The Washington Informer - November 12, 2015 by The Washington Informer

I N S I D E

District Showcases New Businesses, Dimensions Healthcare System Faces Additional Scrutiny Page 13 Housing Units Page 10

Vol. 51, No. 5 Nov. 12 - Nov. 18 , 2015

The Washington Informer Salutes America’s Veterans WASHINGTON INFORMER EXCLUSIVE

Wade Henderson Prepares to Pass the Baton

Breast Cancer Survivor Starts Nonprofit Page 21

National Opera Prepares for Premier of ‘Appomattox’ Page 28

READING IS FUNDAMENTAL

Successfully Directed The Leadership Conference for 20-Year Stint By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor After 20 years leading one of the nation’s most respected organizations that has served as the lobbying arm of the civil rights movement, its president and CEO, Wade Henderson, has announced that he will step down at the end of 2016. Henderson, 67, known for his affection and devotion to his community, stands as a proud Washingtonian who has lived in his home in the Bloomingdale community in Northwest for over 30 years. Since his announcement, accolades have poured in

Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights for the past two decades, has decided to step down at the end of 2016 to make room for “next generation to lead and to thrive.” / Photo courtesy of Politico

from lawmakers and civil rights leaders representing every part of the nation, touting his exemplary service and tenure at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights – from former Attorney General Eric Holder and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to Congressman John Lewis and NAACP Legal and Defense Educational Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill. Henderson said the service he’s rendered has always been a labor of love. “It has been a privilege to be part of an institution that has helped to create a better world in the struggle for equality,” he said. “I view this as a marathon, not as a sprint. Beginning with the Civil War and continuing from there, the struggle for equality in terms of the definition posed in the U.S. Constitution remains an enduring task that must go on from one generation to another.” “I have been here for one generation. I think the time to facilitate new leadership is now. One of the responsibilities of a true leader is to recognize the good work you have done and then to create opportunities for your successor. When I came on the scene, I was a young man living in a segregated world. America said it wanted justice and equality for all but the reality was something quite different. None-

HENDERSON Page 9 Celebrating Over 50 Years of Service / Serving More Than 50,000 African American Readers Throughout The Metropolitan Area

5 Over 500 students from Cora L. Rice Elementary School in Landover, Maryland marched to FedEx Field on Tuesday, Nov. 10 to kick-off their event called “Let’s Explore Literacy.” The students waved to passing cars and were greeted by the administrative staff of Washington’s professional football team. / Photo by Shevry Lassiter READ FULL STORY Page 16

Alzheimer’s – Recognizing the Symptoms, Signs and Stages Nation Focuses on Destructive, Disarming Disease By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor It started with my mother forgetting how to get around in a small town in which she had lived for over three decades. As it continued she became unable to remember how to make many of our family’s favorite meals. Soon, she was misplacing her keys, forgetting to pay bills and asking the same questions over and over again. We began to wonder what was wrong and while hoping for

the best, realized that our worst fears would probably be confirmed – they were after we took our 87-year-old matriarch, former educator, church leader and community volunteer, to her physician. My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. As the reality set in, I began to do my research – not as a veteran reporter but as a beloved son, concerned as to what I could do, how I could help – all the while fearful

ALZHEIMERS Page 24

The CoLumn

Is Everywhere! Dr. Charles Vincent & “Mickey” Thompson Vincent

2015 Social Sighting’s Salute to Veterans Today we honor those who serve, and have served, in the US Armed Forces. This is a symbolic representation of all those who have sacrificed and proven their love and devotion to America and its ideals. We honor these and all veterans today and everyday -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!

(Lfeft to Right) Colonel Deborah Scott Thomas (Pres. of Data Solutions & Technology), Veteran Mabel Biggs and Veteran Mary Jordan, Veteran Major US Army Dr. Clayton Lawrence, & Former US Suregon General Vice Adm. Dr. Reginia Benjamin

Air Force Veteran Edwin Reid wearing his USAF Cap

Army Medavac Unit on deployment to the Middle East, Central America, Europe & Asia

Vietnam Veteran Staff Sgt “Mickey” Thompson Vincent with her buddies at Camp Pendelton CA -1968 (4th from right)

Part of the 1st Black Combat Unit from Howard University deployed to France in 1918 - Included in this photo is Sgt Rexford Ovelton Sr.

Philly Montford Point Marines Association

Social Sightings -the MagaZine

Veteran MSgt Warner

Subscribe www.SocialSightings.com

Kurt Pommonths, Sr, Photographer * Photo Enhancer * Graphic Designer Social Sightings-The CoLumn is published in the Hill Rag, DC Mid-City, East of the River Journals, The Washington Informer Newspaper and in the Fairfax, Alexandria, Arlingnton, Loudoun Woman Magazines 2003 © SOCIAL SIGHTINGS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED — DUPLICATION IN ANY FORM REQUIRES WRITTEN PERMISSION | E-mail SocialSightings@aol.com

2 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

The Washington Informer

www.washingtoninformer.com

11/12/2015 – 11/18/2015 Around The Region PAGE 2-10

PG County PAGE 12-13

Business

PAGE 14-15

National News PAGE 16-18

Health

PAGE 20-21

Education PAGE 22-23

Opinions & Editorials PAGE 25-27

Lifestyle

American University student Devontae Torriente, 18, speaks to students from other colleges and universities nationwide at Franklin Park in Northwest on Monday, Nov. 9. / Photo by Roy Lewis

PAGE 28-33

Sports

PAGE 36-37

Religion PAGE 39

www.washingtoninformer.com

The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

around the region

www.washingtoninformer.com Visit our updated Web site and give us your comments for a chance to win a gift from The Washington Informer Email comments to: rburke@ washingtoninformer.com

In Memoriam

Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. The Washington Informer Newspaper Wilhelmina J. Rolark

In Memoriam PUBLISHER Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr. THE WASHINGTON INFORMER Wilhelmina J. Rolark Rolark Barnes Denise NEWSPAPER (ISSN#0741-9414) is published weekly on eachINFORMER Thursday. NEWSPAPER (ISSN#0741-9414) is published THE WASHINGTON Periodicals postage paid Periodicals at Washing-postage weekly on Thursday. paid at Washington, D.C. and additional STAFF ton, D.C. and additional ofmailing offices. News mailing and advertising deadline is Monday prior to publication. Kevin McNeir, fices. News and advertising deadline twoD. Announcements must be received weeks prior to event.Editor Copyright 2000 by The is Washington Monday priorInformer. to publication. AnRonPOST Burke, Advertising/ All rights reserved. MASTER: SendMarketing change ofDirector addressnouncements must be received es to The Washington Informer,two 3117 Shevry Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., S.E. Washington, Lassiter, Photo Editor weeks to event. Copyright 2015 D.C.prior 20032. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permisLafayette Barnes, Assistantthe Photo Editor by sion Thefrom Washington Informer. All the publisher. The Informer Newspaper cannotIV, guarantee return of rights reserved. POSTMASTER: Send photographs. Subscription rates are $30John per year, twoFreitas, years $45. Papers willEditor be received E. De Sports Photo change of addresses to after Thepublication. Washnot more than a week Make checks payable to: Editor Dorothy Rowley, Online ington Informer, 3117 Martin Luther ZebraDesigns.net, THE WASHINGTON INFORMERDesign & Layout King, Jr. Ave., S.E. Washington, D.C. 3117ofMartin Luther King, Ave., S.E. • Washington, D.C. 20032 20032. No part this publication may Jr. Mable Neville, Bookkeeper 202 561-4100 • Fax: 202 574-3785 be reproduced without Phone: written permisMickey Thompson, Social Sightings columnist E-mail: news@washingtoninformer.com sion from the publisher. The Informer Stacey Palmer, Social Media Specialist Newspaper cannot guarantee thewww.washingtoninformer.com return of photographs. Subscription rates are Angie Johnson, Circulation $45 per year, two years $60. Papers will PUBLISHER be received not more than a week after DeniseREPORTERS Rolark Barnes publication. Make checks payable to: STAFF REPORTERS Stacy Brown (Senior Writer), Sam P.K. Collins, Brooke N. Garner INFORMER Managing Editor Tia C. Jones, Ed Laiscell, THE WASHINGTON Eve Ferguson, Will Ford (Prince George’s Carla Peay Luther King, Assistant Managing Editor Odell B. Ruffin, Larry Saxton, 3117 Martin Jr. Ave., S.E Ron Burke Advertising and Marketing Mary Wells, Joseph Young County Writer), Elton Hayes, D. Kevin Washington, D.C. 20032 Mable 202 Whittaker Bookkeeper Phone: 561-4100 McNeir, Dorothy Rowley, Kia Croom, LaNita Administration PHOTOGRAPHERS Fax: 202Wrenn 574-3785 John E. De Freitas Sports Editor Lafayette Barnes, IV, Sarafina Wright (General Assignment Writer) news@washingtoninformer.com Victor Holt Photo Editor John E. De Freitas, Maurice Fitzgerald, www.washingtoninformer.com Zebra Designs, Inc. Layout & Graphic Design Joanne Jackson, Roy Lewis, Robert Ken Harris /www.scsworks.com Webmaster Ridley, Victor Holt PHOTOGRAPHERS

Women W I HBreak O T the T O Cycle P I C Sof Domestic Violence Compiled by D. Kevin McNeir / WI Editor

Project GiveBack Prepares for 21st Year of Holiday Food Distribution law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said.

By Tia Carol Jones

On Sunday, Nov. at Barry Farm Recreation Sumner SE), baskets of had21come together to bringCenter a (1230 Among theRoad, programs Marlow food will be given to families in need, just timeway for Thanksgiving. sense of uniformity ininthe wants to see implemented are the local non-profit for the stricter food give away that order has ledpolicies, this iniWhen L.Y. Marlow's But 23-yeardomestic company violence responsible victims and restraining old daughter told hertiative the father without interruption fortreated. the past two decades, Project needs financial survivors are more GiveBack, rights forstill victim's families of her daughter threatened using hermake owna difference personal in the pledges soher that they“She's can once again lives of overon 2,000 families the to intervene behalf of ainviclife, and the life of their her own D.C., child, Marylandstory, and Virginia area.personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assessshe knew something had beBarrypush Davis-Nickens ment distribution unit coupled withforfurther Thistoyear Farmforward,” Recreation Center becomes the newest location the lodone. Out of her cally-based frustrationorganization said about for for law enforcement whichMarlow. has been lauded as making atraining real difference those families who with lawtoenforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, Child's continue be affected by the recent financial crisis that impacted millions of Americans acrossathe country.Life Protecof As thethesituation, she decided to who reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory leaders of Project GiveBack state, there’s still time to donate, become a sponsor or volunteer duringcounselthe food start the Saving cam- “get it.” toShe “puts ingtofor batterers. distributions. They’rePromise inviting concerned citizens joinsaid themshe as they givethe baskets families so they can witness the paign. case in such a way, the average are ever going to eradiexcitement of children that comes from something as simple as being given a basket“If fullwe of groceries. “It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must Tax won't deductible donations be made online, www.projectgiveback.org, or mailed to Project GiveBack, P.O. Box that turn my can family end of the day, the book will look at both sides of the coin. 18781, Washington, D.C. 20036. the founder and CEO, Ransom Miller, III at ransom@projectgiveback.org loose,” Marlow said. MarlowEmailhelp people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicfor additional information or to become a corporate There’s still time totim get involved. shared her story with the audi- logue aboutsponsor. domestic violence. and the batterer,” Marlow ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said. Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see New Honors Legacy of Black Poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar on May Mural 7 at the District Heights wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raise A mural located onThe the southwest of the LawrencetoDunbar Apartment building in Municipal Center. sympo- sidewho wasPaul sentenced six consecawareness among children in sium waswassponsored the Nov. Northwest unveiled onby Monday, 9 that tribute to the famed utive lifepays terms without paroleplaywright, public novelist and private schools. She Family and poet. and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatCenter of the led citybyof the Rashad Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. The unveiling, CityDistrict Administrator Young and the D.C. Department of Public Heights and the Nationalproject, Hook-took2002. Muhammad have to stop being pasWorks [DPW] MuralsDC place onMildred the corner of 15th and Uis Street,“We Northwest. Up of Black Women. founder61st of After Scanning six stories, the mural becomes the the project’s work the andTrauma, the District’s sive-aggressive tallest portrait with poor chilMarlow has written a book, an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” mural. “Color Me Butterfly,” which is graffiti a survivors of initiative domestic violence Marlow said. MuralsDC is a DPW-funded prevention founded in 2007 and aimed story abouttagged four walls generations of works and their Marlow has worked to break at replacing with original of art.children. The event was held in conjunction with domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear forallsix years. Six are theactive, cycleconof abuse in her family, Age-Friendly DC, a city-wide effort that aims to ensure that D.C. residents inspired by her own experiences, years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she nected, healthy, engaged and happy in their environment. Age-Friendly DC’s plan includes using landscaping, natand those of her grandmother, not an easy thing to come out is pushing for will start that ural features and art, like newly-developed mural, as landmarks to improve pedestrian and driver way-finding. her mother and her the daughter. of,” she said. process. She said every time she reads Mildred Muhammad said “I plan to take these policies to excerpts from her book, she still people who want to help a Congress and implore them to Wheatley YWCA Gets $17M for can not believe the words came Phyllis domestic violence victim must change our laws,” Marlow said. from her. “Color Me Butterfly” Housing be careful Renovations of how they go into “I will not stop until these poliwon the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” Mayor Muriel Bowser joined leaders from the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached Inc. and Dantes Partners (a District-based real estate development company) “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net theyou preservation of affordable my eye first blackened and my to celebrate “Before get to 'I'm going housing in the District as part of a $17M renovation to the YWCA’s building. WI lips bled,” Marlow said. to kill you,' it started as a verbal Elaine Davis-Nickens, presi- The $17M project, to be completed in the fall of 2016, will create 84 affordable for the building’s current population of low-income and vulnerable women. Features will include dent of units the National Hook-Up solar panels and upgraded energy of Black Women, said there is noand water fixtures utilized in order to help the property run more efficiently consistency the way$5,800 domestic and saving aninestimated each year, minimizing the need to pass on costs to residents in the form of rental violence Other issues amenities are dealt will withinclude by updated laundry facilities, green outdoor space and more common areas. increases. For 95 years, the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, Inc. has provided safe housing to working women in the District. Founded in 1905 as the Colored Young Women’s Christian Association, the organization affiliated with the National YWCA in 1918 and worked to provide services for African-American women migrants moving northward. In 1923, the Colored YWCA was incorporated as the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA and has since remained committed to self-sufficiency and delivering upon its mission to prevent homelessness among women in the District. WI Staff Writer

“

We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor children about domestic I planastoFictitious take these Ben Carson’s violence. Narrative Challenged Republican presidential candidatepolicies Dr. Ben Carson has emerged as the leader in natorecently Congress and tional polls among a long list of those vying for the GOP nod as the 2016 election approaches, eclipsing numbers, at least for the moment, for former frontrunner Donald Trump. them tomembers change Now Carson seems to implore have gotten himself into hot water after of the mediaour and several of his fellow candidates have questioned whether the former surgeon may have “embellished” laws. I will not stop until his life story. Carson has long held that he was once a violent youth who almost shot a young man when he was a teenager and also once threatened his mother with a knife. But, he says, he these found his waypolicies after Jesus entered are his life andpassed. intervened. The former thug gone good narrative has been well received by many Republicans. However, there appears to be evidence that

“

SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY

Carson wasn’t as “troubled” during his youth as he professes. L.Y. Marlow Certainly, he was successful in pulling himself up by his bootstraps to become an internationally respected surgeon. But Roy Lewis, Corey Parrish, the rest of the narrative may be more fiction than fact. Other parts of his story now raising concerns include whether he Travis Riddick, Nancy Shia really received an offer for a scholarship at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Can Carson be believed has become the question of the day. Meanwhile, Trump, in his usual accusatory style, has since described Carson as one with a “pathological disease.” 4 / May 15 - 21, 2008 The Washington Informer / www.washingtoninformer.com On a more positive note, Carson’s recent fundraising numbers show that he’s garnered $3.5M in campaign contributions, the majority of the dollars coming from small donors and via online transactions. Stay tuned. John E. DeFreitas, CIRCULATION Shevry Lassiter, Paul Trantham

4 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

The Washington Informer

www.washingtoninformer.com

AROUND THE REGION

Philanthropists Lead $15M Campaign in Prince George’s

businesses and received financial advice from bankers who visited the school. Tucker-Robinson is still contemAmid a pep-rally-like atmosphere plating his college choice, but plans Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Suitland High to study exercise and health science School in Forestville, Maryland, a and pursue a minor in business District-based philanthropy group management. He wants to own a announced it would spearhead a gymnasium. “Here at Suitland, we are getting a $15 million fundraising campaign to help prepare high school students running start to find out where your place is in life,” Tucker-Robinson for college and obtain careers. Venture Philanthropy Partners said. “I know how to balance and of Northwest D.C. will partner manage a check book, but I don’t with Prince George’s County Public know much about marketing. The Schools to incorporate “Ready for Business Academy sets you straight Work: Champions for Career and when going into the business world.” Laurie Peterson, director of the College Ready Graduates in Prince Peterson Family Foundation of FairGeorge’s County.” “Ready for Work has no single fax, Virginia, said the educational leader. This is a drumline. Ready component drove her to join Venfor Work includes business, gov- ture’s board of directors and help ernment, schools, nonprofits and with the Ready for Work program. philanthropy,” said Carol Thomp- The Peterson Companies are the 5 Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (3rd from left), Carol Thompson Cole, president and CEO son Cole, president and CEO of developers of the National Harbor of Venture Philanthropy Partners of Northwest D.C. (4th from left), and Suitland High School Principal Nate Newman Venture. “We are drumming to- waterfront residential and business (2nd from right) stand with supporters in front of Suitland High’s Annabelle Ferguson Auditorium in Forestville, Maryland, on Wednesday, Nov. 4 to announce Venture’s partnership with county schools to raise $15 million for a college and gether . . . for our youth in Prince community. “Maryland has been very good to career readiness program called “Ready for Work.” / Photo by Roy Lewis George’s County schools.” us. National Harbor is kind of a legAccording to a stat sheet from acy that our company will leave beVenture, the employment rate for those ages 16 to 19 in the county is hind and that makes Prince George’s 25 percent, compared with the state County a part of our story,” she said. “As a part of our story, we should be ! average of 35 percent. The organization also outlined partners with (the county) and help how 65 percent of all jobs will re- improve the county and make lives quire educational training beyond better as much as we are capable.” Industrial Bank Launches Campaign to Share Area Residents’ Visions for With Venture helping to lead the a high school diploma in five years. Future Personal and Community Success So far, nearly $5 million has been Ready for Work initiative, the goal Bank launched its Next BIG Moment campaign. The campaign, which will span over and raised toward the program that fo- is to raise another $10 millionIndustrial Hill cuses on three initiatives: providing expand the program into Oxonseveral months, aims to encourage DC Metro residents to share stories of their future personal students with technical and academ- High School in Oxon Hill and High Industrial its NextaBIG Moment campaign. and business dreamsBank whilelaunched also convening larger conversation aboutThe thecampaign, current evolution of ic skill sets, enhancing interpersonal Point High School in Beltsville. In which will span over several months, aims to encourage DC Metro residents pre-Washington DC Metropolitan area. and work proficiency, and having lo- addition to having the money,the to share stories of their future personal and business dreams while also cal businesses offer internships that pare 2,100 county students for col“At Industrial, we areaexcited to launch ourabout Next BIG Moment campaign convening larger conversation the current evolution of and the join residents in an lege, or a career, by 2021. could become future jobs. DC Metropolitan area. important Washington discussion about the challenges, goals, and dreams that are shaping their future in the The program will support those Some of the technical training will come from the county school students who live in the county’s District region,” Industrial Bank President Doyle Mitchell said. “Our team believes that, at its “At Industrial, we are excited to launch our Next BIG Moment campaign system’s “Career Academies,” a pro- Transforming Neighborhoods Inibest, a community bank should help facilitate the big life-changing moments that inspire people gram that allows students to study tiative communities that aim to and join residents in an important discussion about the challenges, goals, reach higher.” and families a particular subject such as engi- improve public safety, housingand andtodreams that are shaping their future in the District region,” Industrial neering, business and information other social services. Suitland is part Presidentcampaign Doyle Mitchell said. “Our team believes that, at its best, a a dynamic The Next Bank BIG Moment is supported by a variety of components including technology. Another factor from of the TNI program. community bank should help facilitate the big life-changing moments Prince George’s County Executive microsite - www.NextBIGMoment.com. Also, video interviews of local residents that including the Ready for Work plan will modinspire people and families to reach higher.” el Venture’s “youthCONNECT” Rushern L. Baker III said Venture’s business owners, heads of households, and community leaders sharing their stories will be agenda that seeks nonprofit orga- plan may encourage other nonprofit featured online and via social channels. The Next BIGIndustrial’s Moment campaign is supported by a variety of components nizations to help youth and young and philanthropy organizations to invest in the county. including dynamic micrositeIndustrial - www.NextBIGMoment.com. adults – ages 14 to 24 – who come “With its Next BIG aMoment campaign, Bank is encouraging Also, critically important “To have (Venture) come into from low-income families. video interviews of local residents including business owners, that build upon the exchanges residents across the District heads region of are having first Both programs are incorporated Prince George’s County for theconversations households, and community leaders sharing their stories will be featured time means other philanthropiceveryday,” orDC Chamber of Commerce President Harry Wingo said. “From cost of living for at Suitland. online and via Industrial’s social channels. will Seniors Cameron Tucker-Robin- ganizations with major dollarsfamilies to the challenges confronting small businesses, there are pressing questions facing our son and Derricka George, both 17, look and say, ‘Oh, wow, we nevcommunity; and its theNext DC Chamber is proud to see Industrial a role in convening this “With BIG Moment campaign, Industrial playing Bank is encouraging are part of the school’s Business Ca- er thought about investing in the important conversations that build upon the exchanges residents important critically   reer Academy, which teaches them county. We see VPP there. Maybe said. across the District region are having everyday,” DC Chamber of Commerce how to start up a business, organize we should go there, too,’” he discussion.” journal entries as an accountant and “Once we get this established, we President Harry Wingo said. “From cost of living for families to the can … expand the (Ready for Work) manage money. challenges confronting small businesses, there are pressing questions facing George, who wants to become program throughout the county. our community; and the DC Chamber is proud to see Industrial playing a a financial advisor and attend Pace This is how you change neighborrole in convening this important discussion.” University in New York City, said hoods and improve our schools.” she has taken field trips to various WI The Washington Informer Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015 5 www.washingtoninformer.com By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill

Industrial Bank Launches Campaign to Share Area Residents’ Visions for Future Personal and Community Success

AROUND THE REGION

WEEK OF NOV 12 TO NOV 18

Black Facts NOV. 12:

1900 – Henry Ossawa Tanner becomes an internationally acclaimed artist as he takes a silver medal for his art displayed at the Paris Exposition. Nearly 7,000 artists had entered their works. The Pittsburgh-born Tanner had numerous major works including “The Banjo Lesson.” 1922 – Sigma Gamma Rho is founded by seven Black women in Indianapolis. The sorority grows to become one of the largest in the nation. 1977 – Ernest “Dutch” Morial is elected the first Black mayor of New Orleans.

NOV. 13

BUILD YOUR IMAGE, ONE SIGN AT A TIME 8930 Brookville Rd Silver Spring, MD 20910 301-273-3462 signarama-silverspring.com

Building & Office Signs Banners/Flags Vehicle & Window Graphics Trade Show Displays Graphic Design, Logos & More MBE/DBE Certified Woman-Owned Business

Stacey Brown

“Chief Image Builder”

stacey@signarama-silverspring.com

BUYING RECORDS

1951 - Janet Collins becomes the first Black ballerina to perform with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York. In 1951, she won the Donaldson Award for best dancer on Broadway. Although, she couldn’t tour parts in the South because of her race, she later taught dance. 1955 - Whoopi Goldberg, (Caryn Elaine Johnson) the Black comedienne, actress, singer-songwriter, political and talk show host was born in Manhattan. 1956 - The Supreme Court upheld a lower-court decision banning segregation on city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Federal injunctions prohibiting segregation on the buses were served on city, state and bus company officials Dec. 20. 1985 - New York Mets pitcher, Dwight Gooden wins the National League Cy Young Award and the Triple Crown of pitching, which makes him the youngest pitcher ever to hold these prestigious awards.

NOV. 14

1934 - William Levi Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony is performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. This marked the first time choral arrangements composed by an African-American were performed by a prominent white symphony orchestra. Dawson also gained recognition as the choral director at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. He died in 1990 at the age of 91. 1960 - U.S. Marshals escorted four Black girls to two New Orleans schools in the midst of racial tension and violence. Leona Tate, Gaile Etienne, Tessie Prevost and Ruby Bridges had the benefit of U.S. Marshals by their side. They were the first children to enter all-white schools in the history of the American South. 1984 - Rosa Parks honored by the Wonder Women Foundation with the first Eleanor Roosevelt Women of Courage Award.

NOV. 15

Buying Vinyl Records from 1950 to 1986, Jazz, Rock-n-Roll, R&B, Disco, Soul, Reggae, Blues, Gospel, and record format 33 1/3, 45s, and some of the older 78s. Prefer larger collections of at least 100.

CALL JOHN @ 301-596-6201 6 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

1897 - John Mercer Langston dies. Langston was born to a white slave-owner and an emancipated Black woman and went on to become an accomplished lawyer. He helped organize the National Black Convention in Cleveland in 1848, mobilized Blacks to fight in the Civil War, worked in the Freedman’s The Washington Informer

Bureau and became the first Black elected to Congress from Virginia. 1950 - Arthur Dorrington becomes the first Black American to sign a professional hockey contract.

NOV. 16

1780 - Paul Cuffee organizes a demonstration by free Blacks protesting their being taxed but prohibited from voting. Cuffee was a prominent whaling captain and businessman who organized the first integrated school in Massachusetts. In his later years he became frustrated with American racism and advocated on behalf of the establishment of a free Black colony in the West African nation of Sierra Leone. 2001 - Agbani Darego is crowned Miss World, becoming the first African to win the coveted beauty honor.

NOV. 17

1911 - Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University. 1972 - Despite massive Black voter support for the Democrat George McGovern, Republican Richard M. Nixon is elected president carrying all states, except Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. The Black view of Nixon would later be vindicated when he is forced from office because of the Watergate scandal. 1989 - Writer Gloria Naylor wins the Lillian Smith Award for her novel “Mama Day.”

NOV. 18

1797 - Abolitionist and orator Sojourner Truth is born Isabella Baumfree in Ulster County, New York. She struggled for an end to slavery and for a woman’s right to vote. She became so well-known that she consulted with President Abraham Lincoln. 1977 - White supremacist and terrorist Robert Edward Chambliss is convicted of first-degree murder in connection with the 1963 bombing of Birmingham, Alabama’s 16th Street Baptist Church. The bombing killed four little Black girls, shocked the nation and helped mobilize the civil rights movement. 1978 - The Jonestown Massacre occurs in Guyana. Nearly 1,000 followers of Jim Jones, the majority of whom were Black, commit suicide or are murdered.

NOV. 19

1953 - Roy Campanella is named the Most Valuable Player of the National Baseball League for the second time. 1985 - Actor Lincoln T. Perry, known as Stepin Fetchit, the first major Black movie star, dies of pneumonia in Woodlawn Hills, California, at the age of 83. Perry was harshly criticized by most major Black organizations because he made his money playing an uneducated, slow-witted, and easily frightened Black character during the 1940s and 50s. However, the roles, which appealed to many Americans, made him a millionaire. www.washingtoninformer.com

AROUND THE REGION INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOS BY ELTON HAYES

VIEWP INT CJ WARFIELD

THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS HIRED MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL VETERAN MANAGER DUSTY BAKER LAST WEEK TO REPLACE MATT WILLIAMS. WITH THE HIRE, BAKER IS MLB’S LONE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MANAGER. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE HIRE?

WASHINGTON, D.C.

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

MAX LETCHER

SIDNEY SMITH

LENOX EDWARDS

JONATHAN SANTELIZ

I’m excited to have Dusty Baker with the Nationals and I’m glad that he is back in the league. I think he’s good for the sport and he’s good for the city. He has a great track record as a manager and he’s turned around franchises. He has a good group of talented players with this team, and I think he’s going to do well.

Baker’s hire is great for a number of reasons. It’s great for the Nationals because in him they get a proven manager who has a lot of experience. That experience will help the young players on the team, as well as the veterans. I think the hire is great for the city because we’re welcoming a proven leader. I also think it’s great for minorities because there are a lot of young kids currently playing little league baseball who might want to become a manager one day. I think it will help build a pipeline for young minorities who want to get involved in baseball.

I think it’s great that Dusty Baker is in D.C. He has a proven track record as a player and a coach. He’s bringing D.C. the leadership and experience the city has been looking for. The team already has the talent and the players, but they needed a person who has legacy of winning. I think we’re at a point now where Dusty Baker being a Black manager isn’t significant as it might have been 10 or 20 years ago. I think he comes to D.C. as a good manager, and that’s great for sports.

I think Dusty Baker gives the Nationals an identity. He’s been around the game for years and his relationship with Frank Robinson, I believe, is very important historically, since Robinson was the original manager when the Nationals came to D.C. And a lot of those players who came up in the team’s farm system know of Robinson and respect him. So there’s going to be a circle of historical value on the team. Who knows – Frank may even come down and help out and bring some guidance.

I think it’s a great move. He will bring a lot of good experience and he knows how to manage a ball club. He also knows how to handle the numerous personalities on the team. He’ll also work to build up the farm system. I am very pleased with the hire and think he will do a great job with the team.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

www.washingtoninformer.com

The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

AROUND THE REGION

You Can Say It Like A Pro! Silent Showtime Protest Produces Scholarships Let us help you develop the communication skills to compete and win! ■ Executive Presentation Coaching ■ Media Training ■ Image Branding Photo /w Dennis : Sade

■ On-Camera Coaching Doris McMillon President

nis.com

deden ww.sa

C O M M U N I C AT I O N S

301.292.9141/FAX 301.292.9142/Mobile 703.819.0920 doris@mcmilloncommunications.com/www.mcmilloncommunications.com

Denise Rolark Barnes Independent Beauty Consultant www.marykay/drolark-barnes.com 202-236-8831

(301) 864-6070

EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS

Social Media Activism Proves Fruitful By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer

Members of Howard University’s “Showtime” marching band have drawn a line in the sand, protesting the University’s administration due to a lack of scholarship disbursements and other allocated band funds. During an Oct. 31 home game against the Savannah State Tigers, band members wore black as a means of demonstration and solidarity instead of their traditional uniforms, playing to a nearly empty audience at Greene Memorial Stadium in Northwest. A YouTube video of the band’s performance went viral, prompting the hashtag #SilentShowtime, which band members and their parents used to express their frustration. “Every year, the band is supposed to receive funding for both our organization’s budget and student scholarships, as outlined by the contracts we signed long before the semester began,” said Terrell Tiendrebeogo, senior and spokesman for the “Silent Showtime” protest, Paul Holston for tru1p.wordpress.com reported. “Not one single member has received any scholarship funds and when reaching out to the administration we have yet to receive any viable information on this status.” John E. Newson, Sr., director of University Bands since 1993, released a statement insisting that the band faculty did not SU_Press AssoAD_SAU_2015_Layout 1 participate in the protest.

5 Members of the Howard University “Showtime” Marching Band protest due to lack of promised scholarship disbursements on Tuesday, Nov. 3 in the administration building of Howard University in Northwest. / Photo courtesy of Twitter user: @HowardBands

“The actions that took place at Saturday’s game were those of the students and not by the directors,” Newson said. The protest continued into last week, when sections of the band occupied the administration building on Howard’s campus with instruments and signs stating “No scholarships, no sound,” “We do not play for free” and “Silent Showtime.” Shortly after, the university released a statement extending its sympathy for students who have gone without their promised scholarship money: “Howard University strongly 8/20/15 11:24 AM Page 1 supports the Showtime March-

FIND THE

True Y ou at

MCCOLLUM & ASSOCIATES, LLC ADA, Age Discrimination, Benefits, Civil Rights, COBRA, Contracts, Deaf Law, Defamation, Disability Law, Discipline, Discrimination, FMLA, FLSA, FOIA, Salisbury University offers valuable Family Responsibility, Harassment, HIPPA, OSHA, knowledge and experience to prepare National Origin Discrimination, Non-Compete, students for any goal in life. Our n upper and lowercase,Race flush left as indicated on artwork at these point sizes:Act, Consultant name in 11-point Helvetica Neue Bold; Independent Discrimination, Rehabilitation Retaliation, excellent academics come with an n 9-point Helvetica Neue Light; Web site or e-mail address in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light; phone number in 9-point Helvetica Neue Light. Personal Web Site program may be utilized. t Beauty Consultant: Only Company-approved Web sites obtained through the Mary Kay affordable price tag, too. Severance Agreements, Sexual Harassment, Torts, Whistleblowing, Wage-and-Hour, Wrongful Discharge There is no better way to learn about SU than to visit! SERVING MARYLAND, DC, & NORTH CAROLINA

www.jmlaw.net

(301) 864-6070

8 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

jmccollum@jmlaw.net

A Maryland University of National Distinction

The Washington Informer

ing Band and Concert Band and apologizes for any inconvenience caused by the recent delay of marching band scholarship applications,” the statement stated. “The Howard University Showtime Marching Band and Concert Band both have a rich legacy at the institution and university officials met with students to understand their concerns. The university will honor all scholarship commitments made to currently enrolled participants and is actively working to apply these awards as soon as possible.” Tiendrebeogo championed the success of the campaign, posting Friday on his Twitter account: “Marching Band scholarships have now been posted! Thanks to everyone who has supported us! #SilentShowtime.” He stressed that the purpose of the protest was not to bash Howard, but rather to serve as an act of solidarity to ensure longevity and stability for the band program. One band member’s mother said that since the protest and action on social media, disbursements of scholarships have begun but all accounts haven’t been cleared yet, which Tiendrebeogo confirmed. “Progress is being made and we appreciate the efforts of those who’ve shed light on the situation,” Tiendrebeogo said. “However, the fight isn’t over.” WI

www.washingtoninformer.com

AROUND THE REGION HENDERSON from Page 1 theless, I had great hope for our country – I still have hope,” Henderson said. Henderson joined The Leadership Conference in 1996 after serving as Washington Bureau chief of the NAACP and associate director of the ACLU. Under his direction, the coalition has grown from 180 to more than 200 member organizations – including its first Muslim and Sikh civil rights groups. He has led the coalition through the passage of every major civil rights law in the past 20 years with much of his work still in progress including negotiations in Congress focusing on criminal justice reform, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, efforts to ensure transparency of police body-worn camera programs and his personal mission to restore the Voting Rights Act. “We are on the verge of seeing legislative change related to criminal justice reform including challenging mandatory-minimums and our harsh drug laws,” he noted. “New advocacy groups like Black Lives Matter have played a key role in bringing these discussions to the nation’s attention because of their willingness to protest at local levels and forcing investigations of questionable police-involved shootings. These movements, led by today’s youth, have opened our eyes across the racial divide. I am working with many of these new organizations who are using technology and social media to advance their cause. Their energy is essential and they continue a legacy established by youth-led groups like SNCC and the Freedom Riders.” Henderson said he has gained great respect for President Barack Obama whose appointments have largely gone unnoticed but have changed the American landscape for the better. “I admit, I was one of the skeptics that refused to believe that a Black could be elected in my lifetime,” he said. “But through his personality, force of will and incredible skill as an organizer, he not only won, not once but twice, but also organized a new core of voters – that alone is worth celebrating. He proved me wrong.” “The appointment of Eric Holder and then Loretta Lynch as attorney general, health insurance that now covers millions of children, his seminal program ‘My Brother’s Keeper,’ the Fair Sentencing Act that changed the disparity between crack and cocaine [sentencing] and forced an analysis of federal drug laws – all of these were done in a political atmosphere of opposition. From the start, there was a contingency of

folks who committed themselves to defeating his efforts and programs – even if it meant damaging the country,” Henderson said. “History will put his presidency in a different light and will show that he was far more sophisticated and strategic than most have observed. His presidency has been important to America and he’s been impressive as a Black president in ways that have

not been fully recognized,” he said Henderson noted that efforts to suppress the vote and to make local laws more insidious have been aimed at Blacks and that until we recognize that, we will continue to play into our opponents’ hands. As the interview drew to a close, Henderson reiterated his belief that now, after considering his decision for almost three years, is the best

time for him to move on. “I’ve run my leg of this race. I’m prepared to pass the baton. I’m stepping out on the end of Obama’s presidency. I’m leaving as The Leadership Conference celebrates its 40th Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award Dinner. As I step down, the political landscape will undergo significant changes. A new Congress and a new president

will be elected. My timing was not accidental. However, before I leave, I want to make sure my successor is ready for the challenges ahead so that this institution’s interests and constituents will be served for many years to come.” “I feel pretty good about what I’ve accomplished – about what we’ve accomplished,” Henderson said. WI

LIMITED-TIME OFFER

15-MONTH BUMP-UP CD There’s an UPSIDE to investing today! There’s no reason to hold back any longer! Our BUMP-UP CD not only starts with a great rate, but also gives you a one-time chance to earn even more if we change our rates in the future! This is a limited-time offer. Call or visit us today to open your account.

Member FDIC Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is effective as of October 8, 2015 and is subject to change without notice. Minimum opening deposit of $1,000 required; maximum $1,000,000 per customer. Account must be opened with new money not on deposit with Cardinal Bank. The 15-Month Bump-Up CD features the potential of a one-time interest rate bump at any point during the term. Customer must request to update or bump their interest rate by contacting Cardinal Bank. The new interest rate will not be applied retroactively. Municipalities and existing Cardinal No-Penalty CDs are not eligible. Penalty will be imposed for early withdrawal. One account per tax identification number. Not eligible for Chairman’s or President’s Club preferred rate. Fees could reduce earnings.

www.washingtoninformer.com

www.cardinalbank.com I 703.584.3400 The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

AROUND THE REGION

Do you know someone who needs to improve their credit score? Let us help get the good credit you deserve! IT A HIGHER CRED ING: SCORE WILL BR • Better rates on mortgages and refinances on • No or low interest credit cards loans • Lower rates on car on s rate ter • Bet insurance job • Positive results for screenings

• • • • •

Get help removing ina ccurate, erroneous and obsole te information in you r credit le, including: Late Payments Bankruptcies Charge-offs Public Records Collections

• • • • •

Judgments Repossessions Tax Liens Foreclosures Student Loans

MAXIMIZE YOUR CREDIT SCORE at “THE CREDIT STORE”

United Credit Education Services 3012 Mitchellville Road, #203 • Bowie, MD 20716

Derrick J. Smith, Vice President 301.744.7472

brokerderrick@thecreditstore.info • www.united-credit.org

5 DISTRICT SHOWCASES NEW BUSINESSES, HOUSING UNITS:

Mayor Muriel Bowser, business owner Jerrie Evans and community members attend the ribbon cutting for Turning Natural Juice Bar on Friday, Nov. 6 in Southeast. The Mayor broke ground and cut ribbons at seven developments across the District for “Scissors and Shovels Day” to highlight the progress and expansion of economic opportunity across the city. It will be the second location for Evans, who grew up in Southeast, and wanted to bring healthy options to her former community. Evans worked in tandem with the Department of Employment Services to hire 10 District residents and said they will be paid above the minimum wage. Other businesses featured during the day included: The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Commons; Archer Park; Kenilworth Recreation Center; Sala Thai; Phyllis Wheatley YWCA; and a new technology business. / Photo by Corey Parrish

HEMINGWAY MEMORIAL A.M.E. CHURCH would like to extend a special invitation to you to attend a

“FREE”

Estate Planning Seminar Date: Saturday, November 21st, Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

HEMINGWAY MEMORIAL A.M.E. CHURCH Location:

would like to Extend a special invitation to you to attend a Hemingway Memorial A.M.E. Church

6330 Gateway Blvd, District Heights, MD 20747 HOSTED BY “The Economic Development Ministry” n No longer are Trusts just for the wealthy! “Will” planning is not enough! n Become educated on Probate Avoidance, and Estate Tax Avoidance! n Learn how to avoid court controlled “Guardianships” during incompetency! n Understand Legacy Planning including choosing your own “Legacy”! n Have all of your Estate Planning questions answered.

Cristal Sandoval (L-R), a former Anacostia Community Museum Citizen Scientist Program participant, helps Iyona Whitehead conduct a test as Howard University chemistry professor Vernon Morris and State Farm representative Angela Rosser observe during a recent field trip to insert water testing devices in the Watts Branch Tributary of the Anacostia Watershed near Kenilworth Park The expedition was organized to show the important work the youth are doing with representatives from State Farm who provided a second and larger Youth Advisory Board grant this year to fund the museum project, also supported by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Smithsonian Grand Challenges. / Photo by Susana Raab/Anacostia Community Museum/Smithsonian Institution

“FREE” Estate Planning Seminar

Seating is Limited • RSVP is a MUST Church Office: (301) 568-9127 10 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

5 GRANT SUPPORTS WATER TESTING IN SOUTHEAST:

The Washington Informer

Date: Saturday, November 21st,

www.washingtoninformer.com

YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;RE ALWAYS A WINNER WHEN YOU PLAY RESPONSIBLY. Playing the Maryland Lottery is fun, but please play within your limits. For confidential help with gambling problems, please visit mdgamblinghelp.org or call 1-800-GAMBLER. You must be 18 to play. www.washingtoninformer.com

The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY

Prince George’s County Residents Share Their Concerns

Meet With Baker and Other Officials in ‘Listening Session’ By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Joseph Sanford of Bowie, Maryland, stood up to the microphone at a community meeting and calmly requested county and state officials provide more turf fields. Sanford, 11, said artificial turf wouldn’t need the constant maintenance that must be provided for natural grass. Plus, he believes a synthetic surface is safer to play on. “With more turf fields, youth sports could continue throughout the year,” said the sixth-grade soccer player, who’s broken his ankle four times on grassy fields. “People can get daily exercise and the fields won’t need maintenance.” Joseph and 39 others spoke Monday, Nov. 9 at the Maryland-National Park and Planning Commission Parks and Recreation building in Riverdale. The nearly two-hour meeting themed as a “listening session” was

hosted by Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III that allowed residents to comment on matters important to them. The information will be used to organize county priorities on the state level when the legislative session in Annapolis begins in January. Before the meeting, county officials from agencies such as the health, housing and police departments stood at tables in the lobby area to provide residents with updated information on various county-related topics and programs. When the meeting began, those residents who addressed Baker, two county councilwomen and two state officials spoke on a myriad of topics. Aaron Marcavitch, executive director for Maryland Milestones/ Anacostia Trails Heritage Area Inc. of Hyattsville, asked county officials to hire a “bike czar.” That person, he said, would help outline the 30 miles of bike trails in the northern part of the county and help increase tourism.

5Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker III hosted a listening session with local residents at the Maryland National Capital Planning & Park Commission in Riverdale, Md. on Monday, Nov. 9. / Photo by Corey Parrish

Dan Smith with the Anacostia Watershed Society requested the county do more work on protecting the environment by banning plastic bags and support bottle deposit legislation to increase efforts on re-

Transform YOUR LIFE

AFFORDABLE • CONVENIENT • FLEXIBLE

– Dana Hinnant

President, National Federation of the Blind’s Health Division in the District

Prince George’s Community College’s top priority is ensuring that students begin their higher education journey and complete a degree. Through flexible and convenient learning options, students earn degrees, transfer to four-year institutions, and prepare for rewarding careers. We are transforming lives.

SPRING classes begin JAN 19 Enroll Today!

PGCC.edu • 301-546-PGCC (7422) Start dates vary for Continuing Education classes.

130+

Degree & Certificate Programs

1,600+ 40,000+ Course Offerings

12 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

“Surely, Prince George’s County can have better transportation for people with disabilities. If you’re able to get anywhere you want to go, then we should have the right to do the same.”

Students Served Yearly

Online Courses also available The Washington Informer

cycling. Several visually impaired residents spoke about concerns with public transportation. Dana Hinnant, president of the National Federation of the Blind’s health division in the District, said Metro Access bus service hours should be extended on weekdays and available throughout the county on the weekends. In addition, she said cab companies don’t accept certain vouchers used by legally blind commuters. “The things we have in place are not adequate. That’s not convenient for us,” said Hinnant, co-owner of Exquisite Natural by Design of Temple Hills. “Surely, Prince George’s County can have better transportation for people with disabilities. If you’re able to get anywhere you want to go, then we should have the right to do the same.” More passionate pleas to officials

came from residents who wore white shirts and purple stickers that read “SAVE LAUREL HOSPITAL.” Dimensions Healthcare System of Cheverly plans to cut services at Laurel Regional Hospital and make it a $24 million ambulatory care center. Dimensions also has a proposal to build a $651 million state-of-the-art regional medical complex in Largo currently under state review. Bernadine Karns of Calverton said the hospital in Laurel must remain intact because of the new housing developments coming to the area. Karen Coakley of Beltsville, who wore the purple sticker but a black shirt, spoke more bluntly. “I’m in mourning because I cannot believe the northern part of the county is going to lose a hospital,” she said. “You are going to stiff the northern part of the county with zip, zilch, zero, nada. Get rid of Dimensions. Do not leave the Laurel-Beltsville region with no hospital.” Residents who couldn’t attend the meeting in Riverdale can attend a public hearing Monday, Nov. 16 at the Sports and Learning Complex in Landover with members of the county’s House Delegation. “We heard a lot of issues (Nov. 9) that people care about. We have some to do work,” state Delegate Alonzo Washington (D-District 22) of Hyattsville said after the meeting. “We are going to hear several more issues (Nov. 16). Residents can come out and hear what’s going on.” WI

www.washingtoninformer.com

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY

Dimensions Healthcare System Faces Additional Scrutiny Plans for Prince George’s Regional Hospital Put on Hold

5State officials have requested more information from Dimensions Healthcare System regarding its proposal to build a regional hospital in Largo, Maryland. / Photo courtesy of Dimensions Healthcare

By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill State officials need more information on Dimensions Healthcare System’s application for a proposed regional hospital in Prince George’s County, which may push an approval date into 2016. According to a memorandum Oct. 23 from the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission, more financial details are required from Dimensions that include the need to borrow $77 million to ensure Dimensions has cash on hand for the first 100 days when the hospital opens and an explanation assuming the commission would grant approval for an additional $21.5 million after the facility opens. “Until HSCRC staff receives more information, we are not in a position to complete our normal … review on the financial feasibility of the project,” Gerald J. Schmith, deputy director for hospital rate setting with the cost review commission, said in the memorandum. “The project assumes and is dependent upon a revenue increase of $21.5 million. Nothing has been provided to date that justifies this revenue increase.” The estimated cost to build the state-of-the-art hospital in Largo is now $651 million, according to the memorandum. It also notes how the application didn’t include the impact of Laurel Regional Hospital that Dimensions plans to downsize and transform into an ambulatory care center. Di-

mensions oversees the 37-year-old hospital in Laurel. “Addressing these losses and bed need in more comprehensive ways given declines in inpatient services would strengthen the viability of service offerings in Prince George’s County,” Schmitz said in the memorandum. “We stand prepared to review any additional information that is provided regarding future service reconfigurations as they evolve.” Meanwhile, Dimensions has some residents upset at its plan to trim Laurel Hospital. According to a recent public service announcement on the Laurel Mayor Journal website, the site asks for those in the community to contact Gov. Larry Hogan and demand to keep the hospital intact. Dimensions spokeswoman Erika Murray said in a statement Tuesday the information requested by the HSCRC is normal part of the approval process for projects such as the regional hospital. “Dimensions Healthcare System will provide all information requested by the state regulatory agencies,” she said. “We remain optimistic that a new regional medical center … will be built in Largo and anticipate moving our plans forward once the project is approved.” The memorandum comes from questions raised by Robert Moffit, a reviewer for the Maryland Health Care Commission. Moffit requested the cost review board analyze whether the project is consistent with the cost review commission’s policies. Then the health care com-

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY HOUSING DIRECTOR NAMED HOUSING PERSON OF THE YEAR Eric. C. Brown, Director of the Prince George’s County Department of Housing and Community Development was named Housing Person of the Year by the Maryland Affordable Housing Coalition (MAHC) on October 27th at the organization’s annual meeting and 15-year anniversary celebration. MAHC’S mission is to advocate for affordable rental housing in Maryland by ensuring adequate public and private resources, efficient housing programs and strong support among public officials at all levels of government. Mr. Brown was selected for his significant contributions to affordable rental housing in Maryland; his work to help advance the interest of the affordable rental housing community in Maryland through advocacy, participation in policy, program improvements and volunteer efforts that have benefited housing for low and moderate income persons. “We applaud Eric Brown for this award since he has been a strong advocate and leader of providing affordable housing in Prince George’s County,” said Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III. “Over the past five years, we have been focused on attracting more private investment for affordable housing in Prince George’s County. Eric has been a leader in these successful efforts. As a result, we are now seeing new and renovated affordable housing units throughout the County.” For over 30 years, Eric C. Brown has devoted his life to advancing the interest of the affordable rental housing community through his participation in policy and program improvements. Armed with his Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration, his Master’s Degree in Urban Regional Planning and his Juris Doctorate, he set out to operate and improve affordable rental housing around the country. He has over 25 years of senior level administrative and management experience in the multi-family rental housing arena, serving as Deputy Executive Director of Housing Management in New Orleans, LA; Deputy Executive Director for the Philadelphia Housing Authority, Philadelphia, PA, and Executive Director of the Meridian Mississippi Housing Authority. Mr. Brown has worked throughout his career to make improvements in the agencies he has worked so that they might provide better service to the community. Currently, the Director of the Prince George’s County Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), Mr. Brown supervises three (3) agencies under DHCD: the Community Planning and Housing Divisions of DHCD, the Housing Authority of Prince George’s County and the Redevelopment Authority of Prince George’s County. Each agency has as its mission to provide affordable housing to low and moderate income groups. DHCD had a troubled past, and again, Mr. Brown stepped in to get the agency back on track. Through his leadership, developers are now eager to apply to DHCD for federal funding to assist in building affordable rental housing in Prince George’s County; he is spearheading a plan to acquire foreclosed homes, rehabilitate them and sell them to low and moderate income residents; and he is working through a myriad of administrative issues the agencies face to make DHCD, the Housing Authority and the Redevelopment Authority operate efficiently and effectively as they deliver services to low and moderate income residents and families in Prince George’s County. Because of his direction and guidance, DHCD was awarded the prestigious HAND Award for Best Government Housing Initiative for its My HOME Homeownership Program by the Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers (HAND) in June, 2013. “As I have worked with Eric over the years, he has exemplified true character and is very deserving of this award,” said Ivy Dench-Carter of Pennrose Properties, a real estate development company with projects in Maryland and DC.

Rushern L. Baker, III County Executive

DIMENSIONS Page 24

www.washingtoninformer.com

Rushern L. Baker, III County Executive

The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

Washington Informer 3.65 in W x 8 in H

BUSINESS

First home? Trust your

‘Shape-Up King’ Emmanuel Azoro: Mobile Barbershop Hits the District

hometown bankers.

Large enough to know the way. Small enough to know you. When buying your first home, come to one of the DC area’s number-one community banks. Our friendly professionals know every aspect of the mortgage loan process. More important, they’ll take the time to get to know you, and find you just the right loan option. Let our mortgage loan experience make yours a great one.

5Emmanuel “E-Man” Azoro, also known as the “Shape-Up King” – a charismatic, part-salesman, full-time barber – has emerged as the owner of one of the first mobile barbershops in the nation’s capital. / Photo by Robert Eubanks of District Chronicles

By Janelle Berry Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – When people walk past the black cargo truck with the huge storefront window and “SHAPE-UP KING” printed on the front and sides, they stop and stare. They even take pictures. And the man inside, Emmanuel “E-Man” Azoro, also known as the EagleBankCorp.com “Shape-Up King” – a charismatic, 301.738.7200 part-time salesman and full-time MD | VA | DC barber – has emerged as one of the first mobile barbershops in the nation’s capital. Azoro, 37, travels the streets of ATTENTION MARYLANDERS WITH HOMES CONSTRUCTED EagleBank_CRA_PrintAds2014_WashInformer_BW_54733a.indd 1 1/21/14 11:12 AM Washington in his customized veBEWEEN 1989 -2009 THAT HAVE FLEXIBLE CORRUGATED STAINLESS STEEL GAS PIPE (CSST) hicle, setting up shop and taking on customers wherever he can, ofWe represent CSST homeowners in a class action to recover inspection ten somewhere near the campus of and repair costs from the manufacturers of this product. If your home was built with CSST, you may be entitled to a free inspection, repairs or Howard University. He also owns replacement. a brick-and-mortar shop in Prince George’s County. Call (202) 640-1166 or email “CSST” to info@wbmllp.com for more information. One customer, Marvin Uzoho, GARY E. MASON 21, a Howard senior from Bowie, WHITFIELD BRYSON & MASON LLP heard about the “Shape-Up King” 1625 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Ste. 605, Washington, DC 20036 No specific results implied from a fellow student and decided to give the barber a try. As Azoro ! began work on Uzoho’s hair, he led a discussion about music and higher education. Meanwhile, another customer waiting his turn pulled out his phone and dialed up a friend, raving about the amazing interior design of the mobile shop. “2-Night Free Vacation!” After Uzoho, Richard Ryles of West Palm Beach, Florida, took a seat in the chair. Ryles, 19, had seen w w w.boatangel.com the truck before.

Donate A Boat or Car Today! 1- 800 - CAR - ANGE L

sponsored by boat angel outreach centers

STOP CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN

14 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

The Washington Informer

“I saw him outside one day cutting, then looked for his pictures on Instagram, and they were hot,” he said. “So I came in here and got one myself.” As the two exited, they both shared their satisfaction with Azoro, who said such reactions remain the reason that he’s continued as a barber for almost 20 years. Two years ago he opened a shop in Prince George’s County Plaza Mall. During his youth, Azoro’s parents couldn’t afford getting their children haircuts, to the point where he and his brother got teased in school. So, he began cutting his younger brother’s hair and eventually began cutting other children’s hair as well, charging them three bucks a cut. Soon, the school football team and even teachers were coming to him. He began working at 15 in a Hyattsville barber shop and continued at various locations until he could afford to open his own place. “Having a store, you have to pretty much ride with one location,” Azoro said. “But with this truck, I can do so much more: go to fun events, meet new people and even provide my services at homecomings. All the way, you’re making money, building your clientele and promoting your craft. This way, I can do it as I want, when and where I want. There’s no real schedule.” Azoro’s truck is equipped with

one barber chair, mirrors ceilings and mirrors with spinning barber poles along each side, a tiny sunroof, tile flooring and even magazines for customers. Hip-hop music blares through the truck. He added the storefront window so potential customers could see him in action. “With heavy foot traffic, you need to be exposed and displayed,” he said. “A lot of people like the art of how a barber looks cutting hair.” One customer agreed to a cut after his girlfriend convinced him that he needed to give the ShapeUp King a try. “I’ve never seen anything like this on campus or anywhere in the world,” Amarachi Uzosike, 20, from Ellicott City, Maryland, said as she watching Azoro go to work on her boyfriend. “As someone with a bunch of brothers, I’ve always been in and around barbershops. But seeing a mobile barbershop – this is a first,” she said. She said he may even make Azoro her regular barber. “This is really a cool option for me because he’s right outside of my dorm,” she said. Another satisfied client – like music to Azoro’s ears. “Even though I have over 2,000 clients right now,” “I’m still hungry and try to go out and get more,” he said. WI

www.washingtoninformer.com

BUSINESS

Business Exchange

Doing Business by the Good Book

By William Reed Some of America’s largest and most influential companies are headed by Christians in the marketplace. Chick-fil-A, Hobby Lobby, Tyson Foods, Wal-Mart, Cracker Barrel, Interstate Batteries and Thrivent Financial are the 2016 Faith Equality Index’s leading companies. Chick-fil-A has long supported traditional marriage and expands locations and franchises despite boycotts by supporters of gay marriage. Chick-fil-A started in suburban Atlanta in 1967. Since then, Chick-fil-A has grown to become the largest quick-service chicken restaurant chain in the United States with over 1,900 locations in 42 states and Washington, D.C. In 2014, annual sales were nearly $6 billion. Chick-fil-A was involved in a big controversy over its president’s views on samesex marriage and donations to anti-LGBT causes. In 2012, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray referred to the brand’s food as “hate chicken,” saying he opposed its expansion into D.C. In fall 2015, Chick-fil-A opened a franchise in Columbia Heights. In 1970, entrepreneurs David and Barbara Green began making miniature picture frames in their garage. A few years later in 1972, the Green family opened the first Hobby Lobby store. Today, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, operates over 600 stores across the nation and offers more than 70,000 arts, crafts, hobbies, home decor, holiday, and seasonal products. In 2014, Hobby Lobby won at the Supreme Court to block the federal government from forcing it and other companies run by religious families to offer health insurance that includes birth control. Tyson Foods is one of the world’s largest processors and marketers of chicken, beef and pork, as well as prepared foods. The company started in the mid-1930s from the

back of a truck. It has grown into a company that operates across the world. Tyson Foods’ prepared foods include pizza toppings and crusts, tortillas and chips, deli meats, appetizers, soups sauces and side dishes. Tyson Foods products are sold in the U.S. and 130 countries. Started by Sam Walton, WalMart is the largest retailer in the world. Each week, nearly 260 million customers visit Wal-Mart’s more than 11,500 stores under 65 banners in 28 countries and e-commerce sites in 11 countries. With fiscal year 2015 net sales of $482.2 billion, Wal-Mart employs 2.2 million associates worldwide – 1.4 million in the U.S. alone. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. is an American chain of combined restaurant and gift stores with a Southern country theme. The company was founded in 1969; its first store was in Lebanon, Tennessee, which remains the company headquarters. The chain’s stores were at first positioned near Interstate highway exits in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States, but it has expanded across the country during the 1990s and 2000s. The chain operates 630 stores in 42 states. During the 1990s, the company was the subject of controversy for its stance against gay and lesbian employees and for discriminatory practices against African-American and female employees. Interstate Batteries is the No. 1 replacement brand battery in North America. It is now a multibillion-dollar privately held corporation. In the spring of 1950, John Searcy began selling and delivering car batteries to wholesalers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area from the back of his red Studebaker pickup truck. After two years, Searcy named his new company Interstate Battery System, after the new interstate system being built across the U.S. Thrivent Financial is a not-forprofit membership Fortune 500 financial services organization. It is a unique kind of fraternal benefit society that provides insurance to its members and has to carry out social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic or religious purposes for the benefit of its members and the public. It operates under what’s called the lodge system. Christianity has always been

www.washingtoninformer.com

a double-edged sword for African-Americans. The nation’s largest Black-owned company is World Wide Technology Holding Co. Inc. The privately held company’s chairman and majority owner is a

Bible-thumper whose book, “Doing Business by the Good Book: Fifty-Two Lessons on Success Straight from the Bible,” shows how to succeed in business using the Bible and its lessons as a source

of inspiration and guidance. WI William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and is available for projects via busxchng@his.com.

Veterans, We Thank You for Your Service! By Aimee D. Griffin, Esq., As I have recently received authorization from the Department of Veterans Affairs to represent veterans in pursuit of their benefits, I have been distressed about the number of Veterans who do not know to what they are entitled. It is an even greater distress that there is such an incredible delay in receipt of benefits once applied. We need champions who will continue to advocate for the resources to enable the VA to complete the approval process in a timely manner across the country. To the dismay of many, there have been many articles, hearings and exposés about the inadequacies of the Veterans Administration. Yet, in spite of it all, each veteran is due what she or he was promised upon making the decision to serve our country. Each veteran has a right to claim his or her benefits. If we don’t ask we won’t receive. While it is unconscionable to hear the delays that many encounter in the pursuit, it is unthinkable to not ask and therefore never receive the benefits to which your service has made you eligible. The Veterans Benefits Administration offers a variety of benefits and services to spouses, children, and parents of Service members and Veterans who are deceased or totally and permanently disabled by a service-connected disability who have been discharged other than dishonorably. Disability Compensation is a tax free monetary benefit paid to Veterans with disabilities that are the result of a disease or injury incurred or aggravated during active military service. Compensation may also be paid for post-service disabilities that are considered related or secondary to disabilities occurring in service and for disabilities presumed to be related to circumstances of military service, even though they may arise after service. Generally, the degrees of disability specified are also designed to compensate for considerable loss of working time from exacerbations or illnesses. Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) is a tax free monetary benefit generally payable to a surviving spouse, child, or parent of Service members who died while on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training or survivors of Veterans who died from their service-connected disabilities. DIC for parents is an income based benefit. Special Monthly Compensation is an additional tax-free benefit that can be paid to Veterans, their spouses, surviving spouses and parents. For Veterans, Special Monthly Compensation is a higher rate of compensation paid due to special circumstances such as the need of aid and attendance by another person or a specific disability, such as loss of use of one hand or leg. For spouses and surviving spouses, this benefit is commonly referred to as aid and attendance and is paid based on the need of aid and attendance by another person. We, as a country, unquestionably have done a poor job of thanking the folks who have given part or all of their lives for our freedom through the delivery of Veterans Benefits. We, as a community, need to be informed and demand the promise that has been given to those who have served. Aimee D. Griffin, Esq., The Griffin Firm, PLLC 5335 Wisconsin Ave NW - Suite 440 Washington DC 20015 www.thegriffinfirm-PLLC.com 202-379-4738 The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

NATIONAL

Elementary School Students, Staff Walk to Promote Literacy By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill The importance of being able to read and the growing number of Americans who remain illiterate has taken center stage among educators and politicians alike. And to punctuate the severity of the issue, students, teachers and other staff members at Cora L. Rice Elementary braved light rain on Tuesday, Nov. 10 to walk at least one mile roundtrip from their school building in Landover, Maryland, to FedEx Field to promote the importance of literacy. Children like second-grader Christina McClearn showcased colorful signs to commuters driving near the stadium to signify how

“Reading is cool. Reading is fun. Reading is also important.” Reading teacher Rudolph Skipworth dressed up to resemble one of Dr. Seuss’ most infamous book characters, “The Cat in the Hat.” “This is all in the name of reading,” he said while walking back to the school. “Reading overlaps every subject out there. We’ve got to get our kids to survive and reading is the number one way to do that.” Cora Rice Elementary’s “literacy parade” was the school’s kickoff to its Tuesday evening activity for parents to return to school with their children and read an array of books on various topics to emphasize the fundamentals of reading. The Prince George’s County Public School System has a strong focus on literacy this year. To high-

light its significance, six new literacy coaches are in the high schools along with four central-office literacy specialists to support the coaches. In addition, a pilot program for Saturday School launched last month at High Point High School in Beltsville supports 200 students from grades one to 12 who receive additional academic instruction. To evaluate a student’s literacy skills, they take a test known as PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) first administered this past spring. The results are based on a five-level performance scale needed to exceed in college and obtain a career. The scale starts at level one, or “not yet met,” to level five which

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Notice of COMMUNITY HEARING AND PUBLIC INTEREST HEARING Formal Case No. 1119, In the Matter of the Joint Application of Exelon Corporation, Pepco Holdings, Inc., Potomac Electric Power Company, Exelon Energy Delivery Company, LLC and New Special Purpose Entity, llc for Authorization and Approval of Proposed Merger Transaction The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (“Commission”) hereby gives notice of a Community Hearing and a Public Interest Hearing to be held to consider the Non-unanimous Settlement Agreement filed on October 6, 2015. The Community Hearing will convene Tuesday, November 17, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in the Commission Hearing Room, 1325 G Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005, for the purpose of allowing interested persons who are not parties to this proceeding and wish to comment on the proposed Non-unanimous Settlement Agreement to do so. Please note that representatives of organizations shall be permitted a maximum of five (5) minutes for oral presentation. Individuals shall be permitted a maximum of three (3) minutes for oral presentation. The submission of copies of written statements is encouraged by the Commission. Comments or statements can be submitted to: Brinda Westbrook-Sedgwick, Commission Secretary, Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia, 1325 G Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington D.C. 20005, or by email at Psc-commissionsecretary@dc.gov on or before December 18, 2015, the date the record closes. The Public Interest Hearing will convene on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in the Commission Hearing Room, 1325 G Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005, and continue on Thursday and Friday, December 3 and 4, 2015, respectively, if necessary. The purpose of the Public Interest Hearing is to determine if the proposed Non-unanimous Settlement Agreement is in the public interest pursuant to Section 130.11 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. Only parties in the case will be permitted to participate in the Public Interest Hearing. The public interest hearing will be streamed live and archived on the Commission’s website, www.dcpsc.org. Copies of the proposed Non-unanimous Settlement Agreement may be obtained by contacting the Office of the Commission Secretary, Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia, 1325 G Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005 or by visiting the Commission’s website at www.dcpsc.org. The proposed Non-unanimous Settlement Agreement is also located on the Commission’s eDocket system in Formal Case No. 1119 and can be obtained at www.dcpsc.org.

16 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

The Washington Informer

5 State Delegate Darryl Barnes (D-District 25) and state Sen. Joanne Benson (D-District 24) joined Cora L. Rice Elementary principal Mattie Furman and reading teacher Rudolph Skipworth who dressed as Dr. Seuss’s ‘Cat in the Hat’ along with students and faculty on a parade to FedEx Field to kick off their event, “Let’s Explore Literacy” on Tuesday, Nov. 10 in Landover, Md. / Photo by Shevry Lassiter

highlights students who have “exceeded” that benchmark. Test results from students in grades three through eight will not be released until next month. “The Cora Rice Elementary program shows we have a clear focus to make sure our kids are thinking critically and clearly and writing proficiently,” Shawn Joseph, deputy superintendent for teaching and learning for the county schools, said Monday. “If we empower students to read and write, they can achieve academically.” However, PARCC test results in English and math from area high school students that were released Nov. 5 revealed that serious challenges remain for educators and their students. According to the data from students who took the 10th grade English exam, less than one-third of the students were proficient. About 29 percent of those students reached levels four and five. More than 22 percent of Black students who took the English test scored at level 4, versus 21 percent among their peers statewide. “I think our English 10 literacy results show we have a lot of work to do, and the state has a lot of work to do to make sure our students are college and career ready,” Joseph said. “Now that we have a strategic plan in reading and writing across all content areas…to focus on literacy, we will do better.” In neighboring Montgomery County, 44 percent of those students met, or exceeded at those same levels; 27 percent of those students were Black. Those student’s overall scores are above the statewide mark of 40 percent in 10th grade English. Maryland is one of 11 states and the District of Columbia that ad-

ministered the PARCC assessment. In the District, 27 percent of DCPS students are proficient in 10th grade English. According to the results, three high schools scored a zero. Student assessment for Virginia students are done through the Standards of Learning and Testing. According to reading test scores last school year in grades three through eight, 79 percent of those students passed the tests on their grade level. About 89 percent of high school students passed the end-of-course reading exam. Among Black students, 65 percent passed, up from 59 percent two years ago. Silas Kulkarni, a literacy specialist for Student Achievement Partners of New York City, said literacy allows people to support a family, maintain a high-wage job and vote. “Modern jobs such as a medical technician and a mechanic require a stringent amount of reading,” said Kulkarni, who provides literacy support and training for teachers across the country. “In order to comprehend text, you can’t be looking up every single word and keep track of what you are doing and reading. You must have knowledge to understand what you are reading.” Back in Landover, students and teachers chanted, “Let’s read Raptors, let’s read!” near the FedEx Field parking lot while passing drivers waved their hands in support. “We want our teachers and parents to continue [with] what we started [Nov. 10],” said Cora Rice principal Mattie Turman. “We have the next five to six months in school to promote this and it’s not just for fun. We want to make sure that we continue on with the urgency of literacy and reading.” WI

www.washingtoninformer.com

NATIONAL

Black Veteran Organizations Focus on Health Concerns

Qu a l i t y P ri n t e rS

301 Kennedy Street, NW ~ Washington, DC 20011

202-291-6565

www.QualityPrintersDC.com

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Calvin Shields has been a service officer for 40 years at the National Association for Black Veterans, where he’s helped to address the unmet needs of minority and economically disadvantage veterans. Shields and others have drawn attention to the plight of veterans who have been victims of Agent Orange, post-traumatic stress disorder and less-than-honorable discharges. With a chapter in Northwest Washington, D.C., NABVETS has also called for amnesty for Vietnam era veterans and assistance for homelessness and a myriad of other concerns. Just before Veterans Day, the organization has again stepped up to offer assistance, this time in centralized claim reviews. “In order to provide the best-quality service available, NABVETS has centralized the claim review and quality assurance function into one location,” Shields said in a news release. “All claims (by veterans) will be reviewed by our highest-trained experts.” It is just one function of the many provided by several organizations committed to African-American veterans who might otherwise be forgotten. Black Veterans of America, another minority organization that serves African-American military service men and women, has also put out a Veterans Day call for those who may have been wounded, injured or become ill while on active duty. “A monthly cash benefit is available if you are a wartime veteran with limited income and a permanent and total disability,” officials at the Minneapolis-based group said in a statement alerting veterans to their service. “The disability does not have to be service-connected, but it cannot be the result of your willful misconduct.” The good news is that although African-Americans tend to experience worse health outcomes than whites, there’s one major exception based on a recent analysis of mortality risk among patients belonging to the U.S. Veterans

Printing & Design

Color & Black & White Printing l

Booklets

Programs

Brochures

Postcards

Business Cards

Promotional Products

Canvas Bags

Posters & Signs

Banners

Tithe Envelopes

Color Copies

Tickets & Flyers

Contracts & Vouchers

Tee Shirts

Notary

Fax & Scan

10% off

Printed Products With Mention Of This Ad

5 Calvin Shields, NABVETS Veterans Service Officer, has 40 years of experience serving veterans. / Photo Courtesy NABVETS

Health Administration. Published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, this study compared key health outcomes of African-American and White veterans. Many studies have shown that African Americans have a greater risk of heart disease and death as compared with whites. While there’s no single explanation for health disparities, access to health care is plays a major role. African-Americans are more likely to face barriers to health care, and their health suffers as a result, according to the American College of Cardiology. To learn more about the relationship between outcomes and access to care, researchers analyzed health records of more than 3 million patients receiving care from the U.S. Veterans Health Administration. The Veterans Health Administration is an integrated health care system with more than 1,700 sites that serve nearly 9 million veterans each year. Using data from this large health system, researchers hoped to learn more about outcomes in African-Americans and Whites by eliminating differences in access to care. In total, researchers analyzed health records of nearly 550,000 African-American and 2.5 mil-

www.washingtoninformer.com

lion white patients in the Veterans Health Administration. Since African-Americans with kidney disease tend to have better outcomes than their White counterparts, researchers only included patients free of kidney disease in their study. After analysis, researchers found that African-American veterans had a 37 percent lower risk of heart disease and 24 percent lower risk of death than White veterans. In comparison, analysis of the general U.S. population shows that African-Americans have 42 percent higher risk of death than Whites. So, what do these results mean? “It is widely accepted that African-Americans have higher mortality and worse cardiovascular outcomes in the general population. A large part of this is attributable to socioeconomic deprivation, which includes, among others, lack of obtaining needed health care,” Csaba Kovesdy, the director of the Clinical Outcomes and Clinical Trials Program in Nephrology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, told CBS News. “Our findings suggest that a health care system without barriers to access, like the VA system, could dramatically improve health outcomes in minorities.” WI The Washington Informer

Online Store: www.QualityPrintersDC.com

The Easiest Way to Sell a Car HASSLE-FREE

FAIR PRICE

1-888-524-9668

1999-2015 Vehicles Running or Not Cash Paid on the Spot Nationwide Free Towing Licensed — Professional

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

NATIONAL

CBC Urges More Judiciary Diversity Says Dearth of Minorities Hinders Justice By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer

5 Congressional Black Caucus Chair G.K. Butterfield / Photo courtesy of PBS

18 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

The importance of the judiciary cannot be overstated as its primary role continues to be to defend and uphold the United States Constitution and ensure that the rule of law prevails, said Congressional

Black Caucus Chair G.K. Butterfield. The remarks from the North Carolina Democrat came after a report by the Center for American Progress argued that the lack of diversity among judges who sit on the nation’s courts is hindering fairness and the perception of fair-

The Washington Informer

ness in the judiciary. “The role of the judiciary is to deliver justice and to do it evenly and fairly,” Butterfield, 68, said. “There are also barriers in the judiciary. Access to justice is being denied every day in courtrooms across America,” he said. “These barriers must be eliminated, excessive arrests and excessive charging, drug offenses clogging the system, ineffective counsel, crowded dockets, jury pool and jury selection, judges with extreme political views that impact judicial discretion, unnecessary active sentences, inadequate probations departments, mass incarceration, and expungement.” The CAP report, released on Oct. 26, noted that disparities in the re-election rates for elected judges of color raise alarming questions about how judicial elections affect diversity on the bench, a problem that will only become more pronounced as demographic shifts continue their trends. The report offers recommendations for reforms that could help foster diversity on the bench, such as public financing for judicial campaigns and programs that would expand the pipeline of diverse lawyers who could become judges. “The role of the federal judiciary and its decisions are often examined, but far less focus and study are directed to the role of state courts and their impact and influence on our lives, and this report aims to change that reality,” said Michele L. Jawando, the vice president of Legal Progress at the CAP and co-author of the report. “Our courts are supposed to be fair arbiters of justice for all, and our report raises serious concerns about the influence of money in politics specifically in judicial elections and the effects of that influence in inhibiting diversity in our courts,” Jawando said in a news release. In many states, diverse justices were appointed to the bench, only to lose their seats in the next election. The CAP report examined one of the reasons for the discrepancies by looking at how judicial elections and the rising costs of judicial campaigns keep individuals of color off the bench, the authors said. For example, since 2000, white incumbents have had a 90 percent re-election rate, compared with

80 percent for Black justices and a mere 66 percent for Latino justices. The report also examined how that glaring lack of diversity calls into question the overall fairness of the justice system. “Given the country’s demographic shifts and the important issues that come before state courts such as the rights to vote and to a decent education, family disputes, and the vast majority of criminal cases who sits on these courts matters,” said Billy Corriher, the director of research for Legal Progress and another co-author of the report. “While we expect our courts and our judges to be fair, we should also expect our judiciary to reflect the communities it serves.” Communities across America must have judges presiding over cases that reflect the diverse makeup of their communities, Butterfield said, adding that judges must come from the “real world” and understand the racial and cultural differences that make America great. “Put a different way, judicial diversity promotes impartiality by ensuring that no single viewpoint or perspective or set of values can persistently dominate legal decision making,” Butterfield said. The CBC chair noted that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has commented that a “system of justice is the richer for the diversity of background and experience of its participants.” Also, Justice Lewis Powell stated “a member of a previously excluded group can bring insights to the Court that the rest of its members lack,” and legal scholar Sherrilyn Ifill asserted that “racial diversity among judges is a critical means of achieving cultural pluralism in judicial decision-making.” Butterfield, who served on the North Carolina Supreme Court and was defeated in a partisan election in 2002, said elected judiciaries are generally less diverse than their appointed federal counterparts and thus one can assert there is a lack of a variety of experiences informing the deliberative process. “We must continue the debate about the most effective method of judicial selection,” he said. “We must continue to explain why dirty money in judicial elections are damaging to the independence of the judiciary.” WI

www.washingtoninformer.com

Get more benefits, and enjoy monthly premiums of

A Medicare Advantage plan should cost you less and give you more. • $0* monthly premiums • $0 medical deductibles • Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage

To learn more about MedStar Medicare Choice plans, visit the MedStar Medicare Choice Express.

11/14 at 10 a.m. | 11/28 at 10 a.m.

Fort Lincoln (Gettysburg) | 2855 Bladensburg Road, NE | Washington, DC 20018

11/17 at 9 a.m.

Model Cities Senior Wellness Center | 1901 Evarts Street, NE | Washington, DC 20018

11/18 at 9 a.m.

Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center | 324 Kennedy Street, NW | Washington, DC 20011

11/19 at 9 a.m.

Fort Lincoln Senior Village I | 3001 Bladensburg Road, NE | Washington, DC 20018

11/21 at 10 a.m.

Vida Senior Center | 1842 Calvert Street, NW | Washington, DC 20009

11/24 at 9 a.m.

Bernice Elizabeth Fonteneau Senior Wellness Center | 3531 Georgia Avenue, NW | Washington, DC 20010

11/25 at 9 a.m.

Washington Senior Wellness Center | 3001 Alabama Avenue, SE | Washington, DC 20020

Call 855-892-3909* or TTY 855-250-5604. You can also attend a FREE informational seminar. To find the seminar closest to you, visit MedStarMedicareChoice.com.

You must continue to pay your Medicare Part B premium. This information is not a complete description of benefits. Contact the plan for more information. Limitations, copayments, and restrictions may apply. Benefits, premiums, and/or copayments/coinsurance may change on January 1 of each year. The formulary, pharmacy network, and/or provider network may change at any time. You will receive notice when necessary. MedStar Medicare Choice (HMO), MedStar Medicare Choice Dual Advantage (HMO SNP), and MedStar Medicare Choice Care Advantage (HMO SNP) have contracts with Medicare. MedStar Medicare Choice Dual Advantage also has contracts with the DC Department of Health Care Finance and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental *

Hygiene (Medicaid) programs. Enrollment in MedStar Medicare Choice depends on contract renewal. MedStar Medicare Choice Dual Advantage is available to anyone who has both medical assistance from the state and Medicare. MedStar Medicare Choice Care Advantage is available to anyone with Medicare who has been diagnosed with chronic heart failure and/or diabetes. ** Our hours of operation change twice a year. You can call us October 1 through February 14, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week. From February 15 through September 30, you can call us from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. H9915_16_1037a Accepted Copyright © 2015 MedStar Health, Inc. All rights reserved. MS-1510231-0929_9_Print_Informer_WDC_11.12

www.washingtoninformer.com

The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

HEALTH

202-848-9324

apexlegalcounsel@aol.com www.apexlegalservices.com

Legal Services

Maryland Businessman Facilitates Grant, Assistance

ESTATE PLANNING (D.C.)

Last Will & Testament - $500.00 / Living Will - $400.00 - Durable Power of Attorney - $1,300.00 - Power of Attorney / Health Care - $200.00 Package Deal - $1,800.00 (Savings of $600.00) 10 page limit on all documents.

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Attorney Mitchell

D.C. PROBATE COURT MATTERS

Guardian / Conservator – Petition the court to become responsible for the personal and financial affairs of a loved one. ($1,500.00 - Does not include court filing fees, etc.)

CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY

Chapter 7 (Includes Attorney Fees and Court Filing Fee $999.00) (DC & MD Renters Only) Get out of debt fast!

Tenant Advocacy, Employment Matters, and other Legal Services Available.

FREE 10 Minute Consultation PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE

Offers end soon - Some limitations may apply

DIABETES OR PROSTATE CANCER? Your love life can now survive FREE booklet by doctor reveals what the drug companies don’t want you to know!

$50 VALUE!

For a limited time, Dr. Michael J. Trombley, Board Certified Physician will mail all men that respond to this ad a free copy of his new booklet “Seven Secrets Doctors and Drug Companies Don’t Want You to Know about Erectile Dysfunction.” He’s so sure this booklet will change your life he will even pay the postage and handling. If the popular pills don’t work for you, regardless of your age or medical history, you owe it to yourself and your lady to read this booklet now! Call (800) 794-7974 24-hrs. and leave your name and address (only).

New Life Wellness Center featuring

Colon Hydrotherapy & Aqua Chi Detox System Where Have You Been? It’s Time for Your HEALING &

202.544.9595

426 8th St. SE – 2nd Floor WDC 20003 www.newlifewellnesscenter.com Email: carmelvoice@aol.com

Hours: 7am – 7pm M - F / 7am – 12pm SAT. Walk Ins Welcome

SPECIAL $59 OFFER – CALL FOR DETAILS

20 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

MSU’s First Patent Helps Alzheimer’s Patients Dr. Jayfus Doswell has become accustomed to finding solutions to complex problems. The Maryland-born founder of The Juxtopia Group – a nonprofit established to reduce the critical learning gap of the underserved and disadvantaged in STEM and to increase the number of minorities who pursue doctorates – has helped to find another solution to a problem that involves Alzheimer’s disease. And this solution has proven to be historic. To address disparities in cognitive degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Juxtopia Group collaborator and Morgan State University’s Dr. Kadir Aslan invented a crystallization device to make clearer the proteins found in the brains of people with cognitive degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. Aslan’s research has led to the first patent at MSU in the school’s 148 year history. The patented technology is the metal-assisted and microwave-assisted evaporative crystallization. “MSU was having challenges to commercialize the patent so that it could benefit millions of persons in United States suffering from diseases like Alzheimer’s disease,” Doswell said. Aslan then met with Doswell who gathered his JUICE Network to solve the problem under the Health Informatics and Information Technology Disparities Campaign, which engages young engineering and entrepreneurship apprentices who are training in the art and science of biotechnology, engineering, health informatics, public health, media and urban entrepreneurship. The campaign’s mission is to create innovative science and technology solutions that prevent and eliminate healthcare disparities in Maryland communities, Doswell said. “The JUICE Network responded by accomplishing [several] milestones towards the mission objective in less than 12 months,” Doswell said. The network assisted MSU in obtaining several grants and securing the patent.

The Washington Informer

Dr. Jayfus Doswell has helped to facilitate the first patent in Morgan State University’s history which will prove beneficial to minorities with Alzheimer’s disease. / Photo courtesy Juxtopia Group

“Now, iCrystal is one of many JUICE Network member companies that are collaborating where each JUICE Member company is focused on a different piece of the disparities problem with a shared mission of objective to HIIT Disparities,” said Doswell, who two years ago was featured on the HistoryMakers, the nation’s largest African-American video oral history collection that preserved the life stories of thousands of historic black figures. The patent is important, particularly in minority communities, because the Alzheimer’s Association reported that older African-Americans are twice as likely to suffer from aging-related dementia or Alzheimer’s as their white counterparts. An estimated 5.2 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and estimates reveal that half of those individuals don’t know that they have the disease. Those in minority communities are often misdiagnosed, or the diagnosis is simply missed, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Also, according to Aslan’s research, there has been increased interest in the area of controlled crystal formation in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in the area of crystal size control and solid form purity. Typically, the synthesized drugs are crystallized in the purest form possible and marketed in the forms

of pills and tablets. Additionally, crystallization is used for understanding of the molecular structures and interactions of proteins to develop new drug treatments that target specific human, animal, and plant diseases. Doswell said he’s proud of the new patent. “My main motivation when I began mentoring came from an experience I had when I was rising up the corporate ladder,” said Doswell, who holds a doctorate from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and who also was named among the “stars who make things happen in Greater Baltimore” by the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore. “I am most proud of what I have accomplish utilizing Juxtopia as an intervention to significantly and measurably achieve Juxtopia’s mission of improving human performance and specifically helping minority companies secure funding, patents, and providing wrap around JUICE services to help companies create products for developing innovations for improving human performance,” he said. Doswell noted that he’s also proud that he’s continued to train “under-represented minority children and students in STEM skills that transform them from low-income existence to middle to upper class lifestyles” allowing him to serve as a role model. WI

www.washingtoninformer.com

Breast Cancer Survivor Starts Nonprofit

Maryland Resident Diagnosed at 34

arm, and they’d say because of my age and no direct family history I shouldn’t worry,” Harris said. “It got bigger, and I knew something wasn’t right, and when they finally diagnosed me I was fortunate because it was still fairly early in that I was at Stage 2 A.” In January, Harris completed her chemotherapy treatments at Saint Agnes Hospital. Three months later, she underwent the last of her radiation. Now she’s focused on helping others. “My mother asked me what was I going to do now, and I told her I needed some time to process everything but that I knew I wanted to help others,” Harris said. “You’d be amazed at how

many young women have the same story that I have, and this is clearly an issue. So, if we can have some sort of support to make sure young women get treatment and get the assistance they need, that’s what I want to do.” Harris has put her words into action, starting a new nonprofit with a goal of assisting cancer patients. “I started the New Pink Inc., an organization committed to helping recently diagnosed young women get through treatment by pairing them up with a “pink sister” breast cancer survivor,” Harris said. “The organization recently hosted its first black-tie gala event at Morgan State University, and we had music, hor’dourves, a silent auction and

HEALTH

a lot of fun.” Already, the New Pink Inc. has hosted free health and wellness boot camps, and in December the organization plans a breast screening holiday party. Future plans also include a mobile screening unit. “I have two younger sisters, and I get choked up when I think of them,” Harris said. “The support system makes a world of a difference, and that’s what I want my organization to be – a means of support for those who may not have someone they can turn to.” “I can’t imagine not having anyone there for chemo or radiation or any appointments. My mom and uncle never left my side, and through the New Pink Inc., we want people to know we’ll be there for them.” WI

5Kiesha Harris was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 34. After completing

chemotherapy and radiation treatment at Saint Agnes Hospital, Harris started the nonprofit “New Pink Inc.,” an organization committed to helping recently diagnosed young women get through treatment by pairing them up with a “pink sister” breast cancer survivor. / Courtesy photo

By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer The pain nagged at Kiesha Harris. Then, the lump under her armpit swelled more. At 34, the Maryland-born Harris, who lives in Columbia, seemed to know something that her doctors dismissed as nothing to worry about. Harris had breast cancer. However, because she’s young and had no family history of the disease, it was assumed that the lump would prove nothing more than uncomfortable aggravation. “I was shocked when I was finally told it was cancer,” Harris said. “I just wanted to know what steps were needed, and, of

course, I wanted to know about chemotherapy and radiation,” she said. Harris joined the 12 percent of women in the U.S. who develop breast cancer over the course of their lifetimes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2015, an estimated 231,840 new cases of invasive breast cancer have been predicted by experts, along with 60,290 new cases of non-invasive breast cancer. Also, while white women are slightly more likely to develop breast cancer than African-American women, those diagnosed under the age of 45 are typically Black women. “Two years prior to getting a second opinion, I’d tell my doctors about the lump under my

Disabled? Unable to Work? Get up to $2,600 per month in Social Security Disability Benefits!

The Not-For-Profit Hospital Corporation Board of Directors

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING UNITED MEDICAL CENTER COMMUNITY TOWN HALL MEETING Saturday, November 21, 2015 1:00pm Department of Employment Services at 4058 Minnesota Avenue N.E., Washington, D.C. 20019, First floor The Town Hall Meeting will be in conjunction with the Governing Board Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Not-For-Profit Hospital Corporation, an independent instrumentality of the District of Columbia Government. Notice of a location, time change or intent to have a closed meeting will be published in the D.C. register, posted in the hospital, and/or posted on the Not-For-Profit Hospital www.united-medicalcenter.com

You may qualify! Call now to find out!

800-651-9996

Not-For-Profit Hospital Corporation 1310 Southern Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20032 202.574.6000 www.united-medicalcenter.com

www.washingtoninformer.com

The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

EDUCATION

DCPS Briefs HENDERSON CELEBRATES 5 YEARS AT HELM

Members of the community are invited to join DCPS faculty, staff, students and parents in wishing Chancellor Kaya Henderson the best as she celebrates her 5-year anniversary as chief administrator.

Henderson’s tenure marks a significant milestone, as the average urban superintendent only lasts three years. In addition, this is a great time for DCPS which has distinction as the fastest-improving district in the nation. Congratulations to the chancellor as she continues to carry out the reforms she has ushered in since the

departure of her predecessor, Michelle Rhee.

DCPS ON THE MOVE!

D.C.’s public schools continue to be the fastest improving urban school district in the country, according to data released late last month from the 2015 Trial Urban District Assessment. Students’ test scores grew by eight points in 4th grade reading over the 2013 test, representing the biggest increase of any school district, and the largest increase in the history of the test. While students also achieved a four-point increase in fourth-grade math scores, there was no change in eighth- grade reading scores, as well as a two-point drop in eighth-grade math scores. “These TUDA results show that we are making the right investments in our schools and in our students,” said Chancellor Kaya Henderson. “We still have work to do to ensure all of our students are performing at the highest level. But I am proud of our reading and math results, especially among our 4th graders.” Meanwhile, DCPS continues to improve each year on the TUDA assessment: In 2007, DCPS was last among urban school districts participating in TUDA; this year, DCPS is now ranked 10th out of 21 districts in fourth-grade reading and 11th out of 21 districts in fourth-grade math.

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY SOLICITATION NO.: 0002-2016 Pest Control Services Authority-Wide The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) seeks a qualified contractor to provide pest control services authority-wide, to eradicate the infestation of unwanted pests and to maintain a safe and healthy environment for the residents. SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS will be available at the Issuing Office at 1133 North Capitol Street, NE, Suite 300, Administrative Services/Contracts and Procurement, Washington, DC 20002-7599, between the hours of 9:00am and 4:00pm, Monday through Friday, beginning on Monday, November 9, 2015; and on DCHA’s web site at www.dchousing.org. SEALED PROPOSAL RESPONSES are due to the Issuing Office by 11:00am on Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Contact the Issuing Office, LaShawn Mizzell-McLeod on (202) 535-1212 or by email at lmmcleod@dchousing.org for additional information.

22 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

The Washington Informer

“DCPS sealed its standing as the nation’s fastest-improving urban school district with these new scores,” said Michael Casserly, executive director of the Council of Great City Schools.

think DCPS is a place where they want you to have a future.”

PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ‘REPORT CARD’ SCORES

‘LOVE MY PRINCIPAL’

DCPS’s final #‎lovemyDCPSprincipal shout out goes to Cynthia Robinson-Rivers, who leads the newly reopened Van Ness Elementary School and early childhood center in Southeast, which will add additional grade levels each year.

STUDENT ACHIEVER

Maria Carranza, a sophomore at Columbia Heights Education Campus in Northwest, always pushes herself to achieve more. As an honor roll student, Maria also attends Dual-Enrollment courses at the University of the District of Columbia and participates in studies through her high school’s Hospitality Career Academy. After graduation, she plans to attend Georgetown University. “I came to the United States from Colombia when I was 5. My mother stopped going to school after sixth grade, and my father dropped out to work,” said Maria. “I want to make my parents proud by preparing myself to be somebody. I

DC Public Charter School Board Executive Director Scott Pearson released a statement in late October regarding results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which is also known as the “Nation’s Report Card.” “In D.C.’s public charter schools, NAEP shows six years of steady improvement, which is good news for District students and families,” Pearson said. “We’ve cut the distance between D.C. and the rest of the nation’s performance in half since 2009. We have every expectation that trend will continue.” The test examines a sample of students in grades four and eight reading and math every two years. Here’s a look at some of the charter schools’ results: • Fourth-Grade Reading: The average scale score in public charter schools increased from 205 in 2013 to 209 in 2015. Students with disabilities, eligible for free and reduced lunch, Hispanics and African-American students scored above the district average for their subgroup. • Fourth-Grade Math: Students with disabilities, eligible for free and reduced lunch, and African-American students outperformed the state average for their subgroup. • Eighth-Grade Reading: Scores continue to outpace the District averages from 2013 to 2015 for all underserved subgroups with reported data. Hispanic students saw the largest gains from 2013 to 2015, increasing by 6 points. • Eighth-Grade Math: Overall scores continue to exceed the District average of 263. Students eligible for free and reduced lunch, Hispanic, and African-American students and performed at or above the state average on the assessment. WI

www.washingtoninformer.com

EDUCATION

Coeds, Families to Feel Loss of Perkins Loans By Courtne Dixon Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Thousands of college students locally – and more than 500,000 in cities and towns across America – have been stripped of more than a billion dollars in aid following the Senate’s refusal to renew the nation’s oldest loan program for college students. The 57-year-old federal Perkins loan program expired at the end of September after the Republican-controlled Senate, led by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, blocked legislation to extend it even after the legislation passed the House of Representatives, where Republicans hold an even larger majority. Students with exceptional financial need can borrow up to $5,000 at a 5 percent fixed rate. The program serves close to 1,700 schools and in the 2013-14 academic year awarded over $1.15 billion in aid to over 539,000 students, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Last year, approximatively 5,000 District college students received over $16 million in Perkins aid. Brian Johnson, associate director of financial aid at Howard University, said the loans have been a boost to needy students and the absence of the funding could create a huge strain on the university and its students. “It’s been great because it has assisted students who had difficulty meeting the financial obligations with the university,” Johnson said. “Now students who usually received those funds will have to seek funding from other sources. Hopefully, we will be able to assist students with other resources, but again that will be challenging for those students who were recipients in the past.” On average, District of Columbia students borrow more than other states or providences that participate in the program, averaging $ 3,351, compared with the national average of $2,172 per student. Catholic University officials said the school will also feel

strain from the dissolvent of Perkins loans. Its students received $1.2 million in aid the last year and were awarded on average $ 2,000 each, according to Jo Ann Humphreys, assistant director of financial aid at Catholic University. “We are trying to deal with it as best as possible,” Humphreys said, “We tried to provide deadlines to encourage them to get their promissory notes done in time.” Nearly all Washington schools will be affected to some degree, according to Department of Education statistics. At George Washington University, 2,237 student received more than $4 million in loans for the 2013-2014 year; at Georgetown, just over 1,200 students received nearly $8.5 million. Some historically black colleges and universities will also take a hit. For example, Hampton University in Virginia will lose about $1 million, nearly 500 students at Tuskegee University will lose $1.7 million and 15 percent of the students at Clark Atlanta University who receive the loans will go without $1.3 million. Starting Oct. 1, some candidates may still receive the loan on a limited basis, according to Miriam Niblack, assistant director of Georgetown University student loan services. “Students who accepted the loan prior to September 30, 2015, are able to be grandfathered into the program and still receive funds on a limited basis upon meeting certain criteria,” Niblack said. “Those who have the loan can continue to use the benefits of the program until it is exhausted or the loan is repaid. After any final disbursements, without the program being re-instituted, the loan will no longer be available,” she said. For those who are not grandfathered in or for future students in need, the prognosis appears to be bleak if the program is not reinstated or extended within the next two months. “The biggest burden will be for those students who had that shortcoming, because they won’t have access to those resources anymore,” Johnson said. WI

www.washingtoninformer.com

“Students who accepted the loan prior to September 30, 2015, are able to be grandfathered into the program.” – Miriam Niblack

A.D. Georgetown University Student Loan Services

Signature Chefs Gala of Washington, D.C. Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. Hotel marchofdimes.org/ChefsDC

Chairman

Honorary Chef

UnitedHealthcare

Del Campo &

Chris Mullins

Victor Albisu

Cocktail Chair

Jo-Jo Valenzuela BRINE & DC Craft Bartenders Guild

Presented by: The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

ALZHEIMERS from Page 1 that there might be nothing that I could do to slow the daily erosion of my mother’s mental abilities. Our family’s story echoes those of millions of other Americans. In 1993, when President Ronald Reagan designated November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, fewer than 2 million Americans had Alzheimer’s. Today that number has soared to nearly 5.4 million and medical experts predict that as the Baby Boomer’s generation lives longer and grows older, that the number of cases will inevitably rise to record heights. In fact, as the 76 million “Boomers” age, if no medicines are found to prevent, delay or stop the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, the number of people affected in the U.S. will jump to 15 million by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Cost of care could increase five-fold to $1.2 trillion a year. Today, the disease ravages the minds of patients, burdens families and currently costs the health care system an estimated $200 billion a year. Data from the 2010 U.S. Census and the Chicago Health and

Aging Project [CHAP] indicates that one-in-nine people age 65 and older [11 percent] has Alzheimer’s. Eight-one percent of people who have the disease are age 75 or older. But what exactly is Alzheimer’s – what are the signs and symptoms associated with the disease? The degenerative brain disease, and the most common cause of dementia, is characterized by a decline in memory, language, problem-solving and other cognitive skills that affects a person’s ability to perform everyday activities. Neurological damage eventually affects parts of the brain that enable a person to carry out basic bodily functions such as walking and swallowing. People in the final stages of the disease are often bed-bound and require around-the-clock care. For now, the disease is fatal. But America’s biopharmaceutical research companies are in the throes of developing 73 potential new treatments and diagnostics for Alzheimer’s. However, as officials from the Alzheimer’s Association said, the path from basic research to new medicines is extremely complex with setbacks along the way. One recent analysis conducted by the Pharmaceutical Research

AIRLINE CAREERS Get FAA approved maintenance training at campuses coast to coast. Job placement assistance. Financial Aid for qualifying students. Military friendly. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance

800-481-7894

24 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

DIMENSIONS from Page 13

5 Edna McNeir Baker, who has recently moved from Williamsburg, Virginia to Silver Spring, Maryland and now lives with her son, continues to be challenged by neurological changes associated with the early stages of Alzheimer’s. / Photo by D. Kevin McNeir and Manufactures of America [PhRMA], whose mission is to “win advocacy for public policies that encourage the discovery of life-saving and life-enhancing new medicines,” found that from 1998 to 2011, there were 101 unsuccessful attempts to develop drugs to treat Alzheimer’s – or as some call them “failures.” In that time, only three new medicines were approved to treat the symptoms of the disease. However, as they point out, setbacks in Alzheimer’s research, while disappointing to patients, their families, healthcare providers and the scientists carrying out the studies, serve as critical “stepping stones to advancing the understanding of this extremely complex disease.” Gleaned from sources that include the U.S. National Institutes on Health and the National Institute on Aging, four words describe the main symptoms of Alzheimer’s: amnesia, referring to memory loss and is often the most easily visible and common sign of the disease; aphasia, which describes impaired communication which may include speech, language, and the ability to read and write; apraxia, a deficit in voluntary motor skills often manifested as a decline in one’s ability to do daily activities like bathing, walking, getting dressed and eating; and agnosia, which impairs the ability to receive or correctly understand information from the senses of hearing, smell, taste, touch and vision. For example, being less able to identify smells or understand the feeling of The Washington Informer

a full bladder. Returning to the impact of this disease from a personal perspective, I, and my family, realize that the woman who has been mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, sister and wife often cannot respond to us in ways we have long grown accustomed. Still, she laughs, smiles and finds ways to communicate. She recognizes us and can recount incidents that took place 60 years ago. And we listen. Doctors suggest that we maintain a routine, that we engage her in daily, gentle communication, that we hold her hand, give her frequent hugs, increase visual stimulation such as colors and pictures and especially allow her to hear plenty of music. Our family physician has also warned us that as her body loses strength, that she may be more susceptible to infections like pneumonia which often causes the death of those with Alzheimer’s. For now, we take it one day at time – just as millions of other families do. And we love her fiercely. Yes, that’s my momma. She has Alzheimer’s. WI Editor’s Note: This article deviates from the normal rubrics associated with news stories. I trust that our readers will allow me this indulgence as I attempt to inform you on this disease while at the same time illustrating its personal impact on one family – my own.

mission would review the entire application and offer a “certificate of need” to determine whether a new hospital would be applicable in Prince George’s based on need, cost effectiveness and other factors. According to an Oct. 28 letter from Moffit, Dimensions has until the end of business on Nov. 20 to supply a written response. Another reason the review process could take longer comes from opposition at two hospitals within 25 miles of the Largo location – Doctors Community Hospital of Lanham, and Anne Arundel Medical Center of Annapolis. Officials from those hospitals submitted letters to the commission in May opposing the plan. Some of those objections include the viability of cardiac surgery programs and a faulty business plan. Since those hospital officials are contesting Dimensions’ proposal, they have until the end of business on Dec. 2 to respond to any new information from Dimensions. If Dimensions didn’t have to respond to the recent concerns on its application, the Health Care Commission could have rendered a decision this month. If the regional hospital gets approved, it will replace the more than 70-year-old Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly. The new hospital would house 231 beds, cancer and trauma centers and a behavioral health services scheduled to open in 2019. The hospital would be built at the Largo Town Center, a mixed-used development slated to have 4,340 residential units, a 653-room hotel and nearly 3 million square feet of commercial and office space. An economic report states that after the hospital and town center are built, the county could receive $3 billion in economic activity and produce nearly 25,400 jobs and earning $1.4 billion in salaries. “I am very confident we are going to have the new regional medical center because we have to,” Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III said. “Dimensions can no longer stay at the site it has at Cheverly. It’s too costly to renovate. Like any process when you’re dealing with medical centers, where is the money and how do you make it sustainable? [The process] takes time, but I feel confident we will have a new hospital.” WI

www.washingtoninformer.com

OPINIONS/EDITORIALS EDITORIAL

Missouri College Students Show Protest Can Still Effect Change It’s troubling, if not plain ridiculous to admit, but America, the self-proclaimed “superpower” of the world and the alleged bastion of democracy, has yet to find a way to overcome its greatest sickness and societal ill – racism. Maybe that’s because those who have long maintained the most prestige, privilege and power really don’t want to open the door and allow access to those who don’t have “blond hair, blue eyes and a centuries-old pedigree.” Despite the recent two-term election of our country’s first Black president, the avowed successes and changes that have been achieved during and following the turbulent Civil Rights Era and even with more Blacks being elected as members of Congress and in local seats of power than in any point in history, in many ways Black Americans seem to be trapped in a time warp. Certainly the obstacles we face are not as debilitating or deadly as those our ancestors faced in 1865 or those that we faced in 1965, but it’s crystal clear that we have not “overcome” as activists from the 60s sang about and anticipated. But sometimes momentary victories cause us to pause and even celebrate, recognizing that only with perseverance and sacrifice can we bring about the kind of America that will truly guarantee a level playing field with opportunities available for all regardless of race, creed, religion, gender, economic status or sexual orientation. That’s why we applaud the efforts and diligence of Black students at the University of Missouri who pressed for change and achieved success in the recent resignation of both the university system’s president, Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, who before his decision to vacate his post, had overseen the university’s main campus in Columbia, Missouri. It should be noted that Columbia is just a stone’s throw away from Ferguson where the police shooting of a Black man in 2014 ignited a national debate about race. Meanwhile, students at the University of Missouri found their president to be indifferent and unresponsive to both the drama that had unfolded in Ferguson and the public outcry that followed. And with numerous racial incidents occurring on the campus and with Wolfe putting his head in the sand and refusing to address them, students, particularly those of color, sought ways to put the spotlight on him and other officials who supported him and his lack of concern. Wolfe had done nothing to address racist incidents during the current academic year including the undergraduate student body president being called the “n-word,” a black student group rehearsal being interrupted by a white student who climbed on stage and spewed out racial slurs and a swastika being drawn on a campus wall with human feces. Black students at the Midwestern College had had enough. And following the examples of other Blacks, from Ida B. Wells and Sojourner Truth to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Congressman John Lewis, they exercised their right of peaceful protest. However, the Missouri students flavored their protest with the new forms of technology which have become almost second nature to them: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. After weeks of escalating protests, the threat of a football team boycott which would have cost the university well over one million dollars, a hunger strike by one Black graduate student, the boycotting of classes on Monday, Nov. 9 by many faculty members and students and the student government’s formal call for his resignation, Wolfe agreed to step down effective immediately. But here’s what really troubles us. How did things get to such a point on a public university campus? Why were students allowed to feel fearful, unwelcome and be subjected to numerous racist acts without university officials investigating their complaints? It may not be Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957, but some things sound ominously similar. America’s ugly, hateful skeletons have yet to be buried. Perhaps today’s younger generation will finally get the job done. WI

Readers' Mailbox

The Washington Informer welcomes letters to the editor about articles we publish or issues affecting the community. Write to: lsaxton@ washingtoninformer.com or send to: 3117 Martin Luther King Jr Ave., SE, Washington, D.C. 20032. Please note that we are unable to publish letters that do not include a full name, address and phone number. We look forward to hearing from you.

D.C. Schools Must Change Teaching Strategy

entry-level jobs for high school graduates who decide not to go to college.

As a D.C. Public School graduate and a retired educator I was heartbroken to read Sarafina Wright’s article, “PARCC Results Abysmal for D.C. High Schools” in The Informer. There is something fundamentally wrong with the way the D.C. school system is approaching these very serious problems. Our society cannot continue to use these same old excuses for not being able to educate our children. Sooner or later we have to admit that these new approaches to education are not working and return to teaching these students in a more basic traditional way. This continuing disaster of labeling students as “Special Ed” has gotten completely out of hand and needs to be reevaluated. Years ago, the D.C. public schools had a track system where students were put onto paths of learning based on their skill levels and were taught on that level. Students weren’t competing against others who were more advanced, so they weren’t intimidated to participate in class. We need to use a modified system like that to encourage learning on all levels. Still, educators cannot take all of the blame alone; parents and guardians are also part of the blame. Many of the parents have no idea what their children are doing in school. For that matter, they don’t even know if they are going to school on a regular basis or not; that has to change. Parents have to become more involved. Finally, students have to be shown that learning can change their lives and that if they put in the work now, it will pay off later. That means having opportunities for good paying

Kenneth Long Fort Washington, MD

Dusty Baker – A Breath of Fresh Air for Nats Fans I would like to welcome the Washington Nationals’ new manager Dusty Baker to the DMV. As a Nats fan and a baseball fan I am totally pumped about the upcoming season. I believe Dusty will bring some old school baseball to the Nationals, which I believe was what was missing, and was one of the reasons we didn’t go far in the playoffs. I know that players play the game and managers only manage, but when a manager brings a certain philosophy, like what Joe Maddon brought to the Cubs, it changes attitudes. I think Dusty brings that type of attitude. When you play baseball you have to believe you can get a hit when you need to, or you can throw a strike when you need to throw a strike, or steal a base when you need to steal a base, and have that kind of attitude the whole season. Baseball is one of the greatest games ever played and I just love it. I am so happy Dusty Baker is our new manager and I really believe he will make a difference. James Waller Washington, DC

www.washingtoninformer.com

The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

OPINIONS/EDITORIALS

Guest Columnist

By Sean Yoes

Challenging the Racist Legacy of Confederate Monuments I spent part of Nov. 2 in Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park helping load a 500 pound, 12-foot-tall statue of a pregnant, bare-breasted woman of color into the back of a city-owned pick-up truck. It was no easy task. But, despite her size, the statue was en route this week to its third destination in just a few days, and her future still seems dubious. However, what is clear is how

she arrived at an out-of-the-way storage facility in Druid Hill Park less than 24 hours after being erected on Oct. 29 in the Wyman Park Dell in front of the statue of Confederate icons Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. “It will be destroyed, and you will be arrested for disorderly conduct,” was the unequivocal declaration of a Baltimore City police officer around 4 p.m. on Oct. 30, according to community organizer and activist Owen Silverman Andrews.

Guest Columnist

“He said, `Get away from the statue,’ and he grabbed me by the arm and kind of dragged me off to the side and said, `If you step towards it again I’ll arrest you,’” Andrews told the AFRO. The statue was confiscated by Baltimore police and Baltimore City park rangers and transported to Druid Hill Park. Andrews was subsequently given a citation, and the statue is currently at the Copycat building, an artist enclave on Guilford Avenue. Andrews is part of a group that placed the statue crafted by

artist Pablo Machioli in front of the Lee-Jackson monument, in protest of what it stands for in the minds of many, oppression, racism and White supremacy. “In this case this woman is protesting with the fist up and walking away, giving the back to them (Lee and Jackson),” said Machioli a native of Uruguay. We are being suppressed by violence. So, the best way for me is to show disobedience, but at the same time doing something peaceful and positive and include the community,” he added.

After the massacre of the Charleston Nine during a church Bible study in the summer by a Confederate flag-embracing White supremacist, there has been new scrutiny of Civil War symbols across the country, including Baltimore. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake tasked a seven-member commission to analyze four monuments on city property and hold a series of public hearings. In addition to

YOES Page 45

By Julianne Malveaux

Quentin Tarantino and the Ugly Truth of Police Brutality Award-winning film director Quentin Tarantino gets high props for stepping up to tell some truth about the many murders of African-Americans at the hands of misbehaving police officers. How, after all, can you justify the killing of a baby boy, Tamir Rice? Or the illegal choking of Eric Garner? Michael Brown stole some cigarillos. Does that deserve the death penalty? We can call the roll, and

then we can describe a murder. That’s all Tarantino did. Here’s what Tarantino said – “I’m a human being with a conscience, and if you believe there’s murder going on then, you need to rise up and stand up against it. I’m here to say I’m on the side of the murdered.” Tarantino isn’t a “cop hater.” He is, as he said, a human being with a conscience. Too bad we can’t say the same thing about Patrick Lynch (ironic last name), the president of the New York City Patrolmen’s Benevo-

Guest Columnist

lent Association, who called for a boycott of the Tarantino film “The Hateful Eight,” which is scheduled for release in December. I’m not a huge Tarantino fan, but if the police are going to boycott his film, I will see it at least twice (or buy tickets for somebody) just to have his back. What is wrong with the truth? Quentin Tarantino didn’t say that every police officer is a murderer. He called out those who are and said that he stood with those killed – the Eric Garners, Michael Browns, Tamir Rices

of the world. Patrick Lynch and those who share his opinion have so embraced the “thin blue line” that they refuse to decry unacceptable police behavior or even express remorse for the unnecessary killings of residents. There is an attempt to justify every killing, an attempt to say it is all right to use a chokehold, an illegal maneuver; to massacre a soon to be married Sean Bell; to turn 41 bullets on an unarmed Amadou Diallo (19 of the bullets hit him); and to sodomize Abner Louima. In the Loui-

ma case, several “officers of the peace” were tried and convicted, but they are among the very few who pay the price for their rogue activities. Any human being ought to shudder at these extreme police killings. Too many human beings and too many police officers seem to think this behavior should not be decried. The police officers that I know speak among themselves about rogue police officers and their

MALVEAUX Page 45

By Bill Fletcher Jr.

What You Should Know About the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East Every day when we watch or listen to the news, we hear stories about the refugee crisis. The flashpoint for this crisis at this moment is Europe and the refugees, who are largely from Syria and Iraq. It is particularly noteworthy to observe the manner in which right-wing populists have played upon xenophobia within the populations of many European countries in demonizing the immigrants and insisting that they stay out. The right-

26 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

wing authoritarian government of Hungary is a case in point, but it is not alone. What strikes me about the response to the refugees, who are fleeing from war, is that the European governments — and many of its own people — act as if there has never been a war in Europe and that refugees are an alien concept. Does anyone need to remind the Europeans about World War II and the tremendous refugee crisis that emerged as the continent was destroyed? Does anyone need to remind them of the international assistance that they requested, if not

demanded, in the face of this crisis? All of this seems to have escaped the memories of the Europeans. The refugee crisis, however, is not unique to Europe. In the U.S. we have been facing one or another variant of this for years. Since 1979, for instance, Central American migration to the U.S. in the face of war increased substantially. In the 1990s, migration from Mexico skyrocketed in response to the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Mexican workers and farmers. In addition to the immoral The Washington Informer

response by European governments to the refugee crisis in light of their own histories, it is worth remembering that many of the challenges facing the Middle East are directly related to policies that originated not in the Middle East but in Europe and the United States. Much of the Middle East was carved out of the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire at the end of World War I in such a way so as to guarantee long-term instability. If that sounds familiar, that is because the Europeans did the same thing to Africa beginning in the late 19th century.

In addition to the historic problems created by the division of the Middle East, there are more contemporary developments in which both the Europeans and the U.S. have been complicit. The invasion of Iraq and the complete destabilization of that country have been a prime mover in the Middle East chaos, spilling over into the Syrian civil war. In Syria, the Assad regime has carried out a war against its own people, which, along with the terror conducted by the so-called Islamic State

FLETCHER Page 45

www.washingtoninformer.com

OPINIONS/EDITORIALS

Guest Columnist

By Ramona Edelin

Charter-Traditional School Collaboration Must Center on Student Achievement Just days ago, a U.S. federal court issued a preliminary order in a case that has been progressing through the legal system. The D.C. Association for Chartered Public Schools, with Eagle Public Charter School and Washington Latin Public Charter School as co-litigants, is asking the court to enforce District law. D.C. law requires that every District public school student at the same grade level or with the same special-education needs be funded with

equal local taxpayer dollars. At this point, the District government’s motion to dismiss the case has been denied by the judge. This matters because an important study undertaken by Mary Levy, a respected independent analyst of D.C. public schools — chartered and traditional — found that over eight years, public charter students have been illegally underfunded. Over the past eight years, D.C.’s public charter school students received between $2,600 and $1,600 less from the District government than their peers in the traditional

Guest Columnist

public school system. District of Columbia charter schools educate 44 percent of all D.C. public school children. At one time, public charters were perceived as new, experimental and perhaps impermanent; today, however, this education reform is strong, mature and here to stay. Accordingly, charter public school leaders must be part of the policy-making process as we address not only the enforcement of District law but also the future of public education in our nation’s capital going forward. Publicly funded and open to all

District-resident children without academic selection and, like every public school, tuition-fees, charters operate independent of the traditional system. Simultaneously, D.C.’s independent Public Charter School Board, whose members are appointed by the mayor, holds charters accountable for improved student performance. Charter public schools are important for many reasons. For example, they have boosted high school graduation rates, with charters’ rate currently 11 percent higher than D.C. Public

Schools. Before charters were introduced, an estimated half of all students dropped out before high school graduation. They have delivered stronger student performance as measured by the city’s standardized tests, especially in our most underserved neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. Obviously, public funding equity is the starting point for enhanced cooperation between charters and DCPS. From that new beginning of simple justice, the District’s public charter

EDELIN Page 46

By Marc H. Morial

Rigged: Racial Bias in Jury Selection “Illegal and unconstitutional jury selection procedures cast doubt on the integrity of the whole judicial process. They create the appearance of bias in the decision of individual cases and they increase the risk of actual bias as well.” – Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Peters v. Kiff (1972) During the Reconstruction era, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The act

guaranteed all citizens, particularly African-Americans, equal treatment and access to public accommodations and public transportation and protected their right to serve on juries. This week — 140 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 — the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a Georgia death penalty case that serves as an intolerable reminder that people of color continue to be unlawfully excluded from jury service because of their race. In 1987, Timothy Foster, an

Askia-At-Large

African-American, was convicted and sentenced to death by an all-white jury in the murder of an elderly white woman. Foster, who was 18 years old at the time of the crime, is seeking a new trial on the basis of racial discrimination by the prosecution, who he claims deliberately singled out and purged all prospective Black jurors. Coincidentally, Foster’s death sentence came only a year after the Supreme Court had ruled in Batson v. Kentucky that excluding potential jurors based on race was un-

constitutional and violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The clear message of Batson v. Kentucky not to exclude jurors based on race failed to police the behavior of prosecutors in Foster’s case. And Foster’s case is a textbook example of racial discrimination that is often so hard to prove. In this rare instance of well-documented misconduct, prosecutors used a variety of methods to single out and remove potential Black jurors. After getting access to the pros-

ecution’s jury selection notes in 2006, Foster’s lawyer found “an arsenal of smoking guns in this case,” including prosecutors highlighting the names of potential Black jurors, circling the word “black” on questionnaires, and taking note of Black jurors as “B#1” or “B#2.” Despite the efforts of our federal government and the Supreme Court to address and eliminate racial discrimination in the jury selection process, the

MORIAL Page 46

By Askia Muhammad

Ben Carson, the Brian Williams of Presidential Politics Personally, I’m not angry or even disappointed at the fall from grace of Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson. I have been convinced that it is very, very, very unlikely that he will win the GOP 2016 nomination – or one for any other year for that matter. The same goes for co-front-runner Donald Trump. It’s not going to happen. Trust me. Neither will win the nomination, let alone get to the White House, except as visitors. Had Carson been an even av-

erage mathematician instead of a world-renowned brain surgeon, he would have been able to do the math. He can’t win a national election next November, and unless the Republican establishment is prepared to concede that there is absolutely no chance whatsoever that a White man can beat the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee, unless they are prepared to throw up their hands in defeat, there is no way that they will give Carson a shot. You see the incumbent Black president won two elections with

www.washingtoninformer.com

only 30 percent of the White vote. But he won 95 percent of the Black vote, 70-some-percent of the Latino vote, and two-thirds of the Asian vote. Carson can’t pull more than 20 percent of the Black vote — and that’s a stretch. A 20 percent Black vote would be considered fantastic for a White Republican and might be enough to pull off a victor for the GOP, weakening the Democrat’s support in key battleground states. But large numbers of White Republicans will never vote for a Black dude, regardless of how conservative he is. The Washington Informer

Carson can’t win. Sorry, Ben. But the wheels have begun rapidly falling off the Carson campaign bandwagon. A variety of fact-checkers have discovered a number of “discrepancies” in his campaign narrative and in the actual facts. He said in a Facebook posting for example that his lack of political experience was on par with the U.S. founding fathers. “You are absolutely right — I have no political experience. The current Members of Congress have a combined 8,700 years of political experience. Are we sure political experience is

what we need (?) Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no elected office experience. What they had was a deep belief that freedom is a gift from God,” the statement said. Oops. Less than 24 hours later, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal published fact-check articles revealing that a majority, “at least 27” of the 51 signers of the Declaration of Independence, had previous elected office experience. Then Carson got caught in an odd conundrum during the

MUHAMMAD Page 46 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

LIFESTYLE

Washington National Opera Prepares for ‘Appomattox’ Premier

From the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, the battle for equality in America marches on.

SE Native Solomon Howard to Star as Dr. King, Frederick Douglas

Photo by Cade Martin

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor

Soloman Howard as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

PHILIP GLASS / CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON

APPOMATTOX LIMITED ENGAGEMENT!

November 14–22 | Opera House In English with Projected English Titles | Titles may not be visible from the rear of the orchestra.

Francesca Zambello, Artistic Director Major support for WNO and Appomattox is provided by Jacqueline Badger Mars. David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of WNO. WNO acknowledges the longstanding generosity of Life Chairman Mrs. Eugene B. Casey. General Dynamics is the Presenting Sponsor of WNO’s 2015-2016 Season. WNO’s season is presented with the support of Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello. Appomattox is a production of the Clarice Smith Opera Series. Additional support for Appomattox is provided by John and Cynthia Gunn.

KENNEDY-CENTER.ORG (202) 467-4600 Tickets are also available at the Box Office. Groups call (202) 416-8400.

THIS AD! FOR SALE

Press Service 2000 Capital Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401

28 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

SPREAD YOUR MESSAGE to over 4 Million readers with an ad this size for just $1,450! For a limited time, BUY 4 ADS, GET ONE FREE!*

CALL TODAY! 1-855-721-6332 Wanda Smith, ext. 6 www.mddcpress.com *Certain conditions apply.

The Washington National Opera [WNO] continues its 60th season on Saturday, Nov. 14 with the world premiere of a newly-revised version of “Appomattox” – an opera which focuses on the state of race relations and racial inequality in America, first as the Civil War comes to an end, and then a century later with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. negotiating voting rights with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Philip Glass, who first composed the opera in 2007, which in its original version focused solely on the aftermath of the Civil War, noted why he felt compelled to develop a revision of his landmark production. “Fifty years after 1965, this wave of current events has required a new ‘Appomattox,’ he wrote. “Perhaps we’ve stumbled upon a radically new approach to opera where ‘art’ struggles to keep up with rapidly changing ‘life.’ In the next 20 years, there will be new twists and turns to the ‘Appomattox’ story that could require a new Act III.” “Whoever won or lost the Civil War, whatever its appalling cost in treasure and lives, its profound underlying lessons have yet to be learned,” he added. The opera, which runs through Nov. 22 at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Northwest, features conductor Dante Santiago Anzolini and director Tazewell Thompson who staged the production – both in their WNO debuts. Tazewell, who stands as a rarity in the world of opera as one of only a handful of black directors, and has directed actors that include Ruby Dee, Viola Davis, Eartha Kitt and Yaphet Kotto, commented on the scope of the opera and the nuances that make it unique. “The opera is big, it’s epic and it’s a great story and both acts include famous characters that are quite recognizable,” said the Harlem-born director who was once a highly sought after boy soprano before his voice changed. “The company itself is quite remarkable with 15 principal roles, Black and white, all of whom have remarkable voices, along with a chorus of 48 singers and an orchestra with 60 musicians. So, it’s a The Washington Informer

large, magnificent-sounding, impressive work.” “What you also discover is that every single character, from King and Johnson, to Coretta Scott King, Robert E. Lee, T. Morris Chestnut, John Lewis, George Wallace and the recently-deceased Amelia Boynton, all lived, worked, fought, protested or walked the streets of Washington, D.C. That’s quite noteworthy,” he said. One member of the cast, Solomon Howard, 34, who plays the dual role of Frederick Douglass and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., traces his roots to Southeast D.C. “Living in Southeast helped me learn how to adapt to any environment – it certainly made me a more durable person and more comfortable dealing with different personalities and situations of uncertainty – skills that have benefited me given the commanding career that I have chosen,” said Howard, the proud father of a 13-year-old daughter and a resident of Arlington, Virginia. “I have visited several churches recently in the Washington area to promote the play, including one near my old neighborhood, and they made me feel proud to be able to return as a successful, Black opera singer,” he said. “Some have even purchased tickets so they can attend an opera for the very first time. Experiencing this story, as I have said to so many other Blacks, will be like watching a story that many of us have lived and one that some of are still living.” WNO partnered with NEWorks Productions to bring the story of “Appomattox” to 12 churches throughout the Washington region during the months of September, October and Novemb e r,

with vocalists performing spirituals along with excerpts from the opera. In terms of the two roles he plays, Howard said he had to prepare in two distinct ways. “King was probably the easier of the two because there’s so much footage that illustrates how he spoke and moved,” Howard said. “That said, I had to really focus because I’m not speaking, I’m singing, and to really portray him I had to bring color to the role and replicate his accent. People remember what King sounded like.” “Douglass was harder because we don’t have any way of knowing what he sounded like or how he moved. However, that allowed me to be more creative. In many ways, King picked up where Douglass left off. Both had the fervor and the guts to approach inequality in America and sought ways to gain equal rights for their people.” “The tragedy is that, with politicians attempting to strip voting rights from certain segments of our society and with the rise of incidents of police brutality against people of color, it’s clear that we still have a lot of unresolved problems when it comes to racial equality and justice for all in this country,” he said. For tickets, visit www.kennedy-center.org/wno. WI

www.washingtoninformer.com

Patti Austin Inspires Entertainers of Tomorrow

LIFESTYLE

Grammy-winning Vocalist Visits Howard, Featured at DC Jazz Festival 3 Jazz great Patti Austin is interviewed by Willard Jenkins, artistic director for the D.C. Jazz Festival at Howard University on Friday, Nov. 6. / Photo by Roy Lewis

Grammy Award-winning vocalist Patti Austin has clearly reached the pinnacle of a star-studded career that includes 17 solo albums, performances at the Oscars and on other legendary stages around the world, easily tackling a myriad of musical genres that include jazz, gospel, pop and even opera. Austin, backed up by the Howard University Jazz Ensemble, headlined one of the District’s most popular fundraisers on Monday, Nov. 9 – the Annual Trustee Gala, presented by the DC Jazz Festival [DCJF]. Proceeds from the Gala support the DCJF Roberta Flack Education Program that advances musical education and appreciation for jazz, reaching over 5,000 students, teachers and their families each year. And while the native New Yorker has been singing since the tender age of four when she made her debut on the stage of the Apollo Theater, has hobnobbed with kings and queens, and is the goddaughter to two jazz legends, Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington, in a recent conversation on the campus of Howard University she showed why she remains one of America’s greatest living treasures – because she loves people, particularly youth who dream about becoming stars in their own right. Austin led a master class on Friday, Nov. 6 and then sat down with

DC Jazz Festival Artistic Director Willard Jenkins along with a group of Howard University music majors for a candid conversation about how she has mastered her craft and the lessons she’s learned along the way. “I took a group of young, very talented musicians, mostly from Berklee College of Music, on the road with me one summer for a tour, including a bassist and vocalist who has since made it really big, Esperanza [Spalding], because I wanted them to learn one of the most important lessons in any artist’s life – the need for discipline,” Austin said. “As a child, my parents didn’t give me a curfew. They let life teach me. When you’re on the road, you have to quickly learn how to avoid letting the exhilaration that you experience after a successful performance drag you down and get the best of you. There’s nothing like having 20,000 people scream your name or applaud after you’re done. But when the crowd is gone, there’s this deafening silence. Some people don’t know how to make good use of that silence.” “There’s so much that goes on before the performance. It’s called show business because after the show you have to take care of business. You need an ego the size of the Grand Canyon and you need to love and believe in yourself. And you have to be willing to work very hard.” On the topic of success, Austin

said it shouldn’t be based on record sales or where one ranks on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. “Success comes from that greater, inner place – being a star has nothing to do with whether or not you ever reach ‘star’ status,” she said. “You are a success if you’re manifesting your gift.” She then spoke to the young vocalists by seguing into a brief music history lesson. “You have to remember that in my generation, jazz was the popular music of the day,” she said. “It was to us what hip-hop is to you. As a vocalist you wanted to sound like an instrument and so we studied the masters, vocalists and musicians, like Betty Carter, Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Mingus. The goal was to master a particular style – one that felt comfortable – one that you could eventually claim as your own.” “When you take that onto the stage and share your gift with your audience, you’re connecting with people that you may never see again. What’s special about it, however, is that you get the opportunity to touch the hearts of hundreds and thousands of eager listeners – that is, when you’re willing to reveal your soul.” “I don’t profess to be an expert at this. I can only say this is what one very wacky woman has learned on what has truly been a crazy, magical journey,” she said. WI

SAVE $8 on Tickets in Advance! Use offer code: 8SAVE

SAVE $4 on Tickets Day of Show! Use offer code: 4SAVE

Restrictions and exclusions may apply. No double discounts. Subject to availability. Additional charges may apply. Excludes premium seats. Limit of eight (8) tickets per order.

DEC. 10 – 13 Redeem Offer: Ticketmaster.com 800-745-3000 • Venue Box Office 330241

By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor

MarvelUniverseLive.com

www.washingtoninformer.com

The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

LIFESTYLE

Book Marks Centennial of Billy Strayhorn’s Birth Jazz Composer, Musician Best Remembered for Years with ‘The Duke’ By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor Editors A. Alyce Claerbaut and David Schlesinger have collaborated on a new book that celebrates the life of late jazz legend Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967), best known for the almost 30 years he spent as the “writing and arranging companion” for Duke Ellington. But “Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life” moves beyond the jazz icon’s years with “The Duke,” pointing to the many significant contributions he made to the American jazz canon years while suggesting that those contributions have for years been underrated. The book, divided into two major sections, Musical Orbits and Moral Freedoms, begins with Strayhorn’s childhood musical education and ends with his post-Ellington work, then moves to his life outside of music, in-

cluding his activism during the civil rights movement and his open homosexuality. The collection includes essays, photographs and rare memorabilia, including handwritten scores that chronicle every stage of Strayhorn’s life. Contributors include: Ramsey Lewis, award-winning jazz composer and musician; David Hajdu, Strayhorn’s award-winning biographer; Walter van de Leur, jazz musicologist and author of the definitive book about Strayhorn’s music; Robert Levi, director of the “Bill Strayhorn: Lush Life” documentary; and additional commentary from Lena Horne, Dianne Reeves, Nancy Wilson and more. Claerbaut, co-editor of the book, shared her views about Strayhorn and why she and her colleague remained committed to the project. “History is easy to write and

hard to correct. History has recorded Billy as a footnote to the Ellington legacy. It is up to us to correct the record because those who come after us will never be as close to the story. The centennial may be the last chance that we as family can make a statement that corrects the record,” said Claerbaut who serves as the president of the Billy Strayhorn Songs Inc. in Chicago. “I hope readers, both jazz devotees and new fans alike, will read this book and learn from Billy’s story, realizing that like him, we all have the capacity to overcome major obstacles and challenges that life presents if we remain true to ourselves. Despite the difficulties into which he was born, the societal challenges he faced as a gay, black man in a time when both were inestimable obstacles, and his complex relationship with a cultural icon [Ellington], he chose to live his life in a way

Billy Strayhorn / Photo courtesy of jazzednet.org

that provides a model for knowing our gifts and practicing them with integrity.” In his own words, Ellington said this about Strayhorn: “Billy Strayhorn was always the most unselfish, the most patient and the most imperturbably, no matter how dark the day. I am indebted to him for so much of my courage since 1939. He was my listener, my most dependable appraiser and as a critic he would be the most clinical, but his background – both classical and modern – was an accessory to his own good taste and understanding.” Strayhorn’s songs, including his torch ballad “Lush Life,” have been performed by hundreds of great artists including: Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Natalie Cole, Donna Summer, Dizzy

30 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

The Washington Informer

Gillespie, Nat King Cole, classical orchestra, wind and brass ensembles and theatrical settings. One hundred years after his birth, a new generation of artists continue to perform his works in recordings, on television, in film and on the stage. WI If you want to learn more about Strayhorn and hear his music performed, check out the program “Rhythm Café: The Life and Music of Billy Strayhorn,” on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2 to 4 p.m., at the Anacostia Community Museum, presented as part of the East of the River DC Jazz Festival events. The museum will recognize Strayhorn in the tribute program and will feature Herman Burney and band The Ministerial Alliance. To register, call 202-633-4844.

www.washingtoninformer.com

LIFESTYLE

Russell Simmons Honors Slain DJ Mogul Says Focus Remains on Black Lives By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer The unsolved murder of rap legend Jam Master Jay on Oct. 30, 2012, still sticks with Def Jam Records and Run-DMC founder Russell Simmons. But the business mogul and social activist said he’s more concerned about the Black Lives Matter Movement and young African-Americans who aren’t celebrities who are being killed every day. “Biggie, Tupac and Jay, well [Oct. 30] is Jam Master Jay Day, but what I’m worried about now is that Black children are being killed,” Simmons said during an exclusive interview with National Newspaper Publishers Association and The Washington Informer. “Fifty kids got shot on a recent weekend, and almost every week in Chicago children are being killed. “I don’t want to look for one girl missing in Brooklyn,” he said. “Look, I think what’s happening with the animals is an abomination, but I don’t want to go to Japan and swim with a dolphin. I care about dolphins and all of the animals. There’s a lack of consciousness to love living beings not to abuse living beings, and we are destroying the planet. “There are concerns, and I care about humanity. I can’t work on the things I care about right now because of the last few weeks with the RushCard. But lives are being lost – Black lives. That’s why we must focus on what’s important.” Simmons was not dismissing the pain of losing Jay, the iconic turntable wizard from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rap group, Run-DMC. While it’s important for investigators to still work the cold cases of Jay, Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., African-Americans have a lot on their collective plates considering the continued violence in inner-city communities around the country, he said. “I got my shell-top Addidas, my gold chain, my Run-DMC hat,” said Simmons, who has been heavily involved in pushing President Barack Obama’s prison and criminal justice reform agendas. And, he said, he was amazed at how the White House imme-

diately reacted to Justin Bieber after the young Canadian-born star joined a chorus of celebrities in pushing for the reform. At Simmons’ urging, Boyce Watkins and a coalition of celebrities that included Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Scarlett Johannson, Ron Howard and many others, urged Obama to do something about mass incarceration and drug policy reform. Simmons, in 2013, pushed the president to nominate a drug czar to prioritize reducing the federal prison population and undoing racial disparities and to issue directives keeping federal law from interfering with state efforts to regulate marijuana instead of criminalizing it. “We had (then-Attorney General) Eric Holder, Valerie Jarrett, the White House calling us, calling my office saying that they’d do something but to hold off on the letter, hold off period,” Simmons said. “We were like, ‘We’re not your friends. We are your supporters. We’re not beholden to you. We want something done.’ I mean Brad Pitt signed it, the NAACP signed the letter, the Urban League, Rev. Sharpton, Rev. Jackson and Valerie Jarrett was calling saying don’t sign the letter because we’re not ready to move on this,” Simmons said. “Then, Justin Beiber got involved with the cause. He tweeted out that this was the new Jim Crow, the prison industrial complex and immediately when they saw Justin Beiber tweet that out, Holder called us within two hours and said don’t worry we’re getting it done right now. What got done was that first-time offenders would be tried differently and not under old federal jurisdictions.” Simmons, whose RushCard prepaid credit card had come under fire because of a glitch in the processor, said the idea that celebrity matters is real, particularly when a star is still young. “The RushCard situation has kind of refocused me in some way. It shows that what you do with your celebrity is important,” he said. “Very few people when they get older can still use their celebrity status. When they are young, they can move the agenda in so many ways, and all of those who

www.washingtoninformer.com

are underserved can benefit by the young celebrity.” In most cases, when a star gets older, the power greatly dwindles. “A young rapper has so many who love him, and they can shut down a company; they can move Black America and the underserved,” Simmons said. “But, by the time you get the wisdom with the age, the celebrity status is almost lost. You don’t get to be Kim Kardashian forever. She once tweeted out that she was Muslim for a day at a time when Congress was doing Muslim inquiries and it shut down Congress because she’s Kim Kardashian,” Simmons said of Rep. Peter King’s inquiry into the radicalization of Muslim Americans in 2011. “The idea of a Harry Belfonte supporting something is meaningful to the activist community but a Justin Beiber is who makes it pop and more.” WI

5 Photo by Valerie Goodlow of NNPA

DEC. 1 - JAN. 3 | 800.514.3849 | TheNationalDC.com | The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

LIFESTYLE

Top Area Entrepreneurs Feted at San Francisco Consortium By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Three District area entrepreneurs have been invited to Yelp’s headquarters in San Francisco to represent the Greater Washington Area as being among the 100 top-rated businesses in North America. Northeast D.C.’s &Pizza, Southeast’s District Doughnut and Peg Leg Vintage of College Park were invited to the Coastto-Coast: Coming Together Because We Mean Business meeting in San Francisco on Nov. 4 and Nov. 5. Yelp officials said 100 entrepreneurs were nominated by the company’s community managers because they claimed their Yelp business page and used Yelp’s business tools to grow their business. The attendees represent 86 North American markets, a wide range of categories and different levels of experiences and years in business, according to a news release. “I’m excited and truly hon-

HOLIDAYJAM JILL SCOTT

NEW EDITION

KENNY “BABYFACE” EDMONDS

BLACK ALLEY

THURSDAY DECEMBER 3,2015

32 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

The Washington Informer

5Sam Blum of &Pizza in Northeast said he’s proud that his eatery has been selected by Yelp to attend a business conference in California. / Courtesy photo ored to be representing &pizza at the event,” said Sam Blum, the communications manager for the business known for gourmet handmade pies, flavor combinations and its trademark ampersand. “Since opening the first &pizza on H Street, Yelp has played a key role in growing our business and building a community around our brand,” Blum said. The business owners invited to the meeting don’t get hung up by one- and two-star reviews, Yelp officials said in a news release announcing those selected for the conference. Instead, the entrepreneurs use feedback to make necessary changes, and social media plays a large role in their marketing strategy, which includes taking an active role in managing their reputation on Yelp and in the community. “We are extremely humbled by and grateful to all of our faithful customers and followers for supporting us both in the store and through social media,” said Chad Hora, who along with Krisi Hora are the proprietors of Peg Leg Vintage, a shop that concentrates on well-priced, mid-century modern furniture and art deco furnishings. “It is because of this support that we’ve been recognized by the

very savvy people at Yelp as one of the 100 top-rated businesses across North America. The Yelp community has also been extremely supportive and helpful throughout our existence,” Hora said. The Yelp Community Manager, who covers the Maryland suburbs, also has provided Peg Leg Vintage with numerous opportunities to participate in Yelp events designed to create buzz around small local businesses, he said. “This sort of collaborative experience means a lot to us as a small business with a small budget competing for part of the market share with large companies who have increasingly aggressive marketing strategies,” Hora said. “Supporting small business is critical to our communities and we plan to share what we learn at this event with other local small businesses.” Leaders at Yelp said they’ll share expertise and arm attendees of the meeting with best practices that will help them continue to grow. The San Francisco meetings also allowed for a platform for business owners to network and enjoy dialogue with their peers. “I’m excited,” Blum said. WI

www.washingtoninformer.com

LIFESTYLE

WI Book Review A

Horoscopes

NOV 5 - NOV 11, 2015

ARIES Be especially sensitive to your spirit and your intuition this week. They are your sixth sense that will alarm you of a situation that you should avoid. You’ll also be alerted to meet a new person who will be important to your personal life in the near future. Expect the unexpected from your lover. Soul Affirmation: New intuitions create new plans and a new cast of characters. Lucky Numbers: 4 12, 17

“Wake Up Happy”

TAURUS Do not feel alone in facing your tumultuous circumstances this week. Call upon your support system and do not be afraid to ask for help. Your ability to reach out will be a strong sign of courage. The people closest to you will feel a new respect for you. Soul Affirmation: When I reach out in love someone is always there. Lucky Numbers: 8, 24, 32

By Michael Strahan with Veronica Chambers c.2015, Atria $26.99 / $34.99 Canada 197 pages

GEMINI Do not narrow your options by accepting any offer that is put on the ta-

ble this week. Internalize the situation and discover how resourceful you are and capitalize on your own strengths and ability make things happen. Don’t underestimate yourself, especially this week! Soul Affirmation: The wisdom of the ages is revealed as my spirit. Lucky Numbers: 12, 32, 48

Every day, you make countless little choices. Get outta bed or go back to sleep? What’s for breakfast? Blue tie or black shirt? Which project first, what’s for lunch, dinner, after dinner, what to watch, read, discuss? All day long, you choose one thing over another; in fact, Michael Strahan says that “the average American will [make] thirty-five thousand decisions” before bedtime. In his book “Wake Up Happy” (with Veronica Chambers), he explains how one of them can be a life-changer. If you have ever seen Michael Strahan on-screen, you know how easy he makes his job look. He seems comfortable with stars and strangers alike, although he calls himself “a shy guy.” He says he gets nervous, but he knows how to handle himself because that’s the way he was raised. Because Strahan’s father was in the military, the family lived overseas when Strahan was still very young. “Mannheim, Germany,” he says, “was an awesome place to grow up” because of its small-town feel and because children were truly raised by a village of stay-at-home mothers. Strahan’s father was busy, but Strahan remembers the frequent one-on-one time he spent with his dad, and the advice that poured forth on those events. “In a perfect world,” Strahan says, “I’d have ninety-two [motivational] rules to match my jersey number. But in real life, I’ve found that you need only eighteen to get and stay motivated.” Rule Number One, he says is to “Be open to everything around you.” What you need, and the help to get it, can “come from the most unexpected places…” Pay attention, don’t make assumptions, and never throw away a chance to see what comes. Remember that the journey is joyful, too, so take pleasure in it. If you want something, let your determination power your actions and keep in mind that when you have given your all, there’s still more to give. Know when to bow out gracefully but don’t quit a tough road; instead, know when to “hit pause.” Take the word “if ” from your vocabulary. Listen to music that motivates you. Remember that “bad experiences… often teach you the most.” Keep your sense of humor. “Be excellent. “ So you’re in need of some motivation, but you don’t want something that sounds like a million bees in a hive. Instead, you would like something fresh, and “Wake Up Happy” is what you want. Readers who have come to love author Michael Strahan on the field or on TV will be glad to know that his writing is genuine: what you see on the small screen is what you get in this book. This personable style of motivation carries through Strahan’s life story, his careers, and his love life, which has been rocky and he’s forthcoming on it all. That noholds-barred attitude in storytelling lends trustworthiness to the lessons. This is one friendly book and it’s short enough to read twice. You’ll probably want to do that anyhow because, when you need a book to boost your confidence, “Wake Up Happy” is a good choice. WI

CANCER Love, joy and hope fill the air around you this week. Three of the greatest

intangible assets that one can experience will be given to you in abundance this week. Use them to overcome the bad vibes being given out by a co-worker this week. Soul Affirmation: Hope is future’s way of shining on me this week. Lucky Numbers: 1, 23, 42

LEO Live this week especially in a celebratory mode and count your blessings for you are wealthy in ways that are above materialistic levels. Do not dwell on the financial situation in which you find yourself this week. Be ecstatic about the little pleasures that bring you laughter and gladness in your life! Soul Affirmation: When I give thanks for what I have, I lose all sense of what is missing. Lucky Numbers: 7, 28, 31 VIRGO Take the time this week for self-reflection. There is something about your-

self that you are not seeing clearly. Remember now and whenever you examine your inner self to celebrate your strengths, for you have so many, and to accept your weaknesses as necessary, you are rewarded. Soul Affirmation: When I am clear about who I am, the world becomes clearer. Lucky Numbers: 6: 8, 47

LIBRA This week your honest acceptance of yourself will give you a power of both grandeur and humility. People will approach you for advice. You are capable of seeing clearly what it is that troubles them. This week be a counselor. In that you will find your prize. Soul Affirmation: I rejoice because of who I know myself to be. Lucky Numbers: 34, 51, 52

SCORPIO This week others might mistake your gift for something else. They may not be able to see it but your inner strength is very available to you this week. Fill the workplace with warmth as soon as you enter. Let peace radiate from your inner glow. Soul Affirmation: Love is the greatest gift I can give. Lucky Numbers: 7, 16, 33 SAGITTARIUS Someone influential is watching you at work this week. Get your work done as you think about celebrating your harmonious vibrations in the evenings in secluded time with your lover. Think about being uninhibited in your celebration and you will radiate joy in you work place and no one will know the reason. Soul Affirmation: My focus is good for making those decisions important to my career. Lucky Numbers: 14, 16, 19 CAPRICORN Emotional well-being is as important to happiness as physical health. Cool it this week. Give yourself a break. Problems are learning experiences. Make sure you keep that in mind as you face a challenge in the financial area of your life this week. Know that highs and lows bring balance to life and balance signifies well-being. Soul Affirmation: Money is my good friend this week. Lucky Numbers: 4, 21, 55

AQUARIUS This week is your week to shine! Let nothing get in the way of your light. You have an energy inside of you that can light the path at work. Now is the time to let your inner glow radiate out to co-workers. Others are in need of your inner strength. Let love dominate your week. Soul Affirmation: I move ahead joyfully in practical matters. Lucky Numbers: 3, 46, 47 PISCES Everyone wants joy in their lives but few people are ready to commit to truly joy filled ideals. The ideal you need to cultivate this week is forgiveness. You’re holding on to something needlessly. Even if you get even you won’t feel any better. Let it go. Soul Affirmation: I enjoy letting my conservative side shine through. Lucky Numbers: 22, 37, 50

www.washingtoninformer.com

The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

34 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

The Washington Informer

www.washingtoninformer.com

CAPTURE THE MOMENT

THE BEAUTIFUL COLORS OF FALL The Washington Informer’s photographers capture the many colors of the fall in the DMV. From a park-like setting in Silver Spring, Md. where deer can be seen in daylight (Photo by Robert R. Roberts) and the walkway of the Capitol where the colors frame the scaffold-covered dome (Photo by Nancy Shia), to Northeast where the vibrant colors of the fall foliage surround the Franciscan Monastery’s “Oasis of Peace” (Photo by Shevry Lassiter) to neighborhood sidewalks in the Takoma Park area of the District (Photo by Roy Lewis), there’s still time to visually experience a plethora of colorful vistas. But don’t wait too long – winter will soon be upon us.

www.washingtoninformer.com

The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

SPORTS

Washington Wizards Defeat San Antonio Spurs 102-99 4 Wizards forward Nene shoots over the outstretched arms of Spurs forward David West in the third quarter of NBA action on Wednesday, Nov. 4 in a hard-earned victory, 102-99. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

6 Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard

shoots around Wizards Marcin Gortat and Otto Porter in NBA action on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the Verizon Center in Northwest, defeating the Spurs 102-99. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

3 San Antonio Spurs guard

Tony Parker drives up court in the first half of National Basketball Association (NBA) action on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. The Wizards defeated the Spurs 102-99.The Wizards have now won two consecutive games against the Spurs. They beat the Spurs last season 10193 at the Verizon Center on Jan. 13, 2014. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

3 Wizards guard Bradley Beal aims for the basket

during NBA action on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. Beal remarked on hitting the winning shot: “Out of all my shots tonight that one felt the best. Everything was in rhythm and it felt naturally good. As soon as I jabbed him I knew it was good.” The Wizards won 102-99. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

4 Wizards guard John Wall shoots over the out-

stretched hand of Spurs forward Rasual Butler in the third quarter of NBA action on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Wall, commenting on the win, said: “I think it was big for us to come back and redeem ourselves. The offense came out and clicked the way we wanted it to.” The Wizards beat the Spurs 102-99. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

36 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

The Washington Informer

www.washingtoninformer.com

SPORTS

Hartwick College Shuts Out Howard on Senior Day 2-0 6 Hartwick midfielder Wyatt Scott and Howard defender Rojeau Tomlin fight for ball possession during NCAA soccer action on Saturday, Nov. 7 at Greene Memorial Stadium in Northwest. Hartwick shutout Howard 2-0. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

5 Howard forward Victor Guirma steals the ball

from Hartwick midfielder David Styles in the first half of NCAA soccer action on Saturday, Nov. 7 at Greene Memorial Stadium in Northwest. Hartwick defeated Howard 2-0. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

6 Hartwick midfielder Marc Russell drives down the

sidelines past Howard midfielder Michael Howell in the first half of NCAA soccer action on Saturday, Nov. 7 at Greene Memorial Stadium in Northwest. Hartwick defeated Howard 2-0. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

5 Hartwick midfielder Maurizio shields the ball from Howard defender Isaac Mbappe in the first half of NCAA soccer action on Saturday, Nov. 7 at Greene Memorial Stadium in Northwest. Hartwick defeated Howard 2-0. / Photo by John E. De Freitas 3 Howard University forward Dennis Warren drives past Hartwick midfielder Mike Rood and fullback Ellis Ashworth during NCAA men’s college soccer action on Saturday, Nov. 7 at Greene Memorial Stadium in Northwest. Hartwick defeated Howard 2-0 in the final home game for five Bison seniors: Peyton Atteloney, Warren Dennis, Sam Howard, Chika Okegbe and Anthony Rose. The Bison finished the season with an overall record of 0-17-2. / Photo by John E. De Freitas

View

Sports Photos by John De Freitas

at:

 www.washingtoninformer.com

The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

More Clean Energy for DC We want a cleaner and greener District. The Pepco Holdings-Exelon merger will bring $7 million to fund renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, add more than $10 million into the District’s Green Building Fund and make it easier for customers to connect their solar panels to the grid. Exelon will also significantly expand solar energy in the District and purchase wind energy – enough to power more than 23,000 homes. The merger also brings other benefits that will help our neighbors like a one-time direct bill credit of more than $50 per residential customer and increased reliability standards that would lead to fewer and shorter power outages. We support the merger, and we made our voices heard. You can, too. Go to PHITomorrow.com where you can sign the petition and send a letter to voice your support.

“A greener DC is good for everyone.” Edith Shipley

Pepco Customer Anacostia

“The merger will make it easier for customers to add solar energy in their homes.” Mark Davis

Owner – WDC Solar

The Pepco Holdings-Exelon Merger: Affordability, Reliability and Sustainability for DC. For more information or to voice your support visit PHITomorrow.com

Paid for by Exelon Corporation.

38 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

The Washington Informer

www.washingtoninformer.com

RELIGION

THE RELIGION CORNER

The Griffin Firm, PLLC

The Value of Morning Prayer and Meditation

Committed to providing services and supports to increase the capacity of individuals, businesses, and communities.

• • • • •

‘Get Your Mind Ready for the Day Ahead’ Last week, I wrote about how my favorite author, Napoleon Hill, would read his Bible, pray and sit quietly with a notepad to hear what the Holy Spirit was saying to him, his morning routine. Hill further shared how his study and meditation time was the most important time of his day; it got him on the path to success. Those positive thoughts gave direction to his day. Unlike many of us, he listened to his thoughts which were coming from a Higher Power. Hill cited this short prayer daily: “O Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you gave me at birth, consisting in the power to control and direct my own mind to whatever ends I might desire.” – Napoleon Hill What if you and I tried this practice? I know most of you are being responsible; you take time to read and study the Word daily, rarely missing the opportunity. But for those readers who are not beginning your day with at least an hour or more reading the word, praying and meditating, here is a challenge to you. Begin today! Set aside an hour, dedicated to reading scriptures, meditating on what you’ve read; and praying. Quiet your mind, and meditate and hear from the Holy Spirit, in faith. See, feel and believe yourself already in possession of whatever it is you have asked, and I’m not referring only to money. Whether that is for a healed, cured body from cancer of any type, from Type 2 diabetes, see yourself healed

Turning Hearts Church 4275 4th Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20034 Phone: 202-746-0113 Fax: 301-843-2445

from that depressed feeling; you’re healed from that addiction, whether it is to cigarettes, alcohol or drugs. You can see yourself free from it, and it can and will happen as your faith continues to grow. One day, like a puff of smoke, that thing, that illness, that problem will be gone forever! Afterward, for the rest of the day, be a doer of the scriptures of which you studied and reflected upon early in the morning. Here is what scripture has to say on this subject. “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” – James 1:22. And all day, walk by faith and not by sight. “And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.” Why get into this new routine? This would be an excellent time to do a new thing. How many of you have heard the definition of insanity? It is doing the same thing and expecting new results. Consider this your new thing, and if this saying is true, you are sure to get different results. This summer, I did something different, and it is definitely true. My new results were immediate. When I coordinated an event at The Sylvan Theater for the Oprah Winfrey “Belief” Series, my results were tremendously different. This opportunity brought some exciting, new people

Aimee D. Griffin, Esq., The Griffin Firm, PLLC 5335 Wisconsin Ave NW Suite 440 Washington DC 20015 www.thegriffinfirm-PLLC.com

202-379-4738 with Lyndia Grant into my life and gave me new experiences and a new satisfaction. That’s what I wish for each and every one who reads this column. In summary, begin your one-hour morning meditation next week. Place your Bible nearby with a notepad and pen and glasses. Being organized will help you to get going right away. Turn on the light, and begin, being guided by the Holy Spirit as to where to start your study. You could start in the Old Testament or, like me, I’m a New Testament fan. Enjoy the value of morning prayer and meditation; it works. WI Lyndia Grant is a radio talk show host on 1340, WYCB AM, Fridays at 6 p.m. Visit her website at www.lyndiagrant.com, call her at 202 558-2107 and send emails to lyndiagrant@ gmail.com.

(301) 864-6070

CHURCH LAWYERS MCCOLLUM & ASSOCIATES, LLC

Organizational Formation, Governance Issues, First Ammendment, Church Employment, Ministerial Exception, Maintenance Issues, Risk Management, Safety and Security Issues, and Real Property Law SERVING MARYLAND, DC, & NORTH CAROLINA

www.jmlaw.net

(301) 864-6070

jmccollum@jmlaw.net

Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church The Reverend Lyndon Shakespeare Interim Priest

Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher

Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958

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

Worship Services Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist

Motto : “A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment” Website: www.turningheartschurchdc.org Email: faithdefender@verizon.net

Estate planning and probate Medicaid planning Elder law Business and succession planning/ coaching Workshops and seminars on legacy creation for economic strength

www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

www.washingtoninformer.com

The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

RELIGION Pilgrim Baptist Church

ChurCh Printing

20% Off PrOgrams & BOOklets

l l l l l l

Copies Color Copies fax services tee shirts scan & email service lamination

Quality Printers 301 kennedy street, nW Washington, DC 20011

Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor

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

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

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

www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

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

Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White

Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor 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

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

2498 Alabama Ave., SE • Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 • www.acamec.org 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary”

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

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

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

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

“God is Love”

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

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

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

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

St. Stephen Baptist Church

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

Crusader Baptist Church

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

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

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

www.livingwatersmd.org

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church

Twelfth Street Christian Church

Campbell AME Church

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

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

Blessed Word of Life Church

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

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor

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

tel: 202-291-6565

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

Church of Living Waters

Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org

40 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

The Washington Informer

www.washingtoninformer.com

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 Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

Israel Baptist Church

Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

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

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

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

St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible 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)

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 Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor

King Emmanuel Baptist Church Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor 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

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

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor

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

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

Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

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

Christ Embassy DC

Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor

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

Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor

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

Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator

Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M

Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m. New Members Class 9:30a.m. Communion and Feet Wash Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Church School 9:30a.m. Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Prayer/Seeking Wednesday 7p.m Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m. Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42 Multitude of Souls to Christ”

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

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

Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

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

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor

Rehoboth Baptist Church

Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Damion M. Briggs Pastor

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

Florida Avenue Baptist Church

Peace Baptist Church

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

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

“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net

Shiloh Baptist Church

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

1864-2014

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

150 Years of Service

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

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

Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com

Motto: : “Where God is First and Where Friendly

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

www.washingtoninformer.com

The Washington Informer

Sunday Worship Service 10:00 A.M. Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 P.M. Friday Evening Service 7:00 P.M. ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org

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

Mt. Horeb

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.

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015 ADM 1200 Emily B. Bullock Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Sharon P. Musa, whose address is 8409 Schultz Road, Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Emily B. Bullock who died on August 19, 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 29, 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 29, 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 29, 2015 Sharon P. Musa Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015 ADM 1204 Jean T. Frayer aka Jean Taybron Frayer Decedent Peter D. Antonoplos, Esq. 1725 DeSales Street, NW #600 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Gloria Joyce Frayer, whose address is 5334 Chillum Place, NE Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jean T. Frayer aka Jean Taybron Frayer who died on April 1, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 29, 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 29, 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 29, 2015 Gloria Joyce Frayer Personal Representative

Anne Meister Register of Wills

Washington Informer

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

Administration No. 2015 ADM 161 Frances E. Fuller Decedent Dalton Howard, Esq. 4020 Lee Street, NE Washington, DC 20019 Attorney

Jacqueline F. Banks and Oney F. Dickens, whose addresses are 4238 Southern Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20019 and 512 Bentwood Dr., Ft. Washington, MD 20744, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Frances E. Fuller who died on November 4, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 29, 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 29, 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 29, 2015

LEGAL NOTICES

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

Administration No. 2015 ADM 1190

Administration No. 2015 ADM 1246

Administration No. 2015 ADM 1164

Thomas R. Magruder Decedent

James F. Carter aka James Frank Carter Decedent

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

Derwinn D. Magruder, whose address is 5717 Butterfield Ct., Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Thomas R. Magruder who died on August 20, 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 29, 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 29, 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.

Ada W. Carter, whose address is 1630 28th Street, SE, Washington, DC 20020, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of James F. Carter aka James Frank Carter who died on June 23, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before May 5, 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 5, 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 29, 2015

Date of first publication: November 5, 2015

Derwinn D. Magruder Personal Representative

Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer

Willia Mae Hart Decedent Warner H. Session, Esq. The Session Law Firm, P.C. 1300 I Street, NW Suite 300 West Washington, DC 20005 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Abe Hart, III, whose address is 2820 6th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Willia Mae Hart who died on January 16, 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 5, 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 5, 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: November 5, 2015

Ada W. Carter Personal Representative

Abe Hart, III Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister Register of Wills

Washington Informer

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

Administration No. 2014 ADM 635

Administration No. 2015 ADM 780

Administration No. 2015 ADM 1191

Administration No. 2015 ADM 1258

Evelyn A. Underhill Decedent

Keisan Griffith-Roberts Decedent

Cleveland Roberson Decedent

Terry Martin Decedent

Michael Forster 2007 Vermont Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 Attorney

Shanelle C. Patterson 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Ste. 400 Washington, DC 20007 Attorney

Bradley A. Thomas 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006-1631 Attorney

E. Nichole Patterson 1003 K Street, NW, 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20001 Attorney

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

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

Sandra Griffith, whose address is 542 East 49th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Keisan Griffith-Roberts who died on December 28, 2014 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before May 5, 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 5, 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.

Dorothea Baity, whose address is 5050 Whetstone Road, Columbia, MD 21044, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Cleveland Roberson who died on September 12, 2015 with 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 May 5, 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 5, 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.

Mark D. Severe, Jr., whose address is 63 Quincy Place, NW, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Terry Martin who died on August 11, 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 May 5, 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 5, 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: November 5, 2015

Date of first publication: November 5, 2016

Date of first publication: November 5, 2015

Sandra Griffith Personal Representative

Dorothea Baity Personal Representative

Mark D. Severe, Jr. Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister Register of Wills

Washington Informer

Date of first publication: November 5, 2015

Jacqueline F. Banks Oney F. Dickens Personal Representative

Mabel B. McNeill Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister Register of Wills

Washington Informer

42 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

LEGAL NOTICES

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

TRUE TEST COPY TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister Register of Wills

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

LEGAL NOTICES

The Washington Informer

www.washingtoninformer.com

LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 15 ADM 1295 Willie Mobley Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Tyra A. Mobley, whose address is 4972 Just St., NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Willie Mobley who died on July 28, 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 May 12, 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 12, 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: November 12, 2015 Tyra A. Mobley Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

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

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

Administration No. 2015 ADM 1274

Administration No. 2015 ADM 852

Marc G. Gant aka Marc Gregory Gant Decedent

Jimmie Anderson Decedent

Aimee D. Griffin, Esq. The Griffin Firm, PLLC 5335 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney

Johnny M. Howard Houston & Howard 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney

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

Florence B. Gant-Frederick, whose address is 608 Hathaway Ct., Accokeek, MD 20607, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Marc G. Gant aka Marc Gregory Gant who died on July 25, 2015 with 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 May 12, 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 12, 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.

Lillie Pope, whose address is 702 Rittenhouse Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Jimmie Anderson who died on April 29, 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 12, 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 12, 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: November 12, 2015

Florence B. Gant-Frederick Personal Representative

Lillie Pope Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister Register of Wills

Washington Informer

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

Administration No. 2015 ADM 1257

Administration No. 2015 ADM 856

Curtis Hester Decedent

Louise A. Covington Decedent

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Katrica Hester, whose address is 1109 Wilber Force Court, Capitol heights, MD 20743, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Curtis Hester who died on September 10, 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 May 5, 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 5, 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: November 5, 2015 Katrica Hester Personal Representative

LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Rachel Covington-Banks, whose address is 16 Robertson Rd., East Windsor, NJ 08520, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Louise A. Covington who died on June 14, 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 12, 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 12, 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: November 12, 2015 Rachel Covington-Banks Personal Representative

TRUE TEST COPY

Anne Meister Register of Wills

Washington Informer

www.washingtoninformer.com

2015 INT 464 In re: Walter E. Fauntroy An Adult NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF A CONSERVATOR OR ENTRY OF A PROTECTIVE ORDER Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed by Dorothy Simms Fauntroy asking for Entry of a Protective Order and naming Walter E. Fauntroy as the subject of the proceeding and as a person who allegedly; has disappeared. A hearing has been set to consider the petition on the 20th day of January 2016 at 10:00a.m. in courtroom A-51 before Judge Canan of the Probate Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Building A, 515 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, to consider whether to grant the relief requested. At the hearing, the Court will hear from all parties and persons entitled to participate and may take testimony on the issues presented. The Court may appoint a limited or general conservator, or enter a protective order, if there is clear and convincing evidence that such appointment or protective order is warranted. A general or limited conservator may be responsible for some or all of the subject’s financial affairs and entry of a protective order may affect some or all of the property of the subject. The subject is entitled to the following rights: to respond in writing to the petition; to have an attorney appointed and to appear personally or through counsel; to participate at the hearing, present evidence and cross-examine witnesses; to conduct discovery with the Court’s permission; to have the hearing open or closed to the public; and to receive copies of pleadings filed by other parties.

CL ASSIFIEDS PHOTOS and VIDEOS Unique, reliable and competitivelypriced professional photography packages & gifts for weddings, schools, civic organizations and athletic leagues. TRUST REA3L PHOTOS & VIDEOS with making your special events “more than just photos in a flash!” CALL 202-6707495 or Rea3lenterprises@gmail.com Canada Drug Center is your choice for safe and affordable medications. Our licensed Canadian mail order pharmacy will provide you with savings of up to 90 percent on all your medication needs. Call today 1-800-308-9817, for $10.00 off your first prescription and free shipping. Medical Alert for Seniors - 24/7 monitoring. FREE Equipment. FREE Shipping. Nationwide Service. $29.95/Month CALL Medical Guardian Today 888-710-6484 CREDIT RESTORATION & DEBT ELIMINATION Restore your credit and change your life!!! Derrick Jason Smith (301) 383-1333 - Office (301) 744 - 7472 Direct brokerderrick@gmail.com Reader Advisory: the National Trade Association we belong to has purchased the following classifieds. Determining the value of their service or product is advised by this publication. In order to avoid misunderstandings, some advertisers do not offer employment but rather supply the readers with manuals, directories and other materials designed to help their clients establish mail order selling and other businesses at home. Under NO circumstance should you send any money in advance or give the client your checking, license ID, or credit card numbers. Also beware of ads that claim to guarantee loans regardless of credit and note that if a credit repair company does business only over the phone it s illegal to request any money before delivering its service. All funds are based in US dollars. 800 numbers may or may not reach Canada. MEDIABIDS MISCELLANEOUS SAVE 67% PLUS 4 FREE BURGERS The Favorite Feast - ONLY $49.99. ORDER Today 1-888-318-1190 Use Code 48643VFW or www. OmahaSteaks.com/ ffmb93 Do you know your Testosterone Levels? Call 888-692-5146 and ask about our test kits and get a FREE Trial of Progene All-Natural Testosterone Supplement Diabetes/Cholesterol/Weight Loss Bergamonte, a Natural Product for Cholesterol, Blood Sugar and weight. Physician recommended, backed by Human Clinical Studies with amazing results. Call today and save 15 percent off your first bottle! 866-640-5982 ATTENTION DIABETICS with Medicare. Get a FREE talking meter and diabetic testing supplies at NO COST, plus

LEGAL NOTICES services here: call Ron Burke at

202-561-4100

First date of publication: November 12, 2015 TRUE TEST COPY

or email

Anne Meister Register of Wills

rburke@washingtoninformer.com

Washington Informer

The Washington Informer

CL ASSIFIEDS FREE home delivery! Best of all, this meter eliminates painful finger pricking! Call 888-421-1874 Canada Drug Center is your choice for safe and affordable medications. Our licensed Canadian mail order pharmacy will provide you with savings of up to 90 percent on all your medication needs. Call today 1-800-308-9817, for $10.00 off your first prescription and free shipping. READERS & MUSIC LOVERS. 100 Greatest Novels (audio books) ONLY $99.00 (plus s h.) Includes MP3 Player & Accessories. BONUS: 50 Classical Music Works & Money Back Guarantee. Call Today! 1-866-680-1822 Any laptop repaired just $79. Macs too. REALLY! FREE Fedex shipping! $69 extra for screen or motherboard replacement. CALL Authorized Laptop Repair Specialists 1-866-437-6184 Ever Consider a Reverse Mortgage? At least 62 years old? Stay in your home & Increase cash flow! Safe & Effective! Call Now for your FREE DVD! Call Now 888-420-4716 READERS & MUSIC LOVERS. 100 Greatest Novels (audio books) ONLY $99.00 (plus s h.) Includes MP3 Player & Accessories. BONUS: 50 Classical Music Works & Money Back Guarantee. Call Today! 1-866-680-1822 Personalized holiday gifts for Everyone on your list! Save 20 percent off qualifying products from Personal Creations! To redeem this offer, visit www.PersonalCreations.com/Beauty or Call 1-888-732-0679 Diabetes/Cholesterol/Weight Loss Natural Product for Cholesterol, Blood Sugar and weight. Physician recommended, backed by Human Clinical Studies with fast acting results within 30 days. Call to hear about our special offer 866-640-5982 ATTENTION DIABETICS with Medicare. Get a FREE Talking Meter and diabetic testing supplies at NO COST, plus FREE home delivery! Best of all, this meter eliminates painful finger pricking! Call 888-421-1874 SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS. You WIN or Pay Us Nothing. Contact Disability Group, Inc. Today! BBB Accredited. Call For Your FREE Book & Consultation. 888-649-5110 Attention Joint & Muscle Pain Sufferers: Clinically proven all-natural supplement helps reduce pain and enhance mobility. Call 888-760-5952 to try Hydraflexin RISK-FREE for 90 days. HEAT YOUR HOME FOR 5¢ AN HOUR! Portable infrared iHeater heats 1000 sq. ft. Slashes your heating bills by 50%. FREE Shipping too! Use claim code 6239 WAS $499 NOW $279 Call 1-866784-5182 CADNET ADOPTION A Loving Choice for an Unplanned Pregnancy. Call Andrea 1-866-2367638 (24/7) for adoption information/ profiles, or view our loving couples at WWW.ANAAdoptions.com. Financial Assistance Provided EDUCATION THE OCEAN Corp. 10840 Rockley Road Houston, Texas 77099. Train for a New Career. *Underwater Welder. *Commercial Diver. *NDT Weld Inspector. Job Placement Assistance. Financial Aid available for those who qualify. 800-321-0298. FINANCIAL Refinancing now could save you thousands! Call LendingTree to get multiple offers, and speak with our network of top lenders today! Call before rates rise! 877-452-7956 Get the IRS off your back! They do not give up until you pay. Tax Solutions Now will get you the best deal. Call 800-590-1855 HEALTH & FITNESS VIAGRA 100mg, CIALIS 20mg. 50 tabs $90 includes FREE SHIPPING. 1-888836-0780 or Metro-Meds.net VIAGRA 100MG and CIALIS 20mg! 50 Pills $99.00 FREE Shipping! 100% guaranteed. CALL NOW! 1-866-312-

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

CL ASSIFIEDS 6061 MISCELLANEOUS Make a Connection. Real People, Flirty Chat. Meet singles right now! Call LiveLinks. Try it FREE. Call NOW: 1-888-909-9905 18+. AVIATION Grads work with JetBlue, Boeing, Delta and others- start here with hands on training for FAA certification. Financial aid if qualified. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 866-453-6204 American Standard Walk-In Baths - Stay in your home longer, safely, independently. Best Lifetime Warranty in the industry. Get $1,000 Off and a Free Toilet with every Installation. Call Now Toll-Free 855-371-5348 DISH TV Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) SAVE! Regular Price $34.99 Ask About FREE SAME DAY Installation! CALL Now! 877-477-9659 WANTED TO BUY CASH PAID- up to $25/ Box for unexpired, sealed DIABETIC TEST STRIPS. 1-DAYPAYMENT.1-800-371-1136 Wants to purchase minerals and other oil and gas interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557 Denver, Co. 80201 MID ATLANTIC COMMUNITY PAPERS ASSOCIATION CLASSIFIED NETWORK (MACNET) ANNOUNCEMENTS Acorn Stairlifts. The AFFORDABLE solution to your stairs! **Limited time -$250 Off Your Stairlift Purchase!** Buy Direct & SAVE. Please call 1-800-4107127 for FREE DVD and brochure. DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR BOAT TO HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND. Free 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible, Free Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care Of. CALL 1-800-895-7416 Got an older car, boat or RV? Do the humane thing. Donate it to the Humane Society. Call 1- 800-758-2204

CL ASSIFIEDS Got Knee Pain? Back Pain? Shoulder Pain? Get a pain-relieving brace -little or NO cost to you. Medicare Patients Call Health Hotline Now! 1- 800-419-3684 SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS. Unable to work? Denied benefits? We Can Help! WIN or Pay Nothing! Contact Bill Gordon & Associates at 1-800-208-6915 to start your application today! BUILDING MATERIALS Metal Roofing & Siding for houses, barns, sheds. Close outs, returns, seconds, overruns, etc. at Discount Prices. Huge inventory in stock. 717445-5222 Ephrata Pa. BUSINESS TO BUSINESS Advertise to 500,000 Homes with a business card size ad. You choose the area of coverage in free community papers...we do the rest. Call 800-4507227 or visit macnetonline.com Computers For Sale DELL LAPTOP Computer, excellent condition, superior professional grade performance. Windows 7. Premium software package included. 6 month warranty. $299. 717-653-6314 EMPLOYMENT The path to your dream job begins with a college degree. Education Quarters offers a free college matching service. CALL 1-800-375-6219 EVENTS Holding a Carnival! Fair! Festival! Jubilee! Promote it to over 1 Million readers for only $200!!! Visit www. midatlanticevents.net for more details or call 800-450-7227. FOR SALE Safe Step Walk-In Tub Alert for Seniors. Bathroom falls can be fatal. Approved by Arthritis Foundation. Therapeutic Jets. Less Than 4 Inch Step-In. Wide Door. Anti-Slip Floors. American Made. Installation Included. Call 1-800-9063115 for $750 Off LOTS & ACREAGE COOPERSTOWN LAND LIQUIDATION!

ATTENTION MARYLANDERS WITH HOMES CONSTRUCTED BEWEEN 1989 -2009 THAT HAVE FLEXIBLE CORRUGATED STAINLESS STEEL GAS PIPE (CSST) We represent CSST homeowners in a class action to recover inspection and repair costs from the manufacturers of this product. If your home was built with CSST, you may be entitled to a free inspection, repairs or replacement. Call (202) 640-1166 or email “CSST” to info@wbmllp.com for more information. GARY E. MASON WHITFIELD BRYSON & MASON LLP 1625 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Ste. 605, Washington, DC 20036 No specific results implied

CL ASSIFIEDS 10 acres - $29,900 Priced 70% BELOW MARKET! Woods, utils, twn rd, private setting just 7 miles from Village! Terms avail! 888-431-7214 Mohawk Valley Hobby Farm - 22 acres $149,900 4 BR, 2 BA farmhouse, horse barn, nice views, Beautiful setting just off the NY State Thruway, 40 min West of Albany! Call 888-738-6994 for more info SO. ADIRONDACK FORESTLAND. 40 acres - $69,900 Lake rights, stream, only 3 hrs NY City! Twn rd, utils! Terms avail! Call 888-495-8733 WANTED TO BUY Cash for DIABETIC TEST STRIPS / STOP SMOKING PRODUCTS or GIFT CARDS! Free Shipping, 24hr Payments! Call 1-877-588-8500, www. TestStripSearch.com. Habla Espanol. WORK FROM HOME/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY MAKE MONEY Online! $1000 / day. Work From Home Informative Video www.OLcashflow.com MARYLAND STATEWIDE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING NETWORK AUTOMOBILE DONATIONS DONATE AUTOS, TRUCKS, RV’S. LUTHERAN MISSION SOCIETY. Your donation helps local families with food, clothing, shelter, counseling. Tax deductible. MVA License #W1044. 410-636-0123 or www. LutheranMissionSociety.org BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Drive traffic to your business and reach 4.1 million readers with just one phone call & one bill. See your business ad in 104 newspapers in Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia for just $495.00 per ad placement. The value of newspapers advertising HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER....call 1-855-7216332 x 6 today to place your ad before 4.1 million readers. Email Wanda Smith @ wsmith@mddcpress.com or visit our website at www.mddcpress.com. BUSINESS SERVICES Place your ad today in both The Baltimore Sun and The Washington Post newspapers, along with 10 other daily newspapers five days per week. For just pennies on the dollar reach 2.5 million readers through the Daily Classified Connection Network in 3 states: CALL TODAY; SPACE is VERY LIMITED; CALL 1-855-721-6332 x 6 or 410-212-0616 email wsmith@ mddcpress.com or visit our website at www.mddcpress.com DRIVERS CDL-A Drivers: WEEKLY HOME TIME! Get up to $0.48 CPM w/bonuses PLUS up to $10,000 Sign On Bonus. Call 877277-7298 or DriveForSuperService.com EDUCATIONAL TRAINING MEDICAL BILLING TRAINING! Online Training gets you ready to become a Medical Office Assistant. NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! Call CTI for details! HS Diploma/GED & Computer/Internet needed.

WANTED OLD JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES

ChurCh Printing

KAWASAKI-- Z1-900(1972-75), KZ900, KZ1000(1976-1982), Z1R, KZ1000MK2(1979,80), W1-650, H1-500(1969-72), H2-750(1972-1975), S1-250, S2-350, S3-400, KH250, KH400, SUZUKI--GS400, GT380, HONDA--CB750K(1969-1976), CBX1000(1979,80)

PrOgrams & BOOklets

20% Off

l l l l l l

$$ CASH $$

1-800-772-1142 1-310-721-0726 usa@classicrunners.com

44 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

Copies Color Copies fax services tee shirts scan & email service lamination

Quality Printers 301 kennedy street, nW Washington, DC 20011

tel: 202-291-6565 The Washington Informer

CL ASSIFIEDS 1-888-528-5549SERVICESAVIATION Grads work with JetBlue, Boeing, Delta and others- start here with hands on training for FAA certification. Financial aid if qualified. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 866-823-6729 HELP WANTED WANTED: LIFE AGENTS • Earn $500 a Day • Great Agent Benefits • Commissions Paid Daily • Liberal Underwriting • Leads, Leads, Leads • LIFE INSURANCE, LICENSE REQUIRED. Call 1-888-713-6020 LOTS & ACREAGE GREAT MTN. LAND SALE 5.3AC. WAS $64,900 NOW $49,900 CLOSE TO TOWN/ NEAR LAKE CABIN SHELL $26,000 Rare chance to own private one of a kind Land with Mtn. views perfect for camp, build ATV, retire, recreation abounds on this mix of Open and wooded rolling land. New perc, elec, Survey. No time to build. Excellent financing. CONTACT OWNER 800888-1262 MEDICAL SUPPLIES Acorn/Bruno Stairlifts & Porch lifts RCM Elevators Since 1929; Avoid unsightly expensive wood ramps & SAVE; Porchlifts have many benefits over ramps Call Angel 888-353-8878 MISCELLANEOUS Place your 2x4 Ad in this network in 82 newspapers in Maryland, Delaware and DC for just $2900.00. Reach 3.6 million readers every week with just one call, one bill and one ad. Call 1-855-721-6336 x 6 to place your ad or email wsmith@mddcpress.com. Get the reach, the results...maximize your advertising dollars TODAY! SERVICES Want a larger footprint in the marketplace consider advertising in the MDDC Display 2x2 or 2x4 Advertising Network. Reach 3.6 million readers every week by placing your ad in 82 newspapers in Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. With just one phone call, your business and/ or product will be seen by 3.6 million readers HURRY....space is limited, CALL TODAY!! Call 1-855-721-6332 x 6 or 410-212-0616 email wsmith@ mddcpress.com or visit our website at www.mddcpress.com NATIONAL ADVERTISING NETWORK, INC. (NANI) AUTOMOTIVE Donate Your Car to Children’s Cancer Victims Today! Help and Support ACCF! Fast - FREE pick up. 100% tax deductible. Call 1-800-258-1429 CARS/TRUCKS WANTED! Top $$$$$ PAID! Running or Not, All Years, Makes, Models. Free Towing! We’re Local! 7 Days/Week. Call Toll Free: 1-888-4162330 EDUCATION/TRAINING 25 DRIVER TRAINEES NEEDED! Become a driver for Stevens Transport! NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! New drivers earn $800+ per week! PAID CDL TRAINING! Stevens covers all costs! 1-888-734-6714 drive4stevens.com MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES NEEDED! Train at home to process Medical Billing & Insurance! NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! Online training at Bryan University! HS Diploma/GED & Computer/Internet needed. 1-888734-6711

CL ASSIFIEDS HEALTH/MEDICAL **FALL SPECIAL** VIAGRA 40x (100 mg) +16 “Double Bonus” PILLS for ONLY $119.00. NO PRESCRIPTION Needed! VISA payment required. 1-888-386-8074 www.newhealthyman.com Satisfaction Guaranteed!! VIAGRA 100MG and CIALIS 20mg! 40 Pills + 10 FREE. SPECIAL $99.00 100% guaranteed. FREE Shipping! 24/7 CALL NOW! 1-888-223-8818 VIAGRA! 52 Pills for only $99.00! The Original Blue Pill. Insured and Guaranteed Delivery Call 1-888-4100514 VIAGRA & CIALIS! 50 pills for $95. 100 pills for $150 FREE shipping. NO prescriptions needed. Money back guaranteed! 1-877-743-5419 HELP WANTED WORK AT HOME!! $570/WEEKLY** ASSEMBLING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS + ENROLL to our FREE HOME MAILER PROGRAM + HOME TYPING PROGRAM. PT/FT. Genuine! www.HelpWantedWork.com MISCELLANEOUS CASH FOR CARS: All Cars/Trucks Wanted. Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid. We Come To You! Any Make/ Model. Call For Instant Offer: 1-800864-5960 CASH PAID for unexpired, sealed DIABETIC TEST STRIPS! 1 DAY PAYMENT & PREPAID shipping. HIGHEST PRICES! Call 1-888-7767771. www.Cash4DiabeticSupplies.com YOUNG READERS – Find the magic of farm life in this wonderful children’s book. Check out Richard the Donkey and His LOUD, LOUD Voice at www. RichardTheDonkey.com DIRECTV Starting at $19.99/mo. FREE Installation. FREE 3 months of HBO SHOWTIME CINEMAX starz. FREE HD/DVR Upgrade! 2015 NFL Sunday Ticket Included (Select Packages) New Customers Only. CALL 1-800-614-8506 Make a Connection. Real People, Flirty Chat. Meet singles right now! Call LiveLinks. Try it FREE. Call NOW: Call 1-877-737-9447 18+ TRAVEL THINKING ABOUT A CRUISE? Let us help you match your needs and wants with your budget. Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Carnival and all major cruise lines. Hurry – great offers available for a limited time! Call 877-270-7260 or go to NCPTRAVEL.COM to research.. A PLACE FOR MOM. The nation’s largest senior living referral service. Contact our trusted, local experts today! Our service is FREE/no obligation. CALL 1-800-217-3942 SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS. Unable to work? Denied benefits? We Can Help! WIN or Pay Nothing! Contact Bill Gordon & Associates at 1-800-290-8321 to start your application today! ACCESS YOUR LAWSUIT CASH! In an Injury Lawsuit? Need Cash Now? Low Rates. No Credit Checks/Monthly Payments. Call Now 1-800-568-8321. HERO MILES - to find out more about how you can help our service members, veterans and their families in their time of need, visit the Fisher House website at www.fisherhouse.org

WET BASEMENTS STINK !! Mold, mildew and water leakage into your basement causes health and foundation damage. What can be done to fix the problem? Allstate American Waterproofing is an honest, hardworking local company. We will give you a FREE evaluation and estimate and a fair price. We have repaired thousands of basements in the area; we can provide local references. When your neighbors needed waterproofing, they called Allstate American. Why don’t you? Call now to receive a 20% discount with your FREE ESTIMATE. MHIC#36672

CALL 1 800 420 7783 NOW! www.washingtoninformer.com

YOES from Page 26 the immediate removal of all Confederate monuments, the group added new demands this week. It wants the commission to widen the scope of the hearings to include the statue of Christopher Columbus in Druid Hill Park. It wants the city to allow artistic responses to these monuments without fear of being fined or otherwise intimidated by Baltimore police or Baltimore City park rangers. The group also demands more funding for artists, particularly artists of color and women.

MALVEAUX from Page 26

The Lee-Jackson monument in particular has sparked the ire of many because it was erected in 1948, almost 100 years after the Civil War was fought, more an affirmation of segregation and institutional racism in Baltimore as opposed to a commemoration of the Civil War. “The monuments are a creation of a period of American history … that’s the nadir of race relations, the sad period from 1890 to 1940,” said James Loewen a sociologist, who recently testified before the city’s Confederate commission. “That’s when the United States, White folks anyway, were most

racist in their thinking more than any other time. That’s when they (the statues) are from. We need to understand that about them and they then also tell us complete lies about the Civil War,” Loewen added. What he alludes to is an inscription on the Lee-Jackson statue that says they fought the war in a “gentlemanly” way. But, according to Loewen, when Lee went through Maryland, his army enslaved every Black person it saw, whether they had been legally emancipated or not. “For a long time, the slaves back then, and now … our hands are made of gold,” explained Ma-

what happened … they’re only making it stronger.” WI Sean Yoes is a senior contributor of the AFRO and executive producer and host of “First Edition,” which airs Monday through Friday 5-7 p.m. on WEAA, 88.9 FM.

Do you have an event you want to promote? We can help you reach more than a million households in your area!

Find out more at www.midatlanticevents.com

unacceptable behavior, but they don’t speak up. So, there are police officers who choose to rape some of the women they stop for traffic violations. There are police officers who coerce delinquent young girls into prostitution. There are police officers who take the drugs confiscated in drug busts for their own use or to sell. There is silence from police unions regarding these actions. Police unions with integrity would uplift good officers and criticize bad ones. They’d assert and then enforce a code of conduct. They’d say there is zero tolerance for illegal police behavior, and then they’d enforce it. Unions are supposed to defend their members, and that makes

sense. Even as they defend those who are unjustly accused, they must also be quite clear that they oppose illegal behavior. Officer Randolph Holder, a Guyana native, whose application to the police academy included an essay that said he wanted to be a role model, was killed in late October by a criminal who was fleeing him. His death was a tragedy. His family, the community and his fellow officers mourn him. We who are human must mourn him. We who depend on law enforcement officers to maintain order in our communities must condemn the culture of violence that led to his death. And we who are human and object to violence must also object to the police violence that left Eric Garner dead. We must also criticize the grand jury

that decided that his murderer, “Officer” Daniel Pantaleo, did nothing wrong. We must decry the folks who said that Garner was complicit in his own death because he was overweight. There is nothing wrong with the truth. Tarantino spoke it. The rabid Lynch opposes truth and calls for boycotts of a Tarantino film to punish him. Where are the police officers who will cross the thin blue line to hold fellow officers accountable? Why are so many silent in the face of police brutality, murder and injustice? WI

FLETCHER from Page 26

roles in the human tragedy unfolding before us. WI

“The Global African” on Telesur-English. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and at www.billfletcherjr.com.

(Daesh or ISIL), has catalyzed a massive population shift. Foreign forces have worsened this situation. What is striking is that in the cases of the Europeans and the United States, there is a complete blindness to their respective roles in creating or intensifying the crises. In the U.S., we hear the likes of Donald Trump rail against Mexicans coming to the U.S. as if the U.S. is uninvolved in why they have come here in the first place. In Europe, acting as if greater Europe has had nothing to do with the Middle East’s fires is completely disingenuous. Perhaps it is a moment in which, through the media, we need to engage in a bit of an exploration of history and current events. Perhaps it is time for a bit more humility on the part of Europe and the United States in recognizing their respective

chioli, in reference to the hands of the statue being painted gold. “It (symbolizes) our hands, workers’ hands suppressed hands,” he added. “They can take it away, but they can’t destroy it,” Andrews said. “Even if they destroy it physically, they can’t destroy

Bill Fletcher Jr. is the host of

www.washingtoninformer.com

Provided by the publishers of the Mid-Atlantic Community Papers Association Contact 800-450-7227 to include your event with Mid-Atlantic Events.

Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist based in Washington, D.C. Her latest book, “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy,” will be released in November.

If Your Ad Were Here Someone Would Be Reading It! Contact me, Ron Burke, at 202-561-4100 or rburke@washingtoninformer.com

- Over 600 vacation homes in all price ranges! - Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, and Southern Shores to Corolla - Fall Weeks... Still feels like summer - Discounts!!!

Is your advertising budget or your

BUSINESS TAKING A HIT? Put your classified message in 92 local newspapers across Maryland, Delaware and D.C. for one low price! • Over 5 Million Readers • $500 for 25 words CALL MDDC PRESS SERVICE 1-855-721-MDDC x6 • www.mddcpress.com Price is per week; add’l words extra. Frequency discounts available.

MDDC CLASSIFIED AD NETWORK Does Your Business

NEED TO JAZZ THINGS UP? Place a business card-size ad in 71 Maryland, Delaware and DC newspapers for one low price!

• Over 3 Million Readers • Only $1,450 per week! SAVE UP TO 85% CALL MDDC PRESS SERVICE 1-855-721-MDDC x6 • www.mddcpress.com Frequency discounts and ad size options also available.

MDDC 2x2 DISPLAY AD NETWORK

The Washington Informer

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

EDELIN from Page 27

Stay independent and safe in your home! Discover the world’s best walk-in bath from

Learn How to Save $1,000 on Your New Walk-In Bath

Call Now Toll Free

855.371.5348

or visit us at: www.AmericasBestTub.com

Pick a state! , any state

MDDC Press works with fellow press associations across the country to give you the best possible buys on advertising wherever you need it. We take care of scheduling and placement at no extra cost to you, and you save time and money. Call Wanda Smith at ext. 6 today.

Press Service 2000 Capital Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401

1-855-721-6332 www.mddcpress.com

THE REAL DEAL! 2 YEARS LOCK IN

OF SAVINGS!

with Advanced Receiver Service.

FREE WHOLE-HOME GENIE HD DVR UPGRADE Advanced receiver fees apply. Minimum 2-room setup required.

NFL SUNDAY TICKET INCLUDED AT NO EXTRA COST. 2014 SEASON

CHOICE™ Package and above.

FREE PREMIUM MOVIE CHANNELS FOR 3 MONTHS. CHOICE™ PACKAGE AND ABOVE

CALL NOW!

800-618-1067 ALL DIRECTV OFFERS REQUIRE 24-MONTH AGREEMENT.** Offer ends 4/9/14

Per Mo For 12 Mos. After Instant Rebate With 24-mo. Agreement

2999

Minus additional $5 off for 12 months for low and medium-risk customers

Each week you’ll get news from The District of Columbia, Prince George’s County, Montgomery County, and Northern Virginia. You will discover Arts and Entertainment, Social Tidbits, Religion, Sports, People’s Viewpoints, Letters to the Editor, Classified Ads and more! And best of all… No crime, no dirty gossip, just positive news and information each week, which is why… The Washington Informer is all about you! Name............................................................................................. Address.......................................................................................... City, State, Zip................................................................................. Phone number (daytime)................................................................... Yes! I want to subscribe for: 1 year/$45.00 Method of payment:

2years/$60.00

Check Enclosed Visa/MasterCard Credit card number.......................................................................... Signature........................................................................................

46 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

schools have identified points of cooperation that could work to the benefit of every D.C. student, regardless of which type of public school attended. First among these is that since school attendance is mandatory, it is the responsibility of government to ensure that every child is offered a high-quality public education. Currently, not all families have access to such options in their neighborhoods. This social exclusion is especially acute at the secondary school level in communities that are most underserved. Clearly, getting serious about increasing student achievement requires sharing best practices, which would be greatly enhanced by applying the same levels of accountability and investment to both DCPS and charters. This would include sharing the benefits of everything learned from collaborative research on stu-

MORIAL from Page 27 practice continues to run rampant and unchecked throughout our criminal justice system — a system where more than half of the people on death row are people of color. African-Americans make up 42 percent of that number, while they make up only 12 percent of the United States population. Deliberately excluding people of color from juries only serves to undermine our confidence in the credibility of our nation’s criminal justice system. How can we believe justice is being served if the system is so bla-

ASKIA from Page 27 third Republican debate when he claimed that he had no relationship with a supplement-scam company called Mannatech, despite video evidence showing him narrating a film for the product and claiming it magically cured his own cancer, along with a financial connection to the company going back a decade. Not surprisingly, nonpartisan fact checking outfit PolitiFact has rated his statement as “false.” In fact, he’s been caught telling many stories which turned to be other than true. Carson’s 16 most notable factual statements have been analyzed by PolitiFact. None of them have been rated as “true” The Washington Informer

dent performance — especially with children of color from impoverished backgrounds, who comprise the majority of D.C. students. Wrap-around social services that ensure a quality education can be effectively delivered to children impacted by family poverty — this is a good example of a pressing but neglected need that must be collectively addressed in a strategic way. Adult education is one such long-overlooked problem since some 40 percent of our public school parents are functionally illiterate. As well, the difficult and entrenched issue of re-engaging disconnected youths with the rest of society, and the needs of English Language Learners, including immigrant and undocumented students, cannot be addressed by charters alone. Yet another urgent problem is the need to provide excellent alternative educational settings for chronically suspended and ex-

pelled students. My organization has identified a potential provider for that service, but all parties need to be involved. There are public schools in all D.C. neighborhoods, but they are not all of high quality. Many charter school leaders are prepared to offer a preference to local students, as some political leaders favor, on a voluntary basis – but the demand for high quality schools cannot rest on the backs of charter schools alone. Every neighborhood school must become a quality option. A compulsory charter school preference would prevent thousands of students who live in neighborhoods with underperforming schools from accessing high-quality options elsewhere. Let charters and DCPS work together — placing student achievement first. For the sake of our children, let us make that the test and standard of collaboration. WI

tantly rigged? And studies have shown that diversity makes for a better jury. In comparison with all-white juries, racially diverse juries are said to take longer to deliberate, they consider a wider variety of perspectives when deciding and they make fewer factual errors. We cannot allow our constitutional right to be judged by a jury of our peers to be abused based on a prosecutor’s implicit or explicit racial bias — lives are at stake. If we are going to effectively address prosecutorial misconduct, there must be real enforcement of rulings like Batson v. Kentucky to prevent the exclusion of jurors based on their race.

Along with enforcement, there must be punishment. Right now, prosecutors are not taken to task when racial bias rears its ugly head during jury selection. With enforcement and monitoring, we can discover the patterns and punish the offenders. Foster’s case has pulled back the curtain on an ugly and unlawful practice that we must remedy if we want a criminal justice system we can believe in. Fortunately, we are decades past the all-white juries of the Jim Crow era, but we have a long way to go if we are committed to bring justice into our jury pools for all our nation’s citizens. WI

or “mostly true.” Instead, the best he’s done is three statements that qualified as “half-true,” while the others were all rated as “false” or “mostly false.” Two of his statements earned the rare “Pants on Fire” rating to denote a lie that is not only false but also egregiously false. Like maybe a claim that the Great Pyramids were built for grain storage rather than as tombs for the pharaohs. And then there’s that West Point “full scholarship” stuff. Dr. B, everyone who is admitted to West Point or the Naval Academy, or the Air Force Academy, or the Coast Guard Academy, attends on full scholarship. The military services pay for the education of their officers. Besides, there is no evidence

the Carson ever even applied or that his interlocutor — Gen. William Westmoreland — was even in Detroit for the Memorial Day 1969 event at which dude received the offer for a free-ride at West Point. So, not to despair Dr. Ben, or Dr. Ben supporters, you have gone further and deeper into the GOP leadership than Herman “9-9-9” Cain, and further than little-known, iconoclastic Republican candidate Alan Keyes, which qualifies you for a special honor at the GOP National Convention next summer — a Devoid of Integrity Award to be presented by none other than NBC News anchor Brian Williams. Congratulations. WI

www.washingtoninformer.com

Join Plenti for free and start earning points today!

N510 REV

Plenti is a great way to get rewards at Macy’s and lots of other places! Join for free to earn points at one place and use them at another, all with a single rewards card.

See a Sales Associate or visit macys.com/plenti to sign up and get more details. Plenti points cannot be earned or used on fees and services or on 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

NAME: HKOFF

JOB ID:

WEEK: N

GET YOUR HOLIDAY GAME PLAN AT MACYS.COM! WE MAKE SHOPPING AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3

COLOR:

SIZE: 5X

(9.5x1

RUN: 11

REL: 10

PUBS: W TRAFFI COPY: ART: TECH:

NOW-SUN, NOV. 15

HOLIDAY KICK-OFF SALE A

OFF WITH YOU RM 15% R O AC % Y’ 0 WOW! PASS S 2 EXTRA SAVINGS ON SELECT SALE & CLEARANCE APPAREL! (EXCEPT SPECIALS & SUPER BUYS)

EXTRA 2O% OFF

S PAS OR RD CA

THE SEASON IN STYLE!

TAK EA NE XT R

25%-5O% OFF STOREWIDE WE’LL HELP YOU TACKLE

SELECT SALE & CLEARANCE APPAREL FOR HIM, HER & KIDS, PLUS FINE & FASHION JEWELRY EXTRA 15% OFF SELECT SALE & CLEARANCE WATCHES, SHOES, COATS, SUITS, DRESSES, INTIMATES, SWIM FOR HER; SUIT SEPARATES & SPORTCOATS FOR HIM & HOME ITEMS MACYS.COM PROMO CODE: GETSET EXCLUSIONS MAY DIFFER ON MACYS.COM Excludes: Deals of the Day, Doorbusters, Everyday Values (EDV), specials, super buys, cosmetics/fragrances, electrics/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 practices at macys.com/privacy

VALID 11/12-11/15/2015

BUY ONLINE, PICK UP IN STORE NEED IN A HURRY? NOW YOU CAN SHOP AHEAD ON MACYS.COM AND PICK IT UP THE SAME DAY AT YOUR NEAREST MACY’S STORE. IT’S FAST, FREE AND EASY! DETAILS AT MACYS.COM/STOREPICKUP

FREE SHIPPING ONLINE & FREE RETURNS

FREE SHIPPING WITH $99 PURCHASE. U.S. ONLY. EXCLUSIONS APPLY; SEE MACYS.COM/FREERETURNS HOLIDAY KICK-OFF SALE PRICES IN EFFECT 11/12-11/15/2015. MERCHANDISE WILL BE ON SALE AT THESE AND OTHER SALE PRICES NOW THROUGH 1/2/16, EXCEPT AS NOTED.

50733_N5100068K_R1.indd 1

www.washingtoninformer.com

The Washington Informer

11/5/15 4:12 PM

Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

48 Nov 12 - Nov 18, 2015

The Washington Informer