fairly portray the Republican message. But there are over 200 Black newspapers begging

the Republican leadership to engage with hem. There are many Black reporters who can’t get Republican leaders or their staffs to return their calls. The Black media is not hostile to Republicans; they don’t know Republicans. How many Republican presidential candidates have engaged with the Black media? When has the House/Senate leadership ever engaged with the Black media? When oil companies deplete the oil from their known reserves, they begin to engage in “exploratory” drilling to find that new source of reserves. To my Republican Party, the Black community is that new source of oil. You have thoroughly depleted your proven reserves (the White, male vote). When will you start drilling for “Black gold” (pun intended)? If you don’t want to engage with the Black community because it’s the smart thing to do, at least do it for political survival. Please don’t get trumped again by your ego. WI

community has waged a successful struggle for marriage equality. He has associated the gay community with “bestiality” and referenced marriage equality advocates with extreme groups like NAMBLA (North American Man/ Boy Love Association), which few support. He says homosexuality is “a choice” because people go to jail straight and come out gay. Some support him because he is unapologetically “politically incorrect.” But he crosses the line between being politically incorrect and being offensive, inhumane, and bigoted. He would not trust a Muslim to be commander in chief. Half a century or so ago, there were fears that Catholic President John F. Kennedy might be unfit for office because of his religion. The quote that catapulted Carson onto the public stage was one he made at the National Prayer Breakfast. He described the Affordable Care Act (often known as Obamacare) as worse than slavery. President Obama was in the audience, and Republicans applauded Carson for his audacity in confronting our president to his face. Since Carson had never been a slave (except,

clearly, mentally), his comments were absurd. His comments suggested that he would use race but in a pejorative way (consider the manipulated Black folks), but they were embraced. If Ben Carson were anybody other than a reportedly smart African-American neurosurgeon, would he be holding his own in the polls? If he had not described the Black Lives Matters movement as “divisive”, would he have any traction? In the weeks since the Sept. 16 debate, he has gained almost a million Facebook followers – 50,000 more than Donald Trump. Does that mean he could be president? I trust that the brother from another planet will fizz out, but given this Republican race, anything could happen. Are we ready for an anti-Muslim, anti-gay, evangelistic hardliner to preside over our country? Wake up, voters. Carson is an impending disaster.WI

a community college campus in Roseburg, Oregon. Why? When will it end? Talking with one another seems to have become a lost art. If each of us would think of just one thing we could do to make life better for those with whom we come in contact, wouldn’t it be possible that we could get rid

of some of the anger, the disrespect and the hate that’s leading to all the problems we are currently experiencing? If our leaders would try just one act of kindness on their jobs each day, I think, that would be the beginning of change that could lead others to change their behavior. I am not naïve enough to think

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MORIAL from Page 23 the genesis of the ABA’s National Task Force on Stand Your Ground Laws. The task force has researched the impact of Stand Your Ground laws in the 33 states that carry some variation of the law, and their discoveries should give pause to all Americans committed to fair and balanced treatment within our criminal justice system. In a previous study by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition in collaboration with the National Urban League and VoteVets, our data showed that in the 22 states that had enacted Stand Your Ground Laws between 2005 and 2007, the justifiable homicide rate by private citizens was 53 percent higher after the passage of the law. The study also found that in Florida alone, justifiable homicides jumped to 200 percent. A 2012 ABA report cited statistics compiled by researchers at Texas A&M that found that states with Stand Your Ground laws have more homicides than states without the statute. When you take

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should be more corporations that follow the Ford Motor Company emphasis on higher education and community development. Every HBCU institution should urge its students to participate in this exciting program. It is an opportunity for the students, universities and communities to all win. Timing is important to get the necessary information to apply for this opportunity. Go to the following links to get information about the Ford HBCU Community Challenge: www.blackamericaweb.com/hbcuchallenge and www.rickeysmileymorningshow.com/hbcuchallenge. Student have until November

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into consideration the history of race in this country, the disproportionate impact of the law on African-Americans should come as no surprise. The task force’s research has also found that a white shooter who uses deadly force against a Black victim is 350 percent more likely to be found justified than a Black shooter who kills a white victim. Because of the racial bias inherent in Stand Your Ground laws and the danger to the general public caused by this “shoot first, ask later” mentality, we need to do more than review the laws; we need to repeal them. Stand Your Ground has not proven itself to be a common sense law that keeps our communities safe. According to one of the task force’s researchers, “If we are to use science and data and logic and analysis to drive sensible public policy, then there is no reliable and credible evidence to support laws that encourage stand your ground and shoot your neighbor.” No matter who you are or what ethnic community you claim as your

own, we all want the same thing: to be safe. Stand Your Ground laws have proven that rather than curb violence, the laws increase violence. The explosive combination of Stand Your Ground laws and pre-existing racial stereotypes and tensions has worked disproportionately against communities of color, making them victims in far larger numbers and depriving them of justice in our criminal justice system. Repealing Stand Your Ground laws would seem like common sense, but unfortunately common sense is not so common. Just weeks ago a bill was introduced by a Florida legislator that would effectively provide more protection for people who claim self-defense, placing the burden on prosecutors to prove that the defendant was wrong to use deadly force. Stand Your Ground laws do not protect us – they hurt, divide and kill – and we must work together to enact public policy and gun laws that will ensure the safety of the American public.WI

a result of gun violence, but gun regulation is politically a nonstarter. And in 2015 in the face of an epidemic of murders of Black folks by police or vigilante groups, it’s become an “open season” on hunting Black folks. I reasoned that this was evidence of the predisposition in the minds of Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Average White American toward their preparation for individually murdering Black folks. White folks seem to cling to their gun culture the same way they cling to their Confederate flags and their notions that any and every Black person they encounter is a thuggish threat. But no. But then I saw where Carl Bogus, of Roger Williams University School of Law, wrote way back in 1998 in the University of California at Davis Law Review that the Second Amendment itself — which enshrines the notion which White folks cling to of the absolute right to keep and bear arms

— was intended as a tool to enforce slavery, to keep the masses, not just individual Black folks, in their place. Bogus argues that there is strong reason to believe that, in significant part, James Madison drafted the Second Amendment to assure his constituents in Virginia and the South generally that at the time of the founding of this country, Congress could not use its newly acquired powers to undermine the slave system by disarming the militia, on which the South relied for slave control. What? Wow! In other words, as the much reviled President Barack Obama stated recently: “The legacy of slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination in almost every institution of our lives, you know, that casts a long shadow, and that’s still part of our DNA that’s passed on. We’re not cured of it,” the President said in an interview with comedian Marc Maron. WI

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some purchases, such as at certain food establishments and leased departments within Macy’s stores. To be eligible to join Plenti, you must be at least 13 years of age and have a residence in the United States or its territories, or Canada. Plenti is only available in the United States and its territories. For complete terms and conditions, including a complete list of exclusions, see Sales Associate or visit macys.com/plentiinfo

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SELECT SALE & CLEARANCE APPAREL FOR HIM, HER & KIDS EXTRA 15% OFF SELECT SALE & CLEARANCE FINE & FASHION JEWELRY, COATS, SUITS, DRESSES, INTIMATES, SWIM FOR HER; SUIT SEPARATES, SHOES & SPORTCOATS FOR HIM & HOME ITEMS EXTRA 10% OFF SELECT SALE & CLEARANCE ELECTRONICS/ELECTRICS & WATCHES MACYS.COM PROMO CODE: FALL EXCLUSIONS MAY DIFFER ON MACYS.COM Excludes: Deals of the Day, Doorbusters, Everyday Values (EDV), shoes for her, specials, super buys, cosmetics/ fragrances, men’s store electronics, floor coverings, furniture, mattresses, rugs. Also excludes: athletic apparel, shoes & accessories; Dallas Cowboys merchandise, gift cards, jewelry trunk shows, Macy’s Backstage merchandise/locations, New Era, Nike on Field, previous purchases, selected licensed depts., services, special orders, special purchases. Cannot be combined with any savings pass/coupon, extra discount or credit offer except opening a new Macy’s account. EXTRA SAVINGS % APPLIED TO REDUCED PRICES. TEXT “CPN” TO 62297 TO GET COUPONS, SALES ALERTS & MORE! Max 3 msgs/wk. Msg & data rates may apply. By texting CPN from my mobile number, I agree to receive autodialed marketing SMS/MMS messages from Macy’s to this number. Consent is not required to make a purchase. Text STOP to 62297 to cancel. Text HELP to 62297 for help. Terms & conditions at macys.com/mobilehelp Privacy policy at macys.com/privacypolicy

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NOW IS THE TIME TO USE YOUR

MACY’S MONEY! DURING OUR

COLUMBUS DAY SALE NOW-MON, OCT. 12 SAVE 3O%-75% STOREWIDE MACY S MONEY

USE YOUR MACY’S MONEY ONLINE OR IN-STORE WED, OCT. 7-SUN, OCT. 18 COMBINE THEM WITH COUPONS & SALE PRICES! EVEN ON OUR BEST BRANDS—INCLUDING COSMETICS & FRAGRANCES!

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Oct 8 - Oct 14, 2015

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