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Luke Stewart Jr., right, son of Luke Stewart, stands near relatives after a family press conference in front of Euclid City Hall in Euclid, Ohio on Oct. 9. The family of Luke Stewart, an unarmed Black driver fatally shot by a White policeman, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. It alleges in the lawsuit that Euclid is responsible for practices that led to Officer Matthew Rhodes shooting and killing the 23-year-old Luke Stewart in March.

Human Trafficking is Still a Problem in D.C.-Area

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General Brian E. Frosh and Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela D. Alsobrooks announced Joshua Isaiah Jones, 27, of Greenbelt, Md., had been convicted of recruiting multiple women and a juvenile to participate in his “multi-jurisdictional human trafficking criminal enterprise.” The release did not specify how many women were involved in the ring.

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in the last 100 years that I know of,” Ditka said Oct. 9 during a Monday Night Football pregame radio interview when referencing the current protest against racial injustice that several NFL players are participating in by kneeling during the national anthem.

The comment seemingly put

Ditka in the same circle of ignorance as President Donald J. Trump -- two rich guys who don’t seem to think before they speak.

And several Football fans and activists agreed, taking to Twitter to profess their disgust at Ditka’s blatant disregard for not only Black

Maybe it was his ignorance on the struggles Blacks have endured throughout time? Maybe he thought he was only talking about the NFL? Or, maybe Mike Ditka, the former Continued on A3 coach for the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears, Civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was born 100 years ago on Oct. 6, 1917. Hamer is just another became famous for saying she was “sick and tired of being sick and tired” of racism. conservative guy Below is her obituary from when she died in 1977. sitting on a perch AFRO Archived History ignorant of the world below him?

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Former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka is apologizing for saying he wasn’t aware of any racial oppression in the U.S. over the last 100 years.

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Their faces are all too frequently Black and Brown. They are seemingly sheltered debutantes from Northwest Washington D.C.; troubled runaway teens from Laurel, Md; young Latinx women from Northern Virginia and vulnerable transgender youth from Southeast D.C. They are the faces of modern-day slavery and human trafficking epidemic.

The International Labour Organization estimates that there are more than 20.9 million victims of human trafficking worldwide. More than half of all victims are women and girls, with 26 percent of all cases being children.

“Trafficking of women for prostitution is a problem worldwide and in our own back yards.”

who may be victims of human trafficking rings.

Sharece Crawford, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in Ward 8, said she works with nonprofit organizations that have seen an upswing in the number of human trafficking cases during a radio interview with American University’s radio station, WAMU 88.5.

“Imagine what’s not being reported,” said Crawford, who issued a resolution letter to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in March advocating for a better Amber Alert system and reporting for critically missing children.

The recent conviction of a Prince George’s County man hurled domestic trafficking back to the forefront of local news. On Sept. 28, Maryland Attorney

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By Aya Elamroussi Special to the AFRO Black power comes in several different forms.

In the sixties, it was the Black Panthers with the party’s Free Breakfast for Children program, which provided free breakfast before school started in Black communities with low income residents. Today, a form of Black power is tackling high unemployment. According to the Department of Labor, Blacks continue to have the highest unemployment rate at 7.3 percent, which is more than double of the unemployment rate of Whites and Asians.

As a result, senior bishops of Black Methodist United (BMU), a collaborative between the A.M.E. Church in

Fannie Lou was ‘tired’ of racial discrimination Week of March 22-26, 1977 Ruleville, Miss.—Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, whose “tiredness” of racism spurred her to become one of the nation’s foremost freedom fighters, is dead.

Mrs. Hamer died of cancer last week in Mount Bayon Community Hospital, 30-miles north of her home in Ruleville. She was 60.

In the turbulent 1960’s, her dynamic speeches were centered around blacks “tiredness” of second class citizenship. “We’re tired of being denied our rights,” or “We’re tired of segregation,” she might say.

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By The Associated Press Walter “Bunny” Sigler, a singer, songwriter and producer who helped create “The Sound of Philadelphia” in the 1970s, has died.

His longtime attorney, Lloyd Zane Remick, said Sigler died of a heart attack Oct. 6 at his home outside Philadelphia.

He was 76.

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Remick said he worked right up to the end, posting songs and music videos on his YouTube channel as recently as August even as health issues kept him hospitalized for long stretches of time.

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Issue of Race is Again a Focus in Tulsa, Oklahoma Ex-Cop’s 4th Murder Trial

For Fatal Shooting of Daughter’s Black Boyfriend

By The Associated Press Three hung juries in the case of a White former Oklahoma police officer charged with fatally shooting his daughter’s Black boyfriend had one thing in common besides unwillingness to convict: Each had only one African-American juror.

Race has been an undercurrent in ex-Tulsa officer Shannon Kepler’s first-degree murder case, which is headed for a fourth trial. Criminal law experts and U.S. Supreme Court cases point to the importance of racial identity and policing when it comes to jury selection, which began Oct. 9.

Kepler, a 24-year veteran of the force, was off duty in August 2014 when he fatally shot 19-year-old Jeremey Lake, who had just started dating Kepler’s daughter. Kepler doesn’t deny pulling the trigger but says he did so only because he thought Lake was armed. No weapon was found on or near Lake’s body.

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Ex-Tulsa police officer Shannon Kepler is facing a fourth trial in less than a year in the 2014 fatal shooting of his daughter’s Black boyfriend. involved in fatal shootings of Black residents have recently faced similar trials. In the past year alone — including in Tulsa — juries were unwilling to vote for a conviction or prosecutors were unwilling to charge officers in cases from Baltimore to St. Louis. In May, a jury acquitted now-former Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby in the killing of an unarmed Black man, which roiled the city’s Black community.

The racial makeup of the juries in Kepler’s previous trials prompted criticism from at least one civil rights group.

Richard O’Carroll, Kepler’s defense attorney, has denied race played a role in Lake’s killing. O’Carroll did not return messages this past week seeking comment on the case.

Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler declined to comment specifically on the racial makeup of the past juries, but acknowledged “frustration” with the results of the trials.

“I know I had citizens who put in a lot of effort and worked very hard and I know from their perspective they are frustrated as well,” Kunzweiler said.

Another racial element was recently added to the case when Kepler argued that he couldn’t be tried by state prosecutors because he’s a member of an American Indian tribe. A judge determined the fourth trial could move forward in state court. Kepler says he’s 1/128th Muscogee (Creek).

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-1 that prosecutors violated the Constitution by excluding African-Americans from an all-White jury that convicted a Black Georgia death row inmate of killing a White woman. The decision emphasized rules set by the court in 1986 to prevent racial discrimination in jury selection.

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Trafficking Continued from A1 were Rashid Marwan Mosby, 43, of Windsor Mill and Terra Marie Perry, 37, of Baltimore.

Mosby and Perry pleaded guilty to human trafficking charges, according to a release from Frosh’s office. They will be sentenced Nov. 8. The three worked in tandem between 2013-2015 to lure women with promises of modeling and escort jobs under an agency called Pink Pleasure Entertainment. The release also said the trio posted more than 100 advertisements with explicit photos to solicit customers for sexual encounters.

Frosh said instances like the “Pink Pleasure Entertainment” guise are far too frequent in Maryland.

“These individuals brutalized young women for profit,” Frosh said. “Trafficking of women for prostitution is a problem worldwide and in our own back yards. Working with law enforcement in multiple agencies, we were able to lock these individuals up and prevent them from preying on more young women.”

Both Prince George’s County and the District have task forces dedicated to monitoring and convicting human traffickers, while providing assistance programs to survivors. According to the county’s Human

Trafficking Task Force Web site, there were 241 calls to Child Protective Services about human trafficking of minors and county police arrested 33 adults for human trafficking offenses. Sex trafficking is the most common.

Michael Lyles is the executive director of the Prince George’s County Human Relations Commission and chairman of the county’s human trafficking task force. He told the AFRO there have been 281 human trafficking cases reported this year through June and the average victim is between 18-19. He said the youngest victim found in 2017 was 14, although he has seen children as young as 11 entangled in trafficking situations.

The number of victims this year have already surpassed the total number of cases uncovered in 2016. While Black women are involved in the majority of cases, Lyles said there has been an increase in the number of White, Latinx and Asian victims as well.

Tina Frundt knows all too well the havoc vulnerable children face once they become ensnared in human trafficking rings. At 14, a 24-year-old man forced Frundt into a life of prostitution. Frundt said she was a defiant teenager looking to establish her own identity

and the older man’s attentive ear and subtle manipulation led her from her home in Chicago, Ill., to Cleveland, Ohio.

“He told me we were going to meet the rest of the family. I had no idea the ‘family’ meant myself and three other girls. After I was introduced to the ‘family,’ I was told what my role would be. I would go out to ‘work’ that night and bring him back the money,” Frundt said in a essay published in To Plead Our Own Cause: Personal Stories By Today’s Slaves.”

“When I first went out into the streets, when I met my first John, I felt like this was something I did not want to do. I walked around the streets back and forth for hours.

Finally, I got into a car because we were always being watched and I knew I had to get into a car sooner or later. Our quota was $500 and I had only made $50 that night to give back to the pimp. As a result, he beat me in front of the other girls to make an example out of me and then he made me go back out until I had made the money.”

Frundt now uses her harrowing past to help. She is the executive director and founder of Courtney’s House, an organization that searches Washington, D.C. streets for children

in brothels, strip clubs, private homes and hotels; trains community officials about the dangers and signs of domestic trafficking and provides intensive counseling for survivors.

In December 2015, former President Barack Obama named Frundt to the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking for her work with Courtney’s House.

There are a fleet of organizations who, like Courtney’s House, work to convict human traffickers and support survivors of the heinous crime. FAIR Girls, Polaris Project, Break the Chain Campaign, Innocents at Risk and 20 other non-governmental organizations are listed on the D.C. Human Trafficking Task Force’s web site.

“So often people have misconceptions about who survivors are. They think it’s only sex trafficking; that it only affects women, and that it doesn’t happen here, to U.S. citizens. That’s not true. There are all types of survivors,” Frundt said. “There are farm workers and other laborers. There are boys and girls and transgender youth. We need more effective training because we can’t identify survivors if we have these misconceptions and don’t know what we’re looking for.”

Black Unemployment Continued from A1 Nashville, the A.M.E. Zion Church in Charlotte, N.C. and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Memphis, Tenn., proposed “Jobs & Justice in Action,” a job creation pilot program that partners with KBK Enterprises, a real estate developer based in Ohio. The purpose of the program is to attack high unemployment rates across the country. The program, in its pilot phase, is set to launch in spring of 2018 to provide jobs for Black people.

“The church has a relationship with their members,” Mary Tucker, a KBK representative, told the AFRO. “You can’t go into any community as an outside developer and understand their needs and their priorities...In

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Mary Tucker, KBK representative, explains the role of real estate development in a new job program during the official announcement of the pilot program [those] heartfelt wants and their needs.”

Tucker said, similar projects include elements such as tax credits available in a given area, financing

“You can’t go into any community as an outside developer and understand their needs and their priorities...”

– Mary Tucker

order to hear their voice we partner with nonprofit community organizations such as churches to give that understanding. It’s their community. And to make it ours as well, we have to get

resources and infrastructure.

She also analyzes the type of resources and jobs KBK can bring to Black communities.

The program will begin by providing training in the fields of construction,

plumbing, electric and contraction in six states in the Western Episcopal District: California, Alaska, Arizona, Oregon, Colorado and Washington State.

Even though the program will be launched in six western states, it was unveiled in D.C. at the National Press Building on Oct. 4.

“Our presence [in Washington, D.C.] is an indication that we wanted to come to the seat of power, the seat of where everything legislatively happens that impacts our people,” Bishop McKinley Young, the senior bishop for the African Methodist Episcopal Church, said. “To say that there must be a different kind of

Ditka Continued from A1 history, but also American history.

“Too much data & evidence to dignify Mike Ditka’s absurdity. He should know better,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. tweeted on Oct. 10.

Ditka’s ignorance of acts of oppression that have occurred within the last century, such as the Jim Crow South, military segregation, the Tuskegee experiment, the lynching of Emmet Till, Bloody Sunday, police brutality and on and on is staggering.

“So Mr. Ditka, I know you’re 77 years old.

I would venture to say that most White men of your age and generation and demographic

feel the way that you do. They feel that they can see no oppression,” DL Hughley said on his radio show Oct. 11. “You sit where you sit now, because you had a country that systematically made sure you had a leg up.

They gave you an artificial head start, and you believe you did it all on your own. The reason why you Mike Ditka and men like you cannot see oppression is because you don’t do what you could do to see it. If you want to see oppression Mike Ditka, all you have to do, instead of pretending like you don’t see, you want to see oppression, you want to see oppression of Black people, look behind you.”

Ditka later apologized for his comment, saying that it was taken out of context.

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response to the issues that are confronting poverty, housing and … all of the issues that are confronting our people.”

Each partner in this pilot job creation program has a different role. The churches have their close connections with the people of their communities, while KBK will execute the development work.

Bishop Staccato Powell, who is the facilitator of BMU, resides in Sacramento, Calif., said the organization has property around the country the real estate developer will work on.

Powell said he expects the development work will create

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jobs for Black people.

“We (BMU) have property in all of the cities that we’re serving,” Powell told the AFRO. “So we will utilize the properties we have and make it accessible to [KBK] so they can then take that and develop it.”

For instance, he explained, the organization has property around a church they own in Sacramento, Calif. They will use that property to “develop that community that is in decline,” Powell said.

“But KBK will actually do the hands-on work. They are responsible for financing and putting in place all the things required for development.”

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Trump’s ACA Birth Control Rollback May Be ‘Disastrous’ for Black Women

By Kristin Gray Special to the AFRO In President Donald J. Trump’s latest efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, Trump recently gave U.S. employers the right to deny their employees’ birth control insurance coverage based on religious or moral opposition. Trump’s move drew an onslaught of criticism, as well as praise.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration and claimed the rule violated women’s right to equal protection guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment and “robs women of health coverage that is otherwise guaranteed

by law.” Some sociologists and human rights activists question how the rollback will affect low-income women and women of color, who have been the primary purchasers of contraceptives under the Affordable Care Act, according to a 2015 report issued by the Center for American Progress.

“For many women, the Trump administration’s plan to roll back the ACA’s mandate that employers include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans could be disastrous,” Leslie Hinkson, a professor of sociology at Georgetown University, told the AFRO. “I think this policy will disproportionately affect women in the low-wage

Fannie Lou Continued from A1 tired of being tired.”

Mrs. Hamer was a victim of police beatings, arrests and even being shot at in the days that Mississippians resisted desegregation even more staunchly than their neighbors in the Deep South.

She helped found the black-led Freedom Democratic Party and white-led regular party for seats at the 1964 Democratic Convention in Atlantic City. Although the challenge was unsuccessful, some of the black-led party delegates were seated in 1968 and the group completely took over in 1972.

Despite failing health, Mrs. Hamer was instrumental in uniting blacks and whites for Mississippi’s Democratic Party,

workforce, as many of them don’t qualify for Medicaid coverage – except in the most generous states – and thus rely on employerprovided health coverage.

This means the impact will be felt by women of color more than White women.

Black women‘s share of the low-wage workforce is nearly double their share of the overall workforce.”

Meanwhile, religious groups such as Little Sisters of the Poor, an order of nuns, have publicly supported Trump’s decision to axe the birth control mandate and said the executive decree protected nuns’ “religious freedom,” according to their website.

According to a report

issued by the Obama administration, more than 55 million women had access to birth control at no cost under the ACA

insurance to more than 20 million Americans who were previously uninsured, including a large portion of Black and Latinx women.

Trump’s decision to repeal Obamacare mandates also raises questions about other elements of the ACA, including coverage of

“For many women, the Trump administration’s plan to roll back the ACA’s mandate that employers include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans could be disastrous.”

–Leslie Hinkson

mandate. The Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization focused on sexual and reproductive health and rights, conducted a study that found the ACA extended affordable health

resulting in an integrated unit representing the state last year’s Democratic Convention in New York.

She began her involvement with the civil rights struggle at the age of 45, attending civil rights rallies at a Ruleville church in 1962.

Mrs. Hamer once said, “They talked about how it was our rights as human beings to register to vote. I never knew we could vote before. Nobody ever told us.”

She became a field worker for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Dec. 1962 and subsequently was immediately expelled from Dave Milo’s plantation, where she worked a sharecropper.

Mrs. Hamer, who had been working in the fields since she was six-years-old, told fellow SNCC workers how she had lost her job. A fellow worker quoted her as saying: “They kicked me off the plantation, they set me free. It’s the best thing that could happen. Now I can work for my people.”

The study also found “under the ACA, the proportion of Black and Hispanic women of reproductive age without health insurance fell by 36 percent and 31 percent, respectively.”

Brigitte Amiri of the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project, said the mandate has delivered myriad of savings to low-income women, who would otherwise have limited or no access to birth control coverage.

“The rules will undermine the Affordable Care Act’s guarantee of coverage for birth control without a copay. The birth control benefit allows women to choose any Food and Drug Administration-approved birth control method free of cost. It has been a game changer for women since taking effect in 2012 — it’s estimated that women saved more than $1 billion on birth control pills alone in 2013,” Amiri said in a blog post on the ACLU’s website.

preventative care, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy care and the Title X family planning program – a federal grant that provides family preparation and preventive health services.

The Guttmacher Institute’s research showed Medicaid covered 51 percent of all U.S. births. However, Republican policymakers may institute sweeping cuts to the program, which could leave millions of women without care.

The institute also said the Trump administration’s rollbacks could be devastating to child-bearing Black women, who have historically experienced higher deaths related to pregnancy than women of other races. Additionally, the ACA enhanced privately insured women’s access to preventative services with no co-pays. This includes cancer screenings, well woman visits and more than 15 contraceptive methods.

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COMMENTARY

Building Resilience in the Face of Mounting Climate Change

Recently, I observed that we have made some progress in our response to disasters like the intense hurricanes of 2017. I noted that coastal states like Maryland and Florida have undertaken important first steps toward making our communities more resilient to the damage caused by these horrifying storms.

I also acknowledged that the Trump Administration, building on the work of President Obama, deserves some credit for its response to the destruction in Texas and Florida this year.

However, after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with devastating consequences, the federal relief effort engendered criticism.

News reports revealed that, two weeks after Hurricane Maria split Puerto Rico apart, basic aid was arriving in San Juan, but families in more remote towns were still receiving only meager portions. Inadequately equipped local leaders were struggling to Elijah Cummings transport life-preserving water and supplies from regional dropoff points to their storm-ravaged towns.

The President and local officials offered starkly contrasting assessments. While President Trump applauded the federal relief effort, the Mayor of San Juan was pleading that Americans were dying due to an inadequate response.

Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré, who turned around the Bush administration’s sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina, declared that the Trump administration was underutilizing the military, exacerbating the slow delivery of aid and the removal of debris. By that point in time, he observed, he would have moved 50,000 troops to Puerto Rico.

These were the circumstances on September 27 when I joined House armed Services Ranking Member Adam Smith of Washington, Rep. Nydia Velázquez of New York and 143 of our colleagues in demanding that the Department of Defense deploy additional resources to aid recovery efforts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

I should emphasize that this was not “foreign aid” that we were demanding. Rather, we declared, we must aid the 3.5 million American citizens who are struggling to survive in Puerto Rico – and the additional 106,000 Americans suffering in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

“With winds up to 160 mph,” we asserted, “Hurricane Maria devastated these islands, caused significant power outages, destroyed telecommunications infrastructure, and thereby paralyzed the region….”

Federal efforts to date have been insufficient to address the severity of the situation, we concluded, urging the President to further mobilize the Department of Defense to immediately deploy additional assets in support of Puerto Rican and U.S. Virgin Island recovery efforts.

It appears that our advocacy is having some impact, in both the Trump Administration and the Congress. Lives are being saved and preserved, although far more needs to be done.

Now, in the wake of all of this devastation, our nation must take a hard look at the challenges of rebuilding in all of the jurisdictions shattered by this year’s hurricanes. The costs will be significant, even for a nation as wealthy as our own.

In Puerto Rico, we are being informed, the power grid has been smashed, 80 percent of the crops have been wiped out, 40 percent of the residents need drinkable water and communications remain largely inoperable.

In the U.S. Virgin Islands, circumstances are just as dire – even as the government also faces the threat of austerity measures comparable to those already limiting Puerto Rico’s recovery.

I will strongly support massive federal assistance to these ravished American jurisdictions. The first role of any government is to care for her people in times of need.

As we move forward, however, we must also be clear-headed about one inescapable fact. The best evidence available to date is that the destructive power of these terrible hurricanes was not a

historical anomaly.

Rather, we must plan and rebuild on the assumption that these extraordinarily destructive storms are the new normal for our country.

To be clear, scientific analysis does not confirm that the devastating hurricanes of this year were caused by climate change. What the best science has concluded, however, is this.

Climate-related factors like warming oceans, atmospheric moisture and rising sea levels are making the hurricanes that threaten our nation larger, more intense, longer lasting and more destructive than they otherwise would be.

Elected officials at the federal, state, territorial and local levels must take notice and act accordingly. We must put ideology aside and act prudently on the basis of the future that climate science is now predicting for our country.

We must plan, strengthen our building and land use codes and create sizable “rainy-day” funding accounts that are adequate for what are now the predictable dangers that we will have to overcome in the future.

Our military must be prepared to respond to these attacks by nature – and be deployed – just as they would be if we were threatened by a foreign power.

Americans are a resilient people. Their government must become more resilient as well.

Acting in a prudent and bipartisan fashion, we must prepare our nation to survive – even in the eye of the storm.

Congressman Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.

Generic Drugs Are Not Second Rate The difference between a brand name drug and Marcia Jackson a generic drug is not the chemical composition or quality but whether a drug is under patent protection. In the U.S., a drug patent last twenty years. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) administers all drug patents. Generic drugs go through a vigorous process to obtain FDA approval. The FDA makes sure that a generic drug has the same clinical benefit, safety and effectiveness as a brand name drug.

A brand name drug is the first of its kind and earns the right to be the “brand” of a drug. Being the first of a kind takes time and costs money. A brand name drug is discovered, researched, tested, developed, produced and marketed. The process starts in the laboratory and proceeds to clinical testing before going to the FDA for further evaluation. The FDA scrutinizes the laboratory and clinical findings and examines the manufacturing process.

Drug purity, stability, safety and strength are verified before a drug is approved for a patent. Once approved, the discovering drug company can give the drug a “brand name” and market the

drug. During the patent period, no other drug company can copy the drug formula or duplicate the drug.

A brand name drug may cost millions to develop and market.

The process may take more than ten years to complete. A patent allows the discovering drug company time to exclusively sell the drug to recoup their investment and make a profit. These costs are then passed on to the customer.

When a patent expires, other drug companies may apply to the FDA for permission to manufacture and sell a generic version of the original drug.

A generic drug company must prove to the FDA that their product contains the same active ingredients as the brand name drug. The generic drug must provide the same form, (liquid, pill, capsule, injectable, topical) concentration and dosage as the brand name drug. The generic drug must be as pure and as stable as the original drug. A generic drug company must follow the same distribution patterns. The drug must be metabolized (broken down) and eliminated from the body in the same manner, as the brand name drug.

Trademark laws prohibits a generic drug from looking exactly

Honoring the Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer On Oct. 3, we honored the civil rights icon and voting rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer. Born on October 3, 1917, Hamer is fondly remembered and admired for her activism during the Civil Rights Movement while speaking out against the injustices that African Americans faced in Mississippi and across the United States.

Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi, to a family of Eddie Bernice impoverished share croppers.

At six years old, her family Johnson expected her to work in the fields at the same time that she had a bout of polio that left her with a lifelong limp. Although she suffered with polio she

continued to work in the fields most of her life, until she was fired for trying to register to vote.

At 37 years old, Hamer launched her career in political activism, which soon became her chief mission in life.

Hamer attended a meeting hosted by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SLCL) where she first registered to vote and became a field worker on the voter registration committee.

In 1964, she attended the Democratic Convention in Atlanta and eventually helped found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Hamer became one of the many faces of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi.

While the Voting Rights Act of 1965 codified what Hamer fought so hard for in our country, there still remains much to do.

Before the 2016 election, 14 states adopted new voter laws under the guise of combating voter fraud, which essentially created new barriers to voting for tens of thousands of low-income citizens and citizens of color. Later, the Supreme Court decision in Shelby v. Holder left many across the nation without their fundamental right to vote by reversing a key formula used in the Voting Rights

like a brand name drug. Therefore, a generic drug may vary from the brand name drug in color, shape or size. Generic drugs have different inactive ingredients called fillers and preservatives. Fillers and preservatives do not impact the clinical benefits of a drug.

Generic drug companies do not have to repeat costly lab and clinical trials. This allows a generic drug company to sell their drug at a lower cost and make a profit. Competition between generic drug companies drives the price of a generic drug down.

Generic drugs may cost between 30-80% less than a brand name drug.

The FDA monitors adverse, unwanted effects of all brand name and generic drugs. Substitution recommendations and information about generic drugs can be found on the FDA’s website, FDA.com.

This information is intended to provide you with facts about the quality of generic drugs and their cost saving possibilities.

However, as the customer, you determine what is best for you.

Marcia Jackson is a retired R.N. and educator who lives in Baltimore.

Act to hold states accountable. On May 11, 2017, President Trump issued an executive order that would create an “election integrity” commission, which has been stated to combat voter fraud, but in reality will lead to a repeat of the egregious mistakes of our past.

Hamer’s persistence and diligence in her fight for voting rights was integral to the Civil Rights Movement and the eventual passage of legislation that protected the right to vote for all citizens. We must continue to remember her struggle, as the struggle continues even to this day. By honoring Hamer’s legacy, we can learn from the mistakes of our past and recognize those who had fought for a better future. She is definitely an exemplary model of what it looks like to stand firm for equality when it comes to voting rights. So I will remain determined to push the current administration to understand how imperative it is to actually provide solutions to the true issue of voter suppression and not voter fraud.

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson represents the 30th District in Texas.

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Cyber Platform Highlights Weed Culture

Doug E. Fresh Promotes Student Safety at Richard Wright

By Micha Green Special to the AFRO

By Micha Green Special to the AFRO

Even though the struggle for women of color to profit from Washington D.C.’s cannabis industry persists, a new company, EstroHaze, was established to add some color and estrogen to the coverage of marijuana influencers.

“Founded by three Brown female cannabis enthusiasts, EstroHaze is a multimedia platform highlighting the business and lifestyles of

“You can expect an expanding brand featuring original programming… for the thriving and aspiring canna-suer.”

– Safon Floyd multicultural women in cannabis,” said co-founder, Safon Floyd, a resident of Miami, Fla. who started the company along with Sirita Wright, a resident from Prince George’s County and Kali Wilder, a resident from Kansas City, Mo., on estrohaze.com. EstroHaze does not sell or offer cannabis on its site.

In the eight months since its founding, the website averages thousands of views monthly, and is rapidly growing. The site provides entertainment and resources for those interested in cannabis. According to the website, the company hopes to ensure that the marijuana industry is painted in “every color it lacks.”

“EstroHaze started about two years ago as a simple podcast between

Photo by Shantella Sherman

Students from Richard Wright Public Charter School dance onstage with Doug E. Fresh during an Oct. 4 concert held in conjunction with the school’s “Man the Block” program.

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com Even though Doug E. Fresh, otherwise known has the human beat box, kept a crowd of roughly 200 students, teachers, and community members on their feet during an afterschool block party, Oct. 4, it was the safety of D.C. students traveling to and from schools that made the Man the Block event memorable.

Designed as an initiative of safe passage by the Richard Wright Public Charter School, located in Northwest D.C., the Man the Block program brings together students, parents, city officials and the community surrounding schools to serve as safety ambassadors.

“The benefits of the program extend beyond safety. The involvement of families and other community leaders sends an unmistakable message to students that adults support and stand

with them. Students see that the community cares about their future and is committed to ensuring they get a great education in a safe environment,” Marco Clark, founder and chief executive of Richard Wright said in a statement. “Ensuring student safety is something every adult can get involved in . . . When you drop your child off at school or pick him or her up, stick around a few extra minutes to make sure other students getting on the bus or walking to the Metro get there safely.”

Seven years into the program, residents who live around the Eastern Market area in Southeast D.C. say there are many efforts to ensure the safety and security of students, despite increased crime in the area.

According to Trulia Real Estate brokers, in the last – Kayla Masters year more than 600 counts of theft, 51 robberies, and 12 assaults were logged in the Eastern Market area.

In addition to the actual crime, residents like Jerry Lee said students face interactions with individuals visiting Continued on B2

“Just like I want to get home in a safe and in an orderly manner, the people who live in houses around the bus stop don’t want me throwing down my litter or infringing upon their right to quiet.”

mission to build the company into what it is and becoming, today,” Floyd told the AFRO. “Our goal is to be the primary bridge for multicultural women who are interested.”

When going on the EstroHaze site, guests can read informative articles

to offer multimedia options about multicultural women in cannabis after noticing the lack of representation in media. “I think people of color are often overlooked in mainstream media and that may, in some instance, have to do with access, desire,

Courtesy photo

Safon Floyd, Sirita Wright, and Kali Wilder are three entrepreneurs who founded a social platform for cannabis users. about cannabis and new developments in the industry, view videos such as beauty experts doing their make-up high, and even listen to a playlist called, “High Note.”

All coming from media backgrounds, the creators of EstroHaze felt it important

oversights, who knows?

Women of color would likely be highlighted more if they were encouraged to be out, proud, unapologetic, and loud about their affinity for cannabis. EstroHaze is here to create a safe space so that Continued on B2

The D.C. Public Education Fund recently celebrated 10 years of service to District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), with panels and sessions highlighting some of their most successful work, particularly, their Empowering Males of Color initiative. Created for the 2007-2008 school year, the “D.C. Ed Fund,” as it is known by residents, began to connect the philanthropic community with D.C. Public Schools.

“We were created to help D.C. Public Schools usher in the sweeping, systemic changes that have helped earn DCPS a reputation as the strongest national model for urban education transformation. Since that time, our investments have helped shape D.C. Public Schools into the fastestimproving school system in the nation,” Jessica Rauch, president of the D.C. Public Education Fund told the AFRO. One of the Ed Fund’s most successful initiatives, Empowering Males of Color, or EMOC, is an example of the transformative and longlasting effect that can occur when strategic investments are used to address systemic challenges.

“Launched in January 2015 with the support of Mayor Bowser and city business leaders, the Continued on B3

VIP Room D.C. Teen Sentenced to Alcohol 14 Years for Robbery License Still in Limbo

By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com

By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com

three colleagues, who were huge cannabis enthusiasts, and wanted to share their enthusiasm with those willing to listen. However, the real “founding” of EstroHaze happened in February 2017 when we entered the Canopy business accelerator on a

D.C. Takes Lead in Empowering Young Black Men

After years of fighting to maintain its footing against gentrification, and with a capacity crowd in attendance, a protest hearing before the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration finally heard testimony concerning The V.I.P. Room’s application for a Retailer’s Class “C” Tavern License.

The license would allow the establishment to sell or serve beer and wine except between 2 a.m. – 8 a.m., Monday through Friday; 3 a.m. – 8 a.m., Saturday; and 3 a.m. – 8 a.m., Sunday. The V.I.P. Room is a Black familyowned social hall, founded in 1978. According to the family that established the venue, the hall began facing challenges in 2015 when new homeowners protested a shift in the venues liquor licensing.

“We’ve been model business operators and community partners for decades, so when we were Continued on B2

As the world becomes more digitized, so are the crimes committed. Recently a District teenager was convicted for a string of online robberies.

On Oct. 2, it was announced that Jarod Ingram, 17, was sentenced to 14-years for a series of armed robberies committed earlier this year. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie K. Liu. Authorities said Ingram committed four robberies in less than three weeks.

The victims met Ingram through the digital application, “OfferUp,” which permits users to buy or sell items.

Ingram’s victims were interested in Courtesy image purchasing computers or iPhones iPhones, such as the that were listed on the site. pictured iPhone 8, are The first armed robbery took increasingly being place at 7:15 p.m. Jan. 20 on the 300 stolen from people.

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Homicide Count 2017 Total

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Past Seven Days

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Data as of Oct. 11

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Union Demands D.C. Metro Do More to Protect Bus Drivers

By Lenore T. Adkins Special to the AFRO Decrying what they say is an “epidemic” of bus operator assaults on Metro, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 is demanding Metro implement a six-point plan to end the “open season” of rider assaults on transit workers.

Carroll Thomas, the union’s first vice president and chief safety officer, said attacks have crept up since Aug. 26, when a rider threw urine on an X2 bus operator.

Most recently, she said, someone threw kerosene cans at an operator on Oct. 4, someone pulled a knife on another operator on Oct. 3, and two operators were threatened with guns on Sept. 15 – a Metro spokesman said Metro police made arrests in the two October cases and that no one was injured in either case.

“These are just the incidents that make the news,” Thomas said on Oct. 5. “[Metro General Manager and Chief Executive Officer] Paul Wiedefeld’s response has been lazy, ineffective and tone deaf.”

The union is calling on Metro to protect its workers by: * deploying uniformed police officers to buses focusing on lines with the most problems; * relocating fare boxes; * continuing to work

with the union on getting the jurisdictions, starting with D.C., to raise penalties on transit assaults to felonies; * coordinating with the Metropolitan Police Department and the surrounding jurisdictions to join Metro Transit Police in monitoring buses for fare evasion and crime; * creating a post-incident structure that allows assaulted bus operators to receive paid administrative leave while the investigation is pending and to stop blaming the operators for the assault; and * devising a campaign to encourage riders to pay their fares.

taken several steps toward keeping bus operators safer and continues to support doing even more, Metro Spokesman Richard Jordan said in a statement emailed to the AFRO. “Metro agrees with the union that nobody should be attacked for doing his or her job. As such, it says laws need to be strengthened to help protect bus operators and those laws should include increased penalties for anyone who assaults them.

“Metro, with the union, has also created a labormanagement working group to beef up security for bus operators.

That group will target several tasks, – Carroll Thomas including modifying the design of protective “We have other safety shields, police expectations of Metro that we deployment strategies, and know cannot be addressed policy changes to curb immediately, but today we conflicts with passengers.” have outlined what we need Moreover, every bus is right now,” Thomas said. outfitted with an emergency “Paul Wiedefeld and the alarm that lets the bus leadership at WMATA must operator call for help. More stop failing the workers and than 530 buses, which riders of Metro and fully represent more than a third commit to protecting our of Metro’s fleet — now have health, safety, and wellsafety shields acting as a being.” barrier between the operator Metro insists it is “neither and passengers. Besides that, practical, desirable, nor every bus has high-definition possible” to assign a police officer to monitor transactions cameras that are always recording. Police patrols between bus drivers and the have been increased as well, more than 450,000 daily including along the busy X2 riders. route, Jordan said.

But Metro says it has

“These are just the incidents that make the news.”

Robbery

Continued from B1 block of Taylor Street, N.E. The victim was robbed of $300 being carried to purchase an iPhone. The second crime took place at about 2:30 p.m. Feb. 4 on the 400 block of Taylor Street, with Ingram again taking $300.

On Feb. 5, two armed robberies took place. One happened on the 600 block of Riggs Road, N.E. where $500 was stolen from the victim and an iPhone was taken from her preschool son’s hands.

The other occurred on the 4900 block of Third Street., N.W., where $250 was stolen.

Ingram was caught and arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department the following day.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, which serves

as the prosecutors for major crimes in the District, charged Ingram as an adult because of the nature of the crimes. He pled guilty in April in D.C. Superior Court to armed robbery and firearm offenses.

On Sept. 29, D.C. Superior Court Associate Judge Thomas J. Motley sentenced Ingram to 14 years imprisonment and to five years’ of supervised release at the completion of his incarceration.

Kathy Henderson, – Kathy Henderson an advisory neighborhood commissioner in Ward 5 and avid supporter of law enforcement and the D.C. police told the AFRO on Oct. 8 that she is not surprised about the type of crimes that Ingram committed. “People are set up to be robbed all the time,” Henderson said. “You go on Craiglist to purchase something from someone and you may get robbed and assaulted. That is unfortunately common.”

Nevertheless, Henderson said people can defend themselves. “The D.C. police have set up safe zones where people can conduct business like that in a safe manner,” she said. “Other than that, I would not do it. It would be better to use Amazon or some other site like that to get things.

It’s a risky proposition to do business like that. I say just don’t do it.”

“ You go on Craiglist to purchase something from someone and you may get robbed and assaulted.

That is unfortunately common.”

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service providers in the area. “There are a lot of homeless people and people with mental health problems that linger in the neighborhood, which can be frightening for these kids going to school. Sometimes the people are asking for money, other times they are simply in the middle of their own crises,” Lee told the AFRO. “It creates unnecessary tension and anxiety for young people standing at bus stops or trying to get a snack on the way home.”

Though Community Connections, the city’s largest non-profit mental health agency, and the Aquila Recovery Clinic operate within blocks of several public and charter schools, there is no record of their clients being involved in any crimes.

“Sometimes when students leave school they can be loud and a little disruptive to the people who live nearby, so the program has helped me to understand my responsibility to the neighborhood,” student Kayla Masters told the AFRO. “Just like I want to get home in a safe and in an orderly manner, the people who live in houses around the bus stop don’t want me throwing down my litter or infringing upon their right to quiet.”

Richard Wright’s Man the Block program is calling for additional volunteers to help Photo by Shantella Sherman students navigate the streets Doug E. Fresh emcees a concert in conjunction with and public transportation.

Richard Wright Public Charter School’s “Man the Block” Additionally, the Executive program to increase student safety.

Office of the Mayor (EOM) has initiated a Safe Passage deployment utilizing government volunteers from various agencies. This initiative began during the last week of the school year and they were deployed several times during the summer for safe passage associated with the Summer Youth Employment Program.

VIP Room Continued from B1

taken aback by accusations that somehow we were violating community codes of conduct,” Earline Sampson, the venue’s co-founder, told the AFRO outside the hearing. “We’ve never had law enforcement issues, licensing infractions, ordinance abuses, or violations of any sort either inside or around our business.”

Founded by Earline and Sam Sampson, the venue, which has stood as a gathering location for church and community organizations, operated without selling alcohol, instead opting to apply for temporary liquor licenses – when occasional wedding or anniversary parties required it through catering. Finding it cost prohibitive, the Sampsons decided to apply for a Class C Tavern License, which they say has been approved, rescinded, and now sits in limbo.

Previously, temporary day/event licenses were issued through D.C.’s Office of Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) to the VIP Room for alcohol consumption for $300 per license. With the popularity – Bo Sampson of the venue, Sampson was advised to apply for a tavern license, which would offer an annual renewable liquor license and streamline the cost. It was during this new application process, Sampson said, that new residents began an aggressive campaign to label the business a nuisance.

The protest group, (made up of five or more residents) opposed the licensure because of the concerns by new residents over noise, parking, and a potential decrease in their homes’ real estate value based on proximity to the venue.

However, Mark Bashir, investigator for the Board testified to a clean community record, absent of credible noise complaints, violations, or infractions. “We will have to wait for the official verdict from the Board, and although it has been a long, uphill battle, we are fighting the good fight,” Bo Sampson, the venue’s manager and son of Earline and Sam, told the AFRO. “The VIP Room has always been a good steward of the community, so it makes no sense to accuse us unfairly because newcomers don’t see our value.”

The Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration will render a verdict in 90 days.

“The VIP Room has always been a good steward of the community, so it makes no sense to accuse us unfairly because newcomers don’t see our value.”

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women of color can do exactly that,” said Floyd.

“You can expect an expanding brand featuring original programming, events, and, of course, more exclusive, cool, relevant content for the thriving and aspiring canna-suer.”

In the past some women of color have been encouraged to publicly squelch their appreciation for cannabis while others such as entertainers Lil’ Kim, Solange and Rihanna have been vocal about their love of the green leaf. Floyd contends the past secrecy around women of color and marijuana is because of a cultural stigma created about consuming the plant. She said she hopes EstroHaze will help break the stigma.

“I think it’s just a dated contrived notion that ‘ladies shouldn’t do that stuff’ . . . If EstroHaze has anything to do with it, people will be forced to get over that, sooner than later,” Floyd said.

Now that EstroHaze has been an official company for the past eight months, the founders are having realizations of their own when it comes to women of color in the media business.

“EstroHaze has changed our perspective that women, particularly of color, in cannabis were minimal in the space. We’ve grown to know that women of color are planting seeds (pun intended), cultivating, and growing several canna-businesses that we need to know,” Floyd said.

In addition, the team of co-founders, who Floyd described as, “dynamic, mystic, intriguing, powerful, entertaining, and necessary,” have discovered a new world of women like them, positive examples of cannabis enthusiasts.

“EstroHaze is revealing what we suspected, that you can be smart, classy, cool, ambitious, and canna-loving all the same,” Floyd said.

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Black D.C. Org. Honors Public Relations Guru Ofield Dukes

By AFRO Staff On Oct. 21, the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Black Public Relations society is holding its inaugural Ofield Dukes Excellence in Public Relations Awards ceremony to celebrate the life and legacy of Dukes as well as honor the achievements of Washington D.C.-area practitioners, thought leaders, and academics in public relations and communications. The event is scheduled to take place at the JW Marriott in Northwest D.C. “My father taught me that we are Black first and foremost. As Black people, he understood that it is our obligation to pursue excellence in every endeavor,” Roxi Victorian, the PR guru’s daughter, told the AFRO in an email.

“Because, it is only with excellence that we can extend opportunities to other African-Americans, he embodied that ethos and was quick to offer anyone pursuing excellence an opportunity.”

Dukes, born in Rutledge, Ala. in 1932, earned a degree in journalism from Wayne State University in Detroit in 1958 after serving for two years in the United States Army.

Dukes also served in multiple presidential administrations, including serving

in President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration as deputy director of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity & Plans for Progress in 1964. In 1965, he became the deputy director of public affairs for the White House Conference to Fulfill These Rights, where he stayed until 1969 when he established a public relations firm, Ofield Dukes & Associates, in D.C. Dukes also led the community with his knowledge of public relations through two adjunct professor positions since 1972 at Howard University and American University. He died from complications of bone cancer in 2011 at the age of 79.

Throughout his lifetime, Dukes helped in the inaugural celebration of home rule in 1975. He also helped in establishing Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday as a – Roxi Victorian national holiday.

“Ofield was not only my mentor but also my sponsor helping me secure my first job after graduation at a boutique agency that focused on supporting Washington D.C.-based businesses and city-government relations especially Franklin Square and Georgetown,” Rochelle Ford, co-editor of Ofield: The Autobiography of Public Relations Man Ofield Dukes, released on August 31, 2017, told the AFRO. The other editor of the autobiography is the Rev. Dr. Unnia L. Pettus, a local entrepreneur. Both women attended Howard University.

“My father taught me that we are Black first and foremost. As Black people, he understood that it is our obligation to pursue excellence in every endeavor.”

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The late Ofield Dukes, a public relations maverick, was known for helping D.C. locals prosper within the industry.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS Washington, D.C.

1436 U Street, NW My Sister’s Place Hosts the Clothesline Project My Sister’s Place, 1436 U Street, NW, is scheduled to host the Clothesline Project on Oct. 13th from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The free event is an open-art exhibition of more than 200 t-shirts created by survivors and the kids of those who survived from domestic violence and abuse and still prevail with hope and courage. Music will be provided by local artist, DJ Kryptk. Refreshments will be provided as well. During the project, survivors will tell their stories while artistically expressing their own experiences through shirts, which are then displayed on clotheslines for awareness. For more information, contact at tharvey@mysistersplacedc.org.

355 Water Street, SE Columbia Lighthouse Hosts Annual Light the Way Walk Columbia Lighthouse will be hosting the 7th Annual Light the Way walk on Oct. 14, from 9 a.m. to noon at 355 Water Street, SE. The walk encourages people of all ages, specifically, the blind or impaired, to live active and productive lifestyles for all. The walk will also include live musical performances, fitness mini-sessions throughout the walk, as well as lunch from neighborhood food vendors. After the walk, participants are more than welcome to conclude the event with a relaxing break at Yards Park, listening to the soulful tunes of blind musician, Mac Potts. Registration is free.

Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place, SE Cuban Jazz at the Smithsonian In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month, the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place, SE, is hosting a free afternoon of experiencing Cuban jazz on Oct. 14, at 2 p.m. The event is free, but registration is required. The event will also include performances from the Rumba Club, an East Coast ensemble who have performed with jazz legends like Manny Oquendo and Monguito Santamaria. For more information, visit anacostia.si.edu/.

Howard County Library System HCLS, Central Branch, 10375 Little Patuxent Parkway Blessing Bag Event for the Homeless The annual Blessing Bag Event for the Homeless will be held on Oct.15 at the Howard County Library System HCLS, Central Branch, located at 10375 Little Patuxent Parkway, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. This event is free and family-friendly and will include organizations such as the Model to your Children the Gift of Giving, Charity and Compassion for Others and more organizations. The event will involve a collection of donations, packing

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51 Mannakee Street Montgomery College Hosts World of Montgomery Festival Montgomery College is hosting an annual World of Montgomery Festival on Oct. 15 from noon to 4 p.m. at Montgomery College, located at 51 Mannakee St. The free festival will hold various activities to celebrate and display the rich culture and heritages that make up the Washington D.C. area. It will include a Parade of Cultures, live performances, art shows, and interactive activities for kids. The fair is sponsored by the FUND for Montgomery, Montgomery College, and organized by the KID Museum, a museum that integrates hands-on science, technology, engineering, art and math learning with an exploration of world cultures and global citizenship for children and families in the Washington, D.C. area. For more information, visit worldofmontgomery.com.

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Empowering Males of Color initiative devotes significant “Empowering Males of Color in Washington, D.C.” panel resources and attention to accelerating African American and featured a discussion of the Ron Brown College Preparatory Latino male student achievement, ensuring all young men in High School, an all-male public school that opened in 2016, our nation’s capital can realize their full potential,” said Rauch. as a direct result of the EMOC initiative. The school has faced The initiative started after pinpointing the crisis young men controversy because there is not an equivalent for young women. of color were facing. “The data was stark and undeniable. On Ben Williams, principal of the Ron Brown College every measure of student achievement young men of color were Preparatory High School, was featured on the panel and shared performing far below their peers some of the important steps – from academics to attendance he took to ensure the success to suspension rates to student of Ron Brown, such as being satisfaction. Something had to be creative and creating a family-like done so that fewer men would fall environment. through the cracks,” Rauch said.

Two students at Ron Brown, Celebrating a decade of Christian Johnson and Antwan helping raise funds to address Peters, were featured during the issues in education, the Ed Fund Philanthropy Forum’s DCPS held a Philanthropy Forum Student Testimonials session. The on Oct. 5. Attending were two 10th graders are part of Ron representatives from several Brown’s inaugural class. “When school districts and organizations I first came to Ron Brown, I had from around the country, to a song in my head, “I don’t want learn how to strategically correct to be here. Take me to another Courtesy photo challenges, such as poor academic school.” Now, 12 months later, I Young men attending the Ron Brown College performance in minority and lowwill never change anything. I love Preparatory High School in Northeast D.C. income communities. this school,” Peters said.

“There is national momentum Johnson remarked on the to find ways to ensure that opportunities the school afforded philanthropic giving can realize its intended impact, particularly him. “Everything, the school and the mission, are great. I’ve in places primed to transform outcomes for low-income kids had a couple of great opportunities that happened this year. I and kids of color. With that spirit in mind, we crafted D.C. Ed was on CNN, Fox News, I was in the Washington Post at least Fund’s philanthropy forum to provide space and time for D.C. three times, and I also went to Georgetown for free for a threeEd Fund to share how we cultivated a successful philanthropic week summer program for SAT preparation . . .,” he said. model and begin to build and share best practices with our The EMOC initiative is slated to continue beyond the allsister nonprofits from across the country,” the president of the male institution.

Ed Fund said.

“We have already found ways to integrate lessons and For that reason, initiative was at the forefront of panel programs from the innovation grants we funded to be sustained discussions, breakout sessions, and testimonials. The long-term on the local DCPS budget,” Rauch told the AFRO.

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initiative that honors men for leadership, achievement in their respective fields and significant contributions to community empowerment held its annual awards reception at the Nigerian embassy in Northwest D.C.

Made Man honorees

On Sept. 22, The Made Man Initiative, a national multi-market, multitiered corporate and community

Marvin Dickerson, emcee and cocoordinator, Made Man Project AFRO reporter Hamil Harris, Made Man honoree

Renee Allen and National Press Club President Jeff Ballou, Made Man honoree

Made Man honorees: Michael Roberts and Joe Clair

Rev. Dr. George Holmes, Made Man honoree

EZ Street, WKYS/Made Man honoree

Tim Stanfill, Made Man honoree and wife Ky Dele, founder and executive producer, the Made Man Project

Ivory Johnson, Coalition of 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, D.C. and Made Man honoree

Brittany Lewis, Miss Black America

Made Man Honorees: Derrick Rutledge, AFRO D.C. General Manager Edgar Brookins and Wisdom Martin

Photos by Rob Roberts

The Prince George’s Community College Scholarship Reception was held on Sept. 21 at the Largo Campus to honor Board of

Trustees Legacy Scholars, Envision Success Scholars, Honors Academy Members, and Foundation Scholar-

ship Scholars. Attendees included Charlene M. Dukes, president of Prince George’s Community College and Howard W. Stone Jr., chair

Earl Howard and Maryland State Del. Carolyn J.B. Howard

Cathy Haden; Charlene Dukes, president, Prince George’s Community College and Haden Land, chair, Prince George Community College Foundation Sen. Thomas “Mike” Miller, president, Maryland State Senate

Former Maryland State Sen. Ulysses Currie and Shirley Gravely-Currie

of Prince George’s Community College Board of Trustees and Maryland State Sen. Thomas “Mike” Miller.

Harold W. Stone, Prince George’s Community College Board of Trustees

Courtney Davis, director, Prince George’s Community College; Kevin Maxwell, Prince George’s County Public Schools CEO and Angie Crews

James W. Cornelson, president, Old Line Bank

Andenia Bradley, Cereta Lee and the Honorable Todd Turner

Brenda Mitchell, executive director, Prince George’s Community College Foundation Felecia Hill, Jeff McFarland and Rosie Allen-Herring

Prince George’s Community County Foundation scholarship recipients Photos by Rob Roberts

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ARTS & CULTURE

‘Marshall’ Pulls No Punches

By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO

In “Marshall,” the old is new again. Reginald Hudlin, producer of “Django Unchained” and director of “The Ladies Man” and “House Party,” with writers Michael Koskoff and Jacob Koskoff, have turned a forgotten case from Thurgood Marshall’s long history into something memorable.

Chadwick Boseman (“42,” “Get on Up”) plays a young Marshall as he was in the early 1940s: a swaggering hotshot lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. This is long before he argued Brown v. Board of Education and longer still before he became the first Black Supreme Court Justice. The iconic thick-rimmed glasses and robes are gone, replaced with a wide-brimmed fedora and a wide-lapelled pinstripe suit.

The film is an origin story; an invitation to “witness the rise” of a hero. With that, comes an emphasis on physicality, something rawer and less cerebral than how the country’s highest judges pose. This Marshall literally hammers his point home at one point and bare knuckle brawls at another.

The portrayal is something like that of a wandering gunslinger, with Marshall riding into town by rail and taking on all-White juries and White judges in the defense of Black men accused solely based on their race. Win or lose, he’s on the next train out of town because there’s never a drop in the workload and marauding gangs of White supremacists aren’t far behind. Fascism encroaches at home and abroad: Every radio in the background is updating on the Nazi advance through Europe.

Pop culture also pegs the film in time. Marshall rubs elbows

with Howard classmate and literary heavyweight Langston Hughes and the central case of the film, The State of Connecticut v. Joseph Spell, is described by Walter White, then executive secretary of the NAACP, as something “straight out of ‘Native Son.’” Far from the rural wilds of the Deep South, the Spell case takes place in seemingly “enlightened” Connecticut. The state was de facto segregated at the time. In 1996, the NAACP returned in an attempt to fully dismantle segregation and prevailed in court, but 20 years later the project remains incomplete.

Joseph Spell, portrayed by Sterling K. Brown (“The People Photo by J.K. Schmid for the AFRO v. O. J. Simpson: American Chadwick Boseman, star of the new film ‘Marshall’ and producer Reginald Hudlin discuss Crime Story”), a chauffeur the movie in Baltimore earlier this year. for the Strubing family, stands accused of the rape and audience lit up at the brief cameo by Sybrina Fulton and Tracy attempted murder of Eleanor Strubing. If Spell is innocent, Strubing Martin, Trayvon Martin’s parents. has lied, a near radioactive notion in some circles. It’s handled as Minnie McFadden, a retired school librarian from southern deftly as something so pernicious can be.

New Jersey, enjoyed it as a work of history, particularly African“It is fraught,” said Dr. Peaches Henry, English Professor, American history, she said.

Waco, Texas after seeing the film at a July screening in Baltimore.

“It’s great because I didn’t know this story about Thurgood “Looking from a 21st century perspective, as a woman, you want Marshall,” McFadden said. “I did know other stories and his image to identify with that White woman. That’s a difficulty that a lot of from documentaries and have read some books about some others, Black women face, we want to identify with their man but at the but this particular story I did not know about. It was entertaining, same time we want to identify with women. They’re our sisters, it was thrilling, and sad at some points but definitely entertaining they’re our men, they’re our brothers. It’s a complicated thing.” and getting his story out there as a full-throated feature, it was The aforementioned screening, hosted by the NAACP at awesome.”

Landmark Harbor East ended with a round of applause. The “Marshall” is slated for wide release Oct. 13.

Hip Hop

XXXTentacion is Famous for His Music, Allegations of Violence

By Vance Brinkley Special to the AFRO In music, it’s easy for fans to get lost in the talent of an artist.

However, there are moments where love for an artist can be tested by what they do outside of their craft. This often leads to the question: Can Courtesy photo you support an artist Florida rapper with major flaws?

XXXTentacion is For many people, making noise for all this may be the the wrong reasons. fork in the road for rising rapper XXXTentacion. The Florida rapper has flourished this year with his hit single “Look At Me” going platinum, receiving co-signs from beloved artists like Kendrick Lamar and being named to this year’s XXL Magazine Freshman List.

Percolating in the background of his success are assault allegations that were made before XXTentacion became famous. In September, Pitchfork published visceral details about the relationship between XXTentacion and his alleged victim from a court transcript documenting her testimony earlier in the year.

Not only did the transcript indicate that there were multiple incidents which grew worse as time moved on from the time they met, but the victim’s ex-boyfriend, his mother, and the police

officer all attested to the accusations.

According to Pitchfork, “XXXTentacion head-butted her [the victim], punched her, stomped on her, and put her in the bathtub, where he continued hitting and kicking her.. She tried to run away down the street.

He tackled her, causing her head to hit the pavement. She suffered black eyes, a lump on the back of her head, scratch marks, and bruises, including a large bruise on her ankle where he stomped her.”

XXXTentacion laughed away the allegations days after the article was published.

“Imma F*ck Your Little Sisters in their throats, I swear to God. Everybody that calls me a domestic abuser, I’m finna domestically abuse your sister’s p*ssy from the back.”

The rapper also posted this to his Instagram account: “I’m sensitive because I refuse to accept a reality for myself that is not my own, I will not have fabricated stories pushed on me, and have people trying to make me submissive off some shit I ain’t do, I’m good.

“If you’re not with me, keep my name out your mouth. It’s not that hard, or if you’ve realized that my name is power, you should use it positively so I can shed a little light on you.”

XXXTentacion’s original court date was set for Oct. 5, but delayed because of a hectic schedule and his lawyer wouldn’t make the witnesses available. But for now, the world watched him rock a trippy mask at the BET Hip

Hop Awards.

The rapper shines thanks to a musical style that’s not only dark, but also showcases a diverse palette that is (sometimes) overlooked. It’s very easy to summarize XXXTentacion’s “Look At Me,” as just another trap record, but that would be lazy. He shows pain and aggression through songs like “FXCK” but manages to throw other genres in the mix like working with Diplo for the track “looking for a star” in June, which now has over 11 million plays on Soundcloud.

After releasing his debut album 17 in August, alongside a plethora of competition including Lil Uzi, Daniel Caesar, Action Bronson, and many other artists, X’s album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts. It manages to continue showcasing his palette while manifesting itself in a dark and depressing ambience filled with stories of dread as the album plays on.

XXXTentacion has came a long way from where he was in January, but his past still looms over his growth through a legal trial that’s far more disturbing. As of now, the rapper is on probation following a charge for home invasion and battery with a firearm, but is currently facing charges for allegations of domestic violence with his then pregnant girlfriend.

XXXTentacion is not the only artist to flourish in music and entertainment as allegations and court cases brew in

the background. Bill Cosby’s legal situation is still present even after his sexual assault case ended as a mistrial in June, R Kelly is facing more scrutiny after a woman alleged he was operating a “sex cult” and Rick James was convicted of kidnapping a woman.

The official video for XXXTentacion’s “Look At Me” currently has over 17 million views on YouTube and his following is growing as his career continues to move forward.

The issue is for me is that it’s difficult to listen to when that pain revealed on the album may not just be limited to wax.

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Jemele Hill’s Fight to Speak the Truth

By Vance Brinkley Special to the AFRO

There are five freedoms guaranteed under the first amendment of the constitution to all citizens of the United States. Freedom of religion, assembly, petition, speech and the press are supposedly rights that were previously thought untouchable.

However, today what is deemed as improper expression can have ramifications for your livelihood.

Freedoms of the press and speech are under attack. One of America’s prominent sports journalism personalities was victimized by the worldwide leader of sports. ESPN suspended anchor Jemele Hill Oct. 9 for tweets on her personal account that Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP encouraged fans not to patronize sponsors of the Dallas Cowboys ESPN anchor Jemele Hill or their owner Jerry Jones after he ordered his players to stand has been suspended during the national anthem. by the network for two Hill came under fire several weeks ago after referring to weeks for making political President Donald J. Trump as a “white supremacist” during statements on social a heated exchange on the social media platform. Hill was media. admonished by White House Communications Director Sarah

Huckabee Sanders who called it a “fireable” offense. Then the network directed its employees to no longer speak on politics on their social media platforms because it put “the worldwide leader in sports” in the uncomfortable position of having its conscious clash with its clients.

Perish the thought of a network hemorrhaging money after bad business deals – including the rights fees being paid to the NFL – to allow their personalities who have strong opinions to drive ratings while on air and muzzle them during their free time off it. In a time of American history where defiance stands as the only way for the nation to regain its Continued on C6

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM822 Jerry Ambers Haley Sr. Decedent William A Bland Esq 80 M Street, SE, Suite 330 Washington, DC 20003 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Phyllis M Frazier-Young , whose address is543 42nd Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Jerry Ambers Haley, Sr. who died on June 15, 2013 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 (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before March 29, 2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before March 29, 2018, 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 Publication: September 29, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Phyllis M Frazier-Young Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 09/29, 10/6. 10/13/17

Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM822 Jerry Ambers Haley Sr. Decedent William a Bland, Esq 1140 Connecticut Ave, NW #1100 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Phyllis M Frazier-Young, whose address is 543 42nd Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Jerry Ambers Haley Sr., who died on June 15, 2013 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 (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before March 29, 2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before March 28, 2018, 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 Publication: September 29, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Phyllis M Frazier-Young Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001075 Inez L Rowley Decedent Westley L Clarke 1629 K Street. Ste 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Marlin Rowley , whose address is 3905 Seaham Ct., Planop TX, 75925 , wasappointed personal representative of the estate of Inez L Rowley , who died on June 24, 2017 witha 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., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before March 29, 2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before March 29, 2018, 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 Publication: September 29, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Marlin Rowley Personal Representative

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001050 Tillman Frizzell Jr Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Aretha S Frizzell , whose address is 218 46th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019-4639, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Tillman Frizzell, Jr, who died on January 28, 2012 with a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before March 29, 2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before March 29, 2018, 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 Publication: September 29, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Aretha S Frizzel Personal Representative

the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM1062 Melvin E Halsey Decedent Lilia C Machado 5029 Backlick Road, Suite A Annadale, VA 22003 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Major Chris Flanagan, whose address is 2626 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20037, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Melvin E Halsey, who died on April 10, 2017 witha 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., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before March 29, 2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before March 29, 2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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TYPESET: Tue Oct 10 15:24:15 EDT 2017 09/29, 10/6, Superior TYPESET: 10/13/17 Tue Oct 10 15:23:53 EDTCourt 2017of Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001043 Lillian O Sharp Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Donald G Sharp, whose addres is 713 D Street, NE., Washington, DC 20002, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lillian O Sharp, who died on May 18, 2017 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., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 29, 2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before March 29, 2018, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

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202-879-0157 Attorney 20001, on or before G e n o v e v a E u g e n i a 15:23:10 EDT 2017 NOTICE OF March 29, 2018. Claims Stano, who died on April APPOINTMENT, against the decedent 6, 2017 without a will, a. Absent Defendant $ 150.00 NOTICE TO shall be presented to the and will serve without CREDITORS undersigned with a copy Court supervision. All un- $ 150.00 b. Absolute Divorce AND NOTICE TO to the Register of Wills or known heirs and heirs UNKNOWN HEIRS filed with the Register of whose whereabouts are $150.00 c. Custody Divorce Wills with a copy to the unknown shall enter their Rosa L Wilson, whose address is 2939 undersigned, on or be- a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Charredwood Objections March 29, 2018, or proceeding.

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Claims Wills, including name, TYPESET: Tue Oct 10 15:21:07 EDT 2017 LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGALthe NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES whereabouts are decedent whose address and relation- against shall be presented to the unknown shall enter their ship. undersigned with a copy a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s Date of Publication: Superior Court of to the Register of Wills or proceeding. Objections September 29, 2017 the filed with the Register of to such appointment Name of newspaper: District of Columbia Wills with a copy to the shall be filed with the Afro-American PROBATE DIVISION undersigned, on or be- Register of Wills, D.C., Washington Washington, D.C. fore March 8, 2018, or be 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Law Reporter 20001-2131 Donald A Jackson forever barred. Persons Floor Washington, D.C. Administration No. Donald R Jackson believed to be heirs or 20001, on or before April 2017001058 Personal legatees of the decedent 6, 2018. Claims against Margaret Jackson Representatives who do not receive a the decedent shall be Decedent copy of this notice by mail presented to the underMeritta S White within 25 days of its first signed with a copy to the TRUE TEST COPY 300 New Jersey Ave. publication shall so in- Register of Wills or filed REGISTER OF WILLS NW with the Register of Wills form the Register of Suite 900, PMB#9 Wills, including name, with a copy to the under09/29, 10/6, 10/13/17 Washington, DC 20001 TYPESET: Tue Oct 10 15:21:30 EDT 2017 address and relation- signed, on or before April Attorney 6, 2018, or be forever ship.

NOTICE OF barred. Persons believed Date of Publication: Superior Court of APPOINTMENT, to be heirs or legatees of September 8, 2017 the NOTICE TO the decedent who do not Name of newspaper: District of Columbia CREDITORS receive a copy of this noAfro-American PROBATE DIVISION AND NOTICE TO tice by mail within 25 Washington Washington, D.C. UNKNOWN HEIRS days of its first publicaLaw Reporter 20001-2131 Donald A. Jackson and Phillip E Stano tion shall so inform the Administration No. Donald R. Jackson Personal Register of Wills, includ2017ADM986 whose addresses are Representative ing name, address and 304 41st St., NE, Wash., G e n o v e v a E u g e n i a relationship. & 7975 Audubon Ave., Stano Date of Publication: TRUE TEST COPY #102, Alex., VA, 22306, Decedent October 6, 2017 REGISTER OF WILLS were appointed personal Phillip E Stano Name of newspaper: representatives of the Eversheds Sutherland Afro-American 09/8, 09/15, 09/22/17 TYPESET: Tue Oct 10 15:18:35 EDT 2017 estate of Margaret Jack- (US) LLP Washington son, who died on Feb- 700 Sixth Street NW, Law Reporter ruary 18, 1996 without a Suite 700 Rosa L Wilson will, and will serve with Washington, DC 20001 Superior Court of Personal Court supervision. All un- Attorney the Representative NOTICE OF known heirs and heirs District of Columbia APPOINTMENT, whose where-abouts are PROBATE DIVISION TRUE TEST COPY NOTICE TO unknown shall enter their Washington, D.C. REGISTER OF WILLS CREDITORS appearance in this 20001-2131 AND NOTICE TO proceeding. Objections Administration No. 10/6, 10/13, 10/20/17 TYPESET: Tue Oct 10 15:22:43 UNKNOWN HEIRS to such appointment (or 2017ADM1139 to the probate of de- Phillip E Stano, whose Esther L Wilson cedent´s will) shall be address is 13311 Deer- Decedent Superior Court of filed with the Register of brook Drive, Potomac, Nakia V Gray Esq MD 20854, was apthe Wills, D.C., 515 5th 9701 Apollo Drive, District of Columbia Street, N.W., 3rd Floor pointed personal repre- Suite 100 sentative of the estate of PROBATE DIVISION Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

Largo, MD 20774 Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before G e n o v e v a E u g e n i a Attorney 20001-2131 March 29, 2018. Claims Stano, who died on April NOTICE OF Administration No. against the decedent 6, 2017 without a will, APPOINTMENT, 2017ADM001056 shall be presented to the and will serve without NOTICE TO Russell Washington undersigned with a copy Court supervision. All unCREDITORS known heirs and heirs Decedent to the Register of Wills or AND NOTICE TO Yvonne Davis Smith, filed with the Register of whose whereabouts are UNKNOWN HEIRS Wills with a copy to the unknown shall enter their Rosa L Wilson, whose Esq undersigned, on or be- a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s a d d r e s s i s 2 9 3 9 2501Northampton fore March 29, 2018, or proceeding. Objections Charredwood Dr., Dis- Street, NW. DC 20015 to such appointment (or be forever barred. Pertrict Heights, MD, 20747 Attorney NOTICE OF sons believed to be heirs to the probate of de- was appointed personal APPOINTMENT, or legatees of the de- cedent´s will) shall be representative of the NOTICE TO cedent who do not re- filed with the Register of estate of Esther L WilCREDITORS ceive a copy of this notice Wills, D.C., 515 5th son, who died on August AND NOTICE TO by mail within 25 days of Street, N.W., 3rd Floor 1, 2017 without a will, UNKNOWN HEIRS its first publication shall W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . and will serve without so inform the Register of 20001, on or before Court supervision. All un- Eva A Washington , Wills, including name, March 8, 2018. Claims known heirs and heirs whose address is 7546 address and relation- against the decedent whose whereabouts are Alaska Avenue, NW, shall be presented to the unknown shall enter their Washington, DC 20012, ship. undersigned with a copy a p p e a r a n c e i n t h i s were appointed personal Date of Publication: to the Register of Wills or proceeding. Objections representative of the September 29, 2017 filed with the Register of to such appointment e s t a t e o f R u s s e l l Name of newspaper: Wills with a copy to the shall be filed with the Washington, who died on Afro-American undersigned, on or be- Register of Wills, D.C., August 4, 2017 without a Washington

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2501Northampton Street, NW. DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Eva A Washington , whose address is 7546 LEGAL NOTICES Alaska Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20012, were appointed personal representative of the estate of Russell Washington, who died on August 4, 2017 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., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before March 29, 2018. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before March 28, 2018, 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 Publication: Septemeber 29, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Eva A Washington Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Oct 10 09/29, 10/6, 10/13/17 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Foreign No. 2017FEP000105 Date of Death October 11, 2001 James Michael Creek Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Perry J Becker whose address is 14300 Gallant Fox Lane, Suite 218, Bowie, MD 20715 was appointed personal representative of the estate of James Michael Creek , deceased by the Orphan’s Court for Prince Georges County, State of Maryland., on August 10, 2017, Service of process may be made upon Steven McMahon, Hanson, & Associates, 419 7th Street, NW, Suite 405, Washington, DC 20004 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Colombia real property: 1/2 interest in 603 Elmira St. SE, Washington, DC 20032 (which was ordered to be conveyed to Harriet L Creek pursuant to Judgement of Absolute Divorce, See DC CA D48374 Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills for the District of Columbia, Building A, 515 5th Street, NW 3rd FloorWashington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. (Strike preceding sentence if no real estate.)

Perry J Becker Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: October 6, 2017 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American TYPESET: Oct 10 10/6, 10/13, Tue 10/ 20/17 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM1079 Roscoe Dawkins Decedent Yvonne Davis Smith, Esq 2501 Northampton St. Washington, DC 20015 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Caryl Dawkins- Wright , whose address is 1909 Gales Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Roscoe Dawkins , who died on August 10, 2017 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts 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., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 6, 2018. 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 6, 2018, 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

Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 6, 2018. 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 copyNOTICES to the underLEGAL signed, on or before April 6, 2018, 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 Publication: October 6, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Caryl Dawkins-Wright Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Oct 10 10/6, 10/13/ Tue 10/20/17 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001106 James F Johnson Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Joanne Johnson , whose address is 4101-12th, Street, NE, Washington, DC was appointed personal representative of the estate of James F Johnson , who died on August 26, 2017 without a will, and will serve with15:15:34 2017 All out CourtEDT supervision. unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts 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., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 6, 2018. 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 6, 2018, 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 Publication: October 6, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Joanne Johnson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Tue Oct 10 10/6, 10/13, 10/20/17 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001130 Rudy W Baylor Decedent Darryl F White 302 Mississippi Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20910 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Ebony Baylor, whose address is 11302 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 , was appointed personal representative of the estate of Rudy W Baylor , who died on February 6, 2017 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this 15:18:58 EDT Objections 2017 proceeding. to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 6, 2018. 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 6, 2018, 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 Publication: October 6, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Ebony Baylor Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM1080 Anthony Jackson Decedent Alan Solomon LEGAL NOTICES 7910 Woodmont Ave Ste 1430 Bethesda Md, 20814 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS William Jackson , whose address is 7152 Townline Road, Rome NY, 13440 wasappointed personal representative of the estate of Anthony Jackson, who died on May 29, 2017 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 15:20:15 2017 to suchEDT appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 6, 2018. 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 6, 2018, 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 Publication: October 6, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter William Jackson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 10/6, 10/13, 10/20/17 TYPESET: Tue Oct 10 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001141 Lucretia J Jones Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Jerome Mcilwain, whose address is 1 53rd St. SE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lucretia J Jones , who died on July 14, 2010 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding.

15:16:44 EDTObjections 2017 to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 6, 2018. 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 6, 2018, 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 Publication: October 6, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Jerome Mcilwain Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

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Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM1014 Cynthia Eugenia Leary Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Yohannas Leary and Gwendolyn E Johnson, whose address is 18 Observation Ct. Apt 304, Germantown, MD 20876/3896 W 21st St, Cleveland, OH 44109 , was appointed personal representative of the estate of Cynthia Eugenia Leary, who died on July 30, 2017 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this TRUE TEST COPY proceeding. Objections REGISTER OF WILLS to such appointment TYPESET: Tue Oct 10 15:19:25 shall beEDT filed2017 with the 10/6, 10/13, 10/20/17 Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. Superior Court of 20001, on or before April the 06, 2018. Claims against District of Columbia the decedent shall be PROBATE DIVISION presented to the underWashington, D.C. signed with a copy to the 20001-2131 Register of Wills or filed Administration No. with the Register of Wills 2017ADM1080 with a copy to the underAnthony Jackson signed, on or before April Decedent 06, 2018 or be forever Alan Solomon 7910 Woodmont Ave barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of Ste 1430 the decedent who do not Bethesda Md, 20814 receive a copy of this noAttorney tice by mail within 25 NOTICE OF days of its first publicaAPPOINTMENT, tion shall so inform the NOTICE TO

Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 06, 2018. 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 LEGAL 06, 2018 orNOTICES 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 Publication: October 6, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Yohonnas Leary Gwendolyn E Johnson Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 10/6, 10/13, 10/20/17 TYPESET: Tue Oct 10 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM511 William Boyd Powell Decedent Rachell Long 1404 Half Street SW Washington, DC 20024 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Shirley Bethea, whose address is 2002 T Street, SE, Washington, DC 20024, was appointed personal representative of the estate of William Boyd Powell, who died on July 3, 1986 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections 15:20:45 2017 to suchEDT appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 13, 2018. 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 13, 2018, 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 Publication: October 13, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Shirley Bethea Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Oct 10 10/13, 10/20,Tue 10/27/17 Superior Court of the District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2017ADM001108 Margaret White Decedent Tina Smith Nelson Legal Counsel for the Elderly 601 E Street , NW, Washington, DC 20049 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Michael Alston , whose address is 601 Sheridan Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Margaret White, who died on April 20, 2017 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision.EDT All 2017 unknown 15:13:41 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., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before April 13, 2018. 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 13, 2018 , 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 Publication: October 13, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Michael Alston Personal Representative

presentative. Unless a Decedent DC 20016 whose descomplaint or an objection NOTICE OF ignation as District of TYPESET: Tue Oct 10 15:14:42 i n a c c oEDT r d a n c2017 e with APPOINTMENT Columbia agent has Superior Court Probate OF FOREIGN been filed with the RegisDivision Rule 407 is filed PERSONAL ter of Wills, D.C. in this Court within 30 Superior Court of REPRESENTATIVE The decedent owned the days from the date of first the District of AND following District of publication of this notice, District of Columbia NOTICE TO Colombia real property: the Court may take the PROBATE DIVISION CREDITORS 2030 F Street, NW, #111, action hereinafter set Washington, D.C. Santhadevi Meenakshy Washington, DC 20006 Wed Oct 11 14:36:13 EDT 2017 LEGAL NOTICES TYPESET: LEGAL NOTICES forth.

LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES 20001-2131 whose address is 12700 Claims against the de0 Admit to probate the will Administration No. Steeple Chase Way, cedent may be predated March 25, 2011 2017ADM1099 Potomac, MD 20854 was sented to the underexhibited with the petition Howard F Stewart Sr. SUPERIOR COURT OF appointed personal resigned and filed with the upon proof satisfactory to Decedent presentative of the estate THE DISTRICT OF Register of Wills for the Theodora H Brown, the Court of due execuof Parameswara R COLUMBIA District of Columbia, tion by affidavit of witLaw Office Menon , deceased by the PROBATE DIVISION Building A, 515 5th nesses or otherwise 3127 Cherry Road NE Orphan’s Court for Washington, D.C. Street, NW, 3rd FloorWashington, DC Montgomery County, 20001-2131 ,Washington, D.C. Register of Wills 20018-1611 State of Maryland , on Foreign No. 20001 within 6 months Clerk of the Attorney September 13, 2017.

2017FEP000116 from the date of first pubProbate Division NOTICE OF Service of process may Date of Death lication of this notice.

Date of First Publication APPOINTMENT, be made upon Anthony R June 24, 2017 Santhadevi Meenakshy September 15, 2017 NOTICE TO DeVol, 4990 Warren Parameswana R Personal Names of Newspapers: CREDITORS Street, NW, Washington, Menon Representative(s) Washington AND NOTICE TO DC 20016 whose desDecedent TRUE TEST COPY Law Reporter UNKNOWN HEIRS ignation as District of NOTICE OF REGISTER OF WILLS Patricia A Mason, whose Washington Columbia agent has APPOINTMENT Date of first publication: a d d r e s s i s 1 3 8 9 AFRO-AMERICAN been filed with the RegisOF FOREIGN October 13, 2017 Sheridian Street, NW, Christian Gregory ter of Wills, D.C. PERSONAL Name of newspapers Washington, DC 20011 , Law Office of Rosalind R. The decedent owned the REPRESENTATIVE and/or periodical: was, were) appointed Ray following District of AND The Daily Washington personal representative 6856 Eastern Ave. NW Colombia real property: NOTICE TO Law Reporter of the estate of Howard F Washington, DC 20012 2030 F Street, NW, #111, CREDITORS The Afro-American Stewart Sr. , who died on Signature of Santhadevi Meenakshy Washington, DC 20006 10/13, 10/20, 10/27/17 August 29, 2017 witha Petitioners/Attorney whose address is 12700 Claims against the dewill, andEDT will serve 15:14:01 2017 withSteeple Chase Way, cedent may be preout Court supervision. All 09/15, 09/22, 09/29/17 Potomac, MD 20854 was sented to the underEDT 2017 re- signed and filed with the unknown heirs and heirs TYPESET: Tue Oct 10 15:14:22 appointed personal whose whereabouts are TYPESET: 11 14:35:26 EDT 2017 Register of Wills for the presentative Wed of the Oct estate LEGAL unknown shall enter their of NOTICES Columbia, o f P a r a m e s w a r a R District Superior Court of appearance in this Menon , deceased by the Building A, 515 5th the proceeding. Objections Street, NW, this 3rd notice Floor- to inform the public of the Orphan’s The United Court States for Air Force is issuing District of Columbia to such appointment (or ,Washingto n , D .Statement C. Montgomery County, availability of the Final Environmental Impact (EIS) for the PresPROBATE DIVISION to the probate of de6 Program months at Joint Base AndrewsState of Aircraft Maryland , on 20001 within idential Recapitalization (PAR) Washington, D.C. cedent´s will) shall be from the date of first pubSeptember 13, 2017.

Naval (JBA). The Final EIS has been 20001-2131 filed with the Register of of this notice.

ServiceAir of Facility, process Washington, may lication Maryland prepared in accordance Section 102(2)(c) of the National EnvironmenAdministration No. Wills, D.C., 515 5th Santhadevi Meenakshy be made upon Anthony R with tal Policy4990 Act (NEPA) on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 2017ADM1081 Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Personal DeVol, Warrenof 1969, the Council Regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the NEPA (Title George F Fugal Jr. Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

Representative(s) Street, NW, Washington, 40 of Federal Regulations [CFR], Parts 1500-1508), and the Air Force 20001, on or before April Decedent TRUE TEST COPY DCCode 20016 whose desNOTICE OF 6, 2018. Claims against REGISTER OF (EIAP) WILLS [32 CFR Part 989]. This ignation as District of Analysis Environmental Impact Process APPOINTMENT, the decedent shall be Date of first publication:of impacts to wetlands and Columbia notice also agent serves has as final public notification NOTICE TO presented to the under13, 20172(a)(4) of Executive Order (EO) been filed with Regis- October floodplains inthe accordance with Section CREDITORS signed with a copy to the Name of newspapers ter of Wills, D.C. 11988, Floodplain Management and Section 2(b) of EO 11990, Protection AND NOTICE TO Register of Wills or filed The decedent owned the and/or periodical: of Wetlands.

UNKNOWN HEIRS with the Register of Wills f o l l o w i n g D i s t r i c t o f The Daily Washington with a copy to the under- William G Wilson, whose Colombia real property: Law Reporter analyzes potential associated with the Air Force?s prosigned, on or before April address is 11416 Carroll The Theimpacts Afro-American 2030EIS F Street, NW, #111, to construct a new10/13, Presidential Aircraft Complex with a multi-bay 6, 2018 or be forever Ct, Upper Marlboro, MD posal 10/20, 10/27/17 Washington, DC 20006 facility at barred. Persons believed 20772, was appointed hangar Claims against theJBA, de- make other necessary facility improvements, and selectbefacilities to be heirs or legatees of personal representative relocate cedent may pre- at JBA displaced by PAR activities. Relocated the decedent who do not of the estate of George F facilities would include the Hazardous Cargo Pad (HCP), the sented to the potentially underreceive a copy of this no- Fugel, Jr. , who died on Explosive signed and Ordnance filed with the Disposal (EOD) Proficiency Range, the Joint Air Detice by mail within 25 November 24, 2016 with- fense Register of Wills for the Operations Center (JADOC) Satellite Site, portions of the existing golf days of its first publica- out a will, and will serve course, District and of Columbia, the Military Working Dog (MWD) Kennel. The Final EIS considtion shall so inform the without Court supervi- ers Building A, 515 5th reasonable alternatives for these actions at JBA, including a No Action Register of Wills, includ- sion. All unknown heirs Street, NW, 3rd FloorAlternative. ing name, address and a n d h e i r s w h o s e , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . whereabouts are un- 20001 within 6 months relationship.

Final EIS evaluates the effects of the Air Force’s proposal on the known shall enter their The Date of Publication: from the date of first pubfollowing resource appearance in this October 6, 2017 lication of this notice. areas: air quality; biological resources; cultural refloodplains; proceeding. Objections sources; Name of newspaper: Santhadevi Meenakshyhazardous materials/hazardous waste/solid waste; to such appointment (or transportation;Personal noise; land use; safety; socioeconomics, environmental Afro-American to the probate of de- justiceRepresentative(s) Washington and the protection of children; water quality; and wetlands. For areas cedent´s will) shall be where Law Reporter TRUE TEST COPY significant impacts are assessed, the EIS proposes mitigation meaPatricia A Mason filed with the Register of sures REGISTER OFor WILLS to reduce eliminate those impacts. The Final EIS also responds to Personal Wills, D.C., 515 5th Date of first publication: substantive comments received on the Draft EIS, which were registered Representative Street, N.W., 3rd Floor during Octoberthe 13, Draft 2017 EIS 45-day public comment period (February 3rd, 2017 Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

Name of newspapers March 20th, 2017).

20001, on or before April through TRUE TEST COPY and/or periodical: 13, 2018 . Claims against The Daily Washington REGISTER OF WILLS Final EIS will be made available for public inspection for a thirty-day the decedent shall be The Law Reporter beginning on October 13th, 2017 and ending on November 13th, presented to the under- period 10/6, 10/13, 10/20/17 The Afro-American TYPESET: Tue Oct 10 15:13:21 EDT 2017 copies of the Final PAR EIS can be downloaded from the signed with a copy to the 2017.

10/13, Electronic 10/20, 10/27/17 Register of Wills or filed project website at www.parprogrameis.com. Printed copies of the Final EIS with the Register of Wills are available for public inspection for a thirty day period beginning on Superior Court of with a copy to the under- October 13th, 2017, at the following repositories: Joint Base Andrews the signed, on or before April Library, 1442 Concord Ave., Joint Base Andrews, MD 20762; SurrattsDistrict of Columbia 13, 2018, or be forever Clinton Branch Library, 9400 Piscataway Rd., Clinton, MD 20735; SpaulPROBATE DIVISION barred. Persons believed Washington, D.C. to be heirs or legatees of dings Branch Library, 5811 Old Silver Hill Rd., District Heights, MD 20747; 20001-2131 the decedent who do not Oxon Hill Branch Library, 6200 Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill, MD 20745; and Administration No. receive a copy of this no- Upper Marlboro Branch Library, 14730 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD 2017ADM001140 tice by mail within 25 20772.

Robert Dinkins days of its first publicaDecedent tion shall so inform the Inquiries regarding this Notice or the Final EIS can be made through the Brandee Pettus Register of Wills, includ- project website at www.parprogrameis.com; or by mail to: 6444 Bock Road ing name, address and Oxon Hill, MD 20745 relationship.

Ms. Jean Reynolds Attorney Date of Publication: EIS Project Manager NOTICE OF October 13, 2017 AFCEC/CZN2261 Hughes Ave., Ste. 155 APPOINTMENT, Name of newspaper: JBSA Lackland, TX 78326-9853 NOTICE TO Afro-American CREDITORS Washington AND NOTICE TO Law Reporter UNKNOWN HEIRS William G. Wilson Phyllis Dinkins, whose Personal address is 3313 22nd Representative Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, was apTRUE TEST COPY pointed personal repre- REGISTER OF WILLS sentative of the estate of 15:13:00 EDT 2017 Robert Dinkins, who died 10/13, 10/20, 10/27/17 on January 27, 2017 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., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C .

20001, on or before April 13, 2018. 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 13, 2018, 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 Publication: October 13, 2017 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Phyllis Dinkins Personal Representative

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moral compass those with the talent to eloquently take up the cause are being forced into the darkness of silence if they want to keep their jobs.

While the network stood behind Hill the first time it fired back swiftly the second she “violated” the new social media policy with a position that was far less incendiary than the one created by the initial fire storm.

That she chose to encourage fans to boycott sponsors of an NFL team or its owner was far less egregious than her initial pejorative which was a blatant assault on Potus 45’s character.

That she was suspended for expressing a cause to action was a window into the soul of ESPN. The NFL and its broadcast rights holders such as ESPN hide behind the veil of their perception as liberal media. Clashes of liberal and conservative viewpoints dominate this generation of “scream TV” – the new debate television format born in sports talk radio – that allows yelling across the desk or in some cases across the country. You can talk about

controversial subjects from the locker room, the field, or athlete’s personal life but once you start campaigning for social justice take a seat on the bench.

Employers have the right to demand their employees follow certain protocols while at work.

If the NFL says either stand for the national anthem or stay in the locker room they are well within their right. When the leagues tell players they can’t use social media during games that’s understandable. However, if reporters aren’t allowed to tweet opinions on their time the wrath of big brother is out of control.

Hill’s suspension is the cautionary tale of how President Trump’s social media bully pulpit is adversely affecting the rights that we have taken for granted. This ESPN precedent lives up to Shannon Sharpe’s mantra that NFL now stands for Negroes Fall in Line if you want to keep your job. The same holds true for journalists exercising free speech on social media.

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Students work in Barclay Elementary/Middle School’s engineering and science lab.

The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering has partnered with Baltimore City Public Schools and Barclay to create the city’s first pre-K through 8th grade school focused on engineering and computer science.

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Mosby Faces Relentless Racist Attacks Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby quickly became a prominent Sean Yoes national Baltimore AFRO symbol of the fight for law Editor syoes@afro.com enforcement reform in America after she officially took the SA’s chair in January 2015.

Yet, the mantle of reformer she has consciously taken on seems to have been augmented recently as her office has grappled with repeated cases of officer misconduct within the Baltimore Police Department (BPD).

“Misconduct by police that has led to dropped cases, overturned convictions and interrupted prosecutions of a startling depth, has waylaid prosecutors with hundreds of hours of review and dozens of court motions to clean up charges still pending,” my colleague Stephen Janis wrote recently in the AFRO article, “State’s Attorney Mosby: Nearly 900 Cases Tainted

By Police Misconduct.”

Mosby’s work even garnered praise from USA Today in an opinion piece Sept. 30.

“On Tuesday, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced her office’s decision to dismiss a large number of drug cases in response to troubling police body-camera footage...that have been or will be dropped since this issue first emerged over the summer. Mosby’s decision should be neither surprising nor controversial.

The fact that it has been both, indicates that too many people

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Marylanders May Get To Weigh-in on Legalization

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Baltimore City Delegate Curt Anderson (D-43), says he plans to introduce legislation in the upcoming General Assembly, that would allow Maryland voters to decide whether the state should legalize the recreational use of marijuana.

By Stephen Janis Special to the AFRO When the Maryland general assembly was deadlocked on passing a law to legalize gambling nearly ten years ago, it deferred to voters in the form of a referendum called Question 2 in 2008 to decide. Legal gambling was ultimately approved by a ratio of 3-to-2 votes.

Now a key state legislator wants to give the people the same opportunity to weigh in on another controversial issue, legalized marijuana.

The question is, will the state’s political establishment allow it?

“We’ve got a new strategy this year to introduce a bill that would simply put it on the ballot for referendum and let the people decide,” State Delegate Curt Anderson (D43) told the AFRO. During the upcoming session in Annapolis, which begins in January, Anderson said he plans to introduce a referendum that would allow voters to approve the legalization of marijuana directly. He said his bill would put the question on the ballot for the 2018 midterm elections.

“We feel that folks who have not supported this bill in the past could support the idea of allowing Marylanders to decide,” he said.

It’s the latest in a series of efforts by the veteran lawmaker to help Maryland join a nationwide trend to remove the plant from under the auspice of the criminal justice system.

For Anderson and other supporters, legalizing marijuana is not just about loosening restrictions on a now illegal drug, it’s a criminal justice issue with deep roots in the state’s proven bias towards arresting African-Americans for marijuana related offenses.

As recently as 2014, over 90 percent of the Baltimore’s marijuana arrests were targeted at African-American residents, a number disproportionate to the population. In fact, a 2013 report by the Maryland ACLU found that racial disparities tied

to marijuana arrests increased between 2001 and 2010, with the rate of arrest rising faster for African-Americans than Whites.

In all, the report concluded, the state spent nearly $105 million in 2010 prosecuting pot related offenses.

In 2014, Anderson in conjunction with the state’s Legislative Black Caucus was instrumental in passing legislation that made possession of less than ten grams of pot subject to a criminal citation. It’s a law Anderson says has proven both popular and effective, which is why he wants the public to weigh in on the broader question of legalization.

“This will be referendum on whether or not if should be legalized like Oregon and Washington State,” he said. According to the Oregon Department of Revenue, the state brought in $50 million more than expected from marijuana tax receipts in 2016.

“We want to know what Marylanders think.”

The move comes amid another controversy over marijuana, the state’s exclusion of majority Black owned firms from the small group of firm awarded licenses to grow medical pot. The oversight prompted State Delegate Cheryl Glenn (D45) to call for the caucus to ‘take a knee’ during the upcoming legislative session unless state leaders give a license to an African-American controlled firm.

A threat she said still stands.

“We expect when we go back to session to have an emergency bill to go out right away,” Glenn said. “We will be holding a press conference on the first day of session to announce our strategy.”

However, despite her push for more equity in medical marijuana licensing, Glenn says she is not ready to throw support behind Anderson’s proposal. ““At this point I am not ready to support recreational marijuana,” Glenn said. “We need to get medical marijuana done first.”

The office of Governor Larry Hogan did not respond to a request for comment by press time.

Anderson said he plans to introduce a referendum that would allow voters to approve the legalization of marijuana directly.

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A third Baltimore Police officer will plead guilty to federal racketeering charges joining two other members of the BPD (Baltimore Police Department) who pleaded guilty over the summer.

Detective Jemell Rayam will plead guilty to robbing people he arrested, submitting false police reports and billing overtime to the state of Maryland when he wasn’t working, among other charges, according to court documents.

In total, eight BPD officers, all members of the Gun Trace Task Force, were indicted on federal racketeering charges in March.

Dets. Maurice Ward, and Evodio Hendrix admitted to stealing from citizens, lying on police reports and taking tropical vacations while claiming they were on the job.

A fourth officer, Det. Momodu Gondo, often called “G Money” on the street and in wiretapped phone calls according to federal prosecutors, is scheduled to appear in federal court on Oct. 12 and is expected to change his plea of not guilty.

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This week, Det. Jemell Rayam became the third Baltimore Police officer to plead guilty, of the eight officers charged federally with racketeering.

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What Does It Mean To Be A Young Kirwan Commission to Recommend Sweeping Changes Black Man in Baltimore?

By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO

The Kirwan Commission will soon recommend the most sweeping changes in Maryland public K-12 education in decades.

The 24-member commission, created by the Maryland General Assembly in 2016 and chaired by former Maryland University System Chancellor Britt Kirwan, is in the midst of a four-city tour across Maryland, that included Baltimore, to talk about the future of public schools.

Baltimore City Public School (BCPS) officials and community-based groups like Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, the Baltimore grassroots think tank, both know the stakes are high, especially for students of color and low income students in Baltimore’s underserved schools. But, both sides seem to have different outlooks on how to transform public education in Baltimore.

“There are only a small number of public hearings happening throughout the state and this is the only one in the greater Baltimore area. It’s our city and we want to make sure people are informed and given the opportunity to help inform the Commissioners,” said Anne Fullerton, Executive Director of

Communications at BCPS. BCPS needs the Kirwan Commission to recommend changes in the state’s educational funding formula to ensure city schools receives an additional $358 million. In a letter to parents, BCPS School Superintendent Sonya Santelises says the funding is needed to “ensure adequate education for Baltimore’s students.”

Dayvon Love, director of Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle said those who know the real needs of Baltimore’s children are not represented at the table sharing solutions to the education gap that has persisted in Baltimore public schools and across the state.

“There’s been a professionalization of the education sector where community folks and people who have non-traditional approaches to education that are community based are afterthoughts in terms of curriculum, setting up objectives and goals and policy,” Love told the AFRO. The Maryland Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education (Kirwan Commission) has spent the past year in Annapolis hearing from leaders in the field of education on best practices across the Continued on D2

By Karsonya Wise Whitehead Special to the AFRO

On any given day, in the midst of either picking them up or dropping them off, I challenge my sons to think about and wrestle with two questions: what does it mean to be Black and what does it mean to be a young Black man in Baltimore City.

If you were born and raised here then you know what it means to fight for survival, having learned over time that this is a city that experiences incredible moments of joy and of sadness. After years of mourning the countless deaths that have happened around this city, one would think that going forward, the reasons

why and the solutions for would simply emerge, that we would not be back at this place again.

It has been a brutally violent year, again with over 275 homicides as of Oct. 11.

It has become our new reality as research shows that one out of every 2,000 residents is killed: the majority of which are young and Black who are shot in broad daylight. These are not scary fantasies that play out in the middle of the night, they are happening right before

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our eyes. They are our sons and daughters, our brothers and sisters, our students and our neighbors—and we are being called to do something, to say something because silence is not an option.

We are being called to hold up a candle in the middle of a dark city. We are being called to be the ones that we have been waiting for. We are being called to do exactly what the MOMS are doing. Based in

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in our nation still don’t fully appreciate the role prosecutors must play if we want to effectively combat police misconduct and restore community confidence in our criminal justice system.”

However, praise for Mosby, especially from the law enforcement community was almost non-existent just months into her tenure. On May 1, 2015, in the tumultuous wake of the death of Freddie Gray and the subsequent uprising, she did what no prosecutor of a major city had done in many years; indicted police officers for alleged brutality. When she indicted all six officers connected to Gray’s death, she incurred the wrath of the Fraternal Order of Police, their supporters and legions of hate spewing, mostly anonymous internet trolls. And the attacks have been relentless.

“It was definitely something I did not anticipate...four months into my term it was kind of a precursor to what we see on a regular basis right now on Twitter. But, this happened immediately after I charged the officers,” Mosby said during the inaugural episode of, “The AFRO First Edition” video podcast that launched Oct. 9.

“I had a group, an organization called, “Red Nation Rising,”...on Twitter I was being blasted. I was getting death threats...and hate mail to my office. I can remember one incident where they described vividly how my husband would be killed coming outside of our house, in an obituary...and how when we would call for the police, no one would show up,” Mosby added.

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Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby discusses the almost non-stop racist attacks aimed at her since she indicted the six Baltimore police officers connected to the death of Freddie Gray, during the inaugural episode of The AFRO First Edition w/Sean Yoes, video podcast.

“It was definitely something I did not anticipate. I can remember one note was, `You racist, ni--er bi--h.’ And I said, the irony of that.”

Indeed, it is the White supremacist triple play; the subhuman reduction of a Black woman to a “ni--er,” and a “bi--h,” while simultaneously making her “the racist” in the equation, the embodiment of the prurient race fantasy churning in the bowels of Trump’s America. Mosby said she quickly had to learn not to take the attacks personally.

“That’s something we can kind of laugh at now because we’re accustomed to it, but when I was going through it what I had to learn how to do, and rather quickly, is not to internalize it. And

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nation and throughout the world. At the Commission’s most recent regular meeting in August Andreas Schleicher, Director of Education and Skills, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) joined the Commission via SKYPE from Paris.

That broad, global approach is also part of the problem in developing strategies that will impact change in the African American community, Love said.

“Many of the organizations that are closest in proximity to community and many of the organizations that have been very successful in producing high quality students in public schools have been forced out of the process. For the past 20 – 25 years the current stakeholders have done little to move the needle for our children and in our communities in the field of education,” he said.

Fullerton said BCPSS has cast a wide net to encourage all sectors of the City Schools family to connect with the Kirwan Commission and sit at the table in the conversation about the future of public education.

“We have been communicating very broadly. We have been communicating with the whole city schools community, staff, family members, people who subscribe to receive news from us and partners with our schools over the years that include our community schools’ partners and our social media accounts. We’re attempting to make sure that all members of our community are included in the conversation,” she said.

Delegate Adrienne Jones, the first African American speaker pro tem of the Maryland House of Delegates and member of the Legislative Black Caucus, implored

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to understand that it wasn’t about me individually, about Marilyn Mosby, but about what Marilyn Mosby represents,” she said.

Ultimately, what Mosby represents is an attack against the status quo and the power structure of the U.S. criminal justice system that is inherently racist and sexist (as a Black woman Mosby represents about one percent of prosecutors who are women of color nationally).

Who she represents are the people of Baltimore and the disproportionate percentage of those residents engaged with the criminal justice system are mostly poor and mostly Black.

Mosby said for them, the uprising of April 2015 did not happen in a vacuum.

“When we look at our city, which is in one of the richest states in the country, Baltimore’s population...24 percent of Baltimore’s population lives in poverty, 35 percent of children live below poverty. We have 18,000 vacant houses... the number of liquor stores that inundate our community...on top of the discriminatory policing practices against AfricanAmerican men, and the violence that plagues our communities.

I understood the emotions that were attached to the uprising,” Mosby said.

“And on May 1st (2015)... I did my job. And for the first time...in a long while you had accountability across the board.”

Sean Yoes is the AFRO’s Baltimore Editor, and host and executive producer of The AFRO First Edition w/Sean Yoes on the AFRO’s Facebook page.

African Americans to work with the Kirwan Commission at the remaining regional hearings in Baltimore Oct. 12 and Prince George’s County Oct. 25. “We need to show up and make our voices heard if we want to see the approaches, programs and funding that will positively impact the educational trajectories of African American students for

years to come,” said Jones, who is also on the commission.

The Kirwan Commission will make final policy and funding recommendations to make Maryland’s K-12 public schools “a top performing system in the world” to the Maryland General Assembly Dec. 20.

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Continued from D1 Baltimore City, these moms represent a unique to understand how this creates a breeding group, they are the Mothers of Murdered Sons ground for the type of crime and violence that is & Daughters and they consider it their mission happening in communities across the city. to put names and stories behind the numbers The moms are from some of these and to do active disruption work to change the communities. They understand the context of narrative. this crisis and most importantly, as no other Founded by Daphne Alston, whose son, stakeholder in the discussion of homicide, these Tarik Sharif Alston, was fatally shot and killed moms are the most informed about the pain in 2008, MOMS is an intimate group. They do left in a homicide’s wake. They are the ones not recruit, they do not want new members, and who have been left behind to heal, to mourn, when you do join, it is because your life has to march, to protest, to hold candlelight vigils been forever changed. Meetings are run like and to speak out and declare that homicide in support groups, with moms sharing their stories Baltimore City is a community epidemic and a and their memories about their children. They national health crisis. are reminding us that the crime and violence They understand that the only way that we that happens in our neighborhoods is directly can see ourselves beyond the White gaze to connected to a crisis that is happening within a place where our communities are healthy this city and within America writ large. and our children are safe is for us to have the It is clear that much of what determines how difficult conversations and to do the hard work. young Black men in Baltimore resolve conflict The White gaze does not define us but in the is determined by individuals whose lives are long run, our actions will. well informed by violence and disparity. Their Karsonya Wise Whitehead is an associate decision-making has been molded by a context professor of communication and African and that has been developed in our community’s African American studies at Loyola University time worn narratives of pain, suffering, getting Maryland and the host of “Today With Dr. by and in many cases, simply getting over.

Kaye.” She is the author of “Letters to My For these communities, the War on Drugs Black Sons: Raising Boys in a Post-Racial was personal and resulted in relentless attacks America.” on their community by law enforcement. In so many ways, the purveyors of the war did not realize in a very practical Continued from D1 way that for some, selling drugs put food on the table, Sgts. Wayne Jenkins and Thomas Allers, as well as Dets. bought clothes and shoes, kept Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor have pleaded not guilty. Their the water and the heat on and trials are scheduled to begin in January 2018. provided bail money. When Ward and Hendrix are due in court for sentencing a day you couple this reality with apart in February. redlining, underemployment Ward will go before U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar on and unemployment, food Feb. 21 and Hendrix will appear before Bredar Feb 20th. desserts and lackluster All eight officers are on suspension without pay. housing programs, it is easy

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Caton Castle Lounge will I believe this is for the host the 4th Annual Tribute younger than me folks, to Art Blakey & The Jazz because my Sphinx and Messengers, Oct. 14, 6 p.m.

Odell’s night club days - 10 p.m., featuring Tim are gone. And many of the Green, Philip Harper, Allyn Johnson, Sam King, Kris partying folks that hung Funn and John Lamkin, III. out with me back in the day are no longer with us. Soooooooooo! I guess The Odell’s Reunion Party in Pink and Black, hosted by MC’s Randy Dennis and April Watts, both radio personalities from 95.9, is

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represent! This is for a good cause. You have to bring your own food (BYOF) but, there will be a cash bar, meaning under no circumstances can you bring your own liquor in there. Mannnnnnnnnnnnnn! They will search you! For ticket information, call my buddy, Will Franklin at 410-318-9657.

One of my friends, Travis Winkey, Baltimore’s own, international fashion king is having a special modeling workshop. Orientation begins Oct. 14. Bring your portfolio. You will learn in three weeks, as much as you will learn anywhere else in six to eight months.

This offer is for men, women and children. For more information, call Travis at 410-669-1220.

Well, my dear friends, it is about that time, enjoy your weekend. Remember if you need me, call me at 410-833-9474 or email me at rosapryor@aol.com.

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Let us start out with the Baltimore Pigtown Festival on Oct. 14, in the 700-900 block of Washington Blvd.

They are celebrating their 16th annual event with live music, arts and crafts, vendors, food trucks and a lot of fun. The festival time is 12 noon to 7 p.m. Look folks,

Check out the Pigtown Festival on Oct. 14. The street festival is held in the historic Pigtown neighborhood in Southwest Baltimore in the 700-900 Block of Washington Blvd., 12 noon to 7p.m. and it is free to the public.

starting a new thing with a twist! The theme for the evening is:Women of Distinction and Cancer Awareness. The event is Oct. 14, 8 p.m.- 2 a.m., at the Patapsco Arena, 3301 Annapolis Road and the attire is pink and black to

Randy Dennis along with April Watts and Dollar Bill, host the “Odell’s Reunion Party in Pink & Black� event on Oct. 14, 9p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Patapsco Arena, 3301 Annapolis Road in Baltimore. For ticket information, call Will Franklin at 410-318-9657.

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Rev. Jamal Bryant, Pastor, Empowerment Temple,discusses the advantages of purchasing a home

Marcia Grifin, CEO/Founder, HomeFreeUSA

Steve McAdams, representative from Gov. Hogan’s office

Bishop James L. Davis, AME Church discussed the opportunities for purchasing a home

Bishop John R. Bryant was in attendance

The morning of Sept. 30, the auditorium at the Empowerment Temple church in Northwest Baltimore was filled with more than 200 men, women and children, who listened to the representatives from various agencies giving pertinent information on how to achieve homeownership.

The seminar was sponsored by HomeFree USA, a leading HUD approved nonprofit organization specializing in homebuying guidance, foreclosure prevention and credit improvement.

Senior loan officers from SunTrust mortgage, Movement Mortgage, real estate agents from the Keller Williams Realty Company, were among the many vendors who were on hand to assist the interested potential homebuyers in purchasing their first home.

Bishop James Davis, of the AME Church (Second Episcopal District), welcomed the audience and provided information on the importance of owning instead of renting a home.

Rev. Jamal Bryant, Pastor of Empowerment Temple, gave statistics, which indicate African American home ownership lags behind homeownership by Whites, Asians, and Hispanics.

Photos by Dr. A. Lois De Laine

Fruition Experience performs on the main stage AFRO columnist Rosa Pryor talks to visitors about her book

Author Carliss D. Maddox

Author Robyn Spencer (“The Revolution Has Come: Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party”)

Aria Hill, Tano Brown and Mae Lee Brown

The Baltimore Book Festival was held Sept. 22 through Sept. 24, at the Baltimore Inner Harbor.

The three day event was produced by The Baltimore Office Of Promotion and The Arts. Over 500 authors participated in one of the largest literary festival on the East Coast. The festival included more than 100 exhibitors, cooking demos by celebrity chefs, storytellers, interactive arts and crafts, music performances, poetry, food vendors, panel discussions, local booksellers and readings.

Alisa Brock talks about her custom journals

Authors Devin Allen and D. Watkins

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On October 7, at the Richard Starr Ross Research building of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the seventh annual Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture was held. Each year, Baltimore residents, researchers, and doctors all come together to honor the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks. Many speakers, including Lisa A Cooper, Dr. Roland Patillo, David Lacks Jr. and other members of the Lacks family were in attendance. The lecture took place in the Turner Lecture Hall, where the 2017 winners of both the Henrietta Lacks Dunbar Health Sciences Scholarship and the Urban Health Institute’s Henrietta Lacks Memorial Community Award were announced.

Jabria Rogers, Jeri LacksWhye, Shirley Lacks

Logan Cary, recipient of the Henrietta Lacks Dunbar health sciences scholarship (2016), Christophe Falzone, Dr. James Potter

Charles Lovell, Lisa A Cooper

Pat Thomas, Actor Keith Snipes and Sarah Holley

Dr. Daniel Ford, David Lacks, Lisa A. Cooper., Dr. Joseph Carrese, Reverend Calvine Keene, Dr. Chiadi Ndumele

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Dr. William C. Wade, Mrs. Patricia Patillo, Dr. Roland Patillo

Veronica Robinson, David Lacks Sr., Alfred Lacks Carter

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