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Cameron Sterling, the 15-year-old son of Alton Sterling, who was shot and killed by Louisiana police, spoke out for the first time on July 13, calling his father a good man and asking people not to resort to violence after Alton Sterling's death. Cameron urged people to "be together, not apart."

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The Senate has confirmed the longtime head of Baltimore’s library system to be the next Librarian of Congress. She is the first woman and the first AfricanAmerican to hold the position. The vote was 74-18 for Carla Hayden on July 13. President Barack Obama had nominated Hayden to be the

14th Librarian of Congress in the institution’s 214year history. He called her milestones on gender and race “long overdue.” Obama signed a law last year establishing a 10-year term for the Librarian of Congress with an option for reappointment. The position was previously considered a lifetime appointment. The previous Librarian of

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Martin’s Soul Food Cooks Up Family Tradition By Avis Thomas-Lester Urban News Service It took Timothy Martin just eight years to go from gasstation chef to soul-food restaurant mogul. Growing up in Norfolk, Va., Martin and his 10 siblings eagerly anticipated the dinners their father, Ernest, prepared. “He’d work eight hours a day, come home and Continued on A3

The Rev. Harry L. Seawright and Rev. Frank M. Reid III Among Newly Elected AME Bishops By James Wright Special to the AFRO jwright@afro.com The Rev. Harry L. Seawright of Union Bethel AME Church in Brandywine, Md., and the Rev. Frank Madison Reid III of Bethel AME Church in Baltimore, Md., were among the six candidates elected to be bishops at the 50th Quadrennial Conference that was held in Philadelphia on July 11. Seawright was elected on the first ballot while Reid was the final bishop elected. Reid’s election had a lot more drama than Seawright’s. Throughout the day, Reid and his associates caucused and politicked with delegates and fellow competitors to win his post. The Revs. Harry Seawright (left) and Continued Frank Reid are newly elected bishops. on A3

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peaceful protest organized by the social justice group Next Generation Action Network in Dallas Tx. to protest the killing by police officers of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile when Micah Johnson allegedly killed five police officers and injured nine. Johnson was eventually killed Continued on A3

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When 21-year-old Lauren Hendricks planned on protesting against police brutality, the last thing she expected was to be right in the middle of a mass shooting. The Hampton University journalism student was at a

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Timothy Martin, owner of the Martin’s Soul Food restaurant chain in Virginia’s Hampton Roads region, learned to cook as a child while watching his father in the kitchen.

The defense has rested in the fourth trial of a Baltimore police officer in the death of a man whose broken neck in police custody provoked riots last year. Lt. Brian Rice is the highest-ranking of six officers charged in Freddie Gray’s death. Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams dismissed an assault charge against him, but he still faces charges of manslaughter, reckless endangerment Continued on A3

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Lauren Hendricks was at the Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas when a sniper killed five police officers. She lost her shoe in the ensuing commotion.

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Walsh’s tweet in the aftermath of the Dallas protests and shootings. By The Associated Press A former Illinois congressman is standing by a Twitter post he sent after the fatal shooting of police officers in Dallas in which he warned President Barack Obama to “Watch out.” Joe Walsh told The Associated Press on Friday that he didn’t intend to incite violence against Obama or anyone else. He says “that’s just stupid” and “would be wrong and reprehensible.” The one-term Republican congressman and radio host from suburban Chicago posted the tweet after five police officers were killed and seven wounded during a protest of fatal shootings by police in Louisiana and Minnesota. His tweet read: “This is now war. Watch out Obama. Watch out Black lives matter punks. Real America is coming after you.” The post has been deleted.

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Police officers arrest activist DeRay McKesson during a protest July 9 in Baton Rouge, La. By The Associated Press A prominent Black Lives Matter activist, three journalists and more than 120 other people were taken into custody in Louisiana over the weekend, authorities said July 10, in connection with protests over the fatal shooting of an AfricanAmerican man by two White police officers in Baton Rouge. Spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office told The Associated Press that nearly 100 people were taken to the parish jail over protests that began late on July 9. Most of those arrested were from Louisiana and faced a single charge of obstructing a highway. A first wave of arrests took place on July 8 and early July 9, with 30 people taken into custody. Police began releasing those who were arrested on the afternoon of July 10. Kira Marrero, 21, of New Orleans, who faces a charge of obstructing a highway, was the first to leave the jail. She says she was not standing on the road. “I did the right thing,” said Marrero, a 2015 graduate of Williams College in

Massachusetts. “I have no doubt in my mind that I did nothing wrong.” Tensions between Black citizens and police have risen palpably over the past week or so amid police shootings of African-American men in Minnesota and Louisiana and the gunning down of five White police officers by a Black suspect in Dallas in apparent retaliation. Among those arrested was DeRay McKesson, a leading figure in the Black Lives Matter movement that blossomed in recent years in the wake of numerous deaths of unarmed Black men at the hands of police. McKesson smiled and embraced supporters upon his release from jail Sunday afternoon. “I remain disappointed in the Baton Rouge police, who continue to provoke protesters for peacefully protesting. There’s a lot of work to be done, with this police department specifically,” he said. Authorities had just arrested a couple on a motorcycle driving by on the street when attention turned toward McKesson, who had traveled from Baltimore for the protest and happened to be wearing bright red shoes. An officer could be seen pointing to a man and heard saying that he’d arrest the man with “loud shoes” if he could reach him. Booking documents provided by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office said McKesson was arrested on a charge of obstructing a highway. An affidavit of probable cause filed by police says McKesson “intentionally” placed himself in the road after protesters were repeatedly warned via police loud speaker to remain on private property or the curb. “During the protest, the defendant entered the roadway and was provided another verbal order to exit the lanes of travel. Moments later, the defendant entered the roadway again and was taken into custody by officers on scene without incident,” the affidavit said. Activist Brittany Packett, who was with McKesson, said in an email that he was on the highway shoulder when “multiple police crossed onto

the shoulder, tackling DeRay and arresting him.” Photo images taken by The Associated Press show police apprehending McKesson, who at one point was on his knees before being pulled to his feet by police and led away with his hands secured behind his back. Baton Rouge police blamed violence and out-oftown agitators for the large number of arrests, noting that an earlier march the same evening was peaceful and nobody was arrested.

In Less Than a Day: Issa Rae Raises over $375K for Alton Sterling Family College Fund

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Actress-writer Issa Rae. By The Associated Press An online appeal to raise college funds for the five children of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, man killed early Tuesday by police has surpassed $375,000 in less than a day. The campaign, posted on the Gofundme.com website, raised contributions for the family of Alton Sterling from some 13,000 donors in its first 23 hours. The scholarship campaign, gofundme.com/2d3eze7g, was launched by actresswriter Issa Rae, who describes herself on the Gofundme page as “sympathetic and empathetic” to the plight of the family that Sterling has left behind. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the video-recorded killing of the 37-year-old Sterling, a Black man who police say had a gun as he wrestled with two white officers outside a Baton Rouge convenience store. He earned a living selling CDs outside the store.

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by the police with a remote control robot bomb. “It kind of showed the real evils of the world and just how hateful people can be. I think that’s just another reason to protest,” Hendricks told the AFRO. “I believe that you can still be against police brutality and still support the police.” Hendricks was excited to stand up for what she believed in. She went with her friend and line sister Denise Jones, a fellow Hampton University student and member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. At first the two enjoyed the rally, marching through a sea of ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘No Justice No Peace’ signs. “We saw people of all races talking to officers, talking to each other, people of opposite races talking to each other, talking about how to fix the issues that were going on,” Hendricks said. “People were of course sad and angry about what happened, but nobody got violent.” Chaos erupted when the crowd heard the first round of gunshots. Hendricks took shelter under the courthouse downtown, losing her shoe and her friend Jones in the process. A pastor tried to protect the group Hendricks was with by covering them with his body and

“I think it’s unfortunate that one too many situations have happened where African Americans have been killed and that’s all we find out about, but we don’t’ find out about the good part that police do.”

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giving them words of encouragement. Most people would cower at the sound of gun shots, but as a journalism major, Hendricks saw this as the perfect opportunity to tell her story. As the commotion subsided, she quickly utilized Facebook live to share her experience with her friends and family. She also used other forms of media like Snapchat and Twitter to give viewers a live update as to what was going on. Hendricks also captured photos and videos of other protesters experiencing the tragedy. Protestors, including Hendricks, were quarantined in an area before being allowed to return home. Many of the exits were blocked off so the crime scene could be investigated. “Police started looking for an active

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by 4:35 p.m., he was cooking,” Martin said, recalling platters of savory meatloaf, crispy fish and juicy pork chops. As a teenager, Timothy courted his girlfriend, Ernestine, now his wife of 26 years, sitting in the kitchen as she fried chicken for her family. Later, as a husband and father of two sons, Martin became the cook. He earned high praise from his

“If every black person would support one black business each week, we could really impact the economies of our communities.” –Timothy Martin colleagues at Dominion Chrysler Plymouth — where he was named top salesman for 12 of his 17 years on staff — when he shared with them leftovers of his family meals. “I used recipes from my father, who makes the best fried chicken you ever tasted,” he said. “My macaroni and cheese came from my mother. There are only two days a year when she cooks — on Thanksgiving and Christmas — and she only makes one thing: macaroni and cheese.” Martin entered the restaurant game in 2008 in Virginia Beach when he and his brother, Delano, opened Martin’s Kitchen. When they parted ways two years later over “different visions,” Martin reached an agreement with a BP gas station/

shooter, so you couldn’t really get around. I wasn’t able to get back in my car because it was an ‘active crime scene,’” Hendricks said. Luckily Hendricks and Jones were soon reunited, but still weren’t able to get to their car and return home. Suddenly they heard a chilling second round a gun shots, and the two retreated back to the courthouse together. Everyone around them was sobbing and searching for their lost loved ones. The duo sat near three distraught young siblings, each of which looked terrified. “You could see the police walking around in riot gear searching for the gunman. That was a scary thing, to see these large guns,” Hendricks said. Seeing the police work together with

convenience store to lease their small kitchen for $1,600 per month. “People would come in to pay for their gas and smell that chicken frying and those pork chops and come right on over,” Martin said, laughing. “I sold a main dish and two sides for $6.95 or $7.95. That’s about the same price as now.” These days, the entrepreneur-chef draws crowds to three Martin’s Soul Food restaurants in the Hampton Roads area: his flagship, on Northampton Blvd., Virginia Beach; his headquarters restaurant on Virginia Beach Blvd. in Norfolk; and a store on Bainbridge Blvd. in Chesapeake. A franchise eatery bearing his name is located in Gloucester. He is opening a new restaurant in Norfolk next month and another next summer. Martin’s three restaurants serve an average of 550 meals per day on weekdays and 850 on weekends. He employs 18 people. His partner in the three restaurants he owns is Cynthia Terry, a former customer and supermarket training specialist who manages the Northampton restaurant. Terry began patronizing Martin’s Kitchen because of the chitterlings — “They’re so good you don’t even want to use hot sauce!” — and the customer service. The Martin brothers would talk and joke with her son, Courtney, now 15, then painfully shy. “They would really draw him out,” Terry said. “It was so nice that they would take time like that with a customer.” Martin endured two bumps in the road on his rise. One was the zoning-related closure of a Portsmouth Continued from A1 nightclub, where he ran an eatery in the 1980s. The “I feel wonderful,” Reid

told the AFRO after his victory. “I feel truly blessed.” Reid’s grandfather and father, both of whom he inherited his name from, were AME bishops and he noted that his father, the late Bishop Frank M. Reid Jr., was elected as bishop in Dallas in 1972 on the last ballot. “He was the last one elected in his class and I was the last one elected in my class,” Reid said. Reid credited his victory to the hard work of his team that consisted of church members and prominent supporters such as the Rev. Grainger Browning of the Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, Md., in Prince George’s County. Reid’s stepbrother, former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke, was in tears as he watched the election and the declaration of victory.

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second was the stroke he suffered in October 2014 while putting away groceries in one of his restaurants. “Two days later, I was back testifying about it,” Martin said. He works six days a week. Martin credits his work ethic to Ernest Martin, now 83, who operated a forklift for 48 years and never missed a day; and his business savvy to his mother, Orla, 79, once a retailsales star. His father also served as founding pastor at the nondenominational Full Gospel Church of Deliverance in Norfolk for 50 years. When he retired in 2013, Martin became the pastor. Al Smith, the former owner of the Chrysler dealership where Martin worked, recently reunited with his former salesman while visiting Hampton Roads from Arizona, where he now lives. Smith said he was “delighted” to see the success that Martin has achieved. “I’m not surprised that he opened a restaurant,” said Smith, remembering Martin’s cooking. Martin said he next wants to advocate for black business and share his knowledge with aspiring entrepreneurs. And he wants to spread the message that African-Americans should support black businesses. “If every black person would support one black business each week, we could really impact the economies of our communities,” he said. “We could employ more people, and that would help our children and families. Our communities and this whole nation would be different.”

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protestors changed Hendricks perspective about law enforcement. “I don’t think the police were there to protect the protestors. They were there for crowd control, but after that happened, the police were taking care of the protestors…even though they soon found out that they were the actual targets.” “I could kind of see why people assume why all police are bad, that they don’t try to understand us or try to eliminate police brutality. But after being in this situation, I don’t think people see how much police officers go through and want to help us. I think it’s unfortunate that one too many situations have happened where African Americans have been killed and that’s all we find out about, but we don’t’ find out about the good part that police do.” Although the experience was frightening, the tragedy further inspired her to continue to fight against police brutality and racial inequality. “I’ll still continue to go to protests. It was scary, but I’m glad that I was there to be a part of that, just to serve as inspiration to people in the future. That’s the reason that we need to continue to protest and continue to have dialogue, because people still don’t get it: that violence is not the answer.”

and misconduct in office. Because Rice waived his right to a jury trial, Williams alone will decide whether to convict or acquit after closing arguments on July 14. Meanwhile, the driver of the van will get nearly $88,000 in back pay now that he has been found not guilty. Officer Caesar Goodson remains suspended, but now his pay is being restored pending an administrative review.

“He has shown character and class,” Schmoke told the AFRO. “There were a lot of people against him but he pulled it through. He is going to be a great bishop.” Reid credited the support that he got from Baltimoreans for his success. “Baltimore was behind me 100 percent,” Reid said. “This is a great day for our city. Baltimore was all the way behind me.” Both Seawright and Reid are from the AME’s Second Episcopal District and it is not common for two pastors from the same Episcopal district to become bishops

during the same class. Frank Wilds, who is an AME in the District of Columbia, told the AFRO that it shows the influence and power of the Second District. “Frank and Seawright becoming bishops is quite an achievement,” Wilds said. “It is long overdue for Reid to be a bishop and both of their elections show that the Second District is growing stronger and stronger.” The four other candidates elected as bishops were the Revs. Dr. Anne Henning Byfield, Dr. Michael Leon Mitchell, Stafford Wicker, and Brian Brailsford.

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Study: Black Students Punished More Often than Whites in Alexandria City Public Schools Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com For several years, local activists feared Black students in Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) faced suspensions, expulsions, and harsh discipline over minor infractions in an effort to push them out of the system. This scenario, commonly referred to as the “school-to-prison pipeline, is where punitive discipline policies link students to law enforcement for punishment. The school system recently released a study, Restorative Justice Now: A Community Review of Alexandria City Public Schools’ Implementation of Restorative Justice, in an effort to substantiate and address the consequences of such practices. Discipline data uncovered during the study

enforcement referrals of Black students,” said Ingris Moran, lead organizer with Tenants and Workers United.“Racism and bias are pushing students out of school and into the juvenile justice system unnecessarily. This is why we want to work with ACPS to implement restorative practices.” According to the International Institute for Restorative Practices, restorative justice is a formal or informal response to crime and other wrongdoing after it occurs. During the community forum, students were presented with report cards to grade the school district on its implementation of restorative justice practices. The district received an ‘F’ for failing to hire a restorative justice coordinator, provide data on out-ofschool suspensions, and train all teachers and administrators on restorative practices. “We are understandably frustrated at the

“We are understandably frustrated at the lack of progress in implementing restorative justice in ACPS.” – Salem Medfin reveals that Black students were nine times more likely to receive a short-term, out-ofschool suspension than White students. In the 2014-2015 school year, Black students made up 93 percent of those suspended for subjective behavior offenses and 85 percent of discretionary referrals, or referrals not required by state law, to law enforcement. “The report provides undeniable evidence that subjectivity and bias drive the disproportionate suspensions and law

lack of progress in implementing restorative justice in ACPS,” said Salem Mesfin, a senior at T.C. Williams High School and member of Alexandria United Teens. “For more than three years, the district has promised to implement a set of restorative practices, and to date and they have only marginally begun the work needed to make real change.” As early as 2006, students with Tenants and Workers United began identifying the school-to-prison pipeline as a serious concern

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COMMENTARY

The Truth about ‘To Protect and to Serve’

The most recent police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile added to an already smoldering Black community outrage. Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, and Michael Brown helped to fuel these flames. Protests took place around the country, including Baltimore, to demand justice for these young people. The banner “to protect and to serve” provides the shield to justify police actions. The myth continues that a few bad apples carry out police brutality. President Obama reinforced this sentiment. He said, “To admit we’ve got a serious problem in no way contradicts our respect and appreciation for the vast majority of police officers who put their lives on the line to protect us every single day.” The big business press and most politicians promote the same theme. Ken Morgan Police review boards, more Black cops and community policing have not deterred these incidents. Police body cameras represent the newest deterrent to catch the bad cop. The Eric Garner case showed how the local justice system exonerated the police despite the camera’s objective contents. The criminal justice system often give cops a pass for various reasons. “I thought the person was reaching for a gun.” “I was in fear of my life.” “I was in a crime-ridden neighborhood.” Plus cops are insulated from being treated as everyday citizens when it comes to crime. The Maryland Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights that treats cops differently displays these incongruities. Many states enacted these police shields. Class and race are ingrained in the American fabric when it comes to law enforcement and the criminal justice system. U.S. police history vividly shows this. The South’s police roots began with police slave patrols. They captured wealthy slaveholders’ runaway slaves. Post Civil War South saw the rise of KKK vigilantes. Black people were herded into jails and fed to the convict labor or debt peonage systems. In the North vaguely defined disorderly vaguery and disorderly conduct laws were used to temper the teeming masses that streamed to cities for jobs. More important big business owners hired private cops to quell strikes and riots. The police were presented as protecting civilization. They still are. The “Wild West” violence myth was more about the U.S. military troops annihilating the Plains

“The criminal justice system often give cops a pass for various reasons.”

Indians for railroad corporations than the lawless Wild West that cowboy movies portrayed. Radical Reconstruction’s failure provides a backdrop to the lasting Black disparity. Historically, scapegoating Blacks and equating crime with Blacks mask economic and political oppression and racism. The systems associated dog eat dog mentality and the needed daily grind to survive promotes an inhumanity towards one another racking up senseless murders in Black marginalized neighborhoods. This is mistaken for “us killing us.” Critics wrongly slander the Black Lives Matter movement. This movement continues to express its democratic rights peacefully to protest. Ignore these critics. The expression goes “no justice, no peace.” Who do the police protect and serve? The struggle continues. Dr. Ken Morgan is Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at Coppin State University.

Good Things Are Happening at MDOT’s MTA I recently marked my first anniversary as head of Paul Comfort the Maryland Department of Transportation’s Maryland Transit Administration (MTA). Over that time, my management team and I have worked tirelessly to improve MTA service in Baltimore and across the state. And, we’ve made dramatic progress. When I arrived at MTA in May 2015, I immediately began to change the culture of our managers to provide safe, efficient and reliable transit across Maryland with world-class customer service. My main priority always has been the safety of our passengers and our more than 3,000 MTA employees. Within my first 90 days, MTA addressed an urgent safety issue of repairing 30,000 feet of deficient track on our Metro system. From 2014 to 2015, MTA Police reduced the most serious crimes on MTA’s system by 11%, making it the safest public transit system out of the 12 largest systems in America. In fact, we won the 2016 American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Safety & Security Gold Excellence Awards as one of North America’s top public transit systems for both our rail and bus operations. To provide efficient service, MTA must use resources

wisely to deliver maximum benefits to our riders. That’s why I implemented a daily statistical reporting system to alert top managers whether service is running on time. I also started daily manpower and fleet reports to inform managers how to get the most service on the street. We also reduced employee absences by improving the work environment and celebrating when a rider compliments our front-line employees for outstanding service. Finally, I put new managers and processes in place to ensure contractors are delivering products and services on time and on budget. Reliability is fundamental to good transit service. Over the last year, the on-time performance of all MTA services has improved dramatically: Light Rail and Metro Subway run 95% on time and bus on-time performance is up from 73% to 85% compared to a year ago. To boost reliability, MTA purchased 172 new cleandiesel buses and are overhauling our entire Light Rail fleet. MTA Mobility, our paratransit service for people with disabilities, also increased on-time performance to 95%. And, we purchased 147 new sedans for Mobility so our 10,000 daily customers can enjoy a smoother and more comfortable ride. In addition, we’ve provided new customer service training to 1,000 front-line employees and managers to date. A shining example of great customer service is MTA Bus Operator Bennie Williams, a veteran employee who recently won the

national Customer Service Challenge Award from APTA. Williams competed with bus drivers across the country in a skills-based test and took top honors. Another major achievement for MTA was the March 17 launch of our radio station. WTTZ-93.5 FM, known as “The Maryland Transportation Channel,” is the first new radio station to debut in Baltimore since 1988 providing smooth jazz all day every day. This first-in-the-marketplace format has uniquely positioned the MTA to provide a complete picture of traffic and news on the rails, roads and in the air. The highlight of my first year was when I joined Governor Larry Hogan and Transportation Secretary Pete K. Rahn to launch BaltimoreLink to transform Baltimore’s transit system into an integrated network. This system includes a color-coded bus network of 12 high-frequency buses called CityLink that will run between Metro SubwayLink, Light RailLink, MARC Train, Commuter Bus, Amtrak and other services. This first year certainly went faster than I could’ve imagined. While a lot was accomplished, there’s still much to do. Public transit can drive economic development and connect people to life’s opportunities. Paul Comfort is the Maryland Transit Administration Administrator and CEO.

Buy Fresh Food from Local Maryland Farmers Did you know that Maryland’s largest commercial industry is agriculture? Producing billions of dollars annually in revenue for the state and employing over 350,000 people. But the average consumers in Maryland are not buying locally and not buying fresh from their local farmers. Today, Maryland has 100 farms over 7,679 acres of land that are certified organic. In fiscal year 2015, some 296,682 acres on 2,187 properties have been preserved for farming. This is the result of The Maryland Agriculture Land Preservation Foundation. Created in 1977 within the US Department of Agriculture is one of the first programs in our nation dedicated to the preservation of agricultural lands by purchasing easements that restrict any future development of farmlands or woodlands. Through the work of the Foundation, along with state and local partners, by 2022 the goal is to preserve an additional 1,030,000 acres of agriculture land, woodland areas and open space. In July 2015, fifty nine percent (59%) of land has been preserved, that equates to 608,493 acres of land. So why aren’t Maryland consumers buying locally from their farmers, when there are fresh organic foods and meats grown and raised in their state? As the chair of the ‘Grow It Eat It’ agriculture campaign

for Baltimore City Extension, University of Maryland, I need to know why. Is it because of convenience? Is it because of price? Or is it because of lack of knowledge in preparing fresh foods? Let’s explore the pros and cons of buying local at farmers markets versus big business supermarket chains. Freshness- Produce from local farmers are harvested within 24 hours. Produce in grocery stores are harvested up to 3 weeks before reaching the store shelves. Refrigerator Life- Produce last up to 3 weeks. Since it is fresher it stores longer and stretches your dollar and with less food waste. Produce in grocery stores only last up to 2 days, costing you money. Prices- Local farmers can negotiate on the price, while grocery stores are fixed priced. Subsidies- Small farms and ranches receive virtually no government assistance. When you buy locally you are paying the real cost of food. Big agriculture businesses receive generous subsidies on corn, sugar, soy and other crops lowering the cost of processed foods that are high in sugar and fat. Community Health and Value- Buying locally puts money back into the local economy and keeps rural and urban farming communities financially healthy. Supermarket chains support only big business-most of all dollars leaves the state. Nutrition- Buying local you know that it is fresh, meaning

more nutrients and vitamins and it’s almost like having your own garden without the work. At grocery stores by time you buy produce it has lost most of its nutritional value and taste. Miles Traveled- Buying local reduces the carbon emissions by 95%, so the air you breathe is clearer. On average supermarket foods travels 1,500 to 2,500 miles to reach your dinner table. Health- Eating fresh and local foods lower you intake of fat, sugar and chemicals. Eating chemical based foods causes longterm chronic health problems such as diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and cancer. To increase local patronage of farmer markets, The Maryland Department of Agriculture is hosting Buy Local Challenge Week from July 23 through July 31. The challenge encourages all Marylanders to eat at least one locally grown or raised product each day of Buy Local Challenge Week. Listed are links and directories for buying locally at farmers markets and recipes to assist you in buying local and buying fresh. visitmaryland.org/article/maryland-farmers-markets marylandfma.org/ mda.maryland.gov/ Cathy Allen is an award-winning Urban Environmentalist, the co-creator of G.R.A.S.S. (Growing Resources After Sowing Seed) as well as Chair of the “Grow-It Eat It” campaign. G.R.A.S.S. is an environmental entrepreneurial nonprofit program based on the fundamentals of gardening, agriculture and ecology. In conjunction with Baltimore City Public Schools, Allen’s campaign has planted over a half-million trees on the lawns of Baltimore City public schools.

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Race and Politics

Black Lives Matter Literally Under Fire Since five Dallas police officers were gunned down last week by a lone (allegedly) Sean Yoes sniper, who allegedly Senior AFRO claimed Contributor (before he was blown to bits by an explosives toting robot implemented by Dallas police) he wanted to kill cops, especially White cops, life seems to have gotten harder for the Black Lives Matter Movement. Not that it has ever been easy, but when Micah Johnson also allegedly claimed he empathized with Black Lives Matter before he was killed, some of America’s most well worn race agitators and arsonists slithered to the surface once again to demonize and threaten BLM. “This is now war. Watch out Obama. Watch out Black Live Matter punks. Real America is coming after you,” tweeted former one-term Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh on the day of the Dallas shootings. Then of course there was former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani. “It’s [BLM] inherently racist because, number one, it divides us...All lives matter: White lives, Black lives, all Continued on B2

Balto. Activists On What They Want From Next Administration

City Council New Faces

Burnett Looks to Use Community Organizer Background in Office By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO

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The AFRO spoke to activists (clockwise from top left) Maya Camille, Kelli Pinkney and Shawn Smallwood, among others, about what Baltimore needs once the new administration comes to power in November. By Dameon Byrd Jr. Special to the AFRO After the election in Nov. there will be many new faces in Baltimore, from the Mayor, expected to be State Senator Catherine Pugh, to many new members of the City Council. The Uprising in April, following the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore City Police custody, put the city and its citizens under the national microscope. The AFRO reached out to several local activists asking them one question: “What do you expect from the next mayor of Baltimore and her administration? What laws or policies would you like to see put in place?” Their responses appear below.

“I have two expectations: my heart has expectations for our incoming mayor and so does my brain. My heart expects Catherine Pugh to do everything in her power to punish corrupt police officers who abuse their authority, and participate in police brutality; my brain tells me that, that is not how politics work here in America. Realistically I expect Catherine Pugh to capitulate to the same powers that Stephanie Rawlings-Blake capitulated to. I would love to see Catherine Pugh – Ryan Bowens punish slum lords who rent out dilapidated buildings to tenants and have no desire to fix them. I would love to see Catherine Pugh knock down these abandoned buildings and create safe and affordable housing. I’d love to see Catherine Pugh take some of these old abandoned warehouses into buildings that could be used as jobs. I would love to see Catherine Pugh do everything in her Continued on B2

“…my heart has expectations for our incoming mayor and so does my brain.”

Ryan Bowens Instructor and Organizer of the Urban Debate League/ Activist/ Film Maker/ Speaker

Kristerfer Burnett stepped out of his comfort zone to become a voice for change in Baltimore’s 8th Courtesy photo City Council Kristerfer District before Burnett is current council expected to member be the next Helen Holton City Council announced her person for retirement; Baltimore’s before 8th District. Baltimore’s 2015 unrest; before the death of Freddie Gray. Burnett, 30, is among the youngest of the new Democratic Council candidates, focused on changing the trajectory of Baltimore’s City Council. Burnett won the Democratic primary on April 26 and is overwhelmingly expected to win in the majority Democrat Baltimore general election come Nov. Burnett, returned home to his neighborhood in Baltimore after graduating from The University of Maryland at College Park. He then attended graduate school at UMBC, married his longtime girlfriend, Vanessa, and moved back into his childhood home, which he now owns

Continued on B2

Coppin State Triple Jump Baltimore Churches Applaud Athlete to Join Team USA Reid’s Election to Bishop at Rio Olympics By Akira Kyles Special to the AFRO

By Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent zprince@afro.com A Coppin State University graduate is among the throng of athletes who will represent Team USA in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. on July 7, Christina Epps placed second in the women’s Courtesy Photo triple jump with Christina Epps will represent Team a mark of 14.17 USA. meters (46-6), securing her a place at the Rio Olympics. “Being the first Olympian of the best HBCU on the planet, my alma mater, Coppin State means the world to me,” Epps said in a statement. “I hope I’ve not only made my school proud but have inspired my fellow Coppinites to know that it doesn’t matter where you come from or what other people are doing, but with God, the right mindset, hard work, and dedication anything is possible.” Securing the spot was no easy feat. Epps fouled in her first two attempts but gained three more tries after landing a 45-5 in round three, according to Coppin Sports Information. She assured her place on the team on her fifth jump. “My experience at the U.S. Olympic trials was an amazing experience, something I can’t describe in words. It was my first Continued on B2

Members of Baltimore’s African Methodist Episcopal (AME) churches celebrated the victory of the Rev. Frank Madison Reid III, pastor of Bethel AME Church, being elected as bishop on July 11 during the group’s quadrennial conference in Philadelphia. Rev. Reid is the third member of his family, following his father and

grandfather, to become a bishop. Lauretta Freeman, a representative of Mt. Olive AME Church in Worton, noted the historic nature of Rev. Reid’s win. “I am so pleased and I’ve been praying and praying that he would make it,” said Freeman. “I think it’s history when you have three members in the same family who have become bishops.” Reverend Rosalyn Crosby of Adams Chapel AME

Church also expressed pride in Reid’s election. “We are really elated and proud that Reverend Frank Madison Reid III has become the bishop of the AME church at our 50th conference,” said Crosby. “I think he will do an awesome job as a bishop because he did an awesome job as a pastor.” According to Rev. Crosby, Rev. Reid was previously her pastor when he first went to Bethel AME in 1988.

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Rev. Frank Reid, pastor of Bethel AME Church, will now be a bishop.

Shooting at Candlelight Vigil Leaves 5 Wounded By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO Five people were injured when shots rang out at a candlelight vigil held for another victim of gun violence on July 11. Four of the victims were women. The violence came hours after the murder victim’s mother begged for peace. As those attending the vigil were forced to run for their lives, balloons and candles lay on the street. “Here we are again investigating a senseless crime,” said Detective Donny Moses in a media briefing, “A heinous crime.” Police say about 20-30 people came together at the corners of North and Fulton Avenues, July 11, to celebrate the life of 24-year-old Jermaine Scofield, who was killed in one of 3 homicides early Sunday morning. Scofield was found around 1:15am suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the 1800 block of W. North Avenue. He was transported to an area hospital where he died from his injuries. As the vigil was be held, someone in the crowd began firing into the crowd. “We’re trying to celebrate where one person lost his life, trying to pay him respects and someone maliciously and foolishly walked into the crowd and opened fire,” Moses said.

The gunman got away before police made it to the scene. Scofield’s mother begged for no retaliation on Sunday. “It’s not going to bring my son back. I just want to bury my son,” she told the Baltimore Sun. But instead her son’s vigil turned into a crime scene and police are searching for answers. “We know somebody saw something,” Moses said. “We know somebody saw something.” All of the victims are expected to recover. Two victims were found at the scene and three others walked into area hospitals.

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Activists

Continued from B1 power to correct the BCPSS [Baltimore City Public School System] funding. These problems are greater than just one person, it takes us as a community to turn these things around, but hopefully from a policy stand-point Catherine Pugh can introduce legislation that punishes corrupt police officers, punishes slum lords and punishes anyone in the financial sector that mis-manages funds.” Maya Camille Poet/Activist/3-Year Host of Ova East Community Open Mic “I expect for the new mayor to listen to what the residents of this city have said and implement change to systems that keep the lifelong residents of this city who aren’t White or wealthy in poverty. I expect the new mayor to start the healing process for this city. No matter how ugly or painful it may be. I expect for our mayor to fight for the residents who feel they have lost. I expect this mayor to not go about business as usual; because business as usual has done nothing for Baltimore. This new mayor better shake shit up or things will be shaken up for them.” Benny Juex Producer/Speaker/ Activist “What am I expecting from the new mayor? Real change

that I can see: less homeless people, more programs to help people. I would like to see community programs to bring together communities not separate them. Programs for the elderly who feel not part of society still.” Mia Loving Co-Creator of Invisible Majority/ Community Organizer/

“I expect the new mayor to start the healing process for this city.” –Maya Camille Speaker/ Activist I’d like to see a mayor be mindful and sensitive to the needs of everyone in the city and come up with creative solutions to move the city forward. Too long has the mayor sacrificed one community for another and we don’t have to do that. We need community and business development from the ground up. Funding should go to sustainable solutions that create long lasting change for the citizens of Baltimore.

Keith McBrown Writer/Spoken Word Artist/Activist / Teacher “The city needs to care about our youth. They have money... but the problem is they keep giving it to people with no passion or vision. There are many of programs that support our young people. Unfortunately those programs don’t receive the proper funding they need to survive long enough to make a difference.” Kelli Pinkney Scholar/Activist The expectations I have for the new mayor of Baltimore are for there to be better enrichment programs in inner city schools and hopefully in due time for new Rec centers to be developed, that way the youth have somewhere safe to constructively burn off steam. Shawn Smallwood DJ/Activist “Legalizations and taxation of marijuana…look at Denver… look at D.C…Also I would like to see clearer delineation on what is live entertainment in Baltimore City, perhaps even a redefinition of the term to reflect more modern times.”

Race and Politics Continued from B1

lives. Number two: Black Lives Matter never protests when every 14 hours somebody is killed in Chicago, probably 70-80% of the time by a Black person. Where are they then? Where are they when a young Black child is killed?,” was just part of Giuliani’s rant on Fox News earlier this week. Giuliani, who has a rich history of wallowing in racial animus, reminds me of an Italian-American Eugene “Bull” Connor, the iconic racist commissioner of Public Safety in Birmingham, Al., who ordered the fire hoses turned on Black protesters at the height of that city’s racial strife in the 1960’s. However Giuliani, unlike Connor, trades

in his racist invective with a New York accent and a lisp. Despite the denouncements and the threats the BLM movement continues to lead protests against police brutality across the nation. High profile BLM activist and former Baltimore mayoral candidate DeRay McKesson was arrested and detained for 16 hours on July 9 after a particularly volatile confrontation with aggressive law enforcement in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the wake of the shooting death of Alton Sterling at the hands of Baton Rouge police. “The protesters were peaceful last night, the police were not,” McKesson, who is currently

Saturday, June 4 thru Saturday, August 27

AFRO CLEAN/GREEN BLOCK CAMPAIGN

2016

“OUR COMMUNITY – OUR RESPONSIBILITY” “The Clean Block Campaign (1934-Present) was a program established by the Baltimore AFRO American newspaper in 1934 as a community clean-up effort sponsored by the AFRO Newspaper. Teacher Frances L. Murphy created and ran the project. The Clean Block Campaign is one of the oldest urban environmental programs in the United States. In 2007 the program began a partnership with the city of Baltimore and the initiative for a cleaner greener Baltimore.” Now in 2016 we are reinvigorating this truly successful legacy project.

IMPORTANT DATES Saturday, July 30, 2016 Meet n’ Greet – AFRO Clean/Green Block Captains and Community Servant Leaders. 2nd Annual Easterwood Community Cook-Out & Health Fair 1540 Bentalou Street @ Baker Street – Troy Brailey Easterwood Park. 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. FREE ADMISSION, FUN AND FOOD!

Saturday, August 20, 2016 AFRO Clean/Green Block Campaign 2016 ‘Salute to Block Captains, Organizations & Volunteers’ @ Muslim Community Cultural Center of Baltimore Community Event – Druid Hill Park – Hours and Events to Be Announced for this Free and Exciting Event – Hours and location coming soon!

HONORARY AMBASSADORS Councilwoman Sharon Green Middleton Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke Councilman William ‘Pete’ Welch•Councilman Carl Stokes Delegate Antonio Hayes•Delegate Cory McCray Mrs. Diane W. Hocker – Director, Community & Public Affairs –Afro American Newspaper – DHOCKER@afro.com Dr. Marvin L. ‘Doc’ Cheatham, Sr. – Coordinator – 410/669-8683 – civilrights@verizon.net – www.mahna.co Sen. Larry Young – LY Morning Show – WOLB 1010 AM – Honorary Co-Chair

chief of human capital for Baltimore City Public Schools, told the Washington Post over the weekend. “I was in compliance with the law, and I am confident that this was an

communities. Because I think what has happened, particularly with a lot of the younger people who are now getting involved, I think have grown up with this illusion

“The protesters were peaceful last night, the police were not.” – DeRay McKesson unlawful arrest,” he added. It seems clear in the wake of St. Paul, Baton Rogue and Dallas, the BLM movement is at a critical and precarious time in its short history. “There needs to be some harnessing of the energy into a real specific program around building power in

of what America is,” said Dayvon Love, co-founder of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, a Baltimore based political think tank. “Until we build the kind of power to be able to levy consequences against people that undermine our humanity then we’re going to keep seeing what

we’re seeing. And I think too many people have a disposition about pleading and asking to be treated well, instead of putting the energy into building the infrastructure so that people are going to do it by way of the power you have to make them do it,” Love added. Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) have worked closely with BLM on several law enforcement reform initiatives. “I think it’s important folks have a precise response to the shooting in Dallas, so they don’t open themselves up to more scrutiny and more propaganda that is going to undermine their ability to get support,” Love added. “I think what they (BLM) are wrestling with now is how

to build an infrastructure so that their certain principles and a certain chain of command, that better allows them to distinguish who speaks for Black Lives Matter and who doesn’t. And the reason why that’s important in regards to the shooting in Dallas is...the Black Lives Matter Movement is not this ubiquitous thing that controls the minds of everybody that believes racism exists in America,” Love said. And BLM certainly didn’t control the mind of Micah Johnson and they shouldn’t be held accountable for his actions. Sean Yoes is a senior contributor for the AFRO and host and executive producer of First Edition, which airs Monday through Friday, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on WEAA 88.9.

Burnett

Continued from B1 in Edmonson Village. He immediately got involved in the Edmondson Village Association and got to work. “I got involved in a bigger campaign about our shopping center that needed to be cleaned up. “I got tired of hearing the stories of what it used to look like. I kept asking why can’t it look like that way now,” Burnett said. Edmondson Village Shopping Center opened in 1947 as one of the region’s first upscale shopping centers. It is currently owned by Carl Verstandig, of America’s Realty Corp. The Center deteriorated as the area’s population declined and the community’s demographics changed from a majority White to majority Black. “We got organized and started to push the owner to do better. We still have a lot of work to do and we’re still in dialogue, but we saw progress,” Burnett said. Burnett also worked for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU 1199) where he helped organized the Union’s “Good Jobs, Better Baltimore” campaign and pushed for local hiring on development projects like Harbor Point. He became increasingly concerned that the current City Council lacked passion for issues that were adversely impacting Baltimore residents. “I was seeing the lack of urgency in doing community-based work like I was doing. I felt like we needed to have someone on the council with a community organizing background,” Burnett stated emphatically. The only way we can change this city is by uplifting our neighborhoods and empowering our residents to be change makers. So I decided to take a swing at running for city council,” he said. Burnett said as he listened to residents, three priorities were stated repeatedly across the 8th District’s many diverse neighborhoods. He kept hearing the need for youth development, relief for the district’s many unemployed and underemployed and community development, which included clean and safe streets, and blight removal as priorities. Burnett has already started learning the ropes from current 8th District Councilwoman Helen Holton, who is retiring after 20 years in office. “Ms. Holton has been very cooperative,” Burnett said. The 8th District is among the largest geographic

districts in the city. Burnett said he appreciated learning as much as possible from Holton about all aspects of the responsibilities of the City Council. Burnett started his door-to-door listening campaign before Freddie Gray’s arrest and the unrest of 2015. “A lot of people were motivated to get into the primary because of the unrest, but I was already involved,” Burnett said. “We knocked on 10,000 doors during the primary. I went to every neighborhood; every block in the district. I wanted to make sure I had an understanding of what the concerns were in my district”, Burnett emphasized. In spite of a door-to-door effort that lasted more than a year, he still has lots of work to do this Fall. Burnett hopes to connect with supporters of his six other democratic challengers and those he has still not reached like Isaiah Forman of the Mt. HollySaratoga-Mulberry-Lyndhurst Community Association. “I’ve been living in this district for 55 years. I’ve seen it come and go. It takes a politician to do more than show up,” Forman said. Forman wants to hear Burnett’s plan to reverse decline in neighborhoods like Allendale. “We’ve got a neighborhood where there used to be a lot of homeowners. It hasn’t fallen completely apart, but we’ve got to keep the drugs and the killing out of the neighborhood,” he emphasized. Burnett was raised in the Catholic tradition; but it was his grandmother who infused in him a passion for community organizing and the social justice of empowering neighborhoods. “It started with watching my grandmother’s fight for her neighborhood in East Baltimore. In 2000 we found out that she was going to lose her home to eminent domain,” Burnett said. “Rather than taking that lying down, she stood up to that with her family and neighbors to preserve that neighborhood,” he said. Burnett believes his greatest contribution will be to take the vision and lessons learned from community work into City Hall. “I view this as a high calling. I take it seriously. I view the campaign as a job interview. Some people just want the job and some people want to do the job. There’s a very big difference. I want to do the job,” he said.

Coppin

Continued from B1 trials and definitely one I will never forget,” Epps said. “I’ve been chasing the dream of making an Olympic Team since 2012, when I tore my ACL. Watching the 2012 Olympic Trials at home when I was injured made me realize how much I had taken my talent for granted and motivated me to work harder to achieve my goal of making an Olympic Team.” Epps, who currently works as an academic advisor in Coppin’s athletics department, still trains at the school’s track

under the tutelage of her former collegiate coach, Interim Athletic Director Alecia Shields-Gadson. “She showed up and God showed out,” Shields-Gadson said. “This has truly been a journey and Christina has persevered and is reaping the benefits of the hard work, sacrifices, and discipline it takes to be a world class athlete. We are still taking it all in, but that will be short-lived as its back to Coppin to resume training.”

July 16, 2016 - July 22, 2016, The Afro-American

“Mother, mother, there’s too many of you crying. Brother, brother, brother there’s far too many of you dying. You know we’ve got to find a way to bring some lovin’ here today, yea. Father, father we don’t need to escalate. You see, war is not the answer for only love can conquer hate…Picket lines and picket signs don’t punish me with brutality. Talk to me, so you can see oh, what’s going on...” -Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye released this song in 1971 and today 45 years later the words are as poignant as they were then and we are still wondering, “What’s going on?” “History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. “Negroes, sweet and docile, meek, humble and kind. Beware the day they change their mind.” -Langston Hughes The words of Fannie Lou Hamer “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired” has rallied the people to unite with the cry “Black Lives Matter” after the recent murders of Black men in the hands of law enforcement officers and members of their community. The pundits want you believe that people are saying only Black lives matter. Don’t let anyone dissuade you from the truth all lives matter, but Black lives are being killed. “I wish those days would come back again.” Stevie Wonder on the days of community policing when everyone knew the police and he or she knew you; the days of Officer Friendly walking the beat being respected and respecting. With the tragedy of the recent deaths what a pleasure to highlight Baltimoreans doing positive things and making a difference. “There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone’s life.”-Mary Rose McGeady Congratulations to Michele Greer on her appointment to the board of trustees for the Baltimore City Bar Foundation. Michele also

serves on the Executive Board for the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys and is the co-chair of their judicial nomination committee. She is creating a joint family law committee for the Monumental Bar Association and the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys to educate and prepare African-American attorneys for the unique needs of Black families in family law. The widowed mother of Shane and Brianna, Michele was profiled as attorney of the month by Attorney at Law Magazine. Baltimore artist and New York resident Ambre Anderson will be in an upcoming episode of the hit show “Power” airing on August 7 in the episode entitled, “Don’t Worry Baby” featuring Omari Hardwick, La La Anthony, 50 Cent, Joseph Sikora and Anika Noni Rose. Ambre recently appeared in “Gotham,” “The Breaks,” and HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” Local artist H. Lorrissa introduces us to “Taco” in the hottest book for the summer. “This is a compelling novel for women who find themselves alone through widowhood, divorce or abandonment. A must read book for women 60 and over. (I guess I have to wait a few years to read it LOL.) My friend, Hattie Fields, sister of the late Howard Rawlings, is the author of this much talked about book and will be having a book signing in August at Colin’s Restaurant hosted by Nancy Briscoe and Vivian Braxton. Stay tuned for the date. “Drink for you know not whence you came nor why; drink for you know not why you go, nor where.”-Omar Khayyam The Khayyamites, celebrated their 60th anniversary at a dinner dance at The Double Tree-Hilton Pikesville. The group was founded by Liston George and Orville Swafford as a social club to entertain their family and friends. The current members are Joseph Bernard, Samuel Billups, James Coleman, Ronnie Hankins, Ellis Harcum Sr., Leroy Jackson, Robert Lockley, Robert Madden, Henry Moore, Jesse Murphy, Anthony Robinson and Earl Wade. The club adopted the philosophy of Omar Khayyam “Eat drink and be merry.” The DuBois Circle celebrated their 110th anniversary during a dinner at Martin’s

West with guest speaker John W. Franklin senior program manager, Community and Constituent provided the history of the newly created National Museum of African American History and Culture located on the Mall in Washington DC. Help make history by sending a donation to Lonnie Bunch Director PO BOX 96832 Washington DC 20090. Special thanks to my host Beverly and John Carter. “One day you will ask me which is more important: my life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing you are my life.”-Kahlil Gibran Praise the Lord Saints, there are so many anniversaries to celebrate including, Professor Larry and Diane Gibson on their 43rd anniversary, former President Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter on their 70th anniversary, Gloria “Tuttie” and James “Peck” Bogans celebrating their 54th anniversary, Valerie and Mark Brown celebrating their 20th anniversary, Valarie and Scott Phillips celebrating their 30th anniversary, Carole and AJ Miles celebrating their 24th anniversary. Here’s wishing you “Love and happiness.” Fifty and fantastic was the theme for the all –black birthday party for national and international model Chyna Allen. She wowed the audience by making her grand entrance in a stunning red gown. The party was at Tabula Rose in Woodlawn. Everyone from the modeling profession attended including the legendary Travis Winky

and model Kelly. “Celebration time come on!” It’s your birthday: my grandson Matthew Lee Packer on his 20th birthday, Rev. Dorothy Boulware, former editor of the AFRO, Ursula Guthrie, Debra Coates Dr. Marian Davis Foster, and a special birthday wish to “my man Bill” Massey. Hey, Billy Hayes, I know he thought I forgot. Continue to keep our friends Beverly Boston and Lyberia “Libby” Massey in your thoughts and prayers as they continue to recuperate. Aleut Continua (the struggle continues). Valerie and the Friday Night Bunch.

Former AFRO Editor Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware’s first book is available on Amazon and iTunes. Autographed copies can be requested at keepwalkinginprayer @gmail.com.

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Artscape, America’s largest free arts festival, will be held on July 15 - July 17 in Baltimore. There will be 150 fine artists, fashion designers and craftspeople; visual art exhibits on and offsite, including exhibitions, live concerts on outdoor stages family and events such as hands-on projects, demonstrations, competitions, children’s entertainers and street theater. In addition there will be an international menu of food and beverages available throughout the festival. Artscape will take place in and around the Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric, 140 West Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 21201 For more information visit artscape.org. The AFRO will be live streaming from Artscape on our Facebook page at facebook.com/ AfroAmericanNews.

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Fuller Family Foundation and Y-Sportz Present a free one day football camp with the Fuller Brothers. The event takes place at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore on July 16 from 10 a.m.12:30 p.m. (Ages 8-12)

and 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. (Ages 13-18). Participants will receive position and skills training from local coaches, experienced speed and agility trainers and current NFL Players. A light snack, lunch, and beverages will be provided to the campers. 1801 Woodlawn Dr, Baltimore, Md. 21207.

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DMV Summer Fest, Concert & Food Festival is an outdoor event promoting all genres of music and cultures with a strong emphasis on Caribbean music and Caribbean food and culture. The festival will be held at Lake Clifton Park, 2801 Harford Road Baltimore, Maryland 21218 on July 17 from 1 p.m.-10pm. For more info text or call 443-226-4095.

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The Afro-American, July 16, 2016 - July 22, 2016

Photos By Chanet Wallace

Speaker of the house of Delegates Michael E. Busch

Delegates, local officials, retired and active judges and supporters gathered in the Lowe House Office Building in Annapolis, Md. on July 6 to celebrate the new Legislative Black Caucus Executive Leadership. Cheryl D. Glenn, the new Black Caucus chair, shared new and improved plans of the Black Caucus.

Delegate Curt S. Anderson

Delegate Sheree Sample- Hughes Delegate Edith J. Patterson Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby

Joshua Harris and Caryn Asian

Delegate Pamela Queen

Belinda Brewington and Elecia S. James

Walter Lomax, Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn and Tara A. Huffman

Diana M. Fennell and Darryl Barnes

Oath of Office with Retired chief judge Robert M. Bell, Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, incoming chair of the Legislative Black Caucus Executive Leadership, and family

Kevin Kamenetz, Baltimore County Executive, Retired Chief Judge Robert M. Bell and State Senator Nathaniel McFadden

Leon Robinson IV, past scholarship recipient Kyle Anderson, portrait

Photos by JD Howard

Jonelle Jacobs and Deborah Dailey holding scrapbook

Barbara Jackson and Gladine Harvey

On June 25 the Kyle Anderson Scholarship Fund hosted its 13th year of remembrance luncheon at the Forum Caterers in Baltimore. Kyle Anderson died from Osteoscarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. In 2003 Kyle’s dad, Earl Anderson, now deceased, establishes a fund to celebrate his life and to give back to the community. Today more than 100 students, both undergraduate and graduate, from Rising Sun Baptist Church in Baltimore County have received assistance in fulfilling their educational dreams.

L-R Scholarship Committee: Brigitte Binns, Pat Davis, James Stephens, Randy Abrams, Hilda Hopewell, Ollivette Jones, Rosetta Anderson and Emmett C. Burns Jr. Ph.d

L-R: John Milton Wesley, guest speaker with Earlean Poe Burns, Rev. Burns and Rosetta Anderson

Joshua Harris and Delegate Charles E. Syndor III

The Cedar and Morris Hill Community Day was held on June 11 at the Cedar Morris Hill Community Center in Glen Burnie, Md. The festivities included good food, family fun and a parade

through the community. Music was provided by the Cedar Morris Hill Youth Choir. The celebration has continued for over 30 years under the direction of the Cedar and Morris Hill Woman’s Auxiliary.

Rising Sun Agape Dancers

Aleta Floyd, Tyess Swain and Dellare McLaughlin

Dorothy Weems, Rosa Price,Patricia Thomas, Jean Smith, Margaret Galloway, Miriam Nicholas, and Doris Ceo The New Baltimore Twilighters Marching Band

Lisa Brooks, Ninia M. Ray, Teri Ray, Dorothy Rooks and Julia Williams

Cedar and Morris Hill Youth Group

Geraldine Lippman, Daisey DuBois, Betty Edwards and Viola Taylor

Historic Automobile

Dequinton Richmond, Demetria Gains and Lee Walker Albert T. Tynes, Betty Edwards, Marva F. Randolph and Ronald Rooks

Photos by JD Howard

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July 16, 2016 - July 22, 2016, The Afro-American

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Black Artists, Fans Return to Country Music

whose popularity garnered both Grammy and Academy of Country Music Award success. She has also performed at the White House. Guyton’s debut single and record-breaking hit “Better Than Best buddies Jackie Trantham and Gwen Kerrick have You Left Me” set the country music world abuzz, and caused shared thousands of laughs and interests many music industry insiders to over the course of a 35-year friendship speculate why so few Blacks had that has included traveling to Amsterdam ventured into similar waters. and listening to the sounds of Dutch DeFord Bailey, the legendary opera houses. Music enthusiasts by all harmonica player, performed at measure, Trantham and Kerrick are also the Grand Ole Opry stage from country music fans, who happen to be 1927 until 1941, Charley Pride, Black. In what music blogger Darlene probably the most successful, McIver calls a “cultural emigration,” had 39 songs reach No. 1 on the Black artists and fans of country music Billboard Hot Country Songs are embracing the genre’s connections to chart, and among Black female their history. artists, only Linda Martell, the “African-Americans have never been first Black woman to play the completely separated from country and Grand Ole Opry in 1969, earned western music, but tended to have the a Top 25 spot with a cover of The sound labeled as blues or even rock in the Winstons’ R&B smash “Color hands of radio stations and promoters in Him Father.” order to keep Blacks out of white venues But with the new rise in or off white radio stations,” McIver told popularity among young Black the AFRO. “But when you begin to see performers and fans, country may young country and western performers be officially on the comeback. like Mickey Guyton and Milton Patton “Sometimes you want to hit traditional and contemporary country wallow in your misery after you sounds successfully, race becomes less lose a woman, or you’re living important than sound.” like a loner with a woman in McIver likens the move back to every other city – that’s Willie Courtesy photo Nelson and Waylon Jennings country to the late 1970s embrace of Mickey Guyton, a young rising country music territory,” country music fan popular southern culture ushered in by singer from Texas. the television series Dallas, which saw Junious Caston told the AFRO. millions of Black viewers don Stetson “I’m only in my 40s but this is hats, Lucchese cowboy boots, and what I used to listen to growing celebrate “rough and tumble” living. up in South Carolina and riding in my uncle’s old pick-up Artists like Willie Nelson, Kenny Chesney, and Tim truck. This music is as much my life as rap or soul is to those McGraw have found themselves sharing the stage of late, with in other regions. Now that I’m living in Ward 8, that doesn’t a new batch of young Black performers, including Guyton, change.” By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com

Best Bets at Baltimore’s Artscape Festival By Jannah Johnson Special to the AFRO From Friday, July 15 to Sunday, July 17 Baltimore, Maryland will be hosting Artscape, one of the country’s largest festivals featuring art exhibitions, live concerts, competitions, and many hands-on activities. The theme of this year’s festival is “Space: Explore What’s Out There.” Many of this year’s projects are focused on extraterrestrial life forms and environments including a walk in spaceship, a futuristic habitat and 20-foot-tall sculptures of various celestial bodies. Artscape will also be home to an Artist Run Art Fair located on 512 West Franklin Street where visitors will have access to various artist run projects and exhibits. NASA played a huge role in this year’s Artscape and will have its resources utilized by many of the artists participating in the event this year. At MICA’s Pinkard

Gallery on 1401 West Mount Royal Avenue artists will be using images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in order to create a large immersive projection that simulates outer space for the viewer. NASA will also have an exhibit entitled “Sun as Art” in which several high resolution photos of the sun are modified and presented in an artistic format for the viewers. This exhibit will be taking place at 1727 N. Charles Street and will have an interactive element that allows smart phone users to watch solar events and the history of certain images that are being presented in the gallery. The festival will also feature a “Kidscape” on Lafayette Street and Mount Royal Avenue families and children can participate in space themed hands on activities such as creating space themed arts and crafts and observing glow in the dark constellations. Kidscape will also feature a STEM-

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The vegan ribs, rice and kale dish served at the Land of Kush.

Going Vegetarian in Baltimore and D.C.

By Maliik Obee Special to the AFRO

As the ideals of healthy diets continue to change, more people are abandoning meat than ever. Vegetarianism and Veganism have origins tracing back centuries, but over time these practices have grown to new proportions. Vegan and Vegetarian restaurants are flourishing nationwide, and the Baltimore/D.C. area is no exception. Here are a list of the top vegan and vegetarian restaurants near you. Land Of Kush –Land Of Kush is innovative and Blackowned, with a menu that features unique twists on popular food like soy BBQ ribs, and vegan chicken drumsticks. Prices are reasonable, and if you can’t make it to the downtown location, delivery is available through Order Up. 840 Eutaw St, Baltimore, MD 21201. 410-225-5874. Grind House Juice Bar – Just as the name entails, Grind House specializes in fresh juices and smoothies, and features delicious fruity cleanses to get you through your week. As well as tasty drinks, Grind House features a menu filled with familiar grub with a vegan twist like chicken strips, fish fillet and black bean burgers. This Black-owned business specializes in vegan alternatives served through top-notch customer service. 2431 St Paul St, Baltimore, Md. 21218. 410-366-2441. Evolve – Located in the heart of northwest Washington D.C., Evolve is a top-notch Black owned Vegan spot for eats and entertainment. Offering 100 percent Vegan meals that range from soul food to soy fish to deserts, Evolve also features a nightly happy hour and caters events and parties. Affordable prices as well as an intimate atmosphere make Evolve the perfect spot for a quick meal, an after work drink or an evening date. 341 Cedar St NW, Washington, D.C. 20012 202-882-8999

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One of the participants at last year’s Artscape festival indulges his inner musician.

related demonstration exhibit where families can take their children to learn about electromagnetic and infrared lights and interact with telescopes. Artscape will also include performance arts features. The festival’s concerts are conducted on one of three stages, either the BGE Main Stage, Johns Hopkins North Stage, or the Morgan State Sound Off Stage. All three stages feature eclectic

combinations of different music genres including pop, jazz, hip hop, rock and reggae. There will be shows by musicians such as Wyclef Jean, Reggie Wayne Morris, Tropik Sol and many more. There will also be street theatre, jazz, opera and pop up performances by dance troupes and marching bands. In addition to its multiple exhibits and concerts Artscape will also host a video game showcase, film

NuVegan Café – Located along the infamous Georgia Avenue in Washington D.C., NuVegan offers a large variety of vegan meals, from crab cakes and steak meals to hot and cold sandwiches. Brunch is every Sunday with ordinary breakfast entities made with love and strictly vegan ingredients. Nuvegan also offers soy and almond milkbased smoothies as well as freshly made vegetable juices. If you can’t make it to Georgia Ave. or it’s College Park, Md location, NuVegan also hits the streets in their food truck, in which you can get more information on locations on the café’s website. 2928 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001 202-232-1700

screenings, experimental performances and numerous food vendors. Artscape will take place July 15: 11 a.m.-9 p.m., July 16: 11 a.m.-9 p.m., July 17: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Artscape After Hours will take place on July 15 and July 16 from 9

p.m.-11 p.m. For a full schedule of events go to artscape.org/ home. The AFRO will be live streaming from Artscape on our Facebook page at facebook.com/ AfroAmericanNews.

Latest Season of ‘Orange is the New Black’ Highlights Black Lives Matter By Carlton James Jr. Special to the AFRO

Spoilers for ‘Orange is the New Black’ “Orange is the New Black” (OITNB) has redeemed itself in season 4 after season 3 failed to live up to viewer’s expectations. The current season showcases a range of emotions which leaves viewers feeling angry, outraged and pessimistic about issues that are affecting the nation, particularly AfricanAmericans. “Orange is the New Black” is a show on Netflix which chronicles the lives of a several women who are incarcerated in an upstate New York prison. Samira Wiley, better known as Poussey Washington in “OITNB,” dies in the twelfth episode after a peaceful cafeteria protest gets out of hand and the correctional officers begin to use excessive force to remove the women inmates from the cafeteria. Poussey, who was a part of the peaceful protest, is forced

to ground by a correctional officer. Wiley’s co-star Uzo Aduba, known as Crazy Eyes in “OITNB,” tries to remove the officer off of Poussey’s back, but is unsuccessful. Poussey keeps saying, “I can’t breathe,” as the viewer watches her die. On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner, a 43-year-old, AfricanAmerican male, was choked to death by a New York City Police Department (NYCPD) officer, Daniel Pantaleo, after being put in a chokehold for approximately 15 seconds. Garner repeatedly told officers “I can’t breathe.” The death of Eric Garner, is one of many instances of police violence against Blacks that sparked the Black Lives Matter social justice movement. “There are people every day who we lose. And especially, with the Black Lives Matter thing, there have been so many people who we’ve lost and there’s people in our country who don’t have any connection to that. They don’t know a Black person, or the only reference they have are people on TV. ... And these people who are watching television who might not

have a personal relationship with Black Lives Matter, they know Poussey,” Samira Wiley told People Magazine. Poussey’s lifeless body is left on the cafeteria floor for more than a day as the prison’s board of directors tries to find negative information on Poussey, in an attempt to cover up the officer’s killing. On August 9, 2014, in Ferguson Missouri, 18-year-old Michael Brown, was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson, after an alleged altercation. Brown’s body laid in the middle of Ferguson Street for 4 hours, before medical examiners came to retrieve the body. The tension and death of Poussey leads to a prison uprising after the warden defends his untrained officer’s actions and fails to mention Poussey’s name. “OITNB” is one of several shows that have brought more awareness of the “Black Lives Matter” movement recently, either directly or indirectly, along with “Black-ish,” “Scandal,” “The Good Wife,” and “South Park.” Season 4 of OITNB is currently available on Netflix.

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM001311 Lancelot A. Holder, Sr. Decedent Paul J. Riley 1629 K Street, NW, Ste 300 Washington, DC 20006 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Paul J. Riley , whose address is 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lancelot A. Holder, Sr., who died on April 18, 1994 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before January 1, 2017. 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 January 1, 2017, 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: July 1, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Paul J. Riley Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS

TYPESET: Wed Jul 13 10:15:34 EDT 2016 07/1, 7/8, 7/15/16 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM700 Robert Davis AKA Robert Lee Davis Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS John Davis, whose address is 9903 Palatte Court, Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Robert Davis AKA Robert Lee Davis , who died on April 29, 2016 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 January 1, 2017. 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 January 1, 2017, 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: July 1, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter John Davis Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 07/1, 07/8, 7/15/16

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM494 Viola D Delespin Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Aurora L. DelespinJones , whose address is 1 7 N S t r e e t , N W, Washington, DC 20001 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Viola D Delespin, who died on November 27, 2015 with a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose where-abouts 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 November 20, 2016. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before November 20, 2016 or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of Publication: May 20, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Aurora L. DelespinJones 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 Foreign No. 2016FEP61 Date of Death June 29, 2011 William Scott Davis Sr. Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Dorothy Baines Davis whose address is 116 Robert E Lee Lane, Bluffton, South Carolina 29909 was appointed personal representative of the estate of William Scott Davis, Sr. , deceased by the Beaufort County Probate Court for Beaufort County, State of South Carolina on August 17, 2011.Service of process may be made upon Aimee D. Griffin, Esq, 5335 Wisconsin A v e , N W, S t e 4 4 0 , Washington, DC 20015 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: 1301 Delaware Avenue, SW, #N705, Washington, DC 20024 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. Dorothy Baines Davis Personal Representative(s) TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS Date of first publication: July 8, 2016 Name of newspapers and/or periodical: The Daily Washington Law Reporter The Afro-American

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM696 Wanda L Wren Decedent Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Helena Muse , whose address(es) is 7121 Goblet Way, Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Wanda L Wren, who died on May 23, 2016 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 January 1, 2017. 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 January 15, 2017, 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: July 15, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Wanda L Wren Personal Representative

Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2015ADM1479 Frederick Robinson Decedent Steven H. Schiff 10507 Beechknoll Lane Rockville, MD 20854 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Steven H. Schiff, whose address is 10507 Beechknoll Lane, Rockville, MD 20854 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Frederick Robinson, who died on January 22, 2015 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent´s will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 20001, on or before January 15, 2017. 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 January 15, 2017, 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: July 15, 2016 Name of newspaper: TRUE TEST COPY Afro-American REGISTER OF WILLS Washington Law Reporter Steven H. Schiff 07/15, 07/22, 07/21/16 Personal TYPESET: Wed Jul 13 10:11:46 EDT 2016 Representative

07/08, 07/15,Wed 07/22/16 TYPESET: Jul 13 10:13:44 EDT 2016 Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 1988 ADM1355 Lucretia A Smith Decedent NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Donna F Roberts White , whose address is 4075 Coho Lane, Lake Oswego Or 97034 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Lucretia A Smith, who died on April 10, 1988 with a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and h e i r s w h o s e 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 January 8, 2017. 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 January 8, 2017 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: July 8, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Donna F. Roberts White Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 07/08, 07/15, 07/22/16

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM324 Rose Freeman Decedent Robert M McCarthy Esq 4405 East West Highway, Suite 201 Bethesda, MD 20814 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS June Freeman, whose address 6105 3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011 is was appointed personal representative of the estate of Rose Freeman, who died on September 7, 2000 without a will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and h e i r s w h o s e 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 January 15, 2017. 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 January 15, 2017, 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: July 15, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Rose Freeman Personal Representative TRUE TEST COPY REGISTER OF WILLS 07/15, 07/22, 07/29/16

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Superior Court of the District of District of Columbia PROBATE DIVISION Washington, D.C. 20001-2131 Administration No. 2016ADM699 Floria C Brockenborough Decedent Deidra Haywood 1437 10th Street Glen Arden, Maryland 20706 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Deidra Haywood, whose address(es) is 1437 10th Street, Glen Arden, MD 20706, was, appointed personal representative of the estate of Floria C Brockenborough, who died on January 25, 2015 without a will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before January 15, 2017. 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 January 15, 2017, 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: July 15, 2016 Name of newspaper: Afro-American Washington Law Reporter Deidra Haywood Personal Representative

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INVITATION TO BID INVITATION NO. 150200 WATTS BRANCH SEWER REHABILITATION PHASE 3 & SPRING VALLEY SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) is soliciting bids for Invitation No. 150200: Watts Branch Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Phase 3 & Spring Valley Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation. The following listing enumerates the major items of work included in the contract: *Install approximately 9,100 LF of CIPP in various sizes. *Heavy clean approximately 2,800 LF of various pipe sizes. *Complete chemical root treatment on approximately 1,700 LF of various size pipes. *Abandon approximately 500 LF of sewer and 3 manholes. *Complete manhole rehabilitation using various methods on approximately 50 manholes. *Surface restoration as required for the above work. *Bypass pumping as required for the above work. *Maintenance of Traffic for the above work. *Various other works as noted in the contract documents. *Obtain all permits required by the Contract. The project requires completion within three hundred sixty-five (365) consecutive calendar days. This project is estimated to cost between $3.0 million and $4.5 million DC Water will receive Bids until 2:00 p.m., local standard time on August 10, 2016. A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be conducted at DC Water Visitor’s Center on July 26, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. The Pre-Bid Conference will also include a site visit until 1 p.m. This project may be funded in part by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A Fair Share Objective for Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises participation in this work of 32% and 6%, respectively, has been established. The program requirements are fully defined in USEP’s ”Participation by Disadvantaged Enterprises in Procurement under EPA Financial Assistant Agreements - May 27, 2008”. The Davis-Bacon wage determinations shall apply. DC Water Owner Controlled Insurance Program will provide insurance. Bid documents are available at the Department of Procurement, 5000 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20032. Sets of Bidding Documents can be procured for a non-refundable $50.00 purchase price each, payable to DC Water. Payment must be in the form of a money order, certified check or a company check. Documents can be shipped to Bidders providing a Federal Express account number. The DC Water Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant is a secured facility. Persons intending to pick-up Bidding Documents are to contact the Department of Procurement at 202 787 2020 for access authorization. For procurement information contact DC Water Procurement Dept. via email; ProcurementConstructionInquiry@dcwater.com For technical information contact: DETS-Construction.Bid.Inquiry@ dcwater.com. Please insert the IFB No. in the Subject Line. View DC Water’s website at www.dcwater.com for current and up coming solicitations.

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CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION CITY OF BALTIMORE OFFICE OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PUBLIC NOTICE PROJECT 1256 -Project and Construction Management Services for Sanitary Contract 918H Headworks and Wet Weather Flow Equalization at Back River Wastewater Treatment PlantThe Baltimore City Office of Boards and Commissions has been requested by the Department of Public Works, Office of Engineering and Construction, to certify the qualifications of engineering firms to provide Project and Construction Management Assistance on SC 918H- Headwork’s and Wet Weather Flow Equalization at Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Quality Assurance services to be provided are generally in accordance with the US Army Corps of Engineers CQM program and include, but are not limited to assisting the City Office of Engineering and Construction with construction monitoring and inspection, , preparation of daily reports, maintenance ofWed project and documentation, review of contractor’s apTYPESET: Jul records 13 13:00:55 EDT 2016 plication for payment, attendance at progress meetings, preparation of record drawings, review of contract claims and support documents, estimating, scheduling, quality control, engineering, constructability CERTIFICATION OFproject PUBLICATION reviews, submittal reviews and responses, RFI reviews and responses, and other contract documents. TheOF Firms interested in providing these services CITY BALTIMORE must demonstrate andOF document: OFFICE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PUBLIC NOTICE *Experience in construction or renovations of wastewater treatment plants with plant influent flows in excess of 50 MGD. PROJECT 1256 -Project and Construction Management Services for Sani*Experience in utilizing CMAR deliveryFlow method on wastewater tary Contract 918H Headworks andas WetaWeather Equalization at Back treatment plants with plant influent flows in excess ofOffice 50 MGD River Wastewater Treatment PlantThe Baltimore City of Boards and *Familiarity with construction procedures and reCommissions has standard been requested by theinspection Department of Public Works, quirement for civil, mechanical, and electrical and SCADA Office of Engineering and Construction, to certify disciplines, the qualifications of ensystem installation and implementation. gineering firms to provide Project and Construction Management Assis*Familiarity applicable codesand andWet standards. tance on SCwith 918HHeadwork’s Weather Flow Equalization at *Experience with change orders and claims analysis. Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant. *Ability to provide field inspection. *Experience with Critical Path Method construction scheduling. The Quality Assurance services to be provided are generally in accordance *Overall team approach with Minority/Women Business with the US Army Corps of Engineers CQM program andEnterprises. include, but are *Experience with Primavera Contract Management 14 project not limited to assisting the City Office of Engineering andversion Construction with tracking software construction monitoring and inspection, , preparation of daily reports, main*Experience with Primavera version 6 scheduling software. tenance of project records and documentation, review of contractor’s application for payment, attendance at progress meetings, preparation of Projectdrawings, fees have been ofestimated $9,900,000.00 fordocuments, a period ofes60 record review contract at claims and support months. scheduling, If further information is required this constructability request, please timating, quality control, projectregarding engineering, contact submittal Mr. Gurminder Singh 410-396-5385 or by e-mail at reviews, reviews and at responses, RFI reviews and responses, and Gurminder.Singh@baltimorecity.gov other contract documents. The Firms interested in providing these services must demonstrate and document: Projects must comply with the 2006 edition of ”The Specifications for Materials, Highways, Bridges, Utilities andof Incidental Structures”. per*Experience in construction or renovations wastewater treatmentCity plants sonnel utilizeflows the City of Baltimore Guidelines for the Performance with plantwill influent in excess of 50 MGD. Evaluation ofinDesign Construction Contractors for this *Experience utilizingConsultants CMAR as and a delivery method on wastewater contract/project. treatment plants with plant influent flows in excess of 50 MGD *Familiarity with standard construction inspection procedures and reFirms interested in submitting for this Project, shall quirement for civil, mechanical,a proposal and electrical disciplines, andaddress SCADAa ”Letter installation of Interest”and to implementation. the Office of Boards and Commissions, 4 South system Frederick Street , Baltimore, Maryland 21202, Maryland 21215 *Familiarity with applicable codes and standards. (EMAIL: OBC.Consultants@baltimorecity.gov). 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TYPESET: Wed Jul 13 13:01:15 EDT 2016 LEGAL NOTICES HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY INVITATION FOR BIDS SECURITY GUARD SERVICES IFB NUMBER: B-1821-16 The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (”HABC”) will issue an Invitation for Bids (”IFB”) for qualified and interested vendors to submit sealed bids to provide armed and unarmed security guard services to various HABC developments located throughout Baltimore City. BIDS WILL BE DUE no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, August 18, 2016. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., at the Charles L. Benton Building, 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 416, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202. HABC has established a minimum threshold of twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar amount of the proposed contract for Minority Business Enterprise (”MBE”) utilization, applicable to all minority and non-minority businesses proposing to provide the requested services as the prime contractor. No threshold has been established for participation of Womenowned businesses (”WBEs”), however, HABC strongly encourages and affirmatively promotes the use of WBEs in all HABC contracts. Bidders shall also comply with all applicable requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, 12 U.S.C. Section 1701u. The IFB and all supporting documents may be obtained on or after Monday, July 25, 2016 from the following location: Housing Authority of Baltimore City Division of Fiscal Operations, Procurement Department 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Attention: John Airey, Chief of Contracting Services Tel: (410) 396-3261 Fax: (410) 962-1586 john.airey@habc.org

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NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for ER Contract No. 4097-Watershed 263-Phase 3 & 4/ Slope Repair at Biddison Run and Western Run (WS 263 Portion) will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, August 31, 2016. Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. The Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, in Room 6 located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of Friday, July 15, 2016 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $50.00. Conditions and requirements of the Bid are found in the bid package. All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call 410-396-6883 or contact the Committee at 4 South Frederick Street, 4th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required for bidding on this project is D02800Landscaping and F02200-Earthwork and Site Preparation Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $100,000.01 to $500,000.00 A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 3rd Floor Conference Room of the Office of Engineering and Construction, Abel Wolman Municipal Building on July 28, 2016 at 11:00 P.M. Principal Item of work for this project are: 1. Construction of a curb bump-out and micro-bioretention facility within the ROW along the northeast side of Bush Street approximately 110-ft southeast of the intersection with Carroll Street, Baltimore, MD 21230. 2. Removal of existing concrete alleys and macadam pavement to create a park-like atmosphere with a bioretention feature in the southeast corner of Harlem Inner Block Park C 86, bounded by the concrete alleys behind W. Lafayette Avenue, W. Lanvale Street, N. Mount Street and N. Gilmore Street, Baltimore, MD 21217.

NOTICE OF LETTING Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for ER Contract No. 4019RR-East Stony Run Stream Restoration will be received at the Office of the Comptroller, Room 204, City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, August 31, 2016. Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. The Contract Documents may be examined, without charge, in Room 6 located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, 200 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 as of Friday, July 15, 2016 and copies may be purchased for a non-refundable cost of $50.00. Conditions and requirements of the Bid are found in the bid package. All contractors bidding on this Contract must first be prequalified by the City of Baltimore Contractors Qualification Committee. Interested parties should call 410-396-6883 or contact the Committee at 4 South Frederick Street, 4th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in that event, the document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid for verification purposes. The Prequalification Category required for bidding on this project is G90128-Urban Stream Restoration & D02800-Landscaping and F02200-Earthwork and Site Preparation Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $500,000.01 to $1,000,000.00 A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 3rd Floor Conference Room of the Office of Engineering and Construction, Abel Wolman Municipal Building on July 28, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. Principal Item of work for this project are: Stream restoration including excavation and fill placement in and along the stream channel, placement of buried logs and installing vegetative plantings and bioengineering measures along the streambanks and along the proposed channel bed and erosion and sediment control. The complete scope of work shall be covered by contract drawings and items listed in schedule of prices, as well as by ”Special Provisions”.

Questions regarding the IFB should be directed in writing to the address and individual indicated above, and must include the reference: HABC Bid No. The MBE goal is 14% The WBE goal is 3% B-1821-16. Wed Jul 13 13:01:34 EDT 2016 TYPESET: City of Baltimore Department of Finance Bureau of Purchases

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Another Russell Will Fight For Olympic Glory in Rio By Mark F. Gray Special to the AFRO

professional success Antuanne hopes that the lessons learned from his brother’s disappointment in China will fuel his run to the Olympic podium. Russell has also demonstrated resilience on the road to Rio. He lost his first qualification match at the United States Olympic Trials which sent him to the loser’s bracket. From there he marched onto

Its finally official that Team Russell – Maryland’s first family of boxing - is sending another Olympian to compete in the 2016 Games. Gary Antuanne Russell joins his brother Gary Russell, Jr. as the latest fighters from the free state to fight on the world’s biggest sports stage after completing the international qualification process in Baku, Azerbaijan. The newest Russell family Olympian had previously made the Team USA in May there but was no guarantee he would compete in Rio. After making the national team there’s an international qualifying process boxers must finish to fight in the Olympic tournament. Russell clinched his –Gary Antuanne Russell chance to participate with a unanimous three-round decision over Obada Olkasbeh of Jordan in June. “I’ve always been an Olympian but it feels good to Team USA with three consecutive victories which be one step closer,” Russell told the AFRO after his is the rarified air that only former Olympians and qualification bout. world champions including Floyd Mayweather, Since 2000, boxers around the world Jr., Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield, and have had to qualify for their spots his brother Gary, Jr. claim. internationally while also winning These are by no means the glory their national trials. Russell went years for United States amateur from US Olympic Training Camp in boxing. In fact, this Olympics Colorado Springs to the Americas will feature the smallest team of Olympic Qualifier in Buenos Aires, boxers in a non-boycott games Argentina before clinching his slot since 1908. Russell joins a sixin Azerbaijan. man team with no athletes fighting Antuanne joins his brother above the middleweight division. Gary, Jr. as the Olympians in the The face of USA boxing now is most decorated family of boxing in defending women’s gold medalist Maryland history. Gary, Jr. made the Clarissa Shields who returns to Rio 2008 Olympic team but wasn’t able to defend her middleweight title. to compete after collapsing when trying The United States has won more to make the 119-pound bantamweight in Olympic boxing medals than any Photo courtesy of NBCOlympics.com Beijing, China. However, Gary, Jr. has country in history. However, Team Capital Heights, Md. native Gary Antuanne Russell will compete for the USA Boxing Team in the rebounded and is currently WBC World USA boxers have not won a medal 2016 Rio Olympics. Featherweight Champion. of any kind since 2004 when former All that is missing from this family’s world champion Andre Ward – the boxing legacy to be complete is to add an Olympic medal to its trophy case. Antuanne is poised former undisputed super middleweight champion - won the gold medal as a light heavyweight. to do just that. With blazing hand speed, a terrific jab, and knockout power, this Russell could Despite his family’s pedigree Antuanne still remains under the international radar heading be one of the stars of the tournament and jump start his pro career. to the 2016 games. Russell’s trump card is the savvy of his father Gary, Sr. the steward of their “Combinations, my jab and good defense have been the keys,” said Russell. boxing success and master tactician. The four brothers – Gary, Jr., Gary Allen Russell, Gary Antonio Russell, and Gary Antuanne “You have to have a certain mindset where you are willing to change the strategy if needed Russell – have all won national Golden Gloves championships. Now on the heels of Gary Jr’s and know you’re going to find a way to make it work.”

“I’ve always been an Olympian but it feels good to be one step closer.”

The joy in our smile. The pride in our soul. The tear in our eye. We rejoice together. Our hearts beat as one as she takes that leap from BALTIMORE to RIO! CHRISTINA EPPS ’14 TRIPLE JUMPER 2016 UNITED STATES OLYMPIC TEAM

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

In a historic vote, the D.C. Council passed a bill that would submit a referendum to the District voters on the prospect of the city becoming the 51st state in the union. On July 12, the council unanimously approved the “Advisory Referendum on the State of New Columbia Admission Act Resolution of 2016” that would allow the D.C. Board of Elections to create an advisory referendum that would ask voters to petition the U.S. Congress to make Washington, D.C. to become a state called New Columbia. On the November 8 ballot, voters will be asked one question with four parts consisting of the desire to become

William E. Hunt, a resident in the Brookland section of Ward 5, has filed paperwork with the D.C. Board of Elections and the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance to recall Kenyan McDuffie (D). Hunt told the AFRO he

“This is a key moment for D.C. statehood and I hope it will be a victory.”

-D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1)

the 51st state, ratifying a constitution, approving of the boundaries and committing to a representative form of government. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) supported the council’s action, according to the statehood.dc.gov website. “This is a historic day for statehood for Washington, D.C.,” Bowser said. “I have faith that District residents will overwhelmingly support this referendum paving the way for our petition to the Congress for D.C. statehood and finally remedying one of the biggest civil rights injustices of our time.” Bowser, D.C. Council Continued on D2

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Miss USA attended a reception in D.C. July 6 where she was presented with a proclamation by Mayor Muriel Bowser, commending her accomplishments and representation of the District at the Miss USA pageant. See more photos of the event on D4.

SW D.C. Residents Halt Shakespeare Theater Company Expansion However, residents recently halted the erection of a Shakespeare Theater Company offshoot. The Bard – a joint project spearheaded by the Shakespeare Theatre Company and Erkiletian Construction Corporation, a The Waterfront region of Ward 6 has become a hub of real-estate firm – raised the ire of long-time Southwest residents redevelopment in recent months. The once quiet enclave is turning when the proposed location at 5th and Eye Street SW would into the “go to” destination to live, play, and work in the city. have sandwiched it next to the area’s only elementary and middle schools (Amidon-Bowen and Jefferson, respectively), and smack dab in the middle of townhomes. The protest led to The Shakespeare Theatre Company withdrawing its development application for the mixed-use project on June 30. “The proposed P[lanned] U[unit] D[evelopment process] is inconsistent with the comprehensive plan, with respect to both use and density,” the notice reported. The comprehensive plan was developed by the city and developers that gives guidelines to the design and layout of the Southwest quadrant of the city. “It is also inconsistent with the Southwest Small Area Plan approved by the Council of the District of Columbia in July, 2015.” Residents are not upset with this halt in development. Courtesy photo “I am extremely pleased that Construction was delayed for the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s The Bard the developers have pulled establishment, which is planned to occupy the same site as the former Southeastern Continued on D2 University (pictured above) on Southwest D.C.’s waterfront. By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com

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Kenyan McDuffie represents Ward 5 on the D.C. Council. took the extraordinary action because McDuffie ignores his constituents. “Basically he doesn’t respond to the interests and the needs of the voters,” Hunt said. “If you write or call him about any type of service, he doesn’t respond. He doesn’t respond to the requests of advisory neighborhood commissioners, and he has been disconnected with what is going on in the ward.” Hunt said some Ward 5 residents are angry at McDuffie for supporting the location of the ward’s homeless shelter on Rhode Island Avenue, others are uneasy about the council member’s push to develop the McMillan Reservoir site into a commercial, retail, and residential center while others want to preserve its historical legacy and keep it environmentally attractive. Hunt added that McDuffie is a no-show at many community meetings and Continued on D2

Black Officers Will Focus on Prayer at D.C. Training Event DNC Staffer Shot and By Briana Thomas Special to the AFRO

The Alexandria, Va.-based National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) is scheduled to host its 40th Annual Training Conference in Northwest, D.C. July 16-20. It is an important effort to show a balance between an officer’s duty and an officer’s everyday life, according to the Rev. Dr. Barbara Williams-Harris, the organization’s chaplain. “We have to deal with the community relations side and then we have to deal with the law enforcement side,” WilliamsHarris, the first female chaplain for NOBLE, told the AFRO on June 28. She said people tend to forget that officers have families and homes outside of their daily patrolling.

“This is where we show people it’s not just justice by action and tell you what’s wrong or what’s right . . . but it’s for us to also mentor those that are young that are coming up along the way.” – Rev. Dr. Barbara Williams-Harris

The conference will include a “Blessing of the Badge” ceremony and attendees from all over the United States will have an opportunity to gain insight into the lives of law officials. Judges, lawyers, and police officers will lay their badges on a table and William-Harris will pray and anoint the badges with oil. “It’s a service of hope. It’s a service of triumph,” William-Harris said. She said she will pray for protection over the law enforcers, over their squad, and their families. “The badge represents what you do,” she said, referencing that it symbolizes that officials are here to protect and to serve the community. “The people see you as human.” Williams-Harris explained that she served as a police officer in New York for almost 21 years and can identify with being an authority figure as well as a member of the community. She said her years as an officer and then as a counselor for law officials helped her understand why patrol officers have high stress levels. When Williams-Harris went to crime scenes where a young man had been shot, she said it would make her think of her own son and his safety. “I’m an officer of the law, but I’m also human,” she said. Continued on D2

Killed in Northwest D.C. By Briana Thomas Special to the AFRO On July 10 a Democratic National Committee (DNC) worker was shot and killed on his walk home in Northwest D.C., according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Seth Conrad Rich, 27, was on his way home when he was shot and killed around 4 a.m. in the Bloomingdale neighborhood, police said. Officers were patrolling the area when they heard the sound of gunfire. Police said they found Rich, who is White, conscious and breathing in the 2100 Block of Flagler Place, NW, but suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to a local hospital where he later died, police reported. “Detectives are actively investigating this case,” Aquita Brown, a spokesperson for the department, told the AFRO July 12. Brown said police are asking for the community’s assistance in locating suspects involved in the homicide. Acting Captain Anthony Haythe held a press conference regarding the incident on July 11. Haythe said authorities are unsure of what the motive of the attack was and that they do not have any details at this time regarding a robbery. According to the police department’s website, Rich’s homicide was the first the area has seen in 2016, but there have Continued on D2

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been six robberies with a gun as of July 13. Data shows that the area has mostly dealt with property crime incidents in 2016. Democratic presidential candidate Hilary Clinton acknowledged the death of Seth Rich at a New Hampshire rally July 12. “He was just 27-years-old. Surely we can agree that weapons of war have no place on the streets of America.” Clinton said Rich was working with the DNC to help expand voting rights. The remarks on stricter gun laws come after a wave of mass shootings and hate crimes like, the murder of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, LA, the Minnesota killing of Philando Castile and the apparent retaliation to police killing these two Black men that resulted in the slaying of five Dallas officers. Last month, 49 people were also slaughtered in a gay Orlando nightclub. “We have to be better and defend each other… a life is exponentially valuable,” Rich’s last Facebook post read, according to the Washington Post. Rich pleaded for people to stop killing one another. DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued a statement on their website July 11, “Our hearts are broken with the loss of one of our DNC family members over the weekend. Seth Rich was a dedicated, selfless public servant who worked tirelessly…” She added, “He saw the great potential of our nation and believed that, together, we can make the world a better place.”

out because Southwest is being turned into a developer’s this corridor has become a dumping ground of project fantasy and a homeowner’s nightmare,” longtime property ideas that serve visitors but not residents,” condo-owner owner Marjorie Harris told the AFRO. “We used to take Michael Sands told the AFRO. “We have too many seniors pride in the fact that we knew our neighbors, crime was and young children in this community for this hodge-podge almost non-existent, and of buildings. I initially supported visitors who came to the several projects that came through the Waterfront, enjoyed the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly view and food, and then community organization, but then I went home. Now there began seeing properties sandwiched are too many drunk and sideways in between what were once rowdy revelers from grassy walkways and much-needed Nationals Park and too parking structures.” many outsiders crowding While the original proposal has been – Marjorie Harris the space.” suspended, Erkiletian is expected to The Eye Street submit revised plans to the D.C. Office location is just a block from the Arena Stage, which of Zoning for review. underwent a major renovation six years ago, tripling its size. “Our plan is to continue to educate the community The Bard’s proposed location, the former site of Southeastern and engage them in the design process,” Chris Jennings, University, was purchased by Erkiletian for $6.5 million in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s managing director told Washington City Paper. “We’re interested in doing this 2014. The proposed seven-story Bard plan was to offer a right, and doing this right means continued community multi-use facility that included administrative, educational, engagement and dialogue so we can be good neighbors and and housing units within the theatre complex. good citizens.” “Things change and I am hardly against progress, but

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“… Southwest is being turned into a developer’s fantasy and a homeowner’s nightmare”

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Where there are high levels of crime an officer has to witness people in danger, in need, and hopeless on a daily basis and it can negatively impact an officer’s emotions and be overwhelming, especially if they are dealing with their own personal problems outside of their jobs, she said. Williams-Harris said people need to remember that officers have feelings and emotions and ceremonies like “Blessing

of the Badge” help bring recognition and honor to that by humanizing the badges. “It makes a big difference,” she said. NOBLE was founded in 1976 to address crime in urban low income neighborhoods. The organization has more than 3,000 members and strives to provide equal administration of justice to all communities. NOBLE also serves as leaders for the youth. About 175

young people are scheduled to attend the weeklong conference. “This is where we mentor people,” Williams-Harris said. She explained that the organization has several youth programs that collaborate with schools throughout the country. “This is where we show people it’s not just justice by action and tell you what’s wrong or what’s right . . . but it’s for us to also mentor those that are young that are coming up along the way.”

McDuffie

Continued from D1 he criticized a part of the council member’s legislation on comprehensive criminal justice reform in the District. “McDuffie wanted to pay people not to commit crimes,” Hunt said. “He worked two years on that foolish piece

of legislation. The people of Ward 5 won’t stand for that.” McDuffie was elected to the D.C. Council in the May 15, 2012 special election that took place as a result of the resignation of Harry Thomas Jr. from the Ward 5 council

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position. On April 1, 2014, he was nominated for a four-year term and with 78 percent of the vote in the Democratic Party primary he moved on to the Nov. 4, 2014 general election where he won with 83 percent of the vote.

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“Basically he doesn’t respond to the interests and the needs of the voters.” – William E. Hunt. McDuffie, chairman pro tem of the D.C. Council and the Committee on the Judiciary, is considered a rising star in District politics. Political observers expect he will run for the District’s delegate to the U.S. Congress, mayor, or D.C. Council chairman in a few years. McDuffie told the AFRO that he will run for re-election in 2018. However, if Hunt has his way, McDuffie will fight for his seat and political life much sooner. Hunt began the recall process in May and said he is working on getting 10 percent of the registered voters in Ward 5 to sign his petition to remove McDuffie. Hunt’s organization has 180 days after picking up the petitions to file those documents with

the elections board. If the board of elections determines the signatures are valid, it will set a special election date. The special elections ballot will basically ask the voters whether to keep McDuffie as a council member or not. No member of the D.C. Council has been recalled since the advent of Home Rule in the District in 1974. McDuffie told the AFRO that he is aware of Hunt’s activities. “I am disappointed that this individual filed a notice of intent to recall,” he said. “However, I have received substantial support from Ward 5 residents and they have asked me to continue to represent them. I am proud to represent the ward where I was born and

raised.” Ronnie Edwards is an advisory neighborhood commissioner for district 5A05 in Ward 5 and is active with the Democratic Party in the District. “I don’t see what his point is,” Edwards told the AFRO. “Sometimes politicians will do things that will make people unhappy but I don’t see it rising to the level of a recall.” Robert Brannum is the president of the D.C. Federation of Civic Associations and is a resident of Ward 5. While he supports Hunt’s right to express his displeasure with McDuffie in whatever manner he pleases, but he questions the value of a recall. “I don’t understand the foundation and the reasoning of the recall,” Brannum told the AFRO. “Is he upset because McDuffie didn’t support an activity or event? If that was the case, every elected official would be subject to a recall at the whim of a voter who is dissatisfied, especially when that they are on the losing side of an issue.”

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Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) and the District’s statehood delegation of Sens. Michael Brown (D) and Paul Strauss (D) along with Statehood Rep. Franklin Garcia (D) were part of the New Columbia Statehood Commission that held hearings throughout the District this year on the subject of statehood. The commission has approved a new statehood constitution, re-writing the previous 1982 document and is going through the congressional route instead of focusing on the U.S. constitutional amendment process to become a state. The commission’s plan is to present a constitution and statehood legislation to the new session of Congress and the new president in 2017. D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1) said the bill represented a historic moment. “This is a key moment for D.C. statehood and I hope it will be a victory,” Nadeau said in a statement to the AFRO. “So many who came before us have been working hard for this day to come. I look forward to continuing the dialogue about our constitution in council hearings later this year so that we can get it right. “And I’ll turn my efforts toward getting out the vote in November, elevating our voice as District residents and taking our rightful place as the 51st star on the American flag.” D.C. Council member Vincent Orange (D-At Large) told the AFRO that he too will work to see that the voters support the referendum. D.C. Council member David Grosso (I-At Large) also supported the bill and sees the statehood effort in a larger context. “Approving the bill was the right thing for the city and it opens up a broader conversation on statehood in the D.C.,” Grosso told the AFRO.

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Washington Area Metro Contractor Settles in Fraud Case By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the AFRO ssherman@afro.com

MV Transportation, a contractor for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) reached a nearly $200,000 settlement with WMATA over transporting phantom passengers without admitting or denying guilt. The company is alleged to have “submitted inaccurate invoices for reimbursement for MetroAccess transportation services that charged for trips taken by customers who were known or should have been known by MV Transportation to be deceased,” according to the complaint that was filed by two former employees three years ago, and investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice, the District, Maryland and Virginia. MetroAccess is a shared-ride, door-to-door, paratransit service for people with disabilities that prevent them from using the bus or rail system, according to WMATA’s website. The company is not admitting to any wrongdoing, according to a MV Transportation spokesperson. “At times there were issues promptly conveying updates to passenger information

from the subcontractor to MV to WMATA which led to billing errors,” Frenney-Wiggins said, adding that MV relied heavily on subcontractors – many recommended by WMATA – to perform services under the contract. The settlement was announced July 6 by attorneys general of Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. “We expect that our taxpayers’ contributions will be used for the benefit of riders, not lost to fraudulent billing practices,” Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring said in a joint statement with his counterparts from the District and Maryland. “I’m proud we were able to work with our partners in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the federal government to investigate and resolve these allegations, and riders can be sure that we will remain vigilant in protecting their investment in Metro.” Even so, area residents said change is needed. “MetroAccess needs a complete overhaul similar to the one that Metrorail is now undergoing,” Ward 7 resident Kemise Richmond told the AFRO. Richmond’s son, who is wheelchair bound, relies on MetroAccess for medical appointments, but says reliability, professionalism, and vehicle maintenance remain an issue.

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“WMATA has to get ahead of some of these issues because cheating them and their clients can easily happen. If these former employees had not come forward to blow the whistle on the contractor, the [alleged] theft would Courtesy photo have most likely continued,” A contractor for the Frenney-Wiggins said. Washington Metropolitan MV Transportation is Area Transit Authority currently resolving claims that reached a nearly the contractor falsely billed $200,000 settlement over Metro between Jan. 1, 2005 transporting phantom and Dec. 31, 2013. During that passengers. time, Metro paid MV about $168 million for providing paratransit services in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, according to the company. The company also was accused of charging Metro for more expensive wheelchair-accessible vehicles for riders who didn’t actually need the service. Under the settlement, Maryland is slated to receive $92,000, D.C. will get $35,000, Virginia will get $22,000, and the two former bus drivers who uncovered the abuse will get a total of $27,000. MV Transportation, in spite of the mismanagement, will continue to supply transportation services as a contractor for WMATA.

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Prince George’s County Public Schools Nurses Recruitment Fair The Prince George’s County Public Schools is scheduled to hold a Nurses Recruitment Fair July 14 at the Green Valley Administrative Offices, 2215 Chadwick Street, from 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Interested candidates must pre-register for the event. To preregister, please visit pgcps. org and click on the ‘Nurses Recruitment Fair’ web banner on the homepage. For additional information, contact Nicole Eubanks at Nicole.Eubanks@pgcps.org.

Ferguson Foundation. To register for the summit, visit eventbrite.com/e/youngafrican-connexions-summittickets-26055939015. To register for the day of service, visit eventbrite.com/e/ mandela-day-of-servicetickets-26057520746. D.C. Department of Health Fight the (Zika Virus) Bite! Event To address the concern about Zika virus prevention, the D.C. Department of

Health is scheduled to hold an outreach event on July 16, in all eight wards, from 10 a.m.1 p.m., to provide educational materials and mosquito protection kits to residents. The event will inform residents on the proper use of insecticides, how to reduce mosquito breeding sites in the community and preventative measures people may take to protect themselves. The locations for the event are: • Columbia Heights Community Center, 1480

Girard St. NW; • Stead Recreation Center, 1625 P St. NW; • Palisades Recreation Center, 5200 Sherier Pl. NW; • Petworth Recreation Center, 801 Taylor St. NW ; • Turkey Thicket Recreation Center, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE; • King Greenleaf Recreation Center, 201 N St SW; • Fort Davis Recreation Center, 1400 41st St SE; and • Barry Farm Recreation Center, 1230 Sumner Rd SE.

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Northern Virginia Urban League Young Professionals Network Host Justice Movement for Black Lives The Northern Virginia Urban League Young Professionals Network is scheduled to host an event in response to recent policeinvolved shootings across the country on July 14 at the for Shiloh Baptist Church’s Worship Center, 1401 Jamieson Avenue at 6:30 p.m. The group encourages interested individuals to share their thoughts, talk about every day actions that they are taking to advance social justice, and learn about and identify opportunities within the movement where young professionals can be active. For more information or to register, visit nvulypn. wildapricot.org.

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Miss USA and Miss International Junior Kennedy Abarca , 2016 Maryland Jr. Princess

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D); D.C. shadow Sen. Paul Strauss; Miss USA Deshuana Barber; D.C. Council member LaRuby May (D-Ward 8); D.C. Council member Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) and D.C. shadow Sen. Michael Brown

AFRO D.C. General Manager Edgar Brookins and Miss USA

A welcome reception for the newly crowned Miss USA, Deshuana Barber, was hosted by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) July 6 at the Carnegie Library at Mt. Vernon Square in Northwest D.C. The mayor presented a proclamation to Barber in recognition of her achievement for representing the District of Columbia at the Miss USA Pageant. Barber will represent the USA in the Miss Universe Pageant later in the year. Photos by Rob Roberts

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Miss USA and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D)

2016 Champions Prince George’s County Police; Attorney Simba Hodari, Greenberg & Bederman, LLC; Metropolitan Police District of Columbia; Former Harlem Globetrotter Larry “Shorty” Coleman; Lisa White, Tri-Star Realty and Dwayne Renal Sims, founder Negro League Legends Hall of Fame

Mrs. Wise, wife of late Tuskegee Airman Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr.; former Harlem Globetrotter Larry “Shorty” Coleman; (far left) Lisa White, Tri-Star Realty and Dwayne Renal Sims, NLLHOF, presents checks to the Wise Athletic Department

The Prince George’s County Police Department in partnership with the Negro League Legends Hall of Fame held a basketball tournament to bring about awareness of law enforcement officers who are the gate keepers to communities in the metropolitan area. The First Annual “Badges for a Cause” Tournament with former Harlem Globetrotter Larry “Shorty” Coleman, occurred July 8-10. The Prince George’s County Police Department team was named as the 2016 champions. The Invitational Basketball Tournament was played by various Law Enforcement basketball teams, including the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, the Anne Arundel County Police Department, Metro Transit Police and others.

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Prince George’s (Blue/ Red) and Baton Rouge (White/Blue-Yellow) played the first game of the tournament.

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